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PRAYER FOR
Our nation's God, enthroned above,
Ih&r Thou the prayer we raise to Thee;
.Kep Thou our land in Thy great love
Ihrough all the- days that are to be. . r
,We fear no foes from foreign shore;
ISO battleship can bring affright; " '
We care not for the cannon's roar;
The breath of war shall leave no blight.
Our foes are with us; godless greed,
The strife for gain, for noulless gold;
The pride of .power, that fatal creed
JLlxat brought to death great Rome of oki.
, ,AN HONEST
BY THEODORE DAHLE.
JOJ R. EBENEZER MORGAN,
5; "w-Tf )i of Chicago, was a striking
P ftI P figure. He was large, be
rf iwi c "
4 R was red, and he was con
tf versational, and he knew
jgjpore about pork and beef than any
!ther man in that interesting city. He
bad a quarter of a million invested in
pork and beef, half a million in railway
sjoek and real estate, half a million in
steamships, and enough money at his
banl? to supply him, on demand, with
all the blessings of this life.
IDs only trouble was that he had
spasmodic attacks of loss of memory.
Now and again he would set out for
his office and forget where it happened
to be until he remembered that it was
time to go home; and when he set out
for home he would forget his name
before he was halfway, and in trying
to remember his name he ceased to
recollect where he lived. These were
only one or two effects of his absent
mindedness. There were others.
"Sabina," he observed to his daugh
ter one morning, "I'm in a putty con
sid'able state. You kin pack up for
Yarrup. Th' doctor he ses I've got ter
git, an' I calc'late it's a machin' order.
Th Morgan Castle starts 'fm New
York Monday guess we kin catch that.
I've telephoned f'r th' upper deck."
"The upper deck, poppa!" exclaimed
the girl, thunderstruck.
"Waal, I guess that's what I ordered,
now I cum ter think of it; but you kin
telegraph thet my idee war really th'
state cabin."
"But I can't get ready, poppa. I
Jiaven't a thing to go in.''
"Then you kin go around to th stores
an' tell 'em ter pack six trunks of fe
male apparel, assorted, by th' day after
t'morrer. Thet's settled. Now I'll jest
go an' fix up thet there pork deal with
Jabe Skew, an' then we'll git to New
York."
Sabina was Ebenezer's only daughter
blue-eyed and twenty -one. When her
father's mind was set on a thing she
knew it was of no use to oppose him;
besides, she had long wanted to go to
Europe. She therefore went to the
stores and ordered seven trunkfuls of
ladies' attire. The stores packed them,
and labeled them,, and sent them for
ward to the Morgan Castle, and two
days afterward Ebenezer and his
daughter were on their way to join the
trunks.
"Guess I've forgotten them thar
inaldy-mer lozenges, Sabina," he said,
as they went down the gangway.
"I have them, poppa," she answered.
"Thet's a good gal," he said; and they
went into, their cabins.
Sabina came on deck a few moments
afterward to watch the boat cast her
moorings. The vessel was going out of
the harbor when her father followed
excitedly.
"Say," he shouted to the captain on
the bridge, "say, cap'n, kin you stop
her a minute while I " j
The captain was busy and deaf.
"Whatever's the matter, poppa?" de
manded Sabina, anxiously.
"Waal," he replied, "I've ben fussln'
around with thet thar Jabe Skew," an',
eonsarn it all, I've clean fergot my um
brella!" "Oh, never mind," she said, sootbing
' jly- "You can get another when you
V reach London" an assurance which
seemed to comfort him.
"Thet's all right," he said. "Jest you
remember me not ter fovgit. Mebbe
it'll rain. You never kin tell."
"
On their arrival in London they put
np at the Hotel Elysium. It was prob
ably so called because most Americans
in Loudon stayed there. They saw the
sights for a month, and Ebenezer never j
lost his memory once, or even himself.
Indeed, on two occasions he went out
alone and found his way back again
O. K., as he put it. This he regarded
as a feat.
"Say, Sabina," ho said one morning at
breakfast, ' "we'll go 'long Inter th'
town this morniu' an buy some di'
wonds an' sich-like goods. I reckin you
'bout earn all I kin give you."
"Oh, poppa," exclaimed Sabina, grate
fully, "you are kind!"
"Waal, now I come to think on it.
I'll not say thet ain't my true kerecter,"
he said', with an expansive smile and
a chuckle. Then he began fumbling in
his inner pockets, and from a wallet
produced u bundle of notes. "Here's
THE NATION.
We pray not for our land's increased
Nor ask to wield the tyrant's rod;',
We pray that wickedness shall cease:;
We pray for righteousness, O God! .
Keep Thou our hands from all taint free;
Keep Thou our hearts sincere and pure;
Keep Thou our eyes upraised to Thee;
Keep Thou our feet steadfast and sure.
Our nation's God, enthroned above,
Hear Thou the prayer we raise to Thee;
Keep Thou our land in Thy great love
Through all the days that are to be.
Thomas Curtis Clark.
HOUSEMAID.
a few to be goln' on with," he wept on,
handing her a bundle. "I ain't counted
'em, and mebber thar ain't enough.
But you kin come ag'in." Sabina put
the notes in her purse.
They spent the morning shopping iu
Bond street, Regent street and Oxford
street. Sabina bought all sorts of
rings, and all sorts of necklets, and all
sorts of brooches, and all sorts of hats,
and cloaks, and dresses, and what not.
Ebenezer bought a two-hundred-guinea
chronometer, which was a weather
chart, an almanac, a musical box and a
phonograph all In one.
"Anybody likely to git this watch,
Mr. Jeweler, do you think, if I leave
it about?" he asked.
The jeweler laughed.
"I don't exactly understand, sir."
"No, I guess you won't. I've lost
four 'bout this size an' quality in six
months, an' I'm beginnin' ter think
they kin jump. I ain't got the mem'ry
I had. I winds' em up carefully, and
then slips 'em off the swivel an' uses
'em f'r a letter weight, an' then goes
out an' does a deal with Jabe Skew or
somebody, an when I cum back I
ag'in or swopped it fer a bale of cotton,
don't know whether I've picked it up
or glv' it in change fer a ten-dollar
bill. I figure you don't sell anchors,
do you? ro, I guessed you wouldn't
Good-day!"
When he and Sabina had reached the
street he turned back into the shop.
"Say, Mr. Jeweler," he said, "I don't
happen ter hav tuk too little discount
fer cash off thet thar bill, do I?"
"No, sir," was the reply. "Your mem
ory seems excellent in that way."
"Thank you! ' I'm glad I've kip all
right up to now."
They came back laden with as many
parcels as they could conveniently
carry, and several were delivered after
they arrived at the hotel. The follow
ing day he sat in the room, examining
the jewelry and some of the other par
cels, while Sabina was out buying pic
ture post cards. It was cold, and he
had ordered a fire, by which he sat
while he looked at the heap of pur
chases on his knees. Suddenly he was
moved to put some more coal on the
fire. He rose from his chair, laid the
jewelry on the floor, scooped out the
coal from the scuttle, threw it on the
fire, and then shoveled up the jewelry
and deposited it among the coal. Then
he set out to find Sabina in the Strand,
but turned into the Charing Cross rail
way station, booked to Faris and board
ed the Dover train within two minutes
of its departure. All the rest of that
day and night Sabina wept copiously,
and next morning she was just going
out to inform the police that her mil
lionaire father was missing, when a
telegram arrived from Paris.
"Just remembered I am in Taris,
Hotel Londres," it said. "Come at
once. EBENEZER."
Sabina placed everything she could
find in her trunks, too troubled and
alarmed to examine what went in and
what was left out, locked them, paid
the bill, and posted tu Paris.
Half an hour afterward Arabella, the
chambermaid, was busy in the for
saken rooms.
"Them there Americans do fly off!"
she said, as she cleaned up the fire
place. In due course she looked at the
coal scuttle, and saw a number of small
packages and boxes. When she opened
them, with wide-staring eyes, you could
have knocked her down with her
duster. Nobody being in the room to
do anything of the sort, she sat on the
hearthrug and counted one beautiful
gold chronometer, two diamond brace
lets, six jeweled rings of various sorts,
one diamond pendant necklet, four
pairs of jeweled earrings, six wondrous
brooches, one pair of jeweled opera
glasses, and sundry smaller articles
too numerous to mention.
"They would set me up for life!"
exclaimed Arabella, her eyes glitter
ing back at the diamonds. "It's about
the valuablest coal scuttle I've ever
seen." .
Being an honest girl, she took the
jewelry to the hotel manager and told
her story.
The manager, generally a quiet man,
who thought he had long ago ceased to
be surprised at anything, gave a long,
low whistle.
"Not less than five thousand pounds'
worth! Thank you! They will, come
back for these, and you shall be re
warded," he said.
The manager was prescient. A few
hours later he received a telegram:
"Parcels left on hatrack important.
Hold till our return.
"EBENEZER MORGAN."
"Hatrack!" exclaimed the manager,
laughing till his sides shook.
naif an hour afterward came another
telegram:
"Father doubtful. If not on hatrack,
try coal scuttle.
"SABINA MORGAN."
"She's hit it!" said the manager, who
was still chuckling.
"So you're the gal that found the
jew'lry," said Ebenezer, who had re
turned to the Elysium. "Consarn me!
I calc'late y' putty consid'able honest.
What's y' name?"
"Arabella Jenkins, sir."
"Wraal, Priscilla "
"Arabella, father," corrected Sabina,
smiling her apologies at the girl.
"Pardon me, Rebecca; I never war
no guns on names. Now, luk y'ere.
We live in Chicago, me an' my daugh
ter, an you kin bet Chicago is th' great
est town on 'arth. Waal, I alius cal
c'late ter git my daughter a honest fe
male fm Yarrup t' do r?r hair an' sich
like. There ain't nobody honest in
Chicago outside ourselves, you kin reck
onpn thet, an' "
"Yes," interrupted Sabina, "and we'll
give you eighty pounds a year."
"Yaas," Ebenezer went on, "she'll
give y' eighty pounds a year. Money
ain't no object. I reckin I kin put my
name to 'bout ten million dollars, Be
linda, an' thar ain't more'n about a
few on us livln' kiu do thet."
Arabella stood stupefied, without
speech, or the means of speech.
Ebenezer proceeded:
"Mebbe y' don't think eighty pounds
adekate. I'll make it ninety pounds if
y'll come an' be as honest as y' can,
an' do my daughter's hair, an' sich.
There's enough jewelry left round our
house in Chicago to tempt th' honestest
female "breathin'. F'r all I knaw, if
y' come y' will find my gold chronom
eter in th' washin'. Now, if "
"But, sir," faltered Arabella, "I was
going to be married."
"To who?" demanded Ebenezer.
"To a policeman, sir, when I can af
ford it." said Arabella.
"All right. I reckin thet p'liceman'll
keep. We're arter somebody honest.
Th' jew'lry that gets lost in our house
amounts to a fortune. Say, Sabina,
kin we afford one hundred pounds?
Tell y' what, Amarilla, w'll give y'
one hundred pounds."
"I'll come," said Arabella.
"Thet's right," exclaimed Ebenezer.
"You'll enj'y it. Shake!"
One day wliile out shopping Arabella
met Ebenezer.
"Guess I'll walk aside of you," he
said.
"I was just going some errands for
Miss Morgan, sir," she remarked.
"All right; you kin do them arter.
I happened ter wander across a pars'n
yesterday," he went on, "an' he give
me a tickit, an' I said to him thet when
I war passin' his church some day this
week I'd give him a call, an' y' may as
well come in, kase, you see, 1 ain't no
hand at "
Arabella understood and went In.
A fortnight later a member of the
Metropolitan Police Force received this
letter:
"Dere Sir You will be surprised to
here from me so soon. My name is
Mrs. Ebenezer Morgan, and you can
get married to somebody else if you
want to. I relees you from 'your en
gajement. Enklosed plese find order
for two-and-six as a smole token of my
esteme. Yours trudly,
"MRS. EBENEZER MORGAN."
New York Weekly.
About St. Patrick.
Ills baptismal name is said to have
been Sucat.
Little is known of him.
Ho was born in Nemthur.
Nemthur, Scotland, Is' now Dumbar
ton.
He was born in 300 and died In 400.
His father was the deacon Calpur-
nius.
In 411 Tatrick was captured by the
ricts and sold into Ireland as a slave.
After six years he escaped this slav
ery and devoted himself to the conver
sion of Ireland.
Then he prepared for the priesthood,
entering upon his mission about 423.
It was in the year 441 that he was
consecrated a Bishop.
Of his writings there were his con
fessions and an epistle.
One prominent authority says that
the only thing actually known of him
is that he existed.
And not a word as to his greatest
deed of effectually fixing matters so
the sons of the Emerald Isle cannot
see snakes! rhiladelphii'. Record.
Alliterative Slang.
"Yes," said the student of slang in a
modern educational institution, "I got
it in the neck all right."
"Tut, tut!" exclaimed the professor
of Billingsgate, who had overheard
his remark. "I am astonished that an
advanced student such as you would
be s careless in his choice of terms
for expressing such a splendid Idea.
You should have said, 'I've got it
where Gertie got the goiter.' or em
ployed some other strong alliterative
term." Baltimore American.
A TRUE RHYME.
A schoolchild in far Yokahama
Was writing one day to his mama,
lie started each line
With periods nine
And ended the note with a cama.
Newark News.
' nADN'T TESTED IT.
ne "It's impossible to please every
body in this world, isn't it?"
She "I don't know; I never tried jit."
Detroit Free Press. ,
SPECIALLY HONORED.
"Do you mean to tell me that when
Aluntoburn's daughter started away on
her wedding tour they threw lumps of
coal at the carriage ?"
"Yes; ever j-body said rice was too
cheap and common." Chicago Tri
bune.
BACK AGAIN.
Rimer "I sent a poem to Scribbler's
Magazine day before yesterday."
Ascum "Yes? I suppose you expect
to see it appear pretty soon."
Rimer "It appeared sooner than I
expected. It was in my mall this morn
ing." Philadelphia Tress.
A FRIENDLY TIP.
Motorman "Is it in a hurry ye are
to-day, sor?"
Passenger (climbing on in front)
"Yes, Pat, I a:t."
Motorman "Then ye'd better take
th car behind this; this 'un has a flat
wheel an' is maklu' poor time to-day,
d'ye mind!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
FINANCIAL.
Mrs. Wratkyns "Henry, I want a
dollar this morning."
Mr. Watkyns "Great Caesar, wom
an! Do you think that I am made of
money? When you want large amounts
you ought to let me know twenty-four
hours in advance." Somerville Jour
nal, THE ELDER.
Elder "Why, Sandy, iad, I heard
that ye was drowned."
Sandy "Na, that was na' me. It
was me eldest brither."
Elder "Eh, mon, what a pity! " hat
a most awfu' pity!" Jester.
HOW IT WAS FIXED.
The Man "You daughter telephoned
me to call and fix your piano."
Her Father "What's the matter
with it?"
. The Man "One of the strings is
broken."
Her father "What will it cost to re
pair the broken string?"
The Man "Two dollars."
Her Father "Well, here's $o: Break
Uie rest of 'em." Chicago News.
SFOILING IT.
Miss Flyrty "Jack Hansom was tell
ing me about a romantic adventure he
bad at the narty last night. It seems
he bumped into a girl in a dark hall
way and kissed her, and he doesn t
know yet "
Miss Elders "O tee-bee! That was
I."
Miss Flyrty "What? 0 for good
ness' sake, don't tell him now. Let
him love his romance." Philadelphia
Press.
HER STRONGEST ATTRACTION.
"Yes. he answered one of these 'hus
bands wanted' advertisements. 'Charm
ing young widow, beautiful figure, de
lightful conversationalist, fine linguist,
with $10,000 in her own name.' "
"Well, well. I low did it turn out?
"He married her."
"No!"
"Yes, and he was glnd to do it."
"Completely fooled, was he?"
"Not quite. She wasn't young, she
wasn't charming, she wasn't a widow.
er fis:ure was far from beautiful, she
lisped badly and used atrocious gram
mar."
Then' what was left?"
"The $20,000. That was real."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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SOUTHERN FARM flOTES.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER.
Maklnjr roultry Profitable.
If you want good, strong chicks, you
must "begin at the beginning," and
see that the stock that produces the
eggs is strong and vigorous, since a
healthy chick can only be hatched from
a strongly fertilized egg. The germ
in an egg from weak, diseased stock
will always be weak and will never
produce a strong chick, if it hatches at
all.
Dry feeding is the very best for
young chickens, and any of the pre
pared chicken foods are good. Feed
this for the first two weeks, and then
feed wheat, rolled oats, and cracked
corn and you will raise ninety per cent,
of all chickens hatched. Keep clab
bered or buttermilk before your chick
ens every day; it will make them grow,
help keep them in good health, and
make the hens lay more eggs.
A good' dry chicken food is made as
follows: Cracked wheat, twenty-five
parts; pinhead, or rolled, oats, twenty
parts; finely cracked corn, fifteen parts;
millet seed, ten parts; meat scraps,
ten parts; granulated charcoal, five
parts. This can be fed five times a day,
all they will eat up clean, and your
chicks will never have bowel trouble,
the poultryman's worst enemy.
When a farmer says he would like
to keep poultry if he had a suitable
place for them, he simply means that
he is not interested enough to make a
place for them.
When your fowls are droopy, and
ailing, it is always a good plan to first
find out what is the matter with them,
before beginning the Indiscriminate ad
ministering of drugs. As soon as an
ailing fowl is discovered it should be
removed from the flock and isolated,
after which its case should be studied,
and medicine, if given at all, given
very cautiously.
A hen may be considered to consume
one bushel of grain yearly and lay ten
dozen, or fifteen pounds, of eggs. This
is equivalent to saying that three and
ne-tenth pounds of cbrn will produce,
when fed to a hen, five-sixths of a
pound of eggs, but five-sixths of a
pound of pork requires about five
pounds of corn for its production. Tak
ing into account the nutriment in each,
and the comparative prices of the two
on an average, the pork is about three
times as costly a food as eggs. There
fore, it will pay better to feed waste
milk to, fowls than to pigs, if not
enousrh for both. There are little
things in the poultry business of minor
importance, apparently, that, if neg
lected, will change success into failure.
There is no other live stock business
wherein punctuality and eternal vigil
ance are so necessary as in the rearing
of poultry.
Sorehead among poultry is of very
common occurrence at this time of the
year. It is a phase of roup, catarrh or
inflammation, aggravated, if not caused,
by neglect, foul air damp quarters or
exposure on the roost at night. In an
advanced stage the head becomes in
flamed and swollen on one or both
sides, often obstructing the sight and
many times resulting in the loss of one
or both eyes; but the appetite is good
up to the last, unless internally affect
ed. Roup, or sorehead, usually appears
as on epidemic, and if a cure is not
effected, will spread through a whole
flock. In the early stages of the dis
ease, a cure can be effected by injecting
into the nostrils with a machine
"squirt" can a little kerosene oil, and
putting a few drops down the throat.
Anpint the head, if swollen, with carbo
lated vaseline. It Is not advisable to
save a bird that has lost an eye from
roup, as nine times out of ten they
never fully recover from it, and are
sure to have the disease again as soon
as cold, wet weather sets in once more.
Doctor in early stages, but use the ax
if too far gone, and bury the carcass.
Fowls that have the run of a green
clover patch will lay more and a larger
number of fertile eggs than on any
other kind of food. They will do this
even on no other grain ration than
corn. Charlotte (N. C.) Observer.
Home Garden Prize Article.
A good vegetable garden is a real
luxury that even the poor may enjoy,
if willing to devote a little time and
energy to its culture. Vegetables and
fruits should be furnished freely to
the table all during the season, and a
supply of winter varieties ready when
cold weather comes.
The size of the garden should be
regulated by the size of the family
and their fondness for vegetables. It
should contain besides a full variety
of vegetables, an asparagus bed and a
number of the small fruits.
The garden spot should be a rich,
sandy loam, well drained. The soil
should be thoroughly pulverized and
mixed i with some good manure. Most
people prefer well-rotted cow manure;
but if fowl-house manure is used spar
ingly it cannot be excelled. Owing to
the strength of this manure, if used
too freely it will cause the plants to
burn.
The best garden spot will be a fall-
i
ure if an inferior quality of seeds is
used, so great care should be taken
along this line. Buy from a reliable
seedsman and select only those varie
ties that are not for quality. In the
home garden we want quality rather
than quantity.
Supposing that our garden has been
thoroughly prepared, the best seeds
used; we have only to see that we
give it the best culture, and we may
expect success. Even when drouth is
expected we can greJttly reduce its ef
fect by frequently stirring the surface
soil. As soon after every rain as the
ground can be worked, the garden sur
face should be stirred ta prevent a
crust forming.
Seeds should never be planted in.
lumpy soil and often seeds sown in
mellow soil are lost by not making the
soil firm after planting. Wrhen plant
ing seeds by hand the firming is quick
ly done by gently pressing the foot on
the seedbed. It requires a little
thought to know just how deep to
cover seeds. Some gardeners say a
covering of soil three times the thick
ness of the seed planted is right:
others say half that is sufficient, but
no certain rule can lead us. We must
remember that germination depends
on warmth, air and moisture, and try
to cover so that all these be freely sup
plied to the seed: In winter a lighter
covering is required than in summer,
when the moisture is seldom equal to
the warmth.
Seeds germinate faster in the dark,
and with the small seeds that re
quire such a shallow covering of soil
it is a good plan to shade with paper
or straw until signs of germination
appear, when this covering should be
removed.
Don't plant top thick. Crowded
plans never make fully developed
specimens. We should consider every
plant in excess a weed, also plants out
of place, such as cabbage in the bean
patch and tomatoes in the potato patch
are weeds.
Those who grow all their plants
should have a hotbed for starting the
varieties that are not hardy, such as
pepper, tomatoes and egg plant. After
danger of frost is past, transplanting
should be done late in the evening, or
on a cloudy day. Later, when plant-
ing for a succession, it is best to plant
in rows and thin to a stand. Trans
planting is most successful if the tops
of the plants are shortened by cutting
off almost half of each leaf. ,
When sowing very weak seeds, some
seeds that are strong growers may
be mixed with the weak ones to break
the crust for them, as harrowing the
seedbed just as the plants are ready
to come out of the ground often de
stroys many of the plants. Written
for the Southern Cultivator by Mrs.
E. W. McElmurray, Augusta, Ga. '
Fighting the Boll Weevil.
I am the originator of three methods
whereby the Mexican boll weevil and
all other noxious insects preying upou
cotton may be destroyed:
By planting in alternate rows ricinus
and cotton, the dehalation of the former
will kill all insects in all states of
growth.
By adding to the fertilizers the con
centrated poison of the crushed beans
the cotton plant will feed upon it and
become immune.
By adding to the fertilizers hematite
iron high in phosphor and low in iron
pyrites and sulphurous silicon.
I am the first to suggest the use as
plant food of phosphor compounded
with iron, which will be accepted by
the plants more readily, and the inval
uable device op providing soluble sul
phur and silicon to the roots of culti
vated plants and trees and shrubs.
The cost of the rfclnus beans,
crushed, is next to nothing, while the
other three ingredients wili not exceed
$4 a ton. Adding these ingredients to
the fertilizers used at present, half
the usual quantity would be sufficient
and a saving of about fifty per cent,
could be effected. If used for tobacco
the advantages of this fertilizing com
pound would be: -
All insects would be destroyed or
driven away.
The tobacco plants would be shaded
by the taller ricinus plants.
The permeation in time of the soil
with iron, making it like Cuban soil,
which is rich in iron. A. J. Lustig, ia
the New York Sun.
A Homc-Made Grubber,
Mr. J. II. Curry is the fastest and
most expert "grubber" we have ever
known. Neither Davidson nor Forsyth
County has his equal. I watched him
for five minutes one day this week, and
I think he took up more bushes and
trees in that time than I had ever
seen done in one hour before. His
plan is this he has a large log eham,
hooks it around a sapling about four
feet from the ground, hitches two
mules, gives the word, and the bushs
comes up. It is a real curiosity to see
him operate the machine. Pilot (N. C.j
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