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-.- . " - ' ' - - - - ':"" - :- v r-.-.j.--;-" '. .-k -. k . "k ;k'. S-;- '.;- 'k -M 'V-'""---,."- ::--: ' :. '' ..- .-- .. ' ' '' . '" 'k 1 kj - '..";.' kk;';:' ' ,; '" " " j - . ' t. ... , ,. , , 1 . . j - ' "I ' . . J- , 'r , -:aJ""'"- - - ! . . r : . j - : - : ; '" . - , V, ' 1 , 6t. XXI HIRD SERIES. SALISBURY. N. C.j THURSDAY? FEBRUARY 25, 1802. NO; 17c I -.. . . far Infants and r .Ji itd. ;prif -r t - any prescription ";,'- H. Ai.JiB.caai, K. D.,. MV1 rt 1 hit. it. sfjs a ork OAraxMiRTYP.r. ' - , , t n: 1 - ;v -''"' TW CkttaitR' 'Togethec with a ,;fint;&;?niinri!il:... JiODfS AOT SHOES c havr purcliaiM'tlH' rr.tirc slock, af- IIM. L. WHIGHT, wilt jio.v.itivo.ly r.Kxso X- oul nt co?t, r "- - - ; . r ; " . : til alk'it oiHV and examine our gV)ds nntl Barga n? at ; .ife&EiyS' CLOTHmG::; STOKE Wriglik old stand, opposite Poiiot'UK. A. 'JOHNSTON JOHNSTON ELLIOTT, ; ' . CHAELOTTE, '. C. - - 1 r- ' 1:: iT-MU . t.: Poop 1 c uf S all h'1 u r v and v i n i S . mtMC bedell couhtvTu 'Agents fr.-Tron fTrtH)nd with us.' ' EsstS f il' ater4i.Lsl Uoi .r; .6 Mcntlou the Watchman POAL! U0AL1 Hou,,fiiri'ol st - 'j 4 . j T - . '..7 w M . . . . '.COAL the eaminji .soasrffiVGuM 'lh? resi)eet- ic;dvsatire published iii i712.j .. - - - - I -at' i - " - . si . . ,,.,.', '- - !'ji;r.fo'r U thCpcofde-of lurance. .is saiu.to .dat 'irmli vol-, Y'4-oii'rHiYW4ik.wliii,,0jlU''YOll maV waiVC-t theive?t) back to the. time of- the greatsiiionai nT,l. : - .. .r.:;.."i.. r".k '"iiV-i) fclj, ,rLn3 3 hoiiii XIV .The French. 'afa Ion i:rt 1 liniidle (Tnl v ;tlv fet r.le4 6fWnd''udv.illdu(l Ahu k..fq. on Iwnd'tiiiulotij-finest irrade of hjacksmith u Is the Place ''to'uet iiumeMlmlDstone!Sr'& Lr.V lAT& stock-.ofYRrOpiJkVjUBLK f 1 -Miiction in every respect and: positivety OfaU- " j. - - -r M-cntio'd the WAtchman iOEO f864 by therrcsnt exe'ntiTe l'es W euueatinc VOIIKG AIEN ANJ L ?ti;oo! t ' r- TrUNH ior iw pupils ana graaunii's. inis ft 'tin-.', frr VkA HIGH Standard ofcexccllence, has placed in business more young men and &rtieiiv .- -!:' 'Va.. N. C, S. C. and (la. than all siniilnr institutions combined. Catalogue and rs iaHUcJ. w . H . SAOJER, p-ES..-F. A. SA'D LE . Sec BLTiORE,W.n A'ihritii i bo Wafi-niivta vhon you write. Children Castotfa ctcp Colic, CVnistipatlon, 'our iomach,' 1iftrrboea. : Eructation, 3yiil& Vv'vnsjfi, iv3 slrtep, an promotes dl- goflioa, '"' .- YPitaaut i jurious laeaioation. ' 1 ' For aerr&l yenxs I Iiavo recommended your ? Castoria, ' and Shall alw&ys continue to do o fir it ha.5 iavaj'jably produced benefii-.aJ nh4 7nthrop,,,lCrLh Street fend 70xAo., : KewYorkCity. Qoiwt, 77 McaiUY Stbkst, New York. nir line o m'n'cl' " -.?3 .i. ... ;,; i:T rr T. J. ELLIOTT V STEAM . GraniteandMarbleWorks At wholesale and' retail. ,vn: t v wa i fi ifc Sri o n u ni c n sJ Mi mil d -0 whim you writ's:" nd ine voir?f'ctcsrsc'memi)er i tp Arrive in a few days Wo, guar wilf-uot be undersold. J; antee loiiu xxieiats j : , -yr t T -r- -r v " r - w -. .. r-i. r koWtlETOR. when you write BRYAN r AND STRATT0M: O F BE Oectiples four boildine? Unrivalled in facil- - WUSIEN for snrrps fn lffn.' . Thn outlook for is most lavorameior business opportunities, inc vectttlon;-pupils can enter at any tima with eiual advantage. Never attend a school because the tuition is" 'cheap, for CH EAP is very dear; it jroeansoneap surroundiiiRS, interior facilities, and offers NO opportunities forsecurfng POSI- j. ' - JSMF0RTABli.- WHEN I T.O HOME. It comes to rne often ia silc-qcp, . , When the fire-light splutters loiw When the Llack, r.nCcrtain shnidowa Scent wrnitlis of the long ago; Alvrajs kilh sv throir of hciirtche, ; That thrilled each pulsive rein Comes tl.'C old, unquiet longing For the p;&eo of home again. I'm sick of the roar of the citic-3 And of faces oM mid strange, I know where there's warmth of welcome, And my yeartiinf fancies rangO' Back to the dcar old honaestead, With an aching sense of pain; JJut thereril be joy in the coming, When I go home again. When I g-o Lome sgain There's music Thai; may riWer fiie away, And it seems the hands of angels, Oa a 'mystic harp, at play, , If live torched with a yearning ; sadness. Ja beaitiful, brokcp strain.; . , To which-Is 'my foiul 1ieartording: When I go home: again -" - Outside ff my darkening windo-,v Is the great world's Crash-and diii And slowly the autumn's sh'adOwa ; Come drifting, drifting :n. Sobbing the night wind irfurinV.Ys- f To the pplash of the aut'fmh r.iin; ,Bnt I dream of the glorious' greeting When I go home again. ' Kuge.ni'. Fie It! i in Cinnnn at I 'J.'ninrtr , 1 (kl'llllidi IV,IIIUMHO( f All nm- l-i,.i-o oirl mi-l-j lrnrwr fli:il , Ll J n"1 H """" . . . Uncle fraru .is a popular name fpr the United States 'Government, -' but how 'iflany of therrlvi'iow" Ifow it cime to be sed in this way? Here is tie story :tbbu J; it. : : Soiin: after thtf deKlaration of war in ISl'i.hetweeii the- 'United States and England, great uiia'ntities -of pruY.isinii- :ftrs the army "were concentrated, at Troy, Nv--1 -ajid a large -.iorce ot workmen weW'eii3piyed in handling these goo iindt;r -the supervision of one of' the iu spochprs, Mr. -Samuel Wilson,, whom eviv5"in)dy ' faruiliary called ; ':Uncle Sam." The-ca.sk.s.iu which the pm visions were packed were nmrkwl "K. A. U -S. ," the first two hitters beinj,' the initials of the contractor who pur chased them. Mr. Anderson, and tht others the abbreviation .of United States ;'. are all so familiar with, but whhdl was not so well kuofrri jr; thoi il ys. It was new to thc.-e workmen. md one of them wno-e business it wa ;o put the mark on each cask . being quest ioiiKl by some of his fallows as to its meaning leplieu itiat no dm no: know unites it meant Libert Amler-ru' and Uiude Sum" -Thi j'ke circulated among , t'.ie vorkipeu, and a little later when these same me.iv joined the arruv it went with them. ' Before long it was printed in the papers, and spread rap idly; to all parts of the country, until oftobTe everywhere were usincr.t he name. While Uncle cam is applied only to the Government, Brother Jonathan, is ci nickname for the whole people of the' United btatu. I his, too, ongma- ted in.war-Umc, but ouie tlnrtT year? earlier than the other. At the , begin ning of tho Revolution General Wash ington had great difficulty in getting thej arm", ammunition, etc., needed for a -successful deftinse of the country and one day, when he had 'met m coun cil.with his oflicers and others, and tha had failed to iind any means of obtain ing the necessary supplies, Washing ton said: "We must consult Brothc -Jonat han," refering to Jonathan Trum bull, then the Governor of Connecticut a friend dt his. and a man of -'who- trood iudgment and -abilitv he had - th highest opinion. Governor T.n.iTubU was .c"oh's.ult(;dy tiiul rendered valuable aid,. so' much so that "we must' consult BrcaKeT' Jonathsfn," jjeafae it totniiuui "saying-in -the army .when any diiliculty.. vas to be..met, and people soon jouutt "itconyenient soliquet lor tile nation John-Btrfi-, ihivei known sMionvin ,for ie Kpglish, is said to hay?, .origi nated with T)ean Svift, but i(s nttjip- 01 cli. .ft'iu i-i the Spaniards, and elated by their vie to mind and old t)Kopb.-. ecy: Les ancien's cfVifi.itfff pre.udrynt I c i ...!.:.. i. ' ;-ni; '-l: ''..V baru. -;ynich means: i;he .ancient toads shall take Sara, and heli&ved that .tyeydnid fufulled it. iot;verv easy to metieu D.tcKwam at, hranee were three toad's, inft.cad o;f the three Fleur-de-lis as now, so' the people were.pssik convinced, and Jcnu . Cra prvudbr, as we say, in'Eugikh. Ijohnny. Crapaiid. became the accepted name ..for a Frenchman or for the .French nation. . . M ....'.' LT Turkey's sobriquet is ihe Sicly.Tm of. rf'-n ..I.-' rr 1. . ii.. ' .:. . . L i ' . i 1 1 ' jWiexiast. . i no aiiusion- is -to vue uh '., .1 . I-.-- ..I -- i i tenug connition ot trie -empirei ...wnun, siiirw'the middle of the sixteeh.tlu :cen.: tr.ry, wh n it w;is at the height, of its prosperity, has be 11 steadily declining in power, until now its very exi-tenu. depends largely on the! support it ve ceives from o: her p.atiuiis.': The Cz u Nicholas, of Russi , first applied tin phrase to, Turkey in V.e year IN 14 and a few years later, during the tim just precwling the Crimean- war. th' Czar's words were repeated to the Kug lish Parlianne.it. The liewsj-.apers im im'dm'elv gave them ckciil-atirm. - nn t tey were soon on pop e s; tcngit eyry where as a name -for Tiirj It SlU'gt ,'IWM Wlvl"l! tin.- UliV Hi -'.1il-v see the iulhilment, you may think; but k1":;; . vr . i ;;,i?k v,;'i,f;j.Pif xt , , ..... t ., ,Jn ' . .,. r -i this aitui-c-tul pD'pa.liititMi was piaeeM Nostradamus, the old i ifeuCir-Jewish. : V " V 'fs:A-V,,. J.'r-'iir 51 -- i- . i i i i i . -nwon ihfi bee t-an it ne pioCes. ot (trgo phvMCian and astroioger, who ..rote it p , ? . Xt:; ; 1 - J t " i V- v i ' 'ti(iv begun uiA the grilleu. IU.' :r lei' was accustomed to make Ins. uremic hens 7 t;, ;-i.'Hv,i5H d: - , 1 o - - -hours the pivcert eat 1 15130 wa'viii?i-a rather enigmatical, and Sara .is ras k - -": !) 1VU3 Uh , , , :., ,1 -0 mi. X few. more .hoi is:. iiui the- w-.lf will probahly jrotithfae to le used until the "sick man" dies, andafter. v The Russians, too, have a Rational name Ivan Ivanovich.- Iran is the Russians for John, whicii seems to hi so often chosen for these national nicknames. Ve find it aain in John Chiriaman, asappiied tothe Chinese. All thrse names are ued to 'express some characteristics or peculiarities of the various nations to which they lelonp;. ! In much tbe same way. people speak of the shrewd, cautious. Scotjclrmau as Sandy or Sawjiey,. and the wittv, warm hearti-d, ir:;scble Irishman as Pat. Al exander being so cominon a name"" in Scotland and Patrick among the Irish. Sambo is frequently used .as a name for .the nei'ro', more e$eciaUy for the f4tegro at th0 South. This, too, was rouaoly because so many were culled jy that name in the old slave days. Lo is a name sometimes given in sport to the Indian. It came by a witty x'rvemoii ol the meaning from the well known lines of Pope. 1G; tue poor Inosan, -whose untutored mniu Cod iii clouds, and heirs him in'th wind. " -: .. . Adelaide Taylor. What a lFors Woulil Sav it H- Ciull Speak. Don't hitch ine to an iron post or railing when the mercury is below freez ing. 1 need the skin on my tongue. Don t. leave me hitched in 'my. stall at night with a big cob right Where I must he down. I am tied, and can't select a smooth place. Don't compel me to eat more salt than I want bv mixing it with ruv oats. I. know better than any other animal how much 1 iirud. Don't think because I go freely under the. .whip I don't get tired. You would move up under the whip. Don t think because I am a horse. iron -weeds and briars won't hurt mv hav. Don't whip me when I get frightened dung the road, 'or I will expect it the next time and make trouble. Don't trot me up hill, for I have to carry you and the buggy and myself too. Lry H yourself some time; run up hill with a big lo.ad. D'n't keep my stable very dark, for when I go (rut iiilo the light ,my eyes ire injured, especially if snow is on tit:: ground. Don t say "whoa unkvs you mean it. Teach me l. stop at the worth !t may check mo if the lines break and save a runaway oj smashup. Don't make me drink, ice-cold water nor put a frosty bit in my mouth. Warm the bit by holding it a half min ute' against my body. . Don't forget to nle my teeth when tji.ey gbrjagged. a? I can't chew m food. . W.h'-n 1 get lean it is a . sign my teeth want filing. ,Do;!'t 'ask ine to back with blinds on. I am afraid to. Don't rim me down hill, for if any thing should give away I might break your heck. Ex. Oi)oration hy Dr. W'lii tetieiid. Dr. H. II. Whitehead, instructor in anatomy and materia mcdica in tin? NeVrlh- Carolina ITniversity Medical School, at. Chapel lliil, has just saved the life of a. negro girl 'J ve in old by producing. -.-.artificial digestion in the gullet. The.giri,y'ho1ive.s in Durham, swallowed a large piece' of hard-Uv'cb with a rarUbige-at tac.lK'd. an'd .' jt...tjic-,k i if her gijjlet. A lpcnl physician pfthed; i t di ir.ihQ gii 1 jetvw iiv an ru men t thHikiug to 4re.t it into the sto'uiac. but it reniai ned. tig htly lodged iii he'ullet Several. i1ic4iVX above'thv'' sf omacTi':" Thc-cliili! was. unable U eat jo' .drink wwld:drikri!ytl(ih aga?-::.. Her mothm-;taoknier ioA:ir :to:-Cii,: HiflV-w here jibe other ttt"einl'tt4 is uvt: 1 1.;, f am ii y lived tpc p'et h i' h er l.io 'xj .-tit ftnv sno'meuc. Dr.7 W.mU head heWd of 1h ecasefoivid't fm t:'tlie obstruction t rkl ha'n i fehe'd oArK'-in to-1 h e .sty nmc k en- without tearing t IkftfeKi'fefi? ."a Jr.ini aft .-ariiiicial gvst i'idrjiircVr by taking )(iisifj syrup. fv'1. ''yu1 (K nivV eeiu . in proper pi'epanitio'Lts: 'ihvsq' M)fetnVrfhe eon ti 1 1 s. af th ejavfrl'c ?cbv;uf' t W;.s so far d kesfTh at U kissed into tlivstoumcii" X;e dtm',' Well, and she kyie-; her life to' the hit 'pv rcmus.ot Ur. VV hiteueint. The- Emperor of VTceVmauy .--stand :tvt.u'ty'i4ii'sfc.iii tJXeilrect line yti k vW.-V:y t- ill for six ihiy.t;aiid JegOfi to sVitlej rea ' pa ill ; Als? 3: ti f e. . w s ( Up? :ji A i red' of ;' hjul hitd.tlAQ;j:Jfjar!$uyV 'of;;'-2t stai:vjiTg 'Yw?v55wti T-sn. lUii U i ig at', u'arer ' v. i..;c 1l ske 7.. .1.. ri i. I r reVerHesp i ck.d. $ re $ ewWMj )'irsV?-Waa Mu. of; ftTfikVatWfiMiOtl'-1 scVise-, rbvt.itjte ckibktn -usrjr to mjy. Xewadavs tlu-v can "praittice on the lVr fee, Painless', IVv.erfu! rroj-erlies ot rieree"s Pleasant Purgative -Pel! els. Ii will imnress a fact which will he useful' to k n o w . Tii ese p'e Uc-ts c ; i re i c k ! . e : I ache, biious attack?, indi.ue.Uon, coi:sd .pation and all stomach, livor me.J !ow ei troubles. ' Th-ey. :K?.tiuV, suar-coa;ol pills, easy to take, -and, as a laxative, .one is suinckiit for a dose. No more -roans ami Hpes from the old drastic remedies! PicHce's Purgative. Pellets are as pain Jess as I hey are perfect in their eiTect?! " r- , . Childrvi Cry for Pitcher's tcria, . 1.1PK IN MEXICO. An InteresBur Interview en Oar Sister i Kepublic bjr a Salisburian. The following description of Mexico was given an Asheville Citizen reporter by prof, J. M. Tiernnn, of Salisbury, several days ago: Several years ago Prof. J. M. Tier- uan who had been engaged for some times in scientific work in Western Norjh Carolina, with Asheville as his base of operations, accepted -an invita tion totake supervising charge of n series of rich silver mines in the repub lic of Mexico. He left soon after the acceptance of his appointment for the scene o hi duties, accompanied "by his bride, the well1 known and univer sally hdmired "Ohristian Reid," of the "Land of ti;e Sky," in more fahiiliar mune, Miss t Prunes Pi-hcr, of Salis bury. ' 3lr. Th-rmm h.as now lived between four, and five years in Mexico, and is now at home on a brief viit. propos ing to return about the middle of this mhiiith. lie spent Two or three uav in Asheville, and it was our g-od for tune to meet him and obtain. from him much information regarding the conn try in which he now lives, its people, their character and pursers, its min eraPwealth, its general resources and its future prospects. PHYSICAL FEATCiiKS OF T11K CGUNTItY. 'I jie portion of Mexico most familiar to I he- exerience oi: Mr. Tinman. ihat1 long, wide and relatively level ta ble land which is encountered on en teritig the republic at El Paso, and ex tending down nearly to the City of Mexico. Its elevation is about 7,000 feet ;above the level v.-f the sea, and is unitpnnity ol surtace lters no ol.ta cle to .live ofiist ruction tf lines of rail road; f rem north to south. But the construction of lines cat and west, i: attended with 'enormous clitlic'ulties for. Independent of the difficulties of the i descent to sea lev(d, enormous ranges of lofty mountains interpose; and to tliese ohstasdes must be added the pudueu and deep descent of the barrvuca.s or canyons, which nnining frotij vorth to ?outli in continuous one ox irom sixtv to eigiiiv fy miles, split k . ! V 1 I i 1 n mc level plain into cna-ms or lroin a few yards to several hundred yards in widtjh, and sometini'es to the depth of two thousand fret.. Theee rifts have heretofore defied the skill and daring of engineers. i.u -i - . - ! : AOKICVI.TCTRS. Along this great longitudinal pia teau extends the great farming area of Mexico. The soil is of volcanic origin', light and friable, and of great fertility It is without stone or other obstructions to the plough. This is bare! of jforost, absolutely treeless' ex cept! the! artificial growth of ornamen tal and fruit trees. The crops in cul tivation ;are the grains of the temper ate zone; and coffee, cotton and tobacco, the erop3 of which are all exuberant. Fruits of great variety and excellence j haustle.s8 veins to their, deepest pone abo'.jud through Che vear. The orange iraticn. of Guadalajara are highly esteemed, and arc; largely cultivated; and since the construct ion of railroads are now exported in largo qnai.titi"', the pro duct: of the grnes' of that tat- being under th.e control of a Chi ago syndicate. ; .' FARMIXO. ! 1 In Mexico there is no such thing a con rj try or rural inc. as we Know it; ' m i.i . ii places, fhy haituida svKtem is uni versal. The lands arc-0'v:ued- in" large bodies bv wealthy proprietors, airdr are .diijcttid into; holdings of irom'XHX) to 20,T)i10 "teres. - Th'ise .holdings are r'hei ionsrsfc. exrdusivelv iff the In '-Hlflaus. lr ceii'-piiiu-. ih i ii" ui tipai ;.- t3(hiririug".fj'0in' 1 1ir-: 'North "Aiiieri- i-:ih -todiai m the"i:TC.t tllt tliev are 4itffmlin;it-el to the halnts ot laoor. pa- tie nt, .j.ipl -.t rii ) u s . pa irtta k i ! i g, ( rdor I y , nitd.rdieei fs.'. l'eortage is only another i)V UTe ha-b-ytht ion d nio;ieor; laborer-. .. - , - ,. ih.i nr,n!iiiusiajiw.Mii C ", anre ipr- a'jiualmed 'fnrnr ;of slavery ;"u;d- blessing of a jnrn WWaHl for.tb vriipover;or rah ly - te;rve The is in no hurry tGihurWilMi M service m whic'rtlkf'nro- engaged; and -resptcUd, the .gJYorgrritri t? fiiitMM'fo" 'a !nf;hafi(and loasiug patriarchal re the peojwo are pa - inca r ry -? si iw-ow, I ' ' - . ; . . ' .:.:.! T . . ';.!. ..., ;.,.(: .U.U-!A ;-.Mrji 1 t- aud-c-mp-Vve. . A . pk'asaat .expression exuv.w-, tny..c-u:i t ,; oT'vlriPrcindlv-VejalioiIiip k 'tSy'o? . rpytnar;cii-s.to)ii-" of'T'R.t -'"xiiadt-au; ., (;kk!l 'lr')'il! fe. 'tfeoii iiMreivverv'jp.nruhig'ben) g-'fa-esent omor, gf )imi:--'y b.-luvr. to-the daily task.';i 'svreHading k ..IrTienuai thinks .tn a,- is a grow--t'i5 tii'asre'r"6f -the -v.t atej . i f ' hi is -at- ing fimg of ,nhVi.hfW nt. .aji(t-oi'U J .-.-, J. , in.i.,-. !W he tu tfl -HUiti:.- writes.' -Vnr.1Al; ,liKM on.-;. J i inline, -r n-.r niv. C.....VV '.. . , . '. V M .'i '...;! J... t? - t-'.U, ciiitar are or repealing i uj-'iiiiit;- ut- jjiih I... , . ; . "f , . i -L ' iirkt-tim hrUfreirem-5hf.': ourv: " ' " '--.(pj rltl ndu ns citnhe lailrs: :,Ii,dediHhK cmthti:r m)li Vypa.hy w.th U-i CMko Theie are no;;negfe: iQr'tl;oi&a.t.m3ad, dkm ft ,or 4mHl d-j" 'sliorkr W figmv, kt-mkl lher unknown. -xlt? t ' jjodv1 of ;n-ateViktis'tiill.iWvelorn:ent.4'hea-e.; xVi?;: .4 ,(??fC : 'if '.rA'-it-? kidnrauce than 'tii?; ; mJiair-w!i.o;i.i:tr.e:'..mK're tmr-scenHy .tUtJJEHne in a 2. of urrVpnblic. ThJircmapk y:u , ou3e. - .,v..1-,rt-t.?- witlfo-rt-ihe tvmcat copper trarrn, pur..,. ;u.a A.eac mc , M T0',Vrr Trescott a tinge ot o ur Fu .lianniu-T'lbongl! t,n. stionab!y cogi.rrt ..races. pre t'-ert'.iiit :iti:rk.;d iuentaih - j - d wpi! ;k pliy.:cr'ly. '- I ..- .f:i!ATloN". .. My. Tiernan surprised us.jy th - ip foinjation'tiKit i-tlucaiion is.mo! -gei,-e.-afly diifHsfd thrighonti Mex:c thai; i'l' 1 T. 'V :l ".i:.l' lll.li ill Ml tile L lli.ei t-J. i n"i ui'; i nit are :!l femduir w it! hraniche. A;;iOKg i - : i ik ruoi meut ar I t?'i :li Sll loll is caiiif-.i .() i; u;gu .las: the prokssk-s nre ri.h loll is cari le-:l i it i:..ts. .... i men as ftttly and well equipped n? any where among civilized ptople. The judiciary and the bar are quite equal to that of any country. The people, have a natural aptitude for the fine art and excel ia painting sculpture and mfisic. The hmgnngo, even of the Indians,' is Spanish, except m some of the re mote or mountain provinces, where the native Aztec, or older. Toltec tongue, survives. English .is taught in the schools, indicative of the friendly feeling existing ''towards the United States: perhaps, of the hopes cherishe-djnf future eloper rtdr-tions be tween the" two republics. TAXATION. The government levies no tax on lands or mining property, its revenues being derived chiciiy fro'm duties levied" on imports, excise duties upon domes tic productions, and a tax of one tenth of one per cent, levied on bullion the product of the mines. ' mining. : This is Bin paramount imlnstry of the couiU-ry, ;.s it lie.s been since" the davs of th? conquest. It confined. chipfly to silver, and the gold found in association with, the silver. The prin cipal seat of mining operations is in the state of (Juadalaiara; and this is' where- Mr. Tif man is at woru. or more than 350 years some of thec mmes nave Dcm worked without di- t mini'.tion c: prKhict, though most of them, after thr; exhaut:o!i of the older tliro-.jg!: u"icieutiric laethod.s, ha'.e in Voma instances remained idle until modern science and skill hav been iii- voketl O- OVWOiiit" tne Oi. fcudes of deoth did . and v titer. tin mmcrs rnev su! ! 1 I-I 1 t ant ia!! thoroiiirh y. In one of th ;j mil e, ill, they -til! one of the", richest of sunk a shaft ot 2,20 feet in depth, the 'Lie- of v.liich. down to the bot tom ;ro oneast ifh SOI id ei;t steae. a circular stone stairway v. hiding down the whole depth. At the bottom, gal leries radiate along the veins in all di rections with an aggregate length- of thirty two miles. This is the mine icn iiumooult states produced, from ii 1 opening m io.j't, th-i enormous anion at of ?00O,0OO.000 in thirty years. rhH mine is now owned and m i opcrakd by four Mexican gentlemen. Ijy whom the enormous annual, yield is ?:pent Willi lavish and generous hand; In the city or (uanaxuato, near which the mine lies, th.ey h.ave built for the the use of thir miners and their fairii lies a church which" cost $5i,;00,KX,. independent of the cot of the solid silvpr ornaments,, balustrades, railing4--, lamps, and a ch.ime of silver bells, and valuable and costly paintings hy the most famous of the old masters. One of the mines 'worked, by Mr. Tiernan was opened in loot), but the depth of the work was determined by the point at which water flowed flowed in to stop iTork. With the aid of powerful steam engines working the pumps, the Americans hav concpicred all diihculties, and can fathom the ex The' ore is Yerv rich. Mr. Tiernan showed ur: two specimens, one of which as avert to the value ot -M'Vc.'U pert ton.'with inkr.'.rtixed sold to -the vaiuv of?112 per ton. A not !',3r specimen vy-s large v conjnosott or wont is knowi as "wire silver," found ouiy in Mexico'. The 41 wire" consists of r ; ' pur silver, exnioTteu tii.rough the ore in -hunches or pledgob like kinks of .ccfrirse'diivman hair, fma ftyi5'J0'K0f)0' per'-ton. . ,r .. ; The. teri'n'in vhlch tho. -govern merit f ' adiniis'iorcign rompames" to th "jp.ee rr- e'U'Uie .or nv. toreigiurs. Tcisiuinf; to" .itw.-lf niy its gene.rai sovereign; nun i ereign ion. . ;'. "1 I I , 1 IKK t -oL'XTitY: - WW The country has e'hY'i th.e. uir Wt WnW aHi unk htunfy - r c,luoit;:-g v,.r.er e!fi I i't t ;j Iii tut-, c Th coui'.trv ! U ii.'i pro.umvt. t :'" 1 .;.'! -Wit.' umia:; .1 vt .'..:.,! 4--- ...ii,- . i i .''.i'r.i . i Ail that jrky'd a ?;'aw:i;u.c I T'je'.'n nVltiiViViii a was :e I o Jl .ir.it'.oii i'roui t-isad.jr r u e. laftg-ia e.nio hasu tncy or worumg ot tne mi res -are :v V".C':ikv4-iTit 1 Mro not goo .worns any m;:nv, i'.iwn.- -t-o.. ..01 - v.--. TtH iU'.di1VJ'ab -tiiev (ton t uijil to t liTs '(p'riyation Atiknvans hwd ?1:l,,lftil of ijoacs Then- si e tried Dr. hi- i,.u-d to'ovvonc'i' tlie.iiMivi'-. N -'kiu New-BiVoove-y and alter the uc I h..v ,-, riad-aHd-e r-f t!fp..rt oj oftwo.s,nVa hidJ'holUes scorn p.ete.y it!.. i f-.i trv . ;:mt 1 -MV. I 'U.-io t . .. " . i.. : a .... ' tr ';-exp!MV-ii. P. ti:e pre;e:ll p ul d mm n' : i a t ( ;;, h, , j(. fl Cl. al u;lls & ;0.r t;ul I .!;.r-s.:. i;. . pr.vrie fo m .: .t. ' '- 1 Hi u r r-i v u it.. ' 1 TOTAI7 IKJitAVITY ! - RkVrd Rwor Sops Tanj- Thlnss That Sets a Trarap tp Thiakinsr. V-Eplx-'-l WATcmtxW'wIh tramping about or orthV Country for a hvir;we are thrown .in company with all kinds of people and often hear .tlu'na that -put a tramp to dhinkin. I-went into a .home a few ja ago to Mfc"for n. little assistance, Td in convecsAtion "with one of tho ocenpunt of the house a yr.ii ng man of ' in ova "Than, ordinarr intelligent e and with . mustache of more than crdir.ary lentil--he said that; he believe! in iota, depravity; and lie further srid that rhat.w'as v about. all the 'xdigion he liad. . T left ; without getting any aid from h'lm.k I went arotsndthe corner, gave my?idf a few kicks and began to study a lifjrk: .-n that line. I looked up my-ohi Uicharckonary to sec' what " depravity was. It sa?: Cofniption, to "ihako bad, to corrupt, vico.. mean, VVell, I began to look about and see what it i tliat keeps down total depravity but the strong arm of the law, and if the "fal low has euough of money -ihe law is not a barrier. Charles A. Dana? tl)o well known editor of the New.York Vw, in an article on rich men -the other day said that John D. Rockefel ler, president f the Standard Oil Com- , pan v. hrd become to rich that his Yord was law at camp 'meet ings,and that, t he -company snapped their lingers at legis lation, ?nubi)el and ignored news paper. And is it not a fact that there are men in Irigh plae s tc-tlay who proi.sisdl to work for ihe :..ases, and who are so depravtd a:; ; nv an that a iisli would U'-l bite a', any, bait., thoy might, put out - ':-:. Mr. Livie.gtcn, of tkorgia, on flio l"th iiSt;.nt. 'Ottered the following pre . amble mid rej-oluftou : . "1.: view of the imp stand cxlretnelv distret-?.-d condition of the masos of the people in thi - cotmtry and their, eager inquiry as to the policy of. tho Kous" of Representatives towards tho Resolved, That w$ i-x tend to them or.r sincere svm.path.y- and promise to - j-do alt in our powr-r for relief on tho hue-of improved hn-uves andreauceu"( taxation'' r . - '"' Well, that would have cost nothing: and, ikwouhlhave been worth nothing, , but; it showed.thaf. Mr. Livingsiun was w. tohilly depraved. WwK lpar me, cud: Mr. Taylor, of Illinoi. objectenV Now Mr. 'Baylor's const it tjen'ts -re in th'saihc boat with Mr. livingston'si, and I have no doubt he promised them all forty acrerfaud a mule if they would send him to Congress. --Now he In there drawing $r,0Cnka year, a&d he-virtnally says to them put your luirkband; . little further forward audi plow- a little. d(?eer, you ;Ja?y vagc-tbond. ... JNow, what aboutrthe souls of such nin? Well you conld piit four of thm n. side the hull of a flax seedf and thrv would be as "natch sea -rvojfi Iet asta ' tadpole Would have-m LuKe Ontario il ho bad the'cnlire laje Jo hunref. Rut I guess it was all unVonstitntforhd. I see that one of the. dear Sector:- from North Carolina found it to, ho uncon stitutional t6' origi .'-a measure to i-.iriv lmwuhk miA nnst r,iast ?a;s, "and T sziis Mr. j Q U am,if 7. ko&'ti&'f 'onld say iockytciieP ( tafVioiTtfl ii was Huiconshhiriorrtflivlr. iana arr; Mr". Ijoclo-f rtWA iooiB'e is only twenty turition's, aii goui-se auy A I iifliVeetiKUi thp .bas rnuch penso" as a last year's bird nest R'iio'ws that it wmtW-iuSiuCitutKi't tax the ineome.of a-popr innii like that. ")ZoX; M SiWtaititoSl new snt) se'ri. : iiWUitW1 for ' the jit int G.-',u vr-jCnotr.in it. W e are . f '' . .t&siiln 1 ii 1 .11:: not going totoMf & death telling tiil-frs: nv d expect zrrtm iftc v$?&S-dixfc vJkiJ. py- for the. uirtTrt,rtidu)g- U&lXp1 i urnisii u h$Mf and light while iva 'gfa&fo&itui 1 e a! hen n ; act. There'is n6 (tV-tvity about tha n'rtH-r-fttirtidiujf- ti! .Vffii furnish us ts it l.tv,..: "-ff. c keen- i ,.r ,vX-A-rtfria. lighthouse at Siuul -i si jf!rr."?Trjh., and are Uks-cu wilji i .l:in',Tuer four vnr ohi. ijjjsi .jmi miu i v-:i. taken rtov.ii wHii Mcasie.!, ioi- i-ri. --- ---- - i . I h.V 4 Vri-'.l,.I.S-ii.H!'n coi.iiauu Hilling ... i i , i . . i . . . i i int., : liVvtr. , JJoetnis at IttMiie ami a iX'tioit treaVe'T her, but in v;ua, she grew u-aric vanidht n-mil she was a mere . r. - . -
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1892, edition 1
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