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rt . w II I v- . m am b 1 ? I Yl WW 05VU -0. sw v r - rtf - a . I JT -fc V V r--n 1 1 1 H BP til ! A VALVAR W. J. YATES, Kditob xhd Pkomietob. Termtof Subscription $2. 00, to advance. TH E Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISHED BT WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor O Tbbhs TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar for six month. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. " Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class postal matter, according to the rules of the 1. U. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., CHARLOTTE, N. C, Office or. with and Tryon Streets,) Tenders his professional services to the public, as a practical Surgeon. Will adTise. treat or operate in all the (I'tfi.-re: t departments of Sureery. - Patients from a distant , when necessary, will be furnished cemfortable quarters, and experienced nufie;aaj reasonable rate. Address I B6x Ho. 33.' March 5. 1880. y Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHAHLOTTE, 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 i sen ai me very lowesi 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, opposite the " 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 used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1878. A. BUBWELIi. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the 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. SO, 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. Offices corner Trade and Tryon Streets, Jan. 9, 1880. yr Charlotte, N. C. T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, Opposite Vie 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, Chablotte, 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, Spectacle, Ac, which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Ac, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. T'ily 1, 1879. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock CoSee; Sugar, Molasses, Syrup .Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Glass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we offer to both the Wholesale acd Retail trade. All are in rited to try us from the smallest to the largest buyera, Jan. IT, 1880. j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, Collkok Street, Charlotte, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and bnys Country Produce at highest market price. tP Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1, 1880. HARRISON WATTS, COTTON BUY EE, Corner Trade and College Sts., vp Stairs, CfHRLQTTE, N. C. Wet. 24. I860 ly DR. A. W. ALEXANDER, Dentist, nut- nv T. R Wriaton & Co.'s Drue Store. I VU1VV v am working at prices to suit the times, for Cash. With 25 vears' experience I guarantee enti With 25 years' experience tire a tisf action. Jan. 18, 1878. tT Every night the streets of Paris are swept, but not until they have fcrst yielded a harvest to the army of collectors, whom nothing escapes, be it leaves from the tree for compost, stray pins to be stuck on pa pers and sold to the poor, cigar stubs to be chopped up for smoking tobacco, bread crusts to be dried and ground for cooking purposes, bair combings to be assorted at the hairdressers', whale bones, rags, old tin and iron, paper and cinders, all go into the bag. Many of the collectors manage to derive such profits from the labor that not unfrequently the ragpicker's daughter re ceives a dot that makes her husband s eyeB twinkle. Valuable City Property for Sale. By virtue of a mortgage deed made to. re by Allan Macaulay-aad dttlJawKiall-liefia- a--viici hot jnecKienourg county, n. 1 win sen at Public Auction, at tbe Court Honse door in the City of Charlotte, N. C, .on . Saturday, the oth day of February, 1881, that valuable HOUSE and LOT known as the Allan Macaulay residence, located on the corner of Trade and Mint 8treets, 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 tbe 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. D. MACAULAY, Jan. 21, 1881 3w Trustee. NOTICE. The Tract of Land heretofore advertised to be sold on Monday, 3d of January, belonging to the Estate of Peter M. Brown, deceased, situated 2 miles West of Charlotte, on the Atlanta and Char lotte Air-Line Railroad, containing Ninety Acres, will be sold at tbe 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. XT. . UEVVULiFifi, Jan. 21, 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, 1881, at 12 o'clock, M., one HOUSE and LOT situate at the cornei of E and Seventh Streets in the City of Charlotte, known as the residence of the late Sirs. Margaret Stewart. Terms op Sat.r. Fiftv dollars cash, halance in two equal installments at six and twelve months, with interest on deferred payments from date of sale. Hi. 14.. f. USiSUKJNUi, Jan. 21, 1881 4w Commissioner. 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, tne Plantation Known as the Lianerty r arm, situatea 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. Terms ov 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. JJNO. Iv. JSUW1N, 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 of February, 1881, part of LOT in said City, on the corner of Myers and Eighth streets, being 99 reet on the former and 300 feet on the latter Street, and formerly belonging to Samuel Pearce, dec d. Terms, Cash. J. it. xatwil, 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 ic Auction, to the highest bidder, for Cash, at tbe Court House door in the City of Charlotte, on Tuesday the 8th day of February, 1881, that Valua ble lteal Estate, situate in tbe City of Charlotte, and known as the residence of the late Thos. II. Brem. This realty embraces the whole of Square No. 83, comprising eight (8) LOTS, numbered in the plan Of said City as LOiS 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 48U, 481, fronting on Trade Street, and running back to Fourth btreet. 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. HARDWARE. BREM & IffcDOWELL, (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 sixes. Shirts , Laundried and nnlaundried all kinds for 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. The Brinly Flow, BURWELL & SPRINGS. At CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. The Habit of Self-ControL . ' " If there is one habit' which, above all others, is deserving of cultivation, it ia that of sell-control. In fact, it includes so much that is of value and importance in life, that it may almost be said that, in proportion to its power, does the man obtain his manhood and the woman her womanhood; The abil ity to identify self with the highest parts of our nature, and to bring all the lower pans into subiection, or rather to draw them all upward into harmony with the best that we know, is the one central power which eup olies vitality to all the rest. IIow to de velop this in the child may well absorb the energy of every parent ; how to cultivate it in himself may well employ the wisdom and enthusiasm of every youth. Yet Jt ijuo mysterious or complicated path, tbar leads totbfo fiost . The habit of self-control is but tbe accumulation of continued acts of self-denial for a worthy object j it is but the repeated authority of the reason over the . , i a. . I ; 1 : impulses, 01 me judgment over we lucuua tions, of the sense of duty over the desires. He wbo has acquired this habit, who can govern himself intelligently, without pain ful effort, and without any lear ot revolt from his appetites and passions, has within hira the source of all real power and of all true happiness. The force and energy which be has put forth day by day, and hour by hour, is not exhausted, nor even diminished; on the contrary, it has increased by use, and has become stronger and keener by exercise; and, although it has already completed its work in the past, it is still his well-tried, true, and powerful weapon for future con flicts in more higher regions. Philadelphia Ledger. mm After Graduation. A few years ago a young man ot promise was graduated from Harvard University. He determined to become a cotton manufac turer. Instead of relying upon his general education and waiting for an opening, as many of bis classmates did, he began at once to prepare especially for the business he had chosen by entering a machine shop as a workman making full hours and acquaint ing himself with every part of the machinery ot a cotton mill. From the machine shop he went into the cotton mill ; and by hard work and close attention rapidly acquired a thorough knowledge of all the processes of cotton manuiacture. While some of his classmates were waiting and looking for an opening in business, and others were with difficulty filling subordinate positions, he was rapidly rising, step by step, until he is, to-day, in charge of one of the largest cotton mills in New England, with ample salary, and what is better, is discharging the duties of his position with great satisfaction to the company he serves. 1 WM J1F Twenty-nine ladies graduated on Tuesday in New York at the eighth annual meeting of the Training School for Nurses. The pupils, 63 in number, were present. since the opening of the school 120 nurses have graduated, and the demand from private families is greater than can be sup plied. T. L. SEIGLE & CO. Have rented the commodious store-room known as the "KOOPMANN HOUSE," next door to A. R. Nisbet & Bro., which is now being thoroughly reno vated. When finished, possession will be taken at once. Not having room enough to justify carrying a large stock of Carpets they offer from this date their entire stock of Carpets at Cost, Also, Cloaks, Dolmans and Walking Jackets. These Goods must be sold, if at a sacrifice. T. L. SEIGLE & CO. Jan. 14, 1881. N. O. Molasses. Extra choice and choice New Orleans Molasses, in Barrels, Half Barrels and Kegs, just received At J. MCLAUGHLIN'S. Jan. 7, 1881. Fresh Arrivals. DAVIDSON & BEALL Have j ust received a large stock of Family Groceries for the retail and wholesale trade. Also, a nice assortment of Winter Fruits, such as Bananas, Apples, Oranges, &c. Nice Mince Meat in 5 and 10 pound Buckets. Jan. 21, 1881. Just Published By E. J. HALE & SON, New York, A Reply to lour gees "FooTs Errand, By Wm L. Royall, of the New York Bar, late of the Richmond, Va., Bar. A neat Pamphlet of 96 pages. Price 25 cents. E3T For sale at Tiddy's Book Store. NEW STORE NEW GOODS. Staple & Fancy Groceries. I take pleasure in informing the public that I have opened at the Old Post Office, near the Court House, and have a choice Stock of Family Supplies. JUST RECEIVED, a very select lot of Crack ers. Just received a fine lot of CANNED GOODS. Besides Groceries we keep constantly on hand, Bran, Mill Feed, Peas and Corn. , JAMES P. IRWIN, Jan. 28, 1881. Near the Court House. AT MRS. QUERY'S. Larsre additions to the stock of Hosiery. Gloves. Neck Wear, Cloaks, Ladies' Underwear and Child- rens Goods. Just received a full line of Silks, Satins, Fringes, Passmentries for Dress Trimming. . Hati and Bonnets, For Ladies, Misses and Children, of every shape and quality. Have now on hand the most complete stock of Ladies' and Children' Goods to be found in the City. A new lot of 2 Button Eid Gloves at 25 cents a pair. Oct. 29, 1880. MRS. P. QUERY. Heralds. '. From th Catholic World. The heralds of England, who before had been attached to the household of the sov ereign or of some other exalted personage, were incorporated as a fraternity in the year 1483 by. King Richard III. They InowOc- cupy a hoe establishment in London, which is the recognized , headquarters of ! English heraldry- and presided over by the earl mar shal, whose office is hereditary in the great Uatholio family of the Howards of Norfolk, It has been said that the fees derived from America constitute orie of the most im portant sources of the revenue of that, aris tocratic institution. The' 'oldest document in the archives of the college' is a roll of arms of about A. . U. 1250. '-Tht'se , rolls-ot arms are long, narrow strips 01 parcnmeni, on wnicu were written irsts 01, xne names atd titles of certain noblemen, with full description of their armorial . insignia. Much of the learning of ecclesiastics in the middle ages of those particularly whose "studie was but litle on the Bible" was devoted to the production of elaborate genealogies for the founders or benefactors of religious houses. A knowledge of her aldry enabled the clerk to illumine the pedigree of his lord, and the chaplain to di rect the fresco-painter employed by some mighty Baron. An Italian Jesuit, Silvestro Pietra Santa, who flourished in the first half of the seven teenth century, is gratefully remembered by all heralds for his ingenious method, since universally adopted, of representing the different colors of blazonry by lines and dots according to a few easy rules. The importance of such a simple discovery to the lapidary, the sculptor, and the engraver, who could thus show with extreme accura cy, and in a language which was the same in all countries, which were the particular tincture of a coat-of-arms a matter often of importance to the genealogist and of inter est to the antiquarian can hardly be over estimated. It is a melancholy circumstance that the first instance known of the use of this invention in England was on the en graving of the death-warrant of King Charles I, to which the seals of the regicides are represented attached. The national heraldic corporation of Scotland is called the Lyon Office. Its chief is called Lord Lyon, King of Arms. Four Lyons have belonged to the celebrated family of the Lindsays of the Mount, whose representa tive, by a singular freak of fortune or mis fortune for the estate of the Mount became decayed and alienated from its ancient own- ers-fis now settled in republican America. mm Gentle Mothers. I thought I was singing my boy to sleep with the little ballad of which the above is a chorus ; but the blue eyes opened, and the quiet voice said, "Mamma aint always gen tle." In self-iustification I replied "But. you know darling, Mamma has to scold you when you're naughty." "Yes'em." The argument dropped ; so did the little head upon my bosom. 1 did not hmsh the song. nor have I sung it since. Tenderly tucking iu the little truth-teller, I reproached myself for deserving his remark, and gently ques tioned the truth of mv answer. Do mothers ever have to scold ? lias scolding any legit imate place lit tbe family government ? IIow is the word defined ? "Railing with clamor, uttering rebuke in rude and bois terous language. Is this a helpful adjunct to parental authority ? Why do Christian parents sometimes scold ?.. For two reasons, it seems to us. First, for lack of self-control, from habit. Children are often terribly trying, and loud and angry tones seem a safety-valve for our stirred tempers. Be sides, we feel that gentleness alone can never safely steer the family bark over life's troublous sea. force, firmness, decision, sternness, even severity, are often necessary. A suitable degree of these is not incompati ble with gentleness. It is not a synonym of weakness. The gentleness that makes one great, comes from subdued strength. This lovely fruit of the Spirit proves an ele ment of power. lhe "soft answer," often costs the answerer dearly. Sweetness of spirit is the outgrowth Of self-control. Se renity of soul, whatever be the constitutional characteristics, comes most frequently from long self-discipline and prayerful struggle. Good Word'. Beauty before Age. An amusing inci dent occurred on a street car the other day in VV ashington. A woman of hfty, made up to look about twenty-five years old, got aboard at a crossing, to find every seat oc cupied. She stood for a moment, and then selecting a poorly-dressed man about forty five years of age she observed: ; "Are there any gentlemen in the car?" "Indeed, I dunno " he replied, as he looked up and down. :. There was an embarrassing silence for a moment, and then a light broke in on him all of a sudden, and he rose and said: "You can have this seat, madam: I am alius perfectly willing to stand up and give my seat to anybody older than myself." That decided her. She gave him a look which he will not forget to his dying day, and, grabbing the strap, she refused to sit down, even .when five seats had become vacant. 8dr"" A kerosene lamp exploded at Read ing, Penn., and a child and two girls were burned to death, and yet thousands of fires are kindled s from the oil-can every" week, and thousands of lamps re-filled while burn ing. It appears that every chance possible is given to kerosene to explode. . It is simply providential that there are so few accidents. ' . : JST The ministers of Rochester have re solved to marry nobody for a less fee than five dollars. The National Herald asks if they won't make a liberal reduction to a club of six or upwards. VI Jill 4, 1881 '1 ;;l88l,;i !? sw:ho: Lf!C&!.a?Jio itolvOOO "The RUftt of the - People ; to the Sunday Extracts: from "an Address by 1 on liiehard' W. i nompeon, secretary or the navy, delivered be ; fore a public meetinr in Washington City on the .i 16th of May;lS80-j::;tJn:i: t i .i j : All .that I shall attempt will be the sag-. growuuoi a ibw practical inougmi in ; rela tion to our Snnday la, ws and1 the necessity of thdr observance. Upon questions of this Kinq my mind ia entirely 'conservative', as U : : j - . is iuuccvi upon an questions, ana 1 nave en deavored, to consider this particular1 0ne: as it seems to me it ought 1 to be 'viewed by the. average American mind-d1 - U;At ; i; . We learn from our early-' history how earnestly our ancestors resisted Werv effort to legislate upon the subject f religious.be- uci, sou yet at uie same time- tocy enacted rigorous penal lawa for enforcing the ob servance ot the Sabbath. - The very tirs statute passed by the Cavaliers of Virginia provided that he who did not attend church on Sunday should pay a fine of two pounds of tobacco.. This was .the firsV law , ever en acted in the United States, and was passed in 1 G 1 7, three years before the Puritans landed at Plymouth. ' ; ; ; ' No intelligent man will deny that a Sab bath day, as a day of rest, .was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. ,. This was one of the many 'truths taught ibj Christ during- his ministry. ' God alwavs acts wisely. He does nothing by mistake or error. lie alone is the author of infalli ble truth. Why was it necessary that he should descend to earth at the time he. did to teach man the truth that 'the Sabbath was made for him? Manifestly, because such was the condition of the world, grow ing out of Paganism, on the one hand,' and the Jewish creed upon the ether, that it was rapidly sinking into Cimmerian darkness. - - - 1 The early Romans had no Sabbath day- no day of rest for the laborer. The slave worked seven days in the week. .. A Sab bath like that of the Jews 1 was unknown, either to those who chiselled out tbe capi tals of old Rome or laid the immense blocks that compose the Pyramids. For many years after the conflict between Christianity and paganism began it was exceedingly doubtful which was to obtain the ascenden cy, until Constantino laid the foundation for the final triumph of the former by placing over it the shield and protection of government. Since then this . protection has never been entirely withdrawn, although existing in greater or less degree according to the enlightenment and culture of the people. ! 1 his principle of the separation of Sun day from ordinary secular uses, after being prominent in all the . struggles of Chris tianity in the old world, was finally en grafted upon the Common Law of England, so that in that law as well as our own, a contract made on Sunday is void. No le- ?al responsibility can arise -out of such a contract and no Court will enforce it. And this idea lies at the foundation : upon whioh our fathers built our own Christian institutions. Our laws requiring that. Sun day should be observed as. a day of rest, by the cessation of ordinary labor, merely sub stituted, in imitation of the early Christians. the first for the seventh day of. the week. With the Jews their Sabbath was symboli cal of the rest of the Creator ' after he had finished the work ot creation and saw that it was all good. The Christian Sabbath is symbolical of the resurrection of Christ the ushering in of a new and better dispen sation. But in order to avoid the excess of inter-; fering with any man's conscience in matters of religious belief, our American Sunday laws do not make it obligatory upon any of us to attend church, as those - of the require that any . man shall entertain or pro fess any particular faith, or shall be of any specified religious denomination, or shall practice any form of worship. They sim ply require that the great truths upon which our form of Christian civilization rests shall be recognized and preserved so that we may not relapse into the old form of pagan civilization out of which the world was lifted by Christianity. ' : I have , the right to worship God or not, as I may cnoose; mis is personal 10 myseit. Ana society has an equal right to protect itself against tbe destruction of the. principles upon which its happiness and welfare de pend. I have the right to my own person by the natural law. But I have no right to destroy my life, or to maim myself, or to deprive myself of the faculty of performing my duties to society. T; It is equally important also to observe that; in a temporal, point of view merely, the institution of a day of rest is of inesti mable value. No man can ; do as much work in any given length pf time say in one or two years who works seven days in eVery week, as if he worked but six, and is regularly strengthened and invigorated by. occasional and periodical recreation. . . : i The world is in a condition of intense ex citement, but I do not believe, as some pro fess to do, that it is rapidly growing worse every day. On the contrary, it is, in ; my opinion, getting better, and mankind are improving morally and intellectually. " The human mind is becoming more enlarged is thought finds larger and broader fields for investigation, both in naturq and.' science. We are improving in all that contributes to the world's advancement- It is true thai, we hear of more inqQity ' and vice than Jwe did forty or fifty years , ago, and. may . see more. But then our knowledge was , con fined to the neighborhoods where we lived, while now intelligence is so flashed over the world every moment of time that we are brought in direct intercorse with almost the entire world through the medium of oar morning newspapers. If a crime is com mitted anywhere, in the whole length and breadth of tbe country, we hear of it the next day before breakfast. It is in this .!r,i!'j;' qu n;ci erd "fInTul 'IooM ouT" .v that vice and immorality i.em1 to be advanctog" with fresh imp-nHyr; Bat I re peat that ia my Opinion we are-getting bet ter and not worse, and, consequently, are in a better condition than we have ever been heretofore to influence the affairs of other n&tions.'?'"? u ,t. v. r ;i :-M .v 53 We stand between the Empires tf the East and the West, and : witness Hhe ten dtney of some of them to progress' and of others to decay. ' China and-' Jipan are opening their arms to embrace our customs an$ fplTowVour example in the establish ment of the principles which lead to pro gressive improvement, and who can meas ure the ultimate influence of our example upon these crowded nations?. Everywhere throughout the world, where the darkness of barbarism has been dispelled, the people are; preparing to assert their right to self government. ' And we should , not fail to remember that, by preserving our institu tions, and keeping thera intact, we are not only aiding these struggling people by the influence of our example, but are fulfilling a Providential, decree which . existed in the Divine mind when our fathers , braved the storms of the sea to plant civil and religious liberty on our shores. ; i ; 1 ; 1 mm . - . The Dead Turtle's Head. When we were bovs that is brother and I I went down on the creek one ' day late in the Spring and. found a large turtle cross ing a narrow neck of land between two holes of water. Quick as thought 1 got out my knife and cut down a hickory .switch and twisted a withe and' soon had it fast around the neck of the turtle and dragged him up home quite proud of the capture I besieged mother to cook the old gentleman for dinner as it was hardly sun rise! when I got home with him, bat she , was averse to having, anything1 to 'do .with .the "ugly brute." She finally consented, on. condi tion that I should clean him' teady for the pot. After much Bawing with my barlow knife I got his head off and threw it, down into tne lower corner 01 toe yara. x soon had the old fellow ready and in good shape for cooking.' When 'her was , thoroughly done my youngest brother and I made a fine' dinner off of him, ( though VI confess every mouthful I swallowed felt Tike it had claws on it. Mother would cot taste it. ; Mv second brother. Fernando, three vears younger than I had : started to mill; eight miles distant before daylight that morning. To mill and back when one had to wait for his: turn was a day's work then. About sun down, brother came home and while I was Duttiner the meal awav he went to see the turtle's head around which the ' chick ens just coming home to roost were making a great to do. When. I came out of ' the smoke house I walked down to where broth er stood gazing at the turtle's head. ' "What is this?" he asked.' - "It is the head of a fine old turtle," I answered "I caught him this morning and mother cooked him' for dinner and it was fine; she saved some of it lor you." .i With that ; brother stooped down over the head to get a better view of it and said, "Why brother it has its ffiOuth open, do you suppose it oould bite now ?' "Well really I don't know," I answeredj suppose you. put your finger in and see. Brother: was always . a dull . boy so 1 thought, and slow 'of motion ; , so : with great deliberation and perfect; equanimity he poked his fioger away down into the tur- ous jaws closed down upon him, with a sort of death grip. Brother .was. quick then and ran all over the yard squalling like a Com anche Indian ana slinging his hand wildly in 'all directions., .Mother, came 1 out nd helped me to oatch him when we prized the turtle'sjaws open and set brother's finger free. ' Brother wanted to fiht but ; mother wouldn't let him. She said, do ; wish you boys would behave yourselves,, you are more trouble to . me than, all my money." Brother never tasted turtle meat as long as I knew him, nor would he let' me tell: this story on him while he remained in this coun try J but he is in Texas now and I let it out. Somehow brother never could appreciate a joke when it was on him. Now boys don't put your finger in a "dead turtle's mouth till after it thunders." Gilder oy in Macon Advocate. -,.. .. ; v,::.n:.; . .; . ; . The Power of' His' Bye. "'.. -. A good story is told of Van Amburg, tbe great lion tamer, now dead. On one occa sion, while in a baT-roonr,i(fcT,he drank so much that, to use his own .'expression, "If you cut me open the- whiskey would run out," although he was rarely rrunk,)' he was asked how he got ; his wonderful power over animals. Said ' he, "It's my; showing them that I am ' not ia the least afraid of them, and - keeping -my ' eye "-teadilyon theirs." ' He had a goM ' deal aboard ,: and said, "I'll give you an example of the power of my eye." -i-Pointing to a loutish' fellow who eat near byj be saSL; Yog'see. thai1 fol low t i HeW regular e!pwr rjl'mafcehim co me across the room Wfok? "and wohVsay a word to him.u Sitting down he fixed fats keen, steady eyes -"on ihei tniiKf jnesetrtly the. fellow straightened -himself 1 gradually-, got m p, .nd eame sL&wly" across to " the1 Tibn tamer; u When b. got eloe "eriobgb heHreV back his arm and struck 'Van--Amburg a tremendous blow him clean over the "You'll sure at tne rm V ...... .i- r.Tt V,lJ j - it'.' it - . , Borax to Coiiw. A Writer in the Med' ical Record cites a number of cases in which ' borax has proved a most effectual remedy in curing certain -forms of colds, " ' He states that in sodden hoarseness or loss of Voice in public speakers Or singers from colds, relief for an hour or so, as by inagic-j'may- be ob tained by dissolving and partially1 swallow ing a lamp of borax the size of a garden pea or about three or four grains ' held in the month for ten minutes before speaking of singing. under the chin- knocking chair, with ;the remark, like5 that again,1 won't
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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