THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1891.
THE ROANOKE NEWS. I
THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1801.
ONTHEBRIOGE AT MIDNIGHT.
BY AM08 KEKTO.
I stood on the bridge at midnight.
When the milk was turning sour,
And the moon looked down iu pity,
When I started to devour.
For 'neath me in n darkened room,
On a lovely night in June,
Reposed my prey, a darning none
Cleaned redder than the moon.
On ceiling and along the walls,
The wavering shadows lay,
And the current from the organ,
Seemed to liftaud bear me away.
How ofteu, oh! how often,
In the days that have gone by,
I have stood uu the bridge at midnight,
And winked the other eye.
How often, oh! how often,
I have tapped the crimson tide.
And worked my little suction pump,
Till my victim nearly died.
I think of the many mosquitoes,
With a living to obtain,
Each bearing hi auger and pump,
Will rest on this bridge again.
I see the long procession,
Flying quickly to and fro;
The slim so hot and restless,
Aud the full subdued and slow.
O. II. K.
LUMINOUS FLAM'S,
Upward of sixty species of East Indian
plants, mostly of the fern family, with a
goodly sprinkling of grasses and creeping
Tines, are luminous, and it is said that the
aides of the mountains in the vicinity of
Syree are nightly illuminated by the pale,
white light which they emit. The root
stock of a plant from the Obraghum
jungle, near Layki (supposed to be an
orchid), possesses the peculiar properties
of becoming luminous when wetted, while,
when dry, it is quite lustreless. One
jointed plant, supposed to be a member of
the rush or crane family, emits a fiery
red light from its leaves, a pale white one
from its stalk, while its flowers give out
capricious flashes, like that of mr
"lishtningbug-." v. lam's AYmMr.
P. P. P. cures scrpfula, salt rheum and
all humors, dyspepsia, sick headache,
biliousness. It cures that tired feeling
creates an appetite, strengthens the nerves
and builds up the whole system. P.P. P.
is unrivalled, aud since its introduction
has cured more cases of blood disease
than all the other blood purifiers put to
gether. Mr. Randall Pope, the retired drug
gist of Madison, Fla , says (Dec. '.1, 1SS9)
he regards P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke
Root and Potassium) as the best altera
tive on the market, and that he has seen
more beneficial results from the use of
it than another blood medicine.
Exhausted vitality, nervousness, lost
manhood, weakness caused by overtaxa
tion of the system, will be cured by the
powerful P. P. P., which gives health
and strength to the wreck of the system.
P. P. P. stimulates the appetite and
aids the process of assimilation, cures
nervous troubles, and invigorates and
strengthens every organ of the body.
Nervous prostration is also cured by the
great and powerful P. P. P. Its effects
are permanent and lasting.
For sale at W. M. Cohen's drugstore,
Weldon, N. C.
MINIATURE OPI.lt A GLASS.
Simon Stevens, the lawyer, has a
miniature opera glass, not over two inches
in length when closed, and capable of
less than an inch of lengthening, which is
a marvel in its way and has a curious
history. It is a field glass, and I tested
it on the seashore with him the other
day bringing objects eight and ten miles
away into clear vision. It was made in
Paris for Jefferson Davis, during the war,
and was the sample of a lot of 1 00 ordered
for the use of Confederate officers. Sixty
of them were delivered by blockade
runners, but the others were captured and
came into the hands of D Van Nostrand,
the military and scientific book and supply
man of that day, of whom Mr. Stevens
bought it for six dollars. It would Lring
5100 now as a memento, as well as for
its value. New York Ves.
The Danger Signal.
' u When nature raises the flag of distress
iV.,8hape of sores, ulcers, boils, piin-
''-'otches, the signal should be
djjd. As cities threatened
"Uninfected, so should
j treated. No more
x
esful disinfectant
''is ever been
"Mied wonder
jousands of
.y who regard
as benefactors,
jtnplished it will
aO. It is already
e family medicine,
GATHERED TREASURES.
Doing good is the only certainly happy
action of a man's life.
The riug of gold is often the knell of
friendship.
Adversity borrows its sharpest sting
from our impatience.
Every misery missed is a new mercy.
Duty is the stern daughter of God's
voice.
Bless God for what you have, and
trust Him for what you want.
Those who speak well are not eager to
speak much.
What makes life dreary is the want of
motive.
Lovely flowers are smiles of God's
goodness.
To give pain is tyranny, to make hap
py the true empire of beauty.
Faith is putting your hunt! in God's
h u mis.
As we we live on God's bounty we
should live to his glory.
It is a good rule never to do fur the
sake of gain, what one would not do for
love or duty.
A holy life has a voice; it speaks when
the tongue is silent, and is either a con
stant attraction or a perpetual reproof.
Re loving and you will never want for
love; be humble and you will never waut
for guidauce.
The Gospel is a box of most precious
ointment; by preaching it, the box is
broken and the fragrance diffused.
The roses of pleasure seldom last long
enough to adorn the blow of those who
pluck them.
BABY IN VARIOUS LANDS.
1 u Sj ain the infant's face is swept with
a pine tree bough, to bring good luck.
Iu Iieland a belt made of woman's
hair is placed about a child to keep harm
a ay.
Garlic, salt, bread and stok are put
into the cradle of a new boiU babe iu Hol
land. Io Scotland it is mid that to rock the
cmpiy cradle will iii-iire the coming of
occupants for it.
The Grecian mother, before putting
her child in its cradle, tuins throe times
around before the tire, while singing her
favorite song, to ward off evil spirits.
Welsh mothers put a pair of tongs or
a knife in the cradle to insure the safety
of their children; the knife is also used
lor the same purpose in some parts of
England.
The London mother places a book un
der the head of the new bom infant, that
it may be quick at reading, and puis
money into its first bath to guarautee its
future wealth.
The Turkish mother loads hci child
with amulets as soon as it is born, aud a
sm;'ll bit of mud, well steeped i.i hot
Witer, prepared by previous charms is
stuck on its forehead.
At the birth of a child in lower Rrit
any the neighboring women take it in
charge, wash it, crack its joints, and lub
iis head with oil to solder the cranium
bones. It is then wrapped in n tight
bundle, and its lips arc anointed with
brandy to make it a foil Rreion.
In America the child is huuded over
to a nuise, with instiuciious to "raise it
on the bottle."
WHY PF.OPLI3 GUT MAKItlll).
Though it is very common to reproach
old bachelors with their celibacy, and to
pity old maids as if single blessedness were
a misfortune, pet many married people
have seen fit to ofler apologies for having
entered into what some profane wag has
called the "holy bands of padlock." One
man says he got married to get a house
keeper, another to get rid of bad company.
Many women declare they gut married
for the sake of a home; few acknowledge
their motive was to get a husband. Goe
the aVel'red that he frot married to be "rt
"portable," John Wilkes said ho took
a wife "to please his friends." Wyeherly,
who espoused his housemaid, said he did
it to "spite his relations."
A widow who married a second hus
band said she wanted somebody to con
dole with her for the loss of her first.
Another, because she thought a wedding
would "amuse the children." Another,
to get rid of incessant importunity from
a crowd of suitors.
Old maids who get married invariably
a-sure their friends that they thought
they could be "more useful" as wives
than as spinsters. Nevertheless Quilp
givpsit as his opinion that nine-tenths of
all persons who marry, whither widwj ( r
widowers, spinsters or bachelors, do so
for the sake of getting married.
HYMNS TO UUIET STAMPEDING.
"There is one peculiarity in reference
to cattle on the range that is known to
few save cattlemen." said R. S. Carton, of
New Mexico, "which helps us greatly in
handling a large herd on the trail. When
a lot of cattle are gathered up there is
always a night stampede, and if this
occurs it i a very scrims matter, fur
not ouly will the herd become greatly
scattered, but also many of the steers will
die. More timid animals than stampeded
cattle it is difficult to imagine, and once
thoroughly stampeded scores of them
will run until they drop dead in their
tracks. The signs of 1111 approaching
stampede are familiar to every man who
has been much on the trail. First a few
cattle will begin to low, or rather to utter
a sort of roar. All through the herd
single animals will get up aud begin to
move around. The others become restless
and if sometingis not doue to cheek them
the whole herd will within a short time
be rushing headlong over the plain.
"The most soothing inllm nee that can
be exerted is the human voice, and when
these ominous muttering are heard every
one on night watch begins to Mug. It
may be well lie imagined that cowboy
music would have anything but a quiet -iageff.-et
upon musical ears, but it amply
sati.-fies the cattle. As soon as songs a re
heard rhe nervous animals become quiet,
one by one they lie down, and .-. on all
are re.-t, fairly sun to sleep. A peculiar
feature of the i-ingiug is that every cow
boy, tio matter how rouih and lawless,
knows a variety of hymn, and it is with
church music that the stampede is pre
vented." St. Lii'iU Globe Democrat.
( ON S lM l'lToN CU K Kl).
An old physician, retired from prac
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Consump
tion, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
all throat aud Lung Affections, also a
positive and radical cure for Nervous De
bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative pow
ers iu thousand of cases, lias felt it his
duty to make it known to his suffering:
fellows. Actuated by this motive and a
desire to relieve human suffering, I will
send free of charge, to all who desire it,
this recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addr. -sing with
stamp, riandiiL' this paper. W. A.
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