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.VOL XX, THIRD SERIES. SALISBURY, U. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1889. HO. 20. . J. C. McCUBBINS, ontlst, - N.O. Salisbury, " Office inCole building, second floor, next to Dr. Caipbell4. . OjiiKwite D. A. AlweH'u Jjjrdware ftore, Main l-rel. 9:1 v. ERKCRAIGE. ' L. U. CI.KMEXT CRAIGE & CLEMENT, f Atornovs At Xjvtct S.vLisnuuv, N. O. - Pianoforte tuning ' FOB SALISBUE7. " l JL Owm II. Bisnor (pupil of Dr. Marx. Professor of Music at Berlin University, and Monsieur Benezct of -Paris) has come from England and settled close to Salisbury, and is prepared to tune, regulate and repair Piano fortes, Organs aad Pipe Organs? Having' bad fifteen years' practical experience in England, Ladieand gentlemen, who wish therr musical instruments carefully and regularly attended to, may rely upon having thorough and con scientious work done-if they will kindly favor ti 1L B. with their esteemed patronage. , Liv- inft PAr town, no traveling expenses will be incurred, snd therefore the ttrms will be low; tit: $2.50 per pianoforte, if tuned occasional- It, or $G for three tuning in one year. Please annHr for further particulars bv postal card or oie left at this office. V. B, Schumann says: M'It is the falsest Economy to allow any pianoforte to remain un--taned, as it ruins both instrument and ear." . If any dealer saya he hM the W. "L. Doaelaa gboea without name and price lUmped on tbe bottom, pat him down as a fraud. Wi L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. I Beat In the world. ; ExtmliM hla 5.00 OKNtJINK HAND-SEWED SHOE. U.OO HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. 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A lady friend of mine has for several years been troubled with bumps and pimples on her face and neck, for which she used various cos metics in order to remove them and beautify and improve her complexion; iut these local applications were jstfiy temporary and left her skin in a worse condition. I recommend an internal preparation known as Botanic Blood Balm which I have been using and, selling about two years; she used three bottles and nearly all pimples have disappeared, her skin is soft and smooth, and her general health much improved. She ex presses herself much gratified, and can recom mend it to all who are thus affected. Mrs. S. M. Wilson. A BOOK OF WONDERS. FREE. All wtio de3lre full IntormiJon about the cause an! ure of BMk1 Poisons, scofua and Scrofulous Swelllnus, Ulcers, Sores, KUeum ittsm, KMney C-Mnplalnts, Catarrh, etc. can se;ure by mall, free, a, copy of our TO-paste Illusiratd Book f Wonders. 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Co.vitT, Secretary " . . 750,000. Agest, diBi:ry, w. . . The Jingle ob de Belli en de Cows. EDWARD A. OLDHAM. In de spring, when de fields are all kirered wid green, An' de clover bloom smells ia de a'r, An' de wet in de grass kinder tickles yer feet. An' de red bug mek er r.igger sw r, Dcra am de times dat de darkey lubs de trios' When dry come erlong home 'hind de plows In de cool ob de day. when dey hears all erroun' De jingle tb de bell on de cows. When the jimplon weed pops up outen de gmnn' Au' de dog-fennel runs it er race. An' when de lightnin'-bug do scatter round its spirits, An' dabs 'em now an' deu in yer face, Den come de music dat am sweetes' an bes' Atleasten dats hodis darkeys "lows, As softly dar ripples froo pastures o' green De riugin' ob de tells on de cows. When de bluebird comes wid er straw in its bleak To de iiole whar de woodpecker bored, -When red-breasted robins hunt erroun' fer der mud, When de black swallow swing in de gourd.. Den f'om de old meadow way down by de crick, Or de orchard neaf young apple boughs, steals gently de musical souu dat we lub De tinkle ob de bells on de cows. V . When de sun goes down in er thick clump o' When de frog in de swamp 'gins to croak, An' de whipperwill jinos jwid er doleful chune, While de ole owl hoots in de oak; On de soft breeze dat comes loaded down wid its sweets F'om de meadow whar slick cattle browse, Dar floats wid er freshness dat nebber gits ole De jingle ob de bells on de cows. The Century. Jonas' Easter. Spring was late upon the prairie. The little group of herders that had gathered alV through the winter at the station still met about the rusty stove for the usual interchange of stories, gossip and reminiscence. Twenty-five miles from the nearest town was Rogers' Station and the weekly visits was the only connecting link with humanity. Spring was late and now, though it was well along in April, a blizzird more fearful than any that had yet been experienced was raging over the plains and making the rude cabin shake and shiver with its ! force. Tell yer what, fellers," said Bio- Mike, the roughest-looking one of the party sitting around the stove, "it'll be miracle if the stage gits through to- 1 M iiiirnt. Git through !M was the response from the red-headed store-keener. she's got to git through. Why, bless you, man, the driver and'eritters would freeze to death to-nigbt out on the prairie." Whew! its rough, put in the lit tle southerner, who had just stepped in from out of the doors. "It's a-snow-in' like blazes, and you can't see vour hand before your face." u Wish ye was down in Dixie, don t ; yer.' said Mite, "wnere ye could wear yer linen breeches the vear round." "Well, I don't know but it is a lit-i tie better down there," was the reply, spoken in n thoughtful tone. "I tell '; yon, gentlemen, it makes a man's heart bleed to see the hundreds ot cat tle suffer out here on the plains-ns they do. Such a blizzard as this means a terrible loss of life," and he shook his head sadly. . I "Pshaw! the critters are bound to die anyhow, and you know they stand it pretty well, considerin'," put in the store-keeper, who was intensely loyal to the West. "Besides, they ain't eat up by flies as they are down South, where thev suffer more in a month than t .fy do here in a year." "To change the subject a little, gen tlemen, there's one piece of flesh that won't suffer much to-night, an' .that's Mosey W uttered a cool, clear voice on the opposite side of the stove. A loud gnnaw broke from the com pany. They evidently thought it a good joke "Waal, he had no business stealing hosses; that's all I've got to say," said Mike. "But he swore he was innocent.' Yes, an we swore he was guilty an strung him up, and the jury brought in a verdict of 'Death by lead poison ing. and thatettles it," "Jonas had a grudge against him; do a 1 mtn . i - i vou Know wnyr' inquired tne cooi voice. "You see it was this way: Jonas was in love with a gal back in the States. He come out here to get some money to marry on and found it slow picking. He dug'along, though, herdin cattle and get tin' a few head of his own started and was quite chipper about it when this Mosey came along. Mosey had lived in the same place as Jonas or something anyhow he k no wed the gal and he tolcUTonas she was married. It about druv him crazy. Some folks think be is cracked. " Leatways he ain't the same as he was he's more solemncholy some way. Every Easter he s worse n usual, ion see it was on Easter, some eight years ago, and he left tbe East." "Eight years ago to-night, then,' said the cool man, "for to-day's Easter.' "Mike looked up quickly. "Is that so?? he asked. Then meditatively he Lcontinued: "It was a bad day to hang Mosey but he was gdiltyt what s the use of worrying. There was a stamping of feet on tbe little porch outside. Everybody looked up, and one mm suggested that per- hans the stase had come. 1 his was denied, for no wagon or horses had been heard. The discussion was ended by the sudden bursting into the room of a tall, gaunt .settler, with rugged face and piercing eyes. Hp glared at the group, and then drawing near the nre with a sneer: . " You did jour work well to string him up as ye did. He leserved it deserved it all." , They looked at one another mean ingly, as if to insinuate that the speak er was out of his right mnd. He did not notice Ihem but continued: Curse him. be ruined my life and my hopes. You, know, you who have lived here with me, how eight years ago to-niaht I hade adieu to my betrothed and came to seek my fortune; how for four yenrs I slaved and toiled and was succeeding well, when this villain of a Mosey came along and told me that Kate, who was to be ray ife, had promised herself to another.- Curse j hira. I believed him, arid owing to the 1 irregularity of the mails in those days I could not hear from the one he ma ligned. Now. see what was found on his-persori," aud he held out a dirty piece of p iper from which the store keeper read: To Whom It Mat Covceri?e: I herebi stat that the story I toled Jonus smart about Kate wozent So. She iz waten fer hira. Mosey. 14 It was in his clothes when the jury searched him," was all the explanation offered by Jonas as he took the paper again. ana now, oovs, i m a-going after her. The dead is dead, and I won't use no harh words. He loved her himself, mebbe. But now, good- bye. and he started for the door. "Young man," said Big Mike, step ping in letween Jonas and the dor. "it s nothing more or less than rank suicide fer you to venture out on the prairie to-night. The statoots don't pervide fer a man's mak'ng a fool of himself, and you stays here. Don't he, boys?" "Yes, sir," said the men. heartily. "No, sir; I'm going. I can catch to-morrow night's east-bound train at. the railway station, and in three days I shall known the truth. Oh, that I bad not trusted that villian," and Jonus hid his face in his hands. . "But, man, you can't live three hours in this blizzard, and you will surely lose yonr way. "No. I won't. I've lived here too lonsr for thafer Let me go." Big Mike did not prevent it, and the man passed out into the night. The group looked blankly at one another. The cool mm was the first to speak: "Bovs, we must follow him.'? All spemed to have come to the same con clusion, for they donned their "slick ers" without a word, and soon were breasting. the storm. A terrific gale wa sweeping down from the north, and they must travel in its teeth.i Spreading out in a-line a few feet apart they took their way r low v asrainst the sleet and snow across the plain. They had traveled perhaps a mile comrade whom without finding the they expected would fall exhausted by that distance, when suddenly a long-drawn wail come to th'r ears. TIipv stoDned. A crain it came, a nit- if til khri?k of wo riding on the north wind's back. They pushed on more rapidly ihan before. After a few mo ments the cries became clearer, and then a bulky mas loomed up in the night, and they recognized the stnge with its horses. - Bewildered, numb and frightened, the driver was crying for ail, hoping that some traveler mi rht. hear him. "Hello, Jake!" cried Big Mike, as the men came up. "re you lost?" "Yes," was the response of the young driver. "Got any passengers?" "YS one a woman." "Waal, crawl in, boys, and we'll rtilnf him bark.' Thi. little rescnini? nartv was onlv nA in olamUr info the stu?e with it nassenvers huddled into one corner, Kinl V srm m mm w j nnl ive up what they now considered 'a wild goose chase that of hunting a I who was determined to lose him- stlf. . Tn a few moments the tired fonr-in- h ind had halted at the station and the numbed oirtv was crowding around the generous fire. The one passenger Droved to be a bright little body who - - 1 vnm straio-htwav voted "a trump on account of her grit in standing the cold and danger. In a few moments - . . she told them how she had traveled all the way from New Jersey alone and was going to her brother, a ranchman living fiftv miles south-east at the very end of the stagejine. She had scarcely finished her story wheu there was another rattling at the door, and with surprise the herders saw that it was the lost settler. "I can't make it, boys," almost sob VmhI .Linus, as he staggered ud to the fire. "I lost the trail and had to come back. But I did want to go to Katie so bad." "Jonas Smart," said Big Mike, roughly, uybu are a chump. Why don't yon nave some sense and not ' But he did not get any farther. The cheery little woman on the other side of the stove came across the store and slipped down by Jonas' knee. ;Perhaps," she said shyly, "you won't have to go far." 4 Like oue possessed, Jonas looked at her, and .then in front of all his Com rades clasped her to his heart, "Forgive nie, darling," said he, "it was not my fault.. 1. She did forgive him. The store keeper's wife fixed her on a room for the night and the next day they talked it all over; how she had waited and hoped for his coming; how her family had been broken up and how she was now on hei way to her brother's ranch, convinced that her former lover was dead. She did not go, at least, for some months, -and then she was not Katie. I i t r - t out Mrs. Jonas bmart. And to this day the cowbovs on the praine win tell ot the strange events of what they call Jonas Raster. Charles Moeeau Harqer. . m Amendments to Our Public School Law. spent two months at the Capitol m session could not be called an educa- ir? t!?t,,ret ,thv,rict wnse of The amendment to the public school J I law of the State as suggested by Hon. S. M. Finger, our energetic and faith ful State Superintendent, was before the assembly for a long while vibrat ing between the two houses, as it would be changed and returned by each body, until towards the end of the ses sion a bill. of amendments was finally passed. The principal changes from the old law are as follows: 1. The school-year is to end on No vember 30th instead of June 30th as heretofore. 2. No contracts for teachers' salaries shall be made during any fiscal year I 1 a r .i ior a larger amount or money man is actually to the credit of the respective districts for that year. Nor shall any orders upon the Treasury be given to a teacher until he has the money in hand to pay such orders. (This means that 11 ; s hool committees shall not contract a ! debt for the schools). KT tt-sfcmmended by the btate Board of Lducation shall be u luc Fl"" nuuis. me oiave Board may, however, recommend more than one series upon the subjects to be ; taught. j 4. The apportionment of school funds ; is to be made on the first Monday in . January of each year, ; 5. All schools in a county shall be in session at the same time and but one lwuuuwu' iciiuui -jc.tr. v i iu pic- 'vents waste of the money in a short and useless term of two or three weeks : at a time). 1 6. All contracts with teachers shall ' be in writing. 7. County Superintendents with the conductors of County Institutes may issue first grade certificates to teachers who attend the Institutes, which shall ; be valid for three years. (This change is a long step towards the improve ment of our school sj'steni). I 8. All teachers holding first grade certificates must, within one year after it is issued, stand a s ausraciory exam- and Practice of ination on "Theory Teaching," the book for this purpose m i being selected by the State Superin tendent. , ' 9. One-third of the voters of a towu i or city may, upon petitions, procure an election for a special tax for the public schools of that community. 10. Any two or more school districts in the btate may employ a practical teacher to superintend the pubic schools, and he shall discharge the du ties of County Superintendent in those districts. 11. All the summer Normal schools are abolished and the money which has heretofore supportedSthem is to be used in providing County Institutes in their stead. I The btate refused to appro- priateHhe additional amount of $o,000 which was asked for to be used in the special training of the white teachers; therefore the colored teachers now re ceive SS.000 from the State for their Normals, while the white teachers have on lv $4,000 fer training the men and women who are to educate the white boys and girls of our State! N. C. Teacher The Cowboy's Ticket. San Francisco Chronicle. Ther were te ing experiences tne I other night, and Col. Grannis told ene j of his. He made the trip through the . . A 1 " A. I Southern country nere just after the road had been opened. Ihe festive powhnv had iust begun to enioy the j - - J 4 J . ... snort of running tne tram in the rough region, and at one of the sta- tions a formidable specimen ox-mac tough human boarded the cars. The conductor came along punching the tickets, and the!cowboy did not pay any mil a attention to him. At last the conduc- tor laid his hand on the cowboy's shoul- der and said, "Ticket, please. The cowbov turned in true cowboy style, pulled out his revolver and pointed it at the conductor. "Here's my ticket" The conductor walked on and puiicnen everybody else s coupon, luen he dis appeared. The little incident had been forgotten by almost everybody on the car. The cowboy was in a quiescent state, and the car was quite still when the conductor came in. ' He walked - n I i- i u.1.,;j.,,n,n1,il ft- rA h.for fh, rowbov. blaced a great big knife dangerously contiguous to his vital part and said quietly, "Lemme see that ticket again. The cowboy paid his fare. waSv821 feet long, and the strength isestimated t ton. : The Niagara suspension bridge xras the norcn m a oe.ia iajni. ner nus boilt by RoUliog in; 1852-53, at a cost bind, on returning home at night, . aiinnA' . u-;. 9n f Knv th found her there unconscious, with the An Awful Struggle. Loa Anglees Express. A family named Lambert, liv Lake Charlie Apopka, or Tsala lake, as it is called, report a very thrilling ex perience. Tne familv is pomnn! nf Mr. and Mrs. Lambert and three chil drentwo bovs and a irirl bahv. tin bJs being 8 and 15 respectively, and 1.1. w 1 a- . w m the girl just able to toddle about They moved there some years ago and pre-empted a homestead on the south side of the lake. The house is built about 200 feet from the lake and on a slight elevation, the land irt front edge. 8 At theleft, o& some fa JL e water's little dis- hTuw)jr fflllAA a AM MVMM.MMA 1 DTI LD n ITlnilth im ha h.H n m.nmKninl iGrt 0f rrkerl Oue night he heard a tremendous roar in his hog pen, and, hurrying out with his shotgun and lantern, he was just in time to see one of his fine hogs disappearing in tne laice in the mouth of a huge alligator, while the score of balls of fire in the lake showed the presence of others. From that begin ning their inroads were kept up with great regularity, and though he killed a dozen or more, yet the pork was to nice tor them to relinquish their feed ing ground. Lately they have grown so bold as to crawl into his yard in daytime, and the predatory raids of these animals on his hosrs and fowls have rendered his life a burden. A recent adventure, however, of two members of his family with one of these dreadful creatures has so terrifi the farmer aud has so alarmed his en tire household that he is seriously con- fjmnl!if Incr nKanilnni nn Viio nlaM (n. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Lambert, who was in the back part of the honse, was attracted by the screams of her little vAuueaerate army. - nis conduct giri an fnmtic cries of 4fcMammaitnroughout the wvr was so brave that mamma! Hurrying to the front of the house, she could not at first locate the little one s whereabouts, bat her piercing screams continued, and the al most frantic mother soon discovered the flutter of the child a dress near the snore of the lake, the palmetto bnshes hiding her from view. Snatching up an ax from the woodpile, she flew to the water's edge, aud sis she rounded the palmetto patch a sight burst upon her that nearly drove her crazy. Un the edge of the bank, with its body half in the water, was a huge al ligator, its forepa 8 outstretched, rais ing it from the ground, while its tail lashed the water into foam. Just in front of it, and clinging to a palmetto root with her tiny hands for dear life. was the little girl, her dress being held in the jaws of the alligator, who wan slowly dragging the child. The alli rith anger; when Mrs. j,ator s dull eyes gleamed I like- red coals of fire, and Lambert appeared the monster uttered a hoarse bellow and started backward, tearing loose the child's slight hold. The latter's infantile features were drawn into an agonized appeal aud as the animal dragged her down she was too completely paralyzed with fear to even cry out. i be pern ot her baby banished all fear from Mrs. Lambert, and she rushed up and struck the ani mal over the head with the ax, and seizing the child in both arms, tried to pull her away. It cut into the gators eye, and he half sprang at her. I his left the child free, and they both fell backward. Mrs. Lambert said afterward that at this moment she never expected to save her life. As she fell the alligator swung around his tail with a terrible sounding whisk, but the fortunate fall of the two just placed them outside its deadly sweep. The alligator advanced as far as he could with unwieldy waddle, and Mrs. Lambeth attempted to rise and escape. Her dress caught on a root, and before .Unltnn and f herself th e alligator made a snap at her and miss ed, catching hold of her dress instead. Findiug that it had secqred something it commenced backing toward the water, dragging along the prostrate woman, who now fully realized her peril and filled the air with her cries for help. She frantically clutched at the roots as she was dragged oyer them, but her dress was of stout material, and the alligator's strength soon over came her feeble resistance. Suddenly, with a heavy sinking of the heart, she felt that her foot was uelp nkt. under the water, and that, if 1 t 1 A no came, sne was ooomea to a terrible death. The horror gave her strength for a moment, aud she made another frantic effort to free herself, but it was jn rain, and she felt herself drawn into ! the water. Suddenly her hands, which were nervously clutching at anything an(j everything that seemed to promise 8llDnort. passed over the ax handle. I -a Wltn ine swiimess ox inougiti. na al i. - .u. a v. . m m m , m v ia helve aiS rambled u and how she cannot say. She mankged to de al the 'gator a heavy blow with the blade. With rare good fortune it struck his tu :A iUm aA wu AA nA wounded entile rhe maddened and wounded reptile pened its jaws with a roar of pain and ige, and Mrs. Lambert's dress slipped ,(9ilm unrr. i pern fag tj jts huge teeth. j Scrambling u she seized her baby and fled wildly to the house and fell on ner child pattingher mothers cheek, try. in-m beroy wa te aronse her. Death of the Worst Uaai i the Country..' LouUrllU, Kj Diptch, Mrch 13, Jack Hardy, the famous sporting man wh died snddenljr at the New Orleans race track Sunday, was well known here. He had probsblv killed more men than any otner individual who ever lived in this country, his re cord of thirty yeass being one of con stant strifcand bloodshed. He spent much of his time here, and a friend of his related yesterday how he killed . twenty-one men in one year. ( " : t . "Hardy sprang into prominence as a dangerous man about the beginine of iue civu war, ne saw. "He attended fair at a little backwoods' town in Texas, and among the features" was a horserace. Hardy and his friends were interested in a certain horse, and con siderable money went that wayLThe horse won, but there Was a. big gang, on the other side, and ; they claimed a ioui, musing to give up the money. A hght resulted, and pistols were drawn oy all. riardy s friends retreated, but : he stood his ground, and, taking aim with a big navy revolver, commenced firing. His . marksmanship was so good that each of the seven bullets the., weapon contained ended a life. Har dy was partly protected by a postThuV' in spite of that, he was shot tire times before the fight was ended, and for a time lay at the point of death. ; 44 When Hardy recovered the others of the gang swore that they would drive him out of the State, and when ever he met one of then! a fight en sued. As a result he killed twenty-one before Uw year was over. Fori the last offeuce he was. outlawed, and a re ward of $10,000 for his capture was offered by the State. He f oa ud refuge : among the cattle ranches, however and wJen the war organized a body rangers, and with them joined thj ne was grained a iuu pardon oy tne Confederacy for all past offences." In 1860 Hardy became involved ia another difficulty. AFederaUflBcer vtuu whs svauouea ai a smau poss in Texas, oUe day groly insulted Har- dy's wife. ..hhe told her husband, and putting his pistol in his pocket he went ip search of the offender. The officer, knowing the dangerous char acter of the man, retired to his house- -and locked himself in. It was night, but Hardy went immediately to the spot. Being unable to obtain admit . tance and learning that the officer was. in the building, he set fire to the house and stationed himself at some distance back in the yard. - The officer endeavored to escape through a window, but, as he appeared Hardy sent a bullet through his head, and Hardy escaped punishment. He afterward went to New Orleans, whem he killed four men. Hardy's skill in shooting a pistol was remarkable. A few years ago he was at the race track here witn several ' friends, and the question of marksman ship arose. A small spot was made on ; a post about thirty . paces away and Hardy sent five bullets into the same " hole. He could hit a silver quarter four times out of five almost as fair as he could see it, and ifis. said that he ' never shot at a man in his life that be ; did not hit him. The Best of Friends Hut Part. How sad, to part with eld and tried friends. The old song meit truly said: ; " Meeting is a pleaiurf , .. j Aud parting ia a pain." - We hare a number of old friends, subscribers who have stood by us y through all the nine years of our news paper life whose names have become "office-hold words," tbe weekly writing . . J. ma nl.rtB.lM (!. M.I 1 I m 4A MM uierou "ua. w.urus W1 piv uu w couragement m our contest with ig- . i j j . i J norance, wi ith preiudice, witb-cnme," and, worst of all, with poverty, that parting with them is indeed a pain, but the exorable law of supply and demand decrees it must be so. We remember during our first and untutored efforts to "get up a circulation" that, these kind friends gave us their names and best wishes ef success With - the com forting promise to. send us the money and other subscribers lor the-paper "next week," and hence a sigh at the thought of this 'sad separation. AVe remember the many pleasant meetings I we have enjoyed with those old friendi", I indulging the secret t hope that old hope P f , ICtAIVIUWI WM DWIMV M M m mwm. www w ings and rene wed jirqraistar whose con tinued nonperformance makes this last separation a saa ana most nnweicome : necessity. More than three months we have been on the bed of affliction, " and as a drone in the hive, done nc- i rnino if iwb mi imr auiiunik - "-o , 'sj . 1 Looking over our old books we nnd : the names of our old friends, f , years, igh ,n uw! nj neighbors, holding office ijn theland, ! and itrgood sWing in the chweb, . I who have read our paper 4wo, inree. ? I four, five and a few for six and eight four, nve and a lew tor mx ana eignt Jfars, but have not paid for it, anp for this reason we, the best of friends, must part. We weep for what von owe us.rras and Carolinian. The new London bridge is construct ed of granite, from the designs of L. aud completed in abou st a cost of ,290,000, tveuuie. n was commenced in icz, about seven years.