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VOL. XIII. PLYMOUTH, N. 0., FEIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1902. NO. 32.
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LOVE'S
I believe if I were dead.
And you should kiss my eyelids where I
lie,
Cold, dead and dumb to all the world
contains,
The- folded orbs would open at thy breath,
At'd, from its exile in the Isle of Death,
Life would coir.o gladly back along my
veins.
I believe if I were dead,
And yoa upon my lifeless heart should
tread
Not knowing what the poor clod chanced
It would sudden pulse beneath the touch
Of him it ever loved in life so much,
And throb again, warm, tender, true to
thee.
I believe if in. my grave,
Hidden in woody depths by all the waves,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears
Ironi f:vcry salty seed of your deep grief,
Souse !ir, sweet blossom would leaM into
let:
To rovc that death co-aid not make nv
:ovo ior-vet.
y y OD JEXKS of Tumbling Forks
I had got religion. The other
8 citizens of the Forks couldn't
i account for it, but they said
'there wasn't any question about it, and
that Tod had it good and Lard, and was
probably pious for keeps. Tod was the
only religionist in the Forks. There
were Methodists over at the Ford, and
-a colony of Baptists clown at Deep
Water, which latter thing, the neigh
bors said, was in keeping with the
eternal fitness of thing. Tod had got
his religion from the Evangelists while
he was on a visit to Ham's Station on
the Black Stone.
Prior to Tod's conversion ho had been
about as tough as they make them,
and, as his wickedness had struck
deep, no had his piety. Tumbling Forks
-admired Tod's evident sincerity and
allowed that he had a perfect right to
make a fool of himself if he wanted
to. That was Tumbling Forks' way
of looking at the matter. Tod was a
fiddler. He used to scrape out all
kind of things, and in the past the in
habitants of the place shook their feet
weekly to tho strains from his bow.
"Dan Tucker' and "Money Musk" were
never heard now, and from Tod's cabin
nightly, and daily, too, for that matter,
came ''Wandering Boy," "Sweet Hour
of Prayer," "There Is a Fountain" and
a lot more like them.
Tod used to sing, too, and his voice
wasn't half bad. The Tumbling Forks
people said Tod was the best singer
in the section. They gathered round
nightly now, but in a sort of a shame
faced way, and at a respectful dis
tance, while he was lifting up his
voice inside his cabin and pealing out
"Hold the Fort" and ".Sinners Turn,
Why "Will Ye Die?" with a heartfelt
enthusiasm. ,
One day Tod was sitting in his door
way scraping his fiddle, while the Ten
nessee sun threw maple leaf shadows
all about him. Tod was trying some
thing new that morning. lie had
beard it in a little Episcopal mission
that he had wandered Into one day
"when the Christian church was closed.
He had caught the tune only halting
ly, but ho more than know tho words,
for he felt them. Somehow he thought
they were better than any of the other
things that he had learned. The red
bird stopped whistling in the hedge
as Tod struck the tune with his bow
and began singing:
"Art thou weary, art thou languid,
Art thou sore distrcss'd?
Come to Me.' saith One, 'and coming,,;
Ee at rest." j
Tod heard a movement beyond the ;
liedgo where the red bird bad been
whisiiiug. He locked quickly, and
tlu-nngh the interlacing twigs ho saw a
vomuu. She was hurrying away in i
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BELIEF.
I believe if I should fade
Into the mystic realms where light is
made,
And you should long once more my face
to see,
I would come forth upon the hills of night
And gather stars like fagots, till thy
sight,
Led by the beacon blaze, fell full on me.
I believe my love for thee
(Strong as my life) so nobly placed to be,
It could as soon expect to see the sun
Fall like a dead king from his heights sub
lime, His glory stricken from the throne of
time,
As thee unworth the worship thou hast
,won.
I believe, love, pure end true,
1? to the soul n sweet, immortal dew
That rems life's petals in the hour of
dual:;
The waiting angels, see and recognize
The rich crown jewel Jjovc ot Paradise,
When life falls from us like a withered
hud;.
By Mary Ashley Townscnd.
a sort of half-guilty fashion. Tod
knew who it was. It was Jenny Trav
crs. Jenny had been one of the pret
tiest girls in the Forks ten years be
fore. A young follow, tall, good-look
ing and with a tongue that could talk
to women had come from beyond the
mountains. Jenny had listened to him
when she wouldn't' listen to the young
fellows at the Forks, with whom she
had been brought up. One night Jenny
had gone away, and the man from bs
yond tho mountain went at the same
time. Two years later the girl came
back. Her eld father took her in. The
IX A SECOND HE FOUND
Tumbling Forks folk found out that
though she .carried in her arms a baby
boy, she was a deserted wife. Of the
man from beyond the mountains none
of them ever heard again.
The men didn't mean to be unkind.
The women, put them up to it. They
didn't speak much to Jenny, and when
she saw the disinclination she spoke to
none. Of course, no woman spoke to
hps' That wasn't to be expected, but
some were much worse than others.
Jenny's child was now eight years old.
and he Avent to the crossroads school
and played with the other boys, that
is, he played with ail but one of them.
Mary Garth's little boy was under or
ders not to speak to Billy Travcrs.
He had been taught tho value of a
y1s00V 1)y mother, who, before she
married lied Garth and before Jenny
had gone awttyvith the man from be-
yond the inettki!n, had been Jenny's
girlhood chum. Tumbling Forks peo
ple sometimes said under the breath
that Mary had set some store by Jon-
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ny's lover, and that was the reason
why she was so bitter now.
The next day Tod Jenks played his
fiddle In the sunshine again. Tod went
through the Episcopal hymn. He kew
he had a listener. No movement until
his voice and violin had rounded out
the verse:
If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay?
Not till earth and not till heaven
Pass away.
Then a woman came half-skrinking-ly
through the gate and advanced to
the doorway.
"Is that true, Tod," she said, tim
idly. "Sure it's true, Jenny," said Tod
gently, "though It took me seventy
years to tind it out."
"I've heard you singing lots, Tod, and
I like it. It seems as though I'd like
to have a friend who'd receive me as
the 1 hymn has it. Sometimes I get
most crazy. There ain't many friends
livin' around Tumbling Forks. It's a
good many years Tod, and I've lived
with old dad. He's good and under
stands. I didn't have anything here;
it was empty-like," and the woman put
her hand on her heart, "but now since
I've been hearing that hymn there's
something in here. I don't know just
what it is, but I don't feel as hard
toward people as I did."
Tod's eyes glistened a little. lie took
a book and read softly for some little
time.
"Must I do that to have Him receive
me?" said Jenny. "Must I forgive all
my enemies? Must I forgive Mane
! Garth V"
"Yes, even Maine Garth," answered
Tod. "It's written as plain as day,
'Bless them as persecutes you.' "
The woman rose with a flaming color
in her cheeks. "I can't do that," she
said, and her eyes flashed and her
hands" were clinched. She went through
the gateway with rapid steps, her head
thrown back and her hands still
THE HOY IN HIS AEM3
clinched. She walked towards the
bridge that spanned Tumbling Forks.
Beneath the structure the water was
deep and smooth. Fifty yards below
it became a roaring torrent. Half way
between the bridge and the rapid a
little peninsula jutted into the stream.
A little boy was lying prone on the
bridge and leaning over the water. He
had a lish line in his hand. He was
a tiny little fellow, and with a sudden
feeling of repugnance Jenny Travcrs
recognized the child as Harry Garth,
Mary Garth's boj-, and the one who
had been taught by his mother that
Hilly Travcrs was a child to be
shunned.
Jenny wSs twenty yards from the
bridge when the child in sudden excite
ment leaned out over the river, lost his
balance and fell in. Down the stream
the water was churning and boiling.
There was a swift current under the
bridge, though in the depth of the
water it did not show in its full force.
Jenny cried aloud. She hesitated one
Instant and then with an indescribable
something In her face, rushed forward
and sprang into the water. She had
been a good swimmer in her girlhood.
She caught the boy and bore him up
and then once again called aloud. She
was answered by a shriek from the
bridge. Mary Garth was standing
there shrieking and impotently wring
ing her hands.
Jenny Trars burdened as she wa3
strove to rea 1 the little peninsula that
ran into the Forks. She was weaken
ing. She reached a point above it, but
the current swept her out and beyond,
the boy clinging to her and impeding
the freedom of movement. A man
rushed across the field, and out on to
the peninsula and threw himself into
the water. In a second he found tho
boy in his arms. He struggled to reach
the woman also, but the current had
caught her with its full force, and she
was at the edge of the roaring torrent
in whose water was death. The man
struggled ashore with the boy. He
turned and leoked. For one instant
he saw Jenny Travcrs' face above the
water. Sluggish of perception though
this Tumbling Forks man was, he saw
that in Jenny's face there was set a
look of peace. As the torrent claimed
her there came from the decrway cf
Tod Jenks' home the roughly sweet
voice of the Tumbling Forks convert:
"Come to Me," saith One, "and com
ing, be at rest." Edward B. Clark, in
the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bird Doctor.
"John," said the proprietor of the
bird store, "there's a call at Mrs.
Brown's, uptown."
John, a thin young man, took up a
black leather bag and hurried out.
"He is a bird doctor," the proprietor
explained, pointing after the lank,
black figure. "He looks after the
mouths and feet and plumage of can
aries, parrots and other pets. He cleans
their mouths with little brushes," picks
and sponges. With sets of files and
scissors and scrapers he cuts their
nnils and keeps their feet in trim.
And you ought to see him give a bird a
shampoo. Ho covers it to with lather
that it resembles a ball of wool.
"John averages about two calls a
day in the summer and about five in
the winter. He keeps a phj-sician's
little uay-bock, and we send out bills
to birds for professional services just
as though they were human beings.
That pleases the birds' owners and
tends to create promptitude in the set
tlement of the accounts." Philadelphia
E c cord.
Will Kecelvc Ills Reward.
The country press is more powerful
than the metropolitan papers because
there is more of It, says B. F. Lusk of
the Jackson (Mo.) Herald. It reaches
more homes and influences the old
farmer, the bene and sinew of this
great republic; therefore, its inarch is
upward and onward. We have noticed
that whenever a country paper has no
influence, is not believed by its read
ers, is net honored by its contem
poraries, that it has .an editor of a low
type. A newspaper, from the very
nature of things, cannot wield any
greater influence in the community
than that influence which is warranted
by the example, the integrity, the mor
als and the reputation of its editor.
Let the country editor leave off all
bickering and nagging, and jealousies
of his competitor, and he will become
a benefactor and a philanthropist, and
in time will receive his just reward
from the people.
Koceiitiic Dun Izard rastor.
There took place at Hancock, Md.,
recently, 'the funeral of llev. Jacob
Weller, an aged Dunkard preacher,
who had been pastor of one of the
village churches for more than forty
years, during which time he never ac
cepted a salary or other compensation,
and never took up a collection.
He married more couples and bap
tized more people than any other
Dunkard preacher. He was an orator
of unusual gifts. It is said that he
never wore a cravat.
Tobacco.
Last year the French Government
made a profit of over 14,000,000 on its
monopoly of the sale of tobacco, cigars,
cigarettes and matches.
Sir if;.
Sound moves 11 12 feet per second,
light 192,000 miles a second, and elec
tricity 2SS.C00 miles a second. "
When a woman says, "It's no use
1 talking." she rcallv doesn't mean it.
TYPHOID WIDELY SCATTERED
Valuable Information Given By tho
Board of Health.
(From Advance Sheets of the August
Bulletin of the State Board of
Health.)
Typhoid fever Is present in seventy
five of the ninety counties reporting
for July. It is therefore widely preva
lent in our State. It is a communicable
disease, spreading from one case to
another, though generally In a rounda
bout fashion. Its extension can be pre
vented by the careful observance of
certain simple rules. For the informa
tion of the people we give these rules,
preceded by a statement of the reasons
upon which they are based. If read and
heeded by even a few some lives would
be saved and much sickness would be
prevented. Read them and tell about
them.
The active agency in the causation
of typhoid fever is a bacterium, the
bacillus typhosus, which attacks and
causes the ulceration of certain glands
in the small intestine, developing
therein by myriads. They are there
fore to be found chiefly in the bowe)
discharges, although present also in
the excretion of the kidneys and to
some extent in the expectoration of a
person sick with the disease. From one
of these sources, nearly always the
first named, the bacteria are transfer
red to the intestinal tract of a healthy
person. The poison is always swallow
ed. The most common agencies of
transfer are the drinking water, in
cluding milk infected from washing
cans in polluted water, and the com
mon house fly, although it may be con
veyed directly to the nurse by her qwn,
soiled hands, and sometimes in dust.
The most important rules therefore for
the prevention of the extension of the
disease may be briefly stated as fol
lows: 1. Cover immediately upon their pas
sage the body discharges to prevent
access of flies.
2. As soon as possible thoroughly
disinfect the discharges by mixing in
equal quantity with them one of
the following: (a) freshly made milk,
of lime or "whitewash" (unslaked
lime) ; (b) a five per cent, solution o
carbolic acid; (c) a 1 to 1,000 solution,
of corrosive sublimate; (cl) a 1 per
cent, solution of formaldehyde. After
standing a half-hour (covered all the
time) the mixture should be buried
(never thrown cn the surface of the
ground) at a distance from the well of
not less than 150 feet.
3. Provide in the sick-room a wooden
tub one-third full of either of the three
last named solutions, and drop therein
as soon as removed everything in the
way of body or bed-clothing, handker
chiefs, towels, etc., that have come in .
contact with the patient, and keep
them submerged until they can be
boiled, washed and dried in the sun.
4. All remnants of food that may for
any reason be carried into the sick
room must be burned.
5. The nurse should wash her hands
and dip them into one of the solutions,
preferably corrosive sublimate, after
every "changing" of the patient. She
should never draw water from the
family well unless a pump is used. In
case it should be absolutely necessary
she should disinfect her hands as above
before doing so.
6. Tho soiled linen of the patient
should never be washed at or near the
well or spring. The greatest care should
be observed to prevent the drainage or
seepage through the soil into the well
or spring from accumulation of filth of
all kinds. As soon as a case of typhoid
fever appears in a family all drinkjng
water should be boiled until a report
cn the same can be obtained from the
State Biologist, the family physician
making application to the Secretary ot
the Board of Health for permit and
sterilized bottle.
7. As the germ i3 present in the in
testine in the preliminary stages and
for several weehs after covanlescence
is established and the patient practical
ly well, extra care of surface privies
should be observed. Every evacuation
should be immediately and cbmpletely
covered with lime or dry powdered
earth.
Summary Prompt disinfection of
all discarges from the body of the pa
tient; protection of. the same against
flies; special care as to the drinking,
water; serupuloue cleanliness.
Russia Makes Demand.
Constantinople, By Cable Russia
has refused to accept the deelimation
of the Porto to allow four unarmed
lives' rn torpedo boats to pass through
ho r-nrdanelles under a commercial
fl-'g, end has sent a note to the Turk
ish authorities insisting that the boats
be allowed to go through the Porte, it
is said, will appeal to A rowers in the
natter.