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J m THE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., PUBLISHERS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI.SO PER YEAR. VOLUME I. SCOTLAND KECK, HALIFAX CO., N. C THURSDAY, MABCII 26, 1885. NUMBER 18. z i S? f - 4 f I "4 FAST AND SURE. Strong in the faith of womar I lift mine eyes to thine, And feel thou art a true man To love as fond as mine, Foud as the flower that turnela To where the sunbeams shine. What need of words revealing All thou dost know full well True love hath no concealing, And eyes will secrets tell, Love firm as rocks still braving Unmoved the ocean's swell. Within thy hand now laying My hand I place secure, Kor fear nor doubt betrayiagj My fai h is fast and sure Fast as the twining ivy, As mks that storms endure. Kay, if my pulses flutter, Tis not the throb of fear; My lips no word could utter Of doubt while thou art naar; 6o lot my stay be ever Thine arm so strong and dear. Yes draw me to thee nearer, And whispering sweet and low. In accents that are dearer Than chiming water's flow, Tell me the love thou feelest . iso change can ever know. Oh! thus upon thee leaning, As woman ever should, Thy heart may learn the meaning Of trustful womanhood, Leaning on man her weakness, With strength to be endued. John F. Waller, in Cassell, a'JIS story op a scar. The first officer on one of the great ocean steamships that sail out of this port is a tall, dark man, with thick black hair, which he wears combed low cm his forehead. One night, as the ship was steaming along Ly the palm covered shores of" Brazil, he sat with a group of officers, after dinner, smoking on deck. Far off the light on Sclina's Shoals marked the entrance to the Para river and the wind blowing from the j&ore was laden with tropical odors. "Mr. C ," said one of the younger officers, breaking the silence which had been maintained for some time, "wiil you gratify my curiosity by an swering a somewhat impertinent ques tion?' . "Put your question," was the senten tious reply. "Well, then, why do you wear your hair so low on your foreheads" The first officer leaned forward so as to bring his head Aviihin the stream of light, that came from a state-room win dow, and, throwing back the hair from iiis forehead, revealed a deep red scar. All the officers leaned forward to look. .They knew that a story was connected with that scar, and as C seemed to be in a good humor one of them ventured to ask : k Mow did it happen, Mr. C ?" The first officer lc.ned back in his chair, was silent for a minute, and then saying: 44 1 don't often tell the history of that, scar, but yes, I will tell you," began the following ta!e: I When I was eighteen years old I wrfs third mate of the ship Sea Lion, sailirtg out of Boston harbor. The first trifT I made aboard of her as third mate y e ran to the Philippine Islands. hav ing discharged our cargo aud loaded with sugar for the return trip, ready to sail the next morning. I wanted to go ashore and have a good blow-out once more before starting on the long return voyage ; so after supper 1 had a couple of tiie sailors lower away the dingy and row me over to another Amciiran ship that was lying m the harbor, where 1 took off the second mate, a great churn of mine while we had been in Manilla, and together we rowed ashore. My frior.d' name was Bill L . He was about twenty-two years o!d, with a frame like a giant and muscles like steel, the picture of health and happiness, open hearted and generous, young and ambitious. 1 never knew a man more lovable than Bill. "We'll have a lark as is a lark to-night,' says Bill, 'for the old man says you're going to sail to-morrow. 'Yes,' said I, 'we go to-morrow.' Just then I happened to"put my hand in ray pocket and I felt a slung shot, which I had taken away from one of the men that afternoon when he was disposed to make trouble with it. 'Here,' said I, taking it out, 4I guess I'll throw this toy overboard.' 'No, keep it,' exclaimed Bill, 'we may need it before we come aboard again.' Well, we went about the city for an hour or two and finally came to the door of a Buddhist temple. There are a great many Chinese in Manilla, you know, and they are nearly all Buddhists. Something put it into our heads to enter the temple, and we did so. It was deco rated in the usual manner of those edi fices in Manilla, and at one end, with votive lights burning before it and vo tive offering around It, it was a statne of the great Buddha himself. 'Ah!' said Bill, 'the old gentleman is at home. Let's pay our respects to him.' j "We dropped some money into a little ; box placed before the idol to receive such offerings, made one or two remarks which we considered witty, and turned around to go out, when it occurred to me that it would be a good joke to pull down and eat one of the bananas, a bunch of which was hanging among the other offerings by the side of the idol. I made a grab for a banana and brought the whole bunch to the floor. At the same instant several priests Avho had been concealed behind the image rushed out with a shout and sprang toward us. We ran toward the door, but before we could reach it the priests were upon us. . At the same time some Spanish herders who happened to be passing by heard the noise of the fight and rushed in to take a haud. The Spaniards all had whips with heavy knobs at the ends in their handstand one of them aimed a blow at me which laid open my forehead just where you now see that scar. I fell to the floor, stunned for a minute.bnt quick ly recovering my senses I thought of the slung-shot in my pocket, and grasping it in iny right hand, I sprang up and dealt the man who had hit me a terrific blow on the head which stretched him on the floor. Then 1 made r for the troor; hitting right and left with my slung shot. My companion had foueht hia j to the door with fists, but acme of the Spaniards had" 'drawn knives and I saw that he was badly cut about the arms and shoulders. Escaping from the temple we ran to the river, front closely pursued by a yelling mo.b of Spaniards j and Chinese. As we., had intended to . stay ashore all night the boat was not waiting for us, and there was no way of j escaping from our pursuers but to plunge i into the water. We were both experi i swimmers, and knew that iu all proba- bil:tv the Spaniards aud Chinese were ; " . . ! There was a great stone pier jutting j out into the harbor near where we niide j four plunge, and I had noticed in my sev eral trips to attd iroui the shore that one of the stones in the northern face of the structure had been dislodged, leaving a space into which I thought a man could crawl. This came to my mini as I plunged into the water. I stayed below the surface as long as I could and then, rising, looked anxiously around for Bill. He was nowhere to be seen. The shouts of our pursuers had ceased. On shore I saw the lights in the city, and out in the harbor the riding lights of the vessels ly ing at anchor gleamed like swaying slars. But the black surface of the water near me was unbroken by any human form. I called out once or twice, but getting no answe'r and beginning to feel faint I swam toward the pier. Poor Bill I I never saw him again. Weakened by the loss of blood from the many knife-cuts he had received, he undoubtedly sank as soon es he plunged into the water and never rose to the surface. I swam to the pier and climbed into the place from which I had noticed that the stone was dislodged. I had to double myself up like a jack-knife to get into the hole, aud sat there with my head projecting aud my legs hanging down, so that my feet touched the water. How long I sat there I do not know. I was dazed and stupe fied by the severe blow I had received and weakAsaai loss of blood.. , The oc currences of the last half hour vete a confused jumble, aud I felt an intense pain in my head. By and by I noticed that the tide was rising. I did not know whether the place in which I had secreted myself was under water at high tide or not, and my agony of suspense as the water rose higher and higher was terrible. The cold waves dashed their spray in my face every now and then, and revived me so that I was able to realize fully the danger of my situation. Slowly the tide rose. It was up to my waist. It reached my shoulders and finally-my chin; and then every wave broke .against my face, so that half of .the time I was covered by water. I 'was too weak to leave my place of refuge and swim to the shore, and there I sat face to face with, death. "Suddenly I heard the sound of oars approaching me. The boat came nearer ud I saw that the rower was the China-: man who supplied our - ship v. ith vege tables'. ' In the darkness he did not see: me and was going by. Mustering all mv strength. I hailed him. He started as if he had been shot, and then slowly and cautiously rowed toward me. Well, to shorten a long yarn, the Chinaman res-: cued me, and -for five dollars put me on board my ship. I told the captain what nau nappeneu, ana alter dressing my wounds he hid me aw ay in the flag locker, for by this time it . was nearly morning, and he knew that by daylight the Spanish officials would visit the ship to apprehend me. Sure enough they came, among thtra being the first and second port captains. They said that the night before two Americaiis, ap parently sailors, had created a disturb ance in the Buddhist temple, and severely, perhaps fatally, injured two Spaniards. They had a description of the men, had searched the only other American ship in the harbor siud had now come to search the Sea Lion, fl'hc second port captain, whose name was Wil kinson, was an American and the captain knew he could trust him; so he took him aside and told him the wh ;le story, in cluding the place of my concealment. The Spanish officials thoroughly searched the ship. Wilkinson himself went to the flag locker and lifting up the lid looked me square in the face. 'Get me out of this if yu can,' I said to him in an agonized whisper. He put down the lid and went away. "Before long I knew by the motion of the ship that we were under way, and pretty sooa the captain came to the locker and told me that it was safe to come out. When I reached the deck the spires of Manilla were . fadiDg in the dis tance Ten years elapsed before I visited Manilla again. I was then first mate of the ship Foam. Wilkinson, who by this time had become first port captain, came on board to dine with us, being an old friend of the captain. All through din ner Wilkinson kept looking curiously at me. Finally he said, 'Did you ever have a brother in Manilla?' 'Yes,' said I. 'Was he a sailor?' . 'Yes.' 'Well, he mast have been the man.' Then he told the story of my own adventures on that terrible " night, when I so nearly eded my career. I wore my hair low ou my forehead then, as I do now. When he had finished his story I leaned ; forward and threw back my hair. He looked at me in silence for an instant and then ex claimed : 'I'm shot if you ain't the man !' "Well, gentlemen, it is getting late and I fear I have bored you with my long yarn. Goodnight." New lorh Inbune. Maple Sugar. A Randolph (N. Y.) letter to the New York Sun says the methods of maple sugar manufacture have changed since the days when the boys were kept out of school the last part of the winter term to gather elders, from which the pith was forced and the bark stripped off, making a tube through which the sap was to be conducted to the open wooden bucket. Then the trees were bored' with augers, the taps introduced, and the work of gathering the sap begun, the product going to a huge log trough, half filled with leaves, -which .gave to the sugar the aroma and flavor of the spicy woods, including worms,,snails,ietc. Now the tops are perforated steel tubes, driven m with a hammer; the buckets are of tin, and closely covered ; the trough has given place to "the cabi net, fitted with pipes leading to the boil ing pan, and all are contained in a neat building. The product is much lighter colored, and it lacks the flavor of other days. - ' ' . The nearese approach to squaring a circle is a new augur lately invented that bores a square hole. TIMELY TOPICS The suicide of children is a singularly painful phenomenon of modern high pressure. Vital statistics show that in 1881 ninety-five children under fourteen years of age committed suicide in the United States. In Maricopa county, Arizona, there is considerable barbed fence, and the vast i flocks of wild ducks which frequent the valley often fly low and. striking the barbed fences, become impaled thereon. It is said that tons of ducks are gathered daily by boys from the fences and sent to market. The New York World calls attention to the fact that the most malig- ant cholera that we ever had in this country was imported in 1832 on a sailing vessel. This pretty effectually squelehc3 the theory recently put forth by Dr. Petten kofer that cholera germs could not out live a twenty-day sea voyage. Still the orchid war continues. A lady in New York who raises orchids has already two thousand specimens, and is constantly7 on the lookout for more va rieties'. Among them is a plant that sells for fifty guineas in London. The rage for Orchids is how at its height, and the rivalry among fashionable growers waxes hot. . A physician connected wTith one of the hospitals in New York .where children receive special attention, says that many of the cases of spinal trouble brought to his notice are the direct result of the careless handling of baby carriages. The matter of how nurses and others handle these little vehicles is one to which par ents may well pay attention. A New Orleans doctor calls attention to a very simple fact which merits atten tion from med'eiue takers. If the medi cine is mixed with' very cold watei, and a few swallows of the water be taken as a preparatory dose, the nerves of the organ of taste become sufficiently be numbed to make the medicine nearly tasteless. The method will not disguise bitter taste, but acts well in oils and salines. "Undoubtedly the oldest apple trees west of the Missouri river," says the Lewiston (Idaho) News "are those on the Alpowai. Some of them are over a foot in diameter. These seeds were brought out by the Rev. Mr. Spaulding, the mis sionary who was stationed at Lanwai many years ago, and the father of Mrs, LEliza kYarren, the first .white children born on the Pacific slope, and who visited this city last fall, in the year 1836." That standard publication, the "Al manack de Gotha," for 188o, shows that Norway has 4.he smallest' number of in habitants to the square mile, with Rus sia second, of all the countries of Europe. Portugal has 1,084 women to every 1,000 men", the largest preponderance of any country. Germany comes next with 1,029 w omen to every 1,000 men. The greatest surplusage of men is found in Greece, where to every 1,000 men there are only 0QG women. Some speculative individual has pro mulgated a queer story about- yes, by which one can be made to see without them. His theory is to place a piece of copper above the tongue and one of zinc beneath it, and then by closing the eyes and letting the tips of the pieces of meral touch each other a flash of light ,car,be detected. The eyes do not see, but the sensation of seeing is a vivid one. a'nd the imnrcssion thus transmitted to the optic nerve, and thence to the brain? would, with blind persons, answer the same purpose as eyes. When Clrover Cleveland became Presi dent of the United States he lacked fourteen days of being forty-eight years old. Only one younger man has been inaugurated President, and that is Grant, who lacked some six weeks of being forty seven years old when he entered the White House. Franklin Pierce was three months over forty-eight, and Ar thur and Garfield were each a trifle less than fifty. ' All the other Presidents have been older,. William Henry Harrison, with his sixty -eight years, being the oldest of them all at taking the oath of office. . young American surgeon has lately received high honors in Belgium. This is Francis W. Strain, a graduate- of the Jefferson Medical college, of Philadel phia, and surgeon of the Red. Star steamer Nordiand. He lately removed from the face of a lady connected with the court of Brussels a tumor which had defied the skill of the royal physician. In recognition of .his skill, the young surgeon has been elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of Surgeons in Belgium, and has been presented with a roya gold medal, appended to a fac simile of King Leopold's crown and colors. . Mrs. Alice N. Lincoln is one of the most energetic, practical and business like women in Boston. She is also one of the wealthiest. . She has a magnificent home in Commonwealth avenue and possesses an income of about $12,000 a year. She has always taken a great in terest in sanitary matters, and since the newspapers began their crusade against filthy tenements she has been running tenement houses in the worst parts of the city. The places" were about to be vacated by the board of health on ac count of their unhealthy condition, when Mrs. Lincoln rented them, made needed repairs and improvements, and let the apartment to respectable poor people. While in one sense the work is a benevo lence, he conducts her houses on strict business principles, visiting them fre quently and making all the rent collec tions herself. Thus far she has come out with a fair profit. The scheme is now a hobby with her, and she is bar gaining, tor the notorious "Crystal Palace," a very ancient and filthy bar racks in the South Cove," where thieves, hoodlums and debauches- make their headquarters. " A hospital intended for the charitable treatment of all forms of nervous disease and such mild forms of mental disease "as can be rescued by medical-skill from the horrors of an insane asylum, has been sorted in Brooklyn. Singular to say, it is the first Institution of the kind in the world. The sludy of nervous and rajn tal diseases is the latest of ail the .specialties.. The- importance and . fre quency of the diseases have been overlooked- by the'"puWic -and even "'by the physicians. Curious as it may seem, the most frequest cause, among persons who have had their lives insured is from nervous disease. In other words, nervous Jf " in"" irequcnt or uie sec- " " iuv.3i, mriin-ut unuaj oi ucam among the most industrious, provident and in telligent of the community, being only sui-pas ed in fatality by zymotic, tuber cular aud respiratory diseases. Not only do deaths from nervous disease oc cur most frequently among the indus trious and healrhv, as the experience of the life insurance companies would seem I to demonstrate, but they also occur wi h j increasing frequency during the most active years of life, the curve of fre quency rising between the 25th and i)0th years and continuing to ris) to 70. Nervous diseases vary but little from year to year in frequency, being among the most constant of all -maladies. The king of Persia's first visit to Europe tcjidecl. for the time to civilize him, but before a" y;ear had expired hu wasted to execute his prime minister. He has lighted his palace with gas, and even started the electric light there ; but ' wheh he did not pay the salary of the genial Frenchman . who provided that jight, all was dark once more. After that the Frenchman got his pay. aud the ! supply has been steady since. The king 1 now returns salutes, as a rule; before his vi it to Europe he did not. lie now I looks at the pictures in the illustrated I journals .with pleasure,. But when ha I last crossed the Caspian lie slept on the floor of the ladies' Cabin, under the table, and on the table he put his boots. He maintains w stall" of giants aud dwarfs. Once it was' a pleasure to the asylum of the uaiveie to fill a boat on one of the large tanks of his numerous country palaces with the grandees of his kingdom, clad in gala costume, and to go into fits of laughter as the boat sank, and the pillars of the empire crawled out muddy, wet, and bedraggled. And they say that on the last visit of the king of kings to Europe, when seated between two royal ladies at the dinner table, on tasting and suckins a stick of asnarasrus, that he ! offered the half-devoured butt to the I more august of the two, with the idea , that she should enjoy the pleasure that he had experienced, saying, with inrio- cent eniovment, "Ba, ba! how 'rood it is!" . Oriental Faithlessness. In au article on Arab treachery the London Te'egmph says: We need hardly go so far back as even the Afghan cam paign for illustration of Oriental faith lessness. The first disaster of this Sou dan warfare was a signal instance. Hicks Pasha, at the head of a force that, when it had the JUahdi's men in the open, de feated it easily, was misled by guides sent out for the purpose by the enemy into broken country far from water, where the false prophet's generals had collected and ambushed their forces. For three days the fighting lasted, but treachery had done its work all too well, and so, entangled in the hilly desert, fainting from thirst, the Egyptian army, with . all the European officers accom panying it, was cut to pieces. A few days later came the rout, at Tamanieb, where the bashi-bazouks, who have so often by their cowardice turned the scale of fortune, failed in the moment of onset, and the day was lost. Perhaps they thought that they' would purchase safety by desertion. They had often done so before. 1 they had saaiy unaerrateu the hatrea with whica they have inspired tne op pressed tribes of the Soudan, tind theyr were butchered as they huddled together behind the brave blacks, and not one of them escaped. Or, later sti.l, how was it that the gallant Colonel Stewart, met his death? His steamer had struck upon a rock, so, shifting his stores to an island, and spiking his guns, he went ashore, confiding in the pledges given by the chief. With all respect and ceremony he was made welcome, assured that he should receive the transport he asked for, and invited to . consider himself an honored guest. An hour passed. He was sitting in a hut when one of the es cort standing at the door on guard saw the faithless chief come' out from an ad jacent building, and, striking the signal on a metal water-jar, summon from every side the assassins who were waiting. In two bodies they rushed upon the un harmed guests, .and murdered them all. The corpses were the stores of the plunder, and the plete. flung into the Nile, steamer divided as vile crime was Cram- The Legend of the Willow. One day a golden-haired child, whe? lived where no trees ' or flowers grew, was gczing wistfully through the open gate f a beautiful park, when the gar dener chanced to throw out an armful of dry cuttings. Among them the little girl discovered one with a tiny bud just starting. "Perhaps it will grow," she whispered to herself, and, dreaming of wide, cool boughs and fluttering leaves, she carried it carefully home, and planted it in the darksome area. Day after day she watched and tended it, and when by and bye, another bud started, she knew that the slip had taken root. Y'ears passed, and the lowly home gave place to a pleasant mansion, and the narrow area widened into a spacious garden, where many a green tree threw its shad ow. But for the golden-haired child, now grown into a lovely maiden, the fairest and dearest of them all was the one she had so tenderly nourished. No other tree, she thought, cast such a cool, soft shade; in no other boughs did the birds sing so sweetly. But while the tree lived and flourished the young girl drooped and fadd. Sweeter and sadder grew the lisht in Iter blue eyes, till by-and-by God's angel touched them with a dreamless sleep. Loving hands crowned the white brow with myrtle, and under the branches she had loved laid her tenderly to rest. But from that hour as if in sorrow for the one that tended it, the stately tree bean drooping. Lower and lower bent the sad branches, lower and lower, until they caressed the daisied mound -that covered her form. " "See!" said the young companions, ''the tree weeps for her who loved it." And they called it the weeping willow TIIE HOME DOCTOR. Hay Aa'lima. .Tr -SI. D.rO'Connell iias treated hay asthma successfully by the introduction inter e.ich mVstril of a small piece of cot ton wool saturated with glycerine. He says that usually in from ten to fifteen minutes great relief is felt, but the wool should be allowed to remain for one hour. It is well known that the intro duction of the glycerine plug (small size) is frequently producive of great benefit in uterial congestions bv the nro- fuse watery discharge which follows its introduction, and he attributes its good effects in hay fever to the same action. rc:ema on the Ileaii. In the common cczem is on the head in children, so numerous in dispensary practice, after two or three days of thor ough cleanings the daily application of the following salve, according to Health and Home, nearly always suffices to ob tain rapid and lasting results. Acid salicylic . . . . gr. x. Tinct. banz m. xx. Vaseline. oz. j. On other parts where a soft salve, which easily melts as this, is not suitable, and where a firm dressing or a drying effect is desired, the following paste should be rubbed on : Acid salicylic gr. xix. Vaseline oz. j. Zinci oxidi, amyli, of each oz. S3 Diet tor tlie Sit-lc. Dkixk ix Cases of Diakriicka. A coffee-cup full of browned, coarse corn meal, boiled in sufficient water to make it as strong as coffee. Drink as warm as possible. Cracker Panada. --Soak a cream cracker in a pint of water until it has absorbed almost the entire quantity. Sprinkle cinnamon and a little sugar over the top. then pour over the whole two tablespoonfu's of wine or other liquor. Currant Jelly. Like ice cream, the ordinary currant jelly is too sweet for in valids, but thjs recipe may7 please any invalid: One pint currant juice, one and a half pints cold water, one tablcspoon ful sugar, one lemon (juice only ), one tablespoonful Cox's gelatine. Pour a half pint of boiling water on the gela tine to dissolve it. Add the other in gredients and set on the ice to freeze. White Custard. Separate the yolks and whites of three eggs; use the whites only. Take also one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonf uls of sugar. Give a light grating of nutmeg, then one pint rich milk. Beat sugar, whites, salt and nutmeg; then add a little milk, and beat thoroughly; then add the rest of the milk. Bake in cups, set in a pan of water. When firm in the center, put on the ice to cool. Ice Cream for Invalids. As ice cream is sold in the stores it is too sweet for an invalid's palate, so we give a re cipe for making it "just light:" One cup of milk one teaspoonful arrow root, one pint cream (not very thick), half cup of sugar, half teaspoonful essence (to suit taste). Boil the milk until it begins to skin, then add dissolved arrowroot. Boil a few minutes longer and set aside to cool ; when cold add the other in gredients and freeze. Gelatine. I buy the domestic gela tine in sheets from Ihe druggist. To make a small quantity for a "bonne bouche" for an invalid, I take three sheets, or one ounce, dissolve in one pint of warm water. When it is thor oughly dissolved I bring it to a boil, adding one-half cup of sugar, the juice of a lemon, and the white of an egg. Beat it well and put on ice. Remember a tabiespoonful served in a dainty dish may persuade your patient to ask for moire; but a bowlfull will never accom plish that purpose. The eyes of invalids sometimes seem to act as stomachs to digest before the mouth receives. Remember. When invalids are con-valescing-they are more particular about the minutiae of their diet than when well. Always serve as small a quantity as possible at once. Let everything be neat and clean on the tray. Do not spill the tea in the saucei nor fill the gruel bowl more than one-half fu'l. When you make toast always roll it on your bread board with the rolling-pin, to crush the crust ; then put it on a hot plate in the oven for a minute; cover with another hot plate and serve. If you serve boiled eggs in the shells and wish to keep them "lrom cooking hard after they have boiled three minutes, just tako'the back of the bowl of a tea spoon and crack one end a little, to stop the cooking process. Mrs. Emma Brant, in Health and Home. Au Interesting Compilation. The table below shows the number of words in each President's inaugural ad dress; also how often the personal pro noun "I" was used: President. No. Words. No. of Vs. 20 C 13 19 16 11 4 19 26 14 11 6 S8 38 15 18 18 23 13 43 1 15 1!) 24 16 10 1 5 Washington, first term. . . Washington, second term J. Adams Jefferson, first term Jefferson, secoud term. . . Madison, first tarm Madison, second term .... Monroe, first term Monroe, second term . J. Q. Adams Jackson, first term Jackson, second term.... Van Buren ....1,300 .... 134 ....2,311 1,526 2,133 1,170 1.142 . 33 4,4W 2,944 1,116 1,167 8 578 1,643 4,04 i,o:i6 3,319 2,773 3.588 '588 36:2 1,13:) 1,233 2.47:2 , irj J 1) 431 1,688 Harrison . Tyler Polk Taylor Pierce Buchanan Lincolu, first term.... Lincoln, second term. Johnson Grant, first term Grant, second term . . . Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland Ii?illard Fillmore took the oath with out delivering an inaugural address. New York Sun. Sharp Tongues in Washington So Society. People who enter the social lists it Washington society must cultivate a sharp tongue, or they get routed and put to confusion every time. From all accounts some "ladies" have dis tinguished themselves, there lately in not precisely the Rochefoucauld style of cyni cism or repartee. For there is a way the pot may call the kettle black that reflects the glory of wit even in the mire f bad manners. Boston Beacon. HOW BCBNABT DIED. Struggling WitSi n. Crowd oi Aralis 'I" lie Sivord Against the Spear. Mr. Burleigh, the war correspondent -who was wounded at Abu Klea, under the inspiration of his hurt, wrote to the Telegraph a thrilling account of the bat tle, and in it occurs thi3 vivid descrip tion of Colonel Burnaby's death : "Still down upon us the dark Arab wave rolled. It had arrived within three hundred yards undiminished in : volume, unbroken in strength a rush of spcarsmen and .swordsmen. Their rifle fire had ceased. Other Arab forces ! surrounding us The Madhi's troops, ' plundering Bedouins and pillaging vil ! lagers from the river side stood eager on the hillsides watching the charga upon the British square. In wild ex ! citement, their white teeth glistening and the sheen of their brandished , weapons flashing like thousands of mir ! rors, onward they came, charging straight into our ranks. "I wras at that instant inside the square, not far from the Gardner gun, when I saw the left face move somewhat back ward. Colouel Burnaby himself, whosj every action at the time I saw from a dis tance of about thirty yards, rede out in front of the rear left face, apparently to assist two or three skirmishers running in hard pressed. All but oue man of them succeeded in reaching our lines. Colonel Burnaby went forward to his as sistance sword in hand. As the daunt less colonel rode forward he put himself in the way of a sheik charging down on horseback. -"Ere the Arab closed with him a bul let from some one in our ranks brought the sheik headlong to the ground. The enemv's spearsman were closed behind, and one of them suddenly clashed at Col onel Burnaby, pointing the long blade of his spear at his throat. Checking his horse and pulling it backward, Burnaby leapt forward in his saddle and parried the Moslem's rapid and ferocious thrusts. But the length man's weapon eight feet out ' of his power of the put it to re- tuin with interest the Arab's murderous intent. Once or twice Colonel Burnaby just touched his man, only to make him more wary and eager. The affray was the work of seconds only, for the savage horde of swarthy negroes from Kordofan and straight-haired, tawny complexioned Arabs of the Bayuda steppe were fast closing in upon our square. " Colonel Burnaby fenced the swarthy Arab as if he were playing in an assiult at arms, and there was a smile on his fea tures as he drove off the man's awkward points. The scene was taken in at a glance. With that lightning instinct which I have seen desert warriors before now display in battle while coming to one another's aid, an Arab, who was pur suing a soldier and had passed five paces to Burnaby's-right and rear, turned with a sudden spring, and this second Arab ran his spear point into the colonel's right shoulder. It was but a slight wound. Enough, though, to cause Burnaby to twist around in his saddle and defend himself from this un expected attack. "Before the savage could repeat his unlooked for blow, so near the ranks of the square was the scene now being en acted, a soldier fan out and drove his sword bayonet through the second as sailant. Brief as Avas Burnaby's glance backward at this fatal episode it was loner enough to enable the first Arab to deliver his spear point full in the brave officer's throat. The blow drove Bur naby out of his saddle, but it required a second one before he let go his grip of the reins and tumbled upon the ground. "Ilaif a dozen Arabs were now about him. With blood gushing in streams from his gashed throat the dauntless cuardsman leapt to his feet sword in hand and slashed at the ferocious group. They were the wild strokes of a proud, brave mau dvin;r hard, and he was quickly overborne and left helpless and dvinsr." The Green Chicken. A short time back a green parrot who -was allowed the run of a London garden, had taken it into his head to climb a tree, to get on the dividing wall of that and other gardens, and to make voyages of exploration, lie had arrived at a place where the brick wall was sur mounted by a green trellis, and he perched himself on this, occasionally ex claiming "Mother!" in a heart-rending tone. The garden which he thus domi nated was inhabited by a red torn cat of decided character,' who apparently took this as a challenge, lie quickly mounted the wall and the trellis, and began hostile approaches in form. The scene was too interesting to be interrupted prematurely ; but the household of the red cat promptly armed themselves with weapons, and attained a point of vantage whence they could protect the bird, who though a stranger, was known and ap preciated. , But the parrot had sufficient resource. For a time it paid no apparent attention to the cat, but gazed into va cancy, ejaculating "Mother i" Exactly as the cat crouched for a spring at a foot or two distance, and as the spectators were wondering whether brooms ought to come into play, the parrot made a half face with the speed of lightning, rose on its heels like a cock, flapped its w ings, also chanticleer fashion, and pounced on the cat with wings and beak. It did it no harm beyond a decided buffet; but the cat wa3 so completely bewildered that it: nearly fell off the trellis and shuffled back several feet, while the par rot contemplated, it with the air of a natural . philosopher, and again cried "Mother!" At this point the cat, com pletely beaten, was picked off the wall by a benevolent cook, and retired to ruminate on the unsportsmanlike oddi ties of "green chickens." A Essay on Health. Hash is a noun, common in boarding houses often parsed and frequently de clined neuter geDder, singular case. Hash is not mentioned in the Bible, al though many authorities consider that it is referred, to in the verse which speaks. qf Abraham's doing penance by p-oing"- in for "sackcloth and h-asbiffs," and Shakespeare had it in mind when he wrote of "mincing mat ters." Hash is like a good many things in religion it has to be taken largely in faith, many people object to it, when they are not- in reality accustomed to anything better. Those who are con tinually clamoring for better fare should eat sawjjust, which i3 really fine board. The Rambler, One day ata tim e. One day at a time! That's all it can be; No fasti r than that in the hardest fate. And days have their limits, however we Ecin them too early and stretch them, too lale. . One day at a tim ! It's a wholesome rhyme, A fc-x! one to live by, -A Cay at a time. One duy at a time! Every lirart that aches Knows only too well how long that can sem: But iL'j never to-day which the spirit breaks, It's the darkened future without a gleam. One day at a time! -It's a wholesome thyme, A good ens to live by, A day at a time. One day at a lime! A burden tco great To be borne for two can be borne for one: Who knows what will enter to morrow's gate? While yet we are speakirg all may be done. One day at a tims! It's a wholes ma rhyme, A goo l one to live by, A d iy at a time. One day at a time! When joy is at height- . Such joy as tho heart ctiu never forget And puis, s are throi bing with wild delight. How hard to remember that suns must sct One day at a time! It's a v. hok Homo rhyiuo, A good one to live by, A clay at a time. One day at a lime! But a single day, Whatever its !oa 1, whatever its length, An i th ue's a bit of precious Scripture to say That, according to ajh, shall bo our. strength. One dav at a time! Ii'a a wholesome rhyme, A good one to live by, A day at a time. Ono day at a lime? 'Tis the whole of life! All -rrow, all joy, are unmeasured therein The bciuid of our purpose, our noblest strife' The o.v. only eoii'.iter.iia, sure to win! Cm day at a tinif ! It's a wholesome rhyme, A good ono to live by, A day at a time. Ihe Itid.'peudent. PIMIENT PARAGRAPHS The roller-skating link is a good laco to study "fall" fashions. Bunion JSulle lin. He was a level-headed doctor who hired a house next door to a roller-skating rink. Boston Courier. A poetess sings, "I have found what siiencc is." Her friends, it is under stood, are not so fortunate. Boston 2'raim-ripf. The rain falls not alike on the just and urijus', for the simple reason that the unjust usually has the umbrella belong ing to the just. Pud: Every person has a role in life, and some people seem to think the only role they were destined for is to roll at the skating rink. Boitou Courier. "1 read Brown's new novel to-day," she remarked. "How did it turn out?" he inquired. "Badly. The ending is very sad." "Ah?" " Yes; she married him." A Cincinnati man claims to have a wife so hot tempered that he can light his cigar from the Hash of her eyes. He made a good m itch when he married her. - Chi'ii'jo Sun. The UaUhru.rcan says "a clerk is like a gun because he can be discharged." H? may also get loaded without the knowl edge of the proprietor and go off unex pectedly. Picnjm.e. During the past two years IIO.OOO r.dler skating links have been opened in t Vis country. During the last year and six months 100 new court plaster fac tories have been established. Eeuiwilla Anjui. A member of Congress rink the o'.her niht and visited the put on (he rollers for tiie first time. He was not invited to "take a seat on Ihe house," but he took the floor of one, all the same. Norrutoten, Herald. Too young for suspicion. Edith (con templating her face in the mirror) "Mamma," ine fink Katie Jones is berry pretty." Edith (five minutes later) "Mamma, m; link me berry much like Katie Jones." Jlnrcurd Lampoon. Unon this bald old Earth of sin, Vt'hich whirls from day to day, Thore are m iny things to make us grin, And la igU our breath away. Kut tlierj's nothing will a man invest With mil Hi, and make him holler, Like liuJing in a last year's vest A last years unspent dollar. " It is said that every convict in the Ohio penitentiary is compelled to write an ess.iy each month. When he is re fractory his essay is read to him. The Ohio authorities are making the prison discipline more severe every year. G raj, hie. "If man wants to own the earth, what does woman want?" inquired Mr. Grab of his better half, after a family matinee a few days ago. "Well, my dear," re sponded "that lady in a gentle, smother ing tone, "to own the man, I suppose." Boat):l Pont. Gayly the rash young man 1'uts on the skates. Saying, "I think I can Astonish the States." Then he strikes wildly out Easter and faster ; And with a bump and shout -Veils for courl-plaster. "Your honor, I am summoned to serve on the grand jury, but I wish you would excuse me." " What is your business, 6ir?" "lama coal merchant;" "You are excused, sir, on the ground that it would be impossible for a coal merchant to weigh a matter properly and fiud a true bill. Chicago News. , "You see." he explained, "I have a little railroad back here in Wisconsin. That is, I h ive crganied one, and se cured the right of way across the two counties. I came down to Chicago to float out a little loan. I want a hundred thousand dollars." "I see." - "Well, I've been here a week, and have'nt ac complished anything." "Why?" "Well, the best oiler I've had yet was to furnish me the money at twenty-two per cent, interest, and charge me sixty per cent, commission for making the loan. What's left won't pay me for lying to the fr '13 crs." Mall Street News.
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