Colored Gentility
in the Happy
Valley
By Emily McGuire
A Southern Woman Tells Quaint
Anecdotes About Some Colored
Folk She Met in Old Virginia—
Secluded Abode on the Top of
the Alleghanies Which Has Been
Visited by Many Noted Persons,
Including Washington and Jeffer
son, Whose Names May Now
Be Seen There on the Hotel
Register.
(Copyright, l>y Joseph B. Bowles.)
(Mrs. Frederick McCSuire Is the wife of j
the president of the board of directors of
the Corcoran art gallery, of Washington,
I>. CM and is conspicuous in - society and
art circles of the national capital.)
On the top of the Alleghany moun
tains, in the very heart of the "Old
Dominion," lies the most perfect mod
ern reproduction of that real old Ar
cadia so beloved by the poets. Nor
is it such a very modern reproduc
tion, either, because the "happy val
ley" of which I am speaking has been
visited by succeeding generations of
devoted pilgrims since the early days
of our young republic, and among the
many names found on the register of
4he quaint little hotel there can be
«een tlior;e of Washington and Jeffer
con and many others which are also
inscribed upon tlie roll of fame.
In this Warm Springs valley of
which I am speaking not only does
the Bunshine seem of a different char
acter, its rays coming to earth soft
ened and veiled by a mist, which,
though golden during the day, turns
to purple toward evening, but the
song of the bird becomes more melo
dious, the bee hums more drowsily,
the streams ripple more musically,
the leaves rustle more soothingly; but
our fellow beings whom we meet
there are of a different order from any
whom I have met elsewhere, and are
possessed of a quaint, and humorous
turn of mind and have an originality
exclusively their own.
Of course it must be explained that
I am speaking now only of the col
ored race. The first time I entered
this "happy valley," more than 20
years ago, I said to an old negro, who
looked as if he had grown old with
the mountains; "Is the train on time
this morning?" and he responded:
"Oh, no, indeed, honey, dat train
ain't on time." Then I asked: "How
much is it behind time?" and he said:
"Fo' hours." 1 was appalled, and
asked: "Has it ever been as much as
four hours late before?" and he an
swered: "Yes, indeed, honey; one day
las' week de train never come at all."
Hut a little circumstance like that did
not seem to have the power to over
throw the equipoise of that calm com
munity.
They also have a phraseology and
a vocabulary all their own, but what
they say never for a moment leaves
any doubt in your mind as to what
they mean.
I once went into the cabin of a poor
woman where death had entered, and,
not seeing any means or methods of
burial, I asked: "What will be done?"
and the woman replied: "Why, Mr.
Crizer has always undertook in our
family, and always done it well."
Old Uncle Billic, who was always
regarded as a "last court of appeal"
In matters meterological, was once
asked what he supposed was the cause
of some peculiarly disagreeable
weather, and his explanation was:
"The heavy respections of the at
mosphere make the elements dismal."
Which really sounded so exactly as
If it had been promulgated by the
weather bureau that we almost hoped
to secure "Old Billie" a position in
the signal service on the strength
of it.
In the "Cowardin Cap" of the Alle
phany mountains, at a little settle
ment bearing the classic name of
Shake-Rag, stands a colored church,
of what denomination 1 never have
been able to discover, and to be there
when there is either a wedding in the
church or a baptizing in the Jackson
river near by, to see the bucolic trav
esties upon the prevailing modes, es
pecially in the matter of chignons and
pompadours, is a liberal education. A
window's mourning, if one happens to
be there, is something fearrul and
wonderful to behold.
At a baptizing in the Jackson river
on one occasion I saw and heard
hundreds of the faithful singing and
shouting:
"Now eve-ry one of you that thirst,
Step down into the water,
And free-ly drink and squench that
thirst,
I, ike Zion's son and daughter."
At a recent wedding in the church
at Shake-Rag the preacher, who
seemed to have heard rumors of the
matrimonial snares and pitfalls of the
outer world, made a charge to the
contracting parties—a laundress and
a waiter from the Warm Springs ho
tel —and concluded by saying: "And
may you liv.e together forever in un
avoidable infidelity and may you
never suppurate.'
It is amusing, also, to see what rare
combinations of Christian humanity
and worldly pride one frequently en
counters in that peaceful valley. I
once attempted to adjust a difficulty
which had arisen between two old
female colored autocrats living in that
mountain gap, and finally one of them
said to me: "The trouble is in this
hero (lap that these niggers will
speak mistruths which ain't outright,
and make it hard for Sister Jane."
\ said I, "If you a< e Jane a sla-
ter, I can soon settle the Vfeole diffi
culty."
She placed her arms akimbo, cant
a baleful and rebuking eye upon me,
and replied: "Sister In de Lord,
honey, and de First Baptist church,
colored."
Sho flouted the idea of their being
of the same family or blood.
At the sweet little old Warm
Springs hotel near by, presided over
by two sisters, high-born, high-bred
Carolina gentlewomen, one meets all
the true aristocracy of the southern
states, and there the rude world never
seems to enter, there being nothing
to attract the flashy element. On
the contrary, a high-bred distinction
seems to characterize the place, and
it is neither impressed by the pres
ence or depressed by the absence of
the "smart set."
A woman at the north once wrote
to a friend at the Warm Springs that
she was not able to join her there,
and gave as one reason that she had
not been able to provide a summer
wardrobe that season. The friend
at the Warm Springs responded, say
ing: "Here one needs no new ward
robe nor any large bank account, but
ono does require a 'family tree;' so
if you have ancestors, bring them, as
here every one is the granddaughter
of a dead president, or, at least, of
Patrick Henry."
The wonderful thermal baths here
are presided over by two most typ
ical r.nd interesting colored people,
and these hot pools are 50 feet in
diameter and the water hao a temper
ature of !)S degrees. Jackson, who
has been at the men's bathhouses for
these many years, is a great authority
upon gout and rheumatism, a great
believer in the occult and the un
seen, in omens, and conjuring, and is
regarded with deep respect by his
own kind as a reliable and dependable
interpreter of dreams. Fanny Shep
ard, whose term of service at the
women's bathhouse has been as long
as Jackson's, is as picturesque and
interesting a character as is he.
She was indignant because the ho
tel official who "personally conduct
ed" President McKinley to see "her
pool," had not only not officially pre
sented her to him, but had not even
told her who he was. She com
plained to me that "when he come
from the men's pool that 1 seen Jack
son a-bowin' and a-congeerin' to him,"
but that had not enlightened her
She said further: "The president
! would have been interested in me If
any one had told him that I have 8
son who is a missionary in Africa,
and who is a fellow of the Royal Geo
' graphical society, of London, and who
I had dLped with Queen Victoria at her
! own table at Windsor castle."
All of which I knew to be true, be
cause I knew this son, William Shep
ard, and during my early years at
the Warm Springs he was one of
the waiters in the dining-room and at
| the same time a Baptist preacher,
but he felt called upon togo into
I the missionary field and he went to
| Africa. There it was soon manifest
j that he could exercise great influence
| over some of the most savage of the
! African tribes. He .is one o( those
| who has penetrated the farthest into
i some of these African wildernesses.
:He was invited to London by the
i Royal Geographical society, which
made him one of its members, and he
was invited by Queen Victoria, and
did dine with her at her own table
j in Windsor castle.
The whole of my account of this
J part of the world, however, must not
be accorded to human nature alone.
! The grand and beautiful scenery must
be spoken of to those who have not
had the good fortune to see for them
selves.
Nothing in nature can be as beau
tiful as to see the spring come up In
the Warm Springs valley. The whole
face of the level country is white with
the bloom of the locust and the dog
wood and of the fruit blossoms,•es
pecially the apple, for which that re
{ gion of the country is celebrated,
j Then there is a native thorn, which
! when in full bloom, looks as if enow
I had fallen upon it, and in passing any
j cottage or farmhouse the atmosphere
'is heavy with the fragrance of li
| lacs and lilies of the valley, while the
fields are heavenly blue with myriads
of waving Roman hyacinths.
No pen can adequately describe the
mountain sides at this season. They
are literally ablaze with laurel, rhod
odendron and the wild mountain aza
lea in pink, orange and pale yellow.
In all seasons of the year nature is
at her best here but the beauty, charm
and enchantment of the spring are be
yond anything I have seen in the
world elsewhere. Upon a clear, exqui
site day these lines insensibly glide
into the mind:
"Blue Isles of heaven laugh between
And far in forest depths unseen.
The topmost -elm trees gather green
From draughts of balmy air."
The Child's Skin.
The chief peculiarity about the
treatment of skin disease in children
is that the reaction to the remedies
applied is more prompt than in adults,
says a writer in the London Hospital.
Moreover, since the risk of absorption
is by no means inconsiderable, oint
ments and lotions containing power
ful poisons, such as carbolic acid or
mercury, should not be employed, un
less well diluted, over large surfaces
of the body.
Certain cutaneous lesions also are
transient, so that one is left with
, their results, notably the scratch
mark and the scab. The history of
the mode of onset of an eruption, as
given by an intelligent mother or
nurse, is, therefore, of greater value
than the statement of the patient him
self. who might even be unaware of
the existence of anything wrong witlt
his fckin.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1907
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampu
tation of a Limb.
B. Prank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.,
says:"l had been
showing symptoms of
kidney trouble from
the time I was mus
tered out of the army,
JpMjnwV never suffered as in
1897. Headaches, diz
zlness and sleepless
ness ' first, and then
dropsy. I was weak
and helpless, having
run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I
was having terrible pain in the kid
neys, and the secretions passed almost
involuntarily. My left leg swelled un
til It was 34 inches around, and the
doctor tapped it night and morning
until I could no longer stand it, and
then he advised amputation. I re
fused, and began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. The swelling subsided gradu
ally, the urine became natural, and all
my pains and aches disappeared. I
have been well now for nine years
since using Doan's Kidney Pills."
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COINED A BIG WORD.
Little One Wanted to Pick the "Un
derchildrcnable" Flowers.
When the first little granddaughter
■was big enough to want to pick the
garden flowers, the grandparents tried
every guileful means to save their pet
posies from devastation. A truce was
reached when it was agreed that Har
riet should let the garden plants alone
and pick only "children's flowers," a
descriptive name bestowed at once
allko on dandelions, buttercups,
daisies and clovers. After this there
was peace in the family. One day
Katherine, the newest granddaughter,
was contentedly pulling grasses while
grandmother snipped off blossoms
from the forget-me-nots. Katherine
remembered that fresh flowers had
not been gathered for the dinner ta
ble. She ran over to grandmother and
promptly coined one of the longest
words a four-year-old ever used.
"Grandmother," she begged, "can't I
pick the underchildrenable flowers
for dinner?"
SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING.
Eczema Covered Whole Body for a
Year —No Relief Until Cuticura
Remedies Prove a Success.
"For a year I have had what they
call eczema. I had an itching all over
my body, and when I would retire for
the night it would keep me awake half
the night, and the more I would scratch,
the more it would Itch. I tried all
kinds of remedies, but could get no re
lief.
"I used one cake of Cuticura Soap,
one box of Cuticura, and two. vials of
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, which cost
me a dollar and twenty-flve cents in
all, and am very glad I tried them, for
I was completely cured. Walter W.
Paglusch, 207 N. Robey St., Chicago,
JU., Oct. 8 and 16, 1906."
Yes, Why Not?
Dr. Frank C. Bostwick, official den
tist to the sultan of Morocco, has been
spending his vacation in Plainfleld,
N. J., and at a recent dinner he said,
apropos of a bad child:
"It is wise to punish children, but
not corporally. I know a dentist in
Gibraltar who got out a birch rod to
punish his little son with one day.
The boy, looking at the rod, said pite
ously:
" 'Papa, would you mind giving me
gas first?'"
As In the Olden Time.
A great sensation has been caused
at Mantua, In Italy, by the discovery
in real life of what r.?ads like tho
lurid climax of a redleval melodrama.
It appears that a young woman named
Cornelia Orlandelli, 18 years old and
of good family, has been immured in
a lunatic asylum by her own family
in order to keep her from correspond
ing with a young man of her own sta
tion in life.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
RRMH of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CITKKEY A CO., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have kn<»wn F. J. Cheney
for ibo last 15 yoars, and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all iHislneMS transactions nod financially
able to carry out any obligations inade by hi* flrui.
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Whether you be men or women, you
ivill never do anything in the world
without courage. It is the greatest
luality of the mind, next to honor.—
lames Allan.
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HIS MEMORY WAS GOOD.
Commodore Vanderbilt Had Not For
gotten Old Days.
The coming of age of Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt and the payment to her of
some twelve millions of dollars inher
itance has brought out a new crop of
anecdotes about the Vanderbilt for
tune. One of the latest illustrates
the democratic spirit of the old com
modore.
Sitting on the porch of a fash
ionable hotel at a fashionable resort
on one occasion, it is related, the
commodore saw a lady aproaching
with whom he was acquainted. His
wifo and daughter, who recognized
her, could scarcely contain their an
ger when he arose and politely ad
dressed her.
"Don't you know," said (he daugh
ter after she had gone, "that hor
rid woman used to sell poultry to
us?"
"Yes," responded the old million
aire, "and I remember when your
mother sold root beer and I peddled
oysters in New Jersey."
ON A MACKEREL 3CHOONER.
Daily Routine in the Life of the Glou
cester Fishermen.
The routine life on a mackerel
schooner is not strenuous. The crew
consists of 14 men, a skipper and
cook. Two men constitute a watch,
one aloft as a lookout, the other at
the wheel, so that each man has two
hours on duty, and then 12 hours off,
before his turn comes around again.
During this period he may be called
onto shorten sail, wash the deck or
to perform other work. Half of the
crew have their bunks forward with
the cook, who is king of the forecas
tle, and the rest sleep aft with the
captain. We were assigned to a
double bunk aft, where we were not
troubled with galley smells, but had
to be on our good behavior. All the
rolics and revels were forward. The
crew ate in two shifts, the older men
with the skipper.—Travel Magazine.
The Shah on His Travels.
How the shah of Persia left Te
heran on his journey to Europe in
1900 is described by the author of
"Through Persia in a Motor Car."
The imperial baggage—items of which
were sacks of corn and barley, a
school globe and a colossal musical
box—was four hours rolling through
Teheran. In the midst, on a diminu
tive donkey, came a little man with
a gray beard and spectacles, who car
ried an enormous wallet, out of which
bulged mysterious-looking articles,
among others a huge open telescope.
This was his sacred majesty's as
trologer.
All Explained.
There is a little story going round
the house of commons about a certain
member who abstained from voting
on the deceased wife's sister bill.
Questioned by one of his friends as to
the reason for his abstention, he re
plied: "Well, my dear fellow, it's just
like this —my wife has a sister."—
John Bull.
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and see that it
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First Thibet Newspaper.
A report received at Peking from
Chang Yingtang, the Chinese resident
at Lhassa, tells of the establishment
of a native newspaper, the first one
ever printed in the Thibetan lan
guage.
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Town Lot Sales
on a New Railway
On October 24th the opening sale of lots in
the new town of Hettinger, North Dakota,
will be held, and the sale at Bowman, North
Dakota, will be held a little later. These
towns are west of the Missouri River, on the
Pacific Coast extension of the
Chicago, |
Milwaukee St. Paul
Railway
Hettinger is 22 \ miles west of Aberdeen,
S. D., and 131 miles west of the Missouri
River in one of the best agricultural sections
of the entire West. Hettinger will be the
county seat of Adams County, North Da
kota, and Bowman, of Bowman County,
North Dakota.
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dining cars and coaches, will be offered from
Aberdeen for each sale. Fixed prices will be
placed on the lots, and the choice will be by 1
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