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aper for a Dollar and Half per Year, and orth every pent of it. Diploma at the New Berne Fair VOL. XIII. WASHINGTON, BEAOFORT CO., N. 0., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1890. NO. 8. POWDER , Absolutely Pure. , i n am f tartar baking powder lliu'ti' -t "I' all in leaven ng st'eiiirtli. r. S. .ovcrinnent i ; 1 1 . !u;'. 17, itOYAL R.VKTNC1 POWDER CO., II ti 'Wii'l! Mini. ,'ih ul. For sale 1 .i ;.!. M -A LliOW Di i;i:ctohy. ST A I K A N 1 I . K N M K T . Cnvi i noi . t itiii' l ' J i'o e. of Wake, j ,uu:iiaiit i"V' i iiuiv'l I" mas M . Holt" .,: A 1 .t 1 1 1 . i! ...Vrwarv of tate, Will.am L Saunders ,.: U'.ikf'. l'ii;i!(l W llf in . . f Wake. ii.lttur. I M-iirue VV. Mni'leiliii, 'Wayne. mif'i in finlfiit. ot Public lt,structiiii, Sidiiev M Kingt r, of Catawba. .iei enU". 'I'll' iMlore F David- sun, of r.uijcoiiii. r I K ii'..i:i K Aonit'ri.TU UK. ('mini i-si'MHT, .lo'ili Ui ., , r.-t -.iv. '1 T I'.nnier ( liciiiist", Herbert I (Tut I 'iitnigrat Hat tip. !. M. Wilson. f-t'l'KKMK. L'OL'ILT. Chief .1 ust'ic-f. Win' s II Smith,of W.-tkr -Muriate .1. stices, J J I avi, of Frank lin. A :u I'M S erriinon, of Wake. .lau.e- K. Shepherd, of Beaufort -and Alfoiro (J. Avery, of Burke. II IKiKS SL'rKIMOIl COURT 1'irst Innct. oiim 11 l.rown, oi (Kirt II Brown, - 9 : I '.e.lllt Or! . -StviHlill lIStHCl, Frederick 'Philip l'..l4'C(.llnl. Third I '.'isirici, II "minor,, of Wilson Knintli I'isniri; Walter Clark, of Wake Filth Ii-ti'Kt,.lolin A (iilmer.(iuilford iUi District, ET It'ovRin, of Sampson evrittli District. James C McHae.of ,( ii!iilei'laii(!'; - Kiirlit l iKlii' t. K T Anntield. Iredell, Niiiilr . strict. M F (iraves, of adkin. TYuiIl . "Fstrict. John i liynum, Hurke Eleveixrli District, W M hipp. of Meek ienhnrtr. i Twelfth District, Jame- II Merrimon of Huncomhe. I 'UK V K K S K N TA T 1 V ES I N pMUHKSS Senaie. .ebuloii 1? Vam e. of Mecklen . bin tr; Ma W Hansom, of N'orth-lian.l-t'itt'4 Ilmise.oi IJepiese. tatives. First Distiict riiouia-(1 Skinner, of Ferquimans. Second 1'isirict, 11 V heathatu, col., ot Vance. . Thirn Di-trict, ' W M. Clammy, Fender Fourtji District, 15 II H-uin. of Nah. Fit": li Distiict, J M F.n.wer. of Surry. NXtll I'iStlict. Alfred Wowiand. . Seven h Dist'il.'t. J S Henderson, l.'owai. Ki Jith DMrict.W II II owles, Wilke Ninth Di-trict, II (i Kwart. Ilendei son COUNTY. Shn ill ;n,d Treasurer. I T HcmIccs. iiicii(ir . court clei k. (i Wilkens. I.'eeisn-'r of Denis, M V illiauison. "k snrfoi'.Aiito 1, Waters. Coroner.. Win II (Jaskins. niiiiiUi-ioners. Dr W .IJiullock, ch'm; D M askill, K 1' IbMlaes, F Hooker.; T 1 Waters. J. II. Small, Attolnev. HniiFd of Kd ucal ion, F V Wilkinson, ciriii' I' U Johnson, F 1? (Juilford. , iiieiinteiident of I'ublic Instruction. l!t v Nat Harding. " -. iiitoi llealth, Dr W A mount. .'. - CITY. M-avor, .In. J', Cliauucey. - n.'ik, .) A 15 unrest ' Ti'i .I'lner, .1 I'. Sparrow. ' Chief ,,t' I'olic.e. J. (; . ;ritlin. C'.ijmrilmeu. J (' Cliaiincev. Jno Hav ens, S II Wil iains, II 15 Mao, ,1 D Cordon A .1 lirown. IF A liridgers. . " MAILS. Northern' due daily at Hp m. Closes at - Tu p in. . Ireeuville. due l-:.i. closes 1:150 Sort hnid s..iiili.:slde river due daily at . H p in ; closes at ( following mornings Other Honrs, It a in to 5 p in. Moi ey Order and Registry Department, am to 5 p in. i E buckjaian, 1 M S. H. Ciirrow, Ass't. . . ( lirnciiF.S. MeUnlist. Rev V KW are, pastor. Ser vices everv Sunday-morning and eveniiiL:. Sunday School at 3 p m . A W Thomas. Siiperiuteiident. . I'.reshvterian. Kev E Mack, pastor . Services every Siindav morning and inu'iit. Sunday School at a p m, .ias I. Fovsle. Superintendent. Episcopal. Rev Nat Harding. Rector. Services every Sunday morning and niht. Sunday school at 3 pm. Kd- iiuiial- Alexander. Suiieriniendent v V M ". .v.. meets everv Thursday' ni-'ht. l'raver . nieettmr evert Sunday at t "'chick ii. m. II ill over lirown's ... li.ll.k. "; ; TEMI'KltANfE MKETINOS " H'l'ii in Club,- Regular meeting every Tviesilav night -at 8 at Town Hall " t' T I'. Regular meeting every Thurs l:iy..4i in at Town' Hall ! y lull and I'nion Frayrr merting every iui(iay. ii n Town Hall at '2 30 p m. I5ai.il of Hope- meets every Friday. ''". I.OIMH S. nrr Lixfge, No 104. A F and A M meet ."it Masonic Hall 1st and 3rd Tuesday mirhis of each month, E S Hoyt, v M; 11 1 II od ires. Sec. l'hal ,nx bo.lire, No 10. I O O F, meets eVrrv 1st and 3rd Friday night at their'hall, C M Urown, N G; W J Crunipler, Sec'y. : Washington Lodge, No 1,490, Knisrhts of Honor, meets 1st and 3rd Thurs hiy night., at Odd. Fellows' Hall, T J 'armalt. iiictator; Arthur Mayo, reporter; J K Ross. F Reporter. f -f : .. .. .. .T .- - T . - - mi-ur.i i joimcil, o.Soo, American ie " gions o!" Honor, meets everv 2nd aird 4lh Thursday nights at Odd Fellows' ! Hall. CM Rrown. commander; W M Cherry, collector. - I'amlieo Lodee, No 71", Knights and i Ladies of Moor, meets '2nd and 4th Monday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall, W' M Cherry, FrotectorTI lirown, Secretars Lxcelsior Lodge, No 31, O O C, meets ist and 2nd I nesuav nient nt Udd Fellows' HalLDr S. T. Nicholson comtriiuder.Dr E Saell, Secrtay. UNCERTAINTY. " Uncertainty U written high And low Nature's scroll, Yet e'er mibii.im jiTulonophy liecreed. unto the soul:--Thy bourn-- is far above the sky. When; nameless Rlorles roll; W.Jat heir of nil eternity. The eml w i,i,t uncertainty, 'Tis the celestial goal J - Uncertain as a litful dream Are fortune, fame and (ow er. Whose hollow honors -Haunt and gleam 1 An(l fail the passing hour Uncertain every human scheme; But, thou, immortal flower. Shall lil.x mi throughout eternity ; The soul knows no uncertainty, ' Though rude Time's tjempests lower. i . When Earth itself her bourse hath run, - And o'er our race shall fall No more the sheen of star or sun, . , Ulind Huin sjireails its rail; " '.'-.'. Thou seraph soul, loveitj Hiijj'rinjt one, Khali scae death's la oken thrall, Exultant and eternally Triumphant o'er uncertainty. Where spirit voices cill. C'hica) Saturday Herald. Fer-fle-laitro, One of the dea'dli'e-sjt serjients of the tropics is the fcr-de-lance, of which there are at le.-ist eigl it varieties. Laf-cadio- llearn says that the reptile is of prtcisoly the color wlijch will enable it to hide among foliagj or the roots of trees. Sometimes it ii of a bright yel low, and one can scarcely distinguish it from the bunch of which it coils. bananas within Again it may be black or yellowish brown, or of any tropical forest mold, fold bark or de composing trees; The iris of the eye is orange, with red flashes, and it glows at night like burning foal. " ' In Martinique the fi -r-de-larice is ab solute lord of the forest by day, and at night he extends LisJ- dominion over parks and public roads. The only safe ty lies in remaining home after dark, unless one lives in thefeitv itself, and it is always dangerous th enter the forest even at noon withou an experienced escort. At any moim-nt a bnuich, a root, a bunch of pfhdant fruit may take life, writhe, spring and strike death to the heart. Y'outh'fc Companion. Bridging the Sea. "This, the last decade of the Nine teenth century, will fprobably seethe commencement, if ik jt the completion, of one of the most gigantic engineering operations ver. undertaken' by mens the bridging of the jKnglish chaniu'l. The scheme for a funnel under the Straits of Dover apixfeirs to liaye been iridefinitely abandoned. This being the "tjase, M. Hardque, tu) French engineer, 'and William IL Northcote, the Knglish bridge builder, have put their heads to gether for the purpose of devising a plan for throwing a' bridge across the strait almost exactly over the lino pro posed by tne tunnej company, wnicu will be froirr F'olkeiitone, on the En glish, side, .to Cape (irisnez, France, by the way of Varne ait'd the Calbttrt., two reefs niuch dreaded by all channel and strait navigators. -tst. Louis' Republic. Another Story, of '(ollars and Cutis." Prince Albert Victor, second son of the Prince of Wales.i commonly known as "Collars and Cuffs," "was a royster- ing blade at school. When he was short of monev, as wins .'.often the case, he would write to lus iiigtist grandmother to help.him out of his' dilemma. The queen always answered his appeals for aid with a kind letter of advice, but no money. ' On such occasions Albert Vic tor would go out Into the campus and sell the queen's autograph letter to the highest bidder. A large number of Fn glisli families have such letters in their possession. San Francisco Argonaut. Driving A u ay Itats. If any one has a house that is over run with rats he can get rid of them in a very cheap -anti "simple . manner. Catch a full grown '3 rat m a wire cage, then tie a little sleigh bell about his neck and let him go. There is nothing in the world as timid as rats. They will flee from the rat with the bell, and with in two days you will, not find a rat on your premises. ' : Yju .'.may hear, how ever, of a haunted house somewhere else in the neighborhood, where a mys terious tinkling of A bell is heard in the walls at the de..d of night. New York Journal. j : -- Byron swam tlA' "-' IlellesiKmt in an hour tuid ten mhjutes, after having once tried and failed. The distance, as he told his mother was not more than a mile in a straight line, but to accom plish that mile in sjich a tide he had to gwim two or three miles. Compared with the performances of some of our swimmers of today! it was not extraor dinary, and it ; wjis done in rather warm water in tjhe month- of May, which is;one of the hot months in that part of the vworld. According to TlieJ London Times Jere miah Lynch's book "Egyptian Sketch es." publislwHl in"Iondon. has created a furor among foreifn Egyptologists, and taken its place as ; classic and standard work on the land of the Pharaohs. Mr. Lynch is aii American business man, living in an lancisco, who spends much of his time in study. They tell of an engineer on the New Jersey Central ra lroad w ho is one of thoN? men who, iio matter wnat tne provocation is, nf ver use swear wordj. frln an accident his locomotive wa smashed all to pieces, ine engineer walked around t ie wreck, gazed at it mournfully, paused and ejaculated, "Oh, riddle!" A Cusetta, Ga,' man drove into and through a clump ff bee gums. He and his mulo were stisng nearly to death, grave fears bein entertained as to their recovery, lit is estimated that the man received; 2. 000 stings. . . . - r If yen are siifteiing with wesk or inflamed eyes, 0r granulated eelids, you can be civrjd by using Dr. J. H. McLean's fstreiigthewiig Eye Sa've. i j The blood mult be pure for the hotly f to be in perfect Condition. Dr. J. H. McLean's Sarsapanlla makes pure blood an imparts ihe rich bloom of health and vigor -to the whole hotly Queer Boston Hasbands. During a visit to one of the suburbs of Boston a few facts came to my no tice "which I thought might strike some of. your readers as rather odd. Surely woman's rights prevail here to a great extent, at least in one direc tion that is, as regards th weekly washing. I called on a lady one after noon and she complained of being "sotired." Her husband, she said, had had the grip- and had done the wash ing the night before, but he really was too i to hang out the clothes, and she had done it that morning, and was to tally used up. I was so surprised that I suppose I must have shown my feel ings. 1 finally-said it was the first time I had heard of the men doing such things; that is, American men. Bat she informed me that a great number Df men in the place did the washing, and other work, too, which I had al ways considered belonged to woman's domain. This is how it was managed: The husband did the washing in the evening, and if the weather was at all dubious in the movning would goto work as usual. But if, in the course of the morning, it should clear off he would ask for a little time off, and rush home and hang out the clothes. And no one seemed to think it either funny or odd. The wife can outwallj any woman I know; and was always ready for a day's shopping in Boston, which is so wearing to most ladies-. "But then," she said, "Fred was sure to get home by a little after 5 and have a nice hot cup of coffee ready, and an oyster stew, or something else nice and warm, knowing I.wpuld come home cold and hungry." And that man was not considered a first class fobl,'e.ither, strange as it may seem. I thought the twenty-sixth verse of the fourth chapter of Esdras very appro priate to him: I am not interested in any- laundry, but will mention that it only costs thirty-six cents per dozen here to have clothes done up very nicely. One lady informed me that her sister said it was such a trial to her to go over the clothes, and if they were not elean throw them back in the tub for her husband to rub again. I don't think I could ever get up a parti cle of respect for a man like that. These are not the only cases in this place that I know of, as one lady in formed me that not only her husband did the washing on their street, but there was only one man who did not, Cor. Hartford Times. . The Imprisoned Duck. A young duck, by some accident, had its leg broken, and the wounded haying; been-put in-spliuts, the duck was placed under a fcmall orate, or railed coop, to prevent it, tor a time, from running about. The poor prisoner looked very forlorn in this cage, and was evidently an object of pity to its brothers and sisters around, They tried to release their companion by. forcing their necks under the crate and so lift itv but the effort was beyond their strength. On ascertain ing this, they held a consultation and then they marched away in a body. Presently they reappeared with all the ducks belonging to the farm yard, amounting to about forty. After a ' great deal of quacking they surrounded the crate, and every neck was inserted under the lowest rail; they then made, a united effort to raise the crate, but, alas ! in vain ; their strength was not sufficient, An other consultation was now held, and, after another storm of quacking, the whole of them came to one side of the crate; as many as possibly could now thrust their necks beneath the rail, the rest pushing them forward from be hind. This time they succeeded ; the crate was raised, their imprisoned friend was liberated, and noisy were the greetings she received as she limped, once mOre free, into their midst. New York Mail aad Express. Wonderful Mechanism. The Bank of England's doors are nowST) finely balanced that a clerk, by pressing a knob under his desk, can close- the outer doors instantly, and they cannot be opened again exoept by special process. This is done to prevent the daringand ingenious unemployed of the great metropolis from robbing this famous institution. The bullion departments of this and other great English banking establishments are nightly submerged in several feet of water by the action of machinery. In some of the London banks the bullion departments are connected with the managers' sleeping rooms, and an en trance cannot be effected without set ting off an alarm near that person's head. If a dishonest official, during either day or night, should take even as m uch as one from a pile of a thou sand sovereigns the whole pile would instantly sink and a pool of water take its place, beside letting every person in the establishment know of the theft. St. Louis Republic. An Bxtraordinary Beard. Philip Hensen, a planter, residing near Corinth, Miss., is believed to be the possessor of the longest beard in the world. He is a man of unusual stature, standing nearly feet in his his stockings; tins notwithstanding. his beard reaches the ground when he is standing erect. , A German residing m Chicago a few years ago boasted Of his 60 inches of beard, but Hensen goes' him several better, having many threads in his beard which measure over 70 inches. This remarkable growth is but fourteen years old. St. Louis Republic For rheumatic and neuralgic pains. rub in Dr. J. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment, and take Dr. J, Ii. McLeans Sarsaparilla. Y'ou will not suffer long, but be grattied with a.speeay and effect lvecure. maylt3m Children who are troubled with -worms mav be ouic.klv relieved bv tak ing Dr. J. H. McLean's Liquid Vermi fuge. GENIUS OF THE CELT. aw Shrewd Natlre Work the AmerleM Travelers In Ireland. Irifib. wit loses much of its keenness oy repetition. Thoroughly to appreci ate it one must listen to Pat as on his native soil he flushes forth those rapier like expressions which convulse his listeners. The larger part of Celtic -vit is epigrammatic. . It springs sud denly from its environments. In' Ire 1 ,ud it is distilled from almost every situation. As soon as the American lands in Ireland he begins to hear it. The traveler first comes in contact with the professional beggar, at Queens town. From an economic standpoint those beggars are the pests of th Green Isle. They give travelers alto gether a wrong impressio in regard tm the true nature of the Irishman as he is in his native land. Still tba American cannot, help being pleased with them on account of their witty saynjs. A recent traveler in irejanq was accosted by one of these prof es sionals. In all essential respects the beggar closely resembled the Witch of Endor. She was lean and evidently hungry. . She stood in an attitude ex- pressive of extreme humility, with I her hands clasped before her. She said j nothing, but her attitude was a very , beseeching one. Thinking from hei looks that she was deserving of char I lty, the traveler said to bert "Now, madam, if 1-giveyou.a shil ling will you promise not to follow me around the streets during my stay in Queenstow"n?" "Arrah, sir, may the blessin of . heaven come down upon ye, sir; may j ye niver know want, and may ye'er i wife niver attind ye er funeral. j She received the shilling in her wrinkled palm, and as long as the traveler was within hearing she called down blessings upon him. He re mained in Queenstown one week. During that time wherever he went he saw the miserable spectacle of the poor beggar woman. Her looks al ways asked for alms. This went on until it became unbearable to the trav eler. One morning as. he came out of his hotel he saw her standing on the opposite side of the street in the usual pitiful attitude. To put it mildly, he was. vexed. He decided to put an end to the nuisance. Qrqssjng street rapidly to where the woman 004, he nam: "Madam, didn't you agree not tp follow me after I gave you the shil ling?" "Faith, I did, sir." "Well, why in thunder do you fol low me so?" The woman smiled and replied : "Shure, sir, it's not me that's foiled m ye ; it s ye tnat s iollerin me. The travelep gaye her a sixpence. There is. another nuisance in most pf the large Irish towns. It is in the shape of the email boy, Af tep leaving Queenstown the traveler spoken of above met one of these pocket edition Celts at the Cork station. Said the boy, who was no more than twice as large as the traveler s valise: "Wu d ye lave me carry the bag?" 1 The traveler doubted the boy's stiength, yet he yielded the valise to his eager grasp. The bag was heavy and the boy gradually, became bow legged in his efforts to carry it. Oa arriving at the hotel the traveler gave the boy sixpence and dismissed him. He came out upon the sidewalk an hour later and found the boy. waiting. Said the traveler : "Sonny, I don't need you any long er. "But yell nade a guide, sir." "No; I can see the city without help." With this the traveler started to go away, but the boy clung to his coat tails. He stuck closer than a burdock burr. ' The sightseer couldn't shake him off until he used actual violence. His rebuff did not discourage the boy, however, for he followed for two hours until he arrived at Patrick's bridge. Here, as the tourist stood watching the myriad gulls in graceful flight over the River Lee, he felt a sharp tug at his coat, and, turning around, saw the boy again. "Well, my boy, what is it now?" "It's gettin' late," replied the boy, "and wud ye pay me now so I can go home?" "Pay you for what?" asked the tour ist. "Fur showin' ye round the city o' Cork, sirl'V-Cor. Chicago Herald. The Cap wa Gall. A man who had both eyes blacked and his nose badly bunged up entered the Third street depot the other day and asked of Officer Button :: "How many trains leave this depot in a day?" "Oh, about fifty." "Good ! Get me tickets to go on the whole blamed fifty, and if there are any specials let me in on 'em, for I ache to get out of this town in a hur ry 1 Detroit Free Press. A Plane of Flower. A pretty conceit in flowers was shown in the Hotel Brunswick at the meeting of the piano makers. It was an imitation of an upright piano of regulation size. Violets formed the body, lilacs and white carnations the keys, and red and white roses consti- tuted the rest of the design. New or " orio. George W. Childs, the rich Phila delphia editor and philanthropist, be gan his business career by sweeping out stores in Baltimore. He arrived in PhiladelDhia unknown and penniless. and finally worked his way into a bookstore. TMe circulation of the blood quick enea ana enricned Dear lire and en ergy to every portion of the body; ap-' petite returns; the hour of rest brings with it sound repofe. Thi r can be se cured by taking Dr. J. H. McLean's Sarsaparilla., If you feel "out of sorts" cross and peevish take Dr.J. H. McLean's Sar saparilla; cheerfulne&s will return nnd Jjle acquire pew rest.' DOGS AND THEIR TRICKS. Hoat Any Dog Can Be Taught Some Trick and He'll Never Forget It Professor Burton, who has a troupe of clever dogs, is an old circus man. He used to oe tumbler in the ring. There comes a day in the life of every circus tumbler when he must quit the business and go into something else. Burton went to training dogs. He has Weem with several coinmnies. but is now on his own hook. He had a val uable troupe of dogs once in "New York, but somebody poisoned them. The professor's present family of dogs consists of Italian greyhounds, German poodles, a Russian poodle, a Russian spaniel a liver-and-white spaniel, a spitz, a black dog that does the somerset act, and several others. "There L no dog," said the profes sor, "which can't be taught a trick of some sort- Of course there are some dogs that learn quicker than others, and more tricks. I am always asked how I teach !y;s these tricks. Well, there is no trick about it that I ever knew. It takes patience and judg ment and kindness. I seldom use the whip, and neve? in giving instructions. In fact, I have to be very t cautious, The other day two of my family got into a squabble, 1 separated them, but with trouble. In doing so I had to cut one of them with the whip. That fellow is heartbroken. He has had the sulks ever since. He won't eat and he won't act. I've got to send him away for a few days. "A dog should be at least a year old before training, I select different breeds for different acts. The grey hound is a natural lea per, The spaniel is a trickster. The spitz is the clown The black dog the blaok-and-tan one is the acrobat- "Under ordinary circumstances the average dog will learn his trick in' five weeks. Then .the test conies when ho goes on the stage the first time. Talk about people having stage fright! I've known dogs when brought on the stage for the first time make a break and run away and tremble like a frightened child. When they get used to it, though, .they like the stage, and the more applause they get tho better they act. You may think that is stretching it, but it is a fact that trick dogs do better if they are applauded, and. this. espepjajly true if the ap plause pontes, from phildreui . "These trick dogs know their places 011 the stage and take their cue from my looks, They are as. eager for the show to begin as children are eager for play. This, I think, is instinct, for anybody could , go on the stage with them if he knew the words to speak and the motions to make, and the dogs would go through the same " pro gramme they, go through with me. "I keep them in cages after the shqw. Every piorning at 0:30 I take them ut fr f?xercjse.. They are fed twice a day in the morning and after the slow at night- This troupe con sumes about fifteen loavesof bread and a large sine market basket of cooked meat every day, "They never forget a trick. I laid "off some months ago and sent the dogs to the country. I htwl a vacation of several weeks me and the dogs. When I returned to the stage With them they went through every part without a break. There is good feel ing between the members of the pres ent family. They are healthy and full of fun. There isn't aynic in the lot" Chicago Tribune. The Crtwu for Odd leather. An extensive leather dealer of Lon don, traveling in this country, says that never before was there such a craze in London for queer leather as at the present time. He adds: "All kinds of skins, from elephants to frog's, are pressed into service to meet the demands of the fashionable. Some 6 our shops are stocked with a supply of fancy articles that a3 made from the skins of all sorts of beasts, reptiles and fishes. These queer objects are displayed in the windows, where their appearance attracts wondering crowds. Made up into various articles are yel low pelican skins, lion and panther skins, buffalo skins, fish skins, monkey skins, snake skins, and the" coverings of almost every living thing known. They are tanned and sometimes color ed with blue, gray or red. I think it looks hideous to see a pretty Euglish girl walking along-the street swinging portemonnaie made of the scaly bide of a boa constrictor. But it's fash ion's order, you know." Exchange. Preferred His Own Importation. Col. Reynolds was wounded. His thigh was shattered by a ball, and af ter a grave and protracted consulta tion the surgeons informed the brave Irishman that his leg must be ampu tated in order to save his life. He was true grit to the backbone, and protest ed against this strongly. ' 'Can't you cure the leg?" he pleaded. The sur geons shook their heads, and one of them informed him that it would not be so bad after all, as he could wear a cork leg. "It's a Cork leg I have now," he replied, with a grim smile, "and I think a great deal of it because I imported it myself I imported it from Ireland." Chicago Herald. Qnce in a While. When a judge tells a prisoner that he has been tried by a jury of his peers, he may be correct, but the chances are, with the jury system run the way it is, that the average prisoner has more sense and intelligence than the average man sitting on his case, He has got to be a mighty poor man who is the peer of a juror. Detroit Free Press. Don't irritate yourlungs with at-tub born cough wneu a pleasant and . elec tive remedy may be found in Dr- J. H. McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm ! If you are all run down have no Strength, no energy, and feel very tired all the time take Dr. J. H. McLean's SarBxparllla. It will impart strength and vitality to your system. THE TEXAN COWBOY. He Is Manly, Generous, Bold, Fearlea, Warmhearted and Has Small Feet. Cowboy life has in the last few years lost much of its roughness. The cattle barons have discharged most of the men who drank and have frowned so pei-sistently upon gambling that little of it is done. On the ranches kept un der fence they have little to do when not on the drive or in branding time, the cattle being all safely inclosed. But they must take their turns at line rid ing, which means a close inspection of the fences and the repair of all breaks and damages. Where night overtakes them there they sloe., staking their horses and rolling themselves in their blankets. These rides of. inspection take days to accomplish, for there are ranches in Texas which extend in a gtraight line over sevenly-nve miles. Those ranches which are not kept un der fence necessitate more work. The boys must then keep their cattle in sight, and while allowing them to graze in every direction must see that none in the many' 'thousands, stray beyond the limits of their own particular pas tures. They go then in parties, scat tering over the territory, for they must cover hundreds of thousands of acres In a day. It is not a life of hardship, and pays well enough. Everything is furnished to them free and of the very best, and they are paid besides thirty dollars per month. Each party stays out from two to three -weeks at a time ; but they take with them the finest of camp wag ons, with beds and bedding, cooking utensils, the best of groceries of all j kinds, and as excellent a cook as money can employ. The prairies are full of game, and their rifles are ever handy. The life is free, fascinating and pecu liarly healthy. Tht?se men are exceedingly chivalrous to all women. This seems to be a trait bom in them, as much a part of their moral nature as it Is of their physical to have small feet, for it is seldom that a genuine Texas cowboy can be found who has not the distmguishing mark of a handsome foot, and his boots are to him all that the sombrero is to a. Mexican. He will deny himself many pleasures, he will gq "without a coat and be seen in most dilapidated attire, but his boots must be of the best and most beautiful make that the country pan afford ; high of heel and curved of jnstep, a fine upper and thin sole, fit ting like a glove and slewing the hand gome foot to perfection. Take the cowboys as a class, they are bold, fearless and generous, a warm hearted and manly set, with nothing small, vicious nor mean about them, and Texas need not be ashamed of the brave and skillful riders who traverse the length and hreadth of her expan sive prairies. Lee C, Uarby in Har pers. Krastus Wiman's Karly Start. Erastus Wiman probably gets at work earlier than any other business man of prominence in New Yor-k. He is not afraid of impairing his appetite for breakfast by looking over his busi ness correspondence, and as a rule he has finished a goxl share of his work before the majority of men have started for their oflice.s. He begins to dictate the answers to liis letters at 6:30 in .the morning in the summer and at 7 in the winter. His stenographer, who is an energetic young man and a quick and accurate writer, calls at Mr. Wiman's house on Staten Island long before the family, is astir with the morning's mail, which is brought by a messenger from New Yrork. Mr. Wiman looks over the mail and dictates the letters rapidly. At 8 o'clock the stenographer starts for New York, while Mr. Wiman sits down to break fast with his family. By the time he gets to his office and has got rid of the first hour's routine work the letters which he litis dictated are written out and ready for his signature. His regu lar hour for seeing people on business matters is between 12 and 1, but they are after him pretty much all day long. Gray hairs aro beginning to appear in the abundant thatch of brown hair that crowns his betid, but they are the only tangible indications of the result of beginning the business day at 6 :30 in the morning. New York World. , . Peculiarities of the Turquols. The turquois, called in former times Turkis or Turkey stone, Is a light blue stone, sometimes translucent, usually opaque. It is both oriental and occi dental ; the former is the bestl It is found in reniform or stalacticic masses, never in crystal. It comes from Persia, China, Arabia, Thibet, Silesia and Saxonv, ana lias Deen touna in our western territories. It is nearly one- half alumina, and strikes fire with steel. There is a bone or fossil tur quois found in Languedoc, France. It is called turquois bricard, and is softer than the oriental. In color the turquois is white, blue and azure blue and greenish blue, but only fine blue stones are prized. The color of the stone is subject to change. particularly if brought in contact with musk, camphor or other scents and with acids, but some ancient stones are in existence that have not ch nged color. Kevstone. When you buy oars in small quanti ties you get them by the pair, but in large quantities they sell by the foot. Lowest retail prices are about f 1.25 a pair; but those who purchase by the foot can get oars as low as $1.10 a pair. A smart sailorman, keen at a bargain and acquainted with the second hand places, can buy considerably under prices quoted to the landsman. The quality of the- blood depends much upon good or bad digestion and assimilation. To make the blood rich in life and strength giving constituents use Dr. J. H. McLean 's .Sarsapsrilla. It will nourish the properties of the blood rrom which the elements of vitality ire drawn. ANXIOUS ABOUT HIS MAIL. Aa Englishman in Chicago Wants a Pull, So He Can-Send liettera Home. A plain looking Englishman who is at the Palmer housei asked so many questions of the people about the hotel since his arrival that the clerks hide when he appears in tli e office. Yester- day morning he o brnered Thomas O'Brien, the room clerk, and asked where the postmaster Jived. feir." replied the "I can't tell you, clerk, "The postoincei is at Clark and Adams streets. "Then the postmaster is apt to be there?" "Y'es, sir." "Who is he?" "Col. Sexton, "Nice fellow?" "None better." I want to transact some business with him, and would rather know a V't about the man before! going over to his office." I "You will find hint a thorough gen tleman." I say, won't you kindly lot down a line to bim recommejnding me? Your recommendation, witl my letter of in troduction from hom, will be all that is necessary for 1dm to accommodate me. "I don't like to refiise you," said the clerk, "but it is againit the rules of the house to indorse any paper for the guests." "But I don't want that, you know. swer my purpose, xpu see, I wish to send home a few lettejrs about my jaunt in the States, and I'd) not like to have the officer in charge of the post refuse them because I ami a' stranger, you know. The clerk would ndt have been more surprised if an actor the hotel without asking for cheap rates or some other favor. "You mean to say," asked the clerk, "that you want to mail some letters, but you are afraid they won't go unless you have a letter of introduction to the postmaster?" j "Quite so, You ean dash off a few lines in ft minute. " uYes; but it is not necessary. Just put your initials in the lower left hand corner of the envelope. The postmaster knows you are stopping here. He will recognize the Initials when he is assort ing the London mail, land your letters will receive the best ojt care. " " You are kind," said the English man, perfectly satisfied with this as surance. "I'll do that, thank you." The clerk sighed as the guest walked away. "There is plenty of cleverness in England," he murmured; "but that chap is like the man who feH' out of a balloon he Isn't In itj." Chicago Trib une. I - Congressional Twins. . There are two men on the Republi can side of the housejwho look enough alike to be twin brothers. They are Louis E. McComasJ of Ilagerstown. Md., and William D. lOWen, of Logans- port, Ind. McComas is a sharp, shrewd I lawyer and Owen has been a uilnister of the Clunstian chutch. The former 1 U - ib a meiuuci wi tio vuiuiuiib tsoii appropriations and, the latter is chairman of the committee on im migration and naturalization. The District of Columbia! appropriation bill was the first appropriation bill passed. McComas drove it through the house with lightning like speed. It is said that several Washmgtonians congratu lated the Rev. Mr. Owen on the ability he had displayed in securing the appro priations for the district and asked him into the restaurant to have some- Z n . I v. McComas' experiences are, however, not so pleasant. The doorkeepers say that he was recently jstopped at the cor ridor by a matronly lady, wearing black lace mitts and goldj eye glasses, who threw up both hands on seeing him and said: La! Brother Owen, how do you do ? Why, I haven't seen you in a dog's age!" Corv Chicago Times, Cloth fro in Broken Glass. A new and interesting invention has recently been given a practical test namely, a machine for making cloth from waste glass. Besides utilizing hundreds of tons5 of a broken and use less, substance the textile produced will have many advantages over all other fabrics; it is incombustible, can be manufactured in all colors and of any desired strength or thickness. The one property of incombustibility will ren der it invaluable to those working near or with fire. It is also used for ladies' dresses and for other! purposes, in place of silk, and it is said! to be more glossy and lustrous and is more easuy wasned. It is stated to have all the appearances characterizing silk, being as soft and even more elastic, jits usefulness will of course depend much on its durabil ity. British Warehouseman. Cause and! Effects. First Theatrical Manager (meeting a brother manager at the entrance to the house of representatives) Hello I what were you doing in there? Second Manager I am studying some new effects in tne way, 01 a moD ior next season. Puck. Quite Another Thing. Tom Dicer Why did you give up vour room with Mrs, Borden. Jack? I thought she treated you like a mother. Jack Uppers No; Indeed; she treat ed me like a son. Puck. : 72P There is a colorearman In Galveston -who is worth over f350, 000. He has a fine house in the most, desirable resi dential portion of the city, and his wife employs none but white servants. : ' I ' T IAMOND SPECTACLES. Twenty J dozen pairs spectacles including Diamond Spectacles of the best make worth 2.50 per pair will be sold dur .ng the next 60 days at 50 cts. per pair by Mrs. A. E. Bellj j mHE Biz Mogul and the Rough Dia- JL mond are good smokes at Habourn's 6c apiece. PROFESSjOMAL. AHD BUSIIESS GIRD 11 Q TEL M E K It I A m7 WASHINGTON, N. C. First class accommodations for La ' dies, cars leave Hotel tt a. m.; rriTe 9 p. in. Through to, New York hi 24 uoufs. Up-river Steamers stop at the Hotel. Headquarters for Humers. Best sheot nig iu North Carolina. Dogs and horses furnished. Ticket office aud Kxpress office in the Hotel. Telegram f er rovuis. J. E. MEliltlAAi, Proprietor. JflE OKTOxN, Wilmington, if. C. Best appointed ilotl iu the Scat gWINDELL HOTEL, SWAN QXriKTElt, N. C. ' W.BtrtJiDjtiji-rop'i. ; Ketitted and refurnished. Best Llutel in Hyde county, Table well supplied. Servants attentive. lu everj way better prepared to accommodate the public than ever before. iaayiatt JJOTEL ALBEKT. NEW BERNE, N. C. All the Modern Convenience. KING HOUSE, GREENVILLE, N. C. MRS. SHERIFF KING, PKOP'XRKHS Pleasantly situated in business par of the city. .L-argt addition to bnuuiags. Every comfort the Traveling Publis wish. The best talile- the market wi'k afford. Stop at the King House, au you will Stop Again- MERIOAN HOUSE, WINDSOR, N. C. Fi e -i hack at all steamers. Telegraph office attached. Livery stables, tiive us a call wheu passing ttirous or " stopping at Windsor, and if you dest' have ? good time and want to go iksre agaiu the gray mule is yours. J. K. MOODY, PrJ(. DMUNDS0AYS NEW EUKOFEAN HOTEL, GOLDSBORO, N. 0. American and European Plau. Walt- 1 ing rooms tree. Porters meat every tram. Baggage handled free. gAY VIEW HOT KL, EDENTON, N. vl. Terms Reasonable. Ilck met ts even train and boat. .No charge lor cwnrey ance. . . - UDAlUNi) ALEXANDER, Ai'TORNEY-AT-LAW AND REAL ESTATE AGEN1 WASHINGTON, N. C. Will be at Aurora every 1st and 3rd Wednesday nights, and at Pantego svery n " euUe8day D1uls- IIUYIUIJ Z. MORTON, JR., ATTORNEY- AT-LAW. WASHINGTON, N. C. ill practice in the Courts of the District and in Martin county, . ' special attention given to the collec tion of claims aud conveyancing. BT Office formerly occupied by . the lateU. b. Hill. ISAAC A. SUGG, 1 ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Late of Rodman, Sugg & James. GREENVILLE, If. C. Office old stand of Redman, Sutra- & James. Will atteud the Courts of Greene and Beaufort counties. Practices ia State and Federal Courts. J II. SMALL, ATTORNEY - AT LAW, WASHINGTON, N. O S. T. BECK WITH, ATTOKNKY-AT-L.AW, 't WASHINGTON, S. C. 6, '90. Feb B. PENDER, TONSOIUAL AK11ST, MAIN ST., WASHINGTON, K. C. Dibble's Old Stand. B AN KING HOUSE -OF BROWN O. M. MAIN STREET, WASHINTO, ff. C. Collections solicited and remittance made promptly. Exchange bougns and soia. . A large lot of Smoked Glass Spec tacles, also Fancy Gold Rings and Watches, just received by Bell, the Jeweler. The old reliable is always to the front'. For anything in this line, or repairing jewelry, call on him next t the Bank. University of North Carolina. Fall Term Opens September 4th, 1890. TUITION, $50. Four reffular courses of study, Class ical, Philosophical. Literary, Scientific. Special courses in Chemistry, Civil and Electrical Engineering, Pharmacy, and other studies. ,r Separate schools ot Law na meai clne, whose students may attend the University lectures. Address, ' . Hon. KEM P P. BATTLE , LL. D. President, Chapel Hill, N. Q, taug7 ' ' s i .1 1 ' '! , '
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