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r' si v n . 4 , 7f rff .jiriooxiiftl eiiT rrfSV 7 L V f Stiff Iti it i n in i III (j HUM VP. J. YATES, Editob, and Proprietor.; Terms of Subscription $2. 00, h advance. THE Cha rlo'tte" Demo era t PUBLISHED BY . ' WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor .Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar; AndTf entytflve Cents for six months. ' Subscription must be paid in advance. . . - Vnt.rl at .tK;.Pr8t Offir in Charlotte. N. C as 'second .cjass postal, mat tertf according to rules of the 1. t. iiepartraent. ' , - ROBERT . GIBBON, M.D:, , ! CHARLOTTE, N.C., (Office corner Ttth ami Tryon Streets,) TeiMlr4M-Trofw,9ionf services to the prcblic, as a practical iirj;eon. v ui,ayyiii;, iroun all tkrdUfwat dopartraenWof Surgery. Patients M ' T..,-, .rl.An n tftQUt f XT Will YtO ftimillPfl iruni ituiSiauLv, itih-u iivv-.mj, ..... comfortable quarters, and experienced nurses, at reasonable rates. Address Lock Box No. 33. March 5, 1880. y 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 and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1, WJ. DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, White Lead and Colors, Machine and Tanners' Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at low prices. March 28,1879. J. P. McCombs, M. D., ( Hers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Ollice in Brown's building, up stairs, oppositethe Charlotte 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. R. Mvers'. Jan. 18, 1878. 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. DR. A. W. ALEXANDER, Dentist, Office over L. R. Wriston & Co.'s Drug Store. I am working at prices to suit the times, for Cash. With 25 years' experience 1 guarantee entire satisfaction. Jan. 18. 1878. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice limited to the EYE, EAR AND T II R 0 A T . Jan. 30, 1880 ROBERT D. GRAHAM, Attorney at Law In the State and United States Courts. Collections, home and foreign, solicited. Abstracts of Titles, Surveys, &c., furnished for compensation. Office: corner Trade and Tryon Streets, Jan. 9, 1880. yr Charlotte, N. C. A. BURWELL, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office In the Brick building formerly occupied by "Vance & Harwell," near the Court Huuse. June 27, 187U. RUFUS BARRINGER, Attorney at Law, Also, lends money on Ileal Estate or good collat erals ; negotiates loans, kc. Bank rules and rates strictly followed. Charlotte, Dec. 24, 1879 ly-pd Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. e. j. Tllen, Near Irwin's corner, Trade Street, Chaulottk, N. C, PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER, 1T" Repairing of Jewelry, "Watches and Clocks done at short notice and moderate prices. April 17, 1876. y HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Watch dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, am Clocks, kjpcctacles, &c, yhich they sell at fair prices. " jiepaw ing'of Jtiwclry, Watches, Clocks', &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. $tore next to Springs' corner building. T-b I. 1879. ,J. IVfcIiAJJQWN 4 QQ.. WUolcaale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, &cM Com.kub Stbeet, Charlotte, N. Cm Bells Onx'erics at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. S? Cottoa and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. BURWELL & SPRINGS, Grocers and Provision Dealers, linyc always in stack Coffee, Sugr, Molasses, Si rups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, plour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c , which we otter to. both the Wholesale aid Retail trade. AU are iq vrted to try us from the smallest tu the largest 'inyeia, Jan. 17. 1880. WILSON & BURWELL, WnOLESAI.E AND RETAIL Druggists, Trade Street, Chablotte, N. C. August 16, 1878. ii ' : ;b ,;: r.; charlotte, n: en Friday, may 28, . 1880, ' ! . . . ' ' ' ' ...... - ; ; L : ; " ' ' Primitive 'honesty and simplicity are stamped on thd countenances of most inaL warm aooui xne tjue pfy ,fn eacn f artfHy - setrj prematuref $ aipea with- the mattirp' features of the same qualities, ' A pretty5 idcitftn recently happened after the arrival 'oTjane'migrant party. ' It occurre to a genueman wno met several oi xae litije peasaut chU'dren in the street that it S would )leasc them-ta bestow Jfl colp on the; child ith Hie btterJiest eyes!' lEte ' then clasped :hfis''haDds "behttid him and" was sauntering awfljwheri ihVchiH,-being' unable to ex pr?flsr"'gTl,tt(ode' in English, if at all,' in wards',1 rai' after, seized the gentleman's handstand ''-".lcissed them. Trie .other IchjJ dreVi TVrrrr?rU(tH 'qlaair1teVaip, and thereby certainly filed claims to shares in the gratuity. Mortgage Sale. By virtue of authority conferred on me by a cer tain Power of Attorney contained in a Mortgage executed to me by Frank Alexander, which said Mortgage is registered in Book 17, in the Register's Office of Mecklenburg county, at page 97, I will sell at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, at the Court House in Charlotte, on Monday the 7th day of June, 1880, the following described property, to wit: That certain Lot or parcel of Land, situated in the City of Charlotte, fronting on First Street, and known in the plan of the City as Lots No. 608 and GOO, fronting 99 feet on First Street and run ning 396 feet to Second Street. Terms of sale, Cash. j. Mclaughlin, May 7, 1880 5w Mortgagee. Valuable Mill Property for Sale. I wish to sell my Mill property known as "Stewart's Mills," 6 miles South of Charlotte, in Sharon Township. The Mills consist of Flour, Corn and Saw, together with a good Cotton Gin all run by never failing water-power. Sufficient Land will be sold with the Mills if desired. For further particulars address me at Charlotte or call at the Store of R. M. White. U. K. STEWART. March 5, 1880. tf SCHIPP & GRIER, Grocers and Commission Merchants, Have one of the largest and best assorted Stocks of Staple and Fancy Groceries In the State. Close and prompt Trade especially invited. They are Agents for the PLANTERS' FAVOR ITE and LONG'S PREPARED CHEMICALS, Fertilizers too well known to need further com mendation. Call for the book with testimonials from all sections. They are also Agents for Sterling Baking Powder, One of the purest and best. Chemists of national reputation recommend it, such as Prof. Doromusof New York, and others. Sample Package free. Try it. Attention of Physicians called to it. For sale by all leadiDg Grocers. SCHIFF & GRIER. Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 24, 1879. Smith's Worm Oil Is perfectly harmless, and will remove every worm when given according to directions. It costs only 25 cents. It is worth that much to feel assured that your child is not wormy. You can get it at Dn. T. C. SMITH'S May 14, 1880. Drug Store. AT RIGLER'S Candies Both Plain and Fancy. We claim that we have as good if not better than you will iind elsewhere, and at prices as low if not lower than you can buy the same in tbe city. Nuts, Raisins, Citron and Currants, and Seedless Raisins for your Christinas Cake. The best assortment of Plain ami Fancy Crackers ever brought to the city. CANNED GOODS of all descriptions. Here is the place to buy your CAKES AND BREAD, a we make a speoialty of Cakes. Come and see us. Respectfully, D. M. RIGLER. Dec. 12 1879. Paint, Varnish, &c. We have the largest and best assorted stock of rami, V arnish, White-wash and Shoe Brushes in the State. WILSON & BURWELL, April 1& 1S$0. Druggists. PLEASE READ THIS. Complete Burst of the Great Monopoly, The following is the latest Price List of Ziegler Bros.' goods, of which a complete line can be found at J. MOYER'S Boot and Shoe Store, Tkade Street, Charlotte, X. C. Best Pebble Goat Button Boots, French heel, 53.75 tvidlioxloe " Serge " High Cut Kid Lace, " " Fox Lace, Kid Newport Ties, Kid Fox Lace Boots, Sersrc ". " 3 25 3 00 3 00 3 00 2.50 2.50 2.2S! 35Q 2.50 i i plain heel, tt tt (i Pebl)le Qoat Cigres BoLi, Serac ' ti " Kid Crimp Vamp Cong, boots, plain heel, 3 25 Finest French K'-d Button Boots, French heel, 4 00 ZW My Btock of Gents' goods cannot be sur passed. Call and see them. April 16, 1S80. J. MOYER. NEW MILLINERY GOODS And New Store. Spring Seaqn, lSU. Mns. it qEUTRUDE GRAYofnaltimore, PRACTICAL MILLINER, Near the Court House, Charlotte., N. 0. March 3Q, m am TO THE LADIES. I have just received another nice lot of Fancy Groceries, such as Okra and Tomatoes in Cans (for soup), Buffalo Tongues, Breakfast Bacon, Mince Meat, Apple Butter, Sardines in Tomatoes, the nicest Honey in market and Mushrooms. H. T. BUTLER, Agent, Old Post Office. Feb. C, 1880. of tne society oi -ans- trfau'fcivlehfcm Englehart ai: interesting account of the natural supjpf b,eat on te. eootinentof Europe. He ftho Vjed that certain JEur6pean countries are.lavorgd; over other parts of the world by the; natural influence of the upper. Etesian winds., the. desert of Sahara, and particularly the Gulf Stream. When the Sahara was still a sea the climate of Sourlhern Europe and Northern Africa was many degrees colder than at present. JVlany thousand years ago, before the Isthmus 01 Panama had raised above the level of the. sea, the Gulf stream That was the glacial .period in .North Ki - ered with ice, moose and raindeer abounded in Italy and Spain, and the south of Europe was inhabited by a race similar to the Lap landers. The Vosges and the Black forest were covered by glaciers. Through the rising of the Central American Isthmus, the Gulf stream was turned Eastward, and Eu rope emerged from the ice period. In how comparatively short a time the climate of a country can change is proved by Greenland, which was discovered 892 years ago, and owes its name to the verdant valleys and blooming meadows which greeted the eyes of the first settlers. Even 450 years ago Greenland had over two hun dred towns and villages, and was a Bishop's See. Through the elongation of the coral reefs of Florida, the Gulf Stream has turned more toward the West coast of Europe, and Labrador and Greenland have now the cli mate of the Artie circle. The mean tem perature of the most Southern point of Greenland is the same as that of Norway, 600 miles further Northward. The deflection of the Gulf Stream will probably inci'ease, as the Florida banks ad vance to finally join the Bahama and Tor tujjas islands, and the influence of the Gulf Stream will at last be lost to Northwestern Europe. The consequence will be a de crease in the area of cereals in Europe, a considerable lowering of the temperature, and a general reaction in the march of civil ization on the Eastern continent. Some thousands of years will, however, elapse before this can be accomplished. Not Necessarily. "Suppose," asked a lady to the elevator boy, "suppose the wire should break ?" "Then we'd all go down smash," was the unpleasant reply. "What!" exclaimed the lady horror-stricken, "and break my neck !" "Not necessari ly, was the quiet rejoinder j you might get killed without your neck being broken." ESiF0 Postmaster General Key has been appointed U. S. Judge in Tennessee, and Hon. Horace Maynard of Tenn., takes Mr Key's place as Postmaster General, and Gen. Longstreet takes Mr Maynard's place as U. S. Minister at Constantinople. CLEAVELAND MINERAL SPRINGS, WILL OPEN MAY 15th, 1880. These Springs are two miles from Shelby, fifty four miles West of Charlotte, and one mile of the Carolina Central Railway. Hacks will be at the Springs Station on arrival of every Train. At King's Mountain Station, on the Air-Line Railroad, Hacks can be obtained distance, ten miles. Cold and Warm Baths. White ap,d Red Sulphur and Chalybeate Waters. A good String Band se cured for thp Season. - A Bowling Alley in good order. Livery accommodations attached to the Hotel. Ilatea of Board : Single day, : single week, $12 ; four weeks, $3$. S. MePQSTON, Proprietor. Lewis S. Williams, Superintendent, May 7, 1880 lm State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg Co. Superior Court. Thomas L. Johnston and others against M. L. Davis, Administrator of S. A. Davis, deceased. Pursuant to a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, made in the ftUove entitled action, at Fall Term, 87$, the Creditors of Samuel A. Dayis, Jate of said county, deceased, are hereby notified by their Attorneys, on or before Thursday the 24th day of June, 1880, to come in and prove their debts before Jno. R. Erwin, Clerk of said Court, at his Office at the Court House in Charlotte or in default thereof they will be peremptorily ex cluded from the benefit of said Deoroe. JNO. R. ERWIN, 32-6w. Clerk of Superior Court. NOTICE. I have sold my stock of Groceries to Messrs. Brothers & Henderson, and commend them to the attention of my old customers and friends. April 14, 1880. R. B. ALEXANDER. NewTirm. Having bought Mr Alexander's stock of Goods, we request a share of public patronage, and promise to sell Groceries, and all sorts of family provisions at as low rates as any house in the city. J. L- BROTHERS, April 10, 180.. E;. T. HENDERSON- ANOTHER ARRIVAL OF NEW Spring and Summer Dress Goods AND TRIMMIXGS, Very handsome and cheap. Just in our third Stock of Summer Silks, in new and very desirable patterns. The handsomest line of DRESS BUTTONS io, the city. A beautiful assortment of White. Goods in fine and cheap Fbics, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, the h?(r;diOiMes.t and 'cheapest line in the market. T. L. SEIGLE & CO May 14, 18S0. HOUS1 BURNISHING GOODS. We have just received a beautiful line at Foreign and Domestic Cretonnes, AH gradeg. Also, Cottage Drapery, Languedoc, Lace Cur tains, Nottingham Laces, Cane Matting, Carpets, Rugs, Table and Floor Oil Cloths, and a very hand some line of DRESS G O OD S Laces, White Goods, &c, &c. 3f Call and see us. ALEXANDER & HARRIS. May 7, 1880. -At a recent mee North Carolina Items. The U. S. District Court at Asiieville. The IT. S. Court closed on Monday, Way 17th, after two weeks hard work. The closing scenes were very impressive tears ana anxiety Deing lntermingiea wnen about thirty prisoners were marshalled in from the Jail for sentence. The names of each of the defendants were called, and the Court asked them respectively if they had any thing to say why the sentence of the Court should not be passed, when the Counsel for each arose, one at a time, and in a few well timed remarks asked the Court to be as lenient in the sentences as he could and do lfc.8ticTe the ' prisoners and theGoyernment. sentence of the law upon the whole num ber, respectively, the terms of imprisonment ranging from sixty days to eleven months, and the Marshal was allowed to imprison in the Jails ot .buncombe, Rutherford and Henderson counties. Nearly all the Civil Docket cases were continued, making it al most absolutely necessary to call a t-picia term, which Judge Dick promises to !o after consultation with Judge Hond. Anheville Citizen Milton a Printer Tow.v. Ex-Gov IL'Ideti was apprenticed tn under Joe ilolderbv to printing in Mil- The houe still stands where he learned the art ; he was ambitious and industrious. The venerable J. 13. Cowardin of the Richmond Dispatch, was an apprentice at the same time with Ilolden in Milton, also Alfred Waddill of the Lynchburg News began the art there. Reiilsville Times. The "Raleigh News." The Raleigh News has been purchased by Col. Thomas M. Holt and John Gatling, Esq. Hale's Weekly and The News have been consoli dated and a new company will be imme diately organized, consisting of Col. Thomas M. Holt, John Galling, Esq., and the Edi tor, with Messrs. Edwards, Broughton & Co. as Business Managers. For once, abun dant means, business capacity, knowledge of the printing: business, and newspaper training are combined upon aRalrigh daily newspaper. 1 he Kaleign in ews will be sup plied to its subscribers, and The Itnleigh Weekly News to its subscribers and to the subscribers to Hale's Weekly. It is not thought necessary to trouble readers with any statement of the future of the News. The people of North Carolina know all that we could tell them, knowing the record written by its Editor on the pages of The Raleigh Observer and of Hale's Weekly. It will be a North Carolina Democratic newspaper. These four words tell all that a column of explanation could convey. Editor of Raleigh Neics. !5fllutheiford Superior Court convened in Kutherfordton on Monday of week before last. Judge McKoy presiding. The most important cases disposed of were from Polk and Cleaveland counties. Angela Iiiety, an Italian who was arrested in Polk county, on the charge of burning Mr John Garri son's store, stables, &c, on the night of April 4th, 1879, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve forty years in the Peni tentiary at Raleigh. Keith, the man who outraged and then murdered a. little negro girl in Cleaveland county, was also tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree. He wa,s sentenced to be hmj but of course an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court a.t its next session, which will delay the hanging till some time next Winter, AskevUte Joumah The Gvukiwatokial Outlook. The field of politios is now being greatly agita ted as to who will be the candidate for Governor. The contest thus far is chiefly confined to Gov. Jarvis and Judge Fowle, but there is a growing current that both may be defeated by either Ashe, Scales, McKoy or Howard. We entertain the Jiighest esteem for both the leading aspir ants, and have on that account so far, re frained from espousing the claims of either the one or the other. Much can be said in behalf of the one, and much in behalf of the other, but should the Convention in its wis dom prefer some other to either of them, we feel also confident that whosoever it may be, will be equally deserving of support. We have full confidence in the Convention. The State would undoubtedly be safe in the hands of any one of the gentlemen nmed, or others that might e named. Gohhboro Messenger. . The Cranberry Railroad. We learn from a gentleman from Mitchell county that the survey of the Road from the Cranberry Mines to Johnston City, on the line of the Virginia and Tennessee lioad, a distance of 33 miles, has been completed, and that work on this Road will be commenced at once. This Road is to be a Narrow Guage, will be built by a Philadelphia company, and, ac cording to the survey, can be easily built. Its completion will open up to the world an immense bed of magnetic iron ore. It is the purpose of the company to continue this Road through to the Western N. C. Rail road at some point between Morganton and Marion. Asheville Citizen. Cat Fish Eat Sxakesl. As Mr Howard and a friend hauled the seine in Dan River, near Milton, the water was up and muddy, they dragged out a pretty good sized cat fish, and as soon as he touched bank he vomited up a water moccasin snake at least two feet long and big as a man's thumb, and the snake crawled off. The cat fish was very much shrunk after the snake got out. So it seems that fish eat snakes and snakes eat fish. We all prey on each other. Reidsville Times. jgp Not much attention was paid in this city to the 1 05th anniversary of the Mecka burj Declaration of Independence, beyond the fact that th.e Produce Exchange was closed, 2,nd Sags were displayed in various rU of the city. Wilmington Star. -I TWENTY A Mountain takes the Place of a Lake. Interesting particulars begin' to come in with regard to the effects of the series of earthquakes experienced in San Salvador toward the close of last year.' The severest shocks were felt in the neighborhood of ijase iiopang, wnicn nas always Deen re garded of volcanic origin. , r TV m . . jjecemoer z tne eartnquake move ments were particularly marked, and ac companied by a horrible rumbling sound beneath the earth,' which, more than its tremblings and oscillations, spread terror tnrougn tne already alarmed population. lhat night no fewer than 150 distinct shocks were felt, and the people abandoned their houses4 irTdismay." During the suc ceeding days 01 the month the movements j a . uouuuueu, ana on me nigui ot me 3.6t a tremendous subterranean detonation was heard, like the discharge of heavy cannon, succeeded by three successive shocks of great violence, which were felt throughout the entire republic, and, in the immediate theater of their action finished the ruin their predecessors had begun. In the vicinity of the lake a rainstorm followed, of such vio lence as has not been experienced for years. the rush of waters carrying to the Lake vegetation, soil, trees, and everything in their way, making huge gullies, rendering useless some valuable lands on the margin of the Lake. The waters of the Lake, in stead of appearing to be increased by this large addition to their volume, actually diminished. As the water retired comical-shaped peaks or hills appeared in the center of the ake, while the water surrounding them was in a state ol commotion as though it were boiling, and on examination it was found that its temperature had materially increased. From the highest of these peaks. which are constantly increasing in size, smoke, vapor and flame issued, the column rising as high as that which issues from the Izalco, and may be seen from the capital, a distance of several leagues. The central hill of the group thus forming appears to be increasing in size more rapidly than the others, people in the neighborhood estimat ing itsgrowth as prodigious. The water of the Lake has gradually resumed its level and raised in height as the process of for mation ol the volcano continued, escaping through its outlet at an immense rate. It is thought that it will soon be emptied into the Sea and the mountain will take its place. lhe volcano keeps regularly at work, oc casionally sending up showers of stones, which, falling on its sides, add to its dimen sions, bince it has begun its functions in such a marvelous manner the shocks of earthquake have ceased, although at inter vals the subterranean noises are heard, but only inthe immediate neighborhood of the burning mountain. The vapors which issue from it are heavily charged with sulphurous materials, which produce a nausea, and in many cases have induced sickness, mostly fevers. With the beginning of the volcanic activity springs broke out in various places, some of potable water, and others horribly fetid and disgusting. Mr Goodyear, State Geologist, will probably soon issue a report upon the remarkable phenomena involved. "The Devil's Work." (By Rev. Robt. W. Shive of Arkansas, in Louis ville Christian Advocate.) I rather think that the Devil does more in furthering his schemes in the present age by turning himself into an angel of light than by his fiercest persecutions in former ages, ine blood oi the martyrs was said to be the seed of the Church ; but how the dissipations of professors, worldly immorali ties, Church inconsistencies, can ever be come anything but pestilential seed to the Church is more than l can see. The more of Church work he can do. or has done in his way, the more he can lower the stand ard of morality; the more he can affiliate the Church with the world, the better he succeeds in building up his kingdom and breaking down Church power and influence. He often gets the control of the Church into the hands of men of the world. In the church festivals, fairs, pound parties, sup pers, shows, exhibitions, and voting to de cide by ballot who is the fairest and most popular belle of the community at a fixed price per vote, and such like, he often fig ures largely, and thus succeeds in raising the revenues of the church in ways not recognized nor authorized by the Word of God. Into such as these often a whole church will plunge with revelling delight, except perchanoe a few murmuring old fogies. Stereotyped worldlings, and lovers of the world, look askance upon the 6cene and wonder wherein the Church has any supe rior excellencies. He has gained his point. He has largely succeeded in popularizing various worldly amusements, entertain ments, etc., after which thousands of the Church have gone to such an extent as to intimidate and paralyze the arm of Church authority. The revival work of the Church he has greatly marred. The divinely appointed ministry has -become largely depreciated, and self-appointed workers and self-styled evangelists are alarmingly patronized by the churches. Is it too much to say he is largely filling the Church with unconverted worldlings? An old gentleman, who had pro voked the hostility of a fashionable lady whom he had known in boyhood, was asked by his wife what he had done to incur the lady's displeasure. "Nothing at all, re plied the innocent old man : "on the con trary, I was cordial to ker, and spoke of the time when I used to draw her to school on a go-cart, nearly halt a century ago !" ll,i a wife threw up her hands and murmured, "How stupid men are !" 1 1 1 Never does a man portray his own character so vividly as in his manner of portraying another's. - EiGHTfl . VOLUIJE NUIIBER 1434. Curious Mental Relations of Self-Conscious-, : i ness. . , ; What constitutes individuality or person ality has long been one of the hardest nnts for metaphysicians to crack. There was a famous instance in the early part of the seventh century, on which both Descart es and Spinoza sharpened their wits. A Spanish nobleman received a blow on the head, from which he apparently recovered completely, but with total forgetfulness of everything and everybody that he knew )revious to his inj ury. He .was obliged to earn the language anew, and could not be brought into any mental relation with his former self, thoughin other ways, nte sane. Spinoza does not hesitate to say that he was a different person than before, another indi vidual. His argument is subtle; in a modern ver sion it may be stated thus as we recognize personality to continue, although all the mat ter of which the body is composed changes every few years, or, as some say," every few months, the element of personality must rest in ine- continuity 01 pnysicai impressions; when this is absolutely dissevered, then per sonality ceases; otherwise, if we maintain that it does not, because the body remains, we are in the position ot the man who claim ed his knife was the same after he had got a new handle to the blade and a new blade to the handle I ' ' ' Physiology comes to the aid of metaphys ics by defining the sense of personality at one of the cerebal forces dependent on ner vous action at once continous and related. There are examples where it is continous but not related. A famous example occurred in the Franco-German war. A soldier wound ed in the head recovered with the odd sequel of double mental life ; for several weeks he would live one life, then pass into another, with no recollection of the former one. but with its own independent series of acquisi tions and impressions; then he would revert to his first life again without a shadow of memory of his intermediate existence, and so on alternately. lms duplicate existence is quite common in epileptics, and the clinical records of that malady offer a number of carefully recorded cases, in a less degree it may be said to be the case in dreams. It is explained on the supposition that certain portions of the brain are active at one time, dormant at another; or that during one period one half of the brain is at work while the other is not ; and that when this condition is reversed.total for getfulness of the intervening period ensues. Several recent cases have been recorded in the medical journals analogous to those we have relerrcd to. In one, a man about fifty years, with some memory, well dressed. and with a traveling bag, found himself in a small city in Ohio, without any knowledge of who he himself was, whither he was go ing, or whence he was from. On other sub jects he was perfectly sane, proving quick at hgures and an expert penman, of good edu cation and polished manners, altogether a competent man of business, except this one extraordinary and remarkable trick of memo- ry. vy hat is unusual and a little suspicious that nowhere about him was any old letter. note book, mark on his linen or clothing anywhere, which bore a name, initials, or a monogram. It looked as if he had prepar ed himself to lose himself. It were well, if this thing grows common, for every prudent man to have a line in his pocketbooklto this effect : "Mem.: I am John Smith, of Smith ville," so that when he forgets who he is, he can remind himself of the fact. In one of the recent numbers of Zippin- cotCs Magazine is a case, probably an im- aginary one, dui quite consistent wivniacis, where a man believes he has lived two dis tinct lives, remembering eaeh with equal certainty; one as a well-to-do lawyer, the other as a needy New England farmer. As he was m truth the latter, the "remember ing of happier things" was constantly to him, as the poet says, "a sorrow's crown of sorrows." In certain forms of progressive paralysis, the udelire des qrandeurt" an analogous condition, is witnessed. The con fident belief expressed, and no doubt enter tained, by Mahomet, bwedenborg, and other mystics, that a large part ot their lives was spent in heaven, or in delightful eon verse with heavenly visitors, is closely allied delusion. The common mental trick of al most unconsciously doing an action or keep ing up a formal conversation while the in tellect is delighting itself in wholly remote fields of thought or imagination, . illustrates how closely the ordinary process of the mind may parallel these extraordinary vagaries. Medical and Surgical Reporter. 111 The xkw Northern Bishops. Of the newly elected Methodist Bishops all wear white neckties, all crown themselves with high silk hats and all are of modest .bear- ing. liishop iiaven is tne smallest as weu as the oldest, of the four. He is not more than five feet five inches in height, and weighs only 130 pounds. Bishop Hurst wears a small sandy goatee. Both Bishop Warren and Bishop Foss are tall and some what slim. There isn't a moustache in the whole party. One of the most ' significant signs of the times is the refusal, by an overwhelming vote on the part of the Con- lerence, 10 eiect a Diooay snin, social equal ity Bishop, to nil the place of the Jate Bishop Gilbert Haven. The one selected is neither a politician nor a fire-brand socially While the Northern Methodists profess, great love for the black man, they positively refused to elect a colored man one of their new Bishops. TgfiT Another Northern Minister of the Gospel, Rev. Dr. W. F. Hatfield, has been giving a pleasant account of the Southern1 people in a recent lecture in New York, lie said that nowhere in his travels had he ever met with such genuine courtesy and hearty hospitality as that which charac terized his reception in the South, and he advised heads of families and young men who cannot make a living North, to- go South and buy a farm
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 28, 1880, edition 1
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