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2 ! I ,1k. V f.-i'r rJl f.-!.'!.'; t' i:.fr VV. J. YATES, K Editor and - Pbofkixtob. L $2. 00, to advance. f CHARLOTTE, N. 0 VIDA JANUARY 21, 1881.' 1 ', ;: J TWENTY-NINTH VOLUME NUMBER 141' Term sof a ubtertptton :ffi.Jff,ff - II 111 I 1 J f -I I ill I f t . 1 a V- II 4 1 1 1 v - i . t . , : I P mHP T & ' W W .sV'- 5 9 It i THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BT WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor o Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar for six months. Subscription must be paid in advanci. "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class postal matter," according to the rules of the P. O. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D CHARLOTTE, N. 0., Office ormry.h and Tryon Streets,) Tenders bis professional services to the public, as a practical Surgi.on. Will advise, treat or operate in all the o-rtcre: t departments of Surgery. Patients from a distant- , when necessary, will be furnished comfortable qaarters, 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 8tuffs, 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 tiers 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, opposite the l harlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1878. 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. Oas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1878. A. BURWELL. P. P. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office adjoining Court House Nov. 5, 188Q. S3. GftO, 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. T. M. PITTMAN. Attorney at Law, (Ojypositc ihe Court House, Charlotte, N. C.) Practices in the State and U. S. Courts, and gives prompt attention to business. Will negotiate loans. May 88, 1880. y WILSON & BURWELL, Wholesale and Retail Druggists. Trade Street, Chablottk, 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, PracticaT Watch-dealers and Jewelers, qariqtt0VN. 0;, Keep a full stocfc ot tiaqsqme Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, Ac, which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Snrlnara' comer hnUiUnfir Tnly 1, 1879. - ' " - SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, nave always in stock Coflee, Sugar, Molasses, S yrup .Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hftms, Faour.Giaas Seeds. Plows. Ac., which , we offer, to MH the Wholesale apd Rall tr.ade. All ae ?6 SneVto trys frbra W smallest to Urt latest Bayers. Jan. 17, 1880. j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Orocories. Provisions, &c. College Street, Charlotte, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at Wheat market price. n. nthur mnntrv Produce sold on V-1, l88fl. HARRISON WATTS, COTTON BUYER. Corner Trade and College Sts., vp Stairs, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 24. 1880 ly DR. A. W. ALEXANDER, Dentist, Office over L. R. Wriston & Co.'s Drug Store. I tub working at prices to spit the times, fox Cash. 'With 25? years' experience I guarantee entire satisfaction. Jan. 18, 1878. Population or Soutb-bk- Cities. The Census Bureau furnishes the following statement of the population of cities in the Southern States having more than . 10,000 and less than 30,000 inhabitants: Augusts, lia., 23,023: Galveston. Tex.. 22,253 ; N or folk, Va., 21,966 ; Petersburg, V, 21,656; in Tot OHRftl. Unnafnn Ter 16,646; Wilmington, N. C- 17,361- Mont gomery, Ala., 16,614; Lynchburg, Ya., 15,959: Chattanooga, Ten n., 12,892; Macon, Ga., 12,748; Vicksbarg, Miss., 1 1,814; Ports mouth, Va., 11,388; bhreveport, La., 11,017; Austin, Tex., 10,950; Dallas, Tex., 10,358; Columbia, S. C, 10,040. ' LAND SALE. - In obedience to s decree of the Superior Court, I will offer for sale, at jtbe Cour House door in the City of Ch-toltariskiidy, JanUarT 31st, 1881, the Plantation known as the Lafferty Farm, situated about three miles from the City of Charlotte, lying on both sides of the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad, and adjoining the Lands of Wm. John ston. Miss Todd and others, containing Two Hun dred and Seventy-eight Acres. Terhs of Sale. Ten per cent Cash on the day of sale ; the balance on a credit of six and twelve months, with note and approved security.-, Title reserved until purchase money is paid. JNO. R. ERWIN, Jan. 14, 1881 3w Commissioner. CITY LOT FOR SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county in the case of F. W. Ahrens vs. Mary A. Pearce and others, I will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday, the 28th ef February, 1881, part of LOT in aid City, on the corner of Myers and Eighth Streets, being 99 feet on the former and 300 feet on the latter Street, and formerly belonging to Samuel Pearce, dec'd. Terms, Cash. J. R. ERWIN, Jan. 14, 1881 4w Commissioner. 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 rteal instate, situate in the City of Charlotte, and known as the residence of the late Tbos. 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 x 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., 1881, at 12 o'clock, M.. the following described premises, situated in the County of Mecklenburg, and State of North Carolina, to-wit: One undivided half of LOTS seventeen hundred and fifty. (1750.1 and seventeen hundred and fifty-one. (1751.) in Square two hundred and seventeen (217) of the City of Charlotte, If. C. Dated January 4.U). 18gl, THOS. M. PITTMAN. Referee of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg Co. Jan. 7, JbSl 4w City Property for Sale. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, 1 will sell at the Court House door, on Monday the 7th of Feb., the following City Property lying in the city of Charlotte and belonging to the estate of the late Roderick Mc Donald : One Lot on corner of 3d and Myers st and one on corner 3d and Boundary street. J. M. MlLLKlt, Adm'r. Jan. 7, 1881. 4w. Administrator's Notice. Havlnsr taken out letters of Administration on the Estate of John L. Caldwell, dec'd, all persons hold ing claims against the Estate of said John L, Cald well, dec'd, fate of Blackstock, South Carolina, are hereby required to exhibit the same to the under sianed, at bis 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 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. 8,1980, SEASONABLE GOODS. W hftvn a lro fitnnt of Ladles'. Misses' and Children's Cloaks and Dolmans, very cheap. ncuaic a tun nuc ui nepenauis, r w;r-iriuvr 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 Pretty ad ai oyr figures. We have a large stogk of Blankets, very cheap. Ladles', MUaes' and Children's Hosiery, in all shades and sizes. . Shirts, Laundried and unlaundried all kinds for men and boy 8. A splendid line of Flannel Shirts for Ladies, Gents and (Juiiaren. Just received a nice line of WOOL SHIRTS for Children. A large stock of Readv-Made Clothing. The best stopped Carpet Department jn Westero .Norm uarouna. ALEXANDER A HARRIS. Nov. 5, 1880. Beeswax Wanted. Cash always paid for Beeswax in any quantity at Lfm. I. j. sniino Sept 17, 1880. Drug House. Is pronounced by those who use it to be the best in use. 0010 oniy oy WILSON & BURWELL. April 16, 18S0. Sole Amenta for Charlotte. Judge Dillartl at XhA Plow. - After the surrender some of the Judge's negroes went to DapviUe to see what to dp, Old Nathan came back heeled.. The Judge asked him what the Yankees baa advised him. ' He said they told him he couldn't be free till he 'went: off to .himself unless he could rent a piece of land from, the Judge. : . "Kin you rent me, sab ?" "I'll rent you enough to bury you," said the Judge. 1 "I don't want a bole, y et," said ; Nathe. So off he went, and others followed him, and a plow or two were left idle. ' But why not the Judge plow himself ? ' He had done it in early daysr'so at it he went like a man. But as the sun got hot in May on those Dan River bottoms it was pretty tougb on the Judge. Lawyer like be had instructed Mrs Dillard to blow the dinner horn for him if any of his clients wished to consult him, and she had called him to the house once or twice that way. But the sun cot hotter and hotter. And one day at 11 it was too hot the Judge dropped the plow and went to the house. "Why, my dear, its not din ner time," cried his wife, running to meet him. "Honey," said the Judge, slyly, "didn't you blow the horn ?" And now he has moved his family back to his old plantation in this county, and has cut out the year's work for his boys, . J ack to plow the Becky mule, another the Geor gia mule, and not more than fifteen or twenty dogs to be kept on the place, and no negro that owns a dog to be hired, and he's off for Kaleigh for the sitting of the Su preme Court, rode horseback from Leaks ville here, through the two foot enow. Length of days on this earth go with him ! Rtidsville Times. Multiply Ten Dollars by Ten Cents. The Macon Herald says thai the fifteen puzzle stands no comparison to the above sum, which is now perplexing the minds of mathematicians, bankers, and every one. Multiply $10 by 10 cents seems easy enough ; but do it, friend. What is the answer? A banker said the answer was $100; another $10; some maintain that the sum cannot be done, while, others say that $1 is the result. Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, was an impos sibility; so is the above. Might as well ask can you multiply a horse by his leg or a bushel by a peck, as to multiply a dollar by cent 8. Numbers of things are multiplied, not the thing themselves. Multiplication is a short form of addition ; how, then, can you add ten dollars ten cent times. , There is nothing to solve, because the proposition is unintelligible. K R. Wil who was alleged to have been knocked on the head at West Point, Ga., aud robbed recentlv. has confessed that he wounded himself with a knife, and then beat his bead with a piece ot pine wood, and took the money. , Just Published By E. J. HALE & SON; New York, A Reply to Tourgee's "FooVs Errand? By Wm L. Rot all, of the New York Bar, late of the Kicbmond, Va., Bar. A neat Pamphlet of 96 pages. Price 25 cents. For sale at Tiddy's Book Store. FRUIT TREES. Those who have Trees engaged for delivery at Charlotte will find them at the old Jail. In my absence Mr William Boyte will deliver for me. 1 can furnish Trees for Spring planting:. I expect to canvass the surrounding country forFall delivery. 1 nose wisoing good 1 rees at low rates win do well to keep their orders until I come roand. Those I fall to see can send their orders to Davidson Col lege, N.C. Jan. 7, 1881. T. W. SPARROW. CONFECTIONERIES, GROCERIES, &e. Cakes and Bread. C. S. HOLTON. at the Rising Sun Store, oppo site the Old Market, still keeps a large assortment of Confectioneries, &c, and a good selection of choice Family Groceries all of the freshest and best quality. ... Br6ad and Cakes. His Bread is considered superior by all who use it, and his assortment of Cakes is fine. df Wedding Cakes and Cakes for Parties, pre pared in tb best stile at shor no,tce. :' 0ye e a trial when you need anything in my line. C. S. HOLTON. Jan. 14, 1881. Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys, Butter, Eggs, Cranber ries, Barrel Pickets and Pickled Salmon. Jan.l3,88J. Our Eertilizers. The Etiwan Dissolved Bone, the Etiwan Guano and the Standard Cotton Fertilizer, have given uni versal satisfaction the past season. We will be prepared to supply our friends promptly next sea son. Send in your orders. SPRINGS A BURWELL. Dec 8, 1880. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. Superior Court. J. M. Davidson and wife Mary C. Davidson, plain- against H.T. Rbyne, Mary E. Davidson, John C. Davidson, LulaM. Davidson, ElloiseE. David son, Harold L. Davidson, Josephine S. Davidson and Edward W. Davidson, defendants. . In this action it appearing to the Court hat the defendanta, Ma?y E. Davidson, Lula M. Davidson, John C. Davidson, Elloise E. Davidson, Harold L Davidson. Josephine E. Davidson and Edward W, Davidson, are non-residents of this State and are proper parties defendant to this action, which is brought to set aside a deed from John Caldwell, deceased, to Tbos. H. Brem and John W. Wads worth, Trustees. . The above mentioned defendants are required to appear at the next Term of the Sn nerior Court of the County of Mecklenburg, at Court House in Charlotte, on the last Monday in February, 1881, and answer or demur to the com plaint in urn action. Witness. J. R. Erwin. Clerk of our said Court, at office in Charlotte, this the 12th day of Jan'y, 1881. J. rC iSKWLN, 66 Gw Clerk Superior Court. 41 T-ijijcht of the People to the Sunday --.-!. a: X ; : Rest" : V : Extracts from an Address of Hon. J. Randolph Tucker of Virginia, delivered before a DUblic meeting in Washington City on the'lCth of May, Bat ihe-question I mean to present more particularly for your consideration iff this, What s there in the nature of the Sabbath institution which properly maki-s it a part of the xtoral constitution-framed for man by his Creator'? -I say without hesitation, that mankind cannot remain in fidelity to its makeriXJUristianity, cannot last a day, with out the. Christian Sabbath. . Now, I do not mean. (to say ; thaV God canitt maintain Christianity without the Sabbath ; but as men ate constituted, God saw that if men do not-atop this din and tumnlt of worldly tbougKand . basiness for . ouo day, in the week, there would be mo candidate -for heaven; there would ; be a hell upon xaith. I speak not of the rest of bone and muscle, nor in reference, to the power of the man who works at the anvil or in the factory, I speak to the men who preside over the des tinies of a nation, and conduct the largest affairs in the world's commerce and busi ness, and of vhe consequent necessity for rest to the brain. I do not mean to present myself as an example of good living in any respect, but I do say that I would not give up my, privilege my right to the rest of the Sabbath- for anything that could be offered me in this world. Bad as this city of Washington is, bad as that House to which 1 belong is, in sitting here on Sunday by necessity as they say, to help the ox out of the pit, after they have put him in to de termine to sdjourn on Monday by getting matters through on Sunday I say it is a blessing that we have a Christian Sabbath here, and throughout our land. The plea for its violation is based on a self-created necessity, and will not avail. I enter my testimony against it. This blessed rest day npon which the poor brain may cease to think of the tariff, and the "Ways and Means Committee," and can think of something else, is a blessing which God has vouchsafed to us, and something we cannot give up. There is in the constitution of the human mind and soul that which makes Sunday a necessity. I believe therefore that while our Consti tution wisely did not establish any religion yet it said, "we find that the people for which the Constitution is ordained and es tablished is a Christian people and recog nize that they should stop work on Sunday, and therefore recognizing this people's cus tom as an institutional law. we will ordain that the government and its work need not go on on Sunday." Now I admit that there is a great deal of delicacy about this matter; and I am very scrupulous as to the extent to which it may be carried. I do not think, for instance, that because a man chooses to be elegantly dressed and to saunter along the streets on Sunday, and talk and laugh as on other days, he should be held amena ble to the law as an offender. I do not think there ought to be a law preventing him from doing this. If you do not like his levity, you must prevent your eye from looking in the direction from whence this offense comes. But if a great procession goes by my house when my child is sick and dying, the law can require that tt shall make no noise. Sic utere tuo ut nil alienum loedes. is a maxim of law and common sense use vour own right and privilege, but so aa not to abridge the equal right and privilege of others, j Then why on like principles has not the man or woman worshipping God in his church, the right to be protected by a law respecting the enjoyment of this privilege on Sunday ? There can be no objection to such a law as it is a part of a system of legislation based upon a respect for the rights, the individual and reserved rights of a Christian people for their Christian Sabbath. Law must re spect and conserve the rights of the indi vidual man, as be possesses them by nature or proper acquisition. r You will allow we to close by telling you a little story that will probably not be out of place as illustrating this whole subject. Some half century ago, a gentleman, who lived in one of the Southern States, was returning A 1 1. J . . . . . . - 1 to uia uoine aou passing lorougn we western wuas of what is now known aa West Virginia, then n&rt of the old Commonwealth of whioh I am proud to be a cnq. He was an infidel, lie believed that Christianity was untrue though a decent enough thing, but perfectly unnecessary and would ulti mately be gotten rid of. He had forgotten what Dr. Franklin said, "you had better not let the tiger loose." Human passion is indeed a wild beast, and when uncontrolled by the law of Ood would make society a hell. This gentleman bad been advised to try'durlng the day3ffmgfjfwl He was yet on, ins, way when night came on. He ap proached a little cabin and inquired where he was, and found to his dismay that he was in the very neighborhood that he had been warned to avoid. It was as dangerous to go back as forward, and he, therefore, determined to stop where he was. It was a plain looking woman in humble life that he had been talking to. He looked around the bum ble hut and saw that among the furniture were knives that seemed to his eye larger than any he bad ever seen, and guns enough to carry on a war. Af ter a little while the cottager himself came in, a rough mountaineer, and in a rude and uncouth man' ner welcomed the stranger, who quietly took a seat. As the man and his wife sat down to their supper. they bade the stranger draw up and eat with them, an 111 vi m nun wmcn uie traveler wnose appetite was not whetted by what he saw and by the surround ings, declined. After supper, and s long alienee-, on expressing his desire to rest in aoxae comer, the mountaineer replied, you can lie down whenever Jou, want to, stranger, on the floor there; sorry I aven't anything better to offer you. But we have a habit in this house before we go to sleep at night of reading a chapter In this book,' and of asking God to take care of us during the night." The stranger's relief from all anxiety was instantane ous I The book which he had often said was an imposture became bis .guarantee of safety during the silent watches of the night, as the guest of the humble btliever In Christ After he had knelt at tba,t humlle family altar and prayed to that God whom be had heretofore denied, be laid down and slept with an assurance of safety aa strong aa if he had been mder his own roof, and with an impres sion on his conscience, that made him a wiser and a better man. - . trPTeople who attend to their own busi ness promptly are the ones who prosper. ; " ' - r Spiritualism. ? -T Not a few were amazed when Joseph Cook gave a quasi endorsement to Spiritual ism Some felt that lie was astray; but others had their unbelief in. the delusion shaken. The general good sense and abili ty of .the lecturer induced credence without thorough investigation. His lectures have called out., an important witness against Spiritualism, who has already confounded a leading medram. The following account, from the N.'. Y. Independent, ' by the Rev. George Washburn, 1. IX, will be read with great, interest: ' ' " ' V '; " 1 ' .The following notice appeared in the Boston papers, and not: less, than . 3,000 per sons met in Tremont Temple, , to witness this test performance. The results ought "The Rev. Arthur A. WaHe haaVaSJe in his recent lectures in. Music Hall that 'Honest Spiritualists are mistaken, and that all mediums are most certainly frauds;' which challenge Col. Francis King pub licly accepted, and will produce one or the best mediums in the world, to give tests so convincing that no one can deny the truth of Spiritualism. - Rev. Mr Waite will meet the 'unknown' medium next Monday night, Nov. 8, at Tremont Temple, and then and there prove his assertion by reproducing at the same instant the same results, under the same conditions, or publicly acknowl edge his failure.' 1 The Rev. A. A. Waite is a Methodist minister in Boston, who was formerly a medium, and was also for a time with the Davenport Brothers. .Sonie years ago he was converted and became a preacher. He went where he was not known, and his best friends had no suspicion of his former ex perience. But when the Rev. Joseph Cook was entrapped into a quasi recognition of 1 the genuineness of spiritualistic miracles, Mr Waite privately performed all these marvels for the benefit of his clerical asso ciates, to satisfy them that Mr Cook had been deceived, and that every so-called medium was a fraud. They very wisely urged him to give public demonstrations of this important fact, and do what he could to save the souls of deluded Spiritualists and put an end to the spread of this fatal error, which had, for a moment, at least, disturbed the good sense of so clear-headed a man as Mr Cook. He reluctantly con sented, and has been lecturing on Spiritual ism in Boston. At his last lecture he was challenged, as appears in the advertisement, by a well-known Spiritualist. He had the confidence to accept without any knowl edge of what the tests were to be until he appeared on the platform. I had the pleas ure of meeting him during the day, and suggested to him that, allowing that the spirits had nothing to do with these mani festations, he might still meet some trick which was new to him. But he seemed to have the fullest faith that God would not suffer him to fail. I must confess that I went in the evening with some misgivings on this point. The result fully justified his faith. The "medium" claimed to be acted upon by "Samoset," and performed his tricks with marvellous success ; but the spirit of the old Indian was no match for the live Yankee. Whatever the medium did in his cabinet, Mr Waite did on the open stage, before the audience, with still greater skill and success. The medium finally disappeared suddenly from the stage, and the mixed committee, as well as Col. King himself, acknowledged that Mr Waite had done everything that the medium bad done. Col. King said that he could only explain it on the ground that Mr Waite was himself a medium ; rather a flimsy pretence, considering the fact that Mr Waite had not only performed these tricks on the open stage, but had explained how they were done. All the most sur prising "spiritual manifestations" were ex hibited, besides some very rare ones. Two illustrations will sumce. ihe medium was in his cabinet, with a lady aud gentleman from the audience, "the two being needed to develop magnetic power." These two had their hands- on the head and shoulders of the medium, whose hands were on the shoulder of the gentleman. They testified that he did not move, but spirit hands stroked their faces, voices were heard, in struments played, the gentleman received severe blows over the head, and distinctly saw a spirit face looking down on him. Mr Waite then performed exactly the same trick in his cabinet, with the same gentle man and lady, and just the same results. tnat all was'ofone with one of his hands, and proved by experiment with a blindfolded gentleman, a Spiritualist, that it was im possible for persons placed as the witnesses had been to detect this movement of the hand, . The last test was a severe one, which was suggested by the committee and long ob jected to by the "medium " The committee bound his thumbs together with a small cord and sealed the knot . with wax. He ' went into his cabinet, and after some delay the usual manifestations were heard and hands were seen outside the cloth. The cabinet was opened and the seal was found unbro ken. Mr Waite at once repeated the trick on the open stage, with equal success, and showed that it was done by a peculiar for mation of the bones of the thumb, which made it impossible to tie . them. He then gave his thumbs to the "medium" and his aid, who exerted their whole strength in tying them. At the moment when the greatest strain was on them, he instantly withdrew one hand and presented it free to the medium. At this point the enthusiasm of the audience Tose to such a point that they sprang to their feet, cheered, waved their handkerchiefs, threw up their hats, and fairly went wild. During this pro- 1 3 1 . , c. M . . , longea appiause me "raeaium ana nis aiq disappeared. When quiet was restored, Mr Waite made a few very appropriate re marks, and closed with a short but . touch ing prayer for those who had been ledVTjy , the loss of loved ones to lend a willing, ear, to the false claims of deceivers, who- pre-, tended to communioate with the dead.-- l It seemed to me that the Rev. Mr, Waite deserved the thanks of all lovers of trutb,'( and that I had never listened to a more pro-, Stable sermon. . I have studied this subject for years in books, with increasing interest and have often been sorely puzzled byf things Which I could not ex plain, ; learned more last night; in two hours than .all X knew before on this subject.. .There are, no, doubt, mysteries in the realm of mind and in the spiritual world which we .cannot ex plain, and - which will never -be ; explained by science ; ; but it is a great gain to science and philosophy, as well as t pebplp g?n-. erally,to be able to say that every A'medium'' is a fraud.; Maakelyne and .Cook, in ton- n. have "devoted . themselves to the "de" monstration of this fact, and , no one. should, visit London ; without . visiting . their, ball but the . test which was applied last night was more comprehensive . and satisfactory; than anything I have seen in London; ,,The Methodist Church could not do. better than to appoint the Rev. Mr Waite as an ' itine rant preacher for the whole country, with the mission of proving the, truth of j his as sertion that "ury 'medium is a fraud." , Water against Beer. ' Tanner's Challenge for a TridL Dr. Tanner is in the city and he dropped in on me yesterday to inquire if I could give him the date of the letter in which his feat of abstinence was spoken of.. Those who saw him at Clarendon Hall would not recognize him to-day. He weighs 170 pounds and is brown and sturdy. He starts off to-morrow to resume lecturing, his tour running in a zigzag west ward, through Indiana to St. Paul and Minneapolis, where he has friends and .pos sessions. - "Well, Dr., are you. going to fast again?" . "O yes," he replied, ?if my challenge is accepted. I have issued a challenge to any six beer drinkers in Europe to fast with me in London not for any certain time, but for an indefinite time, to see which can hold out the longest without food. If they can any of them stand it for sixty days, I Will try to get along sixty-one days.. It is a fast against time." ' "To drink nothing but water?" "They to be confined to beer, aud I to water." "It is generally held that there is nutri ment in beer, Doctor." "Yes, I know ; but I hold that this is a mistake. I don't believe there is any more food, in beer than there is in water." "What becomes of the hops, Doctor, and the malt, etc. ?" "Why, they are stewed and brewed till the life is all cooked out of them. Fer mentation has killed them for purposes of food." "What makes you think so ?" "Mainly from the obvious effects of both beer and water. But I also have . backers. Liebig has made a careful analysis, and an nounces that in 730 gallons of ' the best Bavarian beer there is not as much 1 nutri-1 ment as there is in five pounds of bread,1 or in three pounds of beef. This, at five cents a class, would cost $584, which- Would be expensive for a joint of beef or a loaf of bread, wouldn't it ? Wouldn't it, now ?" I admitted the claim. . . ' ' "What keeps this frame goinff ?" be con tinued, stretching out his arms. "Electrici ty ! That's what does it. We are run . by lightning, and Edison might : profitably make some experiments on it. 1 believe I was kept alive for those forty days by- the electricity obtained from the air and the water.. Faraday, estimated that in a tea Bpoonful of water there is enough electricity to make a good-sized flash of lightning. . I claim that it is electricity that runs this machine, and I am willing to stake the ma chine on- the correctness of my theory." "Have you- received any acceptance of your challenge to the beer-drinkers?" "Yes ; one man in Germany has respond- ed, and says he will be there." . The doctor remarked that he was feeling as if he could eat a cow, took up two chairs and whirled them around his head in spiral twist like a pair of Indian clubs, said '.'good- bye," and skipped out on his -Western cai- paign. -Indianapolis JburnaVs ' New York Letter.' ' 11 , . .. A Word to Popular Ministers. A ministry that pleases everybody may well suspect itself. Look at the doctrines we preach human depravity, our Lord's true Deity, the atonement on the cross, the personality and work of the Holy , Ghost, the need by every man the most amiable and cultivated of being regenerated, the Bible the sole ; rule of faith, self-denial a part of true Christian living, retribution on tbe impenitent concurrent with natural im mortality, the obligation of the Sabbath J and all this with a. worship .conspicuously plain and free from showy and meretricious decoration. Make all this palatable to "so ciety,"the "world," everybody. No this whole message tramples on the pride of hu man intellect; it belittles the boasted cul ture of the time, and it is, if understood in direct opposition to the life" which ' we are being- persuaded' to import and servilely copy from Paris. "Then what am I tado?" one-may say; Go on and preach - these truths, only more clearly, firmly, and 'ten derly. "But what if the people leave me ?'' Yes; some will leave youf and ' go! to churches they like better, assigning various reasons for the same. ' That is their matter, Your duty is to preach for the' paving of men, not for the keeping of them in the pews. ' I - - i:'- J CdTIf 70U make an engagement , for a certain hour, meet it .if you have to go with' out your dinner to do so. Don't repudiate your promise or word, , , ; . j
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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