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5, ::i;-r f fff ff yshf ' ffg H - -" VOL XX!. HIGH POINT, GUILFORD OOUnTY, N. G OCTOBER 19, 1900. Ml il' jl'l'l' fllT 2' Fine GREENSBORO, D- H. BAKER, Contractor and Builder, nigh Point. N. C. The best of References. Correspondence solicited. E. D. STEELE Attoi ney at Law. HIGH POINT, N. C. OFPICR IN First National Bank Building. High Point, N. C. "Correspondence solicited. J. W. SECUREST, Undertaker and Embalmer. On corner near Livery Stable. Bodcnhamer's ynTmTS & Q AMP BELL Dkalkrs in Fresh Meats. Country Produce, Groceries, &c. Pres. Oysters, Pork, Sissaga. in Season Highest Market Price paid for Chickens, Eggs and all Country Produce. Give US a Call. JH. Montgomery & Co Contractor ; nd Builders, High Point, N. C. Work guaranteed. Best of refer- D. H. HALL, High Point N. C S iPlastercr, Timmg, Kalsominino and Sbttimo Gratrs Specialty. John A. Barringer, Greensboro Wescott KoberaoB, High Point. Barringer & Roberson, Ittoraeyt at Lit, Hlaa Potnt Office tare Orer J. A. CUnard's CkuLSedntL I.P.ltKu. STKDIAH 4 1U6AK, 7 Httorncteat Inir A High Point, N. C O. R. Cox, Pres. ; W. J. Armfield. V-Pres. -W.J. Armfield, Jr. Cash. TUB Bank of Randolph, ASHEBORO, N. C. tf are fepared to do a gtmmi fcan h aaisiM aad wa solicit too aecosBats e4 aaaaa, eorporatioaa, aad larhridnals of pttjj. and adjotatnc eontira to whoa wm atoad Tary snfiimilstlna rat With tmaannllll DaaSlag, , UaaMpk Oomaty Orders pm, . t ' waaxitoaa, K'.;s B. M. Armfield. W H. Watkloa . W P. Wood. Hugh Parka. P. H. Mofrk. .Beaj. MoffitU; . C C IfcAUater. O. R. Cox. ' . C J. Cox. - " '.A.W. B. CapeL Dr. F. K. Aabnry.W. P. Redding; A. M. JUiiUb. Joa-Parkla.' , .- IHWttt Wttck Haaattelsto -13 IT FflLh IS IT WINTER ? ???????? T OTHER OR WHICH DOKSN'T MATTER TO US. We are Prepared lor Both. Oar High-Grade, Tailor Made, Ready-to-Wear Clothes are Stacked on our Table. DON'T NEGLECT the Opportunity of Buying Clothe to Fit. They won't cost you auy more than the other kind, add they look lots NICER. SEND US YOUR ORDER We can serve yon at Home. But we would lie AWFULLY GLAD to have you here at our 0Fi.TI3 Oct. 9-12; You Shall Be Our Cuest. COME! Rankin, Chisholm, Stroud & Rees, Ready-to-Wear Clothes and Men's Furnishings, Sg m m NORTH CAROLINA. SUNDERED. O kit, dure you and I must walk ftptrt Sparc me one hit) corner of fur heart A abriiM Ibat lt wholly mint! Others may claim, and rightfully, Xbm raat) If there I know 1 am nut OuiKMMraarti, All L-haa 1, t-ajfer, Mm II not mi to. And if au Iji you sometime offer then, Tf.uu-.li hut lu tl.uu.bl, to fragment at t .raer, Ho tnurc Can 1. aUa, Implonl But that 1 much and shall, farwwMh, avail To muke my foutilvpa fa I tat mvt nr foil. Thou,!, far Our patltuaya wndercd ax. Tlien, love, alnra you and I mmt walk apart Spare me une little corner of jour iMart A shrine That alwll be wholly mine! Cliatoa hVollarii in Harper's Daxar. A FICKLE IMMIGRANT. H.r Giperieace win Two Lovcra at taple Saaa'a Bars OlUtfe, "There sroiu to bv lunnlfuld oppor tunltica ainoiiK the ImnilKiuuis cowing to AiiiitIch on ahlpboanl for falliuK In. love, pbrllculni'ly on Hip slower leo in tra, when people ant thrown together for a ierlol of from Vi to 18 days," says John (illiuer SpecJ lu AlniUec's. 'lu this case a worthy young UusMlan was trheated out of a very pretty brlile by a likely Italian fellow traveler of I ho maiden. Strangely enough, she knew not one word of Itnliao uor be a word of ltusslau. yet the bride's countrymun was Jilted, autl the panto mime lovers- were married and set forth gayly and confidently to leaiu each other and the great qew world they had entered at one and the same time. "Another case was equally ludicrous. A Swedish maiden of somewhat fickle mlud fell tn love With a fellow voy ager without apprising him of the fact that she was betrothed to another man whom she was to meet at the barge office and marry. It was her Intent loo to burry ashore with her new lover and outwit the former by a prior cere mony, but the red tape of the office prevented that, and the first lover came to welcome his bride. She then as promptly fell In love with No. 1. But when No. 2 pleaded and threatened, she could not decide which one she loved the better, so she was detained while the two men haunted the barge office, glaring at each other. "When the detention time had elaps ed, the bride, still not knowing her mind, waa sent unceremoniously back on the same steamer that brought her over. Both Jilted lovers abandoning the field III despair. But on arriving on her native soil once more the maiden Oared not face her people, so back she came, having Just money enough to pay her pasuige. and sent for lover No. 1, declaring that she loved him the bet ter. He replied that he wan very much obliged, but as be had already married a handsomer girl In the iuterval he waa compelled to decline to come for ber. The maiden then sent woiM to No. 2 to like effect, but he declared that he bad had enough of the fickle feminine, and thus tn defeat the maiden was trans ported back again to face the leers and )eera of her native hamlet." War Ba Waatatal a Raaolat. There waa a lawyer In the Indian country who had none too good a repu tation for honesty, says the Chicago Newa. . - - One of the aborigines employed him to do a little legal bastaeaa. It -was none to the client's satisfaction,' the foe duly pa. nd a receipt for It duly demanded. "A .-receipt Isn't necessa ry," the lawyer said. "But I want It." replied the red man. There was some argument, and the artaraej finally de manded his reason. "H-nee- beeomtnf Christian I have been very careful la all my dealings that I way be ready for the judgment" answered the brave rMenttonsty, "and when that day eomea I don't want to tale time to go to tlw bad place to get "y receipt from you." The rvcelnt was made out and promptly delivered. Thrtva Wlfkaai Moat, It Is the rellgtea of Hearty an Asiat ics to abstain fraxa eating lesh. fish of (owl, becaiiae u ie a st e U1 forfood anything that has lastl act, "lest K be kioderad oa lu upward way.?; Beaides,' accordlag to the doHrinv of irsnsmt gratioB of soulS) arae might km and eat one's grand mother. But, aside from that, vegetable food, (It at etsJmed, Brakes -better muscle -and boat (than, sjt.' ' Asyr-aylt nr well known that aavatenraifjfcaat at OonaUatlnople and otai f aastsra ports never eat meat, aad that, asiaeimaa, they feav no superiors rw ba Uw.worM lay pbyvaeal aaywtat J: I aid Dotyr "Ma thy paa lad write lib throbcta- Uaaa, wwda wala-kad with impart aieol lamaro ol anaaatlne oa Brlria'a ml faough ot netnff of hw ma. aad whlul" I Sit SM doWV. WtMM. 10. TttpoB IS light (My tanar a, etaee torn U no one nieal) A vliioo Aaabaas though u of Putjr jr Uka aiutkarlitt Mads edoam an autumn Bight. 0 anantoa stem, as Uak that thou oaaat sat, 1 can Dot wbataoa'ar thou bldit It ba. Will lar ramova mm Iron aoma dream of hrl Look. I aa waarlng Love lor amulatl Ami amii thou mar aa aoon part land and aat As thoughta ot Lota from Love's tret wer ahlyarl -CUBtoa leonard la OoamopollUa. THE SECRET SERVICE. Tlmaau Work el Readies " kn Dleaataa. ( OO0 Wards. Some overninents make use o( nu merals for their ciphered communica tion with their agenta abroad, others a mixture of numerals and words, and i yet others exclusively words. Ot course. the only problem that needs solution In dispatches of this kind Is to ascer tain the key number or key word. When that hi accomplished, the re mainder Is easy, though generally very tedious. Indeed it Is difficult to conceive of a more tiresome, head splitting piece of work than either to cipher or deci pher a dispatch of some 1,600 or 2,000 words. The writer talks from aad and weary experience. Borne governments change the key word or key numerals with each dis patch, according to a settled arrange ment Others, again, change It every month. Sometimes It is placed at the beginning of the dispatch, at other times at the end. To the uninitiated a dispatch of this kind will appear In the nature of a Chinese pusxle, but to an expert cryptographer the deciphering of a government code dispatch is mere child's play. Occasionally the dispatch will appear a mere Jumble of consonants without any meaning, white at other times It win be so ciphered aa to contain sensi ble and plausible sentences, the mean ing of which appears on the surface. It waa a code of this kind that waa used by the Spanish secret agents In this country during , the war with Spain, and the clever staff of secret serrlc men am ployed by the United States government were tn a very abort tune possessed of a key to the cipher tn question. New York Tribune. A KAFFIR "8MOKER." Tma Katrve Warn aat Am arjisjatii itte Devotees of tfce Wood. In South Africa tM nattf woman amokes Incessantly. Ton native serv ant smokes as she csotaod as she washes. The tobacco sbeCkes Is rank. The dainty cigarette an English or Russian lady of fashion enjoys, smok ed through a quill, so that no nicotine can stain either teeth or fingers, would be sneered at by a Kafflr. "Give me a pipe and something In It I can taste," Is In effect what aha says. The men Kaffirs art beyond tobacco. They smoke something go vehement that it makes them cough and splutter, lose tbelr breath, choke and sneeae to an alarming degree. ' Theyttke sniff, too, and are .fond of offering and., tak ing pinches of It ("schnur they call H) wbea they meet aad visit on another. Regarding tobacco as too mild for their toate, tba KaOj tea. another weed and smoke that They proceed to arrange a smoking party, by squat ting pn the ground and getting ready their1 "pipe," a cow horn with A. .thin tube In it Inserted half way down at right angles to tba born. Tns end of the tone Is In a basin, aud it It from tt tbatJtbs smoker sucks the strong stuff that Stakes him incapable of anything bat a! series sf eoafht and chokes for soma time after ba has bad his turn at the pipe, which hi passed around from koaa to man, nntQ a perfect cho res eC soughs raods the air. V r, The 'tobacco tba Boon amok look ilka soar ton and is peculiar in flavor, yet CnirUshntsn who lava tteoamvmi to tt acquire such .sVtasta for It that they never ask for any other klndv- tig tree of California la unique la tba World, tt la tba Urges, oldest majesticolly araceat ajl ef ttseru tret sraoaoa, tt la tbi bast Uttng rkpip&ti ttvjf of fonaerivaoaogtcaga. It baa coffie dewa tba agea simply by reason of its m&ikmJUMmt bsstaa-4 ,a. . bark waa. times aa Bosch as twa feat thtck and la aire oat moneombttstSLA. t'1! be tp.rtmsaw tatted art tKar tonad at Tba Tat Wlh aO. ta adrsalacssi tta tCf trass tW a seem' tiT have la ths ftocteJ, THE TASK. WASTED ELOQUENCE. A LOT OF JERICHO ORATORY THAT COUNTED FOR NAUGHT. raa Perklma, the Peataaaster, Telia War the Dieeaseloa Over Oraa- aaenttaar the To of the Towa Hall Tower Was Aaratitl Baeea. lObprrlght, I960, bjr O. A. lewta. Jericho has bin bulMIn a town hall fur the last six years. It was to nev a tower in the middle, and there has bin a good deal of discussion aa to what should finish off that tower. Some stuck fur a gilt ball, some fur a rooster, some fur crossbars with the p'lnts of the con-Jiass eav 'em. Tba town board wanted to please the ma jority, and a meetin was called e ulcht last week to settle what the thing should be. Nobody realised how Intense the feel In was till the meetin opened. Squar Joslyn beaded the gin nail party, and he got np and spoke fnr yi mtnlta without stoppln to wipe tho sweat off the back of hla neck. He started In 250 years B. C and come sllppin down to now like soft soap Rlidln down the cellar stairs. Bt cc tended that a gilt ball on the top of a tower had alius bin considered an ei hlem of Innocence. It would be the fust thing a stranger would look fur when enterin the town of Jericho. If he saw that gilt ball, he'd pot np at Ibe tavern and feel safe and go away mi BOOSTER WAS AM KM BLEU OrORIT AND I.1DIPEXDIXCC upon kin well of the town. If he didn't he'd set the folks down as virion and desperate and drive on to Tarrytown or Dobba Kerry. The squar" wanted that ball as big as a pumpkin, and be wanted real gold leaf fur glldln. and he elosed his speech with an appeal to the people to continue to be Innocent and happy. Deacon Spooner waa chair man of the meetin, as usual, and when the squar' sot down the deacon said he'd made a p'lnt Enos Williams waa then called upon. He beaded the fac tion who wanted a rooster. Enos didn't go as fur back as the squar. He has asthma and Is short of breath, and so he started out with Columbus to dls klver America. He had bin readln up on roosters. He couldn't find that roos ters was an emblem of Inuoecuce, but he didn't want no Innocence on a court house tower. The stranger would find Innocence when he conic to play check ers or trade hosses with a Jerlcfaolan, The rooster was an emblem of grit and Independence. He was a bird who went to bed at sundown, got up before sunrise and was bustlln around all day. A rooster on top of that tower would signify that Jericho could take care of herself and didn't bow down to any other town In the state. He was ont of breath and had busted a suspender when he sot down, and Deacon Spoon er rapped with a enne and said: "Enos has not only made a speech equal to anything Henry Clay ever got off, but he's made a tbunderin big p'lnt In favor of the roosterites. 1 waa ag'ln the rooster when I come here, but I've almost changed my mind. Let us bear from Silas Bebee." Silas was one who wanted the p'lnts of the compass put up. He was born In Jericho when the town bad but three houses and had been turned around fnr 50 years. The only way be could tell north from south or east from west was to make a black spot on Uncle Jim Green's barn door, and he never went to the back end of his own cornfield without glttln lost and bevln to whistle to bis wife. Ills speech was up to date. He didn't go back over tlx months.' He said that what bad alios ailed Jericho and what. would alios keep ber down was the want of knowin the compass p'lnts. Ba Wasn't tba only one, who waa turned around. Half the folks lu town couldn't go nuckle bcrryln Without glttlu lost anj wander In around all night Hogs and dogs walked around In a circle because they was confused, and every time there was -a lawsuit most or the witnesses said west fur east An emblem of In nocence wonld be all right, and a roost er would be a thing of beauty, bnt both would be beaten by compass p'lnts. "Silas has made a party good speech and a pnrty good p'lnt" says the dea con, "and I'm sorter lettln go of tba rooster ana leanln to his side. Thougn I've lived In Jericho fnr 22 years. I rant make ont ylt whether my pigpen Is on the north or west side of tba house. I'm understandln that Kits ha Taylor has sunthln to spring on this meetin, and we are resdy to bear it" Ellsba waa ready. Ba bad bta watch- In the growth of tho town hsfi far six long years, and bt bad had -bis eye on the lower day aad night Be had look-. sd at It from tba street and from the roof of bis bam. He bad looked at It at noonday and squinted at tt at mid- night and had coma to one unalterable 4 v,winnnhe orantad the flreer of a 1 ant antrel ta finish off that towae. aad 1 be wanted thst sngeJ it te D'istia anv 1 wards, same aa on a gravestone he aaw I la Buffalo. ' The angel would signify the goodness of Jericho, and strangers sreuld no longer atop and raise a saw Decs use tney eoniom gie a g isse oi beer or find anybody to take a hand at pokar. Ber p'lntln upward would be an object lesson to the aunday school children, and the sight of bar woum calm the feeUn'a ot man about to Uck hla wlfa, - . iw A - a - - - - m vet. f f ha see down, and the deacon aald that f no p'lnt had Ma niade. .Ka was a dea- aoa of fbs church aad a goon aaaa aat f i the town nan. the mignt pint anwarda of downwards or any ether way, but angels didn't belong on towers. He called upon Beverly Jones fnr his views, and Beverly jumped up and declared himself In favor of the American eagle. If a rooster signified grit and Independence, an eagle sign! fled all that and a doscn things more. An eagle stood fur liberty, freedom and equal rights. It was the emblem of a glorious republic. Its wings sheltered tba helpless aa well aa the strong, and Its soft cootn lulled the Infant to sleep. while Its scream sent the father to the field of battle to figbt fur the grandest principles of mankind. It wa a rattlln speech, fnU of redbot patriotism, and Deacon 8 poofter said that Daniel Web ster never approached it la Bis palmiest days. It didn't affect the other fac tions, however. They stuck out fur the gitt ball, the rooster, the compass p rats and the angel, and each one de clared he'd figbt to the bitter end. As a compromise, Jim 8 bo rely, who didn't cart what they put np, moved for a gilt goat and Abraham Scott who waa goln to move away and bad loaf sH Interest, moved fur a monkey, but they waa booted down and every body began to jam bla elbows around and caA everybody elaa a hog. There was every sign that tba meetin would break up In a free figbt when there comes a flash and an awful clap of thunder, and at the same time I.lsh Bluings wslked In to git out of the storm. Deacon Spooner appealed to him to save the honor of Jericho by bringtn about harmony, and l.lsii looked around and replied: "As I understand It this crowd la divided as to what shall ornament thj top of the city ball tower?" "That's Itr yells everybody. "And you've bin Jawin and apeecbl fyln fur the last three hours without sertllh on anything? Waal, I don't sec no use of any more beln said." "But what's your Idea, LIsbT" askf the deacon. "My Idea Is that that fust thundcrlwlt knocked yoar blamed old tower Into a Continental cocked hat and that you kin save your breath to pick up the silvers fur kindlln wood." And the crowd rushed out and found that Llan was k'rect M. Qcad. THEIR NEIGHBORLY WAY. Dldat Walt Laac to Besla Borrow. Ia Tklaa-a, A young woman of Washington birth and rearing, who haa made ber home for these three years past In a small Indiana town, says that for tact and diplomacy she knows nobody to equal her neighbors out there. She had scarcely settled herself In -ber new home when one day she beard a ben proudly cackling In ber back yard. She went out to see what could have brought s strange ben Into ber yard and found that the fowl had just laid an egg In the woodbox outside the kitchen door. While she was still won derlog where on earth the creature bad come from tba shock bead of a thin and tall girl of 12 rose over the fence which divided the yard from the yard of the bouse next door. "Hello," aald the glrL "Good morning," answered the Wasb Ingtonlsn. "We got plenty of eggs," remarked the glrL "Maw says you kin have that one our hen jesf laid In that woodbox of yourn." "Thank you very much," said the Washington Ian. The girl still bung on the fence. "We ain't goln to charge you nothln fer It" she went on. That's very kind. Indeed," answered the new neighbor. - "It'va gift," remarked the glrL Then there waa silence for a few moments. The girl a till clung to ber Sid f the fence. v.. "Bay," the ask) finally., "maw says now' you're acquainted with us folks abe'd like to borry a tack bainmer."- Waablngtoa Pos ,ar4.v. ' PreaarlaaT Far Moral laaaloa. "Don't you believe In uioratrr-aua- 81041?" asked the neighbor. The Indignant father stopped with the twitch poised. In the air. "Or course I do," be answered. "I tried It once, aad Tm going to try It again Just as soon aa I lick tbla boy bard enough so that hell know enough to be ruled by It the next time I try It yes. air; moral suasion Is a great thing, and I'm going to teach this boy bow good It Is if I have to wale the life out of him to do It He doesn't appreciate Its advantages yet" Chica go Post, A Croat Bakr. Tommy Did you know about that baby that was fed on elepbant'a milk. fop, and gained 20 pounda a day? Tommy a Pop (indignantly) wo, I dldnt Whose baby waa It? Tommy The elepbant'a baby, pop. Scraps. There are only three remaining of tot original IS e roasts built by King Ed ward I to mark the resting place of Queen Eleanor's funeral procession. One Is Bear Northampton, one Waltbao Cross, the third at Charing Cross. Four mile rroinx Bath Rnxtand. la a mysttrloat -aroanawnf knuwn aa the Three Bblrea ttena, ; Prom ll you can see parts of Somersetshire, liloiireatsr- ahlre aad Wiltshire. - - - : ... Tata OeM. -,--Goldbeaters, by hamuM-rtng, cam re duce gold leaves so tbin that 282.000 most be hid npoa each other lo pro duce fits tbleknces of an Inch. They are M tMtv thatIf fortned Into a hook, 1,500 tottd aaly errupy the ) of a " (Waf of syssaasoa paper, aad aa OCtmVO, VOlenW: OCkt bjdl tblCC WOUM hava-at maay pages aa the heo! weU-etocksd library of W0Q volumes wt'w. pfy BarasW "Beglpsramia said tbe postal clerk who had told taerthe-stajaps, "bat rot doat have to pawaft aaa stamp oa a letter for Canada." r r. - "I knpw." aald saefa tl' aha Just marshes far aavalopa, yea know." Uta ITsaay -V li- r - a. n - Ora'ne l-. aaejre4aev away forks ingta jrv oa'y Ud yes" tf I -ladWBapoUa Jear- HIS START IN LIFE. IT WAS A GOOD ONE AND WAS THRUST ON HIM BY ACCIDENT,. The laeldeat Wonld at Rave Ha aeaea If a Shortatshtrd Real Ka rate Aaetloneer Had Not Forsottrn Bla Isyeelamea. "I owe my start In life tn the fnet that an estimable old gentleman forgot to put his eyeglaHKes lu his pocket on mornlng," snld a prosperous biislupss man from a sister city. "It's rntlier a curious story." be went on. "and 1 II tell It as briefly as possible. A good many years ago, wheu I woe n young fellow of 23 or tberealiouts. I drlfied Into Louisville In search of a job that didn't materialise, and the upshot of It was that 1 found myself practically broke In a strange city. Up to that time I bad always worked for nu..ll wares snd had uerer succeeded lu ac cumulating ns much as (-VI, but I li.nl an abiding faith that If I could oiiw get hold of a modest stake I could launch out for myself and make xotno mouey. "One morning, when I was wander ,ng about with only two or three silver dollars In my pocket looking for n chance to go to work at anything Hint might offer, 1 dropped Into n big down stairs room where some real estate was being sold at auction! A large crowd was present and ther.! waa an Indescribable feeling of ten sion In the air that warned me some thing unusual was about to happen. "While 1 una standing there, only vaguely Interested, the auctioneer, who was quite an elderly gentleman, Kit up a piece of linpniwil city property and after a considerable iiiise receiv ed a bid of X200. I could see (list the smalloess of the amount excited sur prise, and I was ulso nwnre of a com motion In one corner where half a doscn previous bidders tvere gathered together In nn excited group. They seemed to be quarreling about snmc thing, and meanwhile the aitcllonccr was Indignantly nppenlltis Tor a iv spectublc offer. " 'Make It XL',500!' lie shout.-, I. 'Docs any geiitlemnn bid fA.MlV He looked directly at me, and 1 made a gesture of denial. Thank you!' he exclaimed, greatly to my surprise. The gentleman over there bids 2.5)0, and. If 1 cuu help It no combination of buyers Ih go ing to be allowed to dictate prices at this sale!' With that lie suddenly knocked down tbe proMrty to me. "No sooner was tills done," continued the story teller, "than n great uproar of protests arose from the group In the corner. They Insisted that they had been given no chance to 1ld. but the auctioneer stood firm and, calling me to the platform, requested my name and address and a 20 H-r cent cash de posit on the --'.500. "By that time I realized, of course, that some extraordinary clinucc hml thrown a One piece of property Into my hands nt a fraction of its real value. and I did some quick thinking. 'I've sent a messenger for the money.' I said as coolly as I could, 'and I'll have It here In 15 minutes.' 'The auctioneer looked at the clock. 'AU right,' be replied, I'll give yon that limit' Then I took a desperate chance. I pushed through the crowd, which was already Interested In Uie next sule, and beckoned to a little fat man who hail lieen one of the loudest klckera a few moments before. ' 'Look here,' I said, drawing him nslde. 'Do you want to be my silent partner for an hour or sol "What d'yon mean?1 said be. 'I gave blm tbe truth lu a dozen words. 'Now let me bare that S500 deposit money,' I added, 'and we'll Shore tbe profits, whatever they are.' Tbe little man looked at me shrewd- ly. This Is a big joke on all or us,' he said, grinning, 'and I guess I'll risk tbe deal' j', "At the same time he counted out 9000 and put It In my bands. 1 raced (sack to the desk with the cash, clinch ed the sale and before noon had the SVed In my possession. Then, to make a kag -story abort, my silent partner offered me $1,000 cash for my Interest, and as $ 1.000 looked about as big as a mountain nt that stage of the game 1 promptly accepted. That thousand, for tunately placed, gave me the start that has kept me going ever since. But what about the eyeglasses, did you say? Why. the auctioneer, as-1 afterward learned, was very near algbtsd. and nn the morning to which I refer be bad forgotten his glasses. That waa why he mistook my gesture of die avowal for a sign of assent and forced me. In spite of myself, luto a good thing. I never understood the exact true Inwardness of the deal, but tbe facta bt tba rough were thst s clique of speculators had formed a combine to keep down prices, but, owing to tome misunderstanding, failed to bid promptly on the property which 1 se cured. Tbe auctioneer was on to the gams sad anxious to break It up; hence hla precipitancy In knocking down the lot to yours truly I heard, later on', that my portly silent partnt made $8,- 00 ont of the transaction, but I didn't begrudge him the money. The tnoo be are me oa faith that morning was worth fully 10 per cent a minute." New Orleans Times-Democrat : Jeet aa ASveHleeS. ' "But suppose," one of the spectators aald, "the pasachute should fall to open attar you aare detached tt from the balloon what then?" "That wouldn't stop me," answered the daring aeronaut "I'd come right oa down. Chicago Tribune. ta the center of tbe plata In Lima Is a twetty bnmsa- fountain that was erected la 1578, a girl from tome noble pan lard, aad la probably tbe oldest leuataia ta America. ' ' . f ' Hew Be Brake It. Aa rrascibW old geatletnan bad met i tarti ttfe wKn an accident which left blm with a broken nose, a deform. Ky about which be was knows to be a BtUa rwasKivav Oas day a new Inquirer propounded tbe old question,"Byow did jva uamaage to break your sow J", i . - - - The old gentleman answered aoleiaa- byr Ta tea the truth, my friend, the attest waa caused by my looking It tote ether peopaCt bualaeae,' a No a Noim My ti Blull -Ella WbeeUV paiiiua. v A8SEN f.Arm Ike ilabl When la pses habitual, tho pars, aBsemmlndcd. Tl relates the following absurdities which some victims of this disease have fallen: A bridegroom of 21 hours left I, Is wife, strolled around to his mother In law's house and asked her If her dntighter was at home. This carve from force c-f habit, lie Ini l licet; call ing there daily for some time, and It probably occurred to him that he liad not paid hls-woial visit. A Chlcagor bank president Is unalrlc to account for three-quarters of an hour of bis life. He went Into a res taurant ns usual and ordered his lunch. Nearly an hour later he found himself In his olHce chair nnd suddenly re. nieinliered the order. He went back across the street ami asked If the luncheon was ready. Tin clerk Informed him that he had en ten. paid the bill and gone away some l.'i minutes before, that he hml put his hat on as be went our and that he (the clerk) bad not noticed anything peculiar In his actions. The hunk president congratulates himself that he can be trusted to he have like an ordinary mortal even when he doesn't happen to have iris mind with him. An editor of a dally paper has hti.l himself open to nnkinil remarks ! -trying to take up n collection In lr otHce. Happening tn want a sr-:i!l coin, he turned to his fellow worker nnd asked for n quarter. "Haven't got It, but here's n dollar." the man replied ns he tossed It nvi-r. The editor put the dollar 111 his pocket nnd I in mod lately turned to a special writer nt the next desk nnd said: "Miss . could you lend mc a i".ir- ter?" Then, seeing the man from whom he had got the dollar grin. I: added hnstlly: "Oh. never mind. I Just got n dollar from Brown." In analyzing his conduct ho snld thnt Brown's reply thnt he did not have n quarter wns nppnrcntly the only part of the transaction that made any impression upon lilm. But he Is under suspicion In thnt otilce and will prolmhly never he aide to live It down. HOW ZULU WOMEN SEW. They Tae Skewera For eec11f-a nn I Olraffe Slnewe I-'or Thrcntl. The skill of the Zulus of South Africa ill sowing fur is a household word In South Africa, anil some of tire other tribes compete with them. The needle employed is widely different from that used by the ordinary needlewomen. In tbe tlrst place, it has no eye: in the second. It Is like a skewer, pointed at on" end and thick nt the other. The thread Is uot of cotton. it Is made of the slnetvs of various urrimals. tin best lieing made from the sinews In the neck of a giraffe. It is stiff. Inelastic, with n great tendency to "kink" nnd tangle Itself up with nny thliig near It. Before lieing used It is steeped In hot water until it Is quite soft and Is then beaten between two smooth stones, which causes It to sep arate into lilaiucnts, which ran thus he obtained of nny length and thickness. Thus the seamstress has a considera ble amount of labor In-fore she com meuccs with the real work In band. Finally she squats on the ground (for no unlive stands to work or do anything else who can possibly help It) and. tnklng her needle, bores two holes In the edges of the rug or gar ment on which she Is working. The thread Is then pushed through with the butt of the needle, drawn tight, and two more holes are made with a like result the skewer progressing very slowly, but fast enough for a country where time Is of no value whatever. The skin upon which the seamstress Is working Is dnmpeil with water be fore sho commences, anil ns the damp thread and hide dry out tbey bring the work very closely together. Hla Sympathy. An old housewife in tbe country was bemoaning her poverty to au unsym pathetic husband. Things ain't as they used ter be." tbe complained. "Why, I ain't got anything like I used ler hcv. I alu't got quilts enough ter go round tin beds, there's two ot the best chairs broken, an I ain't got uo dress thet's really fit ter go ler mcctlu, an If 1 was ter die ternlght I wouldn't hcv a cap ter be buried In." -The old man had stood the whining as long as lie could. "Blast It all. then," he fiercely ejacu lated, "why didn't yer die when yer did her a cap?" fire aa Meaaalteee. Italian peasants living In swampy re gions still"' follow tbe old custom of lighting fires tor tbe purpose of purify ing the air of malarial polaob. As a matter of fact, tbla Is tbe worst thing tbey could do, at the fire attracts mos quitoes, which are now known to Im transmitters of malarial fever. - At Peckforton, Cheshire. England. Is to be seen a very queer beehive. It Is la tbe shape of a castle on an ele phant's back and Is carved In stone. Next to opium la power are certain kinds of grasses, notable among which Is hemp, which csuees Intoxication and tueeatbests ) - '. ? . HER ANSWER, ",. "Paw Ball," aa wrotsi "taaaa vises rw aada aa add ta and to yea , awJl aa aar arete iimni ' .? . . aad aack stall M how daaa aaa tnt Taa tow k, eravtat roars . rot kern- Beat mill sue sseswstt ease Oku at JT-W -, . -; Tker Sis aa treat, v. w I ' - aru o a. I.. ' 1 akw aarUda avawat kaas ttatr awaase teak aartw aareraei . laseaftaatamkbal II mrni ary sasew Sack atik tkcatl ' Wan attar sun lis t root ts triaaa w aaw ree-Asaa, ' 1 I "Ttfto. " sule by Goo. ATTtrtViiu-, Vi tli.is emlorsp it, "ctnltifr J lilt-- it, i M folks use it. We rofor i :-.) Vinutf Coiiirli Cure. It wili 4tii: !.K riii't.- nil throat and 1iiii.lt triml'ioK VV A Ring. Cliincst! are il.inoiouH enemies, for Uht rut' tioai-liL-iOtis. Tliut'a vvlrv all cotii:tafi)itor8 of DoWitt' -Viti'li llaznl S.ilvc ftio da iijorouH. They look iike DeVViti's, but iu st'M'l of the all-lienlintr with hazel t'-ey coi:t:i'ii intrreiliciifct liuHlo tu iri'ilate ti.;' r-kin ami , 'au.su blood l.i.01li::Lr For pi los. in j uiies iind skin tliwensts use the original mid genuine Pe'cVitt's Witch Hazol Salvo. W A Ring. 1 Ldt 1 nrublji ! t Hcadaouu. Would cjuiekly leave you, if you; used Dr. King's New Iifo Pills. Tlioiisinnls of sufferers have proved Hi- ir nialcl.less merit for Sick aud Xervi-ns .'cadnches. They in ike pure li!o":l and build up your l-il'.li. Duly 25 cents, Money haek tm: L.ired. Sold by Geo, Matton, i!i Uf's'1- 'I lie wol! ;: the fable put on sheep's r'-nliiiix' because if he ti'iivi'li'il on his vn reputation ho couldn't accomplish his purpose. Counterfeiters of DeH'itt's Witeh Ha.el Salve couldn't sell their worthless salves on their merits, 80 they put them in boxoa nnd wrap pers like DeWjtt's. Look out for them. Take only Do Witt's Witnli Hazel Salve. It. cures piles and . all skin diseases. W A Ring. Keeliugs of safely pervade the household that uses One Minute Cough Cure, the only harmless remedy that produces immediate results. It is inftdlible for coughs, colds, rronp aud all throat aud lung troubles. It will prevent consumption. W. A kiii). SIOO. SIOO DR. E DETCHON'S ANTI DIURETIO Ynw tie w.xih to yiei more l.tau (tiyi if y. 11 hsve a child who pi.ils hedging from incoi-ieoenr, t,( water during sleep. Cures o'd rtno yoiiDK ,i!ike. Il Rrr,stti the trouble St ".nee ' 'I Sil.l bvtieo. A. Ma'ton, dptrgist. I'isk I'oini. N. C -an lO-W The best means ol cleansing the liver is the use ot the famous little pills known as DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Kasy to take. Never sripe. W. A Ring. Do not get scared if yotit heart troubles you. Most likely you suffer fiom indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you .at and gives the worn out stom ich pert'jet rest. It is the only preparation known that completely digests all classes of foods; that is vby it cures the worst cases of in digestion and stomach troubles af ter everything el.-e has failed. It may be taken in all conditions and cannot help but do you good. W. A. Ring. Dr. W. H. Lewis, Lawrence vilie, Va., writes: "I am using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure in my prac tice among severe cases of indiges tion and find it an admirable rem edy. "Many hundreds of physi cians depend upon the use of Ko dol Dyspepsia Cure in stomach troubles. It digests what you eat, and allows you to eat all the good food you need, providing you do not overload your stomach. Gives instant relief aud a permanent cure. tt A. Ring. We waul every lady who nurses a baby to read the following: A Greensboro lady told us she had a young baby, her breast hurt her so much she couldn't keeD from cry ing; she said she thought it would kill her. One good rubbing with Goose Grease Liniment cured her in a few hours. She wants every mother to know this therefore we publish it jl-ti If your neck, chest or arm gets very sore use Goose Grease Linl- ment, and you will find it will re lieve tbe soreness, in one night. Don't use it on place that is vacci nated, it will beat it np in a few days. tf. DsDoing 01s3i Inasmuch as the young turn have eugaged me to teach a danc- - ing clafs at this place, I wMi to say that any youa lady wishing to join may do so at any time. Sptcial class for children ; For further information ar'dress ot call nt Mrs Harmon's boarding house or leave word at Enterprise office A BursT Hart, . sep7-4f Teacher - ' This is the season when mothers we alarmed on account of croup. ' It is quickly cured by Ode Minnte Cough Core, which children to take .'.,:" :..' W. A, Ring. ' Qua Mloute Cough Core, Cfrrea,' laav S ! 5 - I as was it Wa) Skat la , 't.V I-....' jaf d never consent to hist a lilt aaaJ
The High Point Enterprise (High Point, N.C.)
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Oct. 19, 1900, edition 1
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