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mm- (Mtt(iul i'fW riwcn:' r W aina r-: : y0I. VIITHlBpEEIES: 1 PUBLISHED WEEKLY lu j.J. BRUNKR; ! 1 Proprietor anJEdUoi XHQS. K. BRUNR- 41- -t ; . !n r-16 " -r; zj V " Tt. -tr r t r vwjlGAR, payiWein aavanfr . tjo'iies to na? sdaress, . i 1DVERTISIXG HATES : ni S3f are (1 inch) One. Inseriion b $K $100 50 -I two a greater numltr. of infcrtidiw notices; 25 percent. yore ZVxsx a.UertMement. ierlno f.re:irh n1 J kcnuiu. inn icfp Of tfnv size desired cut out of the lest r rauite in the State, may be obtained on hort notice. Also, window and d66r silb,' omU tor monuments; &c. Address E't Phillips, Salisbury. , 16:tf? . - 4 V More beautiful tjian ever i&'.thepew ja$t received at Bell & Bro's, v consisting of . (GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES I GOLD AND PLATED 'CHAINS, I I' BRACELETS, LADIES SETS,. :. GENTS BUTTONS, PINSf h ii fumGfikisNT 'sings &o. . i We have niade in the' hantlsomcst nisnner, 7i7 CI CIIAIXS, If A IH IE XYELUYy Diamond and ; Wedding;. Rings Bpifciat atteiJtton fcivinjj5 to'theRepnlrinff d Thuinjt of tin Walclie and. liesiulatiri. All Watched repaireJ bw- m are warrauted IS month. . . t O&tx 2 dior abbtre Jvitional Hotel,' see iga ef large Valeh and Pen. i ; SalUUury, DV 2, 187tt ' II 1 R 1) WA K R When ou want Hardware at low fifmifeall on lh undersigned at No 2 Granite How. ' j - t ; ! D. A. ATWELL. SdUbiiry fN,C.,MHy 13-tf. GARDEN SEEDS! Arrived THE ' . largest & best assorted lot Garden Seeds t ever brought to the Sal isbury market T j Seeds Consigned yto Country Slerchants on liberal tcrqjs. Come and seo us. H-3mr Druggists. t VALUABLE I: nr."1 t.i It " i 5 O ''"' ''''. Sale. The undersigned is authorized to sell pri- tefv, iriree' valuable tracts at Land, situa :Vted fn IL Ulla Townjship, Rowan co., be- onging to the estate of the late Dr. O. P. Houtoo, the said tracts briefly described Am follows : r !f:.'J. "AX One tract of 200 acres, more or less, tdjoining the lands of W. A. Post on, Phi - Alexander, and others, on which there is a Rood dwelling and out-houses, and the soil m welLadaptwl for Co ttori hd grain. ' 2. Another tract of 188 acres, more or Brown and others. TIuj tract is -n!ery productive an4 large portion of it is .': yerJ lieanly timbered. j :- 1 3. ' Another tract, of about 80 acres, ad Joiaing lhe lands of J. h. Freeze rand others, coauuts almost entirely "of woodland and Terms of tale reasonable. 1 i - : Apply to the undersigned at ML Ola P. Oitowan eo.; K. Sr C. RANKIN. Mill Stories ! 1 Just i. I : '""-;'" Land for t'SKALj P;(jFE6SIONAL CON. Lnofclr fIRnrJ coiSrHI,! '! -.. . . JX - . . . . nbout Hnimtkl law kthi1 &4 itiitU k$WJp$kreplhe following queoiions ndawwm; never before publULed in EXAMiskTioijojr. cdit j. u. heck in-stmn -Did jy on rec-ive any.Widi. ""'vrfi11 tli" ClMllm yf'rSffi .fjlivei!iig , ile SaTnM to 11. &t Utirlf ? j ;AiiswrAtl itljat I know: aboiiV: lite bond uf dlmtJuun nwd is what I !-nrjt-d jrijiitanrftrr'iliiit road under I W WfalW iroief Pffthitl -on fiIence 'r Q In! ceii were you employed and for u liHt rnrri?e T ..- ,f AAj I Mniert(HKi tliat-1 was generally ilie Mttriirjr l die rd. .-, ' Q ij't !Tiinpeiiatlorvdi jgrgceive ! ir tVricert t A-rLlind.a.iifi.pa?8 o euLc CLaUia m rami .H-1"U X Ulllll ri1.4. Vt nilM time Alfc H-iille! iud mvnelf -.weie naid. j itiitly, S50t. ! I n-metuber n other coin peMnation. . Q, Gen. LiiiUfi Id emnloved bv t he Chat fiaiu! riiid lo -ifcttre 1 he passage at 8 bill thmiih ihe Lesrijtlatuie. or w Uiere: nh uiidefsiindii!geieii him; and l lie olucer of he toad in that caller ? c A-AU; tN fVraauoii I eceired in tlm matifer waVinlhe wav ofaDrofessioii- al capacity, i Hi 1 Uul yoopveorpay, or put undertlie coutiol f Gen. Lit il field any bond I of the Chatham road lor any purpose A 1 he information which would be embraced in ihe answer to ibis question would be such as reached me -in my pro- lessioiiari character as attorney of the Chaihatu r)ad. i ! j Oh golly ! 0U good gracious ! t A PUEUICT10N. - ; The President Gloomg and Despondent -r Iks. bJiQdHC tl'W Impending Disaster. ; I From fhe; Baltimore Sun. Y ashuigiqrw lifaich 9.Tbe develop, meuls oil the last" wek have produced more cfi't'ct upo'i (he President thau uny thiug which has ever happened during ins term or ofnee. it is plain now to perceive ;t hat bvueath his iuu pertui bnbi I Uy there isTau ttneasiness and a disquiet which have never before" troubled-hiui o . i! ill e r ii ' - t oincu uie iuu oi jj.'iKnap, ire u is seen but very few ,iiiii-sr outside of Senators and members and the birsiuess tie has with them lie despatches as soou as pos int. IIk haa r fused sThcrt'TaslT'l'hurs- day to si several (lirtiiurni.-Ii-d visitors An air of gloom and dejpondency seems in hang around the White House. When he 1 resident. jgoes out, be keeps his eyes unwiicaiTk ami. ooea uoi pee in i care to recognise' untf. one. With the very few persons Ho who'mf he talks confidentially, he admits thai; he i not in a very hf.LiV irame of miod. lie seems to realize what was paid by one of fus firends on the dayjof 13eknap's resignation, that the bottom has been knocked clean out of the third term. : Whether he sees in Belknap any-: sighs of impending disaster to himself is kuown ouly to bimself, but it is begin ning lo be iwhlspered around th.it the very offence fof which Belknap stands coiiTtcted in ! the evesof- the world will b bruhc directly home to the Presi . dent. Jit was said to-niirht by h persoir .... unposed !o be well informed that within three uiouih.- Gen. Grant would be con by the victed and removed from ofSce vote of .a. Republican Senate. : f OyRlTLATFORM. Repeat ihe resumption act. It Is iai- practicable, j U , '. j "-'r.!1 '.j. I Repeal it he itiouat Dink act, nna issue greeidjavks as ihe circulating medi um, lssso Bonds bearing x per cent, interest, :iiiterchjtngeable for greenbacks, in srirai laiL'e o small. .Ktablish free banking, iwijb niiforiu rate of interest Abolish ! thej Jnlernal Revenue system, Mud let the ix levied forreveuue puipo ses be collected by the .Mate officers as ibeJState! rales are collected, and paid into the United States Treasury. A bob the N-ivv Yards and let all work be done on contract by responsible parties AbolisbUbefliidiaii Ruieau. Treat the red man! honestly aud let him take care of himself.! j i ; . lluko it one term mnennmenL to tne constitution: iand :.ra tke (?ae?arif in impo.si ble. ;i Cuidwwiir the President's salary n n not to! make money an ol iect in seeking the ir.flice. No. more Ijnd sub ;.idiVk to railroads, bnl let5 the siles of public land be devoted lo a sinking liind i ! J f f 1 . . io ineet interest on puulic ueui. urcens borq -Patriot. n . - - : . 3farrffing in Russia. ! TliA laflis in Russia are verv anx ioslko inairy because theyiivc no libnrtv before i marriage. They are kept constantly under the materna eye Until given up to their husbands, and then tf ley take tneir own course Almost aa 'soon as a girl is born in the better rank of society, her parents be gn io piepare the iiowry 'Be must havd wheq she goes to her husband. She bust urtiish eyery thing .for an Outfit in li)eVen' to a dozeu new shirts for her coining husband. The youiigf mian goes to the proposed liridle, and. counts over her dresses, and "examines f he furniture, and sees the whole iWiih his own eyes :beftre he commits himself to the irrevoca Ue conduct with more apparcn t deli cacy! but; ' the ' facts are . ascertained with! accuracy, the business being in the hands of a! broker or notary.- The trOH&edu J8. qpased in publuu before : "' .. .,. .., ., .. .. .,, w- f a1 ypwyf -nrrm " t -...-,. - . - - . - J- - - - : . . . . - - - Tl more careful I y ttie circn fn st a nee? 1 nit-rrjtiirieu reinarmn ni iir. ;SehWetc4i; Miinster to1 Etila uf; iil ii arcin ait f r ciY-iniiMUii ' t more suspicion dfes the whole business tip pe;irA Mr. lcheiickt left lr.don aftjer does the wIioIh over his own name in the pnblie prei that life was goinc dome ;on . I.... U ..1,J... ' I-.i.i. 1 I mndegninVt j lilinM Under!;c4ver of his diplomatic privilege he was jeiiHl.ted "in avoid arrest tf u fefrinf ihfl ! haiiiff Who isrrveu nie wrii 10 Aj rij. Uroy. . let ue Whs liijiciiy ShH nt ea before, ln.- succei nr wait iiuniiiae by LVet'ideiU Giaut ii )4ce t Hubert7 C. Ochenckd resigned lie emld tint have' refioed oiil thecem; Tiiernre, enner lilt f tlenii!t aliejrinsr a 1ea-e of abenee or he utiioinllv a 11 t ired resiuailoti. is , false: 1 here Is n lie out somewhere. Congress shild Snsist unoii I avingr all the f-icls in thisidisxracetul ulTatr, wi.li dates and , paperis. As the ea now stands, it appears thAt there has oeen evHient prevai ictlioo In retraru lo ilie iuhiw used to eet Schenck away Irvm a country where, it he remained la V . ! i.m;e, hM longer preseucn wouhl nave caused intolerable scandal to our Govern ment, while if he had resigned the pro tectiou of ihis diplomatte privilege, he wndd have jbeeu lil danger ofj, imprisfr- meut us a swindler. N. 1. Sun. ( Life. The eveniu of eyery mairs days is coming on apace. 'l;l ie day of life will soon be spent. The sun. though it may oe op in tuia iieavenj win puss swiftly down the western sky and (Ii?aj pear. What shall light up luau's patli when the sun of life is gone down 7 He must travel on to the next world ; ' but what shall illuminate his footsteps aflc-r l lie nightfall of death, amid llo darkness of his journey? What questions more important, more practical, mie solemn, for each 'reader of our journal lo ask It i in seii f mat, 13 if long journey to travel without a lileudT Yet every perform it. ' The timi is not man must far distant when all men will begin the journey There is an evening star in the natural world. 1 1 a radiance is blight and beau tiful, and cheering to the benighted travel er. M But life's, evening star isu good h'ipe of heaven. Its beauty and biiilaucy are reflected from tho Sun of Righteousness, whse blight arrays light up the evening of life, and throw J. heir radiaucu quite acritsn the .darkness of ihe grave Uet's Laud. It has illuiniu; linio t unbail ed the foot- steps of many a weary traveler into eternity it . is of priceless value. A thousand words c iuiiot purchase ii ; yet wiilioul It is ottered wuliout money VW ft .ft ud price, to hiin who will penile fully receive it. sully, lliaiik- AN OLD II I DIN It PjLACG. From the Philadelphia Press A fVw weeks ago Jacob Kliiuik, a farmer near Fox Chase, was sawing dwu a laige chestnnl tree when the teeth of the saw rame in contact. with somo m'Mallic sub stance. Fearing the - .presence of some lliing explosi'e, he directed the woikmen saw on the other side of the tree. 1'bev did so. After ,lbe tree had beeu felled a gold watch, two gold pencil cases and a gold chain were found embed ed ii the wood, eighteen inches from the sni face. They were wrapped! iu a. soiled sock. The tree was sw 'i close to ihe ground, and they had evidently been hidden at the. juiiciion of two root?, and the wood had grown over and enclosed them. The watch was ld -fashioned, having a cae which could 'be detac'ied, and was inscribed with the. dale 1740. One of the pencil cases was provided with a pen. TUc'other had only a pencil and waa minus the seal Tlio chain was long and was intended tn pass around the neck of the wearer. There was also a gold watch key, which, hov!-ver, did not fitthewaich. The tree hid attained a great age, being about six feet in diame ter. . An old oi insiwii once islood near by and- il is supposed that the articles iu question were buried.' durijtig the war of ihe Revolution. Uie waten was unin jured except that ihl fwtnds ' weru5 risted VU. X UE. llilMvl lliia IUU II. iviininH will exhibit ii lo any who jure cuiious to see such a relic He lives about a mile above the Fox Chase, on line. 4 the coumv THE DOG "AND.. THE- BAKER Sir-Walttr Sc ittiell usjof one of his dogslliat it one nay lanoasiy ii'iacne'i the baker and was wjtli- g-eat difficulty called off. But as lh dogj ihserved the baker 4nui)g every day tj leave bread for the family; he began Jo regard him iii a favorable light, and jn tiine the dog and the baker became great friejnda. One day Sir Walter was telling sornebody how the dog bad attacked the baker, aud ; imme diately he began the story the dog skulk ed into the corner of the room, turned his face to the wall, hung down bis ears and lowered his tail aud displayed every sign of being 1 hear lily' ashamed of himself. Hot when Sir' .Walter came to ihe end of! the. atorv ud said: "But Tray didn't bile the baker," the dog tifrned round in a moment, jumped and frisked about and was evidently resorted to opinion. To try the dog, rho storv in different tones his own good Siott related ut voice, and in ihe midst even of other conversation, but U was always the samey D ireclly he be gan, the'dojjj crept into t,he corner, but when he Came to "but Thiy didn't biio the baker," be always capered back agaiu iu triumph. The EI mira Ad vertiser says' a doc tor in that place removed a tape worm "fronra lad tnat was ninety-six ... . . . i . feet lonV and had over c ioints.V; v. Well, a boy ought to have eleven bund 'U(ica MeraHL n HELIYOUR WIVESr ; . Farmers are two apt to,. forget . the i neon veniencc they are subjected; to in the disdliarsre of their duties indoors. They remoderatyd' repair - their s gin- houscsstabloB arid farm implements, as often as theirown convenienee and profit i'ndicateS,iarid buy new iniple: tnents Ih the shhie, vav: they see the itnporititice of all this as they enga in ineirtaii 'vHK'ations. Are meya$ anxiout that their ;vive$ should' be equal 1 f accbtn modated Jn tlietr house hold duties? Are not the labors of the wife' or 'daughters often increased, more ihau doubifiJbr want of a cook ing stove, u , pump or cistern, or wejl fixture, easier access to the kitch en, pajitry and , wood house. Have nusoaiHts anu latners senouslv - con sidered these points? Arc they de term i ned to i in josc u n wise hardshi ps upon their wives and daughters? We think not, it is only thoughtless ness oii their jpart. W ill not every delinquent husband arouse himself on the subiect and. show the world that he duly appreciates the relations of his affectionate companions and .aid thein tq the extent of his abilities in their household duties ? Fanner's Vindichtor. Secokd-Hand Clotiiieu's. Tuick. Here is a trick of oue ofoursecond- hand clothes; : dealers. He shows t hesitation1, customer a mir of nnnta loons winch he suys has been made by I a fashionable tailor ilor for a wealthy gen- iv gen- tlcman who brought them back after wearing them once, as they did not fit him. The customer pivots himself around before the mirror, examines the length bf the legs, sounds the depth of the pockets, and closes the bargain. When well out pf sight of the clothing store, he examines lor the first time an article which, as he revolved be fore the mirror, his hands had encoun tered in oiie of the pockets. "Yes," the customer had sard to himself, "that's a pocket-book. I know by the feeling of iti; Mr.- must have left it in here the night he wore the pants." The reader can supply the further details of the story. A. 25 centj paper-lined pocket-book proved tne means pt selling a $z.oJ pair of cotton satinet trouscrsaataprofit of 4.2o. San tmnasco paper. ; What one can go Through. , The Worcester Spy tells this extra ordinary story : "A Taunton man of fbrtv-six has had a checkered career. He has been shipwrecked once, nar rowly 'escaped baking in a railroad accident, has been run away with times innumerable, was shot in the neck at Gettysburg; had a taste of the horrors , of Libby prison, fell overboard from ! a whaler, and being picked up, left two fingers in the mouth of a shark, was dratted twice, had the right arm broken in two iplaccs during the New Ybrk riot, stqqd on a barrel with a i halter around his neck in au Alabama town at the outbreak of the Rebellion,- ! from sunrise td sunset; in 18G3 was crushed under a fitlling building du ring a California earthquake, and was without food . or drink nearly fifty j hours, and, when homeward, bound ; from. the mines of the White Pine j region, narrowly escaped lynching j through a mistake in person. Amid ; all, he preserves his equanimity, and I refuses to believe that luck is against him. BIRDS' FOREKNOWLEDGE. ; An! eminent European orniihologldt Ins j'isi given li the world the results of bis observations concerning the influence of epidemics unon bird., to which he has I devoted the last thirty years of Iris life His SUiemeuisi fortified by numorous ref- eVene'es to facts, are peculiar, and deci dedlv uitei esling The chief ol his con elusions i tliat hiids l:ke the sparrow and swalbiw and others of vai ion peci s will leave any cny lliat is tlueateuerl wmi au cnidemic. as cholera, for instance, and rernni only after ihe disease shall have abated. The author himself observed this in St. Petersburg and Riga in 1848, io U et . rrussia in 1549. in llanover in 1S50, and agiin in Galicu iu 1S72. Iu every iusiance the sparrows suddenly disappeared" from the streets, roofs and- trees' of the city, and a few days there after ihe disease broke out. Wilhin sev eral da vs. af-er the epidemic had ceased the birds reappeared. Having communi cated observations t' the other ornitholo- "gist he was git:itifleil to find that ihe1 same Coincidence had also been observed by them, and tiutrinrous instances were given by him cpucefuing tlie fact. i Mr. Jefferson Davis's speech on the MWienn War to the Vetera ms at New Orleans was wclcoiued with great ap- jpjauseJj Tjiefpeech w;asalmcst wholly hi.storicab .ihe ouly -sentiment in dulgcd in w;ts as fbllowsT ""'There wa. a time when to be a veteran of Mexico Was yto possess a passport bor was elevated to a couutry post-thi-mio-linnt the l.ind. It is not for mastership only to find himself, on me to abuse the course ot the govern leyen ; hundreti ment, out as tne mcna ana comniti i yius i" r,il",'," is" lono- as that l;of these veterans to proclaim the jo-1 ot how jnucti nostage it would tatce ip j red joint, justioo olmhjch lhev have been the send a uyc.caii utroug too iaau. j 1 1 i m .' ! . e m mm .mm A . . mm . wj. w A PAIR OF There lived forty years ago in Berlin' shoemaker, who had a habit of speaking harshly of alj his neighbors, who did f not feel exactly as be did about religion. The old pastor of the parish in which the shoemaker lived, heard of ibis, and felt that lie must give him a lesson. lie did it in I his way : He sent for the shoema ker one morning:, and whew be came, he said to him, "Master, take my measure for pair of boot." -i j " Willi pleasure, your reverence, an snerd the shotmskei; 'J please to take oS your. hoot." ;, ,: ? .-: , ,i; The clergyman dil io, and the shoe maker' measured his foot from toe to heel, and over l he instep, noted all down in bis pocket-book, and then prepaied to leave iheroom. ' But as he was putting up the measure the pastor said to him, "Master, my sou also requires a pair of boot.' I will make them wiih pleasure, your reverence. Can I take the young man's measure. ' ' . "It is not necessary said the pastor "The lad is fourteen, but you can make my boots and his on the same last." "Your reverence, that will never do," said the shoemaker with a smile of sur prise. "I tell you, master, to make ray son's on the same last. "No, your reverence, I cannot do It." '2 It must be-on the same last." "Bui your reverence, it is uoi possible, if the boots are to fit," said the shoeraa ke4 ''.inking to himself that the old pas- 1 were WIV.,.,,B lT; An' Uien iuatuer riioeioaKer, eaia tite clergyman, "every pair ot pools must be tuaau or their own last, if ihey are torfit, and yet you think that God is to form all Christ- liana according to your own last, of the same measure and growth in religion as yourself. That wil! not do either." I he shoemaker was abashed. Then he said : "I thank your rever ence for this sermon, and i will try to re member it, and lo judge my neighbors less harshly for the future.' The Baltimore Gazette, after graphical ly describing the casualilies among the members of. Grant s Cabinet, concludes with the following report of the condition of the great Duuher himself. It says : "i he President himself is covered with 1 TTt T-klt 1 wounds. lie uas tne KiacK r rmay scratch, the San Domingo gash, the Leet- Stocking abiasiou, the Chorpenning bro ken nose, the Boss-Shepherd-ring inci sion, ihe Harrison safe-burglary thrust, ihe Schenck-swindle bruise, the crooked- whiskey erj-sipelas, the Belknap raortifi- cation, and the liabcock tetanus. . 1 hat tetanus or lock-jaw is the most fatal symptom. People know that be wont speak because he has nothing to say that will help him. I he great silent man is a man of bandages, wounds, bloody shirt, crutches, wooden legs, cork arms, wooden head and cast-iron conscience. 1 here will hardly bo enough character left to hold au inquest over. Uicjacet. An instance of the profligacy which has chiracterized the management of public affairs iu Washington, and the contempt of Congress which has been shown even by subordinates in the de partments, is seen in tlie renting by Gen. Rufus Ingallis of a building on Pennsyl vania avenue for official purposes, in di rect defiance of an act of Congreps. For this building, which, exclusive of the ground, cot t ihe owner less than $42,000. galls agreed to pay a rent of $12,000 per annum. Dills lo tne amount ot auoui $15 000 were incurred against the Gov ernment for' fitting it up of which mm nearly ?5,000 was e burned by Boss Sliephetd for plumbing, gas fitting, an the like and in addition to all this, thousands of dollars more were squan dered in extravagant furniture. All "this expenditure was incurred not only with out authority of law but in opposition to a formal prohibition by Congress. rJV. I. Sun. 1 A WIFE STARVES HERSELF. '' For many j'ears past therf has been living in Indian Creek township, this (M,nroej county, a 4ii irricd couple named Dicks. About a week ago Zachariah Dicks, the husband, made a will iu which . .11. til it was provided tl!it, stiouiu lie aie, nrsT, all his property should go to the children, and they were to provide for their, mother ueiil her dealh. Mrs. Dicks very uternly objected lo such a disposition id the prop erty, and demanded that the will be changed, but her husband heeded her'oot. Becoming convinced that eoaxing would do no good, the old lady began to threat en, and finally left her husband's roof. She never would taste another morsel of food. This threat did not move the old -man, but the old lady kept her woid. For fourteen long dys she ate not a mouthful, and ouly occasionally would she wet her lips" with water. . Friends aud neighbors called "on her often lo try to turn her from ber dreadful purpose, but she would not even tee any of them. She died at the age of 6. Evening Telegram How oft the cherished hopes of years, when realized, turned to ashes in the grasp. Take for instance the case of the man who after vears of la- - nis nrst uay in ouice, conironieu uy a StR.MON "FROM ;" " ' BOOTS. ; SHC(1S:ILRPAD TRIP. Sharing hit seal witKa Young Lady, and ( yiierrictcta, vg Mr ¬t. i. Mr. hoU hadn't been out of Detroit in seven years, when the other day, busi ness called him to Chicago. Mrs. Shott wantedlo go along, but he said that times were too hard, he didn't wat to have the bother of Uking caie of her, and she was compelled to remain at borne. He reach ed home in the evening, after an absence of two days, aiit as he eat eating his sup per he observed j ; "I tell you itjwas a long ride, and I'm glad you didn go. "Lonesome, jonesome, was it i she asked. "It would Jiafe1 been fearful if I hadn't had a young lady in the seat with me," be replied. f, ' "What! A young lady in the teat with you V "'I hat ls-lhjatis you know the car was crowded," he said. "And offered her half you seat V "I -that is, she sat down there," he stammered. ; I ' "Mrs. Shot t'i ears grew red aud her eyes snapped, j "And so it was lonesome, was it 7 too didn't speak to dier, I suppose ?' inquired the wife. I "Why, I Iispoke once or twice, of course." "Nice yonngllady, 1 supposed T" "Well, no, L can't say she was.' "Aud there you sat and looked your sweetest, and I'll bet you passed yourself on as a single num. "I don't know as 1 did, he replied, as he drank his lea, , ".Did you iiiform her that you were married and hid three children V she de manded. J "1 don't remember, though I presume I did." ; "You presrjme you did! "Well, I presume you didn't. I know just how you tat up there auu pretended to be a iich widower, and took care of her sachets, and bought iop corn a-id illustrated pa pers for her !'f Mr. Shott Inquired if jhere was any more biscuit.! "Its a nice operation your coming home and expecting to find hot biscuit for yoii if she wtjnt on. "!jVhy didn't you ask if that young lady could make bis cuit ? Why ididu't she come home to tea with you V i - Nancy, dtt't be foolish, ' he observ ed.' ;' : "Don't be 5 foolish ! Who is foolish ? Here I was scrubbing around and baking and. patching, and breaking my back, aud you were braced up in a seat before a young lady, stroking those yellow whiskers and talking about your bonds and mortgages aud your lonely widower life. '1 wasn't," be replied. "Daniel, did that giil ride all the way fjom Chicago wiih you 1" asked Mrs. Shott, as she toyed with the handle of the milk jog. : -, "Did she I Lem me see 1 he mused, as be helped himself to the butter. "You know she did! shouted Mrs. Shott. "If she g()t off at any of the stations I didn't see her," he admitted. "And there you sat and sat, and rode and rode, aud you paid out the money we need so much in the house for peanuts, and pop corn, and juba paste, and picture papers ! Daniel, let me see your wallet 1 "My wallet V Yes, sirVyonr wallet ?M "What for, Nancy !" "I want to eeb you wallet !" "It's the same one I always had " "You left home with twenty-six dollars, aud I know exactly what the trip cost Fare te Chicago and back, seventeen dol lars. Hotel bill, two dollars. I'll allow one dollar mote tor incidentals, aud now where's that six dollars ?" "I I"-i-he stammered. "You what?" "I met Green down by the depot and lent him four dollars,'' ' r : "Daniel Shotr, who is Green, and where does lie '.II ve T" Daniel didn't reply. "Daniel Shott, you've lied to me i she exclaimed. "You didn't want to take me along owing to the hard times. You said I'd bother you. If I'd bem along you d growled four limes a mile about The both er and expense, and there you went and bothered apmit a young lady and squan dered four'dollars on ber, and here I've worn those, old shoes seven months to save expense. 1" "I'll, get yoo a plar pretty soou," he replied. 1 "You wjll, cli ! When I" "Belorefthe fourth of July, anyhow." "You can Squander four dollars on an unknown girl and make me wait four mouths forshoes, can yon T" "What puknown girl ?" "Daniel. Shott"- And thej milk pitcher came down on his head, she caught him by lh necktie, and the oldest boy ran nut doors and yelled, "F're !" Several of the neigh bors ran oVer, but Mrs. Shott met them at the door and stid it was only a burnt ing chimney.! When they asked for Mr. Shott sho Remarked : "Mr. Slioti doesn't feel a bit well and is covercdrnp on the lounge 1" A New Tiedfortl man and his wife went to a neighboring town io get the body of their deadidaughter. They put the cof fined corpse in their wagon aud started fur borne, where a funeral was to beheH, but slopped at the first laveru aud drink. Their sub$equeit stops and drauks ex actly equaled the number of other tavems ou the iouie, and five miles from hoiiie (hey werej so drunk that they did not no lice the all of the cuffiu from the wagoti. The body! wh4 fyuud lyi.ig fact d'lwuwaid ittlhe rud. ! : - At the Barriesville, (O.) Enterprise ofpee . once, Geo. MacClelland. i'the editor,, dropped his rule through a hole inj the flwr. , jTurningoj ftp as sUtant he asked : "Craft, wliy .Hon'fc you put a little board over that hole?" "i think you are a utile bored over tjtat hole now," was CralYs witty rc- lpinci lift 4 f P "What do you think of the present jury system?" inquired a man of an old Chicago ex-Judge the other . eve ning, j "Xhmk ?" echoed the old man iij disgust. "AYhy, I think it is, get ting so that if a man should plead guilty, of murder, and ty to geijmrig, the jury would,' somehow Jbr orthcr. manage to acquit him." '4 . ' ' ' ; Mr. Wiltiara Welsh, of Philadel phia, says two-thirds of the money ap propriated for the Indians goes to de fray the election expenses of v United States Senators. A contemporary thinks this an exaggeratibju But Slc. Welsh is a gentleman of good charac ter, and it is hard to exaggerate any thing in these times. How, much ot alllthe steals went to re-elect Grant? noURS.The day began to be divided into hoers from the year 295 B. C, when L. Papirus Cursor erected a sun-dial: in the temple of Quirintis at Rome. Previous lo the invention of water-clocks, 158 B. C , the time was called at Rome by pub lic, criers. The Chinese divided tbe day into twelve parts of two-hours each. The ' Italians reckon twenty-four hours round, instead of two divisions of twelve hours each, as we do. In England, the meas urement of time was alike uncertain and difficult: one expediment. was by wax candles, three inches burning an hour, and six wax candles burning twenty -four iouip; those candles were invented by Alfred, clocks and hour-glasses not be ing then known in Engtand, X. D. 8S6. Selected GLEANINGS. What isbe next thing to a hen steal-- ing 1 Why, a cock robin, of course. If your wife is good, kiss her for re ward. If she isu't, kiss her for punish ment. The song of a repentant husband, after knocking his wife down : "Come to my bosom, my owu stricken dear." 'Tis.liitle troubles that wear the heart out. It is easier to throw a bombshell a mile than a feather, even with artillery. "Capital weather, Mr. Jones, capital weather. My wife's got such a cold that she can't speak. I like such weather. A young man stepped into a bookshop, and said he wanted "A Young Man's Companion " "Wellsir," said the book seller, "here is my ouly daughter." t The cantaloupe is a native of Amer ica, and so called from the name of a place near Rome, where it - was first cultivated in Europe. It is a curious fact that while tho names of all our animals arc of Saxon origin, Norman names are given to the flesh they yield.- The word biscuit, is French for twiced baked," because, originally. that was tlie mode of entirely depriv ing it of moisture to insure its keep ing. The onion was almost an object of worship with Egyptians two thousand years before the Christian era. It tint came from India. T The intelligence that Mrs. Belknap wears a No. 1 J boot is received wita derisive laughter by the SL Loui belle, tliough she sits on her feet now every chance slve. gets. " ' It is said that Professor Giefling, of Germany, has produced from chemicals influenced by tke galvanic battery a per feet egg, which by artificial meaua be has hatched. I he chick, however, bat o feathers. - . "Johnny don't toot that horn any long er. Boys didn't do such things as that a hundred years ago. You ought to do as they did." But when the old man cam Imtne iu the afteruoou, and found that Johnny, after obtaining historical authori ty, had melted up all (he pewter spoon heirloom candlesticks, etc, into bullets to fight the enemy with, be was sorry he had slopped the horn. f'Madame," cynically oJwcrycd x gcptleman to a leader of fashionably society in -Washington.. "Woman doesn't seem to be as ; nuch of a .plMiging vine' as she once was." "That'tt becauMjofjthe extreme inse curity of the manly oak V site replied i"Havc you children ?" demanded a hqusereuter. "Ycs,"TtJlied the oth er) soletnuly, "sheall in the ceme tery." 4lietter there than here' said the landlord, consolingly, and proceed ed! to execute the iles'tred please. In diie time the children returned from thb cemetery, whither they had .been' tent to have a nice play; but it wai too late to annul the coutract 14:8m the -wcUdijig; uay., - ivtiiMi'i ':: - - f . r - - - - -j ' ., f ).i !- .- ' ... - , . . . i,. . - .e-'ift:, 'j ; t-' l i '.J - . ' ' . ' : ' ' r ' I ; ! i i ' ' 'I i! - : -'Us. -: " . j : ., 'i I t ? "It
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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