Carolina Watchman

              y 01 x7 third series salisbury n c october 18 1883 thou unclersiandest 31 j thought afar oft mary was kneeling down by tlie side of her bed her eyes closed and her hands clasped it her mother had seen her she would have thought she was praying and she would have been pleased that she knelt so long but she was only saying her pray ers not praying her mind was full of the young people down in the parlor whose shouts of merriment came sounding up the stairs every few minutes and of the happy eve ning she had had they were all older tliau herself and though her mother had allowed her to sit up an hour later than usual the time had come when mary knew it would not do to beg for a little more time north carolina at the american exhibition the attraction at he fair—wlmt nature has hone for a single state phenomenal resources and varied industries written for the boston commercial bulletin ii at the american exhibtion in the rast | buildiugof the new engl.iud manufac turers and mechanics institute there is more 10 be seen that awakens interest : and excites admiration tliau at either ef the two fairs which have been held i there the executive managers of the institute began with lofty aims and am bitions their first effort was a success their second surpassed it adil.tltoir pres ent marks a new and splendid step in ad vance it does not derogate in the least from the great merit and excellence of the thousands of exhibits arranged in the grand hall and broad galleries to say that the lirst place sought by t lie majority of adult visitors is t lie space occupied by the state of north carolina for the gen tletueu who have that exhibit in charge have sent their invitations to all parts of new l'ngland asking her fanners and ar tisans to pay them a visit and the re sponse is what might have been expect these invited guests hurry directly from the entrance to the broad stairway leading from the platform to the main floor and then pause before descending to admire the striking scene that sudden ly opens up before them overhead are broad draperies of the union red white and blue relieving the sombcrucss of the deep brown of the iron guiders in front is north carolina her name shining out in letters of frost work they are made of mica from a back ground of leaves and moss the top of the sign being liter ally covered with small national hags a neat office is at the fore over which is an other sign intimating that information concerning the state may be had there ' and on inquiry the guest liuds that a small library of publications is at his ser vice all furnished \<\ the agricultural de partment of the state whose comniisiou er hon mont ford mcgehee is there with a welcome for every visitor leaving the office and passing down one of the aisles the first thought of al most every one is can it be possible that this rich and varied collection of ores and minerals of agricultural products and of limbers was all obtained within tin bounds of a single state yes replies the courteous commissioner our state is divided into three sections each abounding in great and varied wealth be pleased to look around you and see what nature has done for it and what iu soil yields when experienced farmers cul tivate it the visitor invariably looks around he cannot help it and the more he stud ies the display the greater is his admira tion for the wonderful natural resources of the old north state the following synopsis of what may be seen there will be useful to the jiulletiit's readers al though it will be rather in the line of sug ; gestive hints than of a descriptive cata logue the useful mjxkkai.s of the state include mica chromic iron corundum manganese kaolin tiro clay agalruatolite whetstone millstone graph ite limestone marble talc serpentine ! baryte marls asbestos soapstone pyrite and several kinds of buildiug stones ; liberal specimens of all these are display i rd in the state's exhibit in addition to the baser and rough metals and minerals there are precious stones shown in cases 1 including agate beryl diamond emerald i garnet hiddenite a unique stone opal j ruby sapphire and zircon among the . building stones there are several peculiar specimens such as the leopardite from its odd tracings and spots resembling a leopard's skin ; also granite with large j and irregular green spots these fanci ful workings are probably due tosegrega i tiou of manganese and the stone when j polished is very handsome there is i nothing like it north the marbles and sandstones shown are susceptible of a high polish the marble industry iu the state is not yet developed and the sped mens shown at the fair were detached i from the surface veins the iron ores of north carolina are widely distiibuted over the state and include all the princi pal kinds — magnetite hematite limonite and siderite and most of their varieties and modifications as in all other i branches of industry this brunch is im perfectly conducted and only a few mines are iu first class running order some sixty lots are shown iu the exhibit one of the most remarkable and persistent ranges of iron ore in the state crosses the county of guilford some tcu miles north west of greensboro the ore is granular magnetic and is everywhere titanjfeious the length of the outcrop air line js t enty-eight miles another ore belt running parallel with it at a distance of three miles from it known as the shaw outcrop there are apparently •,'()(», onn j tons of ore above water level in this par ticular section in the ore six foot bed the ore locally called powder ore is i uuique being a very pulverulent mass carrying a ii»»raljl per cent f oxide t manganese and assays 98.92 per cent pnre iron and is exliibited in considera ble quantities the mine i located one half mile west of wocitcn's station on the air line railroad the gold exhibits tlie gold of north carolina belongs to four different geological positions and is generally more or less alloyed with sil ver yaiying from pure gold ou one side to pure silver on the other according to the specimens shown in the exhibit the auriferous ore of the state in a gener al way embraces nearly one-half of lie state but the productive area contains about r.2,000 square miles nearly every mode of occurrence of gold known to the geologist and mining engineer linds hero an illustrative example and the same is shown in the specimens in the state's ex hibit the exibit of native gold and gold bearing minerals attracts much attention that from stanly montgomery ruther ford and caldwell counties being free milling and that from the other counties obtained in the form of sulphuret.s in gome of the counties of the state from half a dozen to thirty-three mines are worked more or less the average assay of gold in the state is about 10 value per ton in some instances as much as stiuo a ton has been assayed rowan county is especially prolific in gold min ing and milling and shows many speci mens at the fair a group of mines six teen miles southeast of salisbury are now being worked by an fnglish syndicate and the assays have run from 4 50 to 255 70 the largest gold in nuggets on exhibition weigh 110 0 and 56 penny weights respectively all hough nuggets considerably larger are sometimes secur ed in connection with the display of gold nuggets quite a number of precious stones are shown specimens of copper ores are also shown almost all the north carolina copper mines in the central counties have been lirst worked for gold ingot copper is produced in ashe county usefuii minerals and stones the scope of the exhibit of specimens of useful minerals and building stones is a surprise to many good people unac quainted with the resources of north car olina for instance mica mining has bent carried on here for years and one mine in mitchel county welds a ton of marketable mica a month j and this re gion furnishes the bulk of this mineral to the world's markets a crystal of 31-2 pounds from a piece of north carolina corundum is now in the cabinet of am herst college mass one of the largest beds of kaolin is found near greensboro county the colored marbles capable of a high palish and greatly valued in arch itecture as well as in other onamental nits are found in macon and cherokee counties and on nantehaleh and valley livers seventy specimens of building stones are found in the state : these em brace granite of every variety gneiss soapstoue talc limestone marble tin stone limerock sandstone of various shades and texture syenite and porpho ry builders and others who linger around the north carolina exhibit find much that is interesting and suggestive in specimens of building stones manufacturing facilities north carolina is no less famed in man ufacturing facilities than in natural re sources the aggregate water power of the state is about 3,500,000 horse-power and this force is distributed over the en tire area of the state this power is ad equate to turn 1 40,000,000 cotton spindles aud would manufacture three times the entire crop of ths country whereas all the mills in operation on the continent only spin one quarter of it there are specimens of cotton raw and manufac tured woods in the rough and polished tobacco leaf and manufactured tobacco flour c in sight the collection of hard woods on exhibition suggests a source of immense wealth these woods have laid the foundation for extensive manufactures such as wagons and car riages shuttles and bobbins platea and dishes of gum wood while the most val uable cabinet woods are shipped abroad the high finish or polish which many of the woods are susceptible of attracts the attention of manufacturers of wood many of these woods are unknown in new england much of the cotton goods manufactured are for local or homo con sumption the kinds on exhibition equal the best made anywhere so far as texture and finish are concerned the cotton mills in the state now number 4 and operate 2,858 looms and 156,030 spindles the fisheries of the state are the most important along the southern atlantic coast employing over 500,000 capital and yielding a total value of products to the fisherman of 50,000 annually spe cimens of north carolina food tish are now being arranged in the exhibit agricultuppdhul its kindled pursuits ' us illustrated by this tine supply will bo treated of in the next issue of the bitllc ' f/n for notwithstanding her vast mineral mil forest wealth agriculture iis the state's principal industry and an enor mous percentage of her citizens obtain i-orn it their livelihood ilie carolina watchman ,.,, 1 \ the ykak 18s2 f hylactic fluid l i.,'i lrtlcln for t'nivcrssi t se rpv 39 i 1 scarlet ami t ~ p ryphold v.-rs faj i is diphtheria suli ,.!■ i '-« < nv.itiwn ulcerated 14ala a hsor throat small kp j -> . 2 j pox heaalea and auconl irio ■ uueaueu i'r ns waiting n , : - t . ' h ' * ci hai fiici.l where tbs huid was .-. been ured hrtth ii lifter bwik v uttlt i 1 taken place 1 lie kor v , ...: siekper small-1'ox jj . r vi nt pitting f small 1 tot pkevknted nyfam !">]■ ' taken iih ■ x i used the - patient was ii i liri ■ .-,, was not t ■ ' , and was about for »•....!. l «■.••'•». ,;., ., .. eagaininthree ■'■"""• ' : "^ i no others 1 vv park «!•■■ ' i iphia jan shjii i • ■ • '■ 1 , f lt 4 atl1 * i diphtheria $ burns i y the physicians here scarn use 1 irbys fluid very dvgeuter cured successfully inthetrcat woundsl [) iluheria >■' urvj . . a si i lknwerck a ajiti«lot greensbor >. ala totter dried up ring ; j l«ra prevented ... i leers purified and - ;. i s in o:isi of death it : .. ii ut , ,. / ! sand ''■■- c rpse — it will t rd,e — js the eminent phy f r r rlci.ui j.marion •.-. m i sew scl h ' ■ • " 1>ys tanderbllt university nashville term ilities of prof i ■ . ■ fluid is ad infectant and f and practically » ith - hi h i am ac 1 f ( hen darbys i in 1 i ri'cunimemlpd iiy •' . i , .;,■.. ( gc.r rev s l'.i chin i of the . v . pi i f iversitv s c m ; i ■. r'sity kc [. e church fn'klsri n 1si.1 to icveky home - lly i r i t ■ ■ . and we y in ing i j oi y iur ■ r , i ii /;:!:. in & co philadelphia blickmer&taylor having purchased ! t 1 1 e - - x wm smithdeal \> well as the interest of r r crawford of the firm of r r crawford & go 0 in uimv prepared to supply our ■ itli ill kind hi agricultural implements in addition to the best selected stock oi [* " \ m ji i v a i i in the s t a t e w e a!>o liaiullo rifle and blasting fowder v i ' s e ai l a full hut i minino supplies we will jf duplicate any prices in the state call and see 1's *^. bl1crhr safltayloi but the longer she knelt the more her thoughts wandered a way from what she was tryii g to do the words some of them passed through her mind but that was all at la^t she jumped up it's no use she said hurrying into bed i've died my best well nobody will know i couldn't get through the lord's pnyer even however it's the first time in a good many years that 1 went to sleep without saying it but mary felt uncomfortable the few minutes she lay awake she had been brought up to feel that she must pray at least twice a day just as much as she must eat her meals she didn't feel quite right especially when moth er came in and asked god to take care of her little girl and make her his child a i the gutter mi me your father a drunkard • i .!,.■.'• was i • ' father •• • , i ii"t drink ayfr gu.6 . ii order -.-. . iiiy i . ■ :'•■■•: dp i . -: v - we tarf , i dr.j.c.ayer&co.,l s :■; i ijtf celeer hi ■ stinal i . - ia bryoml . r mi dy that can 1 i i restoring the stn i pel tating effect standard v , _• ■ . sdiv unequ i'ur sale by all d put j t adrffl i ■ ■ • cuillarine ■ i ■. . asthm - uiio j j a j . bag ■ ! .. . j d gaskttij state cf n i rowan coun1 j c m ■ e / j . . t i ; t tli ■ ■ ■ - - mary's first dream was a strange one s!ie thought she was sitting in her little bed-room reading but in stead of the pretty wall-paper cover ed with rosebuds and delicate ferns she found on glancing up from her book that the walls were white as she looked she saw a fair looking be ing an angel lie supposed begin ning to write en them : what was he trying to write ? our father which art in heaven — the lord's prayer jj'.it what were tho.-e many words and lines that came after ? i wonder what play they're at now ? how they laugh 1 think mother might have let me sit up longer i came so near winning that last game and — hallowed be — anna ross said that she would teach me that new crochet stitch to-morrow oh dear i forgot where did i leave off thy name thy — me'a johnson said she didn't have to go to bed till ten etc we don't like to tell all the foolish thoughts of our little girl with which she were soon filling the pure white walls it seems too dreadful to put such words side by side with our saviour's beautiful prayer mary felt so asham ed and grieved as she read on that she would gladly have covered her eyes but they seemed held open and made lo look jjiot it out ! blot it out !' she cried at last ; i can't bear it i never thought those things would look so dreadful when they were written can't something be done must 1 al ways have it there i will rub it out myself but it was no use she soon found the letters seemed to stand out more distinctly than ever and on on the angel wrote soon filling the walls with what passed through her mind in so short a space of time nothing you can do can blot it out said the angel at last one thing only can mary looked up to hear what he had to say more but her joy was so great that she awoke with a start oh what a relief to see by the light of the moon that filled her room that the pretty rosebujs and ferns were still there and no angel was writing down those foolish thoughts of hers my little friends 1 don't need to ask you what only can blot out all these wrong thoughts and words and deeds of ours jiut i should like you to send me some texts about it won't you of course it is unnecessary for me to ask any of you if you know about the angel who wrote on tho wall of belshazzar's palace but isn't there a book where all these things are written down and remain writ ten unless blotted out by that one thing of which the angel spoke there are other allusions to this book or these books who writes in them and when will they bo published and how many things are spoken of as written in them ? 1 can think of at least five things how man can you find from the n c presbyterian notes from florida emporia fla oct 1st 1s83 mr editor at this season when chilly nights begin to warn of winter's approach the minds of many are turn ed towards sunny florida hence a word written from emporia in vol usia county may be of interest to some your correspondent is enjoy ing the hospitality of a north caroli na lady not unknown to many of your readers mrs e b wju ull l ls " | ier husband was a presbyterian in north carolina and the son of prof s b o \\ ilson for some time a professor at davidson college and descended from a line of presbyterian preachers his grandfater dr sam'l b wilson of venerable memory was for many years professor at union seminary in vir ginia mrs wilson moved to flori da s"ine two years ago from lenoir n 0 with her two sons aged at present 1-5 and 19 years iler home is on lake hester on the east side of which the young and growing town of emporia is located emporia is four miles north-east of volusia on the st john's river and far enough away to escape the river bottom malaria it is situated on a nice ridge of roiling pine lauds inter spersed with beautiful clear water lakes which extend northward lo cres ent city it is so located as to be very near the lines of projected railroads in the near future and now only four miles from water transportation with a good hard road many orange groves are starting besides a number of hi c ones in full bearing saturday in riding around the country i saw an enclosure in which were nearly 10'j acres of thrifty groves owned and ten ded by mr drudy and just south west ut his place is mr beers who has charge of a number of groves for various parties several stores a saw mill and a blacksmith shop are al ready here and lots are being sold indicating rapid growth we are surprised to see so many new homes going up in every direction through t:ie surrounding country this too before the unparalleled boom expect ed this fall has commenced but we began for the purpose of recording presbyterian progress at this place last winter rev gilbert gordon evangelist of st john's pres bytery heard of a lew presbyterians and visited them and preached at that time there was no church building here soon afterwards the southern methodist began a church 40x60 feet weathcrboarded floored and covered it and found themselves unable to complete it and as the land and a large part of the lumber was given on condition that they in ish it ready for worship they could secure no title it was offered to the ixipti.-t who declined and afterwards to tiie presbyterians in the mean time a presbyterian church was or ganized by mr gordon and this sum mer rev a enloe another evangel ist of st john's presbyterv in orange county began regular monthly preach ing mr gordon advanced some 55 which was necessary to secure the house and a proper deed our church extension committee has voted 125 to assist in finishing the building which was last week received thus all are encouraged and the way is clear to finish aud dedicate within three or four weeks many citizens who could give nothing when uncertain as to its being finished now come forward and it will soon be nicely finished and ready for use nothing succeeds like suscess this is a good large and handsome build ing beautifully located aud the com munity feel proud of it the presbyterians are specially en couraged and the community which a year ago knew little of presbyteri anism are in hearty sympathy with their efforts a t pathetic incident nt ischia reaven in a pullman car his | eleazerv sword clave ui was the rev mr tal text at the brooklyn tal er st sunday he contrasted ew general's energy in 6ght mg the philistines with ea*y-g ways of these modern ( hrutians want a rose water in d kid g campaign they wan tn r heaven in a pullman sh < , aid he with their feet an p - cushions they want ll e i ,; made up early so thai they c in sli ep a way and have tue black porter death only wake then up in time to roll in the gulden city they want sott sermons in morocco covers laid down before them on velvet cushions but that is not tlie way to salvation i must expel from the church those • eat the conuminiun bread on day ami eat tie widow's i u week not a baptism of col ic ami rose-water but one of fire fia'terisg bees all the best ultural authorities of the preseut , as well as those who have gone before give the following as absolute requisite for safe wintering 1 an even temperature ranging from 12 leg to 45 deg 2 complete expul sn or absorption of moisture from ; body of the hive 3 per feel m from outward disturbai i -. ',. protection of store from con frost 5 protected - lation iv i at mospheric chai-ges in spring 6 \.\ elusion of light 7 tjuili«'ienl - for winter eoiisurnpl i . it is » ally admitted thai wit ii these seven contingencies provided ','■ r tin re vvi i i be no hazzard in wintering ami il i it her admitted that no p.::;i so fai let iced combines all these essentials i american agrieuuui \ curious georgia industry is the king of wrappiug-pajx r out of i ice i\v and palm leaves a facti ry lo ed at savauuali i in v turning out four tuns a day • i t xi ■ lent pap r jt i 87 per cent ri - s raw and 1 .'. pei sent palm leaves it is of superior ijtiaiitv ant can in made 20 per rent tiapc'i lliun paper made ol jute-butts 1 rags the rice straw ami palm ves have heretofore been waste they now yield to this one factory 100 a day keep money at home and give employment to idle hands t mi a tor pugh of alabama regards 1 tilden out of the question,so far as next presidency is c mci rued and in vi need that the nomination ol hon abram s hewitt would in sure the next president to the deuio ijy mr 1'u^ii savs he haa n any ers from leading southern demo s favoring '. e nomination i mr witt jiii'l submits one fniin ( < 11 jsjiuan buckuer f missouri k i lares that it the 1 -.*'. r to fun tire candidate ■)•> better m.iii than mr ikvitt can be found lged alfalfa — alfalfa or i ectlv lucerne has a history envel il in the mist of antiquity it was iwn as a valuable fodder plant in ient media 500 years in lore tl i isi.:a!i era from media '■'• : way t grc tee i h nee to t he 1cm ....) empire prof m ide i . that lucerne was among the cultivat ed leguminous plants in the days ol j cato virgil and varro a dutchman had two pigs a large one and a small one the smaller one being tlio elder he was trying to explain to a customer ami he did it in this wise the little pig is the piggest upon which his wife as sumed to correct him said you will excuse him he no speak aa good j english a3 me he no mean that the little pig was the piggest but the youngest pig is the oldest a gentleman from yancey county informs us that there used to be a large hollow poplar trcg in that coun ty in one of the mountain c v which a squatter named brown hi wife and sis children spent two and endured all the rig rs of the severe mountain winter subs - on roots acorns and game that he could kill with his rifle a valley and a creek till bear the uaui hollow poplar from this fa tree — llfountaint cr in des-oribing some of the scenes and incidents attending the excava tion of the dead and living at ischia ft correspondent says a boy ol twelve had just been found not hurt but wandering among the ruins looking for the spot where his home had been i asked him whom he had lost they're all gone he said father and mother and everybody two young who had been buried for three days said when they were dug out ah you do not know u-hat it is to be buried in the dark for ten hours they had no idea of the real time which had elapsed one of the most lunching incidents which came under my knowledge was that of a father distractedly urg ing on the work of the excavators on the spot where lie had lost his little son he vas calling the child's name in hoarse and trembling tone when suddenly a little voice was heard from amid the broken masonry i am here papa don't be afraid ; take courage hydbogenium — a curious fact about water is that the rust of the metal known as hydrogenium when oxygon combines with iron it forms a redish dust and t lie metal becomes in tiil-e disintegrated in this condi tion it is said to be oxidized hydro genium this metal is present in the sun and all the planets in enormous quantities chemistry has revealed to us many marvels but none greater than the composition of common wa ter t^^^ep 4 turbine \ ' ■ * " s " £ --'- also c3ntractoj ai • ■•.