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- - . I 3 ?nc EGonooso?. .PUBLISHED BT E.BCEEEOY Bates of , BaUcription, in Advance! Tc Six Keottu 2.00 VOL. V. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28,1879 TST0. 16. i?nG GGonoriKGff. X f BATES lweefc. WrefcS.. 4 weeks t weeks moot as. manUu itmonUa. .Jfi.eo'n.' OF ADVERTISING t j 4 ta.iv eliwelit eoL ln.lt ta.it la. i tl.T5 fiM 1.TW t.M UOl 4.00 4Jj 00 BlOO S.S0 S.OO1X0O 1.00 MS S.00 110 tee 1S.00, 13.00lM.00 Vciiwcl Ii m!m m S3.00t4.0O tT-00 1100 00 T.M Tj00;10.0jl&00 tOLOo'iieo u.ooia.oo SO.0O tt.ee o.no Si 1.00 MM 40 M 00.00 0.0 ioo.o Court adTemsemMita. trbcn not exceedia? three Inches, S&90. Tor each additional tach, (too extra, Basiaeas ftoace.t(a loreL col am s. twontr eeoLs per ttne for am laeeruoa. sad tea eeata tor each subsequent tnaeruoa. TWILIGHT- MONOLOGUE. Csn it be thst t helcry of manhood bse passed That tt purpose, Its passions, its might. Bare all paled with the f error that fed them at last. 1 As the Twilight comes down with the Night? Can it be I bare lived, dreamed, and labored in rain. That abore me, nneonqnered and bright, The proud goal I badaimed at is taunting my pain. . j As the twilight comes down with the Night ? The glad days, the brare years, that were lusty and long. .: - ... ! How they fade in vague memory's sight ! And tbeir Joys like echoes of jubilant song. As the Twilight comes down with the Night? There is dew on my raiment the eea winds , wail low, Ao lost birds wafted wareward in flight ; And all nature grows cold, like my heart in its woe. I - r . At the adrent of Twilight and Night . Frnm the re&lm of dead sunsets, scarce dark . ened as yet, O'er the hills mist enshrouded and white, A soft sigh of ineffable, mournful regret Seems exhaled 'twixt Twilight and Night. 0 thou GeDius of Art I haTe worshipped and blessed! O thou soul of all beauty and light ! Lift me up in thine arms, gire me warmth from thy breast, Ere the Twilight be merged in the Night ! 1 may draw from thy bosom miraculous breath; And for once on Song's uppermost height I may chtnt to the nations such music in deth As :hall mock at the Twilight and Night. The Wife's Ambilion. "rt'sahard rub to eet alonsr. little wile, isn't it ?" said Gerald May as he Hosed his account book, and looked somewhat ruefully at the solitary one dollar bill hieh was all that remained of his months salary after the house keeping bills were settled, and the rent paid, and the outstanding accouuts at the dry goods storey balanced up satis factorily. Mabel Mav was kneelinff on the hearth rug, toasting a piece of bread for her husband's supper. She turned around, with cheeks flushed by the fire light, and rosy lips apart. "Oh I Gerald," said she, "I do try so hard to be economical !" "Of course you do, little chick," said May, leaning over to capture one par ticular curl of reddish biowh hair that was drooping, in colors of gold, over the fair forehead, and giving itan afl'ec tlonate little twitch. "Don't I know "Bat I wish I could help you," cried out Mabel. "Oh, I wish I knew of any way to earn money tayself I" Gerald May looked at her with an amused smile. "My dear," said he, "one would as soon expect an ovesized doll to earn money I"! "Other women do," said Mabel, crit- ' ically surveying the slice of bread, to make sure that it wyas artistically brown on both sides. "But you are such a child I" ' "I am two and twenty," said Mabel solemly. i "Nousence!" said Gerald. "What could you do to earn money?" Mabel colored a little at the deprecia tory tone of the words. "Gerald said she, "I do wish you would treat me more like a woman and less like a child. Don't you suppose that I have as much talent as the rest of my sex?" Gerald laughed good humoredly. Pour out the tea, cara," said he, be fore you go on rhapsodizing I Of course 1 know that your a dear little puss, and can make an omelette or a shirt with any woman in Christendom I But you can't write a stirring book like George Eliot, nor paint a, grand picture like Rosa Bonheur !" "Of course I don't aspire to any such greatness as that," said Mabel, impalt ently ; "but I can sing." "You've got a nice little ; voice enough," said her husband, patroni zin '. y, "for the parlor; but as to mak ing money out of it, I hardly think you'll find it so easy." "You don't think I can do any thing," cried Mabel, half indignantly. "Only just because I am a woman." but then I don't mean to ask Gerald's advice 1" . And three or four weeks afterwards, when Mrs. May presented herself, trembling and fluttered, before Signor Severo, that musical autocrat viewed her, with favorable eyes, through an immense pair of tortoise shell" eye glasses. "You advertised for a soprano, sir, ' said Mabel, turning carmine and white by turns. . "Certainly, madam, I did," said the signor. "For ze choir of St. Eudocla, in Magnolia Square." - "Will you please try me?" "WIz ze greatest of pleasure, mad ame P' briskly opening the huge grand piano which stood like a family coffin In the middle of the room. "And what will you sing?" "Whatever you please, sir." Signor Severo rustled a piece of music out of a drift some three feet high on the floor. "Bien ! We will try zls," said he. He struck the chords, and rising up on the wings of the sublime. harmony, Mabel's voice soared like a bird. Signor Severo nodded when the arie was over and rubbed his hands glee fully. "Madame," suid he, ."it is strong It is sweet. You have one good idea of time and tune you know how to man age ze voice." "And you will give me a trial?" Mabel's heart was beating so rapidly, that she could hardly speak. The sig nor nodded. "And if ze musical committee accept y6u mind, madame, I do not say zey will for of all committees, musical committees are the most capricious we will give you ze salarie of six hundred dollaires ze year. I plaz ze organ; I lead ze. choir, when it will be lead at all," with a comical shrug of the shoul ders, " and I shall you most cordially recommend." Six hundred dollars! Mabel May tripped home as if her light feet were flying over rose-colored clouds, Instead of muddy March pavements. Why, that was ag much as Messrs. Stint & Scrappepaid Gerald for his drudgery work behind the bookkeeper's desk. Six hundred dollars! It would double their little income at once, and enable them to lay something by for rainy the day, that comes to every one. sooner or ltpr. Oh ! could it be Dossible that such good luck was In store for her? It was late on Sunday night, when Gerald May sat yawning before his sol itary fire. Mabel had been spending the duv and eveninsr with a friend or at least sd she said and Gerald was be shinning to realize how lonely home was without its pervading spirit. At length the door opened and Mabel in rosv and dimnled. and wrapped In a huge shawl. " Have ; you been very lonesome, dear? " she said, radiantly. "I've felt like Robinson Crusoe on uia ripsort island." said Gerald with a grimace. " And what sort of a day have you had, little woman? " "Oh, pleasant enough," evasively " But tell me, Gerald, how have you whiled awav the time? " " I've been to a fashionable church,' said Mr. May, St. Eudocia's, in Mag nolla Square. And I must take you there, Mabel, to hear the music 1 Why Its "eq nil to an oratorio. The tears cam .ii tof mv eves as I listened it seemed as if .my soul were floating up: ami n n and nn. on the current of that divine melody, " Was it very fine ? " Mrs. May's face was turned away as she was fastening a loose button in her boot. L" "The finest soprano I have ever heard." cried Gerald, enthusiastically. " You must listen to her, Mabel ! " The young wife turned to him, with brimming eyes and cheeks suffused with crimson, " Gerald," said she, " I mnst tell you a secret. I, too, was at St. Eudocia's church this morning .Ana you All V k 4 Yes no I don't know whether I did or not. Gerald," flinging her arms around bis neck, " I was the soprano at St. Eudocia's. Oh, Gerald forgive me for keeping you in Ignorance so until 1 The lire-Fiend. Grandfather Llckshlngle broke the ilence as follows : ' 1 "1 tell what it Is, children, there's no use talktn'. ' The newspaper, men of to-day can't slfng ink with their grand fathers. They're degeneratin'. ThU country sees no graphic wrttin like it did when your grandfather was ridin the editorial tribod -like a witch astride the gale. I know of no place that af fords a better field for descriptive writ- n than these very oil regions. Why the fires you have here can't be beat exceptiu', of course, beyond the tomb. When I hear of one of these con flagrations I just ache to take my pen n hand, and describe it in my own graphic style." -" ' Grandfather closed his eyes, swayed to and fro on his easy, chair, while his face growed with enthusiasm. fi He seemed to be in a transport of joy. "Bring forth my .good gray quill," he-said, "and let me paint the burnin' town.' ' One of the children said he thought grandfather 'was going to have a lit; fathex said he was only iu the newspa per business, in his imagination, at a salary of a thousand dollars a week, but would soon be all right. "'Tis night. Fire! Are! fire!" said grandfather, rapidly tracing a sheet of imaginary paper with a goose-quill of the mind. "Fire ! fire ! fire! and the affrighted winds took up the cry. The fire-fiend, with his sword of flame, was seen ' leapin from the - back window of a bake-shop, breathin' smoke and forked lightnin' from his nostrils. In an instant the sleepin' city was out on the floor barkin' its shins on chairs and things in a mad hunt after its pantaloons. Hush! hark! The fire llend rushea on and on like a war-horse leavih' destruction in his trail. Look! he scales the side of yon corner gro cery, even as a kitcnen-maiu wouia scale'a fish, an' .with his fiery, forked tongue licks the paint olfen the build in V See! like the hugry holocost that he is, he is lickin' up the sign: mackerel, bacon, flour, feed an' visions,' as if he hadn't tasted a bite for a monttu See him leap to the eaves of mv ladies bowers an' gorge himself upon the gingerbread work of the cor hices. Now he hurls his body through the windows of yonder residence, ran sacks; the Dremises. an' escapes like a rocket through the roof.' He turns somersaults from housetop to housetop, knocks over chimney-pots, dances a jig on the hot shingles, like the boy on the burnin' deck, and without as mucii as a "look out behind' rains a shower of sparks upon the heads of the panic- stricken populace. But see him now I lie spits upon his calloused hands and scoots up the liberty-pole like a cat up an apple tree. Up ! up ! up ! Higher ! higher I higher 1 Higher and yet high er! Higher than the price of butter, until now with one fiery foot he tip toesitupon the topmost tip, the while he flngs his arms of flame about him like a village lawyer makin' a Fourth of Julv oration. Now he places his thumb to his nose, and with his ex tended fingers describes a circle in the face Of the man in the moon, while he laps his forked tongue about the Am erican flag and swallows it Deiore a loyal people can shoot him on the spot." A Venerable Bridge. Xlereklah. A- 'Salt pco- heard that delicious so- lomr. but I tlared not tell you "Some women can drive fate single- nositlvelv that I should either handed," said Gerald May, sipping his tea with provoking nonchalance, "but you are not one of the sort, my dear!" But long after Gerald had lighted his student lamp and commenced his eve ning avocation of copying law papers, by which pursuit he added a slender sum to the income which would other wise have been quite insufficient tor even the slender wants of the young married pair, Mabel sat with folded hands gazing into the red coals, as if she could read there, some clue to the problem of her life. "Only one dollar left of our month's money after our months bills are all settled," said Mrs. Mabel to herself, screwing up her. little rosebud ot a 'mouth. "Oh I dear I this isn't the way to get ricn. we must maite a nine money somehow.,. I can't write love stories and poetry and I .won't sew for starvation prices ; and I don't see my way clear to being a shop girl or a cash ier, even if anybody would employ me, because there is dear old Gerald to be looked after and Tcept comfortable. But I16 thluk'I could sing; if I only obtained the chance.' M. Martelli; at boarding school, used to 'say l had a good soprano. I'll ask Mrs. Lacy, up stairs, to let me practice a little on her piano, and ;then I'll 'ry my fortune. Gerald would say It was all uonseuce! be succeed or fail. And, heaven praised I I have succeeded." Gerald's eyes, too, were full iu spite of his assumed, stoicism. "My little darling," he whispered, caressingly, ' And 1 8uppose'theykpay you some trifling salary?" . i "Six hundred dollars a year, Ger ald," she answered, with Innocent tri umph. - What" he involuntarily exclaimed. "That's something worth having. Why, you must be. a genious, little wife!" : ' . "We can save a little now, dear," she said lightly : " and you needn't take any more of that tiresome law copying, and I can hlre a piano to prac tice with, and and oh, Gerald, I am so happy ! " For Mabel May had at last succeeded In attaining the goal of her feminine ambition, ana she wouldn't nave en vied England's queen that night One of the most ancient bridges in the world is that over the Main at Frankfort, which Goethe called the on ly structure of importance in" that ci ty, jit was erected in 1342, on the site of a much earlier structure. Its imme diate predecessor, built in 1306, was al most entirely destroyed during a vio- tent flood, and rebuilt by funds raised from the sale of church indulgences. Theibuilding of bridges was then con sidered a religious work, because they enabled pilgrims the better to reach their destinations, It was from the cen tral areh of the bridge that criminals were drowned, and hence, too, the bo dies of suicides were cast into the river The last' execution by drowning was in 1613. There is a story of an Anglo-Saxon tourist, who, lounging on . the re nowned bridge, asked a resident the name of the most conspicuous statue on t. j"Charlemagne," the reply, pro nounced like Charley Main. "Ah! 4 Just then the .stage rolled up to a house at the cross-roads and stopped. Our driver got down and watered hi horses in a melanehsly way, and groan ed as with a deprecatlLr gesture h be came to the door and informed us that there was another passenger. A large, bony, rublcand woman came forth, bringing three band boxes, ana followed by a short, chubby man who can be best' described as a "kerchun- kety." lie had only one eye, carried an arm in a sling, and his nose was ir resolute. , ' t "Now, Hezeklah," said she, "you look out for yourself. Y ou hear me ? You keep outer the fire, aud don't yer go near notnin. i never seeu ucu critter I I'm goln' away and can't look arter me! You hear me!" Then ishe climbed in and sat down where Jim's leg? had been. "Gents wy how fare ye! I thought they wan't nobuddy aboard, but he's the tryinest man! Got good sense; yes ; ben to the Legislater ; fust sleek man; but he's alius gettin' hurt. I never know when he's safe! He's the tryinest man!" And she gave her bandbox a hearty thump, with her fist. "Sick a good deal V' I ventured to ask. y ' "Sick? No he aint. Never sick I He tumbles into somethin', or somethin' tumbles onhim or somethin'." "Perhaps you will tell us about It," remarked Jim. She was evidently ready to relieve herself on that point. She put her feet up on the opposite seat and began : "Wall le's see he didn't hurthis- self very often until a year ago. inen, one day he was out in the woods chop- in. He felled a big tree on the saplln, then he hit the saplin a clip and he didn't know nothin fer three 'r lour days.When brought In they say he was a sight to look at. They thougnt he was dead fust. I was away. I'm alius away when he gets hurt. Then I cum hum and doctored him up and most used up my strength in recoverin on him, wen, fust I knows, I beln called away over to a neighbors war Sprony was sick, he went out to split logs aud put a blast into one, and thoughtlessly crept right up and pecked in ana n most blowed .his head off. He was senseless for three days more, and one eye was put out completely. I wore myself out agin gittin him onto his legs, wen wot should lie do but go in the paster wen I was away and one of the bulls histed him. They gay he lif ted him quite unusual. It mucilated him a good deal, and he was senseless for three days. He's alius senseless fer bout three days. I cum hum and poul ticed him till you couldn't rest, and kinder nust him up, and 'twan't a bit mor'n a fortnit wen he went out loadln hay without my permission (I was a way), and he ketched a sunstroke and tumbled offen the load and lit on his head' on a pile er stuns. Wen I got back I tole him he was a dumb fool, but he didn't understan a word till his three days was, up. I put lodlum poultices on him agin and made him smell of hartshorn, and blmeby he revived. Will you beleeve within one week, wen I was way that man managed to get in the millpond? Why he didn't git drowned to death I don't know he ought ter ; but they fished him out and laid hiai on the bank and rolled him, and wen I cum hum he was settln up on his elbows askln about how the lec tion went in Swampscot. I was pretty mad, I tell ye. The bees got him next time. They swarmed right on his head mistook it fer a knot, I s'pose, I can't hardly tell ye how he looked after that some like a pile of tomaters. Howsomedever, Hezeklah still lives; but I expect, jest's much 's 1 expect to live, that a sheep rl bite him danger ously afore I git home I" system- The breath should be Inhaled by the nostrils as well as by the mouth, more especially while out of doors In cold weather." This has partly the ef fect of a resDiration in so far as war ming the air in Its passage to the deli cate air cells and In also rendering one less liable to catch cold. This full res piration is of so much importance that no proper . substitute is to. be found for it In shorter though more rapid breath- ing. in short Dreaming a large porwou of the air cells remain nearly stationa ry, the upper portion of the lungs only being engaged in receiving and dis charging a small portion of air. Pro found thought, intense grief and other similar mental manifestations have a depressing effect on respiration. The blood unduly accumulates in the brain, and the circulation in both heart and lungs becomes diminished, unless in deed there be feverishness present. An occasional long breath or deep-drawn sigh is the natural relief in such a case, nature making an effort to provide a re medy. , This hint should be acted on and followed up. Brisk muscular exercise In the open air even during InH clement weather is an exellant antidote of a physical kind for a "rooted sor row." And the earnest student instead of tying himself continuously to his desk might imitate a friend of the writer of thiswho studied and wrote while on his legs. Pacing his room, blad in hand with paper attached, he stopped as occasion required to pen a sentence or a paragraph. Breathing is the first and last act of man and is of the most vital necessity all through life. Persons with full, broad, deep chests naturally breathe freely and slowly, and large nostrils generally ac- -a i . "I company large cnesis. oucn persons rarely take cold, and when they do they throw if off easily. The opposite build of i chest is more predisposed to lung desease. The pallid complexion and conspicuous blue veins show that oxygen is wanted, and that every means should be used to obtain it. Deep breathing also promotes perspiration, by increasing the circulation and the animal warmth. Waste is more rapid ly repaired, and the skin is put in re quisition to remove the used materials. Many forms of disease may be thus pre vented, and more vigorous health en joyed. ; ; A Fireless L.ocomotire. Magmrm'a lee Bridge. During the severe weather in Janu ary, the accumulated mass of Ice came to a standstill beneath the new suspen sion bridge, at Niagara, and the watch ers began tohope that there would be a bridge with a smooth surface a thiug unprecedented so' far as history ortra diUon bear recoid. But the hope was soon dispelled, for the huge dam of ice suddenly began tdjieave, grind and break up wlttra loud noise which is described as being exceedingly trying to the nefves. Then there was a sec ond standstill, and it seemed certain that the bridge had been formed, but In the afternoon there was a third and more severe disturbance as the prison ed waters exerted their giant strength in an effort to be free. The battle was a errand one. Vast i quantities f Ice' FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Breath Gymnast!. On ihe street 'railway from Ruel to Marly, near Paris, a tiireless locomo tive has been introduced which is ex tremely servicable ior( short transits. The system, invented by a M. Fracy, is based on the fact that "water boils at a lower temperature proportionately to the reduction of the atmospheric pres sure, j Into a reservoir of thin steel are introduced 1,800 litres of water at 200 degrees Fahrenheit; a Iiermetical cover ing is placed over it. The steam which the water gives off at once fiills the su perincumbent space produces a pres sure of fifteen atmosphers. As soon as any of the vapor is turned on for mov ing the machine the pressure is reduced and the water then begins to boil, pro. duclng a new supply of steam, ui course that process is but of limited ex teutj as, at the comencement, the liquid onlf contained a certain amount of heat which is gradually diminished as the re production of steam takes place at a low er temperature by the exhaustion of superincumbent pressure. As the a mount of pressure required to work the engine is only five atmosphers, a series ol valves are so arranged as to prevent a greater amount of force issuing from the reservoir than is necessary, and thus retaining as far as possible the heat originally contained in the water. The driving part of the machinery is neaaly Identical with that of ordinary locomotives, 'with a few modifications, with the purpose of guarding against the Useless waste of the heat originally introduced into the reservoir. and snow were Caught inthe water's arms and tossed hither and thither like playthings fighting aud struggling with one another, and grinding them selves to fragments In the fierce en gagements. Great liummocks weigh jng hundreds of tons were pushed Into the air and remained there as monu ments of the fearful battle. Large bowlders were torn from the shore and swept into the stream, and the solitary flr which was wont to mark the land ing place of the ferry became a victim of the warring elements, though ordi narily it stands three feet above high water. The slow, awful strength of the infuriated waters was so apparent that It seemed as if they must rend the great gorge in twain and escape from their thraldom by some new road ; but there was only one gateway for them, and as they could not break the mile wide dam in two, they lifted it up bod ily and swept away beneath, still rag ing but completely conquered by the armies of the Frost King. Having tljus succumbed to this inevitable humilia tion, the water allowed thejee" to rest above it, accepting the yoke which it could not break despite its boasted strength. Looking over to the Cana dian shore the observer could see huge icicles of many tons' weight hanging like the ropy locks on the foieheads of the giants in the story books. But these sights are as nothing when com pared to the broad sheet of wrinkled snow ice which lies at its feet. There it is the conqueror of Niagara spark ling in the sunlight as calmly- and peacefully as a patch of snow. There is something majestic, sublime, in its quiet Indifference to the influences of the water-power. All traces of the battles have departed, save In the rough surface which from the Duty first and pleasure afterward.) Avoid that which you blame In others. Never leave home with unkind words. Harvest never comes to such as sow nor. . I Never laugh at the misfortunes of others. " Never neglect to call upon-your friends, x Never give a promise that you do not fulfil. The putrid grape corrupts the sound cluster. Speak evil of noone; not even of your enemies. Never send a present, hoping for one in return.. Neverspeak much of your own per formances, i . Never fall to be punctual at. the time appointed. r To be thankful for a little. U the, way better iu Are show grain of sed to get more. Some people than in substance. Every good deed is a tor eternal life. The most voluminous of authors the author of his own misfortunes. Nature is content with little, grace with less, but lust with nothing. Col ton once said of time wisdom walks before It, opportunity with it, and repentance walks behind it. j It is only when one is thoroughly true, that there can be purity and free dom, falsehood only punishc itself. Life is a state of embryo, a prepara tion for life. A man is not completely born until he has passed through death. Belfeve, and If thy faith be right, that In sight which gradually transmits faith into knowledge will be the reward of thy belief. .Nothing does so fool a man as extreme passlonThia doth make them fools which otherwise are not and show them to be fools that are not. ? j If you want to take the gimp out of a stuck-up man, mistake hlin for a street car conductor by offering him your fare as he comes along. j When she bestrode his "bugle" with a clothes-pin, and thereby stopped hi snoring, he said he always thought the habit could be conquered in a plnchl It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution XjS make a fortune, and when you have got It, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it. :-.- : ' -I The latest device for a scarf pin Is a solid gold fork, and, when worn by a fashionable youth, the combination of fork and spoon is said to be very effec tive. . , The peculiar manner in which a man's hand clings to the door knob in the morning indicates that the molasses candy party is surging, through the land. Girls whose opinions about Such height of the point is not noticeable to things are always valuable, say there Is an v great degree. Beside the rotunda which stands at the base of the Ameri can fall a mountain of snowy spray ice towers up eighty feet high, and is eac day climbing higher and higher toward the summit. The dome of the rotunda bears an ice crown of exceeding beau ty, and along the roof of the dressing shed are curious ice formations which nothing less than the photographic camera can adequately picture. Glant icicles hang from the cliffs, and every once in a while a huge fragment comes tumbling down. The ice $s perfectly white and seemingly quite porous, but excessively hard-frozen. As it warms in the mouth it aVaumes a gum-like consistency which tempts one to chew it, though he finds it a little too brittle for that purpose. Its appearance is ex actly that of spun glass, and could it be made Indestructible and retain its present consistency, it would make very superior balls. It is said that the spray which formed this ice was per fectly pure, and that If a ton of it were melted It would produce no . apprecia ble quantity of sediment. The Mask-Ox All good conversation, mannersand action come from a spontaneity which forgetsnsages and makes the moment great. 'Nature hates calculators; her methods are saltatory ana impulsive Only in our easy, simple spontaneous actions are we strong. By contenting ourselves iwitb obedience ' we become divine.' A believing love will relieve as of a vast load of care. perhaps the from him,," oinder. river, too, takes its name was the astonishing re- A Shrewd Wife. Ah amusing story comes from the Ar dennes, where, according to tne taie, ah agriculturist recently 'died leaving Wife, a horse and a dog. A few month betore his death he cauea nis wife to him, and bade her sell the horse, and give the proceeds of the sale to his relative, and sell the dog ana keep the money thus gained for her self. Soon after the death the wife went to the market .with the horse and dog, and dog, and exhibited them, with jthe announcement that the price of the off was 500 francs, and that of the . . i horse 5 francs. The passers-oy stoupcu and stared, and judged the woman mad, more especially as she informed all would be Durchasers that to buy the horse it was necessary to buy the dog first. At last a curious passer-by con cluded the bargain; after which the ctriiifiiii wnman handed over 5 francs to the family of her deecased husband, and retained 500 francs lor herself, thus contriving at the lame time to carry out the letter, if not the spirit, of the ishes'of her husband, and to secure the largest sum of money for herself. The importance of breathing plenti ful of fresh air as an asseutial of health is generally admitted. Well-ventllated rco.iis, open-air exercise and excursions into the countrv are appreciated to some extent by all clases. But the art of breathing is very much overlooked. Being a process not "depending on the will for its exercise, U is too much left to the mere call of nature. It Is, ho w- rert- au act which can be influenced very materially by the will. Properly trained singers are taught-tQ attend rv carefully to their breathing. When brisk muscular exercise Is taken breathing is naturally active without any special efforts. JBut when the bo dy is at rest or: engaged!! occupation ronnWiiKr a oonflnea posture, ana es- pecially when the mina is oDsoroea in though tl the breathing naturally 1 comes diminished and the aetfon of the lungs slow and feeble. The conse quence is that'tbeoxygenation of:tne blood is Imperfectly carriea on.. Jven in taking a constitutional walk the full benefit is I not attained for want of thorough breathing. As a remedy for this it has been suggested that there Is rnsim for what might be fitly termed Dreath gymnastics to draw in long and full breaths, filling the lungs full at every inspiration, and emptying them as completely as possible at every ex piration and to acquire the habit of full breathing at all times. -This mode of breathing has a direct effect in supply ing the largest possible amount of oxy gen to the blood and more thorough consuming the carbon and so producing animal heat. 1 1 has also the very im portant effect of expauding the che and so contributing to the vigor of the Dinner-Table Hints. When taking a lady down do not if she is "peckish" or "sharp set." Do not say " I hope they will give us a good tuek-out!" ' Wen you are seated keep calm," what ever there Is for dinner.? - Soup should not be chewed, you must swallow It whole. Never hammer with your feet for the next course, or shout "waiter !" " When anything nice is put on the ta ble do not chuckle nor rub your chest. When the entrees comet round, make a free choice, but don't pocket. . 7 Never take more than four helps of anything. , Do not sponge your gravy with, your bread and' squeze It down your throat; It has an uneducated look; " Never speak' with. your mouth full; first, because its vulgar; ana secondly! because you can't. , If you feel uncomfortable symptoms arising from repletion you must dissem ble; do not call tor brandy and peppcr miet drops. ; If your fair neighbor askes what is the matter with you, hasten to assrfre her that it's not catching. Crack nuts for your hostess If your teeth are good. f ; Do not say "I'm chuck full !"- when dinner is over it has a forein air "about It. ';- t"; . " -W; Before joining the ladies wash your bsndsi n the bowls provided for the purpose; you should not-call for soap or bath towels. The musk-ox measures only about five and a half feet from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, and closely a proaching in size the smallest of High land cattle but is much stouter in pro portion and more compactly .built, the structures differing in shorfness and strength of the bones of the neck and lengthof the dorsal processes which support the ponderous head. The weight is usually greatly overestimated by trav elers and writers, being placed approx imately at 700 pounds; 300 pounds would probably be nearer the weight of the largest. This error is doubt les3 due to the apparent size of the animal, which, owing to the huge mass of wol- ly.halr with which it is . covered, has given ri to the common statement that midgt of mlierleB. too much shirt collar and too little young man in the present fashions to suit their taste. . . y' j A weak mind sinks under prosperity as well as under adversity. A strong mind has two highest tides when the moon is at the full and when there Is no moon.'' . I So many good men have turned out defaulters that we know not what to do with our superfluous funds. Will some one hand us a spade and direct us to a -lonely spot ? j Every man hath within himself a witness and a judge of all the good or 111 that he does; it. inspires him with great thoughts, and gives him whole some counssl. I If we practice goodness not for the sake of iu own intrinsic excellence,, but for the sake of gaining some advan- v tage by it, we may be cunning, but we are not good. I The young man now counteth bis shekels, and resolveth to remain single for another year, while the over-confl- -dent maiden sigheth and keepeth late hours in the meantime. The mind is nourished at a cheap rate. Neither cold, nor beat, nor age itself can interrupt this exercise. Give, therefore, all you cm to a possession which ameliorates even in its age. The old in religion' dies out-the error, error the old dispensation, the old sup erstition, but not the old T religion. This is forever now and forever fresh. For this there is no decline, no decay ; Tor It is the life of God in the soul. ; y i Gentleman who can't teira polonaise, from an apronl front will bear in mind the prevailing; distinction between a hat and a bonnet. One . Is worn over the ear. and the other on the nape of the neck. j ' " j., - It Is not poverty so much as pretet.cd that harrasses a ruined man the keep- ; ing up a hollow show that must come to the end. Have the courage to appear poor and you disarm poverty of Its sharpest sting. - Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that, holding all things under Itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness eyen in me T1 . li it rivals in size the largest or ii,ngiisu bullock8.' The outer hair or flece is long and thick, brown or black in cooler,fre quently decidedly grizzled, and pro longe T to the knees, hanging .far below the middle of the leg. U nderneatn me shaggy coat, and covering a.11 parts of the animal, though much, the heaviest upon the neck and shoulders, is found a fine,, soft wool of exquisite texture, of a bluish drab or, cinerous hue, capable being used In the arts ana of forming the most beautiful raoncs. Con and ram. Because God's presence with a man in his house, though it be but a cottage makes that house both a castle and a palace. Why is dancing like milk? it strengthens the calves. ' ' - Why is an Englishman like a bee ? Be cause he is ruled by a Queen. What is the best way to curb a wild young man? to bridal him. What kind of ship has two mates and n Captain? Courtship. ' Why is a discontented man like a watch dog t Because he is. a growler. What Is that by losing an eye has no hlng left but a nose? A noise. The love of glory, the fear of shame, the design of making a fortune, the desire of rendering life easy and agree able and the humor of pulling down other people are often the causes of that valor so celebrated among men. j Warm your body with healthy exer cise, not by cowering over a stove. Warm your spirit by performing Inde pendently noble deeds, not by Ignobly seeking the sympathy of your fellows who are no better than yourself. , Have. you known how to compose your manners? You have done a great deal more than he who has composed, books. Have you known how to take repose? Ton have done more than he who has taken cities ana empires. The soul may be compared to a field of battles, where the armies are ready at every moment to encounter. Not a single vice but has a more powerfu opponent, and not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices. The wise man has his follies no less than the fool ; but it has been said that herein lies the difference the follies of the fool are known to the world, but are hidden from himself, the follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from tne world. -1 1
The Weekly Economist (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1879, edition 1
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