Carolina Watchman

              a 11 vydl ullllci vv si lgi1ii1o;i1(j vol xx.-third series salis3ury it c thuptsday january 17 18s9 compare 1 1 1 i --> tli youi purchase sv - ■ - ■ :■-■ i restlessness i a strictly vegetable * ftultles famiu hedic5ke j ' fhiladelphia || hig hjon q j .: . • • < leniiinc see i / tmile m irfc . the full mi fronl of wrapper i on il ia hi seal nutl sicnature of j ii zeilin & , ,,.. ■ i • ", r ther : uuin 5 i ■ r alsu i w3 gatabhh cream bali paszaffcs allay ej ; i 0 f2 iis ad tion e:als : r ■> / &&&% sores t r:;"j r : ; - : t // r j ' ' :':.: 3o.i::-s of 2zz )$&&*%% aadsmdl [ ?<&^£^ tkv tiik cuilk.fiftsv-fever cat a 12 on '.-■ mhrar.o .: in the nasnl pas iiiniug its stronviliolil in ! mi it il sends for h pilous virus into the stomach and . ■ : uptinp mil ami iroducinj other trouble tid d : i'u ■;■ uih sysupl in . l ill : . . ", ,..,:-. this age ; • i ii:it ■ gov scabs ijessa^e he dis l'sses the rubje r s of general public nterkst gov scales in h's message to the legislature states the available assets of the educational fund at sou 2!>0 in 4 per rent bonds the public fund re ceipt for 1887 and 1888 were 1,574 isi.lo the disbursements for t he same time si m m the estimated fu ure expenses given a a whole re >- ■ i '■'> •••>' '. imih estimated resources are s7i u.80d the whole value of mil and personal property is b'2 17.71 io.ouo a i ix if :-}() cvnts on the s|im worth of : property will yield f)(m 81)5 and other taxe.i and revenues will aggregate 81)8.000 which with 7 ( hm balance at the close of the liscal year makes s70 ( j 5 j l'f'atioxal subjects the message says that the gricul i nr i and mechanic il college will be completed ih'xt summer and open irs do r to si udents the governor is anxious to make the tuition free or as nearly so as possible the i iw gives to e ich county as many free scholar as ii has members in t he lower lions of tlie legislature and this will give free tuit ion to as many as will auend for some j ears to come the go ernor presents the necessity for longer terms () f the pu!)lic schools the average length of the terms oj -■ ii k)!s in ! he stale is i \ -; hree d.i s i annum amount id uionev spent in i '" s-n . including special graded-schools ; \'>. about s>7(kmkh a very suiali ! mrease but this ci mid uol be expected r t lie present laws number of chil dren 570.8 10 vvhites yf58,o7 co ored '!.'<. s ii average attendance about 85 per cent . : enn illmel . •" v i per rent at the 1 uiversitv owing to the re j ions ii;.(!e in t he income bv the las l gislat ure the t ru tei s found i iieces.<;:r ! ■> cut down t he number ol teach r at i ii end if t he collegiate term j ending august 1-yh last ami the pay roll i now j i.70l ; . i .\ liich with other j expenses must be met w i h bv t he fixed in ■ .; ■ of j 1 i s . receipts from tuiti m and escheats l\n ( royernor : says 1 evoted as i am and a ; 1 be lieve t he great m ijoritv of i he people j . ; i the i i.ive;-.-]i v i am glad to be i i i sa . in t lie language of t he i i of the treasury col w j . l saunders in spite of its difficulties j th i ■■ i:m i : \\\ of i i i - institutioii is lull of hope and riir mum em ill . ! ix isyxary i jfstitu i'l n ; . these re sjieciall v ■ .'. isfactorv well j managed and doing a grand work more room at the a^vliim at liileigh is nei ded ii now has 2 18 p itients i moj'e ! than i s i 1 j)er capacity ). while i here i are in jails and poorhou es and iii pri ' vate i.i in lies in this division of the state over si k ins me w ho i i asylum treat ment . in t he j rds of s e counties id o relate in tins dav if enligh in l nt then 1 are persons so indued simply becau ■ ! hey are insane and for no j rime a letter from judge mci le j noting those tilings is given in fihi \ ajiprojiriat i<iiis of ! 88.5 0 annu illy the next i wo ye u - will be s itticienl for a wing to th asylum t > accommo date ~~) '■ patients i here will be i es t iiii ited i !•"> i patients this year in tilt itsylum at ilorg i!ito;i and 5 : i iiext year the institution for the deaf and dumb and the blind is complim iiteil for g io.i inanagem ut tliere are jst pupils or forty-seven more than two years ago rhere is urgent need of a hospital at this instil iition as otherwise in c ise of an epidemic i would have to i closed public roads the i 1 iblic roads are given particular ! attention the ' fovernorsays i hey are how lit le better ill t he whole than they were o.ie hundred years ago 1'r.igress marks everything mi north ■ r ilina save the liighways he urges su h i iws a ; will lift the si ite nut of ! his old rut ! i appe ils to t his legislature to take the initiative in ::.,;! work work t!ie roads l.y j tax it ion-bv ain ui:'thoa to bet ter them i iid prevent i he u fr mi being a dis ( ,.-.,.■,■ to the state railroad sd m ts the leas of the n"orth carolina i kailroad expin s in 11x 1 the g.)v i j ernor sees a future for t his road and i i i;.'u es i hat it w ill event uallv out ol : its earnings pay a large p ivt of the e's expi udit uivs i le also notes t he imjiroveme.il in the atlantic and n ii ( ar ilin.i ii i road and s tys that in the near fui urj it will iay a dividend the firs i ever p .: i if a hail way | ■ i ' , h :;:-. ion : ■ i*sl aliii died by wiiich i ■ i-elatioiu bet wi en this road aim others can be i fair and just the '■ i loveruor s iv i ivde cnuniy alone can corn f r theentii e stnte at reasonable ites he h>ok to the operiition of this road and the v it ii i aroii la h ad as one trunk line :> j miles long a railroad commission is mosl earn est !>' recomm n ii d the people de mand it the time has erm ■ when some step must be taken ii 1 recomniend that the act creating a commission shall seek to prevent discriminations ' i hveen ind : qi<lu ih secure reas nmble rates prevent disc:imin::tion b tween m-alii ies iv him iviisitrs and ir.iw u-k which are but r f.ir im ,- p di crim m.i : iivveni wxilir r cdinuirimtmi i with •• t)«*r ro.jih ■• n to give publicity to all rate the com mission should consist of three able ; men with liberal salaries n<i more : railways should lie built without pei i mission by the com mission 01 bv the : leg slature and all furthi r consolida i tious h • prohibits ! save by consent of 1 t lie legislature miscellaneous ii increase of salaries of the gov i ernor judges attorney-gen r il andi j tor secretary of stare find s.iperin i teiident of kiplic iristructirn is reconi i mended a few days ago one of the j ablest of the superior court judges j was by reason of his meagre sal try forced in resign in the past two years there were six ty-one pardons seven reprieves and seven commutation of sentence in conclusion the governor recom mends that the legislature create a : special committee on appropriations to ; invite estimates from all flit depart | ments of the government and then : frame a bill including all such items ' of i xpenditure and only such as h l ve l;een aul horizi d by law pensions these are declared to be wholly in dequate with i 1 pensioners there will be only 7 each the governor recommends that ampin provisions be made at least to feed and clathe the soldiers who are both desiitute and dis abled and the sum p;iid should be-in proportion to the disability and destitu tion the state guard is warmly commend i ed for efficiency an annual appro : priation of 0,000 for an encampment is urgently recommended and tue se curing of a penii ; inent camp ground ! hie increase of the s ilary of the adju i taut g mer.tl t i 1,5 )(> is'ur id incident of tas war between th.2 states an old soldier vh > i now dead n | late i 1o the writer . oine vears a - o the ' hollowing ■'! was con ti led as a pris ■ oner for a long time at bhinira in new i \ ork iiii'l was released in tiie summer ■■ after lee's surrender i was delayed for i day in baltimore on my way ! home and spent half a day leaning i : against a wall on one of the principal j streets 1 was sick and we.irv and longing for home vvh.le there a ! gentleman passing placed in my hand a bill tigliily rolled together with the remark that ii might do me some oo i 1 un pilled the bill and found it to j • a :-!! ; () greenback 1 i id not | had any money tor a i nig time previ-j ons an i my feeling cannot be de i cribed i intj i.r j (! hi < name of a i gentleman near me who saw the act | ami lie told me h:s nami • was me dan j aid he h id then passed out of view but 1 have never forgotten his kind ness 1 we ha 1 the fortune to fight han j cock's division on several occasions ! i s lid an oi;l tarln el and i can cell you we got tired of hancock to our great iviief we w.w ordered to an j | other i int i.i \ irginia and after reaching it we congratulated ourselves r.liat we were to ii tve no more ii ml fighting we soon hud a brittle how ever ami fou:id that the federals stood their ground and we had to give back \\ e in ide a second charge and were j repulsed we got reinfoivements and weni i again an oifaver told uo we must drive hem back though they fought like 1 mcoek's men a fter one of the hardest tights i ever saw j the enemy began to give wav and we kually drove them off the field am ig \ a lot >!' prisoners who were passing to the rear i saw a big*i)ntchman with out a h it and well spattered with mr.d tn what c oiiiniand do yoti be long 1 isked •!! mcock\s by got was the reply we ihen knew for the liist tim ■ whom we were fighting i | can tell ymu hancock's men were hard j tn drive and don't von forget it ■•\\ e were encamj)ed at falling \\ a i ters on the retreat from gettysburg said a idler and being worn out j many of us were asleep when some cavalry charged us 1 was awakened i bv the tiring and looking up saw the cavalry right upon u i ri.st thought j ir was confederate cavalry but 1 was .-;>,>:! convinced d my error we com menced lii ing upou them at close j [ range and killed sever 1 i saw gen | era ivttigivw m the act of pulling on j | one of his boots when he was ordered to surrender 1 will shout von if von were the last man said the general when he was shot aid mortally wounded i siw h:r.i carried to the rear on a liti'er and ; hen we went foi j : t he yankees i s iw only four ride off ! i the held one of our litter bearers i was being chased through an or t;d w is do iging th blows of a - il r ov running under the trees and hud | ing a roc he knocked the cavalry m m off his horse and then deliberately u »: : a rail and beat his head into a jelly j it was i s 1 blow to loose ie i'.-!t j baslilen's arnica salve tin 15kst > i \ in i i world for cuts ;; , scs shi l-s u ict-i -. i : ijniiin ¥<-\ ■ i j s..iv ivtte uliap|kid li.iiiiis uiiiiiilatii corns i ml a ! skin liriij.i i<n >:•■■ io.«itiv iv cun - pili p in 1 no m ri-«|iiin i it is | i i i.i • » t * - • il tn i <■ !>•::•'. saiistafiimi m j 111 u:-v ivlllli if'l l*i !••!• i < - •- 1 1 1 r :•< > ll p , . i s:!c liv ill iv iv ly ! dls li • v;.3i a straxgely coxstkucted canal that penetrates its depht half a century ago says the haiti more sun the dismal swamp anal in \ irginia was one of the most important iittificial waterways in the united strifes in these days of rapid railroad transportation however and owui to thecomptt tion of the albermarle and chesapeak canal which parallels it it b is dropp d son wh it out of sight though still consi lerably patronized lt is one of the oldest canals in the country and its management is prob ably the oldest iucorported campany oi its kind george vvslshiiigtwii was prominently connected with it and he , found it a vv available means of ob taining supplies when he was contend ing with oornwallis at york tow 11 there was no eastern virginian o prominence and wealth until thebegiu ning-of the century to the beginning wf the late war who was not in some way or other identified with it mr marshall parks the supervising inspector-general of steamboats \\ hose early days were passed in canal con struction in virginia tells an interest ing and remarkable coincidental story of the building of the canal nearly two centuries ago the large land owners of virginia bepan to penetrate the dark i and gloomy wilds of the dismal sw tup i in search of juniper and cypress shin gles the greatest difficulty with which they had to contend however was the i soggy condition of the soil in whicli the wheels of their carts sank to th \ hub 1 . the farther they penel rated the sw.iinp.i this diffi nil t v iiec une greater and at i they resorted to the expedi 1 ent of diggiiig a narrow and i!l-shapen ; ditch just deep enough to float a small flat boat down this canal the timber • was floated to deep cre.dc a tributarv if the eliz-ibi-th river aid thence to j the market at norfolk year bv ve:ir the timber was cut away ulong"tlie i banks of the ditch ami each year a ; t lie dem md for juniper and cvpre s j shingles became greater it was extended further into the almost impenetrable i wilds of the forest the work was done altogether by slaves with shovels and pickaxes the use of steam sliovels was then unknown and unthouglit of the towering cy ! pre s trees were also l'lle and spli into shingles by slaves who were given tasks each d iv bv their overseers and i for all shingles they made over the re i quire 1 am unit tin v n r > paid exl ra ' i ne s.inday aft tlio.'iu t'lpv were visited : by t.ieir overseer who was much sur i 11 -■■! to h r several voices sillgiii aw iv oil in the swamp their voices : soilli led lik-j faint echoes he skeil the slaves who lived constantly in the swamp if tli v knew the men who were inging and was told thai thev were i north carolina slaves an investiga j tion of their unexpected and rather in ■ trn ling presence was made and the fact was discovered thai the north i carolina ian iowners lik j those < f vir ginia about twenty miles away had experienced the same diffi ilties of hauling lumber in the sogi/y and treacherous swamp and hi i seiil their slaves into the wild to dig a ditch to aid them in f lieir timii>"jiortation of j shinnies and limber for ye irs these two f rces worked i independent ly f e ich o ut an i e , i strange to say was digging unawares tj vards the other t e two sectioi s i of the canal were joined and the point , of con ii ci ion is marked by an angle i he government and t he state of \ i ginia finally became interested in the work an i the waters of lake drnmm-uid were bronghl into requisi tion for feeding the canal this lake is situated in the centre of tire swamp and the depression in which the placid [ water sparkles was made by a tire cen j furies perhaps thousands of years ago i the whole swamp in fact represents j in a modern age the coal-form epochs ' of millions of years back in the geo'og j ical history of the globe and during an exceedingly dry seas hi sodry indeed that the boggy soil was p.uvhed and transformed nto an iilammable dav a hash of lightning bee une the origin of a big fire towering trees felled the scrubby underbrush was laid low and then the flames ate their way foot i after foot into the inflammable soil and a hollow circle was f trine i iu the grou id when the r.iins came this de pression became a basin for the innum erable streams wiiich trickled through the forest and w,.s soon transformed into a lake the aim 1 t trackless swamp throngh which the canal penetrates i still valu able on account oi its cv press and juni per the latter article becoming year bv i i year more and n ire scarce and ex ■■■■ l mgly valuable ar one time a single share of stock of the dismal swamp : land company was worth as much a j i l 1)00 the tract originally taken j ; up and surveved embraces 0 l.doo square i i . ti-r.s about half as many rumii lonai square ai 0 - are now embraced in t he purest bears wander unmolested in ' \< trackless depths find the dead i v er b i ks himself in thesun without fear of m ■;;. i sir : s ot brilli mt p ! . ge fly from limb to limb of the huge ; and high v press and sing their carols 1 lawn to d irk uu e n prof geff;:keu v.im was arrested for publishing the late emperor frcdpp kl'sdij ry has b ■, iclea^rd the story of a xnife before us are an old pocket knife ar.d a neat business circular the fir t was bought in the summer of j ss 1 in i little shanty-like shop next t-i the ! broad street bridge in atlanta lit ! it did excellent service for years until its owner carelessly broke it while iiiii it for a purpose for which it v.i 11 ot intended \\> handle is of bnek 10m its blade was of the finest tem pered steel constant use never harm ed it every rivet is intact the spring j join i of the blade has the same el;u ticity as at first that knife wasm tde in honor by an honest man it e-mie of ln's stock every other kni.'e t ere was warranted by the maker that ! man knew his trade well tl at knowledge and perfect integrity were his capital his shop was too small to it tract notice at the start he was only a cutter and grinder he i despised not the day of small things i imt was ready to lo any work in ins line he would griud knives hone and concave razors everything in fact to earn an honest penny schoolboys stood in iris door to sec the sparks tlv prom his enjory wheels they looked longingly at the tempting though j small display tf shining-bladed juk-i knives the grimy bands and oil smeared aprons of the cutter and his few assistants in that shanty fascinated ; them because of the beautiful results that went shown in the one case on the plain counter some of those boys got ideas of the dignity of work that they will never forget they learned lessons of honesty frugality and dili gence they saw that from these were obtained excellent results there were id lilts who aiso appreciated the object lessons taught daily i:i that little shop it is not improbable th it some f the fervid editorials on the value and im portance of small industries which have appeared iu the atlanta constitu tion were inspired by the daily views heir writer had of that dingy interior iu seven years the owner of that lit tle sli ip became an extensive manufac turer his cutlery is s dd in the best hardware stores of the country his name on the blade is a guarantee oi 1 x telleuce his knives have a reputa tion equal to any and surpassed b none ii i his circular that lies before us ii ■ sell by the gross or the dozen now tmd co inn ind.s his own prices tiis variety extends from the d untiesi pearl handled knife a lady can procure to the heaviest blades used bv hunts men and backwo.klsnie.n ijut lie i not uihunied of the humbler s.mrcesoi earning of ins former little sluinry in his large factory is a department for sharpening and concaving razor . liarbeivi and men who shave themselves are his regular customers ■ thev send rheir toil to him from all parts of the south when they need attention his circular sent out to the trade calls at tention to thi feature of his business what it amounts to in a year we have no means of knowing but of this we are sure that when a m.mi from small beginnings builds up a large and pros perous industry by honesty skill and frugality his future is sine to be con tinually prosperous if he adheres to all t-hose various humbler lines of work that helped him to rise from the shanty to the large completely equip ped factory we have told this sim ily but true story for those of our many voung friends who wish tocliml to the top of the business lad ler with ouf going step by step over the inter mediate r nuds the south has as mam bright aspiring boys in propor tion to its population as any other part of the country many of them have a natural aptitude for mechanism and hope some dav to be great 111 inufa tu rers to them and to all our youth we commend tins story of a knife miiiiii/uiiiiii rs record . a curious broadway lunch koom one of the most curious varieties of lunchrooms is down town in broadway xo chairs are provided both ides of the room being lined with shelve ioilei with viands all dearly marked with their different prices in here rush bankers lawyers brokers and clerks ivicii grabs a plate knife spoon fork and clip seizes whit he likes from the shelves bolts ft standing nit reckons up ins own bill draws a check from a pile near the do nvfor an equal amount presents it at the desk p iv and departs unquestioned whether lie lias eaten a dime or il dollar's worth this method of trusting to the honesty of the customers is found to piv better with the class of men who eat tin-re than hiring waiter undoubtedly a certain jiiantitv 1 eaten that is not paid for but a dozen practiced detec : ives are on the ti tor during the rush if noon watching people who are sus pected and the amazing rapidity with which a man can help himself swallow tiitl begone mike the place highly popular to tho«e who onlv pat to live and live inly to hurry a y tribune — — g ■■ — th:ir 3u:ii3:s bmining probably no une thinu li:i i-.-iiisdi siu-ii i ■ . i trn r rit klutt/v drug store as liicii ltiviim awitv tn thi'ir custdiiiers i>t so m:in free tri;il in it tics i>t dr kin :'- ni \\ j disi-dver :' n 1 nsu 1 pi ion their tr.-uh :- sini])i uiiormoiis i.i tins ven val lable : ' ■ ■■ \: i*lll ! lit 1 let thai i lllwa s ciin-s i ami nt'vi-r iiis;ip|>->ints con ii ( '.. is | a inna 1 n:n:hisi is crnnp ind nil i iir i tintr ilisi-ases quirkl cun l v«>u an test ir betbn inning li ritiinir 11 tr.al iwittlr tv large size vi f.v«tj lotik v i hi ■ i ( delayzd an hour haw to finil th tr.ir wvlqrht nnd value of thine hi thp worh tlie train stoppoj suddenly between two stations sareral ot the passen gers rushed out of the car excitedly ami came back with the tidings that tlier was an obstruction o.i tho truck ■ which would cause the delay of an hour ; the countenances of most of tho passengers instantly fell into depths of k r looin and despair thi is simply intolerable mut tered one middle-aged man to his com panion i kill not reach tho city before the market closes it will cost me 2,000 or 3,000 a physician dropped his newspaper and paced impatiently up and down tho ear an hour late with all my pa i uents he exclaimed are any of them in immediate danger asked a bystander no but an ho-.u late it i un bearable a young 1 girl looked at her compan ions with the tears in her eye lam going into town for the trimmings for my dross now it will not bo done in j time i shall have to wear mv old blue 1 to the p iri •.' a short pompous old man talked i loudly and incossantly scolding eon 1 duct irs and br.ikem a as if they were parsonally responsible for the delay i am to lecture this afternoon be fore the lyceum h ■ explained in hot indignation tho audience will have to wait twenty minutes a young man sal hir.n tvable his head bent upon hid breast his face set and ha;\l my little boy is dyiiv ho said to bomo one who questioner him i waa teleprraphed f 1 shall not sou him alive but while with most of tho passen gers there was a seerst conviction that the wh sols of th • universe ha 1 stopp sd because they were delayed in their pur suits of w i-lc o ic wo.na'i sat silent and tranquil she wa3 near tho end of a long life of pain and hardship and experience she ha 1 com •. to ). near enough to god who rulel over all lives to under stand how t-vi'vy eve.it nil ae.-ident great or little iris its pl-i • ■ ail p lr p ise i:i the elarnal d i . na have mot is floating in tao sunshiu •. she was close enough to the gates of the future life to a se how little in il > infl nit 3 height and meauing was the old ball drew or the fall ofst clc or even the lo •■■■; of .••.■! ho:ir with tho dying child one of the m t sin fiilar studies in life say ujiuhot is to n tc how different mm e ie'.i witb hi or.'ii scales weigh tho s;rn ■ objects an 1 at tach t them difforont values th • lost bit oi lii sry whicli brought tears t th ■ cy ss of th ■ sell > l-girl was lighter thai afeat,h>r in tho eyes of the sto :'.{ b jaer a i 1 his lo . i of t'io'i saii'ls was c intern tibl 3 to the man whoss child was gjing from him into the grave without a word and doubt less eve i hi p iiii si sm ■ 1 m im utary and trivial in th ! visia i of the angels to whom a th usand ye irs are ;: a day ami death but a m n sntary chang ■ of life how then are wa tn lind the true weight and vain soi things in the world in thcuiiilel s til - mint whe i they built a ma-hine fo - weighing coin with absolute accuracy thuy sank a shaft dec in the earlh and throu , r h upy sr formations whicli are shaken by pass ing jars an 1 rested tho foundation upon the immovable granite beneath the ni i.i wh i dig i i this way to lia 1 ji f.i ia l.itio i for his life t'a-oug l the lowers a i i snrfacj l ■>■'•: i - which shake with every siorm t tho ever lasting ro k b 1 tw o lly c ii wei_rh th • events an i bulongi i r s of t'.i • world at their real valuo yonl/tn companion gfleeley's pu3macity how til jrc.it i i:t:>r :: ■;>:•. v,-il il crowd in uoih im s l ir<<-r horaije greel y as is well known was a v vy pv i > inc3 1 non-resistant yet he was ono of the most pugnacious men in the world a curious instance of this inoangruou-j temperament and its result e:unc under the writer's obser vation oi ono occasion occasioning him sen • s.i ris ■. it was tho general opinion that the old fellow was a coward at ho:irt anl m ide u j of his non-re sistant ;>:• it sssio i i a ; a s •:• • ■ i to pr i toct himsjlf f >:.» personal injury at thehands of an 0,1.1 > i it it was a sunday m irain * in new york a th i v<-ry c u 11 • 1 • u •. i of thi war just after tho groat i » ill itm sc iro and the rjvernm ■ it authorities a 4 wa jhington were frantic illyc illin : f >:• tro »,)-. the metropolitan 1 1 1 1 of n.-.v yurie then the great up-t wu ••:; i t.i >, was blled by i ino'.l y crowd drinking cm u:t and discassing the situation of b leagured washing'.oa amiing the cvowd were several army officers in full uniform smoking thoir cigars and criticising lincoln as cominan ler-in chief in n sn e.-inj w ly when a com motion ocnuved in tho doorway and grjeley with his old fell hat on tho back of his head rushed through tho ci wd and up to the group of offic rs an<l addressed them somewhat after this style why arc you loalins about h ..-.•. you miserable cowards why are vm no rep.x'tin j'ourselve-s at warihin.tton tql is a r-»ri for skulkers aren't y iu asha*ne 1 of your r-:'.v tae b'g^ost fellow of the group wa t jrribly an»ri an lifting his heavy sword he thundered out r spcat tb >- ■ w >;• 1 old iu 1 1 a 1 1 i'll split your kxall ire-lev threw o't the old fell hat exclaiming strike as s mi:i as yo 1 please i ropeat what i have alre:idy sai i every one pres nt expectel that the oid mm wjuld be c it down instei/i the fellow turned on hi h sol sayiag com away b iys 1 won t strik • th • old lunatic ore ■- lev gave them ■> le contem rtuonn loo uridi-hjlfhisjjp-i.'tiir uo.itun va-.lq i rapid traveling ti»e english ia~v...i of gettlajt s,>ee«l ont of an ku^liin what i the limit of speed there is none replied sir klvrvrd i don't see why you shouldn't 0 one hundred miles an hour if you bad ex press linei through line that is without and slow passenger trains crawling over them mr wat-tins jr as a man of greater experience in this particular matter observe 1 thill the attainm tnt of s-.ich 1 ppeet would bo prewatej by tho difft ulty of lt ttin : i 1 of tho tr mi be cause said ii ■. the hi_ra tr yo 1 drive the engine abo/o a obtain speed tin moi"e the • > . 1 ■ '.< pressure u what was the highest spood trav eled to-day soventy-two queried sir watkius n'o was our practical man's reply mot more than sixty-five any spc ■ 1 above sixty mile an hour is trot on a road with a falling gradient they could havo gone beyond sixty five easily enough to-day l>ut there was no ne d there was no lost time to make up they k ■;>' n levol speed all tho way bul !;!■; had a steady traiu and an easy lo.i 1 o.ily f i carriages and ruatii.i r with i li'j'r train liko that you are running under tho best possible conditions thegreai secret in getting a stoaly train i-mii-k-l sir eh wad is to have th ■ vehicle t!i • sam • length the s;mv weig'ii t 1 1 all <• tuple 1 well to gether that was the case to-day aa i i never exp srien cd easier runiiiug 1 ] i rciin-ia well the veteran went n to say vh i i w is a boy of eleven at the opening of the liverpool and manchester railway when p •!• deaf old huskisson was killed at ur.n'iill old geoi'ge stephenson cam • down with on ■ of his engines to manchester to r ft doctors an 1 1 remember tin manchester pap srn nexi day said marvelous to v date 1 the engine bear ing george stephenson coming i 1 1 1 « » manchester attained ti xtraordin ary speed of thirty-four miles an hour 1 that iviu looked upon as a marvelous thing i.i those days is there n additional danger in seventy-m : les-an-hour train > u iinparod with slower ••(). there's no danger in seventy 1 miles an hour al all except in crossings and sidings and uol there if t points arc kept properly cleaned and oiled you may go through a station safely with iii.i iy p i its nil 1 crossings but if t!i > niiit ■ ;::•.• 11 r i > ;> ■.•!> k pi clean and oiled yon may j > with 11 b:ui<j into something that sti so in all thesa trains thiru should •<• very great car i ab u1 pointsu'i 1 cro.-wi 1 . till mil i budget washing a tig 27 how :\ s;i<-i l'icl(i*<l iin i pleased n hlljcc will l.riht s > i ] i r ! ■■• 1 • '. 1 is i :• ■' v.il it moscow fortho fail o 1 o th in • 1 employed i:i his iii'ia ; " die i an 1 it became 1 i^;i:-y t li'.ul a substitute as his staff of atl salants w.n rath r limited v.\d tho others hil m mu i t i do in they coal 1 mi:i ig ■. hi h i •■ fell upon a hi >" irk a ii 1 • •• > • rim u of a uojsa'j'.i wh » of «• > i ■ d 1 mi unler stan 1 a word of t're ic'i a rl the term of i'i ■ 1)t-.k:i wer.j settle 1 in duinit show tae lio.i t .■ i • 1 1 • • ii 1 i th sn to in struct his new servant in iiisdaily duty if cleaning out t!i • •■ 1 : ■ <■ ai 1 by way of n !■-• - 1 1\jz 1 1 pi • ■: • 1 >: > th<3 r.i rjuisit aftlcle-i ■. 1 i we it to work th mougi''!c watc'i ■ i hi'n very closely and apy sare 1 t > t i ■ i . ail th ■ details of the operation xext morning armej with i ti.m > 1 a b ic co and n sjm>nge he opjnel the lira ca.ru h •■ came to a:i 1 q'i •' ' y - ' ■■;>,» ■ 1 in as hu had s<:cii 111 ■ in 1 -"',•.• t .■.> ■■■ , th • ;> i-vio is day in to twj cage i h li 11i brutes lint thid o 1 ■ h :[> > i-l t 1 i ■ t ■ 1 lit 1 liy 1 , ■ i lid 1 lg • ■ th it lay si ret hud on the floor fait asleep v1 th ■ noui ni.wle t>y closing th • do >.- t'i ■ cr.>atu - e opened its eves an 1 turne 1 its ', r iv ■ 1 eye-bulls on the iiii.i who ail unc.jinc.ious of his danger ston.l in a corner dipping his big spong ■ into iho b icknt at that in mi snt i'-.d-i m:ii i out of hi c ir.ivan anl w.n fnirly sta :,"•!■■■ 1 for oneo in his life at t'i ■ torrible sight that met ii <_•»■■■ w'hal <■■'.! he dj to warn ck mti 1 n r hi dm ;■•.:•' i.i faintest r miglit iriuso de;»th better wait an:l i • r ■ ■• 1 > to nl3h to his assistance • f th-i t'jf j jittempi vj to bulge the jossae'.i ■->,» > 1 .: • in h'ini co.diy n pi\i:uiiv_'j t:j animal anl degan rub bing him do yj with the stolidity of a inilii i j ' • • ■' > 1 '< p lin'iin , r hid cap tain's b > )' . tii ■ s«.ldoa ap.tlicatio 1 of c > : 1 wa • • t 1 it . hid • evidently r ducod a '• ry agi*oi;able i "•• •: on t-'io tiger for i ; i r ai t purr stretchi i r i it its paw.s rolling over on it b:«ck and complacsntly offering every part of its boiy to the vigorous treatment of the in i'i'ii k who went on ttcrubbidg with ini'_r'.r and main all the while pezo a stood there w'th hi y wide open and as if nailed to the sjmj when he had finished his job tho cos sack left tin cage as quietly a he bad entered it and it required th mo.-t energetic and expressive gesture on the part of th lion tamer to prev nt hi i rep sating the experiment on a sec ond wild b.-a~t l'i ftuoee du surd — economy with the corn crop means that the fodder shoul 1 be stored under cover and not left standing iu the fields as is often practiced good fod der is valuable and highly relished by all classes of stork hut it can bu in jured by exposure as gaqity as hay no matter how much care is taken the shocks will plot over in win ter by which tnc.ui a large share of folder is ruined by l)>in r , r on tht ground if cattle wetumej on it th^y will trample a portion nl-o l 10 c.i .-. a '•*<•. oropoi pl»ce for i 1 for n ■ •■ 1 1 i ■> ' . 1 ini ■ ■ • . if i:iy v ■- ■ m iiu-flit.-iiii's ■ ■ ■ i : ■ ■ n tin n : i i lii'.irl ■ ■ • , ■ litii i f i ■ j o 1ms (-. i k (>. it u armr twee i y yzakp i ; ■ . 1 i hiivi ■ ■ • ■ . lim-il i • ■ . i i •(• 1111 : ls a"i old eian ru3tored 1 ,...'■ ' ■ i : ii-r.il ■ ■ iin i i ■ . i ! : . i ; . i j . . ! : . ; 1 1 1 i iti.-iii im 1 ii l.\i mi ■ . i - . i i mi u al -:.!. i i : ini'llin'c.'f ivii ulcrs ' - vi .: are rece vi3t3 cu-l - fall and winter stoct i bloientiial & bho ii <:'.; ■: ■, : i !!. . i.kmi.v craige 8l clement a-tforncvs y3 t law s \ i . i - 1 ; t 1:1 . n (.'. h 1,1*31 i j u hi juddiim *. li kj ■ ■ ■ m : . i ' \ . 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