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h i Mm mm. vvMmnrrmri .... ! ; ' 1 " - ' - 1 . ! , . . 1 VOL XyDX-THDlD SERIES. SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1887 . -- w isro 19 r The President Sustained From Xews-Observer, Feb. 2tb. The Federal House very properly, by a vote of 175 to 12r, refused to pass the pauper pension bill over thereto of the President. That bill was a most in iquitous measure, denounced by almost the entire press of the country -as a simple raid upon the Treasury, and op posed even by Yankee veterans them selves. It would have taken millions, the number of which no man has been able to calculate, from the public purse, and would have offered a standing re ward for perjury to every- man whowas in any way, however remote, connected with the Federal army during the war: It was an outrage perpetrated upon the people, and when our Democratic exec utive put his big foot down upon it, he did a noble, brave and patriotic deed. He deserves the heartfelt thanks of every pel son in the land for his manli ness in tins matter, and brave Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, with the scars of many battles upon him, deserves the earnest thanks of every citizen for his magnificent upholding of the Presi dent's devotion to duty. Unfailing Specific for Liver Disease. SVMDTflMCi Hitter or bad taste in OIIwiriUITIOi moiith; tongue coated white or covered with a brown fur; pain in the back, sides, or Joints ollen mistaken for Rheumatism ; uiur stomach ; loss of appetite; sometimes nausea and water brash, orMnd-foestion ; aatuleucy and acid eructddans; bowels alternately costive and lax; headache; loss of memory, with a painful sensa-tion of having failed to do somethiuK whicli ought to have leen done; debility; low spirits; a thick, yellow ap pearance of the skin and eyes; a dry cough; fever; restlessness; t lie urine la scanty and high colored, a mi, if allowed to stand, deposits a sediment. SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR . (PURELY VEGETABLE' Ii generally used ln the Houth to arouse the Torpid Li er to a healthy action. It acts with extraordinary efficacy en the iver, kidneys, AND MUWtW. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Malaria. Bowel Complaints, lypepU, Sick Headache, Constipation, - Uillousness, Kidney Affections, - Jaundice, ital lteureaslon. CoUe. Endorsed by the use of 1 Millions of I! t tics . as THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINE for Children, for AdultH, an 1 fui the Aged. ONLY GENUINE has our Z Stamp iu red on front of Wrapper. J. H. Zeilin A Co., Philadelphia, Pa., sole nnnutTOBS. l'rice, 81.00. s IEDMONT WAGON MADE AT HICKORY, N. C. CAN'T BE BEAT! They stand where they ought to. right square AT THE FRONT ! It Was a Hard Fight But They Have Won It ! Just read what people say about them and if you want a wagon come quicklvf and buy one, either lor cash or on time. M " - Samsbcrt, X. C. U V Serif. 1st, 1SS6 -Two years ago I bou ;ht a very li;ht tivo liorse Picilmont wa(on of the A-rpnt, .Ino. A. Boyilen; liiivt- useii it ni-ai'v all the time Hrnce. have tried it severely in liaulinn; saw and other heavy loads, land have not had to pay one cent for repairs. I Uok upon the Piedmont wagon as the best Tlijini V)li' Skein wagon ruaje in the United States. Th timber uaedin tliein is most excellent and thoroughly well seasoned. " TtJRNEB P. TlIOMASON. Salisbury. N. C. Augl 27th, 188& About two ytars ago I bought of Jno. A. Boyden. a one horse Piedmont wagon which lias done much service and no pait of it has broken or given away and consequent ly it hai coit nothing for repairs. Joux D. Hekly. Samsbuby, N. C. j Sept. 3 1, 188Q. Eighteen months ago I bought of John A. Boyden, a 2 inch Thimble Skein Pied mont wagon aud Inrve used it pretty much all the time and it has proved to be a filt rate waiion. Nothing alwmt it li:is given away and therefore it has required no re pairs. , T. jjf. Wai.to?. Samsbuiiy, N. 0. Septl 8th, 1886. 13 months a jo I liught of tho Agent, in ahl urv. a 'ii in lliimhle Skein Pied - . . . . . . wagon their halites one-horse w:i'on I have kent it i , rimnl ,nd.,,t .i durin- the time h ive hauled on it at least 7 loads of wood aud that (without nv breakage or repairs. L. f. V.u.ton T m ia Here is Truth. If all men were equal in regard to wealth thprp would tw miftirpnep to- i ii ia il.. u wSTaSy lE? rTMrh man fluuiu ue eximvaini anu anoui- er eareful; one wotild be indolent and another indnstriona- sn that, tho nt dav some would be comiritivelv ooor iSdSt2l anu otners ncn. until woa niaKes an peoples urumsaim uoany neann just alike, there will always be men of. low ; and men of high degress. - Hence, equality of fortune or p- sessions ian impossibility in the very nature of man, and was never intended by bod who created him. The Inequality of Taxation. Ed. Star: Having read in your pa per an article from the Raleigh Chron icle, headed "A Most important Bill," in which attention is called to the in- justice in one or two cases in our pres- ent State revenue law. For instance A has solvent credits amounting to $h- 000, and is ahowed to deduct from ; same his debts, say So00,and therefore lists tor taxation only souu; wnne r, who owns a farm valued at $1,000 has list the same at its full value of $1,000, and C, who holds the mortgage on B's propertv for $1 ,000 has to list it also as a solvent credit. In other words, this same thousand dollars pays what ; may be called a double tax. j ., .. .. , . ! ja wicic iuij uiuic iiijuauuc .uiu iiitr- quality in these two cases mentioned than in the case ot our merchants, who in January and July pay Schedule Jl taxes on all purchases made for the six months proceeding, and then in April have to again list these same goods as stock on hand ? The Mer- chant has also to pay in January and July fees amounting to 5 cents ior the privilege, you may say, of listing their taxes and if under the same roof they sell goods and do a commis- sion business they have to pay in each case fees to the sherinyind register, and wholesale and r.e ail liquor dealers pay these fee to the four times a year dienff and register Justice. For the Watchman. Has The Bottom Fallen Ont? A farmer in town Saturday expresses the belief that the bottom has fallen out of Rowan as an agricultural sec tion, and that if he could he intended to pull up stakes and drive out to a fresh country. When men once remh this convic tion it is evident that" they can never be successful here while it holds them, and they had - better go than stay. Faith is an essential element to success, and without it no one can - put fourth the necessary effort to gain it. Men must believe that their labors will be rewarded or they cannot or will not make them. If going to a fresh coun will re-kindle faith and courage, and these are fortified, with vigorous and unremitting labor wisely directed with tne practice or economy, success will come. Biit the removal of itself with- out these essential conditions will sure- ly fail. So that, after all. it is not the J , , .! , , tresh country that warrants success, biit the change in the individual and his methods of business. Such a change, could it be wrought without the removal, would doubtless beaecom- j i J j i named by as good or better results, lor there is nn abundance of productive soil in Rowan, awaiting intelligent industry to bring out its wealth. Much of the land is badlv worn, but it can be more l- l i i i e easilv and cheaply restore to fertility, ., , , J , , , , .1 0 -It i n n i ltiioin cau ijtr ciuiiicn iiiu uiuuuilt into cultivation, or -fresh lands in the west reached and sulxlued to the plow and made yield their increase. Such is the opinion of practical men and those who have spent time and means in re moving from place to place. Never theless, if those who want to go can't rest on any evidence but that of actual experience, let their friends bid them an affectionate good bye, charging them in the last loving words to re member that there is more depending on the iiian than in the place he casts his lot tor the success he craves. P. P. 41, ....i ...... 1... .. ......... I ..... Profitable Farming- in the South. We verv often hear that farming; in the South is not a .profitable business, Unit the lauds are poor, that farmers are getting more and more inte debt, and that on the whole the outlook for the farming interests of that section is hv no means flatterino. Therp is un doubtedly a grain of truth in these note the fiict t,iat the Hou9e Coinmit statements, but if we exainingtfie faet tee on Projiositions and Grievances re we will find that there are two main norted unfavorably as to the formation reasons w nv iarniers in rue nouui are 1- : il. ij.ii not more prosperous. One is that ther adhere too closely to the one-crop idea, and no agricultural country can be per manently prosperous where all atten tion is given to one crop, whether that crop be cotton, tobacco or wheat. Di versity is essential to prosperity in ag riculture as well as in manufactures. Another rcaum for the unprofitableness of many farms in the South is the lack of proper cultivation. Instead of deep ploughing, the land is merely scratched on the top. The value of thorough cidtivation, or as itris now known in thp South "intensive farming," has been most clearly brought out in Geor gia during the last two years. A few r . - u 4 a.ia e j ircuinug iiue,e il nauui imereti pre- minma for the ?leT f COm H"d n n one aci? anl 0,1 ve acres, Fronj the Constitution of that city we gather the following facts as to the re- 8lts of this offer during l8o and aoov. .. mi -i - i m 13' Th p.mns mndp hv the four tannine conteitantsr for 1885 were as foliw: Fn, (Uroi,, fmpnTin IftfttmHfilU 7" - , T b,es co"on on t went v acres an aver- erage or rfS bates or 4ou pouna seacn to erage Ot .1A bales Ot 4)U pound seach tO the acre. Each planted five acres in j contest for the premiums for 188T,: , r Lbs. lint Fertiliwr i-ottou Rme. Geo. w. Tuitt r - ' ro?t-officc. used, lbs. 5avres. Ln (imnge - - 60 7, .8)8 ' REjeSSiSS 6,877 R. W. Teny - - - Fairburn - - 1,500 7 , , A lotal on 20 acres Average per acre 530 pounds o! fertilizer, im pound, of lint cotton. 1 This was accepted as a remarkable result, and the hundred farmers who j assembled in the agricultural deoart- ment agreed that it conld never l)e beat en. A yield of 0H bales" ol cottoiTii . . .1 20 acres broke the record, and establish- wliat wna cosidered the limit for the future. But here are figures for the cont. in 1886 Fonr Geo ia Urmc m 1880, made 82 "bales cotton on 20 acres: & Lbs. lint Post-office, o.R--"-" Paimeuo - m ' c P iron -'Palmetto Fertilizer used, tbs - 2.000 - - 2,(100 - -3.200 Geo. w.'Truit - La Grange 7,550 8,833 Total on 20 acres - - - 15,350 41 32 A verace per acru, 7b7 pounds ol lertuizcr. 2,968 pourats of lint cotton. , . It will be seen that the averaging figures for 1885 are surnassed. The M bales made on 20 acres in 8G has grown to 92 bales on 20 acres in 1880, or nearly fives bales to the acre. This result is remarkable. There were per- haps two hundred contestants for "each year, scattered over the three States of Alabama, Georgia and Carolina. The average yield of these two hundred farmers for 85 was 732 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, or more than H bales. The average yield of the two hundred farmer contestants for '80 was J00 pounds lint cotton to the acre", or considerably o .er two bales These figures, the Constitution says, teach several things: 1st. That the amount of fertilizer need ed to achieve this result is small. Mr. tSinis, with one ton of Fertilizer on five acres raised 10,887 pounds of cotton. It cost hitaL$30 te fertilize his five acres, and he rook off of them $902 worth of lint cotton.1 About the same result was achieved y Messrs. Ray and Pyron. Mr. Truitt, who took the first premium year before last, put nearly four tons of fertilfzer on his five acres last year, but did not reach as good a result by 2,000 pounds of cotton as Mr. Sims, who used only one ton of fertilizer. v 2nd. These results do not depend upon locality. More" them two hundred fann ers contesUsd. These farmers were scat tered throughout three States. They averaged over two Lales to the acre on five acre patches. This demonstrates that the average lands throughot the South, taken anywhere and properly treated, will produce two bales of cotton to the acre instead of one bale to three acres, as is now the averatre. It shows " also that no man has a patent on ttie process, but that out of two hundred formers who tried it the entire number averaged oyer two bales to the acre i 1 he result in corn planting is quite as renuirkabie. In 1885 there were a hun- dred Georgia farmers who contested for corn premiums. The entire acreage planted by tjme hundred farmers ayer- aged Srbushels of shelled com to the acre in '8o. In 1886 a larger number contestd .j the ...verae was advanced from 81 bushels of shelled corn to the acre, to 102 bushels. The single acre premium was taken by a farmer who raised 1J4 bushels of shelled corn. ' These lacis ami .mures cannot he misun- , ' . ,Q ,w. , , t -werstood. I hev Drove that there is no let- ter farming huni on earth than m Georgia, Alabama, ai5l Carolina. They prove that any man who treats his land right will be enriched bys product. They prove that intensive furniini: is the proper method of farming. andUhat it is cheaper lo cultivate a small farm well than to scratch the sur face of a large plantation. They provuthat a man lv intelligence anl prudent outlay can get fntfi. live acres a much cotton as he halHjecn accustomed to yet from six ty acres, and thaf the cost of cultivation is very much less. By making five acres-give kim the cotton ixhnt fifty acres formerly gave, he can put 4 acres down to grass or in other crops (linking enough to support him and his family the year through on the five acres intensively farmed. There is no better country in the world than Georgia and the adj lining States, and no better and safer and more profitable business than farming, if a man will mix a little brain with his hands when he goes to till the soil. The New County Hobby. In the Legislature we are glad to r,axv o,,.,. fmin nnrimne doll, Rowan and Mecklenburg. This mania for axe grinding is on, the in crease and is becoming a rather costly amusement. Out of the many propo sitions and schemes we much doubt if there is one that'is really needed. There to M two ideas uppermost in in such schemes: first to create offices and get a high price for town lots; and second, to prevent the necessity of any one having to attend court who lives more tea miles from a county seat. When Samuel H ndirsc n (grandfa'her of Chief Justice Henderson and his emi nent brother Archibald, of Salisbury) was High Sheriff of Granville, his field of labor embraced the present county, Vance. Warren. Franklin, Person and. we believe, a part of Orange. He used to serve prcesses of law by walking. In u J, k -i,..,..i- U..,- mine uain, mc uiot vuun juiipc lui J ' 7. K the county was en Roanok. river, in the first William Eaton's barn. He . . . . " was grandfather of the late well known ,HWjer o vvarreni of the same name. UwvPr of Warn.n. of th sfltn nnm p ' ,M , 1 . , T " le wouId to r,de back full seventy miles or more to cet to t xr ' u . num. nuw biicic must uc tuiii 1 . ... . . 4 . - house, jail and poor Uouse smd a dozen ' ' - Paid officinls for every ten 8lllare miles or there is a grievance. There are 06 counties now. They are more than SllHlCient UllleSS they Were Detter dlS- tributed as to lines and geographical - .. Ti.u i u fornt"- there be no more Re- publican counties created by Demo- .... ...... cratic blundering. Wil. Sih: The Earthquake. SOUTHERN EUROPE SHAKEN UP HUN DREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED. London, Feb. 24. Further dispatch- es coneerningtheeaithquakesin South ern V.nrnrw sf.itfp fb:if nlf hrtucrVi frinre cotton ! have been no further shocks at Nice, V1.1,f Advocate: I have read the panic has not yet subsided and fu- j with much interest the page of Nat io soi ! gitives are flying in every direction. ! Hwtory in the Christian Advocate, lo;793 i The people are atraid to re-enter their an1 1 novv w,ant to, add to the number houses. Last evening the heights back of the city were crowded with refugees. Two thousand English, American and Russian visitors camped out during the nignt on tne eievaten ground, oix thousand persons have left the city for j Lf rtTi tht uloir-.ifaH irrnnnH c . Paris. The son of Mr. Albert N. Hath- way, the American Consul at Nice, was seriously injured. There have been no further disturb ances at Monte Carlo. The place is till ed with thousands of refugees from Connor, Nice, Men teal and San Memo. It is difficult to find shelt r for a great number of the people, and last night a great many of them were compelled to cam) out. A more confident feeling prevails to-day. Gaming is being sus pended and the band is playing on the terrace for the pjirpo.se of restoring confidence to the frightened people. Another shock was felt at Men tone today. It Wits so severe that houses were shaken, but no one was injured. Additional details concerning the dam age done by yesterday's shocks show that in some cases where the villiages were built on mountain sides were top pling into the valleys. Three railway trains have been despatched "with food for the sufferers. A number of soldiers have also lieen sent to assist them. Home, February 24. Details were received this morning of the results of the earthquakes yesterday, showing that the effects are far more serious than was thought. The loss of life and the destruction of property is learn ed to have been terrible. Most start ling news comes from Genolse Riveiera. Over fifteen hundred people were killed in that district. At the village of Ba iardo. situated at the ton of a hill, a number of inhabitants took refuge in a church when the shocks were first felt. The subsequent and greater shock demolished the church, and three hun dred of the people who were in it were killed. The destruction of property in the sections of Italy visited by the earth quakes wtis immense and widespread. Paris, Feb. 24, 4 P. M. A renewal of earthquake shocks has occurred in the southern section!? of France. Ter rible disaster is momentarily expected. Nice, Cannes and Mentore arc half de serted. Fears are expressed for the safety of Prince of W ales and the Or leans Princes, all of whom are in the tlie-section of country where the earth quakes prevail. The fisheries trouble has assumed the importance of a national question and the Congress is so dealing with it. The House with but one dis-e .ting voice passed a bill to extend the retalia tory bill of the Senate and to prevent Canadian cars and locomotives from entering the United States. There is no passion or vindictiveness. but an as serting of rights and dignity in a be coming way. England would do well to take notice and govern herself ac cordingly. No American wishes war with any country, and especially with mother country England, but all Amer icans would like for outrages to stop and for the honor and rights of the United States to lie amply protected a gainst aggression and insult. - WiJ. Star. Rev. Dr. Charles W. Ward, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Engie wood, N. J., shot his wife, then fired two shots sit his daughter, and then shot himself. Neither his wife nor himself is dangerously wounded. He is believed to be insane, or was, when he perpet rated the assault. . B. The conduct of the wife on the occa sion, lying on the sofa yvith her face to the wall, hearing her husband calling her without answering; and finally, when he said, '"answer me while I count five or I will shoot you," was strange, if she thought he was either drunk or crazy. Evidntly she did not believe he would "shoot, or if she did for some rea son she was willing to be shot A Grsat Mystery. If there is anything we know less i x n i . HUUlHi 111 til We inillK WP MO 1 T it ' iuu wc uuiia t uu it, is the ffit, and of this the girl is glad, for there is nothing she hates toe known so bad as the truth Hh WH1 ,r,,nni " - pv, Kill 11 Vllj 'Mil ouJ, how to m-il ::;lT w " run imur Mrntn.l f T" om: e a one 1,1 utest style Sfe will greet you with the most bewitching smile, and laugh at vdur stnnidness wbn von ,nn. - , r.; . J e Sua will willr two w f hnw hi : I V l i , Of thp Wnv to frtt n nocr nf Uar Ik. in and then passby without looking at him. She will attend church, listen with absorbed interest to the eloquent r-" "iuuu, l ieu rei. ni and expatiate upon the horrible tit of Miss Snow a new buqne. From the time she is big enough to swing on the gate and tie a ribbon in a double . ... bow knot she begins to locate a sweet heart, and she keeps this up until be is f located in the back yard exercising his talents dissecting stovewood. Castro rifle ( Tex.) Anville. A Real Joint Snake. Dr. Fitzgerald, Editor of the Nash- oi cunous tmngs by contributing my ,te- ,As 1 was Pjowing yesterday a P!ece ne' rou,.ld ne tl,e TOO(K 1 l"owetl out two joint snakes. The first uiic i nuuuucu. mm us lb was CU1U BUU " ' i i "ld not crawl fast, 1 put my foot on its tail and rolled it a little: it unioin- ted about ten inches of its tail. I pick ed it up and took it to three persons near by and unjoiuted it again by bending it so that they could see the joints unfastened, so they should see and believe what so many think is only a myth a real joint snake. The head part of that snake crawled away. And near by I plowed out another, and reaching down quickly seized it by its head to prevent its unjoinfcing, for if you catch one by its tail it will leave a part of itself in your hand anuV slip off with the other a means of de fense with which it is endowed to evade its enemies. The snake is about two feet long, and resembles a garter snake, only it has no neck; its head seems to be on the thickest part of its body. It has brown bLack stripes, and specks on its sides, and white bel ly. If yotl know of any museum at tached to any of our colleges or iu Vanderbuilt University where they would like to have it, and thev will pay express charges on it, I will send it to them. Let us hear from them right off, as I can't feed it well, and I suppose it is getting hungry, having been a month or two laying up for winter. Address Her. Geo. (i. Jackson, Aubaradale, Polk County, Florida. It Will Puzzle the Court. Har: lord Telegram. One of the most novel cases that has ever occurred in the history of the courts is about to be brought in a town situatxd only a few miles from Hart ford. Six years rgo a gentleman of re spectable character, and who moves in the best society, obtained a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultry. The case attracted wide attention at the time on account of the respectability of the parties concerned. Although the divorce was granted, the parents of the young woman have always niaint tained that their daughter was innocent, and although the divorce took from her the right to bear her husband's name, thoy have ;.lways insisted that she could be known by no other. Less than a year ago the woman died, it is said, of a broken lieart. and on her deathbed maintained that she had nev er been guilty of the crime charged by her husband. Her body was laid away in the churchyard, and a neat but mod est gravestone marks her resting place. Faithful to their belief the parents caus ed the inscription on th? stone to bear the name of their daughter's htfsband, and this has caused the suit. The man is about to bring action in thecourt to force the parents to eivase his name from the tomcstone, claiming that as he was divorced from the woman she had no right to bear his name, even in death. It is doubtful if a similar case can be found iu any State o'rfrountry. INFORMATION MANY PERSONS at this season suffer from neither Headache, 'i urulaia, Rheumatism, Pains in tho Limbs; JUtck and Sides, Jiad Stood, iijest ioti , Dyspepsia, ilalaria, Constipat ion A. Kidney Troubles. 1 VOLINA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, Bad Dloo! and Kidney Trotlos, by cleansing th blood of nil iu iuivurilies, sfrcnjUicnlns all paru of the body. -h VOLINA CORDIAL CURES SICK-HEADACHE, Keuralpia, Pain In the Limb, Back and Sides, hj toning the nerve ar.d f trengtheniog the muscles. 1 - VOLINA CORDIAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion and Constipation, by aiding the assim Uatiu? of the Foed.throuKh the proper action of the toinach ; it creates a healthy appetite. -h YOLWA CORDIAL CURES NERVOUSNESS, Depression of spirits and Weakness, by enliven liig and toning the system. VOLINA CORDIAL CURES OVERWORKED and Delicate Women. Puny and Sickly Children. It is delightful and nutritious as a general Tonic. Vol ina Almanac and Diary, for 18K7. A handme, complete and :i-fu! B.-VOK. tellinr how to C'l'KE DISEASES at HOVE in a pleasant, natural way. Mailt d en receipt or a 2c. postage stamp. Aaaresa VOLINA DRUG SL CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. I "v iiiiiii m fuw v m. m. m m. 1 m w m 1 n s It is well to Remember That life without laughing is a dr art man K. That ambition is a vacuum that will never be filled. That one mistake is a warning which need not be repeated. That there is joy in the evening when the day has been well spent. - That cheek bod ilv enters where mod esty dare not pull the door bell. That now is the constant watchword ticking from the clock of time. That the wear and tear of life come cmenv by straining after the lin- possible. 'PL-l 1.L - J. -- a 1 nai me grear. secret ot success in life is to be ready when opportunity tomes. That UI can't do it" never did any thing, and that Lyvill try" has work ed wonders. That onrwach of faith will-al ways he remembered, no matter how loyal your subsequent life may be. That a face that cannot smile is like a bud that blossoms and dies upon the stalk. That a watch set right may be a true guide to many others, and one that goes wrong may be the means of mis leading a whole neighborhood. That a well-cooked breakfast will do more towards preserving pence in the family than scores of mottoes set in most elaborate mouldings. What Makes a Man. .What makes the man is his charac ter, and not his appearance, nor any thing external. The poet Burns, who was walking in Edinburg with a fash ionable young man, met and spoke to a worthy, but plainly dressed farmer. When his companion blamed him, the poet replied: "Why, it was not the rough coat that I spoke to, but the man that was in it; and the man. sir. for true worth, would weigh down you and me, and ten more such, any day.'1 It is the character that makes the man, and the character is always being shaped by the daily thoughts and ac tions. Every boy is building up day by day. the character that will make or mar his manhood. Exchange. The Goose Bone's Prophecy. "You may depend upon it," said a Rockland county farmer to a reporter last week, "we will have an open win ter and a good wheat year; the goose bone savs so." The goose bone is ac cepted by many Rockland county peo ple as better authority than Wiggins, or their Hackensack friend, De Voe. In many farm houses it will soon be found hanging in the hall, and upon its predictions some men place the fullest reliance. The real prophetic bone, it h claimed can only bo obtained from a go se that Wits hatched out in the spring, and the goo.-e must not be killed until the In dian summer has passed away. A bone taken from a goose hatched in May lat rear has a row of (lots around the Chronic Catar.h destroys the srnsc of sraoll mid taste, consumes the cartilages of the nose, and, unless properly treated, hastens its victim into Consumption. It usually in dicates a scrofulous eoudition of the sys tem, and should be treated, like chronic ulcers and eruption, Hi rough the blood. most obstinate aud dangerous forms of ibis disagreeable disease Can be cured by takinT Ayor's Saranpsrilln. fl have always been --more or les troulded with Scrofula, but never seriously until the siuiii'.' of lSs. At Hint time I "took a severe cold in my head, which, notwith standing all efforts to cure frrew Joor-e. und finally became a chronic Catarrh. It was accompanied with terrible head uclies, deafness, a continual cotiirhiltg, and With pent soreness of the lungs. 31v : throat and stomach were so polluted with ! ... . .:. .. r : 1 1 I 1110 mass 01 corruption iniiu my uv.im that Loss .of Appetite. Dyspepsia, and Emaciation totallv unlit fed me for busi ness. 1 tried uianv of I In so-ca 1 leu spe - cities for this disease, but obtained no relief until 1 commenced taking Ayer's Sarsapurilla. After using two bottle of this medicine. I noticed an improvement in my condition. When 1 had taken six bottles all traces of Catarrh disappeared, mid my health was completely restored. A. P.. Coriu.il, Fairfield, Iowa. For thoroughly eraifieathijr the poisons cf Catarrh from the blood, take Ayer's Sar paparilla. It will restore health and vigor to decHvinsr and diseased tissues, when cvcrvlhim: else fails. Prepared by Dr. J.C.AyerSc Co., Lowell, Mass. F ?trq sn iST mS m ECZEMA ERADICATED. 1 in Gentlemen It is doc Ton tisT that I thin I an entirely well r f ers-m.i sltr- T v.hu takf-n Swift' spt-ctllr. I havr hccii troubled wita it very HUi in my farf aiucc )at sprine. At the tieginntnz of cold wealth r lan tall it made a slitftt appearance, but went w .sr and nar sever returned, fc. S. !. no doubt brfc-e it up: at lat it pin my stem.in eooil -ntdiiirn and I rot well It also beneniefTtiiy wife crvaUy in case of tick: h. H'larrt '. aud laaUc & perfect cure of a btvakinz oat on Biylittie three year ciJ daughter but mfsm r. - . . i Watkinsville, C,x, Teh. t-i, :1. latv. J&MtS V. 71 KCWr, Treatise on Blooa and Skin Disease malted free. Tbk Swift Srnirtr C . TViwerS. Atlanta. Ca. keel of it, indicating tins temperature; and the durkertlie spots the colder the weather. It is claimed that the mark dividing the bone indicat te thre winter months, December begiui.iag at the front, Those who have read this year's bone carefully say it indi cates more regular weather than that of last j-ear, and not so severe. There will not be many days daring which running water will freeze. The cohl est weather will occur during the fiixt half of January, and in that time there wilL be several days of freezing. It will be the severest part of the whole season. Near the point of the bone the -discoloration is a little heavy, thus showing that the first day of "winter will give proof of the season's change. This will be followed by rising temper ature and falling weather for Christ mas. January will be ushered in with cold and the cold will strengthen as the days lengthen, the coldest day of the winter !eing Jan. 8. The severe weath- ' er will be brief, followed by rising temperatures and heavy thaws', and the last half of the month will see many rains and snows. During February there will not he any very cold weath er, but it will be a rather disagreeable month, with snows and rains. A few cold days will be all that February will conrnonre to winter. An eany ana de cided thaw is among the promise of the bone. The February thaw will vQverflow the mountain streams, and dwastrous floods may be looked for. At'w 1-ork 1 riltttne. Evangelical Frauds. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 24. Ten days ago two men and a woman, represent ing themselves as homeless evangeli.sts from Canada, came here and began preaching upon the street corners. The whites did not attend, but several hun dred colored folks went to the preach ing, and the meeting-was quite excit ing. The visitors at fisrt preachetl religion in a fanatical manner,-abusing all pastors of churches, and declaring that tliofe who attended indoor servi ces were going to hell. The world was to come to an end in a few years, when all outdoor worshippers, number ing one hundred and forty-four thous and would be taken to Heaven alive.' The wild talks of these white people made some. of the negroes almost wild with religious excitement. It was ascertained to-day that these people are going about among the ne groes and attempting to set them against the whites by assuring them that the whites are leading them under foot, usurping their rights, cheating them, &c. The holiness evangelists should be threatened with a thrashing and tar and feathers if thev don't desist. They have disappeared. It is supposed that they are supported by some 01 ganization in the Noith desiring the colored people and the whites to disa gree. They ask for no money, and I take none, but draw on New York for i large sums at a time. Catarrh Ts usually the result of a neglected "cold hi the head,"- which Causes an inflam mation of the mucous membrane of the Bose. Unless arrested, this inflammation produces Catarrh which, when vhrouic, becomes very offensive. It is imposfcibl to be otherwise healthy, and, at the same time, afflicted with Catarrh. When promptly treated, this disease may be Cured by the ue of Ayer's Sarsapnrtlla. ! suffered, for ears, from chronic Catarrh. Jlv appetite" was verv poor, and I frit miserably. .Noiio of ihe remedies I ttok afforded me any relief, until I commenced using A vcr's Saraparilln, of which I have now taken five bottles. The Catarrh has disappeared, ami I mil growing strong aud stout again; my appetite has rotutned, and mv health is fullv restored. Sitsan L. W. Cook, (KW Albany street, Boslon Highlands, 31 ass. 1 was troubled with Catarrh, and all its attendant evils, for several vcars. 1 tried 1 ...... :,, remedies, and was treated bv a number of physicians, but received no benefit until 1 commenced taking Aver's Sarsaparilla. A few bottles mi this medicine cured me of this trouble gome complaint, aud completely refoml ,., ho.-iltli mul t t-cnvi It. L-Jmum lioirirs. Human's Mills, Albermarle, N. C. j Jf y)U woH s1lTn!rfJlcn .ld invigorate ' your system more rapidly ami surely than by any other medicine, use Ayer's Sar- sapar ilia. It is the safest and most reliable of all blood purifiers. No other remedy is M effective iu eases of chronic Catarrh. SoW by all Druggists. Price ft; ix bottles, I :"3ui I e . - .' a4sJssite. r . -