North Carolina Newspapers

VOL All.- ana.i.sia S ALISBTJEY, Nl C.,l FEBETJAEY ; 3, 1881. HO 1G The Carolina Watchman1, 1 STABLISIIED-IN THE YEAR 1832; M . PRICE, $1.50 IN AflVANCE. CONTRACT ADVERTISING RATES. ! ,' J FEiIrUAUY 20, 1880. - inches J 1 month, 2 m's S nrs 18 m's ; - $1.50 .50 $3.50 $5.99 I S.H.S.9 3.00 -4.50 , .6.25 T.59 18.W 4.50 J .0 ?.S0 11.W 15.W .00 7.59 8.99 13.59 1 8.99 7.50 9.75 11.S5.16.59 85.99. 11.23 15.75 20.50 85.59 40.W - 18.75 8.26 S3.75 48.75 75.W - P tor m.Mp for - Four tor -jfqulutnntor do. . I ai do. do. 1 u v i-. I n... mi no n tho Lnn-rs ls9.uc Min cy, tiio dlso tN?, sitfi preTOis tee lustt yioyr-is.p At -:? 'Ftf-iEr, for iJils h?i!tra vnttftZe- trill. e:vo yon, "M en' J I r-J i r. t-tf r.s i r.:, . :-.:.::J.i r--r. 'jjVur.y-'.i t nri,l..il : .0 6. .ii.H. r";? 2""-l,r a sum; rnTn"Tr.- c J1isc ;.v tr?o Ttistci ! .u-o-arn.ee:-. S4Collfl"-P';anf. . To- ' i'or Sale' by T. F. KLUTTZ, Dmist, lG:ly- , . Salisbury, JsC. JAMES M. GRAY, : j Attoraay and Oounssllor-at Law, . sa l rsn un i", x. c. : .Oflice in the (Tori rt House lot, next doo tabipure, Iiangliton. v ul practice in all tlic Courts of tie State. k - -. : -Ml hi ' v . - S. OV3?,lIA2T, ATT0RXEX slT LAW, Practices in tfie State and Federal -Courts. ,12:Gm j 5 r -A3 ' SEEDS' thlBESTi If not aold in yoor tmrn, jma I I can get them by mail. rop I I i loffoe jnd Ptuxk. The Oldett mnd mott mttennn Seed .hTmrm in Ike Vnitrd Slate. O AVID LAN OUETII Sc SOXS,PHaju..PJw .''- . -v " ' ( Blajto" aii Heiferson, : ::.;. Attorneys, Counselors and Solicitors. SALISBURY, N. C. fanoay22 1879 tt. ' -j ' - ' " : s. Brown, SALISBURY, IT. C. Dciler in Trn I I I A 1 1 W AWn Mre Copper-SffiSldin fet Lwill 'rc, btdls, 3 iTsell STOVES Nyjcs in full 2f clteaner than urtety, pr- 3 iSS0. EiTyou luy r. Cook ami fTanv where else v Jnce, from 5 ViF" 't his c i t v. Jtio cheapest Hdl" Win repair ( nf i f c lwst " - old sails on ! : Short Notice. s!iSOl: tf " IF YOU WISH ftiiiSS Clocks, Sewing Machines,&c, ikllairf.t lw: a ..1 1 . :i.i J' !! i pt rv'tT ri r rr, - i ft T . '. 1 J ? 3 1 fc--:if5 Jiitluaa, crc jrfy, ) Ueppfc? Coaifh, ana icll rflSf-SSCS ifl -VJO i:XU-'-iaH Vl(U lanot ca bi'-tir&Ue nwc. Iv is On nt.d ?!AL: I'AISAM is1'n.tre;fci!,-. Edo i 1 HP LAMDRETHS' m Wm ;rkmarv please leave them -with Mewrn. Mnttz & Reudlemanr Salisbury, N C. i ' R. j. BROWN. 5 f Cheap Chat t cl ortgacc- jousoiher Mankv for sale here POETRY. Tho Mother's PrajerJ Hear me, O Father, ere I rest ! This night upon my bed ; j : Let Thy West Spirit in the heart . Of my dear son be shed. I- ' Forgive him, should he wayward seem, For sake of Thy dear Son ; WitlKiut the blood of Calvary Arc all of us undone. Lead him, a Thou canst ea(l L rhe faltering steps of youth. Through tempting and entangling snares, '.To paths ht heavenly truth. ' - ''t -;' : - j V ? -Watch o'cr.hiniwith Thy. loving care, Ylioulcnowcst the jr earnings of my heart I leave it all with thee. 1 .Rcqnlrments. JOHX G. WIIITTIEII. We live by faith : but failh is not the slave . j T Of text and legend.' Reason's 'voice and GoV, ' j I Nature's and Duty's never nrf at odds. What nsksour Father of his children save Justice and uierry-and 4iuiiiility. ; A reasonable service of gMwl dcedt, . Pure living, tenderness to human needs, Reverence and -trust, and player for t light to see , The Mstei's footprints in our daily ways? No shotted scourge, or sacrificial knife, Rut the calm Jiennty of an ordered life Whose very breathing is unworfled praise, 1 A life that stands, as all truo lives have i stood, ' ; Fast iiMiteil in the faith that God is Good f "0 May I Join the Choir Ja visible. GSORGB E.M.IOT.' i O, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live agaiu In in i nds made better by their jHcsence; live , -; In piilses stirred, to generosity, I In dee'ds of dai'iiig. rectitude, in Kcom For miserable aims .that end vithself, hi thoughts sublime-that pierce!; the night like stars, i j And with their wild persistchco urge uisiii'k si'aieh . , To vaster issues. " So to live in Heaven : j To make uiidviug music in the;wotld, i'tieathiiig aslM -aiiTf-oiisortlei'thut controls VVith growing way -the growing lifo of i iri.iu. -h'twn inliMiMliat srcifc purity i - : For wliii h we straggled, failed jaud ago- nized ; With wilei:ing retrospect that bred des pair. Reliellions fles'i tiiat would not be sub- ' dried, j A vicious parent shaming still its child, Poor anxious. penitence isquick dissolved; its discords, quenched by melting har monies, - Die in the large and charitable air. Ami. all our nrer, bet ter, truer self, That sobbed religiously in yearning song, That watched to ease the heathen of the world, ; Laboriously tracing what must be. And what may yet Iks better saiv within A worthier image for the sanctuary, And shaped it forth In-fore the multitude Divinely human, raising worship so To higher revereneOinore mixed with - - love " That iHitter self shall live till human Time Shall fold its eye-lid.1, and the human sky Re gathered like a scroll within the tomb Unread forever. This is4ife to come. Which martyred men have made more glorious ' -x For us v1iost-ri ve to follow. May I reach That pur"est lleauen, bo to other smls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle ireiierous ardor, feed tiure love. Reget the smiles that have no cruelty : Re the sweet presence of a good diltused, Ami in ilifTnuioii iu'it tiinri' intftiKn. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. ' 13u7.. Ill . ' ' "Washltigrtoii Lietter. L JJixpatch qf ItMsiuess in Congress Senator JCumunds After the too -Enterprising Journalists Unterrified Agitators of Woman's llights. 1 (From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D.C., Jan. 22d, 1331. This has been a comparatively busy week in both houses of the uatioual Con gress, and, while it is- believed an extra session cannot be avoided, its work will be considerably lightened if Congress shall continue at this rate during "the few re maining days of the session. The House passed the three per cent, refunding bill, and the navy appropriation bill. The Senate passed a brace of appiopiialion bills; awarded $100,00? to RenJllolliday, wli claimed half a million ; settled the Kellogg Cjise; niada hasty adverse dispo sal of Senator McDonald's resolution to appoint a regular committee to coitside the rights of woman : debated the Indian severalty bill 'f ami, in execntive session, appointed a committee to investigate the manner iu which the Chinese Treaty was made "public. Sjm-e the invention of wires and cables, the enterprise of the press lias let the old fashioned! diploma- - . . . v. 1 .1 : 1. 1 il . list in tlie lurciij aim now, wneii our grave, feverendand somewhat surierannated, llouse-of Lords takes! np for iliscussiou, in seerecy, this loug loigcd for treaty, Him are 'shocked to know that it has been thev nublisiied in the papers. .Alas, what an affroiit'to all the venerable traditions of diplomacy. Senator. Edmunds, of Ver- iiiont, was decidedly aiigry, aud he moved that a committee le appointed to inves tigate the means by which the treaty be came pnblic. There were only four '-correspondents- who' obtained copies of the documents, and it is fair to presume that they did not steal what could be obtained for the asking thereof. As, also, each of the correspondents aforesaid are geu tie men', it is hardly probable that they will reveal the sources from which they deriv ed their information, even though, as Senator Edmunds suggested to-day, they should be locked up betveen four cold walls for three, six, or nine months, or nine years,1. until they told what they have no business to tell. The last peen-. sion on which the Senate undertook to tjud out who "gave away" its secret pro ceedings was when the New York Tribune published the Washington ; treatyfThe iHV&tfga expected, fruitless! If the Committee on Privileges and Elections has any disposi tion to inquire into"; ancient history , it might summon Senator Edmunds and ask liim if his copy of the Washington treaty bore any marks of having passed through the telegraph office, between the time that he first placed it on his desk at home, and looked at it agaiu several weeks later. The unterrified agitators in favor of woman's enfranchisement, Mrs. Stanton, Misses Anthony, Cousins, and others, have been holding another convention in Lincoln Hall, and, on yesterday, they sat in the Senate gallery, aud saw disaster overwhelm the little resolution, oQerred by the freshly married Senator McDonald, in their favor. No one can listen to Miss Anthony or Mis. Stanton without being i m pressed with the ability and capability of these. tadies ; but the efforts of the younger and fresher champions are not edifying. They talk too much with their mouths. C. A. Paris Letter. Regular Correspondence. Paris, France, Jan. 11th, 1331. The first lot of engiuecrs and other, gentlemen, forty -eight in all, connected with the cutting of the inter-oceau canal, left Paris last evening, en route for Pan ama. M. de Lcsseps, accompanied by several friends, took leave of the travel ers at the St. Legarve Station. All seem ed in a state of the greatest enthusiasm, and the train left amid repeated cries f "Vive La Frauce .' "Vive M. de Les sepsl. The party left St. Naziiire this iiKiruiug in the Lafayette, the vessel whie'v took out the first explorers, and afterwards M. de Lesseps with the tech nical Committee. M. Louis Rhine was taken ill after Rlnnqui's funeral yesterday, and his house was to-day beseiged by eager inquirers after his health. Although he was still seriously indisposed this morning, the accounts are much more favorable to night. M. Paul de Cassagnnc .having jester day broken lance on behalf of Cipriani, the Italian who has just been expelled from ranee for taking pait in political uemonstrations, tlie lntran&igeaut mdig uantly declares to-day that it does not want any Ronapartial allies. It sees in M. de Cassagnac . "the incarnation of its hatred in the past, and begs him henceforth to count himself among its enemies in the present. Opportunism and imperialism are ono aud the same thing. Go, Monsieur de Cassagnac, Gam betta is holding out his arms to receive you." M. Paul de Cassagnac, thanks M. Henri Itochefort's journal for its disinter ested advice, but asks its permission to wait a little before he throws himself into .11. vjniil'vii.l n VIU19. Jll nil illllllSIII"! V ...... , , . t,- Radicals with leing always the lend ones of the Republican party, and predicts that if ever they get into office they will grow fat and lazy like the rest. "Among admits that he voted for the Plenary Am - nesty, and defended M. Rochefort against M. Uambetta and M. -Cipriani against M. Andrieux, but calmly asks the Intransi- tt'i.ut if tf ia i ii i rn vn ! t li-i r c t-i i ,i 1 1. i-.io a. w ... .,.. ..7. . a ...... .- " ' you the lean alone have principles; and ; Xllis ,rag arr:lIlgcl on Saturday. ' In that is tho very reason why they are lean. L. . 0 , . , ,,,, - .. . , . ! the evening papers of that day Gen. lhe fatter they grow the faster do their; 1 1 J principles evaporate" M. de Cassagnac Grant 8 arrival at Long Branch was his motive. "You are well aware that if . u,e" S,ea"r b"rl" '" "7 i I had had a word to say it is you, tho I forming him that he would be nomi cheifs that I should have shot down, in- nated for President by a Republican stead of tho four devRs who now sleep meeting to beheld in New York on unuertneinn oi tne vans squares, ami tn . 1 linn. yv la 1 b -b i InJ "r m. 1 . v v n .,...-. n I .. . - .11 . . ,. -f the influence that edncatiou or talleut be- stows. No, you know well that there never could be any sympathy between us aud if we ever follow you it is as tho sportsman follows the game." M. de Cas- sagnac i frank, and explains "why l.o helped to procure the return of tho com muuists. "We wanted yo.i and we keep you. I thought of you when I voted for the return to Paris. I wished to see you one day take the Chamber of Deputies by storm, and I hope that you will do so yet." This article is evidently intended to ex asperate the Intramigcants. At "a meeting-held' yesterday at the Elysie, M. Jules Roche held forth as the champion of the "Revolution against Re j lifiwn." Ue advocateu tlie separation of Church and State, the suppression of the' stipends allowed to the clergy, and de- elared that it would bo "very pleasant ior me cuy 01 rarisia receive 9a.miu(iiuu anninPy.'.i sum that could bo derived from the religion ejuaces devoted to the by the people . M. Roche, howeyer. pat- j? ,scu$s,nS the 'ue of Ins pa ronuincly declared that .he warned one ' P' a rtain measure novr before to prevent people frbm believing in, or dreaming GodJ Jupiter, or Mahomet." : POIilTICAIi. From the Wilmington (Star. Certain Massachusetts Republicans are very, desirous of honoring Rutherford ;R. Hayes, who has been permitted to 6ign him self, fr nearly four yeaj-s, President of the United States. To do this they propose to procure a portrait of Rotherfraud and put it in the Memorial Hall of Harvard Univer sity. The committee having the matter in charge were green enough t write to Chas. A Damjeditorjof thfJYork Sun, askr ingfyr "a ubsCTipH6n fTlreply to there-4 quest is just what might have been antici pated by any one save d Roston committee composed of some of the supposed literati. Mr. Dana will not join in the subscription. He will aid in no way Jin honoring Hayes. We must- copy a partjof his letter; lie writes: I j "He was not chosen president. He was defeated in the election ; and then a band of conspirators, Mr. Hayes himself conspir ing and conniving with thfcm, setting aside the Constitution and the law, and making use of fbrgery. perjury, jaud false counting, secured for him possession of the Presidency to which another man I had leen elected; and when he had got possession of it, his most sedulous care was to repny with ofliccs and emoluments those I authors, managers, and agents of the conspiracy to whom he had been chiefly indebted for its infamous success. 'How. great an insult you arc proposing to the two illustrious Presidents of the name of Adams is made manifest by the following words from the son of the one and the grand son of the other: 'I think Mr. Hayes was elected by a fraud, and I do not mean to have it said that at the next election I had forgotten it. I do not say that Mr. Hayes committed the fraud, but it was committed by his party. I have no enmity to Mr. Hayes, but after the fraud by which he became President I could not vote for any person put; up for President on the Republican side who did not disavow the fraud committed. I would not support any member of that party who had any sort of mixture with that fraud. I feel that the counting out is just asimue.lt a fraud now as at the time it was perpetrated." I low the Itcptiblieuns Acquired Crant. Tlin'-low Weed in N. Y.iTribtine. Refore t!ie Presidential canvass for 18G8 had opened thoughtful men of both parlies were basting abWut fur candidates. I learned that Dean Rich mond, Peter Cagger and Cornelius Wendell, the successors of the Albany regency, wiser Democratic leaders than j those who succeeded tl. cm, wore q'ct- ly preparing t!.e way for General Grant's nomination. It w: h general ly understood that while Geu. Grant had not been a prominent politician, he had acted before the rebellion with the Democratic party. Remembering that in 1828 Tammany Hall took the wind out of the sails of the Clintonian parly by making General Jackson, an avowed Clintonian, its candidate, I determined that the adversary should not steal our thunder a second time. thlircf.,re called a meeting of an im 1 1 1 promptu general com mil tee, a com- mittce that had been quietly doing gMd Republican work in this city for several years. Monday evening was fixed for a moetim; of the committee. , announced. 1 immediately took the boat for that place, ami alter break fast Sunday morning invited General Gran to smoke his cigar in my room. " II I the fidlowinsr Monday evening and that the proceedings would be handet 1 . . . 0 him by the chairman of the meeting, Mr. Thomas Murphy. Tl,e Governor of Utah has issued a certificate of election; as delegate to Congress, to A. G. Cam bell, Gentile candidate, although Cannon, the Mor mon candidate had a majority of-the votes His grounds;Ar the action are that Cannon being a poliga mist is not a citizen of the United States. Howard E. Jackson, Pemocrat, lias lecn elected to the United Statesen ate by the Legislature of Tennessee. This gives the Democrats control of the next Senate, we believe. The Orphan Asylum of, Georgia loans out muoy. Our Asylum would like to have a lew loans. The editor of the Winston Sentinel Congress, says: - j ooutnern congressmen sTorth Carol ma congressmen Vote to make Grant a pension him on the country the grand bounce from the nts if they ever appear before them again. Grant wilAilIy, knowingly, lliaHcOtlsIv nrwl mnaiilir 1lt4 , j iii.illj IICU VIII IOC I Southern neoole durni- tlie ram. 1 ern people during the lale cam- iiaign, and Southern members should O I uot forget it. "." j; The editor of the Winston Sentinel - - i it! mi . . t-Auv.i,ijr nguu xie win please I iut!iPimndiitSTn ivc us ms nana on the pniosttion abovcStatesville Landmark. MISCELLANEOUS, A Boston business man said to another usiness man's wife that she was "sweet enough to kiss." Her husband gave the other man a caning for telling such a delib erate lie. . . j A small loy went to fcc his grandmother. After looking eagerly around the handsome ly furnished room where she sat. he pxHuim. ed: "Oh, grandmama ! where is the mis- rable table papa says you keep?" Mr. Robert Jfc Rurdette, the very wittv i hian of the Rurlington Haicleyc, is a meinoer oi cue liaptut cUnrcli in that city r. .. .1 :i ....H...1 e. i i. . I p...u.u.,vu.. no oy ..is iec- ixi in vuiiiinruis wns us popular onn-1 dav school suoeriutendent Jw,,,,,,;,,,, Anh .h. M..r, - r J ...... mislealing and mysterious. Senator Dennis lived on terrapins. The ex- I pianauon is tuat ne owns a twelve acre w"u,. xjcsiues, 11 niesc wings i ne is, as a rule, improvident and quar jwndwhascchiefproduction is the terrain, are placed under roof the crounds relsome. The town nr in mM.; It gives him a good income. Think of 12- . . . . - 000 being caught and sold in one year. They sell at $1 each for all over seven inches long. In market they fetch $20 a dozen.- Wil. Stan, We are glad to note a disposition on he part of the railroads to reduce their rates of hcal travtl. We lately called at tention to the reduction in fares estab lished on the Carolina Central, aud uow the Raleigh and Gaston and the Raleigh and Augusta Air-Liue auuounce that they will sell round trip tickets between ar1! r i tit t ut i noli tu ni.i mtlu rV.i Amf1 aIvioo lOlin II l' ' VV IIIO I III IIW SUft II I Ol1 VltlOO aim ai. o cems ior secono ciass. we nope that these reductions are ouly the fore- runners of others to be made in like man- tier on all our roads. Such a policy will fM. in the end promotive of the best in terests of the companies, inducing travel siud stimulating our people to activity. A etc (k Observer. Remarkable Circumstance. Dr. A. G. Rrooks, a successful, farmer of Rlack Creek, inform us that on the night of the 27th of December, his horse Slipped into a marl-hole, and remained all night, unable to extricate himself. The water all around him, and over him, except his head and neck, was frozen, but, wonderful to state, the next morn ing when the horse was found he was unhurt except a slight wound on the heel. To get him from the pit a ditch had to be dug, and the water drained off' from the marl-hole. The horse was rub bed aud treated well, and with the ex ception of the heel, is as well as ever. fhis is the most remarkable preserva tion from, cold and exposure we have ever known. Wilson Advance. Marrying-. Josh Hillings thus writes to an old friend about marrying : Rv all means. Joe. rct married if vouhave " - a fair show. Don t stand shivering on the bank, but pitch right in and stick your head under, awl the shivering is over. Thar ain't any more trick in getting married than thar is in eating peanuts. Many a man has stood shivering on the shore until the river has runout. Don't expect t marry an angel; them hev all been picked up long ago. Re metnlKir, Joe, you ain't a saint yourself. Do not marry for buty exclusively ; buty is like ice, awful slippery and thaws dreadful easy Don't m!rry for luv, neither; luv is like a cooking stove, good for nothing when the fuel gives ut. Rut let the mixture be sorn buty becomingly crossed with aboutJ&lO in her pocket, a gud speller, handy and neat in her house, plenty of good sense, tuff con- stitution ami by-laws, a light step, small 1 feet, and sound teeth and a warm heart, This mixture will keep in any climate and will not evaporate. If the cork happens to be left out, the strength ain't gone, Joe. Don't marry for pedigree unless it is back ed by bank notos. A family with nothing but pedigree generally lacks sense. c. Sad and Alarmixg. During the past thirty days, within a radius of 100 miles from Charlotte, eighteen persons have been killed by Railroad accidents, and eight or ten wounded. The killed weie six passengers and twelve men connected with the Roads in various capacities, four being engineers. The ground everywhere is so soft from snow, sleet and rain since the 19th of December that Railroad trav eling has become very dangerous. -Char. Democrat. Bismark is said to be in a sad mei -tal condition. 'Fear of assassination, constantly disturbs him. ..... .juUI iujrium. the .report of the pmgrea r IhU- w.rk for IU. - year, end.ng D ' rfTt. "TT.. w .... ! k-er, will be appropriated to im- ...gjfor work that .s jetn progrew id ui vnsi lauutiry UUIKllng M s,ate n!" roofing. ' They fur- .. v eT that 58U,U0U is required for the Completion of the "wings extend- ;ne soulhward Crom btiild - inffil the boiler house. In w'. - ' "j " passages, ; heating, ventilation and drainage " to which add $20,000 for the purchase of the necessary furni ture and other incidental expenses, in prejxiring for occupancy, and it ap- pears that the total sum of $100,000 wilj ue needed to make this institu tion available Tn caring for the insane of the State. The building will then accommodate 250 patients. Mr. Sam netSloan, the architect, in his report to the commissioners, says: We also estimate the cost of constructine the: walls of the wings, running north froii the centre building and roofing them in. at SG0.000. In doinir lhit the; walls of the cellar, that Jiave been i , . , , . nstructei! at a cost of $10,- y-vrt-s a . I wu wou,a ltecteI. 1 hey are e,lsue 11 u,ey are ,eu ,u lUe,r present I W UmmJ l.a b..:bi:;, l. .. 0 w . v. j.. i cny graneu aim put in oruer. l lie additional cost of completing tlwse wings, including heating and drain- ft C7 I age will not exceed $40,000 in all 9iuu,uuu in addition to the work done on the cellar walls. With these wings complete two hundred and fifty more patients can be accommodated n i i i -c i t in an live nuiuired it crowded : tour I ' I uunureu nemg me nurauer.provjueti A. miin. . i for alt,10l,g!l mer number ca 1 1 e accommodated. It may not be amiss to call your attention to the fact that ." no asylum of the kind has been erect-1 ed in this country, with all the mod em improvements and conveniences introduced for the treatment of the insane, where the cost per capita is not far in excess of the estimated cost of your building when completed, presuming the remainder of the work can be done at the same rate that the building has cost up to the present date. An Arm Torn in Two. A year ago a young boy named Shuman was quite seriously hurt while playing with a band over a wheel in the ma- chihery at Hilton's mill, a few miles from the city. After this accident the band and wheel were raised out of , especially r:'r?r J' oy- "M un Detore of Labor in EuroveU or,of ih nam w a as w w . m w am tm . who 1 l,,e Assembly, lhe commissioners, most interestimr and vm1.U ti.- general and l" V,e!r P3 qf 1,,e nV0Tt state that' document is a compilation of C.ns- , will get !,ere atan tf the - .ppwptia- lar reports in answer to a circular let- tr const tu- . v his aiuouni. ter sent out bv thiv Sit i linn nr stj kvi v - . . . . . IV nowe1 reach of boys, but yesterday a lad half that sim, or just enough to pro twelve or thirteen years old, named vide him jwth his food, beer, sporting Crowell, living near the mill, in spite allowing hl& wife but a mere pittance of two or three warnings, climbed up to the band and his arm was caught ex - 1 .. 01 :.-..! it it. r cuy as oiiuman s nau occn. xie was carried round with the wheel two or three times, until the lower arm wai literally torn away, bone and muscle, at the elbow. Dr. J. M. Miller wasj called and dressed the wound aud re- j ports the boy as doing very well and not in danger, in spite of the jxaiii which must have been terrible. Charlotte Observer. A Useful Almanac. We arc sorry for it. e were not aware that we had ever shown that we could speak in eight different languages. lr. Aver nas misjuugeu us aim seni us a neatly bound copy of his Almanac in eight langnages. In addition to the Al niaiiac he has also sent ns a circular giv ing directions how to take pills iu-Chi - j nese, which is a very handy thing to have in a printing office. We once heard of a girl who could chew gum in three languages ; but now she is surpassed by Dr. Ayer, who can hike pills in eiglt different languages. If the pills fail in English, we can try them successively in German, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Portngese and Spanish until a care is effected. We do not know of any other pills in the market which offer such advantages. We suppose that Dr. Ayer intended either to flatter our knowledge or set us out on a coarse 'of the study of the lan xuastes. We like the Almanac. It is the correct thing for now we" can tell tlie weather in eight languages, which is a great 'improvement on the old plan.-r-Vilson Advance. The Urluk Curse. Otcu ;, by Coogrc, .vo!au,e wiilfiuS askine information jecta, ach t rate, of wagei. co.ur liirins: to the laborer: bn;.. t,k: and Systems, habits and moderbf liv ing of working men and " womeb, and many other points touching the pre ept condition of labor and trade. Thf answers have evidently been carefbUr prepared." and - necrsK.irHv'AnTr variety orimpoftanl informaUop; With one point only, however, are W concerned just now, and Uiat5s the revelation made oflhe relation which strong drink bears to the welfare oK working meii and women as Incident ally exhibited in these answers. Let us see what kind of testimony we get from Germany, France and Lngland, csjiecially. lhe Hon. Edgar. Stanton, United 1 State consul to Bremen, writes : ' - f UA fruitful cause of waste and rnin among the laboring classes is the enor mous increase of the drinking saloons and dancing halls, and the complainul are universal as to the disposition of the laborers to indulge in excessive - w " drink. Whatever be the character of in this and the neighborinp -w-. mmm u m U tyVIISk- i m . . n4n.c nuavnjr uurueueu oy poor rates. Consul Eason wrttpn (mm Tlroo1. " - W7WU "The cost of living to the laborinc classes almost invariably goes pari passu with their wages. They seem to he n-eneml v imirnvMnt .n.l . gardless of the future, and spend in J g w w mm mm w beer drinking, da nci no-, and idleness n . , .e . I - all thev earn. Sundsv I ilvt . mf J wmm ww mmj mm W markable tor the crowds of -people . . ,. . . . - moving in all directions in pursuit of pleasure, Such as beer drinkin danc- ing, concert musicxcuiwTbT boat n.B, vuui. musii,. cwuioibj uoa. and rail." Consul Gerrish writes from Bor deaux: 'Although wages have increased somewhat, the savings of this class are diminished. The principal cause of this comes from the pernicious habit ot Handing their time in cafes, lhe nun,ber of these Ur,nk,Dg places m . Bordeaux and its euvirons is upward 01 lMro "lonsanu. ihe hard-earned .1 a m mm money aswell as tlie time usually lost in these respfts of idleness and batl manners it(is imiKissible to calculate." Consul Webster writes front Shef- j field, England : Many a man who can easily earn I his fourteen and nineteen dollars a I week will -be satisfied with earning J of his wages for herself and children, 1 Any one walking our streets will see l ...1 .1 . a 1 1 1 wuere ine earnings 01 me woriiing mtDj I go, and in very many cases the earn I ings of the working women also. The I amount spent in drink in Great Brit tain in 1877, accord ing. to the excise returns, was more than seven hundred million dollars. Sheffield's share of this expenditure would amount ta more than five million dollars. A considerable part of this sum would not come from the earnings of what are termed the laboring classes, but a sufliciei t "amount Comes from that I source., if saved, to place w. ' r ' a great pro portion of them above want. Consul Coojer, of Glasgow, write? j "Whiskey (which is considered a positive necessity by. the great mass of laborers hcref and costs about three hundred per cent, more than in ti e United States), with beer (which ati ter is comparatively cheap), almbrbe the larger mitioit of the laborer's. earninjrs here. Pampas Grass. The cultivation; of pa nip is grass, now so ranch used for decorative purjoscs, has become quite a profitable industry in South ern California. Three-quarters of.au acre planted in pampas grass yielded at.2J cents per head, $500. Another grower sold all he could raise at 7 cents per head. Last year 10,000 heads . or plume" of this grass -WtJ sold from that region. '