WW $l.oo a Year, la Advance. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Single Copy $ Cent.: VOL. XVII. PLYMOUTH, N, C FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1906. NO. 6 HOW TO THE SINGER COMES THE SONG. iow to the singer comes the sung? X times of joy, alone; A wordless lone Cau-lit from the crystal gleam of ice-bound trctw ; Or from ihe violet-perfumed lnwi; Or the Kait smell of seas In wuiilight weltering many an emerald niilo ; Or the keen memory of a lovclit suiilc. Thus to (he sinner (onics ilio sung: 4jnzlng a 1 crimson skies Where burns and dies On day's wide hearth (lie calm, eelestial (i re. The poet with a wild desire fMil'.uM 1 lie impassioned lyre, Takes into tuned mwnd the flaming sifr'J f AlU ushers with new sous the ancient How to the tdngei- comes the song? Mowed down by ill and sorrow )n every morrow. The miwoi'dod pain breaks forth in heaven ly singing ; Not all too late Hharn solace bringing To broken sp.rits winging Through mortal anguish to the unknown rest- A lyric balm for every wounded breast. How to the singer coms the song? How to the summer Ileitis Come flowers? How yields Itarkness to happy morn V How doth the night I'.ring stars'.1 Oh, how do love and light Leap at the sound and sight Of her who makes this dark world seem less wrong Life of my life, and soul of all ray song I Kit-hard Watson Gilder. Price of tine Purple Belt. By Carroll Watson Rankin. "!-t is not my own poverty," Mr. I3nV.fr often said, whimsically, '"but lira Baker's wealth that keeps me poor." This wealth, however, was no tre mendous sum. Mrs. Baker possessed in her own right an annual income of three hundred dollars; but modest as tiiis amount was. it certainly made a surprising difference in the Baker fam ily's finances. f it of this income Mrs. Baker pro vided each of her three almost grown up daughter with a monthly allow ance, and still had something left for herself. At first this seemed an ex cellent arrangement; but since neither Mrs. Baker nor one of the girls ever managed to keep inside of her allow ance, it proved really a very bad one. - "If it were not for that money," Mr. lUkrx would say. plaintively, yet. with a humorous twinkle in his kind, mid-die-aged eyes, "I'd stand some chance of being a' rich man. Those girls" to Mr. Baker his wife was still a girl "never seem to, know when they've reaped the end of their money, but kesp right on spending. Then of course I have to pay fcr the overflow. Well, I'm glad I'm able to, though I can t help wishing that they were not Quito so improvident." It was really the establishment known as the Eayswaier Emporium that kept Mrs. Baker so continuously in debt. This emporium was a' large, glitter ing and very attractive department store, the only one in the town, al though there were plenty of ordinary shops. livery Monday morning the em porium announced "a grand clearing sale," at which one could buy but only for cash five dollar shoes for one dollar and forty-nine cents; genu ine graniteware infants', bath-tubs for eighty-nine cents; or dress-goods, well worth a dollar fifty a yard for only half a dollar. So alluring indeed were these ad vertisements that whether or not the Bayswater people were well shod, whether or not tbey possessed gran iteware infants needing baths, or whether or not they had need of dress goods, Monday morning always found the emporium humming like a hive. If ever woman loved a bargain sale that woman was Mrs. Baker; and in this respect her three daughters were precisely like their mother. Early, in the month, when the al lowance was still instact, the dollar forty-nine articles most attracted the sanguine Bakers; but as the allowance dwindled, the family gradually drifted down to the basement, where one could buy "The Vicar of Wakefield" for nine t ents, spools of damaged cotton at fivo cents a dozen, or ten-cent defective hooks and eyes at one cent a card. Sometimes all four of the Bakers Kf-nt shopping in company; but they libed best to go singly, because in that cae, when they returned they could surprise the others by disclosing un heard of bargains. Sometimes the bargains were bar gains. Occasionally, however, one or another of the Bakers would blunder. When they did, there was no redress, for all over the emporium there were aigrns that read, unmistakably, "No goods returnable." On one occasion Mrs. Baker had tri umphantly returned home with six r-nvta of bright scarlet underwear of assorted sizes, and a purchase slip that jirovcd that the lot had cost her only iwo dollars and ninety-nine cents. But subsequently, much to Mrs. "Baker's consternation,- her family, from Mr. Baker down to the boy, aged nine; flatly declinsd to don scarlet underwear at any price. oo Mrs. Baker bought moth-balls at the dng store, had them charged to the family account, and packed them with her too vivid bargain in a garret almuly overflowing with unfortunate purchases. At another time, carried away by the excitement of the bargain moment, she bought a bird-cage. "But," expostulated Mr. Baker, "we haven't any bird!" 'Mi was only nineteen cents," ex plained Mrs. Baker, plausibly, "and ..Mrs. Blanchard said she paid two dol lars only last week for one just like it at the bird store. We might 3t a bird." "But," Br. Baker reminded her, "we have two cats." "So we have," admitted the bargain hunter. "I'm afraid I forgot that." It was Caroline's purchase of a belt, however, that made the greatest im pression on the Baker family, and, in cidentally, on the family's pocket book. Of the collection spread on the em porium's bargain-counter that day, the belt was the undoubted gem. Every one of the Bakers conceded that it was a beautiful belt for the price, which was nine cents. "Yes," said Caroline, proudly ex hibiting the exquisite bit of soft, silk lined leather, "just nine cents. See how soft and flawless the kid is Anne. Look at the workmanship, mother, and see bow dainty that kid-covered buckle is. I know it was worth much more than nine cents originally. To me, Ada, it suggested violets, laces and luxury. It's much more than a mere belt it's a girdle for a princess." "But," objected Ada, "look at the color: it's purple. "That's the only drawback." said Caroline. "I haven't a single thing I can wear with it." Indeed, investigation proved con clusively that not one of the Bakers possessed a single garment that could, by any stretch of imagination, be called purple. "That belt is too pretty to be wast ed," said Mrs. Baker, economically. "We'll watch the sales and perhaps we'll find a lavender shirtwaist. The buyer for the emporium, how ever must have had an antipathy to lavender, for although he bought lav ishly of every other hue, he purchased nothing that would harmonize with the somewhat unusual shade of the belt. This forced the Bakers to buy what ever lavender articles they needed from regular shops at regular prices; and because the ever-hungry emporium claimed all their ready money, they were compelled to have their purple purchases charged. First, there was a French flannel waist from Kill & Winter's; but this garment proved not good enough for evening wear, so Mrs. Baker sanction ed the purchase of a lavender silk bodice that matched the belt most beautifully, both in texture and shade. But both these bodices proved too heavy for indoor wear, so two thinner, unlined waists were added, because Mrs. Baker was unable to decide which of the two was the prettier. "The easiest way to settle it," she said, "is to buy both." But when Caroline tried them on with all the skirts the family possessed there was not a skirt that harmonized with any one of the becoming waists. "I'me like a violet from the waist up," objected Caroline, looking down at her best brown skirt, hwt the rest of me looks like a common clay flower-pot." "You'll certainly have to have a purple skirt," decided Mrs. Baker. In all Bayswater not a single ready made purple skirt could be found, so although it cost rather more than Mrs. Baker had expected to pay, the indul gent mother purchased several yards of the only piece of goods a heavy, smooth-finished cloth that matched the belt. "I've never had prettier clothes," said Caroline, spreading the newly fin ished skirt out on her bed and placing the 'silk waist and belt beside it to get the effect. "Of course I'll have to have lavender ribbons; every other color does go so abominably with any shade of purple." "What are you going to do for a hat?" asked Anne, half-enviously fin gering the purple billows on Caroline's bed. "You can't wear a red hat with a violet gown." "Why, so she can't," agreed Mrs. Baker. "You'll have to get yourself one, Caroline. Go to Madame Duval's for it, dear. We have an account there." So the hat, the ribbons and some gloves were added to Caroline's pur ple wardrobe. And because the cloth skirt seemed heavy with the silk waist Mrs. Baker bought sufficient crepe de chine to make an exceedingly dainty evening skirt for Caroline. Then, too, quite by accident, the Bakers came upon an amethyst hat-pin, some vio 1 t stick-pins, and some lavender eilk stockings, all of which matched the purple belt so well that it seemed a shame not to buy them. Thus the belt, instead of proving the finishing touch that a belt usually is, became the foundation of an entire wardrobe. Shortly after the first of the month Mr. Baker, with the family bills spread out before him on the library table, made some figures on a slip of paper. Hi.-i eyes twinkled humorously, and from time to time he looked up at his family. He looked as if he had some thing to say, but was of two minds about it. "Caroline," he said, presently, "how much did you say you paid for that purple belt?" "Just nine cents, father," replied Caroline. "It was a genuine bargain," added Mrs. Baker. "I'm not so sure of that, either," re turned Mr. Baker. "I don't think that Caroline gave the proper figure, either." "Why, father!" exclaimed Caroline. "I did. It was exactly nine cents." "No, my dear," said Mr. Baker. "Unless there is more to come, it was precisely fifty-nine dollars and fifty four cents." "Why, father!" gasped the girls. "Why, William:" gasped Mrs. Ba ker. "Yes, my dears." re timed Mr. Ba ker. "Of course there may be items that haven't been included in these bills; and in any case, you must under stand that I'm not finding fault, in deed I like my girls to look like ani mated pansies, but as nearly as I can discover, the price of that little belt to date stands thus: 1 belt 5 .09 1 lavender silk waist 4.5!) 1 flannel waist 4.00 1 muslin waist 2.00 1 dimity waist 1.75 4 1-2 yards purple cloth 9.00 9 yards crepe de chine 11.25 Miss Bay, to making skirt 5.00 7.C0 1 hat 7.00 Extra violets for . same .. 1.50 Lavender ribbon 1.C0 1 pair lavender hose 1.40 1 amethyst hatpin 1.50 3 violet pins .75 Violets from florist 1.50 $30.51 "Impossible!" exclaimed Mrs. Baker. "I did think," said Caroline, reflec tively, "of asking for a lavender para sol, but now I sha'n't. I'm afraid the belt wasn't much a bargain after all." In the end, however, it really proved one, as Mr. Baker was the first to ad mit. For every Monday after' that, when the Baker family flocked to the Bays water Emporium sales, each one un consciously fell into the habit of ask ing .herself a searching question before purchasing any bargain, however tempting. The question was this: "Is it a purple belt?" The contemplated purchase proved in so many instances to be a purple belt that in time the original girdle actually paid for itself and even went a long way toward keeping the Baker family within its income. Youth's Companion. SOUTHED MAR DOGS. How It Worked. "When I first came to Kansas and found that the State had no grand jury system I thought surely I was beyond the limits of civilization," said Col. Bill Hackney the other day. "So I immediately became a reformer and started an agitation for a law creating grand juries. I was sent to the Legislature two or three terms and at each session tried to get a grand jury law through, but failed. Then I went to the senate for a couple of terms and kept up my fight, but failed. "Then as a member of the third house for a couple of terms I threw my influence in favor of a grand jury bill every time one showed up. Finally after seventeen years of ceaseless toil I was amply rewarded. A grand jury law was passed. I went home happy. I had helped to do something to protect the rights of the people. ? "In order to see how the thing worked the people of my own county, where the agitation had been the fiercest, had a grand jury called and Iwas the first man indicted. I was accused of being an election." Kan sas City Journal. SORT OF HOUND IT TAKES TO HUNT BRUIN. Hints to Public Speakers. Never refer pitingly to the poor. This brands you at once as a dema gogue. Never say anything respect ful of corporate wealth. In so doing you lay yourself open to the charge of being a hired man. Never use slang if you want re spectable people to take stock in you. Never use pure English. The masses hate priggishness. Never talk straight to the point. You will be accused of taking your self too seriously. Never tell funny stories. They lead to the suspicion of chicanery. Never praise "our forefathers." An cestry pride is disgusting. Never ap peal to the "sturdy immigrant leaven in our midst." It riles the old families. Newark News. Berlin has a newspaper exhibition showing 6,000 different periodicals. Peculiar Breed of Dogs Raised by Hunters of the Unaka Mountains Story of Old Jude, a Famous Fight er, and Her Last and Most Desper ate Struggle. Mr. Marshall W. Bell, a young attor ney of Cherokee county, North Caro lina, while in Charlotte, told a Char lotte Observer man an interesting story of a breed of bear dogs that has been in his section of the state for decades. "Black bears abound in the Unaka Mountains, which form a part of the Great Smokies, and lie about 'the Di vide,' between the Tellico river on the one side and the Santeet'a and Big and Little Snowbird creeks on the other," said Mr. Bell. "Mr. J. II. Dillard and others killed seven bears last season, some of which weighed close to 500 pounds. This year, however, Bruin seems to have disappeared from our country; the chestnut crop was a failure and it is generally believed that the Graham county bears have migrated to the Mis sissippi River bottoms; old hunters claim that they do that occasionally when mast is scarce. But this year is an exception; we usually have plen ty of boars. "The Plctt bear dog is a growth; he lias bea-n in the making for many gen erations, and is just about as good as there is in the business. Mr. Jack Dil lard of Murphy, my home town, is a bear hunter, and be keeps a pack of the famous Plott dogs. "Old man Plott. the originator of this breed, lived in the Balsam Mountains. In looks and appearance the dog is like a massive cur of the most repulsive sort. He will not run anything but a bear and a coon, whose scent is some thing alik. The average one weights Horn ninety to 110 pounds, and his body is knotted with muscle, and his most striking quality of character is grit, pure grit of the finest grain. He will fight to the death, and against great odds. He never gives up even when overpowered. "If you meet him in the road he will give you what belongs to you if he is not interfered with in any way, but will take care of himself if forced to do so. There are two ways to deal with him; let him alone or kill him as quick as possible. If you would strike him use a handspike and back it with every f!it of physical force that you can mus ter. He is a solemn sort of dog, and makes but few friends. If you tres pass on his rights you must kill him. "Jude, old Jude, was a typical Plott bear hound. She was kept by John Dentor, whose homo was on a creek in a wild section of the mountains. She whelped a litter of puppies. It required days of searching to find her little ones, which had been deposited in a hollow log in a dense thicket of laurel. Like a lion guarding her young, old. Jude watched her babies and it re quired strategy to get them to the house. Denton tried to take the lit le fellows while Jude was here, but he soon saw that it would be more dangerous than to undertake to steal cubs from a bear. Therefore the next time Jude came up for food Denton tied her and then fetched the puppies in. Yes, sir, old Jude had a call from the wild. "The story of Jude will suffice to show up the Plott dog in the best light. She was a fine individual. One day when in her prime she led a race after a GOO pound bear and held him at bay un til a hunter came and shot him. This is the time she came near being killed. "The hunt was on Steel Trap ridge, that leads to Snowbird Creek, in Gra ham. The dogs struck the trail early in the morning and ran it until well up in the day, when the bear made a stand after a lively run over the moun tain knobs and through coves. The pace was fast and hard for Bruin; he could not stand it. Being pressed by the hounds, he stopped, backed against ft tree, and made ready to fight. At 'tho'' baying of the dogs some hunter slip- " ped up within rifle range and fired .Ja. shot into the bear. Old Jude knew well what to do when the bear turned on her. She had the courage to attack him, but her training was such that she made it warm and unpleasant for the grouchy old animal without clos ing in on him. "While the other dogs charged at his head she would approach him from the rear and nip his hind legs. At this Mr. Bear would wheel around and snap at her, but she would not be there. She knew how to get out of the way. The teasing, biting and harassing was kept up and the skirmishing fight made so fast and furious that it took the breath out of the bear. The dogs are taught to do just that sort of fighting until the gunner arrives and docs his part, which i3 to wound the animal so that he cannot get away. "On this particular day old Jude was at her best. She drove hard in the chase and kept the younger dors bust ling to keep up with her, and in the round-up battle sh-3 did clever work, l-.he fo direct od the fight tknt not a tiiu-.Ie uog got hurt until after the l:ot, the signal to clo::e in, was lire.!. The Lear was kept busy. "A hunter heard the change in the cry of the dogs and knew that his time had come. He beat his way among the laurel until he got close enough to do effective work with his trusty rifle and pulled down. The aim was accur ate, but the ball did not strike a vital spot. But the moment the dogs heard the crack of the rifle they closed on old Bruin and fought to kill. In the very first round two dogs were killed outright.- As the bear fell he grabbed old Jude and bore her down with him; The bear fastened his jaws in the small of her back and tore oft' the flesh to the hollow, but she kept on fighting until she was so maimed and weak that she could not raise her head to take hold. "Round and round the dogs and bear went, cutting and tearing at each oth er until they were 100 yards from the place where the fight began. The bear was tired out by the time the hunters got to him. When the boys had gath ered at the scene of the death old Jude was missed. Her friends went in search of her, and found her in what they considered a dangerous way. One of the parly made a litter of his trous ers and carried her close to the dying bear and stretched her on the ground. Seeing' the bear jerk, she crawled, dragging her mutilated parts, and took hold of the bear. She was game to the last. "Jude was carried down the moun tains to her home, a place twelve miles away, and nursed. She partially re covered, but remained a cripple the rest of her life. "Watch and Jolly, the present lead ers of the pack, are grandsons of Jude. They are great dogs of their kind. They had a terrible fight once, and it was weeks before they were well again. Those are great hunts the boys have after Bruin on Santeetla and Snowbird cteeks in Graham. Bear hunting is a little two strenuous for people down this way. but the good men of Chero kee and adjoining counties like it now and then. President Roosevelt would do well to pay Messrs. Dillard and Bell a visit. They have the game and hunters, as well as the dogs." BLUE VESSELS BRING STORM Maine Salts Look Upon Them as Reg ular Weather Hoodoos. When the weather is contrary and ugly and a fog blanket hangs closely over the water the old salts of the Maine coast look around to see if there is a blue schooner in sight. Should a vessel painted any shade of bine be in the harbor the old-timers grunt in a satisfied way and remark that it is no wonder the weather is bad. The blue schooner is considered a rank hoodoo, and is cussed roundly every time she puts in an appearance. The schooner Donna T. Briggs is re garded as a sure-enough herald of bad weather, for not only is she painted blue, but she is also a three-master, and when she appeared in Portland harbor recently, on passage from Ban gor to New York, all hands in the fleet anchored there concluded that they might as well turn in and have a good sleep. They knew what was coming, and it came easterly winds, snow and fog. Said Captain Baker of the little schooner Wild Pigeon'1 when he made out the color of the Donna T. Briggs: "There's u blue schooner! That's what's making of this weather, and you won't see no change till she gets outer here. A blue schooner is a hoodoo, anyway, and you won't find one cap'n in a hundred that'll paint a vessel that color. Once in a while you will see some blue hatch coamings or a little blue striping, but it ain't popular. "I 'member once that Cap'n Ebon Lewis of Boothbay Harbor was going to take a new schooner built somewheres down east, and when he went aboard he found they'd painted the hatches blue. " 'Here,' he says to the managing owner, 'you turn to and paint some oth er color on to them hatches, or you'll get another man to go in this vessel.' "They painted them hatches a good, brilliant, Fourth-o'-July red, and the vessel allers hadjgyod luck. 'Nother cap'n was1 staipdlh'.ori the poop of his vessel, watchfnvaKjtrevv' -come over the ri ,i a . -TT U a lie 1 r 4 1 a. tV rxr V i c Vi rn A T.iUv, . ijir; ioou uiu.it 'io ntivn 1110 ucau over the rail had a blue? chest, and when the cap'n see it he yelled: " 'Here you, leave that blue box on the wharf, or get back there yourself; blue don't do on this vessel!' "The man had to go ashore ag'in and shift his dunnage into a bag. and tbes he was all right." New York Press. The English Girl. The last decade, .says the Bombay Times of India, has witnessed no more striking development in England than that of the young English girl who, thanks to her broader education and indulgence in outdoor spa. ts and games, is now become a veritable Diana. While still barely in her teens, she towers above her mother, and in passing along London streets one is asrain impressed by the num ber of tall, vigorous girls who in point cf physique put their male contempo raries into the shade. Among Frisrsds. "Whew! What, Lottie Brown en rjared? That proves what I've al ways said, 1 h rvt no malti r how plain ;,-.,,! ...ii'.-t" ;''! -i ;-;:' bo. the-re's rlvays a feu; r.r.-ly to marry her. Who's thj poor n.auT' "I am!" Life. m UNIQUE MARKET. All Kinds of Arctic Animals Fr, Whole. The world's unique game mark in Fairbanks, Alaska. If you will i the trouble to examine the latest Of tha 1.3 51 oxwl ,.nl,,nl,l -M-.fi I ' 1 i u . i aiiu vaiuauig nunu territory purchased by Uncle from Russia in 1867 you will find Fairbanks is on the Chlena rive the rich Tanana district, of whi is the thriving metropolis. It close to the Arctic circle, and in . mon with other communities in; valley of the Yukon has an avci temperature of about ten degree:! low zero during the months off vember, December, January, F4 ary and March. At intervals dtj I he long winter season the thernf ter goes as low as 75 degrees l the zero mark, but such an cf sive temperature is not absolj necessary for the successful operi of the Fairbanks game market J iuuush, it is irue, ine luteusny Arctic cold is the chief factor i tablishing and maintaining the t claim to distinction in the ite its game market. It is almost f fluous to suggest that the marke erating as it does only during months named, is spared the ex of artificial refrigerating appara Now, here is where the noveb gins. Instead of skinning the ; and curing up the carcass as i ordinary, everyday market, the 1 the moose or the bear, as the1 may be, is simply stood up o' floor of the market, which is lc in one of the principal buildings town, and allowed to freeze s or, probably it has frozen solidly in thirty minutes after it was The low temperature that contL ly prevails permits the keeping game in this shape for months stretch, as once the carcass is there is no decay until the fr weather is ever. One may enter the market and f a bear steak cut from bruin, wl occupied a particular corner i establishment, looking for all world as if he were alive, for s' months; or a haunch of vehisoij the deer that has been in a corner for an equally long penc perchance, a choice cut of the moose or the kingly caribou tha been making lifelike poses in sections of the market. Or, if mountain sheep or a goat th fancy craves the same opportu ottered lor selection. The m appear just as they did in Hi the person who visits the plr the first time is apt to imagir' self in a menagerie rather than ket. The flavor and quality of th under such conditions is said unexcelled. The freezing proe the length of time that is alio elapse between the killing and of the animal seem to impart flesh a tenderness and ripene are characteristic. The market attracts attentio location by placing on the s; before its door, just as the cig puts out his wooden Indian, a moose, a stag or some other from its stock in trade. Last the same bear was used for t pose every day for five mont was then cut up into steaks th pronounced to be the most d that had ever been eaten in a that is famous for its well- steaks. San Francisco Chron Moving Midnight Crowd in L "When the half hour aft night comes in London, the 1 the world's metropolis begin busy, for then is the time that places of public entertainmt emptied of great throngs of 1. women," says F. B. Binney. ment these crowds reach the there Is begun the copper's cry, 'Move on!' "They are a patient, genx set of officers, but the move mand is one that must be ot wanted to stand and watch procession of humanity but gave mo the word and I had I Rttb the rest "Splendidly dressed woroer status was not at all doubtful f.o their homes, for they wen miliar with the law to need monition from the police, more freedom and personal I London than anywhere, but a duke may loiter if told to 1 By 1.30 o'clock the immense 1 which blocked the streets at has disappeared and the cit;. lions seems as deserted as a town." Washington Pest. Clean Swesp. The observer on Mars tur great telescope toward the e, "By the rings of Saturn!' claimed, excitedly, "there v great upheaval down there! I our slater planet is losing 1 crust." "No. no." replied the Mir former, "that is merely the pot ir.g graft of. ths earta." Thirty years ao rarity. cade