, THE PINE KNOT;
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N. C. as second-class matter.
The locomotive industrial works of
the United State? have; been very busy
lately, in the production of new motors
for the increasing traffic 6f our own and
foreign roads. This is shown very forcibly
in the report of the last six months' pro
duction of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, Philadelphia. With labor force
of 2,000 men, ' 318 locomotives, nearly
two per day, have been finished. Orders
for 150 more ate in hand, and it is ex
pected that the output for the year-will
reach the grand total of 650.
It is asserted by. Mr. Ashburner, the
geologist, that not only is natural gas not
a modern or recent discovery, but that
icvcn its utilization for the purposes of
the'mechahic arts was long ago success
fully "attempted in China, where, by pipes
of bamboo, it was conveyed from natural
wells to suitable furnaces, and by means
of terra cotta burners of suitable size
and construction, was consumed. Of its
origin, concerning which so many diverse
theories have been advauced, Mr. Ash
burner is strongly Of thepinionthat the
gas arises frpm the decomposition of
forms of animal cr vegetable life im
bedded in the rocks in certain situations.
There are 400; "Mormon;; bishops in
Utah, .- 2,465; prjests; 2,947 teachers and
5,854 deacons.- .'Salt Lake City is divided
into wards of eight or nine blocks each,
and a bishop js put in charge of each
ward..; Under him there aro two teachers,
whose business' it is to learn, the -.employ-,
ment and invome of every resident of the
ward and report the same to the bishop,
Then .the bishop collects the tenth of
.each -man's income and turns it in to the I
.
iuuilu rtiuuu iucs.- 11 same iwnpiau ;
system exists' all .over the Territory. As
ihe ftishops get .a good commission on
their collections they make very zealous j j
and persistent -collectors.
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A rPT.ortorf the pu-Yhrt Trwlmj
... been making: a tour of prominent business j
houses in various lines of trade and. sum
marizes the result as' follows : " So far as
could be-learned by observation and per
sonal inquiry, the healthful indications
. instanced were common to all the vari
ous lines of trade. The closeness of
prices and stirring-; corn 'petition are facts
that aid materiallv in swelling the ac
tivity of the autumn market. Besides,
there are a larger number of actual buy-
ers present from East, South, West and
So-uthwest, than have been seen here for
many years. - Commission houses- and
manufacturers report also a large increase
in the lln'ef future orders for both for
e;gn and domestic goods, indicatinir'that
tne foundation of the nrosont imnmw-
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mciu is not oi a transient and evanescent
''""'"i", uul uuu an area QI prosperity f arc iu ue louuu uoi oniy in ait tne irreat i ana moiasses. . ?io.UiU,UA); Loots and shoes
is dawnin-which irivcs nromic not ohlv ! Hindoo centres of population, but in the 1':" 1 M ' tton goo.ls. -10..ijU;
n ..iA-.. l... u. r .. i i i. r . l i ;.. .1
t i . V i , ... i Ean Indies. amonT the Afghans i- To ' iU'"'".1 V"'.wv; wwim pK 7.
It is expected that the cotton crop of
the United States this year will fall little
fhort of 7,000,000 bales. The mills
throughoat the country are reported to
be running short of unmanufactured
stock, and extensive purchases will prob-.
ablv be made this month. According
to the Boston Commercial Bulletin, the
visible supply of cotton in the world is
now in the immediate vu-ihity of 1,250,
000 bales, against 1,150,000 bales last
year and 2,175,000 bales in 18S5.
It will, perhaps, surprise, many persons
to know how many spies of the French
Government have been . arrested and
punished in Germany since 1875 more
than thirty- Of course, such incidents,
are kept somewhat quieter than during
any belligerent times. Loison, arrested
at Metz, received ten years in 187G;
Lieutenant Tissot, three years in 1882;
Krazewski, nine years in 181; Baron
de Graillet and Earon von Krettmar, five
years each in 1882; Captain Sarant,
twelve years, and solitary confinement,
in 18SG, and Thomas, of the Imperial
Arsenal at Spandau, ten years in the
same year.
English railroads do the major portion
of their own carting, collecting and de
livering freight at the freighter's doors.
One of the largest companies, the Mid
land, has in constant employment no
fewer than '3, 200 horses ; : and of these
1,000 are located in London. Some
these horses are, however, employed in
switching cars, at which business a heavy
horse weighing about 2,000 pounds can
do good service. They soon become very
expert, and start the car by standing
with the trace chain slack, and then,
without moving their feet, throw their
shoulders forward, when their weight
startfe the car. They also learn to judge
when the car has aquired sufficient speed,
and step aside without a word of com
mand, letting the cars come gently
to
gether.
A Strategic Crow.
I must not stop speaking of crows
without telling how one of them freed
its young from a cage in which I had
placed them. The cage was a latticed
summer-house ami the two young crows
wre turned loose in this; The crow
evidently noticed that I went to feed
these and some rabbits whenever the big
dinner bell rang. This Was suspended' i
over the kitchen and, was erected to call I
the hands to (dinner, from any part, of
the place. One day I was in my office, a j
little room in the front yard, when I
heard the bell rinir. I at once arose and
started for thk kitchen to get food for
my crows and rabbits. I found the cook
in high indignation, being unable tc
F?, "uV ra,call5of. had nln" iC
bell er half hour fore dinner. I vers
SUOrtlv discovered the crow rmn-ino- it.
Taking the food out, I went to the rab
bit or summer-house. The crow flew
quite-near me.
I opened the door. At
nee it made a savage attack on me. r
i Throwing down the food, I looked about
for a stick to defend myself. In doing
this I left the door open. The twe
Youngsters hopped out, Seeing .these
one flew into a tree and called S
them to join her. I made a furious rush,
but it was too late. Both were in the I
! air. lhev, escaped. 10 this dav 1 can
recall the grin of exultation which j
illuminated the face of that crow when j
she saw my chagrin. Memphis Amlanche. j
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prejudices in the background. He print '
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works for the Hindoos cuitiqns of the i
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SPORTING GOODS
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Dealing
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Xeal K-ow oti Prohibition.
1ea Dow.pookeat a recent temnerance
meeting in Nt w York saving: 'Tjhe work in
Maine was berun among th- people. We
Knew rnai w criange me laws we must innu
once the Lesis'ature. and to do. this we must
secure votes from the people. We went,
therefore, to them and we spoke to them of
the .ruin and desolation which the groshoi
were bringing in their train. At that time
we had the-system of 'licenses .established.'- In
other words, we recognized liquor selling
by law. This recognition I regard as a
sin against God and a crime against man. I
I am-unable to understand how any sensible
and fair minded man can lielieve in license,
because before you can license a thing you
must think it good.' The greatest obstacle
that Prohibition has met with has leen the
work done by good, earnest men for higb
license. High license men are stampeding
our friends.. The only effect of their work is
to give life to the traffic. Every intelligent
man knows the saloon is the cause of miser v
and wretchedness in the community., that, it
makes' good citizens into bad ones. How,
then, can men say to 'rumsellers: "We will
give you a license for your hellish trade if
you will only give us monev "enough. ' I call
it hellish because it does hellish work. r.v,
these men want to do whftt is right, and thev
urge that they will restrict and limit the sale
by license. "
"In Maine we worked upon public opinion
until, while the License law remained upon
the books, thfre was .not a license granted in
the ht?.te. -Then we obtained the nresent
law. The late Thi
m-J- i ii- ,
irlow A eed wrote that
Prohibition was a
failure. It is not. In
Maine within six months after the law was
.passed; the greater
part of our jai!s were
threa'tein- liquor .se
empty. We had fie prisoners in Portland.
ers. People charge two
things fir?t, that more liquor is drunk in
-Maine because it is prohibited, and second,
that thereis mere vice and crime there than
: yfr Jtr"v- The ,Iain uWor
law -1-s.kckkI. but when a few nc-essarv
rhansre have Unmade in it there win rrJ
- be a li mor seller in State'.'
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Prices for Men's Sewed shOes,
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Is
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The rock is minorl - it-i
..v.-. xwi Wilmington
anf ground at Kale.gh. It contains over
sixrty yer cent, of Carbonate of liuie
(Abric-iiltural Lirne) badly needed on
evfry farm and ten or twelve per cent, of
Phphate of Lime (Phosphoric Acid)
and a .mail per cent, of Potash-both
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