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The Carol i ina I VOl XV.-THiRD SERIES SALISBURY. N. C, JANUARY 3, 1884. HO 12 W atcnman. ' jsl2 rr. : I j - - ; 1 ! The Carolina Watchman, ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1832. PRICE, $1.50 IN ADVANCE. DARBYS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article for Cniversal Family Use. For Scarlet Typhoid Fevers, Diphtheria, Sali vation, Ulcerated Sore Throat, Small I Pox, Measlea, and all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting o the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever nas sever been known to spread where the Fluid was used Yellow Fever has been cured with it alter black vomit had taken place. The won esses of Diphtheria yield to it. Fevered an.! Sick Per- SMALL-POX sons refreshed and, and Bed Sores prevent- PITTING of Small ed by bathing with j p0z PUEVENTED Darbys Fluid. Impure Air made A member of my fanv ily was taken wish Small -pox. I used the Fluid; the patient was not delirious, was not pitted, and was about the house again in three weeks, and no ethers had it. - I. W. Paxk inson, Philadelphia. For Sore Throat it is a sure cure. Contagion destroyed. For Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Pi lea, Chafing., etc. Rheumatism cured. Soft White Complex ions secured by its use. Ship Fever prevented. To purify the Breath, Cleanse the Teeth, it can't be surpassed. Catarrh relieved and cured. Erysipelas cured. Burns relieved instantly. Sears prevented, Dysentery cured Wounds healed rapidly. Scurvy cured. An Antidote for AnimM harmless ana punnea Diphtheria Prevented.1 The physicians here use Darbys Fluid very successfully in the treat ment of Diphtheria. A. Stollenwbkck, Greensboro, Ala. Tetter dried up. Cholera prevented. Ulcers purified and or Vegetable Poisons, Stings, etc. I used the Fluid during our present affliction with Scarlet Fever with de cided advantage. It is indispensable to the sick room. Wm. F. Sand- healed. In cases of Death it should be used about the corpse it will prevent any unpleas ant smell. ford, Eyrie, Ala. The eminent Ph: slelan, J. MARIO 5 SIMS, M. D., New York, says: "I ass convinced Prof. Darbys Prophylactic Fluid i a valuable VanderbUt University. Nashville. 1 testily to the most excellent qualities of Prof. Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. As a disinfectant and detergent it is both theoretically and practically superior to any preparation with vhich I am ac quainted. H, T. Lukton, Prof. Chemistry. Darbys Fluid is Recommended by Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia; Rev. Chas. F. Deems, D.D. Church of the Strangers, N. Y.; Jos. LeContb, Columbia. Prof. . University ,S.C. Xcv. A. J. Battle, Prof.. Mercer University; Rev Geo. F. Pirkc-, Bishop M. . Church. XNDISPEXSARLK TO EVERT HOME. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or eater;aliy for Man or Beast. The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we have abundant evidence that it has dene everything here claimed. For fuller information get of your Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors, J. II. ZKILIN CO.. Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA Entire Stock of GOODS FORMERLY BELONGING -TO BLACKMER & TAYLOR. I will carry on t lie HARDWARE BUSINESS in all its branches, including Wagons. Buggies, All kinds -T' of Agri cultural Implements & Machinery, RIFLE jtnd BLASTING POWDER, 4a . Dynamite and all kinds of Mining Sup plies. In short, everything ordinarily fonnd in ft First Class Hardware Establisment. II EMOVE -TO THE McNeely Corner Where I will be pleased to see all persons who wish to purchase Hardware FOR CASH, I WILL KEEP NO BOOKS or Accounts, ES4ll parties indebted to Blackmer & Taylor are requested to make ifamedtUve - settlement. Their accounts will be in. the hands of W. s. Blacjcmssb who wilTmaka settlement. MJKE BLACKMER. Octobew, 1883. VAT.AUTA I Scarlet Fever aH mH 1 fan. PURCHASED On (lie Same Footing:. Pow mnch a man is like old shoes! or instance, both a sole may lose ; Both have been tanned, both aie made tight By cobblers : both get left and right, ( Both need a mate to be complete. i And both are made to go on feet. They both need heeling ; oft are sold. And both in time all tnrn to mold. With shoes, the last is first; with men, The first shall be the last ; and, when The shoes wear out, they're mended new; When men wear out,they'er men dead, too. They both are trod upon, and both Will tread on others, nothing loath. Both have their ties, and both incline, When polished, in the world to shine; And both peg out. And wonkl you ehoose To be a man, or be his shoes f A VJaU to Smith's Island Inter esting Facts. Prof. Washington C. Kerr, late Geolo gist of the State, which position he held for fifteen years, was in to see ns yester- dy. To day Prof. Kerr goes to Smith's Island, uear the mouth of tire Cape Fear river, to gratify his curiosity in regard to a certain natter. Smith' Island is the largest island in North Carolina, and its climate is said to be the mildest of any point iu the United States ontside of Florida in fact, as Prof. Kerr expresses it it is a little spot of Florida in North Carolina. It is to satisfy himself fully a upon this latter point that he visits the island. He will be accompanied by A. H. VauBokkelen, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce, and Maj. Henry Bacon, Assistant Engineer in charge o the government works at Hie mouth of the river. On Tuesday Prof. Kerr vas hear Man ly, in Moore county, and took a survey ot a scope of the country composed of a ligh point of laud of con silei able area and extent, covered by phe He nieas- u red the hiii ami found ft IX hundred vc the level of the- or tue point of pine ban en section in the count i y. For this and of her reasons Prof. .Kerr thinks the spot the best point in the United States as a loca tion for a sanitarium, principally on ac count of the dryness and miriness of the atmospheric surrouudings. In this connection Prof. Ku r mention ed a significant fact, lie say a distin guished Professor in a leading medical college of Pennsylvania, belonging to a consumptive family, aud liiuiielf having all his life been fighting and warding oft' as best he could the iusiducus approaches Of this dread enemy to the inmau family, and having thus made diseases of the lungs a mutter of study and investigation described to our Professor the locality that should above all others le selected as the propei oue for the establishment of a sanitarium, aud the point above referred to, in Moore county, says Prof. Kerr, ex- actly fills the bill. It seems that dryness, mildness aud lack of variableness in at mosphere conditions or suiroundings a. e esseutial iu a place of residence for per sons troubled with luug diseases. Wil. Star. Rest Awhile, Yon are wearing out the vital forces taster than is any need, and in this way subtracting years from the sum total of your life. This rush and worry, day after day this restless anxiety fr something you have not gotds like pebble stones in machinery, they grate and grind the life out of you. You have useless burdens) throw them off. You have s great load of useless care ; dump it. Pull in the strings; compact your business; take time for thought of better things. Go out iu the air and let God's sun same dowu on your busy head. Stop thinking of busi ness and profit j stop grumbling at ad verse providences. You will probably never see much better times in this doom ed world ; and your most opportune sea son is now ; your happiest day is to-day. Calmly do your duty, and let God take care of his own world. He is still alive and is the King. Do not Imagine that things will go to everlasting smash when you disappear from this mortal stage. Do I not fancy that the curse of heaven, in the shape of the vain task of righting up a disjointed earth, is i in post d upon you. Cease to fret and fume; cease to jump and worry early aud late. The good time is coming but you can never bring it ; God can, and will ; taks breath, sir ; sit down and rest, aud take a long breath. Then go calmly to the tasks of life, and do your work well. Dr. I. Taylor. One of the largest sheep ranches in America is on the Santo Bona island. Cal ifornia. On this island of 74,000 acres fully 80,000 sheep are kept. Last June the wool clip from these sheep was 415, nn iMtnnds. which sold for 27 cents a pound, briaging the owner $312,349.80, a clear proit of over $80,000. Even this . . a Insr vield. Four men keen the miioii in order durinjr the year, bat in shearing time an additional force is of course necessary. A shearer is paid five cento a clip, aud $4.50 a day is frequent ly mad by a good band. The Santo Rosa sheep require no herding, but two hundred trained goats run with them, answering all the purposes of shepherd dogs. eetabo guest Railroad Commissi oners' Report. The first report of tbe Railroad com mission as now formed has been presented tm the Legislature,and shows that the members of the board have made conscientious and intelligent ef fort to carry out the law under which they were appointed. They devoted five mouths of hard steady work to the task assigned them before issuing their standard schedules of rates. The effect of that schedule is briefly stated as follows : First to freights: The rates for short distances have been generally reduced below what they were before. The rates for long distances are about the same as before, except that on fthe Charlotte, Colum bia & Augusta Railroad short dis tance rates have been increased and long distance rates have been reduced. Second, as to passenger fare, the rates on ail roads have been decreased. These results are illustrated by elab orate tables. The report then gives the details of the complaints made to the Commis sioners and of their efforts to remedy the evils complained of, and more par ticularly ai'x plains the difficulty iu re gard to "joint" rates. The trouble is, that while it seems equitable that the charge for transportation of the same article for the same distance should be the same, whether it was on one road or divided among two or more roads, the wording of the law is suoh that "joint" rates established on that principle might compel each road to reduce its whole local tariff to the scale of its proportion of such joint rates. An amendment of the railroad law lo meet this difficulty is sug gested. The Board quote amply from Mr. Charles Francis Adams what he says about the Massachusetts Railroad Commission, as follows: "I he couutry did not contian any trained body of men competent to do this work. They hud to be found and educated. Iu the next place, the work was one of great difficulty and ex treme delicacy. The Commissioners weie to represent the government in a momentous struggle with the most compact and formidable interest in the country, they were to be pitted against the ablest men the community could supply, thoroughly acquainted with their business and with unlimit ed resources at their disposal. Final ly, the test of success was to be that under these circumstances, and in the face ofthe.se difficulties, the Commis sion should develop the crude origi nal laws placed in their hands into a rational and effective system." At the beginning of the report a merited tribute is paid to the memo ry of the late ex-Governor Jeter, whose labors as a member of the board are fittingly acknowledged. A rail road map of the State, prepared for Commissioner Bon hum, is found with the report. Charleston hews d C'ou reir. Boys Who Became Famous Men. One night a father was aroused by the cry of fire from the street. Little imag ining the fire was in his owu house, he opened his bedroom door and found the place fall of smoke, and that the roof was already burned through. Directing his wife and two girls to rise and fly for their lives, he burst open the nursery door where the maid was sleeping with fire children. They snatched up the young est, and bade the others follow her ; the three eldest did so ; but John, who was then six years old, was not awakened, aud in the alarm was forgotten. The rest of tbe family escaped some through the windows, others by the garden door ; the mother, to use her own expression, "wad ed through the lire." Just then John was heard crying in the nursery. The father rau up the stab's, but they wjpre so near ly consumed that they could not bear his weight ; and being utterly in despair he fell upon his knees iu tbe hall, aud iu agony commended the soul of the child to God. John had been awnkeued by the light, and finding it impossible tu escape by tho door, climbed upon a chest that stood near the window, aud was seen from the yard. There was no time for iirneni'iniT a ladder, but one man was r n .- hoisted upon the shoulders of another And thus he was taken oat. A moment after the roof fell in. When tbe child was rescued, the father cried out : "Come, neigh hors, let us kueel dowu ; let us give thanks to God. lie has given me all my eight children let the house go ; I am rich enough." John Wesley always remembered the deliver ance with the deepest gratitude. Under one of the portraits published during his life is a representation of a house on fire with the Scriptural iuquiry, "Is not this a brand plucked out of the burning f The certain way to be cheated, is to imagine one's self more cunning than oth ers. Good is never more effectually ier furmed than when it is produced by slow degrees. Men who mind their own business usu ally succeed, because there is little competition. Stock Raising. The New hern Journal holds that there is more pleasure in raising beef, mutton, pork, aud horses and mules than in cotton. In raising stock the farm can be improved without buy ing commercial fertilizers. In this section there are vast acres of excel lent summer pastures, especially on the por-osins where there are thou sands of acres of reeds, which, by the way, afford excellent winter pastur age too, and a cow or a sheep or a hog with proper attention will ma nure land enough to make their win ter's support. One difficulty that formerly existed here, that ot glut ting the market, can now be avoided. With quick and safe transportation lines all the beef and mutton that cannot be consumed in Newbern can be shipped North, and if fit for mar ket will bring good prices. A good stock raiser with a farm near this city that will make crab grass, peas and corn, can make a fortune supplying this market with good stall-fed beef. But to do this the poor J miserable stuff brought here and soldi for beef must bo ruled out of the market. Some of the older citizens tell us that before the war but few grocery dealers kept the Northern and West ern bacon for sale, while every one had the country hams and shoulders. Now it is just the reverse. We are in favor of progress, but there are some of the old way s that will ere long, have to be resumed. One objection now to hoy- raising is cholera. This is very bad, but remedies aiv being applied that are said to be very effec tual, and the inventive genius of nan will yet, if it has not already, find a sure remedy. It is often the ease, however, that the disease from an empty corn crib. originates The amount of money paid out an nually in Eastern North Carolina for horses and mules, if it could be cor rectly estimated, would astonish the people. Now while ours is not st rick ly a stock region, yet it would be profitable to at least raise horses and mules enough to cultivate our lauds. Now we de not expect a sudden revolution among our farmers in re gard to their market crops, but we ask them to consider what is ahead. We want Them to remember that the Mis sissippi bottoms will make a bale of cotton to the acre without manure. To make it in North Curolina we must spend from six to ten dollars per acre tor manure ; mat i lie tanners is the cotton belt can make it from one to two cen.s per pound cheaper kthan we can. Canes. The manufacture of canes is by no means the simple process of cutting the sticks in the woods, peeling oh the bark, whittling down the knots, sand papering the rouli surface and ad ding a touch of varnish, a curiously carved handle or hcud and tipping the end with a ferrule. In the sand flats of New Jersey whole families support themselves by gathering nan- neberry sticks, which they gather in the swamps, straighten with an old vice, steam over an old ket41e and perhaps scrape down or whittle into . mi I 1 l size. Uiese are pacKeu in large uun dles and sent to New York city and sold to the cane factories. Many im ported sticks, however, have to go through a process of straightening by mechanical means, which are a mys tery to the uninitiated. They are bu ried in hot sand until they become pliable. Iu front of the heap of hot sand iu which the sticks are plunged is a stout board from five to six teet long, fixed at an angle inclined to the workmen and having two or more notches worked in the edge. When the stick has become perfectly pliable the workman places it on one of the notches and, bending it in the oppo site direction to which it is naturally bent, straightens it. Thus sticks ap parently crooked, bent, warped nd worthless are by this simple process straightend ; but the curious part of the work is observed iu the formation of the crook or curl for the handles which are not naturally supplied with a hook or knob. The workman places one end of the caue firmly in a vice and pours a continuous stream of fire from a gas pipe on the part which is to be bent. When sufficient heat has been applied the cane is pulled slow ly aud gradually around until the hook is completely formed and then secured with a string. An addition al application of heat serves to, bake and permanently fix the curl. The underpart of the handle is frequently charred by thaction of the gas, and this is rubbed down with sandpaper until the requisite degree of smooth- . . i a ...... f ir i j ness is aitaiueu. Jimaioan jucrwunu. The thinnest sheet of iron that human ingenuity ever succeeded in mauufactn- ring was made in Wales, and was indoed nothing but a gossamer, oi wuicu ,ow sheets were required to make one inch in thickness. Remarkable Cave. An article in the Century is a de scription of Devonshire, entitled "The Fairest county in England," by Fran cis George Heath. Of Kent's Cavern, in the vicinity of Torquay, a remark able cave, consisting of a great exca vation in the Devouian limestone, the writer says : It is entered by a nar row passage some seven feet wide and five feet in height. The central cavern, which is almost 600 feet long, has a number of smaller caverns or corridors leading out from it. Its far ther extremity is terminated by a deep pool pf water. In the bed of this cav ern modern research has been reward ed by some deeply interesting discov eries. Over the original earth bottom of the cave is a bed or laver of con Jsidera ble thickness, in which are con tained a strange mixture of human bones with the bones of the elephant amlthe rhinoceros, the hyena, the bear and the wolf, intermingled with stone and flint tools, arrow and spear heads, and fragments of coarse (lottery. The a,,,ma' remains testify to the presence 1,1 the ancient forests of Britain of beasts of prey which leng since have become extinct. Speculation may be exhausted in the endeavor to account for the curious intermingling in this cavern of the remains of human beings and of wild animals. The place may have been used for shelter suececssively by man aud by the lords of the forest: or, as the presence of the rude weapons of man might seem to indicate, the beasts of the field may have been brought into this natural recess as trophies of the chase, and their flesh and skins used for purposes of food and clothing. Nothing less than the most persevering aud enthusiastic search could have discovered the in teresting remains which, for a vast period of time had been buried in this retreat ; for the fossils were covered by a thick floor of stalagmite which had been formed, there can be no doubt by great blocks of limestone which had fallen from time to time, extending over a very lengthened, period, from the roof of the cavern, aud had become cemented into one mass by the perpetual percolations of lime-water from above. Saving: Winter Cabbage. There are several methods usually givsn about this time of the year to preserve cabbage through winter, and we have tried nearly or quite all of them. We prefer the oue we intro duced nearly thirty years ago, and with which we have always succee ded in keeping our cabbage in perfect condition until late iu the spring. It is simply to excavate slight trenches side by side on a rising or dry spot where the water will readily drain off, in which to standthe cabbage just as it grows, sinking it up to the head. The rows can be as closely put together as the size of the heads will admit j cover over with com fodder,strav or bean haulm. Then set four posts so as to from a pitch, pla cing the head against a stone wall or board fence. On these form a roof by bean poles when boards are not at hand, and cover this with corn stalks or straw. If ordinarily well done the cabbage will keep as long as may be desired, having usually pre served ours sound and fresh until the end of April or the beginning of May. We are aware that it is commonly recommended to place the heads of the cabbage in the ground with the root sticking up; but, having tried this way, we found that the cabbage kept fresher and better as we recom mend. To prove this we have had cold-slaw in May. Germaniown Telegraph. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser contends that an honest man is the no blest work of God, iu the workshop as well as in the court room or the office. When a boy believes that he will be dis graced by becoming a mechanic or a far mer, li s education has been sadly neg lected. thouih nil the colleces in the laud have added initial to his name. When a girl believes she will be disgrac ed by marrying au honest artUan or cul tivator of the soil, her education is a fail ure, though she has triumphantly passed the gauutlet of seminaries and colleges, Winston Leader-. On July 4th, 1783, was held a thanksgiving in Salem church that the war of the Revolu tion was ended. When one oousiders the emiuent piety of the Moravians of those days we cannot but think that it was most earnest and truly thankful. "Oh, no, I don't object to the quality of your butter," said the customer to the grocer. "ItV not that, but my wifccom- that there ym't enough hair iu it tj, ihaIta n. resnectnhle switch, but a COOd - deal too much to make it palatable." The astronomical day begins at noon ; ' tJe civil day begins at the preceding mid fc The civil reckoning U therefore, night. twelve hours iu advance of the astrouom- d reckoning A MtRONEY & Have Largest and most Complete Stock of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS Too UMIESS A Splendid line of black .nd colored 0ASHMERS, from 12J to 85 cent, per yard We H.,e SILK Vf. JJTKOS, SPECIAL BARGAIN All-Wool-Filling Worsted t-in the latest shades at 10 cents per yard. This Goods is worth one third more and cannot be had at this extremely low priee out side of our House.Fl Cms , Circulars, Dalians and Jackets. Are Pretty and Cheap, from $2 to $18. -Also, a nice line of JERSEY JACKETS, SHAWLS, KNIT JACKETS, Ac.f CARPETS, HUGS, D00E matsl ALL SELLINO CHEAP. We American, Davis, All of We can and will bell To Keep Hogs Healthy. Keep your I iios in good, clean ueiusj giveiiiem octets to pure wa ter, even though you should be com pelled to dig a well f..r tkat purpose a good pump and plenty of suitable troughs, cleansed every week, will cost but little, and will always prove a valuable outlay. Provide, also, in the d ry est part of the field, a good shel ter both from sun and rain. A few rails properly arranged, two or three feet from the grouud, cove id with a stack of straw or coarse prairie grata, will be an attractive place for the entire drove. In troughs near by their resting places, two or three times each week place a composition of salt, soda, red pepper aud ginger. to four pans id' the first two articles add one part of the hitter. Our com mon red pepper will do very well. They should, however, be well pul verized, and all the ingredients thor oughly mixed. Most healthy ani mals will readily devour salt. To obtain it they will also take the alkali aud stimulant. The compound will not injure bird, beast, fish or man. It is not offered as a patent remedy, but simply as a preventative ot the injurious effects ot foul gases and pestiferous filth in which hogs have been allowed to wallow. Con tinue their usual summer feed, wheth er clover, bran, ureal or corn. Dro vers Journal. The jewel of assurance i beat kept the cabinet of au humble heart. in It everr vcar we rooted out one vice we should become perfect men. The Washington mi'kmen are not al lowed to riii" bells, as thev disturb the slumbers of the policemen. They might be allowed to use dumb bells. Our brains are seventy -year clock The angel of life winds them up once for all, then closes the case and gives the key into the hand of the anSel of the resur rection. IMPORTANT FACT FOR THE PLANTERS & FARRiERS GFKOniHGAfiGLINA Iu order Ui! our pitmUnc friends throughout the State lE.-r 1m onb! d to procure and una QAUQH'S r '.?AW-BONE-s PHOSPHATES! fjse dissolved raw bones nn-l ot!" out elv,'i-bod r-rsnd" of oar make, as well i.s It!; 4.U.MIK t-'IIEiMIC'AlyM for 1 :irin. n im' iiiK ISouie-Jlude V Cltilhtrr. wo k.-o Ke'liitK them PlltWT to Farmer f t C AMI a our ViiOt.K.-jALI l'i. il 1. For tbe cvvenlitico cf OCX rust rtjnern, we have Mshlb-liciS a AvpmX in MOUFOLK, V.i. AU anlcr M'ttt to Baltimore cnu be khipprd prmnptlv fr-.au .Norfolk, if uref'-rred. ILj aou-b. 1 1 Ui surae tt buyer depot or lwc!inat " Jf .hipj-rit ffuii liattimorr. t "Bend for onr iuulet savins full descrip ti n nA witrHlr- pr - of our st'indnnl bmrdi tf It .". i'i r;: -rn urt approved Kormwia. A.blresM sa inquiries s..d orders U BAUCH 3t SONS 103 SOUTH ST.. BALTIMORE, MO. BRO. (DUDS? BOOTS and SB0FS aj low pt ices. A nice line of Ladies' Collars, from 5 cents to 3$ cts. Handkerchiefs from 5 cts. to $2. are also Agents for the & Royal St Ma, Sewim Machines, which we euarantce for Ave Tnrs. cheap. Call and be convinced M.&B. ITTES The necessity m prompt and efficient household remedies in daily growing more imperative, and oi theae Hosteller's Stom ach Bitters is the chief iu merit sad the most popular. Irregularity of the stomach and bowels, malarial fever, liver com plaints, debility, rheumatism, and minor ailments, are thoroughly conquered by this incomparable family restorative and medic mat safeguard, ana it is justly regarded as the purest and most comprehensive remedy of its class. For sale by all Druggists and stealers generally. BARGAINS!! o: AT and BELOW COST ! GOODS GOING at a SAlB'FICi Bernhardt Bros. We arc determined ro close ottt our pres ent Stock, consisting of a great variety of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Hate. Shoes, &c, and are now offering the greatest induce mcnts ic tlve way of LOW PRICES Ever Before Known in this City. Call and see us and be convinced that we mean what we say. BERNHARDT BRO'S. Dec. 12th, 1983. CHILLARINE ! CHILLARINI! CHILL A BINE, the Great CHILL CURR of the day. Warranted to CUHE every time or the moxey refunded. For sale only at BNNISS Drug Store. ASTHMaT CURED! Magic Asthma Cure. Persons af flicted with this distressing complaint should try this Medicine, inw hours use will entirely remove all oppression, and the natient can breath and sleep with perfect and freedom. Price 4L, For sale at ENN1 J. K. KEEN,,, Salisbury, N. C. Ami for PHtENIX IBOH WORKS, Enpes, Boilers, Saw Mis, AD TURBINE WHEEL" Also, Contractor and Build r. v-jy " - i - I I