North Carolina Newspapers

mm c an OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXX. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1882. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 571 Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published evebt Friday by STRONG, Editor fc Proprietor. J. p 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 or tne r. vj. uepanmeni. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, Fifth and T r y o n Streets RESIDENCE, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. March 17, 1882. tf DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Puie Drugs and Chemicals, White L.eau ana 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, 1881. J. P. Mc Combs, M. D , OflVrs 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 Ui! Charlotte tlotel. Jan. 1, 1882. A. Ul'llWBU. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHAttLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts, Office adjoining Court House. Nov 5, 1881. 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 Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb 15,1882. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice EYE, EAR Limited to the AND THROAT March 18, 1881. DR. J. M MILLER, Charlott6, N. C. 'Ml calls promptly answered day and night. Office at A. J. Beall & Co's store on College 3treot Residence opposite W. R. Myers'. Jan. 1, 1882. WILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE and retail Druggists, Trade .Street, Charlotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything Dertamme to the urns Business, 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, Keeps -a Jul 1 stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c. which they sell at fair nrices. 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 alwavs in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Svruos. Mackerel. Soaps. Starch, Meat, Lard, Hums. Flour. Grass Seeds. Plows. &c, which we oiler to both the Wholesule and Retail trade. All are invited to try us, from the smallest to the lar gest buyers. Jan 1, 1882. j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, Colleae Street. Charlotte, N. C. Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. y Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. I, 1881. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants, College St., Charlotte, N. C, Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c. Agents for the "EUREKA" GUANO. March 10, 1882. HARRISON WATTS. Cotton Buyer, Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs. CHARLOTTE, N. C. . Oct. 14, 1881. 2. B. Vance. w. H. Bailey. VANOE & BAILEY, Attorneys and Counsellors CHARLOTTE, H. I Practices in Supreme Court of United States, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Federal Courts, and counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan, and Davidson. t&- Office, two doors east of independ ence Square. June 17-tf 1882. 1882. SPRING STYLE HATS. PEGRAM & 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. God's "lan of Your Life. Never complain of your birth, your training, your employment, your hardships ; never fancy mat you could De something, if you only had a different lot and sphere assigned you. God understands his own plans, and he knows what you want a great deal better than you do. The very things that you most depreciate as fatal limitations or ob structions, are probably what you most want. What you call hindrances, obstacles. discouragements, are probably God's op portunities ; and it is nothiner new that the patient should dislike his medicines, or any certain proot that they are poisons. No I a truce to all impatieuce ! Choke that foolish envy which gnaws at your heart because you are not in the same lot with others; bring down your soul, or rather, bring it up to receive God's will, and do His work in your lot in your sphere, under your cioua ot obscurity, against your temptations; and then you shall find that your condition is never opposed to- your good,' but really consistent with it. selected. Lite is so short that it is the worst of stupidities to waste an hour of it. City Property for Sale. By virtue of a Mortgage to the Mutual Build ing and Loan Association made by J. S. and M J. Freeman and recorded in Register's office Book 27, page 114, for purposes therein set forth 1 will sell to the highest bidder for cash, at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday, the isi uay oi May, 1883, me real estate therein de scribed, to-wit : A Lot on Myers street, 49J feet front and 196 feet deep, being a part of Lot iso. iud4, Known as trie Eagle Lot, and upon which there are comfortable improvements. Also, about two acres of Land adioming W. R. Myers, W. B. Taylor and Mrs. 8 W. Robin son, upon which there is a Slaughter Pen. A. u. HrUsmz.KK, Sec. and Treas. Mutual B. and L. Association. March 31, 1882. 5w. PUBLIC SALE. Elizabeth Maxwell and others vs. George Couch and others Special Proceedings for Partition. Under and by virtue of a Decree of the Supe rior Court of Mecklenburg county, in the above entitled cause, the undersigned will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Saturday, 29th day of April, 1882, all the Real Estate devised to J. H. and A. W. Maxwell by the Will of the late Alexander Wallace. Terms M cash, balance 12 months credit. WILLIAM McCOMBS, March 31, 1882. 5w Commissioner. Notice Sheriffs Sale. I will sell for cash, at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, on Monday the first day of Mav 1882. to satisfy executions in mv hands, the following described tract of land in Long Creek Township, adjoining the lands of Wm. B. Park and others, as the property of the Hopewell Cop per Mining Company of Baltimore. M. L ALKXAJNDLK, Sheriff, Mecklenburg County. March 31, 1882. 5w NOTICE SALE. By virtue of an order of the Superior Court for Polk county, North Carolina, in the matter of W. W. Flemmmg, Administrator of J. C. Mills, vs. Mary M. (Jureton and otners, 1 wm oner at Public Sale the LANDS belonging to the estate of the late J. C. Mills, on the first Monday in May, (the 1st day,) 1882, at the Court House door in the county of Polk. Ierms 1 wo and a halt per cent cash, balance on twelve months credit, with note and approved security, with interest at six per cent from day of sale. The above Lands are situated in Polk county, within one mile of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, on the racolet River, and are very de sirable for agriculture. About 150 acres of fine bottom Land. For further particulars address, W. W FLEMMING, Adm'r., &c, March 24, 1882. 5w Charlotte, N. C FOR RENT. Bv the year, the store room near the court house ; or would let the same by the day, week, or month, for auction, or similar purposes. HUFUS B AKKIJN CrJiiv March 31, 1882. tf Executor's Notice. Having qualified as Executor of the last Will and Testament of Jane D. Houston, deceased, I hereby notify all persons indebted to said estate to come forward and settle me same ; ana an Dersons holding claims against said estate must present them within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. J. W. WAUawuKin, March 31, 1882. lm Executor. 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. THE GREAT COTTON FERTILIZERS, Pine Island Acid Phosphate AND Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphate, The hiehest Standard Fertilizers sold in the State, as per Analysis made by Dr. C. W. Dabney, Jr., State Chemist, we win also Keep a suppiy of Kainit on hand during the season. Read the following testimonials : I used the Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphate nn Ian that wnnld have made not over 300 lbs. of Seed Cotton per acre, which increased the yield to 800 lbs. I think it fully equal, if not superior, to any ever used by me. R. I. McDowell This ia tn nertifv that after having used several of the different brands of Fertilizers, I tried the Pine Island and prefer it to all others, l ex net tn use it this vear. and cheerfully recom mend it to the Cotton crowing public. R. D. Whitley. R00 Tons in Store and for sale bv BROWN, DbWOLFE & CO. Jan. 27, 1882. 3m NOTICE. Lost or mislaid a Certificate for twenty-five Shares of Stock in the Traders' National Bank of Charlotte. Notice is hereby given that applica tion for a new Certificate will beTJBajjjjpFBT March 17, 1881. lm. Chester, B.C. Perfect Trust. My boat is on the open sea Which storms and tempests toss, . I know not of the ills to meet Before I get across. 1 do not know how long or short The fitful voyage may be; But patiently I'll abide His time Who built the boat for me. 'Tis fully manned in every part, Hope is the anchor fair ; The compass that it has is faith, And every oar is prayer. Sometimes I see the breakers nigh, The ocean madly roars, But all I do is simply this : Bend closer to the oars. At times the waves run mountain high And threaten me to strand ; I fear not, for he holds them in The hollow of his hand. The fog at times obscures my course, I see the way but dim ; But well I know I cannot drift Beyond the sight of him. 1 know not where the shoals may lie, Nor where the whirlpools be, It is enough dear Lord, to feel That they are known to thee. And thus content I glide along, If either slow or fast, Well knowing he will surely bring Me safe to port at last. A Husbands Love. It is easy enough to win a husband Most any attractive little duinpling with a bright eye and a coaxing voice can gath er in a noble husband, but it is pretty dif ficult to retain him. Noble husbands are thicker than hair on a dog, but the grand difficulty is to draw out their true nobility and secure it at home. It the wite only understands her business she can introduce the soothing racket in her new field of operations, and walk away with the whole business. Most men like to be loved and scothed. There is something in the man's great, rough earnest nature that can be won quicker and easier with gentleness and pie than by the logic of the broom handle aud a bilious course ot reasoning with bread-and-milk diet. We have seen a girl who understood her business take a reformed road agent by the nose, eo to speak, and lead him through life in such a way that he wouldn't know but that he was boss of the ranch. So per fect was the delusion, that when she asked him to bring in a scuttle of coal, or to get up in his night-shirt and kill a burglar that he knew was nothing but a bob-tailed cow fbur blocks away he always went, and he felt as though he counted it a mark of special favor that a poor unworthy worm of the dust like him should be sought out and delegated to go and chase a lame cow across nine vacant lots with an old barrel stave, and clothed in nothing but a little brief authority and a knit undershirt. We cannot exactly describe this magic power of a devoted wife over her husband, and we do not intend to try it. It is an unseen motive, a nameless leverage, that makes the husband get up in the dead hours of the night and set the pancake batter near the parlor stove. A man need not think that because he ' gets up aud looks for burglars in the night, and is otherwise obedient, it is because he has no backbone. It is simply because he is the husband of a woman of whom he ought to be proud. About a month ago, as the Ger man Crown Prince was crossing the Fenn- brucke on his way to the barracks oi the Guard Lancers at Moabit, his attention was attracted by a group of shabbily dressed persons, consisting of a middle aged man and three strapping lads, ranged in line on the curbstone, and giv ing the regulation military salute. His Imperial Highness walked up to the man and spoke to him, saying, "I see you have been a soldier ; these are your boys, 1 presume. Have you any more of the sort!" "No, Imperial Highness, I was discharged invalided, and have been bed ridden for a long time." "Where were you wounded ?" asked the Crown Prince "At the battle of Soor, 28th June, 1866, shot through the shoulder, right arm lamed for life." "Give me vour hand, 1 am truly sorry for you. Write to me, en close vour certificates, and inscribe the word 'Soor' on the back of the envelope." So saying, Frederic William shook hands heartily with the astonished veteran and went his way. A lew days later, tne man's case having, meanwhile, been inves tigated by the Crown rnnce's orders, he received a handsome sum of money from the privy purse of the Imperial Field Mar shal, with an intimation that steps were being taken by the latter in person to pro vide him with a permanent appointment suitable to his capacities. Secrets of Newspaper Men. There is probably no newspaper man of exDerience in the country who ooes not hold secrets of importance in his mind, which, if made public, would create a sensation, but would stamp him as being unreliable and consequently unfit for his profession. The great race for precedence in the publication ot news impels him to do his utmost to outstrip his contempora ries, but a bierher feeling, the dictate of honor, keens sacred trusts reposed. Fre- ouentlv a person would like to know the authorship of certain matters published, and whether his efforts are directed to "nnmninc" the managing editor or the galley-boy, they are alike fruitless. Hi V- erv compositor on a paper, as a rule, knows the handwriting he sets up, but if anv other nersons think thev can learn it from him well, let them try it. Toledo Telegram. Adamascobite stone is found in only one place in the world, and that is the State of Missouri, lhe company which now owns the whole quarry will transport the stone quarried to Winches ter, 'Is. H., where it is to be manufactured into such articles as are deemed salable. The stone is very peculiar in its structure and properties. Its cutting power is diamond-like, cutting away steel very rapidly, and still retaining an exceedingly fine edge. Seals Killed for their Fur Coats. Droves of cattle, sheep, or swine on their way to market are common sights: a rarer spectacle is a drove of turkeys, though this is now ana men seen at some western shipping points, bat it could hardly be imagined that seals could be driven to market. Yet, according to a recent Cen sus Bureau publication, this is the practice in Alaska. The seals are not found on the coast of the mainland, but tney frequent the Pri- byloo Islands in the Behring Sea. The seals caught here are not like those of Labrador, which are taken more for their oil than for their skins, but are the genuine fur seal, whose soft warm coats eventually enfold the forms of society belles. The islands are bleak, cold, desolate places, bare of timber, and in the summer time almost always overhung with thick fogs or olonds, shutting out the warm rays of the sun; but yet they are pleasant to the seals, who like a cool temperature. The seals begin to appear at the islands in May, the first comers being invariably bulls. They select for themselves plots of ground on the beach, and as later arrivals attempt to dispossess them, desperate com bats take place. I hey fight entirely with their mouths, and while their fat bodies writhe with exertion and rage, their heads dart out and back with surprising swift ness. Their teeth tear out deep gutters iu one another's hides, the blood streams down, and a furious roaring, mixed with shrill, whistling sounds, never ceases while the battle lasts. Ihese fights are always between males, and end as soon as one gives up the coveted position to the other. Last May, one old bull fought between forty and fifty battles, and when the fighting season was over he lorded it proudly over his family of htteen or twenty females, although one of his eyes had been gouged out, and his front was covered with gashes. When the males take up their positions, they must remain on guard day and night, so that they have no op portunity to go after food until the end of the season, in the early part of August. Hence they fast for three months or more. W hen they come up lrom the sea they are so fat that the blubber is packed about their shoulders in unsightly masses. At the end of the season they are lean, limp, abject and spiritless, hardly able to crawl back into the sea. The cows or female seals generally make their appearance about the middle of June. The bulls then have their last desperate fights, and those who remain in posses sion of eligible portions of the beach monopolize the society of the females. As a result of this arrangement about two-thirds-of the young male seals are cut off from female companionship. These seals are known as the bachelors, and herd to gelher by thousands away from the breed ing grounds, sometimes miles di&tant. These seals are the ones captured for their furs, and they are actually driven along over the ground to the slaughter fields The Aleuts employed by the company which has a lease of the seal fisheries slip in between the dozing seals and the water The first impulse ot the seals when startled is to make for the water, but when they see men in the way they turn and scramble up the land. I he Aleuts follow after keeping the seals together and driving them ahead as it it was a nerd oi swine they were directing. Siugalar as it may seem in view of the uuwieldiness of a seal when on laud, it is asserted that when hard pressed a seal can lope along as fast as man can run, but it is soon exhausted and falls helpless. Ordinarily a drove of seals travels at the rate of half a mile an hour. Three or tour men can manage as many thousand seals. 1 here' are frequent halts to allow the seals to rest. The panting animals fan themselves with their hind flippers, and when they have gotten their wiud again a shout and the clatter ot bones from the Aleuts starts the herd on its shambling, scuffling way again. The young males are as docile as sheep; an old bull will fight rather than be driven and it such a one is caught in a herd he is al lowed to drop behind, as his fur is of little or no value. The author of this report, llr. Henry W. Elliott, is a naturalist attached to the Smithsonian Institution, and writes from personal observation. He thinks that if only the bachelor seals are hunted and the breeding places are not disturbed, the seal islands of Alaska will remain a regular source of supply to the fur trade. But if the breeding grounds are hunted, the seals are exterminated or driven away. Many years ago the shores of Patagonia and the Antarctic islands swarmed with millions of fur seals, and now they have become rare animals where once they abounded. Speak a Cheerful Word. Did you never go out in the morning with a heart so depressed and saddened tbat a pall seemed spread over all the world ? But on meeting some friend who spoke cheerily for a minute or two, if only upon indifferent matters, you have felt yourself wonderfully lightened .even a house on an er unu j rand, has brought in a ray of sunshine which did not depart when he went his way again. It is a blessed thing to speak a cheerful word when you can. "The heart knoweth its own bitterness" the world over, and those who live in palaces are not exempt, and good words to such hearts "are like apples of gold in pictures ot silver." Even strangers we meet cas ually by the way, in the travelers' waiting-room, are unconsciously influenced by the tone we use. It is the one with pleas ant words on his lips to whom the stranger in a strange land turns for advice and direction in his perplexities. Take it as a i compliment, if some wayfarer comes to you to direct him which street or which train to take ; your manner has struck him as belonging to one he can trust. It is hard sometimes to speak a pleasant word when the shadows rest on our hearts; but nothing will tend more to lighten our spirits than doing good to another. When you have no opportunity to speak a cheer ing word, you can often send a full beam of sunshine into the heart of some sorrow ing, absent friend, by sitting down and writing a good, warm-hearted letter. ftt Men of e-enius are often dull in society, as the blazing meteor when it falls to earth is only a stone. Over work Among Women. One way in which women are over worked by their own fault a sin of ig norance frequently is in the use ot foolish clothing. ' We are all more or less in bond age here, for women's dress is radically wrong. It is a weight and a hindrance everywhere. Clothing devised to suit the needs of the human body would be much more easily made and taken care of, and it would give a woman freer movement. greater ease and comfort about her work and play, and would be an aid to good health rather than, as now, a drain upon her strength. But a genuine reform can not be made by any one woman, for it awaits the development of public opinion. .but cannot we all lend a band here, and say on an proper occasions tbat woman s ii . . dress is absurd, and inconvenient, and un heathful, and that we wish for something better? Most of us can put less work and care upon our trimmings, and none of us need wear a trained skirt or one tbat touches the floor. We may all wear loose and warm clothing, and bear the weight upon our shoulders rather than over the hips. Various female weaknesses are sup posed to be caused by active labor, by much standing upon the feet, by much climbing of stairs in the pursuit of one's daily industry. They may be aggravated by these causes after they have once been induced, but I have serious doubts wheth er these weaknesses are often attributable to the causes above named. Corsets and heavy skirts are the real offenders. It is usually the case that the same work might have been done the standing and chmb- g had the muscles of the body, both external and internal, been left free and unweighted by the clothing. How many feathers' weight are added to her burden of toil and worry by a woman's long skirts as she goes about her work in-doors and out, up stairs and down, around the kitch en fire, or cleaning the floors in an un suitable dress? American Aqriculturi&t. "As Little Children." To the mother these words come home with a peculiar significance, a wonderful beauty, ohe looks mto her baby s eyes, and reading there its pertect innocence, the desire wakes in her spirit, or deepens and strengthens, for purity of heart and thought and life purity before God. Other children come in, and the little one holds out his tiny hands, laughs and coos a welcome. one watcbes tbeni in their gentle, happy play, notes the easily contented spirit, the little kindnesses the perfect sincerity, the giving-up, the shared apple or ginger-bread, the love tor pussy and Rover, and bunny, and finds in all a lesson to herself "Peace and Good-will." As her child grows older if she is faith ful governing by love, blending firmness, gentleness and consideration, she obtains an unquestioning cheerful obedience. And, too, the gratitude for every trifling gift, and elastic hopefulness, the ready forgive ness, of a child's nature, are all "leadings" toward the Kingdom of Heaven. Angels are very close to these little ones; and it has been truly said that "She who holds a babe to her bosom and holds it lovingly, comes whithin the sphere of an gelic influence." Have we not felt it, soothing our restless, anxious spirits, quieting passion, inciting hope, baptizing us in the very blessedness of love? Blessed, indeed, is the heart that has not outgrown its childhood. Blessed the mother whose soul is young enough to take part in her children's joys and sor rows; and who is led of the little ones till she becomes like them, and so enters more and more into the kingdom. Ar thurs Magazine. Sheltered. The rain from the leaden sky, and was pouring every thing looked doubly dark and dreary without, bv contrast with the brightness and beauty within Mrs. Allen's cheery sitting room. "My poor little love," she said, in a voice which told of the great heartache which was racking her frame ; "to be out in a storm like this!" Her friend well knew tbat her thoughts were always turL ing towards a little new mound in the cold grave-yard clay, which had not yet a flower or blade of waving grass to brighten it. But she spoke iu a cheery tone as she said, "I, too, Elizabeth, have a lit tle sleeper not far from yours, but that is the only one of the five that I know can ever be out in a storm again It is all sunshine and gladness where she dwells. I tremble and weep sometimes when I forebode evils and sufferings that may come to the rest; but that one is safe from all of them. How precious the thought, when the cold winds blow, and the storms howl about our houses, that these darling ones can never know suffer ing, or fear, or sin any more. Sheltered forever !" 23T" Take the most recent fashion of shoes. The heel of the human projects outward, or rather backward, and gives steadiness to the "sure and certain step to man." But fashion has decided that the heel of the boot or shoe shall get as near the center of the instep as possible. In stead of the weight of the body resting upon an arch, in the modern fine lady it rests upon pegs, with the toes in front, which have to prevent the body lrom tODDhng forward, then the heel is so high that the loot rests upon the peg and the toes ; and the gait is about as elegant as if the lady were practising walking upon stilts. In order to poise the body on these two points a Dena iorwara is necessitated, which is regarded as the correct attitude of the "form divine." It ia needless to say that there are few ankles that can stand this strain without yielding : and it is quite common to see young ladies walking along with their ankles twisting all ways, or perhaps with the sole ot their shoe or boot escaping from under the foot, and the side of the heel in contact with the ground. With such modern improvements on sandals (which allow the feet perfect freedom and play) the present mademoiselle when she attempts to run, is a spectacle at which the -gods well, not quite that, but at which her mother might well weep. 0F "Brilliant and impulsive people," said a lecturer on physiognomy, "have black eyes; or if they don't hay e'em they're apt to get 'em if they're too im pulsive. The Pig That Didn't go to Market. "This little pig went to market, and this little pig stayed home," said mamma, as she took hold of baby's toes, one by one, just as any mamma has done a hun dred times ptobably. That was before Bessie (who was the baby, you know,) went to sleep; and the very next day some thing very sad happened. Papa was down iu the cellar cutting kindling wood, when the hatchet slipped and went through Bessie's little shoe, cutting off that poor little pig that went to market. I he kind doctor came, and in a few weeks Bessie was running around playing the same as usual. But she was wonder ing all the time where that little toe of hers was gone, till one day she made up her mind. "Why, it's gone to market, for mamma said so, and I'm going after it !" Now Bessie knew-the market man very will in deed, because he came to her house every day, and sometimes brought her apples. So she put on her sun-bonnet and went down to the front gate to watch for the butcher, and pretty soon he came along in his white cart. "Whoa!" said the man to his horse when Bessie Waved her hand. If you please, Mr. Graham, do you keep pigs?" Oh, yes," said the butcher, "lots of them." "Well, then," said Bessie, "have you got mine that went to market?" "What kind of a looking pig was it?" asked Mr. Graham, getting down lrom his cart. 'I'll show you," said Bessie, as she sat upon the grass and took off her stockings, "it look just like this one, as she took hold of the biggest of her five white toes. 'Ibis pig is here, you see, but on my other foot, he's gone to market." But the butcher man only laughed. "No, I haven't got your little pig he said. 'Perhaps you have a pig that will fit," said Bessie, "and will let me have it, and she almost began Jo cry when she found she couldn't get her little pig back again; but Mr. Graham took her up in bis arms and lifted her into his cart and let her drive the old horse right up to the back door, and mamma came out and made be lieve Bessie was the butcher, and she had such a splendid time afterward playing house with the dining-room chairs that she forgot all about that little pig that went to market. Dixie Farmer. The Ferms of Oaths in Foreign Legisla tive Assemblies. The following summary of the forms of oath in use in foreign legislative assem blies is extracted from the reports re ceived at the British foreign office in New York: Bavaria I swear So help me God and His holy gospel. Tlonmnrt 1 nrnrmao onn u-piv So help me God and His holy word. Greece I swear in the name of the holy and consubstantial and indivisible Trinity. Hesse Darmstadt 1 swear So held me God. Saxe-Coburg and Baden I swear. So help me God. Holland I swear, bo help me God. Portugal I swear on the holy gos pels. .Prussia 1 swear by wod, the almighty and omniscient bo help me Cod. Saxony I swear by almighty God. Servia I swear by one God and with all that is according to law most sacred and in this world dearest. So help me God in this and that other world Spain after swearing the deputy on the gospel, the president says: "Then may God repay you ; but, if you fail, may He claim it from you." Sweden and Norway I (president or vice-president only) swear before God and His holy gospel 1 will be faithful to this oath as sure as God shall save my body and soul. Switzerland In the presence of Al mighty God I swear So help me God. TTn if totnc T Art Qnlamnlvr dnrnor So help me God. KJ III K- Ut W L? L V V UV1VU1111 J O FT U 1 In Bavaria, non-Uhristians omit the re ference to the gospel. In Holland and the United States, affirmation is optional. In Prussia and in Switzerland, affirmation is permitted to those who object on religious grounds to the bath. In Austria, a promise is in every case substituted for an oath. in Belgium and Italy, tne adjuration is used without any tbeistic reference, and in France and Roumania, the German Reichstag and for deputies in Sweden and .Norway, neither oath nor affirmation is demanded. ' 2f Never believe ill of a friend ; if you hear anything that concerns you, go to him in kindness, doubtless the matter can be explained to your mutual satisfac tion. It is an old adage, "stories never lose by traveling," and evil-mined or thoughtless persons may do much harm by exaggeration aud repetition. ESP The path of duty in this world is not all gloom, or sadness, or darkness. Like the roads of the South, it is hedged with ever-bloom, pure and white as snow1 It is only when we turn to the right or the left that we are lacerated by piercing thorns and concealed dangers. James D. Kerr. I've seen men cured of drunken ness ; I've seen men cured of stealing ; I've seen men cured of cruelty, but I have never yet known of a man tbat was cured when once drunken with vanity. t3F Dr. Wilcox has discovered two more teeth belonging to his mastodon, which weigh about ten pounds, and are said to be smooth and handsome. They measure five or six inches. An ambitious mart whom you can serve will often aid you to rise, but not higher than his knee ; otherwise you might be standing in his light. Laughter is day and sobriety is night and a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, and is more bewitch ing than either. Synopsis of N. C. Supreme Court Decisions. Aprily 1882. McLeod vs. Bullard. 1. Where a mort gagor conveys his equity of redemption to the mortgagee, (the' deed for the land containing a power to foreclose by aale) and the former brings an action for posses sion, and tbat an account ot the rents be taken and the deeds cancelled, thebnrden is upon the mortagee to show by evidence other than the deed itself, tbat the trans action was fair and that he paid for the property what it was worth, in order to rebut the presumption of law that the conveyance is fraudulent, a mortgagee be ing included in the class of trustees to whose dealings with their cestui que trust the presumption is applied. 2. A proposition of law, given m a charge to the jury, which is in terms too comprehensive or without its necessary limitations, cannot for tbat reason be as signed for error, if it be appropriate to the case and not calculated to mislead. Malloy vs. Bruden. 1. The remark of a Judge, that he felt compelled to exclude a certain deed as evidence of title, but re gretted to do so, is not the subject of ex ception especially so where theobjeotion is not made in apt time. -2. In order to put the statute of limita tion in motion against the true owner of land, it is necessary that there should be an actual, open, visible occupation of the land by another, begun and continued under a claim of right. The assertion of a mere claim of title, as for instance the payment ot taxes thereon, is not sufficient. 3. A widow to whom dower is assigned comes in under the heir to whom her pos session can never become adverse. 4. Adverse possession under color of title must be continuous: a gap, though occurring during the period the statute was suspended, is sufficient to destroy its continuity. . Burnett vs. Nicholson. In an action for damages for ponding water it appeared that plaintiff sustained injury to his mill by reason of defendants' erecting another mill and dam lower down on the same stream: Held. 1. That the measure of damages is the value of the injury actually sustained by plaintiff up to the time of trial, and in estimating the same the decrease of cus tom (in the matter of toll) cannot be con sidered. 2. Evidence. to show how much it would cost the plaintiff to raise his dam and water wheel to escape the injury com plained of was properly excluded. 3. In the absenee ot an allegation in the answer raising an issue ot the liability ot the feme defendant, she cannot be permit ted to set up her coverture as a defense to the alleged tort. State ve. Hughes. 1. It was held error to quash an indictment framed under the act of 1879, chapter 323 (amending the act 1875, chapter 166,) charging the de fendant "did enter a dwelling bouse in the night time otherwise than by break- i i . ing, and containing otner necessary aver ments. 2. The act, by construction of the court, makes it a misdemeanor for any person to willully breajt into a store house, dec, "or to enter into a dwelling house in the night time otherwise than by breaking. Don't Block up Youb Way. I was sitting in the office of a merchant not long since, when a lad about sixteen entered with a cigar in his mouth. He said to the gentleman: "1 would like to get a situation in your shop, to learn a trade, sir." "I might give you a place, but you carry a bad recommendation in your mouth, said the gentleman. "I don't think it any barm to smoke, sir; nearly every one smokes now." "1 am sorry to say, my young friend, 1 can't employ you. If you have money enough to smoke cigars, you will be above working as an apprentice; and if you have not money enough, your love tor cigars might make you steal it. No boy who smokes cigars can get employment in my shop." A word to the wise is sufficient. lhe Banner. Almost Like Elijah's Case. A wild turkey fell dead at the gate of Rev. J. B. Culpepper on Monday evening last. It was afterwards ascertained tbat it had been shot in the swamp about a mile south east of town, and had been able to fly that distance before dying. We won't pretend to say what directed its flight in the direction of the parsonage, but we have no doubt brother Culpepper and family were thankful that it was directed to the place where it was likely to do most good, and where possibly, it was most needed. Early County News. m in IST The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road company have a capital stock of $3,000,000. It is the second largest cor poration of the kind in the United States. They have four furnaces with a capacity of 75 tons of iron per day and own oyer 300 coke owens, nine locomotives, over 200 coal cars in active service, together with the aggregate of about 163,000 acres of land principally underlaid with coal or iron ore. The builder of a church in a Lon don suburb, on returning thanks for the toast of bis health, which had been pro posed, remarked : "I fancy I am more fitted for the scaffold than for public speaking." t0 IdgT You cannot do to-morrow the work of to-day. He whom you would save will be elsewhere, you will be elsewhere, or other things will engage you. The Australian colonies have among their possessions 80,000,000 sheep, and the total population is only 3,000,000 souls. Sorrows are the best of educators. A man may see farther through a tear than a telescope. I3f A Fort Ogden man haa a contract to deliver 5,000 alligator hides to a St. Louis firm by May 1.