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1Ehi5 Caldwell . r m JAB. C. NUTTYPublisW. DKTOTEP TO Till OWIBAt IMTRI8T8 OF OALDWILL, WATAUGA, A8IIE AND ADJACENT COUNTIKfl. TEHMH : $l.r0 por Annum. . VQL. I. LENOIR, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 187(1. NO. 20. i ti OKIT k VOICI. It wu ouly voloe tUU through to ball, U towuli reepouttyt U somebody's call, from form Uit I did not tee i Dot the door Hood sr,aud U wand made wy A IU muiloel rhythm Meerted 1U wy, And f Ufully fluked to me. At flrrt It wu ouly thrilling surprise, Inviting Ui soul from IU sluroUr to rise Afur toll of ft tedious dy And the peper nd pencil seemed tlrod too, And suggested the arUet'e Ubor m through; Till lit by the morning', rev. Bat tilt spell of tht voloe wm poUmt ,xll, And lt musleftl oftdaDOM row sod fall la dreams ftud lu dsy's eostesy i Till the trmln geve heed to no other tons, Aud the tout wm In bondage to thla sIoiib, Nor mourned for lli loat liberty. W have uerer yet met but thstwlo SO deer With IU marvellous melody smote Mjear, A Lore'e own reveille i Aud Ull heftrt-throba are allonooA bj DweUYe Uttoo That Toloe I aliall hear, and Die long ftlotft through, Be t' e oa.ll to eternity! TV UaUery. Caught In His Own Trap. "Confound the boy! what does he mean? Does he ttiluk I am golnf to 1 u fuHmr t him. and not be obevwl M a father? Docs he think I'm gtftff fe give him my money to spend tn busi ness, and take only Ingratitude, ttf ra- turnl What can me young uogum thinking of? riagye the youhgster! What business has ne to go and nil In love with a poor piece of trash ? I'll fix hlral I'll but here comes the rascal, the spurner of my counsels ! And as Captain Jerry Pieman thus snoke.he sank Into a groat stuffed chair, and looked daggers; and twice ho stamped his dumpy foot vehemently to keep up his stern purpose. He was a round-bellied, red-cheeked , bachelor, Just flve-and-forty. Most of his life he had spent at sea. and had lately settled down ashore with an Immonse fortune, for the purpose of en)oylng the rent of his days "after his own heart," as be expressed It. Ills pate was just large enough to carry his Jolly face high up over his brow, but vet ho had a good quantity of dark curls clustering about his short. Tat neck. The only near rela tive he had In the lower world was Jack Kendall, an only child of his only sister. Jerry Pieman had loved his BlHtar fondlv. and when she died, she was a widow then she left a prayer upon record that her brother would care for her orphan boy. And Uncle Jerry had done It faithfully. For ten years he had provided for his nephew, keep ing him at one of the best schools for a while, aud then paying his way through college. But now that he had settled down In a home, he had Jack come and live with him. "Ah, you are here, are you ?" growled the uncle, looking up with a dagger-like expression. Jack Kendall was twenty-three, some what taller than his uncle, but with the same family look. Howas a handsome, good-natured, generous, affectionate fel low, and loved his uncle Jerry with his whole bouI. "Yes, uncle, I am here," he replied, taking a seat, "and I know you are glad to see me." "Aye, I am glad, for I have something to say to you, the bachelor resumed,' looking more daggers. "Have you seen that baggage again ?" "Baggage, uncle?" "Baggage, sir. I said baggage. Have you seen her?" "Her, uncle? Baggage? Her? Why what do you mean ?" "You know very well what I mean . I mean that piece of poverty that hanger-on that that baggage that that girl !" "On, you mean Lizzie Brown. The girl that" "Thinks to catch you, and thus catch my money !" interrupted Uncle Jerry, emphatically. "It Is hardly fair to say that, uncle, Reetng that I made all the advances my self." uNonsense,,don't you suppose I know ? I say she set "the trap for ye 1 But I won't have It. If I'm to lie a father to ye, you must obey me. Now I've got you a good chance. I want you to marry Susan Garland." . "But she's a widow, uncle." "So much the better. She'll know how to make a home ye." "And she's older than I by a dozen years." "Jqst five years. She's only twenty eight. It's All the better for that." 7'But J can't love her." "Cant love her!" cried the uncle, looking an Immense number of very sharp-pointed daggers. "Can't love Susan Garland 1 Can't love the woman who was the wife of the most faithful friend I ever had ! Let me tell you, sir, that when the Gazelle was east upon the rocks of Barnegat, Bill Garland saved my life and lost his own. lie died in these arms, sir, and the last words he ever said to me were. 'Be kind to my poor Susan,' and I will be kind to her," the' captain added, wiping a big tear from his oheek. "I'll give her a hus banda graceless husband, perhaps but who shall have money enough to .keep ub above want. , Y014 shall marry ner,irv i l ' Bat suppose I should refuse?" "Refttsel refuse tour uncle 1 You dare not do it, sir ! I'll turn you out of doom in an instant 1 ni see you starve before I'll give you Another penny. I'll take away all I ever did give you.'' VAh, you couldn't do that, uncle. The education I have gained unuorjyour noble, generous patronage, Is a mine of wealth, of whloh you cannot' fob' me 5 and I would not to-day exchange It for all tho wealth you ever possessed. 1 can live by my own wits." "Aha I you threaten tne, do your You oinan to rebel, do you ? You moan to dlsoltoy mo outright." "You do not understand me, uncle. You surely would not force mo to be lle my own heart. If you could but know Lizzie Brown" "Lizzie Fiddlestick ! I don't want to know her. 1 know Hunan Garland, and that Is enough, I've had this plan flxod ever since, I came home. I promised Bill I'd take care of her, aud i must do It; and how can I do It If you don't let inn have her for a niece r" "Why not have her for a wife?" asked Jack, quietly. "Wife me! Why, you young ras cal ! what do you mean? Me marry! Zounds! Uo yon think 1 amenta? 1 am old enough to be her father." VOuly teveitte yeara, uaU Just wsojnrh to give yon character a a hus- Uaee, villain. Would you have me make a fool 6f myself, Just m I am settling down for comfort and (julet? Don't you dare mention such a thing again. I shall go and see Susan to morrow, and shall tell her vou wlllhave her. That's enough. I won't hear any more. By .the big H4I1, I'll keepniy promise:" Jack knew It would be useless to say any more at present, so he held his peace. William Garland has been his uncle's first mate during his last two voyages, and the Captain not only liked hjm much, but also thought much of Susan, having stopped at her home while her bualMwd was Uvlng. When Captain Jerry came hooM with the oar of the wtdow-npon faig shoulders, he had hit upon the happi expedient of making her hi alee ty awrUgv and thus having the right to care for her without exciting scandal. Jack knew how his uncle had cherished tills plan, and ho feared It would be hard to thwart lilui. The old fellow whs as stuiiborn hh he was kind-hearted, and where he felt he had authority he would not yield. Filially Jack retired to ponder 11 1 oi 1 the subject, and before dark he resolved to see tho widow In advance of his uncle, and he went that very evening. Susan Garland was a very pretty woman, with a plump form, and a dimpled, cheerful face, over which the sweet, genial smiles were continually playing when she was happy. She had been alone two yearn. She welcomed Jack kindly, and .after some common place remarks the young man came to the point. He related the conversation which passed between himself and his uncle that afternoon, and expressed the hope that she would help him. "Surely you would not wish to lake me from the being I love," he said. "Of course not, the widow replied, with an earnest smile. "I should be decidedly opposed to any such thing. I know Lizzie well, and 1 know, too, that she will make you a good wife. You may depend upon my assistance, for I can tell your uncle that I won't, and that will be the end of it." They chatted a while longer, and then Jack took his leave. "He will be here to-morrow forenoon" the young man said, as he reached the door-stone. "I shall be ready for him," was the reply, and a funny light twinkled in the widow's eyes as she said so. About 11 o'clock on the following day Uncle Jerry called upon the widow. She had left off her weeds, and now appeared fresh and fair as a maid of six teen. She welcomed the captain with one of her sweetest smiles, and finally took a seat close beside him. By a dex terous turn she got him engaged in re lating wonderful stories of his adven tures at sea, and thus an hour slipped away. Of course he must now stop to dinner. "Oh, no, I must go home to dinner," said he. "But before I go, I have a little business matter to touch upon." "Then you must wait, sir," pro nounced the widow decisively. "It is my dinner hour, and I must prepare it. Walt and eat with me, and then I'll listen." And with this Susan drew out the table, spread the snow-white table-cloth and Boon had the dishes in tholr places. She finally went away to tho kitchen, and soon the captain heard the pots and kettles rattling, the meat spluttering, and a brisk culinary racket going on generally. "Kgad," the old fellow muttered to himself, "she's a splendid craft. What a clean build. If 1 had come across such a woman years ago, 1 believe 1 should have made a fool of myself." In due time the dinner made its appearanceand the cup tain was invited to partake of It. "Now make yourself at home," the widow said, with a charming smile; "for I look upon you as one of the dearest friends I have." "Egad, If she ain't a beauty," Uncle Jerry said to himself, as he moved up to the table. The lamb chops were done as the cap tain had never seen them done before. So Juicy, so rich, so delicately spiced and so splendidly cooked. And then fVtA It.tl.h . a4jUuo and Ihn rUa atwl flta cakf, and. the rich golden coffee. But above all he was entranced by the bright smiles and sparkling wit of his fair hostess. "Zounds!" he muttered, while she was gone away with the dishes, "ain't she charming?" Finallyithe widow came and sat down by the side of the captain upon the sofa. Iler dimpled cheeks were all aglow ; her bright 'byes sparkling with a beaming lustre; , and over her white shoulder flowed a wavy, curling tjsi, which trembled ever Hud anon, as though there wore some .strange emotion in the bosom .beneathlK V .; , : , 'Now. sir1;" she aald, H atn ready to listen." ' "Well well," Uncle Jerry managed to say, after a prodigious- effort at clear ing itls throat, "you must pardon me If I come right to the point." 'Of courser' Then here It Is you know I promised Bill that is-Hill Garland my old mate or 1 should say my young mata that 1 would look after you care for you; you know (hat." "Yes. sir." continued Susan, with a grateful look; "I know that, and 1 have blessed you many times for vour kind ness to or me. Alan! 1 don't know what 1 should have done but for your generous bounty." "Tut, tut, don't talk so. How could I help being good to you?" "Ah, but everybody don't have hearts like yours. The captain rather II kod the compli ment; and then It came from an agree able source, too. Ho he did not dispute It. But he made another prodigious effort to clear his throat, and then said : "1 have tried to be good to you, Susan, and I hoix- I have been ; but 1 can't do all I want to do for you at present. I am coming right to the xlnt now." (Another clearing of the throat.) "You know you are a widow." She did know It. "And you know you are yet young and very beautiful." "Oh, uo! not beautiful ; and surely not very young." "But vou are not old, and you are beautiful. Now this won't do. Scandal will reach you. I ahem am not so old myself but that the shaft of scandal might reach me, too." "You old?" uttered Susan, looking up reprovingly, aud yet admiringly. "Why, you are right in the very prime Of manhood. A man at your uge, ami with your genial, happy disposition, lias luit reached the dawn of lite at five and forty.? Upvle Jerry rather liked this, so he did not contradict it, as he had at lirst a will to do. "Then, of course," he returned, ap plying the compliment to his own pur Hjse, "it is still more necessary that there should be a new and nearer rela tion between us. I love you too well to have a single breath of suspicion rest upon you. Would you object to such a relation?" The widow's long lashes drooped, and the dark tresses upon her bosom trembled lcrceptlbl v. "If It Is your wish, sir, I should have no opposition to make," she said. "And you'll come and live with me?" "Yes." "And we'll be as happy as kings!" "Oh, I should be very hanpy," she whispered ; and as she did so, her head rested upon the captain's shoulder, and the bright tress fell upon his hand, with several tear-jewels glittering amid its curls. "What a time we'll have!" Uncle Jerry cried, winding ids arm about her plump form, and drawing her more closely to htm. "When you are Jack's wife, we'Jl "Jack!" repeated Susan, breaking from his embrace, and springing to her feet. "Jack's wife!" she uttered, dashing the tears from her eyes. "Why, bless me, yes." "And you have meant for inc to marry him?" "Lord bless me, who should I mean?" "And do you suppose I'd marry with a mere boy ? Are there not girls enough for the youngster? Sir, you mistake me you mistake my heart, 3-011 mistake my love, if you think I could give my heart to your nephew." "But blesb me ahem a-h hem Jack is-" "I know, sir I know him well. He is a fine youth, a worthy youth, and may be a noble man If he lives long enough. But I can say no more. I am sorry to disappoint you. I am am deeply grstined for all your kindness to me, and I will pray to God for his blessing uion you continually. But we hud better part now. You have spoken my doom. Farewell!" "But Susan. Here! Stop! Bless me I" Susan did not stop, and Uncle Jerry found himself alone. He said "Bless my soul ! forty-three times, and then left the house. All the way home he muttered to himself; and when he met Jack at the supper-table he was moody and silent. When he went up to his chamber he commenced to mutter again ; and he kept on muttering and pondering till he fell asleep. Finally he began to dream. He dreamed that. Susan Garland became his wife, and lie held her to his bosom and wondered that he could ever have thought of such a foolish thing as allowing Jack to have her. But as he held her thus, who should appear in the nuptial chamber, but Bill Garland, pale and cold, with sea weed for hair, and dark green ocean moss for raiment! And the cadaverous presence said, "Give me my wife!" The dreamer awoke with a sharp cry of fear, and found the sunlight streaming into his room. He arose and sat down by the window, and finally he said, In a deep, fervent tone "Thank God; BUI Garland hasn't come back !" For three whole days, Uncle Jerry was like a newly converted sinner. Ho oould not eat, he could not read, he could not sleep, and the burden of his re marks to Jack was : "Clear'out, you rascal !" Ou the evening of the third day the captain made an extraordinary toilet, and then went up to see Susan Garland. She wclcorned him with a warm greet ing, and finally,' at his particular re quest, sat down by his side upon the sofa just as she sat before. "Susan," said he he spoke bluntly, for his courage and determination had been duly brought up to the sticking point before he started "you said the other day that you should be very happy to come and live with me. Did you moan that you would be willing to be come ray wife ?" 'Acre were a dozen tresses upon that wh(te .shoulder now, and they Bhook like aspens. 'That's a curious question, sir," she replied., ' ' ''But tett mc 'platnly, did you mean that?" . v "If I mistook yoyr meaning, sir, you have no right to question mine." "But, I,ord bless me ! suppose I should ask you to become my wife? Answer tue that." "Vou never did ask me, sir." "Then by the ear of old Neplune, I ask you now. Susan Garland, will you be my wife?" "Jerry Pieman I 111 !" "What!" erled the captain, starting back, and gazing Into her blushing, tear wet luce, "do you mean that you can love an old man like me that you can love me always?" "Vou are not old, and as for loving you, I have loved you for a long while; and if you take me for u wife, I'll love and bless you to my dying hour!" "Then come here ! t'ome here, Susan ! Come right here: and If 1 ever cease to love yon, to cherish you, ami to be true to you, may may that sea-weed ghost come back !" About ten minutes after this Uncle Jerry made the following very sensible remark : "Why, blesH my soul ! we are ;ictirig like two fools !" The widow only smiled and said : "Two very happy ones, ain't we?" And Jerry said : "Bless my soul--we are!"- On the following day Jack happened to paas near the widow's house, and he dropped In. In a few moments he was the happiest fellow Imaginable. "But," said Susan, earnestly, "don't misunderstand me. I have loved vour uucle love 1 him well and truly, and I believe he loved me, but dared not say so. Had It not leen thus, I could not have done this. 1 would have helped you all the same, by simply ami tlatly refusing you, but I could not ha"e toyed or trifled with him. He Is a good man, Jack a good man." "So he Is," said Jack. And then Jack went home. The youth found his uncle in the library, reading a book said look being hottous end up. He sal down and poepeil wickedly out of his eyes, while an ill mannered smile kept playing around I the corners ot his mouth. j "What are you winking aud blinking, and squinting and grinning at, you I young dog?'"-asked the old captain, j with tremendous ferocity. I "1 was thinking of a story I once read,' i replied Jack, quietly. "A story, eli? What is it, you scape grace?" I "I'll tell you, uncle," said the nephew with the smile aud the twinkle more ; wicked than ever. It was a very funnv thing it is the funniest thing I ever heard of. A man once went to set a trap in which to catch a very respect able and honorable young friend of his. He had got the trap all nicely set as he supposed, when what do you think?" "When, what, you graceless rascal?" "Why, uncle, when the thing was all fixed, there was the funniest thing hap pened you ever heard of. Inste;id of catching his respectable, high-minded young friend, the old fellow got l.abbed himself. In fact he got caught in his own trap. Wasn't it " "Get out of my house, you young scamp out with you, you reprobate!" "But, uncle, when I come back, mayn't I bring Lizzie with 111c, and see and participate in your new and deep felicity?" "If you'll be decent, you daring young villain, you may bring the queen of slatterns herself; but beware how you offend me ! I can't bear everything and I won't! I won't put up with it! I'll I'll kick you out of doors, you ungrateful traitor !" After this efferveseeuee, Uncle Jerry's soul settled down to a clear, placid calm, and when Lizzie Brown finally appeared before him, he actually kissed her, and said she was just the girl for his rascally nephew. And, in a few weeks thereafter. Uncle Jerry had a wedding party, lie was married first, and then sat down and saw Jack married. " There," said the happy old fellow, after the thing was all over, as he ap proacheil his nephew and handed him a paper, "there is something to make up for the loss you have sustained in letting me rob vou of the. best woman In the world." Jack oHned the missive and read it with tears 111 his eyes, lor it was a certi fied check for twenty-five thousand dol lars, with a little note attached, saying that if he behaved himself he might at some future time have more. All for Fifteen GlnM. A good deal was expected of a man servant in the olden tune. The follow ing is a copv of a hand-bill circulated in Peterborough, Eng., in 1784 : "Wanted for a sober family, a man of light weight who fears the Lord and can drive a pair of horses. He must occasionally wait at table( join in household prayer, look after the horses, and read a chapter in the Bible, lie must, Goil willing, rise at 7 n the morning, and obey his mas ter and mistress tn all lawful commands If he can dress hair, sing psalms, and play at crlbbage the more agreeable X. B. Ho must not be too familiar with tho maid-servants of the house, lest the flesh should rebel against the spirit and be induced to walk in the thorny paths of the wicked. Wages, 15 guineas a year." Men jtadWomen. Mali relies far more than he is aware for comfort and happiness on woman's tact and management. He Is so accus tomed to these that he Is unconscious of their worth. They are so delicately concealed, and vet so ceaselessly exer cised, that he enjoys their effect as he enjoys ;the light and atmosphere. He seldom' thinks how it would be with him were they withdrawn. He Jails to appreciate what la so freely given. Ite may, be reminded of them now and then: may oomplain of intrusion and interference but the frown is, swept away by a gentle hand, the murmuring lips stopped with a caress, and tho man agement goes on. PriM-llrnl Iliad,. Seal skin Is pretty stuff. I can't deny, and tho man who hud charge of the work told or a nice story about its prep aration. The skins are sent to the man ufacturer packed in salt, and are first of all washed, and then carefully freed from all the fat that remains on the flesh side. Then they are washed once more, aud after the urease and water have been removed by a knife, they are tacked on frames to keep them smooth and carefully dried. Alter another washing the fur is dried by stove heat, the pelt being kept moist, and then the picker puts the warm skin on a boam( and removes the main coat" of hair with a dull shoe knife, Ihmiik careful to pull the hair without break iofr it ; after doing this thoroughly, he Koes over the skin apaiii with another knife and removes all the fine hairs, not fouchinn the fur, dries the skin, then dampens it ou the pelt side, and shaves it to an even surface. Then the skins are stretched and worked and dried, and are then softened in a fulling-mill or sometimes trodden out. The workman flings them into a hogs licad from which one head has been removed, pnts in a little fide saw-dust to absorb the grease, and dances on them to break them into leather. After this they are dyed, ten or twelye coats being the usual number, and thev are washed once more and the fur is dried, the pelt leing left moist. Still they are not ready to be made up, and m they are shaved again and dried and worked and softened in a hogshead, and then run in a revolviug cylinder with tine saw-dust to clean them. The Urrnmn Womnn'a Pride of Rlrlh. It has somewhere been rashly asser ted by some one that every woman not bom an Englishwoman, could she hav had a choice in the matter, would hav chosen to be so born. No greater error could be made as regards the German woman. She, taking her all round, is absolutely con tented with her lot, and supremely disregardful of the estate of oilier women. The day of small things not only sutlices for her, but is to her as a crown ot glory : she (lisinses the frivolity of the French, the freedom of the English, the fearless strides and absolute independence of the American woman. Do not believe that you will be able to sit long in the scat of the scornful ; you will have to come down and go out. for towering high above you, on her pedestal of home-baked virtues, and looking down tmou your omatnentalncS't and uselessness with the fear and dislike virtue assumes in gazing npon vice, stands the traditional Hauafrau. That she should have anything to learn of her neighbors outside the Fatherland is impossible; there is only one country in the world, and that is Germany ; there is only oue woman, and that is the German wonmn. In the face of such con vrctions as these, it would be daring to hint at the state of mind that has Ihx'u characterized as a mean satisfaction w ith a mean posi tion. The "coming1' woman, as yet, casts no shadow across the dead level of German home life. The "platform woman" and the "medical woman" are still ouly known by evil report ; beings that cause the virtuous matron todraw her imaginary skirts shudderiugly around her ample form, and to pass by, with mentally averted eyes, on the other side. Fraser's Magazine. The Study of Engl 1Kb Composition. The Lord Chief Justice, in distribu ting prizes at the Birkbeck Insti'ntion the other day, made some seasonable remarks on the danger of neglecting our own tongue in our zeal for various kinds of culture. "May I be allowed to suggest," he said, "that in the exam inations English composition has not quite so prominent a place as it ought to occupy? No one bows with a more profound and reverent worship at the shrine of science than I do; no one values more highly than I do classical attainments. Nevertheless, allow me to say that I know of no study more valuable to an Englishman than the study of English. Nothing is more val uable than the power of English com position, English oratory and English elocution ; and great I as I value clas sical knowledge anil the knowledge of fcreign languages, 1 still say that the English language and English compo sition are of the first importance to Englishmen." A warning voice such as this is needed, if the only effect of the present zeal for education is to ex tend bad precedents, it will bind the laud in educational fetters from which there will be no after possibility of es cape. Our educationists should give more thought to the subjects taught. I.oiid'm K.niminer. Twins with Association of Ideas. In illustration of the extremely close resemblance between certain twins is the association of their ideas. No less than eleven out. of thirly-tive cases tes tify to this. They make the same re marks oirthe' same occasion, begin sing ing tho same song at the same moment, and so 011 ; or one would commence a sentence and the other would finish it. An observant friend graphically de scribed to nie the ellect produced' upon her by two such twins whom she met casually. She said : "Their teeth grew alike, they spoke alike and together, and said the same thingw, and seemed Just like one person." One of the most curious anecdotes that I have received concerning this similarity of ideas was that one twin A,, who happened to lie at a town In Scotland, bought a set of champagne glasses which caught his Attention, as a surprise for his brother B; while, at tho same time, B, being In England, bought a similar set of pre cisely the same pattern asurprise for A. Other anecdotes of a like kind have reached me about these twins. Fiv3er, Magazine. ' A young Hon and lioness, in the Central i'ark (N; Y.) Gordon, are nursed by a large terrler,who takes great care of his foster children. About ! FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Taste is the next gift to genius. The gambler's I-deal Four aces. Mi ll tire themselves In pursuit of rest. If rocks ever bled, they would bleed quartz. A ray of light travels 1!J,)00 miles per second. Humanity is the equity of the heart. Cunuriun. Hypocrisy Is the necessary burden of villainy. .fiilinnnn. When you are an anvil bear, w hen you are a hammer strike. Sooner or later we pardon our friends the Injurbw we have done them. l'utille spirit readiness to do any thing which Is likely to prove lucrative. We find self-made men very often, but self unmade ones a great deal oft ener. Constant and jMirsistent advertising is a sure prelude to wealth. Stephen IlirnriL How frequently It happens that tho experience of others Is useless to our selves. Unfriended, Indeed, is he who has no friend bold enough to Mint out his faults. "Grape color" is the name of a new tint in gloves. It is a bluish plum color and pretty. Think all you can of the good quali ties of others ; and keep silent u!out their bad qualities. The man who holds the ladder at the bottom is frequently of more service than he at the top. An indiscreet erson is like an un sealed letter which every 0113 may read but which is seldom worth reading. An old farmer's description of a pointless preacher was, "A good man likely, but he rakes with the teeth up." Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his ex istence ie irretrievably under the con trol of destiny. Goethe. Never be sorry for any generous thing you ever did, even if it was be trayed. You cannot afford to keep on the safe side by being mean. Five great enemies to peace and habit with us, viz. Avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride ; and If these enemies were to lie banished, we should infal libly enjoy perpetual life. Petrarch. It is stated that several species of canary seed are now U3ed as a food for race horses, on account of the large percentage of nutritive matter which such seed contains, unmixed with any objectionable substances. Slang is both strong and weak. Its strength consists in the ability o ex press in it, sharp and nervous and i it the idea intended to be conveyed, lu weakness is in the fact that it is the language ot the unrefined, the Unedu cated, the low. The immense number of pilchards a fish almost identical to the French sardine which are to be found along the coast of Cornwall, England,' are now being utilized for food. They are prepared in oil and put up in boxes to resemble Bordeaux sardines, with which they favorably compete in the London market. A stone from the St. Geneva quarry, now lying on the Capitol grouuds at Des Moines, has on its surface the. per fect imprint of a portion of a skeleton. The stone is about six feet long by four wide, and the ribs of the animal cover most of the surface. The stone with its fossil imifrint will be used ia ' the new Capitol building. When the lofty palm tree of Zetland puts forth its flower, the sheath bursts with a report that shakes the forest, but thousands of other flowers, of equal value, open in the morning, and . the weary dewdrops hear no sound. Even so many souls do blossom lu mercy, and the world hears neither whirlwind nor tempest.- Spuryeon. ( A philosopher in America can't get more than $50 a week for his work, while a leading negro minstrel can make $500 in that time. And yet when an Englishman happeus to say that our tastes are low, and that ignorance is gnawing at the vitals of the republic, the American eagle looks around for some place where It can get up and scream. t'? . Give us, oh give us the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he Is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit In silent sulleiiiiess. He will do more In the same time, he will do it better, he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sen sible to fatigue whilst he marches to music. The very stars are said to make harmony as they revolve in their spheres. Wondrous Is the strength of cheerfulness,' altogether past calcula tion are its powers of endurance. Ef forts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyous, a spirit all sunshine, graceful irom very gladuess, beautiful because bright1 Cartyle. In some parts of England there grows in great abundance a weed whfen bo tanists call Drosera rotumlifolia, but of which the proper name is sun-dew. This plant bears from two or ; three to four or six leaves, generally extended more or less horizontally, bnt; some times standing vertically upward. The whole upper surface of each of the leaves Is covered with filaments, each having at tho cud a gland. - A-ialngh) leaf has ou it from 150 to 230" of these gland-bearing filaments, Which' are of various lengths, the longest ;1 being nearly one-quarter of au inch I U length. The glands are each surrounded by large drops of an extremely , . viscid se cretion, which, glittering in the sun, have given rise to the plant's popular and poetical name of sun-dew, . ;
Lenoir News-Topic (Lenoir, N.C.)
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