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CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1878.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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