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to hear between sunset and dark -
and even at midnight, awaking from
sleep. Yes, he who loved thee when
he was boy, and who loved thee still
through all the distractions Of man-
hood, loves thee yet, even now, when
the roar Of thy shoaly waters is fur
ther softened through the impaired
hearing of old age. Since the days
of my youth I have seen many places
famed in history and fiction, and
have heard many sounds of tempests
and breakers, all of which are fast
fading from my recollection, but Co.
hees, when thou: But to my tale.
One Wednesday afternoon before
Easter in the year 1880, stalwart
young man was reclining upon a rock
at the base Of the Cohee Precipice. A
we'll kept rifle was balanced across
his lap; and a bunch Of squirrels,
with their heads shattered and sus-
pended from small hawthorn tree,
was evidence Of the steady arm and
eve which had aimed it. Upon mos
sy bank near the edge Of the water
lay a large yellow dog. He, looked
earnestly in his masters face, and
wagged his tail to attract attention;
but the, young man gazed listlessly
over the sparkling shoals, and took
no notice Of his dog. The sagacious
animal rose and reconnoitred the wat
cry expouse before him, yet could see
nothing within the range of his mas
ter's rifle, except snowwhite ibis
wading along the edge of grass
bed. He stood ready to plunge after
it as soon as he should hear the re-
port Of the rifle; but David Hartman,
the man in whose behalf the dog,
Ringwood, would have sprung upon
lion, remained motionless. This was
too much. Ringwood gave a bark OF
impatience, and after walking back
wards towards his master scratching
dirt into his face, -started off at full
speed up the river,-wheeled sudden
" round,-squatted, d,-barked,-then
darting swiftly at David, cleared
him with a bound, and continued his
course the same distance down the
river, where he executed the same
pantomimic squat then up the river
again. then behind the precipice ov-
er Cohees Hill, and then back to his
master, before whom he went through
series Of eXtravagant capers far
surprising those which Don QuiXote
cut in the mountains Of Sierra Nor
ena. They were Of no avail. however,
| David Hartman remained fixed IN
his reverie.
What could be the E.natter with
him, Had he injured any one? No;
his large blue eve was the very SYM
bol Of magnanimity. Did he repent
the havoc he had made among the
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in sich a fix. afore, in my life. 1t IS
a fack, I'm over head and ears in
love with this yer young 'oman; and
I ain't bin right ever sence the big
meetin at the White Church, when [
helpd her on her hoss, and had to put
her foot into the sturrup, which she
could ha' done herself jes as we'll as
L could"-
Here David completed his "B, ;
and held the egg out at arms length
before his eyes to sean it critically.
Being highly pleased with his sue
cess, he brought the egg back to his
near gaze and continued his work and
his soliloquy.
"In course she could, for: she had
put her foot into that same sturrup
herself a many and many time; and
she know'd she had. And jes as |
took hold of her foot, her shoe had
to come off. I shall always believe
to nv last day that she mannitch d
to slip that shoe off. And while I was
trying to put her shoe on again she
told me to be kerful, for, 5ses she,
I'm mighty ticklish<in the bottom Of
my foot Immediately after she SAID
that, she scrithes out to me, oh,
don't, Dave; amt you ashamed of
yourself?' as eff I had rally tech'd the
! sole Of her foot thing I. wouldn I
ha done for all the world; no, Sur,
/ wouldn t for nuthin'.. you could
mention, Sur''-emphasizing these
! last words as though he was speaking
to some one. Now he again took an
other scrutinizing look at what he
had accomplished, and being entirely
pleased with his "E K,' he went on
with his task. Heaving a sigh he re-
sumed his. confession, as follows:
"There's no use Of my resistin ',
for I IN clean gone. Daddy has not
ish'd it; nanny has notish d it; SO
| has sister Teener; and wot is worsht
nor all, I has notish d it myself. 1t
do seem to me that cold draps o.
blood is continnerly tricklin' down
from the pint of my heart. [ wonder
eff it is rally so; for I'll be din'd ct
amt a gittin' skeered about it,
Another squirting examination oi
his egg showed him that he had sue
cessfully completed the first name
"Bekkv;;" and he at once addressed
himself to the other. He had less
difficulty with the next initial, capt.
| tai letter, and he was soon satisfied
with the "B' that began the name,
! Bright: and while lie was engaged
with tht remainder Of Bekky>S sur
name, he made known to his lma@l-
nary confident some reflections arls-
ing from his experience in loye, and
! from his observation Of married LIE.
"Certirgly, Sur," said he, II
knows that no blood is rally drappm
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down from the pint of my heart; but
a thing wot makes man. feel like
it wos adoin' so had ought to be wat
ched. Wy, Sur, it mout jes ruin a
feller, eff it got the upper hand OF
him. I've hearn Of a man and wife
a-fallin' out wild wunnernudder, and
that they even fout-''
Here he again held the egg out at
arms length, viewed it with half clos
ed eyes, and was we'll pleased with
what he had done,- having progress
ed in his work thus far, "Bekk;
Bril-; and he again resumed h's
knife,-talking aside to his myster-
ious, invisible friend.
eyes, Sur" he continued, "I must
say it wild shame, that my own nanny
and daddy has fout wunnernudder,
and nanny believed she always got
the best of it over daddy; but in
course daddy, he never let hisself
Out ana Ill 1eSS Ud1 'de Jul al toA ~"i W.
dey was laughin' togedder, and NAM
nv would wash wild = camflre de
scratches she left on his face. But
does you suppose ennyting like dat
could ever take place betwixt me and
Becky? No, Sur! sich thing never
kin happen betwixt us two,-no, Sur,
never-never!" a
At this point David's blue eyes
flashed with Indignation, and in the
spirit Of emphasis he came near dash
ing the egg upon the rocks; but recov-
cred himself in time. 1t was not long,
now, until he finished his inscription
to the ct" He was in the act OF
putting the finishing touch to this
letter when unfortunately dlstur-
banoe caused the point of his knife
to slip, thus producing a blemlsn
plainly to be seen in the diagram
above.
(To be Continued.)
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free, the jolly, the harmless squir-
rels? Not at all. He had caused
them no pain, and they were for a
sick friend. What then? Poor fel-
low, he was only in love.
Ringwood again scratched dirt up
on his master as an expression OF
contempt for his weakness, and start
ing off over the hill to amuse himself
as best be could, he accordingly selz-
ed hog by the ear and suffered him
self be dragged wherever the squeal-
ing porker's fri ght might lead him.
Meanwhile, David sat upright, and
commenced. whistling the merry air OF
Billy in the Lowrounds, but it was
the most doleful whistling ever heard
and he left off in despair. Suddenly
a gleam of pleasure lighted up lis
countenance. He thrust his hand IN
to his otter-skin shotbag, drew out a
mass of tow, and picking it carefully
apart, took thereform an egg Of a
dark purple color. 1t was one OF tue
kind known by the name Of Easier
eggs, so abundantly used by the boys
and girls, during the Easter holidays
Of the pleasant old times, in the IN
nocent game Of peeking eggs. This
egg that David now handled had been
dyed in logwood, and he had with
the point Of his knife scratched a
variety of figures upon one-half of
it,-such as small Lighthouse near
which was one tree with three limos
with single leaf at the end Of each.
"a man and woman the proprletors
of the premises,-a game cock with
fearfully long spurs, which the dis
consulate artist had made to occupy
two-thirds of the pieture,-and then
he put in a hen with a brood OF
chickens all of which taken togeth-
er was intended for a hieroglyphle
dissertation on "Love in cottage. >
The other half Of the egg had not
been touched, and the pensive youth
now directed his attention to that
part. He continued his etching and
in an hours intense labor achieved
the eleven cabalistic character OF
which here is given an exast fac
simile:
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THE EASTER EGGS.
By DR.. O. B. Mayer, Sr.
X X x x X * x K X + X * \:
(All rights reserved.)

(This story was printed in The
Herald and News of April 2, 1891, but
at this Easter time We think it will
bear repetition. The cut Of the EaS-
ter egg, which is used in thtis connec-
tion, was made by Dr.. Mayer himself
with pen knife. The story IS too
long to be printed in one issue Of The
Herald and News, and will be con-
tinued in subsequent issues until COM
pleted.-Ed. H. & NJ
i.-Love.
Midway between the points whelc
Crim's creek and Cannon's creek
empty their sluggish waters into the
shining rapid stream of Broad river,
and near upon it's Lexington bank, is
= the locality known as Cohees Hill.
The oak forest which once covered it,
corresponding to that still holding do
minion over the adjacent hills and in
the surrounding country so beautl-
fully green in summer, so ruggedly
black in winter,-has long been shorn
from the sides and summit of CoheeS
Hill: The curious eve can to this day
deteor traces Of corn rows running to-
wards the bank Of the rlver.-sho~-
ing that the level top Of this hill was
once cultivated; but since the last
harvest merrv-making all vestiges cf
farm buildings have been swept away.
Cedars almost vieing in luxuriance
. with the ancients Of Lebanon have
long ago lifted high their conical
forms and interlocked their wide
reaching branches; while in the centre
of the old field a shell-bark hickory,
after waiting long for the disappear
ance of the last apple tree, at length
broke ground grew to large matur-
ity,-yielded annually, during the
boyhood of him who writes this chron-
icle. vast crops Of nuts much and lon"
time sought after,- and then, Ian
gushing Under the innumerable clubs
thrown. among its limbs to diSlodse
its f:;t. it sickened, and died, anG
passed awav-buried under tie over
spread Of the cetIarS.
There is a legend that man by
the name of CoAee once lived on this
hill: but the oldest men in the Dutch
Fork retain no recollection of him
There are none to trace their origin
to him: nobody knows where nl>
grave is. More probably, the In
dians gave this name to the beautiful
shoals lust here in the river nearly &
mile wide. It is known that Indians
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before the arrival of white settlers,
occupied the portion Of country
known now as the Dutch Fork; and
Webster in his Dictionary has Co.
.hees or Cohoze signifying a fall Of
water, in the languages Of the North
American Indians.
Irregular masses Of coarse granite,
projecting from the river side Of Co.
hees Hill, convert its declivity into a
rough diminutive precipice command
ing a delightful view Of the CoheeS
shoals. There, on the left and right,
are the pretty little islands with their
images mingled by the rippled sur
face that reflects them. Hundreds
Of black rocks divide the rushing
sheet of water into as many sluices
along which the summer drake glides
with his mate, and the blue crane
wades across them in quest of its
food. Through the space where the
point. Of Lakin's S island formerly
Pearson's) nearly joins that Of Hamp-
tons. PARIS mill can. be seen nearly
a mile distant on the Fairfield side
Of the river, and in days long gone
bv. before the age of innovations, the
old wooden water-wheel was wont to
turn necessarily upon its gudgeons,
9littering in the monday sun like sill
yer and in the evening sun like gold.
Glorious old Cohee! How he who
writes this simple narrative does love
tee! The noise of the water tulnb-
ling cver the rocks of thy shoals s-a
noise subdued by distance and inter-
ven;ng forests into qaieting murmurs
has often lulled him to sleep in his
earliest childhood, while nesting on
tie maternal Jap. as the twilight
dHrkened more and more into the
night. It is true, thou art no long
er aided in thy soothing office by
the mellow sound Of the boatman S
sa>>afras horn" coming from the
camp on the Fairfield bank Of the
r;vsr where the eotton-bo;t was tied
for the night to a slanting willow
and true it is, that fewer than they
We're are the trees that now shelter
the ""ar2-wing'd katvdid,' vet thy
unasSisted roar, Cohee, is delightful
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*Th;:s- bc'>t-h~rn was made by ac-
O., $rl- is~':t ir>y *:a>n sassafras
t re fe'to ,:Galvc; from top to bottom,
! N'rw;ng OFT tie two pieces, and
b;>3ing them '"tain together by means
=" sIaoe ttTa>d we'll waNed with shoe
akc:'> WAX. TIE hollow tube thus
,2@:::'e wGs completely o3r-tight; and
t'',e tone produced By this wooden
Trumpet was ve,'v loud, but as soft as
t:,t>t of on ald-time bassoon; and
could be dist;nctlv heard several miles
away iii the n;e,yt when everything
Was still.
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IN The SPRING

When you bedroom has all
been cleaned from Winters
accumulations is a good time
to renew the furniture Of
your sleeping rooms In
anticipation Of your needs
we have filled our ware
rooms with some rich
and artistic bedroom suites,
separate bureaus, cheval
glasses, dressing tables brass
and enanlelled beds and hat
racks. Every article is we'll
made and we'll finished, and
are rare bargains.
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Ito be Continued
Rare elf-Control.

Washington Herald.
"He's a remarkable man. When ne
sees an unfamiliar word he looks it up
in the dictionary and finds out what
it means.''
"Nothing so remarkable about
that.'
eyes, but he doesn't try to lug it
into the conversation right away"
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In Sportive Tongue.

The Sketch.
The Motor Fiend-What have you
been doin' all the morning?
The Golf Maniac c-Practicing drlv-
ing.
The Fiend- d-How far did you drive?
The Maniac (untruthfully)-
250 yards.
The Fiend-That's not driving, you
silly rotter-that skiddin'.
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AN EASY RUNNING BABY
CARRIAGE

or go cart is always appreci-
ated and when this feature is
coupled with an elegance of
design, beauty of appearance,
extreme dura bility and
strength of construction, to
which you can add a very
low and reasonable price, you
have a combination that
makes a thoroughly ideal We
hicle. This you will find at
Epting's, and nowhere else.
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HOW ABOUT A HALL RACK?

We have a large and va
ried assortment in styles and
prices. The styles are all
Of the best and highest grade
the prices are all low, and
offer you a big value for the
money. Drop in at Epting's
and take a look at them any,
how.
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Our Carpet Department
Is Ahead Of Any i'm the City

We carry very strong ne from good grade Of Ingram to
the very best Wilton. We have also very strong lire of
Rugs in all sizes and paens embracing all Of the grades
from good quality Of Japanese to the best Wtons. Ne have
large stock Of Imported rangs, also splendid live Of Lace
Curtains and Porteres
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c, NJ. 3. EPT|NG
FINE FURNl URE
Of High Grade Construction at ReasOna

Of High Grade Construction at Reasonable Prices
have always made QUALITY THE FIRST
LOWER in Newby
uniformly
cuon that facilities
which
somers eto.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-24
FAST FOOTBALL
WAS "ON TAP"
SEVERAL TIGHT SCORES MADE
YESTERDAY-MA TEAMS
PLAY EVEN BALL.
PRINCETON is DEFEATED
In Speedy Game With Lafayette
Two Games Won at the Last
Mnutt--Michigan 6,
Marquette 5.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 23,-Five thous-
and people on Randall Field this af-
ternoon braved freezing weather and
saw Wisconsin defeat Indiana, 6 to
Wisconsin's touchdown was made
in the first half wnen Culver inter
cepted forward pass and ran IS
yards for touchdown, Moll kicking
the goal.
Indiana scored in the latter part of
the second half, at time when In
diana had narrowly escaped being
scored ON for the second time. Cul-
yer mad broken through for so yard
run and Indiana desperately had held
on her seven yard line An exchange
OF punts, tumble and an intercepted
forward pass gave the ball to indiana
in the centerheld Cunningham, Gill,
Padderk and Wright sprung several
of Coach Sheldon's plays, carrying the
ball to the twenty yard line, where
Wisconsin held The ball was passed
back to Gill on the 30 yard line and
he drop kicked a goal from the field.
To her ability to execute the for
ward pass for short gains Wisconsin
owed her best gains.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-24
HAD CLOSE CALL.

Milwaukee, Oct. 23.-Michigan had
the narrowest escape of her career to-
day in defeating Marquette, 6 to s, in
one of the most brilliant games the
Michigan eleven ever played
The Marquette eleven apparently
had stage fright. for. with the excep-
tion of the first ten minutes, the two
elevens were on exactly even terms.
In the second half the pay was al
most entirely in Michigan's territory.
Michigan had three trials at goal
from placement. One was blocked and
two missed. Marquette had three
trials at goal and all missed,
In the first half Michigan had
worked the ball ID Marquette's one
yard line before Marquette stopped
the rushes. Marquette kicked from
there to their As yard line. Michigan
resumed her rushes and when nine
yards from Marquette's goal, Mar
quette was ruled guilty of an off-side
play which brought the ball to Mar
uuette's half yard line, in Michigan's
possession. Even then Marquette
held for two downs, but Michigan
pushed Lawton over and Allerdice
kicked the goal. Marquette rallied
and finally pushed Schroeder over for
q touchdown, but failed to kick the
goal
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-24
MAY CHANGE PLAN
Burlington Ssopc Work at Metropoi.
Farmers Get An Injunction
Against Contractors.

Paducah, Oct. 23.Becaurse farm
ers secured iniunctions restraining
the contractors from entering on
their farms the Burlington railroad to-
day stopped the work in progress at
Metropolis and in the county, capsiag &
considerable egeitement.
Purchasing Agent e. o. scudder
claimed that DR.. J, r. Melton, AN
drew Davidson and w Lang held out
for enormous prices to cross their
farms and then secured injunctions
stopping the contractors. He left for
Chicago today. Before leaving he
said the road would probably locate
its shops and terminals across the
river in this county instead Of Me.
tropolis. Even tho boring for the
bridge foundation was stopped Sew
eral hundred laborers are idle await
ing Scudders return.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-24

New York. Oct. 23.-The while
slave traffic" became a live issue ia
the municipal campaign today. The
growth of this system under Tam
many, IS attested by writer in Nc
Clure's Magazine, laid the foundation
upon which the local press hostile to
the Democratic ticket headed by Gay
nor is conducting new attack, While
the Repubican-Nsion orators and
supporters OF Hearst found new fuel
for the already heated campaign. The
title OF the article printed in Nc
Clvres says:
The i1Aughters of Poor--A Plain
Story Of the Development of New
York as the Leading Center Of the
White Slave Trade OF the World Tn.
der Tammany Hall" A sample of the
article follows.
The story of the introduction Of
this European business into New
York under the protection of the
Tammany organizations would seem
incredible if it We're not substantiated
by the records of recent municipal
exposures in half a dozen great
American cities, by two Independent
Investigations by the United States
government during the past year, and
by common knowledge of people OF
the east side tenement district, whose
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-24
BANKS GIVEN WARNING
That They Must Cease Loanine Money
in Excess cf the Amount Permit
ted by Law.

Washington, Oct 23.--Eyery nation
al bank that is loaning money in ex-
cess of the amount permitted by law
is being asked to reduce the loans to
the required limit and abstain from
any such excess in the future More
than six thousand banks are comply
ing with the law, but theremainder
are chronic offenders, despite the re-
peated warnings.
To all these thd comptroller is send.
ing letter, and asks by return mail
an agreement to reduce the loans. 70
the legal limit, and to observe the law
ctrictly He believes every one of the
seven thousand national banks will
soon be strictly observing the law
The penalty is forfeiture Of charter.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-24
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC is
INJECTED INTO CAMPAIGN
Article in McCIures Furnishes Fresh Fuel For
Hearst Followers in the Already Heated
Fight For the New York Mayoralty

daughters haze been chiefly exploited
by It.
THE operation of this system has
a double influence upon our large
cities. On one sic, 1t has the great
political importance, as more and
more with the growing concentration
of slum politician upon this field the
procrrer and marketer of women
tends to hold the balance in city
elections. This is true not alone in
New York; analyszers of recent po-
litical contests in philadelphia and
Chicago are convinced that the regis
tration and, casting OF fraudulent
votes from disordefly places in those
cities may easily determine the re,
suit in close election, for false votes
by the thousand are cast from these
resorts F"
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many. characterized the charges as
too nonsensical to be worthy of lis
cussion.
Gaynor said, I'm too busy to go
into such things now"
Barnard was the only mayoraty
candidate who spoke tonight. He
said "The Hearst vote does not
trouble me. I'll beat him by 00,000
Hearst is the loyal citizen, holy mar
tyr. That's his new role; that's all
he gets out of it."
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-24
TkXAS CAPITAL
WELCOMES TAFT
ADDRESSED LARGE CROWD AT
FAIR CROUNCS--VOicE WAS
HUSKY.
A HUMOROUS INCI.ENT
When Pree dent i...ee Laueaahie Re.
ply to Question where DO You
Put Your Money, BiII7"
BY Spectator.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. 23.-Taft arrived
here at $3.50 this afternoon after a
fast rnn from Houston, where he
spent three hours this morning. He
was taken to the state fair, Where he
addressed a throng filling the race
track ard grand stand, and spread far
in every direction. TAFT GpGke to-
night at banquet at the Oriental
Hotel, then returned to his train pre-
paratcry 10 leaving early tomorrow
fer st. ouis, where he will begin a
four days pilgrim ,se down the Mis-,
s,ssippi.
The president was very hrshy to
day due largely to his cessation of
speaking during the week. On ac.
count Of his hoarseness he made only
short speeches today.
The throng in the grand stand here
were restless and >3.sy. Those in the
remote sections were constantly try.
ing to get a better view of the pres
dent, resulting in continuous con