the carolina watchman ft)l xv.—tairb series salisbury n c january 10 1884 no 3 i the carolina watchman stablished in the yeah i8o2 price 1.50 in advance dakbys prophylactic fluid \ household artii !<• for universal faintly use b^k^flff b 1 i sc:irlct and ■ irda»w(alv ■ diphtheria sali 7,'ala.^ia h v ' m "' ulcerated all contagious diseases pen i ■ iting n . after black vomit lia<l taken place 1 w •' fevereilai 1 sick per smaix-pox sons rel bed sores prevent pitting of small m1 i p \ : re entkd at r not contagion destr yet for frosted *> , chilblains i'n s , v rs thafintrs etc ,;;...__ xopu j 1 diphtheria i catarrh i lieved .. s t6v£31tc lu erysipelas ra ' ehabsbsfi&ssiaiis burim the pi ys ms here scars preveni i nse d:irbys fluid very dysentery cured letreat woui - fccun | .: k ai inhdotei \ •.;, t.;i r . cln ■ ■ . . ■• ■ nted : '. i rs | urified and i s in cases f death t vanderbilt university nashville tenn ties of pi i ■ iit and illy and pracl darbys i tuid is recommended l.y is d.d l ■ cxwisl'exsablk to i '. iky home • ; we i ii zr.ii.in \- ro havinit rukbhaskli the entire stock of formerly belonging to blagkmee & iayl0b t t lie hardware business id ing wagons buggies al 1 kinds of agri cultural implements & machinery i lasting powder kinds of mining sup i linarih found - [] irdw irc icstablisment r i m o \ r e 1 he mcneely corner .; to -■ ■ all pel sons i ■ ! larclware keep xo books or accounts • i to blacknier : ill to make immediate i : icci mnts will l»c in the s ii.ack m i i \\ ho v i make luke blackmejt • a life-long debauch i \<>, i'm obliged to yon i don't drink 11 replied judge gibbons of lancaster fa in the barroom of the girard house i am sixty three years old and have never used tobacco in any form never have tasted malt or spirituous liquors never have been to a horse race or attended a i circus or a theatre " m yours lias been an exemplary life jadge welt i don't know that it lias con tinued tbe judge sadly i am after all no better than other men : fur the past forty eight years i have been the abject slave to one ungovernable appetite this indulgence has gained such absolute con tinl of me thai i cannot exist tour oi five hums without yratifv in it in the streets at church during family prayers it torments me i struggle against it i :■< solve and re resolve to break it off hut 1 am weals very weak — n 1 finally yield i ran not go hall a day without it no i daren't travel where 1 can't obtain it it i killing me twenty years go 1 weigh ed 22q pounds now i weigli 120 it is destroying my life slowly bill surely i ! shall die ol it what form docs this deadly dissipa lion take '/" asked the reporter in amaze ment prepared for an appalling confes sion mush and iniik was the solemn and humiliating rejoinder the chestnut the chestnut tree is valuable for sever al imposes sa s a newspaper writer and now that there is considerable inter est arising in the diluting l timber il may he u i i h while to learn something of i ti.i.s tree by reference to the market i reports of lumber it will be found that clichtnut timber i.s worth 40 per 1,000 feet counting the sawing l £■! to b per 1,000 feet iuleaves the value of an ordinary sized chestnut tree to lie about jmd allowing only 500 leel of limbei lo each one as i is easy for fony trees to grow upon an acre which would bring them 33 fe t apai t an acre of fairh - grown chestnut timber would be worth standing 720 fi r the limbs and lops alone would be ivorth for firewood as much as the cost of felling and sawing the tree and the 750 would represent the actual value of the logs but this is not the whole by any means a chest i nut tree begins to bear at the age ol 8 years and every year will pay i;i its fruit the interest on the land at the rate of 8200 per acre at seven per cent inter est thi inns just now are worth 10 per bushel they are scarce and high ! this year but the average mice l •■>•"> per bushel allowing half a peck only to a tree pioperh attended to and growing in groves at a distance ol m fei t apart this would give five bushels per acre and a yearly income of 15 without cost mine than picking nn the nuts by a little en re in killing off the chestnut moth which injures the fruit by depositing its eggs in it and producing the worms which ! bore the li nit a higher price could be procured for the nuts for which there is an extensive demand so that the tree will begin to pay a yearly income after eight years and this will gradually in crease as the tree grows larger and will finally yield a handsome sum of money when but 20 ,\ ears old if intended to be cut at that time they may be planted 20 feet apart and a hundred trees may be grown upon an acre xo replanting is necessary the trees sprout from the stump freely and a considerable sum ! may be made after live or ix years from the poles which can be thinned out is ; there any more valuable than this for the ' f a i mei \\ ii li is land out of cuil ivatioii to plant for profit ? l>o ni : don't go t > bed with cold feet i don't sleep in the same uuder-gar '< ments that are worn during the day don't sleep in a room thai is not well ventilated don't sit or sleep in a | draught don't lie on the left side i too much don't lie on the back to keep fron snoring don't try to get pilous with seven or eight hours sleep oul id twenty-four don't jump out of bed immediately on awakenii g in the morning don't forget to rub yourself well all over with a crash towel or hands before dressing don't forget to take a drink of pure water before breakfast don't take loi g walks when the stomach is entirely empty don't start to a day's work without eating a good breakfast d^n't eat anything but well cooked and nutritious foods don't eaf what you don't want just to save it don't cat between meals or enough to cause uneasiness at meal time don't eat the smallest morsel unless hungry il well don't try to keep up on alco holic stimulants when nature is call ing you to sleep don't stand over hot air registers don't inhale hot air or fumes of any acids don't fill the gash with soot sugar or anything else to arrest the hemorrhage when yon cut yourself but bring the strips of adhesive plaster don't wear thin hose or light-soled shoes in cold or wet weather don't strain your eves by reading ou an empty stomach or when ill don't ruin your eyes by reading or sewing at dusk by a dim light or flickering candle or when very tired don't sing or holler when your throat is sore or you are hoarse don't drink ice water when you are very warm and never a glassful at a time but simply sip it don't take some other person's modi cine because you are similarly afflict ed don't bathe in less than two hours after eating don't eat in less than two hours after ba'hing don't call so frequently on your sick friend as to make your conversation a bore don't make a practice of relating scandal or stories calculated to de press the spirits of the sick don't call on your sick friend and advise him to take some other medicine get another doctor eat more eat less sit up or talk him to death before you think of leaving in walking or other exercise learn to keep the mouth firmly closed and to breathe entirely through the nose you can walk as far again and with less fatigue and without getting out of breath than when you breathe thro the mouth try it the best three medjeines in he world are warmth abstinence and re pose a practical religion we want i religion that softens tiie step and tunes the voice to melo dy that checks the impatient excla matiun and harsh rebuke a religion that is polite deferential to supe riors courteous to inferiors and con siderate to friends ; a religion that goes into the family and keeps the husband from being cross when din ner is late and keeps tkic wife from veiling when the husband tracks the newly-washed flour with his ninthly boots and makes the husband mind ful of t he scraper and t he dour mal ; keeps the mother patient when the baby is cross and amuses the chil dren as well as instructs them ; cares for the servants besides paving them up promptly projects the honey miiuu it:to t he harvest moon and innkts the happy houie like the eastern tig tree bearing in its bosom it once the beauty ol its lender blos sune and the glory of he ripened fruit . v e want a religion i hut thai i interpose between the nits and gul lies and rocks of liit 1 highway of life ; and i he sensitive souls that travel i i •■;■ the u cough cures j this is the season when the famil iar cough is heard on every hand and every one is suggesting a remedy we know of two that aie perfect cures one for children is to take half a teacup whole fl.ixsseed wash through three or four waters and put in a pan with two quarts of soft cold water let it cool till slightly thick ened pleasant for drinking take off strain and add juice of one lemon and sugar to taste jive warm as much as child will take before going to bed 1 his will relieve in almost all cases but if after three or lour trials it a is try the wcil-whipped white of an e r g mixed with one table-spoon siivar and juice of u lemon give halt a teaspoon after each spell of coughing being careful not to give too much or too often as the pure juice of lemon is quite strong lor them these are g 1 o 1 i r older peo ple but the most effective cure is : one ounce pressed mullein or the leave one-half ounce pressed hoar hound and one quart soft water put on to boil if necessary add more water when the strength i.s well extracted so the syrup is as thin mo lasses or even thinner takeoff strain and add one pint mew orleans mo lasses and bottle for use the dose is one lable.spoun four tunes a day or after every coughing fpell will do no harm some simply make a tea of tl.e mullein sweeten and take 1 his lias been tried to our knowledge where consumption was feared and the cure was perfect — the house keeper not to be outdone no one person is expected to know everything yet many persons fall | into blunders and are laughed at be eause they nave not the emirage to i say 1 don't know a young japan ese of high r.nl sent to thy united ; states to be educated was very un willing to admit that all was new to him in our country lie took great care never to express surprise and lo cain information in some other way than by asking direct questions being a guest one day at a gentle ■ man's table he so far forgot himself i as to express ins relish for the miuoe i . ' i pie very fine nice pie lie sa'd bow j ing and smiling at his hostess what's its name we call this mince pie i'm glad you like it do you have mince pie in japan ?' asked^the lady oh yes thank you ; mince pie in my country he replied of what do they make them there j asked the lady a gentleman of his rank need not have blushed to say i do not know but he felt bound to keep up the honor of japan so far as it rested on mi e piss again tasting the pie slowly and with the air of a critic j his iaee brightened up as he said : ! in japan mince pies are made of 1 pears an . fish present happiness the great secret of gaining happi ness iu life is to enjoy the present to be doing one thing and thinking of anothei is a very unsatisfactory mode of spending life some people are always wishing themselves some where but where they are or think iii of something else than what they are doing or of somebody elee than to whom they are speaking this is the way to enjoy nothing to do nothing i well and to please nobody it is i better to be interested in inferior per sons and inferior tilings than to be indifferent with the best a princi pal cause of this indifference is the ! adoption of oilier people's tastes in stead of the cultivation of their own the pursuit alter that for which we j are not litted and to which conse quently we are not in reality inclined ! i'll is folly pervades more or less all classes and arises from the error of building our enjoyment ou the false foundation oi the world's opinion in stead of being with due regard tu others each our own world foreign ways of fatteuing calves j in flanders and the north of france calves are fattened in narrow cribs l'he.-e pens are two feet wide and five ! deep and portable the litter is uev i er removed but renewed as required > decoctions of pappy heads are added i to the milk to induce the animal to uvp at dei in iiminauy m c tu rth i e ins cai vca suiineil nuiik j ami to represent the cream three ! uunces laiiv at the rate ol one ounce per repast ol beet or mutton suit lard or turnip seed oil j at the end ol the fourth week the grease was reduced 1 one-half and replaced by cake ami me/i the veal was found to be as wood as that produced from pure milk in weaning calves hay tea enters largely as a substitute for milk ; then linseed gruel russia beer is largely mixed with the milk which explains the enormous size of the calves two pounds of hay are steeped in nine quarts of warm water and tive quails | of the tea are estimated as equal to one quart of milk in belgium calves are allowed to lick a lump of chalk as sheep and cattle are rock salt strong purgatives are rarely resorted to in the beauce where so much veal is reartd,from two to twoaud one half ounces of soluble cream of tartar dissolved in our quarts of water is a favorite recipe administer the drink every hour pending twelve to fifteen hours if colic appears add a little opium to the mixture — michigan far mer pink kye horse scarlet fever or tlio so-call ! ed pink eve forms t he uljeet of an ! interesting paper by dr john j pe ters in the new york medical jour nal of december 15 the conclusion is that various diseases of animals communicable to man and vice versa had frequently prevailed in our great ear stables along the river fronts among such diseases being diphthe ria scarlatina and true measles or a hybrid of measles and scarlet fever inoculations with the blood tears and usual mucus have produced the disease the so-called pink eye hav ing thus been conveyed from a partly blooded horse to a cart-hor.se from that to guinea pigs and from them to a poney young horses take the disease more frequently than older animals although the latter are not always exempt on the seventh day improvement generally commences but the disorder seems most conta gious at that time the trouble is self limited ordinarily so that pallia tive treatment is all that is required a feed governor for cotton gins has been patented by mr henry p schaefer of schulenberg texas most gin saws now suok or draw in the cotton fastest at the central part of the saw shaft drawing the cotton from the edges of the feed board to ward the central saws drawing in from the thicker edges such portion as will make the whole supply to the gin saws even and regular and pre vent all choking clieerf nlness many people are always complain ing of their circumstances are there not persons from whom you can sel dom hear the contented tone ? they have had or are going to have all the ills flesh i.s heir to there are people who never live in the right place who are in the wrong business misfor tune is their daily bread they are bruised and wounded slightest and tormented misused and afflicted cheerfulness and contentment never make any man's lot harder to bear but many many is the time they have made trials easier to bear and circum stances endurable many people are never qnite so happy as they used to bo they never have quite so warm dear friends as in former times or in other places friend the good you now have and present friends are not to be despised is there then so much good in life that we can afford to throw any of it away why not make the most of the good we have ? let us stand oft from despondencies listen for sweet notes rather than discord city of mexico jan 2 — a hur | ricane occurred ou the mexican coast ! on november 4 which entirely de i stroyed the town of altaka at the port of that name not a house re mained standing and the vessels at anchor suffered severely at mazit ; ian the wind blew with great vio lence and the sea was excessively rough when the gale commenced the mexican steamer democrata and the barks carlos li aladin and ! harmodius were at anchor the aladin cut away her anchors losing her lir.-t mate in the operation as he was carried overboard and drowned shediifted on the beach at puerto yi.sj.i near cameron her crew suc ceeded in reaching shore with the i exception of two who were drowned the harmodius sent down her ii - per masts and jards and rode the gale out in safety man that is married to woman is i f many days and full of trouble in tlit morning he draws his salary and in the evening behold it is gone it is i tale that is tcjid ; vanishetli and no one knows whither it goelh ile raiseth up clothed in the chilly gar ments of the night and see!<eth the sotuiiaiubiileiit paregoric wherewith to soothe the colicy i wels of his in lant posterity lie becometli as a horse or ox and draweth the chariot of his offspring he spendeth his sheckels in lite purchase of fine linen to cover the bosom of his family yet himself is seen in the gates of the city with one suspender yea he is alto gether wretched — bay city tribune i low fire is carried in cot ton — edward atkinson of boston says fire lurks in a cotton bale for wicks the cotton which was in jured somewhat over u year ago in biddeford me was moved to south buslon for sale the fire broke out again more than once while it was at south boston being made ready for sale the ire broke out again in one parcel while it was on the cars being carried away and in another parcel alter it had been received at a factory where it was to be used the latest outbreak was 1 think thiity days alter the original fire m i » an where the old maids come in do von know sir inquired an ameri can tourist of hi companion while doing england can you inform me the reason foi-ilie fresh healthful appearance of the english people their complexion is far superior to oars or oar countrymen over the herring pond wet i know what prof huxley says and what reason does he advance well huxley says it is all owing to the old maids owing to old maids von surprise me fact huxley fignies it out this way now you know the english are very fond of roast beef but what has that to do with old maids go slow this genuine english il ' < '' ia tiie best and most nutritious beef in the world ami it imparts a beautiful complexion 1 well about the old maids 1 yes you see the the excellence of the english hwi is due exclusively to red clover 1 yon see t lie point ?' all bul the old maids they arc still hovering iu the shadows whv don't you see ? this red clover is em i bed sweentened and r oifi-d by bilinblrtiei s hut where do the old maids ( ie in ?' said the inquisitive american wiping his brow wearily whv it is as plain as the nose on your face the only enemy of the buni bh'-bea is the field mouse hut what have roast beef red clover buinluvbee and held mice got to do with old maids v whv you mast be very obtuse don t you perceive that the bumble-bees would soon become exterminated by the field mice if it were not for ' old maids ?' no if it w»re not for eats and the old maids of old england keep the eonntrj thoroughlr stocked up with cats ami so we can directly trace the effects of the rosv english complexions to the benign cause of english old maids at least that's what huxley says about it and meroney & br0.g»i have largest and most complete stock of v "^} dry goods k atstd notions to too found iix tlx to^ix of snlisloury mess sdmdis a splendid line of black and colored oashmers from 1-j.l to 85 cents ptr yard we have the cheapest and largest lot of silk velvets velveteens nd trimming silks to be found in the city we offer as a special bargain all wool-filling worsted if"in the latest shades at 10 cent per yard this goods is worth one third more and cannot be had at this extremely low price out side of oui house cloato circulars dalmans anfl jackets are pretty and cheap from 2 to 18 jsp-aiso a nice line of jersey jackets shawls knit jackets f\_>*j caepet3 rugs door mats all ski ling cheap |||- jio 0 ts and shoes at lowprm s y§lgp t7 v s a nilc lill ' of j-adies collars from 5 cents to 30 cts l^^^^^pr izi-^-o-i handkerchiefs lroin o cts to j aiiierioad eaiis 4 royal st jota snni macliices 1 ' f ill '■ v ' ' can and will sell cheap call and be convinced m b that's just where the o.tl niiiid.s conn in science makes clear maiiv inystt rious things water test a fu-ncli poiintlical jivos the following simple method fin testing the pui it of water in an ordi nary quart boitle tliree parts tilled with water dissolve a spoonful ul pure white sugar cork it well and put in a warm place if at the end of forty-eight lionra the water beeomes turbid and milky there can be no doubt of its impurity but it it remain limpid it may be cousid eicd drinkable professor lewis swifr of the wanur observatory at k ichester has discovered that ihe pons comt*t which had a fiugle tail in j.^l now has a double tail shor ter three degrees in length it can be seen with the naked e \ e early in the evening a y fou tu.vmpj an exchange says that tin stone-breaking process with a ball and chai.i a ttachnunl . adopt - cd 1 • • i the i ramps b t he fi eoliolders am i ltd princeton n j sonu ei ks ago has been mure than successful the tramps having left for parts unknown those who weic arrested at the time the law went into effect departed from the city the moment they were released from con finement and work the plan was a test i one but its success lias been so great ■ that it will probably be adopted in most ' of the counties oi the state cap q&s 1 cnr.na gkovk the hess place is for sale — two story d\v llinir kitchen stables and i two acres fruit tr es r s tie prompt an 1 | cheap for cas li appl to .!. m git ay attorney salisbury x.'c morgans csgah stand do you smako ? chew cr us snuff morgan keeps a select stock ot all tl articles vcrj di •• and good ileo ■■•:;.■.■- one o the bi front wi fiows of davja purulture store call and see be can suit you to a t aug ; ;. '-::— ly important fact • ■ foh tiie ■ planters & farmers ofnorthcarolina in order that our planting friends throughout the state may be p nnbled to procure and nac baugh's pure dissolved raw bones ami other id eetabllahed brsndo of our make an well an hkill ukade i'll k.uua i.s for fanuen unkiiiir llom«--.1iinl i fertilizers wo aro ht'lliiik them ijikfct to fnrmrn for cash at our wholesale pkk-ks for tbe convenience of our cu.htomern wo have entablislied a depot in norfolk va all orders sent to baltimore can bo whipped proinptly from norfolk if preferred thu uoods to cost the name at bu it's depot or landing ax if shipped from llaltimore iw send for our pamphlet fnvintc full descrip tion and wholesale price of our standard brands of bone fertilizers and approved formula address all lmiuirioti and orders tu bauch * sons iq3 south st baltimore md sft j r iveen salisbury n c „ sem^.v apt fir fheiix iros works .^^■<^^-- lli|lliw doilolo oaw jnlllft 7 -^ ' - and r%mm ; turbine wheel 1 q also contractor and bunder ifpstetterv n ** celebrated l x i the necessity tot prompt and efficient household remedies is daily growing more imperative and of these hostetter's stom ach bitters is the chief hi merit and the most popular irregularity of the stomach and bowels malarial fever liver com plaints debility rheumatism and minor ailments are thoroughly conquered by this incomparable family restorative and medic inal safeguard and it is justly regarded as the purest and most comprehensive remedy of its class for sale by all druggists ami pealers generally bargains ; at kiiil below cost photic pnimp r i n v/fdptpti liuudb trujiur d a calli fill ! i berniiardt bros we arc determined to close nul our pres ent stock consisting of a great variety ol dry goods notions clothing hats shoes c i and arc now offering the rreiitfst iudtlcc nicnl - in the w ay of low prices : ever before known in this city call and sec us and be convinced fi.at we in can wli it we say bernhardt bro's dec 12th 1s3m chillaroffi ! cfllllarisi ! chillvrine the great hill cultr of the day waruantkd to c'urk cvimv time or the money kki-tm.i.d fiu vie only at fnxiss drug stoic asthma cured tragic asthma cure ptrsims af diet i-d witli this distres^iii rninplaint should try this medicine a few hours use will entirely remove >\\\ njipression nnd hie patient can breath and sleep witli ni-rtwrt i , ■ iu i freedom pi ice 1 for sale at !■: v.mss druji store