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Charlotte Htoettger. • Publithei every Saturday at CHARLOTTE, N. 0, ' -BY w. c. SMITH. Subscription Rates. (Always in Advance.) 1 T»«r, *LSO ' months, 100 « " W « *• ..... so s « 40 fvngie copy, .... 5 Notify us at once of all failure* of this rsncr to reach yon on time. All money must be sent by Register, Money enior or Postal note to W. . SMITH. Short correspondence on subjects of inter «st to the public is solicited; but persons mist not lie disappointed if they fail to see neir articles in our columns. We are not ’ i-sponsible for the views of correspondent*. Anonymous communications go to the waste basket. Epical! State ExecnfiycTommittee® Statejat Larue —K. E. Young. J. H. Harris, W G. T. Wassom. A. V. Pockcrv and'T. 1,. Flargravcs.J!' “ Ist‘Pis.—C. C. Pool. ***" 2nd‘Dis 11. E. Davis. 3rd|Dis.—G. C. Sonrlock. 4th" Dis.- -.1. H. Williamson hth'Dis.—R. M. Douglass. 6th iDis.—W. C. Coleman. Tth'Dis.—H. C. Cowles. Bth sDie.—W. G. Boyle. W.b Dis.—V. S. Luske. THE HEIGHTS OF LABOR. The general assembly of the Knights of Labor is in session in Richmond Va. this week. This is the most significant assembly ever convened in the South. This is known to be one of the most power ful organizations now in the country and can be turned into a source of great good or evil. It is different from trades unions in that it admits common loborers to membership as well as mechanics. The organiza tion was formed, wc think in one of the northern or western States, a dozen years ago, and just recently made its way in the South. It is a secret organization with a female department, and is making rapid advancement among both males and females. There are separate assemblies for white and colored, but this body in session in Richmond has both white and colored delegates which has been a topic for much newspaper talk. Governor Lee of Virginia, a nephew of Gen. Robt. E. Lee was responded to in behalf of the Knights by a colored member, who had the brain, the delivery and all that was necessary to make a good impres sion by a good speech. It seems that colored gentleman was se lected by his brethren because he had been refused admission to a hotel. Charlottes colored delegate is Mr. J. Will Brown, a young man of fine parts, and though he does not mesmerise the body with his eloquence, he has the qualities to dispatch the business of the order put in his hands and the discretion to act as a sensible man in any body. The Charlotte assembly did credit to itself and the order when it chose to be represented in that august ' body by sober brains rather than gas. The assembling of this body south of Masons and Dixons line is of it ‘sclf, remarkable. There is said to be a thousand delegates present and the j body will be in session two or three weeks. They are having grand receptions, dances &c. The parade will come off next Monday. Wc hope the influence of the order will be properly directed and much **’ good will surely come from the Knigiits of Labor. STAND ON PRINCIPLE. "Public office is a public, trust," is a true principle but wc are in fa vor of this public trust being ad ministered by trtie republicans and having republican trustees in all matters of public interest to the party. To farm out the rank and file of a our party to a bakers dozen of hungry office seekers of the demo cratic party we will never approve. Hiring flay in this country is over row and we arc as free as any pco- j pie under the sun. Let colored men j maintain their freedom anti frown j down any set of men fir any means j that has the least tendency to re i strict us in our liberties or constitu- ! tional rights. This proposition to turn us over to repudiated democracy is another move to hire us out, and in this case . the auctioneers are the only parties that get the pay. Let us insist upon i a republican ticket in the field and then we will see how the independ ents will vote. They will not have j the manliness to come up to the be x and support a republican candidate, but will pretend to have a holy horror for negro rule and negro su premacy. They arc now exceed ingly cautious in their movements; afraid that they may be accused of affiliating with the republican party, but are curried and rubbed down | every morning by the ring masters ; who are training them for the race, j The intelligent colored man can 1 understand their movements. | The Messenger will at all times i i give its most cordial support to ; ! Whatever will be of permanent bene- j j fit to the colored race, but wc arc ■ I unable to see any good in this so- j called independent movement. It; is an entire surrender of party prin- ; ciple and party organization. We j have had enough of this in the last j few years to convince us that there j is no good in it. To keep party organization and enforce party dis- | ciplinc, we must have republicans on our ticket who willl openly ad- j vocate our principle. If these inde pendents are ashamed of the colored : man and afraid to cooperate with us in our public meetings, we will have no use for him on the day of elec tion. Remember this republicans. There arc 3000 colored voters in this county who uniformly vote the republican ticket. Can it lie possi- ■ ble that the republican party has been in existence in the county more than twenty years and there are none in the party worthy of the support of what is known as the in dependent element who are so much opposed to the Bourbon democracy? Can this be true? It seems to us this is a stigma upon the party, which every true republican ought to resent at the ballot box. We are fighting for principle in this campaign. Past experience has taught us that liberalism, coalition and independentism mean no good for us as a party. It is an effort of designing men to put upon us the repudiated element of the old de mocracy—the worst element under the sun. The Latest Jewelry Craze. The newest and latest jewelry craze has reached Philadelphia. It is a cu rious little poite bonhcur,said to bo more efficacious in commanding fortune than even the horseshoe of the fathers. It is said to have originatei in in the years when the pyramids were yoimg, and bears the original name of Oudja, which signifies happiness tempered with good luck. It is in the form of a thin, flat, oblong of metal intaglio, and bear ing the eye of the Sun-god Horus, from which a tear drop fall*, intended to rep resent. the mysterious origin of the river Nile. The Fharaohs regarded it as a talis man, capable of warding off adversity as i well as of promoting prosperity, and it I is found sculptured on the rocks, cut on j ' pillars, and engraved on mummy cases. In London this new charm is becoming i 1 quite the rage, ordinary furor being ; stimulated by the curious history said to j have attended its introduction into Eng land and modern civilization. The fair young wife of a gallant officer j in the Guards receivod one from her hus band fighting in the Soudan with tho legend: “This ia the charm which pro tccted the cultivators of ancient Egypt 1 against misfortune; may it act likewise 1 in your favor and insure brilliant dayl for your future.” A report came soon after that the guardsman had fallen a , victim to duty and honor. But the young wife had conceived a superior faith in her Oudia and refused to believe, . despite published official news of hit I . death. An extraordinary escape and j , unexpected return of the officer hasbeen accredited to the protecting influence oj ; the Egyptian talisman, and in fashion- 1 able circles the Oudja is speedily bccom ing all the wear. —Philadelphia Times. \ ■ A vermin exterminator of Boston re cently offered to clear a large brewery of a vast quantity of flie* which had col lected by the million in the beer hogs heads, for $250. The proprietor agreed ( to the terms and the man wont to work. “801 l these barrels into the ice-room,” j he said. The barrel* were rolled into ! ( the room where ice was made. “Freeze ■ . ’em 1” said the vermin exterminator. The ; ( brewery men were surprised that they had not thought of that simple remedy. ] They tried it, and in a abort time swept ! , out countless numbers of frozen flies. The Naval Board of Inspection has 1, found hailing from the port of New York alone 102 American iron steamships of ! ' over 2,000 tons, capable of running four- j J teen knot* an hour, and fitted for auxil- 1 lary cruisers in case of war. j ] EARTHQUAKES. AN ACCOUNT OF THE NOTED UP HEAVALS IN AMERICA. Famous Quakings In the Mississippi Valley—The Severest Earth quake in the East —Visita- tions in South America, This continent has repeatedly been vis ited by earthquakes since its discovery in 1492. One oi the most notable was i 'hat which occurred in 1811 near New Madrid, in Missouri, in the valley of the Mississippi P.iver. That famous earth ! quake, according to Humboldt, pre ! sented one of the few examples of the incessant quaking of the ground forsev i eral successive months far from any vol j cano. Over an extent of country stretch i ing for 300 miles southward from the mouth of the Ohio River the ground rose and sank in great undulations, and lakes 1 were formed and were again drained. ] The surface burst open in fissures that generally trended northeast and south . west and were sometimes more than half a mile long: from these fissures mud and [ water were thrown, often as high ns tho tops of the trees. The disturbances con tinued over what has since been called “the sunk country” until March 20,1812, when they coased coincidentally with the | great earthquake of Caracas. The most severe carthquako that has ! been recorded in tho Middle and Eastern States was that of Novemher 18, 1755. The shock then felt in New England was a wave moving from either the same cen ter whence emanated tho tremendous disturbance that had destroyed Lisbon the fii st day of tho month, or from a center whoso activity had been stimu lated by the continual quakings that then from Iceland to the Mediterra nean. Tnis earthquake began in Massa chusetts with a roaring noise like that ofi thunder: after a minute’s continuance of this there came the first severe shock; with a swell like that of a long, rolling' sea—a swell so great that men in the 1 open fields ran to seize something by' which to hold on lest they should be thrown down. After two or three lesser shocks there came the most violent of all, producing a quick, horizontal tremor with sudden jerks and wrenches; this continued two minutes, and after a slight revival died away. Numerous other shocks followed in the course of a month. In Boston the main shock threw down many chimneys, wind vanes and brick buildings, and throughout tho country it threw down the rude stone walls bound ing she farms; new springs of water were opened, tho vessels in the harbor felt the shock; large numbers of fish were killed and floated to the surface of the water. Nine hours afterward, at 2 o’clock r. M., a sea wave, twenty feet high, arrived at the harbor of St. Mar tin’s in the West Indies. On October 19, 1870, occurred the most considerable shock that has been observed in the Middle and Eastern States in the present century. From near Quebec the shock spread to St. John, N. 8., and thence westward to Chicago and southward to New York. The ve locity of the wave of shock was about 14,000 fret per second. Tho occurrence of the shock felt at Quebec was tele graphed to Montreal by the operators of the Montreal Telegraph Company in time to call the attention of those at the latter city to the phenomena about thirty sec onds before the shock reached them. In California the earthquake of 1853 destroyed one of the Southern Missions. That of March 25, 1872. was the most severe that has occurred there during many years. Special damage was done jn San Francisco by the cracking of the walls of fine public buildings. In Nevada the mining regions suffered in 1871 by the destruction of Lone Pine ; and other settlements. A shock of earthquake was felt in this part of the country on August 10, 1884, at 2:07 p. m. There were two distinct shocks, occurring within an interval of j a few seconds, and lasting about a quarter of a minute. At the Signal : Office the men in charge felt the shock j at 2:14 p. m., and the advices which I they received from Signal Stations in j various parts of the country gave reason j to believe that the current was an erratic ' and irregular one. It was felt through j a belt of territory extending from Wash- , ington to Portland, Me., and from the | Atlantic coast as far west as Toledo. Atmidnightnn June 11,1886, astrange j tremor was felt at Sandy Hook and Coney Island. No shock was felt elsewhere in j the United States, but in the West In- ; 'dies a pronounced shock was felt on the ! hs]and of Antigua the day before, at which time earthquakes occurred in Poicticrs, France, and a terribly destruc tive volcanic outbreak was experienced in New Zealand. On January 26, 1882, a severe shock of earthquake was experienced at Centre- i ville. Cal., preceded by a heavy shower j 0/ rain. On February 14, 1882, a shock of five minutes’ duration was felt at Lake City. Col. The shock was also violently felt 1 at Capitol City, in the fame State. On December 19. 1882, two slight but j distinctly perceptible shocks of earth- ; quake lasting ten seconds were felt at j Dover, N. H , accompanied by a rum bling noise They were also felt in Rol- I flasford, Rochester, Contoocook, Cou | cord, and other towns in that State. The ; shocks traveled from east to west. On January 21, 1881, an earthquake | lasting about ten teconds was felt at j Bath, Me., and throughout the neighbor ! Ing country. At first there was a loud 1 report followed by a rumbling sound, as of a heavy team passing over frozen j ground. Windows rattled and distinct j ! oscillations were felt. On November 18, 187 P, shocks were ; felt in the Mississippi Valley over an | area of fully 1 ; 0,C03 square miles. The region of greatest disturbance was along the Mississippi from Cairo to Mempb a. and along the Missouri from Glasgow to Lexington. On September 27, 1882, a slight shock was felt in St. Louis. A rolling noise was followed by twelve distinct vibra tions at intervals of a second. The first vibration was tho most violent. The shock lasted about fifteen seconds. Springfield and Ccntralia, 111., experi enced tho same shock. There was a disastrous earthquake in Mexico,iu June, 1858,extending through out the valley in which the capital is sit uated and doing great damage. '1 he West Indies have long been notoriously : subject to seismic disturbances. Port ! Royal, the capital of Jamaica, was suuk I j into the sea by a shock on June 7, 1692. A volcano resembling Stromboli in its j intermittontactionwasthrownupDearthc capital of San Salvador in 1770, and nu- . j merous earthquake shocks were felt both before and afterward. A century later, on March 19, 1873, the city of San Salva- | dor was entirely wrecked by three suc cessive shocks, aud 500 lives were lost, In South America, Caracas, Venezuela, was destroyed on March 26, 1812, and Quito, Ecuador, was almost annihilated j on March 22, 1859. On August 16,1868, a tremendous earthquake devastated a ! large portion of Ecuador, and extended 1 all along tho coast. Peru has been a | great sufferer, Callao being destroyed in I j 1586 by a shock and a sca-wavc ninety | I feet high, and again beiDg overwhelmed ! in 1746, while Arica suffered much in j August, 1763, from a great earthquake wave which extended to all the shores of ! the Pacific. In Chili in 1822 occurred an earthquake in which were noticed the I remarkable twisting effects, and 10>,00C ' ; square miles of land were permanently j ! raised from two to seven feet. At mid j j night of February 20, 1835, the city of j ] Conception was for the fourth time de- i j stroyed by an earthquake; 300 shocks j were felt within two weeks; there was a j ; sea-wave thirty feet high; and a subma i| rine volcano near Juan Fernandez Island | sent up a column of fiery ejecta through a depth of 500 feet of water. In April, i 1852, there was a great earthquake ex I tending throughout the southern part of South America, destroying 12,000 per- : | sons in Buenos Ayres. —Sew Tort: Trih- ! 1 H7IC. {The most recent disturbance in the United States, the upheaval east of the j Mississippi River and the partial dcstruc- j j tion of Charleston, S. C, are so fresh in : , the public mind as to require no detailed | description.—Ed. ] The Mastodon of Bioks. Just outsido of London they are at work on the biggest hook in the world. It will be more than four times as large as Webster’s dictionary, and will contain : something like 8,000 pages. The French have two dictionaries, that of M. Litre and of the Aca lemy. Tho Wortcrbuch of the German brothers Grimms is still mere exhaustive and authoritative. Even ! the Portuguese dictionary, by Vieira, is excellent The British Philological So- j ciety holds that a dictionary should be ! an inventory of the language and that its doors should lie opened to all words, 1 good, bad and indifferent. This new work will not be confined to definitions ; and cross references. The life history of ! each word will be fully given, with a j quotation from some standard writer, j showing its ‘hades of meaning and the' i variations in its usage from one gener- i ation to another. The work was origi- ! nally started in 1859, but the death of . editors, financial einbaria sraents and changes in the plans, have interrupted i its progress. It is now hoped that the ; book may be pushed to its completion w.rhout unnecessary delay. The amount I of research and reading yet to be accom- i plished is very great, and there are on hand some 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 slips j which require patient classification. Tho ! next century will probably open before ; the dictionary can be completed. —Paper World. An eminent German physicist recom. mends for the extinguishment of fire in I closed places, where the use of watei j and other liquids would be likely to do great damage, a dry compound which, by its burning, absorbs the oxygen and quickly renders combustion impossible. I The compound is composed of powdered nitrate of potash (saltpetre), fifty parta powdered sulphur, thirty-six parts; now I dcred charcoal, four parts; colothai ! ‘ brown red oxide of iron), one part ; This preparation is one that can b, cheaply made. It is recommended that it sh ill bo, when thoroughly dried and mixed, put up in tight pasteboard boxet holding about five pounds each, with . 1 quick fuse in the side of the box—p ro (Hiding sit inches, with four inches in side—to facilitate and icaurs lighting it Wonderful Skill in Jugg»M- M. Robert Houdin, in his dell 6 h “ autobiography, tells us that when he had ! determined to become* conjurer h gan by learning to juggle, ns » P r ® nary training for his eye and h* hand. ! He was instructed in the art by a P c j cure” named Maous, who taught Him in a month to keep four balls in the a.r at the same time. Then the future master of magic, desiring to acquire the faculty 0 doing two thing at once—a faculty of in estimable value to tho modern magician -improved on his teacher’s instructions by training himself to read while jug gling. “I placed a book before me,” he records, “and while my four balls were 1 dancing in the air I accustomed myselt to read it without hesitation.” Thirty years later, when he sat down to write ; his memoirs, he found that, although he | bad never performed this feat in public, and very rarely bad repeated it in private, he was still able to read while juggling, j but that he could then only keep three j balls in the air, and not four, as ho had I done formerly. This is additional ev. donee, were any needed, that although a dexterity acquired early in life may <li minish with the advancing years and an abandonment of constant practice, it is i rarely lost altogether.— Saturday Perirw. The zebra is true grit. The annual ; trimming of the hoota of one of these , I animals took place recently at the Phils i dclphia zob, in the early morning before ! the visitors began to come in. The ; 1 zebra never yields, even when cast down and firmly bound. Leather straps wore placed about each foot, and thejjour I feet drawn together. A bar of wood tied j i in the mouth and a number of men seated ■ upon the zebra's body completed the de- i ! tense against the animal's efforts to ■ ; scrape, which did not cease during the ; operation. The misshapen hoofs caused j by the wooden floors were then sawed : •ff. YOUR ATTENTION. Ourfall stock is in. Our stock of Dress I Goods and Trimming:, were never so j cheap and pretty as at this season. Big , I stoeli of Ladies Wraps, including all the j new novelties. Ladies and Gents Under ! wear. Clotii, Hats, Baals, M, k 1 A good home made Blanket, made at! I Leaksville, Rockingham county, N. C., , [ for §4.50. Fine line of Yarns from 1 same mills. Carpet Mats in white and j j colors. , Jeans, Cassimers, &c., Be sure and try a pair of Evitts’ Shoes. ! every pair guaranteed. Will be glad to show you our goods, and hoping to sell you more than ever. We arc truly yours, Harpaves & Alexander, . SMITH BUILDING j Samples sent at request. Dr. J. T. 'Williams Offers his professional service* to the general public. CALLS ANSWERED DAY AND NIGHT Office, Fourth street between Tryon and Church, rear of express office, Charlotte, N. A. W. CALVIN —DEAMER IN — FAMILY GROCERIES of all kinds. Country produce always on hand. CHICKENS, EGGS, BUTTER and all kinds of VEGETABLES and FRUITS. AI.SO DEALER IN LUMBER and Building Material. Free delivery to all part* of the city. c. W. HENDERSON, DEALER IN GROCERIES, j Country Produce. Fine Cigars and Tobacco, East Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. HENDERSONS BABBER SHOP The Oldest and Best Experienced and polite workmen customers Here Neat Hair Cut, and a °lean Bhave. John S. Henderson. Eaat Trade Bt. 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WE DONT SARE ir Everybody Knows It That we have a complete Stnck of DRUGS AND MEDICM Drag., Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Fsney Good, and Telle, Article* Whj. h we are selling st very reasonable Prices Paints, Oils, Etc. Jot A lot of Fresh TURNIP SEED just received. Prescript CafflWJy dipjitet OK. H. M. WILDES, Charlott., N. C. Virginia House. uharlottf, n. e Aceofcnind.tion. furnished travelersnt , Comfortable bed. and SMs.'sr a xx J. M. GOODE, Prop. CHARI/VTTE N c.
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