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'L ILKE RTH T. J. ROBERTSON, Editor and Publisher. DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF NORTH WILKESBORO, WILKES COUNTY AND THE MAGNIFICENT VALLEY OF THE YADKIN. ONK POJ.LAUTKH YKAK-ln A.lvnnro. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1893. NO. 36. VOL. 2. News. NO w BBORO 1. Km DYSPEPSIA la that misery experienced when suddenly made aware that yoa possess a diabolical arrangement called stomach. No two dyspep tics have the same predominant .symptoms, but whatever form dyspepsia takes The underlying cause ia in the LIVER, and one thing is certain no one will remain a dyspeptio who will It will comet Acidity of the Stomach. EXP1 foul (MM, Allay Irritation, Assist Digestion Wad at the) aame time Start the Liver working and all bodily ailment will disappear, -Tor more than thru years I luffrra with Dy.pcp.ia In lit wont form. I triad serar! doctors, but they afforded no raliat. At lt I tried Simnom Livar Regulator, which cured wi hort tint. It 1 a ood medicine. I would not U without It." J am 11 A. Roans, Philad a,Pa. See that you get the Genuine, vith red 25 fr001 of wrapper, raaraaio omlt T. II. ZEILIN & CO. Philadelphia. Fa. Hats! Hats! Why do you go bareheaded when you can buy a hat at LINDSAY'S for 4 cents? You can find most any style of Ladies', Men's, Boys', CMdrens' lints there you want. HE IS SELLING LADIES' Oxford Ties AT- 75 Cents. NICE FIGURED LAWN, at 4c; CALICO for 5c; TANT GOODS for 10c; COTTON TLAIDS for 5c; BEST DOMESTIC for 6Jc. And there you can find anything you want in GROCERIES. Sugar, 5; Coffee, 18; Syr up, 25, Etc. Highest Prices Paid For psodtjc You will savo money by calling on W. E. LINDSAY. (Next to Flnlcy Broa.) NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C P. K. CAHIIIOK. i. A. CAMIIOH. Horth Wilkesboro Wagon Co., CASHION BROS., Proprietors MANUFACTURERS OF- Wagons, Carls, k ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Repairing a Specialty. O-i-vo 11a a, txiaX. C AMI ION BROS., Corner Maplo and Cleveland Sts A MERRY-GO-ROUND. t amsltUntr here watching a merry-go-round. The trrandcat that over was seen, tt centers In yonder hoazon's dim bound. And It turns with a rush ana a rumoung sound As I gaze on Its emerald sneen. Come, tarry with me; 'tis a beautiful slghtr- TIs nature's great gala display. The orchards and groves wheel around In their flight And flit past our faces like phantorca of light. Then circle away and away. The meadows are coming, oil bright with the bloom Of orchid and Iris and rue. They fan us with breath of delicious perfume And hasten away as if to make room For the hillsides appearing In view. Ah, there Is a brooklet that fain would not go And backward is striving to lice, like a serpent disabled by merciless blow. It winds its way slowly, and even more slow. Till lost In the lake by the lea. Yon husbandman quite undisturbed by his ride. Plows on through the green, growing maize. While that barefooted boy on that old bay astrido git up llko a prince In tho pink of his pride. Returning our curious gaze. And now a whole city comes thundoring on. With its mansions and monuments high; A murmur of marts meets the ear and It gone. And seel Oh, the wonder to look out upon The dead In their graves rushing by I Now faster and faster and faster it gains. Hoi Hear you that shriek of alarm? No, 'tin of delJght at the speed It attains. Sttf The trees like wild horses are sweeping the plains There's not a suspicion of harm. Oh, a marvelous thing Is this merry-go-round! Have you seen It? No? Hardly can guess What I meant Well, Indeed, It Is easily found By Just glancing out as you ait homeward bound Aboard of the lightning express. N. W. Hand In Youth's Companion. A Remarkable ratient. Dr. Austin Flint was once summon' ed to attend a young lady dying; of heart disease. The family informed him that his presence was wanted merely to satisfy the lady's friends, since they all understood the fatal nature of her malady. The patient lay in a room from which not only light but everything that might lead to the slightest nerv ous excitement was excluded. It was suggested to the doctor that an ex animation of the chest he omitted, and that all communication with the patient should take place through a friend, lest the exertion Bhould result in immediate dissolution. To this the doctor objected. When admitted to her presence, ho found that she answered his questions in whispered monotones. Examination of the chest showed that there was no disease and consequently no dan ger. The story is told to illustrate the importance of thorough exami nation before deciding on an opinion, Exchange. A Suggestion For Teachers of Boys. There would hardly be a surer way to stamp out vicious inclinations among boys than compelling them to put their leisure into drill, the turn ers' and field exercises, officered, by men, not schoolmates, and also in the same work which soldiers are ex pec ted to do mending roads, cutting down trees and clearing byways. If a regiment of town boys under capa ble sergeants were turned into the woods once a week to burn out cat erpillar nests, they would get an amount of wholesome exersise, to say nothing of preserving the fruit and forest trees which are going to ruin. bhirley Dare in New York Herald. Old, but English. Mr. Chatterton I've decided to go into business, Miss Weatherbee. Miss Weatherbee I'm very glad to hear it, Mr. Chatterton. "Yaas, I ve mado up my mind to become a farmer. Think how jolly it must be to go out of a mawning and see the butterflies making but ter, and the grasshoppers making grass and all the sawt of thing, you know. (foips. A Crltleism of Charles Sumner. At a recent dinner in this city a prominent southern woman present remarked in the course of a conver sation touching upon the famous statesman "that it was almost wick ed in Charles Sumner to have mar ried. He was so deeply in love with himself," she continued wittily. "that his marriage was little short of bigamy." New York Times. Pro taction For Foots. Baggs How does your scheme of printing an insurance coupon in your paper woric? Editor Well, it has one disadvan tatre. I daren't throw anv more poets down stairs. It's too costly. V v an je -" J nate Jt ieiu s asmngton. The mere fact of knowing many things is not the highest accomplish ment- though too often mistaken for it. Knowledge, like money, must be kept in circulation to be most useful. and it can be best used only through clear communication. Paper manufacture is one of the chief industries of Corea. The paper is made in the most primitive man ner from the bark of a tree which is indigenous to that country and which is cioseiy amea vo me mruoerry. When one is really ill and there is hardly any one who does not know when his body is diseased the beet possible advice should at once be sought and the treatment prescribed rigidly carried out. Most of the transportation in Ha vana is furnished bv little horses hitched to a victoria. There are 3,000 of these rigs in that city and but one dorse car line. EXPENSIVE SMARTNESS. The Brewer Knew a Thing or Two About Ho pa, 80 Did the Farmer. "It once cost me just $1,000 besides the price of three bottles of cham pagne to learn that a Vermont farmer was smarter than I was," said the old fellow with a well fed air as he light ed a fresh cigar. The speaker had been a brewer in his earlier days, but he had retired after he had put by a comfortable sum, and at the ago of 72 he was still enjoying life. "One season," he continued, "hops were scarce, and all the brewers were keeping a sharp lookout for any good ones which were put on the market Our agents in Boston telegraphed to me that a man down in Vermont had 100 bales of just the kind that I want ed, and I started immediately to buy them. "Now, if I do say it myself, I do not take a back seat from any ono when it comes to judging the quality of hops.' Well, I arrived at tho place where the owner of these hops lived, and I inspected what he had for sale. They were the best hops that I had seen that season. The price which he asked for them CO cents a pound was reasonable for hope of that quality. In fact, it was a little less than the market price. Not to let the old fellow see that I was too anx ious to get them, I began to try and beat him down a little on the price. "The thought struck me that per haps I might beat him iown more if I could induce him to go te town and get him a little "mellow' over a bottle of champagne. The town was not far away, and I suggested that ho go back with me, as my time was limit ed, and if wo struck a bargain on the way I would pay him the cash for the hops before leaving him. "He consented, and to town we went. We stopped at the hotel. I ordered a bottle of champagne and some good cigars. We drank the wine and smoked the cigars. I kept his glass full, and he did not seem at all bashful about taking all that I gave to him. He began to warm up, and I thought I was going to save the price of three or four cases of wine at least I suggested that he ought to let me have those hops for about 55 cents a pound. I declare he raised the price instead of lowering it and said ho thought they were worth 61 cents. "I laughed, but it was no go, and he insisted on 61 cents as the price. "I ordered another bottle of wine. Again he drank all I gave to him. and I poured nearly all of it in his glass. When this bottle was finished, the price of hops had gone up to C2 cents a pound. Things were getting interesting. The wine had flushed the face of the old fellow, but ho would not come down a quarter of a cent "In desperation I tried another bot tle of wine and more cigars. Tho sparkling fluid went down his throat like water down a rathole. He be came moro and more talkative, and I gamed courage once more. " 'Well,' I said, we'd better close the bargain on your first offer of CO cents.' " Well, I think them hops are worth Trout 65 cents,' he replied. "I argued and threatened not to take them at all, but it was no use, He was sharp enough to detect the fact that I wanted those hops and wanted them badly. He would not budge a bit and I had to pay 65 cents for them. That additional 5 cents on a pound mado a difference of $10 on every balo and $1,000 on tho hun dred bales, besides my wino and ciga bill of nearly $20." New York Trib une. A Clever Lawyer's Beply. Twenty years ago Chief Justice Fuller was practicing before Judge McArthur in Chicago. In his speech before the judge he pleaded his cli ents ignorance of the law in extenu ation of an offense he had commit ted. The judge 6aid, "Every man is presumed to know the law, Mr. Ful ler." "I am aware of that your honor responded Mr. Fuller. "Every shoe maker, tailor, mechanic and illiter ate laborer is presumed to know the law. Yes, every man is presumed to know it except judges of the su preme court and we have a court of appeals to correct their mistakes," New York Advertiser. The Dog Overheard It. Mrs. Reed of Benton owns an old shepherd dog that has quite a repu tation for sagacity. He happened one day to be in a neighbor's barn where two or three men were talk ing, when one of them remarked. "There's Mrs. Reed's sheep in my field." He did not think of the dog when he spoke and made no advance movement himself, but no sooner were the words out of his mouth than Rover dashed out of the barn, away to the field and drove Mrs. Reed's sheep home. Lewiston Jour nal Electrie Can Destroy Calealatl' For some considerable time con tinuous records have been kept at Greenwich observatory of the earth currents along two lines approxi mately at right angles. However, since the South London Electric rail way has been at work, the records, except during a few hours of the night when the trains do not run, have been so disturbed as to be quite valueless. London Tit-Bits. Costly Adjunct to a Banquet. It maybe remembered that when General Grant paid a visit to Paris in 1S77 at the outset of his journey around the world Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mackay gave in his honor a din ner party, followed by a reception. At the dinner tho menus wero en graved on plaques of silver. After the lapse of 16 years this American example has found an imitation in Paris. M. and Mme. Lozc, the pre fect of police and his wife, gave a grand state dinner at tho prefecture recently to the chief functionaries of the police corps. Before tho plate of each guest was placed a morocco case stamped with tho prefect's in itials and containing, set in a red velvet frame, a menu in solid silver. on tho back of which was engraved by the famous engraver, Roty, an appropriate allegorical design. A fe male in classic robes, symbolizing the police system, is seated before a writing table on which are placed a shaded lamp, a telephone, a sword, an inkstand and a pile of documents. Through an open window in the background is visible the spire of La Bainte Chapelle. Above this picture are traced three words, "Look; List en; Watch." In the upper right hand corner aro engraved the anna of the city of Paris. Unlike any other menu of the kind of which I have ever heard, tho bill of fare occupied a wholly subordinate place, the de vice engraved upon the back being the principal raison detre of this costly adjunct to the attractions of the banquet Paris Letter. Wblttler's Color Blindness. I had engaged a little room in what was known as "Celia Thaxter's cottage" at Appledore, but on my ar rival I found that Mr. Whittier had been "moved by the spirit" to make a few days' visit at this delectablo summer resort, relying on the kind ness of mends to .find him a quiet corner, it was my privilege to give up my room to him, and Mrs. Thax ter kindly welcomed mo to hers. Both poet and poetess were early risers, and Mrs. Thaxter would como breezily into the parlor in white morning gown, bringing a wealth of blossoms and vines from her garden. Mr. Whittier would be sitting on the sofa, absorbed in the last new poet, whose fledgling was sure to be found upon Mrs. Thaxter ' table. One morning she appeared with her hands full of scarlet poppies of unusual size and hue. "Aren't these superb?" she ex claimed. "Yes," was Mr. Whittier's quiet response. "But why do you gather them!" "Because they aro bo splendid. Did you ever boo such a gorgeous red?" "Red!" exclaimed Mr. Whittier. "Do you call that red? To mo the flowers seem rather gray. Only a littlo brighter than the leaves." And then we realized that the poet was color blind. Helen M. Knowl ton in Philadelphia Inquirer. What an Ignorant Slant "I suppose," said a man, "that there is a great lot of good reasons why women carry their pocketbooks in their hands instead of in their pockets, but I can't for the life of me seo why they should do it I should think that they would forget to take them when they go out, and that they would always leave them on the counters when they go shopping. I should think they would lose them in 40 different ways. In Broadway today I saw three women drop their pocketbooks upon the sidewalk. Ap parently they had forgotten that they were carrying them, or their fingers had got tired of holding them, and had just let go. But these wom en picked up their pocketbooks in the most matter of fact way possible and walked on, still carrying them in their hands." New York Sun. Snakes Like Telephoning. Just what charms a telephone can have for a snake is not very clear, but that there is some attraction is proved by the experience of Mr. Cal lanan, a telephone operator at Bris tol, Pa. The office of the company is situated near a vacant lot where garter and water snakes abound, and Mr. Callanan has noticed that they seem to take a great interest in the sending of messages. It is not uncommon when he is talking over the phone for two or three snakes to crawl in from the lot raise their beads above the doorstep and listen intently to the one sided conversa tion. Philadelphia Ledger. A Lost Railway Ticket. A lady traveling from the city to Brixton by tho midnight train lost her ticket When she arrived at her station, the collector demanded the fare or her name and address. She eave the latter. Still the official t --!? her to the police station, where she was detained until 3 o'clock in the morning. The lady sued the com pany in the queen's bench for false imprisonment and was awarded 30 damages. London Tit-Bits. English In Harvard University. In his book entitled "Our Eng lish" irrofessor A. B. Hill says, "Ev ery year Harvard sends out men some of them high scholars whose manuscripts would disgrace a boy of 12." This reads somewhat like a strange confession, since its writer is in charge of the teaching of Eng lish at Harvard. Exchange. SOME AMERICAN "DOTS." Enormous Snni That American Brides Have Taken Out of tho Country. An enterprising calculator has sized up somo American contributions of glittering coin to tho noble social swim of Great Britain. Ho orgies by stating that tho Craven-Bradley-Martin marriage exports 200,000 of United State3 cash for the English dowry fund. He adds tho following matrimonial financial facts as Yankee "dots'' that have settled abroad: "Miss Eva Julia Biyant Maclray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John kay of San Francisco, princess of Galatio Colonna and Stigliano, 1, 000,000. Mrs. Frederick Stevens married Maurico, marquis do Talley-rand-Perigord, duko do Dino ia 1SS7, 000,000. Miss Matilde Davis mar ried the Duko of San Croco do Magli onein 1 SCO, 000,000. Miss Medora Marie Hoffman, daughter of the banker, married Antonie de Manca Sniat do Vallombrosa do Mores and Monte Magtrioro in 1SS2, 1,000,000. Miss Anita Theresa Murphy married Sir Charles Wolseley, 400,ooo. Mb Elizabeth Livingston married Wil liam' Cavendish-Benimck, M. P., in 1SSG, 300.000. Lady Arthur Butler, who was Miss Ellen Stager of Chica go, 200,000. Mmo. a iauio3, who married tho Marquis do Iloda, had three or four times that amount. The widow of Georgo Lorillard, now the Countess Casa de Agreda, took 200,000 toEuropo with her. Mrs. Charles Livennore, who married Baron de Seillcre, over 200,000. "Miss Huntington's (now Princess Hatzfeldt) dot was 200,000. Miss Minnie Stevens, daughter of Mrs. Paran Stevens, who married Captain Arthur Paget nearly 200,000. M:tw Edith Fish, who married SirStauort' Nbrthcote, a good sized dowry. Lady Vernon took 200,000 to Eurrland. 1s al)clla von Linden, wifo of Count von Linden, about 200,000. Mrs. Ilam mersley, lnai-ried to tho la to Duko of Marlborough, took with her tho year ly interest on 1,400,000. Miss Cecil ia Riggs, who married Henry How ard, 100,000. "Lady Harcourt, daughter of J. L. Motley, tho historian, brought her husband 50,000. Beside3 these, Miss Jennie Jerome, who married Lord Randolph Churchill in 1W4; Miss Consuela Yznagadel Valle, who mar ried Viscount Mandevillv?, afterward Duke of Manchester, and her sister, Miss Natica Yznaga del Valle, who married Lord Lister-Kaye, had good sized dowries." A Cat Story. A. G. Boggs & Co., the First street grocers, are the proud possessors of a large black cat that is not alto gether unknown to the habitues of that store and answers to the nam of Tom. During Monday evening one of the clerks in tho store had occa sion to cut a roll of butter with somo twine, and unbeknown to the clerk a small portion of butter still attached to the twino fell to the floor. When the store was opened Tuesday morn ing, Tom was found to be a very sick cat, and the clerk began to make an investigation as to tho cause. On opening the cat's mouth ho dis covered a piece of string protruding from the feline's throat, and the re membrance of butter and twino at once flashed through tho young man's mind. Grasping hold of tho end of the string, the clerk com menced to pull, and kept on pulling, while Tom stood on his hind legs and willingly followed in any direction his master moved. There must bo an end to everything, and finally tho end of that string was reached, when it was found that Tom's stomach had been relieved of a full half ball of twine. At the end of tho operation Tom made a clever bow, as if to say: "Thank you. That's tho first timo I thought anybody had 'strings on me.' "Napa Journal. "Hoyftl Oak Day. May 20 is celebrated in many parts of Great Britain as "Royal Oak day," it being the anniversary of the restoration of Charles Stuart to the throne in England as Charles LL The celebration is not what it former ly was, having died out entirely in many of tho southern counties of England. Tho day was formerly commemorated not only as tho day of "restoration," but on account of the marvelous escape of Charles, who, after the battle of Worcester, climbed into an oak tree and hid from his pursuers among its branches. On "Royal Oak" those who celebrate wear sprigs of oak in their hats and use the leaves for various decora tions. St Louis Republic. Sensitiveness of the Digestive Organs. The digestive organs unfortunate ly are the first to sympathize with any mental worry. They are like a barometer and indicate the errors of malnutrition and their consequences. The healthy action of every organ depends upon the proper assimilation of the food taken. As soon as the digestive process fails everything fails, and ill health results, with all its disastrous concomitants. Dr. N. E. Yorke-Davies in Popular Science Monthly. Those Men. Mrs. Nagge Why were you so sure you would receive an answer to that telegram you sent me yesterday? Mr. Nagge Because, my dear, I knew you would have the last word if it cost you a quarter. Scribner's Magazine, TIIEirt OWN LAWYERS. Frollrsoreo f ;ioo!:rirl Pr.-vr t"p Their Own Wills. There is never any telling what half a dozen lioarding school girls may take it into their pretty heads to do. Their teachers have liecn sur prised so often that they nro gener ally prepared for tho most startling developments, but ouo of them in St. Loui.H was rather more amazed than Usual tho other evening when sho found "tho young ladies" solemnly engaged in making their wills. At tached to these documents wero ex plicit instructions for tho conduct of their respective funerals. Tho girls wero quite in earnest almt tho mat ter. They wero all pretty well pro vided with this world's goods, and they had Ui.ioseu' of everything down to tho smallest item. Miss B , tho teacher, who is young and tho object of a vast amount of schoolgirl devotion, was decidedly curious to know what ideas thoo swee t young tilings have alout funerals and kindred Kiibjt -ts. After much urging one of the girls consent ed to reveal what f-ho had written. She first disposed of tho bulk of her pro;trty, giving one-third to her older hitter ami two-thirds to her younger, K-causo, a.s the Kiid, the olde r one had a husband to take, care of her. In case tho younger ouo mar ried, however, bho was to promptly oven up. Somo minor legacies fol lowed, among them lxing sundiy gifts to her teachers and whooluiates. "Give Miss B ," so ran tho doc ument, "my diamond cross, my um brella with the Dresden handle and my watch. Have a new mainspring put in it first. Give Miss G (an other teacher) my books. I haven't very many now, but I'm going to get Dickens ia 32 volumes on my next birthday." After tho will followed tho instruc tions for the funeral, and theso were original and imperative. "I want to we ar a bluo dress of some sort, and I waut my feet cov ered up, but I do uotwrnt ono of those littlo tufted comforter;! fpread over my face. There'll bo about 10 of them sent in. Don't tress my hands and put a flower in than. I'm surol don't know jus L v, hat I want dono with my bauds. I never know luyself where to put them unless I havo a jac ket with ptx'kcUor a muff, and I suppose I ought not to wear those. J positively insist on not be ing placed on public exhibition. If any measly undertaker gets up and says in a mournful tono that those who wish to view tho remains may Iiass up this aisle and out at the right, '. shall haunt him as surely as my name is Lillian . "Another thing, I don't waut a lot of relatives crammed into tho first carriages and having a lovely free ride, with their faces so learning that everybody will think some stingy old codger is in tho hearse. I warn you that if these relatives are not put back toward the rear of the procession I shall get out and walk. And I want tho children left at home. They can havo a rido somo other timo. I know I don't want them eating cookies and hanging out of the third carnage windows. And I want the grave lined with flowers. Furthermore, as there isn't any law requiring a minister to throw dirt on my coffin, I decline to havo that on the programme. Last, but not least, seo that my grave is kept crcen." St Louis Post-Dispatch. Two Strange Ailments. Aphasia, or tho Ioks of memory or comprehension of speech, is a queer complaint. A man who had forgot ten his sister's name always referred to her as "that other woman." A person apparently otherwise in per fect health will sultituto tho name of one article for another totally dif ferent in tho most ludicrous way. Amusia is a form of aphasia which prevents tho patient from remember ing music. Ouo amusiac, uncon scious of tho oddity, sang the "Mar seillaise" throughout to the syllables "tan, tan, tan." On the other hand, another aphasiae, also a Frenchman, could speak but a single word, but could sing the "Marseillaise" correct ly. New York Recorder. Selling Goods In Lisbon. Around Lisbon are certain en trances, generally gateways of tho old walls. All persons bringing chick ens, eggs, butter or any other prod uct into the city for sale aro stopped at the gate and required to pay a tax proportioned to the value of their ar ticles. At the depot all passengers on suburlxm as well as through trains must have their bags and pack ages examined and pay for any wares they aro bringing into tho city. Cor. Minneapolis Tribune. Honors Are Not Even. Honors are not evenly distributed in this world. If a governor or a president with a gorgeous outfit hai pens to pull in half a dozen trout, it is heralded all over tho country, while the ragged small boy who comes homo with a string of fish as long as himself and which he has cap tured with a piece of string and a bent pin finds none so poor to do him reverence. Boston Transcript. Visible Demonstration. "How can you?" demanded Miss Giddey after Mr. Kilduff had stolen a kiss. "I'll show you how," ho replied. And he did, Harper's Bazar. A Tiger Fight In Java. An English traveler in Java who saw ono of tho tiger fights peculiar to tho island thus descries tho I trango sport : The tiger hi tot down in a trap in the center of tho allon allon, or great square, and is sur rounded by a triplo or quadruple lino of spearmen al tout a bund rod yards away from him. ' When all is reedy, a Javaueso ad vances at a very slow jacc, to tho sound of soft music, and sets firo to tho trap, at tho same timo owning tho door at tho lack part of the cage, which, by tho way, is too narrow for tho tiger to turn in. As tiio fire begins to singo his whiskers ho gradually backs out The man, as soon as ho lias opened tho door, begins walking toward tho crowd at ft slow pace, and tho slower ho is tho more applauso does ho gain. The tiger meanwhile, having backed out of his burnii g prison, is rather nstouished at finding himself sur rounded by hundreds of jeople, each pointing a pjioar at him. If ho is it ltold tiger, ho canters round tho circle, almost touching tho tpears. Finding no opening, then Lo re'lurns to tho center, fixes his eyo on ono Fpot and with a loud roar dashes straight ot it He is received on tho spears, and though ho crushed many, as if they were mere reeds, in half a minuto ho falls dead, pierced by a hundred weapons. In somo instances, however, tho roar and charge aro too much for tho Javanese, and they givo way. Tho sjtort then becomes rather dan gerous to spectators. Tho Mot Valuable of Metals. Gold snd rilvcr are no longer tho precious metals of tho world. An ounco of silver is worth alout 83 cents, an ounce of gold as a rulo 020. Palladium, which was discovered in 18o: by Wollaston, is a metal of a steel gray color ami fibrous struc ture and is paid for at tho rato of $28 per ounce. Osmium, abrittlo metal usually found with platinum, costs i??i per ouneo and iridium $40. Ru thenium, which is very hard and brittle, brings S2 per ounce, and ni obium, also called columbium, fiivi found in New London, Conn., n very rare metal, discovered in an oro or oxide, is rated at $100 ier ounce. Yttrium, discovered by Woehler in 182s, is a metal of a grayish black color with a perfectly metallic luster, which is very rare. It is juid for at tho rato of $120 per ounco, while lithium, tho lightest of all metals, brings $150 per ounce. Glucinum or Ijerylliran, as it is also called, appeal's in tho form of a grayish black iowder, mado very lustrous by burnishing. It has a market value of $185 per ounce. Barium metal, which was discovered in 1808, is worth &200 per ounco, and dydimium, discovered in 184C, and very rare indeed, brings $215 per ounce. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Bintnrong. A livo specimen of binturong may be seen in a small cago in ono of those odorous houses in the London zoo where few people like to stay long. We treated our biturongs to larger houses to dwell in and gave them much more liberty, for they wero turned out every day for a run in tho gardens, weather jerniitting, and they delighted in climbing up into trees and hanging from a branch by their prehensile tail. Tho bitu rong is about the sizo of a fox, but its long, shaggy, pepper and salt coat makes it look larger. It would make an excellent pet for a lady in England. But it is not to bo com pared in beauty with tho catbear or panda, known to scieneo as lrus fulgens. Longman's Magazine. A Doc-tor's Confession of Murder. Dr. Francois Fonteney, a wealthy medical practitioner in Ciaikesville, died, having confessed to tho murder of a clergyman in 1 SG5. He attended tho clergyman's wifo in an illness that resulted fatally, and desiring to hold an autopsy removed her body from the grave. As he was replac ing the earth the husband camo upon the scene, a fight ensued, the husband was killed, and his body was thrown into the empty coffin of his wifo. A heavy rain washed away all traces of the scuffle. Tho autopsy was held and resulted in an important discov ery. London Tit-Bits. Mental Disturbance and Dlapase. That mental disturlance gives riso to indigestion is well known. Ex periments show that anger and other emotions arrest the secretion of gas tric juice. It is also probable that the iK'ristaltic action of the stomach and liowcls is affected by emotions. The extreme constipation of melan cholia is believed to bo due to the mental state of tho patients. Ex change. A I'oor Weather Indicator. Professor I was sure that we wero going to have bad weather today, because I had such a pain in my left leg, and yet here the sun is shining brightly. After all is it not possible that my leg pained me because I fell yesterday from the top of a steplad der in my library? Fliegende Blat ter. Easy Enough. Mrs. Fangle Oh, my, I've got tho most awful pain? Nearly kills mo every time I breathe 1 What will I do ? Fanglo Don't breathe. Buffalo Courier. NOBTH WILKESBORO, N. C. A:
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