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III LD SERIES : VOLUME XXX. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1882. VOLUME XL NUMBER 5S0 t n e iharlotte Home ana Democrat, Published evert Friday by J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. Terms Two Dollars for one year. One Dollar for six months. Subscription price due in advance. 'Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. as second class matter," according to the bjes of the P. O. Department. XOBERT GIBBON. M. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, 1 f t 11 and Teton Streets. residence, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. March 17, 1882. tf DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, eeps a full line of Puie Drugs and Chemicals, nite licaa ana uoiors, Machine and Tanners Is, Patent Medicines, Garden seeds, and every- mg pertaining to the Drug business, which he ill sell at low prices. March 28, 1881. J. P. McCombs, M. D , lifers his professional services to the citizens of lharlotte and surrounding country. All calls. ptn nigiit ana day, promptly attended to. urace in urown s building, up stairs, opposite e unarlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1882. 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, Charlottb, N. C. Kill practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court ouse, .No. 1, biuas & Dowd s building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte otel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb 15, 188a. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice Limit e d to the YE, EAR AND THROAT. March 18, 1881. DR. J. M MILLER, Charlott6, N. C. All calls promptly answered day and night. Umce at A. J. rseall cc (Jo s store on corner t College and Trade streets Residence opposite It. Mytrs . Jan. 1, 1882. S. SPENCER. J. C. SMITH. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND OMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, C. May 19, 1882. WILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggists, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything ertaining to the Drug Business, to wnicn tney bvite the attention of all buyers both wholesale nd retail. Oct 7,1881. HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Witch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, teens a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and blocks. Spectacles. &c. which they sell at fair rices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, one promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grrocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, pyrups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, lams. Flour, Grass Seeds, .Plows, ofcc, wnicn we liner to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All lire 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. Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. Cotton and other country Produce sold on ommiesion 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 A Beautiful Ornament. auo ucohc wim as an wnen w tproiva or pluck a beautiful boquet of flowers, is to preserve it as long .as possible. The laws of inevitable decay are against us, and generally we succeed but poorly in fug uaii icings aiive. xut we have heard of a case in which it seems the vitality of the flowers came to the i-owne and performed a feat which we would like to see imitated verv often. A lady-gardener gathered a handful of the world-renowed flowers, forget-me-not rtyosotia patustris), and to preserve them as long a period as possible, they were put in a large soup-plate, filled with rain water. The flowers were placed near the win dow, so as to enjoy the advantages re sulting irom an abundance of light and air, and the water was replenished whet needful. in a surprisingly short space of time (three weeks, 1 believe), white, thread-like roots were emitted from the portion of the flower-stalk in the water, and they ulti mately formed a thick net-work over the plate. The flowers remained quite fresh, ex cepting a few of the moat advanced when gathered, and as Boon as the roots began to run in the water the buds began to ex pand, to take the place of those which faded; and up to the middle of November, the boquet if it may be so called was a dense mass oi flowers, and a more beauti ful or chaste ornament for the in-door apartment cannot be imagined. Floral Monthy. GOLD MINES TO BE SOLD! Pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage to us exe- cutea ana registered in tne Kegister s umce in Gaston County, North Carolina, Book No. 2, and .rages 2t8 to 271, we will sell at Public Auction. at the Court House, in Dallas, in said county, for casn, on Tuesday, July 25th 1882, that valuable property known as the " LONG CREEK " GOLD MINJiiS, 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 fur a full description of the Lands, miles and bonds. Other particulars will be furnished on application to the undersigned. W. P. BYNUM, THOS. GRIER, June 2, 1882. 6w Mortgagees. 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 De Lyons, Mervilieux and Radamah Satins. Moires, sc. Our stocfc or uoiored uress Goous 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 i you want just call for it. The young men will hnd 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 Fans on our counters, and some of them are just "too too.' Prompt attention to orders. HAKUKAVJKS B VY lL.Jtll!iljM. April 14, 1882. BLACKSMITHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, AND WORK WARRANTED. I have a Wood-shop connected with my busi- 1 TIf . 1 1 ness, ana will maae ana repair wngons oi au 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 making their purchases. Handsome Stock OF NEW" CARPETS, Oil Cloths and Rugs. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS a Specialty. The largest and cheapest stock of Embroideries In the City. Call and see Elias them. & Cohen. March 17, 1882. Butterick's Fashions. Hut tPrirVa MetroDolitan for Anril. 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, Mvhsh Acid Phosnhftte and Kainit. A full line or the Standard urass cseeas. Ag- " . - r . . : rnltnral Tmnlements of various Kinds Irom a Wheat, or Grain. Drill, to a Garden plow, iivery farmer should call around and see for himself. The Thomas Smoothing Harrow is attracting great attention among farmers. 3,000 Were sold at The Atlanta Exposition, mis House is Headquarters for lmpeiments, oeecis, WagOnS, &C. XT-rrxrrrrvrrc"E' n Co-operative Store. The Lord's Prayer. If any be distressed, and fain would gather Some comfort, let him haste unto Our Father. For we of hope and help are quite bereaven Except Thou succour us Who art in heaven. Thou showest mercy, therefore for the sme We praise Thee. Singing Hallowed be Thy name. Of all our miseries cast up the sum : Show us Thy joys, and let Tby kingdom come. We mortal are, and alter from our birth ; Thou constant art. Thy will be done on earth. Thou mad'st the earth, as well as planets seven, Thy name be blessed here As 'tis in heaven. Nothing we have to use or debts to pay. Except Thou give it us. Give us this day Wherewith to clothe us, wherewith to be fed, For without Thee we want Our daily bread. We want, but want no faults, for no day paBses, But we do sin Forgive us our trespasses. No man from sinning ever free did live, Forgive us, Lord, our sins, As we forgive. If we repent our faults, Thou ne'er disdainest us ; We pardon them That trespass against us. Forgive us that is past, a new path tread us, Direct us always in Tby faith. And lead us We, Thine own people, and thy chosen na tion Into all truth, but Not into temptation. Thou that of all good graces art the giver, Suffer us not to wander, But deliver Us from the fierce assaults of world and devil And flesh, so shalt Thou free us From all evil. To these petitions let both Church and lay men, With one consent of heart and voice, say Amen. Franklin's Mode of Lending Money. "I send you, herewith, a bill of ten you, louis d'ors . I do not pretend to give mucn; i only lend it to you. When you return to your country you cannot fail of getting into some business, that will, in time, enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet another man in similar distress, you will pay me by lending this money to him, enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation when be shall be able, and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus pass through many hands before it meets a knave to stop itB progress. This is a trick of mine to do a great deal of good with little money. I am not rich enough to afford much in good works and so am obliged to be cunning and make the most out of a little. " 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, JN 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. IN. U. HUH, May 12, 1882. 4w Commissioner. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. USE SCARR'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. A. J. BEALL & CO. Have just received a large supply of Fresh Mackerel in all size packages. orn, Flour, Hay, Bran, Meal, Stcck 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 Randlesburg, N. C, have this day dis solved their mercantile business by mutual con sent, and the business will be carried on at Hun tersville by K. u. W. Barker, at uowan's oro by A. J. Derr and at Randlesburg by A. J. Derr & Co. This 1st April, 1882. May 12, 1882. 4w 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 t. 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 BtOCK oi BiaCK uooas, viz: i&sameres, Tamise, Buntings, Brillianteens, Nuns' Veiling, &c., which will be complete m every particular, Reserve vour nurcnases till you inspect our new Stock. BARRINGEK Ss TKOTTiSJK. March 10, 1882. Reminiscences of Old Times. BT BISHOP ROBERT PAINE. . My field of labor 1820) presented some serious discouragement during the first half of the year. I was not only without acquaintances, but my- circuit was very large, deficient in roads and bridges; ac commodations and - ordinary comforts greatly needed, as usual in new settle ments, while I had twenty-eight appoint ments to fill monthly, from fifteen to twenty-five miles apart. During the Winter ot l8l-20 and early Spring, I was much exposed to the weather, and was near being drowned on several oc casions while Swimming streams to reach my preach i ngjplaces. h or all this 1 felt amply compensated by the warm-hearted hospitality of the people, and by the con sciousness of trying to do my duty. Yet 1 now think that in some of these hazard ous exposures i was mistaken as to duty. Before the year had half expired my finances 'wcTxcbau8ted, and it flashed upon me" while crossing - ajittle prairie between line and Greensboro, Ala., skirted by trees draped in long moss, that I was a penniless stranger hundreds of miles from home, too proud to bee and unable to dig. The fact is, I thought I had left my father with money enough to pay my way for more than a year; but my traveling expenses, clothing, horse shoeing, and other things, had cost a good deal more than in Tennessee, and having neglected to write home in time, I had suddenly beeu startled with the discovery of my bankruptcy. I have a distinct recollection of my feelings. I stopped, looked through my collapsed pocket-book to find it innocent of concealing a single cent. What now? bhall I go on, get ting farther away Irom home, try to get back to Tuscaloosa, borrow money there to get home on, and then return to my circuit ? If so, all my appointments fall. and I have to go around to make new ones. JSesides, mends and toes will say l deserted my post ; and then I remembered that a bold, bad man, living on north fork of the Warrior, had sent me word that if I preached there again he would cer tainly beat me badly. I confess this threat determined me. J would not go away under a threat.. I turned away to trust Providence for the money and do my work. The stewards had neglected their duty, but without begging it I got the means from an unexpected source the next day, and stayed. I am glad I did. The money came in this wise : About sunset on the day just alluded to I rode up to a cabin having only one room, and upon asking the name of the owner was confronted by a very large lady who gave the name where Brother E. llearn had informed me he had made an appoint ment for me to preach on the next day. I asked the lady if there was such an ap pointment. She did not know had heard the old man say something about it; but he and the boys were off" on a bear-hunt might be home some time that night, or might not. Told her I received notice, and upon his invitation I had come to preach. She looked somewhat bewildered, and I felt a good deal so. The ouly house 1 saw was that one: it was unfinished; a half-dozen children crowded the door. The boys and the old man, with those present, must fill it. It downright imposition to looked like a obtrude ; but what could I do? Night was upon me. I was a stranger, did not kuow the roads nor the neighbors, if there were any Could she tell where I could go? But she was a new-comer did not know, Still sitting upon my tired horse and look ing around for a road, she said I was wel come to stay it 1 could make out to do so; but there was no place nor any food for my horse, except a little corn which was used tor bread alter being pounded in a wooden mortar by a wooden pestle or beater. How gratefully I accepted the conditions ! blistered ray shoulders car rying heavy rails to make a pound for my horse; and how long I belabored those flinty grains of corn into meai, and how soundlv I slept, the deponent saith not. Next day a dozen, more or less, came out. The old man had got home before midnight and fixed seats; and as I began service a tall and elegant lady came in, and, after preaching had closed, intro duced herself, and invited me in the name of her husband to spend the night with them, and that at my next round I should nreach at their house. Mv host and his wife consenting, I promised to do When leaving there next morning so. to cross the Alabama River at Cahaba five-dollar gold piece was left in my hand by Mrs. Matthew Garey. That was enough ; it would pay my way across the river and until ray stewards would awake to the fact that they had forgotten their duty. How maDy steps & portion o Christendom has made from heathendom is a question easily settled by a fact or two of a recent fcrood if nday celebration held bv some Portuguese and Maltese sailors from some vessels lying in the London docks. A block of wood had been hewn into some slight similitude of human face and form, and was first carried in proces sion around the deck of one of the vessels and then hung from the yard-arm. Each man then armed himself with a knotted rope and took his turn in a furious flogging, interspersed with abuse of the liveliest form. This ended, the effigy was cut down, dragged about the deck amidst storm of kicks and curses, and finally con demned to the galley fire, from whence it was finally extracted and cast with anatbe mas into the . water. Having thoroughly ended this religious duty, the pious sailors proceeded to church, pervaded probably with quite as Christian a spirit as some of their more enlightened brethren. The size of fans to be used at the seaside this season is enormous, some fans being as large as four feet in semi-circumference. The most beautiful fans offered in the market are in mother-of-pearl, in ivory, in elegant and expensive woods, with lace, embroidery, rare feathers, and other beautiful and costly ornaments. The old-fashioned palm leaf fan is still sold and used as much as ever, and the Japanese fans, both round and folding, will be offered in the market, decorated in that unique manner customary with the Japs. After Dark. The difference between day and night is universally perceived and universally acknowledged, and the varieties of its effects still afford a large field of intelli gent observation. We shall not go into this subiect ex tensively, showing the reciprocal influ ence of the physical and psychical natures of man and the modification of this influ ence by broad day-light and dark night. There is one point, however, to which we :u . -1 t t .... , , . . . wibu 10 can special attention, ana mat is the relation ot night to children in cities. We say in cities, because ordinarily in the country there is but one thing for a child to do at night namely, stay in the tiouse. A.notner reason is that the writer. alas ! knows very little child-life in the country. He knows something of it in the city. He was born in the city. Un til he was ten years of age he knew noth ing of country life. He has spent more than halt his life in cities in Europe and America, xais nas given - Dim some ex perience' and some opportunity- for.ob-. servation. He has watched the growth of many children in many families, and has taken pains to notice the effect of dif ferent kinds of culture. Almost invariably boys who have been auowea to roam iree at mgnt nave come to moral shipwreck and social destruc tion. The exceptions have been where . i ,, mere was a wnoiesome temperament, a strong intellect, ana peculiar social in fluences. Men and boys, women and girls, whatever may have been their cul ture, feel that there is something in the streets at night different from that which is in trie day something that excites sld- prehension, or creates alarm, or . gives icense. lioys that are demure by dav will say things at night they would blush to utter in the day-light. Ihe result of our observation is the clear conviction that it is absolutely necessary that parents know exactly where their children are from sundown to sunrise. No boy ought to be allowed to go alone off the pavement of his father's house alter sundown. It ought not to be hard restriction ; to a boy thus trained from infancy it will not be. It is un natural that a child should want to go off to. play in the dark with other children. The desire never comes until the child has begun to be corrupt. Sometimes for quiet, parents will allow their children to go "round the corner" to play with some other children. Sometimes this is al- owed through mere carelessness. We never knew it to lail to end disastrously. We have in our mind one or two striking cases in which weak mothers have pleaded or this liberty for their children, and are now reaping the bitter fruits. (Jhiihood should be trained with the gentleness of love and the firmness of sagacious authority ; but whether these are at the command of the -parent or not, there is one rule absolutely indispensable for the safety of the child and the honor of the family namely, that while the child is small he shall never go off the lot without his parents, or some other proper guardian ; and that when he grows older, .ML-l . i.l until he become of age, his parents ought to know where he is every moment of his time, and ought to know that he is in bed before 11 o clock. Where this cannot be secured by the exercise of gentleness it must be obtained by authority. A re tractory child may make the house hot if he is kept in it, but better endure eight or ten years of such heat than to have that child ruined and all of the family suiter through the remainder ot his career, e have spoken ot boys because we do not suppose that any girls of decent fami lies are allowed to be on the streets after dark. We could enforce this lesson by state ments oi narrowing cases, it these were J m . necessary. We do earnestly beseech parents who read this article to lay it to heart, to begin to make quiet observations upon the condition of their children at night, to find where they are, and to pre pare to answer to God, our heavenly Father, for the painstaking care which they give to their children. Rev. Dr. Deems. Light, Heat and Power at Little Cost. Among the most interesting exhibits to be seen at the ILlectrical Exhibition now going on at the Crystal Palace, London, is the new secondary electrical battery of Sellon and Volkmar, the operation of which appears to mark the opening of a new era in electrical progress. If all that is said of the new invention be true, the storage of power by electrical means is now reduced to commercial practice, and, as results, we may soon expect to observe some curious changes in the art, habits, and wants of the people. For example, anybody who chooses to put a windmill upon his house or barn, will be able, by means of the secondary battery to light his dwelling supply it with heat and water ing and cooking, drive sewing at night, for wash- machines, churns, washers, pumps, keep electrical carnages that will run town without horses, anywhere about do his plowing. draw mowers, reapers, seeders, propel boats and perform almost any sort of work that may be required. The rota tion of the windmill, running day or night steadily or intermittently, costing nothing except repairs, will have its power stored up and held in the secondary battery, and by the touch of a button to be in stantly delivered and put to use when wanted in the form of light, heat or power. Furthermore, the battery is quite porta ble, and may be placed in an ordinary carriage, giving motion thereto, like a locomotive.. rSut there is no boiler to ex plode, and no fuel or water to be supplied. Women and children may safely use it. Every class of society, from highest to lowest, every art and industry in the civilized world, will be benefitted by its adoption. These, we say, are only some of the indicated uses and advantages of the new invention, if all that is claimed for it be true. Scientific American. . Sometimes God garners the dews of life, holding the tiny precious drops in reserve to form some sudden shower of mercy, which shall save from utter barren ness the parched, arid soul in its season of burning need. mien Oliver. Dogs and Panthers. About the year 1757. in Rowan count v; North Carolina, the cabin of a pioneer having no door-shutter, the large hunting dog faithfully guarded the entrance while the family slent. On one occasion the pioneer being absent all night, the wife, with her babe, were left alone to the pro tection of the dog. At the break oi day next morning the woman was aroused by the violent barking of the dog. On look ing through the crack between the logs she saw a large panther crouched before the door as it intending to enter the house, the dog standing in the door. Realizing the danger,she hallooed a few times to give the alarm, the nearest neighbor being at the distance of a mile. In a short time the panther, at one bound, jumped over the dog, and lighted in the middle of the house. Ihe dog met the case by lumping on the bed where the woman and babe were lying. The next move ot the panth er was to jump over the dog again, light ing on the bed between the dog and the wail.. The . dog stood , his ground, aud managed the case with so much energy and judgment that be gave the panther no time to hurt the woman or the babe. This struggle continued till about the ris ing of the Hun. The crack of a rifle from the hand of a neighbor announced relief by killing the panther, relieving the dog. aud preserving the life of both mother and infant unhurt. This is vouched for on good authority as a true history. About the year 1807 Jesse Wyatt lived in vvaHnington county, lennesse. Un a ITT - m v November. morning he heard the barking of a dog in an easterly direction that indi cated game. Inking his gun, and after going over the mountain a mile or so, he .pied a panther lying on a leaning tree which bent over a deep hollow ; in the middle the tree was some distance from the ground. There the pauther lay in the sunshiue, the dog being at safe distance, barking furiously. A well-aimed shot from Mr. Wyatt's rifle brought the panth er to the ground dead, greatly to the joy of the dog. For six months or more the dog was Mr. Wyatt's constant companion; being large and watchful, the new owner prized him as a valuable acquisition. On one occasion, after traveling about twenty- five miles in an easterly course, he ob served his dog was gone, and Mr. Wyatt never knew whence the dog came or whither he went. This was related by Mr. Wyatt, who was a man of truth. In the year 1866 Mingo Cantrell (col ored), who lived in McMinn county, Ten nessee, had a dog which ne trained to guard whatever he laid down. One night Mingo went to the barn of a neighbor (a white man), Btole his horse and a meal sack, with the owner's name on it ; went to another neighbor's, stole wheat enough to fill the sack, started home, and in going through a piece of land densely timbered the road he was traveling crossed the road ot a white man trying to find bis way to Dr. Long's. The white man hailed Mingo to get some information about the road. The negro, thinking ii to be some one in n ! ! .1 pursuit ot him lor stealing the wheat, dropped the wheat, abaudoned the horse, aud made his escape in the brush, boon as daylight came the man from whom the wheat had been stolen, with some friends, took the track ; they soon came to the horse, standing by the road, eating the wheat. Ihe owner of the horse being of first-rate character, judge of their surprise to see the horse with the owner's name on the sack full of wheat they knew to be stolen. They said, "Is it possible the owner of this horse, who we thought to be honest, has come to this r Very soon, however, they were disturbed by the growling of a dog, that acted like be had some interest in the case. They at once recognized the dog as belonging to Mingo. The cont-equence was, the negro went to the penitentiary for three vears. and the owner of the horse was vindicated. But without the testimony of the dog how would the case have gone ? Personalities in Conversation. Keep clear of personalities in general conversation, lalk of things, objects, thoughts. Ihe smallest nil 'ids occupy themselves with persons. Personalities must sometimes be talked, because we have 10 learn aud find out men's character istics tor legitimate objects : but it is to be with confidential persons. Poor Burns wrote and did many toolish things, but he was wise when he wrote to a young friend : Ay, tell your story free, off-hand. When wi' a bosom crony ; But still keep something to yoursel You'll scarcely tell to ony. Do not needlessly report ill of others. There are times when we are compelled to say, "I do not think Bouncer a true and honest man." But when there is no need to express an opinion let poor Bouncer swagger away. Others will take his measure,' no doubt, and save you the trouble of analyzing him and instructing them. And, as far as possible, dwell on the good . side of human beings. There are family boards where a constant pro cess of depreciating, assigning motives, and cutting up character, goes forward. They are not pleasant places. One who is healthy does not wish to dine at a dis- secting-table. There is evil enough in men, God knows. But it is not the mis sion of every young man and woman to detail and report it all. Keep the atmos phere as pure as possible, and fragrant with gentleness and charity. Dr. John Hall. " ' ' If a person at the age of 20 years will save one dollar per day, and at the end of the first year invest the amount saved in 6 per cent, stock, and at the end of the second year draw the interest and reinvest it together with the. savings o the second year, and so continue until 60 years of age, he or she, as the case may be will have accumulated a "snug" fortune of (56,057.30. 1 he last years interest would amount to $3,152.40. The truth Christ came to proclaim appealed to the heart. It is its own best evidence, winning its way by its divine I power and beauty into ready and waiting i hearts. join m.. uroaaus. The Tear Without a Summer. Mr. E. Bishop writes from memorv to the Jamestown (N. Y.i Journal of . tho weather in 1816, called "the year without a Summer.' He says:: 'l lived in a town . in Essex county adjoining Schroon which was said to be frosty. A tin ped dler came from there one morning about the middle of June. -1 asked him if there was frost there. I well remember bis suggestive reply. "Ob, said he, "I passed a two-year-old bull .lying by the road killed by the cold last night." j Ice formed almost every night, and fiot killed the Spring herbage and gra. The weather in the year 1816 was as follows; January was so mild that fire was not needed much of the time in the rooms. February was mild with but a few cold days. March was cold and boisterous the first half, then mild to the middle of April, when Winter set in with ice and now, which continued through M.ty. Ice formed and the fruit; buds weie killed and every tender plant destroyed. Corn and potatoes wr replanted ad killed until too late. June the cold-st ever known; froBt, ice or snow almost every night, destrojing every growing thiig that cold would kill. Snow fell ten inches deep in Vermont and Maine, three iuches in the interior of York State and a part of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. July was cold and frosty. Ice formed as thick as window glass iu New England ; Indian corn was killed everywhere except some favored spots in Massachusetts. August was worse-still, for where cni escaped it was frozen, cut up and dried for fodder. Ice formed half an inch thick and almost every growing green thing was destroyed in this country and in Europe. Very little corn ripened in the middle States; corn for seed in 1817, raised in 1815, cost from four to five dol lars per bushel. The first half of September was the mildest of the season ; then it became cold and frosty and continued through October. November was the coldest ever known, cold and blustering; snow fell so as to make good sleighing. December was mild and comfortable;' great fears were felt for the future season, but 1817 was a fine, fruitful season. But there was a great scarcity of provisions and in many places people had to subsist on milk, greens, fish and game. Cultivated Sumac. A correspondent of the Hanover News (Ashland, Va.) says: "Sumac grows readily in Hanover. We have, too, a population in our midst who 1 . . I - TV . t . ove to gainer it. uuring toe narvestmg, thev not only give their time, but empty their beds and use the ticking, sew up every imaginable kind of bed clothing into bags, surrender their yards, out houses and even dwellings to saving sumac, and call into requisition every means of transportation from the wheel barrow up. Sumac is a cultivated crop in many countries, and large quantities are im ported here from Sicily. It is ueed in tanning and in calico making, &o , ai.d the industry has grown in Virginia Irom 100 tons of ground leaves in 1865, to 800 tons in 1881. ibis progress cauuoi, how ever, be steadily maintained unleis there is a surer baois of supply of the raw ma terial. We need more varied cropping, and I propose to the people of Hanover to pay some attention to sumac, which is as much at home here as broom htraw. blackberries or pines. The mode oi cul tivation is very simple; no manure is re quired; and plants are set out 4 feet apart, and kept clean ot weeds and gras the first year by plow and hoe. The next year (and every spring) the stalks are cut down to within a few inches of the ground, as it is the annual shootB fiom which the crop is gathered, liar veto ing commences in July and continue uiuil frost. It is best to dry the leaves in the shade. Fair wages can be earned by men. - women aud boys in gathering the indi genous growth. ihe dry leaves com mand a higher price per pound than bay, and, if grown where it could be con veniently gathered, would produce more profit per acre, and upon land so poor, that hay or corn would hardly grow at all. The land once set, the sumac will retain possession for many years. What the Drink Does.- A woman went to a saloon door, ragged and wretch ed, her thin dress hanging to her legs with the wet and draggled with dirt ; two children stood by her, holding her ragged dress. A man came out. She said, "Jem, is my man John in there !" "Ye, ma'am." "Tell him I want to see him." He came out. "What do you want?" "I want you to come home ; the fire is out, we have no candles, we have not a bit of bread, and the children are crying because they ' are hungry." What did he do? Shut his fists and struck the poor creature a fearful blow in the mouth, and sent her stagger ing into the gutter ; and shaking his silver in his pocket, went into the saloon to enjoy himself again. J. B. Qough. ' z$T A Philadelphia undertaker invited some actors and other friends to a dinner. The invitations were printed on mourning Eaper, ornamented with a skull and cross ones ; and the guests found that the fu neral aspect of the affair did not end with that. The table was set in a room hung with black and lighted by candles; the table resembled a catafalque ; the dishes were . edged with black ; a turkey was garnished with a white collar and black necktie; the ice cream was moulded like a coffin; and the mashed potatoes were in a mound, with . sprigs - of green here and there, and tombstones to complete the semblance of a burial plot. TO FOSTEIX THE WEATHER BY EX-EO- TEicrxT. A French scientific gentleman announces that he has in his yard two bars of iron planted in the earth, to each of which is fixed a conductor of coated wire terminating in nis receiver, appar ently s telephone. These he says, never fail to give notice twelve to fifteen hours in advance of every storm which bursts over the town. CSF" Genius has glue on its hands, and will take bold of a marble slab. Prof. 8, J. Wilson. v i ence bquare. junel7-tr Feh.24,1882.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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