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like living gems, then a cloud went
owe them. Il loves you, too, BIZ"
she confessed. wistfully, and gin 1
wuz free I'd marry you, but LIS a
marrit woman, BIZ"
Bi smiled reassuringly. "a revorce'd
come mighty easy to you, Cesty. I'd
he proud to put up de $50 dat'd git
you one"
But rs a follower o. de good book,
BIZ" Cesty faltered, land hit say dem
dat God hab jined togethuh let no
man put asunder. and hit say him dat
marries a revorced woman commits a
vile. SIM.
DE white uns does hit. and what's
right fun a white pusson hain't wrong
Ri.
But Cesty shook her head and was
adamant to persuasion.
A month later Abihu met Cesty, at
tired in a white dress and amber
beads. walking with Curd higgins, a
recent widower Of Black Cloud Hill,
who owned his home and a flourish
ing business of raising Duroc hogs.
jealousy took hold of Bi and shook
him. Cesty loved him. and because
he could not bear to go near her since
she had told him she could not marry
him she was making company Of
other men! With the darkness of
Egypt in his soul he Eel about his
labors. Late one evening. coming
home from Plummit, a town four
miles from varneyville; he started
Near it's middle he stumbled over a
human figure. He turned it over and
beheld the face Of Peter Gram, in
stolid. drunken slumber.
In the twinkling of an eye a mighty
temptation came to Abihu. If Peter
We're out of the way Cesty would
marry him. Why not let him lie
self by the footbridge? Who would
know? And the evening freight train
was due at 10!
He took a step backward. Then
the warm summer cir turned to a
freezing wind. The cold sweat broke
out on him, and a hoarse cry rang out
in the night.
hearted nigsah dis sim" He lifted
the PROSTATE ungainly form and car
ried it to an old shop some distance
fro mthe track. where he placed it
inside and fastened the door. He'll
be safe da ontel mawni'g.' he thought,
den he'll week w sober!"
Very soberly Bi wen about his work
all week. then the news reached
v%arneyville that Peter Gram was
from the Plummit railroad bridge
and been drowned in the deep water
below before any. one could rescue
him. the day before.
For a month Bi kept u Of Cesty's
sight, then he could endure it no
longer.
would it be scandalizin' you, il I
wuz to axe you to marry me dis 500
arter Peters takin' away" he asked
her. %anxiously. My heart Is a bust
in, Cesty."
'Da wouldn't be no scandilization
in dat question to nobody" Cesty as
sured him. Me and you can safe
marry now widout sin! Praise God
we KIM"
Praise God we KIM" echoed Bi,
remembering.
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llveryman OF the town presented him
With a skin and bone equine, with a
diseased hoof, gibes fell upon Abihu.
But in TWO months he had cured the
horses foot, got a winters supply Of
hay and grain from various farmers
by obtaining permission to harvest
the oats. the barley, and the grass
and the mower. He hauled. he ped
died, he watched for opportunities.
and he worked necessarily. At thirty
nine he owned several houses and lots
besides the ~ultramarine blue five
roomed cottage in which he and his
mother lived OF the outskirts of Var
NEVILLE. In addition he had money
in the bank.
Whit you a strivin' and a savin'
fun, Bi?" asked Prescott Denny, his
friend, married twenty years and
blessed with a black %quiverful. mo
chilluns to fill, ner nothin' and yoah
ma a gittin' her IS a month pension
regular as de sun"
And Abihu had answered.: us
savin' gin de time ebhuh comes when
l has 'casion and sor need fun
money. When dat time I wants
to be prepared."
Abihu generally listened without
comment to his mothers gossip. hut
his March evening the hammer held
above the 'half-soling' last on which
was n of Rory's No. los fell to the
floor and his %cavernous mouth flew
open. Gone off wild ole Dasdy Brake
bone?" he managed to say when he
got his thick lips together.
Yes. wild ole Dasdy!" gloated Rory.
Wild ole Dasdy, a oman ole as I is
nigh about"
who seed EN- a gwine and what
scuse'd Pete give fun leavin' Cesty?"
Rory snorted like something bovine.
"Scuse! Poorly scuse he had! He tole
Bruh Thankful Calico dat de reason
he was leavin' Alcestis huh baby was
a white chile! An foah God. Ri, de
young un's hides blackern de linin' o.
Pete's ongodly heart! Bruh Thank
full. he WIZ cuttin' acrost Mistuh Sid
Evans oats stubble field on his a
back fom de parsonage FUN gwine
to see old Sapphiry Appelby whut's
nigh on the coolin' board wild de
yaller janders, and he met EN- facin'.
Dasdy had hold o. end huh trunk
and Pete had hold be yuther end. Dey
wuz a totin' hit out to town wha' dey
cocht a train!"
Ri had resumed cobbling. Hue
come Pete to git on Dasdy's trail? %
he asked slowly and with apparent
Indifference.
"Cesty engaged dat black heifer for
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THE RAGT1ME MUSE.

s. THE RAGTlME MUSE. +.
80
Winds-A Symphony.
Wind Of the north!
Wind Of far, frozen sea- and wastes
Of snow,
Above thy icy ramparts rise and blow;
Thy whitening blast send forth,
To s~huddering men afar!
Chant loud thy song Of war!
Wind of the west!
Wind of the golden sands ana slim.
mering sails,
Wind Of star-litten peaks and shad-
owed wales,
Blow swift across they regions blest,
Where yet deep shadows Turk,
And sing thy song of work!
Wind of the east!
Wind Of the spice groves and the
lotus dells.
Mysteriously tinkling pagan bells.
Blow soft and low and Groom Of joys
increased;
What 10 not, but what seems.
Tell in thy song Of dreams!
Wind of the south!
Wind OF magnolia blooms and purple
skies,
Wind Of the low. large moon and low
Breathe ovsr ali the perfume Of thy
mouth:
While mock birds sing AbOvs,
Sing thou they song OF lovel -
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The Evening Story
OF ABIHI
Is

huh nuss woman de day foah dat last
young sukin' niggah wuz sont on
huh," Rory enlightened him, land,
bless God, afoah Cesty could set up
Dasdy's cocht Pete. De worlds gittin'
monst'ous wicked, BIZ"
'Cesty. she nuvvah did want marry
Pete. nohow," mussed Abihu. half to
s'manthy, huh pup and nanny. dey
jest de same as made huh marry
him."
Rory snorted again. "Whut's Cesty
keerin' or not keerin' fun Pete got to
do wild film dem eight little insides?
] bet she's a mournin' dis minnit case
he's left huh
that led to Black Cloud Hill, where
lived the major portion of the blacks
of Narneyville. When he came to a
small one-roomed cabin, with a loft
above, a little remote from the other
cabins of the hill. he paused, and,
creeping up near the window. peeped
cautiously into the room.
Under a ragged quilt in one corner
slept six little negroes-Dishy. Lively,
and six. and Nimrod. Asher and Jehu,
aged four, three and two years. In a
hroken-armed rocker 'Lovey Gather
ine," aged nine, Cesty's first born,
held on her lap Lastly" a very black
infant of two weeks, and made some
changes in its attire. On the bed nea
the hearth lay the battered little
negro woman of twenty-six who for
more than ten years had been the
apple of Abihu's eye and the secret
love of his heart. Two of her front
teeth were out, her shoulders were
stopped and her cheeks followed in,
but despite these signs of wear Alces-
tbs, mother Of the eight and deserted
wife of Peter Gram, was pleasing and
attractive.
Presently when "Lovey Cathun"
went outside to the we'll the woman
raised two thin despairing arms. II
amt nuvah done nothin' fuh Pete to
treat me dat away" she cried aloud.
Eff I'd married Ri like 1 wanted to,
and not listened to muh and pap 1
wouldn't a been lynn heah like dis a
mournin.' Bid a been heah wild me a
waitin' on me tender"
Abihu turned away. EFF I yer has
. chance" he muttered wrathfully,
rs gwine knock dat Pete Gram into
kingdom come! OATS what rs gwine
do!"
When six months had passed AL
%cestis. in monthly receipt of money
"off de county," with her four Oldest
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A TALK ON DISEASE AND c1EAN11NEss

d. e. Salmon. D. v. NJ, in his lat
est paper on diseases of poultry pub
lished by the department Of agricul-
ture, in Farmers Bulletin $50, states:
Fowls ae liable to be affected by
a considerable number of diseases,
some of which spread rapidly through
the flock and kill q large part Of the
birds. They rnay also be infested by
various kinds Of parasites. some Of
which live on the surface Of the body
and others in the crop. stomach and
~intestines. These parasites are inju-
rious because they take a part of the
n~ourishment which should be used by
the bird to put IN flesh OF to produce
eggs. and also because by their move
ments and biting they cause irritation
and Inflammation of the part which
they attack.
THE contagious diseases which are
caused by animal and vegetable germs
and the weakness and loss Of flesh
caused by the larger parasites to
which reference has just been made,
are the most important conditions
which the poultrymen has to consid-
err in the endeavor to keep his birds
in a healthy condition. These germs
and parasites should he kept out Of
the flock by suitable preventive meas
ures because disease may be avoided
in this way much easily and
cheaply than it can be cured. The
aim in studying the diseases of birds
is. therefore, to learn how to prevent
such diseases rather than how to cure
them.
There are some cases where medi-
cine nay be advantageously given or
applied to fowls. But as a rule when
a bird becomes sick 1t is better to kill
it, because the cost of the medicine
and the value Of the time required to
carry out the treatment r greater
than the value of the birds which are
cured. Another reason for killing
sick birds is that they may be affected
by a contagious disease. which before
1t is recognized may spread to many
other birds in the flock. A third rea-
son for killing IL that a bird being
sick indicates that 1t is more suscept-
ible to disease than the other birds of
the flock, and to establish a flock
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which is able to resist disease such
susceptible birds must be weeded out.
The greater the number Of birds
which are kept on any farm or plot
OF ground, and the more they are
crowded together, the greater is the
danger from contagion and parasites.
and the more important are the meas.
ures for excluding, eradicating. and
preventing the development Of these
causes Of disease.
.1t IN VERY ;nnor+.nt ). a.. .,.
and to bee;n tha 1o eIn n,; 80 s;as. r1sns
from conta eion and n.rasit.s re- .
nut such birds mon rrn,nS -rhina y
ikewiaA fres from the.. o Me- =
disease. - s~1'e' -
"rh~ No..
4, oes. Wy 20 this
70 ~ se. esss rom q nock wnich mas
somn no nolcation OF ~contasioua
us .oI y. aeas. q ear; avoid put
..ns U.s. ssss IN any ackin SUCH
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Copyright. 1913, by W. werner.)

Copyright. 1913, by ". werner.)
Pete Grams done gone and left
Cesty wild dem eight moufs. includin'
de newbawn un, a gapin' around huh
he'd like young crows fun feed. and
off wild ole Dasdemony Brake
bone. What YOU tink o dat. Biz"
Aunt Aurora Wonders family had
all left her early by the marriage
route. except her son. Abihu, who up
to his thirty-ffth year had remained
that anomaly among negroes, a bach
Bi was a black, thick-set negro,
who in his youth was accounted a
dullard, but the glazed eye and the
slow name concealed a remarkable
business sagacity.
When he was fifteen and a white
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at service as waiting maids for
their "vittles and close" and her
laundry business lourishing, recov-
cred her spirits and took on a second
bloom.
Bi did not seem to expose himself
to temptation. but he fell into the
habit of stopping mornings to chat a
moment with the little grass widow
who sang over her tubs and to drop in
evenings to hoe Cesty's garden patch
or to bring her presents of roasting
ears and cymblings from his corn
field.
Then suddenly he realized he want
ed to marry Cesty.. Less us git mar
rit, Cesty," he said to her one even
ing. II been a lovin' you sence poah
Pete marrit YOU"
For an instant Cesty's eyes glowed
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And thou wind ready made!
a man,
Thou gale electrical of prosaic fan!
Thou true trade wind, since blowing
is thy trade.
snarl out in accents funny
Thy song Of ready. money!
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INDIANS SEE MOVIES.

Enjoy Picture Show at the Metropoli.
tan a. Guests of Myers.
Twenty-Five indian braves and
squaws from Irwin Bros. Wild West
show watched the moving pictures
an Indian story at the Net
ropolitan theater Wednesday night
as the guests of the management.
The comic pictures that followed
the Indian melodrama appeared to be
the real hit Of the evening with them.
however.
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DISTRESSING.

First Auto Agent-'.rhat was a ne.
culiarly distressing ase Of Smithers.
who was run over by an auto yester.
day."
Second Auto Agent-"DeadY"
First Auto Agaht-"No-but he was
n~esoiatinE with ms Tor the purchase
Of q Rnmp-D Detroit and It. W. =.
RumD;;Detroat that ran over him."
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Mrs. Henry HUT. the former wife
OF the we'll known artist. as she APP
peared on the beach at Narragansett
in her poke bonnet with roses, the
latest tad introduced by her and
which NE four hundred at Newport
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One year In
Six months in advance. ........... 10
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The admiration entertainment nv
a Trenton boy for his uncle includes
all the latter's attributes and eve
possessions which the uncle himself
is not wont to deem undesirable.
Uncle" said the lad one day after
ne had been studying his uncle in
ther. ."I don't care much for plain
teeth like mine I wish I had some
copper-toed ones like YOURS"
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Foreign ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
schaerer Special Agency. Peoples Gas
Building. Chicago: Fifth Avenue Build
ing, New York.
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Entered as second class matter at the
post office at Grand Forks. North Da-
kota.
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Henry was very proud Of the new
Kittens n went for them to show
them coming along the hall, and,
alarmed at the noise of the process
sion. called out: Don't hurt the
kittens. Henry"
mo. mother" came the reassur,nr
answer, I'm carrying them very care
fully by the stems"
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The Doctor-M-s. Brown has sent
for me to go and see her boy, and I
must GO at once.
His Wife-What is the matter with
the boy?
The Doctor don't know. but Mrs.
Brown has a book on WHAT 10 Do
Before the Doctor Comes and I
must hurry up before she does it,"
Evening journal., 1913-06-23
NEW PRIEST SAYS
HIS FIRST MASS

The Rev. Anthony K OleXinski,
who was ordained to the priesthood at
Orchard Lake, Mich. on Tuesday last.
celebrated his first mass at St. He'd
wigs Church here yesterday morning.
when the church was filed The
Knights of St. Hedwig's and the ca
diets of St. Stanislaus, in full regalia
headed the procession from the house
on Harrison street to the church. An
augmented choir and full orchestra
rendered Haydn's mass in B fiat, un-
der direction Of Professor Bunk. Mary
Dembek. Of Baltimore carried tho
celebrants' pillow Of roses. All the
school children, about 500 in number.
strewed flowers along the line o.
march.
The Rev. John j Gulcz pastor of
the church, acted rs assistant priest;
the Rev. James NJ. Grant, d. d., of the
Cathedral, was deacon; the Rev.
Albert Uridert. of Philadelphia, sub
deacon: the Rev John ]. Dougherty,
chancellor Of the Wilmington do
cese and the Rev Stanislaus Wacho-
wick we're in the sanctuary. The Rev.
Anthony Norocld delivered the pane
gyrlc; the Rev Martin Lawler was
master of ceremonies.
Fathe- Olexinski will be stationed
here as assistant to Father Gulcz.
Evening journal., 1913-06-23

Charles Stewart Lee. Jr., son OF c.
Stewart Lee Of this CITY, has returned
home from Tome School OF Port De-
post, Md, for the summer vacation.
Miss Corrinne Mendinhall. who has
been a guest of Mrs. Fritz Sprinkmaif.
al Milwaukee, Wis for two weeks. is
now with Mrs. Sprinkmaff at her sum
mer home at Cedar Lake, Wis, to stay
until the middle of August.
Mrs. S II Shearman and Miss
Margaret Sherman are home for two
weeks from Buck Hill. Pa. where they
have cottage for the summer
Mark Davis Hickman. father OF
Mrs. b. r. Veasey and James b
Hickman, on Saturday celebrated his
S5th birthday anniversary. During
the day he received a large number OF
his relatives and friends at an infor-
NAL reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Rothschild and a
lady friend left on Saturday for a
three weeks trip in Mr. Rotschilds
automobile to Lake George and the
Adirondack.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Huxley. Jr.,
and daughter Alice have gone 10
their summer home at Oceon City,
n. j.. for the summer.
II Rodney Sharp will sail tomor-
row on the steamer Rhyndam from
New York, for a European trip.
over the weekend Mrs Lydia Bid
die, of Prices Corner entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Irwin NJ Gray, Mrs. Charles
Wingate Bradley. Ford and Clayton
Sterling, Hudson Walker, Evelyn
Sterling and Anna and Levina Win
gate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kerzman. OF
Chicago, are spending a month with
the family Of william Stewart a; No
632 West Third street
Mrs. j. B. McNemar is visiting hei
son. Minor McNemar, at Rising Sun
! Md.
Evening journal., 1913-06-23
OPERATES CAR AFTER
RECOVERING CONSCIOUSNESS

Blinded by the glare of a search
light on a Darby car at Claymont
late last night Frank Wilson, son Of
]. c. Wilson, was knocked uncon-
scious when a large automobile truck
he was operating was ditched. The
young man lay in the road uncon-
scious until j. S. Montague, Of Elk
ton. Nd, came along bound for this
city.
Mr.. Montague brought Wilson to
this city. On the way in, the young
man revived and latter he returned
to the machine that had been ditched
and brought it here
At the time of the accident Mr..
Wilson was returning from Philadel-
phia in the machine it having been
repaired there on Saturday.
Evening journal., 1913-06-23
DEPARTMENTS
TALK OF new
BRIDGE APPROACH Al

There was a conference today be-
tween the bridge committee of the
Levy Court, Messrs. Burris, Gooding
and Hollingsworth, county engineer
and members of the Park Commission,
including Samuel H. Baynard, Edgar
L. Haines, Irenee DUPONT. Park Engi-
neer Edward r. Mack and W. w.
Knox Of the Park Commission regard
ing the proposed new Third street
bridge approach. The Park Commits
sion has a lease on the park grounds
at Fourth and Church streets for six
years. When this land was con-
demned by a commic sion year ago the
commission was awarded $1,000 dam
ages. The Levy Court, under the plans
adopted for the new bridge across the
Christiana, decided that it. was advis-
able to abandon the idea of the ap-
proach by was OF Third street To
adopt such an idea would be like hav-
ing a six foot alley as an approach to
ten foot bridge Consequently the
Levy Court decided that it would be
far more advisable to have the ap-
proach to the new bridge through the
square than otherwise.
County Engineer Wilson informed
the Park Commission representatives
today that the whole plot has been
purchased by the Levy Court from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. for
$4,000. He explained the grades and
slopes as we'll as the pieces of park
land which will remain The width OF
81 In. l.. Al
seven feet between the curbs.
After considerable discussion it was
agreed by all the departments repre-
sentatives TO meet on the site one day
this week. Much of the discussion
treated of the need of more parks fol-
the city.
Evening journal., 1913-06-23
BISHOP
PRAISES
M. E. SYSTEM

vas the message conveyed to laymen
was The message conveyed to laymen
as to the selection Of their pastors by
Bishop Thomas B. Neeley, at the meet
ing of the Methodist Preachers Asso-
citation in Grace Church this morning
Bishop Neely delivered a splendid ad-
dress on The Minister and Our
System He urged preachers and lay
men of the church to respect the
church system of selecting ministers
and churches for them He said that
to carry out justice and equity, It was
necessary for the Bishop, after hear
ing all the evidence in the case, to ap-
point ministers to certain charges, and
that in so doing assignment are bet
ter made than in any other possible
way.
Bishop Neeley said in part:
THE right of presentation or de-
sire belongs to both the minister and
the people of the church, and 1t Is the
duty of the Bishop to make the ap-
pointment Of ministers after taking in
Vicw all the knowledge that he may
receive from all persons. He should
have no personal preference in the
appointments but should make them
with regards TO all persons.
The Bishop spoke in glowing terms
Of the church system, which he said
pledges the church and the minister
that it will do certain things which
It does. He said the system promises
each church a minister and each
minister a charge. so long as he Is
competent and effective, and keeps a
place open for him as long as he can
carry out the work Of God.
He said the system was in a sense
a contract system between the min
lister and the people Of the church.
"The preacher agrees to go where
he is sent" said Bishop Neeley, "and
the people agree 70 take the minister
that is sent to them. Each should do
his part. The system keeps its pro-
mise to both church and minister
and has been keeping its promise Tor
l07 years"
The Bishop added that the contract
was fairly and fully lived up to and
he urged ministers when they we're
not exactly satisfied with their ap-
continents to act in a fair way in
the proper manner and that the ap-
DOlnTmenI WOuil turn OuN ooNA'A'~'
Dry to all concerned.
The Bishop discussed the equitable
principles on which the system rests
and said that to give a preacher
what he would like to have mis-
aot be fair to all There are not
enough of the best places TO go
around, he said. 1T is a pleasant
hing for a bishop to appoint a min
lster to a church when it is agree
able to all but not because the min
istef has a call to that church. His
services may be needed elsewhere
and a call is simply an invitation.
People sometimes, say that be-
cause a minister has no call &c
church wants him said the Bishop
This is mt true some of our best
ministers do not have calls
"a minister has something better tt
expect than to. be stood up on block
and be accepted or rejected by certain
people in churches. If a church has Z
right to select him he has a right to Sc
lect a church. The average preachei
would be left behind and only the ex-
ceptional ones would be in demand.
Evening journal., 1913-06-23
WEST CHnIR SOCIAL.

Members of West Presbyterian
Church choir assembled in Professor
j. 7. Clymer's studio Saturday even
ing. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis Sterrett, Mrs Mendenhall, Miss
Helen Marvel. Gertrude Chandler.
Edna Robh, Miss Grubb. Miss Broad
ley, Miss Frances, Miss Schultz. MISS
Cruder Miss Helen Stuart, Edna
Stuart, Belle Stuart, Marie Clymer,
Marguerite Clymer. Mrs. J. T. Clymer,
Miss Hoffman. Mrs. Charles Beatty,
Mrs. Myers, Messrs. Charles Beatty
Albert Silvers. j. r. Woodmansee, r.
l.. Salter, John Campbell. Frank
Jones, r. NJ Ocheltree, Hall Stouer
c. p. Wright. Joseph Webber. John
A. Roberts, J. J.. Clymer, Mr.. Plumleo
and ]. B. Stidhom.
Evening journal., 1913-06-23
LATNCH GONF. MEN SAFE.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
PHILADELPHIA, June 23.-Very
much alive are Edward Finley and
Ralph Chew. both 2S years old who
were given up as dead and for whose
bodies several searching parties had
been dragging the schuylkill river
since late last night The men were
believed TO have drowned when their
launch was found to have fallen over
the Sohuylkill dam. The men explain
ed shortly before noon that they had
anchored the boat and, contrary TO
their custom, had spent the night in a
boat house. They were unable to ex-
plain how the launch got over the
dam.