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c . f -4 i Y - - 'r- H C .... . ; :S . . . . " ' 3- If THE CHROHfllE WILKESBORO, N. C. In some of the Pacific Coast Status a horse is not sheep do2 worth so much as a General Sohofield wants the United States Army increased to 100,000 men. With the exception of Belgium, "whose debt has been incurred lor in ternal improvements, every European final loVif. 4o in rrrpftt Dart a WaT debt. The New York Mail and Exp resa re- marks: "It is a hopeful sign more than 1,000,000 industrial when work- ers receive an advanoe of wages aver- aging about ten per cent. , during first half nf the vear 1895. And the the figures are official." A prominent physician thijiks it amazing to see so many people travel ing for their health with a ra bidity that suggests they have been shot out of a gun. He thinks it rather re mark able that so few of them kill them selves in trying to get well. The first practical attempt to raise journalism to the height of a learned, acknowledged profession in Germany is being made "at Heidelberg Univer sity, where Professor Adolph Koch, the historian, is delivering a series of lectures on the history of journalism and of the press. The capital employed in banking in the principal countries is as folio ws : Great Britain, $4,020,000,000 ; United States, $2,655,000,000; Germany 81, - 425,000.000; France, Sl,025,000LO0O ; Austria, $830,000,000; Russia, 000,000; Italy, $453,000,000; tralia, $425,000,000; Canada, 000,000. 3775,- Aus- $175,- The Atlanta Constitution observes : The new directory of St. Paul gives that oity a population of 190,000, whereupon the Minneapolitana ex claim : "Oh, wait till you hear from our directory man. He's not slow. Ilk will isiee to the occasion. " With these rival eaties it is a question of which direc tory comes out last, or, as Colonel Carter, of Western Texas, used to say : "I like to hear the other fellow lie first. I then know just how far I go to annihilate him." must How many of the people who use the "pump-handle" handshake know its origin? asks the Pathfinder. Westerner hit the idea of its discom fort when he said it was "fer all the world like shakin paws over a barbed wire fence." The truth of the matter is that it was originated by the Prince of Wales when "that august person age" was suffering from a boil under the arm, necessitating the awk ivard movement. Doesn't Shakespeare say, "New customs, though they be never so ridiculous, nay, let them be unman ly, yet are followed." Speaking of the harvest outlook, the New York Herald says that winter wheaTfared very badly, but the loss is considerably repaired by spring wheat, the average condition of whicji is 102.2, and for all wheat the average condition is 76.2 figures which indi cate that. the total wheat yield will be over 400,000,000 bushels, from three fourths to four-flftha of an average harvest. The average' oondition of corn is 99.3, and the acreage 107.8, as compared with the area planted in 1894. The largest corn crop ever pro duced in the United States was 2,060, 000 bushels, in 1891. But if the present estimates of the Department of Agriculture prove to be correct corn cro$9of 1895 will break even record. t the this The New York Ledger maintains that the secret of China's downfalls in her insulation, whioh has lasted, for thousands of years, and strongly re pelled all exterior influences. 3he marked time while the West marched past, and her rude uwakening has come from Western forces via Japan ; that is the exact truth of the situation. Perhaps the agonies she has endured in the late war may be the birth -throes of a nobler National existence for China. Certainly, if the rulers were not so blind, there is not a more patient, quiet, enduring man than the Chinaman, and unpopular thong i it may be to say so, we believe that the last word has not yet been spoken, nor the last gun fired, in the struggle for Asiatic supremacy. The JapJ is the Frenchman of Asia ; the Chinaman & the German, Germany knew the "bitfcennjss of Jena, and saw Napoleon filter Berlin But she also knew how to wait, and Sedan followed oa liter lin. History has always repeated, itself. If China roaliy awakes, sh will be heard of in an irxepressive 6tyle, OLD CHURCH BKIA Dish ud o'er the heads of the people That naas like vague ships on the street, It hanss in its home in the steeple, That throbs with the wind's rhythmic beat; What heeds it the world or its noises ? What recks it of trafflo's loud din? Of tearst or the clamor of voices That speak of the light hearts within? Enough that its duty is ringing In every condition of weather, Enough that its mission is bringing The spiritual household together; Enough that it strikes for the hours That speed in a ne'er-ending chain, And chimes over nuptial flowers, And tolls for the funeral train. Enough that it speaks to the mothers In dear, unmistakable tones, And fathers and sisters and brothers, From all the earth's populous zones; Enough that it brings to the altar The ones who have strayed from the truth, As well as the weak ones who falter 'Mid trials unknown in their youth. So there, while the pale stars are marcbing, And rivers roll on to the sea, And heaven's blue vault is o'or-arcbing, The bell in its belfry will be; And then, when its mission is ended; And turned is the last burial sod, Its echoes full-toned will be blended With trumpets that call us to God. Alfred E. Hostelley, in New York Observer. AN ANNIVERSARY. DAIB SELKIRK and I were quietly married in the dear little church of our native village, and as Adair had al ready secured em ployment in a dis tant town of some importance, weTeft I" shortly after the . ceremony for our future home. We seoured board in a private family, and lived in this way until the birth of our baby boy, who came to gladden our hearts ten months before the opening of my story. Soon after this important event we rented a cosey little cottage in the suburbs of town, and after securing the service of my old black "Mammie," settled down in an humble establish ment of our own. We had lived thus about six months, when the third anniversary of our mariage rolled around. We decided to celebrate the occasion by inviting Adair's best friend, Oscar Davenport, and his wife (who had been a school mate of my own), together with our minister and his wife, to a 5 o'clock dinner ; after which we anticipated a delightful evening together. i Old Mammie and I were in a flutter of excitement over the prospects of giviilg our first entertainment, and we spared no pains in arranging to have everything served in our best possible style. In order that this might be done I engaged the services of a waiter from one of the hotels, and he was to present himself at the cottage at noon. The morning of the third dawned cloudy and cold. A thick mist filled the air and th'3 clouds threatened a heavy rain before noon. As I kissed Adair goodby at 8 I had many fore bodings of a sad termination to my anticipated day's pleasure. Just as the clock struck 12 the door bell rang, and as "Mammie left the ice cream freezer to answer it she said, with a sigh of relief: "Well, dat waiter's on time, and l's pow'ful glad on it, 'caze turnin' dis here crank ain't no easy job, I tell you. He sho' is welcome." In a fsw minutes she returned, fol lowed by the boy James, and handed me a note which had just been left by a servant from the rectory. On open ing it I read as follows : "Deab Fmestd Mr. Clarke was taken sick suddenly in the night. Early this morning I called in our physician, who pronoRnced his case to be more serious than we at first supposed. He will require careful nursing for several days, so it will be impossible for us to be , with you to night. We send ouribest wishes for a pleasant evening and for manyhappy returns of this day. Your friend, "ANNIE CliABKE." Just then the raia came down in a steady patter, and with a sigh which gave expression to my disappoint ment, I went over to the window and stood gazing out into the gloomy street. "Come, now, -Miss Cressie, honey, don't be a 'dulgin' in no sich sor'ful thoughts. Jist turn your mine back fer three years, and think uv how happy you was dat night as you went er ridin up to de chu'eh do'. Mars 'Dare'll be hore presently, smd ef'n de company don't come he and de baby'll be here, ahd we'll 'joy our own selves jist as muoh as ef'ft dey all had been here." I saw much wisdom in Mammie's remarks, and immediately resolved that I would not allow the disappoint ment to cast a shadow over the third anniversary of my wedding day, and began a xomp with baby, who sat tied in his high chair by the table amusing himself with the big kitchen spoon. Thus some time passed pleasantly away, when James announced that the table was ready for my inspection. The afternoon was now far ad vanced, and after changing my dress I seated myself in the little , parlor, with .baby asleep in my arms, anx iously awaiting my husband's returnj as I knew he would make every effort to get off from the office at an earlier hour than usual. Presently the wel come sound of his footsteps greeted my ear a, and soon he stood beside me. "Isn't it too bad,' I saidasl tucked baby away on the sofa,' "that we should have such a miserable evening fox our first effort at hospitality?" THE asm It la," lnde3, my little wife, but it la just as well so a greater disap pointment is yet in store for you. have received instructions from Mr. Benedict to meet his partner m the city to-night on important business for the firm. Jn order xo eaten the train I must leave vou in half an hour. Dav enport is to accompany me ; therefore you need not expect mm or his wife I felt on the verge of a flood of tears, and my face must have given expression to mv feelings, for my hus band drew me close within his arms and said: "Dont give way to those feelings, but listen to me. I have some good news to tell you. The property I owned in Marville has at last found a purchaser, and as real es tate has goDe up tnere 1 received for it m casn. xne money came to me by express this evening, and as had no time tc go back tp the bank, I must trust it to your care for the night. " So saying, he placed the package in my hands. "l snail De m the oity only a few hours," he continued," and will return by the night express, so you may look for me about 2 o'clock in the morning. Don't make up your mind to be mis erable while I'm gone, but retire early and sleep well, and dream pleasant dreams about how you will spend some of the money you have there." He was soon gone, and I watched him until he was out of sight ; then turn ing from the window, I threw myself into a large armchair before the fire, and did just what Adair had told me not to do burst into a flood of tears. After indulging myself in this fem inine weakness for about twenty min utes I felt equal to the task of break ing the news of great disappointment to Mammie. When I had told her of Adair's return and departure, her phil osophical turn of mind caused her to remark : "Well, honey, man he 'poses, and God He desposes! Sho'ly dey ain't no tellin' what a day'll bring' forth I Here we is done been er work in' all day fer what? Jist to teach you a lesson m pacnunce ! and dat you musn t set yer heart on nuffin' in dis life ! Well ! el'n we wants to git these things put away 'fore dark, we'd bet ter git about it. Jemes you kin jist fold up de table linen, and put up de silver, and I'll tend to puttin' up de vittles." It took us but a short time to undo the work "which had occupied us all three since noon and after having paid James and dismissed him, I re turned to the parlor where baby still lay sleeping. As the rain was still falling in tor rents, I resolved to remain down stairs untti Mammie had finished her night's work and would be able to accompany me up stairs. I have never been a timid woman ; but that night, as I sat alone listening to the wind whistle about the house corners and driving the rain drops furiously against the snuttere, a ieeung oi great uneasiness took possession of me a strange fore boding of approaching evil. In vain did I endeavor to shake it off. When Mammie came in we made a tour of inspection to see that the house was securely fastened, and then we ascended the stairs to my own arpartments. Thanks to Mammie, a bright fire was burning in the grate, and when the lamps were lighted baby opened wide his eyes and announced his intention- of keeping awake. At any other time I should have been im patient at his obstinate wakefulness, but to-night I gave him all the en couragement he needed. While baby and I engaged in a great romp, Mam mie nodded to us from her seat in the corner. It was twelve o'clock and still baby seemed not to grow tired j.n leaning iorwaru to place mm on the carpet before me,- I distinctly heard a noise in the direction of the bed. Turning mv eyes that way I es pied a foot protruding from under the mosquito bar that fell in folds to the floor. My breath almost left me. I felt myself grow weak and faint, but som moning all the courage in my nature I went on playing with baby. I thought of the $3000 which my hus band had given me, and I felt sure that if any one had overheard our conversation at the time he gave the money, that person also knew that Adair expected to reach home at 2. It was then nearly 12, and the robber would soon grow impatient with wait ing, come out from his place of con cealment and demand of me the money, and, perhaps, murder us all. Some thing must be done, and done quick ly. After turning over in my mind many plans of escape from our hidden enemy, 1 decided upon this schema : "Mamtoie," I said, "I hear a noise downstairs at the kithan window. I believe some one is trying to break into the house. Wake up get the candle, and we'll frightem them off. Here is Adair's pistol ; you take baby and give me the candle. I am not afraid. Now follow me but wait 1 I have $3000 about me that Adair left in my keeping, and I must conceal it in this room for fear of accident. I'll just put it on the shelf in the closet here until we retarn." So saying I opened the closet door and pretended to hide away the pack age. Coming out, I closed the door tightly, and, followed by Mammie, went out into the hall, - closing my bedroom door behind me. I then hurriedly whispered to Mammie what I had $eon, and bade her take the can dle and go on down stairs with baby, who still kept up his chatter. I took a stand at the door and listened until I heard the closet door hastily opon ; gtealthily I turned the bolt of the chamber doo, rushed toward the closet, slammed and looked the door, at the same time calling to Mai mie to return. As the closet had been fitted up for the reception of our silver, given to us as wedding presents, I knery the look was strong ; and as the burglar . had been surprised he had abouft him no tools that would enable him to ef fect his escape. Therefore I armed myself with Adair's pistol, and Mam mie and baby and I kept watch over my prisoner, until we were relieved at 2 o'clock by the arrival of my bus band. Going out into the street, he sum moned a policeman. The burglar was brought out handcuffed and carried away. I was not surprised to recognize the waiter James. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Urought to Light. At a general election in England, a candidate personally unknown to the voters of a certain borough was asked hv rjartv leaders to stand for it. He belonged to a good family, and was a barrister of promise in London. His path to success was open, as the horone-h belonared to his party. But when he mounted the platform to address the electors, after a sentence or two he snddedlv became pale and confused, his eyes fixed on a board op posite on whioh was scrawled with eharooal, "Forty pounds!" He stumbled through a short speech, and then hurriedly left the stand. A few davs later he rose to speaK m another town, and again the myster ious words written in black on the wall confronted him. Agrain he left the platform, and that night retired from the contest for the seat in Parlia ment. Not long afterward he disap peared from publio life, and retired to an English colony where he hid him self on a ranch. Tne words, it was found, referred to a theft committed in his youth, which he supposed had been forgotten. Alexis Piron, the French poet and satirist, sought for many ysars to ob tain a seat among the Forty Immortals in the French Academy. He was rec ognized among the poets of his day, and- was confident of his ultimate ad mission, when a vile ode, written when he was a boy, was brought to light, and he knew that the door of the Aoademy was closed in his face for ever. In both of the great political parties of this country there have been in- stanees of men eminent in mental abii- itv, who have failed to'reoeive the high political honors, because of the shadow of some fault or folly of their earlier days. Behind all the happiness of life, be hind 'even God's lov.e, there is suoh a hing as law. "Who breaks it always pays the penalty." God may forgive him, but the lines on his face, the taint in his soul, remain to tell of the vice of his early days. Youth's Com panion. Metal Workers of Asia. Among the half civilized peoples of Central Asia are many artistio workers in metals. One of these Nations or tribes, the Burates, is famous for in laid work. The Hussians oall these workmen "Bratskaya Robata." They use gold, tin and silver for inlaid work on iron. The art has been practiced by them for thousands of years, and their skill has been recorded in the ancient folk songs of Asia. A writer describing their work say they ham mer the silver, gold or tin very thin. Then the part of the object to be in laid is made rough with a hammer, the surface of which is roughened like a file. Templets of birch bark serve to cut the metal into the proper shape, whioh is laid upen the heated object and lightly hammered into the rough surface, then heated to a blue color, and the inlaid metal is hammered smooth with a polished hammer. Scientific American. Write Cheeriul Letters. The popular woman does not write dole&ul letters ; she waits till she is in a better frame of mind before begin ning them, for she realizes that there are burdens enough in life without adding to them by inflicting pessimis tic epistles on her friends. If she writes a letter of condolence it seems to come from the heart, for if it does not sound that way she will not let its 'coldness further grieve a bereaved one ; and if she sends con gratulations to a bride or a mother she makes a point of recollecting or looking up some rousing good wishes that have the ring of genuine inter est. One woman drops a fragrant flower in a letter, not to a gushing school girl, but to an old lady or a tired mothe of an exacting family, and by this bit of sentiment not sentimen talitykeeps her memory green in the hearts of her friends. New York Herald. The Polsou of the Ornilhorhynchus. The hind feet of the ornithorhynoh- us. "the mole with Webbed feet and the bill of a duck" that puzzed zoo logists so much for a long time, are provided with a solid spur connected with a gland. Have we here a poison gland? From some apparently trust worthy accounta that have reached him, Mr. Stewart thinks we have. This gland is at least, venomous at a certain season. A dog was wounded by one of these spurs three times, and the symptoms the first time were those of pain and somnolence, but there were no convulsions, titubations or tremb ling. Upon the two other occasions, the symptoms were less pronounced, and even null, thus indicating habitu ation. The poison has proved mortal to the dog in four cases, but in man the symptoms disappear without caus- in? deatn. acientino American. A Primitive Coniessional. It was a custom of the Crow Indians that the members of a war party when takinar the trail should confess their immoralities to eaoh other. The most solemn oaths of secrecy were taken. and women were never admitted to the secret societies thus established. New York World. SCIENTIFIC ATJD IXDTJSTRI1X In civilized countries the averaga age at which "women marry is twenty three and one-half years. What is left of potato pulp after the starch is extracted is used, among other things, in the manufacture of boxes. M. Tassinari, a Parisian scientist, finds the smoke of tobacco to be one of the most perfect germicides and disin fectants ever used. It has been found, on investigation, that the cucumber has a temperature of one degree below that of the sur roundinatmosphere. Trunk wires to connect London by telephone with Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin have just been erected by the British postoffice. A small electric lamp is being used instead of a bell in some of the tele phone exchanges in England. The call for connection lights the lamp. Diamond dust was supposed to be poisonous by1 the early chemists, but it has been settled that there is no poisonous matter in the diamond. Two cases have recently been re ported of interference with electric signals on a steam railway, by the ground current from an electric trol ley line. One of the most striking of the ex periments in a recent lecture before the Royal Institute of Great Britain showed frozen soap bubbles floating on liquid air. Schiffen & Kircher, of Grunstadt, Bavaria, have discovered a new min eral compound whioh is plastic in water, but become extremely hard when dry. They call it apyrite. The concrete footing of St. John's Cathedral, New York City, is made of one part cement, two parts sand and three parts round, smooth pebbles. It is made and mixed by machinery. The Berwind-White- Coal Com pany, of Osceola Mills, Penn., have a new mine turning' out 11,000 tons a month, in whioh no mule was ever employed. Electricity does the hauling. An electric fire alarm now being in troduced in Switzerland acts automat ically through the expansion of a metallic rod under heat. This makes an electric connection, and it is said that the alarm is so sensitive that it is put in operation by holding a lighted match near it. Bodies do not rise in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, in less than seventeen days, and frequently not at all. There is said to be an underground connec tion between Lake Geneva and the chain of great lakes, and some people have a theory that bodies are often carried into the larger lakes and never recovered. Attacked by Whales. Captain Mitchell, of the steamer tug Thomas J. Smith, which arrived here from sea, having in tow the bone-laden Italian bark, from Buenos Ayres, which she pioked up to the southward of Fenwick Island, reports having been attacked by a tremendous school of whales while cruising forty miles southeast of Cape Henlopen. The whales surrounded the tug for a period of four hours, blowing large streams of water into the air, whioh com pletely shut out all view of the sur roundings. Captain Mitchell says that in thirty years' service at sea on tugs he never before saw such large whales, nor were they ever known to congregate in such numbers so close to the land. It was a serious time on board the 'frail tug, and all hands were badly soared, as these monsters seemed infuriated and dashed along the sides of the boat with great force. Captain Mitchell ran the en gines full speed and attempted to get clear of the sohool, but the huge marine animals followed the tug, al most swamping her with the immense volumes of water they threw on board. Finding that any attempt to get away from them was futile, Captain Mitchell loaded up a large horse-pistol he had on board and began firing into them, but the bullets took no effect. One monster he put six shots into, but it only infuriated the animal still more. It was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when the leader of the school headed off shore, and soon the whole number followed and disappeared. Philadel phia Press. IrownIng: Boy Saved by a Dog. A large Newfoundland dog saved a boy's life at Baltimore yesterday. The boy is Howard Connanbaugh, eight years old, and the dog, formerly a tramp, is now cared for by Edward Lynch. The boy and the dog were romping on the dock in the morning, when the boy accidently fell over board. There is twenty feet of water in the dock. The big Newfoundland saw the boy fall, and just as he came to the surface sprang into the dock and swam to the fast-sinking boy. The boy clutched the wooly hair on the dog's neck, which kept him afloat, and then the dog started to swim with his burden to the other side of the dock. A man rushed to the rescue, and when the dog reached the place, jumped into a rowboat and managed to pull both the dog and the boy out of the water. The dog became a hero in the eyes of the people who had been attracted to the scene, and he was given a first-class dinner for his heroism. Baltimore American. A Theory About Musical Prodigies. It is believed by some who have ex amined the histories of so-called musi cal prodigies that they are developed by making when children the discov ery that the tips of their fingefs-will produce on a piano the same time and ton they mate with the tips of their Songues in their mouths. Ne York " World. New Drug Store. Berry Bros., Wilkesboro, N. C. Keep on hand a full line of Fresh Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints, Varnishes and Everything kept in a First-Class Drug Store. Prescriptions Carefnlly Store in the Old Steve Johnson Building, just opposite the Court House. Be Snre to Call and ,See Them. R. 1 STALEY & CO., -DEALER IN DRUGS, PATENT MEDICENES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, Cigarettes, Fancy and Toilet Soaps, etc., etc. Prescriptions promptly and accur ately filled. Situated in the Brick Hotel Building. LIVERY & FEED STABLES, C- WELLBORN. PROP. : Situated oa Mala Street, east of the Court House. Good horses aed new ve hioles of all kinds redy for the accom modation of the traveling public. Uorsei carefully fed and attended to. Give us a trial and see how we feed. A C. WELLBORN, Wilkesboro, - North Carolina. R,' K HACKETtT Attorneys at Law, WILKESBORO, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. ISAAC C. WELLBORN, Attorney - at - Law, O. Will practice In all the courts. De&lei in real estate. Prompt attention paid to collection of claims. T. B. FnrLBY. H. L. Gnxxmt FINLEY & GREENE, Attorneys - at - Law, WILKESBORO, N. O. Will practice in all the courts. Col tectlons a specialty. Real estate sold or Towels, but No Soap. A recent and noteworthy manifestation of the newspaper enterprise and liberality toward subscribers in the matter of prem iums is to be recorded to the credit of our esteemed contemporary, the Journal, of Beaver Springs, Penn. It says: TUEKISH TOWELS FKEK. We are making every honest effort to secure new subscribers to the Journal, and now offer to send the Journal one year to gether with a beautiful brown Turkish towel, size 12x22 inches, two ply goods, fancy color, for only 15 cents. Send thi3 amount in stamps to the Journal, Beaver Springs, Penn. , and receive the towel at once and Journal regularly every month for a year, all postpaid. This is a great offer and is open to new subscribers only. Surely a great opportunity for the people of Pennsylvania, but why the Journal don't throw in a cake of soap is more than we can understand. " BATISriKD. Stranger Any attractions here at thia summer resort? Maiden (sweetly) Yes. Myself. Stranger Any distractions? Maiden (sweetly still) Yes. Love. Stranger Any contradictions? Maiden (sourly) Yes. Pocketbooks. Stranger Good day? HE DIDJj'T APPRECIATE IT. Chollh Baw Jove, I'd hate to be one of these fella ws who have to live by their wits, you know. Dollie But if you ever should have to depend on your brains for a living, just think what a soft thing you would have to start with. Cincinnati Tribune. AN OLD OJTB RETOLD. ! During the war old Rastus was asked by A Federal soldier whv he was nnt nut fight ing for his rights. After, ponderine for a xuomeni, ne replied: -".Did yo ebber see kwu uogs a-ngniin- over a bone, sah?"" "Yes, oh, yesl" Did y o' ebber see de bone fight ?" n t
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