North Carolina Newspapers

: l he I i . - - watclmaiio I; - 'A jOL lH.-THIRB SERIES SALISBURY. NC, DECEMBER 22, 188L HO 10 L- . (Hi Trav I -n "lUdLJLUllj The Carolina Watchman, cTAfcUSHED IN T1IU 1Miooa i PKICJi, " rtSuL&i 1 ADVETISING RATES I month 8 m's 3 m'a m's IS Da's ' $s.oo 13.00 15.1)0 18.00 26.00 40.00 R. R; CRAWFORD & GO. ARE SELLING . PORTABLE FAEH ANP FACTORY STEAM EHG1ES. ALSO liiarCartiilps and Caps. j i ," ' ALSO k Flijt RIFLE POWDER 08. ins, law laps. uj our own and Foreign make aud f BUGGIES, . - ib:n Ui,FiaesL to ilm Clieapcst. ri Bslitm, Jmm Mowers; Horso. Banes, &c. irjv' J.m. C, 1S81. ly In a BOOT J-JJ lift 31 H 1012, attention to li slicn. otToite )layrfs UHiJie. Jifp:iiring neatly and uronijit v f dune. M grult of jcoiln made to order ' LIFE INSURANCE" MADE CHEAP, fable Sh t)ing A dual Cost io Meptbere of p4,000 Insurance for One tear Jiarpn l, 18 u, o Jarci I. 1880).- rrirstUi88fngod 18 to in) years. . .1 0U 40 " '21 25 40 " 4." " ... 25 50 45 "50 " . . ;4 00 Third Fourth 1: 50 " 55 " ... 51 TOO 55 " GC.y " ... G8 00 1?. IWTeHfeelj, Ag't. Qm am prepared to furnihh FAGOM AND BUGGY HARNESS. ISade at th h-Kt Xnrtiimi Tnnnprt 1 pnl h r orit ahdlLeatttr to rantcid. ( bit and tee me, Wrwtte Atwejl, iialn Street, Salittui y, N. C. a F r-- i ' JOHN M. JAMES. IB. VaSCe. W. H. Bailey. VANCE & BAILEY, 4TT0HKZYS AND COUNSELLORS, tSif A a LOTTE, K. C, "nclice in Rtiircn:e ('ourt of tlse UiJted te. "Siiureiiie Coiirt of Norlli Curiiliiia. ecaf tUirU, and (. uwi;iit8 ofMetkK i.! nrjr. iirrtiw,L;ni((nHLi!iin, Iiowj;n aiul Iavid ii.Utlice, tuo dooii.n cf ii:dej re. do: tf f-VMtX-UaKLE. TIIEO. F. KI.CTTZ. KL3 & KLUTTZ. TtqifNEYS AND COUKSELOKS, Salisbury, N. C. cb on Coun:l Street, opposite the 37:6m AI0E L, II, CLEMENT. CRAIGE & ClEfslENT, at 'SilisCURY. N. c. liSl. on, rney3;(3ounsjors ? 1 Jand Solicitors. ; SALISBURY, N.C. iAffiRCTH &S0NS PHIlAj I rTl jTjlTW $3.50 J5.00 0Defr - jj,0 4.50 5.25 7.50 Ta,tl ' - 4 50 .0 7-50 f.rV 6.00 1.50 .00 1S.60 rorlL, TO .T5 11.25 16.50 ' ?LK 84.S5 83.75 48.75 .JJ - a ' - ; - h- POETEY. v - A New Mother ShiptojiV When lawyers foil to tako a fee Ami juries never disagree j Wlieu politicians are content, Ami landlords don't collect their rent; When parties smash all the machines. And Iioton folk give up their beans) "When naughty -children all die young, And girls are born without a tongue WJien ladies don't take time to hop,)' And office-holders never flops i- rWhen preachers .cut all sermons short j And all fiolks to churchy resort; I When back subscribers all have paid, ' And editors have fortunes made ; j Such h iDDeuiuirs will sure nortend I This wvld must soon come to an end. P tick's Express Advice, TO AIJ. WHOM IXCOXOEUXSV Tow Christmas is coming Glad season of mirth ! When of presents for loved ones should be no dearth , lere Then let none bo forgotten relation friend, , r That : you may the holidays happier - spend. i There's Nellie, poor child j far away at some school, . ' Who cannot come home 'tis, she writes, - 'gainst the rule. There's Charlie at college, now thinking of home, j Though seeming absorbed in some old classic tome. And bgth for your presence now lovingly yeani, j As homeward the eyes of their hearts fondly turn. ; IJut all things considered, Lore's impiflse I'd curb j I think that you'd best pot their studies disturb. Exposure and traveling oft many ills bring; Now Puck'a counsel heed 'tis a capital thing; i . For Charley, go purchase the handsomest suit, All sorts of confections, cigars and Can ned fruit I ' And Nellie must have a rich" navy-blue dress, .. Which secure they'll get by the SOCTII- EKX EXPKE8S. - i And your darling old Grandma you iniist not' forget, But send her of seal-skin the handsomest set. ' " - And dear, aged Grandpa, that needs so much care, j You can sweetly surprise with an inva lid's chair. . No fears for their trausit jor mind need - utstress. For safely they'll go by thp SojJTjfiiiix LxriJESS. ! There's Aunt Carrie' baby the dear lit tle: pet! . I She thinks strange that no present's been sent for it-jet $ I Then buy an embroidered robe, kerchief and bib, j And with them.tJte pretiest latest-styjo ciib. " ' ! Bnjt suth costly gifts you will risk, Icort fess, . ' - ! If they, are not seut by the Southern Express. - ' I And while you are sending your rich presents forth, - I Don't forget all your friends aud acquain tances North. - j For though freighted their orchards with - fruits sometimes rare, They have naught with our bright orauge groves to compare : - We'ye the pjneappje, tjg, golden lemon, and lime, ! The beauty and bloom of the tropical clime. " But delay would soon spoil all such pres ents, unless They, are speedily shipped by the jBouTii - erx Express. Now one counsel more and said counsel will end : r orset not the poor -be to them e'er a frien'd. From the little vou'll give, will interest accrue, For God is their voucher you'll sure get .-,your due; j j And ere .their hearts thanks unto you they've confessed, Will your deed be to Heaven by Angels Expressed. ..- - Matt O'B, Columbus, Ga., Dec. 1831. Why the Church is Against Daxc4 tix-TixG. The Rev. Robert ILHull said in the Tabernacle Baptist Church, that the de-j crease in church membership aud. in efli-j cient church work: were to a certain ex-; tent the resnlts of dancing. For this rea son all churches had pipiipunccd against dancing, and it should be particularly obnoxious to Baptists, because the "first Baptist preacher, John had beep behead ed by a danciitfj girl, The modern society dance," -hfr said "is not conducive to modesty and purity because it reqnirps the p)ingling of the sexes. One young lady whom I asked for a description of a certain dance, said she would rather not describe it to me. Wh v, in the report of a Chief of Police in this, it is -said that three-fourths o the Abandoned women in this city was first ruined by daneing. , " 7 "1 know many good people dance. Yet as yon go high in the scjvh3 of humanity voa dou't find dancipg, le Biblical -inn .a vena, rerr different froni ours. It was a religipua i. act, Yon mabo sure thafwhen Pavid danced no ope called out, First and second couple forward and backward!' "I never knew an intellectual man who teas a good dancer. . Tr ;a wnrth rpmembcrini? that nobody en iovs the nicest surroundings if in bad beilth. There arc mseraoie pcopie awui, j ith one foot in. the grave, wncn a nome oi wker's Ginirer Tonic would doihem more ,rool than all Je doctors and medicines th ;v have ever tried. See ad r. Ccltr-NovlO. Washington Letter, A Strong Outlook for the Keio Speaker Skirmishing fsr the Leadership Buisness he fore Congress. The President in tjie While nous. ruegrur Correspondent.) . . Washington, Dec. 10, 1881. The new Speaker, Mr. Keifer, bad no sooner been elected, and conducted to tho chair by his two roost powerful eotupcti tore, Messrs. Randall and Iliscock, than the national' parliamentary wrangle be gan. Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey, Gen eral Grant's corpulent Secretary of tho Navy, and Mr. Haskell, of Kansas, a tall, gaunt, angular antithesis of the rotund Robeson, commenced fenceing for the leadership of the Republican side "of the House, while Ex-speaker Randall and S. S. Cox, familiarly known as "Sunset" Cox, led off ou the Democratic side. In ten miu utes, the House seenjed to be in hopeless confusion, half a dozen members speak ing at the same moment, while the new Speaker rapped his gavel helplessly, and essayed,awkwardly,toget things straight. Mr. Kasson, the only Republican who is competent to control this turbulent body from the chair, sat, pale and silent, at his desk in a remote part of the Hall. It is evident that Mr. Keifer has a stormy voy age before him ; he lacks parliamentary knowledge aud experience, to say nothing of natural qualification for the place. But little business has been transacted, in either the Senate or the House, this first week. Tho House adjourned from Tuesday until Friday, aud, although tho Senate has becu in session, little has been accomplished besides the introduction of suudry bills, The House is still in the throws of organization, and will not be ready for work before the 14th just. By that time, the Committees will be formed, and maybe the new Cabinet appointed. There is a preyaleut opinion in politi cal circles here, that this will be a session in w Inch politics will ta.ko back seat, and in which business will come to the front. This idea has received strength from the installation address of the new Speaker aud from tho Message of tho President. If tho House Committees srrall be formed with a view to the legislative policy outlined in the address of the Speaker, this will no doubt be a busy session. Bills lor refunding the extended bonds at 3 per cent. ; for the erection of a suitable building for the National Library; and for the reclamation of the malarial swamps about the Capitol will probably be passed. The subjects of revenue, taxation, tariff, aud counting the electoral vote will, doubt less occupy the attention of Congress, but the conflict of interests and opinion on these subjects is so great, that it is doubt ful if any bills can be passed materially changing the present status. The President has, at leugth, taken up his. residency in the White House, but it is said he will be no more accessible there to ofijco seekers than he was at Butler's House on Capitol Hill. Office seekers are just now in deserved disrepute, and, if this class of bores is now regarded with increased odium from an association in the pubiic mind with Guiteau,that wretch will not have lived iu vain, Peculiar Eftects of Salt Water. A gentleman informs us of a very sin gular circurastaiice in connection with the great storm iu this city and vicinity on the 0th of September last. He says that at Porter's Neck plantation, on the Sound, the salt spray from the ocean, wafted in showers across the iuterveniug banks and sound, killed every living thing in the fields except the peanuts, which, curious to say, seeujed to have been benefitted by the briqy shower-bath. All the leaves on a mock orapge hedge, commencing in close proximity to the sound and running back about one mile, were completely killed, while the leaves on the trees iu the neighbor all died and dropped off, and their places have since beeu supplied by new oues. Even the old sypaniores 6hed their verdure and subsequently donned a garb more becom ing the budding, blooming spring than the usual cool and depressing autumn. mi. Star. A Curious Law, The laws of Denmark contain one which it would nrobablf be as diffi cult to find in the criminal code of other nations as in pur" own common law, or any otherstatute amending the same. It nrovides a punishment for that especially revolting form of cruelty which consists in allowing a fellow creature to perish without ex tending to him a helping hand. A mere act of omission in certain cases is indictable. "Whoever has refused," say the Danish law, ''to help another person inmortal danger, when he could have done so without peril to his own life, and that person has per ished inconsequence, is liable to either imprisonment or fine." i . Last vear's returns show that the number of persons killed throughout fndih hr wild beasts or snakes has uaaBM J gradually increased from 10,273 in 1876 to 21,930 in I HSU. B est ou Jarvls. The Pittsboro Ilecora. gives a rer- baiinh report of Mr. V. J. Beste latest speech, from which we extract us fol lows; j "I am not now prepared to say whether the failure of the gentlemen to whom I allude to keelp their con? tracts with me and associates, shall stand in the way of the consumma tion and perfect realization of our plans, which, -for a period of more than five years, has commanded my best thoughts and eflbrtsj That their action will delay the good work is certain ; but I have no idea that they can prevent its ultimate completion. I know my rights in the Western North Carolina llailroad and will speedily assert them through the courts. I have already taken steps to do this aud am satisfied as to what the final result will be. That the result may be delayed is reasonable to sup pose, and the fear of that delay alone has prompted rue not to press the suit, which, in April last, I instituted against Messrs. Clyde, Logan and Bu ford. During all this lime I have been led to believe that such influences would be brought to bear by the Scale authori ties having the Western North Caro lina Railroad matter in charge, as would compel the Richmond and Dan ville people who, by trick and device, had obtained a temporary advantage over me, to withdraw from that road on payment of their claim with inter est and reasonable compensation for their services. From day io day and week to week for nearly six months, I have been led on step by step by prom ises tliat lo-morroiv, or next week, some thing would be done. That nothing has been doue you all know. The Commissioners of the Western North Carolina Kail road having failed to keep and perform their part of the contract, I must, as an honest man, dealing with the capital of others who have reposed confidence in mc, ac quaint them my stockholders and directors of the present aspect of the railroad situation upon what is known as the "Best contract" in regard to the Western North Carolina Railroad, I will do this and leave my associates to decide whether or not we shall pro ceed with the same earnestness which, up to this time, has characterized our work in the building of a road from Goldsborc to Salisbury, or stop and determine upon sonic new line of ac tion. I think it highly probable that when we finish the road to Suiithfield, j-we shall take a breathing spell. We had made all our arrangements to do something very different. In fact, it was our purpose to work every man who could earn his money during the whole winter and, if possible, couir plete our road early in 1883; and we would certainly have done se, but for this unexpected action upon the part of the Commissioners. Oregon's Strange Lake, Several of our citizens returned last week from the Great Sunken Iake, situated iu the Cascade Moun tains, about seventy-five miles uorth east from Jacksonville. This lake rivals the famous valley of Siubad the Sailor, It is thought to average 2,000 feet deep down to water all around. The depth of the water is un known, and its surface is s nooth and unruffled, as it is far below the sur face of the mountains tlmt air-currents do not aftec. it. Its length is estimated at twelve or fifteen miles, qnd its width leu or twelve. There is a mountain in the centre having trees upon it. It lies still, silent and mys terious iu the bosom of the cverlasU ing hills, like a huge well scooped out by the hands of the giant genii of the mountains in the unknown ages gone by, and around it the premajval forests watch and ward are keeping. The visiting party fired a rifle into the water sivcral times at an angle of forty-five degrees, and were able to note several seconds of time from the report of the gun uutil the ball struck the water. Such seems incredible, but is vouched for by our most rclia bhr citizens. The lake is certainly a most remarkable curiosity. Jackson ville (Oregon) Paper. j Esquimaux StrongOIindcd Women A young womaii, Dr. Dall tells us, really quite fine looking, and of re markably good physique and mental eapacityj was observed to fold herself aloof from the young nieu of the tribe in an unusual manner. Inquiry, first of othery afterward of herself, brought out the following reasons for the ec centricity. In effect she said she was as strong as any of the young men; ot Aie of them had ever been able to conquer her in wrestling or other ath letic exercises, though it had more than once beeu tried sometimes by surprise and with odds against her. She could shoot and hunt deer as well as any of them, and make and set snares and nets. She had her own gun, bought from the proceeds of her trapping. She despised marriage, and did not desire to do the work of a wife; but preferred the work which custom among the Esquimaux allots to the men, Iu short, she was a "wo man's rights" female of the most ad vanced type. When winter came, having made a convert of a smaller and less athletic damsel, the two set to work with walrus tusk picks, and dug the excavation in which they erected their own house, which was of the usual type of Esquimaux houses --walled and roofed with drift-wood andcover'd with turf. It was, however, as an additional defense against un wished for prowling males, divided into two rooms, with a very small and narrow door between them, next to which lay some handy billets of wood to crack the scenes of a possible in truder. Here our two amazons lived. 9 traded, and carried on their affairs in defiance of communal bonds and pub-1 . . . " . . . lie sentiment. JLhe latter seems to be composed half of disapprobation, and half of envious admiration ; whilethe young fellows in the village busied themselves concocting plaus against the enterprising pair. These were too fully on the alert to be surprised and all efforts against their peace were fruitless. When the deer-hunting sea son came, the two set off to the moun tains ; and no sooner had they depart ed han disappointed lovers, and "out raged public sentiment" exemplified in a mob, reduced their winter quar ters to a shapeless ruin. So far as Dr. Pall's information goes, the following year the ladies returned to the ordi nary ways of the world, and gave up the unequal contest against a tyranni cal public opinion. Chamber's Jour nal, Remembering Faces. If a man would succeed as a dctcc live, a clergyman, hotel-keeper, or as politician, he should cultivate the art of recollecting faces. It is said of a certain statesman, whose fame is na tional, that he never forgets a face or a name. The power of this art is due to the fact that a man's vanity flatter ed by having one who has not seen him, perhaps for years, call him by name. Henry Clay was noted for his memory of faces and names. Indeed, it was said that only one man in the United States excelled him in this re spect, and that was Jennings, the bar tender of the old City Hotel of New York. During a political campaign in Mis sissippi, Mr, Clay stopped for a few minutes at Clinton. A crowd gath ered about the cars to greet the popu lar orator, Among the people was an eccentric old man with one eye, who making his way through the crowd, exclaimed-- "Don't introduce me, for I want to see if Mr. Clay will know me." "Where did I know you ?" asked Mr. Clay, taking the old man by the hand. "In Kentucky," he auswered. 'Have you lost that eyo since I saw you 9" "Turn the sound eye to me that I may see your profile." "I have it," said Mr. Clay. "Did you not give me a verdict as juror, at Frankfort, Kentucky, twenty-one years ago. "I did 1 I did !" exclaimed the ex ultant old man. "And is not your name Hard wire?" "It is," and turning to his frieuds, asked triumphantly, "Didn't I tell you thit Henry Clay would fciww me, thongh he hadn't seen me for over twenty years? Great men never for get faces." It is safe to say that Mr. Clay re ceived that old man's vote. A Proposed Independent Move j incut in Texas, Washington, Dec. 11. -Texas is the next State of tlie South which it is proposed to inaugurate an indepen dent movement, and those who are interested in it profess to be quite satisfied of its success. Representa tive Jones, of that State, who left the Democratic party in 1876, is most prominently spoken of as the candi date for j Governor. He has been twice elected to the House as a Green- backer, but on party questions out side of the currency he has generally acted with the Republicans. The regular Democratic majorityjin Texas has been enormous, and it isTperhaps not improbable that the party may disintegrate somewhat by the fbrce-of its owu weight. The young men of the parly complain there, as they do so in many of the other States of the South, that leadership and patron age are monopolized by those who flourished before the war. There is also a very large German element iu Texas, which is naturally Republi can, or at least anti-Democratic, which element is constantly increasing. Baltimore Sun. Founder. A disease that is far too common in horses is caused most frequently by I driving or working the animal till he is overheated and more or less ex hausted, and then allowing him to cool off suddenly without rubbing dry. A horse is driven hard for several miles and then hitched to a post in the open air in cold winter weather, and per haps forgotten by the driver, who may be tolling stories or smoking a cigar by a warm fire; the next morning, if not sooner, it is noticed that the ani mal has not eateu well and can scarce ly move from the stall. The lame ness may be chiefly in one limb or in more than one. Dr. Cressy, in his recent lecture before the Conncct'cut Board of Agriculture, said that any case of founder can be cured if taken within thirty hours of the attack. The first thing to do is to place the horse's feet in tubs of warm water and then blanket heavily, and gel the animal thoroughly warm all over. The lame ness is caused by a stagnation of the blood iu the feet, caused by being cooled too rapidly after exhausting la bor. The warm water thins the blood, extends and softens the blood vessels and favors increased circulation. In verv bad cases bleeding in the foot may be necessary, though ordinarily it may be dispensed with.. Knowing the cause of founder, it will be seen that it is much easier to prevent than to cure this disease after it becomes established. In the first place avoid very severe driving and over-exhaustion; but if abuse of this kind is unavoidable see to it that the horse who has risked his life iu the service of his master is uot neglected at the end ef his journey. Drive into a warm shed or barn free from cold draughts and rub vigorously till the animal is dried off. Give,warm wa ter to drink and cover with warm blankets. In short, treat the horse just as you would treat yourself un der like circumstances. New England Farmer. A Ray of Hope fop. Guiteau. It was rumored in Washington Tues day night, that counsel for Guiteau, in case the verdict goes against him will ask for a new trial on account of the disqualification of two of the jurors, one of whom is . employed in the navy yard, and Worraley, the colored juror, is a laborer in the pen sion office.- Both, when being exam ined, testified that thsy were per diem employees. It is now claimed that they are both carried on the regular monthly ndls. This, Guiteau's coun sel thinks, disqualifies them. Other lawyers . do not attach much impor tance to the alleged discovery. In the Senate there has been a short debate on tho tariff. MorriU spoke at leugth in favor of protection. Senator Garland said that he did not suppose that any ono jroposed f,te trade, as that was impossible. He wanted! a commis sion to gather facts so that Congress and the conntry could act intelligently. Mr. Beck also spoke; he wants a commission, and wants it at ouce. He does not want delay but action. He attacked the policy of protection very violently. The matter has ended for a time, tho bills having been referred to a committee. Netesi Observer. And Logan wishes to pat Grant on the retired list, so ho may dfaw from tho Government tea or fifteen thousand dol lars annually, for doing nothing what ever Grant has drawn moro of the pco ploV money than any other man who has? ever lived. The more you give him tho more ho demands. He is rich. Ilis in come is proliably $40,000 i anually, His services are not needed. Let him bo con tent with wkat he has. Ho is thtT great national nieUicaiit. TIVmihoa Star. A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says the talk of an inde pendent movement iu North Carolina's confined mostly to thoso ignorant of tho facts. Tho Virginia movement was led by the very men who had been the most energetic and skillful workers iu the old party. In North Carolina, on tho con trary, none of the discontented men hnva tho nervo or ability to lead a revolt, while the Ik-publican leaders are bitter against each other, and tbereforo there could not be any independence on a united Iit-publican support. There are several' other States of the South wfTero there is a much better chain for nn in1 pen dent movement than in North Caioi na. M The pofttul evrvirn n North Carolina u out of gear. Every day or two wo nivo complaints of irregularity. Several f our exchanges have complained latter-5 y. Our mailing clerk is the same expc--k'liccd one we have had all along and ho lay the fault is not in his department. Wo notica a long article on tho subject of abuses in tho PjistoQice Department in the last number of the Concord Register. It has knowledge of . repeated, constant postal failures at many towns and offices to which it is sent. It shows conclusive ly tho mails are distributed badly, aud hat there is good cause for loud com plaint. The people pay for tho mail privileges and they haver a right to de mand of the Government that thescrvico be well managed, and by honest.- reliablo aud obliging employes. Tho liegiste r says it has satisfied itself that the trouble is iu the mail cars. , Wo-also have complaints from-sub-sen beta. Watchman A novel wedding of first-class peo ple near Macon, Ga. A train pulled at a station,. when a couple suddenly stood up in the aisle of a coach, ami there, in the presence of the astonish ed passengers, were made man and wife; the whistle sounded, and the happy pair sped away to the exposi tion at Atlanta. The affair was not, as would appear at the first glance, a runaway match. It was only a scheme to avoid the wedding cards, weddifig breakfast, claw-hammer and whito dress nonsense. Chatham Record: Chatham boasts among other curiosities, of haying the tallest man in America. He is a mu latto, named James Gilbert, ami is ex actly seven feet high. Since lait March he has been on exhibition in Barn unis show, at a salary of one hundred dollars a week, and has trav eled through the Northern and West ern States and into .Mexico. He came directly from St. Louis to this county, a few days ago, on a short visit to his mother who lives near the Gulf. On the borders-of the Swiss lakes were once villages, built oir platforms supported by piles. Articles were accidentally dropped in the, water; whole villages were sometimes burn ed and submerged ; and so, after two thousand years, we recover arms, tools, pottery, ornaments, and even fruits, which tell a story of past civil-" ization. The large four story brick ware house of D. M. Osborne & Co., Chicago, was destroyed by fire "on Saturday. Loss on stock, $280,000, and ou building, $400,000. Insur ance, about $200,000. The young-Czar of Russia is said to be very religious, and a regular atten dant at church. He is particularly fond of chants, and maintains at his own expense two splendid choirs at the chapel at Rtterhof. .'!- -;-t ,rw ?- M - : ---- :". ... J. s 1 . ! - 1 ! A i -t ? m - y t , o t -