ej ' ' salisbury n c thubsday jahuaey,15 1.091 c . 1 vol xx1i.-third seeies r w wright the leading furniture dealer and undertaker u salisbury is now offering the largest and best assorted stock of furni ture ever broughi to this place o pakl ; i bl its : v j s k mohair ciusu plcbli at scc.oo femur c price 73.00 ■ - . fi imtr price l -«^ 60.00 • r ' wool i ': : ■ • -; ; •"'' 0 f imer price 45,0o v tr ria xos and oi:g a n s y s , ,-, -. : ' . v1 ■ ' '■- m s ai d dei her bros chicktrinj & £<» s :!! '' vvhtelock f *— j ed koom suits *" h ' antique oak antique aslie cherrj and h walnut at nricistut duly ccnipttiticn , lj : . _ , ww .- a i.akge st<u k hh of < l.aiis !: ;■..<-. j.i lt ms el s km < s spiiny buds work tables for laciicf j -^** pictures ar.d pitun fii:ir.c y le c j and quality ah\a\s in s-tock or will be t tmaaa ' i j ' ; j made to order on thort i.ptiee at reason £**^ able i'ii i - l^l"1 ' j baby carriages y (^ v hrsc stock of cal cania-ts with , . wire whe i u •-.■; 50 (_ silk ! nsh -.'.!., ; i i ii ?< i car z~l riagi-s with wiic v.licds at onlv < xj foinurlv li li : vj 50 133 : i j i rtak1t - 1 i-1 al ex1 '■ ' u r - '^^ s i i : ion : i \ i i in i : i « 1 1 1 1 ;. k i r j t^rart in all its b.-andiis hours dn and iui.t y i >,,, i ;. w i . . tcrvicce nt niu'it will ;•" ' jr -^ rail sit my n-sidi-ncc on bank street in v > • drooklvn \ 3s ™\ fm mm tlianuin my tii nrrl lie pul.'ic h ► — j ci.-ill for i • and .< l.iii a (^ 2 ct.3 t £ v ■:■ - ' ' l':'i i i i '. m . g w.^thight leading vi::r.\'\;vc dcii3r a r p htttt7 mllmift rlu1 1 hi umijlamm d double stores will be found the handsomest assct1ent of | new fall and winter goods in salisbury j dress goods eatables winter shoes in all the shades and fa the best 1 r made in the largest and best bries of the coming sea america tl est cured assortment in town from son meats to be hml canned the 6nest kid and calf winter clothing fruits meats and vege hand-sewed made down this is now open for in tables of all kinds at old to the cheapest made of spedion it is handsome prices and the choicest all leather at the very and at prices to suit the teas coffees and cocoas lowest of all rock bot imes from manv clinies torn prices we offer special inducements to the wholesa ■ rade sec us before you buy as we mean to sell you gooas cheap ' vour serve r regulators oi low prices secompmh f0 anttjnm seeking m fm reliable eoipalrcip hiiiiiy-||s libeeal agents 1^w?^^f ppfstobst c n~.town an si icktauv , , „ the south total assets : - - - s7c0,o00.oo j itllin 31 ow1n '< a lent tgeht salisbury x c the picket guard by ethelin eliot beeht all quiet along the potomac they say j expect now and then a stray picket | is shot us he walks on his beat to aud , fro tis nothing a private or two now and then will not count m the lens of the bat nc . t : l l ; ; ; : rlo,i-<)!>lyoneonhoinrn , mourning out all aloue the death rat all quiet alone the potomac to-night , where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming their tents in hi rays of tne clear ail tumu moon or the 1 i^ii t of uu watch-fires arc gleaming a tremulous sigd as the gentle night wind though the forest leaves softly is creeping while stars up above with then glitter keep guard for thearmy issleeping there's only the sound of the lone sen try's iread ' as he tramps from the rock to the fountain a he thinks of the two in thejow trim . die bed far away in the cot on the mountain his musket fallsslack his face dark and grim mows riitle with memories tender as he mutters a prayer fur the children asleep for their mother may heaven defend her . the moon seems to shine just as bngntlj as then — leaped up to his lips when low-mur mured vows were pledged to be ever unbroken then drawing his sleeves roughly over his eyes he dashes oli'tears that are welling and gathers his liu up closer to its place as if to keep down the heart swelling he passed the fountain the blasted pine t rce the footstep is lagging and weary yet onward ho goes through the broad belt of light toward the shade of the forest so dreary hark was it the night wind lhal rustled t iie leaver was it the uaoon light so wouderously flashing jt looked like a rifle ha mary good by and ihe life-blood ise'obiug and plash ius all quiet along the potomac to-night — no sound save the rush o the liver while soft falls the clow on the face oi the dead — the picket's o'fduty for ever tho orcliard farm kielti n ad stockman a'il'wil admit that it is very pleas ant to go into the cellar on a coin win ter's d and get a supply of fine ap ples for the children's iiuicli find the evening's fevft hut the question that comes first 1o mind when cousid ering the orchard is when shall we set it out spring or fall on this question horticulturists differ we tiiink the best time for setting nut trees is when we get ready either spring or full don't put it off we prefer fall for kansas and the south under certain conditions if the ground is dry in the fall and not enough moisture to keep the roots damp it should be put oil until spring us when winter sets in with a dry hard free without any moisture to sustain the tree it is very apt to die bui a fall like the present one when there is an over supply of moisture there is no fear of tins our first reason for setting out an orchard in the fill is we have more tune to do it secondly the nurseiy ihuu has more time is not overcrowd ed with orders the consequence is you gtt a better grade of trees and in uel ter shape third the soil becomes set tied around the trees and the rowls are ready for the spring rains in the spring in this latitude and th south with our frequent r.tins we have to wait until the buds begin to swell before the ground is lit to set : h/wc jkfc'.'tjxu v>i"th it is different out an orchard and the wet weather ran us iuto april before the ground was in order to set a tree ttiten it turned dry and the tree had no young routs started to draw the moisture and we lost over half of them if we had set them in the fall the rains in feb ruary and march wonld have started them to growing and they would have stood the dry went her better one reason hv farmers miss it in setting trees in the fall is they com mence planting too early we intend to e out a few hundred trees and now t is the last of november and we have not our trees bought we saw trees delivered in kuiporia the 1 s of octo ner that w9 bad had the e.iv s strapp ed off for some time those trees w.l oe very apt to die wait until the tree sheds its leave and the sap has jone down then g'e.t your trees unu set tlein out mound the earth up around the trunk p'ght or ten in he and you will hare no trouble we do not want to 1)2 understood assaying th^t if it is too la ■ to s«l out trees this year to wait until next fall ! ui i g rea-ly and s ! the i in i iv ing j li lt-'rr n lyon < o kansas farm management if i could be 5toung again '." ('. s riee in rural ew vorki r farm experiment stations if i could throw oil half a century i would make my farm practically ta experi ment station f a man expects to succeed as a fanner he must be indus trious if a farmer wishes to accum ulate property he mu>t be economical but industry and economy combined will not insure successful farm man agement sound judgement is indis pei.s-ible in a first-class farmer cor rect judgment depends on ability to observe and compare observation and comparison like other powers of mind are susceptable of cultivation and the young farmer will act wisely in pursueing a course calculated to de velop these useful faculties with which nature has endowed im how can this be done by making his farm practically an experiment station \ tsrv little expenditure of tirue labor or money will be required to make ex periments sufficiently accurate to prove of great vain in farm practice an hour's thought will suggest 2 > useful experiments that may be commenced during the lirst year of farm manage ment to begin such a course is to awaken interest to walcla progress and note results is to cultivate those qualities ot mind on which suc cess of a farmer largely depend a map of the farm as accurate as possi ble'without actual survey and raeasur meut should be made and on this and in a notebook provided for the pur pose csirefui records of all experiments aud of the management of each field should be kept a new map may b made each year ihe old one being pre served for reference planning and conducting experiments year by year and keeping a careful record of the same will be very sura to develop abil ity and establish habits of observation and comparison in themselves of prime value to a farm manager e-peciallj will this be true if the young farmer occasionally attends a meeting of the grange or a farmers 1 institute and af ter listening to others gives i carefully prepared account of in experiments and of any marked success or failure thai nay have occurred in hu own experience 1 have male soma experiments in purming;but in reviewing results we can see many places u hore a little more diligeoci might have proved very use ful a.-id wo':ld certainly have been oi much interest some y^nrs ago 1 dis folred or softened several to.ns of bone i»v mixing thena with wotxl ashen and keeping tha whole in a moist couditi m for several months abosi 5 opoin is of bone and 30 bushels of ashes mix d with a bnrrel of refuse s;-ii l were ap plied to each acre oi the potato crop just as the plants were coming v this 1 regarded as an experiment tl the time and thought it s ic essful as ihe crop was the best raised in town that year afterwards the field prov ed unexpectedly productive in wheat and later as a meadow but as the bone and ashes and salt were applied to the whole tield alike i could not determine their value either to she po tatoes wheat or meadow and to-day i do not know whether the continued productiveness of that field was due t > the bone and ashes or to the light coat of rich manure applied or to ele ments of fertility contained in dead quach grass roots or to the very thor ough cultivation given the soil with tne potato crop and also in the pre hi atian for wheat that followed these all may have had an influence but i at that time 1 had been in the habil of deliberately planning experiments and keeping a careful record of them by means of a map and note-book no doubt one part of the held would have been left without an application oi bone and ashes and another pa without the salt if that had been done i would now be telling the ru ral new yorker f the approximate value of bone and ashen as a manure for potatoes and of the permanence ol their effects on the productiveness f the soil and also of the value of alt to a potato crop in a dvy season heavy mvestnienis in tne ooutu english capitalists are turning their attention southward just as the man ufacturers record predicted at the time of the baring failure negotia tions have been closed f r one invest ment of 3,000,000 in tennessee aud for another of nearly eq uii magnitude in the same state contracts are pen ding and will s i be closed on an f ler of si 000,000 investment of bul lish money in a texas enterprise while half a dozen or m re large deal in various parts of th south are pei cl ing one involving the purchase oi ;■ number oi southern furn icr-s ami ex tensive mineral properties ims ex nert's report on this property is very f v irabli • i it £ <•■• the expert hm ■:•■•■ : r s mn:in seated to lhemanufact.uers [{ ord that h was ut eily amaz i al the mineral sources of the s that they were far beyoiid ftnvthi ig tn bad iu.ajii.ihdp"-s:i»:e ml ti..tt wlietlv ( . r t -„. w or!d would need 40.000.1 k o 0(m)0.00 ) to.i of iron te.iy mis iien i a mr hewitt and ilr atkinson be ! , k ve the south vvoalj be able lo sup i ply all that wild wanted children cry for pitcher's castoria home notes cut stale brea i into small squares and frj browu in hot lard thus pre par<>d thej make a fashionable add ap petizing addition to soup raise your ironing board two ot | three inches higlur than von h;ive been accustomed to and see if it d ea not save a good many back aches there are a varitty of little circum i stances it l : fe which like f>ins in a iailv s dress are necessary for keeping i it together an.l giving it neatness and elegance to cure the so-called canker in ihe : mouth steep a little of the herb gold thread and wrinse the mouth twu or three times it will drive avvny the [ trouble in a day as the rose seuda out its rich and : ever welcome perfume in all directions as the representative of ita purity so the influence of the gifted and good reaches every grade of society purify ing nd elevating all within its scope blessing ! lie world a u easy method of removing hits of foreign bodies from the eve is to place a grain of fl^xseed under the lower lid aa;i close the lids the seed becomes surrounded by a thick adherent muci lage which entraps 1 he foreign itoriv audsoon carries il out from the angle jf the e e itnari porcelain is frequently used as a deserl s rvice th ites are broadly scalloped nr hated and the de corations a - e gay in red and bright bine aurl gold imari pieces genera i v show blue figures on a white ground on the under side an imari salad bowl with plates to match makes a very gay luncheon table i not wash roz?bs unless absolute ly necessary water will make the i ret ii split and the comb rough small bunshes which are made for the pur pose of cleaning combs are easily ob tained at little expense and with one of these theeomb may be thoroughly cleansed wiping whll and following with a soft clolti afterwards a fashionable not paper very much used is a pale shade of gray with let tering in a darker shade of gray at tlic top of the page in the center gray vax is used to so the envelope black lettering on while gray or blue paper is favored by many elegant peo ple and metallic effects are still in vogue among others th newest stationery is very simple ( he -■; sandwiches — one-fourth pound of itaiubled clieesp the yolk of a hard boiled egg a tablespoonful of melted butter one-half teaspoonful oi -■ ;', : . x i.ish of pepper one-half tea spoonful of nvule mustard a table upoonful of milk and a thin slice oi read or biscuit lightly but evenly buttered tut the hard yolk in a small bowl naake smooth with ;< spoon add the butter ehee e and ea oning mixing well and us ly the milk you will find this a ruost ap petizing mixture placed between slices l f bread or biscuit to make a novel and delicious des v i r , r iok on ■ q i irt of cranberries in \ nun and one-half rut of cold water j when soft add two vn of white su gar strain through a colander select a handsome deep dish put a layer oi r : e cranberry i the bottom peel and ice enough manas for a layer ovi r the cranberry tin n alternate la eis until the dish is half full maka a meringue with the whites of four eggs allowing naore sugar than usual beat the eggs seperately until very ■ f tlieu aii«l sng ir and beat again fill the dish up full to rounding over with the meringue set in oven two or | m , e minutts to brown cool aud just ! before ready to serve cut another ba n-main slices and lay in a circle on outer ed^e then another row inside with a°spoon dip a little cranberrj juice on each farm field and stock man 1891 ror^'eneration/'the'tiuancial storm arm uj t rt,2 .,: „, a i the commercial cen - all agricultural pro s.d.m.ndfo heavy woolens tlm merchants to dispo he accumulated stocks of two seasons 1 ' h e almost incredible number oi '■ \ ■■■;;'/ rrected during the yeai : : :;:';;; ■:,;:;.::::,.•« f ■ z tiun tl.u ha r uw .. ■ l sew enterprise "< '■ el > -" ■ i : ■ ■ f .,,,•„•< to the utmost i • h " m:innf u " v nme of internal ""■ u ": v t.u amtli hare bm is^oin l «« bofor and their derelopment ih tlie immediate future will be much greater than at any former perio i the prospect ofesl ib si i r ■■■ pro cal eomniercinl relations with the na tions south of n bright us mouth bv month while the volume of our ex ports to other coatin in > has b more thun maintained siving i and building and loan asxociati ns have recently succe*5fully establ - in many states where they were known and are teaching people of small mi ins to be frug il that i may follow while at the same large sums of money are aggregated and put to good use that w mid i wise have lain idle more attention has been bestowed upon a pr;i education that would lit the youth oi the land for the v irie-1 employmsnts now open to thinkiug minds and si ful hand.s while n most of our i institutions of learning new depart ments have been opened for instruc tion in applied science what lias beeu said of the for our country at large applies in all its fullness to the awakened hopeful and fust developing sy.ith which is now attracting the attention ol the capitalists and manufacturers of the united states and of europe and ii drawing to itself very many of the brightest vnd most energetic young men of the north and west to si shoulder to shoulder with us own - ins in the good work ol udrancing ii prosperity for the whole country the outlook is bright for the south it is radiant with promise beliering this most earnestly looking forward most confidently to the complete fruit ion of the many signs ol i pe the manufacturers k w cord wisl ei f r its friends an 1 co-lab rt»rj a prosper ous new year kiadness in a street car onf warm spring morning a p i ir woman entered n heavily-laden down town cable car in oae of our larg western cities besides her large market basket she had two small chil dren hardly more than babies a glunce at her careworn face and tlx shabby although clean attire of her self and the children told al a glance of many a struggle with poverty she was evidently on hvv way i ■ market and having no one to leave with the ijijiih at home had forced to take them with her perhaps this had been the case beforp for with a glance al the rules and reg ulations ill t'.iivs live cents • and onl y infants in arms free she put her basket on the hvor in front oi her and look both the children ii her arms forth long weary ri e shortly afterward there enter i the car two liaiutily dressed school girls as fresh as the june morning itself l'h fir merry faces sen i a thrill of | nre to t he hearts of t be ol her p issen o much of vouths buoy i ■■ happiness did they seem to bring with them they found seats ■ ext to the p or woman and after a minute or twotlx one nearest tc her said k lel me hold the little boy for yon at the same rime transferring the warm little bnn dleof humanity from the overcrowded mother's lap to her own the words were spoken so _■ and accompanied by a smile v win ning that the little fellow made ne objection rn wa ll.i))py aii'l cont e.l all the ride esperi illy when a rosy cheeked apple from the pretty lunch basket fouud its way to his tiny hands the woman's grateful i h u ui lie lell the car showe i not i ware the weary arm rested heart cheered by the little thoughtful nes what made y vi do ; ; . it r itli asked hrr c iropanion see how he has mussed your nice dean dress it would have been so much easier to havp paid his fare are let him have a seat yes sa d ruth t would have cp easier but ! don'l think it « have bepu so ki n i •■< rod bless her 1 exclaimed an gentleman with white hair and _ rimmed spectacles us the corner wa - - a ' ■ ; ' u,,i urw^iir'-vret'-ki -. " oh dumb animals crop a.i 1 slarket nate3 [ jein0 i i-omc m >- • i ■ ■■ v , i in ■ . of th i are tj ute » '*"'■ \ n ' ' • ted to liuvessold their i 1.500 b is is ol !- it ■ "" - ' i ' .- . ' ■• " ' - , . n xi }-.■>•. c . . ■ ';; is : pen • -.•/•. ..-■- i ■ tent the pr n season use si ra « than th * ■ •: =: r ! i i ■ ■•- ■■ ' fcn tn " !■,-„.-■ - '■''■'' ■ ■' ... - ' " \ hi .. h ....... given iron 0 j ' , . . ■ - ■■'•[ dv ' ' •' " . • ■ er t ori \ '•. ••■ -■ ' onqucstioned jay women propose i us is a que*ti • ..,.. — il in some ol r he lady j •■ is iiidee i iiw i -' 11 an i u a pr : i * ; ' e oi •■ >•-. womau - \ : li is uol necess in u enter into ihe jmti.iitelj vnsi and charming di-cussion is only r.iom in tins ]. •;.,-,• f,,r the statement of *'■■ ' i - liv i i-woraen -''■ about to re - • ■ tradi -■ " ■ i uii they red to take rite i d in i future ■« do i fir i n n g to _ married i lierefore i i the yo n . r .; :\ ho uplaie a vi<it hi the lii ; sh is s : takf warn . • ■ ear3 | f g an 1 sp - !• hi i ine \ ung sh _;.!■;.-> who mai tx 1 1 n them ■ men up n their cri i ■■!• hie -. ill 1 in • the woman suffr igis -." it is i ,; o;1 ,| ' ■ , • who can ndvunce her skirmish line ; .> hie proposal ; ■ vi • -■ • that the ■ - be - ■ • • ■• and becoming mode of in i a horse n-la-man fishion with nn fool in n sturrup ami : l g - ri ler*9 seat is now iii q id fonu ami il , m _ nion pr .(•::••■ now ; r u ir in ■ beatiti i idies to s • - jves as - ten mill s an ho ir or even more wil h ruucii appar \ atid we know foa a fact that the girl ln j ' \ x itr nien'a ii i i . ad some married ones the pant no a what on earth remains betwei mil the ballot bos but to urrise and break down the f i of love-mukiug and proposal i n horrid ' n u - himself the i ive privi ly of genth saying - >' . |, e i • ig that the gentler i be q liltiinj a well as « ■■ wilting t r on - ..■:: a heaten r ; it i.i nsjsteiit iincon k'hii • .; is more we won i stand il anv longer i«st il be al on e . icteed by society at large au i b i •: v in particu lar thai an man tn t , - . , 1 1 propose and doesn t prop se - proposed ; "- and all i lie peo - ted amen insensate bi|>ed i . i in li«sen ( ol i inn ! propose or r>e proposes ! ! i ig a :— •••>•. •■ . i we .■■ --\. in sweets il-w 1 i • - glits « n r close i e lar • y in •■<•• ■ .-. the widow's co^r a po ir \\ .''■ .'\. vt i five cl iren w he iv 1 in ., h 1 icaiii upport a fter a wli e name .. year i f h eve failed to grow . \ . . it begin to l td eiil i'm i ■ r and in her iin j - • . : i do n it n ish to ix j and • p in ii w > ild be better ii i ■ \ - .'• • . ,- sal in ,.-■;.•- slie iie:ir the ri ._ i g oi i he h u .. be n tli jje and j;is lh»»n h*r lit i i daughter entei eil the i said m ■ < ng if y u n go take car ■ it i it ii • i ■ • •• »« ■ ben her nor her w - ■ mir home other an s wen •• »\ !,-■ shoi id i go tc i when ijui w.t.i ii i , .■ i :. hv went t > chor<:li hihi sal beiiiu-i m i hat others nngbl not see h r sadoes sen • and cou d nol hi le uei cr s the preacher spoke of the ore arrl goodm kiid she cut hume li mi ble and coiufm i'he jiord - » . - - .^ ■ . " ■ . t ... en . • • t • .<■ .:■ a goim 1 and ■■ man i:i i as in - at ov l „ heal . ; * o . a rap w.is n 1 1 dour it i uici - ■■ \ \ - ow .. n b - . i . c - •-• ;• . ■•% i ' i'lld v •• ' ■'■■'' • ■ i & tj : ' ivep .-.■>• ■• ' a ■•. a ■ i , . • ' ii . • • ■ ► i • c i • r i.kl lu - - . '' i r he ii ■ • ■ ye . \ •, ii ■ . ■ i : il >■ - the l , and he ins iidw ivpri you long time ! to h cor the grea ■•* ,„•<• w i i on hi • jit ne i ow a •« ifiit frwin him i thank i , d h ii he s«nl you to the church a i s i n . phi i in my heart an ii teresl :> ■ • all lite angt m n » ~ childrvi crj lor htcner's ; toria