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OLD SERIES: VOLUME XXX. CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1882. VOLUME XL NUMBER 578 " THE Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published evebt Fbiday by J. P. STRONG. Editor & Propnetor. Terms Two Dollabb for one year. 7. Ohb Dollar for six months: Subscription price due in advance. . o "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. C., as second class matter," according to the rules of the P. O. Department v ROBERT GIBBON, M. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, ' Fifth AND TETON Streets. RESIDENCE, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. March 17, 1882. tf ,v DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Paie 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. BUKWELL. 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 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. v Oas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb 15,1882. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice Limit EYE, EAR AND e d to the 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 Li. Myers'. Jan. 1,1883. j. s. SPENCER. J. C. SMITH. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Streef, Charlotte, Nl C. May 19, 1882. WILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggists, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, Ulavealarge and complete Stock of everything .nertainins to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct 7, 1881. HALES & PARRIOR, .Practical Witch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keeps a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c. which they sell at fair iprices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c., which we offer to both tbe Wholesale 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, College Street, Charlotte, N. C. Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. f Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1, 1881. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants, College St., Chaklotte, 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. Z. B. Vance. W. H. Baivsy. VANOE & BAILEY, Attorneys and Counsellors CHARLOTTE, N.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 heaven's W ealth. Tbe wealth of heaven never perishes, never departs.! never ceases, never brings with it care or envy or blame, destroys not J,he body, corrupts not the soul, is without ill-will, heaps not up malice; all of which things attend on earthly wealth. That honor lifts not men into folly, doth not make tbetn puffed up, never ceases nor is dimmed. Again the rest and delierht of heaven en- dureth continually ; ever being immovable and immortal, one cannot find its end or limit. Nothing which comes tor an end is much to be desired ; whatever ceases, and to-oay is ana to-morrow is not. though it be very great, yet it seems little and con temptible. Then let ns not cling to fleet ing things which slip away and depart, uui to mose wmca are enduring immov able. Kigr It is sometimes assumed that de feat isthe sign of God's disapproval ; that success is the seal pi His approval. It is not always so. Good causes are held in check for centuries. The world is full of unfinished battles. Truths he prostrate in the dust that by and by shall rise and assert their power. F. A. Noble. NOTICE. ' In obedience to a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder, at the 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 city as Lot No. J10, in square No. 47, in Ward No. 2, being the late residence of Georce vv. Miller, deceased. Terms One-half cash, balance payable first day oi j une, 1SB3. J. R. ERWIN, May 5, 1882. 4w Commissioner. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg Go. 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 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, Embracing every thing in that line, Black Silks, Satins, Satin De Lyons, Mervilleux and Radamah Satins, Moires, &c. Our stock of Colored Dress Goods 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 buy. We have a large line of new designs in Ladies Neck Wear. Look at our Corset for $1. Sarah Bernhardt and Foster Kids, Lace Nets in black and colors. We have a stock to meet the demands of every one. If you don't see what you want just call for it. The young men will find a Handsome stocK oi 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 Ladies will find a line of New Fans on onr counters, and some of them are just "too too." Prompt attention to orders. HAKUKAVES B YY JLL.U ttJLiJtt. April 14, 1882. 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 March 17, 1882. and see them. Elias & Cohen. Butterick's Fashions. Butterick's 3Ietropolitan for April, with Pat terns, just received at TIDDY & BRO'S. March 17, 1882. FERTILIZERS, GRASS SEEDS, Agricultural Implements, &c. We have in Store. Potash Acid Phosphate, Navassa Acid Phosphate and Eainit. A full line of the Standard Gras9 Seeds. Agri cultural 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 narrow is attracting great attention among farmers. 3,000 Were sold at The Atlanta Exposition. This House is Headquarters for Impelments, Seeds, Wagons, &c. j q SHANNONHOUSE, ag't Co-operative Store. Feb. 24, 1882. ' At Last. When on my day of life the night is falling, And, in the winds from unsunned spaces blows, I hear far voices out of darkness calling . My feet to paths unknown. , ' . Thou who hast made my home of life so pleas ant, Leave not its tenant when its walls decay, : 0 Love divine, O Helper ever present,' ' Be thou my strength and stay I Be near me when all else is from me drifting, ' Earth, sky, home's pictures, day of shade and shine, s , And kindly faces to my own uplifting The love which answers mine. . 1 have but Thee, O Father 1 - Let Thy spirit Be with me then to comfort and uphold ; " " No gate of pearl, no branch of palm, I merit, v:' Nor street of 'shining gold. . Suffice it if my good and ill uureckoned, And both forgiven through Thy abounding grace I find myself by hands familiar beckoned Unto my fitting place : Some humble door among Thy many mansions, Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease, And flows forever through heaven's green pansions The river of Thy peace. ex- There, from the music round about me stealing, I fain would learn the new and holy song, And find, at last, beneath Thy trees of healing, The life for which I long. T. O. Whittier. Why 1900 is Not a Leap Year. The year 1900, although it is divisible by four without a remainder, is not a leap year, and it comes about in this way : Under the "Julian period the solar year was considered to consist of 365 days and a quarter ot a day ; but aa tne actual or civil year could not be made to include a quarter of a day, an additional day was inserted in the calender every fourth year to make up for the four lost quarters, and this is the 29th of February. But the Julian method of intercalation made the year too lone: by eleven minutes and ten and one-third seconds. This put the calendar ahead ol solar time one day in 129 years; to balance this, in the adjust ment of the calendar known as the "Gregorian," after Pope Gregory XIII, now universally adopted in Christian countries except Russia, one of the leap years is dropped at the close of every cen tury, except when tne figures ot tne cen- turial year, leaving out the ciphers at the end. can be divided by four without a remainder. Thus, 1600 was a leap year. and 2000 will be. but 1800 and 1900 are not. Camels in Nevada.' The Nevada Enterprise learns that the camels owned in that State are not only useful aa beasts of burden, but also for agricultural purposes. A Frenchman owns a herd, ranging to the eastward in the valleys bordering the Carson river, and will utilize his "ships of the desert" this summer in carrying: goods from the terminus of the Colorado and Carson rail road into camps out in the wilderness The camels now number about forty, all but two or three of which are natives of Nevada. In the deserts these animals find grasses and bitter and prickly shrubs and plants suited to their taste, and pro bably the same, or varieties of the same plants that grow in other desert regions o the earth. It is asserted that it is less trouble, and costs much less,to grow camels in Nevada than to rear cattle in the At lantic States. NOTICE. BARKER & DERR of Huntersville, DERR & BARKER of Cowan's Ford, and A. J. DERR & CO. of Randlesburg, N. C, have this day dia solved their mercantile business by mutual con sent, and the business will be carried on at Hun tersville by ti. ti. w. uarKer, at uowan s rora by A. J. Derr and at Randlesburg by A. J. Derr & Co. This 1st April, 1882. May 12, 1882. 4w Sale of City Property. On Monday, the 12th day of June, 1882, at 12 M , by virtue of a decree of the Superior Court, I will sell at the Court House in Charlotte, N. C., that House and Lot at the corner of B and 5th streets known as the late residence of Charles H. Elms. The House is large, and very convenient to the business portion of the city. Terms 10 per cent cash, balance payable in nine months, purchaser to give note with ap proved security bearing interest from date at eight per cent. Possession given by Oct. 1st. B C. N. G. BUTT, May 12, 1882. 4w Commissioner. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. USE SCARE'S FRUIT PRESERVATIVE And avoid the necessity of sealed Cans. It is economical, tasteless, harmless and always insures success. L. R. WRISTON & CO., Wholesale and Retail Agents, May 12, 1882. lm Charlotte, N. C. LeROY STAPLE DAVIDSON. AND FANCY Groceries, All fresh Goods and will be sold low. Everybody is invited to call and see for them selves. Wholesale Warehouse, College Street. Retail Store, Trade Strut. May 12, 1882. NOTICE! Our friends and customers will please note the fact that we have a representative in the North ern markets buying our Stock of Spring ard Summer Goods. We will have open in a few days a complete stock of Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, Dress Goods, Notions, Hosiery, &c, We desire to call your attention especially to our stock of Black Goods, viz: Cashmeres, Tamise. Buntings, Brillianteens, Nuns' Veiling, &c. which will be complete in every paruumr Reserve your purchases till you inspect our new StOCk. . mnrmm-n March 10, 1882. ; Courtesy at Home. i Good breeding, like charity, should begin at home. The days are past when children used to rise the moment their parents entered, the -room' where thev were and stand until they Jiad received permission to sit. But the mistake is now made usually in the other direction of al- owmg to small boys and girls too much icense to disturb the peace of the house hold. I think the best way to train chil dren in courtesy would be to ' observe to ward them a ' scrupulous politeness. I would go so far as to say that we should make it as much a point to listen to chil dren without interrupting them ' and to answer them Bincerely and respectfully as if they were grown : up. And, indeed, many of their wise, quaint sayings are far better worth listening to than tbe stereo-1 typea common-places ot-most morning: callers. Of course, to allow uninterrupted chatter would be to surrender the repose of the household, but it is very easy, if children are themselves scrupulously re spected, to teach them in turn scrupulous ly to respect the convenience of others, and to know when to talk and when to be silent. If a child is brought up in the constant exercise of courtesy towards brothers,and sisters, and playmates, as well as toward parents, and uncles, and aunts, it will have little lelt to learn as it grows older. know a bright and bewitching little girl who was well instructed in table eti quette, out wnoiorgoi ner lessons some times, as even older people do now and then. The arrangement was made with her that tor every solecism of this sort she was to pay a fine of five cents, while for every similar carelessness ' which she could discover in her elders she was to exact a fine of ten cents, their experience of life being longer than hers. You may be sure that Mistress Bright Eves watched the proceedings of that table very carefully. No slightest disregard of tne most conventional etiquette escaped her quick vision, and she was an inflexible creditor and a faithful debtor. It was the prettiest sight to see her, when conscious ot some failure on her own part, go un hesitatingly to her money-box and pay cheerfully her little tribute to the out raged proprieties. Ihe beet brought up family of children ever knew were educated on the princi ple of always commending them when it was possible to do so, and letting silence be the reproof of any wrong doing which was not really serious. I have heard the children of this household, when their mother had failed to say any word of commendation after some social occasion. ask as anxiously as possible, "What was it mamma? I know something: was wrong. Didn't we treat the other chil dren well, or were we too noisy ?" In that house reproof was never bestowed unsought only commendation, of what ever it was possible to commend, was gratuitous. I think this system would be as good for those grown up children, the has bands and wives, as for those still in the nursery. I once asked the late Hepworth Dixon, with whom I happened to be talk ing on this subject, what he thought was the reason why some women held their husband's hearts securely and forever, while others were but the brief tenants of a few months or years. "What," I asked, "is the quality in a woman which her husband loves longest ?" . "Inat sbe should be a pillow, an swered Mr. Dixon, and then meeting the inquiry in my eyes, he went on, "Yes, that is what a man needs in his . wife something to rest his heart on. He has excitement and opposition euough in the world. He wants to feel that there is one place where he is sure of sympathy, a place that will give him ease aa a pillow irives it to a tired head. Do vou think a man will be tempted to turn from the woman whose eyes are his flattering mir ror who heals where others wound r And surely he was rierht. We are grrateful for even a too flattering faith in us, and if there is any good in us at all, we try to deserve this faith. But tender ness in the conjugal heart is much more common than grace in the conjugal man ner, bince, however, next to that su preme good of being satisfied in one's own conscience is that second great good of being satisfied in one a own home, surelv no details of manner that tend to such a result are too slight to be observed I believe in making as pretty a toilet to greet the returning husband as one puts on to await the expected sweetheart; and when the husband comes he makes a mis take very fatal to his own interests if he fails to notice what he would have praised in other days. It is a trite saying that life is made up of trifles ; but surely the sum of all these domestic trifles amounts to tbe difference between happiness and unhappiness. Our Continent. Pkettt Rug. Gather together all the old pieces of silks and ribbons that you can lay your hands npon, the brighter tbe colors the better. Cut them into strips about one-half inch in width and sew them together as vou would carpet rags. It does not matter how the colors come, the more decidedly mixed the brighter the effect. Then knit them on large needles as you would a hose suspender, of the width and length which you require for the ruer. and line it with some Btiff material so that it will lie straight. Make a border of crimson or dark blue felt. This may be from an eighth to a quarter of a yard wide and pinked upon the edges. . It one has not silks, pretty colored wool goods in plain colors, would be quite effective. Mid-Ocean Telegbapht. M. Menui seur, a Frenchman, has just proffered a novel plan for enabling vessels crossing the Atlantic to communicate with the main land. He proposes to lay a cable from Europe to America with a central station, a ship moored in mid ocean, and a series of buoys, at intervals of sixty leagues, each numbered and connected by wires with the cable on the bottom, so that when a passing ship desires to estab lish a communication with land, an ap paratus on board is connected with the wire oi the buoy and also with the buoy itself, by means of its two wires, and the desired communication is at once available. - . Cling: to Your Old Friends. The friends of your childhood, those i who have been friends of your father and mother there is something for you in them which J. you cannot ; find . in new friends, however dear. ' ' ., .. iiere ana mere is one wno ion 2 aeo mm 1 1 used to visit you at the dear old home ; wnom iatner ana motner loved and re spected ; whose kind looks and Christian sympathy seemed to be to them an inspi- always called down a benediction on the house hold; -whose kind hand on your young oeaa Beemea use ine weight ot tne bless ing already descending, as be gave you good words of counsel and fcomfort. And you grew all the more careless, thinking: that all would surely be right 'with vou. since God had given you such a friend. Then, when tbe heedless," pleasure-lov ing years ol youth arrived, you almost ceased to appreciate this dear, ' saint-like friend. Gay companions, more worldlv. like yourself, were more attractive; for you wearied of being pointed so con stantly to heaven, when you loved this earth so well. But the years glide on. The happy home circle is broken. Never again will you hear the . dear voice of that loving father petitioning heaven's guidance for g I your hie journey, which is now far on its way, and already growing perplexing and wearisome., Mother's hair is whitening:. and the sight of her without her earthly prop makes you feel what dreadful things may and must occur before you and yours shall be re-united in the home above. You shiver and feel cold and lonely, like a helpless orphaned child who is left to make its way in the world among strangers. But you have friends left. Oh 1 very many 1 All full of sympathy and expressions ol kindness. . But you turn from them all the grave and the gay to this dear old friend of your child-1 hood the friend of the family. You say I ne ts tne one l want, lie has known us I always. We need not tell him anything ot our ieenngs; ne win ask us no ques tions ; he will sit beside us and take our hand in bis, and we shall know that he knows our thoughts, and that his every heart-beat is full of genuine sympathy. He knew him and loved him not as strangers love, or as new friends, who ad mire the good traits most prominent; but with all his faults and all his virtues, as only old and tried friends can love, with a love full of old memories, old associations which time cannot destroy; and he will love us all who remain and pray for us, especially pleading for our straying ones; and there is such a sense of rest and safety in the thought! Thank God! for our dear old friends ; and make ns worthy of and true to them. Christian at Work. . The Boy's Heart. . - . Get hold of the boy's heart. Yonder locomotive comes like a whirlwind down the track, and a regiment of armed men might seek to arrest it in vain. It would crush them and plunge unheeding; on. But there is a little lever in its mechan ism, that at the pressure of a man's hand will slacken its speed, and in a moment or two brings it panting and still like a whipped spaniel, at your feet. By tbe same little lever the vast steamship is guided hither and yon upon the sea, in spite of adverse wind or current. That sensitive and responsive spot by which a boy s life is controlled in his heart. With your grasp gently and firm on that helm, you may pilot him whither you will. Never doubt that he has a heart. Bad and willful boys very often have the ten derest hearts hidden away somewhere be neath incrustations of sin or behind barri cades of pride. And it is your business to get at that heart, get bold of that heart, keep hold of it by sympathy, confiding in him, manifestly working only for his good by little indirect kindnesses to his mother or sister, or even his pet dog. See him at his home, or invite him into yours. Pro vide him with some little pleasure, set him at some little service of trust for you; love him; love him practically. Any way and every way rule him through his heart. A Whitewash that will Stick and Wash. We find in a German paper a .formula for a wash which can be applied to lime walls and afterward become water-proof so as to bear washing. Resenscheck, of Munich, mixes together the powder from 3 parts silicious rock (quartz), 3 parts broken marble and sandstone, also 2 parts of burned porcelain clay, with 2 parts freshly slaked lime, still warm. In this way a wash is made which forms a silicate if often wetted, and becomes" after a time almost like etone. The four constituents mixed together give the ground color to which any pigment that can be used with lime is added. It is applied quite thickly to tbe wall or. other surface, let dry one day, and the next day frequently covered witn water, wnicn mases it waierprooi. This wash can be cleansed with water without losing any of its color; on the contrary, each time it gets harder, so that it can even be brushed, while its porosity makes it look soft. The wash or cal cimine can be used for ordinary purposes as well as for the finest painting. A so called fresco surface can be prepared with it in the dry way. A few nights ago a Dooly county, Ga., farmer whose place is on the river, was walking around near his stock yard when be beard a squealing among his hogs. He looked over the fence to learn the cause when he found a larg-e alligator had a dead hog, which it had killed and was trying to make its way to tbe river, lie ran to tne house for his gun and called to several of his hands to go with him to kill the alliga tor. On arriving at the lot tbe hogs had disappeared and so had the water monster. Thev followed to the river bank. and. in stead of alligator tracks, discovered those of two persons who had the skin of an alli gator and had used it to accomplish the purpose of stealing hogs and making the owner, if he should discover them, believe it was an alligator. The rowing of a boat down the river could be distinctly heard, but there was nothing to pursue in, so the matter was dropped until a better - oppor tunity was offered for catching up with the perpetrators. ,-- Sinecures at Washington.7 Before this house (the one occupied by Mr. Seward when he was attacked by Payne), for several years afterward a sen try paced night and day, even when Mr. Seward had moved away and gone out of office. The same building was once used as a club-house, and from it Key , had just issued when he was, shot by Sickles. This lonely sentry, still at his post long after he bad been forgotten at the .War Depart-1 ment, and auowed to remain, l suppose, because 'no one thought it was his duty to Via v relieve him, reminds me of several similar incidents that are related .in' Washington. The great falls of the Potoraao are : about sixteen miles above Washington, and dur ing: the war there was a station for the collection of provisions for the army on the I back of the canal near these grand cata raots.. The road between Washington and Great Falls was several times raided by the Confederates, and a block-house was erected by the Federals at a point three or four miles above Georgetown to pre vent parlies ot rebels from passing up and down the road. ' At the close of the war tne oetenses about tne capital . were one after another deserted, but nobody seems to have remembered the corporal's guard stationed out there on the Aqueduct road, I and tnuy remained on duty tor a year or two After they were relieved the block house was set on fire by tramps or 'boys, and only a few blackened posts now mark its site. A still more remarkable case was that discovered by Geh. B. F. Butler about ten years ago. He was nosing around among the appropriations one day, the Statistician of the Department of Ag when he discovered an officer in the Capi- riculture, makes the average for the entire tol whose duty he did not understand, breadth 100, the standard of vitality and He was 'watching crypt An investiga tion showed that many years - ago it was proposed - to deposit the bones of Gen. George Washington beneath the Capitol, and a crypt was prepared for the purpose. When it was completed, a public officer was appointed whose duty it was to watch this crypt and prevent. its deseoration.and there he pad .been ever since, growing gray in the service, and, while Congress had appropriated money to pay his salary year after year, nobody bad thought it worth while to inquire how he earned it. Providence Press. Pleasure for a Child. Douglass Jerrold wrote thus pleasantly of a child life : Blessed be the hand that prepares a pleasure for a child, for their is I bloom forth. Does not almost everybody ijv amj au vv Uvu tuu vvuviv iv maj mfmxi i remember some kind hearted man who showed- him a kindness in the days of childhood ? The writer of this recollects himself, at this moment, as a bare-footed lad standing at the wooden fence of a poor little garden in his native village where, with longing eyes, he gazed on the flowers-which -were-Wooming there tpitetly in the brightness of a Sunday morning. The possessor came forth from his little cottage. He was a woodcutter by trade, and spent the whole day at work in the woods. He had come into the garden to gather flowers to stick in his coat when he went to church. He saw tbe boy, and breaking off the most beautiful of his carnations, which was streaked with red and white, he gave it to him. Neither the giver nor the receiver said a word, and with bounding steps the boy ran home. And, now here at a distance from that home, and after so many events of so many years, the feeling of gratitude, which agitated the breast of that boy ex presses itselt on paper. Ihe carnation has: since'-withered, but now it blooms afresh. The obstinacy which the Chinese mam - fest in rf fu-iug to submit themselves to the ordeal of vaccination is one of the queer thing in race characteristics. Tbe other day a British steamer brought be tween 800 and 900 coolies to San Fran cisco. The quarantine officers went on board to vaccinate tbe heathen. It re quired strategy and severity combined to bring the coolies up to the dreaded knife. Thsy were finally made to march in sin gle file and the scarification began. Be fore a dozen had been operated on it was discovered that they were sucking the virus from the wounds as fast as applied. Ihe surgreons then applied it at such a point under tbe arm that they could not reach it with the lips. The incorrigibles then began to perform tbe office for each other, and finally had to be watched and guarded till the wounds dried. Some of them would resist as desperately as though they were to be beheaded. A Rkmabkablk Lilt. On the steamer Orinoco, which arrived Sunday from Jamaica, was a most remarkable specimen of the Eastern Lily of Bermuda, known Hotanicallv an of the class lonatflorum floribunda. A plant of the same family, with over ninety blossoms on its single Btalk, took the first prize at the horticul tural exhibition in this city on the 3d inst. The plant on the Orinoco bears one hun dred and forty-five blossoms, nearly all of which are in full bloom. The stalk, about one inch in diameter, is thickly infoliated with long leaves its entire length, about three feet. Nestled in a cluster of these dark green wrappings at the summit of the stalk are closely grouped the stems of its numerous funnel-shaped ' blossoms, which fall over it in a cloud of white and yellow perianths, forming a hemispherical mass of flowers of about one foot radius. No specimen, it is said, has ever been seen in this latitude with over 100 blossoms. N. Y. Herald. I tT" So microscopically perfect is the I watch-making machinery now in use that crews are cut with nearly six hundred sthreads to- the inch though the finest used in the watch has two hundred and fifty. These threads are invisible to the naked eye, and it takes 144,000 of the screws to weigh a pound,their value being sixpounds of pure gold. , IS?" Mr. Isaac Van Zandt Jones, of Salado, Texas, has patented a simple and convenient press for baling cotton, hay, tobacco, and pressing other materials. The invention consists in a combination of right and left hand screws with a peculi arly constructed toggle joint, the object being to increase the power of the press as the compression progresses. Attachment to Newspapers. ' Some one who seems to know about the relation of a good newspaper to the family writes as follows: . , . H l-ntu . "The strong attachment of subscribers to, a well-conducted newspaper is folly confirmed by publishers. 'Stop my : pa per !' words of dread to beginners in business, lose their terror after a paper" has been established for a term of years. So long as a paper pursues a just, honora- ble and judicious course, . meeting ,t the. wants of its customers in all respect, the ties of friendship between the subscribers and the paper are as hard to break by ad outside third party as i the link which binds old friends in buinea or social lite, Occasional defects and errors in a news- paper are overlooked by those,' who have become attached to it, through its perusal for years. They sometimes become dis satisfied with it on account of, something which has slipped into its columns, and may stop taking it ; but the absence of the familiar sheet at their homes' and of fices for a few weeks becomes an insup portable privation, and they . hasten to take it again, and possibly apologize for having it stopped. No friendship , on earth is more constant than that con- tracted by the reader for a journal which makes an honest and earnest effort to merit its continued support. Hence a conscientiously conducted paper becomes a favorite in the family." . . Condition of the Chops. The May report of tbe condition of winter wheat.by medium grrowth. The average oondition in April was 102, which is higher than has been reported for many years. Rye is also in good condition, the general average being 96. It was 100 on the last of April, 1882, and 97 in April, 1881. Cotton re turns represent 81 per cent, of the pro posed area planted on the st of May, against 85 per cent, in average years. The planting is more advanced than usual from Virginia to Florida, and ; more backward in all other States especially in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee, in consequence of the over flow. A Wonderful Cxteiositt. We re ceived through Mr. Samuel J. Hurt from his brother. Mr. R. L. Hurt, a' large and successful farmer of Nottoway county, a Dtxisiit uu a vv uvu uv vr ivvv v in the center of another egg where the yolk should have been. The egg is of an oblong shape, about the sUe of a partridge egg, thoroughly developed with a hard shell on it. Sural Messenger, . i To Cube Choleba.. The People's Press of Salem gives the following t It aid 4hat -the best - preventive of hog cholera is to take what we call burdock root, wash and slice it, keep it in the slop . , , r l -1 i - k .1 1 iuu sua leeu lue nogs, auovuk preven tive recommended by a correspondent, is one quart ot soft soap to every dozen head of hog once a week and there will be no case of cholera. IW The London Builder attributes the marvelous durability of moriar in Italy to the fact that the lime remains in a pit covered with water for two years before it is used, whereas in England lime is slaked and used the same day. Most building specifications even require newly slaked lime. ' BST" Balloonist have a unique method of taking "soundings" to learn their dis tance from the earth when traveling in 1 the air at night. A loud shout is given and the seconds are counted until the echo from the ground is heard. From tbe time required for the return ot the sound it is easy to compute the height of the balloon. fc$y Horseflesh is growing in favor in Paris. In 1875 the consumption , there was 7,000 horses and ten donkeys or mules; in 1880 9,000 horses and 320 donkeys or mules, - and in 1881 9,300 horses and 400 donkeys or mules. There are now forty horse butcheries in Paris. ' 1ST A New Jersey farmer reports that a dressing of eight bushels per acre of salt to land badly infested with white grubs enabled him to raise good - corps of corn for three years past, which was impossible to do previons to this applica tion. t37 It is said that the Australian col onies are the richest, per capita, in the world. Among their possessions are : 80,' 000,000 sheep, to a population of only 3,000,000 souls. . ; in : The use of green or damp fuel of any sort, is very unprofitable. A large amount of the heat which it would yield if dry, is absorbed and lost in the evapora tion of the sap or moisture. , t$T The next use of the Mayflower, after her memorable voyage to America, was to carry a cargo of slaves to the West indies. . , We should have all our communi cations with men as in the presence 1 of God ; and with God as in the presence of i men. Hogs are being, trained to work in har ness in some parts of Pennsylvania, Arm strong county, baring several such teams , in service. Z3& If you make your life a success, you can afford to let the dogs bark as you go by. ' .' 53?" The man who revenges every wrong that is done him, has no time for anything else. ., m m i - i "Let men laugh when you sacri fice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in." BT He needs no other rosary whose thread of Ufa is strung with beads of love and thought. 1ST" Sorrows are our best educators. A man may see farther through a tear than a telescope. 0
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 2, 1882, edition 1
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