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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1910)
The Scrap Book Heaving the Lead. The RtcHiiicr wun loaded with pig lend and wns slowly picking her wny up t lie dangerous river. The mntu huh forward, nnd as they ap proaiheU a dun geroim HHt he turned fiercely to a dtx'k band. "Why don't you heave the 1 . .. .1 t l.. - aieuu i ue ruureu. The mariner had onlv roecnt- ly embraced his profeHHion, and t(H'hnlcal expres alona were as yet a o m e w hat be yond him. "Heave the lead, Is It, your "why won't you honor? Sure! HEAVE THE LEAD?" WlllTe should I he ROAitEi). heave It?" The mate turned purple. "Over board, you fathead!" he cried. And Rtralchtwny Patrick seized one of the pigs of lead and threw It over board. The mate felt that mere words were useless at a time like this, and ho made nu effort to nave the pig iih It went over. Alas, In doliic so he overbalanced mid went, with a H)lanh, Into (he dark river. Just then the captain took n hand In the dis cussion from the bridge. "Now, then, you forward, why dou't you heave the lead?" "Please, sur, 'tis already hev," said Pat. "And how much water Is there?" ARRAI1, HE SAID, "DON'T YE BE SO IMPATIENT." Pat considered a moment. "Arrah," he said, "don't ye be bo Impatient. The mate's Just this mo ment goue to find out." Many a Slip. There's many- slip on the atony hillside Of life as we up to the summit would climb. The pathway Is narrow, the pitfalls are wide, And we can go only one step at a time. Then what wonder to many have made a nilKKtep And fallen. Let ua pause ere their sin we reheame And still the reproaches that come to the lip. For auRht that we know we might have done worse. Helen Manville. The Arm of the Law. In a certain Cnnndlun city n lady was defending an action for a large sum of money which she felt she wijs not morally ruillled to pny. When It looked as if the case would go against her she sold nil her real estate nnd put the proceeds, some $15,Immj or more. In her pockethonk which lit heij ense. ns Is the custom with some women, was her stocking. The Judgment was given ufciiliist her. and because nlie would not pay nor tell where the money was she was sent to Jail for a year. Her coun sel tried to get her released. The fol lowing conversation formed part of the proceedings: "You admit." said the Judge, "that this woman had property to the value of $ir.(Mi(ir "Yes. your honor." said the counsel. "And you admit that she sold the property and put the money lu her stocking?" "Yes. my lord." "And do you nieau to tell me that the arm of the law Is not long enough to reach It?" Proof Positive. Former Heprcseiilative Amos J. dimming of New York was once city editor of the Sun. One Saturday night It was announced that all the saloons were to be closed next day. Cummlngs called his star reporter. Murray. . .VTom." he Bald, "go out tomorrow end find out If the saloons are selling liquor." It was Thursday when Tom again appeared at his desk. "They were," he reported. Man's Ideal of Character. Every man boa at times In his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but la not. This Ideal may be high and com plete or It may be quite low and Insuf ficient, yet In all men that really seek to im Drove It is better than the netusl character. Man never alls so low that he can see nothing higher than him self. Theodore Parker. Family 8ecrets. There is a most amiable woman tn Louisville who Is noted among her friends for her habit of "saying things without thinking." Her daughter was entertaining a young man on the front porch, and the mother was standing t the fence talking to the neighbors next door. In the yard of the latter was a baby a little over a year old, ud It was trying to walk. "You shouldn't let It walk bo young," advised the thoughtless matron. "Walt nntil It's n little older. I let my daughter watlfwhen she was about that age, and It made her awfully bow legged." The young man began to talk euer fttoally about the weather. 5 Sip A FAMOUS HIGHWAY. The "Old Turtle Trace" Thai Ltd From the Colonies to the West One of the most famous L.jb ways in America is tho "Old lurtle Trace" through the valleys and the hills of the lower Appalachians, over which the early pioneers made their way from tho colonies to the wild? of .Tennessee, Kentucky and the fcrcat west. Its usefulness long since having ceased, it has beeD abandoned with a ruthlcssness that causes something akin la pain in the hearts of people who love old things of a historical nature. It is doubtful if at this Into day the course of the "Old Turtle Trace" can be accurately defined. I have frequently heard it remarked in east Tennessee, and twice in north ern Alabama has an old roadbed been pointed out to me as the course or that historic highway, l'resuma bly it passed over the Cumberland plateau, and a few miles from Tracy City, Tcnn., it is most plainly mark ed. Its course can bo followed easi ly, though the roadbed is now filled with the accumulation of years and tho way barred by giant trees that have fallen crosswise or young tree? that have taken root and flourished in tho path of tho rocking chaise of a century ago. Obviously the name "Turtlt Trace" was bestowed by tho In dians. Local tradition says that tin predecessors of tho Btape were the Indians of tho Turtle clan, who led their war parties to the westward over this trail. Another and quite as well founded tradition is thai a turtle's shell was the symbol oi the stage line that traversed the routo in tho early days, a rather hu morous play on the speed witl which the lino used to deliver itf fares to the western terminal. A) any rate, the "Old Turtle Trace' played no small part in tho earh development of our west and is 1 be considered one of the really his toric roads of America. It is a ven slight test of the imagination U stand by tho side of the deep Bca: in the beautiful face of the Cumber land plateau and see the old chaist rocking along through the after noon ehadows. Ono can almost sec Jefferson, Johnson, Webster and other notables of their timo stcj therefrom, stretch their legs, cramp ed from travel, and take a refresh ing pinch from their gold snuff boxes. Not a man is now alive win remembers the old days of travel ou the Turtle Trace, but doubtlc? most of the men of tho early pari of tho last century who figured ir, our country's formative pcrio.l bowled back and forth over thi road on their mission of histor; making. National Monthly. Long Distance Horseback Riding. Ono of the "lost remarkable ac complishments in long distance horseback riding was in the carh part of the last century when Squirt Obaldistone, at Newmarket, Eng land, on a wager of $5,000, was I" ride 200 miles within ten hours. The horses were changed at the end of the four mile circuit, some of them being ridden two of three times, and ono, Franby, was brought out for a fourth mount. Tho squire had to mount and remount cacl horse from the ground, not u.sing r mounting block, so S ing time ant taking more strain. In spite of thi and the ground not being in goo? condition, the 200 miles were cov cred in eight hour3 and thirty-nine minutes. About thirty horses wen ridden. . Cat's Sense of Locality. A kitten about six months old was taken to a house a few miles distant from its birthplace, confined in a room and tenderly cared foi during a week nnd then set at lib erty. It was supposed to have be come habituated to its new Bur roundings, but'it returned to its old home on tho day of its release. Tho sense of locality and direc tion was exhibited etill more strik ingly by an old tomcat which waf stolen and carried a distance of twenty miles, confined in a bag. The cat was imprisoned, but made iU escape and in a few days reappear ed in a pitiable state at tho home of its former master, which was sep arated from that of the thief by t high wooded cliff. Scientific Amer ican . Charles Reade's Method of Work. Reade's literary work was, Sii Robert Anderson remarks, a rare; combination of genius and plodding. A brass scuttle which stood by the fireplace held the illustrated am? other ' papers which reached him wcok by week. From these ho cull ed anything that took his fancy, and tho cuttings were thrown into a companion scuttle, to be afterward inserted in scrap books and daily in dcxed. Materials ior his novels and plays were thus, supplied or Bug' gested. The accuracy of his dc scriptions of events and places war phenomenal. cstminater Gazette NELSON MAY MEETTARTAR Lightweight Champion to Tackle Tough Nut In Wolgast. . i BOUT A 600D BETTING ONE. On Dope Wolgait Has Chance to Cop the Title Recent Reports About Nelson's Poor Condition Not Verified. Bout Good Betting One. By TOMMY CLARK. If the followers of pugilism were te take seriously the many reports thai have been sent out about the poor con dltlon of Bat Nelson, the Itehtweieht champion, they would think that Hit aurauie Dane was on bis last legs and would be an easy mark for any good third rater. But such Is not the cuse. however, and the man with the rubber neck and the Iron Jaw Is at the present Just as good as he ever was. Itecent reports were sent out that the bard training for nast contests hud sapped his vitality and that his breathing apparatus was causing hint considerable unemslness. Besides, II was said that be was growing tlenf, While hard training ofTects all atb letes in the course of time. Nelson li probably an exception to the rule Since he began his pugilistic career h has always taken the best of enre oi nimseir. has never dissipated and hut lived cleanly. In fact. Nelson has real ly never had to train as hard ns nioM pugilists and takes on very little weignt wuen not preparing for a con test. In regard to losing his hearing. Nelson snld recently In Memphis. Tenn., that any apparent Increase In deafness was due to the peculiar ell mate In the south at this time of year, which physicians say will aggravate ear ailments or catarrhal affections of any kind. Id his recent fight with Eddie Lange In Memphis, Nelson showed good form considering the fact that be did no training for the battle. Of course Lange Is only a fifth rater, but never theless It gave the fight dopesters a splendid chance to see whether the Dane was on the toboggan or not Nelson Just toyed with Lange through out the contest." and In the Inst round hung a sleep producer on the latter' Jaw. Nelson's next scrap will be a forty five round bout with Ad Wolgnst. "the Milwaukee Whirlwind." In Los An gles on Feb. 22 In the latter the AD WOIiOAST, NELSON'S NEXT OPPONENT. durable Dane will meet a tough one. In fact, In many quarters Wolgast Is picked to put the finishing touches on the Battler. Wolgast Is a walloper from Wollopcrvllle and has a puuch with tho force of a mule's kick be hind it In many quarters It Is figured by the adherents of Wolgast that Nelson Is losing much of his power and can not go on forever. They also think that the turning point will come soon and when the Battler meets an oppo nent of the strength and skill of Wol gast he will meet his master. Wolgast's followers are basing their claims on the fact that the latter dis posed of Lew Towel L one of the best boys California has produced la years, by the knockout route recently. They are also figuring on Wolgast's show ing In a ten round bout with Nelson In Los Angeles several months ago, In which be clearly outclassed the light weight champion In point of ring sci ence. It was this affair which convinced Wolgast that he could defeat Nelson lu a longer battle. When Nelson fought Wolgast the Battler was In poor shape and had practically no training. Besides, ten round affairs are not to his liking, the forty-five round route being his pet distance Wolgast's recent poor showing against Georgo Memslc, a second rater, was anything like that of a conilug champion. Memslc more than held his own. and, although Wol gast received tho decision, tho battle should have been called a draw. The Nelson-Wolgast fight will no doubt be n big letting bout, for there are a bunch of fans who think that the Dane cannot beat this youngster Tho Battler says himself that Wolgast Is one of the best boys he has evel mat. 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