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&0L. L SALISBURY. N. CV THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3188?. 170. 5. I Experience, ; Dont lose your temper or your time, . Or fret your soul a minute--' Because this good old roomy world Has foolish people in it. By not one wholly useless weed . The fertile earth is cumbered; i nen count noc tuese can ,ao no goou, , I Or with them you'll be numbered. ! If all began by being wise, I Each bne his sphere adorning, From wisdom's way we yet might stray i For lack ot proper warning; But Nature 'jdndly sets her signs On Danger's chosen dwelling ; Without lhe;n, what would come to m, 2." i ' There isn't any telling. ' xTuKtYcckoii up your foolish friends, Each one's peculiar failing, ' And Of that folly cure yourself J At which in them you're railing; While, if you find some luckless one The arrie all through andover, , Vou'd letter far be unlike him Than find a four-leayed clover. , f ) I lay no claim to any store , Of philosophic knowledge, 4 But this I've learned by studies 1 J That best but dearest college; Terhaiis you think that school is rwsnt " f, For other people only ; Or, maylje, your ae m rnth I But don t you find it lonely? Miriam K. Da vis, in Frank Leslie5- $ NERVOUS n Mrs. Stanhope was one of those "ner vous, irritable women thit about half the timeihiakj themselves and every one around thera -miserable. :$hc had. been having one of hor regular nervous days, as sh styled them, anil 'everything had gone wrong. Little Freddy, -only'f our. years old and their only -child, had been banished from the sitting-room, although he lad pleaded hard to stay and "loot at his pitty pitter book" Santa Glaus brought him,? and had promisedi with such a resolute air, that .he would be "so r': stilly y'y but no, hia mamma wanted to 'lie down on the louurre. and he must ero J out to play. Mr. and Mrs. .fitanhopc were not wealthy, so Freddy did not have a nurse to look after him, no one but old Tow ser, the faithful Newfoundland watch dog, who was years older than hi3 little master, and who had watched him faith fully ever since he was. a -wee baby. " ,Mrs.v Stauhoe"liad just settled herself ' ou the lounge aud 'taken up the . last magazine, which -she thought might quiet' her n erven a little, when, bang! i went the outside, dopr, as only a healthy boy, full of spirit?, could shut it, and the next, instant , Freddy bounded into the sitting-room, upsetting a chair and 'tumbling headlong over a. footstool. A spasm, as oi paiu, crossed his mother's face, and she raised her hand as though to ward off a blow, exclaim inglv fretfully : ," 1 "-- - "l-.'l - - j j "J J arc! why can't you May out and play when mamma feels so?"' "Mamm;ill mamma exclaimed Freddy, who had by this time regained his equilibrium, and who did not in the lpnet tninil ihi lmnblo nr lila mnfhnv's fretful speech; "me is bavin' such fun ! 'ct me tell oo " "No, no, Freddy," interrupted his mother; 4-I don't want to hear; run out r again and piny. You may do anything quiet." Freddy looked disappointed and iood pouting' his cherry lips, with one chubby linger stuck between them. "Did you hear, Freddy," reiterated hJs mother, rising her voice, you going to mind? I told you "Ain't to go out ; now start. The child -walked slowly out of the room. On the hall rug lay Towser, and Freddy impulsively threw his arms around Iris hairy friend's neck and burst into tears. "Me did out to tell cr Towder, me did," he sobbed; but his grief $nd dis appointment was of short dur ation, for in a few moments he sprang up and ran out into the yard, followed by Towser. Aftef Freddy went out, Mrs. Stanhope tried hi vain to get interested in the magazine; at last she threw it petulantly ' from her and lying back upon the cush ions, closed her eyes. Soon , a 6weet, delicious languor stole over her; she was riding in Mrs. Graham's "exquisite brougham. Mrs. Graham was a widow lady who ied just across the way, and who was ; worth over half a million, report said; and whose superb horses and elegant carriages little Mrs. Stanhope had often admired, and, if the truth must be told, wjivied. Then the scene changed ; she was ly ing there on the lounge in her pleasant sitting-room, listening to the sweetest music she ever heard. Suddenly there was a scream from Freddy, an energetic bow wow from Towser, and an exclama tion of fright from Kitty, the servant girl, as she ran hastily out into the yard. An ur.itfined feeling of terror filled thevheart of Mrs. Stanhope; she tried tor rise, but found her strength had entirely deserted her; and pala as death, with eyes closed, she lay there longing, yet. Ireading, to hear what had happened. TIn a few moments-. it seemed hours to her she heard Kitty come in. There was (mother step too, not Freddy's; she I Jistene fl in vain for the patter bf his lit- tU feet T18 steps paused at the sit- ing-room door, which was ajary She cnew intuitively they were lock J&g in. J "IIi3tl do not make anois;thei ?.st asleep," she . heard KitA ay hi i vhisper. "It will be trou b caough tc cr to know when she wakes, pooi uarvous crature," . "One of his horns wenclea through,' oha heard the other vo;.6esisyy and which Ays recognized as Hay Cilhone's, Mri. Iraham's kilchenmaift. "What tcrribleaccid'ei!& had happened .hat they were not, joiEg to tell her mu til she awoke. 0,wotM she ever awak( n'nd come out of this stupor! She trieu 'o mow, to scream, but all to no pur. pose ; sudden, thick darkness -geemed euvcioping hcr and she sank, into in sensibility. . ; - When sheagRn opened her eyes it ws night ; the -curtains were down, a lrmp burned on'ihe table, but wbs turned few down, nC the figure f , a strange woman was moving about 'the room putting thiagsrto rights. "Who are you? What has happened?" asked Mrs. Stanhope, in a-scarcely audi b'.e voice Tidwith difficaHy arising to a sitting posture. - "O, have 'you waked ;upT said the woman, coming over to he lounge where she sat, And you don't know? deary me! how can I tell-you! ; Your little boy, J-&UT little Freddy, .you will never see him alive again!" "Never see Freddy alive I What do you mean!" gasped Mrs. Stanhope, starting up and groping blindly across the room to the door. .As she opened .it she met her husband, who took her gently in his arms, soothed her tenderly, and an a broken voice told her that Mr. Af ton's 'cross cow had .by some means escaped from the yard into the road that afternoon, and thatiFreddy had teased her through the fence with his red scarf ; tha in her rage she had broken down the fence, and, before Towser and Kitty could rescue him, plunged one of her horn3 through .Freddy's body, killing hi ik instantly. "0, why cannot I die too:!" she wailed, wringing her hands distractedly "My Freddy! my precious boy! my darling baby ! I have murdered you by my thoughtless", selfishness! O, let me die!" . ;- ' After a wHilc'-sTTe ."Became" "more a sort of numb despair seized her hj she could not weep, and when the led her .to look at the little waxen forth ar rayed for burial, she could only lcjok at the white, set face of her darling Jas he lay there, with roses strewn abouf him and .snowdrops in his chubby hands, with a weary longing to. lie dowjn too and be at rest. Tears seemed swelling up ia scalding floods over her brain, burning deep, scathing blisters there, but she could not shed one. ' At length the day of the funeral came; how epectre-like it all seemed, every one moved about so quiet, so death-like; -she could not even remember a word the minister said. The procession "formed; they placed a heavy black vail over her face that seemed to increase the already midnight, gloom of her heart.. They reached the cemetery; the little casket was lowered into the grave and she heard ! the. gravel rattp upon the lid; yes, they were burying her precious treasure, her i all, forever from her sight and yet she could not weep, she had not dropped one tear on the loved face; the thought tore her heart with agony, and she felt her miud reel and totter on its throDe. Again she was at home. How still and silent the room? were and how dark ! aad gloomy; it seemed as though she ! was never again to see the bright, ! glorious sunshine. So weeks , passed. j She caught a glimpse of her own face in the mirror once in a' while, and she could see how thin and white it was growing. Then came whispers no one seemed to speak out loud now that a chinge of scene was necessary ; the beach? or the mountains. ' Mechanically she made preparations to leave home; it was the night before her departure, and she strode out to the cemetery to visit Freddy's grave. "Oh, my poor murdered darling 1" she moaned, sinking upon the grave in an abandon of tearless grief. j "Lu"y! Lucy! what is the matter?, Ain't you never going to wake up?" said her husband's voice, close to her ear. With a start, she raised her head and looked about her. Yes,, it was Walter that was bending over hei, and strange to tell, she was lying upon the lounge in her little sitting-room, and the sun was just flinging his parting rays into the west window. IIow cosy and cheerful everything looked; and, glancing ,p into her husband's face, she saw he was laughing. 'What I did you have the nightmare ?' ' he exclaimed. ' . "Hush!" she answered in a whisper, "where is Freddy ?'' "Freddy?" echoed Mn Stanhope; "why he is asleep. After teasing Af ton's cow until she tore the yard fence nearly all down, and getting Towser in to a fine scrape, for he bit the cow se verely, and she run one of her horns through his leg, and frightening Kitty nearly out of her senses, he has concluded to go to sleep." Yes, it was a cruel dream, and Lucy Stanhope -jtvept tears of joy; but she could not feel sure until she hacl pressed eart; "ierlips to Freddy's and felt his soft breath upon her cheek. I It was a long time before she could clV her husband her terrible dream; ind she never again sent Freddy away from her for the sake of qitiet. New York News. it' ' "Muggins" Criminals. In my business we learn to detect the foibles and weakness of men and wom en, says a polk-e photographer ia the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, but in the jail you would not expect to find s.ny vanity in the matter of personal appearance. Nevertheless there arc many prisoners who take pride in securing a good neg ative. 'Ordinary prisoners never object to the -process of "mugging," because they are too ignorant to understand the advantage of a picture in th.3 hands of the police. High toned crooks from te -East always bject. Sophia Lyons, the famous New Yetfk shoplifter, cried undraved like u fury when brought be fore me, but finding the' detectives in exorable, she dried her eyes, primped her hair, adjusted her bonnet, daubei a little powder on lier cheeks and told me to go ahead; that, if she couldn't help . it, sne woum nave a goou portrait. Jane Cosleyf another big shoplifter, sat . smiling as sweetan angel, after hav ing made a desperate fight, clawing like a catamount, and her face is one of the prettiest in my collection. - r How to Bear Bnrdens. . Mental burdens will be far more easily borne if they are placed, as muchas practicable, out of sight. When we gaze upon them they increase in size. When in our thoughts we emphasize and dwell on them, they sometimes grow al most unbearable It is well enough to face trouble when it eomes to us, to measure it and know its weight, that we may summon up courage and strength sufficient to endura it; but, this done, let us place it where it may no longer be in constant sight drag it to the light, to dwell pon its weight, and to claim sympathy for beiag obliged to bear it. When the emphasis of life is laid on the cheerful and attractive side, its real bur dens, will be borne lightly, happiness will abound and be diffused, and the value of life b'e multiplied ten-fold. Baptist Weekly; A Horse's Costly Tombstone. Frank W. Harper, the well-known turfman, has ordered at Versailles, Ky. , the costliest monument probably ever placed over the grave of any being be low the estate of man. It is for Ten Broeck, the famous race horse, who re cently died at Mr. Harper's stock farm, near Midway. Ten Broeck was foaled on the farm, and belonged to Mr. Har per throughout his whole life, and was beloved by the Harpers as a member of the family. The monument is to be of white marble, seven feet two inches high, and surmounted by an urn. Upon its side will be inscribed the dates of the birth and death of Tea Broeck and hi3 various achievements. Baltimore Sun. ) ! A Happy Thonght. "I don't see why your friend Miss Smith referred to my moustache as 'down,' Maude," said young Sissy to his pretty cousin. "There i$ nothing of the 'down' about it ; it quite bristles. I have to shave twice a week, I assure you." "I know it bristles, Charley," re turned the girl, knitting hir brows, "al though not very fiercely, and I am as much perplexed as yon are to understand why Clara should speak of it as down (Sudden happy thought.) Pcrhap?, Charley, it's because it grows on a goose New York Sun, Cwt. Many of my readers know that "cwt- stands for "hundredweight,'' for have they not used it themselves when doing theirsums? But I think few could' 'tell how this strange sign came to .' be em ployed. . And yet when they learn it3 meaning they will find it very simple. C stands for "hundred ;" it is the first letter of the Latin word centum, hun dred. If you will look in your Bible you will notice that the hundredth psalm is marked "Psalm C." Then "wt." is merely short for "weight." Thus you have "hundredweight" (cwt.). Little Folks. The Passing Bell. In olden times they used to ring the bell when the hour had arrived for the court to come in and hold its sessions, as they ought to do now for the court of common pleas. "Is that the Passing bell?" inquired a venerable stranger vhiting the town. "Yes, sir, it i3," replied a wag of a lawyer, "the Passing bclL It is the signal for you to come and pass your property into the hands of your law yers." New London Day. Proof of Devotion. "And do you really love me George?" she asked, "Love you!" repeated George fer vently. "Why, while I . was bidding you good-bye on .the porch last night, dear, the dog bit adarge chunk out of my leg, and J never noticed it till I got home Leva joti r'Biizar. ARABIAN WOMEN. A Housewife's Duties in Modern Bible Land. Syrian Dames Work Hard While Their Husbands Loaf. There re grand women in Arabia; women of ability, keen in insight, and wonderful capabilities, writes Florence M. Jone9 in the Swiss Cross. The duties of the wife of a Syrian to-day are as fol lows: She brings all the water for family use from a distant well. This is accomplished by filling immense jars, and bringing them upon her head. She rises early, and goes to the handmill of the village, carrying corn, enough of which for the day's bread she grinds by a slow, laborious process. This she car- ! lies home and cooks in an oven, which is made in the earth. It is a round hole, lined with oval and flat stones, and heated by a fire built in it. When the bread is mixed with water and a little salt, she removes the ashes, and Blasters pate of dough against the hot stones to coofc Could anything be more crude? gv M f h children. unusually a large family, and does all the rough work at intervals, while the husband calmly smokes his 'argelic,' or sits cross- legged upon his divan, or house-top, in converse with some equally hard-work ing member of Syrian society. The houses are made of a coarse stone, roughly hewn. The house tops are of cla v.. covered with coarse srravel. In hot weather the sun bakes this mud formed roof, and large cracks appear, The rain comes, and, as a natural conse quence, the roof leaks. This is some thing of which the fastidious inhabitant of the Bible Land does not approve. It does not add to his bodily comfort. He remedies the difficulty, shall I tell you how? Not by any effort of his own; far from it ; his wife comes, ascends to the house-top, and in the drenching rain, propels a roller of solid stone, backward and forward, much as we use a lawn mower. This rolls the sun-dried cracks together, and prevents the entrance of water. These are only a few of a Syrian housewife's duties. Her reward is not in this world surely. jShs cannot speak to her husband in public; she can receive no caress before his friends. She goes veiled, and scantily clad. She has no time to make her own habiliments, for her hands must weave and spin and em broider artistically and abundantly for the husband and male children. In winter her feet are protected only by open wooden sandals, and drops of blood mark the way to the Syrian well. Of course this is among the lower and mid dle classes of society in Syria, but those who belong to a higher class are very few. The wealth of a Syrian family is not in money, but is estimated according to the number of herds of camels, goats, sheep, and cattle it possesses. The women are fond of ornament, but have little op portunity for it. They always wear the "round tire like the ( moon," spoken of in the Bible. Even the children have these on. The form is a half-moon. A single row of silver coins overlapping one another, and sewed upon a piece of coarse material through a single hole bored in one side, is attached to a square of cloth, having long strings, which tie under the black hair. This allows the coins to rest in a curve about the fore head. One of these tires, which we had, weighed four pounds and six ounces, and was was worth $80. We now have a child's tire, which weighs ! two pounds. Over the round tire is worn the heavy, hand-woven, linen veil. The specimen we have is worth $50, and is large enough for a piano-cover. All the silk for embroidery is gathered by women from the silk-worms, and must be spun and dyed before they can use it. H a mother in Syria presents a daughter to her husband, he is bitterly disap pointed. When you ask a Syrian parent, "How many children have you?" if his family consists of five boys and six daughters, he will tell you, "I have five children." They only count boys. Th:3 seems bitterly cruel when the workers pf Syria are of the other sex. The girls are jlark-eyed, raven-haired, of olive complexion, "and usually of medium height, though some are extremely tall and muscular. Politeness. It i3 said that Louis XIV., the most haughty and magnificent monarch of modern times used to lift bis hat even to the female servants of his court If so, no man need think that he derogates from his dignity by keeping hia hat off in a respectable shop when he is served by a woman. Even in business inter course politeness need not be banished. In England, for instance; checks are marked, , "Pay to." In France they are worded, "Veuillez payer' "Please to pay," "Kindly pay," etc Chicago Tribune. - What Made Her Nervous. Old lady Conductor, I hope there isn't going to bo a collision. Conductor I hope not. Old lady I want you to be very keer- f uL Tve got two dozen eggs in this basket. : A Spanish Bull-Tin. The bull-ring of Gran jLda, like -most of those in the larger cties of Spain, is a vast amphitheatre, 1 juilt of wiood, and capable of seating perhaps 20,000 per sons. . By accident we came tothb huge structure in the course of our meander ings,and we wer conducted through it by an attendant. In the stables were a num ber of wrefched-looking steeds, aged and raw-bodied as Don Quixcte's "Rosin- nate," yetconsidered good enough to be slain by .'doughty bulls for the amuse ment ofthe gentle dames and spirited young'dons of Granada. On the stockade suiT'oundincr the area were great streaks and blotches of blood, which had spurted from the wounded animals in various combats. At the same time that these were pointed out to us it was explained how, in the practice of the noble art of bull-fighting, a horse would often have his sides ripped open by an infuriated bull and the plucky steed would never theless go on sometimes with the fight, although his entrails would , trail . upon the ground and dangle about hi3 feet. We were then conducted to the chambers where the matadores dressed themselves and where' were kept the trappings for ornamenting the horses, and the apparatus for provoking the bulls. Amonsr the articles of the lattei sort were long poles with sharp spikes in the end, masks, dummy horses and va rious other devices and instruments of torture, cunningly adapted to arouse the wrath of a peaceably disposed bull and convert him into j an infuriated demon. In one of the rooms, improvised as a chapel, there were crucifixes and other pious paraphernalia by which the last offices of the church might, in case of sudden emergencyr be administered to a mortally Wounded bull-fighter, so that his gentle soul might not take its flight unshriven. There appeared to be no similar provision for the bulls and horses, they being only brutes and having nc souls. American Magazine. The Most Famous Oysters. The Blue Point3 are the most famous in the world. Thev were first dis covered a little over a hundred years age in Long Island waters. The bottom of the Great South Bay, opposite Blue Point, was covered then with blue-mud and up to the time the oysters were dis covered they were not supposed to exist in'the muddy ground. The discovery was accidentally made by an oysterman. The shells of the oyster were a deep dark color, and the oyster itself was fat and luscious. It was not long after the discovery before the baymen flocked to the grounds by hundreds, audit was not unusual for one man to take as high as 200 bushels in a ! single day. At that time there was a ready market for them ' at 50 cents per bushel. The beds could not stand the drain upon them and were finally ' exhausted. The oysters now called Blue Points do not resemble th.3 original any more than day does nigfht, as they do not grow wild, but are culti vated the same as a field of wheat or corn. The oysters grown in the y waters around Patchogue (which is one of the greatest oyster growing localities in this state), are shipped all over the world as Shrewsburys, East Rivers, Blue Point3 and almost every other name given an oyster. Over five hundred men are em ployed ( in the oyster industry in and about . 1 Patchogue. The oysters are shipped by the barrel to Europe, are but little larger than a silver dollar, costing, ready for shipment, about $1 per barrel. They bring $3. 50 and $7 per barrel in the European markets. Brooklyn Citi zen. - The Ceylonese. The Ceylonese, or Singhalese, as they are called, from the native came ot their lovely island, are a mild and inof fensive race of people. ( They have the reputation,, indeed, of being rank cow ards, but this is rather the character of most Eastern folk. The men are tall, not badly made, and have slender limbs.' The women are shorter and are fond of finery, such as gay-colored dresses, bangles, and chains. They are partial to music and dancing, but their tom-tom, as they call their drum-like instrument, gives out a dull and tiresome sound which soon gets monotonous; and their dancers are not as a rule so agile, grace ful, and clever as the Hindoo dancers of India. A Magnificent Lemon. Our friend Thomas C Dixon, showed us a magnificent lemon which he had gathered from a tree of his own raising. It was 7 inches- long and 11 1-8 inches in circumference and weighed over 14 ounces. We were astonished to find that it was possible to raise such fruit in Chatham county. It is of excellent quality, and Mr. Dixon's tree bears about two dozen a year Pittsboro (N. C.) Home. The Business for the Boy. 'Fond Mother Pa, what business do you think we ought to start Willard in? He's getting to bo 18 years old and ought to get into something. Fond Father It's hard telling what he's fitted for. . Fond Mother Yes, he's as proud as Lucifer, but he's as neat as wax. Fond Father WelL then, let's star! him in the match business. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Wrought-iron expands and contracts with a force of about 200 pounds to the square inch for each degree Fahrenheit. The Argentine Republic is soon to have a weather bureau equipped with fortj five observatories in different parts of the country. A sanitary engineer suggests the im portance of building on streets running corthwest and southeast, or northeast and southwest. Sunshine in all rooms at some time in the day can thus .be in sured, with a great gain in healthful- ness. i George H. Reynolds of Willimantic, Conn., has invented a pneumatic gun for throwing dynamite shells which explode when striking any desired spot. Shells weighing 1000 pounds are handled with as much case as a revolver. - Alum is found native in some places either effloresced on the surface of bitu minous alum-schist, or united with the soil in the neighborhood of volcanoes, : when it may be obtained by simple lix iviation and evaporation; a little potash being commonly added to convert the excess of sulphate of alumina present into alum. It is also found in certain mineral waters. - ' ' Mr. W. A. Ashe of Quebec reports that the Eskimos living near Hudson Strait have a mean height for the men of 5 feet 3.9 inches; and for the women, about 5 feet. Their body temperature averaged 100.2 degrees for winter and 08.4 degrees for summer, that of the ob serving party being 98.1 degrees and 97.7 degrees respectively. Though it is claimed as one of the ad vantages of electricity that it does not raise the temperature of the atmosphere when.used for lighting, it is neverthe less, says La Nature, capable, under cer tain conditions, of evolving heat. This property is about to be turned to profit able account by the Societe des Usines Electriques, of Berlin, who have an nounced that, in future, in addition to light, they will be prepared to furnish a supply of electricity for heating pur poses. , Prof. Dclpino, who as 5 early as the year 1873 announced the idea that most extra-floral nectar-glands in plants are useful to the plants that bear them, by attracting a body-guard of ants, has now published the first part of an elaborate memoir on the topic. 1 The number oi species recorded as having extra-nuptial glands is much larger than would have been expected. Thi3 term "extra nuptial" is coined to distinguish the glands under consideration from certais extra-floral glands, which, , no s4han those in the flower, are subserW to pollination. The service performed by the ants so attracted and fed is thekeep-ing-off of caterpillars and other insects which prey upon '.the foliaei fruits, etc. Rapid Sight Seeing. Americans traveling abroad are often laughed at for their passion of rapid sight seeing. But why may not the brain take impressions as swiftly and as easily as the photographer's chemically prepared plate?- "How long will it take me to see the exhibition?" asked a lady of a gentleman who had just come from the world's, fair at Philadelphia. "Fifteen minute3,' was the response. The lady of course was astonished, and the respondent proceeded to explain. "To study all the details of the exhibi tion would require many months, but tc obtain an impression of its magnitude, to seize upon its salient features, fifteen minutes would do wonders for you. A ride around the circuit of its connecting railway would give you a succession oi pictures never to be forgotten. What is true of a great fair if true of a great city. It ha been said that very few people really know London fully, but any one maj obtain an idea of its physiognomy, of its characteristic features, in a half hour's drive through its streets. To discovei all the qualities there are in a painting 3 must study it well, but a single glanc gives me an idea of the composition and the scheme of color. In truth this first instantaneous impression in art is invalu able, and a painting should always bt approached, if it is possible to do so, under conditions that enable the specta tor to get a full view promptly. How often a painter turns his picture to th wall and there lets it remain longenougl to allow him to obtain an unprejudiced and instantaneous impression when he sees it again. Study and analysis are oi course indispensable factors in some things, but the flash, the revealing glance, the sudden insight, the instan taneous photograph on the sensitized brain, are things of value in life as well as in art. Home Journal. Knew Where He Stood. "You'd better look out," said John ny's big sister, "or Til tell mother , on "you." " ''--': "I don't care.' - "Oh, you naughty boy, I know better than that." "I don't care if ye do go tell 'er, 'cause ma's got the rheumatism to-day, and St won't be comfortable -for her to turn mc over her knee." Merchant Traveler. : .t os the rxa LTis dewf J. i i tha lonely fana, Tbe oc' - r.r? gathered ta tkfV The. dusky e ir is soft as bahn, Thedaki. s Uz their hearts of gotl Slow, drowy, swinging bells In pastures dewy, dark and Lub, And m the door-yard treesi a Ife Trills sleepily his evening hymm. The dark; blue deeps are full ef stars? One lone lamp, tbe bfllsi 'um A mile away is red as Mars The night is faint Jrith swee parfawa. - - . '-. At bedtime in the qoiet howsa, . ' Up through the) w pi J roeusj 'J r Without a lamp-f-and "ndrB fin Is stirring. Loudly, to ai fro The old clock ticks, aod eastcriv The ancient windows open bifh; - . Here the son's kiss wilrwalte r With bird-songs welling vpUnaty. HliHOROtSw Eleetricityiave'rj- seTwuata&&taaS yet Edison makes light f H. : A bald-headed book-kerpar sSurald never try to wipe his pen o fees trmir. In the bright lexicon. ,ef fffssaLiSuft there is nothing so uneert&m as a sort thing. , - ;4- ..- - Hardly anybody would cart t chaa9 places with the turtle, and yet Its is a great sanp. . . ' ' " ';. ' -: English statesmen ; live loader ihaa American statesmen but ihy a1 hava so much fun. "I aim to tell the truth." Tea," in terrupted an acquaintance, "3k& ja arc a very bad shot." "Can you recommend for nm a good home course of botany ? ..,asla a corre spondent. Tea, the floor barrel. Cally llias Fetersou4.ritauirablj small eyes. DallyYes, thty LJi small, , but she has had a young man in eaa for along time. ' -. " . A girl who was t&Id by sm c-ld beat man to be Euro and have her ta&t well- trimmed went - to work sadmred twe ' 'Ain't you in, Maria?" he p$dsd, si he fumbled around with - the latchkey. "No, I ain't. I'm out. Oui fanjar, patience," snapped. a female reice from an upper window. 'C''-'-r'-":-A A doctor who had been aUaatHinj a dairyman's hired girl called si tbe house, the other day. "How'ayour raSHmsldt'1 he asked of the farmer when lb? came te the door. "It's none of jocrfcrdLaesi . how our milk is made," was ike indig nant response, and thejt$Qr slammed most emphatically. V .. : . .. fo;u -v Sealing a letter is noMAsJavs ika,.? of an instant, but how was jit accom plished before the invention envelopes ? A correspoi ,Livre describes the methods which have been employed i motest antiquity. The first seals consisted or a rln tyJ gsauned xfedl ml IA nwn the re- . affixed to clay, and latct to cIeac or a mixture of pitch, wax, apt! plasfer. The use of wax did not become general until -the Middle Ages. Beeswax, , 'yellowed . by time, was the first variety f it used, and, after it, came sealing wax nixed with a white substance. Red and green war came in during the twelfth ceatary and),a hundred years later, Xho list oi color was supplemented by avearly all those now to be found itvr""i:." iow to DC louna in- j 'J tin. der Bonaparte, the French to use wafers which were Italy by the soldiers of the inesc waters were cut w from a thin leaf made of gummed envelopes began e replace the sealing wax The fir3t of these envelopes flde in England about the year 2SI3. The seals chosen by different people arc often interesting as in2jcstta per sonal tastes. Goethe,! after fcb return from Italy, Eealcd his kttexe villi an antique head, such as that cr! Boerates, Minerva or Leda. The seal cf tha as tronomer Lalande had a ship ograreil upon it, and that of Meyerbeer, Vbm coo poser, had a lyre, with the kead al ways in tune." - -- .' : .' ; Victor Hugo's seal was very simple, merely the letters V. H. a arranged that when inverted they famed the o pher A. H. Youth's Corapaajoeu Left His Address at Iloisa An old farmer named Kent 'was n well known character some ; yearn a9 ia Mount Vernon and Vienna. He ha& many 'peculiarities and eccesIriatkJ which earned for him a variety ef nick names, at which, by the way, he never took any offence. In some way tLis oil fellow had some claim to a pension. Us went down to Augusta to Le examine! by the physician there for thai porposn, He was found to have disabilities that warranted his obtaining a penslca, bet he was very much excited si the lenjti of the examination, and the variety of questions put to him. Finally ha ws asked his address. "Oh, yes, of cczzzarf he replied, "youTl want my acLIrcss;) but bless me what did I do wiHiitr. After fumbling in all hU poeic! ?, II looked up helplessly and said, Ej j. clone, I must have left my adorer ' home." Lewistoa (He.) Jours" j
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Nov. 3, 1887, edition 1
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