The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 25, 1898, Image 8
CHEYENNE
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Bars you been to Cheyenne?
There's the loneliest place?
The drearest and searest
You'll find on the face v -
Qf the earth, and hard by
Lieth Laramie town,
Once a camp of Renown
As the houie of Bili Ny e.
Empty bottles and gravel
And cactos and cans,
Broken vows and old hoops?
Scent the hot wind that fans
She parched plain. Going back
To the bottle and can,
I was broke in Cheyenne,
Years alter I sat -
In the manager's car
A3 it slipped o'er thc steel
:'Tsai} -with nc per a jar?
?ad oat train orders; ran
tte by way^Of Cheyenne.
' What a wonderful change
Had come ever the placel
Qb, tho women were fair!
v There was one "who had eyes
Just the hue of the skies,
And the low winds Veresoft,
And the things that were quaffed- .
Well, we laid over there,
.y. ."; . _ , *' *"
"Ah, so mach depends,-V
.i^t^liashsh, .
Aa the hoar* flew by,
* ,**?iLa friend and his friends.
.. Say, D?fcei; how can
We go vray from Cheyenne?"
Warmaa in 2few York San.
mg^H?JOHES' COOK.
> ; **Bekty; Mrs. Hughes is ia such al
state! That immaculate new cook of
a lot of money,
new Parisian
seeil lerrr?^Mis.
her^ce 3ra? a
Nell paused to laugh, and Betty Lov?
ell looked up from the_dainty toque she
was trimming to ask amusedly:
'^^kS?*tja%e awfoDy ar^rj?~Wby, it
waa bidy lat? week she called here and
extolled h??*o the skies-faster, if
^ossiblo ? Lnckily she offers high wages,,
sosbe<an easily find another.'*
X *f??i^ there's where the^eream of the
^j?ser comesin. .v. Don't Yon know shs is
entertaining Major Lorimer-the -Major
?ng through Woolthorpe on his way to
|fchej^revrstfor^ ihe regimental fealL
rl^r^ Holies is an old frienS-soBbe
:S?ys-^so he's staying a couple of'days
with them. She's got all the eatables in
'the howse for the jas?is, and can't get
any onoto cook them! Isn't it rich?"
r? Barr?se, suddenly, to the great det
rinjent of the toque, a lovely rose flush
ris?ig in her preter cheeks, her eyes
sparkling. .
y gSa^ PT? an ?o^H she said s?P1
eiffl^yi." "?am going io cook that din
lier if JSperish in the attempt. "
"B?iy, are you quite mad?" m<a?du- j
;k?8ly. "What will Mts. Hughes think?
?n? ii any one saw yon. you'd serer
hear the end of it, and lather would be
wild if he knew. "
"I daatf care," Betty said stoutly.
"I.wasit the money, Hrs. Hughes wants
vh*R ?ifto?r decently cooked; g Why
shouldn't'wemutually oblige ?achoth
err* Besides, it would buy me a new
gown for the ball. My pink creoon is too
disgrat?et?ly shabby for anythWg !' '
??; An hour later saw her hard hat work !
ordering, making, mixing as fast aa her
Ut?eih?i!^ could go. Her: harassed em~
ployer h&? seized upon lier *offef with
avidity, and the rnaiiis falling into the
-spirit of the ti^& ^.^nde fair to-go
smoothly. . .
Betty had n^ore^^-hW capabili?
ties. Each dish-rag sent up perfectly
cooked, garnished and served'piping hot,
and she gave herself no rest till the
tiny cups of black coffee had been safe?
ly dispatched op stairs and her evening's
work was done
She had scarcely slipped oat of her
big apron and sie?sres when Mis. Hngb.es
herself came raw Ima down stairs, with
a beaming smile on *er fat face.
"Miss Lovell, ^o^rea genius," she
cried fussily. " The^nner Was rjerfect
-paifect? Tomojrfow night-is it too
much to expect? i could wire to town.
? coarse'*?"- .
\ "Dc you mean you'd ?ik?me to como
Be;ry asked good naturedly. "I
tuite willing to do sa After all, it
is a mutual convenience. ' ' .
Accordingly, though sorely against
Hell's will, Betty again presented her?
self at the court, but earlier in the aft?
ernoon. Finding herself destitute of
parsley, and no one about to fetch it,
she decided to be her own messenger,
and, running hastily round a corner of
the spacious kitchen garden, she collided
heavily with some one at the other side.
f*Good heavens! I-i hope 1 haven't
hurt you;" a man's deep voice asked
concernedly. And Eetty lifted up her
eyes to find herself face to face with a
tall, soldierly man about 80, whose* |
handsome eyes met hers anxiously.
"I-oh, not at all, tb?fckyou," she
murmured confusedly. "It was my
fault. I-IneVer dreamed you would
be here." ,
''I'm afraid I came prettily heavily
against you. Were you looking for any?
thing?'.'
"Yes," Betty said, intensely con?
scious of her pink cotton frock and
large linen apron, "I came for some
parsley. I-I'm Mrs. Hughes' cook,
you know."
"Irdeed. May I help you?" grave?
ly. And in a moment Betty beheld Ma?
jor Lorimer-the hero, the gallant V.
C.-stooping to gather enough parsley
to stock a regiment.
"Thank you very much/and-and
good .afternoon.''
"Good afternoon, and-in case I have
hurt you"
'He pressed something into her hand,
and Betty fled.
Safe in the innermost recesses of the
pantry she opened her hand and with
a buming blush and stifled laugh gazed
long on its con/en ts. for in lief palm
lay a bright, shining goldpiece.
m m .m . ?. *
' ?{*" ~ ? ". :
The regimental ball 'Was at its height.;
To Betty Lovell ; it was ^ust one long
dream of delight, and her pleasure*
in it reached a culminating point when
aa officer approached her, in bia rear
one vividly remembered figure, and
Captain Lee said :
"Miss. Lovell. Major Lorimer desires
" ?
!
the pleasure of your acquaintance. Ma?
jor Lorimer-Miss Lovell."
. Betty hawed, a wave of color dyeing
her fair face crimson. Would he recog?
nize herr She dared not raise her eyes
as he asked :
"Am I too late for the honor of a
dance? Are you engaged for the next?"
"I was. but my partner has been
compelled to take an important dowager
Into supper. You-you may have it, if
you wish."
"I thank you!"
His voice was perfectly level and
composed, and Betty took courage. Why
should he remember a cook? On the
strength of this assurance, she looked at
him swiftly as ne placed his arm light?
ly around her waist, but his eyes were
fixed On her face with a curiously in?
tent, puzzled scrutiny, and she lowered
heir owfi hurriedly.
"Are you making a long stay?" she
asked hastily, as their steps glided
round in'peri ec"- unison to the strains of
"BeautysEyes." '
"That altogether depends on circum
I stances, "Jie answered quietly. "I had
intended leaving tomorrow, but now-?
cannot say. Shall we sit down?"
He ?ed the way to a delicious little
corner framed in by palms and cut off
altogether from the laughing crowd' be?
yond. Sinking into a cushioned lounge,
she opened her fan lazily. The handle
j caught and brought into prominence a
t?iin gold chain she wore round her
white throat, but at the end, instead of
the heart which fashion decrees, dan?
gled a gold coin, gleaming -brightly in
the lamplight She made a hasty, move?
ment to?thrust it out of sight, but his
eyes had fallen upon it'. Leaning for?
ward abruptly, he took it between his
fingers. ?
"A curious ornament, is it not?" he
asked searchingly. "Surely it must
have some special interest to befar hon?
ored."
''Oh, it has!" she said demurely. "It
7as once given me as-a tip!"
I .Eis eyes lighted up. "Ah, then-you
are indeed she?" eagerly.
"She? Who?" innocently.
"Don't .tease me! You ?now-I'll
swear you know! I recognized you at
once. Surely there cannot be two such
faces in the' world! Tell me, did you
not last week act as-as Mrs. Hughes
cook?" .%..
She bri?st jinto a peal of laughter,
though tkeilor rose warm in her facer
"I did iiSed, and you must own"
naively-"that I cooked well for her!"
Then frankly she told him the story,,
adding : "I was awfully hard up-we
always are, we Lovells-and it seemed
a heaven sent chance. You see, I never
dreamed I should see you!"
"?o, so you "said, 'Ma?gbing gayly.
"Shall I make a confession? I sounded
Hrs, Hughes all I knew to learn some?
thing more about you, but the old lady
was as discreet asa Hindoo idol. I could
get nothing out of her and departed
rather out of temper, I'm afraid. I did
not know"-slowly-"wMen I should
see you -again."
* <: * * * * .
It wafi ten days later, and they were
strolling idly among the roses in the
Lovells' big, old fashioned garden, Betty
holding one'-or two .buds in her hand.
He was speaking quickly, earnestly:
"I can't stand it any longer, Betty. The
fellow is always hanging round yon,
and it makes, me wild. I'm jealous
madly jealous!"
"Are you?" Betty asked shyly.
"Why?"
"Because I lovo you-have always
loved yen since the moment I saw you.
Be rny wife, darling! I swear I'll love
you and be good to you till I die !"
"Even if you weren't," Betty whis?
pered breathlessly, "I should love yon
just the samer-always!"
Then, as he caught her>in. his arms
and kissed her, she added* demurely :
"And I'll have that ?goldpiece fram?
ed!"-Forget Me Not _
. Appreciation of American Swells.
And the Englishman said : ' 'Our aris?
tocracy, with their airs and assump?
tions, were inherited by Us. They are,
in the main, about 1,000 years old.
Yours are the manufacture of yester?
day. You have women over there in
New'York and Boston and Philadel?
phia, and even Chicago, who strike us
as mightily droll. Why not? Because,
in plain terms, we can't help consider?
ing them brummagem imitations of our
own duchesses, marchionesses, countess?
es. Why should you .resent our judg?
ment? Would you pnrchase a Sevres cup
or a Dresden plate if you thought it
spurious? And is not your attempt at
playing patricians the most spurious one
conceivable? We don't specially respect
our own 'lords,and 'adies,' but we
permit them to exist and often to make
geese of themselves (or something a good
deal worse) because they are plantes la
-because feudalism and superstition
brought them upon us-because to do
away with them wonld entail a revolu?
tion, shaking our country to its roots.
"It is a fact that we jeer at the men of
our own land who gain new titles. We
are in spirit far more democratic than
you. Our society, as it exists today, is
a vast concourse of gentlefolk. You
have no society, so far as we can learn ;
you have only a collection of plutocrat?
ic strugglers, and these, if we are not
mistaken, have poshed to the wall even
those who had some vague claim to
birth, this feature being especially no?
ticeable in your Now York, where tho
families descended from your early
Dutch immigrants (plain and ordinary
enough persons even as late as (50 years
ago; have been superseded by rich up?
starts, the bold and saucy human prod?
ucts of your railroad and mining game?
sters."-Collier's Weeklv.
A Broad Hint.
Visitor-Is Miss Rosa at home?
Servant-No, sir.
Visitor-Why, she has just come in!
I saw her.
Servant-Yes, sir, and she saw you
too.-Nuggets
Blondel, the harper, did not discover
{he prison of King Richard. Bichar?
paid his ransom, and the receipt for it
* among the Austrian archives.
EXHIBITION FOV/LS.
Do Not Overlook the Useful Qualities Sj*
Poultry.
There are' breeders of fancy poultry,
says Henry L. Allen in The National
Stockman and Farmer, who aim to pro?
duce exhibition fowls without regard to
egg prod action. The farmer who secures
his stock from a breeder of this kind is
likely to regret it, if be does not become
disgusted and join the army of men who
after a similar experience declare that
Bcandard bred poultry is far iuferior to
scrub poultry from a practical stand?
point, and comparing standard bred
poultry raised under the conditions here
outlined with scrubs well cared for and
selected with reference to their practical
qualities they are right.
There are, however, many breeders of
standard bred fowls who never lose sight
of the practical qualities they know
will make their fowls of twofold value
as compared with those bred for exhibi?
tion purposes alone. It is not a difficult
matter for a breeder to keep the practi?
cal qualities of bis fowls developed in a
satisfactory degree and at the same time
not interfere with their usefulness as
exhibition birds.
A breeder who aims to have his fowls
excel in both respects need only give
them the care necessary to induce the
production of eggs, and which, in fact,
consists of keeping them in the most
vigorous and healthy condition imagi?
nable, rejecting for breeding purposes
such as fail to respond to such treat?
ment.
Many fanciers use this method of
breeding, and so anxious are they for the
public to understand the fact that thc
utilities of their fowls are beginning to
be a feature of their advertisements
This being the case, perhaps the safest.
course to pursue when . buying fowls or
eggs for hatching is to do so only when
assured that one is buying from a breed?
er who has not allowed the utility quali?
ties of his fowls to become dormant in
an endeavor to produce prize winners
regardless of other considerations.
It is a noticeable fact that where a
few years ago only about ene breeder in
20 mentioned the useful qualities of his
fowls ic his advertisements fully 15 out
of 20 nc w call attention to those quali?
ties. Tlis is "a most encouraging feature
of the business and shows that the pop?
ular demand for a combination of use?
ful qualities with perfection in form
and fea'her has been more effective than
many h ive believed possible:
Breeding Stock.
Good ' breeding stock-that from
which the future layers are to come-is
the foundation of success. In saving
breeding stock for next year keep the
old turkeys, geese and ducks and also
hens that have done good service. It is
possible that they have fallen behind
those tl;at are young, but it is a rule
that th 3 strongest young stock is pro?
cured from the matured birds. The hun?
dreds o ! chicks that fall by the wayside
and perish from no apparent cause are
the offspring of pullets. . This breeding
from the younger stock every year is de?
stroying the turkeys. With geese the
fault is hot so frequent, as old geese are
not salable in market, the young ones
only being sold, and the result is that
geese give less trouble in raising them
than any other class of poultry. At the
present day there is too much reliance
placed on young-ducks for breeding?pur?
poses, ?md the fact is being.brought out
that th 3 losses of ducklings are increas?
ing every year. When the old ducks
only are used and breeders will select
the best and most vigorous for breeding
purposes, the difficulty of weak off?
spring will be overcome.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Two Hundred Egg Hen.
Can we produce hens that will lay
200 eg^s per annum? Without a doubt.
How? By scientific breeding, as for a
good I utter cow or a good milker, as
for a totting or high jumping horse.
Experiments have been made to increase
the nu n ber of rows of cora on the cob
with success. The same method ie ap-,
pl i ca bl a to poultry breeding. JWsvilK
start with a hen that lays 120 eggs.'
Some of her chicks will lay, say,*15Qfe
per year. From these we willpjfcitout
layers, and so on till 200 or be$te?are
the result At the;same time it ;iV*|nst
as essential to breed our malesYrom
prolific layers as it is the females. In
fact il is more sa If we look after the
breeding of the females only we will in?
troduce on the male side blood which is
lacking in proficiency and thus check
every attempt at progress. It is just as
essential that the male should be from
a hen which laid 175 eggs and from a
male that was bred frcm a hen that laid
150 eggs as it is that the hen was from
one that laid 175 eggs and whose moth?
er laid 150 eggs.
makins: Hens I .ay at Will.
The North Dakota experiment station
has a well appointed poultry farm with
which some interesting experiments
have teen made, and the following is a
report cf one of them: "That food has
as much to do with the egg production
as it has with beef cr butter there is but
little question. We placed two pens cf
fowls under exactly the same condi?
tions as fur as the temperature, room
and care were concerned, but fed them
with an entirely different object i:i
view. Ono pen we wished for breeding
purposes and did not want them to lay
until the breeding season opened, so that
wo caa get a more steady egg production
than if they were made to lay duri:;::
the entire winter. "
Tiie Cost of an Eeg.
The cost of au egg in the eastern states
is estimated at 1 cent, but this depends
on the prices of grain. It' meat, milk,
cut be ne, chopped clover and cooked po?
tatoes are given, the cost will ba less,
hot because the meat can be purchased
at less than the grain, but because the
feedkg of a variety and a balanced ra?
tion will induce the hens to lay more
eggs. 'The greater tiie number of eggs
laid the lower the cost proportionately,
and it is possible to produce eggs at a
cost of only half a cent each.-P. H
Jacobi in Farm and Fireside.
THE LAYING BREEDS.
GOOD POINTS OF THE SPANISH AND
POLISH CLASSES.
Habits and Temperament Mast Be Con?
sidered-Form and Feathe rs May Be Im?
proved, but ?Racial Trait? Cannot Be
Eradicated-Evils of Overcrowding;.
Theodore Sternberg, in The Conn try
Gentleman, speaks of the Black Span?
ish Minorcas and Andalnsions as among
the best laying breeds. Where one lives
in a location free from hawks and does
not care to keep large flocks, bnt desires
a strictly egg breed, also at liberty, the
Polish class opens np a wid>2 list of beau?
tiful, ornamental and most excellent
layers. The list of these attractive fowls
is a long one, and no fow]s excel them
as layers-the White Polish, the Black
with white crest, the Golden and Silver
Spangled; these last in the same colors,
with muffs and chin whiskers. The va?
rieties mnst be nearly a dozen. In re?
gard to the size and temperament of
fowls, Mr. Sternberg says :
"?s a general role size and quietness
run along in parallel lires, the little
breeds being the most ac rive, the most
impatient of restraint, and this habit
being modified, m the pjroportion thpt
size increases, All'.hreeds do best when
at liberty, but some breeds thrive better
in confinement than do others. All
breeds thrive^best in.small flocks, but
some breeds thrive better in large flocks
than do others.' Of course it is under?
stood that the fancier can and, does breed
all breeds in confinement
"But I must confess that for the pur?
pose of the farmer, either in eggs o^in
meat, for sale in the ordinary market,
it will not pay at all to keep any fowl
in confinement, and he must select his
breed with reference to its habit and
temperament and capacity to thrive in
large flocks. We know that fanciers
have by selection made changes in the
shape of old breeds, have made the col?
ors brighter, markings more distinct,
but the peculiarity of the nonsitting
kinds is old, older than we have any
record. Habit and temperament the
fancier does not produce. These, like
MIKOI?CA COOS EBEL.
racial differences in man, have their
origin in ages long past How, when or
where they were implanted we do not
know. Man selects and improves form
and feather, but the inward racial
traits are beyond him.
"As the breeds I have referred to are
nonsitters, in order to keep up tfce stock
some sitters will be required. On strict?
ly egg farms I am very sure that it does
not pay to raise chickens, except to the
extent necessary to keep up the stock to
the required number. One of the most
serious faults in poultry keeping is
stocking the farm with hens for laying
to its full capacity, and then hatching
ont a great lot of chickens, thus crowd?
ing the grounds beyond the limit. This
fault is also a grievous one with fan?
ciers and with breeders for sale Over?
crowding is the most common and the
.most dangerous to.health, and the most
profitless fault in all poultry culture.
"Overcrowding hens on the farm is
similar in egg results to overstocking a
pasture with dairy cows. You get your
milk from the grass, the cow is only a
machine for converting grass into milk
You can only get so much milk from so
much pasture, but before you get any
milk at all the cow must have sufficient
grass for her own support A pasture
which will support 10 cows and enable
them to make a profitable return of
milk will fail to pay if stocked with 20
cows. So it is in a general way with
poultry on the farm. The hen dees not
create. She is a machine, and as some
machines are better for some purposes
than are others, so some fowls are better
for some purposes than are others.
"As good a way as any to keep up
the stock is to buy enough common hens
which are broody and set them, and kill
them off as soon as the chickens are able
to care for themselves. All the breeds I
have been writing of grow quickly and
need not be hatched before May or June
and into even July. Th'is saves lots of
care, as the weather is usually line in
these months. I am very sure that in all
these breeds hens are useful and profit?
able up to ? or 4 years old. In all farm
poultry fer eggs I believe it wise to
have a place purposely fixed to keep the
cocks separate from the hens all the
time, except in the breeding season. Tho
hens are much quieter and attend better
to their knitting when relieved from the
demands of society. ' '
T~2LZ Hens' fc'scs Seldom Hatch.
A correspondent of The English Fan?
ciers' Gazette says he has been watch?
ing his hens and their eggs and the
hatching of their eggs and has discover?
ed that the eggs of the abnormally fat
hen seldom hatch. The chicken dies
about the tenth or twelfth day of incu?
bation. The eggs from the most active
and healthy hens hatch first and often
a day or two in advance of time. Iuva- I
riably the egg froy the sleepy, lazy hen
hatches late. Helbas two hens whose
eggs he has never fonnd fertile, though
he has mated them with different roos?
ters, and they are the worst tempered
hens in the yard, always quarreling and
beating the others. * I
UT I latin er the Teeth.
It is curious to what aa extent the
mutilation'of teeth goes on among sav?
age nations, acd even among certain
civilized people, such as the Japanese.
"With them a girl is never married with?
out first staining her teeth black with a
repulsive kind of varnish, and the cus?
tom is especially adhered to among
members of the richer classes.
On the west coast cf Africa a large
proportion cf the teeth are deliberately
broken when children reach a 'certain
age. Both in the new world and the old
the custom exists of extracting the two
front teeth of domestic servants. In
Peru tho custom has existed from time
immemorial and used tu be a sign of
slavery in the days of incas. This is al?
so the custom on tho Kongo and among
the Hottentots. Teeth are stained in
various colors among the Malays.
A bright red and a bright bl ne are
not uncommon', and a bright green is
produced with the aid of arsenic and
lemon juice. Livingstone related that
among the Kaffirs a child with a prom?
inent upper jaw, was looked upon as a
monster and immediately killed. On
the up?er Nile the negroes have all
Iheir best teeth extracted in order to de?
stroy their value in the slave market
and to make it not worth while for the
slave traders to carry them off.-Pear?
son's Weekly.'
Converted by a Handshake.
Here is a good story of the Bight
Bev. Thomas Underwood Dudley.
The bishop had gone to Beattyville,
and the place was rough and desolate.
A rough looking man came up to him.
"They tell me you're from Virginia,*'
said the man.
"Yes."
"They tell me you fought with the
rebels."
"Yes."
"Give me your hand, pard. My
name's Bill Delan, an J'in a blacksmith
down here."
"Bill," said the bishop, "I'm proud
to meet you."
That night Bill Dolan went to the
service and heard the bishop preach,,
and he went afterward too.
Twelve years later the bishop went j
to Beattyville once more. It was sun
set. He was met by the town's clergy?
man. "Bishop, Bill Dolan died yester?
day, and before ho died I baptized
him," said the minister. "In his last
words he told me to tell the bishop that
he loved him."
"That," said the bishop, "was in?
deed a compensation !'J-Louisville Cou
rier-JournaL .1 >
Suiting: Both Parties.
Poor Wife (to husband, whose loud
snoring keeps her awake)-Charlie,
Charlie, do stop snoring. Turn over on
your side. (Nudges him).
Husband, only half awake, grunts,
tums on his side and continues to snore.
Wife has a happy idea. Bern embers
a line from an article called "How to
Prevent Snoring. " Gives her husband
a second nudge, which elicits another
grunt "Oh, Charlie, if you'd keep
your mouth shut, you'd be all right"
Charlie (semiconscious)-So would
you.-London Answers.
Perplexed.
""I cawn't understand this blarsted
country, " said the English tourist.
"Chap said to me, 'Golf makes me
tired.' 'Ah,' said I, 'you play too
much. 'You're crazy,' said he. 'Idon't
play at all.' Now, how could he bo
tired?"-Philadelphia Record.
Senator Linasay*8 Luxuries.
"If I had plenty of money to do with
as I wished," said Senator Lindsay of
Kentucky to a party of friends, "I'd
have music played at all of my meals
and get cigars made at $50 a hundred.
Those are two luxuries I would most
surely indulge myself in. I'd have the
music played by a small orchestra, say
a horn and two or three violins anda
flute and a bass viol, and I'd have it
play soft, harmonious airs while I ate,
and now and then I'd have some vocal
music given, ty colored voices. There's
a peculiar harmony in a negro's singing
tone. I'd have 'em sing such things as
* When the Watermelon Hangs Upon
the Vine.' That's a song calculated to
inspire the most sluggard appetite. I
remember hearing it once on a Missis?
sippi river boat A lot of us were
aboard, and in the party was Hooker of
Mississippi. There were some darkies
aboard who played instrumental music
with banjos, guitars and a fiddle. I
asked 'em if they ever sung, and they
said they did sometimes. Well, they
struck up ' When the Watermelon Hangs
Upon the Vine.' Hocker had never
heard it before, and it nearly set him
crazy."-Washington Star.
African Lion and Buffalo Bal!,
The large horns of these buffalo are
significant of their immense strength;
their fegs are very short and powerful.
Though tho lions make prey of them, it
takes two or three to pull down a bull.
The African lion of this section is the
largest species of its kind, bat unless in
packs will noe attack au African buffalo
bull. When fighting, the bulls aro very
quick on their feet, and they use nos
only their horns, but their front feet
also, which often prove the more dan?
gerous weapon. My guide, who has
lived in this country for the past ten
years, relates many stories of men who
havo been mauled by lions and who
have escaped death, but ho knows of no
instance where the African buffalo has
left a human being until tbe life waj
trampled out of him.-Arthur C. Hum?
bert in Harper's Magazine For April.
Not All Aimless.
"Society women do lead such aimless
Sves."
"Aimless? Do they? Well, I know a
society woman who can throw a teacup
or a rolling pin just as accurately as a
man."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
All the suitors for a girl's hand iu
Borneo are expected to be generous in
their presents to her. These presents are
never returned. Therefore the wily
young lady defers as long as possible a
positive selection of the happy man.
Roasted His Store Tea.
The country storekeeper was engaged
in a lively argument with Colonel Bili
Cottonhead as to the probable effect of
the Bradley-Hunter split upon the fu?
ture of the Republican party in Ken?
tucky, when old Tom Moseley, one of
the oldest mountaineers in Letcher
county, rode up and dismounted.
"Hev you un3 airy bit of store tea?"
he queried, as he rifled his yarn sock
for an annoying cocklebur.
"Why, yes, Moseley, plenty of it,"
replied Brown. ' ' Would you 1 ike to have
some today?"
"Well, I guess not terday, Frank.
Jess never hed seen eny, an I thought ef
you uns hed eny, I'd laik tuh look at
hit."
Brown considerately took the old man
back into the rear room, where a freshly
opened caddy of Young Hyson was
standing alongside the counter. Run?
ning his fingers down into the depths
of the lead colored mass, he drew out a
handful, which he held up to the old
man's gaze.
The old fellow's eyes sparkled, and a
strange quivering was noticeable about
his lips,
"Waal, I swow. An thet air store
tea, air hit?"
"It certainly is," Brown asserted.
"Better put up a pound for you?"
"Whut mont hit be wuth?"
'.'It's worth 75 cents a pound, Mose?
ley ?Jant as you are an old friend and
have never tried any of it you may
have it for 50 cents."
x "Yuh kin put me up er poun."
Five days later the old man dropped
into the store for a tobacco supply, and
Brown, after a lengthy conversation "
touching on mountain topics in general,
queried :
"How did you like your tea, Mose?
ley?"
"Fa'r.tuh middlin, Frank; fa'h tuh
middlin; mcuter bin bettah, but I guess
laikly thuh olo woman used a leetle tew
much,grease in roastin hit"-Louis?
ville Post
Chic Dogs.
. The chic dogs of Paris form a well
known colony and are recognized by the
public as quickly and with as much
deference almost as crack horses are on
the field. Whenever Kiki-a beautiful
white and siiver gray caniche-appears,
all Paris knows he belongs to the
Countess Mailly-Nosle, whose favorite,
he is, and in the same way a fine dark
chestnut dog of the same variety is rec?
ognized as Count de Reilhac's constant
companion. The Orleans princesses
adore toy terriers and small bulldogs,
while the Duchess of Chartres will look
at no dogs but her black and tan terrier.
The Rothschilds-as a family-have
the greatest love and admiration for
dogs in general, owning a great number
and sparing no pains for their comfort.
Baroness Alphonso de Rothschild
shows off her family of yellow terriers
with greatest delight, whereas Nathan?
iel de Rothschild's pride is centered in
his butterfly dog-a microscopic red and j
white creature, with long, peculiar ears
resembling a butterfly's wings. Arthur
de .Rothschild's preference is for grif?
fons, hut his son, Gustave, takes no in?
terest in any but great, fine Danish
mastiffs. The beautiful Ainerican'Mme.
Ferdinand Biscboffsheimes' favorite is
a surly, fighting wolf dog, but whose
affection and gentleness to his mistress
and her friends are endearing.-Phila?
delphia Ledger.
Papa's Encouraging Talk.
"Miss Willikius. " he said, 'I met
your father at luncheon tnday, and we
had a long and confidential talk."
A glad light came into her big, soul?
ful eyes, and in low, happy tones she
asked:
"Was papa in a pleasant mood?"
"Yes, he spoke very, tncouragingly
to me."
For a long time she was silent. It was
evident that she expected him to go on.
But be only sat there, looking off into
gpace and triging at his mustache.
At last she drew a tremulous sigh
and murmured :
"It is strange that papa didn't say
anything to me about it at tea this
evening."
"Well," Henry Twickenham replied,
"I suppose it had passed out of his
mind. He is a very busy mau, you
know."
"Still," she said, "he wouldn't be
likely to forget a thing that-that so
directly concerned me."
"Ah, Miss Willikius," he cried, "do
you, too, take au interest in me? I as?
sure you this is very flattering. Did you
read my plea to tue jury in the Mundie
versus Binkbam case? It was that upon
which your father especially congratu?
lated me. He said it undoubtedly pre?
saged a bright future for me."
Then it suddenly began to grow chilly
thereabouts, and 15 minutes later, when
Henry Twickenham had been frozen
out, Gladys' Willikins clapped her soft
white hands to her temples and ex?
claimed:
"I wish that fool and his Mundi?
versus Biukham case were in Skagnay. ' '
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