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Germany is now the only country uhcEe universities do not admit women fctudents, notes the Scientific Ameri can. The Washington Star observes: Horses have accustomed themselves to if and no longer take fright at the bi cycle costume. Bat the men continue to be skittish. Statistics compiled for a special edi tion of the Manufacturers' Record show $107,000,000 invested in cotton Kills in the South, with $12,000,000 additional for mills now building. The total invested in 1880 wa3 $21, 900,000, and in 1890, $61,000,000. WOUDS OF "WISDOM, New York is having a bad attack of the bicycle fever, notes the Washing ton Star. The few asphalted streets have been over-run with wheelmen and wheelwomen until the walking people of the town are in a ferment of fear least one-half of the population will be run down and killed by the other half. Mayor Swift, of Chicago, is a man ot pluck, and aot to be trifled with. A few dtijfs ago, relates th New Or leanj Picayune, a mob of 200 Italians went to his office in the city hall, de manding work, and assumed a threat ening attitude, besides blocking up the corridors. Understanding that they wanted to see him, the Mayor sent for their leader to come to his office, and peremptorily told him that if the gang was not outside the city hall inside of two minutes they would be thrown out by the police. It took jnst one minute for them to clear out. "Eugene Eusch, an Oklahoma farmer, has started a new religion," announces the Brooklyn Eagle. "Ho began it with a forty-day fast. He has secured forty adherents, most of rhom will probably not fast for forty days. Ha requires his followers to give away their earthly goods and just roam. That is a religion that will exactly fuit some people, and if Mr. Busch starts this way he can pick up Weary Wraggles and Arid Arthur and Parched Perkins in New Jersey and make quite a show of numbers by the time he reaches New York. But the people who are to support the roam ers may have something objectionable to say before the summer is ovei-.' There is a peculiar industry in Gotham which has grown to astonish ing proportions, remarks the New York Advertiser. This is the business of furnishing newspaper clippings to individuals, firms and corporations. There are half a dozen of these con cerns in New York, which supply cus tomers not only in the United States, but in all parts of the world as well. One of these newspaper clipping bu reaus received an order the ether day from the Hawaiian Government to send President Dole all the notices, editorials, cartoons and other pub lished matter regarding Hawaii, its Government and its affairs. This is one of the largest orders ever received by a clipping bureau, and it will re quire the labor of half a dozen bright young women to cull the clippings from newspapers to fill this order. Ev?ry prominent author, actor, poli tician and professional man is now a subscriber to one or more of the clip ping bureaus, and a busy man finds the system very convenient, for heia cabled, as it were, to read liis news-proxy. I love to lose myself in other men'a minds. Lamb. Next to excellence is the apprecia tion of it. Thackeray. Short sentences drawn from a long experience. -Cervantes. Our souls see much farther iian our eyes can see. ---Dray ton. The greatest medicine i3 a true friend. Sir W. Temple. Good taste is the modesty of the mind. Mme. de Girardm. Fortune gives too much to many, but to none enough.' Martial. Shun equally a t ombre air and viva cious sallies. ---Marcus Antoinius. Those who complain most are most to'be complained of. Matthew Henry. When a man is wrong and won't ad mit it he always gets angry. -Hali-burton. Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth 6et up and, stuffed. H. W. Beecher. A prince who has falleth out with his laws breakest with his best friends. Saville. The art of conversation consists of much in listening politely as in talk ing agreeably. Atwell. Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft win by fearing to attempt. Shakespeare. Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other. Cicero. The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. Johnson. The worse education teaches that self-denial is better than the best that teaches everything else and not that. Sterling. When the savages wish to have fruit they cut down the tree and gather it. That is exactly a despotic govern ment. Montesquieu. No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respecc enough to be under some degrea of restraint. Chesterfield. A Bowl ot Kara. Kava is the native drink, and its use and the manner and ceremony of its preparation being among the most ancient customs of Polynesia, it mer its, I think, a short description. Kava is an indigenous tree, more or less plentiful throughout the South Sea Islands, the root of which is employed in the manufacture of the drink. When visitors are present much cere mony is observe 1 in its preparation. A beautiful round bowl of dark col ored wood is produced, its interior shining with a blue enamel-like coat ing, caused by the deposit of the root. Generally speaking, the best bowl is the property of the village, and much care is taken and time spent in polish ing and preserving the enamel in the . interior. Three young girls, with shining white teeth, chosen usually from the "belles" of the village, seat themselves around the bowl, each having a piece of the kava root. This they proceed to break up into small pieces, and, putting them into their mouths, chew the dry root till it is reduced to a pulp, which is placed from time to time in the bowl. A sufficiency hav ing been thus prepared, water is poured in and the whole mixture stirred up ; bunches of fine fibre are then drawn through the liquid to strain out any small pieces of the root which may remain. The drink is now complete, and is passed around in cups of cocoanut shell to the chiefs and principal people of the assembly in order of rank. On my first attempt at drinking kava I was strongly reminded of soap suds ; but this unpleasant idea wore orf after a time. A refusal to drink, or even not to drain the cup, is con sidered a grave impoliteness. The solution of the kava root is non-intoxicating, but, taken in excess, pro duces a loss of power in the lower limbs. Many of the European resi dents drink it regularly, bat, of course, it is then prepared in a differ ent manner. Westminster Review. )f( M Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report I - n o Minn STRANGE THINGS IN MISSOURI. They Are Found in the Hotels of That Famous Old State. WThen there are only two hotels In a small country town the entente cor diale is quite frequently strained. For instance: It was in Missouri. There had been a sudden influx of trade and the register, contained six names, the record for the year. It was the evening of the second day, also supper time. The first man In the dining-room noticed the absence of butter. Quoth he to the Belle of the Ozarks who was distributing prunes and other delicacies: "Kindly give me some butter." The Belle of the Ozarks paused a moment. Then she decided to make a clean breast of the whole affair. "I'm sorry, sir, but we ain't got none. There's none in town, except at the oth er hotel, and they won't let us have none. They're jealous because we've got you gents. Will you have some apple butter?" The humor in a small hotel Is not always furnished by the people who live therein. In one case also in Mis souriit was the letter head of the in stitution that furnished a smile. It was built something like this: THE AVENUE HOUSE. (Best in Town.) MRS. EDWARD SMITHERS, Proprietoress. Ed Smithers (husband), Clerk. And yet the village gossips say there Is not a female suffragist in town. They do not seem to realize they are entertaining the "new woman" una wares. The man who Is responsible for the following is not addicted to the fishing story habit, neither has he ever made a campaign affidavit. So his story is at least entitled to some consideration: "Just across the street from my room this also was in Missouri was tho town clock. I had left a call for G. I was awakened by a vigorous pounding on the door, and when I responded 'all right, the man who was doing the work of an alarm clock drawled out: - " 'Just wanted to tell you, stranger, that If you heard that clock strike G you have twenty minutes more to sleep. The clock's that much fast.' " There's one town in Missouri on the Santa Fe not far from the scene of a recent train robbery in which there are seven houses. Five of them bear the sign "Hotel." The others flaunt a legend "Rooms to Rent." As trains only stop there to take water it's pretty hard guessing where the revenue comes In. . Marriages in England. Marriages in England are on the increase. IroverIs of Savages. The proverbs of savages are shrewd and pithy. The Basutos say, "The thief catches j himself;", the Yorubas, "He who injures another injures him self;" Wolofsj "Before healing others, heal yourself." In Accra they say, "Nobody is twice a fool;" among the Oji, "The moon does not grow full in a day," "The poor man has no friends." A Pashto proverb says, "A feather does not stick without gum." Others are "A crab does j not bring forth a bird;" "A razor cannot shave Itself;" "Cross the river before you abuse the croco dile;" "Truth Is spoken only by a strong man or a foot;" "Perseverance always triumphs;" "jrhe thread follows the needle." ' J . fter a thing is started7 it alvayi goes slower than was expected. i - Dr. PIERCE'S Golden Hedical DISCOVERY Cures Ninety-eight per cent, of all cases of Consumption, in ail its Earlier Stages. Although by many believed to be incura ble, there is the evidence of hundreds of living witnesses to the fact that, in all its earlier stages, consumption is a curable disease. 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