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AMANGB VOX.; 'XVII.,.,. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY-, MAY 23, 1 89 1 . wliEANBE:.'-----':; " ; ,7 1 j L . ' . - . ' no. i6; , - WORTH knowing is that Mood dis eases which all otlioi remedies fall to euro, yield to Ay ffr's SaranpariUiw rresik con Urina tion of this autt rueut eonit to haiitl daily. Kvun Buch decii-RCkteJ ami stuliburn-coui-plalitt aj It he u- tic Gout, and tlie JUIlrcIsefl ly radicatea by .' "3fAS"K t' ofthi. won-".! Mrs. B. Irvlnjf Dodg, 110 Went J25th ati-Mt, Nair,? York, certifies : f " Ahoijt tiro yeara'njtt, after afllTerlnii for nearly, two yvara from rhoumaUe :. Sout, bHiiiR alilfl to Walk only nrith reat iKuoiafort, and having tried varioua remcdl.in, including mineral Ttor, witbont rolicf, I iiavr by an advertiso. liiont In a Uliiuan niprr that a man had Ixinn rliovol of this dintresning cm- - jilallit, after loiip; aiifTcrinciby taking . Ayer's Saraaparilla.' I then decided td . . make a trial of thi.r mudlcine, and took -.-it rffriilaily for eight.luoutli3.I .am. pleased to lay tlmt It effected a coiu ' )ilote euro, that I hvo since had no retu.u ui the disease." Mr. L. A. Stark, Nashua, N. IT., irrltaa: "One year ago I was taken 111 with rheumatism, being ionllned to uiy house six ioontlit. I tamo out of the iekness very much debilitated, with no appetite, anil my system disordered iu every way .- I commenced to use Ayer'a Barsajiarflla and began improve atr once, guin iu strength and aooni re-; covering my usual health. I cannot say too miu:li iu praise of this well-known, medicine." - , I have taken a great deal of merti-. cine, but nothing has dono mo so much good a Ayer'a Sarsanarilla. I folt its beneficial effects before I had quite fjuislied one bottle, and I caa freely tentify that it is the host blood, medicine I know of." L.W. Ward, Sr., AVoodlaud, Texas. Ayer's Sarsaparillaf PEEPAKED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mast. Trice 1 ; six bottles. 36. Worth $5 a bottle. PROFESSIONA L CARDS! J AS. E. BOYD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. i ' Greennboro. N. C. Will bo at Graham on Monday of each week attend to professional business, l&ep 101 J. D.KEBNOULE A TTOSNEY AT LAW nn. in fi.( stutH anil Federal Co ntr will takhCullv and promptly attend to alt bus acesutrusteu 10 mm JACOB A. LONG! , ATTORNEY AT LAW, OS A HAM, ,Mav 17. '88. N. C, Wm. E. Teasley, D. D. 8, Offion ': 3 doors West of J. W. Tlar den & Bon'a More.' '.Will .be at Haw River lastiEriiayi of ieMh month and the Saturday following. fjg-Assisted by J. R. Stockabd, Ja. E. C. LAIRD, M. D., HAW RIVER, W. .C Feb'ylVOO." DE. : Ri H. M0ER0 W, BRLiNOTON.N.'C. lOffice over G. Wi Helt & Son's stor?. Will b at Haw River at Dr. Palter ou'x every first Moodoy. CbtwU, ana Trade-Mark oe tallied, and aD Fi aat bolaw eocdacud (or Moocaarc Fees. Oud Omei n OPMSrrt u. . Partirr Orriee and ire eaa wears iMieat la aM tuse liiaa uujs mnot frora WMhhMrtoo. Eead model, drawing or pMaw Kh dMerlp (aa. W adriw. rf pMcnuMs er mot. tree ot , diarg. Oar aw aot da till paunt 1 aMorad. ., A PaarMLT". " BoV U Obtain Faunu, witk rjamM of teiaklehrntt ) yot tMaw,oaotj,ar tovo, atstliM. AddraM, . - c.A.sriow&co. i 0 rTarr Qmu, VaaNiawrea. D. 0. . U.S.iDIRECTTAX Paid in 1866-'67. Jatrjpa B. Maaoo, AtK-rneyHaw, Chapel Hill, N. C will collet I bin -far oeenUM tba Dcdlar rV d yonr Receipt td bim. If ltwi.wri'e him the facta. He'iao fcir ThebeMcttizcP of Chapel Hill as refereuo. apr 0 3m f 1 n fj L Yrtr.ti.t'-tx. Ill U If L I rm,rrrJ5r W fcswalsfc i njifclaaj. r mm t. A ti. Tasj imN jmt fvsjt asOTasjstiA, r H itsar Mm Ht. 1 Ma ai ata lliilj iiiImI t Wtafv ami iW wnm r mm isitiag U l M faaw aaal wf , aaal sbmmo Ma luk tiininal W w ftsstMadk fa lb nsw i-VaMlaa.l-t.Ia. r-s term. ra Ti m, Yyll 4 trVt 3i mm COLLAPSE OF THE SHOW. SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF ARTEMUS WARD, the Statues Smashed to Atoms, the Ioosa Change Confiscated, and the Animals Turned loe .A Brief Imprisonment. Interview with Jefferson Davis. Copyrighted and published by special amrago. meut with a. W. DilUnfrhaiu, Nov York, pub. Usher. . - xn. THE SHOW IS CONFISCATED. hav perhaps 'won dered whareabouts I was for these many dase gone and past. Perchana yon Bposed I'd gone to the Tomb of the Cappylete, tho I don't know what those is. It's a popler noospaper f rase. Listen to my toil, and be silent that ye may here. I've been among the Se seshers a earnin my daily peck by my legitimit perfeshun, and havn'thad no time to weeld my facile quill, for "the Grate Komick paper," if you'll allow me to kote from your troothful advertise ment. My success was skaly, and I likewise had a narrer scape of my life. If what I've bin threw is "Suthern hosspitality," T)out which we've hearn so much, then I feel bound to obsarve that they made two much of me. They was altogether too lavish with their attenshuns. I went amung the Seseshers with no feelins of annermosity. ' I went in my perfeshernal capacity. . I was actooated by one of the most Loftiest desires which can swell the human Buzzum viz,, to giv the peeple their money's worth, by showin them Sagashua Beests, and Wax Statoots, which I venter to say air on enrpast by any other statoots anywheres. I will not call that man who sez my statoota is humbugs a lier and a hoss thief, but bring him be4 me and I'll wither bim with one of my scornful frowns. But to proseed with my tail. In my travels threw tho Sonny South I heared a heap of talk about Seceshon and bustin up the Union, but I didn't think it mounted to nothin. The politicians in all the villages was swearin that Old Abe (sometimes called the Prahayrie flower; shouldn't never bo noggerateiL They also made fools of theirselves in varis ways, but as they was used to that I didn't let it worry me much, and the Stars and Stripes continued for to wave over my little tent. Moor over, I was a Son of Malty and a member of several other Temperance Societies, and my wife she was a Dawtor of Malty, and I eposed these fax would secoor me the in floonz and and pertectiun of all the fust families. , Alas! I was dispinted. State arter State seseshed and it growed hotter and hotter for the under slued; Things came to a climbmacks ia a small town in Alabamy, where I was premtorally ordered to haul down the Stars & Stripes. A deppytashnn of red faced men cum up to the door of my tent ware I was standin takin money (the arternoon exhibishun had com menst, an my Italyun organist was jerkin his sole-stirrin chimes). ''We air cum, Sir," said a millingtary man in a cockt hat, "upon " a high and holy mishun. The Southern Eagle iascreamin threwout this sunny land proudly and defiantly screamin. Sir!" "Whafs the matter with him?" sez I; "don't his Tittles sit well on his stnm mnck?" - "That Eagle, Sir, will contlnner to scream all over this Brite and tremenjus land!" . "Wall, let him itaream. If your Eagle .can amuse bisself by screamin, let him went!" The men anoyed me, for I was bizzy mnkin change. "We are cum. Sir, upon a matter of dooty" "Yon re . right, Captmg. it s every man's dooty to visit my show," sed L "We air cum" "And that's the reason yon are here!" sez I, larfin one of my silvery larfs. I thawt if he wanted to goak I'd giv him some of my sparklin eppygrams. Sir, yon re mserlent. The plain qnes. tion is. will von haul down the Star Spangled Banner and hist the Southern flag?", "Nary hist!" Those was my reply. "Your wax works and beests ia then eonfisticated, & yon air arrested as a Spy!" r Sea I, "My fragrant roses or the Southern clime and Bloomin daffodils, what's th price of whisky ia this town, and how many cubic feet of that aed act ive flooid can yon individooally hold . They made no reply tothat.. but said dt wax aggers was conusticated. I axed them if that was gineraUy the stile among thieves in that country, to which they also made no reply, but sed I was arrested as a Spy, and must go to Alont gomry in inns. They was by this time jined by a large crowd of other South ern patrits, who commenced hollerin ."Hang the baldhcaded abolitlcmist, and bust np his immoral exhibitionf" I was orwd and tied to 'a stump, and the crowd went for my tent that water proof pavilion, wherein instruction and amoosment had been so muchly corn- binedVat 13 cmta per bead and tore it j all to nieces. Meanwhile dirty faced boys was thro aria etnas and empty ixvr bottles at my mx4v. brow, aai fckiti oUur improper Lbvrti with my persuo. VWMW .ou Resistance was Tiseloss, for a variety of reasons, as I readily oiwarved.' The Seseshers confirticated my statoots by smashing them to attums. They then went to my money box and: eonfisticated all the loose change therein contained. They then went and bust in my cages, lettin all tho animals ijose. a small but heltiiy tigar among tho re3t, This tiger has a execntric way of tcarin dogs to peaces, and I allers spoBcd from his gin eral conducif that ho'd btiv no hesitasuun in sen'in human beins in tho same way if he could git at them. Excuse me if I was crooiL but I laxfed boysterrusly when I see that tiger spring in among the people. "Go. it, my sweet cuss!" I inardly exclaimed. "I forgive you fot bitin off my lofi thum with all my heart! Rip 'em up like'a'bnlly tiger whose Lara has bin inwaded by Sesehers!" r I can't say for certain that the tiger serisly injured any of them, but as he was seen a few days after, sum miles dis tant, with a largo and well selected as sortment of seats of trowsis in hia month, and as he lookt as tho he'd bin havin sum vitent exercise, I rayther guess he did. Yott will therefore perceive that they didn't confisticate Lira much. I was canid to Montgomery in iuns and placod in dnrans vial. The jail was a onery edilissrbut tho table was lib erally surplied with Bakin and Cab bidgo. This wa3 a good variety, for when I didn't hanker after Bairin I could help myself to tho cabbige. I had nobody to talk to nor nothin to talk about, howsover, and I was very lonely, specially on tho first day; so when the jailer parst my lonely sell I put the few stray hairs on the back part of my hed (I'm bald now, but tharef was a time when I woro sweet auburn ringlets) into as dish-hevild a state as possible, & rollin my eyes liko a manynck, I cride: "Stay, jaler, stay! I am not mad, but soon shall bo if you don't bring me suthin to Talk!" He brung me sum noospapers, for which I thanked him kindly. At larst I got a interview with Jeffer son Davis, the president of tho Southern Conthieveracy. He was quite perlite, and axed mo to sit down and state my case. I did it, when ho larfed and said his gallunt men had been a little 3 en thoosiastic in confisticatin my show. "Yes," sez I, "they eonfisticated me too muchly. I had sum bosses eonfisti cated in the same way onct, but the con fisticators air now poundin stun in the States Prison in Injinnapylus." "Wall, wall, Mister Ward, you air at liberty to depart; you are frendly to the South, I know. Even now wo hav many frens in the North, who sympathise with, rjs,.and won't mingle with this fight," "J. Davis, there's your grate mistaik. Many of us was your sincere trends, and thought certain parties amung us was fussin about you and meddlin with your consarns intirelytoo much. But J. Davis, the minit you firo a gun at the piece of dry goods called tho Star Spangled banner, tho North gits up and rises en massy, in defonce of that ban ner. Not agin yon as individools not agin the South even but to save the flag. "Wo should indeed bo weak in the knees, unsound in tho heart, milk-vhite in the liver, and soft in the hed, if we stood quietly by, and saw this glorus Govyment smashed to pieces, either by a furrin or a intestine foe. Tho gentle harted mother hates to take her naughty child across ber knee, but she knows it is her dooty to do it. So wo shall hate to whip the naughty South, but we must do it if you don't make back tracks at onct, and we shall wallop yon out of your boots! J. Davis, it is my decided opinion that the Sonny South is making a egrejus mutton-hed of herself I" "Go on, sir, yon're safo ennflf. You're too small powder for me!" sed tho Presi dent of the Southern Conthieveracy. ' "Wait till I go home and start out t Baldinsville Mounted Hoss Cavalry! I'm Capting of that Corpse, I am, and J, Davis, beware: Jefferson v., i now leave you! Farewell, my gay Baler Boy! Good bye, my bold buccaneer! Pirut of the deep blue sea, adoo! adoo!" My tower threw the Southern Con thieveracy on my way home was thrillin enuflt for yeller covers. It will form the subjeck of my next. Betsy Jane and the projeny air well. Yoars respectively, A. W-MtD. FRAGMENT FEOM A KEW ENGLAND SPEECH. I see mhtch to admire in New Englan. Yonr gals' in particular air about as snug bnilt peaces of Calukcr as I ever saw, They air folly equal to the corn fr&gals of Ohio and Injianny, and will make the bestest kind of wives. It sets my Buz zum on fire to look at 'em. Be still, my Kile, be still, & you, my Hart, stop cuttin upl I like yonr skool booses, your meetin houses, your enterprise, gnmpshnn, &c, but yonr favorit Bevridge I disgust. 1 allude to New England Rum. It is wurs nor ths korn whisky of Injianny. which i tats threw stone jugs and will tnrn the stummuck of the most shiftlus Iiog. I seldom seek consolashun at the flowin Bole, but tother day I wurrid down some of yonr Rum. The fust glass indused me to swar like a infooriated trooper. On takin the sec nnd glass I was eeezed with a desire to break winders, & arter imbibin the third glass I knockt a emnll.boy down, picthis pocket of a New York Ledger, and wild ly commenced readin Sylfanns Kobb'a last TaiL Its drcfTul stuff a sort of bck wid litenin, gut up under the personal supervishun of the devil tears men's in ards all to peaces and makes their noses bloeaom as the Lobster. Shun it as yon would a wild hyeny with a firebrand tied to his tale, and while yon air abowt it yon will do a first rate thing for yonr aelf and everybody abowt you byshnn nin all kinds of intbxicatin lickers. Yon don't need 'em no Bore's 4 eat needs S tales, sarin nothin about the trubbleand snfferin they cawse. But unkna yonr lnards air cast iron, avoid New Englaa's favorite Bevrigov . ' , -In two of the London dnbs where, the chief bntlers have been in 'office fat forty years, dl gold and silver change is washed before bclnj given to tho nwia- THE NATION'S U8RARY. Somachlne About Its Thonmnds and Thoai ami of Hooks of Every Kind. Oar national library is ft bugo triple room in the west front of the Capitol building, and holds more than 600,000 volumes in its capacious shelves, . Imagine an immense chamber, along each side of which ran large alcoves of ironwork. Within these alcoves, which are large enough to'coritain two peo ple, are four walls of books. 1 Above these small chambers are iron galleries, one rising above the other until the roof is reached. And each one is load ed down with thousands upon thou sands of volumes. Every available space fa occupied by dnsty tomes, yet in this seeming confu-. sion there is admirable order. The location of every book is kept, and a visitor calling for a certain author is kept waiting only a few moments. Children ander sixteori are not al lowed in the library,- yet part of It is devoted solely to children's literature and fairy tales. Many aro tho qnaint and curious books preserved on these shelves. One can seo tho Bibles of all nations the Zend-Avesta and -tiie-Khoran.- sitlo,by side with the test book of tho Mormons and the Scriptures of the Christians. Then there are volumes in the quaint old English type, books published tlirco or four hundred yoars ago; "Pilgrim's Progress" in Chinese, huge diciiomiries, on old Biblo printed iu the Sixteenth century, and the first newspaper that ever appeared. Tho largest book in existence is in this library, a huge volume nearly two yards long and containing life size col ored illustrations of birds of all nations. This book is called ' Tho Audubon Book on Birds," and is wortha fabulous sum Audubon, remember, is tho man for whom is named tho society for tho pre vention of cruely to birds. Its aim is to do away with tho useless slaughter of birds for millinery purposes. Many aro tho cranks that visit this Great library. Some couio day after day to search oat some pet hobby, and never weary of their useless efforts, One old lady is said to haunt tho place and search volume after volume to dis cover something about herself which she imagines to have been written. She declares her intention of destroying the page as soon as found. Another cnink is reading all tho Bibles and from them compiling' one of his own. Ho will probably end in the lunatio asylum or the poorhouso. Hypnotism is a subject that is much Investigated, and palmistry comes next There is no subject upon which some book cannot bo found Science, art, medicine, law, literature, poetry, re ligioneverything known to the human mind that has been written upon by tho human pen can here be hod. Phil adelphia Times, Welt Satisfied. When the late Archbishop Tart was passing somo time in a little villago of Perthshire he received an unexpected and no doubt a pleasing expression of appreciation. As far as it went the tribute to his ability as a preacher was sincere. He had given instructions for his letters to be sent to the- local post- office to be called for. The day that he arrived in tho vfl lage he walked down to the general shop, wliich also did duty for the post office, and asked, "Aro there any let ters for the Archbishop of Canter- buryt-V --"The storekeeper had something to ij before ho (answered the question. bo you'lP-be that purrscnyersePr YelLsaTd the archbishop, "as a matter of fact, I am." "Well," tlie postmaster continued earnestly,. "I havo a son aud lie is in a shop in London, and he told lue that he ainco gaed to St Paul's cathedral to hear ye preach, and he was verra weel satisfied wi' ye." Youth's Com panion. Lincoln's Humor. In an article on the "Humor of Abra ham Lincoln" we are r told that his humor was often unconscious, and that his wit was illustrative. He used it be cause at times he could say more in this way and better illustrate an idea. He never eared how he made a point so that lie made it, and he never told a story for the mere sake of telling it "In one interview," says the writer of the article, "the rtamecamo op of a do ceased politician of Illinois whose merit was blemished by an overweening van ity. His funeral was larguly attended. 'If,' said Mr. Lincoln, 'General had known bow big a funeral be would have had he would have died years ago.'" . I-adles' Flgi" TO rota. Ladies who can afford it now par chase wooden models, built exactly npon the measurements of their own bodies to save theinsetvos from the wearincm of "trying dresses on." The dresses are saeceswfuDy draped npon the '"figure forma," as they are Called. Dry Goods Chronicle. Coming I m Uttl Tu Flask Madison Squeers It has got so now that you can't auk a policrman a ques tion without yon have a permit. . Upson Downes What kind of a per mit ' . Madison Squeers A permit tVUral Puck. - ' - ' " TIm Fl Wm HtddOTS. "That is a very poor Joke, boys," said the) schooiiaaster, rising suddenly from the bent pin. "I fail to see the point" -"It's there just tlie came," said the bad boy of the class, tot to voce. Har per's Bazar, ; ' . - Women Who Tien MesV' Man in many respects Is a peculiar animal . He is. .easily persuaded by a, woman, but liecannot be driven. A woman who seoks a man's admiration, and says by her dotneanor or suggestion "Admlro my boouty or my brightness," is a woman from whom a man will tarn quicker than from anything ebe. A woman will always make a m!ntak,e when she attempts to forco her beauty or her talents upon a man pr upon an other woman for that matter. . A wonv art who seeks admiration always re minds mo of a hollyhock, conspicuous and flaunting, and anxious to be seen. Now, men never care for hollyhocks. It is not man's favorite flower. Tho violet, or a half blown rose is piore to his taste, Qo whore there ia a company of well dressed men, in evening cos tume, with boutonnioros, and if in sea son tho violet and the roso will bo seen on tho lapel of every coat, and what is truo with, mon of flowers is true of what ho always associates with them women. A man likes to discover a violet or a roso; ho wonts to find out its charm himself ; ho doesn't wish a directory to aid him' in this, and he is very con- ,teinptnou8ieworoanr-whoIiere thoro and evcrywiiero askoshis admir ation. Tlw women who aro popular with mon aro tho women who impress thorn with their womanliness, and. by tiiis is meant that subtlo something that says "I do not thrust myself for ward, but perhaps if you find 1110 you may liko mo." Men have always liked voyages of discovery, and they lilo to sock tho ideal woman, and not havo her tlinist her greatness upon thom.-r Ladies' Homo Journal. About Marking Rooks. "What do you think of the habit of marking books" I asked an old book worm and book lavcr. "Why, T think that if tho marker himself doesn't mind it, no one e-ko ought to." "I do not understand. Why should the person wha inarlis books mind itf" "Because it w such a reckless give away1. It ia bad enough to havo to stand by tho tilings you say yourself without adopting a lot of things somo one clso has said in addition. When you mark a book you often put on ex hibition sentiments which yon would express only with tho greatest reserve, but hero they aro opon to tho criticism of friend and foo aliko. I havo always had a private opinion that the marking of books showed a lack of proper re serve and dplicaey. It is making the publio a present of 'what belongs to yourself and your friend. ' "Then, apart from the revelation made to other peoplo, you often find marked books on unoomfortablo rec ord of your own past mental poverty. If you should rood tho somo work, but in different copies, onco a year for five years, and mark at each reading tiia things which struck your fancy, the five copies, when compared, would, show yon somo startling facts." Kate Field's Washington. . Sport la the FIJI Islands. One of the hngo delights of the Fiji young men and boys and, truth to toll, tho Fiji young ladies likewiso in dulge occasionally in tlie sport is the swing. Tlie Fiji, boys look out for the stump of a nice, straight and not too thick tree, wliich has obligingly grown on tlw side of a convenient bunk. Then they fasten to it a number of lengths of native rope, which usually havo loops in their free ends. Tho next process is for each player to place his foot In one of threw nooses and go swinging oil through tho arc of a circle of fifty or sixty feet In radius. For the Fijian Ls almost, if not quite, as much at homo in tlie aqueous element as his brethren," tho Sandwich island ers, and is usually oblo to- swim like a duck at about that period in his his tory when ho begins to toddle 80 he plunges into tho game with vigor, flying through tho air to tlie ex treme length of tho rope before letting go to disappear with a splosh into the water, his wiry head of. hair coming presently to tho surface as player after player follows his example, and while the water is alive with coal black wig tho air is rent with shouts of laughter. San Francisco Examiner. Baby's AppoUt When we consider the tliousind and one things that baby partikes of dur ing tho first two or three years of its existence we are inclined to think that it outdistances a cot in tlie number of lives it posies. Fortunately for baby it samples everything upon which it can lay its hands in delightful Innocence. Probably if the little mlto could speak it woo. Id tell you tliat itenjoyod the dost out of tlie coal acuttJo equally as well as the preserve out of tlie pun pot It wDl simply cat anything it can put its bands to. Old paper, rags, socks, gtrrres are all in turn tasted by baby, and the probability fat, so varied are its tnfttca, that if its mouth wttre big enough It won hi prefer to swallow tlie piano or tho' umbrella stand in the hail rather than anything else. London Tit-Bits. JIaaanss Vrmime VarMblo PMtla. The trollop, which I linve kept in an qaanont, is remarkable for its ryes, which tkirt the mantle. They rear-m-Ue gems of ilia purest description. The frenh watr mrubija produco pearls, thoas of the St Clair county, Ijla, and Euthrrford county. Toon., rivers being moat valuable. Fifty thousand dollots worth of pearls have been taken from the fresh water rivers of Scotland in a single summer, and a pearl taken from a Salem, X J., mussel a few yoars ago was avid in Paris for (2,030. Cor. San rranoisco ChrOAiclo, PHOTOGRAPHIC VOUCHER Floor Wbieit iltif Adrorslsors BeqofM That Ooptraata Am FnlflUed. . w Some of too big mercantile flrnw that rely largely upon liberal advert!. ing for their patronage," said a big bill poster, "go to great expense to attract attention. The cost of advertising with them is not limited , to tlie mere pay ment of the newspapers, painters, bill posters and others who undertake to display their announcements, but there are a number of nocessary expenses in cidental to these which are by no. means small items in the total ex penditure. ; . ' 1 "Many employ men to originate etriking forms of advertisements, and tho demand for men of special genius in tliot direction is so great that very large salaries are offered them. Some of those firms, especially those who deal in patent' medicines, employ a mon whoso sole duty it is to see that the contracts for displaying before the pub lio their' advertisements aro carried out as agreed. This man has to do a great deal of traveling. . "One of the forms of advertising, which is extensively indulged in by those firms, is the painting of signs on tho fences and rocks along the lines of the railroads which enter this town. In making a contract with a bill poster, who usually does this work, the firm specifies tho style and size of tlie signs it wants and tlie places in which it wants them displayed. Tlie bBl poster then sends out his men presumably to fulfill the terms of the contract, but these men travel over hundreds of miles of territory, and the question arises, How can tho firm be certain that its provision have""becn properly car ried out? It is Impossible for the mem bers of the firm to spend time In. going over all these miles personally, and, as a result, they have to employ a man who can do It for them. . This man con do little else. ' "If tlie firm would rest content with his assurances his labor would be com paratively light, but one of the first principles of ablgmercantilo firm seoms to be tliat, so far as posslbio, tho asser tions of an employe should be sup ported by material proot It would, of courso, be possible for the maq who undertakes this work to defraud the firm by conspiring with the bill poster, and, to prevent this possiblo collusion, a novel form of proof that the work has been properly done has been de vised. Tlie firm's agent follows in the footsteps of- the bill poster's work men. , . : . "He is provided with a camera and be photographs every one of the firm signs. As each photograph takes in not only tho sign bnt tho surrounding scenery, tlie firm is of courso convinced that tho number of signs contracted for have been duly niodo, and also that they aro in the places designated by it These photographs aro kopt until the terms of tlie contract hove expired, and frequently ono firm will have a collection of thousands of photographs of a particular sign, in the background of which will bo different kinds of scenery." New York Sun. Diamond Absorbing- Light. In an artiulo on "Precious Stones" a most beautiful experiment in the ab sorption of light by diamonds which was carried out in Pork during the eii position was referred to. On this oc casion a collection of 150 diamonds waa placed in a dork room. In. a side of tlto room was inserted a lens, outsido of which an arc loutn was hung. The lens, which was employed to concen trate the fight was covered with violet eoloreef glow?, so that only ultra violet mys full ait the gems, of wlikth but three of the en tiro number proved to be phospliorcscent All the others as sumed a beautiful violet tint The two stones wlioee phosphorescence was most marked were perfectly transpar ent white stones, one having a bluish tingo. Tho phosphorescence exhibited by these stones is described as extremely beautiful, and remained visible, with gradually dird rushing intensity, for fif teen minutes after . a metallic cap was put over the lens. ., Xatlon May Bo Jadf-ad by VhlrCfcUdrwn. In ail climes and ages human nature is essentially the same, yet the condi tions under which life . develop in various nations often make the habits of different races seem very strange to foreigners. The prevailing idea of a na tion may be known by the dee ires of its children. Some writer once remarked that lot a French child express bis ideal and it would be that he might grow into a famous general, the soldier surrounded with ail his military glory being the height of his ambition. ' Put tho same question to an Ameri can boy, and with a toss of his head he will inform you that he intends to be a fireman or a street car conductor when he "grows up to be a man." But the Chinese boy la so differently trained that it would be a most difficult task to fathom Us Wishes and ambitions, Philadelphia Tunes, i Landing Fart. Tin going to give you an important part in my next play," said the man ager to the supe with large hands. "Sof" said the ambitious assistant "A leading part V "Exactly. I want you to tit out in the audience and start the applause," Hrpcr's Bazar. 7 . . . Varr Iran. - 'Tdiarns are not universally applies abte." "Which, for instance r "Well, a farmer con go to seed and a cow to grass and not be any the worse fur it'-r-Harper'a Bazar, ...... rIXTWJBTT SEKHOJt, Tka Vvrtk CarnHna fbvals ot the Refufsd Ch0TCk4atliaUutfaStata. Speeial Cor. State Chronicle. ," HtcsoBY, N. 0.. ' Way-j' 11. The Sixty -firm Annual Session of the North Carolina, Ciassis of the;. Reformed Church was held in Bthel church, Stanley county, on the 6th, 7th, 8th aud ,9th. The annual sermon was preached by; ,the outgoing . president, r Rv. PJdC TrelerD. JX, from I Cor. lit 8, 0. After soug and prayer service by Rev. J. L. iMnrpsy, the following; ! members answered to roll call : Dp, G. W. Welker, Stated Clerk, Dr. J. C, Clapp, president, of. Catawba Col lege, DrM'P.l. TrexleriRevs. J.,'A. Foil, Pan Burriuicer, C. A. Starr, J. L. Murphy. C. B. Heller, J. W, Cecil, A. R. Hols housrr. J. M. L. Lyerly, J. C. Leonard 1 and elders, If. A. Forney, Win. Rarn ssur, G. K. Foust, Goo. W. Clapp, L. Kvirburt, Daniel Palmer, Wm. Lono, T. A. P. Roseman, V. M. Mitchell, Da, vid Long and J. F. Murrill. Dr. J. Ingold, Revs. Thos. Long and Jessie Richards were absent aud ex-i cused on Account of sickness. The first business of tho Clamis waa the election of a president for the next year, and Rev. J. L. Murphy, of Hickory, was elected. The regular committres on the various divisiocs of church work were appointed, to which. matter was referred as it came tip. The Parochial reports from the rllfv fertnt congregations showed healthy condition in ail the churches through out the Claims. The report of the Treasurer of Ciassis, and of Catawba College were read, showing a healthy financial condition of both, and wera referred to the financial committee. The usual church work during the four day's session was beneficial to the church but is not of interest to the gen-i eral reader. Rev. Lewis Reiter, formerly of tho Hickory Charge, was at his own rei qiiflst diotuissed to the Virginia Ciassis, t The Reformed Church In , North, Carolina h as neve advertised its ex istence, and Is therefore Utile known to the general public. Its founders in, this country are mainly from tho agrin cultural and rami districts of Gr-i many, and bv been content to build) their churches in the country and 00 cupy the country around them, rH muining out of towns. 'In North Caro, Una its membership numbers about . four thousand and ia coolinsd to the counties between Alamance and Burke and Watauga. Id the Northern, Middl sod Western States the membership numbers, as reported, to the Synod, May, 1891; nearly 850,000. The same some reports show a sum total of oon tribution for all purposes of $3,000,570, . au increase of $.$7,849 over the proceed ing three years. There is but little wealth in the Reformed Church, but lis members, as a rule are honest, in dustrious and pious. They take a det-p interest In education and own and control some of the bvtt education al inntitutions in the country, aud ' many of its ministers shine among , th brightest luminaries of the protestant Church. , . ,. .., The church Is now more than even before, in this country, taking its plana by the side of iu Protectant sisters, In, the cities and towns, and will therefore become better known to the reading world than heretofore. Being the eldil sprout of the Reformation, it should no longer be (gnorautly termed, 'sorte a part of the Oalbollo Church," for . which intent these lines are written, by a member 0 the Ciassis. M.- TUB IJSlTiASCECOJIPASr, " '-'' .'''' t OF NEW YORK, ASSETS, UOOO.OQ, The policies written by the Wash, log ton 1 re described in these genera terms: Non forfeitable. Unrestricted as to rrl , deuce and travel af ter twe year. Ipcontrstable .After two, years. 2ecir-ed by aa invest 4 reserve. Solidly backed by bonds and mortgages, first liens on real eat a to. &ever tbaa railroad se - curiiios. -: Not affected by the stock; market. Belter paying laveaU - meut. than Uuitrt Stales bunds. Leas expensive than as ' sessmeBt certihcatea. More liberal tbau toe lawrequire, Definita oon tracts. THEY ARE T, L. ALFRIEND, Manaier, - V " ' Richmond, Y SAMUEL V: APAMS, ; Special District Ag Hoo'pjftWrijbt PundiugPurhani.N.Q, it
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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