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TAB SALISBURY TEBTfl. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY EY- J. J. STEWART, Editor and Proprietor. SALISBURY, N. C. PRIC8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year. ."w . . .". $1.50 Six Months...... .......... 1.00 Three Months........ .50 Advertising Rates by Contract, Reasonable. Cntered in the Pcwt-Offloe at 8.dibary w nond-claaa matter. - . The first Legislature of Washington left the State to foot up bills of $1,000, OO'l and over. At New York city it is proposed to jpan ! North (or Hudson) . River with a viaduct broad enough to carry six stand-ird-gauge railway tracks, and to cost $40,000,000. . During the last six years 8:621 womejkj olv have sought divorce in r ranee as com-js pared with 6900 men. Ten men an l, women sought divorce while under twenty years of age. 4. t said? A wasteful slaughter of moose is to be carried on upon the upper Ottawa liiver in Canada. The animals are killed merely, for their hides, and the carcasses are left in the woods. . Plowing by. steam has been introduced in Walla Walla Valley, Washington, and is pronounced a success. Heretofore it ha3 cost $2 per acre 'io "plow, 'while under the new systei in can be done for forty cents. ;The rush to the gold fields in the Trans vaal region has been unprecedented in history. .In three years $750,000,000 of English money have been invested there. Cities have sprung up where in 1886 enly grass could be found and no habitation. ; '"It is said that the first cost of building a fleet of Atlantic liners is but , a trifle compared to the cost of running them. In less than three years it will exceed the cost of construction, so enormous is the expenditure in wages, port duties and repairs. 51 J Murder seems to be the least perilous of" all "the crimes known to the statute ooks in this country ; out of 17,779 murderers who took human life in the six y-ars from 1881 to 1889, only 55S paid the penalty by gelding their own lives to the law. . ;. f The secret of Emm Pasha's unwilling ness to return to Europe seems at last to have got out. He did not want to play second fiddle. In other words, he could not assent, as the National Zeitung puts it, "to Stanley's desire to exhibit him in Europe like a rare animal." The "New Orleans Picayune is aston ished because the other day a Minnesota clergyman traveled thirty miles, made six calls, v-isited two schools, gave- an after noon lecture and shot seven jack -rabbits, all between sunrise and sunset; and-he said it wasn't a good day for pastoral work, 'either., The President of the Columbian Fair in Chicago is to receive $6000 annually; Vice-President, $12,000; Treasurer, &50C0, and Auditor, $5000. ' Vice President Bryan receives a larger salary because it is expected that he will relieve President Gage of most of the work. Second Vice-President.Potter Palmer de clined any compensation. Chauncey M. Depew is quoted as mak mg the interesting statement that aboiri i hundred men whom he can recall ai iiaving been famous in Wall street during the War for fortunes made suddenly in speculative deals, and who have since dropped out of sight, are now life insur ince agents. lie said he attended an in surance banquet recently and seventy-five per cent, of the agents present had former ly been famous as successful Wall street traders. ' The order which the Police Commis sioners of Boston sent out recently was sxpected to work a transformation in the liquor selling business of that city. It abolishes all bars, . and requires that liquors shall only be sold with food at tables. Every saloon in the city will have to be changed into a restaurant, md tables must take the place of the bars. The law has been on the statute books for some time, but it has never been enforced. ' In the opinion of the New York Sun, "suicide in this country is getting to be a common nuisance. Here is a man whose rent falls due ; he is unable to pay it, and commits suicide. No-sane man now commits suicide but through- defect of imagination. Time was when suicide was a point of honor in certain cases, but the world has shed those notions. It has got now to a point where sane suicide, is a growth of pure barrenness of imagina tion. It is a case for the common schools. There, wants to be more poetry in their curriculum ; poetry simply as an exercise of the imaginative faculty, to train it, to develop its power of flight. The greatest part of suicide is stupid. Its prevalence derogates from national dig nity. It used to be a fashion in France, and other folks : rather" despised the Frenchmen then for not having better sense. It is time for the American .peo ple to brace up and quit making a spec tacle of itself." : yr s ,i Eighteen persons taut "ot sand die each year in Telegraph " operato threaten to become a: spelling bee and other twenty yearsago. The coast-line of AL thai territory is of the United htates, ana equal in extent to the of the United States east of tF River, i . S Mississippi The Swedish Oyster1'11" Societ-v 15 trying to accUmatizAmericau yster8 from Connecticut" :the coast of the provine of .Bab The young oysters seem to thrivf?- J III tAV I The AcfffWlIP' nmnut deducts the conclusj611 KDtost "the troubles of 'the fannSiye to the fact that there is toQeflJjaf production jof nearly idl farm &iteiSYf $r the number of consumers." ' n t - 1 9 ' tmral schedules of the Eleventh Cen sus are more tnan aou Die those of tec years ago. And yet in 'our diversified ag riculture, comments the Prairie Farmer. all are important. One explanation of the probably de creased wheat acreage in the Dakotas h -.i 6tated to be that the States are requiring rent for the school section (one section in every eighteen), whereas heretofore the land has been used rent free by squatters. H. B. Morse, who has been an official in the Chinese service ' years, and who is now home in Boston, says consumption of opium for nearly twenty on a visit to his that the average in China is about an ounce per capita for each adult indi- vidual. Stanley's book will "be, translated into French, German, Italian, Norse, Spanish and Czech, and all editions will be pub lished simultaneously jiu the different countries. The Chicago Herald says that the Congo names will look very pictur esque in their Czech trimmings. The Moody and Sankey collection ol Gospel hymns has, according to the New York Tribune, had a lajger sale than any other hymn collection in existenceV'good judges estimating that io, 000, 000 copies have been sold; and its popularity still continues to be almost as great as ever. West Shore believes that every true American will hail with joy the new Re public of Central America, formed " by Nicaragua Gautemala, Honduras, San Salvador and Costa Rica, five independ ent republics that have joined in a union as one nation, similar to the union formed by our own sovereign States. The chicken business' is a matter ol wonderful importance to the table com fort and the financial outlook of the American farmer. Government statistics show that the annual expenditure in this line is $560,000,000: ;J and despite the "pf eggs, ' several immense production million dollars' worth are annually im ported to meet the deficiency in the home supply.. . j Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California, waited long for public honors. He died before they arrived, but at Coloma a fine statue to! his memory has been unveiled. It overlooks the historic mill-race where the first gold was found. It represents Marshall, in a prospector's costume, pointing tows rd the spot where he made the memorable discovery thai changed the history of California. Among the many ' associations -and leagues with eccentric titles that have come into existence in London of late years,one of the most practical calls itself "The League of Kindness." This league, which has branches inj " various parts of London, concerns itself chiefly with pro viding clothes, which the poor." may purchase at nominal prices, and toys for distribution among poor children. A great secret has just been imparted by the French Government to the Gov ernment of Russia. It is the secretin regard to the manufacture of smokeless - i powder. The Russians are about to be gin the manufacture of it upon a large scale, using imported workmen, and being careful to exclude Germans from the factories. The basis of the powder is said to be sulphuric ether. West Shore states that the announce ment of the projection of a great trans Siberian railway has revived in Russia the project of bridging Behring Straits. While the distance f rohi the American tc the Russian shores is .jbetween fifty and sixty miles, this stretch is broken by the the Diomede Islands, lying about mid way in Behring Straits and well scattered. Three large, well-known and inhabited islands of this group are so situated as tc form convenient' stations in a route from Cape Prince of Wales, : on our shore, to East' Cape, on the Siberian. They are Fairway Rock, Krusenstern, or, as the people call it, Ingaliuk, and Ratmanofl or Imaklit ; and between the two lattei passes the boundary lineof the Treaty ol 1S67. The distance of the first from the American shore is. hardly a dozen miles, and that of the last from the Eussiar shore only about twice as 7 much.. There is also King or Ukivok Island, inhabited, and a survey might disclose uninhabited rocks capable of additionally breaking the distance for a bridge route. The depth even in the middle of the straits is said to be about thirty fathom, tJtthe J 1) y 3 1 1 i Jftion ' X PERFECT DAY.' - White roses are swaying And meekly displaying Their thell-fashioned petaa So fragile and coldl . "While bluebirds ate flying Where alders are sighing, , The winds on the wavelets The lilie3 unfold. . ' O'er meadows the brightest Drift cloudlets the whitest, Down softest and bluest Of summery skies. The apple tree twinkles. And in the air sprinkles Its blossoms that flutter Like white butterflies. The crystal brook gushes, The wild flower blushes, ' The trailing arbutus Is pink on the slope; The valleys a-tremble, That Eden resemble, Are sunny and fragrant With kisses of hope. Oh, hours serenest, The rosiest, greenest, Gold-vestored and graceful . As swans on a stream ! Our souls keep repeating, "Oh wherefore so fleeting, Like faces we only Can see in a dream?" R. K. Munkittrick, in Youth? a Companion. THE WEDDING GIFT. "A package for you," said the dearest girl in the world, as she ran iorward and brought me a a long, narrow box. "An other wedding gift, I am sure. I won der what it is and from whom it can be." Angelica clasped her hands, and looked so unutterably happy that my cup of joy was full to the brim. . Who would be more exultant than we two? It was the first week after our wedding, and we had just returned to our cozy nest at 1139 North Three Hundred and Seventy third street, iu the famous city of Gos mopolis. Another wedding gift! My ardent ! fancy rapidly evolved its hidden possibilities, from a dainty fruit-knife to a chaste spoon, from an elaborate can delabrum to an old-fashioned pair of tongs. What could it be ? ' "It may be a parasol for me," said Angelica, eying the package affection ately. t "Or an umbrella for me," I rejoined, with a quizzical look. "Or a roll of silk, my dear," she haz arded. . . ' "Or a bootjack, my love," I replied, seizing my knife and preparing to cut the string. "It has taken a long time to come, any way," she added. "A whole week." "You forget, sweetheart, that it came by a district messenger boy;'' and with a laugh I opened the package, when an other box and a letter were disclosed to view. We both grasped the letter, and al lowed the package to glide to the floor. "Angelica! ' I exclaimed, in my most positive tones, "I recognize the hand writing. It is it is Uncle John's !." "Oli, how nice! -the dear, sweet old man. So gentle, isyhe not, John? I al ways said I would ' love him for vour saKe. Ana she ga brightest glances. me ; one o'f her "Well, my love, he is a gentle creat ure, to be sure; but but he is decidedly leccentric. Any way, I am glad that he has thought of us, even at this late date. I was alwavs led to believe that I was his favorite nephew." "Of course he couldn't help loving you best of all; I couldn't, could I, John?" "No, indeed, little minx. You couldn't, you wouldn't and you shouldn't," I re sponded with fervor, and then read aloud his letter: "Dear Old Boy I am overjoyed to hear of your marriage, and regret that a villain ous attack of gout prevented my attendance at the ceretnouy. I hear that your wife is all that is gentle and good. Happy fellow ! I have known you so long and intimately that I heartily rejoica at your good fortune. Do come up with her to see ma when the first glow o the honeymoon is over. Mean while I beg of you to accept the accompany ing as the most fitting gift I could think of presenting to you both. It has virtues more valuable than fine gold, and its powers, pre served and strengthened through the ages, have an efficacy little dreamed of by mortal man. Guard it, and ib will guard you. Treas ure it as your home's holiest phylactery. It will be an infallible record of your affection; a dial of love, which never needs regulation; for it runs by occult attachment and psychic force. . t "In the fond hope that you will prize it for my sake and your own, Affectionately, ."John Crump." "Goodness!'' I cried, as soon as I re covered breath. 'This is a pretty letter I But what does the old fellow mean by dial and attachment aiid psychic force? Is he demented?" "Oh, dearest!" Angelica exclaimed, edging away from the, package, still on the floor. "I am so frightened. Shall I send for mother?" . "No," 1 rejoined, With rather pre- ci pit ate haste, "you ' need not send for your mother." And then I added, in my most heroic tones: 'There is no occa sion for alarm. The package surely is harmless. It can't be a Florida alligator or a dynamite cartridge. Come, love, we shall open it together- One heart, one fate!" 1 exclaimed, melodramatically; and soon before our astonished gaze was presented the tiniest little thermometer in the world. "A thermometer!" was our first ex clamation. "The brute !'' was the next. "Does he want to insult me?" I cried in a rage. ' - "Let us send it back the odious wretch!" was Angelica's observation, the heroism of which can be gathered from the fact that my uncle was a millionaire, and I was supposed to be his favorite and his heir. , ' A silence deep, profound, immeasur able, fell upon us our hearts alone were audible. A sudden inexplicable mystery seemed to surround us both. The air be came oppressive. What hidden agency was at work I What subtle powers were inspiring us "with apprehension? We could not speak, we could hardly breathe, so intense was our agitation. I glanced again at the thermometer. My eyes were riveted upon some lettering, and we both read simultaneously: "Love's Thermom eter, patented by the Society for Psychic Research.'' And straying downward our astonished gaze caught, these lines from Browning: l, O world, as God has made it ! All is beau ty; And knowing this, is love, aEd love is duty. What further may be sought for crde . claredf "Why, Angelica," t "cried, "this 13 a strange, I might almost say, a wondrous thermometer." evinsr ft more respectful- Tly, and with less" wrath toward my phil- psopmc uncie. , "Oh, John, look, look 1" she exclaimed, pointing to some words on the other side of the plate: - "Between bliss hate . ... Doth oscillate '" Your ocoral fate." "Oh, darling," and the poor gir.was about to tab in her fear. "Shall yvje not send for mother?" " "Send for your mother?" I repeated. "Send for fiddlesticks, said I, with reck less irreverence. "Why, see ttfere! Look?" and along the side of the instru ment were the words: "Bliss heat, 120 degrees; affection, 100 degrees; friend ship, 80 degrees ; indifference, 60 de grees ; coldness, 40 degrees ; aversion, 20 degrees; hatred, 0 degrees." "Oh, John," was my wife's appeal, "don't keep the horrid thing in the house. I am sure it is something dread ful ;" and a few tears did gather in her eyes. -:. " . "Have no fear," Angelica," I cried, kissing away her tears v "Have no fear. See, the thermometer stands at 120 de grees; bliss heat, dearest. Hurrah for psychic force !" And the dear girl actu ally laughed in the swift transition of feeling, and joined in the rapturous hurrah. "Hurrah for Uncle John!" we then both; exclaimed " together, and An gelica kissed the thermometer in her en thusiasm. The warm-hearted girl! Blis3 heat, nowl and forever ! How kind, how noble of dear uncle, to send us what would be? a perpetual photograph, as it were, of love's young dream ! And that evening I prayed Angelica joining in the aspiration that uncle's gout would soon forever disappear, and we resolved to invite him for a lengthy visit. Then, toward midnight, we stole down cauti ously to the dining-room, where we had arranged a lovely niche for the thermome ter, and with what rapture did we note how the psychic force still stood at bliss heat 120 degrees. "So shall, it ever be!" was my pious exclamation, and Angelica responded with a fervent hand-clasp. wish tb relate faithfully and soberly the history of that wedding gift, and its influence jn our lives and characters, ll I relied du my memory alone I might perhaps exaggerate, or appear to do so. Happily there is another resource, and one whose! exactness and fidelity can be depended foipon. It is my diary, wherein I am accustomed to chronicle the throb bings of my inner life and the record of each, passing day. A few pages will tell the whole eventful story. July 10th Angelica was a charming vision at (breakfast. She is bewitching in every mood, and how ardently I love her. Thej muffius were exquisite. Dear, noble little woman, so tender and so af fectionate How beautiful - she bakes ! It will be rapture to teach her German, which is my passion.. Shall instruct her according to the natupafmethod, and then read Don Carlos to her. Its ideal senti ments, its flowing imaginary, its magnifi cent style, will inspire her with enthu siasm 'jThe thermometer at bliss heat is our daily benediction. We gaze at it at all hour?, and then at each other. Both tell the 6atne story. How sweet is exist ence surely life is worth living. It is two weeks! since our wedding. June 12th A verv curious occurrence :ppened?his evening at dinner. I was ist enjoying the roast'Iinh,.i when an organ grinjder appeared, and ms monkTey began to rub its nose against the window bars. "Get off !" I cried, "you wretch I" "Ah, John, do let it play. I love mon keys." "Bat, Angelica, that music dis turbs my appetite. Begone!" 1 cried again to the man handkerchief to Angelica pressed her her eyes. My angel weeping I gazed at the thermometer. It marked 100 degrees, and the psychic force was rapidly falling. 'Here !" I the man, "here is a dollar, shouted toi and come pvery evening at tnis nour. The man grinned, the monkey took off its cap, nly angel smiled, and I was saved. Again the thermometer stdod at 120 degrees. It was a narrow escape. Life, life, Ithou art a precipice one false step, one heedless act, and the abyss re ceives us. j To think that our bliss .was almost wrecked by a monkey ! June 14sth I gave my darling her -first lesson in German bv the natural meldiod.; It -went off beautifully. . She has a Iqvely Aussprachle; the words roll like velvet from her f lips. To hear her sayf' das Thermometer is an education in ifself. On coming home to dinner I found An gelica very much flurried. She explained that the cook was ill, and she herself had to prepare the repast. I congratulated her a thousand times until her eyes sparkled like an electric light. I told her afterward, in a casual way, that the soup would have tasted better with mint instead of mace, and she burst at once into tears, while to my horror the ther mometer began rapidly falling until sixty degrees was reached. "Angelica!" I cried. was only jesting." And, soothed, by my endearments, her tears vanished, jand she actually asked me to give her !a second lesson in German ; while the thermometer just as rapidly rose to bliss heat. It was again a nar when I told her of it row escape. And she murmured : "Dear John, forgive me I am so impatient !" Was ever mortal so happy? r June 15th Happines is a sportive god. It is never! an abiding possession. So happy yesterday, and to-night, as I write these lines, how wretched! And from such a trifle, too. My darling asked me why I did! not come home earlier to din ner. I laughed at her remark, and gave a bantering reply. "Iam not jesting," she rejoined. "You used to spring up the stairs, and now you saunter slowly." "But, my love, I am tired when I come home." I 'If you really loved me," she responded!, "you would4never be fatigued. But vou are tired of me, I suppose," and she burst into tears. I felt really vexed at her want of sense, and such a cold. dull pam born of disappointment and despair, seized me that I answered harsh ly. She looked at the thermometer, and my paralyzed gaze noted it swiftly fall ing, despite my imploring gestures. Down, down, sank the psychic force un til it reached twenty degrees (aversion), and with a shudder she left the room, re marking sitingingly : "This is your work, sir." Jlvi worK! JSiy woric: Ana adore heri despits my harsh reply. Oh, life, life, Jthou art a mystery! And woman, taou art doubry a mystery. Anu Angelica, ! thou art trebly a mystery. There wai no German lesson to-day. . To think that she cherishes aversion she of all beings. And I thought it would be "bliss heat" forever. . . . ' I have not the heart to continue these extracts from my diary. Their genera' tenor can be very well gathered; they re- corded such changes in temperature that we were both in despair. Each mood on our" parts was raithfully, too faithfully, recorded. Each transcient Impulse was unerringly ; transcribed. ' Each trifling word, each 'wandering frown, influenced the thermometer, and wa were both so alarmed by its indications that we be came positively unhappy- We wished it always to fce bliss heat, and were ndt prepared for the variations. One eveningit was hardly a month after the wedding we were seated quietly in the parlor, when the bell rang and in walked Uncle John. - "I never felt so wety in my life, chil dren," he exclaimed in his heartiest tones. " "Gout all gone" and he slapped his leg to prove the fact - 'so I thought I would come to the city and see you." And he kissed Angelica and pulled my whiskers. Then he burst into a merry laugh, which was so catching that my wife and I laughed too, the first time in two hours, for at dinner that wretched thermometer had fallen to sixty degrees (indifference), and we were in despair. . "Come, come, kitten t" said he tc Angelica, caressing her forehead; "tell me all about it. What is the mystery? Has that fellow been vexing you? Come,, let your old . uncle be your father coh fessor. Now, then, out with it." Angelica's response was to cling to ths old gentleman and sink her head upon his shoulder. I am surethe dear girl was weeping. "John, John, you wretch!" he ex claimed. "What have you been doing to her? What makes . my child so wor ried?" And the old fellow began to pet her furionsly. Mj courage gave way. At the sight of her weeping all self-control was gone. I made a clean eonfession, and blamed the thermometer for the change in oui home. . "Come, children,", said he in hia blandest way. "Here, John, you take one knee, and Angelica, my love, rest on the other. Now I have you bpth, and I wish you to answer me truly. Do you love each other?" , "Yes, yes !" was our reply. "Then what is the trouble?" "The trouble is just here. We wish it always to be bliss heat, but that ther mometer, sir, marks every variation, and it makes us both unhappy." And I took out my handkerchief ,and pressed it to my eyes. " "Ah,"-, was his comment; "just as supposed. Come, now, I am going. to lecture you both. You demand a miracle. It is impossible to maintain bliss heat for all time. Life most have its transitions and variations- you might find it pretty monotonous otherwise. Do not heed the fluctuations if love is the central purpose, and that is strong and abiding. But have patience and mutual consideration, and be quick to forget and forgive. Steer clear of all extremes and super latives. Prefer the temperate zone, and year by year your happiness will be reared on a foundation that shall never be moved. Let your - own hearts be love's thermometer; you will cafe less for the other one, whose efficacy t might as well tell you now is purely im aginary. It reflected- only your own moods, and your imaginations endowed it with subtle powers. But enough. I must-be off before it is too late. Good-' night, children. Another kiss, Angelica. Good-night, John." i The thermometer still niche, but is has lost- for although its lesson was have learned the truth vags in iti Is its charm. tary. We beauty of Uncle John's little sermo We are not, disturbed at any. transien know our hearts are true rgtist, for we fi each other- We do not pine -for bliss have allowed our affectio tit, and never sink to zero. We find blessedness enpu: in eacn day s record, and, looking at the bright side ol every annoyance and sorrow, have secured abundant compensation. Frank Leslie's. Financial Simplicity of the Boers. A certain Mr. F., wishing to pur chase a farm in Africa, the Boer pro prietor diligently refused to accept bills, checks or notes. He would have his price ($125,000) in sovereigns, or he would not 'sell. . So the golden bullion was with much trouble brought to the house. "Will you not stop to dinner r asked the farmer, and at its conclusion Mr. F., when bidding adieu, observed: Well, I suppose we may at last con sider our transactions quite complete." "Not quite," said the Boer; "you still owe me eighty-seven cents for the din- n t ill.?' ner. rne next episode was tnat tne farmer, worried with the custody of so much coin in his house, resolves with many misgivings to pay the purchase" money into the Standard Bank, but the following week he demands to withdraw his deposit, and the hard cash is again produced. He counts it over carefully, and, once more reassured, shoves it back into the cashier's hands. The Boers do not, in fact, seem to have the slightest comprehension of the first principles of finance. Another of this class asked a bank what would be the terms for his proposed deposit of $125,000. "We will give you six . per eent., replied the clerk, not understanding the drift of the "You pay me for taking care of my property?" said the Boer. "No, no; I am not such a fool as to believe that. You are up to some trick!" ' And he in stantly broke off the negotiation. Black toood 's Magazine. Outwitting a Shirker. An Anglo-Indian officer, of the Bengal Artillery, relates an anecdote of one bi those soldiers who in military phrase are known as malingerers, but whom common people would call shirks. A gunner, named Ichabod Crabb. went to see the' fliospital authorities on the subject of a strange affection of the back, which com pelled him to walk somewhat in the shape of a capital C. "I ain't in no great pain," he said, " 'cept when I tries to stand herect, an then me back seems to break clean in two. I couldn't stand up, not if my life depended on it." As there was heavy gun-dnlling going on at this time,'Dr. Tritton formed his own opin ion of the case, and determined to let the man work out his own cure. He ordered Crabb's breakfast to be placed on a high cupboard in the wall, to reach which the patient would have to stand erect. At dinner-time the cook reported Ci abb's breakfast to be untouched. "Put his dinner in the same place," commanded Dr. Tritton, and the treatment was con tinued throughout the day. The next morning when the doctor called to see his patient, he found that his prescrip-. tion had been efficacious. Crabb had eaten his supper and breakfast, and de clared himself fit for duty. "Cupboard Crabb," as he .was called, confessed . that he had tried to deceive the "old doctor," j but had found, himself beaten.- Argo- J nauL POPULAR SCIENCE Bell metal is an alloy of coppe tin. ' " ' " - - '. Hypnotism is now occasionally pro duced by a letter or even a telegram. Among the singular differences between thfi two sides of the face, a German pro fessor notes .that the right ear. is almost invariably higher than the ictt. . ; -The circulation of the water between the equator and the poles, only affects a depth of about a thousand yards, ueiow this the water is perfectly quiet; ; : A German has invented an apparatus for forcing sidewise the swell in front of fast-going ships by means of steam jets from a nozzle under the water at the bow. . ...-.- ;. . 7 :"- Those who advocate spelling reform in the English languague ' argue that one letter out of every seven used according to the present practice is absolutely use less. : ' ; . . ' In some " recent experiments 34,O0C rounds were fired from one Maxim gun. which was considered a very high test ol the workmanship and material of the gun. . . . ' -; ' -:":Y It is said that the ox-eye daisy, which is abundantly fertile in the East, is foi the most part sterile in the West. In the East it has become a serious weed ; in the West it makes small headway. Different classes of substances have (been found to affect the organs of taste $i the following-order: Bitters, acids, saline substances, sweets and alkalies. The taste-nerv.es are nearly 200 times ai sensitive to quinine as to sugar. The results of recent experiments in the Mediterranean showing how far day light will penetrate the water were found with gelatine-bromide plates. The great est was 1518 feet, or 327 feet short ol the limit assigned some years ago. : The light reaching the pupil of the eye in each second of time represents a quan tity of work which would require one year and eighty-nine days to raise the temperature of a gramme of "water one degree centimeter (one-eighth Fahren heit.) The ' conclusions reached by modern meteorologists are that cyclones of great intensity are ascending spiral whirls of wind having a rotary motion in a di rection in the Northern Hemisphere op posite to the movement of the handset a watch. V The physicist is bewildered by the ap parently simultaneous action of gravita tion upon widely separated bodies. M. J. Van Hepperger finds that the time taken by gravitation to travel the distance from the sun to the earth does "not exceed one second ! . i Spinach has a direct effect upon the . kidneys. -A common . dandelion used as ' greens is excellent for the "same trouble. Asparagus purges the blood. Celery acts admirably upon the nervous system and is a cure forj rheumatism and neuralgia. Tomatoes acts upon the liver. In the investigation in New York as to electrical matters an. expert declared that the number of volts which could be used without dangerto life varied greatly. A horny-handed man would be able to take perhaps 'two thousand volts, while an other could not take five hundred. The fragments of - the giant aerolite which was seen in its fall throughout all Iowa recently have been discovered in Winnebago County,; eleven miles north west of Forest City. . The meteorite had flown to piices and the fragments were distributed oer a big sft etch of territory. From anthropolojrical measurements made on Caihbridge students, it appedrs that their heads continue to grow after the age of nineteen. Those who have obtained high honors have had, on the average, considerably larger brains than the others at the age of nineteen, the predominance at that - age being greater than at twenty-five, a fact which is held to imply precocity as an element in the success of high-honor men. Experiments of later date prove that an egg is usually digested sooner than a potato and quite as soon as beef or mut ton. Hard boiled eggs- require three hours and thirty minutes. Soft-boiled eggs require three r hours. Fried eggs require three hours and thirty minutes. Roasted eggs require two hxur3 and fif teen minutes. Raw eggs require two hours. Raw eggs (beaten) require one hour and thirty minutes. Most Horses Are Either Gray or Bay. A near-sighted youth, writes Jamei Payn, on going in for his medical ex amination, was advised by that guide, philosopher and. friend, his crammer: "The doctor will ask you about th horses on the common; say 'gray,' very rapidly, for all horses are either grav oi bay." This was, no doubt, a too hasty generalization; but it is the fact' that tc persons who do not concern themselves with the ' equine race, horses are very much alike. A young gentleman of my acquaintance, who used that animal merely as the means of locomotion "the means and not the end" was once given a "mount" by the friend with whom he was staying to visit Reading races. On poming away he had taken the animal which was offered to him out of the crowded booth without investi gation, and rode home on it. His host met him at the lodge gate, and with the quick eye of a proprietor perceived there had been an exchange which might or might not be a robbery.- "Why, that's not myhor3e, Ned." "Is it not?" re plied the enthusiastic equestrian. "It looked extremely like him." I know an other case, where matters turned out much worse. A good man of business, but One who was a very careless rider, Mr. A. was wont to come to town on horseback every day, and put his horse up at a certain livery stable. Mr. B., a friend of his, used to do the" like, and, on calling tor his nag one evening, had an other brought out to him by the hostler. "That's not my horse," he said ; . "that's Mr. A.'s horse."' "Then Mr. A. must have taken your horse by mistake, sir." "If so," said B., with gravity, "he is a dead man." And so, indeed, . turned out. Poor A., riding home with loose rein and careless seat, upon, as he thought," his own quiet steed, was ihrown and killed upon the spot by a buck jumper. Frank LelW$ Monthly. Emperor William's Rubber Horseshoe. Emperor William's riding horse is shod with a new and singularly constructed shoe. ' It is in two parts, and has on its lower surface a rubber like composition, the objects of which is to prevent the horse from slipping, thereby preserving the 'animal. The monarch, on being shown the new invention at once or- dsred his favorite horse and sixteen oth- I rs of his stud to be shod with it. jCETCHirr ore . b a minis.; -1 tell you, boys, It ain't no use A-ketchm' on behind; The steps you save by that 'ere rusa -- Are steps you needn't mind. v The man who walks with steady stride Ambition's swinging gait, -' Will reach' the goal, while woe betide The laggard who is late. ' Fear not the lash of keen satire - That drives the car of fate; He shallnotslip who shuns the mire. Forge on,, nor pause to prate. I tell you, boys, Jump off the cart And put on extra speed ; ' Let perseverance guide your heart And honor be your creed. Pearl Eytinge, in Judge. PITH AND POINT Taking things easy Pickpockets. Half a loaf is better than the dyspep sia. "Shadows of a great city" Detec tives. I "You make me tired," said the wagoz; wheel to the blacksmith. "Confidence is a plant of slow growth ;' but the bunco-man forces it. Pucl. -Necessity is the mother of invention;, and likewise the father of lies. Puck. There is probably sand enough in the Sugar Trust to keep it up. Picayune. "That's the end of my tale," as the tadpole said when he turned into a bull frog. "We say mouse, and we say mice. Now, why isn't the plural of spouse spice?" Mercury. ' No matter how plain-looking a drug clerk may be, in warm weather his fiz is always attractive to the girls. The man who depends upon wages will' get rich sooner than one who depends upon wagere. New York Newt. The cat has nine lives, whiclr shows that nature had a pretty fair idea of what the cat would have to go through. The gentleman who owns a dog would probably feel rather hurt if told that h was a bark keeper. Wathington Star. "All gone," murmured Ponsonby, sad ly, as he surveyed his bald head in the mirror. "Not even a part remains." Life. Coming events cast their shadows be fore; but that is no renson for thinking that the future always looks dark. Puck. A will 5000 years old was recently found in Egypt. , Up to the hour of going to press it had not been contested. Nor risitown Herald. The $20,000 expended by the Duke of Bedford to popularize cremation may be considered a sort of burnt Courier-Journal. offering. "Do your boarders loaf around youi parlor in the evening?" "No; my daughter is learning to play on the piano.". , Boston Courier. j Professor of Mineralogy (at the exami nation) "Where are the most diamonds found?" Candidate "At the.pawnbrok ers." Sontags-Post. Softas "Do you think MissR. would marry me if I should ask her?" Van Riper "Well, she looks like a smart sort of a girl still, she might." iah- - " ' The Pessunist cries : "Come, be gay, Things can't be worse away with sorrow.'1 The Optimist: "Rejoice to-day, . Because of what will be to-morrow !" . . Puck. ! "Does your Webster contain all the m ! rax taicsb auiuuuus w tuoxiugiisu languages "No, old fellow, I will ask my wife. She y I always baa the last wor,dl" Times-Demo-j-- Due "i near luul jjir. omouiuuore is i great mimic. They say he can take ofl anything." He "That explains it. I wondered where my umbrella had gone." Clothier and .Furnisher. Cob wigger "Quack should be prose suted for obtainingJnoney under false pretenses. That nostrum of his is po good." Brown "Pshaw! Didn't he sell it to-you as a skin cure?" Life. , A man may fish and fish and fib, And not get a bite all day; But he'll buy a mess and lie like sin, Because ha is built that way. ' 1IT I AT i. If. r? . "Shall we marry, darling; pr shall we knot?" was the short and witty line an ardent lover" dispatched to the idol of his heart. But,where the strangeness of the matter comes in, the girl. replied: "I shall not! You can do as you please." xtc. '. Tailor (measuring little Blobbs) ,"Very singular, this, sir." Blobbs '"What's that?"" Tailor "All youi measurements are exactly the same as the AdoIIo Belvidere statue." ("Blobbs ordere two suits instead of one.) Tht Jester. - Norwegians First Sailed IHther. Antiquarians, historians and scholar, now generally agree that Icelandic records and persistent researches for many yean -have established th fart that Nnrweoian navigators discovered the North America! continent at the beginning of the 11th century, or about 500 years before the first voyage made by Columbus in search of it. The fact is also established thai attempts were made by adventurers froa . Greenland to f 6und a colony on the shores of New England. Where Therwald was buried, or where Thorfin and Gudrids landed and lived ppbodv knows! .Jib " evident that theTocalityis 'not larjfrdnr the latitude of Boston. The best in-"" formed students of the subject believe it was on Rhode Island, and that the mys terious old stone tower at Newport, of massive masonry, resting on seven col umns, the foundation stones of which ire hewn spheres, was built by the Nor wegian colonists, as a sacred structure.' It was there when the English colonists 5rst came and the Indians then residing there had no knowledge of its origin. II ihe Northmen did not build it, who did? Echo answers'"who did?" The whole records of Rhode Island makeVSo mention if such a structure New I or k Voice. m Big Pacific Slope Stock YarJs. 1 The Union Stock Yards Company has been incorporated in San Francisco with a capital stock of 2,500,000. The com pany will maintain a complete system-ol stockyards oa .the Chicago plan. Act; joining them will be erected two large packing houses capable of handling 4000 hogs. 1200 beeves and 1500 lioon laiivA These establishments will cost $400,000 each. This industry' will serve to h-. crease the pork "raising; interests of the Pacific Coast, which are now sadly lack- bag in ability to supply the home mar- kets. .. It will also turn cattle ship' ments westward f mm ih of eyaaa ana Idaho. Weit Shore.
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