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OASTQlffjt GAZETTE. . Rovn Tveada an4 b rw 0prt liihlthlnjt CnniMiiv i.o7TKI MS. HJilut I MT. 4TK1SS. Uatiaru Me . .dmtttea Into th mail al the foal -fce at Oaatonla. N C. al round rata of Poataca. April w i Amstroag laiUiaf. Main Street Pheae N. 59 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE fn year I MMBtha Poor inontha month . .71 . .H . .U FRIDAY. DEC. 27. 1907. The prohibition fieit all rieht. but what wc srHlv need, especially in the South, is a vig orous campaign against the deadly pistol. Th- carrying of 8 concealed weapon is the most cowardly act of which a man on be guilty, and the practice should receive the same severe condemation that is row coming to be dealt out to the vice of drunkenness. We extend confra'ulalions to the good citizens t f Raleigh upon the signal vie! rv won there esterday by trie prohibition forces. The m j ntv against the dispensary was 547 out of a vote of 1,313 One by one the cities and towns of the State are driv i ig out the iniquitous traffic and t'le time is surely not far distant when prohibit n will be univer sal in the Sou'!: i least. William Jame Bryan, of Jack sonville, has b appointed by Ciovern: r Broward, of Florida, to 611 cut the unexpired part of the late Senator Mallory's term, tnding March 4. 1909. This appointment is another instance of the rapidly growing tend ency to s;nd a onnger class of men to the Senate than former ly. Senator Brvan is only 31, just one year above the consti tutional limit of vouthfulness. Thus, while not the youngest member of the Senate, he will Lv among the youngest. The joyous Christmas time, like all the other things of life, his its dark side. The pleas ures and festivities of the day are followed, next morning, by the long roll of tragedies, terri ble in themselves, and much more so by reason of their oc currence at this time when, of all times in the year, there should be a surcease of strife and encounter such as inevitably arise from time to time between individuals. The dispatches in yesterdiy morning's papers seem to recount a longer and more ghastly list of such fatalities than usual. Homicides of var ious decrees are reported from almost every section of the coun try and in many places the sacred festival seems to have been turned into a veritable car nival i f crime. What peculiar conditions have caused this state ofafiaiis this year, it is impos sible even to conjecture. Under a goverment where evey question is'ultimately settled by the voice of the people, the only hope of continued good gover ment and permanent prosperity lies in the intelligence of the voteri The c.u-lessness an1 indifference with which so lare a proportion of the good cit izens of the land turn the man pgement of civic matters over to professional politicians is an ill which ought certainly to be rradually but effectually rein Hied. The present situation in North Carolina in regard to rail road regulation is undoubtedly the result of this very thing. The politicians have had their tarn, and have succeeded in get ting things beautifully muddled. Whether an extra session of the legislature, which we are as sured will be called, will be able or willing to take the steps nec essary to bring about the right relations between the State gov ernment .and the railroads, can not now.be predicted. But the whole matter will teach the peo ple of the State t much-needed lesson, that too much politics is a poor substitute for wise and effectual legislation. tte! ft HHWVMIN ests. leySt prtrpt trt:: fjurpx7 bet li ft km. Ntttitf rwrmrjbck. 25c trial fiattttittnt THE PENGUIN. Camieally Serioua In Mating Its Wicked Flippers. It la probable that pengulna pair for life, although nothing denulte Is known oo tlK subject. Wbeu mutt are cho sen tlie process Is as Interesting as It Is striking. As U the oat with so many creatures, the unties fljcht with emu. other for the females, uilfcbt being right lu the euguin code. The birds have regular righting places, ami one such battleground was found under an overhanging ledge. The results of Innumerable euoounters were present tu the sh:ie of great qiiuutllie of loose feathers surrounding the little Bghtiug rlug. which Itself was clear of all debris. Although the lienk of a eu guln Is so formidable a weaimu when used on thin skinned euetnies. yet their own sklu nnd blubber are so resistant that they cau lull let no Injury by this means. The customnry mode of fight ing Is really kind of hoxlug. or "nlp perlng." It might tie called The two combatants proceed to the lighting place and then walk cautiously about each other. Jockeying for an oeiilng and ready to take Instant nd.antage of a false step or move on the part of the opionent. All. however. Is solemu and decorous, consistent with the rest of the life of these strange little belugs. When at last each secures a good grip on the ueck or body of the oppo nent the real fighting begins. As nluc teuths of the life of penguins Is spent on the oeu sea. where they pursue and capture fish, swimming with great swiftness by strokes of the flipK?rlike wings. It can well I Imagined that the strength of their wlugs Is very greut. and when the two fighters begin to belabor each other with rapidly vi brating fliper strokes each resounding whack must make a considerable Im pression even on the protecting cont of blubler fat. No one has ever recorded the finish of such an encounter, but It Is not probable that they result fatally. The weaker of the two must soon suc cumb under such severe punishment and yield the field and the fair penguin mate to his stronger rival. The strength of the wing strokes enn be tested by allowing a penguin to take hold of one's coat sleeves or. better, the back of the hand. The third or fourth stroke will draw blood, and one Is soon fully satisfied as to the pen guin's ability In this respect. The tough sklu and the loose, rolling blub ler lieiieath. besides breaking a fall and protecting the bird from the Icy waters In which It lives, sometimes subserve another most Important pur pose. New York Tribune. THE WEST POINT CHAIN. It Was Nearly a Mils In Length and Weighed Almost 200 Tons. From an Iromnaker's point of view the greatest achievement during the Revolutionary period was the making of the great West Point chnln. This massive chain, which has probably never bad an equal since the first hum mer struck upon the first anvil, was stretched across the Hudson river at West Point to prevent the British fleet from making a second attack uion Kingston and Albany. It was nearly a mile In length and weighed almost 200 tons, many single links being as heavy as an ordinary sized man. To complete It In sis weeks sixty men hammered day and night at seventeen forges, and the cost of It was placed at $400,000. "The great chain Is buoy ed tip. writes Dr. rncber. "by very large logs, pointed at the ends to less en their opposition to the force of the current. The logs are placed at abort distances from each other, the chain carried over them and made fast to each by staples. There are also a number of anchors dropped at proper distances, with cables made fast to the chain, to give It greater stability." No British ship passed this Iron bar rier. With Its aid West Point became the strongest military post In America so stroug that treachery was tried where force of arms bad failed. When Benedict Arnold was plotting the sur render of West Point he wrote Andre and said, "I have ordered that a link be removed from the great chain and taken to the smith for repair." The chain, however, remained In place till the end of the war. and links of it are still to I seen lu the museums of Al bany. West Point. Newburg and New York. Exchange. Quinsy Sore Throat. The following mixture will generally quickly bring relief In case of a quinsy sore throat: Thirty grains of chloride of potash, three drams of tincture chloride of Iron, four drams of glycer in and enough distilled water to make four ounces. The dose for an adult Is one teaspoonful every hour until re Heved. To avoid the constipating ef fect of the Iron a good dose of soma saline laxative should be taken. New Tork World. Method. "lie occasionally says things that are wonderfully apropos," aald one statesman. "Yes." answered the other; "he's like our parrot nt home. It doesn't know much, but what it does know It keeps repeating until some circumstance arises that makes the remark seem niarvelously apt" Pittsburg Press. Ctcsaieal Music. "What la your Idea of classical ma iler "Well." answered Mr. Cumrox. "at I understand It a classical piece la some thing that la very hard to play written by somebody wbone name Is very hard to pronounce." Washington 8tar. Mora Than One. Edgar What is better than a klssl Smma Don't you know yoor tnulU plication table?-Plck Me-Cp. rUBBER Stamps, made while 1 wait at the Gazette Publishing Co'a. One-line stamp, 20 c e n t 2-line, 25 cents: 3-line". 30 cents. tf 8bscrtbe So THB GAZETTK A Wasted Present. What to tbe world nbnlt I ten Aunt Betsy, Johu?"dciim.YI twi' tcrful lady of tbe wild Nt' e u ' "A work bosket or a Ism';!" h-j au tested. "Don't be a fool. John! You've f taste. I'll send her one of those Juuoi boxes of soap. And aha lifted to her nose a boi containing six round tablets of per fumed soap. "Yen," she continued, "this la th very thing!" "But, my dear, really" be protest ed. . "You be quiet. John! Now, wrar. this up, miser Two days later a packet arrived froiu Aunt Betsy, and lu haste they opened It to see bow she bad takeu theli thoughtful preseut. I'nder the wrap ping waa the affectionate message: "Niece Herewith I return the box of shaving soap you sent me. I am too old to appreciate the Joke of be iug regarded as a bearded lady. Youi auut'TletBy." Then, but only for a moment, the mild little man smiled. Pearson'i Weekly. A Dreadful Assault. Justice Ball, an Irish Judge, wa noted for his amusing manifestation! of Ignorance, but whether they wen real or pretended baa never been clear ly established. He tried a case In which a man was Indicted for robbery at the bouse of a poor widow. Tbe first witness waa the young daughtej t the widow, who Identified the pris oner as the man who bad entered tbf bouse and smashed her mother's chest "Do you say that the prisoner at tb bar broke your mother's chest?" salj the Judge In astonishment, "ne did, my lord," answered the girl "He Jumped on It till he smashed It entirely." The Judge turned to the crown coun sel and said: "How la this? Why U not the prlsouer Indicted for murder? If be smashed this poor woman's cheat In the way the witness has described, be must surely have killed her." But, my lord," said the counsel, "II was a wooden chest. "--CornhUl Maga zine. The Buds. Old Dr. Bylaud. clergyman and ed ucator, was greatly beloved in tna south, and his visits were always en joined by his former pupils and par ishioners. In his later years It was his custom to offer prayer whenever he made a ministerial call. On one occasion he called at a house where three of his former pupils were stay- lug. These ladles were a!l past the thirtieth year mark, but In the eyes of the old gentleman they were still girls, which explains the petition he offered : "Lord, bless these dear girls. Just budding Into sweet womanhood." This was too much for one of the numlier, who, taking advantage of the doctor's deafness, added this clause sotto voce: "Alas, Ird. budded, bloom ed, faded and still unplckedf' Got His Discount. "The other day I was in a village general store," said a drummer, "en deavoring to make a sale of Jewelry when a farmer entered. " 'Give me,' said the fanner, 'a half pound of tobacco, three bars of aoap, five yards of blue baby ribbon and a pair of good suspenders.' "The articles were brought forth, In spected, approved and wrapped up, They came to 95 cents. '"Yes," said the farmer, We right. But there's the discount You adver tise a 5 per cent discount, don't you?' "'We do, air,' said the clerk, 'but only on purchases of $1 or over.' "On the counter lay a basket of pock' et combs marked at S centa apiece. ".'Well, I'll Just take one of these,' said the farmer. That'll make ua square.' " A Stingy King. In the beginning of the eighteenth century the now so powerful German empire was nothing more than the lit tle kingdom of Prussia, having just dropped lta title of duchy of Branden burg. The country was very poor and the military discipline very harsh Frederick William I. was hard, cross and stingy and did not even know what It was to make a present HI reputation waa so widely spread that It became a byword to say that a man bad worked for the king of Prussia when be bad done an unprofitable task. Maximilian and "La Paloma." Wherever that bauntlng air, "La Pa Ionia," la played the memory of tha Emperor Maxmillan, abot by the Mez leans on June 10, 1807. should be pre served. M'imlllan's final request waa that "La Paloma" should be played while he stood up to meet his doom. ne died with the tune In bis ears, and his wife went mad wltb the shock of bis execution. Papa Is Brave. Elscben Mamma, Is papa ever brave? Mother He is alwaya brave. I hope. But what makes you ask? Elscben Because I thought If he were be wouldn't let my governess pull his ears so. Fliegende Blatter. Llnooln's Sareasm. Probably the most cutting thing Lin coln ever said waa the remark be made about a very loquacious man, "This person can compress the funxt words Into the smallest Ideas of any man I ever met" Certain Differences. "Do they never forget tbelr differ ences?" "Why. yes. In a way. He forgets that he's s gentleman, and she forests that she's s lady." Puck. YOUR PRINTING -Thia is to re mind the business - man and others who use printed matter that wc do nil kinds of commercial print ing. Let us send yon samples and quote prices on envelopes, letter heads, note heads, bill beads, state ments, par envelopes, church envel opes, shipping-, tags, programs, bus iness and visiting cards, report blanks, hand bills, circulars, circular letters, prescription blanks, receipts, special blanks of all kinds, booklets, pamphlets or anything else that yon may need. Prices right, deliver? rompt, satisfaction guaranteed, ail orders receive Drotnot attention. Gazette Publishing .Company. Gas- onia, N. C. tf. The Doctor's Imagination. ! f av i good r.torr ou one of WaiV f;tn:t'ft lnrt knwn o:n:!l"T." tuH i'ri...l.t: tlu!:;-ua. J4mw; tost ,jy! friends lu tbc I UHartl room f t'u Met nm:l:i:ii ..;U "11 tv'r hid trull btiKl v.f fur mime i:ionth. ttuJ tiu:ill I weut to see the doctor about them. "After a thorough examlnatlou be said that the muscles were badly strained, and then he gave uie a pre scription for drops to be used In. my eyes three times a day. When J left be gave tue an appointment forHhat day week, as he said be coakt not e amine my eyes for glaases until they were lu tbelr normal condition. -Well, 1 mislaid that blessed pre scription, and as I was particularly busy that week I bad no time to get another copy. So In some trepidation I kept my second appointment hesitated a moment about telling blui I had not used the dros, when be took the words out of my mouth and the breath out of my body by remarking wltb pleased emphasis: "Your eyes are very much Im proved. That medicine which I gave you Is certainly wonderful. It always has such prompt and satisfactory re sults.' "It was all 1 could do to keep silent," coucluded the speaker, laughing. "But I wasn't quite sure how he would take the Joke. Yn see, be may not have a sense of bumor." Washington Star. Comets In Olden Days. People nowadays do not regord th'e comet as one of those signs that fore run the death or fall of klugs. but t!ie superstition was still current lu the time of Queeu Elizabeth, though, to the amaxement of her ourtlers, the queen calmly scorned It It was also thought that If the sovereign would re frain from looking ut the malignant celestial passerby no harm would come to her. Ou one ucension ElbJibeth's attendants shut aud curtained her win dows, but her majesty, as might have been exjected, with "a courage an swerable to the greatness of her es tate." caused them to be oeued. cry lag us she looked up: "Jacta est alea he die Is ciut!" Then, like King Knut on the seashore, she read her ieople a homily, asserting that her "steadfast hope aud confidence were too firmly planted lu the providence of GoJ to be blasted or affrighted with those beams which cither had no ground In nature whereupon to rise or at least no war rant In Scripture to portend the mis haps of princes." Queen Elizabeth as an Ale Drinker. Thom la in nmutdniz letter written by the Earl of Leicester to Lord Bur- 1 lelzh as to the lack of suinctentiy strong ale for the queen at Hatfield. "There Is not one drop of good drink for her here. We were fain to send to London and Kenllworth and divers other places where ale was. Her own beer was so stroug us there was no man able to drink It." Ale and bread were the thief Items of the royal breakfast. The quantity of ale con lumed by ladles at breakfast In those days v.-ns considerable, for In the reign of nenry VIII. the maids of honor j were allowed ror breuKrasi - one cuei j loafe, one manchet two gallons of ale j and a pitcher of wine." A Lady Lucy i made a mlzhty tonic of the national brew. Ier breakfast was a chine of j beef, a loaf and a gallon of ale. and j for her ulllow meal a Dosset porridge, a generous cut of mutton, a loaf and : gallon of ale. Westminster Gazette. His Class. The bead of a large mercantile bouse received not long ago a letter from a millionaire banker In the west asking that the latter's sou be placed In some business bouse where he could learn "things from the bottom up." Tho writer explained that his offspring was "no good at home." Soon after the western millionaire received the following reply from his New York friend: Dear Sir Tour hopeful has arrived. I have given him employment In my estab lishment at 16 a week with others of his class. One of these young men has Jut bought a 0.000 yacht, and another comes to the office In a 19.000 motor car. No doubt your son will And his surroundings congenial. Harper's Weekly. A Bad Cast Mr. Lawhead-Why do you treat me so coiaiy? uy aiuu i you uuermo note I wrote you last Thursday? Miss Brusbley Sir, I don't wish to have J anything niore to say to you. You i began your note by saying you "thought you would drop me a line." I want you to understand that I'm not a fish. An Illustration. Little Harry Pa, whafs a foregone conclusion? Pa Anything that's sure to follow something else. To give you an Illustration, if I were to lock the drawer of my desk it wouldn't be twenty minutes before your mother would break It open for the purpose of finding out what I was trying to con ceal. Cleveland Leader. Forgetful. "I suppose." said the beautiful girl, "that you often burn the midnight olir "No." replied the poet. "I hang my hat on the doorknob, so the landlady can't look through the keyhole and catch me burning tbe gas," Judge. Inquisitive. "I'll send my boy to a boarding . school." "What for?" "Oh, be asks such questions. 17s wanted to know last night If a shoe maker could breathe bis last." There Is nothing so true that the damps of error have not warped It Tupper. BOOKKEEPERS and business men who hsve constant calculations to make can obtain good unruled scratch pads. Just th right sice for the purpose, at The Gazette office at 6 cents the pound. ' tf. Babacrlbe for TUB GAZETTE. LAND POSTED Notices for sale. Three cents each, 2 for Scents, 5 for 10 centa, 12 for 20 cents, 100 for $1.25. Address orders to Gazette Pub. Co.. Gastonia, N. C. tf. Tne Gasetta for flrst-claaa prtzttlng.. SHORN LAMES. Ways sf the Men V.'he Use Their All In Wall Ciroit. , ' TVbnt bcroaie of tuv m1! wlia los? ta Wall street Tuey are st:,Uai IrmisI of. Jhe visitor U New TwU ueta the n At Inn that th iruv roiTiI of ni.-u ut AW. TT- I . 0 .1. tt.. ..... ..... iBtHiU.ftM I toe nmuufi wv "iii"" h i.t.-i-i comprises them all. But this crow J la altogether mlBrepreaeutatlv and has no true sign, value, saya a writer on Wall street In tbo Nyw Broadway Mag-nstne.- Tou can retain your equilibrium easl ly In watching thoni by remetnbertug that Runner of New Britain Is hid ing somewhere, a fugitive from Jua tlce; that Jumper of Milwaukee Is In prison; that there are many other men lH downward with big crash. es, snd that for every one of the big men there are 10,000 little men whoso losses are smaller, but not a whit less fatal You would And some of them touight In New York. If you knew In what window to look, flgurlug anxiously and endlessly, looking over Insurance pa pers to seo If further loans are ad missible. Tbelr wives are sewing; their daugh ters are studying stenography. You will find others hauging about hotel lobbies, aud the moment you c.itch tbelr eye or grip thrir hands you know that they are nervous, distraught broke, restless typical Wall street vic tims. The others, professionals, parasites, satellites, winners, you will flud In the cafes and hotel restaurants, making up a large part of tho crowds at Sher ry's and Delmoulco's, Martin's and Rector's, the Waldorf, ManhaMau. As tor, St. Begts and Holland House. Wall street by day demands the Great White Way at night. From the mo ment the market opens till its close the game Is a fast and fii'-i-v.i one of sharp trickery, clever dodging, raillery, bluffing, hypocrisy, lylnjr. Nerves ore constantly tense: tlie bralu must be clear and quirk at ev ery move. Successful lying uses up gray matter, and tlie Cash and festivi ty of the Tenderloin at night arc just unuatural enough to f.t in and offer tha kind of recreation desired. SAW HIS OPPORTUNITY. The Reporter Seized It and Got His Real Start In Life. All the city traveling public loves a strop hanger lioeause It has a fellow feeling for hl:n. This is why the story of how Frank Vandeiiip. the bnuUer, got his start has au almost universal appeal. It happened when Yandcrhp was n reporter on a Chicago newspa per and writing financial news. Tbe trnction situation then, as now, was al most I::. ' slble. Charles T. YeiUes was traction dictator, and the stock holders and the public never had h word to say In the conduct of tlie ronds. Xor could they get auy definite Idea of the financial condition of the properties. The time for the annual meeting of the stockholders of the principal road came along. At oil the meetingj Mr. Yerkes had rattled off the reports In the usual undecipherable corporation way. and no one knew what was do- lng. So Vanderllp plauned a coup, ne bought a share of stock, which admitted him to the meeting. He had been a stenographer before be became a newspaper man. When Mr. Yerkes sailed Into his breezy explanation of finances the young reporter took down everything he said. Mr. Yerkes URed one striking phrase, mid It was this: "The passengers who have seats pay the operating expenses, but the strap hangers pay your dividends." The next day the sentence topped Vanderlip's account of the meeting. It aroused u storm of discussion, for it laid bare some of the t met Ion methods; also it got Vandeiiip a raise In salary and a promotion. Saturday Evening Post. Nothing Like That In America. "This was told me the other day." sai l a man. "by a friend who has Just made the tour of Ireland. lie was at the lakes of Killanuy. and a Jarvey driving one of those side seated cars was telling him of a visitor who was attempting to masquerade as an Amer ican, but had all the outward signs of jUg an Kiigllshmaii. "-You sny. sorr.' said the Jarvey. .tunt vou jve Q the United States, were ye Iver In Dubuque. Ia.?' " 'I was." said the traveler. I was there for a fortnight.' " 'Off wld ye!' said the carman. 'Ye were niver there. Dlvll a fortnight do they have In America.' "Indianapolis News. Gettinr It Right. It was on n street car In the city of Washington. Two colored women In cheaply gorgeous splendor were talk ing and one chanced to meiftion n Mr. Jinks In her conversation "Excuse me." said the other woman, "but his name Is not Jinks. It Is Mr. Jenks." "Oh. I sees." said the other woman coniplutsnntly. "I sees that jou puta de access on de pronoun." Llpplu cott's. .A Bit of Sarcatm. A young man who bad prolonged bin call ou his sweetheart a few nights ago was surprised when a window In an upper story was raised as he left tbe bouse and the voice of tbe mistress called out, "Leave an extra quart tbts morning, please! Argonaut Her Fourth. Lawyer As your husband died In testate, yon will of course get a third. Widow Oh. I hope to g.'t my fourth He was my third, yon kuow. Town and Country. ' , , A Discourager. Visa Kreech Some authorities be lieve that the practice of singing will keep a person from getting consump tion. Mr. Knox-Yes, but most author ities believe In "the greatest good tc the greatest number." Philadelphia Press. Hurt His Feelings. She I think Mr. Hymer. the minor poet, felt hnrt at a remnrk yon made the other night. He-What did l aayt She You said there was only one Shakespeare. London Telegraph . Subscribe lot Thk Gazetth Hunting the Msrlbou. Hunting the inarabii It attended greut ittffKity t;:p l lrd pa. bFtcs wcuCei'-fr.r AUiitlni.sTjd tiftou ci uf. tvei to- .r.tv. il tho mi?. t nklllful UuiiTrr. "ViltC'luysholde dignity It me.Kurei the g-AuuJ between Itself 'and lis 'pursy!-. wJ take cry good cars? uoi io e.iiinu s iwmi iy too mpiu flight If the bnuter moves slowly tho bird at oucs adopts on equally easy pace, but If the hunter quickens his steps tbe bird I off like an arrow. It Is very 'difficult to get within gun range of this calculating creature, but tbe natives adopt a novo! means of tapturlng It, which tbe bird, with all Its astuteness, Is unable to compre hend and falls an easy victim. A tempting morsel of meat is tied to the end of a long stout cord, which the skillful hunter flings to a great dis tance, as bo would a lasso, the bait falling as near the fleeing bird na he can aim It He then conceals himself hastily behind a bush or crouches low on the eand. The marabou, which al ways keeps Its eye on tho hunter, see ing h!iy vanish, quietly stops and de vours the bait, when It Is easily se cured by the hunter, who runs toward It, coiling the ropo ns he goes. Carlyta'a Reoips For Chirts. nere U nn extract from a letter of Thomas Carlyle, In which be asks bis sister to make hhu some shirts and sends the ineasurcir.wiU. How many women could make a Khlrt after thern? "My Dear Jenny In the mean while I want you to make bio some flannel things, too three flannel shirts especially. You can get the flannel from Alick if ho lias any that he can well recommend. Yo-.i can roadily have them made before the other shirts go off. I have" taken the measure today and now send you the dimensions, to gether wltb a measuring strap which I bought som3 weeks ago (at one penny) for the purpose! You are to bo care ful to scour the flannel first, after which process the dimensions are these: Width (when the shirt Is laid on its back), 22V, Inches; extent from wrist button to wrist button, CI Inches; length In tbe back, 35 Inches; length In the front, 25 Inches. Do you under stand an that? I dare say you will make it out, and this measuring band will enable you to be exact enough." Began With "D" Anyway. "An' when they gits to Italy." goes on Bill, grow-in' quite enthusiastic, as you might say, over th' idee, "he'll ha.ve th' time of his life rumlnatln' roun' them old palaces of the dogs. "Dogs!" I gasped. "Palaces of tho dogs!" "Doggies, then, I s'pose you might call it," says he, "if you're so blamed pertlklar, though it ain't spelt that way. It's spelt dogs, only with tho 'e.'" "Bill Gladox," says I, "for sn uned Jucated man you are th' most Ignorant I ever see. Do you mean to tell me you ain't never hear of th' dodges of Venice that has been mayors of th' town for th' last hundred years or more?" "No, I ain't" aays he, "an no one else neither. Tber" ain't any such folks there. Dodge ain't an Eyetallan name nohow. It b'longs In Connecti cut. Not but what ther's a few inebbe In New York an' Khode Island, but not in Italy, not by a derned sight" American Magazine. The Bullfgl-.t. We went to a bullfight and wltihcd we had stayed away. It is quite as unpleasant as poople Bay, and .the cruelty to the host's turns one sick. If It was merely a:i affair between tho men, -who are undoubtedly very skill ful, and the bull, which is probably so mad wltb rage as to be past feeling much pain, one could shrug one's shoul ders at the queer game and tlnd some excuse, but for the torture of those poor old blindfolded screws there can be no shadow of palliation. After three bulls had been killed we had seen more than enough, especially as the horses In the third encounter hud al ready been badly gored lu the second, and the third bull wns not killed neat ly, but ran about bellowing for awhlls with the espada's sword sticking out of hia shoulders. Blackwood's Maga zine. Forest of Natural Columns. There Is In Bulgaria a group of nat ural columns much like the Giant's Causeway In Ireland. On tbe edge of a plateau In the open country rises this forest of natural columns, which gives the impression of an antique ruin. The columns, which are about fifteen to twenty feet high, are absolutely cylin drical, and they are often as much as three feet thick. The stratification of tbe rock resembles Joints and vertical erosion due to rain has formed Doric fiutlngs. No Use For a Label. Shopman (to undecided customer come to purchase a dog trough) Would you like one with "Dog" painted on It madam? Customer N-no. You see, the dog can't read, and my husband doesn't drink water! London Punch. Tha Glad Ring. The ideal state of love will never come to pass until the wooer can use the glad ring in his voice and save the price of a diamond toward provisions for the first year in a flat Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review. He Didn't Like a Crowd. Mrs. Gotrox Mabel, dear, are" you aure Mr. Woodby loves yon for your self alone? Mabel Yes, I'm sflfe ba does, mamma. He Is always so rest less when you are In the room. Ex change. In January, 1849, one year after the first discovery of gold In California, there were 10,000 men mining there. An Intelligent Servant Mistress Wbo bung tbe thar- saemeter to the celling? Tbe Servant L ma'am. You were complaining be cause it was so low! Translated For Transatlantic Tales from II Motto Rldere. . A Question ef Class. Tbey are constantly catching mors (rafters." said the bopef"! citizen. "Not regular grafters." answered Mr. Dustin Stax. "Those . who get caught are only amateurs." Washington Star. , One cannot be and have beea, rrsncfl rrovsrb. A Waao'a Mil take. It Is generally supposed ihut tutlncf luw'rttigly tenches !!: .'.u irrt , ls"? ' the boot w uy lu whU !i lo li ill 1 t . It; homes or ucstnjind p.m I c f u their tarfp"luw'.;.. Vluv :' - I ,. t'i4 'tftvl doiit will bow that lust;ul Is not ul ways lufalUWci . ' :" , : . ;' A natural lb t plaeod three uiall enti ty vials lu an tiKn box ou n sUulf 1 1 an upright pbcltloir In ckxre currr, and they woYe uncorked. A t 'soi t time afterward it was a matter. -j' cu'piise ; to find that thcsq.had .been lA-ropii-ated by a female mild v a::p.' tlio b id placed a, goodly number of spiders In the center rial, -doubtless Intended to serve as food for her future brood, then proeeoded to tlepoclt bor ergs b thoKv ou either side. She next closed tightly the mouths of all the reeepu. cles with a hard lluie cement. Having flniehed ber work, sho then doubtless went on her way, satlnlled nil had been doue for her offspring that -a thought- f rul mother could do. But Just think of the sensations of those little wasps when they come Into existence, toe, whllu starving In their sealed cages, they can plainly seo through tbe'lm--peuotrable glass walls the bountiful supply of food which waa provided for their use. She Thought Ha Wca Deed. Mnglu:il h ul bceu III for some time, and, like a great many luvullds, ho wns somewhat irrltuble, and when things failed to meet hU approval tho next unfortunate win camo within raugo was pretty apt to be reminded of It in a way far inoro forcible than polite. He lingered In tills condition for several weeks, dally growing weak er, but still holding his owp sufficient-' ly to make things lively and more or less Interesting for those about him. Finally one day when the family doc tor called he met tbe loug suffering. Mrs. Maglnnls coming out of the sick room, and, rubbing bis bands, he cheer- r lly remarked: "Ah, good morning, Mrs. Maglnnls! How Is our patient today? "It's dead the poor nion Is, O'lro afther thlukln', hlvln rlst bis sowir was the resigned reply. "You think bo is dead? Don't yon know whether be Is os not?" demand ed the doctor. "Not fer ehure," responded Mrs. Ma glnnls briskly, "but thin be bethrays lvery symptom of it I wint luto his room Jlst now, an' he didn't t'row any thing at me!" London Tlt-Blta. Snuff aa Medicine. "Oh, yes." said tbe tobacconist, as he tapped a Jar tilled with a cinnamon col ored powder. "I sell au ounce or two of snuff occasionally to the old, aa a rule. Tbe young will seldom look at snuff. And those wbo do use It Im pute medicinal virtues to It Thus old fashioned watchmakers, gem cutters and tailors think that a pinch of snuff now and then Improves the eyesight They think It refreshes and fortifies weary eyes as a cup of tea refreshes and fortifies a weary brain. Others think snuff cures a cold. Others take It for tbe headache. Others still be lieve that it wards off contagion. Per sonally I believe that snuff taking la less harmful than smoking. Its effect, too. Is plcasanter than the effect of smoking it Is a most soothing and fasrluatlnj,- effect onto you get used to it but the habit Is untidy and there fore it can get uo hold up. in us In this aesthetic age." Los Angeles Times. Rescued a "Foxy" Squirrel. A man lu New York state who owns several u.' cats stepped out of his house one day to sep two of his feline poKr.euslDUs crouched In the grass, and equidistant between them sat a com mon striped squirrel, not dating to move a hair leti he Invite tbe sharp claws of one or hoih of his enemies, but the anxious brown e.ves roiled from tilde to side us he cah-uUttod his chauces of escape between the two. The man walked ou toward the squirrel, and when he cu:no within Japping distance, the squirrel Ki-Ucd his opportunity and leaped upon the man's trousers and ran nimbly to his shoulder. Then tho man bucked slowly toward a tree at no great ilstance from him. Again when withiu leuping distance the squirrel Jumped into tho tree and dis appeared amid Its branches. England's One Protettar.t Cathedra!. Truro cathedral la the only Estab lished Church cathedral of any Impor tance which has been built since St Paul's was completed by Sir Christo pher eVren. All tbe great cathedrals and abbey In England were erected by Catholics aud were banded over by net of parliament in the reign of Hen ry VIII. to the Protestants when the Catholic church was established and tho Protestant religion created by law, Reynolds' Newspaper. What the Cloth Got In Boston. If you go to San Francisco aud meet a friend be will ask you to" stay a veek with him. In Omaha be will take you home overnight. In Chicago be will take you out to dinner, In New York be will hurry you off to lunch, in New lluveu ho will hand you a good clear, and lu Boston he. will give yon an sptile. Congregatlonnlist A Bark For Barker. The editor sat In his easy choir. Edi tors always have easy chairs In fic tion. He thought he recognised the handwriting on one of the envelopes.'. He sighed. "Another poem," said he, reaching for the waste paper basket He o;ea ed the letter. He was agreeably dis appointed. It waa prose. lrraa'as follows: "A man named Barker had a dog that barked, so be called It Barker be cause It barked and because bis own name was Barker. So tbe man waa Barker, and the dog that bar.ed was Barker. The man didn't bark, al though bis name was Barker. Barker and Barker went for a. walk, and Barker barked that Is, dog Barker, not man Barker. In fact dog Barker" barked so much that mnn Barker said: 'Barker, don't bark so often. Ton nev er bear ma' bark.' Just then1 man Rarker barked, his shin on tlie bark of a trse naJ barke-l liiie anything."' Tbe editor paused. Ibcre wua a note tmlowd. wui .a ran. "Pkvi.enea It beck to,' lr. ';- e.i to iua at Ba-'Uer avo u:u tl:.v." Then .ll ihe deu:i -t,:;st-L'.i''. wri -e, v.i:,i it ri:i!'c. ."I hae rvi e! -i I vof c- r- ': CI ; he w Uvu tu-..t . '..?; A" i.c The 4aaeUe ' for first-claa printing. The daaatte (or first-claaa printing
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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