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E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. SUBSCRIPTION: SI 50 FEU YEAR. VOLUME IV SCOTLAND NECK, X. (, THURSDAY. APRIL . 1 ni miu:i; Sergeant Jasper at Fort Moultrie. h"n Charleston built for the Briton's sport Th spongy, hardy palmetto fort, And the ships with their topsails taut ami thin Stormed nvor th: bar at break of day, (Jim and s-viv.-l and eulverin Shouting th"ir murderous roundelay! When the hissing shot was immured for K'" '1, Time aft' r tim, in the soft, sly wood, A vent ur. .us sht-ll, from t he More-land's dock. Struck th- patriot staff, and snapped it quit.', N.-at, in the middl", w ithout on tl-.'k, And whirh-d t lie flag from the rampart'i 1 . i:hr. William J;i:T saw from his post. And, his young bI.Hd seething, still as a ph.r. S'n i.jl.i tl.r irgli the p-.-rilous liro leaped Leaped ih.w ii, and ha k, by a leopard spring, Th" sin'k.- in his eye-, el'o.-t and brown, All in tin; I-e.it of a swallow's win-. And held cl .se, close, as lie .-limbed alone, Tlr banner .vTcd ami overthrown; An 1 iui( k, with that steady hand of his, .'; "hing its lm.ps on his ramrod bare, With a "S , my !eautyr and one frank kiss, Flung it again to the glad, free air! Then t!i friendly tides turned clean about, Am 1 slipped from und 'r the frigates stout, An 1 Sir 1'eler Parker's crippled flVvt, With its disembarking, bewildered crew, (ioipi-d ,ir;d fumbled, and got its feet, An I iv.-!" I o!T into the s-.-as anew. "!'U the 11 t lie; how ours sat down At dud; i i t eir fair, beleaguered town, We s.-al t!i"ir valor, repeat their vows; We l;.-..j,their memories east and west; sing their praise through tho happy ho;ie; but ot Serg-s-int Jasper, who knows tho rest? Wh i a.-ks it ' Peace to his ashes cold Th" ( 'arohnian grasses fold! To tii" fond boy hear, in its little hour Sy iii'io! and vision of loyalty, H m ig.'! The root whereof he was flow. i'.Mt linn lreds, happily, sucli as he. I.i ' e:iinci oi sleep in their gorgeous fame; Per u forever, some quiet name, In which no armorer's skill is versed, To mock rit history's calendar. Aui once through its ordered page to burst J. ike a headlong, glorious August star! I.ouie I. (iuiney in Boston Post. Fate of John Ramsay, M. D. HY W. 31. S. ATKINSON. I am a physician. I have made a life long stuly of the human brain, and may, perhaps, be pardoned if I say that my opinions upon diseases of the mind now carry considerable 'weight among members of the profession. It is only a week or two since I was called to a large asylum for the insane in Northern Ohio to examine a case which ha Hied the skill of the local doctors. Alter di-posing of that matter I took an unprofessional stroll through the insti tution in company with my old friend, the superintendent. The asylum over which I now made a tour of inspection was a most beautiful building, resembling in its appoint ments the homes of tho wealthy and opulent. "We wandered through room after room and along successive halls and corridors where men and women in every stage of insanity passed tho time in various harmless amusements, or were restlessly confined in the care of ward ers and nurses. Of all the misfortunes to which humanity is heir, this loss of reason is, to my mind, the saddest by far; and, though I might be expected to have grow n hardened by long years of familiarity with all phases of weak in tellect, I never ecase to feel devoutly thankful for that greatest of all benefits conferred upon men by a beneficent Cre ator a sound brain. We had passed through, tho greater part of tho enormous institution and were approaching that portion of the building set apart for the rcsilcnce of the superintending physician my friend, Dr. llabershon. Taking from his pockt a key. Dr. llabershon in serted it in the keyhole of a door. Be fore turning it, lie looked at mc in a strange manner and said: "If you were not an old mcd., Ilartly, an 1 as familiar with strange cases as I am my self, I should warn you to keep your countenance and betray no surprise on entering here. And I speak, anyhow, so as to be on tho safe side." So say ing he turned the key in the lock and opened the door. "We quietly entered a very neat but plainly furnished room, and I confess that, although I have witnessed queer, weird, wild and, oft times blood-curdling sight?, I never felt so startled in all my life as I did at that moment. The room was not by any means dirk, for it wr.s well lighted by a larigc window running all alonr one side, but placed above the reach of a man, even though ho should stand upon a chair; yet at the farther end of the room I noticed a student's lamp burning over a plain pine-wood table, upon which rested a human skull and some wiiting paper. Seated at this table, pencil in hand, was a man about the same age as myself and Dr. llabershon (40 years) gazing intently upon the skull. "What startled me so severely was the fact that when I had last seen that man more than fifteen years since I had seen him in exactly such a position, with precisely similar u-roundings. And yet, what a dif ference'. Then he had just graduated at tho head of his class from our col lege, and was looked upon as one of the most promising young physicians in the country now, lie was a helpless maniac! "liamsay?'' I involuntarily queried, only partially believing my own eye sight, llabershon nodded. "You need not speak to him; he won't reply. It is just G o'clock. Ho will sit at that table gazing :.t the old skull until daybreak and then he will throw himself upon his bed and sleep untii noon. That's the way lie use 1 to do, you know, and humor him all I can. Poor old I'amsay; 1 owe him a good deal, you know, Ilartly. You remember all about it?" ''Yes I remember the story, though I had almost forgotten it." Ham say, llabershon and myself were all students together ia Philadelphia. We were in the same classes in college and j j i a 1 1 y occupied tho same suite of rooms. Furthermore we were all mak ing a specialty of studying the human brain, and the only point wherein we materially differed from each other was tint IJamsay knew more than we two fellows together. True, IJamsay wa, ia regard to his theories and speculations, what many people would call a "crank" but then successful cranks are esteemed to be geniuses, and certainly IJamsay was, in my judgment, quite as near tho one as the other. We three fellows all fitted in the same social set, and although both IJam say and llabershon knew good and beautiful girls by the score, the fates decreed that they should fall in love with the same young lad'. And yet, strange enough, they never displayed bad feeling toward each other, nor ever sought to make the lady's position an unpleasant one on account of the rivalry. It seemed to me, an onlooker, as though there was a tacit understanding between them, that no undue influence should be brought into play, but that, knowing how both loved and admired her, the object of their admiration and esteem should be left quietly to choose between them. Grace Thorneycroft was a most beau tiful and estimable girl and, though I have been an old bachelor all my days, I do not wonder that any man should have sought her for his wife. One day (I race, with her father, mother and a brother, were down io Atlantic City, whevo they took a sail boat and went out. A sudden squall overtaking them the frail pleasure boat was upset and Grace was the only mem ber of tho party who escaped with her life. She was picked up in a fainting condition and tenderly cared for, but when restored, physically, it was found that her mind was shattered she was insane. All that wealth, combined with skill, could do was done for Grace, but it availed nothing and tho physicians and friends at last gave up the case a? hopeless. llabershon was himself al most crazy with grief and could not bear to go near tho poor girl. As for IJamsay, he shut himself up in his den a small, barely furnished room whore he was ia tho habit of pursuing his studies and experiments. There was a determined expression on tho fellow's face and when I looked in on him (which was seldom) he was always busy with his papers and books sometimes engaged ia dissecting the brains of dogs and other animals, and once examining a human brain. He seldom spoke or even so much as remarked my presence, though once he said in an excited tone: "I shall cure her, Ilartly it shall bo done at any cost." So for days and weeks he sat over that bare pine table gazing at tho skull in front of him ever and anon rapidly penciling din. r i:m of tho human brain and of tho nervous system. Late one evening I was sitting with llabershon when there came a rap at tho door and R unsay entered. He was very quiet, but knowing him as well as I did I could tell he had something beyond the ordinary on his rniad. "Boys," ho said, "I think I have found what I have been searching for I think I can cure Grace. I say think, because, after all, it is only a theory of mine and may utterly fail, but I think not. Perhaps you say I should not theorize and experiment on a woman whom, as you know, I love. Well, it won't do any harm to- her and it may do her all possible good. To-morrow morning I shall try to do the work." Then turning morj particularly to llabershon, he continued: "Ed., you and I both love Graco Thorneycroft. Now, in tho presence of Ilartly, here, I want you to promise me that, whatever the consequences of my operation, you will caro for Grace as long as sho lives, and, if necessary, care for me, too." I think neithei llabershon or myself understood tho purport of these words, when thoy were spoken, though their meaning was clear enough later on. However, llabershon gave the request ed promise and we parted for the night. The next day, in tha forenoon, Ram say, ia the presence of the two physi cians who had been in charge of Grace, began his operations. I was an inter ested observer from a distant part of the room, but llabershon could not be induced to be present. Ramsay told tho older doclori that if hi3 theory proved perfectly successful in practice ho would be able to give his method of cure in writing for the- benefit of the medical world at present, ho sai l that it was utterly impossible for him to in -telligcctly explain his ideas. However, he guarantee 1 tint the attempt would be perfectly harmless to the patient and tho doctors stool by ready to pre vent any unduo or dangerous experi ment. For myself, I have rot tho least idea to this day just what the means were which liamsay employed to pro duce tho end he had in view, nor have I any theory to a lvif.ee. The whole thing was a strange affair to me then and appears just as strange when I look back upon it from the present moment, with all tho experience which I have gained with fifteen years' practice. liamsay ilrst of all administered a draught to Grace Thorneycroft, who was seated in a reclining chair. A few moments later he made a small incision in an artery in the patient's right arm, which movement he followed by mak ing a similar incision in an artery of his own left arm. Tho two arteries he then connected by means of a small sil ver tube. Facing his subject, liamsay tapped her head, near the base of the brain, two or three times with his knuckles, and then gazed into her eyes. Ten minutes passed sljwiy by and no perceptible difference was noticeable in (irace's condition. Ten more minutes, and a gleam of intelligence seemed to be forcing its way into the face of the poor gh l but, strange to relate, a wi d, far-away look was settling upon H un say ! Another urn minutes, an 1 Grace Thorneycroft recognized every one in the room, including myself, while John liamsay was led away from the newly conscious girl, a raving maniac! As I have before remarked, I have no explanation to offer I can only chron icle bare facts. liamsay was a man of geniis, surely, though in the one act of his life in which he proved that genius, ho partially failed; and, in that by losing his mind he was unable to give his theories to tho world, his genius will never leaefit posterity. llabershon married Grace Thorney croft two years later, and they have al ways taken the best of care of the man who saved a woman's reason at the ex pense of his own. - Detroit Free Press. A Successful Crusade. Every afternoon, between live and six, an under-sized man with a nervous but decided air boards a Wabash avenue cable car at Washington slrcet and rides south. Probably not one out of twenty live of his fellow passengers recognizes him as the hero of a desperate light against tho City railway company. Chicago grows very fast, and the sensa tion of yesterday is hardly tho memory of to-day. This is I). B. Fisk. When the City railway company, about a dozen years ago, pit "bobtail" cars (cars in which passengers drop their passes through a slot into a box), on its lines, Fisk, single-handed, began a cru sade against the bobtails, and ceased only when the cars were removed. How did he go about it? He simply refused to pay his fare except to a conductor. The drivers on the line came to know him and ccaod jingling their bells for hi? fare. He used to enter a car and offer to pay the fares of all the passen gers to a conductor. The result was many a carload of people were hauled free. Fisk found a few nervy followers; the newspapers took up the battle, the public joined in, and the result was the complete subjugation of the company and the removal of the obnoxious ve hicles. The fight, it is said, cost the company hundreds of thousands in lost fare and cars left on their hands, which they were obliged to sell at prices away below their cost. Chicago News. Warming the Shivering Poor. In many cities on the Continent in days of extreme cold, tho municipal governments, from a fund previously set apart for the purpose, place at inter vals among the crowded neighborhoods of the poor large iron braziers, which arc kept filled day and night with hot coals. They are circular upright recep tacles, about the size of a barrel, with an open top and with holes pierced in the sides for the purpose of a draught. They are placed upon the pavement near the sidewalk at the corners of streets, where crowds may collect about them with the least cbstruction to traffic. During the bitter col l weather crowds of half frozen people huldle about these braziers. Boston Advertiser. Tho 'oyv Universal Language. "I love, thou lovest, she loves," in Volapuk, the new universal language, is "Lofob, lofous, lofof," and "They will have been loved" is "Pulofoms." "The know ledge of one's self is the best foundation of all virtues" is, in Vol apuk, "Itisevam ebinom stabin gudikin tugas valik.' Indignant. After church: Spoggs Was it not disgraceful, tho way in which Smiggs snored in church to-day? Stuggs I should think it was. Why, he woke us all up. A NORWEGIAN SPORT. The National Pastime of the c i i t : " c i- ii oiuruy Norseman p oki. Binding on the ''Skis," He Glides Down the Mountains. ''Ski" running is to the Norwegian what base-ball ii to the American, or cricket to the Briton the national sport. It ii also something more; it is a neces-ary and practical modo of loco motion, as ii skating to the Dutchman, and snow-shoeing to tho denizen of the Cinadas. Broken by hills, and crossed by valleys, the Norweii'i fatherland when wrapped ia its winter mantel of deep snow presents difficulties to trav elers requiring extraordinary means to surmount. Heavily drifted, the roads become well-nigh impassable to horses for long periods, aud then the only means of communication from farm house to farm-house and hamkt to ham let is pedestrian. In this strait tho sturdy Norseman binds upon his legs his long lleet "skis" and fl ie3 easily and gracefully over tho drifts and shoots like lightning down tho hills and steep mount iin sides, and out of stern neces sity has learned to draw a vigorous amusement. Tho history of the "ski" is the history of the wonderful people wdio use it as a birthright. Norse mythology is full of it, and some of the most stirring passages in Norwegian his tory draw their romance from tho bold and daring feats of hardy "ski" runners. The "ski," pronounced sofdy and de fiantly ".di-" familiar and dear to the runner as his sweetheart oftentimes, is a long anil narrow strip of wood, often pine, better of hard wood, nude with a curling nose to override the snow, and bearing near its centre a stra? and rest for the foot of tho rider or "runner." The length varies according to the strength of tho runner and the pur pose of the "oki, " seldom exceeding ten feet, however. For mountain aud dense forest traveling they are made shorter and for military manoeuvres, when worn by soldiers, are of unequal length to facilitate turning readily. Generally they present only the wood en surface to the snow, but some times, especially when designed for travel where many hills are to be as cended, their bottom; are covered with deer hide, the hair pointing backward, and acting as a secure anchor against retrogression. They solve tho problem of walking on tho snow on tho same principle as tho more clumsy and slower plaited snowshoo familiar in American forests, by dividing the weight of the-wearer over a large sur face. The American snowshoe is also in use in Norway, but, as was remarked by an expert runner, "it is too slow for men, and tco give it to old women and put it on horses." The feats of spec 1 and dexterity per formed on their "skis" by expert run ners arc wonderful. On a level surface they move as fast as a good horse, but it is comirg down hill that they show their mettle. Curving gracefully over the crest, as the slopo grows steeper they gather speed like lightning, until, with full headway, they shoot through the air with the speed of a railroad train, fairly taking away the breath of tho daring runner with tho rapid motion. A well authenticated account is current in Norway that one Finnish woman, a very expert runner, orec day tried the descent of a peculiarly steep mountain side, and attained inch fearful speed that wdien tho3o wdio awaited her at the end of her bird-like flight received her, she stood bolt upright on her "skis," dead, the breath literally ravished from her lips by her rapid descent. The "hop" is the most difficult and danger ous of the many feats of the "ski" run ner. In descending hills, broken spots and small precipices are often mot with, and over these the caro ful and the timid runners simply slid-, but expert and venturesome runners augment the danger and the excitement at tho same time by leaping into the air just at the verge of the cliff, landing far beyond the point where the sliding runner would alight. In the races and games with the "skis," a "hop" is gen erally made by building up a cliff with snow at some convenient point of the declivity, and this is made high accord ing to the skill and diring of the iud ners. One moment on tho earth, a sudden spring, and away he Hies through the nir, 00, 70, 100 feet, enough of a fall, one would think to break every bone in his sturdy body, but landing safely and gracefully and shooting away on his course. As a national pastime "ski" running has attracted the widest attention in Norway, the royal family lending the enthusiasm of their presence to tho yearly carnival. Ia this country it ia only recently coming into notioe, and Minneapolis is entitled to the meed of having been the home of the first "ski' club ever organized in America Min neapolis Journal. New Jersey swain (calling on his girl) What makes tho houso shake so, darling? Girl Its pop, up stairs. He's got the fever 'n ague agia. The Wild Animal TraJ?. "There is scarcely anythiug cciag oa in tho trade thi year,'' rfce-tly ob served Mr. F. J. Thompson, who ii perhaps the largest wi.d animal dealer ia tho United Slate', and wh re-i I s in New York. "You see, this year." Lo continued, "is the prcd Ic-.iti ti year, and like theatrical bullae i;, our trade is seriously affected. Ia oil y-ars circa u s and other shows put ia their heaviest work, while in years liko this the coun trymen, when they hive a holiday, in stead of going to the circm go off to a mass meeting or to ee tho parade. "But tho wild animal trade has never flourished ai it did before lsT:'i," ad 1 1 Mr. Thompson. "It was during the war times and immediately after, when every ono was Audi of nnaey, th .t the greatest seasons were experienced. Then there were hundreds of circuses, big and little, and various side shows, which patrolled the country from ocean to ocean. Out in the west, too, miny of tho small shows had gambling at tachments, which helped materially to rako in tho money. A proprietor of ono of these thought nothing of paying $1000 for any animal which happened to strike his fancy. "But many of theso parties made money so fast that they shortly closed up business and quit. Then came the financial crash of 17;, and tho stagna tion of every kind of business, and the failures of most of these circus ar.d showmen remaining. Then tho new men who came into the business di 1 not have much money, and could not afford to buy large numbers of animals or very valuable specimens. So it has been ever since, with a consequent stagnation in animal trade. Another thing which has affected the business a good deal i3 the growing scarcity of certain kinds of wild ani mals, and tho closing of some of the depots for their collection and ex portation. Nubia and upper Eypt, for example, for a long time were the great headquarters for the supply of gi raffes, elephants, hippopotami, and the double-horned rhinoccri, with many other wild animals, lut since the troubles there, subsequent to tho death of Gen. Gordon at Khartoum, absolutely nothing has been received from this re gion, which is now barred, for an in definite period by the impending Italo Abyssinian war. And then again tho depot in Sou h Africa are beginning to close because the hunters have to go such immense distances before they can reach the lairs of the wild animals, hun dreds of miles from their former haunt. The causo of this is the extermination of all kinds by tho so-called sportsmen, who pour into that region like they did into tho United States when the buf faloes roved the plains." New York Sun. Kill Nye's Cow For Sale. Owing to ill health, says Bill Nye, the humorist, I will sell at my residence in town 29, range 18, west, according to government survey, one phnhod -raspberry colored cow, agel 8 years. She is a good milkster and not afraid of cars or anything else. She is a cow of undaunted courage and gives milk fre quently. To a man who does not fear death ia any form she would be a great boon. She is very much attached to her home at present, I y means of a trace chain but she will be soli to anyone who will agree to treat her right. Sho is one-fourth short horn and three fourths hyena. I will also throw in a double barrelled shot gun which goes with her. In May she generally goe3 away somewhere for a week or two, and returns with a tall, red calf with long, wabby legs. Her name is Rose, and I prefer to sell her to a non-resident. An Expensive Request. A Philadelphia lawyer wa3 appointed solicitor for a certain business house in that city. At the end of tho year he was asked to send in his account, which he did, by lumping everything, simply saying, "So and So, Dr. to Professional Services, $2000. The manager was a great stickler for form, and sent back tho account, asking for an itemized statement. The lawyer did as requested, and at the bottom tacked on the follow ing: "To preparing itemized state ment, $100."' After a murmur of horror and astonishment, it was paid. The Cost of a House. People who are going to buill may like to know that "a three-thousand-dollar house" is ono that the architectu ral paper says can be built for $2, &0Q. -37; costs $3. 100, according to tho ar chitect's estimate; is worth $3,700, the carpenter says, to build; increases in ex pense to $4,800 during the process of erection, and makes you draw your check for $0, 903. 2S before you move in and get your first bid for repairs. Journal of Education. Rubber Overshoes, "What becomes of all the rubber overshoes ?" The factories in Nauga tuck alone turn out 10,000 pairs of shoes daily, or, counting 300 working days in the year, 4,000,000 pairs. Con sidering what rubber shoes are made of now-a-days, perhaps it is not so re markable, after all. Ansonia (Conn. ScntineL M Ill.NTIl K MIUl'v Prof. M-iit U'-.i' brain of a t r'.ffi ! j t r i i i i - -e m o'.an . ii, t sv thit th il r.;-;rderT h ar s 1,j that of a b-.it ,.d .- r , 0 ClPO- r eou- . ,.;,i'e e-ir.t e ;nt 1. trie c;:rre:.t pr--e thit it a prop duct.T c '.'. be weur.d aro.;nd th a :.;: ii p irt.a fr-n; it nt at.y j it vu', I return to th? st .rti ! ' ; en -h ilf ef a 1. A scheme is m progress in M-exio tuat-clitu th- volcano d l'.q atapeti thr -ugh '.he wall of the crater, in orltr to reach the immense mlphur depn-i: iesiloth mountain. A narrow gauf railroad w ill connect th tunnel witl the ton:; of A mee.anvc t, which, iutur i, will count ct with tho Muu'us road,' ha ling to the national cspito". The experiments which were succc5 fully carrie I out at Washington somt time ago of sending nitro-gelatine shells from an orlinary gun have been re-' pea ted by tho Turkish governm. nt. A breach-loading howitzer wns poiute 1 on j a target of twelve steel plates 2oe . luetics away. The shell exploded on 1 contact and completely destroyed thr; thing. ; A wonderful tire-proof paint has been invented by A. ,1 itnieson. According to the Ehctrical Review, a "shanty" ot ; drv p.ue wool wn covered with the paint, arid, by means of oiled shaving, j two attempts to burn it vere mad", but j without success. The hot fire was only able to char the fa-e of the wood, and ; would not take hold of it. The test was so satisfaet' ry that Captain Cam- ; eron, of the White Star line, intend j taking several gallons of it over to Fug- J land in his ship, the Adriatic. j Dr. Brown-Sequard. who has been preaching that bad ventilation an 1 poor I and monotonous fool are the great causes of phthhH, has exhibited to the Paris Academy of Science a ventilating apparatus of his in vention. A reversed funnel, the shape of a lamp shade, is placed at the end of a tub?, so arranged in its curves and an-rles that when ' placed beside a Lei the reverse 1 funnel will be above tho sleeper and draw up the air he breathes. The other end runs into the chimney of tho room. If there be none, it is taken through a heating apparatus to an air-hole. Tho heat is great enough to burn tho disease germ1'. The average watch is composed of one hundred and seventy- five different pieces, comprising upward of two thousand four hundred separate and distinct operations in its manufacture. The balance has eighteen thousand beats or vibrations per hour, twelve million idnc hundred and sixty thousand and tightj- in thirty days, one hundred and filty-scven million six hundred and eighty thousand in one year; it travels one and forty-three one-hundredth inches with each vibration, which is equal to nine and three-quarter miles in twenty-four hour?, two hundred and ninety-two and a half miles m thirty days, or three thousand five hundred and fifty-eight and three-quarter miles in one year. It is estimated that the air in a room becomes distinctly bad for health when its carbonic acid exceeds 1 part in 1000. An apparatus has been recently pa tented by Prof. Wolpert of Nurnberg, which affords a measure of the carbonic acid present. From a vessel containing a red liquid (soda-solution with pho nolphthalienj there comes every 100 second?, through a siphon-arrangement, a red drop on a prepared white thread about a foot and a half long, and trickles down thi-. Behind tho thread is a scale beginning with "pure air"' Cup to 0.7 per 1"00) at the bottom, and ending above with "extremely bad'' (1 to 7 per 1000 and mono. In pure air the drop continues red down to tho bottom, but it loses its color by the action of carbonic acil, and the sooner, the more there, is of that gas present. A Curlou and Valuable Hook. Perhaps the most singular curiosity in the book world is a volume that belongs to the family of tho Prince do Eigne, and is now in France. It is entitle 1 "The Passion of Christ," and is neither written nor printed. Every letfr of the text is cut out of a leaf, arei being in terleaved with blue paper, is as easily read as the best print. The labor and patience bestowed upon its composition must have been cxccsmv, especially when the precision and minuteness of the letters are consid.-red. Tho gen eral execution in every respect is icdeel admirable, and the vellum is of the most delicate and costly kind. Rudolph II. of Germany efftred for it in ICI'J 11,000 due at, which was probably equal to 00.000 at thi? day. The most remarkable circumstance connected with this literary treasure is that it bears tho royal arms of England ; but when it wa3 in that country, and Ly whom owned, has never been ascer tained. ---The Bookworm. How It Happened at Last. "Have you hearl that Lily is engaged to young Fiedcly asked Maud. "No," replied Ella. "I thought ho was too bashful ever to propose." "Oh, 1 ut it's leap year you know," lHeJrirh and t.rMclirn. Hit ' I a t ! '. " -V.r --ty a i ! :! !. - ' A t. I o . . !.. I d ' :.: i 1 . v ! rt -. ; t-. . a :!,. i-r j '. " '. ! t " 1'aus.si a j...is.i:.t, ,.'. ! -: 1 .;:.!? ir ! t --Vi-! rh . t " W. u'.l 1 1. vT I t !,: . . . t ! r, Ah. !. w ? ..; p I !. I !- I'lvs-ne, ;,"'' !'' : ".N.1V,' Mi l 1'p : t ! . ! .' f.i'M ' I '. V . ! !, ? , e.;i art Ui . t- :.-! 1 . ' . I . t! N .. !. hntll Hrll t !,-. !.' I. '. ai.t io :n u' I tt.v f ... Y us t. f !: ft : f e' ii !in 1 : i i .' ' ' ' Sunday cauif and !;'.. ! ' "n,; S'ft nsid ! . Fr.im tli.- i is! Ii- iiS is a a M .!, I 1 " Piedri. !." mu d fir r... ',. !.. . W In nn t h"U en .tsl , lis I,. , AYi.u! 1st t!i -u pi s-. - r I b !, ! ' ' 1 "I'sirn h i . r in v i . t . .In n Hv 111', m ,. In the c..t if tt; a i!t i r. i', ' lb- i. ph.d "Yes," hii- tc; i.-l.' tl.o. v...jri ' ! Then Ii.' .'.;). sl a -f .,; 1. n ) ..-,, I ( 'ii t !n b! u-f i ii ci i ! n - I . . : I M. .1 Adan.H. it, .. ;i ,tit III 'MOKOI S. A hotel call-boy i.. .r la's, s ufft. t. when tho clerk .'.U ' l'i"i;t' The En-lid! Uui'u a .'. I 1 I t a foreigner, i.s wh-n oi.'s.!-. wi I ceu;e by-and-bv to buy a bi.' Did you e.-r h a d' et u I.i. k banana pe. l oil th.- si l u . r (1 i.n ncquaint.ini o th.t h- w is -.Mm hi a draught ? A laundry whi. h -i;,-:.!- in tie' h .d .-v of an east-side hu!h, I'.utT .i l' U the appropri ite 1 w-:id -u i'.m.m b ..nd "Cleanliness is next to ! 1 i : - A sportsman is n in m wh i.b a 1 dav away fioin hii b , .' : r j.w der and shot, and -ru - h"o.. ;t ni tircil, hungry and u 'rifd".:: a fourteen cent rabbit by th i e u '. A scientist viy-: 'df l!i" land w. i" llattiD 'd out the Ma w u'd b t w miles deep ull over th'- w u' 1. '' II n n y man is caught lli!t".Mie; cut th-l.'il shoot him on the lp t. A ;! a' m.ij of us can't swum. Timid Vout.'U' Suitor (who l.m w.,n consent of papa i : And new n. iy 1 ak you, sir, vh th r ah -a 1 1 I b r yo n daughter has any dure- tie a . ..o. p! i h mentsf Papa s arcad i ul 'y , : ", -ir she sometimes knits h r bro-A . Charming young le t --: "Why, Major, you are rut guig sec:,'' Major (who prides hiiii' ! f ' ;i ' ' ''' ' of those tine old-M hool f l'.o'.v . wh- cm ?av a i: cat thing without k:.-wni" ili: "Soon? Madame, it may --;n io..ri to yon ; but it mvtu i to mo 1 have been here a lifetime.'1 "I saw VOU look in;' on fit the tub'.;' gan slide ii the b-nebdl j ark on th-v,e-t .side y',t' rd iy, ' --a: 1 licwn to th" Chinaman win had ju-t brought in hi laundry. "What do ou think of to bogganitiir, John;" "W h i --!! WVkce bakee n.il:-! Kil l the ' hina n:an. 71, f man who m.ib- your kmi'li Mnp And say, "I m lad t" i e t "J," Is very fi is jii.iit , n !ei. Who'il ! di.'y foiv-t y o i. lie Fir-d Hiior. Tho carli-st reb renc; to th v.ung is found in 'i'TieMs x:i: It, wh'-r'j we fad that Joseph, on b' ing immo-ed b for.) the king shaved himv lf. 'I here arj several directions as to . having ir Levittieu-, and th" prar tic is alb; led o in many f-ther parts of 'fip'ure. Egvpt is the only country mention' i ia the Bible wh'-re .shaving w j.r i'.".ic -l. In ah oth'T eo'it.tri'-s su h an a t would hae- been igno'iiinio i. JI ro l-.t n m n tions that the E.-yp'uiii allow ! tlo .r beard to grow w h- u n nruniing. S particu'ar were thev as to ihaving a, other time- that to have r;eg!-' t--d it was a mbj ft of reproach ar.d ridifub, and whenever th'-y ir.t-:;d' d to f.o.nvy the idea of a man of low oniitio:i ar.d slovenly habif the art i-Is r pr r.' d hsui with a beard. I'r.like the I Co ma'. of fi later .a'", th" Il'y d i -,t. -. d.I not confine the .n; :e-re o! 'having to free ci'i. ns, b .t e.b!i. 1 their slaves to shv: l':h ar l a-d head. The prie-ts a! -h.'d the he el. Shaving the le al b.camo yi torri'.rv anions the ibena'ji fib . ,t :;'.' U. C. According to Pliny, ..'. Afri- ar us w as the tlrst lb-man who 'hav.d daily. In I'rar.c 'he ru'.tom of l.av in arose w h . n L eii- XIII, came to the throne you:;g ard bardif-. 'i he A '.:j .""axons wore their beards until, at the f or.qu:-.t, th'-y were compeli' l to follow the example of the NormatiS, who diaved. From the time '. El ward III. to ( harlcs I. beards wcrfj universally worn. In Charles II.' reb'a the rau'-taehe and xhi-kers only were worn, r.r.d oon after this the prac tice of shaving became general through out Europe. The revival of the cu-.torn of wearing the beard dates from the time of the Crimea, 1 bO 1-5 'j. - Penman's Journal n
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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