Thursday, JariuarjrlSV 1906.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.
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YOUNG PEOPLE
Why the Pine Tree Sighs. . C i
When the soft, south winds blows,
you can hear the pine tree sigh Per
haps, too, you have heard it sobbing,
sobbing, as it bows C its head, and
rocks before the cold, northern blast.
The old Greeks heard these sighs and
sobs, far back in their ancient" time,
and they wove a sad, sweet story; to
explain the sounds they could not un
derstand. Long, long ago, their old story
runs, a lovely maiden named Pytis
lived among the mountains of Greece.
She was good and true, and very hap
py; for she spent her tim watching
sheep in the mountains, leading them
to the greenest pastures, and weav
ing garlands to hang about their
necks. . -
There in the mountains a- beauti
ful shepherd, whose name was Abe
lios, found her. He had long yel
low curls, hanging loose, and his
eyes were blue as the sky. These
two loved each other, and were hap
py as could be, tending their .sheep,
and weaving garlands for them and
for each other. . .
But someone else . has seen Pytis,
and he also loved her, or thought he
did. This was Boreas, a rude wicked
fellow, who wanted the beautiful
shepherdess to love him and no one
else.
But Pytis could not love him. He
was so harsh and unkind that her
heart turned from him to the gentle,
lovely Abelios, and this put Boreas
into a terrible wrath.
Finding them, one day, as they sat
on the brow of a tall cliff, looking
at the blue sea, shining I far, far be
low, bedashed forward, in great rage,
blowing a fearful blast, 'which car
ried Pytis out to sea. Then he swal
low d Abel os up in a black cloud that
.was blown far off on the rushing
wind. v
But the.. great. Goddpss .Tiino rp
membe reel how good and true was
Pytis,- and how many offerings she
had made her; so, in pity, she caught
her ur ere the sea claimed her, and
changed her into a tall, shapely pine
tree. . '
So Pytis still dwells among . the
mounains. full of, grace and beauty,
but she sighs always, even when the
sunlight, so like the smile of Abe
lios, falls upon her. But when the
storms come, and rude Boreas again
blows his fierce blasts, she remem
bers that dreadful day, and falls a
sobbin as she bows in the wind.
The Golden Age.
A Warning to Little Boys.
As a timely warning to small boys
who, as a rule, are inclined to be en
tirely too careless of life and limb
when they are about railroad trains,
we print the following very sad story
contained in a recent press dispatch
from Astieville :
Paul Redmond, an eight-year-ol 1
boy, was this morning run. over by
an, engine at the yards of the South
ern Railway, and both legs and, one
arm were cut off. The boy, not no
ticing an approaching engine, stop
ped on the track to pick up sorne
thing. He was .struck by the tender
as the engine came backward and was
knocked down. He fell with both
legs across the rail and both were
severed from his body by the .first
wheel. The trucks then -knocked his
body around, throwing.his ritfht arm
across the rail, and it was also rut
off by the second wheel.
The little fellow, mangled as he
was, showed wonderful presence of
mindj however, and crawled out and
cleared the track. He was at once
taken tp a hospital, where he died a
few hours later.
' There are a number of little boyt
in Waxhaw who - should take warn
ing from this little boy's sad fate
and keep clear of the track while
their bodies and limbs are still safe
and sound. Waxhaw Enterprise,
One Thing Perplexed Him.
The Rev. W. L. Hood, of Bristol,
R. I., caused a good deal of discus
sion recently with the statement that
his two children, ; both under ten
years, had never sinned, says the
Philadelphia Bulletin.
m A Bristol clergyman, in comment
ing on Mr. Hood's children, said
the other day with a humorous
smile: i :
"Those two children must have
consciences as clear as the con
science of an old colored man down
one of our back streets.
"The old man Romulus was his
name took sick -one day, and in a
little while it looked as if his end
was near. The minister was sent
for, and came promptly a stout
man, done up in one of those relig
ious waistcoats without any buttons
down the front or any , opening at
the neck.
"The minister, said to Uncle Rom
ulus : .
"'Is your mind at ease, brother?'
" 'Yes, sail answered the old man.
" 'Are you sure there's nothing
troubling you V the minister went on.
'If there, is, speak up. don't be
afraid. I am here to help and com
fort you.'
" 'I)ey is one thing, jes, one, sah,'
said Romulus, 'dat 'plexes me.'
" 'What is that V said the min
ister. " 'Ah kain't fo' de life o' me make
out, sah,' said the old man, 'how you
gits yo'self inter dat dere vest.' "
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