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Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
l ; I as on 1 1 and a large and well selected stock of PURE
1 I i I ' i S, Chemicals, ratent Medicines, family
Mnlicine?, l'aints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs,
Fani y and Toilet Articles, which he is determined
to H at the very lowest prices.
Jan 1, 1S75.
J. P. McCombs, M. D.,
i ilrs his professional services to the citizens of
K harlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both
.ni.rlit and day, promptly attended to.
Ollice in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the
i. Iharlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1, 1873.
DR. J. M. MILLER,
Charlotte, N. C.
All calls promptly answered day and night.
Office over Traders' National Bank Residence
opposite W. II. Mvcrs
Jan. 18,187a. ". ...
Doctor D. STUART LYON,
Charlotte, N. C.
Office : Corner Trade Street and Cemetery
Avenue (next to residence of Mrs Fox.) Residence
with Rev. Theo. Whitfield, D. D.
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.
Oas used for the painless extraction of teeth.
Feb. 15, 1878.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
Charlotte, N. C,
Located on one Corner of the Public Square. Re
cent internal improvements have been made for
accommodation of guests.
Rates $3, $2.50 and $2 per day, according to lo
cation of Rooms.
II. C. ECCLES,
July 5, 1878. tf Proprietor.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
E. J. ALLEN,
Near Irwin's corner, Trade Street,!
Charlotte, N. C,
PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER,
Repairing of Jewelry, Watches and Clocks
done at short notice and moderate prices.
April 17, 18TG. y
R. M. MILLER & SONS,
Commission Merchants,
and
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Provisions and Groceries,
Volleye Street, Charlotte, N. C.
Flour, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Molasses, and
b fact, all kind of Groceries' in large quantities
always on hand for the Wholesale trade.
Jan. 1 1875.
j. Mclaughlin & co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers 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.
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 eat, including fresh meats.
Jan. 1, 1877.
K. 8. liUEWELL. 1878. E. 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 and financial responsi
bility. Commissioner for North Carolina.
References. Chief Justice W. N. II. Smith ;
Raleigh National Bank ; 1st National Bank, Char
otte ; Merchants and Farmers National Bank.
March 15, 1878 ly-pd
DR. RICHARD H. LEWIS,
Raleigh, N. C.
Late Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear in
the Savannah Medical College,)
Practice Limited to' the EYE and EAR,
Refers to the State Medical Society and to the
Georgia Medical Society.
Oct. 12, 1877 y
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BARBER SHOP.
GRAY TOOLE, . Proprietor, keeps the best
Workmen employed, and guarantees pleasure and
satisfaction to customers.
June 8, 1877.
KIT A touching incident of the siege of
x ans is ioia by. a correspondent of the Con
temporary Re viewi A group of men, wo-
iwuu auu. Doys were, drawn up to be shot by
the !soldierg from Versailles. One of them,
a lad of fourteen, pleaded with, the com
mander of the shooting squad, "My mother
will not know what has become of ma. Let
me go into that porter's lodge and send her
my watch. ; I give you my word of honor
x win come back." The omcer granted the
request probably intending and expecting
that the lad would escape. But in a mo
ment he was back and declared himself
ready. The officer hustled him out of the
condemned rank with an exclamation "be
off with you." The lad escaped, while his
comraaes leu. .-. .
PHOTOGRAPHS
, At greatly Reduced Prices.
Photographs of a superior quality can be had at
nan tne usual price by calling on H. 13AUMUAK
TEN, over Nisbet & Bro's Store.
FRAMES for PictdTes Of 1 any size, at very low
ngures, iurnisned at short notice.
H. BAUMGARTEN,
Over Nisbet & Bro.'ti Store.
April 12, 1878.
CLOSING OUT.
Not wishing to carry over any
Summer Stock,
I have this day reduced the price of each and every
line of Goods in my house.
Now is your opportunity for bargains at
S. WITTKOWSKY'S.
Charlotte, July 19, 1878.
LAW SCHOOL,
Greensboro, N. C.
For information as to Terms, &c, apply to
JOHN H. DILLARD,
May 10, 1878. ROBERT P. DICK.
STRONG'S LAW SCHOOL,
Raleigh, N. C.
The next regular Session of this Institution will
begin on Monday, the 2d of September next, and
continue till the first day of June following. Ap
plicants will, however, be received at any time,
and Lectures will be delivered during vacation to
those remaining in the City and wishing it.
Occasional Lectures will be delivered to the
School by distinguished members of the Raleigh
Bar.
The advantages which this city offers in the con
venience of access to the best Libraries, in oppor
tunities for attending the Courts which are in ses
sion more than half the year, and in meeting mem
bers of the Bar and other prominent gentlemen, sur
passes those of any other locality in the State.
Fee One hundred dollars, for which the stu
dent can attend as long as he may choose.
Good board can be had for $16 to $18 per month.
For further particulars, address,
GEORGE V. STRONG,
July 12, 1878. lni Raleigh, N. C.
THE "RISING SUN."
According to the command of Joshua of Old,
although repudiated by the "Jasper Philosophy" of
the Jyew, is now standing still, at the Uld Jrlace, on
Trade Street, opposite the Market House, plus
Hornet Fire Engine Hall, where the light of reason
illuminates the surrounding atmosphere, which in
vests all things with the glow of inspiration, and
the world no longer seems-
"A lleeting shew,
For man's illusion given."
For right here you will find
C. S. 1IOL.TOJS,
Who has in Store
Oranges, Lemons,
Candies, Cakes, Pies,
(The Great Washington Pie included,)
Corn Starch, Sardines, Pickles, Fresh Bread. Canned
Fruit and Vegetables, Sugars and Coffees, Tobacco,
Cigars, Snuff, Toys. In fact, everything found in a
Confectionery, including Ice Cream and Jjemonade.
, June 21 1878. , C. S. IIOLTON.
Just Received at
D. M. RIGLER'S,
A fine lot of Florida Oranges, Lemons, Apples;
fresh Crackers, Soda, iiutter, Uysters, Cream, Jic
Nac: Candies, Chocolate. Burnt Almond, Gum
TJi ops, Crystalized Fruit, and a large assortment of
fine Cream. Also, our own make of plain candies,
fresh Cakes and Pies. , . .
D. M. RIGLER.
Jan. 18,1878.
BUYERS OF 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, JmVrolderies, Hid Gloves,, pun umbrellas,
Fans, Ties and Fancy Goods are complete and will
be sold at astonishing low prices. .
Carpets, Oil Cloths and Matting3 very low.
Fair dealinsr. Polite and attentive Clerks. Call
and see us and Judge for yoarselves.
ELIAS & COHEN.
March 22, 1878. t i
Guano,, Super.-PJiosphate, &c.
J. C. BURROUGHS
Has now in store a hijb. ffrade of Acid Phosphate,
Soluble Pacific Guano. Whann's Raw Bone Super
phosphate, Merryman's Ammoniated Dissolved
Bones and Peruvian Guano.
Feb. 15.1878.
TEN?, CENT COUNTER.
From this date you may consider ALL our
Counters BARGAIN COUNTERS, but to offer
still greater inducements to
in vash Buyers,"
We have this day placed upon our MIDDLE
COUNTER a great variety of good GOODS, which
we propose to sell at the common price of
Ten Cents for Choice.
The Ladies are reouested' to call "soon, as these
Goods are to be rushed off immediately. Call soon
and secure the best bargains in Charlotte for the
least money. ' .
BARRINGER & TROTTER.
July 12, 1878.
Home Life.
' Alake home liie beautiful, without and
within, and they will sow the seeds of een
tleness, true kindness,- honesty, and fidelity
in the hearts of ; your children, from which
the children reap a harvest of happiness and
virtue. The memory of the beautiful and
happy home of childhood is the richest
legacy any man can leave to bis children.
The heart will never forget its hallowed in
fluences. It will be an evening enjoyment,
to which the lapse of years, will only add
new sweetness. Such a. home is a constant
inspiration lor good and as constant a re
straint irom evil.
it by taste ana culture we adorn our
homes and grounds and. add its charm, our
children win. find the quiet pleasures of
rural nomes more attractive man tne wnin
ot city lite. An .elegant dwelling, sur-
sounded by sylvan atti actions, is a contri
bution to the refinement, the good order,
tne taste, ana prosperity, oi every commu
nity, improving the public taste and minis
tenng to every enioyment. On the other
hand, people who are content to dwell in
huts and collars grow barbarous in; their
ideas, become dirty and ragged in their
dress, uncouth in manner, coarse in habits,
brutal in character, without' aspiration for a
better life. In some portions of Germany
the law required that everybody should
plant trees along his property. Happy
would it be if the law of society and custom
here, as the civil law in Germany, required
every voung man, before he took that
promised hand in his, to be his only and his
forever, should plant a wedding tree. If I
may make a personal allusion, the trees I
planted when a mere boy are now stately
maples, and have bound me strongly to
that spot which I now make a pilgrimage
to every year. They have paid me ten
thousand times for the pains they cost.
Hydrophobia.
The mystery of hydrophobia seems to be
as far from being cleared up as ever. A
curious and puzzling case occurred lately
in England. A boy fourteen years of age
was bitten slightly on the hand while play-
ing with a ocotcn terrier, inree weeks
later he became ill, and symptoms of hydro
phobia showed themselves aud developed
until he died in terrible convulsions. The
physicians pronounced it a genuine case,
but a girl who had been bitten by the same
dog appeared to have suffered no harm,
and, more remarkable still, the dog was
examined by a competent veterinary sur
geon and pronounced perfectly healthy.
In this connnection, the case of M. Cheri
Montigny, the young French dramatist,
may be recalled. He was bitten in the
nose, very slightly, by a pet terrier, while
playing with him in a manner quite usual.
The dog was taken to a veterinary surgeon,
and died a few days after, but he showed
no symptoms of rabies, and the cause oi
death was declared to be internal inflamma
tion. The young man began to study up
on hydrophobia, and to get anxious about
himself, and soon the symptoms of the dis
ease began to develop and the usual horri
ble consequences followed. In neither of
these cases is there any evidence that the
dogs were affected by rabies, but in both
there seems to be no doubt of the genuine
ness of the hydrophobia in the victims.
Was the cause any virus from the bites, or
the operation of sheer delusion ?
United States of America,
Western District of North Carolina.
In the Circuit Court at Greensboro, July IGth, 1878.
The Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide
for the holding of Terms of the District and Circuit
Courts of the United States in the City of Charlotte,
North Carolina," and approved June 19th, 1878,
makes no provision for the appointment of a Clerk
of said Courts,
It is therefore ordered, That the Clerk of the Dis
trict and Circuit Courts of the United States at
Statesville proceed as soon as practicable to procure
an Office in the City of Charlotte, and recommend
some suitable person for appointment as Deputy
Clerk to attend to the business oi said Courts at
Charlotte. ' ! !
Anv person desiring to institute an action at law,
or suit in equity, or other legal proceeding in 6aid
Courts, can have process issued by the Clerk at
Statesville made returnable to tne courts at
Charlotte.
The Clerk at Statesville is directed to proceed
under the former rules and orders of this Court, to
form a Jury List for said Courts, composed of the
names of two hundred good and intelligent men,
duly qualified, to serve as Jurors in the Courts of
this State and residing in the counties of Mecklen
burg, Union, Anson, Stanly, Cabarrus, Gaston, Lin
coln and Cleaveland.
The Clerk will cause this Order to be published
for six weeks in the 'Charlotte Democrat.
ROBERT P. DICK,
U. S. District Judge.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ?
Western District of North Carolina, j
83.
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I. John W. Payne, Clerk of U. S. District and
Circuit Courts of the United States for the Western
District of North Carolina, hereby certify that the
foregoing writing is a true, correct and complete
copy of the original - now on file and remaining of
record in my office.
In testimony whereof 1 hereunto set my hand
and seal, at office in Greensboro, this the 17th day
of July, A. D., 1878.
jhu, w. rAjcxja, cierK.
July 19, 1878 6w , .
LAND PLASTER
And Agricultural Lime,
Fresh and in good order, kept constantly on hand
at lowest market prices. i
W. W. WARD,
College Street, -
rear Stenhouse & Macaulay's corner.
Feb. 22.1878.
:. Come and Drink '
Snarklina: Ginser Ale and Soda Water at T. C
SMITH'S "Arctic Fountain" only 5 cents a glass.
' Tailoring.
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H a "FIT. A. if TratipnT Tailnr liftaliia Shnn in the
naranrnit Dfflra TlniMinff crrmrt flrwr whprp lift
will be pleased to serve his customers and friends
promptly. . . : .. ..
Particular attention paid to repairing.
Nov. 2, 1877. S. S. EL AM.
.ii Labor-Savina: Machines. r
louring' thel present depression of ndus
. try the mistaken idea prevaijs among some
classes that labor-savins: . machines have a
good deal to do with it, and, that if there
were less machinery there would be more
steady employment. Plausible as this is
made to appear to some understandings,
yetjthe truth, when examined ' with, i proper-
intelligence, snows L quite', ine contrary.
The Scientific American, the very best au
thority on matters of this kind, denies i all
such conclusions, and gives reasons therefor
that we . commend - to our readers. That
journal says: .
. "The census reports show that the earn
ings of sewing women have largely i inr
creased since the introduction " of sewing
machines and that the number of persons
earning a living by sewing has increased
since that invention was made in a ratio
considerably larger than the ratio of in
crease for the . entire population. Agricul
tural machinery, by extending the area of
cultivation and increasing the value of
farms, has caused a large and rapid increase
in the number of farm hands employed in
this country. In every instance, in fact, the
introduction of machinery has been attend
ed by an increase in the number of men
employed in the trade or trades affected.
in itnoae island, notwithstanding the in
crease in the number of steam engines and
other productive machinery, there has been
a gain in the last five years of 14 per cent
in the number of operatives employed. In
Massachusetts the gain in the cotton indus
tries in the same period was 26 per cent.
In Ohio and other Western States the pro
gress of manufacturers and the increase in
the number of hands were very much great-
er. lne value ol the manutacturea pro
ducts of Ohio in 1870 were $269,713,000:
in 1875,1400,009,000. The cotton gin of
Whitney, it was asserted at the time, would
throw thousands of people out of work.
Bv facilitating the nrenaration of cotton
for the market it made it the staple produc
tion of the South, and extended its cultiva
tion, increasing immensely the demand for
labor. Steamboats and railroads, in pro
moting intercourse and traffic and cheapen
ing travel, have had the same effect."
The American could have added the
numberless small comforts that artisans and
laboring men of all kinds are now enjoying,
and that thirty years ago were only known
to the favored classes, and these also are
the result of labor-saving machines, each
one of which has classified labor into hun
dreds of channels unknown previous to the
invention of such machinery. With each
additional new want of mankind there is so
much added to his comfort, and the more of
these that you can create the better for so
ciety. Labor-saving machines, like in
creased production and both mean the
same thing are in favor and intended for
the general benefit.
Two little Girls Smothered in a Trunk.
One of the most awful calamities ever re
corded is that of the death of the two
daughters of Mrs Amelia Moench, first as
sistant teacher of German in a St. Louis
school, by being suffocated in a trunk,
little girls have for a year past been
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with
from
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their father on a farm four miles
Dixon, Mo. Mrs Moench spends, her
tions on the farm, and was prepared to go
to her husband and children immediately
upon the close of school. Mr Moench had
gone to Dixon, and his little girls called
cheerfully after him to hurry back, and if
tie wrote to their mamma to send their
ove. On hisTetunrhe was surprised not
to see them awaiting him. He called but
received no answer. He went , into the
house and saw the tray of the trunk setting
on the floor. A horrible fear flashed on. his
mind. 'He opened the trunk and the two
ittle girls : the younger, who was under
neath, was evidently past all hope, but the
elder was still warm and limp. , Not a
neighbor was within half a mile. The
ather dashed cold water on the children,
then rubbed them with vinegar, and made
every effort to restore animation, laboring
until after twelve o'clock, but in vain. He
then gave up in despair, and went to seek
help from a neighbor. The little girls were
aged eight and five years respectively.
They had playfully got into the trunk,
when the lid fell on a spring lock, prevent
ing their escape, p ,
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Learn to Swim.'
There is some excellent advice to English
women in a London paper, the jrlobe,
which American girls would do well to
tieed. It is this: "Learn to swim." It
cannot be questioned that the general ina
bility of women to swim even for a; few
strokes causes a large addition to the num
ber of deaths from drowning. . If they only
had an elementary acquaintance with the
art it would give them confidence, and
greatly aid the efforts of rescuers. There
is the greatest risk in approaching a woman
when 6he is out of her depth, owing to.the
certainty that she will cafoh any man who
goes to help her in such' a way as to pre
vent that free exercise oi the limbs on
which his life as well r as - hers depends;
Many a valuable life might be saved every
t ' .r- t ? ; 1
year n tne elements . oi swimming were
made a branch of girls', education. It is
not as if there were some inherent inability
in the gentler sex to acquire the art. The
acts rather lie in tne oiner airecuon, in
deed, and tend to shoir., that, other things
being equal, women have greater, powers
th e water ' than menl - owing to the
smaller specific gravity of their bones and
muscles. ' , .,. . ,
A man may 4 elude a , disagreeable
creditor for a long, jiehile sometimes, but
there's one thing in this uncertain vale of
tears he can't dodge. When a sneeze has
business with a fellow it always finds him
at home.
iIFflwi he: Created before Adam
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1'rofessor Alexander Wmchell, of Svra-
cuse University, has reprinted in pamphlet
iyrin, wiin me uue, "i.aamiies ana rre
Adamites," ."an' I;' essay , originally published
by him . in the-.-Northern Christian Advo
cate, designed to show that the negro race
as iu existence on mis gioue long . oetore
the time of Adam.' He favors, also, reform
ing the popularly. received chronolosrv. and
would place the creation described in Gene
sis 10,500 years before the birth tf Abra
ham, or 14,378 years before the present era.
At the same time he would brinsr down the
stone and. JakerdwelIiBgv agea ,to within a
penoa oi not more than 6,000 years ago,
in this way, he thinks, the Biblical record
can be made to agree with the established
facts of modern ethnological, philological,
and geological research. Some special in
terest attaches to his views, because the
publication of them has led to his dismissal
from the V anderbilt University, at Nash
ville, Tenn., where, in addition to his Svra
cuse Professorship, he held the Chair of
Historical Geology and Zoology. In spite
ot his earnest protestation ot orthodoxy.
the President of the Universitv insisted
that he was an evolutionist, and an ene
my of "the plan of redemption," and he had
to go. .
The essay begins by giviner to a learned
Hollander, named La Peyrere, the credit of
navmg nrst promulgated the idea ot a pre-
Adamite race. La Peyrere in 1655 pub-
lisnea a little treatise intended to prove
from the Bible itself that men of some kind
must have existed on the earth before
Adam was created, and, though his argu
ments were largely theological, he succeed
ed in making a pretty good case. In the
light of our more complete knowledge of
facts, Dr, Winohell contends, that his pro
position is now satisfactorially established,
and that from Adam only the white, or at
most the Dravidian and Mongoloid races
are descended, whereas the negroes were of
a different and far more ancient origin.
Their birthplace, he says, was either Africa
or a continental land which stretched from
Madagascar to the East Indies. From
thence they spread over Australia, Borneo,
the lesser islands of the sea, and a consid
erable portion of Asia. After the lapse of
thousands of years the Adamic race ap
peared in Central Asia, and peopled from
thence both India and Europe with Aryans,
Dravidians, and Mongols. Being partially
destroyed by a flood, a remnant, under the
name of Noah, gave rise to the Semitic,
Hcmitio, and Japhetio races, as related in
historical records. As these multiplied
and emigrated they came into collision with
their Adamic brethren of an earlier epoch,
and either drove them out or mingled with
them afresh.
The principal reason assigned by Dr.
Winchell for believing that the negro is not
descended from Adam is that the word
Adam, signifying "red" or "ruddy," cannot
have been intended to describe a negro,
and it is impossible that the red Adam could
have given rise, by any process of modifica
tion, to the negro. He refers to the monu
ments of Egypt and Assyria, in which the
negro is depicted with the same peculiari
ties which he possesses at this day, and
hence he argues that if the 2,000 years since
those monuments were sculptured have pro
duced no alteration of the negro type, it
will not do to assume that the 4,000 years
previous could have developed it from the
white man. Moreover, the change from the ;
white to the negro is a degradation, not
an improvement, and this is contrary to
the . usual course of development of the i
human race, which is forward and not
backward. : ,
! It is not' to be denied that some things
mentioned in Genesis afford grounds for
imagining the existence oi other men than
Adam and his descendants. Cain feared:
that his life might be taken, evidently by
people not of his blood, and he married a
wife, also, who was presumably not of kin
to him. Dr. Winchell hints further that by
the "daughters of men" whom the "sons of
God," that is, the Adamites, married, are
meant the women of the pre-Adamite or
negro race. That the negro is not descend
ed from Ham seems pretty clear, notwith
standing the countless sermons that have
been preached justifying negro slavery by
reason of Noah's curse of his son and the
presumed inheritance of that curse by the
black race. ; Ham's offspring, it is now set
tled Iy the testimony of both profane and
sacred history, were not negroes, but Egyp
tians, Assyrians, Philistines, and : other
highly intellectual nations. But whether,
after all, Dr. Winchell i$ justified in con
cluding that because Adam found on earth
men of a preyious creation, those men were
negroes, is an open ; question He himself
admits that corroborative evidence is lack
ing, and anticipates that it will yet be
found somewhere in the caverns of Abys
sinia, or South Africa, or Australia, Be
sides, although the 4,000 years commonly
assumed as the period from Adam to the
Abyssinian and Egyptian monuments may
not be enough to permit the descent of the
negro from Adam, Dr. Winchell's corrected
chronology extends this period to over 12,
000 years, which might be sufficient for the
purpose. The impartial reader will there
fore suspend his decision, and, while duly
appreciating Dr. Winchell's learning and
ingenuity, will hardly adopt his conclusions
as entirely demonslraled.
. i '
What Dr. Winchell says of the compara
tive nearness to our day of the stone and
lake-dwelling ages is less novel, but still in
teresting. It may be that, as he. says, the
glacial epoch of Europe and America termi
nated only a few, thousand years ago, that
the men of the stone age existed as late as
the time of Homer, and that the lake-dwellers
were contemporary with the Romans.
These are points still under dispute, and the
settlement" by cx-
' The tone in which Vr. Winchell speaks
of those theologians who would set np their
peculiar interpretation of the Bible against
scientific truth, is anything but ' respectful,
and paitially accounts for the loss of his
professorship at Vaoderbilt University.
He classes them with ?men who also ' hold
the opinion that witches ride' broomsticks
through the air,' and that the stars were
created two days beforo Adam, though
some of them are so distant that their light
has been a hundred : thousand'1 rears in
reaching us." He says again: ' "A faith
that has had to surrender the treocentrio
theory, and the denial of antinodea. . and of
the high geological antiqaity of the- "world,
should have learned to discriminate be
tween religious faiths and scientific opin
ions." With his conclusion none, howevpr
Can find fault.? "RvMTr tlionrv mmf Via anVi
jected to appropriate tests. If it stands, it
1 -mt a
uecoraes a - new revelation ot God's mind ;
if it falls, our trepidation over the supposed
consequences becomes ridiculous."
Executive Sessions.
Frequent misapprehension of the term
Executive Session, m reports of Committees
and associations, calls for a word of expla
nation. The Senate of the United States is
charged by the Constitution with . two dis
tinct classes of duties. It is a co-ordinate
branch of the National Legislature, and as
such has legislative duties to perform. It
is a part of the executive machiney in mak
ing treaties and confirming appointments.
These duties are executive, and the sessions
in which they are transacted are called ex
ecutive. We have never seen any good
reason for making them secret, but the
Senate hp.s always done so in the sense of
excluding from them the general-public,
and all but a few of the regular officials of
the Senate. The Vice-President, Executive
Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms and two Door
keepers are the only persons, besides Sena
tors, admitted within the chamber when
the great American ostrich puts his head in
the sand. The galleries are cleared in hot
haste, as if the fate of the nation hung on
the clearing being done instantly. -As
soon as the visitors are outside of the gal-
cries the doors are securely locked, the
crowd is worried down stairs, and door
keepers are stationed at the foot of the
staircases to prevent any of the forty-four
millions of American citizens from coming
near the solemn scene. Such an imposing
show of secrecy is very impressive. It in
spires rural visitors with a deep sense of
solemn awe. But all the business transac
ted behind those locked doors is known to
the whole country, by the aid of the tele
graph and press, the next morning. The
secrecy of our American ostrich is not a
whit more real than that of his African pro
totype. We have never yet been able to
find any one who could show any real ne
cessity for secrecy in the proceedings of the
Senate. The business transacted on these
occasions is the business of the public, and
the public has a right to watch its servants.
There is one great growing evil resulting
rom this pretended secrecy. It induces
cowardly men to write letters and prefer
charges against parties awaiting confirma
tion ; charges that are false and slanderous,
and such as their authors would not dare
to make if they were to be read in open
Senate. This turns that august body into
an arrangement for the diffusion of scandal
and the dissemination of slander. But the
solemn old Senate fancies that there is
something exceedingly dignified in their
'proceeding to the consideration of execu
tive business." To question the necessity
of all the fuss and parade they make of it is
worse than , treason. A Chinaman is not
more outraged by clipping his pigtail, than
is one of the older Senators by an intima
tion that anything connected with the es
tablished usages of the Senate is not an il-
ustration of the highest wisdom. Wash'
ington Post.
I II in
Early Rising.
For farmers and those who live in - locali
ties where people can retire at eight or
nine o'clock in the evening, the old notion
about early rising is still appropriate, but
he who is kept up 'till ten . or eleven or
twelve o'clock, and then rises at five or six,
because of the teaching of some old ditty
about "early to rise," is committing a sin
against his own body. There is not one man
in ten thousand who can afford to do with
out seven or eight hours sleep. All the
stuff written about great men who 'slept
only three or four hours at night is fale.
They have been put upon such small al-
owances occasionally, and prospered : but
no man ever yet kept healthy in body and
mind for a number of years with less than
seven hours' sleep. If you cannot get in
bed until late, then rise late. It may be
improper for one man to rise at eight as it
is for another to rise at five. Let the. rous
ing bell be rang at least thirty ' minutes be
fore the public appearance. Physicians
say that a sadden jump oat cf bed gives ir
regular motion to the pulse. It takes hours
to get over a sudden rising. ' It is barba
rous to expect children to instantly land on
the centre of the floor at the call of their
nurses, with the thermometer below zero.
Give us time after von call ns to roll over,
gaze at the world fall in the face, and look
before we leap.
23T" The Japanese have no cuss words
in their language. After seventeen futile
attempts to get the joints of a stovepipe to
fit, the indignant Jap goes out and bumps
his head against a post, kicks a dog 27 times
around the yard, and then feels better. ;
"Beg pardon for stepping on your
rrin," said a fop at a ball ; then' added :
'You ought to have a cow-catcher on it."
"And I would have caught a calf," said the
public must await their
perts in the matter.
young lady.