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M .r VV. J YATES, Editor and Proprietor. Term of SubKripUon $2. 00, m advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879. TWENTY-SEYEXTfl VOLUME NUUBEIl 1J62. ffi' In il .if n fs v ii ia v i r i v a. ik. i hi ii in i ii in in I ii i yfii i ii ii i i i y i 11 ii 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. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. o Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable fates, or in accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will re charged for at advertising rates. E. K. P. OSBORNE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 0 Charlotte, N. C. Special attention given to Collections. Loans negotiated on Mortgage and other securities. 2T Office over Harty's China Store, Trade St., near Court II nfic. - August 1), 1878 Om Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, f Tas on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1, 1875. J. P. McCombs, M. D., tiers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both light and day, promptly attended to. Oltice in Rrown'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 Office over Traders' National Rank Residence opposite W. R. Alvers'. Jan. 18, 1878. DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Iirown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15, 1878. Doctor D. STUART LYON, Charlotte, -NC. Office : Corner Trade and Poplar Streets (Of fice of the late Dr. C. J. Fox) Residence with Rev. Theo. Whitfield, D. D. Calls from City and country will receive prompt attention. Nov. 1, 1878. Gm. T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney, at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Prompt attention to all professional b'usiness. Practices in the State and Federal Courts. Collec tions will receive his personal attention. Refers by permission to Commercial National Bank, Charlotte, N. C. Office over Di . H"ith's Drug Store. Sept. 13, 1878 - KX Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. E. J. ALLEN, Near Irwin's corner, Trade Street,! Charlotte, N. C, PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER, Repairing of Jewelry, Watches and Clock? 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 nhvays on hand for the Wholesale trade. Jan. 1 1875. D. M. RIGLER Charlotte, ;N. C. Dealer in Confectioneries, Fruits, Canned Goods, Crackers, Bread, Cakes, Pickles, fcc. 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. CENTRAL HOTEL, Charlotte, N. C, Located on one Corner of the Public Square. Re cent Internal improvements have been made -f or accommodation of guests. ltate $3, $2.50 and $ 2 per day, according to lo cation of Hounis. II. C. ECCLES, July 5, 1878. tf Proprietor. LEWIN W. BARRINGER, Son of the late Hon. D. M. Barringer of N. C.) Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 430 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 lotte; Merchants and Farmers National Bank. March 15, 1878 ly-pd J. Mclaughlin & co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries; Provisions &c, College Street, Charlotte, N. C.v 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. Information Wanted. Wm. H. Gil christ, now living at Carthage, Indiana, left Robeson county, X. C, thirty-three years ago. He wishes to know the whereabouts of his kin. Attention Farmers! , Call at Kyle & Hammond's Hardware House and examine their "Dexter Corn Shellers" and "Feed Cutters" the latest and best out. Also, new style adjustable Iron Foot Plow Stoc ks, a great improve ment on those sold in this market last season. We have a heavy Stock of Steel Plows, Clevises, Single Trees, Steel and Iron Harrow Teeth, Heel Screws, Grass Rods, &c, which we can and will sell to the Farmers at prices lower than they can possibly afford to make them. Nov. 1, 1878. KYLE & HAMMOND. HARDWARE! We are now receiving the most extensive stock of HARDWARE purchased by any one house in the State, and are prepared to offer WHOLESALE BUYERS greater inducements to buy in this market than ever offered before. Merchants will find our Stock the most complete and our prices the lowest. Nov. 1, 1878. KYLE & HAMMOND. Charlotte Institute for Young Ladies. Session Begins September 12. A full corps of able and experienced Teachers engaged for instruction in Preparatory and Colle- fiate Departments ; also in Modern Languages, Iusic and Art. THE CHARLOTTE INSTITUTE will not be surpassed by any Institute in the South in the ex tent and thoroughness of its course of instruction. The Institute has been undergoing thorough re pair and renovation. Ample provision made for the accommodation of Boarding Pupils. For Terms as to Board and Tuition, apply to the Principal. Rev. WM. R. ATKINSON, Aug. 9, 1878 Cm Charlotte, N. C. SUCCESS EXTRAORDINARY, Noticithstanding my extraordinary large Purchases this Fall, and regardless of at tempts Jrom all quarters to direct the trade from Charlotte into other Channels, Yet the good sense of the people on the one hand,and my superior advantages in purchases on the other hand, have overcome all, and 1 have had an unpre cedented good trade, so much so that it enabled me to buy a Second Stock, Which is just in and to which the Wholesale Trade and Retail Buyers are respectfully asked to give their attention. iW To all who went North for their Stocks I would respectfully address myself and beg to sug gest an easy and cheap method of replenishing their Stocks by calling on me. tW- To all old and regular customers who have bo.ht from im; this season, I would say come again. My STOCK is complete in all its various departments. R( spectfullv, S. WiTTKOWSKY, Nov. 20, 1878. Charlotte, N. C. Shuttles and Needles. Now is your time to buy the genuine Stewart Singer Sewing Machine, with all the attachments complete, for $30. Shuttles, Needles, Oil, &c, for all kinds of Ma chines for sale. Old Machines repaired or exchanged. Address BRADSIIAW & CO.. General Agents, Charlotte, N. C. Sept. 27, 1878. DR. T. C. SMITH, ( Opposite the Central Hotel,) Charlotte, N. C, Buys goods mainly of first hands, at closest possi ble prices, and sells everything at figures which these times of depression demand. Aug. 30, 1878. Coal Oil. The Coal Oil we handle is guarranteed to be as good, if not the best in the market. Our sales prove it. WILSON & BURWELL. Oct. 18. 1878. Druggists. Rubber Belting. A complete Stock of Rubber Belting, Rubber and Hemp Packing. Also, all sizes and kinds of Rope at bottom prices. Nov. 1, 1878. KYLE & HAMMOND. AUCTION HOUSE. D. G MAXWELL. C. F. HARRISON. MAXWELL & HARRISON, Auction and Commission Merchants. Buy and sell on consignment all kinds of Merchan dise and Country Produce. "Will give strict per sonal attention to all business entrusted to our care. Four doors above Charlotte Hotel. Nov. 8, 1878 tf DRUGS. If the people of this State will buy their Medi cines and other Goods in the Drug line from DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist at Charlotte, they will always get what they want at the lowest market prices and of the very best quality. Don't forget this when you come to Town. Nov. 22, 1878. T. C. SMITH. Dixie Pump Fixtures. I am now prepared to furnish any of the fixtures belonging to the Dixie Pump. Also, the Dixie Pump complete, fully seasoned, and warranted not to make the water taste. 100 pounds Beeswax wanted. B. N. SMITH. Sept. 13, 1878. Cigars. No trouble about getting Five Cent Citrars to suit you at DR. SMITH'S DRUG STORE. E. S. BURWELL, 1878. E B. SPRINGS BURWELL & SPRINGS, Grocers and Commission Merchants, Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 4, 1878.. WILSON & BURWELL, WUOLESALE . AND RETAIL Druggists. Trade Street, Charlotte, X. C. August 16, 1878. The Neexoes of New York "City. The colored population of: New York is stated to be 20,000. In general they are poor and degraded, but the X. Y. World gives an account of a dozen or more of them, who have amassed fortunes varying from thirty thousand to five hundred thousand dollars. Some of these live in elegant brown stone houses, are well educated, ktep their carriages and have white coach men and house servants. Edward Hesdra, from Virginia, a retired cabinet maker, is set down as worth a quarter of a million. He owns many houses, and has a Summer residence at Nyack. Phillip Teneyck, worth 80,000, lately gave $1,000 to the Episcopal Church to which he belongs. John an Dyke inherited a fortune from his father, who was a caterer. He could make a check for $100,000. Mrs. J. C. Gloucester, who keeps a fashionable boarding house, is worth from $300,000 to $500,000. She came from Norfolk, Va. Her husband is a Presbyte rian preacher. Peter Ray, who has been in the employment of the Lorrillards for fifty years, is worth $100,000. Charles L. Reason, Professor of belles lettres in a Col lege, is a man of learning, living elegantly, worth $60,000. Hev. Chas. i. Hay, worth from $80,000 to $100,000, has a daughier highly educaied, who stulied law and was admitted to the bar in Washington City, but did not pursue the practice, her only object bein? to test the question whether a woman of African blood would be admitted to the bar. Thomas Downing, restaurant keeper, from Accornac county, Va., made a fortune, which he lost in real estate specu lations, lie received a valuable chronome ter from Queen Victoria, in acknowledge ment of a present of oysters which he sent to her. His son, George T. Downing, has succeeded to the restaurant business. . Sam uel 15. Howard, worth $100,000, was bom a slave. Miss Winnie Duncan, aged 21, has an income of $10,000 a year. Her father acquired this fortune by insuring the lives of two wives in mccession, and burying each in succession, and so on. The colored race have eleven Churches and many liter ary, missionary and benefit societies. There are thirty-six colored teachers in the public schools. The deserving poor of the race are taken good care of, and when they die are buried decently. . in Raleigh Observer. KIW Hampton has lost a leg but has been elected to the United States Senate. Vance or Merrimon would either one say '"saw it off" if they were just now fixed as surely in the office as Hampton. Iieids ville Times. Rev. Dr. Curry preached a fine ser mon in Richmond, Va., a few Sundays since. Referring to the insiuceiitv of this age he said he frequently shuddered to think that half the prayers prayed were so many lies. Executor's Notice. Having qualified as Executor of the Will of Mrs. Margaret L. Henderson, dee'd, I hereby notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present the same to me before the 1st day of January, 1880, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. W. F. GRIFFITH, Executor of M. L. Henderson. Dec. 20, 1878 6w The "Rising Sun" Variety Store. While we honor the name of a Gallileo, Newton, Fulton and Morse, whose discoveries have done so much for the natural world, in the aid afforded man in his material labors, what should be the reward of him who fearlessly announces to the world and asserts his ability to demonstrate the fact that he has in store a large fresh Stock of Confectioneries Of every description. Also, TOYS IN VARIETY, Including Toy Guns loaded with love and charity for the "little ones," Wagons, Baskets and Dolls with their hearts, with fine Apples in kind remem brance of "Old Mother Eve's" speculation. Pipes and other Fancv Articles From Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Buckets and Baskets from Potsdam, Sardines from Fish Dam, Wooden Monks from Beaver Dam, and Goobers from Yuba Dam. For housekeepers, all kinds of Groceries, including Fresh Bread, Cakes and Pies daily. Buckwheat Flour, Spices, Sugars, Coffee, Mince Meat, &c. Thankful for past patronage, I hope for a con tinuation of the same. Dec. 6, 1878. C S. HOLTON. Just Received at M . RIGLER'S, D A fine lot of Florida Oranges, Lemons, Apples frocfi front' ova Siwl o T3iitft "V"k I iresn v;racKers, ooaa, isutter, uysters, uream. jnc iHe: iUiiuies, uocoiaie, liurni Aimonu, uui l Diops, Crystalized Fruit, and a lanre assortment fine Cream. Also, our own make of plain Candiej tresh Cakes and Pies. D. M. RIGLER, Dec 18,1878. LOST. A Certificate for Ten Shares of Stock, in my naip in the Merchants and farmers .National Bank Charlotte, N. C, No. 186, dated October 7th, 18 All persons are warned not to buy the same, as plication will be made to the Board of Directors the expiration of thirty davs from this date fo duplicate Certificate. j TV a 1C" TIT t CMITII FINE MILLINERY FA XC Y DR Y GO ODS. Grandest display of Fine Goods ever exbibjed in Charlotte, at Oct 4, 1878. MRS. QUERY' "Aladdin Security Oil" Is the best in use and will not explode. Sol in Charlotte by WILSON & BURWELj. For Retail Trade l We offer as an attractive a Stock of Goods astan be found in the city. j WILSON & BURWELL, Druggistv "The Secret of Wealth." ; How many thousands of poor, hard work ing men bewail their fate, and accusing fate ot unkindness, ponder bow ther may grow rich. It requires no Aladdin's lamp no magician a art, nor philosopher s stone, to discover the secret. Wealth is within the grasp of every man possessed of health and sound mind, if he will but practice three things through life, viz: Industry, Iru aality. Economy. Industry means the sound of the hammer in the workshop at daybreak. Frugality means prudence and ioiethoujnit in every expenditure, and Economy means Common sense and justice to yourself, and to those dependent upon you. bon oi toil don t blame fate for your poverty, lilame yourself ; 'tis your fault not fortune's; you need not be poor, unless vou will it so. Every man can obtain wealth if he tries. You answer, 4money makes money I know. JJut 1 have none. rr ihen go to work an J get it. .arn and save it. Don't borrow it, tor debt is a milV- stone. Make it yourself; you can if you will, lou would ask the secret of wealth. The question is answered in the talismanic worn of only four letters, s-a-v-e! 1 his is the keystone to the impregnable art of wealth, without which the whole structure tumbles. Begin your savings iu small things. Don't argue that you need all you make to live, and can't save. 'Tis false, for were you under sentence of death you would save one half you earn to save your life. Do as much then to save yourself and lamly from poverty. You argue that you are industrious now. b ragal because you only buy necessary things, and economical as you can be with oui being mean. How many hours do you waste every day that would yield "money to save? How many expenditures do you nuke for foolish trifles? Is this frugality? II w much money do you waste that might besaved ? Is this economy? You speak of being mean. Is it mean to provide lor a rainy day t Is it mean to save up a fund foi vour family ? Is it mean to leave be- hiid you, should you die, enough to keep your children from being paupers? No, a thousand times no ! It is mean rather for you to throw the support of your family on otiers by your wastelnl indulgence in the frivolities of life. It is not only mean, but absolutely criminal. Just realize that you have not one dollar in the world, and your additional labor will become a labor of lore. Let us calculate: We will average the pay of a laboring man at $1.50 per diem. He indulges in at least "two days off" each month. This iu one year amounts to $36. Suppose he were by extra time for cue year to make 24 days more. This would be equal to $72 per year total, which in five year time would amount, priucipal and in terest at 6 per cent, to $430.32 or enough to purchase neat cottage home in yearly installments. Sotnuch for lost labor. Next calculate wasteful expenditure. A man who makes $20 pir week, is a smoker, a chewer and drinkj ale occasionally. See what this atnou)t8 to: cigars a week, $2 00 4 papers tobacco, 40 'i) glasses ale, I 00 5 car rides, 75 saloon lunches, 1 50 Total per week, $6 15 above calculation is made for a man who here they have street cars ; at other places. horsfand buggy hire may be substituted for car rides is useless outlay aggregates $319.80 peryear. If we average it at $300 a year auit were saved instead of spent, in five yejrs it would amount, principal and inter estto over $1,800. Every one admits that fibres can't lie they are a straight argu mit. Suppose now you save one dollar p- week. Beginning at 20 years, save ul 60, you have $8,413.12, which, in ve&ed at seven per cent, would net you $50 per bonth in your old age. If you begin at 3iyears you have when 60, $4,258.60, at 40 yjars you would save $1,930.96. These amojnts are the saving at one dollar per weei with interest compounded at 6 per cen p man can say truthfully, I can't save or I can't grow rich. Begin it, and the halt of economy will grow, and your chil dri will follow your example. A man out oftvrork who can show his bank book, with dtfosits regularly made, has a recommenda tVn, stronger than all other endorsements. I'proves industry, frugality, and economy, gid stamps him at once as an hones, up isht. thrifty man. one to be relied on. Re- member that "God helps those that help . 1 - w ' JtliomaoK - oa " Coxckalei Wkapoxs. We do earnest ly hope that the present Legislature will pass a stringent law in regard to carrying deadly weapons. The strongest objection made to the law heretofore came from the lawyers who thought that a law forbidding the carrying of pistols was unconstitutional, as the Constitution of the United States provides that the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infring d." But this refers to arms necessary for military purpose4. The State of Arkansas has parsed a law making the carrying of con cealed weapons a misdemeanor, and the Supreme Court of that State has declared the act Constitutional. We have an Act to the same effect in this State, but it only applies to the county of Alleghany. Lin coln Progress. . 2F" A lady who speaks from experience says that probably nine children out often who die of croup might be raved by the timely application of roast onions, mashed, laid upon a folded napkin and goose oil, or even lard, poured on and applied as warm as can be borne comfortably, to the throat and npper part of the chest, and to the feet and hands. Wasted Hours. In the early springtime of life, when the seemingly broad future lies before us, bright with the budding promises of hope, how little we heed the passing hours, aud the moments nit by almost nnnoted, yet these compose the sum of life, and as they are utilized or wasted, so shall oar after years be barren or fruitful. idleness is. untortunately, inherent in many natures, while in others it is but the result of indifferent training, therefore every child should be taught the value of time it should earlv learn the sorrowful lesson that a day Once gone can never be recalled It should be trained almost from infancy to habits of industry and usefulness, that u may not, in me winter oi lite, wnen its garners should be filled with golden grain nave nothing, for its portion but regretfu memories of wasted hours. How painful it is to see fond but foolish -parents allowing children to spend their best and brightest hours in vain and, frivolous occupations, saying: "Let them enjoy life while they are young; the cares come soon enough." Aye, truly, but may they not weigh heavier upon shoulders unused to even the lightest burdens than upon those that have been strengthened in anticipation ot the cross which, sooner or later, each weary traveler that treads the thorny paths of life is forced to bear? - now otten 1 nave seen children anxious to assist their parents in their various du ties, and more than happy if permitted to do so their little hearts swelling with pride over their fancied usefulness; and how often have I seen the thoughtless, im patient mother repulse them, because the tiny fingers are unskillful, and their clumsy efforts are a hinderance rather than an as sistance! Who knows but that in this manner many a sensitive, timid child has oeen utterly discouraged, and lias so ac quired habits of listlessness and indifference which in after life have been a source of grief, not only to the child, but to the heed less parent who failed to realize the respon bility resting upon her, and who learns alas ! too late that as we sow, so also must we reap ? Not that childhood should be robbed of its freshness and joyousness by endeavoring to place an old head on young shoulders ; let the little darlings romp and play as they will there is no sweeter music in the world than the ringing laugh of a happy, artless child ; but at the Bime time, if they demonstrate a taste for useful occupations. let that taste be judiciously encouraged; let there be some object even in their games; let them tend to some purpose, and not be, as they usually are, meaningless and it i i i - .i i ii iaie, Denenciai to neitner mina nor oody only a waste of time. Rules for Ladies Traveling Alone. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, in view ot the dimculties and dangers en countered by ladies traveling alone, suggests that they observe the following rules: 1. Before starting on your journey, famil iarize yourself with the route, and the names ot all good hotels at the various stopping places. 2. Is ever travel with just enough money. but always carry enough for a possible emergency. This will save much anxiety. 3. Wear but little Jewelry, and keep the larger part of your money in some inside pocket out of sight. 4. Always look after yourself, and do not allow a stranger to procure your tickets or checks for your baggage. 5. Avoid, if possible, making any changes in cars by night, but when unavoidable, go with the others. Do not become separated from the crowd. 6. Take no hacks, but go in an omnibus, where there are other people. These are perfectly safe. 7. If any doubt as to changing cars, checking baggage, etc., inquire in advance of the conductor. The conductors on our trains are always nolite and willinor to be of service, especially to women traveling alone. 8. Do not wait till late to make some change in train before inquiring of the con ductor, for, ten to one, he will then be hur ried and you will only half inform yourself. 9. Under all circumstances endeavor to retain your presence of mind. One who can do this Cill have no trouble traveling, and, instead of it's being unwise for women to travel alone, I think it an advantage for them to make trips alone, for there are few people who are not at times obliged to do so, and experience does away with much of the possible danger in traveling. A Start in Life. I would rather that my boy possessed good common sense to start him in life than plenty of money. If he has not this com mon sense, no amount of training will great- y alter his condition in this respect. When hear a father call his child a ninny, a blockhead, a simpleton, a stupid donkey, or a fool, (as some parents will when they for get themselves,) it occurs to me that such remarks rather reflect on the bead of the amily. The child, however, usually knows very well that his father is only excited, and does not mean what he says. The next desirable requisite in my child s outfit would be a naturally cheerful disposition, xtot that I prefer the natural to the cultivated, or I do not. Cultivated cheerfulness is a charming part of any one's character, yet the natural is the surest, since 1 am very doubtful as to my being, able to teach him now to acquire it. 1 snouia try to oecneer- . 1 r s .1 I . ui myseu, ana inus inauce mm never w ook upon the gloomy side of life. C, S. Man. - i The fact that the colored people of Georgia own $6,000,000 of landed property is not an evidence that they are oppressed by legislation in the interest of the whites exclusively. The Coining Prosperity. . . . The times seem to have much of gloom, but to the eyes of the most experienced financiers there appears in the near future brighter, more prosperous daysj Referring to time pat and to come in National pro gress the Philadelphia Times says: ' HThe halt called in National, State, muni cipal, corporation and ' individual extrava gance by the financial revulsion of 1873 was a timely one. Every day that it might have continued thereafter would have but added, to the severity of the reckoning.' Unhealthy inflation and fictitious prosperity had carried government and siciety into profligacy, and the returning tide has left its' track strewn with countless financial wrecks. As in all Nations of the' past, pro fligacy among the people found its way into every department of the Government, and what should have been a liberal and judicious system of public improvements, was prostituted to monstrous jobbery and oppression. We have had shameless abuse of the generous favor of the Government in the construction of the greatly needed transcontinental highways, and persistent frauds practiced upon Doth the Treasury and trade by those who bring the peivert ed gifts of the people into the lobby to maintain the most oppressive exactions from the industry and thrift of the country. The Nation must obey the lessons of the revulsion from uuhealthy stimulus through broken individual fortunes and . diminished public revenues to actual' values; but it must not, cannot stand still. . It must be progressive in alL that ..enhances the growth and prosperity of a great people.. It has vast Territories to bring within the reach of surplus labor; it has millions ot acres of lands which are needed for the homes of the idle in the East; it has hostile savages to subdue or civilize by the advance of pros perous industry ; it has great highways to construct to give peace to the Indian conn tries, protection to settlers and save the millions wasted in needless wars; it has languishing trade to revive; general dis trust to dissipate; idle industries to em ploy, and it has a grand highway across the continent, the -creature of its own bounty, to wrest from the greed of lobby ists and lawlessness, and invite commercial exchange and travel between the Eastern and Western seas by crushing the defiant monopoly that makes Government and people pay enormous tribute to its Treasury. The Nation is about to emerge from half a decade of the most distressing prostra tion, and it needs a sound, honest, progres sive policy, lhe great demand of the day is broad-guage, courageous, faithful states men, who will advance to meet the pressing necessities of to-day. The statesman of the future will be the leader who comes to the front and demands that the Government shall recall its millions of unsettled land from corporations; discard speculators and speculation; construct the two unfinished transcontinental highways practically and solely in the interest of the Government: end Indian wars, offer the reclaimed lands as homes to the unemployed labor of tho East; cheapen the rates of trade and travel and thus develop the untold wealth of the West to give prosperity to all sections and all classes of people. Tho two unfinished Pacific Railways have vast land-grants from the Government, from which the peo ple are excluded undor the homestead laws; and the corporations are unable, in the present financial depression, to dispose of the lands or build their Railways. The lands are useless, first because not open to E re-em ption and next because not accessi le; laborers in the East aie suffering for the necessities of life, while the rich soil. nes, forests and streams of the West would give them pTehtyTrT return for their efforts. This issue is the overshadowing issue to-day, and shivering law-makers who are by courtesy called statesmen, will soon learn that wise progress and just liberality are the parents of both public economy and prosperity. ' v : Let Your Children Sleep Enough. As sleep is the period for replenishing the system, for restoring the cells wasted by the nervous activity of tbe day the period when the processes of digestion reach their final result, by identifying the new nutri ment with the system in"the place of the waste of the tissues it follows that chil dren need more sleep than grown persons. Many who might be plump, active1 and . happy if given sleep sufficient, are flaccid and sallow, weary and fretful, because they do not sleep enough to allow the demand of ' the svstem for nutrition to be supplied. Children often feel it very hard that they are sent .to bed early, while the grown peo-M pie sit up and enjoy themselves long after they are in bed. If any children chance to read this paragraphto them we would say : You need more sleep than your parents, , because you have to grow and they do not. You need to use a good deal of the n food you eat in growing larger and stronger; if Jou consume it all in activity, you will not ave enough to grow with; Therefore you ought to sleep a great deal, and let the body rest from exercise, if you would grow strong and healthy." : - ' : : ' Memorial Asking foe 'the Removal of Virginia jcdgb. a memorial nas been signed by. nearly all the members of the Hampton Bar. Va.. and addressed to the General Assembly, asking that Judge Montague, of the Third Judicial Circuit, be 1 T. . '.1 T3- removed. - ii criticises me yuuge ;very se verely. . They want him removed because they say he is unfit for the place ; that be is a politician and not, a lawyer ; that ? he delays in answering plain questions, of jaw or fact ; that he lacks dignity and decorum that he encourages instead ox suppressing : personal altercations among members f the J Bar: that he talks to others about mat or his decision, out of the Court liousc, &C., 4&C vera 0-
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