Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman fol xiv third series salisbury n c may 17 1883 no 31 the carolina watchman f u?lisiied ix the vear 1832 e 81.50 1 advance s for dyspepsia f7%tjvft < o ! i vo 11 o 8 8 t.'ia 8 lvx^-.;,.k headache angt meat <■■ liver how els and kjdiieys symptoms of a diseased t.ivkk m times the , n . '..■.',.- ., for b ivcds . * th lax . ; , u dull and heavy ■ 1 : ■ cough : . often t con j.l.iins , ■ lulled . ■ usation ndent . . ■ . ■ ne pi : . t , 111 ly several . ase l.;ii cases ted yet the liver to ,- deranged ,, !,„„] : be us id »>} all p v--ri olil md ; ■■■ ■ ■•:■ ' r i ... ■ • . .,:■ " : > ivy iii vn 1,,-hlll y !...< ..:;.■• 1 n i •■■• il 1 ., i 117711 .... n.«u . ■... it „ , iml ;> 110 in toxii if ymifiuvo e;it<-ii anything liaril of digestion or feel heavy aficr meals or sleep lehsal night take 1 d sc and you m ill 1/c relieved tim iinl doctors hills will bo saved l>v always keeping the regulator in the hons fnr •■ safe piirjjntive alterntivh am tonic can . linirnlt'ss and lm--i not interfere uilli l>u ine or pie 1 it i purely mia t'ii!f.r 1 calomel nr rry ol ijuri u after effects a governor's testimony i n in use in my j gill shor-i i k t ;. ■». rn ir if ala bon alexander ii stephens of ga jays ii lve i bcn 111 in >,, the use of liver regulator a ive it a tin only tiling that never palls to relieve i h ive used m 11 1 dys pepsia livei aflccti . del lity bui never 1 ive i ne ti die 1 vtcnt i . :•... i senl front min - e s im : is it se ms the ily ■ 1 m jasney minneapolis minn ilr t w mason s;iv i . ic tual cx ■ , in ■; tu use lasa i.:n n vi 1 diciiic genuine which always , pa the red / trade-mark is gnatureof .?. ii zeimn & co for sale by all druggist j blackmer tayloh having purchased th 1 stock u r vvivusmithdeal li vs the interest of e crawford of the firm of r r crawford & co now irc|i.iic h supply our ■ 1 w itli all kinds of afihinittiipat t1wpt totflw in addition to tlie selected stock of x u i w a i i in the - i 1 a t k vl^al>u_li;ill(llf rifle andiblasting powder f use ill line ol mining supplies we will ji duplicate any prices in the state ■ and see 1 t s ' s-buikueb s\v!./n#liir ■ ■ . 0:1 \ for the wsftchman copper mine ni:\y<;.\ti prison connecticut in the watchman dec ii 1882 you say : the fust copper mines opened iu the | united states were worked in couuecti j cut in early times copper mines were work ed at the town of simsbnry conn about i miles northwest of hartford the dis covery of the copper was made in 1705 : and ore was dug there for a long time at first the mines did not smelt the ore : but at length the proprietors made aeon tract with three clergymen to reduce the ore and cast the metal in bars fit for trans portation one tenth was given to the town and of this two-thirds were to sup port a school and one third was to go to vale college wealthy capitalist from boston and new york and europe en gaged iu the work and furnished funds for the purpose the operations were carried on extensively from 171 to 1737 and on to 1775 in 172,'5 it was stated that these mines had brought into the ! colony 10,000 pounds the works most 1 improved and where the greatest excava tions had been made were purchased lor a state prison two perpendicular shafts had been dug through rock one 70 feet the other 3f feet deep from the bottom of these tunnels were carried in different directions some of them 500 feet some of the copper was coined into money of the value of 12 cents in paper currency with the inscription on one side 1 am good copper on the other value me as you please ;" one of them is preserved dated 17:37 but they did not circulate af ter 1783 in 177:5 the general assembly of the state took measures to establish a peni tentiary at these mines by blasting rocks they prepared a lodging room 2 by 12 in the caverns and fixed over one shaft a large iron door there were no buildings on the premises and the other shaft was left open the prisoners were employed in digging the ore and appa rently kept under ground all the lime it was called new gate prison the criminals were those guilty of burglary horse stealing counterfeiting coin or bills or making dies for it as one shaft was left open and other passages not se cured the early prisoners all escaped through these in j775 three escaped and then they secured the other shaft and built a block house over one shaft — this was destroyed by lire in 177(i when 1 new one was made and a dwelling house for tlie keeper this was burnt in 177p and new buildings were erected ov er the mouth of tlie cavern suitable to keep the prisoners at labor in the day time up to this time they had been em ployed iu mining now they were put to mechanical operations there was no wall around the prison till 1781 when a picket fence with bas tiaiirt was put around it but in that year when there were jh prisoners they lose 011 the guard seized their arms locked them in the cavern and escaped — a good many of them wire toiies it was thought to be a very strong prison jen washington sent them some men for confinement from cambridge he said gentlemen the prisoners which will be delivered you with this having been tried by a court martial and deem ed to be such flagrant and atrocious vil lians that that they caunot by any means be let at large or confined in any place near this camp were sentenced to be sent to simsbury in connecticut you will therefore be pleased to have them secur ed iu your jail or in such other manner us to you shall seem necessary so that they cannot possibly make their escape the charge of their imprisonment will be at the continental expense 1 am c jeokge wasuingti n in 1731 congress proposed to make these mines a place for the reception of british prisoners of war but this was not carried out they were for a time disused but in i7im a new act was passed constituting them again constituting them a state prison called as before new gate a large work shop and a dwelling house of brick were constructed under one eud of the house was a room secured by mas sive stone walls from which led the only passage to the cavern this was through a solid rock ; the mouth of this entrance was the one leading into the guard room above ; and well secared by a trap door with lock and heavy bolts the prison ers were lodged in the caverns at day light they were taken up to the work shop where they took their meals and at 4 o'clock p 111 were returned to the caverns each one had a fixed amount of work to do every day at first they made wrought nails then alter 1820 they made shoes wagous and other arti cles but the prison did not support itself bv convict labor it drew from the state treasury on an averge of 7,000 a year the convicts generally enjoyed good health — no contagious disease had ever occurred here the caverns were condu cive to health those afflicted with cu taneous diseases were ofteu cuied the temperature was uniform at all seasons of the year about ">',! degrees li ir the pi isouers were removed to the new i prison at wctherslield on the bank of the i connecticut liver these facts are taken from the history of new late by noah 1 a i'lulps hartford 1845 e 1 tt ' th horrors of solitary confine ment a correspondent of the st louis globe democrat describing joliet 111 state penitentiary says tin system of solitary confinement merits some description at a point within tlie prison yard at the extremity of one of tlie great cell houses and far removed from the noise and hum of the workshops is a stone building iu which are arranged in two galleries forty solitary calls each is about 10x16 feet iu dimensions and 5 feet in the clear a long horizontal window perhaps j feet in width hy eight inches in height loca ted near the top of the cell admits light and air it is sunk in the heavy walls and rarely do the sun's rays penetrate the interior of the tomb-like apartment the floor of the cell is of stone the ceiling is painted white the walls are a glaring white the two bits of color in the cell are the black irons of tho inner grating and the red wooden bucket iu the coiner of the cell that bucket is the only piece of furniture the prisoner to be punished is led to one of these cells and handcuffed to the inner grating his arms being at the natural elevation a heavy wooden door shuts off a view of the corridor lie is alone amidst a silence as profound as the grave his own voice should he raise it in protest of his fate is thrown back to him by the cold pitiless walls and the echo causes him to start lie looks around and nothing meets his eyes but the glistening white walla at first he does not notice this erelong his eyes used to the moving life of the workshop begin to weary of this monotonous glis tening blank view the feeling at lirst irksome becomes painful he tries to look at tho window above but it is soar ranged that he sees nothing but the flood of light the blue sky ho remembers on ly as a thing of beauty never heeded be fore a glimpse of it now would be a boon inestimable he tries to shut his eyes to relieve them of the glistening blank impression but his disordered nerves cause strange lights and an an noying phantasmagoria of grotesque and ever-changing figures to dance through his brain if lie is of an acute nervous formation this soon becomes torture to him and he fears that he is loosing his mind some of the most rebellious spir its have been quelled by a brief retire ment iu these merciless white cells a remarkable bed there has been on view in paris a bod of rare and singular construction ma<!e to i lie order of an indian prince the bedstead which is of satin wood with large plates of silver repousse work is very beautifully carved and has cost upwards of s^12,000 the most original part of this bed is the mattress which has been fitted up as a musical box so that directly anyone lies down it plays limes selected irom gounod's operas at the four corners of the bed are four statues represent ing young girls of spanish greek italian and french nationality their only ornament being a gold snake bracelet twisted around the wrist which holds tlie fan they are waving over the sleeper by an ingenious contrivance of the artist employed to cast these statues the eyes have been made to move and the realistic ap pearance of these young ladies is heightened by the addition of four wigs in four shades of color supposed to be tipical of each nation the arms of rajah are carved at the head of the bedstead which though in shocking bad taste is a marvel of workman ship ii . _ a hoiuc-miulc telephone the american fanner gives the fol lowing directions for making a cheap home-make telephone : to make a good and serviceable telephone good from one farm house to another only requires enough wire and two cigar boxes first select your boxes and make a hole about half an inch in diameter in the center of tlie bottom of each and then place one in each of the houses you wish to connect then get live pounds of com mon iron stove pipe wire make a loop at one end and put it through the hole iu your cigar box and fasten it with a nail ; then draw it tight to the other box suppoiting it when necessary with a stout cord you can easily run your line into the house by uoriiig a hole through the glass sup port your boxes with slats nailed across the window and your tele phone is complete the writer has one that is 200 yards long and co.-t forty-live cents that will carry music when the organ is played thirty feet away in another room goldsbore messenger the confeder ate monument is now ready to be unveil ed on thursday the statute of the con federate sftldier is perfect and too beauti ful to be desciibed by our pen the graded school has received an other contributi n of 450 from the pea body fund making u received this year for which the school and communi ty are truly grateful to dr curry constipation constipation is the beginning of many diseases it is the most prev alent of all affections among those not accustomed to out-door activities it frequently commences in infancy through the neglect or ignorance of parents ; and the health sometimes becomes permanently impaired before the cause is discovered by the physi cian there should be at least one free and natural movement of the bowels every day and when that in not the case all proper means should be promptly employed to bring it about nature intends that the waste materi al after digestion is completed shall be passed out of the system within a certain time but if that time is ex ceeded it commences to be absorbed thus the blood is poisoned and the vital force is impaired hence the body becomes an easy prey to disease dyspepsia is generally the first dis eased condition caused by constipation the liver soon becomes involved as a result of indigestion then the kidneys it is evident that along continued derangement of either of these impor tant organs must result most unfortu nately all experience proves that habitual constipation is a very unsafe condition of the system and one lia ble at any time to develop incurable diseases various plans have been devised for the cure of this distressing com plaint ; but we do not believe in re stricting the treatment to anv one remedy to secure success various metyods must be employed and em ploped persistently some will after a while lose their effect and others must be substituted no quarter should be shown until this great enemy to health is overcome the habit of ta king purgative medicines to relieve the bowels often increases the trouble that is the system becomes accustom ed to this remedy and there is no re lief without it ; the remedy debilitates and it becomes only a question of time how long the treatment can be borne as in this case there is always a torpid liver we should commence the treatment with a mild cathartic — as two or three liver pills and then pay especial attention to the diet bread made from crushed wheat or oat meal should be used ; we should not restrict the patient as to other foods except as to quantity he should cat enough but not overload the stomach a tumbler of cold water with a teaspoon ful of table salt dissolved in it and drank every morning half an hour before breakfast often acts like magic in restoring the bowels to their uatu al condition there are many cases of obstinate constipation where the whole trouble exists in the lower part of the rectum by impacting of fecal matter due to feeble action of the muscles and to a congested and dry condition of the mucus membrane at that point we have never found a remedy that so promptly relieved this form of constipation as nelaton's sup pository this treatment alone is sometimes sufficient to cure such cases ; and where the trouble is more general the suppository will be found a most valuable addition to the list of remedies regular and vigorous out-door ex ercise is all important kneading the bowels with the hands lias been re commended also the drinking of water frequently to which we should always add a little table salt the frequent use of a syringe should be avoided for much the same reason that cathartics ought to be avoided no harsh or very active treatment is required in these cases but mild rem edies may be employed persistently ; in fact they should never be remitted until tlie bowels become regular and the health is restored we believe that a majority of cases arc curable we know of one case of great severi ty that lasted twenty-two years and was then cured although the general health has never been fully restored — halcs jouanal of health kindly counsel — it would be more creditable for gen arthur and better for his party if he should keep aloof from further office seeking turn a deaf ear to the insidious parasites who are urging him to seek renomi nation by the arts of the vulgar poli tician and not to be too easily per suaded to take a renewed grip on place merely to satisfy personal ambi tion or assist in making a clique of office holders a privileged class under a republican form of government — rochester union rep senator butler of south carolina will devote this summer to a system atic study of the public roads of his state he will also investigate the road system of other states and pub lish a series of articles upon the sub ject — char dem we need an able man like senator butler to do the same thing in this state there is more enduring fame in it than in going to congress everett & wheeler — the fight , over the collectorship in the fifth district of this state still continues the following in reference to it we , clip from the washington correspon dence of the baltimore suu of the 8th inst : — journal-observer dr mott one of the coalition bosses of north carolina accompan ied by mr o'hara the republican colored representative-elect from that state and others occupied some por tion of his valuable time with rela ting the progress of the coalition movement in north carolina and urged him not to remove internal revenue collector everett of that state and reinstate wheeler which united states marshal keogh with tears in his eyes besought him to do when here last week what was put back at chicago new york tribune inspired by mr conk ling'i speech several things were indeed put back as the result of the chicago convention but the country was not one of them the third term conspiracy was put back the boss system was put back the snap primary plan of turning out instructed delegates was put back tho attempt lo throttle district representation was put back the machine in new york and pennsylvania was put back the idea entertained by sundry gentlemen that they carried the party round in their collective breeches pockets was put back the impression that was rapidly making headway that government of the people by the people was played out was put back these are some of the leading things that were put back as a result of that great convention and by so much as they were put back and have been kept where they were put the country has advanced politically since the day when the beloved and admired garfiekl was nominated the weather how it ivilt change after the moon changes the following table was construct ed by the celebrated dr ilerschell upon a philosophic consideration ol the attraction of the sun and moon it is confirmed says an exchange by the experience of many years obser tion and will suggest to the observer what kind of weather will probably follow the moon's entrance into any of her quarters as a general rule says the same exchange it will be found wonderfully correct if the moon changes at 12 o'clock noon the weather immediately after will be very rainy if in summer and there will be snow or rain in winter if between 2 and 4 o'clock p m changeable in summer — fair and mild in winter between 4 and g o'clock p m fair both in winter and summer between 6 and 10 o'clock p m in summer fair if the wind is north west ; rainy if south or southwest in winter fair and frosty if the wind is northwest ; rainy if south or south west between 10 and 12 p m rainy in summer and fair and frosty in winter between 12 at night and 2 o'clock a m fair in summer and frosty in winter — unless the wind is from the south or southwest between 2 and 4 a m cold and very showery in summer and snow and storm in the winter between 4 and g a in rainy both in winter and summer between g and 8 a m wind and rain in summer and stormy in winter between 8 and 10 o'clock a m showery in summer and cold iu win ter between 10 and 12 o'clock a m showery in summer and cold and win try iu winter a new hampshire paper says that the country district school in th state is far from being what it was a generation ago benches which were crowded then are nearly empty now and in the place of merry groups of children scattered along the roadway here and there a solitary scholar takes up his lonely walk to school • the towns very generally make lib eral provision for their schools but they have not the children to send someone has suggested a method to aid jefferson's grand-daughter let every admirer of the hero send her a portrait of : her illustrious ancestor as it is issued by the government the portrait adorns^a two-dollar bill and a there are minions of jefifcrsonians ! in the country to whom this bill is a small sum the lady could repur chase montioello and live there the rest of her days and at her death the property to belong to the united states charlotte observer new spring goods ! mtijafc v^^fc s m r 3 fit ■» ■■"- — *-^— — -■- w jl - h5w it kluttz & rendleman have now received their entire stock ot spring and summer goods which have l n selected with rreat care to suit the varied wants and tastes of their nunurous customer all di winch they otter as cheap as the cheapest thev have uow in siore tho l/vrgest assoetment of dry goods kotioxs clotnlxg furotsnisg q s shoes ladin'ml men's hat and family groceries they have bought for many seasons 3f"a new stock of tablk an.l glasswarb full assortment of five cent tinware tiil have the best flour oat meal meats sugars teas igjfe cofflks hick canned flillts tflijes i'lre lard/bran szf meal new orleans molasses ana syrups,&e a full asst)rtment of family medicines agents for coats spool cotton agents for the empire guano which is j3f°i?irst class and which we offer for 400 lbs of lint i'utton come and see us before you buy or sell for we will do you good w w tatlob a d j iwtian april 12 1s«:5 salwiuco jd^^l apdl for phffinix iron works k engines boilers saw mills 1^p^^s turbine i!^^s3 also contractor and builder ja 25 ■■>.:. ] y the late gov swain was judge at 25 and governor at 31 judge badg er and judge strange were judges at 27 judge fowle was but litt'e older there is not a judge of the present superior court circuit except judge shipp over 4o most of them not so much the large majority ( f leading legislators since the war have been luen under 40 senator vance senator merriruon and senator ran som are all instances of reputation achieved and services rewarded at ages when they all might be regarded as very young men * * * young america has its reward in store tlie old element dies away all too rapidly for we do mi the staid sober safe wisdom of the grahams the badgers the ruffing let young america pre pare to emulate those men — ashi ville citizen grain gambling henry s everhart a member oi the regular board in chicago was examined recently on the subject ol grain gambling his testimony was as liil lows : are you a commission merchant no sir a dealer v xo sir a speculator ?' yes sir did you ever buy any grain ex pecting to own it ?' no sir ever have anv grain ?' no sir what proportion of the deals are such as you made ?' it is estimated by mr storms i believe that 97 per cent are ficti tious did you ever discover any differ ence between a bucket shop and tin regular board ?' never do the commission firms all specu late all more or less 1 think how many solely speculate one-half is speculating different from gam bling xot that i can seo is it as sale as poker v i think not before judge tully in flic circuit court at chicago on saturday certain heirs contested the payment ol i bequest to it roman catholic clmrcii to reimburse him for sayiug inassst-a i the repose ot the soul of the testato 1 . the point urged by counsel for the heirs was that the money was expended for a superstitious use ths court held that tho object iou could not hold and that the bequest was valid under the state statutes a pear orchard in thomas county ga was sold live years ago for s'j-'-'o it was next sold for 1,800 the 650 having been recouped from cut tings in the mean time a mouth i afterward 2,800 was offered for ir and now it could not be bought for 25,000 the proposed park in montana will h.ivu an area of i'-j.ooi square miles or nearly ten times tli tt of the w liolc pf rhode island ! i 5 > a-j j 3 oq * aw n j i»4 3 ' o u - ■ u . 00 *— h «>» '. csg m 7 > ~ *~ ? j i ► •*■ rt g poll pa o 1 - 3g§^>§b a i.(m>i cow and ( al1 for sale a pood cow lit medium ijje and a young calf will l.i sold at i lair price oow h givin milk apply stt tliis fflce 30:3t - pd when mrs 1 a-ki-d fora u«-w bouuct fogg troiiiplly rrfnsrd a mnu aiul wife arc one lie raid uid it i a duty to practice belt-denial on all pn.snime uo = c;isiuns the london clube says there u a tr«e in the vicinity of berlin on which wu found recently the body at the sereo teen tli suicide who had reported to lfc*t spot to end his miawj the woodaaa ouglit not to spare that tree no longer must we nay lo he untu tored red indian tor there are indiau girla in the indian territory uaivcniij wko are studying uerinan french latin and greek gff>!"^'y moral philosophy p«liti cal economy and other biauche of the college course the rose crop of newport r i la worthy of attention one bush having produced nine thousand how era in a year sold it ton cents each it is per haps superfluous to remark that lies are cheaper than roses at newport mother goose according to tho ! latest authorities far from u?ing i myth was the wile of isaac goose am lived in pudding lanc(uo\v known a.s devonshire street bcwton she was horn in 1665 and died in 1757 the first edition of in r nursery rhymes was published by her son-in-law thomas fleet a the year jtl'j