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STEER HIDES HOLD HISTORY. ; \ So Tribe of Canadian Indians Pre- j serves a Record. Within 12 miles of Calgary, a city of 50,000 people, and with telephone communication with that city, the Sacree Indians pursue their lives and observe exactly as their forefathers the ancient habits and customs of ^ their tribe. < Two years ago there was a great festival, at which seven of the oldest , chiefs related the stories of their exploits, which the painter of the tribe preserved for posterity on two im- J mense steer hides. These hides are j now carefully preserved at the office of the agent on the Sacree reserve. The Indian lad relies for his history on camp-fire stories and welltanned steer hides covered with queer characters painted crudely ^ with a sort of ink made of the juices of plants. These records are not haphazard, but they are not altogether regular. When several chiefs and medicine men of the tribe are growing old, an assembly is aranged where a famous | Indian interpreter meets the aged ( I men. One by one the old men stand ( forth before the people and recount the stories of their lives. They tell thrilling tales of the battles in which they have fought, of the scalps they have taken and the horses they have stolen. These three * achievements are regarded as me three most honorable and valorous ^ p exploits of the great men. Compared with these, the white man's election to Parliament, his appointment to high office and his great commer- * cial achievements are as nothing, reL marks the Toronto Globe. (Sometimes their meetings last several days. The old men are enthusiastic in their descriptions of J?'. bygone days; they recite rapidly and , v gesticulate much. The members of J the tribe, sitting about them, listen eagerly, storing the details to be told t over and over again to their sons U, and their sons' sons, until they are tribal tradition of the long past. As ? they talk, the painter sits upon the 1 !?>''; * . ground with his steer hides spread * before him, and paints with his rude 3 . dyes pictures to illustrate the inci- ? dents. A circle represents a barricade or i encampment; awkwardly drawn pic- 1 !p, t^res of animals stand for the horses I he has stolen; a galloping horse with < K'h'-'V a man on its back suggests the story i of a wild flight across the prairie be- < fore pursuing enemies; a dog may I * mean a bloody battle won; a tad- i pr pdle-like mark, a scalped Indian, i The figures are very crude, and the i drawings no better than those a four- 1 years-old child makes on its slate. 1 But some ingenuity is exercised in < ' 2. the grouping, and eacn sKetcn is in i ||v;: * a .way, a key to the thrilling tales i E - V which in time become history. ? t ??, i Dying, She Returns Money. j New York, Dec. 20.?Four years Eg ' ago, as she was shopping for Christmas, Miss Mary A. Nestor laid on a counter in a department store a handbag in which was $22. It dis- \ appeared. ' j On Christmas day that year there J | came to Miss Nestor's home at No. | 622 East One Hundred and Fifty- ? i third street a small parcel. In it were some papers, a bank book and other odds and ends that had been in the handbag, but no money. With . thes articles was this note in a wo- . man's hand: j "I hope you will forgive me. I am g in need. 1 have a friend who has just died. I need the money for fu- t fe * rieral expenses. It seems to me that gr I am simply taking this from a woman who has plenty of money. I \ will return it some time. c g " A FRIEND IN NEED. ' \ ' At the time Miss Nestor was sorry ] & .. that she could not get in touch with >, "A Friend in Need" and help her \ v 4 more than by relinquishing claim to i the small sum, but the young woman, 1 who is secretary to a Manhattan firm ( and usually busy, finally forgot the ] incident. t Yesterday afternoon an automobile ] with a livery chauffeur and a woman 3 passenger in a long Persian lamb if coat drew up before Miss Nestor's 1 home. The woman got out and ask- 1 ed for Miss Nestor, but she was away from home. So the visitor talked , k- ' with Miss Nestor's mother. , A woman friend, she said, had just died, and had asked a last favor. , She was to give to Miss Nestor a package containing $22. Her friend had told the full circumstances on J A cow ^ V> ^ HCI" UtfcllIIUtZU. >v ucu on^r can cu.*> ? . handbag lying on the counter her I son had just died and she did not have the money with which to bury him. The stolen money had gone j for this purpose. The woman latterly had intended to return the money, but had not been in New York. i The woman of the automobile left Miss Nestor's home without telling the name of the other woman. If you owe us anything, remember that we need the money and expect prompt settlement. f'-' 1 MURPHY'S DECISIVE SHOT. Vlarked Turning Point of the Revo- * lution, Says Mr. O'Brien. The name of Murphy is not without honor, but it will be news to many, even loyal Irishmen, that a man named Murphy "fired the bullet which was the turning point of the Revolution." Such is the contention jf M. J. O'Brien, of New York city, who writes about it'to the Sun. That rimothy Murphy was no historical myth, he says, may be seen by consulting the following authorities on ! he events of the Revolution: Camp- 1 aell's "History of Tryon County," Simms's "History of Schoharie 1 bounty," Doty's "History of Livings:on County," Lossing's "Field Book . Df the American Revolution," volume 1, and Col. W. L. Stone's "History of g the Battle of Saratoga." Murphy was one of that band of the frontiersmen from the Shenandoah valley who composed the celeDrated rifle corps commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan, of Virginia. This < gallant aggregation of fighting men i --?? Vvi.aoc.ti + Hc mnttn ? VY Ui C Upuii IUC11 uivaoko v 'Liberty or death." Lossing says: 'A large proportion of them were irishmen, who were not very agreeable to the New Englanders." The oien attracted much attention ;hroughout the Revolutionary struggle, and on account of their sure and leadly aim they became a terror to :he British. Wonderful stories of :heir exploits went to England, and me of the riflemen who was carried :here a prisoner was gazed at as a ?reat curiosity. In describing the battle of the heights of Saratoga on September L9, 1777, Lossing says: It was evident that the fate of the lattle rested upon Fraser, and this ;he keen eye and sure judgment of VIorgan quickly perceived. Calling a lie of his best men around him, he ;aid. as he Dointed toward the Brit- r sh right: "That gallant officer is Gen. Fra- t ;er. I admire and honor him but it s s necessary he should die; victory t 'or the enemy depends on him. Take c rour station in that clump of bushes t md do your duty." 1 i Within five minutes Fraser fell c nortally wounded. The rifleman who ^ tilled Gen. Fraser was Timothy c Vlurphy. He took sure aim from a 1 md saw Fraser fall on the discharge c md saw Fraser fall o nthe discharge * )f his rifle. As soon as Fraser fell a t janic fell upon the British line. They t led precipitately within the intrench- * nents of the camp. All efforts to 1 ally the panic-stricken English and 1 Sessian troops proved unavailing. They could not again be brought into t iction, and before morning dawned he remnant of the British army had i etreated to a more secure position it Fort Edward, the Americans tak- ^ ng possession of the evacuated Brit- 1 sh camp. ' The ubiquitous Murphy is again nentioned as a participant in the jattle of Schoharie and Monmouth, md his heroic part in the expedition >f Gen. Sullivan thorugh central md western New York, and' especi illy in defense of the fort at Middle- * )urg in October, 1780, reads like a jhapter from a romantic novel. He s described as a man of handsome | eatures, of great muscular power, leet of foot and as wary as an Indian. iVhile he was not a man of any edu- * ;ation he was possessed of a strong ntellect and had much influence over ? lis associates. His skill in the desultory warfare with the Indians ;ave him so high a reputation that, hough not nominally the command>r, he usually directed all the movenents of the scouts that were sent >ut, and on many important occasions the commanding officers found c t dangerous to neglect his advice, tfe used a double-barrelled rifle, c vhich was something of a curiosity n those days and the Indians, seeng him fire twice without stopping :o reload, supposed he could fire as * iften as he pleased in the same manner, and they usually fled in terror tvhen they learned that the dreaded i Murphy was in their immediate ] neighborhood. ] A volume could be written about 1 the exploits of this gallant Revolu- 1 tionary soldier. Unfortunately for 1 his fame, his distinctive Irish 1 ? i - J < name seems to nave ueeu a uiaw back, and I verily believe that but ' for it he would be immortalized in song and story, as some less worthy 1 of his compatriots have been. He 1 died at Schoharie in 1818. > , 1 Newberry Girl Receives Fatal Burns. i ] Newberry, Dec. 20.?Lucile Werts, the 5-year-old daughter of Eugene , <5 Woi'tc nminfv auditor of Xewber- i ry, received burns at noon to-day ] from which she died to-night at 8 i o'clock. While playing with other , children in a room at the home here ] where was a fire in the grate, the < child's clothing caught fire. Her ( mother, who had just left the room, i heard screams and rushing into the ( room found the little girl enveloped ; in flames. j $300,000 IS PETTY RAFFLES. 'olice Find Boys Taking Chances on 1 Cigars and Put Lid on Scheme. Atlanta, Dec. 19.?That the gambing in Atlanta on Christmas "raf- E les" has reached proportions where j >ver $300,000 had been sunk in the s soda fountain and cigar store v schemes, was brought to light yes- t :erday when the police shut down 0 ;he lid tight and refused to let the )etty gambling continue. E The indirect cause of bringing the c -affling to a stop was the fact that ^ rresponsible youths of 15 years and g ess were squandering all their ^ noney on the chances. f The men who had bought the raf- j ling paraphernalia were very much c ncensed because the lid was put on j;o suddenly. They argued that they j( should be given a reasonable notice. e Engineer Smith's "Long Chance." "I just took the 'long chance.' " 1 This was Engineer George A. 0 Smith's laconic explanation of his c are presence of mind and grit in s saving a trainload of passengers v torn almost certain death in the T nountains of Southern California. A local news writer makes the 6 olio wing note of the instance: Engine No. 307, with Smith at the a hrottle, was grinding and slipping r lown the steep side of the Coast a ange in Soledad canyon, one of the ^ vorst stretches on the Fresno-Los * Angeles division of the railroad. * 3ehind it was the momentum of its >wn weight and of seven coaches f veil filled with passengers. 1 Suddenly Smith, with distended ^ lostrils, drew back into the cab, "I E T em ol 1 emnlfP " VlP shoilted. ? moment later, as the flanges of the ' vheels screeched around a curve, the p ireman yelled a warning. In anoth- 0 ;r moment the engine shot out upon a he big trestle over Santa Clara n :reek. The bridge was in flames. r The airbrakes brought the mogul f o a halt, its whels showering * parks, a third of the way across the 11 dazing structure. Half of the :oaches remained out of danger on ^ erra firma, and Smith and his fire- 1 nan, by running back over the cars, ' :ould reach safety in a few minutes. ^ To remain on the bridge meant s leath. Because of the steep grade * le could not back the train h >ut of peril. The only chance e o save the lives of all was t o dash across the 200-foot trestle, c rusting to luck that the structure v vould not crumble down before the c ast of the seven coaches had crossed e t. a Smith released the brakes and d hrew the throttle wide open. The t mgine sprang forward and thrust ts nose into the isle of flames. At a >very turn of the wheels the trestle E groaned and cracked. Cutting a *>assage through the fire and smoke, * he train raced across. ? In the tender behind the engine i: vere 3,000 gallons of oil, fuel for r * ->-1? ct ? uv +V?Q+ Q ^ Oe lOCOILIUliVC, Ollli Cll nucn iuul u oose valve, a tiny leak or an open c eed pipe into which a jet of fire * night be sucked would mean an ex- ^ >losion that would wreck the trestle ind send the entire train in frag- * nents to the bottom. However, as ^ jrim as Jim Bludsoe, he urged his a ron horse forward. Now the front trucks of the en- E jine clattered off the bridge, and * iow the engine itself was free. With v lead out of the window, the en- ^ fineer looked back anxiously as 1 :oach after coach, all on fire, drew v >ff the trestle. When the last had t von free, he brought the train to * i standstill. t When the passengers had recov- * ?red from their fright, they gathered 13 iround the engine and heartily cheer- v >d Smith, who simply said: "I had to ict and I just took the long chance." As the train started, the trestle cashed to the bottom of the ravine. T > ? \ Conditions at Hot Springs Unhealthy, p I Washington, Dec. 20.?Conditions a it Hot Springs, Ark., are badly in 3 leed of attention, is the opinion of Maj. H. M. Hallock, U. S. A., retired, c medical director of the Hot Springs f eservation, expressed in a repori 10 ;he secretary of the interior. He be- l ieves this is due largely to the fact 8 :hat the city of Hot Springs is not f mder federal jurisdiction. t Too narrow a view has been taken. c the major contends, in efforts to bring people and trade to Hot Springs, wherefore much has been tolerated that in the long run will bring the resort into absolutely bad t repute. 2 He calls special attention to the 2 [insanitary conditions which he found C in the bath' houses when he went 1 there as medical inspector, and says 1 that total reconstruction in several < of the buildings and extensive re- > pairs in all is necessary. The waters < of the reservation are so valuable in 1 curative properties, the report urges, ^ that the people of the country should ? demand that the place be kept up to 2 a high standard, both from moral ( and sanitary standpoints. < WOMEN UNDER ENGLISH LAW. "heir Position Has Improved?Some Cause for Complaint. Although the legal status of woaen has .been much improved in England, the law still favors the tronger sex at the expense of the weaker, says the Queen. Apart from he question of divorce there are ither laws which are very unfair. At one time the law did not recoglize the wife as having any separate ivic existence. She was under coverure?that is to say, under the ;uardianship and control of her hus-1 >and?and was not regarded as a I ree agent. The husband had absoute control over her person, her hildren (after the age of nurture,) ier property and her earnings, so ong as he did not ill treat her. She could not dispose of any proprty or enter into any contract without his consent, and he could at any ime revoke her will if he chose. The >nly way in which her property ould be protected was by a marriage ettlement, and such settlements /ere not usual except in the case of veil to do women. There was no way of securing the larnings of a poor woman from a pendthrift or tyrannical husband, ,nd many cases of hardship occured, cases in which a woman time tfter time made a little home for ier children by her earnings and he husband came and sold everyhing to spend on drink. To-day the wife who has separate iroperty or who is capable of earnng her own living is practically iniependent. She may dispose of her noney and other belongings if she ileases and enter into any contract vithout obtaining her husband's ermission. But if she has no source f ir?oAma V*or* VinohonH ! JL lUVy^ui^ uuu tuut uwi uugvuuu j llows her she is very much at the aercy of his whim. He is not bound o make her any allowance, either or her personal use or for house:eeping expenses, however hard she Qay toil for his benefit. Not only can a husband keep his rife extremenly short of money durng his life, denying her comforts' or which he can well afford to pay, iut in the absence of a marriage ettlement the wife has no security hat any provision will be made for ier after her husband's death, howver wealthy he may be. Unless here is freehold property, in which ase she has a certain right to dower mder an old act, a widow has no laim to any part of her husband's state if he chooses .to leave it all way from her, but she and her chil[ren may be left absolutely destiute. Roman law recognized the inalien,ble right of a wife to a certain prolortion of her husband's property afer his death, and this right is enorced in Scotland and in almost very country of the civilized world, ncluding those countries where the dohammedan religion is practiced. Jew Zealand at first followed the bad ustom of the mother country of leav4-V.^v nrifn dnnnnHnnt nn Vl O T* tills LLg 11JC W lie U^j/CllU^UI, vu uwi |Uy.~ land's caprice, but since women obained the vote the law has been alered so that a man can not leave all lis property away from his wife nor , parent from his or her children. In New Zealand, too, men and wonen are now equal with regard to he law of intestacy. Here if the rife dies without making a will her lusband takes all her property, but P the husband dies intestate the rife in no case gets more than half he property and some times only a hird. If a man has no near relaives, but only a widow, half goes o the crown. It certainly can not ?e said that English law favors the ridow. Wasn't Right. An old man (if being 93 is old) walked along Kearney street somewhat laboriously. Although feeble ihysically, there was an air of pros>erity about him. That was what ittracted the attention of a "touch" irtist. "Say, mister," said the tramp, oming up, "could you help a poor ellow to get a meal?" The old man looked him over and hen exclaimed: "You ought to be ishamed of yourself, coming to me or help. Evidently you don't know hat I am an orphan."?San Fran:isco Chronicle. Taking Care of Relatives. The newly appointed secretary of he railroad commission is said to be i cousin of Commissioner Hampton, md also a boarder at the home of Commissioner Caughman. The latter, lowever, we are not positive aDout, >ut are so informed. There were ither applicants for the position, vho did not care to make an indecent scramble for the place before rony Lumpkin was buried, but they vere given no show at all. The reiult would have likely been the same, myway, when the comimssion has its )wn friends and relatives to take :are of.?Anderson Mail. ilWffl G W* I have just received a si JL cycles of the latest make 3 easy terms. A small ar wheel and the balance in *w have a large snpply of * repair you old wheel at a fK mobiles, Bicycles, Guns short notice. FROST PROOF Cj PRICES, 1000 to 4000 at $1.25 per t thousand; 10,000 at 90 cents per tho' and to parties getting up club orders We make a specialty of growing cabl varieties viz: Early Jersey Wakefield, ton Large Type Wakefield, second ear Sucession and Short Stemmed Late F heads. Our plants are all grown in th severe weather. We guarantee count, safe delivery an* press rates to all points. Our persona are shipped same day received. Se trouble and you expense, but will shi mailed on request. THE CARR-CARLTON CO., CAT'S REMARKABLE TRIP. English Feline Journeyed 133 Miles to Get Home. The story ofc a remarkable journey of a cat from Kingston Surrey to its former home at Glastonbury, in Somersetshire, a distance of 133 miles, has come to light. In April last a cat, mottled gray and described as half Persian in breed, was sent from Glastonbury, where it has been reared, to the matron of the Kingston Nursing Home, says the London Telegraph. It was sent in a packing case drilled with air holes, and obviously the animal had no opportunity of marking the points of its journey. Soon after its arrival at Kingston the cat was lost, and despite the most diligent searching no trace of it could be fdund. The matron of the nursing home has now received a letter from Glastonbury stating that the cat has found its way back to its old home. It arrived emaciated and footsore, and apparently had walked the whole of the 133 miles. The letter describes the cat on its arrival a9 a "a mere shadow of its former self," and expresses the belief that alhough terribly weak from its wanderings, it can be nursed back to a healthy condition. Two Negroes Hanged at Lancaster. Lancaster, Dec. 20.?When Wade onH TTonrv Kee. neeroes. were I1VV/U UUVi ..WW, w _ , hanged here this morning a prece-1 dent was established in Lancaster county and in South Carolina. For the first time in the State's history a legal execution was held on a day other than Friday. Convicted of murder at the October term of cburt of general sessions, Judge R. C. Watts sentenced both negroes to be hanged Friday, December 9. The governor granted a reprieve of 12 days, thus causing the execution to be held to-day. It was the first time in 21 years that an execution has been held in Lancaster county. Hood was hanged for the murder of Walter Dunlap, and Kee for the murder of Sam Dye in the month of August of last year. John P. Hunter, Lancaster county's splendid sheriff, was called on to carry out the death sentences. The trap was sprung at 10:56 o'clock this morning and at 11:05 o'clock they were pronounced dead. Before the caps were adjusted Sheriff Hunter gave the condemned men a chance to make a statement. "I hope to meet you all in heaven," said Hood. "I want to meet you all in glory," n.-aa Tape's statement. The negroee went to their end without a murmur maintaining a courageous attitude to the last. The executions were held in privacy, only a few persons in addition to the newspaper men being present. Piddle 300 Years Old. Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 21.?When George A. Yeary, a musician living in Sacramento, responds to the call of the muse he carries with him a violin he holds precious. The instrument is a genuis Cremora, purchased by Marcus Yeary, a Greek gentleman and musician, in the year A. D. 1600. Yeary was great-great-great-grandfather to the present owner and the violin has been continuously in the possession of the Yeary family since its purchase by " +V.Q iMarcus irom me uuuscivaiui/ v* tuv famous Danker. It was made by Francisco Reggerri in Cremona, Italy. It was wormeaten and broken for several years until a few months ago when Yeary had it repaired by a carefully selected expert. S . - v edit You i dpment of brand new bi- mp which I will sell you on Mm uount when you get the C weekly payments. I also x bicycle supplies and will V , reasonable price. Auto and Pistols repaired on a RICKLEfM Bamberg, S. 0, |? | M3BAGE PLANTS I housand; 5000 to 9000 at $1.00 per j usand. Special prices on larger lots or acting as our agents. age plants and have all the leading the earliest cabbage grown; Charles liest. In late varieties we have the lat Dutch, both producing large flat e open fields and will stand the most i satisfaction. We have special ex,1 attention given to all orders which ind cash with order as it saves us * p C. O. D. if preferred. Catalogue , Box 60, Meggetts, S. C. 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Corporation" practice and the winding up of eo??an4a1#v llnptllttM ?tuMg Ull^9 0 spcvuti^ trusted to us will be promptly attended to. **$??$' v/- 1 Special Notice * 'v As I will retire from the J* mercantile business Janu- , : ary 1st, 1912, 1 urgently Y ... ask all who are indebted to me to arrange their accounts before that date. 3 It is not my desire to op- press any one, but it is imperative that my business be wound up, so don't fail to see me before January 1. > J. 1 BYRD Bamberg, S. C. HERBERT HEARING LATER. Alleged Seminole Fugitive Fighting Extradition to South Carolina. y Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 21.? The habeas corpus proceedings instituted by C. J. Herbert, arrested . under a requisition from the governor of South Carolina, set for hearing before Judge S. D. McRey- j nolds, was passed until January 13 by agreement of counsel. Herbert is wanted in South Carolina for trial on an indictment charging him with fraud in connection with the Seminole Securities company deal of several years ago. Governor Patterson refused to honor the requisition for Herbert ^ while he was governor, but the papers were granted by Governor nooper, the present executive of Tennessee. Drunken Prisoner's Neck Broken. ^ New Orleans, Dec. 21.?While struggling with the officers to prevent them from searching him, Daniel Killian, a prisoner, yesterday fell and struck his head against a chair in the fourth precinct police station and broke his neck. Killian had i been arrested on the charge of drunkenness. 1 / 1