Published by JIoahoke Publishing Co,
F0R.G0D,'F0R COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTHS''
W. FLKTCnKtt AUSBOW, Editob.
C. V. W. ALKBOif, iJUSIMM MlMCH.
VOL. Ill-
PLYMOUTH. N:Ci FfUDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1891.
NO. 31.
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tlmw the Ca.tm of Was ti lag Oat'i
IV !'! Seir Oaee Pell lut Deeaetade.
Until about the year 1650 all the bar
, bers in France and most other countries
. .
V uxvpe practiced me art oi surgery.
In dark- and dirty shops they shaved and
bled, cut hair and applied cupping glasses,
opened tumors, and performed surgical
operations still more difficutl and danger
aus. " They were despised aa laborers, as
' everyone was despised who made a prac
tical application of his knowledge in th
: form of a trade regularly followed. ;,
As a class they were muck liked by the
. common people, who applied to them foi
all ordinary medical service, but ac
society became more refined, and con
sequently more exacting in respect to
neatness, It became necessary to separata
the care of the hair and beard from the
., treatment of diseases, not only because
the association of the two professions wai
- often repugnant in itself, but there wal
great ranger oi me transmission oi.-0.i3"
ease. Louis XIII first ordered the sep
aration of the two professions, directing
' that the barbers should confine them
; selves to the hair and beard and 'opera- -
- tions incidental thereto, but the shaven
andhaircutters appealing to parliament
th matter JJVnZin..
the matter dragged on for nearly 40 years,
and was not definitely decided Until the
issue of an edict by Louis XIV, in 1673.
As a French writer remarks, this was
none too soon, it being absolutely nece
Wry that there should be a trade'whoai
business it snouia ne to care rortbe gen
.i w.i..'At -uis-- t.
the Parisians, and much more the in-
habitant oMJie, other cities of France,
. had ilmosLJoseth? habit of cleaning
k- fa uj si, ,.
nothing of other parts of the body. In ! . "J90 a branch of organiza
i (Be dark ages it liad not. been quite' so-; 'ti(f f , 1 f f ; '
mm, Micro rviiiHiuiug iu uuui -ifouietiilDg :
of the Roman custom of-Whin. ' wlifoh !
gradually disappeared, owing .to the. op
position of the .monks' and clergy. .; In
ioah .1- . na 1. 1 : i .1 n...:. "
ae men nno u yuuuv uaius iu f alio,
then a small city. V-
They were arranged , for 'eteam or hot
water, a person being able, to take one oi
both kinds as he desired. They were ex
pensive for the" period, a complete bath
-costing four' francs; which restricted
their use to persons in easy circumstances.
They were not opened till daylight, the
' streets not beinor safe hefm-a rlinr.- hnnr
lfk prWent promiscuity it was mlereJ
that the men should go in the morning
4and the women in the evening, but the
,'ruje does not seem to have been verf Well
t)lerved, since in the course of time they
' acquired a very bad reputation and fell
into disuse, v.
f t'Cx
t ,When they were heated in the morning
the fact was announced after themannet
of the period by criers who made ' the
-r 'ound of the, city. ; Bathtubs were com-motf-in
twivate houses at the mm nnrh
, s i .
made usually in the form of a half hogs
S!2TJSL2f 1 'J?..: JTA
being unknown, r Wash basins were also;
; familiar objects. in the palucvs of kinp
:" and in the castles of the nobility. Charlei
V of France had 24 of the latter, all
olid gold, besides others of silver.
. various instances are reiatea or Datni
magnificently arranged offered to kings
if France when subjects happened to en
' tertaln them, to' Louis XI among others,
this Tking including an affectation of neat
' aess in his brief . list jof virtues. There
. were bathtubs at the barbers' shops, used
Indiscriminately, as it would, appear, by
the well and sick, a circumstance . thai
helped to render neatness unpopular, and
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Keep we dwuih iium viniHag wiem. , .
continued for want of patronage, and
those at the barbers' shops feared forsan
' itary reasons, the practice of bathing
common to a certain class in the Dark
- and. the. early part of the Middle Ages
disappeared. . Having ceased to bathe
the person, the hands "and face became .
equally neglected, the application of wa-,
ter once a week being considered suffi
cient among" the nobility, and once a
month, or not at all, among the common
ICVjJs7e
-' . In 1640 a book called "The Laws of
' Gallantry" appeared in Paris, suggesting
. among other things that it would be
well to go once in a while to the baths,
. and to . wash the hands at least once a
day." The face,. it is added, should be
washed almost as often. When society
had arrived at such a degree of. refine-
ment tM- it aeemedrdesSie to wash
Ida foe ilmnni: nr i!gilt twtcran ty
- see that it was not a very sensible thing
to be shaved or have the hair dressed by
one who performed common acts of sur-'
8PtJ sr
So the barber's duties became a trade
apart and the surgeon's duties a nobjei
profession. , For generations after it be
came a tort of habit to wash the hande
and face, water fwas rather toler
ated than lovedand was used sparingly.
Most people confined themselves to the
; use for the morning toilet of perfumed
' alcohol, applied to the face with a cot
ton ball or sponge. Louis XIV lived
among an elegance and magnificence
such as no . king before him and none
since had known. .
He bathed often, changed wigs several
times a day, had relays of barbers for
his wigs baths, and beard, and yet suf
fered from diseases caused by neglecting
some of the- most elementary laws ot
neatness, and "shared his superb royal
couch with fleas and even more disgust
ing parasites. Throughout the Middle
Ages and down to a date not long pre
ceding the rrencn revolution neatness
Wits supposed to be a virtue appealing
only to the eyes.
.... If the principal garments and shoe
were reasonably clean, one did not
trouble himself greatly about what thej
might conceal. A manual of politeness
puoiisiied in the 17th century says one
should keep the head, teethe eyes, and
. hands clean, and the feet sufficiently so
nottoMoire malaucosur a ceuz avee
nous conversons. V The. Parisians, who
preferred cold baths 100 years ago, or at
the commencement of this century, took
them in the Seine without paying serious
attention tottiose who were passing along
the quays. The Paris of to-day is more
scrupulous, but, as swimming baths are
numerous, one observes the proprieties
without being incommoded. San Fran'
Cisco Chronicle.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The mission for lepers in India has es
tablished a new center of their own in
Neyoor, Travancore, South India. ;
The mission house of the. Baptist mis
sion at Irebu, on the Congo, has been de
stroy ed by fire, entailing a loss of over
$1,000. .
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officere. m voluntary officers,
The Salvation Army has 9,849 regular
80
training homes, with 400 cadets and 2,-,
804 corps, 4 -.. , - .
Asia, the cradle of the human race,
has 102 Young Men's Christian Associa-
'k tions. "Darkest Africa" haa 13, and
:,' Oceanics, comprising the Island of the
t sea, nas in. ,.r c i
Tarsus, the place toward which Jonah
wf travehn when he had that unfortu-
9 5,?.: haf
. flourishing Y. M. C A:, and' Jerusalem
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Konc into effect, which provides that
employees of railways, steambeat com
panies,: and other agencies flt "transport
chartered by" the government or carried
on under its directions, shall have 52 days
of rest in the year, of which at least 1?
shall coincide with' Sunday. ' The same
law forbids freight traffic on Sunday. ;
v There has been' little mission work ac
complished in Patagonia, but the Roman
Catholics have a mission center 'at
Viedma, in the southern part of the
country; They. have. 12 colleges with
5,000 students, and an industrial school
with 80 apprentices of carpenters, black
smiths, bootmakers, tinkers, and tailors.
They , have also a ; dispe'&sary .and the
only hospital in the territory. ' r
The mission of the Methodist Episco
pal Church in the state of Rio Grande do
ul, Brazil, is finding special opportuni
ties for work among the immigrants that
come pouring in in hundreds. ' While
the work at the capital is conducted in
Portuguese, that- of . the colonies 4s in
Italian and is under the care of a native,
of Italy. In two of these colonies there
churchee, .which .have
secured ground, cut timber, and obtained
material for chapels, ' '
LITTLE
PEOPLE.'
Little girl at the! circus when the lions
,. came in ; "Are they wild yet, or havoH
; they been converted ?".,;
.'".-A Wise Lad. "Johnny, do you know
your alphabet?" r?Yea.'" "What letter
comes after ' B ?" : "Oh, lots of - 'ein.
"? Twenty-four altogether." (Harper's
Young; People. . ' ; '....
! ; Aunt Isabel Grade, those crusts aro
'"jsot hard; if I were you I'd eat them.
" North Side Two-year-old (pushing them
under the edge of her pIate)-No, auntie ;
- if you was me you wouldn't eat 'em, but
if I was you I would. Chicago Tribune.
V Five-year-old Rosamond, whose father
- is very , clever at making charades, was
seated at dinner one day when several
guests were present They were all giv
ing conundrums, when -tho little girl
quietly said, " Papa, I have one. ? " Well
toy child, what is it?" "Why is the
bark of a tree like a dead kitten ? " -The
answer, "Because it can't mew," was
. greeted with roars of laughter.
What Bessie Gave. "The governess
was awful cross to-aay, tne cnuuren
said in the evening. "Well, mamma,
maybe we were bad ; but we soon paci
fied her. I gave her a big, rosy apple;
V? n ltAHew vino ITwkl
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5?.
mamma asked 'of the youngest. "I?"
stammered the youngest "I I gave
her the the elipl"
A Rockland, Maine, boy had long
teased and prayed for a bicycle. One
night his father brought home a tricycle
and the mother suggested to the lad that
he pray real hard that night for the
"bike." Next morning he found the tri
cycle by his bedside. But that boy was
an expert Turning to the little chair
which to him represented the throne of
grace, he exclaimed: "Look here, God,
do you call that thing a bicycle I" .
Whoa. A little Indian boy who attends
school at Oldtown, Maine, takes au in
telligent interest in hi lessons, and does
not simply learn them by rote. The
teacher had been giving instruction in
punctuation, and closed by saying em
phatically: "Now, when you tome to a
period, you musti stop." A little black
eyed girl then got up to read, and went
on in a" reckless manner, pay inguo atten
tion to the periods, whereupon the bright
little Indian boy poked her in the bMc,
and called out lustily : " Whoa. "
Youth's Companion.
PATERNAL LOVE.
Old Homestead. ' " - r
Our first and best love is the love that
greets us at the first awakening ef oar eyes,
a love to true and unselfish, so constant,
that it is the richest blessing that the Almi
ghty bas bestowed upon lives, and one of
its best qualities is that it is ever mutual,
for who could resist its noble influence f
And yet with all its parity it still is subject
to that old adage "that the course 'of true
love never did run smooth." When in 'our
infancy and earliest childhood we cling .to
that tore, only too happy if by our obedl.
enoe and strongest tffort we can please oar
dear parents ; bat as we' grow older and
oar character forms we are apt to act ap to
the promptings of , oar own, consciences,
our own judgment. Then here . arises the
first stumbling blocks that ruffle the coarse
of oar love,' It is not that the love has
grown leas it is aflU the same faithful love
bat it is one of the ills that flesh is heir
to, for what parents would be glad to pos.
sees a ohild who had no character, no judg
ment of it own, but wm mevely a figure
head, to be led wherever chance might lead
it, and when the last momenta arrived with
What peace of mind could a parent leave
such a child to battle alone with the world?
With what patience and untiring efforts
should we endeavor to make that difference
as small as possible, and strive to make up
lor it with every attention and consider,
tion. for were odr opportunity to; extend
from the first awakening to oar last sleep
wa could not repay oar debt to our parents.
And here arises one of the saddest subjects
one that reflects the least, credit upon
human nature. If Is tha' mnohly-diftousied
subject of parente-by-law. " In the fl'St
plaoe, if ne love our pareutshow, could we
mistreat the parents of the companion of
oar selection, for, according the golden rale
how could we do onto another as we would
little like to be done by ? ; . ;
Then, a&iu, there U a deeper, purer view
that osn be taken of this most distressing
subject.' 1 think that treating parente : by
law without patience and consideration not
only reflects npon the love which we pos.
sees for our own parents, but also npon the
inv hf-m.rn towards the companion of
oar selection, ior were it not for the pati
ence with which they nurtured their child
we eould not have what God considered his
choice gift to Adam. For mere gratitude's
rsake this unkind feeling should be expelled
from the hearts of men. We i should be
Tery considerate towaide aged people. Re.
member thtir years ; their days of enjoy
ment are over, their hearts are very sensi.
tive, and an unknown future seems to
stretch before Ihem, Their eyes are dim
and their feet are weary, so.. whether . they
are your own loving parente ortoUl strang
ers, remember the veneration due to their
yeare and to their experience.
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Good, healthy location, -Advertise
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Patronise its merchants, .
Good eonntry tributary,
. Elect good men to office,
H e 1 p all public enterprises,
Honest competition in .all prices,
Faith exhibited by good works,
Make the atmosphere unhealthy for croak
ers, loafers and dead beats. Let your ojeect
always be the welfare, growth, promotion
and prosperity of your own town.; Speak
well of all its public spirited, enterprising
and liberal, citizens, aud.be .one joarseif.
TUB TREASURY IN
QUARTERS- -
CLOSE
Newi and Observer. , V .
We have beretofere directed attention to
some of 'the peculiar metnodc of bookkeep
ing employed by the Treasury , Department
at Washington, but a Washington eorre.
spondetft of a leading commercial daily, of
New York has been recently investigating
this subject, and on the 22 ultimo tele
graphed to hi' pap that . "the steady
shrinkage of the net cash balance eaanot
continue much longer without compelling
Secretary. Foster' to draw, upeft , bis gold
reserve to meet current obligations." t
.The Chicago Herald takes this telegram
for a text, and enlarges upon jt in this
way;-' ' ,r. ' .!"...
fpr months past it has not. required
muoh stndv of the monthlv Itatements of
receipts and expenditures to find out that
there must be a shrinkage of the net cash,
but there seems to have ' been a deliberate
purpose on the part, not only of Republi
can party. organs' bat even of financial
journals which prof ess to be noa partisan,
to conceal the true state of the case. The
abandonment of the attempt at conceal
ment by one of the latter just before the
anaembliag of Congress may signify that
the secretary means to make a clean breast
of it in his ' annual report, either because
he has exhausted the artifices by which he
has contrived te make a fair allowing, or
because be wishes to bring the Democratic
beuse face to face with the prospect of a
deficit and the necessity lor either Increas
ing the revenue or authorising aa increase
of the public debt. '
" The correspondent referred to says that
the Treasury is getting into closer and
closer quartere "in spite of the most care
ful management and the adoption of every
resource , to increase the available cash'
One of these 'resources" was the change
in the forms of Treasury statements and
the entire aapression of the monthly state
ment of asset ts and liabilities, so as to swell
the apparent total of available cah and to
keep the .items from, public scrutiny.
Another resource was the coinage of trade
dollar bullion into "standard": dollars. Still
another was to reooin fractional silver and
get as much of it into circulation as pos
sible while : retaining fall legal tender
money in the Treasury. These and" per
baps some other resources have been pretty
much exhausted it seems, and now the
danger of a deficit must be admitted. .
The correspondent says that the monthlv
demani for 110,000,000 for pensions' (the
appropriation calls for an avenge . of more
man f ii,ooo,oooj is getting to be a heavier
load tnan the .Treasury ca carry. Only
about $8,500,000 had been drawn on this
account up to the 22d, and yet the net
Cash balance was $4,000,000 lesa than at
the beginning of the month. He farther
says that the receipts from customs are
discohriugly smail, and bid fth to be less
this month than in any previous month
about $13,200,000 against an . average of
$14,700 000 for the four months ending
Oct. 31. "1 he receipts thus far would in
dicate a total of about $170,000,000 for the
year, er about $19,000,000 less than the
department estimates. ."j " - '
It ie true that the secretary 'can borrow
if necessary o maintain an adequate re
serve against greenbacks and Other , gold
obligations, and nnder pretense of borrow
ing for thiv purpose, he can borrow to meet
Current expenses. But ' the administration
will hardly be willing to do this on the eve
of a national campaign. It would greatly
prefer to have the Demooratio Hone incur
the. odium of increasing the taxes during
the approaching session, ,'
WEIGHT AND YIELD OF EOGS.
Fanciers' Journal. . .'.' "' ' -Geese,
four to the pound, twenty ' per
annum.
Bantams, sixteen to the pound, sixty per
annum. -
Houdans, eight to the 'pound, fifty per
aiinura. T"" - -.
Guinf as, eleven to the pound, sixty per
annum. " ,v-"
Turkeys, five to the pound, thirty to sixty
per annum.'
Ducks, five to six cer pound, a thirty to
sixty per annum. .r-
- Polish, nine to the pound, 150 per an
num. ' : - . .
Plymouth Rooks, eight to the pound, 100
per annum. . -v .
Dark Brahma, eight to the pound, And
about. seventy per annum ..,., ;
: La Fieche, seven to the pound, 130 per
annum. . ' -.
. Crevecoears, seven to the pound, . 160 per
annum. . .. y , . .
Hamborgs, nine to the pound, 150, per
annum. , . . -. . .. .. "
Game fowls, nine to the pound, 130 per
annum. ..- . , '.
' Dominiques, nine to the pound, 130 per
annum. ' .j . .
Black Spanish, seven to the pound, ISO
per annum.
Leghorns, nine to the pound, 160 to 200
per aunnnkv ,. , -' , . . . V
Black, white and buff Cochias, eight to
the pound, lOO or less per annum, ,
The eggs Of the modern improved breeds
offowle.bave gaiued one-third- in weight,
as compared with eggs formally lud.
, Light Brahmas and partridgi Cochins'
eggs. sven to the pouud, .They lay eighty
to 100 per annum, or even more, according
to the treatment and keeping. . '
GAME IN NORTH CAROLINA
J , SOUNDS. .
Newbera Joaraal.- ' -.-V
Haps and Mishaps, a New York periodi
cal, publishes the following allusion to
Northern hunters in this region :
v fk this season of the year many of our
basinets men' turn their attention to out
door sport,, and many' find the greatest
sport ' with tneir 'lowuug -pieces a iaeir
companions.. A. famous retreat for sports
men is fonnd on the-Islands, bays and
sounds of ; North Carolina. These bays
and sounds at this season , of the year
abound with Wild game. "Tbiels Undoubt
edly due to the large quantities of wild
celery that grow im -the -marsfcM aloug
the shores of the Currituck and Croatan
sOUBds, making grand feeding grounds for
wild fowl of every kii-d. ' ' " :.
'The large number of -gun clubs, com
peted of prominent Northern businea men,
that are seen in the cabins of the Old Do'
minion Steamship Company at this season
of the year, show conclusively the strong
hold this section has upon thoee in search
of rest and recreation ; a reeeat trip South,
through, the baje and - sounds . of North
Carolina, satisfied the Writer. A more de
lightful and inexpensive outing, with comr
plete rest land comlort, could not be had at
any season of the year than trip by wa.
ter from New York to Newbero, Ncrth
Carolina, or Kichmond, Va., by the pOpu
lor Qld 'Oouifciou; route." .
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Peanuts and other produce to
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given special attention. Estimates furnished on build-
ings of any kind
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When in need ol anything in our line or wishing our services, call at oar Undertaken
Establishment on Washington Street.
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Hie "DLD REIJABLE'!.. GarriagB Factory:
H. peal Proprietor.
' Mimivirrrrnnn aw ..
Buggies, Phaelons, ltoad-arts,
at nrices lower than ever.
bargain7 I defy competition
Repairing ot all kinds done, U lve me a call. ; -
GEORGE H.
MANUFACTURER OF-
- S carts, Wagons 'and other Riding Vehicles .
Repairing of all kind done with neatness antt dhatch.
All Work Guaranteed. -
jy 17-tf Adams street, Plymouth, JN. C.
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MOBGAN : L. P. HORNTHAL, '
va. - rljmouth, M. fi.
W. J. Jaczmbt.
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DEALEBS W- : ; ;
Oofilns, Etc.
mA-mrnjima
at short notice. U
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ISTOrders by mail MlieiUd.
Plymouth IT. C. ; .
Farm-carts, Traons sc4k
Men with the cash can cnt a
and will not be undersold:.
BATEMAN,
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snotice. : ,
Hobtk CABeUnA.
. Wuhlnttoa Cemity.
Sttphtn Jtbntton, ; - la toe Baperier Crrt.
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mm Johnston
Tu cerenakni boot dbiubu u, wn auvica in
an ctk entitled kl )ot hit been eeinaeacvd 1
the Superior Court of Wahington conmy, d1br
Miiou for divorce. And the Mid defc.' asi wUl
Iurvneraa uuviva ui., in .tui.vs. ,v mt 'kwmr a .
the next term of the Snperior Court f ckiu Vrvoiiy
to be held on Monday 20ih dj t Octnoer lin, t
the Court Boua of aeid coutity ia Plymouth, n. C.
aad anewer or demur to the comnaafnt ( i a.i n tlo
or the piaintifi will eppl; to theCoori fr t: relief
demanded. in couipiAiut. T. 4. Ua. kima.
9-11-6 t ' . C.efS.0.
K OTIC a.
The firm Of CarrbRtoa & Co., cf Daavii:e
Va , bold urates arlnst tee lor the sora ef
two hundred and fifty c&"art mhkh they
are offering for sale. X hereby notify all
persons not to purttM thete notee as the
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