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IN MIDDLE r0N TOWNSHIP.
Mrs. jenkins, the Turkey Woman,
Gives Her Opinions IN
Monologue.

Good morning, Mrs. Brand. Yes, I
know yaller Jincy said you was going to
New York for a month, and wouldn't want
no turkeys to-day.
"If so be she is. Jincy says, that amt
no reason why Mr.. Brand should go with
out vittals and drink for four mortal weeks
Not by no manner OF means. Them was
jest my identical words
Mr.. Brand is a mighty fine man. There
amt nobody in this township more looked
UP to nor that has likelier red heifer than
what he has. and there is them thet says
you was mighty lucky to get him and they
don't see how you done it. hut / always
tolls 'em matches is made in heaven, and
the wavs of Providence IL past finding
out
Il brought you three turkeys this morn
ing, two gobhlers and a hen. likewise some
grapevine pickle. as I've always heard
you wernt no hand with grapevine pickle.
But l always tells EN- people is smart in
divers ways, and Mrs. Brand can look the
eorrowfullest at a funeral, not to care
nothih' for the corpse, Of any female woman
ever laid my two eyes on. I've seen her
look that mournful. stranger person
couldn't tell which was wilder and which
was Mrs. Brand. excepting, OF course. for
the crepe veil that the wilder wears.
BE. gone a month. Jincy says. How
some people stay away from home beats
me! But then don't reckon Mr.. Brand
cares one way or another.
That hen turkey amt to say fat, but
your complexion amt what it used to be
and greasy things amt good for you.
Pears to me you've been running down
lately. Any consumption in your family?
What 5 that you say? None of your family
ever dies of anything but old age and being
talked to deaths?
Maybe 80. maybe 80. It's long lane
that hasn't no turning Mr.. Brands father
was married twice. and so was his grand
father and such things runs in families,
they say
But always tells 'em Mr.. Brands second
wife may be better looking, but she won't
work for him like the first. It's always the
wav. The first wife saves and the second
spends
That biggest gobber is awful wild. Bet
ter keep him penned up in the coop, but the
others can roost in the trees. and when
gon get ready to eat 'em, hit 'em in the head
t!tb rock if so he Won could hit ANYTHING
you aimed at, Not used to throwing rocks. :
'ou say? Well no offence meant. and none
AIKEN
Ever hear the tale they tell on Wilder
Riggs turkeys? Didn't know she had none. )
you say? Yes she was master hand to
fai,e turkeys. and had big passed.. Mostly
b'onzes. and the greatest rovers that ever
VA
They bodaciously tuck UP at old man
Grscn's and mighty nigh eat him out OF
house and home He sent word and sent
word, but la! 'twern't no manner OF Use.
Wilder Riggs didn't pay no attention.
4, Then he remembered tale he'd read In
me Formers Friend. which you subscribe
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ZOE, THE JUNGLE BOY.
Being the Adventures Of a Boy
Who Was Carried Off
BY Gorillas.
CHAPTER I.


Since I have been on exhibition at mu-
seums and with circlses l have been called
Joe. the Jungle boy. the Boy Monkey,
should give you my right name you could
not pronounce 1t.
I am a full -blooded negro boy, and was
born on the Zambeei River, in Africa,
hundreds Of miles beyond the Boer country.
The tribe to which belonged was called
the Mwais and my father was chief over
ALL My people numbered about 10000,
and my father had 5000 warriors under
him.
No doubt you have heard much about
Africa In that part where l was born
no one ever had seen a white man until a
few years ago. Most Of the people went
naked and one tribe was always at war
with another.
l can remember that We lived In rude
huts and ate fruits, roots. berries, nuts
and wild game of various sorts. Our people
had no guns, but made use Of spears, clubs
and sings. No one had any knowledge
beyond how to make canoes, kill game or
fight the enemy. .,
as q brave one, but he did not know that
there we're any countries outside OF Africa:
He believed that he could travel to the end
Of the world in a week. ALI his time was
spent in hunting and fighting, and If any
body had told him about the oceans or Of
other countries he would not have believed
When was years old began to under
stand things. A short spear and light
club were given to me and had to practise
with them. l learned also how to fish and
set traps.
The talk was always about hunting and
fighting, and when an elephant had been
killed there was great feast for two or
three days.
I could find my way through the forest,
kill small game and catch as many fish as
| had but to see the track OF any animal
to tell what it was. could smell fire q
mile away and l could see an ostrich on
the plains or a man skulking through the
forest as quickly as the best Of them.
One day the Makololo tribe. with which
We we're ALWAYS at war, came marching
through the dense forest to surprise our
village and put everybody to death. l
was out alone with my spear. and caught
sight of the enemy when they were yet
two miles away.
l ran for the village at my best speed,
and do not believe that any warrior could
have RIM faster. l told father that the
enemy we're at hand, and he at once called
his warriors together.
The Makololos far outnumbered us at
first but our warriors came hurrying up
from other villages and by and by we gained
a great victory We lost hundred men,
but the enemy lost twice as many.
When the battle was over my father
picked up a spear which lay beside a dead
man and handed il to me and said:
.My son, you are but boy yet, but
YOU have the courage of a man. You
haven't the strength yet to hold this spear,
but you shall keep it until you are stronger
prised by the Makololos and none Of us
left to live When you have grown to be a
man you will be great warrior and chief
In my place"
All the warriors danced around ma and
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so cents year and get an illustrated Life
Of Abraham Lincoln, with red back and
gilt edge. or ak plated teaspoons with any
you get two neighbors to subscribe, they
eend you real tasty teaset. so he got
some strings and tied grain OF corn to
one end and q card on the other. and writ
on the card, Keep your damned turkeys
Would you believe it, Mrs. Brand. them
turkeys swallowed that corn and went homo
with them cards jest a-dangling, and the
old gobbler, he'd went home with. three.
They say they was ashamed as themselves
wearied with 'em no more. =.
@Endurin your visit to New York. il 80
be.you al n'ttoo much set on the perishs bic
things Of this earth, and there ia them
that says you are blinded by things tenn
and some naturally can't help themselves.
not naming no names and mean ing no
harm. but wish you'd look into the means
Of grace them Yankee preachers thinks
likely to help.
AT our list qua rterly meeting Widder
Riggs, her of the turkeys was tellin' you
Of, carried on plum scandalous at the
mourners' bench. 1t tuck two preachers
to bring her through
There is them that says il so be she hadn't
had on her brand new alpaca with jet trim
mings zigzagged across the back-and her
turned Of so. and the mourners bench
right IN In front where the wayfar1nR
man thpuah a traveller could get a good
look at her her sins wouldn't have troubled
her ar v;oorn,s
Then TOO, one of the preachers was q
widower with five, not to mention a COW
three-quarters Guernsey and good as new
deacons and elders thinking that savored
TOO much ~ worldliness lie wheels was
painted black, but SAYS, It's the heart
Of man that's desperately wicked, and the
red or black
sWell. as 1 was telling you, Widder Riggs
come thrn,,ah sboutine. after giving more
trouble than any female woman is worth,
let alone her. Now, I've been consistent
member Of little Yadkin Methodist Church
south for nigh on TO thirty years, but
naturally deepise Widder Riggs.
lust how IL il. and that woman after en-
loving her manifold sins and wickedness
ali these years even casting ewes at pa 4,
and him setting regular in the amen corner
for twenty vears and rray and bald she's
IN and ted and Ike AZ not, win ret
70 heaven: sbe's equal 10 ANYTHING, and III
be shut out Of glory for hating Of her. l
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expected hun bly, to sue for peace.


The oasis is very small and has only
about 5000 inhabitants. They have had
a great reputation for prowess and had
held two belief that If it came to blows
they g~uld whip the French. The fact
that France had not seized the oasis con-
tr.,. Ited to their conviction that France
wolld not dare to attack it. They have
been undeceived
The dispatches have been little con-
fused with regard to the nomenclature OF
this small district. There is no settle
ment called Figuig, the name being APP
piled only to the oasis itself.
The largest of the nine settlements II
Zenaga, at the southwest corner. which
is the seat of the local government, and the
large mosque, now destroyed by French
guns, was a very conspicuous object. II
was upon Zenaga thai those guns were
turned and, according to all reports, tho
other settlements were not molested
The oasis occupies the worst possible
position for defence. 1t is entirely sur.
rounded by hills, and az the natives had
not occupied any part Of this wall which
looks down upon their verdant area they
were of course wholly at the mercy OF any
aggressive and well armed troops that
ml8nJ CilfnD tfte ullis
These elevations completely enclose tho
plain covered with date palms, which lies
from 400 to 800 feet below the hill crestS.
The oasis is less than three miles in length
and not much over a mile in width at its
broadcast part. Scattered over this little
space are about 100000 date palm trees
which constitute the wealth Of the little
community.
The business affairs Of the oasis are adj
ministered by the general assembly OF. id
the villages, which usually meets only four
times a year. The mosques and schools
are famous throughout the northern Sahara
and are frequented by students and tho
pious from far and near
As the oasis lies close to the Algerian
frontier. it has for years served as a refuge
for rebels and deserters from the French
colony, and thus acquired a political i'm
portance out of all proportion TO it's size
and population. 1t is not very likely that
the French will annex the oasis, for they
are now currying favor with the Moroccan
Government They are very eager 10
have In uence in the political affairs OF
that country and to build a railroad through
the great east and west valley of Morocco
into Algeria.
They have, however, taught the natives
a lesson which the latter are not likely
soon to forget.
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bout. It is permissible to imprison an arm
Of the opponent by slipping one of your arms
overt it. or TO turn back to back, or to get your
opponent on your back. 80 long as the same
hold Is kept.
But the moment the first hold in Cumber-
land Is changed the bout must begin all
over again. Professionally, changing the
hold is a foul.
The Back Heel-One OF the hundred or
more distinct movements in Cumberland
is the back heel. To secure ii much spar
ring and working Of arms is necessary in
order to get the opponent close. enough.
When this is accomplished squeeze in the
opponents back toward your abdomen by
possible. At the same time trip with heel
thrown back of the opponents closer foot -.
bend forward at the waist and press on
his chest with your head.
II this movement is correctly done the
opponent must fall st straight on both shoul-
ders and you will fall with and land on top
of him, ae a matter of course.
In falling, the grip must not be changed
or broken. It must be kept until the bout
is declared al an end.
The Flying Mare or Cross Buttocks-
To accomplish his pict uresoue and effective
turning your back to him and getting his
head in your arm. Both by pulling down
hard and raising your hips, lift the oppo-
nent of the floor, and heave him over your
pended Ddck 10 tn0 moor again. Inns Tune
he will be on his shoulders instead Of his
feet.
The opponent defends himself by pulling
upward and backward, thereby trying to
keep you from bending and throwing him
headlon9.
The Hpe-This is conceded to be the
most scientific movement In all wrestling:
To execute 1t properly takes years OF
PRACTICE.
The movement IL also remarkable for
the reason that he who appears at a dis
advantage really has great advantage.
It is necessary for the wrestlers to face
each other in trying for the hipe, which
is executed as follows:
Slide your arms well down over the
opponent until your hands are at the small
OF his back Then bend backward. and.
as you do so, lift the opponent clear Of the
ground.
At the same time Rft the opponents
left foot high of the floor on your right
and throw him down sidewise. Ar soon as
he ia entirely clear Of the ground. he is at
your mercy. Or lift up the opponents
right leg on your left. or both his feet on
either your right or left foot,
The grapevine is permissible in Cum
be r!and and Northumberland Other
movements are the outside and inside
click tripping by placing the heel on the
inside aud outside of the leg.
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sae- fha, milihnsifr sitting ~ tho isb's
ovef IN The cpfnef'' saked frd King
Duko Woprer si,n-ed t"wsth Tho
cprher ,siie ard lwhe'd d,smond. s'iWi,l"d
rsn eating nW ~ 'hc .sspson drllcrol's
and sir,dNs tho cnutrn's ~ cp',we'hed
is,,,lsa vhh ~ unerta,skahie alf ~ never.
fulnd he etf~nsr
@fhefe, continued tah King ia q
iltins etsttt,Ie N what p,irh and de'euni.
ra,tn e,r ~ IN frr" county That
urn, slf - r"nr o'h"' than v Hsf"n
Nrknisi'
tndr,d''
yes and thirty trsfs asu y" vas n lrfe'
for' ls,y wFhou'a cos' Ia HE tack hnt q
cenl ~ h,s trtk.i
H. started me- ~ hum'lr plur,wfa
serla'su rH hc hsi tho fish stun IN
him H. kept plugging away, ard flalns
~, T. Nv stop until finally lw fcnched ~"
proud t.pei'ior he hoiia to-day
Y srd ~ ~ n plutnlef's sarietar'' Won
don' tell me" sntd y Duke Mc0n"en v"h
To-day, sit. = Hston Mcknight Ia III"
plumt-t
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NETGHBORLY SOUTHOLD.
Travels OF . Lost Pair Of Spectacles in
Reaching Their Owner.

Down in Southold. on Long Island a
of Peconic lost pair Of spectacles in the
high road on hot and dusty Sunday.
An advertisement Of the loss was published
in Southold weekly paper on the follow
ing Friday.
The spectacles had been picked up by
a Southolder, and when he read the adj
vertisement he handed them to tho first
Peconic man who came along, who carried
them to his brother, who kept store at
the owner the first time 1t came handy.
The advertisement differed from the form
familiar in cities, as 1t contained no offer
of a reward, but the glasses were sent with
reasonable celebrity three miles to the loser
and everybody was happy.
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FRANCES WAR IN THE SAHARA.
The Oasis on the Edge Of the Desert which
Has Just Received Its Lesson.

The French Governor of Algeria went,
a few weeks ago, on mission to the little
oasis Of Figuig, a green spot on the edge
Of the Sahara, belonging to Morocco. a
few miles west Of the Algerian frontier.
Being 90 near the French possessions,
France has for years exerted some influence
over Figuig.
The Governor was therefore very much
aetonished when he and his escort reached
the hills overlooking the oasis to be re-
ceived by the natives with fusillade.
He had not provided for this kind OF re-
ception and retired in good order, but
with his official dignity very much rufled.
The Algerian Government at once sent
5000 men by rail from Oran TO punish the
natives who had thus insulted the French
flag. The railroad took the troops to
within q short march Of the oasis and on
Monday. June 3 1t was attacked. the ma
tivss were put to flight. AMI they are now
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TRAVEL on LONG ISLAND.
4 Clam DiEger's Progress ny bicycle. Boas
and Umbrella.

y saw a ready and resourceful man who
makes his living out of the sea, or at least
out Of salt water" said citizen who has
the outing habit well developed. Il was
out on Long Island and went down to the
bay shore to sit in the sand and he COM
Portable for q while.
Presently clammer who had been
raking up clans and had quite a lot Of them
in his skiff, rowed to the shore. and taking
his bicycle, which had been hidden in a
olump of bushes. laid i. carefully in the
boat on top of the clans, He wanted t"
20 to another point couple of miles away
where there was another bed.
1T happened to be down the wind. and
pushing his boat off the beach again he
hoped in, hoisted an old umbrella. and
with this for sail went easily down to his
other clam stakes. The outfit made Z
funny picture enough, but the n,aA looas4
quite happy. N -
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FINEST KIND OF WRESTLING.
THE ruMRERLAND STYLE
PRAISED AS AN EXERCISE.
II Is Called the Most Scientific Form OF
Physical Culture-Only Ono Hold IN II
In the First Glass as = Test or
AIertness, Endurance and Agility.

Alertness, r'uuuTauco a"u Ne''''
Physical culture in It's most scientific form
is found in that style Of wrestling known
as Cumberland and Northumberland.
This is due to the fact that fall must
be gained from one hold. which must be
kept under all circumstances until the
bout ends. In the opinion Of some experts.
every bit Of physical and mental ingenuity
possible on the part OF the contestants
must be brought into rlay. both in offensive
and defensive work.
This one hold bars all ground wrestling;
every fall must he made from the feet.
As result, the agility demanded is even
greater than In energetic catch-as-catch-
can.
Indeed. such activity on the feet is re-
ouired in order to avoid tripping that
the wrestlers must dance around con-
tinually. As test OF alertness. endurance
and powers of breathing, Cumberland and
Northumberland IL In the first class.
By reason of the one hold that is fair
in this style OF wrestling all tendency to
violence Ia practically eliminated. There
is no danger from hammer locks or strange
holds.
The only care necessary Is to see to it
that the fall, which Is from height. is
not too hard. A little experience will
show the wrestlers how this can be worked
without disturbing or altering either
position.
The tall man should be especially adept
at Cumberland and Northumberland, and
for men of this class 1t 10 an exhilarating
exercise. Young. overgrown boys how
ever. should be wary Of IT, for they are
liable to injure their arms and legs. which
are weak by reason OF their too quick
springing UP.
Cumberland and Northumberland gets
its name from the two countries In England
where 1t originated and is most popular.
Since the days Of knighthood. wrestling
tournaments have been held yearly at big
fairs lasting several days In these counties.
The champions Of the different towns
take mart, and each wrestler is urged on
to victory by his partisans. who bet on their
fayorite az an American on his horse, or a
college boy on his alma matters football
team. ~
in this country. 1t is practised chiefly
by professionals or those Englishmen who
have come here from the bouts home.
The hold il described below, with three
movements that are used in every bout:
Others can be easily studien out ana Will
occur to the wrestlers AZ they strive to-
gether.
First Hold in Cumberland Each wrestler
places the left arm over the others right
shoulder, and the right arm underneath the
left shoulder, interlocking the hands. To
I start with, the chin is placed on the oppo-
nent's left shoulder. in order to prevent
butting or pushing with the head al the
beginning.
The bodies should be separated as far as
possible, go that danger from tripping or
other sorts Of leg wrestling will be lessened.
As In all kinds Of wrestling, have the feet
spread sufficiently to insure firm base.
Il must not be changed at any period Of the
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.sCsv 4 sArrsR ~ vrwsssss0.
me 0ssss Wsss~swe esssssws ne Osss,
M WwSeev tsse

'So go hsv~nt MARI any srr~s's y-''
'h- ssrs, d~,sr'lve foit tho f-fpf'sr YOU
esn ssy 'h,s much, ho~evef "" sn"~
chr 'h~ murderer 10
'ife IL on~ n fcw m~r vhom ." hsV"
'e"n ws'ch,rs from N" ar~' w" fact
that oniv on~ msn committed tho cf''r"
hs~ l~-r sworn ~ ~ vlsn"s~s
'vrHlef 'hr nr~ mr. arcund N ihe~" fouf
fren vss pfesrrt when ~" shrt ss~ nr ~
The third man wss slsr svSy ~ N" Tin"
Tho fourth man " The onr ~ want
AMI e. r,n lsy o'r hands % him wh"h
aver wn'fe surd and ~ sdv
"ft"n what stc vou vsi'ius for saked
nnwt
well, aad Tho great de'ectiee, 'you
sa~ ve'fc mi ye' aIfr ~ " hn rfuIrt
nii'n,~rihS ~ fhs@ men VIZ know that
tho fout'h man IL tho me ~ want 'rit
which ~ il,ea" four Ia the fourth MANI
That's what wr'fr WORRYING IN nn~
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'O,, on, IN, sgd syid~t and tho h.l'
IN, VI, W" brokn ~ tho n, fan aud.
denly, sHnsins be he, Meh In The air and
pplntlbs esritrdIy toward the ciuhho,i-~
The New yntks wctc ifu''lng o,u uprn
tho a-ld fof preliminary fta-'ic~
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.us yer yofts s-em ~ hsvs pfe'y
s.,r.y ,ltn,sd train this tcs' fefrsfssd
u. ~ fir 'n he nriHhlnf - Tho h'"sch"fs
~. n,y vefo wai,lns ior tho ssm~ ~
b,r .tm sr~ssIns from . purely phvN'
81 -n.o' ~ ,i"~ They've nei'hef too ~
a., - 'hin snd 'hn''s sres' 'hlns for
tsa, rHll team
man vho lips tho t-sm- ~ m i,cunds
=. .,~r -eldnm mske- a si, .~,lscd h"'tet
,t0sas 10 has rsc-tt ionsllv tons afms
Vnc cn-~a ON ~ 'en \ man ~ ihs,
.e.sh, esn' roach n hail ~ofn'ns toward
hin. rrlosa i, hspt~ns 4" ~ ahove his n"~k
~. rorp5ta'ion for'dds
Nc other has to turn sideways and
,.to tho hall ono handed. ~ ola, turn all
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t,me,tes IN, snsrues

mar ~ whom iilncs- 80 rhfNoic
vhrN iald ina, hS needed = t"uir
a,h On dpriw drtf
WON'T rou rietsc make u h"of'
Va no ssid tho t,pr rhu f"W1rle
g.i4f. i1N TiBff
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Carrying the Comparison Too Far.

Darling" cried the Product Of tho Efrete
East. Il love your wild. free life. You are
the star OF my existence: you--
Say" drawled Texas Tessie. "a she care
lessly covered him. Il don't like your looks
So kindly canter, or you'll see a shooting
star .-Ydie Record.
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They INSTRUCTED the View.

Prospective Customer-What have you
rot in the way Of fruit this morning. grocer?
Grocer. misunderstanding couple
OF boxes Of soap. sir. but can easily remove
'em-Colurubid Jester.
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she nd you co. fhH v0pNs areodl7. m
esrsr~d from his NfeIiirft ~ NJ Hrgcls
III What = h0'fihlr thirs ~ - hfosr IN
tho shsst pate RsfHff
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,Ir vav round and catch
Il "hind his hack IN
tho, ~asr ~ courpc. he
~. - switch back 10 the
fr.r' again In order to 400
whore ha's thro Ing,
thereby wasting much
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Ncishhor Kidkins-Baby's tee'hine now
and cries most all the time Hope n doesn't
disturb Won much
Seighhor Kkdins-wel we're thankful.
Of course. that II isn't baby elephant tusk-
ing
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IUS ~ rHg rOsSF0E mrs


'esss,y Ans .rst sscis,'osd ths couoas
IN mo syo.sewioe, ~ 'h~ rour inrrsed
sns NJ rs on fsis R,sayI
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nrhMsh

mi. ~ r,sh'y uctiish Job f"msft"d
The A. vho vss watkins on N" son'l"mnn's
bald had
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Dame Mercy Help You're convict
Flown Bird II grieves me. ma'am. that
q woman Of your seeming intelligence should
be numbered among those superficial crea-
lures who Judge n man only by his clothes.