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VOL. XX.-THIRD SEME?. SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,1888. no. a ',''' l Jo -To Beware of Fraud, as my nroo and the price are atamped on the bottom of all tuy advertised ttioes before leaving the factory, il-t jrotect tlw wearers mpiat lilfch price and Inferior goods. U a dealer offer W. I. DoaKlat Ihw at a mtuccd ptW-e, vr say lie liaa ttiem wttiioat my name iiikI price stamped i . r - - i - . - - i 17. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE a GENTLEMEN. ! Tbe ty calf 83 SEAMTKSS Phrx smooth ln itde. NOTACKSCT WAX THKKAI) to hurt tbe feet, easy as liand-sfwedniKl VI LI. NOT KI1 W. . DOUGLAS 14 SHOK, tlie oritrhiEl ami ' only hand-sewed welt $4 shoe. Equals custom-made thl costing from $6 to $9. J IV. Im IMUGLA8 S3.no POLICK SHOE. Railroad Men, and Letter Carrier war tliem. Smooth Inside Ms a Hanu-Sewed Shoe. No Tacks ;r "Wax Thread to hurt the fwt. V. L. DOUGLAS SM-IO 8HOK fci unexcelled tor heavy wear. B-t Calf Hum- for tlic prh-e.'. W. X. .DOUGLAS SW.85 WOBKlNfiMAK'S S1IOIS Is the liestlln tlx worlil for rough vrear; one salr oairlit tn wear n inan a yi-:ir. , ! wJC. DOUGLAS 3 SHOIJ FOR HOYS Is - the best School SImm: in the wnrH. TT . W. L. DOUGLAS 81.7& YOUTH'S Selioc. Shoo rlves Hmj MiuUl Boya a cbasce to war the U-st shoes In the world. M . All auule in Congress, Button and Luce. If not Gold . by your dealer, write I ' il IV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. M. S. BROWN, Agent, Salisbirv. 14:tlll July 'Jl. Xifcvenjber ny. I -f in A, Hoydejrj'laiiitirr Tlit:u:t ? Pi;f fcudaiit.' - I) - tlieDffedant, Thbiin J'ij t-f: ' Ytm.are lieivlir noti ii 1 tit it t'le I'laiof 'X -fonunenced aj ivil sii-lioii :irK.ii:st y.wi '.p yw; lli5 hum of tn enty-liveliii i '.n 1 jinIlitN 'In by account, an'l you are r r.v r . juiro-l t a;;car "btrt'tre' the J.ti Ijre ufm'.'l '!', -rior Coilrt a t u ' t'ourt li be 'held in Su sluiry.-.in s 4 jemi f y7 oii the Keeou'l M iday h ,miv tle lir-t ;.Mn.i l.i v i f Mnreli. '18M:i, , miu w r or 'Iv.uur t the conijilaint -of the plaint A ilyou urj iVirt !i' r notine'l that the Iaint;f h i taken outi'ii w ir ritnt of iitt.iclnn -at r.-tu -u iK-b -oi .. a-a I (' :r;t at thc"anie jUui : ;tu I nl.ire. - - I j : ;t .1. M. U .1 jl Clerk S.ipi-;i r (' hi;-:. lYi in ('. Ed I TiHS & X k B ! B Krcrest; Stock, Best' -Ass wtmeat ; iifest TTariety.. in, the City t CROWDED SHELVES -- OVERFLOWING mm. WINDOW AUvavs nGat r,!i 1 lH-t hi )!.asii lor all. vuir o 11 ; witr tho'tinios in styles nnd o Losing jV-vjb: HOME CSMPANYi SEEKU Q ."r.v HOME AG3NTS la a'.l Cities, Tow n? and 1 Villages in theSoKth. TOTAL !ASiET$, J. ALLEN - Rid 4 I 41 PAIR ON AS I :m4ml 1 :-.-t : '.i -;-';-";- '''--' : - - ;..-.-",'.- . . ' . . . . .' ; .. ri!;.:lil. CONSTIPATION IS called the "l-'athor of IMar-a" be cjiuso there Is no medium through which disease so often attnekfl tho system ns by th-enUorithTi nf ixiisouous gnT fu the retentiunor fUn-nyiMi ntulcirctQ.mutter n tho lEtomacb ami IhiwcIk. It Is cauwd ; .y a'J'nrpiil Liver, not ououjjU'bllo being excreted from the blood t produce ( . Nature5 own cathartic, and I evuvruUy, accompanied vlta 8tivh results as j Loss of Appetite, -Sick Headache, fj - . ; Bad Breath, etc. The treatment of Constipation does not consist merely in unloading Iho bowelH. - Tb e ined i e1 no m ns t not i i ly act as a pu rga ttve.bf.t lx;atonlcawell,nndnotirodiK :: after v.c greater costlvmesn. Tosceuro arejru'iivr habit of body without changing the diet .r tlisoryanizins tho nystcni . 1 V "My attention, after suffering with Constipa- tionor tw i orthree years, was called to Simmons K-gulaior, and, having tried almost every thins else, concluded to try it. I first took a winegfctft.sti.1 an I afterwards reduced the dose to a teas;vtrtiful, : p r directions, after each meal. I (btt:xl tbnt it h:ul done me so much good that I 'continue J it until I took two bottles. Since then I have not experienced any difficulty. I keep it in my house ami would not be.without it, but have ' no use Tr it, it. having cured me." tlEo. W. Sims, Asi't Clerk Superior Court, Bibb Co., Ga. Take only the Genuine, Which has on the -Wrapper the red m Trade-'- mark and Signature of J. H. ZEILIN & CO Wis CEIVI G jUH Fail ofl Winter M, i" o!' elioice selfetioris in black, blue a-u 1 br.iw v.iivU' t-suit-s, .also a fuHtfne e i. -r.ii. 4n'n. sua voutlis. b;ivs and ehil .-'' ';. I'ail O. rc; iU :v s iet-ialtv. (live us a e all. At W.'ils oi i stau i. HeH'-tfulIy, I L V yi 1-T II A L & FRO. W ITJS ZD, imvsI n r S sl?s:n ;i for A gri c u 1 1 1 n r and Local ieultural nnl Ma- jciinu'ry spt'Ciaui -s mmi hi ic nauf. State u;i'. rcfereaee, amount expected for s.ilat v utul expanses, Address. M ASSAY & CO., Montelunia, Ga. . ' II 1 .1 4. 1 -. C L Q OK .j attrat-iivo, and a cordial welcome you an 1 you will always find us priiv vj -R?spt., ,r aul E3idi;iirt3ra for Holiday Presents. fo3 Is and m STRONG COMPANY PROMPT ! REUADLT, LIBERAL RHODES BROWNE, William C. Coai ,009 - nt Aat Sjli:bnrr N. 0. DORIS' BABY. 1i A Bril'.lant Scheme and Its Cappy ' . Results. Subdued joy porraded Cic "Hotel Lom bterJu," at Florenc?. because it was ru mored abroal that Miss Rosclcars pu Trotty tvas I rxtremi. He was not an &l tractirc animal mentally or physically, and luhl endeared himself to no one save his lovely younj? mts'res3. His. fijrurc was ruined throuph overfeeding; ho. had lost ono eye in a byfrono tussle with a butch-ir's cat, and the other optic prlared at the world with u sinister expression froa out the black patch upon his countenance. Had be not mouthed Major Winliham'3 slipper into an unpleasant pulp, and retired under Miss rilchert'on's bod. there to snore and frighten that lady into spcisnis! He had also snatched a biscuit out of the h:md of infant inuocenco the mother of said innocence pausing a sleepless night wondering if it were not well to send for Pa-rtcur, to be quite sure that the bite was no more than biscuit. . For all these misdemeanors, Miss Rose leaf apologized with a grace so, charming, that the malcontents were seen to stop on the stairs tb stroke Trolty, and tell him he jvas a dear little fellow, so he was the same quadruied which they hat! erstwhile apos trophized as a hideous, pquab-lcgged, over fed, vicious-tempered brute. But how could they do else than melt-, with Doris Iloseleaf s sweet eyes caressing ! them from under the shade of her big toss- iug-plumed hat, and the sheU-pink on her checks deejKjned to a warm sunset rose at praise of her ill-favored iet ! "Yes, Do is is so 'oolishly f nd'of ths L f!og, I'm o' liged to pit up with him ; but he is a g: eat n isanco. t be sur particular y in traveling. When we start for the Tyrol next w ;ek t ere will be I c usual h u row ing scene the ai way lxsople ; cf Using to l t T otty go in the carria o with us, Doris in tears, and at ast a fee to i ay, or a brib that really brealis my heart. Vo can not fford such foolish outlay. I wish something ould happen to th w ete ed nni ial: ho I bas'lived iuite long enough." In the above vords, Mr. Roscloaf had been wont to ex press her chief grie van--o to a mixcJl audi- of encc for years. Nov th.t d stiny, in the shape of cramp and a stiff nock, sceme.l close upon the heels of Trotty. Mrs. Rose loaf inwardly re "oicod. but maintained a hy 1 merit ical attitude of coucjraia theprejeao j of her (biughter "I believe it would te well to send for a vert-'rkiary do-tor; he could give p or Ti'otty some chloroforia. or pomethiug to enJ bis suff rings," she sa to Doris, and. in au aside ' o a fridn 1. added : "I grudge ho ex jieuso. but it would bd su h a relief 4 have the little brute suroly tlonc for. once ..a i for all." A few hours later, an Mrs. Roselcaf re turned from a wak. Doris met her with a radiant fac crying: '-O. mamm i, Trot y is bo much better ! oing to recover and be bet ter and stronger thaa ever beferc the doctor says.' "What doctor.'" "Why, the vet. you said weVvaght to send for. 1 had him coma while you were away, r.ud h must b a wonderfully clever man he has -oer ainly aved Troth's life. He askj I fifteen francs, but I had to give him twenty, as you had nothing smaller in your purse, a d I i-ouldn't ask hi n for five francs change. M mma I don't believe tha. you are one bit glad that poor Trotty is better!" an I tears well d vcr in tho krVcly viol t eyes which work d such havoc in the mother most of all. "Yes yes, chill, I'm very glad." the mendacious old l.uly answered, but her looks belied her word-. "Twenty frani-s more laid for imking the dog's life i surer than before, aul I believed he wou'd b dead to-night. Ah, me! and that dreadful journey imjiending!" was the burdeu of herthoaghts. "Mama," said Doris, one morning break ing in upon her p treat's perusal of "She," "I have a brilliant idea for making the journey easy for us all. Miss Willi j told me she gave hr cat an opium powder once, be fore t iking him on aT,hirty-six hours' -Journey in the train. He dozed all the time in his bisk jt. quiet as a lam'j. and the guard thought he was lunch eon." "I sup'tose you mean to give Trotty nn opium invder. but I fear t'ae guards can scarcely induced to mi3takj him for luncheon." "No. they will bo otherwise deceived. Trotty is to be given a big powder to k 3ep him quiet, and he is then to be dressed as a baby, la'd on a pillow, aud with a vail ovc his face is to cross the frontier. Perk shall carrv him." -Doris, d you think I vror.ld ever e nsnt to such a preX)sterouv.' idea '. It isn't resixjct ablo. What would poople Siiy and think' Put such nonsense, out of your head at once, I beg of you." "Not a bit of it. mamma, dear: the idea is too excellent a one to Ijt slip. You will be be of my opinion quita when you have al lowed yours. -If time to reflect. The Stann tons' nurse is going to lend me a pretty pil 6w with lace aud embroidery, and one of tboir baby's dresses, and a cap. Your chud rlah will do to wrap around his body. Tina will di e. him aad tic li'ia on. the pillow in pi lie the orthodox way. It will be great fun ; Perk's face will be a treat when she hears that s'ae has got to carry Trotty masquerading as a baby. Poor Mrs. Uos leaf's fac j was cloud 3d and, sad as racing-day at Baden-Baden. She knew iKjrfectiy well that Doi'is would carry her point sha always yielded to the child; and wliat dreadful results might not follow this last escapade ! But in this instance, as in thousands of others, the weak old lady decided there was nothing to do but make the best of a ba 1 bargain, and she took a limp interest in the preiar.itions for what seeme J to be a most novel undertaking. The night of the Roseleafs deimrture from the "Lombardia." a clioseu few were asked into a private there to inspect Trotty inhisncw.ro. "Admirable! he would de ceive the mother of a dozen babies. Tina should have a medal for her skill." I "Keep his veil down and ho will humbug everybody." " "The powler will keep htm q'lict for twenty hours at least." "Rather a stout baby, but all the more comely for that." "Let nil! kiss the darling: he looks sweet enough to cat!" "With his veil down, yes." This nature of wit flew about in subdued whis;ers, interspersed wth mueh suppressed laugh' c, till it was tlinefortho Roselcaf rarty to start for the station. The expres sion of Perk, a vcrydragon of the virtue of tho British spinster order, when made to bear forth Trotty on her arms, m bebe. was oever forgotten by those w'ao rcmainod at . the "Lombardia." "There is another blessed infant to make the night hideous for somebody," solilo quized a good looking youug Englishman, peering forth from the window of a carriage at the Florence Station. , ' 'The train seems very full ; I'm afraid we can't have a coupe to ourselves," said Mrs. Roselcaf. regretfully. "There is one com partment with only a youn? man in it ; shall we go in there i" "Yea," said Doris, promptly. "Aaan will not notice any thin;; odd in the conduct of my baby, aud will not wir.h tp kirs it, as j t ,1 "Py Jupiter; taiy arc coming ia here 1 ' am an unlucky dog. and no. mistake!" ex claimed Mr. Il.iro'd Lyiaan, the youn man already mentioned. - Hi3 d'smay wjj pardonable: He was es corting from Florence to Verona his sister's babyjths very juvenile Contessa Monte fiorc, as well as her stolid Abruwiaurse; the woman to return at once to her moun tains so soon cs she should hare laid her young charge in the arms of her successor at Verona. The baby'K mother was ill ol measles at Florence, and to escape infection, the little contessa was : hastily dispatched to its grandfather's vnder the guidance of its rather scatter-brained 3-oung uncle. The baby was a brazcu-luugod fiend of six months;- sleeping like j an angel on a laced pillow at that moment, but anon she would awake and rend the air with her yells. To cscaie this, Mr. Lyman had feed a perfidi ous guard for the adjourniug coupe left vacant for him, and now behold his privacy invaded by another squalling torment. He fumed and fretted inwardly for a timorahd then found some solace in watching the movements of Doris, in the light of the half vailed lamp. She took tho baby from the grim Abigail, hugged him to her breast, kissed him through his white gauze vail, and hushed him to sleep on her soft arm the sweetest rest in the world, "lmposoible that that girl is the baby's mother," muwQ Mr. Lyman to himself; "and yet, why not i She isAery young, but that kind of exquisitely pretty girl generally marrie ; young. Lucky devil, hor husband! It must be her baby girls don't coddle and pet other )eople's offspring in that way. The old dame has 'grandmother' plainly written on her countenance and ki her fussy manner, and I heard the youngila lyca,.l the elder one mamma.. The vinegar-yisaged party is their maid, of course." y . : Thus Mr. Lyman mu-cd on in a way that caused him au Annoyance, ho could not un derstand. Why should he care w'aetherhis pretty travellug conip.aiion was married a dozen time3 or not at alH lie would never see h or again after that brief jouruey. What an extraordinary quiet baby it was! for two hours now it had not ntirred or lifted up its voice, though it had been laid by itself on the seat not far from Mr. Lyman. Was it a baby at all J perhaps ou'y a doll or a bundle. But a long sigh from the somnolent Trotty, and a slight filgeting of his corpulent body, re move! fie y.ran; Eaglishaian's dawnLi doubts.-rra lc ausol Mis3 itoseleaf to redouble liter attentions to her disguised pet. ' Presently a violent jevk of the train threw 1 everybody into everybody else's arms. Mr. I Lyman foan 1 himself closely clasping both ' of Miss . Rweleaf's hands, and assuring her ; there wai not the bast danger, though he j knew no more tha i sUs did what was the ' trouble. A guard, running the length of the train, crying out sam s triding cause for the sudden siop, soon re-itoro! serenity. "How soft an I tiny her hands are!" thought Lyman ; "anJ what a fool I am 10 ! care whether another f ellow's wife's hands are pretty or not !' All through this commotion the remark able infant uttered not a sound nor moved a much as a fiager. Lymaa resolved to hazard a remark t.uvt wduld convince him whether or not his fair companion was the mother of this stolid cherub. "The it your baby is uirisually good; does it nevcrjery ."' he managed to enunci ate. - -i His charming neigh'wr's face broke into smiles. Lyman's face fell yes, only a mother could lock so radiant at praise of her darling. "Yes, ho is very food," tho young lady said, with a blush. - ' . , Mrs. Lyman somehow did uot seem to feel a desire to pursue th;? conversation which the mishap to th train had started, and he soon sank quietly back into his corner. "Mamma," said Doris,, in an undertone, "I think I will tell this young m m about Trotty; he seems very nice, and would en joy the joke." "I beg of you do nothing of the sort. What kind of low adventuresses would he take us f or I" Certainly a very now order of adventuress Mrs. Rosdcaf would iv:. and poor Perk , was certainly free fro.'ii tho imputation in appearance. - "Perhaps he is connected with the rail way and custom-house iu some way, and might have us all arrested." continued the elder lady. Doris decided it was perhaps best to k( p her own counsel, and she settled back for a reverie in her corner, with , her hand laid caressingly on Trotty' s fat back. What a good-looking, intelligent, numer ous fellow ho seemed her vi-a vi! How she, would like to kuow him. and lead him back an adoring slave to llaunt before the envious girls at the Loaibardia!" One met sueh men only in books and on fleeting journeys, where one lost them again for ever at the first big station. This phase of life was really very harl. Early dawn at Verona: here the silly boy and girl who had travclcl ten hours to gether took leave of each other forever, they supposed, and both looked grieved out of all proportion to the occasion. Mr. Lyman saw his little niece and her nurse in stalled by the door of the waiting-room, and then went ut on the platform to fume aud fret because the Monteilore carriage had uot come. "That baby looks about the age of- ours," said Doris to her mother, designating the lit tle contessa, of whose existence she had heard' nothing from its uncle. Ecru gauzo vails are evidently the proper thing, too. Perk, we w ill put Trotty on the bench on the other side of the door, beside that very safe looking old dame who i3 half asleep, aud then I want you to come with me to the toilct-room to mcnl tho flounce I tore get ting out of the tr ;ln. Mamma will keep an eye on Trotty." Alas! "mamma's" eye, saw only the land of dreams while her d aughter aud maid were absent. The baby contessa becoming particularly fretful, the nurse bethought herself of a lossible pin, or too tight string, and carried the baby off to Toilet-roc m No. "2, to inves tigate. At this juncture th Montefiore arriag d ove up in a tremendous hurry. There was not a moment to lose. The Kiguor Gonte had beeutelegr phed f or t t o to his son who was very il'. and it was on'y by a miracle that they had wrua r out the time to come for the contessina. T'a Kignor Conte must have the carriage in two t minutes with out fail. "Go," said M". Lyman to the f otmai, "and take the baby f roia tho nurse: she is waiting at the door. You need ""have no wo ds with her, as she has been paid and dismissed. Make haste, and don't wake the child-1' To the great disgust of the affectionate uncle, the new nur.-;c had no been able to come in the carriage for th '. bab and he must have a irie-a-itlt drive with it. Fortu nately, it was not fair. While ihe man wa3 gone for the baby, he busied himself arrang ing a bed of shawls in the carriage, big enough for the infant's grandfather to re pose comf ortaoly on. "There, I hope she will sleep," he said, giying his work a final pat. The footman dashed Into the waiting room, cast a hasty, comprehensive glance about, and then gathered up the unconscious Trotty as tho only infant in the room. He quietly withdrew him from the partially overhanging draiHrics (of the snoring old woman at his side, whom be took for the imrce. "?lr.e:nur. :n !:.! wl-t u -ht the gone! It serves her right, though; ski ought not to go to sleep at her post, andv I "have no tine for explanations.." Mrs. Roscleaf, on tl bench opposite, con tinued to nloep tho deep of the ust, and Trotty wts borne away. "Asleep, CariinoJ That is lncky. Put her down gingerly, my boy, on theso shawls. All right. , Am i-V" und the count's carriage dashed forward. Before the rattle of it wheels died away there bean au animated scene in the wait-ing-roo-ji at Verona. DorLs, her toilet ad justed, sought out the cozy nest where she had left her pet. but to her horror, tho bird was flown. Then arose tears and lamentations which would have melted granite. Where was he, her darling, her beauty! She did not caro if tho whole world knew he was a dog only let somo one return him, and he should have any reward he asked for. Somebody testified to having seen a foot man, in livery, come in and take away the baby or dog, or whatever it was. "A case of abduction, then, aud more hopeless than ever!" walled Doris. The imperturbable Abruzzi nurse, with her , baby sleeping sweetly as angel, binkod stupidly at the excited people around her understanding or caring nothing about thoir evident dis tress. She only wondered vaguely why the Sigtior Cpmte's carriage wa3 so slow in coming. Presently II ld Lyman, with a face as lage white as a ghost, dashed into the room. He carried a hu e handkerchief in his hand, and went straig'it up to the weeping Doris, say ing: "Madam, is this your property? I be lieve it is, for I noticed the same name on your portinautcau in the train." "Yes, it is mine. It was round my dar ling Trotty's neck. Is he still alive t Pray, pray don't tell mo ho is dead !" "Very much alive, my dear young lady, and I am here to beg you to come and claim him. He is quite too much for any 'of ns to manage." Then turuing to tho nurse and baby on whom his eyes had rested for a moment with intense relief as he entered the room, he said to the woman, with flashing eyes, "How dare you disobey me and go wandering oft and losing yourself at the most important moment! Your stupidity has nearly been the death of us alL The other nurse has gone into fits. anJ if she die her blood will be ou your soul !" "It was a pin, Eccellenz," the woman re plied, unmoved. Five minutes later, Mrs. Roselcaf, Doris. Mr. Lyman and the real baby were packed into a carriage and were spinning along to the Palazzo to which Trotty had been con veyed. Sever in all her life will Doris forget the aspect of things as she was ushered into the presence of her lost darling. It was a large, airy room, like a nursery. Trotty, consid erably recovered from his opium drowsi ness, stood on the floor in extreme tatyliyf. barking furiously at a dozen or more of frightened people, any one of whom would rather grasp hot coals than touch him. His cap was rakishly careened to one; side, he had torn his lace dress fore and aft, and his shawl trailed sideways on the carpet. "Santissima Madonna! that black imp sent to me instead of the dear contessina ! Anima mia! the witches are at work this night !" groaned the nurse on her knees in a corner, telling her beads with such fervor that the rosary had snapped twice. "You ought to have heard her shrieks when she lifted up the veil and that one evil eye blinked at her. 'It's the devil himself,' she yelled, and flopped in a faint on the floor." "Trotty, dear Trotty!" criod Doris, rush ing forward. Benignity and pleasure softened Trotty' sinister eyo: slowly his tattered draierios swayed to and fro with the beatific wagging of his tail. He started towards his mistress, but tripped ignobly in his petticoat and rolled over. "You darliug, you shall not be a baby any more !" and she tore oft the garments so much the worse for wear, and allowed Trotty to appear in the dignity of his own coat. This interview, very painful for all persons concerned, save one, was ouded as soon as possible, and the Roseleaf s were driven back to the station, there to begin their usual pleadiug with the guards, to allow their dog to accompany them. Before bid ling them adieu, Mr. Lyman managed with considerable flnt to find out where Mrs. Roseleaf and hor daughter were going to spend she next six weeks. Oddly e ugh. he apiwared, quite by chance of course, at the same place a fortnight later. and somehow found it accessary and expe dient to go to the resort next selected by them. It so turned out thai when Doris returned in the autumn to the "Lombardia" sho did have a handsome admirer to flaunt in the faces of the other girls. "He is wonderfully devoted. When is the wedding to be J" "In Mav. Mrs. Rosoleaf told m"1. She is heart-broken ;. the idea of bin - Doris, but ! it is the only way she can lie rd of Trotty and this thought consoles her. lijch-i (. rric, in Isfstie' Wrrklj. It takes evcrv ve.ir a million horses' tails to keep a l'awtucket (R. L) haircloth factory in running order. Prof. Elisha Gray remarks that elec trical science has made a greater ad vance in the last twenty years than in nil the G000 historic years preceding. More is discovered in one day now tliaiH in a thousand years of the middle ages, We And all sorts of work for electrici ty to dx Wc make it rarrymr mes sigcs, drive our engine, ring our bell, and scare the burglar; we take it as medicine, light our gas with it, sec by it, hear from it. talk with it, and wc are beginning to teach it to write. An important improvement in clocks has been shown the British Association for the Advaueement of Science by Mr. W. II. Douglass. The new feature is the torsion pendulum, which, with levtrand escapement, may be applied ti ordinary works, and by its slow rate of vibration makes practicable the conversion of an eight-day clock into one requiring winding only once a year. . . Among recent camera achievements is a portrait copy taken by the light of a Cuban firefly in thirty seconds, and a photograph of the aurora bore al is. To obtain the latter had been declared an utter. impossibility. The chief eaginecrpf the C. otoa (N. Y.) aqueduct, estimates the population of the city in 1890 at 1,665,875, and un dcrtakes to show that 318,000,003 gal lons of water, the city's possible supply ! at that time, will fall short 7y,090,oo gal'oiis. A Circuit Birfer'f Trial. KIND OF WORK FOR THE NEW PRE CHER TO to. THE town the otlur dav and were relating i racn m ntr aiiet tiotes of their expe- iienet-s in the various beltls to whi. h they had been assigned. "My most amusing experience," said j"u"s uivmer, was in a utile vn in owa, where the conference . sent me to begin my -ministerial work. ", l.w.. " " " 1 11..,' .. . W . V . J My circuit included three or four little villages and as many school house?, and I tried to preach a sermon at each place oncevery two weeks. In the village of Edcewood dwelt a good old lady named Mrs. Wickham, an emi grant from the Green MountainVand one of the pillars of the church. I bad just been married before going on the circuit,And the next day after our ii in u in Lrevoott airs. wicKman sent for my wife and myself to come' to her house. In the afternoon we went and were warmly greeted by the old lady. 4 1 am so glad you've come, Brother L ,and brought your wife,' said she. Tve been waiiiu' you don't know how anxiouslv ever since Brother Jones went away, which is nigh unto three months, and. there hasn't been a preacher in this house since. I've got some little thing to do that I've been a-savin' till the minister come, und now you've brought Sister L . Let's get them offn our hands and then we can sit down and have a good long talk.' 'V confess I was a little puzzled at this rejtption, not In ni g what tie people on my circuit had Uen saving up for the minuter to do. However, I was not long left in the dark. The old ladv disappeared into the kitchen md soon called for ns to follow. We lid so, and found the room littered with two or three old beadsteads that lad been taken to pieces and spread ibout the floor. In the middle of the floor stood Mrs. Wickham, with a big kettle of boi!in water at her side. "Now, Sister L , just take this h re apron of mine, or vou'll spoi. vour dres,' she said to my wife. "The pesky bugs have been so bad in these beadsteads that 1 have sometimes felt jest as if I couldn't wait t.ll you come to give cm a goou sc a id 5 Dir. i i - 1'his, then, was a i n tof thet'rciiit rider's duties in Iowa, thought I; bnt the old lady seemed to take it o en- s a matter of course that the her My and preacher should help her with work that I couldn't well refu-e. wife laughingly put on the apron went to work aifd I took off inv coat and cuffs and took hold, too. It was a long job, and after we had got the lieadsteads thoroughly scalded they had to be cairied up stairs, set up and 'corded,' for they were the old-fashioned kind of beadsteads in which ropes did dutv instead of springs or sl its. "But this did not end the work, for on coming down stairs the old ladv remarked that the stove was a little warm vet, but if I was careful I could black it without burning my. hinds, ..... v This was a little too much, and 1 was about to rebel, but my wile whispered to nie that we might as well make dav of it. So we went at that stove and polished it t'll you could see youi face'in it, and then helped the old ladv clean up the kitcnen. Bv that time the sun was down, and our Hostess kii:d!v permitted us to withdraw. Did I we stay for supper? Whv, bless vou the good soul in her joy at getting her house cleaned up forgot to say any thing about isupwr. We were glut: enough to get home without being tisked to dig up the iotatoes or build calf pen. But ever since that day my wife and I have always had a prior en cairement when asked to visit Mrs Wick h a tn ."V ihulelph ia Sta Hew Yoik Passenger Traffic. The New York Sun has recently col lected some statistics of the passenger traffic in and about New York. It is found that IMiZ regular passenger trains leave the stations of New York Brooklyn, and Jersey. Citv every 21 hours. " The Long Island road's .sum nier service runs on its various lines 577 trains daily. The nxt large business is done in the d?pot of th Erie in Jersey Citv, where 2S8 train i m v enter and leave, ana mere are 210 in and out of the Grand Central depot, and 204 in and out of the Penn sylvania depot. Between 7,0()0 and 8.000 cars are employed daily in this traffic, and it is said that the number of people who entered and left the city bv rail during the vear ending M iy 1. 1888, was 4(MSS,(M.M). Of this num ber the Long Island road carried about 8,000,000, the Pennsylvania 0,307.000, and the passengers entering aud leav ing the Grand Central dep t in the year were 8,881.000. The daily aver age of passengers in and out is about 110.000. It is said that the Long IslaTid road carried 1)8,000- people to Coney Island on the 4th of July. The busiest moment in the evening is at 5:40 o'clock.' At that instant ten trains simultaneously leave the .various sta tions. Iu the fifteen minutes between 5:30 and 5:45 fifty trains in align out The busiest sinule hour is from o to C. P. M.' The busiest-moment i.i th morn:nffw 8:4 j oclo;k. wt en m.ie trains enter the stations siiuultaJicrus lv. The Danger Threatening. uWyftIVKoolfi they thanV?!' God? If tliefe was a God, what n monster he? must ne io permit so "nincn misery. T L 11 tl'-. . . if and anarchy were fully realized The 4anpmge aliove. quoted wound J up the speech of Albert Curtain at an , anarchist gathering in Chicago seferall inputs ago. ine mimeo. or nureniarM were i n ridic nle j of the Ch ristian 6b i servance of Thankseivine and n dfa- tribe on the present system of society.!. This is a specimen of the citizen whom we are inviting to this land of the free a kind we run chances of populating the country with for the simple pur-; . pose of filling up some vacant spot, It is indeed tune that the" American' people were considering this matter of im migration with seriousness. The great t rou ble tv it h foreigners coming to tins shore is that they in the largest number of cases never become Anier can 'zed. They think they must uiain tain an allegiance to somcother power and at the same time hold positions ui.der this government to which with their non-American feeling would be. dangerous. The politician, or rather the p:irty lu cks," are largeljr respon sible for the incendiary character oiL our present foreign population in the North and West, tor the purpose of getting the votes of this vile class of newly-made American citizens the office seekef or holder will make pled ges almost to the extent of ensuring the assassin immunity from punishment for any crime committed, will Leon tribute measures really in conflict with our laws, and as a matter of policy go further and become one of Vm." There was a time in the history, .of this country when legislation might have checked these evils. . But where is the remedy now? Just approach a Congressmtin to-day and ask niin pri vately his views. f he be an Ameri can he will tell you that Washington's injunction, "put none but Americans on guard." is his principle. Embold plied by the fact of his being in full sympathy, vou pull from your pocket the-draft of a bill to prevent the influx of foreigners unless bonded to au American consul, as a iireTentive igainst their lecoming charges on public charity or of being of bad record it home, and he will wheel around and tell you; "I couldn't think of present ing such a thing. You seeit would kill , me in the eighth ward, aud, indeed, hroughout the citv. lint I am in full .sympathy -with the measure. I-would be delighted to see $uch a bill pass." So vou might apply1 to jtjfiree' hundred 1 L 1 11 1 ' . i . 1 1 - ami iwemy-iive vyuiigrcssuieu, exuausk- - ing the roaster, but all would be cor- - ered br that "iKilicy" which means within fifty years the . annihilation of all American ideas,-and the making of this a republrc of the "liberty ot Htrr Most and Justus bchwab, while we sit ouietlv hy and see the funeral train organizing. we ao not urge me re-' vival of Know-Nothingism,. nor the ostracising of men for their political opinions; but we do urge some action, aud speed', too, to prevent the, over throw of our cherished institutions.; A Bailroad Commission. It is probable that the incoming Legislature of North Carolina will cre ate a railroad commission to investi gate the management of the lines that are operated in this State and to regu late the charges to be made for freight. If the bill to establish ttlis commis sion liecoHies a law, tho bft interests of the State demand that the men' who will be selected for the office, shall be of unblemished integrity, of tern reso lution, and of judicial mind. -.'Fbey must be friendly both to the farmers,. . and to the railroads, neither partial hor prejudiced, so that they iuuy decide be- , tween the occasionally conflicting in terests with justice to both side"!! The fanners do not wish to crush or cripple the railroads, for what would become of their crojw if there were no means of trunsjiortation to markets V The railroads jlo not desire to inipoverv""" ish the farmers, for if the producers are too poor to work their land faith fully, the amount of parrying to be done by the freight cars, will be injuri-; ously affected. . . h Therefore, if there is to be aroUrottl ; commission let it be composed of . men whose disinterestedness is above susin cion, who are hostile to neither tiae, and who will act for the greatest good of the greatest number of the rwi- lents of North Carolina. -t-Aaroto Chronicle. ' ' j. We clip the above and endorse it. It is a fair, jtist and patriotic view of this ' question. Not only the farmers, but the mechanics, the null men, the oc. tue.i.tlie mercirants and tuauufacturers and all our tieople are interested, in having a railroad commission, andjlwe heartily endorse the view of our eon- temtmntry. that the .commission . ana the law under which it acts, should "with bandaged eveV hold. the scaJ IL justice evenlv. The farmers do not want to oppress, but to aid r our rail roads and all other great enterprises ftir developing the country, bu they want and ther' demand protection, for. their o:rn interest. Thev believe a rajuV " road com mission created under srwr ! j and just law a:id composed Jof wise and i true men, can and will give.them ftr H tection, and believing it, they are tall- ! ing for it in terms that must be httid. j -- - . e ';.-! f -i -. - i. m t i r r r ' - X:. . t. .
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Dec. 13, 1888, edition 1
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