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SALISBURY Y. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1887.
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W atchman.
The following lines from Power and
Transmission set forth pretty clearly"
the difference t between a class of busi
ness us now conducted and gambling :
You go upon the board of trade,
Where margin merchants meet,
And take some little options
On January wheal;
You watch trie little ticker,
Till the hands swing round the ring,
Then vou find yourJittle boodle
Has gone a-glimmering.
That's business.
You "go into a faro bank
And buy a stack of chips,
And watch the cards come fronr the box
Which the dealer deftly flips.
When your head is dull antr aching,
At the breaking of the day,
You see that fickle fortune
Has gone the other way.
That's gambling.
uAnd what kind of a man
was
i v ..-PS'1 urwl.iw ..
your-husband? a weeping widow was
asked, -r
wen. i iiiuiiiii in; w.is an wnyri
lefore we were married, but I found 1
had made a great mjstake. He was
mt the reverse. But he got religious
before he died, and ljguess lie's an angel
now. mats some consolation. lvs
ton Courier.
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PURELY VEGETABLE.
It act with extraordinary efficacy en the
VER, If iniurvc
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and Bowels.
AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR
Malaria, Ilowel Complaints,
Dyspepsia,, Sick Headache,
Constipation, liiliousnesa,
Kidney Affection. Jaundice,
Mental I epre salon, Colic.
No Household Should be Without It,
and. y being kept ready for immediate use,
will save many an hour of suffering nnd
many a dollar in time and doctors' bills.
THERE 13 BUT ONE
SIMMONS LITER REGULATOR
See that you get the genuine with red Z"
en front of Wrapper. Prepared only by
J.H.ZEILIN d, CO., Sole Proprietor.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 1'liitK, SI. DO.
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IEDMONT WAGON,
MADE AT
HICKORY, N. 0.
CAN'T BE BEAT!
They stand whore they ought
to, right square
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AT THE FRONT!
It Was - a Hard Fight But They
Have Won It!
Just read what people say
about tlK'tn and if vou want a
w m a "1
wagon come quickly and bu
one, either for cash or on time.
Salisbury, N. C.
Sept. 1st. 18SC.
Two years ago I bought a very light two
knwe Piedmont wagon of the Agent, Juo
A. Hoyden; have used it near'y all the time
since, have tried it severely in hauling saw
l'?and other heavy loads, and have not
uii'l to nay one cent tor repairs. 1 look
upon the Piedmont wagon as the bestThim-
iMcbkein wauon made in the united States.
The timber used in them is most excellent
ti'l thorotfghly well seasoned.
TtJRNEU P. THOMASON.
Salisbury. N. C.
Aug. 27th, 188G
About two years ago I bought of Jno. A
nojfiien, a one horse Piedmont wagon which
s done much service and no pait of it
w woken or given away and consequent
'jit hii cost nothing tor repairs.
John D. IIekly.
Salisbury, N. C.
Scut. 31. 1880.
Eighteen months ago I bought of John
Boydcn, a 2$ inch Thimble Skein Pied
mont wagon and have used it pretty much
tjie time ami it has proved to be a first-
rte wagon. Nothing about it has given
ay and therefore it has required n re-
imr ft i ' . . ......
1. iV. HAiilUAi
Salisbury, N. C.
Sept. 81 h, 186.
W montliR &rn I bought of the Agent, in
ahslurv ii 2i in Thimble Skein Piedmont
gn their lightest one-horse wagon I
ave ki'pt it in almost constant use an
nuringthe time Invc hauled on it at least
J loads pf wood and that without anv
fnkage or repairs. -L. 11. Walton.
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Hobility.
True worth in in leing, not seeming
In doing each day that goes ly
Some little road not in the dreaming
Of great things to dolv nnd bv.
For whatever men say in blindness.
And apite of the fancies of youth.
There's nothing so kinuly us kindness,
And nothing so royal tu truth.
Wc get back our mete ns we measure
We cannot do wrong and feel ri-ht,
Sor can we give pain nnd feel pleasure.
For justice avenges each slight.
The air for the wing of the sparrow.
The bush for the robin ami wren,
But always the path that Is narrow
Aud straight for the children of men.
'Tis not in the pages of story
The heart of its ills to beguile,
Though he who makes courtship to glory
Gives all that he hath for her smile,
I For when from her heights he has won her, I
Alas ! it is only to prove
That nothing's so sacred as honor.
And nothing so royal as lavel
Si eaanot-make bargain for bjissra,
jsurcwtu incut, line nsnes, in
SSamtimSn the thing onTlife misses
Helps more than the tbini; which it gets;
m . Til" "it 1 ' " -
tor goo'l lietn not in pursuing.
Nor gaining of great nor of small,
But just in the doing, and doing
As wc would be doue by is all.
Through envy, through malice, through
hating
Agaiit the world, early and late,
No jot of our courage abating
Our part is to work and to wait.
And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth;
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.
Alice Cary.
Beecherism'i.
Every
farmer.
farm should
own a
good
A man never has good luck who has
a bad wife.
The masses against the classes, the
world over.
A. man who does not love praise is
not a full man.
A man must ask leave of his stomach
to be a happy man.
It takes longer for a man to find out
man than any other creature that is
made.
Flowers are the sweetest things that
God ever made and forgot to put a soul
into.
A man without self restraint is like a
barrel without hoops and tumbles to
pieces.
The greatest event in a hen's life is
made up of an egg and cackles. But
eagles never cackle.
A proud man is seldom a grateful
a 1 .!
man,, tor he never thinks he gets as
much as he deserves.
That cannot be a healthy condition
1 l i, . a
in wincli few prosper ami the erreat
mass are drudges.
Communities are blest in the propor
tion in which money is diffused through
the whole range of population.
Gambling with cards, dice or stocks-
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is all one thing it is jzettinjr money
without giving an equivalent for it.
Newspapers are the schoolmasters of
common people. 1 hat endless book,
the newspaper is our national glory.
One of the original tendencies of
the human mind, fundamental and
universal, is the love of other people's
private affairs.
This is a good world to sin in; so far
as men are concerned, it is a very hard
worild to repent in. It is a bitter world;
it is a cruel worja-
Poverty is very good in poems, but it
is very bad in a house. It is very good
in maxims and in sermons, but it is
very bad in practical life.
A cot is the saint of the barnyard.
She could be fat if she could only be
selfish. But she economizes beauty
that she may be profuse in milk.
No citybread man has any business
to expect satisfaction in a pure country
life for two months unless he has a
genius for leisure and even laziness.
Debt rolls a man over and over, bind
ing him hand and foot and letting him
hang upon the fatal mesh until the
long legged interest devours him:
Our' government is built upon the
vote. But votes that are purchasable
are as quicksands, and a government
built on them stands upon corruption
and revolution.
A man is a great bundle of tools. He
is born into this life without the knowl
edge of how to use them. Education
is the process of learning their use, and
dangers and troubles are God's whet
stones with which to keep them sharp.
App1et(m's "Proverbs from Plymouth
Pulpit?
The individual or firm who attempts
to do every thing seldom succeeds in do
ing anything well. Life is not long
enough to exhaust even one branch of
science, art or industry. When one
needs anything out of nis line of busi
ness, it is far better to make the pur
chsise of an experienced and trust
worthy neighbor than to undertake to
to learn another branch of business,
with all ats cost of experience. The
concern which undertakes to make all
the money, to get along without mak
ing any purchases of others, and to mo
nopolize all the avenues of profit, gen
erally gets left in the road for wealth.
Scientific American.
ON AN OCEAN STEAMER
How a Great Transatlantic VetJel is
Ron.
axd crew how
DUTIES OF OFFICERS
ALL GOES LIKE CKKXWORK'
ORMOUS QUANTITY OF
FUEL USED.
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' hours. t he chief omoer, third and
Before detailing the internal econ- fifth officers, and half the sailors are in
omy of our large ocean vessels let me one watch (the port watch), the sec
institute ,a comparison between the ond, fourth and sixth officers and half
pionepessels of one of our lines and the sailors make up the starboard watch,
later additions to the Atlantic fleet, When the chief officer is on deck he is
which will at once disclose the remark- stationed on the bridge, where the tele
able progress of steam navigation upon graphs to the engine room wheel house
the Atlantic. The Brittamiia, built and other parts of the vessel are fixed;
in 1839, took GOO tons of coal, leaving the third officer i on the lookout
liverpool on her outward voyage. She
burned forty-four tons per day, while
her steam pressure was nine pounds
nnd her speed a little over eight knots
per iuMj&Mjwliy ami steadily be
ocean stt-:imers increased in all those
particulars until the Ctrl mi nation was
reacnea in a vessel mini m ieOt. ane 3
has averaged a speed of eighteen knots
in nine consecutive voyages between j
tjueenstown and New York, whichv is
equal to twenty-one statute miles per
hour, or something greater than the
average speed of "the ordinary train
service on any railway in the world.
Her engines indicate 14,000 horse
power, arid are supplied with steam
from nine double ended boilers, each
with eight furnaces, or a total of seventy-two
furnaces. The total consump
tion of coal is 300 tons per day, or
twelve tons per hour, or 4G0 pound sper
minute; and if the whole of the fires
were raked together and formed into
one large fire there would be forty
two tons of coal, or a mass of twenty
feet long, twenty feet broad, and rather
more than four feet -high, fiercely
burning. Beside the coal, 130 gallons
of oil are used daily for journals, bear
ings, etc. In the engine-room are the
dynamos and driving engines used for
lighting the ship, which are looked
after by the engine room staff. Her
crew is made up as 'follows: The cap
tain, six officers, surgeon and purser,
forly seamen, carpenter and joiner,
boatswain and mate, two masters at
arms, twelve engineers, 112 firemen
and trimmers, seventy-two stewards,
six stewardesses, twenty-four cooks,
bakers and assistants, in all, two hun
dred and eighty-seven hands.
Before the commencement of a
voyage the crew have to k,sHgn articles;"
at this time the officers and sailors are
examined by the ship's surgeon for
color blindness, and every officer join
ing the service is examined by an ex
pert for long and sliort sight.
The ships are always sent from the
loading berjh in dock to the company's
mooring, "and at least twenty-four
'hours before the time appointed for
sailing, each member of the crew is
given a metal badge with a number
stamped upoti it, showing the boat
(which has a corresponding number)
he belongs to. After the men have re
ceived their badges they are mustered,
their names are called and then they
are put through the various drills ap
pointed by the directors to be carried
! out; these consist of boat drill, fire drill,
pump drill, bulk-head door drill and
sending squads
s or men. oeionuins 10
p i i : a
one or more boats, from one part to
any other part of the ship. When the
order is given, "Out all boats," the
men (sailors, firemen and stewards) go
to their respective boats, i. e., those
with badges numbered 1 to No. 1 boat,
and so on and at once cast off the lash
ings, grips and covers, swing the boat
out, square the davits and stand by the
order, "Lowertaway;" all this time the
boat keepers (fal ways sailors) are in the
boat, and never leave her until she is
again swung in board and secured.
When the order "Lower away" is given
the rope ladder, with which each boat
is supplied, is passed to the men on
deck and one end secured to the ships
rail, the other end going down with
the boat; as soon as the boat touches
the water the order "Man all boats" is
given, the boat's crew consisting of
four sailors (two already in the boat)
two firemen, two stewards, and the
officer or quartermaster in charge then
get into the boat, and she is sent to
pull round a vessel or buoy at some
distance from the ship; upon their re
turn the oars are laid in and the boats
sent away under sail; when they come
back from, their sailing cruise they are
hoisted in put into their respective
chocks, and secured for the voyage, it
is very Tare for a boat to exceed three
minutes from the time the order "Out
all boats'' is given till she is well clear
of the ships side. The fire drill, the
pump drill and hulk-head door drill
are each in turn attended to, and an
excuse is never allowed for any
member of the crew being absent while
the drill is going on. The storerooms
staterooms loons sounding machines,
lead lines, rockets ana an lite saving
appliances are thoroughly examined,
and if found perfect the ship is consid
ered in good order for the voyage.
At a fixed hour on each day during the
vovage the bulkhead doors are closed
and opened to keep them in good work-
ins: order. All minor regulations of
the company receive the same strict
attention.
The officers and sailors are divided
into two watches and keep watch and
watch from time of departure from one
port till the time of arrival at the other
These watches are
First watch, from
8 p. m. till midnight; middle watch,
from midnight till 4 a. m.: morning j
watch, from 4 till 8 a. m.; forenoon I
watch, from 8 a. in. till noon; after
noon watch, from noon till 4p.m.:,
then comes the dog waJeh.s, the first
from 4 till 0 p. m., the second from 0 1
till o p. m. By this arrangement j
seven instead of six watches are made, !
! the intention being to change the turn 1
I of the night watch every twenty-four
bridge, forward, and the fifth officer is
at the wln.fl attending to the steering of
the ship: two of the sailors stationed
as far forward in possible as lookout
cien, one sartor is? stationed at the
crank hatch to pass an order to the
engine-room should anything go wrong
witn tne telegrapti to the engine-room
and a quartermaster is stationed in the
after wheelhouse to attend to the
steering engine, and also to look after
the whole chains; in thick weather the
lookouts are doubled, and in heavy
weather additional men are stationed in
the after wheelhouse to put the breaks
on the circle on the rudder head should
anything go wrong with the wheel
chains, steering engine, etc., in which
case the hand steering gear could be
attached in less than a minute; the
remaining part of the watch under the
boatswain, attend to making or short
ening sail, washing decks, etc. When
the starboard watch comes on deck the
second officer relieves the chief officer,
the fourth and third officer, and the
sixth and fifth officer, the look-out, etc.,
being relieved by members of the watch
coining on duty. Every care and at
tention is paid by the dflicers and look
outs, or it would be impossible to navi
gate ocean steamers as safely as it is
done. This routine is carried on from
the beginning until the end of the pas
sage, through sunshine and darkness,
storm and tempest, the change made is
removing the look-out from the tore
end of the ship, where they might have
a chance of being, washed away, to
the look-out bridge, or even to the
main bridgeT but this latter is only
done in verv bad weather.
The engineeri (with the exception of
the chief engineer who does not keep a
watch) and firemen and trimmers are
divided into three watches, each of four
hours duration- this gives eight hours
on duty and sixteen hours off duty dur
ing the day. If fine weather the en
gineers and men have the greater part
of the sixteen hours off duty to them
selves, but in thick and foggy weather
the engineers and some of the best men
who have been on watch for four hours
have to stand by the starting gear and
safety valve gear for another four
hours, supposing the .thick weather to
continue for that time. A moment's
thought will show that in such event
the watch on duty in the engine room
and stockhole must remain in their
stations and attend to whatever is re
quisite in the ordinary work of running
the engines; and as it" is just as neces
sary that some one be stationed at the
starting and safety valve gear to stop
and reverse 4he engines should anv
order come from the bridge, the engi
neers and some of the men who have
kept the previous watch are told off to
this duty. Boston Globe.
Floating a Mine.
HOW A CALIFORNIA SHARPER PAID THE
GUARANTEED DIVIDENDS ON IT.
"Yes," said a chipper, as he looked
wistfully at the exhausted tobacco
from which the last vestige of nicotine
had been squeezed out, "Yes, things
is changed. They're trying to sell
that old mine in the East. They
can't do it. They hain't got the
genius."
"Genius !" said another. "There
ain't an ounce of metal in the whole
lode."
"What's that got to do with it ?"
"Well, I should say it had a good deal
to do with it."
"I had a good deal of money at one
time, pardner, before I "
"Oh, shut up on that. You've told
us that a thousand times."
"Well, I floated a mine. Sold it, by
gosh, for So0,(XX), and it hadn't a bit of
1 i ' L
ore anywnere aooui n,.
"Get out f
"I did; vou bet I did; and I made
just 18,750 half my shareof the pro-
i'l i r "
nc, oarnnij some lew expenses.
"How?"
"I guaranteed that as it stood it
would pay ten per cent, dividends every
month tor twelve months. 1 guaranteed
that. See?"
Yes I see.
"Well, 1 got my $50,000. I put
12,000 in the bank to pay my divi
dends for a year, an' I kept my word."
"An then?"
"Well, I hadn't guaranteed anymore,
had I ? The mine, unfortunately, of
course, petered out then." San tran
cisco Chronicle.
A flourishing mill in Oregon pays an
adjacent saw mill $50 a day for its saw
dust, which it uses for fuel in its big
furnaces. Their fuel cost them $100 a
day before they found that they could
bum what most Western saw mills
throw away.
Edwin Booth.
THE DISTINGUISHED TRAGEDIAN S
TATIOH OF HIMSELF.
IMP-
The following story
rwin
Booths alleged failure in
imitating
rimaitim-
himself is interesting. Some time dur
ing 1862 the brother of the only Ham
let" was playing in Washington, and
at the clone of his engagement was
tendered a benefit This was natural
ly a matinee, for, whatever may have
been the general opinion of the acting
of John Wilkes Booth, there was very
little dissent especially among the gent
ler sex, from the fact that he was the
handsomest man of the day. Edwin
Booth, being in the city at the time,
naturally attended, and went behind
t lie scenes to congratulate his brother
on hie bumper of an audience. As
Edwin stood conversing in the wings
a then popular character actor, who
hud been giving- imitations of noted
actors as h is share of the programme,
came off the stage and began preparing
to respond to a tremendous encore.
"What nextr asked Booth.
I am going to give them vou in the
'Soliloouv.' " said th snpeiulist iurv- '
ously. "But with the original looking
on I know I shall make a mess of it.
"I say, Ned," said John Wilkes, "I
have an idea. Go on and imitate vour
self." The proposition struck the tragedian
as a comical one. Hastily putting on
the mimic's wig and buttoning up his
coat he went on and delivered the cele
brated speech of the melancholy Dane.
The next morning the National Intel
ligencer, the great paper, said that the
imitations ruined the performance,
each being worse than the others,
"while that of Edwin Booth was sim
ply vile enough to cause that famous
actor to shudder in his shoes could he
but have seen it." Chicago Current.
The Use of Beth Hands.
There are enough instances of men
and women overcoming the awkward
ness and weekness of their left arras
and hands to encourage a more univer
sal attempt in this direction, says a
writer in the4 Epoch. In New York
city there is at least one telegraph op
erator who can not only "send" but
"receive" equally well with either hand,
his skillful manipulation of the key
with both hands being only excelled by
the beautiful copy he makes. Many
other operators are gifted to a greater
or lesser degree with the ability of
1 sending" with either hand. Surgeons
seek to cultivate ambidexterity, as it
assists them where quick decisive action
is needed. 1 here are carpenters, black
smiths, painters, masons and members
of other trades who find that their abil
ity to use either hand equally well
helps them greatly in their work. The
East Indian weaver shoots his shuttle
through the web from left to right with
the same unerring force that he does
from right to lef . I have in mind a
gentleman whose skill in carving,
. . tit
snooting on tne wing and tnrowing a
ny is tne admiration oi nis menus, in
all of which feats he can use his left
hand as well as his right.
A lady, a well known writer on eco-
i i
nomics, says sne can beat eggs more
quickly and lightly than any of her do
mestics because she can use first one
aud then the other hand in the operation.
Men who can shoot, fence, box aud
play cricket or baseball equally well
with either hand are rare, but promi
nent in various sports when so gifted.
The hero of the ball-field in my college
days was a man who could bat well
with his right or left hand, aud was
the "terror" of all opposing nines.
Poise Beats.
it is strange how few people know
what their normal pulse is, said a phy
sician to a St. Louis Globe reporter.
They know that the avervge pulse is
about seventy, and imagine that they
are well or otherwise as their pulse ap
proaches or departs from this standard.
It is true that an average of all pulses
would give a result of about seventy
beats, but in no other physical pecu
liarity is there such a wide individual
variation. I had two students in my
office at the same time, both very
strong and remarkably healthy young
men. The normal pulse of one was for
tv-seven and the other ninety-three.
This difference is unusual, few pulses
fallincr below sixtv or rising above
itrhtv in a health v subiect. but an
unusually slow or rapid pulse is no in
dication whatever of disease, asispopu
larly supposed to be the case. Most
people overestimate their pulse, as they
often count its beats when talking
about the matter, and it is a fact well
known to physicians that the excite
ment of conversation will quicken tn
from five to twentv beats. The
hst time to arrive at the true normal
is shortly after waking in the morning
when the nerves are unexcited.
Arbitration.
"Are you going to strike, ma?" asked
the little Iwy as he tremblingly gazed
on the uplifted shingle.
"That s just what I'm going to do."
"Can't we arbitrate, ma, before you
strike?'1
"I am just going to arbitrate," she
said, as the shingle descended and raised
a cloud of dust from the pantaloons."
"I am just going to arbitrate, my son,
and this shiugle is the board of arbitra
tion." Boston Courier.
A New Torpedo Boat
A CRAFT THAT WILL MAKE THIRTY MILES
AN HOUR AGAINST TIDE.
boat builders, of Chiswwdr hnv ,-.,r.i.
pleted a new torpedo boat for the Span-
a m .
isn government, which, for speed, has
beaten anything that has yet been
built. The new boat is 149 feet 0 inch
es in length, and has a beam of 14 feet
0 inches, and draws 14 feet 8 inches of
water. She has twin-screw comnonnd
engines, which act independently of
each other, while the steering gear con
sists of two curved rudders, which make
her the handiest vessel of her class
yet afloat, as she is able to turn about
in three times her own length going at
ordinary speed, which is about 15.34
knots with the natural draught On a
trip the other day with the tide in her
favor and forced draught she attained
the exteaordiuary speed of 29.01 knots,
a rate of nearly 33 miles an boor. Af
terward she traveled against the tide at
better than thirty miles an hour. She
is divided into a number of water-tight
compartments, ami in case of being
hulled by shot is fitted with ejectors
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I iiipauic ui uisuuaigiug tou ions Ol
water per hour. She has two torpedo
tubes in the bows and has place to car
ry four Schwartzkofpt torpedoes, and
will mount four Nordenfefdt machine
guns.
A Woman's Friendship.
It is a wondrous advantage to a man,
in everv pursuit or vocation, to secure
an adviser in a sensible woman. In
woman there is at once a subtle deli
cacy of tact, and a plain soundness of
judgment, which are rarely combined
to an equal degree in man. A woman,
if she be really your friend, will ave
a sensitive regard for your character,
honor, repute. She will seldom coun
sel you to do a shabby thing, for a wo
man friend always desires to be proud
of you. At the same time her consti
tutional timidity makes her more cau
tious than your male friend. She there
fore seldom counsels you to do an im
prudent thing.
A man's lest female friend is a wife
of good sense and heart, whom he
loves, and who loves him. But, sup-
Kosing the man to be without such a
elpmate, female friendship he must
still have, or his intellect will be with
out a garden, and there will be many
an unheeded gap, even in its strongest
tence. Better and
safer, of course, areTyur friends and acquaintances with your
such friendship where disparity of
years or circumstances puts the idea of
love out of the question. Middle age
has rarely this advantage; youth and
old .age huve. We may have female
friendship with those much older, nnd
those much younger than ourselves.
Female friendship is to a man the bul
wark, sweetness ornament of his existence.
TRADE
MARK.
ECZEMA ERADICATED.
Gentlemen It Sa de Ton tn ny that I think I am entirety well of eesein kfter havUj
taken Swift's Specific. I have been troubled with it very little mi my face since last sawtajr.
At the beginning: of cold weather last fall it made a slight appearance, bat wept awy ajw
naa never returned. S. S. S. no doubt broke it np: at leant it pat my vxtem. in good condition
and I got well. It also bensdted my wire greatly in case of nick headache, aad made a perfect
cure wf a breaking oat on my little three year old daughter last tupimcr.
Watkinsville, Ga., Feb, 13, 1886. 4Uv. J AMISS V. X. MORIUS.
Treatise on Blood and Skia Disease mailed free.
Thk Swift Kwcitw Co., Th-awer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Aug. 28, 1886. ly
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FARMERS
Look to Your Interest.
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county, will buy more goods than one dollar and fifty cents on a credit with
those stores which sell on mortgage. If you don't believe it, try one year aad aaa
what you will ave. Come and examine my excellent line of
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About Newspapers.
The first t rouble which confronts a
Southern newspaper is the spnrsitv of
population and the absence of towns. Of
compared with communities to- the
north of us. Then the population they
have is made up of white and bli-ct
people, and the latter are not given tor
the patronage of public journals. The
next great difficulty and a very sprioua
one it is, has been 'previously referred
to in these columns, and is 'found in
the fact that newspapers pay cash or its
equivalent for everything tKey get,
from labor to material, and give credit
in return, with a consequent loss that
is always found on the books the
end of every year. It is of
ten the case that unjust, ungenerous.
ana suiyxcomparisons are mad, bjr
pie wno ougnt to know better.
the journals published . here aud the
great sheet printed in the
centre of the Union.
sidered the local journals are ji
to
the profession, for thev are all
ducted with industry; and. according to
tneir means, are active and enterprsV
iug. XorolL- Lantnutrk.
Virginia Bread.
Let us take, for example, that one
important aye essential element of
household comfort the staff of life,
bread. Where do we find it prepared
and in the greatest variety ? Can the
deservedly famous Vienna loaf anrpaav
the bread made by a well trained Vir
ginia cook? So numerous were the
breads at a Virginia breakfast, that
the meat, however deliciously it might
be served, was ordinarily regarded aa a
secondary consideration, and was gen
erally termed a "relish," the jtap&ar
tides of the meal consisting of
a variety of breads. It was not unusual
to find at a Southern breakfast-table,
particularly in Virginia, as many as six
varieties of bread, each excellent after
its kind. An almost endless amount of
care and attention were bestowed upon
this one edible, so that it might be
wholesome and delicious; and its final
excellence was reached only when it
had the additional charm of being fair
to look upon Zitella Cocke, in the
American Magazine.
Don't Hawk. Spit, Cough,
suffer dizziners, indigestion, inflammation
of the eyes, headache, lassitude, inability
to perform numtul work and indisposition
for bodily labor, aud annoy and disgust
nasal twang and offensive breatn and con
stant efforts to clean your nose and
throat, when Dr. Sage's "Catarrh Reme
dy" will promptly relieve you of discom
fort aud suffering, and your friends of the
disgusting and needless inflictions of your
loathesoine disease?
In certain portions of Europe eggs
have long since been sold by weight
only.
S&aSaiQ
HARRIS REMEDY CO
806U iT. Tenth Btraat BT
rnai or our Appliance.
Goods.
J. ROWAN DAVIS.
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