*•_..-*>-. t ***% njs m _— — .___ fol xiii third series salisbury n c december 22 1881 kg 10 ihe carolina watchman .. tabushed in the year 1832 " price 1.50 is ai'vav 1 flstbact adv rtishsg r tec pu ..; lii - . isso m's tm i nrs [■ " _ - hsi 7 3.50 5.00 8.0(1 i "... 5.85 7.50 18 00 .;_,„. -..:„! 11.00 15.00 . , hi 13.50 1s.00 t5 11.85 16.50 w , . ■ 7 0.f(l :'-.::, - 18-«5 -"•■"" e e crawford & co are selling portable farm nd factory steam ehfilnes p.tin(r fti fi3p...]pq uiikg ir uqllliipi and caps .._ finest rifle powder b_8 lapns wap wapas ttt * srs ly 1st otic e john f eagle fashionable -- or re ji&3b shoe jhki ti a •-- r : u , i.-.i tour attention in i.i shop opposite uejiiirii « iu:.i nnd uroiujit a il g i nil - i i m mi made lo order insurance made cheap le allowing actual ast to mejnoefs : n nt insurance for one year march 1 1879 to march 1 l880 - - i.i n7.1l i to 30 years . 17 on st il in •• id •• ... 1 j . inl ■ in •• l.l •• ... 23 5(j ■ irtli 1.1 •• 50 '• ..•'!! 00 50 " 55 •• .., a i i i 53 •• gc •• ... ii wl j r xvlcrcccl ag't i harness & ©. 1 am prepared t furnish agcn and buggy harness v.i.i ol the i-i i northern i aimed l ulu r rami ,'.. i il . ud •• e mc iv..-.l >. v..i street si i h.i uiv x l john h james . ami w.h.bailey vance & bailey tt02n£y5 and counsellors citabl01 : r ss c '-- lii • in '•'.. ■ of tii ti.iui 1 i norlh can i ina : it r.veekl.t ur i . ' ■ ■ • : . i v . ;. ami i -. vicl .' i . . i ( n * i.tu . i i iieo k kluttz kpcorkle a kluttz iy i:si s and counselors iry n ('. slrei i i'ii twite the haige l n clement j craige & clement ittafncp at i\w buisburt x c lisi ' \ m ul kenton a'"ji,iicys counselors jaiid solicitors salisbury n.c 1879 tl . _____ uajipreth&sons phila-j j poetry a now 3iotber shipton when lawyers fail to take a fee and juries never disagree when politicians are content and landlords don't collect their rent ♦ when patties smash all the machines ami i>o<ton folk give np their beans when nnughty children all die young and girls are horn without a tongue when holies don't take time to hop • and office-holders never ijop ( when preachers cut all sermons short , and all folks to church resort ; when back subscribers all have paid and editors have fortunes made i such happeuiugs will sure portend i this fftirld must soon come to an end puck's express advice to al.l whom it oxckuns now christmas is coming i glad season of mil th ! when of presents for loved ones there should be no dearth , ; then let none be forgotten — relation er friend j that you may the holidays happier i spend i there's nellie poor child j far away at some school who cannot come home — tis she writes ' gainst the rule j there's charlie at college now thinking of home though seeming absorbed in some old classic tome and both for vour presence now lovingly ; yearn as homeward the eyes of their hearts loudly turn hut all things considered love's impulse i'd curb : i think thai you'd best uot their studies disturb exposure and traveling oft many ills bring now puck's counsel heed — tis a capital ! tiling ; for charley go purchase the handsomest , suit all sorts of confections cigars and can ned fruit — aud nellie must have a rich navy-blue dress <_ which secure they'll get by the south , i:kn express and your dailing old grandma you must not forget uitt send her oi seal skin thc handsomest set \, and dear aged graudpa that needs so much tare vou can sweetly surprise with an inva lid's chair no tears for their transit your uijjid need distress for safely they'll go by tho soltm^un kxritkss 111 re's a ant carrie's baby — the dear lit j t pel '. she thinks strange that no present's been kelt l for it j et ; then iniv an embroidered robe kerchief and bib and wiih them the pretiest latest-style ciib i'.i such costly gifts you will risk 1 con fess if ihey aie not sent by the southern express and while you are sending jour rich presents forth don't forget all your friends and acquain tances north for though freighted their orchards with fruits sometimes rare they have naught with our bright orange gro es io compare : we've the nincapplc tig golden lemon and lime the beauty and bloom of the tropical clime i:t delay would soon spoil all such pres ents unless they are speedily shipped by the spi tll ern express now one counsel more and said counsel will end : forget not the poor — bo to them e'er a friend from the little you'll give will interest accrue for cud is their voucher you'll sure get your due ; and ere their hearts thanks unto you they've confessed will your deed be to heaven by angels kxprobsed matt o'h columbus ga dec 1831 ■ ill i llll i i illllwa bmtmbhwb tm win nn cnuncu is against danc ing the rev robert ii hull said iu the tabernacle baptist church that the de crease in church membership and in effi cient church work were to a certain ex tent i hi results of dancing for this rea son all churches had pronounced against dancing and it should be particularly olmoxious to baptists because the first baptist preacher john had been behead ed by a dancing girl the modem society dance he said is not conducive to modesty and purjty because it requires the mingling of the sexes due young lady whom i asked for a description ofa certain dance said she would rather not describe it to me why in the report ofa chief of police in this it is said that ihecc-fourlhs of thc abandoned women in ihis city was first mined /'.'/ dancing t know many good people dance yet as you go high in the scale of humanity n don't tiud dancipg the biblical dance was very different from ours it was a religipus act you may bo sure that when avid danced no one called out first and second couple forward and backward !' » i never knew an intellectual man who iras a goad dancer ii is worth remembering that nobody en joys the nicest surroundings if in bad health there arc mserablc people about to-day with one foot in.thc grave when a bottle ot , parker's ginger tonic would do them more proud than all the doctors and medicines ' th v huve ever tried sec adv tei novls washington letter a strong outlook for the new speaker skirmisltingf.r the leadership — buisness ; be fine congress the president in the white house hegula correspondent washington dec 10 1881 the now speaker mr keifer imd no rooiu-f been elected and conducted to the i chair by his two most powerful competi tors,-messrs randall and hiscock than i the national parliamentary wrangle be j gan mr robeson of new jersey gen i eral grant's corpulent secretary of tho i navy and mr haskell of kansas a tall j gaunt angular antithesis of the rotund j robeson commenced feticeiug for tho | leadership of the republican side of thc i house while ex-speaker randall and s ! s cox familiarly known as sunset cox ! led oft on the democratic side in ten min j utes the house seemed to be in hopeless confusion half a dozen members speak ing at the same moment while the new speaker rapped his gavel helplessly and essayed awkwardly to get things straight mr kasson tho only republican who is competent to control this turbulent body from the chair sat pale aud silent at his desk in a remote part of the hall it is evident that mr keifer has a stormy voy age before him ; he lacks parliamentary knowledge aud experience to say nothing of natural qualification for the place rut little bnsiuesa has been transacted in cither the senate or the house this first week the house adjourned from tuesday until friday and although the senate lias been in session utile has been accomplished besides the introduction of sundry bills the house is still in the throws of organization and will not be ready for work before the 14th inst by that time the committees will be formed and maybe the new cabinet appointed there is a prevalent opinion in politi cal circles here that this will be a session in which politics will take a back seat and in wliich business will come to the front this idea has received strength from tlie installation address ot the new speaker and from the message of tho president if the house committees shall be formed with a view to the legislative policy outlined in the address of the speaker this will no doubt be a busy session rills for refunding thc extended bonds at 3 per cent for tlie erection ofa suitable building for the national library and for thc reclamation of the malarial swamps about the capitol will probably be passed the subjects of revenue taxation tariff aiidcouiiting tin-electoral vote w ill,doubt less occupy the attention of congress but the conflict of interests and opinion on these subjects ia so great that it is doubt ful if any bill can be passed materially changing tlu present status the resident has at length taken up liu residence in the white house bul it lie will be no more accessible there to ofiiee seekers than he was at butler's house mi capitol hill offlce seekers are just now iu deserved disrepute and if this class of bores is now regarded with increased odium from an association iu the pubiic mind with guiteau that wretch will not have lived iu vail peculiar effects of salt water a gentleman informs us of a very sin gular circumstance in connection with the great storm in this city and vicinity on the jlh of september last he says that at l'oiters neck plantation on the sound the salt spray from the ocean walled in showers across tlie intervening banks and sound killed every living thing in the fields except the peanuts which curious to say seemed to have been benefitted by the bn'uy shower-bath ail the leaves on a mock orange hedge commencing in close proximity to the sound and running hack about one mile were completely killed while the leaves on the trees in the neighbor all died and dropped oft and their places have since beeu supplied by new ones even the old sycamores shed their verdure and subsequently donned a garb more becom ing the budding blooming spring than the usual cool and depressing autumn wiu slur a curious law tlie laws of denmark contain one which it would probably be as difli cult to find in tlie criminal code of other nations as in our own common law or any other statute amending the same " it provides a punishment for that especially revolting form of cruelty which consists in allowing a fellow creature to perish without ex tending to him a helping band a mere act of omission in certain cases is indictable whoever lias refused sav the danish law to help another person in mortal danger when he could have done so without peril to his own life and that person has per ished inconsequence is liable to either imprisonment or tine last year's returns show that the number of persons killed throughout india by wild beasts or snakes lias gradually increased from 10,273 1 1870 to 21,990 in 1880 best on jarvis the pittsboro record givesaver batirn report of mr w j best's latest speech from which we extract as fol lows i am not now prepared lo say whether thc failure of the gentlemen j to whom i allude to keep their con ; tracts with mc and associates shall stand in the way of the consumma tion and perfect realization of our plans whieh for a period of more than five years has commanded my best thoughts and efforts that their action will delay the good work isi certain ; but i have no idea that they can prevent its ultimate completion i know my rights in he western xorth carolina railroad and will speedily assert them through the courts i have already taken steps to do this and am satisfied as to what the final result will be that the result may be delayed is reasonable to sup pose and the fear of that delay alone has prompted mc not to press the suit which in april last i instituted against messrs clyde logan and bn ford during all lit in time i have been led to believe lhat such influences would be brought lo bear by the state authori ties having the western north caro lina railroad matter in charge as would compel tiie richmond and dan viile people who by trick and device had obtained a temporary advantage over me to withdraw from that road on payment of their claim with inter est and reasonable compensation for their services from day lo day and week to week for nearly six months i have been led on dep by step by prom ises that to-morrow or next iveelc some thing ivould be done that nothing has been done you all know the commissioners of the western north carolina railroad having failed to keep and perform their part of the contract i must as an honest man dealing with the capital of others who have reposed confidence in mc ac quaint them — my stockholders and directors — ofthe present aspect ofthe railroad situation upon what is known as thc best contract in regard to the western north carolina railroad i will do this and leave my associates to decide whether or not we shall pro ceed with the same earnestness which up to this time has characterized our work in the building of a road from goldsboro to salisbury or stop and determine upon gome new line of ac tion i think it highly probable that when we finish tlie road to smithfield we shall take a breathing spell we had made all our arrangements to do something very different in fact it was our purpose to work every man who could earn his money during the whole winter and if possible com plete our road early in 1883 and we would certainly have done so but for this unexpected action upon the part of the commissioners oregon's strange ko several of our citizens returned last week from the great sunken hake situated in the cascade moun tains about seventy-five miles north east from jacksonville this lake rivals the famous valley of sinbad the sailor it is thought to average 2,000 feet deep down to water all around the depth of the water is un known and its surface is it nooth aud unruffled as it is far below the sur face of thc mountains that air-cur rents do not affec it its length is estimated at twelve or fifteen miles and its width ten or twelve there is a mountain in thc centre having trees upon it it lies still silent and mys terious in the bosom of the everlasu ing hills like a huge well scooped out by the hands of thc giant genii of tlie mountains in tlie unknown ages gone l.v and around it the preinreval forests watch and ward are keeping the visiting party fired a rifle into the water si vera 1 times at an angle of fortv-five debtees and were able to note several seconds of time from the report ofthe gun until the ball struck the water such seems incredible but is vouched for by our most relia ble citizens the lake is certainly a most remarkable curiosity — jackson ville oregon p<rp r esquimaux strong-minded women a young woman dr dall tells us really quite fine looking and of re markably good physique and mental i capacity was bserved to hold herself aloof from the young men of the tribe in an unusual manner inquiry first of others afterward of herself brought out the following reasons for the ec centricity jn effect she said she was as strong as any of the young men not rnie of them had ever been able to conquer her in wrestling or other ath letic exercises though it had more than once been tried sometimes by surprise and with odds against her she could shoot and hunt deer as well as any of them and make and set snares and nets she had her own gun bought from tbe proceeds of her trapping she despised marriage and did not desire to do the work of a wife but preferred the work which custom among the esquimaux allots to the men in short she was a wo man's rights female of the most ad vanced type when winter came having made a convert of a steal ler and less athletic damsel the t*o set to work with walrus tusk picks and dug the excavation in which they erected their own house which was of the usual type of esquimaux houses — walled and roofed with drift-wood andcover'd with turf it was however as an additional defense against un wished for prowling males divided into two rooms with a very small and narrow door between them next to which lay some handy billets of wood to craek thc seencc of a possible in truder here our two amazons lived traded and carried on their affairs in defiance uf communal bonds and pub lie sentiment the latter seems to be composed half of disapprobation and half of envious admiration ; whilethc young fellows iu the village busied themselves concocting plaus agaiust the enterprising pair these were too fully on the alert to be surprised and all efforts against their peace were fruitless when the deer-hunting sea son came the two set off to the moun tains and no sooner had they depart ed,than disappointed lovers and out raged public sentiment exemplified in a mob reduced their winter quar ters to a shapeless ruin so far as dr dall's information goes the following year the ladies returned to thc ordi nary ways of the world and gave up the unequal contest against a tyranni cal public opinion chamber's jour nal itcmcnibcriiig faces if a man would succeed as a detec tive a clergyman hotel-keeper or as politician he should cultivate the art of recollecting faces it is said ofa certain statesman whose fame is na tional that he never forgets a face or a name the power of this art is due to thc fact that a man's vanity flatter ed by having oue who has not seen him perhaps for years call him by name henry clay was noted for his memory of faces and names indeed it was said that only one man in the united states excelled him in this re spect and that was jennings lhe bar tender ofthe old city hotel of new york during a political campaign in mis sissippi mr clay stopped for a few minutes at clinton a crowd gath ered about the cars to greet the popu lar orator among the people was an eccentric old man with one eye who making his way through the crowd exclaimed don't introduce me for i want to see if mr clay will know me where did i know you asked mr clay taking the old man by the hand in kentucky he answered have you lost that eye since i saw you yes turn the sound eye to me that i may see your profile i have it said mr clay did you not give me a verdict as juror at frankfort kentucky twenty-one years ago i did ! i did !" exclaimed the ex ultant old man and is not your name hard wick e tt is and turning to his friends asked triumphantly didn't i tell you that henry clay would know i me though he hadn't seen ine for over j twenty years great men never for ! get faces it is safe to say that mr clay re ceived that old man's vote a propose independent move ment in texas ________ washington dec 11 texas is the next state of the south which it is proposed to inaugurate an indepen dent movement anil those who ure interested in it profess to be quite satisfied of its success representa tive jones of that state who left the democratic party in 1s7g is most prominently spoken of as the candi date for governor he has been twice elected to the house as a green backer but on party questions out side of tlie currency he lins generally acted with the republicans tlie regular democratic majority in texas has been enormous and it is perhaps not improbable that tho party may disintegrate somewhat by the force of its own weigiit the young men of the party complain ihere as ihey do so in many ofthe other states of the south that leadership and patron age are monopolized by those who flourished before the war there is also a very large german element in texas which is naturally republi can or at least anti-democratic which element is constantly increasing — baltimore sun founder a disease that is far too common in i horses is caused most frequently by driving or working the animal till he is overheated and more or less ex hausted and then allowing liim to cool off suddenly without rubbing dry v horse is driven hard for several miles and then hitched to a post iu the open air in cold winter weather and per haps forgotten by the driver who may be telling stories or smoking a cigar by a warm fire the next morning if not sooner it is noticed that the ani mal has not eaten well and can scarce ly move from the stall the lame ness may be chiefly in one limb or in more than one dr cressy in his recent lecture before the connecticut board of agriculture said that any case of founder e-.u be cured if taken within thirty hours ofthe attack the first thing to do is to place the horse's feet in tubs of warm wafer and then blanket heavily aud get thc animal thoroughly warm all over thc lame ness is caused by a stagnation of the blood iu the feet caused by being cooled too rapidly after exhausting la bor the warm water thins the blood extends and softens the blond vessels and favors iucreased circulation in very bad eases bleeding in the foot may be necessary though ordinarily it may be dispensed with knowing the cause of founder it will be seen that it is much easier to prevent than to cure this disease after it becomes established in the first place avoid very severe driving and over-exhaustion but if abuse of this kind is unavoidable see to it that the horse who has risked his life in the service of his master is uot neglected at the end ef his journey drive into a warm shed or barn free from cold draughts and rub vigorously till the animal is dried off give warm wa ter to drink aud cover with warm blankets in short treat the horse just as you would treat yourself un der like circumstances — nt w england fanner a ray of hope for guiteau — it was rumored in washington tues day night that counsel for guiteau in case the verdict gee against him will ask for a new trial on account of the disqualification of two ofthe jurors one of whom is employed in the navy yard and worraley the colored juror is a laborer in the pen sion ofiiee both when being exam ined testified that tlmy were pes diem employees it is now claimed that they are both carried on the regular monthly r*lls tliis guiteau's coun sel thinks disqualifies them other lawyers do not attach much impor tance to the alleged discovery -!■ i | , . „ u |^ m^jju i the senate there has beeu a short hato mi thc tariff morrill spoke at leugth in favor of protection senator garland said that he did not suppose that any one proposed free lade na thnt was impossible he wanted a comnm sion to gather facts so that congress and the conntiy conld ait intelligently mr heck also spoke he wants a commission ainl wants it at 1!ut jit i(h t wajjj delay but action he attacked the policy of protection very violently the matter has ended for a time the bills having been referred to a committee neva <£ obserrtr ami logan wishes to put grant on the retired list so he may thaw from tho government tea or fifteen thousand dol lars annually for doing nothing what ever giant has drawn more of the peo ple's money than any other man who has ever lived the more yoa give him the more ho demands ih is rich ili.s in rome is probably 40,000 laiually hu services are not needed let him bo con tent with what he has ho is thu great national uiedicaut wilmington star j __ a washington correspondent of the baltimore sun bays the talk of an inde pendent movement ia xorth carolina is confined mostly to those ignorant of the tacts the virginia movement was led hy the very men who had been the most energetic and skillful workers ia the old party in xorth carolina on the con trary none of the discontented nn n have tha ii ive or ability to had a revolt while the republican leaders arc bitter ngainsl each other and therefore there could not he any independence on a united republican support there an several other states of the south where then is a m ch better chance for an imhp n dent movement than in north caioi un the postal ron i •■■ in xorth carolina is out of gear kvery day or two we have complaints of irregularity several of our exchanges have complained latter ly our mailing clerk is thc same expe rienced one vve have had all along and ho say the fault is not in his department we notica a long article on tho subject of abuses iu the postoffice department in the last number of tlie concord register it has knowledge of repeated constant postal failures at many towns atul offices to which it is sent it shows conclusive ly the mails are distributed badly and that there is good cause for loud com plaint the people pay for lhe mail privileges and they have a right to de mand ofthe government that the service in well managed ami by honest reliable aud obliging employes the hegister any a it has satisfied itself that the trouble is in the mail ears we also have complaints from sub scribers — wale.'iisiiiii ■!_■■<>! (..___■ . a novel wedding of first-class peo ple near macon ga a train pulled at a station when a couple suddenly stood up in the aisle of a coach and there in the presence ofthe astonish ed passengers were made man and wile the whistle sounded and the hippy pair sped away to the exposi tion at atlanta the affair was not as would appear at the first glance a runaway match it was only a scheme to avoid the wedding cards wedding breakfast claw-hammer and white dress nonsense chatham records chatham boasts among other curiosities ot having the tallest man iu america he is a mu latto named james gilbert and isex aetly fecven feet high since last march lie has been on exhibition in barnums show at a salary of one hundred dollars a wee and has trav eled through the northern and west era states and into m xico ilu came directly from st louis to this county a few day ago on a short visit to his mother who lives near the gulf on the borders of the swiss lakes were once villages built on platforms supported by piles articles were accidentally dropped iu the water whole village were sometimes burn ed and submerged ; and so after two thousand years wu recover arm tools pottery ornaments and even fruits wliich loll a st ry of past civil ization the huge fonr tory brie ware house of d m osborne ct co chicago was destroyed by fire on saturday loss on stock 8280,000 and tin building 400,000 insur ance about 200,000 the young-czar of russia is said to be very religious an.l a regular atten dant at church he is particularly fond of chants and maintains at his own expeuse two splendid choirs at the chapd at lv.erhof