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.c pOIfinu Off! '. i ' iod CHAKLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1878. 1 , J. YATES, Editor and Pbopeiktor. Termt of Subscription $2. 00, h advance!. TWENTY-SHTTI TOLUME NPHCEa III! - r. I II I II I S II I II I II I. II I II I II I .11 i It III J . . I t ssMsjsi ... m i THE Charlotte Democrat, . PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor Tbbhs-t-TWO , DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months. Substriptumi must he paid in advance. , - ' o , Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates, or in accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will te charged for at advertising rates. ' Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C., Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE iJmjSs, emfcals, Patent Medkm, FwnUy Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs. Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell t the vtry luweat prices.. Jan 1, 1875. , , . . . , . .. . . ' j ? J. P. McCombs, M. D., i ffers his professional services to the citizens of ( harlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. ()tnce in Brown's building, up stairs, oppositethe i harlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. , . DR. J. ,tM,5 MILLER, Charlotte, N.: C. All calls promptly answered day and night. Office over Traders' Natioual Bank Residence opposite W. R. Myers'. Jan. 18, 1878. Doctor yf). STUART LYON, " Charlotte,1 C.'- Office with Dr. Battle, over Dr. Mc Aden's Drug Store, (ttesidence at Hev. Theo.. Whitfield's.) Calls from City and country will receive prompt attention. April 19, 1878 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. r Oaa used for the painless extraction of teetu. Feb. 15, 1878. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. e j. Tall en, ; Near Irwin's' corner Trade Street,! ' J t ClIABLOTTE, C., PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER, IST Repairing of Jewelry, Watches and Clocks done at short notice and moderate prices. April 17,1876. y R. M. MILLER U SONS, Commission Merchants, and WHOLESALE DEALERS IN, Provisions and Groceries, College Street, Chablottk, N . C. Flour, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Molasses, and in fact, all kind of Groceries in large quantities always on hand for the Wholesale trade. Jan. 1 lSTS.' -1' K t ' j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, CcVispp Street,' CHAfiL6Tri,N: C, Bells GFoceries'at Lowest tates for Ca.ah, 1 and buys uounrry rroauoe ai highest market prioe. Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns maae. D. M. RIGLER Charlotte, N. C. Dealer in Confectioneries, Fruits, Canned Goods, Crackers, Bread, Cakes, Pickles, &c. (2T Cakes baked to order at short notice. Jan. 1, 1877. , , B. N. SMITH, Dealer in Groceries and Family Provisions of all t-i'. . vl sorts, rt :rjj,-;fi CHARLOTTE, N. C. ... Consignments of Produce solicited, and prompt returns made. Families fan find anything at my Store in the Grocery'Une tp pat, including fregh meats. Jan. 1,1877. fMt . S. S. BURWKIX, , 1878. i E. B. SPRINGS BURWELL & SPRINGS, Grocers and Commission Merchants, Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 4,1878. ,-. LEWIN W- PARRINGER, ; i (Soribf the late Hon.-D. M. Barringep oI N. C.,j Attorney and Counsellor at Law. ; m WAtn?T Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Prompt attention to: all legal business. Best references given as to legal and financial Tesponsi ' bllity. Commissioner for North Carolina. BefrbkkCes. Chief Justice W. N. H. Smith ; Raleigh National Bank ; 1st National Bank, Char lotte ; Merchants and Farmers National Bank. March 15, 1878 ly-pd. ,V TW. RICHARD H. LEWIS, 'Raleigh;! N.w'O. (Lai? Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear in the Savannah Medical College,) w W Practice timitei to the EYE and EAR, qct.12, 1877 y . ........ TAILORING. t Join Vogel, Practical bailor, Respectfully l inlonas the Citizens of: Charlotte and surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu facture genUeman'B clqtbiBrin tb5 jatcst style and at short notico.r,liu beet.exertion&wiU be gi?en to rchdcrKatlsf action" j those wh5 patronire:him. Shop opposite old Charlotte Hotel. , -January t 1877. - iUw -iit -Glass. " ' 300 Ifoxe9 American Window Glass, at lowest prlpesf , , wLSQN & BURWELL. : Cilpt; J. L. Robinson,' er-Speaker of the House and State Senator, and the com ing man of the Mountains, comes out in a strong letter endorsing Schenck for Assch ciate Justice. Tarboto Southerner. WARM SPRINGS. Western North Carolina. Is now open for the reception of pleasure seekers and invalids. This delightful place is situated in the beautiful Valley of the French Broad, within eight miles of Railroad. We have a fine Band of Music, attentive Servants, anl all accommodations to be found at a first-class watering place. 'The Bath-House has recently been remodeled and now has all the modern improvements, such as Tub, Showei and Plunge Baths, hot or cold, or any tem perature that may be desired. ' ; Excursion Tickets will be sold to Warm Springs and return from the places named below at the fol lowing rates, viz: . Via Salisbury Via Danville, and LyncJiburg fc AaJieville. MorrMown. $30 95 $33 60 28 00 30 65 23 15 25 80 26 85 22 90 28 70 From Goldsboro, N. C, Raleigh, " , Greensboro, " Salisbury, " Charlotte, " Excursion Tickets will also be sold to Warm Springs at all of the principal Cities in the United States. For further particulars apply for descriptive pamphlet. , , W. II. nOWERTON, May 17, 1878 6w Proprietor. "Down by the Sea" Season of 1818. OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, Beaufort, N. C, GEORGE W. CHARLOTTE, Proprietor, (Lite Proprietor of Atlantic House,) Was opened for the reception of guests on the first day of May, 1878. The above Hotel is situated immediately on the water front, in the business centre of the town and offers special inducements to commercial travelers, and has a view from its promenade on the roof un surpassed by any other building in the town. BALL ROOM This Hotel has a splendid Ball Room attached, and a Band of Music has been en gaged for the entire season. BATHING HOUSES. Commodious Bathing Houses have been erected on shore and beach, for the benefit of the patrons of this Hotel. CROQUET GROUND. For those who delight in this innocent amusement, provision has been made. BOATS. Fast sailing and well managed Boats will be in readiness at all hours to convey passen gers about the harbor, and will connect with all trains. The United States mail boat lands and sails from the Hotel wharf. FISHING. Beaufort offers superior advantages to those who delight in patching the finny tribe. : THE TABLE will always be.fumished with the best that this and the adjoining markets afford- TH SERVANTS will be required to be polite and attentive. THIS HOTEL will be second to none. REDUCTION IN BOARD- Per Day $1.50; per Month $30.00. Beaufort, May 17, 1878. tf SPARKLING Catawba Springs, Catawba County, N. b. , This desirable watering place will be open for select visitors 20th. May, 1878. The Springs are situated .joear Hickory Station, on the Western North Carolina 'Railroad. ' " ' ' The bracing", mountain atmosphere, with the health restoring properties pf their waters, repders these Springs a most desirable resort for invalids and pleasure seekers.. v , , The mineral waters embrace blue and white Sul phur and Chalybeate. It is the best and most ex tensively fitted up watering place in the State, and can accommodate three hundred persons. A good band of music will remain at the Springs during the season, and all the facilities afforded for amusements usually found at first-class watering places will be offered to visitors. A good supply of ice constantly. on hand. - !,:, O ; Conveyances will meet the trains daily at Hickory Station to convey visitors to the Springs. Board : $35 per month of 28 days ; $12 per week 5 $2 per day. -! Half price for children and colored servants, and liberal deduction for families. Dr.5 E. 0.; ELLIOTT, May 3 1873 2m Owner and Proprietor. BUYERS OF DRY GOODS, ' ! Ready-made Clothing 4KP QENfiBAIi WmCJfANPISE Will find at the old established house of ELIAS & COHEN The largest, best assorted and cheapest Stock of Goods ever brought to this market. We are prepared to prove upon examination of our Stock that we make no vain boast, and solicit buyers, both Wholesale and Retail, to look at our Goods and prices before purchasing. Our stock of Dress Goods. White Goods, Alpac cas. Embroideries, Kid Gloves, Sun Lmbrellas, Fans, Ties and Fancy Goods are complete and will be sold at astonishing low prices. Carpets, Oil Cloths and Mattings very low. Fair dealing. Polite and attentive Clerks. Call and see ns and judge for yourselves. ELIAS & COHEN. March 22, 1878. I COTTON a YARN, j fiO BUNCHES COTTON YARN from Glen roy Mills, N. O.,' mantrfanured from seed Cotton by E. C. Grier & Son, for sale by , . .'. . J. Mclaughlin & co. March ?9, 1878.'. ( Fresh jMeatjjansJ rpvisions. For choice Beef 'and Mutton,' iPatapsco Baking Powders, pure Roasted Coffee not Ground, send your orders to B. N. Smith's. Also a supply of Dixie Pumps, best and cheapest pump in use. April 26, 1878. B. N. SMITH. .Ki o Central ;Hotell BARBER SHOP. GRAY TOOLE, Proprietor, keeps the best workmen employed, and guarantees pleasure and satisfaction to customers. Shop immediately in rear of Hotel office. June 8,1877. .., r tr - iilillt.ti , ' ' . JjQpS, " ' f lOapotmds Fresh Hops,'crop of 1877. FA 22, 1873. ' v WILSON & BURWELL. t V In the U. S. Supreme Court r last ,-vreek came up the case ' of the Tenth National Bank of New York city; and Matthev T. Brennan. Sheriff, against Richard. 'Warren' and Edward Rowe, assignees of 'Edrnrinti j Appeal from the Circuit Court of the Scmth-, em District of New York.' ' ' : ' 11 1 j ' ' 11 The Tenth National Bank of New York had an undisputed debt against'the firm of Sanfirer '&Xfo. of about 810.000. The Bank endeavored to obtain its money by' persua-i pion but received only lair words in return. After pursuing this. .policy foiff several months, legal measures were' resorted' io and suit commenced1 againBt the debtors.' The debtors received dejay and indulgence in the prosecution of this ' suit',' the same having been commenced on the 3d of No vember, 1870, and placed in judgment only on the 12th of January, 1871. Execution was issued on the same day last named, and a levy made upon the property of the de fendants. Yielding again to solicitations, the creditor did not press an immediate sale under the execution, and on the 24th of February, 1871, bankruptcy proceedings were commenced by other creditors.' . The sale upon the execution was stayed by . an injunction in the present suit, 'which was commenced to set aside the judgment and execution as fraudulent and void. This injunction was afterwards modified by allowing a sale and directing the Sheriff to hold the proceeds subject to the order of the Court. The present action goes upon the theory that the mere non-resistance of a debtor to judicial proceedings against him, when the debt is due and there is no valid defence to it, is the suffering and giving a preference under the bankrupt act. This theory is ex pressly repudiated in the case of Wilson vs. the City Bank (17 Wall, 473.) It is also held in that case that the fact that the debtor does not himself file the petition in bankruptcy under such circumstances, and that the creditor was aware of the insol vency of the debtor, do not avoid the judg ment and execution. In the present case there is not proven a single fact or circum stance tending to show a concurrence or aid on the part of the debtors in obtaining the judgment or securing the payment of the debt. The only effort of the debtors was to obtain delay, apparently in the hope of relief from the embarrassments which final ly overwhelmed them. The judgment of the Circuit Court must be reversed and that of the District Court, dismissing the bill with costs, affirmed ; and it is so ordered. About Governors. There are but four States in the Union where the Chief Magistrate is elected an nually. They are as follows, witli the amount of salary appended: Maine, salary, $2,500; Massachusetts, $5,000 ; New Hamp shire, 1,000 ; Rhode Island, $1,000. -The following States have terms of two years : Alabama, salary, $3,000 ; Connecticut, $2, 000 ; Iowa, $3,000 ; Kansas, $3,000 ; Min nesota, $3,000 ; Nebraska, $2,500 ; Nevada, $6,000; New York, $10,000; Ohio, $4,000 ; South Carolina, $3,500 ; Tennessee, $4,000 ; Texas, $5,000 ; Vermont, $1,000. The fol lowing have terms of three : New Jersey, salary, f 5.00Q ;' Pennsylvania, , $10,000. The following have fQur-y ear terms: Ar kansas, salary, $3,500'; California, $6,000; Colorado, $3,000 ; Delaware,' $2,000 j Flori da, $3,500; Georgia, $4,000 ; Illinois, $6, 000; Indiana, $3,000; Xouisiana, $8,000; Kentucky,' $5,000; Maryland; $4,500; Michigan, $1,000 ; Mississippi and Missouri, $5,000; North Carolina, $4,000; Oregon, $1,500; Virginia, $5,000; Weat Virginia, $2,700. ' ' mmi . War Indemnities. ! There was a Russo-Turkish war which terminated in September, 1829, by a treaty under which Sultan Hahmoul II, had to pay $4,000,000 as compensation to Russian mer chants, and also' $25,000,000 in ten half year installments of $2,500,000 each; Russian troops to occupy the country' until the last farthing had been reimbursed the wh,ole left bank of the panutie being au,rrendered to te i Muscovite invaders. There are yet further instances. Napolean, during the whole of the first empire, had paid one-half of the general expenditure of France by pe cuniary assessments on foreign countries. After Waterloo, settling day arrived on which, by the treaty of Paris (November 20, 1815,) France had to pay the large sum of $307,000,000 to the foreign countries that had go been laid under contributions ; also, having to pay, clothe and entirely maintain a foreign army of occupation' (150,000) for not less than three, nor more than five years, under the command of Wellington, until the whole amount was paid. This is no isolated incident of the past. . ,The principle which was acted upon, as here stated, at the close of the French war, in 1815, and of the Rus sian war In lS29,'was revived in 1864, when Prussia and Austria, having invaded Den mark without any just cause, overpowered, her numerical lorce, robbe her of the Duchies of Schleswig $nd Holstein, and ex acted a large money payment to defray the expenses of the war. Still more recently was the exaction of five millions of francs made by Prussia from France as war in demnity, in 1871, with the surrender of the Rhine provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. The money was paid in gold before the ap pointed day, and the provinces were annex ed at once. Bismarck was far more exact ing towards France in 1871 than Gortscha koff has been against Turkey in S77. The Franco-German war $2?5,ti00,000, which de ducted from the $,000,000 of . indemnity paid by France, leaves a cjear profit of $73, 000,000. The po8f 'of the war to France waa $il ,865,000,000 without reckoning the money value of Ahmceand Lorraine, esti mated at $865,000,000 more. War is a bad thing for the losers. " A Bankruptcy. Decision. h : Intoxication, without liquor. , - That drunkenness can bo entailed is cot generally known,' It is conceded that a thirst for strong drink and snob- like evils inay.be born with the children bf drunken' parents, bat that a child mar be ! born in such condition as to have through - all it wo uts w penoaiMi intoxication witnout Jiaving-taated strong drink, is ft state of the case not generally known ; and yet it seems be true. ? ; . . l i i Within the past' week we have met- 4 gentleman who is a'subject of periodical in toxication though he has never drank ini toxicants, i His father was an inebriate. This man is of middle age, well 'known in- tne state, has held responsible positions, and is iiow favorably mentioned as a candi date for : Justice f of the; JeacetV lie ii a warm temperance advocate and a member of the Episcopal Church. Once or twice a vear since re was nineteen years of age he has had his spree, which in every essential particular corresponds with that of the com mon drunkard. At these times he becomes visionary, spends his money without stint, launches into ruinous schemes, abuses his friends, becomes flushed in the face, refuses to sleep, and to all intents and purposes is intoxicated. He has lost all his positions in business because of this : curse of his life, and has lost many , hundreds of dollars. His spree lasts a week or two at a time. During several years, while he . held the position of postmaster, he had a particular friend who did his business while these sea sons lasted. This friend died, and he after ward lost his position by a failure to ac count for money belonging to the Govern ment. The Government has since refunded the amount to his bondsman, who1 paid it for him at the time of the loss. He was at one time in an insane asylum, but brought suit against those who held him. He has been examined by physicians both in this State and California, and they generally agree it is simply intoxication -produced by that strange hereditary law which so often visits the sins of the father upon the sons. We have not seen fit to give this gentle man's name, but we were given permission to do so if we desired. We were also in formed that the same curse rests on all his brothers and sisters, though his is the worst case. ; What a commentary on drunkenness ? Here is a gentleman of the finest business qualifications subjected to evil which has blighted his life, leaving no hope for recov ery, and yet he is wholly irresponsible for the sin which caused it. Call it an extreme case if you will, it still proves a possible curse which may folldw every drunkard in the land to prey upon his children through succeeding generations. -Pacific Christian Advocate. Intercourse in Society. 'Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggera tion. A lady loses as soon as she ; admires too easily and too much. In man or wo man, the face and the person lose power when they are on the strain to express ad miration. A man makes his inferiors his superiors by heat." ' Why need you who are not a gossip, talk as a gossip, and tell ea gerly, what the neighbors or journals say? State your opinions without apology. The attitude is the main point, assuring your companion that come good news or come bad, you remain in' goodbeart and good mind, which is the best hews you can pos sibly communicate, i Self-control is the rule. When people come to see us we fool ishly prattle lest we be inhospitable. But things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don't say things. What you are: stands over you the while and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. A lady of my acquaintance said: "I don't care so much for what they say as I do for wliat makes them say it." The law of the table is beauty a respect to the common soul of all the guests. Everything is un reasonable which is private to two or three, or any portion of the company. Tact never violates for a moment this law ; never in trudes the orders of the house, the vices of the absent, or a tariff of expenses or profes sional privacies; as we say, we never "talk shop" before company. Lovers abstain from caresses, and haters from insults, whilst they sit in one parlor with common friends. Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we must learn to adorn every day with sacrifices. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. jR, W. JEnieraon. Cornel The people of North Carolina, through their Governor, their Board of Immigration, and of Agriculture, and through the uuei ceptioned voice of their public press, cor dially invite respectable citizens of every class, color, sex, and previous condition, who sincerely desire to seek homes, or em ployment, in our midst, to come at once, freely and without fear. Come and see for yourselves J Examine our soil, our mines, our climate, our agriculture, our water power all the manifold inherent resources of our grand old commonwealth! Investi- f ate its moral, social and political status ! ts schools, its churches, its charitable and fraternal . institutions ! Remember that North Carolinians, having fought their "level best" to build up a Southern Union, are now turning the same energies to build up their State. JThey Jhave no room for politicians or agitators," "6r gas-aways j but their gates stand wide open foy every decent Yankee or European, who comes with in tent to; cast his fortune in the scale with our own ! Manufacturers, mechanics, miners, farmers (of both large and small' means) all classes of respectable workers-yoi are the men we 'want ! ; Come right along! We have plenty of land ' and houses, and subsistence for you ! " ' ' ; ! ' ' ' - R, A.' S. ' Ealtigh Farmer and Mechanic Love of Home. How shall the sentiment be called out, cultivated, perpetuated ? and why is such stress laid upon it? and how can our sex best aid in the Work ?i ; There is is very wide and- deep , signifi cance in the announcement that God is love ; that the great center, source, creator pf all things is love that He, from whom we come, and to whom We go ; from -whom we derive not merely our, being;' but our na ture, pur primary instincts, thoughts, feel ings and tendencies, is simply thisr-Xotfi. If we think iabout it a little we i must feel that the reading principle of creation1, the secret spring, the motive gower,, ine very essence of all life and action is, .or ought to be, Love, i When we are most actuated and controlled by itj we are nearest the original likeness of man to his Creator. , : When ; we feel and acJcnpwledge it least, weare furthest from) Him. : ' ..... : i: .' i All this is nothing new. ' How often we have been told it, how often we have read it, and yet, now and then, these great pri mary truths come suddenly upon, us with the force and freshness of entire novelty. God is love. Then Love is everywhere; controls everything y colore everything, arid gives its own stamp and corresponding value to whatever it enters- as ; factor. Eliminate Love from creation, and you have a universe without God. Look with ppen eyes at your most ordinary daily sur roundings, and you will see no element of life that is not lit up, sweetened and strengthened by its presence. It comes freshly to me this ' morning that God is Love, when I think what an important fac tor in the strength and prosperity of a na tion is the simple Love of Home which is our theme to-day. lo love our home is to love not only its four walls, or its territory bounded by our fences, not only its-iamiliar aspects, its as sociations, its furniture, its face9, its thou sand memories and influences, sweet and bitter, wholesome and stimulating, which have fixed our character and affected our destiny for this world and the next ; but it is to love also the sunshine and the moon light that lie on its walls and floors, the dew on its grass and flowers, the ky that hangs over it. A man who loves his home loves his own township and county better, loves his own State better, loves his whole country better, and the woman who makes a home for a man that he can love in this way, is doing more in the cause of patriot ism, in the service of religion, than if she were a life-long member of its highest legis lative assembly, sat in its highest judicial courts, or swayed its highest executive de partments To love is to be like God, and the wider the circle expands the nearer and nearer we come to our great original. To love our own well and heartily, wisely and truly, is the way to learn to lovo the interests of others, and to love our brother well and truly is next door to that love of God where the soul finds its noblest expansion, its true destiny. The family hearth-stone is the centre pivot of the State, on which turn its char acter, its prosperity, its influences good or bad ; and the family hearth-stone is in the hands of the women of the State. It is yours my friend, to make the homes of North Carolina so lovely, and so lovable that the men of the State shall be noted for their self-respect, for their chivalrous regard for the honor and happiness of their women and children, for their respect and obedience to the laws that protect their neighbors' rights and interests, for their abiding love of their own State, for their broad and in telligent national pride and patriotism ; all this comes from Love. Some of these good things our North Carolina men do possess, and are, and have long been noted for. They are self-respecting, and they are law-abiding they have many traits tor which we love and honor them, but they lack chivalry, enthusiasm, State pride ; those finer and more generous characteristics which mark a wider develop ment and appreciation of the great law of Love. I speak as unto wise women. Judge ye, my lriends if this be not true of our men. And whose is the fault, and how shall it be remedied ? If there is anything in the whole range of tradition that I firmly believe it is this, thai the character of the men of a State de pends on that of the women of the State. The women of North Carolina need arous ing to a just sense of their own importance, and their own influence, and their own rights and duties and, tteir ovrn strength ! . Our strength is at- home; our field of action is there our hopes, our duties, our happiness are there and, as I said before, I believe most heartily that the woman who makes her home a happy and beautiful one, has done her duty in that state to which God's Providence has called her. In this great work, as in everything else, things begin at the beginning, and with No. 1. A woman who sets out with great thoughts of heart about her noble, far-reaching mission, must begin with herself. She wishes to sanctify and beautify her home, she must begin with sanctifying and beau tifying herself. She is the high priestess of the sanctuary her robes must be rade- tsiear in, me! wriat a wort is ners. What a work and what a reward ! Think of it. A work "brief, and yet endless ;" a reward never tasted in this life, perhaps, yet sure, ample, and long-lasting as Love itself. ; . . It is every woman's sacred duty, then, as a servant of Love, a co-worker with Him, who filleth all things, and also as a good and patriotic citizen j to think iuch of her self, to take care of herself, to study, and be sure of herself, and to make herself as at tractive and influential as she possibly can. To. think much of herseU She is a part ner m the firm of humanity. She bas ran en power in her bands ; has abilities propor- tioned to' her sphere, and rights " and di gni ties inferior to. none. Her position ia subor dinatebut not inferior. . . To take care of herself. She mast under stand her own physical frame its strength and its weakness so as not to Undertake more than sho can do, or be induced to go beyond the boundaries laid down for her by nature. A woman cannot do a man's work, and ought to resent being called upon to doit. It is a rude life that women livo who neglect the delicacies and requirements Of SeX.' ; . -..i ::;. To study and be sure of herself. So as to know her own temper and disposition, and where her weakness or strength ' lies. To know what she can do best, and be sur est of-SQCcesa in not i wasting hr force by attempting what , she; has' no' tarn for, or vainly jmuating es of action when she, herself, might he a: leader in another di rection.' : . i Nothing has given ns all more trouble than these vain endeavors. Some women can do but ope or two things well. Some seem to be, equal to many various calls upon them. Some are good in one department, some in another, who are comparative fail ures outside of them. Understand yourself and your own capabilities, and while neg lecting no duty within your proper sphere, do not think of being perfect in all, or rival ing every good neighbor in every particular piece of good housewifery. See which way your turn lies, and let Love direct that. What is your key-note ? Set yonr life to it. To make herself attractive. Certainly. Have you beauty? Take care of It as something God-given and precious. Have you not ? Make the best of your person, nevertheless, for the sake of others and the good influence you hope to have on them. Let it be a part of your religion to he neat and clean, always, and pretty as often as you can. Make a conscience of having your hair smooth and shining, your collar neat, your dress (if only a cheap calico) clean and well-fitting, your feet neatly dressed. Slip-shod feet, straggling hair, and breath according thereto, in wives and mothers, nave made many a bad citixen, many a drunkard, many a penitentiary convict. These are the first steps towards making home a place to love, a place to be drawn to, to cling to, to refuse to emigrate from, to work for, and, if need be, to. die for. Make yourself loveable and respectable, and your home, your . husband's and chil dren home will be like you. -Mr$, O, P. Spencer in the Raleigh Farmer. Stick to Yonr Bush. The secret of the man who got rich by "sticking to his bush" will bear repetition even in these hard times. In answer to a question how he became so very successful, he told the following story : I will tell you how it was. One day when I was a lad, a party of boys and girls were going to pick blackberries. I wanted to go with them, but was afraid father would not let me. When I told him what was going on he at once gave me permission' to go with them. I could hardly contain myself. I rushed into the kitchen, got a basket, and asked my mother for a luncheon, v I had the basket on my arm, and was just going out at the gate when my father called me back. He took my hand and said in a gentle voice : "Joseph, what are yon going to do?" "To pick berries," I replied. . J. . : :;; . "Then, Joseph, I want to tell yon one thing. , It is this : When yon find a pretty good bush, do cot leave it to seek for a bet ter one. The other boys and, gills will un about picking a little here and a little there, passing a good deal of time, and getting but very few berries." . . . ..i.- v.fi, ,f , I went and had a capital time. No sooner had one found a bnsh than he called all the rest, and they left their several places, and ran off to the new found treajure. . Not con tent more than a minute or two in one, place, they rambled over the whole pasture?, got very tired, and at night had bnt very lew berries. ; ' My father's words kept running in my ears, and I "stuck to ray bush When I had done with one I found another, and finished that, then I took another,:. .When night came I had a basket full of ripe ber ries, more than all the othera put. together, and was not half so tired as; they, were I went home happy. Bat when I entered I found my father had been taken ilL He looked at my basket full of ripe blackberries and said : "Well done, Joseph. Was I not risht when I told you to always stick to your bush?" He died a few days after, and I had to make my way in the world as best Ioould But my father's words sank . deep into my mind, and I never forgot the experience of that blackberry party "I stock to my bush." When I had a fair place, and was doing tolerably well, I did not leave it and spend weeks and months seeking one I thought might be a little better. When other young men said, "Come with ns and we will make a fortune in a few. weeks," I shook my head and jstck to my bush." Presently my employers offered to take me into business with them. I stayed with the old house until the prindpaUde4,and ieil I had every tbbg that I wanted The habit of sticking to my business led people to trust me and gave me a character. J1 1 owe all to this motto: "Stick toyont pMh. Never in . modern times has there been such a period of famine as in the last five years. First in Anatolia (Turkey,) then in India, and now in China andl. Bra zil, Tens of thousands have di4 from sheer starvation. Last : month Jibe dsaths from this cause in Brazil' vera reported to be as many as one" hundred a dayOov ernment and individual he'.doiie what they can,' but are powerless to deal oV quatdy with the calamity, - r t
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 31, 1878, edition 1
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