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I If f J fiMiiFl iff! 1 ' in ; lCniWrty inw i ? ( ! od i y, J. YATES, Editob and Pbopbiktob. Term of Subscription $2. 00, h advance THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor o Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months. Subscription mutt be paid in advance, Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates, or m accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will i r . J 1 ne. cliargea ior ai uuveriuung raies E. K. P. OSBORNE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Special attention given to Collections. Loans negotiate d on Mortgage and other securities. Office over Harty's China Store, Trade St., near Court House. August 9, 1878 6in 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, Faints, oils, varnisnes, JJye sstufls. Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1,1875. J. P. McCombs, M. D., ' tiers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte ana surrounding country. All calls, both i.ight and day, promptly attended to. otlice in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the i harlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C All calls promptly answered day and night. Otlice over Traders' National BankResidence opposite W. R. Mvers'. Jan. 18, 1878. Doctor D. STUART LYON, Charlotte, N. C. Office : Corner Trade Street and Cemetery Avenue (next to residence of Mrs Fox.) Hesider.ce with Rev. Thco. Whitfield, D. D. Calls from City and country will receive prompt uttention. 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, tlT 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, Chablottk, 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 & co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, &c, College Street, Chablottk, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. t3F 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. tW 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. E. 8. BUEWELL. 1878. B. 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 Walntjt 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.H. 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 7 , 1 1 V f Central Hotel BARBER SHOP. GRAY TOOLE, Proprietor, keeps the best workmen employed, and guarantees pleasure and satisfaction to customers. June 8, 1877. 1 Profanity. It is lmfmtM t Pnnf aim plate the shocking state of public morals. Nearly everv dav. withnnt rPtraW! f. - .".- o v any - body, or the slightest respect for ladies, you can hear on our streets the most ter rible blasphemy and the vilest obscenity. Our children are being raised up in this puiiutvu aunospnere, ana without great watchfulness, will go to the bad. What snail ue uone r THE " RISING SUN." According to the command of Joshua of Old although repudiated by the "Jasper Philosophy" of the Newt is now standing still, at the Old Place, ou Trade Street, opposite the Market House, plus iiumct r ire engine nan, wnere tne light of reason illuminates the surrounding Rtmnsnlioiw h;ii in vests all things with the glow of inspiration, and iuc wunu uu lunger seems "A fleeting shew, For man's illusion given." For right here you will find C. S. HOLTON, Who has in Store Oranges. Lemons. Candies, Cakes, Pies, 1 1 ue ureal w asmngton Tie included,) Corn Starch. Sardines. Pickle TFmxjIiT Fruit and Vegetables, Sugars and Coffees, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Toys. In fact, everything found in a vuuiecuonery, including ice Uream and Liemonade. June 21, 1878. C. S. HOLTON. FRUIT TREES, &c T. W. SPARROW is now taking orders for Fall delivery. Those he may fail to see can leave their orders at the Store of J. II. Henderson, stating the numner ana kind of trees they may wish and he pruunses 10 give mem me Dest assortment lie can make out. T. W. SPARROW. P. S. He will furnish the best kinds ot Straw berries at low figures. May 31, 1878. 3m RYE! RYEf! A few Bushels of good SEED RYE just re ceived. Also, SEED OATS and CLAY PEAS, for saie uy j. Mclaughlin & co. July 26, 1878. LAW SCHOOL, Greensboro, N. C. For information as to Terras, &c, apply to JOHN H. DILLARD, May 10, 1878. ROBERT P. DICK. Just Received at D. M. RIGLER'S, A fine lot of Florida Oranges, Lemons, Apples; fresh Crackers, Soda, Butter, Oysters, Cream, Nic Nac; Candies, Chocolate, Burnt Almond, Gum Diops, Crystalized Fruit, and a large assortment of fine Cream. Also, our own make of plain Candies, fresh Cakes and Ties. D. M. RIGLER. Jan. 18,1878. 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. TURNIP SEED. Crop Grown in 1878. Just received a full supply of the following Turnip Seed : Seven Top, Pomemiar, Ruta Baga, Large Yellow Globe, Yellow Aberdeen, Large White Norfolk, Large White Globe, Golden Bali, Ked or rurple Top, Early Flat Dutch. All guaranteed isuist s tresu ana genuine lurmp Seed from crop of 1878. Aug. 2, 1878. J. U. MCADJSJN. Turnip Seed. Fresh Turnip Seed just received and for sale by Dr. T. C. SMITH, July 19, 1878. Druggist. BUIST'S New Crop Turnip Seed. We have received our Fresh Turnio Seed, con sisting of the following varieties : Flat Dutch, Red Top, Golden Ball, White Globe, White Norfolk, Aberdeen, Seven Top, Ruta Baga. We warrant these Seed fresh and genuine, and offer them in any quantity, both Wholesale and Retail. WILSON & BURWELL, July 5, 1878. Druggists. PHOTOGRAPHS At ereatly Reduced Prices. Photographs of a superior quality can be had at half the usual price by calling on H. BAUMGAR TEN, over Nisbet & Bro's Store. FRAMES for Pictures of any size, at very low figures, furnished at short notice. H. BAUMGARTEN, Over Nisbet & Bra's Store. April 12, 1878. LAND PLASTER And Agricultural Lime, Fresh and in good order, kept constantly on hand at lowest market prices. W. W. WARD, College Street, rear Stenhouse & Macaulay's corner. Feb. 22, 1878. -. , NEW BUGGIES. At my Shop in the rear of Wadsworth's Stables, 1 have a few nice new Buggies for sale at low rates. I also make and repair Wagons, Buggies, Car riages, &c, and do all sorts of work in my line. Give me a call. W. S. WEARN, Tn rpar nf Wnlnvnrth'a TJverv Stahlfts Aug. 31, 1877. ' I CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, The Spirit Land. When we hear the music ringing In the bright celestial dome, When sweet angel voices singing Gladly bid us welcome home To that land of ancient story, Where the spirit knows no care, In that land of light and glory, Shall we know each other there ? When the holy angels meet us As we go to join their band, Shall we know the friends that greet up, In that glorious spirit land; Shall we see the same eyes shining On us as in days of yore ? Shall we feel their dear arm twining Fondly round us as. before ? ; Yes; my earth-worn soul rejoices, And my weary heart grows light, For the thrilling angel voices, And the angel faces bright, That shall welcome us to heaven, . Are the loved of long ag;o ; And to them 'tis kindly given Thus their former friends to know ! Oh. ye weary, sad and tossed ones, Drop not, faint not, by the way ; Ye shall join the loved and lost ones In that land of perfect day. Harp strings touched by angel fingers Murmured in my raptured ear, Evermore their sweet song lingers, "We shall know each other there !" What I Have Seen. An old man of experience says : I have seen a young man sell a good farm, turn merchant and die m the insane asylum. I have seen a farmer travel about so much that there was nothing at home worth looking at. I have seen a man spend more money in lolly than would support his family in com ion ana inaepenaence. I have seen a young girl marry a man of dissolute habits, and repent for it as long as she lived. I have seen a man depart from truth where candor and veracity would have served him to a much better purpose. 1 have seen the extravagance and folly of cniiaren Dringmg tneir parents to poverty and want, and themselves to disgrace. I have seen a prudent and industrious wife retrieve the fortune of a family, when the husband pulled at the other end of the rope. I have seen a young man who despised the counsel of the wise and the advice of the good, and his career end in poverty and wretchedness tdlf It happened in this wise : They were coming off the steamer across the plank together. She was afraid the plank would tip and she would fall. He said, "Never fear; in that case we shall die to gether." She looked into his face and said, "If it's all the same to Providence, I should much prefer to live together." And the next week the parson tied the knot. CSiF3 "Why, my sweet Arabella, you have papered this room since I was here in the Spring beautiful design ? Does it represent seaweed or some pretty little round blossom ?" "No, Mrs Spiggings, I haven't papered it. These Aggers which you see is where I mashed moskeeters on the wall !" Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against the Estate of J. N. Wallace, dee'd, are hereby notified to present them to tne undersigned properly authenticated, on or before the 1st day of August, 1879, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. W. 11. BKUWN, Adm'r. August 2, 1878 6wpd Come and Drink Sparkling Ginger Ale and Soda Water at T. C. SMITH'S "Arctic Fountain" only 5 cents a glass. TEN CENT COUNTER. From this date vou mav consider ALL our Counters BARGAIN COUNTERS, but to offer still greater inducements to Cash Buyers, We have this day placed upon our MIDDLE COUNTER agreat variety of good GOODS, which we propose to sell at the common price of Ten Cents for Choice. The Ladies are requested to call soon, as these Goods are to be rushed off immediately. Call soon and secure the best bargains in Charlotte for the east money. liAKUliNUl.lt & TKU1TJSU. July 12, 1878. Everybody prefers Them. The Dixie Pump still the best. Thev combine cheanness. simDlicitv. durability. and less liable to get out of order more easily repaired and more extensively used than any other ump in the mate. All tne city wells have tnem, after expensive experimenting with the other kinds. For sale low by u. JN. SMITH. July 26, 1878. BUY THE BEST! The best Boots, Shoes and Hats n the State are for sale at PEGRAM & CO'S, First National Bank Building, Charlotte, N. C. April 26, 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 $$, $2.50 and $2 per day. according to lo cation of Rooms. 11. U. JSCCL.ES, July 5, 1878. ' tf Proprietor Palm Oil Toil6t Soap, 10 cents a cake at T. C. SMITH'S Drug Store ' - I .-.. - ? . - . . " r ' i j v Hints to Husbands. I noticed in your paper several articles instructing women how to make home cheerful and happy for their husbands. And I think it is now time for some one to give the men a few hints as to how they must act when they are at home. In the first place, my dear friends, when you1 get a wife, you must control your pa tience, for most men think that wives are the easiest and handiest things in the world to get out of patience with. If you have many trials with your business of the world, which of course you have, do not carry home as a present to your wife a ciotded and contracted brow, he may have trials too, which though they may not b&3gJai as yours, they are still just as hard for her to bear. Only give her a kind word with a tender look and smile, and see how quickly the gloom oh her face will be changed to a look of brightness. Just think, my friend, how it would be if you were shut in from all Heaven's cool breezes as she is ; and in consequence this will very often cause her to lose her health, and the fine spirits which you thought were so at tractive in your courting days will lose their elasticity. You are a perfect stranger to her trials and sorrowp, but if you will only bear with her, your tenderness will re lieve her ot a great many of the small, if not the larger, ones. Notice kindly, in stead of taking as a matter of course, and the little attentions that she does to pro mote your comfort, and at the same time do not be always ready and willing to ob serve or speak of any little omission of what you may consider due you. lou must sometimes yield your wishes to her'?, for she has preferences as well as you, and it is just as trying for her to give up her choice . . 1 1 t p . to you as it wouia oe ior you io give way to her. Do you find it difficult to yield to her sometimes? Then just stop and ask yourself if it is not hard for her to yield to you always. If you do not give way to her sometimes there is great danger that she will think you selfish : and how can she love you as she might it she has these thoughts about you ? Again, you must not be indifferent to her. For how can a plant grow if it is not watered ? The love of your wife is indeed a rich and rare plant which Heaven in its kindness gave you, but ah ! how soon will it wither away ; and you, in your selfishness, will think it is still growing in the poor, sterile ground that you have planted it in. liut it you will only remove it aud plant it in the sunshine of the love that can beam within your eyes, and water it with smiles and kindness it will yet bloom and perfect itself, and be one of the greatest blessings that could have been given you. And another thing you must be manly so that your wife can look up to you and confide in your judgment as a man. M. G. in Raleigh Farmer. Recommendations. A gentleman once advertised for a boy to assist him in his office, and nearly fifty applied for the place. Out of the whole number he in a short time chose one, and sent the rest away. "I should like to know," said a inend, "on what ground you selected that boy. He had not a single recommendation with him." "You are mistaken," said the gentleman, "he had a great many. He wiped his feet when he came in, and closed the door after him, showing that he was orderly and tidy. He gave up his seat instantly to that lame old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in, and answered my questions promptly and respectfully, showing that he was polite. He lilted up the dook wnicn l had purposely laid on the floor, and placed it on the table, while all the rest stepped over it or thrust it aside showing that he was careful. When I talked with him I noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed, his hair in nice order, and his teeth as white as milk. When he wrote his name I observed that his finger-nails were clean, instead of being tipped with iet. like the handsome little fellow's in the blue jacket. Don't you call these letters oi recommendation? I do, and what I can earn about a boy by using my eyes for ten minutes is worth more than all the fine let ters he can bring me." Be Careful What You fill Ud With. A boy returned from school one day with a report that his scholarship had laiien below the usual average. "Well." said the father, you've fallen be hind this month, have you ?" X GS Sir "How did that happen?" "Don't know, sir." The father knew, if his son did not. He ad observed a number of cheap novels scattered about the house, but he had not thought it worth while to say anything un- 11 a ntling opportunity buuuiu uuer useii. basket of apples stood upon tne noor, ana he said : "Empty those apples, and take the basket and bring it to me half full of chips. And now," he continued, "put those apples back into the basket." When half the apples were replaced, the son said : "Father, they roll off. I can't put in any mere." "Put them in I tell you." "But father, I can't put them in." "Put them in ! No ; of course you can't put them in. Do you expect to fill a bas ket half full of chips, and then fill it ,with apples ? You said you didn't know how you fell behind at school, and I will tell you. Your mind is like that basket ; it will not hold much more than so much ; and here you have been the past month filling it up with rubbish worthless, cheap novels." ' The boy turned on his heel and whistled, id said : "Whew ! I see the point." and 1878. -j TWENTY Our Mineral Wealth. The iron ores of North Carolina include nearly every known species, from the Mag netic deposits of the older formations, to thaBog Ores of the surface, which are still in process.pf deposition. And they are distributed- over a large part of the territofy of the State, from New Hanover and Hali fax, through almost every intervening county to Cherokee The last mentioned species of ore is found in horizontal and super ucial beds, generally of limited extent and of inferior quality, and is confined to the newer formations of the east. The Magnetic ores are found in the older gran ite rocks of the middle and western coun ties. The Red Hematites are found, often in immediate association with, the magnet ites, or in the " sume formations, but more commonly in the slates and quartzites of a i. .... .. . aate stiDsequeni to tne granitic series; while the Brown Hematites and limonites are found, to some extent, in the slates, etc., last mentioned, and continue through the latter formations. In the coal beds an im pure, earthly ore occurs very abundantly, but of poor quality. As has been intima ted, the distribution of the geological for mations controls tnai ot the iron ores. One consequence of this is that the ores are distributed, not at haphazard, but along certain zones, making often well defined ranges of ore-bedn, the general course of which is parallel to the sea-coast and the Appalachian axis of the continent. The two most conspicuous examples of this ar rangement are lurnished by the Guilford- Rockingham ore-beds and those of" King's luountain, wnicn extena nortnwestwaru to Catawba Station. The ores of both these ranges are mag netic for the most part, and of good quality, and are found in numerous outcrops throughout a great extent of territory- Iron has been made continuously for more than a century on the King's Mountain range, where are several furnaces nearly one hundred years old. Indeed, most of the iron made in the State has come from this class of ores, which are not only among the most common and abundant, but also are the best in quality of metal yielded. Dur ing the late war many furnaces were in blast in Gaston, Lincoln and Catawha, and the iron industry received a great impulse, both here and in many other sections of the State. Beyond the Blue Ilidge iron has also been made for two or three genera tions, and from the same class of ore. The most considerable body of this ore in that region is the well-known Cranberry ore-bed, in Mitchell county, which is oueof the most notable deposits in this country, both for purity and extent. It is equal to the lamous Swedish ores, so much prized in Eu rope and so largely exported to England where this class of ore is almost entirely wanting. Fortunately, this valuable de posit is likely to be brought into use on a large scale very soon, having passed into the hands of some of the most enlightened iron-makers in this country, who know its value, and are about building a railroad for its transportation to market and to coal. Magnetic ore occurs at many other points in the western counties, on both sides of the Blue Ridge, in bodies of considerable ex tent and value, notably in the same county near the base of the Roan Mountain ; but the Brown ores of Cherokee are among the most extensive and valuable deposits in the State. They stretch along the whole length of the great trough of Valley River, in numerous outcrops of double ranges, for more than thirty miles, the beds, in places, reaching a thickness of twenty-five feet, and occasionally much more. These de posits have been very little explored or used ; but when this fine region shall be opened up by the approach of railroads and the increase of population and manufac tures, they will be of great value. Prof. W. C. Kerr, in South-Atlantic, for August. Big Texas. A great many Texans have come to the conclusion that their territory is too large to be advantageously governed as a single State, and propose to avail themselves of the right, guaranteed to them when admit ted to the Federal Union, to create new States. Some idea of the extent of the country and the consequent difficulty of reconciling its necessarily conflicting inter ests will be seen when it is remembered that the State of Texas has an area suffi cient to make five States the size of North Carolina, and then leave enough to make a State equal in size to Connecticut, Massa chusetts and Delaware, and four States the size of Rhode Island. The division may not take place at once, but sooner or later it must come. An immense emigration has been going on from all parts of the country to Texas since the war, and territory and popula tion being both ample, and interests con flicting, we may expect at no distant day that there will be at least two Stales where now there is but one. It will not be done however without objection, for our North ern brethren will point with anything but pride and satisfaction to the admission of new States that will send Southern Sena tors to Congress. Opinion there, however, has not crystal ized either as to the number of additional States or as to their necessity. The Dallas Herald thinks there is no need for four Texases as yet, but calls for a division of the State into North and South Texas, one of these embracing the grain producing counties of the north, the other the cotton and cane producing counties of the south. These two sections differ in crops, in people and in ideas; it says, and ought to be two entirely different States. III w 23f A woman - will face the frowning world and cling to the man she loves through the most bitter adversity, but she wouldn't wear a hat three weeks behind the style to save the government. - SEVENTH VOLUBIE NUMBER 1345. ; Governors Authority. The free exercise of the pardoning power by Governors is being severely ' criticised. The only remedy, in our opinion, will be found in tbxr entire abolition of this .power. The laws in all the States are' framed with a view to giving tne aeienaant in criminal cases every reasonable chance for convic tion. The probabilities are that five hun dred guilty men escape where one is pun ished for a crime that he did not commit. And in this exceptional five-hundredth case, the person punished is almost so bad a man that the jury think it due to society to strain the law a little rather than let him go at large. When a mau has exhausted all his appeals in the Courts, and is re manded to prison, there is co good reason why a Governor should interfere unless hew evidence comes to light. ' In that case the law should permit some tribunal to de cide upon his application, not for a pardon, but for another trial. So long as there is an appeal to Governors, and so long as hu man feeling controls men's acts, the tears and supplications of wives, mothers, sisters, daughters and gray-haired fathers will move the hearts of those in whom tho par doning power resides, and will secure clemency that ought not to be granted Some of the purest and best of State Execu tives have used this power with the great est freedom. They could not withstand the piteous appeals of the wretched women who had been brought into the deepest affliction by the crimes of their male rehv tives. Tho office of Governor would be re lieved of its most trying and difficult duty by this obliteration. Mill 1 Waiters in Paris, It is an established rule in the cafes and restaurants of Paris, says a Paris corres pondent, that the waiters not only receive no salary, but pay a daily stipend to the proprietors ior tne privilege oi waiting upon customers. It is customary in Paris, and all over Europe, for the customer to give two or three sous to the waiter, which, in the course of a day, amounts to quite a handsome sum. In some of the restaurants an urn is kept on the desk of the cashier, and each of the waiters, as he receives this gift money, is required to drop it in the urn. At the close of the day it is taken out and divided among all the waiters the proprietors receiving one-fourth of the amount. In other establishments the waiter keeps the money he receives, but pays the proprietor from two to ten francs, accord ing to the run of custom. A curious inci dent of the absurdity of this custom oc curred at the Paris Exposition the other day. The proprietors of the Dural Restau rant, conceiving that their waiters were making too much money, raised the tax on each waiter from one to two francs per day. A general strike was the result, but the waiters finally yielded. In Vienna, where the restaurants are larger and more exten sively patronized, the waiters collect no money, but they have regularly appointed collectors, each having a dozen or more tables. These collectors pay heavily for their position, sufficient to pay the salaries of all the waiters in the establishment. It is the general impression that hotel porters, who prey upon the guests, also pay the pro prietors for their positions. Fortune Tellers. The business men of New York are noted for shrewdness and hard sense and would be the last persons to suspect of supersti tious weakness, yet unless they are wrongly accused many of them consult the fortune tellers and clairvoyants quite regularly. Tr .,ywi. nn tr.nin.v.n x i duvu a mail no vuiniuuuuio auuciuiib had even the smallest particle of faith in the female seer, there need be but little diffi culty in accepting the talk that puts many less noted men in the same category. At all events, it is frequently said of this man or that one that he habitually calls upon one or another of our modern weird sisters for information and advice about his busi ness. Also, that there are tradesmen and others ot that class among us who .never begin an enterprise till it has been approved by some one who pretends that he or she can read the future. Not long since I was a listener to a conversation that bore di rectly on this subject. The persons be tween whom it passed were two gentleman of considerable shrewdness. "I wonder," remarked one. "if Williams has been to see a fortune teller lately ?" "That is a singular question. Why do you ask ?" 'Well, 1 hear he is making preparations- to enlarge his business." "And what of that?" "Why, don't you know that he never does anything of that sort without inter viewing some old woman before he begins ?" " i ou don't mean that Williams is tool enough to believe in the nonsense of the fortune tellers ?" "Certainly he is, and I supposed that every one knew it." "Does he follow their advice " "I guess he does, about as closely as he can. He has full faith in what they tell him." "And how does it generally come out T "Well, he gets along pretty much as others do, none the better for the fortune tellers, of course, and possibly none the worse. Why, there are scores of fellows in New York who would not put ten dollars in a new venture till they had first con sulted some clairvoyant or fortune teller about it." The enlightened nineteenth century has some dark spots, after alL But so, the scientists say, has the sun.. The same scien- tists? though, would probably smile very significantly if one asked their opinion of clairvoyants. 2 All the theology in the world has never succeeded in answering the child's question : "Why doesn't God kill the devil.,,
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