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CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1877.
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Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
I las on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE
DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs,
Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined
o sell at the very lowest prices.
Jan 1, 1875.
F. SCARE. & CO.,
Chemists and Druggists,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Prescriptions prepared at all hours of the
Day and Night.
Keep constantly on hand all kinds of Drugs, Medi
cines, Paints, Oilsv Dye Stuffs, Spices, Green and
Bbtck Tea, fcc, Ac.
Jan. 1, 1876.
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
'dors his professional services to the citizens of
( iiarlotte and (surrounding country. All calls, both
i.urht and day, promptly attended to.
"office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the
( harlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1, 1873.
K. I. OSBORNE. W. C. MAXWELL.
OSBORNE & MAXWELL,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office over Ilarty's Crockery Store, near the
Court House.
Particular attention given to Collections, Settle
ment of Estates and Partition of Land and Convey
ancing. Nov. 1, 1876 ly
DR. W. H. HOFFMAN,
Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office over A. R. Nisbet & Bro's Store, Trade
Street.
Feb. 8,187 5.
W. F. COOK,
Trade Street, on North Carolina Railroad,
Charlotte, N. C,
Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS and all kinds of
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
All orders promptly attended to.
Jan. 1, 1872.
R. M. MILLER & SONS,
Commission Merchants,
and
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Provisions and Groceries,
College Street, Charlotte, 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.
Walter Brem & Martin,
Dealers in
HARDWARE,
AND
Agricultural Implements, &c,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Jan. 1, 1876.
W. M. CROWELL,
Commission Merchant,
And dealer in Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars and all
kinds of : Country Produce, : (opposite Sanders &
Blackwood's' Cotton Warehouse,)
College Street, Charlotte, N. C.
July 31, 1876.
HOTEL!
The Central Hotel,
CHARLOTTE, M. 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.
Tehms $3 00, $2.50 and $2 00 per day, accord
ing to location of Room.
II. C. ECCLES, Proprietor.
Feb. 2, 1877.
j. Mclaughlin,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Groceries, Provisions, &c,
College Street, Charlotte, N. C,
Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash,
and buys Country Produce at
highest market price.
tW Cotton and other country Produce sold on
commission and prompt returns made.
D. M. RIGLER,
Charlotte, N. C.
Dealer in Confectioneries, Fruits, Canned Goods,
Crackers, Bread, Cakes, Pickles, &c.
tST Cakes baked to order at short notice.
Jan. 1, 1877.
B. N, SMITH,
Dealer in Groceries and Family Provisions of all
sorts,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Consignments of Produce solicited, and prompt
returns made.,.'
Families cau find anything at my Store in the
Grocery line to cat, includim fresh meat
Jan. 1, 1877.
Central Hotel
BARBER SHOP.
GRAY TOOLE, Proprietor, keeps the best
workmen employed, .and guarantees pleasure and
aatisfaction to customers.
Shop immediately in fear of Hotel office.
June 8, 1877.
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BLUE STONE!
Blue Stone I!
A full supply of Blue Stone at
SCARR & COS
Oct. 26, 1877. Drug Store.
Lands for Sale, Rent, &c.
VALUABLE HEAL
For Sale.
ESTATE
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
jueciiienourg county, we will sell at the Court
House door, in Charlotte, JS. C, on Monday, De
cember z-iin, tne tollowing- valuable City Property
and Lands, situated as hereatter described :
Part of LOTS 920 and 921, with a 3-room house ;
Lot 919, which has a 5-room house ; Lots 918 and
856. Two unnumbered Lots, one of which has a
d-room house on it. All theabovt- is in Square 107.
Part of Square 106, beginning at Stenhouse &
Macaulay's corner, running 246 feet on Myers
street to aixui btreet, thence with Sixth Street
253 ft-et to W. A. Williams' line, then 261 feet
with W. A. William's line to Stenhouse & Macau
lay's line, and with that line 227 feet to the begin
ning on Myers Street, containing two acres, more
or less.
All the above is City Property, and very valua
ble, lying in close proximity to the business por
tion of the city.
One Tract of LAND known as part of the S W.
Davis place, lying three miles Southwest of Char
lotte, on Big Sugar Creek, and near the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad. This property con
tains 109J Acres, more or less, and is good Farm
ing Land, joining B. F. Smith, R. li. Rea, and
others.
Plats of the above property can be found at any
time at the Store of Walter Brem & Martin, and
the undersigned will be pleased to bhow parties
wishing to purchase.
Terms of Sale. The following terms must be
complied with : Ten per cent of the amount of
sale must be paid in cash, and the remainder upon
a credit of six and twelve months, in equal pay
ments ; Notes with approved security required,
with interest from date of sale at eight per cent
per annum. Title reserved till last payment is
made. T. L. ALEXANDER,
WALTER BUEM.
Executors of T. II. Brem, deceased.
Nov. 23, 1877 5w
POSITIVE SALE.
By virtue of a power of sale contained in a Mort
gage executed to me by T. W. Sparrow, M. L.
Sparrow, J. S. Sparrow and II. D. Sparrow, duly
registered in Mecklenburg county, I will sell at
Public Auction on the premises, at Davidson Col
lege, on Wednesday 19th day of December, 1877,
that valuable Tract of Land, containing 53 acres,
on which is situated an excellent Dwelling House,
now occupied by the said T. VV. Sparrow and
family, together with all other necessary out
buildings. Sale positive.
G. F. SHEPHERD,
Nov. 16, 1877. 4wpd
Mortijatiee.
GOLD MINES
For Sale.
By Virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of
Union county, made at the Fall Term, 1877, 1 will
proceed to sell on Monday the 7th of January, 1878,
at the Court House in the town of Monroe, the fol
lowing valuable MINING PROPERTY, belong
ing to the Estate of Hugh Downing, dee'd, viz. :
The Stewart Gold Mine, Machinery, and all the
Fixtures belonging thereto, lying on the waters of
Goose Creek, containing 495 acres.
Also, the Fox Hill Gold Mine, lying on the waters
of Goose Creek, containing 195 acres.
Also, the Lemmond Gold Mine, lying on the
waters of Goose Creek, containing 734 acres.
And also one other Tract known as the Long
Gold Mine, lying on the waters of Duck Creek,
containing 50 acres.
The aforesaid property is valuable for mining
and farming purposes ; also, a fine mill site on one
of the Tracts.
Terms 10 per cent cash ; balance on a credit of
six months, with bond and approved security ; no
title to pas3 to the purchaser until all the purchase
money is paid.
G. W. FLOW,
Nov. 16, 1877 7w Commissioner.
SALE OF
CITY PROPERTY.
By virtue of authority granted to me by Jo. W.
Wilson and wife, by Mortgage, dated March 13th,
1875, 1 will sell at public auction for cash, at the
Court House in Charlotte, N. C, on Monday, De
cember 10th, 1877, at 12 o'clock, M., that LOT in
the City of Charlotte on which said Wilson resides,
corner 7th and D Streets, fronting 99 feet and run
ning back 198 feet towards 8th Street, on which is
a two-story Dwelling House, and also a Brick
Kitchen, Well, and other improvements.
Sale positive. S. P. ALEXANDER.
Nov. 9, 1877 5vvpd Mortgagee.
Trustee's Sale.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed by Dela
ware Banks and wife, (colored,) on the 17th day of
August, 1876, and duly registered, I will sell at
Auction, at the Court House door in Charlotte, on
Monday the 10th day of December, 1877, for the
purposes specified in said Trust, the property em
braced therein, being the HOUSE and LOT where
the said Delaware Banks and wife reside, on Hill
Street, in the Citv of Charlotte. Terms, Cash.
J. A. McLURE,
Nov. 9, 1877 5w Agent for Trustee.
Trustee's Sale.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust made to me by
Irwin Alexander, (colored,) dated the 7th day of
February, 1877, and duly registered, I will expose
to public sale, at the Court House door in Charlotte,
on Monday the 10th day of December, 1877, a Tract
of LAND containing 47 Acres, adjoining the
lands of Elam Robinson and others.
Also, at the same time and place, a mare MULE
will be sold in accordance with the provisions of
said Trust. Terms, Cash.
J. A. McLURE,
Nov. 9, 1877 5w Trustee.
Mortgage Sale.
By virtue of a Mortgage made to J. W. Wads
worth by Ephraim Potts and wife Hannah,(colored,)
dated February 2, 1877, 1 will sell at public sale, at
the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday the
10th day of December, 1877, a HOUSE and LOT
in Charlotte in Square 79, bounded by 1st and D
Streets. Also, one black mare MULE 4 years old.
Terms, Cash. ,
J. A. McLURE,
Nov. 9, 1877 5w Agent for Mortgagee
Mortgage Sale.
In accordance with the provisions of a Mortgage
made to J. W. Wadsworth by John Parks and
Frank Parks, dated the 15th day of February,
1875, I will sell at the Court House door in Char
lotte, on Mondav the 10th day of Decembei, 1877,
a certain LOT and parcel of LAND situated near
the boundary of Charlotte, near the corner of the
Old Fair Grounds, fronting the road leading from
Church Street. Terms, Cash.
J. A. McLURE,
Nov. 9, 1877 5w Agent for Mortgagee.
FOR SALE.
I offer for sale on Monday, the 3d day of Decem
ber, a valuable PLANTATION, containing 163
Acres of Land. A large Brick House, and all neces
sary out buildings. It lies 2 miles east of Char
lotte, and is known as the Dr. Gibbon Place
J. T. A. DA IS.
Oct. 26,1877 6w
Professional Men.
The professional ranks are well filled
Our young men as they grow up catch the
contagion and early begin to survey the
held, lhev want a profession, not so much
for the pecuniary benefit they are to derive
irorn it, or the service they may render so
eiety, as the personal promotion it may af
ford. W e have long felt that the honors
a'taching to the profession of law or medi
cine are more imaginary than real. A few
men of distinction have made these profes
sions honorable, as is the case in nearly all
the professions of life, but the great majori
ty ot those who choose a j)rofessional life
fall vastly short of the laurels which are
worn by the few. To be a lawyer or doctor
in name is a cheat a base traud but to
be either in reality is an honor. If our
yountf men, in choosing a professional life,
wrould keep this fact before them, they
would not so hastily reach a conclusion.
Let any boy, of ordinary mind and acquire
ments, determine to enter either of the pro
fessions mentioned, and he as soon begins
to put on airs simultaneously begins to
flourish his cold headed cane in the air, and
with his hat placed on his head obliquely,
lie lights his cigar and promenades the
streets as though he was lord of creation.
That he may be fully initiated in the pro
fession he has chosen, he fains to be'ieve he
must take, now and then, a social drink,
treat his comrades and join them in a game
of cards, &c. Thus hundreds enter a pro
fession and at the same time start in the
downwaid road to ruin. Intellect, though
bright at the outset, has lost its light and
the soul has become dwarfed. Such cashes
are indeed pitiable and their presence in the
family circle always produces unhappim ss
and too often leaves a sting which time mav
CD
never extract.
What the country needs, and what we
would n uv earnestly insist upon, is young
men of brain, nerve and musclo,and all these
sanctified by divine grace. We have the
brai i, and to sonic extent the muscle, but
are sadly deficient in nerve and moral cour
age. Let our parents take a calm and con
siderate view of this question, and not hurry
their sons through college and to the bar
or the practice of medicine. Lawyers and
doctors are useful and we cannot do with
out them, but the crop at present is abun
dant the demand in number is fully met.
We need tillers of the soil. We undertake
to say that there is as much honor in being
a successful farmer as there is in being a
professional gentleman. But, says one,
"any man can cultivate the soil it does not
require brilliancy of intellect or mental cul
ture to cultivate the ground." We think
differently we can scarcely think of any
occupation which men follow which requires
more head work (and the best kind of
head work) than that of the farmer. I he
proper kind of head work is as important as
manual labor.
What we wish to say to our young men,
and we would say it with special emphasis,
is this do not be in too great haste to em
bark in a proiession. 1 ou had better take
time to consider the subject well. A mis
take made in early manhood is not easily
corrected, and too often proves fatal. Ral
eigh Christian Advocate.
REMOVAL.
I have removed my Store from No. 2 Granite
Row, to second door North of Trade Street, next to
Dr. Scarr s, into the Store with Mr E. J. Allen,
Jeweler, where I shall be pleased to see my former
customers and the public. 1 shall enlarge my
Stock of Books and keep a full line of Stationery
and Notions.
Oct. 12, 1877. J. K. PUREFOY.
Hardware at Walter Brem's.
All parties wanting Hardware for Cash will do
well to call on us. as we will sell lower for Cash at
Retail than any house in the city.
We have a large, lull stock of Goods, and are
determined to sell. All we want is an opportunity.
Satisfaction is guaranteed. Call on us.
WALTER BUEM 5r MAK TIM.
Farmers !
Don't forget us. We will save you money by buy
ing of us.
WAETEli BKEjI JHAK1TM.
We have everv'thing a Mechanic needs low
for Cash.
WALTER BREM & MARTIN.
Oct. 5, 1877.
REMOVAL.
W. B. TAYLOR has removed his Lock and
Gun-Smith and Repairing Shop to the wooden
building next to Brem, Brown & Co s Hardware
Store. Give him a call.
Nov. 1G, 1877.
Notice to Farmers.
1,000 Bushels choice Seed Oats,
20,000 Pounds Wheat Bran,
200 Bales Timothy Hay,
200 Barrels Indian Rock (Va.) Lime,
100 " Calcined Plaster,
100 " Rosendale Cement,
100 " Novia Scotia Land Plaster.
W. W. WARD.
Sept. 28. 1877.
Seed Wheat and Oats,
At JAMES F. JOHNSTON'S.
Wagons ! Wagons ! !
Another Car Load of the celebrated White Water
Wagons, at reduced prices.
JAMES F. JOIIXSTON.
Open and Top Buggies,
At reduced prices.
JAMES F. JOHNSTON,
Opera House Building, Charlotte, N. C.
Nov. 16, 1877 3w
Just Received at the
RISING SUN,
Fresh Goshen Butter, Fresh Northern Apples,
Vrph Or.inces. Fresh Malaga Grapes.
Fresh Cheese, Fresh Lemons, &c, &c. j
And a general supply of Groceries.
Fresh Horae-Made Candy always on hand, and
fresh Bread and Cakes every dav.
C. S. HOLTON.
Oct. 5, 1877.
Treasures under the Sea.
An expedition is now preparing at New
York for an errand of rare romance in this
prosaic time. Its object is to search, with
ail the appliances of modern science, for
some of the "unsunned heaps" of jewels
with which centuries of war and wreck are
supposed to have strewed the bottom of the
Spanish main. One of the most gorgeous
of the authentic tales oi thi enchanted re
gion is that of the los in 1815 of the Span
ish treasure ship San Pedro Alcantara with
over $6,000,000 in gold, silver and precious
stones, on the Venezuelan shore. This ves
sel had be.n sent by King Ferdinand VII
to convey some provision-ships for the fleet
engaged in subjugating to Spanish rule the
S'ates along the South shore of the Carib
bean ea. There were 1.300 men on board,
and the chests contained $3,000,000 in silver.
Oh reaching Caraccan, a revolution was
found in prog-ess, and the Spanish citizens
hastened to put th. ir property ou board the
San Pedro. The gold alone amounting to
$1,000,000, and the jewels probably to as
much again, and this vat treasure was in
creased by more than a- much more by a
descmt on some of the revolted towns on
the coa-t, and the carrying away of all th?
weahh thein-atiate marines could lay their
hands on. The acquisition of these riches
completely turned the heads of the Span
iards, and otlicers, soldiers and sailors pre
pared to celebrate their fortune by a grand
debauch. In the midst -d their reveiry the
cry of "fire" was heard. The drunken mob,
tighiing desperately forth- life boats, made
no effort to save the treasure r to check
the flames which soon reach- d the p wder
magazine, and the huge three-decker was
instantly blown to fraguu nts, almos. all the
lis es destroy nd, and the untold wealth of
metals i.nd jewe's s.rewn over the bottom
of the sea. ftince that day one of the favor
ite undertakings of marine adventurers has
been to raise the treasures of the San Pedro
Alcantan. The attempts hae all failed
irom varieties of causes, chiefly the inade
quacy of diving and dredging apparatus to
w ork effectively at ttie dep-.h of over 00 feet
in which the vessel lit s. Perhaps 8500,000
in all have be n recovered, wh-chis but a
small proportion of the millions which un
doubtedly repose there among the sands.
The present expedition, however, which
will start during the coming month, has
Lrood assurance of success, as Capt. I. II.
Folinnsbee, oi San PVancisCo, the projector,
has supplied himself with drags and dredges
of the most improved pattern, and which
his experience has shown him are entirely
adequate for the purpose. lie believes that
the chests of gold were i ssed by the ex
plosion to a greater distance from the vessel
than other explorers have searched, and
have sunk deeper in the sand than their in
struments could p-netrate. He has obtain
ed permission of ihe Venezuelan Govt rn-
ment to search for the treasure for six years
m consideration of the payment of 5 per
cent on all sums recovered, and as he can
examine minutely all the ground necessary
in eiir'it months, he statts out wnth the con
fident expectation of returning within a
year possessor of ail the unvalued wealth of
the ill-fated ijalleon.
Our Boys.
Teach them self reliance : teach them to
m ke fires; teach them how to saw and
split wood; teach them every day. dry,
hard, practical common sense; teach them
how to darn stockings; teach them how to
eat w hat is set before th m and be thank
ful; teach them how to black their boots
and take proper care of their clothing;
leach them how to ay no, and mean it, ami
yes, and stick to it; teach them to wear
their working clothes like kings; teach
them that ste idy habits ar- better than riot
ous living; teach them that the further one
goes bevond his income the nearer he gets
to th - poor houe; t- ach them not to have
anything to do with intemperate and iisso
lute young men, or with idle or frivolous
young women.
Huxtixg ox Sunday. Many p rsons
hunt and fish on Sunday, forgetting that
the Lord has said rerat tub r the Sabbath
day to keep b holy ; and n't only this, the
laws of North Carolina forbid it, as will be
seen by reading se tin 117 of chapter 32,
Battle's Kevisd, which is as follows:
"If any person or persons whomsoever
shall be known t hunt in this Sta e on the
Sabbath with a dog or dogs, or shall be
found off of th'-ir premises on the Sabbath,
having with him or them a shot gun, rifle or
pistol, he or they shall be subject to in
dictment ; and, upon conviction shall pay a
fine not to exceed fifty dollars at the discre
tion of the Court, two-thirds of such fine
to enure to the benefit of the free public
schools in the county of which such convict
is a resident, the remainder to the in
formant." Grape Vines.
The subscriber has a fine lot of .well rooted Grape
Vines for sale near Charlotte, embracing all the
varieties suitable for our country and climate.
Price $10 per hundred, or $1.50 per dozen. All
orders promptly attended to, and delivered in
Charlotte if required.
DANIEL ASBURY.
Nov. 23, 1877.
NOTICE
The creditors of JOHN W. HUNTER, included
in a Mortgage made to me July 23d, 1677, are re
quested to present their claims to me by the 1st day
of December next, for their pro rata share of the
proceeds from sale of the Land of said Hunter.
j. Mclaughlin,
Nov. 23, 1S77
Mortgagee.
W. C. Reid,
Formerly with G. W. Chalk & Co., is now with W.
M. CROWELL, and would like to have all his
friends and former customer to give him a call be
fore they buy their Groceries, Provisions, Tobacco,
Grain, 5cc.
College Street, Sanders fe Blackwood's Build
ing, next door to J. W. Hall & Co.
Charlotte, N. CM Nov. 23, 1877.
Transient Troubles.
Most of us have had troubles all our lives,
and each day has brought.all the evil that
we wished to endure, lint if we wery 'asked
to recount the sorrows' of our lives, how
many could we remember?- How many
that are six months old 'should we think
worthy to be remembered " or mentioned?
To-dy's troubles look , large, but a week
hence they will be forgotten and buried out
of sight. .
If you would keep a book, and every day
put down the things that worry you, and
see what becomes of them, it would be a
benefit to you. You allow a thing to annoy
you, just as you allow a fly to settle on you
and plague you ; and you lose your temper
(or rather get it ; for when nu n are sur
charged with temper they are said to have
lost it) and youjustify yourselves for being
thrown off your balance- by causes which
you do not trace out. But if you would see
what it was that threw you off your balance
before breakfast, and put it down in a little
book, and follow it out, and ascertain what
becomes of it, you would see what a fool
you were in the matter.
The art of forgetting is a blessed art, but
the art of overlooking is quite as import
ant. And if we should take time to write
down the origin, progress, and outcome
of a few of our troubles, it would m ike
us so ashamed of the fuss we make over
them, iliat we should be glad to drop such
things and bury them at once in eternal for
getfulness. Life is too short to I e worn out in petty
worries, fretting, hatreds, and vexations.
Let us banish all these, and think on what
soever things are pure, and lovely, and
gentle, and of good teport.
Advantages of Fresh Air.
Kosseau expresses a belief lhat any man,
who has preserved his native temperance
for the first twentv-five. Years, will after
ward be pretty nearly proof against temp
tation, because very unnatural habits can
only be acquired while our tastes have the
pliancy of immaturity, and I think the
same holds good of the troglodyte habit;
no one who has nassed twentv or twentv-
live years in open air can be bribed very j
easily to exchange oxygen lor miasma.
Shamvl-ben-IIaddin, the Circassian hero
chieftain, who was captured by the lius
sians in the winter oi 1801, was carried to
Novgorod and imprisoned in an aputment
of the city armory, which resembled a com
fortable bed-chamber rather than a dun
geon, and was otherwise treated with more
kindness than the Russians are wont to
show their piisoners, as the government
hoped to use his influence for political pur
poses. But a week after his arrival in Nov
gorod the captive mountaineer demanded
an interview with the commander of the ar
mory, and offered to resign his liberal ra
tions and subsist on cabbage-soup like the
private soldiers of his guard, and also to
surrender some valuables he had concealed
on his person, on condition, that they would
permit him to sleep in open air. One more
week of such nausea and headache as the
confinement in a closed room had caused
him, would force him to commit suicide, he
said, and, if his request was refused, God
would charge the guilt of the deed on his
tormentors. After taking due precautions
against all possibility of escape, they per
mitted him to sleep on the platform in front
of the guard-house; and Col. Darapski, the
commander of the city, informed his govern
ment in the following spring that the health
and general behavior of his prisoner were
excellent but he had slept in open air every
one of the last hundred nights, with no
covering but his own worn-out mantle, and
a woollen cap he had purchased from a sol
dier of the guard to keep his turban hom
getting soiled by mud and rain.
Gen. Sam Houston, the liberator of Texas,
who had exiled himself from his native
State in early manhood, and passed long
years, not as a captive, but as a voluntary
companion of the Cherokee Indians, was
ever afterward unable to prolong his pres
ence in a crowded hall or ill-ventilated room
from beyond ten or twelve minutes, and de
scribed his sensation on entering such a
locality as one of uneasiness, increasing to
positive alarm, such as a mouse may be
supposed to feel under an air-pump.
Wintering Bees. Having had over a
quarter of a century of experience in the
care of bees, and not having been out of
honey for over thirty years, I will give to
the leaders of our paper my manner for
Wintering bees. Place the hives on a cov
ered platform, near together, about two
feet from the ground, in a dry place; then
bore fine holes in ihe top of the hives, for
venti'ation (five-eight bitt is about the size.)
Then place boxes two-thirds filled with dry
straw to absorb the moisture from the bees
and prevent freezing. Pack dry straw
around the hives, to keep as even a tem
perature as possible. Give plenty of air at
the entrance of the hive, but guard against
mice. Place a board, edge raised, in front
of the entrance, to prevent the snow from
drifting in; examine often, and keep the
passage clear from snow, ice, and dead bees,
to prevent smothering. Mild days in Win
ter, if the bees incline to move, raise the
hive a little, and remove all dead bees and
dirt from the bottom board, and if it is dry
your bees are all right if plenty of honey.
It is not extreme cold weather that causes
bees to perish, but sudden change and a
contiuuition of cold.
i
2f The Governors of Tennessee, Ala
bama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio have
united in publishing a call for a Convention
to be held in Chattanooga, on the 5th of
December, 1877, for the purpose of making
an effective appeal to Congress for an im
mediate and sufficient appropriation to se
cure the completion of the improvement of
the Tennessee River, especially at Muscle
Shoals, in the shortest possible time.
, f . ThieYea in ffotels.
! - "Steal H- .said the old man in accehts of
intense scorn. "Steal ! i r.Whyj you'; would "
be astonished to find how. i large a i proper-i
tion of the traveling public are- infernal '
thieves. They, steal the .bed-clothibg tpftr
lows, boot-jacks, soap,' soap dUhes-very-J
thing, in fact, which they caii . carry! jbff
Everybody Bteals soap. . We expect that :
and don't kick. You'd be surprised 5to bear
that - (l noted Indiana politician) tnak?;
a practice of putting the soap into hisrvalise t
every time he pays his bill, lie doesn't f
seem to use much of it himself, but L think
he takes it home to his children. ' m n.0;i.V
The first 'thing to be done when fellow ?
comes to the office to pay his bill is to shd I
the porter up to his room to see if . anything ;
is missing. When a fellow conies V down '
with his valise iu his hand we are unusually
auspicious. The only way to get even with .
the thieves is to keep a 'thief . account.', .
Whenever anything is missed I charge it
up at a fair value, and the next time I catch ,
a thief in the act I make him pay . the entire
amount or go to jail. It,
One day a nice-looking fellow tamo down
with a valise in his hand, and inquired-thc
amount of his bill. The minute I saw; him
I knew he had stolen something, so I rang
the bell and gave the porter the wiukt ...
pottered about the books while the porter
was gone, and I could see-jhe was getting
uneasy. He had a notion to boU, but, ;just
then the porter came down, and I say by
his eye that something was missing. I
jumped over the counter and grabbed the
rasial by the throat. 'Open that valise,
you d n thief, says I. lie got very white
about the gills, and began to beg. Vf hen
the valise was opened, sure enough -there
was a new bed-spread, for which I had paid
five dollars. 'Bill, says I, 'bring me the
thief account.' I footed it up, and it
amounted to just fifty-six dollars. :'5Tou
pay that,' says I, 'or go to jail.' He thought
it was hard to have to pay for other men,'s
stealings, but on the whole concluded it
was cheaper than going to the penitentiary.
Compounding a felony ? Well, yes, , it did
have that complexion. But maybe it nip
ped a thief in the bud."
The girls are generally honest, though
once in a while wre catch one of them. , ,0ue
time there was an internal tree pccldler
stopped with us, and he had a black. tatn
vest, stolen. I paid him five dollars for" it.
He described it very accurately. There
was a yellow spot on the collar, where he
had dropped some acid on it, and his name .
in full was written on the leather with which
it was bound at the bottom. I suspected
the giil Mary. We watched her for a week
or two, and concluded we were mistaken,
when one day a fellow came in with'a black
satin vest, and there was a round yellow
spot on the corner. It was Mary's sweet
heart. I collared him, jerked up the vest,
and found the name of the tree peddler on 1
the leather. He owned up that Mary had
stolen the vest and given it to him. At
that time the thief account was only seven
dollars, and so he got off cheap.
How to be Handsome.
Most people would like to be handsome.
Nobody denies the great power which any
person may have who has a handsome face .
and attracts you by good looks, even before
a word has been spoken. And we see all .
sorts of devices in men and women to im
prove their looks.
Now, all cannot have good features they
are as God made them but almost any one
can look well, especially with good health.
It is hard to give rules in a very short space,
but in brief these will do: . .
Keep clean wash freely. All the skin
wants is leave to act freely, and it takes
care of itself. Its thousands of air-holes
must not be closed.
Eat regularly, and sleep enough not too
much. The stomach can no more work all
the time, night and day, than a horse. It
must have regular work and rest.
Good teeth are a help to good looks.
Brush them with a soft brush, especially at-
night. Go to bed with cleansed teeth. . Of r
course t have white teeth it is needful to. '
let tobacco alone. All women kmrw thaU
Washes for the teeth should be very simple..
Acid may whiten the teeth, but it takes off
the enamel and injures them.
Sleep in a cool room, in pure air. No one
can have a cleanly skin who breathes bad
air. But more than all, in order to look
well, wake up mind and oul.
When the mind is awake, the dull, sleepy
look passes away from the eyes. I do not
know that the brain expands, but it seems
so. Think, and read, not trashy novels, but
books and papers that have something in '
them. :
Men say they cannot afford books, and
sometimes do not even pay for a newspaper.
In that case it does them little good, they
feel so mean while reading them. But men "
can afford what they really choose. ; If all
the money spent in self-indulgence, in hurt- .
ful indulgence, was spent in books or papers '
for self-improvement, we should see a change.
Men would grow handsome, and women too.
The soul would shine out through the eyes. '
We were not meant to be mere anhnals.
Let us have books and read them, and ser-'
mons and heed them. ' '
,
A remarkable election took place in , ;
Richland county, South Carolina, on "the ,,
20th inst. The Capital of the State is situa-; '
ted in this county ; and hitherto the Repub
licanshave controlled it easily. But at this "tft
last election the Democratic . candidates,,
were elected unanimously. Thercv was;,,,,
no opposition at all. The "era o(?,good..fj
feeling" seems to be a reality in Hampton's .
domain. The Republican party is nom'ore ,
ZST A Nebraska Judge decided to gW. f
a horse thief one more, chance to; refornjj u ,
As the fellow left the neighborhood. ..
gin a newer and better life he took: along
the Judge's horse to help him