the carolina watchman vol xii third series salisbury n c may 6 1881 kg 2 the carolina watchman i established in the i'ear 1832 l*kli i i .:■•• in advaxi k contract advertising rates pebh1 ui 20 1 i im nth '_ i.rs :: i.i's c iii"s i li 4.50 5.25 1.50 :.*"*' ; 9.00 7.50 11.00 ka i :-.'■■■ 13.60 19.00 ..:.,. :■.;-, 11.25 itf..*w 25.00 15.75 20.58 25.50 ■.".'" 33.75 4s.75 75.00 mnn ■ i ■■■■ in in — — 1 1 unit i i jj remem.fr the dea3 ' fv john s eutcei10i i.i i i.i in italian and american marble monuments tombs and gravestones i j ]*;::*, l i 1:1 i i !> > *- . being a practical marble-worker it ennmes „., of execiliiif anypi.ee of work from the jainest i th most elabor ite in an u lisiic md i a kiiar.ii.tj lhat erf . t ttisfactioii will '..* given lo the in •-' •**- ictin .* ,- 1 r..n ind examine my stock and prices bt f re imrchasing as 1 will sell al the tr ry low est prices desigi snd estimates for any desired work *;|| be furriialie-i on application it next door id j i mcneely siore ,*■-.- n f id mil 9 1881 21:ly b i crawford & co auk selling portable farm and fagtoey sham rep-tu l)i l_:iid ._.-. . i ■■.■_•.:. and ( aj s i hii'hsi luwilm lliu"lj laiflbs/fnoifapiis ojuui a . ' md ditfirilhl lluull5 to ■ lie cu ap :. bite belttbff tap meier jjprse rakes e 1 i 6 1881 iy this wonderful improved saw macwab hw-t-.nt.il t saw n liro-fitnt _«>;_ in l!ir<*o mln ■ •-•. aa i mor .. n , .; ,, h**il*-i_h'ii v mcl-vru tnrmrr ami i u nili.-rnia n tieeitn one c.j t._>ts « , \ ■ 1 1 i .„„ ,,.„,. j atom r.vkutk .* ihm pactfrixcl co lil kim treed mmlnuau o 17:.ii;i ; tai itaion i ii . i.emek r 1 csaige & clement sutovnep at i\\v i ! salisbury s c i * ~% mi aa s»m s . i_~..-_,r-._-l ; ittolixe )' at v 8a*l.islhjxay _%'.< ., t stat landreths9 lidissielhl ! ■ z a ' ''" * r c_t vua kea-_micw&«l avll)l.\\oi{|.tiuv-s<)\>.,rh_iada..p blackmer aid eeaflerson | attorneys counselors and solicitors salisbury n c ". •'-'- 1879 — tt poetry the loom of life all lay all night i can hear the far ofthe loom of life and near and far !' thrills with the deep and muffled sound as tireless the wheels go always round busily ceaselessly goes the loom in the i i-__.it of dav and the midnight's t - ° gloom and the wheels are turning early and late and the w heel i wound in the warp of fate click click ! there's a thread of love wove in click < lick ! another of wrong and sin w li il u checkered thing tliis life will be \\ hen wc see it unrolled in eternity ! when shall this wonderful web be done ; in a thousand years perhaps or one i or to morrow who kuoweth ? not thou nor i but the wheels turn on and the shuttles lly ah bad-eyed weavers the years are blow i but each one is nearer the end i know | and soon the last thread shall he woven in — god grant it be love instead of sin are we spinners of good in life's-wel say ? do wc furnish the weaver a thread each day : ft were better 0 my friends to spin a beautiful thread thanathread of sin senator vance's views from the southern home senator vance being asked as to his views of things in washington replied substantially as follows ; the situation in the senate is briefly this when ii was convened in special sessiou on the 4th of march democrats were in a clear majority hy tho death of l senator arpeiil't the president nomi ] nations for cabinet officers and several other proit.iiiei.l positions weie at once confirmed without waiting for tlie ap pointment of committees iu order that ilu administration miglit suffer no em barrasmeut then it was proposed by tl deinociats to organize the 4..*i*ife by constituting the committee in the usual manner wilhout which no nominations can be confi rtited uuder the rules except l>v im iiiiin us conseut tlie liepublicaus resisted for ten days by filibustering in order that their vacant scats miglit le filled when by the aid of mahoue's vote they woald have a tie a their vice president could give tlic deciding vole when their seats weie ill ;!!!, tl they quit filibustering and offered a resolution or ganizing the committees as these were absolutely necessary to the transaction of the public biisino the democrats made no objection and the resolution was i.'.s t'd by the deciding vote of the vice i'l-si lent w then supposed of coins thai we iv mid act ou il.e nomiaa ilaus ii i us a ml go home as ir had ne "••' been usual to change the officer at i i.'eie special session liar not so it aupeaiav that their new ally m tiione iiad to be pi vided u'v so a resolution was offered to p in a new set of officers al the head of the ut being gorham '■: di ai special friend ind kiddleber g««r his right hand man iu virginia it was announced that no business could lie done until these officers were put in this looked so ugly that the democrats determined to resist it wo ■• refused to permit a vote ou this resolution bat so ight every day to go into executive ■ ssion ia order that we might do the p iblic business and go home this the riepublicans have persistently refused to 1 ■>, leaving their own administration without support tints i has continued for more than a month the democrats moving tn transact the business aud the lepublicuns declaring that nothing shall he done until ihey pay their debt to mahoue how long this will continue no one can tell probably autil far into the sum mer the democrats have a greal advau lange in the situation and so far have inn much the better of the debates they will not back dowu rest assured of that : and the pressure of the republicans to give way is very great the stand in the positiou of men trying to carry out a bargain even if it be not so and are un doubted blocking all public business and embarrassing their own president for the sake of an unrepentant rebel repudiator rid llebei jer they are iu a fix much like the drunken man holding to the post . imi we don't intend to help them oat of i i - is veil if the question of the senate's offices was disposed of their troubles would not be ended par from it tlie war between the grant and anti-grant factions would then wage fierce over the appointments already sent in this is an anti-grant administration and logan conkling cameron & co will die hard they are really afraid to go into execu tive sessiou and they are afraid to stay out altogether the democratic view is hopeful they will stick ami we may console ourselves by remembering the old proverb when rogues fall out etc a liquor dealer who violated some of the town ordi nances was tried yesterday there have lieen a good jly number of such cases recently and almost all of them have taken appeals to court — news ct observer a safe and sure means of restoring the youihf.il color ofthe hair is furnished 1 parker's hair balsam which is de rvedly popular from its superior clean liness * aprlf»tomayl9 j the question of the day the remarks of sundry con tributors bow it work in lancaster mr j h w stevens of lancaster s c was in our city yesterday he has been a leading merchant of that place for a number of years and was asked to state the results of the prohibition law whicli has beeu tried in lancaster he strongly favors the prohibition law aud tlt-e following are hisauswers to questions asked liim concerning the result of the prohibition measure ; what effect has the prohibition had in your place on general busiuess v the effect is good - has any trade beeu diverted from your place because it was a dry town v no on tin contrary many visit our town who disliked t visit it while whis key was sold knowing their weakness for it i>itl your colored citizens take any iu terest in carrying the election for or against prohibition t for prohibition and but for their in terest wo should have failed to carry tlie election yes j they all admit that fact now and many of those who-were at first opposed to tha law are now strong iti their sup port of it is there as much or more drunkenness and rowdyism in your town as before your prohibition law passed ?' n thing like so much jar streets were often before prohibition so block ed with drunken men that respectable ladies would not go ou them are your people more or less pros perous-uuder your prohibition law v decidedly more prosperous tlie la borers especially who receive tlieir daily wages and take their money to procure for their families tho necessaries and com forts of life instead of squandering it to liquor-shops as many of them did b_fore prohibition arc there any benefits outside of your town derived from prohibition ?' yes many of our farmers from the country wore in our tow i on tlie day of election to encourage oar people to vote i'm prohitio.i on tlieir account soma of these men are now sober and industrious citizens who formerly drank to excess are prospering as thay never did before they say they do nut lus cither time or motley now on account at whiskey and thesj m * 1 were strongly ia favor of whiskey licsuse at first il iw ai icli are the taxes increased on account of tiie withdrawal of lhe license tax from tlie treasury !' e whatever how about your courts ?' our court criminal docket is now clear ed in about half tiio time it previously required what do you conceive to bo the prin ciple cause of tlie crimes committed in your county v whiskey did you have much difficulty in pass ing your prohibition law ?' yes at first we lust the election by one vote the next year we carried it by a sm"""dl majority an.l tliis year we carried it by an overwhelming majority resides a hug majority of the country people now favor if operation of the law in shelby ii d lee a prominent citizen of shel by engaged in banking and a cotton merchant being in our city we concluded to interview liim en tlio effects of prohi bition in shelby to tlie question asked him if shelby was a dry town am the effects of tliis on his town of prohibition lie replied that his town voted for prohibition four or five year since and it had been what is known as a dry town ever since ; that tlie town iiad steadily improved iti till business relations that trade had large ly increased and property materially ad vauced in value tiie moral tone and character of both the town and surround ing country had very much improved and that it was but seldom that any one was ever seen under the influence of liquor ; that the effects of prohibition had materially diminished the expenses of the government ; that this decrease has more than compensated for tlie loss of the license taxes he said furthermore : after trying prohibition for five year our citizens are more in favor of it now than ever and if an effort should be made to license liquor shops with us it would be voted down by a very large majority y a corresponileat of the new york times writing from caracas tells of a land witli 32,23 generals we feel very glad there are a people on the globe who are as much afflicted as north carolina is in fact it beats this state all hollow as to generals but when yon come to kurnels our 49,8:1 lay vene zuela cold then we have a good sprink ling of majahs,"aud in the honorable and jedgea line the market supply may be quoted as good with an upward tendency rah for venezuela and north i carolina anyhow tj77 star washington letter meeting of the national academy of sci ences — professor bell explains his wonderful discoveries from our regular correspondent washington d c april 22 1831 during the past week tiie national academy of science has held one of its semi-annual sessions in washington and its principal event has been a lecture by the distinguished discoverer prof bell the inventor of the speaking telephone he recited the wonderful facts discovered by him while engaged in experiments for the improvement of the photophone and that a vast number of substances solid liquid and gaseous posse-sea tin's proper ty of emitting sounds upon the falling thereon of intermittent rays of sunlight and that his experiments to measure the emitted sound has resulted in the inven tion ot an instrument styled by him the ; speetrnphnue that the scientists say will prove of iim**-4iiiial»lc value in the field of molecular physics the academicians went wild over live paper at iis conclusion prof rogers said that in consideration of the vastness of the discoveries and their enor mous amplitudes he could not re frain from an expression of his great joy as a scientist thereupon he little an i tieipated such glorious results in view j of this magnificent contribution to the academy by its honored guest professor j bell he suggested that a vole of thauks be returned to the great inventor and it was so order by a unanimous vote prof bell read his paper reciting the great facts recently discovered by him with the co-opperalion of his associate i prof taialer lie illustrated his remarks ; with diagrams the following abstract i of his paper gives the essential facts he had previously ascertained that thin disks of very many different substances emitted sounds when exposed ton rapidly j intercepted beam of sunlight he ihen | ascertained that sonorousness was under the influence of intermittent light a pro perty common to ai matter tin atis factory results were communicated to tiie french academy during his absence in europe mr tain ter at his suggestion examined in the washington labratorv i m - the sonorous properties of a vast number of substances and discovered that cotton wool worsted silk and fibrous materials generally produced much larger sounds tl^in rigid bodies like crystals he nest found that the dnrkesl shad s produced the best effect black worsted especially j then he tried lamp-black a teaspoon j ful of lamp-black was placed in a test tube and exposed toan intermittent beam nf sunlight aud tin sounds produced was loud r than any produced before the extremely load sounds produced from htmp-blaeh demonstrated the feasibility of nsiug this substance i*.i an articulating photophone instead of the electrical re ceiver formerly employed iii regard to the sensitive materials in the case of solid the physical condition and the col or are two conditions that remarkably in fluence the intensity of the sonorous ef fects the loudest sounds are produced from substances in a loose porous spongy condition aud from those that have the daikest or most absorbent colors he had not as yet found one solid body that failed to become sonorous under proper conditions of experiment the deduction from these experiments is that sonorousness is under the direct action of intermittent stiuligl.t a univer sal property of matter prof bell made lhe gratifying stato i ment that his experimental examinations were stiil iu their infancy and that there as no telling what great results might be developed iu the fat it re s a reader of the philadelphia press pokes fun at the editor of that paper by asking why can't the majority rule i must admit ny he i do not exactly know why it is t'n.t tiie majority in the senate ofthe united slate cannot break this deadlock.1 is it owing to some rule and if so what ? it seems strange that a majority cannot rhle i:i the senate of l the united states and the press in dead earnest undertakes to explain the i mailer by informing he playful inquir er that there is no previous questiou j its the senate and the democrats are j revojufjng1 thing rheie the rue in swer is n*r«_sj-.d by the old conundrum why does , i bu.-'.f full of water weigh no more after a live pound fish has been put in ;;? the pn iimiijary question to be set tle is rs here a majority . the radicals and mahoue togetlu r just equal the dem ocrats in number :.!:•! it ;-_ right hard to see where tiie majority comes it traveler in egypt are surprised at the large amount of opthalmia and bltn luess prevalent among the inhabitants want of cleanliness ii the cause an egyptian mother under the influence of a widely prevalent superstition does not wash her child's eyes until eight days after birth ry that time the organ is frequently ruin ed the teachers in tbe american and british mission schools of cairo say that egyptian mothers become invariably angry when urged to wash the eyes of their newly-born infants and can rarely be per suaded to comply with a reque-t of the ki d j miscellaneous we print to-day judge merrimon's { letter on the prohibition act it will j be noticed that the judge suggests | that so much of the act as makes it j unlawful to maim fact ure or sell spir j ituous liquors is in force and that that part of tlie law is not to be submitted to tlie people if this shall on con sideration be found to be the status of the matter the effect will be to prohibit the county commissioners from granting licenses and as under the general law no sales can be made • without license the act may notwith standing an adverse popular verdict | be effectual to prevent the manufact ; ture and sale of spirits it is a nice : question and one worthy of serious ! thought such was hardly the inten | tion of the legislature ; but what the j legislature means to do and what it ! does arc two very different matters ; — news & observer ihe prohibition convention a we anticipated i.s largely attended there j being 150 delegates present repre senting every county in the state among the members are many prom ! inent divines and distinguished pub lic met and the convention will bear comparison with any lihe body ever ; assembled in north carolina for the | time being party politics are laid aside and the white and colored ! brethren appear to stand side by side | in the advocacy ofthe common mat ter wbicli they have in hand that excellent and sterling gentleman major james mcrae was chosen president and among the officers of ■ the convention are other gentlemen equally distinguished for their zeal anil devotion to tlie best interest of the people of nortli carolina sev eral admirable addresses were made on yesterday and to-day others are expected — among ihem one irom judge merrimon the tone of the convention is decided and aggressive and we may look for a hot and spir ited campaign to be at once inaugu rated in every section of the state — netcs i observer the lenoir topic gets off the fol lowing effusion spring poety dwin i les pales into insignificance and can ! not be compared with it let grand ! father mountain now turn his peaked ! head westward nor look upon lenoir ; again i ° ins merry month of may — next sunday i.s m-.v dav spring's gala day the i were fresh tlie bloom and br>:i.*u then hold high carnival for it is their formal grand opening awaking from her long winter's sleep nature bathes in the dew ofthe morning ar rays herself in the choicest of flowery attire and i resplendent when the flowers burstout aud everything takes on new life a feeling of gladness and delight seems to fill one wearied with the confinement of winter wc instinctively live d fresco breathing ihe joyous spring atmosphere laden i with the perfume of roses and re pressing a growing appetite fur green fruit the picnic season too ap proaches on a bright spring morn ing they ail go off the merry maid ens and devoted swains to some pret ty dace close beside a spring to spend a pleasant day and catch a cold an indulgent mother once of fered her diligent son who had gain ed many medals at school a choice between a picnic and whitewashing the paiings as a reward for his industry with a fine judgment he elected the latter diversion — lenoir topic — — -■«_■>• coal of deep river mr l j haughton who owns a valuable mining property at gulf in chatham countv near the line of the cape fear & yadkin valley rail road has for some time been raising limited quantities of the coal which outcrops on his estate for which he has found an increasing demand to meet this demand he has sunk a haft not far from the outcrop and will soon reach the stratum of coal its thickness there is five or six feet and with sufficient power to carry on the work large quantities of the coal will | be raised mr haughton has order ed a steam engine which will soon be put to work and it is expected will bring to the surface about twenty tons j per dav this coal which is of the bituminous kind is of excellent qnali ' tv for heating purposes and a ton of it is said to lie equal to three cords of i goodwood mr haughton will be j able to furnish coal delivered en the ; i cars at about 3.50 per ton and the . cost of transportation depending on i distance being added many of ur ' towns will find it their cheapest fuel j t w it can be delivered in this town at ' t 4 per ton it will be cheaper as a i 1 generator of heat than wood at one 1 dollar and a half per cord which is a e good deal under the market price — r fayetteville examiner c the end of a carousal a 2 oith gareilmian commits suicide krom the atlanta constitution * when the air-litre train came to a halt ander the car hed sunday morning last at one o'clock there stepped therefrom two men whose able bodied appearance and almost faultless physhfues betokened a long and happy life but when the clock struck one the next morning just twenty-fear hours later one ofthe two lay a corpse in a lonely dreary room in an alanta hotel 1 lie two men whose advent into atlanta was the precursor f the death of one were t e ebernethy and w <>. raper they were companions seeking pleasure in tra velling from one place to another ami as is too often the case they attempted to vary the monotony of the road by drinking from an occasional dram they progressed to a spree in which they were indulging when they reached atlanta disembarking from the train they sought the air-line house on prior street where they secured rooms and where they remain ed except when upon the streets until the living one left the city yesterday with the corpse of his companion after being assigned to a room at the hotel they retired and were unseen again until sunday when they made their ap parance upon the streets and devoted their time as it was shown at the inquest to a search for whisky this it seems they found for sunday night they were both drunk and passed the evening in takini the town about half past nine or ten o'clock they returned to their hotel but soon after reaching their roam raper com plained of being sick he manifested great difficulty in breathing and by his actions so frightened his companion that he sent at wee for a physician to dr a i hobbs at hutchison's drug store the case was represented as though the man was chok ing to death and he responed but soon at ter examining the man he became convinc ed that he was suffering from arsenic pois on advising ebernethy to send for aid dr hobbs did all in his power to relieve the suffering man and by his keeping up an artificial respiration prolonged his life for quite a while though fighting haul to save iiis patient the doctor soon became convinced that death would result and so informed ebernethy who scenic 1 greatly frightened by the bedside of the dying man dr hobbs remained until one o'clock just 21 hours after be had come to atlanta when death closed his eyes forever beside the doctor stood ebernethy looking at lii dy ing companion whose death was caused by whisky as he turned and groaned with pain and as the hist breath left his asso ciate's body he fell upon his knees and swore never again to drink to coroner hilburn the sudden death was reported early monday morning sum moning a jury an inqnest was begun at once but beyond establishing the fact that the dead man and his associate had beeu on a prolonged spree but little could be ascertained the principal witness was ebernethy who stated that they came to atlanta sun day morning at one o'clock and thai tin y had been drinking for quite a while on sunday thev bought liquor and continued i the spree at a drug store they bough some medicine called headache drops of which they drank freely but he knew ol no poison his associate had taken several hot t lea upon wliich wire labels calling tbe contents headache drops were found in tlie room from these 1 came the smell of whisky and the label bore the following formulas tr auranti c g pits tr gentiana 4 prts tr valer am 2 pits el pot brom 10 prts syr simpl 24 prts spts frumenti 64 pts ton ic and appetizer dose wineglassful after hearing all the evidence which was not at the satisfactory the jury re turned a verdict i:i which they said that the deceased had died from the effects of alcoholic poison raper was from iii_*.i point n . where his body was yesterday sent by ' h swift tbe undertaker beyond what his associate says nothing i known of him progress and the development of our natural resources are the order of the day and in uo branch of industry does a view of the present give greater cu cotirag'iiciit than in the matter of manu facturing cotton it i apparent that those who have deemed our native popu lation unsuited for factory work have beeu very much mistaken 1 h *.. make prime hand and those who hive con sidered that we could not compete with the large aud established factories of the north arc also proved to be i.i error new england hasher peculiar advantag - and so have the southern states tin saving in freight is a iiandsome profit ll costs considerably more to lay down a bale of cotton at a xew england facton lhan it tb to place onr manufactured goods in the market at philadelphia uud besides the bul of our pro iucts can be sold at the south t!.;t saving item of freight nor is this the sole ad vantage wc p >--•.•--; othei 8 equally impor tant are well known and appreciated bj those who manage the southern factories we believe that no northern capitalist lias ever lost money invested in a sout rn mill and they tire among our larg st mill owners they all make money ln leed the boom in milling could not bo sustained unless it was based on hand some profits and factories are springing p all throngh the south this inspires ns with hope for tbe future of xorth car olina for no southern state is more fa vorably sitnated than we me for the sne cessfol prosecution of thi industry yc are within the cotton belt aud have tho best climate in america living cheap ud the people ttady industrious and thrifty we are tire most prosperous of tbe feoutbern states onr state is ent up with streams affording unbounded water power prof kerr has mash a careful statement of tin power of our rivers be ginning with the roanoke river we have mi aggregate for tbo part of the river ly ing in tbis state of 70,000 horse power whicli is doubie as ranch m the whole utilized toree of the state tar kivet baa nol been measured but its force above the wilmington &: wel don railroad is not less than 8-006 to ll - 1 liorse power the kerne 0ear ral eigh gives a force of twenty-two horse power per foot which will wake for tho hole river and ita tributaries above goldsboro about the same aggregate aa the tar haw river i the only stream in this 1-inrtcr of the state which has received anything like adequate appreciation it turns more spindles than any other river in th state the force of this stream is nol less than 40,000 horse power and that of deep river above its confluence with the haw is nearly as niiieh and tho total of these and ofthe capo fear with its other principal affluents will not bo less than 130,000 to i 10,000 horse power tho yadkin has 255,000 horse power a force capable of turning all tbo 10,000 000 spindles in the united states its tributaries would add at least 20 percent to this estimate giving a grand total of 300,000 the catawba with its chief tri butaries will give more than 250,000 horso power we have not space to go through the list but the professor states that the ag gregate water power of the state is about 3,500,000 horse power and this force is distributed over the entire area of the state with the exception of a few sea board counties and is thus brought into juxtaposition with whatsoever raw mate rials or other advantageous conditions may be found in any part of its territory this is equal to the total power water and steam employed l.y all the manufac turing industries of great britain tho foremost manufacturiti * nations and con sidernlilj exceeds thai of the united stat ■-. !.-•;; ijiti d in t:*.iihei way it is eq 1 1 to the power which would be pro duced bj the combustion of nearly 4,000 000 ton - coal per annum the time is coming when these natural advantages will be utilized and we hope at an early t to see mills dotted along our streams and millions of dollars annu ally realized as the profit of our milling indnsti ies vi ws ti ohscm r encouraging mat rimony the matrimonial problem proves a very troublesome one t newly mar ried men whose finances become ex hausted before the house-furnishing is completed a society loencourage those who timidly hesitate on the brink of matrimony longing to plunge in bul dreading the expense has been founded in < incinnati it is railed the matrimonial benefit company and the members arc each charged an initiation fee of five dollar when a member marries his associates each contribute one dollar to a fund and ti.is is given to him lo smooth the fi nancial pathway to connubial happi ness as there are twelve hundred members the happy man starts on his matrimonial career with at least twelve hundred dollars curious facts __ tree b tring thirty bushels of apples is really sustaining half a ton of water for water constitutes about eighty-five per cent of apples a briek of gold measuring twelve by -• vi n by four inch - is worth about 75,000 such a brick repre sents one month's product of one of the hyd ? of < alifornia th ii't in the wood sf a tret ii aer bs have been considered an index of the ag ■ ■:' ti trei — conn tine oue ring for each year but thi not hold in all specii -. a tree eighteen years old has shown when cut thirty-six distinct rings in the vineyards of soul ' rn france and etaly snails i cultivated or fattened and fitted for fnod -,.. ! baron bartheiemy prepares snail svrnp and snail bonbons which he siders va 3 a remedy for hitis and asthma crvi lipids - ire conducted along •- vei y slowly in comparison to llu spi d of electricity along a cop per wire the latter travels sixteen on times as fast as nerve impulse uni yet the nerve impulse travels with the peed of the fastest n%[road train