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the publishers no premiums can be given to clubs 1 he leonard scott pub co 140 fulton st n y the l 3 wa co also publish the farmer's guide bv hehnr stuennxs of edinburgh and the late j p norton of vale college 2 vols roya jctavo 1600 pagtjs and numerous engravings price v for tha two volumes-by mail postpaid t-s.00 jaqsj—tl milo a j roseman m d offers his professional services to tho pub lie ilo may be found when not absent at his fathers where lie lias been practising 1 yeiar-v all those indebted to him would con bult their interest by paying up and save cost office nt uoseman's store m»j iu frfcp-l 40 years before tho public tiie southern hepatic pills that old lung known ami well tried remedy for iiii bilioui diseases caused by a diseased liver they are made ami sold by 0 w deems the discoverer who has removed tt baltimore md where he can have access to lhe f.uresl ami best medicines on the most favorable terms he will niwoys keep on hand a larpo supply and will sell to bis customers wholesale ami retail at the shortest notice in the preparation ol these very superior ami excellent pills no cost or trouble is spared to insure the greatest possible degree of perfection in point of utility excellence and comfort they contain one article which bus probably never before been used as a medicine ami which is apowerlulogent in clonn8ing the liver which gives ilium an advantage over every olher imi heretofore offered to the public the oooloositiod used in these imis is carefully pie pared by ihe bund of the discoverer and may be used by ihe most feeble patient ill the most delicate bituatioil eithei male or female ; and from iheir peculiar combination are highly strengthening mil in their action on the bow els nud indeed in a climate like ours where colds and coughs are almost an unfailing con sequence ul the sudden changes to which nil are subject every one at all liable to suffer bum the influence ol these causes will liml the great est security 111 having bis liver and bowels well cleansed by these invaluable i'dls when these 1'ills are known especially in the southern states where ihey have been cir culated so extensively they need no recom mendation llieir merits are so well known by ul*>ir l«.at*lll ajalila-j la.a tf»l'..*a *!..»».» • ra..»a lion that bas brought them into great uemand they therefore are destined to be ut no distant day lhe only remedy recognized ami used by tlie people where bilious diseases are so preva lent the advantage in ibis treatment there fore is that a cure must be radical ami com plete without the necessity of breaking down the system in one part to remove a disease in another they can be sent to any point in the united stales by mail or express 1'rice—for one bol.tt rente.—n 2..v>_l*.*lf oroi till—on ornu sib—three groin 60 hv llrom 7.v tlie rash must either accompany lhe oriler for the medi cine or it will be ent c o d order ihould he address e,l io o w dermb no j8 bourn cilii.n strsit 11 w.timokk mh where thoy will he premptty atten.leil to for lli.'ne medieiuee flail on all respectable drtiggnts everywhere and on all tlie t.i uggiiitii in sausauat john ii enniss uruggial special agent j-j-watwly reeves ambrosia for the hair improved it is an elegant lli-essing fortl.e hair it causes ilia hair to curl beautifully it weeps tlie scalp clean anil healthy it invigorates the routs ofthe hair it forces tbe hair aud beanl to grow.luxuriantly it immediately stops hair falling out it keeps the hair from changing color from age it restores crey hair to its original color it brings out the hair on hearts that has becu baltl for years it is composed entirely of simple and purely vegetaj bie substances i it hab received over six thousand voluntary testimo i nials of its excellence many of which are from phyj sicians in high standing it is sold in hall-pound bottles the name blown . in the glass l.y iiruggists nnd dealers in fanoy hoods everywhere at 1 per bottle wholesale bv i demas hurtles co k c wells v co sculef • felin at co new vork marchl2twly * state of north carolina 0 watauca counit court of picas and quartersession3 april term 18g8 win horlon guardian vs thomas ii r e brown attachment levied ou lund it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendants thomas & it e brown reside beyond the limits of this state it is oi "^ dered by tbo court that publication be made for six weeks in the watchman fc old north d state notifying said defendants to be and ap pear ut our next court of 1'leos and quarter j sessions to be held for the county of watuu '. ga at tbe court-house in boone on the 2ud j monday in july next then and there show t cause why the land levied on shall not bo con 3 demned to the use of the daintiil \. witness j b todd clerk of our said court i 1 at oflice the 2d monday in april a d 1868 | j b todd clerk 1 p»fr*i»|l 00—11 if you want rosadalis wil80ifr,8 remedy consumption ayer's sarsaparilla ayer's ague cure sandford's liver invigorator hall's hair renewer hostetter's bitters perry davis pain killer radway's ready*relief or any other patent medicine call at g b p0uls0n & cos drug store wyatt's old stand salisbury n c march 17 08 tw7t:wl4t connecticut mutual life insurance company of hartford conn statement dko 31 18g7 accumulated assets 17 670,288,88 income for isc7 7,726,516,53 [ for premiums 6,332,804,95 j for interest 1 1,3 9 3,711,58 losses paid in 1867 1,268,75818 dividends paid in 1887 $ 0 13,005,00 interest received moro tlinn pays losses dividend averapo over 50 per cent all pnlioiosuoii-mrfnltabloforaiittttedamount assurance oan bo effected in all i'nruih desired saml douglas wait general agent raleigh n.c j a bradshaw agent salisbury,n.c mar 3-w<fctwtf vokih cabol1mjj hail koad company shops.n.c april 1 1808 on and after this datethe following will be he schedule for passenger trains over this hond : leave charlotte daily 11..'k5 p m salisbury 2-07 a m greensboro 5.05 " raleigh 41 " arrive at goldsboro 12.25 p.m leave goldsboro 12..10 p m raleigb 1.20 " greensboro 7.17 " salisbury k " arrive at charlotte 11.35 " through passengers by this line have choice of routes via greensboro and danville to richmond r via raleigh and weldon to richmond or portsmouth arriving at all points uorth of riohmondatthe same time by either route connection is made at golds boro with passenger trains on w & w road to and from wllmiugtou and by freight trains to weldon james anderson superintendent office n c rail hond april 1 18(18 tf just received.—-vmffm of spirits turpentine linseed oil white , l««.d snd aint ol all colors at g b l'oulson a co's c:*f ht3«*e wjratt's qw stand wfil iirsttwifc fulisb^f n *$, the i old north state i tri-weekly j io-rates 0v hl'hsrilll'tliin m tlillluh l-tsii intllvaniii trl.weekly ono veur w,<x six moulin 3,w 1 weekly watch wah'akd i0bth stati | ouu cony one vein m.dil ' six months 1,611 aci-hhh on tbe paper indicate the expiration of < the eubeorlpllon , liu typo mi hiiinii tim um north statu,"in printed li entirely now no palnewlllljoinared to < niiiki'it ii walcomo visitor to every family inordor ( io do tiiii w iniv ongegod theiervleee ol ableand moompllihtd lltorarv contributor c advertising kates j tkansil'nt bates - for all periods ions than ono month jno squire firstinbortlon ll.on , rach subsequent insertion &•' 1 coutraotratoifor periods of ono to font montlis c 1 mo | 2 mo | 8 mil i i mil | i mo ,' 1 squabs sriiin 18,60 ii-.'nn ir..im 130.00 ' 2 squahbi 7.ml i.'i.isi 17.1111 01,00 27.00 r 3 bq1urm i0.iki iti.oii 2111(1 2li.(ki 8 400 , 4 st't alius 12 ml lh.lil 98,00 88,00 8.7iki gt alt nil 13.00 19,00 94.00 2!i,imi 3,850 i fl half col 211.011 27,11(1 33isi 3 iii 14.imi , 8qi-ak ool iollll 33 ml 411.1.11 46,00 60 imi . tinkct.i 30.00 42,00 62(111 00,00 70,00 ' — b written fur tho watohman at old north state f the twin sisters—north " amd south carolina [ c cotr.mnia s c june 8 18g8 „ north and south carolina they aro of r english ancestry born to positions—of t healthy atlilotio parentage north oaro e linn poaiesscd nn herculean constitution t with nn i»on will commenced her political < life nssimed important responsibilities t and declared her intention on the 20th of i may 177/5 it was a bold and daring on t tei-prise ; but she had made up her lniiid s unmoved by opposition witli a will of her c own she soon distinguished herself for c her cnp.'icity to master nil difficulties and t eschew no responsibilities ill character c trilli whs 0*uil — n — ***—**»»*•■*■ ■■"■» p *•••-** •**» - s genoifus and brave and at the same time e stern prompt and dignified in thn dis ( charge of her duties always maintaining e her self-respect biqw to act but unaltera t lie in her resolves her efforts were t clowned with success for integrity and t virtue she became renowned after a t lapse of fourteen months ber dividends ( were such as stimulated massachusetts to i engage in a similar enterprise on the joint < stuck basin as a preliminary she gave i a tea party at her residence in boston j very soon after which on the 4th july i 1776 invitations were extended to all i friendly to the measure to meet at phila i dolphin the pennsylvania residence for ( conference with north carolina to this i responded eleven oihers and the entire t stock was taken consisting of thirtei n 1 partners including north carolina condi t tioned according to the terms set forth by i the mecklenburg house and bound togeth i er by her hooper under the firm of inde pendence and liberty to which they sub scribed their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor reserving to themselves cer tain individual rights and privileges to be regarded equally binding her twin sister south carolina was comparatively a dwarf but proud and justly vain possessing a high sense of honor she plumed herself upon her dig nity and adhering to the customs of ber mother country she always pointod to her coat of arms the palmetto sho is of a nervous excitable and sanguine temperament punctilious to a fault but like most little folks very sensitive and often took exceptions when nothing was intended this led to frequent discord ' which involved her friends most seriously having however located in a malar'ous latitude she was subjected to political chill and lever this introduced a free use of mercury wliicli resulted in severe , salivation that sufficed to effect herequan , iinity in her disordered health she ac cused her federal partners of pocketing more of the dividends than rightfully be longed to them for this charge there may be some foundation when vexed she would utter unpleasant things espe cially to her sister n to bring her tj her aid ; with epithets she prest-on proclaim ed her the hip van winkle of the south ; to which'she in all good nature with a meaning smile upon her face replied lit e tie sister s 1 would sooner sleep forever > than wake up to treason family dis 1 scntions arc to be deplored—"a house di 1 vided against itself cannot stand from the incessant flow of salivation she nevertheless determined to withdraw t from the concern and open a retail busi ness on her own account and to this cf feet notified the washington partners lit advance however she laid in n full cargo of sugnr and coffee to commence the en r torprise nnd called her children up to •* pray while they were engaged in the 8 act of family worship invoking aid from on high the front door bell was heard to ring the servant being iu attendance a ', card was lauded he gave it to the preacher who prononncod it general juck ion the general agent of the lirm to his sin print it brought them quickly from their km.th iln told them ho huil n uhip ; load of sulphur and a battery close at band which ho thought would restojjte hor it wan an antidote to mercury he knew it could not fail to stop hi-r from de parting a writ of ne exeat be also serv ' cd upon her anil took in charge tlw sugar and 00floe and marked upon it fkbiily storoi ! at this juncture a diplomatlo physician virginia of the first family arrived in ] time and administered an opiato which i quitcd her nerves from which she rested ■ comparatively well until 1852 when she , was ugiiin bbized with an altnrk of hc , eeislon fever hor family physician re , newed tho dose of iier nccu&tomcd modi , cine salivation soon followed nnd the ef fecu of her former illness not having pass . ed away it fastened itself upon her iobil itated form until 1800 when it assumed a chronic character with high novousirrita bility followed the st vitus dance neu * ralgia of tho heart and spinal affection un • til 1865 when a federal physician pas < sing by applied tho galvanic battery i morphine and a blister thc mercury i then fell mew zero the discaso now as | sinned a new form known ns palpitation • of the henrt fur which the federal doctor ] administered black drop in 18c7 this | resulted in paralysis of the brain and oth , er complicated nilings from the over u.*e oimuepill in 1 sum ber heirs becamo . alarmed and despatched three of berdiplo j niiitie sons to washington to consult with that faculty and protest against the furth er use of black drop on stanly on j they proceeded but like a distinguished j general of ancient times marched up i the bill and then marched down again i they however made known their mission i described the complaint of their woih»r j satisfactorily to themselves that a core of *• corruption was forming around their moth j cr's fungs but dr stevens however ) thought it wns but the working out of the , core that yielded to truth and virtue — ■ x'...—.1.-1 la «»■>.». j j u«*m , scope and pronouncod her case a hopeless one—her lungs wero nearly gone tbis > badjintelligencc was followed byadepres ' sion of spirits which produced a torpor of i the liver followed by a violent coustipa ' tion in this state of exhausting tho pulse ' thc use of mercury was forbidden ; how ever in extreme c.ibcs despcrato remedies arc often resorted to with magical results croton oil might be taken but the chances , arc lhat she may pass from its effects — but indeed her presentcoii'ulion—should gho survive—would leave ber person in such a deformed shape that death would be a welcome visitant llesides iier med cai bill has bankrupted and divested all of her earthly interest iier diplomatic sons however three iu one wero high ly gratified with their efforts to restore their dying mother but not satisfied with this tart reply and challenged to extremes that sometimes meet the apostlo of this trio turned loose his tornado of eloquence which unroofed tlie babylonian hulls of congress ; his logic lightning btruck down their strongest mental structure demolish ing the walls of sodom nud gomorrah whilst his colleagues thundered k klux k ; amidst the terrific storm a stampede followed n kansas man crying out a bull uun no 2 this in part purified tho political atmosphere nnd breathed fresh life in their dying mother and saved tlie president too aud lived to chronicle their own glory upon the pages of immor tal famo—tho iloratios of the age " 1 havo wounded them that they arc not able to rise they are fallen under my feet sailh they ' columbia something fou the sick frequ ently we find sick people whose stoin aclios reject all kinds of nourishments until conditions follow that in many instances terminate fatally in twen ty instances in which we havo heard tho popular sick-bed nourishments prescribed and rejected by an inva lid's enfeebled stoinacho we have never known tlie simple saucer of parched corn pudding or boiled gruel refused the corn is roasted brown precisely as wc roast coffee ground as lino nsmeal in a coffeo mill and made either into mush gruel or thin cakes baked lightly brown and giv en either warm or cold in clear wa ter or whatever dressing tho stom ach will receive or retain parched corn and meal boiled in skimmed . milk and fed frequently to children suffering from summer diarrhea will almost always cure as it will dyeen i tery in adults and we believe cholera in it earliest stages ——****^^» """ war is brewing hetween peru and i chili growing out of the settlement of the . accounts of the spanish war * the * litawa authorities contiimo to re ceive information of fenian preparations t along the frontier ahout weeds.—no 2 uakikjkino pi.agk8 the bye-places of the farm whero in weeds harbor comparatively mi noticed and unharmed are prolific source whence they spread nnd strongholds last taken hy the aggres sivo former to tha eimy slothful fanner ihey are impregnable and irom their eon>wandit->g position hold his passions forever under dominion prominent among these harboring places are tho fence corners and thev are especially favorable to tho woodu when partly filled with rubbish or stone irom tho holds there new va rieties are often lirst introduced by means of birds or from tho feuce opposing a barrier to those downy seeds that float in tho air there too tho seed finds a congenial place to grow there is shade a rich soil and they are undisturbed by machin ery often tho rubbish or stone piles are so dense as to protect tho weed against the farmer's efforts to uproot thum consequently they mature their seed and it is scattered a patch of couch grass may exist for years in a fence corner unnoticed but when its creeping roots strike out far enough for tho plough to tear them they are distributed far and rapidly over the field and every joint becomes a now plant wherever it permanently lodges eradication then is nearly impossible tlie road sides wliicli ought to bo scrupulously kept clean arc too often safe hnrbon ing places for weeds manure heaps containing these seeds are frequently neglected until the vigorous growth induced has brought tho plants to maturity ; and many spots around farm buildings and yards are unsight ly from a dense annual gr wth of weeds in short tho farmer . ty set it down as an axiom that wherever un ma mm i useilll piuill uucb ljot grow a weed will flourish and occu py the room nature abhors an unt prolific soil it is tho farmer's busi ness to see that all plants which grow on his premises are beneficial to his interests how weeds wokk injuey if farmers would more closely con sider the detriment to their interest which arises from the preseuco and grow tli of weeds in tho boil they would be incited to greater and mora united effort to accomplish ther ex tradition fertility of the soil is di minished mainly by the crops grown on and removed from it weeds rob it of much plant food without returning any equivalent to the farmer and in most soils available plant food is not 60 abundant but that the growth of weeds diminishes the yield of the cultivated crop exactly in proportion to tho amount tho elements of that crop thus abstracted lot any farmer observe his fields closely at harvest time noting the great variety and mass of plants which tho soil supports besides the crop ho cultiv vates then estimate the increased yield which would have resulted had the elements which formed theso been given to tho crop and he will feel in his pocket how detrimental to his interest are tho weeds the hoed crops yield most abundantly and to their comparative freedom from weeds this result may be chiefly as cribed and hero we will suggest that good farming demands that all grain crops be cultivated at different stages of their growth besides the loss weeds occasion the cultivator by diminishing the yield of his crops they impose on him a large amount of unremuneras tivo labor in fitting the ground for sowing the seed in cultivating har vesting and cleaning the grain the presence of weeds in tha soil and crops causes much extra work to be performed loss also occurs through the deteiioration of crops in value when weeds or other seeds are mixed freely with ihnva.moore'srural new yorker a party of twelve gentleman most ly lawyers stepped aboard the care at the j'.iooklyn court house one of tho number remarked : how do we stand as to president a vote was taken and they stood i grant 9 sey mour il one of tho number then spoke up : suppose chaso is nom inated by tho demooratft how will tho party stand then '(" the veto was taken and it stood 3 for chase and , 5 for grant tho twelfth refusing to vote — new york world ilpttlf 3eil t it f i **. v.fu l v.i . uv u.l ven & llltuilek vol ih no oh the old north slate forever gaston salisbury n c saturday junk 13 18(38 single copien five cent whole no 359 i ',.•: n^h *"" 3