The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 07, 1907, Image 5
OBIOIN OF FBUITS.
WHKHi; SOMK OF THKU CAME
t HOM TO US.
tors Many of Them Have Peen Known !
and Used for Thousands '
of Years j
The principal fruits of the earth,
though long known, have hern bo ,
changed by oultlvatlon that the orlg- i
Inal anoeBtori would not recognize 1
their deioendants. The peach Is sup
pcaed to be a native of the hill coun*
try or China and was doubtless cult) {
ated tfceje at a period so remote
that It antedates history. The apple,
most widely distributed of all fruit, 1
is said by solenoe to have desoended
from the Siberian crab which grew
wild over large parts of Asia, Europe
and northern Africa. It is a tar cry
from our Jonathans, Bell dowers and
Greenings to this sour little denizen i
of the steppes, but like many other
things m earth, including man, it has
no reaSOD to be proud of its ancestor, i
It waa brought from Asia into Greece <
after ha?lng been cultivated for many <
centuries, ar.d the Romans obtained i
It from the Greeks, as they did many
other good things. In later ages it
spread throughout the world, but i
thrives best In the cooler parts of the
temperate zones. It does not grow
in the tropics but Is at its best in certain
sections of the Mississippi Val i
ley. It is^jtot only the best but the I
most famous of fruits. Though the
Garden of Eden story, so far as the
apple Is concerned, Is somewhat fanol- i
ful, it has been the meam of greatly i
extending the fame of this fruit.
When Julius Caesar invaded E"gland, ,
some years before the Christian era.
he gave the barbarians then Inhabit- i
lng that Island their drat taste of ap i
pies and cider. Ever since then It has
been a staple In the British Isles and
of course has been muoh lmprov d by
cultivation during the two thousand
centuries that have succeeded its introduction.
There was a special reason that
AtnofiH fho innla lA hinitma nnnnUi.
vnwgvu vuu ?V UrfVUUiV Ul?l
throughout the countries of Northern
Europe. The prevailing religion wm
that of the Druids, who worshipped
the mistletoe, and as this parasite was
found chiefly on oaks and apple trees,
these became objects of great veneration
and oare to the devotees of this
stiange superstition. The priests and
priestesses of the Druids said prayers
and sang devotional s^ngs to these
trees and believed they had the power
of granting favors. They were
right, too, so far as the apple tree Is
concerned, for what greater blessing
has been oonferred upon men, then or
now, than the luscious, health giving
fruit that falls from their boughs? A
trace of thii old Druid veneration for
the apple tree still remains in certain
parts of England, where the farmers
on stated ocoaslons salute the trees
and beg them for good orops. They fill
a wassail bowl with cider and put in
it a pleoe of toast then pour some of
the older on the roots, hang the toast
in the most barren branches, after
whioh all join hands around and dance
as they sang:
Here's to thee, old apple tree,
Whence thou may'st bud, and whence
thou may'st blow,
And whence thou may'st bear apples
enow;
Hats full! caps full!
liushcls and sacksfull!
Huzza!
The pear, whioh in scientific horticulture
is nearly allied to the apple,
seems to have been the most difficult
of the fruits to educate up from barbarism
to cultivation. The tree on
which it grew was originally oovered
with sharp thorns, which it took
many centuries cf cultivation to eliminate,
and the fruit was practically
worthless. Even as late as the first
century of our era Pliny, the R: man
naturalist, though he describee many
varieties kno jvn to him, declares that
"all pears whatsover are but a heavy
meat, unless they are well boiled or
baked " This shows what improvements
have taken plaoe to bring us to
the Bartlets and other luscious varie
ties that fill our markets to day. How
ever, it was a cultivated fruit during
remote ages of antiquity and Is
thought to have been first developed
in Central Asia. It is mentioned in
Homer's writings and became oommon
in Syria, Egypt and Grecoe, being
taken from the latter oountry to Italv
and thence to Britlan. Virgil, the
popular Roman poet, returns thanks
to Oato for a gift of pears of wbloh,
it seems, these people bad thirty-six
varieties. Figs and grapes are also
very ancient fr,ults, mentioned in the
earliest writings of the Aslatlos as well
as the Greeks and Romans. All these
and other fruits, of oourse, were originally
wild and it does not appear that
anv fruit haa ever been of muoh value
in ite wi.d state. But for cultivation
aid the endless pains of thousands of
sentnries of oareful horticulturists,
these luxuries, which contribute so
mnoh to the happiness of man, would
he unknown. They furnish espeolally
strong: proof of what civilization has
dene for the raoe and show how the
world has been made so much more
V worthy of habitation by invention and
I \ scientific experimentation, aided by
U J industrious farmers and professional
( y* / / frult-grow<?r?
? 1 y/ Killed the Mara he I.
.s" Friday night Will Bolton, of
Athens, Ga., shot and instantly killed
Tim Hammonds, marshal etStathem,
fa. Bolton was prinking and Haps*
fnonds iaa tryiw to gel him to go
|ome when he shot the marshal
Kugh the heart, Bolton made hie
THE TEE HOUR LAW
Passed the State Senate bj a barge i
Maturity.
The senate Thursday by a tote of
of 33 to 6 passed tbe Toole tan-hour
law, amended by Senator Graydon bo'
in to mske tbe llnrlt s'x*y two hours
& we. k after July 1 ntxt and sixty
hours a week after July 1 of next
year.
S:nator Carlisle, of Spartanburg
the biggest cotton mill centre In the
itate, favored the bill, and on seeing
It could not be killed (tfered an amendment
forbidding employment of women
or children under sixteen at
night. His amendment was tabled by
a vote of 22 to 14.
Mr. Williams wanted a graduated
reduotlon, and Senator Blease offered
an amendment to defer the time when
the aot shall go into effeot.
Finally Senator Gradon's amendment
was defeated bv a vote of 24 to
13.
Senator Appelt offered an amendment
excepting knitting mills from
the previsions of the bill. This was
killed.
The other feature of the senate session
was the passage to third reading
of Senator Raysors bill looking to the
establishment of a system of high
schools throughout the state.
By a vote of 22 to 17 the senate
killed the Weston bill to create the
rllloe of labor commissioner and devolve
his duties upon the Immigration
commissioner- Tnls was a farreaohiDg
measure, wblcb embraoed
tbe ten-hour proposition and ohlld la
bor, and It authorized tbe appoint
ment by the commissioner of a number
of lDspeotors to go through the
state and personally Inspect labor conditions
In the mills and all other places
where five or more persons are employed
and required the factories to fi'e
periodical reports under oath and In
detail as to its employes, their ages,
tiex, hours of work, eto.
TRIED TO LYNCH NEGRO
And Other Negroes Got Their Heads
Badly Bumped.
At Pittsburg, Pa., 0. A. Jackson,
a negro, bleeding from many wounds
an tbe head, is looked up In the central
police station following an exciting
and almost successful attempt to
lynch him Wednesday night by a
;rowd of several hundred persons In
the heart of the business district. A
number of unknown negroes who tried
to protect Jackson were roughly
dandled by the mob. Several women
who were oaught In the oruBh were
taken to their homes suffering from
nervous shook.
The trouble started when a news- ?
boy asked the negro to buy a paper.
Jackson shoved mm rougmy into tne
itreet. The boy threw a stone and
struck Jackson on the head, and the
negro choked the boy. In a moment
several men oaught the negro and beKan
to beat him. Some one orled
"lynch the nigger" and hundreds of
men and boys rushed upon Jaokson.
Oanes, stones, rolled up newspapers
and iista were the chief weapons used
by the mob. Several other negroes
endeavored to proteot Jaokson. Immediately
there were cries of "lynoh
them" and 1'kill the niggers." The
infuriated mob caught several of the
negroes and bumped tbelr heads
against the stone buildings.
Jaokson, bleeding and his olothes
almost torn off, was temporarily forgotten,
and he ran down Fifth avenue
Somebody orled "the nigger's
soaping" and several hundred persons
took up the ohase. Down Fifth
avenue to Liberty avenue, two blooks,
and then down Liberty avenue to
Fifth, the chase oontlnued. Just below
Fifth street Jaokson ran into the
arms of several polloemen, The offloers
hurried Jaokson intc an alley and
attemnted to hold baok tte crowd
with their nightstick*. They were
fast losing ground, however, when a
force of city firemen from a nearby
engine houae came to their aid. The
polioe and firemen guarded the entrance
to the alley until the patrol
wagon, loaded with officers, responded
to a riot oall. The orowd was scattered
by the frse use of night stloks
and J aokson was taken to the central
station and looked up on a charge of
disorderly oonduot.
Sustained by Democrats.
It begins to look as if President ,
Roosevelt will have to depend on the
Democrats in Congress to help him
out. The sub-oommittee on military
affairs committee of the House by a
strlot party vote laid on the table the
resolution of Representative Sims, of
Tennessee, oommending the President
for his aotlon in dii charging the
colored soldiers engaged in the 1 shoot-log
up" of Browavllle. The motion
to lay the resolution on the table was
made by a Republican and oarriad by
the Republicans: the Democrats vollog
against the motion. Representative
Sims nlll now bring the resolution
before the House on a motion to
discharge the military committee
from further consideration and have
the resolution considered by the
House, providing the Speaker will
reoognlze him for that purpose.
Killed Himself.
D. W. Ford, 4 well known resident
of Richland, Va., and a relative of
Unitad Statee Judge Waddillof the
stern district of Virginia, oommltted
enlolde by shooting himself Thursday
in his room at the Southern hotel
ip Saisebetb, N. 0 Ford, v^hose father
la wealthy, left money end telegm?
uxA***!, of toWurttoM.
fVttttaoe tMChM o* bow to make
otbg* ktate ol iMMi. j
8CAR1D THI CRBW.
I Stray Shell Went Too Near a Little
Steamer.
The low line of the target drawn
by the army poet steamer down the
Charleston harbor Wednesday afternoon
ess cut by a 10 iDch projectile
lust as smoothly as If a knife had
seen used, but, fortunately, the trim
little government boat and her crew
were not hit, and the only damage
lone was In the repair of the hauser
ind tho scare that the men on the
x)at experienced.
The tiring of the big guns Is figured
;o a mathematical nloety, the cftioers
md soldiers say in telling of the tine
'I rant, wrtrkr r?f tha afkllla.oman m +
. W? BW ttvaa V& ?U? mfuivt/uivu V
b'ort Moultrie and elsewhere, but the
)lg projectiles will go wrong sometime!.
The master of ^he governuent
tug tendered his resignation
leveral years ago, when he was order
sd to rake the target In tow. It was
:co much like suloide, and he was
igalnit self-destruotlo j, he eald, and,
rather than expose himself to a stray
?rojeotlle, he gave up his lob He did
lot trust the man behind tbe gun as
xiuch as the soldiers trusted themlelves.
The seafarer was not afraid
)f taking his ohanccs with tbe sea
ind wind, but he objeoted to being
ihot at. He thought that the little
aft behind the tug was too small and
,he length of the rope was not great
mough. It looked to him as if the
nrhole business?tug, master and
irew?were iuoluded in the target and
iq gaye up a good job. This decision
s taid to have been reacted when a
jrolcotile once crossed the bow of his
)oat, and master and crew held their
)reath and lost a beat of their hearts.
At all events, the target was out
oose by the 10 luoh projectile, weigheg
nearly a thousand pounds, tired
rom Fort Jasper. The job was neatly
lone, but this was no exoeptlon to the
lne soores whlob were made in the
ltavy firing of the afternoon, which
tould be faintly heard In the olty and
nore perceptibly felt In the tremor of
nany houses and the rattling of winlow
sashes, as the big guns would
)eloh forth regular servloe charges.
Jften a tube Is Inserted In the guns
ind smaller charges used, allowances
)elng made for the small oharge and
lghter projectiles In arriving at the
Irllls, but, once or twice a year, serrioe
charges are usad, as would bo
lone In case of war In repelling an
lostlle fleet, and these are the loads
>f powder and projeotlles which w<rs
ised yesterday afternoon and to day.
The iirlog shook up things at &
ively rate on Sullivan's Island, smashng
the glasses and doing some other
iamage, but this is the penalty that
tttaches to the seashore resorts adoinlog
the army posts, and the SulH'an's
Island people have beoome acluttomed
to thlB little shaking up
tow and again.
After the Oil Trutu.
Senator Tillman has announeed
hat be is preparing bills intended to
sorreot the discriminations and
nonopollstio practices of the Stanlard
Oil Company as revealed by the
atesiest report of the Interstate commerce
commission. One of the obeots
sought to be obtained will be
he separation of pipe lines from oil
produoing concerns. Senator Tillmap,
Senator Bailey, and other democrats,
tried to have this provision incorporated
in the rate bill last year. They
lucoeeded in bringing the Standard
311 Company under the regulating
power of the commission to the exbent
of declaring its pipe lines common
carriers under the law. Then
later an amendment by Senator
Bailey was adopted, which provided
that common carrier should not produoe
the commodities which they
sarrled. This provision, if it had
remained in the aot, would have
divorced the Standard's business from
Iteoarrylng business. After a hard
light in the oot f irenoe the provision
reparating the operation of producing
from transporting was limited
to the railroads, leaving the Standard
P.AA I M <4n IImam m L -
ilOO IU IOW1U 1 M> WWU WO 11LICO ? 1US
republlcanp, led by Senator Aldrlob,
ire responsible for the change. Now,
the commission finds the law Isn't
working well, just because this ezoep*
lion was made in favor of the Standird,
and Senator Tillman proposes to
renew the fight.
High Priced Coin,
The Des Moines Register and
Leader says "a single ear of Reid
Yellow Dent corn, weighing 19
ounoes, sold recently at the Iowa
State College for the phenomenal
price of $150, which is at the rate of
$8,850 per bushel. Each kernel is
worth 13 cents. Dan L. Pascal, of
DeWitt, a member of the Iowa Corn
Growers' Association, who grew this
remarkable ear, was its purohaeer at
the sale, which has eclipsed all previous
prioes for corn and established a
world's record. The grand champion
single ear last vear brought only $11
and was grown by H. J. Ross, of
Farragut, la. The seoond grand
ouMU|Huu>Huip iMi year was won oy
Fred Hefchershaw, of De? Moines, and
old for 17. The grand championship
ten ears of last year were those belonging
to O, J. Easton, of Whitney,
end sold for 130, whioh at that time
wss the highest prloe ever paid for
that amount of seed com.
Hays Booker Is Senator.
The expeoted appointment of the
negro Ralph Tyler to the position of
surveyor of the port of Olnotnnati,
one of the biggest federal appointments
in Ohio, Is eauslng considerable
talk at the Capitol. The joke #dui<3
seem to be on the delegation frost
Ohio, especially that portion of it
whioh has been so toettfhroue in de
Claiming tot the Ylghti Of heirioee to
OH TAX EIGHT LIES.
Dlfprimary Director* to Be Hauled
Over the Coal*.
In the senate Thursday night II.
b. Carlisle, chairman of Ibe jidlclary
committee, to whioh was referred the
report of the speolal oommlitee appointed
to investigate the atlalra of
the State dispensary, presented the
following oouourient resolution, whioh
was adopted without a dissenting
vote:
"be it resolved by the senate, the
house of representatives concurring,
That in our opinion the directors of
the State dispensary have violated the
law in the purohase of liquors and are
liable to removal by the governor and
proaecutloo; that it be referred to the
governor to take such aotion as he
may deem necesnary and proper in the
premises; and that a copy of this resolution
te transmitted to his excellency
the governor, with a copy of the
testimony taken by the legislative
oommlttee on the affairs of the State
dispensary, together with their report
thereon.''
The following senators compose the
oommlttee whioh reported the above
resolution: II. B. Carlisle, chairman;
LeQrand G. Walker, T. M. Riysor,
F. P. McGowan, G. II. Bates, W. H.
Wells, J. R Earle, W. N. Graydon,
T. Yancey Williams, Hugor Sinkler,
P. W. nayncs, J. C. Otts, T. 1. Rogers.
Attorney General Lvon was seen hw
a representative of The State Immediately
after the resolution was adopted
by the senate and I sked for an
expression. "I do not oare to make
any public expression," said Mr.
Lyon, "until the matter is placed before
the governor and he takes some
action. I won't objeot to talking at 1
the proper time." Governor Anael
was Informed of the senate'i action at
11.30 o'clock last night but would
make no statement.
PA6SH8 Til K llOUSK.
By the action of the Ilouse of Hep- ,
resentatlves In passing unanimously (
the Senate judlolary committee's concurrent
resolution dlreotlng that Dls
pensary Directors Hawllnson, Black i
and Wylie be prosecuted on a oharge ,
of fraud as the result of the manner i
in which the board has bought or allowed
to be bought enormous quantl- j
ties of whiskey and overstocking the j
State dispensary at a great cost to (
the people of the State. Every member
of the legislature of South Oaro- j
hna has voted for tbe prosecution of <
the three members of the dispensary
board. ,
Immediately following its aotlon ,
the House sent word to the Senate ]
that the lesolutlon had been passed *
and that the matter is now up to the
governor for his action. Similar in
formation has been transmitted to
the governor, but ho will not act be j
fore to-morrow, when he will likely .
atreoi tne attorney general to prooeea .
i t once to have the neoessary war 1
rants Issued and the arrests effected. 1
Director Wylle was In the side aisle
at the time the resolution went 1
through the House and listened with i
out a ohange of countenance to Rep
resentatlve Wyohe, who said he spoke
for the dispensary advcoatei of both
bouses when he denounoed the purchasing
by the present board as a pal*
pable fraud oo the people of the State.
The dispensarltes he wanted it understood,
are as strongly insistent that
honeBty characterize the dispensary
management as the antl-dispensary
people.
Hltll on The Itlse.
We have reoeived the following
from a big paper mill from whom we
buy paper and other stock: "Owing
to the high oost of raw materials, la*
bor, coal and other items entering
Into the manufacture of paper, the
manufacturers have found It necessary
to advance their prloes In order to
meet In some degree this loss. In consequence,
an advance of per lb
has been made on all writing and
bond papers costing between 6 and
lOo. per lb., and an advanoe of lo. per
lb., on all papers costing 10c per lb.,
and over. On envelops ttere has also
been an advanoe of 5 per oent., on all
gradesup to and lnoludlng 2 Rag, and
an advanoe of 10 per cent, on the
higher grades." ThlB will give our
readers some Idea of the reason why
newspapers have to advance their
subscription prices.
May Cost Ijife,
Tir. W. TAnAvc.k KlAmsndorf. nf
New York, will lose his lift because
he was too tender hearted to refuse
the kiss of a little sick girl whom he
was nursing back to life. Dr. Elmendorf
is in the staff at Bellevue hospital.
He was intensely Interested in
the girl, who was suffering from spinal
meningitis, watching by hor bedside
day and night. The ohild, prompted
by gratitude, threw her arms
around the doctor and kissed him.
Her finger nails scratched bis neck.
Blood poisoning followed and at the
hospital it is said Dr. Klmendorf can
not reoover. The girl will get well.
Shot Girl in Foot.
Girls had better be oareful how they
go with pistol toating young men.
Peaohtree street, Augusta, Ga., was
greatly exoited Wednesday afternoon
by the sound of a pistol, shot fired
, from the pooket of Lester Davis, a
! printer, the bullet entering the foot
of Miss Gertrude Clark, a stenographer,
with whom he was walking.
> Frightened, he ran away. The young
Jady's injuries ate slight. Davis was
toying with the gun in his pcoket,
i the discharge being aeeidental.
> Vital* never mid* a mistake?not
even wben woman was created.
if . .. ' i *
CH1S1BI FAXIIX
May Bring on Wor?? Trouble Than
Boxer.
That conditions in the famine dU
triot of (Jhlna, where thousands of natives
are dying and millions are near
death from starvation and dlaeaie,
may lead to anarohy and a general
reign of terror, menacing foreign missionaries
and citizens and greatly
erippling commerce with this c >un
try, Is made plain to this government
in startliLg reports just received at
the State department from Counsel
General RjagerB, at Shanghai, and
Counsel llaynes, at Danklng.
That ctticlals of this government
are greatly perturbed by these repot
tg there Is no attempt to 1 lde. snd
It is considered as probable within
the next few days the president may
feel himself called upon to Issue a
teoond proclamation appealing to the 1
people of the United States to con- 1
tribute to the 15,000.000 starving people
in the hooded and desolate dis- ]
trlcts of tho Interior provinces, or j
this Amerloau branoh relief, although ,
previously It seemed that they were ,
doing all within their power to rush
food and clothing to the devastated
territory. Until ^ow, relief has been
sought in a spirit of humanity to alio
vi&to sulToring; from dow on, aside
from this motive, It will bet ought as
a diplomatic move to remedy conditions
that might lead to even worse
de\elopments than the Boxer up-rts
log.
Last winter ctliciale cf this and En
ropean governments were alarmed
over the boycott situation and It has
hnon (rnnnvo 11 u nrvnA^/ln/4 fVto K
uw&i |^vuuiwu; uvuwuou vijou ncnuun
disturbances as an outgrowth of that
movement; were only prevented by the
prompt steps of this country In sending
a tquadrcu of warships to the
Chinese coast and two additional regiments
of infantry troops to the
Philippines. There Is no attempt to
conceal the fear that the present conditions
because of the famine in
which women are selling their babies j
for a mouthful of food, or throwing ]
them Into streams and themselves j
committing suicide, may easily lead
to a most dangerous situation. ]
In view of this, while the Red Gross j
proceeds to raise all money and food j
possible to stave oil starvation, it is ,
expected that the State department ]
will entor into the matter thoroughly, |
and that other governments will be '
consulted within the next few days, \
with a view to ooncorted action in ,
case of a crisis. The army and navy j
will be expected to stand as ready for r
possiblee emesgenoles as they did last
winter. c
With i'rophetlo Kyc. '
Nearly forty years ago Hon. It. II. s
Hill, of Georgia, in a speech at At- \
anta, referred to Gen. Robert E. Lee c
in the following words of classic *
ceauty: f
"No people, ancient or modern, can
iook with more pride to the verdict l
which history will he compelled to ren
Icr upon the merits and characters of ^
mir two chief leaders?the one in the i
military and the other in the civil ser- '
vice. MostHother leaders are great be- t
cause of fortunate results and heroes *
because of success. Davis and Lee,be- y
cause of qualities in themselves, arc
great in the face of fort une, and he
roes in spite of defeat. j
"When the future historian shall
come to survey the character of Lee, |
he will lind it rising like a huge moun- 1
tain above the undulating plain of hu- I
manity, and he must lift his eyes high (
toward Heaven to catch its summit. 1
lie possessed every virtue of other great
commanders without their vices. He
was a foe without oppression, and a
victim without murmuring. He was a (
public ofllccr without vices; a private
citizen without wrong; a neighbor
without reproach; a Christian without
hypocrisy, and a man without guile.
He was Cu-sar, without his tyranny;
Napoleon, without his sellishness, and
Washington, without his reward. He
was obedient to authority as a servant,
and royal in authority as a true king.
He was gentle as a woman in liiemodestand
mire as a v ire in in thought.:
? - A ? n - -i
watchful as a Roman vestal In duty;
submissive to law as Socrates, and
grand in battle as Achilles!"
When uttering these words nearly
forty years ago Senator Hill must have
been looking with prophetic eye to the
recent celebration of the centennial of
the birthday of Gen. Lee. All and
more than what he prophecied about
Gen. Lee was re-echoed by the Hon.
Chas. Francis Adams, of Massachusetts,
in his great speech at Lexington,'.Ya.,
on the occasion abo .-e referred
to. Mr. Adams, an ex I 'nion soldier,
put Gen. Lee upon a higher pinacle
of fame even than Mr. 11111, the
Confederate soldier, forty years before
prophecied he would occupy. No
prophet of old ever uttered a truer
prophecy than the gifted llill did
when he said that "when the future
histori n shall come to survey the
character of Lee, he will find it rising
like a huge mountain above the undulating
plain of humanity, and he must
lift his eye high toward Heaven to
catch its summit."
Fifteen Killed.
Near Berlin, Germany, fifteen per-1
one were overwhelmed by a enow
avalanohe on Thursday. Sight bodies
of victims have been reoovered.
Thirty cattle were killed in the nme
fall of now.
FELL 10 PIECES.
THE 8TltA>UE EXPKKIENOE Op
AN AI Ci UHIA POLICEMAN
Tried to Pick Up a Negro and Hi*
Arm and Iegt Came
iff
The Augusta Herald relates thli
strange story A drunken negro who
know just about enough of what was
Iran plrlng In the world about him to
say that his name was Levi Johnson
and that he was from the north was
brought Into police barracks Wednesday
night by Patrolmau Brown. lie
was tried Thursday morning on the
charge of violating section 460th and
was given a line of $2.50 or 2 days and
sentence was suspended on the condition
that he leaves the city within ?.i
hours.
Thos?t who saw the quiet and Inoffensive
looking negro Thursday morning
and the robust policeman *ho piloted
him to pol'oi barracks Wednesday
night little thought of th?l- furor
that they oreated In police bo - quarters
a fow mluutes after 11 o >ock
Wednetday night. Sergeant But banau
related the ttTilr Thursday n. rntng
and stated that it all coma " :ced
lust as I'l rolm&n Brown ve* < i n./
luto th? barracks with hlH prisener.
It seetr-B that Levi was not very
troublesome deBplte the fact tuafc ha
way very drunk and could walk although
he cculd not walk v<ry oognently.
As the alley wa> leading to
the rear of tha barracks was reachtd
by the otlloar and his prisoner Johnson
fell to tha ground stumbling over
a loose brlok that was lying In big
pathway.
Of ocurie, Patrolman brown Is always
ready to glva a person In distress
a "lift" and took Johnson by ona of
his arms, when to the great horror of
tha polloaman that member came of!
vary readily and Mr. brown found
himself standing erect with an arm In
his hand and the owner lying several
feet away.
Although just a little bit unnerved
Mr. brown still kept a cool head and
muBtered up enough courage to gi e
bhe man another "lift." As tha other
irm was lying under the prostrate
Form of a negro, tho otllcer thought
that he had best try another method.
This time he seized one of tha negroe's
egs and with a vicious pull the poltcenan,
confident of his sucoas In ralsng
tho negro to his feet tore of this
nember.
Cold shiverB traversed the region
>f tho cop's backbone, his helmet be^an
to sudeenly go upwards, big face
esimbled a saowy white counterpane
ind his teeth chattered fearfully as
vlth the second disengaged member
ii mo negro 8 anatomy clinging to bis
lands and the remaining portion on
ho tloor said with agonizing appeal;
Please help me."
Brown Is a courageous oUlcer and
ias the confidence of every member of
ho foroe In this respoot. lie wanted
to get relief yet he was ashamed and
euolved to make one more effort.
Dhrowing the limbs, which he had
orn loose, upon the ground he seized
he remaining leg and gave another
rloloua pull. It Is related that he
anded about twenty feet away, with
(till another portion of the negro's
tnatomy in his hands, this time fallng
to the ground backwards.
His hands went into his pocket, he
Look the distress whistle from it and
olsw as no mortal polloeman ever
slew before. Half dressed coppers
same running from their beds and lbs
itation guards made a dash for the
Duts,de of the barracks but before
anyone reached there, it is stated
Brown was gone.
The negro with the several portions
of his body scattered upon the ground
pleaded to Lieutenant Hopkins, who
had by this time arrived:
"Please help me."
Brown oame back after a time, the
men went to sleep also afler a time.
When it was revealed that the negro
was a well known cripple, poeseslng
two oorks legs and a cork arm, all of
whloh had yielded to Brown's palls,
but it will be a long time indeed before
the equilibrium of Patrolman
Brown is restored.
lira In Ijeaka.
Now If It had nnlw bann a orppn
persimmon that Eve plucked!
Sometimes a woman's face overdoes
It in the matter of telling her age.
Some people make oo bones about
the skeletons in their closets.
Men who fear death are those who
are always looking backwards.
A reoeipt for the pew rent Is not a
pass through the heavenly portals.
Love is blind to the make-up of a
woman's face.
For the traveler the best guidebook
Is a cheokbook.
It's hard to make your boy believe
the stories of your early struggles.
A girl's ideal is seldom shattered!
usually ne is merely broke,
It's surprising how many friends a
msn has until he needs one.
Trouble seldom troubles a man who
is able to keep his mouth shut.
No, Alonzo, a swollen head doesn't
neoessarlly cover a broad mind.
One way to acquire popularity Is by
keeping your troubles to yourself >
The sorest disappointment of an air*
ship inventor is his inability to soar.
When doubt enters the door faith
flies out of the vHndow.
Kind words are legal tender where
wen gold ooln it counterfeit.