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, ? - -i r - fir us an raw OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXI. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1882. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 586 nJ W viy Ay Aylti Ay 4y R THE Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published evkbt Friday J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. o Terms Two Dollars for one year. One 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. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.f Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, and Tryon Fifth Stueets. RESIDENCE, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. March 17, 1882. tf DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Puie Drugs and Chemicals, White Lead and Colors, Machine and Tanners' Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at low prices. March 28, 1881. J. P. McCombs, M. D., Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All call3, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1882. A. BURWELL. T. D. WALKER. BUR WELL & 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, buns & IJowu 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 over A. J. Beall & Co's store, corner of College and Trade streets, enterance on College street. Residence opposite W. U. Myers . Jan. 1, 1882. J. 8. SI'ENCER. J. C. SMITH. J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, Nl 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 ana retail. Oct 7, 1881. HALES & PARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keeps a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c. which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c., none prompiiy, and satistaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. iSvruos. Mackerel. Soana. Starch. Mfint. Lnrd. Uams, Flour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c., which we oner 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. tT Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1, 1881. TORRENCE & BAILEY, commission Merchants, CoUege 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.l. 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-tr Driftwood Point. There is a point in the geography of me united estates that is not generally known, and that is Driftwood Point. Driftwood Point is part of a little piece of land owned by these United States that is peculiarly situated. This piece of land is the only portion of this country, except Alaska, that is north of the forty-ninth parallel. It is impossible to reach it by land without going through British terri tory. It is a part of Pembina County, Minnesota, and it .borders on the north west shore of the Lake of the Woods. It is about twenty-five miles north of the forty-ninth parallel, and is by that dis tance the most northern point of the United States except Alaska. Executor's Notice. The undersigned bavins? qualified as Executors of the last Will and Testament of G. J. Freeland, deceased, we hereby notify all persons indebted to said estate to come forward and settle, and those having claims against said estate to present the same for payment on or before the 20th dav of July, 1883, or this notice will be pleaded in Dar oi tueir recovery. J. O. FREELAND, R. A. FREELAND, Executors of Q. J. Freeland. deceased. July 14, 1882. 6w NOTICE. Having qualified as Administrator on the estate of the late W. E. Wilson, all Dersons hav ing claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same for navment on or before the 21st day of July, 1883, or this notice will be pieaaea in Dar ot their recovery. W. U. MAXWELL, July 21, 1882. 6w Administrator. 1882. 1882. SPRING STYLE HATS. PEQRAM &.CO. have received and are daily receiving a ueauuiui line oi uenis ouk, Bun ana jeu HATS. Don't fail to call and see them. PEQRAM & CO. March 3, 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, uuggies 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 tresn lot oi candies. (Jail and see them. C. S. HOLTON. March 17. 1882. WARM SPRINGS, Western North Carolina, Is now open for the reception of visitors. Finest climate and scenery on the continent. Panzello's Cornet Band from Philadelphia, will furnish music. 1 he Hotel complete in all its appointments. Railroad and Telegraph offices on the Uround8. For particulars apply for circular to HOWERTON & KLEIN, June 9, 1882. 2m Proprietors. 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, Satlus, 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 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 nnd a line ot JNew JPans on our counters, and some of them are just "too too.' Prompt attention to orders. HAKUKAYLS JS WILUULAL. April 14, 1882. OUR SPRING STOCK Is now Complete. Wholesale and Retail Bayers Are invited to examine it before making their purchases. Handsome Stock OP NEW" CARPETS, Oil Cloths and Rugs. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS a Specialty. The laigest and cheapest stock of Embroideries In the City. Call and see them. Elias & Cohen. March 17, 1882. COME AND SEE THE Finest Set OF BED-ROOM FURNITURE Now in the city. A Large Stock of Furniture At Wholesale and Retail. E. M. ANDREWS, Jan. 13. 1882, White Front No Trouble To suit yourself with a Tooth Brush if you will call at T. C. SMITH'S Drug Store. Only. Only a word for the Master. . Lovingly, quietly said ; Only a word, Yet the Master heard, And some fainting hearts were fed. O nly a look of remonstrance, Sorrowful, gentle and deep; Only a look, Yet the strong man shook, And he went alone to weep. Only some act of devotion, Willingly, joyfully done, " Surely 'twas nought" (So the proud world thought), But yet souls for Christ are won. . Only an hour with the children, Pleasantly, cheerfully given ; . Yet seed was sown -In that hour alone, Which would bring forth fruit for heaven. "Only" but Jesus is looking Constantly, tenderly down To earth, and sees Those who strive to please, And their love He loves to crown. Cultivate a Sweet Voice. There is no power of love so hard to get and keep as a kind voice. A kind band is deaf and dumb. It may be rough in flesh and blood, yet do the work of a soft heart, and do it with a soft touch. But there is no one thing that love so much needs as a sweet voice to tell what it means and feels, and it is hard to get it and keep it in the right tone. One must start in youth, and be on the watch night and day, at work and play, to get and keep a voice, that shall speak at all times the thought of a kind heart. But this is the time when a sharp voice is most apt to be got. You often hear boys and girls say words at play with a quick, sharp tone, as if it Wee the snap of a whip. When one of them gets vexed you will hear a voioe that sounds as if it were made up of a snarl, a whine and a bark. Such a voice often speaks worse than the heart feels. It shows more ill-will in the tone than in the words. It is often in mirth that one gets a voice or a tone that is sharp, and sticks to him through life, and stirs up ill-will and grief, and falls like a drop of gall on the sweet joys at home. Such as these get a sharp home voice for use and keep their best voice for those they meet elsewhere, just as they would save their best cakes and pies for guests and all their sour food for their own board. I would say to all boys and girls, "Use your guests voice at home." Watch it by day as a pearl of great price, for it will be worth more to you in the days to come than the best pearl hid in the sea. A kind voice is a lark's song to a hearth and home. It is to the heart what light is to the eye. Jeioish Mee- senger. SALE OP VALUABLE LANDS. By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, made in the case of J. P. Alexander et. al. vs. John Robinson, as Commis sioner of said Court, I shall expose to public sale, at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, on Monday, the 28th day of August next, to the highest bidder, for cash, a valuable TRACT of LAND, lying about a mile and a half from Charlotte, on the South side of the Lawyer's Road, containing about one hundred and seventy acres, adjoining the lands of W. P. Bynum, W. R. Myers, the lands of the late John Wolfe and others, and known as a part of the Torrence Tract of Land. For Agricultural purposes, this Laud is re garded as very valuable. A survey and plat ot tne 3ame will be exnioitea on day ot sale. GEO. E. WILSON, July 14, 1882. 7w Commissioner. SPRING STYLES! We are now opening our new Spring and Summer Styles of MILLINERY, Including all the latest novelties in the Millinery line. Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, Plumes, Ribbons, Silks, Laces, &c, in all the new styles, colors ana qualities. Also, all the new styles, and qualities of Laces, embracing White Goods, Neck Wear, Hosiery, Gloves. Parasols, &c, the largest and most com plete Stock m the Uity. We have opened our Pattern Hats and Bonnets, And will be pleased to show the Ladies the GRANDEST DISPLAY OF FINE MIL LINERY they have ever seen in this city. MKa. V. yUEKX. March 31, 1882. ' KING'S Portable Hand-Power Cotton and Hay Press. Over 100 sold the past two seasons. FIRST PREMIUM taken over all competitors at the North and South Carolina State Fairs. Also at the Weldon, N. C , and Darlington, S. C, County Fairs last Fall. We are now manufacturing 100 for the Fall trade. Circulars, Cut and Testi monials sent on application. We feel warranted in saying that we manufacture the best Cotton Press now in use. send ior circulars to CELY & BRO., July 14, 1882. lm Greenville, S. C. NEW FURNITURE Constantly Coming In, Which 1 will sell cheap for cash, both Wholesale and Retail. E. M. ANDREWS, At White Front. Feb. 24, 1882. Lanterns and Lamps. We have now on hand a fine stock of Lanterns and Glass Lamps. Sept 30, 1881. Druggists KNITTING YARN. Blue, Brown, Red and Slate KNITTING YARN In Hanks, at BARRINGER & TROTTER'S. April 7, 1882. Dow Law Cotton Planters, Champion Reapers and Mowers, "Chieftain" Horse Rakes, Improved Deera Cultivator, (walking,) Thomas Smoothing Harrow, Davis Swing Churn, Roland Chilled Plows, Tennessee Wagons, All kinds of Farm Implements, Grass Seed of all kinds, Cane Mills and Evaperators, Farm Machinery, &c, J. G. SHANNONHOUSE, March 10, 1882. Agent Bearing Blame. Early to inculcate in the minds of our children the nobleness of bearing the blame of their frequent failures, is to fore arm them against many dangers in after lfe. Let ns impress them with the truth that no course is so upright, or so direct a return from error itself, as to make the earliest confession, aud reparation if pos sible. This requires great wisdom and constant watchfulness in parents. Having ourselves passed, long years before, the slippery ways their tender and wayward eet are now treading, and hxvmg also gained our wisest lessons from our own sad failures, we insist that being told of the pitfalls where we have stumbled, they can avoid them and should do so. But an eminent writer tells us that it is ' of ttle use for the old saijor to forewarn his young comrade of the-hoals and. quick sands and shipwrecks he has encoun tered, for the latter will still insist on try ing his own fortune and making his owu shipwrecks. We forget, too often, the sensitive na tures of children, and how greatly they shrink from reproof for a mistake unwit tingly made, and still more if in an un guarded moment they have yielded to the temptation to sin. e wound them too deeply oftentimes, and when the offense is repeated they plan some way of escape rom a like censure. On the coutrary, the child ought to ieel that in confessing to his parents he finds the safest and surest refuge from every failure. Let him expect sympathy and not chiding (how ever great has been his error), when with honest purposes he comes back to make atonement. "There is an untruthful time in the early years of almost every child," said a wise-hearted mother. But we mustu t make too much ado over it. If we are patient and gentle in' our counsels, and never allow them to be stigmatized as liars, they'will soon get over it, in most cases. think this "time" comes frequently when a child has learned by experience that he cannot always be good, and bo tries to hide his faults by evasion. A mother once inquired, after having punished her little son for some offense, "Why can't you be a good boy just as well without a whipping?" "Ahy, mother," replied he ingenuously, "I can't " always be good. A little self-examination will convince older people of a like inabili ty in themselves, and the same need of for giveness. Whether truth or fiction, the story of 'George and his little hatchet" has helped many a little boy over the dread of con- ession, when recollecting the clemency of Mr. Washington he hoped his own father would be equally lenient. It were well for both parents and children if the same principles prevailed more generally. Choosing to tell the truth and bear the blame, or suffer the penalty, evinces the same heroism in the child as characterized the man, when, having" dared all things, and suffered all things in behalf of his oppressed countrymen, they gave him the dearest of all titles, "The Father of his Country." Much as we admire the ster- ing worth of George Washington, we are equally impressed with the tender and udicious nurture ot his honored parents. Let us go and do likewise. Cottage Hearth. Renouncing the Mormon Faith We have received for publication a let ter from E. M. M. Green, of Black's Sta tion in this county, renouncing his further connection with the Mormon church. He writes that he "has once been a Mormon, but is no longer one." He exposes the practices of the church, but conveys no in formation concerning its creed not already known. On the subject of po!ygamy,how- ever. Mr. lireen writes: "me Mormons believe in the practice of polygamy. They believe this to be a holy order recently re vealed from heaven through the medium of an angel to Joe Smith. They teach that this practice is in accordance with trod s will, and that no one can ever come into the immediate presence of God and there remain peacefully, except they be joined together in the holy wedlock, according to the Mormon order ot marriage ; lor tney teach if you are married for time and all eternity by the latter day saints, you will be man and wue in heaven, the same as on earth, and in heaven live peacefully togeth er, eniovmg the immediate presence ot God and all the blessings that will go to make vou comfortable in that world of eternal bliss : while those who are not while those who married according to this order, will only be ministering angels to those who have been sealed in the Mormon faith." Ybrk- ville Enquirer. How Birds Learn to Sikg. A wren built her nest in a box on a New Jersey farm. The occupants of the farmhouse saw the mother teach her young to sing. She sat in front of them and sang her whole sonsr verv distinctly. One of the young attempted to imitate her. After proceeding through a few notes its voice broke and it lost the tune. The mother immediatelv recommenced where the voung one had failed, and went very dis tinctly through with the remainder. The young bird had made a second attempt, commencing where it had ceased before, continuing the song as long as it was able; and when the note was again lost tne mother began anew where it had stopped, and completed it. I hen the young one re sumed the tune and finished it. This done the mother sang over the whole series of notes a second time with great nrecision. and a second of the voung at- temDted to follow her. The wren pursued the same course with this one as with the first : and so with the third and fourth. This was repeated day after day and sev eral times a day. until each of the birds became a perfect songster. HolderCs Bird Magazine. HF An English parson gives ginger ale at the Lord's Supper. Lady Brassey mentions that in one ot the soutn sea Islands the Missionaries had to substitute coeoannt milk for wine, as the - cup never reached the third communicant without replenishing. Possibly the parson has had similar painful experience. Consider positively. well, and then decide Must Drink or Die. When the use of alcoholic liauors reaches a point where a man must "drink or die," it is a sure sign that he will soon drink and die. The terrible power which the appetite for intoxicants has over its slaves is vividly illustrated in the follow ing incident : One wintry afternoon a trembliner man entered a tavern in New Hampshire carry ing a small package of clothing. Going to the bar he said : "Landlord, I am burning. Give me a good glass of gin." lhe landlord pointed to a line of chalk marks and said : "J ohn, yoa see the old score not anoth er drop till that is paid." - lhe poor wretch glared fiercely at the man behind the bar. "Landlord, you 4oflfc meaimhat.You tve got my farm, you have got my horses, you have got my tools. All that I have got in this world is in this little bundle of clothes. Please, landlord, give me for them just one glass of gin." 1 don't want your old clothes " calmly answered the man. "Pay the old score first." The drunkard staggered back. A gentleman then said : "What will you give me for enough to buy two glasses of gin 1 see you have your feet. Will a good pair of boots on you give me yonr boots for the ten cents ?" The miserable wretch hesitated for a moment, then said : "btranger, if I give you the boots, I must go out in the snow barefooted. If I give you the boots I must freeze to death ; if I don't give them to you I shall burn to death. Stranger, it is harder to burn to death than to freeze to death ; give me the gin you may have the boots." He sat down and began to draw them off. The gentleman did not, however, intend to take them, but he was testing the strength of the terrible appetite. Others were looking on and they said the man should have his gin. They supplied him liberally, and he drank all lie could and took all the rest way. When night came he drank the last drop, and he went to sleep in a barn. The frost king and took the poor man in his arms, next morning he was found in the frozen to death. came The barn Japanese Top-Spinning. There are very many side shows to at tract the pleasure-seeker, all of them be ing within the compass o.f the humblest, the charge being from one-half cent to one and one-half cents. - In these places are witnessed iuggling tricks of real merit, and top-spinning that is a bewilder ment to tne looicer-on. lops ot an sizes . 1 1 rm m mm are spun with the aid of a string, and made to revolve by the action of the hands only. An expert will throw his top from him, and by the action of the string as it unwinds draw it back so that it is caught in his haud of course, without it having touched the ground. An unopened fan is then taken in the other hand, and the top is placed upon one of its sides, and spun along it. Ihen the fan is opened, and the top continues to spin along its edge to its farther 6ide, and along it until the hand is reached, when up it rnns on the arm to the shoulder, and across the back and down the other arm, on to the fan again Then it will be tossed into the air and caught upon one of the corners of the open fan, from which it is tossed again and again into the air and caught as it descends. It is wonderful the way they can man lpulate a top. l nave seen them take a large-sized one, having a spindle by which it was made to rotate, and by simply placing the spindle between the palms of the hands, and drawing one hand back while advancing the other a number of times it attained sufficient velocity, when it was taken from the table on which it was spinning and a turn taken around the spindle with a string that was pendent from a paper lantern hanging high up against the ceiling of the building. Up went the top into the lantern, which opened in the shape of an umbrella, and a wealth of festoons of bright-colored tissue paper descended irom it all about the stage. Those who witnessed Little All Right and the troupe of Japanese acro bats that exhibited their tricks years ago in the United States will remember the many surprising feats done by them. What they paid a dollar for seeing can be witnessed here in the open air for just what one is pleased to contribute, or un der cover for from one to three cents. San Francisco Chronicle. Her Lost Father. A "burning mine" is always one of the terrible contingencies in the hard life of the men who dig our coal for ns. A Penn sylvania paper relates this heart-rending incident ot the Midlothian Mine horror last winter. After the mouth of the burn ing mine had been kept open as long as possible. Supt. Dodds mounted a coal ir, and addressing tne waning throng of women and children around him, said : "My poor friends, it grieves me to have to state to you that for the present our search for the bodies of those you know and loved will have to be abandoned. You know what fire in a coal mine means, and it may take months of watching to subdue it. We will close the pit now." The speaker's voice quivered with emotion. When he finished a beauti ful little girl of fourteen years, Annie Crowder, the only daughter ot one of the victims, uttered a piercing scream and rushed to the mouth of the pit, cry ing. Oh, do not leave my dear papa to burn there. Let me go into the cage and go down after him. Let me save him. The strong arms of the miners held hor back as the fragile thing tried to make her way to the cage, and more than one blackened face was made blacker as the hand went up to wipe away the tears. Men sobbed aloud and turned away to conceal their emotion. The little girl, finding her progress barred, swooned at the mouth of the pit. Ybtith' Companion. Moral Courage. In every school the difference is clearly marked between the boy who has the moral courage and the boy who is mere pulp. The one knows how to say "No." The other is so afraid of being thonght "verdant" that he soon kills everything pure and fresh and manly in his character, I ana anes up into a premature hardness ot I neart. Five lads were gathered in a room at a boarding school, and four of them engaged in a game of cards, which was expressly forbidden by the rules. One of the players was called out. The three said to the quiet lad, who was busy at something I else "Come and take a hand with us. It is too bad to have the game broken .up. "I do not. know one card from., an- other." . - "That makes no'difference," exclaimed the players. "We'll show you. Come along." " 7 ! : , Now that was a turning point in that boy's life. He nobly said : "My father does not wish me to play cards, and I will not disobey him." That sentence settled the matter and settled his position among his associates. He was the boy who could say "No," and henceforth his victories were made sure and easy. I well remember the pressure brought to bear in a college upon every young man to join in a wine drink or to taxe a hand in some contraband amuse ment. .Some timber got well seasoned. Some of the other sort got well rotted through with sensuality and vice. The Nehemiahs at college have been .Ne- hemiahs ever since. The boy was the father of the man. Band of Hope. Woman's Influence on Social Life. Men as a rule, are easily attrac ed by a 0 11 1 1 T 1 1 I fflfta hilt l f 1 . on lntflvnal Kaantir I beautiful face, but it is an internal beauty of character by which a woman can exert the greatest amount of influence. A true-minded man, though at first enamor ed by tne glare of personal beauty, will soon feel the hollowness of its charms when he discovers the lack of beauty in mind. Inestimably great is the influence that a sweet-minded woman may wield over those around her. It is to her that friends would come in seasons of sorrow and sickness for help and comfort. One soothing touch of her kindly hand would workyvonders in the feverish child. A few words let fall from her lips in the ear of a sorrowing sister, would do much to raise the load of grief that is bowing its victim down to dust in anguish. The husband comes home worn out with the pressure of business, and feeling irritable with the world in general; but when he enters the cozy sitting-room, and sees the blaze of the bright fire, his slippers placed by loving bands in readiness and meets his wife's smiling face, he succumbs at once to the soothing. influences which act as the balm of Gilead to his wounded spirits, that are wearied with combating the stern realities of life. The rough school-boy flies in a rage from the taunts of bis companions to find solace in his mother's smile. The little one, full of grief with its own large trouble, finds a haven of rest on its mother's bosom. And so one might go on with instance after instance of the influence a sweet minded woman has in the social life with which she is connected. St. James Mag a zme. A Queer The celebrated Surgical Case. Vienna surgeon, Prof. Billroth, has at present in his hospital i case wmcn win shortly create some sen sation in the medical world. One of his patients has been in the habit for the last six years of "rinsing" his stomach daily. This manipulation, one of the wonders of modern therapeutics, consists of inserting a tube into the stomach through the gul let, and pouring lukewarm, or medicated water through the tube by means of a funnel, till the stomach is full. Then, by simply lowering the end of the tube to the waist, a siphon is formed, and the stomach is emptied. The patients who nndergo this operation suffer mostly from chronic catarrah of the digestive organs. ine process is so simple that they soon learn to perform it unaided, and this was the case with the above mentioned pa tient. Unfortunately for him, he had not thought it necessary, or did not possess the means of purchasing a new tube, but contented himself with mending and patching, and tying defective parts with thread. The inevitable took place. A portion of the tube, measuring eight inches at least, remained in his stomach, and he is now awaiting Prof. Billroth' s decision as to the best means of treatment.' The skillful surgeon is still hesitating between the two courses open to him ; he must either attempt to extract the intruder through the oesophagus, with the help of gastroscopy, or he must resort to gas tronomy. Meanwhile the patient enjoys a good appetite. Jjondon JLife. A Curious Riddle. Here is a curious old story that is some thing like a puzzle : A crocodile stole a I baby, "in the days when animals could talk," and was about to mate a dinner oi it. The poor mother begged piteously for her child. "Tell me one truth," said the crocodile," and you shall have your baby again." The mother thought it over, and at last said : "You will not give him back." "Is that the truth you mean to tell?" asked the crocodile. "Yes," replied the mother. Then, by our agree ment, I keep him," added the crocodile; "for if you told the truth I am not going to give him back, and if it is a falsehood, then I have also won. Said she: "No, you are wrong. If 1 told the truth, you are bound by Your promise : and. if a falsehood, it is not a falsehood until after you have given me my child." Now, the question is, who won ? Ei"" A pretty fancy is for young ladies with floral names to wear their individual flower as a corsage bouquet. Thus, Miss Lily confines herself to lilies ; Violet wears violets ; Daisy and Marguerite, daisies ; while Rose has a wider choice among all the numerous family of her name- flower. Young Maul , ; v y , .7; Stop and think ! What yoa . are to be. will depend upon what you do. , Your words, and thoughts, and deeds are not fragile and perishable, but permanent and enduring. Do no wrong. Battle for the right. Help and bless humanity. Honor and obey the Author of your being and your Dlessings. Be not an idler. Work and win. It is not genius but toil that is the creator of utilities. Great characters in history are always miracles of industry. Butler put twenty years on his Analog?, and his work is immortal. Rittenhouse. who be- gan to calculate eclipses on his plow-han dies, could not fail of eminence. To mor row is the day in which idle men work and fools reform. Let your theater and, time of action be to-day. 7- ; :7- beek to be an intelligent worker. Read books and papers. "Cultivate- and discip line the mind. Seek the society of ' think ers. Aim at eminence in the arts and sciences. The paths along which Franklin walked, or Webster, or Henry Clay, are still open to willing feet. Enter and walk therein.' Advance to the front. Be an intelligent toiler in the ' world's great work-shops. You are in life's springtime. If you do not sow and plant now. you cannot expect a rich harvest bye and bye. Up and be patient. Sow good seed. Keep the weeds down. Be patient and workful, and the future will not be without hope and blessedness. A Cup of Cold Water. One day last month a lady whose home is at Portsmouth, N. II., was enjoying a ride through a village near that city, when her attention was drawn to a horse at the roadside near a respectable looking house, trying to pump water into a trough pump with B teel Owing to lack of r- O skill or some defect in the pump, the horse was unable to get the water. The lady gave the reins to her sister, alighted and drew a bountiful supply to quench his thirst. The horse evinced his sense of obligation to his graoious benefactor as intelligibly and politely as a gentleman could express his thanks for a like courtesy and the lady returned to her carriage and resumed her drive. The above pleasant incident is from the pen ot .f resident Marvin ot the iNew Hampshire Society of P. C. A., who cer tifies to its truthfulness. . At the fashionable hotel at Old Point Comfort the other day, a beautiful young lady made the unfortunate mistake of entering the dining room unchaperoned. As no one speaks to another there without an introduction she was unnoticed, and some wiseacre gossip started the story that she was the wife of a wine-taster of a New York hostelry. Beautiful as she was, all admiration instantly died away, and, in the eyes of many, she became a most imperfect creature. Judge of the general distress and mortification. when, the day before her departure, her husband, a promi nent naval officer, for whom she had been waiting, returned from China. The busy bodies too late found that she was an heiress, and that her father, a retired army officer of high rank, was an invalid incog, at the same hotel. Hydrophobia and Tobacco. The Er- wry boy, whose sufferings from hydropho bia have been terrible, appears to be get ting better every day. A marked . pecu liarity in the boy's case is that he craves cigars. The boy's father says he never knew him to use tobacco in any form. He called for a cigar on last Wednesday for the hrst time, which was given him. lie smoked it entirely up without showing any signs of sickness from its effects, but, on the contrary, seemed greatly soothed. He has smoked three or four cigars since. I and each one seems to do him a great deal of good. Michigan City Dispatch. tSf Two young ladies, cousins, both accomplished, handsome and rioh, Miss Heloise Wright, of Louisville, Ky., and Miss Emily Eugeln, of Cincinnati, have invented what is called an "ironing pan." The iron pan ie sunk into the ironing board, and thus kept stationary, being of such depth as to hold the iron in safety while the irouer twists the board in whatever direction desired. They have been offered five thousand dollars for their patent. Iowa State Register. EST" Men must have appetite before they will eat ; they must have money be fore they can buy; they must be inquisi tive before they will read. Abe two great firinciples which move the world are the ove of wealth and the love of knowledge. -Buckle. u i' 2" The stranger in the Church do you notice him. and give him a cordial welcome, even if you teel confident that you will never meet him again? It will act like a charm, it may be, and, in the end, it may be seen, that just such a' wel come has won a soul for Christ. IST Many things pleasant in passing do not bear the retrospective look. Julius Scaliger, one of the most devoted scholars and learned men, said when dying, "I have spent a long lire in laboriously doing noth ing.' W: W. Beach. ST The desire for amusement is a part of our nature. Does the Church do her whole duty, when she condemns the evil. I t fails to supply, or eren to uggest, I " luuweu grstmuanou oi wis aesiro s Strong passions create warm friendships and bitter enmities. Positive men are hated and feared, or loved and admired. Weak natures can neither provoke hatred nor attract admiration. SET The dress of religion is one thing, and its substance is another. I have heard of a person who wished to be dressed very nne in nis comn ; out would mat re- store animation ? EST There is a species of beetle which : can more 1,320 times its own weight.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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July 28, 1882, edition 1
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