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WASTED PRECAUTIONS. A Spell of Worry and Anxiety That Went For Naught. Ferguson was wending his uncertain Way homeward, sorely troubled in his mind over the curtain lecture he knew Was in store for him and casting about for some means of evading it. Sudden ly a bright Idea was evolved from his befuddled brain. He would slip into the house and get quietly into bed Without awakening hie wife. Accordingly he stole gently upstairs, •carefully undressed outside the door and crept into bed, with his face to ward the outside. He mentally congratulated himself Upon his success thus far and went to sleep. When he awoke in the morning he •dared not look at his wife, and after lying still for a few minutes and not Rearing any noise from her he con cluded she was still asleep. He then determined to arise very guietly, carry his clothes outside the floor, dress there and go downtown to business without waiting for break fast He was successful in this, and, meeting the servant girl downstairs, ho Said: "Eliza, you can tell your mistress I expect to be very busy today and therefore I didn't stay to have break fast with her this morning." "Laws, sir!" said Eliza. "Missis went •way yesterday morning to her moth ■qr's and said she wouldn't be back till "tbis evening.**—London Telegraph. ENGLISH JUSTICE. Hard on Petty Thieves and Light on Wife Beaters. It Is only about a century since the t ath penalty was inflicted in England r theft not exceeding the value of a Sheep. Now some of the London jour nals are making a merciless exposure Qf magistrates throughout the kingdom Who keep up the tradition by sentenc ing thieves to jail while inflict ing, jonly trifling fines upon wife beat and even more brutal offenders. S In one police court one defendant was fined 10s. 6d. for knocking his wife down in the street because she refused to give him money for drink, ftnd another was sentenced to sixty Jays' imprisonment for damaging growing potatoes and stealing two footballs. For cruelty to a horse, beating his wife, who was ill, with fist and ham mer and leaving her with nothing to one man was fined 10 shillings, while another, charged with stealing a pair of bocks valued at sixpence, got fourteen days' hard labor. It would not be difficult to make up a list of similar cases from American police courts, yet the tendency in America is rather toward a higher estimate of the value of human life.—Van Norden Mag azine. ■J Australian Curiosities. There are some curious things in cen tral Australia. Lake Amadeus in the dry season is merely a sheet of salt. Ayers rock, about five miles round, rises abruptly from the desert. For merly vast rivers flowed here, and the diprotodon, a wombat-like creature worthy of its name and four times as large as a kangaroo, flourished on the plains. Now there are hardly any ani mals to be seen. The fish live in water boles of the hills until the floods wash them down to the valleys. At the end Of the wet season the water frogs fill , themselves with water, roll themselves in the mud and lie low till the next ifcins, which may not come for two jears. Meanwhile the provident frog, tike the "mousie" of Robert Burns, may have the misfortune to furnish a drink to a thirsty black. The natives *lso get water from the roots of trees. VThey are in the "totem" stage and Vevere certain plants or animals which jvv>tect them. Men of one group can mmL marry women from another single The Need of Common Sense. I had it really scientific man to see me the our of a point we had In common Vwas necessary to wash act a bottle was empty. It was a round\wabbly vessel, and he had to hold it under the water a long time so that it might get full enough 2f water to hold it v down. I asked him why he did not fill it with water first, and he laughed and sakl he did not think of it. And that bears out my contention that it is not because a njan is as "clever as paint" that he therefore grasps "the common sense of common things."—G. H. R. Dabbs In Fry's Magazine. Why Currants Are Nutritious. The reason why currants are so re markably nutritious is that they con sist to a very large degree of saccha rin in its most easily digestible form— that of grape sugar. The piquant fla fj>r of the currant which adds so much to its pleasantness as a food, is deriv ed from the valuable percentage of tar taric acid which the berry contains. is also present In the fcrcn of cream of tartar and is undoubtedly of dietetic value.— Ladies' Pictorial. *• F: «: No Excitement. c Here," said the dramatist, "we have a husband who loves his wife and a wife who loves her husband." "Well?" •♦How am I to construct a drama from such material ?"—Louisville Cou rier-Journal. His Inference. Evidently a Turkish bath Is a scheme to keep one perpetually dirty." "I judge from what you say that you've never taken one." "No. but I've seen a Turk."— Ex- A SPANISH TRICK. The Incident Which Moved England to Turn Drake Loose. The relations between which Drake's fald Into the south sea had for a time threatened with open rupture had greatly improved—at least in outward appearance—and in 1585, under spe cial promises of immunity from mo lestation on religious or other grounds, Philip had invited to his ports a fleet of English corn ships in order to sup ply the deficiency of his own harvests. No sooner, however, had the English ships arrived than an embargo was laid upon them and their crews ar rested. One ship, the famous Primrose of London, managed to escape. While lying off Bilbao quietly discharging her cargo she had been visited by the cor regidor of Biscay and his guard dis guised as merchants. Suddenly called upon to surrender, the crew flung them selves upon the Spaniards, drove them all overboard and made sail. Some of the discomfited Spaniards as the shore boats fled were seen clinging to the English vessel. These were humane ly rescued and carried in triumph back to England, and among them was the corregidor himself. Upon him were found his official instructions, setting forth expressly that the embargo was ordered for the purposes of the expe dition which Philip was preparing against the English. This was enough for the queen and the powerful pub lic opinion o r commercial circles in London, whu had obstinately clung to pacific relations with Spain. A re taliatory embargo was proclaimed, let ters of general reprisal were issued, and Drake was let loose.—Prom Publi cation of Navy Records Society. A PORTO RICAN CUSTOM. Prayers For the Dying Recited In the Public Streets. "A few evenings ago while we were at dinner in our hotel," writes an American author visiting in Porto Rico, "we heard the tinkling of a small bell just outside the hotel doors. Instantly Salvador, the waiter, stopped in the little bustling run with which he waits on the guests, hurriedly procured a candle, lighted it and carried it out on the balcony. Almost as soon as that candle was on the balcony railing we three Americans were beside it, ques tioning Salvador, for we were sure something unusual was going on. "We saw a procession of many peo ple, led by two priests, coming down the street, each person bearing in his hand a lighted candle. They stopped In front of a house facing the hotel, and Salvador told us that somebody was dying there and they were pray ing for his soul. Up and down the street as far as we could see on every balcony railing was burning either a candle or a kerosene lamp. "From the absorbed interest of the people gathered in front of open doors and windows of the afflicted house the sufferer was apparently, trying to die in full view of the spectators. "Presently the bell began to ring again, the procession formed once more, and they all moved up the street, Salvador telling us in explanation that there was a second person dying and they were now going to pray for him." —Exchange. A Slight Deduction. In Mrs. Lapham's family circle her powers of reasoning were accounted most remarkable and convincing. Out side the family her ability to convince was not so marked. "See here," she said without releas ing the ten cent piece for which the conductor of the trolley car had gone to her side, "I've only brought Willy with me. He's eight, so I've got to pay his fare. I've left Myra, that's four, and Neddy, that's two, at home. Now, you wouldn't have charged me for them, would you?" "No, madam," said the conductor. "Your fare, please." "Well, they'd have taken one seat," persisted Mrs. Lapham, still retaining her hold on the ten cent piece. "I couldn't have held 'em both. I thought of bringing them, only 'twas too far. Now, why can't you take off something from Will# under the circumstances?" —Youth's Companion. In Buying Perfumes. "If you give her perfumery for her birthday," said the druggist, "give with discretion. Find out first the effect of perfumes on the system. "Heliotrope is a bad scent for any but the boisterous and gay. It is de pressing. It often causes the neuras thenic to weep. Would it suit her? "Musk is a powerful stimulant, a good thing for those with weak hearts. How is she that way? "Stephanotis creates languor. If she Is lazy, then avoid it. "Violet is the best perfume. It ele vates the mind. It spurs to deeds of bravery, of sacrifice. It creates beauti ful thoughts. Get her violet, my boy." —Exchange. The Commutable Cook. "My wife and I are keeping house In the suburbs this year." "What docs the transportation cost you ?" "Well, let's see. We bought three commutation tickets at" — "Three! Who uses the third?" "That's for the cook. I take one out every night, and she leaves the next morning."—Brooklyn Life. The Cure. s ln love with that penniless young scamp, are 3'JU?" said old Roxley. "Well. T rvopose to cure you of that." "Yo*i can't," retorted the willful young girl. "I'm determined to marry him." "That's it exactly. I propose to let y.v Iv :t." . ■ v'-.J-USQ, The Rocky Mount Record, Ihursday, January 30, 1908. CUNNING BIRDS. Btrstagem of the Lapwing and tha Ruse of the Thrush. "The goose is a frightful liar," said a nature fakir. "He quite puts me to shame." "Really r "Really. You know how the goose, when you draw near it, hisses? Well, with that hissing Bound it says: 'Scott, beware. I am a serpent.' Yes, from primeval times the goose has acted this lie. The primeval goose mother, Kitting on her eggs in a place of reeds and sedge, would not fly when an in truder appeared; but, keeping her body concealed amid the leaves, she would stretch out her long, flexible neck and hiss wickedly. 'A snake in the grass,' the intruder would say to himself as he retreated, and on her eggs the goose would chuckle in a sly, contemptuous way. "The lapwing is another liar. Ap proach her nest and she sets up a dis tressful crying and runs back and forth in front of you, trailing one wing as though it were broken. You follow. You think to snatch her up in your hands. With this lie she lures you away from her young. "The thrush in time of drought beats with his feet on the grass like a clog dancer. Thus he lleß to the earth worms. He makes them think that it is raining. Up they come in silent haste, and the deceitful thrush makes a rich meal."—New Orleans Times- Democrat WELL BURIED. Two Funerals For On© Man Provided For by His Will. Curious directions for the disposal of his remains were left by John Robert Pringle of Catford, who died leaving an estate of gross value of £8,049 3s. 3d. The testator directed: "After my decease I desire that a competent and trustworthy doctor of medicine shall, by any experiment he may deem suitable, thoroughly satisfy himself that life is absolutely extinct My carcass is to be cremated and the residuum thereof deposited in two metal urns, numbered respectively 1 and 2. On the ashes in No. 1 are to be placed a packet, which will be found on my desk, and my miniature portrait scarf pin, and on the ashes in urn similar packet, which also will be found on my desk, and my miniature portrait finger ring." He directed that the urns were then to be soldered down and No. 1 burled in mother's grave at Newport Pag nell and the other in "my dear Lizzie's grave" in the Streatham cemetery at Tooting. He also enjoined his son to see that the graves of his mother and of the testator's mother were properly looked after. V-London Mail. At Aberty to Scream. It was on Mferryboat plying- between Sydney andHlanly, one of that city's beautiful sußirbs. Every feeat was oc cupied. Ea(|h occupant felt the influ ence and for an enjoyable trip when a lank girl of fifteen appear ed, dragging by the hand a screaming child. There she stood, glowering. A mild lady suggested the child might be in pain. An old bachelor muttered that people who had charge of children should keep them at home. Low voiced but distinct imprecations were now rife. She took not the slightest heed of the muttering or the bawling, which was now,at the highest pitch, till the suggestion was offered that medicine would do it good. Then she arose in her wrath, as it were, and, giving the child a vigorous shake, said: "Ethel, cry as loud as you like. I've paid your fare."—London Tit-Bits. Handsome Dogs Are Good Dogs. In the most characteristic of English dogs, with the English bulldog as an unfortunate exception of a glaring sort, common sense principles in the canon of judging are distinctly marked. In the case of hounds any good eye can pick out the best animals. This was curiously illustrated not long since in private when an artist taken over one of the bigger kennels of foxhounds picked out the prize and pedigree dogs one after the other. He went purely by his own sense of what was strong and comely, of "strength and beauty met together," as Shelley says in a very different connection. London Outlook. It is very important and in fact it is absolutely necessary to health that we give relief to the stomach promptly at the first signs of trouble which are belching of gas, nausea, sour stomach, headache, irritability and nervousness. These are warnings that the stomach has been mistreated, it is doing too much work and it is demanding help from you. Take something on?,e in a while, especially after meals, some thing like KODOL For Dyspepsia and Indigestion. It will enable your stomach to do its work properly. Sold by May & Gorham. 1 Women's troubles very often occur regularly at a certain time every month. Be cause this may have been so all your life, is no reason why it should continue. m ||p Many thousands of who had previously suffered from troubles similar to yours, X \/JL due to disorder of ttfS womanly organs, have found welcome relief or cure In that wonderfully successful medicine for women, woman's win e of Cardui MM i Mrs. Leota Forte, of Toledo, IIL, writes: "I am well pleased with the results of using Cardui I have m VTA we iree bottles and am now perfectly well, free from pain arid have gained 25 pounds in weight' ■■i.f W ITC A I CTTC n Wriu today for * free copy of valuable 64-page Illustrated Book for Women. If youneed no iK\ 5* \A hII rK vice, describe your symptoms, atating a*e, and reply will be sent in plain sealed envelope. Aiaress. He Knew ©f but On*. Many years ago De Scott Bvans, the lrtlsrt, took a trip to Jamaica, and upon his return to New York he ex hibited a number of pictures that he had painted during his outing. One day a man who had been look ing through the stadlo stopped before a certain picture and asked: "What does this represent?" "That," said Mr. Evans, "1B a Bcene In Jamaica." "Jamaica?" echoed the visitor. *That's strange. I. don't remember tver seeing anything like that in Ja maica." "You have been there, then, have you?" the artist inquired. "Oh, yes! I live there." "Well, you surely must be acquaint ed with this place then. It is a street gcene In the principal town of the Is land." The man from Jamaica looked at Mr. Evans for a moment as If he thought the latter must be daft Then he emphatically declared: "I live in Jamaica, and there isn't a street In the town that bears the re motest resemblance to that picture." The mention of Jamaica as a town cleared away the mist. "I said Mr. Evans, "you live In Jamaiea,.N. Y., don't you?' "Yes," replied the suburbanite. "Is there another Jamaica anywhere?" They Lacked Team Work. There was small respect in Captain Maybury's mind for the brains of the he and his wife harbor ed and fed during the summer. "They are a well meaning lot of folks as ever lived," he said confidentially to a neighbor, "but when it comes to com mon sense every last living one of 'em needs a guardeen." "Act kind o' crazy, I reckon," said the neighbor. "Well, 'tain't so much that," admit ted Captain Maybury, "as 'tis that they lack gumption and sprawl. Two of 'em were talking to me about the 'sunset light' last night 'We work fast as we can, but we can't ketch it' they told me. 'lt fades so fast, and before you know it the glow is dead.' "I've got some used to their queer talk, but that did seem plumb foolish. 'lf two of you can't ketch it,' I says, 'why in tunket don't the whole eight of you set to work together, same as if you had a fence to paint?' But if you'll believe me, I could tell by their looks they'd never thought of such a thing before. They're simple, that's what they are."—Youth's Companion. The Old Time Almanac. "It is astonishing what faith the old school' farmer used to put in his al manac," said a farmer - of the new school, a graduate of an agricultural college. "My father was an old' school farm er, and in June he would consult his almanac to see if we were going to havfi a What though the almanac usually went back on him? Sometimes its predictions were true, and one accurate prophecy coun terbalanced in my father's mind fifty miscures. "Once I crossed the ocean with the old man. We sat at the captain's table, and the first night out my father, lay ing down his spoon, said anxiously: " 'Captain, Jiev ye got an almanac on boarcT?^ " 'No.' the captain answered. "The old man frowned and shook his head. " 'Then, by gosh,' he said, 'we'll jest hev to take the weather as she comes.' "—Los Angeles Times. Dickens and His Beard. Frith painted Charles Dickens' por trait when the novelist began to grow a beard and told this anecdote of the occasion: "Well, one day when Dickens was sitting the servant came up to tell me Sir Edwin Landseer was below. Dick ens said, 'Let's have him up; he hasn't seen my beard and mustache yet.' Charles Landseer and Edwin had been abroad for some time together in Italy, and they hadn't all met for months. Edwin came up and took no notice of the beard, and at last Dickens said: 'Well, Lanny, what about all this? D'you like it? Think it's an improve ment?' 'Oh, a great improvement,' Landseer said quite gravely. 'lt hides so mucii TL your face.' Dickens wasn't the least offended. He'd let 'Lanny' say anything." If a once gets into your sys tem it acts on evety muscle and fibre of the body and makes you ache all over. It especially affects the intes tines and makes you constipated, so in order to get rid of a cold thoroughly and without delay you should not take anything that wi'l tend to constipate. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts upon the bowels and thereby drives the cold out of the system. It contains no opiates it is pleasant to take and is highly recommenced for children. Sold by May & Gorham. fcv, Mosonfc Opera House, One Solid Week 9 FEB. 3rd The Goodwin Stock Co. In a reportoire of high-class plays at popular prices. j Monday night, Ladies night. "A Colorado Waif' New Specialties, Illustrated Songs, Moving Pictures Prices 10, 20, 30c. Seats on sale at May & Gorham's Saturday at 9 a m Tailored to Order tThat will express all the character and individuality you can possibly wish for—that will be absolutely cor rect in style—then come see what we can give you at our moderate prices. 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