Newspapers / The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, … / Dec. 2, 1887, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
'.' ! DEMOCRAT 1 luLHi o WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE SUBSCRIPTION: $1.60 PER YEAR. W. H. ETT CHIN, Owner. 13 VOLUME IV SCOTLAND NECK. X. C, Fill PAY. DECEMBER lSsl M.MP.EE I. Thaiifciting. I?0 sound "f i- ; i NuT it tread; c..nmi"ii unx-of fear; war: no viv of pane lr-ad, Mak'-'i n k the fle-ting year. Oh, pas-ing, year! Oh. gol lie year! Mav that wo soon shall pn-'1!, As rich in gift at la-t ,npp-ur, As ji.-rfVct an 1 - ae ! !-. THE MINISTER'S PIE. a ni:.t;-: .i v!Ni mo::-! "Look hero, Sally:" j Mr 1 p., rr-: I l.n:-l 1 the l!n:r from her hands, oa-ting mean wh i ie a J comphe a lit eve ova tli" a. c 1 1- ill ! 1 kitchen tabic. with it- generous array of unbaked pies an-1 cak- s, the plump turkey stuffed red trued ready h r the morrow 's baking, uel the l itr liic kcii pie, to w hu h l.i-r tinkers had put the finishing touch--, as !'.e repeated rather more 1 ----i -Icily : "Lo-.k here. Silly! There's enough chick. n 1 ft, with the giblets -that I never put in r..y c'.vn pi:-, hecati-e tie deacon don't reii-h 'em ter make- a Thank-giving pi;- for the mini-tci's folks. 'd'w.e.t need to he very large," she a'hlcil. in reply ! Sally's doubtful look. "( 1 v the mini-ter an-.l his wife and you i an hake it in that smallest yallar lis!i. Nmv I'm going np stairs ter look over theni rags, an' you make it rui' lake it right off sn's I can send it ovt-r by tin' -beee.. " 'Y.s'm." an -'.-a red Sally. bri-kly; r.:: i catching up tie- rolling-pin sh ' brought it do -.vn with an emphasis upon a lump of dt ugh upon the moulding A the stairway doer c'o-nl behind ler mi-trc--. Sally dropped the roiiing pi:i, and a look of p. rph-xity onpt na In r dull face, making it ten tunes nere stolid tlei:i u-ua!. while -le- np-at'd, in !udi( iou LewiMermeiit : '(JiMctsI WS-.at in all creation, if j ruiy! ody ran teii i::e, does she mean by Ti-'-nr" Ia oluntai ily she took a ctep forw.-inl, u' checked herself as ip.iit kly, while :a cunninLT sn.i'e replaced the h ok of perph.-xity, and she muttered triumph antly: "I i'!ess I aitTt a-iroin' ter confess my iirnorance to the leaco:i'.s wife and let her have her say, as she alway s does, 'Two terms ter the 'cad.-My, iliv, and not know tliat '. So, ma'am", net while there's a dietioiiarv ia the hou' ! ' So, soitly i-r -cpi-iM; into tho adjoi'.iin 5-ittin . o:u, he ha-iiiy o petted a l.i Itv tionary on the deae -n's writing dek, and he'an her search for the my-terious W '1"1. 4t;-i-h here 'tis:- and she read nhm-.l to lii-rself, with an air of triumph, the fo'.Iowi::-.' dviinit ion : "Those parts of a fowl which a re re moved he fore coikin heart, giz.ar.l, liver, f-tc." 'That's it '. -heart, 'h:. ml. liver and so forth," she repeated j-.yUi'.ly, as she retraced lu-r steps to the kitehen, and be-jcau with a'acr ty, to lili, :o i o:di;: to directions, the mini-ter's pie; kev jui:;r up nieauv. hiie, a running (ire of iui:i Mie:;t -r lier own p eial ..-iu-iit. ix izud-l Well, tint is rath'-r 'steep, as )ui Ve-toii wae.i'.d siy. ihi! I uess the 'leacoii'.s i T, knows; if sh don't, t ii:;'t none of my hu-i:ie-s. ;x Ju.-i'.t-! Th m's small, and t uek in to t he omi-rs handy. Six liver-! Seem- d i me they don't till up much." and -!e glance i with a perpi- x, d atr, at a pile of denuded c'lieken bones that formed her t'Jilv resource. "Now. I wond v." with a sudden in-ppir;.ti-m. "what that -and so forth' mean-: Here's hearts, oizards and livers, plenty of em. but iuj "and so ii-rth," ru;d t'e pie ain't more than two t hir-is ful; ye.. li i;::M :n-an," and she a-t a bt wi.de red !;...k at the half-liiled pie, ' the cliickeu-.' i,c. Ineverk.ew nebedv ter put them in a pie, but tint must be what it means, and they'll just li;l up. INo sooner thought than clone. In went three pairs of stout yellow Iclts upon which their unfoitunate owners had strutted so proudly only the day be-Joi-e; on we-u the Well roiled douo.li covering them from -idit, an ! into the oven w. nt 'lie minister's pie, ju-t as the nd-tre-s of the house re-entered her kitehen, and with an appiovine; glance t the snowy pastry, remarked, encour- ainyly : "That ph.- looks real neat, Sally. I should., t wonder if, in time, y-u came to be .jll'ite ;, r.1:,k.' It w as 1 ha;. ks-i -i:;jr morning, and Miss Patieii'-e Priii-i-- stood at tin-mini-tor's back -loo p. To . su;,. it wa ralher early for callers, ,lt Prin-ic was, as sle often, ! oasted. "one of tin kind thai never stood on etremo ,y.'' Jnd.-ed she didn't co;1-Mer it n .-s arv even to knock before she opeed tlie door, altliou-h she was thou-hti'iil nouh in opening it to do so softly. Tlie mini-ter's wife .. ;.v. t skia noni the .ven a newly warmed chicken pie, which she nearly dropped from her hand, s , :!ai! d was she by flu- shaip, vhriil voce that fpoi:e so e!os t,, .r: "(o od in 'iniu', Mrs. ,;..!, i I . t i i t bren to bn-akfa-t yet. I .. We :ud "ie ball 1,,,,,.. p!(,.v , r. in .t U-ed U. tj . if 1: , !,..! an hour m the mornin,' tlioy might ehu-e it all day, and not catch up with, it tien." "That's n go-.d-eokin' pin pretty i en pa-; ry mee n, i ! .n't i;ev. r put mu. h I honum 1:1 an v- ti.iri hen that a: 1. It s rich enough IVit vou're vou:r', r.-i.t r. fyoo-1 many things to I i in to sr-e if you could a enp of yea-t ; mine soured, -I bat( h ,f i-rea-1 I made I had it to the ho-s." idv,' am: a roui.-h smile t. pee m and 1!m l-J t!.ro ' ( 'e ' lhiltered over the fa.ir face of the minis ter's w ife, at thi i specimen of her med-lii-sfune nei.hfio.-'s ec-:ioniy. Hut she ha I learned a rare le-son of judicious silence, and taking the cup that Miss Patience p'odmid 1 n.-m I encath her shawl, she hah- her visitor be seated whih- she b-ft the room to get the de sired artb-'e. As h r st--p died away Miss Patience noiseiessi v arose troui her seat and ap tho nr'oac hire the dresser upon which j ue si tood. peered cuiioudy into the apertun i tb. - crust ler sharp face it v. express i n' a .o-r cure I'll bet you a nincpence she didn't 1-; : W eioiiju ter lit crackers m. I vis;i"c I old -et one t to sati-fv my own mind," sh.e added. And determined to accomplish her object at 1 i.i if hazards she ran a knife deftly around a small portion of the edge, ami iasfrtiiU; four hieuisit ive lingers, lilted the brown crust and took a glimpse of th- contents. A look of unmitigated disgust parsed over her fa.ee. Dropping into a con venient chair she actually groaned aloud : "Well, I never! a:f we pnyin' that man live lumdreu to!iars a year, oe- j shies a donatiion at Christmas. Ough!" Pnsii-picious M'r-. (Srahain, as she re turned with the yea-t, was somewhat puzzled by tin- su iden frost iness of her guest, who hurried out of the house as if some dreadful contagion ha 1 haunted it; Cut when the mi'iPte-, m carving the pie that the de aeon's wife had sent made two curious di-cowries almost si-nm'taneou-Iy, the rea-on for Patience's alter d deueanor was made plain, and the young pair had a hearty laugh that mete the old parson a e ring like a peal of Thanksgiving bells. The Tuesday following was the regu lar day for the weekly sewing circle, and sel lorn led that interesting gather proved n lovely and animated as on t'd- o, i a.-ion. wed nieh bursting with some imp ; et eeret that she was only waitino' a lilt 1 1 3 -er opportunity to divulge. Tint opportunity wa- md long in com i: for Mis. Parrel!, who was a cc-iet it u i-ma 1 croak r, took occasion to say. in rch reee to tie- har I times: e deaeoit ha I 1 e .1 tryin' ter col- t ie ,.i eio.ireh tax, an ne -a"-- ie- never !eV mi ti in ail the years a- h ml to oit live lie'- lived h r '. It !i' rs nov a-- it us, 'And no wonder, ' d to be to get ten." -poke up Miss Pa--t"i;y sev-rity of a expect folks to feel their money wdicn Uenc ', With tli sphinx. -Vou like payi i' they see it wa-t"d."' K ry e,dy of th yeun.; tiae.tiy. Th wife w a evi at lea-t. out fairlv tl 11" o W aw a' an 1 curious, and some ;i'ls !i-ei:i to bridle dc-mird-'er's sweet young tiv a fawrite with them. Vint iiv bv that asked M rel. p itedly. "Mrs. Graham is Youm an. I ini-xierieneeJ. to oe sure; .1 but as tlie d'-aeon was savin' "mly yes terday, she does very well indeed con-sidei-iieM Pa!i ree t'-1'! ler head knowingly. her. but iivin' iex: door as I do, I can't always help seeiu' and hearin' things that otiu r folks can't be expected to know about, and w'nen I see and know thing like --" There was an ominous pau-o, and the de. icon's wife sked excitedly: hike win;:"' "Chieke.i p'u-s, with legs and feet of the ,-hi. ken bak d in ' Had a thunderbolt fallen among them it could not have caused greater surprise to these tidy, thiifty N- w England hou-ckeepers than this dreadful revela tion of toe incapacity of the pastor's young wife. "Ale you sure of it?" gasped one ma tron, breaking the ominous silence. "I know it for a fact," was solemnly re turned. "Chicken legs in pie.'' "She's a born fool," ejaculated the d acon's wife, indignantly, "and I'm thankful for her poor husband's sake that I sent her over one of my pics yes terday. They hid to throw hcr's away, of course, and it's lucky that he didn't have to go without his Thanksgiving breakfast on account of her ignorance an' shift h-ssness. "How did you know about the pie?" asked one of the girls. Miss Patience bristled defitntlv. "Tint's nobody's business but my own," she retorted, tartly. "I don't go round to lind out things that don't concern me, Pd have you know, 1 ut when th'-y're thrown rialit into my face, as you might say, I don't sliet my eyes no more'n t her l'ol ks. " .Just here walked tli.; the door opened, and in amp t of their conversi- ion, her pretty face flowing with the haste tint she had made, and mis chievous twinkle in her brown eyes that nobody notic d, so occupied were they in hiling tlie confusion that her sudden entrance had created. Walking t- the table where most of the ladies were sitting, she saluted them cordially; and then holding out upon the tip of her slender linger r well-worn silver thimble, she said arch'y "Where do you think I found your thimble. Miss Patience?" So pleased was Miss Patience to regain her lost treasure that -she forgot for a moment all assume I diyuity and ex claimed joyfully : "Well, I declare, I am glad to see that thimble once more ! I told Mary Jane that I felt sure I had it on my lin ger wdien I run into your house Thanks givin' mornm' artcr that yeast. But w hen I got homo, it wahit now here to bo found. Now where did you find it?'' Her shrill, high voice had attracted the attention of all in the room, and everybody looked up curiously as the minister's w ife replied, with an innocent smile : "In the chicken pie that our good friend here'' and she nodded brightly to Mrs. Parrel "sent me. I left the pie on the dresser when I went down cellar after your yeast, and as soon as I came back I put it on the table, and when my husband cut it there was your thimble in it. How could it have got there? It is certainly very mysterious anyway." Silence, deadly profound, yet, oh, how terribly significant to tl e deacon's wife and her spinster neighbor, fell upon the group. This was apparently unnoticed by Mrs. Graham, who, with a playful admonition to Miss Patience to take better care of her thimble in future, began an ani mated conversation with the ladies near est her, that soon restored the company to their wonted case and good humor. Ih.it poor Miss Patience! she never heard the last of her lost thimble. "While tlwe deacon's wife, to the day of her death, never trusted any hands hut her own hands to make Thanksgiving pics for her minister. OUT IN THE WEST. The Proud Spirit of a Settler in Da kota liroken ,'it Last. From the Dakota Fell. A Dakota settler, who had had bail luck financially, was finally taken sick. A friend called to see him and said to his wife: "I was surpriscvl to hoar of your hus band's sickness I thought l.e was re markably strong and healthy.'' "Yes, John yas always very healthy, but ho got so discouraged at last that it jos' made him sick." "Hut he was always of such a cheer ful and buoyant disposition, I never ex pected to see him give up this way." "Yes, John was always mighty gritty. When the barn burnt up an' killed the new team he never said a work, but jos' braced up an' built another barn an' got an ther team." "Yes, I remember ho did.'' "Then when the house burnt ho didn't complain a bit, but went to living in a tent jos' as cheerful." "I know it." "When the farm was sold on a mort gage au' tlu children were all took sick, John kep' right up as happv as ever." "Yes, that's so." "Hy'n by the Sheriff took the cow an' eookstove, an' a wagon run over .lohn's foot an' smashed it, but still he didn't 'pear to be a bit discouraged." "I know ho didn't." "Then our oldest girl ran away an married a corn doctor; both our horses died ; John got beat on a law suit, an' fell down an' broke his leg. Still ho held his head right up an' said he'd come out on ton yet." "Yes; well, what was it that could possibly have occurred to break his spirit and make him sick at last ?"' "He had to sell the old black dog for fifty cents to get money to buy flour, an' the man just bought him for his hide an' nothing else, an' we know it ! Just hs soon as John saw the man tie old Tige under the wagon he came right in an' throwed himself cn the bed an' says he: 'Samanthy, tint's too much to .stand I won't never git up oti"n this bed a live man !' I leekon I won't be long follerin' him you or ter seen the way old Tige could take a hog by the ear an' swing it right around in a cir cle!" A Fish Yarn of Fifty Years Ago. "It was about fiftv Years ago," said Tr. J. M. Kendall, of Bow doinhnm. "I was a youngster and playing on the bank of the Kennebec. I never shall forget it in my life how neat I saw a crane get a pickerel dinner. They were driving logs don stream. I watched a crane acting sort of funny standing perched on one of the logs near the shore. I made up my mind to see what it was about, and hid . in a clump of bushes. The crane had a bug in his biil, and he kept dropping it into the current till it floated past him, and then grabbed it again and repeated the same performance. I couldn't think what he was trying to do. He looked to me asj if he was going to sleep. The old fel low kept the bug floating in front of the log for half an hour, when, all of a sud den, a big pickerel eame up to the surface and made a dive for the bait. The pickerel was down the crane's throat in less than a second, and Mr. Crane flapped his w ings and flew away, lb-took th bug in his bill, though. They look sleepy enough, but they know more than a good many people how to get their broad and butter." "Wi.ki: tie-re anv poets among tho j ante.lihn ians .'" a writer asks. There i must have been or th re wouldn't have been any flood. SUPERSTITION. The Belief in Signs Common to Many People. Some Old-Timo Omens and What They Indicate. It is astonishing what a hold super Itition has upon the .avenge American, and it may be safely said that there is not one hi a hundred w ho h is tlie force of character and strength of mind to unburden himself of all such foolish no tions. Among gamblers superstition forms as much a part of a professional's education as learning to deal cards, and until he has all the innumerable super stitious which prey upon the minds of his class at his lingers' tips he cannot expect to rank as a real "gam." Actors, too, are the most superstitious people on the face of the globe. In no company will the manager permit the "tag" or end of the play to be spoken during the preliminary rehearsal, and if, on the night of the first appearance an actorofthe company or an attache of the theatre happens to look out front to "size up" the house before "the curtain is rung up, he or she is 'in for a long squabble with the manager or his assis tant. In less intelligent companies this breach of "etiquette ' would cost the offender a good part of the salary that might be due him. Housewives have as many supersti tions as gamblers, even more, and some of them are really laughable. In the country, if the back door happens to be open and a rooster crows near it, the in dustrious housewife who may be in the kitchen scouring lu-r knives, will drop them in a hurry and run and get on her clean "duds."' She considers it a sure sign that a stranger is coining. But should that roo-tcr turn his back on the open doorway and go off crowing his action will send a cold chill meandering up and down the spinal column of the housewife, for then sle knows "for cer tain" there'll be a death in !'e family. Bad luck, too, wid come if she sweeps dirt into her yard, it mu-t be taken up in the house and burned in the stove. This superstition should be cul tivated. Other superstitions of the same char acter such as sweeping w ith a broom at night time or dumping crumbs in the yard deserve un! vcr-al eommendat ion. But just let a hen e'-ow in the yard of some old, way-back farmer. It will cause considerable commotion in the family. From the infrcquency of this occurrence '.he belief in the minds of many people that it foretells a death is ineradicable. There arc many other su perstitions that are not common to any particular class, but find believers in all ranks and every condition of life. Thus, the familiar verses If you love me as I love you, o knife can cut our love in two must have been founded on the old-time belief that to present a knife to any per son, and especially ir he or she was loved by the donor, would bring bad luck, and in the case of lovers a separa tion. "Death ticks" and the sound as of bells ringing in a house are cousins ger" man of the Irish "banshee," and the same direful consequences that are sup posed to attend the appearance of the latter will result in the former instance. A superstition which finds believers among really intelligent people is that of the ' "howling dog." If a dog howls or moans in front of your house at night, to many people it is a sure fore runner of sickness or death in the family. The writer knows of two in stances where the moaning of a dog at night in front of a house was followed by death that of the dog. When the time approaches for the new moon to appear above the horizon young men and girls who are love stricken will hail it with feelings of I mingled hope end tear, it ly any mis- chance they should tir-t see the new I moon by loi king over t h.-ir left shoulder, then goo 1-by to all hopes of a successful ! issue of their affairs 'luring the life of tint moon. j All are familiar with the lines: "See the new moon through the glass, the feign of trouble while it lasts.'' Miould ' the reader ever happen to leave home : and forget some bundle which lie in- ! tende I to have taken, let him or her be sure to either make the sign of the cro-s in sand or else sit upon a convenient : horse block. Should they return home . without performing these ritc-sto destroy ; the power of the Evil One. they are hke- lv to .-niter some terrible calamity, i j To open and close an umbrella in a house is a sure sign of death. Perhaps ! the man who tir-t said if you enter a ' house by one door and leave it by an other, or if you enter by a window, ir I will bring sonic evi! consequences, hop d : to scare off burglars who might 1 e c ei i teinphting a raid upon his silverware j ami decor ii -d ihina. Anyhow, it h a ! common belief. I At the breaking up oi a merry crowd ; who have spent the evening in iaug'.e r i and iun-makin-; should four person- in bidding each other good nieht cio--tiieir hands, there i- a general -imui a . , the victims .ue asuied that one o' tie other of them will marry soon. This especially nnph-a-ant in the a-c of a young m. in who may be calling up:. a the fair d .urhter of the family with the niosr iniouoentest" intent i -ns. A not hi r popular belief, and should it ever be expr-se 1 in your presence y u may set the speaker down as country bred, is that should a tree-frog be kiiied his death will bi shortly followed by ruin. "He U as cross as if he got out of bed on the wrong side," is a e mmou ex pression. Th c.i-tom of walking arm in arm may owe its origin to a belief in the olden time tint if two p r-ons wo re walking together and anot her parsed be tween them, they would be disappointed in something they intended to do. The charm ngaii.-t thi- is for all par ties to say "Good morning." Wash ington Star. A Chinese Hospital. In cue of the most crowded thorough fares of the Chinese quart c- of Shanghai there has stood for forty years a free native hospital mainly supported by the European community. Very strange its wards look at first to English visitors. Tho patients bring their owi bedding, consisting of a bamboo ai d a wadded quilt. Those who can move about are the only regular attendants of those who cannot. The house surgeon and dis penser is a Christian Chinaman, for thirty years connected with the hospital- and one of the first converts of a mission school. Yearly about boO pa tients pass through the wards and the proportion of deaths is small. hast year there were .V5 and in the dispensary more than 22, (WO cases were treated. Prom very far distances many of the poor suffering creatures come and back to their far-off homes many a healed one has carried a blessing greater than bodily healing, for we believe that now here, at homo or abroad, could bet ter jiroof be found than in the Shang hai of the benefit of combining medical and Gospel work. Daily the waiting room, seated for 300, is crowded with men, women and children, long before the dispensing hour, and daily an Eng lish missionary, as conversant with their language as his own, sets before' this waiting multitude the Word of hife. "I believe," writes a Christian physician, who for some years had tlie oversight of this work, "that the Chinese undergo more suffering for want of medical knowledge than any other nation in the world. In an institution like this, al most daily under a good surgeon, may the blind receive sight, the deaf hear, the lame walk." Quiver. She Could Say K. The director of a large girls' school in French Canada, which is patronized by many American familits, tells a story of a pert Xew England girl, w ith whom the instructors had any amount of diffi culty, (piite naturally, in getting her to sound the letter r. "When a letter has been unpronounced for generations, it comes hard to the young. This New England girl had been labored with for so long a time over the sound of the r in French words that she curie- to re gard the instruction in this pirticular as a great bore; and when the director himself took her hi hand one day, and said : "Now, see here, Miss , I want vou to pronounce the r for me," she put on a look of unutterable weariness. "Xow, please pronounce for me an Eng lish word," he pei-M-ted, "that begins with an r, and be sure that you sound the letter.'' "B-r-r-r-r-rats !" exclaimed the Amer ican girl, with a snap in her eyes. Philadelphia Press. A lliiwk hrowns a Blackbird. The English "pap r hand and Water publishes and credits to a "local paper," a story told by a Scotch railrord laborer, who saw a haw k swoop upon a blackbird which was singing on a bu-h by the sidoof the Biver Ettriek. The blac k bird, he says, was at once un perched and carried to tie- ground, struggling and screaming in the talons of his ad versary. The hawk, evidently fir. ding considerable difficulty fn dispatching the bird, dragg d it along the ground to a shallow pool, where he put his head under water and stood on it till his victim wa- drowned. Fighting from Balloons. Military balloon experiments of vari ous kind are being tried in England oil Dungenes-. Thus range tiring has been watched from a captive balloon, while a ri:nilar craft i sent aloft empty and tired at by shrapnel .-hell, to ascertain how near a balloon may pa-s to the enemy's lines without being hit. Some capital photographs have been Taken from a height of looo feet in a small balloon remaining only a few minutes in the air. The balloon carries an automatic came-ra, which produces a good view of the country beneath. Uase Ingratitude. Fcai lerly (to Duinley, who has given him a cigar) --Som -hody Cpuffh must : have given you i his v;ar, Dumh-y. j 1 um!ev - s ; js it a bad one '. j l-'eaiiiei .o it's (puff; good one. I - 1 Puck M l EMI FIC M R U'S. By means of :.n :.ir-gu::. Pr--f. C. I.. Mees lias found th it to d:ie str.kw - ii.t pine boards u: hi. ry ba-k, a- : . often d ee by term-be-, avil ::y tf 1 to 17" r.ues an leer i- r.v -arv. The Wv :e;ht W iter is I.ojo tl;:;. that of frc-h n.ter. : e.b'e fo- sea water weighs ttl.IUv.'l pounds and one gallon " es pound. Abi nt ee . thirty-third part of its we-ht, or four ounces to :u h gallon, is set. At lee! li.Mi'i') proM-rvtd humming birds are lew mhrac-al in th - lection in the P.riti-h Ma-' uni. Th finest collect ion en this -ide of if,. ,t ( - Atlantic, containing about -J.ooo spec imen, has ben pre-i uti d le Mr. D. (h Elliot to th- Am- r:. an Mu-. ue of Natural lli-tory in New York. Pa-teur proves th--va'u 1 of hi pre ventive of sph-i.ie fever bv -ho win.; that in France, during tin- last live year-, the morality of inoculated sheep has ran- d from 0.;.-, to l.os per eeut., that of non- inoculated being ten per cent. Only 0.2s to O.et per cent, of ino ulated cat- tie died, ami live per cent, of oth rs. ; A popular fallacy, aecoiding to Mr. ; A. W. Hare, of the ibeal -ci.-ty of : Edinburgh, is the bcii -f that water fr-un i a rushing tonent is s;ifer for drinking ; purposes than the water from a sluggish j stream, for the reverse h really tin fact. ! I Sew age-cont an. lnated water contains fewer organisms after ten or twelve days than river water, for the reason that the microbe-,' rapid growth during the first t wo or three days e hau-ts their food supply. j .Says ol 1 Alh-n Thompson: "When I, am in the woo. Is I nevt r use a compas-; in fact, I don't need any. There are three sure ways that I have for finding tlie points of the compass. You will notice that three fourths of the ness on trees grows on the north side; the heav- iest boughs n;i sprue trees me always . ' on the south side; and thirdly, the top- ' , , most twig of every uninjured hemlock ; . , tips to the cast. imi net n member .,, , those things and vou 11 in-vcr get lost. The classification of the fishes found in tlie s a of Galilee Ins led t the L i l li 1 I; uislu e I I 1 1. o l liesi; 1 1 - i ie-. I . .i; . .!... .!.,.,. e, I...C, .1. not belong to tie Mediterranean sys tem, but arc peculiar, and belong to the fish system of the great inland lakes of Africa Tanganyika, Nyesa, and the neighboring waters. The ('anon draws the inference that untold ages ago the , Jordan Valley was filled by a lake which I was joined to the Ih d Sea, then a fresh I water lake, which in turn was in direct , communication with the great lake sys- i tern of Central Africa. The plan of signaling accurate time from sea-coasts was lir-t adopted by j Great Britain about thirty years ago. ; That country now has on its oa-ts four teen time-balls and live other time signals, and its colonies and dependen cies ha e twenty-six time-ball-; Ger many has seven tine-balls; France, four time-balls and two other t ine-signal; Sweeden and Norw ay, A u-t i i i-Hungary, Holland with Belgium, and the I'nitrd States, have five t inn.--balls each; Den mark has two; Spain and Portugal, one tacle, Italy, none. How People Drown. Edward Horn, an employe of tie De- r i .i t troit I errv ( ompanv and the savi-r of 1 si ixtv-four lives, has related a few of the characteristics of a drowning per-on. "I believe I can teil ju-t by tie- dutch how many tines a drowning per-on has been down. The first trip down they go for vou with a firm, decided dutc h that means they stili known what they an-about. The second immc-ion cauw-s a shaky, uncertain grip, which can be easily broken if you -och-'ee. p j, the last time 'lown that th- grap br-eMin-s a convulsive bewildered one, and but few swimmers can save a person after the unfortunate man has ih - ended for the third time. Ahno.-t invariably the drowning man, on his final journey be- low the water, will M-ig- hii .P-"ervcr by the legt. It seenn to be a !;,w of nature, and o'K- I cannot account for. It would be eu-ier to - ive a whoe river full of m-n than one dtowr.ing woman. The raid feature of the latter'.; struggle in the waf r is that she v. ill seize your hands if sj,. e-m get hold of one or both of them. A woman will drown quicker than a man. Me- opens her mouth from the time she t;r-t stiik'-s the water, and never closes it, and so !o-es her senses more easily. Yes, I set, vv one person die of strangulation v. Idle we were under water together. His eyes were wonderfully fascinating as he stared h !pb--sy !tt in.-. You may not believe it, but th.-y -hone like two balls of tire." TllCV S.Mlg. There was a difficulty among the- sing- crs; and, it beieg rgnore-d a- a settled fact that the choir would not sing a note on tlie next Sabbath, the minister commenced nioini'ig wors-hip by giving out that hvme of Watt's, "Come ye who love the Lord." A ftei rend ing it through, he booked up very emphatic ally to the choir an ! said, "You will begin at the second v-rse; L.-r tins.- r a u" to sin" V.de. n. .-i Lii-v. ..ur Co-i."' They sang tint hy mn. -. M.i,ieal Herald. No. Thank tt. Tom.' . . v a- i'. ,: e- ; i see ; i e-v ; : . ( i - t e -re.e !.-;- i .-! N- .. ins e: - - 1: o. a. e i. ,:.,,!'! .,. . ' ! : eo I.- We ll !. H.'miI. "I tin t t' !- -a - ,o i 1 t . a 'a-. . i: ' ' - o ! . a.. -t la-f 1 -.a . -!.e 1 i s!..-, i i . u ! - N . " '' I'-ut t - s a .i.l ! e - o - Ae-I t nt v : : V , f ; v e C s H :i e ! I ..! ' "(.. :v . to- an i . Sh-- t t.e hlti- t .-" He ec; c !,.-r .i e n a 1- o . r "I've b.t I !i- ..0!! . v e- I I "l'vr iie er I a . .,; !.! , -a f .'in, . M.e win-; - r, ' 'N -1 ' !.. ti. !. '!'''. Yei'c l.-e-l III ' ali ti e so..e !' r e..-e ;. HI MOKOl . The two bee 1 rank i- th- 1 -X turn It would . t ni uat ur i! b -r t ope; ' t to have ; luebi ring o! "All ll.it" is the title . f ' e. e bv Pose T.iry Co-dve. Probably tie hi t mv jf a billy goat. ( 'urioii-ly en ugh the una a ho i . a'. - ways in a pickle doc, n' i o - 1.;- ten- pcr worth a cent. A Canadian farmer has a elf whah cats turkey wkeonr ii .. ets a h .-. The carnivorous oi:ie -dc'dd be nuined ' 'The Car.'! Edison h;i invented a gr iph yheic hnsc voice i . h-ir and di-t in. t. Men w ith w ell re-palate 1 wive-t don't teed any of these new faieb- l thing-. "Why is a small b-.y li'-o- l w on said a certain man to hi- t r"u ''!- .tin wife. No 1 ( -p. e-e. -llec au -e le- w li make :. man "town." s dd tie- i onuu ! , , i druunst. i hadv of the house furree cmpany . . , , , ,. to cat) Pease hep .. -. I , , . , ! pi-t as ou would in war own house, 1 - , . . 1 am always so glad wlei my trend .... , , are at horn . i , .,, , , , I oV hit roe (lot ed i.oU'dis. naPi i " ' i ' ' ' 1 asked the little .-on of an ag-null ore profe-or. ( h, my -on," wa- the wee rcplv, "C cv are ploughs which have stood out in the furrow ali winter. "Mv -b ar old friend, h-e. w- re you able to acipiire -u'h an immei,-.' ..r tune?'' "I'.y a very -imple method." "What method was that ' "Wlei I was poor I nreb out that I v. a . ri h and when I got rich I made out tint I ! V:IS I"'"r ! After tin B iltle. The aspect of troops of all arms of the service, W I it es ( 'olouel .). 1,. (iaudo! ! fo, in St. boui - i lobe 1 )' iii oi tat, ii very 1 differentia battle from the ttim and neat parade- appear. mo-, but now li-re i-i i this diffeioaee - m uke 1 is ia tier ur-till-TV. It v..t- ab.v.iv-mo-! i -itefi -t irig Le me to watch abattny going into ac tion. Th aitilierynen wr-- vry careful at all tines to dp s dtetiy in a cordatii- e with i egulat ion- an I w leu a battery took po-ition i v rv aii:ioeer looked as if he had ju,t prepare 1 him self for hep -ct mil. Nothing -ou!'l bo Ii( ater and uere uaif rm th ip- pea ram But this did not i.i-t ne A p- .o.oe . i i- i ...... i . . . . l'r,; '"r"'"' 1 J" ' here and th' re would be ti,ro' n off; next the collar-, would go, and oft n tie h hirts. The men wu ie -oun iatie-l in : I'-r-pirati'.n, !ii'ii th-y w-ul-l .ha tily bru-h off with their p.e. der b e hee d band-, leaving gre.t matk- v h-rev. r 'th'-v to,eia d thee-. In-. When the m-n I- gm to f; li and w-p eorb d to --be rear by th-ir om:.ei.-, blo-.-i Mains w.-p :.dd-d to th- po .vb r mar --, and , the cl.ee ol t ie- ti giif t h- a t ; ! e ;, m- -o rem.u k J,e f r t e ir !l te a: p' ,r .u nt it-4 op.-nit.g, j.p ,. nt-.-d the ne-t hor- riblc .p-c.tac!e that em ! e imagin- d. But they so,, I'-m-.v.-l all tj e-- of the hay, and bv tie- ,..-xt d iV w - re a , dean and neat as ever. Fats as Tonic. Fat-, e-.p.-rd.ai'.y th-- .- ..!.'. h ae of e.i-v digestion, like i od Iiv r oil .,r-.l rswa-et ci'-nm, ar; al-o .---e.tnl to the welblfeing of the t.erve- -y -'en. 'I ii'; p'-r uliar s do '.:r..r -- rg orii.e f oo.d in all nervous -truetur'-- ....t-i!- - f ;t e in esser.tiai cfgot it u'-d. I is r' u.ark.t'de that u."4t 'ne-rvo-j," i i . ! t v I 1 ; iii !...' a strong a v. r-ioa t- fits ; - .u t I'd - tJf di'-t. dhis .xrre.ne-,- u-.fort .-. g -. for the t tnis-i-'n of f:'i i:.d ol,- fr .:; ? b- di'-t tends to not only eetlvo- the e rvou i,:g to i.. ri- .-': th- iiii d ility and wr-akne--. Cod liver oil isa mot valu able medicine in su' h i ;-e, l" ( wi- it h air' id v paitly dig'-'t-d !' admixture with tie bib: s.-ereled by t he i i . er of t he ; ti-h. and thus n eb-re tid more easy of ab-orption. The p,h..r of iiig--tion i- tioi- p. rtlv taken away from tie- !a-ks to I,. per.'orned by the invalid. Of our-cf th tl-hv od: is object'...:- .!.! at tir-t, hut thi is .generally e t-ily ove oiie; by : ee. tinning its tie fe a -h .rt time, Th'-re an a few preparations on the mar- i k t in whi. h oil of seiie i-.iu I has been i p iti diy digested by admixture with i p:,iiei c t ine. Emui-iote thu- m .de are j j.datable but mucli more e pe.-i ve than tUc tru j. (i,, "lobe-em.M rat. i u
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 2, 1887, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75