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THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1892.
LOVE STRONG AS DEATH.
tfay, say not. Sweet, that Love has turned
away
Because one day
He gathered alien flowers whfi-3 it was May,
For Love is Love, and eautiot go that way.
Tlio’ little loves there be that dauoe and
sing, m
And kiss and cling,
And praise the light an 1 laughter of the
Spring,
But on dark days, like birds, forbear to
sing.
Shall Love that bore the blast .and did not
fail
Now cower and quail -
Strong Love that blanched not then, to-day
turn pale?
Nay, Love is l/ove, my own, and cannot
fail.
Oli, could Love . ease, or change, or pass
a way,
Then the sou's day
Would turn tonight, unlit by any ray;
But bow, Sweetheart, eau never pass awav
—Philip Bourko Marston, in Independent.
A BUFFALO HUNT.
tr —~ BUFFALO is
- more timid than
liJli f h° 8 e calves
mfHi b, ' ovvsil *3 there >
||j 1/ and more power-
WJJ ful than a liou.
the wits out of
y '\tr him; but unless
* ou kirn in a
KjKffiMSp vital part you can
’ almost put a
whole cartridge box into him before you
will bring him down.”
The speaker was a raw-boned frontiers
man, who for more than thirty years had
lived in the West. He had taken Groj
ley's advice and gro.vu up with the
country, lie had swuii; through a wide
range, and had lived among tho mount
ains, but now owne 1 a largo ranch on
the plains. Though engaged extensively
in the cattlo business, there was a time
when he was us well nigh as largely en
gaged in the buffalo business.
“Yes,” ho resumed, “you can send
them flying as easily as you can a brood
of chickens, but it will not require the
wdnd of a thoroughbred horse to catch
up with them. And when a buffalo runs
lie is the most uugaiuly, luiuberiug crea
ture going.
“Just about twenty years ago I was
along here when down from the north
east rolled a big herd of them, contain
ing fully 30,000 buffaloes. It had been
a dry season. I was amoug the 'hills
yonder when I heard the thunder of thoir
heavy gallop. The earth fairly almok
beneath their tremendous movement.
Great clouds of dust rose above them, ns
though a cyclone was tearing up the
earth and filling the air. That .small
stream wc crossed a short distance back
was not near so full of water as it is now.
But the buffaloes had scented it, and
had come from miles away for it with a
mad rash.
“It seemed as they approached that
their speed quickened. Tho herd was
Jed by a uumterof great, powerful hulls.
Their eyes rolled, while thoir tonguc3
hung from their open mouths. I had
watched herds approach and pass me be
fore. But, hidden behind a rock, so as
not to disturb them, I watched with an
entirely new interest the sweep of this
herd, impelled by the fiery torments of a
consuming thirst. I quickly perceived
its object, and, as the channel of the
stream is a trifle deep, i judged that
there would be a sudden increase of
speed for a brief moment when the banks
were reached.
“I had witnessed a comparatively dry
river bed quickly covered by u looming
toirent, whose rising tides soon swirled
and boiled up to the very top of th?
shores—a result of heavy storms nearer
their source. I concluded from the im
petuous rush of this turbulent stream of
buffaloes that the channels of this river
would soon be covered and quite filled.
But a moment later iny conclusions were
more than realized. For when the lead
ers reached the very brink they plunged
down the steep bank, and they would
have suffered no particular iujury from
the sudden and swiit descent, because u
buffalo, though awkward and weighing
a ton, when he goes down almost a pre
cipitous decline will so combine a tum
ble with a slide and roll and leap that,
much like a cat, he will soon be right
side up at the bottom. It was what cause
after them that prevented the leaders
from getting the best of the bargain rn
reaching the water tint.
“For this great herd was almost a
solid, compact mass, and it bad acquired
such a momentum iu its headlong career
that considerations for the fate of '.he
leaders were not of sufficient force, if
even they had been entertained soon
enough, to perceptibly cheek its move
ments. Bo down the banks they tumbled
on top of the leaders, rank after rank,
until the channel for a quarter of a mile
was lull and overflowing with them.
“Yes, the momentum was so great
and the stop so sudden that from my
point of observation it seemed like an
enormous blah wave, whose edge had
suddenly swollen higher than the suc
ceeding body, and it was rolling over
and over because of the undertow.
Pushed ou by the great mass behind, the
buffaloes which reached the bank had to
leap upon the backs of those ahead for
tneir lives, and so mass rolled
over and over, throwing many the
opposite bank. You would have sup
i posed that fatal consequences would have
resulted to great numbere.
“The rush was soon stopped. Then
herd widened out, those in the rear hur
ryingMip and down the stream, and those
tumbled into a heap into the bed -of the
stream rapidly extricating themselves,
until, iuan almost incredibly short; space
ol time, every buffalo was comparatively
free. Ido not suppose taerc werrt more
than half a dozen that were seviousUy
injured. It is simply remarkable, the
toughness of the buffaloes which Used to
roam in this great West.
the buffalo is existing
sport. To an old hunter, though, it is
usually a simple affair. For a long pe
riod during my life tho commonnoss of
the hunt rubbed off about all the novelty
there was in it, and it carno to be re
garded as quite an ordinary event.
“I want to say, too, that tho whole
sale way in which these huge animals
were slaughtered by speculators is some
thing which always riles the bbod of u
Westerner when it is referred to. Aud
l cannot recall these grand old beasts
without being reminded of the brutality
and unpardonable Moody work of many
a white man from the East.
“I remember a chase which took
place down near the Arknsaas River
along in tho early spring of the year
1860, I think. Our camp was beginning
to suffer for provisio is. One afternoon
I mounted my pony, intending to wing
somc.duck in a bead of the river,
wlioro there were . dgy marshes, and
where they found af > vorite resort. But
I was uuable to cUpcovor the faintest
sign of their presjpcc, and, after ex
hausting both mfrsqtf. and my pony in a
long search beiout I concluded to
stop where tho night. The
next morning myllunt for ducks was
made to appear a smll and insignificant
pursuit, uuworthy am \ strong man; for
there in the distance? vas a great herd of
buffaloes feeding. & t . was to the wind
ward and consequenty I ran no risk of
being sceutod.
Hastily eating wharf’ little lunch I had
remaining from tho previous night I
started. Luck favored me. 1 discov
ered the serpentine Jiue of a narrow
hollow formed by the.waters when great
rains fell, moving to the river.- This
lino wouud arouud in a long and circuit
! ous fashion until it came near tho herd.
I was soon into -this hollow, and my
pony picked his way down it on a fast
walk. As I came near l could heir dis
tinctly the ripping sound which innum
erable mouths made as they tore the
green grass from the sod.
“I had not reached quite the point
where 1 determined to mouut tho batik
and make a charge upon tho herd when
I came unexpectedly into au opouiug
whero the banks lowered away, exposing
me to tho full view oi' tho cows that
happened to be browning in that direc
tion. They irntautly tossod their heads
aud started. Tho attention of others
was drawn aud then somo bulls gnvo a
sharp snort, which was a signal for a
general stampede. A way tho whole
herd plunged. It was then or never.
So spurring tny pony tip tho grade I
tore after them. They were in good
condition for load rug mo a long race,
and swept away like the wind. Rut my
pony possessed qualities of speed
and I gained oh tlxuu gradually. I
• .i.rt.fc.loso * but, ;u> I was
after some tempting steak, I had no dis
position to shoot down anything that I
could reach. Bo pressing on I saw some
line cows ahead, aud reaching them 1
put a couple of balls in tiio first and
three in the others, which brought them
down. Then a couple of rods or so
further in advance I saw a magnificent
bull. lie was the biggest fellow I had
yet seen, with tremendovs shoulders and
a mane which was immense. I urged on
my pony as the enormous fellow, then
on the edge of the herd, a stalwart pro
tector, lumbered swiftly along, As 1
drew nearer his great proportions excited
keenest admiration, and I at onco re
solved that if 1 got nothing else l must
certainly secure him. Jlis magnificent
head and his huge hide would lie tro
phios that any hunter might well be
proud of.
“It was a nip and-tuck race. The big
fellow seemed to catch on to my purpose,
for lie stretched himself out and tore up
the earth as his gait increased, making a
spurt of speed which lengthened the dis
tance between us.
“But my pony caught the full excite
ment of the race and bent himself with
new energy to his work, and it was
but a few minutes whoa wo came
up to the big fellow's aide. I
took careful aim, and blazed away.
Instinctively my horso swerved away
just in time to escape tho outward,
lunge of the beast, who tossed his he id
and came charging after.
But he made only several leaps, when
he resumed his pace and went tearing
aheid with still greater speech Evi
dently my bullet had only grazed him,
stimulating him rather than damaging
him. My horse was at his best and
rapidly came up, so that we soon were
tearing along neck an l nock again.
“We were a little further off this time
from the auimal, when, on ft line with
him, I shot again. He turned quick as
a flash toward me. My pony, attempting
to leap aside, struck a uumber of prairie
dog holes and lost his footing. Before
he could extricate himself the enraged
bull was upon us. His head was down
and lie caught the horse beneath. His
rush was so great that his hea 1 was pre
vented from being thrown up as highly
as it might have been. As it was, ray
pony was lifted from his feet, gored, and
thrown to one side in a heap. I was
jerked from my seat, and went sprawl
ing over the beast. Iu the intense ex
citement of a chase like that, one does
not stop to calculate the risks he runs.
“In rny condition any one of a dozen
incidents would seem to be the occasion
of instant death. Behind me cimo a
score of these large fellows right ou a line
of my fall. It seemed that l would be
trampled to piece?. But I lauded on all
fours and was at once on my feet shout
ing and brandishing my arms. The mass
parted, and I ran to a distance. But the
wouoded bull, catching sight of me,
came charging upon me with a furious
bellow. My bad luck was bound to con
tinue, for I stumbled and fell.
“Down in tremendous plunges at
me came the monster. I cirald not rise
quick enough, and falling at the side of
an old buffalo trail—a narrow path worn
into the ground by the marching of
countless buffaloes moving in single tile
I rolled into this. The beast tore up the
ground with bi 9 hoofs in trying to stop
and hdoked ferociously at me. HU sav
age eyes burned like coals of fi#, and
froth, stained with blood, dripped from
his mouth. When in the saddle I had
noticed the great sue of Ms head; but
lying there, with that tossing and clash
ing head above me, it see nedto be three
times as large and ugly and terrible ia
the extreme. I expected every instant
to feel tho awful thrust of his horns. His
head bumped against me. His enormous
mane brushed mo. His nose struck me.
The froth from his mouth spattered me.
His tremendous breathing puffed like a
steam engine again and again into my
face. Rut his horns were too short to
catch on readily. I knew that my ouly
safety was to lie low and say nothing.
Just as I was about to congratulate my
self that the fellow could not get at mo
lias horn tore a rent in my trousers. Tho
ripping noise maddeued him if possible
still more. He made a deeper scoop for
me and caught inv buckskin coat in the
shoulder, jerked me up from the ground,
and threw me to the right. I fell side
ways, but mostly on my feet, and started
on a run in a direction opposite to whero
his head pointed.
“lie swung around and was after me
in a trice. Of course I could not hope
to outruu him. He gained on me. I
stopped, facing him, and had by this
time dn.wu my revolver. On he camo
like a hurricane. His grizzly and awful
front, his fiery eyes, his mighty, head
long, plunging gait, which seemed the
very embodiment of an overwhelming
forco—all this has been iudelibly photo
graphed on my brain, though the process
was about as iustantaueous as could be.
When lie was within about four or live
feet of me I leaped to ouc side, and his
impetuous rush, swung him straight along.
But as he tore by me, the very ground
shaking with his jumps, for he woighei
over a ton, I sent a bullet into bis side.
It penetrated his lungs. Too others had
been effective. I could see him roe!.
“Ho stopped, turned, was about to
make another charge, staggered, sauk on
his knees, his tierce eyes rolling iu mad
fury at me. Ini ived around to his side
and put, ball into him, when ho
went clean down and stretched himself
in tho last struggle.
“Come down and visit me, and as you
step across my threshold there in tlio
vescibulo confronting you will bo his
enormous head, as lifelike as the art of
taxidermy can present. Look at that
grand head an 1 you will be compelled
to give credence to a part of my story,
at least, and your regrets will join miuo
that no more of tho noblest American
game is to be found on thoso great
plains. ” —Chicago Tribune.
Wliftt to Bo in Case of Accident.
Professor Wilder, of Cornell Uni
versity, gives tho following short rules
for-action iu case of accident, which will
be fouud useful to preserve or remem
ber :
* J\>r dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing;
dash water into them*, remove cinders,
etc., with the round point of a load pen
cil.
He move matter from tho ear with
tepid water; never put a hard instrument
into the ear.
If an artery is cut compress above the
wound; if a vein is cut compress below.
If choked get upon all fours and
cough.
For slight burns dip the part in cold
water; if the skin is destroyed cover
with varnish.
Smother fire with carpets, etc.; water
will otton spread burning oil and in
crease danger. Before passing through
smoke take a full breath, and then
stoop low; but if carbonic acid gas is sus
pected walk erect.
Buck poisoned wounds, unless yoiu
mouth is sore; enlarge the wound, or,
better, cut out the part without delay;
hold the wounded part as long as can be
borne to a hot coal or end of a cigar.
In case of poisoning excite vomiting
by tickling the throat or by warm wator
and mustard.
If iu water, float cn the back, with tho
nose and mouth projecting.
For apoplexy raise the head and body;
for fainting lay the person flat. —New
York Herald.
Have Variety in Your Food.
There is a source of ill health in many
rural homes which certainly should not
exist. The cause here referred to is lack
of variety of food. It may sound strange
to some to hear such a cause of ill health
is existing on our American farms, but
such is actually the case. It is true that
really good vegetable and fruit gardens
are lacking at a great part of our rural
home?. There may be a few vegetables
growing in the * garden at the height of
the season, but such a thing as an effort
to have fresh vegetables in abundance
uiuc months in the year is almost un
known oq a Northern farm, and the
same is true in reference to fruits. While
it is possible to have fruit on the table
every day in the year grown on a farm
in the North, there is not one farm in
ten thousand so supplied. Vegetables
and fruits take the place o' medicines in
maintaining health and vigor of the
body. Indeed, it is doubtful if people
supplied with an abundance of fresh
vegetables and ripe fruit have much need
of medicine or medical aid. More and
more attention to this matter is needed.
—Now York Independant.
A Relic of tho War.
The following, says Harpers Weekly,
is a copy of a bill, written in lead
pencil on coarse yellowish “war paper,”
for second-hand crockery-ware sold at
auction in Raleigh, North Carolina,
January 7, IB if. Toe war was still
nearly a year and a half from its close,so
some idea may be gained of wnat prices
rose to in the last days of the Con
federacy •
2 waiters, each $4 00....... $8 00
1 sifter 5 O '
2 stone crocks, each 92 46. 4 s'/
rt caps and saucers 7o 00
6 tjocups and saucers hi Oj
12 plate?, each 96 2$ . 75 00
1 glass rung 0 25
2 steak dishes, oaca sls OO 3'J 00
2 steak dishes, each s2l 00 40 00
Teapot,bowl, and cruet 85 00
2 pickle dishes, each $4 50 0 0
0 salt-stands, each $2 0 J 12 00
1 soup tureen.. IB uo
1 gravy ilisu 10 U 0
1 gravy dish (cracked)., - 2 00
5 dinner plates, eacu $• 25. 81 8-
2 vegetable dienes, each *ls 25....... 8o :x
T0ta1.,,,,,,, |540 00
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Wild Bogs in the North.
In the Lake of tho Woods country,
which nmy be described us a wilderness
of forest, rock, and brushwood, a race
of dogs have established themselves
and arc increasing iu number so rapidly
that fears nr.: entertained that tho ani
mals will yotbeeo.notroublesome. When (
tho Canadian Pacific Railway was under
construction tho cutups <>£ tho workmen,
had, of course, to be frequently mo'cd,
and dogs wore often left, behind, and
eventually, liko wolves and foxes, found
moans of susftiiniug themselves.
The ani mills arc large, lenu, short
haired, and generally rod, or red and
white iu color. They aro exceedingly
wild and fly on tho first approach of man.
In winter they live by catching rabbits
that abound in tho wilderness of brush
wood; in summer tho wild dogs catch
fish that crowd the smaller streums that
count ct inland lakes. The Indians de
test the wild (logs, ns they purmie game
and tako the bait from tho traps, and are
a general nuisance. Sometimes a wild
dog is taken in a trap that has been set
for other animals, but the boasts are ex
ceedingly cunning, swift and watchful.
A race of wild dogs is said to exist in
Newfoundland, keeping neat' the coast
and subsisting on wlmt tho sea ousts to
tho shore. —[Pilot Mound Sentinel.
To Dress Ordinary Hides.
To dress ordinary hides, such us coon
muskrat, and even sheep skins, it is only
necessary to stretch thorn on a board,
with the hair or wool side down, and
then smear the upper sftirfaco with a
paste made of equal part sof alum and
suit dissolved in a weak solution of
sulphuric acid and watefr, adding suffi
cient wheat bran to thicken tho paste.
The proportions should he about two
ounces of alum, two dr salt, and one
drachm of the acid to ‘ r.cli pint of water
used in making the pna*te. Spread this
fiuste over the flesh sidle of tho skin and
Save it in two or thiWdavs. then scrape
off, und work the skin /Until it is soft. As
for dressing skins witnthe Imir removed,
it depends somewhat (ipo.i the use you
ro t< make of the j dressed hides, und
their kind, whether thick or thin. If
you want tho skins to cut lip for strings,
they would bo dressdd differently than if
to be made into gloves or other similar
artioles,—[Now Yoi/k Bun,
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THE LABOR WORLD.
Drum corps all over the country talk of
forming a union.
There are more women bookkeepers than
male ones in France.
Laundry work is now being taught in
some of the schools of England.
Paris labor leaders decided not to make an
outdoor demonstration on Labor Day.
Philadelphia, Penn., is tho greatest
carpet manufacturing centre in the world.
The Lehigh Valley Railway shops at
Easton, Penn., have boon put on half-time.
Bread riots have occurred m the North of
England owing to the shutting down of tho
cotton mills.
Throughout the West there is a stir in
the implement, tool, wagon, carriage an i
other trades.
In Germany and England a girl in service
gets |9O a year, and does cleaning, nursing,
sewing or whatever she is told.
In spite of the introduction of machine
lace there are at least 1,000,000 workers in
the various European countries
In France elections aro held on Sunday, in
order that as largo a number of workingmen
as possible may get to the polls.
A bill fixing ten hours as a day’s work
for railroad employes passed the Lower
House of the Massachusetts Legislature.
Nearly half of the broom makers of
Lockport, N. Y., have been thrown out of
work by the syndicating of the business by
tho manufacturers of the country.
Melbourne, Australia, is just emerging
from Jbhe overwhelming effects of a land
boom. All trades are stagnant and the
unemployed are clamoring for work.
The trouble caused by the anti-script and
screen laws has been settled for the time
being at Charleston, IV. Va.; the minors re
turn to work until the Supreme Court settles
the case.
It is estimated that the lo?s in wages.to
the Durham (England) miners during the
five weeks that they were on strike was SO,-
250,000. The condition of the miners and
their families was deplorable.
A steamer is fitting out in San Francisco,
Cal., for the Gilbert Islands, to secure
laborers for the Guatemala coffee planta
tions, thus practically reviving the labor
trade, which is really another form of
slavery.
The London (England) women who make
shirts are no better off now than they were
when Hood wrote his “Song of the Shirt”
for them. They are paid four cents for each
shirt they make, and they average six in
seventeen hours.
M. J. Tierney, a freight conductor on the
Louisville and Nashville road, recovered
920,000 damages from the Standard Oil Com
pany for injuries reoeived through the ex
plosion of a barrel of naphtha improperly
labeled.