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Lmalbmp t IV. J. YATES, Editob ajid Propeietor. Terms of Subscription. 00, advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1877. TWENTY-FIFTH TOLUME NtMBEE 1217. THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BT WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or Oue Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months. Subscription must be paid in advance. ' o ! Advertisements will be inserted at reasonabH rates, or in accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length wjl charged for at advertising rates. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Ketail Druggist, CHARLOTTE,' N. C, Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE, DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Famih Medicines, .Bain to, Oils, Varnishes,- Dye, btuffs. Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1, 1875. F. SCARR & CO., Chemists and Druggists, CHARLOTTE, X. C. f'rtwriptions prepared at all hours of the l)ay and Night. Keep constantly on hand all kinds of Drugs, Medi cines, Paints, Oils, Dve Staffs, Spices, Green and Ilhick Tea, &c, &c. Jan. 1, 187(5. J. P. JklcCombs, M. D., ( '-ifers his professional services to the citizens of 5 harlotte and surrounding country. All caljs, both , :ight and day, promptly attended to. OUice in lirown's building, up stair3, opposite the t harlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. F. I. 0SB0UNE. W. C. MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office over llarty's Crockery Store, near the Court House. Particular attention sriven to Collections, Settle ment of Estates and Partition of Land and Convey - Nov. 1, 1876 iy ( LKMF.NT DOWn. PLATT D. WAI.KEU. DOWD & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. 5?" Office in Commercial Nati nal I ink Ruild ing. entrance on Fourth Street. Feb. 0, 1877 3nr RUFTJS BARRINGER, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office hours from 9 A. 31. to 3 P. M. cord second Saturday of each month. Feb. 2, 1877 lm Is in Con- DR. W. H. HOFFMAN, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office over A. R. Xisbct & Pro's Store, Trade .Street. Feb. 8. 1875. W. F. COOK, Trade Street, on Xorth Carolina Railroad, Charlotte, N. C, Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of FARMING IMPLEMENTS. I2T All orders promptly attended to. Jan. 22, 1872. R. M. MILLER & SONS, Commission Merchants, and WHOLESALE DEALEKS IN Provisions and Groceries, College Street, Chahlottk, N . C . Flour, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Molasses, and in fact, all kind of Groceries in large quantities always on hand for the Wholesale trade. Jan. 1 1875. A. BETHUNE, Tailor, Rear room over D. M. Rigler's Store, next door to E. D. Latta's Clothing Store, is prepared to do all kind of work belonging to the Tailoring business. He receives his Styles and Patterns regularly from the Artist Cuttess Exchange, New York. Terms, moderate, but invariably Cash. Jan. 12, 1877 y 11. M. MILLER fc SONS. JOHN M. LEAK. MILLER & LEAK, TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS, Charlotte, N. C. BRANDS: Gold Basis, Noiie Such, Hornet's Nest. July 31, 187(3. HOTEL! The Central Hotel, CHARLOTTE, X. C, Located in the centre of the city, has been fitted up as a First Class House with New Furniture and all conveniences appertaining to a good Hotel. Terms $3 00. $2.50 and $2 00 per day. accord ing to location of Room. H. C. ECCLES, Proprietor. Feb. 2,1877. CHARLOTTE INSTITUTE For Young Ladies. The Spring Term begins February 7th, 1877. Instructions in Painting, Drawing, Music, French, Wax-Work, &c, is provided for young Ladies who do not wih to fake the Academic course. The Drawing Class meets daily, the charge per Term is $10. For other information apply to REV. S. TAYLOR MARTIN, Jan. 2G, 1877. - Principal. ATTENTION SPORTSMEN ! Come Buy a Gun. Single Guns from $2.75 to 3 50, Double Guns from $6 50 to $24. Gun Wads, Paper Shell 10 and 12 gauge (central fire.) Shot Concentrators for long range shooting. Rifle, Shot Gun and Blasting Powder; Cartridges all sizes. Also, a large stock of Walking Canes. In fact all kinds of Sportinsr Goods for Chrlstmae Holidays. W. B. TAYLOR. D-ec. 13, 1870. . . - z- - Bar Room Statistics. New Yrk with a population approximating 1,000,000, lias 5,700 saloons, or oue to every 175 of its in habitants. ..Chicago, with nearly 500,000 population, has about 2,000 saloons, or one '' every 250 inhabitant. Boston, with 400,000 inhabitants has ; 1,200 saloons, or one to every 291 inhabitants. Cincinnati, iih about 525,000 population audits large beer di inking element, comes pretty close to Baltimore, with 1,100 saloons, or one to every , 255 inhabitants; , and Philadelphia 'hows with a population of about 800,000, 2,700, or one I o every 206 of its inhabitants. Lands for Sale, Rent, &c. ! Sale of City Property. "On Monday, the 5th day f March, 1877, I will t-PuWic Auction, at the- Court Uousw door in Charlotte, that valuable City Property known as the "Blair place," fronting on B and C Streets, be ing lots Nos. 655 and 659. Terms One-third cash, balance in six and twelve months. E. A. OSBORNE, Assignee Bank of Mecklenburg. Feb. 10, 1877 2w 190 Acres of Land for Sale. By Virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to me by Mrs. Sarah Mary Kohler, on the 20th day of De cember, 1875, 1 will expose to Public Sale for Cah, t. the highest bidder, on MONDAY, MARCH oth, 1877, at the Court House door in Charlotte, all that Tract of LAND on which said Kohler now resides, adjoining the lands formerly owned by J. W. Moore and of Harvey Henderson, V. M. Vanderver and others, containing 190 Acres, more or less. P. W. All RENS, Trustee. Feb. 9,1877 4w Administrator's Sale OF REAL ESTATE. On the 10th day of March, 1877, 1 will sell, at the Court House door in Charlotte, a Tract of LAND lying eiht miles West of Charlotte, on the Tuck aseege Road, containing about Forty Acres, the pro perly of John Cathey, deceased. Terms One Hundred Dollars cash ; remainder on a credit of twelve months, purchaser giving bond with security. WM. TODD, Administrator of John Cathey. Feb. 9, 1877 5w Valuable Land for Sale. On Monday, the 5th day of March, at the Court House door of the County, I will sell to the highest bidder that valuable Tract of LAND in Providence Township, known as the "Porter Place," on which I reside, containing Five Hundred and Fifty Acres, more or less. I will be pleased to show the Lands to any desirous of purchasing. Terms of Sale. Nine months credit, interest added Note negotiable anil payable at Bank Title papers reserved until purchase monev is paid M. L. DAVIS. Feb. 2, 1877 ow SALE OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY By virtue of the power contained in a Deed of Trust executed to the undersigned as Trustee for the benefit of certain parties therein named, by the late Thomas W. Dewey, on the 7th day of January, 1870, I shall expose to public auction to the highest bidder, on Monday of the next term of the Superior Court of .Mecklenburg county, being the 27th day of February, 1877, between the hours of 12 m., am! 1 p. m., at the Court House door, city property : the following 1. .The Lot in the City of Charlotte known as the Banking House of the Bank of Mecklenburg and occupied by the late Thos. W. Dewey, extending fifty six (56) feet on Tryon street, and the same on Church street, and extending from street to street. 2. Also, one Lot in Charlotte in the Northern portion of the city, fronting on Graham street, ad joining the property of M. L. Barringer, 390 by 297 feet, comprising three front and three back Lots. The latter will be sold in separate Lots. Terms made known on da)" of Sale. F. II. DEWEY, Jan. 26, 1877 5w Trustee. MOUNTAIN LAND For Sale. The subsciiber has a number of good FARMS for sale in Wilkes county. One on top of the Brushy Mountain, seven miles South of Wilkesboro, containing 200 Acres an old settled place good Orchard and comfortable Houses. Price 500. Possession given immediately. He also has a FARM on Third Creek, Rowan county, adjoining Frank Barber, Esq., containing 127 Acres. Price $10 per Acre, cash and time. For further particulars apply at U. S. Branch Mint in Charlotte. CALVIN J. COWLES. C harlotte, N. C, Sept. 11, 1870. Real Estate Agency In Charlotte. I offer my services as a Real Estate Agent for the sale of Lands and Houses in the city of Charlotte and the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina. I have on hand, for Sale and Rent, Town Lots, House s, Water Powers for Mill Sites, Gold, Copper and Iron Mines, and many thousand Acres of Land adapted to Farming or Stock Raising, varying from $1 to 35 per Acre. dp Apply at my Office over the Commercial National Bank. TIIOS. F. DRAYTON. Nov. 1S76 3m REMOVAL! I would return my thanks to my friends and former patrons for their custom, and invite them and the public to call and see me at my new Stand, No. 2 Granite Row, next door to Express Office. J. K. PUREFOY. JanJO.JSTT. GRASS SEEDS. "We offer to the public the following GRASS SEEDS just received. Red Clover, German Millet, Orchard Grass, Lucerne Clover, Kentucky- Blue Grass. BURROUGHS & SPRINGS, College Street, Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 5. 1877 tf F. SCARR & CO., Have removed their Drug Store to the Irwin Corner Building, Corner of Trade and Try on Streets, Where they invite all old customers and as many new ones as will to give them a call. t3T.AH gods at bottom prices. Come and see for yourselves. No charge for admission. F. SCARR & CO. Feb. 2, 1877. Nurses and Servants. There is great complaint among the ladies of the city on account of their inability to get nurses to suit them. The nurses are totally irresponsible, and are forever chang ing their homes, and for no good reason. We hear of one excellent lady who has had seven nurses in as many months. Can no system for the hire of nurses be established? Why would it not do to reqnire one apply ing lor a position to bring a certificate from the family in which she was last employed? In addition to general worthlessness, and an unaccountable predisposition to rove around from one place to another, many of these nurses are grossly cruel to the chil dren under their care. What has been said of nurses applies with equal force to all female servants, and the evil has become one which cnesaloud for some remedy. Raleigh paper. If some one in this city would open an office for making bargains between employers and employees it might do good and be profitable to the peison who undertook the business. Let a book be kept in which to record the names of those wanting ser vants and also the names of those wanting employ ment, &c.J 4tB- Going in Debt without the probability of PaviBg. One of the crying evils of the times is the habit ol going in debt without a reasonable prospect of paying out. Every day we see men rushing headlong in debt. When a f-ale takes place selling strictly lor cash, how few men buy, but just commence sell ing on a credit, and what a number of buy ers spring up all at once. Men, who are now going about with pockets empty of money and fuil of dmi", buy as though they expected the clouds in future to rain down money in great abundance. What iTohlen iio::s they see looming up in the luture. "Why, they expect to pick money off the trees as leaves. They are walking over a gold mine, out of which they xpect to get plenty of money to discharge all their debts when pay day comes around. But all this is the dream of t he foolish ones. To go in debt without a possibility of paying is ruinous to a man's character. There is nothing which knocks the bottom so com pletely out of a man's character as this. Clean hands in money matters, if you want to stand well among your fellow men. There are honest men who do not pay their debts, but they intended to pay when they made the debt, and would have paid if things had turned out as thl-y expected, and will yet if they can. But the man who goes in debt and does not pay, and don't care whether he pays or not, sinks down io the contempt of society chin deep. He ma)' be smart, polite, witty, finely dressed, still he dresses himself and lives at the ex pense of others, he will be considered a genteel scoundrel. It is a great deal better to suffer for the lack of things and be hon est, than to enjoy and let other folks pay for your enjoyment. Shelhy Sunny-Side. First Gem of the Season. Recognizing the fact that owing to the great abundance mf money at the North, Goods of all kinds will advance. " We sent one of our buyers to the Northern Markets much earlier than usual, and we are pleased to be able to offer to our trade both WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, This Spring supplies, not only much earlier than any other house, but also at least from 10 to 20 per cent lower than if we were to buy them now. Our Spring Stock Is now arriving, and will continue to be supplied with fresh arrivals daily the whole season. Shoes and Boots. Our slock of Shoes and Boots is now complete, and we defy competition in that line. Retail Our retail customers will bear in mind that we have consolidated both of our Houses into what was heretofore our Wholesale House exclusively. WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS. tW Our Retail Store is for Rert Apolv to us. Feb. 16, 1877. W. & R. GROCERIES. 500 BARRELS FLOUR, all grades. 50 Barrels Syrup. 25 Barrels New Orleans Molasses. 50 Half Barrels 75 Kegs 44 20,000 Lbs. Bulk Clear Rib Sides BACON. 25 Bags Coffee. SO Barrels Sugar. All of which we offer at lowest market prices. BURWELL & SPRINGS. Feb. 2, 1877. Fresh Arrivals. I have just received another supply of Groceries, which have been selected expressly to suit our Retail Trade. 1 make it a point to select only re liable goods, such as I can warrant to give satisfac tion. Such as Bacon Sides, Shoulders, Hams, Pure Leaf Lard, Butter, Eirgs, Large Hominy, Grits, Fine New York Cabbage, Mountain Cabbage, Canned Tomatoes, Oysters and Sardines. Goods delivered free to any part of the city. Feb 9, 1877. B. N. SMITH. C. S. HOLTON & CO., Dealeks IX Family Groceries, Canned Goods, CONFECTIONERIES, FRUITS, &c. They have one of the best BAKERS in the country, and are prepared to furnish fresh Bread daily, Cakes, Pies, kc, at short notice. C. S. HOLTON & CO., Jan. 19, 1S77. Opposite the Old Market. DR. S. E. BRATTON Can be found at his residence, or at the Drug Store of Dr. ScarrA Co., when not Professionally engaged. Feb 2,1877. Bagging and Ties. 2 000 TW(? TIIuUSAND BUNDLES OF 500 FIVE Hundred Rolls Bagging, For sale low by Sept. 25, 1876. R, M. MILLER & SONS. The Way Life Insurance Companies Cheat the West and South. Our readers know that we never had much confidence in Life Insurance Companies, and as many ol them are failing, we copy the following article showing how some ol the Yankee Companies have fooled Policy holders in the South and West : From the New York World, Feb. 13th.J Before Referee Butler yesterday, in the Continental Life examination, S. U. Ham mond, an ex-agjent lor the Company, living in Cincinnati, testified: . tiMr L. W. Frost (President of the Con tinental) was in California with me, remain ing there about three months ; I vent there in September, 1875, and remained until f ebruaryj 1876 ; when Mr Frost went there in October, 1875, I was instructed to buy up all the outstanding risks of the Contin ental; I had received from Mr Frost a list, and succeeded in buying nearly all of them, and inducing some ol the other holders to take out new policies; I paid in orders upon II. II. Blake, the coast agent of the Co." "What inducement to sell did you hold to the policy-holders?" asked Mr Moses. "I told them the Company was insolvent those were my instructions from Mr Frost; Mr Frost told me that the Company was in great need of money ; that many of the policies on the Pacific coast would be due in about two years, and they would be un able to pay them ; as an illustration permit me to cite a case ; a party holds an endow ment policy of the Continental Life Insur ance Company; that policy, from the time it was drawn out, has increased in value, so that now it is worth about $3,000; in two years more it will be worth $5,000 ; well, if I represent to the person holding the policy that the Continental is insolvent he will, in all probability, accept my offer for a release 100 or $200; the Continental thus saves nearly the entire amount that they would have to pay when the policy would b come due $4,800, for instance, out of $5,000. If they would not sell, I exchanged 'time' policies tor 'endowments.' A 'lime policy' is one that is drawn out for twenty years. During the first ten years it steadily in creases in value, while during the last ten years it as steadily decreases. My instruc tions were, it I could do no better than to secure a consent to an exchange, to give the policy-holder a 'time policy,' without telling him what the transaction amounted to. The limit that he was allowed to pay on a policy, Mr Hammond said, in accordance with Mr Frost's instructions, was 50 per cent of the reserve due, but this he did rarely, very often paying much less than that. For his services he got $5,000 a year and expenses and a commission ot 10 per cent, making between $20,000 and $40,000." "Did Mr Frost ever tell you how much he made out of this ?" "Well, he used to come to my office and say : 'The Company made so much to-day.' I recollect on one day, when he had made that remark, for he made it on different oc casions, turning to him and asking him, 'Who is the Company ?" He laughed and replied, 'Oh ! myself and my associates,' or words similar in meaning. I was merely an Agent of the Company, and obliged conse quently to do whatever I was requested to d. It scared the people terribly. I knew the announcement would create a panic among the policy-holders of the Continental, and so it did ; and I knew at the time that the Company was perfectly solvent, because Mr Frost assured me that all he wanted to do was to relieve the Continental of some of the ricks outstanding against it. The amount oh risks extinguished in California by this plan was fully $2,000,000. Nearly all the policies were drawn in favor of married wo men, and had to be signed by them before I would give an order for the amount. I never saw the persons in whose favor the policies were drawn, but only the persons who had drawn the policies. These latter I induced to bring the policy to the former lor their signatures. I knew this latter course was contrary to the law, but didn't stop to consider that point. I worked to get the policies any way and every way, and 1 got them. Mr Blake objected to buy ing up the policies on account of the small sum which I offered for them, but after a private conveisation with Mr Frost he en tered enthusiastically into the work." Mr Hammond also stated that the value of the policies when he first undertook to buy them up, July, 1874, amounted to more than $2,000,000, and lie succeeded in pull ing it down to $600,000, the Continental thereby saving $1,500,000. The panic which followed his announcement to the Southern policy-holders of the Continental, Mr Ham mond stated, was terrible. On all sides curses and imprecations were hurled against the Continental. The Governor of Alabama had shortly before dismissed the Agent of the Company from the State, and he then came out in a circular, in which he bitterly inveighed against the "freezing" process adopted by the Continental. Mr Hammond affirmed that every Life Insurance Company in this city plays the same trick on its Southern and Western policy-holders when it finds itself in a strait tor money. He had also "frozen" policy holders in Omaha, Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio, but not with such success as in California ami the Southern States. He made the ne gotiations for reinsuring the Continental in the Southern Life Insurance Company of Mobile, although he knew at the time that the latter Company was almost insolvent. "It was none of my business," Mr Hammond said ; "all I had to do was to find some Com pany fool enough to give bonds for the Con tinental." His salary was $7,500 per an num at first, but it was afterwards raised to $10,000. Mr Hammond further testified that it was the intention of the officers of the Continental to send him through the Eastern Slates in Jauuary of the present year. The Opening: of the English Parliament. Curious Proceedings. The following description of how the Par liament ol Great. Britain is opened by the Queen will be interesting io the reader: London, Feb. 10. Thin great world of London felt an unusual thrill of expectation through its milliou hearted bosom lat Thursday morning, the day bet dowu lor the opening of Parliament. When the Mivereigu of these realms delegates the tank of opening Parliament to him of the wool sack, Loudon waits without excitement for the papers to get out their extras contain ing "the Queen's Speech," and there is the end of it. But "the Queen will open Parlia ment in person" that changes everything. The Americau curiosity to see a famous per souage is a feeling entirely different to the Englishman's desire to see the parade of royalty with their well-beloved Queen as the central figure. It calls up the stately traditions of centuries, and in the presence of the fact that a Queeu and Empress is about to open the session something of the majestic pageants of olden times from Nor man William through Plantagenets, Tu dors, Stuarts and Hanoverians floats fasci natingly before the eyes of the Englishman, while the Englishwoman, be she peeress or sewing-girl, delights her heart with a pic ture of the pomp of robes and coronets, silks, jewels and cloth of gold, over which the romauce of the past flings a mellowing splendor From early morning the people, old and young of both sexes, gathered in swarms, such as only London can turn out, in the vicinity of Westminster and Charing Cross and along the Mall in the Park, the route Her Majesty would take from Buckingham Palace to the House ot Lords. Meantime the gorgeous Chamber of the Lords, warm and rich in color as it always is with the sottened light pouring in through the stained glass windows, the grained and fretted roof, the sculptured barons of the Magna Charta frowning solemnly from their niches, the great liescoes of Machise, Horse ly and Dyce at either end ot ihe Chamber, was taking on new and more brilliant tones. By a quarter to one o'clock the chamber was tilled, the peeresses and their lriends covering the benches until the floor of the house looking from the galleries resembled a parterre of the richest hued flowers that horticulturists ever gathered into a single bed, the ladies all being in full dress cos tumes. An hour before the ceremony for which all were wailing, the diplomatic de partment was filled with Ambassadors in brilliant costumes, their breasts starred with decorations. Among the early arrivals were Lord Houghton and the Duke of Westminster, in their peers' robes of scarlet, trimmed with ermine; Deputy Loid Great Cham berlain, Lord Aveland, gorgeous in velvet, embroidered with gold ; the Duke of Rich mond, Lord President ol the Privy Council, in military uniform, as aide-de-camp of the Queen; the Duchess ol Sutherland, in creamy white satin, elaborately trimmed with antique lace and miniver fur. But they came pouring in so fast ami in a stream so brilliant that the eye could scarcely identity one celebrity or queenly beauty betore another swept past. The latest to arrive was the Countess of Dudley, consid ered the handsomest peeress in Great Bri tain a tall, stately and fair creature of some thirty summers, with auburn hair, delicate features and violet eyes. She wore a robe of violet velvet trimmed with Chan tilly lace and bracelets of sapphires and diamonds. Mme. Pierrepoint was noted in a brilliant costume of velvet trimmed with black Chantilly lace and black and scarlet embroidery, and wearing pearls and dia monds at the neck and feathers ol diamonds in the hair. The Chinese Embassy caused a flutter as they entered in their Oriental costume and vermilion-tipped headgear. The bishops, in long sleeves and red velvet gowns, trimmed with white fur, clustered together near the woolsack. The Judges, in their formidable wigs and red gowns, entered in procession, and were seated in front of the woolsack. Next arrived the Lord Chancel lor (Cairns,) in state and ceremoniously, an attendant carrying before him the mace and seals. At two o'clock the door of the Throne Room opened, and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, preceded by heralds, entered, es corting the Princess Alexandra. The Prince wore the uniform of a field marshal under ducal robes and looked like the pic ture of King Henry VIII, burly, waddling and ungraceful. The Princess, beautiful and fair as a lily, showing no trace of Time's fingers, looked bright, gracious and smil ing. She wore cream brocade over cream satin, trimmed with pearl ornaments and diamonds. The entrance of the Princess had been the signal for the ladies to throw aside their fleecy w rap? disclosing an infinite variety of rich and radiant cos tumes. The trumpets sound nearer, the door is again opened, the audience are on their feet and remain standing, and the Queen's pro cession slowly enters. First come pursui vants and heralds, in costumes seeming to be dipped in molten gold. The high officer ot the Court fullow. Then comes B. ojamin Disraeli, as Premier, in his new peer's robes of scarlet, bearing the sword of State; the Duke of Norfolk, hereditary Earl Marshal of England and Premier Duke ; the Mar quis of Winchester, carrying the cap of maintenance, and the Duke of Richmond crown. Then amid a hush, came Victoria, Queen of England and Empress of India, with slow step and pensive air, bowing as she advanced to the throne. Following Her Majesty were the Princesses Louise and Beatrice. When Her Majesty was seated the Princess Louise drew the eimine dra pery of the throne partly about the Queen's feet The Queen's costume was of black velvet trimmed with miniver far, a square neck corsage and long flowing sleeves. - On her head whs a widow' cap surmounted by a diamond crown. Th K!w-noort or "Mountain of Light," that great diamond which has a history almost as old as Chris tianity, which glittered in the turbans of Indian Emperors five centuries ago, -which was more than once a King's ransom, blazed on the imperial boaora, supposed to indicate in its marvelous brilliancy the value of the imperial addition to the Eng lish crown. The Princess Louise was dressed in a garnet velvet, slashed with white satin and trimmed with steel. Soon, with the noise of a rushing tnultitade and the closing of doors, the straggling of hasty members of the lower House for a position at the narrow bar, announces the presence of "the faithful Commons," the scene on their arrival reminding one of unruly school boys scampering out to play. The Lord Chancellor, bending the knee, offers the scroll on which the speech is printed to the Queen, who returns it to the Chancellor. The latter then in a slow, deliberate, loud monotone reads the speech from the Throne. After a short pause the Queen and the audience rise. Then, stepping down, Her Majesty kisses the Princess of Wales and offers her hand to the Prince of Wales, Duke Teck, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Christian, who kiss it. Her Majesty then passes slowly out, and the pageant dissolves into chaos after lasting about a quarter of an hour. , In the meantime the multitude continues in the Palace yard, and the cheering grows maddening as the royal procession goes out. The multitude swarmed all over the bridges, through the streets and parks. Good humor everywhere. The Famine in India. The famine in India is acquiring very serious proportions. It is said that in Bombay there is intense suffering over an area of 54,000 square miles among a popula tion ot nearly 8,000,000 people. The total affected in Madras is 84,700 square miles, with a population of nearly 19,000,000. The Indian Government is doing its best to supply these districts with food, but the difficulties and the expense of the task are appalling, and when the authorities have done their utmost there will certainly be thousands of starving persons who will re ceive no succor. Tt is noteworthy that the British Liberals are commenting with great feverity upon the waste of vast sums upon the foolish demonstration at Delhi, upon the occasion of the proclamation of the Queen as Empress of India, at the very moment when thousands of the Queen s subjects were perishing for lack of bread. ... Who was Cain's Wife? The Rev. C. P. McCarty, who preaches every Sunday in the University Building, Washington Square, New York, as Pastor of what is called the Americau Free Church, endeavored to answer the question of "who was Cain's wife ?" Sunday evening Novem ber 26. He took his text from the fourth chapter of Genesis, and the seventeenth verse. The preacher said that he had se lected the peculiar subject announced at the request of several members of his congre gation. Maintaining that the old theories as to the meaning of the Bible stories bad ceased to be tenable because of the increas ed light of science, he said that the theory held by many as to Cain's wile would also have to be abandoned. "The orthodox tin swer to the question," said he, "is 'perhaps Cain married his sister.' Well, I don't think he did. Now, I am not going to shirk the answering ot this question. I have a theory of our race which others do not be lieve in. Nine out of ten believe that the human race came from one pair. I don't believe it. Do you say that is heretical ? Perhaps it is, but this is not a question to be answered by those who cliug to the old theories. That old theory can never an swer it. In the first place, Cain could not have married his sister when he departed to the land of Nod, because he had no sis ter. When Seth was born Adam was only one hundred and thirty years old, a very young man for those days, and Seth was his third child. There is no mention of daugh ters. In the second place, Cain departed to a country where there were people, and he feared these people would slay him because of his crime, and the Lord recognized the reality of this danger and set a mark on him that he might be saved. The Bible no where states that there were only two peo ple originally created. Adam was the gen eric name for human race, and male and female created he them. Do you believe that negroes and Chinese arc the descend ants of the same progenitors with ourselves? I don't. Cain went over to the land of Nod, and there became the chief of a race -which he found there. He built a city. He could not have done this alone. This, then, must be ray answer to the question : there were races of people upon the earth at the time Cain was driven out a vagabond, and from this race Cain took his wife." The preacher dwelt at considerable length on the lessons to be drawn from the lite of Cain, and exhorted all to avoid the little sins, for even Cain did not become a mur derer all at once, but was led up to that great crime by envy and jealous feeling. Washington Chronicle. The Wolf at the Dooe in Russia. When the cry of "WolfP is heard in the government of Sa rat off, Russia, it means something. During the last two years the wolves there have devoured, according to the official returns, 11,000 horse, 10,000 horned cattle, 33,000 sheep, 5,000 swine, 1,000 dogs and 18,000 fowls. They have also, during the same period, attacked sixty-eight persons, devouring two on the spot, and inflicting latal wounds on twelve others.
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