North Carolina Newspapers

ASM mV 1 1 Y It 1 t 4 V. J. YATES, ElITOE AND PliOPBIETOR. Term of Subscriptio7i$2 50, in advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1873. TWENTY-SECOND YOLUME- MJ3IBER 1101. will Mi 1 . T II E Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. o Tekms Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, One Dollar and Fifty Cents for six months. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. o Advertisements Mill be inserted at reasonable rates, or ia accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will Ofi charged for at advertising rates. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Mas on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines,' Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuff's, fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sen at the very lowest prices. Jan 1, 1872. J. P. Mc Combs, M. D., Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All culls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Oilke in IJrown's building, up stairs, opposite the Cl.urlottc Hotel. Ort ?f5, INTO. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, C1IAKLOTTK, N. C. TJrick Office corner of 5th and Tryon Streets. Iiesidencc on College Street. .Man-h It. 1872. Alexander & Bland, D E N T I STS. Office hours from 8 A. M. to G P. M. tf:,ce in Brown's Building, opposite; the Charlotte j:otel. August V1873. W. U. HOFFMAX. ISAIAH RIMFSOX. HOFFMAN & SIMPSON, Dontist,s C H A It LOTTE, N . C . , Hespect fully inform tlw citizens of Charlotte and the public," that they have associated themselves together in the practice of Dentistry. Their aim will be to perform all operations relating to the pro fession in the most skillful manner and highest de cree of excellence. T tli extracted without pain by the use of Citrous Oxide Gas. Satisfaction guaranteed. Office on Trade Street, in A. R. Nesbit & Rro's new building. Jan. 15, 1873. Saddles, Harness, &c. We respectfully inform our patrons that, we shall continue the manufacture of SADDLERY and HARNESS at our old s'ancl, next door to Slen house, Mucauley & Go's. We shall always keep one of the most extensive stocks in the South, which we will sell at prices to suit. To Wholesale Buyers we say that we will duplicate any bill in our line bought Xorth. We shall ;th ays keep a large stock of well known brands of Hemlock Sole, Oak 'tanned, Kip and Upper Leather on hand, at prices as low as any in the City. Hides and Bark Wanted, For which we pav the highest prices in CASH. 1TMk. WM.'E. SHAW has charge of the Es tablishment, and will be pleased to see his friends. March 3, 1SJ3 ly SCH1FF & BRO. STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers & Commission Merchants, Chaklotte, X. C. Consignments of Cotton solicited, on which we will make-liberal advances to be sold here, or if shippers desire will ship to our friends at New York or Liverpool direct. Commissions and storage on moderate terms. August li), 1873. CENTRAL HOTEL, CIIAKLOTTE, X. C. This well-known House having been newly fur nished and refitted in every department, is now open for the accommodation of the Traveling public. Omnibuses at the Depot on arrival of Trains. Jan. 1, lS;y. II. C. ECCLES. W. F. COOK, Trade Street, on Xorth Carolina IZailroad, Charlotte, N. C, Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of FARMING IMPLEMENTS. tW All orders promptly attended to. Jan. 23, 1873. PORTRAIT PAINTING. ARTHUR L. BUTT, Artist. Studio over Merchants and Farmers Hank, Charlotte, N. C. I shall be pleased to show specimens of my work at my stmlio, to any who are interested in Art. I paint Portraits from Life or Photographs. Per sons whose friends have died can get a Portrait of them if they have a Photograph. 1 can accommo date persons at a distance if they will send a Photo grnph with directions, &c. ARTHUR L. BUTT, Feb. 3, 1873. Charlotte, N. C. GUN SMITH SHOP. W. B. TAYLOIi, Xejct to Elias it Cohen's Dry Goods Store, Informs the public that he has just received a new took of Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Gun Material, Locks, Keys, c., fcc. Please call and examine my stock before pur i basing elsewhere. Repairing of all sorts in my line done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. W. B. TAYLOR, Oct 6, 1873 tf Opposite C harlotte Hotel. RICHARD MOORE, WHOLESALE DEALER IX Stoves, Tin Ware, Zinc, Copper, &c Xear the Court Jlmtse, CIIAKLOTTE, X. C. 83"" The best patterns of COOKING STOVES lways on hand. Sept 8. 1873 4mpd DR. S. B. HIGGINS, Homoeopathic Physician, Tryon Street, Third Door from Fifth, Rt-speetfully offers his services to the citizens of Charlotte and vieinitv. Female complaints and diseases of children a specialty. Neuralgia, Rheu- j " "uin, Lijver complaints :in i i iiromc Diseases radically cured. Chills and Fever eurud without May or no charge made. Oct. 20, 1873 3m About Sxuff. We interviewed sn rM tobacconist yesterday, who communicated the astounding fact that the best brands of snuff (McAboy's, for instance) are now made from tobacco worms. The worm feeds Uxm the cream of the leaf, hence it is nothing less than a mass of concentrated es sence of tobacco. The worms are not butchered and skinned, but dried whole, the Yankees having invented a machine to kill them without breaking the skin. When dried, the worms crumble like aristocratic pie-crust, and all you have to do is to rub them in your hand, and yon have the best quality of snuff. LAND FOR SALE. I offer for sale two Tracts of LAND containing 173 Acre, situated in Providence and Sharon Town ships. Eighty Acres of said Land is in cultivation, tiie balance native forest. Tne Land is equal to the bt'ht in the county, and lies on the waters of McAIpin's Creek, 9 miles from Charlotte. Title good. For terms apply to N.v. 24, 1873 tfwpd D. P. LEE, A-ent. SALE OP LAND. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will sell at Public Auction, on Saturday Dec. 13, 1873, at 11a. m., at Randal burg Post Office in said county, the following described Tracts of Laud belonging to the heirs of Joseph Knox dee'd. The home place, containing about 200 acres, (a larger part thereof subject to the dower of the widow of dee'd.) The Simril place, about 90 acres, joining Thos. Simril and others, (about 38 acres thereof subject to dower.) The "Black Jack" tract, about 10G acres, joining the land of Ez kiel Carutheis' heirs and others. One tract of alout 12 acres, near Pleasant Hill Church, joining Wm. Porter and others. The Siler tract, about 71 acres, joining Logan Hoover and others. Full information in regard to the above land can be had of the undersigned. Terras 12 months credit, purchaser to give bond with approved security. ALEX. GRIER, Cora. Nov. 10, 1873. 5w Valuable Land for Sale. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, the underpinned as Commis sioner will sell at the Court House in Charlotte, on Thursday, the 11th day of December next, Two valuable Tracts of LAND in 3Ie klenburg county, on the waters of Reedy Creek, belonging to the estate of Miss Eliza Pharr, dee'd. One Tract of 104 Acres, adjoining the Lunds of Wm. A. Johnston, Mrs. Dorcas Kimmons and others, and one Tract of 44 Acres, adjoining the Lands of Lee Dulin and others. Nine months credit, with interest from date, will be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved security, and title reserved until purchase m.mev is paid. WM. MAXWELL, Nov. 10, 1873 5w Commissioner. WOLFE, BARRINGER & CO. We respectfully invite the attention of our friends and the public general iy to our new stock of Fall arid Winter Goods, The largest and cheapest stock of Jeans. Tweeds, Satinets, Cloths and Fancy Cassinieres, we have ever had. Ready-made Clothing, GEXTS FURXlSIirXG GOODS, HATS, CAPS, SHOES, TRUNKS & VALICES. Our stock of Ladies Dress Goods, Silks, Silk Poplins, Black Alpaccas, DeLains, Reps and Mohairs, and everything in that line has been selected with special care by Mr Wolfe. Hardware ! Hardware ! ! Carpenter's Tools, Blacksmith's Tools, Builder's Material and Shelf Hardware of every description, cheap at WOLFE, BARRINGER & CO'S. Sept. 29, 1873. ELIAS & COHEN Have now in Store, and are daily receiving through one of the linn now iu the Northern markets, the largest and best selected slock of DRV GOODS, Ready-Made Clothing, BOOTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS, YANKEE NOTIONS, CUTLERY, And a general assortment of Merchandise suited for The Wholesale and Retail Trade, All purchased from first hands and which will be sold at prices that will astonish buyers. A call is only nec- ssary to be convinced. No charge for showing Goods. Terms made to suit purchasers. Country Pro duce taken in exchange For Bargains call and see ELIAS & COHEN, Oct. 13, 1873. Opposite Charlotte Hotel. PRACTICE ECONOMY. BUY A NEW IMPROVED Home Shuttle Sewing Machine. Only costs about one-half of the "so-called" Stan dard Machines. More of them sold this year in North Carolina than all others combined. It runs as light, is as easy to lesrn on as any other, and I can show that it will do the same range of work with similar attachments that any other in this market will do. Warranted for five years. Call on or address D. G. MAXWELL, Charlotte. N. C, General Agent for Nortli and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. July 28, 1873. R. M. MILLER & SONS Agents fok the Celebrated Premium Milburn Wagom A LARGE LOT NOW ON HAND. For durabilityand st-le of finish unexcelled. Call and see them at our Ware Rooms, corner of College and 4tu Streets. 2d story. Sept, 8, 18 T3. J. S. PHILLIPS, Merchant Tailor and Clothier, Offers to the public the finest and best assorted Stock of Goods for Men's Wear Ever brought to this market, including CLOTHS, CASSIMERS. VESTINGS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, Gents Furnishing Goods, HATS, CAPS, &c. Ac. Having had Fourteen Years experience in buying for this market, besides being a Practical Tailor, I feel satisfied of my ability to give entire satisfaction as to Goods ancl prices. r-jf Call an 1 examine goo ls and prices. More tinder Central Hotel. Sept. 29,1373. J. S. PHILLIPS. Western North Carolina. The Editor of the Wilmigton Journal recently visited Lenoir, Caldwell county, and writes as follows: At Lenoir we met Mr. D. II. McKinnon of Toronto, Canada, who had just bought of Dr. Council," 'of Watauga, twenty-five thousand acres of white pine and mineral lands in Watauga and Wilkes. He will also visit the Eastern and Southern portions of the State, to look after while oak and yellow pine lands. Mr. McKinnon, who lias more than twen ty years experience iu rafting timber in Canada ami Maine, intends to float his logs down Elk creek and other streams forming the Yadkin, down the Yadkin, down the Pee Dee to Georgetown, S. C',- an under taking which appears formidable enough, but which this enterprising mau looks up on as a small matter. It is his purpose, af ter he gets his logs below all the formidable obstructions, just below Salisbury, to col lect them together by means of booms, and form immense rafts. Booms will also be placed at low places to prevent tlie logs, in high water, from distributing over the swamp. He hopes to be ready to get a raft ('own during the high water next Spring. Besides Mr. McKinnon, Mr. James Mur ray of St. Catharines; Isaac Cockburn of Toronto; Daniel Woodriff of Stratford, Canada; J. P. McKinnon of Philadelphia, and A. Carrier of Detroit, are also looking for similar investments iu this State. We saw Mr. Hall of Pennsylvania, and Mr. John Hunter of Ontario, who had been looking at lands along the Liuville river, but had not purchased, as they regarded it impracticable to get timber down that river. These purchases open up a new field oi industry in our State, and taken in connec tion with the fact that the timber lands of Canada and Maine are scarce and high, will be an important business, if these pioneers are successful iu their undertakings, of which they appear to have no doubt. As another evidence of improvement in this section we are informed that a magnifi cent site, with fine water power, where the road crosses the Catawba, had been pur chased by a Company for the purpose of erecting a large cotton factory. The abun dance and cheapness of white labor in this section will enable the enterprise to prove most successful. Convicts. Wake has 26 convicts in the penitentiary, leading all others. New Hanover is next, having 23. Edgecombe has 10, Duplin 15, Halifax 10, Guilford and Craven 12 each, Mecklenburg and Beaufort 10 each, Iredell, Johnston and Davidson 9 each. The average number during the last eiht months was 401. The cost of feeding each per day was 13 cents. The total expenditures for the year cndinr Nov. 1, 1873. 74,9(38.22, of this $30,947.32 was in "building account." llaleiqh Xeics. - m Ids The owner of a now moustache was on the down train yesterday morning. He gave up all his attention to his lip. First he would push the contents upward and then stroke them downwards. Again he would pull out the ends, and go through motions calculated to make it part in the middle. Finally a bushy-bearded man in a seat opposite leaned across the aisle, and observed in a friendly whisper, yet loud enough to be heard through the car : "Don't you want to get one or two good hairs to breed from ? Again We announce a neat and pleasant amusement for the Winter evenings, PARLOR CROQUET, com plete for $5 and $8 per sett, at TIDDY'S. ALSO, a large lot of new NOVELS, fresh from the publishers, at TIDDY'S. Our School Book stock is now complete. We don't deem it necessary to ro into detail, but simply announce that our stock is full. Call and see Nov. 17, 1878. TIDDY & BRO. GROCERIES, &c. The undersigned have received a complete and full line of Groceries,Confectioneries, Musical In struments, Toys, Christmas Goods, Cigars, Tobacco, &c, which they are sellinsr low for cash, and to punctual customers. A. R. MSBET & BRO. Call at A. R. NISBET & BRO'S and buy Coffee, Sugais, Molasses, Teas, Cheese and Salt. Call at A. R. NISBET & BRO'S ami buy French Candies, Toy Candies, Sugar Fruits, Stick Candies, 5tc., Stc. Call at A. R. NISBET & BRO'S and buy Accor deans, Violins, Guitars, Tamborines, Music Boxes, &c, fcc. Call at A. R. NISBET & BRO'S and buy Toys of all kinds for children. Call at A. R. NISBET & BRO S and buy'Torpe does, Cannon and small Fire-Crackers, Albums, Vases, Work Boxes, &c, suitable for Christmas presents. Call at A. R. NISBET & BRO'S and buy fine Plug Tobacco, Smoking Tobacco of several brands, with a large quantity and quality of Cigars. All of the good3 mentioned can be boturht at Wholesale and Retail prices. Nov. 17, 1873. A. R. NISBET & BRO. Knives. Our large Fall Stock of POCKET CUTLERY has just arrived. Call and make a selection from the bet assortment in the State. Sept. 8, 1863 WALTER BREM & CO. Administrator's Notice. All persons or parties having claims of any kind against the Estate of John Parker, late a soldier in the U. S. Arnvy, are hereby notified to present the same, duly authenticated, on or before the 18th day of November, 1874, or this notice will certainly be pleaded in bar of their recoverv. D. W. OATES, Nov. 17, 1873 6w Administrator. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate of J. IT. Stew art, dee'd, are requested to come forward and make pavmeut. and all thfse having claims against the said estate will present tliem within the time pre scribed bv law or this notice will be" pleaded in bar of their recovery. W. F. GRIFFITH, Nor. 3, 1873 6wpd Administrator. The Original Limits of North Carolina. When, in November, 1789, North Caroli na acceded to the Union, it was composed of State, with a single exception, lying on the Atlantic. After a lapse of sixty years, her senators and representatives were discussing the admission of a young and wealthy territory lying on the Pacific and front iug the ancient empire of China. I presume that it is not generally recollect ed that this territory, some three thousand miles to our west, was originally a part of North Carolina. In the charter given by Charles II of England, to certain of his courtiers, Carolina contained all the lands lying between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans within the parrelleis of 29 deg. and 36 deg. north latitude. Its northern lim its entered the Pacific at the Bay of Mount erey, only a few miles south of that of San Francisco, and is famous as the liue of the Missouri Compromise. Its bound lies contained the present States of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, al most all of Texas, a large part of Florida, a large part of the teriitoi ies of Old and New California, and New Mexico; and portions of the Mexican provinces of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuiia. This magnifi cent grant, feeding at present five million inhabitants, was made iu consideration ol a yearly rent of sixty-four dollars and thirty seven cents, together with one fourth of all the silver and gold that might be found iu it. Although this might during late years have been a respectable income, yet it is well known that the royal donor never real ized anything from his stipulated return, no gold or silver having been discovered within these bounds at least to any consid erable amount until after the Revolution. Such continued to be the limits of North Carolina until the peace of 1783, when the land lying west of the Mississippi waseeded by Great Britain to France. Having sub seqenily become the property f Spain, it participated iu the revolt which some thirty years ago resulted in the erection of the republic of Mexico; our own eyes have seen a large part of it rc-annexed to the destines of its parent State. S. E. Phillips. Russia's Wheat Crop. We find in the Michigan Farmer the fol lowing comments on the wheat crop of Russia : At last we have information from Russia which is reliable, so far as it goes, and it is from the chief grain-growing part of the country that of Southern Russia. The accounts are simply appalling. There is a failure iu many districts of the crop so com plete that the country has not enough food to subsist upon, to say nothing of furnish big for export until next harvest. The Russian Minister of Agriculture, in an offi cial circular, says the drouth has been much more severe than was supposed. The ab sence of all moisture turned the country to a vast waste the grass in the fields dried up, the grass was turned to a crisp, and even the leaves on the trees turned yellow and fell to the earth. The grain crops are a complete wreck, and what little of given vegetation escaped the drouth was destroy ed by locusts and caterpillars. All this occurred in the granary of Rus sia the provinces of Cherson, Odessa, Ti raspol, Ocgallow, Zecaterinouslow and the Crimea. This must be sad news for the people of Great Britain and France, whose chief dependence for breadstuff's is upon Russia. Unless other parts of Russia have a surplus of grain to supply the southern provinces that country will pass, for this year at least, from a grain exporting to a grain importing country. At any rate it is probable that she will have little, if any thing to spare, and this will throw the bur den of furnishing breadstuff's for Europe upon America and Australia. Fortunately these countries have good crops generally, and from their abundance can supply much to the destitute, but it seems doubtful whether the world's supply will be equal to the demand this year. The significance of this condition of things to us is that it means higher prices for wheat and flour, and in view of the great deficiency in the European crops it is probable that there will be a largely in creased foreign demand for Indian corn as well as wheat. In the midst of our financial troubles, we have this element of prosperity, that we have a surplus of breadstuff's and provisions which Europe must buy, and a large cotton crop, a considerable part of which will find a ready foreign market. The Druggists' Troubles. There is likely to be an interesting contest between the Internal Revenue Bureau and the drug interests in the LTnited States at the next session of Congress. The result of the Philadelphia drug Exchange meeting, Oc tober 9, 1873, in deciding to urge the drug gists throughout the United States to unite iu influencing Congress to repeal "Schedule C," which contains the decisions of the Bureau iu reference to the tax on medical preparations has created quite a stir among the Internal Revenue officers. Mr. Kimball, who has charge of the work under that schedule, pronounces the circular of the Drug Exchange a wrong interpretation of the law and a misrepresentation of faet. He states that the druggists will be met be fore Congress or in the Courtg if so desired, and declares that "if whiskey and tobacco are taxed, drugs ought to be, as they are more injurious to the morals and health of the community." 2?" A Missouri girl on her wedding day, sold her piano and bought a sewing machine and material for her husband and herself, and at once set to work making fllPin im Ilur linshnnil lfnrril it 111 f U'o I weeks her four sisters were all married. I A Chemie Cow and Beef Butter the Best. That the inventor is abroad we all know to onr cost, and perhaps there is only one article remaining for whose production no patent mechanical, time-saving process has been set before us. One would think in a general way that a cow's milk could make better butter than any genius who ever wearied a patent ex aminer. But one Paraff claims to be mak ing in New York, and proposes moreover to make in San Francisco, out of beef snet and steam vats a highly superior butter that will bang out the "best Alderney or Jersey produce and make the celebrated Gosheu go mad. To us common folks, but ter is butter (though apt at public bouses to be cheese into the bargain,) but your prying chemist says il is a sort of greasy Cerberus, three sorts of grease in one, olein, namely: margarin and stearin, defiled in the natural article by another component called "casein," which says the chemists as serts itself in the boarding house variety and produces the flavor variously called high, strong and rancid. Suet, it appears, contains olein, margarin and stearin, with out this objectionable casein. Suet, in fact, is some eight parts butter of the best, one part sperm candles and one part refuse. Mr. Paraff then cuts up his suet, forces it through steel danders, and then steam boils it and draws off the resultant oil, reserving the refuse for the soap grease man. He next coals his oil and presses it through cloths, leaving the stearin behind for can dles and getting olein, fce., that is going to be butter. Now add one-fifth the oil's weight of sour milk, churn, color and pack, and there is for every 100 pounds suet, 70 pounds butter, 20 pounds candles, 10 pounds crackling. 3rr. ParafT says it is so good, so pure, keeps so well, and is so cheap, that it would drive the natural article clean out of use but for the sad fact that all the suet he can get will not supply the demand that the stupid cow and the simple churn some how manage to meet without knowing anything of olein, stearing, margarin, casein, or the learned Mr. Paraff. Let us take comfort then. To have this very superior butter of Paraff, we must have suet, to have suet we must have beeves, to have beeves we must have cows, and while they are supplying Paraff with suet they give us enough but ter to let us do without Paraff, and ignore even the evils of casein. The Political Reaction Begun. In noticing the late elections the Boston Post says: "The result of the elections proclaim that the era of frauds is drawing to a close. Incapacity is to be allowed to plead no more impudent excuses. The Democracy are in arms for the redemption of Constitu tional Government. Recruits from the people will now pour into the Democratic camp to serve for the war. It is a war with every imaginable form of fraud and corruption, with ring monopolies, central ism, military usurpation, bought legislation, salary grabs and Credit Mobilier, and the power that seeks the spoliation and debase ment of sovereign States of the Union. The call goes out for a higher tone in the character of the Administration. Better statesmen are demanded in Washington. The East and West interchange judgments. A corrupt and incompetent Administration stands rebuked. m How the Emperor of Russia has to Work for a Livixg. When the yellow flag with the double-headed eagle of Russia in the centre flies from the flag-staff of the Kremlin palace it announces to Moscow that Alexander, the emancipator, is in the ancient capital of his vast dominions. Con stitutional sovereigns lie on a bed of roses compared to the autocrat of Russia. From him everything hinges in the country that contains 8,000,000 of square miles; with him moves the machinery of the state, and always on a move, His Majesty is obliged to be. Trained in the severe school of the Emperor Nicholas Alexander the II never allowed himself a moment's relaxation. It is known what a passionate soldier the Em peror of Germany is, how he will even at tend the drills of a single company. The Emperor of Russia, though, goes from re view to review, from field-days of 5,000 men to field-days of special arms, from the target practice of a few non-commissioned officers to a manoeuvre of the fleet. Now in Poland, now iu Tsarskoo Selo, now at Const radt, now in the Caucasus, and all at once in the Crimea. Always soldiers, sold-" iers, soldiers! He himself is never out of uniform, and none of the ministers ever dis card their epaulets. The Imperial suite is, of course, enormous. But to-day his majes ty is at Moscow ; to-night he proceeds to the Crimea. In the train the Minister of the Interior will probably see him, with in numerable papers for signature; The Min ister of Finance, of Justice, or of Foreign Affairs, will disturb the Imperial rest. Such is it to be an Emperor; and how many there are who would give a whole lifetime for five minutes in such a position ! For five minutes it may be pleasant, but it is ques tionable whether a longer experience would not bring about a change of feeling. Army Gazette. m 1 1 1 cm In Cincinnati, recently, a widow and her four daughters were all married on the same day. Somebody wants American wives to study the difference bet ween house keeping and horaekeeping Love induced a St. Louis girt to sell every article of cloth ing bhe possessed iu order to get her lover out of jail. - squabble?, an old batchelor, showed his stocking, which he had just darned, to a maiden lady, who contemptuously remark et!, "Pretty . good for a man darner." Whereupon Squabbles remarked, Ves, good enough for a woman, darn her." Row the Widow sot Married. Mr, Green was a good-looking man, very he dressed well was well posted up in matters of business, and had the reputation of being a smart man. But Mr. Green had lived thirty years without a wife. It was not his fault, for he was fond of the society of the fairer sex ; owned a fine bouse, which he rented for his board, and there were plenty of marriageable ladies in the village. How happened it then, thai Mr. Green remained in a state of single blessedness? Want of courage. True, he could pick up a lady's handkerchief, hold a skein of yarn, or give his arm in the politest tnanucr to escort a lady from church. He haJ seen at least half a dozen women he would hare married, or who would have married him; but he never could muster sufficient .oour age to ask either of (hem whethcrliins would oi not. ' '. ' " One evening he was visiting th widow Smith's. Twenty-six years had flown over her head, and yet she had been a widow for three years, and had long put off her widow's weeds. She was pretty, had placed her only child beside her husband in t the graveyard, and sighed for a contpanion; and many a time had she remarked to ber friends she wondered why Mr. Greeri did not get married. He was an occasional caller at the house, and would have married her at an hour's notice. But she did not know it. He had never whispered tq her of love. He could talk about the crops, the growth of the village, the industry of the young men, and all other matters wUioh the widow did not eare to hear about, but the one thing' which would have struck her ear aa the sweetest of sounds, he never mentioned. One eventful evening tho widow was ex cessively annoyed by her domestics. Hard- lj was Mr. Green seated, when Bridget made her appearance at the door, ' 'Miss Smith, if it plaze you, said the da mestic, 'will you look into tho kitcheu for ft minute ?' Scarcely had Mrs. Smith returned, when the buhy head of John, the hired man, was thrust into the door with : ' 'Mrs. Smith.' 'How I hate the name of Smith V aJ4 the lady. ' ' Mr. Green's eyes dilated for a moment he opened his mouth and exclaimed ia har ried accents : 'Make it Green, ma'am make it Green P And in less than a month there was no 'Widow Smith' in the village. mm m . TheBaby. When a baby comes into a household it is only a little, fdiapule, red-laced thing, with tiny doubled fits that ruove them selves about at nothing, and am appu-lito disproportionately largo in comparison with its other qualities. Yes, it comes as a sort of a monarch- that helpless little handiul, and it begins to reign forthwith. Its voice not exactly the voice of the turtle either being heard in the laud all other sounds are forgotten. It matters not who has no dinner so that he has his, nor who is tired so that' lie en joy himself. Ordinary occupations ceat, and a group gathers about the cradle to Sod him put his fist in his mouth. A smalt fringe of hair on the back of his head it more beautiful in the e?es of the household than the floating locks of any golden blorido on earth ; and wkile some adult is quietly advised to have his aching wisdom-tooth pulled out, and not bother any more about it, the family rush pell-mell to the cradle side to see that wonderful thing baby first tooth peeping through its gums.' King baby, do you know anything abdnt all this? If you did you might look for ward very sadly. Iu alter lile there will be no such adoration fcr you. Words of wis dom will fall unnoticed from your lipsthdrt, though when you have learned to say 'bla! bla !" the household now goes into ecsta cies. Y ur little natural kicks and wriggle, that are so charming, aro nothing to the hard work that you will do "without ft thank you" from any one. Your sleeping, eating and smiling will interest no one bat yourself when you are a mau. It is Well ' that you do not know it. But now you aro a king, and, iu truth, a home is made happy by such a little monarch. Reign on. lam one of your subjects, and I pity any one so stem and cold that he does not bow a little before that great Gram! Llama, the baby of the house. Mart Kyle Dallas. Is a Passenger Obliged to But a Ticket to 00 ox a Railroad Traix, A singular case. was tried at Mt. Vernon, Iud., last week, iu which the St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad was defendant, and Charles Myrtle, of that place, was plaintiff Some time last summer Myrtle took paa sage on the defendant's road to go to EveiiSr villt. He wait not provided with a ticket,' being unable to procure one by reason of the ab.eNce ol the local ticket agent, fie took his seat in the cars, and when the con ductor demanded hi ticket, he promptly tendered the usual fare, or more if neces sary, so great was his anxiety to "reach 11U destination. The Conductor said that the rules of the company did not allow him to" take monev, ami that he would bo compcll--ed to put the plaintiff off the cars, and ho did. The plaintiff brought suit for $2,00f) : damages, and the jury returned a verdict for '52.50. 3 The following were convicted g( Asheville Federal Court of counterfeiting, and were sentenced to Albany penitentiary for a term of two years with a fine of $2,000; T. Barker, Ashe county ; Dr. L. P Black burn, Mitchell 'comity; A. M. Cable, Gra R. L. D. Bnrchfiehl, Swaynp; V, Fraier, Mitchell; J. 'II. Lewis, Graham; Henry Butler, Mitchell; J. S. Hide, G 1 ahaiii. Efhattyc.