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GOLDSBORO, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1881.
VOL. I.
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t'ntered at tin' rWo'i.-v i' CuUishoro, A. (.'.,
CS S-ftllld-t'liMt M'llllT.
All eimnmmioat '' u business should bo
,n1 ircwil to li VM. T. V-'assom, Editor and l'ni
I'i'ii tur, (ioldnboio, N. 0.
REPAIRING THE CKHTLES.
Juc(-r C'ontrlvanci's for Stronctln'niiiz Hie
llumiiii Frninr ApplliuiiM'H Tlmt Arc III
('mmtnnt Demand by Old mid Yonim-lH-iil-iiiK
with thv Dciif.
" Now that your little boy is fixed all
right, don't you want something in my
line for vourselt t
" No, I do not. I am perfectly
sound."
"You may think wo, hut if you should
let me hunt you over I've no doubt I
should find that you need some sort of
apparatus. Eight out of every ten men
who walk the streets of New York wear
some mechanical appliance or other
and women too, for that matter, though
they look so fine," said the proprietor of
a manufactory of surgical instruments
and appliances for the relief and rem
edy of numerous physical ailments and
defects. The walls showcases, tables
and windows of the salesroom were
covered and filled by queerly-shaped
and mysterious contrivances of steel,
nickel celluloid, wood, gold, brass,
leather, tin, china, silk, rubber, aud
seemingly of every other material that
could be molded, carved, sewed, ham
mered, cut, filed and bent to fit some
part of the human anatomy or do some
thing forcible to some refractory or de
fective member. Among thein were
liolfa plmins. medals, eirdles.
bracelets, necklaces and hair brushes.
There were all sorts of articles needed
in sick rooms. There were many
strange contrivances for the, relief of
paralyzed person One, called the dy
namometer, or paralytico register, is a
steel instrument which is placed in the
patient's hand in order to test the power
of moving his fingers. There were
,' Lny instruments and apparatuses for
uaE-d iiip diseases, and for extend
g the limbs of cripples. There was
.' a very queer arrangement in which the
, suflerer lies on ins bacic.
" In the showcases there was stock
valued at 5,000, consisting mainly of
surgical instruments. In showing these
and explaining their uses the pro
prietor sid: " We do a large business
in the sale of syringes for hypodermic
injections of morphine."
' ' To physicians mostly ?"
" Oh, no, by no means; the sale is
comparatively small to them. The gen
eral use of opium is a growing evil, and
more women than men are addicted to
it. Those who have become accus
tomed to it cannot live without it. The
relief it gives from pain is instantaneous,
but it lasts only two or three hours. We
sell the hypodermic syringe to persons
in every sort of life, from the fine lady
who comes in her carriage to tho poor
laundress with a basket of linen on her
arm. How so wide a knowledge of the
' subcutaneous application of morphine
has spread about I am at a loss to con
jecture; but even young school misses
make use of it. One girl will tell her
companions and they will come by twos
and threes to purchase instruments. To
such, however, I refuse to sell, although
it is alwa their sick aunt or grand
mother sent them, they say. A
gentl" Hy rushed in here, pale,
hagr "Hi tremDiing, aim
'-oi suffering with
" ad broken the
, syringe, and
could hardly
.tljusted. He
n adjoining
dnts returned
osed. He had
is dose, and was
consequently tran
, mm ladies come to have
inents repaired who were in such
of nervous excitement that they
ot leave tLir carriage, and the
ent had to be arranged in the
,t haste and taken to them. An
.ess of national reputation has for
ts been addicted to morphine, ad
istered by herself in this form, and
, could not act, nor now even live,
ViJiout it."
i " T infer, from the immense number
t trusses I see, that rupture is not un-
mimon.
', "It is very common," the proprietor
ial olied, "especially among a class of
lie, n who seem to be physically perfect
Jie athletes, who strain and injure
nignlws VlV vifllpilt, fYXPfcise. The
v. - " ' j
" great majority of circus performers are
raptured. Children, too, are liable to
accidents, in running or by falling. It
is easily outgrown by children, but not
so easily cured after maturity. We
have an endless variety of trusses. Each
1 physician has his own pet theory of a
truss to suit the case of some particular
patient, and we are always making some
thing new after physicians' directions.
Then there are many men who only in
vent now apparatus of this nature, and
their improvements and patents are
countless. As in the case of the sewing
machine, somebody is always getting
out a new attachment. The lean run to
ruptures, the fat to relaxation of the
muscles. Children may outgrow their
strength, and need support for weak
ankles and knees and back, and so do
elderly persons, from the weakness of
old age."
" Who are the purchasers of the steel
back shoulder braces that figure in such
profusion in your stock ?"
" The sale is immense throughout
the whole country to young girls who
stoop over their desks unt il they become
lound-bhouldered, a difficulty, strangely
enough, boys are seldom troubled with.
Among small things that men and
women, too are always trying to im
nrnvfi litiou and invent new. are garters.
Of the numerous styles now in vogue
there is nothing that gives entire satis
faction. The same may be said of cor
sets, although fortunes have been made
by various persons who have patented
every conceivable stylo of corset. Each
new thing of the kind has its run, if well
advertised, and during the craze for it
much money is made."
"And what and for whom are all
those elastic bands, stockings, l eel and
toe pieces, armlets, waistbands, etc.?"
" They are for two kinds of people
those who need them for some physical
defect and for those who wear them to
enhance their personal appearance."
"Are not the two contradictory ?"
"Not at all. For the improvement
of the figure we have apparatus to gir
in the waist and to hold back the
shoulders and throw out the chest. Their
use is almost equally divided between
the sexes. There are few stout persons
in this city who do not wear some sort
of mechanical support or other.
"A gentleman recently brought his son
in for a truss. He seemed to think it
an astounding thing that any one
should require such articles, and glanc
ing Aiirimislv nround at the stock ex
pressed his wonder that J r mate a
living at-SuCH a business, mere was
something about his appearance which
led me to suspect that he himself stood
in need of some ot my wares, ana x
questioned him as to whether he did
not feel more comfortable when he sat
with his feet up. He confessed that he
did, and, turning up the bottoms of his
trousers, he asked me what was the
matter with him. I said 'varicose
veins,' and though I had been in the
business twenty years I had never seen
a man who needed elastic stockings
more than he did. He bought a pair,
and, after walking about the store a
little, he declared that he had not felt
so comfortable for years; that he had
never known what ailed him, but now,
that he did, he would wear the stock
ings the rest of his life. He took his
1p!iva. saviniy that he now fullv under
stood how I could make a living at such
a business. Persons are very reserved
nlirmt. their wearing an appliance for
an infirmity. We are genially request -
art tn rif hvfr ouv mrceis witnout our
address on them, so that their contonts
mav Tint. 1 :A SllKVIO.cted rum bv their
t.vj - - 1 - -
dearest friends and relaiiv s, aDd these
who wear anything for tiie improve
ment of their figures are even more : c
cretive and mysterious.
" There are seasons in this as in every
other business. We sell twice as many
crutches in winter as in f -nev, for
winter is the season fff .res and
accidents bv slippi"- " .eps, m
A CHAPTER OX TEUETABLES.
How to .Cook nncl H'ri'iiare Tbcm for the
Tn lilc.
Beets are familiar enough boiled and
sliced, either served hot with butter,
pepper and salt, or pickled, but a novel ty
is a beet pudding, made by mixing a
pint of cooked sugar-beets, chopped,
with four eggs, a quart of milk, a little
salt and pepper, a tablespoonful of but
ter and baking them about half an hour ;
cold boiled beets sliced and fried with
butter are palatable ; to cook them do
that none of their color shall be lost,
carefully wash them without breaking
the skin or cutting of the roots or stalks,
and boil them until tender, about an
hnnr. in boilinar salted water.
Turnips, either white or ycllow.stewed
in gravy, are excellent. Choose a
quart of small even size ; peel them,
boil them ; boil them fifteen minutes in
well-salted boiling water ; drain them
the streets and fai .ng on i .0 ice when
skating ! nlocut'o;.s and broken arms
and legs inoi jasr tbe demand for splints
and crutclies. i n simmer ine uetto m
jures elastic stoekim.-s, shoulder braces,
bust supporters, tin-, joatner 01 trusses
and the like, and they have to be re
paired or replaced. Then, also, ladies
who wear improvement appliances -near
them while bathing, so that no differ
ence shall be detected m tneir lorms
whether in a walking or bat'jing snit,
and water is very damaging to all such
appliances ; thus the demand for these
is greater in summer than in winter.
Who buy crutches ? We sell them to
those who have not lost .' b'mb. ' v"
lamed by rheumatism,
or broken legs. Thosp
leg are generally sr'
supplied by the govt
ficial limbs, and there p.
fnr t.hfi sfile of them, bui tLo ale is be
coming less and less year by year, as
the maimed victims of the late war are
gradually dying off. Crutches very
often need to be repaired if in constant
use. They are made of maple, lance,
and rosewood, and cost from 82 to $20
a pair." iVeio York Sun.
Some people can invent awful mean
slurs. When the Jenkins girl was
whaling away at the piano, and pes
tered the next-door neighbor, the next
door neighbor came out on the steps,
listened to the noise a minute, koked
up to the Jenkins' girl s mother, who
was at the window, and said: "Got
plumbers at work in your house,
haven't you?" No wonder those fami
, lies don't speak now.
put them into a frying pan with suffi
cient butter to prevent burning ; brown
them ; stir in a tablespoonful of flour ;
cover them with hot water ; add a pala
table seasoning of salt and pepper and
stew them gently until tender. Or peel
and cut them in small regular pieces ;
brown them over the tr ?ith a little
butter and a slight sprin k sugar;
add salt and pepper an- filing water
enough to cover them, a gently stew
them until tender ; serve tern hot.
Parsnips are not suA. lently appre
ciated,perhaps because (. their too sweet
taste ; but this can be overcome to a
palatablo extent by judicious cookery ;
tney are excellent wnen sucea, auor
boiling and warmed in a sauce made by
mixing flour, butter and milk over the
fire and seasoning it with salt and pepr
per ; as soon as warm they are served
with a little chopped parsley aqa a
hhtiaaka nf lpmnn iuice. For nardnins
fried brown in an old-fashioned iron pot
... 1 .
with slices 01 salt .pors ana a seas- img
of salt and pepper, several good words
nmVht h said.
Carrots boiled and mashed and
warmed with butter, pepper and salt, de-
! 1 ji -un
serve to De known; or sucea anu quiutiij.
browned in butter ; tossed for five min
utes over the fire with chormed onion,
parsley, butter ; or tossed for five min
utes over the tire witu cnoppea onion,
parsley, butter, seasonings and sufficient
gravy to moisten them ; or boiled,
quartered, heated witn cream, seasoned,
and, at the moment of serving, thickened
with the yolk of eggs.
Onions are capital when sliced and
quickly fried in plenty of smoking hot
fat, or roasted whole until tender, and
served with butter, pepper and salt ; or
chosen while still small, carefully peeled
without breaking, browned in butter,
and then simmered tender with just
boiling water enough to cover them ; or
boiled tender in broth ad then heated
five minutes in nicely seasoned cream.
Oyster plant, scraped under cold
water, boiled tender in salted water con
taining a trace of vinegar, and then
heated with a little highly siisoned
melted butter is excellent ; the . ider
leaves which it often bears maker nice
.i.iad. Somewhat like oyster r are
Jerusalem artichokes, which are good
and cheap in this market. Like oyster
plant they must bo peeled unaer water,
boiled tender, and then served with
melted butter, or quickly browned in
butter, either plain or with chopped
herbs, or served with an acid sauce of
any kind.
Celery we know best in its uncooked
state, but it is very good stewed in auy
brown or white gravy or sauce, or rolled
in fritter batter and' fried brown.
Squash and pumpkin are very good
either boiled, sliced, and broiled or fried,
nr made into fritters like oyster plant.
Potatoes, most important of all hardy
vegetables, must close the list. Lives
there a cook with soul so dead as not to
be willing to expend all the powers of
fire, water und salt to produce mealy
potatoes? If so, the writing of her epi
taph would be a cheerful task. And if
cold ones are left they can rehabilitate
themselves - in favor by appearing
topped moist ened with white sauce or
earn, and either fried in butter or
iked quickly, with a covering of
bread crumbs. Steam fried, that is
sliced raw, put into a covered pan over
the fire, with butter aud seasoning, and
kfint covered until tender, with only
enough stirring to prevent burning, they
are capital. To fry them Lyonnaise
style they are cooled in their jackets to
keep them whole, sliced about a quar
ter of an inch thick, browned in butter
with a little onion, sprinkled with
chopped parsley, pepper and salt, and
served hot. Larded, they have bits of
fat ham or bacon inserted in them, and
are baked tender. Note well that the more
expeditiously a baked potato is cooked
and eaten the better it will be.
FARM, (URVEX AM) HOUSEHOLD.
Don't Boil Your Milk.
The animal albumen which milk con
tains, and by which the nerves in the
human body are made, is hardened and
destroyed by boiling. In milk used by
children whose systems are being built
up and formed, this is of vital import
ance, but it is to be seriously considered
by adults whose nerves are repaired aud
strengthened by this albumen or nerve
food. The above applies also to eggs
and to all food. The French, who rare
ly suffer from disorders of the stomach,
never boil their food. Their cooks are
taught to cook slowly and gently, so
that their dishes are tender, nutricious
and easy of digestion. I am quite aware
of t.hn t.cndenev of milk to hold and
even promote the growth of germs, as
well as 01 the typhoid lever some icw
years ago in Marylebone and Padding
ton, and of the source to which it was
attributed ; nevertheless, except under
extraordinary circumstances and for a
short time only, do not boil your milk.
Enylish Agricultural Gazette.
Suit and tlio 15 rub Worm in Strawberry
1'atcln's.
One of the worst enemies to straw
berry fields which have been set for a
ye:;r or two, is a white grub which preys
upon the roots and often comes in such
numbers as to destroy whole patches in
a few days or weeks. Besides these is
nnnt.liflr insoct. called, in some places.
the "crown borer," which is also very
destructive to the strawberry plant.
While there is nothing known which
will rid strawberry fields of these two
scourges, which will not at the same
time poison the swelling fruit or burn
or kill the growing plants, it has been
tound mat salt will worn wonuers nen
used in what might be called heroic
doses. A barrel of salt to the acre is
little more than a homeopathic dose to
insects, boring in the crowns or burning
or eating the roots beneath, but where
that dose is doubled and 5G0 pounds
arA unwed flvetilv broadcast, it soon tells.
However, we would not advise any one
to try that much salt beyond a few
square rods, because all soils are not
alike, and all plants have not the same
power of resistance ; but try salt on a
few rods, and see if it does not work
wonders in destroying worms and insects
of all kinds. '
The Cow Pea.'
London covers 700 square miles, has
7,000 miles of streets, more than 4,000,
000 inhabitants, of which I)W,000 are
foreigners, has a birth every five min
utes and a death every eight minutes.
The cow pea, says an exchange, i
worthy of being introduced to every far
mer. Its value as an article of food for
man and beast, the large crops of fodder
(bushy vine) it produces, its adaptation
to the lightest and poorest soils and its
usefulness as a green manurial crop place
it iar above many other plants that are
grown to its exclusion. It has no ene
mies among the insects, and is in that
rmrtifiiihir free from damage. A heavy
crop of it will so completely cover the
ground that not even a ray of sunshine
can enter, and it is often necessary to
pass over the vines with a heavy roller
in order to get them plowed under.
From twenty to forty bushels of the
peas are usuall ' produced to an acre,
and if they nave . en wen manureu pre
vious to seeding the crop of hay will be
very large. One of the most important
advantages the pea confers on land is
the shading it gives, some experienced
farmers contending tnat oy tnis memou
it rather improves the soil than injures
it. A small outlay will enable any one
to try the cow pea, and those who have
not grown it should do so. The cow
pea, though called a pea, is properly a
bean. It will grow on soil that scarcely
produces anything, but is, however, sen
sible to the effects of good manuring,
nd rfiwards the farmer for such treat
ment with bountiful yields. It is indi
genous to the Middle States and the
South, preferring a warm season ana a
dry soil. There are a great many varie
ties lof it .ie most prolific being the
Crowder, but the "black-eyed" is pre
ferred for the table. As a renovator of
the soil next to clover it has no equal.
Growing with a heavy, dense foliage,
plowed under just at the period of
blossoming, it makes a splendid green
manure, rotting quickly and repro
ducing lasting effects. It can be grown
tr,v this nnrnose on land that will not
niwlimn clnvw. and that is a very im
portant item. On inferior land that has
had a crop of cow peas turned over, if
a. licrht, snrinklinor of lime is added, a
venture may safely be made with clover
the following year, it is piantea aooui
Ui Ramfi time with corn. It can be
an-am fnr lin.v. hnt care must be taken in
harvesting it properly. If allowed to
(rfit, tnn rine the leaves will crumble oft
after it is stowed away in the loft ; but
if nt. wViAn in full blossom or iustas the
young pods begin to form, and then
cured liko ordinary nay, 11 win seep
well all the winter. Cows eat it with
relish, and for sheep nothing is equal tr
it ; they eat it up clean, being vc
of it. The seeds are more n
than our ordinary white bean,
ferring it when cooker1
while calves are raised
ease when it is desirable k
For the table they are coo'
when dry, but also when g
favorite dish on Virginia and Carolina
tables. There is a prejudice against it
with those not familiar with it on ac
count of the dark color it takes when
cooked, but if the nutritious qualities of
the pea were fully known no difficulty
would be experienced in making it a
staple article of food.
Household Hintx.
Many persons iron towels, fold them
and put them away before they are thor
oughly dry. This is an error, and some
times leads to results not expected. In
their damp condition there is a mould
which forms on them called oidium, one
variety of which causes numerous skin
diseases.
To obtain a glossy skin pour upon a
pint of bran sufficient boiling water to
cover it. Let it stand until cold, and
then bathe the face with it, only patting
the skin with a soft towel to dry it.
"Lemons mav be kept fresh a long
time by putting them into a jar of water
and changing the water every morning.
The reason why cabbage emits such a
disagreeable smell when boiling is be
cause the process dissolves the essential
oil. The water should be changed when
the cabbage is half boiled, and it will
thus acquire a greater sweetness.
To destroy cockroaches scatter pow-
dered borax about the places they in
fest, and it will soon exterminate them
To make frosting smooth on the '
and sides of a cake dip your kn;
hot water.
If a little vinegar or cider
with stove polish it will not ta
rabbing to nuke the stove bri,
the blackiott is not likely to fb
fine dust.
The little Japanese paras
can be bought for four or
make very prutty hair roc '
them about half their extei
sary to make them say half
them with a few stitches. 1
of ribbon around the handle a. I
them up.
WThen dressing a fowl do not let it
in the water in which it is rinsed. Was
it perfectly clean ; rinse as much as you
please, but do not let it soak in the
water ; put it on a platter to drain ; if
it is not to be cooked at once, sprinkle
a little salt over 11.
Towels with handsome, bright bor
ders should not be boiled or allowed to
lie in very hot water ; they should not
be used till they are so much soiled that
they need vigorous rubbing to make
them clean. It is better economy to
use more towels than to wear out a few
in a short time. A gentle- rubbing in
two suds and men conscientious rinsing
in warm water, and then in cold, ought
to be all that is required to clean them.
Curious Facts About Fishes.
Much interest is now being taken
by scientists in regard to the habits, in
stincts and emotions of fishes. Nat
uralists have generally accepted Cuvier's
view, that the existence of fishes is a
silent, emotionless and joyless one ; but
recent observations tend to show that
many fishes emit vocal sounds, and
that they are susceptible of special
emotions, particularly such as regard
fnr thfiir vounar. ftttnehment.. between
the sexes, and Among
monogamous fish " u
decided evidence
their yo.mg, in v
frequently act
Among nest-bui
often prepares t'
who do not bui
ried about in the 01
male. Case3 have n.ei ac
male fishes have remained in .
spot in the river from which the
had been taKen. A case is notea wn
after a pair had boen separated, bi
appeared miserable ard seemed nig
unto death, but on being united agaii
both became nappy. J.n nsn Datties 1
is sometimes noticed that the cor
queror aijmes brilliant hues, wv
the defeated one sneaks on witn
colors, the . change evident'
brought abo by emotic
ings. Thre are, certair
of fish that are capable 01
organization lor uuu-- y
common defence or to-iS
enemy. The r markabl
has of late attended the
has shown that as a matt
an acre of good w ater is
a farmer than the sa
arable laud. Thi'
beari: gs, is on'
more 't.tftir
ceive