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THE SUNDAY OREGOmAN, PORTLAND, JTJjLY 13, 1902.
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STORIES oJ the marvelous work of the
"black trackers" of Australia would
road like a romance If not authenti
cated by both civilian and official witness
es for many years past.
In following: a man's trail they are more
successful in many ways than the best
bloodhounds. The dog: follows nothing
but the scent. The man brings keen eye
eight and marked intelligence Into his
work. These dusky runners have been,
and still are, of immense service to the
police of Australia. In all such cases as
that of Tracy the first call would be for
"black trackers." They are the aborigines
of Australia, a race rapidly dying out
before the advancement of so-called civil
ization. These Australian blacks are prob
ably the lowest class of humanity in the
world, the very opposite of the magnifi
cent Maoris of New Zealand, who taken
all In all, are the aristocrats of all colored
races. The Australian black is dependent
on his hunting for a living. A rustling leaf
will catch his ear, a broken blade of grass
will catch his eye. An overturned twig
SCIENTIFIC FARMING IN.
Jfr
RAILROAD traveling in England is
very different from what it is in
j America. I went from Liverpool to
Edinburgh on the fast express, a distance
of 220 miles. The time was five hours, and
the railroad fare was 54 50 third class.
The train consisted of about 12 cars and
a baggage car. Our car had five compartments,-
two for first-class passengers
and three for those who preferred third
class accommodation. Our compartment
was about GU feet long by 4 feet wide,
and about nine feet high. The seats and
back tv ere comfortably "cushioned, and
there "nas room for 10 passengers on each
side. "Often there are only three or four.
"When we started we had five, all men, for
I was in a smoking compartment "We
sat face to face, and, like English people
generally, we were not very communi
cative. On our car there were no lava-.
torles, and no way of heating the com
partment in "Wint. Nor was there any
dining car, but all you have to do if you
want a meal is to tell the conductor, and
at the nearest important station there is
handed to you a basket containing all you
can comfortably eat. One of my fellow
travelers did this, and I watched him with
some interest as he sat and enjoyed his
dinner. The basket is divided into sep
arate little compartments, and it contains
a good helping of cold chicken and ham,
lettuce and a pint bottle of California
claret. There are, of course, also a
drinking glass, knife and fork, salt, etc
The charge for this is 60 cents, and after
you have finished you put the basket under
the seat or hand it out to a porter at any
railway station.
On other trains going longer distances
there is a dining car and much better ac
commodations. The night express be
tween Edinburgh and London has sleep
ing cars of a high class. .Between Aber
deen and London, a distance of 500 miles,
the sleeping accommodation is far ahead
of our ordinary Pullman cars. I paid
Jl 25 for a bed and I got a room all to
myself, with washing accommodations,
etc. There was only the one sleeping
berth, and you don't bump your head on
an upper berth as with us, and feel much
more .comfortable in every way. "When
you get a sleeping berth, you must have
flrst-c;ass transportation, but for COO miles
all I paid, including sleeping accommoda
tion, was J1S. This is about the lonirpst
run, ordinarily, made, for the country Is
a small one.
The railway trains run very smoothly,
and at this season of the year the country
looks very pretty. The country roads are
all In splendid condition, and are bor
dered by hawthorn hedges covered with
white and red blossoms, and the fine old
treos form avenues for miles. The fields
In the agricultural districts are not di
vided by ordinary fences, but hv hedces
of hawthorn and wild .roses. This 5'oar f
there has been a good deal of rain, and
the whole country is carpeted with a
beautiful green.
I am now staying in the County of Es-
will sometimes give a "tracker" his clew.
On his knees, he will find in a moment
whether disturbed by man or beast. In
following a difficult trail they never waver
and their work is one of the most inter
esting slghtBv.on the Island Continent.
"Where water would .stop a bloodhound, the
Queenslander does his beet -work. Should
they track a fugitive to a steamer, the
two for they generally run in pairs
would swim or wade and separate, one
going up stream and one down until a
sex, in the southeast corner of England.
I came to London for the coronation,
but the city is so crowded and so un
comfortable to an Orcgonlan accustomed
to so much space that I was glad to ac
cept an invitation from a friend to spend
a few days in the country. This town is
w
situated at the mouth of tho Thames, 33
miles from the city, and many business I
men live here and go to and from London
every day. My host does this, the yearly
railroad season tlckot costing $125. For
this he can go and come as often as he
likes. Most of the houses here have
names, and my present address is "Mult
nomah, Cobham Road," the house being
named "Multnomah" by my friend as a
reminder of pleasant days In Portland.
This town is growing fast, having doubled
in population during the last decade. It
has now 2S.O00 people, and when the next
census Is taken In 1911 It Is expected that
there will be nearly 50,000. It is a de
lightful place, overlooking the Thames,
on which there i3 a constant movement of
craft of all kinds going to and coming
from London. I tried to count the
yachts lying at anchor last night as I took
a stroll on the pier, and I judged there
would be at least 300 yachts and sailboats,
all belonging to people in West Cliff.
The weather here at present is very like
Portland weather in May and June. Here
there is more of a sea breeze, but it i6 so
warm that I am glad to dress in very light
clothing. The rainfall in Essex is less
than in -any other part of England. A
farmer told me they have had little or no
rain for eight years until this year, when
it rained all the month of May. This is
different from Portland.
About 10 or 12 years ago farms In Essex
were largely abandoned, and the land
owners went begging for tenants at any
rent. The reason for this was that farm
ers had confined themselves to raising,
year after year, wheat, "sarley and oats.
They raised large crops, a3 much as 50 or
CO bushels of wheat to the acre, but the
American competition was too strong for
them, and they could not pay the rent,
which averaged from $4Ao $5 an acre per
annum, cash rent.
The landowners were at their wits' end
to know what to do, and some enterpris
ing real estate agents advertised in Scot
land for Scotch farmers, 200 of whom have
migrated south to Essex in the last 10
years, with the result that the farming
industry has been completely changed,
and the county. Instead of being a large
grain field, is now a large dairy farm,
supplying London with milk at the rate of
2400 gallons dally.
I had an introduction to an Essex
farmer, Mr. Alexander Steel, formerly of
Ayrshire, in Scotland. Mr. Steel has been
13 years In Essex, and has brought with
him tO'England a large measure of Scotch
energy and common sense. Besides being
a large farmer, he acts as secretary of
the Eastern Counties Dairy Farm Co
operative Society, Limited, which Is a
combination of 303 farmers In Essex and
Suffolk for self-protection. London is tho
great market for most of the mllk sup
ply, and time was when the farmers'
profit was swallowed up by four or five
middlemen In the city, who dictated
prices at their own sweet will. Now the
society employs one man in London to
dispose of tho products, and to keep the
price up to a reasonable figure. The so
ciety also acts as agent in buying man
ures for Its different farmer members,
buying it in large quantities and of guar
anteed good quality and selling it to the
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sign to found, even if miles distant. Cat
tlemen can reco-er a lost etcer, squatters
a lost sheep, by their aid.
Their mode of work is remarkable. If
no Interpreter is available, this Ignorant
race will take their cues and instructions
from the- most primitive signs or gestures.
Show a tracker a shoe, point to tho house
whence its owner commenced a Journey
and all you have to do la to follow. And
it is no easy Job to follow at times. If
the trail takes a railo or two on a dusty
ESSEX, ENGLAND
ROBERT LIVINGSTONE WRITES OF THINGS THAT
WILL INTEREST OIJEGON AGRICULTURISTS
farmers at cost price plus working ex
penses. In this way money is saved both
"a-comlng and a-going."
Mr. Steel rents two farms, and he asked
mo to look at them with him,' which I
was glad to do, and It may interest you to
know how an Essex farm looked to an
Oregon farmer. One of the farms is
called the Temple farm, of which Mr.
Steel has been tenant for three years. It
Is situated three miles from tills town.
There are 450 acres, and every foot of It
is in cultivation. The cash rent is $4100. a
year, payable in two -half-yearly install
ments at tho English half-yearly terms of
Michaelmas (September 29) and Lady Day
(March 25). How can a farmer pay such
a high rent? I shall tell you. Ople, tho
great painter, was once asked how he
mixed his paints and tho reply was "with
brains." So It is with farming a man
must use his brains to be a successful
farmer in Essex, or, for that matter. In
the "Willamette Valley.
Mr. Steel goes in for mixed farming,
and the following Is a list of his crops,
with acreage:
Acres.) Acres.
Pasture 150 JAlfalfa 40
Wheat 50 Red Clover 30
Oats SO JCorn (maize).... 10
Barley 10 JMangel-wurzel . 24
Potatoes 50 Beets & Carrots 3
Mustard , -20 Cabbages 12
Turnips 6 Brown brocoll... 8
now does tnat striKe a bnerman county
farmer, who grows nothing but wheat?'
How does that strike a Sherman County
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LETTERS asking for general Informa
tion will bo answered in these col
umns. They should be written on
one side of the paper, and must he ac
companied by the name and address of
the writer, not for publication, however.
All letters without the name of the writer
go to the waste-basket.
Gatllny Gens 'vs. Rifles.
To settle a controversy, 'please state in
the columns of The Oregonian the .com
parative effectiveness between a Gatiing
gun and a repeating rifle, both in the
hands of an expert, in case of an emer
gency, such ao that of the escaping of
convicts at the Salem Penitentiary a short
time ago. Question Could a Gatiing gun
be trained quickly and accurately enough
on a rapidly moving object, such as a flee
ing man. to make it more advantageous
than a rifle in an emergency of that kind?
A. E. K.
A man who Is familiar with the opera
tion of both weapons expresses the opinion
that a repeating rifle Is the more effective
In preventing escapes or quelling peniten
tiary uprisings. It is possible th?t some
of the moro modern pattern of Gatllngs
might do better, but the machine belong
ing to the Portland battery would require
two men to operate efficiently, and then
thero would be delay in shifting position
to cover a fleeing man ifHie should not be
brought down within the arc controlled "by
road the Wack will run as fast as an or
dinary horse. Stooping with large, glaring
eyes on the footsteps, no matter how
numerous they may be, he will race along
with rarely a pause except for water.
The position shown in the cut is an
exact representation of a black tracker
at work. "White men, even the best of
scouts, look on -with wonder at their mar
velous eyesight and rapidity of motion.
It frequently happens that, even on close
Inspection by white men, not a sign is
Mr. Steel has 100cbws and sends 200 gal
lons of milk to town dally, for which he
gets 20 cents a gallon wholesale and 32
cents a gallon retail. He does not make
butter or cheeso, for the simple reason
that it pays better to sell the milk.
I never saw such crops of wheat and
potatoes in Oregon as I saw on this farm.
A 50-acre field of wheat standing G feet
high, the average yield being 60 bushels
to the acre, and as for potatoes, they
are said to be the finest in England,
being preferred to the potatoes from tho
Channel 1 -lands. I should have said that
the farmer here likes tall wheat because
he sells the straw as well as the wheat.
He gets $1 a bushel for his wheat from
the local mills and sells the straw in the
town for bedding for horses at a price
equal to $S for 11 hundredweight. He
sells his potatoes at J2 50 per hundred
weight or 2 cents per pound. Two years
ago Mr. Steel had 14 tons of potatoes to
the acre. He had 24 acres in potatoes,
and sold the crop at 220 a ton, so that he
got over J5000 for his potato crop off 24
acres.
I was Interested in the alfalfa crop,
which I had only seen raised under irriga
tion. Here the farmer raises three crops
a year without Irrigation, one about June
1, another about July 20, and a third
about September 1. This i3 as good as in
Oregon.
Another crop, the mustard crop, was
new, "to me. I had seen wild mustard so
often in the Oregon and "Washington
farmers' fields, but I never saw mustard
grown for profit. The mustard was in
the oscillation of the gun. The trouble
with those weapons is not that they are
Ineffective within their sweep, but that
their sweep cannot he fixed without some
delay to adjust, the piece. If it could be
known in advance. Just where a prisoner
would attempt to escape, and a Gatiing
gun could be placed so as to command
that place, it would do the business with
out doubt But such prearrangement Is
hardly possible and the chances are that
two men with repeating rifles would be
altogether more effective than two men
with a Gatiing gun. Perhaps ono man
with a rifle would be generally more cf
fectix'e, because there arc many situations
in which a Gatiing would be utterly use
less and escaping convicts would bo likely
to take advantage of such situations.
Episcopalian Mnrrlaprc Service.
"Will you kindly print the words of the
marriage service used in the Church of
England, found in the book of common
prayer? MRS. J. K.
Presumably the Inquirer wishes the
vows. These follow. The minister asks:
M. Wilt thou have this woman to thy wed
ded wife, to live together after God's ordinance
In tho ho!r state of matrimony? Wilt thou
love her, comfort her, honor and keep her In
sickness and in health, and. forsaking all oth
ers, keep thte only unto her, so long as ye
both shall live?
The man answers, "I will," and then
the minister says to the woman:
Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded hus
the tracker's trained
eye.
It has been remarked to the writer that
these men would only be shot down like
dogs if on an outlaw's track. Such is
not the case, however. A bloodhound
rushes on to his death, but a tracker
watches closely to see how recent his.
gulding marks have been made. He then
goes cautiously and grips his boomerang
In his hand. To look at those peculiar In
struments In a museum 'one would hardly
think that the natives can break horses'
legs with them or almost sever a man's
head from his body at a distance of 79
or SO yards. As a general rule, however.
the tracker leaves his own protection to
the white men behind him and keeps his
eyes closely fixed on tho ground. In con
versation with many old Indian fighters I
have compared, notes carefully with them
and described exactly things I have seen
trackers do. These gentlemen have in
variably told me that the work otr the.
Queenslandera surpass-that of the Indian
"trailers."
Of course everyone is ready and wllllngr
to say what should, and what should not
have been done In the matter of capturing
Tracy. One thing Is -certain, however, that
the bloodhounds have been practically a
failure. As a matter of fact, a clever
villain of the Tracy stamp can throw
dogs off "the scent. It would be unwise at
the present Juncture to explain how. In
asmuch as ilr. racy will probably be
sitting eating and reading this In com
fort a few hours after you go to press.
The trackers can see the small eyes of a
snake peeping under a fern when we white
men could not see at a distance of six
feet. As an example of what wondrous
sight they have I may relate one Incident.
A cattleman had rounded-up some un
frledly natives In his stockyard. He sat
on tho lence and shot them down for
spearing horses. Trackers were sent out,
also dogs The latter failed utterly to do
anything. After running for the most
part of a day at the rate of 71.S miles an
hour, the trackers were non-plussed on a
very hard patch of rock extending about
half a mile. The white, men had to stand
back for less than twenty minutes and at
the end of that time one of the trackers
had discovered a very small ant crushed
on the rock half way across. They were
on tho trail on the -other side In ten
minutes, and in 26 hours from starting
had their victim located 32 miles from
their starting point. During the whole
day the two splendid bred hounds were
of but llttlb use.
Black trackers are kept in readiness
all the time In Queensland, where towns
are few and far between and a fugitive
has the slimmest chance in the world
when they get to work.
GEORGE KING.
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blossom and was a beautiful sight as the
yellow flowers waved with tho wind. It
stood fully 6 feet high. The pods are
threshed and tho mustard Is sold to Col
man or Keen, the two largest manufac
turers of table mustard In England Mus
tard Is an expensive crop to raise, having
to bo first hand-hoed and then horse
hoed. Tho crop will average 32 bushels to
the acre, and brings $2 to $2 50 a bushel.
Mustard needs a liberal supply of manure
to insure a good crop. Mr. Steel gave
tho land 20 tons of barn manure to the
acre, besides six hundredweight of arti
ficial manure phosphates and "potash.
The new style of Essex farming Is not
all profit, Mr. Steel having admitted to
me that so far he had not done much
moro than make a comfortable llvlntr for
I himself and family. His weekly wage
cm comes to over J100. He has 24 men,
each getting H 50 a week, free house and"
coal. In dry seasons he has to buy feed
for his cows and he has continual out
lay for artificial manures, one of the best
of which for grasses is basic slag, which
Is the refuse from the Bessemer system
of s.teel making. This costs 512 a ton, and
Is put on tho land In November and De
cember to get the Winter rain to make it
soluble, six hundredweight to the acre.
It Is an education to walk over a farm
like the Temple Farm, with Its fields all
divided by hawthorn hedges and its farm
gates under lock and key, and to run a
farm like this a man must use all his
energies of mind and body. 1 may tell
you about Mr. Steel's other farm some
other time. r. x,
band, to ilvo together after God's ordinance la
tho holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou
obey him, and serve him. love, honor and
kop him In sicknss and in health; and, for
saking all others, keep thee only unto him, so
long as ye both shall live?
The woman answers, "I will." After
she has been given away, the man repeats
after the minister:
I. M tako thee. N , to my wedded
wife, to have and to hold from tbl day for
ward, for better, for worse, for richer, for
poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and
to cherish, till death us do Dart, according to
God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee
my troth.
Then the woman repeats after the min
ister: I. N . take thee, M , to my wedded hus
band, to have and to hold from this day for
ward, for better, for worse, for richer, for
poorer. In sickness and In health, to love, cher
ish and to obey, till death us do part, accord-
ling to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I
glvo thee my troth.-
The man puts the ring on tho fourth fin
ger of the woman's left hand and repeats
after the minister:
With this ring I thee wed, and with all my
worldly goods I thee endow: In the name of
I the Father, and of the Son and of tho Holy
UI1U3U XUUCU.
To Various Correspondents.
If it is a public road, yes. See your
District Attorney.
M. A. The 1-cent piece of 1S5T is worth
5 cents if the word "Liberty" appears on
EUGENE; July 0. To the Editor.)!
have been very much struck with the re
semblance of the convicts,' Tracy and
Merrill, escapades to those related of vari
ous outlaws in the old ballads in Bishop
Percy's collection, particularly in the one
called "Adam Bell. Clym o' the Clough,
and "William of Cloudesly." So striking Is
thl that I could not rest quiet without
putting some of thelf tale into a burlesque
o- f the old one. H. C. HOWE.
Nevr Ballad of Trncy and Merrill...
I never heard the old sons o Percy and Doug
las that I found not my heart moved more than
with a trumpet; and yet It la sung but by some
blind crowder, with, no rougher voice than rude
style. Sir PhlHp Sidney.
. Tho Pcrso owt off Northombarlande,
With him a might meany.
Ballad of Chevy-Chase.
The Tracy out of Salem prison.
With him a man named Merrill:
Three guards they slew as out they flew.
Who hindered at their peril.
l
For merry It was lit the forest green,
Where little birds sans on bough.
And Jail-birds also may bo seen
A-fllttlng gaily now.
Like Robin Hood, who was so good.
And Wyllyoxn, of Cloudoslee,
These outlaws twain were safe In the wood, .,
And straight in their archerle.
Though neither shot with a stiff yew-bow,
A .shaft with a gray-goose wing,
A 30-30 is .equally dlrty
Wben.tba leaden ball doth sing.
The bloodhounds bayed llko a chime of bells,
To frighten these boys away.
But they came back on the very same track
To Salem the very same day.
They took their dinner wherever they pleased
And horses and buggies, too
And men gave them rifles and other such tri
fles, - '
They were such good men and true.
A guard of honor yclept a posse
Attended them up and down.
And snared all night. In the wise starlight
In the woods around Salem town. "
But Tracy and Merrill decided to travel.
So a suitable team they flpd.
And bid good-bye with a tear In each eye.
To tho Sheriff who was so kind.
To Portland first they bent their course.
But th$ Mayor they did not like.
So they snubbed that city with scornful pity.
And down to tho river they hike.
Some men In a boat were fishing down there,
And soroo wera cooking their grub.
But when they appeared the 'fishers were
8k eared,
And asked them to ride In their tub.
But Tracy smiled sweetly, and Merrill smiled,
too.
For he always did what he saw Tracy do
They even Invited tho cook3 to go.
And Join them all for a. pleasure row.
And all were merry as they made tho ferry
From Oregon over to Washington very.
Hero endeth the first FTT of Tracy,
In the cood old ballad way,
But of this outlaw In "the greno shaw"
Two FYTS remain to say. "T
The Second Kyt.
The tough-belted outlaw.
Idling In the greno shawe.
John Keats.
When Tracy and Merrill set foot on land,
The leaves were green and tho birds dM sing
Thoy always do that, you understand.
In every good ballad, the very first thing.
Now oft to Chehalls the outlaws hie,
But first they gagged a farmer.
And stripped his clothes and tied his toes,
And drank to make them warmer.
The Oregonian next tfiey saw, .
And they saw that they were In it, "
For o. squint-eyed cut of each outlaw
On tho very first page was printed.
They cut out their pictures and read the paper,
And next they took a shave.
And a glass they took. In which to look.
And bacon (Just to save
Their valuable time) and some nice fresh veal.
And some yeast to make them bread.
But they didn't feel It was right to steal.
So hey left the farmer's head.
The sun shone bright through the forest boughs
WTien the outlaws reached Chehalls,
And with one mind they sat and dined,
Then they quarreled, when my wall Is.
Why should an outlaw In the grene sbaw n
Not eat and sleep and drink.
And not be afraid that he'll be betrayed
By his fellow If he should wink?
I've studied the ballads all through and through
Of Scathloclc and Adam Bell,
And "the merry din" of Gamelyn,
But nowhero does it tell ", ,
That any of those who shot so true.
And merrily broko the law.
Should sneak to town when the night came
down.
For the price on his brother outlaw.
the coronet of tho liberty figure; other
wise it Is worth 1 cent. There Is certainly
no premium on Confederate bills. They
bring little In tho market, and the price
depends on the fancy of the collector.
D. R. C There 13 no premium on the
1S24 half-dollar.
"W. D. P. Rev. A. B. Earle, the evange
list, was In Portland In April, 1S87.
E. R. G. Commander Richard "Waln
wrlght Is superintendent of tho Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
Fenclnjr a Road.
Could I stop a man from fencing a road
that has been used for 20 years? If so,
how would you go about It? I.
IF YOU HAVE RHEUMATISM
Von May Be Glnd to Know There Are
1437 Remedies for It.
The latest computation of the number
of distinctly rheumatism cures puts it at
1437. It Is one of tho peculiarities of
rheumatism that the curs proscribed for
it are more numerous even than tho vari
eties of the ailment Itself.
A brief enumeration of remedies In
cludes horsechestnuts, wintergreen tab
lets, electric rings, magnetic watch
charms, red flannel bandages white flan
nel Is considered of no efficacy goats'
milk, collsaya, horsehair poultices, raw
onions carried in coat pockets, and ice
cream soda.
These are only a few of the best-known
remedies, and do not include -several
which owe their fame to combinations of
sundry Ingredients. One old-fashioned
cure is made up of a pint of old ale and a
email measure of grated horseradish put
In a jar or demijohn and allowed to stand
over night, after which a glass is drunk
before each meal.
In favor of many of the established
whimsical rheumatism remedies, it is to
I'll bet they did, but It's not in the song
Only I'm such a truthful bard,
I cannot but say Merrill made It pay
By selling his fiercer pard.
It was of old he took the gold.
And Tracy Just round It out;
So Mr. Merrill stood in some peril.
If ho" knew it, which I doubt.
But they ato their dinner and passed the can,
And lay beneath the tree.
Then, "You thieving Judas," Tracy began.
Very courteously, "You peached on me."
"You lie." said the genial Merrill,
But Traijy said .to his pal:
"You'll have to fight to set It right,"
And this Is how It befell.
"We'll set our backs each to each at the
scratch,"
Said Tracy. Ingenuously,
"And we'll count, then, till we get to ten.
One pace to a count, do you see? y
"At the count of ten we'll wheel around.
And tho devil tako the hindmost!"
So they counted their paces, Merrill's and Tra
cy's, But Tracy showed his mind most.
For he figured that Merrill would whirl at.nlna
For a-shot at Tracy's back;
So he made him too late by wheeling at eight.
And Merrill fell dead In his track.
Thus trouble ho saved, this Jolly outlaw.
And time, and ono cartridge, too.
Merrill lies on the ground where he didn't torn
round;
What next did our hero do?
Well. Tracy left the forest glades.
Which Is against all rules;
And It all goes wrong with my well-meant son?,
Which copies the olden schools.
To South Bay same this merry wight.
And held up six oystermen tall.
And his breakfast cooked, and laughed as "h
looked
Whero the six stood facing the walL
The church he left, but a ship he stole.
(Of course. It was only a launch.
But I must be allowed to do It up -proud.
That ship you must swallow wholeO
Twas the biggest launch on Puget Sound,
And It took him up to Seattle;
Here ends the second of Tracy's FYTS
The third Is tho Bothell battle.
Third Fyt.
Honor to the Lincoln green!
Honor to the archer keen!
Honor to tight little John,
Honor to bold Robin Hood!
John Keats.
While Idling in the grene shaw.
One rainy July day,
Tho Sheriff's posse came, down on Tracy,
-But he fought and ran away.
Up from the bay a footpath lay,
Whilo the bushes dripped with rain;
And there was a cabin the hobos got In.
Bold Tracy of this was fain.
Ho hid him there for a chosen lair,
When a posse thero came.
And tried to surround the place they found
And surely they found their game.
For Tracy was stumped, between two stumps.
With a slough behind his back.
And Just for a Jest, he put one man to rest.
And again took up his track.
Twenty feet he Jumped down Into the slough,
And out to the road ho ran;
To a farmer he cried: "I want a ridel"
"Of course." said this aollto man.
Next down to Fremont they two rode,
And dined with lira. Van Horn;
But be couldn't control her tongue, poor soul,
Even Tracy admits the corn!
For Mrs. Van Horn told the butcher boy.
And he told Seattle city, ,
And the posse carcofast on Tracy at last.
Prepare (for them!) your pity.
For Tracy camo out, with two men round about.
And killed two honest men.
And ran away that'B twice In one day
So bo beat Robin Hood again.
Now, ballads don't toll that war Is hell.
Nor sing of the orphan child,
Nor tho Sheriff's widow, of Carllle town.
When Clym of the Clough ran wild.
The outlaw's virtue they sing Instead,
And life in the merry greenwood;
Thero Is no tear to John Keats cheer
Of "honor to Robin Hood!"
Now wo follow copy, and won't get sloppy.
Nor weep whilo Tracy shoots.
But holler "Hurrah! for tho bold outlaw,
Another of Keats galoots!"
So we'll draw It mild on the dead man's child
Of chlldrex Tracy Is fond.
And very polite to the ladles all right.
As If the ballads he conned.
That little girl at Gorrells home.
Ho chucked her under the chin, you know.
Tears of Joy we shed when tho fact we read,
For Robin Hood always did so!
Now th!3 Is the third of Tracy's FTTB,
The fourth we'll not now pen.
But wo will wait till the posse shoots straight.
And we'll all bo old folks then!
H. C. HOWE.
bo said that they are usually palatable,
can be bought cheaply and are generally
harmless, recalling in this particular the
case of the patient for whom rock and
rye was prescribed and who declared that
it did him great benefit even with the
rock candy left out.
Rheumatism appears In so many forms.
It affects or afflicts so many persons, it
Is so readily connected with weather con
ditions and the knowledge of Its causes
Is so indefinite, and on some points so
much disputed, that the provocation to
give remedies for rheumatism, is readily
understood, though this fact does not mod
erate the general conviction of acute suf
ferers from rheumatism that the reme
dies so freely offered them, constitute an
aggravation of the disease.
An Unwilling: Jnror.
A New Hampshire Judge has In his pos
session the following letter sent to him by
an old farmer who had been notified that
he had been drawn as a juror for a certain
term of court:
"DeerJedge: I got your letter tellln'
mo to come to manchesster an do dooty
on the joory and I rite you these fue lines
to let you know that you'll have to git
some one else for It ain't so that I kin
leave home now. I got to do some butch
crln' an' sort over a lot of apples Just
about the time the joory will be settln in
your Court. Si Jackman of this town says
that he would as soon as not go, fer he
ain't nothln' else to do jes now, so you
better send fer him. I hate the worst way
not to oblldge you, but it ain't so I kin at
pressent. Ennyhow I ain't much on the
law. never havln been a jooryman 'ceptln
wnen old Bud Stiles got killed by the cars
j here some years ago when I was one that
set on the boddy with the koroner. So
you better send fer SI Jackman, for he has
got some kin In manchester he wants to
vlssit ennyhow, an he'd be willin to go
j ler hla car fare there an back. Ancer
back If youwant SI."
The authorities of Baltimore County,
Maryland, furnish antitoxins to the poor
without cost.