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EHTABUSUED 1870 A Islatter of Choice Whether you have your teeth extract ed the oUl way, witn pain, or use uas. Vitalized Air, uocaine, anu an ineir t.i.r.t dancer, or with trfect Kafetv. without nam or sleep at r. 1. DENTAl ituwjjo-i , o-s v"t. 5tain and Talbot streets, Norfolk, a. Oince hours: 8 to C; Sundays 10 to 1. . ENNES, Dentist. F. HzIEGLER&BRO. occccsor t. Jon? II. Zeiolkb Deslcr in a J kinds f UNDERTAKERS SUPPLIES, ?rom the Chespest to the best. All tel egrams promptly attended to. mil m co:lb;5 mm bcndeirett The finest Hrarsom tms , section. R S3otd, walnnt.cloth-coy-ered and mttalic caskets a specialty At the old- stand on Ehringhau-t Street. Thankful tor past patronage. Itf-Also all kinds of cabinet work. TRAMQUIL HOUSE, MANTEO N. C 1. V. EYA::S. Proprietor icuUr. Table supplied with esery delicacy. Hsb outers and Uame aouuunucc n 3C'"W"- S. L. ST0RER & CO. - WUOLESALE De!en and Shippers of all kinds ol FRESH FISH 7fl FULTON FISH MARKET, N. Y Particular attention paid to Shad DepartrnenL We employ no agents andjjpay no commlsions. If your stencil is not In rood rder let us know. nantPrt-fln Idea Wbo cma thtcV cf Botrve simple tt4uT to pAXrni: UVilViUkilii m ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, FRIDAY. M AY 5. 1899- PLAGUE OF ALCOHOL. REV. DR. TALMAGE D4SCUS3ES THE UQUOR TRAFFIC la mm Eloquent Sermon lie uepicn th DmkJWT Wee-The Ham Flenl's Mission ! to Vcmtror All Good A Cll to CbrltlB. CoprTteht. Louis Klopsch. 1SD9. Waqiixgtox. April 30. At this time, vrhen the evils cf the drink traffic are beinjr widely discussed and the movement for the abolition of the de-. (Trading and Lmtalizing canteen in enr military cnnipa is gaining many sup porters, this sermon by. Dr. Talmage, dealing vrith the broader aspects cf the plague of Intemperance, snomu coeer and inspire the friends cf temperance everywhere. His text is Exodus xi, C. And there snail ue a great throughout all the land of Egypt." This was the worst of the ten plagues. The destroying angel at midnight flap- ped his wing over tne jana, ana mere was one dead in each house. Lamenta tion and mourning and woe through all Egypt. That destroying angel has fled the earth, but a far worse has come, ne sweeps through these cities. It is the destroying angel or strong arm. Far worse devastation wroogui second than by the first. -The calamity in America worse than the calamity in Egpyt. Thousands of the slam, minions of the slain. No arithmetic can calcu late their number. Onr nron a time four fiends met in he lost world. They resolved that the Twml onr earth were too nappy, and these four infernals came forth to onr earth on embassy of mischief. The one fiend said, "I'll take charge of the vineyards." Another said, "rn tate charge of the grainfields." Another M "TM1 tnke chanre oi tne aairy. a I'll take charge of the music" The four fiends met in the Sflhnrn desert, with skeleton en ters clutched each other in handshake . i a a 9t. r,f firipiitv. kissed eacn oiuer kouuuj with lip of blue name anu paneu vu - - . i i their mission. Tho fipnd of the vineyard came in one bright morning amid the grapes and eat down on a root or twisiea grapeviue iu sheer discouragement. Tho fiend knew not bow to damage the vineyard, cr. through it, how to damage tue worm. The grapes were so ripe and beautifnl and luscious, 'iney uewucutu iu i with their sweetness. There seemed to to in inn rh health in every bunch, and while the fiend sat thero in ntter indig nation and disappointment be clntciiea a rlnstpr end saueezed it in perfect spite, and, lol his hand was red with the blood of the vineyaru, anu tue utuu said: "That reminds me of the blood of broken hearts. I'll strip the vineyaru, and I'll squeeze out all the juice of the grares, and I'll allow tho juices of the grapes to stand until they rot, and I'll call tho process fermentation." And there was a great vat prepared, and people came with their cups and their pitchers, and tney uirpea up we wwu of the crapes, and they drank and drank .... 1 A. 1 ,1 1. and went away drinKing.ana mej uruu until they fell in long lines of death, so that when the fiend of the vineyard wanted to return to his home in the pit be stepped from carcass to carcass and walked down amid a great causeway of the dead. Laughter of the Fiend. Th.n ihn RPmnd fiend came into the erainfield. He waded chin deep amid the barley and tnexye. -ue nearu an wo rr.n talHnc? about bread and prosper- thriftv homes. He tvmst hl Inner arms into the grainfield, and be pulled up the grain and threw it Ko wntpr. and he made beneath it uvs aw great fires fires lighted with a spark from his own beart ana mere wo grinding and a mashing and a stencn, tho Twnnlfl rame with their bottles. inrvxl tin the fiery liquid, and they drank, and they blasphemed, and 4V.a cfo(TTprpfi. find thev foueht, and they rioted, and they murdered, and the fiend of the rit, tne nena ox iuc .o?nfioi,l xvns so nleased with their be- havior that he changed his residence -nit in a whisky barrel, and there he sat by the door of the bunghole laughing in high merriment ai we thought that out oi any wing bu ic oo iho m-ain or tne neia uo iuikui turn this world into a seeming pauuu- vnnvi TV TT iUVUlUUW . The fiend of the dairy saw the cows coming heme from the pasture neia, rn tiAAotvA- nd as the maid milked he said, Til soon spoil all that mess; I'll add to it brandy, sugar ana nui and T'll tir it into a milk punch. and children will drink it end some of the temperanco people will arms ii. anu If I can do them no more harm 1 11 give them a headache, and then I n nana them over to the mere vigorous fiends of the satanic delegation." And then ori rst thA rlairv leaned upon the shelf and danced until the long rcw of shininz milkpans almost quaked. The fiend cf the music entered a grogshop, and there were but few ens- few enstomers, he swept the circuit of the city, and he gathered up the musical insiruiiitii i and after nightfall he marshaled a band, and the trombones blew and the cymbnhi clapped and the drums beat and the bugles called and the people crowded In. and they swung around in merry dance, each one with a wineglass in his hand, and the dance became wilder and stronger and rougher, until the room shook and the glasses cracked and the floor broke and the crowd drop ped into helL Then the four fiendsthe fiend of the vineyard and of the grainfield and of the dairy and of the music hall-went back to their home, and they held high carnival because their work had teen so well done, and satan rose from bis throne and announced that there was no danger cf the earth's redemption so long as these four fiends could paj n . .v. .i:Kif And then all the demons and all the sprites and all the fiends filled their glasses and clicked i '' -'" '" i ihnm r.A rrifd: "Let U3 drink drink ! to th everlasting r-roptrity of the liq- nor ttafiicl Here's to woe and darkness and murder and death! Drink! Unnkl The riacne of Drlnlc. Bat whether by allegory?or by ap palling statistic this subject is present t,l vnn knew as well as I that it is im- I possible to exaggerate the evils of strong drink. Arlaguel A piagnei minenrsi place the inebriate suffers from the loss of a good name. God has so arranged it that no man loses his reputation except m 11 by his own act. 'lne wona may assams a man, and all the powers of darkness may assault him they cannot capture him so long as bis neart is pnre ana ma life is pnre. All the powers of earth end hell cannot take tnai uiorauar. ax a man is right, all the bombardment of the world for 5, 10, 20. 40, years , will only etrengthen him in his position. So that all you have to do is to Keep your self right Never mind the world. Let it env what it will. It can do . you no damage. But as soon as it is whispered, 4He drinks," and it can ne provea, no t.rfrins to tro down. What clerk can get a position with such a reputation T What store wants him? What church cxt find wants him for a member? Vbat dvins man wants him for an executor? He drinks!" I stand before nunareas of young men and I say it not in flat terysplendid young men who have their reputation as their only capital. Your father gave you a good education, or as good an education as he could afford to give you. He started you in city life. He conld furnish you no hnt he has surrounded you with Christian influences and a good memory of the past. Now, young man, under find von are with your own right arm to achieve yonr fortnne, and as yonr reputation is your only capital do not bring upon it suspicion by going in and nnt nf lianor establishments or by an odor of your breath or by any glare of bv any unnatural flush on your cheeks. You lose your reputation and you lose your capital. The Inebriated Degradation. Thp innhrinte suffers also in the fact that he loses his self respeet, and when you destroy a man's self respect there is not much left of him. Then a man will do things he would not do other wise, he will say things be would not say otherwise. The fact is, that man L-tnn nr lio wnr.id stOTl HOW. " II 0 ia bound hand and foot by the Philis tines, and they have shorn his locks and rsnt bis eyes out and maae mm gritu in the mill of a great horror. After he i tliTpfi-fourtha crone in tms slavery tne first thing he will be anxious to impress you with ia that Lo can stop at any iron lifl wants to. His family become niormrrl in regard to him, and they pay: "Now, do stop this. After awmie it will get the mastery or you. yu, no!" he says. "I can stop at any ume. I can stop now. 1 can step tomorrow. m most confidential frienas say Whv. I'm afraid you are losing your balance with that habit. You are going a little further than you can afford to fcU. Vnn hnrt hPtter ston "un, noi he says. "1 can stop at any time, x uu " He eroes on furtner ana iur tlr TTfi rannot ston. 1 Will prove ii. Ho, inroa himself, and he knows never theless that strong drink is depleting him in body, mind and soul, lie Knows ha io p-nine down: that he has less self control, less equipgjse of temper, than he n Whv does he not stop ? Because he cannot stop. I will prove it by going still further. He loves ms wue anu .wMrm FTfi Bees that his habits are Krinffinor rJiafrmrfi UROD blS UOme. XUS -JA ... mi - """" " .. ... . , Tobabilities are tney wui ruin ms huo ortrl fHuorrnro his children. He sees all auv. , . . this, and he loves them. Wby aoes ne Tint etrcn? Ha cannot stop. I had a very dear tnena, generous u x- - a fault. He had given thousands ana tens of thousands of dollars to tfime so- ;nt;q fmrt-porieties. missionary soci ncTlnms for the poor, the halt, the lame, the blind, tne lniDecue. w not believe for 20 years anybody asked . " 1 J ". .. T 3 Hm fnr a rlnllar. S50. or S1UU lor cuar- u,iu ' V , iw t.nt hA Pave it. 1 never nearu uj. anybody asking him for help but he strong drink, and he weni on uou, O" " - - , -, o-Qv it. nnt he wasnnaer me jjowca vi jwti flnwn. Hia familV impioreu uiioj, saying: 4'rou are going too far in that habit. You had better stop. " -tie re r.iiori "I ran stou any time. I am my own master. I can stop."- He went on His friends advisea ana cautioned him. He said: "Don't be xa t t tt mv own master. 1 anuiu uic " j T know what I am do UU CIU uv... .. . i a TT went on down until he had fiHplirinin tremens. On down until ,o.i tho Plirinm tremens twice. Aft- UC uuu . - " . tiT thfl rlnrtor paid: 11 T-n ePT hflTfl an attack like this again, ill rfie. You bad better stop." He SUM: "I can stop any time. I can stop r.r,w Hb went on down. He is dead. whnt slew' him? Rum. rum! Among the last things he said was that he could stop any time. Ho could not stop Power of the Hum Dragon. Oh, my young friends, I want to tell hnt there is a point in inebriation Kovnnrl which if a man go he cannot stop 1 will be more frank than that. A victim cf strong ArinV'tnid to a reformer: "It is lmpos- Eible fcr mc to step. I realize it. But if yon should tell me 1 couiun i uave a drink until tomorrow night unless I had n v f.Tiiera cut off. I would pay, T?,;cr thp hatrhefand cut them off-' " I had a very dear friend in Philadelphia whose nephew came to him and was talking about his trouble and confessed it. He confessed he could not stop. My friend said, "You mut stop." He said: T ran t ston. If there stood a cannon, and it was loaded, and there was a -.i.e. .f ninp nn the mouth or the can r, i T tnpw vou would fire if off ir I approached, I would start to get that 1ed St 4 TC 1 T1 (. I must have it. I can't Kiam v " rr rA r.f this habit. I can't get awry frcm it." Ob, it is awful for a man to uta feel that he is a captive I 1 Y a&O "i - ..m v. lilrtniTine'. savin!?: 1 near uiui di- o y hntra etonned three months ago. i ttnn now. Dead, but not buried; I am a waiting crse, l am en apparition cf what I once was. I am mm x JL a caged immortal ana my eoui reaus against the wires cf my cage on this side and beats against the wires cf my cage on the other side until there is blood on the wires and blood on' the soul, but I can't get out. Destroyed without remedy 1" Again, the man sutlers from tne loss of usefulness. Do you know some of the men who have laiien into tne auca were once in the front rank in churches and in the front rank in reformatory institutions? Do you know they once knelt at the family altar and once car ried the chalice of the holy communion on sacramental days! do you Know they once stood in the pulpit and preach ed the gospel of the Son of God ? We will not forget the scene witnessed some years ago in my Brooklyn church when a man rose in the midst of the audience, stepped into the aisle and walked up and down. Everybody saw that nerwas intoxicated. The ushers led him out, and his poor wife took his hat and ever- Coat and followed him to the door. Who was he? He had once been a mighty minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ in a sister denomination, had often preached in this very city. What slew him ? Strong drink 1 Oh, what must be the feeling of a man who has destroyed his capacity for usefulness I Do not be angry with that man. Do not lose your patience with him. Do not wonder if he says strange things and gets irritated easily in the family. He has the Pyre nees and the Andes and the Alps on him. Do not try to persuade him that there is no future punishment. Do not go in to any argument to prove to him that there is no helL He knows there is. He is there now I Horror of Alcoholism. T?nt he suffers also in the loss of phys ical health. The older people in this au rlienee ran remember Dr. Sewell going through this country electrifying great audiences by demonstrating to them ha nf etToner drink noon the hu- man stomach. I am told he had eight or ten diagrams which be presented to the people, showing the different stages in the progress of the disease, and I am told tens of thousands of people turned V.O-V fmm that ulcerous sketch and uavM - - eternal abstinence from all intox ? ro tita find onlv knows what the irarrt suffers. Pain files on every 0-rt?rt nnl travels every muscle and bone and stings with every poison and pulls with every tor tnro What reutiles crawl over his shiv limbs! What specters standby his midnight pillows I What groans tear tho sir! Talk of the rack, talk of the funeral pyre, talk of the Juggernaut ha Rn ffers tbsm all at once Roa tho attendants stand back from that ward in the hosDital where the in cTvri'Qtpa are dvini?. Thev cannot stand it. The keepers come through ic ana vv -v J . , . , -I say : "Hush up, now I Stop making this noise 1 Be still! You are disturbing an the other natients. Keep still now I Then the keepers pass on, ana alter they get past then wring their hands the poor creatures and say : "OGod! HelD. help! Give me rum. eive me mm! O God Help! TaKe the aevns on. AS. of me! O God! O God!" And they chri-plr an cl thev blasnheme and they cry for help and then they ask the keepers tn filav them, savins: "btab me, scran ia mp smother me! O God! Help, helpl Rum! Give me rum! O God 1 Helpl" They tear out their nair oy me handful, and they bite their nails into the nnirfe. This is no fancy picture, n is transpiring in a hospital at this mo- TYior. Tt went on last night wnne you Blent, and. more than that, that is the death some of you will die unless you ston. I see it coming, uoa neip you iu ston before you go so far that you can not stop. Desooller of Homes. Rnt. it nlaerues a man also in the loss nr hnmp T do not care how mucn ne " a . 1 T- 1 irrca hia w if a and children, if this habit th masterv over him he win ao kq rr.r.ctontraffeons thines. If need be, in order to get strong drink he would ,u thom 11 into everlasting captivity. There are hundreds and thousanas oi OtlJ - homes that have been utterly biastea of it. I am speaking of no abstraction. ta there anvthinir so disastrous to a man for this life and for the life to come? Do you tell me that a man can hp hannv when he knows he is breamng hi wifp'a heart and clothing his chil- UJ0 " -- - " ..... . ren with raffs? There are little chil dren in the streets today, barefooted, unkempt, uncombed, want written on orv natrh of theirfaded dress and on every wrinkle of their prematurely old .nnntprinrp. who wouia nave oeeu m the house of God this morning as well ri von had it not been that strong their narents down into penury and then down into the grave. nh rnm mm. tnou aeSTXJiir vl uuuiw, thou foe of God, thou recruiting officer f the nit. I hate thee! yjM. , , . But my subject tates a aeepex ione when it tells you that the inebriate suf fora the loss of the souL The Bible in timatea that if we eo into the future nnforeriven the appetitesana pas sions which were regnant here will tor- na there. I fiunoose wnen me me- hriate wakes up in the lost world there will be an infinite thirst clawing upon uim Tn thin world he could get 6trcng liiuj. " . , . -;v TTrtwever Toor he was in tins wcrld, he cculd beg cr he could steal o ronta to Pet a drink that would lor a llkiiv while slake his thirst. DUi in eitr ill the rum come iromi lilt T w . - , n;ca wanted one drop of water, but -.i-i vt rpt it. Where will the inebri ate get the draft he so much requires, to much demands? No one to brew it. mir it No one to pour it. XI WUV - - . Vo one to fetch it. Millions oi worias now for the dregs that were thrown on ortetpi floor of the restaurant. xr;-n;a nf worlds now for the Tina IUC oanu.v iuiiiiv - ... , . flung out from the punch dowi oi au parthlv banauet. Liives caiiea lor waiw. The inebriate calls lor mm. T.olt If ot Uposi the Wine. t fipr.il from the lest woria snoaiu . . . i u come up on a mission i Bo"vf having finished the mission in the uva, o . . grogshop, should corn ck, taking on he tin cf his winsr one drop of alcoholic 7 V m heverare. what excitement it would make all through the world of the lost, and, if that one drop of alcoholic bever age sbculd drop from the wing or the fiend upon the tongue of the inebriate, how he would spring up and cry: That's it! That's it! Bum 1 Rum! Tbata it!" And all the caverns of the lost would echo with the cry: "Give it tome! Hum! Hum! ' Ah, my rnenas. the inebriate's sorrow In the next world will cot be the absence of Qod or holi ness or light ; it will be the absence cf rum. "Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it moveth itself aright in the cup, for at the last it nitetn use a serpent, and it stingeth like an ad der." When I see this Tdaeue In the land. and when I see this destroying angel sweeping across our great cities, I am sometimes indignant and sometimes hu miliated. When a man asKsme " v nas in favor of for the subiusation of this evil?" I answer, "I am ready for anything that Is reasonahie. xou ask me, "Are you in favor of Sons of Temnerance ?" Yea "Are you in favor of good Samaritans ?" Yes. "Are you in favor of uooa lempiarsi xes. you in favor of prohibitory law?" Yes. "Are you in favor of the pledge?" Yes. Combine all the influences. O Christian reformers and philanthropists! Com- ... .. .. ? . At " bine them all for the extirpation ot mis evil. Thirst May De Quenched. Thirty women in one of the western states banded together and with an especial ordination from God they went forth to the work and shut up all the grogshops of a large village. Thirty women, with their song and with their prayer, and if 1,000 or 2,000 Christian men and women with an especial ordi nation from God should go forth feeling the responsibility of their worK ana discharging their mission, they could in any city shut up all the grogshops. But I must iot dwell on generalities; I must come to specifics. Are you astray? If there ii any sermon I dis like, it is a sermon on generalities. I want 'personalties. Are you astray? Have you gone so far you think you can not get back? Did I say a few moments ago that a man might go to a romv in inebriation where he could not stop? Yes, I said it, and I reiterate it. But I want you also to understand that while the man himfelf, of his own strength, cannot stop, God can stop any man. You have only to lay hold ot tne strong . . m m f T arm of the-Lord God Almighty, xie can stop you. Many summers ago l went over to-New York one aaDDam even ing our church not yet being open for the autumnal services, i went raio a room in the Fourth ward. New York, where a religious service was being held for reformed drunKaras, anu heard a revelation that night that I had never beard before 15 or 20 men stand ing up and giving testimony such as I bad never heard given, iney noi om toatifipi that their hearts bad been changed by the grace of God, but that the grace of God had extmguieneu their thirst. They went on to say that they had reformed at different times before, but immediately fallen, because they were doing the wnoie wor m v.pir own Ktrenerth. "But as soon as we gave our hearts to God," they said, "and the love of the Lord Jesus Christ has come into our soul the thirst has all gone. We have no more disposition for strong drink. Warning; to Drnnkardi. Tt nraa T1PW revelation to me, and I have proclaimed it again and again in the hearing or tnose wnu uave i astray and I stand here today to tell you that the grace or tne uoru ucsuo Christ cannot only save your soul, but save your body. I look off today upon rrta A aaril n f"inTI- Rome of you are so far on in this habit although there may be no outward indications or u you never have staggered along the street the vast majority or people ao noi jwuw v.ot T-r,ri stimulate, but God-knows, and you know, and by human calcula- tion there is not one cnance ouw o. u thousand that you will ever be stopped. Beware! There are some oi you wuu are my warm personal friends to whom I must say that unless yoa qui w :i i,v. ithin ten vears. as to your evil uaun ' - , body, you will lie down m a drunkard a grave and, as to your lmmona wu , you will lie down In a drunkard's hell! It is a hard thing xo say, on u and I utter the warning iesi navo your blood upon my souL Beware 1 As the door of your wine closet let the decanter flash that word upon your souL "Beware i " as you pour out the beverage let the foam at the top epell out the wora, In the great day of God'a, judgment. when a hnndredmUlion drunkards shall come up to get their doom, i want you to testify that this day, in lore of your eouI and in fear of Uod, i gav you warning ia regafd to that innuence .i,?.h h . alreadvbeen felt j in your t... T1..mtit nnt some of its lights UUUC) ri v , premoni iivn of the blackness of darK- nees forever.. . Oh, if you could only bear intemper ance with drunkards bones drumming u rst the wine cask the "Dead March" of immortal souls, you would go home and kneel down ana pray uw that rather than your children should ever become the victims of this evil habit you might carry them out to the cemetery and put mem aown m wo last slumber, waiting for the flowers of epring to come over the grave sweet prophecies of the resurrection I God hath a balm for such a wound, but what flower of comfort ever grew on the blasted heath of a drunkard's sepnlchert " - xraitlnar For Papa to Delde. urtrfoTn Where do yen expect to go this summer to the mountains or , the seashore? , . . T4. v.t.tilWa havien't decided yet 1 will depend on which papa selects. I do hope be will say the eeasnore. . xuan make mamma take to the mountains. and I like them bo much better. Chi cago News. - NO. 7 THE DYING SUn. tThen Its Heat Heroines Kxtlaet, ths Karth Will Frees Solid. Our sun is now a yellow star similar toCapella. and hence it will evcntusrl'y become Mnbh white like Shins and Vega, says Professor T. J. J. See in Tho Atlantic. The tccular fhrinkage cf the snn's radius will c.iU5e n ttoady ri?e In Its temperature, and when the Udy has reached tho stage of Siring where the temperature is perhaps doubled, the light emittd will Ixt-cme intensely blue. The temperature may W expectM to go cn rising till a Huall radius i at' tained. and finally, when the dense mass, intensely hot. becomes incapable of further shrinkage, cn account of In crease in the molecular forces iwUtini condensation, a cooling will gradually ensue, after which the body will liqucfj and then rapidly decline in splendor The sun will tbenc forth ha wrapped It everlasting darkness, and the thill oi death will overtake the planetary pt.v tem. A condition of dSTtknens tha fol lows close upon a period cf internal til liancy. and hence the oWcurity of reb bodies ns tho companions' of FiiiuH, Prccyon an 1 vMgol. The moid otv-c-ura eatellites are thus nstHtiatid withoine of the brightest and tawt Intensely la minous stars in ojt hky. and here the smaller of the two masses, as in tbernso of the planets of the solar system, h ive developed most rapidly. In view of this approaching extinc tion of the sun's activity it becomes a matterof interest to inquire how long its heat will sustain life upon the earth. Though it is diHicult to submit the tub ject to accurate computation, it is ;isy to see that th? exhaustion of the win's light and heat , o rtainly will not occur for several hnr.lred. thnsind. und per haps not fi rs. vcrnl million yenr. Thns the ultimate doom of oir syhttia need occasion r .aixi- ty :n:i:'g tho now living, hot the r.".-..lt i.- phihphieally .interestinit to t h ho l)ok revtfnl million years i ?i t t!. f.itt.m Ah fxpni';u:)t 1; - !;own that tha nu's v?rtifil rayi fsliii.j: foiitinnumsy upon term-trial ice v Ll nilt n lijer f three criitiu.tt r in t!ii vs r d:iy. it follows tbr.t :i ; ir,:ilr f 11 of would fi lm over li e earth in ca.' 1 10 eun'a light 'an 1 h:-:it were'ent oiT. Thin in a month thf :o iirthwonM h frcrii like tl.!i,I:'1 ic ioiK. ni;l only the dorpi-r 1 lies of w:tt r. c ntuinin a great :t..oui.t of I. at. wmiM retrain in n liqni lt'tate. 'i"."' -mw themrhii would fr. z- nvir iib'.n a few v-:in at the latert. nr.. I the win': la nnl even tho tides wu.iM ee:, to :tit:it tin ter restrial globe. A!iidi wunhl henceforth epin in it-o;hlt a ri-Jd. bfeleM mntw. J;un i. Iltnntr." "Chimney tlii.ialf" is the latest for tho rlim.-itn' t!i.;t U to he funnd in nil largo cities It.n charade thtics, nays a man of 'learning, "re mildness, ntwence of rain and fnjnency of fog as com pared with s :irr.. rimliug rural district And he gives si ve;y el-ver explanation of the presence of th f:. It is actually manufactured right under our. eyes. You know if v.. r hok ctowwIsh at a Bunbeam yo-j ho in it a myiiad of.very small particles of duKt. h.i dei.sely crowd ed together that tmn sciential even attribute to them t hicolor of the sky. And there ia.. nho about ns r.n invisible V3por and this com bines -with the parti cits to give ns fog it maybe so It sounds, reasonable enough when one 4 1... ...4 llinv takes into consiueraiion mu uik fogs are more frequent in largo manu facturing cities than elsewhere. Hut if it be so, what are men of science about that thev don't find nn anting r ill?! in tho Daok? mi V. V.'.. 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The Weekly Economist (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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May 5, 1899, edition 1
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