The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, November 27, 1898, Image 11

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f®vc r BPYS :Xnd Ciras '' ! how Richard Woo ! Tic first Ward Hi*i« iifllX4 tft» #§#t r #t t# •CM h MX# m* * * MPP ' a v’*Xi y|ri< .- - 4*** 1% %« « «4 # twtrt xf t%* Mifto ••!§ #A Ml MM lN«M» AttMt A tifcf'r 4 *p* ' si Nl* #** I * . ~n « 'tm'At Ii 4 9tlrfc*r4 A m.n«i t*f xmall »**## »** til# *hout*nn M n»h, I rak 4in***l -u! !■» t{'« ► i*i• • .i > h In i mis* , . *n« iitiuatjf Ik #W% **- hud m ix*-*! him and It HA# tmrrxhinx x# *«»*■ x**«lf% x* nns oat. ll# I that vmaJnx h««l rhirfd hint tt**t t*> Pilr from th* fmxi 4wr xi»4 tn*a**4 xft#r Un* ««Htf* hi# ihouUrr* thrown t*x« h «i»4 hi# ahrlU y>ortg «441 nit its mlt# »*» tt»# i»n> rfsi din Th« m«r« hitut dub *«*»t striucht I CYISIAVMONSI/7 j \ \ BY HAYDEN CAtMJTH / / ! >0 • l c/ i|| ' *=■»- y | COPY-1 glQHf.i Wo got him on subscription. Sooner , or later we got everything on tul snlp t!on—even money; not much void wood, however, because It wu a prairie court- ! try. Still a man named PcrkinKon once brought in some wood neatly raw* ‘I, atnve length. He did It under protest, .however, hi* subscription being bruit two yearn, and we threatening to rue. ] So Parkinson brought In a cord, making unpleasant remarks as he unloaded It and aeatterlng it around in a barbaric manner. That man Parkinson was an enemy of mankind. The fire was low the nekt morning at breakfast time. Hilda tossed in four or five sticks of th* Parkinson fuel. There followed a series of the moat terrific 1 explosions. Perhairs i ought to mention j the appearance of the oat in the dining room first. Anyhow the cat would have . reached us before the sound If in r tall \ had not been so big that It Impeded her progress through the doors. That cat was frightened and passed on through : the parlor, out a front window and on across the landscape. Hilda came next, ; her front hair singed. Bang, bang! went the reports in the kitchen. A j neighbor looked In and said our chim- ! ney was squirting fire and ashes—pos- j slbly lava. Something, too, he said, Just went out the front window. My 1 teeth were chattering, but I was bound j to be calm and said, "Yes, the maid was popping corn in the kitchen." Hilda denied It. "Aye tank," she said, *‘de man dat talk loud and say he was no 1 dog goned sucker, dat he 'ilooged de gunpowders In de wood.” So It was In deed. What shall we say of a man who thus tiles to blow up his editor? As for that inconsiderate cat, she never was seen in those parts again. I have j always had a theory that she moved on In an absolutely straight line, which, owing to the curvature of the earth, ! finally threw- her off into, space, and she became a minialuve comet. Her tall was right for-camps purposes any hty 1 Simrrsais .oame on - subscription auto, • but willingly. Jitr, dtmmons of .Pelican j Lake was not the man to torpedo a Jour- 1 n&iisT. I remember how nervous he was when he came into the office nod ho ha lido' • d about. 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I told him "No." He eeotned some i what rettcv< L "Ho you do you know anything about swine'.'” lie went on. "Swine have four feet.” I answered— -1 ori ( ~.j| corner. They root end j squeal and eventually become pork.” ; "Ye*. yes,” returned Jim. ”but do you ! know about the different breeds?” "No." He teemed further relieved "Would you—would you.” he went on i cautiously, "know a Durham swine from a Cleveland Bay swine?" "No.” He drew a deep breath, and ( most of his anxiety was gone, j Did you ever hear of the raxorback 1 breed of swine?” he said firmly. "Never,” 1 answered. Jim siapped his I leg and am!Vd. Then he leaned closer ! and Maid: "Young man. I’ve got something for i you on subscription—something that i you fit,n’t get every day, not by a long shot! Out In that there box In my w»g --: on I've got for you a genuine—Alabama —razor —back —swine!” I rose up and i look Jim Simmons' hand solemnly. I Then he said I was to come out to the wagon and see the swine. "It s a warm day. Why didn't you bring him in a crate instead of a box, I Jim?” I asked. "Ah. you sc *, you don't know the ra i zortiaek hr I. Airtight is the word In I transporting razorbaclts. Peek in there ! now, will you?" And he raised the lid a trifle. "Yes. Jim.” I said, "airtight is the word. I’ll have a glass pen made, with a top which screws on like that of a fruit Jar." "Now there you go again.” answered Jim. "The razorbark don't need any j |ien at all. That swine will Just sleep I under the office and pick up his living j around town.” I "But the pound master, Jim?” •The pound nothing! Double j'inted greyhounds fired out a cannon wouldn't ; catch that swine’ He look the cover I off the box, and the pig hopped out and I lit on the ground. ' Notice how thin h* , is.” continued Jun admiringly i ' Yes, I see.” I replied. I’ll tie a string around hia middle and fly him.for a Chinese kite." ; You ould 1" it!" was Jim's • uthu- , THE A.XJO-TJSTA SXJN’EA.Y HERALD. Mp m • mw***' «f m* ««*« <*»* **•*•*«■* *►**«» *•»* «t «•* W«m MM *MM *» *»«»»»* MM MM .*%« jnnr .«4 M «HM • ••* »**•••<• •* ** '•*< »M yfcw^***^* i ""W|i.«.. * was, I • )Mf ' > 's I . It'll Alt D ON TI!R m MP Ittrhard beard tb* r*tr* tb --t'*W*b anal. It wtitad ibtwHM* t« btm <* •« of tb* -tcit.4 AUimuw. hr arr**m*4 j How 4anr you! tl»w d... you art an l« my pa|wt! 111 Hit you If you do •tin b*y! Who'* Ihr you** bantam**' an 4 "What'a tb* matter with the little fir* enterT” were pan# of the comment# beard from tb- crowd Mr. MarahaU adjuated hi* *|i*eln.'l*u and peered down from hi* ata feet two HI. me. lib hard, ta that you? How ! 414 you **• he»*r* . I I -lastii* answer. Then h* add 'd "Y< J Ve got • prise lu that liter* *wln<- Tip 1 • in iu»m** fvlteii »tr<*und ti**r<* Ihni tjhltitc they've got r*ts*>rtNi« 'km, l#ut tl»*> »ln*t 5 pure bred. They may I* pari rwsofha- k. but Here la other blood In them Thla lie la a full blooded Alaos mu raHtdlo- k an l lit* only one In the territory, tl" * r-g atrre.l I dlsreinemliai hia numlier, but he'n In the fiook* of the Ansel ban Itasorhiirlt ffwinc association. Don't •>* | uftaid to make a Jeat taae of him w ith ; ti e pound maater “ And Jlmdroveawajt. Tb rr ■ itur.* stood tliers In a defiant I I atiltud". I Hiking at m, I approached, j I raving, "flood piggy.” With a anort he | flopped ground on hi* forward legs and i disappeared down the street in a cloud ; !of dual "Hg's aa fast ut the cat,” 1 j mused, "but not so graceful,” I went lulu llie cilice and wrote a | gloving item about the razorbark. 1 re- | i ferred to him aa "a pleasing padiy ! derm" and Spoke prou lly of th • purity j of hi* breed, "Thanks to tlie getierosi- I ly of the g' nlal Jim Blnimon*. one of nature’s noblemen. ' I wi do, "ye editor ; is now- the possessor of the only pure i bred razorbark in the territory. If any of our reader* hear a whizzing sound j passing their doors, they may know It Is our porker going by What are you ! g,an* to do about it. Mr. Pound Man j ter?" I even ran In n little anecdotual Item elsewhere, telling how Jim, when lu- lived In Arkansas and worked for Bfi uncle named Green, who kept n j ' store, us*d to e!gn leceipta thus: "Green, , per Simmon*.” There was no truth In . It. but I knew It would please Jim. Mark ye tile aplte, the cruelty of hu man nature! 1 was happy. I knew ; nothing about swine. I had believed all , that Jfm said. I really thought that In j that pig I had something rare and valu- ' able. But when the paper appeared the | townspeople came In, many that called ! themselves my friends, and told mo the truth—that the razorbaek Is a degener ate scrub unworthy serious attention; that he furnished hut one thing for hu man ure, und that Is bristles, and not many of them, they being mostly worn off by the rapidity of his (light through the air. Horn* of them said, too, that there was no such thing as the Ameri can Hazorback Swine association. For we k* I Inquired after Jim from his neighbors. They said he seemed to be going to the other town altogether now adays. We named the pig Simmons In grateful remembrance. Shall I. ever forget the trouble that ; Simmons caused me? He lived under the office, as Jim had said he would. Mentally Simmons was bright, but lie was a moral burden. Often, when I was writing, perhaps on th" "Stability Our fifty's Growth," Simmons would begin to scratch his back on the floor Joists and shake the whole building. He pled galley* of type in this way. Again, he would' come around in front and poke hi* head In the door and snort at me defiantly and 'Ungratefully. He had no mean* of knowing what I wa* writ ing arid I ..thought It unkind and mall- j 1 dons rtf 'him,"Sometime* it seemed as If ■ he hiib-d and despised me. On other oc- | “f •it itur tn •“mx# %*»*-«« ***• ‘"WWi*"**' Mh*alMS* MmISMm Wh **#*»-• It ,<wt Him M>Mn#4 mm if § wci tmmo mwt'“ •“ n# • “ f K fMfW *'Wf twpt #** *#*• ’ UpwatM' fWl* •*»««*? x** p t 1 M*»fi rwlhHl A*MI thn ftp l t*M#n ms lai # •**««• * ll** MsWl£** t. tji- t <w« i n»r at t*-a* » ... y , t| tt ft ft |«M j| (a h* |< -*. . « ■ • VifW' * hi Mtl STMtsTwI. i, * Ms4# nant*’ n s ssiumw* igpMiNr iN # hat dwsaiWM «n 4w #ntM •«* 4«M M*»* an % uni ii iid | f*« - 11« v C hl c«s j» S I fit a«#i *M «*MM «i>Hi*|«4r lift* my g>*m •*#* •» Iravr * r *V" «al4 r.MHM- * * *•« As» 4Nn « Aim *txf* t*» f*w% iiorfh** 44 ■ notmc AMmntl h*r% HJNmm ain't *ftaM«4 li4i aMt Mt *l MH»p«n» all hi*, self. ««n> lh**» |i>m tw «9*hMi an I ha*i t«> ptai hnm*' with 4wnn*n** t\ ji*w t n* fwn oMMhf •n 1 * t h»* M* i-*w#*l iV i*ns4» an laMr Mt, nor an ih+ **»?* M) |mh « a ht« man It# gt*Mt |h 1 itit n jr Ai% an tatka a M la ikr I'naiilwi*' m> *««'« *«•» •««t In Ihr |»n. Thai » ohat hr a»>A. •It I Kinar |l » an. for hr 4>«l Ilk ( _ hu it,.,,.. .| at uaft for (hr »ranllr*t »'• II hail (no. Daaaata'll M >..a 4.. inoal aßjfUnk »» ««* *r*nk »l all I *>n‘l Hr* m hal r«r ».«l ilna'l Uhr my r.|*a "hr infttiuoMifjr. ■t)k )»• don't, don't r<>». k'dT' cotu -jj«. I don't, nrlthrr, aa it ain't p'lu* in 'lrrmtu Rltla b»*a whru U»»y'» A rural., nf drilrhl ««il ovrr lh« , r«wd. u Ml*. Hli hanl won! on ralmly: 'My jm|*n la pwltty t«d Hr • union. II api -ared a* Ts It* would in bta poor Jpnib wa» * all to* —brother! tint tw< rtt aa m*ntli*r of a committee. t» th. aialEui h' Ip welcome an eaat ern capdAjl.i oho waa ror in.’ with a view <it IfMcalina money ti the place HUnmona billowed eloae Utluk'l like u dog. and pe-red around m> leg. al Ihc vialtor and grunle.l a< ,-rlirtllty. «■ who ahmld aay: "Hah. old l>»uin*yl«i*e' Whai are you?” "You -ec— -hog# aeem familiar '* ohaerved thr man Th* real of the committee turned theli Hack* on me "It's the editor'#," explained the le idwr. '-Don't mind either of 'em it w.*a wurth the price of admission to ftlmmuns root Your ordinary hog r-ioia disconnectedly, with » ntish In this direction *n lln flint.a down thrust gad an uplift, with ptuacs a* he sniffs I" —lnrr.ee j| Jgk -=l| f.t s - /»sV'S>- . —... —«£—-J HI, -TOUK TUL COVKHOFI' AND THE PIG HOPPED OL"J\ ■ 3 - - .... - and explores for possible food. Other wise fllmmott*. He would insert h.t snoutvtn th* ground and then walk straight ahead, plowing a long fur row. throwing the soil to either side a* | tne bow of a steamboat throws tb” wa- f lM ,a» 4., (••* •<«> «k< ydanaha I j A Do\KI • . Sffl. s•*» 4*OMY* fIN« •«» * **>• «** Ano Ihttt tty* y knowd <*» A frigrydiy brby. Or (Mil'll M tAltgd * frigiydiy rimO ▼My Blind »f hm* »•»* iMy B'N*< *f ****’• s*w no* **l r»c»lt a »tor fry i«y Thai o*Br»y c»r,i«4 our t»rt (w»y. H bl«w u* lot* *M f*r4*o plot* AM (citwtd our laity Into douWt Hiyoi*. A funnmt • «*•*▼? ** v *" AM »Mo IMy *lH*ufM<: H««-Mwr TMo **>4 aigflhft. “Do you ronyombar A olfh* vo saw orye cold Wove cry Mr ? A butycly of e»rrotf a don lyod |#l To coon Mr nyul* »M» refuged lo trot, But All l«y vAiiy. foe It would 00l gtArl Aod drow IM coal* liy «M wooden eorl. A funnier *ijh* I never saw I” And IMn *My All lAuflyed: "Hee-Mwl H««-Mwl' r‘ XKHHP ter. H* was not pHiktng for food— aim ply rak iig a eonstltutbuial- llut hr c.oIUI loot in one sled. If lb* occasion demand d. The Ituptlnt church stood on font Mode* of wield, after the man ner or Up er untry. 1 think StmrnMts wits a Mel hodlst -anyhow h- waa strongly opjeised to the Baptist*. He kepi al their foundation till one Idock toppled nver and that corner of the building went down a- foot, the diago nally opposite corner going up the same distance; during evening service, of course. The congregation slid down In ih* lower corner like the pieces In a backgammon board. I heard Simmons bark sera tie on the floor aa lie caino whisking home. Then there followed a long aerie* of sallafled grunts. He had fixed those Itaptlsts at laat. Whan we gave the eastern capitalist a reception in Bagley'z Hall, SiffcmohS | planted himself four square In the mid ! qie of the street In front and squealed • like 10.000 unoiled wheelbarrows. He i had a reversible voice. When li> ex «mtf«aA» ha Ims (MpMMhhl •* -asMan* a **■ l . ; i t*4*a*. Sh 4 Mhwa aMatam hat mmmm, ' pulled the air. It produced a nerve de stroying shrilling. When he inhaled It. j y»»u Heard a raucous rattle, fc!n*«l cur -1 dltng and fearsome. The moneyed man 1 didn't stay. Sunni ,ns chase,l the train half say to ch.- nesi station, speaking his mind freely. He had sized the capi talist. Th* bills which I had to pay for dam age done by HIinNKHW were something ’ disquieting. It got so that If any man in town needed a dollar he would come to me and say Simmons had done some thing. and I would give him the money. Two days before the Kourlh of July Major Grigsby, a local nuisance, cam* ; into the office. The major was always some sort of an agent—book, uppl* ; tree, patent wash holler or what not. j "Hah,” said the major, "aa you hav* i announced In your valuable paimh, we ! are to have a grand celebration of the , glorious Fourth In this town. I have been honored with an app’lntmeul on the committee on sports ami pastime* of the pop-u-lace. We have arranged for n hoss trot. *nh: a baseball game, nub: a greased pole, sah. and other amusements, sah. sueh as It Is bellfved will appeal to the common people, sah. th* hull-work of the nation, »ah. We lack bur one thing, my denh sah. a I greased pig. I have heen delegated the I committee on greased pig." He heal* ■ twted. I arose, and there were tears In ! my eyes. ".Major,” I said, grasping his : hand, "tiikc Himmons!" "You do me proud, sah,” answered thu i major, with feeling. Thank you, sail. We will take Simmons!” Ai 11 o'clock on the glorious day Simmons, veil greased, was brought | out in the race track where the exer cises wore being held. II being feared that no one would chase him for him self alone a dollar bill, generously con tributed by Mayor South wick, was tied to Ills tall. When he was released, a dozen ambitious citizen* started in pur suit, the major among the other*. Around and around rushed Simmons, Ui • crowd close behind, but never quite coming up to him. Suddenly, with a defiant squeal, he started Hems* the prairie straight for the west. The crowd followed, the major leading. Soon they grew dim In the distance. Then gradually the pursuers could be seen dropping out and returning. This kepi, up till they were all buck except th" major. With the aid of good fleld glu:- he could be seen tearing on -0 feet behind Simmons till they sank be low the horizon. It cast a pall over the rest of the day. everybody fearing that they might come buck. But they did not, nor was either ever heard of again. It has never seemed possible that they could have Joined tbo cat In Interstellar space, but I always think of them as still mnnitiK on. oh. Simmons a little ahead, waving;. the $1 bill. Paradise For Old People New Zealand has ft law which pro vides ah annual pension of $456 for every’ honest needy person who has reached the age of C, and has lived CO yes rein th" colony. 4SMI |W#ir> asm **m * t hNNII HHHNMNHMPm airs *♦ ««•'*'* Ms mh | mm t I Qurrsr #4 M»*« hi nA Msi non **■ 1 i ****** %M ShkM pn MMM "Mm pp Maui VMAhI MPM 1 fxx* m m-Msh m m# mwiihaii faith I Maa I tart im in# *sn Iwsa sMahffi «• am* [ hhn •wan » msh aa m~ * *mm Mh irna « XMnm *«S« s* p «■ man at am* mm* ah* Mah*nm *»' uga m #>t Mwl «n *h* ♦. ».• v w» >i»aa ant hf | «%* *,“w!2. .**- .. wt •« *-t% ! m tm** ah*' fy-ffßi n.f far tan ax fami *hai Mma at ftant hh» aan# ihianipfct ‘ a* «Ma» WhM «• «•• ; It a- mtirf to. mini ina tar. *H M 1 rat .MitMOtMl sh-MI ' 4a H»»«»n ml war tat a»««a ■ aad» i •*««•» mw- Mat n» ik> ttttta* t.hwa aa | |nf anna i t a »t tt # *tia .tawrhtdMWk 1 m m*t m ha*w taa*> tha -nod d hr Atah tar* Ihr tM* dW Mt M -Mad ml Warth ahl M* na*» that | *"«M th not aha art wi*ha»» I 'l**h j M<.t mr it aa uiaattatlaa «d tlwhati I laa»*» a hwai aat ant ttratat i* aa** ! IZT l«ta. - k.aaM*«M ; ad. ham* aa war a a# thr <««mn j , . ti ll air at ■> na*r.-tai at thr *i»k|! 'aa tan* *>•«»*•'. hat aft* fe> aa«t | ihat aam* 4at M a*d'-« ta halt ih<t ranataa >. aaw .a* ih» Batnh • ahS Ah tatort aattvrtara hi lb' idTh ! Iwa . * Hat aatt Ihr fntthht ■nthrr- a *att«r nM td Atah «X ’ tittta a* a,ta«i mUntla hat* hath j iwtaraal hunt, taw auh ta> »- iiM>n% ally Ihr i*»r« 1 aa Mah. aha w«| into a* aa ititaai m i t t. a •••nlrldh ,a>« It ta*atw of ahhh Ihr aatar I i , k . yjj., i, ifartaa 4r> m iat dirtrtha i 1.4 «tt ih» raltry, Ta- Arab rhhatai j a<r 4tah"t lo thr ta* ata ihr t<*M ,<ai Ihr < »m rallliur * htoadlf -irat Ihr ah*wr t9lh*f rartar-flhh SMI trah ad Inath ry "t tinhlMtl M j him.nr adrlt*. th*y lauhh*4 o orafattjß , . oil a tail tat la a M miaalth IM . i imai raa amait I. aad ihr titti** a . ath tvaultrA. ihr ro!4tr»a Mandh* .art othrr !■» Ihr a.*rlml. Thrtr , !i|«»o Ihr Arab ran *»•« thr lank and thoittrd Hi irry Altaian and foralhla Knaltah Thrrr, yon f.rtlr. I luhl you to krrp ' a«ay." Ami Uwd KHrhrnrr. ahn aaa *h* n .mly Majtir BJtfhi 1 nar. liuaWy I ayrrrd with hint. % t ataahtr Tr*r. In Afrk a ihrrr la a wondrtfal and - iirtoit# tror rtlltd thr laft* m<• Vou may takr tan- of lla Iravaa aad »ra|> It notnd a Ml of In—h •’rrf or mutton, ami It will makr It iradrt. Tha Iravra murl hr a *■«“! »l»* t" wrap ( round thr Ml »f Orrf .a mutlnw. but ■ mainly Ihr fart mrnllonrU above It irur. a* many trarrlrra kn*«w. .« i A KEMAKKABLE PAIASITL nn* of Ihr inort rrmarkablr riants that hav# romr l»* ur from Humtiira Id th<- huf |mi to *ll r Itufford raltlrrla. It ilrrlvra It* numr from 4lr Htamford Haitird, who. In l*ld. *«» dov.mor of Hrnrrlrrn, In Humalra. H<- waa at ona llmr on a lour of thr Inland, atmudhr i nninl by Udf lUffle*. l»r. Arnold amt oulir a party of Kumpeana and naliveA Sialdmly they ulllihtwl up<'P ihr rtowea of lotMllaloue rlar and rrpjlatvr odor, morr thru a yttOt arroaa and wrlghtn* IS (Miuiida. Im color waa a light orange, inottl.nl w ith yidlowlah white, ihr whola i thing livid anil vlalted by carrion h»« ; rrrir. Uaier InvratlKatlomi ahowed tha plant l<> ronalat of flower alone, directly paratdiir on u Hpaciea of uiwiuii. It never hue or Iravra of Ita own. Thr rumour Hubert Brown hratowed tha I purnr on th.* plunt Italtlrala-Arnold, i commemorating thua Ihr tltlea of both dlaroverrra. Haveral apcelaa are now | known, dilTrrinK much In alar, but llttld !In raarntlala. Their growth occupied i but u few montha. They llrat appear aa ! knoblike protuberances protruding front 1 ihe iMH k of various aprrlea of elaaua. The tlowera remain expimdiMl only A 1 few days and then become a disgusting : liman of putrlllon. Aa In the almllar mar of one well known carrion flaWer, - tho Inaerta, attracted by tin* odor, alao tiaaiat In the polllmitiun. There pura attea flower at u different time front . the hoal planta, thua making their own ; hloaaoma more prominent. They lmvo bean cultivated In varloua botanic gar* dena. eapedally In the eaat. This plant Is among the giant flowers, ranking In alz.- with thr great water lily i of the Amazon and with some of tho I huge tropical uroida. A pea flower lit ’ Trinidad Is said to be acveral feet In length. Hh banner, or upper petal, being a lope a foot long. The range from theso titans to the ulmoat Invisible flower of water aturwort la tremendous, but tho little is fashioned as ourefully as the great. Nature leaves no corner unfin ished for the reason that It in minute. He Threatened to brave. The governor of n prison In Limerick tells an amusing story of a refractory prisoner with whom he had once to .leal. The man refused to work on tha treadmill and was brought before tho governor for disobedience of the ward er's orders. The governor asked what objections be had to working on tho treadmill. "Me go on the treadmill!” lie cried. "Niven, sour.” and proudly drawing himself up he added, "I'd ratti er lave the jail first.” Immured In a Pillar. Clement Spelman of Narburg, onea recorder of Nottingham, England, who died m IGT9. I* immured upright in closed m a pillar In Narburg church, so that the inscription is directly against his face. This is supposed to be a Sol itary instance of burial in a pillar, al though there i!re ninny Instances ofi 1 burial In an upright position. __