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$1.00 a ycarin advance. VOL. VI. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1894. NO. 22. The Tyrol Landtag has put a fine On the sale of edelwoiss plants -with roots, in order to prevent the destruc tion of the plant. The law is not ap plied to some parts of Tyrol, Buoh as Enneberg, where the plant grows in such profusion that it might be mowed, and there is no fear of its disappearance. - An American gentleman has sent t ord Dunraven a calculation that the average speed of the three races sailed pj Valkyrie and Vigilant last year for the America Cup was 8.313 knots per tour, and that the average speed of (the seventeen Britannia-Vigilant races was 8.317 knots an hour. The London Field adds that the figures show a re park able instance of the even average performance and speed ef these yachts. ' ' v 111 sr.1 One needs only to turn to the red fords of the Pension Office in Washinar- ton to realize how rapidly the ". men who fought in the Union Army thirty years ag are passing away. The latest Report of the Commissioner of Pensions shows that the number of applications for pensions has fallen from 363,799 in 1891 to 40,148 in 1894, while about 37,000 were dropped from the rolls during the last fiscal year because of death. The assassination of President Car pot has made the fortune of the hard ware dealer in Cette, where Caserio jought the knife with which he com- litted his crime. The man's name is hiillaume. Since the origin of the tnife became known, ; no day baa passed without Guillaume's receiving jrders for the "Carnot ooiernard. ulllvok) ufuufs come not oniy irom France, but also from foreign coun tries, in such numbers that the dealei (cannot fill them. One house in Brus sels alone ordered 300. ni.. J ' A . m ' - Women are certainly driving men from many fields, notes the New York Tribune, In. the town oi Fieber- brann, near Innsbruck, Tyrol, a few weeks ago, there was a wrestling match for women. Six representa tives of the fairer sex showed theii (strength and agility before 40G spectators, who cheered the victors lustily. It was a disgusting exhibi tion. A visitor, in describing thi struggles, says that the women quiokly lost their temper, and pullod out handfuls of each other's hair. The New York Tribune remarks! Among recent 'silly season" topics in the London press was that of "mum my wheat" and its alleged germina tion. The disoussion was, unlike most such, of real interest, for it revealed the fact that many people, including some with pretensions to scientific knowledge, actually do believe that grains of wheat taken from mummy cases and thousands of years old have sprouted, grown to stalk, and borne seed. Why not, they demand, when frogs and toads have been found alive after being imbedded in'eolid rock for thousands of years? And that such animals have: thus been found, they have - unquestioning confidence. Doubtless the one is as true and as reasonable as the other. But neither lias the least foundation in fact. If a toad be found inbedded in coal, it must have lived in the carboniferous age, which .was probably millions, rather than thousands, of years ago. But all animals of that age have long been extinct, while the toads alleged thus to have been found are identical in species with those of to-day. 1 So it has come to pass that the alleged 'mummy grain" which hag actually sprouted and grown has been either oats or Indian corn, neither of which is indigenous to Egypt or was known there in the days of the Pharaohs. In the second place, it is a biological im possibility for animals thus to survive, d it is also a botanical impossibility for wheat thus to grow, for the germ . is Known, Dy actual omKaiiua.1w perish in about seven years, and final ly; to clinch the matter, numerous ex periments, conducted with all possible care, have proventhat toads thus sealed up immediately and invariably perish, and numerous est plantings have been made of grains of wheat, peas, beans, ' lentils, almonds, peach pits, olives, dates, poppy seeds, etc., found in mummies and ancient tombs, of which not one has ever (Terminated laugh A Little Srt. Here's a motto, just yonr flt-" Lough a little bit tYhn you think jroU'to tiob! Liiugh a little bit JJook misfortune In the face, ; Brave the beldam's rude grlmacQj "ln to one 'twill yield its place, Jf yeu have the wit and grit Just to laugh a little bit. ' , K- ep your face With Bunsnliia lit, L-ittsB tl little bit. All the 6badots soon Will flit. If you have the grit and wit Just to laugh a little bit. . Cherish this ns sadrel Writ- Laugh a little bit. Keep tt with you, sample it, Liiugh a little bit.: Little Ills will soon betide yon, Fortune may not sit beside yoil, Men may mock and fame deride you, But you'll mind them not a whit If you laugh a little bit. , Eimund Cooke, TUB-PA IB INVALID. ji&UST abont a half- nour after the ar rival of the even- $5 mg stage, the cere- m inony of meeting ' fM institution fcJqS having been relig lousjy ooservea by every citizen of the camp, White Hawk was now en gaged in its usual evening pastimes. , Singlefoot Sheri dan came down from the to-be-val- tm.V1n 11 aim Ti a Via A 'Uocated up on the mil next to the old "Bed Ruby" shaft with more haste than usual. H i a Peculiar n(-,vl nf i. j gait was particularly accentuated ' by his obvious desire to make some de gree of haste as he trotted down tne hill with three or four muddy drills making reddish marks on his shoulder and down the back of his shirt. Whatever else might have been said of Mr. Sheridan, it could never be truthfully asserted that he did not at all times look like a miner of hard working tendencies. Mr. Sheridan charged into the Double Eagle, Mr. Fair's popular re sort, and trotted directly over to Mr. Dunn, whom he at once engaged in A quiet but animated conversation. "Wonder wnat-all's struck Single foot?" remarked "Wabash" Hicks. "Reckon he's been findin' a 'color' up there?" he added, with a jerk of his thumb in the direction of Sunset Hill. " 'Color, nothin', "rejoined "Large" Briggs (so called to distinguish him from "ftkmny or tnat iikj, witn good hatured contempt. "Why, he's only bin two 'r three weeks sinkin, an' you're fully 'ware o' th fact that Sin glefoct hain't no real hurried work man, more especial when actin' like he is, as 'is own shift boss an workin force." Both men laughed and went over to the bar, where Singlefoot and Dunn continued to talk interestedly. Dunn motioned to them and they came up to receive the news. " Twor djoost loike dthis," said Singlefoot, importantly. "Oi wor coomin' down dthe back trail whin, all of a suddint-loike, Oi tinks t' mesilf, "Oi'Jl go down t' Johnny McAfee's (him that' in Mixyco, dyez moind?) an'" "Well, go any" interrupted Briggs. "An' ain't Oi as fasht as Oi can?" i-afnvfod Sinclefoot. indignant at the idea of being obliged to cut his lines. . "As OL wor sehm', Ui tougnt ui a go down th' ould thrail t' Johnny's an swoipe a coople o' dozen candles. So Oi wint. ' - "Oiwor walkin' oop to dthe dure whin Oi runs oop agin a mon a' ouldish stranger chap. "Savs he 'Does dthis house b'long f youse?' Says Oi, 'Ut does not.' Says he, "Misther, Oi'm playin' in har-rd luck. An' tbin he goes on t' tell rae about how him'n his sisther. wor roidin'. frim Tucson overland t' Silver City, an' 'is sisther wor tuk bad, doon dthe .hr ail. by Johnny's, so 'e tuk up quarthers doon there." This was interesting. A woman was always interesting to people in White Hawk, and this one was particularly so on account of the fact that Single foot described her as being young and quite good looking. The news of her arrival spread rapidly, and when it was also reported that the fair stran ger and her brother had nothing on earth but their clothes and the two lit tle overworked bronchos they were traveling with, White Hawk rose as one man. v Here was a golden opportunity and one which they could not and would not permit to pass, to show the chiv alry of White Hawk. A small delega tion with Singlefoot ; Sheridan, by right of discovery, acting as spokes man, went out to Johnny McAfee's cabin, with a large supply of all the eatables and drinkables the camp af forded, and the assurance that the strangers were to make themselves as much at home as possible, and that everythipg in White Hawk was theirs. k It was disappointing that the lady was bnable id fecelte them, and Sin glefoot atidde'n'ly became more important than ever on ad' count of the fact that . he had actually seen and talked with the fair stranger; biit the' boys were some what reassurred by the , statement of the brother that the invalid would Ho doubt be able to receive visitors in a day ot two. The suggestion made by one of the committee that they send to Silvc City for a doetor was declined with profuse thanks from the Tucson ian, who declared that his sister's ill tiess was nothing reauy serious that all she needed was rest. "Wa-1, good night, Mister White," said "Professor" WarmaUj taking the stranger's hand and holding it a mo ment. "Now, ef they's anything at all anything, ye onderstan' jest shout, an you all sho' gits it ef it's in the camp.' Aid he turned away, fol lowed by the rest of , the committee, after all had solemnly shaken hands with Mr.. White and assured him of their willingness to divide the half of their kingdom with him. White watched them out of sight and hearing. Then he slipped quietly Id a corner of the cabin and listened intently for a moment. Then he slipped over to the next corner and listened again ; and so, until he had completed the circuit of the cabin. There was not a sound. For a sick person or any one who needed rest and quiet Johnny McAfee's cabin was just the place. And White had in his pocket the twenty-dollar gold piece the "Pro lessor" had quietly handed to him. Meantime there was a well-attended ana enthusiastic meeting in progress up at the camp, with Faro Fair pre siding. "I 'lows, gents ':e o?d. as V gracefully took the chair, "that we all tabes the object o' this yere meetin. Ef any gent yere ain't onto the play I perceeds to 'xplain in a few brief re marks. Th'sitooationisjistthis: Yere's a lady an' gent fr'm Tucson has struck this yere camp in a dead-sho, hard-up p'sish. They've be' playin in hard lines, an' the'r' broke, they are. An th' lady's sick, she is.' Now, th ques tion b'fore th' house is, does we do th square thing, an' fix'em out quite a lot, 'r does we not? O'n any gent in this yere camp, or th' hull camp, af ford t' have it give out t him r them th't we-all don't do th' right thing good 'n plenty t' the' stranger within our gates? None, whatever. . Gents, I heads a s'bscription with twenty." "Twenty-five 1" shouted a voice in the rear of the room, and another got as far as "Thir ," when the chair arose and hit the table with his fist. "Hql" on, gents 1" he remarked. "1 calls you all down, right yere. Th' rulings o this yere chair goes, quite reg'lar. I reckons, an' th' chair rules th't no gent sh'll raise his bid. How somever, jes' t' do th right thing 1 raise my bid t' fifty 'd.'" There was sora grumbling about each arbitrary ruling, but tne bidding was very spirited, and in a few minutes the shotbag of Michael Hennessy, who had been appointed custodian of the subscription fund, was heavily loaded with coin and nuggets. Then, having selected Messrs. Hennessy and Fail and the "Professor" to act as com mittee of presentation next day, the meeting adjourned not, however, without passing resolutions of con dolence, the same to be written in the "Professor's" very best chirograph j and presented along with the "wad" held by Mr. Hennessy. And that night several score of sus ceptible male persons retired to dream of a female face Ihey had never seen. 'I gves it out cold, right yere," aid Mr. Faro Fair, positively as he and his colleagues of the presentation committee walked toward Johnny Mc Afee's cabin next morning. "Th't I don't make.no talk none whatever! You got t' do it, perfesser." "Not any" replied the gentleman addressed, with some warmth, "Think I'm goin' t' do all th work? You fel lers are giviu' it out too strong t' me, because I'm so good natured. I balks quite copious an makes no speeches. 'Bet I don't," chipped in th treasurer. Then, as a sudden inspira tion struck him, "Say, what's th use oV doin' any chin work, anyways! Le's jes' go an' sneak th stuff in an' make our escape." "That's all right, Mike, but it don't go. Don't we git t' see an' converse xi, V this yere lily o th valley, this ill an' charmin' stranger? We does, el she saya so," insisted Mr. Fair. "My gallant an'chivalr'us blood r'bels agin any other sort o' play, an I insists on payin' th' r'specks due t' youth an' beauty, I does." As they neared the cabin there was considerable diffidence displayed bj every n ember of the committee. Neithei wanted to lead, and it was not until Faro and Mike "downed" th "professor" by a majority vote thai he consented to knock at the door. This act was rendered unnecessary, however, by the appearance of Mr. White, - who came out and greeted them cordially. "Come in, gentlemen," he said, when the "professor" had blunder inarlv informed him that they had come to inquire about the invalid. "Come in. My sister is very much better to-day very much, thanks to your kindness," and, with his guests trying to shrink behind each other at though they wefe school boys instead of three of the leading Citizens of White Hawk, he led the way up id the door "My sister, gentlemen," he an nounced, whereupon , the committee became more embarrassed than ever, and Faro stepped heavily on Mike's foot, dattsing that gentleman to writhe in silent agony". Over in a dark corner, wrapped in blankets and seated in a big barrel chair, was the person who had oreated the present sensation. "Sit down, gentlemen," she said in a deep, melodious contralto voice.: I'm very glad to see you. And please let me thank you for your great kind ness to me last night." "Thanks, mum; that is, no'm, we didn't do it that is," blundered the professor with shifting eyes ; " 'twant nothin' ; mighty glad, miss, ef we c'n do anything." "Thank you very much ; I can never forget it," said the melodious voice from the depths of the chair, thereby causing' the visitors to clear their throats and shift their feet a good deal and to stare at the ceiling in an eflort to think of something appropri ate to say. White came to their re lief, however, with some remark or other, and presently Faro managed to make a move toward leaving, which example was about to be precipitately followed by the others, when the voice asked: "Won't yon come and shake hands?" While his companions were hurry ing to accept the invitation, Hennecay, ti moment when White was not look ing, Mid with what he - considered a rery deft movement, managed to shift the shot-bag to the top of one of the goap boxes just vacated. Then he shook hands and the trio floundered out. White looked out of the window to tee when thuy got out of earshot ; then he lay down on the floor and laughed till he cried, while from the chair in tb.9 dark corner arose a figure from which came deep, deep laughter- and also came the remark, after a few mo ments' painful effort at controlling risibilities : "Bill, if you don't beat all for schemes, I'll eat my hat, and it ain't a good year for hats, either," which re mark was responded to by more hearty laughter, in the course of which "Bill" kicked over a soap-box, and, with a dull crash, down came the sack of "stuff" recently left by Mr. Hennessy et al. While the extremely satisfactory investigation of the sack was going on, the three gentlemen who had brought it walked up the trail somewhat quietly, much dazed, but with pride in every footfall. About 2 o'clock White made his ap pearance in camp, and straightway sought his visitors of the morning. "Gentlemen, this is too much. Your kindness overwhelms me," he assured them, with grateful tears in his voice. ':Oh, say, now, ol' man, none o' that," said Faro, with a clap of his hand on the TucBonian's shoulder that made the latter wince. "Th gent's talk don't go; does it, boys?" "But, " began White. "Come off, now, ol' chap, r we'll feel 'nsulted.' White took away with him the as surance that another word about not accepting what they gave him would really insult them. Boin6where about the tJ2e that White came up to camp Large Briggs stood in the doorway of his domicile, critically regarding the interior. Briggs had one of tne best caoins m camp, and had it quite "luxuriously" furnished. Moreover, he was quite famous as a remarkably neat house keeper, and endeavored to maintain that reputation. To-day, however, found him very hard to please, ana n was only after much labor tnat ne got things in shape to even half suit him. Finally, however, he closed the door, and sauntered down the trail toward Johnny McAfeeV, As he neared the point where the path from the trail diverged toward Jobony's cabin his steps grew slower and slower. Presently he paused. As he did so he heard some one creeping stealthily through the brush at his right, and in another moment his friend "Wabash." Hicks confronted him. Both men reddened, then hys terically gave vent to an unoriginal "Hullo!" "Where goin'?" asked Brigg, with lively interest. "Oh. 'er jes' chasm' that pinto bnrro agin," lied Hicks, uneasily. "Where you ?" 'Me? Oh, w'y, I got t go clea over t' th' oi' Niwat tool shop. S'm' thmgs over there I want." "Come on," said "Wabash," briskly, "I'll eo over a wavs with ve." They started off down the trail to aether. There was a certain con straint manifest, and as they passed the McAfee cabin both looked straight &head. After a few minutes' walking Brigga halted. "Come t' think, X aon t b'lieve," he remarked, rubbing his unshaven chin and looking thougnt fully at the ground, "that I'll go over t-dav. Don't think I'll need them things fer a day 'r so. Expect t' find 'p hnrro ut vere? Well, to lonsr. Hicks watched "Largo's" bis form go swaying back up th trail. Then he scratohed his head reflectively and started off on a new tack to find the burro and, oddly enough, he pres ently struck ft higher trail that led back toward McAfee' which trail he followed slowly. Large Briggs hurried back toward Johnny's with a certain degree of de terminationbat this faded, as, com ing down the hill whereon his new claim was located, he saw Singlefoot Sheridan. "Confotind that tarrier," he mut tered. "Where's he goin, I won der?" For Singlefoot was headed toward McAfee's Mecca. Briggs sneaked back into the brush and watohed the newcomer. Just below the Irishman met Hicks, They talked a moment, then both started eff in en tirely -ew directions, leaving Briggs free t emerge from his hiding place. The latter walked slowly, noncha lantly passed Johnny's. He did not see B"en Keed hiding in the brush, and he was totally unconscious of the presence of Colonel Larkin behind a tree on the other side of the trail. Ha presently met, however, one Larry Brown, who was strolling down to ward McAfee's. Two persons on horseback rode quietly, but at a good pace toward the Mogollon Mountains along about mid night. Both bubbled over with glee, "Oh, Bill, but this was the softest I every struck," gurgled the smaller one, leaning over the pommel of his saddle in a paroxysm of laughter. "Wait till you're out of the woods, Tommy," remarked the other grimly. "We haven't got away yet; but jSay, it was too blamed funny for any use. Seven or eight different jays held me up on the quiet during the afternoon, and each and every one insisted on my taking twenty or so; and that big Briggs chap J he was just bound we should take his cabin. I told him we'd move m the morning. We're moving. "But, say, Bill, what did you eay in the note?" "Oh. something about like this Guntlemea . please accept the assurance of my friend Mr. Smith, the well-know (by another name) female impersonator, and yours truly, that we heartily appreciate not only the courtesies extended us, but the fact that you are the choicest collection of buck ers we have met anywaere in oar travels, Cheeri'nlly yours, , Wiluak White. 4 'Bill, the pnblio is dead wrong. Who says T-'-e ham-fatters? We're stars, that's wnat" San JJrancisco Chronicle. - - WISE WORDS. Self-confidence is rock bottom. Woman is woe tacked on to man. Luck is the encouragement of pluck. Man learns by tuition, Tiroman by intuition. A woman's love is as blind as it is beautiful. The sun can't shine through a tor pid liver. The hardest worker isn't the great est gainer. , Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden. Bar what thou hast no need of. and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessa ries. " Time heals all wounds, but nothing short of a miracle can remove the scars. The man who would have done so and so if he had been there never gets there. The truly generous is the truly wise : and he who loves not others live nn- blest. A craving for sympathy is the com mon boundary line between joy and sorrow. He who puts a bad construction on a good act reveals his own wickedness of heart. Truth should be the first lesson of the child, and the last aspiration of manhood. Life appears to be too short to be spent in nursing animosity or regis tering wrong. The manner of giving shows the character of the giver more than does the gift itself. Language cannot express to , any one much, beyond wnat ne nas uvea or experienced. Be not afraid of enthusiasm ; you need it : you can do nothing effec tually without it. Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward. Commonly those whose tongue is their weapon use their feet for defense. tThy His Gas Stove Wouldn't Work. Bambo Squeaks, of Tullyville, Kan., was very much pleased with the work ing of an improved gas stove which he saw on exhibition in Chicago. He stayed in town all day, and learned how to cook chops and bake bread. Then he bought a stove, which he had shipped to his Kansas farm. His home was not supplied with gas, and he couldnH understand why the old thing wouldn't work until he had made three complaints to the com pany. New York Mail and Express. In Delaware suffrage is exercised by women in several municipalities. WHEAT FED TO ANIMALS? TTB.Ynisma- facts collected lit Aanaan. Of thi J894 Crop More Than Elgnt Million Bushels Will Go to Feed Cattle, Swine and Poultry. ) V Y OB more than a year the press ot Kansas has containedrefer- : I . ences to the fact that in many T" localities the farmers were feeding their surplus wheat, in lien of corn, as a stocs looa. Early Jast summer F. D. Coburn Secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture, became, satisfied that, ( owing to the shortage and compara tively bijrh pried of o an and the con siderable accumulation of wheat, its almost unprecedentedly low price and' generally unquestioned worth as " nutritive ration, a much larger aggfe- gate of wheat was " being withheld , from the milling market and divertocl to the new and widely-differing pur poses of meat production than there were statistics to vemy. Atmreciatinsr the importance of this new phase of agriculture and the im- '. portant bearing it nas upon tne iuturer of bcth grain and animal production. ' Mr. Coburn undertook the collection of such, helpful information as might be furnished by the farmers who were making the practical test. v " Inauiries covering all tne features oi vheat feeding were sent to 1000 men who were beBt situated and equipped , for discriminate observation. ahe forthcoming report will contain over 400 replies, which are of a character to make tbem very useful contribn tions to this investigation. j With these reports will also be rep-i-PRATitfid much other matter of an im portant and interesting character, that bearing on tne average cost oi tao growing and binding of the wheat crop of Kansas being not the least im portant. . . . : - ' ; . ' . I From advance sneets or tnis report a correspondent of the New.; York Times has been able to get the follow ing facts: ' Of the 24,827,527 bushels of winter and spring wheat raised in Kansas in" 1893, there have been 4,'069,523 bush els, or 16.4 per cent., used as feed for ; farm animals, Cowley and Sumner Counties leading, with 297,044 , and . 407,606 bushels respectively. Three-fourths of the reports, repre senting . fifty , counties, state th-t. pound for pound, wheat is super' corn for fattening hogs, evenr v 25 per cent. unmasticatecLilVj r to 35 per cent. The V reports indicates a supwxty o P in. per cent, wnile tne awge orf other one-fourth indicates 12 per cent, inferiority. ' As to the quantity of live pork which may be expected from a bushel of wheat, the average of all reports gives eleven pounds. One report gives seven pounds, most of them over eo, and a few as high as twenty pounds. ' In a general way, these report fshow that in Kansas, under the con ditions as to production and prices , of wheat and corn existing in 1893 and " tOrA 1 - 1. 1. t,..AMn . hah iinnan ' 10 Jt v ilea I una ucuuiua a voijr uuuuv. al and important factor in the grain feeding of all classes of farm stock. It is superior to corn, pound' or pound, as a grain to produce health', -f ful, well-balanced growth in young animals. Mixed with corn, oats, or ! bran, it is much superior to, either alone for work horses. Feed to cows, . it is an exceptional milk producer, and for that purpose corn is scarcely to be compared with it. For swine of all ages it is a health ful and agreeable food, giving gener ous returns in both framework and flesh, but fed whole, especially with out soaking, it is used at a disadvan tage. Orqund and made into slops, it is invaluable for suckling cows, , and for pigs, both before and after wean ing. ; For cattle it has, at least as a part of their grain ration, a very high r value, which is very much enhanced in the line of needed variety by mix ing with corn, and in a still greater degree by mixing judiciously with bran, oil cake, or other albuminous foods, tending to balance the too car- Vvr-vA aaav a nninwA r t 4-V aIaqw tell Aflf With corn and wheat approximating the same price pe bushel, it is-tlot unprofitable nor wicked to feed wheat ; yet, if it can " be ground, rolled, crushed, or in some way broken at a cost not exceeding five to seven cents a bushel, to feed it whole and dry is unwise. It can be ground at a coat of five cents a bushel, and on a majority of Kansas farms for very much less. If grinding is impracticable, soaking from twenty-four to thirty-six hours, the length of time depending some what on the weather, and sd&soiWftY various reasons deslrabie, butv iu judicious in that its being : iwnst facilitates swallowing without mVU-v cation or the proper mixing Atxf saliva. Any system of feeding by which the grain i& delivered in such a way that the animal can eat but slowly, will largely overcome this defect, '. It is a superior food for fowls, and as a promoter of maximum 6gg produc tion is surpassed by no other grain. Seventy thousand pedestrians and eight thousand teams cross London Bridge every twelve hours.