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CHARLOTTE, N. C, JULY 6, 1874.
TWENTY-SECOND VOLUME NUMBER 1131,
1 1 i 1 1 iii 11 i iii hi
the
Charlotte Democrat,
PUBLISHED BY
WILLIAM J- YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
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i.rtisemcnts will be inserted at reasonable
r in accordance with contract.
Cituarv nolices of over five lines in length will
rtorgca for at advertising rates.
" dtTjohn H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
rt , h mil a larirc and well selected stock of PURE
8S& S, 6.1. Varnishes,, Dye Stuffs
ScvSToUet Articles, which he is determined
t will at the very lowest prices.
Jan lU .
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
tfon hU professional services to the citizens of
Sntte and surrounding country. All calls, both
;rht and da promptly attended to. . ,
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the
Charlotte Hotel.
Oct:.''!, 173. ;
ROBEUT GIBBON, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
r.rick Office corner of oth and Tryon Streets.
itf'nc: on College Street.
' Mn:li 11, 187:5.
Alexander & Bland,
I) E NTIS T S .
Office hours from 8 A. 31. to 0 P. M.
Office in Brown's Building, opposite the Charlotte
' August 4,173.
W. U. UOFKMAN. ISAT.Vn SIMPSON.
HOFFMAN & SIMFSON,
Dentists,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Respectful lv inform the citizens of Charlotte and
tiip public," that tiny have associated themselves
Uiectlier in the practice of Dentistry. Their aim
ill be to perform all operations relating to the pro
fession in the most, skillful manner and highest de
gree of excellence.
Teeth extracted without pain by the use of Nitrous
Oxide Has. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Oflieeon Trade Street, in A. 11. Nesbit & Itro's
new buildiiir. Jan- 15, 1873.
W. N. PRATHER & CO.,
Manufacturers of
P Ull E R E F I Ar ED C A XD IE S,
And Wholesale Dealers in
Confalionei it'ii, Ftreign and Domestic Fruits, etc.
Trade Street, 1st door above Market,
CHARLOTTE, C.
fff Orders solicited.
Jan. 5, 1S74.
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
ClIAltLOTTE, X. C.
Consignments of Cotton solicited, on which we
will mike 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 terms.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
CIIAKLOTTE, X. 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.
i3T Oiunilmsses at the Depot on arrival of Trains.
Jan. 1, KSI3. II. C. ECCLES.
W. P. COOK,
T.ade Street, oh North Carolina Railroad,
Charlotte, N. C,
Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of
FA 1 IM LN G I M PLE M EN TS.
Vs' All orders promptly attended to.
Jan. 22, 1872.
R. M. MILLER & SONS
AdK.NTS FOll THE CELEBRATED PllEMiUM
Milburn Wagon.
A LARGE LOT NOW ON HAND.
For durability and style of finish unexcelled.
Call and see them at our Ware Rooms, corner of
Collect and 4th Streets, 2d story.
Sept. 8, 1873.
NOTICE.
Having sold out our entire stock of Groceries to
Mr. It. H. Alexander, who will continue the business
at our New Store, we respectfully commend him to
the favorable consideration of our friends
GUI Ell & ALEXANDER.
We will in future confine ourselves to a GENER
AL COMMISSION BUSINESS, to the purchase
and sale of Cotton and other country produce, to
the wholesale and retail Liquor, Tobacco and Pow
der business. Storage furnished on accommodating
terms.
We would respectfully solicit a share of the pub
he patronage. CRIER fc ALEXANDER.
Jau. 5, 1874. tf
F. SCARR,
Chemist and Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Prescriptions prepared at all hours of the
Day and Night.
Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of Drugs, Mcdi
Cl11'', Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Spices, Green and
lHekTea,&c..&c.
June 1. 1873.
W. B. TAYLOR,
DEALER, IX
SPORTING GOODS,
V-h as Gun Pistols, Rides, Fishinsr Tackle, Am
munition of all kinds, Pocket Knives, Razors, &c.
. n The Repairing
l Guns, Pistols, Umbrellas, Keys and Locks
promptly attended to.
General work in Iron, Brass, Copper, Steel, Bell
Hanging &c j ne executed at short notice.
Store and Shop at Beckwith's old Stand, third
l"or below Springs' corner.
April 27, 1874. 6m W. B. TAYLOR.
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The celebration of th nmi.:..
of the St. Louis bridge across the Missis
sippi river came off on the 4th of July
This bridge is one of the greatest struc
tures of the kind in the world, costing
$9,000,000, and St. Louis may be, as she Ts
very proud of it.
LAND FOR SALE.
I offer at private sale a bodv of valuable Land
lying on McAIpine's Creek, adjoining R.B. Wallace
l)r YY atson Mrs Celia Black and others, being part
of the old J. J. Maxwell Farm.
The Tract contains over 300 acres, and would be
sub-divided to suit purchasers. Much of it is bot
tom, 13 well timbered, is accessible to the Carolina
Central Railway, and near a fine Grist Mill.
Terms cash, or its equivalent in mortae
Parties wishing to examine the Land,enquire as
to boundaries, &c, can call on Augustine Maxwell
or M. D. L. Biggers, Surveyor.
t RUFUS BARRINGER, (Trustee).
June 22, 1874. tf
Tho Excelsior
HOT BLAST COOK STOVE.
This Stove has never been excelled, and from its
first appearance in 1861, has become popular wher
ever introduced. Nearly 40,000 are now in daily
use, and it still continues to gain popularity. All
inventions of any value hive been added ; the Stove
has been enlarged and improved from time to time
as experience has suggested, and it is now m the
thirteenth year of its existence offered as a Cooking
apparatus that cannot be surpassed.
For sale by D. II. BYERLY,
Jan. 12, 1874. Charlotte, N. C.
Cleaveland Mineral Springs,
(formerly wilson's)
Near Shelby, 55 miles West of Charlotte,N. C.
This favorite watering place will be open for the
reception of visitors on the 10th of June.
Passengers coming on the Carolina Central Rail
way will be met by hacks, and conveyances will be
sent to the Air-Line Railroad and other points
whenever desired.
Cold and Warm Baths, White Sulphur, Red Sul
phur and Chalybeate Water. Band of Music and
other sources of amusement. Fare first-class.
For further information, address
T. W. BREVARD,
May 25, 1874. 2m Proprietor.
Just Received,
Prepared Mocking Bird Food.
Canary Seed.
Baker s Chocolate.
Genuine Sweet Chocolate.
Lemon Sugar.
Coleman's Mustard.
Pure Salad Oil.
Ground Ptpper.
Dooley's Baking Powder.
Royal
Runiford " "
11 oxford
Sea Foam " "
Corn Starch.
Liebeg's Extract of Beef.
Flavoring Extracts.
Essence of Coffee.
Laundry Blue.
Concentrated Lye.
Potash, &c., &c, at
May 25, 1874. WILSON & BLACK'S.
Fashionable Millinery Store.
MRS. QUERY,
Having spent several weeks in the Northern cities,
making selections of the most fashionableMillinery
Goo.:s, respectfully informs the Ladies that she is
now ready to serve them with the latest styles and
fashions. She is confident that she now has a
stock that will not fail to please the most fas
tidious taste.
Mrs. Query keeps constantly on hand a large
stock of every description of Goods in her line,
such as
BONNETS, HATS, RIBBONS,
Laces and Trimmings,
And every variety of Ladies' Furnishing Goods.
Dress Making,
In all its branches, executed in the most fashiona
ble and best style. She has some of the most
skillful seamstresses in her employ, who cannot
fail to please the Ladies of Charlotte and surround
ing country.
Ladies are invited to call and examine Goods
and patterns. Mits. P. QUERY.
March 30, 1874.
ICE CREAM.
We are now prepared to furnish ICE CREAM
at our Store or deliver it at residences.
June 1. 1874. C. S. IIOLTON & CO.
Ice Cream, I Scream,
Ice Cream to-dav, and every day during the sea
son, at " D. M. RIGLER'S.
May 18, 1874.
Baltimore and Wilmington, N. C.
SEMI-WEEKLY
STEAM-SHIP LINE,
Composed of the First-Class Steamships
D. J. FOLEY, - - Capt. D. J. Price.
REBECCA GLIDE, - " D. C. Chuds,
LUCILLE, - " J. S. Bennett.
RALEIGH, - - - u J. S. Oliver.
Will hereafter sail from Baltimore every Tuesday
and Friday, and from Wilmington every Wednes
day and Saturday,
During the busy season Tri- YecJdy
Connecting at Wilmington with the Wilmington,
Columbia "and Augusta Railroad, giving through
Bills of Lading to and from all points in North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, connecting
at Columbia, S. C, with the Greenville and Colum
bia Railroad and Charlotte Division of the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, connecting
at Augusta, Ga., with Georgia, Macon, Augusta and
Central Railroads.
Steamers of this Line
On arrival iu Wilmington stop at Railroad Depot,
and the Railroad Freight being stowed separately
in steamer is transferred under covered sheds o
cars without delay and forwarded by the Fast
Freight Express that evening. No drayage in Wil
mington and no transfer from Wilmington South.
Rates Guaranteed
As low as by any other route, and all losses or over
charges promptly paid.
Mark all goods via Steamship to Wilmington and
forward Bills of Lading to Railroad Agent, Wil
mington, N. C.
For further information apply to either of the
undersigned Agents of the Liue.
ANDREWS & CO., Accents
B fc W S S Line, 73 Smith's Wharf, Baltimore.
A. D. CAZAUX,
Agent Bait. & Wil. S S Line, Wilmington, JV. (7
A. Pope, Gen'l Freight Agent, ) Wilm't'n
F. W. Clakk, Ass't. Gen'l't Ag't, f N. C,
December 1, 1873.
A Modest Hero.
"You had better take better care of that
young one." This was the modest remark
of Engineer Jack Evans, ot the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railway, as he hand
ed the child be had saved back to its mother
and mounted his engine to move ahead.
Our leaders must not forget the circum
stance. Jack saw the child toddling along
on the track, just ahead of his train, and
coprehended instantly that it was too late
to stop the engine before he reached it. Sol
he did as manly and as brave an act as
ever was performed by any hero. He re
versed his engine, ran out on the guard as
nimble as a cat, and when close to the child,
jumped, caught it in his arms, and threw
himsell sideways from the track. The
pilot struck him and whirled him twelve or
fifteen feet down the bank, brusing him con
siderably, but he saved the baby's life and
handed it back to its mother, with the re
mark at the head of this article. It is
fetrange of what stuff heroes are made after
all. Here's a quiet, humble man, going
about his daily work without a thought of
being made of different metal from his fel
lows. He is not an orator, a poet, nor a
professor. He never was tried for a heresy,
or accused of writing a book. He probably
has not any theology, and when it comes
to treatises on man or essays on political
econemy, Jack will tell you at once that he
knows nothing about them. We dare say
he is totally unacquainted with Homer, ab
solutely uninformed about Hume, and prob
ably never heard of Richard Grant White
or David Freideirch Strauss. And yet who
shall deny that Jack is a braver man and a
greater man than any of them ? He never
dreamt it; his friends never thought of
such a tiling; to himself and all about him
he was a very ordinary man getting through
the world as comfortably as hard work and
small pay would permit, but satisfied with
a very low seat in the human tabernacle;
and yet the occasion comes, and Jack freely
and without a moment's hesitation, walks
bravely out and risks his life to save a very
small specimen of humanity, who, by no
possible contingency, can ever repay the
debt. There are no huzzas, no salvos of
artillery, no grand anthems over this act of
devotion. Nothing is heard but the sobs
of the frightened and grateful mother, and
the curt remark of Jack, "You'd better
take better care of that young one." Then
he 2es on and never knows how great an
act he has performed till the telegraph
takes up the story and the news
papers give it to the world. Such a
man asks no reward, but he should have it,
nevertheless, and we hope the company
which employs him and the public which
appreciates and admires a brave deed, will
take measures to show their admiration.
Meantime, here is another chance for a
poem, and we wait, as in the case oT the
Mill Creek disaster, for some one to put
the incident into readible verse. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
NOTICE TO
Merchants, Farmers & Grangers.
A. 11. N IS BET & BRO.
Call attention to the fact that they have on hand in
store and are daily receiving a very heavy and
complete stock of
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
Which they offer at wholesale and retail as cheap
as can be bought this side of Baltimore.
Call at our Store on Trade street, two doors from
Public Square.
Feb. 9, 1874. A. R. NISBET & BRO.
OATES BROTHERS,
COTTON BUYERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
Are now ready for business. Consignments of
Cotton, Gr-dn, Flour, &c, solicited. Cotton re
ceived and sold or stored on accommodating terms.
We have storage room for 800 to 1,000 bales. Where
parties desire it, we are prepared to ship their Cot
ton to New York without additional charge by us.
Reference M. P. Pegram, Cashier 1st National
Bank of Charlotte. J. E. OATES,
Sept. 8, 1873. J. M. OATES.
Executors' Notice.
Having qualified as Executors of the last Will
and Testament of Joseph B. McDonald, deceased,
we hereby notify all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to present the same to
Wm. Todd, one of the Executors, before the 8th
day of June, 1875, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are notified
that immediate payment will be required.
WM. TODD.
GEO. W. WEARN,
JNO. W. S. TODD,
D. S. TODD,
June 8, 1874. 6w Executors.
A CARD.
Having rented the office recently occupied by W.
J. Black, we are prepared to do a general commis
sion business. Strict personal attention given to
purchase and sale of cotton, corn and country pro
duce of all kinds. Liberal advances made on all
consignments made to us.
We therefore respectfully solicit a share of the
patronage heretofore bestowed upon us. We have
large European orders, and will pay the highest
price for cotton.
Very respectfully, &c,
W.'H. H. HOUSTON & CO.
Jan. 12, 1S74.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
A magnificent display of these beautiful instru
ments (never before seen in Charlotte) can now be
seen at the room of the subscriber, who has com
pleted arrangements with the best manufacturers
in the United Slides, by which he can furnish these
useful instruments for less money than the same
can be had direct from the manufacturers.
Churches, Schools and Lodges, as well as rrivate
families, are respectfully invited to examine my
stock before purchasing. A personal examination
is far preferable to any picture representation, and
by buying here you will avoid risk of transporta
tion as well as freight.
These instruments can be had by paying a por
tion down and the balance in "monthly install
ments when desired.
ASA GEORGE,
June 1, 1874- Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
Candidates.
Buncombe and Madison for the Senate,
Col. Jno. S. McElrath, conservative nomi
nee. No opposition as yet.
Buncombe for the House, Capt. Thos.
D. Joh n son and Montreville Patton, con
servative nominees. No opposition as yet.
41st Senatorial district Capt. J. C. Mills
and Mc Young, conservative nominees. W.
S. Pearson, republican candidate.
McDowell Maj. A. M. Erwin, conserva
tive nominee for the House. James Dun
can, republican, 'tis thought will be his op
ponent. Burke Col. S. McD. Tate for the House,
conservative nominee. F. D. Irwin, repub
lican, his opponent.
i Caldwell will hold its county convention
JrHy the6th. Messrs Robert Tuttle and
Horton Bowers are spoken of in connection
with the nomination for the House.
Catawba Maj. S. M. Finger, conserva
tive nominee for the House. R B B Hous
ton, independent candidate, his opponent.
M. O. Sherrill for Clerk, and Jonas Cline
for Sheriff are the conservative nominees.
The radicals of the 7th Congressional dis
trict have nominated Dr. C. L. Cooke for
Congress against Maj. Robbins, A. II.
Joyce for Solicitor in Judge Cloud's dis
trict and endorsed W. H. Bailey forjudge.
Ashe, Watauga and Allegany for the
Senate, W. B. Council of WTatauga and Col.
F. J. McMillan of Ashe.
Ashe for the House, George W. Bowers.
Piedmont Press.
Col. It. F. Armfield and R. Z. Linney
have been nominated for the Senate in the
district composed of the counties of Iredell,
Alexander and Wilkes.
Duelling.
Eatal Meetings of Distinguished Afen.
Col. Thomas II. Benton fought several
duels, and in one of them killed Mr Lucas.
Gen. Jackson had several affairs, and
killed Mr Dickinson in a duel, described
at length in Parton's life of the iron'' Presi
dent. Gen. Alexander Hamilton was killed
in a duel by Aaron Burr, in 1804, under
circumstances reflecting great discredit up
on the latter.
David C. Broclerick was killed by D. S.
Terry of California, Sept. 16, 1859, in con
sequence of a difference on the Lecompton
question.
George C. Drumgoole of Virginia, fought
and killed Mr Dugger, a gentleman of the
same State, in 1837, in a border county of
North Carolina.
Tho causeless and fatal duel between
Jonathan Cilley of Maine, and William J.
Graves of Kentucky, was fought near
Washington iu 1838." Mr Cilley was killed
after having first previously said that he
entertained "the highest respect and most
kind feelings" for his adversary.
The mortal combat between two post
captains in the navy, Stephen Decatur and
James Barron, at Bladensburg, on the 22d
of March, 1820, will never be forgotten.
At the first shot both fell. "They tired so
near together," says an eye-witness, "that
but one re port was heard." Decatur was
killed and Barron severely wounded.
Gen. J. W. Denver, a member of the
State Senate of California, had a contro
versy with Hon. Edward Gilbert, ex-member
of Congress, in 1862, in regard to some
Legislation, which resulted in a challenge
from Gilbert that was accepted by Denver.
Rifles were the weapons used. Gilbert fell
at the second shot, and expired in a few
minutes.
Among many memorable duels and chal
lenges, one of the most famous was that of
Daniel O'Connell, the illustrious Irish "Lib
erator." For using the phrase "a beggarly
corporation" in relation to the city of Dub
lin, he was challenged by D'Estere, a mem
ber of that body, who would take no apol
ogy. O'Connell killed him at the first fire.
This was iti 1815.
A great duel took place near Washing
ton in 1819, between Gen. Armistead T.
Mason, Senator iu Congress from Virginia,
and the celebrated Col. John McCarty.
They were brothers-in-law, and fought with
muskets. McCarty did not want to fight,
but Mason pressed him. McCarty proposed
to fight on a barrel of gun-powder, or with
dirks. Both modes were objected to, and
finally McCarty accepted the cartel. Col.
McCarty killed Gen. Mason at the first fire,
the ball passing through his breast.
Comets.
Comets are not exactly calculated to in
spire in the human heart feelings of confi
dence as to our general safety. In all times,
they have been regarded with dread; par
ticularly was this the case a century and a
half ago, when a renowned astrologer pre
dicted that a comet would appear oh Wed
nesday, 14th of October, 1712, and that the
world would be destroyed by fire on the
Friday following. His reputation was high,
and the comet appeared. A number of per
sons rot into the boats and barges on the
Thames, thinking the water the safest
place. South Sea and India stock fell. A
captain of a Dutch ship threw all his pow
der into the river, that the ship might not
be endangered. At noon, after the comet
had appeared, it is said that more than one
hundred clergymen were ferried over to
Lambeth, to request that proper prayers
might be prepared, there being none in the
church service. People believed that the
day of judgment was at hand, and some
acted on this belief, Kiue as if some tempo
rary evil was to be expected. There was a
prodigious run on the bank, and Sir Gilbert
Heathcole, at that time the head director,
issued orders to all the fire offices in Lon
don, requiring them to keep a good look
out, and have a particular eye upon the
Bank of England,
The Georgia Legislature oa Birds.
The Hain Crow our only Hope.
The debate on the game law during the
last session of the Georgia Legislature
elicited some telling speeches, and we re
spectfully suggest that the North Carolina
Legislature might take this subject into
consideration with benefit to the people
generally. We give a few extracts. Mr
Smith, of Byao county, said :
"The game law in my county and sur
rounding counties was an absolute necessity.
So assiduously did the negro give himself
up to hunting, that he had no time for any
thing else. He wouldn't work ; he wouldn't
hire out ; he would just shoulder his old
Enfield rifle, call his dogs, and live in the
woods. Now, as he depended entirely up
on his hunting for a livelihood, why, when
he couldn't kill legitimate game, he would
tumble over a hog or two and sneak home
with it. Our hog-pens and chicken-roosts
were becoming depopulated by this horde
of vagrants that infested the woods, and we
were obliged to get relief somehow. I
heard somewhere that the statistics report
that there were several thousand less hogs
in Georgia last year than the year before.
If this is true, we know where to put the
blame. The game law, as now passed,
keeps the negro from hunting at least long
enough to force him to work through the
busiest of our crop season. The advantage
of this will be incalculable.
"Another evil that the game law will
stop was the wholesale robbing of our for
ests of the mocking birds. I suppose you
people up here have mocking birds, but yon
have no idea of the profusion with which
they exist in our country. And their
music ! It is simply incomparable. To
have a half dozen of these sweet-throated
songsters in your grove is worth -ft -fortune.
To hear t heir marvelous song, coming with
the sunrise, pouring itself through and
softening the whole day, is a luxury, I can
tell you, I would not be without for a hun
dred dollars a year. Let me tell you now
how near we all came losing our feathered
friends. They, are in excessive demand in
the cities of the North, sometimes bringing
the most extravagant prices. Hence, every
Spring a cute looking lellow from Yankee
laud, comes hopping into one of our vil
lages, puts up at the hotel, and announces
that he will buy young mocking birds. Iu
two days the news is all over the country,
"The mocking bird man has come," and all
the urchins in the neighborhood (and a
great many grown people) are out on the
search. It is a right profitable business as
long as it lasts. The Yankee buyer will
give from fifteen cents to a dollar for young
ones, according to their age. A boy finding
a nest, say of four birds, will average a
dollar or a dollar and a half for the nest.
Most of them know where at least two or
three nests are, having spotted them while
the old birds were building. After they
get through scouring the woods they have
nearly every nest that hangs on shrub or
tree, and the carpet-bag buyer, with his
four or five hundred young songsters, goes
hustling back home. You can form no idea
of the extent to which this traffic has been
carried, and the imminent danger we have
been in of losing the richest ornaments of
our forests. I have often wondered why
some enterprising man has not established
a fanciery, and gone into the raising of
young birds here for the Northern markets.
I hear that they will average from $25 to
$100 in New York or Philadelphia when
ever grown and in full voice. However,
the traffic is stopped now, and our woods
will doubtless become repopulated."
This is certainly well and doubtless
truthfully expressed, but the speech of the
occasion was that of Senator Harris in de
fence of the rain crow, when compared
with the sparrow, as a destroyer of cater
pillars. Mr Harris thus establishes the
claim of his favorite bird for which he
"legislates," and which he would fain res
cue from the hands of the ruthless negro
'huntsmen :
"The rain crow is our only hope. It is
the only bird that will eat the caterpillar.
A sparrow wont touch him. Did you ever
see a caterpillar ? It is a green, mushy,
fat worm, and is as bitter as gall. I've got
the caterpillar down to a notch. The rain
crow is the only bird that will touch him,
and the cat and bream are the only fish
that will bile him. A perch wont begin to
take hold of him. These sparrows may do
a great deal of good in killing the insects
in our forests, and saving our trees pure
and good, but the rain crow is the only
solid bird we have for the caterpillar busi
ness. I'm for protecting him. He is an
active, wide-awake bird ; knows his trade,
and can live healthier and keep wormier
than any bird living. One of them can
keep half a field clear. If I can keep these
shooting negroes off the rain crow, I am
satisfied. 'Tis the bird I am legislating
for."
Bi.AfKni:niiY Wine. Put the berries in
a large tub; to every gallon of berries pour
on one pint of boiling water. Bruise them
with a mullet and let them remain nutil
next day. Strain through a thick cloth.
To every gallon of juice add two and a half
pounds of sugar. Drain again and put in
to a ca.-k ; cover the bung with muslin;
: put it in a cool place. Shake the cask daily
j until fermentation ceapes ; cork it tight,
; and by September it will be ready for use,
I but will improve with age. This rocipe has
! been followed for ten years and has uever
I failed.
Blackjieery Cordial. Two quarts of
juice; one pound of white sug'ar; half
ounce each of ground cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves and allspice. Boil the ingredients
for a short lime. When cold, add a pint
of brandy. This cordial is said to be al
most a specific for Summer complaint or
diarrhepa.
From the San Francisco Pioneer.
James Lick's Career. ;
The Forethought and Enterprise by which
the California Philanthropist Accumu
lated his Millions. X,
James Lick has been among the mo'st
noteworthy of all our earliest pioneer.
Naturally modest and reticent to the last
degree, nearly all the acts -of his eventful
life have remained unnoticed until recently.
We first find him in the interior of Penn
sylvania, a young married man, quietly
pursuing a course of operations, evincing
great enterprise in their planning, untiring
energy in their executions and promising
great advantages in their results. We next"
find him in the pampas of Brazil and Buenos
Ayres, with his thousands of horses and
cattle, in the capacity of a great proprietor,
from whom the governments of those coun
tries derived their supplies for the cavalry
and their commissariat. Again we find bin)
on the other side of the continent, operating
in the commercial metropolis of Chili ftnol
Peru ; everywhere and at all times, so quiet
and so unobtrusive, that none save those
with whom he had transactions in business,
and those who observed the external im
provements wrought by his enterprises
were aware of his existence. His mode, in
all departments of life, has never been in a
rut, but sui generis. In Valparaiso ha was
not.only doing new things, but doing them
in his own way. And, strange as it may
seem in such a quiet man, he was always
reaching into enterprises in advance of oth
ers, "taking time by the fore-lock." When
the news of the gold discovery in California
reached Valparaiso, he was in business that
would have taken an ordinary man a series
of mouths, at least, to so close up that he
could leave it with any sort of consistency,
yet he put doubloons enough in Tiis trunk'
to make twenty thousand dollars, besides
the expenses of the trip, entrusted his busi
ness to a confidential friend, and step pad
on board the first vessel leaving his place
for Sau Francisco. Arriving here he found;
exactly what his sagacious mind had. pre
dicted irom the moment that the golden
news reached him, viz : a splendid oppor
tunity to invest in real estate. lie scanned
the situation, foresaw the growth of tho
town, selected his "corner lots" with great
good judgment, and invested his money.
The property he then purchased with $20,
000 is perhaps to-day worth many millions.
In the first few years he built sparingly and
with great care ; afterward, liberally, and
magnificently. In 1853, John B. Weller
United States Senator from California, said,
in his place, "I would not give six bits for
all the agricultural lands iu California."
At this very time Mr Lick was preparing
the foundations for a flouring mill in Santa
Clara county, which, with its massive foun
dations, fine burrsioiics ami interior finish
ings of solid mahogany, had, before it was
completed, cost him half a million of dol
lars. This done, he took fifty acres of ad
joining land, reduced its surface to a spirit
level, and set, by the square ami compass,
with his own hands, the whole with tho
choicest arieties of pear trees. These
operations, and numerous other, proved
very remunerative. Re subsequently
erected the magnificent hotel in this city
which bears his name. Recently his acts
have placed him iu the front ranks of phi
lanthropists of this or any country. He
gave to the Society ol California Pioneers
the lot on Montgomery street, on which
Pioneer Hall stands.
Mr Lick has been for many months in
poor health, but has devoted all his atten
tion to the arrangement of plans for the dis
posal of his wealth iu a manner to secure
tho greatest amount of good to the coming
generations of his fellow-men.
Importance of the Study of English.
One of the most thorough and brilliant
scholars of America, in an essay on thu
English language, says of it: "To under
stand, to appreciate, to apply so rich, so
copious, and so versatile a language
requires closer. longer and broader studies
.than suflice for the acquisition of Greek or
Latin, or any foreign tongue." The late
Jacob Grimm, whose testimony was whoL
ly disinterested, and whose opinion carries
with it a weight which in such a profession
as his is never accorded save to real
merit, genuine ability, and absolute superi
ority, said that "Englibh is the richest and
noblest of languages" that "in beauty,
force and expressive power it is surpassed
by no language." Professor Holmes, of
the Univerity of Virginia, after comparing
English with other languages, ancient and
modern, says: "But if inferior to each of
these languages iu the characteristic excel
lence of each, it combines the merits of all
in a remarkable degree with other and more
precious merits of its own. Yet in spite of
the importance and the value of English at
an educational agent, it is, as the curricu
Inru of every college and high school in the
country will show", the most neglected of all
studies. To such au extent has iudifferencs
to the study of English proceeded, to suck
a height has exclusive fondness for Latin
and Greek attained, that we are told that
"in the year of grace, 1807, in all England
there was just one public school at which
English was studied historically, tho city of
Loudon School, and in this school it was
begun only in 1868. This neglect ofEng
lish as a subject of study is due no doubt
to tutors' and parents' ignorance.. None of
them know the language historically ; th
former can't teach it, the latter don't care
about it; why should their. boys learn it?
Oil, tutors and parents, there are such
things as asses iu the world."
Twenty-fivo
Kegs COOKING SODA on hand at
SMITH & IIA3I3IOND S
Drug ft'J,
April 27, 1874,