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' w 1 - 1 i 1 C1B0HICL TOLK3SBOta. N. O. 5 This year's recruits for the Russian artny number 270,000, -which is con siderably more than the whole British army. John Burns proposes to have a law passed by Parliament making it com- nlRnrv fftT Pmnlnvera to give domes tic servants "a character" on dismis sal. Iiaws to that effect have long been in force in France and Germany. Parisians who went to the Bussian Czar's coronation were astounded at the mpaved condition of Moscow. They found that it would cost $30, 000.000 topave the town, and that the work would practically have to be done over every year on acoount of the effects of frost. The maritime provinces of Spain are helping out the Government in the acquisition of a navy. Seville and Barcelona have already oollected money to buy a warship each, and subscriptions are being vigorously pushed for the same purpose" in Ma laga, Cadiz and Tarragona. Once in five years the Mayor oi Newcastle, England, is rowed up the river in an Elizabethan barge, and, landing at a village green kisses the prettiest girl he sees and gives her a sovereign, to clinch Newcastle's right to the foreshore. Some of those old English customs are not so very silly after all. Three great life insurance com panies whose home offices are in New York City have policies in force amounting to more than $2, 580,000.- 000. The similar engagements of the twenty-six principal American life companies exceed 85,881,000,000. The grand total of American life insnr ance policies in force, those of the assessment companies and orders in cluded, is reported to be $18,048,452,- 664. The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes that of the long list of philan thropists who have given $1,000,000 or more to the cause of higher education in this country, only one is a college graduate. ne sinaue exception is Beth Low. Girard, Peabody, Cornell, Cooper, Rockefeller, Bich, Parker, Hopkins, Clark, Drexel, Vanderbilt, De Pauw, Lick, Stanford and the others had not the advantage of col lege education, but they appreciated the value of such a training enough to assist other men to obtain it. Herr Albert Joly, formerly a conn dential messenger of Prince Bismarck, who entrusted him with the carrying of documents ancTtelegrams of special importance, died at Schonhausen re- cently. He was well', known in Berlin as "the. Black Bider," his hair, his clothes, his horse and the bag in which he earried his missives being all of that hue. Prince Bismarck gener ally took him with when he traveled. When the Prince resigned in 1890 Herr Joly also left the publio service, and was Appointed Keeper of the Bis mark Museum at Schonhausen, to the arranging of which he devoted his last years. An ideal, but we are assured quite necessary, state of cleanliness ; for healthful school rooms requires that the floors shall be dampened and swept every day, with all the'windows open ; the dusting to be done the next morning with a damp cloth. In addi tion to this cleaning, Dr. Adams, who is President of the Orange County (New York) Medical Societies, be lieves that at least every other day the floors should be thoroughly scrubbed with soap and water. The various women's clubs, throughout the conn- iry, whose members are interested in -the work of the public schools, will do well to find out how near the sohoo rooms where their children spend the! greater part of their waking hours ap . proach this state. .Real Estate Mortgages in the Unit , ed States' is the title of a volume just issued by the Census Bureau, the work having been delayed until now on ac count of the rush at the Government Printing Office. According to this publication, during the decade of 1880- 1890 there were 9,157,747 mortgages filed representing an incurred debt of $12,094;877,793. During this tirrie acre -tracts were covered by 4,747,078 mortgages, representing a debt of $4, 896,771,113, and 4,770,639 mortgages were placed on'lbts . to secure an i i .rre&debt of $7,198,106,681.5 Witi in the same "period 622,855,091, acres were covered by 4,758, MS mortgages, not stating the amount, ot debt secured by them, and 8,027,031 lots were cat ered by 4,778,075 such mortgages. P-: i : STANDPOINTS. Were bat a farmer sighed the mer chant. "Ob, to toe- - , . Fron all these petty dragging cares for Just a twelvemonth free. No ooks to keep, no trust accounts, no bills. " lang overdue; No fret from fussy customers because a thing Is new. "Because a thing is old or wrong, too dear, or underweight; No worrying to.suit their tastes from early day till late; "But flowered fields, ana iowiy ana pleasant fireside chat How gladly would I give tins lire ii'A could change to that." If I were but a merchant," sighed the farmer. "Oh, to end life of tugging, dragging work which makes the body bend This To stoop of age ere age has come. It's plow, and plant, and reap, And milk the cows, and feed the pigs, and mind the calves and sheep "From morn till night, from year to year and taxes ever high, And,' children's feet that must be shod, ana children's clothes to buy! "No toil-worn hands the merchant has, for weather cares he not; How gladly would I take his place and think it happy lot." Mary Clarke Huntington. THE UNKNOWN COUSIN. BY HELEN FORKESTj GBAVES. ET out, you old scamp!" It was a brill iant J uly day, with skies o f cloudlesss blue, the air scented with clover blos soms, and the brook wending i ts melodious way under green masses of pep permint, and Mr. Carey, who had walked a long distance and had just fallen into a doze under the refreshing shadow of a gnarled old a pple tree, started galvanically up at this ungentle address. "Ma'am," he said, 'I assure you I a m not trespassing ; I " But his apologetic words were cut s lort by the rattling of a stout stick on the stone wall close to him, and in another moment a' belligerent looking red cow came plunging through the high grass, directly toward his haven ot refuge. I He started to run, but his foot catching in the gnarled root of an an cient tree, he fell headlong. The cow executed a hurdle leap over his pros trate form and vanished in a clump of hazel bushes, and a resolute, bright yed woman came to the rescue, with a flapping suhbonnet tied over her ears, and the stick balanced across her shoulderl Don't strike!" pleaded Mr. Carey. I'm getting off the premises as fast can. I assure you, I didn t know I was trespassing. Desire Welland blushed very pret ily as ehe pushed back the sunbon- bet and endeavored to adjust her lux uriant red-brown hair, which . had broken loose from its pins. "Ob, I'm so sorry !" said she. "It wasn't you I meant at all, sir ; it was the cow who had got into the cabbage (patch. Did I hit you with the stick? But I never dreamed of any ono but Bossy being there. Oh, do let me run home and get the camphor bottle ! Slowly Mr. Carey raised himself to a. sitting and then to a standing pos ture ; slowly be felt his knees, elbows and collar bones. I'm not hurt." said he "not to signify, that isv It wasn't your stick, ma am : it was the roots of this tree It's enough to startle any man, don't you see to hear himself called an old scamp?" 'But it wasn't you I meant I" breathlessly cried Desire. "It was the cow. Won't you let me run up to the house and get a capcine plas ter? Oh, do?" Desire was fair to Iook upon, in spite oi her forty summers, with big black eyes, a laughing cherry-red mouth and cheeks inst browned with the healthful hue of mountain breezes. Mr. Carey felt himself gradually softening as he looked at her. "No." said he, "I don't care for a capcine plaster. Bat I've walked good way, and I should like a bowl of coffee if it's handy." "Come up to the house then," said Desire. "It's only a step across the orchard. Oh, that cow, that cow! We must certainly have her hampered after this!" ' Perhaps," said Mr. Carey, solemnly, as he endeavored .to straighten the edges of his hat, "you know a family by the name of Welland who live hereabouts. Two old maids, who manage a' farm all by themselves. Very peculiar iemaies, am told." Desire stood still . and began to laugh, while deep crimson suffused her cheeks. Why," cried. she, "it's us! It's me and Malvina. We are the Welland girls."- It was Mr. Carey's turn to flush and loo awKwara now. "Oh," said he. "Well, it don't matter. I've business at the Welland farm-that's atL" j ' ? I "Isn't it strange that things should happen so cried Desire, opening the gate into the dim. shadowy orchard, where scarlet lilies - grew m the tall grass and robins darted in and i out of the drooping r boughs. "There's the house. ?You can see it now. Malvina and I have managed the farm ever. since father died. Philo that's our brother has a house and an estate of his own, and his wife don t want any single relations. But we've done very well, every one says. Here's the place. And here's Malvina !" ' Miss Malvina Welland was diligently hoeing sweet corn in a man's hat and boots. She was a tall, Amazonian sort of female; with high cheek bones, hair cut short and a masculine way of leaning on her hoe. SKe looked sharply around at the sound ef footsteps. "Is it the new hired man?" said she. Then, Desire, you may tell him that we don't want help that comes at this time of day. I'll have no eurht-hour men on my place." "Oh, JYlalvma,- nusn? ' criea tne . 1 M IT younger sister, in aespair. -li;s a gentleman on business." In came Jorotner jrniio irozn tne back yard, with an auger in his hand. "Eh? said Brother Philo, a wrin kled, hard featured man in blue over alls and boots that looked as if they might be carved out of lignum vitae. "Business? It ain t a sewin machine, s'spose? or a patent reaper, nor any these labor savin humbugs?" "It's about your Cousin Bolf," said Mr. Carey "Paul Welland s son. He's come back from Australia. He reauested me to come over here, as I happened to be passing this way, and see what his relations would do about giving him a home." At these words Mrs. Jfnuo welland emerged from the currant bushes, where she was pickingthe sparkling, ruby colored fruit to make jelly. For mm -r t . 1! l 1 : Airs, irnuo Deiievea in aiways picking her neighbor's fruit before she began on her own. "A home indeed !" said Mrs. Philo. "It's what I always told you, Philo ! Savs I. that man 11 be sure to come back some day poorer tnan poverty, savs I. And he'll expect us to take care of him, then, uut we ve worked ... . . r . . , deal too hard for our money me and Philo and if he wants to be sup ported, let him just go to the poor- hnnse. Paul Welland always was a rovin oreeiur, ana nou am t m uui ter. I'll go bail!" Mr. Philo Welland screwed up his face into an expression of the utmost caution. .T1 l.fa Inntra oi.D'l said he. Mr. Carey nodded. "v;-. "I act for him," said he." Then tell him," said Philo, sue cintly, "that if he expeots we're going to support him, he s oon-sid-a-bly mis took ! We'va always took care of our selves ; he can do the same ! Come, Betsey, we'd better be goin'J" "Philo!" cried out Desire, "how can you be so-selfish? Bolf Welland is our cousin. it ne -is in want or trouble, whom has he to look to but us? Malvina, you won't be so hard hearted? The old farm house is big enough for our Cdusin Bolf as well as for us. You never would turn a sick ly old man adrift upon the world?" "No, I wouldn't!' said Miss Mai vina. tnumptng uer noe upon me crround. "Look here, stranjrer, tell Bolf Welland he's welcome to a home with us. We live plain, but we're ready to give him a hearty welcome. Tell him to come here at once. The sooner the better. "Women is fools, incidentally re marked Philo Welland, chewing stalk of currant leaves. "If you lost what little you've got, do you s'pose this relative! o yourn would raise iinerer to help you liet every man take care of himself, says J. "And who knows," cried 'Desire, brightly. "Perhaps we can get him the district school to teach ? I heard Squire Loames say that the new teacher wasu t going to stay more than a quarter longer. "I m glad you can afford to take ree boarder," said Mr3. Philo, acidly. "Me and your brother we can't!" "Do come in, now, and get the cof fee," said Desire. "And a lew late strawberries, Mr. Mr. " , "Carey is my name, said the stranger, who had stood immovable beneath the fiery hail of this conversa tional episode, "That is to say, it is my name now. I changed it to make myself useful to a rich old gentleman in the East, who took a fancy to me and left me his property in his will. The onlj condition appended was that I should take his name in addition to my own. . And Carey isn't a bad name." Certainly it ain't," said Philo, with watering eyes. "I only wish we had a few of that sort of old gentlemen out this way. I'd change my name half a dozen times a day if it would be any accommodation to 'em. So you re rich, eh? IBetsey to his wife -"if this gentleman would be so kind as to come and take dinner with i j "No," said the stranger, in a clear, decisive voice. "Will you be so kind as to hear me out? Carey, as I have already told you, is only my adopted name. My real name is iialph Wei land." "What?" roared Philo. Mrs. Philo scrambled so hastily to her feet that she upset the pail, half full of currents. Miss Malvina dropped her hoe; and Desire, who had just brought out a little saucer of late, luscious, red strawberries, stood amazed at this revelation. "You!" she cried, "our Cousin Bolf? And I nearly hit you with the stick chasing the cow and half startled you out of your sensbs.' . 'And taught me," said the old bach elor, 'with -a strangely-sweet smile, that there is yet left 4 spice of un selfishness in the conglomerate called human nature. Cousin Desire, I thank you for the lesson. Believe me, I shall not soon forget it. And before' the day was over he had helped Miss 'Maiyiha finish her patoh of sweet corn -and mended the defec tive; fence rails where , the offefiding cowl had broken through,' besides staking, up the sweet-williams and nailing the big rose tree to" the; frame from , whence its over-blossoming weight had dragged it. . ; ;i 1 ' -;: 1 deolare," said Miss Malvina, "he's a real comfort about the place. "And he has traveled so much I cried Desire. "And he talks so-beauti-fully ! I only hope he'll be contented here." , There was no sort of doubt aboul that. Bolf Welland AJarey was very -nroi 1 nnn tented. ' Me had alwavs nun- gered and thirsted for the details !of a home life. Here it was to perfection. f V v i r m But Mr. and Mrs. Philo were not so ...... well suited. All their spasmodic efforta toward friendliness were checked with Arctic frigidity. It's too bad!" said Mrs. JPhilo, al most crying. "He ir be certain sure to go and make a - fool of himself by marrying .Desire, and we snail ,never get a cent of his money. Desire ought to be ashamed to think of such a thing at her age !" But Desire was only forty, and there are late roses as well as early ones. At least, so Mr. Welland thought. At all events, he married Desire, and the Philo Wellands were disconsolate. "It's all our bad luck I" said they. For they had forgotten all about the passage in the Bible that speaks of entertaining angels unaware." Saturday Night. Freak Factories. "How do you manage to find new freaks and curiosities?" was the ques tion asked of the managers of a travel ing "show" that had pitched its tent in a London suburb. ""Don't have to find them," was the laconio response. "They find us." The freak business is as regularly es-. tablished as any other, and has its wholesale and retail firms, traveling salesmen, brokers, price lists, fac tories " "Factories?" queried the reporter, aghast. "Why, certainly faotories -of course. The freak business is divided into about three factories foreign, domestic and fake. "In the first olass the collectors travel all over the world in search of rarities, but the very best freaks come from India and the Malay peninsula. In these countries there are many peo ple who breed freaks. They buy young children and animals, and de form them while their bones are soft by all manner of means. Then they are constantly on the outlook for gen uine natnral freaks, and in those lands the birth of a freak occurs very fre quently. The headquarters of this business is at Singapore. "Then there are any number of men who devote themselves to the discovering and placing of freaks of all kinds and varieties, and there is scarcely a day goes by that we do not receive packages of photographs and illustrated circulars from some freak merchant or other, "Of course, there are the faked freak men a perfect host in them selves. If the proprietor of some lit tle show' needs an additional attrac tion and does not have the money to hire something good for, like every thing else, freaks have their pricehe can get something for little money that will servo his purpose. "The real, genuine, live freaks al ways command high prices, and travel all over the world in order to exhibit themselves. Most of them have reg ular routes mapped out by their ad vance agents, just like theatrical com panies, and as they only appear at a placo at long intervals they never get stale, and sometimes make bigger hits on their second or third appearance than on their first," .London Mail Co it hoy Ingenuity. A novel method of perforating iron plates is reported from Salt Lako City. The city is being supplied with elec tricity for lighting and power, gener ated fourteen miles away in the Big Cottonwood Canyon. It wa3 found necessary for the purpose of pipe con nections to cut four forty-eight-inch openings in the seven-foot penstock, the plates of which were half an inch thick. The workmen began to cut with capa chisels, but the progress was made too exasperatingly slow for the engineer of the works, B. M. Jones, who is known throughout the West as the 'cowboy engineer." Mr. Jones took up bis rifle, and, using steel bullets cased with copper, shot a line of holes through the plates from a distance of about thirty feet. The intervening edges were afterward easily cut out, and in a very short time the job was finished! Letter's Without Stamp?. The Postmaster-General recently discovered a clover, scheme on the part of certain railroads to avoid postage onjmail matter intended for officials of railroads and their employes by an interchange of mail between roads car ried by the baggage masters in large envelopes. The scheme was worked principally in New York, New York City, Buffalo and other terminal points exchanging mail matter, thus avoiding postage. The outcome of the discovery was a communication sent by the depart ment to the railroad officials stating that the Bevised Statutes forbids regu lar post route roads carrying mails other than in regular mail cars, except when all letters are inclosed in stamped envelopes. -Atlanta Constitution, Cooking In the Army, The British Army has at last dis covered a sure method of rendering itself invincible. It has, in , fact, ar ranged for a regular competition among the army of cooks, and has an nounced that prizes will be awarded to those culinary artists who can set before soldiers in a most acceptable manner a regular, meal of fresh her ring, boiled potatoes,, pudding and rhubarb tarts. ' " Needless to . say that the rank and .file of the ; armyt and es pecially .. those who- knew . anything about the food that was served during the ' Crimean War ; are delighted to J hear of this innovation. : - - - WISE WOBDS, A man's conduot is an unspoken sermon. ' The smaller the soul the bigger a dollar looks. ; ' Some very good sawlogs have big knots on them. . j Life was given to enjoy, not to drag out in complaints. - An enemy is a person who applauds jrou when you fall. Friendship, like phosphorous, gives Its light in the dark. The man who makes his own god al ways has a little one. That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember. If you will not hear reason, she will surely rap your knuokles. Pride, perceiving humility honor able, often borrows her cloak. It isn't what a man owes, but what he pays that keeps him" poor. In trying to keep all he gets, a stingy man steals from himself. Like a great many thieves, "Time steals on" and cannot be arrested. When the office seeks the man it is seldom his fault if it does not find him. There is not so much failure to be charged to "poor luck" as to bad man agement, j, Be careful where you step and the man who follows you will not stumble so much. Nothing pleases a man so well as to be asked if his eldest daughter isn't his wife. The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others. A man who puts off his enjoyment too long will find it mislaid by the time he gets to it. The South West. A Living Bell. One of the strangest birds of the South American forests is the blue bird, or convent bird, as it is called by the Spanish-speaking inhabitants. It is a small bird, about the size of a blue jay, or a little larger than a robin. It is as white as snow and is quite rare, being found only in the most inaccessible parts of the country. But the most remarkable thing about this bird is what he takes his name from his power to imitate the toiling of a bell. This he does to perfection. From the top of the bird's bill there grows a curious, fleshy protuberance, similar to that of a turkey gobbler. Unlike the turkey's, however, this is hollow and sparsely covered with short hairs. The tube, which is black, connects with the interior of the throat, and it is through it that the bird makes the sonorous sound from which it takes its name. When in use the tube stands upright from the bill, and, as it is an inch to two inohes in length, it has the appearance of a horn. From' this the bird takes another of his many names the "rhinocerousj bird." Paddling quietly along a South American river in a bark canoe, with only an Indian guide for company, the traveler is surprised to suddenly hear a bell ringing, apparently close at hand. Wondering at what a church can be doing in such a place, he turns to his guide fer" an explanation, but the guide only smiles and nods. But on proceeding he comes on the author of it. Seated on the topmost branch of an overhanging tree, the bell bird is tailing out a te deum for the dying day. New York Journal. Keiv and Novel Fatouts. An adjustable stepladder, which can be extended from four to eight feet in height, A self-acting door brace, whioh pre vents the opening of a door, though the look should be picked. A draft and hold-back attachment for hitching horses to buggies without the use of tugs or braoes. A self-dumping wagon whioh hinges in the middle and dumps the load downward from the, center. A scenic theatre apparatus for pro ducing artificial eclipses of the' sun or moon by projection a scree a. An improved reckoning scale for grocers or other use, whioh indicates price or amount of oost of articles as weighed. Improved method of hanging win dow casing by clamps, and thus obvi ates the necessity of driving nails or screws. A marine torpedo with a strong electro magnet mounted within the shell so that it will be attraoted to and held against the hull of an iron or steel-plated ship or vessel. Vy A truck platform for handling heavy articles, wherein rows of small wheels or casters are imbedded in the truok platform, projecting sufficiently to make a continuous rolling surface for, heavy boxes or castings. A surgical instrument for removing obstructions from the throats of ani mals, consisting of a flexible sheath, through whioh runs a rod also flexi ble with a double "worm" on the lower end, which engages the ob struction and by which it may be withdrawn or broken up. New Ideas. ln Original Game. . V The prevalence of a very original game among the people of India has called for the interference of the Brit ish Government. The game Consists in betting on thei quantity of water that falls during a rain shower. The houses fin India, as a rule, are pro vided with reservoirs, and Hindoos of sporting proclivities ' gather ? around them on the approach of a storm and recklessly lay bets" as to how much time will elapse before they are filled with water. So much "misery, has re sulted from this bizarre form dissi pation that the English officials in India have determined to prohihit the game as far as possible. v v" iiili! Drug ' Store. erryBrbs., Wilkesboro, N. C. Keep on hand full line of Freh Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints Varnishea and Everything W ii a First-Olaas Drug. Store. Prescriptions Carefully Store in the Old Steve Johnson Building, just opposite the Court House. - Be Sure to Call and See Them. I ffl. STALEY & CO., DEALEB IN- DRUGS 9 PATENT JIEDICENES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, Cigarettes, Fancy and Toilet Soaps, etc., etc. Prescriptions promptly and accur ately filled. Situated in the Brick Hotel Building. LIVERY & FEED STABLES, A. U- VJtLLBUHN. fKUP. Situated on Main 8tret, east of th Court House. Good hones aBd new ve hicles of all kinds reidy for the accom modation of the traveling public. Horses carefully fed and attended to. Givs us a trial and see how we fesd. A .C. WELLBOliN, IT11JLD9UU1V, - . R, N. HACKETT7 Attorneys at Law, "WILKESBOBO. N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. IOAAC C. WELLBORN, Attorney - at - Law, Willaealaoro, T. C" o. Will practice In all the courts. Dealer In real estate. Prompt attention paid to oollectien of claims. 1 T. B. Fikxjet. H. L. Grek. FINLEY & GREENE. Attorneys - at - Law, WILKESBORO, N. 0. Will practice in all 'the courts. Col sections a specialty. Real estate sold oa JMsnxnissiosi. r" TlIRItli! SWITNn TIP- Louisiana Mob Takes the Law Into : Their Own Hands. A New Orleans, special says : J ales Gueymard, a storekeeper, was assassin ated one night last week in St. Charles parish, while standing on his front porch.' A Sicilian nalhied Lorenzo Saladino was known to have a grudge against Gueymard and was suspected of the crime. -Circumstantial evidence caused his arrest on Jj'riday.? The sneriif orpftt diffimiltv in nrevehtina the peo ple from lynching Saladino then and there. The Sheriff secretly conveyed the prisoner ta Hahnville, the county seat, and placed him in jail. This wuwuw j urn U J . .hSAAV c? was guarded by a pegro watchman wbo has performed the duty several years- Two other Italians named Decino ana Angelo Marcuso were confined i11." iail for themnrder of an asred Spaniar on one of the plantations. ' ' About midnight a mob of about fittf persons,; well armed, surprised th guard, battered down the doors of th jail and took out the three Italian The prisoners cried and begged Jr mercy, but the crowd took them to "Stable a short distance away, gave them two minutesh which to pray and then strung all three of them- up by M necks to the rafters. " Over a million In Gold Bars. . The Hamburg Nachrichten (Berlin) says that the steamer Normannia, o the Hamburg-American line, vhioo sailed Friday from that port for Ne York, will take on board at Cherbourg, France, a port of call, gold bars tolB value of $1,200,000; consigned to JNe York houses. 'Over $5,000,000 is spent .Londoners oa funeral. - B CoiDoiilei
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