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nnTTFi DEMOCRAT W, Si. KITCHIN, Owner. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.&0 I'EH YKAK. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. VOLUME III. SCOTLAND N K( 'K. N. ('., FRIDAY. AUGUST 'if,. 1SM7 Nl'.MMKK l! A Quiet Stream, A qufat stream Flowed through a level meadow all daylong Ttrt voice was le a .1 in murmurous melo ly, Tliat half a whisper si-emi!, ami half as ng Yot no one paused to hear its harmony, )r marked tho brightness of its sunny gleam. But where its course Was half arrested by tho rugged stone It swelled and bubbled till with new born power It leajol the barrier, all its weakness gone Is sjaray ascending in a silvery shower, Ji onward way pursued with added force. Its Ixviuty then tiie artist praised, the poet sang, until Uame many to admire the pretty scene, Half marvelling at tho strength of such a rili A silver ribbon parting banks of green, Kw-jft a?, an arrow, deeper than their ken. Golden Argosy. Jim Poulder's Mistake. There were only two vacant seats in tl.he car, and at Pankehap station two persons came in to fill them. One of those; was an old man with iron-gray hair, partly covered by a slouched felt hat, and clad in a new suit of gray stuff that seemed to have been made for some else. With him was a young and ;?rctty girl. The observer would set lovm the two for a well-to-do farmer au'l his daughter. The man looked wound. The two vacant seats were on poite sides. In one sat a young, well-dressed, self-satisfied sprig, the H'-hv at his side occupied by a hand-bag t i ( -roeodilu leather and a spring over coat. In tllc other was another vouii'f mm, less stylishly dressed. The farmer looked around, and, motioning his ' "laughter to the vacant seat, said: "Th e re's a place for you, Lucy." Then, Turning to the young man with the .'( eh el, he asked: "Seat engaged?" The young man looked up, curled hi", lij) and said: ''Man to till it '11 be here presently." ''Ah!" said the farmer, cooly remov ing tiie gripsack and overcoat, and plac ing them on the young man's lap; "then l'il occupy it until he comes." He seated un-elf accordingly, while tho young larcd at him. 1 ii- one on the other side looked iinii-.-d; and then, rising, said: "You had belter exchange seals with me, sir, so that the young lady and yourself will be 1 oget her."' "Thank you," was the farmer's reply; the exchange was made. The two young men were evidently ac quainted; for the courteous one sn i I to 'he other, in a low voice: "Jim P.uiMcr, V"U made a mistake there.'' "1 never make mistakes, Frank lloll rng." The first speaker said nothing more, i"U. drawing a newspaper from his pocket, ran his eye over its columns. Poulder yawned a little, and at last said: "This is too dull for yours faith fully, James Po ilder. I'll go into the St.; -king-car, and take a whiff." When lie had gone, the old man aaed over the arm of his seat toward 3 '.oiling. "Excuse me, sir, but didn't your fri.-nd say his name was James Pouhler ."' "That is his name, sir," replied the young nun; "but he is not exactly a friend of mine though we live in the s um- place." "May I inquire where he is from?" "Yes, sir; Careys! urg." "Sou of Peter 15. Poulder, the pork i acker there, isn't he?" "Yes, sir." "His father should deal with him. It would be in his line." "Oh, papa!" said a reproachful voice. "It is a fact, Lucy." The old man entered into conversation with the younger, and soon learned that Prink Polling had been engaged for sometime in the study of the law, but That his father having met with reverses, .ir:d having two younger daughters to dueate. the young man set out to sup port himself, abandoning his law studies, :-.u taking a situation as salesman at a country store in GrilTton. "My place is within a mile of Griffton," -.id the old man. "I have a notion that I new vour father once. Wasn't he at Harvard, in his time?" "Yes, sir, and so was I." "I wonder if he remembers old ii ;m there one George Carter." "Yes, sir; I've heard him speak of him f:ei, though the two have drifted pot. Judge Carter, you mean. Ho lives at GrilTton. Do you know him?" "After a fashion." "I am told," resumed the young man. "that he has left the bench, and, though quite wealthy, has gone back to the bar. I have a letter for him which my father, u calling youthful friendship, insisted on d'. ing me; but I shall not present it." "Why not? He might be of service." "Scarcely, sir." "Your friend or your acquaintance, as "u call him, goes to GrilTton, too does tier" "Yes, sir; but he goes there in a dif ferent capacity. I believe he represents his father in some transaction about property with Judge Carter, and is to remain there some days as a guest, until the affair is closed. Possibly, as his f ith. r wants him to marry, he may be on a tour of observation, and take in the Judge's daughter." "Do yuu think he is so irresistible a, to be able to pick at his pleasure?" in quired the girl, looking quizzically over her father's shoulder. "He can be very fascinating when he chooses, I am told," replied Polling; "and, as he is handsome and his father worth millions, he is at least 'a good catch.' " "He put3 up his fascination along with his courtesy, I suppose, and leaves both at home when lie travels," said the girl. "Lucy!" cried her father, "some thoughts had better be left unspoken. At last, the elegant Jirn Poulder came back from the smoking-car. "Sorry, Frank," he said, "to have left you so long. Been bored to death, haven't you?" "Oh, no 1 I have enjoyed a pleasant conversation with our genial neighbor over the way." "Genial? Well, of all queer chaps for picking up low acquaintance, you beat 'em." "Ssh! They'll hear you." "Let 'em, who cares? Going to stop at the Junction?" "No; there is a one-horse sort of con necting train, and I push on to Grill ton." "I shan't. I'll lie over a day." Poulder made his way, with his lug gage, to the little hotel at the Junction, while the farmer and daughter, followed by Polling, made theirs to the single car, with a superannuated engine, which stood waiting. There were no other passengers, and the three had the car to themselves. "Come over here, Mr. Polling," said the old man, after a while, "I want to talk with you a bit. Turn down the seat. You said you had a letter for Judge Carter and didn't intend to de liver it?" "Yes, sir." "Did it ever occur to you, young man, to obey a father's orders?'' "I trust, sir, that I'm usually obedi ent. It was not a positive order." "I tell you that you should deliver that letter to its proper owner. I am Judge Carter, and this is my daughter, Lucy. Hand over the paper to tho court." "I beg your pardon, sir; but I" "You want identification. Here, con ductor! Tell this young gentleman who I am." "Judge Carter," said the conductor, curious to know what it was all about. Polling, not a lit t lc astonished, took the letter from his pocket-book. "If you'll permit me," said the judge, as he opened the letter, and glanced over the content s, "he wants me to look after you a little. Ah. how time Hies! Lucy, this young fellow's father and I had good times in the old days. HoW long did you read law. Polling,'" "A little over two years, sir." "Whom did you read with?" "Speuce and Sullivan." "Good men. Sullivan put you through the othee business, I fancy; that's his way. Now, I've been putting you through an exhaustive examination, which is my way, and I think you'll do. Let old Pragg find another salesman, I want a clerk to manage my ollice, and boss around while I am oil on circuit. What do you say to it f "Say to it, sir? What can I say but yes, and thank you for the offer." "Wry well, that's settled. Here wo are, and there's our carriage. (Jive your checks to John there, and he'll bring your luggage to the house, along with ours. Show your gallantry, and hand Lucy into the carriage. Jump in. I'll drive." The next day James Poulder made his appearance at the Carters' in a state of elegance "never equalled and rarely ex celled." He was ushered into the drawing-room and received by a young lady whose style suited even his fastidious taste, and whose features had a dim familiarity. When the judge came in the young man's recognition of the farmer in the cars was complete. He stammered out an apology, but the old man relieved him. "It could hardly have been expected that you should have known us," said the judgo. "Let all that pass. You are quite welcome. As we have two hours before dinner, we'll go to the ofJIco and look over the papers together. Miss Carter will excuse you meanwhile." In the oflice Poulder found Frank Boil ing, making out a declaration. "Why, Frank, 1 thought you wcro going into the grocery business." "I've changed my mind," replied Frank. James Poulder stayed his week out, and then took the cars back to Careys burg. Frank Polling did not make the trip back until two years after, when he went to visit his father, who had got over hi pecuniary troubles. Meanwhile he had been admitted to the bar, and Judge Car ter had taken him into partnership. He had also gone into another partnership, just before he left. He was in high spirits on that trip. He was not alone. Miss Lucy Carter, that had been, Mrs. Francis Boiling then, was his traveling companion. Independent. A Minneapolis man has invented a dust collector. Jay Gould invented one years ago. QUEER BEASTS. Strange Specimens of Animal Life Found in Arizona. Reptiles and Insects Both Harmless and Otherwise. There are many species of lizards abounding upon the sandy "misas," writes a Globe (Arizona) correspondent to the San Francisco Chronicle; one can hardly move a rock without disturbing the siesta of one or more of these bright eyed, inoffensive little creatures, which seem to prove themselves descendants of Eve, for more curious bits of animal life were never known. Thus curiosity will even overcome their natural fears for while writing upon a largo rock two or three came out and ventured clear up to the paper, tasted an envelope, and upon being frightened away soon re turned to pursue their investigations, which, could a person keep quiet enough, would be carried to a rather ob noxious extent. The horned toad is another little ani mal which seems to have a fondness for human company, and many of them make their home under porches and steps. They much resemble a large lizard, 6ave that around their necks is a number of sharp projecting horns about half an inch long and tho same distance apart, and which gives to them a most ferocious look. They are of a dark stone color and perfectly harmless. There are quite a good many centipedes, which, however, it is well to inspect from a distance. Upon seeing the first one running across a room a person is ready to take his oath that the reptile is not less than three feet in length, but which, upon actual measure ment, would probably be about nine inches, as that is the average length. They are a sort of transparent brown and have two rows of legs the entire length cf the body. They are put together in sections, and look like the hundred-legged worms often found in Oliio around rotten wood or under old boards. It is not the bite of the centipede that is so poisonous, but each end of his numerous claws contains tho venom, .and when frightened, or an attempt is made to brush him oil, every claw is fasteued into the flesh and the poison discharged. The only way when one gets on to any por tion of the flesh is to keep perfectly quiet until the visitor walks oil of his own account. This, however, is a by no means easy thing to do, as one at a lirst impulse is very apt to make a decided endeavor to remove the offender. This poison is never known to prove fatal, but produces an intense irritation which will affect the whole system in the same man ner as the bite of a rattlesnake. Tarantulas are to be found quite plenty in the mountains, and when camp ing out our party had frequently to shoot a number in order to clear a spot on which to spread their blankets. This may seem small game for shooting, but a man's revolver is his handiest weapon in this country. These tarantulas look like huge spiders, with legs about two inches long and covered with long black hair. It is not safe to get too near one of these creatures, as they are capable of springing rnto the air several feet, and are apt to alight too near one for personal comfort; yet if left alone they will never molest one. But they are furious war riors among themselves, often f ghting one another for several days. Their bite is poisonous, but not dangerously so. Scorpions are found to be quite plenty around the foot-hills, and their sting is very painful. They resemble a mon strous flea and are very fond of crawling into beds. Many people, newcomers es pecially, are in the habit of making a thorough examination of their couch be fore retiring, not caring to receive the warm reception which would be awarded them by these small intruders. There is a small insect about the size of a flea, dark brown color and without wings, which lives in the cand and is said to be the most poisonous of anything here. It is called an "Indian killer," that being the only name for it that can be learned. It,however,is almost unknown, and after a residence, of several months I have never seen but one, and that a dead one. A Ilea Commits Suicide. A Sumter, (Ga.) woman owned a guinea hen that wanted to sit; she had her nest broken up. She tilled another and persisted in sitting, but her owner had determined otherwise, and again broke up the nest. The poor fowl looked on sorrowfully and saw her ma ternal hopes blighted, turned, with a drooping head, walked up to the well, flew up to the curbing,and then plunged head foremost into the deep waters be low. When they got her out she was dead. Atlanta Constitution. A Wonderful Si cam Carriage. A Lewiston (Maine) genius is putting the finishing touches to a wonderful steam carriage, resembling in appearance a grocer's wagon, which is expected to travel at the rate of a mile a minute at first, and faster wrhen all the improve ments are on, if the driver has all the requisite courage. It is expected to go it on ordinary road tracks. Pitts burg Tunes. Ghnrch Going in Old Kentucky. The church, a bare w Lite building, with green shutters, -tood jut oil the road, surrounded by a well-trodden grass plot. On one -id- was a row of hitching post', with ru le troughs for corn; also a large shed for shelter in case of rain. About these points the farmers grouped, dic;-mg crops and neighborhood news, comparing, and oc casionally, it must be confessed, trading horses; while the women exchanged whispered confidences and young people flirtatious greetings. It was no uncom mon thing o see a belle dismount with that fearlessness and consequent grace in horsemanship which seems to be a birth right with most Kentucky women, ami then, stepping out of an alpaca riding skirt, appear miraculously in all the crisp freshness of white draperies and blue ribbons. Such an arrival caused a flut ter of excitement, which was only al layed, or turned into another channel, when some young fellow dashed up on a local celebrity in horseflesh. The so cial features of "meeting" continued un til the minister came in sight, ambling along on his well-known mare, whose sides, as he rod?, he continually kicked, more from force of habit than from any hope of quickening its conservative pace. Behind him came his worthy helpmate, with a delegation of their offsprings; the lady seated well forward in the buggy, her arms extended at full length, holding the reins very far apart, and flapping them up a id down on the horse's back after the manner of her sex. Tin- min ister h'd the way into the church, and preached a good, old -fashioned, drowsy sermon; after which everybody started forborne, with that cheerful alacrity born of a duty fulfilled and a pleasure in prospect in tho way of a good dinner. Atlantic. Now Cad Is Killing at West Point. Mounting the stairs to the gallery, we look down upon a large space strewn with tanbark, at one end of which is a row of some twenty horses with water ing bridles. Soon the performers tile in and com.' to a halt in front, of the horses. Do they 'intend to ride only with the watering bridle, without even saddle or blanket? They will try to, at all events. The instructor commands: "Stand to horse! Prepare to mount Mount!" In obedience to his command the ca dets spring, struggle, leap, and kick in their endeavors to best ride their steeds. The moment they are mounted several horses develop astonishing bucking pro pensities, to the anguish of their riders and tin; delight of the gallery. Now they start around the hall at a walk. It seems rather tame, doesn't it? But soon the command "trot" is given, and the fun begins. The poor fellows bounce about on the horses' backs like India rubber boys, and wabble from side to side like jumping-jaeks. The trot is accelerat ed, the horses take the gallop, and dash around the hall, tumbling their riders ia heaps at the corners, while those who by chance are still mounted grasp frantical ly at their horses' manes. Finally, the gait is reduced to a walk; line is formed; the dismounted yearlings, nothing daunt ed, catch their horses and remount, and then the performance is repealed St. Nicholas. Flies Wnlk Up. "I have only known of one instance where baldness proved remunerative," said an old gentleman to a St. Louis Globe writer. "A friend of mine, who had a shining pate, fell into the habit watching the actions of his tormentors, the flies. He noticed that a fly always walks up ward. Put a fly on a window, and up he goes toward the top; he can't be made to walk downward. So my friend hit upon an idea. Why not use that habit against them? Forthwith he made a window screen, divided in half. The upper half lapped over t lie lower, with an inch of space between. Well, as soon as a fly would light on the screen he would proceed to travel upward, and would thus walk straight outdoors. On reaching the top of tin' lower half he would be outside. Not being able to walk down, he had no way to r turn to the room. By this means a room can be quickly cleared of flies, which always seek the light. My friend has got out a patent, and proposes to begin a sys tematic war against the household pest." Poisonous I tit tiy Carriages. "Poisonous Perambulators," says the British Medical Journal, "are prob ably one of the least suspected of dan gers, yet, nevertheless, one which expe rience has shown to exist, and. therefore, one against which the parents of a fam ily would do well to be on their guard. A case is recorded this week of a child, aged four months, who, on its return after being out under a hot sun, was seized with sickness and vomiting, the vomited matter being a green colored fluid. From inquiries made by the med ical man it was elicited that I he child had been seen to suck a green strap of the perambulator, and the true cause of the mischief was at once suspected, namely, arsenic poisoning. An analytical exami nation of t'.ie strap confirmed this view, arsenic being found to be present in great abundance. In spite of all that medical aid could effect, the child gradually sank from exhaustion." 1'EAKLS OF THOUGHT. Evil often triumphs but never con- ; quer-. A sorrowing saint is better than a eing-'ig sinner. Speaking without thinking is shooting without Miming. A man without self-rot rai at is like a barn 1 without hoops and tumbles to pieces. le tter to be despis.-d for too anxious ! apprehensions, than ruined by o confi- -dent security. ' Whoever makes home seem to the , young dearer ami more happy is a pub- j lie benefactor. ! He, who is most slow in making a j promise, i- the iim-t faithful in the per- j formance of it. j The greatest event in a hen's life is made up of an egg and a cackle. But eagles le ver caek le. ' It is the easiest thing in the worid to j discover all the defects in a man when we do not like him. I lie that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass him self; for every man has need to bo for given. Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a brightness over everything. It is the sweetener of toil and the soother of disquietude. True love is In tter than glory ; and a tranquil fireside, with the woman of your heart seated by it, the greatest good the gods can send. The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let tin1 thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower. A Fight in a He ir Pit. By a light which occurred recently among the be ns in the pit at the Zoo logical Garden, one of the number, Bessie, a black cub presented to the gar den by parties who had captured it in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania a year ago, was so badly in jured that she died before her antagonist could bo driven oil. She had been recently placed in the pit, in which we re two black bears, a Russian bear and a grizzly. How the tight began it is not known, but when Keeper Harrison was called to the scene Bessie was getting the worst of the light. The keeper seized a heavy iron scraper and endeavored to beat oil Bessie's assailants, when he was attacked by Danger, the grizzly, and would prob ably have been killed had it not been for the prompt arrival of Head Keeper Byrne and Keepers Ford, Shannon and Murphy, who, armed with stout clubs, entered tho pit and beat the animals into submission. The light of the bears and rescue of Harrison was witnessed by several visitors to the garden, who de scribed the scene as thrilling. Harrison had his clothes torn into shreds and his flesh lacerated by the claws of the beasts. Philadelphia Ledger. Where Education Tell?. "People make a great mistake in de siring their boys to enter what are called the learned professions," said one man to another in the lobby of a theatre between the acts. "Now, my boy will graduate from the high school in a few weeks and I intend to apprentice him to an acquaintance of mine who owns a mill up town. Some of those loom boss es and foremen around factories make splendid wages, far more than the aver age professional man earns. People think that when a boy has been well schooled he should not be put in such a place as a mill, but I tell you its the place for education to tell, as the competition there is not so great in that respect." Philadelphia Call. The Diff.-renCi. "My darling you do not bestow upon me so much affection as you did before we were married," observed a little wife to a husband. "Don't I?" observed the monster. "No, Johnnie, you do not; you pay very little attention to me now," said she. "Well, my dear, I will be a little more considerate of your feelings in the future, but did you ever know a man to run after a horse-car after ho had caught it?" Chicago National. An Engraver''- JManiliT. A peculiar blunder occurred in the engraving of tl'.' plate from which the reverse side f the certificates were printed. .It will be noted that on the back of the certificates are the fac similes of live silver dollars. The third one from tiie left corner of the certificate has "trust" spelled "trast." Where the word appears in other places on tho I certificate it is spelled properly. j f Argonaut. j Easily Identified. j Omaha Man You gave a tramp some- j thing to eat yesterday, didn't you? Young Wife Yes, poor fellow. "Gave him some of your sponge cake, didn't you i "Why, yes, so I did. Why?" "Nothing. The paper says the body of a man who had evidently died in great agony was found in the willows this morning." Omaha World. m i em i nc su: u. "Mi' iwi-r l a time th' tn -. h !;., vc . : - ,..'. r. ten A . .f pio'li Ku-v :j uit!,.".t s, ia i:: d it. It In- b. i comp rate O! the We! ;d i PT.T'.'O a d iv, :.::d ted b ,:), .-.!. err, ' I - : ei s.. To i : .;: O. Ml I while the biith I .' JhM a da v, ami "', A rcc it co!: .! i toe iu-jXi-s th ' V Vcie!ty the ,r k: about 1 " . ooo. ooo i , , '. i , ir. fen iit method ?:. !: r ".ip u I I dif .- de ooo - b termined the rate to be .about .YJ 0'") miles in - yi ir. The pem t r-i'ioii of la '.-est guns on hhipboard in l-;o n-i 1 than four inches of iron nnd b s th m three feet of granite. It is to -lay thin- imhes of iron, ten to twenty f t of gi.imti , and seventy-live feet of earth. A large piece of meteoric iron has been found in a bed of tertiary lignite. I pp i Austria. This i the first liml of that sort in distinct geological periods, n proof that meteoric stones fell also in former periods of the earth's existence. An inclination of one inch in fifteen miles is sullicicnt to give motion to water. An inclination of three inches per mil in a straight, smooth channel will give ft velocity of three miles per hour, while three feet per mile would produce a tor rent. In the Svdney .Australia) lighthouse is the largest electric light in the world. It has a power of lso.ooi) candles, and may be seen from ships tiff miles nut at sea. The next largest is in the Palais d'linbistrie, and has :t power of 1.10,000 candles. The I ngest light in America is 21,000 candle power. It is at Sun Jose, California. Professor l.olton expresses the opinion that the crowning glory of modern chemistry i the power of producing, in the laboratory, from inorganic matter, substances identical with those existing in the vegetable and animal kingdoms it being known now that the same chem ical laws rule animate and inanimate nature, and that any definite compound produced in the former can be prepared bv synthesis as soon as its chemical con stitution has been made out. One of the most mysterious and re markable of t he changes witnessed vn the solar system is the variation in the brightness of Jupiter's moons. Two of the four satellites occasionally cross the planet's disc as dark objects, although their Minny sides arc presented to us, and should appear no less brilliantly illumin ated than the planet itself. The third and fourth satellites often make these dark transits, mid tin lirst is sometimes seen as a brown object, but the second has never been noticed otherwise than as a bright disc. Medicinal qualities of Buttermilk. For a summer beverage there can be nothing more healthy and strengthening than buttermilk. It is excellent for weak or delicate stomach1, nnd fnr bet ter ns a dinner drink than coib e, tea, or water, and, unlike them, does not retard but rather aids digestion. A celebrated physician once said that if every one knew the value ot butter milk as a drink it would be more freely partaken of .by persons who drink so ex cessively of other beverages; and further compared its effects upon tie- system to tho cleaning out of a cook stove that has been clogged up with ashes that have sifted through, liliing up every crevice and crack, saying that the human system is like the stove and collects and gathers refuse matter that can in no way be exterminated from the system so effectually as by drinking buttermilk. It is also a specific remedy for indiges tion, soothes and ipibts the nerves, and is very somnolent to those who are troubled with sb-eplewiess. There is something strange in the far that people- who are fond of buttermilk never tiie of singing its praises; while those who are not fond of it never weary of wondering Iioa' some peop'e c m drink it. So far as possible, pc.pl- -bonkl overcome their aversion to it and learn to itrink it for health's sake. One gen tleman of our acquaintance is .-o fond of it that we knew him one time to drink about three glasses, tlc n set his glass dawn with a thud, exclaiming earnestly as lie did so: "That's food and raiment both," while another buttermilk enthusi ast made the statement once that where til-- liver has become lifeless from tor pidity and inaction, and is too dead to perform its functions, lu'tt. nniik will cause a new one to grow in. Whatever exaggerated statements may have been made concerning buttermilk, it- medical properties cannot b.- overrated, and it should bo more freely used by all who can get it. Every lie who values good health should drink buttermilk every dav in warm weather, and let tea, coile and water alone. For the benefit of those who are not already aware of it, I may add, that in the churning, the first process of di gestion is gone through, making it one of the easiest and quickest of all things to digest It makes gastric mice and contains properties that p-adi, it, with litt le or im w i -s m Hate i!h the di- geativo organs. -Chicago News, Ffhort. A i n ! tA uyn i ! ni--. Thr-u.;h irAn '; !s, to r. h ti. M ier. r ! t, ;: !..- n '. ci f..4.I.-j t th" u-ti Is. ' . IV, . t bv '...' i t.ir..: -r 11. At ti.e ii'5 i;i.s j. ;:r; V. ! ef. he -..v;--, h n m t' nsr S. .. Ion b r .-, b enlN tlai l-!t .-re,!1, An.l mu-h ho ben. bo', . f .o .-h- brubt. . , tl . k""-1 r win.!- !' - !-ot-.v S if . w b r r in hf.' it tt.-a. TVe.itch th" l.i.wrr-Iv . nrio .!, '.-,. l!.t v-ilt!.' h. N.iTv.re. :t u; 1 t, ; Tbon tn t p, v -.trth'- ? !, The Jh-IL I t.vwe! , nli t -t 5 e lirlfctit WOlt'VH .! tn ti." .l.lie Hll. Tho )s ;.,t - HUMOKOl S. A de:if mute, it i aid, i u '. n nun ef his word. It is a boid man, indie. I. who will not tlinlge a boulder. If you think no ...ly can - f- r ou in this cold world jit try t. p; y tin- fid dle in a jM.puloijH neibl-.thood. A Ncv;id t man h st art, d . ul to look for a grirly bear, found him in time f.-r dinner the bear's iiwnn r. The man who b I i mim d to pile hi family with an iron hand ha- b. a er ruled by his wife with a wo.nhn rol'm; pin. This s what a p t rit. s: nweet Mings I cannot sc.: ." nately, however, he k. ps i.'! "I know I ,.!' ! 1 1; st on tiy- p! i 1 1 1 i i !y nnit-t bo ing to sing them. j p.-' Is there any n -t on earth .' asks an exi hange. i 11, it admitted that there isn't nr 1"' cially in fly and mos.piit.j time. The bov who was imp! td to s e that the hens were kept aw i fioru the gardea congratulated hiiiisi If ujwiii possessing u job that wa a shon-r thing. Heiress lam afraid it is not for mo that you come here so often, but for my money. Ardent w r .m nurltu say so. How can I t oui money without getting ii ".My dear," said a wife who had bien mil lied three eal. as Li In. allied aeries the table at her bud and master, "tell me what !iit attfa- t.d you to me. What pb isant i haia. tci is i did I pissess wh'nh placed ine aboe other women in y our sight ." And her lord and master said, "I ive it up." A Desperafo Fight. "Our regiment did a good deal of fighting during the war," says 15. P. ('i if chill in the Cincinnati Times Star. "About the hottc-t tight we inr got into was on Mi-siori liidge. We were clo-c enough to the Oolifeds to sll lk hands with tln in, and tiny f..u -bt like fiends incarnate. We were t t iose to each other to reload our guns, and the boys were u-ing their weapon- J-t club1'. There was a tall, raw-boned Johnny gunner, w ho was fight ing like the very Old Nick himself. He was laying about him with a heavy gun swab, and he ner-med to me to be the biggi t man I ever laid eyes on. A half -dozen of ,nn boy a went at him, but he Mood his ground. A heavy revolver, all the cartridges din charged, was thrown at him. It struck him full in the face with force s iflii ient to knock out a bull, but In only hhook his head and went to work again. I threw up my Sergeant Major's -.word and ( racked away at tin- swab, and I'd almost be willing to bet the piec. of my blade are flying around there y t. It shattered it clear to the bib. Tho big Con fed wouldn't yieldan inch, and finally one of our boy s? ji ( 'ine j n n c! i iu named IJoyd, who did In-re a few years ago, caught him oil his guird a.,d rammed a bavorn-t cb-ar through him with su h force that, tin- birp l, too, passed out of the other side of the big fellow'H body. Weil sir, that man, mortally wounded, didn't give up, and vs he lav there on the bloody turf, with his entrails hanging from the awful hole in his stoma'-h, he grabbed a pbtol and winged another Is y in bin before he lied. That wa about the we.kcdejvt light I ever got into. Gambling Pi .Mexico. A short distance from the church booths arc- erected, from whi-h proceed- the music of harps and guitars. In th'-m the visitors to Guadalupe may gratify any fondness they may have for the great national vice - gambling. The strange, harsh cries of thoe who have charge of the gann s, ax they call out the details of stakes to l: olb red and tho result of each d'-al and pUy, are si tively repulsive. Th'- group of player in each tooth compri-e., men, women, and even children, of every cbvss, in i about the proportion m which tho j several classes exi-t in the country. ; There are .ma'l stakes and large ones, I and the variety of games bv which tho appeal to chance is made -eems erllei. j The players chat and laugh as the y play, i and though they watch tho gaim-.s very i chicly, and, if their money la-sts, play ! sometimes all night long, tln-re is none ' of that feverish or uxcited look abmit j them which is noticeable in tin- fa of ; gamblers elsewhere. It is evident that ; the Mexicans gamble entirely for the ! sport there is in gambling. They win : i-r lo-e with tin- same happy h-ok, the same gay laugh. American Magazine,
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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Aug. 26, 1887, edition 1
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