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I i loofTsCL oiIT I. 'il Jf.t!l ' , - .-.-! on i .!l V J TWENTY-NINTII FOLUIJE- I , . : of m: ci'.; vk; r.r:j IV. J. YATES, Editor and Pbomubtob. Terms of Subscription $2. 00, fa advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1881. ? v.V.VA NUtlBER H68. fW living mS V L Vi rrt7v a. . jk,- rm m - - 4 THE Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BT WILLIAM J. YATE8, Editor and Proprietor o Tkbks TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar for six months. Subscription 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 t. U. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., CHARLOTTE, N. C, Office ormrotk and Tryon Streets Tenders his f rofessional services to the public, as a practical Sureton. Will advise, treat or operate in all the ti'liere: t departments of Surgery. Patients from a distauc , when necessary, will be furnished comfortable quarters, and experienced nurses, at reasonable rates. Address Lock Box Ho. 66. March 5, 1880. 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, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1, 1879. DR. T. G. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, Whitp. I,-il and Colors. Machine and Tanners' Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, and every will sen hi low priuea. March 28, 1879. J. F. McCombs, M. D., 1 1 tt - . , ' t 'ffers 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 i 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. Qas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1878. A. BURWELL. P. D. WALKER. BUR WELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office adjoining Court House. Nor. 6, 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. T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, (Opposite tto Court House, Charlotte, N. C.,) Practices in the State and U. S. Courts, and gives prompt attention to business. Will negotiate loans. May 28, 188Q. y WILSON & BTJRWELL, 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 & FARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c, which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches. Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. Tnly 1, 1879. SPRINGS' & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, 8yrup Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Oiass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we offer to both the Wholesale atd Retail trade. All ars in vited to try us from the smallest to the largest buyers. Jan. 17. 1880. 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. gr-Cotton other country Produce sold on commission and prompt reiurna mu. Nov. 1, 1880 jlAJWISQtf WATTS, COTTON BUYER, Corner Trade and College Sts., ' up Stair, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 24. 1880 ly DR. A. W. ALEXANDER, Dentist, Office over L. R. Wriston & Co.s Drug Store. I am workiBg at prices to suit the times, for Cash. With 25 years experience I guarantee entire satisfaction. Jan. 18, 1878. Japanese Economy. The Government of Japan is making strenuous efforts to economize, and in pursuance of this policy has ordered the sale to private individuals of factories which were formerly establish ed by it to stimulate native industries. The various public departments have also been instructed to reduce their expenses, and guards heretofore attending Privy Uoun cillors have been abolished. By these and other measures which, are in progress a saving of about $10,000,000 annually is to be anected, which sum is to be devoted to the redemption of paper currency. Valuable City Property for Sale By virtue of a mortgage deed made to me by Allan Macaulay, and duly registered in the Uegls ter's Office of Mecklenburg county, N. O. I will sell at Public Auction, at the Court House door in the Jity of Charlotte, N. C, on baturday, the 5th day of February, 1881, that valuable HOUSE and LOT known as the Allan Macaulay residence, located on tne corner oi Trade and Mint streets, near the Uni ted States Mint. On the premises are all the neces sary out-buildings, a never failing well of water and one of the best garden spots in the city. This pro perty is centrally located, being within three min utes walk of the Public Square. Terms of sale Cash, or good Bankable paper. The title to the above property is good beyond doubt. JJ. MAUAULiA I, Jan. 21, 1881 Sw Trustee LAND SALE. In obedience to a decree of the Superior Court, I will offer for sale, at the Court House door in the City of Charlotte, on Monday. January 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 Lauds of Wm. John ston. Miss Todd and others, containing Two Hun dred and Seventy-eight Acres. Tkrms of Sale. Ten per cent Cash on the day of sale ; the balance on a credit of six and twelv 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. Ahrcns vs. Mary A. Pearce and others, I will eell at the Court House door in Charlotte, oi Monday, the 28th f February, 1881, part of LOT in said 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. li. EUW1N, 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 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 eii?ht (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 OP 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.) 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., the following City Property lying in the city or Charlotte ana belonging to the estate of the late Roderick Mc Donald : One .Lot on corner or ad and Myers st and one on corner 3d and Boundary street. J. M. JJ11L.JUKU, Adm'r. Jan. 7, 1881. 4w. 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. Wp Ikivp a Inrop stnok of TjftfUps'. MisatV and Children's Cloaks and Dolmans, very cheap. We have a full line of ReDellants. 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 sires. Shirts , Laundried and unlaundricd all kinds for men and boys. A splendid line of Flannel Shirts for Ladies, Gents and Children. Jugt received a nice line of WOOL SHIRT for Children. A large stock of Ready-Made Clothing. The best stocked Carpet Department in Weatern North Carolina. ALEXANDER & HARRIS. Nov. 5, 1880. He No Tea Is pronounced by those who use it to be the best in use. Sold only by , . - WILSON & BURWELL. April 16, 1S80. Sole Agents for Charlotte. The Thermal Belt Dr. L. R. McAboy, the presiding genitui r . U .V. 1 T XT f Ml LUC IUCIU1B1 UCU, J.IJV11 1UUUUW1U) AI.S., in a letter to the editor makes the statement subjoined. Dr. McAboy is a live and vigor ous man, deserving me most eniargea sac cess: "A great future awaits the Piedmont belt and its rapid improvement will be mainlj due to the liberal and sagacious manage ment ot the Air-Line. "I do not saj that there is no other belt of like character in the State oi North Caro lina, but I do say that , for nearly one hun dred miles along the Southern slope of the Tryon Mountain range there are clear evi- ueuces oi a taermai oetu ine eznioiiion of the finest peaches of the whole land through the entire fruit season of last Sum mer, has resulted in the starting of two very extensive orchards. Another has been purchased. The peach crop was a grand success on the thermal belt and nowhere else. Mr Garrison, in combination with Capt. George Adam, ot Augusta, and R. M. Adam, of Charleston, bouth (Jarolina, has planted out 3,000 peach and pear trees. Rev. A. M. Keigwin, of Wilmington, Dela ware, has 1,600 peach and pear trees on the way. Mr Totten has bought 50 acres to be planted in peach and pear trees. We shall need cars expressly to carry the fruit of this belt, before hve years. We get a full and paying crop from the peach the third year." Atlanta Headlight. Tariff on Cotton Machinery. It is now understood both in the South and among an intelligent class of Northerners that Southern cotton Factories are more profitable than Northern, and that the ad vantage is from 15 to 20 per cent in favor ot the former. J? or a long time this view was rejected, and Northern writers en deavored to disprove the fact. But, as we have said, another opinion begins to pre vail, and we are meeting with facts and fig ures in .Northern papers that show that cotton goods can be manufactured at less cost in this section of the Union than in the Northern section.. No doubt the same thing is true as to England, but there is one dimculty in the way to which we have referred before the tariff on machinery. If the South could be relieved ol the prohibitory tax on machin ery that is laid for the benefit of Northern manufacturers, the advantage it would have over England would be as great as the ad vantage it has unquestionably over New England i but, as it is, the manufacture of cotton cloth is as cheap in the South as it in in England, ihe bouth is peculiarly in terested in the reduction of the unequal and absurd war tariff. It already has a great advantage, as we have said, over New Eng- and. Kemove the tax on machinery, and it would more than rival Old England, and could thus undersell the world. But there are men in the South who are firm friends of a high tariff for protection, instead of a revenue, and they believe really that in favoring the former they are benefiting the Soutfh. We are satisfied there could be no greater mistake. Wilmington Star. NOTICE. The Tract of Land heretofore advertised to be sold on Monday, 3d of January, belonging to the estate ot feter Al. li rown, deceased, situated 2 miles West of Charlotte, on the Atlanta and Char lotte Air-Line Railroad, containing Ninety Acres, will be sold at the Court House on Monday, the 7th day of February, 1881. One-third of the purchase money payable in six, . one-third in twelve, and the balance in eighteen months from date of sale the purchaser to give bond with approved security. Title to be reserved until the purchase money is paid. a s. ukwolfe, Jan. 31, 1881 3w Commissioner. City Property for Sale. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county. I will sell to the highest bid der, at the Court House door in the City of Char lotte, on Saturday, the 12th day of February, lbol, at 12 o'clock, M., one HOUSE and LOT situate at the corner of E and Seventh' Streets in the City of Charlotte, known as the residence of the late Mrs. Margaret Stewart. Terms of Sale. Fifty dollars cash, balance in two equal installments at six and twelve months, with interest on deferred payments from date of sale. K. K. OSBUKNJS. Jan. 21, 1881 4w Commissioner. NEW STORE NEW GOODS. Staple & Fancy Groceries. JAMES P. IRWIN takes pleasure in informing the public that he has opened at the Old Post Office near the Court House, a fine Stock of Choice Family Supplies, Which he will sell at the LOWEST PRICES. JUST RECEIVED, a very select lot of Crack ers. Also, a fresh lot of Mountain Cabbage. JAMES P. IRWIN, Jan. 21, 1881. Near the Court House. Fresh Arrivals. DAVIDSON & BEALL Have just received a large stock of Family Groceries for the retail and wholesale trade. Also, a nice assortment of Winter Fruits, such u Bananas, Apples, Oranges, &c. Nice Mince Meat in 5 and 10 pound Buckets. Jan. 21, 1881. Just Published By K J. HALE & SON, Njw Yaw, A Reply to 1?QV!rget Vjiboft Mrraiid," Bj Wm h. Rqvauu, of the New York Bar, late of f he Richmond, Va Bar. A neat Pamphlet of 96 pages. Price 25 cents. For sale at Tiddy's Book' Store. Fruits, &c. Finest line of Fruits In Chorlotte at PERRY'S. Catawba Grapes pounds for 25 cents. Mag nificent Pears. Florida Oranges, Bananas, Apples, and Buckingham Caromela, the luxury of the age. ' AJsn. a nice assortment oi Meerschaum Cigar and Cigar Holders. Try New Orleans Superb 5 Cent Cigar. jL , . Endyaibn. - A certain popular historian, in describing i.ne condition oi mugs av nome during tne Irulf of , Clodius, says it was a "Walpurgis aance oi political wicoes." ix)rj lieacon field's last novel is a description of an al most. elfish dance, not only of political but of'abclety's witches." . Certainly no one has a better .right to know what took place in 'political as wen as social circles m n.ng- laoU irom tie year 1830 to 1850, the period oyer, which bis historical romance extends itaelt , shows a laughably daring disre- earaoi yuouc opinion in nis portrayal oi an h?iv)tmporaries under the thinnest dis- guttes. tie . introduces iora, raimerston as "Lord Roehampton;" Lord Melbourn as "Lord Montford Prince Bismarck as the "Earl of Ferrol Lady Holland as "Zeno bia;" Lord Holland simply as "Zt-nobia's husband:" .Louis .Napoleon as "Prince Florestan." and the Baron Rothschild as the "banker Neuchatel." He however would probably deny that there was the least connection between his imaginary characters and these famous historical per sonages. A novelist can scarcely avoid de lineating the men and women whom he has actually k&own as the men and women of bis hctitiois narrative. His own knowl edge of society is the treasury from which he necessarily draws the materials of his story. Disraeli would, I think, make a fine historian cf his own tin.es. Some able writer remarks that when "history comes to be properly written, it will eclipse in in terest all tke fiction that could be invented." The first character in Endymion which attracts particular interest is "Zenobia" the leader of the dance of society's witches. She is proud, arrogant, imperious, and as vain of her plumes and honors as a peacock. The real L&dy Holland who sat for this por trait of Zenobia, will figure largely in all future histories of England. Her husband was a nephew of Charles J ames b ox, (the great Whig leader,) and the grandson of the first Lord Holland, Henry Fox, who was one of the most dishonest of government of ficials. He "regarded office mainly as the means of peculating largely." Lady Hol land herself was not "sans peur et sans re- proche she was divorced from her first I 1 3 I T1 TT 11 nuBoand in order to marry juora xionano. But her vast wealth enabled her to live in regal style at Holland House. . And her great ambition was to gather around her the politicians, wits and scholars of the day. Her husband was a very accomplished man, with intitule charm of manner, and his at tractions Were nrohablj" more potent in drawing brilliant crowds than her splendid table and establishment. Whatever the cause, or combination of causes, she suc ceeded in what she undertook, to reign so cially. She would have liked to have been called the "premier maker," as Warwick was the "King-maker." Jindymion s father was one of her pets, and for a time he prosper ed, and was regarded as the most "rising man" of her set. Believing that his old ather was wealthy, he lived in extravagant style, and his beautiful and haughty wife knew how to skilfully natter Zenobia and other great lions, who were to be used as egitimate stepping stones. But the father died and his estate was found insolvent ; and all of Zenobia's influence, great as it was, failed in securing for her favorite the high official positions upon which he and his wife had set their hearts Things grew worse and worse until the wife becomes in sane and dies, and after a few years the husband commits suicide. The two child ren, Endymion and Myra,are left penniless; out by using their wits, become rich and great; he by being, or pretending to be, in ove with two married women, successively, ady Beaumaris and .Lady Montford, and she, by a mercenary marriage, which she openly avows. Lord Montford at length obligingly dies, leaving his beautiful widow enormously rich, for Endymion to marry. Oh, Lord Beaconsfield, I fear your hoary bead is not a crown of glory, for it is not ound in the way of righteousness ! Self, self, self is the idol which these heroes and heroines of the British premier all worship. Self indulgence in splendid mansions, costly entertainments, rich clothing, Jewels and equipages is the chief end of their lives. Compare Zenobia's life with that of an other English woman, Susannah Wesley. n the quiet parsonage of Jbpworth in Lin colnshire, lived this saint and scholar, more earned in divinity than some of the Bishops of the day, and kindling a light of holiness in the hearts and minds of her sons, which has overspread, not only the British empire, but the whole civilized world. Susannah Wesley loved God, her country, her hus band and her children, and used all of her Heaven given energies for their service. Lady Holland loved wealth and fame and power, and no human tongue will ever call her blessed. Tory writers acknowledge that John Wesley V preaching saved England from the horrors of a revolution like that of the French. It turned the tide of public thought into a safe and healthy channel. , His moth- I . u. t.:- U 1J 1 ci a icbsuiib tauguit uiut mat ua cuuiu uuij serve God. by serving his fellow men, and that God accepts no half-way service. He gave ba aU with an enthusiasm and entire self-devotion which may be compared to that of St. Paul. Money poured into his hands as from some fabled treasury like that called forth by Aladdin's lamp. And did be put it into his own pocket, like the ic- amous Lord Holland ? .Not one penny of it ! When he had reached the age of seven ty-three, the Commissioners of Excise in all generations a race of monetary ferrets addressed him a circular, expressing that beyond a doubt he bad neglected to make a proper en try, and return of his silver plate. Wesley . replied, "Sir, I have two silver spoons at London and two at Bristol. This is all the plate, that I have at present, and I, shall not buy any more while so many round me need bread. I am, sir, your humble ser vant, John Wesley. - - ' The selfish aims of the political and social 1 i is - a . t uircie wuose uvea were entwmea wun tnose of Endymion are like what we see in every grade of society andin every city, town and hamlet., j A few years of sad and pitiful struggling to be firsts-first ia wealth, first iu jwuucb sou urst in social standing, ana then the grave closes ; over us all. Susan: nah Wesley and Lady Holland have leach gone to her, reward, as we shall all soon go. ne served God and the other served the god of this world. They were the' repre sentatives oi tne two classes to .which we all belong. But, how Uw. w Ahwmmi how vastly numerous the other. ' Who.de-. nies themselves any finery, any luxury, any pleasure that God's kingdom may be ad vanced? How few even abstain from' those sins condemned by Christian Churches of every creed, or the grosser forms Of self-indulgence, gambling, theatre-going, drinking, and what dear old Bishop Atkinson (so late ly gone to his reward) calls "the indecent embraces of the round dance." Would even Wesley's preaching hare any effect on the hardened sinners of to-day ? When we see a human ' form crushed out of all human resemblance by some fearful Railroad accident, how we writhe with hor ror and Ditv. But if a whole and reener- ated soul has escaped to Heaven from this shattered frame, all is.welL There is some thing infinitely worse, than a crushed and shattered human body a crushed and shat tered human soul a soul separated from the source of all good and united to the source of all evil. We cannot serve two masters we must either serve God or Mam mon. 11. M. 1. Charlotte, N. C, Jan.,1 1881. "Mother Shipton" a Humbug. In the British Museum can be seen Mother Shipton's original book, published 1641, but an earlier manuscript ot same bore date 1448. .They contain nothing im portant, mere old woman s chatter, a jum ble of vague forecasts of local interest which, like tons of such trash, would de servedly have remained in oblivion but for the enterprise of one Charles Hindley of Brighton, England, who in 1862 published what purported to be an exact reprint of the book. Interspersed with the senseless, as unfulfilled predictions, he had inserted ten or twelve lines. As examples : "Carriages without horses shall go. And iron shall swim through the Sea ; Through, mountains, men shall ride ; England shall at lft't admit a Jw, Ac., a poor mystic effort to foretell the past history ot engineering in rLngland. The superstitious and lovers of the marvellous, ignorant of Hindley 8 fraud, introduced to make his book sell, seized upon these proofs of Mother Shipton's gift of prophecy. The prediction of the end of the world in 1881 he stole from .Piazza Smith's and Jfhilo Israel's interpretation of the hieroglyphics in the great gallery of the Pyramid. In this connection, there is high astronomical authority to contradict the story that a re cently discovered planet is rushing through space in dangerous proximity to the sun. Observers say that there is nothing unusual in the planetary system. 1 1 1 About Women Shoplifters. Boston ladies of late have been much ex ercised over arrests of entirely respectable women lor shoplifting, who have inad vertently carried off pieces of lace, etc., Which became attached to the buttons of their cloaks while leaning over the counters. The singular charge is also made that shop- boys, being promised a reward of hve dol lars for every case of shoplifting they re ported, have been known to place small ar ticles in the muffs and pockets ot innocent customers, and then make complaint against them. There is probably not a storekeeper who does not annually lose large amounts by shoplifting, and yet all of them for their own sakes, if not . in the interests of justice must be, and are, exceedingly care ful in accusing any one of theft, ludeed, most of them go to the other extreme, and take no public action even when positively sure their goods have been carried off with out being paid for. They may privately insist upon the return of, or the money for, the merchandise, and that is all about it. It is a very embarrassing business all 'he way through ; there is so much risk of a mistake, and still the fact that thefts are frequent is undoubted. The professional shoplifter plies her trade with immense profits and small danger of discovery, for, in the manifold variations of female dress and these creatures are adepts at disguise it is almost impossible to judge by appear ance. Apropos of this subject, the Paris Conti nental Gazette remembers an American lady affected with kleptomania. The shop keepers watched her, let her take the arti cles away, and then included them in the I t -n .i j i i - .j j w i i oiiis ior tne goous sue uau puruuaseu, oiw always paid without question. On one oc casion, however, she was seen to secrete a box of stockings. She was accordingly charged for a dozen stockings. : To this she objected, saying there were but ten in the box. Thay knew that though she would steal she wonld not lie, and made the al teration in the account. It was found af terward that she had really spoken the truth. Philadelphia Progress f2f "Can there be happiness where there is no love T . solemnly queries an au thor in a book on marriage. Not much happiness, perhaps, but if the girl is awfully rich there can be lots of fun. No, marm, said the shoe dealer, I would like to give yon a smaller pair, but to sell you anything below eights . would render me liable under the statute for pre vention of cruelty to animalSr Interview with ' one of NapoIebnV Veterans. "''i.'. &om the J3t .Joseph (HoJ Gazette. ; (. r Recently an oldiFrenoh gentleman passed through this city-, on his way to California, whose life has' indeed been, an eventful one. His name is Jean :Brigard Beauviere, and hfr was bora near Rouen, France, 'in i 1791. Being of an adventurous .torn he joined the army under: the. First Napoleon as toon as he was old . enough', and was W. Waterloo from the beginning to the end. - He j. has a scar on his arm near his elbow, which he says, was made from a ball fired - from a Bis cay musket, that being the only i wound he received during ihe whple engagement. -T "What'do you think of the great Napo leon ?" said the Gazette. : "Many,; you know, have said numerous . hard things against him." , I ' -.They are all vile English . slanders, said the old man, "nothing but slanders' from beginning to end. : The Emperor was the best man that: ever lived, and L would not believe their , vile slanders if the - whole world was to turn against him. .The allies did not send him to St. Helena because they wished to punish him. .They knew he was their master, and were afraid of him. -That is what they sent him to that barren rock for. Mon Dieu! what a crime they com milted when they sent the great' Emperor to be persecuted to death' by such a man as Sir Hudson Lowe. It makes my blood boil yet to think about if T. . "Where were you when the Emperor es caped from Elba on the Inconstant,, and landed at Cannes, preparatory to his memo rable march to Paris ?" asked the reporter. "I was in the army of France, under Mar shal Ney, and wa9 with him , when he marched out to meet the Emperor under a promise to bring that great man to Paris in an iron cage. r "What section of the army were you with at Waterloo ?" asked the Gazette. . 'I was under Gen.1 Lanier, and took part in tne battle with Wellington's mam forces." . .. i ' ' Here the reporter asked him his opinion re garding the defeat ef the French, and about Grouchy 's conduct: His reply was: "1 never believed that Grouchy was a traitor. He made a great mistake, no doubt,' but I don't think he was untrue to the cause of the Emperor. Never was a battle planned as well as the battle of Waterloo. The heavy rain was a great misfortune for us, because it made the ground so soft our ar tillery could not be used to the best advan tage. . If Blucher could have been engaged as the Emperor intended he should be, the victory wonld have been complete, ana ne should have marched back to Paris the con queror of the world. But Blucher's arrival upon tb.9 scene just as victory was perching upon our banners gave the allies renewed courage, and they again rallied. Then came Ney's glorious charge the effect of which was so different from what the Em peror expected on account of the narrow, unseen ravine right across the line of charge, down into which so many brave soldiers went to their death." - At this point the old man seemed almost overcome by painful emotions occasioned by memories of the past. ,'The soldiers wept like children," he continued, "when the Emperor said : A11 is lost for the pres ent,' and the retreat began.- . jWe knew then that the empire was dead, and that we would never again march to battle under our beloved Emperor. . : ... 0i ' The reporter . could have listened to his reminiscences for hours, but the time , came for the old soldier to pursue his journey westward and the interview had to come to an end. , . i v Mr Beauviere came to America' from France many years ago and settled - near Bordentown, ' N. J.,f where Joseph ' Bona parte, brother of the Emperor, ' lived for so long a time. He raised up a family of chil dren, and they all grew up, married and located in different parts of the country, until himself and his good bid wife ' were left to themselves. Not long since his wife died, and one of his sons,1 who is a rich man in California, wrote to him to come ' West and accepta welcome home with him. j The old gentleman accepted,' and Is now fast steaming onward toward the Golden Gate and loving friends. ':. ,' ' Although 80 years of age,' he is still ro bust and hearty, and his mind is as clear as it ever was. He wae dressed 'in ' elegant style, and wore a fur cap and overcoat, making him the very picture of a well pre served and elegant old gentleman. -sati . t i d: , Where, the Forests are fioinc To make shoe pegs enough' for American use consumes annually 100,600 cords of timber, and to make our lucifer' matchas 300,000 cubic feet of the best pine 1 are re quired every year. Lasts and boot, trees take 500,000 cords of birch, beech and ma ple, and the handles of tools 500,000 .more. The baking of bricks .- consumes 2,000,000 cords of wood or what, would cover with forest about . 50,000 acres ; oi; land. Tele graph poles already; up represent 300,000 trees, and their annual repair coof umes about 300,000 more. The ties: of the .rail roads consume annually, - thirty years' growth of 75,000 acres, and to fence all the railroads would . cost $45,000,000, with ;a yearly expenditure of $15,0000, for, re pairs. These are some of ihe s way . which American forests are ; going, There; arc others ; packing boxes,; for instance, eost, in 1874, $12,000,000, while, the rtimber ned each year in making wagons and agricul tural implements ia valued - at 7 more than $100,000,000.; :-J7 hC ",i V?; -. ' - , " 1 .. 'I. t u'. gST .There are no such Winters-afl;7Q of 80 yesra ago. We are teld .that in UQ9 All the rivers and , lakes in Europe;. were com pactly frozen and even the se several wile from shors, and the earth itself irom 7 . to 8 feet deep. , Birds and beasts fell dead, and thousands of men, women and children per' isbed in their houses I