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. .1 v. in 1 1 j 1 1 ! 1 1 i I i xi" , ,1 . : tit II.,.. 1 1 1 1 i f . 1 tit. Hi) . .( .; : -- ..? U 7.1. IL 5 Tnis Paper l is 36 iVYea'ks i Old OHAHLOTTE, NC, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1889. VOLUME XXXYIL NUMBER 1911 v . .'Ji ; THE -. ;; :,y ; ; CHAR li b T T E DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED ITXBTi FbIDAY BY j STRONG .CHRISTIAN. : t Terms One Dollar and Fifty Cents in advance for 1 year Two Dollars jpn time. ' Entered at the Post Office' in Charlotte, N C, as second class matter," according to the rales of the P, 0. Department ... . J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., f - ' " - w N w niiv VltlAbUD UJL Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, nom nigm anq pay, promptly attended t o. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. . .. . ai u ;j j Jan. i,18 .;i ; .a-k y. ' ; 4 BOB WELL-rf.. i ,U .'fritKiH, BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts $W Office in Law Building. Jan.l, 1889. V. I. 08BOB&K. 1 . ' t w. C. UAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law. UIIARLOTT K, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. V3T Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. July 3, 1888. y HAMILTON C. JONES ' CHARLES W. TILLETT. JONES & TILLETT. Attorneys at Law. Charlotte, N. C. Practice in the Courts of this District and in Richmond county. Also, in the Federal Courts of the Western District. Aug. 12. 1888. DERIOT CLARKSON. CIIAS. H. DULS. CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law. Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted. Will practice in all Courts of the State. tSTOffice No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7. 1888. HUGH W. HARRIS. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office, first door west of Court House. Jan. 4, 1889. G. P. BASON, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. tSf Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office No. 16, Law Building. Jan. 14, 1888. y DR. M. A. BLAND. Dentist. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. . , . Qua used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1889. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N: C. Practice Limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. Jan. 1.1889. HOFFMAN & ALEXANDER, Surgeon Dentists, CHARLOTTE, ,N. C. Office over A. R.'Nisbet & Bro's store. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Jan. 1,1889. J. E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Practice in the State and Federal Courts. IW Office, No. 6 Law Building. Jan. 18, 1889. W. R BURWELL. R. A. DUNN BURWELL & DUNN, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Offer all Goods in their line at lowest Market prices. We have a large and well selected Stock, and pay strict and careful attention to the Retail Trade. BURWELL & DUNN, Opposite Central Hotel. Sept. 7, 1888. BOOKS Of All Kinds at ROSS & ADAMS'. Special attention given to MAIL ORDERS from the country. Store next to First National Bank, Charlotte, N C ROSS & ADAMS. Feb. 17,89 THE STAR MITELS, Charlotte, N. C, Manufactures best Corn Meal and Mill Feed, and deals in all kinds of Or&in. The Mill is situated near the Railroad crossing on East Trade street. W. M. CROWELL. Nov. 11,1888., yr A. HALES. J.! H. TOLAR. HALES & TOLAR, i Dealers ix Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles, Adjustable Eye glasses, etc. Spectacles and Eyeglasses adjusted to suit the Eye by the latest improved method Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty. EST Don't forget the sign of the Electric Clock. Feb. 8. 1889. DO YOU WANT TO PAINT ? We have a. lot of READY-MIXED PAINT, Bought at Auction, Which we are selling at a Low Price. Call and see List BURWELL & DUNN. 'eb. 10, '89. Druggists 5" Id Wapptoger'a Falls is a aago palm with a history: It was1 grow oj at Mount Vernon by George Waahingtobj was brought frpm there, to this city by'a Van Rensselaer and put in Ni bio's Gar den when that resort was firt opeaed; then it was ent to ,1Clinton : Point the Van Rensselaer homestead, where I for forty. years' the head1 gardener, Edward Downing, cared for it, to whom eventually the plant was given. It afterwards be came the property of the present -owner, John M." Goring. The plant is folly 150 years old, stands 10 feet high and weighs 400 pounds.- ' ' - : ' i,llll,W,ll,l,l,,ll,,llll''M"WMMMBWl- MORTGAGEE'S SALE, j r By virtne of Mortgage made to me, by w pj RusseM and wife. Delia Russell, dated 3d day of January,1883n and duly recorded in : Book 1 81, page 4QW TXi-atqft bfgee' f of ilecklenhnrs cdun Xy, and d:auU. 4tig bea taadd. .i pay ment, I will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte, N. C, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at 12 o'clock, M., on Saturday, May 11th, 1889, all that Property contained in said Mort gage, it being a HOUSE and LOT at Pineville. N. C, joining the lots of Saml. Younts, 8. W. 8mith and J. W. Morrow, containing about one Acre. Terms, Cash. J. W. MORROW, April 5, 1889. 6w ' Moitgagee. Sale Postponed. Capt Cbas. Harrison, the auctioneer, not being able to ciy the sale for me on April 13th. I am forced to postpone my sale of Jersey . Cattle un til further notice. Any animal I have can be bought privately, however, and I am ready to show the stock to all who call. C. C. MOORE. April 12, 1889. Wood Land for Sale. Twenty-five, fifty or seventy-five Acres of Wood Land, lying two and three-quarter miles from Charlotte, on the Charlotte. Colnmhia & Augusta Railroad. Call at, or address DEMOCRAT OFFICE. March 29, 1889. - tf Pharr & Long, SUCCESSORS TO E D. LATTA & BRO., ONE-PRICE CLOTHIERS, Chailotte, N. C. Feb. 22, 1889 GILREATH & CO., (Successors to Pegram 6 Co.,) Charlotte. N. C, Dealers in Boots. Shoes, Rubbers, Trunks and Valises, SAMPLE CASES, &c. The largest stock to select from, the lowest prices, and the best class of Goods that are made. We make a specialty of Shoes suitable for Farmers, Miners, Mechanics and Railroad Men. Boys' and Girls' Shoes for home and school wear. 3t3F Make no mistake in the place. . .16 South Try on Stree, Feb. 8, 1889. Charlott , N . C Rubber and Leather Belting. We have a large stock and complete assort ment of sizes of Rubber Belting on hand. War rant every foot we sell and guarantee our prices against any House south of Baltimore. HAMMOND & JUSTICE. Oct. 14,1888. . Melon Seed. We have a few packages of . the famous .'Florida Favorite" Watermelon for FREE DISTRIBUTION To Melon growers. The above was introduced by Mr Girardeau, the most celebrated Melon Grower in Florida. It is pronounced a success. Call and get a package. Also, Buists.' Almanac and Garden Manual. We have just received a full stock of" Garden and Field Seed from the Farm of R. Buist. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Feb - 8, 1889 Springs' Corner. Choice White and Mixed Corn, White Seed Oats, BACON AND LAUD. We offer choice White and Mixed Corn, White Seed Cats, Hay, Bran, Mill Fi sd, Pre pared Cow Feed, Bacon and Lard! Call and secure our prices J. W. MILLER & CO., Feb. 22, 1889. 8m. Charlotte, N. C. STERLING SILVER. We have lust received an immense 'stock of beautiful articles of Sterling Silvtr in elegant Plush cases.; - , , A year ago we sold large quantities of Silver Plated Ware. Our customers now want Solid Silver. To meet the demands, we have now laid in a large stock which we sell at prices that cannot be duplicated. BOYNE & BADGER. Leading Jewelers and Opticians. Jan. 18, 188. Cnarlotte, N. V. Corn and Cob Meal. I am now prepared to crush Corn an d Co and grind the same for the public. W. M. CROWELL Feb. 2489. LeROY DAVIDSON, Southern Agent for the sale of Isaac DeVoe & Son's Superior Snuff. -t Manufactured at Spottswood, N. J. LkROY DAVIDSON, 100 Wall St., New York Sept. 30. 1883. Dr. King's Blood . ard Liver Pills are superior to all others. - BURWELL & DUNN, Agents for North Carolina sTha -'-TSnA f ' Te pours, of the. weariest rivef ,r!4i jf Ends ia ,thed great gray ;eea'; j ,; Xhe.acorp, forever and eyer,f ,SsO Strives upward to the free, f ;, v ,j . . Tba fainbgiWjtbe sky adoraing, . Rhinp nrnmii. thrnnarh tUunim" 'he glimmer oithe ooming paoyaljB " rThrongb piitdjiifcbt gloomiU By time all knots are riven, - & Complex although they be, And peace will at last be give?,! , TJear, both to yon and me. j a y Then, though the path may be dfeVry, ' Look on ward to the goal; " 5-r V Tbottgh the-heart and head be- wefcf, Let fattn iuspire tbrtonh1"! a : Seek the right, though the '-'wroiSg- be Speak the, truth arany cost; Vadtfi tUJeatfftieiBpttn jfU W hen once the gem is lost. f s Let strong hand and keen eye be - For plain and ambushed foes, -Though earnest and fanoy steady i Bear best into the close. ' ' - ready The heavy clouds may be raining, . But with evening comes the light; Though the dark, low winds sre com- plaioiug, . , Yet the sunshine gilds the height, And love has his hidden treasure For the patient and the pure, And time gives its fullest measure To the workers who endure; And the Word, that no law has shaken, Has the future pledge supplied; For we know that when we "awaken. We shall be "eatlsBed." All Saceed. We talk about the sa cred ministry, the sacred desk, and the sacred calling; but we want sacred offices, sacred banks, Bacred stores, and sacred shops, and every man in them who names the name of Christ to be an ordaioed min ister of God to do bis work, bear his testimony, lift high the light of the divina life, and scatter the salt which saves the world from corruption; to be witnesses for godliness, righteousness, and brotherly kindness. Every calling i sacred, and every line of business for the Christian is one in which the Master ' may be served, and testimony for the troth may be borne. Dr. Pentacost. BEST STOCK OF SPRING GOODS In the City. Novelties in China and Japanese Silks. New effects hi Black and Colored Silks. - Latest styles in Wool Fabrics. Wash Goods in endless variety. White Goods cheaper than ever before. Finest stock of Linens in the State. Domestics at the lowest prices. Carpets and Matting low down. - Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons and Notions cheap. Shoes, Clothing and Gents' Goods at close profit. Examine our stock we like to show it, for when you see the styles and compare our prices with others, we seldom fail to sell. T L. ALEXANDER & CO., March 29, 1889. 13 West Trade Street. North Carolina Railroad Stock Wanted. We wish to buy 100 Shares North Carolina Railroad Stock. Will pay 102 per Share if not supplied when sent in. THOMAS BRANCH & CO. Marcb 22 1889 4w Richmond, Va. XSO. P. BRANCH. FRED. B. SCOTT. Thos. -.-Branch. & Go., B ANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, RICHMOND, VA. Buy and sell Stocks and Bonds. Will give - Correspondents full information about all Classes of Investment Securities FREE OF CHARGE. March 22, 1889.. , , . W. H. WEARS'. L. R. WBI8TON NEW DRUG FIRM. , W. H. Wearn & Co., Successor to L. R. Wriston & Co.) We are prepared to wait on our friends and the public generally at the old Drug Stand, (Irwin s corner.) where we propose to keep a full stock oi Drugs. Medicines, unemicais, Patent Medicines. &c., &c ,. . .. ,. We are determined to do our share of the Drug business in the city, and it will be to your interest to call and see us wnen in neea oi any thing in the Drug line. Charlotte, May 4. '88. Still Under Democratic Rule. AT W. B. Taylor's Restaurant . Bananas, Oranges, .Lemons, Cocoanuta, Figs, Apples, Pears, Domestic and Imported Grapes, ALL PRIZE STOCK. French Candies and Confections, Cigars, Pipes, Tobacco, c Oysters in every style. " Families supplied. t3J Meals at all hours. " Boarders accom modated. - " ' " , ; W. B. TAYLOR, March 8. 1883.' . 22 West Trade street Why Cough. ' wimnafew doses of Dr. Kinz's Cough Syrup will relieve you? Try it. Keep it in the house. You are liable to have a cough at any time, and no other remedy is so effective as this world renowned preparation. No household, with young children, should be without it Scores of lives are saved every year by its timely use. Sold by - . BURWELL & DUNN, ' Wholesale and Retail Druggists, April 5, 1889. . Charlotte. N.C. it rti J;u Bia8Uiur Hclfis. to Plant Trees. itlMFew people' elsewhere ia the world may ever bare heard of blasting holes to plant shade or fruit' trees,1 said a culti vator the other day, : "yet the practice! is common here and" show good resalts.' In j moci plseei there is ' found sufficient top -oil for'any-parposebat ai 0oBe talaaWe, -eeple ha for means to otiiiie lands' w bat as land has be- ve cast about where the coarse sand rook comes ;4oo sear the Bdrfaee for successful treefc planting A 1 blast, well 4 put in, creates a docket for broken' rock mixed with top sou, which formsnea a basin to bold' taotsture s well as a deeper and cooler hold for the roots. It is yet too early to say what will be the -ultimate results of sfteh planting, but in & climate like oars, where a superfluity of rata fall is not likely to occur, it will no doxibc- be ieceewu--San Diego, Cat, Union. A Fall of Black Snow. At Aitken, Minn., on April 2nd, at 4:45 o'clock, it became so dark that lights were necessary .in business houses, and the. air was filled with snow that was aa black and dirty as though it bad been trampled into the earth. Six ounces of , snow and one-fourth ounce of dirt -and ' sand, were found in the bottom of a dish. The dirt is very fine, Qfothing like emery, aud contains panicle that bav .metallic luster. This dirty snow fell to the depth of half an inch. The atmosphere at the time presented a peculiar greenish tinge. There was a little wind blowing at the time from the northwest, though there seemed to be considerable wind higher ic the air. Solid chunks of ice and sand are reported to have been picked op in vari ous places. The Industrious Squirrel. . A Danbury farmer points to the squir rel as affording an instance of agility, quickness, and bard work. Last fall he stored -several bushels of butternuts in the second story of his corn house, and recently he noticed that they were disap pearing much faster than the legitimate demands for his family supply war ranted. He discovered soon afterward that a squirrel, a small red one, which the farmers boys call "chipmunks" bad found a hole under the eaves of the building, and was stocking her storehouse with the nuts the farmer bad gathered. As an ex periment to learn bow rapidly the squir rel had worked, he removed all but twen ty of the nuts and set a watoh upon them Six hours afterward every nut was gone. The distance from the corn hou?e to the tree where the squirrel had its nest was just eighty rods. Injgoing for a but and returning with it the sprightly little ani mal had to travel a distance of 160 rods. Computation showed that the theft of the twenty nuts required just ten miles of travel. Bat this did not inolude all. Several times dogs frightened the squir rel, and it had to turn back, and twice the family cat got after it, requiring it to lake a circuitous route to reach the store house. The nest was examined soon afterward, and a big, fat, lazy male squir rel was found snoozing quietly while his little mate was performing a prodigious feat to supply him with food. it. Y. Sun. " An Orphan.: "What is an asked the teacher of the class orphan ?" in defini- tions. Nobody seemed to know. "Well, I'm an orphan, said the teaoher, seeking an illustration that would not re veal too much. At this a hand popped up, and the is a and owner of it exclaimed, "An orphan woman that wants to get married can't."" It will be remembered that some of Gen. Robert E. Lee's own family bitched their horses to the , plow and did as honest daily work 1 as the . hardest banded laborer, and that over a period of years. The number of Colonels and lieo- erala who did the rsame thing, and the number of men of rank who did other sorts of manual work, gives an example of the courageous character of the South ern people. Now, we do not want to be patronized. Richmond Itmes. t3ir Large quantities of oorn husks are now used in Austria for making coarse cloth and very tough and durable paper. Wood, also, is made into cloth, Mitscher lich having devised a process , by which the fibre .may be . strengthened and pre pared for spinning. . . , : , UK ""'t were "Where were you born, little girl?" asked a philanthropist of a street beggar. "I'm not sure, sir," was the reply, "but I often heard my ma say that I waa born in poverty.", : .;. ,fc NEW SPRING GOODS. We take pleasure in informing you that our stock of Spring Clothing for Men and Spring Dress Qoods for Ladies, is complete. We have some- great bargains to offer you when you come to tows, and we want you to come to see us. . we are connaent mar we can save you money, and if you only give us a look we will convince you that such is the fact We carry all kinds of Pant Cloths, Dress Goods, and all kinds of Domesties. . Beautiful line of Cali coes and Ginghams and they are reliable Goods and at close prices. A splendid lot of Clothing at greatly reduced prices We are closing out the Clothing stock and you can pick your bargains. . - Shoes for Boys. Men. Women and Children. A very large stock of them compels us to sell them very close. ' . '. We will sell you for cash the best yard wide shirting at 8 cents a yard. Also, on the same terms, we give you the best Alamance made, full width, at 5 cents a yard. You can take one yard or a . bolt all at the same price. Save money by coming to T. L. SEIGLE 4 CO. March 22. 188fir BOCK BEER. Send your orders ' for our celebrated BOLK BEER. . V " ROBT. PORTNER BREWING CO., April 12, 1889. 4w Charlotte, N. C, What Invention has Done for Milling. , In his speech at the Smith purifier ban- 3 net in Jackson, Hon. U. A. Hayden, the acksoB mill owner, gave some interest ing personal reminiscences. It seems that he started in the milling business in 1845, in a little custom mill, three miles south ot the city of Jackson. He : has enlarged gradually, and within a year or two has been able to turn out 8,000 barrels of flour a year, which he considered a big busi ness. , lie then increased his capaoity to fifty barrels a day by the addition of three runs of stones the old flat burr stone, capable of grinding five or six bushels an hour ' with one-half chest: of reels. The best cloths used in those days were No. 10, and the bulk of the flour was made with No. d. Bat the product was good - for- those - days, and s found ' a ready market. Then came a demand for better flour. Up to this lime millers had considered middlings as offal, and it was run through the flat stones and made into a low grade flour which waa hard to sell. After a few years he had pnrobased other mills and adopted modern inventions as rapidly as they were offered, but always with a feeling of distrust in "new-fangled firm's." Millers in those days worked from daylight until the day's work was done, be it 9, 10, or 12 p. m. They were uot afraid of work, and to this labor the speaker largely attributed his success. When the new process was talked of, be had considered it foolish, but he was finally forced to acknowledge that with it the best grades of flour could be made from material thrown away in the old methods. He rollers instead his mill. The than had been reluctantly adopted the of stones and remodeled success was' far greater thonght possible. Other followed, and to-day the improvements finest grades of flour are made where the best flour of years ago could not be sold at any price. Stolen by the Buttons. I am assured that the following ia ab solutely true: A. gentleman complained to the station-master at Cannon street one day last week of having bad his watch stolen. Somebody walking in front of him had suddenly stepped back, and im mediately afterward he noticed his watch and chain were gone. He thought he could identify the individual. The com plainant had scarcely been registered when another gentleman, a seasou-ticket holder, walked into the office and handed in the watch and chain. The latter said be was leaving the sta tion when a friend pointed out that he had a watch and chain hanging on one of the two buttons which fashion (for no very obvious reason) ordains shall be placed on the backs of coats worn by men. And, in fact, this button had, it appeared, been the pickpocket, and caught the chain and dragged it from the owner's pocket with as much dexterity as that shown by the most praotioed thief. It wss with considerable relief that the pro prietor of the criminal button was able to hand over to the station authorities the property of which he had in so extraordi nary a manner become for a short time an "involuntary bailee." London Figaro. Two Smaet Hens. Our Aunt Dora has two hens we think very smart hens. One is an old yellow hen at least twelve years old so old, in fact that she has ceased to lay. She goes on her nest every day and comes off cackling like any other ben. - bhe will continne this until she thinks she has laid a dozen or fifteen eggs, then she sets and always batches a nice brood of chickens, of which she is very careful. Of course auntie sets her. The other hen goes up into the top of a big beech tree to make her nest. The tree has been topped about twenty-five feet from the ground, and has a hollow in which she lays and hatches. The little fellows sometimes fall out to the ground, and it doesn't hurt them, then again auntie has them taken out. She has laid and batched three times successively in the old tree. Now don't you think they are real smart bene r Josie irtce ana JVeva seay tn Nashville Advocate. The Deadly Gbeenback. The . last item of news from the laboratory is that the deadliest of bacteria live and multiply on the bank notes that we have. Probably there is not a viler article that we ever touch than a bank note. Carried in the pockets of the .most leprous and loath some, it passes through the pockets of the refined. We would not think of taking a pocket handkerchief that bad made any sucu rouna wuooui wasning anaiumiga- titer. We could not be induced to put on the shirt of a tramp, but the money of the deceased and contaminating goes without a thought into our inner pockets. What disease we hug we do not think or oare. 2Sf It appears from a communication made to the Reaii Lincei.tX Rome, that eela and murense possess a poison similar to that of vipers. In them it is not found in the mouth, and they have no organ for inoculating their enemies with . it. So it ! usually wibuwu sut cusx upvu u.u, because in the eel eaten by, him as food the poison is destroyed by the beat of cooking, and also because, as is toe case ith tbe venom of the viper, it has no ef fect upon the digestive ways. 55? A Yankee has invented an appa ratus for timing horses. A clock with three hands minute, second and quarter band is started by tbe official timer. When tbe winning horse touches tbe wire the clock is stopped by eleotricity. The wbioh photographs borse and clock. FSP Seventy-two million square yards of carpeting were produced in tbe Phil a delphia milis last year, me vaiue oi - - m mm AAA k A SI fW wnicn waa aooui w,vuu,vuv. f duca thia vast aggregate required tbe services ot l7,ouu workmen sou ,wu m - rn i J m At. looms. Philadelphia North American. VZT Kindness to all people at all times and in all ways, simply from the motive of giving happiness, should be the hourly precept of the home. The Jews. Aside from the fact that our Bfble teaohes us that the Jewa were God's chosen people, that He singled out their Abrsb am, Moses and Solomon for jhis special favors; aside from the fact that the Saviour, worshipped by ail Christendom, was a Jew; aside from . the fact that the Jew has handed down to all ages the ground of every civilized nation's laws in the Ten Commandments, - and coming down to the Jew of to-day as we find him in every town, be is still, in many re spects, one of the grandest men that walks the earth. He is industrious, pid yon ever see an idle-Iookiog Jew ? From the richest merchant, with branch houses in half a dozen cities, to the peddler," who oarries his pack on his back, tbe Jew is ever at work, "eating his bread in the sweat of bis , brow, asking ; no man Ifor alms. 7 He is frugal, thrifty and economi cal. If his first rule of business is to live upon his iocome, his second is to jive within it. If he can only make a hundred dollars a year, he will live on seventy-five and save up the other, not to hoard it, for tbe Jew is no miser, but to put it to work. x rom tbe Kotbscbilds. the bankers of the nations, to your "Uncle, Isaac with the three golden balls, the Jew keeps his money at work for the benefit of his fellowmen and himself. The Jew, ia cleanly; epidemics overlook him; dyspep sia's blight does not fall upon him. He understands the laws of health and obeys them. From the highest to the lowest. due regard is paid to health.. He is law ibiding. He leads no mobs. His name is not enrolled on the criminal docket, or so seldom that it causes remark. Though homeless as a nation, as an individual he cultivates ail the home , virtues, cares for his family, educates his children and starts them out in the world with their backs toward the poor house . and their face toward success.' Though a wanderer upon the earth, as a people, you will search for him in vain among tramps and vaga bonds, i . And so, being industrious, economical. frugal, cleanly, law-abiding, homo-loving, what an excellent example he sets before many who speak of him slightingly I As to his religion we have nothing to say. save this: What people on earth have ever suffered more for religion's sake, been more outrageously persecuted and have exhibited a rarer undying faith in their religious tenets than the Jews ? bo much for the Jew, what of the Jew ess? Oh, glorious woman, honored among women and respected by men thronghout the world ! Thou hast not laid thyself out to lure men to ruin. The houses of ill-fame know thee not. Thy laugh doth not echo in their halls. The sacred names of wife and mother are revered by. the Jewess to-day as they were in the days of Sarah and Rebecca, and virtuous mother hood, the bane of the silly devotee of fashion, is to the Jewess the most gracious blessing of a benign Jehovah. San-An-qelo ( Texas) Enterprise. i - The New Jersey man who bit upon tbe idea of attaching a rubber eras ing tip to the end of lead pencils is worth 1200,000, asserts the rittsburg Press. The miner who invented a metal rivet or eyelet at each end of the mouth of coat and trousers pockets, to' resist the strain caused by the carriage of ore and heavy tools, has made more money from his letters patent than he would have made bad be "struek" a good vein of gold-bear ing quatz. Hi very one has seen the metal plates that are used to protect tbe heels and soles ot rough shoes, but every one doesn't know that within ten years the man who hit upon the idea has made $250,000. As large a sum aa was ever obtained for any invention-was enjoyed by the Yankee who invented the inverted glass bell to hang over, gas jets to pro tect Ceilings from being blaokened by smoke. A simple thing? Yes, very. Frequently time and circumstances are wanted before an invention is appreciated but patience is frequently . rewarded, and richly rewarded, too, for the inventor, of the roller skate has made $1,000,000, not withstanding the fact that bis patent bad nearly expired belore the value of it waa ascertained in the craze for roller-skating that spread over the country several years ago. The gimlet-pointed sorer? has pro duced more wealth than most silver mines, and the Connecticut man who first thought of putting oopper tips on the toes of children's shoes is as well off aa if he had inherited $1,000,000, for that's the amount his idea has realized for him in cold, clammy coin. Cotton and WooL The crop of cotton is reported as being very large, possibly greater than that of any recent year. Yet the demand for the staple continues, and the size of the orop seems lustihed by tbe demand. Ihe manufacture of cotton goods is now profit able, and new mills sre in course of tree tion in all parts of America, and in this movement tbe South is conspicuous, soon the raw material will be manufactured on tbe large scale near the plsoe where it is grown, and the New England mills will be handicapped by their distance from the cotton fields, in tbe competition with their Southern rivals. Tbe outlook for cotton ia therefore a bright one. Wool, tbe other great textile staple, cannot be so well placed in the economic sense, ow ing to the great defioienoy of reliable eta tistics. At a recent convention, the Na tional Association of Wool Groweratook steps for establishing a better system, in eluding tbe organization oi a central do reau of statistics. W ben thu is carried out, the wool producer, will be greatly benefited, not only by accurate state ments and forecasta of tbe market, but by a better gradation of qualities. It is proposed to have thia matter, the grading of wool, taken up by the Association. Few staples need grading more impera- - 1 tively, aa wool suited for one branch of i manuiacture may oe quue unaaaptea w I V "i - anower; ue carpet dww ui . . teriai totally different from that required by the s manufacturer of zephyr worsted. EST" It always bothers a , Frenchman who is learning English to read one day that a. murder has been committed and the next that the murderer had been com mitted. ;. . t .Prepare for Failure., . A good old teacher used to say that be did not try to prepare boys for "success in life," but for failure. His opinion was that "success" in the ordinary sense of the term depends upon natural gifts which a school cannot create, or else upon favor able circumstances, such as a rioh father or influential friends. Hence, bis posi tion often expounded, that the ' chief office of education is to enable men and women to do without success. -' -! ' Almost any one of good t habits, he thought, could enjoy existence upon twenty thousand dollars a year. : The difficult problem is to be happy on ten dollars a week.' That requires genuine manhood, high motive, knowledge, laate, virtue, good aense, and, indeed, all the rare qualities of civilized mea. ' 4 The rich raao can possess a picture of sunrise by the fashionable artist of the day, and he can keenly enjoy the distinc tion which its possession gives him. There are men in considerable numbers among, us who, as they stroll cheerily along to their work in the morning, have taste and feeling enough- to enjoy the sunrise itself, with all its accompaniments of glorious color and rapturous long. A wealthy man can have a gorgeous library. On a library table we saw, the other., day,, twenty thousand ; dollars' worth of art books, seldom looked at by the owner, or by any of his family. The family had a kind of languid pride in the possession of the great square volumes in their bindings of "crushed", something or other. A visitor could not be long in tbe room without being told how much some of them cost. i , ; . , Success, as it is called, can procure such a library for a small family; but it is edu cation alone that can enable them .either to use or enjoy it aright, and we live at a time. when a mecbanio or a clerk can have access to a belter library than that, be sides possessing a collection of his own that shall include most . of his favorite bOOks.' ,- - ' . ..' ; . ;- - Doubtless, then, our venerated teacher was pot wrong when he advised his pu pils to get an education which would ena ble them to live a contented and dignified life upon narrow, means. Happily,) the noblest pleasures are free to all who are capable of enjoying them. Youth's Com panion. - ...w Do not Ridicule Children. There is so great a charm in the sport ive play of fancy and wit that- there is no danger of their being neglected; or un dervalued, or that tbe native talent for them will remain undeveloped; our chief solicitude must be to keep them, even in their wildest flights, still ia subjection to duty and benevolence.: We must not al low ourselves to be betrayed Into an ap proving smile at any effusion of wit and humor tinctured in tbe slightest degree by ill nature. : - ' A child will watch tbe expression of our countenance, to see how tar he may . ven ture, and if he finds be has the power to amuse us in spite of ourselves, we hare no longer any hold over him from respect, and he will go rioting on in his salies un til he is tired, and seek at every, future opportunity to renew his triumphs. Wit, undirected by benevolence, gen erally falls into personal satire -the keen est instrument of uokindnese; it is so easy to laugh at tbe expense of our friends and neighbors they furnish such ready ma terial for our wit, that all the moral forces should be arrayed against the propensity, and ita earliest indications checked. We may satirize' error, but we must compassionate the , erring,- and this we must always teach by example to chil dren, not only in what we say of otberi before them, but in our treatment of them selves. We should never use ridicule , towards them, except when it is evidently so good natured that its spirit cannot be mistaken. The agony which a sensitive child feels on being held up before others as an object of ridicule, even for a trifling error, a mistake or peculiarity, is not soon forgotten nor easily forgiven. When we wish, therefore, to excite contrition for a serious fanlt, ridicule should never be em ployed, as the feelings it raises are direct ly opposed to self-reproach. ' A Word to th Boys. It we are to hare drunkards in the : fu ture some of them are to come from the boys to whom I am now writing, and I ask you if y ou ;want to. be one ' of them f No, of course yon don't ! Well. I have a plan that is lost as aura to save you from such a fate aa the sun is to rise to-morrow. It never failed, it will never fail; and it is worth knowing. Never touch liquor in any form. ' That ia the plan, and it is not only worth know ing, but it is worth putting into prsctice. I know you don't drink' now, and it seems to you aa if you never would. But your temptation will come, and it . prob ably will come in this way : You will find yourself some time with a number ot companions, and they will have a bottle of wine on the table. Tbey will drink and offer it to you. Tbey will regard it as a manly practice, and very likely they will look upon you as a muasop u you don't indulge with them. Then what will yon do? Will you say, "No, do I none of that stuff for me!" Or will you take the glass, with your common sense pro testing and your conscience making the whole draught bitter, ana witn leeung that you have damaged yourself, and then go off with a hot head and a skulking soul that at once begins to make apolo gies for itself, and will keep doing so during all its life? Boys, do not become drunkards. Dr. J. O. Holland. r .' Tbkks that Smokk. One. of tbe curi osities found in Maine is a pine tree near Haliowell that smokes. A column' of vapor. as large around as a man's arm from the verv too of the tree and rtenda for several feet in the air. The i . 4n, . . Mr;odieal oceiirrence. f "i " iauta ,n a,niin it JEz. "w " - " r ' U Trees have been in Tennessee and Ken tucky that would, at times mostly by night emit smoke. In every case inves tigated it waa found that the tree was hollow and aerved the purpose of a chim ney for a concealed "wild cat distillery.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 26, 1889, edition 1
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