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r X( J 1,18 robin chants the thrush is dumb, Snow Emoot i, ? n H-l for clover, flames an r. i days to coma Are sweet a : t5jat are ov-er. - 1116 time that ' "the moon flows back, Patth tail, -r n ;1 ruins of sorrow, he LaJcyon fnf.t-r- n winter's tracV, Anilnigbt j . ,.: v ay for the morrow. Ar.d cvr a ?; .., r r joys the sum. In death ii-: :at days to come : ijs that are over. .oaies, m rckrrson'a. DILEMMA. IiCIIEH WEISS. CAN'T bring ray Pelf to submit to it. I really can not," I said des perately. "1 would rather resign all claim to my greataunt's for tune than go through life an object of contempt and ridicule with r"-jL i-cu a name as OTi Pctci Tubbs." u' "Don't be a i my Uncle Joe sharply, would he filiy enough to substantial bene!it for mantic sentiment. The able one and won't hurt other hand consider all .hich thLs fortune will fool, Percy," vi "Only an'idi.,: throw away . sake of a mcr : name is a rci you, and on ti the advantnm ' bring you." "Asllr.- l'ti. r Tubbs," I interrupted an't conceive how my mttcrly. "I mothers aunt r uld nave had the heart to impose hii a condition upon cne whom she der- d to benefit." "The rian.f: was her father's and grandfather's, nd she bestowed it upon the child whom she loved and who died in infancy. N tturally, she desired that rhould -ccc' .aur; .Jut connection jvith mc esiaie; ana i Hni;y ucucve mat ior this consideration -she 'would have made Mrs. Grander her -:. h.-ir. As it is, the property wjs I 'jo to her children if you decline to comply with tions of the will.'' the condi- "Who are the iran ,rer9, anyway?" I inquired impatieiitly. "Mrs. Grander was a niece of Mr. Foster, your mini i hu-band adopted. Aftt-r the old gentleman's death, she o fit-rule 1 the widow by marry ing against her will. That was some twenty years aio, in which time, it ap pears, the couple went south, aud have been lost sight of. The lawyers are now bunting for th n, and should Mrs. Granger not be living, the fortune goes to her childicn, that is, if you choose to decline it." . "But. if there are no children?" "Then it revcit3 t( some charitable institute. Meanwhile, you have just three months allowed you in which to consider whether you will or will not accept the fortune -on the conditions specified in the will; and I venture to assert that you are the only young man outside of an insane asylum who would not decide it in as many minutes. "Nevertheless," I replied, "since r won't be at liberty to resign my place in the academy for a month to come, I will, with your permission, take that time to consider the question. I could not face the boys nor the girls,either,"Iadded, Involuntarily wincing "as Mr. Peter Tubbs. Good luavens! the very thought of it affects me like a nightmare!" My uncla looked vexed, but evidently considered it best to say no more at the time. But as the last month of the school session approached, 1 observed that he began to look at me with an air of con cern. . 'These commencement exercises," he remarked, "are having a bad effect upon you; in fact, breaking you down, as any one can see. "We have both worked hard for a year past; suppose we take a vaca tion aud rest aud recuperate for a while? I'll pay your expenses for the sake of your company; for as you know I don't like to go about myself, and your Aunt Emeline prefers snendirur a month with her sister, where we cau join them when our holiday is over." He was bent upon carrying cut this plan; wherefore the first week in July saw us established at a quiet but de lightful wateriug place in the Virginia Mountains, the inducements of waich were magnificent tcsnery, healthful air and waters, trout fishing -aud "home comforts." The place seemed weli patronized by eldcriy people and in valids, though there were lower young persons present tlnu at the gayer springs. Yet amn the half doziu girls whose sweet presence illumined the Mountain Top Hotel, there was one who fascinated me almost from the moment in which I first beheld her. I was at oue of the mineral springs. at the foot of mountain that wc first met? on the day after my arnva:. bhe ami a bevy of her-fair companions were laugh in' and chatting to-ether about its brink when we came upon them, and seeing that we had no drinking vessel, she ' dipped a silver cup into the spring and offered it with a e'.rirmmg grace, first to Uncle Joe, and ; then to me. I quaffed the healing waters, and with it the first lovc-drauht thar my heart had ever known. Thcn we all went back to the hotel together; thc Um 1Ifcbc and I, by some unaccountable arrangement, find ing ourselves tba last couple iu the pro cession. She talked frankly, rst about the scenery, lcn hghtly touching, in a charniinlj original and independent way, upon various topics. I found her to be brimful oi poetry and romance, without what i cMcd gusli;"-and we made the interesting discovery that our favorite poems were the same, and that upon many .subjects our tastes and opinions were Wcnticil. In fact, we were kindred spirits. ArproachinC the hotel, I observed a poitlv and comfortable-looking" couple seated on the piazn, the gentleman smoking and tae lady serenely fanning Herself My fair companion nodded and smiied'to them, and said laughingly : " Yunt Patterson will bo surprised to find'that I have been walking with a gentleman to whom I haven t been in fw4...ri she is the dearest soul! but such an awful stickler for etiquette and conventionality ? f . Ethel Grav, and I am a niece of that nice old gentleman on 1 the piaaa there Judge Patterson, o ytheville She saiaihl3uu ua iutuu.w i,nf ss of expression, and I, as mure arcane in duty bound, hastened to reciprocate the confident :r PrfB TTrktcArrl ; and Tarn "Mv name 1 j i theneohew of the respectable old gen- i Are swv tp- t'L tTeman walking ia front' of us Mr. Joseph Barksdale, attorney-at-law, of MiddletoQ, Pa." She laughed as she answered: "What a lovely name you have! so romantic and chivalric in sound, I adore pretty names; don't you?" I assented ; but a cold chill ran through me at the thought. "Suppose I had been obliged to inform her that my name was Peter Tubbs'." And I then and there formed a solemn resolve to relinquish all claim to my Aunt Foster's fortune, aad retain my own name of Percy dloward. Henceforth the more that I saw of the fair Ethel the more enamored did I be come of her sweet and- winning graees. In hs- than a week' I was convinced that she Wi.s the one woman in the world whom destiny had marked out for me; and at the end of the second week I took my uncle into rny confidence and com municated to him ray intention -of 'asking her to become my wife. "I see no objection," my uncle replied after a moment's grave thouzht "pro vided she will accept you. She is a charming girl a little roma&tic, but sensible; and will, I am sure, make a good wife. Fortunately, your aunt's money will enable you to live ia com fort, whereas without it you and your wife would starve; for, a3 I understand, she has nothing of her own, and is de pendent on her uncle, Jude Patterson. Indeed, I heard him say yesterday that he would never consent to her marrying a poor man." - Here was a dilemma. After resolving, for Ethel's sake, to keep my name, I here found myself reduced to Use alternative of relinquishing it in order to gain pos session of her ! To resign her I felt to be an impossibility, whereupon I at length, not without' a pang, informed Uncle Joe that I had concluded to ac cept thc conditions of my aunt's will and ciaim the fortune. But I should have to explain it to Ethel, and what would bhe say? Ethel listened very attentively, as in a pleasant little retired nook on the lawn, called "the lovers' seat," I told her about my great-aunt's- will and it3 ab surd condition. Her sweet face was full of sympathy, but when I asked her to share with me my life and my fortune, there cimo an ominous silence. She looked down, and, with the point of her parasol caretully turned over and exam ined a tire-fly which lay motionless upon the grass. "Ethel," I exclaimed, anxiously, "if you have any feeling of pity, give me an answer at ouce, I cannot bear this sus pense. Surely you do care for me!" "I I do care for you, Percy," she said slowly, aud then paused. Appar ently she had satisfied herself that the lly was dead, for she now oegan absently to dig a grave with her parasol, into which she lightly shoved him, then add ed, sadly: "But I don't know that I can marry you." "Why not, darling? What obstacle is there?" - ' "Why, only think, Percy, what a dreadful thing it would be to have to go through my whole life as a3 Mrs. Peter Tubbs!" And here she hastily covered up thc fire-fly and buried it out of sight, as though it had been that hated name.' "I know it darling," I answered sadly and sympathetically. "I hite the name as much as you can possibly do,but sure ly you love me sufficiently to be willing to make that sacrifice rather than cast me off entirely?" ' : "But," she answered, glancing up appealingly from under her long lashes, "cculd not you make a sacrifice for my sake? Give up the money and keep your beautiful name." "But, dearest, we would be so poor! I could not think of exposing you to the trials and ills of poverty -" "Oh, I don't care for money!" she interrupted, brightly. "We could live in a nice little cottage, which I could make lovely with roses and honeysuckle and I would learn to cook it's all the fashion now for ladies to take cooking lessons and we could be just as happy there as in a palace. If you do truly love m?, Percy, give up the fortune ; for really I could never be happy as Mrs. Peter Tubbs; aud I'm not sure but that perhaps I should not be able to love vqu so much if you were not Percy Howard, but Peter Tubbs. It's silly I kuow; but I always associate people with their names." This last consideration was a serious, one, I felt, and I sat in silence, while Ethel commence a scrapiug bits of gravel on thc grave of the fire-fly. "Suppose you take until to-morrow to think it over?" she 'suggested; "and then I shall know how much you do really care forme." Aud then she rose aud we sauntered slowly back to the hotel; she apparently placid and sereue, while my heart ws sorely troubled with the dilemma, out of which I saw no safe way. When next morning we met in the same spot she had not long to wait for rav answer. I told her at once that I cared for nothing on earth in comparison with her, and that if she would only promise to be my wife to be Mrs. Percy Howard my Aunt Foster's money might go to Mrs. Granger, a&d welcome. I can never forget the radiant look with which she turned to me tears in her eye?, but a lovely smile on her lip. "Then you do love me better than this money V she exclaimed. "I am so glad so happy 1" And she looked up into, my eyes and held out. both her hands. "But, darling, do you think that you will really be satisfied wiih living in a cottage and doing your own cooking?" I inquired somewhatj anxiously, Sne laughed gaily. "We shall never be i educed to that, PercyT "We will keep your name and the money, all the same." "But, dearest, that will be impossible. You don't seem fully to undei stand " "Oh, yes, I do I" she interrupted with a little exultant sort of a smile and toss of her head. "And now please let me make an explanation in my turn. Mrs. Granger, your aunt's niece, became a widow shortly after her marriage, and was married again to Mr. "Walter Gray. They were my own dear parents, and they both died when I was a little girl. So now, don't you see that since you positively decline to take the name of Peter Tubbs, I am my Aunt Foster's heir . ess, by the condition of her will! And so, as 1 said, we will keep your name and get the money all the same; for every cent of it shall be settled upon yourself. I wouldn't know what to do with it if it were mine, you knowJ I could hardly believe my ears, and in fact scarcely comprehended the situation until it was again explained to me by my Uncle Joe. "When I learned from Mrs. Foster's lawyers, he said, that Mrs. Granger's only child had been found and thatsho was a very charming girl and the niece and ward of my old college friend, Frank Patterson, and that they were spending the summer at this place, why the idea occurred to me of bringing you down here and affordingyou a chance of getting out of your dilemma one way or the other. Now that it is so satisfactorily settled, I trust that you will forgive my scheming." But Ethel, like myself, ignorant of the plot between the old folks, took to herself all the credit. 'You thought me hard and unfeeling, Percy'; but dear, I only wanted to save you from the misery of owning that hor rid name, and at the same time secure the money to you. For now that the poor old lady is dead, it can make no difference to her, as when she was alive. And I managed it so nicely, didnt I?" Detroit Free Press. Isfa td Care-Dweller. Benjamin E. Miller, a Port Townsend boy who was ion the United States steamer Bear during her recent eight months' cruise in the northern seas, has many tales to relate of his adventures and the sights he has seen. Among other things' he tells of the Bear's visit to King's Island, in Bering Straits, thirty miles off Port Clarence and the shores of Alaska, where there are about 200 of the most curious islanders that ever were seen. The island or rock they inhabit is about half a mile wide and a little more than that distance long, and the islanders are cave-dwellers and live on whale blubber, seal aad walrus meat. On the southeast side, closely nestling against the cliff, is a village of the cave dwellers. One abode is built over and urder the other, and to the right and left, .giving them a strange, motley ap pearance, not unlike the recesses in habited by bald eagles. There are narrow caves excavated into the side of the crumbling volcanic rock, and in the bottom of eacn is some of the short na tive grass, forming a bed on which to sleep. At the mouth Df the cave and just in the interior tires are kindled, and here they warm themselves in the winter. Skins of different kinds are also sus pended outside to keep out the snow and cold. In the summer the hardy natives leave their holes and live in odd houses made of poles constructed near at hand on the edge or the cliff. These strange people are usually a3 strong and vigorous as can ba found any where. Moreover, they are entirely con tented arrd as happy as people in any of thegreat cities of America. They f have no government, no chief, and no need of laws. Living in families and setting forth every day in their kiaks for the whale, seal and walrus, they re turn each night to their caves or pole tents, caring nothing for the outside world. Odd to relate, however, prestige ol the native is determined by the clothes he wears. As these consist of skins and constitute the wealth of the islanders, it will be seen that they are not in this re spect so much unlike civilized people. But the man with more clothes than any body else has no more authority. He is respected for his sagacity, but that is all. Little has been known of the islanders hitherto. For a great many years after the whalers had been going to Bering Straits and the great Mackenzie it was supposed the hue brown rock was un inhabited. It was like a beacon in the sea, and about it nothing was to be seen nor heard except the roar of the waves and the weird cries of the wild fowl. Finally some one discerned smoke ascend ing from the other side of the cliff. A landing' was made and there the islanders were found. They said the v and their forefathers had been there always and ! that they knew no other world, though ' they had raeard that there wa3 one. This was only a dozen years ago. Since then the whalers have kept an eye out for them, for they liked the generous na tives, who showed many good traits. Pert Townsend (Washington) Call. Distinctive Features of New Orleans. "The biggest little city in the coun try," is what an adopted citizen of New Orleans calls that town. "With but little more than a quarter of a million of in habitants, the Crescent City has most of the features of a true capital and me tropolis. It is among the few towns in our country that can be compared with New York in respect of their metropoli tan qualifications, but New Orleacs leads all the rest, though in population it is small beside any of the others. It has I an out ana exclusive society, whose claims would be acknowledged in any of our cities. It supports grand opera; its clubs are fully what the term implies, and not mere empty club houses. It has tine theatres and public and church buildings. The joys of the table, which Chesterfield ranked first among the dis sipations of intellectual men, are pro vided not only in many fine restaurants and in the clubs, but in a multitude cf homes.- No city has finer markets. Its commerce is with all the world, and its population is cosmopolitan, with all which a long continuance of those con ditions implies. Like the greater cities, it has distinct divisions or quarters, which offer the visiting sight seer nov elty and change. Its "sights" are the accumulation of nearly two cenruries, and of Spanish, French aad American origin. Harper's Magazine. Birds ot the Gras Lmdi. Every boy who has indulged the nat ural propensity to haunt mnning streams atd wild, delectable places, to pursue shy birds and pry into the secret of their nests, knows full well that there are birds of the fields and birds of the woods. A student of ornithology soon learns that certain groups or families of birds are peculiar either to the woods or to the fields, and that their organization is in more or less entire accordance with, the manner of life induced by the phy3 icil conditions o f the area they inhabit. Among our Eastern American birds the tit-mice, wrens, creepers, nuthatches, wood warblers, tanag;rs, vireos,shrikes, waxwings, tyrant fl?-catches, the wood land group of thrushes, crows, jays and woodpeckers are all tree lovers, for the most part nesting in tree3, and, if oa or near the ground, usually in the depths of tangled underwood. On the other hand, a number of species belonging to the large family of the finches (sparrows, buntings, etc.) are strictly birds of the rrrass lands, and this is true also of some members of the closely allied family of starlings, blackbirds and orioles, notably in the case of the field lark, some bac c birds and the bobolink. Popular Sci ence Monthly. " CUBIOUS FACTS. Cortez took sheep to Mexica in 1330. A San Francisco woman is the proud possessor of 230 cats. ' A combined knife and fork for oae irmed men is "being" manufactured. The most unique citizen of Xew York Oity is Ab Goo Wah, a Chinese tramp. Tobacco has been successfully raised an the banks of the Androscoggin River in 3llaine. The Desert of Sahara La almost exact ly the number of square miles that the United States has. Shirts embroidered by hn J an I cost ing fifty dollars each cane ia fashion ia the reign of Elizibeth. Herrick, the poet, wa9 foal of pigs a? nets, and taught one to follow him about nd to drink beer outof a mug. Rose Brooks, a ten-year-old girl, of Memphis, Tenn., was cho'ced ta death by a glass marble the other dav. Oat of one hundred and thirty-four men in the freshman class at Auihcrat College, only sixteen use tobacco. Paper teeth are now manufactured Ly a Lubeck dentist. One set his been ii use thirteen years and is as goid a ever. A goose with three wings is' the choic est fowl in the floci of Mrs. Samue. Lutz, of Worcester, Montgomery County. Penn. ' The staple of food for the 500,000 na tives of Natal and the Zulus alone ii white corn. It is ground into a coarse meal and boiled with water, making or dinary porridge. The chips Jram a gallows upoa which several persons had been haage d 'was one of the items of mediaeval materia nndioa; these- were thought to L3 especially valuable in treating cases of obstinate ague. "W. Zinn, of Ivorydals, near Cin cinnati, Ohio, was afraid "that people wouldn't believe him the ovner of twin puppies without any forelegs, so he had an affidavit made out and live neighbors swore to it. ' It is customary throughout Spain for the waiters ot cafes to fill a glas of wine or liquor so that it overfio. vs upon the saucer. This custom, in which it is de sired to show an appearance of liberality, is called the "footbath." The title of Prince 13 almost as com mon in Russia as that of Colonel in this country. A Prince Kxapotkin is a cab man, a Prince Soloykoff is a market house porter in Moscow and a Princess Galitzkin is an equestrienne in a cheap circus. Miss Ella Hale, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, lost her voice while counr'ainjr rive years ago. The other day she experi enced a similar coughing sdell, and after it had subsided, found that her voice had returned. Doctors are unable to explain. Some of the costly things in the Sul tan's treasure house at Constantinople are children's cradles of pure gold, in laid with precious stones; divans coveiec with cloth of gold, embroidered with pearls; suits of mail, thickly incrusted with big emeralds and diamonds, and other relics of former Ottoman splendor. Origin of tiuWord "Quiz." The word "qif hich the diction aries variously da. 0 "to make fun of," "a riddle or puzzle," "to play tricks upon," etc., was coined by the elder Sheridan when he was lessee of the old Crow Theatre, Dublin. While at a party with a number of his friends after the close ot the theatre one Saturday night, the subject turned upon the introduction of new words into the language. Finally Sheridan offered to wager thac he could coin a word that would be in everybody's mouth the next day. The bet was taken, and when the party dispersed Sheridan rang up the call boys and gave each a dozen pieces of chalk. He next ordered each to spend the night writing the word "quiz" on every door, doorstep, fence and shutter they came to, promis ing to each boy three shillings if the work was found to be well executed by morning. These directions were carried out to the letter; and, as a matter ol course, the new word was heard on every side the next day. There was much speculation as to the probable meaning of the four letters so oddiy put together, the more timid of the papulation inter preting them as some revolutionary "sign. The true motive and the circumstances under which tbe word was coined finally leaked out, since which time it has the meaning given in the opening. St. Louis Republic. Freikish Actions of a Spring. The greatest curiosity in West Vir ginia, and one of the most wonder ful freaks known in the South, is a spring at Northfield; that is, it is located at Northfield during two months of the year and at some other place during the other ten. The Virginian end of this wonder is engaged in active business during the two hottest months of the year, from July 1 to August 31, its basin being as dry as the proverbial chip the remainder of the year. This phenomenal fountain is no toy water jet, neither is it . "seep" or a "spouty place;" on the contrary, it is a gusher almost equal to a monster Florida spring. The ten months' silence and two months' activity of this Virginian oddity is not the only phenom enon it presents; it works on the in termission plan, spouting a column of water ol huge dimensions for 15 minutes, then relapsing into a state of inactivity for the same length of time. The going aud coming of the water is preceded by a strange roaring sound, not unlike that of a heavy train passing over a trestle. The size of the stream does not seem to diminish from year to year, being always sufficiently large to turn an ordinary mill wheel. St. Louis Republic. Cnliirate the Sunflower, Among the crops that may be grown, and that may be said to be such as give returns, may be mentioned the sunflower. It i3 a rapid and vigorous grower and every part may be utilized; the leaves for fodder, the stalks for fuel and the seed for the manufacture of oil, the resi due being valuable for food, or the seed may be used as a feed without extract ing the oil. The oil makes an especially fine lubri cating fluid, aad the residue of the seed is said to be a better feed than cotton leed meal, because it does not possess that highly stimulating quality possessed oj cotton-seed -oil cake. The whole seed 3iay be used as a feed for sheep," swiae, poultry, cuttle, and even horses, and is devoid of the objectionable qualities at tached to cotton seed as a feed. German town (Penn.) Telegraph. BUDGET OF FUX HCMOROUS SKETCHES FR031 VARIOUS SOURCES, A Sons of Resignation Hi Great Thirst Hello! Prate-tea Xotes Reason in All Things Waiting For tae Winner, Ktc, fcltc. It blows. And the wind kicks np a shindy. It blows. Ureat Scott, just near that windy! . The clapboards shake on the cottage wall And outdoor blinds get loose ani fall, For the day is wild and windy. It shows my old coat's tattered lining. Baoy can't sleeo aad keeps a-whinin But this is the fata of Buffalo. Into our lives some wind must blow Some days must be wild an t win iy. Buffalo Express. HELLO I say you had .uia you say you naa a calling acquaintance with her, Dick?" "Yes; she's in a telephone office." Harvard Lampoon. "WAITIXG FOR THE WnfXER. 'Have you named the baby yet?'' No. His two uncles are bucking each other in the stocfc market just now." m Indianapolis Journal. HIS GREAT THIRST. Farmer (to tramp) "Why do you call yourself an artesian well?'' Tramrj 'Because 1 was driven to drink." New York Journal. SHE WASTED TO KNOW IT. Dora "Why are you in such a hurry to get to Jessie?' Cora "I heard she had a secret she'd sworn not to reveal." Yankee Blade. P.EASOS IX AI.L. THINGS. Bingo (at breakfast) "Ssems to me those waffles come up very slow." Mrs. Bingo "My dear, the cook hasn't had her breakfast yet."- - Judge. PROTESTED NOTES. Miss Miggins "Is Clara still singing in the choir?" Miss Spiggins (who doesn't like Clara's voice) "She thinks she is." Washing ton Star. HIS MANIFEST DESTINY. Scorjeli "I don't kDow what to do with my boy. He has St. Vitus's dance. His contortions are frightful." Yaggers "Make a great pianist ot him, and it will pass for eccentricity." Chicago Tribune. OBSEQUIOUS HILARITY. "I didn't see anything funny in the story that fellow just told. What made you laugh so over it?" "Do you know who he is?'- "No. Who is he?" 4 He's the head of our firm." Life. . TOO GREAT A STRAIN. Visitor "What is the history of that patient? He looks so happy." Warden (of insane asylum) "He is. That man, madam, succeeded in getting a white vest that fitted him around the Jneck, and it made him insane with joy." (Jiothier and Furnisher. THE CASE FULLY EXPLAINED. "Why don't you go home for your noon lunch?" inquired the city man. "Because," answered the suburbanite, "I don't reach my office soon enough to be able to return home sufficiently early to get back again in time to start home for my dinner." Chicago Tribune. WHICH WEIGHS THE LESS? Guide "Now, ladies and gentlemen, you wouldn't believe it, but it's true, that these weights are so delicate that they mark the difference between a blond and a brunette hair." Tourist (opening memorandum book) "And which weighs the less?" Guide "The lighter one." Buffalo Quips. ' AND HE WAS NOT OVERHEAltD. Young Spoonamore (attending party at house of Mr. Billu3) "Katie, there is is something I I want particularly to say o you if if I can get a chance to see you alone." Miss Katie Billus (with rare presence of min(L to young lady at piano) "Something from Wagner, please, Miss Xajones. Tribuue. Now, George I" Chicago LACKING IN ORIGT NALIT ?. "Come, Edward," said the Eo3ton mamma, "you must have your face and hands washed. All little boys have to have their hands washed, you know." "Then, mother," replied Edward, hastily placing a book-mark in the first volume of Ibsen's poems, "I must protest against following the common throng in a custom so utterly commonplace." Chicago News Record. . . OUTSIDE THE PALE. Angry Citizen "If you don't stop pounding and abusing your team I'll have you arrested !" Drayman (pausing a moment) "What for?" "Cruelty to animals." "Why, hang yer eyes, can't you see they're mules 1" "(Lays the whip on again harder than ever.) Chicago Tribune. A HUSBAND'S DIARY. Wife (addressing her husband, who is busy writing at his desk) "What are you writing there, hubby, dear?" "I am working away at my memoirs. " "Ah! but you have not forgotton to mention your little wifey, have you? "Oh, dear, no I I have represented you as the sun ot my life, and am just now giving a description of those days on which you have made it particularly hot for me." Uumoristische Biaetter. GLAD THE LAWYER WASTED TO LEARN. The witness on the stand had been bullyragged by the lawyer until his pa tience was exhausted. "Now," said the barrister, "you said joa saw the prisoner draw his pistol f" "Yes." Tm not forgetting it. "You are sttre voa are truth!" h "Sure." f' "No mistake Vbout it ?n "Note." I . telling the " Ycu coulda'i be persuaded into any ciner statement ( Here the judge interposed. . Oh. let him go on, your lordship," pleaded the' witness; he',? a lawyer, an J he doesn't know the truth when he sees it and I'm only too glad to show him how as far as I can." Boston Globe. SHE COULD SOT PLOW. A storr is told of a bashful young nnrfr,a swam, wbo called on his sweet- heart'to propose. Here is a sample of the conversation : "Miss Addie, can you sweep the floor?" "Why, yes; of course I can." "Can you cook?" "Yes." "Can you wash?" "Yes, I can wash, too. 44 And scour?" "Yes." "Well, can you cut wood?" "I have cut wood, too." "Did you ever hoe?" "Sometimes." "Pick cotton?" "Yes, pick cotton also "Can you plow?" "No, I can't plow." Well, then, I can plow for.both'of us. He got her. Atlanta Constitution. A HOC8EHCLD MYSTERY. "Jason," said Mrs. Calliper to her husband, as they sat at dinner. "I went this afternoon to the china closet to get a certain glass dish that I wanted. When I picked it up I picked up only half of it; the other half remained oa the shelf. Somebody had broken it and then placed it there in that way so that they wouldn't have to tell me about it. Now, of course, neither you nor I broke that dish, the children didn't break it, the servants didn't break it. 'Now how did it get broken?" "Expansion and contrac ' "Jason." "Well, Cynthia," . said Colonel Cal liper, soothingly, "you ought not to worry about that dish. Science has in recent years made great advances, 5 aud many things which were once mysteri ous are now as clear to us as the pa?es of an open book: but the question 'Who breaks the dishes?' has nevfr been an swered, and it is not likely that it ever will be; and why, my dear, why should you waste your time in trying to dis cover the undiscoverable?" New York Sun. LATEST FORM OF LITERARY , HYSTERICS. The little bird stood on the roof ot the cowshed and scatched its neck. Afar down the alley a lone ragman drove his chariot slowly along and chanted his plaintive lay. The wind moaned through the chimney-pots, the red sun looked dimlv down through the smoke and the little bird stood on the roof of the cow shed and scratched its neck. The little bird stood on the roof of the cowshed and scratched its neck. Sadly the stray policeman in the gray distance swiped a banana fiom the cart of a passing Italian and peeled it with a grimy hand. He was thinking, thinking. And the dead leaves still choked the tin spout above the rain-water barrel in the back yard. The little bird stood on the roof ot the cowshed end scratched its neck. Adown the gutters in the lonely stieet ran mnrky puddles on their long, long ourtey toward the distant sea. .Borne on the wings of the sluggish breeze came far-off murmur of vagrai dogs, in fierce contention and life was a hollow mockery to the homeless cat. The little bird stood on the roof ot the cowshed and scratched its neck. And it softly said : "I scratch because it itches! Chi cago Tribune. Working Days In Different Countries. In these days of ever-recurring labor disputes-in almost every part of the globe; of the cries of the British work- man ior tne uonunentai ounaay DUt, mind you. only so far as pleasure, not abor, is concerned) ; and of the weak- need endeavors of the Continental ar tificer, in his turn, to have the British resting Sunday introduced, it is interest ing to note, from figures furnished by a olish statistician-, the number of work- ng-dajs per annum standard in various countries. As might be expected, the inhabitants of Central Russia labor few est days in the year to wit, 267. Then comes Canada, with 270; followed by Scotland, 275; England, 278: Portugal, 283; Russian Poland, 283; Spain, 290; Austria and the Russian Baltic Provinces, 295; Italy, 293; Bavaria, Belgium, Bra zil and Luxembourg, 300; 3axony, ranee, Finland, Wiirtemberg, Switzer- and, Denmark and Norway, 30 - Swe den, 304; Prussia and Ireland. 305; United States, 306; Holland, 308, and Hungary, 312. Assuming that these figures are fairly correct, it may be con sidered that in a few instances they afford ground for mild surprise. For example, if the Canadian working-man has only to toil, statutably, 270 days out 365, why does he cross the boundary ini; to the United States, where he will b? kept at the grindstone, so to speak. for 3U6 days, or only six less than tbe Hungarian has to slave. Again, it is curious that Brazil should be bracketed with Bavaria and Belgium at 300 days, these three constituting the only coun tries mentioned the initial letter of whose name is "B;" while it is worth noting that the sweating Fritz and the down trodden Pat are in the same category. these gentlemen having legally to delve for some thirty davs more in the twelve month than their more fortunate Scottish and English colleagues. Iron. Caairht by a Telescope. A curious arrest was made at Portland, yii., the other day. The fish -warden has been having a great deal of trouble with people who have been taking lob sters illegally, and the other day he went to tile Portland Observatory and turned the big telescope, which is used for ob serving vessels at sea, upon Peak's Island, several miles awav. There h saw some men hard at. woik loading barrels into a dory, and suspecting that they contained lobsters he eot a sharp watch on the wharves and was rewarded by catching the. guilty parties. New Orleans Pica yune. Fooled the Cojo'e. , The other day hunter placed some decdys upon the bank of 'a stream east of here while going to dinner. A ranch er who happened to be passing saw a coyote approach, keeping fcAi oungry J eyes on the supposed ducss. CvvuAily creeping upon them tbe coyoterJinienly pounced on the decoys only dtt that all that elitters is nrtduck Pendleton (Oregon) Tribuue. s. wver a nOUSEIIOLU i 8TUTFKO TO It is one of the easici fowl if one goes abouk. way. The first necessity dTy, home made bread well tn talk about baker there are m-nv cooks who C?-iithati really excellent stuffing cannot be made from it Select a well dried loaf or little scraps cut off from any burnt portion, but not the crust. Butter thc slices and sprinkle them with salt and pepper and a little sage, thyme or summer savory, accord ing as one may like those seasonings? then dust over these pieces the tiniest speck of baking powder. Cut the t slice into dice and till the bird with these until no more can be pressed in. Close the bird with", skewers, tie the wings down with s gs and fasten the lejs to the body in same way. Very thin slices of satt - M should be cut and laid over the exposed portions of the fowl, the breast and 'legs especially being more likely to scorch than any of the other parts. These slices are fastened in place with small skewers, or if great pains is taken to remove them, with large pins. Every housekeeper should have a set of small sized saewers of metal expressly for this purpose. When the bird is ready, put it into the oven: and add at least half a pint of water, or what is better, good soup stock. Baste the fowl every fifteen minutes and ke a careful natch of it until done. T."N Almost every one bcwVaies familiar with her own oven, and th time that is consumed in making vattms articles. There is one thing that musnot be over looked, and that is that fill meats of whatever sort should be thoroughly cooked. The rarc-metrt idea is an ex ploded one, and the time is not far dis tant when to eat it will be looked upon as almost barbarism. Of all unsaisfac toryand indigestible dishes anill-cookcd is the worst. Prepared in the above way,, the stuff- ing of a chicken or turkey resolves itself into the work of a few minutes. The continual basting gives the necessary moisture to the dressing, , the baking makes it light as a feather, and the soup or other gravy gives the flavor that epi cures like so well,- New York Ledger. . HOW TO MAKE RAO CARPETS. In nearly all farmhouses rag carpets are used, and they are admirably adapted for the purpose, though the making of them is no inconsiderable task for the busy housewife, but this may be rendered less formidable by a little forethought. Each week when the ironing is being done, discard all such garments as are unfit for further wear, remove the but tons, and cut and tear the rags ready for sewing. Place each color in a bunch by itself, if you are intending to make your carpet striped. Try to get the rags all sewed up ODce a year at least. Take a day or evening, when other duties are cot very pressing, thread tbe machine with No. 40 thread, of a color to suit the rags, lap aud fold tbe ends of t wo strips as it to oe sewe'd by band, start in at the side just back of the beginning of the lap, run slantingly to the ceater, ssw the length of the lap, and slant to the edge, insert another without breaking the thread or lifting the presser-foot, and - continue adding -length after length; When the bunch of rags is finished, clip all the threads first, and then wind the raas into balls. - Do not mix men's heavy cloth in your -carpet with the finer cotton rags, but make them into rugs instead, using only cotton iags, cut fine and sewed neatly, it you wish a nice smooth carpet, and one that wilt not be so heavy as to be troublesome to make, lay and clean. Its freedom from wool will also prevent the attack of moths. , Brown is the most serviceable and de sirable color for the warp, as it adds depth and richness tothe general appear ance of the carpet. The present fancy runs towards plain, rather than striped carpets, but if one wishes a bright, mixed elTect, it will .be necessary to color some or the rags before sewing, or a dark rich looking carpet can be pro duced from-all light rags, by coloring them after sewing, first a deep yellow, then tying the skeins in several places very closely with stout strips of heavy cloth, and coloring them a rich browu. If the room to be carpeted is large, a width at either side may be made as a border, and the central breadths woven proportionately shorter, having a similar border fitted across their ends to match tbe side breadths. - When getting materials ready for a new carpet, be sure'to make an allow ance for a stair carpet. Wind a pretty fancy stripe for this, edging it with a four-inch stripe of sober color. To gether they should form a strip a little more than half the width of tbe stair way. Between each 1 trip of carpet should be woven in a three-inch space of warp for hemming. Tne eelvedges -should be very eveo. Two extra strips should be woven to replace anythat may wear out before the rest. If the colors are well chosen, the hemming and sew ing carciiiUy done, the stair cirpet, when neatly laid, will present a very at tractive appearance ana be much more durable and appropriate where the other carpets are rag ones, than a more expen- sive one would be. American Agric turist. RECITES. Apple Charlotte Line a butfered loaf tin with thin slices of home-made bread; dip the edges of the bread in white of egg and fill the space with a smooth ap ple sauce seasoned with lemon rind aud nutmeg, or cinnamon ; cover tbe top with strips of bread; put a small quantity of butter on top, and bake one hour. Cauliflower lie move the outer stalks. Soak in cold water, aaJ cook Ja boiling salted water abm;t twenty minutes. Drain, scparau; the stall, put them in a dish and eon to Jute; , or, with two teaspoonful-i lemon juice, a little salt and pepper mixed wita one quarter cup of melted h-tter. Or pour a thin, white sauce over the cauliflower and sprinkle coarse bread crumbs which have been browned in butter over the sauce. - . f Since Cake Oae cup browa su one-halt cup molwse-J, one tables poy cinnamon, one cup thick, soar cy one teaspoon fal soda, one tables'' allspice, three and one-half cup- one pound of tasio Seed and' raisins, dissolve the soda in fal ot hot water, add it to then add the cream, sv beat well, add spie? -rC floored. Bake in I - hour. 1 3 1 " . L 't f.
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