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Hffir CffiOICLB. WTLKESBORO. N. O. The Sfcato Reformatory at Concord, Mass. , is credited with permanently reforming nfty per cent, of those who have been its inmataa dnriner the twelve years of its existence. The deyelopment of the trained nurse system although of recent ori mnV has assumed such wide propor- ' tinna na a "National, if not uni- -: m VM W W - versal; in character. A New York publisher, in i his an notincement of a new book, prints in parallel columns all .the good things, and all the bad things that the critics have said about it. Sometimes the bad things do more to sell a book than the good things. Tho statistics of the British Home Secretary show that in the first three Tenths of this vear there were three i i fatal accidents and twelve serious bicycling accidents; in the streets of London. During the same period there were 818 summonses issued for rash or reckless riding. In two cases only were the persons injured women The President of the Indianapolis (Ind.) Street Bailroad has made est! mates which puts the loss to his com Tianv from the ridiner of wneels a $10,000 a year. Eight thousand fiv hundred licenses for bicycles hav been taken out in Indianapolis, an he figures that one-fourth of thes wheelmen would otherwise use th street car twice a dav. That woul net the company $8000 a year, a the new riders which are now learnin would easily increase the amount to 810.000. y Tne practice of carrying babies on bicycles, in cages or baskets attached to tne naudie-bars, nas become very common, in spite of its obvious dan crers. Physicians say, too, that the rapid motion and the jolting are no good lor tne baby, ana tnat tne ner vous system is likely to be seriously affected. The Illinois Humane Society is trying to put an end to the practice by invoking a State law which pro molts tne exposure of children in dangerous positions. The application of the law ia doubtful, for of course it never contemplated sucii a case as this: but-the movement in question seems' to be a wise one, and the prac tice should be stopped, if possible botn for tne sase of tne cnildren and the nervous onlookers. The ew York Observer states that Bishop Potter does not know, or least until recently, did not know what a chump is. He says: "1 was walking, in one of the downtown streets in New York the other day, and as I passed by two small boys, said to the other: There goes the bish. He's no chump.' Now, I don' Know wnat tne word chump means. but I am gratified that the boy was able to identify me, " A chump is ja short, thick, heavy piece of wood; a chump end of meat is the thick end of a joint. In the language of the boy whose friendly criticism, the Bishop overheard a chump is a dull, stupfd, blundering individual, dull of percep , tion, a blockhead, in fact. The oppo site to all this is a keen, astute man of affairs, a man who is bright, always ojn the alert, comprehending the situation and knowing just what to do , in situation. any The new High School building at Medford, Mass., is pointed to as an ex ample of what may be done in an edu cational line as to interior : decora tions. In the twenty-seven rooms of the; building there are 172 works of art of different kinds, most of them being large , photo-engravings, while there are also busts, bas reliefs and other articles of - beauty and . value. The busts and pictures are all careful ly grouped and arranged, each roam being given a separate subject or class of subjects, and these subjects beihg carefully graded upward in harmony with the progress of the pupils. In iuo. uu ttuu on tne staircases tne eame general plan has been carried out with" regard to famous natural qb , jects. . Those of our own country are & found on tne lower floors, and those fo ,. otner countries mgfcer up, the idea being to ground the pupil thoroughly l in the knowledge of his native land before taking him abroad for that of other countries. Most of the engrav- ' : wga uro ui iuuiuub jjumiiixiga; or Otner v works of art, so - that while 'carrying the main idea of presenting anautlibr ' iOr statesman," they also7 give the-pupil ? a general ' knowledge of the work of i famous artists of different eras. These . decorations are I. valued $2100, Vnd rwere presented to the school by the ftlumni, ' ' AN EVENING SONO. Banset'and star, love. , , But Love's skies are clear; J " Heaven's not so far, love, a But you can bring it near Sun, sky, may sever, Koses bring rue; . 1 . - - But love lives forever, And love lives for you? ' V Atlanta Constitution. THE TWILIGHT MINE. S for me, I was just one of the; thou panda that came West to grow, up with the country, and, not many moons after, had good reason to be lieve that I was , gone i upwith the country instead. After a while I drifted into Gold Grossf camp. It was in the days before Gold Gross had come to the front as a good thing, and the big mills that are now eating the sides out "of the hills up there hadn't been thought of. The boys were running, rockers down in the gulch then, and most of them didn't make more between meals than they could eat and drink up at grub time. And it was pretty quiet when Pizen Bill Johnson came to town. But Pizen Bill woke up the camp. Bill wasn't at more than one place at one time, but his reputation was every where at once in the diggings, and it didn't improve with age, either. Will iam was dressed to kill. Whenever he moved you were apt. to see the handle of another weapon, that had escaped your observation before, stick ing .out from some new angle. His record was worse looking than he was which t is saying a good deal. You might lay his ugly looks to some dis pensation of Providence that you didn't auite see the drift of, but few people would care to charge a disposi tion like his to anything but Satan. Sorrow was his shadow, and the wail ing of widows and the crying of or phans nad followed mm out of more than one camp. But, somehow, when he struck Gold Cross, tne general air of condensed shiftlessness seemed to take the place of his usual original cussedness, and, being above working, he just settled down and drank be tween meals and ate between drinks. Finally, one day, he developed enough energy to climb up Bumper Hill, which is first cousin to a preoi- pice and is on tne west side of tne gorge. After that he made several trips up there, generally after tho sun had closed up his day s business, . and by and by he let-it leak out that he had located a first class quartz claim on a ledge where the pitch was not too steep to pile rock, and also volunteered the statement that the name of his new bonanza was tne xwiiignt so christened because he found it better to work up there after :nightf all ; his explanation being that it was too hot to do any locating or anything else up there in the day time which explan ation was probably aT near the truth as he usually got. In those days we mostly thought that quartz mining was the calling of arch idiots, it being jo much easier to run a placer, and so a good many of the boys laughed at him on the sly : but those who had heard of him most, and therefore worst, just shook their heads and sur mised he was up to something. Not being interested in the cemetery busi ness, they didn't try to investigate. As for Pizen Bill Johnson, when he got his claim located to suit, he just sat down and waited and waited I came to Gold Gross on the., hog train, and, being discouraged with mining that didn't pan out board bills, took the first job that- offered itself, which happened to be that of bar keeper in the Golden Oriole; for, when a man is a hundred miles from nowhere, without mony and without friends, his conscience gets sleepy when there is a promise of bread and butter in sight, unaccompanied by the prospect of a term in jail. The Golden Oriole vas in a niche in the side of the gulch, where some enterprising idiots had washed but a few hundred tons of dirt in the hope of finding something rich, but had finally concluded that there was more money and considerable less work in holding up stage coaches. Then a jag promoter from Sacramento appeared on the scene, and, judging from the looks of the thirsty inhabitants that there were several good openings that needed filling, built a board palace on the ruins, "heedless of ; the fled," and shortly afterward there was revelry in carload lots in that neighborhood. It was a pretty solid castle for those days, and hugged up close on one end to the side of the gulch. An : auction , piano furnished inspiration at one end of the big room that constituted, the interior of the joint, and I, with the valuable assistance of the bar, furnished the in spiration at the other end, There was a window at one end of: the bar, the sill of which was ; on j a level with a burro trail that the miners had, spoiled when at the innocent work of laying a foundation for our house, and I used to retire through it to gaze upon the awe-inspiring scenery outside and meditate upon the beauties of nature and the comfort of solitude, whenever the guests got to hurling solid argu- ' ments at each other- and commenced. shooting off something besides .their mouths. It was really a big institu tion for Gold dross, and the proprie tor consumed considerable- time in trying to make up .his mind what to eall it, not being able.to decide wheth er "palace" or f'pavilion'Tfwas the proper handle, 'and eventually com promising on VGolden Oriole." -"There was a big table down the centre, which was sometimes used for an ex hibition dance and sometimes for lay ing out a corpse, and surrounding it were a lot of small tables. ', ; V One day Pizen Bill Johnson's wait came to an end. -The young fellow that got off the;stage was so green that 1 couldn't help looking him over to see if he didn't have an express tag on, which; in ' some measure, would, account for his being able to get so far away i from home, but- the boys were feeling pretty blue about then, and he made a kind: of pleasant con trast of colors. - He hadn't more than passed one i meal time till Pizen B. J ohnson, , who was a smooth smiler when he tried to be, had him in tow and knew - all about him and all his folks. And pretty soon after I ob served he was showing the youngster some of the finest specimens of free milling'ore from his Twilight bonanza that a man ever stole. I rather pitied the fellow, but then I knew that if I had any money, somebody would get it mighty quick, and besideE B. John son had enough to answer for without my tombstone casting any reflect ions on his character. So .the announce ment next day that he had sold a two thirds interest in the Twilight for $1800 to the young chap from Boston was not altogether a surprise. The next two days it rained, but the green young cuss from the East seemed to thrive out in the damp, for he worked away developing his salted Twilight mine, while the patrons of the Golden Oriole speculated on what kind of a row he would raise when he discovered the job if he ever did. When the wind got around in th'e north the mountains began to shed water lively, and the little creek that tumbled through the oamp grew into a torrent and began to spread itself promiscuously over the claims along its bed. The clouds went to work in dead earnest, and when you got out from under shelter, it wasn't a diffi cult job to imagine that some fire de partment was taking you for a con flagration, and you were shortly much put out. And so when Eddie Freeman, drip ping wet, slid in with a gust of wind through the door of the Oriole that night, the racket inside didn't begin to compare with that which the creek; now taking on the airs of a river, was making outside. I felt uneasy about that creek, and wondered if the fel lows who bad tacked their cabins up against the hillside hadn't shown con siderable horse sense after all. But there was a sparkle in Eddie's eye and such joy in his voice that I forgot all about the creek for the time being, when he slammed the door and hove up to the bar. Then he skipped over to where Pizen Bill was absorbed in reflection and gin, and held out to him a sack of ore. Bill smiled after the fashion of the evil one ; but when he went to diving into the rock as big a change came over his face as a land slide makes in the side of a mountain. In another minute we were all exam ining some of the finest specimens of gold-bearing ore that was ever found in California. There wasn't any doubt about it. Bill Johnson's salt was; merely spice for a mighty fine pud ding. Then the venom in William J.'s na ture showed itself in his face, but his words were uncommonly pleasant. "That's a mighty fine mine yer have," he said, "and I am mighty proud that I am the man that's put yer in the way of sich extraordinary luck. I knowed I wuz givin' yer a great thing, but bizness in other places wouldn't allow me to put Ah my time on that, and besides I took a big fancy to yer, ez 1 alius did to smart young men, and wanted yer to come out On top ov the heap. Bein' ez I'm partner in this yere great luck, supposin' we do a little celebratin' ? Let's likker np and then hev a little soc hul game to commemmorate this great event." Freeman agreed, and pretty soon there was a lively four-handed game in progress, punctuated with orders for various kinds .of refreshments. But about that time my attention was divided, not to say scattered. I knew that William of the tribe of Johnson was up to some evil job, for he was getting the youngster, whose beverage before he crossed the mountains had evidently been coffee, to do most of th drinking, ably assisted by two other players ; but the storm outside seemed to be putting up some kind of a bad job oh us all, and pretty soon the crowd commenced to thin out, and I could hear the mingled sound of pro fanity and splashing of water as the miners stepped out, by token of which I judged that the backwater of the c?eek was visiting us, and so I saun tered oyer to my bar window and un fastened the catch. About the time the fun over in, the card party's corner began to get hilari ous, the water began to creep across the floor in black rivulets, looking like moccasins seeking holes and the last of the uneasy guests sidled out, except ing my interested company in the cor ner, It struck me that it was a good time of year for them to leave, but a glance ' at Pizen Bill's countenance gave me to understand that it wouldn't be altogether to my interest to make such a . suggestion, and besides, the proprietor, who was peacefully snooz ing up in his, cabin on the hill side, would give me an everlasting farewell if I turned out paying patrons. So l stayed, with one eye on the window, one one on the party, and . both eirs out for the torm. The rivulets on the floor had spread out, ' and pretty soon we had a good foundation for. a natatorium. Talk was getting pretty loud around the card table and young Freeman's face heldfa better flush than his hand could raise.' But even he noticed that 'it seemed to be rising tide time, and he remarked : - : . 'Don't want (hie) to get my feet wet. Lesh go up in the balo'ny.'' And Bill's mouth curled up at the corners while they tossed the small : table on tho larger one, and followed alter with the chairs. Booze had made them all reckless, and Bill had an object' worth taking risk for. ; The candles flickered along the walls and the black water ' eddied beneath them. They had the table decorated with some large-bottles to save order-. ing ; and, while I sat on the edge ' of the bar and longed for home, swert home, the game went on. Bill's yel low face looked more demon-like than ever, and the shadows of the players made fantastic figures in the dim light on the water. But it was a triumphant devil that was looking out of his eyes, and I knew that the Twilight mine was' mighty .near within his clutches again. Two of the players had dropped out on a hand of William's deal, and were trying to look intelligent and inter ested in spite of the loads' they were carrying. Freeman's brow looked troubled, and his face had kind of whitened. "Well," said Bill, deliberately, stacking his pile of chips, whi$h had absorbed all the others, "I thought you wuz a roan uv nerve. Supposin' yer are busted? Wot's the matter with the Twilight? I'm a gentleman, an' I got san' an' I s'posed thar was others wot wuz present. Ef yer heja good han', thar's a mighty fine chance fer yer to show it. I hev here a leetF fortshun in chips, an' out on the hill I hev a third part eh the Twilight. Jest to show yer that I'm a true sport an' that no gent this side of hell kin run er bluff on Bill Johnson, whether he's frum Oaliforny or Illinoy, I'll put up them valyables agin yer interest in the Twilight. 1 didn't want ter skeer anybody," he added, contemptuously, as he saw Freeman's face grow a little whiter, "but I hain't bin us't ter do in' bizness with enybody but men, an' never hed eny expeeryence with chick-en-livered cusses wot's afeared ov the darfc." The blood ran up in Freeman's face till it was almost black, and his voice had the snap of a steel trap in it as he quietly said: "I take that bet. And I don't want anything but fair play, either," and he laid a new revolver, not long from some store in Sacramento, on the table. Now, Bill was an expert ,with that weapon, and so his smile grew a little sardonic, as he hitched around till one of his numerous destroyers was within easy grasp. As for me, I slid along the counter and opened my private exit somewhat. There are times when we wish to be alone. And, as the .window slid up, I heard a peculiar roar a deep growling above the minor rackets of the storm that made me wonder. About that time Pizen Bill Johnson met with the second of the three sur prises to which he was treated that night. He felt reasonably certain, being fairly sober, that he had sue- oessfully fixed the cards ; but somehow that best laid plan didn't work, and Freeman spread out four aces and a, king to Bill's three kings, a jack and a ten. For a moment the men sat there and glared at each other, while I reached for the window, and as I did so the meaning of that growing roar flashed upon me. Suddenly there was a movement at the table, a flash in the yellow light, and Pizen Bill had his man covered. His voice sounded like the ripping of a buzz saw. "Yer would play Pizen Bill, would ye " but a mighty roar drowned the rest, and as I slid rapidly through the window I felt the building twist and shake, and more than once, as I scrambled up the hill side, the muddy water reached after me and clutched me. The next morning, while I and the proprietor of the, late Golden Oriole, were straying along the side of the gulch, trying to get an idea of the amount of damage the waterspout had done, I ' happened to glance up the side ofihe hill, and saw Edward Free man, Esq., sitting on a pile of rock, and calmly wringing out an exceed ingly damp coat. "I guess this fool was born, to be hanged, " he observed, after receiving my congratulations. "I saw Bill' Johnson's hat hanging on a bush down the gulch a-ways," he added, 'and I think the best part of him was saved. But I believe all the rest of the outfit was buried with the Golden Oriole." Sah Francisco Argonaut. . ? Did Not Mind the Rain, A pretty little incident took place in connection with the recent visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Salford, When the carriage drew up at the doors of the Institute, rain be gan to fall heavily upon the dense Crowds assembled, and the .Duchess put up her umbrella. This, however, rather 'disappointed the loyal folks, among whom one young woman waa found courageous enough to protest. 'Ob I do put it down,please,and let the people see you ? You're bonny enough for anything!" she cried, The Duchess smiled, blushed very prettily at the compliment, and put the um brella down, nor did the , heavy . rain tempt her to put it up again. 'Tid Bits. -j : v Fads of Some Famous Men, Here We hobbies or amusements oi some of England's great men : Mr. Balfour in dulges in golf, bicycles and philosophy, and heJ once played 'Hamlet." Lord Salisbury studies science and tries - experiments with a test tube. Mr. Ghamberlain raises orchids. Mr.j Gladstone, pi course, used to chop trees, and: now reads Greek when he feels the need of rest. Prince Bismarck drinks beer, smokes and reads Du Boisgoby. The Prince of Wales is fond of bowling. The Duke of Devonshire, Sir JohnMillais, Andrew Lang and William Black are expert fishermen. , " By reason of severe drought for the last : three years the Australian wool clip of 1895 fell off unprecedentedly. WISE WORDS. Our heaviest burdens never crush us. . y ' ,. v. ' The smaller the souL the bigger a dollar looks. . - Some very ; good ,sawlogs have big knots on them. ' - , Friendship, like phosphorus, gives its light in the dark. ' .' The man who makes his own god al ways has a little one. A lazy man is always going to do great things after awhile. . There are too many people who never pray until they have to. In trying to keep all he gets, a stingy man steals from himself. ' Some people become very pious as soon as they get in a tight place. When we cannot understand a man, we are too apt to call him a crank. .When one is low enough to insult you, be too high for him to reach. The man who has the most claim upon us is often, the one we have the least claim upon. The man who repents on a sick bed and gets well generally backslides be fore he pays his doctor, j . Adversity shows a true man, as the night brings out the stars obscured while the sun is shining. Poverty is an icy wind, and the higher the situation of the impover ished, the colder it blows. . Educating your children is invest ing at a high rate of dividend. Lay up in them, and they will lay up for themselves. Barn's Horn. Where Anchors Are Made. There are a larger number of ship's' anchors manufactured in the little town of Gamden, Me., than in all the other places in this country combined. All of the stately ships that come out of the Maine shipyards look to the vil lage on Penobscot Bay for their anchors. Sturdy smiths swing their hammers day after day all the year long in the black, smokv , long, low Gamden shops, where only anchors are forged. Sometimes the trip hammers are going all night about the forges, and the blazing of the fires and the ring of the hammers are ccen and, heard for miles across the bay. Thousands of tons of old iron are purchased by these queer Camden es tablishments every year, for anchors are forged largely from cast off iron. The material is cut up into small pieces by great shears, that clip through the iron as easily as a cheese knife slices a cheese. The pieces are bound into bundles by strong wires, and are then fused in the forges. Then they are pounded and welded into the various parts of an anchor, some work men fashioning rings, others shaping the flukes, others hammering out the palms, and others forging the shanks. Then the "completers" take the differ ent parts and fuse and weld them into (the finished anchor. Anchors of all sizes and weights are turned out from the noisy shops of .Camden, from the graceful little pleasure -boat anchor," weighing but a fews pounds, to the S000 and 7500-pound anchors for the biggest ships. The visitor at Gamden will see many interesting relics in the line of rusty and broken anchors that did 4 duty in their day on famous merchant vessels, historic warships and sturdy whalers. The anchor of the famous frigate Cumberland was .repaired and fitted with a new stock at the Gamden works, and is now at sea on the fore castle of a big ship. The old stock was splintered up for the gratification of relic hunters, and therp is only a sliver or two of the historic wood left in Gamden. This was the anchor; which went down with the Cumber land when she sank after., her fight with the Merrimac, in Hampton Boads, hence the great demand for splinters pfthp stock. ; There are something like 5000 peo ple living in Gamden and anchor mak ing is the principal industry there. Brooklyn Eagle.- frightened by the 'Ticking 0f a Clock. A funny story comes from Formosa. Mr. Hiyama, a' Japanese officer, waa recently married to a daughter of ono of the native chiefs. She was -an un tutored child of the forest, who had seen little of civilisation, and lived in a hut of bark and bamboo near the summit of one of the great mountains in tho center of the island. But she truly loved her hhsband, and accom panied him to Tamsui with a happy and cheerful heart. During the first night she spent in her hew home, how ever, she was awakened by the ticking of a clock. 'The persistency and . the monotony of the sound suggested to her mind that the instrument must be possessed of an evil spirit. She awoke her husband, and listened to his . ex planations, but they did not allay her fears, and when he had gone to sleep again she slipped quietly from the bed and escaped to the primeval forest, where she was safe from the influence of the ticking demonWashington Post, ::.S...:-y-:fe- v - Rammoth Cave Rats, In the Mammoth Cavo of Kentucky are found blind rats which have large and lustrous eyes. When exposed for a month or so to a mild light, they acquire a dim perception of objects. The cave rat is the same ? color as the domestic variety, but its body is very long, like that of a weasel ; its whiskers are longer and its ears rare nearly twice as big. It would be interesting to breed a few generations of blind animals from the caves and: see if their descendants would revert to the original forms that . had . eyes. -New York Journal. "'". Napoleon III. said to Octavo Feuil let i "To one returned from America everybody 1 in Europe r seems'' to bo asleep. " . Drug Store. I Wilkesboro, N. C, Keep on hand a full line of Freih ' Drug, Medicines, Oils, Pain ts, Tarnishes and Everything kept in a Firit-OlaM Drag Store. Prescriptions; Carefully fitor in the Old Steve Johnson Building, just opposite the Court House. ' Be Snre to Call and DEAIiEB IN- DRya PATENT WIEDICEHES, , TOBACCO, CIGARS, Cigarettes, Fancy and Toilet Soaps, etc., etc. Prescriptions promptly and accur ately filled. Situated in the Brick Hotel Building. v IJJBRY & FEED STABLES, A, C- WELLBORN. PROP. Situated on Main Street, east of tht Court House. Good horses SBd new ve hicles of all kinds roidy for tho accom modation of the traveling public. Horse corofully fed and attended to. Qiv us a trial and see how we feed. A C. WELLBOHN, Wilkesboro, - North Carolina ft. 1 ST.. HACKETT7 Attorneys at Law 'WILKESBORO, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.' -. ' - 10 A AC C. WELLBORN, i Attorney - at - Law, INT. O. Will practice in all the courts. Dealer In real estate. , Prompt attention paid to collection of claims. y FIHLEY & GREENE, Attorneyo - at - Law, WILKESBORO, N. 0. Will practice in all th court.' Col lections a specialty. Real estate, sold on Made a Slight Mistake. Mr. Chugwater entered the stow with. the confident , air of a man wio knew exactly what he had com&to buy, and wae prepared to pay the cash for it. , , " I want a Butterworth pattern Nd 99,G74," he said, "for a 38-incb, 'waist.": ; ., "Are you sure that's the right; size?" asked the young woman be hind, the counter. ' Yes; that'8 the- size my wife told . me to get." "Is it for her?" asked the yoan .woman, with some hesitation of man ner. 'Idon't know that that makes any difference, , rejoined Mr . Chugwater, slightly raising his voice, "but I have no objection to stating that it is" "I beg your pardon, but hot would you mind telling me how much she weighs?" :p "She weighs about 150 pounds" I thought so," said the youn? "woman, reaching promptly for some thing In one of the pigeon holes be hind her. "It's a twenty-elght-inch size the lady wants. A thirty-eigbc-inch would be about the right size for a 875-pound person, and we don 6 keep it in stock. Twenty-five cents, please." Mr." Chugwater paid the money,; put the pattern in his pocket ana walked out of the store with a cu rious feeling that he had shrunken;, three or four sizes too "small for hj clothes , and that forty . giggling SirlJ had seenhim shrink. ' FOR THiNlOGUES'. GALLERT. ' "Yes," said tho sneakthlef as U Ber ttllon turned the X-rays upon hispal "this cathodic business y is enougn w make almost any one seem llght-finge iBerry Bros,, none R. M. STALEY & CO, A
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