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OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXI. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1882. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 587 THE Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published every Friday by 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., Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, FiPTn and Trtoh Stbeets. 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. Mc Combs, M. D, Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. Ail calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1882. DR. A. W. ALEXANDER. DR. C. L. ALEXANDER." SURGEON DENTISTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office, up-stairs in Irwin's corner building. 233" Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. July 14, 1882. yr. A. IJUKWELL. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts, Office adjoining Court House. Nov 5, 1881. JOHN E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court House, No. 1, Sims & Dowd's building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. 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, entcrance on College street. Uesiuence opposite W. 11. Myers . Jan. 1, 1883. J. S. SPENCER. J. c. surra. J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. 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 haadsomc Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, etc.. wnicn tuey sell at fair prices Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, &c. Grocers and Provision Dealers, Havp always in stock Coffee, Suear. 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 Duyers. Jan 1, 1882. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants, College St., Charlotte, N. C, Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c. Agent9 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. to?" Office, two doors east of independ ence Square. june 17-tf English Tooth Brushes. 5 Gross just received at WILSON & BURWELL'S July 7, 1882. Drug Store. ' , An Old School. -One of the oldes t schools in the country is the academy : at Germantown, Penn., which has begun its one hundred and twenty-first year. The bell which rings the boys to their lessons came from England in the same ship with the famous tea which was dnmped into Boston harbor. On the steeple is. an old wooden image of a royal crown at which the boys used to shoot with their bows and arrows. , Sometimes this was the oc casion of quarrels between them, tor, like their fathers, the boys took sides in regard to the Revolutionary War. More than one town-meeting was called to see about removing the offensive image, but it never was done. fiST" Portion s of the old elm which stood on Boston Common have been placed as relics in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. They were presented by the Board of Aldermen of Boston, and consist of a large section of the tree and a polished veneer of the wood, upon which is photographed a picture of the tree as it stood before its fall. 3gr The right lung of a human body is generally two ounces heavier than the left one. HOUSE AND LOT For $1,500. Needing the money for the erection of its new building, the Charlotte Baptist Church offers its present house of worship, and the lot whereon it stands, at corner of B and Seventh streets, at the above extraordinary low price, to an approved purchaser. The rear line of this lot is the rear line of the main church building, and the pur chaser at the above price will also get the ma terial composing the rear rooms attached, and be allowed any reasonable time desired within which to remove the same. Call or write at once, as this offer will not be open after the 15th August, 1882. Further par ticulars can be obtained of THOMAS L. VAIL, Cashier Traders' National Bank. July 28, 1882. tf SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, made on the 21st day of July, 1882, in a proceeding entitled MargH. B. Hipp, et. al , T8. JSancy Jl. xiosicfc, et. at., I will, on Monday, the 28th day of August, 1882, sell at the Court House door, in the city or Uharlotte, a valuable Tract of LAND, containing 42 Acres, lying in Paw Creek Township, adjoining the lands of T. T. McCord and others, and being that part of the lands of the late Tho3. Johnston which was assigned to John Chapman. Terms of sale Ten per cent of purchase money Cash : the balance on a credit of twelve months, by note with approved security, bearing interest at eight per cent. U. VV. UAKlil, July 28, 1882. 4w Commissioner. SHERIFF'S SALES. I will sell for Cash, at the Court House door, in the uny or unariotte, on Jiionaay, uie aatn day of August, 1882, to satisfy Executions in my hands, tbe following 1 racts or .Liana ana (Jity Property, viz: One BRICK STORE HOUSE on the corner of Trade and College streets, adjoining the pro perty of W. J. Yates and others, as the property of J. E. Btenhouse co Co. Also, two LOTS, Nos. 1087 and 1088, Square 132, in the City of Charlotte, adjoining the pro perty of J. XH. Gray and others, as the property oi J . U. Sykes. Also, one Tract of LAND adjoining J. H. Wil son and others, known as the RUDIS1LL GOLD MINE, sold as the property of the Rudisill Gold Mining Uompany. Also, one Tract of LAND in Providence Township, adjoining the lands of J. S. Grier, E U. Grier and others, as the property oi A. A Houston. Also, one Tract of LAND in Clear Creek Township, adjoining the lands of Marshall Mc Ewm, Jack Wilson and others, as the property of Ruben Denis. M. E. ALEXANDER, Sheriff. July 28, 1882. 5w SALE OF 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 Kobinson, as Commis sioner of said Court, I shall expose to public sale, at the Court nouse 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. It. 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 Land is re garded as very valuable. A survey and plat ot the same will be exhibited on day of sale. GEO. E. WILSON, July 14, 1882. 7w Commissioner. Executor's Notice. The undersigned having 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 ana settle, ana those having claims against said estate to present the same for payment on or before the 20th day of July, 1883, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. R. A. FREELAND, Executors of G. J. Freeland, deceased. July 14, 1882. 6w NOTICE. Having qualified as Administrator on the estate of the late W. E. Wilson, all persons hav ing claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same for payment on or before tho 21st day of July. 1883. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. W. U. MAA WEJjLi, July 21, 1882. 6w Administrator. WARM SPRINGS, Western North Carolina, Is now onen for the reception of visitors. Finest climate and scenery on the continent. Panzello's Cornet Band from Philadelphia, will furnish music. The Hotel complete in all its appointments. Railroad and Telegraph offices on the Grounds. For particulars apply for circular to HOWERTON & KLEIN, June 9, 1882. 2m Proprietors. 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 Toth Brush if you wil Call at A. V. WiUAJkVI U AS1U UIVIS. . Sometime, Somewhere. Unanswered vet? the prayers your lips have , ? pleaded '. In agony of heart these many years ? - Does faith begin to fall ; is hope departing, And thick you all in vain these falling tears T Say not, the Father 1 ath not heard your prayer ; You shall have your desire sometime, some- , where. Unanswered yet ? tho' when you first pre- sented - This one petition to the Father's throne, - It seemed you could not wait the time of asking, 8o urgent was your heart to make it known. Tho years have passed since then, do not des pair : The Lord will answer you, sometime, some where. - ' . Unanswered yet ? nay, do not say ungranted,' Perhaps your partis not yet wholly done. The' work began when first your prayer was uttered, . And God will finish what he has begun, If you will keep your incense burning there His glory you shall see sometime, somewhere. Unanswered yet ? faith cannot be unanswered, Her feet were firmly planted on the rock : Amid the wildest storms she stands undaunted, Nor quails before the loudest thunder shock. She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer, And cries, '"It shall be done," sometime, some where. Robert Browning. . Be Happy Now. O ye tired mothers and daughter and occupants of the sitting-room generally, listen now and let me tell you a secret a secret worth knowing. Ihis taking no comfort as you go along, but forever look ing forward to all the enjoyment does not pay. rrom what 1 know of it I would as soon chase butterflies for a living, or bot tle moonshine for a cloudy night. The only true way to be happy, is to take the drops of happiness as God gives them to us every day of our lives. What is work but something to keep us out of mischief ; and she'wbo does too much of it, instead of keeping out of mischief, is playing the very mischief with herself. How can a woman be at her best to entertain her hus band, or to instruct or amuse her family, who makes a perpetual slave of herself,and keeps her poor tired body in a state of drudgery and physical weakness. Better let some things go undone than to so com pletely unfit one's self for all enjoyment at home. The great thing is to learn to make the most of one's self, and to be happy over our work. It is so the world over. The boy must learn to be happy while he is plodding over his lessons : the apprentice, while he is learning his trade ; the merchant, while he is making his for tune. If he fails to learn this art he will be sure to get tired out and to miss his enjoyment when he gains wbat he has sighed for. BT1 The simplest and most effectual way of keeping out moths 13 red cedar chip?. Keep them in drawers, wardrobes, closets, trunks, etc. They will also keep away the troublesome ant. SPRING STYLES ! We are now opening our new SpriDg and Summer Styles of MILLINERY, Including all the latest novelties in the Millinery line. Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, Plumes, Ribbons, Silks, Laces, &o, in all the new styles, colors and 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 in the City. 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. MUS. if. IJUUiltl. 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 airs last Fall, we are now manuiacturing iuu 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. bend 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. ANDK1SWS, Feb. 24, 1882. At White Front. Lanterns and Lamps. We have now on hand a fine stock of Lanterns and Glass Lamps. WIJjDUJN S5 iiUHW JVULi, Sept 30, 1881. Druggists. KNITTING YARN. Blue, Brown, Red and Slate KNITTING YARN In Hanks, at BAItRINGER & TROTTER'S. April 7, 1882. CATAWBA High and Normal School, NEWTON, N. C. The Thirty-fifth Session of this well known Institution will begin the first Monday in August, 1882, and continue 20 weeks. We have in charge the Buildings, Libraries. Apparatus, &c, of Catawba College and are prepared to give superior advantages to those seeking a good practical education. Board and Tuition mod erate. Worthy young men with limited means will do well to correspond with us. Catalogue free. Address the Principals, CLAPP & FOIL. July 21. 1882. lmpd Buists Turnip Seed. We have received a large stock of all varieties of these celebrated Seed, which we ofler to both Wholesale and Retail Trade. WILSON & BURWELL. Found at Last. "El Montero" a 10 cent cigar which is ahead of anything yet offered to Charlotte smokers three for a quarter sold only by .. July 14, 1882. T. C. SMITH, Druggist Stonewall Jackson and Astrology. Gen. Revere, who served in the Federal Army of the Potomac, tells in , his book, "Keel and Saddle,' a very singular story of the famous Confederate, commander, Stonewall Jackson. Gen. Revere nar rates that while on a steamer ascending the Mississippi, in 1852, there was among the passengers a Lieut. Thos. J. Jackson, of the United States Army, with whom be became acquainted. ; They grew friend ly, and at night spent several hours in talking upon different subjects as they sat on deck. It was bright 'starlight and the conversation turned upon astrology.. Gen. Revere knew nothing of the ' subject be yond what may be gleaned in general reading; but Jackson irrihe course of the discussion made the admission that he had investigated the study and had learned to have some faith in it. As a sort of test he requested the time of Gen. Revere's birth. This the General gave and they separated. - Some months later he received a letter containing a scheme of his nativity, with, among other state ments, that he and Jackson would be ex posed to a common danger "during the first days of May, . 1863." Gen. Revere thought no more of the matter, time rolled on and his friend, the Lieutenant was nearly forgotten. When the war broke out Revere entered into active service, and in 1863 was present with the Federal army at the battle of Chancellorsville. It was night, and he had gone forward to reconnoiter. The rival lines were so close together that an expedition of this char acter was most dangerous, and it was not long before the General became aware that he had lost his way. He proceeded, however, with great caution and had gone some distance, when suddenly, not far away, a heavy volley was fired. He halted and listened, and after alittle while he saw a group coming through the woods. Their uniform revealed that they were Confederate officers, and in their midst was some one badly wounded whom they were assisting, and by their solicitude and bearing of respect it was evident that he was a person of high rank. As they approached they caught sight of Revere, and supposing him to be also a Confed erate, from his presence in the lines, one of them bade him authoritatively to carry a certain message to another part of the field their army occupied. The General gravely saluted and rode off, and made his way, without further mishap, back among his own command, bhortly after ward he learned that Stonewall Jackson had been shot, and from the circum stances he knew it was him he had seen supported by the little group among the trees. Then it was that the prediction of eleven years before flashed through Gen. Revere's miud, that he and the astrologi cal Lieutenant should in May, 1863, be exposed to a common danger. Jackson was the former Lieutenant and had. in accordance with the prophesy, fallen victim to the peril from which Revere barely escaped. Baltimore News. W omens shoes. Take the most re cent fashion of shoes. The heels of the human being project outward or rather backward, and give steadiness to "tbe sure and certain step of man." But fashion has decided that the heel of the boot or shoe shall get as near the center of the instep as possible. Instead of the weight of the body resting upon an arch, in the modern fine lady it rest upon pegs with the toes in front which have to pre vent the body from toppling forward Then the heel is so high that the foot rests upon the peg and the toes : and the gait is about as elegant as if the lady were practicing walking upon stilts. In order to poise on these two points a bend for ward is necessitated, which is regarded as the correct attitude of the "form divine." It is needless to say that there are few ankles which can stand this strain without yielding; and it is quite common to see young ladies walking along with their ankles twisting all ways, or perhaps with the 6ole of their shoe or boot escaping from under the foot and the side of -the heel in contact with the ground. With such modern improvements on sandals (which allow the feet perfect freedom and play) the present Mademoiselle, when she attempts to run, is a spectacle at which the gods well not quite that, but at which her mother might well weep. Good Work?. Bedeooji Ventilation. Is it neces sary to state that the sickening odors so perceptible at the first of the morning in any ill-ventilated sleeping apartment arise from the fact that a considerable volume of carbonic acid, with the vapor of perspi ration and other animal exhalations, are mingled with the atmosphere of the cham ber ? Science proves that all these pro ducts are deadly poisons. Nature expels them from the system because they poison the system. Tet we insist on enclosing tbem within lour walls. we shut up doors, windows, and even chimney places, that not a particle may escape. Nay, we 6urround our beds with close drawn cur tains, for the express purpose, it would seem, of preventing ventilation, for the express purpose of hugging close to the poisonous atmosphere of our own bodies, and so re-absorbing into our systems the very atoms which, by the laws of God, have been cast out because they are detrimental. That we do re-absorb these poisons needs no proof. The same act of breathing which renders them percepti ble to the sense of smell, causes them to visit every air cell, to permeate every blood vessel of the lungs, and come into positive contact with all the countless myriads of streams which are traversing the one 'hundred and sixty-six square yards of respiratory surface. The Out look. Got Away With Him Again. "How I enjoy the return of Saturday night," said Senator Vance in the horse-car riding up from the Senate. "Yes," rejoined Senator Hoar, " if you were a Republi can you might join with Dr. Watts in saying : How pleasant is Saturday night When Tve tried all the week to be good." "Not being a Republican " returned the North Carolinian, "I can't tell a lie like that." Senator Hoar offered Senator Vance his hat, which was declined quietly but firmly. New York iribupe. Andrew Jackson's "Repentance. I was brought up to admire Andrew I Jackson his pluck and brain power and x was attracted by an account given of bis conversion. The old general, very sick, began to think of eternity and to ponder over his sins; and he didn't have far to go to find sins enough to make him miseraole, tor ne nad been a duelist and a lerriDie blasphemer, and a great sinner generally. So he sent for Dr. E. an ex cellent man an DLL. I). very likely but ne naa oeen raised on tne diabolical sys tem 01 theology that we all have had, and he thus began: "General, do you feel" the old theology always begins in feel ing "that you are an awful sinner in the sight of God." ...... "O, yes, Doctor, I feel that I am a ter- rible sinner, something must be done ; i it won't do to die in this way." "? "Are you willing to forsake your sins ?" "Oh, yes : I am resolved to quit, and to I begin a new life," and the General said it with an air of pluck that meant business. as much so as when he fought the Indians, or vetoed the United States Bank, or per formed any other decisive act. "Are you willing to connect yourself with the visible church, and cast your lot I with God's people ?" "Yes, sir; I've made up my mind to that." "General, do you forgive all your ene mies?" A silence followed. "No sir, I don't : I cannot do that." "But don't yon think you could bring your mind to it?" "No; some of them I might forgive, if they'd keep out of my sight, but others are abominably mean, and I can't forgive them." Dr. E. stated that he could give the General no hope while in such a frame of mind, and requesting the sick man to pray over it, he left to partake of a supper of fried chicken, waffles, tea and other crea ture comforts, and then went to the sleep of the iust, while the poor sin-stricken General tossed all night in physical and and mental agony. Next morning Dr. E. called again, repeating the question, and the sick man jerked out: "Yes, sir," and it was a lie. He tried to feel forgiving he worked himself into saying yes; but when men lorgive freely they don't do it with a jerk ; but the Lord understood the case better than the theologian, and there's our hope and comfort. I told half a dozen lies to get into the Presbyterian church. The session asked me how I felt, when I got it and howl got it; and I fixed up -an answer, llad they asked 11 Jesus had saved me, I could have answered 'Yes' with all truth, for that is just what hap pened. I just let Jesus save me, and it was a theology so beautiful and simple that the D. D.'s overlooked it. They are getting a glimpse of the easy way of sal vation in these latter days. The food has been placed so high that but few sheep could ever taste its richness, and God help the lambs ; they never get a morsel. The quality of the Christian life must ever be kept steadily in the range of the Christian's vision. There is love, and perfect love life ; and life, more abund ant, there is being sealed by the spirit and filled with the spirit, and all the family children ; but the thing is to be good children. mm Slightly Mixed. This is not only one of the most offish of all the off years, politically considered, but it is a year when the situation is most awfully mixed. In Maine we find Demo crats and Greenbackers' in alliance; in Virginia, Republicans and Repudiators; in Missouri, Republicans and Greenback ers are flirting and paving the way for a match, while in Kentucky and Texas the same parties are very "sweet" on each other. In Pennsylvania the Republicans are rent in twain, there being the boss' faction and the independent faction ; in Tennessee there are two Democratic fac tions, divided on a local issue that of the payment of the State debt. One fac tion, the larger, proposes to pay 50 per cent of it, the other faction swearing by the eternal that 100 cents on a dollar must be paid ; the Republicans are a unit in favor of paying 60 cents on a dollar. In Iowa there is a grand stampede of Germans and other liberal-minded voters frnm the Rennblinan nartv on anr.nnnt of the illiberal tendencies of the Republican organization, and apparently there are but a small number of Democrats going over to take their places. In Indiana, too, the liquor question is to be the most prominent one to affect the canvass, and it is yet impossible to say what will be the outcome of the agitation there. In Ohio the record made by the Republican Legislature on this same question has driven about all the Germans from the - Republican party into the revolt, and as- sured a Democratic victory, as things look now. In New York there is a noticeable uneasiness, and a feeling of nn- certainty among the leaders of both the great parties. John Kelly being the bete noir to the Democrats, and Arthurism, Cornellism, stalwartism and half-breedism the causes of Republican distrust and un certainty. The indications now are that the elections of this year are going to de ticket are this year going to cut and slash to their heart s content. Both the lead ing parties will suffer, but we believe the Republicans will fare the worst. In but a few States are the Democrats divided or demoralized, while there are but few States in which the Republicans are not. Boston Post. Foe the Bots. Let no boy think he is to be made a gentleman by the clothes he wears, the horses he rides, the stick he carries, the dog that trots after him, the house he lives in or the the money he spends, ese things do it; and be a gentleman. He Not one or all of these vet. everv bov may mav wear an old bat. cheap clothes, live in a poor house, and spend but little money. But how ? By being true, manly and honorable, keeping himself neat and respectable, by being civil ana courteous, . . . .. -. . by respecting himself and others, and finally, and above all, by leanng God and keeping his commandments. Farish Visitor. velop an astonishing amount of scratch- a pair of braces, and to save his lite ne 1 t ir a ing, and that thousands of men who have can't shut that drawer without leaving Jf at two and a half ounces ol blood are -v o otUKt a,t I wmm-o nU nf thincra atinlrincr ont than thera I thrown OUt Of it. 175 OUnCeS per minUW, uog uvi """" - "'SU" F" "J , - o a I .. ,ThB Case Stated. ' The Cotton Exchanges of the Southern I (cities have sent messages to Southern I senators and Kepresentatives, asking them to "defeat the proposed increase of duty on iron cotton ties, inasmuch as said increase will largely j. add to the cost of preparing the cotton crop for market, and lall solely on the planting interest ot the South, and. the New Orleans Ex- change has dispatched an agent to Wash- ington to represent J,he planting interest on the subject., : The matter stands thus: The owners of several establishments in Pennsylvania and Ohio, where these hoop iron ties are manufactured,' ask Congress to collect for them an additional tax of 12 cents a bale on all the cotton raised in the country, The cotton crop is about 6,000,000 bales, J and the extra tax would amount to 'over I $ 700,000. Ibe cotton planters protest that it is unfair and nnequal to tax them I this sum of money without any considera-1 tion whatever, and give it to persons 1 in Pennsylvania and Ohio-who have done nothing and are doing nothing for them. They assert that all citizens and classes of citizens are, and of right ought to be, equal before the law ; that citizens who live in one State, or are engaged in one I legitimate industry, ought not be taxed for the special advantage of those living in another State or engaged in another legiti mate industry. They claim that raising cotton in Mississippi is as ancient, honora ble and commendable a business as is the manufacture of hoop iron in Pennsylvania J and that it is less profitable. The 1 . . . 11 . M government ought to treat all its citizens alike, and it is not right, either in princi ple or practice, to compel a man who raises cotton to pay a special tax of twelve cent a bale over and above the market price of the hoop iron ties to the man who manufactures these ties. Which side is right? St. Louis Republican. " Twaddle. This was how a poetic youth wanted to inform the prosaic world that there had been a fall of snow : "The angels rustled their wings at the hour when Aurora goes forth to fulfil her mission and the earth was covered with a fleecy mantle of white." But the editor quietly dropped it into the waste-basket, and wrote, in stead, "onow tell this morning. Here is an example from a country paper, of the ambitious style of a weather paragraph : "After a long period of unsettled weather, it must have gladdened every one yester day morning when the sun, with all its glorious brilliancy and splendor, shone forth with golden ray, scattering cloud and mist,, and with hia nheer ncr beams and I glowing smile causing the birds to sing, the trees of the forest to rejoice, and the flowers of the field to unfold themselves in bright array." It was also a country brother who thus began a paragraph an nouncing tne sudden demise ot a local shoemaker: "We are being constantly re minded of the inexorability of death the certain, and it maybe sudden, visit of 'the angel with the amaranthine wreath, as death is so beautifully described by Long fellow and it is our painful duty to-day to chronicle tbe melancholy fact that one who had played his part, and played it well in life, has passed through nature to eternity." Chambers Journal. 1 Conscience. Not long since we saw in one of the papers that a burglar entered and rifled the contents of an unoccupied building. He .ransacked the rooms from attic to cel lar, and heaped his plunder together in the parlor. There were evidences that there he had sat down to rest, perhaps to think. On a bracket in the corner stood a marble bust of Guido's "Ecce Homo" Christ crowned with thorns. The guilty man had taken it in his bands and ex amided it. It bore the marks of his fingers. But he had replaced it, and turned its face to the wall ; as if he would not have even the cold, sightless eyes of the marble Savior look upon his deed of infamy. Be it so or not, there is in every human soul an instinct of concealment of sin, of which that act is a truthful emblem. The instinct of hiding clutches at every act of wrong-doing, and would bury it forever from tbe vision ot pure eyes. Human na- ture thus anticipates, all through this life, the last prayer of sin in the day of judg- ww- 1 1 i r ment ".hocks ana mountains, niue us irom the face of Him that sitteth on the throne." Southern Churchman. Just the Difference. A woman will take the smallest drawer in a bureau for her own private use, and will store in it dainty fragments of ribbon, and scraps of lace, foamy ruffles, velvet things for the neck, bundles of old love-letters, pieces of jewelry, handkerchiefs, fans, things that no man knows the names of, all sorts of fresh-looking, bright little articles that you couldn't catalogue in a column, and at any time she can go to that drawer and Dick ud any one of them she wants with out disturbing anything else. Whereas a man, having the biggest, deepest, and wideBt drawer assigned to him, will put into it a couDle of socks, a collar-box. an I are things in it. v, Zc small matter will arouse a child's mirth. "I MM?e&:?..$XiJl bubbles forth! Take even those poor, prematurely aged little ones, bred in the gutter, cramped in nnneaitny homes, and ill used, it may be, by drunken parents, and you will find that the child's nature is not all oruehed out of them. They are gleeful children still, albeit; they look so very haggard and wearr. Try to excite their mirthfulness, and before long a laugh I rings out as wild and free as if there were I no such thing as sorrow in the world. - Let I the dear little ones laugh then ; too soon, I alas I tney win nave cause 10 weep, I . . . ?t . t . I uo noi iry io cnec& or snence mem, out I let their gieeiuiness ring out a giaasome I peal, reminding us ot the days when we, I too, could laugh without a sigh, and sing 1 without tears. om nnr.lrt.ie. two handkerchiefs, a nine. and I ua Pr JCJ" ,o,v,vuu Cultivate Language. A beautiful bridi dnrincr triAtrav .. appeared in one of the brilliant 'and elegant saloons ot the metropolis. Criti- cal eyes were upon her, who for the first time met new friends and connections, Soon an astonished city cousin beard her remark: "I seen him when we went through Chicago his heart sank : within him; her beauty dissolved like a mist, and the disparity between the lovely exterior and the deficient mental culture jarred like a discord in music. It is impossible to forget the impression received npon meeting one whose first observed remark was something "he done." If he had been uncouth and boorish, the sentence would ' have passed unnoticed, or been , accepted as harmonious with, the belongings of the man, but. he was apparently a gentleman, of manly - bearing,with the stamp of genuineness and honesty, of character- in his frank, open countenance. An English writer observes that inthe House of iar- liament "a- false Latin quantity' was a stigma from which a member could not easily recover." We, in our Western world, have not reached so high a culture that we can dare to be critical, but we do wish to reach the grade of being able to speak oar own language with correctness and propriety, if not with elegance.- Weekiy. Origin of the Woed Hoosier. The origin of the word "Hoosier" is now being discussed at length bv the Indiana naners. but Dr. Aaron Wood, the oldest Meth- I odist clergyman in that State, appears to M 111 .1 f. nave semea n as ionows: "A learned foreigner by the name of Leminoutki, formerly a soldier under Napoleon, dur ing the years intervening between 1823 and 1830, lectured extensively on the wars of Europe to the pioneers of this State. In his discourses the valor of the hussars was conspicuous, but his accent was not English, and he pronounced the body hoosiers. During the excavation of the canal at the falls of the Ohio, through Kentucky, a young man from Washing ton county, Ind., on the grounds one day, fought and whipped three Kentuckians. Highly elated at the' conclusion, amid a torrent of backwoods profanity, he ex claimed : 'I'm a hoosier,' from Lemi nouski's pronunciation of hussar. From that day to the present the term has been applied to all citizens of Indian a." Chi cago Inter- Ocean. Origin of the Term Lynch Law. Lynch law is the infliction-of punishment on persons charged with heinous offenses p7 people not legally authorized to arrest persuos auu muici penalties. 1.6 ib nam 10 have derived its name from John Lynch, a farmer of North Carolina, who, about the first of the last century, exercised summary punishments lashes, torture, and even death, as he saw fit upon fugi tive slaves and criminals, either white or black, who at one time infested the Dis mal Swamp and sallied forth from time to time to prey upon the neighboring planta tions. The colonial authorities of those days failing to pursue and recapture these desperadoes, John Lynch and his neigh bors took the law into their own hands. There is a term of the same significance in England, Lidford Law. A Russian Refugee's Savings in Eight Months. A Russian Jew who came here eight months ago with $4 in his pocket is now building two neat cot tages on two city lots ho has paid for. inquiry opens tbe secret ot his success. He has a family of five children, and each one of them is a worker, as is also his wife. He averages 130 per week as a tailor, and each member of the family con tributes something to the general income. If we were all without the false pride that holds a whole family idle and de pendent on one man's labor we should have a prosperous community. There is no' dignity like that of honest labor, whether man or woman be the laborer. Atlanta Constitution, Some curious old customs are still observed in London on Good Friday. By the will of Peter Symonds, made in the year 1568, sixty of the youngest boys in Christ's hospital receive, after divine ser vice on Good Friday morning in Allhal- lows church, Lombard street, a new penny and a bag of raisins. On April 7th of this year, after a sermon by tne prebendary, the requirements of the will were, for the 289th time, carried out. At St. Bartholo mew's the Great, West Smithfield, twenty one widows visited an ancient tomb in the churchyard, and each picked up a new sixpence. Though the name of the bene factress has been lost, tbe gift has been observed every Good Friday morning for the last four hundred years. The Heaet. The heart is a hollow muscular organ in the form of an irregular cone. Though lorming one muscle, there are two distinct hearts, each side being divided from the other by a wall. It con tains four cavities, each of which holds between from two to three ounces of blood. The heart beats seventy times per minute, 4,200 times per hour, 100,800 times per 656 pounds per hour, and seven and three quarter tons per day. IW A board sawed from a catalpa . r . 7 V "1," a;..pt.bi.ot.Epoii.1.. T fnw ai.v. Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina 11,788 persons are employed in the manu facture of cotton. ISf A thermometer buried four inches dee jQ the gand of gonth rai to omj hundred and , Africa, will fifty-nine de grees. 2F The great seal of Great Britian and Ireland is affixed to yellow wax for Eng lish documents, red for Scotch, and preen I . . a i j0r Irish. I j- Ants, always waging war on each J other, are said to dutinguish friend from 1 foe by the odor.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 4, 1882, edition 1
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