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RALEIGH, N. C.; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1905.
NO. 33
Enterprise.,
LETTER FROM BILKIN5.
The Major Has Been Afflicted with a
Boll and Mrs. Bilkins Says He Played
the Baby Act Learned to Manage
Bolls, But Ooes Out of the Business.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
I hev bin goin' through my seckond
childhood fer a week. Anyway, Betsy
sez I am the biggest baby she ever
seed, an' I ain't in no fix ter dispute
hit. I can't even make Betsy behave
now by the threatnin' her with the
. law.
The other day I felt a little sore
lump on my neck an' I tole Betsy
erbout hit. She looked at my neck
an sed hit didn't ermount to no thin'.
She sed hit would take a niikerskopc
ter see the bile, fer that wuz the
truble. Betsy wuz jist tryin' ter
make out her eyesite wuz powerful
gude, that wuz awl. The next morn
in' the bile felt sore enuff ter be az
big az a flour barrel, but Betsy sed
hit weren't much bigger than a pin
head. Hit kept gittin' worse awl day
an' I wanted ter send after a dock
ter. Betsy 'lowed that I didn't need
any docktor; that she could cure
every bile that ever cum down the
road. Then she got ter tellin' erbout
biles that her daddy had years ergo,
an' two or three her mother had, an'
her brother Jim an her sister Mag
an' several ov the nabors. I tole her
that none ov them wuz an up-ter-datc
"bile like mine, air like az' not the
simple little remedies that cured
them wouldn't be a starter fer my
bile. Sich things air awlways wurse
when they attack a prominent siti
zen. Betsy got busy an' sed she would
make a poultis ov honey an' flour an'
put it on an' my neck would be well
in two days. I hadn't fergot er
bout how she cured me ov the ruma
tiz by gettin' the bees ter sting me,
so when she got ter talkin' erbout
honey I got both eyes open. But
she sed bee stings were not gude fer
biles. She mixed up the honey an'
flour an' got some rags ready an' I
tried ter nerve myself fer the oper
ashun. She bathed my neck in warm
x water ter take out the fever an' then
put on the poultis. It 'didn't hurt
much at first, but purty soon rav bile
got ter thumpin' an' throbbin' like a
mule kickin'. Betsy sed that wuz a
sure sign that the poultis wuz draw
in' awl rite an' fer me ter keep quiet
an' be pashunt. I tole her that Job
couldn't hold a lite ter me fer pa
shunce, but Job nor nobody else could
keep quiet when eny thing like that
wuz goin' on. Betsy she got ter lat
fin' an' laffed till her sides shook.
"I'll isshue an' injunckshun it you
don't quit laffin' at me, an' if that
don't stop it, I'll isshue a writ ov
habvus coruptus." That sorter sob
ered. Betsy, an' she cum ter her
senses."
I survived the honey an' flour poul
tis till after supper an' my bile kept
gettin' wurse. I tole Betsy hit must
cum off instanta, which, in Inglish,
means rite now. She sed she'd take
it off an' she'd bet my neck wuz lots
better. When she begun ter take the
plaster off it wuz stuck ter. my neck
an' hit took a lot ov pullin' an' tug
gin' ter git hit off. I thought erbout
half ov my neck cum off with the
noultis and that the bile had been
pulled off by the roots. But Betsy
sed she never wuz more gentle in her
, life. After holdin' a post mortum,
Betsy sed that the bile wuz lots better
an' that hit would cum ter a head
in another day or so. She put a new
poultis on hit an' I went ter bed. I
dreamed that nite that I wuz cut up
into plasterin' laths in a saw-mill.
The next day Betsy made another
investigashun an' sed the bile wuz
doin' fine. I tole her the remedy win
too slow an' would kill me quicker
than a bile. She sed she could put a
slice of fat bacon on hit an' hurry hit
up a little. "Put hit on," sez I, "an'
let her rip. Enythin' tcre git through
this truble."
She put on the meat poultis an' the
fun begun rite then. Talk erbout
things hurtin'! Job never hed eny
experience like that. Hit ripped an'
hit rayed, an' hit tore. Betsy tried
ter pacify me, but I refused ter be
cumferted. But that slice ov bacon
tuck the kinks out ov that bile. I
am now an expert in the bile busi
ness. But az soon az I learned the
bile business I wanted ter git out ov
hit, and stay out.
Yours truly,
ZEIvE BILKINS.
GOOD ADVICE.
WAR IN RUSSIA.
Battle Between Soldiers and Sailors
at! Sebastopol Yesterday Cruisers
Sunk.
There was a genuine battle at
Sebastopol, Russia, - yesterday, be
tween mutinous soldiers and- sailors,
and the soldiers and sailors loyal to
the Czar, the government forces win
ning. ;'' :-"''-
Three Russian cruisers, in control
of the mutinous sailors, were sunk
by the land batteries and loyal war
ships in the harbor. Guns were sil
enced in the fort, held by mutinous
soldiers and the fort was captured.
Much damage was done to the city,
which was held by mutineers.
These soldiers and sailors were
making a fight for liberty along with
the masses of Russia, and had gone
so far as to formally desert the flag,
or rather enter into a mutiny.
A Japanese Boy's Name.
Every American child can answer
the question, "What is your name?''
without hesitation, but the Japanese
boy must think a little to make sure,
for at various periods of his life he
has different names, , .
He receives his first when he is just
a month old. Then three different
names are written on three slips of
paper and thrown into the air in the
temple while prayers are addressed to
the family god. That which falls
first to the ground bears the name
the child is called by till he is three
years old; then he receives a new
name.
At fifteen the Japanese boy re
ceives a new name in honor of his
coming of age. His name is changed
on the occasion of his marriage, and
on any advance in his position.
Even mortal illness does not end this
confusing state of affairs, for when
death comes a new name is given him
by which presumably he is known in
the spirit-world.
lie hath made everything beautiful
iri his time; also He hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man
can find out the work that God
maketh from the beginning to the
end. Eccl. 3:2.
Do Not Let Your Discontent Kill This
New Life Before It is Born.
"Ten years ago, when the late
John Sherman was Secretary of
State," says Success, "a young man,
the son of one of Sherman's school
mates, wrote to him for assistance.
"He said that he had fallen so low
in life that there was no place for
him but the gutter; that existence
had become a burden, and that he
wanted to die. To-day this same
young man is a prosperous merchant
of New York City. He told Success
that his position is due to the advice
given to him by John Sherman in an
swer to his letter. Mr. Sherman
wrote as' follows
" 'You say that your life has been
n failure.' and that vou are thirty
years old and ready to die. You say
that you cannot find work, and you
see no hope in life. You say that
your friends do not care to speak to
you now.
'"Let me tell you that you have
reached that point in life when a man
must see the very best prospects for
his future career. You, at thirty,
stand on the bridge that divides
youth and manhood. The one is dy
ing, perhaps, but the other will soon
burst, young and hopeful, from the
ashes, and you will find in yourself a
new being -a man. Do not let your
d iscontent kill this new life before
it is bom.
" 'Unless you are physically de
formed, go to work. Go to work at
any honest work, if it brings you only
a dollar a day. Then learn to live
within that dollar. Pay no more
than ten cents for a meal, and twenty
cents for a bed, and save as much
as you can, and with the same ten
sity as you would save your mother's
life. Make the most of your appear
ance. Do not dress gaudily, but
cleanly. Abandon liquor as you
would abandon a pestilence, for li
ouor is the curse that wrecks more
lives than all the horrors of the world
combined.
" 'If you are a man of brains, as
your letter leads me to believe you
are, wait until you arc in a condition
to seek your ideal, and then seek it
with courage and tenacity. It may
take time to reach it; it may take
years; but you will surely reach it
you will turn from the workingman
into the business man or the profes
sional man with so much ease that
you will marvel at it. No ship ever
reached its port by sailing for a halt
dozen other ports at the same time.
"'Be contented, for without con
tentment there is no love or friend
ehin. and without those blessings life
is indeed a hopeless case. Learn to
love your books, for there are pleas
ure, instruction and friendship in
books. Go to church, for church helps
to ease the pains of life. But never
bo a hvnocrite: if vou cannot believe
in God, believe in your honor. Lis
ten to music wherever you can, tor
music charms the mind and fills a
man with lofty ideas.
" 'Cheer im Never want to die
Whv. I am twice vour acre and over,
and I do not want to die. Get out
into the world. Work, eat, sleep, read
and talk about the great events of
the day, even if you are forced to go
amoncr laborers. Take the first hon
est work you get, and then be steady,
patient, industrious, saving, kind,
gentle, polite, studious, temperate,
ambitions, gentle, loving, honest,
courageous and contented.
" 'Be all of these, and when thirty
years more have passed away, just
notice how young and beautiful the
world is, and how young and happy
you are..
Names of Fabrics.
Muslin is named for Mosul, in
Asia.'
Serge comes xerga, the Spanish for
a certain sort of blanket.
Bandanna is derived from an In
dian word signifying to bind or tie.
Calico is named for Calicut, a
town of India, where it was first
printed.
Alapaca is the name of a species
of llama from whose wool the genu
ine fabric is woven.
The name "damask" is an abbrevi
ation of Damascus ; satin is a cor
ruption of Zaytown, in China.
Velvet is the Italian "vellute,"
woolly, and is traceable farther back
to the Latin vellus, a hide or pelt.
Shawl is from the Sanskirt sala.
which means floor, shawls having
been first used as a carpet tapestry.
Cambric comes from Cambral ;
gauze, from Gaza; baize from Ba
jac; dimity, from Damietta, and
jeans, from Jean.
Blanket bears the names of Thos.
Blanket, a famous English clothier
who aided the introduction of wool
ens into England in the fourteenth
century. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Picnics.
Almost any boy or girl can tell you
what a picnic is like, but I wonder
how many know why it is so called,
or that the custom is said to date
only from 1872, not a hundred years
ago.
Then, as now, when such an enter
tainment was being arranged for. it
was customary that those who in
tended to be present should supply
the eatables and drinkables. Origin
ally the plan was to draw up a list of
what was necessary, which is an ex
cellent one to follow, for often, when
there has been no previous agree
ment, it is discovered when too late,
that there is too much of one kind
of food and not enough of another.
The list was passed round, and
each person picked out the article of
food or drink he or she was willing to
furnish, and the name of the article
was then nicked off the list. So it
was from these two words, picked
and nicked, that this form of out-of-door
entertainment firs t became
known as a "pick and nick," and then
a picnic, the old-fashioned name
for the basket parties of to-day
Harper's Young People.
No wreck of friendship can de
stroy its high ideals or take from
him who was true in it the gain to
his own soul of unselfishly striving
to be a friend. II. Clay Trumbell.
Speak the truth; let it fall upon
the hearts of men with all imparted
energy by which the Spirit gives it
power, but speak the truth in love.
Rev. William M. Punshon.
Holiness is not a rapturous tri
umph away up somewhere in vague
heights of glory, steadfast and splen
did like a sun. It is just a poor
heart that makes room for Jesus.