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'"'ffM OS A ifldl ' " 1 'fif 5I" "3 (KTZTN i f ' 7 ' ' "" T . jJiqpasa" iMii; unroll IIJ i MB ill W : ! OLD SERIES : VOLUME CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH ,17, 1882. )'. 1 v .""MtiUMB XL NUMBER 567 (.' 1 tA MS' . r ."I if! THE , ; Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published every Fbidat bt , J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor 0 : Terms Two Dollars for one year. ' One Dollar for six months; Subscription price due in advance. o ' "Entered at the Post Office in' Charlotte. N. C.. as second class matter," according to the rules of the P. O. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D , CHARLOTTE, N. C, (Office corner 5th and Tryon Streets) Tenders hia professional services to the public, a9 a practical Surgeon. Will advise, treat or operate in all the different departments of Sur gery. - '. . .; March 5, 1881. ly .-.... DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, KWns a full line of Turn T)mM unft PHTala White Lead and Colors, Machine and Tanners' Oils, ratent Medicines, Garden seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sen ai low prices. March 28, 1881. J. P. McCombs, M. D , Oifrrs his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, ooiu niui ana aay, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite me unarioue uoiei. Jan. 1, 1882.. JOHN E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court House, No. 1, Sims & Dowd's building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte uotei. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb 15,1882. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice Limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. March 18, 1881. DR. J. M MILLER, Charlott6, N. C. All calls promptly answered day and night. Office at A. J. Beall & Co's store on College street Residence opposite W. R. Mytrs'. Jan. 1, 1882. A. BUUWELL. 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, 1881. WILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggists, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything pertaining: to the Drug liusmess, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct 7, 1881. HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers ' and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keens a full stock of handsome Jewelrv. 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. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups. Mackerel. Soaps. Starcli. Meat. Lard. llama, Flour, Grass Seeds, Plow?, &c, which we offer to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All are invited to try us, from the smallest to the lar gest Duyers. Jan 1, 1882. J. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, Jolleae Street. Charlotte, N. C. Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. tW Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1, 1881. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants. College St., Charlotte, N. C, Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c. Have on hand imported English and Scotch Potatoes, Agents for the "EUREKA" GUANO. March 10, 1882. W. A. TRUSLOW, Jeweler and Watch Repairer, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Respectfully announces that, bavins succeeded E. J. Allen, in the Watch and Jewelry business, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, CLOCKS, SPECTACLES, fcc. And he hopes by close attention to business and lair dealing to merit a share or patronage. Fifteen years constant experience in the WATCH REPAIRING Department enables him Xofullv tearrant every Watch entrusted to him. ', ; Do not forget the old stand on Tryon streets near the Square. Oct. 7. 1881. 6m HARRISON WATTS. Cotton v Buyer, corner Trade and College Sts.T up Stairs, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 14, 1881. Electricity. Photooraphv- and Aeron- autics. Aeronautics have a story rich in romance as any penned by Jules Verne, bat they have their practical side,1 and French aeronauts have latelv succeeded in turning their experience to good account. x y me am 01 "instantaneous" Dhoto?ranh v and electricity plans of an enemy's position in time of war, and bird's-eye . views of cities and maps of the country in less troublous periods can be taken bv the aid of a balloon without' the presence of the operator. The plan adopted is to send up the balloon containing onlv the nhoto- grapnic lens, Dut connected with those on terra firms bv an electric wire which 1 . . . a - ... r governs the instrument and the balloon. If no flaw exists in the chain linking these Bcieuces logeiner, eieciricity may . play a part in ballooning much greater than most people imagine. ...-.; fidgT.The preacher who confounds cheer fulness with frivolity makes a' fatal blun der. - COMMISSIONERS' SALE. OF 1,200 Acres of Valuable Lands. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of the county of Mecklenburg, we will sell at Pub lic Auction, at the Court House door in the citv of Charlotte, on Monday the 3rd day of April, 1882, the Lands which were owned by the late Mary M. Wallace. The Home Place. 4 miles from the citv of Charlotte on the Lawyers road, contains 408 acres, with a large Brick Dwelling House, erood uarDs ana ouier improvements. T" .i . f ine Allen rlace contains 267 acres, is 4 miles from the city, adjoins the Home Place, and lies between the Lawyers road and the Monroe roaa. The Wynens Place, on the Potter road, con tains 133 acres, adjoins the Home Place and is about the same distance from the Citv. ine w uson nace. on the Lawyers road. 6 miles irora unariotte, contains 322 acres. 'I he lirumley Flace, on Keedv Creek. 7 miles from Charlotte, contains 97 acres. we win also sell a valuable Gold Mine. in Union county, near Matthews', known as the Henry Phifer Mine. This sale is made subject to the ratification and approval of the Court. Terms One tenth cash ; balance in two equal installments at one and two years, with security ana interest from date. Deeds and Plats can be seen at the Law office of OSBORNE & MAXWELL. Charlotte, N. C. Parties desiring to examine the property will apply to S. H. Farrow, at the Brick House Place. JOHN R. MORRIS, W. C. MAXWELL, Feb. 24, 1882. 6w Commissioners. WATER POWER, Farm and Gold Mine at Auction. On Tuesday the 4th day of April, 1882. I will proceed to sell at public auction for cash, at the Court House door in Dallas, N. C, (if not pre viously disposed of at private bid.) that valuable Tract of Land lying in the county of Gaston at vestal Ford, on botn sides of the south Fork of the Catawba River, and on both sides of the Chester & Lenoir Railroad, four miles Northeast from Dallas, containing 417 Acres of Land, known as the Rhodes Gold Mine. Good sites for factory, milling and other machinery, on both sides of the stream, and within a few feet of the Railroad. Land about two-thirds cleared, bal ance in original forest and pines. Mill House and Dwelling upon the premises, and a party in the immediate vicinity offers to either selUor lease machinery ample to work the Gold Mine. The "No Fence" law is adopted for that Town ship. Correspondence as to purchase solicited. KOJaJiKT L. U1U.UAM, Com., March 10, 1882. 3w Charlotte, N. C. Administrator's Sale. On Thursday, the 23d day of March, 1882, at the late residence of Thos. J. Caldwell, deceased, in Lemley's Township, I will sell at public auc tion all the PERSONAL PKOPEKTY belong- ins to the estate of the deceased, to-wii : Horses and Mules. Cattle. Corn, Farming Tools, House- bold and Kitchen Furniture, sc. Terms Cash. JOS. M. WILSON, March 3, 1882. 3w Adm'r. Sale of A.. T. & O. R. R. Stock. On Monday. March 27. 1882. at the Court House in Charlotte, at 12 M., I will sell at public auction 15 Shares of Stock in the Atlantic, Tenn. & Ohio Railroad Company. Terms Cash. JOS. 31. W1LSUJN, March 3, 1882. 4w Adm'r. Administrator's Notice: Having qualified as administrator on the estate of Thomas J. Caldwell, deceased, on tne oa aay of February, 1882, 1 hereby notify all persons indebted to said estate to come lorwara and set tle, and those having claims against said estate to present the same for payment on or before the 10th day of Feb. 1883. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. JUSHil'll 31. W1L.&UIN. Adm'r of T. J. Caldwell. Feb. 10,1882. 6wpd Administrator's Notice. Havinz Qualified as administrator on the estate of the late George W. Miller, on the 11th day of February, 1882, 1 . hereby notify all persons in debted to said estate to come forward and settle, and those bavins claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same for payment on or before the 25th day oi February, urea, or this notice will be pleaded in bar oi tneir re- . covery. W. i. iuAA VV CiXjLt. Public Administrator. Feb. 24, 1382. 6w Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator on the estate of the late Elizabeth Kennedy, on the 7th day of February. 1882. 1 hereby notify all persons in debted to said -estate to come iorwaro ana seine, and those having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same for payment on or before the 25th dav of February. 1883. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. W. U. B1A.2L. VV CjLiLi, ' Public Administrator. Feb. 24, 1882. 6w THE GREAT COTTON FERTILIZERS, Pine Island Acid Phosphate AND Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphate, The highest Standard Fertilizers sold in the State, as per Analysis made by Dr. C. W. Dabney, Jr., State Chemist We will also Keep a suppiy of Kainit on hand during the season. Read the following testimonials : I used the Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphate on lands that would have made not over dou ins. of Seed Cotton per acre, which increased the yield . nAA V T . T 1 1. X 11 1 S0 nnv.nwSXW lO DUU 109. - L Iflin. Id iUUy Cuai, ll nut lupsuui, to an v ever used dv me.' ' - R. I. McDowell. This is to certify that after having used several of the different brands of Fertilizers, I tried the Pine Island and prefer it to all others. I ex pect to , use it this year, and cheerfully recom mend it to the Cotton growing public. R. D. Whitley. f.., . f -- . . ,.. , 500 Tons in Store and for sale by BROWN, DkWOLFE & CO. Jan. 27, 1882. 3m A Name in the Sand. BY GEO. D. PRENTICE. .Alone I walked the ocean strand A pearly shell was inniy hand, 1 stooped and wrote upon the sand My name, year and day As onward from the spot I haste, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my line away. And so, methought, 'twill quickly be With every mark on earth of me ; A wave of dark oblivion's sea Will sweep across the place Where I have trod the sandy shore Of time, and been to be no more Of me, my day, the name I bore, To leave no track or trace. And yet, with Him who counts the sands, And holds the water in His hands, I know a lasting' record stands ' ' " Inscribed against my name, Of all this mortal part has wrought, Of all this waking soul has thought. And from these fleeting moments caught For glory or for shame. The Lion's Pet. The late Henry Moorhouse was fond oi relating an incident that beautifully illus trates a precious truth. When he was a boy there came to his native city a circus with its attending menagerie. In the motley crowd which gathers about such ex hibitions, there was a man whose little dog had just been beaten in a tight with an other dog. The man, in a fit of senseless rage, seized the bleeding and suffering brute, and hurrying into the circus tent, roughly thrust him through the bars of the lion's cage, expecting of course, to see him devoured in a moment. The dog also seemed to know his danger, and crouched upon the floor in manifest terror. The lion fixed his gaze upon him, bnt did not stir; and at last the dog, gathering hope, crawled slowly toward the monarch of the forest, and looked up into bis face as it with mute supplication for mercy. 1 To the surprise of the spectators, the king of beasts, who could have crushed him with a single stroke, gently drew the helpless creature to his side, and then raised his lordly necK above mm like a wall ot pro 1 IB a m tection. Meanwhile, tbe owner of the dog bad recovered from his silly anger, and de mnnrfort nil nmnort.v V cm nnt. him in m. u j. v ... J ... . u , go to the cage and get him, was the quiet reply of the keeper. The man drew near and called tbe dog, but there was no response, for tbe once obedient servant a r t o rl a a if tia liar) frxrinA Q V.t far m a f ur and was satisfied with the change. The old master called again and again, and whistled and coaxed in vain, and at length began to scold and threaten; but the omin ous growl of the lion, and the flash of bis flaming eyes, sent back the human brute in fright and haste, amid the laughter ot all who witnessed his discomfiture; and the two friends were left in peace and mu tual love. school in lokio, Japan, is a physical map of that country, 300 or 400 feet long, in the court behind the school building. This map. or model, is made of turf and rock, and is bordered with pebbles which look at a little distance so much like water. Every inlet, river, and mountain is repro duced in this model with a fidelity to detail which is simply wonderful. Latitude and longitude are indicated by telegraph wires, and tablets show the position of the cities. Ingenious devices are employed in illus trating botanical studies also. For example, the pine is illustrated by a picture show ing the cone, leaf, and dissected flower, set in a frame which shows the bark and longitudinal and transverse sections of tbe wood. Rubber Belting. A complete Stock of Rubber Belting, Rubber and Hemp Packing. Also, all sizes and kinds of Rope at bottom prices. Nov 1, 1881. KYLE & HAMMOND. 1882. SPRING 1882. HATS. STYLE PEQRAM & CO. have received and are daily receiving a beautiful line of Gents' Silk, Stiff and Felt HATS. Don't fail to call and see them. PEGRAM & CO. March 3, 1882. NEW DRUG STORE. I have a full Stock of Pure Fresh Drugs AND MEDICINES. A well selected line of Toilet Articles, Fine Handkerchief and Flavoring Extracts, and evervthine usually kept in a first class Retail Drug Store. Landreth's Fresh Garden Seeds for sale. ' I will be glad to see all of my friends. H. M. WILDER, Agent, Cor. Trade and College streets, Feb. 17, 1882. ly Charlotte, N. C. For the Next 60 Days We offer our Winter Stock at a great sacrifice to close out and make room for SPRING STOCK. Now Winter. is the time to buy Goods for next OVERCOATS, Cloaks, Jackets and Dolmans at cost. Blankets, Comfortables, Heavy Cassimeres and Jeans. . All these Goods and many more can be bought at a great advantage. An examination of our Goods and prices will repay an inspection. T. L. 8EIGLE & CO. Feb. 24, 1882. ' The Serpent ftomel J, .1 We have just laid down a secular paper in wmcn are given in - details ot a name m . mm r . less crime. . All the horrible and - disgust ing details are brought out with minute ness and realistic force. The - paper in which this article appears is - one of the leading journals of one of on f chief cities, and is read daiiy in thousands oi families composed of men, women and children. This paper is not different from the major ity ot its contemporaries;:! ii is the mod ern style to "give all toe news." bqueam- I ishness is laughed at, -The journal that : comes short in the fullness of its details of such things is voted dull, unenterpris ing, and behind the times. .1 he popular taste is vitiated, and demands this vile ness. -: And so the slums, the police-court, the record of murder,' rapine,' licentious ness, and all wickedness ,-poar- their foul floods into our bromes.' The journalist who has a conscience and a home of his own may wince at what is required of him, and here and there a mother or lather may be startled into the exercise of a righteous and rigid censorship with regard to the admission of such reading into the house hold. But the evil fashion prevails, pub lic sentiment is debauched, and the rule is that the newspapers print ' and the peo ple read ail the crime that is committed in all the land.' It is taken as a matter of course, and by many this article will pro bably be taken as an exhibition of edito rial prudery. But let us look at the mat ter a moment. . Would any parent walk ing along the highway with-his child pause to give it an opportunity to witness a crime tnat was being perpetrated r Would he wish his girl or boy to hear from the lips of some foul-mouthed crea lure in human shape a detailed narration of some shameful or fiendish act? How is it, then, that a class of crimes that are not allowed even to be mentioned in the family-circle may be detailed without re serve in the lamuy newspaper i Wherein is tne difference r is foulness less ioui . "i Mr t ?r . a f when received through the eye than through the ear ? There can be but one answer to these questions, if people will only stop to think. But this is what they will not do. H,vu fashions ot this sort e followed without thonght. It is time Ia I K a va nnrl m rt K as titawu nrvn onn f a f hinlr I fathers and mothers were roused to think on this subject. They are by their apathy ruining their children. Iheir sons and daughters are precocious in their knowl edge of vice and crime. They are getting such views ot human lite as will tend to make them look upon murder, lust, aud theft, as its normal conditions. They are being familiarized with a class of ideas that are fraught with terrible danger to youth and immaturity of judgment -and character. In a word, they are being morally poisoned by what they are per mitted to read at home. This is monstrous. The social sewers of society are turned into - our parlors and bed-chambers, the newspapers conveying moral con tagion into what ought to be the holy of holies, the Christian household. Yes, it is monstrous when you stop to think about it. Nobody will delend the evil we are denouncing. It is indefensible. Tbe blame of it must rest equally on the publishers and the patrons of this sort ot reading. As long as a prurient public taste furnishes a market for hlth, tbe sup ply will follow the demand. Let each head of a family protect bis own house. If your own taste is so debauched that you must have vour daily or weekly dish of horrors and obscenities, spare your chil dren. Let the pulpit do some plain speak ing. This evil is a growing one. It has been more prevalent and virulent ever since the shametnl details of the great .Brooklyn scandal were sent into all the homes of the land where a daily paper was taken. Like a flood in the Mississippi, the levees were then swept away, and since then it has been considered a matter of course that a live newspaper must give its readers the details of all the crime and scandal afloat. We write for Christian fathers and moth- ers. vv e beg tnem to consider tnis mauer and act wisely. If there must be a litera-. ture of the slums, let the slums sustain it. Keep it out of your home. Nashville Advocate. Daniel Webster. When entertaining a party at dinner or holding a levee, Mr. Webster always look ed the gentleman superbly : when out upon a fishing excursion, he could not be taken for anything but an angler, and when on a shooting frolic he was a genuine rustic Niinroc. And thereby hangs an incident. He was once tramping over the Mar8bheld meadows, shooting ducks,when he encountered a couple of Boston sport ing snobs, who happened to be in trouble just then about crossing a bog. JNot knowing Mr. Webster, and believing him to be strong enough to help them over the water, they begged to be conveyed to a dry point upon his back. The request was of course complied with, and after the cockneys had paid him a quarter of a dol lar each for his trouble, they inquired 4 if "Old W ebster" was at home, for as they had had poor luck in shooting, they would honor him with a call. Mr. Webster re plied that the gentleman was not at home just then, but would be as soon as be could walk to the house, and added, "that he would be glad to see them at dinner." As may be presumed, the cockneys were never seen to cross the threshold ot Uld "Webster." Charles Lanman. E5F On one occasion a number of liter ary wags were assembled at a late dinner in London, when one of them laid a wager that he would invent a word that would soon find its way into and be recognized the world over as one of the most .expres sive. His bet was accepted. The next day the city was placarded with huge posters containing the strange-looking word "humbug," and it is needless to relate that it travelled like wildfire, was accepted by even the most fastidious, and is to-day understood wnereverine .ngiisn language . . . . 1 -r. t T 1 is spoken. - 3f There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and obedi ent to God, it may not hope to shed some of his light. There is no life so meager that the greatest and wisest of us can af ford to despise it. We cannot know, at what moment iu may nasn ionn wun ue . - . . n t - . t . 1 . life of God. FhiUips Brook. ...... , s Synopsis of N. CL Supreme Court Deeisioi&TWh'en'tfiey'are'fonanite enough to escape I - Pugtl :. vsl-Qrant.4 admV.. Northampton. I . f . . ,.f., , .- TtTi .-.-1 ... e - 4 .- if wnere iraua is auegea tn tne- endorse- menc oi oonas sueo on and upon tbe pro- ' j t a -k 1 i dnction of the instruments , accompanied with such proof as 1 entitles the. endcf se men t thereon to be read in evidence, it is error in tbe 'Judge td charge that the bur den ot proof is upon tne plaintiff; to show whether the assignment of the bonds was an' hOnest'transaction,'or not, for there s a presumption, prima facie, in I uisjavr value and that he was the true owner, t is a presumption that, in a proper case might be rebutted,' but the burden of: proof would be Upon the person ' who 'al leges the detect in the title.' luere is an i a .11 Jr L -r ! jL-'t. impiicaiiou vi iw, in lavor of a ' negotiable instrument thing be shown to tbe contrary, thatr he gave value tor it ana came tairly and rightfully by it. The exception to tins rule in favor of the holder of a negotiable instrument, is when there is any1 fraud or illegality in its inception upon such proof being ottered, the holder will be required to show that he acquired it bona fide for value, there being at such a juncture a shifting of the burden of proof from the defendant to the plaintiff." ,:! j. ., Where bonds were executed prior to 1868 the rales of evidence at the . date of their execution prevail, .with Preference to parties there was but one rule, , to exclude their evidence as being, incompetent, the on!y: exception was where the interest of the person offered as a witness was evenly balanced, he became a competent witness and might be called by either party. In this case Vincent the endorser was, com petent to speak of the matters for which' he was called and the exclusion of his evi dence entitles the plaintiff to & venire de novo. . . . , Wilson & Eaborn vs. Resoass. Beaufort. In this case the plaintiffs leased certain lands trom tbe detendant tor the purpose of raising a crop and an agreement was entered into by which .one-half of the crop raised was to be given to the defendant except the crop of corn raised in a certain field of which he was to receive one-third: 1 1 . . f . T Ct. I during the temporary absence of plaintiffs the defendant entered upon the demised land, took possession of the crop and some corn that was cured by them and refused to allow them to re-enter or in any manner interfere with the standing or. gathered crops, and claimed to hold them . for him self alone; ; . Held, That in such case where the de fendant executes a bond for the full sum, and his solvency is not denied, it is not error to vacate the restraining order be fore obtained or to refuse an injunction or to refuse to appoint a receiver, for the act amendatory of the Landlord and Tenant Act, of March 12th, 1877. in its third sec tion says " in case there shall be a con tinuance or an appeal from the justice's decision to the Superior Court, the lessee or cropper, or the assigns of either shall be allowed to retain possession of saidl property, upon his giving ' bond, dec. When a lessee mortgages his interest in the crop to the lessor in such case the les sor has the right to give bond, &c, aB ubove. Barbee, adm'r., vs. Green, from Wake. Where a defendant in a Buit sets up a counter claim which includes the burial case and other funeral expenses of the in testate, the said plaintiff at the time sue ing as administrator, such expenses as were necessary according to tne circum stances of the deceased should be allow ed. An action will lie against an administra tor for funeral expenses though money so paid was not strictly a debt due by the deceased. It is the duty of the executor or administrator to see that the deceased is decently interred, and the law allows the reasonable expense of so doing above all other debts and charges except such as may be a specific lien on the property of the deceased. "-" - ; In Adams vs. Butts, 16 Pinck, Mass. 543 it is held, that in an action brought by an administrator to secure a debt! due the intestate, a defendant may file in set off, a demand for money, paid by; him to defray the funeral expenses : of deceased. There is an implied promise by the admin istrator having assets to reimburse one who has defrayed such expenses. , There is error in not allowing this de fendant so much as- was suitable to the circumstances of the deceased in expenses for funeral. Reversed. . ; State vs. Spellar, from , Washington. The defendant was indicted for carrying a concealed weapon, his counsel proposed to ask a witness introduced by him "What the defendant said as to the possession of the pistol?" but on objection on the part of the State he was uot permitted to do SO. 1 ;i ; It would be vain to disturb a verdict and judgment because of the exclusion of testimony which could not have any bear ing upon the case, and he who complains of such exclusion should plainly set: forth in his exception its purport, or substance, in order that it may be seen to be revelant and such as would aid the jury in making up their verdict-i . - i The distinction between tne ngnt to "keep and bear arms" and . "the practice of carrying concealed weapons is plainly observed in our constitution. The first, it is declared, shall not be .infringed, the latter may be prohibited. i ; No error. Judgment athrmed. Staters. Mott, from Wayne. The de fendant and two others were indicted for larceny at the March term of the Inferior Court, at that term the case was . contin ued, the others gave bail, the defendant was confined in jail to await trial. . i The purpose of. the act of 1879 as re gards Inferior Courts is two-fold, first, it secures to the party accused a speedy trial of the charge against him, and next, it saves the county, as tar as possible, the expense incident to thconfinement of the accused. : . The statute is a remedial - one and therefore mast be liberally interpret ed. It is not error when the case is trans ferred from the docket1 of the Inferior Court to that of the Superior Court to try in that court one defendant and continue the case against the others 'particularily 0 L V.-.." ,.! tt , 7 in. ! 7 j 1 oiaut v. nmer. irom r n.r -i ;asn ai T.rt 1 ' ' . .5 r ' .T7 Tv 7. r I larceuv ull x. uuir.i Jivj.ii. inu Tt ib srrnr in defendant tefore the' examining macls traW.'' Ii Is tKe'fluty' of 'snch magistrate toi inform the accused thai his "refusal r to apswer would ept- be, used against himJ A Talk .With a Photographer. "I suppose you photograph some of the children of teri ?' MOh ' yes.' Sorrie mothers bring their ;childrfen! 'every ' few months, Whyj 1're watched a good mauy children groiy,up un,tJ they; got, to be, 10 or ,12 n n t T t An'iTii Finn Almlll ron r9 t Vt - asm n nsl nt.vffi .: in t.i ,t, - ' u.,7 i on J I of- every holder I brought them back hefe. I-tnid ellriois I la it," 'uht7f6rnLTfe"ett m utuii bucT i o uau viiiiuicu ui vucu un u auu ful young married coople came here' with a little bov. A ' real nice little fellow he was, too. (Well, they wanted him photo graphed, and photographed he was with out any trouble, lie seemed to take it kind ; o' . fceriously, i and 'kept very j quiet.' When 1 was through the young man said: I don't supposo you remember us.' I Well, I looked at them, bat I didn't remember them. Then he pulled out two v photo graphs, one of a( little boy , and .one of a little girl. lhat s my.wue ' he said, and the other one is myself, and you took them.' I iters was taxen twenty years ago. ana , pis about twenty-five years back. They never Z x Z'-f-rt .u l W4e', . i:n r l r .1 :j XZViZuliZ: :rrr'Cx . .... j r T,:-i i I when they found out I was they .were . .i f . u .h, c O I the boy taken" by me, ;"I suppiose both the rich' and the poor want their children photographed ? ' ' "Yes I haveome 01 the wealthiest peo ple in New York for customers, aud then again, some who have to save 'tip a long time before they can get a baby's picture. Once- a poor woman came to me with a forlorn sick little child,' and begged me to take its picture, she said she hadn t any money, but she d try and '"pay -me isome time, l looted at tne cnua ana saw it -Till . I 1 " . wasen't lone for the world I ' knew that when it was gone its features would come IiIfa Iima onnohmi r. f Imf isty mAt hnr'fl like live sunshine to that poor . mother s Hfe, and I took a picture for her. Well, sir, about two months alterward that wo man came to me and paid me ..with tears in her eyes. I didn't ask her any questions, but iu&t before she went ebe said : 'She's dead. Mister. My little girl's dead, and oh! how I leve her picture !'" Jvew York Sun. The Lioness and the Terrier. In the Unban Wardens there was a lioness that went bv the name of the Old Girl. She was born in the gardens in 1859, and died there at the age ot sixteen years (a pretty old age for a lioness,) after presenting her owners with fifty-four cubs, of which she actually raised htty. ohe was a lioness of very high spirit, though quite gentle, and good judges say she was the handsomest one they had ever seen. These- flesh-eating beasts, when - in health, have no objection to the presence of rats in their cages, on the contrary they rather welcome them as a .relief to that sameness of life whish is tbe chief trial of a wild animal in confinement. But in ill ness the case is different, for the ungrate ful .rats, not contented with . having the lion's food, then begin to nibble the toes of the helpless lord of the forest, and add much to his discomfort. , ' To save "Old Girl" from this vexation the keeper placed in her cage a fine little terrier. He was at first received with a surely growl from Old Girlj but when the firBt rat appeared,' and she saw the little terrier toss him into the air and oatch him across the lions with a snap as he came down, she began to understand what the . . . . . . . t , terrier was for. J 1 J ' ' ' ' Her whole manner'was changed. She coaxed the little dog to her side and fold ed her paw around him, as if to thank him for saving her from her terrible enemies, the rats.. Every 'night after that the little terrier slept at the breast of the .lioness, infolded with her paws, and on the watch for enemies. You may be sure that dur ing the. six weeks that Old Girl lived after this, the rats;. had a bad time. Young Folks. The, Magnetic Needle. A condensed explanation ia regard to the needle point ing to the northward and southward is as follows: The magnetic poles of the earth ao not coincide wan me geograpnicai poies. The axis of .rotation makes an angle of about 230 with a line joining the former. The northern magneticpole is at present near the Arctic circle, on tbe meridian of Omaha. Hence the needle does not every where -point tOi the astronomical , north, and is constantly variable within certain limits. At San Francisco it points about seventeen degrees, to the east of. north, and at Cabas, Me., as much to the west. At the northern magnetic pole, a balanced needle points with its north end downward in a plumb line. At San Francisco it dips about ', sixty-three . degrees, and at the southern , . magnetic, pole tbe ; south end points directly down. : The attraction of the earth, upon a magnetic , needle , at its surface is of about the . same force, as that of a hard. steel magnet, forty inches ; long, strongly magnetized, at a distance , of one foot. The foregoing is the accepted ex planation of the fact that the needle points to the .northward and southward. Of course, no ultimate reason can i be given for this natural fact, any more, than for any other observed fact in nature. BSfTf A miserly i old .lady, during: the war. kept' an inn. - One day a famished soldier called on .her for something to eat. Some bones, that bad been pretty well picked, were placed, before him.- -After finishing his dinner, a little son of the land lady, noticing, that the soldier found it very difficult to make out much of a din ner, put some money in his hand as he stepped out of tbe door.: When his mother came in he asked her "how ' much it was worth to pick, those old bones. "A shilling, my dear," said the old lady,' 'expecting to receive the money.' 'I thought so." said the boy, "and I gave tbe old soldier a shil ling for doing if iv-;tv H : ' tiF" Affliction, like the ironsmith,shapcs as it smites. ,v .u ; i. f , , J , . i (..... T ; ...... "land to live and die a bachelor unless. she ' t- i For Tonne- Men. of any' voung-man is the dav on which he uuiwuui uv tu iuo career fancies there is some better wav to make - . - - -. - money than to earn it : tor from that feel . . . . log spring the , many extravsgant ,and visionary plans which are indulged an for the purpose of gaining a' livelihood .'with out labor. When a' young man 'becomes thoroughly infected with this feeling, he is ready to adopt any means for the accom plishment of his objects, and if he is foiled in bis efforts, upon the crest of the wave which he has already mounted, and m full vie w, is the temptation of crimes to shield him from the disgrace which he thinks must inevitably follow in the wake of, de feat!, j" To (those he yields, jind the 'first' he realizes he finds himself the violator of the wj ahd a-criminal in the eye" of tliU munity, and' the inmate of a prison, wait-: ing trial, all brought about for the .want of a little manly firmness in the outset of life to prompt him to choose a vocation where tbe penny earned would bring with it its sure reward. ' A valentine seut by a youth in Washington to a girl in Easton, Md., re calls the story of a name of note in Ameri can history, ihe name ot the sender ot the missive is Keturn J. Meigs, and the same Christian name has been in the Meigs family for several generations. . Many years ago, ante-lievolutionary days, Jona than Meigs courted a young lady who re- jected his addresses. Meigs continued to love the girl, and, though too proud and sensitive to try a second time to win her, A - A ' i ' determined never to marry any one else, of her own accord relented. , After a few years the lady did relent, and sent a letter to her former suitor. Meigs got the letter, and found in it only the two words: "lie- turn, Jonathan." It was enough. - Jona than did return, and made .her his wife. Their first child was baptized "Return Jonathan," to commemorate the brief let ter that saved the Meigs family from ex tinction, aud from that day to this - there has been a Return J. Meigs in every gen eration. . 3 There is a belief among some peo ple that madness in dogs is caused by a worm in the tongue. The following ex tract from a letter to the New York Sun probably explains it: ii. H. Creeling, a justice ot I'eaco of hl Paso, Ark., and one of our best citizens, has told me that there is a gristle in the under part of a dog's tongue, about an inch and one-half long, shaped very much like a worm. He calls it the "distemper worm." He Bays that with a sharp knife "he has often taken the worm out without any apparent pain to the dog. He Bays that it is a complete safeguard in every instance against the dog s taking hydro phobia. He relates an instance where two likely young pups were bitten by a rabid dog. In a short while after they were bitten he took the distemper worm out of their tongues, and hydrophobia never touched them, while another dog bitten at the same time went mad, the worm not having been taken out of bis tongue. How Nick it Would Be. Commer cial union with the United States would give Canada a market of 52,000,000 of people, right alongside of her borders, without any custom bouse or other re striction to prevent the freest commercial intercourse. Practically, for all business purposes, we should be one grand people, extending our operations from Mexico to the North pole without transhipment of cars. Property in Canada would immedi ately increase 100 per cent. Our cities and towns would be dotted with manufactures, to. keep at home the population now seek ing employment across the lines.. Our farmers would receive for their produce the duty now paid at the frontiers on every bushel of grain and head of cattle exported to the United States, and which amounts to millions of dollars. Politically we would remain as we are with our local and Fed eral governments. Every business man understands that commercial union means peace and prosperity to our people. Canada Ilirst. SagT" The Hackcnsack' Republican has discovered that country editors are begin- mg to learn that it doesn t pay to send a two-dollar paper to a two-cent man, es pecially when tbe latter is too sensitive about paying for it in advance. Yes, sir; and the country editor who hasn t the backbone to shut down on every mother's son who wont pay promptly will certainly not have the wherewithal to pay his own indebtedness. Turner's Jalls Reporter. E3f Some months ago a party near Greenville, Miss., sued out an injunction against his neighbor, restraining him from sowing Johnson grass seed, tbe petitioner alleging the grass would spread over the adjacent country and destroy the land for cultivation. The Chancery Court granted the injunction. The case was then carried up to the Supreme Court of the State , and the injunction was dissolved. 2" The sea holds 60,000,000,000,000 tons of salt. Should the sea be dried up, there would be a deposit of salt over the entire bottom of the ocean 450 feet deep ; and if tbe salt were taken and spread on the' land, it would cover it to a depth of 1,400 feet. Z3T A petrified alligator is said to have been found imbedded in solid rock, twenty feet under the ground, in a quarry two miles from Saratoga Springs. It is five feet seven inches in length, and measures, two feet back of the head, nine inches in diameter. ; ,' To keep vegetables for several days without wetting, wrap them in coarse brown paper. Keep the paper damp. Put the vegetables in a cool place. . ! i ' ; i in . ' . -- , ;lcirTbe greatest thought that ever entered my mind, was that of my personal responsibility to a personal God. Daniel .Webster. In' seeking aid for a Christian I urpose,seek the man more than the money, f you get the man yon get the money tOO." 'S i S : A
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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