THE AURORA OBSERVER, AURORA, OREGON
FLOYD G IBBO N S
SLAVE BADGES AN
EXPENSE IN 1834,
OLD LAWS REVEiAL
8 0 ,0 0 0 IN W IL D
LOVERS* LA D D E R S
RACE
In the Dolomites in Italy it is still
The largest and wildest foot race
ever run took place'in the diamond the custom for a youth to set a lad­
fields of Lichtenburg, South Africa, der to a girl’s window, mount it, tap,
in 1927, when more than 80,000 pros­ and talk with her—an ancient cus­
A study of Charleston’s tax laws pectors, at a given signal, dashed to tom which Shakespeare utilized in
shows that although Charlestonians stake out claims.—Collier’s.
“ Romeo and Juliet.”
in 1834 did not have to buy auto
tags noT pay a gasoline tax, other
means were employed by the tax
gatherers to get their money. One
of these was the sale of slave
badges.
Badges or licenses for slaves had
to be purchased from the city treas­
“ The Ghost of the Piano”
urer in January for the ensuing
By FLOYD GIBBONS
year and the penalty for hiring out
ALKALIZE YOUR STOMACH THIS WAY
Famous Headline Hunter.
slaves without badges was $20.
The
rates
for
slave
badges
were
O U know , b oy s and girls, every tim e I make up my mind that
there are no such things as ghosts, som ebody com es along with a published in “ A Digest of the Ordi­
nances of the City Council of
story that makes me ju st a bit doubtful.
Charleston from the Year 1783 to
Alkalizes
N o w it’s R ichard B ouker w h o throw s the m onkey w rench into October, 1844, to which are Annexed
m y supernatural m usings. L e t’ s g o along w ith D ick and see what the Acts of the Legislature which
Disturbed Stomach
Relate Exclusively to the City of
happened to him that w et D ecem ber night in 1932.
Almost Instantly
Dick was a member of thé CCC—Civilian Conservation corps, camp 267, Charleston,” prepared under resolu­
tion of city council by George B.
located at Speedwell, Tenn., when he had the greatest thrill of his life. He had
Eckard. Some of the rates were as
been in town, 15 miles from camp, and had missed the camp truck and was
follow s:
faced with the necessity of walking the long, weary miles back to camp.
Handicraft tradesmen, $7; carter,
Now Dick says that taking a long hike with the stiff shoes the gov­
OU can relieve even the their stomach alkalized — are
trayman, porter-or day laborer, $4 ;
ernment issues to the workers is not so hot. But he had limped along
most annoying symptoms of finding this out.
fishermen, $4; fisherwomen, $2;
about five miles of his way before things began to get serious. It was
acid
stomach in almost as little
Try it. Get a bottle of the
house
servants
or
washerwomen,
long after sundown and he was hungry, tired and sleepy and the
timenow as it takes to tell.
liquid Phillips’ for home use.
$2; seller of fruits, cake or “ any
dreary prospect of ten long, weary miles over the sloping hills of
The answer is simple. You Only 25¿ for a big box of Phil­
article not prohibited,” $5.
northeastern Tennessee was pretty discouraging.
alkalize
your stomach almost lips’ Tablets to carry with you.
Slaves
who
wore
badges
which
did
Then it began to rain. Big drops fell at first, but before Dick had gone
Watch out that any bottle or
instantly this way:
another half mile it came down in sheets. He looked around him for shelter. not belong to them or which did not
box you accept is clearly marked
Take
—
2
teaspoonfuls
of
specify
the
particular
nature
of
their
No friendly lights glimmered through the rain in this desolate stretch of coun­
“ Phillips' Milk of Magnesia.”
Phillips’
Milk
of
Magnesia
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try, but a little off the road Dick stumbled onto a deserted cabin and, pushing employment were to be committed
minutes
after
meals.
OR-take
to
the
workhouse
and
subject
to
upon the sagging door, he went inside.
2 Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia
such corporal punishment as the
The Storm Almost Came In With Dick.
Tablets, the exact equivalent.
mayor directed unless the owner
SIGNS WHICH OFTEN
That’s all you do! Relief comes
Dick says he just made the cabin in time because as he stepped inside, the paid $2 fine.—New York Times.
INDICATE “ ACID STOMACH”
storm broke in all its fury. A crash o f thunder startled him with its ear-split­
in a few minutes. Your stomach
is alkalized—soothed. Nausea,
ting suddenness and the flash of lightning that followed seemed to come right
PAIN AFTER EATING
SLEEPLESSNESS
Dr. Piercers Pellets are best for liver,
and upset distress quickly dis­
into the dust-ridden cabin after him.
FEELING OF WEAKNESS INDIGESTION
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for
appear . . . It’s amazing.
NAUSEA
MOUTH ACIDITY
But, at least, he had shelter and he started to look around him as
a laxative-—three for a cathartic.—Adv.
LOSS OF APPETITE
SOUR STOMACH
well as he could. The cabin, though obviously deserted for years, still
Results come so fast because
FREQUENT HEADACHES
held some signs of human habitation. As he groped through the dark­
Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia is a
F in d A n c ie n t T r e e s
potent natural alkalizer. Every­
ness, he bumped into a large piece of furniture that seemed to take up
Trees believed to have been buried
where people — urged to keep
most of the room. He explored it with his hands and to his surprise
by
dust storms thousands of years
found it to be—of all things— a grand pianol
»
In the flashes o f lightning, Dick could see that the instrument was in a ago have been found by workers near
sorry condition. The ivory tops o f the keys had long since disappeared, but Des Moines, Iowa.
otherwise it stood there like a silent sentinel guarding the spirit of that de­
parted artistic soul who had brought such a fine instrument into this desolate
country.
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But Dick was not in a mood to conjecture abotit what happened to the
owner of the piano. His ideas were more practical. The roof was leaking
DAD CIVES A i M
Strange, Eerie Music Came From the Old Piano.
steadily and the wide spread of the grand piano made an excellent cover for
his tired body. He climbed under it and, exhausted as he was, was soon fast
asleep.
Sleep! W hat a panacea for all our Ills! Outside the storm howled,
the rain beat a ceaseless tattoo against the grimy window panes, the
wind shrieked through the trees and the thunder and lightning roared
and flashed, as though furious at the loss of their human victim.
How long Dick slept he does not know, but he does know that the thing
that awakened him was not a part of the storm. He opened his eyes slowly to
the sound of strange, eerie music coming from the old piano!
Maybe It Was Pretty—but HeJWasn’t in the Mood.
Well, there’s nothing that should frighten anyone in the sound of a giano
and yet, as he lay there trying to pierce the darkness with his eyes, Dick says
he could feel the hair on the back of his neck actually rise in horror* At first
he thought he was dreaming, but the music—if you could call it that—was real.
For the life of him, Dick can’t explain why he -knew no living per­
son was before that keyboard. But he says he did know it. He wanted
to reach out and feel the feet that should be near the pedals. But he
was afraid of what he might not find!
He lay there breathlessly instead—waiting for a lightning flash to prove—
what he already knew. The lightning flash came and Dick's worst fears were
realized.
He was alone in the room.
Curiosity Conquers Over Ghostly Fear.
And yet the music went on. It sounded, Dick says, as though a little child
were practicing. Curiosity overcame his fear. He drew a lone match out of
his pocket and struck it. As the'tiny flaihe lit up the dim shadows the music
suddenly ceased. The match flickered so in his shaking hands that it was hard
to see but, even in that poor light, he saw something that made him drop the
match in sudden terror.
A pair of eyes—:a few feet from his face— stared fixedly at hi ml
W ham! Dick went out that rickety door like a bat out of Hades!
He forgot all about his sore feet and the rain and the storm and every­
thing. All he wanted was camp and the company of something human.
Came the morning and a group of CCC workers to investigate the Ghost of
the Piano. They were hard boiled in the bright sunshine and, by golly, they
brought the ghost right back with them !
Yes, sir, that ghost me-owed when they found her so they brought her
back to camp and made her the mascot and you just ought to see that ghost
punish a dish of cream.
And that, boys and girls, is the story of how the ‘‘Ghost of the Piano”
became another version of the “ Kitten on the Keys.”
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