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the carolina watchman 0l xv.--thirb series salisbury n c may 1,1834 no 29 xj*3f x^x for think just a moment it may be greatly to your profit to buy your k\!\!t acid phosphate and guanos vi ' i ' you • <- ■' > s '. i have now ready and a'ii be'ji ij or c:i i or on me o siri my c us on c:'s royster's i i ■id fold in - ■i n i dn it — a i the ashepoo acid phosphite i , ii si c ' i lii pay 1 p'-r ton more for • i ; .\ •■i i r ' i rofi i n nice prices of oi m i and a i i ii ve nu ut si german kalnit on rale in the cou 3 i'ry i i npos ... c v best 1 i at can be got anywhere there 3 and ]) 1 1 1 i i y o in o i 1 1 j d gaskill if eve you had a showing for fine prices it is iii the crop of tobacco to be planted this year : . .. i , i . t • , <> i . • - «••> fi cj t j j i > r i « y •> v '•■'■.'•. -\. hw ■•'■i i --■■■- i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 i . , rein have iu lli.il store everything a farmer would like we h it o oilier to be a cheerful man hi (■<■■; !■. ei m*t be if wheu he conies ii ,, oih ■.. i.vi iiuiii knows that on the ferlilizer ivo b 1 1 1 . " lie re u!t ol his crop and : op on iin ii'ug that has not been a ,\\ bee i ■ied and proved in the i line i li majo i.'\i land of halifax couniy a the great . | i , ,, • l'o seed is the mail who tells about it : n \ docs : isofii i n ed specially for tobacco differing md merit ; and niter repeated experiments with most if nol all : | ivi il :;- his decided opinion that for line briyjtt silky tobaccc or prepared by the southern fertilizing company richmond na is based upon seventeen years trial and often in competition with the n the market i is a tried < < / <■fertilizer which the plant it the risk of^ettiny si mething unsuited to his crop and therefore i med it with confidei ce mvssrs mathews & williamson of reidsvillc x ('.. wrote the following to the it tliej have seen nothing since to change their judgment our own pcisonal ex peril nee and it covers a long time in watching the re brands of commercial fertilizers handled in this section t : that ii-isiciioil brans stands at the head of all - bncco the plan seems to receive more fitting of this article than from any other and we are of opinion farmers made it their stand by we would hear less of light chaffy tobacco o i : but no body and that the fanner would realize the result he ought r foi low tjrade tobacco kill not ihiiil big money ig money for your crop because we not only desire with us lint pav for them whin they are made ; hence we han anchor brand and will supply you in quantities to suit direct from the wi . :.': want people to abuse us about their fertilizer we therefore sell i ime has show n to be the best so make no arrangements in this line until with us von certainly can't afford to take any risk this year j d gaskill 513 • r this season in larger quantity than ever before tlic old relia ; '^ sea fowl guano ii is a pleasure to -<■!] thin brand because it pleases and one fact is th is it has increased i;i sales the last two years which no other . tin market also i will have hymans & dancy's p.re3iiuji gxtaino which is one of the favorites of oabarras farmers any higher with them and we all know that they arc good and lise fine large crops of cotton late my friends and customers 1 will keep on hand a fullstock of i meal •» • cottonseed meal bran ship stuff bacon molasses sail i cash or baiter very lgw also will sell on time i lot i prime clover seed j d gaskill uuein si on rij nl guano warehouse in fown near holmes tan yard l"(.r hie watchmsn the watchman i cannot l>e so very liai d jus i4ic for wat umax's bnreate bard to rhyme about the watchman : who many a verse in school-house slough and more composed behind the plow like bobby burns the scotchman . with '•]■]. p ii on signet line since boyish days of "-!!'. for minioned poet's corner of old rowan's tenacious sheet jn life all rivals having beat like hardj jackv horner right well i recollect the day when i a little boy at play < hi banks of vailkin river made up a little piece of rhyme in our postoffice dropped in time just mainly to discover if it was barelv possible for mich a liul poet fool myself in print t see sir ; and when the watchman printed ir to lather i never hinted it lest duly he'd thrash inc sir well that's enough about myself now let good cijo take the shelf and trot nut brunei's watchman : competitors may come and go but ever swimming sure and slow like knickerbocker dutchman it breasts the gale and rides the storm the same old steady pi inter form unswerving calm benignant ; the fires of war have burnt it out sometimes it feels financial gout ; but tt'er with life it's pregnant slow as tlim tortoise oft it teems : but while your bare in happy dreams is lo*t and wordy vapor j brief-spoken firm and steady goes with constant step mid friends and foes this dauntless old newspaper and leaves your hare so far behind she wakes amazed in time to find the watchman's gone ahead sir ! the constant drop will wear the stone the slow and sure in time get on when flashy sheets arc dead sir ! dear watchmax sentry of the right long live to tell us ef the night our nat ion's life surrounding ; j long may we hear your honest voice rejoicing when the good rejoice and many a rogue confounding may your familiar face e'er eliine with homely wisdom in each lino and moral influence certain ! and watchman on your final tomb may charity's sweet flow'ret's bloom let fall its silken curtain ! e p ii ml vernon x (.'., april 1384 danish barque kialto on voynge from wilmington x c toicards trieste austria monday night dec 31st 1883 i lat 32 59 x loii 47 02 w a night in every respect worthy to witness the death of the year a wild western gale is howling astern \ driving the great ship through the stygian waters vvjth the phantom like piles of canvas gleaming in the ghastly light of a cloud ridden moon she speeds along like the spirit of the dying year thundering after us come rolling mountains from whose dark crests flash brilliant green phosphorescent lights like twinkling fires far up a mountain's side occasionally one ofthe.se great bil lows leaps over the bulwarks arid rushing from side to side looks like lashes of imprisoned lightning un der the bows there is a constant deaf ening roar as of thunder as the ship valiantly plunges her prow into the seething mass of opposing waters see how gallantly she cuts the on rushing waves dashing them into atoms of gleaming snowy foam which drifts sullenly astern to min gle with other vanquished billows in her blazing wake ! outside the cir cle of foam the black waters look still blacker while here and there a dolphin flashes through the depths like an arrow of fire and still the west wind howls its dismal dirge and still the ship speeds on borne by the wings of the gale o'er the ending crests of the night-hued waves in imagination 1 see living past on the rushing wind the sins the sorrows the hideous crimes and the bitter tears of the year that is past fleeing j from the advent of hisstaiuless succes ' sor jan 1st 1ss4 lat 32 47 n lon 43 52 w crash ! dash ! splash something like that saluted my cars on new year's morning as 1 lav sleepily rubbing my eyes while 1 was debating with myself whether to get up and investigate the cause of the unseemly racket or return to the embrace of morpheus and leave old nep to his holiday pranks a sudden lurch of the ship shot me over the edge of the bunk and spilled me into the wash stand when i managed to extricate myself there was a scene worthy of male bulge or any other disagreeable place dishes smashing waves dashing steward and cook rushing frantically around the marine culinary was in such a state of devastation as is sel dom seen my state room went rav ing craz . everythingw as in a chron ic stale of transformation now 1 stood on my head and now on my feet ; now i sat on my trunk again my trunk sat n me j sometimes 1 lay on my bed and sometimes ray bed on me ; my barometer was practicing gymnastics in the basin having giv en up the weather us utterly ho])eles my mirror was playing leap frog with a pair of sea hoots a lively young webster's unabridged spread its leaves and sailed g:iily from its shelf impressed with the idea tliut it could hy while a pious water bottle administered the rite.s of ; baptism to a pair of pants in a corner breakfast under such circumstances was i lively and informal meal cheslerfieldian table manners were do imp we were precipitated from one end of the sofa to the oilier with surprising rapidity reached for the sugar bowl and got a handful of i butter ; started a spoonful of porridge | in the way it should j;o but involun ■tari 1 v changed our mind and depos i ited it in our eye ; concluded by has | tilv swallowing half a cup of choco late and emptying the remainder with graceful abandon into our lap din i uer i a repetition of breakfast only j more so dishes and attendants i\v i frantically around the former ski 1 ! fully eluding the latter excitedly pursuing soup is utterly unmaoa | geable ; the meat starts west to grow 1 up with the country but is intercept ■ed by the expectant canine to whom this viandary commotion is a god seml on deck the scene is lively and stirring enough the main deck is knee deep in water which rushes from side to side the geese protest loudly against such proceedings and the pigs are hoarse with incessant complainings the starboard yard | arm maks a dive into the depths then i the port goes dowu at every roll the masts describe an arc of 1l >( ) : ; against the sky and at every plunge you would imagine that we had dis covered a short cut to china and were bent on exploring it j5ut everybody is in a good humor ; the unfortunate members of the culi | nary department excepted and every body looks cheerful for it is a fair wind that is causing all this commo tion and its pranks are readily par doned since every frantic roll increas es our distance from columbia's shores and every wild plunge brings ' us correspondingly nearer to the land ! vou dem kai-er saturday jan 12 lat 35 18 ! n lon 32 d 40 w what a vast difference in ones calculations will eight days of headwinds and calms make last saturday we expected to pass the staits of gibralta to-day instead of that we are sixty miles further from them than we were then all the past week the weather has : been putting our patience to the strongest test and to-day having reached the the ultima thule of con trariety the winds are sleeping the satisfied sleep of a conqueror to look at the scene now one would imagine that waves and storrcs were only the creations of a poetic imagi nation around by lifting winds forgot resignedly beneath the sky i the nielaiicholoy waters lie '■for no ripples curl alas ! ; along that wilderness of gla38 i no swellings tell that winds may be upon some far off happier sea no heaviugs tell that winds hare been i in scenes less hideously serene here broiling in the sun we lie going with the heart but with the body standing still as dante ex presses it at no other time do men realize so fully their insignificance their utter helplessness as in that distracted frantic state to which a ten days calm rill convert the most phlegmatic like the norman knights oi old who went to battle with a court plaster on their brows which they sworc 3 not to remove un til they had performed some deed of valorworthy of their mistresses shaii place the seal of silence on this jour nal until fortune wafts me some more inspiriting theme than a nut shell full of biped insects floating helpless ly upon a molten mirror with a great blue saucer turned down over them to be continued bold robber louisville courier journal every man in the united states who wears cloths and pays for them should read this : the new york times publishes ;< comparison of the difference in the prices in new york and london of men's clothing which no fair minded reader can consider without acknowl edging the injustice of the outrageous system that makes such a difference possible fur instance a broad cloth dress suit which costs 50 in new york costs only 22 in london a heavy business suit which costs 30 in new york costs only 13 in london a spring serge overcoat which costs 20 in xew york costs only 8.50 in london a winter beaver overcoat which costs 35 in new york co^ts but 14.50 iii london a silk hat which costs 8-5 in new york costs but 83 is london these article altogether cost in new york 140 in london thev cost but 61 the man who buys these cloths therefore in new york pays s79 more for them than lie could buy them for in london w hat causes this difference in the prices of the two cities ? our tariff no one will dispute that with the tariff removed the same goods could be purchased as cheaply in new york is in london at least as cheaply plus i the freight rates between the two cities the man who pays therefore 140 i for clothes in new york really buys g1 worth of clothes on which lie pays 79 taxes and where dp these taxes go if the goods are manufactured iu this country not one cent reaches the treasury it is simply 79 taken by law from the man who buvs 61 worth of clothes and given to the j man who makes cloth if ihe good are manufactured abroad 79 goes to a treasury which does not need it in either case the purchaser of the clothes gets absolutely nothing for the of the 140 which he spends if on buying the clothes he had to pay 01 to the clothier and 79 di rectly to the tax collector how long would he stand such extortion ? in result there is not a particle of i difference between that system and the present tariff system according to which lie is thus unnecessarily and ] exorbitantly taxed not only in his clothing but on nearly every other j necessity of life how long will the people ef a coun i try which claims to be free submit to this legalized robbery which th.)?e who uphold it and grow fat upon it are pleased to call a protective tar ifi ? when a pack of negroes gather to gether in the court house of this county in a politic il meeting and abuse the white people who pay about all the taxes for the education of the negroes and for their mainten ance in the charitable institutions of the state it proves that they have precious little gratitude or even sense of propriety the colored popu lation does not pay a one-hundreth part of the taxes for the supportjjof our city graded schools or the pub lic schools of the county yet they abuse and slander the whites who do pay them their behaviour shows an impudence and virulence that is inex cusable their disgraceful conduct in a political meeting in this city on saturday last shows that they are unfit to hold office or for self-govern ment of course there are a few ex ceptions but they are very few — charlotte democrat since the recent discovery of gar net on the plantation of mr julius s sides near town of which men tion was made in our last issue his neighbors have been in search of the same precious mineral and from what we can learn their efforts have not been iu vain among others the following gentlemen have been find ing this ore in great quantities on their plantations messrs i a hart sell noah propst abel and pink winkler c m white c p powell and a j d morgan — piedmont press lincoln mica mines — mr frank lander of this place is extensively engaged in mica mining in the west ern part of this county in the neigh borhood of dr w a thompson's mr lander is operating five mines which are yielding handsomely he is an expert iu mica mining and knows not only how to locate the mica but how to sell it to advantage alter it is obtained — lincolnton press is he honest inquired a banker of a friend who had recommended a m:u for the position of janitor hon est ?' he echoes ; well i don't know what you call it but he returned an umbrella which he borrowed from me yesterday the man was engaged as cashier only seven republicans voted in the house of representatives last week against the present internal revenue system — charlotte demo crat when you see a counterfeit coin on the side walk pick it up you are liable to arrest if you try to pass it an exchange speaks of the lead ing kind of the country it is a brass band and it may be first-tflass ; but the hat-band is generally at head i fear no man !" he said and about that time his wife came along and lead him off by the ear a dream of fair woman rich men c m at well at front window k davis furniture store mais sthf.et sai.isbckt x c will repairclo k w ■hes jewelry.e all work warranted wil ■ep'afa line < : wew first-class clocks try me and ve money i y ':. iving work done at 111 _ gores ma . 18 188 [.— 6m 4h fr fa ■v "- ■j^l ■■- • > • ill fill nr j j ■. ■v . . . ■- - • - • ■_• - 11 ii.v:.:.k a t • m ...-. 13:ly administrator's notice all persona holding claims against the ( state of d s cowan dee'd are hereby i otified to present said claims duly au thenticated to joseph r white adm'r on ' i r before the 1 ith day of february 1885 < r this notice will be plead in bar of re covery and tnose indebted to the estate wi i be required to settle as early a prac ticable jos k \\ ull l a febry 1 i 18s4 6\v:pd | - i hotice parties having claims against cd to the ( hina grove cn ciation are notified that by powei ■: .\: torney the time to settle i uary 1st 1885 j m gra.y a : 14:tf -- w ( vo.\irr,9me total assets 6710,745.12 a 1 foim j ( onipanv " eking home patron aso srr ° peohpt heliable t ; p ilicies written nn uwdlinn 1 rc&shasdwl a ■. j allen brown agt '-'•' salisbury x (/. i o ..: eceta:lepius . nd .:; 3 iicus complaints this space reserved for sheppari swink & monroe proprietors kltjttz's warehouse for the side o leaf tobacco salisbury ,\\ c p|8i|cfip*f purgative qll i o mt!&ii§mll7nlld and will completely change the '. : > > 1 in i;io 12 ire byaem i:i ttn-rrt mniihi any person who will take 1 1'iii t a h r.;-::i f.-":.i 1 t 13 wti !.-, may be rcatoreil to sound health if ouch a thin :.■•;■>-. . . i - .. ■< plaints ii->i 1'illn hare no ecjbal physicians use tiicrn fi«r tu • i o7l.it ildney diseases s»l<j rvrrjkhen or seat by mail for zl i.i ;. circulars froe ] in haw issk w bsk b p %&£ 7 f " ' ' ■n a ' : ' •■'»• i-ronchiin nonrsl tikh ils - ' ■' - ■- v - "•" l-i r h • ] j ■''. ' ■■; ' ' ! maj fl . -. h r • , - • " ci^nr cms :;■. ._•'.■■■■■-• : • rjuji«»,«ad ru spine s it is awell-lnown fact r ' '.'"'■t '■''■2?j fl b b if haneaiu](att<e i . .- f > - v bta | bi if nothing on k.irth will tn.ik i r : i sj r fj s » i mm 9 toy like hprirt:in;.<;..ii^u.,v,i-..iv 0 j a £. l la fe sb stfeilqw bfi 3 food itwil'l al : jiti prevent in'l care h .' kn,ae c v rvt»f-r».r,rs mi f rjsc ta ruiri^cm lrji cdr ■! r ■- tn».prtcemp by — n w t wtllwlvbll vnuktka ureolantae i b juilisoii a co b<*u ju*v , d « in 1 elias howe i in - - - lo.oo 2 18-incli : . i _ i a new 40.00 1 xew fan ily si - 1 -■- - lnto$15 3 american x ••. 1 . - - - - - 10 to 15 2 wlieeler & wil .... 12 and 15 9 home shuttles - - - - - - 5.00 1 weed - .... 12.00 ']},,. a j warranted t<j i g°od work we al istew davis a.merican and oval st john's i ;,;■;,-. v ': rs and giiarrauteed^to give satisfaction
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1884-05-01 |
Month | 05 |
Day | 01 |
Year | 1884 |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 29 |
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Creator | [T. K. Bruner and J. J. Bruner] |
Date Digital | 2008-12-29 |
Publisher | [T. K. Bruner and J. J. Bruner] |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
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Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The May 1, 1884 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601566322 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1884-05-01 |
Month | 05 |
Day | 01 |
Year | 1884 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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Date Digital | 12/29/2008 9:58:01 AM |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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the carolina watchman 0l xv.--thirb series salisbury n c may 1,1834 no 29 xj*3f x^x for think just a moment it may be greatly to your profit to buy your k\!\!t acid phosphate and guanos vi ' i ' you • <- ■' > s '. i have now ready and a'ii be'ji ij or c:i i or on me o siri my c us on c:'s royster's i i ■id fold in - ■i n i dn it — a i the ashepoo acid phosphite i , ii si c ' i lii pay 1 p'-r ton more for • i ; .\ •■i i r ' i rofi i n nice prices of oi m i and a i i ii ve nu ut si german kalnit on rale in the cou 3 i'ry i i npos ... c v best 1 i at can be got anywhere there 3 and ]) 1 1 1 i i y o in o i 1 1 j d gaskill if eve you had a showing for fine prices it is iii the crop of tobacco to be planted this year : . .. i , i . t • , <> i . • - «••> fi cj t j j i > r i « y •> v '•■'■.'•. -\. hw ■•'■i i --■■■- i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 i . , rein have iu lli.il store everything a farmer would like we h it o oilier to be a cheerful man hi (■<■■; !■. ei m*t be if wheu he conies ii ,, oih ■.. i.vi iiuiii knows that on the ferlilizer ivo b 1 1 1 . " lie re u!t ol his crop and : op on iin ii'ug that has not been a ,\\ bee i ■ied and proved in the i line i li majo i.'\i land of halifax couniy a the great . | i , ,, • l'o seed is the mail who tells about it : n \ docs : isofii i n ed specially for tobacco differing md merit ; and niter repeated experiments with most if nol all : | ivi il :;- his decided opinion that for line briyjtt silky tobaccc or prepared by the southern fertilizing company richmond na is based upon seventeen years trial and often in competition with the n the market i is a tried < < / <■fertilizer which the plant it the risk of^ettiny si mething unsuited to his crop and therefore i med it with confidei ce mvssrs mathews & williamson of reidsvillc x ('.. wrote the following to the it tliej have seen nothing since to change their judgment our own pcisonal ex peril nee and it covers a long time in watching the re brands of commercial fertilizers handled in this section t : that ii-isiciioil brans stands at the head of all - bncco the plan seems to receive more fitting of this article than from any other and we are of opinion farmers made it their stand by we would hear less of light chaffy tobacco o i : but no body and that the fanner would realize the result he ought r foi low tjrade tobacco kill not ihiiil big money ig money for your crop because we not only desire with us lint pav for them whin they are made ; hence we han anchor brand and will supply you in quantities to suit direct from the wi . :.': want people to abuse us about their fertilizer we therefore sell i ime has show n to be the best so make no arrangements in this line until with us von certainly can't afford to take any risk this year j d gaskill 513 • r this season in larger quantity than ever before tlic old relia ; '^ sea fowl guano ii is a pleasure to -<■!] thin brand because it pleases and one fact is th is it has increased i;i sales the last two years which no other . tin market also i will have hymans & dancy's p.re3iiuji gxtaino which is one of the favorites of oabarras farmers any higher with them and we all know that they arc good and lise fine large crops of cotton late my friends and customers 1 will keep on hand a fullstock of i meal •» • cottonseed meal bran ship stuff bacon molasses sail i cash or baiter very lgw also will sell on time i lot i prime clover seed j d gaskill uuein si on rij nl guano warehouse in fown near holmes tan yard l"(.r hie watchmsn the watchman i cannot l>e so very liai d jus i4ic for wat umax's bnreate bard to rhyme about the watchman : who many a verse in school-house slough and more composed behind the plow like bobby burns the scotchman . with '•]■]. p ii on signet line since boyish days of "-!!'. for minioned poet's corner of old rowan's tenacious sheet jn life all rivals having beat like hardj jackv horner right well i recollect the day when i a little boy at play < hi banks of vailkin river made up a little piece of rhyme in our postoffice dropped in time just mainly to discover if it was barelv possible for mich a liul poet fool myself in print t see sir ; and when the watchman printed ir to lather i never hinted it lest duly he'd thrash inc sir well that's enough about myself now let good cijo take the shelf and trot nut brunei's watchman : competitors may come and go but ever swimming sure and slow like knickerbocker dutchman it breasts the gale and rides the storm the same old steady pi inter form unswerving calm benignant ; the fires of war have burnt it out sometimes it feels financial gout ; but tt'er with life it's pregnant slow as tlim tortoise oft it teems : but while your bare in happy dreams is lo*t and wordy vapor j brief-spoken firm and steady goes with constant step mid friends and foes this dauntless old newspaper and leaves your hare so far behind she wakes amazed in time to find the watchman's gone ahead sir ! the constant drop will wear the stone the slow and sure in time get on when flashy sheets arc dead sir ! dear watchmax sentry of the right long live to tell us ef the night our nat ion's life surrounding ; j long may we hear your honest voice rejoicing when the good rejoice and many a rogue confounding may your familiar face e'er eliine with homely wisdom in each lino and moral influence certain ! and watchman on your final tomb may charity's sweet flow'ret's bloom let fall its silken curtain ! e p ii ml vernon x (.'., april 1384 danish barque kialto on voynge from wilmington x c toicards trieste austria monday night dec 31st 1883 i lat 32 59 x loii 47 02 w a night in every respect worthy to witness the death of the year a wild western gale is howling astern \ driving the great ship through the stygian waters vvjth the phantom like piles of canvas gleaming in the ghastly light of a cloud ridden moon she speeds along like the spirit of the dying year thundering after us come rolling mountains from whose dark crests flash brilliant green phosphorescent lights like twinkling fires far up a mountain's side occasionally one ofthe.se great bil lows leaps over the bulwarks arid rushing from side to side looks like lashes of imprisoned lightning un der the bows there is a constant deaf ening roar as of thunder as the ship valiantly plunges her prow into the seething mass of opposing waters see how gallantly she cuts the on rushing waves dashing them into atoms of gleaming snowy foam which drifts sullenly astern to min gle with other vanquished billows in her blazing wake ! outside the cir cle of foam the black waters look still blacker while here and there a dolphin flashes through the depths like an arrow of fire and still the west wind howls its dismal dirge and still the ship speeds on borne by the wings of the gale o'er the ending crests of the night-hued waves in imagination 1 see living past on the rushing wind the sins the sorrows the hideous crimes and the bitter tears of the year that is past fleeing j from the advent of hisstaiuless succes ' sor jan 1st 1ss4 lat 32 47 n lon 43 52 w crash ! dash ! splash something like that saluted my cars on new year's morning as 1 lav sleepily rubbing my eyes while 1 was debating with myself whether to get up and investigate the cause of the unseemly racket or return to the embrace of morpheus and leave old nep to his holiday pranks a sudden lurch of the ship shot me over the edge of the bunk and spilled me into the wash stand when i managed to extricate myself there was a scene worthy of male bulge or any other disagreeable place dishes smashing waves dashing steward and cook rushing frantically around the marine culinary was in such a state of devastation as is sel dom seen my state room went rav ing craz . everythingw as in a chron ic stale of transformation now 1 stood on my head and now on my feet ; now i sat on my trunk again my trunk sat n me j sometimes 1 lay on my bed and sometimes ray bed on me ; my barometer was practicing gymnastics in the basin having giv en up the weather us utterly ho])eles my mirror was playing leap frog with a pair of sea hoots a lively young webster's unabridged spread its leaves and sailed g:iily from its shelf impressed with the idea tliut it could hy while a pious water bottle administered the rite.s of ; baptism to a pair of pants in a corner breakfast under such circumstances was i lively and informal meal cheslerfieldian table manners were do imp we were precipitated from one end of the sofa to the oilier with surprising rapidity reached for the sugar bowl and got a handful of i butter ; started a spoonful of porridge | in the way it should j;o but involun ■tari 1 v changed our mind and depos i ited it in our eye ; concluded by has | tilv swallowing half a cup of choco late and emptying the remainder with graceful abandon into our lap din i uer i a repetition of breakfast only j more so dishes and attendants i\v i frantically around the former ski 1 ! fully eluding the latter excitedly pursuing soup is utterly unmaoa | geable ; the meat starts west to grow 1 up with the country but is intercept ■ed by the expectant canine to whom this viandary commotion is a god seml on deck the scene is lively and stirring enough the main deck is knee deep in water which rushes from side to side the geese protest loudly against such proceedings and the pigs are hoarse with incessant complainings the starboard yard | arm maks a dive into the depths then i the port goes dowu at every roll the masts describe an arc of 1l >( ) : ; against the sky and at every plunge you would imagine that we had dis covered a short cut to china and were bent on exploring it j5ut everybody is in a good humor ; the unfortunate members of the culi | nary department excepted and every body looks cheerful for it is a fair wind that is causing all this commo tion and its pranks are readily par doned since every frantic roll increas es our distance from columbia's shores and every wild plunge brings ' us correspondingly nearer to the land ! vou dem kai-er saturday jan 12 lat 35 18 ! n lon 32 d 40 w what a vast difference in ones calculations will eight days of headwinds and calms make last saturday we expected to pass the staits of gibralta to-day instead of that we are sixty miles further from them than we were then all the past week the weather has : been putting our patience to the strongest test and to-day having reached the the ultima thule of con trariety the winds are sleeping the satisfied sleep of a conqueror to look at the scene now one would imagine that waves and storrcs were only the creations of a poetic imagi nation around by lifting winds forgot resignedly beneath the sky i the nielaiicholoy waters lie '■for no ripples curl alas ! ; along that wilderness of gla38 i no swellings tell that winds may be upon some far off happier sea no heaviugs tell that winds hare been i in scenes less hideously serene here broiling in the sun we lie going with the heart but with the body standing still as dante ex presses it at no other time do men realize so fully their insignificance their utter helplessness as in that distracted frantic state to which a ten days calm rill convert the most phlegmatic like the norman knights oi old who went to battle with a court plaster on their brows which they sworc 3 not to remove un til they had performed some deed of valorworthy of their mistresses shaii place the seal of silence on this jour nal until fortune wafts me some more inspiriting theme than a nut shell full of biped insects floating helpless ly upon a molten mirror with a great blue saucer turned down over them to be continued bold robber louisville courier journal every man in the united states who wears cloths and pays for them should read this : the new york times publishes ;< comparison of the difference in the prices in new york and london of men's clothing which no fair minded reader can consider without acknowl edging the injustice of the outrageous system that makes such a difference possible fur instance a broad cloth dress suit which costs 50 in new york costs only 22 in london a heavy business suit which costs 30 in new york costs only 13 in london a spring serge overcoat which costs 20 in xew york costs only 8.50 in london a winter beaver overcoat which costs 35 in new york co^ts but 14.50 iii london a silk hat which costs 8-5 in new york costs but 83 is london these article altogether cost in new york 140 in london thev cost but 61 the man who buys these cloths therefore in new york pays s79 more for them than lie could buy them for in london w hat causes this difference in the prices of the two cities ? our tariff no one will dispute that with the tariff removed the same goods could be purchased as cheaply in new york is in london at least as cheaply plus i the freight rates between the two cities the man who pays therefore 140 i for clothes in new york really buys g1 worth of clothes on which lie pays 79 taxes and where dp these taxes go if the goods are manufactured iu this country not one cent reaches the treasury it is simply 79 taken by law from the man who buvs 61 worth of clothes and given to the j man who makes cloth if ihe good are manufactured abroad 79 goes to a treasury which does not need it in either case the purchaser of the clothes gets absolutely nothing for the of the 140 which he spends if on buying the clothes he had to pay 01 to the clothier and 79 di rectly to the tax collector how long would he stand such extortion ? in result there is not a particle of i difference between that system and the present tariff system according to which lie is thus unnecessarily and ] exorbitantly taxed not only in his clothing but on nearly every other j necessity of life how long will the people ef a coun i try which claims to be free submit to this legalized robbery which th.)?e who uphold it and grow fat upon it are pleased to call a protective tar ifi ? when a pack of negroes gather to gether in the court house of this county in a politic il meeting and abuse the white people who pay about all the taxes for the education of the negroes and for their mainten ance in the charitable institutions of the state it proves that they have precious little gratitude or even sense of propriety the colored popu lation does not pay a one-hundreth part of the taxes for the supportjjof our city graded schools or the pub lic schools of the county yet they abuse and slander the whites who do pay them their behaviour shows an impudence and virulence that is inex cusable their disgraceful conduct in a political meeting in this city on saturday last shows that they are unfit to hold office or for self-govern ment of course there are a few ex ceptions but they are very few — charlotte democrat since the recent discovery of gar net on the plantation of mr julius s sides near town of which men tion was made in our last issue his neighbors have been in search of the same precious mineral and from what we can learn their efforts have not been iu vain among others the following gentlemen have been find ing this ore in great quantities on their plantations messrs i a hart sell noah propst abel and pink winkler c m white c p powell and a j d morgan — piedmont press lincoln mica mines — mr frank lander of this place is extensively engaged in mica mining in the west ern part of this county in the neigh borhood of dr w a thompson's mr lander is operating five mines which are yielding handsomely he is an expert iu mica mining and knows not only how to locate the mica but how to sell it to advantage alter it is obtained — lincolnton press is he honest inquired a banker of a friend who had recommended a m:u for the position of janitor hon est ?' he echoes ; well i don't know what you call it but he returned an umbrella which he borrowed from me yesterday the man was engaged as cashier only seven republicans voted in the house of representatives last week against the present internal revenue system — charlotte demo crat when you see a counterfeit coin on the side walk pick it up you are liable to arrest if you try to pass it an exchange speaks of the lead ing kind of the country it is a brass band and it may be first-tflass ; but the hat-band is generally at head i fear no man !" he said and about that time his wife came along and lead him off by the ear a dream of fair woman rich men c m at well at front window k davis furniture store mais sthf.et sai.isbckt x c will repairclo k w ■hes jewelry.e all work warranted wil ■ep'afa line < : wew first-class clocks try me and ve money i y ':. iving work done at 111 _ gores ma . 18 188 [.— 6m 4h fr fa ■v "- ■j^l ■■- • > • ill fill nr j j ■. ■v . . . ■- - • - • ■_• - 11 ii.v:.:.k a t • m ...-. 13:ly administrator's notice all persona holding claims against the ( state of d s cowan dee'd are hereby i otified to present said claims duly au thenticated to joseph r white adm'r on ' i r before the 1 ith day of february 1885 < r this notice will be plead in bar of re covery and tnose indebted to the estate wi i be required to settle as early a prac ticable jos k \\ ull l a febry 1 i 18s4 6\v:pd | - i hotice parties having claims against cd to the ( hina grove cn ciation are notified that by powei ■: .\: torney the time to settle i uary 1st 1885 j m gra.y a : 14:tf -- w ( vo.\irr,9me total assets 6710,745.12 a 1 foim j ( onipanv " eking home patron aso srr ° peohpt heliable t ; p ilicies written nn uwdlinn 1 rc&shasdwl a ■. j allen brown agt '-'•' salisbury x (/. i o ..: eceta:lepius . nd .:; 3 iicus complaints this space reserved for sheppari swink & monroe proprietors kltjttz's warehouse for the side o leaf tobacco salisbury ,\\ c p|8i|cfip*f purgative qll i o mt!&ii§mll7nlld and will completely change the '. : > > 1 in i;io 12 ire byaem i:i ttn-rrt mniihi any person who will take 1 1'iii t a h r.;-::i f.-":.i 1 t 13 wti !.-, may be rcatoreil to sound health if ouch a thin :.■•;■>-. . . i - .. ■< plaints ii->i 1'illn hare no ecjbal physicians use tiicrn fi«r tu • i o7l.it ildney diseases s»l |