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w i - J ' irtfS AY frrftY OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXX. CHARLOTTE, ,N;i C., FRIDAY, MAT 12, 1882. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 575 n fry "til f t flMlli) infff ' Ifl " iiti . YJi. VIA TAV jt - V 711 7 VI III JAY 711 THE- Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published every Friday by J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. o Terms Two- Dollars for one year. Okk Dollar for six months.' Subscription price doe in. advance. Or-. "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. C.. as second cla9s matter," according to" the rules ot the P. O. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.f Physician and Surgeon. office, Fifth and Tkyon Steeets. residence, Sixth anil 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 Lead and Colors, Machine and Tanners' Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at low prices. March 28, 1881. J. P. Mc Combs, M. D., Offers his professional services' to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1882. A. BURWELL. 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. JOHN E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice an the State and Federal Courts. Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court uouse, no. i, Bims uowd's building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. ; Gas used if or 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 corner of College and Trade streets Residence opposite w. it. juytrs'. Jan. 1, 1882. WILSON & BURWELL wholesale: and retail Druggists, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything pertaining to the Drug 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 full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c which they sell at fair ; prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, uone promptly, and satisfaction assured. . Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee. Susrar. Molas3es. Syrups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we ofler 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, College Street, Charlotte, N. C. Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. Cotton and other country Produce sold on wuiiiiission ana prompt returns made. Nov. 1,1881. 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, f Corner -Trade and. College Sts.', up Stairs, CHARLOTTE, N. C. ' 1 Oct. 14, 1881. ' Z. B. Vance. W. H. Bailey. VANQE & BAILEY, Attorneys ana Counsellors . . CHARLOTTE. N. J Practices in Supreme Court of United States, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Federal Courts, and counties of" Mecklenburg, , Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan, and Davidson. I" Office, two doors east of iijdepend ence Square. June 17-tf 1882. - 1882. SPRING STYLE HATS. PEG RAM fc CO. have received and are daily reCfi vinrr a 1oo.t:fnl K.a n floa CHI- ai1T tt-nA a mniuuiui iiiib iu to una, utui nuu HATS. Don't fail to call and see them. PEGRAM & CO. March 3, 1882. Only. Only a bad we call it, But its pale green leaflets fold Over the summer's beauty And autumn's treasured gold. Only a little brown acorn, But we shall find at length It cradled the forest monarch With all his mighty strength. Only a kind word spoken, Only a kind look given, Bat they filled a life with beauty, And a soul was raised to heaven. Oeoraie L. Heath. m m How Character Grows. Manv neo- ple seem to forget that character errows : that it is not some thin ? to Dut on readv- made with womanhood or manhoqd; but day by day, here a little and there a little, grows with the growth, and strengthens wun tne strength, until, good or bad, it becomes almost a coat ot mail. Look at a mu ui uusiuess DromDt. reliable, con- scientious, yet clear-headed and energetic. When do you suppose he developed all these admirable qualities ? When he was boy : Liet us see bow a boy of ten years gets up in the morning, works, plays, stuaies, ana we will tell you just what kind of man he will make. The bov that too late at breakfast, late at school. stanas a poor enmee to be a DromDt man. 1 . . The boy who neglects his duties, be they ever so small, aid then excuses himself by saying, "I forgot : I didn't think !" will never be a reliable man ; and the boy who finds pleasure in the suffering of weaker things vill never be a noble, gen erous, kind man a gentleman. Christian Helper. WOTICE. In obedience to a Decree of the SuDerior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will offer for sale to tne nignest Didder, at tne Court House door in the city of Charlotte, on Monday, June 5th, 1882, a Lot of Land in the city of Charlotte, known and designated on the map of said citv as Lot No. 310, m square No. 47, in Ward No. 2, being the ate residence of George W. Miller, deceased. Terms One-half cash, balance payable first day oi j une, 1883. J. K. EUWIN, May 5, 1882. 4w Commissioner. 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 BLACKSMITHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, AND WORK WARRANTED. I have a Wood-shop connected with my busi ness, ana win mate ana repair wagons oi an 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 Buyers Arc invited to examine it before purchases. making their Handsome Stock OP NEW CARPETS, Oil Cloths and Rugs. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS a Specialty. The largest and cheapest stock of Embroideries In the City. Call and see them. Elias & Cohen. March 17, 1882. 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 J TIDDY & BRO'S. March 17, 1882. THE GREAT COTTON FERTILIZERS, Pine Island Acid Phosphate AND Pine Island immoniated Phosphate, The highest Standard Fertilizers sold in the State, as per Analysis made by Dr. C. W. Dabnev, Jr.. State Chemist. We will aiso Keep a suppiy of Kainit on band during the season. Read the following testimonials : . I used the Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphate on lands that would have made noi over ow ids. of Seed Cotten rer 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 is to certify that after having used several of the different brands of Fertilizers, I tried the Pin Taland and nrefer it to all others. 1 ex- nnrttn use it this vear. and cheerfully recom mend it to the Cotton growing public. R. D. Whitley. rao Ton a In Store and for sale by BROWN, DbWOLFE & CO. Mistakes of Life. V. somebody has condensed the mistakes l ot life and arrived at the conclusion that there are fourteen of them. Most Deoole I would say if they told the troth, that there was no limit to the mistakes of life; that- they were like the drops in the ocean or the sands of the shore in number, bat it is ara1 - Via nnnnvn TTn- . U I I tw v iv wo oiiui mc. axcic, tucu, are iour-1 teen great mistakes : "It is a great mistake 10 Ben up our own standard ot rieht and wrong and judge people accordingly: to measure the enjoyment of others by our own ; to expect uniformity of opinion in this world; to look for judgment and ex perience in youth ; to endeavor to mould all dispositions alike ; not to yield to im- maieriai irines ; to look lor perlection m our own actions ; to worry ourselves and others with what cannot be remedied ; not to alleviate all that needs alleviation as far as lies, in our powers not to makei. ak lowance for the infirmities of others : to consider everything impossible that we cannot perform; to believe only what our finite minds can grasp : to exDect to be able to understand everything." The greatest of mistakes is to live only for time, when any moment may launch us into eternity. . bwKET Minded Women. -r-So great is the influence of a sweet minded woman on those around her, that it is almost boundless. It is to her that friends come in seasons of sorrow and sickness for help and comfort ; one soothing touch of her kindly hand works wonders in the feverish child ; a few words let fall from her lips in the ear of a sorrowing sister does much to raise the load of grief that is bowing its victim down to the dust in anguish. The husband comes home, worn out with the pressure of business, and feeling irritable with the world in general; but when he enters the cosy sitting room, and sees the blaze of the bright fire, and meets his wife's smiling face, he succumbs in a moment to the soothing influences' which act as the balm of Gilead to his wounded spirits, that are wearied with combating with the stern realities of life. 1 he rough school boy flies in a rage from the taunts of his companions to find solace in his mother's smile ; the little one, full of grief with its own large trouble, fiuds a haven oi rest on its mother s breast ; and so one might go on with instance after instance of the influence that a sweet minded wo man has in the social life with which she is connected. Beauty is an insignificant power when compared with hers. m A physiological wonder, in the shape of a boy of ten years, named Jean Hierre Descarmes, has been exciting great interest in Fans. One of his eyes is re markably large and the other very small. xSeing blind, he was sent to Jraris lor treatment, which was completely success ful, and after a while he acquired com plete use of his eyes. It was soon dis covered that his large eye was telescopic in its vision, and included in its range heavenly bodies not visible to ordinary sight even through telescopes, while the other eye was microscopic in its character and detected in a drop of water not only the anirrialculae but the invisible spores and germs of disease that have been theoreti cally believed to exist, but not heretofore demonstrated. Important scientific re sults are hoped for from t he lad's extra ordinary visual powers. NEW DRUG STORE. I have a full Stock of Pure Fresh Drugs AND MEDICINES. A weli selected line of Toilet Articles, Fine Handkerchief and Flavoring Extracts, and evervthing 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. TO THE INTEREST OF 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, Embracing every thing in that line, Black Silks, Satins, Satin L)e liyons, Mervmeux ana naaaman RatinH Moires. &c. Our stock of Colored Dress Good a and Trimmings is also complete. Our line of - WHITE GOODS Cannot be beat. Ask to see our figured and col ored Mulis. We have the cheapest stock of Para sols in the State, look at them before you ouy. We have a laree line of new designs in Liaaies Neck Wear. Look at our Corset for $1. Sarah Bernhardt and Foster Bads, Lace Nets in black and colors. We have a stock to meet the demands of every one. If you don't see what von want iust call for it The young men will find a handsome stock of Clothing, Straw and Fur Hats, on our counters, and if you want something nice come down and get the newest thing, an "Oscar Wilde" Collar. The T.adies will find a line of New Fans on our counters, and some of them are just "too to.' Prompt attention to orders. April 14,1882. FERTILIZERS, GRASS SEEDS, Agricultural Implements, &c. We have in Store. Potash Acid Phosphate, Navaasa Acid Phosphate and Kainit. A full line of the standard urass eeos. Agn- miltnral Imnlements of various Kinds from Wheat, or Grain. Drill, to a Garden plow. JSvery farmer should call around and see for himself. The Thomas smoothing narrow is aiuacuug great attention among farmers. 3,000 Were sold at The Atlanta Exposition. This House is Headquarters for Impelments, Seeds, Wagons, &c. J. G. SHANNONHOUSE, ag't Co-operative Store. Feb. 24, 1882. ' . Unseen Influence. Influence is one of the utroncr foriR nf this world. All Dersons have in some Derf'otf of 'their lives, been condemns of its magic' jJower, and have yielded to its teachings. Some seem to possess the will that is easily guided and directed by oth- erB. - Thev seem to be raided, while in 1i " 1 mi ' n reaiiiy iiiey guiue. a ma ud This unseen influence 1 is he most "powerful and its subjects are the most' forcibly impressed. How much unseen influence is connected with asso ciation ! How much the purer memories and associations of childhood affect our after life 1 One word, kept sacred from youth to manhood, will touch a bidden spring in the .memory and bring to the lips the petition, "Lead us not into temp tation." The word "mother." around which cluster the sweetest, holiest memo ries, has fallen upon the ear of the youth who i$ta8t losing his honor and reputa tion by the many downward steps he has taken, leading directly from gambling and slight dissipation to hard drinking and ruin and by its sweet influence has turned him from the broad path to the straight and narrow walks which finally lead to an honest name and a noble life. It has fallen upon the ear of the states man and caused him to search the pages of time long past and to behold again the sweet vision 8 that hover around the morning of his life. He hears the loving, gentle tone, as she called him "mother's boy" and told him he was all she had and she hoped his life would be pure and un tarnished. The voice of conscience asks him if that loving prayer has been an swered, and if, during the many years she has been at rest, her precepts have been his motto and his guide, and if hd could look up to heaven and honestly say : "My life has been honest, and noble, and true." These influences tend to our improve ment, but there are others, dark and mys terious, that are just the reverse. There are evil temptations, evil thoughts and evil actions, which creep in all unbidden and strive just as hard to root out the good and sow in the place wicked deeds. Yes, how powerful is the influence which these messengers of evil exert upon our destiny. Despite ourselves, they shape in some degree our beliefs, and, through these, our conduct. We can not travel heavenward with the same speed as if these did not draw us back. Are we re sponsible that it is so? 'Tis hard to say. We know there is a difference in children. "From the same cradle-side, From the same mother's knee," one shall go forth to proclaim God's holy word, the other to be a dark page in the history of an otherwise happy family. Industrialist. Simple Protective Against Epidemics. Those who are at all afraid of eqidemic diseases may feel comforted on hearing that one of the best protective measures they can resort to is a very simple one the use of soap and water. An eminent physician says: It is worth while for common people to learn that 50,000 typhus germs will thrive in the circumference of a pinhead or a visible globule. . It is worth while for them to note that these germs may be dis- sicated and be borne like thistle seedt every where, and like demoniacal possess ions, may jump noiselessly down any throat. But there are certain things spores cannot stand, according to the latest ascertained results of science. A water temperature of 120 degress boils them to death, and soap chemically pois ons them. Here sanitary and microscopic sciences come together. Spores thrive in low ground and under low conditions of life. For redemption, fly to hot water and soap ye who live in danger of malar ial poisoning. Hot water is sanitary Soap is more sanitary. Fight typhus, smallpox, yellow fever, and ague with soap. Soap is a board of health. Selecting Flotjb. A poor barrel of flour is a source of waste, as well as ex treme annoyance to tbe housewife. The best family flour has a slightly yellow tinge and the bread made from it is more substantial than from most of the brands of pastry flour. For an inexperienced young housekeeper a safe plan is to pur chase a bag of the kind desired, then when a good quality has been obtained, insist upon the barrel being of the same grade. If it fails to come up to the right standard, return it. Grocers soon learn not to palm off an inferior article upon one who is in earnest in the matter. Flour that is dark in color, and when the dough made from it flattens out instead of rising up light and puffy, is made from grown grain and has not the good quality. Sometimes a barrel of the favorite brand will not hold true to name, and will prove of inferior quality. It is well for the housekeeper to personally supervise the making of. the first one or two batches of bread from a new barrel of flour, that it may be well tested and not condemned unreasonably. Scarecrows have had their day and New England farmers and indeed farmers everywhere this side of Mason and Dixon's line may put up their shot guns. The crow is no longer a devastator. He is the friend of man, and the bad habit supposed to be inherent in crow nature ol pulling up the young and tender shoots of grain is not bad but beneficent, as he thus unearths tbe larvae oi Deeiies wmcn ne devours on the spot. All this is proved by Professor Linden, who has given sev eral years of investigation to the habits of crow's, and has recently made the results public. Now it is the turn ot tbe English sparrow, and we wait for a paper from his defender. Fantastic bed-coverings are all the rage. Quilts made of plush of divers colors, pieced with fancy stitches, and finished with a deep border of lace with a heavy mesh, are very handsome. Pillow shams are correspondingly elaborate. Lace spreads and shams over bright-colored silks are still much used. Even if a bed is covered with a white spread a dash of color is deemed indispensible, and a scarf like drapery of brocade in all the Oriental tints is thrown, as if by accident, across the foot of the bed. A rich set, spread and shams, was made recently of sheer muslin, bordered with a deep band of ruby plush and finished with a fall of heavy antique lace. How to Beautify a Home. Almost everybody knows what a relief to the eyes a little spray of green is in winter. The wealthy can indulge in ex pensive conservatories, but those in mod- erate circumstances, and even the very poor, can secure a pretty object at a small expense by following the directions given, To begin with, an acorn, which any boy can get in the woods, and a pickle-jar, which any housekeeper can supply. Pro cure a healthy acorn, and crochet round it a little network case. Take off the cap first and leave a loop of the cotton to hang the acorn point downward in the glass. The glass must have so much water in it that the tip of the acorn scarcely touches; keep it in a dark chest until it has sprout ed, and then put it in the light. A chest nut thus kept in water will sprout in the same way. A sweet potato will grow luxuriantly, a carrot grown in sand is, if well mauaged, a highly ornamental object. A good sized and healthy root must be se lected. Cut off quite evenly the top of the carrot, and place it on the top of a pot of sand, so that the leaves look as if they spring from it. Moiston it will, and keep it in the dark until it has begun to sprout; be careful to keep it damp, and move it into the light directly the leaves appear. If the cultivation is successful an orna ment pretty enough for any room will be the result, and which will have to the un initiated the appearance of a pot of ferns. Another experiment may be made with a turnip,which must be as sound as possible. Clean the outside, taking care not to in- jure the part irom wnence me leaves spring. Cut a piece on the bottom and scoop out the inside, so that you have a hollow cap; fasten string or wire to it, so that it can be hung up. Fill the cavity and keep it filled with water. In a short time the leaves will begin to sprout, and will curl up round the ball of the turnip, forming a hanging basket. Children can be made to interest themselves in such ex periments, which will be found an easy method of inculcating taste and refinement, beside, each points out its own botanical lesson, and much is to be learned by careful and patient observation and study. A Difference in Negroes. Bishop Payne, of the African M. E. Church South, was recently ejected from the ladies1 coach on a Florida railroad, in which he had ensconced himself and re fused to take a seat in another first-class coach set apart for gentlemen without ladies. The colored people of New York have held an indignation meeting and urged that suit be brought against the railroad company, and also that the church raise money to pay expenses attending the suit. Without assuming that had a white man thus intruded himself into a car set aside especially for ladies he would have probably been ejected in the same manner, an apt comparison is afforded by recalling the conduct of Senator Bruce at the Fifth Avenne Hotel, New York, while on duty with a committee of which Sena tor Lamer was also one of the members, The colored Senator ordered his meals sent to his room instead of accompanying the committee to the public dining hall. When Senator Lamer learned of this he insisted that .Mr. Bruce should take his meals at the same table with the com mittee, and took his colleague's arm to escort him to his seat. Senator Bruce would have scorned to commit the act of Bishop Payne, and it is just such pre sumption as that exhibited in th.s instance that excites the disgust of those who seek to secure to the colored race all the free dom and eaual privileges that belong to the white race. Philadelphia Record. The Pacific Railway Snow Sheds. These wonderful wooden tunnels cover forty miles of the Central Pacific railway. They were first suggested by its practical Vice President, Chas. Crocker, but his companions hesitated through fear of their impracticability and expense. There are two kinds, one with very steep roofs and tbe other with flat roots, lbey cost per mile from $8,000 to $12,000, and in some places, where heavy masonry was needed, the cost reached $30,000 a mile. They are firmly constructed to support the great weight of snow and resist tbe ruBh of aval anches, .bire precautions are very thorough. Corrugated plates of iron separate the buildings into sections, and in the great ten-mile shed there are au tomatic electric fire alarms. At the sum mit is an engine and tank always ready,! to flood the ignited spot in an instant. These sheds shut in the view of the .great Sierras, but without them winter .travel would be impossible. Sometime five feet of snow falls upon them, in a day," and often thirty feet lie on the ground at one time, and in many places t snow accumu lates to the depth of fifty feet above these great wooden arches. Jxashville Ameri can. A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature, and favorably re ceived, looking to the substitution of loco motives for horses in canal navigation, it authorizes a company to lay a track along the berme bank ot the Erie canal for a dis tance of ten miles as an experiment. If it shall prove successful, the company may contract with the canal board for extend ing the track along the entire length of the canal. It has long been thought by intelligent men in New York that the ap plication of steam to canal transportation in this form is practicable, and that it can be made effectual in materially cheapening the cost of canal carriage, as a small loco motive running on a track on the bank would draw ten times as many boats as a team of horses. It is intimated that if this experiment shall fail to enable canal transportation to compete with the rail roads and bring them a due share of the traffic between the lakes and New York city, tbe canals will have to be abandoned. J5f The new material known as leath erette is being brought into use in numer ous mechanical and ornamental applica tions. It is so perfect an imitation of leather that people are utterly unaware that they are handling something other than leather itself, and its serviceable na ture renders the detection still more diffi cult. For all uses to which it has been applied the article is said to have proved nearly, if not quite, equal in serviceable- ness to natural leather. What Builds up the Country. Producers of wealth, build p the coun try. The tillers of the sou add the results of their labor to the public, "as well as to their individual wealth. ' And the manu facturer who takes the raw material, and by working upon it, increases its value, is a producer of just so much wealth. If the I farmer by producing a bale of cotton adds I fifty dollars to the- public wealth, the one that manufactures it doubles its value, and the two combined have produced a hun dred dollars, To build up the country, then, it is not only necessary to have the farmer, but the mechanic, machinist, and manufacturer also. , The possible productiveness of a country is only reached when the raw material of every character is subjected to the manu facturer. That country ' is not prospering as it should which sends1 off all its eotton, wool, and hides to be manufactured .in other States, and lets its own. timber rot in the forest -while it sends abroad for fur niture, wagons, buggies, plow-stocks and axe-handles. Towns belongs to the country, and add more or less to the building : up of the country. iJut merchants, alone can't build up a town, lown and country are both interested in the establishment of factories, both are benefited by the increased pro ductions as well as the conveniences. i The country can't succeed with all its people farmers, nor a town with its whole population merchants. . Diversity of call ing is essential; one is dependent on the other, and each derives a support from the others. There is no need of encouraging I men to become merchants; the demand is always supplied. But encouragement is needed to get our people into manufactur ing, that the greatest possible value may be produced, and the country be built up and grow wealthy. Corinth (Miss.) Her ald. Dimensions of Heaven. The follow ing calculation, based on a text of Revela tion, is both curious and interesting. It is copied from the Charlottesville Jeffer- sonian, and will suggest thoughts for those who think : "Revelation, XXI Chapter, 16th verse 'And he measured the city with a reed. twelve thousand furlong. The length and the breadth and height are equal.' "Twelve thousand furlongs 7,920,000 feet, which being cubed is 943,088,000,- 000,000,000,000,000,000 cubic feet, and half of which we will reserve for the throne of God and the court of Heaven, half of the balance for streets, and remainder divided by 4,096, the cubical feet in the room sixteen feet square and sixteen feet high, will be 30.843.750.000,000 rooms. "We will now suppose the world always did and always will contain 900,000,000 of inhabitants, and a generation will last thirty-three and a third years 2,700,000,- 000,000 persons. Then suppose there were 11,230 such worlds equal to this in number of inhabitants and duration of years then there would be a room 16 feet long. 16 feet wide and 16 feet high, for each per son, and yet there would be room." Ma- change. "Giving." "Freely ye have received, freely give," is the rule which Christ gave to his disci ples for their guidance in serving him and bis cause in the world. Look tbe world over, and a cneerlul conlormity to this rule brings spiritual prosperity to indi viduals, and to Churches. "There is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty," says the proverb. Some Churches furnish striking verifica- tions of this law and its working. They are given to with holding more than is meet from the Lord's treasury, and he frowns upon it. They rob God in tithes and offerings, and they are cursed with a curse. And then they wonder why they are not prospered as others around them are prospered. One prominent reason in such cases is, that others around them scatter and so increase. When this sel fish, self-seeking, self-gratifying spirit is once thoroughly slain by a generous ac tivity in discovering and supplying the wants of others, thrift and vigor come as the ordained result. This is the Master's promise, "liive, ana it snau De given unto you." Almost Dead A-Laughing. A number of young men, not conspicu ous for their superior intelligence, met in a private apartment of a house on Spadina avenue, lime hung heavy on their hands, and the suggestion of one that they relieve the oppressive ennui by laughing for the drinks was hailed with enthusiasm. . The contest commenced, and one of them con- tinned to laugh for half an hour, when his face bad changed from red to a dark hue. Then his friends became alarmed, and im plored him to desist. This, however, he could not do, and his only response was a continuance of the hoarse spasmodic noise. He laughed as it doing it by contract. His lorehead became livid, and the veins stood out distinct like whip cords. The arteries in his neck became distended al most to bursting; symptoms of apoplexy became apparent, and it became evident that remedial measures must be adopted, or he would die laughing. One of the party ran to a drug store and procured a draught, which was administered to the irresponsible cachinnator. The effect was salutary, and to-day F. does not feel mnch the worse for bis voluntary and dangerous display ot laughing. loronto (xlobe. The Wondek of Papee. At the Mel bourne exhibition, held recently, there was a complete dwelling house made en tirely of paper, and furnished thoughout with tbe same material. 1 here were paper walls, paper roofs, paper ceilings, paper floorings, paper joists, paper stairways, paper carpets, paper bedding, paper chairs, paper sofas, paper lamps, paper frying pans and even the stoves in which bright fires were kept constantly burning daily were of papier msche, and when the fabri cator of this mansion gave a banquet in this dwelling, the tablecloths, the napkins, the plates and cues and saucers, the bottles . , , , , . ana tumDiers, ana even tne Knives ana forks, were likewise made ot paper. Journal of Chemistry. Wild Flowers in Gardens. There are many real lovers of flowers who have the first requisite lor a garden the land who let the surroundings of the house fall into neglect, merely because they cannot afford to bay plants, with which to ornament them. It is possible in most parts of the country to make a beautiful garden without the outlay of a dollar for plants. Uould the persons relerred to visit European gardens or even see Euro pean catalogues, they would find that the common plants around them are elsewhere highly valued. Aside from, the . trees there are many shrubs that may find a place in the garden, and a host of herbace ous 'plants from which a proper selection will keep a garden gay the whole growing season. Take our common lilies, for example. Aside from the far West, there are three common in the States east of the Missis siprpr IwlVOrthem ItHow, fief" over three- feet bigb, and common in meadows, while the taller, "Supurb Lily," in rich, swampy places, is six or eight feet high, and bears a pyramid of ten to thirty or more flowers. If one should make a collection of these native lilies he would be surprised at the great variety. they present among them- ftelves,rnpt only in ihe size and number of the flowers, but especially in their coloring. One could make a collection of these native lilies and by 'careful selection - find a great variety among them. So with many other native plants, which will amply repay the care that may be given to them, and one can easily stock a garden from the woods and fields. It is late now to take up most wild plants, but it is well to mark all attrac tive specimens for future removal. For marking shrubs for removal to the garden it is well to carry in tbe pocket a piece ot cotton cloth and tie a strip to any desira ble plant; when the leaves have fallen the ends of the strip of cloth may be seen at a long distance and indicate the plant. American AgriculturUt. The Iron Memorial Tree. The Iron Palmetto is the greatest work of art in the State House yard at Colum bia, b. C. lhis is a casting wholly of iron, commemorating the death of many of Carolina's slain, whose names are found in raised letters on two brass tablets at the base. The success of this casting con sists in its perfect imitation of the living ftalmetto the favorite tree of South Caro ina. We had heard of this statue in other places, but had never been able to believe the stories of tbe flexible leaves bending in the breeze, supposing this phenomena an optical delusion, but such is really tbe case. The long, thin leaves of iron, life-like even to the hair-like fibres of the twigs and branches, wave tremu lously in every zephyr and the whole tree, painted artistically, has so close a resemblance to the real tree as to deceive the acutest observer at the distance of five rods. These sad mementoes of a sadder past cause all the glories of war and petty triumphs of victorious arms to sink into pitiable insignificance, and only this pathetic tribute to the memory of fallen believers in the lost eause, whose faith was sealed in their own blood, remains to tell of the woe and heart-breaking sorrow winch has fallen like a pall of midnight darkness over all the South. Syracuse Standard. The Sparrow Pest. If the sparrow, whom the spring makes more belligerent and obnoxious than ever, would iust take himself awav and let our I native songsters, who have been exiled by I his oucnacitv. come into our crardena and parks onoe more, we would be willing to pardon him for his unnumbered displays of ill-breeding, ill-nature and general meanness. By the way, has the reader ever noticed what a difference there is in the feeling the children have for this smudgy, dirty, greedy wrangler of the streets and his country cousin, tbe modest gray-vested, clean-footed little cbipping- bird that used to hop inquiringly along our garden paths until driven away by the low-bred stranger from over the sea? No child ever gathered other than good impression from little chippie but the sparrow, brown-coat ugh! He is a devil of the gutter, who has all the vices of the street Arab and none of his possibility of amendment. The moral influence of "Chip- pie" was one oi me inings we lost wnen we encouraged the feathered scavenger that drove him away. Our Continent. VST' The ground in the Jura mountains is in a state of movement, as is shown by some curious observations pointed out by u. (jrararaot. v mages that were invisi ble to each other at the beginning of the J century, or even thirty or forty years ago, I are now visioie. r irst me roois appeared, and then the upper part of tbe walls. Such is tbe case with the villages of Doucier and Marigny, near the Lake Chalain. Im portant changes have been noted even within ten years. B3if Great Paul, tbe new monster bell for St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, has been successfully rang at tbe foundry. Nineteen men were required to ring it, and, though shut in by walls and houses , the bell's tones were heard seven miles away. It is said that this is the first case of a bell of anything like the weight of Great Paul being swung. All the large bells of Russia are struck they are never swung while the great bell in Notre Dame at Paris is worked by a treadle or some other mechanical arrangement. The spring clip of California wool is now coming forward quite freely, and a large business is anticipated. The product of tbe past twelve years is given at 466,903, 700 pounds, showing a value of $86,861, 700. The largest product was in 1876, aggregating 56,550,000 pounds. Two years later it was only 4i.4UZ.oou. it was then 46,000,000 pounds for two years, and last year it was 43,000,000 pounds. EST Young men, if you had one and two-thirds tons of gold coin, yon would be worth just one million dollars. Every little piece of gold you get hold of throw into the junk pile until you accumulate that weight, x ou can then sell it and be come a rich man. Jan. 27, 1882. 3m
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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