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Will advise, treat or operate in all the aftere: t departments of Surgery.., , March 5, 1881 , ly K i I.. - . .i . i' - .. ...I. .. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent MediciD, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs. Fancy and Toilet Articles, which tie is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. . , Jan 1, 1879. DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, White Lead and Colors, Machine and .Tanners' Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at low prices. March 28, T879. J. P. McCombs, M. D., - Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C. All calls promptly answered day and night. Office over Traders' National Bank Residence opposite W. R. Myers'. Jan. 18, 1878. DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. . Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1878. .. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. March 18, 1881 ly A. BUBWELIi. P. ! WALKER. BX7RWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office adjoining Court House. Nov. 5, 1880. T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, (Opposite fhe Court House, Charlotte, N. C.,) Practices in the State and U. S. Courts, and gives prompt attention to business. Will negotiate loans. May 28, 1880. y WILSON & BURWELL, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Trade Street Chablotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything per taining to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct. 8.1880. . y; HALES & PARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c;, which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. Tly 1, 1879. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups. .Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Glass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we offer to both the Wholesale acd Retail trade. All are in vited to try us from the smallest to the largest buyers. Jan. 17, 1880. j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, fee, College Steeet, Chablotte, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, . and buys Country Produce at highest market price. tT Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1,1880. HARRISON WATTS, v COTTON BUYER, Corner Trade and College Sts.y up Stairst CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct 24. 1880 ly DR. A. W. ALEXANDER, Dentist. Office over L. R. Wriston & Cos Drug Store. I am working at prices to suit the times, for Cash. With 25 years' experience I guarantee entire atisfaction. Jan. 18, 1878. Notice of Dissolution. The firm of J. McLaughlin & Co. is this day dis solved by mutual, consent W. W. Grier having withdrawn. The business of the firm will be set tled at the office of J. McLaughlin. - j. Mclaughlin & co. Nor. 1,1880. " : : i-ST" William W. Seaton -was . a printer boy at Raleigh and worked in the office, of the 9rst Joseph Gales., in that old Regis ter omce -were! trained such : well-known journalists as Joseph Qales and William. W. Seaton of tbe National Intelligencer, Ed ward JC. Hale, Weston ' R. Gales and, we believe, Lumsden, who founded, the New Orleans Picayune. ; CoL: Seaton married Miss Gales, and with ber brother establish ed the great organ of the Whig party. ' We note this to mention that the children of the District of Columbia are raising a fund to erect a monument to the memory of Col. Seaton.- Wilmington, Star, ; .:.i ; SHERIFF'S SALES. I Will sell for cash, at the Court House doer in the city of Charlotte, on Monday the , 6th day of June, 1881, to satisfy Executions in mv hands for debt and State and County taxes, the following urau ivcu x toKio ui unuu 9.11 u yny ois, viz t One Tract of Land in Providence Township ad joining: the lands of ft. S. Tray wick, G. C. Morris and others, known as the property of D. S. Coffey. Also, one Tract of Land in Pineville Township, adjoining the lands of John Grier, George Howie, T. B. Meacham and others, known as the property of W; G. Campbell. Also, one House and Lot In the city of Charlotte, fronting on Trade street, adjoining the property of Miss Alice and Sophia Alexander, Mrs. A. H. Tate, T. H. Gaither and others, Bold as the Homestead interest of Wm. F. Davidson in said House and Lot Also, one House and Lot in the city of Charlotte, situated on Church street, adjoining the, property of J. M. Kendrick, Hannibal Edwards and others, and known as the property of James Northey, Also, one House and Lot in the city of Char lotte, situated on Poplar street, on the city Bounda rv. adioininsr the nronertv of W. pnt.tv nnrt others, sold as the property of W. M. Bryan and w"e. i - ..:.!..-..:- Aleo the interest of Wm. Treloar in two Houses and Lots in the citv of Charlotte, situated fn Ward No. 3, adjoining the property of W. S. Norment ana omers. M. E. ALEXANDER, Sheriff. May 6,1881. 5w. . Sale of Valuable "CITY LOTS. In pursuance of a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will sell at Public Auc tion, at the Court House in Charlotte, on Monday, the 6th day of June, 1881, two LOTS in the City of Charlotte, fronting on Trade Street and extend ing back tojtth Street, being Lots numbers 215 and 217 in Square 32, at the intersection of "B" and Trade Streets, adjoining the residence of Dr. J. M. Miller; I call especial attention to these Lots, located near the business part of the City and in a desirable neighborhood. - - ' Also, two City LOTS, numbers 246 and parts of Lots 304 and 305, in Square 38, fronting on 4th Street and extending back to 3d Street, at the in tersection of 4th and C Streets, in rear of the resi dence of J. L. Brown. These Lots will be sold on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months, the purchaser to give bond with approved security, bearing 8 per cent interest from date of sale. Title reserved until the pur chase money is paid. F. S. DeWOLFE, April 29, 1881 5 Commissioner. PUBLIC SALE. Ell wood vs. McDonald, y Special Proceedings. By virture of a" Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, the undersigned will sell at the Court House door in the City of Charlotte, on the 6th day of June, 1881, all the LANDS belong ing to the Estate of Sophia Ell wood, deceased. Terms 10 per cent cash, balance on a credit of 6 and 12 months. A. BURWELL, W. W. FLEMMING, -April 29, 1881 5w Commissioners. Mortgage Sale. By virtue of a" Mortgage executed to me on the 12th day of March, 1877, by J. C. Eagle and wife, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds in Book 16, page 275, 1 will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Saturday, the 28th of May, 1881, the Lot on which the said Eagle now resides, being part of Lot 272 in Square 23, situated on the corner of First and Church streets in the city of Charlotte. Terms: - Cash. R. M. OATES, Mortgagee. May 6, 1881. 4w PUBLIC SALE. L. R. Simpson and wife, W-Wallace, eCal., vs. Viola V. Wallace, by her guard ian, Josiah Asbury. Special Proceeding for Partition. Under and by virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county in the above entitled cause, the undersigned will sell at the Court House door, in Charlotte, on Monday, the 6th day of June, 1881, all the REAL ESTATE belonging to the estate of the late Wilson Wallace. . Terms 10 per cent cash, balance on 6 and 12 montbs credit. CHAS. H. DULS, W. W. FLEMING, April 22, 1881 7w Commissioners. Attachment Notice. State' of North Carolina, Meck,Unburg County. Fanny Hurd vs. Jefferson Hurd, ) Attachment It appearing to the Court that the Defendant, in the above entitled action, is a non-resident of the State, and has property -within this State : he is notified to appear, at my Office; in. Charlotte, on Monday, June 6th, 1881, and defend said action. W. F. DAVIDSON, J. P. April 22. 1881 6w HARDWARE. brem'& Mcdowell, (Successors to Walter Brem Agent,) Have a full and new Stock of Hardware for the Wholesale and Retail trade and invite an inspection before purchasing elsewhere. Corner Trade and Tryon Streets, Charlotte. s Oct 8, 1880. " - - - " - ' CONFECTIONERIES, GROCERIES, &c, Cakes and Bread. C. S. HOLTON, at the Rising Sun Store, oppo site the Old Market, Btill keeps a large assortment of Confectioneries, &c., and a good selection of choice Family Groceries all of the freshest and best quality. , . , " Br6ad and Cakes. His Bread is considered superior by all who use it and his assortment of Cakes is nne. tr Wedding Cakes and Cakes for Parties pre pared in the best stile at anon nouce. r Give me a trial when you need anything in my line. c s. HOLTON. Jttn, 14,1881. j Sill ,JSO " "The Nuisance of Ancestry. - In novels the introduction ot ancestry is absolutely , intolerable When JL tee "that hateful ehapter,headed"Retrosptivk 1 pass over to the other side, like tbe Levite, only quicker. - What dOjI care.whether "our hero's' grandfather was Archbishop of Can terbury or a prrfessionjrbody-satcjberf donrt even care; which of - tbe two; was'my own' personaV.fnend's grandfather, and', how much fess can J take an interest , id this im aginary progenitor of the creation of an au thor's brain i. The, .ihtrjbduction of such a colorless iiaaots.' to ,my : mind. height of impertinence, -V If '1 were. Sir.; Madie I would put my iootvdown .resolutely land stamp pat this literary plague. As George in, wno Daa an oDjecnon to commerce said to have observed when asked to confer a baronetcy on one of the Broad wpbd famH so should Miy M," inquire pf the publisher before taking copies'of any novel, 'Are you sure there is not a grandfather in it ?" -1 " Again, what a nuisance is ancestry in onr social life I It cannot, unhappily, be done away with as a fact, but surely it need not be 'a topic. " How often have I been asked by some, fair neighbor ,at a dinner party, "Is that " Mr. Jones opposite one 'of the Joneses of Bedfordshire ?'V One's ; first im pulse is naturally to ask, " What on earth is that to you or me ?" But experience teaches prudence, and I reply with, reverence, "Yes, of Bedfordshire which at all eyents puts a stop to argument upon the matter. More over, she seems to derive some sort of mys terious ; satisfaction from the information, and it is always well to give pleasure. - A well-known wit was once in company with one of the Cavendishes, who. had late ly been to America, and was recounting his experience. "These Republican people have such funny names," he said ; "1 met there a man of the name of Birdseye." "Well, and is not that just as good as Cavendish?" replied the wit, who was also a smoker. But the remark was not appreciated. Ancestral people do not, as a rule, appre ciate wit; but, on the other hand, it must be admitted that this is not a defect pecu liar to them alone. I once knew a man of letters who, though he had risen to wealth and eminence, was of humble 'descent, and had a weakness for avoiding allusion to it. His daughter married a man of good birth, but whose literary talents were not of a high order. ' This gentleman wrote a letter applying for a certain Government appoint ment, and expressed a wish for his father-in-law's opinion upon the composition. . "It is a very, bad letter," was the frank criti cism the other made upon it. "The writing is badrthe spelling is indifferent, the style is abominable. Good' heavens ! where are your relatives and antecedents?" "If it comes to that," was tbe reply, "where are yours? For I never heard you speak about them." Nor did he ever hear him, for his father-in-law never spoke another word to him. London Times. 1ST Some idea of the magnitude of the Bank of England may be learned from the lact that it covers five acres of ground, and employs 900 clerks. The building is am ply protected against fire by large cisterns sunk in the courts and by fire engines' kept in order for immediate use.. Light is admit ted through open courts, there being no windows on the street, so that no mob could force its way into the structure except by using cannon to batter down tire great walls. The Bank was incorporated in 1649. BULK MEATS. : j A lot of D. S. SHOULDERS just received at J. MCLAUGHLIN'S. May 6, 1881. V OUR i COUNTERS , Are now laden with new and fresh Goods in greater variety and the choicest selection that we have ever offered to the trade. Everything to be found new in . DRESS G O OD S, BENGAL1NE, Bayonnais, Shoodas, Crepe Foule, SATIN SURAH, SATIN DE LYON, ' . MADRAS SUITING . White, Black and Colored- GRENADINES, with Trimmings to match, anda . ; j - . Plain and Lace Bunting.7 A very handsome assortment of WHITE GOODS, Embracing all grades, from Domestic Pique to the finest French and Persians Lawns. . Parasols and Silk UmbreUas. Something new in Table Linen Setts. Ecru Lace Curtains new and popular. Some beautiful SCOTCH GINGHAMS. Everything new and stylish will be found in our Stock. - r--: ..- We will be pleased to have you inspect our goods. April 8, 1881. ' T. L. SEIGLE CO. Just Received At C. S. HOLTON'S Confectionery and Grocery Store, a lot of Florida ORANGES. , . Also, Tops, Balls, Fishing Tackle, &c - ' March 25, 1881. C. S. HOLTON. Kerosene OH.1 150 Barrels Extra No. 1 Kerosene Oil at .lowest market prices. ' r Apl 15, 1881. WILSON 4 BURWELL.! ' -Liver Medicine.' : ' Dr. M. A. Simmon's V effetable Liver Medicine. April 15, 1881. - WILSON & BURWELL. - 1 Just Received. OK( Barrels c. wests KEROSENE w w wqil, for. Wholesale trade. 1 . . I : 240 Dozen Toilet Soap, ; fine English American. Toilet and Laundrv Soap. -; . v and , 10,000 Pounds St Louis Southern White Lead, at J. H. MCA HK.IMT, - Feb. 4, 1881. Wholesale and Retail Druggist t'CT 7Jf:r" ,.TTUJ y ft-v.fc - n J5"is of "Jad Hartin. i riC riting "from ! New c York - to ;the" jayeueviiie examiner, ; uias speass oi a prominent man Carolina : who once lived in ' North ViThe ; World revives : an ; old- mandate a,dht u Judre 'Francis SXavier Martin 6f lew Orleans, as related by Judab P.'Ben jamidi the; great lawyer. Senator, j Confed erate Secretary of State " and now i Queen's iXJonnsel in London. Speakinir of lawyer's fees, Mr. Benjamin said that the Louisiana Cpnstilution of 1846 was initiated solely to gp ridpfT Chief Justice Felix Xavier Mar ?in, wh w&S then nearly eighty-five., years pld, and, who bade fairto live to bd a penu ripuf jtnd half-witted centenarian. He had become very, absent-minded and was accus tome4r4iring .the most interesting argu ment, to mutter to himself and cipher ab stractedly on a piece of paper. On one oc casion while a protracted litigation -boat 100 bales of cotton was before him and his Associate Justices, Thomas Slid til and George Eustis, the Chief Justice suddenly looked up and asked what was the amount of the ' costs and probable fees so far. in curred. Getting the answer he took to making calculations, and paid no heed to Mr. Benjamin's' argument. At length he heaved a sigh of deep regret and audibly exclaimed i?'Poor us! poor us! Our pro1 fession has only gotten ninety-nine bales out of the hundred !" : Judge Martin was a native of France, but had resided in Newbern, N. C, for many years at the close of the last and be ginning of the present century. He was Editor of a paper there and author and Erinter of Martin's Revisal and other law ooks of value at that period. . Like every body that ever lived in North Carolina, he had a strong attachment ? for - that State, and after his emigration, to New Orleans, where he found congenial French "society, he wrote and published two . volumes of a History of North, Carolina. I once owned a copy, but pup pose it would . be hard to find one now. His attachment was farther manifested by his subscription to the Fay- etteville Observer, in payments for which I would occasionally receiye a bank note, ac companied by a scrowl in a school-boy hand, so written as to indicate the partial blind ness with which he was afflicted. He had such a reputation for Stinginess that it may be regarded as a strong test of love that he gave three dollars a year to keep up an in tercourse with the btate. - -The World prints Judge Martin's name as Felix. I think it was Francis." ., r. . How shall I make ; a Living ? "What business shall I follow ?" is the question every young man and - boy asks himself ; "How shall I make a living?" and the best answer is "By learning some use ful trade." Nearly all the good men who have succeeded in life begun ' in this way. Benjamin Franklin went to Philadelphia from Boston. He was a printer by trade, very skillful.; and industrious. But when he reached Philadelphia, tired, feverish arid weakj he had only a few pence to spend. He bought three pennies' worth of rolls at' a baker's, and as he could not eat them all, carried a part under his arm.' As he passed a house in Market street he saw a young lady on the stoop, who was after ward his wife. He soon found Z employ ment at a printers, and attracted tice of the , neighbors by working the no late at "That jdight when others veere.1 asleep. young man," t they Said, "is sure to, suc ceed." -He drew business from his rivals, and made money. He studied, and became a fine writer ; he i never "ceased to work. He drew the lightning from the sky with a kite, and he aided in forming our Republic. He lived to a great age in good health, useful to his . fellow men, prosperous and h aPPv because he had learned a trade. Another of these useful Americans ; was Robert Fulton. Almost every one travels on steamboats or crosses the ferries; : but how few remember who it was that first made the steamboat a common thing. Robert Fulton, was its real inventor. ? He became a mechanic when he was a boy, and was never tired of visiting workshops. Af terward he" learned to draw and paint, but all his life he was still a mechanic, invent ing useful machines.' He improved canals arid made boats that moved under water. At last, in 1807, he built the first steam boat that was successful. One night the people on the banks of the Hudson were startled by the sudden appearance of a fiery monster, whose panting breath eound ed along the shore. -It seemed to breathe out" great clouds ; of fire and smoke. It shook the smooth surface of the water, arid sailed along against wind arid tide. It was evidently a demon.- The sailors on board the sloops of Esopus fled from it as it came along. ' Nothing like it had ever been. seen before. . But it was pnly the Clermont, Fulton's first steamboat, that had begun its trips between Albany and New York. . The first voyage was made in about a day and a half ; the sloops some times spent a week or two in getting to Hudson. --- The advantage of a trade is that it exer cises the body and makes the mind active. It produces a sound mind in a sound body. The machine jjhop, the engineer's room, or carpenter's and mason's occupation, proba bly give sufficient exercise, but even this should abe 'varied. ; One of the best em ployments for " young men is "farming. They should first learn how to 1 farm by beginning early to 'work for ' some intelli- gui imuici Auav 10 v-ipwv pleasanter than this if well understood, and none that produces a morel certain profit. Manufactures of different kinds also offer a sure employment for the young and strong. -Right. livery man in. Virginia is re quired to pay his capitation tax to enable him to vote at any election. TWENTY rn'-5 Fcet-'Bi-ding' in China. i A missionary writes r iflWe have been traveling through our field, and getting ;acn quaintest with the - Chinese7orkr The past year I : have had many opportunities. of seeing J,he women and their homes. I am greatly , interested and moved by - their pitiable: condition.i.1 1 wish ! could 'help you to an acquaintance with - them, and so enlist your sympathiesf and iyrinr ipfayers, and youj assistance. . As you inoWjAvomen are at a discount in China. If she : escapes deatb at.nlrth- it is' only to ' meet neglect, nj ustipe, disrespect and cruelty She 'has np happy childhood j she begins tat carry the burdens of, life, long before we know" what sorrow is. Among all other people feet are -considered decidedly useful mem bers of the bodyj not so among the Chinese. At the age of six or eight years the mothers begin - the compressing of : their daughter's feet: .; Day by day the feet are carefully watched, that the bandages. may not be loosened, and they are never left oft, day nor night. At regular intervals the bandages are drawn tighter, so as grad ually to reduce the size of the foot. : When it is brought down to a fashionable size, the bandages have to be retained through life for a support. Small feet constitute beauty. V - ,J . Last Summer, we met for the ; first time, the little, daughter of one, of our native Christian helpers. She is nine years old, and as bright a little girl as" we have Been ih China, Her parents were quite willing, even anxious, that she 'should learn to read ; so much in earnest were they that several times they asked us to take her home and teach her. After considering the matter, we told them we would take her for a number of years, clothe and edu cate her, provided they would unbind her feet. 'O we could not do this !' they said, 'she could then walk, and she would not be thought respectable.. Then too she is be trothed, arid her husband's not allow her feet to be would unbound.' A was , renewed. short time ago the subject We offered, in addition ,.to the clothinsr. board, and education, the sum of $15 (a large amount of money in the eyes of these people) but they still said, 'No.s no ; it cannot be done.' . , , , ; ' ' - This same little girl, who, with her mother, is now living on our compound, was last Saturday told she must take a bath. These people have a strong antipathy to water. - To make sure the bath should be no mere pretense, I' went into the; room to superintend. I was" quite surprised to find her in the tub with the "bandages still on her feet. ; They were soon taken off ' and what a sight met my eyes! How t my heart ached to cry out against the mother for So cruelly deforming her child ! The four small toes were bent under, and had almost become a part of the sole of the foot. Looking down upon the foot, nothing could be seen of them. ; The heel, brought for ward, was fast becoming a great mass of callous flesh. On the top of the foot was a protuberance, caused by the breaking of the joints and the pressure of the inverted toes beneath. Indeed she could not use her feet. Her mother lifted her. like a babe out of the tub, and until her feet were again bound She walked on her knees. 'Poor child ! how much she must have suffered in her short life. Now we know the reason why' we so frequently ' hear her crying in the evenings. It is because her mother is tightening the bandages. So, I suppose, through the length and breadth of this land the cries of the little ones are heard." 2. ;vv ; ... j 1 1 1 1 i . . - - The Northern Slave-Owners. ; . The Richmond Dispatch is in good time with some facts concerning New England and slavery. It shows (says the Wilming ton Star) that, many of the f rich people of that section inherited wealth that was ob tained from the slave-trade. r The poor Af rican was brought over from his native home and sold as property, and these ple thoric New England saints, who turn up the whites of their " eyes in holy horror at the mention of the Southern slave-owner of the past, are rich out of the heart-agonies and sufferings of the African who was seized and forced from his home and 6old into slavery by their fathers. The folldwing is instructive. , Cat it out and preserve it in your scrap-book. It may serve a good pur pose in the future; , - K:, "We bought the negroes as properly, but our investment passed from us by the act of the North, and for which we shall never receive a cent of compensation. The slave trade was not abolished until 1S08, because so many New England men had their money ip the enterprise that it was necessary to give them time to get out of it with the least loss possible. From 1804 to 1807 in clusive, 202 cargoes of negro slaves were brought into Charleston, South Carolina.' Of these slaves 3,914 were sold for account of persons residing in Bristol, Rhode Island; 3,48 for , 1$ ewport, Rhode Island ; 556 for Providence, Rhode Island; 280 for Warren, Rhode Island ; 200 for Boston, Massachu setts; and 250 for Hartford, Connecticut. This was, it will be observed," at only one port in the South, and during a period of only four years - - . . m in 1 ' " - School Childbed. The latest statistics show 41,678,000 - school children in - the world, so far. as the census 1 takers- were enabled to ascertain. These have about 1,000,000 teachers. First in - proportion to population comes the . United , States, with 9.373.195 dudjIs and 271,144 j teachers. Both here and in France the school chil dren form one-fifth of the population. Prussia, with 4.007,776 . pupils and " 57,938 teachers, take the third place. Next come England , and Wales, where, as in Prussia, school children are one-sixth of the population. . Austria then files into line. In Japan there are 2,162,962 school chil dren, but the total population is not known. .m- - NEfTH JOLUilE NCJIIBER 1484. , . - ;i Ever. Widening ileldsJ - The electric light '.will be productive of industrial and Social results, little dreamed Of now.5 These results may even be politi cal and moral In their scope. rt Iis impos sible to forecast the consequences of great inventions and discoveries. One of the most significant changes resultant from the elec tric ligh t" is already - appaf eriti, Pit is des tined to double the wotkirig'cpacity ot all kinds1 of ' manufacturing' Establishments. Every factbry, which 14 haVd Bned to fill orders bin ttirri nigbV iritoT day y means Of Uhe-eleetrie; light. Ta":fignt shows color1 trulyiJan'd is,theref6rti "essential for riight-nwork in'all -factories 'wbere a nice discrimination1 o tinttsyisl I?C(siary. Its inlensityr enables f the "artiiari "tb perform -delicate work wbich would bePlmpossible by the" light Pf -gas'br' 6ibi a2La the electric light throws out np ppreciabb3 heat the whole electric force being.' Converted into f .ntneji? bevCpmniontjdbjections to working-by. gas-light in! close, 'rooms is ob viated; ; Another objection also7 removed is the vitiation pf the air by gas or any other illuminating agent save i electricity. The immediate result in economy .Is remarkable. It is - the universal testimony .of factory owners who have introduced, the electric light that it makes, a direct - saving of money. The same steam power which drives the other machinery also impels the dynamo-electric engine. The cost in addi tional fuel and interest on money invested in the lighting apparatus amounts to less per year some Say one-half than the ex pense of supplying a far inferior light with gas. This is especially true in cities where consumers are charged two or three times the fair price by gas . companies as in New, York. But even if the. electric light cost more than the highest priced gas, it would still ,be profitable for other reasons given to use the former in factories and workshops ' to catch up with arrears of orders. Manufacturers are thus eriabled to utilize in full their large capital' invested in plant. This must remain idle for more than a half of every twenty-four' hours for the lack of proper lighting facilities. But with the aid of the electric light ' the ma chinery can be kept in motion continuous ly. - It is only necessary,1 to -employ shifts of workmen three sets going on 4uty at eight hour intervals.- The electric light companies cannot fill orders now pouring in on them from manufacturers ? who have discovered the enormous advantage of running their works day and night in busy times. Specious theorists may -croak over the possible risks of over, production. But we have firm faith in the self-adjusting and regulating power of manufacturing inter ests. tl There, is no danger. that mankind will bo t injured -by any politico-economic effects likely to flow from the I introduction of the electric light in help of the world's work. Like every other advance of science it may be trusted to .benefit mankind in ways not suspected at first and slowly de veloping themselves. But we are not too bold even now to prediet that one effect of the electric light will be to double the production in factories where poor : lights have hitherto been . the. chief hindrance to night work. : . ;.t ., T 4- -A t - All that is confidently prophesied of the electrio light is not stranger than what has come to pass in a few years from another brilliant invention. When Henry Bessemer hit on the process of turning iron into steel by the use of common air in a - cupola fur nace, the importance of his discovery was not denied by scientific men. ' But nobody not even the inventor dared to hope that in a few years the relations of steel to iron would be completely reversed, that the former, because cheaper, in the Jong run, would supplant 'the latter in njes which iron had hitherto monopplized. . Steel now takes the place of iron . on the railways of the wqrld thereby promoting economy anl tbe safety of travelers, It is now also beginning to elbow out iron as the material for steamships. Experience - which has proved its superior qualities' for railways will probably teach the same lesson on the seas. And the revolution now.in progress will riot stop when all the navies are made of sleel instead of iron. Tbe future bas in store still other important . fields ' for this substitution all beneficial to-man, let us hope. It is' in this spirit that we would hail the electrio light and every other se cret of nature wrested from her grasp and made serviceable to . the human race. Nl Y. Jour, of Com. . , , Home-Made C-Jtdy. -All children are fond of candy, and if pure a moderate amount is not injurious. In these days of adulteration, that made at home is safest to give them. It is a simple matter to make -chocolate caramels ; all that is needed is one crip of sweet milk, one cup of molasses, half a cup of i sugar, half a cup of grated chocolate,5 a7 piece of: butter the size of a walnut; stir constantly and let it boil until it is thick, then turn it on to buttered plates; when it begins to stiffen, mark it in squares, so that it will break readily when ;cold. Cocoanut caramels are made of two cups of grated cocoanut, one cup of sngar, two tablespoonfnls of flour, the whites of three eggs beaten stiff; bake on a buttered paper in a quick oyen. : ; ;; ; i- . The 'pinsii9e6!riii"ihi8 comiri are made by 5I4, factories, somewhat, scattered as to locality, but chiefly in New England. Their annual production for, several years past has been about ; 7,000,000,000, pins. This number haS not varied much for some years," the demand remaining about ; the same."'"".'" ., .- . -4 - t3T A fellow fished a rich old gentleman out of a mill-pond and refused the offer of twenty-five cents from the rescued Vmiser. "Oh ! that's too much !" ; erclaimed, be "tain't worth it 1" and he Landed I back twenty-one cents fsaying calmly, as : he pocketed four cents i "That's about right'
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 20, 1881, edition 1
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