FOit OOD. FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH"
$1.00 a ycarin advance.
VOL. VI.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FEIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1894.
NO. 24.
TV. MetcUerAusbon,Editor and Manager.
The Postmaster-General has faraeft
an amended regulation concerning
postal cards, providing that 'no print
ing or. writing other than the address
is allowable upon the address side, nor
may anything exoept an address label
be pasted , or attached to any postal
card. . The , address label, however,
may be pasted on the message side as
well as on the address side oi the
card." !
The St. Louis Star -Sayings observes :
Builders, especially in the East, are,
In view of a probably ooming scarcity
of lumber, turning their eyes to a new
eouroe of supply, Nova Sootia. Now
that lumber is on the free list, it will
pay buyers to purchase logs at $6 in
Kova Sootia rather than at $10 in
Maine or "Wisconsin, especially as the
cost of (water) transport is but little.
rThe drain on the Nova Scotia forests
lhas hitherto not been very great, the
principal market being England, to
Which country 109,000,000 feet (166
cargoes) , were shipped last year.
fThere are still 2,000,000 acres of vir-
Igin. timber land in the oolony, of
whioh 800,000 acres are owned by
farmers, 400,000 by the Government
and the balance by individuals and
corporations. "
The class of '97 of the Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia have
decided to use the metric system in
writing their prescriptions when they
aie graduated. . "This action," says
the Philadelphia Enquirer, "will no
doubt be handed - down from class to
(lass as it is the first step made in this
Country by a medical college. It 18
contended that at the present time all
kinds of weights and . measures are
used by the druggists and pharmacists,
thus leading io confusion between th
doctor and the druggist. The United
States Pharmacopoeia of 1890, pro
nounced it favor of the metric system,
yet it is only by conoerted action on
the part of the doctors and the phar
macists that it will be brought into
general use. The colleges of phar
macy, have , adopted the metrio system
and it is thought that, as it has been
brought up in one medical college,
others will speedily follow."
The Presbyterian records a singular
'experiment made by the "Woodland
Avenue Presbyterian Church, Cleve
land, Ohio. Realizing that mothers
are prevented from attending church
by the necessity of caring for their
babes at home, the church has pro
vided a Sunday nursery, which is to b
open in connection with both the
morning and evening services. The
practical object of this nursery is to
receive : and properly and lovingly
care for the babes and young chil
dren while one or both of their par
ents are attending divine service in
church. The children will be received
Just before r service and delivered to
the parents just after service, or at
any time previous, " as the parent may
wish. Such a tvork. faithfully, intelli
gently and lovingly done, as it will
undoubtedly- be in the present in
stance, will enable ; many a mother,
who now gats no suoh opportunity
from one year's end to another, to at
tend the services of the sanctuary.
The Director of the United States
(Mint has estimated and the Secretary
of the Treasury, has proclaimed the
value of foreign coins, as required by
Section 25 of the act of August 28,
1894. - The changes made are as
.follows
!- . Value. Value.
, Julyl, Oct.l,
1894. 1894.
Boliviara of Bolivia 457 .464
Peso of Central American '
Btfttes.... ......... .457 .464
iBhnnghai tael of China....... .676 .685
iHaikwan tnol of Cblna 753 .763
TlAQ-Tsin tael of China . .. ' .727
Che-Foo tael ot China .717
Peso of Colombia. . , .....457 . .464
Sucre of Ecuador....... .... .457 .464
Rupee of India .............. .217 .227
Y Jen of Japan . . . .493 ,600
Dollars of Mexico..... 497 .504
Sol. of Peru............:..... .457 .464
Ruble of Bussla...... ...... .. .866 .871
Mahbub of Tripoli. ... .'-413 .418
The estimate of the value of coins
of countries having a single silver
standard is made up on the average
price of silver for the three months
ending September ' 29, 1894, viz:
$0.64127. There has been added to
the list the Tien-TBin and Che-Foo
iaela of China.
HONEY,
When bees wenfl forth In black eonttnnsrw
stream, .-..
And steadily return unto the hive,
When all tbe air with humming is nlivs
From pearly dawn to ' day's last goldon
gleam ,
Then It behooves to work and not to drenm !
Up I If your honey store you want to thrive,
(Ere hungry drones with robber bees con
nive,) ,
That you may gather all the blossom-cream.
Yet let me pause a moment on the brink
Between' yon flower-calyx and Its spoil
What labor interreneth ! Only think,
What you deem play, to bees and me 'tis
toll,
Tot labor, perspiration, many a st in;?, .
So I've the honey cheerfully I slog !
.. The Academy.
THE YOUNGEST CLERK
BY. HELEN FOBHEST GRAVES.
S it a beggar,
Jane?" said Mrs.
Troop. "Ob,
don't send the
poor creature
away! Give him
a glass of milk
and a bit of the cold beef."
"Please, ma'am," said Jane, "there
ain't so much as a drop of milk left,
and you gave the last of the cold beef
to old Gideon Gallup. And besides,
ma'am, I don't think it is a tramp at
all. It's quite a respectable young
man, in a brown linen duster, and a
carpet bag."
"Oh!" said Mrs. Troop. "A new
boarder, eh?"
"Well, ma'am, I ain't quite sure,"
said Jane, discreetly. "Folks is so
different."
"Jane," said Mrs. Troop, mysteri
ously, "I see it all now. It's the
youngest clerk."
"Ma'am?" said Jane, in a bewildered
way.
"Oh, don't be so stupid?" cried Mrs.
Troop, who was one of those nervous
women who are perpetually instinct
with electricity, and who saw and
comprehended things by flashes. 'Call
Barbara, and make haste about it 1"
Barbara came into the green gloom
of the little pantry, whose window was
thickly shaded with . morning-glory
vines a tall, slim lassie, with solemn
blue-gray eyes, brown hair, and a slow
graoe of manner whioh she must have
inherited from the birches on the
mountain 6ide and the reeds in the
swamp, for other teachers she had
none.
"What is it, mother?" said she. "1
was just emptying the feathers out of
the old pillow-ticks."
"Barbara," said Mrs. Troop, "don't
bother about pillow-ticks. It's the
youngest clerk! He's waiting just
over there on the porch, with his bag.
Can we accommodate him, do you
think?"
."Mother," said Barbara, "what on
earth do you mean ?"
"Why," cried Mrs. Troop, with an
impatient gesture, "don't you remejc'
ber old Mr. Fanshawe. the boc
keeper; in Browne, Brownson &
Browne's, telling us about the youngest
clerk there who had the weak lungs
and the small salary? And he said
he'd recommend him here for his vaca
tion, and he hoped we'd take him
cheap and do what we oonld for him."
"Oh!" said Barbara, arching .bar
pretty eyebrows. "Yes, it seems to
me now that I do remember something
about it But, mother, where can we
put him? Every room is full even
to the two sloping-roofed chambers in
the garret."
"But a poor young man," said Mrs.
Troop, in a distressed voice, "with
hereditary consumption and almost no
salary! Barbara, we never can turn
him away."
"No, of course not," said Barbara,
reflecting. "Mother, I can manage it.
Don't fret any more. Tell him he may
come."
"And high time, too," said Mrs.
Troop, nervously, "with him waiting
there on the porch and wondering, no
doubt, what all this delay means."
She bustled out, with kindly hospi
tality. There, in the purple twilight,
, apparently listening to the song of
1 the whip-poor-wills on the mountain
side, sat a slender man, dressed in
cool, brown linen, with a valise rest
ing on'" the floor beside him. How
was Mrs. Troop to know that he had
heard every word of the brief col
loquy? "Madam," ho said, lifting the straw
hat from his curly head, "i "
"Oh, yes, yes I" said Mrs. Troop ;
1 know all about it. Tour name is
Browne with Browne, Brownson &
Browne. Mr. Fanshawe told me all
about you. You are the youngest
clerk .there." A
"Madam, I"
"It isn't necessary to explain,"
kindly interrupted Mrs. Troop.
"We'll give you a room aid board for
two dollars a week. I can't promise
you the dainties they have at the Cho
coma House, but everything shall be
clean and wholesome. Mr. Fanshawe
told us that your means were, limited.
Mr. Fanshawe knew I would be inter
ested in you, because I had lost a son
of about your age."
4 Indeed, Mrs. Troop, I am very
mush obliged to you, but "
"Here comes my daughter Bar
bara," said Mrs. Troop, evidently de
sirous to abbreviate the new-comer's
thanks. "Barbara, this h the young
est clerk. His name, I believe, is
Browne."
Barbara let her soft, blue-gray eyes
rest upon his tired face for a, second,
with the most angelic sympathy.
"Is your cough very bad?" she
asked. "Ob, I hope the mountains
will do you good ! How long a vaca
tion have you two weeks?"
He smiled. . ,
"You are very kind," he said. "The
firm will allow me to be gone as long
as I like."
'And your salary will go on just
the same?"
."And my salary will continue just
the same."
'That is what I call real , gener
osity," said Barbara. "Oh, I should
like to thank Messrs. Browne, Brown
son & Browne ! Well, come in. Our
little cottage is full of boarders, but
my mother and I will contrive to
make room for yon somewhere. " ,
And the pale boarder slept that
pight in a rose-soented room, with a
' of bright rag-carpet on the floor,
hand-painted china vases on th
wooden mantle, and cheap muslin our
tains at the window, after a supper of
blackoaps and milk, delicious s home
made bread, fresh honey and johnny
cake.
"Two dollars a week for such fare
as this, to say nothing of my cunning
little corner room I" said Mr. Browne
to himself. "I never boarded 'so
cheaply before in all my life."
At the end of a week he was more
than delighted. Mrs. Troop was the
kindest and most motherly of hos
tesses. Barbara was the impersonation
of sweet and gracious refinement.
The mountain was full of purple
glens, merry voiced cascadas, winding
footpaths and breezy heights. Mr.
Browne enjoyed himself intensely. He
believed that he had come to the right
place.
"Don't you think," said Barbara to
her mother, "that he's very strong for
a consumptive ?"
"It's that herb tea and the diet of
honey and new milk that is building
him up," said Mrs. Troop, triumphant
ly. "I never knew it to fail yet in
lnng diseases. But he's very pleasant,
Bar by, isn't he?"
"Very !" said Barbara, earnestly.
Mr. Browne had not been a month at
the little, cottage on the mountain
when, overtaken by a sudden shower,
he sought refuge in an old, unused
barn not far away from the house,
where a thicket of blossoming elder
berries concealed the rude stone base
ment, and a veteran yellow pine tree
flung its banner of black green shade
over the mossy, shingles of the roof.
Unused, 'except to stow sweet hay in
and in one corner a little chamber had
been finished off long ago with a brick
chimney and a tiny paned lattice.
The door was half open, and Mr.
Browne could discern a little cot bed,
draped with white, a dimity covered
toilet stand, whose coarse, cheap bowl
and pitcher were enriched with purple
and crimson autumn leaves in hand
painting, and a little needlework rug
which lay at the foot of the bed.
"Ah," said Mr. Browne to that best
of confidants, himself, "I comprehend
it all now ! : I have displaced Mad
emoiselle Barbara from the little cor
ner room in the cottage. Upon my
word, I feel like a usurpei ! But how
good they are, this mother and daugh
ter, whose only income is derived
from this precarious occupation of
taking boarders ! . How unselfish, how
utterly self-sacrificing! There are
good Samaritans yet left in the world,
thank heaven 1"
When September came, with its
yellow leaves and its clusters of vivid
blue asters on the edges of the woods,
Mr. Brown prepared to return to the
city. ' '- v ;;;
"You are sure you are strong enough
to resume work?" said Mrs. Troop,
anxiously
"Mother," said Barbara, "he isn't
at all like an invalid. Either old Mr.
Fanshawe was mistaken, or Mr.
Browne has made an almost miracu
lous discovery." '
Just at this instant Jane came to tell
Mrs. Troop that neighbor Jackson was
at the door weiting to borrow o
drawing of tea.
The gentle widow busuS out ; Mr.
Browne turned to Barbara.
"Yes," said he, "I am going to re
turn to New York. But I shall leave
something behind me."
"We shall be very happy to take
charge of anything for you," said
Barbara, who was sorting over red
checked pears for preserving.
"Shall you? But you don't know
what it is, Barbara," suddenly lapsing
into extreme gravity. "It is my
heart. I am driven to confess that I
ha,ve lost it and to you !"
"You are joking!" cried Barbara,
coloring and half-disposed to be in
dignant. "I never was more serious in my
life, "asseverated Mr. Browne. "I do
Jove yon, dear Barbara, trnly and
tenderly. Do you think you could
dare to trust your future to me? .Poor
as I seem, I could yet give you a
good home."
"Oh, I am not afraid of that!" said
Barbara, with rising color and droop
ing eyelashes. "I have been brought
up to be independent, you know, and
I believe I could earn a little money
by art work, if I ever had the chance.
If if you really care for me "
"Mv own darling!" .
"Then yes, I do love you!'
So Barbara was wooed and won.
"Of course, the dear little mother
must Ijve with us," said Mr. Browne.
"I couldn't do without her !" ; "
Mrs. Troop, who had once moro
joined the groupf looked worried.
"Is it a flat?" said she, wistfully.
"No, I occupy a whole house'
"But, deat me !" cried the mother-in-law-elect,
"isn't that extrava
gant?" "I think not," said Mr. Browne,
seriously.
"But must you really bo married at
once?"
"1 should like to carry both Bar
bara and you back to the city with
me," said the lover.
"And poor J ane ? Though, of course,
it would be out of the question for
Barbara to keep a hired girl?" hesi
tated Mrs. Troop.
"Oh, Jane must come, too!" said
Mr. Browne. "Bring her with you, by
all means. We can manage it some
how. To tell you the truth"
"Well?" said Mrs. Troop, eagerly.
"I am a fraud and a delusion," con
fessed Mr. Browne, , while Barbara
raised her soft eyes in amazement. "I
am not the youngest clerk in the firm,
at all the youngest clerk went out to
Bermuda, at the expense of the firm.
I hope he is doing well in that cli
mate. This man was Ferdinand Brown.
I am Augustus Browne, the youngest
partner."
"But however came you here?"
eagerly questioned Mrs. Troop.
'Didn't Mr. Fanshawe recommend
you?" ; "
"Not at all. I came to the hotel,
but it was full ; and they thought that
perhaps I would bo provided for at
Mrs. Troop's cottage until there was a
vacancy in the Chocoma House. But
when the vacancy came I didn't care
to claim it."
"So you are not poor at all?" sai 3
Barbara, in a low voice.
"Not in your sense of the word,
perhaps; but I shall be poor indeed,
sweet Barbara, if I have forfeited
your favor," he uttardd, fervently.
"Nor consumption?"
"No, nor consumption," he aJ
mitted.
. "You have been deceiving us all
along?"
"Yes, I have been deceiving; you all
along," said Mr. Browne. "But. un
der the circumstances, do you Bee bow
I could help it?"
"It is very strange," said Barbara.
"I ought to ba thoroughly indignant
with you; but somehow somehow I
love you more dearly than ever."
Mrs. Troop could hardly believe her
own ears. A palace in Fifth avenue ;
a double oarriage driven by two fine
gentlemen who wore choicer suits
and glossier hats than the parson him
self J" double damask napkins, with
monograms embroidered on them, at
every meal ; egg-shell china ; all the
luxuries which she had dreamed of,
but had never known ! And all these
gifts bestowed by the hand of the poor
young clerk whom she had undertaken
to board at two dollars a week because
he was alone and friendless, and fox
whom she had saved the choicest
slices of honeycomb and brewed the
most invigorating herb-tea !
"One often reads of these things in
novels," said she; "but how seldom
they come true in real life !"
Kind, simple-hearted Mrs. Troop!
If she had been a student of the great
"novel" of Human Nature, she would
have known that we are all of us liv
ing romances at one time or another.
And why not? Is net the yorld al
ways full of Love and Youth. -Satar-
day Night.
Rgllshed Soap Sandwiche;.
"Of all the harnm-scarcnm young
sters that ever I came across," said a
well-known dry goods merchant re
cently, "the worst, I believe, were in
my employ until last week. I had to
discharge them three office and stock
boys at once, in order to restore
peace in the establishment.
"The ringleader was about seven
teen years old, and worked in the
stock. His position brought him in
contact with the head porter, and be
tween the two there was continual
warfare. It started, I believe, in a
practical joke of the boy's.
"One warm day last summer the
porter had laid his shirt aside in the
cellar. We happened to have there
an old stencil, used to mark a cheap
bleached muslin for export. The boy
6tols the shirt and stencilled on it
'Mohammed Bleached Muslin. Then
he called all the other boys , and they
began to jeer the porter, acousing him
of stealing samples for his shirts. The
porter is as honest as the day is long,
but the continual nagging preyed
upon him, and at last he came to me,
the shirt in one hand and the stencil
plate in the other. Of course 1
laughed at the matter.
"But the boy didn't rest at that.
The porter was in the habit of eating
bis lunch in the cellar. . He brought
it with him in the morning and stowed
it away in a closet until the noon
hour. He was very fond of cheese
sandwiches. One day the young
scapegrace of a boy stole the lunch
for a while, and, taking a bar of yel
low soap, out generous slices from iL
He then removed the cheese and sub
stituted the slices of soap. Then he
told the other lads, and they all
seoreted themselves to watch Tom eat.'
! "My porter must have a strong
stomach. He ate the sandwiohes
without detecting the soap. Then to
the diappointment of the boys, he
turned over on the top of a case, put
his ooat under his head and prepared
to take a nap. This was too much for
the boys, and they pelted him with
balls of twine, wads of paper and the
like.
"The man awoko and chased the
boys for ten or fifteen minutes. Then
Tom became ill, and had to leave for
the day. The story came to my ears,
and following, as it did, so roauy
other pranks, I concluded that it was
best to turn the young rascals out."
New York Herald.
For the Army.
Recruiting Sergeant "You won't
do for a soldier." .
Applicant "Why not?"
Recruiting Sergeant "The front
fingers are off your right hand, and
you can't pull a trigger. "
Applicant "Oh, that'll be all right.
I'd just a3 lief be an officer and carry
a sword. "Washington Star.
An Unreasonable Public.
Clerk "Mr. Blinks was just in to
Bay that yo l hadn't sent a man to fix
his pipes." ,
Flumber-T-"He's about the fortieth
man to come in with that story to-day.
I wonder if people thinkwe haven't
anything to do but sit here and )iten
to complaints." Puck. ,
The Guest Chamber.
Tery few housekeepers, no matter
how hospitably inclined' they may be,
furnish the "spare rojom" so that'
when the stranger withija. the gates, is
ushered into it a feelingof complete
ness takes possession; ef the senses,
and chairs, rugs and carpets cry out in
welcome. In tod many homes the idea
that is carried out is to provide, tha ,
guest with a suitalie bed, a bureauf in
whioh to put the olotbes that he or
she has brought . for use -during da
visit, one chair and a wasusf and. Soma
weary pictures of pastel subjects adorn
the walls, and the entire aspect ia
drear and commonplace.- 5 -r
The writer knows of one abode
where the guest chamber Is" made - the
subject of infinite thought, The com
fort of the visitor is the watchword
that governs the selection of every
stick of furniture, and the great, won
der is that any one who once enjoys
the pleasant atmosphere-of ; that per
fectly appointed room ever has moral
courage enough to bring the visit to A
close. Philadelphia Times." ' "J
' -": r '' '
Chinese Pawnbrokers. - ' rt
: Among the Canton housesthere are
occasional exceptions to the general -'
one-storied or low constructions.
Some of these are built like ; square
towers four or five stories thigh, with
no outside windows BaveAt a consider
able distance above the ground, an J ,
no outside projections by,, ,whic
thieves might climb up. These eetab-:
lishments are called pawus.hopsr but
they appeared to me Lnore io-resemblo
our banks where we place Seeds aud
other valuables for safety. I amler
sWnd it is usual among the Chinese to
Ideposit their possessions o 'viwue,
when not,m , use, in, thego ejtablish
jments. Tho people. sisesttjre there '
j during summer their , win ter Soothing, ,
and loans may be obta'against the
goods stored. To have dealings with
a pawnshop is in no way derogatory
to a Chfnese gentlemanVdigoi-. V' '
A Peculiar Then. ' . ' '
Thomas Keegan, the proprietor of a . '
marb'e yard in Brooklyn, reported to'
the police the other day .tuitt some
tbief had during the night stolen a -white
marble , tombstone and cross
from the yard. New York Post.
Miss Francis E. Willord has been re
elected president of .the; Women'
Christian Temperance "Union, whicl:
met at Cleveland, Ohio. . "' V
'A novel 'undertaking. :'
A Great Company Furnishes Its Km,
ployes Free Medical Attendance. ...j
William L. Dou-tfa, """resident' of , the
W. L. Douglas Shof) Co., has always
had a Kreat personal interest In the hrinyof
men and women who Inhabit the grut , fac
tory nt Momello, MaH, 1 Hh is a.jrreat be
liever in the idea that manufacturers s'toulil
have this personal interest in the 'condition
of their employes, nnd feels that If the Ilea,'
is carried out to the extent that is possible,
that it will result ultimately in th breaking
down of the barriers whioh have been built
up between employers an t those whom they '
employ. s.
Mr. Douglas Is satisfied . that a. flcbema V
he has originated is a good on, and he has
now put it to practical tst. A few days npro
he handed to every person in his eaiploy 4
and they form a small army a coed, which
entitled the bearer "to lull and fro medical .
attendance while employed by the W. L.
Douglas Shoe Company. A competent and
skilful physician will bo at the private ofUao
of the company at 12 m., daily, exoept Sun
days and holiday.. If said employe should
be detained at home by sickness, the phy
Bioian will give full and free medical attend
ance there." .
Blank spaces are left In the card for tho
name and residence of tbe employe,-, and it "
is signed by Mr. Douglas, ns President of the
V. L. Douglas Shoe Company. The condi
tions printed on the card are as follows :
"The physician will not make visits outside
the city limits. This ticket is not transfer
able, and does not apply to the family of tbe .
employe, and must be returned , as oon as .'
the term of employment ceases. This privi
lege is a free gilt of the company and is no
part of the contract for wages,'ond may be
made void by the company, at Ms owe
option, without notice."
A doctor has been engaged to attend sick
employes, and everything that medical skill
can accomplish will be done for them dur
ing illness.
This is a practical illustration of the plan.
It will doubtless be appreciated by the hun
dreds who reoeive the cards. Mr. Douglas '
belL'Vos there a."e hundreds of workintnen
and workingwomen who fin.1, a doctor's bill
a great burden alter n period of enforced
idleness, and that if this u lifted from them '
they must feel that their employer ,Js inter
ested in them in some ether way than sim
ply to get all tho work he can for just as lit
tle money an he cttn. Mr. Dought HiiyuaUo .
that there are men and women who ket'p
at work when it would be belter for
their health it they laid off a Mlnv or
two and received medical attendance. Then
again tlmy will now 11 free io consult the
doctor lor slight troubles, which heretofore
they would not do because of the cosf.
fipaking of theW. L. Douglas Shoe Co., it
may be said lurt her t hat in 1 heir factory tho
prtuciple of nrM ration is rco;nlzed. Mr.
Douirlns is a ilrm Uliever in the priucifdo
aud has been fjlnctnliHfi-tabl'Bhmeut or tno
State Botird of Arbitiattuu. Th tlrm ot'li-s
evry employ to t-iztt nu Rjjrwiiient to mU
mit any diMigretMneiii that may arls, :m t
which cannot tio "tu.l i- the Intur
parties, to tho Starts Board of Artiitratiou,
tho decision of tl..t L.jiird to bo tlnai. '
I