The Messenger.
C. W. EZZELL, Editor;
CUMBERLAND PRINTING CO-,
PROPRIETORS, " '-'
FAYETTE VILLE, N. C.
RATESOF SUBSCRIPTION:
One year,
8ix months.
Three months, 2j
ADVERTISING KATES
3Ialc nown on application.
. Canada is'&sked to grant an annual
subsidy of $200,000 for fifty years in aid
cf the proposed subway connecting
Prince Edward Island with the main
land, the first cost being estimated at
$5, 0OO,0C0. The tunnel is, to be seven
or eight miles long, and, doubtless, will
cost more than the original figure.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
North Ameri'.an calls attention to the fact
that Franklin's grave, at Fifth and Arch
streets, is ma neglected condition. He
suggests the propriety of putting it in
proper shape, the more -particularly as
'Dr.H Franklin was a delegate to "the Con
stitutional Convention in 1787.
' Day after day, and for hours ;itatime,
& , man sits on a wharf at San Diego,
'Cal., armed with a four-tined harpoon.
At intervals the, weapon leaves his
hand, darts into the water, and a squirm
ing stingray is bronght up. lie never
speaks to any one and does not encour
'age conversation from others. Many
jears ago he was stung by a stingray,
and was laid up for a long time. Since
'then all his time is devoted to an on
slaught on the fish.
The ferry boats running between IIo
boken, N. J., and Xev York, sometimes
jpass through a peculiar circular patch of
Vater through which air is constantly
bubbling, covering the surface with a
white foam, which, when the water is
jsmooth, makes the spot conspicuous. !
:This spot is-nearly in the middle of the
.river. Seventy feet below the surface,
;workingin the silt constituting the bed
lof the river, is a gang of men engaged
in building the tunnel to connect New
York and Jersey City. The bubbling is
caused by the air in the tunnel escaping
through little holes and crevices in the
silt.
. A newspaper in Illinois recently
brought suit against forty-three men who
would not pay their subscription, and
obtained judgment in each for full
amount of the claim. Of these, twenty
eight men made affidavits that they owned
no more property than the law allowed
Ihem,- thus preventing attachment. Then
they, under the decision of, the Supreme
Court, were arrested for petty larceny,
and bounCT over in the sum of .$300 each.
All but sx gave bonds, while six went
to jail. It makes no difference to what
part of the continent the paper goes, a
bill sent to the Postmaster, Justice of
the Peace or any United States officer
can be collected.
Senator Charles D. Farwell, of Illinois,
has been making a journey to Alaska.
His party went to the head of the Dyra,
which is fort miles farther north than
tourists have been before. Concerning
the Indians in Alaska Territory, Senator
Farwiell said to an Inter- Ocehn repre
sentative: "The Indians in that country
seem anxious to work; they do not want
arms or ritions, but are self sustaining,
as they say. What should be done for
them by the Government, in my, judg
ment, is to teach them the Encash lan
guage and such trades as they can work
at in that country, namely, carpentry,
shoemaking, working in iron and other
things which can be utilized in Alaska.
They are good traders, and, as I said be
fore, are capable of taking care of them
selves without any Government rations."
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A Berlin company offers electricity for
boiling water, and other heating pur
poses, as well as for lighting.
II. R. Stickney, of Portland, 3Ief, has
been running a two-horse power engine
for four years with kerosene of 120 test.
It requires three or four gallons daily.
He will soon make a compound engine of
the same kind.
The importance of soft water for do
mestic purposes is illustrated by the ex
perience; of a large London asylum, in
which a change, from hard to soft water
has resulted in an estimated annual sav
ing in soda, soap, labor, etc., of more
than $4,000.
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times re
ports that the white, rust-proof iron ore,
hitherto found only in Sweden, has been
discovered in the mountains near that
city. ' The ore is said to contain 65 per
cent, of pure iron, while the bed is six
feet thick and of great extent.
A most remarkable imitation of black
walnut has lately been manufactured from
poor pine, the quality and appearance of
the article being such as to defy detec
tion, except upon verv, close examination.
To accomplish this, one part of walnut
peel extract is, mixed with six parts. of
water, and with this solution the wood is
coated. When' the material is half dry,
a solution ofj bichromate of potash with
water is rubbed on it, and the made wal
nut is ready for use.
' A California paper recalls the fact
that the first gold. discovered by Marshall
andhis associates was sold for $8 an
ounce, but ere long rose to $16, and re
mained at that figure for years. At that
time no more differei e was recognized
in gold dust than to-day in different
sands; buyers would mix their dust
when sent to the mint and were paid an
average price for it, but they afterward
learned that some dust was worth $9
and other dust $20or more the dif
ference in value being due to the fact
that a greater or lesser amount of the
baser metals is always found in alloy
with native cold.
The Shoe and Leather Record, describes
a system of fastening the soles to boots
and shoes in which the fastenings are
driven from the inside, the fastenings
being first placed in the insole and then
the upper lasted over them. The fast
ening is of brass, with a conical front,
barbed all around the point, and the head
is flat and eatly formed. A machine i3
used to feed and drive the fastenings at
regular distances through the insole.
The insole is then laid on the last, with
the barbed points standing erect. The
upper is lasted over these points and
pushed down, leaving sufficient of the
point still abovethe upper Jto pierce half
way through the sole. The sole is then
laid on as though upon blinders, ham
mered down, and the process is complete.
The heeling and finishing are performed
in the ordinary way.
Some interesting experiments on the
effects of heating on the strength and
ductility of metals used for machines and
structures were recently . made at the
Royal Dockyard, .Portsmouth, England.
All bronzes showed a regular, but not
serious, decrease of strength and ductil
ity up to a certain point which is be
tween 300 and 400 degrees for ordinary
gun metals beyond which the strength
suddenly drops to about one-half, and
the ductility vanishes. Phosphor-bronze
preserves two-thirds of its strength and
one-third of its ductility up to 500 de
gress Fahrenheit: and Muntz metal and
pure copper are also fairly satisfactory in
these - respects. Wrought iron gains in
strength up to 500 degrees: but loses in
ductility up to 300 degrees, after which
it gains. Open-hearth steel is not af
fected in strength by a temperature of
500 degrees, but its ductility is reduced
one-half.
A Matter of Taste.
scientific journal has an article
headed: 44IIow4o Taste." We haven't
had time to read it, but our own idea is
that it depends a great deal on what you
are going to taste. If it is quinine or
or castor oil or anything of that sort it
won't require any previous training or a
university education to enable you to
taste all you want of it in one brief,
hasty swallow. But if it 1 is something
real good ; something that you like better
and get less of than any other man in
America, you want a neck a yard longt
full of all sors of back stops and dampers
all the way down. That is the theory;
of an unlettered man who tastes by main
strength and natural selection, and if
Science thinks she has a better way we'd
like to trot her one heat, anyhow, justfor
fun. Burdette.
Industrial Uses oIl 0il of Birch.
A Belgian investor has devised a proj
tannine i textile fabrics which
renders them waterprooi ana
at the,
against
game time, ik r.
decav, while their suppleness
19 not an
and their weight not appre
ciably increased.:; Arguing frorn thej
hio-hl state of preservation in which the
bands which surround the heads , of
Egyptian mummies are found to this day,
and which are impregnated with a kind
of resin, the inventor had recourse to the;
substances extracted from birch bark,j
and which are nwused to perfume Rus
sia leather, f . . J
When the fine white bark of the birch
mmisnea
tree is distilled it yields a ngnt ou,j
nearly a fourth part of which consists oi:
the speciol phenol or carbolic acid, which
mcp thp well-known!, odor to Russia;
leather. It is now found that the resi
rlnp nr (rrPf'Tl tar of the DirCh. WhlCh IS
obtained from Kostroma, yields neither
acid nor alkaloid, land j forms, with alc'o-
hol, a solution of great fluidity, which,;
'however, when once dried, is not acted
upon bv alcohol. i It j is this substance
which will unite with the most brilliant;
colors that are used by the inventor for
treating textile fabrics.: American Reg
ister.
King Humbert of Italy has always been anj
abstainer from 'liquors and almost a totalt
abstainer from wine. He has smoked cigars!
quite freely if not excessively. About three!
months ago he noticed tljat something in hisj
habits was hurting his health. Physicians?
raid it was cigars, and hinted at more moder-f
eiion. The king at once declared against thej
use of all tobacco and has done no smoking'
since. His health has shpwn gratifying im-j
provement. i -
Paid In Gold Coin. n I
In Dec, 1886, I. S. Johnson & Co., 23 Custom
House St., Boston, Mass., offered eight premi-j
nms payable in gold coin, Which they say crea-;
ted a great interest ; among people who kept
hens, so much so, in fact, that they authorize
ns to say that they shall offer Nov. 1st, 1887,1
another list of premiums for the bests results
frjm the use of Sheridan's Powder to Make
Hens Lay. Of course all who compete cannot
get one of the premiums, but some of the last
year's reports sent us show that the partiesi
ought to nave been well satisfied if they had I
not received any other benefit than the in
crease of eggs they got while making the trial, j
tf or example ine nrsx premium was iweaiy
five dollars taken by C, A. French, Washing
ton, N. H.,who fed thirty hens the Sheridan's
Powder for eight weeks. - The first week he got
only ten eggs; the third week the hens laid 201
eggs, aud the eighth week 208 eggs. During the
eight weeks trial he got 1398 eggs which; at the
1 price of eggs in Boston or NewnTork markets
in mid-winter, would have yielded: $46.60, or
81.55 for each hen in eieht week's time. Con
sidering the small expense of keeping a hen nof
onimol vn a farm wriU nT lilrn fnat. T'hfti
fourth premium, which was ten dollars, went U
to Mrs. E. B. Carlin, Conklin Centre, N. Y., 1
hens 1707 eggs. The i first ! week she only got
36 eggs, but the last week 277 eggs. ' '
This clearly demonstrates that the use of
Sheridan's Powder to Make Hens Lay will in
crease the profit several hundred per cent.
Johnson & Co. will send two 25 cent packs of
Sheridan's Powder postpaid to any address for
50 cents in postage stamps; or a large pound
can of Powder for $1.20. j To each person or
dering a large can as above they will send free
one copy of the "Farmer's Poultry Guide"
(price, 25 cents). j :
Kev. Howard Crosby says: It is safe to es
timate the receipts of the New York saloonsj
at 8oO,OuO,000 a year, one-half of which, atj
least, comes from the 150,0(JO men known. asi
"laboring men." The destruction of the
iquor:saloous alone would cure four-fifths ofj
the poverty in the country;
j disease of so delicate a na
ture as stricture of the urethra should only
be entrusted to those of large experience and
skill. By our improved! methods we havej
been enabled to speedily and permanently!
cure hundreds of the worst cases. JfamphletJ
references and terms, 10 cents m stamps.
World's Dispensary Medical Association, tt3
Main Street. Buffalo, JM. Y.
Great Britain has 13,000 bands of hope and
juvenile" Temperance societies, with an
grtgate membership of 1600,000. i
i i
Sick and billious ii headache cured by'Dr.
Pierce's "Pellets.-' ;! !
Beer-brewers in America employ an army
of half a million of men; they have invested j
a quarter of a billion) of dollars in their
business, and they sell about one hundred!
and eighty million gallons cf beer a year. !
? -
. Over V7orke Womes
For "worn-out," '.'run-down," debilitated
school teachers, milliners, seamstresses,
nouse Keepers . ana over-worsea women gen-
erally, Dr. .Pierce'ssp avonte Frescnption is
the best of all restorative tonics. It is' riot
a "Cure-all," but admirably fulfills a single
ness of purpose, bemga most potent Specific
for all those Chronic Weaknesses and Diseas
es peculiar to women. It is a powerful, gen:l
era! as well as uterine, tonic and nervine, and!
imparts vigorand strength to the whole sys-f
tern. Itpromptly cures weakness of stomach,t4
digestion, bloating, weak back; nervous prosH
tration, debilitv and sleeplessness, in either j
sex. Favorite Prescription is sold bv drug-i
gists under our lp6sitii-e guarantee. Heel
wrapper around bottle. Price $1.00 a bot-I
TLE, OR SIX BOTTLES F04 55.00 j
A large treatise on Diseasees of Women, !
profusely illustrated with colored plates,
and numerous wood cuts, sent for ten cents!
in stamps, j
Address, Worles Dispensary Medical
Association, 063 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
Daughters, Wive, aiother
Send for Pamphlet on Female Fiseases, free
ecurely sealed. Dr. J. BYMarcbisi, Utica.N.Y
Lunar Trouole And Wastinar
Diseases can be cured, if properly treated in
time, as shown bv th following statement,
from D. a Freeman, Sydney: "Having been
a great nfferer from pulmonary attacks, and
gradually wasting away for the past two
years it affords me pleasure ' to testify that
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Lime ,
and Soda has giveii me great relief, and I
cheerfully recommend it to all suffering in a
similar way to myself. In addition, I would
sav that it is very pleasant to take."
'I want to thank you," writes a yomngmah
R F. 'Johnson & Co., Richmond Va., "for-
to
placing me in a position by which I am ena
bled to make money faster than I ever.did be
fore." This is but a sample extract of the
many hundred similar letters received by the
above firm. See their advertisement in an
other column. ;
Purity and Strength
Theformerfnthe blood and the latter throughout
the system, are necessary to the enjoyment of per-:
feet health. Toebest way to secure both Is to take
Hood's SarsaparUla. which expels aU Impurities from
the blood, rouses tiie kidneys and liver, overcomes
that tired feeling, and Imparts that freshness to the
whole body which makes one feel perfectly WeU.
"I have taken not quite a bottle of Hood's Sarsa-,
parilla, and must say It Is one of the best medicines,
for giving an appetite, purifying the blood aad regu
lating the digestive organs, that I ever heard of. It
did me a great deal of good." Mrs, N. A- Stahixt.
Canastota, N. Y. , ,
Hood's SarsaparUla
Sold by all druggists. $1 ; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. L HOOD &. CO, Apothecaries, Iwell, Mass.
I OO Poses One Dollar
ELY'S CRHM1 BALM
Price SO cents.
Will do more in Curing
CATARRH
Than $500 in any
. other way.
Apply Balm into each nostril
21y Eros., 235 Greenwich St. N Y
Efll "p O Obtained. Send stamp for
l I O Inventors Guide. L. Bm-
ham, Patent Attorney, Washington, D. C. .
SIQOtoSSOO
A MONTH cantx
made working for us. .
AGENTS preferred
wihi chu lurnisii tiicir uwu hurses and elve their tim
to the business. Spare. moments may be profitably
employed also. A few vacancies In towns and cities.
B. F. JOHNSON & CO.. 1013 Main Bichmond, Va,
opiuli
MorhlM Daklt Carrol in JO
to 20 days. So pay till cure4.
Dr. J. Stephen. LksbanoM. OKI.
: ' . ; .
y f sent Excelsior Go, Box 1090, New York, brings
WmrX to eotnplete stories; Ring Puzzle; W col. Illos.
paper 3 House plans;Tree puzzle;lllus. Drapery deahjfca
Pensions
to Soldiers & Heirs. Send stamp
for circulars. COL. L. BING
HAM, Att'y, Washington, D. C.
F T CT M T C obtained toy B. II. GELi
HA I tlM I O STON Sl' CO., Waakv.
I Instout l. C. Send forour book of lnstrueUsna.
flDI!lijHabit CU reCl "tisfaclory before any pT.
U f 1 11 IWl trof. j. . B AKTOS. Wnr4 dnriimll.
worth $1V(XX)9 but is sold at 25c. a box bj dealers.
S5
to S3 a day. Samples worth 1.S0. FRKB
Li ues not uiider the horse's feet. Write .
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co.,' Holly, Mich.
m Agent fKerchant only) wanted In e-rery townlw
Our trade on your "Tanstll's Punch" Is Rteadlly In
creasing, taking last month as a basis, We hope to
-handle at least 20,0 0J per month.
Moore, Aulbh & Ccw,Dru;glsti.
;) Salt Lake City, Utah, .
Address It. W. TANSILL. Ss CO., Chicago.
Cl D DER 'O
1 SURE CURE FOB
INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA.
Cttct 6,000 PhyKlclana hara aent tu their approval ot
DIQKSTYLIN, sayln? that it la the best preparatkA
for Indigestion that they hav mver nsedL
We have never heard of a case of Dyspepsia we
DIOESTYLIN was taken tbat was not cured. .
FOR CnOLEIU IHFAIITUM.
IT WFLL CURE THE MOST AGGRAVATED CASES.
IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PREGNANCT.
IT WILL. RELIEVE CONSTIPATIOK.
For Summer Complaints and Chroalc Diarrhoea,
which are the direct results of Imperfect digestion,
WGESTYLIN will effect an Immediate core.
Take DYGESTYLIN for all pains and disorders t
the stomach ; they all oome froia IndLyeatlon. Ass:
your djnreist for DIGESTYLLN (prtoe (1 per large
bottleX. If he does not hare It send one dollar to
and we will send a bottle to yoo, express prepaid,
Do not hesitate to send your money. Our nous 1ft
reliable. Established twenty -five years:
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