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r 'f ' l, 1 IJ tf 11 IIS If i il lij if M lil $i.oo a Year, in Advance. FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY, AND FOR TRUTH." ' ' Single Copy, 5 Centa. VOL. XIV. PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 5; 1903. NO. 12. i ) t: "THERE IS Thee verses Avere written hv .l.j. Mc- decry, an Iowa editor, and 'were first pub- , Jiehed in Arthur's Home Magazine of July, V- 'I8C5. Shortly after this the Farmers' Ail- -vocare, puDJisiiea in Chicago, printed an article written by Eugene Buhner, who saw fit to attach the poem to the end of it. A iW iseonsin editor clipped the noetry and credited it 'to E. Bulmer. Another editor thought "m" should be "w" and credited it to E.- Buhver, and in time E. Buhver was transformed into Edward Bulwer, Lord Ijytton. After a chase of nearly twenty live years Mr. McOreery Avas able to catch up with th? lie and nail it 'fast. He i's now widely known as the author. -There in no death! the stars .go down lo rie upon some other shore. And britrht in heaven's jeweled c crown They shine forcvermore. There is no death! the forest leaves Convert to life the viewless air; The rocks disorganize to feed , The hungry mo's's they bear. .men- i s no itcpui: uie erase we rreaa v Shall f-hancp llpnp.lth fJipimmmpriilimrori; j.o Kuj'jtn gram, or menow irmt Or rainbow-tinted flowers. There is no death! the leaves may fall, The flowers may fade and pass'awav J iey only wait through. winfcrvhours The warm, sweet breath of May. There is no death! the choicest gift That heaven hath kindly lent to earth- 'Are ever first to seek again' The country of their birth. ' lAnd all things that for growth or joy Are "Worthy of our love or care, Whose loss, has. jeft,us desolate, Art1' safely garnered there. Though life become a desert waste. yVc. know its fairest, sweetest flower?, AW OvlEffl--FIGHT. Battle With a Big Whale in the J Soutii Seas. 1 IN tiu? dim rind stuffy recesses of the fo'c's'le of the Beluga n silent, sullen .company of men of all shades of color sat at their 4.o0 a. m. "breakfast. Some munched stolidly at r "blocks of fat pork and flinty biscuit, others just drank alleged coffee and smoked. And they were the majority, for fey there are who, after a night of deep, especially in such an atmosphere, can rise and begin the morning meal (and such a meal) in five minutes. But those who did not eat concealed their portions about their persons, usually in the breasts of "jumpers," for there -was never more than enough to go round. Sudden';,' Avith a voice like thai of a 'frantic' bull, came the expected .com mand. "Now, 'way boats, there." It was immediately followed by a stam pede, each man struggling to be first up tiie. narrow, ladder; each man dread ing the sure and painful position of the last. Benching the deck, the rushing band divided itself in four, one part to each . boat, where it . hung gleaming spectrally against the violet sky. None cast a glimpse upward or around, -for none had time cr though c to spare. Yet the scene was entirely worthy of rum's best notice. The daily miracle of dasvn always is but here! The ship lay mo-tion!e-:s, anchored apparently uncn a lake of transparent ink, in whose slid den.hs strange gleamings occasionally heightened its mystery of utter dark ness. Around rose the solemn tree-clad hills of Ilapai, now in deepest shadow. 'Away to the south, southeast and east the way out to the broad bosom of the I'acitic la; clearly open, between the several islands and although from the two former quarters there was as yet no lightening of the deep velvety pur ple of the night, there was a something remotely like the opening of a door leading from a dark hall into the clear -air: a litt le draught of freshness seemed stealing in from thence. But from the cast vhere came through that gap a quivering throb of opal-tinted light, ;just vipphng along the hoiixcii and touching the still waters that lay be tween it and us with the suggestion of glory to come, the first heart beat of that sweet day before which the mod est stars paled and vanished. And overhead tho returning legion of flying foxes, fresh from their long night's Taid .among the fruit trees, passed like squadrons of dark spirits hastening , "back to their native gloom at the ad vent of light, and occasionally from their midst came a Avail wringing the heart like a sudden terror. To most of us nil this was but sug gested, hardly realized; yet we moved :with utmost quiet, unconsciously fall NO DEATH." Transplanted into paradise ' Adorn immortal bowers. . . The voice of birdlike melody That we have missed and mourned so long Now mingles with the angel choir In everlasting song. V. There 's no death! although wc grieve When beautiful, familiar forms That we have learned to love are torn Fro.n our embracing arms . Although with bowed and breaking heart, With sable-garb and silent tread. We bear their senseless dust to rest, We say that they are "dead" They are not dead! they have but passed Beyond the mists that blind us here, ' Into the new uid larger life Of that serener sphere. They have but dropped their robe of clay To put their shining raiment oii; They have not wandered far away liicy are not lost or gone. Though disenthralled and glorified. They still ar? here and love as yet; ' . The dear ones they have left behind i They never can forget, t "" And sometimes, when our hearts zrow faint Amid temptations fierce and deep, Or when the wildly raging Avaves - ' Of grief or passion sweep - "We feel upon our fevered brow Their gentle touch, their breath of balm, Their arms enfold us, and our hearts Grow comforted arid calm. And ever near us, though unseen. ' The dear, immortal spirits tread For all the boundless universe Is'L.fe; there are no dead! ing in with our environment. And when the rattle of a block, the sharp click of an oar on a gunwale, or a hoarse oath broke the sacred peace of the moment, an involuntary "Hush!" rose to the lips. Ten minutes a'ter our appearance on deck we were all in our places and, with the steady, eplashless stroke of trained whaling oarsmen, Avere silently gli'ding toward the por tals of the day. As the oars rose and fell they lifted overflowing chalices of emeralds, and as the SAAreet dark crept away great lakes of ever changing color, of infinite and indescribable va riety, stole over tho placid surface of the quiet sea. A cool breath crept from the dawn point to meet us; it kissed our heated necks, put fresh vigor into our strokes, freshened, strengthened, until at a ringing shout of command we Hung our oars with one accord and prepared to make sail. Is it of any use, I Avondcr, trying to describe the scene that greeted us as wo did so? I fear not, where so many master hands have failed, so let me say simply that the 'pass ahead, leading seaward, was atlood with molten ruby, amethyst and opal, with a background of flaming gold, before which the shrinking eyes closed. "And the glory of the Lord was revealed." Ka, ha! how raptur ously the blood, so sluggish before, courses through our veins as the boats, birdlike, skim over the sparkling Avaves on the lightsome way to Avindward. But the business of the day needs re membering. We are out after whales, and unto him Avho can first report the presence of one, sftenvard caught, shall be given ?10. So a keen lookout is kept for a while, until the wonderful beauty of the scene obtains the sway over our minds again, and the boats glide swiftly along the steep shores of the outermost island. "Ah-hloAv-w-AV-w-Ay!" almost in a whisper and several hands are pointed to Avhcre, against the dark green of the cliffs, yet in shadow, three vapory spir als of varying heights show clearly. But what can three mean? Two of them we, can account for the broad, bushy one and the tiny jet only four or five feet high. The third, however closely associated with the other two, and of great height, puzzle3 us does not delay us, though, for Avith paddles unshipped avc urge the progress of our craft toward those vast unconscious mammals so pleasantly sojourning in the shade. We are abreast of them, helms are put up, and all four boats bear down upon them with the swoop of gigantic hawks. When but a ship's length away, sails are rolled up as if automatically. Noiseless as fish we glide into the shadow and strike. What an awful uproar breaks up that sweet solitude; the (shoutings of excited men, the furious struggles of Avounded levia thans, avIiosc mighty tall strokes rever berate iR hollow thunder along -the echoing cliffs. The heretofore placid sea hisses and boils, and the boats toss as in a maelstrom. What can be amiss? Not thus is the humpback mother wont to meet an attack unless her youngling is injured. Ah, that is it, surely. Her calf must be dead, and, if so, then heads must needs bo cool and hands skilful cr there will be. many numbers lost from our good ship's messes. Two boats disappeared to Avindward in a smother of spray, and we who re main dimly imagine in some disinter ested fashion what manner of hump back they may be fast to. But not for long, for suddenly toward us comes rushing a faintly outlined black mass piled high Avith snowy foam, and we must needs exert every muscle to avoid that terrible onslaught. ' We do just succeed the mighty one passes, and disappears. Oh, for some shelter, if only a shallow reef! But there is none. Crash'! and like an earthquake shock come the maddened mother's flukes against the side of the other boat, hurl ing her and her disintegrated contents far shoreward." Never again will that boat molest a Avhale, And also, oh, soitoav and shame! never again will Hallett Winslow, best, brightest, brav est of harpooners, see the blessed sun rise. His neck is broken. Now, while she is venting her fury upon the float ing fragments let us escape. But there are our shipmates, and as swiftly as our shaking limbs allow we pick them up, expecting every moment to go even as they went and then? The next few minutes passed like some hideous nightmare, frantic, joint wrenching endeavors to keep out of the way of the monster bent upon our de struction, and sudden eruptions, up heavals of the sea, so close to us that destruction seemed impossible of avoid ance. And all this time, wherever wo Avcnt in the turmoil, we never lost sight of the calf whale. As if to call our crime continually to remembrance it kept us company, tossing helplessly upon the tormented waters. At last and although I feel sure that half an hour had not passed, yet the time seemed interminable aac found our selves, almost exhausted, close to tho rocks, Avhere. an overhanging ledge, thickly clothed with drooping branches, jutted out above deep water, but only about three feet aboA-e the surface. With one last flash of energy we all sprang for shelter, scrambled like mon keys into the tangle of the trees, just as the unbreathed parent rushed at our deserted boat and .crushed it into matchwood, returning again and again to the fragments until they were al most ground into splinters. All the while we hung precariously, fearfully, just above the terrible tumult, pos sessed Avith the idea that even here Ave Avere hardly safe from to redoubtable a foe. And then into the biasing sunshine, which had uoav crept up to cur, refuge, there sprang the other whale, towing behind him the two 'surviving boats, still uninjured. Upon our almost be numbed brains fell a deeper fear. Were we about to witness the destruction of all that little company, so sAviftly Hear ing this place of utmost danger? No long suspense, for out from the shadow of our cliff sprang the vengeful mother to meet her spouse and. finish her great work of retribution. But as she came aa'c saw the bull Avhale slacken speed, saw the. two boats spread out fanwiso behind him, saw the cow rush between them, fully exposed. A puff of white smoke, and presently a tiny report as of a revolver shot. Then for a few mo ments our view was obscured by tumb ling Avaves raised by the tAvo monsters in their flurry, the one of death, the other of escape. And out of that boil ing A-ortex emerged our two boats, still uninjured, a large black mess floating between them in utter immobility, while far to the windward a tall jet as of steam from a high pressure waste-pipe- showed Avhere- the agile bull was making his utmost speed from the place of death. And in deepest silence and sorrow we distributed ourselves among tho rescuing boats .and' pre pared to tow to the ship our hardly won prise. London Spectator. Our Bearded Ladles. Some of tho new face veils make one think there is a large and flour ishing crop of bearded ladies. Phila delphia Telegraph. "What a red beard you have! now docs that happen?" "Well, you see, it Is A-ery Avlry, and Avhen I Avash my face it rusts." Cornell Widow. WONDERS OF THOTMES'3 TOMB. Mummied lieet 4000 Years Old Discov ered in It. An investigation of the tomb of King Thotmes IV., near Thebes, in which a spleIid chariot Avas found by Mr. Da vis, revealed many interesting features. Around a large chamber, in which there is a magnificent granite sarcopha gus coAered with texts from the Book of thl Dead, are smaller chambers. The floor of one of these is strewn Avitlr mummified loins of beef, legs of mutton and trussed ducks and geese, offerings made to the dead king nearly 4000 years ago. Clay seals bearing the king's name are attached to tho doors of the chambers. These indicate that the Egyptians of the eighteenth dyn asty, to some extent, anticipated the in vention of printing the raised parts of the seals having been smeared with blue ink before the clay was impressed. The AA-alls of oiie chamber are adorned with paintings. There is also an inscription stating the tomb was plundered by robbers in the eighth year of Horemheb, but was restored as far as possible by the reigning Bha raoh. It Avas doubtless then that the jewelry buried with Thotmes Avas sto len. The floor of this chamber is covered with vases, dishes and other objects, nearly all of Avhich were wantonly bro ken, apparently by the robbers. Some had been repaired. There was also a piece of textile fab ric, in which hieroglyphics of various colors are woven with such wonderful skill as to present the appearance of a painting on linen. The great find, however, is the cha riot. The body alone remains, but this is in perfect condition. The wooden frame was first covered with papier mache, and this with stuc co, which is carved into scenes from battles Pharaoh fought in Syria. Every detail is exquisitely finished, the w hole being one of the finest specimens of art preserved from antiquity. With the chariot was found a leather gauntlet, which protected the king's hand and wrist when he used a boAV or the reins. Landscape Kefinemcnt. According to E. C. Picxottc, in the Sunset Magazine, the American has not as yet the art of making his homo nor his land picturesque of planning the -unexpected, the accidental. Cali fornia has been endowed with a cli mate as faultless as any on earth, and 1 with eA-cry beauty that nature can be stow, yet the American as yet has done little to enhance her attractiveness. I say "the American" advisedly, for be fore his rule there Avas another civiliza tion which has left here, and there is a legacy which avo should jealously guard. As Charles Dudley Warner so aptly puts it: "The traveler is enthus iastic about the drives through those groves of fruit, with tho ashy or the ; snow-covered hills for background and contrast, and he exclaims at the pretty cottages, vine and rose-clad, in their semi-tropical setting, but if by chance he conies upon an old adobe or a Mexi can ranch house in the country he has emotions of a very different sort." Let us, in future, build strongly and solidly, and in a manner appropriate to our climate so that future generations nay inherit something from us some thing that has been lived in and about which stories can be woven some thing that can be imbued with a charm of by-gone days and then Avill Cali fornia possess the one thing now neces sary to complete her loveliness the re finement of landscape that comes only after long cultivation. I3saas?s Known by invnlcrs. In the ' larger city hospitals tho young doctors on the house staff and the visiting, physicians never use the nine or ten syllable Avords that they employ in making a report of a clinic for a medical journal or at a meeting of the County Medical Society. . They refer to diphtheria as a case of "di?" in seme hospitals, and ether com plaints, such as typhoid fever cr pneu monia, are abbreviated in tho same way, so that the physicians and nurses understand them, even if relatives Avho visit the patients do not. But in most of the hospitals numbers are substi tuted for names. The visiting physi cian fs told that a patient is suffering fcoux a case of No. 1, No. 2, or No. a. meaning thereby smallpox, typhoid fever, or diphtheria, respectively. As such they go down on the hospital books. New York Times. Indigo Avas first used as a dye in Eu rope in lo70. Cochineal came into use about tho same time. . THE VALUE OF A REPUTATION. The bullfrog sat by the river's brim, aT - And sang the whole day long . tf The critics sometimes censured him, ' And they weren't far from Avrong, ( But he sang away, as the daylight fled, And didn't care what the critics said. ; lie gurgled and croaked till the toads so fat, And the pollywogs so slim, Remarked: "To warble a song like that Must be A'ery hard on him. It doesn't appeal to me or you, But no doubt it is difficult to do." 'r "' " ii l. And the bullfrog simply pegged away . . The very best he knew; v They learned to bear it, and day by day His reputation grew. -, Till at last, through the pond, it is un derstood : That whenever the bullfrog sings it's good. ., Washington Star, Alice "What makes you think he has been in love before?" Edith "The proposal he made to me was en tirely extemporaneous." Philadelphia Ledger. Judge "Have you anything to say In extenuation?" Accused (thought fully) "The man from whom I stole was insured against theft." Spring field Union. "They say you're making plenty of money in the stock market." "Yes. I ne.A-er fail." "Really? You get straight tips, eh?" "Not much. I sell them." Philadelphia Press. "American cameras are now sold in every country of the globe," remarked Willoughbly. "Yes, the American snap shot is heard all around the world,", added Rockingham. .fudge. Trofessor Morrandmore "The books of the Chaldeans Avere written on bricks .' Sporter (in a still, small voice) "They must have made hard reading." Harvard Lampoon. "Maude's intended is a piano dealer, isn't he?" "Yes, and she believes him all that his instruments are." "Grand,' I suppose?" "Yes, and upright and square." Philadelphia Bulletin. Of office-holders 'tis the cry ; That none resign, few ever die. Now tell me true, how would it do If Ave should simply kill a few? Philadelphia Record. Tommy "I think mamma is an aiv ful gossip." Ethel "Oh, Tommy! how can you say such a thing?" Tommy "Well, she is; everything I do, she im mediately goes and tells papa. I hate gossip." Tit-Bits. He "You women are forever discuss ing the bad points of your neighbors. If you were to gossip about their good points it would bo more edifying." She "Perhaps so, but Avho would listen to us?" Philadelphia Press. "Young Digger is the hardest worker in the store," observed the proprietor. "To see him one would not think he was Avorking for a salary." "He isn't," responded the bookkeeper; "he's work ing for a raise." Indianapolis News. There Avas a watchmaker named Quick, And he thought he was awfully slick, But he couldn't hold out, lie went up the spout He tried to do business on tick. j New Orleans Times-Democrat. Footpad "Hold up your hands!" Belated Pedestrian "All right; but be fore searching me, I may as well tell1 you that I met my Avife downtown this afternoon " Footpad "Say no more, pard; I'm a married man myself. Here's a quarter for you." Chicago Ncavs. Is There an Articrtoan Taco ? The English face, the Jewish face, the Irish face, the Italian face, the Chinese face, the Japanese face,, the French face, the Indian face, even the negro face all these have fomothiug about them Avhich calls up a. definite picture in one's mind. But the Amer ican face has no strong characteristic to differentiate it from' other faces of superior races, remarks Loudon Health. It is international, for here and there one may rind the traces which sug gest a relation to this, that or the other face. It may be a line or liga ment by an early English aujestry, or something suggestive of Teutonic ori gin, or a sharp suggestion of the Frenchman's face or the Irishman's or the Italian's or the Scotchman's. But Avhen one must deal Avith the Amer ican abstractly one can scarcely call up tho American face. Uncle Sam, with his striped trousers, his shapely cut coat, his plug hat, his Avhiskors, and his bland, good-natured countenance, is a happy conception, yet he may never hope to portray the matchless and indescribable cosmopol itanism of the American face. j
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