the watchman is the organ of the farmers alliance in th and 7th congres sional districts advertisers make i note of this , wa tchman ha350 percent emulation than any other paper publisjied in salisbury and is therefore the best ad v3 rtising medium r ■ • i / 1 i • % \\ t i p vol xxhv third series salisbury n c thursday d<r j33 i 15 i$d2 no 7 alliance i>l itl'ictoky stonewall jackit.n's dorse richard razor's lettek last wednesday we had our boy jim loing some carpenter work in the office mil he is ordinarily a very fussy kind of i boy l>ut on this occasion we had given kiin some work to do that required the use of a dull saw a 1 ad faced hammer and some second hand nails we had him putting up a partition and he made uch a racket lhat we could not hear and scarcely see we decided to take a stroll through the city to get clear of the fuss u.d al the same time see what the out look was for xums goods among the merchants not for our r\i benefit at all for we never have money lo buy xmus tricks with hour rood looks fail to get them we are left every lime but for the beuelit of the readers of the watchman for we know many of them have something to buy with while standing on the corner we aw a great crowd standing in front ot ihe j m davis & co racket store on tryon street we made a straight shoot for the store and elbowed inside of the house our jioud looks as is always the case iii a crowd attracted the attention nf bro j m davis win fortunately for me was standing just inside smoking a two for a nickle he cut a glance saw i was embarrassed by being crowded among a set of faces he armed us and said he would open the way and see that we we were not trod on by the feet ol men i thanked him and told him i hat some of the women had big feet too and he said that he meant ail i asked him what was causing the stir he replied lhat they bad just opened 31 large cases of holiday goods and between putting them in place and waiting on an army of customers it had got things on i hump we started down the aisle counter on both sides and behind each counter was a line of lady clerks and they were good looking clerks some ol them beyond good looking they were pretty or that is what we heard a red mounted crooked nosed fellow say thai i ! n liis glasses but the counters were groaning under the weight of toy uuiitmier iiwuday goods and suspended over the counters was a like amount alxmt half way down i stopped and jus thought came to my mind this is the home of wonders aladiu with h.s wonderful lamp not produce a more va ried and beautiful collection of delights for the little 16 ks than are now on exhi bition at the si me of j m davis & co bro davis could not bud names for each article and he had one of those girls to lasisi in naming the different aiticies vs we went down she was polite ami took great pains to show us how to wind up such of tin toys as run by a spring one i suppose thought i was a rich mer chant from ihe rural districts and wanted to muse a large purchase or lie might have thought that 1 had ten or twelve little boys and girls and would treat them all next week get their xinas fix ings or my good looks may have bad something to have done with the marked attention the iady clerks gave the young sometimes are carried away by ueuuty i will just give the names of a few tilings as i remember them dolls of cloth and lubber dolls of all sizes dolls dre«ed and undressed dolls that walk talk dance and cry doll lhat eat and have tic.ussaus steam boats bteaui engines in reality work of all kinds run by steam railways living musical acrobats devil among the tailor's tables jumpiug jacks jumping frogs travelling coolers swimming ducks switch-back railroads running on full time toy tea sets parlor sets kicheu sets toy bed room sets this is only an inkling i asked bro davis when would we get to the end of the house ifthi was all another puff from bis two foi k nickie and he said go lo the basemen there we found another store full of well we cau't say what the first thiuj w done was to run over more express wagons carts wheel barrows bycycles velocipedes and such like than would supply an ordinary school district j imcked to the foot of the stairs as i saw there was no room for my feet down there i looked and saw vases china ware queensware lampware wiihoiti end we asked bro davis if that was i all he puffed the two-for-a nicklc ■ g.iin and we went to the second story 1 nis floor was filled with clothing hat ind caps we looked at that maiumotli collection of clothing and then at our mvn old hack and wondered uh.it would bechance fora swap we saw several fellows getting into new clothes hut all we could do was to draw a long breath a fellow asked us if we ft it any change after coining from the basement to the third story he meant as to the almos phere we did't understand him anil felt in our pocket and told not a nickle we next climbed to the third story ami feasted our eyes on enough carpeting u icover the floors of all the rooms ot ten isuch buildings as the royal palace a stockholm a little further on we found p;les on piles of toys novelties etc.morf than we can describe huddled ogethei i hi a way that will attract the attention of the old and young the rich and tb poor a:id that will make the children's eves open wide w.tii wonder and theii hearts beat fast for joy we began u elbow out of ihe house with teais in oui leyes for we had taken nothing iuto th i tore and of course we could not lakt anything out when you go in y..u wil meet ben shit-ids at the door with ; smile on his face ben is oneoftheoli standoy's of the backet and isalwaj in a good humor we saw v mc-»in t the wjll known cbarl i te shoe man be hind the counter john delane looke as happy as if it was saturday and h was going to see his best girl the next house we tumbled in was james harrison it co the second story of their house is made up of christmas goods tlie house is not as large as the racket but just as full all the same toys vithoiit end t!ie funny man of the firm met us at the door and began to show and price goods l>ul>y doll toy wagons rattlers tops jumping jack and all kinds of baby fixings we told him we wasn't that kind hud not tome to buy but to see and tell the readers oi the watchman where christmas goods fould be found we fon d prices in reach of all the funny man saidthal he was non-partisan in his deahngs when customers came he offered them good goods at prices to suit ihe times and he did not ask them what their age was what eonnty or state they were horn in what their occupation was i>r whether they had seen the bears 01 whether they carried their money in their stocking or what ticket they voted or whether they were aspirants for the postofficeor mint or whether thev favor free coinage or the government owner ship of railroads all that he asked was for everybody to come and m-e him and if they want anything in his line to say so and he would accoiiiinodale them as to style and price we dropped in at eddin's book store john and charles said they had nobreend es and coats and hats and stockings ach such like but when it came to books and stationery and christmas cards jtom pens mu.-ical instruments and all kind of book store christmas presents lor hus bands wives sisters mothers gathers brothers chileren sweethearts cousins aunts uncle friends and kinsfolk m were in it they have a handsome slock of goods in their line at bed rock prices see there ad in the watchman thej have promised us a speller for a christ mast present now while you are looking for christ mas goods don't forget your house but get on your hind legs and rack round u w e shaw and co and yet a new set ol harness new lines and reins and throw those old bark and rope reins away that you have had and your bridle all year get a new saddle and throw that quill away that you have been riding on all year get a collar and st<;p wearing your horse's neck out with the naked names — he ketps them at ruck bottom prices we met j h weddingtou in our rounds he said brown wi-dding ton and co had a full line of christmas goods we looked about in the house and found a large quantity f goods and all useful and necessary but they have a great many toys that we have no voice for when it conies to playing with a four pound axe or spade shovel spade pick crow bar wheelbarrow handsaw sledge hammer hue grain cradle crus cut saw broad ax food adz and such toys as that and a thousand other arti cles that we could not name we wonld asked to be excused but they have them all the same and they are liberal they have as accommodating corps of clerks as you will find one of them offered to sell me everything they had if i had the money to pay for the goous but said i owed ooets now he would 1 e pleased u ha\e me settle that to begin with 1 went to ihe den and found that jim had finished a small lumber room he was working at when i left and bad nailed bitnselfup in th room ami had forgot to leave a door — kichabd razor iiiss<ru{j»le wilji oj.faur ooedaj i realized writ i fciru victim tit ti.e o|ui:iu hab:t word w.is no longer asrnix iiid the moral nature i (.,. drowned leaped up iii ; , .. ii 1 me i ir to m i • . hu4 f : ■ • : . anung tlie slores c.ijiir.nd ;>.! l.ir|>ivs tferry writes mrs jackson i i her l't of sionew.ill jackson 11 not the 1 a vatnahie w:is a train of cars on jim batliraore and giro rai voa 1 , ouml for washington,^ud loaded with hoi-sfs for the government this was a liiwiui piize un was t in v turned over to t lie coiijvd nite in..s with the exceptidn nf two hor*c which general jackson purcliased thinking that hostilities would o-n l)e over he selectt'fl the mnaljer uf the two a pretty soiiel us a present for his wife rational alliance — h l loucks pres ident huron 8outh dakota uddress w ishiugton d c...j li.tuintr suuretary treusurer georgia j f vvilletta itscturer kansas state alliance — marion butler president clinton n j w s uni'uut secretary lilli-iull tth congressional district — lecturer a lciizar mooresville president col h a i tor ey ciitawjja v.-i'ic e p penickj kim wood s'.-'-ri'tai-y and treasurer j l riinscv salisbury ilnnui caunty — jesse miller president blackmer m l ritchie secretary saw ircdill county 3 m parks president statesvflle m e ramsey secretary mooresville gaharrus county — a f hileman presi dent concord dr j s lafferly secre tary concord davidson county r s green president jimcs w a lindsuy secretary tiioiaias viilo cutawba county — s t wilfong presi l(!ii newton j f ilerinnn secretary sew ton n c reform press association ojficer8—j l ramsey president marion ihiiir rice president v s barnes sec cttinj papers progressive farmer state organ raleigh n c caucasian i'llnton n c itural homo wilson n c carolina wafccliman salisbury «. c parmera advocate tarooro >. c mouut.ilu uoiuc-juurnal ashevllle n c ahl.uict semlnel goldsboro n c i iouui n lue trinity college n e iercury hickory n c ij ul l t . r wliiitakere n c n iv hi », t rm ii-.i i - • . . . what iu;iv to he l-u with ibia . liable ivr.ii u \' v f»llill i i i.k i : . ■ ( priniipa.i | aid i tit i - it n iu u . i w n i i l ueti nui •-.■ it h • .-;,. in r ;_:■ t — \\ : • u i i ry li t walk ill i i 4 e , i ; livi d in i _ general jackson had several of her horsts but preierred the lade sorrel to them all finding his gait as lie x pre-se i it as e.isy as the rocking of u cradle he rode this horse in nearly every battle in which he whs engaged u fa ey as the ihfre was nannd indefatigable one reason perlmp was that ho always lay down when the command halted for a ivst uis mas ter made a pet of him and often fed him with apples from his own hand aft j r b j ing lost for a time upon the fall nt general jackson at chun eeliorsvihf the horse was found l>y a con federate ouier ami kindlv sent to the jackson family in north carolina lie lived many years in lincoln county on the farm f doctor harrison father in-law of the general one of young morrisons used to say that old fai.cv as he was always called on the farm had more seise than any horse he ever saw 11 could make a good use ot bis mouth in lifting latches and letting down balsas a man c mid with his i nds one of his habits was to let himself out of his stable and then ljo lefiberately to the doors of all the other uorsses and mules liberate each in turn ind then march off to the grain fields with them all behind him like si sol-livr leading his command at borne 1 , : l ,. _, . for npiam i torth »•> inum , itu m . v ii as i left ixiisf ; tl rrnck a ro the d>i«ns i iv tl .■ tr..%;tiijn>uiitu o i the liotir for iiiv j ••• u!f u ., ..• i was at hand u;<i i kn-h ui t loll was u l q . t i . ./, t loiig and bitler 1 ! •• >:: uggle »•»■> 1 l'lu cnivii •• seem hi 1 ■• 1 ... .. hape thai w ii-i ii i - etice that nul mil 11 <• i . - : . came back to me like 1 ... : i . 1 that would not lose or leave me 1 al i rould not leave or l'~r s uit;time 1 sai,g somet unes 1 ra\etl and swore some in,es 1 prayed nod we|«t ihi nev er mice th 11k uod did mv nsoiutioti falter much of thai dftjht 1 i •] no r - member dim things came ... < . me at time such as a f.ill i h .<. t . hurting in v knee i thiuk 1 ln«:lileu i m in ..| .- n ho a«ked me sunie ij it t ion and 1 lielieve 1 can ivnillect th.t i nnxrlf grew t mi time full if fear - fear 01 hurting m>-»-lf not c>.h*-r at d ill i i suffered tliiist sucli lbiisl,s«ii n awful tl.i:>t — 1 in i iuu>t have staked ii somewhere fo in the uioriiing m rlulhes and necktie were all wet nu<l i i\a my hair at seven 1:1 the morning of the next dav i found my self leaiiiug oil a gate and looking out nn the landscape before with a sort f curious wonder as to how i came there my heal dropped on my hands 1 slept for 1 tiniik only a tew minutes iiml awoke quite well bnt he wa such a j)i.'t that his misdemeanors passed f r clevernos lie was often t.ken to county fairs a'here was an object of as much inter st as one of the old hirone of thej war he vvas more than thirty years of ag 1 when hedied in 18sg at the soldiers home in richmond a tuff«d effigy nf this old vvat horse may still be seen in glass case in the library of the home a feast in zulniaiid a dozen magnificent long-horned cattle were run into the kraal and siv ■ n stalwart wamors followed them in ass tyass in baud crowding the c tf a curious freak of nature bas taken place in tiie pen-on of a young maq named jones aged 22 years living at stamping ground scott county ky about two years ago he eomplainnetl of i severe pain in his left shoulder itndarmto the elbow he suffered intensely for several month nheu tlie parts effected began lo change co'or until it become a dark brown ami at ; lie same time t lie pain dimini>htil until it finally ce.is«-d when it wa noticed this was about a ye.r »£«•) that atliuk growth r l»ro»n hair h 1 ia<le us appearance n i he browu or discolored pints pxfendiug irom ihe elbow to the eo!l.ir-bone covering the shoulder blade aid at tins 1m < j lie iiair is over one inch 1:1 length ihe pain has entirely disappeared a»id lie voting ill ill iia-s aim l t -\ i •• ihe strenytii in that arm that he hud 11 the uthtr wh&t is castoria ic'astoria is i>r samuel pitcher's prescription for infants an d child rent it contains neither opium morphine no < j:?r kareoiic substance it is a harmless substitute for paregoric drops soothing syrups and castor oil it is pleasant its guarantee is thirty years uso by millions of mothers castcris is the children's panacea the mother's friend castoria castoria caotoriaisso wed adapted to children that castoria cares colic conskpatioa ir , ?.."''. v^i.iik jl.,a : v r v..,ri;.u l sour stomach diarrhea eructauon ,:; : stlb«h=i5ld kuta worms ci«ai deep a,j pro^otos dj 111 s oxford st brooklyn x y gcsuon without injurious medication the use of castoria i so universal and its n rri:s !■>. v.-i 11 kr.nvn tl.r.t it :;••;:;.; awnik j o r bcvetal years i havo rtx»nr=iond of ropererogation toendorsoit f w are do your ' castoria and bhail ilways coniinua u u telli i-rt families vrho do not keep ca^tori-i 1 ,, «, 3 it has uivariaul prodacej bencficia trc ce>taus ookri.nr 77 mlt-.i^t smmt nkw yens orrr tt 1h a duty yon owo yourself and fn.m ilv o cot tho bent value for your money f.'oii'jiiiizo in your footwear by purchasing w 1j l)ongl!in shoes which represent the in ■„! raioe for prices aaliid a thousand ***** jit-'tihe no substitute fi3 w lo ' douglas s3 shoe cenjsw tile bfst shoe in the world for the honev a thiilne bpwfil utioe that will nnt rip f.na calf seamless i,ni<«ith inside flarlblc more crnn j , r t'ii.i ; iviishoninlurablethannnyothcrbhoeetcp hold at the price equals custom luucl'j shoes costing , c->>*tvi'.'.f?5 namukcrroil fln.-cr!fshoc3 th3 5 nio«t btvllsh.easy and durable bhneai ver b^ui . dt tlio price l ucj equal uao imported shoes costlug 2 0*50 police p'lor.-svorn by farmers r.nd all di otheta who want a good heavy calf thivo boled extension 6dcebhoe easy to v.nlic in uud will ; caifti™3s and 62.03 work : a insmen's shoes will give more wear for tho mi mey t imn any otter make they are made f ir s r vlce the increasing tales show that worklnj/moa have found thl ■ nt _ _ _ . rnrvt.e 92.00 bna vr.ntl 1.75 school s30?s sheee aro worn by the boys every whcrt-7 theinossbervlceableshoeseoldattheprlceg s nrzln -•» s.'mu hand-sewed 82.50 lac-isfc te.00 and s1.?5 snoea for m lhm a re made of t he host dongi la or fine i alf , aa desired they are very stylish comfortable and dura ble thetiooshoeequafecustommadeshoescosting frcrtit'lieito ; i.ui i.a.iifs who wish to economize in their footwear are fludlni thisc.it c'nnlion.-w i douglas nimie and tho prico s btamped on tho liotiom of each bhoe l;-nk for it when yon buy bewareof dealt rs attempting to sub stitutei theriuaki sforthem such substitutions are franduli otand subject to prosecution by luw forob tnlalnir iinnu-y uiuk-r false pretences v l uoltius lirucktout me sold by wasliiagton lii ins go of new york condensed statement january 1»t l ! -- a8sptii ..- - 11,459,03878 ies .'■. v htiin iar i 4 | t.t cent aud all liabilities - - - 11,032,520 25 si v insurance 1s91 - - 11.7c'.l,c91 • mdiiig liisuram e - - 50 130,022 pai.l i'o'.icy-holdcrs in 1891 - 1,447,00045 pai 1 1 ' : '~ ir;'li ition - 20,03.1,5 i '.'. .,,; . - - 2,084,43574 assets i n vested as follows iri 1 by mortgages ou ti irst liens - 9,541,192 92 - 271.832 50 tvaeer bonds - - 144,00c i va bonds - - 10,300 1 sim to 1 i i j holder on co.'a [ es ." 278 ater&l loans '• .-> estate cost value - - ■' '"• ! • '- 1 s - •'• ca«h in bank and trust co.'s - 217,708 ntereit accrued jiri'iniuin do ferred and in transit etc - 410,067 77 f 1,459,038 78 for ag ncies aud other particulars address ii d blake special district agt llaleigu n c « 8 e 2 >— r i i "-— <* i sates cdm birih essy 3 1 lessens pain o « endorsed by the leading physicians § 0 9oouto"xcthera"tnaueafree * e bradfseld ofgulatos go g % atlanta ga o 1 sold 3y all druggists $, mrs e j ro-k-ell bledford jlass sar3 her mother haa been cured of scrofula by tha jso of four bottles of r - ftcr havin » had much other treat sl o and l)cir 5 reduced to qtiito a low condition of tcauh o.zl was thought 9ho could not live rsjvj^y^al cured my littlo boy of heredi i^e^^^^i tary scrofula which cp peared an over his facc - fcr a year i had p iven u a11 h ° 110 of his s0 i recovery wher^cnally i wan \*^>^*^ induced to use p^r:fi^g afe-.vbo ttles cured him and no t^u'yij/il bymptoms of tho iliieasc remain me3 t l matners jlathenrille hiss ourbooion eloo i an skin hi ■ se>i mailed free swift biixific co atlaata ga as an cuti-tjiljo-.i nncl nnti-raalarixl /&,_ remedy arc u - ondctftil in tliolr effects t in treeing tho pystem of iou3i:csj txnd inaiarlas zn'o os.c ■ livic i-i @ malarial s^egioaa @ sbc.iki le r!thon4 ti:r their uso prevents iitt.ir ci clillss and fever j s^p dumb ague fcilior.9 rolic and ft'vesqj the system stro«^t to resist ell tho 4£k evils of ua unhcaithy and iinpuro at-|t v3 mosphere elogaritly susrrjr-coatcj \& price s.lc oflit-e oo park plare n y norfolk alliance exchange 11 and 13 commerce st istorfolk ya owned and controlled by alliarjceroen 1 for handling produce cotton a specialty don't soil before writing for par j ticulars to p o bos l'il statesville marble works is the place to get monuments tombstones c a large stock of vermont marble to arrive in a few days we guarantee tisfaction in every respect and positively will not bo undersold granite monuments of all r'">a specialty c b webb & co w-iy proprietor mention thew itchman lien you write each of the above-named papers are re i quested to keep the list standing on the first page and add others provided they arc duly elected any paper failing to advocate the ucala platform will be dropped from the lift promptly our people can now see hal papers arc published in their interest the conference platform the following is a correct copy of the platform adopted at st louis l>y tlie labor conference finance 1 we demand a national currency — safe sound and flexible issued in the keiit.il government only a full legal tender for all dehts public and private and without the use of bank ing corporations a just and equitable mean of circulation at a tax not to exceed two j er cent as set forth in the 4ub-tre:isury lan of the farmers al liance or some better system also l myuieiits in the discharge of its obli gations for public improvements a we demand free and unlimited i coinasfp of silver /■. we demand the amount of cir culating medium to be speedily in erfrtsed to not less than 50 per capita c we demand a graduated income tax