the carolina watchman ko 15 little miss jems the death of little miss jems mo ther she died suddenly one day in early november revealed the hither to unsuspected fact that her income — supposed to have been derived from an estate of her late husband's but now proved to have been the liberal yearly allowance of a wealthy uncle of his — died with her and little miss jem after the funeral expenses were paid found herself and her maternal grandmother a dear old lady with a bee in her head it must be confessed but a bee that never stung left to be gin the world anew with but a hun dred odd dollars and a t-mall house ful of furniture mrs jems had been an easy-going secretive apathetic nature obeying implicitly the command take no thought for to-morrow and strange as it may appear had never given even the slightest hint of the real state of affairs to her daughter who was but three years of age when her fath er departed this life and who by-the by resembled her mother in no re spect and so as may well be imag ined when the disclosure came little miss jems was much surprised and confounded she had been looked upon in her neighborhood quite in the light of an heiress and had been wooed by the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker to speak poetic illy and last but not least by a great deal by the handsome young builder just admit ted to partnership with his father — who built the row of cottages in one of which the jemses lived i don't mean to say that it was en tirely on account of the fortune which it was thought she would inherit that so many came a-wooing the heron e of my story oh no indeed for her face was a fortune in itself it was one of those pretty child-like faces with limpid hazel eyes red pou'ing lips and pink dimpled cheeks which one longed to kiss as soon as one saw them and which everybody who could find the slightest pretense for so doing did kiss as soon after seeing them as possible just as though i were a baby said little miss jems one day to her intimate friend miss serena sloo — and i hate it and i've almost made up my miud to strike the next person who attempts it and she stamped her small foot and sh k her small fist in such a cunning way that miss sloo who was several years older than she immediately crushed the pink cheeks between her hands and kissed the poutirg l ; ps heartily serena sloo said little miss jems indignantly you ought to be asham ed of yourself and then imagine in addition io the pretty face a wee fig ure not very slender — on the contra ry delightfully plump — with no 1 feet and no 5 hands and i'm sure you will acknowledge that your mind's eye never looked on a fairer picture qi she's a daisy !' sang the butch er's boy while cutting a steak for aleck vvilmartin the young builder mentioned abov and so engrossed was he with the to him subject ot the song that he cut the tough part of the steak twice as thick as he did the tenderloin and as he handed it to his customer he winked slyly and said isn't she ?' aleck frowned upon him and left the shop in dignified silence which went to prove that to two persons at least there was but one daisy in that vicinity little miss jems wept for her mo ther a month and more though to tell the honest truth their affection for each other had been less strong than usually exists between parent and child ; and then she dried her eyes and sat down in her snug parlor one bright december afternoon to consid er ways and means for the future grandmamma was there too in her own particular easy rocking-chair humming softly to herself in the whitest of white caps adorned with the hutedest of fluted nifties with a ball of yarn and half-iinished st«>ek . ing which she was rapidly finishing in her black alpaca cap and while little miss jems was thinking so hard that three wrinkles were plainly dis cernable on her fair brow somebody came whistling up the front steps — miss jems sprang from her seat ran to the door opened it seized the whistler by the hand and drew him into the dining-room grandmamma is in the parlor she said and she knows nothing about the money and god willing she never shall of course not my dear said aleck wilmartin lifting her lightly a:id seating her upon the diuing-tablc tu her great vexation take me down i won't be treat ed this way you great rude thing she cried crimson with rage take me down this instant and ihe way she stamped her foot she was always slampining her foot about ometiiinj or other when once more on the 11 ur its a wonder that the heel didn't fly ' oll'thi 1 dainty slipper 1 waultotaik with you as a woman with a man jbhe continued not as a girl chatter ing to a boy mr wilmartiu led her with mock solemnity to a chair and seated hirn j self beside her i am all attention proceed pigeon 1 pigeon indeed ! that's a fine way to begin i shan't s:iy a word until you behave yourself and little mi.ss jems turned away and gazed steadily out of the window miss jems said her lover i am behaving — uj>on my word lam and as you refuse to begin he conversa tion j — talking as a man to a woman — assrre you that the»-e is not ttie slightest necessity for making any change in your way of living this house is mine therefore it is yours and as soon as you can make up yonr mind to let me come and share it with you the wedding ring will be ready and that's your idea of a man's talk to a woman !' said little miss jems with scornful emphasis i call it a man's talk to a child — a good-for nothing helpless silly child ai)d i will not live in your house mr alex ander wilmartin which is not mine and you shall never put a wedding ring ou the finger of a beggar so there now !' well upon my word you have got a temper of your own pigeon — miss jems i mean said aleck retreating in affected terror to the other eud of the room to return in an instant however but if it be not too pre sumptious on my pari may i beg your ladyship to tell me what you intend to do i shall keep a store sir — a candy store and eat up all the profits to say nothing of the slock yourself alexander wilmartin once for all if you will not talk sense go home 4 v r ioleita jems familiarly known as pigeon rather than go home i promise to ialk sense by the hour well sir i shall keep a candy store i don't know how io do any thing else to earn money and thai s easy cause it's mostly pennies th t come in — though i can make change for a five-dollar bill with a little stu dying — and as ibr grandmamma she's awful smart at figures ; and i've found the very store it's two miles away from here — catching him by the lap pel of his coat and standing on lip toe i wouldn't start business in this nie&hborhoou for the world — every boily'd tease so and there's lots of children there ami i'm going to take it to-morrow ; and we'll move in a few days thank you for asking my advice on the subject miss jems it was ex ceedingly kind of you said the lover with assumed sterness and your grandmother from whom you are so anxious to conceal your change of ei 1 cunistances and who comes from a wholesale family as she has frequently told me heieself what will she think of this summary proceeding ?" i shall tell her aleck i am do ing it for fun doing it for fun keeping a con fectionery on a very limited scale for amusement ?"{ es replied little miss jems nodding her head cheerfully and smil ing brightly grandmamma has heard me say over and over again i'd like to keep a candy shop and i can soon convince her that my happi ness depends on starting one at once it would never do — her head being so quee 1 at times — to let her know i am obliged to do so — " which you are not interpolated mr wilmartin for if 1 did she'tl begin dear old soul t prepare for the poorliouse im mediately and when are you going to marry me ' asued a leek as soon as i have proved that i can support myself something that every girl as old as i am — seventeen lad week — should be able to do and if you should fail " in the bright lexicon of youth there's no such word as fail " quoted little miss jems you are mistaken richeliue was mistaken ; there is persisted tiie lov er — on the last page of the booi well then if i fai'l i'll marry you all the same and now you may kiss me once ami then run away for since we have decided what is liest to be done 1 njust set about doing it with out delay ; 1 have decided echoed mr wil mai tin ; and multiplying one by six he kissed little mi jems accordingly and rushed around the corner to a half finished btiilding before which half a dozen wo.umen were lounging a-waiti:ig for the bo:s ' and the store was hired and stock ed and the room above it furnished with part of the furniture from the cottage — the ri-st was to remain there until a new tenant took possession — and everything was in apple-pie or der when it was opened on christmas eve it had only one window a id not a very large one at that but litlle miss jems lad made the m«i«t of it cats dogs r;onkey elephants horses cow lauiws lions tiyits — in jact a whole menagerie of barley-sngnr was installed therein and glowed red and ; yellow beneath the brilliant gas jet sparkling glass jars filled with lemon ; drops gnm drops clove drops and all kinds of drops and peppermint sticks cream sticks birch sticks and all sorts of sticks were ranged on the store shelves and tlie counter was al [ most covered with brand new tin pans containing peanut cocoanut wa'aut and cinnamon talty and en ticing cliuncks of old-fashioned mo lasses candy and from the ceiling ; hung son.e wreaths of christmas ■ green ; and taken altogether with i little miss jems in a snowy white apron behind the money drawer it 1 would have beer hard to have found a more ail motive small establishment for swee'.a anywhere and grand ' mamma seeing the g"reat deficit of her heart's treasure was proportion ally delighted and softly murmured ! to herself every five minutes : she shall play it as long as she wants to the dearie and iii help her but just as little miss jems was f serving her first customer — a very small boy who bought after longde ' liberation a camel and a chicken — a : carriage stopped before the door and a handsomely dressed lady descended j from it and entered the store in great haste are you miss jems she asked i am replied miss jems l'ni glad to hear it for a nice time ! i've had looking for you your fa ther's uncle — the gentleman from whom your mother used to receive a i yearly allowance — is in the city and wishes to see you immediately as he will be obliged to leave again to-night i am his step daughter please come at once you will not be detained for more than an hour little miss jems stared helpless at her visitor a moment then she siared helplessly arou.id her then she col lected her scattered senses and called grand man n v the old lady came out of the back-room i must go away graunydear for a little while she said do you think you can take care of the store until i come back ?' i am sure i can said grandmam ma proudly and dropping the white apron and donning her eloak and hat away went little miss jems with the step-daugh ter of her fathers uncle it was two hours before she got back and when she stepped from the carriage a crowd of children evident ly in the very highest glee laughing and singing pud shouting their hands full of paper parcels came pouring out of the little shop she glanced in the window as she opened the door ; not one animal of the whole menager ie remained she looked at theshelves when she entered ; the g'ass jars less sparkling than when she left were empty her eyes fell on the counter not a bit of taffy or old-fashioned mo lasses candy clung io the pans why grandmamma she cried her whole face beaming with satisfaction what a business you have done to be sure ! the money drawer must be nearly full and i don't believe you ever sold anything in all your life be fore sold ?' repeated the dear old lady her smiles of welcome failing were the things to be sold on christmas eve my dearie wheu we're only keep ing store for fun ? i hadn't it in my heart to take the little ones pennies merry christmas says they so pret tily ; and/help yourselves says i and i never see such a lot of children as did help themselves in all my life before goodness gracious sakes alive ! exclaimed little miss jems what shall i do now i haven't another dollar in all the wide world !' you'll have to marry me right off pigeon remember your promise said a manly voice ami a pair of manly arms encircled her the wed ding ring is in mv pocket little aji.-s jems tossing her hat in one corner and her cloak in an other birrst i-ito a wild fit of laughter oh dear i shall die i know 1 shall ! it's too — too — too funny ?' she gasped ailer all the tnuible i had teach mg grand mamma the prices of things this morning ! and papa's unc | e — such an old grusy as he is — wanted me to send her to some char itable institution to be taken care of said he'd take care of me if i would i'd like to see myself and so i told him i'd ten thousand times rather keep — oh dear ! oh dear ! oh dear ! a store said i aleck why don't you stop laughing and why — don'l — you-make me—stop laughing ? was , there ever anything so ridicu'ous did you ever since you were born hear of a business begun and'ended in three hours ?' l'was short and sweet like little mi^s jems said aleck by george here's three peppermint drops ieit ! o:ie for you one for grandmother and oi,e for me keep your mouth open ! and shut your eyes pigeou — har ' pe s weekly professor vivclmw of beilin owns immiiv 0(m human skulls of all agesaud nai nullities a ditto sing the tariff commission bill in the senate the other day mr beck snid that the report of the tariff ommisson while plausibly professing to reduce duties really iucresed them upon many important articles the commission had simply let the men v ho were t make money out of thebusi ness fix upthe schedules for themselves and had handed that in as their own work when in fact in his judgment they had d«ne no intelligent work at all it would there fore be the duty of senators who really desired a reduction of existing duties to examine this bill vc;y carefully io pec that it did not rea'ly increase them by meansof cunning changes of schedules 1 1 ans positions mil provisions devised by men who would profit by the increase and who perhaps in many instances deceived even the mem bet's of the comnr'ssion hcmselyes : — ! a farewell to the telephones — su perintendent austin yesterday commenc ed the work of taking down the telephone wires there are about 50 miles of the wiles stretched over the city and the job will not be completed f<»r three or four days the wires and instruments will be shipped to richmond and from there will be sent t some other city whose iu habitants are appreciative of the privil ege of whispering to each other through the phones — char obs albany n y m jan 18 early this morning a portion of the north wall of the burned tweedle hall fell crashing through the adjoiuing house ou north pearl street and rendering the interior a most complete wreck about 10 o'clock a part of the wall fell iu no one was injured the fire department was then called out to pull down the portions on state aud pearl streets still standing as they were considered dangerous paris january 18 at the cabinet council to-day it was resolved to bring forward a bill in the cliambei of deputies authorizing the government to take prop er measures in the event of publication hereafter of manifestos of french preten ders richmond va m jan 18 canington & baskerville commission merchants and large dealers of tobacco of this city have failed their liabilities are placed at 1:25,000 assets not stated but it is said they will pay 75 cents on the dollar they decline to make auy statement as to the condition of their affairs except directly to creditors r-^.»an mm when the devil is sick etc be fore gambelta's death france spit up on the church now the church is begged to pray for france — nevx observer a young man while out searching for his father's pig accosted an irishman as foluws have you seen a stray pig about here pat responded faix how could i tell a stray pig from any other v philadelphia retort tjie proceedings in congress give no hope of considerate action in bringing about the tax reduc tion so imperatively demanded by the whole business interests of the whole country if anything is done it is likely to be doue iu haste with the haphazard rashness with which boggier in legisla tion always indulge iu under the spur of a popular demand a man named sowers of chirks coun ty va entered the national liauk of commerce in philadelphia on saturday to cash a draft for l,7u0 while he was counting out the money a stranger called his attention to a not laying on the floor and as mr sowers stooped to pick it up another man appeared at his other elbow grabbed a pile of billa amounting to 998 aud disappeared around the corner for rome time the water in the phila delphia reservoirs has bo«n impure and offensive to the taste on saturday i report was presented to the park co.n mission attributing the bad condition of tlie water of the schuylkill river to the gas wo.ks at manauyuk no listown aud to the paper milk at various points and to the sewage th it flows iut the river from all the towns on its banks ignorance is bliss : a country cous in loisnd himself seated at one of oui hotel tables probably for the firsl time and the table girl desirobs ol ascertaining the extent to which he preferred his steak cooked propound ed the question of how do you like it of course there wasn't any smil ing around that board when the an swer was returned with all the sim plicity imaginable oh i like it fas trate raleigh a/ews observer : charlotte has done a handsome tiling in requir ing all gates to open inwards anil not outwards towards the sidewalks thus one nuisance will be removed by the-uay a very large number of the yards at charlotte have no fences as they are not needed owing to the ad mirable law keeping up cattle the sight of the pretty yards thus tine closed impresses a visitor ' greatly the latest news ! klottz k re1lii leading dealers in dry goods and grocewes new stock of clothing large assortment of ladies cloaks and shawls ladies hats ahd tr1mings,~-men's hats and caps boots and shoes a specialty we keep the best made agents for coats spool-cotton new supply of 5 rent tin ware full stock of glass and table ware best flour meals suff.ir coffee teas rice potatoes canned fruits puu lard corn bran meal new orleans molasses and syrups vie full assortment of fami'v medicines including quinine " cue and three-fourth lbs cotton sacking at 9 c c nts new ties at 1 75 per bundle three lb cans tomatoes at 15 rents oxtbn.-ooa.ts «* 2.so best 1o cts ss-usax tiy it be sire to see our goods before you buy we mean to sell you mod go i the very lowest prices 5det*we buy and sell hii kinds of country produce w w taylok h p atkins , ., \ . „ nov i 1882 and d j bostian \ sai ' «• under moo e of waterford who killed himself ft few days ago at erie pa con fessed before liis death that his false tes timony convicted chailes stafford eight years ago of an offense for which he is now serving a twenty years term of im prisonment entirely new : at an auction sale of old government medical supplies at st louis among other things one man bought 10,308 pills for 30 cents a local paper says the books and instruments sold have been used be fore but the pills were entirely new hov ro sr:\r s v ■ i kv m.ur the ibl ow'ngisa meihoil by whvh bijyer can lie sent easily and safely wiih an auger-bit of the proper size boie a hole in a block of wood a luile larger titan ilie mece of money you desire to send after inserting ihe morey nail or t ; e securely a thin piece of board over the hole and you have a safe envelope to send in the mail a one and a hali inch auger will make a hole large enough for a silver do l<-r a one and a quarter inch for a half dollar and a one inch for a quarter of a dollar by boring the hole deep enougn several pieces can be sent if they tittle around after ihe case is put on take the coyer off 4 ad crowd in some pieces of papc enough 10 keep them from moving af er addressing the box put your address on ihe upper lefc hand coiner so if the party to whom it is addressed cannot be found it cjin be returned to the sender — miit i in ij lhcurd save money save mom having withdrawn all agencies and placed our business on u strictly casli ba sis tlseri'by saving agent's commissions and losses by bad debts we are enabled to sell our well knuwu fertilizers viz : wilpoz gihbs & co's manipulated guano wuc ox gibbs a co's sapei ihospha e diiect to merchants and farmers at very ne pricet bv ilie single ton car load or larger qnantity for the cash write for prices wileox giwhj & co charleston s c or savannah ga 9:8m by key j koiple copies of this interesting book may be had of t f ki.ittz tiiko biki.kaim or at the watchman office cash cash is ly motto having determined to adopt the cash system from the 1st of december i would respectfully request all those who arc in debted to me on account or otherwise and for guano to cull in and settle as i am reatlv in need of money and * must have it i shall in future sell strictly for cash r barten as bv this means i will be better ; able to give my friends aud customers ; more goods for wr money i am now leceiviug a n>:e add ftesu lot country produce for the f christmas holidays . j^grx'all and see my stock before you , make your puichases 1 have a tine lot of : cocoanuts and apples ox ham ; all kim of c<»n try produce taken in exchange for goods wajnted furs skins wax • ua<;s beef hides sheep skins cutter k(ii;s chickens tuhkevs : g e e s e and duc k s et ' . ktc j.d moneely ! t 1 in blackmeb&taylob having purchased the stock of wm smithdeal as well as the interest of r it crawford of the firm of r r crawford & co we are now prepared to supply ou customers with all kinds of agricultural imflemlnts in addition to the liest selected slock of ii a r i w a 1 e in tlu s t a t i wr ils liiimllc rifle and blasting powder f u s e and a full line of mining snpjtli.-s fi^t w"e will duplicate any prices in the state call axj i us w s blackmr slvll oct 5 1882 gent's fine work a specialty 3c0ts shc£3 &. cmters tirden ah wnrk i ; pertence all mule i ilone i ti the intwi i . !* •. i.'i h ui ide woi i ; m ill a:ul iroiurii ly ' u in i w^m r i { ai:lj \ • ,. , . lie carolina watchman established in the yeah 1882 i'uice 11.50 in advance | |^ stomach itteb s ttostottrr's stomach bitters gives steadi ness tu tlie nerves induces u healthy nat i oral cow ot bile prevents constipation without unduly purging the bowels gen tly stimulates the circulation and by pro moting u vigorous condition of the phys ical system promotes also that cheerful ness winch is the truest indication of a well balanced condition of all the animal powers j'or ak by all drukf-'iati uud dealers generally i . rhone ckow'n : p.eat wfc.g.cwalit.sec a home company seeking home patronage ilron fnqt re'lame mural term policies w.ritten on dwellings premiums payable oue-half cash and ba nee in twelve months j alles b20wn aert 21:cm salisbury n c errors of youth a ukntlemaii who suffered for yt-ars from l n'ervoua dkbii.ity premature decay und all the < llects nf youthful indiscretion will for the sake nf suffering humanity rend ireeio a i who need it llie recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by which lie was ucred sufferers wishing to prt.iit bj tlie ad v-t t i~i-r experience can il so l>y addre>bun«in : confidence john \\. ogdex ■ 20:1 y cedar st new yo rk the hef south tiik representative industrial paper of north carolina i i 2 colnmn illustrated ltkly every fin owner fanner man factnrrr merchant and nhistrial man in ic soinli should have it pays especiuj ttention to no:th carolina's mineral her sum ccs and docs full justice to every de partment of our state's handicraft 1'ijkk 1.50 icr year positively in advance address at nnco edward a oldham editor and propretor wilmington x c ex house and lot for sale having determined to make our lion.e in winston x ('.. we have concluded to sell our home and lot in the great west ward of salisbury n c house has 8 rooms a good kitchen itli '■) rooms well of good water in the yurd a good garden and st l>le ii the lot in the best neighborhood in the city on the corner of monroe and uitrcli streets adjoining j m liorah and i hers for further particulars see messrs )• a goodmau s w cole or b f frnley u f i m c gkaham 0::,,i — tiik — mining stock register and journal of finance gives the value and correct ratings of over 3,0x miring companies and the latest mining information including dividends assessments lmeeai and highest stock sales lor each week up to within j4 hours of publication a:c for sale by all news dealers sn;s uhtion i per year single copy 15 cents special detailed reports upon any mine furnished sue pa per for terms address the financial and mining pub co vl s i broadway new yoiix cii-v i2:tf wanted — onion sets at enniss drug store school booksjat cost at enniss dm siore ii 01 ji7.--thiru series salisbury n c jahtjaey 25 1883