= ""| DAILY REFLECTOR.* Stbscription 25 cents per Month.Enterea as second-class mail matter.rEVEE: APTEENOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY)~ Itis said that Marion Butlergoing to take a law course ats summer law school at thesity this summer. If ever was aman who need-take several courses, it is theid individual. Heocould learnoa8 many things profitably asMost any man in the Staie.There never has been a time_ when there was more trickeryia politics than he nas had dar-- ing the past two years.: """EEGrand Jury After Judge._ As stated in the Wilmington| Meseenger, Judge W. BR Norwood,a fosionist who was elected at thelast election, wasgloriously drank_ when he turned up at Lumberton| Monday to hold cvurt_ Yesterday several gentiemenwho have friends in Robeson re- eeiyed letters, giving particulars_ of this oHonorTs� jag and the sub-. ~Bequent actiou of the grand jury,| ~When the judge came in Mon-day he was tight; by the timecourt should have convened| otight� was not a proper word to_ express bis condition, odrupk�_ was theonly word that would do.' Bo all day long the judge lay inhis room at the hotel while thekb and solicitor were idlethe witnesses, who had assem-bled, drew their pay from the| t night Judge NorwoodAll thatwatson tbe hunds of his friends,efTHE HORSE HUE.Something of Its ComparativelyShort But Interesting History.A horse was ridden long before hewas shod,and until it was learnedbow to put shoes upon bim his great-est usefulness was not achieved. Itis cause for commert, says theHorseman, that the ancients did notreally learn to shoe him long beforethey did. They did put coveringsu the feet of animals used fordraughtor burden. These coveringswere made of leatber, and evenplaited shoes of hemp were put uponmules, which, by the way, wereoftener ridden in olden times thanherses were. By and by these weremade of metal, not as the animal'sfoot is faced with iron to-day, but ametal shoe was made into which thehorseTs foot was placed. The mules| that drew Nero's chariot were shodwith silver shoes, while those for hiswifeTs o~turnout� were of gold. Theshape thereof ~~deponent saith not.�An old historian tells us that a peo-ple living in Asia used to draw socksover the feet of the horses when thesnow lay deep upon the ground, andway off in Kamtchatka they coverthe feetof the dogrs in the same way.Tt seems as if all ancient shoes wereput upon the horse and held thereby some sort of lacing or strapping.War borses were not shod in anyway, for Alexander once is said tohave marched until the feet of hishorses were broken, while in anotherexpedition of ancient days the ~~cav-alry was left behind because thehoofs of the borses were in bad con-dition.�The nearest thing we find to thehorseshoe of to-day was found inthegrave of an old king of France whodied in 481. There were four nailboles in the shoe, and this is the firstmention of nailing on a shoe. Itmight be well to notice just here thefact that the horseshoe ~~kept evilspirits away� even as long ago as inthe days of this old king, fifteen hun-dred years ago, and was doubtless| placed on his grave for this purpose.A writer in the Philadelphia Timessays: o~The superstition that asso-_| clates the horseshoe with luck is verythe court wasmorning there wasthe Judge, and theof the court roomuryit at least would do someThe first business was toNorwood for drunkstill the J isand no court isNews and Observer.old, and prevails all through Europeand in southern Asia. Nobody canseem to settle whether it is the ironof which it is made or its shape thatbrings good luck. The ancients be-lieved that fron had wonderful pow-ers, and when Arabs are overtakenby great storms they cry: ~Ipon!Iron! which they do to propitiatethe evil spirits in charge of thestorm. * * * As to its shapeacrescent was a form much favoredtombs in this shape, and so do theMoor� It was liuekw to have aseamanae i ae ir.possesses:of iron, it is the shape of a crescent,it has been worn by a horse.�we find them gilded and berib-in ~~my ladyTs parlor� andrusty and red above the stable door,and all for the sake of the pbantomoluck,� or to drive away the ~~spir-its� of our own invention. A shoefor ~~luck� should never be bung upwith the open end down, becausethen the ~~luck will run out.�In the ninth century they beganto shoe horses, but, strange to say,only in timeof frost. King WilliamL. introduced borseshoeing into Eng-land, and six horseshoes are on thecoat of arms of the descendants ofthe man to whom he gave vastestates for caring for his horses inthis way. Noimprovement bas beenmade in horseshoes for years. Bet-ter iron bas been used and betteroails, but no change has come inshape or manner of putting them on.~~Horseshoes made of? Made ofborsesboe iron. A better class ofiron than is used for other things,and is often made of old horseshoesmelted down. Good nails? Yes. theStandard and the Ausable are whatwe like. Size? ThereTs a quarterof an inch in difference. That?ThatTs a muleTs shoe. Mr. Mule hasa narrower and smaller foot than ahorse. Everybody knowsthat. Cuttheir toe nails? Yes, every time wesboe ~em. A man that owns a goodhorse donTt trust much to a roadsideblacksmith. He ought to have hisown shoer, just as he has bis ownbarber. And thatTs the way ~biggunsT do with boss horses. I like toshoe the same horse rather than shoeafter some one else. We fellowsnever shoe just exactly alike, andwhen I get a horse trimmed I like tokeep him.WHERE THEY SLEEP.The Pretty Bedrooms of fFomeVery Famous Women.Queen VictoriaTs Simple Sleeping Apart-ments"Lillian KRusselfs Pink SwashellRoom and Mrs. Van Hensselaer Crac-gers White Swan HedQueen Victoria is said to be veryparticular about her bed, but herbedroom is a very simple, unpre-tentious one. The heavy bed, withits canopied top and curtains forkeeping all draughts from the royulsleeper, several chairs, a thick warmrug. a great table of carved mahog-any, some pictures, includinga portrait of Prince Albert, com-plete the apartment in Buckinghamin which hef majesty slum-bers. Nothing to compare with thebedchambers of many Americanwomen. Lillian Russell, forinstance,queen.of comic opera, rejoices in oneapartment which suggests a greatpearly pink seashell Qer littlesingie bea is OF Crass, OUT Inisid anacovered with mother-of-pearl. Thedraperies are of white silk boltingcloth, painted in morning-gloriesand lined with palest pink satin.Soft white lace over pink satinforms the covering for the bed andfor the hard, round bolster, and fallson both sides almost to the whitevelvet carpet. The dressing-tableis of pink enamel inlaid with wreathsand cupids of mother-of-pearl. Theoval-shaped mirror is framed inwreath of porcelain morning-glories.The hand mirrors, brushes and toi-let belongings are of mother-of-pearl, set with jeweled monograms.The crowning giory of Mrs. Rens-selaer CrugerTs (Julian Gordon)room is the bed, which is a repre-sentation of a swan. Each featheris exquisitely carved in white en-ameled wood. A canopy of whitesilk falls from the tall, slender neck.The coverlid and pillows are of whitesatin, ruffied with filmy lace. Walls,carpets and hangings of this exquis-ite room are of dull pink. The dress-ing table, with its quaint chair, theframing of the tall cheval glass andthe carved woodwork of the colonialmantel-picce are of glistening whiteenameled wood. A few choice water-colors and some bits of rose-fleckedchina give a homelike look to theroom.Mrs. Burton Harrison, anotberwoman who is at orce a social and aliterary queen, has her bedroomfurnished with the old mahoganyfurniture in which her great-grand-mother delighted. The roomy oldbed would make two of any modernacreation, and the four tall carvedposts reach almost to the ceiling.By the bed stand carved steps,which used to be necessary to suc-cess in reaching the soft embracesof the feather bed. A tail chest ofdrawers surmounted by a smalilooking-giass, some quaint old spin-dle-back chairs and pictures a hun-dred years old and more completethis quaint room.Over Mrs Frank LeslieTs singlebrass bedstead havgs a crucifix ofivory, which is a work of art in itsmatchless carving. A ruy of softsilky Persian weave covers the floorof the tiny apartment, and a singlechair completes the furnishings.The toilet-table and all of its be-longings are in the little dressing-room which opens off from _ the bed-room proper. On certain anniver-saries the dainty brass bed presentsasomber appearance, for it is drapedin black; the sheets, down coverlidsand pillows are all covered with silkof inky blackness."Chicago Post.And Then He Went Home.ooMr. Stalate,�T she murmured, ~~doyou remember when in 1894 we satup to watch the new year in?�**Yes,� he replied, rapturously.**Well"don't you"donTt you"�**DonTt I what?�oDonTt you think we are begin-ningratherear'y ~his year?� =