PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1894.
NO. 10.
VOL. VI.
ASONO OF LOVE, ' -
I do believe Her heart .
Is something still to mo ' . ,-.
'Bba Is the ono that had no art"
oave j OTP, mat is to dp. ,
Bho Is the one who was so dear
And caught ma with, her golden hair I
My sweet remembrance makes
A. molody of her J '
No thrush that slugs in all tno brakes
"Would I could I, prefer!
, For when sue spoke, in Love's sweet way
All the dear birds Sana? night and day !
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
DK FEESTON'S BROTHER
"WAS eister in a
large male surgi
cal ward of a well
known , hospital
in the north of
England at ' the
time when the
following acci
dent occurred :
A few ' months
previously one of
colliery explo
those disastrous
sions, only too common in our neigh
borhood, had taken place, and eight
-of the men, poor fellows, all badly in
jured, had been brought into the
Martin ward". We ' all had a heavy
time of it, and our houso surgeon -never
;: very strong had completely
broken down under the strain of his
devoted attention' to his patients.
He had the satisfaction of seeing all
the cases (with one exception) fairly
started on the road to convalescence
before he, too, came on the sick list,
and was ordered'absolute rest for sev
eral months. No man ever deserved a
rest more thin he.
, Jby His cc
istant and unwear.
labors of lot
he had earned the V
lag pronouatrfld in Abou JJen Ajv 3
as "Ono who loved his Tellow-men
We all greatly missed his cheery pres
ence in the wards, and felt small in
terest ia the doctor' who came as his
"locum," : feeling sure . that no one
could take his place.
Dr. Freston, the temporary house
surgeon, however, made a favorable
impression on his arrival and soon
showed that he thoroughly knew his
work. lie had a quiet, reserved man
ner,' and we had forked together some
days" before I learned anything more
about him. Then an accident, if there'
is such a thing, ; showed me the real
man. One - evening, on going his
rounds, I reported a new case, just
come in, to him. It was a man who
had been found lying in the road. He
had evidently fallen against a curb
stone and had received a scalp wound.
That he was a stranger in the town
was, proved by eome papers in his
pocket, shcwinghiin to have been dis-'
charged from a sailing vessel at Hall
a few days previously. .
.. "I have not made out his history
yet," I said; "he seems to be very
poor and apparently has no friends."
"No friends IV repeated Dr. Fres
ton, with an expression I hd not seen
on his face before." "Very few of 'us
realize what those words mean, sister.
It means more than mere friendless
ness. " It means a man's life without
any influence for gv"d upon it ?no
restraint to keep him from" sinking to
'the lpwest depths ; no anchor to hold
him back from suffering shipwreck on
the rocks which surround us all ; some
seen and some hidden ones more
dangerous than all." y
He paused, then turned "round toj
face me, and spoke more quickly, as
if he wished to force himself to say
something. , ' . ,
"To me it is the most painful sight
of all, because I am haunted by the
feeling that somewhere in this world
there now may be a man who" is friend
less and alone through xnf fault.
EVaw'faoV tana T eon T fllinlc mftV TA
uvou -
his. Every morning I wake with" the
thought that I may see it before
night." " ' "
I looked at him with intense inter
est. My woman's instinct, which so
seldom errs, told me that he had never
spoken of this to any one before, and
i. ISA. - L l'f A Vi 4y-l
mat it was a great; rentu wm .v
so now. , , ; -
j I longed to hear more. He seemed
to read, the svmpathy expressed in my
- - - w
face and went on more quietly :
"I had a younger brother. There
were only the two of us. I was older
by three years, and both in appear
ance arid character we were totally
unlike. lie had beer spoiled by my
father, who always lot him have his
o'wa w, chielly, I fancy, on account
1
toe)
of the strong likeness he bore to our
mother, who died when we were quite
young. ; I was at Oxford reading for a
degree previous to entering tho hos
pital when my father died. "
"My father had had a nasty fall in.
the hunting field, and was almost at
the last before I got to him. AH his
affairs were in perfect order, but he
was anxious about Jack always his
first thought. ' .
"You'll look after him, Tom,' he
said. "Promise me you'll look after
him. If you promise, I know you
won't go back. A promise is a promise
with you, Tom ; I could always trust
you." ,v ' v
. "I did promise, again and again,
and God knows-1 meant to keep my
word, and my old father died quite
happy with my promise still sounding
it his ears and his eyes resting to the
last on his darling Jack. He never
doubted me for a. moment. How
could he. foresee?"
"I went back to Oxford, and Jack
entered the same, college. That was
the mistake. At a distance if ' I had
only seen him now and then we
might have got on well enough; but
at my elbow, always bursting into my
room . when 1 wante3 to reaa, filling
his room with friends as noisy and
light-hearted ' as himself, spending
money recklessly on all sides, and
turning everything I said into a joke
all this wao a daily annoyance to
me. . It grew intolerable. I had no
sympathy 'at all with any of his pur
'suits' and.1 jgrew more cold and re
served, until one :l day, exasperated
're than ;tisual, I told him that if he
'anted to go to the dogs he might go
y himselfl. . His temper was as quick
as mine. His sharp, answer drew a
sharper ; ne from me, which roused
.hJ211.uta.aJ fury. You won't see me
again, so you need .not trouble your
head about it. I can work for myself,
and he was gone. Even then, sister, -if
I had gone after him, I might have
stopped him, but I was angry with
him, and glad that he was gone. As
glad then to hear that he was gone as
I should be now to hear that once
again on this earth I might hope to
see his face. I live for that, and one
day it may come."
, "And you never heard of him
again?" i '.-
"No sound fro mi that day to this.
He went without money, and he could
draw none except through me. "
"Perhaps," I suggested, utterly at a
loss what to say, "he found some work
or" J. began, rather hopelessly.
"No," he replied, with a deep tone
of sadness in his voice ; "no ; not one
of his friends ever heard of him
that's four no, five years ago. Five
years and night and day I think of
those words, 'You will look after Jack,
Torn?'"
The door opened to admit -the
stretcher with a new case from the
surgery, and Dr. Freston was in a mo
ment the professional man, absorbed
in investigating the extent of the new
arrival's injuries.
Before leaving the ward he turned
to the bedside of the patient whose
friendless condition has led to our con
versation. He took down- the head
card to fill up the details.
"Name, sister?"
. ' ... "
. "George Thomas."
' ' ."Age?". " :
"I do not know; he looks about
forty ; but he is very weather-beaten ?"
. The doctor glanced at the tanned,
scarred face, nearly hidden by ban
dages, and stood hesitating, pen in
band. ' . ,
'Occupation do you know 2"
'Sailor." t ; - v
"No other particulars, Bister?"
-He laid the card on the table and
wiped his pen carefully a methodical
and orderly man in every detail of his
work. ' . .
', "I 'only found a few coppers and
these old papers in his pooket," I said,
showing the contents of. a pocket-book
much the worse'for wear. One crum
pled piece of paper had the - words;
"15 Black Wells Court, Hull," written
upon it, probably the address of his
last lodging. , I proceeded, to tenfold
another piece, and found an old,
plain gold, locket, worn thin and
bright ; one side was smooth, and on
the other was a monogram still faintly
legible, "J. F." .
I felt it suddenly snatched from
my hands.
Ir. Freston had seized it, and, car
rying it quickly across the ward,
turned the gas full on, and gazed on
the locket with eyes that seemed to
pierde it through. '. - ,
"Look, sister 1" he said, ' and ' his
strong hand shook as he held it toward
me, "there can be no mistake. 1 I re
member this locket so well .--' Jack
gave it to my Xather with his photo
graph inside before he went to school,
and after father died Jack kept it. Ii
was an old joke of theirs to lake each
other' things, .because they were
marked with . j the same ; initials. I
could swear.' to this anywhere, and I
see quite ' clearly how it came here,
Jack met this man at Hull, perhaps he
came off the same boat, and if he was
hard up but he must have been hard
np before he would part with this, and
then it's not much use to any one
else. No one would give a shilling for
an old thing like this, but here it is,
and here's . the address of where the
man stayed. Jt's the first clue I have
ever had, sister," and his face wai
bright with hope. "Jack may be still
there ; I must go without losing a min
ute. I may catch him before he goes
on further. Is there anything else
you want m for to-night?"
He was already near the door. "No,
not to-night ; the others are all very
comfortable ; but do you not think it
would be worth while to ask this man
where he got the locket? Alt may not
have been in Hull at all, .and you
would have the journey for nothing.
Give me the locket, and I will ask
him." ; '"' "
He handed it to me without appear
ing to follow what1 1 had said.
The idea of his brother being within
reach had taken such a , hold of hit
mind that he could hardly endure a
minute's delay before going off tc
seek him.
"I found this among your things,
I said to tho patient after Dr. Freston
had. gone. "Is it your own, or did
some one Bell it to you?"
He looked up quickly ahcL suspi
ciously. ' ' . . "
"What do you want to know for?"
he muttered. ; ;
"I only want to know whether the
man who owned this firet was with yon
at his address in Hull." ,
He looked at me sharply, and did
not answer for a minute. .
"Yes," he said, slowly, -'"the man
who owned that was thece when I was,"
and he turned round, as if unwilling
to say more.
' I had learned all I wished, and re
peated the information to . Dr. Fres
ton. ' . .
VThank you very much," he said,
limply, "Good night sister ; 1 may
not see you for a few days." He was
already on the landing. ' r
, "Goodnight, Dr. Freston," but I
doubt if he heard me. He was half
way downstairs.
Next day Dr. Frecton'a work was
done by the junior surgeon, and the
ward routine went on as usual.
I could find out nothing more o
,?o. 7's history, except that his real
age was twenty-eight. He looked at
least ten years older. ' He was knocked
about a good deal in the world, he told
some of hia fellow patients. -
His injuries proved to be very slight,
and on the evening of the second day
he was allowed to sit up for a short
time. .
On the day following, when it was
growing dusk, the door of the ward .
opened, and Dr. Freston came quietly
in. .. -
I saw at a glance that he had not
been successful in his search. There
was nothing more to be learned at
that address, he' told me. The people ,
there remembered quite ell a man
who gave the name of George Thomas
sleeping there for one night a week
ago, but they were sure they had no
other lodger at the time. . They knew
nothing whatever about the man. .' Ha
was evidently very poor, but had paij
r what he had had.
"I ought not to have built so many
hopes upon so slight a foundation,"
he replied, with a poor attempt at a
smile, and a tone of weary sorrow in
his voice. "I have waited so long
that I ventured to think that perhips
at last he" theo, checking himslf,
and with an effort turning his thoughts
elsewhere "out I am late, sister. I
must catch up my wor.i. Have you
anything for me to-night?" t
' "Will you sin No. Te paper? The
wound was very superficial, and Mr.
Jones discharged him this morning.
He is anxious to get on.
. "I must speak to him first ; -he may
be able to, tell 'me, something more,"
and he turned towards No. 7, sitting
by the fire, and for the first time he
looked him in the face the first time
for five years, rather ; ; for I saw Dr.
Freston pause as if transfixed, and the
next moment he was at his .brother's
side,
"Jack I" he said, "Jack I" and could
not say another word. .r;
But that was allhe had to say. Jack
had been the thought of his lifei night
and day, for five years. And now Jack
was there, and he held him fast, what
should the say but repeat "Jack!"
again and again, until he could realize
that this was no dream, but rather the
awakening to a batter and hapiper'lif e
than he had known before. ' Jack said
nothing at all. For one moment he
had looked around as if wishing to
escape; but if he would. he could not.
And where in the world that he had,
found so hard and merciless could he
hope to meet the worm welcome which
strove to find utterances in his broth
wis happy eyes, which gazed on the
ragged figure before him as if he could
never look enough? " .
(That is all the tale. It gave the pa
tients something to talk about for a
day or two, and was then forgotten
in the ward, at least.
But there are three people from
whose memories no word or act re
corded here can ever be effaced. Need
I name them? They are Dr. Freston,
Jack, his brother, and myself, Tom
Freston's wif e. ' -
. , Prickly Lettuce.
Daring the last three years the
farmers of the Mississippi "Valley,
especially in Iowa, Wisconsin and Il
linois, have had to contend with the
new European weed, the so-called
prickly lettuce (Lactuca Scarlola),
writes H H. Pamanel, of the Iowa Ag
ricultural College. Ten years ago this
weed was hardly heard of in the Mis
sissippi Valley, though long known to
Massachusetts, but now it may be
seen coming up in streets, villages,
lots, fields and. gardens.
Professor MortP w, of the University
of Illinois, has recently issued a circu
lar calling attention to he pernioious
character of this weed. A few yeara
ago this weed was scarcely noticed in
the streets in the village of Amesbut
there is now hardly a lot or street iriv
which v this weed cannot be found.
Prickly lettuce closely resembles the
common cultivated lettuoe. The stem
is slightly prickly ; below-f bristly ;
the mid-rib on the lower face of the
leaf is also prickly. It produces small
j ellow flowers in heads ; the latter
contain from six to :: twelve flowers.
The seeds are flat, with a long beak,
and at the end of this beak occurs the
papus which allo ws the seed to be dis
seminated. The great difficulty in
dealing with this weed is the fact that
a few plants maturing seeds in a va
cant place are sufficient to' seed the
whole neighborhood, and as this weed
is a biennial it should not be difficult
to remove them. But, as in most
cases, many people neglect pulling out
these weeds when young, and they
become scattered far and near.
A True Fishing Story.
Hero is a snake story from a Bechu
analand paper which we 'do not re
member having seen before :
A Barberton man, who goes to
church regularly, was one day walking
alnng the banks of Concession Creek
eating a sandwich, and on account oft
the usual disparity between meat and
bread he threw the redundant piece
into the water, i Immediately swarm
of yellcw fish bubbled around 4it,
fighting for the mouthful. The man
searched his pockets for fishing tackle,,
but all in vain, and he was just be
ginning to die of despair when his eye
lighted on a blacksnake. At that mo
ment he remembered how his father
used to tell him that blackenakes were
very expert Jn catching fish. He
therefore grabbed the reptile by the
tail, carried it to the river and held it
over the struggling fish. . The snake'
proved itself a born angler, and in
the course of an hour the man had
captured forty find fish. A few days
1 itter a he was walking; in the same
place, he felt something rub 'against
his ler, and looking down he saw his
t'iiend,the blacksnake, eager for raor
ipoxt. Ilanoon (Burmah) Times.
LADIES' COLUMN
' . THE WHITE r-IQTOT PELISSE.
Now is the period when the white
pique pelisse flourishes once again,
and, by the way, we nave borr owed
this' fashion from our babies. Pique
is 4 obtaining . among us, but, be it
understood, it is generally pique glori
fied with black ' satin" ribbons and
chiffon vests. Candidly, I confess it
is a material that please me but little;
it is too stiff, yelt I think it may be
used most successfully to form facings
to drill gowns, and it may be relied
upon, to mako very . smart little coats
to be worn over serge skirts for yacht
ing; these looking their best, perhaps,
when adorned with gold ' buttons.
With serge skirts, too, coats of colored
linen have an ,' excellent effect. A
cornflower-blue serge ? skirt ; and a
holland coat, although . it perhaps
sciggests the undress costume of a
page, may be very successfully worn
with a black skirt and a blaok tie, and
crowned by a Panama hat trimmed
with black taffeta ribbon. New York
Journal.
A WOMAX CAKTErTEB.
' The progressive women of the times
are striving not . only for political
power, but for admission into the
medical, legal and clerical profes
sions. Very few of them, however,
are desirous of earning a livelihood as
ordinary mechanics. ; It is interesting,
therefore, to learn from the Philadel
phia Carpenter that . a lively young
Danish' woman, Miss Sophie Christen
sen, is anxious to get work in Chicago
as a carpenter and joiner. v In the city
of Copenhagen she, learned her trade,
to which she was bound as an appren
tice. When her apprenticeship was
completed, a short time ago,,, she was
admitted to full membership in the
union. She displayed great aptitude
and skill as a' worker at the trade, and
she is ready to " display ' specimens of
her handicraft. Among other 'things
she has made a "self-closing ' book
case" which is serviceable,- artistic,
and beautiful, and which is admired
by everybody who sees it. . She is but
twenty-six years old, and she expects
to get a good job in Chicago as soon
as the trade brightens up. New York
Sun.- -; '
WOMEN AND OLD AGS. . '
With all the twaddle about the in
feriority . of women, statistics show
that they live . longer than men.
Theijfreedom from the tobacco and
liquor ht&its probably has ; much ' to
do with this; 3 the constitutions i of
many men are moreJjr less enfeebled
in their earlier years bj .their indul
gence . in' , these habits. Nhere are
several well-authenticated cases' Therej
women have lived in comparative
health long past their one , hundredth
year. One woman lived to be (one
hundred and forty years old, . another
one hundred and forty-five; and this
one died not from natural causes but
accident. A French woman lived to
be one hundred and fifty years' old,
and although she became little mor,e
than a living skeleton, she had her
mental faculties to the last. It may
be questioned whether nature has not
given woman far greater powers of
reaction and endurance than have ,
been bestowed , upon men. Not en
durance as far as brute force goes, but
that quality ; that enables them ' to
withstaad the wear and tear of daly
life and rise superior to the lesser ilia
of existence. New York Ledger. '
FASHION NOTES. ' '
The summer dust cloaks are m ade
of striped taffeta, mohair, shot silk
and serge.
The seams in the skirt of cloth or
serge" gowns are stitched once or twice
on each side, making two or four rows
of 6titchingK or if ladies' cjoth is'us'ed
a band of cloth, an inch wide, is
stitched over the seams. On black
moire skirts overlapping jet sequins
are used in place of stitching.
The girl who . prides herself upon
style seldom wears any but dark or
subdued colors in the street. If she
has a bit of brightness on her hat it is
apt to be tucked away under the brim.
But for house wear even the stylish
young "woman may revel in bright
hues and thereby make herself a pleas
ing object to those about her.
Gay girls and tailor made women
have the shirt craza. . The last straw
is a colored Eajlish perci'e in rose,
pink, blue, castard orliLio with whte
dots, rings or disks, link hola c - "uind
collaf, bands; with them a etan.li-g or
turned down collar of white linen ia
worn. The shirts are made by a reg
ular shirtmaker and so are the collars.
Both modistes and milliners have
combined in great earnest for ribbon
trimmings for the decoration of their
own. gowns '- and J; millinery fc : the
spring season) They make use" of
watered and plain satin ribbons, Per
sian effects on grounds of black, dark
reen, phlox red and amber, of velvet
ribbons with 'satin or linen back oi
ethers. : ' .
Chatelaine bags, belts, shoes ' and
Bailor hats of white canvas are being
displayed, The bags are mounted '
with gold or oxidize! silver, and the,
belts have clasps to correspond. Tho
shoes have white kid trimmings and
silk lacings, and the jaunty, cool look
ing sailors are finished with kid,
leather or tarpaulin, and ; trimmed
with a band of canvas or white gros
grain ribbon. These accessories are
beautiful with dark blue outing suits. ,
Large neck scarfs for summer wear
are made of plain silk chambray net ,
in white,, black and cream shades, and
in delicate tints and deep tones of
yellow, blue, cardinal, pink, green,
etc. Chiffon, gauze, silk muslin, etc.,
plain-or accordion plaited, are also
called into service for these dainty
bits of neckwear. The trimming takes
the form of edgings of black,, white,
cream, beurra or beige lace." 1 ; -
A Sky Scraper lor Physicians, i-o
The physicians of New York City
are to erect a palatial eleven-story
office building devoted entirely to the
profession. , Over the portals is to be '..
carved the name," "The New York 1
Medical Building." . The building has
been designated with special reference
to the needs of tenants who are to bo
exclusively members of the medical
profession or engaged in occupations .
directly associated with medical prac- ,
tice, and no. office will be rented to
any. tenant whose standing in the' pro- .:
fession is not entirely satisfactory. It
will probably be located near the
Academy of Medicine, on Forty-thirl ,
street, between Fifth and Sixth ave- '
nues. '
: It will have every convenience and
practical facility for the ' accommoda
tion of tenants, such as an agency for
trained nurses, mail chutes, pneumatia
tubes, steam heat, electric light, elec
tric motor power, etc. Wheeled
chairs will make it practicable for an
invalid to be conveyed from a carriage ,
to the elevator and thence to an office
in any part of the, building. The
ground floor will be occupied by
stores, which, it is believed, ; will be'
very desirable for apothecaries, instxu- .
ment makers and opticians. ;.
There will be about 100 suites in the
sbuilding. The material to bo used
Will .W
te granite. The entrance
will be onesToTy- d will be
about fifty feet deep, thei3jnJtrQ0
tare rising eleven, stories on th.iiT'
sides of this foyer. The entrance will
be very artistically done in , carved
granite, with massive wrought iron
gates. There .will be considerable
carving about the first five stories, and
everything about the exterior of the
building will be of light colors. Chi
cago Herald. 5
A Partridge Tamed at Lasl.
. "About two years ago a partridge
(male) came into the village of Weed.i
port, N. Y., and went to the home of
a German family," writes "J. H. L.,"
in Forest and Stream. "The , door
was open and it walked in as if it
owned 4he place, and never offered t3
fly awayV Itrnlled around " -
for some time, when it waa caiignY aiitC.
put in a good-sized cage. It seemed
happy and would eat wheat out of any
one's hand. It has been taken out of
the cage several times and will stand
on the owner's forefinger, but' never
offers to leave. ' Last spring- three
young chickens were placed in . the
cage and it is raising them the same as
young partridges." 1
She Behaysd the Koiaeu
An old Indian woman, v.ho -;neJl
General Canby against ratirr; the
Indians under-a flag of trace in thy
lava beds during the Morion war, the
ilisregarding which cost him his life,
is still living in Klamath County, an!
i-ttceiveBa pension from tho Govem
uiens for services rendered during -j
war. San Ti cieo Chr onicle.
v.
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