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Second Stock.
have just received an elegant second stock of
goods which Is
READY FOR INSPECTION,
The handsomest line of
Ladies' Neckwear
In the city.
CANE MATTING
at all prices.
DhESS GOODS AT A SACRIFICE.
EMBROIDERIES cheaper than ever.
We haye the
BEST STOCK OF WHITE GOODS
In the State.
Call and get a cheap Marseilles Quilt
We are offering everything at bottom prices. Call
and see us.
lexander &
majlS
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We are daily receiving our
SPRING STOCK
which will be more complete than ever before
and comprises the
OS I j
LADIES', MISSES', CHILDHENS,'
GENTS', B01S', AND YOUTHS'
FINE BOOTS I SHOES
A SPCECIALTY.
Lower grades all goods In odr line In variety and
all prices.
FULL STOCK
STETSON HATS,
and a pretty line
Straw Hats, Trunks, Valises k Satchels,
ALL SIZS3 AND EEICE3.
Call and see us.
PEGRAM & CO.
feb20
JUST RECEIVED
-ANOTHER, LOT OF
Lace bunting
At 15c Per Yard.
COIIDS and OOTIDS and TASSELS
In all Colors.
RIBBONS, ALL SHADES.
A FULL STOCK OF
Indies' and Gents' Gauze Underwear.
Dotted Swiss, Iinon D'Inde,
And everything in the White Goods Line. Gome
end see usv .
HARGRftVES & UILHELM.
may8
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est
Brads
Latest
Styles
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We have just opened the cheapest lot of Mitts to
be lound In the city.
Will sell you a real nice pair of
EHitts
FOB 25c.
Real Lisle Thread
AND
SILK GLOVES,
IN COLORS AND BLACK.
Call and get a pair of Harris's Patent Hook-Fastening
Kid Gloves the best and most conveni
ent glove in the market
BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS,
Will sell you an All-Wool Filling Bunting for 10c
T. L. SEIGLE & CO.
may 17
A DELICIOUS DRINK
For Use in Families, Hotels,
Clubs, Parties, Etc,
Boston
C. IX. QSATES fe soxsv
The ''Hub Punch "his lately been introduced. Ukd
meets frith marked popular favor.
It is Warranted to Contain only itAd
r Best of Liquors, United with
Choice Fruit Jiiiees and
Granulated Sugar.
It is readr on ooeninz. and will be found an asrvtaS?''
addition to the choice things which undeniably eisrg
the pleasures of life and enoourace rood feilowshiaM
good nature if rightly enjoyed.
GOOD AT ALL TIMES
Just the Thing to Keep in Wine CeBars.
Sideboards not Complete Without Hub Poach.
It can be used Clear or with. Fresh
Milk, Ice, Soda, or Hot Water,
Lemonade, or with Fine Ice.
to Suit the Taste.
Sold by leading Wine Merchants. Groeexa. Hotels aas
Druggists everywhere.
Trade suDDlled at manufacturers Drtees bv Wfl
son & Burweil. Wholesale and ReUU DrurelsU
Charlotte. N. C."
EsJan. 23-eod-6m.
1 ' 11
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE,
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORRID LIVER.
Iiosa of appetite JTatises,bowels apsttvev
fain In tneHead.wlth a doll iensstion la
the bsok part. Fain under the shoulder
blade, fauness after eating, with m dlsin
conation-to exertion ui ouaj or .
Irritability of temper. Low spirits, Iioss-
of memory. with feeling of having neg
lected some duty, wearinesa, piasineas,
WiTtitarinv the Heart. Dots before tbo
erea, bellow Sln. H eadaohe, Kestless"- $
ness as nignt, nigmy coiorwu u ruio.
IT THESE WAEKIirGS AB1 UHKiLEDED,.
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUTT'S FILLS especially adapted to
acb cases, one dose effects sneh a change
of feeling as to astonish the sufferer. ; ...
They Increase the Appetite, and causstha ,
body to Take on Flesh, thus the System is
muiHhs nd hv theirTenie Atleoo the
duced. Price & cents.
i za cents. , a niu-rar . m
Hnrrskr I
TUTT'S HAIR DYE,
Obat Haib or Whiskbtbs changed to a G&ossr
Black by a single application of thlsDrsv It
Imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneously. -Bold
by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of f 1.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
Dr. TCTTS MANUAL of Valaable InfomattoB ssi b,
Ctefol BMeipto wUl be sutM FKES m wwOatOum.'
Feb 23 deodawly.
HUGH SISSON & SONS,
Importers, Dealers and Manufacturers
MARBLE STATUARY,
MONUMENTS, FURNITUBB SLABS,
ITilf, Mantels, Altars, Toinbs
140 West Baltlmore8treet,
AND CORNER NORTH AND MONUMENT BTB
1 Drawings Jt Estimates Funiisei ftw 5.1
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ITS
A HUB
PROHIBITION.
TUB EVILS OF WHISKET.
Views of Several Correspondents f
ibe 'OsserTert" Who Take the Bul l
by tbe Horns.
PBOmBITlON IN NORTH IREDELL.
To the Editor of The Observer.
The prohibitionists of north Iredell
send congratulations to their fellow
workers in Charlotte in consequence of
their recent triumph over the- wets.
May Charlotte in the future, as in the
past, be always found in the vanguard,
in behalf or UDerty, right ana reiorm.
In north Iredell the prohibition move
ment is marching grandly on, in fact
such is the case all over the county so
far as the writer can learn. Prepara
tions are making for a thorough organ
ization and a vigorous campaign.
Dr. Brantly York, of Butherf otd Col
lege, is out on a lecturing tour in the
interest of prohibition; tHat will last till
August, sent out Dy toe nucnerrora
College prohibition club. On the 4th
inst:, the doctor delivered a live prohibi
tion speech in Olin, to a large and atten
tive audience. He will do good wher
ever he goes, and deserves the hearty
co-operation of the friends of temper
ance reform every wnere.
Kespectf ully yours,
J. A. Stikeleatieer.
Olin, K. C May 9, 1881.
REPLY TO ANTI-FANATICISM AND HXS
COMMENTATORS.
To the Editor of The Observer:
To call prohibitory laws "sumptuary
laws" is the extreme of absurdity, j
Sumptuary comes from the Latin word
sumpiiw expense and all such laws j
are created for the purpose of restrain
ing luxury in living. A law prohibit
ing the sale and manufacture of liquor
is a law for the prevention of crime,
just as are laws prohibiting theft and
murder, it should be placed nrst on
the criminal code, for its strict enforce
ment would do more to preyent crime
than all. the other laws put together.
As a rule, every man who nerves his
arm for. the commission of murder,
does so with the aid of liquor. This is
so well known in our courts of justice,
that an old and able American lawyer,
A. B. Richmond, Esq., after a thirty
years' practice at the bar, has written
a book entitled "Intemperance, the
Great Source of Crime."
Hie civil laws of the Jews were un
erringly wise, as the laws of nature,
and laid down principles which are
clear guides in all difficult cases, as
the following: "If an ox gore a man
or woman, that they die, then the ox
shall be surely stoned ; but the owner
of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox
were wont&o push, in time past, and it
hath been testified to his owner, and
he hath not kept him in, the ox shall
be stoned, and his owner also shall be
put to death T Just substitute "liquor"
for "ox," in the above, and you haye
the whole thing in a nut shell.
The crime of the owner of the ox
was merely indifference to human life;
and this also is the crime of the legisla
tor, the county commissioner, and the
aldermari, who does not take measures
to restrain the ox (liquor) which "hath
been wont to push in time past" to the
destruction of human life.
Those in authority who grant licences
for the manufacture and sale of liquor,
are? as euiltv as the owner of the man
killing ox, for they know that they are
endangering the lives of their fellow
creafcures. As surely as the world pro
gresses, so surelv will the delusive
madness, wmcn Derm us me use 01
linurvn nass awav. And then we will
lookback with wonder that it existed
so lonsr under the protection of an en
lightened government. What wars ever
destroyed so many citizens, otherwise
cnnrl and true men. as liquor doesf
T? . A-1
What famines ever swept into me
grave so many victims vv nac pesti
tanriPis ever desolated so many happy
homes? "Waia, famines and pestilences
onlv come at lone intervals, due tnis
most fearful of urses, goes on year af
ter year, and eeatury after century, age
after ago. It is Satan's most powerful
engine for the destruction of soul and
body. It breaks more hearts ; it creates
more widows and orphans ; it destroys
more fortune, than all the crimes enu
.imftra.t.d in the statute books. The vic
tims nf the murderer, the burglar and
the seducer are limited, but the victims
of the dram-seller are countless.
We speak with horror of the persecu
tions of the past ages, ana 01 tne tor
tures of the inquisition; but their ex
tant and enormitv Dales Detore tne nor-
mrs and the extent of suffering caused
bv liauor. It transforms men into de
mons. A man in mv county came
home intoxicated, one night, and be
coming enraged at some trine, as
drunken men are wont to uo, tseiz,eu
hia Jir.t.lA ohilri and Held it at arm s
lAncrYh hAfnrft a blazine fire until his
frantin unfft ran to a neighbor's house
and obtained help to save the life of
the little one before it was literally
roasted to death. And then people say
in ovcilDA nf all this. "Oh. he was
drunk!" as if drunkenness were anec-
fisujarv an inevitable evil. It is
no more necessary than the skeleton-
kfivs of the thief.
Out of twenty-five men confined in a
Northern orison for wife-murder, twen
1 ty-three committed the crime in a state
of intoxication.
I am told that a number of respecta-
hl nhvsir.ians have formed an associa
tion. in which thev bind themselves
not to use liquor in any shape or form
in t.hpir nrao.Mne. I firmlv believe they
ar rie-ht. and that liauor is entirely
unnecessary as a medicine. It is not
an ingredient of quinine, the great
drnsr of the dav. nor in morphine, nor
castor oil. An old English physician,
who had been treating lung disease tor
thirty years, and had charge of a large
hosnital. said no remedy ever yet in
vented eaualled cod-liver oil for con
sumption. So liquor is unnecessary in
Jung diseases and all other diseases.
Publico.
TTTK VIEW THAT JUSTICE TAKES OF IT.
JUSTICE, INDEED, I SAY.
Se Hie Editor of The Observer.
The only injustice the Id board of
aldermen did was to permit the greatest
Bvil that ever was inflicted upon any
people to be legalized at all.
If a mad dog was to bite my husband
or anv child not a single person in any
civilizea community wouia ieei mat
. . . w - m a.h s
t.hpnr were doinsr rieht to let -him run
at large, even ior a montn, oecause ma
w w
master naa para a mousana aouars or
loss for him : to give him time to sell
him, when during that time he might
poison ihunareas oi omer persons, '
What right has any one to takes
huband'B property, and his living .to
hniW vavtr houses, buy fine clothing for
nnnr f arriirv ahd namper them in sump
tuous tare, at the sacrifice o f my bread J
and meat U twenty lamuies are sus
tained and ifed from the profits- ofjthe,
liquid fire water .reiauearuytwi
tfntiar in (flharlottft. then atleasfe a thou-
Sgandnereons Buner-ior-wantoreau
iand kinanessTougauiDproBiwiifcjfVA
the retailer of whiskey. Certainly such
arguments are so unreasonable that
men ought not totise them:; The nwai
who iiifio-alize this traffic onen the wat
for. some business to be followed that
will give the retailers a' chance to es
cape an awful end" and the"" sinners
doom. Tot there is a terrible curse
pronounced against those who pat the
bottle to -their brother's mouths, and
the State or county authorities or board
of aldermen, who allow1 it are them
selves gmlty, after they become satis
fied of its great evil.
Ob, can . any tongue tell my anguish,
of mindlwfceainy boy, the pride of my
life is brdrightr under its influence and
enticed into these bar-rooms and. gam
bling places crazed and TObbed of his
last dollar, and then kicked: out into
the streets to come heme so mncb nn
der its influence, to, wring bitter tears
of blood from a mother's heart, going
out next day or night with pledges to
me, his mother, with no- intention to
drink again, but passing 'by the dram
shops is invited in enticed va. to : come
home aerain in despair, not able to re
sist Where is the soberest family "int
our city that has not had some member
of it damaged and tuined by the grog
shops ? Let any one be a citizen of this
place as long as r have been; -and 'say
that many of the. best intellects liate
not been destroyed1 Jby this terrible evil
of retailing, spirits. I ask the grog
seller for God's sake, for his children's
sake, for his wife's sake, for my son's
sake, and for bis own salvation's sake,
never again open his lips or take tip his
pen to try to , move, a plea for such a
cEse, so long infiieted on us, and which
by tfee blessing of God, we are now soon
to bedelivered from.
I new ask you to go with me to the
cemetery and count the graves of the
best men there, brought there by Tutd.
Go to the .penitentiary and see there
those brought there by rum. lio to tne
insane asylum and have the tears of
sorrow wrung from your eyes as you
ook on the wrecks there, whose Drains
have been destroyed by whiskey, and
hen say that Che tboara QiQ wrong in
stopping you from selling.
JDUt again, wouhi i w rigui jlui tuo
board to have allowed fox to go with
the whiskev influence to work to defeat
the August prohibition, election ? The
board acted wisely ana numaneiy.
Thousands of men have gone into busi
ness and succeeded on a less capital
than the $500 that will be refunded to
you. Mart J-ANE.
The Sifftie lanltiplylng'.
New York Banker and Broker.
It is to be hoped that the Director of
the Mint will not be 'charged with at
tempting to "bull" the stock marKet,
although bis statements are reauy
"bullish" to an extreme. The director
estimates that the amount of gold com
and bullion in the United States on
May 1st was $520,000,000, of which-$258,-000,000
were in actual circulation.
Since July 1st, 1879, $284,000,000 have
been added to our stock of gold, ; and
the gold circulation has been increased
$140,000,000. The weekly statement of
the national banks, issued on Saturday,
showed that the amount or national
bank currency outstanding was larger
than at any previous time in the his
tory of those banks. The amount in
circulation is now $352,710,161, not in
cluding the gold uotes, which amount
to $1,099,225 more, me nearest ap
proach to this volume of national bank;
currency occurred on uecemoer isc,
1874, wnen $352,34,340 notes were re
nnrted in circulation. The director of
the mint estimated the amount of silver
in circulation November 1, 1880, at $73,
798.701. which estimate did not include
nearly $20,000,000 certificates then out
standing, since that time neariy
000,000 more have been issued, making
the amount now in circulation aoout
$40,000,000. The amount Of legal tender
notes outstanding, not mciuaing tnose
deposited, m the Treasury to reaeem
national bank notes, on May 1st was
over 340)0,000. witnout counting
i . tt 1 : i.f
any increase which may have tasen
place m siwrex.com circulation since
November, we make the following
summarv of our aaresent monetary cir
culation: Gold. 256.000.000: silver coin,
about $74,000,000; silver certificates,
$40,000,000 ; national tank notes, $352,
000.000. and leeal tender notesfc$310,000,-
000; a total of $1,032,000600. The in
crease since November 1,' I860, in vol
ume of circulation, is over $100,000,000,
or a train of over 10 per cent, in bix
months. These facts are so plain that i
they present their own inference. The
figures are beyond the dictation of stock
manipulations, and are absolutely op
posedto the theory of temporary suc
cess. The money we are getting is not
borrowed, it is earned, andfWhenit
comes here it comes to stay until we
want to use it in acquiring other, prop
erty. Any drain that is to come here
after upon our funds will be to supply
us with things that we .want, and not
to pay debts already contracted. Our
rapidly increasing capital is making us
the masters of the day, and no longer
are we to be the servants of "foreign
bondholders." For those who study
the "tape," and find alt the future thee
is in the next ten minutes, there never
can be any satisfactory encouragement ;
but those who can overlook the little
ups and downs of the immediate pres
ent, can see not very tar ahead all that
is worth hoping or wishing for.
It Is not always perfectly safe to sooths the baby
with opium preparations, bat you can rely on Dr.
Bull's Baby Syrup; it contains nothing Injurious.
Who ts Mrs. Winslov T.
; is this question is nraentb asked,- we win slm
ply say that she Is a lady who for upwards of for
ty years, nas ununiujiy aevuuxi uer uiimtmu iar
ents as a Female Physician and nurse, prtncl
constitution and wants I this numerous class.
amnnp
children, -ene nas especially
and, as a result of this enprt, and pi
radical knowl-
Aden, obtained In a liletlme spent as nurse
and
physician, she had conipounded a Soothing Syrus.
for children teething.".-It operates Uke magic
civinc Tpjit and health, and b rnoreeven -sure to
rpitniiatft the bowels. In conseaaence ol this ar
ticle, Mrs. .. WJnsiowJLsJbecanung world-renoynied J
as a benefactor of her race; children certainly do j
rise no and bless herjespeclally Is this the- ease I
in this city. Vast quantities ofthe SoothlneByrrrp
are dally sold and used 'here. We think Mrs.
Wlnslow has Immortalized her name by this In
valuable article, and we sincerely believe thous
ands of children have been saved from an early
grave by Its timely use, and that millions yet un
born will share Its benefits, and unite In calling
her blessed. No mother has discharged her duty
tn hAr anfferine little one. In our ODtnlon. anal she
has given ft the benefit of Mrs. Wmstow's Soothing
Syrup. Trylt,mothers-tr7ltnow.-t-Iadle'Vlsf
tor. New -York City." bow Dy au druggtsw. 25
cents a bottle.
mayl9-lfcwlw, . ,
THB .HUMAN HAIB, , .' ,;
How to. Ftesemand.BenHff;IL
Many persons abuse this dellcaie and beautiful
ornament by burning It with alcbhoUc washes jmd
plastering it with grease, whiQh has no afQnltr.for.
COUNK, a compound of cocoanut, an, etc., i&mr:
rrralled as dressteg,f or hidri--l3 reader as
glp&lpee
conmtlonsvptvlntUg tts falling ofl and promos
imr rwheararrgiowthi
: HwisatMpert Bhould Insist trrxm" obtaining
BUKNBTT'STLi-VOBINO ESTsUCTS,"lorHiey
uwlhH beat v - (lh-!v-' ix i
i lAlKi nP.f A S ' U 'IT tMV
ttt-yrnimitt tonks and altemtfw cratatw
tvrt asmucfUron and fffty per eenk more alarm
lnum thanrany -"alum and Iron mass" known
jutWthtegioT the "spring weakness" now so
IS
inerabt .eoia ey an drugs is ls oi any mbuuui
ces reduced one half.
n 1
For the disidovery 0f the Mantifactuter, Dealer, Ageat or iano Pirate, Korth or South, in
vmenca or jLurope, wno eeiis renauie inanos ana Urgans cneaper
than they can he honght from us.
NEVER CLOSE
A Piano or Organ trade
OntQ yea have heard from the
NO MAN LIVING
can boy lower than we, and In selling
a lair cnanee is a 11 we ui. jsyery
plane 4 organ guaranteed for .6 years.
Only the
New schedule, new prices,
note our variety of styles.
Urn U n
3HI. ESEcsS ESI E'TFIHI,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
may8
OUR $12.50 AND $15.00 BUSINESS SUITS
Are the best in the State for the money. "We defy competition. Come and see for yourself.
"We have the largest Stock of
8TRA.W HlTS
At the lowest prices. A good Stock of Manilla and Mackinaw Hats at reduced prices.
Tie M
Call and see 4is early ;a.ncl
mays
SECOND
Our Trade this season having been beyond our expectations, we
find it necessary to buy a second stock. Our Mr. Baruch is now
in the Northern market buying the
The new stock is beginning to arrive, and will be complete in the course of the week.
. , T
SilM and
may8
SPRING AND SUMMER
Ladies' Dress Goods and Trimirlings, Lawns, Silk Handkerchiefs, Embroideries, Corsets
and Hosiery, all the latest Styles and very Cheap.
Ready-Marie Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods.
1 , . .
CKltfj ui;ft "pall before bnying.
mar27 ., - '. ...
f 611 in! !
mes
CONTRACT FOR OONSTRUCTION AKD ERECTION OF MINING MACHINERY 6i. E TOBY
DESCRIPTION AND LATEST DESIGNS
.. .. -oo'cf .' ' Mii i lUi.'jl h'i - n 1:7. 1 " ,T. , V
Also, naniuiaeiare and SellAgriealtnraliand Portable Engines, Saw Hills, fie.
COLLEGE
Nb-vV Tork Officers & 7,
.Ii
apr23
Best Makers Represented.
new instruments
Send for
CLOTHIERS
-:0:
-:0:-
Shirt in
convince yeurself that the above
yery Respectfully,
Just Received, a Lot
i r-
tie Market for 11;
STOCK
Eibbons, Newest Shades.
WITTKO
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE VARIETY OF
; ALSO, A HANDSOME STOCK 01
& Mcdowell,
ENGINEERS, IRON FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
MANUFACTURERS OF 3
ana
STEEET, BETWEEN TKADE AND 'FIFTH.
OoLtBTiANiyi? St.
I Branch
SWorks : "Arlington, N. J
Baying fronftho Nortii
must be stopped. Why do you send
North? Can you buy cheaper? How
do you know? Have you tried as?
There's the rub! We compete with the
world, and New Jersey fa particular.
The man does not live who can un
dersell us. We keep the best Instru
ments. ; We give Stools, Covers and
Books. We warrant them for A years.
We sell them en easy terms We send ,
them on 15 days' trial. W We do
everything that a reasonable man can
ask.
catalogues
and price lists and
facts are true..
L. 3ERW ANGER & BRO.,
CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS
.11,
of
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WSKY &. BARUCH.
ELIAS & CQHEN.
On'iOB, 0t3KAMT
lachlgeff-y..
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