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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05
White LEG.

J,Jnny-Pa, Mr.. Brownlow said that
10, oDyious reasons he should be unable
t. Je at the meeting at the schoolhouse
tonight What does he mean by Job
viOus' rcasonsf
Fathcr-Why, my son, when a man
has any reasons that he cant think Of
OF las reasons that he does not care to
name he says his reasons are obvious.
-IIOstOn Transcript.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05
Sporting Spirit.

~ Grogan-Biliy has got the true sport
ing spirit in him.
Kilkey-What's the marEer with
Billy, now?
Grogan-He ran against an open door
and BACKED his eye, and he tells every
body he got the black eye in fight
Boston TRANSCRIPT
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05
Equally Cutting.

Your vcica" said the commanding
otf1cer, lis decidedly rasping."
Eyes, SIR" said the subordinate.
touching his hat. ~ have been out
roughing it with file Of soldiers all
xorn,ng. "-Chicago Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05
Hint from an Expert.

"Billy. which would you get-a new
suit or new wheelY'
"Well, if you wear good clothes may.
be you can get trusted for a wheel, but
having new wheel won t help you out
aug on clothes ''-Chicago Record
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05
Mutual Help.

Professor Gray-By the way, Pro-
fessor Sage, what day of the month is
it? TO save my life, can't think
Professor Sago-It is the Goth And
that reminds me! What month is it,
Boston Transcript.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05

Stockings made from human hair are
worn by Chinese fishermen as the best
preventive Of wet feet. They are drawn
over ordinary cotton stockings, being
too rough for putting near the skin.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05
To StoD NOsebIeed.

To stop nosebleed cut some blot
ting paper about an inch square, roll it
about the size Of lead pencil and put
1t UP the nostril that is bleeding. The
hollow in it will fill the space between
the tube and the nose and will very
soon coagulate and thereby stop the
flow of nlood.-NeW York Times
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05

In the bog Of Aughrim, in Ireland, 1t
was d very common thing for gun barrels
to be found, relics Of the great battle
there. There was a blacksmith who dug
them ur in order to make use of the
material. One Of them exploded in his
furnace, when he exclaimed bad luck
to your love Of murther! Ism t the bat
tie Of AuGbrim out Of you yet p
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05

q had my picture taken today" seid
little Christine. II crossed my arms
and leaned on a chair, and the picture
man put my head in some longs"
"Why, you must have looked like a
lump of sugar in sugar tongs," laughed
papa.
"Why, SO l must have" said Chris.
tine delightedly, "'cause the man kept
saying, What sweet little girll' -
What to Eat
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-01-05
EniuriOuS Perfun,ea

Perfumes are stated to be injurious
to the sense of smell. to the hearing.
the throat and the lungs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05

which was almost identical with the trans
lation he had just given.
The message set forth that it was fitting
that the children of the city which had
first declared for independence against
Great Britain should send n greeting of
sympathy to the leader of the people who
were in their turn fighting for their indie
peEdence against the same nation. Presi-
dent Kruger nodded solemnly to each of
these versions, muttering his approval, and
was about to make n speech of thanks in
return. when Mr.. Sutherland, who had ac-
companied Jimmy Smith as guide, philos-
opher and friend. whispered 10 Mr.. Reitz
that he also had something to present. Mr..
Sutherland's gift was a large and richly
decorated album, containing n history of
the Boer war made up from newspaper
CLIPPINGS, caricaturcs and pictures and pho
tographs. 1t was incased in a huge leather
trunklike box, with a lid, fastened by a
lock and two clasps.
Mr.. Sutherland lowered the box to the
floor at the feet Of the President, and with
out the ceremony of another speech at
tempted to open the lid. The box looked
like a large dress-suit case, and as no one
had been told what it contained the interets
of all was deeply engaged. The President
stepped back gingerly and surveyed it with
an expression of some misgiving. He looked
in doubt as to whether 1t might be a serv-
ice or silver plate or an internal machine.
In the meanwhile we had all become pain
fully conscious of the fact that Sutherland
was having trouble with the lid. There was
not enough time in which to have trouble
with the lid, for as it was, Jimmy Smiths
| audience had been snatched from the mo-
| mentous minutes of a war council, and the
| Presidents horses, which were to carry him
| from his home, were standing already in
| spanned' in his stable.
A full knowledge of this made Mr.. Suther-
| land blush crimson in embarrassment. He
| breathed quickly, and as he struggled with
the lock the perspiration flowed from lis
| forehead. There was an eager and excited
chorus of whispered suggestions and advice.
Moved with sympathy, Secretary Reitz and
Mr.. Gobler, the Secretary of War, sank to
their knees beside Mr.. Sutherland and all
three pulled and pried violently at the OBJ
durate lid.
Mr.. James Archibald, the war correspond
ent, who is never at a loss, felt hurriedly in
| his pocket for a knife, and finding none pro-
| duced a half crown, with which he endeay-
| ored to pick the lock. But the half crown
| proved inadequate when used as a burglars
| jimmy. and the lock remained intact and
| immovable. The Secretary Of War had been
holding his hat. but finding that in his eff
forts he needed both his hands he mechani-
! cally placed it on the back of his head. Mr..
Reitz saw this. and, under cover Of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05

Element, and AUNT Nancy prevailed upon
him to preach at her cabin that evening.
The preacher consented, and, despite the
snowstorm that was raging. couriers went
out through the sparsely settled ~neighbor-
hood. inviting the settlers to assemble that
night at the Mackey home, in order to wor-
ship. They were rigid in their customs re-
Iating to attendance at religious meetings.
and nothing less thar severe sickness was
considered a sufficient excuse for absence.
The wind grew more furious and the snow
flakes fell faster, but a goodly number
trudged or rode through the snow to the
appointed meeting place.
All the hogs on the place were in attend
ance, too, having crawled under the
luncheon floor to seek shelter from the
storm. and when the preacher got up to
read his text, the "porkers," in their eager
ness to congregate near the fireplace,
fought, bit and squealed with such uproar-
iousness as only twenty or more can pro-
duce, that the attempts of the preacher to
make himself heard We're for the time Un-
availing.
Finally the hogs settled down to some de-
gree of quietude, and the sermon progressed.
A little later, however, the door, which
was insecurity fastened, was blown down
by a gust OF wind, and u large sow walked
in with that nonchalance that indicated her
familiarity with the premises. Before she
had reached the fireplace, a small boy, a
member Of the family. in joyful welcome Of
some opportunity to break the monotony
Of the tedious sermon. seized the oppor-
tunity-and the sow by the ear-jumped on
her back, and. holding to her ears, rode the
| swine, which was squealing vociferously all
the while, around the room, through the
congregation, creating CONSERVATION in gen.
eral, particularly among the female con-
| tingent Of the assembly. At last, after sew
eral circuits of the room, the lad rode the
animal out of doors.
| In the meantime. a flock Of geese had
walked in the open door. which had not
been closed. Unlike the ow, they were OBJ
stinate. and. standing in the middle of the
floor. stretched forth their necks and kept
up a din of constant chattering. Aunt
/ Nancy" with rare tact and diplomacy, con-
trived to get rid of her unlimited guests.
| From the 'jamb' she took al ear of corn.
| Then, walking backwards, shelled the corn.
| tolling the geese along and calling to them
in the gentlest and most persuasive of
: tones. The flock outside, the door was
closed, while the geese We're fighting over
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05
PIONEER PREACHING IN MISSOURI.
How a Service Was Interrupted by the Live Stock.

Doubtless no pioneer had more vicissitudi-
nous experiences in the early settlement CT
Missouri than the intinerant pioneer preach
er, who labored, generally without pecuni-
airy recompense, to spread the gospel among
the inhabitants of the then sparsely settled
country. His duties were arduous and often
attended with a great degree of danger.
Perhaps among the many "reminiscences of
these days the following incident related
by Judge Fasg, one of Pike County's promi-
nent citizens, will illustrate the vicissitudes
of the preacher and the period in which he
lived.
One of the earliest settlements in Pike
County was made by John Mackey, and was
about one mile west of the line of bluffs
near the Mississippi River, which marked
the western boundary of the ~well-known
Calumet Creek Valley.
The Ntackey home was on the old trail
from ST. Louis to the Salt River settle
ments, along which all the rangers and
settlers passed until the war of 1S12-li.
Aunt Nancy" Mackey, wife of the we'll
known pioneer, was a woman of extraordi-
nary courage and Injured to the hardships
OF the time. She was the first to reach the
O'Neil cabin after the historic massacre OF
the household, and assisted in collecting
the mutilated remains of the wife and chill
dren and prepared them for interment.
The house of Brother John and Aunt
Nancy Mackey was a noted meeting place
in those days for those religiously inclined,
and nearly all the pioneers were. 1t was a
characteristic dwelling place of the time.
Built of logs, which were unhewn. the floors
were made of ''puncheons," and naturally
the structure was well ventilated in the
summer season. but which in the winter
time afforded the entrance Of chilling blasts
that were uncomfortable to even those
hardy folk. Sometimes an undressed
| plank was laid unnailed upon the "sleep-
ers' and then the cracks through which the
wind blew were both plentiful and capac-
ious. One room-in fact, there was seldom
another-was an all-purpose place for the
whole family. The loft or low-ceilinged
| apartment above. was the sleeping place of
| some members of the family, usually the
| older children. However, despite the print
tive conditions prevailing, happiness per-
vaded the scene, and sickness was less fire.
quent than now.
Brother john Mackey's domicile was
Just such a structure as has been described.
on the afternoon of a bitterly cold day
in 1921, a visiting brother came to the set
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05
The Accommodating Husband.
!. Ricketts, In the Smart Set.

Alex. Ricketts, in the Smart Set.
Paul" said Mr.. Pondermore, as they
rose from dinner. breaking the silence that
had prevailed throughout the meal, do
you know that we were married just five
years ago to-day?'
"If I'd been there it would never have
happened observed Mr.. Pondermore. who
is rather absent-minded. pursuing his train
of thought aloud. "Er-excuse me, my
dear, you were saying
THAT this is the fifth anniversary of our
wedding" replied Mrs. Pondermore, who
is used to her husbands thinking out loud;
and it has set me to contrasting the two
INES. Paul. do you know that you never
kiss me mornings and evenings as you
used to ?" .
"Er-certainly not. I don't think it a sem
sensible move at all; 1t might put us in a
very ridiculous light II it became public,a
Mr.. Pondermore. II beg your
pardon, my dear, Pm afraid I was slightly
inattentive-that U. B. d. and D. deal is
worrying me somewhat-what was it you
said?'
THAT you neglect to kiss me as you used
to when we We're first married" said Mrs.
Pondermore, patiently. II know 1t isn't
| because you don't love me any more, PAUL.
but-but don't You think you could remem-
Der to? she asked, wistfully.
Mr.. Pondermore contracted his brows
tightly in an honest effort to corral his
| errant thoughts. and fix them upon what
his wife was saying.
"Er-yes, my dear" he said, what is it Z
have neglected?
you don't kiss me as often as you used
to, Paul" repeated his wife. softly.
Don't I, my darling?" cried Mr.. Ponder
| more, all contrition. Its this wretched
| business that engrosses me so; but il
| you'll forgive me, sweetest. I'll never for
get it again. Never. Er-that is" he add
ed. the absent look creeping back into his
| eyes, Just make a note of it. win you?
and I'll have one of the clerks attend to it
the first thing in the morning."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05
I'VE THE HONOR TO PRESENT"

happiest moment the schoolboys could have
chosen for saying that they were sorry for
a man old enough to be their great-grand-
father.
Apart from that. which, after all. was no
fault of the sympathizers. the picture made
by the Boer President and the New York
messenger boy. staggering under his great
roll of signatures, was a pathetic and curl
Gus one.
If it had not been pathetic it would have
been absurd. AT one end of the dark, low
ceilinged room stood the man who as a boy
of 10 in the great trek of 1886 had fled before
the British, and who since then had been
twice driven to seek a new home in the will
derness. He Is now, at the age of 10 years,
once more going forth, again evicted by
the English. to hide like a wounded lion
among the rocks of his mountains. Opposite
him was the frightened, red-haired messen-
ger hoy from Broadway. squeezing his cap
under his elbow and holding out the roll of
signatures in the leather box before him..
your Excellency," stammered Jimmy
Smith. 1t was the beginning Of the Grafton
he had rehearsed in dark corners Of the
deck to the waves of the Red Sea and the
Indian Ocean. Kruger stopped low and
peered down at Jimmy" Smith like a 81
ant ogre. One almost expected to see hin,
pinch Jimmy Smith to find out If he were
properly fattened for eating. But, instead,
he took 'Jimmy's' hand and shook 1t grave
~. Then he turned. and, according to the
| Boer custom, shock hands with every one
else in the room. leaving "Jilnmy's'' speech
suspended and helpless in midaIr. 1t was
a terrible moment.
Each Of US was as nervously anxious to
nave that speech delivered as though Jim
my" were his only son.
It reminded me Of a little girl / once saw
who was to christen a battleship, and who
| bottle as 1t slipped steadily out of her
| reach. But Jimmy" was not going to al
low the President to slip away from him.
your Excellency." he began again, in All
excited. boyish treble. The President
stopped and looked about him as though
some one had tugged at his sleeve, and
Jimmy" rushed on impetuously, runnins
| the words together. II have been chosen "a
| convey to you this message of sympathy,
| signed by $500 schoolboys Of Philadelphia,
which l now have the honor to present. ~
He stopped with a sigh Of content, and we
all breathed again Jimmy dropped his
hat and held out the box with its roll OF
signatures. The President fingered it, turn.
ing the roll over as he asked the Secre.
tary of State to explain.
Secretary Reitz took out the message
which was written in English and in Dutch
and at the first glance, as he did not SEE
! the Dutch version, he translated the one IL
English. He then read the one in Dutch,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05

Three hours later the President and his.
Cabinet were driven rapidly down Church
street, across the Lion Bridge and over to
Sunnyside, where the railroad track 20
Lorenzo Marquee runs just at the end of
the gardens. a special train was waiting
for him there. and he entered it ana arrived
at Machadodorp the next morning.
The townspeople recognized him as he
drove in the twilight through the streets of
the capital and raised their hats. 1t was
their last tribute. Like Garfield. who came
from the towpath of a canal to the White
House. Kruger. beginning as the foretrekker
Of his fathers oxen. had become the execu-
tive head of an independent Republic.
And now he was seeking shelter in the
mountains. not because his own people were
weary of his rule, or dissatisfied with him,
but because his Christian neighbor coveted
his land and was numbering the people Of
his Republic to obtain 1t. His was not a
great Republic; In the Congress OF the Ma
tions 1t had no voice. But on q day when
Its independence, its, existence even was
threatened. 1t went forth like Goliath be-
fore the incredulous eyes OF the world and
rang It's lance full on the shield Of the
~ A4ooSAk AAAS
Now that the lance has been shattered n.
may be some consolation to the empire, to
know that she has kept the bargain she
made with the money changers in her tenn
pies. and that she has awarded herself not
only the gold. but the pound of flesh as well.
1t must be also some consolation to the old
foretrekker of his people in his place of ex-
lie to remember that for nine months he
held that greatest of empires by the throat;
that he Inundated. scourged and dashed her.
in spite of the gold of which she had robbed
him, poorer in pocket. poorer In lives and in
regulations lost and bankrupt in prestige
| and honor.
A month before, when no one had any
idea that Lord Roberts would reach Pre-
] torfa for many months. l had engaged my
passage home on the steamer leaving June
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05

general perturbation whispered to him anX-
iously to take it off.
In the meantime President Kruger's inter
est in the mysterious box had increased
greatly, and he came forward and bent over
his two secretaries with his hands on his
knees, peering down at the lock with abso-
Lutte lack of self-consciousncss
1t was another happy thought of Archi-
bald, who is ever calm and collected. even
| when the bullets fly. that relieved a situation
| that was rapidly becoming tragic.
Sutherland Archibald whispered hoarse-
ly, haven't you got n key"
"a WHAT" gasped Sutherland, looking up.
"a key? Yes"
Then use IT," commanded the war CORE
| spondent sternly. Sutherland produced the
| key, turned the lock and opened the lid.
For the second time every one In the room
| breathed freely. President Kruger pushed
| forward and peered down at the great gold
! and velIum album in its leather case. He
| Strengthened himself with a pleased sigh
and smiled at Sutherland, nodding at him
approvingly.
1T is a Bible" he said.
The mistake was so in character that as
we grasped it and heard the simple not of
real pleasure in his voice l believe every
man in the room would have given half a
months wages to have changed that album
into what Kruger believed 1t to be.
NO: a history of the war" Reitz ex-
claimed hastily. turning over the pages and
showing the President pictures of himself.
of Boer laagers and of his Generals. Blu
the President shock his head and closed the
big volume. He beckoned to General Meyer,
WHO had been impatiently waiting.
Tell them 1 thank Them" he said to
Reitz. Tell them I am much obliged fol
the message and for the history. They
must go now"
He held out his hand again to Jimmy
Smith and Sutherland. the last Americans
to shake It before he went out into The
mountains. and the audience was at al
end.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-05

4. If I had waited two days longer in order
to see Lord Roberts enter 1 would have had
to wait another six weeks before l could
have secured passage on another steamer
remaining for that length of time at the
mercy of the eccentric whims of some one
Individual. which is what the British army
officer understands to be martial law.
For these reasons. and because I had
grown very tired of Pretoria and of her peo-
pie, 1 did not care to see her public square
| occupied by the men who had been sent to
take it from them. and so 1 missed the
grand entry.
For many reasons I am glad, 1 think chief
" because 1 should have felt so sorry for
Lord Roberts. 1t was not fair to send an
! officer and a gentleman. one who deserves
so well of the Empire, on such an errand.
When the British Government made up it's
mind to rob a free and intelligent people of
| the roof over them and the land beneath
them it should have left the work to the
| Chinese police of Hong-Kong or the black
Kansas of the Gold Coast or to the noble.
.high-bred Colonials. az represented by REM
ington's scouts. 1t was wrong to sully the
record of the Black Watch. the Gordons and
the Guards by using them in such a sorry
service. 1t was rather the work Of the pub
lie executioners.
They might at least have allowed them to
wear masks. Butler was well chosen. He
is just the dull butcher, the fat-witted Fall
staff who should properly have been sent to
murder and rob an inoffensive and Cod
fearing people. But Butler was not intelli-
gent. He killed twenty of his own men to
one of the enemy. and so they sent Roberts,,
the chivalric. gallant old Irishman. 1t was
hardly deserved. it was hardly fair, to turn
this Field Marshal into a janissary of the
Jews, to ask this great General to serve as
the policeman for Cecil Rhodes, and to allow
the smoking houses which marked his
march from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, to OBJ
scure the glory of that other march from
Cabul to Kandahar.
RICHARD HARDING W