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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1873.
TWENTY-SECOND VOLUME NUMBER 1 095,
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Charlotte Democrat,
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WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
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W. If. HOFFMAN. TSAIAII SIMI'SON.
HOFFMAN & SIMPSON,
Dentist.s
" CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Hcspectfiilly inform the citizens of Charlotte and
the public, that they have associated themselves
tojretlwr in the practice of Dentistry. Their aim
v ill hi' to perform all operations relating to the pro
fession in the most skillful manner and highest de
rive of excellence.
'IVt tli extracted without painty the use of Nitrous
Oxide Gas. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Office on Trade Street, in A. It. Xesbit & Rro's
new building. Jan. 15, 1873.
Alexander & Bland,
D E XTIS T S .
Office hours from 8 A. M. to G P. M.
Office in Hmwn's JJuilding, opposite the Charlotte
;ot-l.
August 4, 1873.
JOHN E. BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the Counties of Mecklenburg, Ca
barrus, Rowan, Davie, Union, Lincoln and Gaston.
Will give special attention to cases in Rankruptcy.
May 12, IHT.l. m
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.,
Phy sician and Surgeon,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Rrick Office corner of 5th and Tryon Streets.
Residence on (,'ollcge Street.
March 11, 1872. '
Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CII AKLOTTE, N. 0.,
ITs on baud a large and well selected stock of PURE
DRUiiS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs,
Fancv and Toilet Articles, which he is determined
to self hI the veiy lowest prices.
.Ian 1, 172.
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
Oilers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both
night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in 15'rown's building, up stairs, opposite the
Charlotte Hotel.
Oct 2C. 1870.
Saddles, Harness, &e.
We respectfully inform our patrons that we shall
continue the manufacture of SADDLERY and
HARNESS at our old stand, next door to Sten
Jio.ise, Macaulcy & Co's.
Vc shall always keep one of the most extensive
blocks in the South, which we will sell at prices to
u.iit. To Wholesale Risers we say that we will
duplicate any bill in our line bought North.
We shall alw ays keep a large stock of well known
brands of Hemlock Sole, Oak tanned, Kipand 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.
C- Mr. WM. E. SHAW has charge of the Es
tah.ishinenl, and will be pleased to see his friends.
March :5. 1813 ly SC1I1FF As ERO.
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
(Jll AlII.OTTi:, N. C.
Consignments of Cotton solicited, m 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,
moderate terms.
A u:rit 1'.), 1872.
Commissions and storage on
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.
3T ( Mnnibusscs at the Depot on arrival of Trains.
.Ian. 1, is:;j. II. C. ECCLES.
W. F. COOK,
Trade Strert, on Xorth Carolina llailroad,
Charlotte, N. C,
Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of
FA RMINO I M PLEMEN TS.
t?T All orders promptly attended to.
Jan. 22. 1872.
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
AUTIIUU L. 1JUTT, Autist.
Studio ocer Merchants and Farmers Hank,
Charlotte, N. C.
I shall be pleased to show specimens of my
work at my studio, to any who art; interested in Art.
I paint Portraits from Rife or Photographs. Per
sons whose friends have died can get a Portrait of
them if they have a Photograph. I can accommo
date persons at a distance if tiny will send a Photo
graph with directions, &c.
ARTHUR L. PUTT,
Feb. 3, 1S73. Charlotte, N. C.
NOTICE.
I have in my hands for collection all the Notes
nnd Aceouuts in favor of the late rirm of Graham
V Williams, and as Mr J. I). Williams has left the
City, all debtors must come forward and settle at
the appointed time, as no longer time will be allow
ed without cost. W. .L RLACK.
P. S. All owing me on my old affairs had better
fettle, or thev will wish thevhad.
Sept. 22, 187:J. W. J. RLACK.
GUN SMITH SHOP.
W. P. TAYLOIi,
A7.r to Klius CoheiSs Dry Goods Store,
Informs the public that he has just received a new
Mock f (Juns, Rifles, Pistols, Gun Material, Locks,
k.VS.
BiC, &C.
PI.
lease call and pvamine
1113' stock before pur-
Clias'lllL' elsewhere
Repairing of all sorts in my line
dune promptly and satisfaction guaranteed.
W. T. TAYLOR,
Oct. G, 1873 tf Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
Accommodation.
' ostal Cards and Postage Stamps can be had at
-"t in any tpiantity at
TIDDY'S BOOK STORE.
August 2.j, 1873.
HSr A physician of Naples has trans
fused blood from the carotid artery of a
lamb into the veins of a lady exhausted by
hemorrhage, by means of a gumelastic tube.
J; Fraci King, of this city, performed
a similar feat several years ago for a pa
tient in a hospital here, the remarkable par
ticulars of which were published at length
in all the leading medical journals of this
country and Europe, and which gave to
Dr. King a world wide celebrity. Wil
mington Post.
Woolen and Cotton Machinery
FOR SALE.
Two setts Woolen Machinery (Jinks' make) as
good as new.
Also, a lot of COTTON MACHINERY.
Apply to Mountain Island Mills, Wood Lawn P.
O., (iaston County, N. C.
June 23, 1873. tf
ELIAS & COHEN
Have now in Store, and are daily receiving through
one of the firm now in the Northern markets, the
largest and best selected stock of
DUY GOODS,
Ready-Made Clothing,
ROOTS & SHOES, HATS' CAPS,
YANKEE NOTIONS, CUTLERY,
And a general assortment of Merchandise suited for
The Wholesale and Retail Trade,
All purchased from first hands and which will be
sold at prices that will astonish buyers. A call is
only necessary to be convinced. No charge for
showing Goods.
Terms made to suit purchasers. Country Pro
duce taken in exchange
For Bargains call and see
ELIAS & COHEN,
Oct. 13, 18 T3. Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
WANTED
At W. N. Prather & Co's,
KClCl DOZEN EGGS,
JJKJ ,-00 Pounds FRESH BUTTER,
For which the highest market price will be paid in
cash and no barter asked.
W. N. PR ATI IE R & CO.,
Oct. G, 1873. Next door above the Market.
HEAVY AND
FANCY GROCERY STORE.
The undersigned are now receiving and
pared with an entire new Stock of
are pre-
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
Direct from New York, where one of the firm made
extensive purchases esnecially for the Fall trade.
Having an eye to the Wholesale Trade they made
heavy purchases of
Case Goods,
Consisting in part of Oysters, Candies, Pickles, Pre
serves, Jellies, Teas, &c. Also, a large stock of
Clears, Musical -Instruments, Toys, ibc.
The stock, consisting of both Heavy and Fancy
Goods, will be sold at Wholesale and Retail as low
as they can be bought in Charlotte.
Purchasers will give them a call before buying,
as they .are determined to sell.
Sept. 15, 1873. A. R. NISI3ET & BRO.
RICHARD MOORE,
"WHOLESALE DEALER IX
stoves, Tin Ware, Zinc, Copper, &c
jW'tr the Court Jotac,
CIIAULOTTE, K . C.
IW The best patterns of COOKING STOVES
always on hand.
Sept. 8. 1873 4mpd
j. Mclaughlin & son,
(Stccessors to J J. J.Jolt & Co.,)
Respectfully inform their friends and the public
generally that they will continue the
Grocery Business
On College Street, at the stand formerly occupied
by E. M. Holt Ac Co.
Farmers and purchasers generally are invited to
call and examine their stock of choke Family and
Plantation Groceries.
Count r' Produce of all sorts bought at Market
pi ices or stored for the owners at reasonable charges.
A large Stock of Goods is beimr received for the
Full trade. J. McLAUGHLIN & SON.
Aug. 11, 1873.
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 mi' stock.
J. K. PUREFOY.
Ledgers and Day Books.
KQO LEDGERS AND DAY BOOKS, from 2
-'-''to 8 quires, lonir, broad and square, at
Apri!7. 1873. " PCREFOY'S.
NOTICE.
As we have rented the Store Room recently occu
pied by Grier & Alexander, (next door to Wilson &
Black's Drug Store,) we inform the public that we
have a 'good assortment of Family Groceries, Cotton
Ties, Bagging, .V.c. ; al"so a good stock of Thomas
villo Shoes ; "all of which we will sell on reasonable
terms for Cash or barter.
Our friends and the public generally are respect
fully invited to give us a call, and judge for them
selves. SIMS & ALEXANDER.
Sept. 1, 1873 4:n
F. SCARR,
Chemist and Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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'cscriptiojis jrj tared at all hours of the
Day and JSTiht.
Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of Drugs, Medi
cines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Spices, Green and
Black Tea, Arc, &c.
June U, 1873.
To the Citizens of
Mooresville
ASD
SUIUiOUNDING SECTION. 9
Th- undersigned are again in the field with a
LARGE and WELL ASSORTED Stock of Goods,
At their Old Stand,
To the inspection of which they invite their 61d
customers and as many new ones as will give tlJtm
a Call, pinunsiuj; ih-ivji
both in prices and quality
We would also respectfully ask those of our
friends who are indebted to us (to appreciate that
we indulged them during the Summer) to come for
ward now and square up old accounts.
Sept. 29, 1873 tf CULP & CALDWELL.
Makinsr Butter Without Milk.
The
latest achievement . of ' practical
science is
milk. A
the makinr of butter without
com nan v with a enoital of five
hundred thousand dollars to be called the
Olesmarsarine Mauufacturinor Company
has been established in Philadelphia for
the manufacture of the new product. The
process is thus described: The new butler
is made from the same material as ordinary
butler, but this material is obtained by a
much more simple and natural process than
that of milking the cows, &c. In ordinary
butter it is not the cream-that is made into
butter, but the oil in the cream. The but
ter when composed is made of oil, mixed
with sour milk or butter milk. If the but-
ter is warmed -up -to- a certain point you J
have nothing but oil. Jsow, this oil was
secreted (and went into the milk) from the
fatty tissues of the cow. It is a roundabout
way and not always very cleanly to ob
tain butter. N ow the new proceess of
making butter is to go to the original
source of the oil, namely, to the fatty tissues
of the animal. This fat taken from any
beef creature when killed cow, steer, etc.
is taken and ground into a fine pulp
It is then warmed up to about 112 degrees
Fahrenheit, when it is enveloped in linen
cloths and the oil pressed out, large iron
presses being used for the purpose. This
oil is then cooled down to about 60 degrees,
and placed in an ordinary churn, adding
the same quantity of water or milk though
I believe they now use sour milk in prefer
ence and a little anato, a vegetable prepa
ration used to color cheese, when the churn
ing commences. In four minutes the oper
ation ceases, and a splended article of but
ter is turned out. The water or milk is
then "worketl out," as the ordinary butter
milk, ami an ounce of salt to the pound
added. The company are now turning out
about a thousand pounds per day, and it
is estimated that when the additional ma
chinery is introduced, they will turn our
ten thousand pounds daily. All they can
make now is taken by a few leading hotels
and restaurants.
Didn't Pass. The following proposition
offered for incorporation in the new consti
tution of Pennsylvania was defeated by a
vote of 29 to 38 in the Constitutional con
vention :
"No law shall be made or enforced with
in this Commonwealth that discriminates in
favor of any class of persons, male or female.
And all public institutions, educational or
otherwise, and all public places of amuse
ment, or for the accomodation of travellers,
shall be open and enjoyed by all persons on
equal terms."
Thus the loyal state of Forney, Cameron,
ifcc, nuts a quietus on the equality nronosi-
Hon, and compels the colored
man and
brotl
ler to take a nacK seat alter all their
nice
talk to him. That, tiling does well
enough to force on Dixie, but when it
comes near home then it ain't quite so nice.
El!!?"0 One-half the population of Paris
consists of working people. There are
about 8i,()00 servants and 115,000 paupers.
Nearly 21,000 patients are always in the.
hospitals, and four times that number pass
through them during the year. Hospitals
and other institutions for the relief of the
poor cost last year 22,346,000 francs.
Plantation for Sale.
I offer for sale the plantation on which I now
live, lying on both sides of the A. T. & O. II. II.,
and 4 miles from Charlotte The tract contains 230
acres, about one half cleared, well watered and in
a fair state of cultivation the balance is covered
with good forest timber. The land is well adapted
to cotton, corn, wheat, oats and clover, about
20 acres of which is now well set in clover. There
is on the place a good Dwelling and all other neces
sary buildings, one of the best wells of water in the
county, and line orchard of Peach and Apple trees.
There is also a good Gold mine which produces rich
specimens of ore, but has not been developed.
Any person wishing to buy a good Farm, in good
order, can do so by applying to the undersigned on
the place, or addressing him at Charlotte, N. C.
B. J. SI1ANNOX1IOUSE.
Oct. 6, 1873. lm.
LAND FOR SALE.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, I will sell at public auction,
at the late residence of W. T. Alexander, Deceased,
on Thursday the 6th of November, 1873, a valuable
tract of LAND of 176 acres, belonging to the
estate of James G Alexander, Deceased, lying on
Mallard Creek, adjoining James Hutchison, W . L.
Cochran and others.
Terms $200 cash balance on 6 and 12 months
credit with interest and note and security. Title
reserved until last payment.
J. M. ALEXANDER, Commissioner.
Oct. 6 1873. 4w.
NOTICE.
I will sell at my residence, on the 28th day of Oc
tober, the following property, viz : Horses, Mules,
and a pair of good work Oxen, Cows, and Calves,
Farming Implements, Blacksmith and Carpenters
Tools, Carriaire and Buggy, Household and Kitchen
Furniture. Tenns made known on day of sale.
Oct. 6, 1873. 3wpd II. W. ST1NSON.
IMPORTANT SALE.
By virtue of a Mortgage to us executed by Wil
liam M. Smith, registered in the Register's Office in
Mecklenburg County in Book 8 on page 7, we will
offer at public Sale, at the Dwelling Ilouse on the
premises, on Saturday the Eighth day of November
next, that valuable tract.of LAND in the Provi
dence Settlement, in Mecklenburg County, former
ly owned bv the late James H. Davis, adjoining the
lands of Washington Mills, J. S. Porter, Joseph
Weeks, James Caldwell and others, containing in
or about FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES the
same being one of the most desirable plantations in
Western North Carolina.
At the same time and place, will also be offered
ten head of good Mules, one sorrel Mare and also
all the tools and agricultural implements belonging
to said plantation. Cg" Terms Cash.
Every facility afforded to parties wishing to ex
amine the place.
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO.
Oct. G, 1873. ow.
Property can be Saved
By using Pratt's Astral Oil in vour Lamps.
SMITH & HAMMOND,
Sept. 25, 1873. Sole Agents.
The Bravest of the Brave.
Governor Letcher the other day related
a very interesting incident of the war while
in Kemper's room at the hotel. lie said
that in one of the battles below Richmond
four flag-bearers had been shot down and a
call was made for a volunteer to carry the
colois. A stripling took the torn standard.
In a few moments the staff was snapped by
a shot. The boy sat down, unloosed a
shoe-string, and tied it. lie started in front
again. Another bullet splintered the staff.
It was then fastened with the other shoe
string. He had hardly shaken the folds out
second time when down fell the flag, struck
by a ball. The shoe-strings had given out.
He unbuttoned his jacket, ripped his shirt
to ribbons and rapjed "the"broken rod, and
carried the broken ensign through the fight.
Governor Letcher said : When they
brought me the boy with the shattered staff
patched up with shoe-strings and shirt-tail,
I made him an officer and gave him the
best sword Virginia had The gallant fel
low was from Monroe county. lie was
shortly afterwards killed in battle. Lex
inttou. Gazette.
The proposition of the New Jersey
Constitutional Convention, to purge the
Legislature of that State oi bribery by
swearing its members that they have not
given or received rewards for votes, smacks
of desperation. The idea that a man who
is guilty of buying or selling his vote,
would hesitate to forswear himself to cover
the transaction is preposterous. A wretch
ed stale- of morals must exist where such
childish expedients are resorted to in order
to purify a community. If the safeguards
which immemorial law has given to secure
decency in official life are not sufficient it is
useless to add to the penalty. As Luther
said of certain reformers of his day, it is
piddling at curing warts, while ulcers are
confirmed.
It may be considered an ungracious
thing to say, but it is a fixed fact, that cor
ruption in official life, has for its source cor
ruption in the constituency. Integrity
among the people will always secure purity
in public men. They may be ignorant, and
they may be unfeeling, but to the honor of
their trust they will never be false. J his
reform to be effectual must begin with the
people. So long as votes are for sale, so
long will buyers be found.
Thunder showers in October,
in
the nothern latitudes, are held by many
old-fashioned weather philosophers as a sign
of a warm autumn and a mild winter. If
these old-line weather prophets are correct
in this matter, then, in the thunder shower
which passed over this city yesterday after
noon, we had a good sign and a cheering
promise for the poor of our great cities
especially, which we hope may be fulfilled.
X. Y. Herald.
A Dutchman and Irishman once met
on a lonely highway. As they met each
smiled, thinking he knew the other. Pat
on seeing his great mistake remarked :
"Faith, an' I thought it was you, an' you
thought it was me, an' it's nathur of us."
The Dutchman replied : "Yaw, dat is dhru;
I vas annuder man, and you ish not your
self. We both be some vone else."
Now, my boy," said a committee
man, "if I had a mince pie, and should give
two-twelfths to Jacob, two-t welfths to Har
ry, two-twelfths to Charley, and should take
half to myself, what would there be left ?
Speak up loud, so the people can hear."
"The plate !" shouted the boy.
-tii
Sf0 A certain Avoinan has a horror of
profane language. She was called upon to
testify in court, but she refused to take an
oath. "Something," said she, "I was never
guilty of doing, and what's more, I think I
never will do. I will tell you the truth,
but I will swear to nothing."
Some one who has been looking up
the English patent record, professes to have
discovered that a patent was granted by
the British government, in 1 790, to Thomas
Paint for a sewing machine having all the
essential features of what has always been
regarded as an American invention.
mn
13?"" A Detroit man went into a telegraph
office ami wrote the following message:
"To the Lord in heaven Where shall I go
next ? The world is gi owing worse every
day. There is not an honest Christian in
America." lie was informed that the lines
did'nt connect.
LAND FOR SALE.
By virtue of an order of Court, the undersigned,
administratorsof Chas. T. Alexander, deceased, will
sell to the highest bidder at the Court House door
in Charlotte, on the 18th day of Novemter next,
fifty acres of LAND, being a part of the "Home
Tract" of said deceased, situate next to and adjoin
ihg the lands of the late 31 rs. Margaret Springs.
This is a very superior tract of land, und cither of
the undersigned will take pleasure in showing it to
persons wishing to purchase.
Terms, $100 cash, balance six months credit with
note and approved security.
C. A. ALLISON,
W. W. RANKIN,
Oct. G, 1873. Cw Adm's C.T.Alexander.
Cutler's Pocket Inhaler and
CARBOLATE OF IODINE INHALANT.
A Most Wonder fid Iiemedy!
The curative properties of which in Catarrh, Bron
chpis, Asthma, Hoarseness and ali Diseases of the
Throat and Lungs, are superior to any thing hitherto
used or known, affording relief in some cases in
from five to ten minutes. Approved by the most
dLstinjruiahed physieians of all schools.
W. VL BURWELL & CO..
Manufacturers' Agents, Charlotte, N. C.
Oct 13, 1873.
Knives.
Our large Fall Stock of POCKET CUTLERY has
just arrived. Call and make a selection from the
bet assortment in the State.
Sept. 8, 18G3 WALTER BREM & CO.
What Some Women are Doing.
Among the impertenances of which the
census is guilty, touching female secrets,
one of the most notable is the ungallant
revelations it makes as to masculine occu
pations and employments selected by some
of our American women. Not content with
wanting aud waiting for their half of the
platform and the ballot-box, the dear
creatures are elbowing their way into a
great many trades and occupations hereto
fore set down as essentially manish, if not
actually unsuitable to the female sex. For
example, 373,332 of our women have enter
ed the field, literally, by entering them
selves as agricultural laborers, and 75 even
have the termerity t appear even in the
census returns as herders of stock and stock
raisers. The high and mighty guild of
architects have been evaded by one lone
damsel; another voyages over the sea of life
as a pilot; 2, making horses their hobby,
are enrollrd as hostlers; 2 more, forgetting
Lubin, are not ashamed to appear as scav
engers; 4 work in gas houses, probably de
voting themselves to retorts; 4 more are
engaged in bell foundries, no longer belles
themselves; another quartet, of artful pro
clivities, are registered among that close
corporation, the sculptors; 5, not content
with family jars, are fomenting misery and
discord as members of the bar; 6, more
spirituellein their asperations, figure as dis
tillers; 8 brew ale and mischief with equal
facility; 12, whose cheek suffices, mount
the auctioneer's stand, and, in the absence
of bids for themselves, utter the doleful
plaint, "Going, Going, Gone." Then there
are 11 who supply fast men with fast horses
as livery stable keepers; 10 who modestly
enroll themselves as canal-boat hands, ami
drift along life on the raging canal ; 15
splurge out into bankers and brokers two
or three of them, as all the world knows,
finding time to make things warm foreverv
body by witching off into much more un
womanly operations; seventeen have turn
ed tinners in dispair of handling "tin" in
a more domestic way ; 20 appear as under
takers, by way of having the sweet revenge
of running into the ground the unsympa
thetic race of mankind ; 7 have climbed
to the lofty elevation of newspaper carriers;
24 torture poor men as dentists; 30 figure
as boat' hands, and doubtless man their ves
sels and trim and furl in true sailor-boy
fashion ; 29, think it slow work making
foot prints on the sands of time, busy their
hands instead with engraving on more sub
stantial material, such as wood, copper ami
steal ; 35 are set down as-fishers, in sublime
contradistinction from those angling mi!
lions who fish only for men ; 33 are gun
smiths and locksmiths, serenely forgetting
that love laughs at persons of the latter pro
fession; 33 call themselves carriage trim
mers, which brings to mind the many more
who do the same thing without dreaming
of its being a bit like work; GO perform a
sort of parental duty as curriers and tan
ners albeit the hides they tan are not par
ticularly sensitive; 67 ministers at the altar,
not as" brides, but in the sacredotal line;
70 make bricks, with or without straw,
and, oddly enough, another 70 put bricks
in men's hats by attending bars; cloak
makers number 75, but, as their business is
to cloak the frailties of their own sex, such
employment can hardly be termed mascu
line; 84 are shingle and lath-makers; 381
devota themselves to that important politi
cal duty, whitewashing ; 325 kill and tor
ture people under the euphemism of physi
cians and surgeons ; 102 have become so
forward as to call themselves brass founders;
1,170 are taking the bread and butter from
the mouths of so many barbers and hair
dressers; 1,186 serve their da) and genera
tion as mid wives; 1,495 court the art per
sevativc, and imprint themselves upon
men's minds and memories by means of the
composing-sticki 180 indulge iu a propensi
ty for handling the ribbons by driving
teams and drays; 5 only figure as charcoal
and lime burners; 34, having failed to turn
men's heads or carve out their own future
iu the matrimonial line, have settled down
into wood-turners and carvers; 1,855 prac
tice nicotine-poisoning by making cigars;
and, finally, 81,047 male teachers are ren
dered de trap by the incursion of that many
schoolma'ams into their sacred province.
There, we have gone through the census,
ami if any woniau hereafter dares to say the
sex has no aim, or scope, or mission in this
wonderful country of ours, we ' need only
point to the imeVishab!u and lustrous re
cord and ask her to choose for herself.
Surely, here is variety enough; and what
women has done and is doing, woman may
do. X. Y. Mail.
A little six year old was asked by
his teacher to write a composition 'on the
subject of water, and the following is the
production: "Water is good to drink, to
swim in and to skate on when frozen.
When I was a little baby the nurse used
to bathe me every morning in water. 1
have been told that ihe Injuns don't wash
themselves but once in ten years. I wish
I was un Injun !"
"Six things,
requisite to create
says-Hamilton, "are
a 'home. Integrity
must be the architect, and tidiness the up
holsterer. It must be warmed by affection
and lighted np wilh cheerfulness, and in
dustry must be the ventilator, renewing the
atmosphere and bringing in fresh salubrity
day by day, while over all as a protecting
glory and canopy, nothing will suffice ex
cept the blessing of God."
Earthquakes. A violent earthquake
occurred iu Darmstadt, Germany, on Tues
day 7th, causing great terror among the
inhabitants, shaking the city greatly and
doing considerable damage. This shows
that the earth is getting feverish again, and
now we fear that next the city of Paris will
be greatly shaken, for the signs of a coming
cailhquake iu that quarter are in the air.
A Wonderful Clock.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia)
Press, writing from Skamokiu, Pa., gives
the following description of a wonderful
clock constructed by a poor Pennsylvania
miner:
Karl Keller, a poor German minerof the
Excelsior Colliery, which is situated withii
a few miles of this borough, has exhibited)
a clK?k here during the past week of a most
remarkable character. He has been three
years constructing it the first two years
at intervals of time, and the last yea,r.ho
worked at it day and night, scarcely taking,
time enouglrto eat and sleep. He became
almost a monomaniac on the subject. The
clock was in his mind during hn waking
hours, and in his dreams at night. He oc
cupied alone a small wooden shanty, where
he worked, slept, and cooked his fcKxl.
Whatever sleeping and cooking ho did,
however, was but little. It is thought he
would have nearly starved but for the kind-,
ly interest which his neighbors took in him
aud his chck. They took him food aud en-,
couraged him in his labors.
The clock, which was made with no other,
tools than two common jack-knives, is eight
feet high and four feet broad. Its frame is
of the Gothic style of architecture. It has
sixteen sides, ami is surmounted by a globe,
on top of which is attached a small golden
cross. On the front of the clock there are
four dial plates; one shows the day of the
week, another shows the day of the month,
another shows the minutes and fractions o
a minute, and another the hour of the day.
These dials are carved in a most unique
manner, having emblematic figures upon
them and around them of almost every im
aginable description. Above the dial plates
is a semi-circular gallery, extending around
about half the width of the frame work of
the clock. Immediately in front, in the
center of this semi-circular gallery is tho
carved wooden figure of our Saviour. At
the ends of the gallery, on either side, there
is a small door, opening into the body of
the clock. Over the door on the right
hand side of the clock, as you stand facing
it, is an eagle. Over the door on the left
hand side, is a chicken cock.
Twice a day, that is, at 12:05 in the day
and at 12:05 at night, a sweet chime of
bells' begin to play, the small doors on the.
right hand side open, ami the small wooden
figures, admirably carved of the twelve
Apostles, appear and walk out slowly and
gravely in procession,. Peter in the lead.
Advancing along the gallery until they get
opposite the figure of Jesus, each iu turn,
except Judas, slowly turns around aud
bows his head to the Master, then recovers
his former position; as Peter does this tho
cock crows. They continue to advance to
the other side of the gallery and enter the
small door on the left. As Judas who is
iu the rear, wilh his right hand shielding
his face, and the left hand clasping the bag
which is supHsed to contain the thirty
pieces of silver) comes iu full view of the
cock, the cock crows again. By a simplq
arrangement this procession can be made
to come out aud pass around the gallery at
any time desired.
On pedestals, at the extreme corners at
the front of the clock, are carved wooden
statues of Moses and Elias. In the rear are
two obelisks of the Egyptian style upon
which are carved hieroglyphic character to,
represent tho ancient period of tho world's
history. The clock will run thirty-twq
hours without winding. Mr. Ketter, who
is a native of Frit-burg, in liadcu, is very
proud of his workmanship. He can scarce
ly b'ar to be away from it long enough tq
eat his meals. He has been offered $10,
000 for it by a party from New York, but
he refused it. Mr. Ketter says he had of
ten heard of the celebrated clock in Stras
burg, Germany, but he never saw it, and
he has no knowledge of how it was con
structed, neither ' has he ever had iiislruc?
lion in mechanics of any kind.
am W
Real Acting An Incident of Edwin For
rest. On one occasion Mr. Edwin Forrest, theq
a young man, gave a tremendous display
of really powerful acting. He was suppos
ed to represent a I Ionian warrior, and to
be attacked by six minions of a detested
tyrant. At the rehearsal Mr. Forrest found
a great deal of fault with the supers who
condescended to play the minion. They
were too tame. They didn't lay hold of
him. They didn't go iu as if it were a real
fight. Mr. Forrest stormed and threaten
ed ; the Mier sulked and consulted. At
length the captain of the supers inquired, tq
his local slang, "Ver want this to be a bully
fight, eh?" I do," replied 31 r. Forrestf
"All right," rejoined the captain, and tho
rehearsal quietly proceeded.
Iu ihe crVtmig the little theatre was
crowded, and 'Mr. Forrest was enthusiasti
cally received. When the fighting scene,
occurred the great tragedian took the cenr
ter of the stage, and the six minion enter
ed rapidly and deployed iu skirmishing or
der. At the cue "Seize him !" one minion
assumed a pugilistic attitude, and struck a
blow straight from the shoulder iioii tho
prominent nose of tho Human hero, another
raised him about six inches from the stagj
by a well-directed kick, and the other?
made ready to rush in lr a decisive tussle.
For a moment Mr. Forrest Uod astounded,
his broad chest heaving with rage, his great
eyes flashing fire, his sturdy legs planted
like columns uhii the stage. Then came a
few minutes of jowerful acting, nt the end
of which one super was seen sticking head
foremost in the base drum iu the orchesira
four were having their wounds dressed in
the green room, and one, finding himself in
the flies, rushed out upon the roof of the
theatre aud shouted "Fire," while Mr. For
rest, called before the curtain, bowed his
thanks pantingly to the applauding audi
ence, who looked Uxu the whole afiuir as a
part of the piece, and "had never Seen For
rest act to splendidly'