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V.OL. XIV, PLYMOUTH, N. CM FEIDAY, JUNE 26, 1903. NO, 15,
WANTED,
.Wanted a Man who U gentle and just;
A man who is upright and true to his
trust;
Who eai-es more for honor and love than
for pelf,
And who holds his neighbor as dear as
himself;
Who's sober and earnest, and merry and
pay,
Who cheerfully shoulders the care of the
Whose principle's high, whose integrity's
strong;
h Who'd rather do right any time than do
wrong,
Yet who to a sinner shows sorrow and
pity.
)o von th'iik T might find such a man in
the city?
0 J7
By W.
f?o many others did. I
know "Old Howls'' in a
casual Avay, as a iioto
broker of the meanest
class. Ho Avas always un
tidy, always in a hurry,
never anyihing else but thinly clad,
oven in the depth of winter, and car
ried constantly with a loud laugh and
painfully forced jollity that had Avon
him his epithet, "Howls'' a haggard,
hunted expression. Jacob Howells's
reputation, even when' I first knew him
on the Street, Avas quite "off color,"
and the color had worn off more and
more as years went on.
lie and I never had any business
transactions for two reasons, both
valid I had no spare cash to loan, and
when I borroAved which was seldom
it Avas not on collateral of the sort re
quiring the big "shaA-e," out of which
this man and his kind made their
.sparse and precarious profits.
It Avas growing dark on a raAV day
last February that, crossing Nassau
street on my Avay toward the elevated,
I saw HoAvells in charge of an officer.
Having heard that he had been con
cerned of lato in several pieces of
"sharp practice," the fact that ho avus
now in custody did not seem surpris
ing. I Avas going by with no more at
tention than may be implied by a brief
thought of commiseration ("Poor chap,
I hope he'll get out of the scrape"),
when I heard him say pleadingly:
"For God's sake, Avait just five min
utes more."
His tone was so imploring, so pitiful,
and it seemed so sincere as to some
hope in a little delay, that I overcame
the dastardly cowardice of prudence,
turned right about, and Avent up to
him.
"Ik there anything I can do for you,
Mr. Ilowells?" I asked, not, I fear, cor
dially, but coldly, 'my manner instinct
ively modulated as to imply that pre
sumption on his part avouUI scarcely
be tolerated.
"Yes." he answered eagerly, "there
is, if you are Avllling to take a little
just a little trouble. As you see. I
have got into a little scrape (he
laughed grimly), and I have sent a
boy for my laAvyer. I'm afraid it's so
late lie's gone home. Noaa, would you
mind, going to my fiat (he named the
street and number),, and tell my wife
1 hat I have been called away sudden
ly, bu.': Aviil bo back to-morrow and
(he handed me a five-dollar bill) give
her that."
Of course I agreed to do what he
wished, though his Jat Avas far over on
the upper east side, Avhile my home
was on the west. Howells clutched
my hand hard, "Thank you; my God,
!ut I do thank you," and Ave parted.
1 turned back doAvn Wall Street, and
took the east side elevated at Hanover
Square. While I waited for the train
it began to snow, and by the time Ave
readied Fourteenth street a heavy
snoAvstorm had set in. At Fourteenth
street there was a long stop, and at
the end of pevhaps fifteen minutes the
guard opened the door. "All out," lie
shouted, "this car goes no further!"
I soon discovered that there was a
lire on the 'block above. The surface
.line was blocked also, so I made my
way across to the Set-mid Avenue line.
There Avere delays here also, so that
it Avas quite late before I reached the
street Avhere Ilowells lived. In the
meantime the storm had gathered
strength; the Avind biew fiercely, and
the mingled snow and sleet beat full
into my face as I made my way tow
ard the tall tenement to which I had
been directed. I found the number at
last; one of these immense, semi-gen
teel apartment houses, a horror to look
Tni
IK
ujpon, much more to be all one could
Wanted a Woman no saint, under
stand, But a womanly woman, who on every
hand
Sheds the lustre of purity, goodness and
grace.
Who carries her loveliness stamped on her
face :
Whose wisdom's intuitive, insight is deep;
Who makes living sunshine where life'.?
shadows creep;
'Who's poised in her little world's centre,
and who
Is gentle, responsive, and tender and
true;
Whose sweetness and graciousness fit like
a gown,
Do you think I might find such a one in
the town?
Metaphysical Magazine.
' i i i i rri r i i ii j
J. R.oe.
call "home." Pushing the button of
the very topmost ilat. the door opened
instantly, and, co-ercd Avith snow, I
toiled up the- stairs. On the upper
landing stood a Avoman, who ex
claimed before she recognized me:
"Oh, Jake, dear Jake, I am so re
lieved "
Suddenly she stopped, seeing a
stranger, and. clasping her hands, her
face, as I could see even in the obscur
ity, turned ghastly white.
"Is this Mrs. Ilowells?" I asked.
"Yes," she gasped, evidently over
come Avith apprehension, "yes; please
tell me, have you word from iny hus
band? Has has anything hap
pened ?"
As quickly as possible I relieved her
anxiety by delivering my message and
the bill. I would have gone then at
once; but Mrs. IIoavcIIs urged me to
come in. "It was so kind of you to
come, and such a dreadful night. Mr.
HoAvells is not strong. Girls (she con
tinued joyously , your father is all
right; ho Avas obliged to go out of
town."
I had not said this, but let It pass.
The little room Avas a charming pic
ture of modest refinement and home
likeness. Two young women, who had
been sitting by a lamp, one engaged in
needlework, thi other, having laid
down a book, rose and greeted me.
Ladles, all of them, that was evident,
as avoII a: AA'as the de?p affection al
most adoration for the man whom,
till that hour, I had known as one avIio
could not have been classed as respect
able, much less as a gentleman. It
was noAv, hoAvevcr, quite apparent
that desperate gap betAveen the man
of the outside world and of the home,
and the hideous struggle he was en
gaged in Avith the Avoif of poverty and
to keep the little family together.
The next clay Ilowells came to my
office. He looked even more disrepu
table than ever after a night in jail,
but his voice trembled as he thanked
me. Then his tone and manner
changed.
"Well," said he, with a harsh, hol
low laugh, "I got off this time; 'tis.n't
the first, and 'tAvon't be the last. You
know your Aesop the pitcher that
goes often to the Avcll is bound to get
broken some day."
After this I used to do a little more
than nod to Mr. Howells; in fact, sev
eral times I even threw a little busi
ness in his Avay. Once he came to me
on a matter where I was really of
very considerable assistance. When it
Avas concluded he asked me to go out
and take lunch with him. "Don't ob
ject," he said heartily, "on account of
its coming out of my pocket. It won't;
the man I'm doing this for puts up,
and this Aviil go in; besides," he added,
consciously, "I'll not take you to any
swell place "
We lunched at a little place not
"svell,"'but good in its way, and there
he let out much of his heart to me.
It AA'as pitiful to hear him tell of the
miserable shifts and devices by which
he gathered together the few dollars
needful pitiful to me, knowing what
the man's home life was.
"Do you think I don't knoAV AA'cli
enough Avhat people say of me? Yes,
they call me a blood-sucker, and no,
don't shake youv head that's not the
worst; some will tell you I'm an out-and-out
scoundrel who ought to be in
State prison. But, Mr. ," he laid
his. hand impulsively upon my arm,
"I give you my Avord before my God
that never in my life have I done a
dishonest act.. Yes. I've been arrested
more times than that once you know
of; but it Avas always as a scapegoat
for some oilier man's rascality. 'Hit
him; he's got on friends!' that's the
cry around Wall and Broad streets.
What a dreadful business mine is!
I know it; but I can't get out of it;
I can't try some other more decent.
God knoAvs I would if I saw ray way,
but I don't. When a man's past sixty
no one wants him. Besides, I knoAV
this business of shaving third and
fourth class paper clear down to the
ground; I knoAV that and nothing else.
Noav, this piece of business; how much
do you suppose I'll net out of it?"
"Two hundred," I suggested, know
ing what his commissions ought to
have been.
"Divide that by twenty," said Ilow
ells coolly. "What! a jackal like me
get his full commissions; Not much;
I'm allowed for expense carfare, this
lunch and odds and ends; but before I
got the job I had to agree to take an
even ten. Oh! I'm not worrying; N it's
the best day's vrork I've done in six
months."
From time to time during the follow
.ing summer I saAv Ilowells, ahvays in
haste, always anxious, but his greeting
Avas ahvays a genial smile and a
hearty "Good day." He never pre
sumed upon my good offices. It was
late one afternoon the following No
vember that a messenger brought me
a brief note from hrm. He was laid
up, he wrote, with a bad cold, and
there Avas a little matter of business
ho wanted looked after. The papers
inclosed Avere all in good shape. It
Avas after business hours: but, in his
calling they stay clown toAAn late.
I did what ho asked willingly, col
lected the amount, and sent it by the
messenger. A week passed, and the
same thing happened again. This time
he Avrote at considerable length. He
Avas very ill; too ill to be out such a
harsh day. He had no one he could
trust (the word "trust" underscored).
Would I mind obliging him just once
more? It was a beseeching almost
cringing letter. He might have known
mo better. I did the errand, collected
$0, added $10, and inclosed a line say
ing that I Avas glad to be of service,
and that the ten was "at his entire
convenience." The next day a postal
came, undated, and the handwriting
tremulous, hardly legible. It said
simply: "O. K. Many thanks. You'll
get it later."
About a week after that, while I
was sitting at my desk in the office,
the door opened hastily and Ilowells
staggered in. My first thought was
that he had been drinking, for his
manner was wild, his eyes sunken
and bloodshot, and his usual pinched
and haggard expression intensified
tenfold.
"Excuse me for one moment, Mr.
," he said, panting like a winded
dog, "I'll get my breath shortly."
When he had recovered himself ho
began at once, talking very fast there
Avas a policy on his life, taken out more
than ten years before. Originally for
five thousand, it would noAr be AAorth
to his heirs upAvard of nine thousand.
"The premium is due to-day; this is
the very last day or the policy "will
lapse. It mustn't lapse; that's the long
and short of it. My family Avould get
over nine thousand if I should die to
morrow' if that premium is paid. If I
should die to-morroAV," he repeated,
choking. "I've got fifteen of it. Can't
you help me out with the balance?
For God's sake try and hcip me
out "
I did not keep him in doubt, but
opened my pockcibook and counted out
tlio twenty that he said was needed.
Howells eyed the money as a famished
man might food. As he clutched the
bills, the man's joy seemed quite un
speakable, lie did. however, manage
to stammer out in the intervals of a fit
of painful coughing what he called his
"deep gratitude."
"You'll get this back, good friend,"
ho said huskily at the door. "Never
fear. If I pull through all right; if
not well," and lie laughed hoarsely,
"all right, any way. The fact is. I
slipped out. No one knew I'd left the
fiat or, for that matter, my bed. The
doctor said if I came out this raw day
it would be the last of Jake Howells.
But if you knew, Mr. , how I've
Avorked and scrimped and gone Avith
out to save that policy for Polly and
the girls, you'd say I Avas right dead
right. They call mo a hoary old repro
bate, but I say that Avas right dead
right."
About dawn the next morning IIow
olls died. The grief of the three
women avIio loved him Avas agonizing.
If he had been the most respectable
citizen it could hardly have been more
so. In due time the policy was paid.
Mrs. HoAvells sent for me, and gave
me the thirty dollars.
"Mr. HoAvells told me to be sure
and repay you, and to say hoAV very,
very grateful he was," she said 'be
tween her sobs.
As every man of letters must knovf
and abide by perhaps at his peril
morals to tales are quite out of date
Inartistic though it be and unwise, ye1
the writer feels that he would bo false
to a higher duty than that of providing
an "a'aiiible" manuscript M: he lefl
this brief; "jecord without Avord of com
ment. Morals! Great Heaven! How
certain, how numerous, how eager thej
are, justling one another to be told
to be stamped vividly, effectually upor.
the cringing flesh of an age professing
such high ideals in theory, and in prac
tice crucifying them all! What righl
had I to gratitude? As much yes.
just as much as he to the opportunity
to gain an honest livelihood, unvcxed
by the ever-waiting spectre of tempta
tion and of crime. The whole range
and verge and scope of sociclogj'
aye, and of theology, too are bounc
up in the story of the "hoary olc
reprobate," Avho yet, after all, followed
the Master, and "gave his life for the
sheep." ITcav York Times.
HURDLE JUMPING.
Kraenzlcln is the World's flfh ITardlo
Champion and Iiecord-Uolder.
Formerly, in the days of Tuffer nni"
Stephen Ciiase, the hurdle race war
even a prettier event than it is to-day
as they skimmed the hurdle, and though
they sailed over it very prettily, there
Avas a distinct glide through the air
and the motion Avas stopped after each
hurdle. The science of hurdling now
demands that the athlete get over the
hurdle with the greatest possible speed,
to flip himself over Avithout any glide
in the air, and to so throw the feet and
body that the very effort to clear the
hurdle hurls the runner on to the next
hurdle. This style, while not so pretty,
is faster. ancl.Kraenzlcin must be given
the credit for developing it to its high
est form.
Kraeczlein in topping the sticks
Avould use his hip as a SAvivei, and
throw the first leg over the hurdle, not
trying to get distance on the farther
side 'f the hurdle. His idea was to get
that leg 0A-er as quickly as possible.
The other leg followed after, but it AA'as
not dragged. It was brought up smart
ly, so that when his first leg hit the
ground on the other side of the hurdle
his other leg was in the position it
should bo for the next stride. This is
the leg motion, but the young hurdler
will find that to get the above result
he must use his body as a lever and his
arms as a means of balancing and pro
pulsion. When throwing the first leg
over, the body is doubled up like a jack
knife, as this not only helps to get the
leg o-er the hurdle, but it aids 1 lie
speed with Avhich the hurdler gets
over. The right arm is thrown forAvard
if the right leg is first over; the left
arm is then brought up with a rush
while the other leg is being swung
across the hurdle, so that when the ath
lete hits the ground after clearing the
hurdle he is in the natural position for
running, and can put all his effort to
getting speed between the hurdles. The
athlete should remember when going
at the hurdle he should keep his chest
squarely facing it. The body is the
lever, and if it is not held straight
when going over the hurdle the athlete
will not alight squarely on his feet, and
he will lose form and speed between
the hurdles. In this event the runner
should plan to take but three strides
between hurdles. From G. W. Orton's
"Training for Iaterscliolastie Atret
ics" in St. Nicholas.
Mr. I'necr'a Game.
Seeing a friend step on the platform
of a Aveighing machine, Mr. Pue;n
stepped up behind him.
"Let's see how much both of r.s
weigh," he said.
"All right," the friend said, dropping
a cent in the slot.
The indicator floAY around to the fig
ures -t)7 and stopped.
"How much do you usually weigh?"
asked Mr. Pneer.
"One forty-three. I guess. That's
what it was the other day."
"Then my weight is 15 1. Thanks."
And Mr. Pneer' s countenance glowed
with serene satisfaction as he stepped
down Chicago Tribune.
Large Poatofflce I'uslnps.
The total business of all kinds, in
cluding money orders sent and re
ceived, transacted in the New York
post office last year Avas more than
s-j-jo.ooo.ooo.
Opportunity.
Opportunity knocks at every door.
but seldom goes in and takes off her
things. Chicago Ilecord-IIerald.
. HUCKLEBERRY PIE.
Now th's yere bill o' fare's, I guess.
Considered purty fine
Wit cav-e-air an' pom-de-tare
An' fancy kinds o' Avine
But 'long about this time o' year,
Ye know, I kind o' sigh
Fer jes' a good old-fashioned slab BV
O' huckleberry pie. '
It didn't come in little strips
Bat great, big, juicy slices,
'An' m my of 'em as ye pleased,
With no regard to prices.
It come about two inches thick
An' crust! gee Avhiz! but my " J'
Mouth's Avaterin' fer a piece o' mother's
Huckleberry pie.
Jes' like the cloA-er use' to c-mell'3
The Avay it use' to taste
Seems as I kin feel it now
A-rneltin' in my face
Talk about yer fiyin' Averlgcs! '
Fill me up an' jet me dis
Jes' full o' large black, juicy chunks
O' hucklcbeirv pie.
-William Lord 'Bccd, in Green's Fruit
Grower.
"I had to discharge my wife to-day."
"What was the matter?" "She was
horrid to the cook." Brooklyn Life.
"The elopers have returned to ask
your blessing." "Blessing, eh? How
do they want it? In the form of an
allowance, or a cash deposit?" Life.
If everybody'd pay e-erybody as every
body should
Then everybody'd pay eA'erybody for every
body could.
Detroit Free Press.
Customer "I Avant a ton of coal."
Dealer "Yes, sir. What size?" Cus
tomer "Well, if it isn't asking too
much, I'd like to have a 2000-pound
ton." Chicago News.
Mrs. Gotham "Have you noticed
Iioav that dog next door shows his
teeth? I suppose he is a watch dog."
Mr. Gotham "Yes; an open-face watch
dog, I guess." Yonkers Statesman,
A fellow Avho lived in NeAv Guinea i"
Was known as a silly young niiinea,
lie utterly lacked . '
Good judgment or tact
For he told a svclt girl she was skuinea.
Chicago Tribune..
Lou "Jane tells me that her fiance
Is Avorth a hundred thousand dollars.
Do you believe it?" Ella "He must
be AA-orth more than that. Why, he
paid taxes on twenty-five thousand
Avithout a murmur." Judge.
Beryl "Such table manners! Wiry,
I hear that Jim eats the pie that his
wife bakes with a knife!" Sibyl "If
you saAv the pies you'd imagine he'd
have to eat them with a saw, a chisel
and a stone crusher." Baltimore Her
ald. Gussie "Cholly says ho met you and
aAV that you Avcmarked he was a
puzzle to you." Miss Pepprey "Yes;
he reminded me of the average puzzle
the moment he AA'as introduced to roe.
'So simple when you knoAV it.' "Phila
delphia Press.
"Might I hope that if I asked you to
marry me the answer would be favor
able?" "Might I hope that if I said
yes to your question you would really
and truly ask me to marry you?"
"Jane, be mine!" "I'm yours." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Harris "Walters has been looking
pretty sad since his daughter got mar
ried, hasn't he?" Correllr-"Yes; you
see, he had no sooner got his daughter
off his hands than he found lie would
have to put her husband on his feet."
ToAvn and Country.
Mr. Pansy "Just think, I was told to
day of a man avIio buried a Avife and
tAvo children in the afternoon, and then
Avent to the theatre in the eveniug!"
Mrs. Pansy "And yet he wasn't in
considerate; he Avas only an under
taker." Toavh and Country.
"That story," said Woodby Biter to
the critic, "is founded upon fact." "It
is plain," replied the critic, having fin
ished reading the manuscript, "that
you are the real hero of the tale."
"What makes yen think that?" "I
notice you have the courage to sign
your name to it.'' Philadelphia Press.
Kens Help a Church.
A novel plan to raise money for
church purposes has been successfully
exploited in Lycoming County, Pa. At
the suggestion of the pastor, the Rev.
A. E. Co-per, the members of the La
dies' Aid Society cf Christ Lutheran
Church entered into a scheme to sell
separately all egg. laid by their bens
on Surdays and set nnde the money
thus derived for the use cf the
churc'j.
The Tvouhlw -Alakrr,
The fellow who aiways tells the truth
may be depended upon to create a lot
of 'trouble-Philadelphia Record.