the carolina watchman vfll xi third series salisbury n c november 6 1879 ho 3 the power of woman rbas 3i.a«l»n kttom sriliu.ki liiv are i iml il sh *■, ; o„r gentle presence dwell - mkic powers listless away hi stoutest hearts obey sunhanaii iruq strength and nerve md order to preserve i , iu.iii.iii rules ne r roles the less — ioldl hy her gentleness lcrt re..gtl«ofgci{i«isha8 been known ,.„.,. smii.t n the ini-eiily throne ; ,,„,.■ nal.rbil.iorgoin i . r iu their diatl.-m t sparjding gem has over shone luty'a crown alone e only aimii.,1 - | m-s.m-,-r~l,,ss 1 i . l inur tempest 1 ; m within i ia jl ,| |( . .;,.,,•.- pomps of thy roming ! il.uk wings unfurled . : i loinpesl and thunder , down on the world ! - wightj invisible eagle's , pinions rush by . ul of ih deluge waters ding tin hi uoel through the dim dreari languor j mods n'ri my heai i ii deeps of passion uubro ken i.,i ihe lierce lightning start ind the thunder whieh herald wild weep i . usl loll - i bt j u,.pe . :::>< a new heaveu claspclh | lice soul ! paul ii limine god cares f»r tfe r ii r entitle . ' of fears il ape la-tore mc lie i ts of burning tears lit io myself the u orld is dark hi nor joy i see • il ami want is mine viui l*»r inc ■ -.>. as ! n ittering at my feet i itifnl auburn hcael ■ me w iili i k inihl eyes . up i ruoil.r nf lili'.-l(l ; w onls a plain - it fa bird eoultl hi : i sp im.v . a w oi '. i!i~s bird i ie ilt-ai lord cares y*r me .-. iii beside the hedge uid h hite through lhe gle«s leaves of l.iki un ungel dot lied in light said in inc as il nai ed its head breezes il and free : i'm nnlv h lil . u ,-:.-- flow i r master cares for mc tin n ii seemed that the hand ofthe loving lord over mi in ad was laid • said lo me : •<> faithless child ri-fnre art thou dismayed ? the liiies 1 leed the birds the sparrows fall j i si ii pus inv watchful eye mi kindness is over all mrs matilda c ulnar the devil's plant emerson ileiluitiou of a weed as a plant whose uses had not hecn discover wl seems to he happily applicable to wabuiilon tiriccnnae politely known velvet leaf hul called by jersey wmeh devil's plant gray dc vril it as tall leaves roundish l ' irt liape.1 taper pointed anel vel v '. v - ik-iliiiielej shorter t'lan leaf *&*; corolla yellow ; pods 12 to 15 hajry hca-ked annual ; abounds 0 **».«! places escaped from gardens rtly naturalized from india * i " m thrifty weed hag become a i r,,r t iiiiiviui.-e in xew jersev and ii . ; ":'-: possibly in other stales 11 apjiears to survive almost any fliardsliiji and il treatiueul ■*■ •■ keartily hated hy farmers and r^mleturs y etj jf m . ( , llf reports are '"'> is troublesome plant promises '!' wineoiie of the great sources nf t " nal il owing to the superior ;"'' ll bis heeii t'oiiinl to contain the r of lids hber.thc philadelphia lolls us was brought about by » rrencl gentleman m emile le 1 who has resided in america for *" 1 ui e years he is an authority ) nbh,,ro s plants and lias writ ten sev ?• porta ou the subject forthe xa '. ontl agricultural department du r~ua i /-■ , • i , . i . i he eame to reside in ; .• l!a,1 lphia and devoted some of e time to an examination of roos plants of new jersey * abutium avicennce attracted his j 10 " 11 "", and a little investigation . w him to the conclusion that " l-;uit possessed no inconsiderable hip ii * ne commenced operating by * r et process of his own invention 7 0 nd that the bark around the ,. v-t stem contained a valuable n ith a little more labor this mv as brought to the conditiou re quired by manufacturers and several i to whom it was shown pronounced it equal to the jute imported by them from india m le franc also found that the short fibers could be made into a new tissue which can be cm ployed in the manufacture of a new fabric this important discovery was not to be allowed to slumber m i^e franc reported it to the new jersey pureau of statistics of labor and in dustries and also determined to go into the manufacture of jute and the raising of the devil's plant the bureau gave its co-operation an«i is sued under its seal an offer from m le franc to pay eight dollars per ton for straight jute stalks not less than 3 or 1 feet in height delivered in camden the circular also advised fanners to go into the cultivation of the plant and gave important infor mation relative to the sewing ofthe seed methods of planting and other particulars this circular was the lir.-t information which the jersey agriculturists received of the prize which was contained in their former enemy the cultivation of the devil's plant is to be generally followed in different parts of new jersev as the plant is also to be found in penn sylvania it is anticipated that penn sylvania fanners may find it to their profit to devote some attention to it the discovery is calculated to have an important effect upon the trade of the country its ultimate result will undoubtedly be to render the united slates independent ofthe world for a commodity which is now costing our manufacturers fully 10,000,000 an nually the total importations of hemp flax ramie and jute into this country are valued at over 30,000 000 a year the jute alone represents one-third of this amount the sup ply comes exclusively from india and the hitter's trade in it has in creased tei siieli an extent that it has bei*o:neihe leading staple of bengal in this country jute is used for num berle-is purposes among them for rope and carpet backs it is also frequently mixed with linen in the manufacture of clothes england and in fact the whole of fiirope are dependent upon the indian plantations for their sup ply the new jersey bureau is authori ty for the statement that extensive jute rope manufactures of philadel phia have offered to buy any quanti ty at the highest jute market price that the long fiber is equivalent to that of the calcutta prime jute and that the manufacturers admit the superiority ofthe american variety over the inipoi ted in the face ol this testimony it is not two much to hazard the opinion that ere many years america will not only supply the home eleinaud for the staple but will also be able to inaugurate an ex port trade at least so to think those connected with the enterprise — scieft tifie american hamlet with a navy pistol george ninanian a st louis drum mer stopped one night last week at a small crossroads hotel iii grant coun tv southern arkansas the house contained four rooms and a kitchen after supper niuaman was tedd that he must spend part of the night alone as the family would attei d a protract ed meeting in the neighborhood the host with his wife and daughter left the house and niuaman sat in one ol the rooms alone his loncsomeness was added to by an owl in the yard which hooted dismally and an old reel clock on a shelf which ticked sol em nl v the drummer not having been asigned to a room could not go to bed and he tried to keep awake by reading the life of st paul the only book he could find the hog grease lamp was sputtering in unison with the ticking of the clock when the door of an inner room opened and a tall wild eyed bushy-haired man entered without speaking he seated himself aud stared at ninanian who na(,u rally showed surprise present ly a conversation was begun and the man exhibited such intelligence that ninaman's fears were allayed espe cially as the man claimed to be the landlord's brother the conversation turned on literary subjects the man remarked : ' did you ever hear hamlet's solil oquy rcciteel properly j i think so said ninatuan i have heard booth booth does not catch the spirit said the strange looking man he fails to engraft the twig of despair on the tree of hamlets nature would you like to hear it recited properly yes ; you shall hear it i hope nothing iragic will occur but by moses you shall have it anyhow | arising the wild-eyed man darted into an adjoining room and returned with a navy pistol placing the pis tol on a table he began to recite in a voice so deep and with an air so wild that ninanian was startled when he eame to take up arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them he seized the pistol cocked it and placed the muzzle against his head shall i end them ?" he yell j ed flourishing the pistol shall i end them with you ?" niuaman suggested that his trou bles were not greater than he could bear and asked the man to lay aside his pistol ah i see you do not like t raged v you no doubt like comedy pull off i your coat and dance or pll end your life the pistol was leveled and nina i man pulled off his coat and began to i ilance whoop it up yelled the man ! or i'll end them pull ott your i trousers j the trousers came off and thedane j ing continued pull off your drawers the drawers dropped olf off with your shirt the sh ri t hew int the aii ; a noise was heard outside anel the landlord his wife and daily-liter were eui the porch let nic go for god's sake plead ed ni nainan no sir pll kill you if you attempt to leave you are a comedian the door knob turned ninanian sprang toward a door and rushed up stairs as the pistol snapped in a few minutes the landlord came up and handed ninanian his clothes i forgot to tell yon he said that my brother is deranged he has an ohl pistol but couldn't hurt anything with it he is harmless but likes his little jokes " the next morning the wild man was in such good humor that he offer ed to boat ?» iiiaman throwing rocks at an oyster can a turtle and sturgeon fig-lit c s s home while fishing re cently in flint river ga was dis turbed by the continual falling of some heavy body in the water alter listening for some time lie concluded that something unusual was going on and seizing his gun went forward to investigate on the opposite side of the river he saw a white object with a large dark one attacking it a boat being handy lie bailed it anel expe ditiously and quietly passed over — he struck the bank about twelve feet above the cause of disturbance seiz ins gun and as the boat swung around with the stream fired at the head of the dark object he then dropped the gun and as the boat drift ed he lifted an immense logger-head turtle into it after which he pulled in the other object which proved to be a large sturgeon before he could re cross the river the turtle which was only stunned by the bird shot recov ered and showed^fight the situation was lively and interesting the boat was leaky the water deep and swift the turtle large strong aud determin ed on a light itadvauced with open mouth and oil's gun was empty — he gave the boat all the impetus pos sible stuck the paddle in the beast's mouth drew a little penknife from his pocket and tried to cut its throat as the turtle kept its hold on the paddie he succeeded in this after several ef forts he then carried his prize home aud found that it weighed fifty or six j ty pounds the sturgeon he supposed weighed thirty or forty caught in a swamp a woman rescued after a terrible experi ence of eight days milford penn october 28 about two wee-ks ago a widow named avery about 45 years old left her home near salem wayne county pennsylvania to visit a brother living near the laekawaxen river in pike county pennsylvania she was making the trip on foot while passing through a dense piece of woods in the western part of lack awaxen township it being after dark she lost her way and wandered into tinkwig swamp a short way to the right ofthe pub lic highway where she became fastened in the mire when she found that she cou'd not extricate herself she called lustily for help but as no one lived within some dis tance her cries were not heard her strug gling t free herself caused her to sink deep er and deeper in the mire in'which she was caught in this position she remained for eight days with no food except bark from the bushes which grew within her reach the water she drank she dipped from the bog with her hands mrs avery's brother whom she was on her way to see was not aware of his sister's intended visit and no search was made for the missing woman a man named basden residing in laeka waxen township happened to pass through tinkwig swamp a few days ago he was returning from rowland's a few miles dis tant to his home in the western part of laekawaxen township and carried his gun in the hope of killing some game as he was passing along the edge of the swamp he heard a peculiar moaning noise lie at first thought it was the moaning of cattle that might be grazing in the woods he paid no further attention and passed on soon the same noise was heard again this time more distinctly he followed in the direction of the noise aad was soon in the very heart ofthe swamp he stopped again to listen further when looking to his right he saw an object moving which he found to be mrs avery struggling between life and death he attempted to extricate her but failed and was obliged to walk some dis tance for help after giving notice to the nearest neighbors be returned accompani ed by a number of men with a wagon they finally succeeded in extricating the woman and she was driven to a neighboring house and medical assistance summoned although mrs avery is yet very weak from the terri ble ordeal through which she passed she will recover when questioned concerning her feelings while imprisoned in the mire she refilled that they were beyond deserip the kiss of reconciliation among tbe latest novelties that disturb ! the peace of families and churches is the in troduction among ritualistic imitators of roman cai holic customs ofthe kiss ofre-i conciliation in the confessional a writer ' in a foreign journal speaks of it as a form j with which a very high anglican clergy ' man sealed his sentence of absolution he ] heard confession in a private oratory estab lished in his own house and so deceived his spiritual flock into constant visits one of them talked her mother over to adopt the modern guise mock turtle 1 romanism she too knelt a humble penitent before the ritualistic fledgling did he kiss your mother i inquired her native daughter answered : oh no '. of coure not she is such a saint you see that she requires no re conciliation it is not impossible that this is mere gos sip but it shows the tone and tendency of social opinion in regard to these imitators of the roman confessional in all times in all lands aud under all circumstances the confessional has been the instrument of vice a temptation and help to secret sin instead of helping to relieve burdened consci ences it h as ministered to priestly in iquities and the ruin of precious souls that it finds apologists in the anglican church and some imitators is but another illustra tion ofthe weakness of poor human nature and of the need ofviyilant opposition to the wiles of he devil which are as crafty as they arc deadly — new york observer awful conduct of a loan ciinceli.oii — our london religious papers bring thcas t lading inte licence that the lord chan cellor of england has been preaching the gospel to the poor it seems that during the summer while he was up in scotland taking a vacation he attempted to tell poor sinners what they must do to be saved whereupon one ofthe canons ofthe church exclaims in type was it right was it to be endured that he should thus openly transgress the express law of the church was it becoming his high office thus to cast in his lot with lay men often of the ignorant fanatical and misleading class who were intruding into the office of the sacred ministry ?'' the irate canon concludes by reminding the lord chancellor that when even a jew ish monarch was not allowed to escape di vine punishment for so doing it cannot be expected that the highest law officer in en gland can set aside law and order and propriety un rebuked new york observer tion she had on the seventh day given up all hope of being rescued alive but on the morning ofthe eighth day she had a presentiment that help would reach her mrs avery's mind is somewhat impaired by the terrible struggle between life and death the physical value of sing ing — singing is one of the healthiest exercise in which men women and children can engage the medical woc/unschrifl of st petersburg has an article hii.sed upon exhaustive re searches made by prof monassein du ring the autumn of 1878 when lie ex amined 222 singers ranging between the ages of nine and fifty-three he laid chief weight upon the growth and absolute circiiuference of the chest upon the comparative relation of the latter to the tallncss of the subject and upon the pneumatometric aud spirometric condition of the singer it appears to be an ascertained fact from dr monnassein's experiments that the relative and even the abso lute circumference of chest is greater among singers than among those who do not hug and that it increases with the growth and age of the singer the professor even says that singing may be , placed physically as the antithesis of i drinking spirituous liquors the lat ter hinders while the former promotes j the wholesale anel wanton destruc tion of walrus by the whaling-ship crews in the arctic ocean which has been going on for some time and is increasing every year is likely to re sult in their practical extermination unless it is speedily cheeked the cap tain of a mew bedford whaler esti mates that no less than 30,000 walrus have been killed this season only ab»ut a third of which were secured one ofthe results of this needless and useless slaughter is the death through starvation of many of the natives of the arctic regions who depend upon the walrus for food in one village of 200 people all but one man died last winter and in other villages from a third to a half of the population perished some of the whaling ves sel captains have been humane enough this year to refrain from killing any walrus oranges lemons olives and al monds are o be cu'ti.ated in florida so m by a large number of italian col onists what it is to believe oncnitist — 1st it includes the belief that lie is what he claims to be w the sou of god or god manifest in the flesh the messiah the prophet priest and king of his people and theiefore the redeemer of men this in volves the recognition or the conviction and acknowledgement of tlte truth of his doc trines this faith to be genuine must not rest merely on external evidence but on the revealing and testifying influence of the holy spirit 2d it includes reliance on christ in his propitiation on his saving sanctifying and protecting lower 3d it includes not exactly in its nature as faith but as its inseparable adjunct anel necessary effects adoring love of his person zeal for his glory devotion to his service and submission to his will as we cannot separate in fact or even in consciousness the apprehension of beauty from delight in it so we cannot separate from faith in christ love zeal devotion aud submission the want of all these is unbelief — dr charles hodge fast young men — a young man of fort une pleasure fashion folly and dissipation not yet 30 years of age killed himself last week in this city his boon companions were with him when he did the deed it would be less deplorable such a tragedy were it not painfully true that hundreds of young men in this city are pursuing the same career of idleness debauchery drunk ness gambling wasting their lives in a round of vice and plunging swiftly into the grave and a miserable eternity of deserved woe religion philanthropy and every motive that inspires a benevolent heart would im pel to effort for the rescue of this class of men but they are the farthest from hope of any for whom we wo 1 , or pray joined to their idols and those the worst of all gods they are let alone and seem to be doomed yet how great the misery they make how many hearts they break how many heads hang down in shame when these fast young men blow out their few brains aud perish in sin ! — netr york ofotereee some action ofthe postmaster general in regard to address on letters has given cause for great complaint it is said that the order was misunderstood general kev now explains that the order allows imperfectly addressed letters to be sent but postmasters are prohibited only from transmitting letters when they are compelled to choose between two or more destinations which results in nine cases out of ten in the letters wandering from place to place and being finally returned through the dead letter office to the sender to the great delay and embarrassment of both parties much greater iu fact thau if they had been returned to the writer iu the beginning no child can sleep soundly while suffer ing from colic or from teething rremove the cause by using dr bull's baby syrup only 25 cents a bottle j from the utlea n y obseirer two ladies of whitesboro emulating the philantluopic spirit and discriminating munificence of their sisters in the neighboring city of utica the ladies ofwhitesbt.ro to the number of half a hun dred or more assembled in the session house of the presbyterian church in this village on tuesday last for the purpose of organiz ing a union society irrespective of sectarian views through whose associated labors of love a broader field of operation could be occupied and more effective results be rea lized in dispensing the blessed aid and in fluence of their ever active christian benev olence in this primeval borough the mother-town of xew york after a familiar and sociable consulta tion in which a unity of sentiment and a lively interest in the object fe.r which they had assembled was manifested by all pres ent an organization was effected as the woman's christian union of whitesboro of which the following officers were chosen viz president mrs etlwin watson : corre sponding secretary miss harriet a frost ; recording secretary mrs robert gibson treasurer miss elizabeth bradley after the above-named organization had been perfected miss anna m johnson whitesboro's accomplished graduate of vas sar college addressed the assemblage in eloquent and persuasive terms appealing to the beneficent impulses of matrons and maid ens alike in behalf of establishing a loung mens reading room in whit s o . * si johnson's thoughtfull proposition was most cheerfully concurred in and it was uuani m ously resolved that such a reading room should be founded by this christian union society an executive committee of six ladies was accordingly appointed to procure a suitable room and furniture and to solicit periodicals waste of petroleum a press dispatch from bradford pa dated october 2 estim tos that us much 150.000 gallons of petroleum was running to waste every daj in the mckean coun j ty oil regions the tanks with capacity j for several million barrels were tilled to j overflowing the market was overstock ed aud still the production went on at the rate of at least 2 r 0oo barrels a day 5 000 me.re than the pipe lines could han dle the i'liiteel states tedewater pipe lines had iron tankage in tho bradford districts for 000,000 barrels of oil and were able to take care of all theoilof indi viduals and companies owning tankage in collection with them the heavy loss fell chiefly em small producers who could not ; afford to build tank all the streams of \ mckean county aro all literally rivers of oil ; and iu the marshy places tin grounel was a mass of greasy mud several inches deep in somo parts ofthe region the streams were dannnod and the oil collceied iu large ponds in places as far distant as possible from derrick and buildings ! these ponds were se-t on lire daily thus . a large quantity of the waste oil was dis ; posed of it was not iiue-oiuinoii fe.r tho i fire to be cotnmunicated to tho combusti ble rivers by sparks from locomotives sometimes the-y were fired by malicious pe rsoiis and tramps derricks and other property had thus be-on destroyed result ing in the losetm of thousands of dollars all efforts to limit tbe production of oil and stop this groat waste hael ln-on una vailing and though the over production ! was excessive ne-w wells were going down in all parts of the district puobablk death of prof wise tiif in virtue of this philanthropic enterprise of onr ladies tiie right-minded young gen tleinen of whitesboro will henceforth be in ; abled to enjoy the benefits of a pleasant and ' instructive resort at leisure times wlirn j they might otherwise be pu/.zlcd in their efforts to shake of idleness and ennui whitesboro oct 24 1870 p w a competent jcroh the general '< term's decision in the case of ponder is a very important one and ouyht to work a great change in the practice by the gen eral dissemination of knowledge through the means of the public press information ofthe occurrence and details of great crimes had been circulated through all classes of | tbe reading community and persons other wise competent as jurors were found in that way to have formed opinions which under the principles ofthe common law rendered them incompetent to sit in the trial of such causes the result was that the reading and most intelligent portion of the community to a great axtent had to be excluded from the trial of offenders against the law what the juror requirers under the new law is to be able to satisfy the court that he has such control over his opinion aud mental opera tions as will enable him to listen to the eyi dence and determine the case substantially in the same manner as though no opinion had previously found a lodgement in his mind this is good sense and ia now decid ed also to be good law — aeiio york olise - cer ii i one ofthe objects of interest at the pres ent moment to the lounger in the strand loudon is a copy of an english newspaper displayed in a window in the condition it reached a subscriber in russia after passing through the hands of russian authorities an article on russia is entirely obliterated the manner in which the russian authori ties manage these things is wonderfully sim ple and effectual they take a printer's rol ler covered with printer's ink and run it up and down the objectionable columns till not a word can be deciphered some of the chicago papers are bemoan ing the fact that the typographical error still exists one ot them recently wanted to say holy of holies when the type made it baby of babies which was slightly ri diculous another said prairie chicken citizens of memphis instead of panic stricken citizens the same paper explain ed that instead of saying mr brown's great pug nose it meant to say mr brown's purpose as the context would show that was tibout as bad as the xew england jour nal that made the clergyman's text read is there no barn in guilford f it is difficult for us to understand that men engaged in the little afl'airsofthis poor unsatisfying life on earth with al its petty concerns and troubles an what scripture reveals to us heirs of immortality intended for heaven to be made equal to the angels and to dwell for ever with god and yet our blessed saviour would not only have u.s deeply impressed with this truth ourselves and always acting under this impression but also look upon others in this light as fellow heirs of the grace of life our lord's childhood at once raises the common life of us all up to heaven — isaac williams judge lyxcm's cocrt — cincinnati oct 23 — a special from grayson ky relates that two hundred men ode into i martiusburg elliott county monday night surrounded the jail overpowered the jailer iind took two prisoners john w kendall and william mcmillan to a tree near by and hanged them until they were dead the meu who were hanged j were known to belong to a gang of out j laws * akkonai t on sunday september , 28 prof john wise the aeremaut ascended in a balloon from lindell park st lou is mo with oue companion anel has ne.t since been heartl from the balloon was last seen at about half past eleven tho same night by an engine-er of the lake shore and michigan railroad at miller's station jo miles from chicago it was plainly visible iu the bright moonlight not very high and was drifting north westward over the lake prof wise was born in lancaster pa in 1808 and had made a practical study of aeronauts for over forty years his last ascension was bis^three hundred and sixty-third the fatal balloon was the pathfinder and is described by the ae ronaut's son charles e wise as new and strong it hael never been used be fore the bagjwasof material madeexpress ly fen ii mil of the best quality for ihe pur pose the basket was otio of the strongest iind was commodious a poor stowaway's terrible death — new yoik october 28 the steamship england ofthe national mine arrived in port this morning from liverpool when her cargei wad about t be unloaded a man was found leaning against a crate who gasp ed out water he was terribly emaciated and weak he faintly gave his name as harry and said he was a baker he was asked if he had been all thin time while the ship was at fiea without food or drink and he nodded once shuddered and died the body was sent to the morgue nothing was found on it to indicate its identity but a piece of paper on which was scratched the address peter hartman baker al simp son's soho street branch the kngland left liverpool october 15 aud the stowaway must have been thirteen days without food or water the dead man appeared to be about thirty two years of age w e lockwoon esq of this city is about taking out a patent for a coupon pa per shirt which it is claimed will prove as popular as the paper collars so largely man u fat in reel by the lirm of which mr lockwond is lhe senior partner it • v looks a if a man could have a paper forwarded to him by mail as lis new pers are forwarded whenever he desires t indulge in a clean white dicky the coupon paper shirt it is mid will present many advantages over those made in the old way e j hale sr of new york writes to hide's weekly at raleigh as follows iu regard to a pleasant incielent : some kind friend in north carolina has sent to mrs h a large fruit cake more beautiful ly iced with grapes eke than anything ofthe kind i ever saw as i know not from whom it camr p rmit me here to express our grateful acknowledgments we propose to keep it for my 77ih birth any and her 70th which come within the same week your lady readers may bo a little surprised at this disclosure of her age three score and ten but she is no more sensitive than myself on that point only thankful that god blesses us with a degree of health and vigor unusual to people so advanced in years tissue paper napkins with a colored or namented border arc used in the cheap di ning saloons of berlin they etist about two dollars per thousand they are n-ed because lineu napkin were so frequently pilfered a colored man named williams has beeu elected to the ohio legislator this is the lirst instance of a colored man being elected representative in a north ern or western state winton republi can