North Carolina Newspapers

A OLD SERIES: VOLUME XXX. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1882. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 579 ill www 1 V J - THE Charlotte Home ana Liemocrat, Published every Fbipay by t x STRnMO F.ditor & Proprietor, o. m. . - , i r Terms Two Dollahs for one year. One Dollar for six months. Subscription price due in advance. "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. n r second class matter, according to the roles of the P. O. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, Fifth AND TETOS Streets. RESIDENCE, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. March 17, 1882. tf C. 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 adjoiniDg Court House. Nov 5, 1881. JOHN E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court House, No. 1, Sims & Dowd's building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb 15, 1882. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE. N. C. Practice 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. R. Mytrs. Jan. 1, 1882. J. 8. SPENCER. J. C. SMITH. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, JV. C. May 19, 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 Clocks, Spectacles, &c, handsome Jewelry, and which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c. done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1,1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c., which we offer to both the 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. ty Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1, 1881. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants, College St., Charlotte, N. C, Handle Grain, Hay. Flour. Bran. Cow Peas, &c. 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. Bailey. VANOE & BAILEY, Attorneys and 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 independ ence Square. june 17-tf Country Life. What true Christian woman and mother does not prefer the quiet country home, with its superior attractions, and freedom t i i t . iruui iue wnm ana Dustie ot business life. to the finest home that love or wealth could give her in the city ? True, as long as moms nutter around a candle, so doubt less will human moths flutter around the lwueive nguis mat. ine city always pres ents. Ana yet who does not know, that will take the time to think at all, how much more attractive life in the country is, and who that has tried both does not know how much more enduring: and sub stantial are the pleasures and joys begat . oi rural scenes and occupation. As we said before, what Christian mother, solici tous for moral and religious education of her children, does not long to place them beyond the wiles of sin and folly that everywhere present themselves in the city In the country, whatever a woman's for tune or circumstances, if she is true to the instincts of her being and the feelings of her heart, she finds, or ever strives to find, that imperitive want of her nature a refined home. We do not mean the refinements of wealth, but refinements of purity and virtue. In the city, if a mother is poor she cannot shield her children from the low and vulgar rabble that swarm around her. But in the country the hum ble cottage will afford her shelter all that is needed, and the seclusion will enable her to "guard her loved ones from the contaminating influence of the low and vicious. Blest country life, how I love thee how preferable to the mazy but seductive rounds of town or city. Rural Messenger. GOLD MINES TO BE SOLD! Pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage to us exe cuted ana registered in tne Kegister s Umce in Gaston County, North Carolina, Book No. 2, and Pages 268 to 271, we will sell at Public Auction, at the Court House, in Dallas, in said county, for cash, on Tuesday, July 25th 1882, that valuable property known as the "LONG CREEK" GOLD AllJNJb.3, intersecting the Asbury and McArthur Mines, and 590 Acres of land on which the Mines are located : Also, a Steam .Engine and Fixtures erectec thereon. Reference is made to the Registry of said Mort gage for a full description of the Lands, miles and bonds. Other particulars will be furnished on application to the undersigned. W. P. BYNUM, THOS. GRLER, June 2, 1882. 6w Mortgagees. 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 Gooos 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 lartre 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 vou 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 Ladies will find a line of New rans on our counters, and some of them are just "too too. Prompt attention to orders. tlAKUKAVJliO VlL.ill!-LiJtt. April 14, 1882. BLACKSMITHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, AND WORK WARRANTED. T have a Wood-shOD connected with my busi ness, and will make and repair Werons of all kinds. Buggies repaired neatly and quickly. J. K. PTJREFOY, 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 Are invited to examine it before making purchases. 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. Butterick's Fashions. Riiftrirfc'a MetroDolitan for April, with Pat terns, just received at TIDDY & BRO'S. March 17, 1882. FERTILIZERS, GRASS SEEDS, Aericultural Implements, &c. We have in Store. Potash Acid Phosphate, Nnvaoaft Acid Phoanhate and Kainit. A full line of the Standard Grass Seeds. Agri cultural Tmnlements 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 Warn nld at The Atlanta Exposition. This House is Headquarters for Impelments, Seeds, AATo rrrxrt a Xr.O " 6 J. G. SHANNONHOUSE, ag't Co-operative Store. Feb. 24, 1882. Decoration Day. Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest " On this Field of the Grounded Arms, Where foes no more molest, Nor sentry's shot alarms 1 Te have slept on the ground before, And started to your feet At the cannon's sudden roar, Or the drum's redoubling beat. But in this camp of Death No sound your slumber breaks ; Here is no fevered breath, No wound that bleeds and aches. All is repose and peace, Untrampled lies the sod ; The shouts of battle cease, It is the Truce of God ! Rest, comrades, rest and sleep ! The thoughts of men shall be As sentinel to keep ' " ' Your rest from danger free. Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers, Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. Atlantic Monthly for June. .. i The Love of Goodness. "Where shall faith find richer culture, or hope a more entrancing aim, than in that victory over sin and sorrow and aeam. wnicn ii Christianity be true, is one day to crown the strife of ages r Live tor this, nnd your dearest work here, let love to God and man be the animating principle of your being; and then, let death come when it may and carry you where it will, you will not be unprepared for it. I he rending oi the veil which hides the secrets of the un seen world, the summons that calls you into regions unknown, need awake in your breast no perturbation or dismay, for you cannot, in God's universe, go where love and truth and self devotion are things of nought, or where a soul filled with un dying faith in the progress and identifying its own happiness with tne final triumph of goodness, shall find itself forsaken." Jiev. JJr. Laird. "I am Wrong." Let any one try it earnest, "I and he will find that to Bay in am wrong, is tne most dimcult speech that he can make. And yet it is the noblest of all. Very often, indeed, it is true with any one of us, and it always shows that we know ourselves. It is the only possible road to take to produce an amendment of life. No man can reform while under the conviction that his deeds were virtuous rather than vicious. It is only a conscious sinner who can become a penitent one. Ine proofs around us and within us that we err are as manitold as the variety of ways that proof can be made. To acknowledge is the first and most necessary step to amend will follow as effect follows cause, ihe prayers of fered confessing our sins are innumerable, but God alone knows how few confessions are made in the heart. Htr When you give, take to yourself no credit for geuerosity unless you have denied yourself something to enable you to bestow the gift. A. J. BEALL & CO. Have iust received a large supply of Fresh Mackerel in all size packages. "orn. Flour, Hay, Bran, Meal, Stock Feed, and in fact everything kept in a First-Class Grocery Store. A. J. BEALL & CO. June 2, 1882. Mason's Hair Dye, 25 cents per box, for sale by R. H. JORDAN & CO., May 19, 1882. Druggists, Tryon Street NOTICE. BARKER & DERR of Huntersville, DERR & BARKER of Cowan's Ford, and A. J. DERR & CO. of liandlesburg, N. O, have this day dis solved their mercantile business by mutual con sent, and the business will be carried on at nun tersville by R. U. W. Barker, at Uowan s mora 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. J. JS. Ii. BU1T, May 12, 1882. 4w Commissioner. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. ifsE 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 DAVIDSON. STAPLE 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 Street. 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 OI UiaCK UOOOS, Viz: wasnmercs, Tamise, Buntings, Brillianteens, Nuns Veiling, &c,, which will be complete in every particular. Reserve your purchases till you inspect our new Stock. BARRINGEK & TKUTTJSK. March 10, 1882. Housework. Girls whose parents can afford to keep servants get the impression sometimes that it is quite out of the question to en gage in any kind of household work, some even leaving the care of their own room to the charge of hired help. Such girls seem to us the embodiment ol laziness. There is no reason why every girl should not understand the running of the house hold machinery, so that if at any time mother was sick and unable to oversee the usual arrangements, the daughter might be able to take her place, manag ing satisfactorily. It is a false notion that to become a housekeeper is to be come also a domestic drudge, and if any of the girls who read this have made up their minds to that effect, let them aban don it instantly, and by experience prove it a libel. When there are two sisters in iamily, a good plan is to divide the work, each one being responsible for that portion that is intrusted to her care. Let each understand clearly what is expected of her, not doing it haphazard, but prompt ly and regularly each week; or the work could be alternated, if this arrangement would be more agreeable. One reason we would give in favor of household work for girls is, that it gives a chance to learn the many details connected with women's work that cannot be learned m any other way than by experience, and without which knowledge no woman can govern a house well. We don't want to convey the impression that the girl should shoul der the responsibility of her home, but simply to show her how much better it is to be able to know how to do it, should it ever become necessary. Housework is not degrading ; on the contrary, we con sider it elevating, for "She who sweeps a room as to God's law, Makes that and the action fine." And a girl can be just as much a lady in a sweeping-cap, with broom in hand, as in breakfast-cap, reclining languidly with book in hand. The truest, noblest and best woman we know has been trained from her girlhood to look, practically, to the ways of the household, and yet she is a lady in every respect an ornament to the most cultivated society. When you have homes ot your own, girls, and are obliged to get along with little or no help, you will be thankful for the training vou have imposed upon yourselves in youth ; or if it falls to your lot to have servants in abundance, you will still be glad that you can rule and direct them ; and should they leave you without any warning, as they are sometimes disposed to do, you will be "mistress of the situation, able to take hold successfully until such time as relief may come. Christian at Work. A Noble Offering. The superintendent of one of the street car railways leading out of New York into the countrv. told a touching story to a friend the other day, which found its way into a city paper. Sitting alone in his office one day, a strange gentleman entered who proved to be an officer in the army. He carried a little box in his hand. After some hesitation, he said, conquering great agita tion : "1 have a lavor to ask ot vou. 1 had a little bov. and I've lost him. He was all the world to me. v When he was alive my wife used to search my pockets every night, and whatever loose change she found, she would put it away for the baby. ell, he s gone. Here is the box. u e talked the matter over and came to tne conclusion we could not do better than to bring the money to you to pay the fares of poor sick children out of town during the summer. It would please him to know that he is helping to save' the lives of other poor children. As soon as the box is emntv we fill it. While we live we will r -j keep up the bank." The box has been twice emptied and filled, and hundreds of sick or dying chil dren have owed to this dead baby their one breath of fresh air last summer. How much more tender and true is such a memorial of the beloved dead than a pre tentious monument, or even a painted church window, beautiful though they be. In En&rland it is a freauent practice to build and furnish a life saving station on the coast, in remembrance of a friend who is gone, and in this country memorial beds in hosnitals are becoming a usual way of r keeping in memory those we have lost. Surely if the dead can look back on earth they are better pleased to know that kind, lovii)g deeds are done in their name than to see them emblazoned on cold stone in forgotten grave-yards. J&x- change. Pecans. English Walnuts and White Walnuts, so has the almond, fruited in latitude 32 degrees, and why not be errown for profit. I have seen trees of ao,h nnder ten vears to have fruit, of the first at least was forced into fruiting bv being grown on thin upland if on rich land the pecans makes a tree as the hickorv-nut family. I think the pecan at least planted in 10 to 50 acres, culti vated yearly, and in cotton, potatoes, peas, turnips, the loss in regular crop would need be one-tenth ; trees grow faster and in ten years perhaps the fruit begin to nav and for 50 vears largely over our best cotton crops. An old farmer here from N. C. sold 20 vears ago from upland trees Arrangement of Houses. A house should be arranged so as to suit, or even improve, the habits of the people who live in it. It should be convenient for the carrying out of domestic arrangements in i . - T the simplest and easiest way. It should be a healthy house; otherwise it sadly fil in that which a habitation ought to be: iust as we find that beauty and symmetry in nature go for nothing if the fTurms of disease are at tbe root. A. mis- talrA ia often made in not having the bed rooms of the largest size that the internal Jpae will admit of, and the value of this BFvo " 1 v- ... is so well known to those who have large sleeping rooms, that the wonder is that I . . X f " TrV Bleeping wui, u.. u0jMmH I the same may be said of a tune. If ltcor architects should sacrifice the bedrooms Am f a n;nn, of the house to those of the day Farmers Review. rooms. It is an admitted fact that men who use their brains live longer, otner thin'mi beiner eaual. than the men who do 5 CD A ' not. The Catacombs. Not far from the city of Rome are vaBt subterranean chambers dug in the soft rock. These are long, narrow galleries about eight feet in height and five feet wide. In some places these passages ex pand into lofty, vaulted chambers. It was a beauiuui day in April that 1 went out on tne Appia Via (Appian Hard) and reached the place of decent. Our guide had lanterns ready and we were soon in dense darkness under the cround. We wandered on through the endless passages. stopping to look at the slabs of marble that show where some tomb is placed. inere are six nundred miles of these narrow lanes ; it is a city of houses and streets of the dead. Bosio spent thirtv years in studying them ; he has copied a vast number of the inscriptions found on the tablets over the tombs. The Romans burn, their dead and keep the ashes in urns in their houses. The Jews who live in Rome follow the practice of hurrying in tombs cut in rocks their old custom. Some of the tombs are ex pensively aud beautifully adorned. In the eight century the Lombards destroyed many of the catacombs and others are fal len in, bo that the whole have never been explored. In after years when the prosecutions set in, the catacombs were used as hiding places ; here many of the martyrs were buried ; in after years their bones were re moved by the popes and buried in the churches. We pass the tomb of Diogenes the Fos- sor; it is very elaborate. He was appar ently a grave digger and made prepara tion for his own burial, " Diogenes-Fossor in peace depositus." is the inscription. Over many tombs " In-pace" is found ; in peace in the grave is glorious ; in peace in spite of persecutions. in many ot these tombs cups have been found which are supposed to have contain ed spices of perfumes to counteract the 1 f - t T . m oaors oi tne grave, in tne grave ol a child a clay doll was found. The custom ot ourying tne playthings in the grave is usual in Italy and t ranee at the present time. It is the mother's heart that dic tates this ; as though the little one would want something to abate the loneliness of the tomb. Save the Fruit. few oi us understand tne immense value of the fruit crop of a great fruit growing State like North Carolina. The present crop, carefully handled, would add tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to the wealth of our people. The dried iruit oi Jiast lennessee last year was estimated as nigh as a million of dol lars. Our territory is . much larger, and our fruit is said to be more abundant and better. In order to induce our people to care lor it, we quote the present .New York prices for dried and evaporated fruits. North Carolina dried apples and peaches command a higher price than those of any other State quoted : Uried apples irom 6 to 8$ cents per -r-v -m t n pound ; anea peacnes, cnoice, peeled, iy to 20 cents per pound ; dried plums, Southern, 11 to 12 cents per pound ; dried cherries, ooutnern, n to iy cents per pound : dribd raspberries 29 to 30 cents per pound ; dried blackberries 14 cent per pound; evaporated apples, peeled, 10 to 13 cents per pound; evaporated peachee, peeled, 33 to 35 cents per pound. uwing to aounaant crops prices may be lower, still it will pay to save every pound ol our immense crop. It will sell well peeled and carefully dried, better nicely evaporated, and still better canned by the new process, valuable information in regard to which will be given at the meeting of the ruit and Vine Growers' Association. It is a significant fact that North Carolina fruit commands the high' est prices in the market. Mr. William ti. Oliver, of Newbern, in a communication to us estimates the cost of starting a canning establishment, out- o M ii tVio iiBO rf an nrA i no i-tt otDQ m tirhilui not to exceed $500. He says the boiler of any cotton gin or saw mill can be used and suggests, that a lew ot those persons interested in each neighborhood, take the necessary steps at once to start a cannery, We are informed that a small establish ment of this kind, in a neighboring State, last year made $6,000 in as many weeks. Mr. Oliver says that single counties in Maryland have over three hundred of these canneries. Let our people investi gate the different modes of saving their lruit at once and adopt that which they think will pay best under all tbe circum stances. In some way let each save all the fruit or berries under their control. It may be that small canneries will prove more remunerative than small dis tilleries. Let us bave the figures. Ral eigh Observer. Faithfulness to Employees. There is no greater mistake a young man can commit than that of being indifferent to the interests of his employer. It must be admitted that there are circumstances under which it would seem almost impos sible to feel an interest in an employers business ; but, for all that, it is worth a trial. Be faithful in small things, be at tentive to your duties, shirk no employ ment that is not dishonorable, feel that your employer is fairly entitled to every I minute of time which you have agreed to give him for a stipulated remuneration. The wages may be email, too small ; but if you have contracted to work for a dollar a week, when your work is worth ten, stick to your bargain like a man until onr term Df serTice has expired. I .... ... . It may seem very hard, Dut it win instill tne great principle of being true to your word. It is. I think, by singing as it is by preaching ; a fine judge of composition will admire a sermon which yet makes no m 11 ffl oi impression upon me puuuo m'nd.adKtheKrefre cann0t b a f0 De; I Tho ii tho heat, wrmnn orhm.h la heat manner ot impression upon tne puonc " ZZrZ C. Xf. . VA heart, and aids him in realizing the senti ments, it will quickly be learnt, and sung with avidity. nen tnis enect is not produced, were I a composer, I would throw aside my performance and try again. A. Fuller. Lee's Surrender.' The sentiment which the State pro claims was as strong in Lee and his fol lowers on the day of Appomattox as it can possibly be in the hearts of any to day, yet Lee and his tattered heroes made a virtue of necessity and surrendered. The contest had not been merely a politi cal campaign, and the victory was not a mere party one at the ballot-box. It was vastly more, and to conquerors and con quered it meant and mean the complete overthrow, as far as our Federal Govern ment and our national politics are con cerned, of the Confederacy and Confed erate things. Lee so understood it, and upon that construction of the surrender he lived and died. Whig. If that is your reading of the surrender. it is not ours. We see much more be tween the lines." It was not unconditional: nor did our greatest General for a moment think he was disbanding his army only to piace nis people at tne mercy ot the most embittered and cruel partisans ot the North. He hoped and believed, relying on tne promises from that section, that he was bringing peace to the countrv I 1 !t ...... long racnea oy war, and mat his own people would be restored to all their rights, Bave only those which they bad already lost in the adverse fortune of the war. He had no premonition of the fear- tul woes to which the conauered people would be subjected after they had laid down their arms, through the "Punic faith" of the North. He trusted Lincoln and Grant and their promises, and be lieved they would be fulfilled : and we. too, think that had the former lived Lee's confidence would not have been betrayed ; but his sad death was the excuse for our punishment and their violation of all the terms and understanding of the compact made with Grant. Then, indeed, did the cry go forth: " vce Victisr' and for seventeen years we have been groaning under the constantly increasing burdens that have been added one by one to the first and greatest penalty imposed. No,' no ! Had Gen. Lee foreseen these things there would have been no Appomattox, but the battle would bave been fought on to .utter exhaustion or annihilation. He never would have surrendered. Rich mond ( Va.) State. Fanlt-Finding. Spurgeon says : "Any goose can cackle, any fly can find a sore place, any empty barrel can give forth sound, any brier can tare a man's flesh." So it is the easiest thing in the world for one, and especially the lault-hnders. to nnd fault. Men have been known to freeze to death spiritually by indulging this spirit, lhey got to where it was cold, and staid there long enough for the work to be done. They staid out on tbe edge of a meeting and found fault with the preaching, the exhort ing, the singing and the praying. Year after year they have kept away from the altar fires that they never thawed out. Come up to the fire, brother ; praise brethren God more and blame your less. We all have our faults, and the Church is not without them. I am glad to know that God can get along with us in spite of our many laults. ibis thought helps me to get along with others and their faults, God considers all His children blameless, though not necessarily guiltless. To be blameless is one thing and to be faultless is quite another thing. We may possess tbe one without possessing the other. Let me illustrate: A mother gives her child its first piece of needle-work. The little hands are unskillful ; still her little fingers stitch, and at last she brings it to her mother ; she has done her best, and does not for a moment think her work a failure. ' The child nas done its best for the time being, She is blameless, but her work is not fault less with us long and short and crooked ftitches. I am satisfied that if men were to try to be Christians, and see how difficult it is, they would have more chanty for those who are trying. Central Christian Ad vocate. "Blood Atonement." The Mormon doctrine of "blood atonement," is one of tbe strangest features of that extraordina ry religion. Ihe law. under which so many mnrders bave been committed, reads thus: "There are sins which men commit for which the blood of Christ cannot atone; but when tbe man's own blood is shed and the smoke thereof as cends as sweet incense to heaven, then they are remitted." "if we love our iT.,llin0 4n oho4 hia 4V... a.lv.fiAn'a n IlllUg OUV. U1B kiVUU AVE DMf abivu B sake." If these odious rascals were only willing to sned tneir own Diood as ireeiy .ii- ii. n , as that of those for whom they would thus admit to the privilege of self-atonement, it would be well, for it would help to solve the much-vexed problem of how to get rid of them. But they are cowards as well as bullies and impostors, and always shed the blood of others rather than their own. A "chemical lung" is the latest thing proposed for the ventilation of tun nels. It was lately tested in London by fourteen scientists. A room 15 by 18 feet was kept for an hour at a temperature of 82 degrees, and tbe air was loaded with impurities. The men of science were now called upon to enter, and tne air was made still more impure by burning sul phur and carbonic acid gas. Then the "chemical lung," or punkah, so-called, measuring 4 by 2 feet, was set in motion. The temperature was soon reduced to 65 degrees and the air ireed from all impuri ties. Then fat was burned, to test the machine for organic substances, and tbe "lung" was started up just in time to pre vent the examining gentlemen from run ning out for fresh air. It is proposed to use the invention during tbe construction f the tunnel I fcjj" Great uprisings like the tides that obey the powers of Heaven bave repeated ly arrested the alarming developments of infidelity. New and unsuspected out bursts shall roll back tbe crusades of modern infidelity. The catechisms of atheism shall perish in the cataclysms j of tue kingdom of Heaven. iS, P. Parker. ' Wives and Government Bonds. - i First Comptroller Lawrence has ren- dered -an important opinion affecting the rights of married women as holders of United States registered bonds. In the case in point, an American lady married , to a foreigner and temporarily residing in the District of Columbia in January, 1879, ' purcnasea wun ner own means certain registered bonds which were registered in . ii her name. She became insane in 1881..;. and was of course unable to indoree or .. collect the checks issued in her name tor " the paymeut of interest on her bonds. -! whereupon the husband claimed the right -' to collect the checks on bis own indorse- ment, and to bave the bonds transferred in his name. Judge Lawrence, in passing upon the claim, admits that wh-n the law 1 of a husband's foreign domicile giv-s him-' the right to bond owned by his - wife at tbe time ot marriage or which come to her by gift afterwards, the husband has the right to the transfer of the bonds in his ' name; but he also holds that when, after marriage, bonds are purchased as in this case. th law in force in the District of , Columbia is, in effect, that the wile is the sole owner of the bonds and the husband , can in no way control them. Judge ' Lawrence states that at common law a married woman canuot indorse or collect notes payable to her, and though the bus- band may do so, this rule does not apply to bonds registered in the name of a wife or to interest checks registered in her ' me; also, that she may, without the consent of her husband, indorse and col lect interest checks and assign and sell Government bonds or collect when due. ' A guardian or committee may be ap pointed to collect the case in point. Go Home Boys! Boys, don't hang round the corners of ' the streets! If you have anything to do, . do it promptly, right on, then go home. Home is the place for boys. About the street corners and at tbe stables, they learn to talk slang, and they learn to ' swear, to smoke tobacco, and to do many other things which they ought not to do. Do your business, and then go home. If your business is play, play and make a business of it. I like to see boys play good, earnest, healthy games. If I were the town, I would give the boys a good spacious play-ground. It should have a plenty of soft green grass, and trees, and fountains, and broad space to run and jump, and to play suitable plays. I would make it as pleasant and lovely as it could be, and I would give it to the boys to play in ; and when the plays were ended, I would tell them to go home. For when. boys hang around tbe street-corners and the stables, they get slouchy and listless. ' Of all things, I dislike a listless boy or girl. I would have a hundred boys like a hundred yachts, with every par straight aud every rope taut, tbe decks and sides clean, tbe rigging all in order, ad every thing ready to slip the cable and fly before the wind wheu the word comes to go. But this cannot be if you lounge about the streets, and loaf about the corners, and idle away your time at the stables aud the saloons. Selected. The Seven Wonders of the World. The seven wonders of the world were : First. The Egyptian pyramids ; the largest of these is 693 feet squars, and 460 feet high, and its base covers 111 acres of ground. Second. The Manusoleum, a magtuh- ceut monumeutal structure, erected to Mauusolus, a king of Cairo, by his widow, sia ; it was 63 feet long, and 35 feet high. - Third. The Temple ot Diana, at JEphe- . ' . t -AnA. sus ; this was szs leec in lengtrr, ana zzu feet in breadth. Fourth. Tbe walls and banging gardens of Babylon; these walls are stated to have been 87 feet thick, 350 feet high, aud 50 miles in length. f ( , Fifth. The Colossus at Khodes; this was a brazen statue of Apollo, 105 feet m heighth. ! Sixth. Tbe statue of Jupiter Olympus, at Athens, which was made of ivory and gold. Seventh. The I'baros of rtolemy rnil- adelphus ; this was a light-bouse 500 feet high. ' ' - '- The seven wonders of the world now are The art of printing ; optical instru ments, such as telescopes and microscopes: gunpowder ; the steam engine ; labor sav ing machinery ; the eclectrio telegraph ; and photography. I X1TIWU UUMJ MIU J. 11(1 VI i , . , i . , , . , "rte lng wniCQ wi" "prise us wneu I ma not tn noa van h irir in nnn m an v to heaven: irst, to find many. i "v 6v there whom we did not at all expect. Second, not to find many there whom we did expect. Third, the greatest wonder will be to find ourselves there. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris was the first to wear red gloves in Washington, appearing in them at a party early in the winter, and people talked about them as much as if she had tattooed her hands in stead. Now the whole town has gone raving mad over the red gloves, yclept terra cotta kids. If oar whole time was spent in amusing ourselves, we snouid una it . more wearisome than the hardest day's , work. Among the Greeks the death punishment of certain criminals was aggravated by the denial ot funeral rites. Oil paintings, hung over tbe mantelpiece, are liable to wrinkle with the heat. t3f" Queen Elizabeth wore her prayer book hanging from her girdle by a golden chain. t5F" Pennyroyal distributed in places frequented . by roaches will drive them away. ' - tr Wild mint will mice out of your house. keep . rats and 137" Flowers and shrubs should be eluded from s bed chamber. : ex