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I k ' 1 p oxxio CI QdT I t T i r Y :i A U X A T, : ' J W. J. YATES, KdITOB AND PBOPBIKtO. Terms of Subscription $2. 00, h advance. ( i -51.1 CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1881; -1 v ;. i. i TWENTY-NINTH VOLUUEMEIEER 1466. '. J j if: A ;I- .-' a. ' - ii 1 1 11 1 ;m u r vamp n i i I 4 THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BT ' f -VILLI AM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor Tkbxs TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar for six months. Subscription must be paid in advance. . "Entered at tbe Post Office in Charlotte, N. C., aa second class postal matter, according to the rules of the r. U. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., CHARLOTTE, N. C, (Office or atrVA and Tryon Streets?) Tenders his professional services to the public, as a practical Surgeon. Will advise, treat or operate in all the n'tfere: departments of Surgery. FatienU from a distauv , when necessary, will be iurnishea comfortable quarters, and experienced nurses, at reasonable rates. Address Lock Box No. 83. March 5. 1830. 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, 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 28, 1879. J. P. McCombs, M. D., Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposrtethe l 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, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas u&ed for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1878. A. BURWELL. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in Jhe State and Federal Courts. Office adjoining Court House. Nov. 5, 1880. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT . 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. RUFUS BARRINGER, Attorney at Law, Also, lends money on Ileal Estate or good collat erals ; negotiates loans, &c. Bank rules and rates strictly followed. Charlotte, Dec. 24, 1879 ly-pd T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, (Opposite tlie Court House, Charlotte, N. C.,) Practices in the State and U. S. Courts, and gives "prompt attention to business. Will negotiate loans. May 28, 1880. y WILSON & BURWELL, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything per taining to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct. 8. 1880. HALES & PARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, Ac, which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. more next to Springs' corner building. Hy 1.187?. " SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrup .Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Blour, Oiass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we offer to both the Wholesale acd Retail trade. All are in vited to try us from the smallest to the largest buyers. Jan. 17. 1880. IM. P. JQNES, M. DM Offers bis professional services to tbe citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. Office with Drs. Jones & Graham, over Wilsuu & Burwell's Drug Store. Sept. 24, 1880 6m j. Mclaughlin. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, College Street, Charlotte, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. f Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1, 1880. COMMUXICATED.j ; An Interesting Mental Phenomenon. A short time aeo Gen. J. A Young, of this City, had the kindness to give me a Pamphlet containing a translation of the sentence below into 164 differ ent languages and dialects f "For God so loved the world, that he gave bis only begotten Son. that whosoever believetn in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." ' In translating 24 of these back into English I was interested in observing that the thoughts of this sentence were found to be in a different order in a number of places in these different languages and dialects. It is a fact, to account for which, should be of much interest to the philosopher. Charlotte, Jan., 188l'i J. F. G. Mitt ag. Sale of Valuable Real Estate Near the City of Charlotte, Ni C. By Virtue or alfllfbf the' Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will expose to public sale at tbe Court House in Charlotte, on Tuesday, the 18th day of January, 1881, to the highest-bidder, a val uable Tract of LAND, containing about One Hun dred and Eighty-five (185) Acres. lying near the limits of the City of Charlotte, directly on and north of the Carolina Central Railway, adjoining the lands of V. C. Barringer, Mrs. Fanny Ricks, and the lands of tbe late J. S. Means and others. The land will be divided and sold in lots of about 40 acres each. Also, at the same time and place, an undivided Interest in about 16 Acres of Land, lying within one mile of Charlotte, known as the John R. Williams Mine Tract, adjoining the lands of John W. Wads worth, D. Asbury and others.' One-fourth of the purchase money will be re quired in Cash and the remainder at one and two years, in equal instalments, with interest at 8 per cent from date of sale. Title reserved till purchase money is paid. Persons desirous of purchasing: the property are referred to Jas. P. Irwin, who will show the same. GJfiO. Jfi. W1L.SOJN, Pec. 17, 1880 4w Commissioner. Administrator's Notice. . Having taken out letters of Administration on the Estate of John L. Caldwell, dee'd, all persons hold ing claims against the Estate of said John L. Cald well, dee'd, late of Blackstock, South Carolina, are hereby required to exhibit the same to the under signed, at his office in Charlotte, on or before the 9th day of December, 1881. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery against - JOHN C. BURROUGHS, Administrator of John L. Caldwell. Dec. 10, 1880 6w LATEST ARRIVAL of New Goods. We are now receiving for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY trade a large assortment of desirable Goods, purchased by our Mr Elias, who has re mained constantly in the Northern markets during the entire season, watching for Bargains and taking advantage of the late rise in price of cotton goods. We are now enabled to oner both to Wholesale and Retail buyers inducements to make their pur chases of us. We have a new stock of Dress Goods. Prints, Flannels, Blankets, Cloaks and Dolmans. A large stock of Clothing, Carpets, Boots, Shoes, and general merchandise. By examining our stock before buying, you will save money. JfiLlAS & COHEN. Dec. 10, 1880. IMPORTANT NEWS. To Mothers, Fathers and Guardians. We are prepared to clothe your boys from four years old and upwards at tbe most reasonable prises. We have 1.U00 Suits for Boys and Youths of the most desirable fabrics. Try our $5 Boy's "Knock-about" Suits, the test production for the purpose in the country. Our Stock of. Men's Suits and Overcoats Is immense and" of exqnisite designs. We especial ly call your attention to our 8 and f 10 Suit a special drive. Our ' Custom-Made Clothing We ask you to examine, because it cannot be ex celled in any appointment, especially in fit. Suits from ?5 to $ 40, Overcoats f 2 50 to 35. tW We ask but your inspection of these Goods; as to pleasing you, we have not the least doubt. WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH. Sept. 24, 1880. HARDWARE. brem & Mcdowell. Successors to Walter Brem, Agent,) Have a full and new Stock of Hardware for the Wholesale and Retail trade and invite an inspection before purchasing elsewhere. Corner Trade and Tryon Streets, Charlotte. Oct 8, 1880. . . . SEASONABLE GOODS We have a large stock of Ladies'. Misses' and Children's Cloaks and Dolmans, very cheap. We have a full line of Repellants, Water-Proof Goods, &c, very cheap. We have a beautiful line of Basket Flannels, and all other kinds of Flannels, cheap. We have a large stock of DRESS GOODS, Pretty and at low figures. We have a large stock of Blankets, very cheap. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Hosiery, in all shades and sizes. . Sfcirta, Laundried and unlaundried all kinds far men and boys. A splendid line of Flannel Shirts - for Ladies, Gents and Children. - -. Just received a nice line of WOOL SHIRTS for Children. A large stock of Ready-Made Clothing. The best stocked Carpet Department in Western North Carolina. ALEXANDER & HARRIS. Nov. 5, 1880. Superior Groceries. LE ROY DAVIDSON Has now in Store one of the nicest stock of Family Groceries ever offered in this market In addition to Groceries, be keeps an assortment of tbe various Winter t ruits, all fresh and sound. Ladies especially are invited to call and examine bis stock oi goodb, as they can find anything they want in the Eating line. Nov. 25, 1880. - .. Beeswax Wanted. . Cash always paid lor Bet-swax in any quantity at JJB. 1. U. SMITH'S Sept 17, 1880. Drug Bouse Providences. . ; Mr. Editor .'Having noticed several communications on the subject of Special Interposition of Providence, I ask permis sion to relate the following : In the year 1870, 1 was teaching in Pan ola county. Texas. . near Grand BluflEl "We then had two children a son, in his fourth! year, and an infant daughter. On reaching home, in the evening, I passed our little boy at the gate, (no uncommon thing for he usually met me there) and passed on into the house, leaving him busily engaged at 1 play. Nor did I suspect any danger what ever. After the lapse of a. considerable. time, the impression came over me most A strangely and overwhelmingly, that . the; child was either .dangerously hurt or mini' minent danger. At the moment. 1 had the imant in my arms; and so powerful and clear was the conviction that I hurriedly threw her upon the bed and ran out to the front gate and called him : but he was nowhere to be seen or heard. Led bv the invisible hand (for I had no assignable reason for so doing.) I ran to a large wagon-gate about fifty yards dis tant, and there 1 found him, apparently dead. He had tried to come in through the gate, and it being very heavy, and so con structed as to shut itself was caught aud almost crushed to death. A few seconds more and he would have been beyond re covery. What is particularly strange in the case, is the fact, that at the very moment that I received the premonition and rushed out at the front door, my wife was similarly im pressed and ran out at the back door, in search of the child each concealing from the other the apprehension felt lest one should laugh at the other for a needless foolish fear. Explain this, ye worldly-wise philoso phers, if you can, on principles and hypothe ses that ignore the God of the Bible. W. A. Moore in Macon Advocate. Kickapoo, Texas, Dec. 1, 1880. Codfish in the Pacific. From the San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco has hitherto been import- ir g the codfish consumed on the coast. It appears, in lieu of deriving our supply from the East, we shall soon be in a position to export the article. By reference to the fol lowing statistics it will be seen that the take of fish by vessels belonging to the port has increased yearly : in 1865 seven ves sels caught 469,400 fish ; in 1875 seven ves sels caught 504,000 fish ; while during the season of 1880, just closed, eight vessels conveyed to San Francisco the large num ber ot 1,206.000 fash. The chief sources of supply are the Choumagin islands and the Uchotsk sea. Ihe circumstances that at tended tbe discovery of this valuable branch of industry are somewhat curious. In 1864 the brij Timandra lay becalmed off the island of Sasrahalien in the North Pacific. The men occupied their leisure time in fishing, and were surprised to find that the codosh came speedily to their hooks. Their take was sufficient to enable them to bring a number offish to San Fran cisco, ihe good news led to the fatting out of several vessels, and ever since the trade has been steadily progressing, and is likely to assume large proportions. Many of the fish, when cured, average from eight to ten pounds in weight. They sell readily to dealers at from five to five and a half cents per pound for best quality. i 3" Very many persons wonder why the cranberry sauce that they have at home is hard, thick and dark. A dish of cooked cranberries in the glass ought to be some thing very beautiful, light and delicate. To a quart of the fruit put one cupful of water and two cupstul ot sugar, in a porcelain-lined stewpan. Place on the fire where thev mav stew very slowly for two hours. Do not dare to touch, much less to stir them with a spoon. That kills, solidifies and blackens them. So does too fast cooking. But oook very slowly or yon will spoil the whole thing. Valuable City Real Estate FOR SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will expose for sale at Pub lic Auction, to the highest bidder, for Cash, at the Court House door in the City of Charlotte, on Tuesday the 8th day of February, 1881, that Valua ble Real Estate, situate in the City of Charlotte, and known as the residence of the late Thos. H. Brem. This realty embraces the whole of Square No. 83, comprising eight (8) LOTS, numbered in the plan of said City as Lots 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, fronting on Trade Street, and running back to Fourth Street. Sale made subject .o the decree of the Court, and title reserved till ordered by the Court to be made. T. L. ALEXANDER, Jan. 7, 1881 5w Commissioner. SALE OF LAND. . By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, entered in the cause of J. M. Miller, Plaintiff, vs. Eliza Jane Sears, et. al, De fendants, at August Term, A. D., 1880, 1 will sell at Public Auction, for Cash, at the Court House door in Charlotte, N. C, on Monday, February 7th, A. D 81, at 13 o'clock, M., the following described premises, situated in the Connty of Mecklenburg, and State of North Carolina, to-wit: One undivided half of LOTS seventeen hundred and fifty, (1750.) and seventeen hundred and fifty-one, (1751,) in Square two hundred and seventeen (217) of the City of Charlotte, N. C. Dated January 4th, 1881. THOS. M. PITTMAN, Referee of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg Co. Jan. 7, 1881 4w City Property for Sale. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will sell at the Court House door, on Monday the 7th of Feb., tbe following City Property lying in the city of Charlotte and belonging to tbe estate of the late Roderick Mc Donald : One Lot on corner of 3d and Myera st and one on corner 3d and Boundary street. J. M. MILLER, AdrnV. Jan, 1881. 4w.. Brides and Grooms In Washington. Washington letter to the Troy (N. Y.) Times. The influx of October brides and grooms is simply tremendous. Eighteen 'of these gy gmltless pairs were housed at the Efc bitt at once in one week and the "dining room is still thick with their sdecessors. w ust ininK wnat , loaas oi ous pass in re view before your - correspondent daily. I have a penchant for late breakfasts;' so, by a surprising; coincidence, have these sheep- 1 ! . I . isn young pilgrims on tne sea nymeneai. This morning I breakfasted at a table with three sets of them, and (between you and me) l needed no maple syrup on my pm cases, sweetness was a drug in the mar ket. One of the bridvs sail l in It-ailing fondly on the arm of her beloved. A pret ty little creature opposite me. with mis- chievous eyes and pouting, rosebud lips, coquetishly wearing a big p ke bonnet, merrily whispered to her Al nzo: See! there's another pair. I wonder if all the world is getting married ?" Another young husband was indoctrinating his Dulcinea on the political situation while waiting for their breakfasts to come in. Her remarks in reply reminded me of Mrs Spoopendyke, but to him, while the glamor lasts, she is, no doubt, the "wisest, aiscreetest, best" of women. A whole column might be written about these young doves just mated and trying their wings together. '"All the world loves a lover," and even a prosaio femme sole, with a turn for literature and politics, may have a soft spot in her heart for these happy, unsophisticated voyagers. I am sorry Mrs Hayes is not here to beam on them, all and singly, when they go to explore the White House. She would say something particularly nice to each one of them, and give every bride a little regula tion bouquet with a white camelia perched in the center she always does. She keeps a big basket full of them on purpose ; and every bride goes away handling those flow ers with religious care, and thinking her self favored above the common lot. In rare cases Mr Hayes himself presents the bou quet and that, O my countrymen, is bliss indeed. To recur to my aforesaid matuti nal meal; just as the last pair, the arm-inarm set of turtle doves, were receding from tbe dining-room, . a jolly acquaintance of mine in the consular service, who is forty, handsome, and a little wicked, and who owns to a dozen years of matrimonial sub jugation, came meditatively in upon my closing cup of coffee, looking back over his shoulder at the retreating figures, with the air of a connoisseur as he seated himself. Then he laughed then he sighed a little. "I suppose I've been just as big a spooney as any ot them in my time," he said retro spectively. "Tell me, my experienced friend," 1 said, "how does the investment pay in the long run ? Does the gilt wear the gingerbread or contrariwise?" "Well, contrariwise on the whole. The truth is, a man's got to have some kind of a shrine in bis life and tbe home is the safest. 1 here s no animal in this world can stand so much petting as a man or needs it as much after he's got used to it. And I am free to say I would rather take a Caudle lecture every night of my life (here the sigh came back again) than sit in my lodgings a lonesome old bachelor with no one but a darkey waiter to know whether I'm sick or well." Au contrarie, I sauntered over to the Treas ury after breakfast and chatted awhile with a pretty, gray-haired widow, a $1,200 clerk, working briskly at her desk. Her felUw clerk at the vacant desk joining had stolen a march on her comrades the week before and gone off "unbeknownst" to be married. "I tell you," said the widow, spiritedly, in commenting on it to me, "it would have to be a perfect captain of a man that would ever tempt me to bow my Deck to the yoke again. I'm not so fond of pleading humbly with a man every time I want a $5 bill to go shopping with." But I distrust widows or. the subject of matrimony. Ten to one when they talk bravado like that they have a "No. 2" in their eyes that very minute. 1 1 1 Anecdote of Got. Grimes and an Office-Seeker. The following story of ex-Gov. Grimes is vouched for by one who knew, him well: The Legislature had just convened at the capital of Iowa. Gov. Grimes had arrived the night before, and taken rooms at a cer tain hotel at least so a young aspirant for office from a distant portion of the State as certained as he drove up and alighted from his carriage at the steps of that public house. The hostler threw off his trunk, and the landlord conducted him to his room, leaving the trunk in the bar-room. Wish ing his trunk, the young man demanded to have it brought up, and seeing a man pass ing through the lower hall, whom he took to be the porter, he gave his commands in an imperious and lotty tone. The order was obeyed, the man charging a quarter of a dollar for his services. A marked quarter, that was good for only twenty cents, was slipped slyly into his hand, and was put into his pocket by the man with a smile. "And now, sirrah 1" cried the new arrival, "you know Gov. Grimes?" "Oh, yes, sir." "Well, take my card to him and tell him I wish an interview with him at his earliest convenience." A peculiar look flashed from the man's blue eyes, and with a smile, extending his hand, he said : "I am Gov. Grimes, at your service, sir." "You I that is, my dear sir, I beg a a thousand pardons 1 "None needed at all, sir," replied Gov. Grimes; "I was rather favorably impressed with your letter, and had thought you well suited for the office specified. But, sir, any man who would swindle a working man out of a paltry five cents would defraud the public Treasury bad he an opportunity! Good evening, sir. The Brinly Plow, BURWELL A SPRINGS'. At . Errors in Marriage! . V Many of the errors of life admit of fVejne dy. A loss in one business may be repair- cu uv again in anotner; a miscalculation this year may be 'retrieved by special care the next J a bad partnership may be dis solved, and an injury repaired, a wrong step reiraceav ... . But an error in marriage goes to the very root and foundation of life. It has been said no man is utterly rained until be has married a worthless wife ; and so every wo man has a fortune before her until . she ' is chained, in wedlock; which is a padlock, to a wreicnea and unworthy man. The deed once uune cannoi re recalled.. roe wiae of life is wasted and the goblet is broken, suu uu team sou ions can unng oacK ine precious draught. t Let" he, von ng think of vuts, aim ieb luem want oareiutiy in a wona of snares, aud take heed to their steps, lest in the most critical event of life they go fatally astray. - But here we must guard against another error. Many people think they have made a mistake in marriage, when the mistake is only in their own behaviour since they were married. l?ood husbands make good wives. and good wives make good husbands; and the scolding or intemperate, or slatternly partner often has but himself or herself to blame for the misery that clouds the life and desolates the home. Multitudes who feel that their marriage was a verv ereat mistake, and who make existence a life-long misery, might, by a little self-denial, and for bearance, and gentleness, and old-time cour tesy, make their home brighten like the gates of Eden, and bring back again the old love that blessed the happy golden days gone by. Suppose the wife does not know quite so much as you do ; well, you showed your great judgment when you thought her the cniei among ten thousand! ur, if your husband is not the most wonderful man in the world, it simply illustrates the wit and wisdom of the young woman who once thought he was, and could not be convinced to the contrary ! So perhaps you are not so unevenly matched after all ; and if one has had better opportunities since married, then of course that one should teach and cultivate, and encourage the other, and so both journey on together. But if one has grown worse and sunk lower than at the beginning, perhaps even then, patience and toil and sunshine may bring back the erring one to duty, lift up the fallen, rescue the perishing, and save the lost. How glorious for a wife to pluck her husband from the jaws of ruin and bring him safely to the heavenly home! How blessed for the. hus band to bring back to the gates of paradise the woman who, through weakness, had been led astray. 1 1 1 Some Men's Wives. Three men of wealth meeting, not long since, in New York, the conversation turned upon their wives. Instead of finding fault with women in general, and their wives in particular, each one obeyed the wise man's advice, and "gave 'honor' unto his wife." "I tell you what it is," said one of the men, "they may say what they please about the uselessness of modern women, but my wue nas aone ner snare in securing our suc cess in life. Everybody knows that her family was aristocratic, and exclusive, and all that, and when I married her she had never done a day's work in her life : but when W. & Co. failed, and I had to com mence at tbe foot of the hill again, she dis charged the servants, and chose out a neat little cottage, and did her own housekeeping . " I T 1 . . rt oniii x was oeuer on again." Ana my wue," said a second, "was an only daughter, caressed and petted to death; and everybody said, Well, if he will marry a doll like that, he'll make the greatest mis take of his life ;' but when I came home the first year of our marriage, sick with the fever, she nurted me back to health, and I never knew her to murmur because Ithought we couldn't afford any better style or more luxuries." "Well, gentlemen," chimed in the third, "I married a smart, healthy, pretty girl, but she was a regular blue stocking. She adored Tennyson, doted on Byron, read Emerson, and named the first baby Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the second Maud : but I tell you what 'tis," and the speaker's eyes grew suspiciously moist, "when we laid little Maud in her last bed at Auburn, my poor wue had. no remembrance ot neglect or r m m stinted motherly care, and tbe little dresses that still he in the locked drawer were all made by her own hands." N. Y. Journal of Commerce. tdT" That the . South need not be com mercially dependent on the North is evi dent. More cotton is shipped direct to Europe from each of the following towns than from New York city, to-wit : Nor folk, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston. The vessels en gaged in this trade have to return and often come back in ballast. They are owned abroad and not at the North, Were we prepared to utilize the vast amount of ship ping thus coming into our Southern ports, we could free ourselves from our - commer cial dependence at a single stroke. New Orleans is indeed taking tbe initiative steps to this end. She has largely increased her steamshiDS nlvincr to Central America and Mexico, and as a result has made considera ble accessions to her trade in that direction. Imports of coffee from those countries, for example, since September 1, have grown to 18,331 bales and bags, against 5,713 for the corresponding period last year, an enlarg ment of over 300 per cent. g3gf A fashion writer says there is a for tune in store for the milliner who shall de vise a bonnet that can be worn in any part of a church and a! way present its trimmed side to the congregation. in: h 'We have rip war with ' shion.2 ' f Oh 1 the ' . - r .... contrary we ever stand rgady ;'t6'. itcknowl- ! -! edge ner usefulness Furthermore. e go ' hot believe one word 6f tii6 arftimentalrioli- sense we have read ,apd' heard labbtrtr.!the tyranny of fashion'. '.She is not : tyrannical 1 inlier rul but; the' reVerse. ' purely . depiov cratic." r TherVgallina chaW ind: fetters and' heavy burdens'. that we hear'bf her impoM ' ing up6n :herttbjects'are ;6lftfi'eJ people's1 ikon choosing j Herifts . ate jbestOwed1 upon hose pnly who feel th e'need : 6f h elp from without and seek her aldj bnt 'she im poses' hot a, hump'or'uek dr' ruffle' mote7 than the subject thinks is 'Vecfessary to ter: successful make up. ' ' If the applicant' 'efrs in her judgment as to what ! and how V tnuch she really heeds, and thus dresses absurdly, fashion is riot to blame.' .The 'Intelligence, taste and culture of the subject is alone at fault. - As much as it is abused j fashion has its uses. Indeed, with many' it ranks high; in importance, It possesses the i power in a wonderful degree of making the : most of people. Like charity it coven a multitude of sins, or in other words,- serves as a sub stitute for a multitude of natural; deficien cies and is really the open-sesame to vso siety, to those who have not the sterner vir tues to recommend them. ' .' , ..; : f - - The individualized woman, ' however, the woman of character and thought, 1 whose moral and intellectual worth secures a ready passport into society,' confers an honor upon ' her by accepting her services. There are heads covered with a silver crown, - whose' beauty cannot be enhanced by false hair or patent dyes. There are faces radiant with: divine beauty, that need not ; the poor ner vices of lily white or rogue; 'I hen again there are those who need all Ihe helps fash' ion can suggest to make them comfortably auracuve even; wniie oinere give very little thought to the subjectj and are fash ionable simply because it is ' easy to do as others do.' " 'u ' u :: Emerson says : "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in Eolitnde to live after your own ; but the great man is he who ' in the' midst of the crowd keeps with perfect : sweetness the independence of solicitude.'' So the great woman is she who, in the midst of. fashion lives in tbe calm serenity of her own inde pendence, who can say , to fashion : Thus far shalt thou come, ana no xartner, , ana is obeyed. Such women may oppose any fashion that entails disease, discomfort or impurity, and not lose caste or suffer ostra cism, ouch .women can attorn, to oe un fashionable, can afford to set an; example of simplicity and economy. Again we say we have no war with fash ion. We do not believe either, that there is any religion in the cut of a sleeve, the" shape of a bonnet, or that there is any par ticular wickedness in puffs and ample folds; The woman is the woman for all that. . The only remedy therefore for the evils attendant npon excess in fashion Is educa tion, culture, individuality. When woman shall have become full-statured in individ uality, she will have passed but of the 'con dition of slavery into , those of) freedom and independence; and as it is natpralr for the inferior to serve the superior in pqweri fash ion will universally assume the position 'of servant. M. Coba Bland, M. D. Washington, D. C, '; , -: ' ; Gen. Sam. Houston's Romance. ' An intArPHtincr far.t has mat been, made public in regard to the late Geo, Sam Hous ton of Texas. Itis well known that ;n 1828 he married, and the .next day resigned as Governor of Tennessee, abandoned his bride and went to the Cherokee Agency and then to Texas. The mystery is now explained after half a century. It appears that as the wedding ceremony was oeing penormea, Gov. Houston noticed that his bride ap peared ill at ease. After the ceremony he took her aside and asked her the cause of her agitation. She declined to answer; but he pressed her for an explanation, assuring her that no barm should, result to her, and she finally told him that she loved, another man who happened to be poor; and that her farent8, blinded by Houston's position had orced her into an unwilling marriage. Houston bade ber farewell at once, and the next, morning, without a word of ' explana tion to his friends, he went away. 'His wife, who yet was not his wife, obtained a divorce, as he had told her to, and married tbVman she loved. The story is told' by the minis ter who was Houston's pastor from 1845 to 1861, and is made in answer to an article published recently in the St Louis- Globe Democrat in which it is intimated that Houston fled from Tennessee with; the in tention of forming a Southwestern Empire in Texas. That might explain : his flight, but it does not explain; his abandonment of his bride, who was young, beautiful and ac complished, which the present story does. And as it is a, sufficient: explanation and came from Gen. Houston himself,' having been made by him ' to the' lady, he subse quently married, it is probably irpe, jyjt is as romantic as . anything that jBvei was in vented, and is another verification 'of the old adage that the truth is strarigerlfran fiction. 4j . , - , Wheat. It is represented in New, .York that it has been ascertained by actual in spection that the stocks of wheat in the ele vators, warehouses and other depositories of the Northwest is larger than was; ever known before. This Wheat cannot, it is said, come lorward to market :ra conse quence of the car blockade. ' r The ; Tailrbads are said to be short of motive : power and fuel as well as cars, while' frost and snow have greatly obstructed work; The North ern Pacific Railroad has 500.000 bushels in its elevators, the St: Paul (Minnesota)' ;and Manitoba has 2,000,000, and - at -various oth-r points in Dakota nd Minnesota there are more than 6,000,000 bushels waiting tor come forward to market i ' '- ' s The Uses 'of-Fasnidi.1
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 14, 1881, edition 1
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