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VOL I. Where the Heart Is. nowaday, at the sunset, the f shall res On the height whose ruffeed assent - Ath filled with heart-weary throbbings the Dreads, And foe bloom of the cheek hath blent. ith the whiteness of moon-kissed snows. Resting there, then, in lame's radiant glow, .. . jie traveler shall sadly look down, beholding the vale wfeere love's blossoms grow, a3 longing to yield fame's crown For one breath of love's tender rose. br, ever it seems, where the hill tops lie, A most glorious place to be, ith the white-capped clouds swift hurrying by And the break of griefs throbbing sea , sounding as in misty dreams. And the snow-touched blossoms that crown the height, m the fairest of all that blow; Yet the feet that climb are weary at nighty jndthe vale that lieth below Sings f home in the sunset glearasT Olla TophinCourant, ANGELA. I am -a poor, paralyzed fellow who for any years past has been confined to a pdc-rasofa. For the last six vear3 I avo occupied a small room, looking on one of the narrow side canals of lice, having 'no one about me but a baf old woman who mxkes my bed and tends to my food; and here I eke out poor income of about 30 a year by piking water color drawings of flowers d fruit (they are the cheapest models Venice), and theso I send to a friend London, who sells them to a dealer r small sums. But, en the whole, I am ippy and content. It i3 nccesjary that I should describe o position of my room rather minutely. 3 only window is about five feet above :c water of the canal, and above it the 3U30 projects some six feet and over mgs the water, the projecting portion sing supported by efcout piles driven to the bed-of the canal. This ar ngement has; the. disadvantage (among hers) of so limiting my upward view .at I am unable to see more than about n feet of the height of the house im ediately opposite to me, although, by baching as far. out ef i,ha window as ty infirmity will permit I can see for a msidcrable distance up and down tha il, which docs not exceed fifteen bet in width. I3ut. although I can see Jut little of the material house opposite, can see its reflcctionupside down in the JmaJ, and I contrive to take a good pal of inverted interest in such of its .habitants as show themselves from me to time (always upside down) on Is balconies and at its windows. "When first I occupied my room, about jx years ago, my attention was directed the reflection of a little girl of thir- an.or so (as nearly as I could judge), Dio passed everv dav on a balconv st abovo the upward range of my raited field of vie wl She had a glass iflowers on a little table by her side, lid as she sat there in fine weather am early morning until dark,; work- g assiduously all tke lame, I con uded that sho earned her living by Rcdlework. She was (certainly an in- ustrious little' girl, and as far U3 I o'uld judge by her upside down re action, neat in her dress And pretty. he had an old mother, an invalid, who p warm days would sit on the balcony ith her, and it interested xne to see he little maid wrap the old Iadv in lawlfl, and bring1 pillows for her chair id a stool for her feet, and every now d again lay down her work and kiss d fondle the old lady for half ft min- e, aoa itnen take up her work again. Time went by, and as the little maid raw up hcT reflection grew down, rand last Elie was quite a little woman .of, BUDTosc sixteen or seventeen. I. can aly work lor a couple of honors or so in le brightest part of the day, so I had enty of time on my hands in which to atch her movements, and sufficient pagination (to weave a little romance out her. and to endow her with a jeauty which, rto a great extent, I had p take for granted. , I saw or fancied hat I could free that she began to take h interest in my reflection (which, of Surse, sho could see as I could see rs) ; and ono day, when it appeared to jie .that she was looking right at it pat is to say, when her reflection ap peared to be looking right at me I iediho desperate experiment of nod ing tc her, and to any intense delight er reflection noddad in reply. And our t o reflections became known to ne another. It did net take me very long to fall in ;e with her, but a long time passed efore I couij. make up my mind to do tore than noi to her every morning, Vhea the old vdman moved me from my led to the sofa At the window, and Wain in the evenusir. when the little i - aid left the balcony for that day. One ay, however, when I saw her reflection okinT at mine I nodded to her and rew a flower into the canal. She odded several times in return, and J kw her draw her mother s attention to it incident - Then every morning I hrew a flower into the water for tlgoo& aornlng," and another in the evening IUamI Ylf W an1 V .kin illcnAVAv that I had net thrown them altogether in vain, for ne day she threw a flower to join mine, and she laughed and clapped her hands a3 the two flowers joined forces and floated away together. And then every morning and every evening she threw her flower when I threw mine, and when the two flowers met she clapped her hands, and so did I; but, when they were separated, as ,,they sometimes were, owing to one of them having met an obstruction which did not catch the other, sho threw up her hands in a pret ty affectation of despair, which I tried to imitate, but in an English and unsuc cessful fashion. And when they were rudely run down by a passing gondola (which happened not infrequently) she pretended to cry, and I did the same. Then, in pretty pantomime, she would point downward to the sky, to tell me that it was destiny that caused the shipwreck of our flowers, and I, in pantomime not half so pretty, would try to convey to her that destiny would be kinder next time, and that perhaps to-morrow our flowers would be more fortunate and so the innocent courtship went on. One day the little maid did not appear on her balcony, and for several days I ssw nothing of her, and although I threw my flower as usual no flower came to keep it company. However, after a time she reappeared dressed in black and crying often, and then I knew that the poor child's mother was dead ; as far as I knew she was alone in the world. The flowers came no more for several days, nor did she show any sign of recognition, but kept her eye3 on her work, except when she placed her hand kerchief to them. And opposite to her was the old lady's chair, and I could see that from time to time she would lay down her work and gaze at it, and then a flood of tears would come to her re lief. But at last one day she roused herself to noi to me, and then her flower camo. Day after day my flower went forth to join it, and with varying for tunes the two flowers sailed away as of yore. But the darkest day of all to me was when a good looking young gondolier, standing right end uppermost in his gondola (for I could see him in the flesh) worked his craft alongside the house and stood talking to her a3 sha sat on the balcony. They seemed to speak as old friends indeed, as well as I cculd make out, he held her by the hand during the whole of their inter view, which lasted quite half an hour. Eventually he pushed off, and left my heart heavy within me. But I soon took heart of grace, for as soon as he was out of sight the little maid threw two flowers growing on the samo stem an allegory of which I could make nothing, until it broke upon me that she meant to convey to me that he and she were brother and sister, and that I had no cause to be sad. And there upon I nodded to her cheerily, and she nodded to me and laughed aloud, and I laughed in return, and all went on again as before. Then came a dark and dreaTy time, for it became necessary that I should undergo treatment that confined me absolutely to my bed for many days, and I worried and fretted to think that the little maid and I could see each other no Ion crer, and worse still, that she would think that I had gone away without even having hinted to her that I was going. And I lay awake at night wondering how I could let her know the truth, and fifty plans flitted through my brain, all appearing to be feasible enough at night, but absolutely wild and impracticable in the morning. One day and it was a bright day indeed for me the old woman who tended me told me that a gondolier had inquired whether the English signor had gone away or had died; and so I learned that the little maid had been anxious about me, and that she had sent her brother to inquire, and the brother had no doubt taken to her the reason of my protracted absence from the window. From that day, and ever after, during my three weeks of bed keeping, a flower was found every morning on the edge of my window, which was within easy reaeh of anyone in a boat; and when at last a day came when I could be moved I took my accustomed place on the sofa at the window, and the little maid saw me and stood on her head, so to speak, and that was as eloquent as any right end up delight could possibly be. So the first time the gondolier passed my window I beckoned to him, and he pushed up Alongside and told me, with many bright smiles, that he was glad indeed to see me well again. Then thanked him And his sister for their kind thoughts About me during my re treat, and I then learned from him that her name was Angela, and that she was the best and purest maiden in all Venice, and that anyone might think himself happy indeed who could call her sister, but that he was happier even than her brother, for he was to be married to her, and, indeed, they were to be married the next day. Thereupon my heart seemed to swell to bursting, and the blood rushed through my veins so that I could hear it and nothing else for a while. I managed at but to stammer forth socio words of awkward congratulation, and he left me SALISBURY. singing merrily, after asking permission to bring his bride to see me on the mor row as they returned from church. "For," said he "my Angela has known you for very long ever since she was a child, and she has often spoken to me of the poor Englishman who lay all day long for years and years on a sofa at a window, and she said over and over again how dearly she wished that she could speak to him and comfort him; and . one day, when you threw a flower into the canal, she asked me whether she might throw another, and I told her ye, for he would under stand that it meant sympathy with one who was sorely afflicted." And so I learned that it was pity, and not love, except, indeed, such love as is akin to pity, that prompted her to interest herself in my welfare, and there was an end of it alL For the two flowers that 1 thought o were on one stem, were two flowers tied together (but I could not tell that), and they were meant to indicate that sha and the gondolier were affianced lovers, and my expressed pleasure at this sym bol delighted her, for she took it to moan that I re joicedj in her happiness. And the next day the gondolier came with a train of other gondoliers, all decked in their holiday garb, and in his gondola sat Angela, happy and blushing at her happiness. Then h6 and she , entered the house in which I dwelt, and came into my room (and it was strange indeed, after so many years of inversion, to see her with her head above her feet and then she wished me .happiness and speedy restoration to good health (which could never be) ; and I, in broken words and tears in my eyes, gave her the little cross that had stood by my bed or my table for so many years. And Angela took it reverently and kissed it, and so departed with her delighted husband. And as I heard the song of the gondo liers as they went their way the song dying. away in the distance as the shad ows of the sundown closed around me I felt that thev were sincin the re D O quiem of the only love that had ever entered my heart. W. S. Gillert. The Man Who Invented the Monitor. Captain John Ericsson, the illustrious engineer and inventor, was born in Wermland, Sweden, July 31, 1803, and at the age of ten began, by the con struction of a wind-mill and pumping engine, the creative work, that at the age of eighty-four, he briskly continues. His father was a mine proprietor, and the boy's earliest experience was witbr machinery. At twelve he was made a cadot of mechanical engineers, and at seventeen he entered the Swedish army as an ensign. He rapidly reached a lieutenancy in consequence of the beauty of his military maps, which attracted the attention of King Charles John (Bernadotte). In 1826, while in London on leave of absence to introduce a flame engine, ho sent his resignation home. It wa3 accepted, after he had first been promoted to the rank of captain. Ho never returned to Sweden but his native country has sent him many honors and decorations, and in 18G8 a great granite monument was erected in front of his father's house by the miners, bearing the simple inscrip tion, "John Ericsson was born here in 1803." He is living quietly in New York, and is still an indefatigable worker. An .Oregon Patriarch. The oldest married couple on the Pacific coast lives at Greenville, Wash ington county, Oregon. Peyton Wilkes was born in 1791, . and so will be 97 years old next May. He is one of the few pensioners of the war of 1812. His wife Anna Wilkes is 91 year3 old, and they were married in 1815. They came across the plains in 1845, and settled in Washington county in 1846. They were both born in Bedford county, Virginia, came to Indiana in 1820 and to Missouri in 1839. In following the star of empire "they kept ahead of the iron horse until he overtook them They have three sons living, twenty- seven grandchildren, forty-one great grandchildren, and eighty great-great grandchildren living. -Portland (Ore.) Dispateh. What is a Blizzard? Imagine, if you can, a frozen fog driven with the velocity of a hurricane The air is so full of minute frozen parti cles which strike your face like pin heads fired from a musket that you can not sec twentv feet ahead, and all this in an atmosphere from twenty to fifty degrees below zrq, and you can form as clear an idea of a blizzard as you'll ever care to get. Its blinding, bewildering effect is first felt The intense cold brings at first the pain of freezing, then numbness, then stupor, then a sense of blissful sleep and close upon its heels- death. Atlanta Constitution, Sufficiently Refreshed, - . Gagley. 4 Won't you have s ome re freshments, Miss Wiggle T' Miss Wiggle. "Thanks, sol I'm sufficiently ro freshed now. Miss Howler has stopped lingiog." Judge. N. C. THURSDAY, TATTOOING. How the Men of Burmah Are v Adorned with Figures ; Covering Portions of the Body with Pictures In Ink. Of all Burmese customs, one of the most singular is that of tattooing the person, from the waist to below the knees, with figures in black ink. Every man in the country is thus adorned; and unless his skin be unusually dark, he looks at a little distance as though he were clothed in a tight-fitting pair of knee-breeches. The custom is said to be falling"into disuse, but I have seen very few Burmans without this "mark of manhood," which is conferred upon hinx when he i3 about 12 to 14 years old. The operation is a painful one, and I was glad of the opportunity that now offered to see it, though aware that it takes at least two or three days to com plete. , Pho Myin, the subject, is lying . on a mat quite nude, with a dazed look in his half-closed eyes, and breathing heavily. Moung Daw nods at him meaningly. "He has taken much opium, i? he says, grinning to me. I am not surprised at it. Ifthe Htokwinsayahgyee was going to exer cise his art upon me for four or five hours, I should follow the JSurman's plan and take opium by way of an anaes thetic. The tattooing will show well upon the plump, fair-skinned lad before us, and the prof essoi evidently thinks he is a subject to take pain3 with, a3 he sits carefully mixing his ink in a joint ' of bamboo, and preparing his weapon. Thi3 is a brass rod nearly two feet long and about half an .inch thick: it is weighted at the top with a little orna mental figure, and at the other end has a hollow point divided by two cross jlits. The professor examines the "business end" critically, and, having satisfied himself that it is sharp enough, tucks up his putsoe and squats at Pho Myin's side. Selecting a spot on the thigh, he places both feet on it a few inches apart, and stretching th.3 skin tight, draws the outline of the first figure a tijer rampant with an inky splinter of bamboo; this is soon done, and relieving himself of a large mouth ful of betelnut, the professor settles down to work in earnest. Leaning for ward through his widely parted knees, he balances the brass style daintily, and, clasping it with the finger and thumb of the right hand, makes, a "bridge" of the left, which he rests on 'the surface between his feet. After sliding the in strument through hi3 fingers once or twice, as if to take aim, he makes a start and pricks away steadily with a light, firm touch that is wonderfully quick and true. In less than five min utes the tiger, with its surrounding border, i3 fini3hsd, and the artist re moves hi3 feet from the distended skin, and washes off the superfluous ink to see how his work has como out. Every body presses forward to look at the picture, which shows up in bold relief on the rapidly formed swelling. Moung Saik exchanges a remark with his wife, and the tattooer resumes his work ing position to draw: the outline of the next figure. - The boy, stupefied with opium, lies insensible to the pain, while one figure after another gradually appears on his skin. Deep as the points of the style sink, they draw little blood, but the limb swells in a manner that would alarm any one who did not know it would return to it3 normal sizo in a day or two. Fever sometimes supervenes, and in that case the patient waits for a time before the work of illustration is resumed, so it often extends over a period of a week or ten days, during which the inconvenience suffered is con siderable! Without the aid of opium the process would ba much longer. I found that I could not endure the ap plication of the style for more than thirty consecutivo seconds without flinching so much as to interfere with the operator's movements; -for the skin is pricked over so closely that it be comes too tender to sustain their repe tition. Eight rupees is the usual fee paid to a tattooer for endowing a lad with breeches. The figures that compose them varv little, consisting as a rule of tigers, "nagas'' (dragons), and "beloesn (devils). Each one is surrounded with a border of sentences, generally illegi ble, invoking good luck ipon the owner of the skin whereon they are inscribed. The waist and knees are neatly finished off with a tasteful edging of point or scroll pattern; these sensitive parts of the body are the last to bo done, and tattooers have told me that the pain caused frequently arouses the patient from his torpor.- Cornhill Magazine. 1 Comparative Gnilt Father What do you think of a boy that throws a banana skin on the side walk! ; : t . ; Son I don't know. - What do yon think of a banana skin that tfcrowi a Bfta on the sidewalk! APRIL 12, 1888. Diary of California's Gold Discoverer. SundayV Dec 26, 1847. Last week I worked five days (in the California hills). On Christmas a party of us climbed a peak, from whieh we could see many mountains covered with snow, and from which wo started many large rocks rolling down into the steep canon. For dinner besides bread and meat, we had apple and pumpkia pies. Sunday, Jan 2, 1848. Mr. Marshall has been away for some tima, and now the cook saves the pumpkin "pies and so forth for herself and the second ta ble. . Jan. 11. -Rain began on the .9th and continues to fall. " Sunday, Jan. 16. The river. iSvery high. Since Monday the weather is clear. . Marshall left us a month ago to get the mill irons and has not returned Mr. Bennett has got out of patience waiting for him. Sunday, - Jan. 80. --Marsh all having arrived, we got hii permission to build, a small house near the mill, so as to get rid of the partial mistress, and cook for ourselves. We moved into it on Sun day last Tnis week Mr. Marshall found some pieces of (as we all sup pose) gold, and he has gone to the fort for the purpose of finding out what it is. It is found in the race ia small pieces ; some weigh "as much as a f5 piece. Sunday, Feb. 6. Marshall has re turned with the fact that the metal is gold. Captain Sutter arrived on Wednesday with- Johnston for the pur-' po3e of looking at the place where the gold was found. Ho got enough to make a ring. Ha brought a bottle of whiskey for U3 and some pocket knive3. This morning I "found my basin and knife in their proper place. Johnston had hidden them away, though he de nied knowing anything about them. 4 , Lucky Strokes in Mining. St. John's mine in Summit county, CoL, was purchased 15 years ago by an English syndicate for $700,000. Near the mine was located a magnificent castle which was U3cd only to accom modate the directors during their an nual visit. To-day there is from $8,000, -000 to $5,000,000 in sight. The Col orado Central mine has 6een worked for 26 years and now employs bstween 200 and 300 men. The mine has already paid $7,000,000 in dividends and a tun nel has ju3t been sunk into the moun tain 6000 feet to -facilitate the work. Senator Hearst, who i3 interested in nearly all the principal mines in the west, has not lost a dollar in mining in 15 years. Two miners located the Corn stock mine, and gave it to two Penn sylvania oil men for a debt of $800 which they owel. The oil men did not want to take it, because they did not believe it of any account. Less than four months ago the owners refused $300,000 for it, and to-day there is $75, 000 in sight. The Lady Franklin mine was originally sold for $15,000, and a Tery short time ago the purchasers sold one-half of it for $300, 000. , The Brush-: heap mine was discovered by two boys and was developed by their muscle. It cow pay3 an annual dividend of $70, 000. The Virginia mine at Kingston was owned by Charles Wallace. His wife turned the drill for him until they struck it rich and sold out for $125,000 cash. Kansas City Times. . The Latest Thing in Blinds. English Venetian blinds are becom ing very fashionable in this country. Outside Venetian shades have always been in u3e, particularly to keep out the hot rays of the summer's sun. The English Venetian blinds are made of slats similar to the outside shade, but are arranged with cords, so that they can be drawn up or lowered at will just as a linen shade can. They are more expensive than the linen shades, but they last longer. Linen shades hold the dust and fade, but the Venetian blinds do not. Theso blinds are made of thin wooden slats, about two and a half inches wide and about an eighth of an inch in thickness. They are . sup ported by tapes arranged like ladders. A cord runs through a hole in each slat, and by this means they are drawn up. They are mado of white pine, bass, cherry, oak or ash, and are stained or varnished any shade or color that is wanted. They cost from eighteen cents to twenty-six cents a square foot. The most fashionable colors now are gray, plain oak or green.Boston Tran script. Plate Epicures. ' The Piutes are. feasting on rabbits nowadays, the bounty on their scalps being an incentive to the red men to kill them. Pinenut soup, a concoction made of the oily nuts and rabbits, is a favorite dish with the Indians in cold weather, and they say it makes them "heap fat" Nevada Silver State. The Leopard's Spots. Keeper (to stranger looking at the animals): ''Do you observe, sir, how restless the leopard is, and how cease lessly he changes his position from one spofto another?" Stranger: Yes; but gosh, mister, I've aUrs heerd that a leopard 'couldn't I change bit spots." Epoch. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. A scientist' declares that fish can heat a man talking half amile away. South Africa is comparatively . poor in butter-flics, a recent list by Mr. Robert Trimea enumerating only about 380 specie - It has long been known that carbonic acid gas produces a sensation of greater warmth on the skin than air of the same temperature. - The poison of diphtheria is inhaled and commits its ravages in the respira tory tract, the nostrils, fauces, larynx, trachea and bronchial tubes. - . A kind of artificial rabies has been produced in rabbits and birds by in jections' of oil of tansy. This malady was overcome by treatment with chloral Papier-mache is made by pasting or gluing sheets of straw or other thick paper together when wet and pressing to the shape of the mold, or making a pulp of the paper material and pressing tho pulp into molds. Australia has some giant caterpillars. Mr. A. S. Olliff of Sydney mentions one moth larva, abundant during the past season, as being seven inches long, ' and specimens of larva of two other species measure eight inches in length. A writer ia "Science comes to, the con clusion that it seems idle to discuss further the influence of forests upon rainfall from ; the economic point of view, as it is evidently too slight to be of the least practical importance. By experiments - on young animals Dr. Kisel, of St. Petersburg, Russia, has found that phosphorus never exerts any beneficial effect on the growth of bone, but that, on the other hand, quite small dose3 produce various symptoms of poi soning. ' There are ninety -seven artssian wells in Dakota, extending in a lino from Yankton to Grafton. They -have cosi from $3000 to $7000 each, and" range in depth from 528 feet to. 1552 feet. In several of the towns the water from the wells is used for fire purposes. The efficiency of oil, when dropped on the water to calm boisterous waves, may now be regarded as established. II is astonishing how small a quantity ol 'oil will answer the purpose. Admiral Clone gives the amount as from two to three quarts an hour dropped from per forated. bag3 hanging over the sides ol the ship in positions varying with th wind. A French physician, Dr. Felz, men tions a curious apparent cause of left handedness. One child in a certain family was left-handed, and tho second appeared to be so at tho ase of one year. It was then learned that the mother al ways carried her children on her lef arm. She was advised to change, and, held on her other arm, the infant, having its right hand free to grasp ob jects, soon became right-handed. The theories expressed in the Populai Science Monthly by Mr. Eaton and Mr. Gouinlock. that constriction of the blood-vessels of the head by tight hata is the chief cause of baldness, have been reviewed by Professor T. Wesley Mills, who only partly accepts them, and hold! that the principal root of the trouble il in nervous strain. Men, by their posi tion and more intense responsibilities, are more liable to thh disorder thaa women, because they are more subject t( mental overwork. "Baldness," thii author concludes, "is one more of th many warnings of our . day one o! nature's protests against the irrcgulai and excessive activity maintained ia this restless age." Scientific Privileges of Country Boys, "Nor is the study of natural things, and the making of discoveries,' sayt Professor O. P. Hay, in a paper on "Thi Amphibians and Reptiles of Indiana," "the exclusive privilege of those whe have received a scientific training. There is not a farmer boy in Indiana "who may not make solid contribution to science if he will but use his oppor tunities. Persons who live in the coun try are in direct contact with nature. They see a thousand things that th naturalist would delight to see, and yet may never be permitted to behold. Thi time of coming and going of the various species of birds; their curious habits, as shown in not-building and obtaining food ; and the occurrence here and there of rare species of various animals, ar examples of matters which all may ob serve and report, and which science needs to know." Popular Scienci Monthly. In the British Army. A soldier enlists for seven years army and five years reserve service, extended to eight years army and four years' re serve service if the period of army ser vice expires while he is abroad. In the Foot Guards, however, the period is three years army and nine years re serve service. During the first three months of his service he may claim his discharge on payment of 10; after wards the amount is 18, and the per mission of the officer commanding has to be obtained. The rule is to allow discharges by purchase to the fullest ex tent consistent with the requirements of the serrice, Scottish American. NO. 28. What the Chimney Sang.' Over the chimney the night wind sang, . And chanted a melody no one knew; And the woman stopped, and" her babe sh4 "C'-. tossed, . ' v And thought ot the one she had long siact - ."; lost, ; v . . . . And said as her tear-drops back she forced, I hate the wind in tho chimney." . Over the chimney the night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew; : And the children said, as tbey closer drew, "Tis som witch that is cleaving the black through, - Tis a fairy trumpet that just then blew, And we fear the wind in the chimney.1 . Over the chimney the night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew; And the man, ashe sat on his hearth below, Said to himself, "It will surely snow, : . And fuel is dear and wages low, And ril stop the leak in the chimney. n Over the chimney tho night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew; But the poet listened and smiled, for he , Was man, and woman, and child, all three, And said, "It is God's own harmony, -This wind we hear in the chimney." Bret Harta. HUMOROUS. Still up iaarms-T-The infant King of Spain. A model man A ' solicitor ot patents. . " A draughtsman is generally a design ing man. ; Legal inconsistency Calling forty pages of foolscap . 'brief.' "Apple green will be the spring color," says a fashion noto. It will also be the summer cholera. . It now.appears that the statement of a sea captain that the Esquimaux were dying off with scurvy wa3 merely a salt rheumor. t They have, a way out in Kansas of bringing to time unruly members of the legislature. Mr. Funstan, member of tho committee on agriculture, was late at a committee meeting, and tho chair .man fined him six cans of corn. . .. Oh, no, I can't be your husband, Sue, He said, as he gently kissed her, -But I will be a brother to you, For I'm going to marry your sister. . Mr. Jinks (to landlady) "What kind of a duck did you say this was, Mrs. Dinkly?' Landlady 'I didn't say. I simply ordered a duck from . the butcher's." Mr. Jinks (struggling with a second joint) "I thinks he has sent vou a decov duck." 7 m ' .... The Academy at Pekin has got up an encyclopaedia in 160,000 volumes. We don't know what happens to the Japan ese book agent who goes around solicit ing subscribers for an encyclopaedia In 160,000, volumes, one to be delivered?, every other week, but in this country ho would be killed several times a day. Moritz , Saphir, the witty Austrian journalist, was on ca , standing Jn a crowded theatre. Some one leaned on 'his back, thrusting his head over his shoulder. Saphir drew out his hand kerchief nd wiped the man's nose violently. The latter started back. " Oh, I beg your parddn," said Saphir, "I thought it was mine." Carried nis Ear ia Ills Test Pocket. Occasionally ono reads a thing so ridiculous that he cannot help laughing, even when tho article he reads is most solemn. I was reading an account of a murder at St. Joseph, Mo., in which an account was given of a .young man killing his wife. Everything about it was ghastly, particularly a description of tho characteristics of the murderer." He was a son of respectable parents, but was a tough. One thing mentioned in regard to him struck me as particularly ridiculous. In a fight a year or so ago he had an car cut off, and sines then he had carried tho car ia his vest pocket as a "mascot," and if he was playing cards or shaking dice he would take the ear out of his pocket and lay it on the table to give him luck. If .anybody kicked on having the dricd-up ear around the owner of it would draw his revolver and mako the kicker apologize or fight. If a man apologized he was compelled to kiss the car. What a com panion tuch a man would be for a tea party 1 It is said that he would take his car out of his pocket at the breakfast table in case the steak was tough, or tho biscuit lacked shortening, or the pancakes were heavy, and his wife had to look cheerful and pleasant or he would draw his revolver and shoot at her earrings. r She finally got enough of him and his dried ear and left him, and he followed her and killed her. Men will have their little fads, and tho prac tice of carrying around a dried ear or a rabbit's foot must be overlooked. Peck's Sun. . ' Altogether Too Prerions. Naomi George, you know this is leap year, and women are accorded a privilege to exercise which at olhtr times would seem i an mod est. Now, I want to say to you George (nervously) Really, Naomi, this is .extremely sudden, and cr you know, that I am already engaged. What have I to do with thatt I want to say to you tbt I would rather, die an old maid than ask a man te marry me, even if it were customary to do so." Nebraska State Journal.
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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