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Jh r t J at- rrrftY ilrroCr oxiT r i 2TToj:iaud :i z u I. I Ml fflJfllE mm I J I 11 V-.f.'H I'll 111 llflf 111 I II t ' III r H I v I- V f: IV. J YATES, Editor and Pkopriictok. Ter rat of Subscription $2. 00, b advance. THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BT W.-.L1AM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. o " Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class postal matter," according to the rules of the LLP-Department ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., CHARLOTTE, N. G, j J (J: orner 5th and Tryon Street,) Tt:ii(ler-i nis rofessional services to the public, aa a practical S iri on. Will advise, treator operate in all the o rl. re t departments of Surgery. Patients from a d. st in , when aecesry will, be f urnjglmrt. comforUU ; i larters, and experienced nurses, at reasonable i -tt;-. Address Lock Box No. 33. March 5. 150. y Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, f las on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicine, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dve Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1, 1879. 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 29, 1879. . J. P. McCombs, M. D., -ffurs his professional services to the citizens of ( harlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. OiBce in Brown's building, up stairs, oppositethe harlotte 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. Myers'. Jan. 18. 1878. DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CIIAIiLOTTE, 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 &t prices to suit the times, for Cash. With 25 years' experience I guarantee entire satisfaction. Jan. 18, 1878. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. Jan. 80, 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, Jau. 0, 1880. yr Charlotte, N. C. A. BURWELL, , Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C Office in the Brick building formerly occupied by "Vance & Burwell," near the Court House. June 27, 1879. RUPUS BAitRINGER, 4ttopney at Lw Also, lend; money pn Rea,l Estate pr good collat erals ; negotiates foans,c.i iBank roles tod 'rates Btrirtiy followed. . . ... Charlotte, Dec. 24, 1879 lytpd Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. E. J. Ah LIN, f?(ear Jrwm's pQpqer, rade Street,! CHAULQTT.E, C, WiAOTJCAl WATCH-MAKEK, C3P Repairing of Jewelry. Watches and Clocks done at short notice and moderate prices. April 17, 1876. y , HAIjES & PAHRIOR, . ProUeal Wtch-deer3 anc Jewess, Keep a full stock orhausqcua Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, 4C , whicU they sel at fair prices. Impairing of Jewelry, Wa,tct 69, Clqpk3,Jfcc., done nrhtppOy, and sat iaf action ussq red- - (4toi) iiext tq Spriqss.' porter tmildltag, r.- Inly 1.1879. J MclAUGmilN i CO., ... . -, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, &c, Coli.k.jk Street, Ciiaelottk, Ctl i,nd Iviiys Cpvmtry Produce at WSct market price. Oott(.n and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. BURWELL & SPRINGS, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have alwavs in stock Coffee. Sucar. Molasses. SATitps, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c, whichjare offer to both the Wholesale acd Retail trade., ,, All are in vited to try us from the smallest to the largest jcn. 17, 18$. ... . ... . , , , . WILSO N-& BURWELL, WUOLE8AUC AKU IKTALU 1 1 Druggists, Trade Street Chatrlottb, N.- C. August 16, 1878 A Pboposkd Nrw State. New York city is again talking about seceding from New York State, an.l a political reform so ciety has been organized to bring the mat ter before the people in a public address. The propoged new State, would be com posed of the counties of New York, 'West cht ster and Richmond, together with Long Island, which have more than half the pop ulation of the State. Mortgage Sale. .1 . By virtue of authority conferred on me by a fer tain Power of Attorney contained in a Mortgage executed to me by Frank Alexander, ' which skid Mortgage is registered in Book 17, in the Register's Office of Mecklenburg county, at page7, 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--wtr: TTfanrwrtaTr UnWr pmelof Tnd, situated in the City of Charlotte,- fronting on First Street, and known m the plan of the City as Lots No. 608 and 609, fronting 99 feet on Firs 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 Oin 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. H. K. STEWART. March 5, 1880. tf T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, Opposite the Court 1Ioue Charlotte, N. C.,) Practices in the State and U. S. Courts, and gives prompt attention to business. Will negotiate loans. - May 28, 1880. 6in ANOTHER ARRIVAL OF NEW Spring and Summer Dress Goods AND TRIMMINGS, Very handsome and cheap. Just in our third Stock of Summer Silks, in new and very desirable patterns. The handsomest line of DRESS BUTTONS in the city. A beautiful assortment of White Goods in fine and cheap Fabrics, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, the handsomest and cheapest line in the market. T. L. SEIGLE & CO. May 14, 1880. 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. Doromus of New York, and others. Sample Package free. Try it. Attention of Physicians called to it. For sale by all leading Grocers. SCHIFF & GRIER. Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 24, 1879. AT RIGLER'S Candies Both Plain and Fancy. We claim that we have as good if hot better than you will find elsewhere, and at prices as low if not lower than you can buy the same in the city. ' FR UITSi Nuts, Raisins, Citron and Currants, and Seedless Raisins for your Christmas Cake. The best assortment of Plain and Fancy Crackers ever brought to the city. CANNED GOODS of all descriptions. - - Here istlie-p1ace to" buyyoW CAKESTCND BREAD, as we make a specialty pf Cakes. Come and see us. - "Dec, 12 .18. r f - Paintr Varnish, ,&c. We have the largest and best assorted stock of Paint, Varnish, Whitewash and Shoe Brushes in th,e State. , - WILSON BURWELL, . April 1Q, 1880. Druggists. PLEASE EE A THIS. Complete JBw:$t of (he Qrqat Monopoly. The fuilovf log is the latest Price List of Ziegler Bros. goods, of which a complete line can be foimd at - ' j. J, MOYWS Boot and Shoe Store, TAS STT,' CAiOTTE., N. C. liest Pebble Goat Button Roots, French heel, $2.75 " Kid Box Toe " ' 325 "A'.rdJNi'Jii & VlCcMliV 8.00 4 " Serge ... 3 00 HiiiUCmKidLaceWi 3.00 "t v FoLacer, . . -2.50 Kid Newport Ties, ;, . '. " 8.50 Kid Fox Lace Boot plain heel, 2.25 Sorge , " . " , " . . V . ;2.25 Pebble Goat Congress Boots, 20 Serce" " .. " " . . " 2.50 Kid CrioiD VauiD Consr. boots, nlain heel. 3.25 it r u M it Finest French Kid Button Ijop.tg, French, heel, 4.00 tST My atqck tf Pon,Uv 'g'cwU cannot be sur passed. CaM and see them. April ,10, 188Q. y . : : J, MQTER. NEW MILLINERY GOODS And1 New Store. Spring Season, 1880. Mes. E. GERTRUDE GRAY of Baltimore, PRACTICAL ; MILLINER, Near, the Court House, Charlotte, N. C. March 26, 1880 . ,3m . TO TH1 I have just received another nice lot of Fancv Groceries, such as Okra and Tomatoes in Cans (for aoup), iiunaio Tongues, Ureakiast Bacon, Almce Meat, Apple Butter, Sardines in Tomatoes, the nicest iionrv in market and Mushrooms. H. T. BUTLER, Agent, " . ill Old Post Office Feb; 6,1880. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, North Carolina Items. Hon. John Manning, Col. Thomas Ruffin and Judge Gilmer are the prominent aspirants for the Judgeship iu this District. Durham Recorder. , , " Death of Col. R. G. A. Lote. This gentleman, on Monday last, while riding between Waynesville and the White Sal phur Springs, fell from , his horse with an apoleptio seizure to which he was subject and died within fifteen minutes. He was about fifty-four years of age, was a brother of Dr. Sam Love, the State Auditor, and has during his life, represented Haywood county in both branches of the Slate legis lature. Asheville Citizen. ;.,,? .fTfce Charlotte' Dtsti?ofBde will be held at Center, Albemarle Circuit, on the 5th of August. The Conference was to have been held in July, but the Presid ing Elder changed the time. Trinity commencement will be on June 9th and 10th. Rev. J. R. Brooks of Newbern, preaches the Theological Sermon; Col. Walter Clark of Raleigh, delivers the Address, and Dr. W infield of Arkansas, preaches the Annual Sermon. BSIf After all there is good in the soulless corporations. The Milton Chronicle says that "the Railroads are just now feeding this tobacco country furnishing us with nearlv all that we eat bacon, coin and flour and but for them dumb brutes would be on very short rations two-thirds of the year. Stop abusing the Railroads." I3ir Leonard Henderson of Granville, and L. B. White of Warren, have a patent for a smoke ttnd dust arrester, which the Patriot says works marvels on the North Carolina Railroad. The smoke is carried from the stack, through a pipe which runs under the cart", out to the end of the train, and the dust from the wheels is caught in hood 8 and transferred to the smoke pipe. Under the last car is a fan worked by the hind axle ot the car, which draws the smoke and dust through the pipe. I3F According to the report of Adjutant- General Jones the organized military force of North Carolina on January 1st. 1880. was 2,567. This includes all officers, pri vates, musicians and chaplains. November Elections. For the information of our readers we copy the following in regard to the manner of conducting the elections on the first Tuesday of November. There will be nine ballot boxes at each voting place, and the tickets will be placed in each box in this wise: 1. Ten Electors of President and Vice- President. 2. Governor, Lieut-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney-General. 3. Members of Con gress. 4. Judge Superior Court, Fifth Judicial District. 5. Members of the General Assembly. 6. County Treasurer, (in counties having this office,) Register of Deeds, Surveyor, Coroner and Sheriff. 7. Township Constable. 8. Amendment to the Constitution concerning public debt. (chap. 268, Laws 1879.) 9. Amendment to Constitution in relation to the support of the deaf mutes, the blind and the insane of the State, (chapts. 254 and 13, Laws 1879.) State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg Co. Superior Court. V 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 above entitled action, at Fall Term, 187$, the Creditors of Samuel A. Davis, late 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 .ino. lt. J&rwto, JlerK ot 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 Decree. JNQ. R. ERWIN, 82-6 w. ' ,", ." Clerk of Superior Court. Tobacco. ' ' The celebrated B. F; Gravely Tobacco will here after be kept at DR, SMITH'S DRUG STORE. ; ; cleayeland , m i ne r a l springs, WILL OPEN MAY 13th, 1880. These Springs are two miles from Shelby, fifty four miles West of. Charlotte, and one mile of the Carolina Central Railway. jEIacks.wUl .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,' tea miles. - Cold and Warm Batbi. ' White and Red Sulphur and Chalybeate Waters. A good String Band se cured for the Season. A Bowling Alley t in good order. Livery accommodations attached to the Hotel, j . , .. .. ,;' ' Rate of Board : Single day, ' $2 ; single week, $12; four weeks, $35. " . , - ,S. McPOSTONPrdpvjetor.' Lewis S. William?, Supe?lhtendeftt. J-" '. 1 ' MayT.lSSQ v ' ' .:. Millinery, Dress Goods, &o, ' Most comnlete line i new and stylish Hats and Ron.neU. lite largest stock of the most desirable T i . r x r v. r hoi is. iuu pieues lawns, lioen ljawns, virgan dies. A large line of Dress Silks and Trimmings. Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Oil Cloths, Lambrequins, Pillow Shams. - ' Clothing Department: We have in this line the nobbiest Goods of the season, stylish, elegant, cheap. Our Neck Wear cannot be excelled. Collars and Cuffs. A complete line of Underwear, i Gents', Boys1 and Children's Hats in Straw and reii. Great inducemen.s wUJ be ottered to buyers. Our Goods are new and fresh, and of the best Fabrics. - , . WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH. April 23, 1880.. ; , . . , V Spring Chickens, , S weet Potatoes. Dried Apples and Feacbes, Pickles dv me aoz.or iw.ai . ? May 21,1880. S. II. HOWELL'S. ! . i ii. : Words of Wisdom. Tne late Hon. W. IL Seward 4 York, was a great man ' in many repect!&j lbe following letter, which .he wrolortp young man,' is irue erery wora oi it: j 4I am glad to know that yoa haVe: it. into the country. It is " the best placd ;ior yoting men. Allow me to' give you a word of advice. Just as soon Its your can get'oat- oijpubr.o employment into some occupation by which you can support yourself, do' it; and'become an independent man. Salines exhaust the energies of all men, and Very often corrupt them. ' ' No greater calamity can befall a yoimg man than to begin life In a public bSce. Ah easy clerkship, with a liberal salary.I'of- Hener tninreg- than -benefits ftfe recffcfettwltewed" tf become tho ous Wf rU I. . t - As a rule, it unfits a' young man for the rougher work of life, and by taking him away from the stimulating influence of com petition, prevents him from acquiring the mental and physical fibre indispensable to success. And these coveted positions are all the more pernicious because they are so often merely temporary. It would not be so bad if the young man who begins life in a rut were permitted to stay there. But these easy clerkships have come to be recognized as rewards for party service rendered either by the recipients or by their friends, and come and go with the rise and fall of par ties. A dismissed clerk from a political office is about as pitiable an object as one often meets with. During the two or four or six years he has been drawing a fair salary for little work, he has been forming habits which unfit him for sterner service, and he is ob liged to take up the thread of life where he dropped it to enter upon his coveted clerk ship, with fewer friends, less ambition, and worse habits than when he left his original employment, where he had to work hard for little pay, to enter upon an official posi tion where there was little to do and big pay for doing it. Whoever has any very protracted ex perience in political life can call up scores of young men whose early abilities inspired high hopes of usefulness and success, but who have sunk into obscurity, if not into something worse, under the enervating in fluence of some petty office. Such a posi tion may help him for a few years, but the chances are that it will spoil him for life." Decline of Hospitality. J. II. Mills in Oxford Orphan's Friend. Our Governors, Judges and great men board at Hotels, and ancient hospitality has dwindled down to some solitary exceptions, and a few circulating demijohns, liven some of our large farmers, once so famous as liberal feeders, now say grace over Balti more bacon, and butter their hoe-cakes with oleomargarine, while dusty travellers, re pulsed at every door, dine on a few peanuts which they carry in their pockets. We have one town in which there is only one Church ; but the minister is sometimes per plexed to find a dinner after he has tied his horse to a tree and preached a faithful ser- j mon. now tnen can the trutnlui Historian j describe the hospitality of our ancestors without seeming to reflect on public men of our own time? Just suppose the historian has seen his father and grand-father crowd ing their ample halls with welcome guests, and bis mother and grand-mother have re peated the names of illustrious visitors en tertained, and have described fat fowls, rich pies and fancy fixings at the grand dinners and suppers their hands have prepared ; can be tell the truth and not seem to reflect on those public functionaries who nqw eat from sample-dishes the average hotel hash, gulp their Rio without any ereain, and treat their friends at the peanut stands? .,, .... wm Off with the Cheek-Rein. Nothing in the pretentious , career of civ ilization can be more cruel and barbarous than the subjection of "the 'noble animal," man's best friend, to the. abomination of the check-reinl ; In the interest of the horse and of humanity, increasing warfare should be waged against it, until it is no longer in use. Holding these views with a sincerity strengthened by countless and daily visible tortures, we esteem it as both a pleasure and a duty to repeat what Peter F. Alba, a prominent vetennary surgeon of Mobile, Ala., says upon the subject : , - "When the check-rein is drawn so as to derange the natural incline of the head, it causes, a stiffness of the neck and a pressure of the cervical and dorsal vertebrae, changes the natural position of the windpipe, and interferes with free respiration., The neck being raised .curves the vertebra of the back,, making it hollow, which baa -the ten dency to draw the hind legs forward under the body, or to, thrust the- body backward upon them. This deprives the horse of the power of extending himself. Because, by changing his natural carriage you cause a greater demand upon his strength for the resistance against natural motion, and the action will be dwelling and slow. The shoulders being inclined out of position throw the support off the front legs, and cramp the withers, which divides the free movement of each leg, and impair the free dom and suppleness pfjbis front action ; for, as the front legs are kept stiff so is the spring diminished, which is the essence of free action, and in proportion as the weight on the front legs is interfered with by over extension in the front, so does contraction of the suspensory and lateral ligaments, the flexor, muscles and back tendons, take place. This is the prolific cause of the knuckling over the pasterns and springing of the knees. Besides, as undue bearing is being brought on the lumbar . vertebrae, serious strain i produced on the lojns and rear parts, and a disordered; state of these members is the consequence. Hence come lumbrago, vertigo, ' spinal meningitis, and other diseases of the spine" ; miJ iTf if ') I nn iij ilHtn'lj U..i.",i, I "ill TmchterBpoa thedaxisej) cil.iiabitui fceadacb arid: inteUexCainKrtioQbf 3fttid Wain; MaWiififtTdl2dnf3M roft3e 'German Assoxjiatibn lof attjrafi Historians ahd' lfKysicians,tld tJi 3adeb isaoenV lVJi ura t.l ur. ico-jr iiiiltc . . Q j "School hygiene, the youngest sVpic2il4 ciiHnevfiHill nbV. Wy'cHifltt '! art tnieflyr&erned with brain actlvrW l is1 ''probable tht a rich niateriiruerf here before sVcnologj and psy chiatry acl a wide 'field -f ork in watching over it aod TanSntr .theirdice,1 ' that' the ! activity Irid fxidri of the fcrain be" normal '9 and that it ltAlt nA'ltf hiUW&'tiA Jjianu'Uf mwZ? I lit 1 ' T ' ous illness in later life. Learned men have been very egotistical in this respect ; they observe the mischief in their own and other people's children, but they are so engrossed by their own special studies and callings that they allow the health of these young people to suffer irreparable harm ; and this is especially to be lamented in the case of young women, who are far more heavily weighted than men by the restrictions of fashion and prejudice. According to my experience, habitual headache has consid erably increased with boys and girls ; it destroys much of the happiness and cheer fulness of life, produces anaemia and want of intellectual tone, and, what is worse, it reduces many a highly gifted and poetic soul to the level of a discontented drudge. Physicians and psychologists have paid far too little attention to this affection as well as to school hygiene, and it would be a good work for the German Scientific Asso ciation to inaugurate a change in this re spect. Although it is more difficult to col lect precise statistical data on habitual headache than on myopia, yet the result of various investigations at Darmstadt, Pari, and Neuenburg goes to prove that one third of the pupils suffer from it. Un doubtedly, the principal cause is intellec tual over-exertion, entailing work at night, and the insisting by parents on the too earnest taking up of a variety of subjects music among the rest. The pathological anatomical changes in the worst cases of this unhealthy condition I consider to be a disturbance created by anaemia in the nu trition of the ganglion cells of the cortex of the cerebrum. It is well known that a badly nourished brain is much more quick ly fatigued by intellectual exertion than a brain in normal condition, just as is the case with the muscles. A second cause of habitual headache is a passive dilation of the blood vessels of the brain also connec ted with serious disturbances of nutrition, whereby the perivascular space round the capilary vessels is contracted, and the get ting rid of used-up matter greatly impeded. Modern pathology now looks on progres sive paralysis, in its earliest stage, as a vasomotor disturbance of nutrition of the cortex of the cerebrum, in which the ves sels of the pia-matte get into a palsied con dition of dialation, and we have degenera tion of the cortex of the brain produced by stagnation of the current of lymph. If I am correct in this pathological definition of the two diseases, it is plain that they have a distant resemblance and affinity to each other, and that physicians ought ly no means to ignore them. In habitual iiead ache the palsied condition of the brain ves sels is transitory ; in progressive paralysis it is usually irreparable. A second great evil, in the more ad vanced schools, consists in intellectual over loading of the pupils, and in their being compelled to take up too many subjects, also in working on at night, when , the ganglion cells are thoroughly exhausted. This must produce the same condition in the brain as would be produced in the mus cles, if, after a long day's march, a moun tain climber were to continue walking far on into the night, and were to repeat this day after day. I might here prove that the method of instruction nowadays is not only a cause of disease, but also perfectly useless, because instead of increasing knowledge, it produces mental confusion, and becomes simply a labour of the Dan aides, or like carrying water in a sieve. As I believe, psychology can prove the cor rectness of what has been here said, if we consider the experiences given us by learn ed men who have suffered from senile brain atrophy, and also that, in giving a rational amount of time to work and to the exercise of thought and memory, the gain for the pupil will be far greater than that attained by the present method. What we call thought and impression made on the mem ory are undoubtedly processes of molecular motion in the portoplasma of the intellect ual brain cells, although it still remains a riddle how such a process of motion is in us transformed into thought. When these ganglionic cells begin to be diseased by senile atrophy, the memories and scientific problems of youth are still clear and can be reproduced, while the same ganglionic cells can no longer comprehend and work at new though much simpler scientific problems, and while with regard to a thing of yester day the memory is uncertain. From this we may draw the following conclusions: 1. That what the ganglion cells, when in their full health . and vigour, have grasped remains ; so that, after the lapse of half a century, and with the beginning of disease, it may still be reproduced. 2. That the ganglion cells diseased by old . age, are, in reference to the accomplishment of work, like greatly exhausted ones, and have lost the power of understanding and abiding ly taking in new and difficult ideas. The ganglion cells, therefore, can only take in new ideas, as an intellectual acquisition, so long aa they are powerful, are not exhaust ed, and are nourished with healthy blood. The boundary line is drawn here quite as exactly as is the quantum of nouiishment for the stomach of an invalid. 3. That the constant addition of fresh subjects in the T)ifrl ' ' ' t if II? fi ?' .'.jM.... ias&inaf prlgrarnine! ku,n1ghiiork necessary ibrthehaumt. when tho f inerlion ltoto "'iffpA ''Confusion in, the transaction baainxis and decrease jgainj(4 wouJdbc Lin I . 1 , iue result. An Important Discovery. . Ex-Senator Thomas L. Clingman of North Carolina, whose public experience goes back to the days of Webster and Clay, is now coming to the iront as ' an important factor in the experiments for an electric light. It seems that Mr Clingman owns large property in the neighborhood of Ash ville, N. C., which has already been famous for rich and rare mineral deposits. Among other things of value he discovered there some years back the mineral known as corundum, which is used in the arts by den tists, as it is harder than emery and better adapted to their purposes. The corundum wheel is a well-known . instrument among the fraternity. The mineral in a crystalized state has the appearance of the ruby, and one of these crystals from Mr Clingman's farm, had the almost incredible . weight of 316 pounds. It is now in the cabinet of Amours t Uollege. While prospecting in his scientific way, the senator discovered another mineral which he took to be of value. On investigation it proved to be zircon, an opaque mineral, of grayish hue and found with double pyramidal crystals. Learning something of its great hardness and illuminating properties, he went ahead with his experiments, and recently appeared before the Commissioner of , Patents in be half of a patent for what he terms zircona, which is nothing but oxidized zircon. His application had been previously filed. The Senator claims to have discovered the prob lem now puzzling the ingenious brain of Edison. The Menlo Park inventor has up to this time been totally unable to discover a substance that will produce uninterrupted light for any length of time. Mr Clingman has subjected his zircon to the action of a blow pipe for two weeks and at the end of that time found no per ceptible diminution in the size of the crys tal. Indeed, it seems literally indestructi ble. He contends that the properties claimed for it and shown to exist under ex periment will supply the article needed in the manufacture of electric light. Should this prove true, he has already found enough of the mineral on his land to supply the world with light. The patent will undoubt edly be issued, and it will then devolve on the community to await results. Balti more Gazette. . ' , Wise Suggestions. In the hurry and' drive of American life the boy, whether his parents are rich or poor, prominent or humble in station, , is generally left to his own devices at a period of his life when personal association has more influence than all the teachings that money can pay for. The. parent who is friend, and companion to his boy as well as legal guardian and . provider is never dis graced by his offspring., The man. may be poor, illiterate, and kept from, home the greater part of the day by bis work, but if he will give his leisure moments to his chil dren and conform his acts and conversation to their capacity heneed not fear he worst temptations that are spread before the young. The drifting apart of husband and wife is a misfortune that has been deplored thousands of times in prose and. verse, but a far sadder spectacle is the enforced di vorce of helpless, impressionable children from parents who once seemed to them al most gods. .The boy whose parents, through disinclination, carelessness . or selfishness, cut him adrift from their society is practi cally ruined even before he finds other as sociations; schools and eh urcbes never can make good his loss. : . . . ..... -. ! . A man was sawing wodd in a back yard. ; He severed two1 sticks as, thick as your wrist aqd then went into the- house. "Mary," said be to his wife, ,4my country needs me ; there's no use of talking;, we've just got to slaughter all these Injuns; no true patriot can be expected to hang around a wood-pile theso day" "John," said his wife, "if you fight Injuns as well as you saw wood and support your family, it would take one hundred and eighteen like you to capture one squaw, and you'd have to catcb her when she bad the ague and throw pep per in her eyes." - John went back lo the wood-pile wondering who told his wife all aoout mm. i u :A three-year .old little "girj was taught to close her evening 'prayer,' (luring the temporary absence of her. father, with "And please watch over my papa,' I& sounded very ' sweet, but the -mother's amazement may be imagined ' when tjie child added, "And you'd better keep, aa eye on mamma, too." t . . . '; ,-: 22r A brieht little five-year' ofd miss was taken up to the barn to see some sheep, and, after looking at them for a moment, she exclaimed : "0 1 Auntie," see V The sheep all wear their hair hanged.". .!'H Z3T "Here's a letter," said Pat Maloney yesterday, "from me gurrl, , ahd would y please, be readin' it to me wid ye? I8 ebut that ye can't be a-Iamin my secrets wnarnas oeear learnt nuV thS aavr xne 4fi v. 2 'xJktJH vrL5ii jitiDiJj'f z.iri liRi tn'e aajne laiarnTd1 a bbffipi?ioibevhVr1ei: i.M.bnly i means ior iub aespaicn oi ivu testers a day, raft dailVVufiber Wquiririymntiori from
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 4, 1880, edition 1
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