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ff. J. YATES, Editoe anb Peopeietoh.
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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1873.
TWENTY-FIRST VOLUME NUMBER 1013.
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Charlotte Democrat,
PUBLISHED BY
WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
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PORTRAIT PAINTING.
ARTHUR L. BUTT, Artist.
Studio over Merchants and Farmers Bank,
Charlotte, N. C.
1 chilli be pleased to show specimens of my
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paint Portraits from Life or Photographs,
sons whose friends have died can get a Port
Per-
rtrait of
them if they have a Photograph. I can accommo
date person's at a distance if they will send a Photo
trr.mh with directions, kc.
h ARTHUR L. BUTT,
Feb. 3, 187:5. Charlotte, N. C.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
CHARLOTTE, C.
Brick Oflke corne r of 5th and Tryon Streets.
Residence- on College Street.
.Mm reii 11. 1872.
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Pas on hand a large and well selected stork of PURE
PUUUS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family
Aiedieines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs,
Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined
U, sell at the very lowest prices.
.Ian 1. 1ST2.
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
(MVers his professional services to the citizens of
( harlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both
liinht and dav, promptly attended to.
Ollice in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the
1 'liarlotte IIoUl.
Oct 17).
Alexander & Bland,
1) K N T ISTS.
All work guaranteed. Teeth extracted without
i Hin bv "Nitrous Oxid- Oas."
mice i:-i Iirick Building, opposite the Charlotte
jotel.
March 1, 187'J.
H. HO I'" KM AN. ISAIAH SIMPSON.
HOFFMAN & SIMPSON,
D ent ist,s
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Pesnectfullv inform the citizens of Charlotte and
11, e public, that tbi y have associated themselves
1. -"-ether in the nractlce of Dentistry. Their aim
will be to perform all operations relating to the pro
fission in the most skillful manner and highest de
lict of excellence.
Teeth extracted without pain by the use of Nitrous
Oxide (las. Satislaction guaranteed.
OHice on Trade street", in A. It. Nesbit. & Rro's
i-.vw building. Jan. 15,
CENTRAL HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
This well-known House having been newly fur
nished and refitted in every department, is now open
for the accommodation of the Traveling public.
13" Om nibusses at the Depot on arrival of Trains.
Jan. 1, 173. II. C. ECCLES.
W. F. COOK,
Trade Street, ,n North Carolina Railroad,
Charlotte, N. C,
Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of
FA KM I NO 1MPL EM ENTS.
3? All orders promptly attended to.
.Ian. 22. 1872.
Saddles, Harness, &c.
We respectfully inform our patrons that we shall
continue, the manufacture of SADDLERY and
HARNESS at our old stand, next door to Sten
house, Macauleyfc Co's.
We shall always keep one of the most extensive
Mocks in the South, which we will sell at prices to
iit. To Wholesale Buyers we say that we will
duplicate anv bill in our fine bought North.
We shall always keep a large stock of well known
brands of Hemlock Sole, Oak tanned, Kip and Upper
Leather on hand, at prices as low as any in the City.
Hides and Bark Wanted,
For which we pay the highest prices in CASH.
C2TMn. WM. E. SHAW has charge of the Es
tablishment, and will be pleased to see his friends.
March :$. 18::i lv SCIIIFF & BItO.
STENHOUSE, MAC AULAY & CO,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
CllAULOTTK, X. C.
Consignments of Cotton solicited, on which we
will make liberal advances to be sold here, or if
shippers desire will ship to our friends at New York
or Liverpool direct. Commissions and storage on
moderate torn.
August 11), isri.
E. Xfl. HOLT & CO.
We are under many obligations to our many
customers for their liberal patronage for the last
year and for their prompt payment for supplies
w hich enables us to accommodate them for the
"resent year tor which we hope a continuance of
the same. Our facilities for buying are as good as
any house in the City. We buy as cheap and sell
.on" as accommodating terms as can be afforded. Wc
solicit the farmers and the people of the country
generally, as we can give as good terms as any house
"in the City or elsewhere. We will store and make
advancements on cotton to suit those who wish to
vdo so. Yours respectfully,
Jan. 13, 1873. E. M. HOLT & CO.
A. S. MEIUJIMON. TIKIS. C. FULLER. R. A. ASHE.
MERH1M0N, FULLER & ASHE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
b a lei an, N. r.,
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts wher
ever their services may be required.
Office Former office of Phillips & Merrimon.
March 3, 1873 3m
Millinery First Importations.
SPRING STYLES, 1873.
Just received our SPRING importations of MIL
LINERY, new styles Ladies' Hats and Bonnets,
Artificial Flowers, of everv description.
WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS.
Ready-Mado Clothing,
The latest styles, unsurpassed for beauty, make and
finish.
We have also added a large and elegant lot of
CARPETS to our slock.
WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS.
April 7, 1873.
Cure for the Gravel. An old and
respectable citizen gives us the following
recipe for the cure of the gravel, which he
assures us has never failed in a single case
iiv the many which he had occasion to use
it : Take a wineglass of new milk, add
three table-spoonsful of pulverized alum,
then stir in three table-spoonsful of onion
juice and drink immediately, and a cure of
the most obstinate case will follow in a few
hours.
Doctor Johnston used to say that the
habit of looking at the best side of things
was worth more than a thousand pounds a
year.
LAND FOR SALE.
By virtue of a Decree of Court we will sell at the
Court House door in Charlotte, on the 20th day of
May next, 159 acres of LAND in Mecklenburg
county, situated on both sides of the Statesville
Kauroad, four miles from Charlotte, adjoining the
lands of B. J. Shannonhouse and others, known as
the old "Rankin Place," and belonging to the estate
of C. T. Alexander, dee'd, containing a good Dwel
ling and fifty acres Wood Land.
Terms $100 cash, balance six months credit
with note and approved security.
W. W. "RANKIN,
C. A. ALLISON,
Adm'rs of C. T. Alexander, dee'd.
April 14. 1873 Ow
TO MERCHANTS
Visiting Charlotte!
You will find mv stock of PAPER, ENVELOPES,
BLANK BOOKS, PIPES and NOTIONS as cheap
as any house in North Carolina, and you are in
vited to examine my stock.
J. K. PUREFOY.
Ledgers and Day Books.
Krn LEDGERS AND DAY BOOKS, from 2
to 8 quires, long, broad and square, at
April?, 187a.
A DESIRABLE INVESTMENT
Not Taxable by the State, County
or City.
A saving of 21 per Cent, per annum
CHAR., COL. & AUGUSTA RAILROAD
SEVEN PER CENT
COUPON BONDS,
Secured by a Mortgage on the entire Property of the
lload. Interest pa yttUe St w i-A n n uaUy on
the list of January and 1st of July.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHAR
LOTTE, N. C, offers for sale a limited amount of
the above-mentioned Bonds, at the following rates:
First Mortgage Bonds, (only $10,000 per mile,) at
82 cents 'and accrued interest; Second Mortgage
Bonds, (only $5,000 per mile.) at 75 cents and ac
crued interest, and recommend them to Trustees
and others having money to invest, as being the
most desirable security on the market, for the fol
lowing reasons, to wit :
Fihst. They cannot be taxed by the State,
I County or City. The tinted States bupreme
Court in the case of the Northern Central Railroad
t t r TT 11 ' TT O
vs. jacKson, see t waiiace, supreme wmu u. c,
page 207,) decided that when a Railroad mortgage
is a joint one, on property lying in two or more
States, the Bonds secured thereby are not. liable to
be taxed by either of the States: and the same
principle relieves them from taxation by County,
City, or Town. The Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta Bonds are secured by a joint mortgage on
property lying in North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia.
Skcond. Because they are absolutely safe, be
ing secured by a first mortgage of only $10,000, and
a second mortgage of only $5,000 per mile on the
entire road from Charlotte to Augusta, and on all
workshops, bridges, franchise and equipments of
said road.
Third. Because the sale of the first mortgage
bonds will extinguish the floating debt of the road,
and the proceeds of the second mortgage bonds will
be exclusively applied to improving the road and
adding to its equipments ; thus enhancing the value
of the property mortgaged.
Fouimt. Because the bonds are coupon bonds,
and the interest payable in New York, Charlotte,
Columbia or Augusta, at the option of the holder.
Thus they can be collected through any bank with
out expense.
Fifth. The business of the Road is rapidly in
creasing, and the property and franchise daily be
coming more valuable the net earnings for the last
five months being over fifty per cent, more than
for the corresponding months of the preceding
year.
Sixth. These Bonds arc practically redeemable
in gold, for specie payment will certainly be resum
ed before their maturity. Investors will, therefore,
buy with greenbacks worth 87 cents, and receive
their pay at par thus adding a profit of over
Thirty cents on the dollar on the First Mortgage
Bonds, and over Thirty-seven cents on the Second
Mortgage Bonds, and in the meantime receiving a
high rate of interest.
Finally. As these Bonds have a fixed value in
New York, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, they
are considered good collaterals, on which money
can always be borrowed for temporary purposes.
M. P. PEGRAM, Cashier.
Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 10, 1872. tf.
Valuable Real Estate
FOR SALE.
The undersigned, as Trustees, offer for sale, pri
vately, the following valuable Real Estate in the
City of Charlotte, to-wit:
One brick Store House and lot on Trade Street
near the Court House, adjoining the Harty Crock
ery Store.
One Store House and lot on South side of
Trade Street, occupied by J. W. McWhirter.
One Dwelling House, corner of 9th Street and
Cemetery Avenue, occupied by J. R. Davidson.
One levelling House, corner of 8th and Tryon
Streets, known as Wm. Harty property.
Two brick Store Houses on South side of Trade
Street, occupied by McMurray & Davis and V. II.
II. Houston & Co.
One Dwelling and lot on B Street, adjoining S.
P. Smith, now occupied by Thos. L. Vail.
Also, the following LAND in the County of
Mecklenburg, to-wit:
1 Lot known as the Shuman place, opposite old
Fair Grounds.
1 Plantation 14 miles from the City of Charlotte,
378 acres, known as the Taylor place.
1 Plantation, 15.1 acres, 2 miles from Charlotte,
known as the Crayton place.
1 Plantation, known as the Williamson or Mobley
place, 3- miles from Charlotte, 130 acres.
1 Plantation, 4 miles from Charlotte, on the States
ville road, 40 acres, adjoining Mrs. Barnctt and
others, known as the Hunter place,
1 Plantation, 41 acres, 3 miles from Charlotte,
near Sugar Creek, known as the Hutchison place.
5 acres of Land, on Town Creek, near corporate
limits, known as the Old North State Distillery,
with machinery, fixtures, &c
For descriptions, terms, prices, &c, call on Col.
J. Y. Bryce or the undersigned.
H W. GLTON, )
JNO. E. BROWN, v Trustees.
C. DOWD, )
April 21, 1873 tf
The Land that We Live In.
BY JUDGE A. B. MEEK.
Oh ! bright is the land that we live in,
And soft blow the breezes around
The stars make a palace of heaven,
And flowers enamel the ground !
The orange and chesnut are flinging
Their odors divine on the gale.
And the mocking bird's melody's ringing
From bowers that circle the vale I
Then here's to the land that we live in ;
The land of the locust and lime !
And a song for the sweet stars of heaven,
That brighten this beautilul clime!
But dearer by far to the minstrel,
Than all the sweet wealth of this land,
Are the maidens who dwell in its bowers,
By mountain, savanna and strand 1
And all its rich trophies were given,
As tributes of beauty to these ;
And these are the stars of our heaven,
The flowers that gladden the breeze.
Then here's to the land that we live in! &c.
'Twas hymned by a bard, that the planets
Once, charmed from their passionate home,
Assumed the lair features of women,
And dwelt in the valleys of Rome !
But sure, if a land e'er presented
Temptation to angels, 'tis ours,
And the vision of song was invented
From forms in these soft, sunny bowers!
Then here's to the land that we live in ! &c.
The Growth of Cities. The growth
of cities is an element of national wealth.
Industry and wealth are correlative forces.
"A rich nation," says Whately, "is always
an industrious one." Industry produces
wealth, wealth elevates society, and multi
plies the facilities for its most effective
agencies. As these increase, all classes
share their advantages. Capital is released
from its manacles, enterprises are carried
forward, manufactures are extended, labor
ers lured from larger fields, and labor re
ceives more remunerative wages. Machin
ery relieves human muscles; skill and vigi
lance and expertness take the place of brute
force. Thus the children of toil are con
fined to lewer hours, have the means of bet
ter living, and can afford for their families
more comfortable homes. Leisure supplies
opportunity for culture. Cheap books open
their stores to men and families not ex
hausted by the drudgery of daily work.
Baltimore Gazette.
Management of Children. Even set:
ting aside the unkiuduess of the thing, it is
bad policy to be rude to children. They
are imitative, and act towards their play
mates as their guardians act towards them.
Probably most parents, even very kindly
ones, would be a little startled at the asser-
tion that a child ouirht
never be reproved
in the presence of others.
This is so con-
slant an occurrence that nobody
thinks of
noticing it; nobody thinks of c nsi lering
whether it be right and best or not. But
it is a great rudeness to a child, and ought
never to be done. Mortification is as un
wholesome as it is uncomfortable. When
the wound is inflicted by the hand of a pa
rent, it is all the more certain to wrankle
and do harm. Let a child see that his
mother is so anxious that he should have
the approbation and good will of her friends
that she will not call their attention to his
faults; and that while she never, under any
circumstances, allow herself to forget to tell
him afterwards alone, if he has behaved
himself improperly, she will spare him the
additional pain and mortification of public
reproof; and while that child will lay these
secret reproofs to heart, he will still be hap-
py- , 4 .
The following anecdote has outlived its
early youth, but it still reads well : John
Phoenix tells the story that he was one day
leaving San Francisco by the steamer.
Everybody else was taking leave of friends
but he did not know a soul in the crowd.
Ashamed of his loneliness, as the boat
sheered off he called out in aloud voice,
"Good-bye, Colonel !" and to his great de
light, every man on the whart took ott his
hat and shouted, ''Colonel, good-bye!"
NEW BAKERY
Opposite the Market House.
Just opened at the old Bakery stand opposite the
Market House where you will find fresh Bread,
Cakes, Pies, Bons, Rolls and Rusk, every day.
Citizens arc invited to erive us a call.
Also, Oranges, Lemons, Cocoanuts, Raisins, Cur
rants, Figs, Nuts, Candies, Citron, Jellies, Sardines,
Pickles.and a general assortment of Confectioneries
kept constantly on hand at low figures. Smoking
and Chewing Tobacco and Cigars.
E3f Fresh Bread every day.
x C. S. HOLTON & CO.
Jan. 20, 1872.
CLEAVELAND FEMALE SEMINARY.
Cleaveland Mineral Springs,
NEAR SHELBY. N. C.
The next Session will commence on the 18th
September, 1872, and continue without intermission,
except three days at Christmas, until the 5th of
June, 1873. Board and Tuition payable quarterly
in advance.
For further information apply to
T. W. BREVARD,
June 24, 1872. y-pd Principal.
W. N. PRATHER & CO.,
Bakery and Confectionery
Have in stole a large assortment of the following
Goods :
Candies French and American,
Lemons, Oranges,
Raisins, Dates,
Jellies, Furs,
Pickles, Sardines,
Lobsters, Salmon,
ToImicco, Cigars, &., &c
In fact everything usually kept in a first-class Con
fectionery Store. "
We are prepared to furnish Wedding and ric
Nic Parties with nice Cakes plain or ornamental
at short notice ; all of which we guarantee to giv e
satisfaction, both as to price or quality.
Bread, Cakes aad Pies fresh every day. Also,
Rye and Graham Bread.
CST" A full "assortment of Coffee, Sugar, nice.
Flour ic. all of which we offer very low for Cash.
' W. N. PRATHER & CO.,
Jan. 27 1S73. Next to Market House.
The Bankrupt Act.
The following will be found of interest to
those concerned :
Many letters have been received asking
information upon the present status of the
Bankrupt law, under recent unpublished
amendments and Judicial decisions. For
reply to these inquiries, I respectfully sub
mit the following brief abstract of the law,
as it now stands upon the subject of dis
charge, exemptions, &c, &c. :
1st. Alldebts contrated priorlo January
1, 1869, aud all security debts, and debts
not proven in bankruptcy, which have been
contracted since that date, are discharged
without reference to assets.
2d. On all debts contracted since Janua
ry 1, 1869, on which the bankrupt is liable
as principal debtor, aud which are actually
proven against the estate, the assets in the
hands of the assignee must equal .50 per
cent, or the same proportion in number and
value of these creditors must assent in
writing to discharge.
3d. Discharge will be granted from debts
mentioned in paragraph 1, without refer
ence to those mentioned in paragraph 2.
(See Acts of July 27, 1868, and July 14,
1870.)
4th. There is exempt and set apart to the
petitioner in bankruptcy, $1,000 of personal
property, and real estate for a Homestead
to the value of $1,000, iu fee simple. Total
exemptions $2,000. All of which property
is free and clear irom all debts contracted
prior to bankruptcy, whether the same be
evidenced by a note, or open account or
Judgment obtained and execution issued
and levied thereon, or otherwise. (See
acts of June 8, 1872, and March 3d, 1873.)
The recent decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States in the Georgia case,
declaring the Homestead provisions of the
Constitution of that State unconstitutional
in so far as it relates to debts contracted
prior to its adoption, has annihilated the
Homestead and personal property exemp
tions iu North Carolina, except through
the bankruptcy courts.
hi view of the demand which must follow
the recent liberal amendments to the Bank
rupt Act, and the decision of the Supreme
Court destroying the Homestead under
State laws, I have carefully prepared and
had printed, ruled and endorsed in very
neat style, all the forms liable to be used
in bankruptcy by the officers of the Court
or the profession. They will be sold at
81.50 ner d indicate set. and torwarcled on
receipt of price, by mail, post paid, or b)'
express as directed.
To facilitate business and promote speedy
discharges, it is suggested that the sum of
$100 be deposited with the petition in
bankruptcy, and when so done the Regis
ter is authorized and will guarantee that no
further sum shall be required of the peti
tioner in ordinary proceedings, and the de
ficiency found upon the taxation of costs
will be deducted pro rata from the costs of
the several officers of court.
I am very respectfully, &c,
A. W. Shaffer,
Register 4th District X. C.
A Judicious Wife.
A judicious wife is always nipping off
from her husband's moral nature little twigs
that are growing in the wrong direc
tion. She keeps him in shape by constant
pruning. If you say anything silly she
will affectionately tell you so. If you de
clare you will do some absurd thiug, she
will find some means for preventing your
doing it. And by far the greater part of
common sense belongs unquestionaoiy to
woman. The wisest thiug a man common
ly does are those which she counsels him to
do. A wife is the grand wielder of the
moral pruning knife. If Johnson's wife
had lived, there would have been no hoard
ing up of orange peel, no touching all the
nosts walkinsr alonir the streets eating and
rli-JiiL-imr with a distrusting voracity. If
Oliver Goldsmith had been married, he
would never have worn that memorable
and ridiculous coat. Wives generally have
much more sense than their husbands, cs
nPfiial v when their husbands are clever
men. The wife's advices are always the
ballast which keeps the ship steady.
Clothes on Fire.
The frequent terrible suffering and death
from clothes taking fire should lead all per
sons to remember the following method of
extinguishing such hres. Three persons
out of four would rush right up to the burn
inT individual and begin to paw with their
hands without any definite aim. It is use
less to tell the victim to do this or that; or
call for water. In fact it is generally best
not to say a word, but, to seize a blanket
from the bed or any woolen fabric, hold the
corners as far apart as you can, stretch ont
lii.Kni- t Villi irolir ho-A(- and boldly run to
tlw iu.rnn mnkp. a motion of clasping in
aaw uvt rfl
mnstl v about the shoulders. 1 Ins
a a a a - - J
ih fire and saves the
face. The next instant throw the person
on the floor. This is an additional safety
tn tl.A f-w-o and breath, and anv remnaut
.-.o,, lit nut. nut h'isurelv. The
vrt uaiu? vn w j - .
nPTt in&tftnt. immerse the burnt parts in
cold water and all pain will cease with the
rapidity of lightning. Next get some com
mon flour, remove from the water and cover
the burut parts with an inch of thickn -ss
of flour; if possible, put the patient to bed,
aud do all that is possible to soothe the
patient until the physician arrives. Let
the flour remain until it falls off itself, when
a beautiful new skin can be found. Unless
the burns are deep no other application is
needed. The dry flour for burns is the
most admirable remedy ever proposed, and
the information ought to be imparted to all.
The principal of its action is that, like water
it causes instant and pertect reluf from
pain by totally excluding all the air from
the injured parts. Concord Sun.
Wonders of the Yellowstone. .
Gen. John Gibbon of the United States
ad a paper on the Yellowstone be-
. . , . . c :
American Geographical Societj , in
army read
fore the
which he said:
"When .Lewis ana Clarke, more uian
sixty years ago, maue tneir ceieoraieu e-
pedition to the Rocky Mountain, they
were arrested in their voyage at the Great
ralls of the Missouri. Uuce above me
Falls, they pursued their way in boats to
what is called the Three Fork of the Mis-
souri. The river is here divided into three
branches, which they named the Jefferson,
tne 3iadison, and tne Lxaiutin. ine vaiu-1
tin runs through a most productive valley,
and at the head of it now stands Fort lulls. I
From Fort Ellis we reach by a good wagon-
road the valley of the Yellowstone, which
we ascend until we reach Gardener's river,
which is tributary to the Yellowstone,
Desolate as is the country in appearance, it
contains a wonder that can probably be
seen nowhere else npon the eartn s sunace,
and America aloile, I believe, has her "fro-
zen cascades" falling waters turned literal-
ly to solid stone. Six cr eight miles from
the mouth of Gardener's river it is divided
into three branches the eastern, middle,
and western : and to the north of the west-
ein lork occurs the wonder wnicn win nere-
after attract the visitors of the world. A
vast pillar stands there, which, from its
form, has been named the "Cap of Liberty,"
and which has been built in times past by
a column of water flowing up through it
1 , . . . .1! m. .1 .. I
ana neposuing us seauucui m uiu p.
Behind the Cap of Liberty appears - a for-
mation that looks like the unfinished foun-
dation of some vast marble edifice, the ri-
gidly horizontal lines of which rise one
above the other, recalling tho masonry oi
human hands.
.vmtrnn 5 r-n.dw th l.itrW lovol of a
great basin, in the center ofwhich, boiling
up a foot in height, is a column of water.
the bubble and steam from which impress
you with the conviction that the spot where
the water comes from must be uncomfort
ably warm. A short distance from the
basin several plank bath-houses have been
put up, and tubs put in them. Should you
require parboiling for the rheumatism, take
No. 1 ; if a less degree of heat will suit
vour disease, take fto. 2. As lor myself,
not being possessed of any chronic disease,
I chose No. 3, and took one batli no more
VlMi I recovered 1 made a mental reso
lution never, willingly, to be a party
tot ho cruel urocess of rendering lobsters
t w
edible.
Traveling south up the easterly branch
n y. i .:r..i r.M
ot tiaraenei's river, passing a ueauium mu
by the way, we roach a high plateau, tne
trail across which leads us to the lellow-
stone river, near the mouin oi lower vreeh.,
and from there out upon a rocky point,
where it terminates at the edge ot an over
hanging rock, with scarcely room enough
for a person to stand, mere is a iau ui
Tower Creek and the Devil's Den is just
above, aud well worth seeing. I have nev
er been able to account for the disposition
to name so many beautiful places after the
devil, unless on the presumption that he
t . 1 1. 1 ! 1 1. A
has exclusive right to everyuimg in
vicinity of hot water.
On the 8th of Autrust we saw our first
mud crevser. and waited for three hours, in
a storm of rain and sleety to see it "go off."
The emotion takes place once in about
three and a half hours. As our watches
pointed to the hour, the water in the crater
suddenly began to boil violently and to
conceal the rim at the crater, and a column
of muddy water shot up into the air 10 or
12 feet, and fell back like a gracetui loun
tain. Close by the mud geyser is the
spring called the Grotto, where a vast
column of steam issues from a cavern in the
V. r u tu
de of the hill with an opening five feet in
.liimwer. So hot is the steam from the
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mouth of the Grotto that it is only when
the wind wafts it aside that one dares to
;.. Plo lw i t Vp (limit's Cauldron,
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where a dense column oi steam is constant
lir rxpaninrr with a roar which shakes the
frrouud lor a considerable distance around
We entered a pretty little valley, with a
hri.rl.t. eliar stream flowmir south into
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Lake Madison, then in full view, nestling
in the midst of high hills and gaily spark-
lin in the sunlight. One fact of interest
rpnrardiiic Lake Madison may be mention-
ed. Until last summer this lake was sup
jo v ... "it
posed to be the head waters of the Madison
river, which is the middle branch oi the
Missouri, situated on the eastern slop of
the continent, aud no one ever dreamed oi
its waters flowing in any other than an east
erly direction ; but Prof. Hayden's explora
tions of last summer demonstrated the re
markable fact that the waters from Lake
Madison actually flow into Snake river
and thence by the Columbia to the Pacific
ocean.
t-t
Lek. This is what a writer in the last
Edinburgh Keview eloquently says of our
gallant chieftain :
"The day will come when evil passions of
the great civil strife will sWp in oblivion,
and the North and South will do justice to
each other's motives and forget each others
wrongs. Then history will speak with a
clear voice of the deeds done on either side,
and the citizens of the whole Union do jus
tice to the memory of the dead, and place
above all others the name of the great chief
of whom we have written. In strategy
mighty; in battle terrible; in adversity, as
in prosperity, a hero in deed, with the simple
devotion of duly and the rare purity of the
ideal Christian knight he joined all the
knighly qualities of a leader of men. It
is a wondrous future, indeed, that lies before
that of the heroic defender ot
Virginia, Ilobert Edward Lee."
native
America, but in her annals of years to come,
as in those of the past, there will Le fi nud
few names that can rival in unsullied luster
his
A Dollar that is not a Dollar.
The recent act revising the coinage laws
a.n reestablishing the various denoram.v
lions of corns and their weights, abolished
lhe qU and Wth
none have been coined. The law nrovide
that the coins ot the United States shall be
as louows, viz: Uold double eagle or
twenty-dollar ' piece, . eagle or ten-dollar
piece, half-eagle or five dollar piece, quar-
ter eagle or two and one-half dollars, and
one dollars; silver, half dollar, quarter
dollar, and ten-cent piece; nickle, five cent.
and copper, two and one-cent pieces. How-
ever, the law also provides that for commer-
ciai uses only, a com, to De Known as a
"trade dollar." might -be struck by the
mint, at the order of any person who de-
gires such a coin, to be used in business;
but this coin will not be a legal tender, nor
may it be received in payment of any debt
to the United States, or for custom duties.
The only value the coin will have will be a
representative one, and for convenience, as
us name signifies, in trade. Dr. 11. K.
Liuderraan, the director of the mint, will
soon select the pattern to be adopted, and
such persons as wish them for use in their
business, may have them struck off in such
quantities as aro desired, by furnishing the
silver and base metals used for alloy to tho
mint, upon payment of one-halt ot a cent
for each coiu struck off. The assay of these
coins will exactly represent the metal value
0f the standard dollar; but in their future
use. should they be returned to the mint for
re-coinage, no allowance, or toleration of
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aorasion, wm oe anowea as on coins wnicn
are a legal tender. These coins will bear
the same relation to the legal coinage that
the "bank-marco" of Hamburg and the free
cities do to the imperial mark of Germany.
A will and a Way.
Ilczekiah Pinyear, of Campbellsville, Ky.,
old man of seventy-five frosty-winter-,
had outlived his wife and all of his relatives
deluding a numerous family of children,
and was left like a shattered mast stranded
on a rock shore, unwashed by the waves of
life, and unspnnkled by the spray of regret
while he crumbled away. lie seems to
have desired some tears to be shed upon
his grave, and then there were great treas
ures in the old sunken hulk near, which he
wished to give somebody to explore. Ho
had money, and no one to leave it to. lie
asked Miss Alice Cobert, aged sixteen, to
lake possession of hnn and all that was his,
and Alice's mother told her she must do it.
Like an obedient, dutiful child, Alice be
trothed herself to Hezekiah, and tho day
was set for her to become the old man s
darling. She made a mental reservation,
however, to run away with aud marry a
voting fellow about her own age, the day
before, if she could manage it decently.
Miss Alice made her escape from the house
once, but wishing to procure a costly wed
ding dress, a present from the old gentle
man, to remember him by, she was caught
iu the act of elopement, and locked up in
the prison house of her home until tho old
lover hobbled in to claim her. The young
fellow and a number of his friends surround
ed the house for the purpose of rescneing
the young lady from the dark keep of the
castle, but Alice's amiable mother, being a
woman of business, got a pistol and drove
the whole posse of insurgents away. Heze
kiah Finyear and Miss Alice Cobert wcro
duly married, and the old man's dream and
the'mother's ambition were accomplished.
The young fellow will have to raise the
siege for a j ear or two. He is young and
can afford to wait, and then there may be
two to inherit the treasures and rejoice
over the grave of the old man.
The Emperor on a Broken Engagement.
A curious storv has ittst cropped out in
v a a
Cassel. Germany, touching a bet between
two officers there. One of the gentlemen,
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who was a Count and adjutant, laid down
the proKsition that a man of rank and title
could, whenever he chose, marry a
rich
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heiress. He proposed a bet, indeed, that
within eight days he could get himself en
gaged to a certain young lady who possess
ed the highly desirable qualification de-
scribed.
The bet was accepted. This
young lady was the daughter of the widow
of a man who had been the proprietor of a
gambling house, and she was said to u
have
half a million as her dowry, lhe count
set
to work to win the girl's affections and suc
ceeded. An engagement in Germany is a
solemn affair, and is always in the news
papers. However, as soon as the engage
ment was arrived at the count claimed his
bet, and then wrote to the girl to say that,
on account of her father having been a gam
bler, it was impossible for him to marry
her. The engagement was annulled, aud
the final results, it was thought, of this hu
morous affair, were a large quantity of
champaign and a broken heart. But the
Emperor William heard of the little romance
and did not like the looks of it at all. Prob
ably before the large quantity of champaign
had been drank, both the officers in ques
tion found themselves under arrest. At
E resent, according to the commands of the
Imperor, they await their trial by court
martial ; and it is highly probable that
they may find serions cause- to repent of
having engaged in that merry jest.
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Why is it that a young fellow and his
girl can sit iu the parlor until after mid
night without making noise enough for the
old folks to hear them through the parti
tion, but can't sit in a public place five minr
utes without annoying the whole house
with their giggling and talk?
Keep to the Right. It is unpleasant
to be jostling against every one y ou meet
iu the streets, aud this can be obviated by
simply rt rnembering the rule of the av-
tur.nt trhiMi -nu ui(H!t a oersoii on wv
meet, krep to the right."