the carolina watchman yol xxi.-thisd series salisbury n c thursday july 10 1890 no ca just received & & % ■*& fk j a ,$ g u /^ jf '$?■• h r m sfc co 4 v %' s * l h a full line of u woven wire cots at 2.75 to 3 50 3siat woven wire springs o75 q k iislat " " " *^<~> j 1 slat " " " 3.00 to 3.25 h . spiral " " " 2.50 h h shit spring 2.00 u remember these goods are but the j • receipts of one day they arc just in " i-a and opened out , besides this we have the <( l largest genaral stock of v i ever brought £ b to salisbury m gj g w wright " father time 71 says our " i v watch club is the best plan jl out for you to get a good watch diamond ring ear # y rings silverware or any num # ber of articles valued at 30 # ll in our line we need two a a more to complete our first club (| i 25 names when it is com plete we will at once begin to * j form another * v_y call ami see the goods we * i offer and learn the plan * , very truly * w h reisner & bro * j lead1mg jeweleet * i r i nihilism in russia the oppression of the russian people how the terrorists began their movements — an tron nerve required mr p a demens lecture on " ni hilism in russia " in flu lecture hall of the y m c a lust night was much enjoyed by i hose who heard it • the speaker handled his subject in a : way that none hut those having expe ' riencc can and made a most interesting jfallc " in 18g0 he said " there appeared | in a magazine a novel by a famous 1 writer called father and children 1 ' 1 f;i ! he n vel a y mug man.the hero said in answer to a question about himself i consider myself a nihilist the word itself docs not mean anything it comes from the latin word nihil — nothing he was the first to begin the movement in russia that was known in after years as nihilism there was nothing new in the movement it was an old one the movement was widely known in germany and europe before it was started in russia i say the word means nothing it means that fhe people started to go by what they thought to be right and not by what they weretaught was right the hero of the novel simply stated that he did not expect to lake anything for granted but wanted to examine into everything he was told that is the formation of what is widely known as nihilism that movement at first did not mean anything dangerous to the russian gov ernment but when in 1803 insurrection broke out the government became scared the people were heavily op pressed these oppressive measures resulted in many bloody tragedies when nil april !. 18gg a man shot at the emperor everything became a complete turmoil and the whole people were made to suiter for this act of one man who had been punished imagine if after guiteau fired fhe fatal shot that killed a president the whole country had been oppressed the people had nothing to do with the shot of guiteau and it would have been as just to punish them for that as it was for the russians to be punished for the crime of one man lliere was no con spiracy although the trial lasted for over two mouths it did not implicate any other person at thai timer issia had a number of universities and im in-'lallv a ' irge uum h >■ of young men were ba lisheu lo thei homes a cer i i i amount ol indigual ion wa aroused by this act for those yo ing men if let alone until they finished theireducation would have become useful citizens to their communities instead th y be came foes and enemies of government these young men confined to the small villages in which they w re.born with nothing to h tried to find redress for their wrongs they are what are called terrorists tnev comprise only a small portion of the liberal party of russia after this oppression began some of the most liberal hearted men petitioned the government several limes for a change but their prayers were unheeded the liberal party at last afraid that the terrorists would commit some rash act consulted and a conference was held in 1839 between the liberalists and the terrorists at that time the liberalists requested the terrorists to postpone any act for one yoa 1 *, in order that they might possibly induce the government to better aff lirs this was promised but instead of things growing better they grew vorse and when ii was announced thai tolstoi a cruel and vindictive man had been appointed to a position of com mand the terrorists began their move ments the first bloody act was in 1873 when the chief of police of st peters burg was killed ill open daylight by a young man who fled and was never caught the next bloody act was a shot fired at the succeeding chief this was not meant to kill but merely to bring his crimes before the public the shot was fired by a young girl and she was tried by a jury and acquitted the jury without leaving their seats gave a verdict of not guilty mme dially although she was found not guilty she was seized by the officers and the public indignation was so aroused that a light with the officers ensued in which several on both sides were killed she was released in l s 1l a confer ence was held and they decided that the only way to attract the attention of the civilized world to their condition was by acts that would fire the republican indignation the imperial train was fired at several times there was one time that was wonderful for the amount uf work involved it was in 1872 the plotter hired a house half a mile from the railroad and dug a tunnel under ground to the railroad there were five persons and they worked for six months the work was done so as not to makes a noise and attract the attention of the people walking over the tunnel and the dirt was carried iu to their rooms and distributed over the city these people could expect no direct benefit of this work they belonged to wealthy families and could have all i the luxuries they desired but instead of thai they left all and endured this - •. rk for six tn inths it could be of i l benefit to them but it could benefit ! l issia and her j eople i suppose about la dozen attempts have been made i ag linst the in of the emperor ( nine-tenths of the liberalist party are opposed to violence it is remark able that no more are in the ranks of the terroiists i wonder why there are not more while nine-tenths aie opposed to violence they cannot con demn those who use it the one-tenth who use violence do not forget that they have neigh bors to work for they are the men who compose the terrorist parly of russia to-day although the latter are light in numlier they are very powerful only the flower of the russian youth belong to them it requires an iron will to leave lux ury for such a life as that every thing that they have done up to to day has been the result of that strength of will i hope there will be a change but it may not come in this generation our children will enjoy it after the lecture was finished several questions were asked mr demens by the audi ence and were breifly answered new england's agricultural decadence the decadence of new england farming has been a fruitful theme for writeis and orators in other sections for several years it has also received careful attention from the legislatures of several states and is still the subject of earnest discussion at a meeting held at the board of trade rooms in hartford conn quite a large number of business men assembled to hear col alexander warner of pom fret speak on the changes in rural distiictsauid how they affect the cities the gentleman attributed the unusual depression in the agricultural interests of new england to several causes chief among which were deterioration of the soil and modern cheap trans portation the new knghi'id fanner put the money he made into stocks or into banks hi.s home market in creased so rapidly because of manufac tures that in the course of year's he sold everything he raised but he put noth ing back into the land the farms were robbed of their fertility na ture's laws were violated this came about by such slow processes that the farmers failed to see it the present generation does not know the possi bilities of the soil prosp rity cannot be restored until the lands are brought back to their original fertility even those farms isolated from a centre would not pay they mast be close to some town or city which would con sume their perishable products from this frank declaration if is evi dent that the past generation of new england farmers like western wheat growers and southern cotton planters neglected to keep up the nature fer tility of their soil and their heirs are now suffering the consequenc -'. i h • punishment was lon.er delayed there than elsewhere because of the general thrift the new england farmers accumulated money slowly and they lived frug illy their saving went into safe securities or into the stocks of the manufacturing com panies in their vicinity while tluy were unconsciously robbing their laud they were growing rich more from the accretions of their investments than from their farms cheap transportation is of this gen eration western meats and bread stuff's spoiled the profits of new england markets for local farm staples steam ship lines and railroads brought the fruits and vegetables of all the states from florida to new jersey to their cities the compel ition of these broad areas was too much for the majority of the inheritors of the worn-out farm they sold the old homesteads it they could or rented them if i\\t'y could find a tenant or left them unoccupied such is the story of new england's abandoned farms but it is not the whole story of new england agricul ture there are in all the six states farms that pay well but they are rela tively few they belong to men some natives others foreigners who prac tice intensive farming who rotate their crops who breed fine animals who make gilt edge family butter that com mands a high price but who as the frost disappears every spring are able to say my land is richer this seas u than it was last these m n are the compeers of thousands of southern farmers who have learned to employ the same methods and are enjoying the results the new england farmer is to be congratulated that at last he has f'oand out the error of his ways and is beginning to walk in the same path that his southern brother ii is found profitable to pursue succ ■-- i > tin m both manufacturers record a ride with gabriel how a railway mail agent was saved by a spring lock it was long ago before the mail service was brought anywhere near its present perfection said the quiet-look ing man with whom i was riding on a western train that 1 was put in charge of one of the first travelling offices my car ran from cleveland to chicago and i had to sort not only the entire cleveland mail for the west but sometimes as many as half a dozen large bags full of mail from buffalo and other eastern points the depart ment was working hard fo save time iu delivery and was making the firsl great steps in that direction 1 hadn't au entire car to myself in those day the travelling offices were little cubby-holer taking up about one-third of the second-class car the forward end of the car was used for a smoker and a narrow passage alongside my room led from the smoking-room to the rear door i had no assistant and used to lock my door on leaving cleve land and worked like a beaver till i reached chicago seldom completing the night's work till we were fairly in side the limits of the latter city it was hard work but i soon got used to it and was fairly well contented with the place it did not seem like a particularly dangerous post and no such precaution was taken in those days to guard against possible attempts at robbing the mails as is now taken 1 had a strong door secured by a strong hick and i had a heavy revolver that i kept i ing on the table but beyond that no special arrangement was made to pro tect me or the mail it was not con sidered possible that 1 should be at tacked on a regular passenger train j one advent i re that i had however j seived to quicken the apprehension of the depart men t and soon after i be lieve a rule was established that no postoffice car should be run without two or more men in the office as i said my door was secured by a heavy lock it was a snap lock and opened with a large and peculiar key from the outside while on the inside there w.is no keyhole and no key to be used but the pressure of a concealed spring pulled the bol open you have sei n - :;.)... i k ks on orhce gat -- in cou ii ting-rooms vc-rv often they are com niou enough now and almost everyb idy knows the trick of opening them but they were new then and < \ •. \ p /■:' i r to i he averag i m in i j gave no special thought to it after i had been show n t he trie but as it happened that lock saved my life my habit was on entering my of j ii e to our the key in my poci'et audi then to shu the door and try it from the inside one night by some strange freak of absent-mindedness i forgot a part of tins proceeding and left the key on the outside 1 slammed the door and tried it and finding it locked went on with my work entirely unconscious of the fact that any one could enter from the outside by turning the key that was in the lock presently some one did enter it was a very stoimy night and as it hap pened only one passenger was in the smoker what he did 1 learned afterwards my first intimation of anything wrong came from seeing this passenger enter my room with the j j key in ins hand " ■ i shall have to report you to the department for this he said sternly holding up the key i am an inspec tor and have caught you in a flagrant piece ol carelessness on mv first trip - mi right i said bitterly 1 rec ognized my fault on the instant and knew it was likelj to cod me my place 1 1 did not occur lo me at the moment to doubt iiis word for he spoke in a matter-of-fact way that carried con viction his next movement however undeceived me for stepping quietly toward me he made a grab for my revolver and before i knew what he was about he had it in his hand something i can't say what it was told me on the instant that he was a maniac he was a strong big man handsome and well-aressed i saw that i was no'match for him physi cal aside from the fact that he was now armed and i was not it wa.s a mighty unpleasant situation and i did a good deal of quick thinking just then 1 have tried to figure out a good many times ince then what the wisest thing would have been for me to do but i don't know as i could have do le ; uvthing better on the spur of the moment •■ ■ you don't look like an inspector j i said pretending to take no notice ol ;.: - li iving seiz d the pistol show me your papers he laughed and then i knew i was no it no sane man ever laughed as he did ' you are a very bright young fellow h said i am not an inspec tor but i'll tell you who i am and then i shall kill you nobody can know that secret and ive you'd better not tell me then 1 said as coolly as i could ' i don't want to die now may bo you re a friend of mine though 1 am not an ordinary person myself •• • 1 know it lie said ' yon are st peter and 1 have come for your keys i am the angel grabrial i have the tirsf key and you must give me the j all right said i starting for the ] door • i'll get cm for you hold oi he saiil cocking his re volver ' you can't go now i'ii kill yon first and then yon may liet them you're foolish i said still trying to keep cool though i was horribly frightened if you kill me you can't make me do anything afterwards and i don't need the keys and you do i cau open any door without a key shall i show you 1 well yes he said rather doubt fully but how can you do it " try this one i said ' vou can't open this door although you lia>e the key but i can go right out through it and come back again then you may kill me if you want to though i'd rather you wouldn't try the door yourself lie did so and noi understanding the lock couldn't open ir ' you can't open it either he said standing aside " '< hi yes i can i replied and p - ting my hand on the lock i pre 5cd the spring without letting him sea how it was done culling thu door open violently i struck him hard with it hard enough to force him backward and jumped through just in time to dodge a bullet that he tired at me 1 pulled the door to after me and he was locked in he fired a second shot through the door but that missed me t o and i rushed for the platform to find the brakeman lie wasn't there and i seized the bell-rope that was cut i rushed to the forward end of the cal ami the door there was locked 1 broke through the window and climbed out to the engine and had the train stopped quickly the engineer and i went hack and as we were chopping at the door to get into my room we heard another shot v hen we got in we found the unfor tunate man dead he had shot him self the brakeman was picked up next morning where the manic had thrown hiiu off the car into a heap of broken rock he said he had been taken unaware and suddenly pushed from the platform fortunately he was not killed though he was badly hurt there was nothing on the dead man to reveal his identity and if that was ever discovered i do not know it of course i reported the facts to the department and of course i was reprimanded but i did not lose my place i suppo-e the an h \ ties thought that i had been punished enough d ivid .!. ('■ rt/s in drake's magazine • th 3 stagnant south " yo i have the stagnant south to di'ect into channels of industry and prosperity such a statement from any source at all would be astonishing but it appears in a magazine article and the author has succeeded somehow in having it printed in t he duly number of the l-'oram the stagnant south what manner ol man is this who can get into respectable magazine columns and mess and daub with punters ink has he been shut up in a lighthouse or does he emerge from the darkness and gloom of a hermit's cave that he should be so completely ignorant of events hut surprising as such igno rance is we find a still greater cause for amazement in the fact a that mon strous absurdity should pass the editor ial intelligence of a magazine office a south which added a billion and a quarter to the assessed and three bill ion to the real value of its property betweeu iss ) ; nd 18s9 which in the same period doubled its railroad mile age and banking faei ities trebled its spindles looms an i coal pro luction quadrupled its iron producitmi and added hundreds of millions to the an nua value of agricultural products ; hardly in need of the s rvices t>l any body to direct it into chauni is of in dustry and prosperity while the forum was printing this statement in new york the manufac turers record was getting out in bal timore a quarterly review showing that 2,353 new industries had been organ ized this year o7 of them iron fur naces the south has silenced criti cism and dispelled doubt by the un answerable logic of facts experience lias taught us to expect a certain amount of skepticism on the part of people who have preconceived notions and live among humdrum sur roundings and look out upon restiicted horizons with this class facts about the south must have the clearest and most unmistakable d inonstrati n and even then the sit u if on i nol c epte i in its fullness and i he a mission of southern progress ami w ■■-.'■■•■ - when mud ..' all is ll ■ tied and neutralized by it's an i huts \ he in point how ever is out i ;' ; :" isual run and is in the nature of inl coma completely enveloping the mind instead of common strabismus affecting onlv the mental eyesight the discussion in which the"stag nant s mtb ' i introduced is as to the i!i-x ition t ca i el.i a i i it is pointed out of a number of conditions which fr[ve this country ito hands fu i with out adding now complications b is -■ ■. j rising t : . it . ui h . ra ig - t - tho forum should have admitted to its pages this slur upon the south m i eapecia y so m vi w of the vig irons efforts its managers are putting forth to com ince southern people thai toe i | u , 1 i , t good in diuni through which to attract attention to opp r tunities for investment in this section — manu/'a ■'>■■' i s !!■■ rd lee , an estimate ok ill m by a northern scholar n1 historian richmond lc-u.a h the following letter is from the pen : of a cultivated gentleman and well j known military critic it was written to a richmond citizen : boston june 9 1890 my dear ma.mk i saw to-day a i photograph of the superb statue of gen lee surrounded bv the crowd ' present at its nnveiling i make cold to ask you for this photograph t > my thinking this is the finest statue in i this country but besides this it is only a fit and worthy memorial of fhe most distinguished soldier that our war prc ' duced lincoln may ii ive and in my opinion was the greatest states man other generals sherman jack son 1 e johnston 1 do not pretend to rate them in this order but just i > mention them as they accur to my n nd in writing may have been the equals of l e in intellectual and even in pro fessional skill and ability but lee was the greatest personality that tln war showed to the american people for in my opinion we of the north ) can now that we are again one people claim him as an american as much as you can faithfully yours john c ropes lngalls can t be still the kansas senator is nothing if not ultra and sensational he ci n trives to keep a shindy going il the while his latest proposition towel ing over his wish to vote ten thou i i millions to pension the great republi can club know s the grand \ nn of f he republic is lu advoc icv of a national gift of five bene 1 . dol to each freed man li idently lngalls is vei y gra about that war his gratitude < xtend ing through those who did his fighting for him even down to the subject of the machinations even down to the last dollar of the nation but if he is giateful fifty cents worth of his own money it has not yet become apparent however the farmers of kansas ar cramping on their trail and it is said by those in a position to know that i e he is now serving out his last term in the senate of these united states of - america it is devoutly hoped thai ' : •■ re is true for he is a mere piimbi iei i space a disturber sensationist a and a nuisance t ilent.i i tho igh h • general director county government clerk superior court j al horah sheriff (' (' krider register of deeds 11 n woodson treasurer 1 sam'l mccubbins surveyor b c any coroner 1 a atwell commissioners t 1 sunnier chairm i w l klutt c f baker di l vv col - man < ornelius kestler sup't public schools t c linn sup't of health i>r j j smnmerell overseer of poor a 31 brown town mayor j w rumple clerk d r julian treasurer i 11 foust police it v price chief j f pace < w pool r m barringer commissioners north ward 1 a lo i dleman i m miller r uth ward i ii julian j a ban east ward i v goi don t a coughenour wesl ward i j holmes t < ' linu churches methodist services every snnda 1 1 a a and ''_ \> in prayer im every wcdne iday al >' . p in ll \ < ml iirie pastor sunday school < vc rj ru ndaj al 3 o'clock .) w maunej sup't prcsbj teri in ser ici even g at 1 1 a in and 8:30 i in praj ( r un every wednesday al 8:30 pm rn j rumple d i ), pastor sunday school evcrj sunday afteri at 1 p m j rumple sup't lutheran — services every sunday at 11 a m and 7 p in prayer meeting i wednesday at 7 p m rev chas 1 k pastor sunday school every sunday after at j pin r g kizer sup't episcopal services every sundaj a m and 6:30 i m and wednesday al p m rev f 1 murdoch rector sunday school t very sunday ftei at 3 pm capt theo parker sup't baptist — services evi rj g i ing and night praj er un «•'..' • . | wednesday night 1j v pastor suudax thos i swink up't cat i day al 10 a m and 7 p :... re fi mej ■ : . pa sunday sch ol everj sundaj i v m c a d ! c , ( iy g t 10 a in bu ing iir-t thursday ni iht in e erj u , i if fousl pn lodges fulton lodge no 99 a f & am every first and third fridaj uigl j month e b neave w m salisbury i dge no 21 k ; p i every tuesday night a ii bojrdi n,c . salisbury lodge no77o k of h im every 1st and 3d monday night :.. • : month — ■ — — . di talor salisbury couuei n'o 272 k | canum meets very 2d and 1th aight in c.i li ui inl ii •'< a !. ■ i regent ! — post offi i ofli c h ui from 7 ■■• a ui l \ money oi ' sunday hours if to 1 > p ul i j 11 rain ay p m bad conduct of a preacher the meeting of the north carolina teachers 1 association just concluded at morehead city was attended by at least 600 teachers it was the most enthuisastic meeting of the association vet held but there was one unfortu nate circumstance to mar the pleasure of the whole meeting a preacher caused it according to reports re ceived in charlotte this preacher made an eloquent address during the day to the convention at night he sucked the seductive mint julip and soon lost control of himself in his mattdline state he tried to enter the room of h i lady guest the affair created a great ; sensation and strong measures were | spoken of but finally better reason prevailed and he was permitted to quietly depart he was not one ol j the teachers as we understand it i but had gone there to i dd.vss ike teach ers charlotte neus