Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-14
DESERT SHEEP HERDERs.
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nrtv~ Them CRAZY.
( Do you realize What i, mems "a
watch :'.mM sheep alone in ltc desert:
You nave read weird. @rewSonc stories
OF the horror Of the solitary lighthouse.
Keepers life. but compared To the DAYS
OF the Mexican shepherd those Of III.
average keeper Of the light are file.
with =ayety ami noise Even with
their one OF two dogs the Shcptc,,,S
often 90 insane. and We're il moi Tor the
company OF their shaggy collieS the
llllla''y among them would rise To III,
almost incredible percentage. if we arc.
r. hclitvc those who have followed, the
sleep in the desert lIlI therefore may
10 surpassed 10 know
Ono" i'll Old Santa Re. y. a.. | met 4
man who FOR twelve years had follow
Ell The sheep. His work was done. All
''Ay long he sal in :: chair iii HE rear
OF 4 l;lc uolr store. cro,irllou over.
%ihhcrin. TO himself. hit';,lin"-:,n idiot.
He still saw his sheep Swayi,. like Il
great white wave among he sage
$500
KILN. monotone Of their hleatS. one
boy. though fifteen wears Of age. is
mentally no further advanced than tho
average child Of live His father, is ::
shepherd his mother died when he was
FOUR years Old. and his father took him
our upon the range. All lis life has
been spent among: the sheep. He is Que
with ihcin today
How is ii possible. then. you ask that
men are to be found wilin" to watch
Them: 1t is Very easy sheep herding
is y lazy job 1T best. and the ''"ieuScr''
is the LATEST creature on earth For 500
a month lie is Willing. 10 Sit in the sand
and listen 10 he never cnlin" hle:,tiu.
until the little mind liz has gives Way
ana they fetch hln ia from Tic range
insane. He is glad 10 take the chance
for $50 4 month
The ::rc;lscr is moi The only Shcrhrrl
in the west. ON the vast ranges or Ne
vad and WNonliil" YOU may run across
All "ccaSioual college man tcn.ln. The
sheep. Once. indeed. \ college professor
i'll at c0nSumntioI:. undertook 10 follow
1000 heaters for tie summer. In :,u-
,umn they found him insane. ul, niS
hands and knees anon" the sheen.
blcating With them. Day aftpr lay his
eyes behold only i brilliant turquoise
Sky. in which hangs :! sun Of hrlsS: an
ocean Swccl, nf sage t1cckcl sand ANA
a slowly moving. compact mass Of
sheep. His cars hear no sound save The
steady ''I::'a. hl:;.' day and night. af
feeling linn a> tile Chinese criminal Of
ancient days WAS affected by The re.u
lar tap. rap nf ! hidden drum.
Ani YET So !o,.:: rs the desert contin
urS to provide fool fu. the '.hlc;llrls''
50 long: Will shepherds 20 mad anon.
the locks. and for Ten wears The deserts
greatest value 10 man has been The
food it has offered the sheep. nor Yet is
the store depleted. Pilgrim
rhe Wickednsss of Craving ola.
Here are the three deadly symptoms
Of Old age: ScltiShness. Sta@nation in
tolerance
II we ind them in ourselves we may
know we are growing Old even if we
are on The merry side OF thirty. But.
happily. we have three ucfenScs. which
are invulnerNbc. II we use them we
shall die young il we live TO he Il hun
drcl. They are: sympathy progress.
tolerance
The first is the hardest to most Of
us. because our own little prison Of
The actual is SO immensely important to
lis. There is no denying the FACT that
When von have 4 toothache yourself ii
is hard TO have 10 consider other peo-
pies aches. PM il can he done. though
it generally involves physical effort for
we must beSlii ourselves and act The
mere feeling Of sympathy expressed by
action is 4 poor. useless thing. bur the
soul. determined NOT TO grow Old. can
force The body 10 such physical effort
though there is no denying that il is
hard work. --IIarper's Bazaar