1 ne jbarolma watchman ll x third series salisbury n c september 18 1879 no 48 •::;; clark jb & cu.s best six cord for adune or herd use •. i i i.i assortment of ill kumters ard colors iole.sale and rei ail glnttz and rcndleman sal story w c scandal ! ither v t :. tent ms ureal and small ,. ed i lo m all ; i iiei catalog ie nl sin , , : t shs a lale-bs an r had , i bit of scandal up and do.vn tongued gossips in the | ihfi foi iiei other sin ilul ion asked ol hiiti ,. i i ail the rest he pardon gave nlfeiise w as \ ery gi a \ e m 1.1 clltlllc . she musl go where the thistles hu . est i ipesl one m and h io n this was 1 nine back again auothei day , , liim i command she did otiey . ing i ins a pciauii e , ■ :'.! that very night die had escaped so lm t ons ie n enl to the pi iest li tell j -• - * still and heard her story - fl e uniet hing still foi ! i ; id w hich \ on have sown ■ i'l'l ie father twould ■ i those -< s i again : • mi i i cd i l.i n hot h ,. , :. i mo intain ■ answered nov i bops that ■ . you w iii iisit • nl rather hack the scattered '< \ ■ \\ ill grow to noxious un tin : ' if once by sea nihil - i e a in undo i ." iary e c johnson to proposed panama ship-hallway • / rp oler and itnjtortt r '■ gel from cis uil eu i iiigl standing tin opinion as to nf the ship-railway project ii is i»l i ai ien set forth in the iti i ••! ' aptaiti e nts already • lore the reaib'is of th is paper ■ igiueer chanute of the erie f writes that iu had already given wwaule attention to the scheme ar conclusi ms aim t identical 1 capti ii ends as io its !. as • reueral feat ires ii won ; ""'•'•'•• d.mlil the number of wheels i i for each cradle so as to give an i wl 1 live tons io each wheel ! ntf-riiiing the cradle ship aud machin i •' tons i i all ou oil tracks ! iseneh to carry these wheels . illel tracks 13 feet s m iw feet ovei all ; the "■ ■ i long 50 feet high 1,1 v '"■ wide with a total base of fwt instead of the 500 foot i by captain eads '•• would make the turntable a mvs*e cradle by i % i the trucks si notion at right angles to : the cradle sufficient t./enable ■■ lhu proper position on diteinling the curves adopted i'-si t.i that f the cradle ' l !»■:■ cent wonhl have to be :'''- ll'd with a railway 60 miles •"•::<! be transferred from anto ocean in u hours by tlie employ '»'»« 000 horse power tac • - ould not bo over one : e«it a ton a mile the weight evwsel and cradle being included of a cent a ton a mile on ' even at half the traffic es . ', "'' ''>' the canal commission the road handsomely s'»aler smiui tltonght the oulv ■ loubt was one of quauce u"ll u 1 • uld undertaking it would be bctilt ona uml the es t r ni "' l aptam eads 50,000,00i % cover the outlay the enter :'' uiost undoubtedly pay the make the haudling at shipping r i'iuatively oagy at aspin : » tidal variatiou of al nut is '' ' ut'fi • i '« entire lift would have to be '•' vip|died power a caisson ou " wculd ji bably be the im t form of lifting dock he would hang the ship in ihe cradle in flexible slings composed of woven bands sit sts-s-1 wire tope .*» feet wide and j inch thick these slinks would be connected with the cross heasls ofa ii ii in her of hydrostatic presses placed along the cradle and connected by a pipi common to all so that the ship would be always carried ou au even keel lhe same as though floating ii a caisson pen parallel tracks of 3 feel gauge rails not less than 6 inches high and trucks 10 feet apart would in needed this would give u total wheel base of 93 feet by say ■'. 0 feet for tbe largest cradle assuming a maximum load of 9,500 tous 432 trucks or l.,728 wheels would be needed — a re suli substantially in accordance with that arrived at by mr chanute as i method of supplying power for the t raiispoi tation of of the cradle mr smith ts the belgium wire rope towage system if possible level grades should in t'iii i ii'd up tsi the tiase of ths summit hills and iiuii by concentrating all the grades t sme point the cradles could be moved over the summit by powerful sta tionar engines if the summit can lie passed hoe ever with a maximum grade id j0 feel per mile then movable eugiues drawing the cradles aud themselves by steel wire tow lines laid in the middle of each track aud passing over and grasped l.y fowler clip pulliesr attached toeacb engine will be thu most economical method of locomotion iu till probability the lower needed to transport the great est load with curves of 12,000 feet radius and grades s.i io feet per mile would be 200,000 pounds requiring steel ropes sit i iueli diameter each however as these would form a costly part sd tlm out tit the relative economy between tbis system aud that of the locomotive engine for this peculiar service cau only lie de termined by exact calculations mr henry flad ('. e , writes that lu ll as taken pains to inform himselt in re gard t.i the surveys nud estimates for ship canals across the isthmus and has carefully estimated the cost of construc tion maintenance aud operation ofa ship railroad briefly stated his opinion is a follows : 1 that tin first cost of tho constmc ti ui ofa ship railroad will not be one fourth of i!:.ii of a ship canal 2 that a ship railroad ean be con structed in probably one-third of the time required to construct a ship caual 3 that ships can be transferred on such a railroad with absolute safety aud with the same dispatch as through a hip eanal •!. i'h.it the cost of maintenance will lie less for the railroad than fur the canal 7 tha although the cost for transfer ring bhips by ship railroad will exceed that of passing them through a ship ca5 mil the difference will be insignificant compared with the saving of interest on iiu first cost i thai the ship railroad will therefore offer a better and safer investment for capital lin unanimity of these experiences and able engineers with regard to the feasibility ainl economy ofa ship railway for the isthmus is to say the least note worthy and encouraging like all grand undertakings it presents an almost inex haustible field for engineering skill and inventive talent ; ami it is gratifying to see that american engineers are so prompt to grapple with the novel diffi culties presented the recent arrest and bindiug over to the superior court of wake eounty of two united suites deputy marshals who were charged we believe with assaulting mrs leopold is mails to ito slaty in tbe col umns of the new york times as an arro gant assertion of states rights by north carolina poor littl mrs leopold — she will hardly know herself we fear w ben she discovers that in additiou to lhe other furore that has a risen because of her she iilsu figures in a cause celeltre where xorth carolina arrogantly asserts ates rights and treason rears its hide ous head raleigh observer there is hardly a lawyer we t.-.ke it \\ ho will not agree in some sense v itii the spirit of the complaint entered by the w i iter of lhe communication above him self evidently a sufferer and it will be with the gentlemen ofthe liar to amend ths existing regulations if they are ever improved layman as we are we con fess that we are not altogether clear upon the exact character ol the change demand ed will not some one between now nnd the time tor the meeting of the legisla ture next year provide some suggestion which will meet the requirements of the ease still woks vox ckttwato — london sept i — a dispatch to the times from dm ban says a cavalry reconnoissance has blown up king cetywayo's powder magazine ten miles from his new kraal messengers from cetywayo met sir gar net wolsels-y august 12 th saying that thi king was willing to submit and pay thi taxes but that the country must be cleared of british soldier the messeii geis were iuformed that cetywayo was no longer king and that he must surrender unconditionally a peculiar and fatal accident occurred at craftsin x y as williiini jacobs was mowing in a meadow he suddenly disturbed a nest of hornets as he turn ed to run from their attack his foot was caught in the grass and he fell across the sharp edge of the scythe receiving such a terrible cut in the light leg that lie tded to death before medical assistance could !»,- sum m oned he leaves a wife and two s-'i :'. children a harvest of death ! a terrible disease somewhat rf 1 muling tvi'iioll fkvfk ravaging georgia counties special u tbe atuati constitution york ville ga september 7 . — fur the paat month tii ere h.ts been a fearful di.s i ease raging in polk paulding antl harri ! son counties the physicians are baffled ; anil the people are lying with unusual ! rapidity in this famously healthy section ' i asked several physicians what the dis i sease is ansl they silt say they do uot j know one thing is certain ; it is fear i fully fattil anil coutiuties to spread one verv strange circumstance is tliat it at tacks young men alone but one old man litis yet died over fifty young men iu the full flush of manhood aud strength ! hive alien victims to thd terrible disease ; it appears to be a sort of epidemic ty ' phoyd lever bnt has several symptoms i sliil'iti-iit from those of the regular ty j phoisl lever as i write clarke white is i being buried and i saw his corpse he suffered terribly and just before lie died j the blood oozed out of his month and j ears his tongue turned very black and j swelled terribly the disease is fearful ly fatal i know one prominent physi cian who had twenty-nine cases ansl not one recovered though ali received the insist careful treatment the people here are justly terrified at the ravages of this fearful malady god knows what it is j but it k causing sorrow in many a house j ! hold aud spreading fear throughout the ! neighborhood from which i write phy sicians hope that the approaching cool j weather will check it new york sept 11 a special from atlanta says the reports of i fatal fever i raging iu the counties of polk paulding and harrison have not beeu overdrawn within a f w i ivs ;"<) nun have died in tin exclusively l ural population mostly ' young men those attacked will it suf fer horribly the tongue turning idaek tiiisl swelling to double its sizs and bkmd i oozing from the mouth aud ears after j death the bodies become spotted and dis i colored one physician reports twenty i : nine ease under treatment — not one lias j recovered the course of the disease i.s i run in a few days the greatest alarm j and distress prevail and the disease is i steadily spreading physicians pronounce it the spotted typus fever -«*** the boy barx-iicuxer — the boy si so on the back-yard fence whence all i but him had fled : the flames that lit his ! t'art'iei's barn shone just above the shed one bunch of crackers in hi.s hand two ! others in bis hat with piteous accents j he cried i never thought of that ." a ] j bunch of crackers to the tail of one small j dog he'd tied ; the slog in anguish sought i the barn am mid its ruins died the sparks flew wide and red aud hot they i lit upon that bratj they fired the crackers j i in his band ami eke those in his lint < ■ then came a burst of rattling sound the ' j boy ! where was be gone ? ask of the winds that far around strewed its of meat and bone scraps of cloth and balls i iimi tops and nails and hooks and vain i i in relics of the dreadful boy tbat burned bis lathers barn the hood childrex offers to adopt them the mayor has received , two communications from correspondents each desiring to adopt one of the hood children the applications will be for warded to capt s.iinui'l flower administrator isaacson has also ex pressed a wish to adopt one of tlie or phans in view of these circumstances and in view of the probability of a largo fund being raised for their support the child ren of the dead cheiftaiu will never come . to want tlie commissioner of indian affairs has received from the agent at fort berth id d i ageiicy a sample of oats raised l»y the in ' rlians on that reservation weighing tibrty i four psmnsls ts tin bushel tbe agent ! states that these indians have raised forty five acres ofthe oafs this season with tin average yield af forty bushels to the acre ; it is supposed that the first gun of the campaign was spiague's — derrick during the past week not including saturday the treasury department paid : out *')."*. y in standard silver dollars hints in road making there is no class nf the comnm ity that is more affected by the i-omli pu , oi highways than farmers u i them are transported whatever st r plus products tlie farm affords at 1 upon tiieui the farmer depends for his opportunities to pass from one neigh borhood to another now so far as the transportation of heavy loads is concerned the amount that can be i transported bears a direct proportion to the condition of tlie road-bed atul i its declivity ; botli of which maybe combined to greatly reduce the load or cither alone may bo the means of measuring the load that can easily j pass along without serious hindrances ' asisle from that class of obstacles which may bo properly considered as i unsurmoun table in all cases roads ; should be improved in every possible j direction and by all practical means other things being equal the more firm the road bed the better it is for travel and also the better for convey ing loads but very frequently the road passes over such a variety of soils even in moderate distances as to pre sent a variable stirfarce wherever such cases occur they ean be amended by artificial means that is if a por tion should be sandy by the addition ofa little dry or compact earth its condition will be changed soas to make it much harder and better able to sus tain a load atmospheric conditions may also very materially affect tem porarily the surface ofa traveled road aside from these changes occasioned by frost thus a clayey road which would be rendered exceedingly mud dy altera severe shower would be l'vy much improved by the use of sand and gravel where the soil is iuclined to moisture a partial system of underdraiuage will not only pre vent mud at the time of showers but will also very much assist in main taining a good condition when frost is coming out in the spring which otherwise would render it impassa ble as a general rule in the repair say ing nothing of the construction of roads too little regard is paid to the material employed ; it is entirely wrong to make use of vegetable mat ter ihat is subject to decay and change for although when in a dry state it may be passable upon a road when wet by means of rain and show ers it occasions slough holes of mud it is better for tbe farmer aud cer tainly better for the road to have soils growing in the ditches conveyed to the farm yard and used for com posting rather thau have them used iti any repairs where it can be ob tained under ordinary circumstances a gravely loam will make a goosl av erage r<>ad-bed and will become so compaated as to form a comparatively hard an smooth traveling path and is the material which should be used it is no uncommon thing to see upon a much traveled road at some point a short distance that is extremely bad under nearly all circumstances and which remains the same year after year for waut of application ofa few common ideas in the matter of repairs — new england farmer killed in a bath — in xew york monday afternoon theodore scrim per a prosperous business man accompanied by two friends went to a bathing house for a bath he poised himselt on the rear platform placed his hands behind his back and dived down head foremost in place of giving his body a slanting position when he struck trie surface ofthe water he let himself descend in a plumb line the consequence being that his head struck with force against the solid plank bottom inflicting in juries from which he died in a short time his neck was dislocated how loner can a man live how long a man can live i.s a ques tion that has been widely discussed americans are generally reckoned to bc short lived compared with euro pean nations and they may have been in the past ; but they are steadily gain ing in respect of age as their material conditions improve and the laws of health are better understood and ob served several instances have been recorded recently of persons in this vicinity who have lied at 107 108 and even 110 it is claimed howev er by men who have paid special at tention to hingevity that there is no well accredited instances of any man or woman living beyond 106 — that that is the maximum posibiiity of hu man endurance it is more reasona ble to suppose that there is a mistake in calculation than that the mention ed limit has been exceeded in en rope it is a subject of dispute as to what nation lives longest the dis tinction has been claimed in turn by the english french germans span ish italians and russian late stat istics prove that the number of people in europe who are upwards of 90 years eld is 102,831 of whom more than g0,000 are women of these beyond 100 there are 211 women and 101 men in italy 229 women aud 183 men in austria nud 526 women and 524 men in hungary t!*e per centage of old people is found to be much higher among the germans than j the slavs investigation appears to show that human life has been length i ening in the last twenty years through ' out the civilized world j more trappisls coming the trappist order of monks have bought a large tract of land in west | em pennsylvania for the purpose of establishing a monastery this com > niutiity according to the eco d'ltalia j consists of 200 monks from france i ireland and turkey they are arti j sans scientists mechanics agricultur ists artists architects lawyers and phtsicians some of whom attained dis tinction in their native countries — they will themselves build their mon astery the trappist is the most austere of all the monastic orders they rise from bed at 2 o'clock iu the morning dedicate twelve hours ofthe day to reflection and prayer and the rest to severe labor especially in the fields xo conversation is permitted with one another or strangers they salute each other with the exclama tion remember death they drink only water and cat only vegetables — they sleep on a table with a pillow of straw and never undress even when siek there aro monasteries of the same order at xew haven in kentucky ; at xew melerny in iowa ami at tracadie in xova scotia most ofthe members ofthis ascetic organi zation are persons who for one cause or another have become disgusted with the world and have determined to pass the rest of their days in seclu sion and in contemplative repose — they renounce the battle of life sep arate themselves entirely from tempo ! ral affairs and concentrate all their thoughts on death and eternity jtis an institution savoring more of the middle ages than of modern times i — .«_>•- predictions about 1ss0 to 1s87 in a pamphlet recently published the author prof grimmer asserts j from 1s80 to 1887 will be one uni versal carnival of death asia will be depopulated europe nearly so america will loose fifteen million peo ple besides plague we are to have storms and tidal waves mountains are to toss their heads through the choic est valleys navigators will be lost by thousands owing to the capricous de flexmes of the magnetic needle and | islands will appear and disappear in j mid-ocean all the beasts birds and i fishes will be diseased famine and civil strife will destroy most of the ! human beings left alive by tlie plague and finally two rears of fire — from 188o to 1888 — will rage with fury in every part of the globe in 1888 the star of bethlehem will reap pear in the cassiopia's chair the immediate results being universal war and portentous floods and shipwrecks xorth america is again to be involv ed in civil war unless a napojeaii arises to quell it but during these terrible days the pacific states will be i a perfect paradise of peace compared ! with the hellish strife that will be i waging throughout the world " the j few people that may manage to sur vive till 1887 will have reason to be thankful a family pdisoxetf — on tues ! day the family of dr j)hn hay wil j ! liams of this place himself included ! was poisoned by drinking at break i fast some sweet milk milked on the night before with the exception of two persons who slid not driu k the milk the whole family was made j deathly sick as if from a poisoaoust j dose of tartar emetic dr williams ' i cannot explain the affair there hav ing been no apparent possibility of j | poison being placed iu the milk otii : er than it must have resulted ! from something eaten by the cow ] all parties had recovered yesterday i but the doctor to test the matter | drank of the milk again yester i j day morning though not of the same . i milking — asheville citizen j -___»_<*>.«_ the new a.nxhiilatob bright and early before one-tenth \ of the citizens of detroit had shaken off the effects of the glorius fourth professor james k p burliugame ' made hi appearance era several s:_*.e:3 in detroit almost at the same moment iou would have known him to be a professor even if you jiad seen liim tangled up with a butelier-cart that tall plug hat carrying the stains ot years — that linen duster girted at the waist — his long hair hanging down to keep his shoulders warm was a dead give-away on his title the professor came here to dispose of individual rights louse his flv aiiiiihihttoi and he didn't let thoughts of the next presidential election set bin down on a bench mis piccolo voice inquired ofa woman at the front door ofa house on con gress street east : madame have you ten seconds to spare this morning no sir was the prompt replv very well then ; vou will miss seeing my fly annihilator he re marked as he walked off thousands have missed it to their everlasting sorrow — thousands have accepted it and been made happv for life it's some kind o pizen !' she call ed after him down the street wan-anted free from all drugs or chemicals dangerous to the human system and recommended to people troubled with sleeplessness he call ed back as he briskly retraced his steps i've got screens in every window and yet the flies get in she continu ed as he opened his satchel on the stops of course they do — of course a fly is like a liu mau being bar him out and he i.s seized with a desire to got in at any price tell him he can't and he will or break his neck fling away your screens and depend entirely on my fly annihilator warranted to kill on sight and can be worked by a child four years old this is the ap plication he took from his satchel an eight ounce bottle filled with a dark liquid and provided with a small brush and holding it up continued : one twenty-five cent bottle does for twenty doors and i give you di rections how to make all you want xo poison hen — nothing to trot little children up to the cemetery why you don't put in on the flies do you ?' she asked xot altogether madam any child can use it as i said before just watch me a moment he swung the front door open and with the brush applied the mixture to the back edge giving it a thin coat from tsip to bottom xow then he said as he swung it the back flies like sweet this mix ture is sweet the fly alights on the door and you swing it shut and he is jammed against the the casing and crushed in an instant every door is capable of killing 1,000 flies per day if you have twelve doors your ag gregate of dead flies will be exactly 12,000 when you have crushed about 2,000 on a door take an old knife and scape them off and be gin over again do you suppose — !' began the indignant woman intl he interrupted with : don't suppose anything about it except that it will mash flies and never miss all you have to do is to open every door apply the mixture and shut them in succession if you have twelve doors and twelve chil dren you leave it all to the children and only twenty-five cents a bottle do you suppose i want my doors daubed with flies and molasses she made a cuff at the bottle just as you prefer madam 1 e quietly replied some do and son e don't some won't have it at any price and others even set up extra doors in the back yard in order to use lots of it ill warrant this liquid to draw cm if yuu'll only open and shut the doors i won't buy it — i won't have it she shouted as she jammed the broom against the door verry weil madam — very well if you prefer a fly ou your nose to one o;i the door j can rajse no objections remember however that this is my farewell tour previous to appearing before the crowned heads of europe and you will not have another chauce to secure tire annihilator all you have to do is to tak y^ui sewing oa i your lap and open and shut the d 1 at regular intervals if my husband was here he'd — | he'd ! he'd buy the right for this cou | ty and make 820,000 in two month . but as he is not here we'll bid y . good day and pass on sorry mada . j but some folus prefer to kill tl flies with a pitchfork and the n with pitchforks will call here ui _, '■ teen minutes recent industrial progress speaking of the revival of iiulust that has taken place since prcparatis for the resuinptiou of specie paym . were begun iu the spring of 1877 secre ■ tary slierniiiii said in a receut speech : in the production and manufacture ot j cuttou the progress during the past foi years has been unexampled showing an increase of tt per cent the increase i the number of bales taken within t last two years over the two preecdii _- years is 417 17 or more than 14 perc the present cotton year ending iu . tember will show a more rapid ra ; increase the number of spindles increased from 7,114,000 in 1**70 to a 10,500,000 in 1678 an increase of 47 per cent the woolen niannfactu industry hits recently received a sir impetus which in a few weeks senl - the price of wool 20 per cent and great ■- encouraged the business of wool growing and started many of the woolen manu factories that had lieen lying idle ". i production of breadstuffs aud meats has j been enormously increased within the last year or two and a ready market h - been found for the surplus production the bet increase in pork packing is 38 percent the increase hi beef predic tion tias been constant and progressiv stimulated by prices that have scars ! declined during the past two years th re has been a marked revival in the i n ' trade during the last two years in i 7 the production of pig iron in this i n*>try ueached its maximum amounting t si,868,278 tons under the influence ! the panic it fell off to 2,093,289 i in f**7ii in 1-77 it increased to f.n'1 5 tons and in is to 2,577,961 ton this year it is believed the productini of iron will be as great as that ofthe most prosperous year in the history of this product the lied spider of roses ii m hill l.iiiiey montaua sends ua a specimen of his roses the leaves of whieh are seared and yellow aud a»ks the cause and cure a careful examination shows that tho plants have buffered from what is eoin ' monly known as the red spider let.ang chns tclarins it is a true mite and nsit a spider though belonging to the saniu subclass among tlie mites we finsl many sp ■■■ ■ i some beneficial tsi man others mix i it in a list of tin former we may inention the los'iist mite i'romhitlinm lociixtari-m riley which preys upon both the locust ansl its eggs it is au important auxil iary in checking the multiplication of tin rocky mountain locust another species uropotla americana kiley preys upon the colorado potato beetle while still another trombidivm musearum ri ley infests in the larva state the com mon honse fly among the noxious species are the itoli mite the jigger or harvest mite of the more sftutftern states leptns ameri in ns i.ili'v nnd the one at present uiuler consideration tlie red spider a curious fact in the life history of ihr ... tiny creatures is that they are born with ' bnt six legs though in the adult sfitte they have eight the red i]rider which is such a pest to ! the florist thsii-dughlv dislikes water it | cannot thrive in a humid atmosphere nor | on plants often drenced with water or ] the other hand it multiplies rapidly in r d y air so that some florists consider it c t tain evidstiee that their plants are n • receiving snfllrieut water when the spid appears drench the leaves of hi felted plant often fn wafer in whieh is a little irh ! oil soap pee flint every leaf isfliorougl - i iy moistened and repeat the sprinl.h j frequently according as the weather i ' ! anfl dr , and flic pest-will soon disappear it is bast on vines and shade trees only ir the hot 3ry weather i.f midsummer and needs must watching then — 8cicn1*f a merican kind words n ver die and they art mo't fitting to he used in the presence <>' tm old man with white hair a o pie we know a girl who will wrestle with j a cioipu-t millet iu the hot uu for kou.r ! and uut complain but ju«.t a^k bl i i hsilil sui tsi the wooden end ofa broom foi a few iuiuu.es and shell have a tit s':'.l water lumberman south carolina's model postmaster is fred nix who has just beeu a pointed at black ville he has po i ed up the following notice on *:- postoihce door : poet ocfi.-.e — vu one that wants to mail letters can sleep thoam under the door other coa venients v be raatle to-morrof