THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1891.
ODDS AND ENOS.
o( Hungarian novelist Jukai is said
e h millionaire.
3ur spare hours aro well named;
icy scm -the short , of the day.
Tho longest name in the Bible is
tfarhar-slmlal-hash-ba. ' It occurs in
Isaiah viii, 3.
Tho thinker must write, .so that he
that runs may read, in order to Imeoine
'a light and u power."
Farm lands in the United States,
;itif? the country as a whole, occupy
iiy 289 acres in every 1,000.
The Sew York World paid out $184,
' f month's collection of news
i !! -'.. .ition of the paper.
I f it-ri.in lianeroft' rated the Ainer
K'jin juris hi this order: Kmerson,
Hrjiiiil, Longfellow and Whittier.
Tho orpins of smell in tho turkey
v'ult urv and carrion erow are no ileli
'' 'li if they can scent their food for
a distance of forty miles.
Jf.iiieii that lias lieoome yellow from
i,' laid away may be whitened if
id in buttermilk two or three days.
largest beekeeper in the. world is
Harbison, of California, who has
X hives, producing 20, 000 pounds of
ly yearly.
E. 1). E. Ji. Southworth's full
teisF.inina Dorothy Eliza Neuetto
lie ml
so aw
If I
mam
Iff I
iff f I I thworth. She is over seventy-live
$ , f jn nt jiiti unil riipv ftiln
f Ifennyson was fifty when his idyls
,JlMno" "Vivien." "Guinevere"
fun published, and was about sixty
ro when he completed the series with
'Gareth and Lynette."
Mr. Talmoge prides himself upon
'Jehu? able to turn out an excellent scr
uon more rapidly than most men can
trite a letter. Spurgeon is an equally
quick composer.
Water which is drank is not the only
source of danger. Many a widespread
and fatal epidemic has been traced to
milk from dairies where the pans had
been washed in impure water, or tho
milk itself adulterated with it.
Unlquevayii of ftufrhle.
The shocking testimony at the state
house which went to show that we are
, poisoning ourselves to death with our
wall paper, our paper boxes and a
dozen other articles of daily use which
contain arsenic has been talked about
a great deal lately, even at 5 o'clock
teas, when people generally balance
their cups in the air and talk about
nothing nt nil. There is a broad sug
gestion for fiction writers in this matter.
For instance, the testimony at the state
house showed hat a lady had been
dangerously poisofied by a green paper
box that she kept on a shelf in her
sleeping room. Now if one wants to
-4:o!uiuit suicide quietly, what better
way than to have paper of undoubted-
ly arsenic colors pasted upon one's
walls, and lc&ve some green paper
boxes lying carelessly about one's
rooms and wear clothes that are dyed
with arsenic?
Or if any lady wants to murder an
other, for instance, let her send her a
present of a handsome new bonnet in
a green paper box which is heavily
charged with arsenic nnd so prepared
as to transfer its deadly elements to the
atmosphere of the room at once. Of
course tho recipient 'of tjie bonnet
would keep the box around for several
days, nnd meantime the deadly work
, would be done. It is rather strange
that this method of destruction has not
been hit upon before. Murderers and
novelists are slow to uti. o the resour
ces of civilization. Boston Transcript.
Tlm Irummer,ii Little Story.
"I never felt myself floored but once i
in my life," said tho drummer, with the
air of a man who thinks ho has some
thing worth the telling. "It was down
in Maine," ho continued, after waiting
long enough to set curiosity on an edge.
"I'd been living on railway sandwiches
for a week, and I just longed for a
square meal. Well, we had to stop at
a way station for a couple of hours on
account of a hot box or something o'
that sort, and one of tho brakemen
put me on to what lie said was a first
class restaurant. I looked it up and
ordered a steak.
"The steak came, but it was a dis
appointment. I sawed away on it till
my arms ached. It was out of the ques
tion to chew the small bits I tore off
from it, th' ugh I tried hard. I gave it
up finally, and as I paid my score I stud
Incidentally, 'That's about the toughest
eating I ever experienced.' He took the
money, swept it into the drawer, and
without a quiver ho coolly remarked,
'You don't seem to consider how much
good it'll do you in the way of exer
cise I' "Boston Transcript.
Teacher of American.
Teachers of English are plentiful in
this day and generation, but teachers
of American are to be met with only at
rare intervals. In this city, however,
there are several of the latter who com
mand good prices for their services, arid
who find ready 'employment at all
times. Foreigners who have been
taught English in the schools of their
Dative land find themselves completely
kt sea on their arrival here, and many
of them who can afford it employ teach
ers to instruct them in learning tho pe
culiar idioms employed by tho Ameri
eans. The localism especially they
find most perplexing to master, and the
teacher must be well up on all the man
nerisms and slang expressions of the
day. The bishop of the Russian church
lii this city has a yonng lady employed
to teach him American, and he finds it
most necessary part of his education.
San Francisco Call.
ON THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
Adventure of au Kncllshiiiiui In tlia
Frozen Hrglon of North America.
Washburton Pike, an English ex
plorer, has returned from the Arctio
circle. Leaving Calgary in June, 1889,
Mr. Pike proceeded to Athabasca Land
ing, and from there to Fort Resolu-'
tion, on Slave river. Here ho secured
the services of two Indian guides and
helpers and started for tho barren
lands in search of musk .ox, caribou and
other large game. He had a very suc
cessful hunt, killing about forty musk
ox and as many caribou as they were
in position to handle. On that trip
Mr. Pike went as far north as Fish
river, this being the river on which
Franklin's first expedition to the north
polo was lost. Ho experienced many
adventures. The party was lost for
fourteen days and endured terrible
sufferings. They started to (toss the
Yukon range of mountains to the Pa
cific coast. After journeying for some
twelve days thojF found that instead of
being, as they supposed, on McLeod
river, they were on what afterward
turned out to be the Nation. Hero the
guides admitted they were lost, and
nothing remained for the party to do
but retrace their steps, which they did
witJi Amt enough provisions for a few
days. In two days they were out of
food, 'and, to make a long story short,
they starved for fourteen days.
Mr. Pike absolutely refuses to say
anything of their tortures during the
time, but ninny facts were gleaned
from those who saw them on their re
turn to tho rapids, and were compelled
to feed them as they would a baby.
As an example of the terrible state of
affairs, some hundreds of miles wero
tramped with bare feet on iee, and
their frozen condition when rescued
was simply terrible, while some of the
party wero so reduced from cold and
hunger jus to be totally helpless.
When asked to describe the barren
lauds Mr. Pike said that it was an im
mense tract of barren rock on which
grew a kind of moss and shrub, on which
deer that run by thousands feed and
appear to be very fond of it.
There are numerous lakes among
rocky bluffs whose waters freeze in tlw
cold season to the depth of from seven
to nine feet, lie reports temperature)"
as low as 60 degs. in tho winter, butth
summer months, July and August, ho
says, nro very hot. Six months during
the year the sun never shines on theso
barren parts.
Mr. Pike reports moose very scarce,
but says there are large numbers of
musk ox and thousands jf caribou deer,
the latter taking to tho woods in win
ter. Mr. Pike is the only white man
who has ever trod the path of tho
Franklin sufferers on the Fish river.
i Travel during this trip was almost en-
tirely done on loot, ilou' trains being
used for the carrying of provisions and
wood. The currency is in skins. A
skin is valued at lifty cents. Cor.
Philadelphia Press.
An Ungllsu Hen C'ruh.
"I have a curiosity here," remarked
a down town restaurateur, "the first of
the kind seen in this country for a long
time," pointing to a red backed non
descript that looked like a cross be
tween a lobster and a Gulf crab. Tho
shell was ten inches long, the claws
black nt the tips, and large enough to
iiold in a vise a quarter of lamb. "I
was passing np Park row the other day
when my attention was drawn to a
sailor who was offering this fellow for
three dollars to a crowd that had gath
ered around him. The sailor said he
hail brought it from Liverpool, as no
doubt he had. It is an Knglish sea
crab, found only in deep water in or
near tho English channel.
"Only once in a great while does ono
get so far from home ns New York.
This one is little more than a baby, for
it weighs but eight pounds. The aver
ago for full grown crabs is at least
double that. I had not had this fellow
a day when an English customer of
mine offered me twenty dollars for it,
with tho privilege of keeping it on
exhibition until he called for it. A
choice company of his friends will get
a rare crab salad treat from it Sunday
afternoon." New York Times. -
Kvarts Would Wnlt.
A good story about Senators Evarts
and Hoar has Just come out, rather
late, but not too late to bear repetition
They were both members of the senate
committee on the library. Mr. Hoar is
industrious and Mr. Evarts is not so in
dustrious as ho might be if ho were
younger and of a different tempera
ment He would not do anything that
did not appear to be absolutely neces
sary, and one thing that Mr. Hoar came
to think he would never do was to call
a meeting of the library committee.
One day Evarts and Hoar met by
accident in the committee room. Mr.
lloar, in hi ouerulous way, said to Mr.
Evarts, "LooTi hero, EvarUi, when you
get ready to call a meeting of the com
mittee on tho library I wish you would
bo kind enough to notify my execu
tors." Mr. Evarts kept on reading his
paper for a moment, and then replied,
In his dryest and most deliberate tone,
"Nothing will afford me greater pleas
ure." Mr. Hoar did not pursue tho
subject further. New Orleans Times
Democrat. flotsam and Jettam.
A whale sixty-eight feet long, and
dead from tho thrusts of a sword
fish, floated ashore on tho South Caro
lina coast tlu other day, and tho two
parties of negnes who lound it fought
for four hours as to which should take
possession. Then some white men came
along and gobbled the prize. Detroit
Freo Prtm
LIVE RIGHTLY.
I.
One nlinm I loved went home liintr yenrs ajro,
And t, whu tlimiKlit my lift! scare wurtli tlii)
livlm ,
Whs chilled Iiy tli words ho dropped, uncuu
m iimely.
Nut thinking lie wan I'lvbiif
Tl Icey mito me for the years to come
The minor key siure he went home.
II.
"They tell me 'li a solemn tiling to die"
(Surely, tliounlit I, surely they tell him
riditlyl,
"It is a solemn thine; to live, instead.
And li in it well there is no death. M he said:
"We '"'1 not need to fear when life is eniliii"
here,
Tin- o.ucr life will dawn so brightly."
III.
Hearing. I pondered on his helpful win , Is.
Ah! touched hy angel fingers, low, sweoS
chords
Of faith arose and kept thcstriiicsviliRiliiiz;
Ilurp-st rings that have been hushed anil iniilu
so long
Cnn not nt once respond with perfect sot g
That falters not nor ever know s abating.
IV.
Trusting, I knew not tlmt the hours were Ion:;
Or Joy-bells ceased their ringing,
Fur In the dark I sang a thankful song,
Nor ceased my slutting,
I'lessing His love for every tlav to come,
'i ryliiK to be more lit for that deal' home.
.'.ml every day I try to tune my life
Tnto the key he gave nic;
know that work of mini' availeth not,
No deeds can save lite;
Uoinetiines the skieit lire threatening, dark ai
night,
f'oinci lines the nzure skies are heavenly
bright,
But all the snme, I'm trusting In Ills name;
'nniing may come or ti ght,
1 know "at I'vciiing-tiine it shall be light."
INullie Hart Woodwoith.
Rediscovered.
Walter Iiesant, ui a liondon journal,
tells of his visit to the newly discovered
remains of a Roman city at Silchester,
Kent, England. The Antiquaries' So
ciety is excavating the place in sections,
which after being studied and sketched
are covered ugain for preservation. Ho
aays :
"You might look across that flat land
t i right anil left, and never dream that a
foot or two below the surface lie. the
foundations and floors and tesselated
pavements of a great city, of which not
a tradition or memory survives."
The town was built in square blocks,
which can lie traced where the corn is
standing. The iu..st interesting part of
the place is the Forum, the oflicial center
of the town, lli-re are the great Basilica,
a hall 1!S0 feet long, chambers for legal
and public htisiti 'ss and the shops where
the business of 1 1 ic city was carried on.
A perfect ground plan of a villa has
been laid Iwire. The tenant of this house,
which was probably of one story only,
had a cloister built arnuml a quadrangle,
the fourth side remaining open; it in
closi'd a small garden ; a large garden lay
oul-ide this. Behind the cloister were
1 irge rooms, those used in whiter beino;
wanned by hot air iitcs connecting with
greut iiinleiioiiiid stoves, which can bit
k -li. Behind tins" chambers was
another cloister, im.l at the back were
Kitchen, pantry, am! l.ir.l t. Tim large
area occupied by (his .we villa se.'ins to
indicate that the Nipulation could never
have been an exiviili.niiilly large one. A
great stone wall sti etches around
town, inclosing an an a of 100 acres.
tho
Reform In Fiilirrnl C'ereiiionlrs.
"The time is coming," said an under
taker of this city the other day, "when
people will cease to go to funerals in
troops, and when the friends of t'.ie de
ceased will take farewell of his remains
at his home instead of following him to
the grave, as they do now. This will be
a decided change for the better. Fu
nerals as now conducted are foolish and
meaningless performances. They bring
discomfort to all who attend them, and
in many cases they do isitive injury.
Think of the thousands of people who
catch their deaths of cold from standing
tmivcring at an open grave and from sit
ting around for hours in carriages travel
ing at snail's pace for miles into the conn
try. Of course the time is nut far dis
tant when burials will lie largely super
seded by cremation,
"On the whole I am disposed to n'gard
cremation as a blessing, l'eopl are op
posed to it now liecause they think it is
unnatural and horrible, it is simply an
assistance to nature's work ; it does
neatly and quickly what nature accom
plishes after a longtime and in a very un
pleasant fashion. I wonder if people
will ever realize that when a human
leing dies the body which he leaves be
hind him is not himself. There is no
more relation between a man when he is
living and when he is dead than there is
between any living thing and a piece of
clay. i?ut we have not reached that age
of civilization when the popular mind
can grasp this fact. When we do there
will be very different funeral ceremonies
from those now in vogue, and other
methods of disposing of the dead will
change materially." New York Tele-r-ram.
A 11,500 Butterfly.
A young man camping in the Sierras
discovered and captured a butterfly of
nn unusual species. He sent it to the
I'linithsonian Institution at Washington
nnd received a check for $1,5(10, with the
request to make careful search for other
moths of the same kind. It was an in
diviiml of a fossil species, supposed to
be extinct, and great was the excitement
among scientists at the discovery that
one of the race had been recently alive.
Although diligent search has been made
by men paid for the service, no other
specimen has been found.
Discovered hy AerMent.
"I never knew until recently," said a
man. "that I was slightly nearsighted.
1 happened to put on a pair of glasses
just to try them, and as they fitted my
eyes tho resuic to me was amazing. I
bad my eyes examined and found that
I had lieen nearsighted without know
ing it. I amuse myself now by looking
at distant objects through my glasses,
and enjoy the clearness, whereas I had
always-supposed, if I had thought any
thing at all aliout it, that the former
haze was a n.ituiul result of long distance
vision. "New York Tribune,
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NEW AD V EltT IS EMKNTS.
Pure iryteLead k
Genuine Select Seed, sacked and de
livered at depot at $1.50 per bushel.
Also "Allen's Long Staple Cotton
Seed" sacked at $200 per bushel.
UOTE: On five and one-
quarter acres made nine bales in 18!t0.
Very respectfully,
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Medoc, N. C.
3-20-1 m.
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Ice. isk iO M'cn
WELDON, N. C.
II 0 S E desiring to purchase or
sell property ia the town of Wcldon, will
do well to see or correspond with me.
I have been surveying the lands iu and
arouud Wcldon at various times for the
past ten years and hence I know some
thing of the value rf these lots.
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