The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-03-21
DEER ARE FOND or TOBACCO,
Tho Only BIT OF Information Prof. Gil
moro Dot from Hawthorne.

moro Dot from Hawthorne.
Prof. j. II. Gilmore says: "It was
my privilege to meet Hawthorne at the
White mountains. He was there with
Plercc and Loring and Spofford, and
saw considerable of him. I shall never
forget the whimsical appearance Of the
man as Pierce was trying to get him
to go into the parlor of the hotel. He
was quite avcrSe to it.
There were clever people thero
from all over the United States who
had heard Of him, and were proud of
him, but he did not want to minple
with them ut all. Pierce insisted upon
1t, and he complied, and after five min
utcs he made his escape, and found
him out on the vcranda smolsinr
a cigar. He did not want to
make friends, apparently, but he
made an exception in my favor.
had been spending several
summers there, and knew the wood
craft very thoroughly, and he found
out that he could get from me the in
formation he wanted.
"l1e would ask me question and my
reply would be followed by another
questions: Why? For instance, he
asked me, Which way would you fish
trout stream?' l said Down stream
Then he asked me why. was COM
peled to answer that trout when
wounded runs up the stream, and that
If were fishing down the stream he
would disturb the trout below. On
one occasion referred to the fact that
the grain of the wood Of certain tree
was twisted. At first he questioned the
fact and asked: What makes you think
sop said to him: IF you will 20 with
me to the woodpile I will show that it
is So l thus So tisfled him of the fact,
but, as to the reason for it, I
could only give q theory that it was
caused by the winds. I think that
while he was there he found out all
knew, and found out very little from
him. There was one thing TINT he
knew that 1 did find out.
"One day we were looking at IL pct
fawn. He said: DO you know that
every animal of the deer kind is nat
urally fond Of tobacco2 l was taken
all aback, because had been Taught
that only man and n certain loathsomc
green worm, the vilest thing the Crca-
tor made, would touch tobacco. To
illustrate the matter to me he put his
hand into his pocket, for he not only
smoked, but chewed, took out a piece
Of tobacco, and handed it to the fawn,
and she ate 1t Us though she liked it,
and while was waiting to see her fall
down dead she was nosing around
Hawthorne's pocket for some more to.
bacco."-Chicago Times.
J. CLOG FOR JlLTGD MEM.
Momhcrs Pledged to Wage E.ovuiuna
War on tho Eai Hcx.
l accepted an invitation the Other any
to dine with Il friend at Il club that nc
assured me was unlike, in SDvnc re,
spcctS, any other club in the world
! says New York correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer. We went to
Iwcnty-ninth street and entered II
building that was not materially diff.
fercnt in appearance from n thousand
other houses i'll town that are used as
residences by tho we'll to do. The
menu cards and the servants buttons
were marked by IL neat monogram of
tho letters 81. c." My companion set
tied himself in an easy chair, and pro-
cccded to explain.
"This club" he said, "owes existence
to tho whim of very rich man who has
hardly turned thirty years. lIo was en-
gagged. Tho lady was wealthy, well
connected and moved in the same social
circles that he did. IIo was rich
enough to satisfy any reasonable won.
an. Moreover, his character was be-
yond rcproach.
Perhaps he was n little cold in his
wooing. L don't know. He did not
know what defeat meant. Perhaps ho
unconsciously took it for granted that
any woman must find him all sufficient,
and that 1t would be Unnecessary, even
unbecoming, to ply tho ordinary lovers
arts that arc generally believed to be
80 fetching with tho fair sex. At all
events, the young lady one day gave
him to plainly understand that he
wouldn't do. She returned his pres
ents--1 don't suppose he had ever writ
ten her a love letter, SO sho couldn't re-
turn any burning litcrnture-and told
him to apply elsewhere for wife. Con-
sidcrably stunned, he could only ex-
claim: "Jiltedl jiltedl" 10 bought this
house Mt first simply with the idea of
living in 1T, but ono day hc CHANGED
across friend who had had IL similar
experience with the fair sex, and, after
comparing notes. they decided to 1.-Two
together to pursue tho samo line of
campaign in society; that Is, to
make themselves as interesting as
possible to women, but never on any
provocation to marry. Before long
they heard Of another acquaintance
whose engagement had been broken by
the lady, and they took him In. So,
little by little, tho affair has grown to
its present proportions, small, but sc.
lcct and contented club"
"And tho initials j. c. mean, the"
"Jilted club, exactly. Every member
must have been Tilted, and every inonl-
Der Is supposed to enter society freely
and play for hearts-to take them, but
never to surrender his own. In the
event of his getting entanglcd and en-.
tering upon new engagement his
membership lapscs at once"
--One or the most conspicuous land.
marks, or, rather, snowmarks, in the
whole of the arctic regions is the red
snowbanks discovered near Cape York,
Greenland, by Capt. John Ross in the
year 1915. For miles and milos the
hills are covered with snow that is as
red as though 1t had been saturated
with blood f,ianf Iroala,, ,,,lo :..