Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 August 1905 — Page 3
North Carolina Heroine Saves Passenger Train
A Pretty Mountain Maid Prevents Acciden. on the Southern Railway.
Bad
ISES HER RtD PETTICOAT FOR FLAG
Passengtri Wanted to Adopt Her. But She Would Not Leave Father and Sisters The Railroad Com- t pany to Give Her an Education.
N. C A tale thai r-ads vnt-n ty an Ingenious 1
liefl in that of pretty Nan the South Carolina mounvhose presence of mind pas.-, ng -r train from inn-tnm to n a mounwhoso lovalty to homo a1: led lor t doeUM of , people to adopt her( and if rase, ami chose in- "! toil and car' in the :i Ml of hfef father and she wait needed then. OMOg th un.xpcted sestory of her fevVVtlOR an : ai -t hopt- of her I..- I,...- Iiei-n .niarantoed
upon til'-
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Goes to the Rescue. It wa a situation to apyall anvor.. : Ml the little heroltie with good i f 1 Mood in her veins. She i c ov. t V-r w i'--imtamly Wd be. atn-mast, r of the I uation. Selziug a red uhlecloth, ab told her siter Patty, a Httle tot nine years old, to run for her life ;own the tra.k and lla.; t rains c.iminp ffti. be low. Then turning household affairs uv to little Julia, a six-year-oM mountain kid. IfeM ran like a deer up till track, erhera sh knew a train would Mn bMMfeifeR dOVI the mountain She had no red tehtti loth, Mil she writi I off her red petticoat as the roar of the
bj the Southern railway. Torportaut not M entirely srmlloes. is how it all came alxnit. and Nannie Gibson I going to attend X-ln-ville normal eolleglate instiit,.l sei ure the tdtnatlon she has until of and wished ftir, anl lid n. v . r he hers, lids the story: Nannie (lit r roine, 1 I years old. lived In a mountain hut with her father in of her younper brothers ami sisIt is a wild, ntuix'ndous region, Mark mountain ranne rising : every side A river nnshinK i I in nt through the gorRe heluw ''ads sway In soft ailrer loveliness '. reachM i plateau In the a (Uk rn ss NaoiuT.-'s mother had died hut a few I fore. and. be itiR the eldest, tdie 'he ' Little Woman" of the ' hold tihe was at work about tM king and carin? for the tM when suild nly t he mount aititnmanil with the roar ami crash of a M inim no slab of the mouu
fnrrr
ytfff m HM mitt train washar! KpptOMihtMJ and waved it frantically a the Lk locomotiw came thunderiuK down the mountain The enpire iriVtf "rexersed-'ami tM grinding machine came along in a loud or steam and with Are si reaming rroin every wh'd. The heavy trail linall tame to a stop not ten feot from the hflg rocks of the motintain avalan he Ii v.as in that part of the canyon WMW the roa 1 runa ihrotiuli a n.'th in tM niouhtain. 1 000 feet above the valley. Wanted to Adopt H When 'he passengers : .rt ! on' re (he train, and men. women and rhil dren looked into the di.zy nlyss they
alii a w hat they na i map o n "
they hrusheil th trtlMMI
away from the 1rl ami DURgea aim I i m her as if she were the on lv heroine M r rth U)h" Waor the engine driver had already pitted M4 up I" his arms, rallinn her an ar.pel whom
H. men had sent to save th
a naaaensers. A dozen
w r w
tears in their eves
r.
Instant
train and
men. with
CMM forward MM
wau'eil to sdoit little N&nnlt on lot
pot, while o-lmrs, awar!ti or ortmg m re ukiug upacolle. tioa. Knough i o! ., to till a t,i.' pre;e ht' atotpipe hat was ftlil in two minutes. WsiMO thanked ev-rjrboily in a sweat, hi srlMsred way. hut uld them that her rnolhci was ! ad ami that thirewas no M4 to care fcjr the ( hildren and run it..- house in the alue n . of her father hut herself. Told Her 8tory. Nit(i 'he mod. sty of the Tlohta by her side, ihe girl talke shyly of her fuin.ly affiirs. and explained why it would le impossible for lor t(1 accept the ii any kind offers showered upon her for a home tl a hig house, with servants in wait HpOS her and a piano to play after sin hd learned music and other things She accepted ' In n mi' y however le cause it was ppssnl upon her. and they
told lo r that she could do what 'hi
pleased with it. It was all hcra. they said. Llki a dutiful dnnfhti r. she g- v.- every pani) of it tu hi r !ithr. who is an industri 'ii-i and B iMOl ftian. Instead of goin; on a X oth t'arolina fpree to drink MOOOShlBS w hisky and have a big time with the boys at the crossroads, b. went further down the mountain and loue.ht the test little home you ever saw Th-t . a pat h of grasa around tin ItOOSS, a f.r.e area of farm land under cult i vat Ion. with the clearest Of trOttl brookl Hashing down from the
i-'l'-ns above to Irrigste the crops during dry stason. In a New Home. It is an i leal ilie. wie re the blue
bells and violets bloom all the season, where the skies an- as blue as in Italy, and tlo air ia crisp and tingling with health. It wap In tbi" new home that Nannie snd her father settled down with the CfUMraa the other day. and were six tim -s happier than a Texas ramhmau with 'i'" square miles of land and cat tie. In tin partbular ease it seemed ai If virtue were nally its own r ward. There was only one pOSSiWe thing t hat the Kiri hoped for .and that was an education Like all resolute minds who rd. she was ambitious for knowledge of bOOha and the world .-he dreamed of.
Such was the situation hi that quiet
mountain home near the wonderful region of Asheville. wh r- the Vamlerbilta snd other millionaires have their palates, when the unexpected happened. A representative of the Southern Railway O n. piny appf ared and said the corporation was arxlous to offer the girl a substan'ial and permanent reward for her I courageous foresight in saviug the train I In that awful emergency. Wnr.td Only Education. Th girl said that she wanted nothing i now that she had a horn- x pi an edu- ! cation; but she little thought that anything short of a miracle or a loud of
I angels from Heaven could brig that wonderful thing ahOttt Then the railroad man told her that she should go,
( to college ai the eoaipaavy 'a expense aatd receive a first-class up-to-date education, la the bew1iasTmant of thee aMoandlMJ .;. format :o:i when everything in ihi oi Id seemed d.uiilng to fairy mu.-i. she began talking of her brothers ar.d ' sisters and asking herxelf what would I.. om of them. It was explained to her thai with rdtmai.on she could easily look aft r thni. So It came about that the matter was sricetillv arranged, nr.d In 'hat loagMf
and most beautiful of all the suuny
iyi of the girl's life she learned tliat sh. was tn begin her education at the Asheville Normal Collegiateinstitut - It would tak a diamond poii.' d pat arfth an ink pot fuliof ndahowstol cgin to des ribe the joy of the giil and her toaathotd over their wonderful good nek in saving the train full f pi ple and in getting a pretty little mountain farm, with a first class -liege eduraM.m thrown in. Bat that seems to be tin way they do things on great n-casione down among those mountains r.ear Ash.vill.- N C. Htr Presence of Mind. "I was listening to hear the train go
by when thi lan.b Mde came," sai l Nannie as she afterward daMTlhad the Incidents In what was to prove to be the great and memorable day Of her life. "I kr.ew by the sun that it was pretty near the time. I was listening for the train to go along so as to pel he potatoes on. If you put ihem on when the train goes by they are COOked just right when daddy comes home to dinner So when I heard the noise of the landsll.le I knew that It roust be alm.'st traiu time. That's what made me hurry M and run down the track to Stop the train. I dldn t frl very sure that 1 could stop It, because the trains never do stop here. I was afraid that the engine iftfBf wouldn't pay any attenUoa a me even If 1 did get dure in 1 time Ha might not know what I m ant ami 1 didn t know how to signal to have
it mean stop. Telling Time by Trains. In sparsely settled mountain . otnmnniti.s. like that where NM'! home
was. clocks and watches are scarce things The sun ll the n ost frequently consulted UaWplaOS, and in many cahtM he i inly one. However cabins located nrsr the railroad are considered to be especially ff tiMfd, m trains go by at .-.rtain h Mirs! and the-r passing answers the purpose of a town doch WhOB the up OltpreM goes slong the mountaineer kMOwi thSl it Is half-pa-t el. v.n. and thr.t in half au hour liuncr will be ready The passing of the trains are thechief incidents Of the day Kvrybody stops work to watch tlum. and wat.b.s aro r. gulat l accordingly. Knough lo fill a dOOM tOOka has -n ffftttaa about the charm and MMtty of that woaderfal health retort of the outh. DU nothing can compete with p. clear romnnce of this llltle stry. , , nts the Ni w V rk Herald WWeJl aB4i like a fairy tale of childhood, and x. fetch msny I big Jl footer has read In preference to poring over musty vol.um s oa law or the ways atgMOV and
felgdl tinante, 9
THE IMMIGRANT. A foolish fettle tmmlcrant. gtas ereaad ta unknown sea, And las k i tM ere ef .ita A cit.Mn tu im It 1il not ferhhl a single r ent No baggiix. eras n-tt-a.nl, fpm It turntxl t bark. Ilia lita aro ever aealed. H- ir. it l.e tonr.strk, who can tdllT The tears are In bis eyes; No joubt i nnJs this foreign shore A lur.d of trurig aurirls. Ah. f-in'lsh !!ttl lirmticart. What ias wtre told to you? DM rei beliere that work was Ugbt. At. a no'.il on bushes crew? Good lurk to ) 'in while you are here. And Ions the time jou roam; You caROOi take a dollar bark. When you go sailing boms. MiUtnJburgh Wilson, in N T. Tinea
I THE NEW
SERVANT
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BEG your "O. don t blandly.
husband wrote
a servant "Ye-es,'
B BÜRGIN.
pardon?" apolofdaa," said Cyn"I supiK)se that your the sdvertlsement for
lie s a curate. Is he not?" faltered Mrs. Patterae.
' That aHMHHtlltf for it. Who could possibly be grammatical on the Income of a n;ratr? It would be unkind to expect i'." Uta, l'atterne was only humane. "One does not expect a servant in gcanh of a place to correct one s husbands grammar," 8he said. Icily. Of course, if you put it in that lmnor .-.mal war. "one does not. It Is
rather like Ollendorff. 'One has told me you wish to purchase the bad bonnet of the good aunt.' And all that kind of thing. Still, even a curate must have hist boots blacked If he wishes to hlne at either end." She smiled and displayed dazzling teeth. "Don't you think you would he rather trying as a maid of-all-work ?" euggesud timid little Mrs. Patterne. "My dear woman," said Cynthia composedly, "I couldn't possibly be worse than the average servant. You had fetajeh better employ me The only aUpsdatiOO I mske is that I am to have a OMtgde of hours to myself every evening for literary work." "You - you won't want to come Into the drawing-room?" faltered Mrs. Pat-
Iii iL I
VYNT11IA "
I "Quite a re-mark ahle dinner to-night
Remsrk able! My appetite seetna Ki be improving as well as yours.'' hs confided to his wile one evening as they sat In the drawing-room w bl. h, somehow, looked as if it had a soul to it. "That reminds me. I'm thirsty. I ll just ring for a glass of water." "Please don't. Cyn Maria's busy." "Isn't it a a little unusual for a servant to be busy win n hr master wants a glsss of water?" "This is a unusual servant." suggested Mrs l'a'terne "I promised her that she should have two hours to herself every evening." "You promised! Most thoughtless and selfish of her " said ltev. John, In
dignantly. "You know you are not well Just now. I will admonlbh her and point out that sin of selfishness hu h doib beset us all." Before Mrs. Patterne could restrain him he had entered the kitchen. "Maria." said he, firmly, "be good
enough to bring me a glass of water." "Oh Ro away and don t bother." said Cynthia. "Cou't you MM I'm busy?" "I want a glass of water,' be persisted with dull obstinacy. "Then get It!" Cynthia put a fresh
I MSWI oi iui-i iiiiu um tji" ' i "
went on with her work, oblivious of his presence ltev. John withdrew. ' .She is so kind to you that I thought I thought It best to to temporize," he explained to his wife, w ho was Indignant with him. "She she Is a Uiystery." "A heaven sent one," declared the little wife, wearily. John, dtar, I'm so tired snd frightened." With the coming of the baby Cynthia redoubled her exertions. She seemed to hao all about it, and. as the nurse said, the baby 'took to her." This nurse was an opulent-looking. Mrs. Gamp-like sort of person, whose prevailing characteristics were a red nose snd a smell of peppermint. Three weeks after the birth of the baby Cynthia ordered her out of the h juse. fur she had discovered Mrs. Patterne crying herself into hysterics. "I 1 ni afraid of her." sobbed the poor little woman. "I m tsure she gives baby things to make him sleep." ' Well, I'll give him things to make him sleep." said the undaunted Cynthia. "Wholesome things." The next afternoon she found Mra. Patterne almost angry wiwth her hueband. "Be-cause you do such a lot he doesn't realize how- overworked you are, ahe said. crossly. "Overworked! Not a bit of it. Feel my biceps. What is the trouble? Can t I put it right?'' "I don't like to impose upon you." Cynthia began to play with the baby. "Out with it. What is it? "
JOSIAH AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW Sunday School Lesson lor Aug 1 1, 190S SpacUKy Prrrd lit Thin Papr.
UMMK) TEXT tOhron. U:i-M Memory v ret, 2i Read 2 Csrest u. is, and B KlngM 23. QOI.DKN Ti:T-"I will rot forget Thy oref." Psalm i i6 TIME The eighteenth tear of Joaiah'e reign. U. C. 621 VLA al j. r t. ti.i-.e. tee pal aoa B' HIPTI ItK RKFEREM KS ' rrpnr thla ac count of Huldah with the a counts of the Mh-r f. malt- .n.r.fta of 1 1 Testamint. Miriam (MpeeUUlV Ex. 1S:10.
M) k . , I i .1 'Hin. - 4. : i lo-.. : the account of J'.Mah'n Ulbl-readlnc (SChroa. 24 .-9 'J K i.g- .'! 1 .' ai. 1 iom.at It with Ksra'a (Nol I) Kt ad about Johlah'e paaaover (2 '"Iron Mlt-ISf. and compare it with Hesektah's 2 hion. JO l-27. 31 1-21). 8e the aoseaat of Joaiuh a death, 2 Chron. a: 27 Coniuitnt and Suggestive Thought. V ,14 "They," the men whom KingJogiah had sent to supervise the repairing; of the t'inpl. "Brought out the money." Whan Mm t.ih priest, mihiah, brought to give to the workmen the money which had be-n eolloeted and intrusted to him "Hook of the law." V. 15. "Shaphan the scribe." Ha stood st the head of the ommittee to supervise the repairs in the tetsple. 'T hav e- found et. . Though opinions among students differ as to some particulars abort thb' look, it is by all admitted to have feaafe f Uiviue authority, the very werk f God. V. 16. "Carried the book . . . brought the king word." Shaphan carried the booJi with him as he went to rejKirt to the king concerning the work that was being done on the temple. V. 17. Gathered teigether." Better, "emptied out." The money had feaafe previously collected; it has now been paid out to the overseers, and by them
to the workmen. V. 18. "Told the king, saying:' The scribe next rejorted what the high priest had told him. and ehowod the roll. "Shaphan read it before the king." He read here and there portions from the book, sufficient to show the general import thereof. V. 19. The young king with great dismay saw clearly that his peopb had long been walking iu the way which leads to ruin, and to express his grief "he rent his clothes" tore his outer robe; a customary expression of sorrow or distress. V. 20. "The king commanded Hilklah," etc. Jooiah appointed tnie Bonne! ttoe "f the most intelligent men
i among his head ofjcaTS, to investigate
"J'jOha ha Invited a man to dine and this Word ef the Lord.
terne. "Dear John likes to be alone with me after his hard day's work." Cvntbia glanced round the room. "No. I don't think I should want to come in here, except to dust it." "Al roe ar" ur.tent to take your meals in the kitchen?" .Mi..l thfefe content. Ptrocblal conrersaiiuii does not intet.st me in the least." "And why do you wan to be s servant?" T don't think I need go into that? Certainly not. If ou don t wish to." Cynthia felt ashamed. "I car. n it write lat- !y. A course of kitchen work WtH bra e me up. My gtortaa have a tendency to become morfeld ' Mrs. Patterne was seized with s sudden suspicion. "You haven't tome to write us up I he'ifve that is he expression Tike t hat
American girl did to some one s few
years ago? "Nu. I have r.et. I do not approve or i American methods. I bnve beentosee! a doi tor. end he f-ays I want a course af hard physical work to to divert my atte ntion from a worry I've had. Now, feg I rannot afford to take s, holiday any other way. 1 piopose to taic it se a servant." "I don't think the cure will be a long
on, niurmun u .vrs l aut rne. gaii:g
at Cynthia with tired eyes Give it up and go bai k to your friends." Cynthia, rising to htff magnificent height, looked down upon the timid, shrinking little woman. "My dear. ou 11 do." she said. "Suppose art strike a bargain. You can call uie Cyathia' whea we're by ourselves. When 'he Reversed John pTvadesthe
premises 1 am plain Maria." Hut 1 an't tall you 'plain Maria It Isn't ii-tial." "Vfry well. then. Only don't be shock- d w hen 1 address you as "Mum." If I w re to say '.Madam our husband might smell a ret." H used tO smells; he never notices a-v hing." Cynthia itoMMd short and kissed her. "Yen really ought to be put In a book It ' r.o; I will keep my worI. Is this rr.y room?"
"Ye es. It It " In a few deya she transformed the lit -tli house. Kven that unobservant good men en 1 me. Re v .lehn, began to notice a dlf--r-i-p !n the ho fefefej
stay the night." "Well, why shouldn't J-John?" "As if you hadn't such a lot to do!" "Don t mind in the least. One more man doesn't make much difference. If it were a woman she would be much more critical." "I hale to Impose on your good nature." "That's all right. What shall I get fordinner? And who Is the man?" "I'anton, a young army man who used to read with John. He went out to South Africa r.nd has only just landed. John Is so fond of him that he wired tc him directly he heard the atean.er was In." "Quite right, too. "said Cynthia. flushing a little. "I haven't had time to Bfefe to-day's paper. I'll have a look at It." She went downstairs and picked up the paper. Yes. "Parkworh. Pepperton. Panton." She gave a little gasp, pulled herself together and flew upstairs to get his room ready. "Stay a week a month s year, till you get over that wound." said Rev. John, with more animation than Cynthia had ever heard him show. Then there came anenher voice. Bad thin, hollow. "Thanks, old man, but I must be off In the morning to look for pome one who " "if illy," said Rev. John, "here's the hov at last. Panton, you've revsr met
my w ife ami -and the baby." T 11 fetch him." said the proud young mother, tripping gayly away. She founel Cynthitiln t he dining room, hand lo heart, straining her ears for the sound of Panton's voice. "Is thst is that the one?" Mrs. Patterne faltered. "Ye-es." "Isn t your proper place lu the kitchen?" asked Mrs Patterne, Icily, and Cynthia crushed for once. Indignantly swept by the ungrateful woman for whom she had ilone so much. She flung herself, heartbroken. Into a chair. And after all their silly misuni derRtandlngs they might have come together again! The pity of It! Baddeal she heard Mrs. Patterne's voice.
Tin way. Capt Panton. this way You'll be astonished when you see" The door opened and "Cynthia!" "Di.k!" They were In one another's arms. Til bring the baby presently," ssld Mrs. Patterne, hastily shutting the kitchen door from the outside.
Pygmy Mairiage. Some hithrrt unpublished facts about the habits of the African pygmies nre oritalneel In a pnmphb t Just published by Col. Harrison, who brought from central Africn the party of little people now in Iondm. The pygmies p. t.erally marry at the nee of eight or t ine, and the men buy their wives with .hree or four spears and ten to fifteen arrows, according to the market vah.e of the lady. They pay by bMtalUfeCfeta ar.d not until the last arrow Is handed over is the lover allowed to take fe i bride. A man may have as many wires
as he can afford t) luv Th birth of a boy Is welcomed, but when a gl; 1 baby , arrives the unfortunate creature g soundly lashed by the father with I bunch of plantain leaves. N. Y. Sua.
V. 21. "Inquire of the Lord. in Josiab's time they seem to have sought Ood's answer eif one who had the gift of prophecy. "For me, for them that are left of lsraol and in Judah." This matter concerned not the king alone, but all his people. V. 22. "Huldah. the prophetess." A woman then living in Jerusalem, to whom the g'Jt uf prophecy had I cen given. ' Keeper of the wardrobe." One who tejok charge of the robes of the priests. tr pt.ssibly those ef the king. "In the college.' Rev. Vor "in the second quarter." a suburban portion of the city. V. tt. "Thu saith the Lord." Huldah expressea not merely her personal opinion, but what she feels sure is the message of Qod Himself to the King. V. 24. "I will bring evil . . . even all the curses." There comes a point iu tLc sinful career of a nation, or of an Individual, beyond whhh there Is no pt)ssibillty of return, not because God's hive has been killed, but because -v.-r thing that infinite love eaa levhSS has been rejected by 'he determined sinner. V. Ht "because they have forsaken Me" This wan the root eause of all Judah's Bins forsaking the true Oed. V. 87. "Thine heart was tender." Josiah bad deeply lamented the fact
that he and bis poOjfeM had gi ievea their Heavenly Father, he had also prayed for pardon, snd we fefetl already seen how he began at ooee to relorm his own ways and those of hie 1 1 nple. V. 2. "Gather thee ... in peace." Qod promt ed that the great catastrophl of the nation sboultl nt MM in I :.,h's time Th- king, however, was not OOfeteal with this assuranee of iwr-onal re-s-ue. but he lOOfhl to have, is far as poeefble, his pSJOfM aved with him. The Conclusion of Josiab's Reign. ft.-r thlt Jsiah reigned for U years, lhey we re years of peace and prosperity The work of natiemal reform went on. the regular temple s.-rvicee a V ..lt.... . a
under the priests ami imo pel f OSTBOd, eaM a ureal l'asse.vr was celebfMed, of which It Is said: "There as no Passover like that kept In Israel
from the dnvs of BfeMWel tM prophet.'
Later, when F.cyj. in- were on av to wane war with Assyria.
lsiah Objected to that passing through his land He and his army aaad OOl to meet them nnd Josiah was daln In the Valley of MegldtO. Great lamentations were ma.le for him by til the people, especially by the prophts and the fOdty men of the nation. Practical Points. V. 14. Fnll often one who Is fnlthrul In "the bouse of the lrd " fin 1 !, o more than he expected. Luke 2:
r?i ':i V. 1R- Lai us hasten la Mil ejjafeffl eben we find the treasures God has prepared tor tis. John 1:4:.. 46. V. 1. TakiiiK he hard of IH Ashew. let tis diligently read Cie B.blO o ascertain KM will. Ia. 114:16. V. J7. Ood's eye Is qub k to llse'-Tn, iiis hand Mighty ha aaee "no araMfefe art turns In all BM toward Hin. Vs. 31:18
their King