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- J' by mf if mm SERIES: VOLUME XXX. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY, MAT 5, 1882. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 574 AY (JCT ; THE rlOtte JbLOme ana Democrat, I Published evert Friday by STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. o erms Two Dollars for one year. One Dollar for six months. ubscription price due in advance. o tered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. second class matter," according to the of the r. O. Department BERT GIBBON, M. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, ir and Tkyox Streets. residence, tb and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. h 17, 1882. tf DR. T. C SMITH, pruggist and Pharmacist, b a full line of Puie Drugs and Chemicals, e jucaa ana uoiors, Machine and Tanners Patent Medicines, Garden seeds, and every - pertaming to me Drug business, which he ell at low prices. rch28, 1881. J. P. Mc Combs, M. D., his professional services to the citizens of lotte and surroundine countrv. All calls. night and day, promptly attended to. pee in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite nanotte Hotel. 1, 1882. RWELL. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. practice in the State and Federal Courts, Office adjoining Court House. ov 5, 1881. JOHN E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. practice in the State and Federal Courts. 1 ffice on Trade Street, opposite the Court pse, JNo. l, aims & Uowd s building. cc 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. fflce in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte tel. as used for the painless extraction of teeth, eb 15,1882. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. ractice Limit e d to the THROAT E, EAR AND March 18, 1881. DR. J. M MILLER, Charlott6, N. C. Ill calls promptly answered day and night. Pfflce at A. J. Beall & Co's store on corner College and Trade streets Residence opposite R. Myers'. Jan. 1, 1882. ILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggists, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, ave a large and complete Stock of everything rtaining to the Drug Business, to which tney vite the attention of all buyers both wholesale bd retail. Oct 7, 1881. HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, eeps a lull stocK 01 nancisome jeweiry, stock of and locks, Spectacles, &c. which they sell at fair rices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, one promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Lrrocers ana provision ueaiers, I a vp Rlwnvs in stock Coitee. Susrar. Molasses. ' mi I- 1 4Jnn Minn I mm si Hams. Flour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c, whicn we otl'ur to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All gest buyers. iaX4 ill i 1 ix .1 v u-. 1 mill LiiVi niiiiiii ilou luw iu Jau 1, 1882. j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, nnl.I.enp. Street. Pnipi attt? N J Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. tT" Cotton and other country Produce sold on 'Commission and prompt returns made. JNov. 1, 1881. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants, uottege ist.y Uiiarlotte, jn. is., Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c. Agents for the "EUREKA" GUANO. March 10, 1882. HARRISON WATTS. Cotton Buyer, Comer Trade and College Sts., up Stairs. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 14, 1881. . B. Vance. W. H. Bailey. VANCE & BAILEY, Attorneys and Counsellors CHARLOTTE, K. 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. 1ST Office, two doors east of independ ence Square. june 17-tf 1882. SPRING 1882. HATS. STYLE PEGRAM & CO. have received and are daily receiving a beautiful line of Gents' Silk, Stiff and Pelt HATS. Don't fail to call and see tbem. PEGRAM & CO. March 3, 1882. VOur children V mi r nnnti. aence in the affairs of your business. They -""o interest, ana Decome co workers with you. It you enlist their re spect, then their sympathy and co-operation, they will quite likely remain to take up your work when you have done, and will go ahead perfecting what you have commenced. JSF" Your good deed was not properly understood or appreciated by the bene ficiary. Never mind. It will come back to you at last perfumed with the odors of heaven. IdP" It would tire the hands of an angel to write down all the pardons that God bestows upon true penitent be lievers. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg Co. Superior Court. The Bank of Charlotte against The Bank of Wadesboro and others. Pursuant to a Decree ot the Superior Court for said county, at Spring Term, 1882, all the credit ors of the defendant, the Bank of Wadesboro, are hereby notified to prove their claims before me, J. R. Erwin. Clerk Superior Court and Com missioner, and file the evidences of the same with me and make themselves parties to this action on or before the 1st day of July, 1882 ; and in de fault of such proof and filing of such evidences ot indebtedness they will be excluded from par ticipating in any recovery which may be effected in said action. JNO. R. ERWIN. Clerk Superior Court and Commissioner. April 28, 1882. 6w 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 the same ; and all persons 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. WADSWORTH, March 31, 1882. lm Executor. BLACKSMITHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, AND WORK WARRANTED. I have a Wood-shop connected with my busi ness, and will make and repair Wagons of all kinds. Buggies repaired neatly and quickly. J. K. PUREFOY, College street, Charlotte, N. C. April 7, 1882. ly AT THE RISING SUN. C. S. Holton Has in store a fine lot of Lemons, Apples, and a fresh lot of Candies. Call and see them. C. S. HOLTON. March 17. .1882. OUR SPRING STOCK Is now Complete. Wholesale and Retail Bayers Are invited to examine it before purchases. making their Handsome Stock OF NEW CARPETS, Oil Cloths and Rugs. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS a Specialty. The laigest and cheapest stock of Embroideries In the City. Call and see them. Elias & Cohen. March 17,1382. Sweet Potatoes. Eastern Yam and Louisiana Potatoes at greatly reduced prices. S. M. HOWELL. April 14, 1882. Butterick's Fashions. Butterick's Metropolitan for April, with Pat- terns, just received at TIDDY & BRO'S. March 17, 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 everything 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 highest Standard Fertilizers sold in the State, as per Analysis made by Dr. C. W. Dabney, Jr., State Chemist. We will also keep a supply of Kainit on hand during the season. Read the following testimonials : T nsprt the Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphate on lands that would 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. J R. I. McDowell. This is to certify that after having used several o? 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. 500 Tons in Store and for sale by " BROWN, DeWOLFE & Jan. 27, 1882. 3m CO. BST Give Mother Questions. BY MRS. ANNIE F. WEIR. I charge you, O bright angels of the skies, Seeing I am not either strong or wise, But only a sad mother, strangely lone And spent with weeping for dear children gone, List to these yearning questions, How they iarer Who guides their feet upon the golden stair ? Who leads all tenderly each little hand ? Who lifts them for caress in that far land ? Soothes with soft music, culls them buds and flowers. With loving smile and song beguiles the hours ? And have they missed me ? Ne'er do I forget, These eyes are oft with grieving teardrop wet ! So sad, so silent is the nursery floor, No little "patter," "patter," evermore ! Nor any lispings heard of baby speech, Nor loving kisses mother love to reach ; I only have green graves and still, cold clay. Where are my darlings O ye angels say ? angelic answers. Safe, happy, blessed evermore ! Be comforted, O mother, nor grieve more ! Each little cross-set brow Weareth a star-crown now ; Ever 'mid fadeless flowers Pass they the blissful hours; Often ou Jesus' breast Find they their loving rest ; Often before his feet Scatter their garlands sweet ; "Following the Lamb" they go, Nor sorrow ever know. Oh faithless ! to suppose One plucks a buddinsr rose, Deems it a moment sweet, Then drops it 'neath the feet ! Mortals may fickle prove Not such thy Saviour's love, Nay, having gathered thine Up to His arms divine (Child-love cannot divide), Thy babes are satisfied. Seeing that mothers are for blessed using, Care and caresses harm and ill refusing ; Plainly, thy babes have better shelter now Than thou couldst give in this poor world I below ! But take an angel's word, Thou'rt not forgot, Tho' mother-love, for use, is needed not ! Wouldst have thv nestlings nil tny arms again ? Yield to a better way to ease thy pain. Out in Earth's desert, 'mid the weed and thorn, Are wailing babe3, unsheltered and forlorn ; Up from thy vacant chamber, ope' the door, Let stranger babes pass in upon the floor. Haste to the shelf, delay not and refuse The hoarded robes thy children ne'er will use ; With holy song beguile their tears away, Dispel thine own in infant mirth and play ; Be tliou their angel in a paradise! Such mother-love divine divine its price ! An Evidence of Civilization. Good roads are evidences of civilization. Judged by the standard of the roads in the South we give faint evidences of a hierh order of civilization. While the South has made progress in many direc tions, in the matter of roads, she is far back in the ages. The road laws as they exist upon our Statute books, and are ex ecuted, are a farce and an imposition M. . - - Little practical good is accomplished by the working of our roads The people are taxed indirectly in the difficulty of trans portation, and the damage to vehicles over bad roads as well as by taking from the farm the force at inopportune times, and without material benefit. Better levy a direct tax and have the roads con structed under the direction of a skilled ensrineer in a thorough manner. The con vict force should be utilized in this way in each countv. In this way we can se cure !?ood roads at actually a lesser rate of taxation. CD ar Adiutant-maior Gaumet, of the twenty-seventh Regiment of France, has natented an instrument, which he calls a "Tplplofme ' for Biernalinsr purposes. The signals consist ot the letters ot the aipna- 0 . bet and fif-ures, silvered on a dead black ground, and these are illuminated at night by lamps with strong reflectors. J power ful telescope is the receiving instrument. For siffnaliner to a distance of two-and-a- half miles the whole apparatus need not weigh more than five pounds. TO THE INTEREST OP Our Patrons. Just received, a large lot of LAWNS IN MOIRE EFFECTS. We invite your special inspection of our large Stock of Black Dress Goods, . ii. ; it,nf i:nA "Qlonlr Qillro Satins AInirPS &C. I . e A TAno Goods and Trimmings is also complete. Our KJXIT SIOCK UI f uiuicu jjxijbo line of WHITE GOODS nnrmnt hp. hpat. Ask to see our figured and col ni Mnlia Wfi have the cheapest stock of Para sols in the State, look at them before you buy. Wo havR a larrro line of new designs in Ladies Neck Wear. Look at our Corset for $1. Sarah Bernhardt and Foster Kids, Lace Nets in Wack and colors. We have a stock to meet the demands of every one. If you don't see what unn want inst call for it. The young men will find a handsome stock of Clothing, Straw and Fur Hats, on our counters, and if you want something nice come down and get the newest thing, an "Oscar Wilde" Collar. The T.aiea will find & line of New Fans on our rrmntprs and some of them are just "too too. t attpntinn to orders. HARGRAVES & WILHELM. April 14, 1882. FERTILIZERS, GRASS SEEDS, Agricultural Implements, &c. We have in Store, Potash Acid Phosphate, Navassa Acid Phosphate and Kainit. A full line of the Standard Grass Seeds. Agn eulturrd Implements of various Kinds from a Wheat, or Grain, Drill, to a Garden plow. Every farmer should call around and see for himself. The Thomas Smoothing Harrow is attracting great attention among farmers. 3,000 Were sold at The Atlanta Exposition. This House is Headquarters for Jmpelments, Seeds, Wagons, &c. j SHANNONHOTJSE, ag't Co-operative Store. Feb. 24, 1882. Kiwi Kiwi, or Bird Without Wings. This is a rare bird, distantly related to the ostrich, and fouud only in New Zea land. Naturalists place it in the order Apteryx, which is a Greek word meaning wingless. It is extremely fleet of foot and hard to capture. As it lives in the swamps and bides in the day-time, only coming forth at night, the natives have almost given op the effort to obtain it, and it is only for their chiefs that they ever pursue inem. xne cmeis aione are permitted to wear cloaks made of its skin and the owner ot a kiwi cloak is a very proud man. Two or three specimens have been captured alive and sent to the London Zoological Gardens, where it was found to be a very interesting study. It is the size of a large domestic fowl, and weighs about four pounds.,- It lays an enormous egg five inches long, weighing nearly a pound and hatches that before laying another. Its feet are like those of our fowl, but the leathers are very different, composed "for one-third of the length of fine silky down, then running to a sharp point fringed with hair like webs on each on each 6ide.' Where the wings usually grow are stumps furnished with strong curved claws. These must be a part of their defensive apperat us. as they could be of no assistance to them in running. For its bill of fare it desires nothing but worms and buss, and thrusts its loner bill down in the swampy earth, and as it cannot through the ground, there is a good soft see pair bill of sensitive nostrils at the end of its with which "it smells a worm instead of seeing it. As the years go by it becomes more rare, and will probably soon become extinct. The Suit About Grass. The Guinea Grass Case in Mississippi has been decided. A live planter thought there was money in making hay. In cast ing about, therefore, to ascertain the best seed for his purpose he at last concluded to try Guinea grass, otherwise knewn as Johnson grass. He had heard almost fab ulous 6tories of its productiveness, its ten- acy ar,d ta marketable value as forage, and he made up his mind to try it. lhe neighbors heard of it. They declared that the grass would cover the earth with its rank luxuriance, and flew to the courts for an injunction which was granted. Planter appealed. Witnesses from Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia came by dozens to prove that they had found Johnson grass more profitable than cotton; that it grew with marvelous vigor, was hardy, fruitful and nutritious; that the hay was in con stant and eager demand at handsome prices, and that, so far from being an in destructible and mischievous pest like coco, it was no more difficult to eradicate than Bermuda grass or wire grass, with one or the other ot which nearly every Southern field is infested. In short, the plaintiffs had no - case at all. Their suit was shown to be unfounded and frivolous, and Johnson grass conquered with great carnage. And truly, considering the mat ter seriously,. it would have been a very unwholesome spectacle if the case had turned out otherwise. Cotton Seed Oil in Cookery. We have tested the refined cotton seed oil, as a substitute for hog's lard, and we pro nounce it a complete success. On the morning of the election we ate as nice bis- cuits, in which the cotton seed oil was used, as we ever saw and now declare we taKe no more iara in ours. 1 . .1 . . 1 a - The oil is clearer and cheaper than lard and has a better flavor. Housewives and cooks will understand what we mean by cheaper when we tell them that a gallon of oil can be bought for $1.00 and that a tablespoonful is enough to put in a pint of flour for making biscuit. For frying fish or steak the cotton seed oil is superior to anything we have ever seen used in this country. The discovery of the utility of the oil is destined to prove a bonanza to the South. The seed will, in time, become as valuable as the lint, and if we can only establish manufactories in our own section, which will work up the fleecy staple, the seed and even the fiber on the stalk, it will not be many years before the cotton section of this Union will become the richest and most prosperous portion of the continent. Chickasaw ((Jcolona) Messenger. The Attorney General, through District Attorney Melton and his side partners, Special Assistants Sanders and Kerr, has succeeded in procuring one con viction, one plea of guilty, and one mis trial in the South Carolina election cases. The verdict of guilty was received from ten jurymen over the protest of the other two. This is a unique sort ot conviction, but it was accepted by Judge Bond as the best he could get, and, of course, just that much better than nothing. lhe plea ot eruiltv was made by the canvassers of a CD ml m I J. m mr A Avnlflinari frw tham hir 1 UIlucl C5LUUU lb auu ao wpaiucu iwvuj k j lawvers. refused to have anything to do with the returns from a particular pre cinct. They very frankly admitted the re fusal to count the vote and gave their mi " li 1 1 J x reasons. xnis resuii is leiegrapueu 10 Philadelphia, whence come the majority of the government counsel, as a grand tri umph. Washington Post. Report of the Cotton Exchange Con cerning alleged Adulterations of the Sta Xle. New York, April 21. The Board of Managers of the Cotton Exchange to day made a report in answer to a letter from the Liverpool Brokers' Association, complaining of the manner in which American cotton is adulterated with sand. The report is quite lengthy, and enters into many explanatory statements, ac counting for the sandy condition of cotton for the past two seasons. Copies of the report were sent to the State Department at Washington, and the National Cotton Exchange of New Orleans. The report sets forth that sand is blown by the wind into the cotton while being picked, and also during the various processes it goes through before being shipped. In regard to the poor quality of cotton, tbe report says that it is due to the drought, plant ers allowing cotton to remain in the fields until January before being picked. A woman may always judge of she is held by is addressed to the estimation in which the conversation which her. When Shall the Children Learn? Teach the children to read at home, be fore they are old enough to go to ecbooL It is not necessary to tax their minds in the least ; they may learn to call words just as they call things. When a child knows how to read it has another source of self amusement, and as juvenile books abound it can vary its plays with exer cises in easy reading. Reading comes first, spelling afterward. A child will learn in two or three months' teaching, the daily lessons not exceeding half an hour, to read and spell words of three and four letters with ease. The same page should be gone over and over till every word is called at sight. If the pa rent will let the little one hoi pencil. wniie me parent nana traces. jpyj.n141.naw per laid on the "page, the forms of the let ters," great progress will be made infixing the forms of the words ou the juvenile mind, and in laying the foundations of a knowledge of correct orthography. A careful observer who was a teacher of forty years' standing, once said, that "the child that didn't learn to spell before it was ten years old rarely learned to spell correctly. lhe healthy child soon learns to rejoice in its pwn intellectual growth, and needs little stimulus to push it for ward. It is best for the mother to take the child in her lap while she is teaching it, so that for the five or ten minutes' les son she can control its movements, and gain its attention, which is . very apt to wander from work to play. B3f" "Bro. Williams, I see you are going to be sued on your note to Mr. Johnson." "Yes, pastor, but it will not do Mr. Johnson any good. I have fixed things so that he cannot collect anything if he gets judgment." "But do you not justly owe the money he claims? I did not know that you dis puted the debt." "I do not dispute it. I thought when I went on that note I could pay it, but I find now that I cannot: and he cannot make it out of me, fo my wife owns everything here." "Did she own it when you went on the note ? I am certain she didn't ; how then do you justify your conduct?" "Well, a man cannot always do what he would prefer. I have a large family, and they must live." "To be sure they must live, and the highway robber can say the same thing. They must live on what you really own and can honestly make. What you hon estly owe is not yours, but your creditor's, and it is no more right and honorable for you to take that to support your family because it chances to be in your possession than it would be for you to meet him of a dark night and take it away from him. Men who shirk the payment of a just debt are in effect robbers." "It seems' ttt mef pastorr-you are med-' dling with what does not concern you." "No, sir, I am not. You claim to rep resent Jesus Christ in this community, aud I do the same thing. It is part of my duty to you and to Christ to tell you that such conduct disgraces you and him." How Alligators Eat. An alligator's throat is an animated sewer. Every thing which lodges in his open mouth goes down. He is a lazy dog, and, in stead of hunting for something to eat, he lets his victims hunt for him. That is, he lies with hia great mouth open, ap parently dead, like the 'possum. Soon a big bug crawls into it, then a fly, then several gnats and a colony of mosquitoes. The alligator don't close his - mouth yet. He is waiting for a whole drove of things. He does his eating by wholesale. A lit tle lizard will cool himself under the shadow of the upper jaw. Then a few frogs will hop up to catch the mosquitoes. Then more mosquitoes and gnats light on the frogs. Finally a whole village of in sects and reptiles settle down for an after noon picnic. Then all at once there is an earthquake. The big jaw falls, the alli gator slyly blinks one eye, gulps down the entire menagerie, and opens hia great front-door again for more visitors. The county of Haywood takes the lead in growing large and valuable trees. We are reliably informed that James M. Bryan of that county recently sold from his plantation two hundred uncut walnut trees, which he realized $3,100. Henry France, of the same county, sold from his vast selection of walnut trees one hundred, which netted him the handsome little sum of over $3,000. The trunks ot the trees are straight and very long, and on meas uring the circumference of one of the last mentioned trees Mr. France found that it was twenty-seven feet thirty inches above the ground, lhis timber will probably be shipped to the North of Europe. It is thought that the sale of walnut, cherry, ash and other most valuable trees in that county will net the farmers this year $50, 000. It is understood that the trees are to stand on the ground until the Railroad reaches that locality. Senator Edmdnds, writing for the Christian Union on "How to Succeed in Public Life," says: "There is, perhaps, no one thing so valuable to the right pro gress of civilized society as the courage of sincere individual opinion; and, as it re gards public affairs, the man who tries honesty to form an accurate conclusion, and bravely to maintain and advance it, without counting the number of his adver saries, will fulfil the best mission of a citi zen, and will be, whether in public or pri vate station, the true politician, often the real statesman, the best teacher and the noblest leader." A very pretty and substantial card receiver can be made by the follow ing direction : Take a common tin pie plate and paint it black with asphaltum paint. After it is , dry ornament with gilt paper and scrap book pictures, then put two eoats of transparent varnish over all. The man who calls himself a farm er, and yet spends half his time at the railway station or cross-roads store, is the man who will complain loudest of bad seasons, and wants to find a country where a farm will "run" itself. Let him go- "A Wolf with a Heart. An affecting story of a wolfs for a man is told by F. Cuvier. affection The ani- rual had been brought up like a puppy, and continued with its owner until full grown, when it was presented to the mena gerie at Paris. For several weeks it was so disconsolate at the separation from . its master, who had been obliged to travel, and so persistently declined food, that it was feared it would die. Eventually, however, its grief moderated, it took its food, and was supposed to have forgotten its former owner. But at the expiration of eighteen months the master returned ; the wolf recognized his voice amid the crowd in the gardens, and upou being released from confinement, bounded toward him, .exhibitingiolent joy. r Again "separated" from its master, the faithful creature was occa once more afflicted as on the former sion, until after an absence of three years the object ot its affection revisited the gar- dens. It was evening, and the wolfs den had been shut up for the night ; but the instant the man's voice was audible the poor animal began to utter such anxious cries that the door of its cage was opened, when it darted toward its friend, ieaped upon him, and caressed him, and threatened the keepers, when they attempted to sepa rate them. When its old master finally left it, the animal became ill, refused all food, and although it recovered after a long time, it grew fierce, and resented the familiarities of all strangers. After having once given its affection, it seemed to scorn any further objects of friendship. How to Get Rid of Sats. We clean our premises of the detesta ble vermin, rats, by making whitewash yellow with copperas and covering the stone and rafters with it. In every crevice in which a rat may go we put tbe crystals of the copperas and scatter in the corner of the floor. . The result was a per fect stampede of rats and mice. Since that time not a footfall of either rats or mice have been heard around the house. Every Spring a coat of yellow wash is given as a purifier, as a rat exterminator, and no typhoid, dysentery or fever at tacks the family. Many persons delib erately attract air the rats in the neigh borhood by leaving the fruits and vegeta bles uncovered in the cellar, and some times even the soap is left open for their regalement. Cover up everything eata ble in the cellar, and in tbe pantry and you will soon starve them out. These precautions, joined to the services of a good cat, will prove as good a rat ex terminator as the chemist can provide. We never allow rats to be poisoned in our dwelling. I hey are so apt to die between the walls and produce annoyance. A Stbange Phenomenon. The Ral; eigrrttbserver says: "Ih""a private letter from Judge Gilliam dated at Waynesville, he says: "A curious fact has been related to me. They say that if cattle be brought from south of this, from Rutherford county in South Carolina, to this place, the cattle here which come in contact with the cattle thus brought are soon taken with a dis temper of which they almost invariably die, while cattle brought here suffer from no disease. It is further said that if cattle are Drought here irom iransyivama or Buncombe, they almost invariably die while the cattle which come in contact with them are in no way diseased before or after the contact. The section so affec ted is small in area, and seems to be, so to speak, 'moving.'" m To Make it Attractive. Here are five short rules that if well worked up to, will make farming one of the most attractive pursuits known : 1. Do not over-crop yourself ; or in other words, do not undertake more than you can accomplish with ease. 2. Have a regular system in all you do, and everything with a clear understanding as to result and effect. 3. Keep your lands well up to a good standard by a proper fertilizing aud a judicious rotation of profitable crops. 4. Keep" none but good stock, and see to it that said stock is kept in good condi tion. 5. Take good farm papers, together with a few standard farm books written by practical men, who deal, only in facts. Ground has been broken and the founda tion laid for a large and commodious school building in connection with the Thornwell Orphanage, for the accommoda tion of one hundred orphan children. The building is progressing, but $1,500 will be needed to complete it. We ask Presby terians everywhere to assist as in the work. There are now forty inmates in the Insti tution. As soon as this building is erected we will be able at once to increase the number. If tbe sum named is raised with in the next three months the building will be ready by the 1st of October. Will you not send us your contribution for the Or phan's Seminary ? Send to Rev. Wm. P. Jacobs, Clinton, N. C. 2VT C. Presby terian. " "" JdT" In the spring of 1854, Dr. Geo. W. Blacknall, then ot Kittrell, set his watch by that of the late Capt. Jeptha Horton, who was so loag connected with the Raleigh & Gaston R. R., and was one of its valued conductors. Dr. 13. examined his watch just as the telegraph instrument in Col. Andrews' office was ticking off 12 o'clock, Washington time, and found, he declared, that he was just 2 minutes be hind only 150 seconds lost in 28 years. BrlT" It is understood that the new bill passed by the House relating to tbe Chi nese permits the naturalization of the "Heathen Chinee" and their admission to citizenship. Heretofore John Chinaman has been ostracised. He is neither a white man nor a negro, and the law does not embrace him in offering citizenship to the world. California flour is now competing with the Illinois and Missouri mills in the Memphis (Tenn.) market. This is re garded as an indication of the value of the Southern Pacific and Texas Pacifie line across the Continent to the Southern States, and inspires the expectation that the whole Southwest is hereafter to carry on a large trade with California. Pet Animals and Contagious Diseases. The fact that pet animals can carry con tagion, and thus be the means of spread ing latal diseases, is not widely known nor duly appreciated. We have heard of au thentic cases in which scarlet fever was communicated from one person to another by means of a cat. Dr. Hewitt, of Lake Superior, relates a somewhat similar in stance in which diphtheria was communi cated by the same animal. .He had no ticed for several days that bis pet cat was anffprintT from an enlargement of the Iglands of the neck; he ateo remarked the same in other cats, mscat lounu resting place in the wall beyond the stove,!and there died. The day the animal was re moved diphtheria, ioita most violent form, broke out in his family, resulting in the death ol two or three of his children, the doctor himself barely escaping with his life. Up to this time the community was remarkably free from sickness of any kind. It was the start of a severe epidemic. We refer to this subject in hopes that more facts bearing upon it may be communi cated by our readers. Such facts are at present few, but a little attention paid to the matter would no doubt, secure much that wuld be of importance to compara tive and to preventive medicine. Medi cal Journal. A Glad Dog. In a certain museum there is a dog that was brought from Lap land. The poor fellow was very homesick during the first few weeks after his arrival. He would remain quietly in his kennel, re fusing to mingle with the other dogs, and the food that he ate was barely sufficient to keep him alive. The keeper of the museum began to fear that "Lap," as he was called, would pine away, nor did he know what could be done to drive from him the homesickness. One afternoon Lap was looking through a door that led into another part of the museum, when he caught sight of the wax figure of a Lap lander on his sledge. With a bark of de light Lap ran to the figure and crouched upon the floor by its side, wagging his tail as if very happy. No coaxing could call him away, and he remains by his imagined master's side to this day. Sun Spots. A remarkable swarm of sun spots of all sizes which give the im pression of being entangled in the huge veil-like penumbra surrounding them, is now advancing upon tbe sun's disk from the eastern edge. The motion ot revolu tion will in a few days carry them nearer tbe centre of the disk, where it is not im probable that they will be visible as black dots without 'the aid of a telescope. This group is not less than 60,000 miles in diameter. It is a wonderful looking ob ject in the telescope, and every increase of magnifying power brings to view spots not see4efore,'fld complicated details of structure. Besides the large group there is a belt of smaller spots extending completely across the central portion of the sun. N. Y. Sun. A Remarkable Death ScENE.-William Hall, writing to the Wilkesboro Index, from Hall's Mill, makes this ' remarkable statement concerning the death of Mrs. William Rose, near the Horse Gap: "While many friends were standing around her bed watching the approach of death, there came a light and went under her bed and up on the opposite side and over the bed and she became as bright as the sunshine, and as the breath left her the light went upwards." This super-natural occurrence seems to be vouched by Mr. Hall, as a verity, and his report ot it is entitled to credence, for the occasion was too solemn for levity and a sensational story. Statesville American. The Government method pre scribed for cleaning brass, and in use at all the United States arsenals, is claimed to be the best in the world. The plan is to make a mixture of one part common nitric acid and one-half part sulphuric acid in a stone jar, having also ready a pail of fresh water and a box of sawdust. The articles to be treated are dipped into the acid, then removed into the water,and finally rubbed with saw-dust. This im mediately changes them to a brilliant color. If the brass has become greasy, it is first dipped in a strong solution of potash and soda in warm water ; this cuts the -grease, so that tbe acid has free power to act. The Oleander. All parts of the oleander are deadly. A very small quan tity of the leaves has been known to kill a horse. The flowers have produced death in those persons who have oarelessly piciteu ana ate inem. xne Drancnes, ai vested of their bark and used as skewers, have poisoned the meat roasted on them, and killed seven out of twelve people who partook ol it. gzsj ixen. xieauregard has been en gaged for some time on a book about the war, and bis MS. l&now almost complete. The work covers his whole military career. it is not conciliatory in tone, it assumes throughout the fundamental justice of the Confederate cause, and maintains that their sentiment and teachings upon that subject ought to be preserved and cherished. B-agT" Mr. Vick is quoted as saying: that the "white worm," or any other worm, in pots, may be destroyed by sticking three or four common matches down into the soil, also one or two up in the drain open- ing. xne pnospnorous on the match is certain death to the animal rife, and a powerful fertilizer to plants. GdgT" Let amusements fill up the chinks of your existence, not the great spaces thereof. Let your pleasures be taken as Daniel took the prayer, with hie windows open pleasures which need not cause a single blush on an ingenuous cheek. Life does not count by vears. Some suffer a life time in a day, and so grow old between the rising and setting sun. E1F "Happy is the man," says Rich ter, who reverences all women because he first learned to-worship his own mother."
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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