Paradise Messenger. (Paradise, Tex.), No. 291, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 27, 1890 Page: 3 of 8
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THE BABY’S BEAD. -
"am only a bit of amber
That dazzles the baby’s eyes; 5
But the light in my innermost chamber
Is the light of the pristine skies.
For ages ago and ages.
When, far in the upper air,
Vast firs, like old archimages,
Shed incense everywhere,
And, all in the wide gray weather.
Which wrapped the whole round world.
Solemnly waved together
As the thick warm vapors curled,
in the sunshine’s sudden bursting
1 oozed from a topmost bow,
And 1 drank that splendor thirsting-
There is no such sunshine now!
And the wings that came round me flashing-
None like them are fluttering here-
I caught in my heavy plashing
And sealed in my shining sphere.
Oh, life that was wild and glorious
When the elements wrought for man,
And waved over fire victorious.
1
Shaped the earth to her ancient plant
Then the tides, in the great world changes.
Rose in their mighty turn.
Rolled over the fir tree's ranges
And the plume of the giant fern.
And ages had passed and ages,
When the winds scooped the deep sea floor,
And the seas in their storm blown rages
Tossed me to light once more.
And now. half a jest it may be,
Half a charm, you hang in your mirth
Roung the throat of the new born baby,
The oldest thing on earth!
—Harriet Prescott Spofford in St. Nicholas.
Hereditary Taints.
One result of the labors of physiolo-
gists has been the clearing of the mental
vision, and the gradual comprehension
of the great, pervasive and potential fact
of “heredity.” “The sins of the fathers
shall be visited upon the children,” said
Moses more than 3,000 years ago. Proba-
bly he comprehended in buta very small
measure the significance of his own
utterance. Not only do parents transmit
to children their mental peculiarities,
their moral tendencies, the features of
the face, the stoop of the shoulders and
the trick of the gait, but they pass on to
them their blood, their brain, their
glands, their very soul and life. We do
not mean to say that heredity is a tyrant
from which there is no escape, and that and the squeals which form .... ______.
as is the parent in constitution and con- paniment to the fight for a footing upon
duct, so also must be the children to the
an accom.
the brick attracts more rats to the scene
remotest generation, of the tragedy. The conflict waxes more
If that were one of the discoveries of and more furious as rat after rat topples
physiology, small thanks would be due into the water, and by morning be-
to the science from overburdened man, draggled corpses in plenty will gladden
But it is not so. The parent himself, as the eyes of the man whose losses at the
is well known, can modify and make teeth of rats have induced him to adopt
worse or better both his constitution and this means of thinning their numbers,
his character. Similarly, the child's Some years ago the plan described above
constitution and character may be was tried in a city warehouse, with the
changed, until, by the operation of the result that more than three thousand
law of heredity itself, a not very remote rats were destroyed in a single night.
descendant may be the antipodes of his -----------------
early progenitors. The discovery of anCurious Notices..,
existing inherited taint of disease or of One must not look to guide boards
vice in a child is not a cause for regret, for exemplary grammar even in the
but for thankfulness. The disease taint United States. It is not necessary to ,-------,..... ...,..........
itself is, of course, to be deplored, and go farfrom Boston to read: All tres- adelphia people ever looked upon stood - - ,
so is the inherited vice; but its early dis- passing, on these grounds is strictly at the corner of Ninth and Walnut streets be used in a ship of the class we have
covery is tobe hailed with gratitude as business." In fact, the makers of
pointing out lines of physical and moral such signs are rather given to combill-
treatment which may lead to the prac- ing amusement with warning,
tical enfeeblement of the taint or even the railway carriages running be-
tween Calais and Paris there used to be
a peculiar device for summoning the
guard or conductor. 2 1 -____”
glass window in the wall of each com-
a cigar, good or bad, had a box in his partment dangled a ring fastened to
library which was bad, and his daughter the end of a cord. Below, in French,
quietly threw them away. That even- German and English, was a notice, the
ing a distinguished judge called, and the English version of which read as fol-
M. C. during the evening asked him to lows:
smoke, and went for Ids cigars. They “Should at any time the presence of
were gone, of course, and the judge made the guard be deemed necessary, the
good the loss by getting a couple out of passenger will please break the glass,
his own pocket, and the two friends set- pull the cord, and agitate his right
tied down tor a smoke. In the midst of arm °,ut the window according as the
it the daughter came in, train is going.” .
Whew!” she said, supposing her father . Here is another notice which is de-
had laid in a new stock. "Whew!" signed to put travelers on their guard
“What is it?” asked the M. C. against unauthorized guides to Mount
"Smoking those cabliage leaves again, Xesurins, and isis towohr
They re awful, papa: simply tominalt-e complaint "" 5
By that time the judge began to wonder by the company are only rod who
what he was getting, the N. C. went into have a number of recognition at the
a laughing fit and the girl concluded she bonnet and an inscription, Guida del
had made a mistake and flew. Later the Vesuvia. Travelers are earnestly re-
M. C. explained to the judge, and all was quested to remember that number of
forgiven.—Washington Critic. recognition to the guide who escort
them, and to declare it if they have
any complaint to do; differently the
company will be in the impossibility
to pursue such reclamation.”
to its eradication.—London Hospital.
Her Father’s Poor Cigars.
A well known congressman, who loves
Investigations of fire ruins show that
porous terra cotta bricks and blocks best
resist fire, water and frost; next to these
in the order of fire resisting qualities be-
ing the various concretes, or some of
them, and burned clay work. In the
best building work now done the iron Hazeed at dinner) Papa, dear, you
part is incased in porous terra cotta, tile oughtn t to eat pastry with your knife,
or brick work in roof, floor and tile con- If any of my city friends should be din-
struction; the hollow tiles are faced with ing with me they would think you were
any good weather not quite au fait.
Papa Hazeed—I don't care whether
5 brick. Incased in fire proof materials, they think I m off A or nigh A, or gee
iron and steel framework is claimed to haw buck A; when I eat pie I in going
give the best results.-Chicago Tribune, to eat it my way, auJ don't you forget
• ______________ it.—Chatter.
vitreous tile, slate, or
proof coating, or with a single thickness
A Sure Recipe.
Professor Pasteur—Oui, I must admit it.
My plan for killing Australian rabbits by
inoculating them with cholera of chicken haa
failed.
American—I’ll tell you what to de. Just
F convince the rabbits that they will have hy-
“Yes. I was paid $25 for correcting
drophobia unless they can get to you for the proof sheets." Harper’s
treatment and they will die fast enough. — me P Harpers
RAT EXTERMINATION.
A Simple Method for Destroying Large
Colonies of the Rodents.
The best course to take, when the ex-
termination of a colony of rats becomes
a necessity, is to make them help to de-
stroy one another in the following man-
ner:A number of tubs, proportionate to
the quantity of rats in the place which
it is desired to rid of them, should be
placed about, the middle of each occu-
pied by a brick standing on end. The
bottom of these tubs should be covered
with water to such a depth that about
an inch of the brick projects above it.
The top of the tub should be covered
with stout brown paper, upon which a
dainty meal of bacon rind and othor
scraps dear to the rat palate figures—a
sloping board giving the rodents facili-
ties for partaking of it. The feast
should be renewed for several nights, so
that all the rats in the neighbourhood
may get to know of the good food which
is placed within such easy reach. When
it is judged that this policy has been
pursued long enough, the center of the
brown paper should be cut in such a
manner that any rat venturing upon it
will be precipitated into the cold water.
It might be thought that the result of
this would be to capture a rat, or at the
most two, for every tub prepared: but
no such meager reward for the trouble
that has been taken need be feared.
The first rat to find his trust abused
and himself struggling in the water at
the bottom of a tub soon recovers suf-
ficently from the shock to ascertain that
there is a little island of refuge, on to
which he clambers and squeals his loud-
est for help. Now, the squeal of a rat
in trouble attracts every one of his kind
within hearing, and very few moments
will elapse before the victim of mis-
placed confidence is joined by one of his
friends. The new-comer is as quick to
discover the chance of escape from a
watery grave that the brick offers as
was the original victim, but when he
attempts to avail himself of its presence
it becomes apparent that there is not
room for more than one upon it. The
first corner resists with tooth and nail
the efforts of his companion in trouble
to dispossess him of his coign of vantage.
Not “Well Instructed” in French.
City Daughter (entertaining Father
Ah, Vest
“I see no good in his books."
“I read them with considerable profit
to myself."
“You did?"
SOME OLD FASHIONED STOCKS.
Millionaire Jay Gould Tells About Some
of Their Uses Near New York.
It was not till 1796 or 1797 that a
church was erected in Harpersfield. It
was built from contributions made by
the inhabitants, each one furnishing ma-
terial of some kind, such as hewn timber,
boards, shingles, etc., being so very poor
at the time that few could furnish any
money. The same year a place was built which the Americans had slightly laid
called stocks, and a whipping post pre- over their persistent competitors, one
pared by Isaac Pierce for the purpose of of the Dutchmen, who had succeeded
inflicting punishment on any who had in crossing the mainroyal yard a few
been charged with crime and found seconds astern of the time made by
guilty of the same by a jury. A good the Nipsic, gave a loud shout, which
deal of curiosity was exhibited, espe- drew the attention of every ship in the
cially among the fair sex, to get a harbor, and shinning up the long pole
glimpse of the ordeal, and after they to the truck, which is a circular piece
were completed Alexander Harper, who
was fond of an innocent joke, invited
his wife to accompany him and examine
the stocks, which were so arranged that
by placing the criminal's foot in and
making it fast he could not escape. He
therefore requested his wife to put her
foot in, telling her that "that fool of a
Pierce had made them, and they would
not hold any one.”
She put in her foot and he let down the
block, locked the same fast and walked
off amid the hearty laugh of the specta-
tors and her own earnest entreaties, but
soon returned and released her. It was,
however, regarded as a rich joke for
many years afterward. But one person
was ever whipped at the post, and he
soon left the county. It may be remark-
ed in this place that three whipping
posts were erected in Delaware county
at about the same period—the one al-
ready mentioned, in Harpersfield, one on
the place now owned by ex-Sheriff
Thomas, but then in possession of Silas
Knapp, who kept a grocery there for
several years, and the other near Col.
Dimmick’s in Middletown.
There was but one person whipped, as
I have been able to learn, at either of the
last named whipping posts. This person
was one Turner, a carpenter by trade.
The charge which was brought against
him, and which he finally confessed, was
stealing some fifty pounds of flour be-
longing to Ezra Hait, from Squire Rose’s
mill. After sentence was passed he was
fastened in the stocks, which were con-
structed of heavy plank, hollowed out
above and below sufficiently to contain a
The keel is laid down on blocks four
man’s legs when the planks were shut or five feet apart, which form aslope
together. They were secured by a lock, toward the water so that the hull may
He was left in the stocks for a day, fur- glide down easily when the time for
nishing a good mark for the boys, who launching comes. It is not a keel at
showered him with rotten eggs. The all, in the sense that the word was
formerly used. A modern ship has a
smooth bottom without any projecting
ridge or break to the curve of her
sides; it is simply the central series of
plates, from which an inner keel is
built up like an enormous backbone,
and to this the ribs are attached. The
next day he was taken out and fastened
to the whipping post, when the remainder
of lus sentence, fifty lashes, was inflicted,
when he was allowed to leave the county,
which he was not long in doing.—Jay
Gould’s History of Delaware County.
A Veteran Now a Tramp.
The queerest pair of tramps that Phil-
and begged alius from the passing throng.
Both men supported themselves on angle bars are drawn out of the furnace
crutches. One had only a stump of a into ? perfectly level iron floor, upon
leg and the other mendicant’s right limb which they are bent to the needed
w™ curve, and that which has been a line remedial agent ever at hand. The tiny,
, and ankle. r of ink in the original drawing a long-stemmed bunches of soft cock s
,.222222=8 clothes were desperately shabby, and chalk mark on the noor of the mold feathers, sold for five cents each at
Behind a small they seemed so utterly woe begone that loft and a groove in the surface of the
-- a * the Italian bootblack offered them a ’ and a groove in me surrace or
i Japanese stores, are invaluable for
“scrive board,” is now embodied in the deftly reaching into those provoking
nooks which usually remain unnoticed
dime, which was promptly accepted heavy rib of the ship. The bending
Little else money came their way until is done thus: The metal floor is pu. .. .....
the closing of the matinee at the W alnut forated with thousands of holes, into dust deposit,
street theatre. which iron pegs are inserted until ants’ hands are often deadly weapons;
Presently there came along a tall and they form the curvature required, and but the housekeeper can save her own
well dressed man, who put a silver quar- the long, pliable bar of steel is pressed time and strength by keeping them
within easy reach.
per- until a malicious sunbeam gilds their
Feather dusters in serv-
ter into the palm of the one whose leg against them till it corresponds exactly
was closely shorn off. He had hardly with the line exhibited in the “scrive
made the gift before ho wheeled around board,” which is always in sight of
and looked the recipient of it squarely the workman for guidance and com- He is a very fine player, and in the
in the face. "I ought to know you, my parison. In handling the metal the amateur ranks is said to have few
man,” he said, men use pitchforks, and, with the
“And I know you, colonel,” was the prongs inserted in the holes, they get
answer, purchase enough to make the bar
“Were you not wounded at the battle yield; if it bends upward a hammer is
of Charles City Cross Roads?" used upon it. Each rib has, of course,
“I was shot there, but 1 fought it to be duplicated with the utmost pre-
through and got my serious wound un- cision in order that it shall be the same
der your command on the morning that on both sides of the ship, and each,
Gen T a surrendered.# - afler it has cooled, is laid upon the
"teday W Emimisersary of the snr-
render," said the colonel. He plunged corrected before it is passed. Having
his hand into his pocket and drew out a already been punched for rivets, it is
pile of silver and some paper money, then marked with a chisel to show
Selecting from the lot a $5 note, he where rib bands, stringers and deck
pressed it into the hand of the veteran, beams are to fit into it.—Scribner's
who had turned mendicant, and wended Magazine.
his way up Walnut street.—Philadel- -----------------
phia Inquirer. A young diplomat was at a court
-----------------ball in Russia not long before the
The emperor of Russia has just dec- death of Nicholas. The young man
orated and rewarded a private soldier was dancing, and, it seems, danced
whose fidelity to his duty recalls the badly. Now Nicholas liked to have
stories of the Roman sentinels who things done smartly at his balls, and,
perished in the destruction of Pompeii, walking up to the young man, he said:
When the recent earthquake destroyed “When one does not know how to
a small Russian town in Asia this sol- dance, one does not dance at all.” It
dier was on his duty in the military was a most unusual thing for the great
treasury. Although the houses were autocrat to address a remark to any-
crashing around him this faithful fel- body, and Russian society, crowding
low stood motionless, waiting death, about the young man, asked what the
The only sign that showed that he ap- czar bad said. The young diplomat
preciated his situation was the fact had the wit to reply: “His majesty's
that he raised his hands as soldiers do. most gracious words being intended
in prayer. Fortunately a sergeant in for myself alone. I do not feel at lib-
the street saw him amid the ruins and erty to repeat them." On the strength
instantly ordered him to quit his post, of this he had great success in St. Pe
which he did right willingly. 7 , tersburg.—San Francisco Argonaut.
Couldn’t Ben. the Yankee.
While the United States ship Nipsic
and several men-of-war of different
nations were anchored near each other
in the harbor of Montevideo, the crew
of a Dutch man-of-war which was
moored near Uncle Sam's ship entered
into liveliest competitive drill and did
their utmost to beat the time made by
the American boys in shinning masts
up and down and crossing yards.
After some very determined racing, in
i had slightly laid
of wood about the size of a dinner
plate fixed at the very top of the mast
and used for the purpose of hoisting
the flags, he drew himself up and
stood on his head on the truck, and
twirled his legs around as if to chal-
lenge and deride the possibility of any
seaman daring to rival him in that
line of business, and after maintain-
ing his position for almost a minute he
repeated his yell of defiance and slid
down the royal backstay to the deck,
where he was received by a cheer that
could be heard all over the city of
Montevideo. The rousing cheer had
an instantaneous effect upon the tem-
per of Jack Peterson, the curly head-
ed captain of the Nipsic’s foretop,
who, after declaring that no square
headed Dutchman under the sun could
Fairing a Ship.
get ahead of him, rushed up to the
main truck, and in attempting to
stand on his head, which he had never
before attempted to do, he instantly
overbalanced and fell a distance of 180
feet into the water, accidentally going
in feet first, after the manner of an
expert diver. The somerset and quite hot.—Farm and Fireside,
fall were entirely accidental, and
looked from a distance like a feat of hill near a house, which was doing much
great skill. Jack was at once pulled damage to the lawn, was exterminated
aboard the ship, and before he had 1. —- -
fully recovered his breath he jumped inches apart with
on the rail, and shaking his clenched pouring two or three teaspoonfuls of bi-
fist in the direction of the Hollander,
he shouted at the top of his voice:
“There, you Dutch pea soup guzzling
son of a sea cook, let’s see you beat
that."—San Francisco Examiner.
metal is delivered at the yard in the
shape of angle iron or angle steel, the
latter being the material which would
in mind. Heated to a white heat the
FIRE: FRAGMENTS.
—Salt eate ith nuts aids digestion.
—Milk wh-7 stands too long makes
bitter butter;
—Ivory bls, 1 stirred in ordinary shel-
lac varnish r Ikes a brilliant black var-
nish for iron stoves and fireplaces.
—To clean vinegar bottles and cruets
crushed egg shells in a little water are
as good as shot, besides being healthier
and handier.
— Paint stains that are dry and old
may be removed from cotton or woolen
goods with chloroform. First cover the
spot with olive oil or butter.
—Southern Potato Pudding: One pint
grated raw potatoes, half pound brown
sugar, quarter pound butter, two eggs;
stir constantly while baking; when done
leave in stove long enough to brown a
little.—Old Homestead.
—Celery Salad:— Two bunches of cel-
ery, one tablespoonful salad (or olive)
oil, four tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one
teaspoonful each of salt and pepper.
Lay celery in cold water two hours; cut
into one inch lengths and pour over
dressing made of the other ingredients.
—Detroit Free Press.
—Peeling potatoes, apples and other
vegetables and fruits will discolor the
hands. Borax water is excellent to re-
move stains and heal scratches and
chafes. Put crude borax into a large
bottle and fill with water. When dis-
solved add more to the water until at
last the water can absorb no more, and
particles can be seen at the bottom.
— Breakfast or supper dish: Chop
fine cold potatoes and meat left from
dinner, add one chopped onion, season
with pepper and salt, pour over it a half
cup of good vinegar; put in some heated
butter and lard mixed, gist enough to
well cover the bottom of your skillet,
then cover tightly while cooking. Serve
—Prof. Fernald reports that an ant
by making holes in the hill fifteen
a small stick and
sulphate of carbon into each hole: after
which all the holes were closed up and
the earth pressed down by stepping on it
—A very sensible “household physi-
cian" makes these suggestions for the
benefit of women who are always
“tired": Never eat heartily when “tired
to death." Drink a cup of tea and eat
a cracker or two, or beat up an egg in
half a pint of milk, sweeten and flavor 1
to taste and drink it. This will
strengthen you, and will not make any
demands upon your weary stomach or
digestive organs. And another thing:
Do not rise early in the morning and
trot all over the house doing this and
seeing to that for hours before you eat
any thing.—Good Housekeeping.
—Every room of every house should
contain a neat cloth duster, kept in an
obscure but accessible corner, for the
special use and behoof of the mistress,
says the Domestic Monthly. Her vigi-
lant eye will from time to time detect
gray films on piano keys, lampshade, or
vase handle, no matter how faithful her
deputies. She will do well to have the
The pope lias a weakness for chess.
superiors in the knowledge of gambits
and openings. There is one priest in
Rome who has the especial honor of
being the pope’s adversary over the
board. This priest—Father Giella—has
played chess with Leo Pecci for thirty-
two years past. When Cardinal Pecci
was raised to the papal throne. Father
Giella, who was then in Florence, got an
invitation to proceed to Rome and take
up his quarters in the Vatican. Giella is
hot tempered, and has been known to
look very black indeed at the vicar of
Christ across his chess board. The pope
takes Giella’s temper good naturedly,
and often improves the occasion by a
little homily on the virtues of resigna-
tion and meekness.
—A portly gentleman was seated in
one of the East River ferryboats the other
day trying to light a pipe, says the New
York Times. A street arab of diminutive
rize sat beside him and behind his el-
bow, twisting up his lips gently wafted
soft breezes that effectually extinguish-
ed the matches that the portly gentle-
man continued to light. As match after
match went out, the portly gentleman
got more exasperated and the small boy,
effectually concealed by the large pro-
portions of his neighbor, got happier.
The gentleman looked around at last
and then there was an explosion. But
the small boy was a live small boy, and
he vanished before any wrath could
reach him.
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