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the carolina watchman u ix.-third series salisbury n c september 19 1878 no 48 the last sixpence . ., liill bleak morning in novem . » ii • ■• i haihs aubrey emerged from an ik-ll wii *"' llil<1 i,asse<1 ti,c li,st l nighl under a pile of sheep _*.. e tddd there now his lips k parched and his limbs shook as nli palsy he mechanically hand in his pocket and took „ a sixpence lb searched fnr lelt in every pocket but be could jduoniore thai single sixpence was . i liin fortune . li barley charley lie murmured „ iin ib you've i i.i your race where .' .., ai the friends who have so long hung one pool sixpence it will one glass of grog to allay my tl.ia.i oh would to god it id |, nv me oik true friend ue raised his eyes and beheld an old a ith in tided back who came tot , „,, lowly ami tremblingly hei ■were torn ami tattered and the hair hung matted and ulicomb stopped wheii she came to where tli i i ami leaued heavily upon i mil sir she uttered in tremulous tones give me vvhere rnirchase a single meal and i'll .... i ml to bless thee y mv life good woman you are the l,i nne i have been wishing for here j j | ii-ivi : i is my hist sixpence ! take ;'•■| have only wished it could bring me l,:,c tun li ii ud \ li.it good would conie of thai lliilejou till continue to curse your i lie vou th started bill he spoke not i it vnu would have me for a friend will . ii i ■us i i'i ieiid f [' listen i ves \ then lei this be your lowest vale of j " said the woman with startling sol l unity turn now and go up hill go li un nil you have reached iiie sunshine ire i knew your mother charles iul i remember well how kind lhe was < lh did she think thai her well i.|iivi-ii ou would sink so low ?"' ' stop slop groaned the unhappy tniilli oh who shall give me lhe lilst iii tu regain all i have losl .'" i will * vou who ale youf vou say you new my mother who are you never mind suffice it for you to now tli.it i suffered us deeply as you ever id i know what it is to suffer i say ran give you the first lift i mean by hit i can show you the way follow my uuusel and you may yet recover ail that nil have lost no detail oh there is oue loss ran never make up and as he spoke ie bowed his head aud covered his face uii iii hands i.i i not mich feelings be with yon now irol resolve that you will turn irom the il which has brought you down vou mow what it is as well as 1 do canyon to this .'" aye i had already done it ere you tame up then the next step go and make a friend who cau help you further go to amos williams aud na no not there ( h not there !" interrupted charles go to his store ami freely confess to bim all your faults resumed the woman vitlioul seem iug to notice the in term p tiuu ' tell him all and then ask him to ' 1*1 you ouco more n ho i dale not go to him llm listen i heard mr williams say iui his own lips that he would help you ifltecould that he would give you his jl""l il you would only help yourself did be say so ?" uttered charles ea hcdid and now charles aubrey i assured tbat you have not lost every iug i.i i people know that you mean use and be a man ami all whose l-liij is worth having will give jouuidr hands io to amos williams i will go al»"s williams stood at the great desk d hi counting room and he was alone ile he thus 8tood casting up a column upon t ,,,,,,,. „*• ,„„. „■llt b the door was opened and charles aubrey entered ii was ye pah and s.-mi.l and looked as be did when we inrotwo hours ago the merchant totted back with au utterance of pain ""- surprise as he recognized ia the mis on-blefoi-ni before him the once happy ldl"']"ved youth whom he delighted to honor uaiie he uttered as soon as he con,d command hi speech why have •' un nic here mr williams spoke the youth i 1 fhoking voice i have come to to tell utlu»t my course of wickedness is run •""• a this moment i am herc he stopped ib hesitated a nio vwd then his feelings overeome him stowing his head hebursl into tears •':"' sobb loud and deep broke ■,,„„ ,,*„ ji the merchant was deeply affected w with the warm tears gathering quick his own eyes he started forward aud 1 ins hand upon the youth's head "' harles he uttered in a u*emuloua ger voice have you resolved to be a with god's h.-lp i will be a ,„.,„ again was the youth's reply is your money all gone ?" yes sir this morning i bad one sol itary sixpence left aud that 1 gave to i pom old woman who bade ine come here aye i know her she is an unfortu nate creature who has suffered much i bade ber if she saw you and you were cast down and repentant to send you here for i heard yesterday that you were at the foot ofthe precipice now if you are determined you shall not want for help in eager broken sobbing sentences chillies poured out bis thanks and stated the resolution he had taken and now said mr williams after the matter had been talked over some we must lind a place whose you pan re cruit your strength a little before you try to work there is my brother who owns a farm at m . he would be glad to have you come and stop awhile and when you bave wholly recovered your wasted strength you shall have a place here al lirst the youth refused to accept so much lor he knew his uuworthiness but the merchant simply answered bim — you can pay me for all this if you choose so you need not be delicate about it and as for your unwortbiness — when the lost ones of earth aro not worth re deeming then some other standard of worth in ust be regarded than that simple one wliich jesus of nazareth gave to his followers so it was settled that chillies should go into the country and remain a while he found mr williams the brother ready and happy to receive him and tliere he soon began to regain his health and spir its in two weeks he was as strong as ever and at he end ofa month the marks of dissipation had all left his face then he returned to town and entered the store amos williams gave him a lucrative sta tion and bade him remember nothing of the past save the one great lesson he had learned charles he said you remember the widow swan t yes sir well 1 have engaged board for you there i hone the arrangement will suit you yes sir returned the youth with emotion rrom that time charles aubrey went on nobly and truly iu the path he had marked out little did charles aubrey know how closely he had been watched mr wil liams knew his every movement even to his prayers whicli he poured forth in the privacy of his own apartment thus passed away three months and at the end of lhat time mr williams called the young man into the counting-room one evening alter the rest of the people had gone well chiirles the merchant com menced how would you like to change your boarding place tliere was something iu the look and tone ofthe man as he spoke these words that made the youth start the blood rushed lo his face and anon be turned pale if you would like the merchant re sinned in the same low strange tone you may come aud board with me 1 will not deceive you churles until i could know that you would entirely reform 1 hired vol carry you to my house but i am satisfied now 1 lave not doubted you but 1 would prove you and now if you please you can inform mrs swan that you bhall board with her uo more she will not be disappointed for i have spoken with her on the subject with these words mr williams left the store and as soon as charles could recov er from the strange emotion that luul al most overpowered him he called the por ter to co'.i-.e and lock up and hen having locked up the great sab he took his de parture in ihe next morning he came to the stoic and when his employer came be informed him that he had given his notice to mis swan aery well returned tho merchant this evening theu you will go home w ith me evening came and charles aubrey ac companied his friend home tea was ready the rest ofthe family having eaten an hour before after tea charles was conducted to tho sitting-room where lamps were burning and where mr wil liams informed him he could amuse him self by reading charley sat down there and his employer went out but bo could not read thus he sat when the door slowly opened and a female appeared within the apartment with a quick step he sprang forward and without a word he caught a fair girl to his bosom mary he uttered as he gazed into the sparkling eyes of the fair being who still clung fondly to him you still love me you forgive me all — and trust me once more ." ves she murmured and ere she could speak further her father entered the room aha ! so you've found him bave you mary ?" be cried iu a happy joyous tone mr williams uttered charles still holding mary by the hand and speaking with difficulty i hope i'm not deceived oil you bave not brought me here to kill ine yon can not have passed this cop to my lips only to ilash it away again !" of coarse not said tbe merchant hut you must know the whole truth and for fear my child may not tell you i'll tell you myself this noble girl lias never ceased to love you and when you were tbe lowest down sbe loved you the most she came to me and asked me if sbe might save you if sbe could i could iuot tell ber nay and she went to work she lias buffered much and charles it remains with you to decide whether her future sliall be one of happiness or not sbe knew that yon were down and that your money was all gone and that your false friends had forsaken you then her love for you grew bold and strong she wondered if you would repulse ber she knew not what might be your feeling and to save herself iron i the pain ofa di rect repulse from you she assumed a dis guise so that sbe might approach you without being known and yet gain some idea of your feelings and save you if she could 1 think sbe has done well at any rate she has regained you to herself and it must now be your fault if tbe silk en tie is loosed again and with these words the father left the apartment vou mary you in disguise?1 he queried as soon as he could speak ay my dear charles and you know why i did it here do you not remem ber it ?'' and as she spoke she drew from her bosom a small silken purse and took thererrou a sixpence the youth recognized it iu an instant tfli !" he cried as he strained the noble girl to his bosom what can i say ? mary mary my own heart's truest love let my life in the years to come tell my grati tude oh my all of life is yours and my last breath sliall bear your name in grati tude to god ." the use of an enemy always keep an enemy in band — a brisk hearty active enemy itemark the uses of an enemy : i the having one is proof that you are somebody wishy-washy empty woith less people never have enemies men who never move nor run agaiust anything and when a man is thoroughly dead and utterly buried nothing ever runs against him to be run against is proof of exis tence and position • to run against some thing is proof of motion 2 an enemy is to say the least not partial to you he will not hatter he will not exaggerate your virtues lt i.s very probable that ho will slightly mag nify your faults the benefit of that is twofold — it permits you to know that you have faults and are therefore uot a mon ster and it makes them of such size as to be visible and manageable f course if you have a fault you desire to know it ; when you become aware that you have a fault you desire to correct it vour ene my does for you this valuable work which your friend cannot perform 3 in addition your enemy keeps you wide awake he does not let you sleep at your post there are two that always keeps watch namely the lover and ihe hater vour lover watches that you may sleep he keeps oil noise excludes light adjusts surroundings that nothing may disturb you vour hater watches thai you may not sleep he stirs you up when you are uappiug he keeps your facul ties on the alert even when he does no thing he will have put you in such a state of mind that you cannot tell what he will do next and this meu tai qui vive must be worth something 4 he is a detective among your frieuds vou need to know who your friends are and who are not and who are your ene mies the last of these three will dis criminate the oilier two when your en emy goes to one who is neither friend nor enemy and assails you the indifferent one will have nothing to say or chime iu not because he is your enemy but because it is no much easier to assert than to op pose and especially than to refute hut your friends will take up cudgels for you on the instant he will deny everything and insist on proof and proving is very hard work tliere is scarcely a truthful man in the world that could afford to un dertake to prove one tenth of all his truth ful assertions vour friend will call your enemy to the proof and if the indifferent person through carelessness repeats the assertions of your enemy he i.s soon made to fee the inconvenience thereof by the zeal your friend manifests follow your enemy around and you will find your friends for he will have developed them so that they cannot be mistaken the next best thing to having a bun died real friends is to have one open ene my hut let us pray to be delivered from secret foes — lie v dr deems the metric system paris sept 5 the international on gress on weights measures and coins to day unanimously adopted a resolution deploring the fact that england russia and the united states had not yet adopt ed the me iie system the american and english delegates afterwards met and passed a resolution respectfully petition ing the english and american govern ments to appoint a mixed commission to consider the adoption of the metric system by both countries happiness happiness is in taste and not in things and it is by having what we love that we are happy not by having what others find agreeable tbe most com inon error of men and women is that of looking for happiness some where outside of useful work it has never yet been found when thus sought and never will be while the world stands and the sooner tbe truth is learned the better for every one if you doubt tbe proposition go around among your friends and acquaintances aud select those who have tbe most enjoyment through life are tbey the idlers and pleasure-seekers or tbe earnest workers we know what your answer will be of the miserable human beings it has been ovr fortune or misfortune to know those were the most wretched who had retired from useful em ployment in order to enjoy themselves carry tbe radiance of yonr soul in your face let the world have the benefit of it let your cheerfulness be felt for good wherever you are and let your smiles be created like sunbeams on the just as well as on the unjust such a disposi tion yields a rich reward for its happy effects come home to yon and brighten your thoughtful moments cheerfulness makes the mind clear gives tone to your thought adds grace to the countenance jnbert says when you give give with joy smiling smiles are little things and cheap articles to be fraught with so many blessings both to the giver and receiver pleasant little ripples to watch as we stand on the shore of life they are the higher and better responses of nature to the emo tion of the soul let the children have the benefit of them — those little ones who need lhe sunshine of the heart to educate them and would find sympathy for their buoyant nature in the cheerful loving faces of those who need them let them not be kept from the middle-aged who need the encouragement they bring give your smiles also to the aged they come to tbem like the quiet rain of rummer making fresh and verdant the long weary path of life they look for them from you who are rejoicing in the fullness of your life every one desires to be happy tbe condition of heaven i.s the ambition of earth what the angels have men long to acquire religion as a source of happi ness comes to men therefore with a great natural ad van tage in its favor for men crave from instinct the very experience it is calculated to bestow but bow is it in point of fact ? why the fact is it is not made to seem in the popular mind as the source of happiness men naturally look to its examples to apprehend it in that way on the other hand the impression made upon tbem is often precisely the re verse they are thus repelled from in stead of being attracted to it : and religion must approach them ever after at a great disadvantage xow it cannot be too of ten repeated and emphasized by the tes timony and life of christians that reli gion does make a person happy the moods and tempers it fosters are those of happiness lt lightens one's burdens consoles him in sorrow blesses him with a great hope and fills him with peace the practice of religion never fails one vou may learn a trade hoping thereby to get wealth ami yon may fail ; you may study hoping thereby to become famous and you may never see the fame you de sire you may aspire to the honors of the forum and the applause of the populace may iie withheld but no one ever studied the principle of holiness and acted up lo bis knowledge and tailed of his reward he who does business for coil can never be bankrupt all else may fail us but the pleasures of christian hope and the consolation of christian faith can never be taken from us the virtuous man can lose nothing for his virtues are his re ward a remarkable max lie becomes the father of fire children at one llrith mr cassidy an employee of the balti more and ohio railroad living between the highlands and the ancient city of bladens burg has just attained his immortality and the newspapers throughout the coun try will speak of bis virtues all the people living in bis vicinity especially the women are greatly excited over an event which seldom happens in this world not even in the houses of kings and many a man married for years but still heir less will wonder what sort of a man cas sidy is and upon what meat doth this our ca-sar feed mrs cassidy has just given birth to live children three girls and two boys and all of them remarka bly well they are very small but still perfect in their organism and may live the mother is happily out of all danger and able to receive the congratulations of the neighboring friends this is one of the most remarkable cases in modern times — washington post " child of the shies to the front the child of the skies better known as ex overnor c hooks brogdcn will be an independent candidate for cougress in the goldsboro district hooks didn't like it because the radicals set up the nigger otlara in bis stead and he don't care if a democrat does sit down on cm both terrible catastrophe ticenty-five thousand pounds of blasting powder exploded a special dispatch to tbe philadelp,.,a ledger dated august 18th contains tbe following : — ofthe many incidents connected with thunder storms this snmm all over the c ltr.v none w evert . more exciting aad alarming character than the explosion of a powder magazine containing 1200 kegs of blasting powder near this place by lightniug on saturday afternoon about four o'clock ihe magazine belonged to 11 a weldy &: co and stood near the summit ofthe hill known as mount hope about one mile from pottsville the building was large and built of heavy stone and the force of tbe explosion was so great that not a single stone including tbe foundation was left unturned and a mound of debris is all that now marks the spot where the magazine stood all around is seen the mighty force of the powder large trees are cut down houses unroofed and numb is damaged in other ways almost beyond tepair a smaller powder bouse near by and west of it had its roof and east end crushed in and the coal breaker of the gate vein coal com pany badly damaged tbe noise of tbe explosion was beard for at least ten miles aud withiu quite an extensive area includ ing pottsville glass was broken ceilings cracked and a large number of buildings damaged causing au iutense excitement here and for miles around massive stones of wliich the magazine was built were thrown to a great distance some of them at least weighing over 100 pounds were thrown a half a mile and iu some instances persons made narrow escapes with their lives from tbe falling stones at tbe time of the explosion there was a light rain the clouds passing from the south and from one of these clouds a vivid flash of lightniug came and struck the magazine in a grove at tlie foot of the bill ou which the magazine stood a private pic nic was in progress and on the other side of the bill were a railroad and two wag oif roads leading to minersville and on these roads some narrow escapes were made the scenes on the pic-nic grounds were dreadful ; the screams of the people and the cries of the wounded were heart reuderiug there were no means of escape an instant after the flash of lightning came the explosion and while all were stun ned by the loud and deafening report the stones began to fall like a heavy shower among thou killing and injuring many who but a moment before were enjoying themselves in innocent and mer ry sports a california mix ixc story the san francisco bulletin says not many miles from shasta city is the gulch of which the following mining story is told it is a pretty deep ravine with rocks showing all the way up the sides cold in paying quantities had been found along the stream but il seemed to dis appear a few feci from the channel one day while a gang of busy men were toil ling in the stream a stranger evidently green at mining came along and leaned ou ragged elbows to watch with protru ding eyes the result of their tail the miner nearest him took oui a 5 nugget and anxiety ovei amc iiie greenhorn s a-a-y he asked where can i go to diggin to find it like that the hardy miner stopped his work and giving the wink to all lhe boys so that tbe joke should not be lost pointed up on the barren rocks where no gold had ever been found : ve see that rough lookin place *?' yes yes said the new hand well thar it is rich jes yes take out a claim and go to work and when we finish here we'll come up too then the new hand thanked the honest miner and the boys all grinned appreciation of the joke that afternoon tliere was a solitary figure pick ing away on the slope and every time the miners looked up they roared with laughter but bout the next day the greenhorn struck a pocket and took out something like 8*'10,000 in a few min utes then innocent to the hist he treated all around and thanked the min er who sent him up there and took bis money and went down into the valley and bought a farm the unhappy min ers arose leaving their old claim and dotted that hill-side for days hat there wen no more pockets anywhere the whole thing reads like the traditional fairy story but then i have seen the gulch much more unbelievable things have happened in the mines curiously caused conflagration one of the family of mr n s mosely entered a room in bis house at the cor ner of salisbury and cabarrus streets yesterday and was surprised to see smoke on the floor aud a vividly bright ray of sunlight shining thereon the cause of the phenomenon was soon ascertained a goblet bad been inverted and placed on a window ledge lhe sun shone full on it and the rays were brought to a focus by the bottom ofthe glass the rays so con centrated fell on the spot on the floor and the heat was so inteuse as to char the boards a few min utes later and the room would have been all ou fire — ral eigh news : ... . how the tides are produced there has always been a difficulty in ! the minds of teachers as well as in the , mi ml of learners to comprehend the theory of the tides as presented in our text-books this theory fails to give a satisfactory account of the tides on the side of the earth most remote from the sun and moon according to this theory at that part ofthe earth's surface which • is turned away from the moon or from the sun n less amount of attraction is felt by ; her waters than anywhere els mi ber • surface ; and tlie whole earth is therc ; lore in effect drawn away from the waters on the far side of her and thus the water being left behind a tide i.s produced on this side as well as on the side at which the force of gravity acts directly that so great an absurdity should have been accepted so long by our writers of text books is truly marvelous it is indeed so contrary to all known facts and laws ot physics that if no other influences are felt by the waters at the far side of the earth than attraction there would be just the opposite effect produced to that alleged by this absorb hypothesis this can be demonstrated by actual experi ment and so conclusively as any other fact coming within the reach of experi mental philosophy it has been proved experimentally that all bodies on the sur face of the earth at midnight are heavier thau at any other hour of the twenty four and when the new moon occurs at midnight this increase of weight or grav ity felt by matter on this part of the sur face of the earth is still greater now it this theory were correct attraction would produce just the opposite effect ; that is matter would weigh less at midnight than iit any other hour of tht twenty-four n the side of the earth facing the sun and moon the weight of bodies is dimin ished as it should be according to the theory which it is proposed to establish in this article from the carthage 111 gazette what a fly did mr james howard of walker married iin interesting young lady named sy monds about a year ago and they have lived cosily and happily together ever since hut the other morning at break fast an inquisitive and hungry ily drop ped down from his perch on the ceiling and stretching his legs began skirmish ing around for his breakfast he crawled slowly around mr howard's coffee cup once or twice sniffing the delicious aro ma and wondering how he could manage to get a drink when his foot slipped he lost his grip and in a moment more was floundering around in the liquid his struggles attacted the attention of james and he pulled bim out and playfully toss ed him across the table tlie unfortunate fly alighted in a wet and bedraggled con dition on mrs howard's plate she in dignantly grabbed him up and flung bim back into ber husband's plate james gazed steadily at her a moment and see ing blood in her eye deliberately picked up the fly and with a hand trembling with suppressed rage threw it back on her plate then began a regular game of shuttlecock between the two and that fly flew back and forth until he was com pletely worn out then the young wife bursting into tears seized her bonnet aud rushed from the house to the residence of her parents vow iii she would never come back and james went out to the barn swearing to himself in an hour or so tbe father of tbe much-abused wife came over with a team and removed all her baggage and now they meet as friends no more they bave separated for good and two lives are rendered mi erable b the single misstep ofa fly n such small things do our destinies depend a cold-blooded murder 1 l shot and killed without provo cation on sunday afternoon hist a shocking i murder was committed ou the plantation of mr james hodges sl in caswell coun tv x c about live or six miles from this city a gentleman the physician who was called to the scene of the affair soon after the shooting gives us the following particulars sunday afternoon two gen tlemen of color and as man dusky mai dens engaged in a usual sunday flirtatiou when a third gentleman of color joined the party this intrusion was objected to and one of lhe party took a gun and ina playful scuffle presented it at the in truder the gun was soon laid aside when ii was taken from the rack 1 gen tleman number three who cocked it pre sented it ai the darkey who had just beeu playing with it took deliberate aim aud tired the whole load entered the lower part of the breast bom tearing away a portion ofthe lung and liver and oerfo , ratiug the transverse colon and stomach the result was death within six hours at | ter tiie wound was inflicted our inform ant did not remember the names of the parties — danville ni ws tlie unparalleled feat of thirty-nine con secutive bull's-eye shot at eight hun dred yards has been made on tlie wheel ing western va range by professor dwight in the competition for a position in tbe rifle team of this year the political outlook just at the pre sent moment ia not very pleasant for the biid.cal.s elections have been held .-.„ ar this year in ., muuhcv of states and vermont rhode isum nnd n-(..y h shire are the only ones which thev h„v succeeded in carrying and in the even thej have only succeeded by reduced ma jorities on the other hand the demo crats redeemed oregon and carried north carolina tennessee alabama and \,| ansas and in every i„st e ,,,- } j increased majorities innewhawpsi-irc vermont and rliode island the democrat ail no expectation of winning and have ade no particular exe.tion^et i even stance was the radical vote and major ity minced and in vermont the republi cans were compelled to submit to he less o.m congressman the only t..-illv dom contest of the year was fought in oregon •>»<• there the democrats won easily electing their men to every otliee wort having in the other democratic states the radicals as they had previously an no«"ced made no organized opposition 1 the democrats carried ih dav by majorities increased by fifty t ererity bve per cent while in republican states uuder conditions practically similar but in favor of the radicals the majorities were everywhere nd iced ral news tbe exercise of the pardoning privi lege by governors of illinois has gone to such lengths that the attention of not ouly the press bul the more merciful pul pit has been aroused and loud protesla irom all citizeus who love peace and or der are heard on all sides bv careful investigation the inter ocean discover that in the last twenty years t of :.] i murderers seut to state prison lor iif 100 have be pardoned out by tender hearted governors whose mellow feelings were iu many cases made mellower by influence of a questionable nature about t>0 more were discharged through other means after brief terms of impris onment many of the most brutal assas sins are now at large and it is notorious ly true that this reckless clemency for crime lends an encouragement to a repe tition of their dark deeds whenever occa sion offers the practice is also demoralizing to tbe courts siuce their sentences so often re sult in a mere show of justice by the in terference of governors tliere is need of reform in illinois eewa )■<■if did smoltog-pipes nicntin is not the only poisonous sub stances in tobacco lt has been found that in ohl smoking pipes two other poi sonous compounds are connected namely pyiidin and picoliu the cause of lhe investigation was the death of a child who had been blowing soap-bubbles from an old dirty pipe it was first put down ts a case of nicotin poisoning hut further investigation showed the correctness ■■! the researches of void and euleubuig in regard to ihe poisoning effects of what they call the pyridin series a product of the diy distillation of tobacco which act by paralyzing the respiratory nerves causes death by exhaustive respiratory convulsions termiuutingin total asphyxia so it was concluded that the child did not die from nicotin but from pyridin this view may be all the same to the pnblic luit it is not the same to the physician and chemist whose duty i i to ascertain the correct causes of disease and death in or der to profit by this knowledge for tbe benefit of mankind national monthly a little fop conceiving himself iusultta by a gentleman who ventured to give him some wholesome advice strutted up to him with an air of importance and aid sir you are a gentleman ! lieu is my card consider yourself challenged should i be i'loiii home when yon honor in wiih a call i shail leave word with a friend to settle all ihe preliminaries to your ati-i ii ii to wliich he repli ed sir you are a fool here i my card consider your nose ptilied should i be from home when you call on me you will find i have left orders with my ser vant to show or kick you into the strict for your impudence.'1 a good mother was try ing to explain to a young hopeful the other daj about tight iug against the devil after telling the little fellow who the devil was and how hard he was to resist successfully lie tnrned around aud said : mamma im be scared of the old devil but il i was to come across one of hi little devils i'd knock the tuflin out of him.'1 dr johnson v as once asked doctor dou'i vnii think i man involved in froii :-':-. fi i ivbieh he cannot sec how he can ( ric • himself would be justified ih making way with himself by taking his i-'-ii life?1 no said the do tor let it im go to some con u try where he is not kuown not to the devil v hero be is known.1 an old darkey has given u his remedy for getting rid of cabbage worms which i a follows lb gathers a lot of dog fen nel puts it into i barn and pours water over it h-t it stand about twenty-tot hours and then pours tlie water on the cabbage whicli will kill or drive tho worms awaj , cleveland banner
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1878-09-19 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 19 |
Year | 1878 |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 48 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | T. K. Bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-12-29 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The September 19, 1878 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601567351 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1878-09-19 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 19 |
Year | 1878 |
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Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
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Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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FullText | the carolina watchman u ix.-third series salisbury n c september 19 1878 no 48 the last sixpence . ., liill bleak morning in novem . » ii • ■• i haihs aubrey emerged from an ik-ll wii *"' llil<1 i,asse<1 ti,c li,st l nighl under a pile of sheep _*.. e tddd there now his lips k parched and his limbs shook as nli palsy he mechanically hand in his pocket and took „ a sixpence lb searched fnr lelt in every pocket but be could jduoniore thai single sixpence was . i liin fortune . li barley charley lie murmured „ iin ib you've i i.i your race where .' .., ai the friends who have so long hung one pool sixpence it will one glass of grog to allay my tl.ia.i oh would to god it id |, nv me oik true friend ue raised his eyes and beheld an old a ith in tided back who came tot , „,, lowly ami tremblingly hei ■were torn ami tattered and the hair hung matted and ulicomb stopped wheii she came to where tli i i ami leaued heavily upon i mil sir she uttered in tremulous tones give me vvhere rnirchase a single meal and i'll .... i ml to bless thee y mv life good woman you are the l,i nne i have been wishing for here j j | ii-ivi : i is my hist sixpence ! take ;'•■| have only wished it could bring me l,:,c tun li ii ud \ li.it good would conie of thai lliilejou till continue to curse your i lie vou th started bill he spoke not i it vnu would have me for a friend will . ii i ■us i i'i ieiid f [' listen i ves \ then lei this be your lowest vale of j " said the woman with startling sol l unity turn now and go up hill go li un nil you have reached iiie sunshine ire i knew your mother charles iul i remember well how kind lhe was < lh did she think thai her well i.|iivi-ii ou would sink so low ?"' ' stop slop groaned the unhappy tniilli oh who shall give me lhe lilst iii tu regain all i have losl .'" i will * vou who ale youf vou say you new my mother who are you never mind suffice it for you to now tli.it i suffered us deeply as you ever id i know what it is to suffer i say ran give you the first lift i mean by hit i can show you the way follow my uuusel and you may yet recover ail that nil have lost no detail oh there is oue loss ran never make up and as he spoke ie bowed his head aud covered his face uii iii hands i.i i not mich feelings be with yon now irol resolve that you will turn irom the il which has brought you down vou mow what it is as well as 1 do canyon to this .'" aye i had already done it ere you tame up then the next step go and make a friend who cau help you further go to amos williams aud na no not there ( h not there !" interrupted charles go to his store ami freely confess to bim all your faults resumed the woman vitlioul seem iug to notice the in term p tiuu ' tell him all and then ask him to ' 1*1 you ouco more n ho i dale not go to him llm listen i heard mr williams say iui his own lips that he would help you ifltecould that he would give you his jl""l il you would only help yourself did be say so ?" uttered charles ea hcdid and now charles aubrey i assured tbat you have not lost every iug i.i i people know that you mean use and be a man ami all whose l-liij is worth having will give jouuidr hands io to amos williams i will go al»"s williams stood at the great desk d hi counting room and he was alone ile he thus 8tood casting up a column upon t ,,,,,,,. „*• ,„„. „■llt b the door was opened and charles aubrey entered ii was ye pah and s.-mi.l and looked as be did when we inrotwo hours ago the merchant totted back with au utterance of pain ""- surprise as he recognized ia the mis on-blefoi-ni before him the once happy ldl"']"ved youth whom he delighted to honor uaiie he uttered as soon as he con,d command hi speech why have •' un nic here mr williams spoke the youth i 1 fhoking voice i have come to to tell utlu»t my course of wickedness is run •""• a this moment i am herc he stopped ib hesitated a nio vwd then his feelings overeome him stowing his head hebursl into tears •':"' sobb loud and deep broke ■,,„„ ,,*„ ji the merchant was deeply affected w with the warm tears gathering quick his own eyes he started forward aud 1 ins hand upon the youth's head "' harles he uttered in a u*emuloua ger voice have you resolved to be a with god's h.-lp i will be a ,„.,„ again was the youth's reply is your money all gone ?" yes sir this morning i bad one sol itary sixpence left aud that 1 gave to i pom old woman who bade ine come here aye i know her she is an unfortu nate creature who has suffered much i bade ber if she saw you and you were cast down and repentant to send you here for i heard yesterday that you were at the foot ofthe precipice now if you are determined you shall not want for help in eager broken sobbing sentences chillies poured out bis thanks and stated the resolution he had taken and now said mr williams after the matter had been talked over some we must lind a place whose you pan re cruit your strength a little before you try to work there is my brother who owns a farm at m . he would be glad to have you come and stop awhile and when you bave wholly recovered your wasted strength you shall have a place here al lirst the youth refused to accept so much lor he knew his uuworthiness but the merchant simply answered bim — you can pay me for all this if you choose so you need not be delicate about it and as for your unwortbiness — when the lost ones of earth aro not worth re deeming then some other standard of worth in ust be regarded than that simple one wliich jesus of nazareth gave to his followers so it was settled that chillies should go into the country and remain a while he found mr williams the brother ready and happy to receive him and tliere he soon began to regain his health and spir its in two weeks he was as strong as ever and at he end ofa month the marks of dissipation had all left his face then he returned to town and entered the store amos williams gave him a lucrative sta tion and bade him remember nothing of the past save the one great lesson he had learned charles he said you remember the widow swan t yes sir well 1 have engaged board for you there i hone the arrangement will suit you yes sir returned the youth with emotion rrom that time charles aubrey went on nobly and truly iu the path he had marked out little did charles aubrey know how closely he had been watched mr wil liams knew his every movement even to his prayers whicli he poured forth in the privacy of his own apartment thus passed away three months and at the end of lhat time mr williams called the young man into the counting-room one evening alter the rest of the people had gone well chiirles the merchant com menced how would you like to change your boarding place tliere was something iu the look and tone ofthe man as he spoke these words that made the youth start the blood rushed lo his face and anon be turned pale if you would like the merchant re sinned in the same low strange tone you may come aud board with me 1 will not deceive you churles until i could know that you would entirely reform 1 hired vol carry you to my house but i am satisfied now 1 lave not doubted you but 1 would prove you and now if you please you can inform mrs swan that you bhall board with her uo more she will not be disappointed for i have spoken with her on the subject with these words mr williams left the store and as soon as charles could recov er from the strange emotion that luul al most overpowered him he called the por ter to co'.i-.e and lock up and hen having locked up the great sab he took his de parture in ihe next morning he came to the stoic and when his employer came be informed him that he had given his notice to mis swan aery well returned tho merchant this evening theu you will go home w ith me evening came and charles aubrey ac companied his friend home tea was ready the rest ofthe family having eaten an hour before after tea charles was conducted to tho sitting-room where lamps were burning and where mr wil liams informed him he could amuse him self by reading charley sat down there and his employer went out but bo could not read thus he sat when the door slowly opened and a female appeared within the apartment with a quick step he sprang forward and without a word he caught a fair girl to his bosom mary he uttered as he gazed into the sparkling eyes of the fair being who still clung fondly to him you still love me you forgive me all — and trust me once more ." ves she murmured and ere she could speak further her father entered the room aha ! so you've found him bave you mary ?" be cried iu a happy joyous tone mr williams uttered charles still holding mary by the hand and speaking with difficulty i hope i'm not deceived oil you bave not brought me here to kill ine yon can not have passed this cop to my lips only to ilash it away again !" of coarse not said tbe merchant hut you must know the whole truth and for fear my child may not tell you i'll tell you myself this noble girl lias never ceased to love you and when you were tbe lowest down sbe loved you the most she came to me and asked me if sbe might save you if sbe could i could iuot tell ber nay and she went to work she lias buffered much and charles it remains with you to decide whether her future sliall be one of happiness or not sbe knew that yon were down and that your money was all gone and that your false friends had forsaken you then her love for you grew bold and strong she wondered if you would repulse ber she knew not what might be your feeling and to save herself iron i the pain ofa di rect repulse from you she assumed a dis guise so that sbe might approach you without being known and yet gain some idea of your feelings and save you if she could 1 think sbe has done well at any rate she has regained you to herself and it must now be your fault if tbe silk en tie is loosed again and with these words the father left the apartment vou mary you in disguise?1 he queried as soon as he could speak ay my dear charles and you know why i did it here do you not remem ber it ?'' and as she spoke she drew from her bosom a small silken purse and took thererrou a sixpence the youth recognized it iu an instant tfli !" he cried as he strained the noble girl to his bosom what can i say ? mary mary my own heart's truest love let my life in the years to come tell my grati tude oh my all of life is yours and my last breath sliall bear your name in grati tude to god ." the use of an enemy always keep an enemy in band — a brisk hearty active enemy itemark the uses of an enemy : i the having one is proof that you are somebody wishy-washy empty woith less people never have enemies men who never move nor run agaiust anything and when a man is thoroughly dead and utterly buried nothing ever runs against him to be run against is proof of exis tence and position • to run against some thing is proof of motion 2 an enemy is to say the least not partial to you he will not hatter he will not exaggerate your virtues lt i.s very probable that ho will slightly mag nify your faults the benefit of that is twofold — it permits you to know that you have faults and are therefore uot a mon ster and it makes them of such size as to be visible and manageable f course if you have a fault you desire to know it ; when you become aware that you have a fault you desire to correct it vour ene my does for you this valuable work which your friend cannot perform 3 in addition your enemy keeps you wide awake he does not let you sleep at your post there are two that always keeps watch namely the lover and ihe hater vour lover watches that you may sleep he keeps oil noise excludes light adjusts surroundings that nothing may disturb you vour hater watches thai you may not sleep he stirs you up when you are uappiug he keeps your facul ties on the alert even when he does no thing he will have put you in such a state of mind that you cannot tell what he will do next and this meu tai qui vive must be worth something 4 he is a detective among your frieuds vou need to know who your friends are and who are not and who are your ene mies the last of these three will dis criminate the oilier two when your en emy goes to one who is neither friend nor enemy and assails you the indifferent one will have nothing to say or chime iu not because he is your enemy but because it is no much easier to assert than to op pose and especially than to refute hut your friends will take up cudgels for you on the instant he will deny everything and insist on proof and proving is very hard work tliere is scarcely a truthful man in the world that could afford to un dertake to prove one tenth of all his truth ful assertions vour friend will call your enemy to the proof and if the indifferent person through carelessness repeats the assertions of your enemy he i.s soon made to fee the inconvenience thereof by the zeal your friend manifests follow your enemy around and you will find your friends for he will have developed them so that they cannot be mistaken the next best thing to having a bun died real friends is to have one open ene my hut let us pray to be delivered from secret foes — lie v dr deems the metric system paris sept 5 the international on gress on weights measures and coins to day unanimously adopted a resolution deploring the fact that england russia and the united states had not yet adopt ed the me iie system the american and english delegates afterwards met and passed a resolution respectfully petition ing the english and american govern ments to appoint a mixed commission to consider the adoption of the metric system by both countries happiness happiness is in taste and not in things and it is by having what we love that we are happy not by having what others find agreeable tbe most com inon error of men and women is that of looking for happiness some where outside of useful work it has never yet been found when thus sought and never will be while the world stands and the sooner tbe truth is learned the better for every one if you doubt tbe proposition go around among your friends and acquaintances aud select those who have tbe most enjoyment through life are tbey the idlers and pleasure-seekers or tbe earnest workers we know what your answer will be of the miserable human beings it has been ovr fortune or misfortune to know those were the most wretched who had retired from useful em ployment in order to enjoy themselves carry tbe radiance of yonr soul in your face let the world have the benefit of it let your cheerfulness be felt for good wherever you are and let your smiles be created like sunbeams on the just as well as on the unjust such a disposi tion yields a rich reward for its happy effects come home to yon and brighten your thoughtful moments cheerfulness makes the mind clear gives tone to your thought adds grace to the countenance jnbert says when you give give with joy smiling smiles are little things and cheap articles to be fraught with so many blessings both to the giver and receiver pleasant little ripples to watch as we stand on the shore of life they are the higher and better responses of nature to the emo tion of the soul let the children have the benefit of them — those little ones who need lhe sunshine of the heart to educate them and would find sympathy for their buoyant nature in the cheerful loving faces of those who need them let them not be kept from the middle-aged who need the encouragement they bring give your smiles also to the aged they come to tbem like the quiet rain of rummer making fresh and verdant the long weary path of life they look for them from you who are rejoicing in the fullness of your life every one desires to be happy tbe condition of heaven i.s the ambition of earth what the angels have men long to acquire religion as a source of happi ness comes to men therefore with a great natural ad van tage in its favor for men crave from instinct the very experience it is calculated to bestow but bow is it in point of fact ? why the fact is it is not made to seem in the popular mind as the source of happiness men naturally look to its examples to apprehend it in that way on the other hand the impression made upon tbem is often precisely the re verse they are thus repelled from in stead of being attracted to it : and religion must approach them ever after at a great disadvantage xow it cannot be too of ten repeated and emphasized by the tes timony and life of christians that reli gion does make a person happy the moods and tempers it fosters are those of happiness lt lightens one's burdens consoles him in sorrow blesses him with a great hope and fills him with peace the practice of religion never fails one vou may learn a trade hoping thereby to get wealth ami yon may fail ; you may study hoping thereby to become famous and you may never see the fame you de sire you may aspire to the honors of the forum and the applause of the populace may iie withheld but no one ever studied the principle of holiness and acted up lo bis knowledge and tailed of his reward he who does business for coil can never be bankrupt all else may fail us but the pleasures of christian hope and the consolation of christian faith can never be taken from us the virtuous man can lose nothing for his virtues are his re ward a remarkable max lie becomes the father of fire children at one llrith mr cassidy an employee of the balti more and ohio railroad living between the highlands and the ancient city of bladens burg has just attained his immortality and the newspapers throughout the coun try will speak of bis virtues all the people living in bis vicinity especially the women are greatly excited over an event which seldom happens in this world not even in the houses of kings and many a man married for years but still heir less will wonder what sort of a man cas sidy is and upon what meat doth this our ca-sar feed mrs cassidy has just given birth to live children three girls and two boys and all of them remarka bly well they are very small but still perfect in their organism and may live the mother is happily out of all danger and able to receive the congratulations of the neighboring friends this is one of the most remarkable cases in modern times — washington post " child of the shies to the front the child of the skies better known as ex overnor c hooks brogdcn will be an independent candidate for cougress in the goldsboro district hooks didn't like it because the radicals set up the nigger otlara in bis stead and he don't care if a democrat does sit down on cm both terrible catastrophe ticenty-five thousand pounds of blasting powder exploded a special dispatch to tbe philadelp,.,a ledger dated august 18th contains tbe following : — ofthe many incidents connected with thunder storms this snmm all over the c ltr.v none w evert . more exciting aad alarming character than the explosion of a powder magazine containing 1200 kegs of blasting powder near this place by lightniug on saturday afternoon about four o'clock ihe magazine belonged to 11 a weldy &: co and stood near the summit ofthe hill known as mount hope about one mile from pottsville the building was large and built of heavy stone and the force of tbe explosion was so great that not a single stone including tbe foundation was left unturned and a mound of debris is all that now marks the spot where the magazine stood all around is seen the mighty force of the powder large trees are cut down houses unroofed and numb is damaged in other ways almost beyond tepair a smaller powder bouse near by and west of it had its roof and east end crushed in and the coal breaker of the gate vein coal com pany badly damaged tbe noise of tbe explosion was beard for at least ten miles aud withiu quite an extensive area includ ing pottsville glass was broken ceilings cracked and a large number of buildings damaged causing au iutense excitement here and for miles around massive stones of wliich the magazine was built were thrown to a great distance some of them at least weighing over 100 pounds were thrown a half a mile and iu some instances persons made narrow escapes with their lives from tbe falling stones at tbe time of the explosion there was a light rain the clouds passing from the south and from one of these clouds a vivid flash of lightniug came and struck the magazine in a grove at tlie foot of the bill ou which the magazine stood a private pic nic was in progress and on the other side of the bill were a railroad and two wag oif roads leading to minersville and on these roads some narrow escapes were made the scenes on the pic-nic grounds were dreadful ; the screams of the people and the cries of the wounded were heart reuderiug there were no means of escape an instant after the flash of lightning came the explosion and while all were stun ned by the loud and deafening report the stones began to fall like a heavy shower among thou killing and injuring many who but a moment before were enjoying themselves in innocent and mer ry sports a california mix ixc story the san francisco bulletin says not many miles from shasta city is the gulch of which the following mining story is told it is a pretty deep ravine with rocks showing all the way up the sides cold in paying quantities had been found along the stream but il seemed to dis appear a few feci from the channel one day while a gang of busy men were toil ling in the stream a stranger evidently green at mining came along and leaned ou ragged elbows to watch with protru ding eyes the result of their tail the miner nearest him took oui a 5 nugget and anxiety ovei amc iiie greenhorn s a-a-y he asked where can i go to diggin to find it like that the hardy miner stopped his work and giving the wink to all lhe boys so that tbe joke should not be lost pointed up on the barren rocks where no gold had ever been found : ve see that rough lookin place *?' yes yes said the new hand well thar it is rich jes yes take out a claim and go to work and when we finish here we'll come up too then the new hand thanked the honest miner and the boys all grinned appreciation of the joke that afternoon tliere was a solitary figure pick ing away on the slope and every time the miners looked up they roared with laughter but bout the next day the greenhorn struck a pocket and took out something like 8*'10,000 in a few min utes then innocent to the hist he treated all around and thanked the min er who sent him up there and took bis money and went down into the valley and bought a farm the unhappy min ers arose leaving their old claim and dotted that hill-side for days hat there wen no more pockets anywhere the whole thing reads like the traditional fairy story but then i have seen the gulch much more unbelievable things have happened in the mines curiously caused conflagration one of the family of mr n s mosely entered a room in bis house at the cor ner of salisbury and cabarrus streets yesterday and was surprised to see smoke on the floor aud a vividly bright ray of sunlight shining thereon the cause of the phenomenon was soon ascertained a goblet bad been inverted and placed on a window ledge lhe sun shone full on it and the rays were brought to a focus by the bottom ofthe glass the rays so con centrated fell on the spot on the floor and the heat was so inteuse as to char the boards a few min utes later and the room would have been all ou fire — ral eigh news : ... . how the tides are produced there has always been a difficulty in ! the minds of teachers as well as in the , mi ml of learners to comprehend the theory of the tides as presented in our text-books this theory fails to give a satisfactory account of the tides on the side of the earth most remote from the sun and moon according to this theory at that part ofthe earth's surface which • is turned away from the moon or from the sun n less amount of attraction is felt by ; her waters than anywhere els mi ber • surface ; and tlie whole earth is therc ; lore in effect drawn away from the waters on the far side of her and thus the water being left behind a tide i.s produced on this side as well as on the side at which the force of gravity acts directly that so great an absurdity should have been accepted so long by our writers of text books is truly marvelous it is indeed so contrary to all known facts and laws ot physics that if no other influences are felt by the waters at the far side of the earth than attraction there would be just the opposite effect produced to that alleged by this absorb hypothesis this can be demonstrated by actual experi ment and so conclusively as any other fact coming within the reach of experi mental philosophy it has been proved experimentally that all bodies on the sur face of the earth at midnight are heavier thau at any other hour of the twenty four and when the new moon occurs at midnight this increase of weight or grav ity felt by matter on this part of the sur face of the earth is still greater now it this theory were correct attraction would produce just the opposite effect ; that is matter would weigh less at midnight than iit any other hour of tht twenty-four n the side of the earth facing the sun and moon the weight of bodies is dimin ished as it should be according to the theory which it is proposed to establish in this article from the carthage 111 gazette what a fly did mr james howard of walker married iin interesting young lady named sy monds about a year ago and they have lived cosily and happily together ever since hut the other morning at break fast an inquisitive and hungry ily drop ped down from his perch on the ceiling and stretching his legs began skirmish ing around for his breakfast he crawled slowly around mr howard's coffee cup once or twice sniffing the delicious aro ma and wondering how he could manage to get a drink when his foot slipped he lost his grip and in a moment more was floundering around in the liquid his struggles attacted the attention of james and he pulled bim out and playfully toss ed him across the table tlie unfortunate fly alighted in a wet and bedraggled con dition on mrs howard's plate she in dignantly grabbed him up and flung bim back into ber husband's plate james gazed steadily at her a moment and see ing blood in her eye deliberately picked up the fly and with a hand trembling with suppressed rage threw it back on her plate then began a regular game of shuttlecock between the two and that fly flew back and forth until he was com pletely worn out then the young wife bursting into tears seized her bonnet aud rushed from the house to the residence of her parents vow iii she would never come back and james went out to the barn swearing to himself in an hour or so tbe father of tbe much-abused wife came over with a team and removed all her baggage and now they meet as friends no more they bave separated for good and two lives are rendered mi erable b the single misstep ofa fly n such small things do our destinies depend a cold-blooded murder 1 l shot and killed without provo cation on sunday afternoon hist a shocking i murder was committed ou the plantation of mr james hodges sl in caswell coun tv x c about live or six miles from this city a gentleman the physician who was called to the scene of the affair soon after the shooting gives us the following particulars sunday afternoon two gen tlemen of color and as man dusky mai dens engaged in a usual sunday flirtatiou when a third gentleman of color joined the party this intrusion was objected to and one of lhe party took a gun and ina playful scuffle presented it at the in truder the gun was soon laid aside when ii was taken from the rack 1 gen tleman number three who cocked it pre sented it ai the darkey who had just beeu playing with it took deliberate aim aud tired the whole load entered the lower part of the breast bom tearing away a portion ofthe lung and liver and oerfo , ratiug the transverse colon and stomach the result was death within six hours at | ter tiie wound was inflicted our inform ant did not remember the names of the parties — danville ni ws tlie unparalleled feat of thirty-nine con secutive bull's-eye shot at eight hun dred yards has been made on tlie wheel ing western va range by professor dwight in the competition for a position in tbe rifle team of this year the political outlook just at the pre sent moment ia not very pleasant for the biid.cal.s elections have been held .-.„ ar this year in ., muuhcv of states and vermont rhode isum nnd n-(..y h shire are the only ones which thev h„v succeeded in carrying and in the even thej have only succeeded by reduced ma jorities on the other hand the demo crats redeemed oregon and carried north carolina tennessee alabama and \,| ansas and in every i„st e ,,,- } j increased majorities innewhawpsi-irc vermont and rliode island the democrat ail no expectation of winning and have ade no particular exe.tion^et i even stance was the radical vote and major ity minced and in vermont the republi cans were compelled to submit to he less o.m congressman the only t..-illv dom contest of the year was fought in oregon •>»<• there the democrats won easily electing their men to every otliee wort having in the other democratic states the radicals as they had previously an no«"ced made no organized opposition 1 the democrats carried ih dav by majorities increased by fifty t ererity bve per cent while in republican states uuder conditions practically similar but in favor of the radicals the majorities were everywhere nd iced ral news tbe exercise of the pardoning privi lege by governors of illinois has gone to such lengths that the attention of not ouly the press bul the more merciful pul pit has been aroused and loud protesla irom all citizeus who love peace and or der are heard on all sides bv careful investigation the inter ocean discover that in the last twenty years t of :.] i murderers seut to state prison lor iif 100 have be pardoned out by tender hearted governors whose mellow feelings were iu many cases made mellower by influence of a questionable nature about t>0 more were discharged through other means after brief terms of impris onment many of the most brutal assas sins are now at large and it is notorious ly true that this reckless clemency for crime lends an encouragement to a repe tition of their dark deeds whenever occa sion offers the practice is also demoralizing to tbe courts siuce their sentences so often re sult in a mere show of justice by the in terference of governors tliere is need of reform in illinois eewa )■<■if did smoltog-pipes nicntin is not the only poisonous sub stances in tobacco lt has been found that in ohl smoking pipes two other poi sonous compounds are connected namely pyiidin and picoliu the cause of lhe investigation was the death of a child who had been blowing soap-bubbles from an old dirty pipe it was first put down ts a case of nicotin poisoning hut further investigation showed the correctness ■■! the researches of void and euleubuig in regard to ihe poisoning effects of what they call the pyridin series a product of the diy distillation of tobacco which act by paralyzing the respiratory nerves causes death by exhaustive respiratory convulsions termiuutingin total asphyxia so it was concluded that the child did not die from nicotin but from pyridin this view may be all the same to the pnblic luit it is not the same to the physician and chemist whose duty i i to ascertain the correct causes of disease and death in or der to profit by this knowledge for tbe benefit of mankind national monthly a little fop conceiving himself iusultta by a gentleman who ventured to give him some wholesome advice strutted up to him with an air of importance and aid sir you are a gentleman ! lieu is my card consider yourself challenged should i be i'loiii home when yon honor in wiih a call i shail leave word with a friend to settle all ihe preliminaries to your ati-i ii ii to wliich he repli ed sir you are a fool here i my card consider your nose ptilied should i be from home when you call on me you will find i have left orders with my ser vant to show or kick you into the strict for your impudence.'1 a good mother was try ing to explain to a young hopeful the other daj about tight iug against the devil after telling the little fellow who the devil was and how hard he was to resist successfully lie tnrned around aud said : mamma im be scared of the old devil but il i was to come across one of hi little devils i'd knock the tuflin out of him.'1 dr johnson v as once asked doctor dou'i vnii think i man involved in froii :-':-. fi i ivbieh he cannot sec how he can ( ric • himself would be justified ih making way with himself by taking his i-'-ii life?1 no said the do tor let it im go to some con u try where he is not kuown not to the devil v hero be is known.1 an old darkey has given u his remedy for getting rid of cabbage worms which i a follows lb gathers a lot of dog fen nel puts it into i barn and pours water over it h-t it stand about twenty-tot hours and then pours tlie water on the cabbage whicli will kill or drive tho worms awaj , cleveland banner |