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The New York Sun digs tho follow
ing about slavery in Turkey out of the
Hon. s. s. Cox's ssDiversions of .
Diplomatic in Turkey: One Of the
chapters Of the book to which we turn
with most curiosity is that recounting
the conditions and mitigations under
which slavery still exists in Turkey.
That it does exist is certain, although
it is forbidden by law, aud in Constan-
tinople at all events, the slave market
hidden from sight. According to Mr..
Cox, There is scarcely family in
Turkey, which has the means, that
does not possess number Of women
and glrl SLAYER, black and white.
The black are from Central Africa and
Nuba; the white are Circxssians sold
by their parents" The price Of the
female slaves varies with their pret.n-
sions to good looks, the comely ones
being to some extent educated and
taught to sing, dance end make them
selves agreeable. We learn that >
girl under ten will bring 500; .
maiden between twelve aud sixteen, if
she be attractive and can play upon
the either, from So, 800 to $1,000. If
the young woman be a blonde, with
black eyes and otherwise of rare beauty
she may bring from a 900 to 81, 900.
An amateur will pay double that for q
choice specimen, well educated in
French and other graces. But Mr..
Cox adds that this tariff by no means
applies to the slaves from Africa. the
depots for whom are in Scutari and in
the villages on the Bosporus. The
black male slave will bring 800, the
black maiden $50 and eunuch per-
haps $40" We are assured by the
author that "the slave has not hard
lot. The child Of the slave has a part
If the inheritance Of the father.
More than half of the marriages in
Turkey are with slaves" Each SO.
called wife Of the Sultan, for instance, +,
is slave, his rank being too exalted to
permit of his entering into any marri-
age proper. "The fact is" thus Mr..
Cox sums up his observations ON the
subject, slavery in Turkey is but a
name. The slaves have nothing to
complain of. The white slaves rush to
slavery as an alternative to something
aud worse, only the black slaves who
are brought from Africa have lin
the course Of transit) undergone the
horrors Of the traditional slave trade.
Once received, however. the shouse
slave, though perhaps looked down
upon as one of under-condition, is
nevertheless, from infancy to old age,
treated ss one of the family. After .
female slave has worked faithfully for
seven years, she is nearly always freed
by the mistress or master Of the house.
hold. aHIHl
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Isw wsses IN Gernasy.

Charles Nsusr, United States Con-
sular Agent at Gera, Germany, has
trsnsuAittsd 70 the State Department
an interesting seport upon the indus
tries Of that place, and upon the con-
dition Of the people employed in those
industries. With . population of 3d.
O00. Gera possesses thirty woolen man
ufactosiss, soma of which run as many
as 1000 steam looms; three worsted
yarn mills, seven carpet factories, five
iron foundriss, four piano factories
and thirty tanueries, besides q con-
sidsssbls numbef Of mansfacturing 60.
tablishments Of smaller importance.
1t is extremely difficult for the work
men to make both ends meet, and
there is no question, says Mr.. Neuer,
that the position Of the American
workman 10 sminently superior in all
that pertains to the happiness and
we'll being Of himself and family, and
in his ability to save for the future.
The lodgings Of the laboring classes are
Of the poorest description, and theil
principal food consists Of bread and
potatoes. The German laborer. ha,
not that free, independent feeling
which characterizes tho American
workman, and the majority Of tn.
working people are discontented and
inclined to the utopianism of the
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Absinthe, tho favorite intoxicant OF
the French, is almost always manu-
fActured with alcohols of industry, ILL
rectified, rendered green by the addi-
ton of the sulphate of copper, and
saturated with resin, 50 as to give it
the beautiful greenish- white precipi
tate produced by pouring water OH it,
and which drinkers so much admire.
"Vermouth," another favorite liquor,
is adulterated with hydro -chloric or
sulphuric acid in order to give il a
pungent taste. "Kirsch" is extracted
from the leaves of the cherry laurel,
and contains as much as twenty-five
centigrams OF prussic acid per liter, in-
instead of FIVE or six centigrams:
Rum is manufactured always with al
cohol distilled from beet root, to which
is added ether and formic acid. The
'bouauets' Of brandies are manu-
faotured by the action OF sulphurlc
acid on castor OIL The coloring
employed are extracted from
logwood, the elder, sorrel, fuehsine,
and coal Such is the trash which is
daily consumed by the Parisians.
Paris correspondence Medical Record.
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ARE AMERICANS 4 NERVOUS
PEOPLE.

The term american nervousness
has become almost proverbial, and 1t is
a popular belief that the nervous tenn
peramant is Characteristic Of the in
haLitants of the United States; that
all our affairs are conducted on the
"high.pressure" system, and that our
normal state is one Of the highest ex-
citement. To this alleged state of
affairs is attributed the numerous
"break downs" and cases Of nervous
prostration and insanity SO frequently
reported. Like many other generally
accepted beliefs, we think there is but
little actual foundation in fact for such
an idea. The average American is
well fed, warmly clothed and properly
cared for in every way. His average
weight and size are fully equal to those
o. his transatlantic brother; and the
tall, sallow, lean, and excitable indivi-
dual supposed to represent the typical
American, like the conventional
Yank % or Irishman, is only to be
found between the covers of novels or
in dramatic representations. Let any
one make mental review Of his ac-
quaintances, and we venture to pre-
dict that the number Of those who
can fairly be considered as nervous
will be very small One meets AZ
many persons in England or Germany
who answer TO this "Amercan" type
as in our own country. We have
watched the proceedings Of the stock
exchanges both in Berlin aud New
York, and can bear evidence to the
fact that the supposed stolid and quiet
Germans attain a degree Of excitement
IN their business dealings which is far
beyond that exhibited by their Ameri-
can brethren. The dryer and more
exhilarating climate, and the social
and political conditions OF this country
are more favorable to business activity
add industrial enterprises than is the
case in European countries; but the
nervous temperament Is not dependent
upon these conditions at all, but to
causes which prevail in all parts of
the world. The immense systems of
transportation, and the enormous mer-
camille and industrial operate las carried
on in this coustry, could not be man
aged BY nervous men. or by any but
those in the most perfect and robust
health. It's q significant fact that the
class Of functional nervous diseases to
which the late DIR. Beard applied the
term "neurasthenis, we're first speci.
ally studied and described by German
physicians. The Germans have been
generally considered as being anything
but q nervous race. but the same
trouble wh.sE is popularity considered
as peculiarly American one occurs
among them ~ well as ourselves. We
cannot, then, come to any other con-
clusion than that the Americans, as q
people, have NJ strong nerves and as
vigorous constitutions as any nation
on earth. With the general adoption
of modern comforts and conveniences,
and the better sanitary conditions
under which We live, the death rate is
constantly diminishing. and the aver
age length of life increasing; and there
is no reason why we should not claim
for ourselves as much superiority in
health and strength as We are accss-
toned to do in business and political
enterprise and sagacity. - Popular
= =
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chinese servants.
Many sorely sexed housekseper in
Chicago tormented and distressed by
incompetent hours servants, dishonest
and disagreeable domestics, has longed
for the rest and peace she was sure
would follow the engagement Of
Chinese servants, % much has been
said Of the quietness and cleanliness,
the order and neatness Of that class of
people. Many poor woman's life is
made burden by the difficulties sur :
rounding the domestic servant girl
question. Turn whichever way she
will, it confronts her still. There is
no avoiding it. 1t is the hardest prob.
lem in many lives which. but for it.
would be peaceful and happy. So that
this is not little, but the largest
trouble Of housekeeping and family
life. 1t is not pleasant to know that
the good danes of the Pacific Slope
are not an exception to the rule.
Many Of them have found that they
were not entertaining an angel un-
awares even when the cook was eel
estial from Canton. There are more
than ton thousand Chinese domestics
in San Francisco. Most of them visit
the Chinese quarter every night to
gamble and play hundreds of queer
games. From this quarter they &C.
quire and scatter the smallpox and
other loathsoms cutaneous diseases, so
that San Francisco is now threatened
with an epidemic. 1t is not pleasant
on going down TO breakfast to find the
cook speckled with pastules. 1t spoils
sne's appetite, temper and digestion.
As there seems to be some singular
affinity between Chinaman and
smallpox, 90 that he hunts it up when
nobody else would ever find it, it is
with sorrow our good and long suffer-
ing women must forego Oriental des-
potism in the kitchen and continue
subjection to African slavery.-Chi-
e"So Aiiios' -~s4 a..
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0IFIU. II
Oar srhoots.

Any one familiar with the history OF
public schools in the United States
knows that they were never intended
to cover the entire field Of scholastic
training. The system rests on the as.
sumed-we may say self evident right
Of society to protect itself against the
dangers incident to illiteracy. In .
republic those dangers are obvious and
great. Ballots in the hands Of ignor-
ant masses menace the peapetuity of
the State. Under any and all systeais
of government illitcracy con,iuoss to
pauperism and crime. 1t Is, therefore,
on broad gcneral principles competent
and polite for the State TO make war
on illiteracy ~ public enemy. For
this reason the State puts its hand into
the strong box Of the millionaire and
takes his money to buildschool houses
employ teachers, aud defray all other
expenses incident to the maintenance
ffree schooIs n ,sssy happen that
the millionaire has no direct interest
in tho schocis--,nay have no children
TO send to them, or, having children,
nay prefer 70 sdsolte them in private
schools-all the ssme he is taxed. /
Society guarantees him such proter-
tion - it can give TO his life and prop
erty. and in srder that this protection
may b the best possible i. helps
itssH 70 hh spney 20 ah u the war
fare against illitsracy. How far may
free psblie ,nstruction be carried on
this basisl How broad should be the
curriesism II the public sehoolsl Are
the high schsols Of most OF the cities,
towns, and villages within the proper
range Of free instruction. Is it
rightful exercise cf the taxing power
to compel propsrsy.owne 10 aupport
such institutionsl And are not the
high schools Absorbing money that
should be devoted TO the improve
ment Of schools Of lover efadesl lfit
be claimed that the war which the state
may rightfully urge agains: illiteracy
through the taxing power Includes in
struction in the classics, ia nodern
languages, and in the higher mathe.
matics, why not say at once that the
State is forced to maintain free col
legesl And having gone 60 far, why
should not the State support free medi.
ca Aehoels, free Law schools, and all
other appliances for professional train
ingf Complains h made that the
lower grades of city schools are in
adequately supported IN order to eke
out money for the maintenance of high
school. More buildings. more teachers
better facilities Of all kinds are needed
In the lower grades, bat taxes are high
so high that the people protest
against any, Increase for school, pur-
pses.' onlya very small percentage
OF the pupils in the lower grades can
nn'sh the course, for they must go to
work long before the high school can
% reached in regular progression.
ihe high school is for the few-zthe
lor grades for the many. Must the
many b. pinched or defrauded in order
that the few may be educated beyond
the province Of the free school system2
Washington Post. a,,, ,y.,.. Il
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-01-26

Russia is much the largest producer
of iron and steel, the values being
$275, ,000, 600; Great Britain comes
second, with S21O, 900, 900; Germany
is third, with $500. 900, 600; the United
States fourth. SlG0, ,837 800, and
France fifth. SLY 10000
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-01-26

The jolliest fellow you ever met
Is dismal man Vt home;
The wittiest girl in society's Get
Will with headaches her wit atone.
The man whose graces a court would
sdorn,
Istied to desk from night 'till
morn;
And the man who would lend his last
cent to friend.
Never has the first cent to lend.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-01-26

Shareholders in Brazil are saying
that it will be impossible to carry on
coffee planting on large scale, when
slavery is abolished in the South
American empire. Let them look at
the South's experience with cotton be-
fore and after the war and be COM
forted.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-01-26

In the last seven years enough build
ings have been erected in Philadelphia
to house l50,0O people, allowing only
five persons to a dwelling. That is
rapid growth, and yet the business has
not been much overdone, and there is
still good demand for the new houses.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-01-26

Ex-senator Dorsey, Senator VIM
dom and Jesse r. Grant are at the
head of q great syndicate which has
purchased the Moore Benjamin iron
mines in the Gogebic Range, in Wig
consin. The price paid for the mines
and the surrounding lands was more
than two million dollars.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-01-26

In the precious metals Russia comes
first as to gold, with $54,2l7 600;
the United States second, with $780,
500, 900; Australia third, with $21,-
O00. 1000. Inslver the United States
leads, S53, 800, 900: Mexico second,
S26, 900, 900; Russia third, $50, 420,-
OJO.
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RATES OF ADyRRTIsING.
Authorised Agents.

CIV. cxAsE, SIS Pine Street. Room 50, San
Francisco. California
l.. p. FISHER. Room II. Merchants Ex-
change. San Francisco, Cal. saasr
GEO n. MOTT, Nos ~ and a street, Sncra-
mesto, is our only agent IN that city.
GEo. r. k0wELL 4 CO., 10 Spruce street,
New York City, New York.
eRAs, X. MILLER = CO., No. Tribnne
uiidiHs, Chicago. Illinois. 1tNlaIA.l5
The above agents are authorized to collect
moneys due the NEyADAs, take orders for
advertising, solicit subscribers and attend TO ANY
other hzsiness fof US that may be connected with
his o6ce
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Htlf f1IF54Iaa..,an
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Com
pany will build at it's shops this Winter
opoo fswhts carn 2, 600 fiat care and
zoo locomotives. Large shops are to
ne erected ut Montreal and additional
labor is to be employed.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-01-26

The Celebrated Mccormick Newer
For Sale at prices lower than ever.
Prices $50 and $50 delivered at any
railroad station in Nevada. More sold
than all other mowers combined. 1t is
the Lighest, Simplest, Strongest and
Cheapest Mower on the road.
The Mccormick Daisy Keeper.
The Lighest and Strongest Single
Keeper in the world. is efi B
Milbarn ueilow lrsn Axle Wagons.
David Rradley's celebrated Garden
City Clipper Plow; Ls Dow Pull
verizing Harrow; Havana Press;
Grain Drills and Agricul-
tural Implements Of a
Every Description.
vEMICLhs IN GREAT VARIETY.
Send for Catalogue. Address:
TRUMAN, ISHAM Il HOOKER,
San Francisco, California.
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FRANK MATros INFORMS THE PUB
lie that his stages and freighting
teams will run as follows: Blanco
stage leaves Battle Mountain Mon
day, Tuesday and Friday Of each
week, at 4 P. NJ, leaving Blanco
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at
8 A. NJ. paA z
The Lewis and Pittsburg stage
will leave Battle Mountain Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday for Pitts
burg and Lewis, returning the alter
nate days. The fare to Blanco and
Lewis will be $2.5o. He is also
running ~ e
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Job work neatly done At this Office.
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SEVEN FAST FREIGHT TEAMS.

And is prepared to contract for the
different places. His address is
Battle Mountain.
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Subscribe for NEvADAE.
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CARSON HUNTsMAN, Pncra1sroa.

May 26 1881. aEAsa4sA
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-21

NTORFOLk SOUTHERN RAILROAD COM
IN PANG.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DECEMBER Sd, '88.
Mail Train leaves Norfolk 9:15 a. m.,
daily except Sunday. and arrives at
Edenton 1892 m. Leaves Edenton 1 10,
and arrives at Norfolk at $50 p. m.
Accommodation leaves Norfolk at 600
D. M, arrives at Edenten II 40 p. m.
Leaves Edenton at AIS a. M, arrives at
Norfolk 10 80 am. daily except Sunday.
Close connections at Norfolk with all
rail and steamer lines.
At Elizabeth City-with steamboats,
for all points on Pasquotank, North and
Alligator rivers.
At Edenton-with N. S. Railroad
company g steamboats,, Plymouth, Mary
f. Roberts and Ranger, for all points on
Chowan, Scuppernong Little, Cashie and
Roanoke rivers, and GAINESVILLE q Wash
ington, and Albemarie &c Raleigh Rail
Roads.
The steamer Plymouth, plying be-
tween Edenton and Williamson, will
go to Hamilton on Tuesday and Friday
of each week, leaving that place at 2
o'clock a. M, on "wednesday and
Saturday.
Norfolk passenger and freight station
at Norfolk and western Railroad Depot.
Freight received daily, except Sun
days.
Through tickets on sale and baggage
checked between Edenton and Elizabeth
City and Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York by Bay Line and Old Domin-
ion steamers and n. Y. P. and n. r. r.
form Norfolk, and between Norfolk and
Washington, Plymouth, Williamson,
Windsor and GAINESVILLE.
NJ. K. KING. General Manager.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-21
EASTERN CAROLINA DISPATCH.
FXSV FREIGHT LINE.

Regular line of steamers between
Atlantic & North Carolina R. R., New
Berne, washington and Elizabeth City.
Daily all rail service between Edenton,
New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Norfolk.
Through cars, as low rates and quicker
time than by any other route.
Direct all goods to be shipped by East
ern carolina Dispatch, as follows: From
Norfolk by n. S. r. R.; Baltimore by P.
w. & B. R. R.; President st. Station
Philadelphia by Pennsylvania r. r.
Dock st. Station; New York by Penn
sylvania R. R., Pier 81 North River.
E. WOOD, Agent, Edenton, n. c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-21

days at s. per day, $40 90
and travelled Is miles at SC, 80
w Fl Bonner attended 16
days at 81, 80 90
and travelled 1856 miles at SC. 9 80
w Webb attended II
days at 81, "a 90
and travelled 241 miles at SC, II O5
WP Jones attended Is
days at 81, 81 90
and travelled 284 miles at Sc, IA 90
A j Ward attended II
days at 81, "a OO
and travelled 504 miles at DC, 25 20
S2O9 55
1 certify that the foregoing statement
is correct as per records in this office,
T. NJ. SMALL,
Reg, Deeds and Clerk to Board.
Edenton, n. c.. Dec. 1st. 'o9.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-21
ANNUAL Statement !
CHOWAN COUlNTY'S EXPENSES
AND INDEBTEDNESS.

AMOUNT ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF CoAMIs-
sIoNERs DURING THE YEAR END
ING NOVEMBER 30, 1883.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-07-26
SiMONlDES WOOiNG.


1t w@s the y'.ut- ...aN's father VII"
SPOKE"
Nv hen | was q l'aH aE". >.!1':.-
idc>, h" continued. i had 70" good
sens aNo 700 mach >P"'.N ~ ""ar'. it,
tendance On a Young wouaH t"r r.r'..
or fow years w1tto" r"".@- I" W.
point and saying What | m"a'h " my
attentions. II | h"' n"i, >1N"h,a'~,
YOU "oo.U sill. hay" been III III" !"i IF"
tense ac il were, sir.
The youth covered "nu"" th",'""'5-
ing gaze OF his father. h" r''''Ne
was deserved. >lmontdr~ " hacker
could not deny II, lie spoke '""N.>-
siycIy:
"Nhat would YOU hay" NJ" "o. -1r:'
'Act like man u" stFN@A' l." 'i.'
girl and tel. her YOU want ne" p"h
beat about the hnsh any longer. Il
she accepts YOU III ST You up IN hu>l-
ness II she does not Nou Wlu or IE'e
TO scci som" one else
"Aliantha,' began the young man,
somewhat husktly, are the folks al,
well?
"Ouitc well. Mr.. Wharkcr thank
YOU"
II have come this evening, Ali
antha." he resumed, hcroically, 10
toto bring back this volume Of Dante
| rot OF YOU last evening"
already, have you. Mr.. Whacker2"
And to say that THAT like
that like Dante first rate,
dante is so soulful said Aliantha.
softly.
He's immense, aSs"nt"d Slmon'
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I X. r. PAYNE.
! Editor and proprietor
MODERN FORTRESSes'
The Advantage and strong Points Of "''
taIfc Fortificatiuns.

The plan of fortresses at pres'h'
adopted unknown to the pubic o"'
the diyulginS Of which can DO no haTlH'
a. it can not remain s"rre'-l7 very
peculiar and quite opposed 10 any
aesthetic or artistic conception. Iof-
tress is heuceforth composed OF an I'M
mtnse block of concrete OF lhcreotoIo
thickness 1t will offer to the eye only
a square. oval or lOzenge shape. inc
outside b.jng a mere block without
projections or access. 1t Il hoI Se' N''-
tied whether this block shall be sur
rounded by trench, but all compee1hI
authorities in Europe seem to hoId una,
Que or several sheeted cannon sLa''
NOV" rou7d the block, and us p"""''
will in future be smOkclcss, TINS can
non. awayo in motion and cscapih- Inc
purmy'> am. will fire on fixed noIl't'
This movable sheeting will MAKE up
for the absence of trenches. Al IRE
anrIr- Of the block, moreover, II
~.olnro, or elsewhere if it Is round 'T
oval, there will be she"t"d
rrdur,>. which will coTer IN"
base Of the block and make assaults
ir1no.-:blc. OF course the Interior o'
the block will contain the equlplh"h'-
@. q fortress, The entrance Il lula'
ground. Oh the side opposite tAat "ll''
the enemy can appear. There viii a..
air Jp.ulurs in the interior, which IS
ii w, ny electricity produced on tie
:pot or at distance The ma-aZIhe
If brol~ctiles is in spot inaccessible
tu.yNp.o>ious caused by shells coming
ennn without The stores ot Other
ammunition and Of yictuals are SIM
s.usy protected. The hiding-pIa''-
frr the men. and, in short, every t.I"-
that na, to be under shelter are Nil
Ger-rouud. and so placed as to h'' 'iu.e
rru,ertru from the besiegers. E."r1".'
wires. both for messages and light. -
a.-p telcphonce, beyond the r"a|- "'
the b..Iryer.s protec, tn" fort a-".As'
i>u.u'4r-tual is to say. @&@",,
:7nuuoAnrut and di-couragrHn'A:-
The .n4rrErOund existence Of the -,."-
rt-,i. mas not be very lively, ".'
w... 1,. w,.. 10 accuStom as many H"A
d. tu-~....,. to il. but that garrison IT. .
ur vA.,,.I thirty or forty u"n s"..
furtrue-.- Lohd0H Times.