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The 5 . Carolina -w- W- -yr" Watchman, ?0L. XXI.-THtRD SERIES. k - SALISBURY, N. C THURSDAY. JULY 10, 1890. NO. C8. JUST RECEIVED! 9v Sb t Si S5T .sS 4 n w-' 4V ... w - Hjgs -i 1 A FULL LINE OF H Woven Wire Cols at jJSIat Woven Wire oSlat " " 4 lSlat " " Spiral " " Slat Spring, J Remember these H j receipts of one day. jjj and opened out. Besides this, we have the LARGEST GEN ARAL STOCK OF J c I I 00 EVER BROUGHT TO SALISBURY ! G. W. WRIGHT. "Father Time " sayB our Watch Club is the best out for you to get a Watch, Diamond Ring, Ear Rings, Silverware, or any num ber of articles valued at $30, in our line. We need two more to complete our first club of 25 names; when it is com plete, we will at once begin to form another. Poll nml cap flio omnds WO. offer and learn the plan. Very Truly, I. H. REISHER & BRO, LEADING JEWELEfiC. w H He C h c It I . $2.75 to 3.5O Springs " '10 M 3.00 to 3.25 " 2.50 - 2.00 goods are but the They arc just in w T C . H plan good c L U B NIHILISM IN RffSSIA. The Oppression of the Russian People. HOW 1HE TERRORISTS BEGAN THEIR MOVEMENTS AN IRON NERVE REQUIRED. Mr. P. A. Demens' lecture on M Ni hilism in Russia" in the lecture hall of the Y, M. C. "A. last night was much enjoyed by those who beard it. The speaker handled his subject in a way that none but those having expe riencc can, and made a most interesting talk. 14 In 1800 " ho said, " there appeared in a magazine a novel by a famous writer called 'Father and Children." Jn the novel a young mun,the-hero sad,in answer to a question about himself, "I consider myself a Nihilist." The word itself does not mean anything. It conies from the latin word "nihil" nothing.- He was the first to begin the movement in Russia that vw known iu after years as Nihilism. There was nothing new in the movement. It was an old one. The movement was widely known in Germany and Europe before it was started in Russia, 1 say the word means "nothing." It menus that the people started to co by what thev thought to be right and not by what thpy weretaught was right. The hero of the novel simply stated that he did not expect to take anything for granted, but wanted to examine into everything he was told. That is the formation of what is widely known as Nihilism. That movement at first did not mean anything dangerous to the Russian gov ernment, but when in 1803 insurrection broke out, the government became scared The people were heavily op pressed. These oppressive measures resulted in manv blood v tragedies. When on Ami! 4, 18GG, a man shot at the Emperolr, everything became a complete turmoil and the whole people were made to suffer for this act of one man who had been punished. Imagine if, after Guitean fired the fatal shot that killed a President, the whole cou ntry had been oppressed. The people had nothing to do with the shot of Oruitgau, and it would have been as just to punish them fur that as it was tor the Russians to be punished for the crime of one man. -There was no con spiracy. Although the trial lasted for over two months, it did not implicate any other person. At that time Russia had a number of universities, and ini medatly a large number of young men were banished io their homes. A cer tain amount of indignation was aroused by this act, for those young men if let atone until they finished their education, would have become useful citizens to their communities. Instead th y be came foes and enemies of government. These young men, confined to the small villages in which they were born, with nothing to do, tried to find redress lor their wrongs. They are what are 1 1 i rn - i -m . i cauea lerrorisis. mey comprise only a small portion of the liberal party of Russia. After this oppression began some of the most liberal hearted men petitioned the government several times for a change, but their prayers were unheeded. The liberal party at last afraid that the terrorists would commit some rash act, consulted, and a conference was held in 1850 between the liberalists and the terrorists. At that time the liberalists requested the terrorists to postpone an y act for one yoar, iu order that they might possibly induce the government to better aff lirs. This was promised, but instead of thiugs growing better they grew .vorse, and when it was announced that Tolstoi, a cruel and vindictive man, had been appointed to a position or com mand, the terrorists began their move ments. The first bloody act was in 1873 when the chief of police of St. Peters burg Was killed iu open daylight by a young man who fled and was never caught. The next bloody act was a shot fired at the succeeding chief. This was not meant to kill, but merely to bring his crimes before the public. The shot was fired by a young girl and she was tried by a jury and acquitted. The jury, without leaving their seats, gave a verdict of not guilty. I m me dially, although she was found not guilty she was seized by t he officers and the public indignation was so aroused that a fight with the officers ensued in which several on both sides were killed. She was released. Iu 1874 a confer ence was- held and they decided that the only way to attract the attention of the civilized world to their condition was byaets that would fire the republican indignation. The imperial train was fired at several times. There was one time that was wonderful for the amount of work involved. Itwasinl872. The plotters hired a house half a mile from the railroad, and dug a tunnel under- ground to the railroad. there were five persons and thev worked for six a months. The work was done so as not to makes a noise and attract the attention of the people walking over the tunnel, and the dirt was carried w to their rooms and distributed over the city These people could expect no direct beuefit of this work. They belonged to wealth v families and could have all the luxuries they xtesired, out instead of that they left all and endured this work for sis months. It could be of no benefit to them, Jbut it could benefit Russia and her people. I suppose about a dozen attempts have been made against the life'of the emperor. are opposed to violence. It is remark able that ito more are iu the ranks of the Terroiists. J wonder why there are not more. While nine-tenths aie opposed to violence, thejr cannot con demn those who use it. The one-tenth who use violence do not forget that they have neigh bors to work for. They are the men who compose the Terrorist party of Russia to-day. Although the latter are light in number, they are very powerful. Only the flower of the Russian youth belong to them. It requires an iron will to leave lux ury for such a life as that. Every thing that they have done up to to day has been the result of that strength of will. I hope there will be a change, but it may not come in litis generation. Our children will enjoy it. After the lecture was finished, several questions were asked Mr. Demens by the audi ence and were breifly answered. New England's Agricultural Decadence. The decadence of New England farming has been a fruitful theme for writers and orators in other sections, for several years. It has also received eareful attention from the legislatures of several States nnd is still the subject of earnest discussion. At a meeting held at the board of trade rooms in Hartford, Conn., quite a large number of business men assembled to hear Col. Alexander Warner, of Pom-fret,-speak on "the changes in rural districts,aud how they affect the cities." Ihe gentleman attributed the unusual depression iu the agricultural interests of New England to several causes, chief among which were deterioration of the soil and modem cheap trans portation. The New England farmer put the money he made into stocks or into bunks. His home market in creased so rapidly because of manufac tures that in the course of years he sold everything he raised, but he put noth ing back into the land. The farms were robbed of their fertility. Na ture's laws were violated. This came about by such slow processes that the farmers failed to see it. The present generation does not know the possi bilities of the soil. Prosp rity cannot be restored until the lands are brought back to their original fertility. Even those farms isolated from a centre would not pay. They must be close to some town or city which would con sume their perishable products. From this frank declaration it is evi dent that the past generation of New England farmers, like western wheat growers and southern cotton planters, neglected to keep up the natural fer tility of their soil, and their heirs are now suffering the consequenc e. Tin? punishment was lonW- delayed there than elsewhere, because of the general thrift. The New England farmers accumulated money slowly, and they lived frjjgilly. Their saving went into safe securities, or into th j stocks of the manufacturing com panies in their vicinity. While thjy were unconsciously robbing their land, they were growing rich, more from the accretions of their investments than from their farms. Cheap transportation is of this gen eration. Western meats aud bread stuffs spoiled the profitsof New England markets for local farm staples. Steam ship lines and railroads brought the fruits and vegetables of all the States from Florida to New Jersey to their cities. The competition of these broad areas was too much for the majority of the inheritors of the worn-out farms. They sold the old homesteads if they could, or rented them if they could find a tenanL-or left them unoccupied. Such is the story of New England's abandoned farms, but it is not the whole story of New England's agi'ierrt ture. There are, in all the six States, farms that pay well, but they are rela tively few. They belong to men, some natives, others foreigners, who prac tice intensive farming, who rotate their crops, who breed fine animals, who make gilt edge family butter that com mands a high price, bitt who, as the frost di sappears every spring, are able to say. "my land is richer this season than it was last." These man are the compeers of thousands of - southern farmers who have learned to employ the same methods, and are enjoying the results. The New England further is to be congratulated that at last he has fojnd out the error of his ways, and is beginning to wuikJMhe same path that his southern brother has found profitable to pursue. Success to them both . Ma n itfact urn -s1 Rr cord. Bad Conduct of a Preacher. The meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' Association just concluded at Morehead City, was attended by at least 000 teachers. It was the most enthuisastic meeting of the association yet held, but there was one unfortu nate circumstance to mar the pleasure of the whole meeting. A preacher- caused it. According to reports- re ceived in Charlotte, this preacher made an eloquent address during the day to Mim onn volition. At nmht he sucked Lthe seductive miut iulip and soon lost I ..... . . " . " , - ti; eontro ot himself, in his niautmue state, he tried to enter the room of lady guest. The affair created a great KPutiiiiinn and strong measures were sooken of. but -iuallv better reason prevailed, and he was permitted to ! quietly depart. He was not one lthe teachers, as We understand of it j but had gone there to address th;' teach crs,- Cfiarlotte AVjfS, A Bide With Gabriel. nOW A RAILWAY MAIL AGENT WA8 SAVED BY A SPRING LOCK. It was long ago, before the mail service was brought anywhere near its present perfection," said the quiet-looking man with whom I was riding on a western train, "that I was pnt in charge of one of the first travelling offices. My car ran from Cleveland to Chicago, and I had to sort not only the entire Cleveland mail for the West, but sometimes hs many as half a dozen large bags full of mail from Buffalo and other eastern points. The depart ment was working hard to save time in delivery, arid was making the first great steps in that direction. 1 hsidVt an entire car to myself. In those days the travelling offices were little cubby-holer., takiifg lip about one-third of the second-class car. The forward end of the car was used for a smoker, and a narrow passage alongside mv room led from the smoking-room to the rear door. I had no assistant, and aised to lock my door on leaving Cleve land and worked like a beaver till I reached Chicago, seldom completing the night's work till we were fairly in side the limits of the latter citv. It was hard work, but I soon got used to it aud was fairly well contented with the place. "It did not seem like a particularly -dangerous post, and no such precaution was taken in those days to guard against possible attempts at robbing the mails as is now taken. 1 had a strong door, secured by a strong lock, and 1 had a heavy revolver that I kept K ing on the table, but beyond that no. special arrangement was made to pro tect me or the mail. It was not con sidered possible that I should be at tacked on a regular passenger train. One adventure that I had, however, seived to quicken the apprehension of the department, and soon after, I be lieve, a rule was established that no postotfice car should be run without two or more men in the office. "As I said my door was secured by a heavy lock. It was a snap lock and opened with a large and peculiar key from the outside, while on the inside there was no Keyhole, and no key to be used, but the pressure of a concealed spring nulled the bo!i open. You have seen similar 1 ocK3 on omce crates 1 rt i in counting-rooms very often. They are common eno!i;!i now, and almost everybody knows the trick of opening them, bat thev were new then, and v.vy puzzling to the average m in. I gave no sp;cialthought to it -after 1 CD i had been shown the trick, but, as it happened, that lock saved my life. "My habit was. on enteriijg my of fice, to put the key in my poefcet, aud then to shut the door and try it from t he inside. One night, by some strange freak of absent-mindedness, I forget a part of this proceeding aud left the key oil the outside. 1 slammed the uo:r and tried it, and finding it locked went on with my work, entirely unconscious of the fact that any one could enter from the outside -by turning the key that was in the lock. "Presently some one did enter. It was a very stormy night, aud as it hap pened only one passenger was in the 'smoker.' What he did, I learned afterwards. My first intimation of anything wrong came from seeing this passenger enter my room with the key iu his hand. " ' I shall . have to report you to the department for this,' he said sternly, holding up the key. I am an inspec tor, and have caught you in a flagrant piece of carelessness on mv first trip.' ""All right,' 1 said bitterly. I rec ognized my fault on the instant, and knew it was likely to cost me my place. It didnot occur io me at the moment to doubt jiUi word, for he spoke in a matter-of-fact way that carried con viction. His next movement, however, undeceived me, for, stepping quietly toward me, he made a grab for my revolver, and, before Lknew what he was about, he had it in his hand. "Something I cant say what it . .11 .1 ; l l il 1 1 was told me on tne instant mat ne was a maniac He was a strong, big man, handsome and well-dressed. 1 aw that I was no'match for him physi cal i", aside from the fact that he was ow armed and I was not. It was a mighty unpleasant-situation, and I did a goou aeai oi uuicn iuuikhiu juai then. I have tried to figure out a good manv times-since then w hat the wisest thing would have been for me to do, ljit I don't know as I could have doner' uything better on tilfL-spar- of the moment. :r . - 'You don't look like an inspector, I said, pretending to take ho notice of his having seized the pistol. 'Show me vour papers.' - " He laughed, and their t Knew I was " i.j rig-it. ISO sane man ever laugueu us he did. 1 You are a very bright young fellow,' he said. l am uot an inspec tor, but I'll tell you who I am and then I shall kill you. Nobody can know that secret and live.' " ' You'd better not tell me then,' I said, as coolly as I con Ids 'I don't want to die now. May be you i.re a friend of mine, though. I am not an ordinarv nerson myself.' - 44 ' I know it.' he said. ' Yon are St. Peter and I have come for ' your keys I am the angel Gabrial.or I have the Hrst kev and vou must trive me the j rf rest 44 4 All right,' said I starting for the door. ' I H get cm for you. " ' Hold on,' he said cockingJtise volver. 'You can't go now. Hi Icill you hrst and then you may get them ion re foolish, 1 said, still tryiugj- in Keep cool, though l was horrtblv frightened. 'If you kill me yon can't make me do anything afterwards, and i don't need the keys and you do. I cau open any door without a key. Shall I show you?' , 44 4 Well, yes,' he-saia, rather doubt fully, 'but how can yon do it?' '"Try this one,' f said. ' You can't open this door, although you hare the key, but I can go right out through it and come back again. Then you may kill me if you want to, though I'd rather you wouldn't. Try the door yourself.' "He did so ami not understanding' the lock, couldn't open it. ' You can't open it, either.' he said, standing aside. 44 'Oh, yes. I can,' I replied, and put ting my hand on the lock I pressed tlie spring without letting him see ho was done. Pulling the door open violently, I struck bim hard with it, hard enough to force him backward, and jumped through, just in time to dodge a bullet that he fired at me. pulled the door to after me and-ne was locked in. "He fired a second shot through the door, but that missed me, tco, and I rnshed for the platform to find the brakemau. He Wasn't there, and I seized the bell-rope. That was cut. I rushed to the forward end of the car and the door there was locked. I broke through the window and climbed out to the engine and had the train stopped quickly. "The engineer and I went 'back, nnd as we were chopping at the door to get into my room we heard another shot. When we got in, we found the unfor tunate man dead, self. "The brakemau He had shot him was flicked up n'xt morning where Ihe manic had thrown him off the car into a heap of broken rock. He said he had I en taken unaware and suddenly pushed from the platform. Fortunately he was not killed, though he was badly hurt. There was nothing on the dead man to reveal his identity, and if that was ever discovered I do not know it. "Of course I reported the facts to the department, and, of course, I was reprimanded, but I did not lose my place. I snppo-e the authorities thought that I had been punished enough.' D tvid A. Curtis, in Drake's Magazine." "Th3 Stagnant South." "Yo:i have the stagnant South to di'ect into channels of industry and prosperity." Such a statement from any source at all would be astonishing, but it appears in a magazine article, and the- author has succeeded somehow in having it priuted in the July number of The Forunl. The stagnant South! What manner of man is this who can get into respectable magazine columns and mess ana uuuo with pi niters in Has he been shut up in a lighthouse, or does he emerge from the darkness and gloom of a hermit's cave that he should be so completely ignorant of events? But surprising as such igno rance is, we find a still greater cause for amazement in the fact a that mon strous absurdity should pass the editor ial intelligence of a magazine office. A South which added a billion and a quarter to the assessed and three bill ion to the real value of its property between 1S80 and 1889, which in the same period doubled its railroad mile age and banking facilities, t reeled hV spindles, looms and co:il production, quadrupled its iron produciton, and added hundreds of millions to" the an nua! -value of agricultural products, is hardly in ned of thojscrjdees. of any holy to '"direct it into channels oi-in-dustry and prosperity." While The Forum was printing this statement in New York the Manufac turers' Record was getting out in Bal timore a quarterly review, showing that 2,353 new industries had been organ ized this year, 37 of them iron fur naces. The South has silenced criti cism and dispelled doubt by the un answerable logic of facts. Experience has taught us to expect a certain amount -of skepticism on the part of people wb have preconceived notions and live among humdrum sur roundings and look out nponresti icted horizons. With this" class facts about he South must have the clearest and most unmistakable demonstration, ahd even then the situation is not accepted m ftf fullness, and the admission of southern progress and greatnesrwhen made at all, is mot often qualified and neutralized by it's and huts. The case . i i . x r X I ; I Th point, however, is out, or me unai run, and is in tmTTTaTureof intellectual coma, conipTetely enveloping the mind, instead of common strabismus affect mg onlv the meutil evesight. The discussion ;n wlucn the "stag nant South" i introduced is as to the inritiou of Ca "lido, a id it is pointed out of a number of toaditions vvki4i givetbis country iU band full, with out adding uow complications. It is surprising that such a magazine as Tho Fur u in should have admitted to its iviires this slur unon the South, and especially .so in view of the vigorous efforts its managers are putting Xorth to convince southern people that Tue Forum is a good medium through which to attract attention to oppor tunities for investment in this section. --Manufacturers' liecord, AN ESTIMATE OF 'HIM BT A NORTHERN ' SCHOLARASO HISTORIAN. KlrtunoMl Di-pai. b. The following letter is from the pen of a cultivated gentleman and well known military critic. Jt was written to a Richmond citizen : JpOBTON, June 9, 1890. My Dear Ma jok: I saw to-day a photograph of the snperb statue of Gen. Lee, surrounded by the crowd present at its unveiling. I make bold to ask yon for this photographs To my thinking this is the finest statue in this country; but besides this, it is only a fit and worthy memorial of the, most distinguished soldier that our war pro duced. Lincoln may have and in my opinion was the greatest states man; other Generals -Sherman, Jack son, J. B. Johnston I do not pretend to rate them in this order, but just to v itiiueiifcwm ukhm inevarcurio nivinnid in writing may have been the equals of Lee in intellectual and even in pro fessional skill and nbilit v but Lee was the greatest personality that the war showed to the American people; for, in my opinion, we (of the North) can, now that we are again one people, claim him, as an American, as much as you can. - - Faithfully yours, . John C. Hopes. IagalU Can t Be Stilt. "The Kansas Senator is nothing if not ultra and sensational. He con trives to keep a shindy going all Hhe while; - His latest proposition, tower-" ing over his wish to vote ten thousand millions to pension the great republi can club, know as the Grand Army of the Republic, is his advoc icy ofTu national gift of five hundred dollars to each l'reedman. Evidently Ingalls is very grateful about that war, his gratitude extend ing through those who did his fighting for hfm, even down to the subject of the machination; even down to the last dollar of the nation, but if he is giatefnl fifty cents worth of his own money, it has not yet become apparent. However the farmers of Kausus are cramping on their trail and it is said by those in a position to kuow that 'ho he is now serving out his last term in the Senate of these"Uuitcd States of America' It is devoutly hoped that the report is true, for he is a mere cumberer of space, a disturber, sensationist. a dandy aud a nuisance, talented though he is. GENERAL DIRECTOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT. Clerk Superior Court, J MJforah. -Sheriff, C C Krider. Register of Deeds, H N Woodson. Treasurer, J Sara.'l -McCubbins. Surveyor, B C'Arey. Coroner, D A Atwell: Commissioners, T J Stunner chairm i, V L Kluttz, C F Baker, Dr L WCt4. -man, Cornelius Kestler. Sup t FubJic Schools, T C Linn. SupTof Health, Dr J J Stltmnerull. Overseer of Poor, A M Brown. TOWN. , Mayor, J W Rumple. Clerk, D R Julian. Treasurer, I H Foust. Police, R W Price, chief, J E-Pace, C W Pool, R M Biirringciv ConamissioDcrs-'-North ward, J A Ren dleman, DM Miller; South ward, D R Julian, J A Barrett; Cast ward, JB Gor don, T A Coughenour; West ward, R .1 Holmes, T t; Liuu. CmiRCHESr .. .v'- Mcthodist Services every SumfeSTn't rtl a inland 61. p in. Prayer meet intr every Wednesday at 6$ p m. Rev T W Guthrie, pastor, 'Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. J W Mauncy, sup't. Presbyterian Services every Sunday at it a in and 8:30 p. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 8:30-p-ib. Rcy J Rumple, D D, pastor. SundajT school every Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. J Rumple, sup't. , Lutheran Services every Sunday at 11 a m and 7 pm. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 p in. Rev Chas B Kiug, pastor. Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at 3 p m. R G Kizer, sup't. Episcopal Servieesevery Sunday at 1 1 a m and 6:90 p m and Wednesday, at 6:30 p m. Rev F J Murdoch, rector. Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at p n. Capt Theo Parkerj sp't. Baptist Services every Sunday morn ing and night. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. Rev 1 : pastor. Sunday school every Sunday at 9i a.m. Thos L Swiuk, sup't. Catholic Services every second Sun day at 101 a m and 7 p m. Rev Francis Meyer, pastor. . - Sunday school every Sunday at 10a in. VMC A Devoftonal services at Hall every Sunday at 10 a m. Business meet ing tirst Thursday night in every mouth. t& Foust, prcs't. LODGES. Fulton Lodge No 99 A F & AM,' meets every first and third Fridayjright iuvach month. E B Neave, W M. Salisbury Lodge, No 21, K of P, meets fcvery Tuesday uight. A H Boy den, C C. Salisbury Lodge, No 775, K of H, meets every 1st and 3d Monday night iu each month. ' . Dictator. Salisbury Council-, No 272, Royal Ar canum, meet every 2d and 4tb Monday night m each inontto. J A Kamsay, Regent. POS T OFFICE. t)flice hours from 7:30 a m to o:S0 pm Money 'order hours 9am to 5 p nii Sunday hours 11:30 a m to 12:30 p m J H Ramsay, P M.