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v . X - npTJ. ' I TTT) TT II N ITT" SALISBURY, K C, THURSDAY, AUGUST; 2, 1888; VOL. I. NO. 44. He and She. "If I were a king," he said, "And you were just a lowly beggar maid, With my strong hand I'd lift you to my side And crown you queen; and in the exe&t king's bride r Men would not know, ' Or would forget, the beggar maid.1 "If I were queen," she said, "And you, a careless, wandering minstrel, strayed To my fair court, I'd set you on the throne; And being there, the greatest king e'er known, I would kneel down " ' And serve you as your maid." .Elizabeth Bisland in Outing. A HUNTER'S PLIGHT. Twenty years ago, before tho disap pearaacc of the buffalo, and before the power of the fighting tribes of Indians was broken, a white man could get al most any sort of adventure west of Omaha at a very early hour la tho morn ing, Tho Blue Mountain country of Oregon, in which -rise two of the branches of the Columbia river, was once a hunter's paradise, and here it was the, cinnamon and the grizzly bears grew the largos t and were always ach ing for a row with Borne one. The first white men in there after pelts chanced so many perils that it wa3 almost a mir acle ifany orthemgot out alive. Tho Indians were numerous and watchful, bears and panthers as thick a3 mice in a farm hou3e, and an adventure of some iort wa3 sure to occur daily. I had been in a bit of cove or valley on the eastern side of the mountains for ten or twelve days before I got any thing like a scare. It was within forty miles of tho south line of "Washington Territory, and the country for a hun dred miles around mo was in the same eavago state as when Columbu3 dis covered tho continent. The Indians wero further cast, on the Snake river, or further west, on the Columbia and its branches, and only detached parties were to bo feared. While this was a ere at burden off mv mind, the bears and panthers were so numerous that was in a state of constant alarm through the day, and dared not shut both eye3 to sleep at night. I had a pack and a riding mule, and on the first night of my arrival, while I had a bright fire burning, and tho animals were tethered "within a stone's throw, a panther sprang Upon old Bob, my riding mule, and clawed him in a terrible way before I could get near enough to settle him with a bullet. Three or four bears prowled around my camp all night, aad the screams of a panther kept my eyes open until daybreak. However, after I had thinned out tho colony by a dozen or. fifteen, the varmints began to give me a rest. On the 10th or 11th day of my stay I left camp at an early hour in the morn ins loaded for bear. I followed tho val ley up for a half a mile, and then turned . into a ravine- which was tho bed of a creek during tho melting of tho snows. It ascended very gradually, 'and I had been following it for half an hourj when it took a sharp bend to the right. At this point there was a hole in the right hand cliff, and as I halted to look at it I wondered if it was not the home of some savage beast. I had moved on about 500 feet, when a grizzly, which had been lying down among the broken rocks, suddenly rose before me. I was looking for his kind, but his appearance was so sudden, and ho showed fight so quickly that my heart was beating alto gether too fast as I pulled up for a shot. It had to be a snap shot, for not more than 80 feet separated us. Mino was a singlerbarrelled rifle, and I also had a knife and revolver. Tha bullet struck bruin in the left shoulder, and he spun .around a dozen times like a top. I was reloading when ho got ready to form a , closer acquaintance. He had worked up the ravine and I had worked down, and we were now 100 feet apart. I knew I could not finish loading before he reached me, and there was no other way but to run for it and hope that he was too seriously wounded to overtake me.. - In those days I could run like a horse, and I was accustomed to all sorts of ground, but I hadn't made ten jumps -on this occasion before my foot slipped pn a stone and I went down with a brash. Old grizzly was within twenty feet of me when I got up, and I pitched my rifle into hh face as I took a now start.' Tho roar he uttered lifted me a foot high, and I mado a dozen extraor dinary leaps, but it wasn't a minute be- 1 fore I realized that ho was holding his ground, if not gaining a little. No man can guess how far a wounded and en raged beast will pursue him. I believe I could have kept cle,ar of this bear down to the mouth of the ravine, but if he pursued me far enough he would bo certain to overtake me. I mado up my rakd.as I ran that I would try the hole -in the cliff. It was largo enough for me to ciiter, and might be large enough for tho bear, but once inside I could turn and u3e my revolver. Old grizzly was hardly more than a rod behind me when I plumbed into the hole and scrambled ahead on hands and knees. After going in about ten feet the hole turned to the left and narrowed consii cxably,' and seven or eight feet further on I came to the end. As I did so my hand encountered something soft and furry, and there was a hiss and a spit that told me that a kitten panther was present. I felt all around me in the black darkness, but the kitten was the only living object. He was a little fel low, not more than four or six weeks old, but ready to bite and scratch if my fingers touched him. " - . The grizzly did not follow at once into tho cave. It was five minutes be fore I heard him working his way in, and by this time I had re covered by breath and nerve. I was certain he could not reach mo within six feet, and was rather glad to hear him wheezing and snorting as he pulled himself along. By and by I eyes shine. He could come no saw his further. His claws du at the rocks and his roars of rage deafened me, but I was safe. It was now my turn, and I gavo him two shots from the revolver which caused him to redouble his roars of rase. For about ten minute3 I felt very que over the situation, but all of a sudden it struck me th it I had gained nothing by the change. In place of being a fugi tive I was a prisoner. The bear showed no disposition to retreat, and I now be came aware of the fact that the cave had a rank smell and that tho body of the bear prevented the fresh air from enter ing, i leit tnat 1 mu3t drive mm out. and I did a very foolish thins. I eded nearer to him and put four bullet3 into ms bead, and after a long-drawn moan he closed his eyes and died. I congrat ulated myself for a moment, but then it dawned upon me that I had choked up tho passago to liberty with the carcass of a bear weighing at least 600 pounds. I thought I might be able to push it be fore me, but when I made the attempt I could not stir it an inch. I had done an idiotic thing, and thero was no way to repair the error. I was wondering how I should get out of it, when I heard the scream of another animal at tho entrance of the cave, and in a moment more realized that the mother of the cub panther had arrived. It was well for me that tho body of the bear blocked the entrance. Tho panther went wild with fury when her kitten began to call. She bit and clawed at the bear, and by a great effort pulled it back a fow inches. ' Had not the space been so contracted she could probably havo drawn it out, but she did not have a fair show to use her strength. Her eyes looked at ma over the body of the bear, and if one ever saw fury it wa3 in those orbs. I gavo her a couple of shots, hoping to drive her off. I think I wounded her in the head, for she set up a terrible screaming and ran out, but in two or threo minute3 she was back again with more fury than ever. I now pushed her kitten forward, hop ing she would be appealed at it3 restor ation. It climbed over the bear and reached her, and. she took it in her mouth and backed out. ,1 was a pleased man over thi3 result, for. tho cave was aa,hot as an oven, smelted powerfully stout of panthers, and the powder smoke almost stifled me. Being a bit rattled had brought on an intense thirst, and I felt that I had got to do something pretty soon or suffocate. Pretty soon I crept for ward, and began pushing at the big carcass, but had not been engaged over two or three minutes when tho panther returned. She had carried her kitten to a place of safety, and was now bent on revenge. She realized that the carcass must be got out of the way be fore she could conn at me, and had I not seized the grizzly by the ear and hung on she would havo pulled the body out of the cave. She hung to it for half an hour before sha quit tho job, and then she retired in a way which left no doubt that she would watch at the entrance. TTTl 1 .. .. r nen inc pantner had gone I struck match and looked at mv watch. It . - was nearly noon, and I was really suffer ing for water. There was a damp spot on tho rocks over my head, and I licked it with my tongua and in that way got some relief, but I would have traded my whole outfit for one glass of cool water. I felt that I was in a bad box, and as is generally the ca30 in such instance?, I thought of every way out of it ' but the easiest one. I reloaded my revolver and planned to wait until tho panther would leave the neighborhood, but about 2 o'clock I suspected, from the move ments in tho tunnel, that the one I had encountered had hunted up. her mate and brought him to tho front. Such soon proved to be the fact, but as only one could enter tho place at a time, it was no advantage to them. They took turns tugging at the carcass of tho bear and the new comer would have draped it out in short order but for my inter ference. There was a space of about six inche3 between the body and the roof of the tunnel, and, though the fumes of tho powder almost choked me, .1 shoved my revolver along until closo to the panther and then put two bullets into him; ho let go his hold and backed out, and tho way he did rave up and down that raviao made my hear stand. Ihadwounijd both and neither of them ventured" into tho place again. For about an hour I heard them growi ng and snarling " cut siie, and every click of their claws on the rocks was plainly audible but by and by they gart it up as a bad job and went away. It was now close on to $ o'clock, and I went at the carcass with the determi nation to push it before me. It was too late; tho limbs had stiffened like sticks, and tho feet caught at every inequality and resisted my efforts. There I was. a man of 30, a giant in strength, a born hunter and . Indian fighter, penned ut like a rat and just as helpless. It came tome, even with all that meet before me,' that I was doomed to die of hunger, and it was only as the sun had almost been lost sight of outside that common sense returnod to my aid. The way to rid myself of that carcass was to cut it up. It'ought to have occurred to me at the very outset, but the race and close pursuit had upset me. I had a stout hunting knife, and I had just begun work on the bear when I heard the voices of Indians outside. I also heard theminside, for one of the fellows crept into the tunnel a few feet, and shouted in bis own language to his friends outside: "It smells very strong of boar in here, but the beast doesn't seem to be at home." He backed out after flinging several missiles at the rear of the cave, and from the voices and movements I was satisfied it was a hunting party number ing eighteen persons. They sat down right there for tho night aid built a camp fire, which reflected right into the mouth of the tunnel, and kept theii chatter a-going until nearly midnight. They had three, or four dogs with them. and the miserable curs took turns at sticking their heads into the opening and trying to raise an alarm. One of the Indians encouraged his dogs to enter and the animal came almost to the dead bear, and raised such a fuss that had the red men been the least suspicious they would have investigated. I did not get a wink of sleep that long night, and wa3 a thankful man to hear the Indians move off in tho morning about sunrise. They had no sooner departed than I fell to work upon the bear, and in the course of half an hour had cut him up so that I could squeeze cue. ivs tne Indians nau. gone down tha ravine from the mountain, i-l; i -l expected tney would discover my camp and lie in ambush for me. There was also a likelihood that tho wild beasts had killed both mules during the night. Luck was with me, however. The Indians crossed tho valley too high up to discover my camp, and I found the mule3 safe and sound. That afternoon, as i was loosing alter some traps set on a creek about a mile from camp, found a panther dead in a thicket. Ho was an enormous fellow and had two bullet wounds, and it did not need much cogitating to convince ma that he was the malo of tho pair which sought to get at me in tho cave. One of the bullets had gone square into his head, and almost any other animal would have died at once, but he had not only survived it for two or three hour3, but had traveled a long five miles from the cave. New York Sun. The Manufacture of Ribbons. . It ti known that the manufacture o ribbons was fairly established in St. Etienne, France, in the eleventh con tury, and that tho place romains to this day the cantre of industry. During the attacks of the Huguenots in that coun try, many of the St. Etienne operatives went to Ba3le, Switzerland, and estab lished tha industry there, where it be came second only to Etienne. The third most important centre was Coven try, Eagland, but Crefeld and Vienna are also large producing centres. Today thero are manufactured in the United States quite as many ribbons as are made in Stj Etienne. Tho products of Swit zerland consist mainly of plain styles that of Franca largely of fine and fancy millinery goods; that of Crefeld mainly of black silk aad black velvet ribbons, tho latter a specialty ; that of England largely of plain goods, while the United States tries everything with much sue cess, tnougn dependent cnieuy upon Europe for tho lead in styles. It is a curious fact that for 500 years ribbons were worn mostly by men rather than by women, especially dur ing the long period of effeminacy in the male attire. In the fifteenth to tha seventeenth centuries their use in Eng land was restricted to the royalty and gentry by statute. In tho time of Charles IL and James II. the whole at tire was covered with ribbons. A for. in those days was described a3 "wear ing more than would stock half a dozen shops of twenty country peddlers." It is another curiou3 f ict that in the manu facture of ribbons the self-acting loom was in use 100 year3 before Cartwrighf a invention, and that in more recent times little new has been added in that branch of the silk industry. London Times. Looking for Something Choice. 'Eany good butter? inquired an old lady of the grocer. "There's never any flie3 on our but ter, madam." Then the old lady, whose knowledge of English U very limited, said: "Well, if flies won't eat it, 'taint good nough fer me," and she went acro3S the way where only the choid brands are sold. New York Sun, A RAJAH AT HOME. Story of a Visit to an Indian Potentate. East Caste Prejudices as They Ejxist Among the Hindoos. I went through a labyrinth of dark corridors and frowning gateways, and found the king in a little room with a mud floor and whitewashed walls. He had not thought it necessary to put on his brilliant robes and jewels of state for an old friend, so I found him sitting on a bed with a blanket wrapped about him and his turban by his side; but as his servants approached him they took up the dust from the earth and placed it against their foreheads, and even a portly uncle who came in with me touched the king's feet by way of salu tation. "When I had taken my seat I offered him a cigarette; ho watched his servants leave the room before he ac cepted, adding by way of explanation: "These people think that I ought not to put into my mouth anything that you have touched." The rajah was fond of smoking and ho made an arbitrary dis tinction between cigarettes and any thing ehie that passed his lips. He would have been horrified if I had laid my finger on his hookah or touched his drinking-vessel, but to the unclean hands that had fingered the Egyptian cigarette that he was smoking he paid no. heed. Such exceptions to caste rules are growing mora numerous every day. All drugs and midicines have long been taken by Hindoos without blame, and in some places ice and soda water are consumed by raj puts who would not drink water drawn for them by an Eng lishman from tho well. Caste preju dices thave always been capable of adapting themselves to necessities or very strong desires. The Hindoos are an exclusive people, and many caste observances are devices to exclude foreigners. Even if a Hin doo leava hi3home and settle in another province his family will not always re ceive him back into caste, though ha ha3 kept all the observances ; his sojourn among a strange people has made him a foreigner in their eyes. As I was talking about these things with the rajah, an ancient nurse hob bled out tf the women's apartments toward us. Her bent back and wiz zoned, suspicious face would have made her fortune as a witch on the London stage, but the aged dame had not out grown her taste for ornament. Enor mous gold ear-rings hung at the side of her face, and in her nose wa3 a lare gold ring, through which the withered lips smiled me a welcome. She brought me a plate of spices and perfumes with a pretty speech frdm tho maharani, say ing that everything in tha palace was mine, and. hoping that I should not be put to any discomfort in their poor home. She added that she had never seen a European, and was very anxious to. so that if I would walk into the courtyard she would have much , pleasure in watching me through the trellis. So the rajah led me to the courtyard. Behind the pierced stone-work I could hear the lit tle ladie3 tittering and the hurry of small feet but could not catch sight of anything more than the deep reds and golds of their shawls. I displayed my self for a few minutes from every point of view, but found it difficult to main tain a proper look of concern and natural dignity, for the rajah was twist ing and skaking with suppressed laugh ter. At last he fairly bolted and roared immoderately, and I had to leave the stage precipitately for fear of com promising the dignity of the British na tion, of which I was at the moment the accepted type. The maharani sent down to say that she had been charmed, but could not help wondering why a rich Englishman should put on clothes "like an ass' skin." I tried to excuso my gray tweed coat by saying that our poor northern complexions would not bear the gor geous colors which looked so lovely upon her countrymen, but I found out afterward that I had struck a wrong note, for she would rather have been told that her own complexion was as fair as mine. As I was taking my leave of the rajah I offered to shake hands with him, as we usually did, but ho drew back, saying: "I have just bathed andam going to eat my dinner. If I were to? shako hands with you I should hava to bathe again before eating. You won't mjnd? 'Pall Mall Gaz-tte. A Wanton Crime. Miss Belliaa Prior, daughter of tho late Colonel Prior, was arrested recent ly at the residence of her mother, Vicar's hall, Armagh, Ireland, and charged be fore the magistrates with having drowned Ann Slavin, aged 3 years. The evidence showed that Miss Prior enticed the child into her house, gave it sweet meats and then drowned it ia the kitchen boiler. Prisoner said she com mitted the crime . because she wa3 treated unkindly at home, and she did not care if sho were hanged.--Commercial Advertiser. Wild Tribes of Barmalu - About the wild tribes in Burmah we have some interesting details, gives in the Saturday Review. A young staff officer fresh from a fort near tha plateau of the Southern Shan tribes de scribes the country as abounding in wood and water, and the Shana them selves as addicted to blood "feuds of a not very alarming or dangerous kind. Two clans had fought for thirteen days consecutively -without coming to clo30 quarters, and with only one casualty. Tho Northern Shans are divided into some twenty -four semi-independent tribes, always squabling and fighting. The Burmese exercised over these clans a sovereignty which varied-in oppression and weight according to distance. An other tribe, that of the Chins, has its home near the head waters of the Irra wadi and the Chindwin rivers. A curious fable about the origin of the human race from 101 eggs is too long to quote or. analyze. That these Chins have devoted most of their energies to the 'preparation of khaungf an intoxicating drink, without any prompting from the English pioneer, is a very melancholy fact which we com mend to Canon Farrar. The details of this mixture are repulsive. Bark, the root of the egg plant, beans, pepper corns, garlic, the entrails of a porcupine, and rice flour arc all mashed up together in balls, exposed to the sua for three days, then buried with parboiled rice, and diluted with water. The prepara tion is now fit to be sucked up through, tubes like American drinks and is pronounced "divine." Indeed, by rea son of its excellence, it must be first of fered to the Nats or spirits. The system of cultivation by burn ing strips or terraces of land is, like that of all tribes on the east ern frontier, wasteful and. improvident. "Women do all the hard work and be come prematurely ugly and old. Mar riages are simple in form, and are ac companied by a large consumption of fowls, pork and liquor. Djaths and buriab are equally the occasion for a sacrifice and feasting. The corpse is first burned, and the calcined bones are kept in a pot for one year, and then de posited in tho family burial-place. And it is curious that tho3o who have been killed "by shot and steel" are wrapped in a mat andj burned in the jungle with out rites. Facts About Honiton Lace; Honiton lace has a curiou3 checkered history with many fluctuations, says the London Saturday Review. It is said to have been first introuced by the Flem ish, who took refuge in England, to es cape tho persecutions "of the Duke of Alva. Many Flemish names are still to be found in the neighborhood of Honi ton namely, Stocker, Murch, Maynard, I nrhimp. etc. In 1660 there was such a demand for it that Franco thought it necessary to issue a royal ordinanco providing that a mark should be affixed to imported English thread lace. Two great fires at Honiton in 1756 . and 1767 gave the first great check to its produc tion. Queen Adelaide tried to revive it after 20 years of severe depression by ordering a skirt made of sprigs, copies of natural flowers, commencing with the initials of her name, for a very de based and hideous set of patterns had come in. This does not seem to have produced a great revival of the trade, and when our present queen required her wedding lace it was found difficult to provide workers; but eventually a dress worth 1000 was made at the small fiihing village of Beer. The Eng lish royal family have been most con stant patrons of Honiton lace, and have done immense good in keeping the trade alive. Three Gold Dollars. At a meeting of the Missionary Socie ty of the wo,men of the Southwest Mis souri Conference a letter was read stat ing that three gold dollars -had been sent to the society, the donor request ing that one bo sent to the miisionary in Brazil, another to China and the third to Mexico. Thn history of these gold dollars was told. About forty years ago a little girl and two brothers were each presented with such a piece by their mother. When the war came on the boys had grown to manhood and entered the conflict. Both were killed and the gold dollars passed into the hands of their sister, now an ao-cd and infirm woman, who treasured them ua til a few days ago, when she sent. them there to be disposed of a3 above stated. The Independence auxiliary, when this report was made,,requ23tel that it bo allowed to buy these gold dollars at f 3 each and that it would return them to the Treasury, only wanting the coins lon enou-h to exhibit them in tha dis trict meeting. This was done and a similar proposal made by the Lexing ton auxiliary, through Mrs. J. B. Silver was also accepted. -Chicago Times. Not What It Used to Be. . Woman (to tramp) : - "You must find life very easy." Tramp: "Easy I Why maam, the amount of brain work that I am forced to do to obtain food, aad to partially clothe myself, would kill a weaker man. Competition, madanv has wrecked to.' profession'--Epoch. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS, A constant and disagreeable swi taste has been reported in one case as a result of the substitution of saccharin for sugar. t . - Among curious vegetable products are a kind of butter from a tree of West j Africa and milk from a tree of Vene zuela. Both are nutritious food. Two French physicists,. Violle and Vautier, have established'beyond doubt that the velocity of sound diminishes with its intensity, but is Unaffected by its pitch. Dr. G. M. Smith points out that great cities are losing one of nature's best gifts in the wasted sunbeams which fall upon unused roofs. He would convert the roofs into pleasure and health parks, where pure air and sunshine might be enjoyed. - - There are only four localities where mercury or quicksilver is found in abundance. These are California, Aus: tria, Almaden, in Spain, and Peru. Cin nabar, the soft and reddish rock o which mercury forms a part, when ground very fine, serves as a beautiful red paint. In drilling glass stick a piece of stiff clay or putty on tho part where you. wish to make the hole. Make a hole ia the putty the size you want the hole, reaching to th3 glass, of course. Into thi hole pour a little molten lead,' when, unless it is very thick glass, the piece will immediately drop out. The red hematite ore of the Vermill ion range, Minnesota, is not only valued for its great- purity but for the high "lay" of the vein, which makes it per fectly easy to work as easy as to break rock from the sides of a bluff. The vein near Tower has already been traced for sixty continuous miles, and it is said to be, on the whole, the most valuable de posit of iron ore yet uncovered in this country. In the month of April last two Ger man travelers, Lenk and Topf, under took the ascent of the volcano of Iztac cihuatl, the neighbor of Popocatepetl, in Mexico, whose summit reaches an elevation of about 17,000 feet. They failed to reach tha very top, but the expedition fully rewarded their efforts, as they report the existence of a glacier. It has not been supposed hitherto that there were any glaciers in this part oi the American continent. "Railway-braiD," is a term applied by Dr. Thomsen to a neurosis or gene ral derangement of the nerve produced by a' shock received by the head on a railway -car. In tho particular case de scribed, no .wound was received and consciousness was preserved at tho time of the injury. Afterward the patient became melancholic, and complained of insomnia, headache, spinal pain, weari ness and failure of appetite. A hygien ic and palliative treatment was given. Dr. William Noyes, contributes to the Journal of Social Science a con venient summary of the modern view oi the criminal type. Taking Lombrosc as his guide, he shows in how very many respects the criminal presents ab normal differences, both physical and psychic, from his fellow-men. . Thes differences are, to a large extent, indi cative of a reversal to a more primitive, savage type. It is hopeful to add that many of the peculiarities can be de tected in children, and that the evil results which thoy forebode can be, tc a large extent, prevented by a properly directed education. While it appears from the records of English health officers that some dis eases have special seasons in which thej are most likely -to prevail, it is not sjown that occasional variations in tem perature have much influence in' thi matter. Scarlet fever is at its mini mum from January to May, at its miximum ia October and November. Diphtheria is more evenly distributed through the. year, and is most danger ous a little later than scarlet fever. Measles and whooping-cough seemed to K cnmairhot rTTTAVated bv COld leather, but are mit fatal in May and June.' Hot weather is adverse to small pox, and favorable to disorders of tha bowels, particularly ia children. A Mjsteriou Bottomless PIt.f Upwards of 180 tons of stone nave j aeen dumped into a fcix by seven feet j loleina road at Waterbury, Conn., without having any perceptible effect) towards filliag it On the contrary the stone seems to have dsepened the mys teriou3 hole, and now the "corduroy" process is to be tried. As an initial move to the latter they are thrusting d:ad trees into the opening, which in turn are to be covered by a layer, oi dirt, then more trees added, followed again by dirt, by which time it is ex pected tho surface will have been reacned and a good foundation secured. --New York Graphic Firing Into Yacancy. Enraged husband Maria. I "can en- dura this existence no longer. I am going to blow my brains out. - Wife 1 (calmly) Don't attempt it, John, you have never had any success in firing - at email targets. Chicago Tribune. When: Wife's A-go'n Away. Somehow yarns around the grocery Ain't so funny as befori, An' Tm all the time f orgottin TMb or that 'ere little choref' ' .,' When I git out in the kitchen, Want to hang around an' stay; Guess rm foolish caus this ev'nin Whymy wife's a-go'n' away. She's a-fix in' things up for me , WitCJi thoughtful, lovin care, Tellin' me that somethin's here, An' somethin' else is over there: Lookin' sober, speakin' low voiced, Though she hasn't much to say j Ketch her eyes on me all dim like Guess she hates to go away. , Wish twas over wish 'twas way off Wish we didnt have to part; That's jist what I keep a thinkin,, An' afeeliu' in my heart. ' P'raps our speerits see much furder Than the partin' of today, An jest hint what they can't tell us, ' When a loved one's go'n' away, Calls to mind another journey, By an' by we all must go. Wonder who's a gettin' ready For the train that moves 60 slow! Brings the tears so think about it. So Igit nigh her an' pray It may be my time for startin, Jest when she's a-go'n' away. Omaha World. HUMOROUS. The latest out The bey kept afUf school. The anatomy of melaacholy is boUei old hen. u An office that seeks the man is thl police office. The silent watches of the night ' ara 1 not Waterbury. . When, the captain wanti to stop thl vessel, does he hoist a it ay, sail. Even truth itself is not always vera cious. It lies at the bottom of a welt The man who is always in a pickli doesn't preserve his t$rapj worth t cent. There are two things that a woman will always jump at a conclusion and a mouse. "Is life worth living?' has become society question. We answer; It de pends on tho liver. "One good turn' deserves another" was never spoken of the paper collar al this time of the year. It is no new thing for a popular man to be bangueted at a hotel, yet some people would call it a modern inn ova tion. When the spider described the beau ties of his parlor to the fly ho forgot to state that it was furnished on the in stallment plan. A musician recently submitted asona to a publisher, entitled "Why do 1 live V After reading a small portion of it, the publisher wrote the composer as follows; . "Because you sent it by a messenger boy." At the circus recently the leopard be gan teasing the elephant. The elephant bore it in majestic silence .until the thing ceased to be amusing. Then he growled, "Hush, child, ot Til knock the spots off youP Correct diagnosis. Doctor (feeling patient's pulse) What is your husband I business? -" Patient's wife He is a pro tographer. D. Has he been " working hard of late? P. W. I don't know, doctor. He took the portraits of four babies, yesterday. . D. H'm ! Brain fever. Fixing th3 BlameJudge "You saj that your father died from a sudden shock to his system. Was he an elec trician?'' Prisoner "No. He fell from a scaffold." Judge "Oh, A brick-layer, was he? Was it his own fault?" Prisoner "I think it was the sheriffs fault, yer honor." The President's Proper Title. In the first congress under the present constitution, in 1789, the question of the titles of the president and vice president was much considered, and a joint committee of the senate and the house reported that it would not bo proper to employ any titles but those, "expressed in the constitution ;" and such was the conclusion adopted, though not enacted in a statute. A special committee of the senate, however, anx ious for something like monarchical gorgeousncss, proposed that the chief magistrate should be called "Hii High- , ness, the President of the United States and t he Protector of their Liberties," but the level-headed republicans of that day wou'.d not see it. The appellations of "His Excellency" and "His Honor" -were spoken of, but those who wished for distinguished titles did not hold them adequate. The debates on the proposal were animated and the result was that the official . title and the et I quettical address of the president have ever since been those of the constitution alone. He is the president of the United States, and he is addressed simply as Mr. President,; That is the usage and ?he. unwritten law to this day. No foreign" minister, no member of rthe-prc3idcnt's cabinet, aad no officer of the army or navy would be allowed to employ any other form of speech. It is tho form of official, legal politeness, and the anlom of good go-; ciety; and everything beyond isHsnob bishuess. New York Sun. ' ' - -y -a
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 2, 1888, edition 1
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