? 1 t IV. J. YATES, Editob and Pkopbiktob. Terms of Subscription $2, 00, m advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1878. TWENTY-SHjni 70LMIE- NtllBER 1333. !'! ! z' i4i I i ix n : , . . r THE . ... , - Char 1 ot t e D e in 6 c r a t , ' ' ;i " ' PUBLISHED BV ' ' WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor o Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. o Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates, or in accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will te charged for at advertising rates. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale, and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS, Chemicals,' Patent Medicine, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy ami Toilet Articles, which he i determined to sell at the very lowe&t prices. Jan 1, 1875. J. P. McCombs, M. D., Offers his professional services to tin: citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C All calls promptly answered day and night. Office over Trade rs' National Bank Residence opposite W. R. Mvers'. Jan. 18, 1878. doctor D. STUART LYON, Charlotte, N. C. Office with Dr. Battle, over Dr. McAdeu's Drug Store. (Residence at Rev. Theo. Whitfield's.) Calls from City and country will receive prompt attention. April 19, 1878 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. ' Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15, 1878. ' ' ' Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. E. J. ALLEN, Near Irwin's corner, Trade Street,! Charlotte, N. C, PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER, Pg Repairing of Jewelry, "Watches and Clocks done at short notice and moderate prices. April 17, 1876. y 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. j, Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, College Steeet, Charlotte, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. J35T Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. D. M. RIGLER Charlotte, N. C. lleajar in Donfeptipnerjes, Fruits, Canned Goods, Crackers, Bread, Cakes, Pickles, (fee. 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 can find anything at my Store in the Grocery line to cat, including fresh meats. Jan. 1,1877. . 8. fiUBWgLL. 1878. K. B- SPRINGS BURWELL & SPRINGS, Grocers and Commission Merchants, Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 4, 1878. LEWIN W. BARRINGER, (Son of the late Hon. D. M. Barringer of N. C.,) Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 436. Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA Prompt attention to all legal business. Best references given as to legal ana financial responsi bility. Commissioner for North Carolina. References. Chief justice W. N. H. Smith; Raleigh National Bank ; 1st National Bank, Char lotte ; Merchants and Farmers National Bank. March 15, 1878 ly-pd . , . OT. RICHARP B EWIS, Raleigh, N. p. (Late Prqfessor p,f Diseases of the Eye and Ear in the Savannah Medical College,) Practice Limited to the EYE and ?AB, Refers to the State Medical Society and to the Georgia Medical Society. Pet. 12, 1877, .,ry . . .. , TAILORING. Jqhn VogelV Practical Tailor, Respectfully Informs the citiTcns of Charlotte and surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu &tUe'gentlpmatf s clothing n the West style and &t short notice. His best exertions will be iven to render satisfaction to those who patronize him. Shop opposite old Charlotte Hotel. January 1,1877. Glass. 800 Boxes American Window Glass, at lowest prices. ' ' - WILSON & BURWELL. May 3, 1878. C31f An affable gentleman entered the Bank of Jacksonville, Fla., recently and engaged the Cashier in conversation, loudly bewailing the sad state of the country. Meanwhile a confederate slipped in, stole $7,500 from the safe, and escaped. WARM SPRINGS. Western North Carolina. Is now open for the reception of pleasure seekers and invalids. This delightful plaee is situated in the beautiful Valley of the French Broad, within' eight miles of Railroad. We have a fine Band of Musk:, attentive Servants, and all accommodations to be found at a first-class watering place. The Bath:Hpuse has recently been remodeled and now has all the modern improvements, such as Tub, 8howel and Plunge Baths, hot or eold,- r any tem perature that may be desired. Excursion Tickets will be sold to Warm Springs and return from the places named below at the fol lowing rates, viz : Via Saluburv Via Danville, Lynchburg & Morrvstown. $33 GO 30 Go 25 80 26 85 28 70 From and Asliecille. $30 95 28 00 23 15 Goldsboro, N. C, Raleigh, Greensboro, Salisbury, Charlotte, " j 22 90 Excursion Tickets will also be sold to Warm Springs at all of the principal Cities iu the United States. For further pamphlet. particulars apply for descriptive W. Gw II. HOWERTON, Proprietor. May 17, 1878 "Down by the Sea" Season of 1878. OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, Beaufort, N. C, GEORGE W. CHARLOTTE, Proprietor, (Late Proprietor of Atlantic ITovse,) Was opened for the reception of guests on the first day of May, 1878. The above Hotel is situated immediately on the water front, in the business centre of the town and offers special inducements to commercial travelers, and has a view from its promenade on the roof un surpassed by any other building in the town. BALL ROOM. This Hotel has a splendid Ball Room attached, and a Band of Music has been en gaged for the entire season, BATHING HOUSES. Commodious Bathing Houses have been erected on shore and beach, for the benefit of the patrons of this Hotel. CROQUET GROUND. For those who delight in this innocent amusement, provision has been made. BOATS. Fast sailing and well managed Boats will be in readiness at all hours to convey passen gers about the harbor, and will connect with all trains. The United States mail boat lands and sails from the Hotel wharf. FISHING. Beaufort offers superior advantages to those who delight in catching the finny tribe. THE TABLE will always be furnished with the best that this and the adjoining markets afford. THE SERVANTS will be required to be polite THIS HOTEL will be second to none. REDUCTION IN BOARD. Per Day $1.50 ; per Month $30.00. Beaufort, May 17, 1878. tf SPARKLING Catawba Springs, Catawba County, N. C. This desirable watering place will be open for select visitors 20th May, 1878. The Springs are situated near Hickory Station, on the Western North Carolina Railroad. The bracing mountain atmosphere, with the health restoring properties of their waters, renders these Springs a most desirable resort for invalids and pleasure seekers. The mineral waters embrace blue and white Sul phur and Chalybeate. It is the best and most ex tensively fitted up watering place in the State, and can accommodate three hundred persons. A good band of music will remain at the Springs during the season, and all the facilities afforded for amusements usually found at first-class watering places will be offered to visitors. A good supply of ice constantly on band. Conveyances will meet the trains daily at Hickory Station to convey visitors to the Springs. Board: $35 per month of 28 days; $12 per week ; $2 per day. Half price for children and colored servants, and liberal deduction for families. Dr. E. O. ELLIOTT, May 8, 1878 2m Owner and Proprietor. BUYERS OP DRY GOODS, Ready-made Clothing AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Will find at the old established house of ELIAS & COHEN The largest, best assorted and cheapest Stock of Goods ever brought to this market. We are prepared to prove upon examination of our Stock that we make no vain boast, and solicit buyers, both Wholesale and Retail, to look at our Goods and prices before purchasing. Our stock of Dress Goods, White Goods, Alpac cas. Embroideries, Kid Gloves, Sun Umbrellas, Fans, Ties and Fancy Goods are complete and will be sold at astonishing low prices. Carpets, Oil Cloths and Mattings very low. Fair dealing. Polite and attentive Clerks. Call and see us and judge for yourselves. ELIAS & COHEN. March 22, 1878. OOfTON YARN. K() BUNCHES COTTON YARN from Glen uvroy Mills, N. C, manufactured from seed Cotton by E. C. Grier & Son, for sale by J. MCLAUGHLIN & CO. March 29, 1878. Fresh Meats and Provisions. For choice Beef and Mutton, Patapsco Baking Powders, pure Roasted Coffee sot Ground, send your orders to B. N. Smith's. A1$Q a strpply of Dixie Pumps, best and cheapest pump ia use. April 36; 1878. B. N. SMITH. Central Hotel BARBER SHOP. GRAY TOOLE, Proprietor, keeps the best workmen employed, and guarantees pleasure and satisfaction to customers ' u Shop immediately in rear of Hotel office. June 8, 1877. Palm Oil Toil6t Soap, ! 10 cents a cake at T. C. SMITH'S Drug Store. The Miracle of the. Nineteenth . Century. THE PHONOGRAPH, i . From the Savannah News of May 25th. ; Yesterday the Exhibition of the phono graph, an instrument destined beyond doubt to turn the old groove of every day routine topsy turvy, and to establish an or der ot things never dreamed of in ou? "father's days,7 ' was opened at : Armory llall, under the direction of Mr tf. . 1 . Maury. Numbers of our citizens who have read with wonder the numerous descriptions of this most marvelous of all inventions, visited the hall, and had full opportunity given them to examine it, test its workings, and form their own conclusions, as to 'the whys and wherefores. ; - We - were of the .number, and spent feotne time in the Vain, endeavor to find a satisfactory or explainable theory.' In the language of an observer, . "All ex planations concerning it . need an explana tion." All we can say is, that the little in strument most faithfully reproduces sound. We heard it talk, laugh, sing, cry, crow, bark and whoop. Several gentlemen who addressed it were amused and amazed to hear their identical remarks repeated in the same tones and Avith perfect accuracy. Two verses of a song, rendered by Prof. Mal lette in different keys, were faithfully re produced, as was also the hearty, vigorous laugh of that gentleman. Indeed this little instrument, which is a model of simplicity in its construction, reproduces and records any words or sounds pronounced or made within the proper distance of the mouth piece, recording them photographically, re producing them as faithfully. The phonograph is a simple aparatus which, but for the absence of more than one cylinder, might have been a modern fluting machine. This single machine of hollow steel is mounted upon a shaft, at one end of which is a crank for turning it, and at the other a balance wheel, the whole being sup ported by two iron uprights. In order to reproduce the words that is, to make the machine talk the cylinder is turned back, so that the steel point may go over the in dentations made by speaking into the mouth piece. A funnel, like a speaking trumpet, is attached to the mouth-piece, to keep the sounds from scattering. Now turn the crank again every word spoken into the mouth-piece is exactly reproduced with the j utmost distinctness. Thus the disk is either a typanum or diaphragm, as the case may i be the first when it listens, and the second when it talks. So many scientific descriptions have been published of the phonograph that it is un necessary for us to attempt to give any other than the above. Again, we are con vinced that no one can correctly appreciate 1 T.I A us merits or enjoy us wonaers wnnoux a personal examination. Nothing that has yet been presented can equal this invention, the future of which can scarcely be im agined. ICE CREAM. C. S. HOLTON, at the "Rising Sun Store," is prepared to furnish Ice Cream by the plate or gallon. Call, or leave your Cash orders and they will be promptly filled. The attention of families solicited. May 31, 1878. C. S. HOLTON. THE LADIES Are reminded that we have again established a Bargain Counter, On which you will find a great many pretty Sum mer Goods, remarkably cheap. Give us a call and you will get the nicest Goods in town for the least money. BARRINGER & TROTTER. May 24, 1878. $500 Wanted at 6 per cent. Will take it for one or two years. Valuable Real Estate as collateral. Address, care Lock Box 49, Charlotte, N. C. LAW SCHOOL, Greensboro, N. . For information as to Terms, &c, apply to JOHN n. ROBERT DILLARD, P. DICK. May 10, 1878. Money Wanted. Three Thousand Dollars wanted for three years on Bond secured by Mortgage on land worth double the money. Liberal interest paid. Address K, Lock Box 80, May 3, 1878. tf. Charlotte, N. C. Medicinal Liquors. Old French Brandy, Old Corn Whiskey (N. C), Old Rye Whiskey, for medical use, just received by WILSON & BURWELL. May 17, 1878. Brushes. 50 Dozen Paint and Varnish Brushes. 50 " Blacking and Whitewash Brushes. WILSON & BURWELL. May 3, 1878. WADDILL HOUSE, Qastonia, N, C, (Qn Hie line of Vie Charlotte t Atlanta Railvoay.) By R. E, WADDILL. Feb. 15.1878. tf Giles' Liniment Iodide Ammonia. Lowell, Mass., May 15, 1876. Messrs. Wm. M. Giles & Co. Gentlemen: I have been suffering for ten years with Sciatic Rheu matism, and the different kinds of Liniment I have used during that time may be estimated by gallons. About ' two weeks ago obtained a bottle of your Liniment Iodide Ammonia ot your agents, F. & E. Bailey & Co. ; it gave me almost instantaneous re lief from pain, and since that time 1 have been steadily improving. It has done me more good than any medicine that I have before used. I have been obliged to carry a cane until within two weeks, since which time I have not found it necessary. I also wish to state that this testimonial is not solic ited, but I give it in the hope that others may be benefitted as I have been. Mrs. N. Puvky, 13 Boott Corporation. Sold by all Druggists. Send for pamphlet DR. GILES. Trial size 25 cents. May 24, 1878. 120 West Broadway, N. T. j . . Food for Thought. i ,Mur, xyatiorz it was gaia Dy a wise one that., "patience and perseverance .overcome all lhing8,"-and I hope the continued invita- uftns to vour . columns given to our ladies, may yemy tne trutn ot the.adage, and draw out their dormant capacities. . There are, doubtless, many who eniov the experience of others, given through the columns of our papers, that have ideas and opinions 01 their own equally valuable and interesting ; but they lack either the time or taste for com municating them. Thinking, and talking are very dinerent trom writing, and to one wholly unaccustomed to writing, except perhaps, an occasional letter to. a friend,, it h iuite an awkward task. I feel that this M a move in the right direction, and sincere- ly nupe vurauies'wm 'lay noior oi it; - vre are not all gifted with the same powers, but "variety is the spice of lite," and what may seem tame to one may be quite inter esting to another. We are accused of indolence and love of ease, and, in some measure, it may be true ; but a farmer's wife, with a large family, has little time for self-indulgence. I do not concede that it is superiority of intellect that makes the Northern women take more to the pen than we. There may be some thing due to energy, but there is much more due to their domestic arrangements. Their houses, their kitchens, their pantries, indeed everything indoors and out is arranged with an eye to convenience and labor-saving, and in that they have greatly the advant age of most Southern house-keepers. They are more systematic than we are, and the result of their system and conveniences is more spare time, and their minds are un burdened as well, and naturally, then, turn more readily to literary matters. Ihere is a great want of system with us, which we should continually seek.to remedy in ourselves, and insist upon having our daughters trained systematically. In former times our domestic government was such that we did not realize this want to such an extent, and, having been brought up in the old Southern style, it is hard for us to be come Yankeeiied, (if you will admit the term,) even for our own good. I think I am safe in saying that most oi our matrons, 1 especially in the country, have sorely felt the need of this improvement. Some have prohted by the new regime, and either sub mitted to circumstances or supplied them selves with the modern contrivances for labor-saving: but there are still a great many struggling on in the old beaten track, with the kitchen on the opposite side oi the yard from the dwelling, the dinner pot swung on a rack in the hre-Dlace. the well nearer to the horse lot than the kitchen, the water to be drawn with a bucket and pole, xc. If those who are so burdened with do mestic cares would give some time to read ing, and apply the advice and experience of others to their own cases, I am sure the benefit to themselves would amply compen sate them lor the time thus spent. The pleasures of reading are so varied and lasting, that no one should be denied the privilege, or count the time mispent, and as to its benefits "their name is legion." To those of us who are confined at home, these greetings are specially welcome. They not only give us glimpses into other house holds and cheer us in our daily tasks, but they will help us to a feeling of sympathy and charity for each other that will make us more contented and better wives and mothers. Contentment is a pearl which we should seek to obtain and wear. Without it all our blessings are as naught, and the luxuries of life a bitter morsel. Farmers Wife in Raleigh Farmer. Determined to Succeed. The boot-blacking trade is destined to be over-crowded. Our exchanges are publish ing a charming sketch of a Yale graduate who opened a law-office in New York, and then, rather than starve wniie waiting ior clients, opened business as a bootblack un der the sidewalk at the entrance of a down town restaurant. His earnings soon ran up to $6 a day, and he had to hire an assistant. While he was at work he disguised himself so that his best friends could not recognize him, but out of business hours the boot black was an elegant gentleman, living in a stvhsh boarding-house on Iwenty-hrst est. That he fell in love with a beautiful being, that he had a jealous rival, who finally dis covered the vulgar occupation, and informed j the venerable papa that the young lady was keeping company with a boot-black, goes without saying. Uut the denouement is very touching. "Lillie!" yelled the old gentleman, red in the face, "come here. You may take John as soon as you please. He set about earning a living honestly, and has succeeded. He will get on." The boot black has resigned the brush and resumed the practice of the law, and he has gathered his Lillie to his bosom." Go, young lawyer, and starve no more. "Who says, Here ; come, shine 'em up ?" aniw A Considerate Judge. It is related of a certain Judge that on a certain occa sion it became his duty to hold Court in a certain county. It was during a busy time of the year when the Court was to be held, and this Judge inquired of each juror as he answered to his name whether or not it would be a source of inconvenience to him to, as a juror. Now it came to pass that there were sundry jurors on the list who had been on every jury nearly for some years before that time and they did each and every one of them make answer that they would be in no degree inconvenienced by sitting on the jury, neither would their business suffer by serving thereon, seeing that they had nothing else to do. And then that Judge discharged every one of the jurymen who had so made answer and ordered the Sheriff that he should not again Eut them on the list, saying that men who ad no business of their own were not fit judges of the htsin.ess. of other people A, Prosperous Land.; I The Evidence of Returning : Prosperity Th& Soil Rieh with the Wealth of Great 'Grops-The Necessity of Ntto Markets jor our jrroaucis. ltie astonishing, fact that bur exports during the past year exceed buV imports in value by over $200,000)00 calls attention to the otherfact that the country is suffering not irom poverty, but Irom Jt. plethora of everything really valuable,. combined with a lack of markets for the disposal" the sur plus. A nation which has more'fitctpries, more machinery, more akilled laborers, more Railroads, more agricultural pro4tice,"more land in cultivation, more animals to yrork it and more labor-saving1 contrivances than it ever had before and martf ta proportion to popuiaxion aiso xrran tc ever nacr, cannot De called poor. . Official figures show that the : i i 1 . . ..i increase nas oeen greaier in me seven years since 1870 than in the ten years, between I860 and 1870, which everybody cities as vears of high nrosoeritv. The af?Arrerate qantity of land under cultivation has in creased from 90,000,000 of acres in 1870, to 120,000,000 in 1877; that is to say, we have 30,000,000 acres more under the plough in 1877 than in 1870. The following table shows the number of animals and amount of farm products in 1870 and 1877 : 1870. 1877. Number of horses, 7,145,370 10,320,700 Number of mules, 1,125,415 1,637,500 Number of milch cows, 8.935.332 11.800.100 Number of oxen and cattle, 14.885.276 19523.300 Number of sheep, 28.477.951 35.740.500 Number of swine, 25,134,569 32,262,500 Bushels of wheat, 235,884,700 360,000,000 Bushels of corn, 1,094,255,000 1,340,000,000 Bushels ef oats, 247,277,400 405,200,000 Bushels of barley, 26,295,400 35,600,000 Bushels of rye, 15,473,000 22,100,000 Pounds of tobacco, 250,628,000 480,000.000 Bushels of buckwheat, 9.&41.500 10,500,000 Tons of hay, . 24,525,000 31,500.000 Cotton in 1877 the largest crop since 1860. Coal 29,000,000 tons mined in 1870, and 47,000,- 000 tons in 1877. Mr Burchard, of Illinois, who some days ago brought out these figures in a speech On the Bankrupt law, remarked that "forty- seven per cent ol all the laborers in the country are farmers, and are busy in the held and not howling about the condition of the country ;" and he added, very sensi bly : "It is true there are individuals in distress. Always in the history of all coun tries there are increased failures upon a fall ing market. We have had in this country within thirty years three periods ot the in flation and decline of prices presenting sim ilar phenomena and financial results a rise in prices until 1837, a lall until iuoi, again a rise from isoi to 1 609, and irom tne latter year until 1869 a decline. Again an ad vance up to 1872 and down again to the present period. When there was an ad vance in prices men thought they were making money. If they held their property during all the period from the rise to the fall they found themselves financially just where they were when they started ; but if during that period they disposed of their property at the high prices they gained of course by the advance. The purchaser must by the decline lose all that the seller has made, and his investment may and often does involve him in liabilities that the pro perty itself will not suffice to discharge. Loss and failures are the inevitable result of a falling market, and they will be the heavier and more lrequent when the infla tion of prices above the usual rates has been the greatest. The country is in this condi tion to-day. It has returned from the specu lative, unhealthy and fictitious prices of 1872 to real values and prices such as ruled prior to 1860. It is the necessary and un avoidable road to a sound business prosper ity, and failures must attend speculative purchases and visionary schemes, and even well planned enterpribes and investments be rendered profitless by a decline in prices. I he condition ot JSew England manufac tures attract the attention of thoughtful men here, as showing that in the midst of dis tress the country is really returning to a sound prosperity. But one thought is fre quently expressed here, that the country has, ever since 1862, been encouraging, subsidi zing and fostering by immense grants the means for internal transport and exchange of products, and has in the same time by ex tremely high tariffs discouraged foreign commerce. It has done everything that could be done by the most lavish expendi tures to expedite and cheapen the transport of surplus products to the seaboard, and there it has left them. Foreign commerce, so far from being encouraged or fostered, has been persistently crushed for fifteen long years, and the premium offered by the Gov ernment in subsidies and land grants for perfecting the machinery of interior trans port and exchange has drawn capital and enterprise constantly away from foreign trade so that our consuls complain every where that American merchants and manu facturers have forgotten even how to adapt themselves to foreign markets ; the old race of foreign merchants who did so much by their capital and enterprise for the com merce and industry of the country has either died out or been driven to other pur suits by high tariffs impeding the exchange of our surplus products abroad and by the contempt with which Congress has for so many years treated all their pleas and rep resentations. Our foreign commerce has consequently to be recreated ; the country now suffers for its long neglect of this vital ly important branch of industry ; it suffers because it has so long pursued a Chinese policy, and wages are low and great bodies of men are unemployed here in the midst of the greatest abundance for the same reason that wages are low and people starve in China because we have discouraged and crushed foreign commerce and put a legal Chinese wall about the country. N. Y. Herald . Anson county iail is empty for the first time in ten years. The Great ity of New York. Hardly any city has a greater variety of population than New York. Not only are all the sections and States of the Union represented here, but most of the nations of the earth. Indeed, we number so many foreigners that strangers wonder where the natives find place, and often speak of the metropolis as anything but an American capital It is said that ours is the largest Irish centre in the world;, that Hibernta is rfrrfintWI here' Vtv naif Aff firux nannln making this city more Cettio than Dublin itself. We can boast of over 200.000 Ger manssome persons' put- the number as high as 300,000 of about 30,000 .'French 10,000 to 12,000 Italians, 8,000. to 10,000 Spaniard and Cubans, some 3,006 Portugese, thousands of English and Scotch, ft great many Russians, Swedes, Finns, South Americans, Norwegians Mexicans, Greeks, Poles, J apanese, Bohemians, Chinese, East Indians, with a sprinkling of Armenians, Siamese, Ilawaiians, and other races. The number of distinct languages and dialects spoken here is reported to be more than 50, and among the creeds, independent of Ro man Catholic, Protestant and Judaic, are the Greek, Mohammedan, BuddhUt, Brah minic, Parsee, and even Fetichism. Every year adds to the variety of our population, which includes, besides , that oi Manhattan Island, the dwellers in the adiacent cities and towns of New J ersey, on Long. Island and Staten Island, and along the Jludson, representing not far from 2,000,000 souls, directly or indirectly connected with the affairs and interests of New Yoik, and who are all where they are because the metropo lis is here. It would be very interesting to know exactly how many nations and races our population embraces, though the knowl edge can hardly be got, on account of the ignorance and suspicion oi many foreigners, and their consequent unwillingness, to be set down in any Directory or enumerated in any census. Except London, it is doubt ful if any capital exceeds this in the poly glot and poly genetic character of its people. New York with its vicinity is less a city than a country or region ; and he who cares to look into its diversities, peculiarities and customs may acquire an acquaintance with geography and history which he could not acquire in years of travel. Certainly all its influences and varieties should render its residents broad, tolerant, many-sided; if they do not, the fault must be in the per son, not the place. A Lesson for All. Look most to your spending. No mat ter what comes in, if more goes out yon will always be poor. The art is not in making money but in keeping it ; little ex penses, like mice in a large barn, when they are many, make great waste, Hair by hair heads get bald ; straw by straw the thatch goes off the cottage, and drop by drop the rain comes into the chamber. A barrel is soon empty if the tap leaks but a drop a minute ; when you mean to save, begin with your mouth ; many things pass down the red lane. In all other things keep within compass. Never stretch your legs farther than the blankets will stretch, or yon will soon be cold. In clothes, choose suitable and lasting stuff, and not tawdry fineries. To be warm is the main thing, .never, mind the looks. A fool may make money, but it needs a wise man to spend it. Remember it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one going. If you give all to back and board, there is nothing left for the sav ings bank. Fare hard and work while you are young, and you will have a chance to rest when you are old. in mm She Had Dyspepsia. At one of our Drug Stores recently the talk was of widows. A gentleman, himself a widower, with a flower in his buttonhole, said he was afraid of widows, if ever they set their heads for a man he was gone. A loud female voice behind him surprised the gentleman with a giggle. He turned and espied a large fine looking middle-aged wo man from the country who had a basket on her arm. "He, he, you air certainly right, the wid ders air orl'uy "Have you any in your neighborhood, madam ?" "The woods is chuck fall, bnt I've got fl young darter jest sixteen would suit JOUj and you may have her if you want her. "Indeed, madam, you overwhelm me," said the widower doffing his hat and bow ing low. "Ah me," said the woman, "my stumuch is all out of fix, I has the dispepsy orful, and I did think of gettm some of Gregory's Mixture." "Well, madam, I suppose the Druggist has it." "But yon see I hain't money enough The widower gave a quarter arid tit. Parrish knocked off a quarter on the price and the woman basketed the bottle. She smiled and curtseyed at the door and hef last words to the widower were, "Yon kifJ git my darter." Reidsville Times. Social Slavbbt. In Washington, ladies of high social standing sometimes make as many as seventy calls in an afternoon. ' On a certain day seven hundred persons called at the house of one member of the Cabinet, and, as I saw the same crowd at all the other receptions that day, I take it for granted that all received as manv 'Yisitors as the lady referred to. She said that the names and addresses of calls to be returned (which exclude those of gentlemen covered sixteen pages in her visiting book pages about the size of foolseap paper. One hiring a lodging said to the landlady, "I assure yon, madam, I am so much liked that I never left a lodging but my landlady shed tears. "Perhaps' sakl she, "you always went away wHkowf paying I" L 1

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