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f a i mm -m a a mL via m i i a a i m m i 1) 3) lip I T y 1 4y44P Wyl! 330 4 OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXI. CHAELOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1882. VOLUME XH. NUMBER 583 I I II III f - II 111 III Ii II 111 I II 1 av I f ff I II I. II I W I I m THE Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published kveby Friday by j. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. o Terms Two Dollars for one year. One Dollar for six months. Subscription price doe in advance. o ' "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. C as second class matter," according to the r Jes of the P. O. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, Fifth and Tryon Streets. KESIDENCE, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. 0. 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 calls, both n'yht and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1882. DK. A. W. ALEXANDER. DR. C. L. ALEXANDER. SURGEON DENTISTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office, up stairs in Irwin's corner building. C2T Oflice hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. July 14, 1882. yr. A. I1CKWELL. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts, Office adjoining Court House. 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 2IJ, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Ofllee 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. It. Myers . Jan. 1, 1882. J. S. H'ENCEU. J. C. SMITH. J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, JV. C. May 10, 1882. WILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggists, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of evervthine pertaining to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale Oct 7, 1881. HALES & PARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte. N. C Keeps a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and prices:' " luc bCU aiIBir Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, uone promptly, ana satistaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, syrups. Mackerel. boaDs. Starch. Meat T.rH 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 ouyere. Jan 1, 1882. 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. VANCE & BAILEY, Attorneys and Counsellor 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, md Davidson. IS?" Office, two doors east of independ- ouaa square. June 17-tf English Tooth Brushes. 5 Gross just received at WILSON & BURWELL'S July 7, 188? ... Drugstore. tdET A gentleman of Ralpicrh sent ron Roger A. Pryor, so distinguished as an orator and lawyer, and once bo dis tinguished as an editor also, a copy of Mr wugDUHi jr o uiauuu uu me late rtev x G Lowe. Gen Pryor, in acknowledgment, writes : "The most candid, and the most significant, criticism, I have to offer on the oration, is to say that I read it through without pause and with nnabated interest. It is truly an admirable discourse the best 1 have read in many a day." Raleigh uoserver. ZW It is said that a few drops of tinc ture of Persian powder, rubbed on the face and hands.will hold the fiercie6t mosquito at oay. NOTICE! Valuable Lands for Sale. . .... By virtue of the power vested in us as Execu tors of the last will and testament of John Wolfe, deceased, we will offer for sale, at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday the second day of October next, all that valuable tract of land known as the John Wolfe Lauds.containing three hundred and seventy-two acres, situated two miles from Charlotte, lying on both sides of the public road leading from Charlotte to Monroe, and also, on both sides of the Carolina Central R R. Said lands are well improved with a o-ood residence, fine apple and peach Orchards and Vineyard. 1 he .Lands will be offered in three lots. First lot containing ninety-four acres. Second lot con taining one hundred and forty-eight acres on which is situated a residence and other improve ments, also a valuable mineral spring. Third lot containing one hundred and thirty acres. These L.ands will also be ottered as a whole. Terms One third cash, balance in two equal installments at the end of one and two years,with imeresi ai eigai per ceni. Persons desiring further information apply at residence of the undersigned, or at the Law Office of Flemming & Robertson. C. H. WOLFE, L. W. WOLFE, Aug. 18, 1882. 7w Executors. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT OF ELIAS & COHEN. ALL NEW GOODS. Having disp )sed of our old Stock, we now offer an immense Stock of Fresh Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Carpets, Boots, Shoes and Hats. All new and the latest styles. Don't fail to examine our goods and prices before buying. Aug. 25,-1882. ELIAS & COHEN. GOLD MINE FOR SALE. In obedience to a resolution of the Stockholders of the Rudisill Gold Mining Company of Hart ford, Conn., I will expose to public sale on the premises of said Company near the city of Cbar lotte, N. C, being the place known as the Rudisill Mine, On the 11th day of September next, all the Pro perty Real and Personal belonging to said Company, including all Machinery, Mills, Ap pliances, Tools, Ores, and Choses in action. Terms cash. JAS. H. CARSON, Agent for the Company. Aug. 11, 1882. 5w Insure Your Gins, Cotton, Farm Property and Stores in the N. C, HOME INSURANCE CO. Losses promptly paid. Rates low. Call on or address THOS. H. HAUGHTON, District Agent, JSf Office on Tryon street, opposite the Post- office, Charlotte, N. C. Aug. 25, 1882. 3m BROWN & WEDDINGTON Keep the largest Stock and best assortment of General Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Nails, Iron, Rubber and Leather Belting, Woodenware, Hames, Chains, and Gen eral Fan SuPP15es5 Tanners', Blacksmith's, Carriage and Wagon-Makers' and Carpenters' Tools and Supplies, that is kept in the State, Call and see them and you will be con vinced. i Aug. 4, 1882. 3m fT Call and see the Celebrated TELEGRAPH Straw Cutters and Smith's Lever Cutters, at BROWN & WEDDINGTON'S. Aug. 4, 1882. Buy A Rotary Peach and Apple Parer and White Mountain Apple Parer, Corer and Slicer. They can be had at BROWN & WEDDINGTON'S. Hardware Store, Aug. 4, 1882. HARDWARE, Iron, Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes, Cutlery, &c, cheap for cash, at BROWN & WEDDINGTON'S. Aug. 4, 1882. P. C. WILSON, College Street, Charlotte, N. C, Dealer in Bacr eies. Carriages Phsetons.Spring Wagons, dec. Louis Cook Manufacturing Company, Wa tertown Spring I Wagons, Col umbus Buggy Company, Courtland Spring Wagons. . P. C. WILSON, Opposite Sanders & Blackwood's Building. Sept 1,1882. 4m Despondency. Sometimes there comes within the life, This checkered life of ours, So much of loss and pain and strife, That our sad eyes, with tear drops rife. Look np and see no flowers. . . A sudden sorrow clouds the day, And the tired heart grows faint, For strength and courage die away, And lips that have been firm to pray, Can only make complaint. And life becomes at such a time An unattractive thing; There is no sound of cheery chime, The days move on in dreary rhyme, And bring no heart to sing. If such a time should come -to thee (And somewhere in the years For every one its pain will be) Do not despair, but try to see - -Some sunshine through the tears. And know that he whom sorrows teach Receives a gift from heaven, His tenderness some hearts may reach, To whom the glad in vain might preach, And joy through Him is given. Oh, then, be thou a comforter To some more sad than thee : And while thou thus dost minister, Strange bliss in thine own heart shall stir, And giief forgotten be. - Be of Good Cheer. A man who acquires a habit of giving way to depression is on the road to ruin. When trouble comes upon him, instead ot rousing his energies to combat it, he weak ens, and his faculties grow dull, and ma judgment becomes obscured, and he sinks in the elough of despair. And if anybody pulls hira out by mam force, and places him safe on solid ground, he stands there dejected and discouraged, and is pretty sure to waste the means of help that have been given him. How different it is with the man who takes a cheery view of life even at its worst, and faces every ill with unyielding pluck ! He may be swept away by an overwhelming tide of misfor tune, but he bravely struggles for the shore, and is ever ready to make the most of the help that may be given him. A cheerful, hopeful, courageous disposition is an invaluable trait of character,and should be assiduously cultivated. 3ir' Mr. Spurgeon 6ays, "prayer pulls the rope below, and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly ; others give but an occasional pluck at the rope; but he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously with all his might." How uggestive is this simile! We cannot help thinking of those sleepy prayers, those wandering-thought prayers, those weak-faith prayers, those hurried and careless prayers, those lifeless formal prayers, those many unworthy talks with God, who, in his exceeding mercy, does not utterly disregard our willful want of earnest thought. May he rant us grace to do better in future! A man who is anxious to prove to others that there is no hereafter is either essentially vicious or he does not believe his own professions. If he believed bis own assertions why should he trouble himself about the faith of others. "Eat, drink, for to-morrow we die." I hat is he practical creed ot the atheist ana un believer. FOR SALE, Five Hundred and Ten (510) Acres of desirable Land, near Rocky Mount, in Fairfield county, S. U. For intormation, appiy io Mrs. J. C. MOBLEY, Winnsboro, Fairfield county, S. C. Aug. 25, 1882. 5wpd Blacksmiths' Tools. Wa Viiivfi a comDlete stock of Blacksmiths' Tools of the best quality and at prices that will put them within the reach ol every if armer. Nov. 1, 1881. KYLE & HAMMOND. Rubber Belting. A complete Stock of Rubber Belting, Rubber and Hemp Packing. Also, all sizes and kinds ox Rope at bottom prices. Nov 1, 1881. KYLE & HAMMOND. FOR SALE. Red Rust Proof Oats, pure and good. Twq Mules 54 years of age, matches and good size. Buckshire Pigs. Three second hand two-horse wagons. One second hand Fifty Saw Needle or Scat- tergood Gin. One second hand uuey uouon jrress. Mules, Wagons and Plows to hire. Apply in person or through the mail to F J. S. MYERS, Aug. 11, 1882. Charlotte, N. C. ALABASTINE, A natural material for finishing Walls, Ceilings, rough plaster, new smooth sand finish, a soiled hard finish, painted Walls, wood Ceilings, wall paper, bricks, rough Doara, canvass, eic, eic. Superior to Kalsomine. Ready for use by adding hot water. Can be mixed by any one. Any Housekeeper can apply it without the aid of skilled labor. . Alabastine is a Valuable Discovery. It consti tutes a permanent finish for Walls, assimilating with the plaster, and will not hub off. It does not deteriorate by age : in this respect it is unlike all other preparations of a similar charac ter. Alabastine is a disinfectant, and renders apartments healthful. Cracks in the Walls can be filled by mixing the Alabastine thick, which cannot be done with Kalsomine. Five pounds of Alabastine will cove 50 square yards, or 450 square feet, two coats. Sample Cards furnished , showing vaariety of Beautiful Tints. tW For sale by Du. T. C. SMITH, Druggist, Aug. 4, 18S2. Charlotte, N. C. We pay special attention to Re- tuil Trade. PrescriDtions prepared at all hours day and night by reliable Druggists of he best material and at reasoname prices. WILSON & BURWELL, July 7, 1882. Druggists, Trade street. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Samuel Knox, deceased, notice is here by given to all persons having claims against said estate to nresent them on or before the 25th day of August, 1883, or this notice will he plead ed m bar or their recovery. . . . W. C. MAXWELL, Aug. 25, 1882. 6w, Adm'r. Restlessness vs. True Manhood. "I wish I lived in the , country !" " wish I lived in the city 1" How often we hear these words. They give expression io an element oi aeep unrest which is as natural as the air we breathe, to many of us. v e Know ine limitations ot our own TIT t .1 1 - lives in our present conditions and we see certain delightful phases of another form or place of living, and our town is unpleas antly a waned by contrast. C(,Tis distance lends enchantment to the view." If we were only there, in those new conditions of life, how much more we wouia enjoy, now much Detter lives we would live. The tired worker in the city, who longs to escape from its brick walls, its heat and clouds of dust, thinks of his pleasant childhood days in the country, and longs to be here. He remembers the beautiful things 'about lhe houses, fields and woods ; the fresh morning breeze, the green ot grass and young leaves, and tne blooming flowers. And his longing to return to tne country becomes in tense. While the country-bred young man, to whom these beauties of nature may be - an old, old story, thinks of his hard labor, his poor garb and few dollars, and longs lor city life. He grows tired of his solitary labors and lack ot amusement, lo him, who has seen the city only in its holiday attire in a few festal days, it seems a glori ous place. Could he but go there he would see more of life, have more to enjoy, be better aressea ana nave boundless op portunities for wealth. It. looks easy, it looks feasible, its attractions are irresisti ble. But the snares and pitfalls, the vice and wretchedness, the selfishness and utter isolation of much of city life, he knows not of now. Some day, perhaps, he will know of these things by bitter ex periences. tiood mends, remember, lite means work. And save to the favored few alas! favored is the laRt epithet to apply to many of them life is not so very different as one may think, East or West, in coun try or in city. Anywhere one may be a gentleman, if he will. Anywhere one may do honest, faithful work, if he will. Any where one may make great intellectual advancements, if he will. Anywhere one may live a pure and noble life, doing erood, if he will. And these are the marks of a man. If you live in the city and can spend the summer in the country, well. It you live in the country and can spend part of the winter in the city, that is well. Pro vided in each case you wisely improve your time. But, if you cannot pass from city to country, then remain at your post and do your whole duty. Be a whole man wherever you are. lhere is no reason in the nature of things why a city-bred young man should be your superior if your life is spent on the farm. As God weighs man- -a hood, ana as true men do also, you may outweigh ten of- far greater- polish. Mere polish does not make a man. JNor does a rough exterior necessarily make a man. The man is within. What is the heart made of? What is the grasp of the intel lect? What is the quantum of solid'com- mon sense? VVhat are you doing for others and for God ? These are questions by which to test . manhood. See that your lite ana ycur worK, wnerever your place is. will abide these tests. Golden Rule. To Avoid Drowning. It is a well-known fact, says the Scien tific American, that any person of average structure and lung capacity will float securely in water if care is taken to keep the hands and arms submerged, and the lungs full of air. Yet in most cases peo ple who are not swimmers immediately raise their hands above their heads and scream the moment they find themselves in deep water. The folly of such actions cau be impressively illustrated by means of a half empty bottle and a couple of nails, and the experiment should be re peated in every household until all the members particularly the women and children realize that the only chance for safety in deep water lies in keeping the hands under and the mouth shut. Any Bhort-necked, square-shouldered bottle will answer, and the nails can easily be kept in place by a rubber band or string. First ballast the bottle with sand, so that it will just float with the nails pointing: downward, then by turn ing the nails upward the bottle will be either forced under the water at once, or will be tipped over so that the water will pour into the open mouth, and down it will go. To children, the experiment is a very impressive one, and the morai of it is very easily understood. It may prove a life-saving lesson. SSir Ulema is a word that frequently occurs in the dispatches from Egypt. It is the cluralot the Arabic word "alim." a learned man. "Ulema is the collective name of the body of learned men in' Tur key. In a general sense, "ulema" are persons who are learned in both law and divinity. They constitute a distinct body in Constantinople, whose function it is to watch over the correct interpretation of the Koran and the right application of its teachings to law and polity. The head of the ulema is the grand mutti, or Sheikh-ul-Islam : next to him come the Kaziaskiers. of whom there is one for Egypt and one for Asia : the third class are the Mollahs, the superior judges of the province, and after them are the Cadis and the common Muftis. The enormous glacier. i?on or Svartisen. on the Seujen Island, in Nor way, and which is the northernmost of its kind in Europe, will shortly be made the object of a remarkable enterprise, it ap pears that a number ot speculative mer chants in Bergen have obtained the right of cutting block ice for export from its surface. Some blocks have already arrived at the latter place, and as the quality of the ice is found to be good, large ship ments may be expected. The glacier is about 120 square miles, and as the dis tance from its border to the sea is only a couple of miles, the ice may be obtained very cheaply. 2f Rat holes may be stopped effectu ally by filling with broken glass and plas ter of pans. - A Good Reader. There is one accomplishment, in particu lar, which I would . earnestly recommend to you. Cultivate assiduously the ability to read well. I stop to particularize this. because it is so very much neglected, and because it is so elegant, cbarmio?. and lady-like an accomplishment. W here one person is really interested by music, twenty are pleased by. good reading:. Where oue person is capable of becoming a skutui musician, twenty may become good readers. Where there is one occa sion suitable for the exercise of musical 'talent, there are twenty for that of good reading. Ihe culture of the voice necessary for reading well gives a delightful charm to the same voice in conversation. Good reading is the natural exponent and ve hicle of all good things. It is -the most effective of all commentaries upon the works of genius. It seems to bring dead authors to life again, and makes us sit down familiarly with the great and good of all ages. . Did you ever notice what life and power the Holy Scripture has when well read ? Have you ever heard the wonderful effects produced by Elizabeth Fry on the crimi nals of .Newgate, by simply reading to them the parable of the Prodigal Son ? Princes and peers of the realm, it is said, counted it a privilege to stand in the dis mal corridors, among felons and murder ers, merely to share with them the privi lege of witnessing the marvellous pathos which genius, taste, and culture could in fuse into that simple story. What a fascination there is in really good reading ! What a power it gives one ! In the hospital, in the chamber of the invalid, in the nursery, in the .do mestic, and in the social circle, amongst chosen friends and companions, how it enables you to minister to the amusement, the comfort, the pleasure of dear ones, as no other accomplishment can. No instru ment of man s devising can reach the heart as does that most wonderful instru ment, the human voice. It is God's 'spe cial gift and endowment to his chosen creatures. Fold it not away in a napkin. If you would double the value of all your other acquisitions, if you would add immeasurably to your own enjoyment and to vour power of promoting: the en- care this divine gift. No music below the skies is equal to that of pure, silvery speech from the lips of a man or woman of high culture. John S. Hart. - Home Affections. The heart has memories that never die. The rough rubs of the world cannot oblit erate them. They are memories of home, early home. There is magic in the very sound. There is the old tree under which the light-hearted boy swung in many a summer day, yonder, thH river in which he learned to swim, lher&- the house in which he knew a parent's protection nay, there is the room in which he romped with brother or sister, long since, alas ! laid in the yard in which he must soon be gathered, over shad owed by yon old church, whither with a joyous troop like himself he has often lollowed his parents to worship with, and hear the good old man who gave him to God in baptism. Why, even the very school house, associated in youthful days with. thoughts of ferule and tasks, now comes back to bring pleas ant rememberances oi many an occasion that called forth same generous traits of human nature. There it was that he learned td feel some of his best emotions There, perchance, he first met the being who by her love and tenderness in an after life has made a home for himself, happier even than that which his childhood knew. They are certain feelings of humanity, and those too among the best, that can find an appropriate place for their exercises only by one's own fireside. There is sacredness in the privacy of that spot which it were a species of desecration to violate. He who seeks wantonly to invade it,is neither more nor less than a villian: and hence here exists no surer test of the debasement of morals in community, than the disposition to tolerate in anymo.de the man who dis regards the sanctities of private life. In the turmoil of the world, let there be at least one spot where the poor man may find affection that is disinterested, where he may indulge a confidence which is not likely to be abused. A Christian Hero. An illustration of Christian heroism took place last Wednesday evening near New port, Charles county, Md. A colored man, Louis Matthews, a victim ot small pox, lay dead in his cabin, in the room with the dead man were his wife and two small children, suffering with the same disease. Of course every one avoided the cabin,-fearing the contagion. A gentle man of the neighborhood, Mr. Julian Nor- ns, had a grave dug two hundred yards from the house, and a coffin was placed near it. Rev. J. A. Cunane, pastor of St, Mary's Catholic Church at Newport, who has been visiting the stricken family mm istering to their temporal wants, seeing the utter loneliness of the family, at once took it upon himself to bury the dead Unaided, he took the coffin to the cabin, placed therein the loathsome corpse, and mustering extraordinary . strength trans- ferred the coffined corpse to a wheelbar row, conveyed it to the grave and buried it, performing all the labor alone. Thus he who had been priest and physician to the sick man became also undertaker and sexton. There are heroes who never drew a sword. tSIf' The rapid culling of the American forests for walnut lumber must soon ex haust the supply unless it is stopped by the decay of the fashion for furniture of that kind of wood, or lessened by the introduction of some good substitute. Among those suggested is the English straw lumber. A report just published on the subject by the British Government says that this is unquestionably admira bly adapted for joiner work, and can be sold for one-half the price of walnut, i he supply of this material, made by pressing straw in moulds with cement, is practi cally inexhaustible. A ton of straw will make one thousand feet ot boards and the wheat fields of the West appear to be likely to solve the lumber as well as food problem. Personalities and 111 Reports. Keep clear of personalities in general conversation. Talk of things . obiects. thoughts. The smallest minds occupy themselves with persons. . Personalities must sometimes be talked, because we have to learn and find out men's characteristics for ligitimate objects but it is to be with confidential persons. Poor Burns wrote and did manv foolish thin era. but he was wise when he wrote to a young friend : , "Aye, tell your story free, off-hand,: When wi' a bosom crony ; - But still keep something to yoursel' . You'll scarcely tell too any ' Do not needlessly report ill of others. There are times when we are compelled to say "1 do not think .Bouncer a true and honest man." But when there is no need to express an opinion let poor Bouncer swagger away. Utbers will take his measure, no doubt, and Eave you the trouble pf 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 process of depreciating, assigning motives, and cut ting up character goes . forward. They are not pleasant places. One - who is healthy does not wish to dine at a dissect ing table. There is evil enough in men, God knows. But it is not the mission of every, young man and women to detail and report it all. Keep the atmosphere as pure as possible, and fragrant with gentleness and charity. Dr. John Hall. Hard to Be a Christian. Hard to be a Christian 1 Of course it is. But,- whether you believe it or not,' it is a great deal harder not to be one. That is to say, you have a harder time than if you were one. xou have at least as many cares and trials as if you were a Christian and as many temptations. Every sad and trying element of human life is manifested in your experience as often and as signally as it would be if you were one of Christ's followers ; you thrust yourself inevitably upon many sharp points of evil habit which you might in that case escape, and you lack what a true Christian however feeble and imperfect his success as yet may be always possesses, the conscious ness that his Creator and he are no longer working at cross purposes,, that he is in harmony with God's will and plan for hhn, that omniscience, omnipotence and infinite love are occupied in shaping his circum stances so that, however painful they may be to-day, they are sure to prove full of blessing in the end. You may not think this consciousness a very solid advantage, but if you had it, in the. sense that the Christian has it, you would. Congrega tionalist. BT A private letter from B. G. Worth of V ilmington, who is well known to many readers of the Patriot, eloquently and pathetically says : "Do all you can to save us from negro rule in the Eastern counties. We appeal to the west and cen tre to save us. The present, system of county government does not hurt you, while it Eaves us from absolute ruin." That's the campaign in a nut-shell. To 6ave the Eastern counties from negro domination is the mission of the Demo cratic party in North Carolina. The issue is not of "our making.. White men," you see the peril ahead ! Forewarned is fore armed 1 Greensboro Patriot. Edlf Many persons are not aware that glass can be cut under water with great ease to almost any shape by simply using a pair of scissors. In order to insure suc cess, the points must be kept quite level in the water while the scissors are applied ; aud, secondly, to avoid risk, it is better to begin cutting by .taking off small pieces at the corners and along the edges, and so reduce the shape gradually to that re quired. When the operation goes on well the glass breaks away from the scis sors in small pieces in a straight line with the blades. The two hints given above, if strictly followed, will always insure sue cesn. Dollar. Dollar, a word more used in America than in any other -country, and said by foreign cynics to be heard here oftener than any other, has a singular and interesting origin, its connection with dale, a little valley, would hardly be sus pected, but it is etymolgically that very word. It comes through the Dutch, from the German thaler. Now, this word is an abreviation from Joachimsthaler, the coin having been so called because it was first coined lrom silver obtained lrom mines in Joachim's thai, i. e., Joachim's dale, in Bohemia, about the year 1518. A dollar is, therefore, merely a dale-er. Whatever happens never forsake a friend. When enemies gather, when sick ness falls on the heart, when the world is dark and cheerless, is the time to "try true friendship. They who turn from the scenes of distress betray their hypocrisy, and prove that interest only moves them, If you have a friend who loves you, who has studied your interest and happiness, be sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel that his love was not thrown away. Ileal fidelity may be rare, but it exists in the heart. They only deny its power who never loved a mend or labored to make a lriend happy. ' m Calls from the South for Farm Hands. W. F. Ward of Perkins Junction, Burke county, Ga., writes to Superintend ent Jackson of Castle Garden for Bo hemians for farm hands. In his letter he says: "We want labor and must have it if we are to continue to larm. ihe negro has virtually quit the field and taken to politics and preachiog,and fields are grow ing weeds." Superintendent of immigra tion Boy ken of South Carolina has written to Superintendent. JacLson aekinc: for emigrants for farm work. Poles, Hun ganatis, and Bohemians are preferred. The Baltimore Sun says the Vir erinia Midland Railway has leased the North Carolina Midland. The North Carolina Midland road will extend from Danville, Virginia, through Rockingham, Stokes, Forsythe, Davidson, Davie and Rowan counties, in North Carolina, to Mooresville. Iredell county, one of the richest sections of country in the State. Living to Purpose. v1 Live for some purpose in the world. Act your part well. Fill up the measure of your duty to others. Conduct yourself so that you shall be missed with sorrow when you are gone. Multitudes of your species are living in such a selfish manner' that they are not likely to bo remembered after their disappearance. They leave behind them scarcely any trace of their existence, but are forgotten almost as though they had not been. They are, while they live, like one pebble lying un observed among a million on the shore; and when they die, they are like the same pebble thrown into the sea, which just ruffles the surface, sinks and is forgotten, without being missed from the beach. They are neither regretted by the rich, wanted by the poor nor celebrated by the learned. Who has, been the belter for their life ? Who has been the worse for their death? .Whose tears have they dried up ? Whose wants supplied ? Whose miseries have they healed ? Who would unbar the gates of life to readmit' them to existence? Or what face would greet them back again to our world with asmile? Wretched, unproductive mode of existence 1 Selfishness is its own curse; it is a starving vice. The man who does no good, gets none. He is like the heath in the desert, neither yielding fruit nor seeing when good cometh a stunted, dwarfish miserable shrub." J. A. Jamet. Archimedes' Lever. The famous Greek philosopher Archi medes was the author of the apothegem, "Give me a lever long enough and a prop tugh and I will move the world. strong enou The saying arose from his knowledge of the possible effects of machinery ; and, however much it might astonish a Greek of his day, would now be readily admitted to be theoretically possible as it is practi cally impossible ; for in the words of Dr. Arnott, "Archimedes would have required to move witn tne velocity oi a cannon oau for millions of years to alter the position of the earth by. a small part of an inch. This feat of Archimedes is, in mathemati cal truth, performed by every man who eaps from the ground, for he kicks the world away from him whenever he rises, and attracts it again when he falls." Poisonous Herbs. Among the poisonous herbs put on rec ord by a correspondent of the Statesville Landmark, we find the following: "Anoth er death dealing monster" (to domestic animals), "is the leaf of the domestio cherry or peach." We suppose the writer meant cherry and peach. We know from actual test during the present year that cows may eat peach leaves with perfect im- punity. The over-loaded peach limbs breaking off were thrown into the cow yard and every leaf was speedily devoured and no hurt came of it. Peach limbs hanging over a fence within reach of cows are seen to be stripped of their leaves and tender twigs. We have made no obser vation as to the cherry tree. Salisbury Watchman. Mrs. Anne Thompson, post mis-. tress at Memphis, Tennessee, was sus pended from office, and Jas. Smith ap pointed. Ibis action was taken by order of the President. Mrs. Thompson is the widow of a Union soldier, and was backed by the business men of the city. Smith is a political striker of Congressman Moore, and will use the patronage of his oflice to further his election. This but foreshadows the policy of the administration all through the ooutb. "JSP" Think not that you are the only one who has to endure, and who dreads the hardships of life. Ease and comfort are the natural desires of the human heart, and there are thorns, real or imaginary, in every one's pathway. But sittiner down and brooding will never bring power to overcome them. Rather be up and doing, thankful for the blessings still remaining. In the family of a gentleman in Lee county lives a negro woman who does not yet know she is free, though she has been frequently told so. She is deaf, but can articulate several words. She believes that her mistress has sold all the other slaves and retained her for a house servant. No amount of argument can make her be lieve otherwise. She is well cared for,and is a most valuable servant. Albany (Ga.) Advertiser' On the 6th of December, M82, the planet Venus will pass across the face of the sun. This event is looked forward to with great interest by the scientific men of this and other countries. Every civi lized country will take a hand in the ob servation. The United States Congress has appropriated $75,000 to give every facility to American astronomers to pur sue their observations. 2T" We find the statement floating around io the papers that since the rail roads have generally taken to using coal for fuel the evergreen trees along the lines of the roads have been much less thrifty than formerly, the coal smoke operating to stunt their growth and make them sickly. Has any one any facts to corro borate this ? IST The word "book" is'derived from the Saxon language. Before the invention of paper the Saxons used . to write on blocks of wood. The wood of the beech tree, called in the Saxon language boTc, being close-grained and hard, was mostly used for that purpose, and hence the word book. IZW It is not ' the men who have the biggest brains who attain the grandest success in life, it is the men who have ' the vim and determination to succeed, and who adhere diligently to their work. Show nr Colorado. Denver, Aug. 30. A heavy snow storm has been ra ging in Leadvill all last night and this morning. 2T" About one-third of the rye crop of the United States is grown in Illinois ET" Two thousand Choctaw Indians still live in Mississippi
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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