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N BWTO JNTERPRI l: VOLUME. VII, NEWTON, CATAWBA COUNTY, N.: C , PKIDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1885 NUMBER 40. WILLIAMS & SHANNON, fcDITOP.S AK TOlil.lgftKftS. Ona co y, cjio year'. , , ..$1 60 iiuo copy, nix inontlib . 1 00 C"No namo cnterc.1 without i.w.i:i;!it of tho uliecriptioii it: a1v.iici-. This is :in invaiiable rtilo of our bmiiu.-M ami must Ia; a.llinvil to in U canes. . AiWertiuin, mio square u. ten lines or 4ee. ilrst ins Hlim, on dollar. En h Ktibiie tjnptit ins nion, firtv vnts. B. J. Shipp. t. n. Cobb. SHIPP & COBB, Attorne A.t, Luw, Prvjtice in all the Courts. OSftja on Tnblic Square. L L WITHERSPOON, ATTORNEY A.T LAW NEWTON, N. a M. L. McCORKLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NEWTON, N. C. J". 33. LITTLE, Surgoon Domisf, Has locaieci in NV. .it,- N. O., al offers hi professions,! services i"ji!o "f town an county. Office in Yount .t Siiruh Duildino. J.E THORNTON, Newton, N. C, Keeps constantly on hand all siz s of V..m) Coffins, and different qualities, as rt-io a3 can be bonffht anywhere for thu Hams minn-y; Reasonib'e muic allowed to reliable partiur.. .Shop one mile north of the court honse. R. P. RBINHARDT, BREEDER OF SHort Earn Catili and Cotswoii Sheep. I have now for tale tome very fine bucks and wet. E. P. REINHABDr, Newton, N. C. STOP AT THE Central Hotel, LENOIR, 'N. C WILL H. RAMSAUR, Proprietor. STOIE -AT THE Yount House, The subscriber harin taken the Youn Honse, Newton, N. C, wishes to inform th-) public that he is prepared to accimm xUte travelers in a first-class style. Prices re -ion-Able. Board by the day or week at reduced price. Formerly proprietor of the Delawuo House, Delhi, N. X. B1. S.HLL. LIVER y, SALB&HD FEED hTABLE, Newton, H. C. Willbefounl the bet stock and neatest ve hicles in town. Per jns can ba accommoda by us with anything in the iivery Jine, an "! prices a' e guaranteed to give satisfaction. -only ask a tiial. Transportation to a.l the surronn lin.; country. We solicit the patronage of the public. Respectfully, HENKEL A C0BPEN1N9. ORGANS. fleiel 4 Corpii's IN ADDITION TO THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF FURNITURE (a Western North Carolina, we are handling iveral makes of Parlor, 8chol and Church ORGANS, and offer them in Hickory at factory prices. Oar - .. Undertaking: Department is complete in all its branches. Burial Robes, Wood and Metalio Cases and Caskets, and Un dertaker's Supplies generally. JVLWe & Co., Hickory, fj. C. Sept 16, 1835. The Siffht Is Still The night is still, the moon locks The dew bangs jewels in the hear' An Ivy climbs aoross thy blind And throws 'a light and misty wre The dew hangs jewels in the heath, Buds bioom for which thu bee has pintd; I hns:e nlong, I qnicker Drenthet The night is si ill, the niooh looks kind. Bud bloom Tor wli'cu the bee has pined. The t iir.i ose slips its jealous sheath, As up the flower-watched path I wind And come thy window-ledge beneath. The p'imroee slips its jenlous sheath Then open wido thai churlish blind, And kiss me thtocgh the ivy wreath ! The night is fctill, tho moon looks kind. Edith. M. Tkomat in the Cento.. THE WHITE PHANTOM. Major M:rritt Hill, a "bold dragoon" in the service of his Majesty George III, found himself, one dark and blus tering night in autumn, riding toward London on the old York road. He had supped with a friend who lived at a tillage some distance off the road, and he was unfamiliar with the coun try. Though not raining, the air was damp, and the heavy, surcharged clouds threatened every moment to pour down their contents. A. good horseman cares as much for the com fort of his steed as for his own ease. To add to the discomfort of the even ing; there was some chance of meet ing highwaymen; but Major Hill felt no uneasiness on that score, as, just before leaving his 'friend's house, he had examined his holster pistols, and freshly primed them. A brush with a highwayman would enhaace the romance of a night journey. The Major's horse began to give un mistakable evidence of distress, stumb ling once or twice, and recovering himself with difficulty. At last a dim light suddenly appeared at a tarn of the road. The horse pricked up his ears, trotted forward with spirit, soon halted beside a one-story cottage. The Major rode up to the door and rapped loudly with the butt of his whip. The summons brought a sleepy cotter to tho door.. , , . "My good friend, said 'the Major, 'can you tell ox,.iKJK..i-s totjo next inn?" ' Eh ? It be about zeven mile, znr," was the answer, in the broad York shire dialect of the district. "Seven miles!" exclaimed the Major, in a tone of deep disappointment; "and my horse is already blown! My good fellow, can't you pat him somewhere, and give me a bed ? I will pay you liberally for your trouble." "Eh! goodness sakes!" said the rus tic "I be nought but a ditcher. There be noa plaze to put the nag in, and there be only ons room and one bed in the cot." "What shall I do?" cried the Major, ftt his wit's end. 'Til tell 'ee, zur," said the rustic. "There be a voine large house on the road, about a moile vurther on. It's noa an inn, but the Colonel zees com pany vor the vun o' the thing 'cause he loikes to zee company about 'un. Yoa must a heard ov him Colonel Lawrence as used to be a soger once." "Say no more," cried the Major. "I have heard of this hospitable gentle man, and his having been in the army gives me a sure claim to his attention. Here's a crown for your information, my good friend." . The Major rode off, feeling an exhil aration of spirits which soon commu nicated itself t- the horse. A sharp trot of a few minutes brought him to a large mansion, which stood by the roadside. Without dismounting he plied the large brass knocker till a servant in livery made his appearance. "Is your master up?" asked the Major. "I am the occupant of this house," said a venerable gentleman, making his appearance at the hall door. "I am a benighted traveler, sir," said the Major, touching his hat, "and come to claim your well-known hospi tality. Can you give me a bed for the night?" "I cannot promise you a bed, sir," aid the host, "for I have but one spare bed in the house, and that hap pens to be in a room that does not enjoy a very pleasing -. reputation. In short, sir, one : robin ; of my housejls haunted, and that is the only one, un fartunately, that I can place at your disposal to-night." "My dear sir," said the Major, springing from his horse and tossing the bridle to the servant, you en chant me beyond expression! , A haunted chamber! The very thing and I, who have never seen a ghost! What luck!" The Colonel shook his head gravely. "I never knew a man," he said, "to pass a night in that chamber without regretting it." Major Hill laughed as he tooK his pistols from the holster pipes. "With these friends of mine," he said, "I fear neither ghost nor demon." Colonel Lawrence showed his guest into a comfortable parlor, where a sea-coal fire was burning cheerfully in a grate, and refreshments most wel ccuae to a weary traveler stood upon a table. The Major's attention was drawn toward a charming girl of twenty, the daughter of the Colonel, who graced the table with her presence. Never, he thought, had he seen so beautiful, so modest and so lady-like a creature; and she, in turn, seemed very favor ably impressed with the manly beauty and frank manners of their military guest. At length she retired. The Colonel, who had found a listener, was inclin ed to prolong the session intj the small hours of the morning, but find ing that his guest was much fatigued, he felt compelled to ask him if he would not like to retire. Major Hill promptly replied in the affirmative and the bid gentleman, taking up a silver candlestick; cere moniously marshaled his guest to a large, old-fashioned room. A comfortable bed invited to re pose; a cheerful fire was blazing on the hearth, and everything was cozy and quiet. Tho Major looked around him with a sigh of satisfaction. "I am deeply indebted to you, Col onel," said he, "for affording me such comfortable quarters. I shall sleep like a top," "I am afraid not," answered the Colonel, with a grave shake of the head. "I never knew a guest of mine to pass a quiet night in this chamber. "I shall prove an exception," said the Major, smiling. "But I must make one remark," he added, seriously. "It is ill sporting with the feelings of a soldier; and should any of your ser vants attempt to play tricks upon me, they shall have occasion to repent it." And he laid his heavy p'stols on the light-stand by his bedside. "My servants, Major Hill," said the old gentleman, with an air of offended dignity, "are too well drilled to dare attempt any tricks upon my guests. Good night, Major." "Good night. Colonel." ..r ... The door closed. Major Hill lockci it Beside the door opening into the entry, there was another leading to some other room. There was no lock upon the second door, but a heavy table placed across completely barri caded it. He threw himself into an arm-chair before the Ere, and iunused' himself ith bulking 'CbMies fu vUe.iliv iuV musing on the attractions of the fair Laura, the host's daughter. He wa3 far enough from thinking of spectral visitants, when a very slight noise struck on his ear. Glancing in the direction of the inner door he thought he aaw th8 heavy table glide back ward from its place. Quick as thought he caught up a pistol and challenged the intruder. There was no reply but the door continued to open and the table to slide back. At last there glided into the room a tall, graceful figure robed in white. At the first glance the blood curdled in the Major's veins; at the second he recognized the daughter of the host. Her eyes were wide open, and she ad vanced with an assured step; but it was very evident that she was asleep. Here was the my3tery of the White Phantom solved at once. The young girl walked to the fire-place and seat ed herself in the arm-chair from which j the soldier had just risen. She raised her left hand, and gazing on a beautiful ring that adorned one of her white taper fingers, pressed it repeatedly to her lips. She then sank into an attitude of repose, her arms drooping listlessly by her side. The Major approached htrr and stole the ring from her finger. His action disturbed, bat did not awaken her. She seemed to miss the ring, however, and after groping hopelessly for it, rose and glided through the doorway as silently as she had entered. She had no sooner retired than the Major replaced the table, and drawing a heavy clothes press against it, effectu ally guarded himself against a second intrusion. This done, he threw himself upon the bed, and slept soundly till a late "hour of the morning. After perform ing the duties of his toilet, he was summoned to breakfast, where he met the Colonel and his daughter. "Well, Major, and how did you pass the night?", asked the Colonel, anx iously. "Famously," replied HilL "I slept like a top, as I told you I should." Then, thank heaven, the spell is broken at last," said the Colonel; "and the White Phantom has vanished." "By no means," said the Major, smiling; "the White Phantom paid me a visit last night," and left me a token of the honor." "A token!" exclaimed the father .and daughter in a breath. "Yes, my friends, and here it is." And the Major handed the ring to the old gentleman. "What's the meaning of - this, Laura?" exclaimed the Colonel. "This ring I gave you last week." Laura uttered a faint cry, and turn ed deadly pale. "The mystery is easily explained," said the major. "The young lady Is a sleep-walker. She came into my room before I had " retired, utterly- uncon scious of her actions. I took the ring from her hand, that I might be able to convince you and her of the reality of what I had witnessed." The major's business was not press ing, and he readily yielded to the col onel's urgent request to pass a tew days with him. Their mutual liking increased upon better acquaintance and in a few weeks the "White Phan tom's ring, inscribed with the names of Merritt Hill and Laura Lawrence, served as a sacred symbol of their union for life. A Turnip Story, A farmer was once told that his tur nip field had been robbed, and that the robbery had been committed by a poor, inoffensive man, by the a; me of j Palmer, who many of the people in the village said had taken away a wagon-load of turnips. Farmer Brown much exasperated by the loss of his turnips, determined to prosecute poor Palmer with all the severity of the law. With this, inten tion he went to Mollie Sanders, the washerwoman, who had been busy in spreading the report, to know the whole truth; but Mollie denied ever having said anything about a wagen load of turnips. It was but a cart load that Palmer had taken, and Dame Hodsbn, the huckster, had told her so over and over again. The farmer, hearing this, went to Dame Hodson, who said that Molly Sanders was always .taking things cut worse than they really were, that Pal-J mer had taken only a whel-banow load of turnins. and that she had her account from Jenkins, the tailor." ' Away went the farmer to Jenkins, the tailor, who stoutly denied the ac count altogether; he had only told Dame Hodson that Palmer had pulled up several turnips, but how many he could not telL for that he did not see himself, but was told it by - Tom Slack, the plowman. Wondering where this would end. Farmer Brown next questioned Tom Slack, who, in hi3 turn, declared he had never said a word about seeing Palmer pull up several turnips; he only said that he had heard say that Palmer had pulled up a turnip, and Barnes barber, was the person who had told him about it. The farmer almost out of patience at this account, hurriod on to Barnes, the barber who wondered much that people should find pleasure in spread ing id 'eales which, have no t-:-iM He assure! the farmer ail he had aid about the matter, while he took off the beard of Tom Slack, wa3 that, ior all he knew. Palmer wu as likely & man to pull up a tui nip as any of his neighbors. Trades for American Boys. The trades in our country, of late years.have been almost monopolized by foreigners. The American boy, how ever, when he does take a trade, goes straight on to tfi& top of th3 ladder. It seems as if our boys would rather be fourth-rate lawyers, or physicians, than earn their living by working with their hands. Only the other day I read in a New York newspaper of a young lawyer in a distant city, whom I knew some years ago when I resided in that section of the country, wbo literally starved to death. He made scarcely any money, was too proud. to tell his want, lived as long as he coulo on crackers and water, and was found one day in his office, dead from lack of nourishment. He should never have entered the legal profession, for he had no ability in that direction. As a farmer or a mechanic he might have lived a long, useful, and successful Ufa No boy, of course, should enter a trade unless he feels himself fitted for it; but, on the other hand, he should not, it seems to me, let the false pride against manual - labor which now prevails to such a wide extent in our coiintry, prevent him from endeavor ing to do better work with his' hands than in bis inmost thoughts he knows that he can do with his head. Qeorga J. Manson in St. Nicholas. The Great Glacier or Alaska. According to a San Francisco paper, the great glacier of Alaska is moving at the rate of a quarter of a mile per annum. The front presents a wall of ice 500 feet in thickness; its breadth varies from three to ten miles and its length is about 150 miles.--Almost every quarter of an hour hundreds of tons of ice in large blocks fall into the sea, which they agitate in the most violent manner. The waves are said to be such that toss about the largest vessels which approach the glacier as if they were small boats. The ice is extremely pure and dazzling to the eye; it has tints of the lightest blue as well as of the deepest indigo. The top is very rough and broken, forming small hills, and even chains of moun tains in miniature. This immense mas3 of ice, said to be more than aver age of a thousand feet thick, advances daily toward the sea. A FfciiHne from Seaweed. One variety of seaweed found on the European coast is known as Lucky Minney's lines. The arms, or lronds, grow to a length of forty feet When outer bark and gelatinous filaments are removed the frond is found to be composed of a tingle filament like a thread of silk, that grows in a coil, forming a tube, the edges of the fila ment adherinc to each other. This i is uncoiled by the coast people, and hen braided up in a four-ply cord : u ..kes a fish line of extraordinary strength. AREM ARK ABLE BURGLAR The Career of a Talented. Safe -Opener in America. Ksfeing the' Lock of Every Cell in V Prison "Where He was Confined. the to. the course of a conversation with a Xew York safe maker, a Star report erssked: ""Do you think that expert mechan- the safe trade we ever in leagut w th. criminals?' Vfhere are black sheep in every t idiness," was the reply, "but if there ar any they are very few indeed. In err business it pay3 a skilled locksmith loiter to keep honest than to go a3tray, tiding the risk which he necessarily runs into consideration. The pay is only good but the chance of re ward for giving a job away is consid srule. I believe that men who be cctae professional criminais take to tfcut mode of life from choice rather -t .... titzi from the necessity. I think it is li-gely in the blooi Of all trades nci pay better wages to skilled labor tLiaj ours. Competition is keen and bres command a good figure." 6ow much . will a combination lot iamith' earn?" 'ill the ways from $25 to $40 a Wvt4" not to speak of certain fees the have the &PPrtunity of reaving. In my experience of men in ft is business I find that tb.3 majori ty if those whom w consider shady ar&ilmost invariably foreigners The ca-J of August Kindt, the Belgian baiif burglar, offers the most ,pon3pie-iri- ilnstration. That man is a gen ius; horoughly well educated. speak3 se i a1. languages and might, had he be-'i so disposed, have accumulated a fcSpne. But crime seems to have an irrciistible fascination." .Detective Jackson of Sing Sing told t&j filter the following particulars in rtyard to Kindt: " - i "Do 1 know him? " I should say I (Y, as well as any burgRrin this coun- tri and far better than many. Kindt caie from Belgium some seven years agV and a Watch obtained employment in case factory . in , Jersey WM?e there be invented sever aiR-mprovementa in tools, and " was rafhdly promoted in the shop. .Three or xour weeks after his arrival several bars of silver were misring from the manager's safe. The door was found locked, and there was only two men who had the combination, the princi pal and the manager, neither of whom, suspected Kindt. A close watch was set, and . one day it was discovered that Kindt on coming to the shop had some silver tilling on his clothes. The workmen were in the habit of chang ing their clothing both on coming to and departing from work. The above aroused suspicion, and a strict watch was set on Kindt's house. More bars were stolen, notwithstanding the com bination was changed, and it was fi nally determined to raid Kindt's house. A close search was made, Dut nothing was discovered, until one of the detec tives in leaping on a window-sill missed his footing, and in trying to save himself from falling grabbed hold of the sill, the top of which gave way. The space below was almost filled cp with silver in various shape-3, watch case?, bar3 and nuggets. "Kindt was arrested, but . subse quently succeeded in escaping to Mon treal. There he disguised himself, changed his name and went to work in a machine shop, and might have done welL In a few months, however, he was concerned in a burglary on Kotre Dame street. Part of the booty was found at his house, and he was arrested, tried and sentenced to im prisonment in the St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary. "He sets his wits to work and soon attracted the attention of the prison officials by his remarkable indication of talent. One day he requested an interview with the Warden. He ob tained it. 'Warden,' he said, this prison is unsafe.' "I guess it'll hold you securely enough,' replied that official, grimly. "If you'll give me a chance," retort ved Kindt. IH show you that I can pick every lock in the building, safe, cells and alL' "The Warden had heard and seen much of his prisoner, but for this rev elation he was totally unprepared. " '111 give you a chance.' A time was agreed upon, and sure enough Kindt picked every cell lock as easily as though it had been made of paper. The authorities were startled and alarmed. Kindt kept cool and asked for the use of some paper and a pencil. 'What for? replied the warden. " To draw a plan of a lock that is to be the best lock ever fitted into a pris on door.' The paper and pencil were furnished him, and the result wa3 that he produced a plan by which, through the working of a series of levers from a central action, . all the cells on a single tier coull be opened or closed simultaneously. His plan was adopted, and in a short time he made an Improvement on it by which any one lock could be operated at will without affecting the essential features of the invention. "At the close of his term Kindt was offered a situation, but declined its acceptance. He made his way to St j Albans, "Vt, and was arrested there on an old change and takei to Auburn. From thence he made hi escape by softening the stonework around the bars of his ceil with some chemical. Then he was captured and taken to Sing Sing, and served out a sentence for burglary." It was only a week or ten days ago this expert burglar was again sen tenced to imprisonment for theft. He pleaded, with tears in his eyes. that it had bewi committed in order to save his wife and children from starv-' ation. Had he chosen to live hon estly he might now haive been worth thousands of dollars. The Tomato ia America. A good many years ago a man who had recently arrived from the Bermu da island was sent to York county (Penn.) jail for some effeuse commit ted against the laws of the common wealth. He had with him a few seeds which he planted in the rich soil of the jail yard. Before the plants which sprang from the seed reached matu rity, he was discharged, and no one knew the nature of them. They grew luxuriantly, bearing fruit of large size and unusual appearance. As this strange fruit ripened, its color changed from green to a brilliant red, and be came an objeet of wonder and admira tion to all the inmates of the jaiL Mrs. Klinefelter, the lady keeper, cau tioned all the prisoners against eating any of the fruit, as she was sure it was poisonous, but planted some of the seed as she desired to preserve specimens of it for him should he re t' rn in time. Just when the fruit was fully matured the Bermuda pris oner revisited the jail and asked to see the plant. Thi3 request granted, he next called for pepper, salt and vine gar, and to the horror of the good lady commenced to eat of the supposed poisonous fruit with a relish that astonished the beholders. After en joying the strange repast, he informed Mrs. K. that the fruit or vegetable was the tomato, or love apple, and it would be found wholesome and nutri tious. The seed ef the remaining , to matoes was carefully preserved and distributed among the friends and neighbors of the lady, and thus this new popular esculent was introduced into the ancient and goodly borough of York. For many years thereafter it was cultivated as an ornament rather than for table use, but by degrees its merits began to be more fully understood and appreciated, and there, as elsewhere it grew into gen eral public favor. ? orknten's Wages ia 1S00. In the great cities unskilled work men were hired by the day, bought their own food and found their own lodging. But in the country, on the farms, or wherever a band was employed on some public work, they were fed and lodged by the employer and given a few dollars a month. On the Penn sylvania canals the diggers ate th coarsest diet, were housed in the rud est sheds, and paid $6 a month from i May to November and $5 a month j from November to May. Hodearriera and mortar-mixers, diggers and chop pers, who from 1793 to 1800 labored on the public buildings and cut the streets and avenues of Washington City, received $70 a year, or, if they wished, $60 for all the work they could perform from March 1 to December 20. The hours of work were invariably from sunrise to sunset "Wages at Albany and Xew York were three shillings, or, a3 money then went, forty cents a day; at Lancaster, $3 to $10 a month; elsewhere in Pennsylvania workmen were content with $6 in summer and $5 in winter.. At Balti more men were glad to be hired at eighteen pence a day. Xone, by the month, asked more than $6. At Fredericksburg the price of labor was from $5 to $7. In Virginia white meD, employed by the year, were given 16 currency; slaves, when hired, were clothed and their masters raid 1 a month. Around Virginia a pound was, m Federal money, $3 33. The average rate of wages the land over was, therefore, $65 a year, with food and, perhaps, lodging. Out of this small sum the workmen must, with his wife's help, maintain his family. A Tearful Decision. A Cabbage which had arrived at Respectable Dimensions began brag ging about the size of its head, when a Boss Watermelon raised its Voice in Dispute. The Hubbard Squash chim ed in for first place, and a Pumpkin Roared out that it wouldn't play " sec ond fiddle to no Vegetable on earth. They were having it hot and heavy, when along came a Philosopher, and he was asked to decide which had the Largest Head. . "As to the Head," he replied, "that is a matter to be settled by a Tape- line. Any of you measure ten times the size of this little Onion, but when you come down to what's under the Cranium that's a ah a ah different thing, and you will please lend me a Handkerchief while I Weep." Mobal: He who judges a man by the Size of his Head, will find him all Hat as often as all Brains." Detroit Free Press TOI'ICS OF THE DAT. Trade with South America ia being gradually developed. There are now six steamers running regularly be tween Xew York and Venezuela, three having been recently added to a suc cessful line. Another fleet is about to be sent to Bolivia, the first steamer having already been sent out On the other hand, our trade with Pern has dwindled down to almost nothing for want of direct steam com mr nicfcion. Lightning does its work before the victim knows anything. Two men were struck while taking refuge under a tree. Both were carried into the house and laid out for dezd. One of the men revived, and. after weeks of terrific suffering and infirmity, he got out again; and is still living. He said he knew no more about having been struck by lightning than he w&3 con scious of having lived before the flood. It was all news to him when he was told of the fact The true landed aristocracy of the United States ia composed of the red men. There are about 255,000 Indians, and their land reservations amount to about 175.000 square miles. Each of these guests of the nation has there-" fore a little more than two-thirds of a square mile of land. The reservations of Dakota, Montana and the Indian Territory comprise 150,000 square miles, occupied by about 127,000 In dians, or les3 than one lordly savage to the square mile. A Hungarian statistician has been j studying the effect of comfort on longevity. His tables show that the richest people have an average life of 52 years, the middling forty-six, and the poor only forty-one and one-half. A well-to-do man is as liable to infect ious disease aa a pauper, while diph theria, croup, whooping cough, and scarlet fever are more prevalent among the rich. Consumption and pneumonia claim the poor, who are comparatively free from brain fever. Cellar-dwellers are far more subject to disease than those who live above ground, except In diphtheria and scarlet fever; nor do these diseases seem greatly advanced 'by overer&Tding in tenements There is a queer collection of Bibles to be found in London. Among these strange editions is what is known as the "Beg Bible," so called because of Its rendering of a passage in the Psalms, "Afraid of bugs by night," instead of "terror by night" There is the "Breeches Bible," which con tains the translation, -Making them selves breeches out of fig leaves," from the third chapter of Genesis. There is also the "Place-Makers Bible," a typo graphical error peacemakers, and the "Treacle Bible," with the absurd rendering, "There is no treacle (in stead of balm) in Gilead." The "Rosin Bible" substitutes rosin for treacle in the same text, which is still more ab surd. And the "Wicked Bible" omits the negative in the Seventh Command ment, so that it reads, "Thou shalt commit adultry. The "Vinegar Bible" in this extraordinary collection is so designated because the head line of the Parable of the Vineyard reads "Parable cf the Vinegar." The "Prin ters' Bible" makes King David declare that "printers, instead of princes, per secuted him without a cause." And there is "The Murderers' Bible," be cause through a typographical error a verse in the Epistle of Jude reads "murderers," when it should read mur murers. It need not be added that copies of these unauthorized editions are extremely rare. A western paper asserts that there is no reason for believing that the de feated candidates for the presidency have had stronger physical constitu tion or'better health than those who were elected, yet of the seven Presi dents who have held the office in the last 28 years five are dead; two Hayes and Arthur are alive; while of the seven " candidates for the different terms in those 28 years five Fremont. McClellan, Seymour, Tilden, and Han cock are alive, and only two Doug las and Greeley are dead. Two of the Presidents died by assassination, but as that was even more directly in consequence of their -holding the office, it strengthens the proof. If we go back of this period we find that the defeated candidates for the Presi dency survived the successful ones. Van Buren died twenty-one years after Harrison, though but nine years younger. Clay, though a much younger man than Polk, survived him five years, and though only ten years younger than Jackson survived him twenty-three years. Cass was only two years younger than Taylor, but died sixteen years after him, while Gen. Scott though eighteen years ol der than Pierce, survived him three years. So that unless there is some other known cause to account for these discrepancies the most reasonable con clusion is either that the Presiden tial office is not conducive to longp" or that alL or nearly all, the " , ... . . , defeated candidates, as compare . , , , . with their successful oppoce - men of unu- happened to be There L- il vigor and vitality. thj. ao reason for supposing that in the case. Africcn Forest.. In traveling through the great" for ests of the Rocky Mountain!-, or of all the "Western States, the broken branch es and fallen trunks strewing the ground breast high with all sorts of decaying litter frequently make loco motion impossible. To attempt to ride through these "Western for ests, with their mesh-work of inter locked branches and decaying trunks, is often out of the question, and one bag to dismount and drag his horse after him as if he were clambering through a wood-yard. But in an Af rican forest not a fallen branch is seen. One is struck at first at a cer tain clean look about the great forests of the interior, a novel and unaccount able eleann&3, as if the forest bed were carefully swept and dusted daily by unseen elves. And so, indeed, it is. Scavengers of a hundred kinds re move decaying animal matter from the carea33 or the fallen elephant to the broken wing of a gnat eating it or carrying it out cf sight and bury ing it in the deodorizing earth. And the countless millions of termites per form a similar function for the veg etable world, making away with all plants and trees, all the steni3, twigs and tissues, the moment the finger of decay strikes the signal. Constantly in these woods one comes across what appear to be sticks and branches and bundles of fagots, bat when closely examined they are seen to be mere casts in mud. Be a Man. Foolish spending is the father ot poverty. Do not be ashamed of hard work. Work for the test salaries or wages you can get but work for half price rather than be idle. Be your own master, and do not let society or fash ion swallow up your individuality hat, coat and boots. Do not eat up or wear all that you earn. Compel your shelfish body to s'pare something for profit saved. " Be stingy to your own appetite, but merciful to others neces sities. Help others, and ask no help for yourself. See that you are proud. Let your pride be of the right kind. Be too proud to be lazy; too proud to give up without conquering every difficulty; too proud to wear a coat you eannot afford to buy; too proud to be in company that you cannot keep up with expenses; too proud to He; or steal, or cheat; too proud to be stingy. The Home. r Life WitiOHt a Newspaper. V Once upon a time a certain man got mad with the editor and stopped his paper. The next week he sold his corn at four cents below the market price. Then his property was sold for taxes, because he didn't real the sheriffs sale. He was arrested and fined $8 for going hunting on Sunday, simply because he didn't know it was Sunday, and he paid $3 for a lot of forged notes that Lad been advertised two weeks and the public cautioned not to negotiate for them. He then paid a big Irishman, with a foot like a forge hammer, to kick him ail the way to the newspaper oSce, where he paid four years' subscription in ad vance, and had the editor sign an agreement to knock him down and rob him if he ever ordered his paper stopped again. Such is life without a newspaper. New York Netcsdtaler. "Grant's Brother. "Who is that chap in there vho is always hanging around Grant's tan nery?" "The short fellow with a cigar in his mouth, do you mean 'f "Yes; he is always snicking, aad walks tp and down without speaking to anybody." "Oh, that's Grant's brother." This was a conversation that took place in Galena, ILL, a few months before the opening of the civil war. The man who was then known as "Grant's brother," and who was an obscure citizen even in Galena, was soon to be the most famous living general in the world, with, perhaps one exception, and nine yeara later was inaugurated President of the United States. New York Tribune 5oveI Chicken Feed. A novel use, says an eastern paper, is being made of oyster shells by a Hartford, Conn., man, who. is coining money in his new enterprise. The shells are placed in a patented mill and ground. It has a capacity of five tons a day. By an ingenious arrange ment sieves are kept at work assort ing the dust into fine, course, and in sufficiently treated. The fine and the course are taken by elevator-belts to the floor below, where through canvas chutes, regulated by wooden slides, barrels are rapidly filled. The product is sold for chicken-feed. Twenty tons and more are sent yearly to San Fran cisco, ordera are filled from western states, an dy Bermuda and the Sandwich isfiave been supplied. - n z: A Lessoa in uwsaape. Little Girl "Please, ma, may I have a egg?" Ma "Don't say a egg; say an egg. L. G. "Can I have a neg?" M. "That isn't right" L. G desperately "Please, ma, can I have an hzzfFree Press.
The Catawba County News (Newton, N.C.)
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Oct. 30, 1885, edition 1
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