Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r | Tiro Loyers. TTwo lovers by a moss grown spring: They leatied soft cheeks together there, Mingled the dark tmd sunny hair, And heard the wooing thrushes sing. O budding time! O love's best prime! Two wedded from the portal step: The bells made happy carolings, The air was soft as fanning wings, White petals on the pathway slept. O pure eyed bride! O tender pride! Two faces o'er a cradle bent: Two hands above the head wero locked; Those pressed each other while they rocked, Those watched a life that love had sent. O solemn hour! O hidden power! Two paronts by the evening fire: mt _ iiio reu ngnc leu about their ltnnos On bends tliat rose by slow degrees Liko buds upon tho lily spire. O )>ntio!it life! O tender strife! The two still sat together there, The red light shone about their knees; But all the heads by slow degrees Had gone and left thut lonely pair. O voyage fast! O vanished past! The red light shono upon the floor And made tho spac?? between them wide: They drew their chairs up side by side, Their pale cheeks joined, and said, "Once more!" O memories! Opustlluitis! ?George Eliot. FINDING A COMPANION. ; ""Wanted, a Companion, for an Elder!y Lady." ( That was the advertisement that ap- } pcared iu a newspaper of a rainy Monday morning in November, 18?. I Glcnvillc was nothing more tlmn a little country settlement, with a red brick , Town Ilall and a labyrinth of narrow streets which seemed to have been laid ^ out with special reference to the bewild?rmcnt of any chance passer, who might find himself involved in their maze. A quiet, dreamy, Rip Van "Winkle sort of a j place?and yet before noon of that Mon- -| day morning, a swarm of anxious aspir- , cants for the office of "Companion for an Elderly Lady," had made their appear, -ance in the best parlor of the Glcnvillc ^ ; House. . * . . * Mr. Reginald Chillingfield, who had j been out for a walk in the street, was ^ met on the threshold of the hotel by the ^ boot-bov: s "O, please, sir, there's a lot of 'cm all j a-askin' for you." "A lot of what?" demanded Mr. Chil- ^ lingfield. "Po.Tir.oi/1 m*:n:?c-u * ? was tan ana ? slender and handsome, with bright blue eyes and a straight nose?which latter feature he rubbed as lie stood staring at - / ^^Ve Updown. "Of ladies, sir. Come to answer the P Vflks' Vnt-" t fj|| said Mr. Chill ingticld, "I reeol- ( ^lect now." And little reckoning of what lay before him he pushed open the door of the ; .! "hotel best parlor. ( Only for half a second, however. The j array of feminine faces, all expectantly ^ turned toward him, was enough to awe the stoutest bachelor heart, and Reginald j *Chillingfield closed it again with a bang. "Jones," said he to his familiar friend, j who had just lighted a cigar in the read-. ? tug-room, "what shall I do?" "In respect to what?" * A "Mv Aunt Pollv's fnmnnninn Tl, ? ./*??. J .? a dozen of 'em there, apparently all ages Q from sixteen to sixty. My Aunt Polly s don't want twelve companions." "Take the best-looking," suggested j .Jones, with revolting levity. "And be scratched by all the rest." "Take the worst-looking, then. Ten ;| jto -to one she's best fitted for a 'companion' m to an old lady." t * 1 'My Aunt Polly is an excellent judge of beauty. She'd send me back with the j article in less than two hours," retorted Chillingfield. ^ | "In that case," said Jones, meditative- j ly eyeing the end of his cigar. "I don't see how you're to get out of the dilemma." c . "Jones, don't prove faithless in such A strait as this. Be a man and a friend! r Suppose you had advertised for a com- j panion for your Aunt Polly, and a host j had responded, what would you do?" "I should engage one of 'em and send r ;the rest about their business." ] "Yes; but which one? Be practical, there's a good fellow." I "The one whose appearance seems best ^ adapted to the emergency." ) "Jones, you're a fool!" cried out Chil- t pngfield. "Am I to go into that room and stare about as if they arc a lot of s winter apples or prize pumpkins on exhibition?" "Have 'em admitted one by one," suggested Jones, and on this hint Mr. Chil- j rV' lingficld promptly acted. i "You sit and pretend to be reading Ihe newspaper," whispered Chillingfield, s "and if you like the applicant's looks, I ft "?' i-t- -- ? ai jvu uuu i, umchiu me news^paper! Dear mo, my shirt collar is wet .already; my facc is burning. Why r . ^couldn't Aunt Polly have hunted up c her own companion? Yes, Mike, all 1 , ready. Ask one of the ladies to walk in 1" ffj And with a grin, Mik?j announced: s 4 "Miss Zerinah Hall." f Miss Hall was sail, scant-haired and .spectacled, in a robe oS gingham and a -drab silk hu, A.i 4?: I&lfe ^ ' 'vt'- " ; <'. ?> .?t\, - ...... ' ?-j'?? *'T v- M'1 ;V- ' ^ v; ' " "I am seeking a situation, young man," she said, "not from necessity, but becauso in middle life one feels the lack of companionship. I hopo the elderly lady mentioned in the advertisement is a church member?" Crackle! crackle! went the newspaper. Chillingticld glanced guiltily at his friend. "No, she's not; that is?I think, perhaps, a younger person You did not say how old you wore, Miss Hall." "No, I didu't," said Miss" Zerinah. "And I don't mean to. I don't think you'll suit, young man. No gentleman? what is that other person rattling his newspaper so for??ever thinks of asking impertinent questions about a lady's age. Good morning, sir." Miss Zerinali went out, closing the door behind her with a bang. Mrs. Hawkesbury, the next candidate, was a clairvoyant and spiritualist. "I think I could amuse the old ladv with foretelling the future," snid she. t "That was the way I did at my three > last situations." s "Three!" repeated Mr. Chillingfield. ( "Jones, my dear fellow, don't ruotle that i paper so vehemently. (An instantaneous silence ensued, and Jones stifled a giggle behind the columns of the Mercury.) t "Did you say three? IIow did you hap- c pen to leave those situations?" t "The visitation of Providence, sir," s said Mrs. Hawkesbury. "They all died ?the respected ladies whom it was once o my duty and my pleasure to " ii "Oh," said Mr. Chillingfield, "I am \ ifraid my Aunt Polly might die, too. clairvoyance and second sight mightn't lgrcc witn her." li "Sir," said *he lady, "you arc spiritu- ti illy blind." L "Very likely," said Mr. Chillingfield. t "But I prefer to remain so." a The next was too deaf, the next too o lesliy, the third was unwilling to live n ?vith any lady who did not keep a man n lervant, the fourth wanted too high a a salary?so on, ad infinitum, until the ii lewspapcr was fairly crackled to picces. Until, at length, there was, so *o speak, f( i "tie" between the last two candidates. p Huth Coxe was just nineteen; pretty as v i swectpea blossom, and ready to under- ^ :ake any descripticn of service, to escape c "rom a step-mother and nine turbulent d lalf-brothers and sisters. Helen Howard t] vas a queenly young woman of five and S( ;wenty,who read like Mrs. Scott-Siddons, ;ang delicious Scotch ballads, and fraulcy owned that she needed a home! c Mr. Joues coughed himself purple in c ;hc face over both ol" them. ? "You couldn't do better, Reginald," laid lie, "than to take " p "Which one?" u "Both!" "Do talk common-sense!" n "But they are both splendid girls!" "Granted--but you must remember 1, hat I have only got one Aunt Polly! A :hoicc must be made." "Toss up a copper." "You irreverent villain 1" "Draw cuts, then.- Look! I write ^ Helen' on one, 'Ruth' on the other. < tj ?resto! Change! Now draw! Ruth has von the day!" So Mr. Reginald Chillingfield took ^ iuth Coxe home with him to the domia< :ihary abode of his Aunt Polly by evenng train, leaving Helen Howard very ^ ad and <piiet. "You arc disappointed," said he. "I visli I could have engaged you both." ' "Yes," said Helen; "I am disappointed, I confess. Life is very hard and w tern to inc. si Reginald Chillingfield thought Over . Hi ler words. They haunted him?and not . it >nly her words, but the garnet-brown hadows of lier eves. And just a week " q] iftcrward he went back to Gltsnville. "Yes, Miss Howard is at home," said he shabby maid-of-all-work, at the thirdtl ate boarding-house where Miss Howard . ived. "Walk in." And Mr. Chillingfield walked in, to 81 ind Miss Howard tete-a-teie with Mr. W [ones. "Hallo!" cried Jones. "Who would 01 :ver have thought of seeing you?" ^ "I might say the same," laughingly ^ ctorted Chillingfield, as he took Miss l( loward's hand. "But I have news for rou, Miss Helen." "I have heard of an excellent situation tear my aunt's?an invalid lady, whose lusband " 8J "Hang the invalid lady and her hus- ^ >and!" interposed Jones, "I was just " joing to write you about it, old boy. el iVe're engaged. Wc arc to be married r< o-morrow." n "No!" cricd Reginald. "Then I'll r< tay to the wedding. But " v "Well?" P "Isn't it rather a sudden arrangement?" ^ "Life is full of sudden things," snid Tones, philosophically. "Helen is will- ^ ng to run the risk." d And so the troublesome question was P cttlcd satisfactorily tp all parties. S o An Embarrassing Situation. p A little girl whose father had been fi cading to her a story of a child who was v saten up by a bear, could not seem to r forget it, and at night she said: a "Oh papa, wasn't that a dreadful a itory? And then the poor child coildn't ii 50 up to heaven 1*' a "Why not?" c "Why, there she was inside the bearl" n ?Boston Record. d fi fv*'- V-J'.li *v-' " Promoted. Ono winter, says General Dan Macaul;y, in his recent address before the Loyal Legion, we were for many days on u Mississippi River expedition down below Helena, Arkansas, with a ileot of steamers indcr General "Willis A. Gorman. The sveather was most inclement, and the men suffered very severely from cold and exposure. Under such conditions, a soldier's jump of reverence for anything he can .vorry suffers great shrinkage. Sam Irick lad taken a violent dislike to General jorman, because, forsooth, that gallant jcntleman had been forced to join in tho amous retreat from the lirst Bull Run jat tie-field. Why Sam should have considered that General Gorman had any spccial monopoy or-responsibility in that great national 'ootracc, or that he had developer! more speed than was absolutely necessary to weep up with the procession, is hard to uiderstand; but so it w:is, and several imes during this* expedition, ns I aftervard learned, when our steamers were ufflcicntly near, Sam would electrify the General by howling at him most dcrisvely: "Hello, Old Bull Run!" Once ho made a mistake. Headquarcrs steamer was brought alongside of >urs and within a few feet, for consultaion, and on the upper or hurricane deck tood the General himself. Sam was on the lower forward deck of >ur vessel, out near the bow, and, bracng himself, he yelled up into Gorman's cry teeth: "llello, Old Bull Run 1" The General was too quick for him; saning over the side, he shouted down o the guard: "Throw that man on my oat here, quick I" And, sure enough, hey did. Sam, sprawling through the ir like a frog, was pitched headlong nto Gorman's boat, and during the rctain irr of the day, at various distances, ear and far, we could see him, long, nd lank, and lean, tied up like a fluttering scarecrow, to the jackstafT of the teamer. It was a cold and gusty day? ar Sam?and no espccial attention was aid to waffles and quail for him, and so, dien along toward night the boats were rought together again, and he was hucked back to us stiff as a wooden Inian. it miorht reasonably ho, simmwfH liat for once the great irrepressible was []uelehe(l. No, not the least in the world. He gathered himself together, and, hilled, blue, and starved as he was, ame creaking and grunting up stairs to le in the cabin. "Colonel," he groaned, "I wish you'd lease have my discharge made out right way!" "Your discharge! Your funeral, you ican, if you're not more careful I" "No, my discharge, X'olonel. I've ecn put on Gorman's staff!" The Spiders Appetite. It is not everybody who knows how luch a spide?- can eat. Most of us have erived amusement, and perhaps instrucion, from watching the subtile arrangelents and devices of the little tactician, ,'ith a view to capture some dainty little lsect, and many of us would know ex ctly where to place this interesting creatre in the classification of animal life, ut probably very Jew of us have any lea what a voracious gourmand the [)ider is. A gentleman, scientifically inlined and luxuriating in the rare posseson of leisure, has recently given to the rorld some very curious and startling :atements in regard to the arcliimedcan ppctite. He captured a spider and kept i in confinement, supplying it liberally itli food, and carefully recording his bservations. He estimated that the crealrc ate four times its weight for breakist, nine times its weight for dinner, lirtcen times its weight for supper, finhing up with an ounce of food. In the imc proportion, a man of average weight ould demolish an ox for breakfast, two lore for dinner, a couple of bullocks, ght sheep and four pigs for supper, and len a hundred weight of fish to prepare le way for an aldermanic banquet before jtiring to bed.?Christian Journal. Canine Pet* in Gay Attire* "Furnishing decorations and clothing >r dogs is developing into n grent trade," lid a manufacturer to a reporter for the few York Mail and Express recently. In Paris alone nearly 2,000 persons are tigaged in this business, and the trado jpre>;ents nearly $1,000,000 capital. The ige for dressing canine pets has now iachcd New York from Paris. Every ariety of dog has his peculiar dress and roper toilet and toilet case, with power, sponge, comb and so forth. It would e a rank breach of dog manners for a ulldog to appear on the street in the ress of another, indeed, the dog would ine away from sheer mortification. iuuuwi i?iHvra yvuiir uraceicta on some f their legs, and bear in mind always ut the ring on the left leg. That is the ishion. As to collars, blankets for cool reather, netting for warm weather, the ule holds good?every one to his own nd no other. We'll very soon have ristocratic dogs appearing on rainy days i long-legged boots made of doeskin nd fastened on with rubber rings. At crtain seasons of the year dogs must be auzzled, and this calls for fancy and ecorated muzzles." V , :; v> ": " . ' ,. 1 I HORSE "SHARPS.'' Swindling Unwary Countrymen in New York. A Single Worthless Animal that has Changed Owners Many Time3. Everybody admits that prevarication, to put it mildly, is a never absent factor in u norsc tr:ule. But there is a limit to sharp play there. A certain combination of individuals, that might very appropriately be cal ed "a gang," are operating just now very successfully on the other side of the limit, and gentlemen who think that mankind is naturally prone to be honest are being seriously affected by it every day. The victims are generally men who wear soft felt huts. Men of that kind are not indigenous to Manhattcn Island. They are the noble sons of agriculture, who are the mainstay of the blithesome bunco m&n. They come to the city to buy horses, and they go home firmly convinced that there is nothing between the Battery and Harlem River that will ever get into heaven. The "gang" have stables in two streets. At one it is always announced that seven horses arc for sale, while at the other the number is nine. Perhaps these numbers are chosen because they are considered lucky?not because they represent the number of horses, as each stable can boast of but one animal, and that of such a kind that in a good fair count it would be set down as only half a horse. When flu* nn?ni!iinnt:.i? " " "i-""" "" JWIWIIBUI <H<pcars at the stable he is promptly "spotted." and half a dozen gentlemen, who have previously been lounging around the corner with their hands in their pockets suddenly become very deeply interested in the prospective purchase of the one horse. Nobody pays the least attention to the real purchaser at first. He thinks business must be very brisk indeed and his chances of getting a horse at what he begins to believe must be a bargain quite as slim. Finally he edges into the conversation and becomes the central figure. "Where are the other horses?" he asks. "Just sold four this morning, and the rest are out on trial. A gentleman is coming around to try this one in an hour, if he is not sold before," replied the .1?i ? ucuilt, "All right; lot me take him out on trial?" "I am sorry, but I can't. I promised to hold him for that, other fellow unless some one bought outright." At this point the decoys evince further signs of purchasing, and'the result is that the victim makes an offer. After a little haggling the price usually settled 011 is in the vicinity of $100. The money is paid and the countryman .drives off, happy in the consciousness of having a good bargain. When about two blocks distant his joy wilts down to several degress below freezing j>oint. The horse begins to wheeze and cough, and finally chokes and ! fnllsdnwn Thnn tJin fill - ? _ ..W.. V.*V ?? !? iUWUIl I.U UI'-'I leads the horse back to the stable and demands his money. At first lie gets no satisfaction whatever^ The dealer insists thut the horse was all right when he left and he can't understand it. At last a compromise is made and the victim thinks himself lucky in getting $50 of his money back. "I tell you what," said one of the decoys to a Ilentld reporter, ' 'that old horse is a dandy. lie's got that choking racket down to a tine point, and plays it elegant." "lias he been sold many times?" asked the reporter. "Many times? Well, I should cough up a cat. Every day, sure, and sometimes twice. Oh, you can gamble on his l-nnwinir Kiq Knainnuo i>ah. f.... ?? ' w??u???voo uvn. 1' UllU^j HOW, ain't it? That horse, as !i horse, ain't worth two cents; but as a piece of property, I'm a gilly if lie don't bring the old man in $50 a day, easy. Yes, sir; he don't look it, but he's one of the most valuable animals in New York." x At both places the same modus operandi is pursued and with the same profitable results to the den lei's. They have now been carrying on the fraud for some months and as yet have not met with any serious setback. The average man does not like to admit that he has been "played," and prefers to pocket his loss and keep quiet rather than air the affair in court. A few victims, more brave than the rest, have causcd the heavy hand of the law to drop on the dealers. The heavy hand clutched savagely enough for a while, and then, after the usual manner, let go and the dealers serenely went back to their business and their faithful old trick horse.?New York lleraM. Making Money. ' "Hello, Frank! Where have you been? I haven't seen you for a great while??' - ... . .... . "I have been, in San Francisco." "Making any money down there?" "You bet. Imako more, money in a day than you do in a .year.* "Great Scott I You are foolin, ain't you?" "No, Tm telling the truth." "Where do you work?" "In tho San Francisco mint."?Pacific Jester. A wind instrument?The weather vane. Monitor nnd Merrlmac. "Lieutenant Jone8 having occasion to visit the Merrimac's gun deck, saw a division standing at case, and inquiring of the officer in command why he wms not firing that individual replied: 'After firing for two hours I find I can do the enemy about as much damage by snapping my fingers at him every two minutes and a half.' " * * # * + "As Lieutenant Jones found he could ) make no impression on the Monitor with his shots, he determined to run her down or board her, and for nearly an hour he maneuvred for position, but his ship ws s too unwieldy for that kind of work. The Monitor danced around her like a yatch around a three-decker, pouring in her shot and endeavoring to lind a vulnerable point. "At last Jones thought he saw a chance of ramming the Monitor, and ho gave the order to go ahead at full speed, but before the great vessel could gather headway the agile Monitor turned, and the disabled prow of the Merrimae gave a glancing blow which did no harm whatever. "Again the Monitor came upon the Merrimac's quarter, her bow actually against the ship's side, and at this distance fired twice. Both shots struck about half way up the Merrimac's armor, nhroucf nf 1 ? ..?.vwv ui tuu unci [IIVIH, UIIU MI SUVl'l'f was the blow that the side was forced in several inches. The crew of the after guns were knocked over by the concussion, bleeding from the nose and cars. * * * * * "Thousands of spectators with beating hearts watched the conflict from Fort Monroe, and from the ships. It seemed to them as if the battle would never end, but at length the confederate commander, thinking it useless to try his broadsides on the Monitor any longer, steered off toward the Minnesota, which opened on the Merrimac with all her broadside, guns and the ten-inch pivot."?Admiral Porter. Shark Fishing. Shark fishing is carried on to a considcrable extent especially on the north and west coasts of Iceland, both decked vessels ami open boats being used in this fishery. The species of shark caught is the S'junliis carcharias,, and it is pursued solely for the sake of the oil yielded by the liver, the rest of the carcass being ! usually thrown away, though sometimes j the llesh is preserved for food. The sharks van* much in size, running up to eighteen or twenty feet in length, and four to five feet in diameter through the thickest part of the body, the yield of oil from each liver varying from four or five i up to fifty gallons. Rich livers yield j two-thirds of their bulk of oil, poor ones only about one-half. The vessels used in shark fishing nre for the most part small schooners of thirty to fifty tons burden, manned by eight or ten men. The usual fishing season is from January or February till August. During the winter months the sharks frequent shallower waters, and are found about twenty miles from land, in fifty fathoms of water or thereabouts; in summer they .seek deeper waters, and are caught one hundred miles or so off the coast in a depth of two hundred fathoms. I It having been ascertained by sounding ! that the ship lies in water of a suitable depth, preferable with a sloping soft mud bottom, the vesselis anehored, and fishing commences. The hook used is twelve 01 eighteen inches long, baited with sealblubber and horseflesh and attached by a couple of yards o? strong chain to an inch and a half line. As a rule the sharks arc shy of taking the bait at first, and the fishers may wait long for thcit first bite; but once the sharks commence to "take," they crowd to the spot, and may be hooked in quick succession; they then take the bait greedily and with little caution. > It Cured Him. Some years ago a certain Methodist congregation in Chicago was presided over by a minister who had formerly held a pastorate in Springfield, 111. The preacher was a very good man, but he subjected himself to severe criticism by constantly comparing his surroundings with those in Springfield. Nothing was so nice as it was in Springfield; the church was fine, but not so fine as the Springfield church; the congregation was zealous, but it was not Springfield zeal?and so on, all the time, Springfield being perfected perfection. At last one of the sisters hit upon what she thought might prove a remedy for her pastor, so at the next "class" she gave in her exT periences. "I have," said she, "found the path dark and rough, and at times have been on the point of fulling by the wayside and giving up in despair; I have felt that my earthly nature was uncongenial with that heavenly one I have been taught to seek in the closest association. and there have been seasons when I thought 1 should never be able to reach thftt better land lying beyond ihe dtrrdan; but brethren and sisters, since our , dear new pastor has come among us, ] j , feci to rejoice that although I may fall | , short of attaining the heavenly kingdom, | bless the Lord, I shall at least rcach Springfield." I The minister tells the story on himself j and acknowledges that it cured him.? < Merchant Traveler. My Hero. What signifies the outward show! Wh it signifies his weal'.h or placet When we the heart have learned to know, What do wo care for form or facol And whut care wo for name or creed That buried ages may unroll, If under all wo clearly read The record of a dauntless soul! If loyal to his senso of right, If prompt and sure at Duty's call, Ho walks, as walking in God's sight, Bis aim tbe manliest man of all; Xf helpful as the sunbright day, If pitiful of other's woos, He follows in the mas tor's way And bears a blessing where ho eroos: If, gaining much, lie loses all, While summer friends go coldly by, Ho proves his courago by his fall Resolved to win the day or die; With hope alive, in God his trust, He keeps a spirit kind and true, > And rises bravely from the dust To light his weary battle through; If, working on through pain and loss, His earnest soul be not cast down; He bearoth patiently his cross, While winning steadily his crown; The man's hero! and wo give Tho meed of love, which is his due, No idle praise! but while wo live, The wreath of bay! the knot of blue! ?Helen Keith, HUMOROUS. A pawnbroker is a loanly man. Always comes out on top.?Your liair. If you cannot lick a man, be lenient with his faults. People who wear pepper-and-salt suits arc always in season. The selfish man has most presence of mind. lie never forgets himself. "Buffaloes are bred in Kansas," it is said. They are meat elsewhere. "This is my sphere," said, a happy wife, ns she patted her bald-headed husband on the pate. A rule that works both ways?When a fleet goes out on a cruise the crews go out on the fleet. "Brass bands are on the increase throughout the country." Even the dogs wear them on their necks. Little Boy?Pa, why does the world move? Pa (thinking bf something else) ?Because it finds it cheaper than to pay rent. Thoughtful young lady (to college graduate)?Who, in your opinion, Mr. Muscle, was the noblest Roman of them all? College Graduate?I used to think Ilanlan was, but I wouldn't bet a cent on any of 'em now. A journalist went into a barber shop the other day to get his hair cut, and fell asleep during the operation. The barber, who awoke him when he had finished, said to him: "You arc tired. I understand it. It's the same way with mc when evening comes. Ah, this head-work w something terrible 1" Apnclie Characteristics, The Apaches and kindred tribes are among the most cautious fighters on earth, and also among the most desperate. Near the close of last year a band of Chiricahuas numbering eleven killed twenty-one friendly Apaches living on the reservation, and twenty-five white men, women and children. Their superiors ns prowlers in war probably never existed. The army officers in Arizona declare that the Apaches are the ideal scouts of the whole world, with their hawk eyes, stealthy motion and sensitive * ears. Though undersized, they have broad, deep chests, muscular limbs, and small, wiry hands and feet. They march about four miles an hour, halting after a few hours' tramp long enough to smoke cigarettes. If no matches are at hand they bring fire in from eight to forty-five seconds by rapidly twirling between the palms a hard, round stick fitted into a circular hole in another stick of softer fiber. They will march forty miles a day on foot across dry plains and precipitous mountains regardless of the fiercest heat. The Apache finds food where the Caucasian would starve. lie can catch turkeys, quail, rabbits, doves, field mice uuu pruiric uogs; icast ore a acaa norsc; gather acorns from the stunted mountain onk; roast the Spanish bayonet or century plant, and strip the fruit and seed from the cactus; dig the wild potato or bulb of the tule; raid the neat of the ground-bee | or, if driven to it, keep down the pangs of hunger with the inner bark of the pine or the roots of wild plants. With the rifle and bow he has a life training. "Every track in the trail, mark in the grass and scratch on the bark of a tree explains itself to an Apache. He' can tell to an hour almost when the man or animal making them passed by, and, like a hound, will keep on the scent until ho catches up with the ' object of his pursuit." " A Very Successful Case. First Lawyer?Ah, Dobkins, how did you come out in that case you wcro just beginning when I went East? Second Lawyer?Gloriously. It waa n perfect succcss. Created a great sensation. ? Papers full of it. Got lota of advertising out of it. I think it was the making of my future. "Good! Glad to hear it, old fellow. [ knew you4iftil stuff in you. And by :he way, what did they do to your cli>nt? "Oh, they hanged him." i ' '.- J . , v ' _ . - . v>