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ftp -f Carolina 0L XXI. NO. 19.--THIBD SERIES. . J. J. BRUNER, Editor axd Prop'. T. K. BRUNER, Assjstaxt Eerroa. E The Watchman. SALISBURY, N. C. THTJESDAY, FEBBTJABY 27, 189a - - ' . I . i - . - 1 DIRECTORY MUSTY GOVERNMENT. Superior Court, J M Horah. SSriJf, C C Kridcr. & of Deeds, H N Woodsou. JSLnrer. J Sam'l MeCubbins. , smrnissioners, T J Sumner chairman, I Cj Kluttz, C F Baker, Dr L W Cole- m r r ; luptof Health, I Overseer of l'oor, Dr J J Summerell. A M Brown. TOWN. Mavof, Chita D Crawford. tlerk, J B Julian. Treasurer. I H Fou.st. V. R V Priee, chief, J F race, C wpool. R M Barringer, Benj Cauble. fjjajorssioners North ward. J A Rcn dleman, 1 M Miller; South ward, D R Julian. J' A "Barrett; Ea.t ward, J B Gor don f I Coughenour; West ward, R J Hol'mw, J W Rumple, CHURCHES. Methodist Services every Sunday at 11 g ui and bi p tn. rrayer meeting every Wednesday at C p la. Rev T W Gutlirie, pastor. Hundav school every feunaay alternoon .'at 3 o'clock. J W Mauney, sup't. Presbyterian Services every Sunday it 11 a m-and S:.1 m Prayer meeting :30 pm. Kev J M'frv Wednesday at S: Rumple, I) D. pastor. Sunday school every Sunday afternoon jt4pni. J Kumplc, sup't. Lutherau Services every Sunday at 11 !l UfilUU l i ui. x inji uiciuuj; every Wednesday at 7 p m. Rev Chas B King, pastor. Sunday scuooi every ounuay aiiernoon ftt3 p m. K U Kizer, sup't. Episcopal Services every Sunday at 11 amtrod 6:30 p m and Wednesday at C:30 pm. Kev r J Murdoch, rector. Sunday school every Sunday afternoon it 3 p fa. Capt Theo Parker, tup't. Baptist services every teunday morn ing and uigbt. Prayer meeting every W ednesday u igh t . P. e v pastor. Sundav school everv Sundav afternoon -at 3 o'clock. Thos L Bwink, sup't. Catholic Servicesrevery sceond Sun dtwatlOA a m and 7 p m. Kev Fraueis Meyer, pastor. Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a m Y M C A Devotional services at Hall every Sunday at 10 a m. Business meet ing first Thursday Uight in every mouth 1 H Fou.st, pree't. LODGES. - Fulton Lodge No 99 A F & AM, meets every first and third Friday nigbt in each month. E B Neave, V M. Salisbury Lodge, No 24 K of P, meets everv Tuesdav nirht. A H Bovdeti. OC. Salisbury Lod-e. No 775. K of II. meets werv 1st and Sd'Moudav nisht iu each mouth. Dietator. Salisbury Council, No 272, Royal Ar canum, meets every 2d aud 4th Monday mgut m each mouth. J A Ramsay, Regeut. POST OFFICE. Office hours from 7:30 a m to 5:30 p m. mm oruer nours y a m to o p m. Sunday hours 11:30 a m to 12:30 p J II Ramsay, P M. m. Absolutely Pure. n.siiow.ler nevr varies. A m.rvelor mirtty 5SirndJoles6mteness.-M ;,re economical Sllnlrn wUhu,( mnuitnd. ot low test, snort uiueoni V t tllils; oi.1 ixmnnl 1 anlfl ill S :y , Fll,'apuin c pu uci o fafta ' F"u;jpuaic uiMUinio. otuuvmj a ii lv I n Jorsale hv Bintrim,M & Co. , Young & Bos- Tift 1 -k-r - - 'hmti a. Murphy CAUTION Tmke no shoes unless 1 n name and W. I.. Donclas' name aSrr If th dealer cannot supply job, ESet to factory, enclosing ttdvcrtUed price are mi ainped on the !. L DOUGLAS w SHOE FOR GENTLEMEN. tao !ra,f' "afer Xactnl Grain and Creed- nA'J'1 1llf" world. Kxamlnr lils ' 4" 2t ,..tiSi INK n an i-m w ki Spam. Ot) an.l si .7.-, l;t)VS' SCHOOL hllOtS. - Ail iiia.j, j,. ( ,,i!rfa. Button aud Lac c. 3&$2 SHOES LAFDii3. ai .75 S1JOE FOR MISSES. jPt Material. Bt Kryle. Best FltttnC POTHER l Ti sal iTT -- ,v;;sssvv.. . W. S. BROWIM. Boa t Blame the World. Don't blame the world because the thorns are found among the roses: The day break in storm may be all sunshine when it closes; We cannot hope to always meet with fortuue'3 fond caressing; And that which seems moet hard to bear may bring with it a blessing. The buried' seed must rot in earth ere it pro duce the flower, and the weak plant to fructify must have both sun and shower. So man, to gain development, must straggle witii me s crosses, And view with calm nhiloaonhv his trials txnA r hi3 losses. A deadly; pois'nous weed may yield a salve of surest healing. The sweetest bloom may pois'nous be although lis uaua concealing. Things are not alwayswhat they seem, btii still 'twas Heaven designed them. And we should class them all as eood: and ; take them as we find them. Little we know of this brief life, and nothing of its sequel, Th leaLU" -Ll ,fiumble tru3t allbat may God s wavs are not our ways, and be should i- - I L certainly be trusted; Aiithat is wrong m His good time will surely be adjusted. Hawlcet Bag. Remarkable Duels. San Diego Union. One afternooon last wk thr wa a large ad interested crowd of amuse- ment seekers in and in front of the large windows of Knox & Van Karen's drugf store. The cause of the gather ing was one of a rather unusual na ture. Several days before two centi pedes, one large and the other small, i i i it were nrougnc into trie store, and also a tarantula, lhey were left in separ ate receptales und all alive. On this particular afternoon it was determined to see how the animals would act when placed together. A layer of saud about an inch thick was spread over the bottom of a glass globe, and first the centipedes were dropped in and with them a horned toad, liis majesty with the horns took no part in tbe trouble which dis turbed the otbsr two. He seemed to Ije acliug simply as the referee of the fight. The two centipedes crawled 1 VII over mm ana rolled over him. but hardly awakened his sleepy nature. .Not so the others, lhey circled two or three times around the globe and finally came in each others way. Each desired to crawl over the other aiidjthe.battlc began. It was short but it was exciting. so two pugilists ever went after each other with more vim or more apparent determination to do each other harm than did these two I centipedes. Their cat-like claws were repeatedly imbedded in each other's bodies, but the smaller one could not stand the strain, and when they came together for the third time, about two minutes after they were first put in, they clinched and wound about each otner Keeping tneir claws going in scissor-fashion upon each other's bodies until the smaller centipede dropped out of the struggle; dead lhe body was taken out of the globe and soon after the tarantula was drop ped in. lhe centipede had not had time to recover any strength after his battle with his fellow and his stiug had lost its death-dealing qualities, 1 a t l iit 1 I so tnat tms battle was also snort The two animals closed only twice, when tlie forceps of the tarantula crushed through the head of the larger centipede and he died quick ly. The tarantula had apparently received no lnpiry and looked mad enough to have fought a whole regi ment of centipedes. One of the company who had watch ed two uatties was impressed witn tne v i j a I - 1 . 1 i I the centipede fought in the first 1 . way battle, and ventured the assertion that He knew where one could be obtained amid .went after crowd waited. n; ineauwiiiie tue i a. urouiru a centipede nearly tour and a half inches long. It was immediately dropped into the globe aud the fight, which was then begun, lasted fully three-ouarters or an hour, and was . - a a exceedingly savage while it lasted. The tarantula did most of the fighting, but, after the first attack, invariably "Ui Lira nuiat in tue luimu. rp. , , i c i i 1 he tarantula fights with a pair of . , i i L x i i pinchers which are thrust out ust be- i 1 1 . ..-,.,f r ii,., . ... ,,.i low or from the lower part of the head. These are very hard aud strong enousb to leave marks on a lead pen cil. The centipede fights with a dou ble line or cat-like laws, wincn are ransred alonz, the side of the body. In fighting the taranula spreads laiself out, and after backing away after the manner of the crawfish until he can . . s ?et no further, spnnirs upon tne ene- i a- ' - i my, thrusting out the. pinchers and triasoinsr whatever portion of the bodv of the enemv comes within 4 i reach. In the battle in the globe the two came together a dozeu or more rounds, breaking away and returning to the opposite sides cf the globe at the close of each. Fually the two came togeth er, and the centinede seemed to get the hold he had been looking for, and tarantula's body was quickly wrapped up in the fold of the armed body of its opponent. Meanwhile- the hundred Claws of the centipede were working rapidlv aud with such effect that the life of the victorious centipede did not come out uuscratched, as the forceps of the tarantula had pierced his body in several place, from which thc black matteay life fluid was running. Ha sunned the battle only a few hours. i - - The Bog-us Coffee Trade. $25,000,000 A YEAR PAID FOB ROASTED PEAS, BEAKS AND RYE. The average bulk of the genuine cof fee imported into the United States is 8,000,000 bags, or 180,000,000 pounds per annum. Experts estimate that fully 20 per cent, of the coffee sold to consumers is bogus, which raises the consumption to 210,000,000 pounds. Taking 30 cents per pound as the average retail price, the people of the United States pay $06,000,000 every year for this one article of food, of which $13,000,000 is paid for roasted and ground beans, pens, rye or a man ufactured article in no way resembling the Brazilian berry. To this must be added the production and sale of what are called "coffee substitutes." So extensive is this business that it is quite sate to say unit consumers pay $12 000 000 for what ttiPV hplievptnhA cheap coffee. This raises the total ex- pcnuiture vo tu,v-w,;vr, arm h repre- x:t j- ruj- iwvrt l SeiltS a Sale 01 Z iO,LHK,UUtJ potUIUS, IOr the "substitute coffee annually sells at 20 cents per pound. It will thus be seen that 96,000,000 pounds of bogus coffee are sold in the United States everv vear, and some estimates place it at 120,000,000 pounds. Taking the lowest figures, $25,000,000 are received for substances which can lie profitably Place(1 on the market at 6 cents pound. The manufacturers, therefore, receive $0,000,000 for their goods, while retailers gain a profit of $10,- 000,000. There are two kinds of bogus coffee, an imitation bean and the ground ar ticle. The bean is the most difficult to produce, and it is only recently that actual success in this direction has been attained. The bogus beau must not only look like the genuine berry when raw but it should be capable of taking a proper color when roasted. A very good specimen is now manufac tured iu Philadelphia and Trenton, being composed of rye flour, glucose and water. The soft paste is then moulded aud earful Iv dried. To the eye of an expert the presence of this imitation is easy of detection, and it cannot be used to auy great extent among wnoiesaiers. ii i But when coffee goes to the retailer adulteration begins. Sometimes th retailer is deceived, but nine times out of ten he is the one who introduces adulteration. lhe ground article is very easily produced, for then it is only necessarv to give tue material a proper co'or an" infusing an aroma by strong mixed with real coffee even the expert eye and tougue may be deceived, while to the ordinary consumer it seems to be the genuine product. Bogus collee beans have only a slight resemblance to the natural berry, for though they possess proper form the cicatrice on the inner face is too smooth. Then again tbe gray color ot the raw bean is not quite tip to the mark, but when these manufactured beans are rosted with 5 per cent, of genuine collee they iind a ready sale There bogus beans can be made at s cost of 830 per 1,000 pounds, and when mixed with hlty pounds of pure coffee the whole l,0uO pounds cost $37.50, or S cents per pound, so that a profit of nearly 100 per cent, is the result. Ihere are any number of "coffee substitutes," the Hills variety being the most successful. This company is already manufacturing 10,000 pounds per week, it being sold by the barrel to retailers is nearly all of the New England, Middle and Western States The profits of this concern are suppos- H to 55300 Per ,da-v ,a,ld lts. tf.ra: twine hu iro vki n 1 n-rl c n f Ii ct-i la t i i r Hons nave reached such a scale tha the stockholders were recently offerer pearly W 000,000 for their secret bus- mess, out, it was ueeimeu. xu oue ac- I ." j .A , ... j ,, imagine mat a uecoeuon oi tnis stuu. was iiKe eitner juociia or iiio, ou ii i if i ri - when mixed with four times its bulk of genuine ground coffee only an ex pert could detect the imposition. Lhe manufacturer of these coffee substitutes" claim that they are not violating the laws against adulteration of food products because they do not i, a ' J Li 1 sell their goods as coftee, but simpn , ... .. .ij; a substitute. While this may be t ... ' , . A, J.J-, V as rue it does not apply to the retailer, who mixes the bogus stuff with good coltee and sells the whole as the genuine ar ticle. Though manufacturers may be beyond the peualties of the adultera tions laws, thev should be suppressed, ... , , , -ii tr. .t retailers wouia ie itnpossioie. vvueu it is remembered the American people aie compelled to pay $25,000,000 tor ingredients that can be manufactured for oue-lifth of the sum received by coffee growers, the necessity for tbe suppression of this nefarious trade is apparent. Oleomargarine cannot be sold as butter, neither should " coffee substitutes" be made to masquerade under the name of Java, Mocho or Hio Extraordinary Bona Scratching. Herbert Spcrry, TrcraAnt, III., had Ery sipelas in both Icjs. Coiimitrtt tu ttie lioue six weeks. He s:i: "When I was ablet get on my legs, I had an itching sensation "th.it nearlv run me crazy. I scratched 'them raw to the btn.es. Tried everythitn "without relief. I was tormented in this 'way for two year. I then found tho "Cubke's Extuact ow Flax (Papiilon) Skis Cuke at the diug stoic, used it, aud "it has cured iffis sound and well." Clark's Flax Soap has no. equal lor Bath i and Toilet, Skin Cure $1,00. Soap 2-3 cents. For salt at John 11. EnuL-s Diug Store. Wave Action. Waves and wave action from an interesting study. We see the billows curling toward the shore, then break the sand and pebbles washing back ward with them; who has not noted the rapid changes of the ocean beach ? This storm tearing it away, and that broadening it out; the gradual wear ing away of islands along their sea ward face, while, at the same time.mak- ng to leewarJ. What is the mean ef- ect to wave action on the continents is a subject which, for the moat part, has been treated by hydrographers like Admiral Davis, Lieutenant Maury, and Aautemps-Baupre. Now comes a geo- ogist, rror. onaier, wno in a recent paper, discusses the subject from the standpoint of one familiar with continent formation, that is to say, srom effete. All the rocks, he says. bear undeniable evidence that, the sea las swung over them in the osillations of the continent in its alternate up risings and downsinkings. All waves. save those coming from snbraarine up- leavcls, are caused by the wind. Wind cemes from variations of temnerture. and great trade winds being an effect of the disparity between the heat of the tropics aud the poles; difference in emperture between sea and land caus ing local winds. You can study wave action on an ordianary pond. So says the author. If the shore be a shelving one, the waves will topple over, as do the ocean s surges, and strike their blows. After an artifki il pond has ex isted for a short period, it is easy to see where these repeated blows have cut the earth upon its shelving sides, so as to form what is called a wave scarf, aud how the process of erosion goes on. On ordinary soil, even upon rocks of moderate hardness, this wave iction combined with the freezing which takes place in winter, breaks up the earth lv material and bears it out ward. The tops of the waves move more rapidly than the bottoms, thus all wave-swept shores have an undercur rent movement of their waters, which sets off from the coast line toward the deeper waters. Wherever a wave rolls up on shores it grinds up a certain amount of material. With the reflux of the surge this material is carried off to the edge of the decDer water. the margin of the surf belt, where the undertow comes in to drag the debris still further from the coast. Under tow has no effect near the surface. which sets shoreward while it is pass- ing seaward. Many lives are lost at the bathing beaches, he thinks, be cause the exhausted swimmer esays to struggle ashore instead of throw ing himself out Bat in the surface wa ters. Waves while scarfing a beach build out a shelf composed of all the materials they had dragged from the and, save that gone into c?m- plele solution grinding. By this time he means tbe outside Oar, Witn wnicn every oauier is ramuiar, tne same oe- I J 1 0 I .1 1 ing composed of the detritus. Hun-; dreds, indeed thousands, of miles in land are found sandstones and eluy depositi, which, in nearly ull cases, in dicate the former presence of the sea, under which they were formed pre-' cisely as like formations exist to-day in tho outer bars. j One watches the billows break against the coast rocks and cliffs. They seem to make no impression, liut the author says that, should we listen during the storm, the forceful grind- ,1 i i w ..ui 3-i' .i- tue sea nas orotigni, couiu oe uisiincuv hear.!. Tbe ubrasiin goes on till, lit- tie by little, roeh,, ledfe., clitt,, toppee "ly'to nt ,lPco,,tiueut. . suiiucc, iiie wjisiB ucniK uimiiuutcu u'.a Ill ICJ Ul UilU I'J.Wjl.". I I hus says Prof, ohaler, on the eas tern shore of North America the waves are driving the shore inward to the westward, and building on the sea floor a plain, which is constantly ex tending to the eastward. The great southern plain of the United States, Georgia Aiaoama, misaippi, aim an -i i i ! : .1 il Flor da a nnrr nn nf such an Hllierur- ed sea bottom, composed of material A J W A i ' w mm j' J i WW v - w - 1 (-) worn from the oldest part of the con tinent. Rains act to cut the land ver tically downward, the waves f oceans and of lakes to plane them off horizout- ally. In a general way tne solar, forces fight against the existence of all continents and islands. Left to ttiem sfdv's. tpp,a solar forces would reduce i n xi e l: ... tne eartu, in tne course vi umc, msi state of universal American. ocenn.ScientiJFc Developing Genius. Genius unexerted is no more genious Hi in hnshl of nconis in a forest of oaI- Thim ni:iv li' nics in men's brains, iust as there are but the tree and book m mow m fsin measure them. e very naturally recall here that class of grumblers "who spend their time in longing to be higher than they are, while they should be employed in advancing themselves. How many men would fain go to bed dunces and wake up Solomons! You reap what yon have sown. Thy that sow wind, reap a whirlwind. A man of mere '-capacity undevoped" is only an organised day dream, with a skin on it. A fliut aud a genius than will not strke fire are HO l etter that wet junk wood. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lowei at Gettysburg . VVe have the M War of the Rebel lion" as far as completed. It is a val uable publication, and the historians in the future who shall essay to tell the story of the greatest war of modern times will find ample material at hand in these stout octavos. Already they number 27 volumes. When completed they will number, we suppose, more than forty volumes. They are the official records of the two contestants the North and the South, and are published by the TJ. S. Government. The Pittsboro ReGord has prepared a statement of losses at Gettysburg. It saves the trouble of copying and con densing, and we therefore avail our selves of some of its figures. In the three days' battles, (1st, 2d and 3d of July, 1863, fateful days) the losses ag gregated 32,985 killed and wounded and 10,515 missing. The Record says; "In the Union army 3,155 wtre kill ed, 14,529 were wounded, and 5,365 were captured; and in the Confedrate 2.592 were killed, 12,707 were wound ed, and 5,150 were captured. North Carolina lost more men killed and wounded- than any other southern State. This we prove by having com piled a statement of the killed and wounded from each State, as follows: States. North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Mississppi, South Carolina, Alabama, illed. 770 435 399 258 217 204 Wounded. 3.283 2,157 2,098 1,179 975 1,237 ' The regiment that suffered the heav iest loss in either army was the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina, whose loss was 86 killed and 502 wounded. The regiment in the Union army that suf fered the heaviest was the Twenty Fourth Michigan, which went iuto the battle with 496 men and lost 79 killed and 237 wounded." This tells the story of which State did the most fighting and lost the most meu. North Caroliua lost some 55 Kr cent, more thau Virgiuia. The ecord says further: The writers of the pretended histories of the war have created the impression that the hardest fighting and the heav iest losses at Gettysburg were on the last day, and that Pickett's Division were the true heroes of Gettysburg. But these official reports prove differ ently. They showed that the heaviest losses were on the first day, and that the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina regimeut on that day lost more meu killed and wounded thau any brigade (containing five regiments) of Pick ett's division lost in the whole three days' fight! The brigades which suffered the heaviest losses at Gettysburg, according j to these official reports, were the two ; North Carolina brigades of Fettigrew j o three Misji3sippi regimtfats fld thc FiftvFirth North Carolina. and Daniel, and Davis brigade , Th- mi-,! nml wnnnrUd wfla Sa follows: Brigade. Killed. Wounded. Pettigrew, 1U0 015 Davis, 180 717 Daniel, 10-4 635 Tbe heaviest loss in any brigade of Pickett's famous division was 83 killed and 400 wounded in Armestead's bri gade. These official figures speak- louder than the most eloquent words that can be spoken or writteu in eulo gy of North Carolina's soldiers!" Not long after tbe battle we began the work of defending North Carolina ao-ainst fa se reDresentations. All f - - , , , through tbe years we have done what could tap " J-T-g -H; did in the , great struggle nud . , .theliecord. We have no idea that even official figures will serve to satis fy those writers who have tried to make heroes of Pickett:s command at the expense of tbe soldiers from other States. The time may come when some man of superior abilities with the true historic style some Motley, for instance shall write a great work oa . . vindicate """.... the truth and tell the story as it is If so, then North Carolina will get justice and she will shine in the pages of history with an uncommon lustre. Wilmington Messettqer. How Csmphor is Made. Camphor is made in Japan ui to thU the ' wav: After a tree is After a tree is leiieu -j, ... it. i , u,i,;i. aie 1 - I laid in a tub or a large iron pot partly filUl with water and placed over a slow fire. Through holes in tlte ooitom or the tub steam slowly rises, and heat ins the chios generates oil and cam- . . . , e , ,h xu.c VNphoV Of course the tub with tl Ss in aLor,S ! ctps has a closely fitting cove, Fro oaks in aco"-1 j i bamboo pipe leads to ,us come out . of ther with the baI n " . . . . , . , Of course the tun witu uie r rom succession ot oiner inns wuu iuu o.un- loo connections, and the last of these tubs is divided into two compartments, one above the other, the dividing floor being perf orated with small holes to allow the water and oil to the lower compartment. The upper compart ment is supplied with a straw layer, which catches and bulds the camphor it luisses to the r.,.ir. iirvsv The caumlior is the t,w...n I'" - . ..ii-.n-.d...! f rtiiii the) straw. paCKU i in wtMMlen tubs and is re;uly for warket- The oil is nsed by the Uaiives f iuatiug aad other put poses. Curious Facts. From twelve te fifteen deer a day are killed along the line of the West Virginia Central Rilrad. There are three United States in the Western Hemisphere: The United States of America, of Columbia, and of Brazil. Some fih swim deep. The Govern ment steamer Albatross, investigating the coast of Southern Californ na, caught black cod at 859 fathoms A large bald-headed eagle was one of the visitors at a recent flag-raising oyer a school-house in Lubec, Me. The bird circled around the staff three times and then flew toward the west. The gunning dog belonging to Jacob Hendricks, of Berks county, Penn., was stolen the other day and tied to a tree in the woods. When recovered it was nearly famished, and had almost gnaw ed the tree down. Joseph Clinefelter, if Marion, Ohio, has a cow which a few days ago gave birth to three perfectly developed and well-formed calves, which were all born alive; but shortly after two of them died, and one is still living. Seventeen years ago a man named Ebbs, a crippled pauper, left Mifliin- town, Penn., and has been wandering around the State ever since. In a re cent law suit at Bellefonte the court decided that he was a charge to that borough, and now Mifliutown has a debt of $1,000 to pay on the old man. Situated on the farm of Scott West, near Fayette, Me., are two living springs only a few rods apart, but on opposite opposite slopes of a watershed. lulls running in different directions from these respective springs traverse each a distance of more than fifty miles before thev finally reach the same destination. A wonderful map of O'Brien county, la., has been made and is on exhibition at the State Fair at Des Moines. The map is wholly composed of corn grains, each town and township being distin guished by different colors. The rail ways are marked by rows of bluc-bTack ''square corn," and the wagon roads with pop-corn. To show the capacity of his stomach a visitor at the Neversiuk Fire House at Heading, Penn.. ate a mixture com posed of a pound of figs, fifty raw oysters and a pound of sugar, and top ped off the mess with a pound of lard. He said on a wager he would eat a box oLwragon grease, but tjhe spectators would let him go no further. A report comes from the lumber re gions at Portage Lake, Me., that a huge panther came out in a clearing and walked around some men who were yarding logs. The men were much terr.fied, but kept perfectly quiet, and the beast disappeared without doing them auy harm. It is very rare, now, that these animals ar seen in Maiue. The natural cunning of the fox was shown at Now Ipswich, N. II., the other day. A fox that was started by a hunter ran directly to a poud and passed around the edge ou the ico as uear the opeu water as possible. The dogs fol lowed closely, and, coming upon weak ice, broke through, and but for help given them would have drowned. Meantime Reynard escaped to a place of safety. In Iceland there "ate no prisons and no officers answering to our policemen. In 1874 it celebrated the one-tbousaud- th anniversary of its colonization, and at the same time became indepeudeut of Denmark, though subject to the King of Denmark as the head ot the Icelandic Government. Iceland's new government is thoroughly republican in spirit, all citizens having equal rights and perfect religious liberty. Plain Enough. Youth's Companion: Nothing w nude for nothing. Lvery part of even the smallest animals structure is, or 1i:ls been of use to him. Otherwise it never would have been developed. "Can vou tell me, my friend," said an elderly gentleman to-the- keeper of a menagerie, kkwhat the hump ou the camel's back is for?" "What's it for?" i "Yes. Of what value is it?" "Well, its lots of value. De camel wouldn't be no good .'without it." "Why not?" "Why not? Yer don't suppose pea nh would nav tweutv-five cents to seg a eannl without a hump on him, do yer?" An intelligent peach grower give; th fnll.vtviua as tbe chief causes of failure: A wet soil snd subsoil, exces uivp richness of the land, allowing the trees to overbear, and neglected culti ration. To which should also be add ed, a climate where the fruit buds are often, or generally, killed by he cold of winter, and which is only remedied ti i i i a: . e ...... hi ! I ln t by selection oi prum-i ! . J '.. i i i :i w often acconinlislied bv cnoosmg sues near unfreezing water, or by selecting hills instead of frosty valleys; but a wet or water-soaked so. I even on an elevated site may be more unfavor able. A good naturU drainage is im portant. u! Listen men and brethren. Th.i peusion office asks for ar deficiency ap propriation of $2l,rJ0,XJ'J t.j carry it to the fir.t of July. A Great Gen Factory. ; The Washington Gun Foundry since it was started has turned out abont fifty six-inch grins. The weight of a six-inch gun is about 10,800 pounds. Each one represents abont three months' labor m the factory alone. The projectile used in n six-inch gun weighs exactly 100 pounds. This is propelled by a charge of poader of fifty pounds. Thc weight of the eight-inch gun is 27,000 pounds. The weight of the projectile of this gun is 250 ponnds and -the weight of the powder charge is 125 pounds. In the Bureau of Ordnance circular the general principle is laid down that the amount of powder rrsed in alt service charges is one-half the weight of the projectile. The gun foundry has constructed three ten-inch guns. The weight of this gun is 60,000 pounds. It is ca pable of sending a shell weighing 500 pounds nearly eight miles. Tbe proposed sixteen-inch gun or, as it is better known, the 1 10-ton gun will take at least two years to build. This ordnance monster will be forty three feet long and will send a projec tile weighing 2000 pounds more than ten miles. When this gun is complet ed it will be placed aboard the coast defence vessel now building at San Brancisco. The latter ship is nndir contract to be completed in three years. The capacity of tho gun foundry when everything is in good order ha not yet been estimated. It has been stated that that the capacity for the factory was ninety guns once and that a completed gun could be turned out every day. Commodore Folger thinks, however, that when the plant is in thorough working order fifty guns can le iu the course of construc tion at once. The six-inch guns cost on an average about $7,000, the eight, ten and twelve n increasing proportions, while the 110-ton gun will cost over $50,000. r. Herald. Trick of a Picture Thief. The recent opening up of the crazo for the collection of portraits of prora- nent people, fostered bv the general increase of illustrated literature and the constant improvement of the en gravers art, uks brought about tne establishment of a store here where old engravings are made somewhat of a specialty. Tbe trade as yet is not large enough to carry on a business in this line on a large scale, but large enough to justify keeping a moderately large hue of old portraits. 1 hu keeper of the book store at which the picture business has been started has not yet had to encounter tho picture theif, but he is ready for him. He Iras got on to a trick of tho picture thief much practiced in New York aud Londou. The trick was recently exposed in some of the bibliophile journals, and the bookseller explains it thus: "Tbe pic- turo thief carries a thread of the length ot an octavo page under his tongue. lheu, while the bookseller s back is turued, he lays that wet string along the bound edge of some engraving iu the book in hand that pleases him, and straightway opens tbe book fifty leavts away, fu a minute or so he can turn back to the engraviug, and it will tear out noiscdesslv, and with little ef fort." S7. Louis Star-Sayings. If there is any one thing more beau tiful than another in a garden of flow ers, that tumg is a oeautiiui gin, wnu a sun bonnet ou tier head so wide aud capacious that you have to get right square before her and pretty near her to see the glow,ing cheeks that are suro to be there if she is at all accustomed to garden walks and works. Physically, there can be nothing better for dau ghters, and indeed, for many wives, than to take solo charge of a small flower garden. There are about thirty "species of insects which subsist on our garden yegatables. The grape vine has about fifty enemies: the apple tree seven ty- five; the different snado trees have over a hundred; wheat, barley and oats fifty. The annual destruction of property by insects in the United States is as high as $100,000, A great portion of this might be prevented by the preservation of many dijtierent kinds of birds. All seeds sown, whether indoors or out, says Popular Gardening, should be pressed firmly in tho soil, so a to exclude the air and thus-prevent . the seed being shriveled and dried t an extent that iu four cases out of five would destroy germination, and also in places where germination doos take place, if the soil is left loose, -tho dry air is often sufficient to shrivel up tbe young plants even atter they navo started. - . Don't fret and fume and fuss and ferment. Never trouble troubles uii' . . . ! aM trim ir.iulilps vo l " " j Love is that golden latch key which hangs on the outside, and fets iu hap-.-pines to every heart. A. L-dy h Tesas Writes : My cane of U a raidiiigi has 1 affieU maey physician-; hae tried every reme dy I eould hear of, hut Brad field Fe male BegttUtor U all tlua relieved me. Write lac U ad field grfe Co., AtSauta, (iu., r father p-t licnlai :, bold by all diui-l I ? v - f m
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 27, 1890, edition 1
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