W. Fletcher Ausbon, Editor
Published by lloanoko Publishing Co. , .
"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
VOL. IV.
PLYMOUTH, N. O., FRIDAY, APRIL 28,; 1893.
NO. 16.
uongress 01 Colombia at its late
cession appropriated $150,000 a year for
the encouragement of foreign immigra
There are now well equipped canning
factories in 'almost every State in the
Union whose products of land and sea
are preserved in air tight cans.
la Canada they call thiscountry "The
States." Then why, asks the New York
Independent, may not the riddle of a
name for our people be solved by calling
us 'States-men ?" 1
' T&e Couriei -Journal learns that Pro
' lessor Wiggins lays the blame for the
cold weather, the cholera and the rest o(
the ills with which the earth has recently
been afflicted on the conjunction be
'tween Jupiter and Mars.
'.L,.
f Bays the Minneapolis Times: Defalca
tion is altogether too common. A long
established good name and unblemished
character, a lifetime of fair, dealing, all
the reputation which business men would
once have spent years of self-denial to
obtain, begins to lose its commercial
value. We look askance at everybod7.
We go about asking whom we can trust.
The St. Louis Star-Sayings ia con
vinced that a little learning is not so dan
gerous a thing after all. ' English insur
ance statistics show that fifty per cent,
of the authors and statesmen, forty-two
per cent, of the clergymen, thirty per
cent, of the lawyers, tweDty-soven per
cent, of the teachers and twenty-four per
cent, of the doctors reach the age ol
seventy.
' Flying foxes are distressing the agri
culturists in some parts o( Australia, and
a local paper says lhat at the present
rate of increase it is greatly feared they
will soon become almost as great a men
ace a9 the rabbit po3t. A camp of the
foxes, about four miles from Edna, New
South Wales contains fully ,-100,000, of
the pests, "and when disturbed they rise
like a cloud obscuring the sun." .
The Chicago Herald alleges that a
French syndicate is buying up ' all the
Worn out ponies on the frontier for ex
port to Paris, the intention being to con
vert them into food for the people of the
gay metropolis. Hippophagy in France
has evidently become a disease, for a
healthy stomach would hardly crave the
flesh of spavined horses in preference to
the healthful beef from the Chicago abab
toirs.
r A mathematician, who evidently has
abundant leisure, has been figuring, re
lates the New York News, on the size
of the mortgage we should now be
carrying if Columbus had pledged this
country for the cost of his outfit.
Starting with the ' assumption that the
expenditure cost Isabella $10,000, he
adds interest 'compounded every six
months. At the present " time the
amount foots up nearly -271 quadrillion
dollars.' . Taking the population of the
United States at 65,000,000, the little
obligation reaches nearly 417 million
dollars for each inhabitant. It is con
sequently a great relief to know that
Columbus never set foot on North
America. " It would be very embarrass
ing1 to have a musty mortgage for that
dizzy figure' presented, with the cus
tomary notico of foreclosure.
The New York Advertiser says: "Be.
ginning with Grant's second inaugura
tion in 1873, a period of - twenty years, .
during which six Presidents have been
Inaugurated, the 4th of March fell oa
pleasant days only twice,. The . 4th of
1873, was a bitter cold and blustering
day. There was neither Jnow nor rain,
but the temperature was so low that
death reaped a large harvest among
those who participated in the parade.
The 4th .of March, 1877, when Hayes
was inaugurated, was a miserably damp,
"pneumonia-breeding day. The 4th of
March, 1881, when Garfield was in
augurated, and the 4th of March, 1833,
when Cleveland was first inaugurate?,
were both pleasant days. : Mr. Harri
son's Iuiugural address was delivered
in the midst of a pouring rain, and Mr.
Cleveland's second oath of office was
iken while the' snow beat upon his
Bared head. There is no sort of juatifl
cation for the retention of this date for
ibis important ceremony, It will always
be male a spectacle. Surely it is not
H'-eefa.iry to shy tie people to eolebraU
t!.a c'-mJ iti th? al.-ulniHra'n of a
COMFORTING EASTER BELLS.
Sweet is the comfort that the chimes
Are throbbing down upon the ear,
In pulsing; beat of wordless rhymes
Life and death, Human breath,
Joy and pain, Naught is vain,
For Christ is risen ! Heaven is neart
If sorrows come, they also go;
It joys must fly, fey reappear,
Still gladsome bells swing to and fro
Life and death. Human breath,'
Joy and pain, Naught is vain.
For Christ is risen! Heaven is near!
Then ring for joy, ye Easter bell?,
That Love Divine has conquered fearf
Immortal hope your rhythm tells
Life and death. Human breath,
Joy and pain, Nau;ht is vain,
For Christ is risen I Heaven is near t
-Helen Evertson Smith, in Harper'a Baztr.
Mf EASTEE-EGG,
v
BT ANSA 6HEILDS.
ESSIE?" my father
said to me, looking
up from a letter he
was reading, "how
should you like to
have a cousin to
come and live heref
A girl-cousiu, about
your own age, and
who has your name,
too Elizabeth Bas-
sctt."
I only stared, fai
too much amazed for speech. , A cousin!
Never hadl heard of an uncle or an aunt,
much less a cousin.
"But, papa," I said, at last, "I never
knew I had acousiri." :
"H'm! No I Your motner was an
only child, but I had a brother. Poor
Tom! He and I had a quarrel, long be
fore we were either of us married ; no
matter about that now. Tom went oil
to the West, but he didn't find any of
the wonderful good luck there that some
men do. The fact is, Bess, Tom was
always lazy ! Lazy folks don't get along
out Westl But he is dead, my Jear,
been dead these ten years, and his wife
died about a week ago, and left a letter
for me, asking me "to befriend their only
child. She needn't come here, you see,
if you don't want her."
"Ob, but I do want heri'Tcried,
"Have l not been longing for a sister all
my life? I do want her, papa! Please
send for her."
"Very well, my dear. I will write at
once." -
Then I rushed off to find Martha, who
is our head servant, and, I sometimes
suspect, our real housekeeper though
she lets me have all the honors. Martha,
who had lived with my grandmother,
had known Mr. Tom, but had thought
he died long" ago. She was very will
ing, however, to help m in getting one
of the prettiest rooms ready for "Miss
Elizabeth," and promised dainties for
the feast of welcome.
At tho eleventh hour papa resolved to
go himself and bring the orphan girl to
her new home, and Martha and I had
full scope for our hospitable plans. It
was not that I had anything to do, lor
with our small family Martha declared
the had hard work to keep the servants
busy, fn spite of the size of the house,
but I liked to fuss about, and select
pretty ornaments and trimmings for my
cousin's room.
Perhaps I threw myself into these
preparations with more energy because I
had never quite recovered from the
heartache it gave me to part with Her
bert Wilson. ; Two years before papa
had sent him off to seek his fortune, and
I lived meantime on the hope of his
finding it. It was a romantic little love
story, and being so much alone I had
suffered more than papa fcaew, so 1 was
glad to think of having a companion of
my, own age.
She came with papa, and rushed into
my arms, apparently as pleased as I was.
I had pulled down my face to express
my sympathy with her recent loss, but it
was wasted sentiment. She did not ap
pear to have any feeling about it, and
longer acquaintance convinced me that
she had no aepta oi teeiing aoout any
thing. .
But she was charming, a little, fairy
like blonde, with fluffy yellow hair, soft
blue eyes, and a complexion like straw
berries and cream, felt gigantic when
I saw our reflections in a long mirror,
for I was tall, decidedly brunette, and
while. I was just six months the younger,
looked five years older .than the childlike
little butterfly. ' v
It was pretty to see how slio esjoye.l
tl;e hixci?3 r.hout her, t:r; dVnty foo l,
Am
faced poverty ever since she was born,
and she. en joyed comfort as much as a
kitten.
"I mean to marry a rich man," she
told me, "or not marry at all. Lots and
lots of money! That is' my idea ot per-
feet bliss. And, by the way, Bess, why
don't yon marry Mr. Gordon!"
I laughedheartily., Ever since I
could remember I had been asked why I
didn't marry Mr. Gordon. He had
wooed me with dolls and sugar plums
when I was a mere baby, and his devo
tions were apparent to the most careless
Even Bert, my own Bert, had occasional ,
spasms of jealousy, and in our last con
versation had said, imploringly :
- "You'll give me a fair chance, Bessie?
You won't marry Gordon?"
And I solemnly promised never to
marry Charles Gordon.
"Stop laughing 1" Lizzie said. We
had iound she had always been called
Lizzie, so there was no confusion from
our both having our grandmother's
name. "Stop laughing, and toll me
why yon don't marry Mr. Gordon. They
say he is awfully rich."
"And they tun say he is awfully ailly
and awfully dreadful 1" I cried. "He is
half a fool, Titzzie, and h is old enoagh
to be my father. Marry Mr. Gordon, ln
decdi" "Tell me," she said, nestling down
in my arms, "is there not what the nov
els call another!' "
"Yes, my dear, there is."
"Where is he?"
"I don't know," I said, ruefully;
"he was sent away to seek bis fortune.
He is a poor man, and father thought I
was too young to Know my own mind!
But he has sent me a Christmas card and
an Easter egg every time the days come
round, so that I know he is alive, and
does not forget me." ,v
"How iollvl" said Lizzie. "And is
that his ring?"
' "Yes ; we each had one made to order,
just alike two clasped hands, and on
the reverse side our initials entwined."
"How romantic !'' said L'zzie.
"I don't believe you have any heart!"
I cried, indignantly.
"Not the tiniest, tiniest bit," she
said, with perfect gobd humor; ffbut,
Bessie, if there is 'another, can't I have
Mr. Gordon?"
"You ridiculous baby," I said, "you
need not ask my permission. I wouldn't
marry him if I had never heard of 'an
other.'" But, after all, it was rather mortifying
to my vanity to see how readily she
couid make my life-long lover her slave.
She was so pretty, and her mourning
was the merest pretense just enough
black to set oi! her dazzling complexion,
and she knew well the power of beauty.
Then her childlike, innocent ways were
attractive to the elderly adorer I had
always kept at a distance. She sang for
him, waltzed with him, devoured his
bon hons by the box, flattered him, and
when he threw his fortune and himself
at her feet, she accepted him.
I think papa was secretly delighted,
He was accustomed to my quiet ways,
and this dancing, singing fairy flitting
about rather bewildered him. We were
rather old-fashioned folks, papa and I,
and my cousin had considerable "girl-of-tbe-period"
about her.
It was just before Lent that Lizzie
told us of her engagement, and as Mr.
Gor ion urged an early weddin2da7.it j
was decided that the week following
Easter should make him "the happy
man" of a gorgeous wedding.
v- Papa was liberal, and my Lenten du
ties were sadly upset by the preparations
for a grand reception after the church
wedding. It was a perfect delight to
Lizzie to Jtbrow off her black dress and
try on the pretty finery that papa gave
me permission to provide. She was not
exacting, accepting what selected, but
I had orders to be generous, and between
us we had ready a trousseau of which
Mrs.. Gordon need not be ashamed.
Eut on Easter Day, when I could not
quite detach my heart from earthly mat
ters, I watched eagerly for Herbert's
present. I had made no secret of this
little ray of hope that came to me, and
father only grunted when I displayed
my trifling presents'.
I was ia my room alone when this one
came a little bvx, such as' I had twice
before opened. ' And on the pink cotton
a dainty crystal egg. Two lay ia my
jewel box; one with a tiny locket, one
with a golden cross, inside. I opened
thu cnel My heart gave one sickening
LlifO's, and tho vholsi room cse::- ad to
pink cotton the ring X had given Her
bert Wilson! 1 There could be no mis.
take!' There it lay, mocking me with
its tiny clasp hands and entwined initials.4-
He was false to me ! Some fairer
face had won his heart, and he had sent
ray ring back to me !
It had never been my habit to show
my feelings on any occasion, so I closed
up the pretty crystal egg, locked it
away in my jewel box, and went down to
. dinner. Father noticed that I was very
pale, but accepted a trifling headache as
an excuse, and L'zzie made no comment.
She was deep in the study of our visiting
list, and adding a few cards to those al-
v,
ready sent out.
The next week was all a whirl. Some
how I did manage to push back my per
sonality and give myself to my cousin.
The duties of hospitality were pressing,
for we had bidden all our "dear five
hundred friends" to the wedding, and
to the reception afterward. I had es
caped a bridesmaid's position by pleading
that of hostess; but I was very busy, and
only at night could I. let my sorrow have
its way. How much I had loved, I how
perfectly I had trusted Herbert, I learned
in those days, when all my love and
trust seemed thrust back upon my own
heart. The last drop was added to my
cup of misery the very day before Lizzie's
wedding. Father came home earlier
than usual, and came to my room.
"Bessie, my dear," he said, "I heard
some news to-day that will come to you
sooner or later, and I thought I could
tell it more kindly than any one else."
. "Bert is married," I thought, but I
could not speak the cruel words.
: "Herbert Wilson has come back, mj
dear, and taken a partnership in the firm
for which he has been traveling agent
for two years. He had a legacy; not
very large, but sufficient, with' his own
value to the firm, to give him a place.
He knows, my dear, that I only wanted
him to prove that he could take care of
a wife, and he should have come to ma
at once, after what he has said, both to
you and to me. Bessie, it is a hard
thing to say, but I am afraid he was
counting upon marrying you for my help
ing hand in business. Now that he does
not need that There, there" for I
broke down at last "don't cry, dear; it
is better for you to know him as he is."
- Then he took me in his arms, my dear
father, and gave me such caressing ten
derness as my mother might have done.
I had my cry out on his breast, and then
I faced the truth, and know I could
never be utterly miserable while my
father lived.
We agreed to say nothing to Lizzie,
and I dressed her myself to go to church,
thinking no faire? bride had ever been
seen, nor one that was more carelessly
entering upon the new, solemn duties
before her. She chattered with the
pretty cluster of girls who were to.be
her bridemaids, and was the brightest of
them all. When we drove up to the
church door, we found Mr. Gordon
awaiting us, and after some fluttering of
lace and flowers in the vestry room, the
bridal procession sailed up the broad
aisie, Lizz:e on papa's arm and Air, Gor
don escorting bis married sister.
I slipped into my pew, and when my
eyes wandered, I saw Bert Wilson,
looking at Lizzie with a dazed expres
sion, as if she was a part of a nightmare.
, Then I understood. When the organ
peeled forth the wedding march, and
Mr. and; Mrs. Gordon walked slowly
down the aisle,' I caught Herbert's eyes
and smiled. Two minutes later he was
beside me. '
"You will come to my cousin's recep
tion," I said, shaking hands, 1 I should
have sent you cards if I had known your
address."
"I saw the card," he 3aid, in a low,
choked voice Charles Gordon and
Elizabeth Bassett.' "
"And you sent back:my poor, little
ring."
"But you will forgive me, Bessie, and
let me have my ring again? You never
told me you had a cousin whose name
was the same as your own."
. Just then papa joined us. lie asked
no questions, and we drove homo to.
gether. Explanations were made, and
My Crystal Easter Egg was opened to
give back Herbert's ring, which my hus
band tells me shall never again leave his
finger. The Ledger.
According to an authority on peda
gogy, "the most hopelessly dull chil
dren are scatter-brained odes who catch
pni to; -s fa' f4 from tongue t;ps without
THE M1UR0U.
FOR AGES IT HAS INFLUENCED
THE HUMAN RACE.
Tlie Two Mirror In the Vice-President'
Room fn the White House
.Metal and Other Mirrors
, ot the Ancients.
IN the Vice-President's room In the
f White House hangs two mirrors,
one historic, the other philosophi
cal, if you happen to look at it that
way. The historic mirror is an old
fashioned, gilt-framed glass, about two
feet by fourteen inches, bought in Van
Buren's time. This mirror cost t'le sun
of $25, and a storm of protest against
such extravagance was raised when the
purchase was made. One Congressman
even went so far as to declare on the
floor of (he House that he hade imbed
his hair for fifty years before a 5xS-incb
glass, and had lived to have a voice in
the. ruling of Nations, and that neither
he nor his constituents would submit to
be taxed to support $25 worth of vanity
in a Vice-President.
The philosophic mirror hangs op
posite. t was bought recently aad eoit
twenty times a? much as the first one
and not a protest was mads when the
bill was paid. ' This is what makes the
mirror philosophic. It reflects the higher .
estimate put on personal va'nity as man
and women grow wiser. Tne philosophy
can also be extended to caver some con
sideration of the pare that mirrors have
played in the history of the hum m race.
Those people who lived before the days
of amalgam-backed glasses must havo
had considerable intellectual exercise
thinking out substitutes. No doubt
this was what "Pharaoh's daughter was
about when she went down to the Nile
and picked up a floating Moses. If poor
Narcissus had lived in those days a ten
cent mirror would have taken the place
of the pool into which he fell and a sad
calamity would have been averted.
It , was probably because of such incon
venient occurrences as these that people
began to employ metallic surfaces insteai
of gbisy pools of water tor purposes of
reflection. At any rate, they soon got
to using shields and other highly
burnished surfaces, and one of the
principal toilet articles among Egyptians
came to be mirrors of mixed metal,
chiefly copper, and attached to richly
ornamented handles representing beauti
ful or grotesque figures.
A historian has it that as early as four
centuries before Christ these metal mir
rors were in such common use among the
Romans that any maid servant could have
as many as she could hang at hergirdto,
which probably accounts for; the fact
that they gradually -fell into desuetude
among ladies of the higher classes and
led to the introduction of substitutes.
It is hardly to be supposed, however,
that it was this fact which induced some
ingenious person so to cut and burnish
the inside of drinking cups as to reflect
the face of the drinker many times in a
highly warning manner.
In addition to the small hand mirrors
which it used to be the particular duty ,
of some unfortunate young slave to hold
before her mistress, there were panels of
ttone set in the walls and so highly pol
ished as to serve as mirrors. It was this
use of dark stone that first suggested
ths use of glass for reflecting purposes,
which, according to Pliny, was first
manufactured at the glass works of a
gentleman named Sidon. Black glass
was first used, afterwards clear glass
with blaek foil on the back replaced it.'
Pliny tells us all about this, and from
this time no mention is made of. glass
mirrors until the Thirteenth Century,
when a Franciscan monk, Johannes
Peckharo,' speaks of mirrors, not only of
polished marble and steel, but also of
glass covered with lead" on the back.
By this time the amalgam used in
making glass mirrors was much like that
of to-day, the difference being in the
method of the application. The process
was to spread tinfcil on a plain surface,
to pour mercury over that and rub the
two together with the hand or with a
hare's foot. : The amalgam thus formed
was then covered with piper, over which
glass ws laid. The paper was then
withdrawn and weights pressed on the
glass, pressing out the excess of mer
cury. . (
The Venetian mirrors of the Sixteenth
Century are ths nust celebrated ones.
TUese were ot the t'aest glass,' with sc
' '. s:' r 1 'vl ricl.'v cl :"el an J
It would be '. interesting to consider
some of the e fleets upon the ' world at
larce if mirrors had never been invented.
It is certain that the mortality by drown
ing would have been increased, such if
the vanity of th human breast. , There
is no doubt that the present fastidious
ness in matters of dress is- largely the
result of the faithful reflection . of the
IUUAIUg"jJlUM. ww
bother herself about the set of her gown
in the back if she had no looking-glass
to tell her she bad a back a thins
whici), being herself in front, as1 the
little girl in Punch used to sayt she
would not otherwise suspect.
tT.: -.1... Jntm fntr a vnmin
Cslds and Their Dure.
An old nurse whose remedies are
looked, upon as infallible, was asked the
other day how to cure a cold, and here
is what she said:
When a cold once gets a good start,
you can't cure it. It's bound tat run its
course for three weeks, like a fever. '
The time to take, a cold in hand is when
the first symptoms are felt. The bc$t
means of treatment depends on the sort
of cold it is. For a cold jn the head,
the best thing to do is to steam the head.
That is what the doctors do. They use
all sorts of appliances, but a common
tea-kettle will do. When the water boils
move the kettle to the back of the stove,
remove the cover and hold the face over
the steam. Put a towel around your
neck so as not to wet your garments, and
keep your mouth open. Koep this up as
long as you can stand it. Do it at night
when you are going to bed.. If you do
it and then go out, it will be more apt
to aggravate than to cure the cold. If 7
one couia stay in ine nouse auu eep luo
rooms at about the same even tempera
ture for two or three days, uothing more
might be required.
In addition to steaming the face, a
hct bath should be taken and a dose of
quinine. This is one of the few medi
cines that it is safe to take without a
doctor's prescription. How much should
coustitute a dose depends altogether up
on whether the patient has ever taken it
before or not. Almost any one, though,
can take two two-grain pills night and
morning. It must be discontinued,
though, just as soon as you begin to ex
perience a ringing sensation in the earj. .
A laxative is also necessary.
A cold on the lungs is even mora
serious than a cold in the head. If it
begins with soreness and tightness of the
chest, the best thing to do is to rub in,
with the tips of your fingers, a mixture
of vaseline and turpentine. A hot foot-'
bath, in which two tablespoonfuls of
mustard to the gallon hare been dis
solved, and a hot drink should be taken.
If there is much pain, apply a ginger
plaster to the chest. If there is a dry,
hard cough,' steaming the face will re
lieve it. As the cough becomes looser,
a cough mixture, made of molasses,
butter, and an onion, all boiled together, i
should be taken. New York Recorder.
Seven-Headed Egyptian Wheat.
The so-called seven-beaded Egyptian
or mummy wheat is "a very ancient va
riety, and while a few grains ot it may
have beep. picked up in Egypt, still there
is no prof that it was known at the tims
the ancient Egyptians practiced em
balming their dead. No one has ever
been able to make anyt grain or other
seed found in mummy cases germinate,
no matter how many "' persons ; have
claimed otherwise. Scientific men have
tested these seeds many times,, but never
succeeded in making them show the
least signs of vegetating. Fresh modern
seeds are often palmed off upon travelers
in the Eas for very ancient ones found
in some old cave or tomb, and they pass
as genuine among those who are not well
informed in regard to such matter,
New York Sun.
Ancient City f Lubeok. .
The city of Lubeck, Germany, which
will shortly celebrate its seven hundred
and fifty-third anniversary, has rather
an interesting history. The city was
founded in 114P, -ws ceded to the
Dukes of Saxony eighteen years liter,
and in 1201 was taken by the Bancs. I&
was made a free imperial city in 122C,
when the Danish garrison was expelled,
and in 1241 it became the head of tfi-.
Hanseatic League. Itlucher tookrc?!
in Lubeck to avoid tho French i my,
when it was carried by assault r.n l Mif .
fered a three diys' pilhe, i.il". vc '"(:r,
f ."1 a v 1 o -1 !" 1 r v . .
.UUWl .UH.lUUt.lt 1 ' - Lj
was annexed U the Ti .ic". IZ:::- :n, a . 1
rejai;-id i'.s fr -."1" 1 5 1 1, 'A V