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yOL XX, THIED SERIES. SALISBURY, IT. C. THUESDAY, JUITE 8, 1889. IIO. 83. PIANOFORTE TUNING FOB SALISBURY. j Ms..- Owes H. BraHor (pupil of Dr. Marx. Professor of Music at Berlin University, and Monsieur Benezet jof Paris), has come from England and settled close to Salisbury, and is prepared to tune, regulate and repair Piano fortes, Organs and Pipe Organs. Having had fifteen years practical , experience in England, Ladies and gentlemen, who wish their musical instruments carefully and regularly attended v may relyupon having thorough and cen- ., ;ptitious work done if they jwill kindly favor u - j U. H- B. with their esteemed patronage. Liv ing near town,' no traveling expenses will be incurred, and therefore the terms will be low; viz: $'--50 per pianoforte, if tuned occasional ly, or for three tunings in one year. rlease apply for further particulars by postal card j or note left at this office. 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BHACII3TG, &0.f AND CASTINGS OF ALL DKAtERS VH- KINDS Steam Engines and Boilers, Steam and Water ripe, Steam Fitting?, Shafting, Pulley Hangers ALSO Machinery of all kinds repaired on SHORT NOTICE. Mar. 15,88. 1 J SUBSCRIBE FOR THE "CAROLINA WATCHMAN" Ms H SEEKING HOME PATRONAGE. ......o..:... - - A STR0IIG COnPAlTY, Prompt, Reliable, Liberal ! . O ' tSyAgent loall cities ad towot iaJLheSoatb.Sa - IIII0DES BE0T7HE, IWdent, C Coa bt, SecreUry, ' - S750.000. 1 ...1 . 9 - for the Watchman. The Boy i of Sixty Tears Ago. hezekiah's first cocetship. pabt II. Captain Woodman never coald tell what captivated him nor how he got away from the presence of bis charmer how he got away from Thyatira, or who of his man? friends and acquain tances he met there. - It is a fact that the mind may become so thoroughly engrossed with a single subject as to obscure its concomitants. Had he been asked, "What about Miss Jenny and Miss Marv?" he would nrobablv hare answered, "Very nice girls." But if the inquiry had been more specific, -What is their complexion, or tlVcol- ! or of their hair or eyes," he could not have told anything. It is easy to see how unavailing as a restraining force philosophy or the facts of figures would be on a man in this mental condition. The Captain was human, and in this case an excel lent type of the race. He was in love more, he was mtatuated to things: L l 1 i u u ; m . . t . .i . ui wmcii ue siiouiu nave ueen ouser-; K. MinA 1 w. -:n mnnthSflnn? whh trm. th ior i craze of our hero was at its full, and marching towards a crisis. Doubtless it would be interesting were the writer in possession of the facts and could relate the particulars of each visit; and the reader not acquainted with the devel opments of such cases might be warn ed against the absurdities of them. We will mention an incident in one of his visits as showing how dead he was T II n Ks t sr si ti hiiitu whan in when in the Company of h isanl-a very, pretty, m worthy and sensible girl she was. They were returning from church, one Sun- die blanket commenced working out behind from under his saddle. It 8een,s that it had been very awkwardly u t u W118 probably responsible. It worked back until it covered the horse's rump, and then it commenced unfolding until one end dropped down and covered his , tail. And yet the Captain did not , see it, but was riding as erect and talk- j ing as brisk as if in good trim. The 1 lady saw it, and was smiling at it, young thing as she was, but the Cap- '.. V . T - .1 tain s consciousness was otnerwise oc cupied. If he saw it, it did not seem to be amiss he didn't take it in. A countryman riding up behind the party was less a b; orbed and said, "Stranger, you are about to lose your saddle blanket." The captain glanced back and immediately drew his rein and dis- j u j:j ut... v... slid off the horse to the ground. He felt a little awkward-a little like a fool, but sought to make lights it. Another incident as showing the Captain's demeanor on coming sudden i vt v ir f"s i ly upon danger. He and Miss Rebecca were out in the helds one Saturday evening gathering strawberries and taming oi course wnen me captain s eyes, fell upon a large snake lying in coil only a few feet from them. "La! what a snake! he exclaimed and dashed vff from it, clutching Miss Rebecca's dress as he did so. He ran off some twenty yards or muscle strained sion, and looking f mivki I met wd e r . ... waa a auii kiuwu luau u uuuiu wu such occasions so suddenly become a boy. Snakes were a terror to the Cap- J . tain. Miss Rebecca, to whom snakes ' were no uncommon sight, found it impossible to behave in sympathy, and it was only after a hearty laugh that she seemed to remember what should be done. "Let's kill it," said she, and picked up a stick for the purpose. No, no, said the Captain, "don t go near it just hold on a minute until I find a stone." Thus armed he ap proached with caution the place where he had seen it. His snakeship was still there, and it may be was an amus ed spectator of the Captain's excited manner; but if so, it was a bnef enjoy ment. It had put cn a more dehant aspect, bad lifted its head higher, its tongue playing out and in like lightning, and as the Captain came within about thirty feet, it began slowly to unfold its coil and move to wards him. Miss Rebecca was enjoy ing the scene with peculiar relish when she heard a sudden "zip," and then saw about six feet of snake writhing and contorting on the ground. The Cap tain's rock had knocked its head off, an achievement both gratifying and astonishing to his sweetheart. The subject, as a whole, afford them a free topic of conversation while they con tinued to gather the berries, ana with the family after their return, as they carried it home for exhibition. One other incident, this time illus trating the Captain's agility, on an other Saturday evening while they were roaming the fields, (for it seems he preferred to do his courting in the open fields and apart from the observ ing eyes of mother and sisters. There was a captivating freedom about it, which pleased Rebecca, he thought, about as well as it dm himself.) Tnjr came to a meadow ditch and wanted to cross it. It was about eight feet wide from bank t bank, and not many days before it had been full of water. Tim banks were Wet and slippery. 1 dont believe we can cross it, said Miss Rebecca. We had a bridge just above here, but I see the high up to its utmost ten- ; v,r , ""'ft the very picture of tuwlu"Jluu,w',c"i,sluJsclli kki. tu.r ; tell you of it before I leave." waters have swept it away." 'Oh, I can jump across it," said the Cap tain, "and bring those rails and lav them across for you to walk on. "No, Mr. Woodman, don't try it it is too long a jump," said the lady. "Ah no," and the Captain stepped back a few paces and took a runuingfstart He reached the ditch with the wrong foot foremost and on slippery ground, and landed in the mud of the opposite side! With her other gifts, his sweet heart had a keen perception of the ridic ulous, and of course enjoyed the failure, but with seeming anxious concern. Fortunately the Captain wore boots, so that though he sunk pretty deep in xi : i i r . ",c m re TV u T" n8 lcaT,o thA?ud' 6xfd "ft.11 MV IIHI UUV WSSVJ ftt VU SyliSl VV J But it.is not to be supposed that our infatuated hero had at no time' a re turning sense of the responsibility of his career of late. Thoughts of it would at times confront, him like ghosts and awe him into most" serious reflections. He felt that his honor Was deeply im- Ulll-Mlttl- Itllll L1IHL lit" IIIIIIkL V I n II IITM M IT. r . .7 . . . Vt , j ii cost what it mieht. He had fullv ... , , . 1 , .1 , committed himself by the attentions he had bestowed on Miss Rebecca, and there was no honorable escape from it. even if he could bear the thought of giving her up. He felt that he must at once make a tender of his heart and hand; and as he had no doubt of their acceptance, he wheuld also lay his plans for the future in reference to the new relation. His awn means were very scanty, and hers were no better; but he believed that by renting a cheap house and bnuging into it the simple and inexpensive articles of furniture jor uvo persons ineycouia manage lo ,Te cny- nuwever lu. m.guw the tnf mu l Jn' a hotel or even at a private house; and the situation in either case, would not J 80 fbI.e M a hof"! ? their own, thoutrh that home might be very h um- would pro cure half a dozen chairs, a dining table, cupboard, candle stand, cooking uten sils and table ware, if iudiciously laid out; and Rebecca's mother, he thought, would give htr a bed and furniture. "Man wants but little here below' was an old saw that fitted his case ex- , .nu,B ",cu. YJW" ies"DK if. and with hia nunri Mtrta un onI plans thus laid, he set out to lay them before Miss IXebecca, after she had answered to the momentous question, "Will you have me?" He could not for the life of him decide beforehand upon the manner of submitting that question. He wanted to do it neatlv i i l: i i. auu fuecuveiv. out. xuuuu nimseii at but found himself Mlss ccas door as undecided as ever ,She. met hira. her uf.ual ; ?m,!e o welcome, was indeed expecting hjni, as it was his usual time of calling. She was alone in the sitting room with her work-basket on the table near her. After the customary irreetinirs were over, which were cordial, free and easy, and the Captain had drawn his chair near hers, she said: "l're been plan ning a new pattern of patchwork since you were here, Capt. VVoodman, and I must have your opinion on it. "Planning?" asked the Captain, "I've been doing that kind of work i A 1 1 rnhf Wat fha hnnnv roimnrlur u, . . - - - . , ! " ul"aT-l 1UJ r" VrCI,wuim' j 1 ut. " ae Attar a fiarafn inenaKtu After a careful inspection of tbe work the Captain said, "It is indeed very pretty, and worthy of the skill and taste of a professional "You must not praise it too much, or I'll think you are flattering me. "Flattering you!" said Capt. Wood man; "no, I have called tj higher compliment than pay you a that the highest a man can pay to a woman: to offer you my heart and hand for life Will you a cept themr The Captain had performed before he was fully aware of it, the very thing he had studied how to perform a mere formality and was surprised at himself for having reached it with so much ease. The lady, however, evinced no great surprise nor feeling either. Her fingers twitched and fumbled with the scraps on her lap a little, and her cheeks paled perceptibly, but her head was too much bowed to admit of reading the language of her eyes. She delayed to answer until pressed, and when she did speak she said "No" to be continued. We stood near a coal yard during the cold weather and saw scores of wa- p i mi 11 gons come ior iuei. xney u came empty: that was to be expected. Some were bright, newly painted; others were din c?v and worn from long use. Some were high, others were low; some weni away full, others only half full. The - . . comparison was devoid of poetry, but it reminded us ox souls coming to ine sanctuary. They were not all alike in dress or aDDearance or age. Some'car- ried away a large blessing, others smaller portion, out all received just what they came lor. Hera is a marriacre notice clipped from a Cleveland paper: "In Guilford, Me dina county. Ohio, on the 21st inst, by S. Wilson, esq, Mr.v Samuel D. Curtis to Mis Sally Murphy,! after a tedious courtshiD of fifteen years, which was borne with Christian fortitude and pa- uuire, every ... , , , , 0. IL Kotaaker en IngersolL I the church as a means of individual ad Mr. Ingersoll is the only great phi-!!raI,cemnk- is true that the church losopher who was ever known as "Col-! M onictimes avaricious enough to ac- onel" or familiarlr called 44 Bob" H is the drum-major of the army of athe- 1 ism. He creates a nrof ound imnression upon the people below stairs. They always crowd up to the area gate with loud admiration to see him pass. With wnai aignity ne marches through the mud! What florid trrace in the sween of the arm! What a lovely baton! What an awe-insDirinor hat! It is altn. 5 ether very splendid and very imprcsive. 'he drum major has turned more thoughtful fools into recruits than the sergent with his shilling. The man hat done much harm. Atheism was once the somber monon- oly of unbalanced scholars. He has popularized it. Men with strong brains do not follow him there for he is moat dangerous. He gives primary lessons He is the apostle of the shallow; the demi-god of amatuer thinkers. He is an authority in the kindergarten of speculation. The grace of his oratory oom audiences w&icn are above the sub stance of his speech. He bedizens im piety with pretty words and' makes jests of the mystery. An eloquent juggler, he attacks truth with trickery. He hides the snake-under a tropical luxu riance of word-blossom. Distinctly practical he buffets at the storm because the essence is beyond him. He plays with language in that which is essen tially spiritual and beyond language. He answers an organ tone with a jin gle; a poem with a gibe. He is a phrase-huckster preaching the gospel of unrest; a moment brawling at eternity. Lacking the finer fibre himself, he has been singularly influential in brusingor destroying it wholly in others. IiT one sense he is a mental phenom- enon. nis arguments are not new, nor is the basis for his declamatory un belief a foundation recently built. He is on the same ofd forum. Voltaire sneered before him; Hume philosophized before him; Paine railed and denounced before him. He is simply a repetion of the substance with an addition of tin sel rhetoric. They were hard, logical and sterile. He has many musical mannerisms. He covers the hardness and sterility with flowers of language. He adds to borrowed weapens an arti ficial sentimentalism. Beauty and bru tality go hand in hand in his mental world. 1 he infidelity with which he lures to spiritual ruin is a Lilitk: Tes ted by the intellectual standard he scarce ly merits mention. Tested by results he has been the mostdangeious man of the century. His influence commands the necessity of serious combat. The potency of Ingersoll s position lies in his ingenious avoidance of exist ing facts iu the practicle workings of Christianity, and his noisy citations of persecutions in the time when church and state were one. He confounds the present church with the church that was simply a political machine. All the faults and follies of men he ascribes to the religion of which they were but poor exemplars. He attacks that which is by heaping denunciation upon that which was. He brings in evidence against this generation the tomb-stones of its ancestors. In even this he is not honest. He forgets Luther, nailing against the old church door at ltten burg the ninety-five theses which con stituted magna charta of mental liber ty. That was a tune when ideas leaped from rack aud from scaffold to freedom a time when thought was sooung it had scarcely learned how to think, and only knew that it must es cape from the old bondage, Surely its just meed for the mightest movement in the history of human advance should not be denied to Christianity? Yet there has always been overmuch of Galileo and too little of Luther in the favorite infidel argument that religion persecutes progress. And withal, there has also been a consistent disregard of the fact that each was persecuted by the 8ame power, and that, this wa9 nofc retiKioa but its false re power rehgioa but its false represen tative. The name of (iauleo aud the churchmen courtiers and politicians are filaced on the same platform: Riche ieu was a cold, crafty, cloudy diplomat; therefore Chist is a myth or pretender. The innuisition existed: therefore his doctrines are false. This is the argu ment. It does not commend itself to intelligence: An institution must be judged by its power to purify itself. This applies as much as to any other, lis icnaency nas been steadily away from forms and symbols aud toward a closer conson ance with its principles and teachings. In the very nature of things this con- t A T" sonance can never be complete, ive- ligion is the concern of the individual. It reaches each man in its way. A church is a human effort to organize the soiritual. It is strong or weak as it approaches that which it teeks to ty- pif y. In so far as it is alloyed by hu man passion u is noi a reaecvioa oi re- ligion. Because there are bad poets, one can not condemn poetry. Because there are bad Christians, one can not con demn Christianity. There are dividing lines between the false and the true, and the only reason which Mr. lnger - -n (,. w; Af h',m Wtn'n V - j hypocrisy. It is true that men enter is necessary to throw the distinction is taken to mees me special neeas oi under the light of calcium. He holds women who are desirous of preparing reality responsible for the pretense. He themselves for Christian teaching, for talVa rt rron mnpnpos when he means the missionary field, and for any relig- tP th on tenth as a tithe of that which: was not honestly earned. It is true that pretentious piety can hold its temporal own at times against the pu rity which should overthrow it. It is true that the mantle of the just has cov ered injustice and that falsehood has been the noisy partner of truth. Yet all these do not destroy the pure met tal. A counterfeit does not invalid a legal tender. The Fate of Reform. A TEXT JUST SEASON FOR COMPLAINT. The returns of the November elec tions were scarcely in before the Re publican spoilsmen and place-hunters were in full cry for the offices, beseig ing every appointing power and every one who had any influence whatever with the officials at Washington. This was not otherwise to be expected, nor was the administration responsible for it, but what they were and are respon sible for was the fearful blunders they have made in hurriedly and without consideration yielding to this army of place-hunters, whereby incompetent men were placed into positions that they were unqualified to fill. In other other words they were profoundly ig norant of their official duties, which render their services a source of un measured annoyance to the public whom they pretend to serve. For in- siance iook at our man servicer it is in a condition to-day more unsatisfac tory than it has ever before been since its organization. The complaints are loud and long against the gross neglect and incompetent service. It seems to have been the Dolicv of Republican Representatives at Wash ington to fill the places with .arty favorites as rapidly as possible, regard- ess of their lack of qualification or special fitness, and in utter disregard of the public requirements. On the Salem branch road between this point and Greensboro an o gen- tleman was placed on the mail service, a very clever old man, we presume, when attending to business he had some knowledge of, but totally unfit to be mail agent physically weak and without any experience, and lacking a knowledge that he never could be able ta acquire. He may have done the best he could, but that best has been tar short of meeting public requirements. This fact he no doubt has learned him self, as he has, or will at an early day, forward his resignation to wasningon City to take effect at once. Last night we got no mail at all, and to-day we are without a single exchange. He may be siek, we know not what the trouble is, but we felt very much this morning as if we would like to con struct a battering-ram out of about a doaen billy goats of the billy persua- sion, and turn them loose with trip hammer velocity, with directions to strike some where a little to the left of where Hon. John Brower wears his pistol pocket, for not exercising more discretion in making this and other appointments in this district. The Republican National Conven- tion at Chicago reiterated the follow- ing declaration, which, of course, siin- plv meant that public office was a private snap: "The reform of the Civil Service aus- piciously begun under the liepuoiican Administration should be completed bv the further extension of the reform . . . . .a 111 system already established by law to all the grades of the service to which it isapplicable. The spirit and pur pose of the reform should be observed in all executive avvointments. and all laws at variance with the obiect of existing reform legislation should be repealed, to the end that the danqers to free in- - a stituttons tchtch lurk in the potcer or official patronage may be wisely and effectually avoided." And Gen.-Harrison, in his letter of acceptance, uses the following lan- gua; ere: to the classified Civil Service received a, lie it v.w .. 'r' r " - i 1 n- I t J my support in the Senate in the belief that it opened the way to a much needed reform. I still think so, and therefore cordially approve the clear - - als from office. It will be my sincere purpose, if elected, to advance the re form:' As to bow much or tnis was meant the Dublic are learning day by day. We have not a word to say against the filline of the places held by Democrats, and forcible expression of th Conven- townsman, Hon. W. 11. Glenn, volun tion on this subject . Only the inter- teered his services to secure a pension; ests of the public should suggest remov- Mr. Hollyfield offered him position by competent Republicans, this is what I comrade-in-arms, and generous, new the public expect, and they have no fouud friends. I ' right to demur against it, oui tney ao have a right to protest againt the filling of responsible positions by incompetent noMnna akaralir illV Art madl to uf - , er an nconvcnIence and loss. And this proteSt should be made in a way that will not be misunderstood. Twin- City Daily. The trustees of the Hartford Theo- o " , . . i ij i .11 . logical Demenary u yui,eu une ! courses of the institution to jomen on the same terms as to men. This action ious work other thin the pastorate. . m a a. I . j ac He roight at 7LacheUr. AND HE WILL NOT PASS THROUGH TBI "PENITENTIARY; GATES" Judge Phillips, w ho held Forsyth court, told the Sentinel a pathetic incident which occurred at the last term of Surry cdurt. It beautifully illustrates the tender sympathy of one old soldier for another who has been unfortunate. " t , In the case of the StaU vs. John Stuart, indictment for larceny, the prisoner appeared in the court-room, shuffling along, scarcely 1 able to work. He wore a soiled check shirt, very much worn suit and a battered hat i - Appearing as states-witnenes were two well-dressed, sleek-looking men who clearly showed by their looks that they were determined to Ijend the old man to the penitentiry if pos sible. . "Has the prisonor any counsel task ed Judge Phillips. "I have none, your Honor," answer ed Stuart "I am a poor man, unable to pay an attorney." ' The Judge saw by the man V looks that this was an unusual case and said : " Well, gd on and tell your sto ry. "Well sir, I was in the Confederate army and at the battle of Winchester. I was shot through both hips. Since then it has been exceedingly hard for me to support myself. 1 went to Work for this man -last year- and worked eight months. upon his promise to board and cloth me and pay me 'what my services were worth,- During that time he paid me ten cents, with which I bought tobacco. At the end of eight months he. refused to pay me any money and refused to give me any clothes, saying that my services ( were worthless. Then, your honor I weut into his ward-robe, took a suit of clothes to hide my nakedness and left. He had me indicted for larceny and I have been in jail ever since." As the old man finished, a hushed aft . . a . a. murmur, of indignation was beard throughout the court-room. "You say you were shot at Winches ter?" asked Judge Phillips, who was himself an officer in that splendid and memorable charge. j - "Yes sir." ! "Were you in the second charge, to the left, on the other side' of the town?'' r The prisoner's face brightened. "Yes" he said, "I was there, in Rhodes division aud was shot while crossing . the ravine just below the hill. The Judge was satisfied that the old veteran was telling the truth, but . to be certain he called the States wit ness. ' ; While the witness was giving in his testimony, which was to the-effecV : that the old man's story was about right but that be refused to pay hira anything because his services jrere worthless, Stuart leaned over taSolici- tor Settle. "Mr. Settle," hesaid, "your father and I were friends. I lived in Rockingham county and your father persuaded me to enlist in his company, received my wound while following him. Since then it has been a hard struggle for me to keep out of the peor-house." By this time Judge Phillips, Solici- tor Settle and everybody else in the court-room was satisfied that the old soldier had been pitilessly persecuted I and the faces of the onlookers show- ed the deepest pity and sympathy for the unfortunate man an d the black-: est indignation for his heartless em ployer. "Mr. Solicitor," said the Judge, "change your bill of indictment from larceny to treDass" This was will- ingly done by Mr. Settle, "Now," he continued, "judgment is suspended and the prisoner is discharg- ed. Scarcely had the last word been 8 poke n before every man in the room applauded, and great tears were 'seen rolling down the cheeks of strong men. A similar scene Judge f hiuip s I fct.Al w3 ijc uh uv otcu tia kHC wuit I i , house. As the old m:in who, half hour be fore had been friendless liobbled out of the conrt-rooni, hundreds of men drew around him to shake his hand. Our as'millerand in less than five minutes: a handsome purse of money was made up to buy the old soldier a comfortable suit of clothes." Needless to add, he wasalmost over- I come with gratitude and to his dving day he will bless the memory of his old Penalties for Contempt j The Post has called attention to the need of legislation fixing the bounds and power of judges in prescribing oeualties for contempt of court That unrestrained power is a relic of despo tism. In the present absence of law the utterance of an offensive word or an uncalled for disturbance in the pres ence of a jurdge, or a failure to obey a summons, or ignorance of an obscure j point of judicial etiquettte . on the part oi lurviuiui uiav en van n ueaviur pun- KiimfiiL iiimii i iim n nn - nuan nun mm mm ...www m mm-m ..... - w M mMmm 1 killing of a pedestrarn by. a reckless' horseman. And there is uo apparent relief. - - ' i W W If ajl aa.a.flf w v
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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June 6, 1889, edition 1
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