the carolina watchman vol ix third series salisbury n c april 4 187a no 24 shall we use guano the time is fast approaching when . vli v one farmer must determine for i jniself or through the advice of some one | whether he will buy commercial manures fur tlic present season or not if he isin tliutd to listen to the agents of guano companies ue will certainly use it largely ] jl on the other hand he follows the advice f others who know nothing of tho farm be will bo u8 *' ' l * lt *-*■• says the guano . man vou need have no fears of my brand it has been analyzed by your state chem ist ami here is his statement none can go wrong now all is made plain and easy for every one to know what be is buying i ; u t want to say a few words on this sub ject there is to-day opinions on this very question as widely different as can exist mi a»y 0,k ' subject some contend ing that analysis are utterly worthless to tin fanner that commercial aud agricul tural value aro not interchangeable terms that a ton of fertilizer whose commer cial value is 50 may not be worth 10 to the farmer thai all depends upon the mailable character of the ingredients as plant food that the red hot crucible of est levels all distinctions on this subject others there are who think that these analysis are of the highest value to the fanner this subject has been well dis cussed by dr pollard state chemist of virginia and dr kl/.y of blacksburg academy they areoccassionally bringing to their help prof laws and dr voelckcr ami others without troublingyour read ers with the learned opinion of these gen tlemen i can bay that my own conclusions arc that no analysis that docs not tally well with field experiment is worth any thing to the farmer what can our ex perience say iu this field of enterprise has guano been profitable to those using it in rowan \ i believe that those who have used it moderately and judiciously cau say that they have realized a profit 1 believe that now since everything must bo of the ln>t quality to sell readily that its use is of more importance i believe that any good fertilizer will pay some profit on its cost bv increased production apart from a greal improvement in quality i believe further that when paid for in cotton we can and ought to use some [ be lieve that every farmer ought toraiseallthc mt ton he cau after a good supply of every thing good for family use i believe every man who raisos cotton to th neglect of tlnse things is a fool i believe that the piedmont guauo is the best iu our market nud the navassa next farmer bear hunting the following singular means of captur ing or killing the bear is said to be fre quently practiced by russian peasants who cannot easily procure lire-arms as i well known the bear has a fondness for honey anil will track his way agvc.it i!i taii e to where the wild bees have filler some hollow tree their stint cannot hurt him and they and their stores are entirely at his mercy in a forest known to contain beats the hunters examine all the hollow trees till they discover a wild hue-hive a blanch of the jree is then chosen directly above the hole if there is no such branch a stout peg is driven in to the trunk to this peg a strong cord is fastened and to the end of the cord a heavy stone or cannon ball is suspended at about half a foot from tlic ground the bear in his researches conies upon the treasures of honey the pendulous bar rier obstructs and incommodes bim a good deal ile is an irritable brute in such cases one of the most irritable as well as stupid in the forest uo begins by shov ing the weight or stone t one side : but it pusses against his head and he gives it a blight knock to free himself from the inconvenience it recoils a moment and he recites a smart tap on the ear his temper is mused and be again push es off the hard antl heavy mass but more violently ; he gets rather a lieavy blow on the side of his skull on its return he becomea furious aud with a powerful jerk rends the rock swinging away the pendulum cannot tin of this game ; and it is a game in which the blows are felt on oue side exclusively the bear alone sutlers and the point is that he suf fers as much by the blows he gives as by those he gets he takes double punish ment his very retaliations are all against himself and for every fin ions pjisb which makes bis skull ache lie receives au im mediate equivalent which makes it ache again at last his rage is unbounded ; be hugs the rock ; bo strike it ; he bites it : but whenever he would thrust his head into the hive back on his ear falls the ob struction against which his terrible hug ur the blows of his paw are of no avail the brute is maddened he faces his strange ami pertinacious tormentor and once more makes it rebound from his skull but back again it swings like a curse which returns upon the head from which it started tlie bear falls exhausted un der these reiterated blown one more vio lent than another and if be bo not dead the hunters who have watched the con test from their hiding place soon dispatch iiini russia and he russians the childreen of n clergyman's family in aberdeen wen making themselves happy propounding conundrums final ly one of them said who was the meek est woman t tho clergyman seemed struck with a fresh thought and replied quickly we don't read of anv but '■ i:u1 '*"' wade herself even with him when she rejoined with quite as much quick ness well we read of only one such man and from the fuss that's made about '""• i plain ti.ey'n scarce into the sunshine i wish father would come home the voice that said this had a troubled tone and the face that looked up was very sad — your fathcr^vill bo very angry said an aunt who was sitting in tho room with a book in her baud tbe boy raised him self from the sofa where he bad been ly ing in tears for half an hour and with a touch of indignation in bis voice an swered : he'll be sorry not angry father novcr gets angry for a moment the aunt looked at tbe boy half curiously and let her eyes fall upon the book that was in her band the boy laid himself down upou the sofa again ami hid his lace from sight that's father now !" he started up after a lapse of nearly ten minutes as the sound of the bell reached his ears and went to the room door he stood there for a while and then came slowly back saving with a disappointed air it isn't father i wonder what keeps bim so late (), i wish be would come vou seem anxious to get deeper into trouble remarked the aunt who bad beeu only in the bouse for a week and who was neither very amiable nor very sympathizing toward children the boy's fault bad provoked her and she consider ed hi in a lit subject for punishment i believe aunt phebe that you'd like to see mo whipped said the boy a little warmly but you won't i must confess replied aunt phebe that 1 think a little wholesome discipline ofthe kind you speak of would not be out of place if you were my child lam very sure you wouldn't escape i'm not your child 1 don't want to be father's good and loves me if your father is so good and loves you so well you must be ungrateful or a very inconsiderate buy his goodness doesn't seem to have helped you much hush will you !" ejaculated the boy excited to anger by this unkindncss of speech in his aunt phebe it was tho boy's mother who spoke now for the first time in an un dertone she added vou are wrong richard is suffering quite enough and you ate lining bim a barm rather than a good agaiu the bell rang and agaiu the boy left his seat on the sofa aud went to the silling room door it's father and he went gliding down stairs ah biehaid was the kindly greet ing as mi gordon took the hand of his liny but what's the matter my sou 1 ? you don't look happy won't vou come in here and rich ard drew his father into the library mr gordon sat down still holding richard's hand vou are troubled my son what lias happened ?" the eves of richard filled with tears as he looked into his father's face he tried to answer but his lips quivered then lie turned away and opening the door of the cabinet brought out the fragments of a broken satuotte which had been sent bome only the day before and set them on the able before his father over whose couutenance there came instantly a shad ow of regret who did this my boy '?" was asked in an even voice i did it how i threw my ball in there once only once in forget fulness a little while mr gordon sat controll ing himself and collecting his disturbed thoughts then he said cheerfully what is done richard can't be help oil put the broken pieces away you have had trouble enough about it i can sue and reproof enough for your thought lessness so i shall not add a word to in crease your pain 0 father and the boy throw his arms about his fathers neck five minutes later and richard en torod the sitting room with his father aunt phebe looked up for two shadowed faces aud did not see them she was puzzled that was very unfortunate she said a little while after mr gondon came it was such an exquisite work of art richard was leaning against his father when his aunt said this mr gordon only smiled and drew bis arm closely a loiiiid his boy mrs gordon threw upon her sister a look of warning but it was unheeded i think richard was a very naughty boy we have settled all that phebe was the mild but linn answer of mr gordon and it is one ofour rules to get into the sunshine as quickly as possible in a thriving town in michigan a year or two ago ami when the country was full of agents and almost everybody was agent for something or other a certain infant of thai town being blessed by the advent of a baby brother was very in quisitive as to where the little stranger came from being informed that dr s had brought it hi stood iu a brown study for a moment when with the in telligent look of one who has solved a difficult matter he asked : say pa is he agent for them t christianity and infidelity letter from an eminent minister of the gospel 0'iiapei him march 25 1878 to the editor of the xeivs : sir i have just read your editorial on the spread of infidelity it indi cates so much anxiety on your own part and is ho likely to create discouragement in the minds of some at least of your leaders that i feel constrained to write you a hasty letter on the same subject in the general epistle of judc written about a d go are these words : rut beloved remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our lord jesus christ : how that they told you there should bo mockers in the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lusts these be they who sepa rate themselves sensual having not the spirit with such a prophecy of men like in gersoll how can any one be surprised at their appearance every time this blatant infidel opens bis lips to ridicule and de fame the doctrines and devotees of christ he is a plain fulfilment of prophecy and in so far a proof of the truth of that which he assails and denies but infidelity is nothing new it has fought christianity in some way almost from the night that the shepherds listen ed to the angels song bishop bascom truly said that the enemies of christianity have retired from every conflict with tho names of their conquerors and the glory of god written on their broken and dis mantled shields while the old arguments in proof ofthe bible stand impregnable the old argu ments of tht scoffers remain only as fallen and scattered rubbish to remind this age of the delusion and shame of those who originated or advanced them as to the infieldity of tho present day permit tne to say that your picture is too highly colored germany is not almost wholly infidel the faith of luther is still dear to the german heart while recluse philosophers are wasting their lives in transcendental dreaming there are also mighty intellects producing grand evangelical works to vindicate the integ rity ofour religion — to defend the altars ofthe true faith in german and through out christendom as to france it has not for centuries had enough religion to furnish room for a decline it lias long been weighed down by an effete sys tem that is too low to fall in england just as in every country that has tried the policy of a union between church and state from the days of constantino there is always a tendency towards seculariza tion in the ruling church at the same time dissenting churches are seriously embarrassed and retarded many other evils are incident but iu england and scotland the work of god is gloriously advancing religion rules the throne the parliament and the press to a great extent italy has been poor fallen italy since tho overthrow of the obi empire she cannot be counted with tho failures of this century to-day there is more hope for her thau there has been for many centuries in america the churches are growing with great rapidity in may 1778 there were only 6095 methodist in theu s to day there are about 2,800,000 giving four to oue wo hare over cloven millions by predilection under move or less in fluence from that one church besides the nearly three million members the methodist growth in the south since the war has been astonishingly great there has likewise been most encouraging prog ress iu tho baptist church throughout the country other denominations of promi nence aro iu vigorous activity with no in dications of decline many thousands of converts are entering the various church es every year the rising generation arc gathered about the sacred altars and more faithfully instructed in religion than ever before the sunday-schools alone are sufficient to re-assure tho alarmed friends of our faith they give good promises that the next generation will be better prepared to encounter the assaults of infidelity than any previous generation has been the secular jiress — even certain semi-pagan papers in new york — are rendering service to the church while every denomination is scattering pure literature throughout the broad land public opinion is in the main favorable to the bible religion ; aud has been great ly elevated during this century towards the heaven-appointed standards all over every states in the union there are thousands of complacent believers in the old old story enjoying the peace of the christian and prayerfully pityingpooj de luded skeptics men and women of all grades of intelligence the highest as well as others are holding tiie faith in its purity teaching it to their children and moving towards the ordeal of death with a composure as immoveable as character iced a martyr in the days of the apostles representatives of various classes in so ciety are daily staling their devotion with a faith that transforms death itself into a messenger of mercy the vain students of science and the presuniptous lecturers against the bible isolated as they are from the great struggling advancing and determined host of zion are pitifully ig norant of the stupendous work that the i church of god is accomplishing around thein the church itself is not alarmed it pays little attention to men like inger soll because it feels confident of its own soundness and security it is quiet in the face of new scientific theories because it knows that np to date in so far as those theories really conflict with chris tianity they are theories only — mere im probable speculations to be refuted in due time the church of god was never better prepared for a successful contest with in fidelity than it is to-day i admit that there is iu many parts of christendom a deplorable want of vital godliness but has it not always been so 1 true chris tianity has here and there yielded some what to the world but it is also true that in mighty nations the world itself has yielded aud is yielding much to christian ity there are many false professors in all the churches bringing reproach upon the religion they ought to honor but even the world regards them bad only as they are false to their profession they are the representatives of the class that bave kept up the line of judas iscariots in all the centuries of our era they may cru cify the son of god afresh to themselves but they cannot crucify him again to the church or to his own glory our religion was born among ruling cu emiesand heathen battalions theswords of herod inarched iu vain to take the life of the infant savior when he became a man they murdered him but than perfect ed his triumph and cemented with his blood tho everlasting foundations of his kingdom true christians do not expect tlmt the church will be free from daring foes before the mileiiniiim the great founder said i come not to bring peace but a sword the light litis been un ceasing and yet the church has always been strengthened and advanced by its conflicts i believe that it needs a fiercer conflict now aye i believe that conflict is coming so far from fearing that our religion is about to be overthrown the leading christian judgment of the day concludes that we are verging upon one of the grandest moral revolutions that have ever shaken this bin-cursed world the lord god omnipotent reigueth !" truly yours a w mangum consequence of his sympathies with rus sia and his opposition to a british alliance meanwhile the chinese prosecuted the war with unusual vigor and all the re cent advises have indicated their rapid advance into kashgaria town after town fell before the victorious march of the celestials and towards the close of last year they captured kashgar the capi | tal by a coup de main and in cold blond ' murdered 15,000 of the inhabitants re j cently tbe announcement came that the new ameer kuli beg bed arrived on russian seil a fugitive and that the whole russian frontier was crowded with refugees while all the towns that had ac knowledge the supremacy of yacoub beg have submitted to the chinese and the khanate of kashgar has ceased to exist the chinese it is reported continue to perpetrate the most frightful atrocities and they will doubtless soon depopulate the country and secure its permanent re union to the celestial empire by re-peo pling it with their own surplus popula tion russia is of course too busy with the turks to interfere and tbe british will probably regard the wholesale butch eries of the chinese as a good thing be cause tbey will tend to erect a barrier be tween tbeir own possessions in india aud those of russia to the north plant mind i the soul of plants and modern science vegetable physiology has made but slow progress although its beginning may be traced to the period when mal pighi aided it with the uiiscroscope its real origin does not date earlier than tho last century when by bis beau tiful experiments on the nutrition antl transpiration of plants hales explained some curious phenomena in tho vegetable world from that time naturalists began to study attentively the phenomena of vege tation the observations of linnaeus and iiolit the numerous experiments of bonnet and senebier the works of duhamel ludwig and mustcl the investigations of 11 de saussure aud hedwig — all these efforts tended toward tbe same end namely rc an empire obliterated kasligar swallowed uj by china while rus sia is busy with turkey while russia has been so busily occu pied in reconstructing the map of eastern furope and western asia the chinese have been busily and uninterruptedly at work on some important geographical business in central asia tho celestials have in fact completed the conquest of a vast empire twice as large as france in extent of territory although but sparsely inhabited the khanate kasligar which has thus ceased to exist is sisuated on the extreme western border of china im mediately east of and adjoining the recent russian conquests in turkestan kasli gar was formerly included in the great tartar kingdom of central asia ; and on ils dismemberment came with the rest of east turkestan under the government of a local mohammedan dynasty the nu merous factions springing from this dis puted tlie supremacy until the middle of the eighteenth century when the chinese conquered the country and held an unsta ble possession of it for 108 years about l.-b howoyer tho tunganisor dungaiies a mohammedan tribe of mixed tartar and chinese doscent revolted and then fol lowed a rising of the kirghis tartars and in a few years tha chinese were elpelled and the provinces of kasligar yarkand khoten and arksu were subjected by mabammod yacoub beg a khekauti chief tain who became tho sovereign of east turkestan a vast ahtl vaguely defined territory inclosed between the pamir steppe the thian shan mountains and the hindu kush chinese tartar proper lying between these dominions and china from east to west yacoub's empire cov ered an era 1,300 miles in length the chinese never regarded this dimin ution of their territory as a permanent ar rangement and for fourteen years they have been going about its conquest in their peculiar fashion one of the expe ditions which they sent against the troop er king of turkestan as ho was called was several years in reaching the frontier the troops being obliged to pause ou their long march to plant and reap the crops that were necessary for their sustauaiice for two years past the hostile armies of the celestial empire and tho new kash garian kingdom have been within fighting distance of each other numerous encoun ter took place the forces of yacoub bog at first being victorious in june of last year yacoub died just at the time when the tide of victory was turning in favor of his enemies before his death he had disinherited his sons and appointed as his successor hakim khan turah the sole direct ropresen tat ive of the ancient reigning dynasty of kasghar before the conquest of that country by the chinese hakim khan turah took a prominent part in assisting the late ameer in bis early wars and was always greatly trust ed by yacoub hakim khan turah how ever refused the sceptre whereupon the throne was ascended by kuli reg the eldest ton of the late ameer he had al ways been distrusted by his father iu uniting scattered materials and forming a regular whole some of these in study ing the life of plants examine more par ticularly the form structure and devel opment of their organs while others at tempted te explain their play and func tions the result of these labors was the birth of two new sciences — vegetable phy siology and organography modern physiologists have observed some extraordinary phenomena iti plants with which they have beeu differently im pressed they all it is true recognize a sensible analogy between these facts anil certain animal instincts but some see in these only isolated phenomena of second ary importance and propose to explain them by altogether mechanical or physi cal theories while others on the contrary attracted by the singularity of these facts have studied them with close attention and as the result of their observations have come to the conclusion that a plant is an animated being this is substan tially admitted by vrolik hedvvig bon net and ludwig in tbeir writings upon tho phenomena whieh seem to reveal a vegetable instinct they all incline to the belief that plants experience every or der of sensations f edward smith the english botanist thinks tbat plants can feel and are capa ble through tbat faculty of a conscious ness of well being aud felicity percival believes that plants perform voluntary actions when they turn their branches to the light among the*philosophers of the eigh teenth century wbo saw animated beings iu plants must also be ranked dr eras mus darwin tbe grandfather of the celev brated naturalist whose recent works bave thrown some light upon the vexed question of the origin of species iu that book too little known but the delight of goethe the botanic garden dr darwin plainly asserts that in his eyes the plant is an animated being crea ture capable of numerous sensations as of existence of pain and gladness dr martius ono of the most eminent men of modern science accords to plants not only the faculty of feeling but also an immortal soul to the voice of that celebrated botanist there litis been lately added that of another namoly theodore techner au independent thinker and not the least inspired among his german co temporaries he was one of the first to enter into the questions which bear upon the development of the soul in plants the new ideas and original views with which his books abounds entitle it to be considered as the first advance towards a true vegetable psychology a soul iu plants was recognized hy the ancients eiupedocles anaxagoras democritus pythagoras and plate believed plants to be animated and consequently ranked them with animals entire peoples — the hindoos for exam ple — have also regarded plants as anima ted beings among the laws of mann laws which in india are believed to have emanated from god and to be more an cient than those of moses are to be found doctrines aud commandments as follows : it is good and equitable that each fa . thcr ofa family without prejudice te his children should reserve one part of his j wealth for other animated beings to-wit : plants aud animals plants and animals have internally the sentiments of existence and also of paiu and happiness according to loubere aud some other | travelers the priests of siam and lous j apply the law forbidding to kill not only ; to men and animals but also to living plants they exhibit as much repugnance to tbe destruction of a tree or simply the cutting of a branch as to the mutilation ofa man and they refuse to cat of green fruits lest their development should be arrested these views are entirely op posed te those which belong to the peo ple of the occident from earliest child hood in onr schools and elementary books children are taught that men and animals have tho faculty of mot inn and are living beings ami that plants attached to the soil live it is tuie but are not animat ed but as m techner has observed it would be quite otherwise if the preceptor said to his pupil animated beings are divided into classes one is composed of beings which possess tho power of trans porting themselves from place to place these aro men and animals in the other class we find beings lixed in the soil where they are born these are plants the lat ter resonible us less than animals yet live and grow as wc do for these and many other reasons we believe them equally animated if our children are thus taught they will be less indisposed when older to deprive the plant of its soul than wc are to recognize its existence at the present day such numerous and striking analogies in the vital functions of beings in the two kiugtloins animal aud vegetable arc re vealed by physiology every day that no one can refuse to reflect upon the tacts or reject without a candid examination tho proposition we are about to consider in a succeeding paper that the plant is an an imated and sentient being forests and rainfall is not definitely set tled but there are very numerous art on record here the destruction of forest has resulted in the production of deseit wastes and where trees have been re planted humidity has returned it is laid down however by mich a.thoritiee aa dr j croumbie hrowa f scotland and others who have made especial studies of the aubjoct that within their own limits and near their own borders fa-eats main tain a more naifonu degiee of humiditv in the atmosphere than in obeerved in cleared gonad tbey tend to promote the frequency of growers ami if tlwy de not augment the amount ef precipitation they probably equalise its distribution through tbe different seasons ih in dia says mr b g northrop in a late address before the connecticut stato board of agriculture three quartern ofa million people have been starved to death since the forests have been cut off jraua ing the springs to dry up it is needless to multiply warnings ef this kiud in the thickly settled coun tries of europe each generation is bound by law to leave the forests in as good con dition as it found them forests are pro tected from fire and they are regarded aa public property uatil we adopt some similar course each succeeding genera tion will transmit to posterity woodlands more aud more depleted the result is only a question of time the natives of parts of south africa tell of giant trees aud forests fertile lands and abundant floods and showers all existing or occur ring iu a region now little more thau a dry and arid desert such will lie the tra ditions of our own descendants as the soil becomes unfit for agriculture niigra gration will follow lavored region will receive an overplus of population which cannot obtain all of its supplies from thu soil and dependence upon other nations for he necessaries of life the first step downward in a country's decadence is takeu exhaustion of resources must ul timately succeed and with it tbe eud of national existence scientific american r c k tree waste and its sequence the matter of forest tree culture and preservation is in rather an anomalous state iu this country at one end of the national domain people are planting trees and studying every means to turn denud ed land back into forests at the other woods are being felled and a small war is in progress against the government on account of its preventive efforts in mas sachusetts societies are organized to stim ulate tbe preserving and renewing of for ests iu louisiana alabama florida and montana tiie authorities are denounced as interfering with the best interests of the people because an endeavor is made to stop flic wholesale denuding of public lands and the sale of timber for private benefit with the legal aspects of this question of forest destruction in the south and west it is not our province to deal but the considerations in favor of pro tecting woodlands arc of importance not merely to every agriculturalist but to every one and they should be fully re alized by all who believe that tho out value of forests lies in the amount the wood will fetch per cord if any one is disposed to think that our forests are inexhaustible at least for a long poriotl to come he has only to cast his eye over the woodland map in genera walker's valuable statistical atlas to pre ceive his delusion he will see that the number of heavily wooded tracts having 300 or more acres of timber to the square milo is startlingly small the area of all such districts is equal only to about that ofthe atlantic states and the remainder of the couutry fully four-fifths has uo timber the map showing a uniform blank now consider the enormous amount of lumber used yearly iu manufactures nearly 144,1)00,000 is invested iu the sawn lumber industry alone that is the production of laths shingles and boards add to this the fact stated by professor brewer that wood forms the fuel of two thirds of the population and the partial fuel of nine-tent lis the remain ing third and some general idea of the enormous drain constantly in progress upon our forests will bo reached this however is only the direct draught for the purpose of util ity immense areas of woodland are yearly denuded by forest fires largo tracts are purposely burned as a speedy way of clearing ami thus the wooded regions are rendered more and more sparse if for ests fires were prevented as far as is prac ticable if trees were constantly being planted and if tho reckless denudation of woodlands could be stopped by the laws already in existence but apparently not enforced there i little doubt but that we possess timber enough to supply indefi nitely all our needs either as fuel or for manufacturing purposes but save in iso lated instances trees are not being plant ed we have no schools of forestry such as exist in europe to encourage sylvicul ture and as the recent proceedings im congress have shown a part of the popu lation claims the right for private ends to denude the woodlands now owned by th whole county and defenders in the leg islature arc not wanting to support them we have already tal en occasion to point out the dangers which result from t i it ucl ion i he v icl n lal ti it a committee appointed by the danville roboceo association has issued a circular to tobacco raisers containing the follow ing suggestions which are of special in terest to those engaged in the production of tobacco the association recoguizes the impor tant fact that our interests and those of the farmers of this section are closely connected and we therefore rejoice in your prosperity aud lament your misfor tunes for this reasou we hope you will pardon us for making some suggestions in reference to your tobacco crop 1st wc suggest that you plaut lest to bacco to the hand — thereby you can give it better attention aid make it more val uable 2d endeavor to make it am rand better in every respect 1 000 lbs.®.*i , 2,'i perewt is better than 3000 lba.<£i$5 3d avoid all smoke in curring and af terward and we unhesitatingly advisothto use of flues in curing as hue cured stock is far preferable and is rapidly increasing in public favor 4th use more home-made manures and less of tbe countless brands of the adulterated stuff called fertilizers which promotes an unnatural growth in the plant aud leaves the land poorer than over now the reasons for these sugges . tions are these : our farmers ou thin lands of this sec tion cannot compete with western fai iu ers in making common tobacco becanse the western men can raise so many more pounds to the acre at so little cost and the cheap railroad freights now charged the western men can place tobacco iu the danville market for less figures than you can afford to raise it and sell it fer a profit hence the only alternative for our people is to make less in quantity aud bitter tij^tl finer tobacco raleigh news family troubles was there ever a family without its troubles ? adam and eve had their trou bles in eden and all families bave had their troubles every family has a skel eton behind tho door every person has a thorn in his side it is said that misery loves company so take courage helpless man wearied woman you are in the majority man is born to trouble as tho sparks are to fly upward a uselet family would yours be if it kaew no trou ble trouble is our great teacher it nerves us with strength it gives us cour age tempers our metal it develops our self-control it quickens our inventive powers troubles are to us what the w in di are to the oak what labor is to tbe muscle what study is to the mind life is a school and trouble is oue of the great lessons troubles are not to be courted but when they come we must get over them the u-st way wc can or bear fliein with the best fortitude we can arouse take courage therefore troubled oue not in vain are your trials they make vou brave strong and it is to be hoped better be not cast down cheer up cast aside your weeds and woes look the world in the face do your dully tako every trouble by the horns overcome it with the courage ofa true soldier in life's great campaign and stoutly contend foi tbe victory of will aud wwdom pn dun i uui