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VOL. VI.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1895.
NO. 42.
Roanoke Publishing Co.
One of every eighteen inhabitants
of Germany is a soldier.
Tourists to Jerusalem annually in
crease in number. Next to Russia the
United States sends tno greatest num
ber of visitors to the Holy Land.
Morocco ic within sight of civilized
Europe, but a journey of a day into
the interior carries the traveler into
savagery as wild and fierce as any in
Central Africa. '
A very serious fall has taken place
in the price of horses in Paris, also in
various French towns, says the Phila
delphia Record. This is said to be
mainly due to. ( the extraordinary in
crease in the number of bicycles and
tricycles, the production being during
last year excessive namely, over 100,
000 more than in the year prior.
The complaint is bitter on the part of
horsedealers, who say the bicycle Is
taking their bread away; but they
must, like the rest of society, suffer
for the 'oenefit of the million.
... The Marine Journal of New York is
alarmed at the disappearance of the
Anglo-Saxon race from the Bea. It is
commonly believed that Britannia
rules the waves more completely than
ever before, but the Journal calls
attention to the fact that even Eng
land is finding an increasing difficulty
in manning her 6bips from her own
people. British vessels, like our own,
are worked largely by Scandinavians.
According to the Liverpool Journal of
" Commerce, at least fifty per cent, of
the men who furnish crews for the
mercantile marine of England are
foreigners.
A Troy mannow iiTOjo Caliente,
New Mexico, writes to the Troy (N.
Y.) Times about the remarkable cli
mate and powerful waters of that
place. On three successive mornings
the mercury at Ojo Caliente indicated
twenty degrees below zero, eighteen
degrees below and four degrees below,
yet by 9 o'clock oa these mornings
the therometer had risen to ten to
twenty degrees above, and during the
middle of tho day au overcoat was
, pujhuuuuii, iu ittuu, mere nave Deen
but four days iu several weeks when
it was not possible to sit in the house
with the door wide open and read or
write in comfort. The air is very dry
and crisp, and even when the mercury
sinks below zero the cold is not felt.
But, while the climate is remarkable,
it is nothing compared with the waters,
which are particularly recommended
to persons siifferinr from locomotor
ataxia, paralysis and rheumatic
troubles. The Trojan writes, and
vouches for the truth of the state
ment, that a native placed a cowhide
in a tub and let the water run on . it
during the night, and in the morning
it was found that the skin had com
pletely dissolved, leaving nothing but
the hair: A person bathing in the
water must use extreme care and can
not stay in the tub more than fifteen
minutes, for the water softens the skin
bo that scratches and cuts are very
easily received.,,.
I In spite if us adversities agriculture
still remains tli9 largest industry in
England. Farmers' clubs, having
given up for the prasent any hope of
protection from the Government, are
now considering how to win back for
the home market the millions of dol
lars spent every year upon the pro
duce of ' 'small cultivation" . on the
continent. One method suggested is
professional instruction in the econo
mics of .small farming. More atten
tion is to be given to the cultivation
of fruits and market gardening. The
light railways, whioh it is understood
will be sanctioned by Government,
will bring remote districts into close
touch with the markets and enable the
home ' productor to compete with
greater ease with the foreigner, who
at present has better "means of trans
portation to the great centers of popu
lation in the United Kington. "This
awakening of the British farmer comes
none too soon," believes the Chicago
Herald. "Ha is a stubborn fellow at
the beet,' and has hitherto fought shy
of "alfnew fangled schemes for better
ing, his 'lot. He finds that Ho must
shake off his lethargy and adopt mo
dern methods of making ,thej most of
his holding, j "There is no doubt thai
with a little jnore prodding on the
part of his friends-he will finally
-lo something 'far himself wd (
' NIGHT. '
Out of the night of the s?a
Out of tho turbulent night, '
A sharp and hurrying wind . ,
Scourges the waters whitoi -The
terror by night.
Out of the doubtful dark,
Out of the night of the ian1,
What Is It breathes and broods,
Hoveringly atjhand?
The menace of land.
Out of the night of heaven,
Out of the delicate sky,
Pale and serene the stars
In their silence reply :
The peaoo of the sky.
Arthur Symons, in Independent.
A GIRL'S STRATAGEM.
AY CARROLL
had just passed
the border of
her eighteenth
year. She was
sitting in the
window gazirg
out abstracted-
"My dear,"
said Mrs. Car
roll, "1 think
von ought to feel very highly
honored. If a man like Squire Peck
wood had proposed for my haul at
eighteen I should have felt proud."
"But Squire Peckham is oldeaouh
to be my father," pleaded May.
"Ah if a few yearc, one way or tho
other, made anv difference."
"And he has had two wives al
ready!"
"Everybody will tell yoa, child,
that he was a model husband."
"It's altogether too much," shud
dered May. "There's no telling how
?oon I may be called upon to make
way for the fourth Mrs. Peckwood!"
"Is that all you have to bring against
Squire Peckwood?"
"No, mother, it is not. He is ava
ricious, fault-finding, whimsical, hyp
ochondriac "
"May!"
You asked me, mother.
"But you know very well -your
father's heart is set on this marriage.
Why prejudice yourRelf against it,
when the matter is as good as set
tled?" May Carroll knew very well that the
heart of obstinate Deacon Carroll was
set on seeing his only daughter the
wife of Squire Obed Peckwood, and
that was what made her spirit grow
faint within her. For there was still
another reason against this ill-suited
match a reason which May had not
ventured to speak of to either father
or mother and it was this : May had
already given her little heart away to
David Chesterson, the student in
Lawyer Kelsoe's office, whose brains
were his only capital and who carried
his fortune in his frank face and
straight, lithe figure.
"I have promised David, she
thought, with a fluttering palpitation
at her heart, "and I will sooner
die than prove false to him. But, oh!
what shall I do to ward off the suit of
this horrid ld Squire Peckwood I"
As these thoughts passed through
her mind Mrs. Carroll's voice inter
rupted their current.
"May, child, what are you dreaming
about? Twice I've 'asked you a quei
tion, and you have stared at me as if
I were empty space."
"I beg your pardon, mother ; what
did you ask?"
"Whether you knew that he was go
ing to take you over to the Peckwood
farm this afternoon, to see the house
of which you are so soon to be the
mistress?"
I knew it, mother.'
"Then why aren't you dressing
yourself?" - i
I am dressed, mother."
"Indeed ( Go upstairs and put on
your silk dress immediately, and wear
the garnet set your father gave you
last birthday." ' ,
May obeyed unwillingly enough;
but when she came down stairs th.
was a new brightness in her eye, on
Unwonted color on her cheek. Squire)
Peckwood, who was waiting her ap
pearance in the big easy chair, with ft
purple-faced contentment chuckled to
himself at her f reeh young beauty ;
and Mrs. Carroll mentally came to the
conclusion that May had resolved to
"behave Hke a sensible girl."
She was more mistaken, however,
ilian she had any ide3 of. Cupid, the
iJiischievous little imp of true love,
had been invisibly counseling Made
taoiselle May in the quiet and 8eclu,
slon of her own apartment upstairs,
and May had profited by his hints.
"I'm sure we girls would have little
enough chance in this world, "'pouted
May, "if we didn't have recourse to
our wits once in awhile."
She was all smiles and dimples and
winning words, as Squiie Peckwood
trunded heavily along by her side, and
that portly gallant raoked his brains
for some appropriate conversation to
amuse the third Mrs. Peckwood that
was to be.
' The squire wiped his beet-red brow
and secretly wished he had read Moore
and Byron in his younger days, so as
to be able to converse agreeably with
a pretty girl of eighteen.
"That's the house," he said at last,
pointing to the gable end of the Peck
wood mansion1, peeping through t
mass or elm boughs. As Miss Carrol
had been familiar with the neighbor
hood for eighteen years, she replied
with some acerbity.
"I know, that."
How will you like it for your futun
home?" he asked with a clumsy effort
at badinage.
I don't know I may like it wet
enough," answered May indifferently,
"but it has got to be altered verj
xnnob."
dquire Feckwood's jubilant couute
r.ance fell To him the family home o:
the Peck woods was a modern Mecca, t
sacred spot, faultier, in its perfection,
and susceptible of no possible ini
provement.
"Altered 1" he echoed. "How?"
"That, horrid old elm-tree must s ba
cut down first, said May, with a dis
parasing motion of her parasol toward
it. "It shades everything!'
"That elm-tree, ma'am," said Squire
Peckwood huskily "was planted by
Mose Peckwood, ma'am, my great
grandfather. It' is known, ma'am, as
the Peckwood Elm!"
"It must make the house as damp as
a Tault," said May, "and I don't won
der that yonr two first wives died,
the Peckwood Elm must be cut down,
Obed!"
It was the first time she had ever
called him by his Christian name, yfct
it did not sound sweet in Squire Peck
wood's ears.
"How-narrow this hall is!" said
May pettishly, as the squire threw
tpen the front door and silently mo
tioned her to enter. "Can't it be
widened? And only one snuffy little
parlor !"
"It was good enough for Susan
Emery, the first Mrs. Peckwood,"
cried the squire irately; "nor did
Jane, my pecond wife, ever venture t
object to it!"
"They must have been milk and
water sort of people," said May irrev
erently. "Dear me, Obed, I never
can live here. The two rooms must
be thrown into one, with an arch
across the center !"
"You can't do it; the chimney
stack is between."
"Put the chimney stack somewhere
else!"
"That would be equivalent to build
ing a new house," groaned Squire
Peckwood.
"Well, suppose we do, Obed?"
cried May, suddenly grasping- at this
hovel idea. ' "A new house would be
perfectly delightful ; a Gothic cottage
with ornamental grounds just on the
slope of tho hil. I'm sure I never
should be contented in this old shell
of a house !"
"Mrs. Peck I mean Miss Carroll,"
lowly enunciated the squire, "I'm
not made of coined gold, consequently
t can't afford to build! May I ask
what your rational objection can be to
this house?"
'It isn't big enough, " said May,
with a toss of her defiant little head.
"Not big enough! There are thir
teen room?, besides a very good
cemented cellar." .
"I dare say; but, you see, I'm n6t
joing to live like a mole burrowing in
solitude and darkness. I shall fill the
house with company the very first
thing."
N There was a speculative gleam ki
inquire Peckwood's grayish-green orbs
is May Carroll spoke.
"Do you mean, take summer beard
srs? A good plan, jery."
"No," said May abruptly, "I mean
nothing of the sort. I mean invited
company my cousins and friends
Who are to stay here as long as I can
lontrive to make it pleasant for them.
j)f course I shouldn't for an instant
; Contemplate receiving any' money
from them. And we" could have the
iweetest summer picnics up here, with
a band from 'New York, and refresh
ments from Santillani's. In straw
berry time I suppose we could have
our own berries, and "
"By no "means," interposed the
flurried squire. . "I always make a
contract with a man for my berries,
twenty cents a quart the ' season
through."
"Oh, we'd change all that," said
May carelessly. -. "Though, indeed, I
shouldn't care what you did with the
fruit the weeks I spent at Cape May
andNabant!"
The squire's face darkened.
"The first Mrs. Peckwood spent, a
day in New York once in four years ;
the second Mrs. Peckwood never
wished to , go anywhere except to
church, and- - .U
"And the third "Mrs. Peckwood,"
flippantly interrupted May, "will go
wherp she pleases and when . she
pleases, and she wishes it distinctly
understbod beforehand."
' 'Miss May!"
"Yes, squire!"
"Is this a specimen of the respect
you intend to bestow upon you
husband?"
"Yes," said May, after reflecting a
minute or two, I think it may be con
sidered a pretty fair specimen!"
And with a shy side glance from be
tween her long lashes she took in the
squire's flushed face and uneasy ges
tures. 'In that case. Miss Carroll, I maj
as well withdraw from- "
"Stop, squire!" said May, with a
certain spice of maidenly dignity,
which he was bound to respect. "As
your bargain -for it was nothing
more nor less than a matrimonial
bargain was made with my parents,
it must be unsealed in their presence.
I shall be very happy to accompany
you home, but until we reaah there 1
srill hear no further word on the
subject!" .
And she branched off into a pleasant
little chatter on indifferent subjects,
while the squire, disenchanted and
disappointed, stalked sullenly along
by her side.
Half a mile from the Carroll farm
house they met the deacon, gravely
inspecting the progress of a line of
stonewall.
"Father," iaid May, walking de
murely up- to him, "Squire Peckwood
has something to say to you."
The deacon turned expectantly to
the squire. That individual red
dened and turned pale, stammered anc
stuttered, but finally contrived tt
signify the fact that, "on mature con
sideration, he had concluded that per
haps he was a little too old, or Misi
May a little too young, or oi
nyway they didn't seem quite suneo
to each other, and, although he re
spected Miss May very highly -yet-yet-"
And the next May knew, she wa
safe in her own little room, laughing
quietly to herself at the success of her
scheme.
The coast was clear for David, and
such good use did he make of the
'margin" given him, that he was
married to Deacon Carroll's pretty
daughter while Squire Peckwood was
yet "looking about hira" for a worthy
successor to Mre. Peckwood the first
and Mrs. Peckwood the second. New
York News.
A Great Aid to Digestion.
A Chicago paper says that a smooth
stranger recently placed a number oi
nioliel-in-the-slot machines in the towi
of Evanston. The machines bore the
following inscription :
"The greatest known aid to diges
tion. Drop a nickel in the slot. Push,
then pull."
At the top of the machine was a
handle to be pushed, then pulled, and
many townspeople who could not re
sist the temptation of trying sou
new device, for the same reason thii'
Timothy took the wine "for hii
stomach's sake" dropped in theii
nickels and took a push and a pull on'
of the machine. But that was all. No
result followed and there was sonn
talk of blowing open, the hoardet
treasure. At the end of the week'tb
agent reappeared, unlocked the ina
chines, garnered the wealth and re
tired, after explaining that "exercis
wps the greatest thing for digestion ii
the world." Tne crowd was so para
lyzed that the agent took the trail
without h.trin. '.'.; -
THE POLAl BEiB.
IIAS ITS HOME IN THE DKSO-
LATE ARCTIC WASTES.
Very Sagacious and Cunning, but
Playful Rather Than Fierce
A Good Swimmer Moth
er Bruin Affectionate.
THE polar bear, the nannooi
of the Esquimaux, has its
home in the desolate and icy
wastes which border the
northern seas. It has many charac
teristics in common with its brothers
which live in warmer countries. It is
very sagacious ami cunning, some
, times playful, but is not a very sav
age beast and will rarely attack a hun
ter unless in self-defence ' or when
driven by hunger to fall upon every
thing that comes in its way. Dr.
Eane, the great arctic traveler, says
he has himself shot as many as a
dozen bears near at hand, and never
but once received a charge in return.
The hair of the polar, bear is very
coarse and thick, and white like th
now banks among which it live. Iti
favorite food is the seal, which abounds
in the' northern regions ; it will also
eat walrus, but as that animal is very
strong, and possesses a pair of formid
able tusks, bears are sometimes beaten
in their attempts to capture it. .Won
derful stories are told of bears mount
ing to the top of high cliffs and push
ing heavy stones down upon the head
of some unwary walrus sleeping or
sunning himself at the foot, and then
rushing down to dispatoh the bruised
or stunned animal, but arctic travel
ers disagree on this point. A very
hungry bear will sometimes attack a
walrus in the water, for the polar bear
is a powerful swimmer ; but in his pe
culiar element and he is never very
far from it ihe walrus is the best
fighter, and his tough hide serves as
an almost impenetrable armor.
As seal hunter the polar bear dis
plays much cunning. It will watch
patiently for hours in the vicinity of
a seal hole in the ice, and the instant
its prey comes out to bask in the sun,
the sly bear crouches, with its fore
paws doubled up under its body, while
with its hind legs it slowly and noise
lessly pushes and hitches itself along
toward the desired game. Does the
seal raise its head to look around, the
bear remains motionless, its color
making it hardly distinguishable, un
til the unsuspecting seal takes another
nap. When the bear is near enough,
with a sudden movement it seizes the
innocent and defenseless victim, and
makes a fat feast. Unless it is very
hungry, it eats little besides the blub
ber, leaving the rest for the foxes. It
is said that arctic foxes often follow
in the path of bears, and gain their
entire living from the refuse of the
bear's feast.
, The nest of the she-bear is a won
derful illustration of instinct, and a
proof of the fact that a thick wall of
snow is an excellent protection against
cold. Toward the month of December
the bear selects a spot at tho foot of
some cliff, where she burrows in the
snow, and, remaining quiet, allows the
heavy snow storm to cover her with
drifts. The warmth of her body en
larges the hole so that she can move
herself, and her breath always keeps a
small passage open in the roof of her
den. Before retiring to these winter
quarters she eats voraciously, and be
comes enormously fat, so that: she is
able to exist a long time without food.
In this snuggery the bear remains un
til some time in March, whfft she
breaks down the walls of her palace,
and comes out to renew her wander
ing life, with some little white baby
bears for her companions, which have
been born during her loag seclusion.
The mother bear's affection for her
little ones is so strong . that she ' will
lose her life defending them. . Two
arctic huntsmen once saw a bear tak
ing a promenade on an ioe island witb
two little cubs. Chase was given at
once, but the bear did not perceive
the hunters until they were within
five hundred yards of her. She then
stood up on her hind legs like a dan
cing bear, gave one good look at her
pursuers, and started to ran at full
spaed over the smooth ice, her cubs
close at her heels. She had the ad
vantage of the hunters, as the feet oi
the pclar bear are thickly covereo
with long hair nature's wise provis
ion to keep the animal from slipping ;
but the ice soon broke up into vast
expanse of slash, antf Jieretua little
cubs stuck fast. The faithful mother
seized first one and then the other,
that the hunters were soon neai
enough to fire at her. The little ones
clung to their mother's ' dead body,
and it ' was with great difficulty thai
the hunters 'succeeded in dragging,
them to the camp, where they stoutly
resisted all friendly advances, and bil
and struggled and roared as loud ar
Bears often annoy arctic travelers by
breaking open the caches, or store
houses, left along the line of marcs
for return supplies. , Dr. Kano relate?
that he found one of his caches, which
had been built with heavy rooks laid
together with extreme - care, entirely
destroyed, the bears apparently hav
iiig had agrand 'frolic, rolling aboul
the bread barrels, playing foot-ball
with the heavy iron cases of pemmiican,
and even gnawing to shreds the- Ameri
can flag which surmounted the cache'
Boast bear meat is very palatably
and welcome food to travelers in tbt
dreary frozen arctic regions, and at
the cry of "Nannookl nannook!" (A
bear ! a bear !") from the Esquimaux
guides, both men and dogs start in
eager pursuit. The bear being white
like the snow, it often escapes detec
tion, and Dr. Kane ' mentions p
proaching what he thought was a bear
of somewhat clingy snow,vwhenhe wa
startled by a "menagerie roar, " whicl
lent Mm running toward the ship,
nrowing . b acte im mittens, , one at
time, to divert the bear's attention, j
Polar bears are sometimes found'
upon ' floating ice-cakes a hundred)
miles from land, having been caught
during some sudden break up of the1
vast ice-fields of arctic seas, and every,
year a dozen or more come drifting;
down to the northern shores of Ice
land, where, ravenous after their longj
voyage, they fall furiously , upon the
herds. Their life on shore, however,
is very brief, as the inhabitants rise
in arms and speedily dispatch them. - '
Detroit Free Press.
Why It Was St. ;
Some good st jries of the late Lord
Cardigan and his shooting exploits
have lately been retold in Blackwood.
On one accasion, it is said, he was an
noyed with his keeper I- about th
scarcity of game, and ordered him te
beat through another wood which he
pointed out, promising instant dismis-.
sal if satisfactory results were not ob
tained. "But, my lord," urged the keeper.
He was interrupted by Lord Cardi
gan. "Not a word, sir I Obey my
orders at once !"
Terrified, the wretched man slunk
off, and the wood was duly beaten up
to the guns. There was scarcely .
head of game in it. Limp and de
jected, the unfortunate keeper cams
up, and, when his lordship had said all
he had to say, and wa compelled tc
stop for want of breath, the poor man4
meekly pleaded : 1
"But, my lord, it's not your wooc
at all only you told me to beat it'
Another story is that Lord Cardigar
always shot annually at the same plac
in Northamptonshire. The, .woodi
were difficult ones to beat well, being
rambling and hollow, necessitating th
use of a large number of "stops. 'r
These "stops", were always, as is gen
erally the case, mall boys. . But it .
this particular year the case was differ
ent. Lord Cardigan's quick ; eye no '
ticed that, instead of the small, boy,i
tne 'stops ' were grown-up men. xni
struck him so muoh that he asked thf
keeper why it was so, saying that i
must come very expensive. The keepe
replied: ;
"Well, you see, my lord, your lord
ship shot the boys down rather clos
last year." , ; -.: 4 . :
A Wild CaPs Cow-age
While four section men were repair
ing the track of a Florida railway a
large wild cat sprang from the ajdoin
ing woods with all fours upon the back
of one of the men. The other men
rushed to their companion's assistance'
and then it required 'a dozen blows"
with the spike maul to make the beast v
turn loose his hold. When the cat ;'
finally ran away the exasperated ' men "
followed it v.p the track, and' were
sorry for it, because the cat turned on
them. For five minntes he sprang
from one to the other, biting and
clawing, until felled with a blow from
crowbar. Then they finished it, and
the men . adjourned to dresti tfcoir
wourds, Atlanta CosstitTitioa, '
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