Newspapers / Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.) / Oct. 10, 1889, edition 1 / Page 3
Part of Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
A LITTLE LIGHT Twas but a little light she bore, While standing at the open door; A little light, a feeble spark, , And yet it shone out through the dark With cheerful ray, and gleamed afar As brightly as the polar star. A little light, a gentle hint -r . That falls; upon the page of print, May clear the vision, and reveal The precious treasures doubts conceal, And guide us to an open door Where we new regions may explore. A little light dispels the gloom That gathers in the shadowed room Where want and sickness find their prey And night seems longer than the day, And hearts with many troubles cope Uncheered by one slight ray of hope. Ol sore the need that some must know While journeying through this vale of woe ! Dismayed, disheartened, gone astray. Caught in the thickets by the way, For lak of just a little light To guide their wandering steps aright. It may be little we can do - To help another it is true; But better is a little spark Of kindness, when the way is dark, Than one should miss the road to heaven For lack of light we might have given. 'New York Ledger. MABEL'S TROUBLE. At the breakfast table that morning Frank Hatfield's wife, one of the dearest and . most winning of women in the world, had said to him : "Have you heard from brother Walter "No, Mabel ; not time yet. You know he only went day before yesterday. Get a letter to:morro'w, maybe." "Do you know, Frank, I am almost wild with curiosity to see his wife? Such an odd notion of theirs, to put off their wedding trip for three months after they were married !" ' 'Wanted to make it in pleasant weather, I suppose; showed their good sense," said Frank. 'Anynow, they'll be here in ten days, as soon as his business is arranged," and Mabel Hatfield's almost girlish face beamed with delight at tie thought, for she almost idolized her f brother Walter," and had heard wonderful stories of , the beauty of his bride. Such had been, iu part, the talk of the breakfast table, and there had not been .n tut, viujr a suuuicr iace ixian mat with which Frank Hatfield had said good-bye to his dear little wife and -his rosy faced baby boy; but now, half an hour later, he satin his down town office glowering at a bit of crumpled paper on the table before him with an expression f countenance which might fairly be thought to include doubts of his own sanity. "Oak Street Station House!" he ex claimed. "What in vrell, I might as well go there." x And so he did, with, barely enough presence of mind to put his hat on before fie started. A few minutes of almost fiercely rapid walking, a brief parley ivith the. officials in blue, and Frank JIatfield was admitted to a dingy and dimly lighted cell. "Frank" ' . 1 'Good heavens ! You here!" 1 'Hush 1 Not a word ! : I gave my name as Harry Taylor, and it's gone into the reports that way." "But how did it happen?" "I can't tell, Frank. I only know they (ound the pocketbook in my pocket, and was so dumbfounded I could not say a word." : "The pocketbook?" 1(17 ' i. T 1 . 1 iw, lb 19 tit t lie j. iv VLum - sta tion. I had just checked my trunks when they began to make an outcry, and that's about all I know about it until I was nabbed and searched." "But Florence?" said Frank. 1 wrote to her that I was detained in $sew York for a few days by important business. Then I gave your name as my counsel and sent for you." "I didn't get your note till this morn ing," said Frank. "Someniistike or other. But here I am, trapped, and what to do I do not know." "Oh, I can get you off easy enough; jt's an old game of the pickpockets. All I have got to do is to pFove who you are, 4nd the Judge won't fail to see it," said Frank. "But I don't want to prove who I am; it would kill Mabel and just about mur der Florence. You don't know how sen sitive she is. Ho ; I must be got off and acquitted as Harry Taylor, or' I'll never get over it. Now, Frank, old fellow, promise me not to let my name out to anybody, least of all to Mabel. Flor ence's letters will come in your care as usual ; and I can send a letter to Mabel -dated from home, you know, as if it was inclosed, to you." "You must take the responsibility of all this deception, then," said Frank; and after a great deal of hesitation the the young lawyer allowed himself to be overpowered into giving the required promise, but left the station house and returned to his office a troubled and anxious-hearted man. He did not like deception in any shape and he seriously doubtedhis capacity for concealing any thing from his dear, little wife. ! And so it was when Frank Hatfield re turned home that evening and silently handed liable an unpostmarked missive, rver which her blue eyes glistened and which made her kiss the baby twice, he did so with a flush on his chftk and a cloud on his brow which never left him the whole evening. In vain he tried to be gay, or to make the crowing youngster a means of concealing his perturbation; for the quick eyes of his wife penetrated his clumsy artifices, and then well, if he ha4 been in tremble before he was badly enough, beset now. , Of course Frank kept his promise of cecrecy,. but at the expense of a red face .ami a flustered manner. He was not half sure ihat his conscience had not caught him in several petty equivocations or well defined libs. More than that, Mabel was quite well aware that she had not pene trated her husband's secret, and she was. npt only a true daughter of Eve as to icuriosity, but as self willed and imperious a little body as she was loving, with a good deal of that peculiar element of char- iured under favorable circumstances ; and '. s$J, though at first she tried not to show it, Mabel was more than a little offended, ag.d Frank, poor fellow, could not help seeing and feeling it. And thus the next day passed and the next, and matters (Jqwjl tpwn looked worse and worse and (patters at home grew clouder at a rate jFrank ' Hatfield would hardly have 1 tuuugiu possioie. Rrv ' .J..v, W keeping a secret from his wife; ttnd the poor tel low grew gloomier wittf CTcrV glance at the fretful and discontented face that had hitherto been so sunnv f j Evcn the baby was compelled to suffer sh-.rr of the household trouble. In irritated mood Mabel s thoughts natural! turned to her brother, and so one uWsbW ddVnandi wrote him a letter in which -he aid a peat many things thatl were ;only in- icnueu io' Jus nn-n LJ T..rl.nis no harm would have come from it ii Mabel naa not mailed the WtM with her own hands, without saying aUorYl to herhus band and that, more bvl accident than anything else, it was opened and read by a young married lady hf one of the large Pennsylvania towns on thd following day. II. It was not the SnmJ cbll that rranK Hatfield had looked into was nearlir a r.i. i . t be.'ore, and it cca. later was the same, however t o The prisoner oUT with all his confinement he was hardlv as pale as his - wornea, Dothered-lookin visitor. "It's all up, Harrv.l " "What', up, Frank ?f "Why, this wretcheds?crecy business a lorence is coming." "Florence? How do "Read that teleorn m ypu know?" hot to meet her at the train this afterno oni frame had the bette in color now what is to be very decidely "Oh, Frank my bov done?" "She must know." "And Mabel?" "We'll see about that Don't see what to the house." 1 can do but invite W And Frank Hatfield looked more like a -i i . 1 1 baited wild animal thml av ,-er as ne nan flung himself out of the cell Frank did not go home to dinner that day or he might havs dlWbvered that the nurse had been left alone i with the baby and his wife had "gonej out," no one knew whither. So, in uncomfortable ignorance of the dangers that beset him, he went to the depot that afternoon and waited for a lady whoj' should resemble as nearly as possible the miniature like ness which had been shown him, and he found her very readily J j There was no chance for mistaking the striking, nerv ous looking beauty,, and!, in fact, as he advanced to meet her the! trembling lips parted sllightly, just enough to say: "Frank Hatfield?" j j "And you are Florence?" . "Oh, Frank! Where is my husband? Why is he not here?" ;rV: "He is safe and well, 3 assure you, and you shall soon see him.' "But I don't understand! Why is all this mystery and deception?" "I can't explain here," said Frank, ' 'but if you will get intq a carriage I will tell you as we go'." And Frank was detei mined to keep his word, though he had ialmost as soon have been convicted of j burglary. He was not aware of all his trouble, how ever. He had not noticed the veiled fe male form that had fpllowed him. into the depot, nor had his excited and con fused faculties taken any note of the fact that the same form sprang lightly into a coupe which drove off fiapidly after the carriage Avhich contained him and Florence. Florence on the whole; sustained the shock much better than! Frank had ex pected. In a few mojments for, with all her nervousness, shei was a brave and devoted wife Florence declared herself ready to hurry at once to the "Tombs." "I must stop at my! Office for a mo ment," said Frank. .-. j ! "Oh, but I am in such a htury " said Florence. "But it is only with my partner. i to leave a law paper He has been at court all day and I have not seen him, Frank's office was in ia ;very busy part of the city, and both hei and Florence had their heads too full of exciting thoughts to notice any particular mem bers of the, hurrying throngs upon the sidewalks. Still, as the carriage pulled up at the curb Frank remarked : "Good! I won't have to go up stairs; there's my partner now. Brown ! Eh, Brown!" The gentleman thus! addressed ; had been standing on the edge of the walk as if waiting for some onej and now came forward with a remarktsbly beaming ex ljression of countenance "Frank, my boy, it's jillj right." "What's all right?" "Why, that Harry Ta l;;r's case.', citch his breath Frank Hatfield had to for a moment, but stainmcTcd, how?" 'Why, there was a whble batch sent ui) this morninr and one j of them .con pocketbook in A l7 - f essed to , putting the Harry's rocket," "Well, what did you flo?" "Oh, Judge M was as good as pie; let him right out, and I've got him up stairs in the ohice. A gloved hand was on rank s shoulder and a trembling voice was trying to ask him: I j "Frank, Frank, isn't jhat Walter?" "Yes, it's Walter," saijd Frank Hat field ; but he was sorry enough the next minute, as he' sat in a corner of the car riage, trying to recall the color to the white and beautiful facejof Florence, for she had fainted. As for Brown, he had comprehended the situatp well enough' to dash upstairs, and byr tjhe time Flor ence had recovered her seases she was in more tender hands than (those of half frightened, clumsy Frank Hatfield. And now the carnage was being whirled away uptown, urged by something ev rranK was en stronger than hospitality in his eagernps to reach his clouded home. He could; have no pa tience with either horses or driver, especially as Florence anil Walter looked so pro vokingly loving and happy upon the rear seat. j Home was reached a : iHst, however, and. the somewhat irate fimver reined in his smokinjr horses in fid l of the house. Frank sprang to the sidewalk and never dreamed ol aiam " ". out F lorence by this time was well able tjo help herself. It was not very late wjicn they entered the house, and Frank p 'latchkey dis pensed with bell-ringing-ami servants. "Wait a moment m lie' parlor," said Frank, "whiJe I call Majle.." And so saying, but v.:ijl. a big weight upon his heart, Frank puhcd onward'to ward the sitting-room. s lie tmw open the door before ufa, however, he ws suddenly confronted iby a lady in full traveling costume, atOi a glance be vond showed him a marvelous, arrav of trunks and traveling ba-V : . "Mdble, my dear A gloved hand held out toward Mm a small white envelope, while a husky and trembling voice- n "Good-bye, Frame. that Walter's voice? Oh, here?'' "Ye. Mable; here I am, safe and sound,?' And --Walter himself - rushed forward, taking hold of his'pretty sister as if about ready to swallow her. . - "Oh, Walter; take me away -take me home to mother's." . - . "But, Mabel, what is the matter? Frank has been just the best old fel low ' "Walter there she is I, saw iter at the depot the very same womc n ; and now he's brought Her herei Walter, what does it all mean?" "Mean! Why, 3Iabel come here, Florence Mabel, this is mv wife, toui sister, Florence. I've been in trouble and Frank has helped me through, like a trump that he is. .and you are mad : when you have got the best fellow in the world for a hus " Mabel gave one look at her brother, another into the wistful face of her new sis ter, but she caught a glance of the keen suffering in the trembling lips of her hus band, and with: "Oh, Frank, forgive me; I've been so foolish!" . Frank Hatfield's worry was over. HOUSEHOLD AFFA IBS. 'tis veky meax to steal oxe's servant Women who are engaged in keeping house believe that the meanest thing the members of their sex can do is to steal their servant girls, and;it is pretty gener ally conceded that they are right. Noth ing can be more despicable than the theft of a good servant girl by the offer of a half-dollar or so more per week in wages. Supposing, for instance, that a woman engages a good girl for general housework and teaches her, through hard w ork and patience, the rudim- nts of cooking, wash ing, ironing, etc. S'Ae has engaged the girl at nominal wages bectfrwe her services are worth but little. Just as soon as she has learned something a smooth neighbor entices her away by an offer of more money. Is there any adequate punish ment for such women? If the reader will return twenty-five favorable answers to this query she will be presented with an oil stove. There can really be no adequate punishment for such women. Chicago Herald. : . KECIPES. Caper Sauce Chop the capers in hall and add a pint of drawn butter and one tablespoonful of vinegar, let-it just sim mer and serve with boiled mutton. ! White Cake Two cups of powdered sugar, one cup of butter, whites of eight jreggs Deaten lignt, one cup oi water, three cups of flour well sifted, two tea spoons of baking powder. -. Sugar Cookies One cup of butter, four cups of flour, one cup ot granu lated sugar, one teaspoon of baking pow der, three tablespoons of watery two eggs; sift the baking powder and flour together, add butter, sugar and eggs; mix and roll very thin, sprinkle .with sugar, cut into cakes and bake in a quick oven. Savory Eggs Hard boil f oiir eggs and cut them in two ; cut a bit from the ends to allow them to stand ; remove the yolks and fill the centre with a mixture of chopped tongue, olives, beet and capers, moisten with salad oil or melted butter, season with salt and pepper; after filling the cavities grate over the top the yolks of the eggs; serve on some crisp dry toast cut in tiny squares or circles. Fried Celery Cut firm white celery into pieces two inches long, put them into boil in salted water, and cook fifteen mimites ; remove from the boiling water with! a split spoon and drop into ice wa ter; 1 let thni remain there ten minutes, then take them out on a dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip each piece in beaten eggs, then in cracker crumbs, and fi-y in salted lard ; drain well and. serve hot. ' , French Frozen Pudding Scald one quart of milk; mix one cupful of sugar, one-fourth of a cupful of flour, two eggs, all well beaten together ; turn this into the milk, stir well and cook twenty min uted; let this get cold, and then add one quart of cream, one cupful of sugar, one dessertspoonful of vanilla, two ounces of port wine, one-half pound of French fruits, freeze ; serve' with one pint of whipped cream. , Ginger Wafers Cream a half pound of butter and a half pound of lard to gether, then add gradually one pound of biowTn sugar, mix well, and add one pint of West India molasses and a half pint of cold water. Mix and add a tablespoon- X ful of ground cinnamon, a teaspoonful of cloves and two tablespoonfuls of ginger and one teaspoonf ul; of soda dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Mix and add sufficient flour to make a stiff dough, roll out very thin, cut into cakes and bake in a rather quick oi. Pigeon Pie Rub the pigeons in wardly and outwardly with pepper and salt, put inside a dessertspoonful of but ter and some parsley chopped with the livers, and a little of the same seasoning; lay a beefsteak on the dish, and the pig eons, cut in halves, upon it; between every two a hard-boiled egg; add a small piece. of ham on each pigeon, and pour a cup of water in each dish. Sea son the gizzards and the joints of the wings, and place them in the crust, the feet carefully cleaned to disclose the na ture of the occupant within before the pie is cut. Cover with puff paste. Clear Soup Five pounds of beef cut from the lower j)art of the round, five quarts of cold water; cut the beef into small pieces, add the water and let it come to a boil gradually; skim it care fully and place where it will keep at the boiling point sis or eight hours; theu strain it and set it away to cool ; in the morning skim off all the fat, pour the soup into a kettle, using Care to keep back all sediment; add to this liquor one onion sliced, one large stock of celeryr two sprigs of parsely, half a teaspoonful of sage, six whole cloves, one large to mato sliced, a teaspoonful of pepper, and salt to suit taste ; boil gently half an hour, then strain through a napkin and serve with toasted crackers. Good Yeast Take five pints of water, three good sized potatoes, one-half pint of fresh hops (tied lip in a rag)? one tea cup sugar, one tabiespoor.ful ginger. Cook potatoes and hops separate in the required water ; put sugar, ginger, one half teacupful of salt, and one pint of flour in a crock. When the potatoes are done pour both waters in the crock, mash the potatoes and stir in, let it cool, mash ! all lumps "fine: and when cool enough not to scald yeast, add two ana two-tmra oi a cup (pint) of old yeast to start it; set it in a warm place and let it raise," stir down, and when it has raised three times and been stirred down, strain and get in a cool place; will keep for three months; orse-half cupful (teacup) makes four loaves; try this and you will not fail hv j ing good bread. EVOLUTION OF THE BOAT. KAHTY IDEAS IN ITS CONSTBTJCTIO?T COME FEOM SAVAGES. Th$ Swift Catamaran Sails Made of iCocoanut Matting The Ccnter- jboard. no Modern Invention. Iji an article in the Washington Star Wilf. P. Pond says: "As the flood left Oiilj the ark of Noah in the world, it is fairjto suppose that for a time the ship ping of the world was limited, and there is np record of any of Noah's . family in teresting themselves in that industry. 'jln the earlier records of Egypt and Cliiiia there is continuous" mention of rivejr craft, but the Phoenicians, and after theii the Carthaginians, made great im provements in the craft of the day, but these consisted principally of galleys, having the motive power of oars, assisted by sails, to be used before the wind. Af ter the fall of Carthage the art languished, and! it was not until the close of the twelfth century that an impulse was given to ijt by the introduction of the knowl edge of the magnet. It is . difficult to tracje the successive steps from this period, and! more than interesting to find that for speed the craft of the so-called savage races have always surpassed those of the civilized nations. The catamaran, rightly considered, is a marvel of ingenuity, and there appears to be no reliable record of its Introduction. jit consists of one long rather narrow boar, with almost straight sides, carrying an jenormbus sail and is only kept from capsizing by a smaller boat, -which is lashed by a species of open raft in a po sition paralel to the larger one. These boats before the wind have lightning speed, but they cannot "tack" or sail in any direction tha-t puts the wind any where but directly behind them. The surfboat of the Cingalese is a catjimaran of a slightly different plan. The hull is about thirty feet long, and not more than eighteen baches wide at any point ; two curved arms hold in po sition at the side a sharpened log in plaee of another "boat, and a huge, sail twelve by twelve, rigged on a sprit at tached to a bamboo mast, completed the outfit. Manned by a crew of three na tives, these fragile-looking craft sail through the roughest surf, riding over the breaking crests of the waves, where an j open boat would be swamped and a large sailing vessel would break her back in less time than it takes to tell it. "From these two boats it is claimed all ouf modern yachts have sprung by ob taining the necessary resistance given by the outrigger, from an increase in depth anc breadth in the main craft, which do ing away with the cumberson and awk ward second boat, also gave the power to tac c and reach, until, with the aid of the centerboard, a good yacht can almost sail right into the wind instead of only before kf" The first step to this perfec tion is tbe found in the double cahoe of the Feejeans and other dwellers in the isl- anc s of the Pacific Ocean. This craft brings the two canoes quite close togeth er, j connecting them amidships by a broad square platform, on which is built a ight frame house, the interior of wh ch is used as a stowage, and the roof tak ?s the place of the bridge on a steam boa t, from where the chief issues his or der s directing the course of the boat. The two canoes are also decked oyer and are used for sleeping places for the crew. The sail of the Fijians is made of mat ting, the material being obtained from the leaves of the cocoa-nut palm, and, strt nge to say, this is first woven into lengths about two feet wide and twenty feel long, and these are then joined to get ler exactly on the principle that our canvas sails of to-day are made. "The centerboard is generally looked upe n as a modern invention which revo lutionizes sailing yachts, but its principle is a s old as the hills. The Bosjeman, or Bushman, of South Africa, uses it in swift currents, applying it to the human boc y in swimming. His device consists of . a liirht. flat niece of board, which is fastened to the right shoulder, and under the arm. When in the water the point is placed directly across the stream so tha the great force of water comes updn it, while the swimmer, with the lefti arm and feet, swims directly in the tee was; li of the current and,while seemingly ting his strength in a direct combat wit l the full force of water, slowly pro- gretses to the opposite side. Even the Dutchmen of the sixteenth century had ! a Knowledore of this arvnliance. and a glamce at one of the pictures of their old gallots shows a large triangular piece of wood on the starboard Side of the vessel. whijeh, in sailing on a wind, was lowered intq the water. Many of our ca7nal boats of the present day, and also the English coas ting sloops, still have this piece of wocd on their sides, but it is immovable, intehded only as an ornament, and no idea of its one time use is known bv the sailer of the craft so decorated." A Carious Insight Into the Clock Trade I esta jwas chatting with the agent rf n. bier blishment in .Park place, says the Newj York Graphic, when he gave me a curious insight into the clock trade. Saidj he: "Clocks are made so cheaply nowJ in large manufactories, which use special machinery, that very few others are ver produced. That sounds queer when you remember that nearly every watch and clock maker in this and every other large city offers to sell clocks bear ing jhis name and guaranteed by him. The explanation is that when a fair order is giyen, any name will be printed on the face ters and instructions as to size of let knd general style are pretty closely observed. Then, airain. the face of a cheap clock is about the least costly part of ii and nothing is easier than to put in a bew face and give the clock a new name. Some few prefer to sell a clock witH no name on it but the actual maker, hey are in a minority. but Jbout 100 Species "of Mosquito. Aip. English scientist says : There are abpdt a hundred species of mosquito in the jvorld, occurring in all climes. Eight or tefn species have been known to in habit England for more than fifty years inj fact, since they were" first studied. No new species in Britain has been.re cordpd for more than fifty years. No specially topical species has ever been re corded as having occurred in 'Britain, but one )f the. well known British species has recently been recorded from Mexico." Mos, if not all, of the British species bite, in very hot weather, when, apparent ly, lise meir oetcers, tney require more liquid refreshment. Finally, mosquitoes : Ln - TT ; .o- 1 - ' o npuosuMau iues, are as common in England as white butterflies. The Weeping Water (Neb.V creamerv isjujiking 300 pounds of butter daily. SELECT SITTINGS. - -f A goose with several links of a gold chain in its craw was killed at San Lucas, Cal-, recently. I During a thunder storm "at Dennison, Texas, the - wheel of a sewing machine as melted by a stroke of Kghtning. It is rlaimpd - that a new ' discoverv in nning will revolutionize the leather husinesa nrl tniil-p shore five timea as durable as now. , A cloud burst, in "Nevada the other da topped enough water on a region two Pes square to form a lake of ten acres 111 extent and ten feet deep. . A Frenchman who was born in 1789 w regularly at work in a mill at Ottawa, Canada. He is hale and hearty and seems good for several more summers. ' In one of two stone sarcophagi found at Rome in the Prati di Castello, the eleton of a girl was found, along with a wooden doll with jointed arms and legs. A tree at Jamesburg, N. J., produces three kinds of apples and one kind of pears. The apples ripen at different times and one crop follows another through the summer. Professor Charles H. Gifcert, naturalist of the United States Fish Commission, claims to have discovered thirty-five new varieties of fish on the Pacific Coast within seven months. There is a woman in a west of England town who makes- a good living by killing cats. .She advertises that if people who are about to go away for the summer wilt sena their cats to her sne win kiii mem with chloroform. The Valley of the Amazon is larger than that of the Mississippi, the former nver draininff 2,330,000 square miles, and the latter 1.244,600 square miles. The Amazon drains a greater area than any other river on the globe. Every scrap of iron or wood within reatfi.upon the Eiffel Tower is covered with nam pa art d dates. . The interiors of the lifts are covered and the glass wind protectors of the elevators and on the va rious floors are being rapidly filled up. It is well known that practice in look ing at distant objects improves the eye sight. In the test for color blindness among the engineers of the New Jersey Central road it was found that the oldest man in the service had the best sight for longdistance purposes, and was better able to distinguish the various shades ana colors. The story comes from Leighton, Mass., that John Davis, while hunting the other day, shot and killed a snake of the moc casin variety that measured six feet five inches in length and twenty-one inches, in circumference. It was such a monster that Mr. Davis concluded to skin and stuff it. While perforjning the opera tion he found a Mexican gold coin se creted among its vitals that was issued in 1624. The Florida' sponge fishermen detect the presence of sponges by means of a water glass, which is a simple contri vance, being a circular piece of glass in serted in the bottom of a bucket." The bucket is thrust into the water, and look ing through the glass the sponge hunter can clearly distinguish any object on the bottom of the sea, even if the water be rough. The sponges are gathered with a pole from eighteen to forty feet long, with a three pronged iron claw- at the end. Baldness Said to be Catching. Lassar, a scientist of Berlin, insists upon the contagiousness of ordinary baldness and its spread through the agency of barbers, and the. employment by persons of one comb in common. Even though as yet no definite parasite has been found . in alopecia, Lassar be lieves that there is one, and that it will be found in time. He does not believe that alopecia areata is a neurosis, though he allows the possibility of it in 'a few cases, but does not believe that most cases are from contagion. In the past few years he has met with - many hun dreds of cases of alopecia areata, many of which have been in relatives, patrons of the same barber shop, schoolmates or possessors of dogs or cats having similar bald spots. In the belief of the para sitic origin of alopecia our author has treated more than a thousand cases by means of an anti-parasitic plan of treat ment, and with marked success. His method is the following: For six or eight weeks the hair is wahed with a soap rich in tar, the suds being rubbed well in for ten minutes each day. Then the suds are washed out with warm, .fol lowed by cold water, the scalp and hair dried, and the former anointed with R. Sol. hydrarg, bichlor, (one-third of one per cent, strength glycerine and cologne water, equal parts ; then rubbed dry with absolute alcohol containing one-half per cent, of naphthol, and then anointed with R. Salicylic acid hilf a drachm; tincture benzoin, four scruples; neats foot oil, three ounces; mix. After six to eight weeks the process is to be less often repeated. In obstinate cases the sublimate solution should be used many times a day.- New York Herald. Death by Bee Stings.. The little busy bee is admired for Its industry, and if it should sedulously im prove each shining hour in gathering honey all the day from each sw4et scented flower, it would, no . doubt, be regarded as a deserving insect. But bees' are ferocious at times, and their stinghas proved fatal to men and beasts. Deajhby bee-sting is a frequent acci dent. Within a fortnight thre"e cases, in which farmers were killed by bees whiie at work in their fields in the neighbor hood of hives, have been reported, and, with all the terror caused by the summer doc, it is a question if there are not as many deaths from bee-sting as from welj anthenticated attacks of hydrophobia. -Chicago Herald. The Shah's Antics In Paris. . The papers continue full of the Persian Shah's sayings and doings. His last visit to the Paris Exposition "was marked by several curious incidents. . Passing by the Eiffel tower, he came across a nsgro boy selling colored spectacles of a c6mi cal shape. He called him, and, takingja few Napoleons out of his pocket, bought the whole of his stock. He ' thenpro ceeded to place the. glasses on the noses of his attendants, and was so amused by the figure they cut that he almost split his sides with laughter. The crowd en joyed the sight and applauded the Shah to the echo. It is never the opinion of others that displease us, but the pertinacity they display in obtruding them upoiius. CURIOUS FACTS. An ice mine has been discovered on the Pacific coast; . v Printing was introduced in England, hj Caxton, in 1471. V : Wisconsin pearls have been dechred by jewelers to be worthless. 'London streets were first: lighted -with oil-lamps in 1681, and with gas-lamps in 1814. - If a Brazilian girl should walk with a gentleman not her relative in the daytime, it would ruin her. . The number cf insane persons in the care of New York city is close upon 5000 and increasing. - An editor has been chosen President of the Mxican Congress, which means Vice President of the Republic. " British soldiers not in possession of swimming certificates are forbidden to enter boats for purposes of recreation. -- AnElmira (N. Y.) school teacher, aged forty-five, has just married one of her former pupils, aged twenty-four, whom, in his school days, she : many a time soundly whipped. The Corean does not have the trouble of carrying his umbrella in his hand'. It is like an ordinary umbrella in general shape, only it i&smallcr and has no handle. It is made of oiled paper and is worn on the head over the hat. Three school boys of Sompoe, Cal., thought they'd have fun this vacation playing gold-mining. So they began on a worn-out claim on the beach near Point Sal, and in twenty-four days, working not more than eight hours a day, made $240. A business firm in Chicopee, Mass., of fered a prize for the best guess as to the number of marbles in a big boot exhibit ed in their window. A shoemaker of the town, anxious to win the prize, made a boot, as he thought, of the same size, and filled it with marbles. Then he counted the marbles, and gave the num ber as his guess. He was over 2000 out of the way. In 1816 it took just one bushel of corn to buy one pound of nails, now one bushel of corn will buy ten pounds of nails. Then it required sixty-four bushels of barley to buy one yard of broadcloth, now the same amount of barley will pay twenty - yards of - broadcloth. It then required the price of one bushel of wheat to payj for one yard of calico, now one bushel of wheat will buy twenty yards of calico. The horses on some of the stage routes in Nevada are trained to wear snow shoes. After an animal becomes used to them he can travel four or five miles an hour, where it would be impossible to go that distance in a week without them. The shoes are made t of thin steel plate, and measure about nine by eleven inches. The horses are shod with long heel corks, which go through the snow shoes and prevent their slipping going up and down bill. By a new process, the rubber in the milk collected from India-rubber trees is now coagulated instantaneously. The operation is so simple that any native can carry it out at the foot of the tree which he has been bleeding; and thus, -instead of carrying large cans of milk of groat weight, and entailing great loss on the . way, he simply carries in the sack solid rubber, which," on his arrival at camp, can at once be prepared for the market and shipped, " 1 , Why the Leaves Turn. "Probably not one person in a thou sand knows why leaves change their coloi in the fall," remarked an eminent bota nist the other day. "The common and 5ld fashioned idea is that all this red and golden glory-we see now is caused by frosts. A true and scientific explanation of the causes of the coloring of leaves would necessitate a long and intricate discussion. Stated briefly and in proper language, those causes are these : The 'green matter in the tissue of a leaf is composed of two colors, red- and blue. When the sap ceases to flow in the fall, and the natural growth of the tree ceases, oxidation of the tissue takes place. Under certain conditions, the green of the leaf changes to red ; under different condi tions it takes, on a yellow or brown tint. This difference in color is due to the dif ference in combination of the original constituents of the green tissue and to the varying conditions of climate, ex posure and soil. A dry, cold climate pro duces more brilliant foliage than one that is damp and warm. This is the reason that our American autumns are so much more gorgeous than those of England. There are several things about leaves that even science cannot explain. For . in stance, why one of two trees growing side by side, of the same age and having the same exposure, should take on a brilliant red in the fall, and the other should turn yellow; or why one branch of a tree should be highly colored and the rest of the tree have only a yellow tint," are questions that are as impossible to answer as why one member of a family should be perfectly healthy and another sickly.. Maples and oaks have the bright est colors." Field and Forest, He Got a Loan. The other evening a citizen who stood at the corner of Woodward and Jefferson avenues was asked by a stranger for a nickel to pay car fare up Michigan ave nue. You look able to walk," was the re ply. ."So I am; but I'm in a great hurry." 'It strikes me as pretty cheeky for a tramp to beg money to ride on when his legs are all right." "My dear man, this is an exceptional case. I was up that avenue to-day, and met a citizen who pitied my forlorn con dition. He didn't have any boodle with him just then but promised to give me fifty cents if I would meet him at the corner of Fifteenth street at 9 o'clock.' It is now 8:30. I can't make it on foot. If I don't get a nickel, I am gone up for that half. Please look at the case with a business eye and favor me with the- loan." He was favored, and he got on the the front end of the car, so as to get there seventeen feet ahead of the rear platform. Detroit Free Press. Successful Strategy. Little Willa paused in her play to watch the mother of her little playfellow put the newly baked bread away. Turning her pretty head from side to side she said: I am going home, auntie." "Why do you want to go home?" was asked her. "Oh, I don't want to go; I am just going because I am hungry." . Inducements were offered, and she pro-' . - - .... m T i T" T 7 i longed ner visit. -i ol&xo dumjk. " - HER NAME. " -. . ' t - How shalll tell yon? She has so many.V ( As for her sponsors, how could they towV In naming-that baby, their worships xnayb. ' Entitled of women a score or so? ; it XI 11 X sew uer y ; Another blossom so msuiuiusnwn I can compare her to nothing fairer; j I call her my "Daisy,", my 'argnerit ,r iWhen I see her with hands so busy, . - . y ' A rustic maiden in homespun dressed . !A household fairy, with step so airy, I , Homely "Maggie" describes her best; When she greets me with mirth and laugfar : . ' ter, , 'Meg,w I think, is the-sweetest name.i v Of roguish Woffmgton she reminds mej -Then she is, "Peg," my merry dame. Ah! there are hours of gloohvand sadness,' When earth is sown with cold gray rain w nen nearxs are weary ana iue mi uimj -One scarce dare hope for the sun again.- Then she comes with her mien so gentle, ' -Calm, serene, 'mid'a mad world's whirl. - Of jewels the barest, the purest, fairest, I know why they named her "Margaret,?! "PearLw . ' Changeful lady? what sprite has lent yon ! This magic power that we see you wieldj- Now tears, now smiling, now fond beguiling I None can oppose you. for all must yieldr But stop ! one name tnat i mean to give - Will fetter and bind yoa all your life. You need not guess it; I will confess it; My love, my ladyj ril call you "Wif e.w Mary E. Vandyne, in Harper's TFeefctyV HUMOR -OF THE DAY. The sexton is the king of spades. V There is nothing so holy and ineipeni sive as a sister's love. The only thing which beats a gooci wife is a bad husband. Life. ? Sheets of flame are usually spread ov a bed of coals. Baltimore American. The shoe which is in the hands pf t bootblack has a bright future. Washing ton Capital. -j The -man who interids to bo cremate after death never asks his wife : ' 'Wju. you love me when I mold?" . ' " . ' It is- when a man has to take a hamme to pound down the nails in his old shoe that' the iron enters his soul. Tis now that the hammock breaks dow with a thud, 3fc And lands both the youth and the girl in the, . mud. fts Mis. Bmallers-r-" iney do say t. Midshipman Blink is a very fast yo man." Cantain Beaucrard "Yes: belongs to the fleet. " Kearney Enterprtiel There's something odd about a ship, , And it is quickly told; , Although not rated for its grip, It has a monstrous hold. ' j A young lady fainted when told thai over 200,000 men died last year, b; iwas revived bv the information tl there were 10,000,000 left. London tidy Bit. When a young lady begins to manifi an interest in the arrangement of a you man's cravat his batchelor day are n bered. It is time to begin to Ti money. Heoffer "What are you engaged tt now?" Pfeiffer "I'm in Omaha manuf facturing Indian relics to sellatchuroij fairs for the benefit of the heathen. f : Omaha World-Herald. A Lady is Engaging a liew Cook: f'Are you sure you don't keep compaSJ with any young man?" "Yes, I dq ma'am; but (pigs whisper) he's an awfuj small eater." judge. . '," , Clarissa ."Oh, Lucia, I've been lobk ing at your -lovely wedding present There are seventeen full sets of di&nei am5hg them." Lucia "I shall nee them all, as I expect to keep a girl.'w Omaha World. Mr. Hibred "What do you suppofC the bard referred to when he wrote Of tn 'slippered pantaloon ?'" Mrs. Slapdash- "Really, I have no idea." "I bet you know." '.'My son, jou were not spofcen! to.' Truth. . ; Mrs. Fond wife "Yes, I have a secret for making my husband happy. I adi something to his cares and that diminished them." Mrs. Giggle "Oh, do tell tA what it is." Mrs. Fondwife "I ado) an 's.' " Detroit Journal. . Judge -"Miss, what is your agel Witness "I am past twenty." JudgV "You must be more explicit." Wit ncss "Well, I am between twenty an thirty." Judge "No more trifling' State your exact age." Witness itVU be thirty day after to-morrow' Omah? World. A Dog's Benevolence. A dog in the neighborhood of 3IancheS ter, England, has been distinguishing itf self in a marked degree. This is not homeless cur, but a dog in easy circum stances, and owned by a kind and ihd' Jj gent master. Too indulgent, the rcadej maybe disposed to think, when he U told that every morning at lunch tim the creature is presented with a penny which is carried in its mouth to the shop of a baker, and there purchased a biscuit. It happened, however, that the baker, meeting the owner of the dog, mentioned to him that it had not been for its biscul lately. This was unaccountable, and the more so because the animal's master had remarked that during the past week orsa it had exhibited unusual impatience for lunch time,,endeavoring by-caressing anc! tail-wagging to obtain its luncheon? money before it was due. When it last received it it had' never failed tdrun, on in a nurry, ana alter a wnue return without the coin, seemingly satisfied vrim its investment. . The next morning after the baker hack made his communication to the gentleman; the latter, after giving bis dog the pennyj was curious to watch it. And lo and be hold 1 . it never went near the biscuit shop! Without an instant's delay it; hastened to a tripe seller's, and therei bought and paid for a neat and tempting! skewering of 4 'paunch." But it was not for its own eating. With cheerful alacrity it took the meat in its' mouth and mado for an empty house, and to the - celiac thereof, and being Closely followed, tha benevolent creature was discovered in the! act of delivering its precious pennyworth! to a poor miserable tyke a stranger to' the neighborhood, and apparently of the! J taken ill on the road, and prQbablyj J would have died in the cellar into which! it naa crawiea lor sneiter, had it not been for the kind commiseration of thei other dog, who probablyjuite by acciv The public executioner of Berlin, Gcr many, has just been, tried for his life and! acquitted. The homicide which he com! mitted resulted from the machinations ofi a woman who loved him and was jealous of him. , - J
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 10, 1889, edition 1
3
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75