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Carolina TJNTAINEER. VOL. VIII. MORGANTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1884. NO. 52. At Eventide. Low burns the sun; soft evening zephyrs Tho silent copse; while o'er the yielding turf, Full slurred with yellow diadems, and bloom Of iryriad rose-tints, warm, sweet odoi-J rtcal. J, wave of pecee, deep, indefinable, t?'er?preads the wailing earth; low, mystic tones, M. re palpable to soul than sense, steal through Ihc dreamy hush, as when the lute's sol1 3 l ilies Vibrate to responsive touch, and waken l one tlml linger round its throbbing wire', A lid speak to us, when ears list not. 0 Peati'. Life's truest Friend come hither when T f miii thrills the earth with its sweet parting kis; A-vl. in the golden glow, touch lips and brow. iv.ould them into perfect grace: thiit when T.rve comes with old, passionate caress, r may Lfh. Id the wondrous hush of pence, And It-am its higher, nobler destiny, ni wake ;o sweeter bliss. O'er marble ciilm iMiprint the Soul's great, glad surprise, that Ice M:v nhis-per softly: "'lis not Death, bi t I ite. And j-he hath learned it Messed mystery !"' Era Gorton Taylor, in tht Current. Not a Dry Love Affair. Old Estmore owned a valley farm, V rough which wiggled a restles3 -1 ream. From the dining-rooni window von could see the perch gleam as they turned their golden sides and caught the rays of the sun, and at the foot o the garden you could, in summer, al w ays see the mocking-bird and the smart little wren that came down to dip their billsin the limpid stream. Tcm Estmore was a great, strapping young fellow with a disposition to eave the steers standing under the npple tree while he went down to the creek bank to throw stones at the frogs that persisted in calling "jug o' rum," "raw, raw," and "come over." "When he saw the oil man, though, the indus trial side of his nature, which, how ever, did riot-gleam like the side of a perch, was shown; for after making a pretense of taking a drink of water, he would hurry back to the field and gee haw his sullen companions of toil. Minnie Estmore ws a bright-eyed sirl with a face a3 fresh a3 a baby's kiss. She was none too fond of hand, ling the churn-dasher, and when Tom ttole to the house, which he often did. she romped with him, always keeping a sharp lookout for the old gentleman. "I think it is a shame that anybody has to work this bright weather," Tom said one day when he stepped into the house, seized a piece of bread and butter which he dipped from Minnie's churn. "Tom, you goose, that butter Is not salted," said Minnie. "Neither is the milk," he replied, but we drink it. Where's the old gentleman ?" "Gone over to Anderson's." "Believe he wants to marry that widow, don't you?" "No, ycu foolish thing. He thought too much of mamma, ever to marry again. What have you been doing in the field?" Scraping cotton. Have just finish ed the patch to the right of the turn row. Say, suppose we drop everything and go fishing?" "Papa might come home." Suppose he does. Hang it, I'm tired fooling around with corn and ..otton." "All right, we'll go. Wait till I wash the churn." They went to the creek, after having turned over the door-step and dug under it in search of worms, and the aroal hearty laughter of Tom, and th ippling cachinnations of the girl made nerrier the beautiful scene. Seated on :he grass, under an elm tree, they threw n their lines, and sat with that electrical ;xpectancy with which an angler i3 from time to time thrilled. The long .egged skippei skimmed the blue sur. face 6f the pool: the "dollar bug" iodged around like a streak of blue? :he hard-shelf crawfish, with extende pincers, touched the bank with his antennae, then shot backward into the ater and disappeared, it seemed in the sky. "You've got a bite, Min. Hold on! Wait till he sinks your cork." Tom, you are as mean as a dog.'. He had, with a pretense of non-inten. ton, moved his line in the Immediate vicinity of Minnie's nibble, "I wouldn't treat a dog that way." "Which way?" "Try to take a fish away from him." "Neither would I, for I wouldn't have a dog-fish you know." "You think you're awful smart I suppose you'd have a catfish, wouldn't you?" "Hi, you've got him. Pull him o'utj rk him. Thunderation, he's gone." "It was your f . ' v. .lb. a disap pointed pout. "You scared him till lie wouldn't take a good hold." "No, I didn't. If I had scared Iiim he wouldn't have taken a held at :ill." "Oh, you are so smart" "Hold on. He's after me, now. Keep stilL Hi yah!" and he pulled ouli a goggle-eyed perch, but as he reached out to seize it, the fish gave a flounce, fell back, and darted away." "Now you've done it," said Tom. "Done what?" "Caused that whale to get away. "I had nothing to do with it." "Yes, you did. You stepped, over my pole just now." "I hope you're not that supers titious Yonder comes John Harvey." "I reckon you are glad of it," replied Tom, with an air of disappointvueit. She did not reply, but arising., greeted John Harvey with a smile and a hearty shake of the hand. "What luck, little girl?'" Harvey asked. "Both of us caught fishes but they jumped back." "That was bad. Tom, hoAs your cotton?" "So-so," baiting Tiis hook. Tor a time they were silent, intently watching the red floats that is, all but Harvey, who watched, the beautiful reI on the girl's cheek. "Tom," Harvey at length said,, "if your fishing is tiresome that is, :if you have any business on haad, I'll relieve you of the rod." "By George, you are cool," Tom re plied. "If you have any business on hand we will relieve yol. of sentinel duty." Harvey laughed and paid: "Tom. don't say 'we.' Perhaps Minnie does not agree with you." "Yes, she does. Don't you, 3Iin?" "I declare you men are too foolish for anything. You may both, do as you please." "I like Tom first rate," Hatvey said, 'but I think he hangs around you too closely. "It's none of your look out if 1 do." "Oh, yes, it is. Suppose Minnie and I were in love with each other. You would neA'er give us a chanee to say anything." "In love with each other!" repeated Tom, contemptuously. "She couldn't love such a looking specimen as you are." "Yes, she could. Couldn't you, Minnie?" "I'm going home if you people don't hush." "Tom, your father's calling you," said Harvey. "No, he isn't." "But he will if ypu don't go home." "Look here, it's none of your busi ness." "Yes, it is, for I want to tell this lit tle girl how much I love her." "Minnie, did you ever see such a fool?" "Don't a3k me," the girl replied, hid ing her face. Harvey approached her and took her hand. "Min, make that fool turn loose your hand. I'll tell pap, blamed if I don't. Well, I will be dad blamed," as Harvey kissed the girl. "That does 3ettle it." "Minnie," placing his arm around her waist, "I have loved you ever since you were a child. I want you to be my" The bank crumbled, and "cur chug" he lunged into the creek. Tom shouted. He fell on the ground and whooped. He rolled on the grass and yelled. The girl could not repress her glee, and clapping her hands she laughed until the tears wet her long lashes. Harvey scrambled out, and joined in the laugh. "Nobody can say that this is a dry We affair, eh, Tom ?" and Harvey took off his coat and spread it over a bush. "Say, Harvey," called Tom, "I think you deserve the girL I have known all the time that she was in love with you." "Why, Tom, ain't you ashamed of yourself to tell such a big story?" "There comes pap," exclaimed Tom. 'Now we'll catch it." Old man Estmore came up, and after exchanging greetings with Harvey, turned to Tom and said: "Why ain't you scrapin' that cotton ?" - "Because I'm here, I recken." "So I see; but why are you here?" "Because I'm not scraping cotton, I reckon.-' "Hello, Harvey, you seem to have been in swimming with your clothes on. "Yes, I fell in just now," looking ap pealingly at Tom. "You needn't think that I am going to say anything about it." About what?" asked the old man. "Why you see," Tom said, regardless of Minnie's imploring gestures, "Har vey made love to Min just now" "Tom!" And while he had his arm " "Oh. Tom!" "Arm around her waist, the bank gave way and in he went." The girl burst into tears and Harvey; as Tom after watds expressed it, stood with his head hung down like a sheep killing dog. "Don't cry, Min," said the old man. 'Harvey is a clever feller, and. will make you a good husband. There, you needn't hang on to me." The marnage was quitt, but as bright as the perch which you can sit at Estmore's window and see, gleaming as they turn up their sides of gold to catch the sun's rays. Arkansaw Traveler. Ttie Progress of Invention. fne hundred years ago when threat numbered 150 by the standard set up by spinners, which Avas considered the utmost degree of fineness possible by English spinneis, a pound of cotton spun such fineness would give a thread seventy-four miles in length sufficient to reach from Boston to Concord, N. IT. The machinery of to-day spins for use ful purposes thread numbered 600 from one pound, a thread one hundred and ninety-five miles in length. And machinery has been constructed so del icate that a pound of cotton has given a thread reaching 1061 miles further than from Boston to Chicago. The weaver cf my boyhood could throw the shuttle perhaps twenty-five times a minute, but at that rate during the day human muscles would break down under such rapid action. In 185C Compton's loom threw the shuttle fifty times a minute, whereas so great has been the advance of invention that the loom of to- day is considered a slow moving mechanism if the shuttle doe; not fly two hundred and forty times a minute! "No man can afford to take as a gift to-day a cotton manufactory equipped with the machinery of 1860,': was remarked by the late superintend ent of the Amoskeag mills. "We are breaking up the machinery of those days for old iron." In some departments of cotton man ufacture, a man with the present ma chinery will do eight times the amount of work which he could do in 1860. Ii the manufacture of coarse cloth, an op erative with ten machines does twict the work he could accomplish witt thirteen machines before the war There never was a period so fruitful in discovery, so fertile in invention, as the present. Charles G. Coffin. "He's a BricJe." Very few of the thousands who use the above slang term know its origin or its primitive significance, according to which it is a grand thing to say ol a man, "he's a brick." The word usee m its original intent implies all thai is brave, patriotic and loyal. Plutarch in his Life of Agesilaus, king of Spar ta, gives us the meaning of the quainl and familiar expression. On a certain occasion an ambassa dor from Epirus, on a diplomatic mis sion, was shown by the king over his capital. The ambassador knew of the monarch's fame knew that, though normally only king of Sparta, be was ruler of Greece and he had looked tc See massive Avails rearing aloft theii embattled towers for the defence oi the city, but he found nothing of the kind. He marvelled much at this, and spoke of it to the king. "Sire," he said, "I have visited most of the prin cipal towns, and 1 find no walls reared for the defence of the city." Why is this?" "Indeed, Sir Ambassador," replied Agesilaus, "thou canst not have looked carefully. Come with me to-morrow morning, and I will show you the walls of Sparta." Accordingly, on the following morn ing, the king led his guest out upon the plain where his army was drawn up in full array, and pointing proudly ta the patriot host, he said, "There thou beholdest the walls of Sparta ten thousand men, and every man a brick." . Wedding Customs. There is a custom prevailing among the inhabitants of the Sanderman Is lands, which may throw a light upon the civilized use of wedding-cake. When a native girl, whose exceptional beauty has brought her many suitors, is knocked downnd carried off by her accepted suitor, the wedded pair, Avith in forty-eight hours of the wedding Send a cup of poison distilled from the hulahula tree to each and every one ol the bride's former admirers. If any recipient feels that he cannot become reconciled to the marriage, he drinks the poison and dies; but if he decides that he will survive the loss of his in tended wife, he throws away the poison, and feels bound in honor never to show the slightest sign of disappointment. By this admirable system the husband 's spared the pangs of jealousy, and is able to live on friendly terms Avith the surviving admirers of his wife. Second Century. Marriage oten unites for life two oeoDle who scarcely know each other JAPANESE EXECUTIONS, The Difference Between Oar Alode and That Of The Japanese. "Speaking about executions," said a stranger to a Pittsburg Leader report er at the court house, "as far as I can see, the mere fact of hanging, the way it is done here, doe3 not require a great amount of courage. Indeed, I think a man has very little courage who could not go through with the short ceremo ny necessary. After the trap falls, the victim, as we have every reason to be lieve, becomes unconscious immediate ly, and does not suffer-sven as much as the strain upon the systems of the persons looking on. The only agony is that borne in getting ready, and ceases when the real work commences. When ii was the custom to fix the rope in such a manner that the neck of the criminal was broken, there was more of a contortion of the muscles of the body, but the present system even lessens that. I happened to get ad mitted to the recent execution of George Jones, and I must say I was impressed with the extreme slickness of the Avork. Everything was done that could lessen the suffering, and the contortions were slight at first and only lasted a short time. I can't help but contrast the system here and the one used in Japan where 1 visited some time ago. If the people who are opposed to capital punishment on ac count of cruelty and suffering would witness an execution there and com pare the two they Avould get an idea of what 'barbarous' execution was, While I was in Yokohama I witnessed the public execution of a criminal He was a fine-looking Japanese, in the prime of youth and strengtn, and was standing under a huge post in the middle of a posse of guard. The post had a cross-piece. Nearly nude, he Avas standing erect, but as motionless as a statue, and gazed straight before him. Presently his jailers moed aside and a gaunt, repulsive-looking native, the executioner, made his ap pear an ce, clad from head to foot in a dress of dingy yellow. Two assistants accompanied him, carrying half i dozen round bamboo rods. The assis tants dropped the rods and stretched the criminal's hands over the cross piece of the post. The executioner now dallied with the bamboos, and the poor creature still looked into the shadowy distance as though he was dumb. I watched him closely and thought I detected a pallor spread over his countenance. The execution er now spat on the pointed end of one of the bamboos, and with a twisting, pushing motion thrust it easily into the flesh, about half-way between the hip and the arm-pit. The poor wretch turned and looked at his tormentor and his lips slightly opened, but he did not struggle. In a couple of minutes, though it seemed longer, the bloody point of the instrument emerged from the sufferer's shoulder, and a slight ex clamation of satisfaction escaped the crowd. Then the executioner went to the other side with another bamboo and did the same thing. During all this there was not a single, groan or cry for mercy from the man. At this juncture, to my surprise, the execution er and his assistants picked up the re maining bamboos and walked away. I inquired what they meant and Avas told that the execution was over. It was customary to leave the man that way, and he would die in a couple of hours or so. The bamboos would re main in him until he had expired. A Japanese executioner is taught to care fully avoid the vital organs so as not to bring death too quickly, and the exe cutioner's reputation is gauged by the length of time his victim lives. I tell you that is the kind of an execu tion that takes nerve, both on the part of the victim and the crowd, and the ones like the last here are tame affairs compared with my Japanese experi ence." Stints About Picnics, The most important part of a picnic nowever, is not the weather, or the place, or the dinner. You may choose the most beautiful spot in the world, and spread the most delicious lunch ever prepared, and yet have the whole thing a complete failure, simply be cause the company was not well se lected. Out-of-doors, Avhere people are free from formality, unless they are congenial friends, and what Mrs. Whitney calls "Real Folks," they will be likely to feel ill at ease, and miss the support given by company, clothes ard manners. Small picnics, for this reason among others, are usually much pleasanter than large picnics. In making up the party, be sure to leave behind the girl who is certain to be too Avarm or too cold, or to think some other place better than the one Avhere she is, and who has a horrid cim 3 if she has to submit to any per sonal inconvenience for the sake of "iers; and with her, the boy who -res to tease, and who is quite sure! ihat his Avay is the only good way. Put into their places some others, young or old, who love simple pleas ures, and are ready to help others to enjoy them. Next in importance to the company is the place. It must not be at a great distance, or you Avill all be tired, not to say cross, Avhen you arrivethere. It must be reasonably shady, and not too far from a supply of good drinking wa1 er. If the company are to walk, you must be especially careful not to be overburdened with baskets and wraps, for the bundles which seemed so light when. you started are sure to weigh down much more" heavily before you reach your destination. Be care ful to have this work fairly distrib uted. Never start until you are sure that you know just where you are going, and the best Avay of getting there Wandering about to choose a place' and thinking constantly to find one more desirable, is very fatiguing. The matter should be settled beforehand by two or three of the party, and the others should go straight to the spot, and make the best of it. If any do not like it, they can choose a different place when their turn comes to make the selection. St. Nicholas. Seritcnt Worship. "It has been suggested, and appar ently with some reason," says Mr Gordon .Cumming, "that in ancient pagan times it may have been a recog nized symbol in serpent worship, and hence may have arisen its common usi as a charm against all manner of evil. The resemblance is obvious, more es pecially to that species of harmless snake which is rounded at both ends, so that the head and tail are apparent ly just alike. The creature moves backward or forward at pleasure; hence the old belief that it actually had two heads and was indestructible, as even when cut into two parts it was supposed that the divided heads would seek one another and reunite. II stands to reason that in a snake worshipping community such a creature would be held in high rever ence. Even in Scotland, various an cient snake-like bracelets and orna ments have been found which seemed to favor this theory; and at a very early period both snakes and horse shoes seem to have been engraven as symbols on sacred stones. We hear oi the latter having been sculptured, nol only on the threshold of Old Londor houses, but even on that of ancienl churches in various parts of Britain And in the present day we all know the idea of luck connected with finding one, and how constantly they are nail ed up on houses, stables and ships as a charm against witchcraft. In Scot land, all parts of England and Wales, and especially in Cornwall (where not only on vans and omnibuses, but sometimes even on the grim gateJ of the old jails), we may find this curious trace of ancient superstition. Whatever may have been its origin, ii is certainly remarkable that it should survive both in Britain and in Hindo stan. The Alligator Trade, The business of catching alligators provides occupation for quite a num ber of persons in our state. The hide of a large alligator is worth from $ 1 to $3. It is almost a day's task tt skin a large one. Alligator oil, which has at first a most unpleasant smell, is valued as a remedy for rheumatism. Fisnermen sometimes eat portions oi the animal's body. The flesh of the tail, wrhen cooked, is said to be like veal in look end lik 3 pork in taste, Young ones are bought by dealers at $2 to $4 a dozen, if not over one foot in length. They fetch a much higher price when retailed, as they are hard to keep alive. There is an increase in the selling price of 50 cents to every additional foot over a certain length. Alligators sixteen to eighteen inches long are often found in shallow Avater, and they may be handled Avithout trouble, provided the old one does not take alarm. Most alligator-fishers art turtle hunters as well, pulling out ani mals from holes with a hooked pole. Jacksonville (Fla.) Times. Had a Tearful Piece. A literary society had assembled at a house on Clifford street when a stranger pulled a bell and said to the gentleman who answered it: "Is this a literary meeting?" "Yes sir." "Very well; I would like to come in and read my piece. "What is it?" "Its something to draw tears from every eye. "But what s the subject r "It's about onions, sir." For a long minute the two glared at eachother, and as the owner of the house - reached for his revolver the stranger fled into the darkness. De troit Free Press. Protective and Attractive Colorings of Insects. One more peculiarity of great inter sst must also be noted. It appears ;hat many insects have two sets of jolors, seemingly for different pur poses; the one set protective f ram the it tacks of the enemies, the other set ittractive to. their own mates. Thus several butterflies have the lower side Df their wings colored like the leaves or bark on which they rest, while the upper sides are rich Avith crimsoa, or ange, and gold, which gleam in the bright sunlight as they flit about among their fellows. Butterflies, of course, fold their wings with the un der side outward. On the other hand, moths, which f jld their wings in the opposite manner, often have their up per surfaces imitative or protective, while the lower sides are bright and beautiful. One Malayan butterflv has wings of purple and orange above, but it exactly mimics dead foliage when its A'ans are folded; and, as it always rests among dry leaves, it can hardiy be distinguished from them, as it is even apparently spotted with small fungi. In these and many oth?r cases one can not Help believing that, while imitative coloring has been acquired for protective purposes, the bright hues of the concealed portion must be similarly useful to the insect as a per sonal decoration. Popular Sci:m Monthly. What Americans Should See in Paris. According to an old traveler the things to be seen by an American ic Paris are: The ancient picture exhibi tion in the Hue St. Honore, the under ground aquarium in the Trocaderc Garden, the Arc de Triomphe, Tripps Ari, Gallery, the Ecole des Arts, tb( Bibliotheque Nationale, the Catacombs open on Saturdays, the palace at Fon tainebieau, the Gobelins manufactory the great Central Market, the Jardir d'Acclimatation,the Jardin desPlantes. the Louvre and Luxembourg galleries the Mint, Bings' Oriental collection the royal tombs at St. Denis', the St Germain Museum, Versailles Palace the Musee Grevin, which is the Frencl Mrs. Jarley, and the Madeline, only thej won't let you walk around the churcl -until afternoon. The Hotel Invalids is interesting, but Napoleon's torn! is not open now, I believe. Don't f ai' to go through the sewers. The Prefect of the Seine gives you a ticket and ladies and everybody go. Its slumming the real thing. These and the Hotel Cluny, the Pantheon vaults,the Chateau Pierrefonds, Sainte Chapelle and the Sevres Museum, with the theaters, an about all Avorth seeing, The Mabille 1 played out. Some Coins of Peculiar Value. A New York dealer in old coins ays: we take coins of no current A'alue yet they are worth from $1 to $1,000 For instance, a silver half dollar coined by the Confederate Government Avoult fetch $800 or 1,000. There were onlj four coined, when that government thought paper Avas cheaper than silvei and stoped the coinage. Jeffersor Davis had one of them in his possessior Avhen ho Avas captured, and he Avrote us that he either lost it then or it Ava! stolen from him. At one time we had the die from which they were coined, and we struck off one half dollar. Wc hold it at $500. You will see that th Godess of Liberty is the same as tha of our half dollars. They took oui die, or that half of it, made the opposite half to mach it, and substituted "Con federate" for "United." There is not much demand for Confederate notes They were so plentiful that it seems he supply will never become scarce Tame Frogs. frogs are easily tamed. Dr. Town son had two tame tree-frogs, which he named Damon and Musidora, and placed a bowl of water in the window where they lived. After half an hour passed by either of them in the water, he used to find that they had absorbed half their weight. They ejected Avater to a considerable distance, and often suffered their prey to remain before them untouched as long as it Avas stilly but Avhen it made the slightest motion they instantly seized it. Dr. Town son made a provision of dead flies for Musidora, to serve her during the Avin ter, but she would never take them tilt he moved them with his breath. When flies could not be had, he tried cutting up some tortoise-flesh into A'ery small pieces, moving them in the same manner. At first Musidora seized them, but instantly rejected them from her tongue. They evidently recognized Dr. Townson's voice, and approach d him at his call. Month. Becent statistics show that a total of 1,000,000 people in England and Wales are connected with the business o moving goods and passengeis. Thif is in proportion to one in 6 1-2 of the male adults, and exceeds the number employed in n y oi'ur industry. mxtoiton A hungrj gleam in his eye, He Bays he's sought -work o'er and o'er J Dh, if he'd but a chswice to try, He'd work his bones and muscles sore? But just, ere listening to his cry, Po'nt to the wood pile by the door H. '11 turn away with weary sigh, And vou'll never see him more. i ' "Are you having much practicb now?" asked an old judge of a young lawyer. "Yes, sir; a great deal, thank you." "Ah, I'm glad to hear it. In Avhat line is your practice particular ly ?" "Well, sir, particularly in economy." " What do you suppose makes so many Avorms get on me?" said a young man at a Sunday School picnic.-"! don't know," replied the young lady who Avas Avith him, " unless it is because worms are so fond of green things." A woman applied to a doctor for a prescription for her husband's rheu matism. " Get that prepared," said the medical man, and rub it well into your husband's back. If it does him any good let me know; I've got a touch of rheumatism myself." "Doctor, I Avant to thank you for your medicine." "It helped you, did it?" asked the doctor, very much pleased. " It helped me wonderfully." 'How many bottles did you find it necessary to take?" "Oh, I didn't take any of it. My uncle took one bottle and I am his sole heir." Captain P sat in a restaurant eating his breakfast, Avhen a little cur of a dog came sniffing around his legs. The captain gave the dog a kick, whereupon a snobbish youth arose and exclaimed : "Aren't you ashamed to kick such a small dog?" "No, sir," retorted Captain P , -'and I can kick big dogs, too." "Try it on, if you dare," cried the snob. " The Tale of a B umble Bee," is a new book for children, but we Avould advise the kids to keep aAvay from the tail of a bumble bee just as long as they conveniently can. There is a vigor in that particular kind of liter ture, even older persons do not thoroughly appreciate, until they gel so tough that you can drive a nail in to them and hang your hat on it without disturbing their serenity ol mind. Never. Never begin a dinner with pie. Never sleep in your overshoes. Never ride a thin horse bareback. Never Avalk fifteen miles befor breakfast. Never carry a barrel of potatoes on your head. Never put your feet in the fire te warm them. Never swallow your food before yot chew it. Never jump out of the Avindow foi a short cut Never drink more than you can car ry comfortably. Never give a tramp your summei clothing in winter. Never jump more than ten feet t( catch a ferryboat. Never leave the gas turned on whei you retire at night. Never sit by a red-hot stove with sealskin cap or an ulster on. Never thrust your knife more thai half-way down your throat. Never kick an infuriated bull-do when you have slippers on. Never let your clothes dry on yoi when you are caught in the rain. Never Avalk into a parlor at a recep tion and put your feet on the mantel piece. It will cause the blood to rui to your head. Figaro. Origin of the Bagpipes. It is a popular mistake which assigns the origin of the bagpipe to Scotland Long before it sounded "the Avar-nob of Lochiel" it had been heard in varioui countries and cities of Europe, partic ularly in Eome, where it was held ii great esteem; so much so, indeed, as t have been thought worthy by Nero a a place on the coin of the empire. Hi even went further, for it is related o: him by Suetonius that, Avhen his lifi and empire wore in danger, he made vow to the gods to the effect that i: they would only extricate him from hi! difficulties he would condescend t( play in public on the famous bagpipe Strangely enough, the bagpipe, thougl supposed to be of Scotch growth anc manufacture, has not always beer looked upon with favor, in that coun try. It is a fact that the magistrates of Aberdeen in 1630, "discharged th common piper going through tLe towr at nycht, or in the mo.rning in tym coming, Avith his pype it being ar uncivill forme to be usit within sic famous burghe, and being often f unc fault with, as weil by sundry neicht bouiis of the toun as be strangers. ' tt 1 A II 4- 4 -ii 4: i 4 V I -.1.1 .1 - i :
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