VOL XX, THIRD SERIES.
SALISBURY, II. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1889.
ITO. 24.
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Absolutely Pure.
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than ilveordtnarv kinds, and cannot be; sold lu
competition will) the mnllltud of low test, sbort
wel?htfalum or phosphate powders. Sold only in
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Cleanses the Nasal
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HAYFEVErfi)
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and Smell.
TRY THE CUIIK;HAY-1FEVER
, CATARRH
Is -a disease of the mucous membrane,
generally originating in the nasal pas
sages and maintaining its stronghold in
the head. From, this point itj sends forth
poisonous virus into the stomach and
.thraiigh the digestive organs, corrupting
ihe blood and producing other trouble
some and dangerous symptoms.
A particle Is applle 1 into each nostril, and Is
tsreeable. .Price 50 cents at druggists; by mull
relsteml, CO cents. ELY BUOS., 5ff Warren
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THIS AGE
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1 it y- Hi B. B. has never failed and that ought
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UTTERLY SURPRISED' !
l Meridia, Miss. July 12, 1887.
For a numher of years I haye suffered un
told agony from the effects of blood poison. I
bad my case treated by i several prominent
phrsiciiChs, but received but little, if any, re
lief. I resorted to all sorts of patent medicines,
spending a large amount of money, but j'et
getting uo bettcjv My attention was attracted
by the cures said to have been affected by B.B.B.,
and I coinmiiicc taking h merclj' as an experi
ment,' having but little faith in the results. To
ray utter surprise I soon commenced to improve,
and deem myself to-day a well and hearty per
iod all owing to the excellent qualities of H.
3, B. I. cannot commend it too highly to
those suffering from blood poison.
" J. O. Gmsox,
. - i Trainman M. L O. II. R.
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
Baltimore, April 20, 1837.For bver twen
ty years I have been troubled with ulcerated
bowels afnd bleeding piles,-And grew very weak
! and thin from constant loss of blood. I have
tiwd 4 bottles of B. B. B., and have gained 15
pounds in weight, and feel better in general
kealth than I have for ten years. I recom
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fyer ifsedand owe my improvement to the . use
.of Botanic Blood"Bahu. Ki'oexics A. Smith.
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A AN OLD MAN RESTORED.
iI)wsos'. (ia.June 30, 1887. Being an old
an and suffering from general debility And
rheumatism of the joints of the shoulders, I
found difficulty In attending to my business,
that of a lawyer, until I bought and used five
bottles of B. B. B., Botanic Blood Balm, of" Mr.
Jones, or J. R. Irwin & Son, and my
Central health is improved and the rheumatism
left me.?- I believe it to bo a good medicine,
r , J II. Lai.ng.
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M core 6f Bio 1 Pols-ns, Scrofula and Scrofulous
"Wclllnsjs, , Ulcere, Sores, Rueumitlsm, Kidney
A-ompialnis, Catarrh, etc., can swure by mxll, free,
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The American Ideal.
An independent young man;.
A-right kind of stuff young man;
A deep, comprehensible,
Plain spoken, sensible,
Thoroughly self-made young man.
A not-to-be-beaten young man;
An np-to-the-front young man; -
A. genuine, plucky, , "
HPPy-go-lucky, ,x
Try A again young man.
A knowledge seeking young man;
A real wide-awake young man;
A working in season,
Find out tire reason,
Not too smart toearn young man.
A look-out-for-ther3 young man;
A pt actic-not-preach young man;
Kind, sympathetic,
Not-at-all-theoretic, -One-in-a-thonsand
young man.
An affable, courteous young man;
A know-what-to-say young man;
A knight of true chivalry;
. Frank in delivery, I
Making-his-mark young man.
A nowadays scarce young man;
A hard-to-be-found young man
A perfectly self-possessed,
Not always over-dressed,
Kind that I like young man.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Humbuggery.
The vast amount of humbuggery
that is practiced in the world may be
partially learned from the great unm
ber ofs humbug advertisements that
fill tbejpapers, especially the large and
very . extensively circulated papers.
The most arrant humbugs will pay
great sums of , money for advertising
in the oaners that have tha hirwf
jculation. Of course they coiild not
I afEord to do this if they did not actual
ly humbug thousands of people by
; their advertisements. There are huu
i dreds of papers in this -country run by
n urn Dug aaYcmsemeuts alone. They
succeed in getting long list of names
on their subscription books, and they
are then well paid for their space by
the humbugs. It is sistonishing 'how
caaiiy gient uumoers oi people lire
humbugged. The most of these ad
vertisements carry humbuggery in
their very wording and appearance in
the paper. The most improbable and
impossible things are held out and
promised to the reader such things
that a moment's reflection it would
scorn, would convince the most un
sophisticated and unwary could not be
honestly done But these humbusr ad
vertisers have had such success in their
work and have reaped such a golden
narvesi; mat trreir eltrontery and assum
ptions know no bounds, so that many
of them make the most ridiculous and
and preposcerous announcements, and
find a plenty of willing dupes and cus
tomers .all over the country to make
quick answer to them. The most ready
patron of these humbug advertisers is
the young man who, having arrived at
the age of from eighteen to twenty
one, is disgusted v.-ith the almost in
visible down upon his upper lip, which
he has scraped and blacked to no ptlr
p se for a year past. He is disgusted
and disheartened at , his maiden ap
pearance, and longs for a full hirsute
turn out. He reads in his newspaper
this advertisement: "A full ' set of
whiskers guaranteed in six weeks,"
along side of a picture of a young man
about his age and stvle, literally cover
ed with a rich flowing beard and daint
ily curled mustache. He sends on,
gets.sonie of. that wonderful mixture
that promises this great thing in whis
kers, and finds after a six week's trial
that he has been humbugged -for in
stead at a flowing silic beard and ravish
ing mustache, he has a scarified upper
lip and a beardless chin. He next tries
"Love Powers," , which the advertiser
tells him will captivate the heart of
any maiden and render the road to
matrimory easy and thorn less, When
he get his "Love Powders," for which
he has paid a dollar or two, he smells
them and finds they are s:aw dust, j
But this dosen't dampen his ardor in j
the pleasurable pursuits of being hum
bugged. He wants a watch and chain,
and he goes to his paper again and
reads: "A Solid Hunting Case Gold
Watch for Ten Dol larsV A watch of
this description would cost at Tiff any's.
or any other reputable dealer in watch
es, from one hundred to two hundred
dollars. ) But he never thinks of this
and so he sends on his money, ami
gets a bright arid fl tshiug watch and
chain, that look as "sweet as gold'
After a week or two wearing, ihe yel
low wears off and leaves the tin shell,
and his ivestis soiled by a villainous
chemical compound, the whole affair
watch and-, chain not being worth
more that seventy-five cents. '
.But the old man delights in beinir
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.....xjouggm as. iiiucu as tue young man. bine that controJa the supply of binder
tie is aihngand- he. spends hundreds "twine, aud they are tryiugho devise a
of dollars hi experimenting with the r plan by. which they can escape the exue
various kinds of nostrums and hum- tious of therms. They are willing to suV
hurr: that hp rd in M iv.ruW f,n,I
fin-ill v evince .. ,uu u ifm 1
finally winds u,j with, the , fellow who
advertises a medicine or treatment that f
win restorej mm to youth again; There been usel in binding grain, and it is rc
are' numerous advertisements which Purled that an agent of-1 the Dakota
rpnd lib this; "Tn nnllur' wArfb Farmers' Alliance has discovered that 25
mi : i ... 1 . . m. i.-
for Onu Dollar" This is n rpnf..rh
.1 j j - At t ii L imuc itiab ijiuu tcuia ju&i year.
and thousands send on their, dollars, uut if there should be next month a na
and get in : return about ten cent s . tional election involving as its chief issue
worth of trifles. 1 Then there are adver- j the reduction of those duties by means
ti. events which say : "A gold ring of which such "combines as this are en
free" or a washing machine free," if abled to rob the consumer,'? would not a
m nn i' great many of those farmers vote, again.
tor pacsmg and postage or express
charges This generally : amounts to
three times the intrinsic value of the
tin ug advertised, if it should ever ' be
sent at all. Numerous advertisements
like these appear in hundreds of papers
at the same time, and run frcm year to
year; They are arrant humbugs, but
they thrive and bring wealth to adver
tiser; All this is astonishing, but it is
true.!
m Then there is the advertisements
signed Rev. So and So, who is returned
f and a retire missionary, who is-anxious
to do something for suffering human
ity for nothing. He will send tou a
"prescription free" that will cure you
of all the ills flesh is heir f to. When
you get the prescription it reads some
thing like this: J. Bolt Ammoniaci
Vini jSpisarinati a a 1 oz. Linliberi Fol
iorum 1 oz. Aguae Purse Dilut. Quan
tum Suffic. Misce. Sig. Dose 1 oz. ter
in die, pro re nata., which, as apt as
not, when yon go to buy it, will turn
out to be'4he left hind foot of a grave
yard rabbit or a tanned flee's hide.
, Then there is the advertisement that
proposes to give you free "A city lot or
forty acres of rich land if you will
send on a small sum to pay for the
deed' You send on your money and
that Js the last of it. An ignorant and
vulgar mountebank visits a citv or
Ltown decked out in Indian tofrrv.
and he will succeed in plastering the
outside and filling the inside of numer
ous dupes who pay liberally for his
humbuggery.
The amount of money these auda
cious vampires get from the people is
enormous. There are thousands who
catch at every thing new and stransreJ
as u virtue was in the novelty alone.
They never once think that virtue and
philanthropy never proceeds in this
way. It never occurs to them that an
honest man and dealer cannot give vou i
ten times ine worth ot your money and
succeed. They never think that
among all their acquaintances they
never knew an honest man who tvtp-
tended to do such things. The dupes
themselves who are honest nevvjr think
of trying to make a living by such
methods as these.
What has been said that will not ap
ply more to men than .votnen, but the
same impositions are extensivfly prac
ticed upon tham. There are a great
number of women who cannot resist
the temptation to consult the fortune
teller and clairvoyant.' They become
anxious and fidgetty about the future
whether they are to be married or
not, and if so, when, to whom, and
how many times whether he is to be
handsome and distinguished, rich or
poor and they forthwith resort to the
clairvoyant, who takes their money and
tells them all about it.
But all classes of people, the highly
intelligent and well educated, at times
seem to he fond of being humbugged.
Even Editors, who, of all other people
are. the best imformed as to the nature
and true character of advertisements,
are sometimes, in moments of undue
vigilance, caught by the smart fellows
who use their columns for tlie purpose
of carrying on their humbug business.
Humbuggery is a lasting occupation,
for thpse who engage in it jump from
one line to another of deception as each
is worked out, and are all the time
gathering in wasted money from the
people. Staff Correspondence of the
liobersonian.
A Country of Small Things.
Japan says Mr. Frank G. Carpenter,
is a country .of the little. "The men
here are from Sve feet to five feet five
inches high, and the women are small
er. Notwithstanding the fact that
they raise themselves three inches off
the ground on their wooden sandals,
I am continually looking down at
them, and a fair sized American girl
towers above them like an Amazon.
Japaneze trees are dwarfed, and, in
fact all nature seems to be made on the
six by nine plan. The chickens are
nearly all bautams, and the cats, with
their bobtails, look like kittens com
pared with our American tommies, and
the horses are ponies. The houses of
the common people are but one story,
and the rooms look like children's play
houses. The country, though as big
as several States, is full of picturesque
scenery, tmt it is the pretty rather than
the grandand you have beautiful bits
rather than sublime landscapes. It is
the same with everything. If I a ask
for a cup of tea at a little wayside tea
house, it is handed to me in a little
piece of shell-like china, no larger than
an gg cup, and the little Japanese
beauty goes down on her knees when
she brings it'
They Get What They Vote! For.
The farmers of the Northwest are filled
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wiui warm uy me operations or com-
Jex inemseivea to great inconvenience
11 MereDy mey can aepnve tne coinuma
tion of the profits that it -hopes to ob
tain. Great mmntitips ofthisfwinp hv
if thereby they can deprive the coinbiua
tnin Orpnf. niiuiitit!rj nf fbic rnrStio him
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cents a pound must now be paid
for
as they voted in November : last, for the
retention and even the enhancement of
those duties? If they vote for the "com
bines": they should not complain when
thry are required to pay for their action.
Y5F York TUM.
Executions by Electricity. -
' The new law. in the "State of New
YbrVfor the execution of criminals by
electricity in place of hanging is now
in force, ;and the State authorities are
engaged in arranging the details of the
electrical apparatus that is to be offi
cially employed." The New York
Herald gives the following particulars
of ." some experiments lately madj in
connection with the subject: ' v .
Half a dozen gentlemen learned in
the sciences of electricity and surgery
have been deputed by State authority
to visit Mr. Thomas A. Edison's fa
mous laboratory at Llewellyu Park..
Orange, N. J., and there experiment on
various lower animals, with the object
of ascertaining at what point of a
human body the electrical current can
most efficaciously be applied in order to
secure instantaneous death without
burning or disfiguring the flesh of the
victim. Several unlucky dogs and
calves and one equine quadruped were,
on the 12ch tilt., sacrificed to science in
this manner, and the results attained
were regarded as thoroughly satisfac
tory and as demonstrating conclusively
the utility and desirability of the alter
nating current as a means of produc
ing sudden and painless death, whether
applied at the head, the arms, feet, side,
spine or any other point of the body.
It was shortly after three o'clock
when the experiments commenced.
They were conducted in a large shed
situated in the rear of the laboratory
buildings, and the electric current" was
conveyed by wires from the main
structure. Those present were Dr.
Caslos F. MaeDonald, of the State
Asylum for the Insane at Auburn, Dr.
A. D. Rockwell, a leading medical
electrician of this city, Dr. Edward
Tatum, demonstrator of physiology at
the Pennsylvania State University,
Harold P. Brown, a well kuown elec
trical engineer of this city and E. A.
Keunelly, chief electri ian of the Edi
son laboratory, who represented the
"Wizard of Llewellyn."
A large Newfoundland dog was the
firjt victim. Unconscious of its doom
the poor animal willingly submitted to
the placing in position of the fatal
wires, the end of one being fastened to
Its right forepaw, while the other was
placed in proximity to its brain. Then
the strength of the current was meas
ured. All being ready, the circuit was
completed, and in an incredibly short
time the dog was dead. It had taken
001) volts of electricity and sixteen sec
onds of time to dispatch hfttK A calf
was the next subject. .It was carried,
kicking lustily, into the snacions nn-
crating room and held while the deadly
wires were arranged, this time at the
base of the brain and near the heart.
In fifteen second from the completion
of the circuit the victim was veal. A
big mongrel dog, which had been se
lected - for the succeeding sacrifice,
seemed somewhat suspicious of the
assemblage and declined to approach
the wires. He was dragged into posi
tion and stood shivering as if cogni
zant of his rapidly approaching fate.
A wire was affixed to his hind leg. an
other placed over his heart, and in less
time than it t ikes to tell it the noor
beast's anticipatory terrors were over. -j
it was decided to otter up the horse
next, and he was accordingly fed in
and prepared for the slaughter. He
looked a despondent, played-out sort of
quadruped, and if he knew what await
ed him he certainly did not object.
The same wire?, several hundred volts
and a few fleeting seconds led to his
utterly painless demise, and his carcass
was dragged aside to make room for
more calves and canines. Two medium
sized mongrels died for science, arid j
three more innocent calves were butch
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cnerea in a iar more expeditious man
ner than that in vogue at the sham
bles. Bv that time the exnerimentinfr
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nnrtv hjiH snlvpd niiv'rl ntihf-s. fliiif tii'.iu i
nuve previously existed in ineir minus
regarding the certainty ot quick death
hv fill silt.Prflilfimr pnrrpii sinrl lisid
gathered sufficient material unon
which to base an opinion as to the best !
points for the application of the cur- j
i. 4J i.1 1 J J Al
ituii. ou.Liitry iu;iiiutueu me ruies ol
executioners and turned their faces
homeward.
Mr. Harold P. Brown and Mr. A. E. '
Kennerlv said the results attained
could not have been more satisfactory,
but of course, not having yet discussed
the subject, they could not publicly
advance an opinion on the greater
eligibility of one portion of the body
than another for the application of
the electric current. D.ath, painless
and speedv, had resulted in every in
stance. The force of the current used
varied from. five hundred to one thou
sand volts, alternating from two hun
dred and eighty to three hundred per
second, thus emphatically disproving
the contention advanced bv certain
advocates of the continuous current
that one thousand volts of the alterna
ting current would prove comparative
ly harmless, aud that considerably
over one thousand volts would be nec
essary to insure death. The time oc
cupied had varied from ten seconds in
the case of one dog to twenty-five sec
onds. As for the bodies of the slain,
they so completely ' escaped disfigure
ment that the veal was perfectly suit
able for human food, 'and it was re
turned to the butcher who had brought
the calves to the laboratory.- -
A silent tans ue' - aod a true heart
are th; moit admirabe things on earth..
AmonV the Moslems.
A COUNTRY WHERE WOMEN ARE TREATED
A3 BEASTS OF BURDEN.
a true Arab, when speaking with
another iu reference to the women of
his own country, begins his remarks
with "Ajellak Allah." Literary the
words mean, ;"May God elevate you,"
and in connection with the mention of
females is construed as a wish that the
hearer may be put above contamina
tion by the subject tinder discussion.
The Moslems have a proverb that runs
this way:
A man can bear anything but the
mention of bis women. j
This expresses in the shortest but the
most forcible way the prevailing opin
ion among; the male Arabs. f the opr
posite sex. Through Egypt and Pal
estine women are regarded on much
the plane with dogs and donkeys.
i he birth of a son is an occasion of
rejoicing, but when a daughter conies
into a family, one of.their writers says
the "threshold weeps forty days when
ever a girl is born. The more infor
mation there is gathered of the actual
condition of the females among the
Arabic people, the more pathetic their
condition appears. Week in and week
out the maidens and matrons toil in
the fields and mills. They are slaves
to be beaten and abused at will. The
children as a class are bright, intelli
gent and capable of being educated as
well as the young of any foreign
country. . But the people are all gen
erally poor and shiftless, and the little
ones so ragged and dirty, until they
seem to lose all hone or so f resrwr.
Indescribable laziness controls eveiV
body, and the filthiness of manv is in
keeping. The footpaths through Syria
are ooruered usually by cactus and
pomeg.anate trees, and in the shade
the people sit lazying with their knees
up to tneir chins, lazying the days
away. The women ' do the work.
Frequently ons processions of women
are seen staggering under burdens of
brush wood, but no man ever thinks of
offering a helping hand. Generation
after generation goes on with no ad
vance. The prevailing? sentiment is
well illustrated by the utterance of one
of their philosophers, who said they did
not plant trees as they would not live
tin they were grown, and it their chil
dren wanted trees they could plant
them.
There are many stories of the - over
whelming extent to which deceit and
kindred vices prevail among Moham
medans. In Bey root they say "there
are twenty-four inches of hypocrisy in
the world, with twenty-three of them
spread over Syria." There is a nursery
tale of Satan's coming on earth with
seven bagsrof lies to distribute, but fall
ing asleep they were all accidentally
opened in Syria. Profanity is much
used. They do not swear in English,
but their words mean swear just the
same. "Allah" is God; "Yullah" is
0 God; "Inshullah" means If God will;
"Wullah" and "Bismillah," in the
name of God, and these words both
men and women throw into their talk
with bewildering raniditv. It is re-
lated by a missionnary that when try
ing to persuade a shiekh not to swear
the latter earnestly replied, "Wullah,
I will not." " .
Greediness for gain is a predominant
passion among adult Arabs, and is im
pressed upon the children from their
first hour of understanding. "Back
sheesh" is the cry and leading hone.
Women and children are beaten with a
view of exciting pity among foreigners
and through sympathy reaching their
purse. Every man is naturally 'a despot,
and one of the mo4 sordid, cold and
calculating faces to le seen in any
country is that of an Oriental pharisee
with his philactery on his forehead.
One of the notable things is the un
varying way ii which things go
on, century after century. There
has been little change in many
of the customs since Bible times. In
the sacred book Isaiah has a verse giv
ing the wuter carriers cry, jus follows:
"H, every one that thirsteth, co.ue ye
to the waters."
The water carrier of to-day goes
around with the same crv, the same
skin bag and the metal saucers that he
claps together in time with his call, as
when Isaiah was written. A thing
repulsive to Americans is the early age
at which girls are married and the domes
tic arrangements. Girls are married be
fore they are 10 years old, and are often
grandmothers before thev are 2 ). A
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learned doctor of Damascus m irned his
wife when she was 1 1 years of are. It
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was his claim mat oy marrying so
young a girl he could he could train
her as she should be. Girls are taken
from the English schools at 8 years of .
age to prepare for approaching union
with some man as old as their fathers.
'The missionaries have been laboring
in tffar rufnrm -.1 f 5111 ' :Hlll nltliniicll it
is up hill work; the latest accountsjtell
of progress in the right direction, In
some families women are coming to be
looked upon more in the light of hu
mans than beasts of the field, and oc
casional ceurtesies after the example
set by resideut Europeans are extend
ed them. 67. Louis Globe-Democrat.
i AlcohoL
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ine uentn raten tne cise oi Drew-
ers, commercial travelers, . and other
, , t
Classes exposeui u tue ieuiju.uiini u
frequent alcoholic drinking is six times
greater than in all the other industries
combined. Mfdical fco'etc, , ,
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Benner's Prophecies.
Samuel Benner, the great financial
nrnnnpr. in i .. i . . -
K i tV1 vwiuiuumcaiion lo-ihe
eal Estate Record & Builder's Guide,
imu.iMieu m mis city, makes a fore
cast of the financial and commercial
conditions of the country for the com
ing three years. He reasons from
analogy as well as statistics compiled
from close observations through many
years, and sunnnrf K5
garding future panics with a philoso
phic course of reasoning which cannot
Si! 2 i.mpn ss a11 an(1 convince many.
Ihe following is the prediction in full:
My forecasts at nrpsonf an
VSX-ll 1889' but..l include
1890 and 1S91.
It is a great desideratum to know
When XTOnd times will tv.... j
. . - vujuiuriivc, uuu
it is also very important to know how
long they will continue, and when we
may expect the next panic and reac
tion iu general business. The business
men of this country do not desire a
boom pf short duration so much as
they do a steady advance, in the
opment of trade continuing for a
number of years. Ilntrovt.!. i
l.i f ""'"-'1' lUUtll
tney may desire of thn condition for
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untie uusiuess, me records of com
mercial and financial history do not
warrant us in making this kind of
prophecy.
Since 1825 this pnunln W
,. , j -
nprieneed n rnnfm.
' " " ? " " ttUulce in ,e ,
r, '"uuu,Iourars-. 'ihe
.t-aumtmuii UL pecle payments by the
government in 1879 was the occasion
for the boom iu business following
that event. Now we have a decision
by the people that protection will con-
4- .w 4-l. 1 1. . .1 .i'
HI
uue to oe tne no 1CV Ot the frnvern-
nient, making the occasion for the
turning of the tide from depression to
activity in all business. The depres
sion in trade for 18S8 was predicted
thirteen years ago, and the prediction
was also made at that time that the
tide would turn, giving us an era of
business activity during the years 1S89.
1890 and 1891.
The persistence of the repetition of
these trade cycles is becoming a com
mercial wonder, they ride triumphant
over all events which have occurred
during the past sixty years to oppose
such regularity. These cycles have
been verifying through the introduc
tion of railroads, steamboats, the elec
tric telegraph, the suspension of specie
payment in 1837 and 1857, the panic
of 1873, through the Mexican war,
our civil war, through all of the presi
dential terms siuce the administration
of Jackson up, and up to the present
time override and defeat the aims of
the present administration, while using
the whole machinery of the govern
ment for re-election, with the avowed
policy of a low tariff, which would de
press our industries. :
What else can a reasonable person
ask to prevent their repetition? Bet
ter times and higher prices will prevail
for the next three years, and no hap
pening or opposition can prevent them.
The outcome of the presidential elec
tion has laid a broad basis for a gener
al recovery of confidence, an. element
that has been wanting for the past
four years, which we have observed -by
the many idle furnaces, mills, and fac
tories, and the lowest prices for nails,
steel rails and pig iron for a number
of years.
The year 1889 opens with cheerful
hopes. Our crops during the past
year have been abundant; the prospects
of an increased foreign demand for our
surplus grain and provisions at ad
vanced prices give the farmers renewed
energy. We must look forward to a
hot and dry summer this year, as we
are not vet bevond the period for a
general drought; however, with fair
early crops business and . prices will
show considerable improvement in the
it
soring months.
nerous period, and the outlook is for a
(li-rilail imnmrttnipnt. ind iiil i'n nre in
the prices of iron, railroad stocks, and
m all manuractured commodities.
Whenever our manufacturers are pros
perous every industrial class is pros
perous. ,
I predict that the price ot iron will
advance, and the average price for the
Tear 1889 will be higher than the av
erage for 1888; and I als predict that
.a 1 m 1 -
there will be a woiideriui advance in
prices for iron, stocks, and all products
and commodities in the year "1890; all
business will be prosperous, it will be a
year of good crops and the boom year
iu this period of activity.
In the beginning of the year 1891
speculation will be at its height as
great business inflation pig iron $50
per ton in the markets of our country.
I predict tha. there will be a panic in
the year 1891. The over-trading and
general inflation of Imsiuess ami ex
pansion of credit and confidence will
produce this result. The panic proV
ably will be brought about by the ef
fects of ha.ivy rainfalls aud fl Kids, or
by the collap-e of some large financial
bushier firm. This panic will be a
commercial and financial revulsion,
and will-bi folio .veJ by a lonj djwn
sweep of prices. .
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
I V a it' av " I'UIP,
' Cruises, tforev, L'lctrs, Suit ltheam, Fevtri
Sore Tett. Chii)nl IlaiMls, (JIuIUIhjhh
.'" i .ii jf.: i.v..'.. .1.:. ...... t i.s
,cv .. v. . pl, " -
a,.,,," skm LrPh)n,. hh.I ,K,sitive-
s curw? Pile, or no tiny reuuirrd. It
gu:irntved to ive pe.rtect S4ifai
monct refunded. Price 2.1 cents j
st(if;u-liun, r
je bx.
;-Fr Sale by KiutU Jc Co.
-.;....-.-'- ' ' Hi-
; Beach Fishing
Correipondent Xew Hatcii Palladium.
It is a fascinating speUcle at all
hours, but esnermllv l. n...t:..t.4
Ihrough the kindness of Dr. CapeharC
- ujip-ai, Avoca . ijeach
watchmgthe onertmii TVi-
" 1 m. iv- ncuiucr
was fine, the moon . well
quarter, the fish plentiful TK.
era have received their seine aboard, one-
mii. ueuueu on ine stern ot each- aud
side by side they go, making-a straight
course for the station where the Wuio
is shot. Wheu that U reachid they,
are brought stern to stern, and ihen'
start in opposite directions and pursue
a straight course until the entire seine
is overboard. As soon as this is done
each starts for its respective engine
house, paying out the hauling; line as
it goes. On reaching the, Ijeach the
me is connected with the steam wind-'
lass and the seinema.i take their rest.
hor several hours the engines continue
to pull and wind until the two ends of
the net are near the shore.. -Theuj
whistles are bbwn, the Peine, hands
take their stations on the flats, the en
gines shirt up again, and as, the net is
drawn in it issntigly bestowed on the
flat, in such form, ibid upon fold, as
that it can be run off readily for the
next haul. After a time the great
crescent of bobl,in- mrlm w l...
Mjoueu tne iru
spotted the glistening waves is very
hof and must
oe rounded in
Tii-. ..,i.:.i...
toward the landing.
souna again, boys and horses station
themselves at the horse windltuses; to
which the lines are transferred. At
either end a muscular negro staud with
a strong crotched stick over the line,
keeping it to the ground; the windlass
goes round slowly; each boat floats :
steadily toward the landing, taking in
the seme as before; the torches und
great lanterns are lighted; the fires
blaze brightly; men and women come
hurrying from their cabins; the master
walks out from his lodge; two stout
fellows iu high rubber boots wade out
into the eliptical inclostire formed by
the seiae and examine it all around,
rectifying hitches; the line reach the
ends of the platform- the horses cease
their rounds; men ijumpjfroiu the boats
and wade asho.e to assist in the land
ing; at either end they pull, some on
the top, some on the ground line:
There is a slash; a sharp fiucuts the
water; steel hooks bet ou the long han
dles are tossed to the watchers in the
net; the hauling continues steadily.
Thump! He has hini, and a tussle oc
curs between one of the' men and a big
sturgeon, but the man wins and passes
the handle ashore to eager hands, who
drag the struggling fish out of the
way. Th ump ' agai n ! Another, and
still another. The light of the full
moon, the flame of burning lightwood,
shining upon these dark excited faces,
upon the broad rippling waters of the
sound, upou the boats with their heap
ed seines and groups of watchful men.
upon the close drawn net gleaming -with
silver sparkliugs, forms a picture
never to be forgotten. The bottom
line is in and secured to the platform.
"Now pull all!" - Back and back
go the men, pulling with might and
main "Throw!" Back flies the top
hue toward the water, folio wed instaut
ly by the nieii who catch mashes ot
the net in each hand and pull and tug
once more. The tih in the bunteome
in tight and roll in upon the platform,
the water spouting from the. seine in
m tiny Jets, " Pull hardies! : There
she i!' and in roll the great mass,
while the nieniii the water put up the
hinged barriers. Then all of the seine
is withdrawn and tossed out "of the
way, and the catch lies shining like ?
burnished silver 1,100 shad, 9,000 her-1
rings 150 rock and a miscellaneous
lot of eels, cats, suckers, gar und. what
not. ... "" . .
Off start the boats for another shoot,
the fish house hauds begin their duties!
and five hours hence precisely the same
scene will be again enacted. -
. : " ' w niiMUCS
Davidson College, March 26, 1889.
Hon. John X. Stjinlps- r
Wl
ill deliver th a t;.. n '
. , . . " l
1USOI1 Collfttrt Jnn lOtl. ti s.
, ...... UOISUflt
lented mail, eloquent niwaker, nd will
lull ml v rlotirrlit l.i.. .....1: m .
diciiuui, oi oouin uaroiius, will be the
Alumnus orator f th pkj
.Mr. W. F. rseshltl. nf SrturK r'..-..l:....
been electdl chief marshal. u
Dr. Shearer keep up his, reputation
for ircneroKitv nnrl L-;nrii vi: - ,
at. the student. The Fresbinen are is
debtcd to him for a moat pleasaut recep
tion last week. He has given each ciau
a class reception besides giving frequent
" .Ma.fUIUIQ ail JIUe.I e
i robpecis lor an : uuusually larire at
endance next. ur a, i.
Seven ior eight boys from a iieiirhborinir
sehool were on the hill . Huk I..-
week makiin? invetir.,f ;rta tu..;......
iwir lif.rVhl. . t ..... : .
"V n"'j 1'icuBoti, auu an will
prob-
tmcr iiexi year.
A Hew Method of Teaching Ch?nuitry.-
more- method than
madness in the Uthmmr f a ... : -
can student for a finish.ng course at a
Uermau univer.ty. . At a receut dis
course on chemistry. Fn.f. Heinrich
1 1.. ff . . 'Mi., i. . "i .. '
iuu.u.il, i Lreiiiu, uiusiratea the au
tomatic constitution of organic com
pounds by the use of the ballet. Each
girl was dressed in n in,TJi,;....i .i.m
" - j - . IllUill- pujiu
icoior auu rrpreseiuea an atom and th
groUpi,,g and movement of the atom.
I ?. T. i me aiomg
I aaia to have, been verv ,f?-.:.-
Chemistry has now become a verv pop
ular study with the students, and the
attendance at the lectures very f ulL
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