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THE RANDALL. COUNTY NEWS. JANUARY 14. l9lO.
TVT a t
I no toum
Wash
1 A Lamy Tar.y Who I
Spooned Into Hot-
ing Tattr.
By FRANK H. SWEET.
Copyright. 1909. by American Pre
Association.
"Wash do 'count? Don' say dat
lab" Oncle Mose was wont to plead.
"He's Jea projectin. Boya - will pro-
Jec 70' know sab. Dey'a fo' all de
worl' lak calves an' colts an' kittens.
Wen dey's young dey kicks up dere
heels; den dey steadies down an' chews
dere cuds an' pulls dere loads an'
ketches dere mice Jes' lak 'sponsible
t'lngs mus'. Wsb he aln' nary bad
spot In him sab. Be don't tlnk; dat's
all. Wen his heels git plumb steady
on de groun' he'll pull bis load shore
'nougb. To'll see sab."
But in spite of the sanguine expec-
tations of Cncle Mose who was not
Wash's uncle at all. but his grandfa-
ther the boy continued to "projec'." He
was now fourteen and his chief labor
seemed to consist In devising ways of
eluding chores and school and just
punishments. Ills habitual movements
were skulking and though bis eyes
danced fearlessly and bis mouth
broadened into almost perpetual mer-
riment he sought rather the solitary
paths of the pine woods and Suwanee
banks than the more populous lanes
and roads of his native Ellnville.
There he was apt to be reminded of
unfulfilled contracts stolen melons
decorated doors and fences and of
many other matters which he prefer-
red to let sink into forgetfulness. Of
his own family Uuele Mose was the
only one with whom he condescended
to fraternize and this concession was
due as much to the fact that the old
v man excelled him in his own chosen
pursuits of trapping him! fishing as to
his being openly sympathetic.
There were few spots Inside a radius
of ten miles with which Uncle Mose
was not familiar and this familiarity
was especially comprehensive in re-
gard to the fishing holes of the Suwa-
nee. Fifty years before he had been a
slave boy ou a neighboring plantation
stealing off to the river on every pos-
sible occasion and this love for the
sport had been the one great pleasure
of his life interrupted only through
the score of years which followed his
emancipation durlug which time he
was working hard to provide himself
with a home and to fit his children for
a future which should be worthy of
them as free citizens.
But us they grew up and branched
out for themselves he returned more
and more to the pleasure of his child-
hood until now there was scarcely an
afternoon which was not spent in part
upon the Suwanee banks. And with
accumulating years and stiffening
joints his early wanderings up and
down the river hud narrowed down to
a bank beueutb a wide spreading moss
grown tree from which he could cast
a line into water which experience had
taught him was congenial to listi.
Here after the sun had beguu to throw
shadows to the east he could generally
bo found either alone or in company
with Wash.
His s in Link was of a different na-
ture. He was hardworking shrewd
more tolerant of faults than of frivol-
ity or carelessness able to read a little
and subscribing for several political pa-
pers narrow hi his politics and party
and voting at every opportunity and
on every possible pretext. He was an
example of strong ambitious manhood
weighted down by a lack of knowl-
edge. Between him and Wash there
could be only misunderstanding ap-
prebeusiou and avoidance ou the one
side disappointment nud upbraiding
on the other. l?ut before an open
break came there were rumors of war.
its declaration a call for troops and
then before the family realized what
was happening Link had volunteered
and been accepted the first to joiu the
imiuunes from his county.
The clay after he left Uncle Mose did
not even look toward the river. Wash
skulked down and fished under the
big tree for awhile then wandered off
into the woods to look at his traps.
The ucxt day he went to the big tree
again but apparently did uot like fish-
ing alone for he soon hid his pole and
once more wandered off into the
woods. And the third day and the
fourth were the same but after eating
dhiner on the fifth instead of hurry-
ing out to dig bait ns usual he looked
wistfully and irresolutely at Uncle
Mose and wheu the old man rose and
went out followed him to the truck
patch behind the cabin.
"Ain' yo' gwine fishin' no mo' gran'-
pap?" be asked" disconsolately.
Uncle Mose leaned upon his hoe han-
dle and looked at him benignantly.
"Not till yo' pap gits back honey."
he answered. "Dar's heaps o' wuk
roun- dls place now. Yo pap been do
hit mawuiu's an' arter he done git
from wuk at de sawmill nights an"
'cepV I tuk his place hit'll shore fall
on yo' mammy an' she hab mo' how
den' she ought. No. no. honey yo'll
batter look out fo' de fish nn' let de ole
man ben' his back ober de taters au'
inyuns an' t'ings." .
The boy dug his heels into the sand.
"I reckou yo ain' car' fo' fishin' no-
bow grau'par." be said irritably. "If
yo' did yo'd 3x de wuk some way."
Uncle Mose sank the blade of bis
boe among the weeds at his feet.
"Yu been fishin' off an' on mo'u fifty
tens." he kiiki uetensively "an yo
tun 11.0 11 ten. Hal means I car fo'
mi five times uio'n yo'. But we
imis'u lea be wuk fo' good times boney.
1 mout fix de truck patch wuk. lak yo'
say. but dar's odder t'lngs. I aim to
be'p yo' mammy 'bout ber chickens
an' washin' an' housewuk. She aln'
strong lak she mout me."
Wasb dug bis beels deeper into the
sand and sniffed. As be beard It a
sudden hardness came Into the old
man's eyes.
"An" dar's anudder t'lng be con
tinned leaning again upon bis boe
handle and looking straight at Wasb.
"I aim to chop an' pile up a beap 0'
nice wood fo' yo' mammy. She bab
to go out un'er de trees mos' ebery
day to pick np bits o stick an' bark
an' chips to kin'le ber fire case dey
aln' not'in' round de wood pile 'cep'in'
big sticks w'ich yo' pap brung an
wlcb aln' chop np. I aim to cut bit
all an' pile bit 'glnst de do' wbar bit'll
be bandy fo' yo' mammy. No no.
boney. I cayn't go fishin' nobow. Yo"
mus' do de fishin' yo'se'f now."
Wasb dropped his gaze to the ground
an unusual thing for him: but then
the woodcutting was one of the chores
be so studiously shirked.
"I's gwlne wuk bard w'en I's big-
ger." be muttered deprecatlngly. "My
mammy Bay boys mus' make mos' o'
dere playtime. W'en I's a man I's
gwine wuk bard lak my pap an' an'
be a soger." for in spite of their an-
tagonism. Wash regarded his father as
embodying all that was manly and
heroic.
"Yo'll nebber be lak yo pap" Uncle
Mose said. "He study an' wuk bard
w'en he's a boy. Yo' mo' lak ole rag-
ged Jake." Then his gaze dropped in
sudden abashed consciousness of hav-
ing upbraided bis favorite and if the
boy bad waited a. moment longer be
would have heard the most abject apol-
ogy and a contrite "Don" yo' miu'.
honey; bit's jes' de ole man a talkin'.
Yo's a good boy a sho nougb good
boy."
But Wasb did not hear ne was
speeding toward the woods with dim
eyes und heaving breast. He like dis-
reputable .lake the scoff of the entire
community! If his father or any of
those who were accustomed to upbraid
him had said the words he would not
have remembered them a minute after
they were spoken but Uncle Mose.
who had never scolded him in all his
life before and from whom a harsh
word could not be wrung except by
direful provocation:
The words were fue. Ho knew it
even while couibating them in impo-
tent anger and wrath. And they stung
and lashed him to the big tree to his
traps to a spot In a dense thicket
where he .lay for a full hour picking
vindictively tit the leaves and finally
to his bed In the loft. He uot to be
like bis father when everybody said
he was growiug up big and strong and
would some time be his very image!
And this was his last thought when
far in the night he fell asleep with
two big tears still undried on his black
cheeks.
The next morning Uncle Mose's first
thought was of reconciliation with
Wash. But the boy was not in his bed
nor iu the kitchen below and only
when be went to the door and heard
a faint click-clicking from the truck
patch did he uuderstand that Wash
was digging bait for au unusually
early start. Shuttling in the directlou
of the sound the old man stopped at
the corner of the cow shed in sudden
incredulous amazement for there was
the boy not digging bait as he had
supposed but hoeing potatoes.
Wash looked up with an odd smile
ou his good natured face.
"Yo' better go he'p mammy wid her
chickens gran'pap" he commented
not even pausing to rest on his hue
handle us be spoke but working vig-
orously on. "I finish dese taters."
Then as the old man opened his
mouth without seeming able to make
a sound the boy continued:
"I fink 'bout what yo' say. gran'-
pap an' I's gwine be lak pap. an' 1
ain' gwine be lak ole Jake. An' 1
reckon yo' right 'bout mammy. 1 ain'
nebber not is befo'. but dis tnawniu'
1 'low she do look porely. W'en dese
taters is done I's gwine chop dat wood
an' do lots odder f ings. Now yo' bet-
ter go 'long gran'pap. case I's in n
hurry."
This was the beginning of a big
reformation iu Wash a reformation
brought about by the force of exam-
ple. And this is the origin of all refor-
mations. Cireat military leaders have
not said "Co." but "Follow me." The
Christian martyrs supjiorted the in
fatit religku by an example that was
effective uot only 'J.UWJ years ago. but
is a shining light to millions of Chris-
tians to the present day.
And so it is in our everyday life.
Uncle Mose. it is true spoke to the
boy about what he was doing but only
to explain why he did it. that he might
make the lesson of his own industry
the more effective.
A week later there was not a weed
left in the truck patch not a stick of
wood that was uncut and not a chore
about the place that was in urgent
need of being done.
Uncle Mose was acquiring a chronic
habit of rubbing his bands mammy
was smiling to herself almost contin-
ually and Wasb grinned even while
his hands were being blistered by the
unaccustomed tools.
And then one day. at mammy's in-
stigation. Uncle Mose and Wash made
a compact. It was to spend every Sat-
urday afternoon under the big tree
on the Suwanee.
And what Saturdays tbey were!
Wash has learned that pleasure Is
mainly a coutrast with work. One
cannot enjoy rest without being tired.
One cannot enjoy idleness without
havisg been busy. So Wasb after a
hard week's work knew the pleasure
of Indolence.
KILLED THE ... .
flethods of a Mongoose In Attacking
ths Big Snake.
I bad tbe good fortuue to witness a
fight between a four foot cobra de
capello and a mongoose.
On first catching sight of tbe cobra
rikki tik (as Kudyard Kipling calls tbe
Indian mongoosei quietly smelled its
tail and tbeu bung around awaiting
events wltb cnrioslty. but be bad not
Jong to wait for tbe cobra spread Its
hood. hissed out Its deatb sentence and
prepared to dart from Its coll at its
natural aud bated enemy.
Now commenced a most interesting
and deadly battle of feint and counter
feint by tbe mongoose and strike and
lightning-like recovery by bis adver-
sary wbo was also on tbe defensive
all tbe time watching for tbe opportu-
nity to get in bis properly aimed bite.
Time after time rikki tik squirmed
slowly up to wltblu reach of those ter-
rible fangs belly on ground wltb ev-
ery gray bair of his body erect wltb
anger aud excitement bis eyes glaring
from bis head which by tbe way. be
invariably held sideways during this
approach and attack but tbe moment
tbe cobra struck In a Hash back sprang
master mongoose aud. although often
It appeared as if Impossible tbat be
could have escaped tbe dreaded fangs.
ne'er a scratch harmed him. and there
be would be again wearing tbe cobra
out and pressing bis advantage lncb
by Inch. At last with a growl and
sharp rikki cry the plucky little beast
flew In. avoided tbe strike and seized
tbe snake behind tbe bead never for a
moment getting under bis mouth but
right at the nape of tbe neck and
bead which be scrunched with a loud
cracking sound despite tbe struggles
and twisting and turning of the cobra.
Again and again rlkkl returned to the
now writhing reptile aud bit Its bead
and body until It lay dying.
Finally he ate three or four inches
of bis mortal foe. but carefully avoided
eating the fangs and poison glands.
which I picked up by u stick and
found them broken but with the ven
om sucks attached.
Contrary to popular belief 1 am of
opinion tbe mongoose is not immune
from snake poison else why should he ;
so particularly and carefully avoid be
ing bitten? It is only by his marvel
ous activity that he escapes tbe spring
and darting strike ot his deadly eue-
my the cobra de capello. Ceylon
Times.
eylo:i
DESTROYED BY CHEMICALS.
Weapons Used by Assassins Against
Royal Personages.
Very few people are aware tbat as
soon as the trial of an assassin of
royalty is concluded the weapon with
which he accomplished his crime Is
carefully destroyed so that no trace of
It remains.
The reason of this is twofold first
of all. the possibility exists that at
some time or other tbe weapons used
in a royal tragedy may be exhibited to
tbe public in some museum or show
and. second there is a strange super-
stitious dread existing among reigning
bouses that the existence of tbe inno-
cent but unhallowed weapons by
which rulers have been dispatched to
eternity is fraught with peril to their
descendants.
Tbe method of destroying these
wen pons is a curious one. The wooden
portions such as the stocks of pistols
or the handles of poinards. are burned
and the metal portions are eaten away
in a bath of nitric acid.
This has been the custom ever since
the attempted assassiuation of Queen
Isabella of Spain in 1ST.U by Merius.
Trior to that date the metal work of
firearms or knives was ground or Died
away but the blade of the dagger with
which Merius sought to execute his
dastardly crime proved to be of sucn
exquisite temper and hardness that It
resisted both file aud grindstone.
This became known to the populace
and tbe superfitious Spaniards believ-
ed that Merius had invested his weap-
on with magical qualities. To divest
them of this absurd belief the authori-
ties had the weapon destroyed by Im-
mersing it in chemicals a rule that
has been followed ever since.
High Class Suicide.
In China suicide has been a fine art
for several centuries. If a mandarin is
guilty of misconduct he is requested
to put himself out of the l.md of the
living. There is a distinction too in
the manner in which the oriental may
die. If he is of exalted rank and enti-
tled to wear the peacock feather he Is
privileged to choke himself to death
with gold leaf. This is regarded as a
distinguished manner of ending life.
If the mandarin is only of the rank
that is entitled to wear the red button
he must be content with strangling
himself with a silken cord. Such are
the distinctions of caste.
Th Way Natives Wrestle With the
English Language.
A writer la tbe Epicure tells of sev-
eral menus with which he was con
fronted when travellug Id Ceylou. The
menu be says is an indispensable ad-
junct to a respectable luncheon or din
ner table in Ceylon. As a rule the
bead servant writes it out mid from
bis elementary knowledge of English
M "she is wrote" springs a bost of
quaint blunders. At tbe same time bis
fertile oriental brain is ever apt to
add footnotes which are perhaps bis
happiest achievement.
At one luocb there figured among
tbi dishes "roast bee?" but It caused
tbe hostess some consternation when
sb'.t discovered tbe additional legend
In very small letters "roast beef.
smelling a little" the parenthetical
note being meant to intimate tbat tbe
dish was accompanied by a sauce of
savory odors.
On another occasion there appeared
this following acknowledgment of de-
ficiency: "Steak and kidney pie; no
kidney."
It was altogether delightful con-
tinues tbe writer to find at one dinner
our old friend Welsh rabbit appear
ing as "Welsch rubbish." The same
genius translated haricot mutton into
"burrygod mutton." Our own boy be
adds on tbe occasion of a hastily im-
provised dinner was unable to accom-
plish a dessert. Consequently be put
the word "plates" at tbe end of the
menu.
A COSTLY TRIFLE.
It Brought Bankruptcy to an English
Iron King.
it was a common penny postage
stamp that brought Hobart the great
British "Iron king." to his ruin. At the
time of the Whitworth period when
there was 11 big crisis In the iron trade.
he had a gen in in all parts of the world
wbo kept him posted. Sometimes they
telegraphed news to him in cipher
but those in Eugland were nearly al
ways Instructed to write. At tbat pe-
riod his principal agent who was also
his chief partner was in Sheffield and
wrote him from there warning him to
sell out nil iron interests for the time
ou account of the Whitworth crisis.
Hobart had frequent fits of irritabil
ity and he had been receiving a lot of
unstamped letters of no Importance on
which he had to pay double postage.
One morning in anger he gave orders
that such letters were to be returned
to the postman. The very first un
stamped letter received after this was
from bis partner. It was rejected as
soou as it arrived.
Consequently knowing nothing of
the existence of the letter or the all
important private news it contained
Ilobart pledged himself next day for
more iron deals than even his mighty
credit was good for. The great drop in
prices came two days later and Ho-
bart once a millionaire was Involved
in a hopeless bankruptcy from wbicb
he never recovered. - Iymdon Tele-
graph. Pillsbury's Wonderful Memory.
n.irry N. I'illsbury. the chess player
offered one day in South liethloheni.
Fa. to memorize thirty words no mat-
ter how hard they might be. the selec-
tions to be read to him only once.
Professor Merrimaii of Lehigh uni-
versity and Dr. Threlkeld-Edwards of
Bethlehem picked out most of. the fol-
lowing words: Antiphlogistine peri-
osteum takadiastase plusmuii ambro-
sia. Threlkeld. streptococcus staphy-
lococcus micrococcus. Plasmodium
Mississippi. Freiheit. Philadelphia.
Cincinnati athletics no war. Eichon-
berg. American Kussia. philosopher.
I'iet l'otgietors-Kost. Salmagundi. Uoni-
Billecootsi. Bangmamvato. Selilochter's
Nek. Mauziuyama tueosophy. cate-
chism. Madjesoomslopa.
Mr. I'illsbury immediately repeated
these words in the order given and in
the reverse order.
Financial Information.
"So you at last yielded to that man's
importunities and gave him some tips
on the market?"
"Yes." answered Mr. Dustin Stax.
"What happened?
"Well they turned out so badly that
I'm mighty glad 1 didn't Invest any
money on 'em myself." Washington
Star.
Consoling.
"That was tough meat you gave me
last night" said the customer.
"Oh run along!" said the dealer.
"You will forget it by the time you
pay for it." Buffalo Express.
Fame.
Little Willie What Is fame pa?
Ta Fame my son. Is a ladder with
grease on each rung. Chicago News.
The Abyssinian wife is the head of
tbe house.
A Cockney.
Miiisbeu. a dictionary maker of Lon-
don in 1017 issued a work which gave
the following amusing account ot the
origin of t lie word "cockney:" "A
cockney or cockny. applied only to
one born within the sound of the How
bells that is. within the city or Lon-
don whicho tonne came first out of
the following tale:
"A citizen's soune riding with his
father out of London into the country
and being a novice and merely igno-
rant of how corne aud catel do in-
crease asked when he heard a horse
neigh what the horse dide. His father
nnsw ered. 'The horse dothe neigh.'
Riding further he heard a cock crow
aud said. 'Dothe tne cock neigh too''
And therefore cockney or cockneigh.
by inversion thus: lncoctus-i. e. raw
or unripe In countrey-meus affaires."
Wall Paper and Paint
We carry the largest and fullest line ol
paints oils and varnishes in Canyon.
Call around and see our beautiful pat-
terns in wall paper. -:- -:- -:-
Hitchcock Brock & Company
South Side Square.
19 YEARS
A Resident of Canyon City and
Randall County Texas.
Real Estate Loans and Life Insurance. Choice
residence property in southwest part of town close
to Public school and all the churches. A few five
to eight acre blocks (1-2 mile south of town) ex-
tends into valley for alfalfa. Also 320 acres two
miles south of town cut in tracts to suit purchaser
prices and terms reasonable.
Non-resident interest attended to pay taxes
and collect rentals. Good farms for rent or sale
in different parts of the county. Make your wants
known. Come around and let us talk it over fully.
JOHN KNIGHT
p
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I will sell at what is known as the
Mayo Farm 9 miles northeast of Hap-
py one and a half miles west of Ceta
and 15 miles southeast of Canyon on
WEDNESDAY JAN. 19th
Commencing at 11 o'clock sharp the
following property:
5 head of horses and mules as follows: One span
of large dark mules about 4 years old. One span of
bay horses weight about 1200 and 8 and 10 years old
good workers. One saddle horse bay weight 100 4
years old. One Number 1 milk cow. Four pigs (
months old. Twenty Plymouth Rock chickens.
Farrrvlmplements: One Emerson pang plow with sod
attachments. One Emerson corn planter. One John Deere culti-
vator. One walking1 New Departure cultivator. One 3 section
harrow. Three sets leather work harness. One set single buggy
harness. One saddle. One lumber wagon (old.) One single seat
buggy.
Italian Brigandage In 1848.
One summer evening in tbe crowded
theater an impatient house demanded
tbe drawing of the curtain preliminary
to tbe first act. When at last it was
upraised ll Tassatore and bis armed
band occupied the stage with muskets
aimed at the affrighted audience. The
chief stated that he should levy a tax
per head which he then and there col-
lected. The gang made off with their
booty utimolested.-Lady Tresturch's
"Essays."
Depressed.
"I am afraid Cllggins has met with
reverses."
"What makes you think so?"
"lie goes about with a gloomy look.
6aying ther Is no such a thing as dis-
interested friendship. Tbat is almost
a sure sign that a man has been try-
ing to borrow money." Exchange.
There are more than COO proverbs In
the English language which relate to
dogs.
Household and Kitchen Furniture: One cook stove.
One new heating stove. Two iron beds. One baby bed. One
folding sanitary cot. One kithen cabinet. One side board and one
dresser. One washstand. One sewing machine. One telephone.
Other articles toojnumerous to mention.
Terms of Sale: On all sums of $10.00 and over a credit
of nine months time will be given without interest purchaser giv-
ing notes with approved security. If not paid at maturity notes
to draw 7 per cent if not paid at maturity. Six per cent discount
for cash on sums over $10.00 and on all sums less than 10.00 cash.
C. F. Lundgren
A.' A. McNeil
Auctioneer
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