Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 210, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1889 Page: 6 of 8
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RHEEA FIBER.
A TEST OF PATIENCE.
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Got any licker in the of the fiber of the rheea plant. qualities
of finish.
work perfectly
1
a little.”—Arkansaw Traveler.
rheea.
it
They had been retted for
were not quite dry.
Wallace holds that they should be
ted for eight days and completely dried.
we ;
of the drivers announced that he was
and Hess aver that it was fully six feet
in commercial quantities and proper
The trials of the competing
quality.
machines are. we believe, now
small to hold these two fishers and a
There were laugh-
grin and stopped.
long and anxiously looking.—London deca is still expecting to see the country tip
Time.'.
A Man of Gentleness.
Editorial in
from the wood.
that rhubarb came from China about 1573,
John Orr Wallace, of Belfast, who has
seen in operation in the Irish Exhibi-
the subject; he has, in fact, not done
much more than touch the fringe of it.
A
But what he is so far able to demon-
What able or
one
it has been settled in Cincinnati that a so-
fluid.”
the other morning.
—Town Topics.
week. you know, and mamma was
We car.
Ethel s Egotism Was Appreciated.
Among the many wonderful sights which
cept herself.—Town Topics.
on
All
the
societies
of
"Colombaphiles
I
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iXM pigeons will be released simultaneously
for the r flight to all parts of France and ths
ontinent.
‘era.
of asc> rtaining the stage at which the
I machine can be used with the best ad-
but difficult to produce the fibers clean
and free from all extraneous adherent
•The revival which has for some time
been going on at this place, shows many
quest, to write it up, is entitled to sit down
at table with the guests, instead of eating a
matter in which the fiber is embedded.
It has been found easy to decorticate
the rheea stems—that is to remove the
dition for textile purposes, constitutes,
in fact, one of the most important in-
dustrial problems of the present day.
For more than thirty years endeavors
t
l
Francoises" have promised to take part in
the affair, and it is calculated that over 40,-
details
gaids
invitation cards was one on which was en
graved "Miss Alice D., at home, Sundays,
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs
days, Fridays and Saturdays.”
The Methodist Church raised last year.
Signor Blitz is a hopeless maniac.
Sixty-five men are training for the Yale
cold biscuit in the back yard.
Among a pile of New York visiting and
Mr.
ret-
common sense.
A writer on the history of vegetables says
its
re-
wo
mechanical separation of the fiber from
lives, anyhow,
house?”
was gone.
Is it not a comment on the manners under notice is, and admittedly imper-
of
as
down several people who had laughed
at Tabbs, kicked old John Millson gen-
as we have already stated, the machine I
A New York coin collector who had his
museum inspected the other day was grati-
in no hurry, anyhow, and therefore t hey ।
both settled down to a contest of endur-
handy, you better let me take another economical manner and in suitable con-
snort uv it. Tain’t the best, but it jolts
years old.
We arrived at our station and left
coins in the collection of 740. They general
ly run about half.
The New York World figures that only
one woman in eight objects to the smoke of
a good cigar, and it predicts that twenty
for a quiet nap—to all appearances. The
driver of the mail wagon took a fresh
‘•No.”
“Say, that fluid you was talkin’ about
has got some licker in it, hain't it?”
“Yes, it contains alcohol."
of the party returned in another boat,
and after leaving Stippe found the de-
serted boat with his moccasinship coil-
i
t
i
• I don’t know.” are sufficient to keep the head clean.
• ‘ Only a cent a pint, and I can get a _
small cabbage for 3 cents.”— Detroit are being organized for the Paris expositi
Free Press. next year is an unprecedented flight of
...________ carrier pigeons from the Champs de Mars.
• ’ up on its side.
A bathingsuit of anything but plain blue
flannel, costing not over $3, will be out of
which eminently recommend it for use
in textile manufactures have rendered
that plant the subject of solicitous at-
tention for many years past. The pro-
over which table the woody substanc
west on it and turned south into Church
street, and he refused to turn out for
a party by re-
the delivery w
.
J-
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each stubbornly refused to do anything
of the kind. A crowd began to collect I
Got Exactly What He Did Not Want.
“I suppose old Farmer Squash took
the hint and gave you something when
he saw you looking at his poultry?’
said the minister.
“’Deed he ded. sah.” replied ‘Lijan.
“He gave me de debble."- judge.
ing patience. The driver of the deliv-
ery wagon leaned up against the side .
of his covered wagon and fixed himself
she cried as she stopped a
I
ed for another purpose, as the
for missions. $1,000,381.24. This year the
call is for $1,900,000 by collections only.
ed right in the boat. The latter was
small one. but it was too
“Wall, as thar ain’t no saloon right duction of the fiber in quanty in an
difficulty in the way of success is the
satisfactory treatment of the gummy
: casion on the box. with his head be-
tween the slats of the fish box. Stippe
the pulpit, ripped a lath from the wall ciety reporter who attends
and larruped Tabbs until he begged for
.■aiming fluid, anyway?”
“It is a preparation to keep dead bod-
ies from decomposing.”
“Success, I reckon.”
A Tolstoi club has been formed in Boston
and for a time Browning must stand un-
used on the shelf. Every author has his
day except those immortal few who are not
for a day but for all time.
Hostess—“I hope you are enicying your
dinner,Mr Fowler!" Guest—“Yes.indeed.
This country air has given me such an ap-
petite that I can eat almost anything."—
Boston Beacon.
stems were those of theca grown at
Kew . they were about 6 feet high, and
lion, is the first full sized one Mr.
Wallace has had constructed, and, ow.
ing to hasty mauufacture, some allow-
ance has to be made in respect of want
machine that will produce the fiber :
and when introduced into England was
called patience.” Turnip leave* were first
eaten as a salad.
assumed an air of perfect contentment.
The horses afiect ionately rubbed noses.
The crowds in the street augmented.
Every passer-by took in the ludicrous
situation at once, put on a good-sized
Mr. Wal-
lace -lutes that he has yet to carry out
saw out through the machine were
quickly done, and the fiber produced
“Hold on a minit. Plenty of time.
Lets talk about this stuff. What is em-
He had a protecting air, as if he were
her only champion and defender. But
he could not have been more than 5 .
out his cheeks in mighty endeavor and
blew a blast so loud that a calf, stand-
ing in an adjoining lot, kicked up his
heels and bawled in doleful refrain.
Then Brother Lucas stepped down from
There are 12,030 posters. This will me an
friend on the $100 per pastoral charge on an average.
| in length, with a fine croppie in its
■ jaws, preventing the serpent from
I withdrawing, as it seemed anxious todo
when Stippe attacked it with the oar.
In its struggle a slat was torn off. and
the snake made a sudden flop and land-
mail wagon knew that his was on the
south or right track going east. and as
a constitutional right he refused to turn
out of the way. The horses’ noses
came together and the driver of each
commanded the other to turn out. and
air you gittin’ along?”
The undertaker sat, staring at Ben,
who. showing no signs of uneasiness,
continued to talk carlessly.
"Ben. do you feel bad?"
“Wall. I have felt better; have felt
Hickory Fork Sentinel-, style on the seashore this summer. Every-
thing is to run to the severely plain and
buy everything we want and have lots
left. Why, what do you think turnips
cost?”
every side.
factured $170,000 000.
Mr. Houston, of Sanford, Fla., has an
the window. He caught sight of us
and with the Instinct of established
courteous habit, his hand went up to
his cap and the cap was lifted. A
bright smile on the bonny face and he
has previously passed to a receiver it |
a crushed and semi-pulverized condi
tion and perfectly free from fiber. The | freshmen crew,
machine, which is of simple construe-
of ninety-nine boys that this little five-
year-old fellow is the “one in a hun-
dred” that we remember-—Wide
Awake.
--—« ♦ I---
Apologizing for Kissing His Wife.
Addie Well. Cora, do you think
marriage is a failure?”
Cora—Of course I do. Haven’t I
been married a year?
Addie—Does your husband love you?
Cora (laughing)—What, after a
wuss. Got a corn that's givin’ me some 1
of guide rollers. The pinning
sides approach. The fibrous material
is drawn downward by the rollers,
which have an intermittent motion,
and at each momentary pause the
pricking pins enter the material and
are rapidly withdrawn from it. By de-
grees this fibrous descending curtain is
delivered on to a sloping receiving
table at the bottom of the machine.
ner. just as he has already done with Geo. Smith. a colored man in Cairo, put a
flax. It is lo be hoped that he will billiard ball in his mouth to show that it
oiauge which measures 14x14’, inches in
circumference and fcighes 19 pounds.
In the trunk of a tree, cut down near
Hanna. Ind , a few days ago, there was
......... a stone jar filled with Spanish coins
worih $300.
An Indiana woman has had no less than
live husbands and is now ready for a sixth,
having becn divorced from her last one a
few days ago.
Talmage doesn't believe in precocious
the car. We waited for the long train
to pass. As the car in which our little
friend was seated came up he was at
in the range of possibility that he may
eventually succeed in accomplishing his
object. One thing is very certain and
that is, that with a machine construct-
it is intended to send to India a machine
specially made for dealing with rheea.
The first point sell led tbit is. the
proper stage at which the machine
shall be used -Mr. Wallace is confident
of being able to produce the fiber frona
Five minutes passed, six, seven, eight,
and there was no indication yet that Pa-
lienee on a monument would not be out-
done. Then a jigger cart that had
been waiting on a turn-table at Broad-
way started down. The driver of the
mail wagon saw it coming, and a great
big grin spread over his face. Mr. De-
liveryman would have to do something
- cither go ahead or turn out.
“Get out of the way, there," yelled
the driver of the car.
Mr. Deli very man was startled. He
jumped and looked back to see what
was the matter. Then a cloud of dis-
gust shot athwart his peaceful face as
he took in the situation. The crowd
cheered the United States mail and
laughed merrily.
“Get out of the way!” shouted the
street car driver again, and reluctantly
the delivery man began pulling to the
left. He wouldn't turn to the right
then for anything.
“I thought you’d turn out,” said the
mail man, boastingly.
“Well, I guess you will, too, won't
you?” And he did, and the contest
ended.—New York Mail and Express.
a series of experiments with the view
mad water moccasion; so Hess jumped
out and swam ashore. Stippe, who
could not swim, jumped on the box.
which sank gradually until he was up
to his neck in the water. Meantime
the motion imparted to the boat by the
jump sent it out of his reach. Hess
went to the camp to change clothing
and forgot all about his companion,
who w. s left on the box, holding to
the stake. Half an hour later others
south track of the surface railroad, and
when about half way up the block met
M. A. Reynold’s delivery wagon, also
no mean ability. His methods are gen-
ing scale they do not appear to have
been introduced into practical use in a |
as regards flax, the
ed up and hugely enjoying the mellow
rays of a November sun. Quite a fight
was necessary, however, and it surren-
dered only when it had been rendered ....
inanimate' by one of the party.—Forest npen, . .
and Stream. ! cementitious matter.
All Can Marry.
Why. Jennie, what do you think?”
government has recently taken up the
matter and has offered prizes of the was fairly free from wood,
value of 6,000. for any process or
with its adhering bark and
succeed in effecting his object. which could be done, but the dentist ha l to remove
will be the means of giving to the lex- soreo his teeth to prove that it was a fool-
! tile industry a fib. r which has been "SA“Coose with her wings tied was sent
pronounced to be the strongest in naloverNjagara Falls the other day and float
lure. and for which the trade has been i cd away alive, and the man who did the
A Jolt ing Drink.
Ben Sarchet, of Allen county, Ken-
tucky, went down to Louisville the other
day and while walking around, discov-
ered an undertaker’s shop, with the
proprietor of which he was well ac-
quainted. He went into the shop, but
finding no one in, sat down to await
the coming of the proprietor.
-Helloa. Ben,” cried the undertaker
upon entering. “I am delighted to see
you. How long have you waited here?”
“Not so mighty long, but long enough
to find out that your licker ain't uv the
best.
“Liquor! Why, I have no liquor.”
“What's that up thar in that bottle,
then?”
•I iracious alive! did you drink any of
that?”
•■Yas, took a moderate snort.”
“Then you are a dead man,” said the
undertaker, endeavoring to be calm.
“How so?”
years They are probably obliged to or
starve.
being vantage to the fiber. For this purpose
mercy. Then Brother Lucas knocked
chew of tobacco, laid his lines over the i -
dash-board, jammed his hands in his ..
trousers pockets, crossed his legs, and
•Why, that is embalming
“Sorter bad, is it?” •
One in a Hundred of Our Boys.
It was not because he was handsome
that I fell in love with him—for the
little fellow was not handsome, as the
phrase goes—but he had clear honest
eyes that looked friendly into yours,
and a mouth that smiled cordially if not
shyly, as my friend touched his plump
little hand which rested on the back of
the car seat. He was with his mother.
fed in three pairs of fluted
era, which deliver the flax
ward between five pairs of
roll-
down-
pin- avenue
principle would appear to be correct bodsuscr poaucts or MM. last
it is moreover to be borne in mind that, I ycarwere worth $20,000,000 the manu-
feet as regards its treatment of the
rheea plant, the fiber of the latter can
be, and is. obtained undamaged and
fairly free from the woody stem. The
j machine in questi m is a flax sentching
machine of novel design, and about 6
feet and 6 inches high by -1 feet wide
and 5 feet long over ail: its working
capacity being put at l cwt. of retted
flax per hour. It consists of an upper
feed table on which the flax straw is
New Orleans is soon to revel, not in a
palace of ice, but in a cotton palace. Lafas
ette square has been civen over to the tem
porary use of the palace committee and "a
structure light and airy" is be,upbuilt .or
the entertainment.
According to an English barber frequent
washings of the head will produce baldness.
Another important agent in causing bald
ness is the use of fancy toilet soaps in sham
pooing the head. A good brush and comb
was not
but flax.
She was as plainly clad, as he was. She .................._ _________ _________
had a thoughtful face, perhaps a little approachea it from a mechanical point
sad 1 fancied she was alone in the of view d the machine with which
world; that her husband might be dead ’
and this little boy her sole treasure, he hopes to solve the problem is to be
is imperfect
years hence a man may smoke in any car
designed to treat
Hence in some
drawn by one horse. The driver of
the mail wagon. The driver of the
and twice withdrawn. The French
For the next ill years we are to have the
figure nine in each year.
Seventeen hundred and ninety-nine per-
snos were arrested last week in New York
city.
But inasmuch as it does its In Paris a big company has a monopoly of
) the funerals. This company handles 50,000
regular commercial way. The great
his machine ready for use by the spin-
with excellent result' as far as the
Two Drivers Create an Amusing
Spectacle In Park Place.
There was an amusing exhibition of
combined stubbornness and patience
the other day in Park place, between
Broadway and Church street, that at-
tracted the attention of not less than
500 people, and came near blockading
the street for the time being. I nited
States mail wagon No. 36, drawn by
a single horae, was coming east on the
ter and comment on
the bark and wood is concerned. The
i you." A
Two new moons this month—on January fl
1 and January 31. There will be no new
moon in February, and so March, a month
of tuirty one days will also come in for
i two. a
I he statistics of New England prove that"
seven out of every ten women left widows
under the age of 35 marry again within two
eral principles and then gave out a
hymn. Mourners are flocking to the
bench. Come one. come all.' --Arkar-
saw Traveler.
tion at Olympia. Not that Mr.
Wallace has as yet gone very far into
to see the result of the dispute. Each
ttsrtthatblstum don’t kill you it will The Cultivation of the Ramie Plant
be a wonder.” j
“Yas, it’s a wonder that a fellow The great strength, length and luster
saw some stems of rheea put through
Rev. Jim Boyle Lucas has proved him-
self to be a mourners’ bench rubber of
chilaren He has nolcd a great many of
item and discovered that their smartness all
ran lo rascality.
There are times when a shark won't bite
a human being, but the trouble is to know
when these off times occur. If you happen
to make a mistake about it off goes a leg.
“When you have a bad cold cough as little
a e ssibic," says a medical writer in a Chi
evidences of becoming a success. The
LIVELY TURNS OF THOUGHT
rheea. Nevcrtheless
ning tools, alternating with six pairs i louve gone to housekeeping, I
tools | bet.
“Yes, we have’ George only gets $8
somewhat resemble hand hackles, and
may be popularly described as very a - .
- 1 course wire brushes. They are at- doubtful, but its all ugi.
Tom (enthusiastically) Sweet little tached to two vertical frames, to which
girl, Ethel. I never heard her say a a horizontal to and fro motion is im-
--------- . mean thing about any one, parted, and the pins interlace as the
,‘Yes, but it is a deadly poison. Let Maud (viciously)—Neither did I. I 1
me go for a doctor.” never heard her talk about anyone ex-
“No, if you go you won’t find me
here when you come back. I ain’t
got long to stay, and I don’t want no
doctor to take up my time. Well, how
Fishy, But It Beats All Snakes.
A combination fish and snake story is . . .
. . .being told on August Bush, and F. have been made to utilize this bUt
agon knew that, although , St ippe and w. Hess. went to commerciallyi many thousand
he was on the south track, the cars ran BuSh station, in Pike county, this state, pounds have been spent: the aid of both
, , , mechanical and chemical science has
to enjoy a few days angling. The par- , „ . • f
1 1 ,* . .1 .. . N.c. . been evoked, but almost all in vam.for
ty took with them a fish box for the although tis fiber is used to some ex-
purpose of keeping what fish they tent extent is extremely circum-
caught alive until ready to retun home Twice during the past eigl-
I he story goes that Stippe went to the the Indian government Iris of fair size,
box to put in some lish which he had • . " wnine , , ,
, ,0 . . . offered a prize of £5,000 for a machine four days and
landed, Hess, by the way, accompaning ~ . 11. „ . 1 .
him. Both have a mortal fear of which should effectually produce the
I snakes. When they came to the box, fiber in the required condition, the I
to their horror, there was a large moe- prize having been twice competed for However this may be, the stems
__ vhole vear?7 7
"Bad! Why didn’t you read of that Addie But at least he respects you?
man who drank some in Chicago the Cora- Oh, yes. In fact he has so
other day?” much respect'for me that when he
•■Hurt him?” ! kissed me the other night by chance he
"Great Csar, man, he died within . apologized for his absent-mindedness.
aS hour. Let me go for a doctor.” —Town Tonics.
carried out in Paris. Our own col-
umns have borne witness during the
past five years to several attempts which
have been made in this direction, both
mechanical, and chemical, the vari-
ous processes having been investigat-
ed and reported upon by us. But
promising as these processes appeared
. —and some were tried on a fair work-
and not give offense.
A grizzly bear that weighed 1,700 pounds
was killed at Big Horn basin. Wyoming ter
ritory. a short time ago. One hundred and
nine shots were fired from nine rilles before
the brute was killed.
city solemnly blowing with spurts of The edition of Lord Randolph Churchill's
wind and great faith the gnarled horn speeches is to be issued. They probably go
"moaumee" ■ out at the orator s expense.
strate is so satisfactory that it is with- of the rain. I abbs, instead of being burning words has' he uttered that peopl
impressed by this gentleness, puffed should care to read them.
matter, ready for the spinner, on a
commercial scale. Tbis holds good
with all the varieties of this liber,
whether they be known under the
name of China grass, rheea or ramie:
being the Indian and ramie the Malay
name for the same plant.
The solution of this important diffi-
tie. when gentleness will best serve the
aim of the i hurth, but this should not fca to Irani that he had only sixty six bogus
encourage people to take unseemly lib-
erties with him during the most fervent
culty has lately been taken up by Mr. parts of his sermon. Night before last
while Brother Lucas was explaining the
way in which the ram’s horn was blown
at Jericho, Tabbs Miller blew a gourd-
handle in diabolical imitation of the
horn. Brother Lucas paid no attention
to this ait of discourtesy, but spoke
feelingly of the men who wearily trudg-
ed their way around the wills of the
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