Newspapers / The Blue Ridge Blade … / Jan. 31, 1880, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE BLUE HffiGE BLADE. J. H. HALLIBURTON, Editor and Proprietor, HORGANTON, N..C, SATUPAry 3f jsso. VOL. IV. NO 4!l. g , - -.-g.,,. - ; TITE HOCXTAXll BOAT. IT JUTJA '& B. DOBS. Only i gllmpw of roanuln road That followed where m river flowed ; Only agBupoe then on we pawed, Skirting the font dim and vast. Tat, needing not the dangerous war n'erhung by sheer cliffs, rough and gray, I outy sew, a in dream, The road eestds the mountain stream. No smoke enrled upward In the ah-. No meadow lands stretched broad and lair; Hut towering peaks rose farand high. Piercing the dear, untroubled aky. Yet down the yellow, winding road That followed where the river lowed, I saw a long poceattoh pass. As shadows over bending grass. The yoong, the old, the sad, the gay, Whose feet had worn the narrow way, Sloes nrst within the dusky glade Some Indian lorer wooed his maid. . Or silent crept from tree to tree--ttplrlt of stealthy vengeance, her Or brsstbleas crouched wkUelhronfhAfca iwvh boot sunv nwaswms to sawe. Taw barefooted school boys rnahing out, n safer, crowding, roistorous rout The sturdy lads, the bsatesgay As bobolinks in marry May; The farmer whistling to his team When nrst the dawn begiua to gleam; . The loaded walna that, one by one, -Drag slowly home at set of sun ; Tones lovers straying hind In hand Within a fair enchanted land ; And many a bride with lingering feet And many a matron calm and sweet; And many an old man bent with pain, And many a solemn funeral train; , And sometimes red against the sky An army's banners wariDg high. All mysteries of life and death Tqwhlch the spirit answareth, Are thine, 0 lovely mountain road, That followed where the fiver flowed. - OMagt Heart FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. "My dear, just listen to the noise those children are making," said Long whiskers, an old mouse to his wife, Brighteyes, as a sound of scurrying to and fro and squeaking awoke them up from a nap they had been enjoying in a cosy nest in the wall of an old stable. "Yes," replied Brighteyes, "how they are enjoying themselves;' I suppose they do enjey themselves more when they have no one looking after them. You remember that you were telling them yourself the other day that ' When the cat's away the mice will play.' " "I hope," returned Longwhiskers, getting up, "that you don't mean to compare either yourself or me to a cat; but I must go and put a stop to this noise mere is no need whatever that all the cats in the neighborhood should know .where we are living," and he wai Ii lust going out of the nest when three ittie mice rushed in, calling out: Mother, the cat s gone away ; may we go into the loft to play 1" Brighteyes looked at her husband, who inquired : , "How do you know the cat has gone?". : " Wesaw her iro down the loft ladder and, .t v. tlwv -atsAiW- aWajwoasw Krowa.e, Nimble, and Bqueakie all together. "That may be," said their father, : " but she might soon come back again. I must explain to you to-morrow what I meant by mice playing when the cat it away. Meanwhile, I think you had better not go into the 'loft to-day; bu; stay and play in the wall until youi mother or I can take you out, for 1 feel sure that the cat has a family of young children there, and if she has, the will not stay away from them for any length Mf time; and mind you play quietly too, for if the cat should hear you she will keen watch at the mouth of the hole. and then you will not be able to go out at 11." The news that their father suspected that there was a family of little cats in the loft greatly excited the young mice, and they earnestly begged him to let them go only a little way out of the wall to see if they could spy them anywhere but their father was firm in his refusal to all their entreaties and they left the nest in a much soberer manner than thev had bounced into it. For some time they played together very quietly, till at last Squeakie, who was very fond of singing and making a noise, suddenly stopped, i " This is very stupid," said he; " what n pitv it is that we can't go out of the wall!" . The others also took this view, and the result was they reslovtd to digobey heir father's orders not to go into the lof t.- They ran out, and after a little search ing they could see a small blind kitten lying in its nest. But then, with a bound, the old cat sprang in amongBt them. Fortunately for Brownie and her brothers they escaped the cat's clutches, and took retuge iu a hole close at hand, and after going for some distance they arrived at something which appeared to be a large store-room filled with pro visions ; there were oats, one ' or two potatoes, a bone with a little meat on it, a piece of cheese, and sundry other things. " How iolly," cried Nimble and Squeakie; " we shall not starve, at any rate; help yourself, urownie. But Brownie heli back. "Ther are not ours." said she: " may es "Hold hard, Squeakie," cried .Nimble, n the former was about to attocs: ttrs cheete," perhaps it is stealing. I wonder if there h anybody about that would give us tome Sing, you are fond of hearing your own voice. 8quekie sung with all his might, when -gruff voice, not far from them, immediately answered : " Oh. vou rascalsl you thieves, in my larder again, eh 1" and a large rat came funning Into the storeroom, showing his teeth and rooking so fierce, that Brownie, RnnAaVla sinrl Nimble, now only think ing of safety, fled for their lives along tin mi fin nation of the nassaire by which they bad mne pursued by the l,t l- Mininirniit Hatch them I" anrl QtVm rfiiawoait m Innrl aa ha conld . W. " TTnvnalw thaw ir-junner alone, till. turning sharp round a corner, tney ran cut Into a yard, the old rat still at their heels,-and so bent upon catching them that he forgot his usual caution, which. naf Mm his life: for a terrier, which Happened to be near, disdaining mice as too small fry when rats were there, new nnnii him and anon disnatched him. But of thia. the little mice knew noth ino at all. The scuffle behind them only increased their alarm, and they raced across the yard at th tep of their peed towards a gate, having passed through which they escaped into some high grass, where they -hidr breathless and exhausted. Nimble having received a sharp peck from a hea xn hie way, which had aite lamed Mm, and Squeakie having been scared ont of the remainder of his wrteby the loud quack ing of some ducks as he passed close by theia. It rained hard, half drowning the. poor wanderers is ithev hmidUH together and felt thoroughly misejabre.1 l now i wiesr j nao Bot-craBg so loud," whispefed SqHeakie.- ! " How I Wish I had never seen a' big cat," said Nimble, "I should then never have wanted to see a little one." ' " How I wish we had ' done , what father -told us, and Hot ' gone into the lpft,",said Brownie. - - v -" go do I," echoed both the oftjs'r I'l n,T i ii-V- j niiuu, rauiinuea ivimwe, we J K" uai a;.- ior even it we crossed ttie yard safely, I don't think we could find the hole again." , "And if we did," added Squeakie, in a doleful voice, " we miht find the old rat in It; so we are lost quite." ; The poor little mice crept closer to each other and began to cry. " Hullo! what's all this naiftA fthnnt. i"if4 ASfos, a hejiaBpedoverthn'grassf and alighted near them rsnm fj,m terrible start " Wkafr the matter !" "We have left home without leave, and been chased by a cat, and now we are lost," answered Brownie. " Ahl that's bad," said the f roe. "Bu don t give tip so; come home with me to the pond, and you will soon be merry again there." " What is the pond f asked Squeakie "The pond," replied the frog, "oh, It i i nice piece of water; you can jump in, dive to the bottom, have a nice swim, and refresh yourself, and then we will sit aroqndthe edge and enjoy ourselvee."- "I am much obliged, but I would rather not," said Squeakie, slowly. "I don't think I could be any wetter, and I don't feel refreshed a bit." " But," interrupted Nimble, " perhaps you could tell ub where we might find an other mouse ; we have a great many re lations, and perhaps we might learn our way home then." " Well," said the frog, after thinking a little, " I do knew of a mouse, and one that does not live very far from here, too; so come along." So on they traveled till at last they came to a corn stack, and stopped before an opening in it. - "Here is the place," said the frog, " up here, first turning to the right, and knock, that is what she told me. So now I will tid you good day;" and the frog left them. Brownie pushed on in front and Boon came to a turning. " This must be the place," thought she, and with a beating heart she knocked. " Come in," answered a hearty voice and Brownie went forward into S com fortable room, in which sat a fat, merry looking mouse, who, as soon as she saw her, jumped up, exclaiming: " Bless mel why. Brownie, how, how did you get here? Where are Nimble and Squeakie?" and catching her in her arms began kissing her, only to let her go again,- crying, "Phaw! how wet the child is I Have you been wiling yourself in a puddle, or what havi you been dng?" ; f iirovtfne .was sobawlldered thsfe ah; HaSliwb r) .i ill llii iilll i it siii her if LHe had forgotten her Aunt Sleek skin, rho had left their home When they wejre quite young to go and live in the courvtry, she remembered fcerself and told her aunt that Nimble and Squeakie were outside; on hearing Which, Aunt Hleekskin bustled out and soon returned with the two brothers. After Brownie and her brothers had ! rubbed themselves tolerably dry, and eaten some corn their aunt brought them, they told her all their adventures. ' Hum I" said she, " a pretty scrape you have got into that comes of not doing what vou are bid: but it is no business of mine" to give you a lecture about that?, you' will doubtless have plenty of it when you get home, where t is my business to take you as soon as it is dark enough to crossover the stable wall in safety. I dare say you know now as well as any of us that the best way to play when the cat's away is to have some one keeping a sharp look-out that while the play is going oh the cat may not come and join in the game. When evening set iu, the little mice went home with Aunt Sleekskin, who on bringing them in to their father and mother, said: " Here are three small culprits, who have been learning lessons in disobedi ence and playing with cats, which wilt do them more good than all the talking you could give them in a week, and .in my opinion, the best tntng yon can ao is to send thtm to bed to think over it, and I can tell you nil about where they 'I hia nl.in was artonted: me tnreo children glfldy crept off to bed, whilst Auut SleeKs(kin at down and nan a chat with their parents, during which she must have explained matters satis factorily, for in the morning they escaped with a slight scolding; and their father evidently thought he had no need to ex plain to them the way to understand "When the cat's away the mice will play," for he tever did so. Mb. George I. Eomakeb, In a lecture on Animal Intelligence" says: " Re peated experiments have proved that a pike requires three months to establish an association or ideas between partic ular kinds of prey and the fact of their being protected by an invisible wall. The fact was proved by the pike repeat- cutj uasuing iuj nose against us Kiaaa partition in its tank in fruitless efforts tgcatch minnows which were, confined on the other side of the partition. At the end of three months, however, the requisite association was established, and the pike having learned that its ef forts were of no use, ceased to continue them. The sheet of class was then re moved ; but the now firmly established association of new ideas never seems to have become disestablished, for the pike never afterwards attacked the minnows, though it fed voraciously on all other kinds of fish, from which we s e that the pike is very slow in forming bis ideas, and no less slow in again un forming them, thus resembling many respectable members of a higher com munity, who spend one-half of their lives in assimilating the obsolete ideas of their forefathers, and through the other half of their .lives stick to these ideas a the only possible truth'. They can never learn" when the hand of sci ence has removed the class partition. Ihts London Timet, in speaking of Mr. Mapleson's new company of Spanish dancers makes this neat criticism; "The only fault that can be found with the Spanish dancers, is that they are not' sufficiently Spanish not, at least, in the popular sense. The leading bal lerino, Senorita Tuensante, for example, is, no doubt, a very cleveijAaasesHey per-, haps a little too preftcacee in her move ments, but otherwise graceful and agile. But her effects are more or less of the conventional order; what is want ing is tire, raciness. and unconscious grace characteristic of the National dance be it fandango or tarantella, or mazurka in its purity. And the same remark applies to some extent to the whole entertainment." A Tfcl5GrAPPARinW. J ghosts Tasl Win x. . Greensbnrer. In tfl. tr ifoilowihg irUrtsTta n lusnaUy quiet and religiSus neWe h od near the Mount Pleasant and I nion ChurehJa, some four miles south of town, is in a terrible state of excite ment over, the visitations of an alleged ghost. Her gh'ostehip-it is that kind f fhost-was "f rst seen "by Mr. Eoe gder on the morning of November L His tale .f the spiritual sight wasj in sabstance, as follows: On that morning he arose about four o'clock for the pur pose to get an early start to hel a neighbor eather corn. He left his resi dfence and took, hp his position oh tillenoe Oe BieerNrl6irleV awaiting the coraing of Charlie and Willie Martin, ,who Were to po with mm. xie was situng there whistling, when suddenly he saw what he supposed to be a woman appear some few feet be fore him and walk toward him. Efe thought it was eoffieladyof the neighi borhood, and accordingly said " good . morning ;" but she said not a word and continued directly toward him. When within three or four fefet of him, he again spoke, and as before, received no rf aponse.? He then noticed her face as looking like a corpse," and, becoming s6 fiightened he could not move, her ghostship veered slightly .and passed him, brushing his) arm as she did so. Mr. Elder turned around and fount that the "speerit'l had done the same and was coming atjiim again. He there upon fled the horrible spot and the ghoteS3 also flew right at him. He ran for half a mile) neither gaining nor lslng a single Vstep on the "pesky thing," it remaining right at his elbows. He stumbled and fell, but upon regain ing his feet the thing had disappeared. The Martin boys here found him, and to them he related what has above been given. He consented to return with thorn, and on approaching the woods rear the' school-houfe, the thine sud deuly reappeared, rising up right before them. It as suddenly disappeared, and in another moment they perceived it flitting to and fro in a neighboring woods. Their description of the alleged ghost tallies exactly. It wore a dark dress, a striped shawl, and a light sun-bonnet ; but, horrors! what a face ghastly white, with a blood-red eye that rolled. Of coarse they told their story, and soon it was spread far and wide. Very few, however, took mnch stock in its being a " real, live, old-fashioned ghost ;" but still they, as did those who did be lieve, hugged the family fire-places per ceptibly closer of an evening. The climax was capped, and the top-feather put into the ghost story cap by the strange tale of William Kirknatrick. He is a perfectly reliable young'man of -" 1 . . 1 r T1 t l r-, , eignteen, ine soo o iev. donn iurg Patrick, and Is a person whose word has night a week ago three" days after Mr. atspj" ,l rr-1 Elder and the Martin boys "say they saw the ghosily ' visitant, young Kirk patrick, who" had been "sitting up" with a lady friend, was returning home about eleven o'clock. He was one who had taken very: little stock in the "speerit" story, 'but havine to pass through the woods wherin Elder first saw the sight, he thought to fill his pockets with small bowlders gathered from the creek hard by. When about midway in the woods lw was startled and horrified by seeing the celebrated ghostess. It came from within the re cesses of the woods and crossed hisjiath bnt a few feet in advance of him. It was moonlight, and he could see it very dis tinctly. It did not seem to touch the earth," the feet, rather, were within two or three inches off the ground, and she moved in an ordinary gait. Recover ing himself from this suaden fright, he drew forth a stone, and with all his might and good aim, threw point-blank at the " speerit" . It seemed to pass di rectly through, tearing a large hole in the ghostess' shoulder. The stone was thrown with such, force that it broke in twain one panel of a neighboring plank fence. The thing did not seem to mind at all the hole in its shoulder, and rapidly dissolving faded away between the panels of the fence. Young Kirkpatrick reached home several minutes ahead of time . that night, and told his folks his horrible ad venture. Those who believed not the former story were somewhat daaed at this corroborative e7idjnce,J and bow the ghost story has many firm believers who swear by it. The correspondent interviewed every one of he parties mentioned, and the above is a truthful statement of what they told. Mr. El der -is -a married marr-with a large family, while the other parties are all young men who stand very high in their community. While not one single per son who knows the parties doubt their word, Jthey do not know what to think. The anti-ghost religion of that neigh borhood h9 received a nret'v severe shock, at the least Said one very "weir known and hiehly respected eentleman of that vicinity ; " I don't know whether 6rn0 I believe in ghosta now; but if that vonnsr Kirkpatrick says he seed a ghost you can bet yourself blind he saw it' Pnt on Petticoats." The Indian custom is to butcher pri soners taken in battle. Such, however, was not the practice of Tecumseh, the great chief who,; as an ally of the British, foueht against us in the war of 1312. He hated the Americans, but he fought as a warrior, not as a Thug. In 1813, Col. Dudley, while attempt ing to relieve Fort Meigs, where Gen. Harrison was besieged by British and Indians, was defeated with great slaughter. As usual, the Indians began killing the American prisoners. Gen. Proctor, the British commander, looked coolly on and made no effort to restrain them. Suddenly a voice sounded like a clap of thunder, and Tecumseh, mounted on a foaming horse, dashed among the butchers. Two Indians were in the act of killing a prisoner. Springing from his horse, Tecumseh seized one Indian by the throat and the other by the breast and threw to the ground. Drawing tomahawk and scalping knife, he dared and Indian to touch an other prisoner. A chief disobeyed, and Tecumseh brained him with his toma hawk. The Indians sullenly 'desuted. What will become of my Indians?' he exclaimed- 'Then turning to Proctor, : - l i i j J r ZZ-J' "Tf ! "u nos F-iP-, "Yourlndiaascannotteeommanded - replied the General. ' i "Ct-a awayr Ymi a r on fit to rai.' m:t!.l. rm on petticoats !" was the ocwniul reply., A Blacksmith Was Blows Sixty Feet Tie Foft Smith (Ark.) kieniai, Lt a trecert issue, says : " Mr. Burr, who, rnefc with such severe treatment by tbl cyclone that passed by this place on the' 8th, visited us last Wednesday. Ffem him we refeisi this additional fc JEotmauon rI was about two hnndmrl Tirds from my house when I saw It eomingi It wag in the prairie when I saw it, and U looked like black smoke from a large - - . tr - furnace. Its shape was like afanaelrf inside it was red as fire, and aroMdJ , . "- "w. 'oggy nusu a i looking at it I saw large and; majH tipn was attracted by the roaring-, fmi a was coming in the direction el r house, I ran toil f or the purposef y$$P W fsmily 1 Vus-tui! little children in a r.!r?A-fnnm am, 77 some corn, and, with Sylvester But, wa? holding the door, and all at onJe the if hole building Wta f tithed to tlie wry groosd by large trees being bio n against it It blew me about sixty ttA, fcsd when I became conscious 1 found nryseif among a lot of timber and logs, and Sylvester was living by, my side dead; his head and whole body were Cr'u-.ht)(i. As 1 was oh m'yway to the house I looked again at the eyloae whtn It was about one hundred yards aww. ana gaw it Jitt ana carry a lot oH i ....... .. . r : ' and a cow. The children, when fbti, were not more than thirty feetJm whero I had placed them, but none hurt. My wife was considerably hrnid, being blown about sixty yards, atnpng a lot of lumber. "My 'sftrer-ih-law was carried Si' fifty reet and thrown to the ttajlfc ; arms and shoulders badly br.iJ''i My blacksmith shop was also'br.wn flat to the ground, my bellows erfWely destroyed, all my planes, augers,fsaws and chisels were carried off and have not yet been fonnd, with the exception of one saw found one mile front thelhop and broken in two pieces. . .My.; wigon was torn up badly, the front wheaf be ing about sixty yards from, where the I wagon' stood, lodged againw.a it I the hind wheels were both sattshe'J 0;- dependence we are at a loss to see. But the wagon-bed has not yet be6& U vafthey do, evidently. There is hardly one excepting a few splinters, i All m "IvM tn(,m wn stands on her feet all day ding and wearing apparel was a4 7 lone, to come and go at the beck and off and entirely destroyed. I loti al my provisions. r of ihe Lin d " Immediately in the rear of the wind came a flood of water, just like a water spout, appearing to pour at If frpm a funnel. After the storm, I foana part of a rubber overcoat, and in a pocket of it a pair of lady's gloves, in, myiyard. Garden seed, tied up ;n bags, wea also dropped in my yard by the rtorm. Where they came from I do Dot tnow." . . r-i .. rhe Adyantage of Haring 4 Frpose. ISpringfibld Bepttll!aii4!r";t.l The careers of two men in one r ""ar Uonnecticut cities arlord ' sTibclv., ,1 thought, whatever the moral Vcri Not rwfint VP9T,..,;n a n-oiri8injiwn.T''rrrJ Louuwjuuui was -Tire nev. Settled in a beautilul city with a Bariflh that adored him, young, handsorpv and talented, he easily married in one of the o'lest and wealthies families of t'le l . vn, and all seemed bright beiore ': i:-day J hear of him as staggering through the streets of a rural town with a helpless invalid wife and a half-starved family. The wheel has turned very fast with him, for while his progress was upward so far ns promotiou to larger and larger cities is concerned, yet his degradation of late years been no less rapid. Not that he is altogether to blame for the mischancts that have befallen him, for there have been some domestic misfor tunes, and there were some unfortunate influences in some of the churches over which he has ministered that did not help him. Yet a stronger man would have overcome these and the fact re mains true that a brilliant writer and able clergyman has gone to wreck for lack of moral principle. To the same city, some thirty years ago, came a young physician, who ac cidentally stumbled upon tie town, dined there, liked the looks of things, and stuck up his shingle without a single acquaintance save a druggist, who told him he was "a fool to settle there." '" We shall see," was the response. The first Sunday of his stay he at tended church, and on his return he said, " 1 saw my wife at church to day." " What do you mean ? 1 understood vou to be a bachelor." "So I am ; but I saw in church the laay 1 shall marry." ''Who is she ?'f '' I don't know. I never saw her be fore, but she sat in the center of the middle aisle and was dressed so and so." "Goodness, that is Miss , of one of our oldest families. She wouldn't look at a poor young doctor like yoo " We shall see," said the doctor, who in less than two years made a bride of the lady in question, rose to a finu prac tice in the town, and is to-day, as he has been for years, the leading physician of one of the leading cities in A in ft) lag, in possession of a princely income, (a man whose name would be recognised by two-thirds of our readers were it given here. This man bad a purpose. (jenius Knows no Limit. LIXUott Free Prass.J "When the saw buck was invented," said the orator, as he cast a sly glance at Elder Toot's bow legs, " some folks im agined that the limit was reached, but it was only twenty-nine days before de world was convulsed wid de news dat de buck saw had sprung into life. After de buck saw came de horse-radish grater, as' upon de heels of dis came de glorious news dat genius had given us de far-soundin' tinkle of de cow bell. Cheers. Some men wanted to fold deir (hands en' die, tckin' de eand had come, but genius plumed her back an' Id! we had taller candles. Wild whooDs.1 Lieht shone in dark places, but it was no time to stop. Wid one wild swoop of her raven wings, genius left at our doahs a jug with a handle and de wheelbarrow. . Cheers and yells.1 So it has gone. We didn't stop wid de clothes pin, but sprung forM to de ha'r-pin, de stove handle, de jack knife, ue dictionary, ice-cream, lager beer, an' odder splinters of genius too many to menshun. We shall nebber stop. What am new dis j ar wHlbeole 1 de nex'. Genius will not content wid ! wnlacin' de bed cord by spriccs, or de alage by de kaootnotivsv b A will ko on and on and on, until buttermilk kan be drawn from every hitebin' post an' I " ". . muumAsl in f mm Aa Irooisof Ump-poA., In de Ltn guageof one of Rome's grandest sena- wrs- " rb" vn - : "- -" t r.v .Mntliai rwvn murdered in '. Mi---iippi The liehtoing-rod' mnr J muat beware. " I fcW.4-IGlrl U U Etmrk L .Thaotrday aaissne of the J6mhii r . -1 m ,i y& mil uuvwi I 99fcrSi'yhipJl' thka i-9wUmmnmmm rtM,uieis4sWlnwsv.il JvTlw fV)?i mih supply will work & ihe WneljnVm ajfijfi-,'f rbffl firflt to last these "makrRtr it ft Msnne ImirUrlUi; l.il'.ut.-iijM. . , . tj . . : - the most snpeffoiel tyaUesti te-ecrri -j ;oivtuj auuMst ci,ui um v nrfv i, tofeign, chiefly Irish iH Ihnans. tetoJZnbThrt1jm$S tf jn ,?OrefiAi'i a-laitt called faly. -ffotrbt If in one of atoii1afieh4iBtth irea jsfaser in tais commijj,,mIet3iiics, BUslttettri ata any capacity as "help." Why this we are at a loss to Bay, unless for a reason that is by no means compliment ary to American womanhood, which like its manhood, claims to be the shrewdest and most practical on earth, add least J trlath of WMstntlW thlftsssy sur hampered by the artificial regulations of f faoe of hsT lali-rhih Telected back social ranks and castes. This reason or die tiaick won8a tha atkuUed it ahorca nnreason is the belief that there is some thing menial, that is to say servile, in house work. The old fendal flavor of body service seems to linger in modern America, or the equally false one of the present day imperialism, which grades everything down from a throne, and makes each ' person but a servant of servants. It seems to matter not that American institutions have given the lie to this theory and that every day it offers ex amples of honorable elevation from the Humblest conditions. The dependent womanhood oi the country seem to make no account 6'f it; but must needs feed their notions o,f high-life below stairs by standing a dozen hours a day behind a counter, or sitting nearly as long in some dingy room, four stories, back, to stitch, stitch, stitch, Sewing at once with a double thread ' A shruiul as well as a shirt. What American girls can find in such positions to comfort their notions of in- nod of some head clerk, or who sits all day " plying needle and thread," who wouldn't feel insulted at an offer of a place in a family at better wages, where the influences of a home life naturally throw their protection around her and where the advantages of personal ac quaintance naturally follow. The shop girls' and needle women are mostly Americans. They get we speak of the rank nd file fifty cents a day, -some of them less, and find themselves. They work ten hours and some twelve steady, body-wasting work, unremittant application to one thing. The house girls get from two and a half to three and a half dollars per week, some of l;m ,four the average perhaps three. .gpjfp girl can possibly secure ior nerse. on the slender pittance of three dollars a week for all expenses. They get a comfortable place "to live in, rent free. Their work is not confining. They usu ally have a eood deal of time for them selves. None of them ever shows a de sire to read and improve herself that she hasn't access to the library of the house, and all the time she n under home in fluences. Yet such a position as this is looked upon with scorn by the pale, over-worked, under-fed American girl, who fancies she maintains her indepen dence when she refuses it, but in tact only advertises her folly. It were better lor the minds, bodies and morals oi American girte if they were to realize that American institutions have stamped all labor honorabio that is honest, and that a place in a virtuous household, even were it at lower instead of higher wages, is infinitely "preferable to those subordinate on;s in the public gaze which they rush to filL What a Fire Policy Covers. llnstmnes Bportr. Fire insurance policies do-not inclnde in their indemnity among other things the following: " Fences and other fix tures, and plate-glass doors and win dows when the plates are of the dimen sions of threef eet of more." It is important that this fact be men tioned in the wording of the policy, if such articles are to be included under the polk . Careless, ignorant, or unso phisticated brokers and agents very fre quently make mistakes in this respect The following articles are also not in cluded in the security of a fire insurance policy, unless mentioned, viz. : jewelry, plate, watches, musical instruments, or naments, medals, curiosities, patterns, printed books, printed music, engrav ings, printings, picture frames, sculp ture, casts and models, money or bul lion, bills, notes, accounts, deeds, evi dences of debt, or securities. These should always be specified. If a building falls, no insurance will attach, or cover its loss, unless it is caused by fire. -titoien property is not to oe pam ior by the insurance company. ' Losses from explosions are not to be paid, unless fire ensues, and then lonly the actual fire loss is to be settled for. Property standing on leased ground must be so represented to the company and expressed in the policy. Goods on storage must be insured as such. The assured, in case of a fire, must in variably do his best to save it, and care lessness in this respect will vitiate his claim. In no instance shall he abandon his premises to firemen Or thieves. " Where a party has a reliable and in telligent representative, agent or broker, whose business it is to study these points, and consult his own and the aa sared's interest by so doing, it is some times safer than to risk it by attending to the insurance himspif A Lady's Fishing Dress, ryorrlstowa Harsld. "What,' asked the younger of the ilder, "what article of dress should a lady wear when angling for bass T" "The pple-an " "Nay' interrupted the younger, "she could wear a" , v u Crino-line and a net," suggested the elder. "Wrong again," said the younger, "she should wear" " If she went gigging aad saw an eel, and wanted to jabot, she " 1 "Great Csssar!" impatiently ex claimed tie younger, " what are yon driving at f "If she didn't understand casting a fly, she might accidentally hook her dreaa." I Bnt the younger waited to hear no i more. He rushed for a passing street car, shouting aa he ran : " She should wear a Fichu-man ." The eldei fainted. fcWattef Ilaieigi ant B Dorado. I Sir Robert Dudley, who was in Gut- phrase 5w hare the solution oi the ,Wiy "f ,R4doi Therefore . m..mvw.w w v ti(V iwiuw oi-a pfts A-Hi'xaiftrsatkn- ol tha I d s ig ij Juki reveaia tae origin or the IdtfcaoWM'fntn eonelodlng iUie lands &re thongsnd feet above toe levt Of mC TItimbMdt 1 gives a view of this lake ia'Us-descritniau of It Cochrane says: "Picture to yourself a ovly autumn dsy on the lakes of rising in fiery ori uerstsf'.thw height of one hundred aMyerffyieetjirrid abdvw all; was seen a catmHtifflacted ky. Nattght living moved, saws a fextEteita fowl, that gently glided away from Ttsa. as wondering what creatures" flared to molest their ' solitary reign.' It really appeared as an enchanted spot'." Filled with crystal water it was sup posed to be the abode of the deity Who ruled over the destinies of the aborig ines of. this part of South America, and whom they Were flCCnntomed to propitiate from time to time with costly offerings of gold. No notice is found of any offerings subsequent to the capture of the neighboring city of Guata vitabyKemequene, the Zipaof Bogota, forty years before the coming of the Spaniard, The ceremony was per formed twice a year. The native chiefs went with the people in procession with music and banners, mounted to the edge of the lake and descended to its shores by steps built for the purpose. There the devotees embarked in canoes, and paddled to the middle of the lake, when the body of the chief was anointed with balsam and sprinkled with a fine dust ot gold. At a signal the eniel plenged into the water, while at the same time the people threw offerings backward over their shoulders. This done they believed that expiation had been made for the time, and then re turned to their homes. It is said that one chief cast into this lake as muck gold as fifty men could carry.. The cultus appears to have been maintained for a long time, and finally gave rise to a report that near a great lake sur rounded by mountains refulgent with gold there was a region of vast wealth called " El Dorada' or " the Golden." Thus the individual or persou, the sac rificing chief of the people was trans muted into a place, to become the sut Kiahttg ttKT aT an yfjrfc thur and the knights. Female Witness. A reporter of the New York World photographs a scene in court which illustrates the thorns that beset a lawyer's path when he is trying to escort emale witness through her evidence: 'I want to know, Mrs. ," inter rupted Hubbard, " I want to know on which Bide of your house the L is. Is north, south, east or west?" . " It's on this side," replied the lady, motioning with her hand. " Ihe east side r' "No." "The west side V "No, it's straight across from Mrs. B.'s parlor window, not twenty feet from it, you " "Jttrs. , shouted the lawyer "will von tell me if that L is on the east, west, north or sonth side of your house?' " It aint on any side of the house," replied the witness, compressing her lips; "it's at the end. You know as well as I do. You've seen it many a time, and there ain't no use " Come, come, Mrs. ," interrupted Judge Cromer, "tell the gentleman where the L of your house is situated." " Haven't I been telling him just ai plain as I cunldf ' "Where is the L situaiod 1" said Hub bard, desperately. " Right in the lot, back against the end of the house." "Will yon answer my question?" shouted the affable lawyer, running up his hair in desperation. " What question f " Is the L on the east, west, north oi south side of the house?" "Judge, I've told him just as plain at ever a woman could. I didn t, come here to- be insulted by no one-horse lawyer. I know him and his father be fore him. Ue aint got no business put ting on airs. What kind of a family " " silence! thundered the Judge. "ow, Mrs. , which side ol your house dees the sun rise on? " That one," said the witness indicat ing. : " Is the L on that side T " Yet, sir." " Then it's on the east side?" " Yes." - "Why didn't you say so, tbenT" asked the exasperated lawyer. " Cause vou never asked me, yon thick-headed old fool. I know a thing or " "That will do," said Hubbard. "Take the witness," he added, turning to Tom W ren, the opposing counsel. The lining Teraaenlar. ISevaaa CUi tiaassilet. A man who arrived here from Boston a few days ago has been industriously engaged every since in fitting himself for conversing in the strain peculiar to California mining camps. He made his first public effort yesterday. Meeting a new-made acquaintance who chanced to be a school teacher on the street, he remarked : " I say, Colonel, that racket that the twelve duffers dished up to the kid at the Justice mill last night for nipping the Pittsburg's dust from the plates was a tough deal, bey T Bet your sweet me tae law in these aiegins is no slouch when it set its optics on a cuss once." He was at once requested to at tend the meeting of Old Pioneers at the Bay as a sole delegate from Nevada County. Th e story is told of a clergyman, that after preaching an interesting sermon on the ' Recognition of Friends ia Beaven," he rsa ace j ted by. a hearer, who said "I liked that sermon, and I now wish you would preach another on the recog nizing of people in this world.' I hare been attending your ehprch three yean, and not Ere persons in the congregation have k mucn a Dowea to me in an ins time." ,Uwh?i "ipr&klid .theit lodas with gold, f and vmed U h rft J' 1j ihtt lattur piarea.01 eoio. ana was toia oi Deome new lor tastes llatuev A correspondent ef the London Xoa Afeup. writinjf from New York about the Castor Horn, says i Cos torn House officers, very sobfl learn to distinguish the elass of traveler! wild need eroea watching. I do not believe that English tonnata as a nue are much .asnoyea, nnltsiihef tteralM armoranoa Jka their own bad manners, , Us . tf ey sometimes cerminiy oo. mey maoa nnng any. thUg liable tod renfrallv disMi , and the officefi sM real1 eifVneera riii a iittlff lb eiraracsesutte ncaa Isostntaiity. TO I remember mV.aaa&nr1i1c.WetoJt vsrj Btaai a-uauroeny v r&tljak tnwteivwhaj yorod fce ouidf erer foriei thfllwlxtttstajent The inspecwrTeiased to take his wort for ;b contents ex "etage, , ana in sisted open teOtisg oi they rapping: re sult a beautiful Sevres eo a was broken. Nobody could read Jhe story, however,. without seeing tx si t&e trsveier was m the wrbnr. and stronely Jtaneesin that be had invited trouble by fryinjr Wholly the omcef . . uovensment Junctions nee in (he United States' are perhaps too muf h Inclined to be curt' and too con scious of their personal ftbfJortaeoe, but) ysucan get awns pleasantly with any pf them if yott observe" the simple iJrejpanjoitpf, being pleasantyourself. Th free ajrfJiquat citizen, easy as his manners sometimes am, Is a much more agreeable person to deal wiUa Uiaa the tape-tied functionaries of impolite France -a hundred times more agreeable than that awful embodiment or au thority, a gendarme, who ranks next in the scale of existence, I suppose, to a parish beadle. A few words of parting advice, then, to Englishmen coming over here: Den't offer to bring parcels for friends and ac quaintances except with the clear un derstanding that the duties on them are to be paid. Don't try to hide anything. Don't dream of offering money to the Inspector. Make yonr declaration with the utmost frankness. Be good natured and polite, and try to believe that a way of doing things may be quite unlike the English way, and yet net thoroughly bad, barbarous, and abominable after all. t Christmas Flay-Sonr. J. C Harris, la atlaala Calttottoa.l (htricc PLacs, Ftrrsaa oocstr, 185S., It is unnecessary to state for the in formation of Southern readers that the, irregularity of metre in the following is" apparent only and not real. Unfortun ately the limitations of typography do not permit me to represent the intona tions and somewhat striking monotony of the negro songs, I can best describe them by explaining that the rhythm of these melodies is wholly the result of a succession of cieiuras, the recurrence ot . which is invariable, but irregular. In order to preserve as far as possible the mt and characteristics of the neero results of plantation me, l nave pur poselv avoided any form of versification depending whoHy upon the ciesura, as, for instance, in the line " An' bimliT I old Mi-n '11 be a send in' out d dram I ,'' when- the air and intonation make the harmony perfect. ., TTi it rlnkti-ra! Blsc sal sweet, S.irae'l ,lc sto.Ues w'st de w'ltc folks eat; En den ef suinpin happen yon won't ketch de uame Hi mv rinkniiu! betlr tnke'n hide to' plural Joree don't holler eve'ry time he floe a wwsa. Den it's hi my rinktum! Don't git no udder man; And it's ho my Riley I Fetch out Miss bileey Ann, Ho my Bilev ! Yaller gal fine; She mjy be yone but she oughter be mine! Hlmvnnxtnm! ieuime ku uy, An' sl-v w'at she mean bv ae cut ar oat eral Homv BiW better shet dat do' De w'ite folki'll think we er t'srin ap de to1. Den it's ho my Riley I Come a siiun' up ter mat An' it's hi siv rinktum 1 Dis de way to I wis' jof kneel Hi my rinktum ! Aint d eai' git tin' red? ' De squincb ewl shiver like he winter go ttr bed ; tiomvKliev! owl e pus an-ue wys Dee now gittin' so dey kin sorter make a Boise. Hi my rlnkttunl let de Tailor gal 'lone; Niggers don't banker aner eody in de psa. Den ltt Ugh my rinktum I Better try anndder nlaa; An' H's he my Riley ! Trot out tiles DUsey Aon! He mv Riley : In de hsppy Cbrismus' time De darkeys shake de close a nun tin' fer a dim. HI my rinktum! An dendcy shake der fest, An' grease derese't wid de good haai meat. Homv BUeyl der tat an' dey cram, An' bimchy ale lsiss'11 bs tsadia' out ds dram. Dsn it's ho my Btley 1 Yoo hear dat, 8am ! An' It's hi my rinktum I Bs a sendin' out d draaal A Definition for Spa. Our American newspaper men do not propose to allow tne scientists to get ahead of them even in their own pe culiar sphere. As an instance of jour nalistic acmevemeat in tne way oi oen nition we give the following from the Graphic, written by a man wno evident ly intended to beat the astronomer, Proctor, out of his boots: fcpace is very large, it la immense, very immense, a great aeai oi im mensity exists in space. Space has no toD. no bottom. In fact it is bottom less both at the bottom and at the top. Space extends as far forward as it does backward, 'vice vena or versa vies. There is no compass of space, and no boxing of tne compass. A oiiiion mil lion of miles traveled in space won't bring a man any nearer to the end than one mile or one inch. Consequently, in space it's better to stay where you axe and Jet well enough alone." Fearing the Went. Sacrament leeord-OaiCB. Railroad men tell a story of a womar who had lived, for years in the nppe part of the State, and knew little of h tel life and usage, and who recentl paid a visit to Chico. She had pit viously heard of telegraphic message, being unexpectedly received by trav elers from their friends, convevinz news of sickness, death, or business disaster' When, therefore, the waiter placed be fore her a bill of fare, she thought of her husband, burst into tears, and shrieked, "My God, a aiirpateh from Jakel" The healthiest town ever known was in Illinois one summer, when the doctors' went east to attend a medical conven tion, neglecting to return for several months. The doctors found that when they did get back, their patients had all recovered, the nurses had opened danc ing acfcoola, the cemetery was eut up into building tote, the undertaker had gone to making violins, and the village, hearse had been gaudily painted and sold tor a circus wacon. t-SKVEKAl. young men were sitting to gether, and a voung lady happened to appioach the vicinity. Oae "ital sweet young; fellow seeing, aa he supposed, the young lady looking at him, remarked playfully, and with a becoming simper, ! Well, Miss ,you needn't look at me as though you wanted to eat me. " Oh, no," sweetly replied the young lady, I never eat greens." WAIFS ASD IT HI B.S. A aurist is an ear-responsiDie ErxmT anas has regular, business lours. Thk poorer the tea, the better tke tjaJTAi earTice handkerchief flirta tion. - '- Bock crystal n nothing but a geol gist's stnta-gem, -'. rkve 61 th dry-good .clerk-ewing- IllgH daJaM. ' tIlmaoi ny4hTfl rr AO. clocks la .lemn. AH striped, eh T id of lee mew "Shall "W Gather tr4rJia.mwrr. ' rr.:- . lfnS To the aluggajd, verj rear it .deep k rear. : . . V " - ; How to acquire shorthand fool around a bus saw A good name is better than precis us elntnrent on the back of a bank note. Taoss who put their money into tele-. . phone stock, snade a sound investment.' r Dora the maternal codfish call Ha young with a odftah bawL It's "meet and drink that is aeprMng many a family of food. - - ' Thi only reason men don't foUowtho plow, la because the plow Aatt wo ,y- Thk older the tree the mora rings H has. . It is very mnch th lamffwith -a v- city. r ' 'T?'V " Now, ISnrna, what is thvUnth om k mandmentrEmauVagwi, fir"Th4 same as it wM J"t?v . . ,V( Bomb people are p inreaJUITL Now, nothing Would please ns morethatr -zj to find h.re in our hash, -t ' . - Dat-afteb-TO-MOEBOW is the name of a Cherokee Indian Chief. He is a brother of Procrastination. The latest news of the South Ameri can war is that a Chili man-of-war ha taken the Peruvian bark Quinine. In a boarding-house you don't knock the stuffing out of the turkey ; you knock the turkey out of the stuffing. T It's hard to fool castor oil that L. it is hard to take it in. Wheeling Sunday Leader. Tramps have generally no religious belief, but lean towards the church ot roam. Does your wife plsy euchre V asked one. " No," replied the other, rubbing his head, "but she's death on poter." . The man who said be was bard pushed in his business was a book agent who had just been ejected from a store. Young writer: You have chosen an. excellent nom de plume for your first effusion, "Euripides," lor you rip wee all to nieces. Cincinnati isalurday Night. "HEwasstruckbyher beautiful form," W be'jguaaims,1 iH !' ) b tumbling off the roof. ... There is a lady in TOiitehall who ii , so fashionable that she won't eat board-fng-house butter unless the hair In it is ' frizzed. TRUTH is stranger than fiction. A man may know he is a liar, and yet he'll feel decidedly strange when he is called one. Smith " There are dogs that have more sense than their masters." " Just go," responds voung Fitznoodle; " Pre got that very kind of a dog myself." The foolish virgin on the train sitteth demure and quietly in her scat, but the wise one flirteth with the conductor and passeth free of charge. Oil City Derrick. V'hzs an Irishman was informed that the jewelry he was wearing was not manufactured from pure gold, he ex claimed, "It's alloy !rt Elucidation : Rector's Wife "flow do you do, Mr. Wigjrlcs T We have not seen you at church lately I Have vou been awayf" Mr. Wipfrlea " Yen, inu'm, I've been a-viitin' nty old 'aunts -at Manchester,- mu'm." Hector's Vife " Really 1 I hoped you found the old .ladies quite well." Sir. Wiggles" I didn't say my haunts, mu'm I naM my old 'aunts revisitin' the 'anntu o' my youth, you kuow, mu'm!'- Liwkn Punch. Miss Adelaide Niolsoii has acca. tei from Manager Magulre, Of San Francicof a four weeks' engagement, during which she is to receive sixty per ceut. of tha arriaa 'receii)t of each representation, with a guarantee that no nightly share shall fall below the snm of t&OO. The engagement will be. fulfilled in the spring, and Miss Neilson.will probably proceed to Australia after it torniipa-tion. A Bsre-Feoted Urooin. About twenty year ago a young fel low named Johnson, in the wilds of th Cheat Mountain! in West Virginia, mide up bis mind to be married. "But you have not a penny," re- monstrated his friends. ' ' ... 1 L-iJ. A a nave m v nauuo. a nss wmm given two hands one to scratch foi himself, the other for his wife," h said. On the day of the wedding Johnson appeared in a whole coat and trowsers, but bare-footed. "This is hardly decent," said the clerfryman. 'l will lend yon a pair of -shoe." "No," said Johnnon, "when I can buy shoes 1 will wear them not be fore" And he stood up to be married whit out any thought m his feet. The same sturdy conduct showed it self in bis future courw. What he bad not money to pay for, he did withrrtrt. He hired himself tc a farmer for a year'f work. With the money be saved he bought a pair of sheen, built himself but, and went U work on bis ground. His sheep increaaed. As time flew by ' he bought more ; than he sold off ths cheaper kinds, aad inverted in 8ouUi- ' down and French Merino. His neigh- . bors tried by turns raising cattle, hores. or gave their attention to experimental : fanning. '" Johnson having once found that ' , sheep raining in bis district brought s , bsD'jsome profit, stuck to it. "He bad t that shrewdness in seem- the best wry, ' " and that dogirai prritenoe in fol lowing it, which are the unrest elements of success. ' . Stock-buyers from .the Eastern mar kets fonnd that Johnson's fleeces wers th finest and his mutton the sweeten ' on the Cheat. He never allowed then reputation to fail the end of which .. courts ia, the man who married bare footed is now worth a large property. The story is an absolutely true one, and may point a moral for the hojdei of btnut, able-txidifd men who crowd tLe ctlUs complaining Uitt they must starve for want of wars. ' i I 1 i s. h , '
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 31, 1880, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75