the carolina watchman fol xxi sto 21.-thiei series salisbuey n c teuesbay maech 13 1890 t r brchster editor and puor'r t k bbuner assistant editob i ■ ml xt 1 ■■ ■■ in ■ i linn | ce c rd u i ■ i :.• 1 ■ ■ : 1 ■■■.• .) i i ! ■ ■ i ( all . :. mi . .. 10a ra \ '! ■ hal evprj ■ i . : .. \ • ■ i ti !) fvcr . \ i i :'■>--. ; ■:: '."('. 5 k of 11 u er^ry 1st ami 3d momlaj uigh i:i eucb month , ! hctator : , :-. royal a r canum meets every 2-1 and ith monday night ionth j a ltamsay 7 ;> m i in sum ii lo !-:■''■ ■' tn j ii i ■ m \ r - ■ . ■ . ■ . • ■ v ■, ■ • . ! i l w !•• uouelas n.-.i>i and oylci w £ u 1 vj |, i it t - ,, rf htazuprc on t ho bo torn if hie d aler canuol supply i n ► ii l to factor ij . •■•■ i tsea trite -^^^ • t $*% for line < .-'. it i .:■.:<■ i-.ii ii ioi-.i i ■ . . -. nvv vcpudi vm a ■ ■ ' ■ 6c v ; ladi£s 81 t ' i ; ■ - i !-■■-. i t -,• .-.:■ • ■ ■ ■■ ■ ., - !. ! • n fi i ns w d in r * w v s the wail of the agriculturist --- :■' the new r pn sntative's door ' ' pa rs arc mai v and !■'■ going behind and the mi rtgagee'a prip i fasteuc - i i shoulder ami hip the 1 rden of all hi demand ta of land hie i hi apples pot kto(-s and corn ■•■• and muttons on hide and on corn we're drinking the cup of despair to the is of < lunadn'a eggs we ' oulil : ii.se at n profit cur hemp and our flax [] on uie foreign production a tax hs of r lesmen be specially ie iua be rgbbod arei op k ■ ction to ample extent ■ . ■• . ■ ■ ■ ■ i itii five hundred per ill 1 ■ ' irmei - would f yon i . i:i<!e even harrow an<i . . ■ for ''■:■■ i lothing we tul»ie and chair v : n ad thai to rour ■ . . not aiistrea your iich measures will cud your :. vou arc act ii«u r . but a ■ ail you on crops that you . ii a market that's < [] ■ fruit lit -. our . 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'■ ! . ■ : . ris • up in j our e aright ■ ilj : . , arc v luilcs in ■ ; . . . . them rour remedy : t.lk's iiiici rers sproa ling tlu-ir sales - ;..;■ and '!■ iiiagoguca • ' .'.-] your ban:ier tor t.iriiy !••• ('. /.. /;.. in ( ':, rrlotte htm rral threw away a crown ■ i lkkc13 man who did this with out knowin'i it at the c immencement of his career mapoleon fell in with an ar di-nl revolutionist m paul francois barrai . who took a great liking to the i voting corsican and received the high ion of his abilities and of the ; owers which as events proved he -■■■<<] in so remarkable a degree l'i;t in the opinion of barras napo leon's want of moans was a most se ri ius ubatacle to his chance of achiev in ■; fume and ho proposed to remedy i this by selecting for him a rich wife fcjow whether it was thut lie did not '■ number among his acquaintance many women with the requisite dot or v '.,'■:':,. r he thought that his protege's :: tj youth would be better for the re cing influence which a wife of experience in the ways of the world would no ioul.it m able to exert is chose for this position a wo who though still undeniably j und in ■■. '> v i uo longer young ugh she was called mile mon fcainsier she was in reality a widow who because she bu i been on the plage i had never adopted the name of her land she was sixty years of age bul it was said she made herself appear noi more than forty by the inli kuowledge thai sue possessed of . !..• scon ts of i i toilet table : '..; ra imi 1 - up his mind that it was > to the s-uccess of napoleon s ti ..; h ■ bouid make this eldorly i bidv his wife and accordingly he set • i to work to bring about the match by impressing upon each of : ■ advantages that would result i it to napoleon he dilated upon ■ v mid follow the acqui sition of th ' wealth which mile mon - ■:- could give him to the lady he a the position thai this tal ented young friend was bound to make fou himself and thai would of course • - id by his wife i r the purpose of introducing the r eh ol her he decided upon ' lmviri . i ; er to w bich they were ■. u i lie so arranged matters . '■ ■ ■ e pla ed together at ti;c . i jed that this precaution . . i ius which he had n ip ileon to behave for once n hi life wii i ■ mm show of civility ■■ mid have the happier i re ,, in this he was fated to be ■ •:.'■:. xapoleou was quite the ■ :: to : ly upon in stu h a respect j ii is manner toward the fair s«'x were ; ( .. :, rmong r and though bold iiis owu in a ! conversation with men he was entirely i i the knack of making himself interesting or agreeable to women i e fell i hat bis place was ii the camp or ; he hi id and be was quite out of his eli mi ;,! aim mg the conventionalities : of a ! ji id he been inclined to wo >, it wouhl hav ■ bi en in a straightforward ■. noi wii b the dal a ings and ( mi ■..■'■> uts so dear to the ;•':<•:,, 1 wo uin oi ius t iir.e bo pres 1 eul ly ibarras had the niortilii ation of ' ■ eing mile montansier ber back turn ed to iv.tpol ii en aging in a lively loiivc ati n with the gentlfinan on i .. . , w hil the 1 ! - ire i osi g with little pellei - .;■... .. bul tie uu the table before him hardly a word panned between the two during the remainder of the meal hurra watched with growing annoyance the indifll-rer.ce of napoleon and f j lt his plans melting into thin iir as he saw the evident de light with which the widow turned from him to the more entertaining companion she had found elsewhere supper over barras drew napoloon i aside and spoke forcibly to him of the | foolish way inwhich he was throwing away his chances you know said h that money is everything to yon here are one million francs and you will not stretch out your hands to take j them a most attractive woman and you will not show her the smallest ■ gallantry mile montansier has come | here this evening prepared to bear a declaration from you strike while | the iron is hot and win the wealth j that yon cannot do without at one ' hind stroke the woman is old enough to he my grandmother said napoleon who was then twenty-five years old but that is no matter fur to me all women are alike money is what 1 want and if i i cannot get it without a wife i must take the two together 1 am no coiner of pretty speeches but before theeven j ing is over 1 till say to her ma | damoiselle are you willing to accept ! me as your husband more than that : 1 cannot do the very kind of proposal that any ■ woman would expect from a blunt sol dier 11 replied barras say that and 1 ; de-ire no more x i on iv o be envied j for besides her wealth she is very i i handsome - : i napoleon turned awav in a gesture : of impatience but a half hour later i ; barras noticed to his joy that the two i were alone together in » recess !']•■>-' ently napoleorj got up and went away and the lady beckoned to barras with her fan rake away that dreadful ! ; little euan she said with a shudder i he has bored me nearly to death and i ' i only prevented him from proposing i j by sending him for a glass of lemon '■ j ade out why prevent him said bayas j 1 will be a great man yet iive myself and my money to such ; a little horror such an ill-mannnvd ! \ boor as that replied madamoi>dlc never 1 would us soon take the firsl | beggar man out of the streets what have 1 done that 1 should be given j such a dreadful evening don't let your " i)ut at this moment she was checked by the arrival of napoleon with the lemonade barras hurried away still hoping lor the best but soon he paw at the other end of the room buonaparte | standing in the attitude in which he j has so often been depicted with his chin sunk upon them well are you to be married be said hastening toward his protege that old actress said napoleon i that female croesus refused me before j j had opened my mouth to ask her hand 1 was on the point of speaking | as i told you 1 should speak when she j began to inform me that her wealth j was the cause of her constantly re j ceiviiig offers from adventurers who cared nothing for herself that she thanked providence she had so far seen through some fellows and that she vv ' resolved to keep her independence i ; was glad i had not spoken for it gave me the opportunity of saying miulcm oiselle pray persevere in that praise worthy intention it is one which 1 am sure no one will ever try to persuade : you to alter let her keep her mil lions to bait ber book for some one else ! 1 have done with her and in spite of barras endeavors ! the affair euded there in after years mile montansier was fond of boasting that had she chosen ; she might have been empress of france rind wife of the most famous man of his ag could she have u>scn gifted with the faculty of foresight no doubt ! she would have regarded more lenient ly the young man whom m barras i wished her to marry — chambers j journal work will not hurt ifineinber my sou you have work whether you handle a pick or a pen a wheelbarrow or a set of books dig j gii:g ditches or editing a paper ringing | an auction bell or writing funny thing you must work i you look j around you will see thai the men who : are the most able to live the rest i i their days without work aiv the men who worked the hardest don't be afraid of killing yourself with overwork they die sometimes but it's because they quit at g p m and don'i go home until 2 a in it is the interval thai kills my son flie work gives 3'ou an appetite for your meals it lends soli lity to your slum , her it gives yuu a perfect and grace ful appreciation of a holiday there are young men who do not work but the world is not proud of them it does not know their nani rvi u ; it simply speaks of them as old j • ws boys the great busy i d >■ sn'l kn ■■>■ i b •;. are her ■. so find out v liai you want to be and do and t ike off your coat and make a dust in the world the busier you are the le.-s barm you are apt to get into the sweeter will be your sleep the bi ; liter and h .!'!''•■:' your holi ! \\ s und but ter sa istie ; will the w irld be w ah you liardi ■ ie important to state pensioners bulks and rkgl'lat ion's of the state board of tensions the following rules and regulations have been adopted by the state board of pensions for the guidance of appli cants for pensions and county boards of pensions 1 that the applicant must allege and prove that he or she has been for twelve months immediately preceding his or her application a boua fide resi dent of north carolina 2 that the soldier or sailor waa en listed and served in that capacity either ! in the service of the state of north j carolina or in that of some other stnte iu the confederacy or in the confed erate state service .. 3 thf time place find circumstanc ! es i:i which the wound was received and the nature ami character of the i wound particularly its effect in dis abling the applicant for manual labor must be clearly set forth applicants j are required to make their proofs as full ! and conclusive as possible on these points and accompany the snine vri:!i j the affidavits of one or more credible witnesses and the certificates of well known medical practitioners as upon ( these proofs will depend the amount of the pension under the classification pro vided in the statute ■ 4 when the widow of n soldier or sailor is the applicant in addition to the | requirements mentioned iu the preced ing rules satisfactory proof will be re quired 1 that the death occurred during the war 2 that the husband was in i he discharge of his dnl •: :■> a - '! lier or - ii r at the time of the re ceipt of the wosind or contracting of the di-eas i '■■■ • that tho death was the probaiile cuii cijiience of such service and ( t tin t he applicant is indi gent that is destitute of property or j means ui support and is not provided with the proper means of subsistence by any parent child relative or friend these facts must be established by the j evidence of al least two credible wit nesses and further must be certified bv the count v board to be true 5 that the applicant does not own property ami in case of a soldier of sailor ni his own or tiie right of his wife whose tax valuation exceeds the t-uui of five hundred dollars or has not since the llih of march 1883 disposed of the same by gift or voluntary con veyance 0 that the applicant does not hold an office under the state united states or county from which he is receiving the sum of thiee hundred dollars an nually 7 everv person who desires to ob tain the benefit of the statute must make application including those who are now on on the pension roil but those who are now on the pension roll will not be required to make additional proof of their identity enrollment or service but they are required to fur nish evidence that they are bona fide residents of the state that they hold no office under the united states the stale or count y from which they re ceive three hundred dollars annually that 1 !:•."■ d i noi own property of the assessed value of 500 and the evidence must set forth fully the nature and x tent of their disability to the end that they may be properly classified under the provisions of the present statute 8 even widow who desires to obtain the benefit of this act must make ap plication including those who are al ready ou the pension roll but those who are now on the roll will not ba required to furnish further proof c identity of themeeves or of the iden tity service and death of their hus bauds bui they are required to fur nish evidence thai they have never re married that they are buna fide resi dents of the state that they i;^!d no i uudoji i he i uited states or und^r any state or county from which is re ceived the sum of three hundred dol lars as fees or as a salary annually aud j thai she i l * indigent within the meaning bereiutofore given that word 0 special attention is directed to the ! fact thai uiiji r the statute the applicant [ for a pension musl file lis or her ap ;:::; it'iou b fore t e county board of pensi us ou or '■■ f ire lhe first monday ' iu july • f the year in which the apph 1 cal ion is made i hut i hfi ( ierk <-,[ the su erior court shall f ■■ ■ i (•■ auditor oi t e ; ; ;. ! the duly cei application bef sre t fir : monday in au^usl following ;:.: i that no warrant lor ii payment of the | ens shall be issued by the an lii ir :. i .: •' the first holiday iu --•■: : i ib r following 10 no ::'•: iicatioji ■■'. ■ ■ - d ■■>' pensiou pui i i i ■-- applicanl ■■ u re sides in a ■ -•■' ' • : - r '- a ; ' il ' '' ■'■■'- i y aumiorities eharg ! with the ! ity have faili ! i r refused to li vy or col i ['.„■ taxes imposed i ;. the i d as bly or where :'.-.■: , '•■ teglei l or f ire in ■ ■■ the aiim int paid o in pro ortii n 1 1 the sin :' ' • imiuisl r v n'ol this ! iw v i the m i i ■■ in vl th ilr tuti - ■ - pr : : : ;• the | they arerequir i to ex crci ■ ' . est care i ■ ' ! li '' i iaj ■ h case and - v proof i re pr pei d to the state ■ ain failure r i ; | [ le se duties i i iv not 011i3 d rive the • (!. sei ing a tr or his i ■ of the b ueiil - li i -• but i •• ■ ,,:..•:,■: md ;•-;•--■ ■■ s 1 of fending to the punishment prorided for in section 10 and it shall be the duty of the auditor to furnish in the solicitors of the different judicial districts the name of any officer or other person who shall neglect or re fuse to discharge the duties imposed : upon i!!ti und^r the above act 12 blank forms for making applica tion 5 !, proofs etc can be procured j from the register of deeda of the j count j hone matters to keep celery bury in dry sand teu should be kept in a close can ister corn starch is a good substitute for eggs in cooking to ictfp lemons cover with cold wa ter changing every week to stop hiccough take a lump of sugar saturated with vinegnr suit fish are best freshened bv soak t ing over si^iit in 9our milk it is well to keep pieces of charcoal . in dump corners and in dark places the petmut shelled has been intro duced at dinner parties instead of al-j monds suit should never be added to new milk when cooking as it will cause it t cruddle to keep parsley fr^sh and rreeu for garnishes during the winter put it io ■ strong boiling brine wood ashe3 put in water and poured in vessels retaining odors of onions cabbages or fish will entirely dwtrov j them to cure earache take a piece of cot ton batting put in it a pinch of black ! pepper dip in swp-'t oil and put in trio . ear i(;.'>e should be kept in a close box in a cool place that which feels soft between the fiug»rj is the richest and > be3t -.. ' i boiling water should not be poured over tea tray japanned goods etc as it ; will make tiie varnish crack and peel j oil to prevent cake adhering to the pan when baked scatter a little sour over ; the greased surface before pouring in : the dough it is said that if the hands are rub bed on a stick of celery after onions the disagreeable sruell will be entirely j removed tablecloths are again plain spotle3s ! threads while sheets are made with hemstitched td^e aud rufdesu uee or embroidery strong muriatic acid applied with a cloth aud the spot washed thoroughly with water is recommended to remove the stains from boards lemon juice is a good thing for re j moving tan it is also excellent for taking stains from the hauds aud if . applied to the lauds at night will keep them soft aud white newspaper enterprisa there seems to be no hunt to uews paper enterprise these days for some time it has been thought that there was something rotten about the man 1 agenient of ludlow street jail in new york citv where such fastidious crimi-i nals a ives and classen railroad and bank wreckers are couliued l.ist week the new york herald caused one of its trusted reporters to be arrested on a charge of fraud l!e was taken iu tow '■. by a deputy sheriff and carried to the her it's office where he meekly askwd j the deputy not to take him to jail un til he could see his friends the dep ! uty offered to keep him out of jail uu-j i tifeleven o'clock if he would pay him j 50 a dicker ensued aud the deputy ] j accepted 810 and kept him out of jail until midnight lie was theu locked up and succeeded in getting comfort i able quarters aud good table board in-j side for 15 a weeic lie found ive3 ' aud stauyer enjoying themselves and i ves mid a fellow named fishel ouce j confidential i..,;k-keeper for bernheim j bauer & co who robbed his employers j of 75,000 fleeced a spaniard named cortez at draw poker which they play ed on sundays as well as week days | the reporter was in jail three days and while there he paid the warden 2 i for the privilege of taking a two-hours stroll on broadway list sunday's >;,-,. york herald devoted ton columns j t > showing up the outrage which was writ ten up by the reporter who was i released as soon us lis case came ; r trial i was a big bold strike at j , . rupi ion in tij - v-i * y government and : the publication fell like a bomb on the vill lins who have found a mint in tue : ; unfortunates confined in ludlow strei t jail if it were not for the new»pa p ]■-. who would ferret out and ex • ieh villain the bro klyn bridgo is per lh only s:i : ie;is n bridge in the i over w inch horses are allowed i trot i . ■ ■ ■■ an old theory tha ting of i horse or the - music or the measured tread of - .. ..: cn ise dangerous oscillation weaken it n t destroy the str ■;:•_'- - ; bridy . ; vv .-!: : gt m ■■■• re ' ■ rel irn t would ask would be to iis ] tu re str u . i ■ > gr mild :.. i ■ '...!_. i _. • . tr.ict.-i ; i ; -' ■< i ■' ' l '•'■ - .. ar ■! irio i ■■ ■■'*■■ ■ ■' ' =.■ : to uortiiuru i ilisis a review of the ajaiinistration | a year has pvssed sinco ihe repub licans came into power and it is quite j in order to take ajeurdory review of the ; course as congress did not meet un til december we shall postpone con sidering its action until we have ex amined that of the executive branch in his inaugural president harri son iva fair of speech ave as to the sonth lie proposed to collect al leged abuses and to observe the laws and particularly observe the civil ser vice law president cleveland had fixed the date oa which the civil service rule were to be extended so as to em brace the route agents on the railroads but president harrison was not con tent with that ord^r and he postponed the day on which the order was to go ! into effect so that his partisans might be ap ointed without any examination : into their litn^s never was the ser j vice bettor administered than during cleveland's term and especially to : ward the last of big term w.s the whole ! svstt-m working like nek work the postofnee department in order to jus tify its proposed partisan notion de clared they were going to turn out the i new men cleveland had put in who were now expvri^need men and re store the competent officers turned out i by the democrats in truth how ever they put in many tnpri who did not know a mail bag from a guano sack and even after the date on which partisan appointments were to cease they issued such appointment dating the;n back aa if ihev had been made prior to that d;iy further they sent letters accepting resignations 1 which had never been offered and when incubents replied that they had not sent in their resignations the de partment answered that it was gup posed that they would rather go on the record as having resigned than aa being removed and forthwith they were removed indeed during mr harrison's administration the civil service law has been evaded in a very shameful way one of the latest de velopment b;is been brought out by the washington post shidy a sub ordinate in the milwaukee postoffice was also a local officer of the civil service commission and after the postmaster bad appointed soiue person to office shidy would doctor the list of eligibles so as to make it appear tnat the appointments were regular he confessed the crime and the com mission had him appointed to office at washington on the theory that they ought to tako care of ts-.ose who preached the whole matter has now couie out und shows how much rattennesa there is iu the state of den mark tho largest part of the administra tion has been in conu*ction with ap pointments to oftice and the appoint ments have for the most part been o inferior luel at the south the administration haa pursued such a course as to stir up strife and engender rare hostility and sectional animosity the general quiet which had prevailed from the potomac to the rio grande for eight years was early disturbed the ad ministration quickly allied itself with mahone in virginia and has tolerated abuses and for men ted strife in miss issippi alabama louisiana georgia and florida in the latter state the judiciary hai disgraced the adrainis tratiou of the law and party politics hav been administered in the courts instead of justice all this is retro grade instead of advance i lo drift has been back towards the turmoil aud lawlessness of reconstruction times in stead oi towards stability and mat .... developments politics is of iuferior importance what i of the first conse quence is a peaceful and couteuded condition of the people so that all can make their living and be ha py aud ;■: a , f ( :-.'■ ■ '■'■■-■ senate iim as yci i.'ti r ' uothiug and the ho ise bus s » far oul given -•• -■ p •'" pose to increase it-i republican maj r ity by turning •• il 1 ein rai *, und ihe vi'-.v has udopl ed rule which ai aw ,• irturture from i 1 : e iu this < ouutry so fa i m ■ ii tiling ' • ■ it i g :;• i ' of principles aud ha ■ thepeo ;. home fust ■ ... mati r how far ir your in ■ . ■ . and - ■ . vv-1 .. ■ ■ . • .. a .-;....■•. .- ■ hunting a lion i birmingham england as the pall mall budget tells us has ivi entlj l>ceu i 1 an*excing lion-hnnt a i menagerie had been established there and li of hie cagi - contained a nu biaa lion r ! > ml four wars old one j morning the keeper entered the ani mal s ilen t clean ir while i wan fed in tins dutj his attention was ntarily diverted \\ hen lie ed around he found that the cage ! v\-;;s empty the ii.ui mi reaching the outer world seemed fn a few moments be , wildered but when a number of men ] approached armed wit ropes ami iron bars lie i.i-iio.i away closely pursued by his keepers and who carue to visit the m . a group of children were in hi path bul the creature cleared them at a bound and mado straight for ■. neighboring brook after wading up the stroam for about fifty yards the lion crept into an open 3ewer and there disappeared from view his pursuers began exploring the drains dear the brook but without sur •.■>>. til marcus orenzo the chief lion-tamer of the menagerie heard the lion roar iff traced the sound with difficulty from the man-hole at the junction of the road to the outlet in the brook where the linn hail first en tered and lie at once decided t crawl through the drain in pursuit of the beast a transfer cajje was obtained and taken to uie brook tii drop-door was lifted and the mouth <■!' the cage placed against t !;■■ opening the drain by this time orenzo had changed hia r!o'h for the hunt and armed with a r volver and accompanied by a boar-hound he descended into the sew er twice in sneces ion did the daring explorer's pistol shots r:n out and the animal's answering roar showed him that he a ; on the right track crawling along he caught sight of the lion which at first turned at v but after encountering another dis charge of the revolver lied toward the cage at the other end of tho sewer the lion tamer crawled after and t he i faithful boar hound kept elu><r to hand when th-j mouth of the cage come in tiew the d g was ■ ■ 1 1 1 to the i front and gave at the word of com mand a deafening bark at this th liou bound 1 ip into the trap set for hm and w.i promptly r^.'i an 4 carted away fcu trie menagerie he waa cautious st i'aul i'iou • r i'ross " be you thr photograph ulcer in quired a man immediately after whui tiug himself maid of * st l'aul jfal lery yea sir can we give you a lii u a which ? can we take your picture 11 aii swered the artist seeing at once tl&t tiiis was a person tu be modified only by pure and undefied knglisb deroid of artificial and technical toilet wfil that depends kf ou can give a satisfactory assurance p'rups von niav otherwise not what assuranc ■ do you want 1 it's tlim way i had inv picture i'jtik a coupl • .. !' months ago and tlier next week i seen it in a newspaper with tue statement that i was down on my back niue yeais with salt-rheum r asipulim yaller junders liver com plaint live ring worm gal iopiu con tion purtvlsys hick jaw cald head inflauiuiutorv rheumatiz catarrh ful i in •. brownchitus cliolcrn morhvs mid small pox they suij i took eight bottles of medicine and t twenty pouuds of flesh with every bottle no if you won't ring uiiy sueb a ■ • i on me i might chance h r agin i've raisej a beuril i iv an 1 if th • picter won't look like .. an 1 you kin give tu ■ tb • assi\ra ■ . you may p'int tlio cammorer in wr re gi>en c.itj of hardwood floors tli ■ ■■! v few per n3 said a r who understand how take food il ors i hear coiupl . ' ui.illy 1 hat hardwood l and break off in slirei *, au i i ■ . rough such up or sci ubbed ■ ishing . tin t floor of oak a hardwood fluor i an i ti li.sliu 1 at i . m-backed '.'>\ this pimi-3 in a liave ' i.ui-d e from \\ hit l loved with : • • of the pwtty bamboti hau tl ■ ; brush i.s an imj>ortant i -.•■• a ■ hanl i ry h v and is ( i lonj >"> and ■ . . the largest use if . k di ps ill ild b . . : .. •> oil and i ! i , , • ■ 1 1 1 1 1 ; i s • .. it door i hfi»niea a - - its mi i ru • >;•» ii _: .- heavy v r.zvi