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BROUGHT NERVE TO RESCUE ?xpert eneed River M an Tpek the One Ch?not That Wu Lsft Him and 8?ved Life. The day ih?< ice ? tar ted to Mttf* there WAS a Jam Ju?t above A i babas ca landing, write* a Canudlsu cor re apondeut tp the J<ondon Telegraph, and a? the mull for I'aaoe river atarta from the opposite bank, tbe poet mas ter hunted up a man wbo wan willing to take it acroe# in a boat through tlH?, clour water below the ice. Kvery one io town turned out to ae? blru cross the river, but no one offered to go -with bira, I was calking on boat No. 1 at tbe time, and 1 watched him start. Flint be had to cross about two hundred feet of rotten ice, dragging hla punt along after bim, launch the boat into tbe clear water, row acrostt, and go over a a much aoft Ice on the other aide. He waa half-way across tbe open water when the whole river Beamed to stand on and? in plulu words, the jsm broke. Htrange to say, tbe boat mari did not at flrat no* tkje it, for the ice against the bank waa grinding and clashing ail tbe time; but a man on whore tired a gun, and everybody pointed and waved up stream. Tho boatman u ev?r lout hi* ncrvo; he rested on his our* for a moment, glanced round, and turned tho bout up stream. Hlowly at first, but soon gathering spued, ho sunt his frail craft hard at the Ice. Tho boat hit tho ico squarely, and ran up it. It wuh hlH only chance, for If tho mans had canght the boat sldewise, It would have Hinaabod it like an egg-sbell. , Hangiifg to the pUnt, dragging it from one piece of Ice to another, Jump ing somo pretty wldo gaps once or twice, and BometlmcH hauling the craft after him with the short line, he struggled on. It was the bravest thing I ever( saw iu my life, but I don't want to ae? It done again. On both banks* tho peo plo stood hel pious; they could do nothing except watch, and Homo could not do that. Finally the intrepid boatman reach ed the shore, and, needless to relate, ho did not try to come back that day. BROUGHT HOME HIS DUCKS Early Day Method of Catching th? Bird? In Great Number* That Waa Popular In Maine. A duck drive 1b what they railed a novel way the early settlers took to capture the ducks that were plentiful In the. early settlement of Maine. For a few days In August the birds could not fly, as they were shedding their feathers. The time was well known to the . inhabitants of all the towns about Deer lblo and those who could come did not fall to be present First a circle of boats was formed ho ub to partially Surround them and others wero stationed so a? to prevent the birds takli?K a wroilg direction. Duck Harbor was the place selected to drive them Into, it being narrow v find extending half a mile Inland. He ginning at the upper of the bay the boats were' drawn In for several miles. As this went, on more birds .were over taken and as they reached their des tination a large " number were includ ed in th?> drive. Reaching tho shore at the hoad of. the harbor, the ducks not being able to run much were overtaken and killed In large numbers. At one time a large drive was made and tho birds attempted to walk through tho woods to tho other aliora. but being unable to walk' died . in large numbers. This was Ihe last big drive that was made. Birds that escape a great danger avoid the same locality. ? Lewlston Journal. Get Even With the City Fellers. "Now and then," Bald Tobe Sagg of Goshkonong, "there comes over us small town fellers a low, febrile yearn ing to go to Kansas City for tho pur pose of hunting up total strangers with iyrhom to match our hard-earned dol lars, the merry gamo invariably result ing in our finding ourselves with a hectic head, no money left and an all pervading realization that wo havo made gosling-green fowls of ourselves. This Is very Bimllar to the craving that overtakes tho city man, onco in so often, to quit liia comfortablo office and buy expensive hunting tools and outlandish raiment, and hlo him down ? here and tramp his legs off In the worst weather of the season and ? drink liirce quantities of 40-rod whisky and sleep on beds of pain and get flnud for trespass and contract tho rheumatism and age perceptibly, and all for a few measly zoological or or nithological specimens that he could buy at the market for $1.35. Still, looking ui it dispassionately, It 'pears like a beneficent arrangement for keeping the per-capitor equitably ad justed." ? Kansas City Star. Ominous Description. "Ya-aa," fluid the farmer, "ye o an git to Swattleburror by thin hero rud. Keep right on till you come to the Bhorlff'8 haouse at (h' top o' i ho hill, then turn to the right till ><? pass si Meddors' place ? he's toaw p eonstabtrll ? then yo go on for half a mile to Hill Wlddcma' ? Hill's our proa'cutiu' attor ney ? after passin' which yo'll hog Justico o' the Peace Whlbley'n ros denoo loomln' up ahead on ye ? yo can't rolsn It ? lt'H got a pink barn in front of It ? and then yo turn to the lnft paHt the court haoune with a clock ?vor tho door, followln' the road to the big brick bulldln' ? thet's the jail, an' ye'll find Swattloburfer waltin' for ye with open arms." ? Harper's Week ly. THAT BALKAN MfffeS. "George dear, what's all thla Halka* trouble that take* up ao much room Id tho puperH?4* , "J don't believe you could under* ! Stand tt. my lore. You ?<?, it's large ly political, und diplomatic, and- ari0 abstruse." I I \ "I low la It polltlcul, George?*' V "I hwt'H hard to explain "And how In It diplomatic?" "That's ptlll mor?' <<>tn plicated." "And why abwtrune?" '"I'liat H Ilx- hard! ?i Of all " "I thought so, dear. You know nothing about It. And now because ; you're a buay man and haven't time for foreign news, I'm going to explain i tho whole Dalkan situation to you. You ae?, It waa at beat? good gracloua, , he's asleep t" An Explanation. The h tea m boat came splaahlng along her courae at full apeed, and the first j thing the paaaeugera knew bad crash ed head on Into the pier. "Mercy!" crl?-d a passenger, aa the bow craahed and the splinters flew. "1 wonder what la the matter?" <-?.<? "Nothln' " aald I'at, one of the deck hands. "Nothln', ma'am ? ut looka to me aa If the captain Juat forgot that we abtop here." ? Harper's Weekly. A DIPLOMATIC 8TR0KK. Algernon? A w-*-yo know, Adelaide, there'H no ubo In. our disputing any moah, but I'll- nw- bet the kisses ? he, he ? that I'm right. - Adelaide? All right, but I shall claim the privilege of choosing the stake holder. What to Take. Tho uky in blur> and rloudluBH, too, The sun la bright und yullow. But tajte no rtmncf*; take lnatoad Your trhd and true umbrella. . The Electric Coupe. "There 1b something refined and ele gant about an electric coupe." "Yob. I dare any It 1b tho moat aris tocratic vohlcle we have and It will probably always bo highly respect able." v' ; ".Why do you think so?" ".Because its limitations are such that it will never bo a popular vehlclo for an ^arly morning Joy ride." Painfully True. "When ho was younger a fortuno teller* predicted that a great future was In storo for him." "Did tho prediction come true?" "'Yes, but We didn't know at tho time how the fortune toiler4 spoiled the word 'great.' lie's boon peering through a steel grating now for near ly five years." Oh, You Flnt-lron! YoaHt- I ueo a new electric 'flat-iron Is made of reinforced glass ho that It may ho turned on end and used as ft hi hi p If desired," Crlmsonbeak ? Might make a man a bit nervous to havo his wito meet him with that sort of a light when ho man ages to reach the front door In the cold gray hours of dawn. HIS THOUGHT. Sho (romantically) ? Oh! for th? ! wings of a dove! Ho (practically) ? Tho breast of u turkoy for mine. Oh, for That Money Now. Tho money spent be?ldo the boa Brought freckles In u ?wmto; Dvit now lt'? tho cold winter tim? And thoy won't keep her warm. An Exception. "No news 1b Rood news." "Oh, 1 don't know. "SVero you ever ' waked out of a sound sleep In the mid dle of tho night to answer the tele phono only to have tho girl tell you she had called you by mistake?" , Untouched. "Kit,, I wish I could fall heir to a mil- ' lion dollars! In that case I think you'd marry me." "How strange It is, George, that so, beautiful a wish can be the father to snob an ugly thought!" 4 i GIRL IN THE SHOW WINDOW PUmarkabla Thins Seems to ?? That Few Women Are Sean Among the Spectators. "Ever notice what happens every time some enterprising (Inn puts t \ real live girl Inji ?l*QW window 7" ask' ud the old timer the other day, no* cording to the Now York Herald. "Hsme thing every tirny. I don't car? what It Iw she's demonstrating- a new hair dyo, a vacuum cleaner, tho ad vantages of pink tooth or a breakfast food ? result's tho aarao every time, "There's a big crowd to see the ?how, but never a woman near. Mu mun nature, that'a all. It's easy to figure on what tho men are doing there. If lt'a a vacuum oleaner they're calculating the week's expenses to nee how noon they'll be able to take one homo to the other half, and they want to know al about the way the thing worka }-"{t lt'a a new breakfast food thut thn young porson Is advertising, why they're all waiting outside till they b<v gin to distribute tho samples to taRe home to the same half again. If It's u new hair dyo they're wondering whether anybody would notice M If they had to begin to use it, and if it's pink teeth that tho girl's showing off ? wall, find your own reason, but It comes to the same thing. Hreakfant food or teeth, vacuum cleaner' or hair dye, these men all look as If they are going to know all about It, and they're going Inside to ask questions if they can't do it any other way. "Hut with tho women it's not so easy. Why don't they stay to see the showT Might be for one ?. reason, might be for another. Might be that they'd like to see It more than a lit tle; hut they can't. They wouldn't like to push a man out of tho way. Or maybe they wouldn't look If they could? the girl In the vMndow's get* ting all tho attention, the hussy ? or maybe they just haven't time. What do you tliljik?" KNOW AND APPLY REMEDIES Lower Animals Have Instinctive Idea of What to Po In Period# of Affliction. It is held that the simple remedies of nature generally suffice to cure beaatH of their ailments and that they are guided to them by Instinct. A large number of s pedes Waah. themselves and bathe ? elephants, BtagB, blrdfl, ants, etc. Animals rid themselves of their parasites by us ing dust, mud, clay, etc. Those suf fering from fever reBtrlct their diet, keei) quiet, seek darkness and airy places, drink much water nnd some times plunge Into it from time to time. When a dog has loot its appetite it eats that species of grass known as dog's grass. Cats also cat grass, cat nip, etc,, when sick. Sheep and cows In the same circumstances seek out certain herbs. An animal suffering from chronic rheumatism invariably keeps as much as possible in the sun. The warrior ants maintain regularly organized ambulances. Latroille cut the antennae of an ant. Other ants covered the wounded part with a trail aparont fluid from their mouths. Tf a chimpanzee is wounded it stops the How of blood by placing lt? hand on the wound or dressing It. with leaves and grass. ? IIurper'B Weekly. Cannibals. Some one has recently written s book about cannibals. It seems thai cannibals still arc! Knough of them to write a book about! It must bo un pleasant to bo a cannibal, and still more unpleasant to bo oaten by one! And yet they tell us that In large sec tions of Africa and still larger sec tions of South America the custom ol oating one's friends and relations, not to mention one'B enemies, is general. There aro certain points of etiquette to bo observed, such as not eating one's mother before a certain time after her death, or one's children, ex cept as a religious celebration. But In general the lid is off. Go as far aa you like! Eat anybody who will be eaten! Or who won't be! Instinct. Where the river wmiU through grassy meadows, as sure as tho south wind brings the rain, sounding his note In the reedy alders, the starling comes back to his nest again. Are thes'e not miracles? Promptly you answer: "Merely the prose of natural fact; nothing but instinct plain ?nd patent, born in tho creatures, that bids them act." Well, I have an instinct as line and valid, surely, as that of the beasts and birds, concerning death and tho life immortal, too deep for logic, too" vague for words. No trace of beauty can pass or perish, but other beauty Is somewhere born; no seed of truth or good be planted, but the yield must grow as the growing corn. ? Hliss Carmen. Curiosity Seen at Sea. A large tree, fully leaved out and with its branches all alive with birds of gay plumage, was seen floating in the sea 100 miles from any land, ac cording to officers and passengers of the steamer Limon, recently arrived at Boston from Jamaica. The tree was encountered off the west coast of Cuba. About thirty t'eH of It. was clear above the water lino, and it stood upright as if embedded in the ocean bottom. The otfloers of the Bteam^r were of the o~.-!:don that tho tree went afloat in a cavetn on some j-hore line and retained sufficient soil ar.d roc\s .~ntw!-ii-J '.n i*i roots1 to rci vv r:i UrfH.;. REtOUftSSfUL. In the club they were comparts* the resourcefulness of their wlvee In dlfR cult hoc 1*1 situations. The man who lives lu a llarlem flat had been a good listener, but he Anally fouud an open lug. "Yes," eald he, "my wife Isn't bad at iOft *>t thluK W*i were having some people to- luncheon on Bunday last spring, And Just at an hour when all the delicatessens were closed she discovered that she ueeded some mus tard and didn't have a grain of It In the kitchen. And she isn't the sort that will borrow from people next door that she doesn't know. It was a bad Ax, all right. Hut she got mus tard enough." "Went to the delicatessen man's house and routed him out, I suppose?" suggested a member from the IJronx. "Not much. Just went to the medl cine closet, got down a box of ready made mustard plasters, put 'em to aoak, ami squeezed enough of the hot stuff off." "Good night," said the man from the Ilronx. PROOF POSITIVE. Bronson ? I poticod your wife sitting by the window Bowing this morning. I thought you told mo yesterday she was ill. Woodnon ? So she was, but today she's on the mend. Dearly Bought Slumber. Each night he went to bed quite full And neeined to think that plan the hest; Although' next morn ho might feci dull, lie always gut a full night's rvHt. Equal to the Occasion. "We Insist, " said the suffragist speaker, her eyes flashing firq, "that we women have a natural and inalien able right to say who ahall govern us, as men have!" "Pooh! Pooh!" exclaimed a rough looking man in the audience, "Which only shows," rejoined the suffragist, her stern featuros soften ing into a smile, "how true tho scrip tures are in saying that tho pooher we have always with us." Would Never Do. An actor, being unable to find work on the stage and needing his meals, finally obtained the promise of ft con ductor's job on the street car lines. "When do I report?" "At 4 a. m. sharp," paid the man ager. "Shados of Booth!" exclaimed tho Thespian. "I couldn't stand such hours. Tho fines would offset the sal ary. Why, I'd be lato for rehearsal every day." . Remembers Watch Faces. "Ah! an old friend," said the pawn broker, as tho young man handed him his watch. "I never hocked that watch before/* declared the young man. "Maybe you havo not, but somebody has." "How do you know It's the same timepiece?" "Because I have an excellent mem ory for faces." HIS SUGGESTION. Wifey ? Henry, what shall I give up during Lent? Hubby ? Well, Graoe, I wish you ?would givo up coaxing mo for an auto, but I know you won't. * 1 Exaggerated Ego. Although, forsooth, he's far from great. And all his neighbors doubt him. He B^ema to think the ship of state WouM surely sink without him. A Contradiction. "There Is one thing queer In Brit ish politics." "What's that?" "They bring out (heir whips for their own party wheiY they want to beat the other one." Why Bill Got It. "How la It Bill Grubalong got a do? gree from T^ohard university this year? Didn't know Bill was ft college man." "Yep. He got It for working hit son's way through college." ? Judge. .v ! - . .. ,mm Baruch-Nettles Co "Th? Store Thai SeU Th? P*c?.> This Store will begin delivering packages by Parcels Post whenever requested to do so. JWft 4 1 tJ> X ?/" ' ' Uncle Sam has effect ed arrangements so that packages weigh ing up to elevei\pounds and measuring not to exceed 72 inches, all dimensions added to gether, can be deliver ed at your door. g This means that you can call up this store or drop us a card and re ceive from us the arti cle wanted the next time the mail carrier passes your door. If you need new collars, a shirt, gloves, a hat, or even a suit of Clothes, Dry Goods, Shoes and will give us an idea of what you want together with the sizes, etc., we will see that you get it. AH gooes will be shipped on approval. The charges from our store to your residence will be as follows: First pound - - - - 5c. Each additional pound - 11c. Eleven pounds - - - 15c* We will deliver free ? ? ----- of all postage charges merchandise to the amount of one dollar and over. Our Telephone Number is . . . "'j