PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1895.
NO. 48.
VOL. VI.
A HAIN SONG. .
Tinkle, tinkle;
Lightly fall f .
; . Cfn tho peach-buds, pink ftnd small
, Tip tho tiny Rrass, and twinkle
On the willows green and talL
. . Tinkle, tlnklo-
Faster now, , .
' Little rain-drops, smito and sprlnklo
Cherry-bloom and Rpple-bou?h!
'. Tolt tho elm, and show them how
, You can dash! (
And splash! "splosh! splash! -
Whilo the thunder rolls and mutter?, anfl
tho lightnings flash and flash! ;
. , Then eddy Into curls .
' Of a million, misty swirls, -And
thread tho air with silver, and cm
. . broider It with pearls'
And patter, patter, patte.? ,
On tho mossy flaps, and clatter
(In the streaming1 window-pono.
llain. rain, ,
i On the leaves, - .
And the eaves,
And the turning weathervariot
Bush In torrents from the tip '
Of the gable-peak, and drip . :
' In the garden-bed, and fill '
All tho cuckooKJups, and pour
More and more .
In tho tulip-bowls, and still " .
t Overspill, .
In a crystal tide, until
. . Every yellow daffodil ,
Js flooded to Its golden rim, and brimming
V ' ' o'er and o'erJ
Then as gently as the low '
L ' Muffled whir of robin Tvlnps,
I Or a sweep of silvery strings, . '
Evon so . ' -.' ' '
Take your airy April flight -Through
the merry April light, , , '
And melt into a mist of rainy musio as you
go.' ...
s Evaleen Stein, in St. Nicholas.
A . COUPLE OF ABTIST3,
'ELL, it does nol
matter a o one
knows it but my
self: no one ever
shall'. Sqme time
in every woman's
. life it comes to
her, they Bay
this odd mingling
of admiration and
tenderness and ro-
' manco which mec
- call; love, and I was a fool to think
: that it would never come to, me." 3
am fivc-and-twenty next birthday. J
am the age when the woman' in us it
strong, even in ugly folks; but I know
better than to expect any response
' now from him, or even from any one..
They care for" nothing but ; beauty,
- these men ; for nothing else nothing.
nothing. , ,
lat did I, hear him say taa Meh-
lig, artist as he 6too4 before thnt pic-
ture ; of Eugenie, in HwsTomer s
parlor? "She is so beautiful that any
man would have been willing to die
for her." ; .
So beautiful! Ah, well; I hope
there is another" world where we shall
all be beautiful. , ,
' If I had been beautiful, I would
have, tried to charm him---I would
have made myself so that he would
have been "willing- to die''' for me,
and some day I would have; been his
wife." Then I would ' have i given my
life to him.- All other men should
have known that they were nothing to
me. Whatever woman's hands could do
to make his-4ife happy, these hands
hahi""Jiave done. AvImdoes the
clock say? -The night is ovt"viAve
wastea it away ., in waiting "sJlH
What an idipt I am ! 1
; . They put dates upon tombstones,
don't they? ' Over this grave of my
first grand penchant I will write the
date: - -'
AcrilS, 18 ;.
: .' NANNIE STERLING. '
;.';' Beqnlescat in pace.
- April 5. H came to see me to-day;
walked coolly'Wo my little Btudio,'
and Bqua'shedf his soft hat into the
come; oZ a'sofv-and, with his handi
in hiso&?ti began to criticise my
pictures,' I urn used to haying my
daui)fl admire too--I who have bee
blvhertb the only artist of Belleville.
' How Jl liked himJ
It cam acrosp
me.iAftino' that I xel
Just the 1 1 ws,
'how horrible; a thai
t would be if 7
were to how any.
dmiration ixr
V red to look
vno doubt 1
oat of the
nember,.
poke ol
som
had
. m7 ugly face,;
as pleasantjp
succeeded. t
Wetalke
conversatio
. however, tL.
having oace f
boarJiyg-sch
talent luanv
s ' 1
r
you see, a girl ..seldom studies hard
she does not look forward to following
a profession, but to marrying some
day. She passes the time before that
epoch that is all. . After that she
hangs her productions , on the wall,
and says, I painted those when I was
atschool."
"Some women have their own way
to make, 7 I said. "And a profession
is such a blessing. If -one is success
ful in it, it does away with all neces
sity f ot marrying. ; A woman who can
earn her own living will not relinquish
bcr liberty that some one may cam
it for her.".
''Judging by yourself?" he asked
quickly.' '
"Judging. by myself," I answered.
"It would be but gallant to hope
that professional women might "all
fail, then, he said. "I believe, by
the way, i-that they- generally do."
Then, with his hands . still in his
pockets, he sauntered up to my pet
picture, backed away from it, and said
oolly' "Po you know, Miss Sterling,
that somehow your distance in this
sketch looks nearer than your fore
ground? and your shadows lie two dif
ferent ways ; and the gentleman com
lug .up the rood is spmethin like
twenty feet in hightl"
"Thank you," I Baid, turning.red, 1
suppose, for I burnt from bro w to chin.
"Not at all,' ho answered. !
always like to give a beginner advice.
Uoocl tlay. Ob, by the way, have 1
given you a card? Drop in at my
itudio when you come to New Tork. j
rhat's the number. Meanwhile I tthall '
low and then see you while I stay." i
He was gone. I saw him sauntering
lown the road astonishing the resi
lents by standing still to take admir-
ng views of the landscape. Impudent
arut ! who asked him to "drop in i
llow dare he ridicule my pictures I No
ioubt all.he says is true, but ho would
aot have said it to a pretty woman. I
thought I was an artist ! Only one
?ood thing I bring out of this visit. 3
have acted the role I desired to net. 1
bave painted myself in the character
of a strong minded man hater. v He
will never guess that I pine for love
iind love's caresses.'. He will never for
one moment imagine that I could have
loved him. . ;
.May 20. How mistaken I have been
in this man I How can any one have
such a face and be so contemptible
lo work so to undermine a poor givl 1
said, when I wrote last in this ab
rard diary, that everything seemed
tone., It was truer than I thought,
rhat Cay I had pupils ana orders
jnough to make me feel rich. But ha
has got them all away. Why could he
aot have gone back to the city ' and
have painted . his pictures for the
Academy,, and made the , fortune that
he might?. Why should he settle down
.here in Belleville and rob me of my
meagre morsel of .fame and of the
means whereby to live ? I have noth
jng now but my savings. ;Tho folk
hereabout havo learned that I am a
mere dauber. No matter. I will pack
my trunk and go somewhere. I can
not bear it. , He cornea to see me al
most everyday; ho still amuses him
self with me so absurdly. He is the
most treacherous of creatures ; and
yet he can almost talk xue out of my
senses, Can he have suspected? Doe
he hope to'degrade me by making me
manifest some token of a hopleBslove?
Why does he haunt me so, when I
yes I hate him t -
October l.I never thought that I
would, write r again in this book, but
we never know what lies in our future.
So much has happened since I jotted
downVthose 'last words that' I do not
where to to begin, or how. ' Let me
think, ab, it shall be when I answered
that advertisement, and promised to
become governess to the Smith chil
dren, at Wiilow Heights. I had paoked
my trunk and was going out to buy a
new hat at the milliner's, when Mehlig
stopped - at my door. He f had his
sketching box in his hand.
"Going out?"be asked. ,Ah, well,
only stopped a momect. I want you
to be-in to-morrow, night. I have
something very particular to .say to
you. I'll stop, coming back. I'm
going up to the factory to make a
Bketch. It is a picturesque tumble
down affair, and the millpoud will
como 'in well. Stay in, won't you?"
I. neither assented, or refused 3
hated him as a woman can only Mto a
rwnn .Via rvs rrlt f llfttTA lATPn If viT H fin
hard t o hnvaf been used bo, J passed
him,' and went on. -1 bought my hat
in the village. I went home Again.
But he did not come to 6ee me that
evening. Tho' next day I went away ;
taught the Smith children six weeks,
and then went to New York, where I
managed to live by coloring photo
graphs. My ambition was gone, my
hope everything that made life
bright. . I painted no . more. I re
solved that I had been a '"fool to paint,
at all. - ' '
A week ago I went out to take an
evening walk, just -at dark. It was
bright, and tho air was fresh and
sweet. I found myself in a broad,
good, old-fashioned street, where lit
tle gardens lay before the houses;
and, looking at them with some inter
est, I saw against the door- of one a
glittering plate that caught my eye,
lor on it where the words, "Mehlig,
Artist,"
"Yes, this was his street. I ought to
have hurried away, but I stood motion
less instead, staring at the letters.
And as I stared the door "openeJ, and
a gentleman, with his ' right sleeve
pinned empty to his breast, came out
and stood before it 3tood quietly a
moment; then kneeling down, .began
awkwardly enough, with his one left
hand, to take the plate down. Th9
light shone on his face as - he., knelt,
and I knew jt in a moment, though! it.
was eadly changed. I gave a little
cry. He heard me, and turned.
'Nannie Sterling I " he said, and
came toward me. I waited for him,
and bitter remorse stole into my heart,
fox I had prayed that he might be pun-.
ishcd.and it seemed as though I had,
been answered. "I believe you did
not know," he said, glancing down at
his empty sleeve. "You look aston
ished. " Which way are you going?
I'll walk with you. I'm glad I've met
you. You know I did not keep my
appointment that evening. That loose
sleeved coat of mine was the cause.
The machinery caught it, and drew
me in. The only wonder is I got ofl
with the loss of an arm. . I wish I had
not. I could have spared the whole
of this body of mine better. I shall
never finish those' pictures of the
Rapids, or any others. You saw me
taking down that sign of mine, eh? 1
haven't had the heart before."
He had wronged me, but I pitied
him so 1 ' He offered me that poor left
arm of his. I took it. , Suddenly he
looked down into my eyes and spoke;
"Nannie, do you know what I did
to you?. I robbed you of your scholars
and your orders on purpose. You
may havo thought it chance it was
not. . You told mo that as long as a
woman had a profession, and could
live by it, she would not marry. Yon
said you judged . by yourself. And I
wanted you to ' marry, Nannie to
marry me. I needed you and I want
ed you to feel helpless and dependent,
so that my suit might prosper. I should
bivB asked you bow yon liked
me that night, but it was not to be.
A helpless fellow, who has, only a
meagre incame, which ho can senrcely
hope to make more, ought not to ex
pect what I expected then . I do not,
but I want to mako confession. I
hurt your pride and you paint very
well, you know. ; -1 did it all to hum
ble you down . to the clinging point.
fheu you were to oMng to me?"
He bent down to look at my face.
"I never guessed thai you cared for
. " if 11. 1.1.
me, l almost soddcu. -a mougmyou
bated me."
"Hated yon?
'Yes. "You praised beauty so, and
r-i-"
Touare beautiful to me. ,,You al
ways have been,, you always will be.
I shall remember you as the one wo
man : I ? loved, and -. shall love always,
though I can never hope "
But there I stopped him I didn't
know how. ; I didn t know what I
said,' or whether I , Baid anything. I
only know that he knew I loved him
and had loved him front the first ; and
th'at before to-morrow's sun sets J
shall be the wife of Mehlig, artist.
An Impudent Thief.
An Oregon paper says? The case
of the stolen cook stova is not a cir
cumstance. to a case happening in this
vicinity, where it is said that a cheeky
chap btole his neighbors cow-feed,
mised up a lot 'of it for his pigs and,
wishing to gjj vieiting, got tho neigh
bor to go over nnd feed hiu pigs for
bite
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
TOMATOES EEQTOBB BlCn SOrti. !
An old notion that relatively pool
soil is better for tomato growing was
long ago exploded. Deductions from
experiments in Maryland indicate that
pofash tends to develop a.cid in the
fruit, while phosphoric acid produces
a larger percentage of sugar. Voor
hees found that nitrate of soda, used
in small amounts, or divided into two
or more applications, increased the
yield without delaying early ripening;
but if larger quanties were used ma
turity was regarded. But it was con
cluded that nitrogen is the ruling ele
ment m the growth of the tomato, al
though its best effect depends upon
the presence of a full supply of other
elements. In general we , hold t hat
while heavy fertilizing does not lessen
productiveness, the best fertilizers are
those which hasten growth early in
the season. Atlanta Journal.
TO KGAI .WITH DUST I2T THRESHING.
Several methods of getting -rid of
the clouds of dust that are generated
in threshing grain have been invented,
although they bave not vet come into
extensive use. One of the latest
schemes . is - that of Wellington 0,
Berkeypilo, of Indiana, Penn. Above
and closely connecting with ; the
threshing machinjaii g device called a
dnstocieSfor'wnich is . represented
herewith.' Within the casingi are
mounted two rotary fan?, whose posi
tion can be guessed from the outlines
of the cover, and which are driven by
power communicated to " the shaft
shown at the left hand of the figure.
A Buction is thus created, which darws
air and dust from the interior of the
threshing-machine and forces them up
through thd spouts .which riso frota
the middle of the collector, and curve
away, one to each side of the appa
ratus. In the illustration, the mouth
of one of these openings is closed
with a slide, and to the other, on the
further Bide, is fastened a canvas tube',
leading a way to a distance. But these
attachments may be interchanged to
suit the convenience of the workmen.
There can be no question as to the
discomfort and annoyance of working
in the dust which is raised by thresh
ing, and anything which will really
mitigate such an evil is, of course,
a boon to the farmer. New York
Tribune. -
FA 1531 AND GARDEN NOTES.
Open water dishes are disastrous to
ducklings. They get wet, roll over
on their backs and die. i
You can't do better than work egg
farming as the specialty, with poultry
raising as an adjunct. And if you keep
thoroughbreds you can make an extra
dollar by selling eggs for hatching
and fowls for breeding purposes. :
The best food for laying ducks is
scalded bran and table scraps. . Ensi
lage will be eaten greedily by tho
ducks. Raw carrots are good food. .
Very little grain will be consumed if
green food and table scraps are fur
nished. On many farms geese can be madv
mora pro&tabla than, any other fowl,
True, feathers are cheap, but in any
town where there are many Israelites,
or Germans, fat geese are a ready sale
at good prices, and they are easily and
cheaply raised.
Plant all kinds of hardy trees just
as early as the ground will permit.' By
planting early the trees will get the
benefit of the heavy spring showers
and the soil become settled around
their roots. ' Of course, in a heavy,
wet clay soil you may have to delay a
little to have it . dry off and become
friable enough to handla or work
easily with the spade.
B5CZPES.
Custard Pio -Fill a good-sized,deep
plate with i custard made of three
well-beaten , eggs, two cups of milk,
half cup sugar, a little salt and cinna
mon. Bakein a quick oven until a
knife comes o"pt clear. . ,
Lemon CasWd For two pies wet
four tabJespocWuls of corn etarch
with a little water, pour on three cups
of boilio? watr Add the juice cJ
two lemons, two cupa sugar,' the yolks
of "three eggs and a bit of butter.
Pour into deep plates lined with crust
and bake. Make a meringue by beat
ing the whites of the eggs and adding
tive tablespoonfuls of sugar. .Spread
over pies and return to the oven to
brown. ' .
Apple Pies Now that the few re
maining apples are' getting dry and
tasteless, wc put into each pie a table
spoonful of tamarind jelly which we
prepared to eat with meats by stewing
the tamarinds in a little water, strain
ing, adding an equal bulk of sugar
and boiling until quite thick The '
pies require a little more . sugar, but
their flavor is very much improved.
If you have no jelly, stew the apples
tnd flavor with lemon juice and nut
meg. . Cream Pies Boll out two crusts a
little thicker than for ordinary pies,
place on a rather flat plate with a
sprinkling of flour between ; bake and
split open with a thin knife as soon a
taken from the" oven. For filling for
two large pies, put in a double boiler
two cups of milk, when hot stir in two
heapiug tablespoonfuls of flour, wet
in a little cold milk, two eggs, halt
cup sugar and a little salt. Boil un
til thick, remove from the fire, add
lemon or vanilla flavoring and put be
tween the crusts. '
- Cure for Baldness.
There is no denying that medical
and surgical invention and skill have
accomplished marvelous things, yet in
respect of many forma of suffering
thenar e not at all progressive. We
do not know just how far hair on the
head is conducive to good : health,
although -we fanttv-. there would be
fewer catarrhal troubles if the scalp
were not denuded of hair in bo mny
instances, but it is certain that bald
aess is a source of mental suffering
qnlte as acute as and far from endur
ing than the pain from' diseases to
which medical men have devoted close
attention. , -
To the matter of reclothing denuded
surfaces with skin, the surgeons have
paid grave attention, and thanks to
the discoveries of tho cellular patho
logists tbey are able to plant : skin
cells from the epidermis of other per
'sons, which grow and form a new
covering. Yet no surgeon has ever
tried to plant on the bare scalp of the
veteran theatre-goer hair-growing cells
from another head and so attempt to
abolish baldness. .
There would be a tremendous ad.
vantage in having the power to cbooso
the particular kind of hair one wears.
That persons are not satisfied with the
hirsute adornment with which nature
endows them is apparent in the wide
spread custom of bleaching and dyeing
the hair. If it can bo shown to be
practical to implant hair germs on a
bald head, it would be practicable for
the bald-headed man to select the
color of hair which he prefers.
. There is no persuading the bald
headed that there is no cure. No
matter, how many wearisome bottles
aro poured over the scalp, increasing
its ivory polish, each new announce
ment wins the faith and dollars of the
bold. If baldness involved nothing
more than this) it would warrant the
close attention of the surgeon to thi
matter. New York Advertiser. "'
Agriculture and Manufactures.
The leading industry of the United
States, if we consider the number of
persons employed and supported by
it, is agriculture ; but if we consider
the value of the product, it is manu
factures, since the latter in 1893 ex
ceeded 81, 000, 000,000, while that of
agriculture was only $2, 460, 00!), 000.
A very striking fact is that in 1833
the net product of manufactures was
$1,973,000,000, or loss than that of
agriculture, which was $2,213,000,000
at that time. The value of farm in
1800 was 013,276,000,000, an increase
of thirty per cent. Farming tools
and machinery brought .the totali capi
tal up to $13,770,00v),000, which pro
duced a return of $2,160,000,000, or a
little less than forty-eight per cent.
The average size oi farms decreased
from 203 acres in 1850 to 134 acres in
1880, but in 1890 it increased to 137
acres. New York Sun. ...
It is noted in England that lord
Bosebery, Mr. Baifour and Lord Elgin,
an well as Mr. Phodes, who between
them rule the BriVish Empire, are all
men under fifty yi rs of age. v
Docking Horses.
The following report of the EiecTf
live Committee of the Humane Soe)t j
it Missouri was eubmitted at it last
neeting on the practice of docklu?
aorees
"To
prepare a horse for docking.
ihe common procedure is to Becttre
aim firmly byta twitch on the nose t
raise one of his forelegs to hi breast
md then tie it there, to cut the hahr
from around tho stumps of the tail
md to tie a string or a piece of catgut
ibove the vertebrae that are to be r
moved. Finally, by the severance of
.he tail .by the docking instrument
when a red-hot poker" is applied t
itop the bleeding. As regards the
tnrtnro. iha Ymhuyriivr ttf thft Animal
while undergoing the operation i
aufficient evidence. The horse'sJrst
tction is to jerk his head as. violently
is he can. But that movement is soon
controlled by the twitch on his nose,
of itself an instrument of torture. He
then crouches near the ground and
jcreams ; or moans with pain. When
the operation is ended ho is found to
be dripping with sweat."
The members of the Humane Society
.1 Hi. Z 1
7uuueujii luia practice tau uio uuiug ,
ill in their power to stop it. Presi
dent George D. ; Barnard says: 1
think it is one of the most cruel D"rav
tices of all that I know of, andA'here
is absolutely no use for it,' feithe.
Because it is the style of ultratashion'
ibles to drive horses with docked tails
the practice will likeJy-JMmt up.
The horse suffers agonj
?oing the operation
Holmes, : uperinter
mane Society,
law in our favor
who will persist ii.
tice." St. Louis
Futu,
In 1923 we s
Of 140,000,000
and within the
doubt, ov
States can easi:
crowding,
ants.
These figures are stoi
writer ia Donahue's Magi
intelligent, mari can stu
without admitting thtir jl
rectness. ' In no respect
wonderfal as ; would l- h
prophecy to the Pilgrim!
what wouW happen before
these figures . in ' mind- w
comprehend the lature oj
cities. ' With a ' populat
United States of 500,000,0,
350,000,000, what will be
New York and Boston,
and Philadelphia, and BaltiV
all the otter great and growing
half the civilized people of ; thel
are to find homes in suburbail
mum ties. More and more of the sub
urban territory will be' absorbed to
make room for the people who are
driven out of the older parts by the
advanee'of trade. For, in the city of
the future, there will be no slums ; no
Five Points ; ' no disease-breeding
Epots; The constantly improving
methods of transit make cities cover-,
ing 500 square miles of territory rea
sonably .compact when measured by
time of transit from' one portion to ;
another. " . ' .
New cities may be built, in the in
terior, but on the coast,' especially the
Atlantic coast, the growth must be in
the cities already built up. You can
not make more harbors. - All the tro-'
mendous international traffic and'
travel of the increasing millions must
pass through the seaports now exist
ing. The growth of the Atlantic cities
will very much more than keep pace
with the growth of the country.
Science and a Social Cnstoov '
' Our .Vienna correspondent tells us
that in Hungary, where it is the cus
tom for school children to kiss tbe
hands of their teachers on coming and
going, tbe Board of Education has
forbidden the practice for the future.
Their decision is based on a declara
tion of the Sanitary Council to the ef
fect that' kissing is a dangerous pro
ceeding always, from a sanitary point
of view, and ahould not be pr.wtie I
when not absolutely necessary," as it is
the certain means of ' carrying infla
tion, especially in the casa of em, '.I
children. London News.
f
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b
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iaswv
i,ooo,d&uv
fjne thousacd ba. .oj are abo-''
inf.H. Louis, ?To" every year.
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