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' " nnTTTi DEMOCRAT W. H. KITCHIN, Owner. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. SUBSCUII'TION : 1.M l'HR YEAK. VOLUME III. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FIJI DAY. AUGUST l'J. Isn. U Ten Will Miss Thee, Few -will niias thee, friend, when thou For a month in dust hast lain. 'Skiiful hand and cnxious brow, Tongue of wisdom, Lusy brat AH ' 1 0.1 wert shrill be forgot, .An ! thy place shall know theo not. JSonin bwo -t L-ird may sit and sing 0;; tlx; marble of thy tomb, iSo'-i io flit on joyous wing From that place of death and gloom, In some bough to warble clear; but theso songs thou shalt not hear. Nun" kind voice may sing thy praise, l'ising near thy place of rest, iijiiiy talk of "other days" Hut no throb within thy breast Minll ie-pond to words of praise, Or old thoughts of "other daya." Since so fleeting is thy name, TaVnt, beauty, power and wit, It w-ro well that without shame Th.'U in (iods great book were writ, There is golden words to be f;ji'. en f'or eternity. Chambers' Journal. Tho Russian Bloodhound. In crossing the Strand, London, I dodged the pole of one vehicle just in : r,i" to be struck by the shafts of an- aU-r, and, us the pavement was slip yr., 1 went down, and tho vehicle vt-'it over me, breaking ray left leg be w the knee. An hour later I was in ".y ' 'aehelor apartments (the work of tho surge,, finished), and feeling that I hi to be thankful to liave come off ';t!t say life. I was in for a siege of naiy week1, and I had some business vhirli must be attended to by an out si ter. Therefore, after a day or two, I r-nt for Captain Jack Williams, an old jir.jinintance. He answered promptly Weigh, and we soon made very satis .'ac'ory arrangement''. He was a blulT, km tost fellow, out of active service, and living nothing to do, and the only un pleasant feature about his friendship was the fact of his owning a monster Rus sian bloodhound. 1 he brute was his .shadow. Where the dog could not go he Captain would not go. lie refu ed f 1 parties and receptions because of the I". He refrained from excursions by ir-d or sea because he would be tem- ; -larily separated from Czar, as he 'he-i the animal. The pair were well tfnown in London, and the captain was s safe at midnight in the slums as any uher man would be in the Strand at loonday. One glance at the dog was nough to show that he was as d.iu--vri.us ;i9 a tiger. He made no friends either among dogs or men, and had rn:i acdously escaped a dozen well-laid ?ru".s to bring about his death. I hated Czar, and on two or three oc casions I had reason to believe that the ;-'-:i:i' was returned. When the Captain f led and found me laid up, he had sense enough to know that the prese. ee f the brute might annoy me, and lie on-fore shut him up in the servant's r '! i for a few minutes. The dog was o---ia !y prompt in obedience. On this ore.tMon he obeyed in a grudging, sulky ?n aimer, and before leaving the room !:re .tened me so plainly that I became apprehensive. The Captain agreed that C.ar shou'd not enter my sick room gin, and in a couple of weeks I had forgotten all about the incident. 1 had apartments on the second floor, t ree rooms in a row, with a hall along "if front of the last two. The first mem was for my servant, a man who i l l been with me for many years. The :' xt was the reception room, and the -vrd my sh - ping room. One coming I own the hall could enter at the door of ither room. The bedroom and recep tion room were connected, but the ser vant's room was entirely shut off. It was a hot day in August, with all doors snd windows open. I was feeling rrtty smart, although the pain was con-'-i 1-rnble, and a couple of my friends had just departed, after a brief call, when Henry, my servant, came in to see what he couid do for me. I was flat on my back, as you know, with no chancj to turn over on account of the leg, but I had him prop me up with two jt three i 'iilows. 1 then sent him for ice. He had but a few steps to go, and the doors were left open behind him. He had b"en gone about five minutes when in walked Capt. Williams' Russian blood hound. 1 shou'dn't have said walked; 'i the contrary he came running in, -! -i l up, tongue out, and his eyes as red live coals. I saw him the moment he ntered, and it passed through my brain ike a flash that he was mad. The door leading into the hall was en. Twice as the dog circled around room he seemed on the point of go :ng out, but each time changed Ills' i nd, whined in an uneasy way, and t :i-n continued his circling. He did t look for me, nor at me. It was a large room, w.th the bed against the and from the way the brute um;.e 1 against the chairs 'I believe he w is neariy blind, ne had been with -a. two or three minutes when the hall d-.or was rnu dit by a draught of wind and slowly pulled to. It did not quite -h :t. The dr g noticed the movement, prang to get out, and the result was t at he pushed th" door shut and snapped the spring lock. The door lead ing into the reception room was still op n, but the door from that into the of I was shut. The animal rushed into thu rtoa, upset a chair and bumped the table, and then came back whin ing, his tail down and Ids courage gone, and slunk under my bed. That the dog was suffering with hydropho bia there could be no doubt. As ho returned from the rec -ption room there was foam on his jaws, and he was so weak lie staggered. Had I been a well man and fully armed my situation woul 1 have been bad enough. There I was, perfectly helpless, locked in with the brute, and knowing that it might be hours before death came to him. My servant had a key to the door, and when he re turned he would open it and walk in. There was not the slightest question but that the dog would at once attack him. I had two or three minutes in which to think, and it was wonderful how clear headed I was. I looked upon my own chances as hopeless, and there fore determined that when Henry re turned I would call out to him before he got the door open. I was also concerned for fear the dog would get out of the building. It was a crowded neighbor hood, and he might bite a score of peo ple before he was destroyed. It is said that the presence of a great danger sharpens the sense of hearing. I believe this to be true, fur I have had several personal experiences. As I lay there waiting for my servant to return I plainly heard sounds which could not have come to my ears under ordinary circumstances. At the foot of the second flight of stairs, a distance of fully TO feet from my bed, Henry was stopped by a young man who lodged on that floor. 1 heard him say: "I w;is waiting here to tell you that Capt. William's brute of a dog passed up stairs a short time ago. Is the cap tain there?"' "He was not there when I left." "And he has not come in after the dog The animal had a scaly look, and you'd better be careful how you drive him out." 'Thank you, s;r, I'll hurry right up." I heard my m n come up stairs and along the hall. As soon as he saw that my bedroom door was shut he seemed to suspect the worst, and he acted like a hero. He came down the hall on tip toe, put his face close to the door, and sang out: 4 'Colonel, I know the big dog is in your room and I am going for help. If he comes near you shut your eyes and pretend to be dead." The sound of his voice put the dog into a frenzy. He growled and snarled and snapped, and as the man hurried down the hall the beast rushed from under the bed with a dreadful howl and began rushing around the room as be fore. After making the circle of the bedroom four or five times, he dashed into the reception room. There he quite overturned the centre table, and in his fury he wrenche I off a leg wi;h his teeth and destroyed the upholstering of the sofa. I was terribly excited, and had I given way to my feelings I should have screamed out like a woman. I shut my eyes tightly, braced my nerves by chiding myself for a coward, and when the climax came I was fairly ready for it. I knew that the dog would sooner or later turn to me, and as he l ft the reception room he was on the foot of the bed in two bounds. Tlu-ro was an open book lying there, and ho seized and worried this for a moment. Then came walking up to my face, be, ring h:s full weight on my broken leg, and giving me intense pain. My arms and hands were on the cover, and the foam from his mouth fell upon my b ire flesh. He put both paws on my cl:est, and ran his nose over my face to snuff at me, and he was all the time snarling and whining in a way to take the nerve away from the stoutest man. I don't know whether he would have bitten me or not, c u d I have remained quiet, but such a thing as holding my nerves steady for over a minute was utterly impossible. I was feeling that I must throw up my hands and scream out when the beast leaped off the bed. Ho had heard people in the hall. He ran about the room whining and snarling, and all at once made a spring for the door of the reception room, which was being shut to by human hands. A space six or eight inches wide was left, and when the dog attempted to push his head into this, a couple of bullets were fired into him and he backed out to fall dead. Henry had summoned two po licemen, and while the brute stood over rno on the bed the faithful servant had entered the reception room and pushed the door as nearly shut as they wanted it, having believjd that the dog would behave just as he did. T.iat Czar was .suffering with hydrophobia none could doubt from his looks and conduct. In side of twenty days two house dogs which he had snapped at as he came up went mad, and then there was no further question that I had had a close share from a horrible death. New York Sun- Sees Him Often. "Yes," said Dumley, "I only see my landlord when h; comes for the rent. He comes promptly the 1st of every month." "And then you don't see him again till next mouth?" 4'0h, yes, I do. I see him often dur ing the mesth." New York Sun. RUX.MXG amuck: A Sanguinary Custom Pecul iar to Oriental Climes. Opium-Crazed Men Sr.zy With a Sudden Desire to KilL Ttvo instances have recently appeared in our couiuns of that strange and san guinary custom of the Ea,t called "run ning amuck."' "Running amuck" is a phrase derived from the Malay word "amok" ("killing") and constitutes a well marked hysterical affection of cer tain races inhabiting Oriental countries. It is rarely if ever, manifested among the Indian Mussulmans, while, whenever it does occur in Ilindoostan, the malady may generally be traced to the abuse ol opium or the extract of hemp called bhang, ganja, or charras. The Hindoo tobacconist sells a special confection made up of bhang, opium, datura, cloves, mastic, cinnamon, and carda mums, which is mixed with milk and sugar and eaten as a sweetmeat. This diabolical cake known as majuni will drive a man mad about as soon as any thing. With the Malays, however, who have given a name to the terrible mental aberration of which we speak, and who are by far the most addicted to it of all Eastern people, there is seldom any such explanation of the oui break. Sud denly, without rhyme or reason, a man will spring up from his shop board or couch, draw his kris the wave-bladed dagger which they all carry an 1, with a scream of "Amok I Amokl" strike its point into the heart of tho nearest way farer and dart down the crowded bazaar like the lunatic which he is, stabbing and cutting on a.11 sides. "Amok! Amokl" echoes from a hundred mouths, and everybody hurries for a place of refuge, fleeing in all directions, except those bolder spirits who snatch up weapons of defense and j oin the armed throng which pursues the desperado. The path of the chase is soon strewn with bodies of men, women and chil dren, dead or bleeding to death, until some lucky shot or daring thrust disables the murderer, who is pierced with a dozen blad?s as soon as he falls to tho ground. Occasionally it turns out that the "amoker" has received some per sonal affront or injury or was hopelessly in debt or disappointed in love; but more commonly there is nothing what ever to account for the wild fury ol his proceedings, and the street sweepers drag his carcass away as carelessly as if a leopard ha 1 been slain in the public streets. So ordinary, indeed, is the oc currence that in many towns and cities where there lives a large Malay popula tion an instrument is kept in rcadiucss at every police station called the "amoker catcher." It is something like an eel spear with a very long handle, and so contrived that two elastic-pointed spikes close round the madman's neck and se cure him helplessly when the iron prongs are pushed against his nape from behind. Neither rank nor wealth keeps a Malay from this sudden access of homi cidal mania if he has the predisposition or has been greatly excited. There was an instance at Salatiga, in the island of Java, where the Regent was celebrating the marriage of two of his daughters, and everybody was in a festive and joy ous mood. Just, however, at the gayest moment of the ceremonies the Regent's brother-in-law, a high official, came rushing through the procession, stab bing everybody he could get at with his jeweled kris. The Rjgeut himself, coming up to inquire into the uproar, was killed by a single thrust , and it was the brother of the Prince who ran the "amoker" through the back with a spear and brought him down, yet not before he had slaughtered nine of the palace peepie and wounded six -others more or less severely. It might be supposed that a race subject to such ferocious fits would be naturally excitable and nervous in manner; but the contrary is the case. The Malay is of all men. the most quiet, dignified, and slow of speech and action in his ordinary life. He sel dom speaks loudly or quickly, has the most courteous and even gentle de meanor, and quarrels very rarely with his fellows. Yet he is coldly and eilently cruel; has no regard for human life, and derives from the Mohammedan faith which he professes its bitterest and most relentless dogmas. Once started on the "death run" by insult, despair, or some brain trouble, his only thought is to "kill, and kill, and kill," and in the fierce exultation of his insanity he does riot feel tho blow which lets out his burning blood an 1 puts a stop to his dreadful career. London Telegraph. An Aristocratic 1'air. MI tell you, I've moved in mighty ewell society," said the boastful travel ing man.u "I've moved in some pretty tony so ciety myself," remarked the quiet look ing man to whom the remark was ad dressed. "I was introduced to the S a mese twins." "Tho Siamese twins! You don't call them swell people do you?" "Why yes. At all events you can't deny that they were well connected.' Merchant Traveler. Cautious Turkish Usurers. It is related that a young Perote, the only son of a very wealthy man, who led a very fast life, presented himself one day to a saraf, a ad ;. sited him to loan him around -u;u of money. II oiler jd the saraf as so urity the sera us illness and approrching death of his father, and the inhei itancj that wou' 1 follow. ' H it your fall:- ; imy recover," said the saraf. "Impossible," replied the young Perote; "ho has chronic dropsy ; ho can not live' more than live days." "No one knows this. Do not ut your trust, in it. Everything depends upon the physician." "The physician is Mr. L ," replied the tender-hearted son. "Exact. y so; he is a very skillful phy sician, and you will see that he will pull his patient through all right. In any event, 1 can not loan that sum at , this moment. Coino again day after to morrow." j They saraf utilized this delay by going ! to the house of the physicia-i named at the time that the latter made his visits in the city. Ho found the servant, and offered him a generous gratuity if he : would learn from his master the disease ' with which Mr. Y , the patient of tho physician, was stricken ; whether it was mortal, and if so, how many days still remained, to the patient. The servant obtained very quickly from his master all that the saraf desired to know, and ho went immediately to assure the latter upon the prompt and latal issue of the disease. When the young man returned, . he found the money ready, signed the note for a sum ne rly double that given to him, and six weeks after paid the . debt from the patrimony that he had just received. Cosmopolitan. i Tiie I'oiU!s of K igland. j It is very d-dightful to find one's self j in one of these E:i"!ish c uinfry residen- ces, says Oliver Wendail Holmes in the , Atlantic. The house is commonly old and has a history. It is oftentimes it- ' self a record, like that old farmhouse my frion 1 John Bellows wrote to me 1 about, which chronicled half a dozen reigns by architectural marks as exactly as if it had been an official register. ; "The statelv homes of England" as we i j see them at Wilton and Longford Castle are not more admirable in their sp'en : dors than the "blessed homes of Eng- j land" in their modest beauty. Every where one may see here old parsonages by the side of ivy-mantled churches, and ' the comfortable mansions where genera- j tions of country squires have lived in : peace, while their sons have gone forth ; to fight England's battles, and carry her j flags of war and commerce all over the world. Wc in America can hardly bo ! said to have' such a possession as a fami- j ly home. We encamp not under can- 1 vas, but in fabrics of wood or moro lasting materials which are pulled down after a brief occupancy, by the builders, j and possibly their children, or are mod- ; cruized so that the former dwellers in them would never recognize their old habitations. Unv; iling an Intl a:i Image. A rock which the Sioux Indians near For; Yates, I). T., have worshipped fur generations as the petrified form of a young quav was formally unveiled the other ilav and dedicated to peace and plenty. It appears that the white set tlers of the place have long supposed that this specimen of nature's art work exerted a restraining influence on the Indians, but of late the rock was re moved from its original resting place, and it was feared that with its removal its charm had disappeared. So the sug gestion was made to Sitting Bull that the statue be placed upon a permanent pedestal and unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. This pleased the chieftain, anil 5)0 Indians assembled to take part in the strange medley of Christian and pagan rites by which the unveiling waj accompanied. A Victim if Over-Study. Mrs. I) (t anno I uadeistatiel son is dUte sick at college. your Mrs. Smythe? Mrs. Smythe Yes. Poor John ! Tho president writes me that lie entered into his work with too much ardor and he has broken down. Mrs. DeGarmo What seems to be the nature of the trouble? Mrs. Smythe He was hit on the head by afoul ball, I believe they call it. Harper's Bazar. For the Summer. "Haven't seen your brother for the last werk or two. Is he away?" "Yes; Bill has gone off for the sum mer." "Long Branch?" "No, not quite-. I guess the Judge meant the Worl - u-1 when he said ninety days.'" D ir -,t Free Press.. Striking An Average. Employer (to clerk; Can't you get around a little e ailier in the morning, James? James (ioubtfu'ly i N"-n, I don't be lieve I can, sir. (Struck with a bright idea) B it I'll tell you what I can do, sir; I can leave a little earner in the evening. SCIENTIFIC 8CKAlS. It is said that M. Pasttur has once Hi'-re modified his method of aati-rabic h; dilations. For simple wounds he has returned to the first system of mild at t: :, i ate 1 vlru. For bites about the face and hea : and evere bites about the body in -.re virulent medal s: are u?ed, but thrse do not attain the virulence in dicatvl by M. Paste ur in his last com in ii if cation. In the op:nion of Dr. M. W. Taylor, of the London Epidemiological S ciety, s!ue Common kinds of mould may gite rise to diphtheria. He gives instances in which sern us tutbreaks have been tiaced to the mould developed on tho wet plaster ol leaky wails, while old fl -tces of wool and mouldy skins appear also to be sources of diphtheric in fection. An interesting series of txperimcnts has been made by Dr. J. W. Fraz er on the influence of our common beverages on digestion Among these drinks, he finds that water is usually the best. Of infusions, tea or cocoa acts most favor &bly when bread is eaten, and coffee is the best f( r use with meats or eggs. Eggs aie the best animal food with in fused beverage-, and should be soft boiled when tea is the beverage, and hard boiled with coffee or cocoa. Gold beaters, by hammering, can re duce gold so thin that 282,000 must be laid upon each other to produce the thickness of an inch; yet each leaf is so perfect and free fiom holes that one of them, laid on any surface, as in gilding givQS the appearance of gold. They are ko thin that, if formed into a book, 1200 would only occupy the space of a siugle leaf of common paper; and an octavo Volumn of an inch thick would have as many pages ns the books of a well stocked library of 1300 volumes, with 400 pages in each. According to a paper read by Mr. John Murray, before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2243 cubic miles of rain fall annually on areas with inland drain age. Such areas extend to 11.4SG, 350 square miles. The land draining directly to the ocean has an area of 44,211,000 square miles, of which 38, 82'-), 750 square miles have ten inches or more of rain fall. The mean discharge from this area into the ccean is G5G9 cubic miles ', annually. The total weight of sub- ' stances carried by this means to the ocean is more than 5,000,000,000 tons ; each year. Galton has pointed out some very cu- j rious facts concerning the children of professional men. He found, from a study of the heredity of the members of some j of the largest scientific societies of Lon don, that the legal profession presented the most eminent men and the fewest idiots. The medical profession came next, and lastly clergymen, who pro duced the smallest number of eminent men and the largest number of idiots and feeble-minded. The lawyers gave origin to six times as many eminent men as the clergy. The clergy gave origin to six times as many idiots and feeble minded as the lawyers. The moon, having a much smaller mass that the earth, will exert its attrac tive influence less strongly ; and by the exertion of the same strength (as on earth) a man could leap into the air to an astonishing distance, jumping over the tallest buildings with the same case that he would clear a low obstruction hcie. The same effect would be pro duced upon all other bodies. Horses would travel at a greatly increased speed, and if the rider was thrown the consequences of his fall would be much less serious; the elephant would become as light-footed as a deer; a stone thrown by the hand of a careless boy might fall in an adjoining town before accomplish ing its mission of destruction; armies would engage in battles at great dis tances from each other; and neariy every kind of labor would be lightened, from the diminished weight of tools and materials. A Hen's Four Chickens. Ara Soule of Grant, Minn., noticed recently that one of his hens ha 1 ceased laying eggs, but was growing remark ably large. Finally, after attaining an astonishing size the hen died, and Mr. Soule was curious enou h to hold a post-mortem examination. He cut the fowl open anel was somewhat astonished when four well -developed spring chick ens popped out and began strutting around the barnyard. He supposes that some trouble with the hen's organization had stopped the egress of Lhe eggs and that the natural heat of her body incu bated the chicken germs. Lee and His Men. G n. Le held so completely the ad miration and confidence of his men that his conduct of a cmpaign was rarely criticised. Whatever G.-n. L.e did, his men thought it the be-t that could be done under the circumstances. Their feeling toward him is wU illustrated by the remark of the ragged rebel who took ffh'.s hat to the General as he was passing and received a like courteous salute in return : God bless Marse Robert! I wish he was Emperor of this coiritry an 1 1 was his carriage driver." Century Magazine. I Oil I Y rilYMCHN. I'.n !!-til r rmt u -!. I. rs xj. i .u;o.,.c t',e-ast Ive to Iki :.. :.: - ': ! . i : . I th. n . ! o' g'ae., :: . , j IP :.! to ; !.e: l , :i the.r .1 j ; : J.O! :;t :: :u.img 'I' -' . .f 1 : -u a plivs.t ..:), mi 1 Udal-i-t ;:; i.se.'.s. s th" ?y e ! f j o-is 1 1 4e. y,.r; ; o.,V ;, : u y sh. u Id o ; -serve t'..i . ;,,!, ier .f vi t;:..visc r!ectioU wa m : ie, ot eifv will p-rin ru-nt inj.irr d the eves v'.-v "ft ic 'lit, bat y:i r il 4..-. .is-', (O tie- system which olten ciue the d-fe:t in !;;hi which aj pears to de::;..;.! th'; use vf glasses w ill be over looke '. II -to:; if Iffd. rluliiilK' ! Knby. S nee t.i ' iir t year is by far the nv-st critic 1 p !:-' 1 "f biV, and s.nco weight Hives tiie nws! reliable cv.d nc win-tijer a child is ihnv.ag or t.o!( sua it ar. ins . iiov tea.di that th; parents should, thuu,'hvi.t tie- tir-t year, wei.;h their babas and record thin result every we, k, as is now habituady done iu the best "no-p.tais and asylums for iuf i its. During tiie l't-t three; days of lito there ; is aiwavs a loss of weight which h'-u!d be fllov .egaine.l by t he M' Ve il 1 1; day, by i which date a bany ought to wdgh tu.ly a.s iiu; h as at its birth. Dining tho next three week-, aivordiug to C laiiic, there should be a gam of at least li-un two to four ounces every woeK. lie: groates" 'gain ol weight throughout lite is duiiivg the- fo-i live months, tho maxi mum being u-U olv attained during the second month. 'lhe n.ciease during this maximum month sh.oiM be from lour to seven ounces weekly, and the next thiee suecicding months about live oiiina s weekly. Dining.; tho remaining seven months of the first year the gain .should : be at least from two to four ounces weekiy. The gain is less than indicated 1 at tiineM when tho infant m iv suffer, w hether from teething or other cause. Trr.i I in, ut In l.lvt-r ..in hi I n . A' cording to M 11 e'fi-on, a careful 1 regulation of the diet will do more for one who is ; lib. with a bv-r trouble than all melicinc. The foods to be avoided are the fatty, tho saccharine, and the highly seasoned. ; Corn, oats, wheat, sago, rice and potatoes Consist large! of starch, which, in the process of iligetio-, is converted into sugar. In soveio ca-es, these nn-1 kindied sub-tances must b: given up. As most people would find it cxceel ingly d.llieult long to dispense with tho use of wheal bread, gluten bread may be substituted for it; that is, bread inado o: wheat from which about two-thirds of the starch has been removed. Tho diet should absolutely exclude e'ear fat and sugar. The quantity of tho food is a consid eration hardly second to tho quality. Too much foo l, of whatever kind, must be strictly guarded against. The liver is injuriously affected by al coholic liquors, generally. Theso bever ages arc to be- rigidly prohibited, es pecially mult liquors, port wine, and champagne. ( : would not have sup posed beer to be worse '! :v) ' "i !y, l.'t it is much worse. Next, to regulating the diet is securing an abundance of fresh air sea air i es pecially helpful i i iiv-.-r dilh ulties and a sutlici- iicy of vig.H ous exercise. The action of the s!in -hould be kept up by fr qu'-ntly bathing the body with warm water and 'ono. It is also beneficial to drink half a pint of Cold water, or water witli a little soda in it, on going to bed, and while dressing iu the morning. Liver di ea-es ar' however, so diffi cult and refractory that it is peculiarly necessary to call in the services of a good physician as soon as the complaint has declared itself. Too many persons are inclined at. once to begin dos ng, sup oo-iug that they are "bilious. " The incautious and unwise use of n.'-d ici no ;.t v.ifii a time may fa-ten a chronic disease upon one who might have been permanently cured in a few days, by proper treatment. Youth's 'oui iv:i !. 'Ih.' l'..p -'s Robes. The outward role- of tii- Pop; is red and made from the wool of the Iambs of the Convent t t. Agnes, near the porta Poi. The f'.o.k .and the capo aro line! with purp.c and trimmed with gold lace; h; s,,mfrero or hat is red and Iris a g..'.d coid ai.d t a---!, beneath the clo ik he wears an a,!, ma le uV f f wool of the lambs of S Ague, and which is girt about hi? waist with a sash of white- m--Ire autiqu'', garn'hed with gold fringe. lbs hands are covered with ki 1 mittens and his ;--t ?.ro burdened wi tii a pair of s'ippfr-, or:i over his or liriary shoes) which pro iuce a very awkward appearance. -- New York Enoch. He Was Disappointed. Hotel C.er.. We.!, h w do you like New- York? Western G iet--Too slow. Hotei Clerk Too s o-.s ! Merciful heavens, what did you expect to see here ? Western Guest A lynching every ten minute:. i was informed that this was a humping iow:i. 1 tel! you, stranger, i'lu di .appointed. You j,i-t want to c me west if v.-u " i t to see civil :z it ion at its height.-- i id-Bit. Mibill'T. ' t.-" Lit ' - ' e I ,. .. i . ,.. .',! v, r 1 ! t v ma K - 1 e t to t!.- i .;!. .-! 1 . ; t th !ir-..--, a t;.r-ht Mi l iav. ::: .... h in i a ! , p, !,-.l!es. ':oi J t 1 ' V- T" - .' en. - .. i . . i .'. An . - i- K ; " ' ' " ' t - e.. ! i j'.. ;,v, 1 .t -:teT-;d ! - s :" , ; b. - :n .:;!-.:'-! sM o 1, 1- I ' ' a. I , ;.. eb il. I : a V- ! i ;,- I I ie eiv t...ii!.l I'. Mio:.- e,oMf t l.ivM fs . il , e. mv h-nt, by .d.ii::.' n,; u-. j u'' .or nr Its : u- ii. i. u a W i it,. Fi l i sheet- in.,;!.1 '' iK niu.'i-g ;V; ! i., i t. !.',. l.tw n-ibi -h- 1 : t thv n m'l.i n . N more sle-tl! t ad dl tU. lVLt .b'llbt lo- Or d r m i wt t.i hoi di sj an id'---('. M. Ibti.t r .o t'uti. n'. Ill MOKOI S. t V i Lis ni. t ,J--A iv - h I !i-r-'. A ir.eiid in n.-ed An obliging hi..... A engaging fini'e - A lover's gnu at his ti o.eee. it is a Wise rill! 1 that res lub'. S it richest tel.itiv Ti." .pi-st;.-;i of the ('wiii -W) hour--Ar v U sure t he 1 er j , t ,'d f I in- o, -I- r is like .i m in in one r.-spoeU II IS (.f iiltl'- 11-e- lliili' V"U get hi in out oi h,s bed. What is the uor-t s,n- er, the man who can sing and wo fl, or the man win c m't and will. The insane in-ii who ban-lb firearms t.i vi r seem to im.i a on. 1'hm may be becaus -; they are ".lacked" SllotS. The babv b'b.'V.1 ill the in itio; "A p',:r- fer i veiy thing and ivry'lon; in its place," and h, r place f -r evuything is h- r mouth. Tin- only reasun the w-rl 1 tolerate a ti 1-11' r is b. cause :i cat has to be killed t-- lui-iish the stl iugi. A c if, eleud or alive is bound to make a noi-e. Paradoxical it may appe r, it Is neverih-de'S a fact that, h-.w.-ver i i'; 'epius tin- profession of a bank i I'giar may be, he is, u ique.stioinibiy, ft cab man. A V-issar graduate nut in tho country w.-nt into the st ible of a farm hoimo. "D -r me, how lose tho poor cows uro crowded togetli-r," she m. narked. "V-s, ma'm, but we have to do it." "Wny so?'' "To t coudeii'ied milk." Mexican Criminals. The criminal c lass -s in M" xi"o nro among the mo-t accomplished artists in their line to b: found any w Iito on tho f ice ,,f tii" earth, and pos,c, moreover, n marvellous power of hi miiiat : ng in no -ccuee, which enables tle-m to impoo i, pon the mo-t incredulous. They em ploy the latter faculty to great advan tage in securing situations as hcrvnitH. in which capacity they fn.d ample scopo for their genius. If you detect them in thieving and discharge or punish them their vindlctivencss knows ic bounds, and they will boldly threaten futuro vengeance. Nor aro they low in con cocting (-cheiues to that end with sundry gentlemen of the garroto or tho stiletto, who outwardly us respect able as anybody prowl tho streets nightly in the mb-resta of their employers. The pleasant possi bilities are that otue fine evening when you least expect it perhaps as you ar returning from the opera, humming a favorite m'rcniu, or revolving swoot plans for love- or hi' re, ,u h fancvM will h-- dispeped by ;4 md !en rain of c.U lgd upon your d':Vo?- t h-:i Jf or, wor.e yet, by the keen thi o ? of a nab j i into the back of your best c! a w-I . auitu'-r coat j i-.t between the should i . If you In not killed outright and ye. I for the po lice, "the chanc-s -re ten to ou" (;ru be in a foreigio r; 'h it the n-.-as -. will a -sort, in vo'ubie ,a:.ish, that you at V mpt'-d to murder th- rn, and tin p firc; will finish what they f.fl.-J to accom plish. Toll . 1 Iphl t Iteeord. Paper I ors. Paper floors a-e coming into us", mid, fts compared with those of wo- I, po-sess the advantage of ne.th r shrink ng, swelling, era' k itig', or warding. It forme i of tw : h . pap r ionris, ?-t.!nte-d u',-1 :n- i b -1 into panels, hnd go . 1 together w:th glue arid j.otnih, and then rolled through heavy tolling. After being covered w ith a w .'erproof renting and t h - n v. ; t h , that is fre j roof, it is pauito i, v.:aish-.- i n. I hung in ti.o us i i- av. Aristocratic Hens. N-ighbor Want b- autiful hens you have, Mrs. S-u u,-. Mr-. S'uek in Y-s they are all ira- J i , r 1 e 1 t o I N i.dib-.r Vo l don't t !! me v.! I Miop they l iV egg, eV-fV d.! '. Mr-. Stuck up ( .i"-i I y Th.-y could clo s i i f I h'- v 1 1 w prop.-', but ..ur i um are sue i tii at mv i.--us wt lequ.red to lay eggs ev-. ry day - Texas b. lungs.
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 19, 1887, edition 1
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