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THE RALEIGH HERALD Alderson Students Camp on Keeney's Knob Allegheny Collegiate Institute Boys on Recent May Day's Outing in the Mountains. We, the boarding boys of the ghany Collegiate Institute, Alderson, W. organized ourselves for camp- I ing parties early in the session. We had visions of two or three days trip to some of the surrounding moun- tain summits, but until the month of May our trips were limited to only a I' day's outing, on which we got a t'ore- taste of what we might experience on a more extended trip. About the first of May we began to nlan more definitely.

The Flag Pole on Keeney's Knob was agreed upon as the site for our next camp. We Selected our cooks, wood choppers, water carriers, and appointed a committee to raise funds necessary to enable us to Ijprovide an abundant supply of good things to eat. This committee did their work faithfully. It was supplemented the thoughtful arrangements made the climb just before we reached the the hardest. One of our scrib es, not a large boy either, had to carry three skillets, a basket and two blankets up this rough and almost perpendicular ascent.

At three minutes after six o'clock we stood at Flag Pole Station, 3,940 'feet above the level, and 2,384 feet above the sea level on which we stood only five hours before. We soon located the famous Elliber spring, near the very summit, and by it pitched our camp. A roaring fire and the scent of ham, eggs and coffee, soon made us realize that our ravenous appetites could be indulged. I don't believe we were ever so hungry or that we ever enjoyed supper so much in our lives. We all agreed that it was the best supper we ever ate and probably the largest, for we were Hungry as bears.

The camp fire, jokes, songs, and tricks, and a royal good time, such as no other people in the world can enter into so heartily as a band of school boys free from every rule and restrie tion, made up the program until about eleven o'clock. IbyMrs Harris, the school matron. At The 'g ht divided into four noon May 6th we were allowed to free I watches with three men on duty for four minds from the burden of our stud- i each watch Heaps of leaves were collies, and we took upon our shoulders lected We wrapped ourselves (what proved to be an even greater bur- jin our blankets and some of us were Iden-our camping outfit and supplies. soon asleep. The first watch was quiet (The day was very warm.

Soon after and peaceful but the other three were Iwe began our ascent some of the com-, mixed with laughter and tricks. When behind. But fre- some us We found our feet tqueht rests kept up their courage until labout four o'clock, at which time we at Clay Pinch. At that point iwe were marching over a famous In- idian trail leading from Muddy Creek fsettlement to Green Sulphur Springs. An act of savage cruelty makes Clay IPinch memorable.

In the early history this part of the state, a white settle- Iment on Muddy Creek, Greenbrier "county, was attacked by the Indians. The settlers were all murdered except i woman and her infant child. The In- were carrying them captive along his trail. When came to Clay IPinch the woman escaped from their One of the Indians caught the phild by the heels and struck it against i tree thinking that its cries would its mother to come to its relief. She failed to come.

They knocked its brains out against a tree and moved on. marched over the log in which woman was concealed. After they passed she went back to Muddy Creek ettlement, built a rail fence around murdered husband and made her back to the fort at what is now fewisburg. At Clay Pinch our camping party dis- huted for a while. Some voted to pitch lamp, others voted to go on to Flag Pole Fernando Sabourin, our Cuban nember, declared the American boys Ivere crazy.

Other complaints were lieard but on we went. The part of were tied securely 'to the tree and others found themselves in various predicaments. At o'clock the entire camp was aroused to see Halley's comet, but clouds hid it from view. We ate breakfast at 6 o'clock. At eight we started on our homeward jour- neyv We stoppedHear Clay Pinch on our return, played a game of base ball and were in the full enjoyment of our noonday meal when it began to rain.

A frame tent was hastily constructed and covered with blankets, but they leaked. Finally we broke camp and after a long muddy march arrived at Alderson and the A. C. I. Though we suffered some hardships yet all declare that we had a royal good time, and some of forwaTofTb the time when we shall camp on this grand old mountain for several days at a time and experience to even greater degree the genuine delight of camping in the mountain, sleeping under the bare sky, drinking the sparkling mountain water, and eating when we have appetites that cannot be satisfied.

A. C. I. Camping Party. GATHERING OPIUM.

How and Julct gf Poppy Plant Art Procured. Opium growing Is sort of garden cultivation, the poppy plants being grown In little squares or buds Intersected gy-tluy water channels for Irrl gatlou wherever this is possible. The growth of the plauts is carefully tended, and at length the time comes when they burst out into flower, aud the fields look like a sheet of silver as white petals of the flowers glisten In the morning dew. These beautiful petals are the first produce of the crop, for the women and children of the cultivators' families come forth and pick them off one by one and carefully dry them, so thai they may serve afterward as the covering of the manufactured cakes of opium. Then the poppies, with their bare capsule heads, remain standing In the open field until It is considered that they are ripe for lancing.

The cultivators then come forth lu the DENTED DI3NITY. Thi Ceok'i Familiarity With tain Wat III Timed. Enos Sllsbec and Ktlmii Knight rauif from tho siime lit lit- town on i-onsi oi Maine AS boys ihey bud up together, utid now us HUM tuey were stilling tujierhrrmrtlie same nilrts, they go through the snow covered woodlands across the white mountain seliwner. Klliiin was captain, and Unos was the cook Tlu'lr position might well have reversed, for Ethan was better with Hie skillet than tfnos. and Enos knew as much about navigation as his friend Still, ihey maintained ihcir respective plnees.

and neither i tumuli! of shift isually ou board the Maria then was little formality between the cap lain and ine crew. In port, however, and on certain occasions it was though! i'1'ssnry lo maintain the dignity ot office. One day a naval officer came OD board on some business. Captain Knight rei-elved him in his best man- evening, and with an Implement not ner. tl.anKn^ his stars thar he happen c.

fljl rn y.n til. unlike the knives of a cupping Instrument they scarify the capsule ou its sidesr-with deep incisions, so that the juice may exude. In the early morning the cultivators reappear with a scraping knife and their" earthenware pots, and they scrape off the exuded juice and collect It in their pots. And this is crude Magazine. A BALKY MULE.

Metaphysicians say that life beyond the grave has been proved by mediums. Other people who have attended seances say they are assured there was life behind a convenient curtain from which hinds and things emerged at Remedies Were Applied, and He Moved Just a Little Bit. "Yessuh." said the negro through the borrowed telephone. He stood on one foot in the drug store and talked in tils natural voice, which made the bottles jingle on the shelves. The numerous people iu the 'store heard all he said as a natural --bw- not hear the conversation at the ther end.

They deduced, however, from the negro's remarks that he was Hiking with his boss nnd that he was teamster liy profession. "Yessuh." he said. "I tried dat." De ma-an wlf the plug hat be tried dat." "No. sub. De tua-au ain't much hunt.

His uose bit's busted." "Yessuh. I doue dat." "No. sun. De I'll' boy he am' hubt none jolted." "Yessuh. De schoolteacheh.

Hit to' his close up some." "Fire? Yessuh. Not much; no, sun. He moved a little bit. yessuh." "Yessuh. One o' de wheels was burnt a Httle." "Two o' de Well, sub.

de wagin hit bubned up. No, Buh. Dey ain' nuffln' lef." "De muel? Yessuh." "He's dab News. to Have uls good i-oat on when the officer arrived unexpectedly. In the midst of their Interview iu the captain's cabin Enos, apron tied uelaind.

as was his wont when uoi very busy, poked his beiitl in at the door. "Ethan," he said. "Where's the saucepan Captain Knight frowned, and the officer looked at once surprised aud indifferent. "Your conduct Is amazing, sir," the captain said in his most dignified man tier. "Your saucepan must be where you left it." "You had It last." protested Enos.

"You said you cuuld But the captain slummed the Youth's Companion. INVADING A MOSQUE. The Correct Answer. Once more the question is being discussed: Should a soldier marry? The answer depends entirely upon how much money she has. A soldier hasn't any and needs delphia Inquirer.

much. Phila- It 'Isn't Have you ever heard a child say when it has been punished that "It isn't fair?" You may think nothing of it at the time, but the child does not forget, and sometimes, even years after, the thought of the injustice may still rankle in his mind. Roughshod Methods of Sighlueei-s en Turkey. Albert Bigelow Paine -mys lu describing a visit to a Constantinople uiosque: "Some kind of ceremony was iu progress when we arrived: but, as usual in such places, we did not iniud We went right in just the-sauie, aud- our guides, too, aud we talked aud pointed and did what we could to break up the services. Old turbaned sons of the prophet were kneeling and bowing and praying here and there and were a good deal in the way.

Sometimes we fell over them, but we were charitably disposed and did not kick least 1 didn't, and I don't think any of the party did. We might kick a at him, I uieau we tripped over one. but we do not kick a a live one. We only take his picture and step on him and muss him up nnd make a few notes and go. "1 have been wondering what would happen to a party of for broke into an American church during services, with guides to point and explulu, and stared SKEEINGJNJTHE ALPS.

Sport on Ordtr of "Follow Your Leader." The skcelnjf clubs form one of Ihe most picturesque sights to be seen in tup Alps lu whiter. With their bright colored blanket suits, tusseled caps ur slopes usually In single perhaps fifty sliding along after the leader In true Norwegian fashion. Indeed. It is a varloiy of the old game of "follow your lender." for what he does the others are expected to do. So if he conies to ledge and jumps off all are supposed to leap.

But jumping with the skees is so easy as it looks, and the end is often burial In the snow bank, for unless one is very sure of his footing the long, narrow wooden slnts will twist or turn without warning, and over you go. With the 1 skee one can go over hard snow at a very rapid rate, but when he strikes a patch of the newly fallen snow it is a case of slow to be sure, for any minute the bottom may sink away with him. But It is healthful as well as invigorating, nnd the women have found that they need not look awkward even In this form of outdoor dress, with a ribbon here and a tnssel there anil some even adorning their, Nicholas. i HE TOOK THE CASE. The Lawyer Said He Would Attend to It, and He Did.

A Washington attorney is rather noted for the facility with which he forgets financial obligations. He has owed a certain grocer $8 for a year or two. The other day the merchant con- eluded to try a new course, with him. SPRING RUSH OF THE RICH TO EUROPE Sevtn With Pleaiure Seekers Leave New York in One Day. The tide of wealth and fashion from this country to Europe reached its spring Hood last week when a fleet of seven outgoing liners carried 2,695 persons bound for the pleasure cities and resorts of Great Britain and the continent.

The rush Europeward, it seems, has never been more general among the people of means and leisure than this year. Not only did the number of passengers sailing constitute the record for a single day, but on other recentsailing days the passenger lists of the liners have been of unusual length, and the outward tide of travel promises to continue unusually late. The summer season in Europe holds out unusual attractions in aviation meets and other amusements. The aggregate wealth represented.on the steamers leaving port was tremendous. Many millions of dollars will be left on the other side by the outgoing travelers of the spring season, when people of wealth' generally elect to go abroad.

The Celtic for Liverpool took numerous notables, prominent among whom was William Jennings Bryan who left attend a missionary conference to be held in Edinburg, Scotland. Meeting him In his store, he said: "Judge, 1 have a customer who owes me a small bill and has owed It long time. He makes plenty of money, but won't pay. What would you do?" "I'd sue him." said the lawyer em plmticnlly. "Well, 1 will put the account in your hands." And the merchant present I -a statement of the-nccount.

agirlnstrtlie lawyer himself. "All right. I will attend to It," said the disciple of Blackstorie. A few days later the merchant celved the following note from the lawyer: "In the case of versus I took judgment for the full amount of your claim. Execution was Issued aud returned 'no property My fee for obtaining judgment Is $10, for which amount please send check.

Will be glad to serve you In any other matters in which you may need an Star. at the people who were saying their prayers and stalked over them as if they were wax figures. All American congregation wouIdTTe aniiiiyed by a mob like that and would remove it and put-lt-iu-tl)e en An Impostor. "Mebbe you'd like to put a piece about me In yer paper," quavered the old man. hobbling up to the city editor's desk.

"What have you doue?" demanded the arbiter of publicity's destiny. "Nothln' much, but I was a hundred years "A hundred, eh? But can you walk Hut, then, "'li-hmit a stick nnd read fine-print such things wouldn't happen In America. We have cowed our foreign visitors. Besides, there Is nothing lu nu American church that a foreigner would care to without glasses?" "N-no." "You are an Impostor!" The old man broke down and confessed be was only Cleveland Leader. A Curious Rooster.

A Cairo, Ritchie county, woman, Mrs. Viola Marshall, has a rooster smong her flock of chickens which lays an egg regularly every day. She bought this rooster under the impression that it was a hen, but soon discovered a handsome comb and wattles, and spurs an inch and a half in length. Now this rooster egg layer can crow just like any other good, respectable "chanticler" should crow, and in ever" actions and voice, is a perfectly formed gentleman how are you going to account for the egg every day? The Ritchie county papers which contain lengthy desertations on the peculiarities of this hen gentleman, 'declare that it is no nature fake or fish story, and that Mrs. Marshall has this freak among the feathered tribe at her home for inspection by anyone who may be inclined to treat the story with skepticism.

Rich Mexican State. The state of has long been known as one of the richest in the republic of Mexico In agriculture and mining. Minute Screws. The smallest screws are those in walch factories. An ordinary thitnT" ble would hold 100,000 of them.

True Wit. Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ, and the difference of things which are de Stiel. SPECIAL SALE IN ORDER TO CONVERT GOODS INTO MONEY QUICKLY, WE OFFER A BIG REDUCTION IN PRICES This big reduction includes every line in the more than 10.000 yards of Piece Goods. AT FIRST COST This is your Opportunity to Save Money. Come to this Sale.

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