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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

lraIly; IT. panl jumps into -ds raux tc l grab ds lids; and 6s audience applSuds to beat de band--what was playing shiv- CT music! Dsrs was tings doing ail over dc lot.
 I gets into de center foist, and dc pup lets 90 his holt to shift to better one, grabs him by bote hind legs, and chases; him moaning most sorrowful, but licking his chops. for he had drawn foist blood, anyway.
 makes a quick pass of de pun to dc coachman's kid. and tells him on his life not to stop running till he'd locked de pup up in de stables; and den I goes
 back to de dressing tent, and meets widdy calling for smelling salts, . doc tor. bandages, lin'ment, de police, and a ambulance.
 What have you done wit dat horrible devi%dog dat has murdered my beautiful darling pet7' she says. like a tragedy actress out on top of de stoige. Madam" I says. "de bull pup was shot. and drowned: and de coachman has gone for to get a pound of poison to give him. and de gardner is fixing a rope to hang de william. for suro." says. He should be boined alive!" widdy says.
 He will be. Ma'am," says. just as | soon as we can light a fire. And your cat-wife should be boined alive. and sent to prison for dis murder" says widdy.
 "No need. Ma'am," I says Duchess has took . pound of carbonic acid. and cut her troat; and I'm just going to get
 me gun for her." says. Let me see your beautiful dogs leg. Ma'am." says. ''Is he much hoit?"
 "Never you mind poor Fido's ieg," she says. You go and telephone for de vet'
 Well whiskers comes chasing, and or- ders me to go back and finish me clown act, dat was included in de dog turn. and me and MT. Paul soon had de show running again; but de audience was all laughing about de turn dat was not down on de bill. When Widdy hears em she was foist nearly croisy wit rage; but she Is no farmer, and pretty soon she shifts to make good face of 1t; for danes like her can stand most any kind of a game except to be made a game of deirselves. and so she pretended to take it as joke, and get out of being part of de joke.
 De show was a winner, boodle- wise. and if ever we finds any yacht sailors orphans. dey'll have ice cream and can dy de rest of deir lives; but I was feeling like I wished I had home as far off as Scandehoovia to go to, all de time was helping to solve refreshments after de ball was over. knowed dat I could square meself wit Mir. Paul. all right but I had me opinion dat Miss Fannie would be dead sore on me for not telling Widdy dat I was going to borrow her poodle.
 But when de folks had went, and Whiskers had drove off wit widdy to de vets, Miss Fannie calls me to de hall.
 uL IAA was rubbering. and den she shakes hands wit me. "Dat was beautiful done, Chames." she says.
 Tanks. Miss Fannie" says. What was beautiful done?"
 "Laming Mrs. Harding's poodle, so dat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

de vet will have to put it out of de woild wit clorform. You did 1t on poi pose, of course?"
 Say. was in what dey calls a prob lem play, den. hadn't done de poodle on poipose. but If it made me stand to de good wit Miss Fannie to have her tinlZ dat did. was willing to stand for dat, or anything else. So. I just looks wise. and says. Tank you. Miss Fannie" and goes on me way.
 But when sees Duchess I tells her to put me wise on de game.
 Tt is so simple" says Duchess. Ma 'mzelle Fannie admire Madam Hard- ing very well. but she despises dat Mad am make so much of dat poodle. Also Whiskaire. he do not like de poodle. What will you do?"
 "Anyting dat's coming to me-" says I.
 ''Very well. Ma'mzelle Fannie, she know very true dat Madam Harding will never more be seen wit de poodle because a woman like her would radder be seen wit a pair of soiled boots, or gloves-and she'd die before dat-dan to be seen wit a ting dat has made her of de redic'lous. So she will now be more agreeable to Ma'zelle, and perhaps to Whiskaire.''
 If Duchess hadn't doped de game to me right. I'd been paralyzed when Wildly comes to me in a few days. smiling like
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

poodle. as Widdy vas just go1ng tU walk behind dc banner. and de way pup takes de jump tropgh dc paper. hoping to get Widdy off guard. was lovely to zee. But Widdy was ieary, as she always ia when she has fetched poodle into de same acre of ground as pup; and master buildog had anodder hard luck story to worry about.
 Dat set me tinking. When de folks had went back to de house tell Duch- ess to borrow poodle, and fetch him down to where we rehoising. but not to put Widdy on to what part we wanted de poodle to play. Duchess seen her chance to butt into de show, and she soon had poodle dere. in her arms, and I tried de trick. It was lovely. All I had to do was to hold poodle on de opposite side of de hoop, and pup went trough em as fast as de coachman's kid could paste on new paper. He never renigs once. He'd a jumped till he wore his feet off on de tousand-to-one chance dat I'd be off guard. and let him get a mouthful of poodle. And poodle was having de time of his life, too. When he seen how hard pup was woiking, and dat noting was doing except de puppy, poodle near parked his head off laughing
 Take poodle back to Widdy," I says to Duchess. "and say noting about dat we Is going to make actor of, him. I've got place for you in de show where
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
HAT IN HAND FOR e5 YEARS.
Missouri Lawyer Won't Cover His
 Head for Fear of Getting Bald.

There Is a man in this town who hasn't worr a hat for twenty-five years. says a Macon (Mo.) correspondent of The New York Sun He doesn't live out at the asylum. either William Pierson Beach was born in Newark N. J.. April 10, ls4o He made his way West in lS65 by selling books along the route and today he is one of the prominent lawyers of the county. and is ''up to his eyes, in busi- But he won't wear a hat.
 To escape criticism for exaggerated economy, he always carries in his hand wherever he goes the latest thing in mems headwear. but 1t never under any circumstances gets on his head.
 Two men made a wager on MT. Beachs ec- centricity one day. One bet he could create a situation that would cause Mir Beach to put his hat where 1t belonged for a moment. The other bet he couldn't. The challenger ap- preached Mir. Beach with both hands extended inviting a double shake. Mir. Beach dropped his hat on the sidewalk and greeted the chal- Ienger in the same manner that the welcome was profered.
 If 1t Is raining or showing Mir. Beach defers enough to conventionality to carry an umbrel- la. But no blizzard has been severe enough to make him cover his head.
 His reason for not wearing a hat is that he thinks thereby he assures the retention of his hair. At 63 his hair is as strong and abund- ant 1t ever was.
 Tt may look odd to see a man tramping through crowds always without hat" he said recently but I'll leave 1t to any person of common sense. whether it's as odd as bald headed man."
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you'll only have to put on your swell rags. and stroll on in a naughty man. ner."
 We'll. well, dere's a heap of trouble in dis life dat comes when We tinks we has only to push a button to get a good ting we has all laid out for ourselves. De soicus comes off. and was going like a hurry-call ambulance. Noting to stop 1t! De loidies and gents had done deir riding turn, some college lads had done some straight tumbling. and 1t was fine; MT. Paul had made good, as a straight ring master. and den he introduces me as de only 'riginal Bowery song and obliged wit de old favorite, "On de Banks of de Bronks, Where de Summer Coil Hangs Out"
 Next MT. Paul introduces Little Miss Fannie, and her Wonderful Trick Bull Pup" Little One comes in wit pup, and our kid. and I follows along, as clown, to see dat de pup done all right. De kids makes a great hit and, say, I was proud of Little Duke. Most of de folks dere was friends of our folks. and dey knows me and Duchess by sight, and when dey hears dat Little Duke was our kid dey gives him a great jolly, and kid die says his line beautiful. all his th's being in place and doing duty. When de kiddies had put de pup trough all his tricks but de hoop. Duchess stroll in from de dressing room, like she was a swell out for a walk around de block; and she has Widdy's poodle in her arms. and de style of her gets a great reception. She hears de folks saying dat she was Hor- tense. Fannie's maid, and she pipes me off wit a wink, like she was saying. T told you I'd be de star of de show.' | She was! My. my, she was for a fact! Little Miss Fannie held, pups head away from de hoop until just as Duchess was passing behind. and den she lets de pup see what was doing. and turns him loose. Pup gives a little cry of joy. makes a running jump of it trough de hoop. wit his mouth wide open. like he wanted to be ready for dat bite he'd hoped for so long. I nearly had a fit when I sees him land like a flying ma chine against Duchess. and dat French pussy drops poodle. and lets out a yell dat was heard on de odder side of de Sound.
 Pup had caught a mouthful of paper as he flew trough de hoop. and dat saved all of our lives, for he was part blinded, and didn't get a fair hold at foist. But he got hold enough to nail poodle's hind leg and poodle gives a squeal dat brought Widdy down from her seat fiy- ing. Whiskers seen dat dere was trouble. and he flies after Widdy; I jumps for de dogs; Riddles gets into de
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
GIMME FHUDEN,
 BOWERY PHIL OSOPHER
Provided More of . Picnic Than Wae Called Fo A Tragedy in Which Duchee- Was
 Not Guiltlsrr.
By HOWARD W. TOWNSEND. Copyright, 1908, by Robert Howard Russell.

Duchess Is . good goil, and I have ns kick due me on her temper; but when someting happens dat I has no more to do wit, dan de bull pup has to do wid de state of de wedder den I gets a specimen of de finest brand of French ragging dat de market affords.
 I don't know was 1t dat she missed connection wit a parasol she expected to get from Miss Fannie, or wat'ell, but one day Duchess gets me in corner and she says. "Cheems, what is your position in dis house?"
 Second man." says. Did anybody ringT'
 ..Is 1t de second mans place to be groom for Miss Fannie?" Duchess says. q rides after her." says I. because I was brought up to do 1t proper when I was a kid, and Whiskers could take a hitching strap to me If I ever took me eyes ofY Miss Fannie when she was rid ing. Dat job Is special"
 "You are valet for MT. Paul." says Duchess.
 "He has Jap valet of his own.'' says I.
 But you order his boots.'' says Duch- ess. You get him ready, if he's only going somewhere for weekend"
 Oats because de Jap orders riding boots for yachting: and if he gets him ready for trip, he never knows wher. he'll land."
 Dose is poor excuses" says Duchess De odder soivants would tink moro proper of you if you done only second mans woik."
 "IIl tink about dat" I says. when dc odder soivants pays me wages what on your mind. woman?" I says. Its not me, job dats boddering you. Sing an1 and let me see where you're at.
 You is de real director of the soicus and I have no part in it." says Duchess and dat shows me where her little bootses was pinchine.
 We was getting up solcus-a ametooi soicus-for' de benefit of yacht sailors orphans; what dere ain't any of rH nearer dan Scandehoovia, where de yacht sailors come from. But dat made no diff ference: dere had to be a benefit, and yacht sailors, orphans had a romantic sound as Willy widdy said. so dat went and our folks said de soicus might be held on our lawn, cause we had de most conveniences for solving tea.
 Dat put it up to MT. Paul to be drec- tor and he. being too strong to woik hard, puts 1t next to me.
 Dere was a swell comes over to take charge of de riding turns. and l gets uI some comics for de laugh S1de or de show, and takes charge of de woikmer ? getting up de tents and seats; and looks after de places where refreshments was to be set up; and gets de band. teaches de clown how to do a comic fall. prac' tices up few tumbling tricks of mt own, learns our kiddie-Litti@ Duke-tC do a ring-master turn for Little Mis-: Fannie. and almost had something tt do
 Soon as she heard dat dere was to bt a soicus Duchess was croisy to be par
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

reach the points of greatest attraction now known to only few.
 The proposal to lay of. as a national park. a single extensive tract in thes northern counties does not seem the wisest course. While that would embrace cer-s tain points which should be included In national reservation. it would exclude others of equal. if not of greater. desir-s ability. The better plan would be series or chain of smaller parks. connected by properly built roads. in the neighborhood of which individual enterprise could pro- vide suitable hotel accommodations. In that way there might be the Ltnv1il0 Park, including Grandfather mountafns the highest point in the Blue Ridge prop CT. That would also include a section or
 the course of the Linville river. with it's
 falls and cascades. A second park in the
 chain should take in the Black range, a' short spur from the Blue Ridge, but the highest point of land in the United States east of the Rockies, with Mount Mitchell as It's crowning summit, at an elevation of 6,711 feet. This park should also in~ clude the Craggy range, beautiful for~ nation connected with the Black range Thence a connection could be made wesf- ward to a Roan Mountain park, ana southwestward to a reservation WhicM would include the marvelously besutffH region of the southern part of Jackson county, which should in no casS be onnitt- ed from any plan for national park ia that region.
 The consummation and proper execu* ton of the proposal for a national parE in that section of the Appalachians would open to our people a region of endless de- light, @ land of health and rest and peae& The Yellowstone park presents its own marvels and its own beauties. but tha cost of reaching it. in time and money4 makes 1t impossible for all except 1a@ vored few. An Appalachian park woul1 be accessible to hundreds of thousand4 of our people pleasure seekers. rest seeks CTS, and health seekers alike. For nins months in the year the climate is uaexF celled by that of any other part of the country, and the three remaining months are a time of mild winter weather cola enough to be bracing but seldom cold enough to be uncomfortable.
 Private enterprise would follow national Hotels would be built. Land would ba' bought for private residence, and a vast area whose agricultural and pomologicai resources are endless would have an op- portunity for development. All this could be accomplished for a sum which could easily be spared from our national rev enues and which would give to our people a greater return and contribute more to- ward national development than is in any way possible for either the Yosemite or the Yellowstone. There would be national park where the nation could gef to 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

of de show. Dere's a whole bunch oi tricks she can do. but none of em is in de soicus line, and I had to pretend dat wasn't on to what she wanted. If dat goil didn't have to woik for q living she be actress. Sure! I never did see a woman who liked to be in de lime light more dan Duchess. And she's all right when she's dere, for she ain't a little bit shy as a good locker; but she belongs to de moddern school. and tinks to be, a good-looker is all dere is in de game. and won't study no part. I've tried her in de teeatricals we has ev'ry winter in de soivants hall.
 But dat dug no subway wit her; she was bound to he in de soicus. and when couldn't see it, de way she found places where I was a mile off from being. It was a wonder.
 Of course, a man dat wants to, can beat woman wit a hammer; but if a hammer isn't in de game, de easiest way to do. if you've got to beat her, Is not to. So I hustled to find job in de soicus dat Duchess could hold down. and got it. I had to.
 I had a turn I was rehoising Little Miss Fannie, and our kiddie and de bull pup. Little Miss Fannie was to put de pup trough his tricks. while Riddle was
 
 his tricks except dat he was no dead sure proposition on going trough de hoop ev- cry time. Mostly when de Little One held dc hoop. after we'd covered it wid pape-. de pup would balk. till he'd run around behind 1t to make sure dat Little One had de piece of meat he was to get. If de hoop wasn't covered he'd see de meat. and go trough like a shot.
 I doubles de size of de piece of meat, but it was no sure ting dat he'd butt de paper till he'd took a peep behind to see for fair dat his wages was dere. You see. he didn't like de paper end of his trick. anyway; and 1 was up against how to make de turn sure shot, till, one day, de folks from our house come down on de lawn to see us reholsc. Willy Widdy was along, and she held a pint measure poodle in her arms She was wise. Dat poodle was always in her arms if she was strolling within a mile of de bull pup. I had sometime fought dat de pup had made up his mind dat to die hor'ble deat would be bargain counter price to pay for de joy of one chance to bite dat poodle in two. never did see anyting dat wanted anyting else so bad as de pup wanted to get ham, mer-lock wit his jaw on dat poodle What made him feel it so hard was dat de poodle knew 1t, and used to give de pup de ha ha from where he'd laugh al him in de Widdy's arms. Dogs do a lot of tinking about tings like dose. Ot course. any good pup would like to bite ! a poodle; de poodle knew dat; he knew he was safe in Widdy's arms, and so he made life more to de bad for de pup by making faces at him, and, as I was tell | ing you. giving him de ha ha
 | We'll pup had baked de hoop wit paper a few times. and I had de kiddies in a fii | because I was going to give pup bit oi welting, when all of a sudden pup sees
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
THE THREE FISHERS.

Charles Kingsley, a distinguished English preacher, novelist and poet, was born in Devonshire. June l2. 1919. He resigned the professorship of history in Cambridge Univers- ity to become canon of Westminster and chap lain to the Queen. He made a tour of the United States in Ie70-4 and was graciously received everywhere. His death took place Jan. 23, 1875. When he was Q boy his father was rector of the parish of Coverlly. from whence fishing fleets put out to sea. It was the fathers custom to hold short religious ser vice on the shore before the sailing, in which the fishermen and their families took part Years after, the son wrote a song In remem- brance of these scenes He called 1t The Three Fishers" It was set to music by John Huliah, an English musical writer of much note The words of the song are as follows
 Out into the west as the sun went down: Each though on the woman who loved him the
 And the children stood watching them out of For men must work and woman must weep And there's little to earn, and many to keep.
 Though the harbor bar be moaning.
 Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower.
 And they trimmed the lamps as the sun went They looked at the squaii. and they looked at
 And the night-rack came rolling up ragged But men must work and women must weep Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,
 And the harbor bar be moaning.
 Three corpses lay out on the shining sands
 In the morning gleam as the tide went down. And the women arc weeping and wringing their
 For those who will never come home to the
 town;
 And the sooner it's over. the sooner to sleep,
 And goodbye to the bar and it's moaning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
THE APPALACHIAN PARK.
Unlike the Yellowstone Reserve it Would Furnish a National Park
 Accessible to the Nation.

New York Sun.
 In the pigeonholes of some congression- al committee rooms in Washington there lies a bill for the creation of a national park in the mountains of western North Carolina. It Is to be hoped that the bill is in one of the dormitories and not in one of the cemeteries of legislative meas ures. There is far too much merit in the measure to justify either it's death or its suppression.
 It is unfortunate that so few of our people are aware of the scenic splendor of the area which lies between the Blue Ridge and Smoky mountains. in western North Carolina. We say this with full realization of the fact that thousands of people have visited the region to which has been given the title of The Land of the Sky. But neither the casual visitor for pleasure nor the healthseeker so- journing at Ashevilie, the social centre of the region gains any real knowledge of the endless charms which lie hidden among the hills and which are seen and known by only a few of those who visit the section. Many of the most impressive points are accessible. under present con- ditions. only to the active and robust van derer.
 To go south for the summer seems little short of ridiculous. Goodness is supposed to be a monopoly of the north during the hot weather. This Is quite a mistake. The summer climate of those southern hills is even more delicious and enjoy able than that of any of our northern hill resorts. In the matter of scenery the southern Appalachians are the northen end of the range multiplied by ten. In point of area the mountains of North Car olina are equal to the entire state of New Hampshire. with one-half of Vermont added to it. In point of elevation there are twenty-five peaks which overtop Mount Washington and about sixty hills which exceed 5000 feet in height. The average elevation of the entire area is nearly 2.5O0 feet above the sea level.
 The waterfalls of the section dwarf those of any other region east of the Rockies. Streams ana small rivers plunge down the hillside in endless num- Der and infinite variety. Rivers plunge in perpendicular fall or in sloping cascades from heights of 50 to 200 feet Small streams leap and rush by tortuous courses for a thousand feet, here falling straight from the edge of tall cliffs, and there gliding in silvery currents over sloping lodges The hills are clad in the richest of foliage, and the entire region is a paradise for the botanist, a school for the geologist and an endless delight for the nature lover.
 The section Is easy of access. Eighteen very heart of it. What is needed are hotels where one can stay in comfort. and roads by which visitors and tourists can
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she was a six time winner and says dat de poodle was not much holt: and did I know of some kind people dat would 'preciate and tenderly care for Fido, be- cause she didn't tink de climate of West chester County was good for de little dears healt.
 I tells her sure: dat me own mudder was all her life dying for just such a beauti- full dog as Fido; and her old age would he like a continuous performance picnic if she had a poodle like Fido to board wit her.
 What do you tink? Widdy tells me to take Fido to me modder. and pays a case-a whole, long, one-spot-for de hoard of de dog every week. Modder is oettine chesty wit de income, and, as she feeds 1t proper. and don't coddle 1t. it's getting some manners and spirit; and de oid lady has more fun wit 1t dan a box of monkles.
 I was satisfied to get out of de propo-
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sition on dat lay. but what bodders me Is, dat Duchess never got no roast nor noting; and has a smile like she is stuck on herself. whenever I speak of de job; and she has de parasol of Miss Fannie's she's longe~ for. Do you spose dat French goil had de wit and noive to feed de poodle to de pup on poipose? What?