The Coalville times. [volume], November 25, 1898, Image 8

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H MODERN DAY HERMIT.
H LIVINO AT HAND IN A CAVE IN
H PENNSYLVANIA.
H (oiifll Ihe rrnphtt lla li Known
H rr Had r, ll latloat Miaractar
H rraa frum tha World i Carre II
H rail of Wlidom.
aH aWr5! TAHTLINO .. It
LLH iBKrfll l"'r it" mind,
LLH HftKCvv5 "" u,ni ,o1'1 about
H Hil?rw rmit of 0,il
HHf mil'jJVJtll dwelling In lb
YtH VfftiXi follow ' 'tkl
LwLwH f3it4Jk?( liav' found a mod-
LaLaH tmhjC3m "a Yr'nci"aa 'n
wLwl WrH lne t'r,on ' Jo
H ' ly leph Dewess. who
far morn than
H run lived In a cave nor Lafayette,
j Pa,, and only recently was deprived of
H hit rock-hewn habitation by tha rail-
H road company Mailing away that part
B of the hill. Nothing daunted, how-
H ever, Joieph tha I'rophrt, ai ha la
H known near and far, set to work In-
B (tailing himself In a place aa near
B Ilk hi old home aa poailble nullt
H Of llmeatone, considerably lower tban
H hla own height, tha hut, aa ahown
H In the picture, la not much auperlor
H to the rock from which he waa driven
H The rauiea that led Joieph Deweis
B to aeclude hlmioll from the oclty of
H man for he Urea the life of a ro-
fl cluie are aa much tinged with the
B roraanllc aa the welrdeat novel of Oc-
BBB lion. The old man la glanl In tat-
BBB tire Horn of Scotch parenla, within
BB! fight or the ravtrn-IIke atrueture that
now ehlelda blm from lhe rain, It It
BBBI difficult to aaaoclate hla preaent ap-
J pearanc with that of a handaome
J roulh who waa a akllled mechanic In
I later year, tha lorrr of tha pretlleal
girt In the county and poiaeaalng con-
slderable money In fact, ll waa loro
H and gold that tamed him lo renounce
Bi the world. To get the atorr from hla
H. own llpa la Ilka llilenlng to the ro-
i mancea that made the fame of Walter
Ikott. The maiden Jltled him and took
H another for better or worae, and Jo-
aeph waa never the aame man from
B that da on He kept at hla taak aa
alone-cutler for years, but when the
H bank In which he had atored up hla
H aavlnga went up ho concluded that ha
H bad hla there of worldly atrugglo
H Then ho eougbt refuge In the hollow
ot R rock located near Ijifayctte, be-
H tween the parallel running tracka of
B 'the rennarivanla and Heading rail-
roada No Inducemenla could make
H him leave the place of hla own free
H will, and It waa onljr through strategy
H that the company managed to get htm
H away while the bleating powder did
H the work of annihilation Joieph (he
BHH Prophet no longer owned hla cave,
With lb Intuition ot hla trade be
Br searched around until he tound mate-
H rial with which to build a home lie
H conalructed the hut In a abort time,
H and with no wlndowa, and only a email
H opening for ft door, he here Uvea the
H extatence which he mapped out for
H hlmaelf when he retired from the
BBj world Ilia preaent quartert are near
H the railroad bridge at Spring Mills and
BBJ a dlatanre away from hla old loca
BBj H The appearance ot the man la
BBj uniqueness Itaelf. Bummer or winter
H be la dreaaed In heavy clothing and
B rubber boota He weara a number of
BBj ooata at the aame time, and hla thick
H woolen cap haa been hla headgear alnce
BBj he went Into aeclualon, lha people eay
BBJ When etrangera approach hie dwelling
he at once rune within, and It la only
BB when ho la convinced that the vlaltur
B doea not lah to rob him ot hla lm-
H aglned wealth that he cornea forth
JBJ For Joieph the Prophet Imaglnea he
H owna the earth It lua taken audi
Bj a hold on him that the few people who
BV aid him In aubalatlng ran do ao only
by tepreaentlng tbemielvra aa hli
I partnera In wraith, and whenever they
. approach tha hut they cry out "We
nH I thk HHiiMirs iiomi:
Qmf. a ' are coming with the big loada of
KV f money."
BB I Dut get Joieph to talk about hla
KW' ' cr7 daya, when In hla rational mood,
HBI and you will hear aomethlng that will
atartle you Hla Intelligence la far
BBh i aboro the average, and he la poated on
KSJj I current affaire aa well ae ara thoae
Bs I who mingle with the world without.
H Tbt lv affair of hla la enough to
J I make molit the eyea ot the rooit un-
MBJ J emotional llitener aa he heara the
a'4 "u recount It Though many
BH t 7ara ago, the memory of hla lilting
fl I la aa (reab In hla mind aa If It hap-
BB I pentd only ycaterday. Hhe waa a
BBB I Bcotth maiden, the picture of beauty
BBB "'' Then the two had known each
! other from childhood The world
looked tmlllngly at the oung pair aa
they wandered about the wooda and
JBB on the ahorea of the river near which
the deapalrlng lover In after yeara waa
to take the part of hermit for hla loit
aweetheart'a aake It waa the old, old
atory Another rame on the acene and
won the girl A phyalclan one promt
nen) In the profeaelon today, when he
reada thla may realize what price an
other paid for that which came Into
ble own poiienlon, for the girl mar
ried the newcomer, and from that day
on the career of the dlicarded lover
waa btaated
The writer waa enabled to draw out
the old man In regard to thoae daya
when he waa aa othera In tbe world
"Why did I aelect thla place for my
home?" he aald aa he atratghtraed
hlmaelf up to hi full height, "lie
cauie man, and woman more ao are
falie to the core Thla la my com
panion," and he etooped down and
atroked a large gray cat careaalngly
"Thla animal doea not one harm
took at him He cannot turn you
falae and abow klndneea to your face
while curalng you behind your back "
Hie eyea blaied like coala of Are ae
be recalled the treachery ot former
frlenda, aa he called It.
"You abould have ia my old home
It waa a raitle built In a rock And
one day tbay came and blaated my
horn Thai, too waa treachery There
I lived Ilka the monarch of the desert,
the lion In hla den fltorma could beat
without the rain often came through
tbe thatched doorway, but I did not
mind It In the leait I waa away from
humanity, my curie, and I only hope
jobki'ii thi: I'ltoi'iiirr
they will leave me whero I am to my
dying day I am U year old, and
over beyond In the flald lie burled my
grandpa rente"
Saying which Joieph pointed In the
direction of a clump of treea, which
afterwarda were found to ahleld with
their branchea a plain headitone tell
ing of thoie who were burled beneath.
Continuing hla talk, Joieph aald that
he never again wanta to aet hla eyea
on woman "Man l bad enough," he
broke out vehemently, "but woman!
I rut the day I eaw any one of the
elx. Where I live none of them ever
come That la one reaaon why I have
taken thla location Then I got the
beautiful river to gaie upon I can
commune with nature, and the wicked
world llee beyond You want to know
about my parenteT They were Scotch,
and my great-grandfather waa a aol
dler In the revolutionary war He
fought with Waahlngton and waa an
officer, alao. with General Jackaon "
At tha Juncture the reporter epoke
ot the money the old man had loit.
The moment the word money waa ut
tered a tranitormatlon took place In
the eiprraalon of the old man'a face
It waa I)r Jekyll changed Into Mr.
Hyde Where before hla countenance
had ahown all the rational fcaturra of
tbe average man, lhe Inatant he heard
money mentioned he looked nlmoaj.
hldeoue He hlued out hla worda In
rapid aucceailon Hla dlillke of wom
an had been more like the Impreca
tlona of the mlaanthrnpe, but the men
linn of gold transformed him Into a
being whoie mind wa confined with
tbe Idea of pooimlng untold mllllona
and In fear of aame one attempting
to take poaaeaalon of hla horde
Moneyl money I" he eiclalrucd furl
oualy "Why. I own mllllona, bll
Hone, trllllonal The earth U nilnel I
own everything on lhe glob, and Vall
derbllt, (Jould and all I ho otbera aro
.nothing to met The tralna come In
here every day aud overy night loaded
with gold, and we are going to atore
It up heru ao It will reach the heav
ena, Moneyl Come with me and I
will ahow you aomethlng that you
never aaw before "
Tho reporter had been warned be
fore vliltlng the old man that the
baro mention of money would mnko
any other aubject out of the queatlon
during tbe remainder or hla atay. He
had been told to be very careful on
that acore. and that It waa the only
thing that .mM bring theae awful
change of whUh he had Juat been
a wltneaa, but It waa too late to re
tract the aentence, and to have de
parted Juit then would not have Im
proved the iltuatlon Ro, following
the old man to hie hul, the latter pro
duced a bundle ot ruily krya, with
which be tried to unlock tbe door The
keya did not botong there at all and,
after conelderabla fumbling about, Jo
eph removed an Iron bar and let day.
light Into the cavern
It took eorue time before the eye
could get accuitomcd to the Egyptian
idarknoaa within Fearful of contam
ination, tbe vliltor declined to enter,
laying that he would view the trcaa
urea trom the doorway
"Money, heyT What do you aay to
thief Joaeph mid, pointing a hairy
hand In the direction or the Interior
Tho reporter aaw a number ot barrel
euth aa tho butchera uie for the pack
log or pork "Why, thoae caika are
chuck full of gold I've got mllllona.
Hllla 11 fill 1111
bllllone, trllllonal Everythlngln re
la gold The hanglnga here are made
ot gold cloth and the floor la laid with
gold brick"
The detiulon or tha poor tellow (tad
made him deacrlbe tbe bare ground
aa made or gold and the raged aack
cloth that he uad aa a covering at
night waa the gold hanglnga of which
he apoke It waa nlmoit dlatreaedQC
to im him In hla deilre to have every
thing take on the gulae ol treaiurea
The vlaltor turned away, hoping that
the old man would once more come
Into hla rational mood "took at the
river." exclaimed the Imagined multi
millionaire aa he pointed that way
"We eipect big ateamera up thla way
any moment loaded with money They
will have to come here"
What a change rrom a few momenta
before when the dreamer had pointed
In tho same direction and had ipoken
of the beautiful atream and bow In
could here be away trom mankind and
the turmoil of the world and commune
with nature The change that had
come over him waa almoit Inconceiv
able If It bad not juit then been wit
neaaed The old gray cat which the hermit
haa aa hla conatant companion la aa
much afraid of human being aa li
Ita maater No one waa ever enabled
to gel within cloeo range ol tbe filli"
when It keep lurking at the entrance
to (he hut on aunny daya Should
any one approach It at once dlup
peara within through an opening near
the ground The animal muit be very
old, for the people In the neighbor
hood aay that the two the old man
and the cat have been Iniepirable
companlone alnce the day when he
took up hla realdence In the rock Dur
ing thoio early daya ot hla iccluilon
ho alao had a white owl, but tbe bird
of wladom died ft tew year ago.
PEATS OF A BOMNAMDULIBT.
rmm. Ilrooki, it L.i-Wlk.r, tf.d.
aa Hallroa4 Traeaa and Atol.l. Trl.
From Ollvo Hill, Carter county,
cornea the atory ot a moat remarkable
caao ot aomnambullam. A few nlgbta
ago Kmma, tha M-yrar-old daughter
of Captain and Mra. Ilrooka, living on
a farm a mile eaat ot Ollvo Hill, after
having flnlihtd her atudlea for the
neit day, lay down on the bed to reit,
but did not Intend to go to alcep She
promptly went to aleep The reit ot
the family, thinking ahe had retired
for the night, did llkewlee. About 10
o'clock Kmma aroae, put on her mack
Intoah, and, carrying her ahoea In her
hand, left the houae unobaerved In a
deep aleep She went to tbe C and
0 track near the houie and itarted
eaat. She walked rapidly, and wai
aeen by no one until aho paaaed Aden,
aeven mltea eait ot her atartlog point,
where the night operator noticed her,
but did not apeak to her. Tbe glrl'a
eyea were wide open, and there waa
nothing In her appcaranra 1. Irfdlcato
that ahe did not know what ahe waa
doing. She walked about four mile
further caatward before aho awoke,
probably from pain earned by tho
laceration ot her feet She waa dazed,
but promptly reverted her courae.
Meanwhile her alienee had been no
ticed, and her parente begin telegraph
ing In both direction! from Olive Hill.
From the Aden operator It waa learned
that a girl aniwerlng Cmma'i deacrlp
lion bad paiaed caatward A handcar
waa aecurcd and the girl waa picked up
on her return trip. Her feet were
terribly cut, and ahe waa In a atat
ot phyalcal collapae Sbe aald ah bad
dreamed that btr mother had told her
to go after the cowi and that ah
remembered nothing elio till ahe
awoke On her Journey the had mot
three tralna and had been overtaken
by two, unconaclouily itepplng out ot
tbe way. Sho had crotaed fourteen
brldgea and treatlea, one of the for
mer being moro than 200 yard long
and one aha had refuted to croia In
daytime. She had alio paued tbro i:h
two tunnela and our Innumerable
cattle guarda. It waa her drat aleep
walking experience Captain Ilrooki,
F.mma'a father, la a well known rail
road man Lexington (Ky) Leader,
TESTS OF THE TOUnl8T.
Tbe moat remarkable rillvay In Eu
rope la that which rarrlei tourlala to
tbe aumnilt ot the Itlgt Kutm. It 1
an ordinary (team real
It la quite a teit or the tourlat'a
nerve to reach tbe Itlg without ymp
tomv ot teaatckneaa or byiterla.
Tboaahl o Wai L,.
Mlia Etta Itobertion aulitant In tho
poatofflca at Mifomb, Ohio, became
mentally unbalanced ai the reault of
a ihortage of 10 found at the cloeo of
bualneaa tho other day Although th
lady waa aeaured that ihe waa not un
der auiplctou In the leaat ,U worried
over the affair until In tho night,
when ahe would hive committed aut
clde by Jumping Into e D1), for th,
prompt arrival ot her father, who
heard her leave the houte tj,, mla.
lng 10 ha been found and although
the young lady haa ! informed of
tbe fact that the win n i,ilw9
A unanlmoua nomination a a dla
Uncllou without a dlfMcnce
BaBBBBttiyH
mODIGAL'S' RETUEN.
It camo to paaa that there were
born unto Ezra and Lucy Whtttleay
two boya, William and John, who grew
to youth' eitate on the old farm In
Oakland county.
John waa a home boy IIli happleat
day were thoao on which he hoed and
weeded With William It waa differ
ent. He waa like unto neither hit
mother nor hla father He waa Juat
William He read, long Into the night,
by tbe keroteno lamp In the alttlng
room, atorlea ot adventure and ot
youtha going forth Into the world In
aearch of fortune and of fame He
longed for a wider field He dreamed
of conqueata, of plica of gold, ot ex
ploratlona Into unknown coiiutrlea,
and of experlencea In life auch -u nev
er entered the mind of plodding John
Ho defeated the lorry life of the farm,
with the homely environment, the old,
old routine, day In, day out, and fin
ally, after aeveral yeara ot uncom
plaining lervltude, he determined to
run away.
He waa 11 then For two yeara he
had aaved every penny, overy nickel,
every dime that had fallen In hie way,
and ere long noted that the dollar
were taking care ot themielvea In ft
little company ot their own There
were forty-two of them In the atone
Jar on tha ihelf at the head ot hla
bed
"I wilt do ll!" he exclaimed to him
elf In the dim darkneea. "I will do
Hla thought were broken In upon
by the cry of a woman down below.
at tho foot of the ttalra.
"William, William, It'a time to g
for the milk."
"Ah, mel" murmurred the boy to
hlmielf, "another night haa come. I
muit trudge, trudge on, through enow,
through lunihlne, and through rain,
to that old tarmhouie nrarly two
mllee down the turnpike for milk, nut
thla ahall be my laat walk "
"William. William, ain't yew ever
goln' fur that milk?"
Again tbe feminine voice from the
foot of the atalrway
"Ye, mother, I'm fomln' now."
Th boy dropped all the tit Into hi
trouier pocketa, and, after placing the
atone Jar back on Ita ahelt at the bead
ot the bed, alowly abambled down the
autre.
"Tbere'a th' pall, William " aald hla
mother, pointing toward the table
drawn up by the kitchen window.
William took It and paued out Into
the deepening darknen Aa he walk
ed down that road the whole eighteen
yeara ot hi monotonous existence,
called life, unrolled themielvea beforo
hi mind' eye. He remembered the
old awlmmlng hole, the eager hunta for
blrda' neat In the day agone, the
"atono brulae" he carried to achool
with him al lone aprlng. and the beech
whlatlta he uied to make at receai
And the aqulrrel bunta and tbe
game of youth, all Ihe different
cene ot hi lire were enacted again
for htm In the playhouae of hla mom-
BTACIOEriBD TO THE I)OOn.
cry. And at th end he aald to hlm
aelf: "Well, It la over now, for to
night I ahall go away Norer again
will William take home the night'
milk. Thl I my laat walk"
He atumbled along the rocky path to
the milk houae on Orcen'a farm, and
then he trudged back over that coun
try road The moon wai rlatng Al
ready a oft, (livery light flecked the
foliage or the wood on the left, and
catt ahlnimerlng ahsdom on the atone
walla.
And William dreamed ot the wealth
ot the Indlea that would one day be
bla. ot Ihe fame, the glory, and the
great good name that awaited him out
In the world, beyond the ken ot life
on the Whtttleay farm
Suddenly tho boy atopped ao aud
denly, Indeed, that tbe frothing milk
alopped over the top ot the pall and
fell In two tplaahei, one on the road,
the other on hla trouiera
"I ahall not go home 1 ahall leave
oowl" he cried
Ho walked to the edge ot the road
and peered Into the white lighted
wooda. "I muit bide tho pall," he
aald, "but where?"
For a moment he atood In tbe ahadow
thinking
"I remember!" he exclaimed "The
old bleated tree trunk. I will put the
pall there" He walked a taw roda
further up the road and then
aheered oft Into the wooda Uy
and by he cam out Into tbe moon
light again He had carried out th
plan that had auggeited Itself to hla
mind Thn milk pall had been placed
In th old tree trunk
Then William turned and went back
down Ihe country road
"Ye," the elation agent at the
cronlng told him. "there will be a
train along for the Wcet In thirty
minutes "
William Whlttleay bad dreamed of
Colorado, and tva there ho meant
to go .n hour later ho wr rolling
on hla way
And the yeara came and went.
Not a word waa ever received by
tbe Whlttleeya from William And af
ter many montha they came to regard
him aa dead, and no longer hoped that
one day hla form might again darken
tie kitchen door
With William all went well. He
puahed hla way Wcat, H auccceded
In hla flrat venture, and live year had
not elipaed before his name had com
to be known throughout the mining
country. O'ten he thought of that
home back In Michigan, and frequent
ly he aald lo hlmielf, "I will write"
Then aomethlng would Interfere with
the carrying out ot hla Intention, and
no word would be aent back Thui the
daya, and weeka, and yeara aped on
until a fifth of a century had paued
William Whlttlny bad accumulated
1100,000 In the twenty year be had
lived and tolled In Colorado, and one
day the dealre rame to him atronger
than ever to go back to tho old home
and gaze once again Into the old eye
of father and mother
So he returned
Alone and unknown, the man wend
ed hla way along the county road to
the old h ou ix on the hill He had
croaied the lane below the wooda when
be recollected Ibat pall of milk that
he had hidden In the hollow log twen
ty year before
"I wonder It the pall can be tber
yet," be aald to himself, and entiled
at the thought "I II see "
He remembered the spot aa dlattnct
ly aa though he had but left the day
before He went to the blaated trunk,
kicked away the atonea, and moss, and
twigs, and looked down Yea, It waa
there; hut In It nothing He lilted out
the old tin pall Ita aide all full ot
hole eaten by time and ruat, and con
tinued on up th road.
"I ahall knock at the kitchen door,"
he aald to hlmielf, "and when mother
anawer I ahall aay 'Here la the
milk.'" And William Whlttleay
laughed aloud
Tbe house appeared unchanged. To
bo aure, there were honeysuckles
growing up the back porch that had
not been there when he went away,
but twenty yeara la sufficient time for
honeyaucklea to live and die
William Whtttleay aacanded th
atepa quietly and knocked at tha door.
It waa opened by a kind-eyed old lady.
William thruat forward the ruaty, bat
tered pall and aald "Mother, here'a
the milk " Tho woman looked nt him
with wonder In her eyea. "Won't
won't you come In?" ahe ald
William entered the room It waa
the aame old kitchen ho bad known
when but a boy. And tber by the
fireplace eat a man, feeble, and
wrinkled, and gray "Father, I have
come back," cried William Whlttleay.
The old man turned In hla chair
and gazed at the etrangcr unknow
ingly "Don't you ace who I am?" cried the
long-lost "I am William. I have
come back. I went away twenty
yeara ago"
A peculiar light came Into th eyea
of the woman, who, during the atraag
er appeal to the old man at tbe fire
place, had atood atltl at the end ot tbe
table with one hand on her hip
"I I I undoratand now," ah aald
William looked hla thank In hi
eye. He waa about to cloae bla armi
about tha old lady when ahe waved
him back "I underatand," ahe went
on "Artec you went away your mother
died In 'beout a year and your pa mar
ried me Then when he died I married
George there, an' we've been llvl' on
lb' ol' place ever aence So yew e
we ain't your folka arter all, though
likely ei not yew may hare aom legal
connection with ua "
William put hla hand to hla brow
and reeled He ataggered to the door
aobblng, with hla bead bowed upon
bla breaat, be walked alowly down tbe
old country road And that night he
wci.l back to tho Weat. Detroit Free
1'reaa.
AFTER INCREASED TRADE.
Koi.l Ifalhail rinpliija.1 by a thlcage
(trocar lu Attract Ciiitaiu.
If you wlih to attract people to your
placa ot builneaa make an offer of
aomethlng for nothing Thla I on
axiom ot commerce which applle to
tho good people ot Chicago with pecu
liar force. The dealre to win a prize,
no matter If It bo Intrlmlcally worth
Iria, amounts to a passion with Ameri
cana. The procuring of aomelhlm
without price, and If to do ao meant
tho expenditure ot a considerable suit
ot money, always brlnga a reward tc
him who makes the offer. A grocer
ot the west aide haa discovered thli
tact. He ha gone turtber and la put
ting hi knowledge to practical ui
lie la anxloua that each patron ahab
pend a big round dollar with him
Hence he haa put up tbe following- leg
end In hi itore wlndowi ' One peck
ot potatoe or a baiket of peache with
every dollar purchaae" Thla offer
wa placed In the window a couple of
day ago, Tho reault waa a audden
Interest In tbe crafty grocer' ware
Everybody wanted the peache or po
tatoe and many a dollar wai apent
when tbe purchaser really did not need
that amount of commlaaary itorei
But tha apendlng carried th peck or.
baaket and the purchaaea war Vfllllag
ly mad.
Horror l Ike War.
Tbe latest atrocity In the aong line
I "The Hough Rldera' Serenade " It
begins, ' I am lying In my tent, aweet
Marie," and la on the aame emotional
order aa "After the Hall" and Orand
nit'i Teeth Are Plugged with Elno."
Mlnneapoll Journal
A Micondary Matter.
My Dearest 1'apa I'leize do not
think I am writing home again for
moro money, aa auch Is not the cat
However. long a I am writing, I
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'll.w nanlers Raearo tha rioa raatbari
for MlUtoery Pnrimcii
rrom the New York Sunt Nearly '
teat high, very dark from the burning
ot a tropical sun. but alnewy and i
atrong In appearance, waa Charlie H. ,
Mobrmann a few daya ago aa ho re
lated his story ot the bunting of Ihe
egret In South America At firat ;
glance he would be taken for an offi- a
cer In the Spanish or Cuban army who j
had been exposed to tho element In
a campaign He started In his present I
career from the fetther and hat dis
trict of New York city In an endeavor
to reach the source of auppty ot tbla
most valuabto millinery decorative flu
cry In hli quest he hunted through
Mexico and Central America only, lo
find that the game was pretty much
bunted out In thoio countries, and
traveled on Into Venezuela beforo ho
found tho blrda In rookerlei tor It I '
In a gathering ot thl kind only that
they can be shot with profit Thcie (
rookeries may be aought for car
without ucrea The danger the hunt- j
er explained, la not great being prlncl- M
pally from snake, rcorplona and cen- H
tlpedes There la a popular error no (H
saya, about alligator being ferocious
He y he hn frequently waded out I
,Into a shallow stream crowded with SB
them and armed only with a stick, he D
haa ahouled at them and clubbed them 9
over tho nose, when they would get H
out of the way as fast a they could
The long, lean kind are fiercer Still,
about the only danger when ono gel
,lnto k achool ot alligator la that they
will not move out of tho way until
shot at, and then In their scramble
they may hit a aldo ot the boat with
the tall and splinter It A wetting and
loaa ot provlalona follow The egret
Is a shy bird Their rookeries are In
placra not easy of access, but may bo
approached In n amall launch Thn
blrda roost In high trees standing In
water Tho hunter npproaches cau
tlouily, anchors under the tree, and
then ihoots from daylight until dark
A fowling piece la tho weapon uied
The bird fall near the ennoa and la
picked up by the hunter Dog are
not uied, became tho alligator aro
very fond of dog. These rookeries
contain from 10 000 to 30 000 birds,
about 15 per cent ot which may be
taken, a only tho old blrda aro shot,
and then not until the young one are
ablo to lako care of themtebe, which
I when they are about six week old.
The season varies In Central Amer
ica and Mexico It Is from February to
October The best tlmo I In March,
April and May After that the plumes
becomo a little ragged On the Orino
co tho season Is from about Sept. 1
to Jan 1. There aro big rookeries on
Aprene, a tributary ot tbe Orinoco.
Two tteam launches aro now on that
river and have made conelderabla
money, Itookerlr aro on big cattle
ranchea, owned by native, who Jeal
oualy guard them A privilege coat
about $2,000 nnd B0 per cent ot tho
proceeds. Each bird I worth about
tl2E The feather tor which they r
hunted grow on the back and hang
down over a abort tubby tall About,
8,000 ouncee wero ahlpped rrom th
Aprene region to New York laat year.
Thla would approximate about 200,- M
000 birds. The amounts shipped to H
I'arls and London are larger, but tbe 1
figure aro not obtainable Thero are I
known to be Imnienso rookeilea on n
other tributaries ot the Orinoco which I
havo not been approached because the
launches draw thirty-eight to tort)- H
eight Inches ot water In thoao M
streama tor alx montha In tho year
during the dry season there Is only
twenty-tour Inche ot water Feather
aro plucked, nnd, after being assorted
Into grade 1, i am 3, are dried and
hermetically sealed In tin boxe tor
hlpment. They aro uaed tor millinery
purposes, and In the English army for
officer' helmets Mr. Mohrmann ho
been a hunter tor three yeara and In
tend going back In September next
I'ropir Way.
"Abner." asked the wire of the ed
itor ot the I'lunkvllla llugle. looking
up trom her latest "take," ' don't you
think It I a aln tor you to write thoae
Waahlngton dlipatchea right here In
tho office? ' "No, I don't," atoutly re
aponded tho editor. "I havo always
been taught that tho way to get n,
thing dono right I to do It yourself."
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Mr. Third Flat (Ircnt Scott! Who la
that thumping the piano? Mrs, Third
Flat Thumping, Indeed! l'erbapa
you'd l aurprlaed to hear that tlladys
la practicing how to read muslo Mr,
Third Flat Can't she learn without
reading aloud? New York World.
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"Pa, doesn't 'posl' mean after?"
"V Then does poit-offlce mean
after office?" Ex,
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