The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-14

open arms by IS men. Of course
none but the young and pretty would
stand any chance and the introduc-
ton OF one such in the Academy
would demoralze it. Sbe would sit
on the Dictionary, even upon the
Sacred Dictionary. and would go
frou-frouing around scattering rice
powder. sachets. bits of lace, losing
all sorts of things for the inn
mortals to Dol for, taking tea on the
desk Of the perpetual secretary and
turning the dignified hall into such a
state OF ~hur3-burly that the ancient
and honorable male norta would
not be able to distinguish their con-
ferences from D o'clock teas and the
duty Of picking out -~"ds for the DC
tionary would be still further delayed.
There are to be e in many shop
windows such signs as English
spoken" MAN spricht deutsch,' or
lie habla ~espanol," which does not
always mean that you viii find any
body inside the shop tina speaks Eng
1ish, German or spanish. A trades
mar in one OF the streets of. old Paris
has done a more sensible thing ia
hanging up in his shop window this
notice: Asst que nar1ou patones.'
which, being interpreted out of its
potois, raay be translated to mean
that any Frenchman will find his ma
tive dialect spoken within. AS there
are several French dialects as amin
telligible to the Parisians as any for
eign language, it is evident that this
notice appeals to mant more people
from day to day than notices to for
eigners do; esen if the latter are in
good faith. -.
Ma1di Gras comes this year on the
I@14 i ~ - h4,, Ia w.
IS no such thing in Paris so
as the carniHals held on that day in
Rome, Venice or eNen in New
Orleans the day is always observed
IS a noisy. disorderly holiday, n
tnere are c~aSalcades and PROFESSIONS
S,rosgh the streets, very like those on
Nardi Gras ia New Orleans: there
confetti throwing on the streets in the
day time, masked balls, etc, at night.
The time was when little or no
trouble was expected from these holt
day demonstrations beyond a few ex-
cesses, more or less horSe-play and
rough gaiety; the occasion took are
Of itself and the traditional Partisan
good hufnor and courtesy "negotla-
ted the holiday without recourse TO
extra police surveillance. Now it is
different. Already the police are taxi
ing precautions and making prepara-
ions to guard against the outrages
that are sure to be perpetfated by the
"Apaches,' those savage and cruel
d~esperadoes, the .Eooiigans'' OF Paris,
who will take advantage of the hodi-
day to rob and commit all n
of desperate deeds unless they are
held down with a strong hand. They
belong to a very sinister and un-
romantic type of outlaw, being mostly
husky young seape-ga1lowSes who lie
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at night in the capacity Of burglars,
garroters n porch-cli1nbers. They
are noted for their blood-thfrstiness
and have been often known to kin a
victim in cold blood after having
choked him into insensibility and rob
bling him. They sQuander their ILL
gotten gains in filthy w~ine-shops
where they congregate when "off
duty and depend for their liyeli-
hood upon the scant earnings of the
poor drabs of women whom, by q
misuse of a term, they claim to pro
tect." The name has been applied to
them. either by themselves or by 9TH
ers. because Of their rivalry in ferocity
with the practices Of the savage
Apaches Of the American plains which
cooper. a Very pOpula writer in
france. described in some Of his
novels The French police (of its ser-
eral varieties) carry swords and up to
a recent date did not carry revolvers.
They We're always at a disadvantage
in conteEding with these formidable
a~dversaries who did not hesitate to
shoot or to use the most dangerous
knifes. The Partisan authorities will
soon find that the shooting Of a few
Apaches by the police will have d
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