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f- I - 11 "I,:. OLD SERIES: VOLUME XXXI. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1882. V )LUME XIL NUMBER 58 ' llp' f);:' ": lip " Nmc K II l t n e Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published evert Fsidat by J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. o Terms Two Dollars for one year. One Dollab 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. Physician and Snrgeon. OFFICE, Fifth and Tbtos Stbbets. residence, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. March 17, 1882. tf DB. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a fall line of Pare 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 night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, op stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1882. DR. A. W. ALEXANDER. DB. C. L. ALEXANDER. SURGEON DENTISTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office, up-stairs in Irwin's corner building. C2T Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. July 14, 1882. yr. A. UUUWELL. F. 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. Ar BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Oas 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. Kesidence opposite Yv. It. Myers . Jan. 1. 1882. J. s. spencer. J. C. SMITH". J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, AT. C. May 19, 1882. WILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggists, 2'rade Street, Charlotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything pertaining to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct 7,1881. HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keeps a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c. which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, uone promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs corner building. July 1, 1881. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch. Meat. Lard. Hams, Flour, Orass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we offer to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All are invited to try us, from the smallest to the lar gest buyers. Jan 1, 1882. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants, College St., Charlotte, N. C, Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c. Agents for the "EUREKA" GUANO. v 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, ind Davidson. 6T Office, two doors east of independ ouaa square. June 17-tf English Tooth Brushes. 5 Gross just received at WLLSON & BURWELL'S July 7, 188? Drugstore. In both Church and State we fre quently seethe manifestation of inordi nate ambition for Dlace and Dower. Men seek the uppermost seats they try to get a Dove the world. They are not half so anxious to elevate the world as thev are to have the world elevate them. They have to get on top. where thev can look - j - down upon their fellow-men. The true way to lift men up is to get under them instead of above' them to do something or them instead of having them to do something for us. This is the scriptural, the Christian way of elevating the world and ourselves with it. If any man de sires to be greatest, in either Church or State, let him be the servant of all. Mis sissippi Methodist. Sale of City Property. On Monday, the 23d day of Oct..' 1882. at 12 M., by virtue of a decree of the Superior Court,' will sell at the Court House In Charlotte. H. C, that House and Lot at the corner of B and 5th streets, known as the late residence of Charles ! U. Jums. - Tne House is large, and very con venient to the business portion of the city. Terms 10 per cent cash, balance payable in nine monins, purcnaser to give note with ap proved security bearing interest from date at eight per cent. C. N. G. BUTT, Sept. 22, 1882. 4w - Commissioner. MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of a Deed of Mortgage executed to me by Martin Orr and others, and duly recorded in me omce oi tne Register ot Deeds for Meck lenburg county, I will offer for sale to the high est Diaaer, tor caen, at tne (Jourt House door in Charlotte, at the usual hour of sale, on Monday the 9th of October proximo, the BOUSE AND LiUT now occupied by Baid Martin Orr. T. It. KOBEKTSOJtf, Sept. 8, 1882. Sw Mortgagee. SHERIFF'S SALES. I will sell for Cash, at the Court House door. in tne uity oi unariotte, on Monday, the 2d day oi uctooer, iboz, to eatisiy executions in my nanas, tne following Jity rroperty, viz : Two LOTS, Nos. 1087 and 1088. Square 132. in the City of Charlotte, adjoining the property of J. N. Qray and others, as the properly of J. B. Sykes. ' M. 12. ALEXANDER, Sheriff. Sept. 8, 1882. 4w t SL 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 good residence, fine apple and peach Orchards and Vineyard. The 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 Lands will also be offered as a whole. Terms One third cash, balance in two equal installments at the end of one and two years.with interest at eight percent. 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. NEW GROCERIES. BROTHERS. HENDERSON & McGINNIS are now receiving, at their Store opposite the Charlotte Hotel, a fresh stock of Groceries and Family Supplies, Which they offer to the public at fair prices. Best grade of Flour, Coffee, Sugars and Molasses, New Mackerel, Superior Hams, i Cheese, Pepper and Spices generally. Salt and all sorts of Heavy Groceries. IST Cigars and Tobacco of all grades, and Lorillard's Snuff in bladders of from 1 to 5 pounds best article. Give us a call in Brown s building, opposite tne Charlotte Hotel. J. L. BROTHERS, E. T. HENDERSON, Aug. 25, 1882. E. D. McGINNIS. 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 Farm Supplies: 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. Aug. 4, 1882. 3m Call and see the Celebrated TELEGRAPH Straw Cutters and Smith's Lever Cutters, at BROWN & WEDDIN GTON'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 Bug gies. Carriages. Pbaetons,Spring Wagons, &c Louis Cook Manufacturing Company. Wa ter town Spring Wagons, Col umbus Buggy Compa n y , Courtland Spring Wagons. P. C. WILSON, Opposite Banders & Blackwood's Building. Sept. 1,1883. 4m The Silver Lining. There's never a day so sunny But a little cloud appears ; There's never a life so happy But has its time of tears ; Tet the sun shines out the brighter Whenever the tempest clears. There's never a garden growing - With roses in every plot ; There's never a heart so hardened But it has one tender spot ; .We have only to prune the border . To find the forget-me-not. There's never a sun that rises But we know 'twill set at night ; The tints that gleam in the morning At evening are just as bright ; And the hour that is the sweetest Is between the dark and light But there's never a dream so happy But the waking makes us sad; There's never a dream of sorrow , But the waking makes us glad ; We 6hall look some day with wonder . At the troubles we have had. An Immense Comet. Rushing towards the earth with great speed Visible during daylight. The great comet reported Tuesday morning as having been discovered by ob servers in Colorado was observed at the Naval Observatory Tuesday evening. It was found in right ascension 11 hours 19 minutes 32 seconds, and declination north no degrees and 10 minutes. The comet was easily seen with the naked eye, and exhibited a short tail with a bright head of considerable extent. In the telescope the nucleus shows as a confused mass of bright light, indicating a large comet with a plenty of loose! material. Extending on both sides were seen bright arcs ot light presenting the appearance of a bird with outstretched wings. Tuesday evening a dispatch was re ceived from the observatory of Paris to the following effect : lhallon s comet, ob served at Nice about noon, September 18, three degrees west of the sun. The nu cleus gives a continuous spectrum very brilliant and very much extended towards violet. Both tail and nucleus give sodium lines, extremely brilliant, very sharply divided, and characteristic. They seem displaced towards red. The spectroscopic observations reported in the above dispatch are of extraordinary interest. They indicate that this is the second comet that has shown a sodium spectrum. The first was discovered this year by Wells, at the Dudley Observa tory. The reported displacement of the two sodium lines towards the red end of tbe Epectrum is of the highest interest, since it indicates that the comet is now moving towards the earth with planetary velocity. Such an observation has never before been made in the case of any comet. From the position given in the above dis patch, the comet is moving westward lroni the sun at the rate of five or six degrees dailv. It is estimated that the comet has now passed its perihelion or point when . .... ... it is nearest the sun. Astronomers will now be anxious to ascertain if this comet is identical with the one recently discover ed in South America. If this identity should be proved it will follow that it has approached very near the sun, probably as close as did tne great comet oi itseu, tne comet which had the smallest perihelion distance on record. Several days must elanse before the particulars of the orbit can he calculated by astronomers,ana inis question definitely settled. In a few days, with its present rate ana direction of motion, it should become a brilliant object. On the whole, this may be regarded as one ot the most extraorai nary comets of modern times. The only one which resembles it in its special fea tures is the great comet of 1843, which.like this one, was visible to the naked eye m full sunlight. It Vireinia has 172 tobacco factories, whip.h consume over 48.000.000 pounds of the weed each year. FIRST ARRIVAL OP Fall Goods ! We have just receive a beautiful line of Foulards and Sateens. Also, a case of Calicoes in new designs. Something new and nice in Kucbmgs, ice., &c. Mb. T. II. 8EIGLE U now in the Eastern Cities nurchasing our 1 all otock, wnicn will commence arriving in a few days. WKon nnr Htrk IB TPPfilVPfl. We Will fihOW VOU the handsomest line of Goods ever displayed in the South. T. Li. SJ1UJUE UU. Aug. 25, 1882. Insure Your Gins, Cotton. Farm Pronertv and Stores in the N. C. HOME INSURANCE CO. Losses promptly paid. Rates low. Call on or address THOS. H. HAUGHTON, District Agent. Office on Trvon street, opposite the Post- office, Charlotte, N. C. Aug. 25, 1882. 3m COME AND SEE THE Finest Sets OF BED-ROOM AND PARLOR FURNITURE Now in the city. A Large Stock of Furniture At Wholesale and Retail. . E. M. ANDREWS, Next door to Wittkowsky & Baruch. Sept 8, 1882. 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 present them on or before the zotn day or August, loos, or uus nouce wm ue picau- ed in bar oi tneir recovery. W. a MAXWELL, Au. 25. 1882. 6w Adm'r, Costly Worship of the Dead. Great, indeed, are the expenses entailed on the living by the dead (writes Miss C. F. Gordou-Cummieg of the funeral cus toms of the Chinese.) In no land can the loss of a kinsman be more seriously felt. To begin with, there are heavy funeral expenses, l be body , must be dressed in fine new clothes, .and another good suit must be burnt, as also his boots and shoes, most of bis wardrobe, bis bed and bed ding, and the things most essential to his comfort when living, for he is supposed to require all these in the unseen world, and though paper representations are use ful later, the real -articles are needed for the original outfit. Then a handsome cof fin is essential, and tbe priests must be largely paid lor'' funeral services at the house of tbe deceased, and again for their services in ascertaining the lucky day for burial while a professor of lung shui must also-be paid to choose the spot where they may safely prepare the grave so that tbe dead may be safely shielded from the evil influences which proceed from the north, and encompassed by all tbe good I which breathes from the south. ' r rom the tenth to the seventeenth day after death, tbe priests, whether Taoist or Buddhist, hold services in the house, to protect the living from the inroads of hosts of spirits who are supposed to crowd in, in the wake ot their new mends, and as all relatives and friends of the family must be entertained, as well as the priests, this is another heavy item of expense. In short, families are permanently impov erished by the drain to which they are thus subjected, and which, in the form of massesxfor the departed and offerings at his grave or before his tablet, are certain to recur again and again. To omit them would be to incur the anger of the spite ful dead, who are now in a position to avenge themselves on the living by in flicting all manner of sickness and suffer ing. Besides, if the priests know that there is any possibility of extracting money irom tne lamuy by playing on their feelings, they pretend to have had revelations from the spirit world, show ing the unfortunate dead tortured in pur gatory, and that the only means by which he can be extricated is by a fresh course of costly services in the house. The price to be paid for these is fixed at the highest sum which they judge it possible to ex tract say $1,000, and though the family may remonstrate and endeavor to make a better bargain, it generally ends m their raising every possible coin, and even selling their jewels to procure the neces sary sum which shall free their dead from suffering, and also secure his protection and good will. flow Beautifully Farmers are Protected on Salt Ihe tarmers oi the United states use nearly 1,000,000,000 pounds of salt an nually.- -To protect a few salt makers a duty of from 40 to 65 per cent is imposed on salt. Ihe salt he could buy lor $1 if there was no duty, he now has to pay from 11.40 to $1.65 for. This is a heavy tax on an article almost as abundant in the world as air and water. And a sin gular fact about it is that the protected manuiacturers ot salt have m years past sold their salt in Canada to compete with salt imported free of duty. This was be fore the Canadian tarm. But the fact shows how tariff works sometimes. In this case it gave tbe Canadian farmers an advantage over our own farmers. We were reminded of this fact by the testi monv of the witnesses before the Tariff Commission in regard to the effects of the tariff on copper. A practical copper man ufacturer stated that American manulac i urers could not compete with foreign man' utacturers because they could get copper five cents cheaper per pound than it could be bousrbt for in this country : that the English, for example, could buy American copper five cents per pound cheaper than it could be bad for in this country. Ihe effect of this operation is to put our copper and brass workers at a great disadvantage, simply to give a bonus to copper pro ducers. The latter put only on the mar ket what will sell at the foreign price with freight duty added.' The balance they send abroad and sell at the foreign. prices. In each of these cases, the foreigner is given au advantage over our own people; and our Kepubhcan Congressmen in both branches say amen to it that it is all right. Portland Argus. A Change Coming. A retail grocer in a village in the in terior of tbe State remarked while in De troit on business that a change in the method of advertising for customers would soon be put in practice in cases like his own. Instead ot advertising sugar, coffee and tea "at lower prices than ever heard of in Slabtown before," his idea is to drop in something like this : "During the winter my grocery will be tbe headquarters of every man in town who can point out the mistakes of this country for the past seventy-five years." He will have a full stock of canned trusts and jellies, but instead of advertising them directly, he will say : "Come down and sit on my counter and the heads of my sugar barrels and talk politics and tell each other what this coun try needs to make her great." He will have boneless codhsb. dried beef and sugar cured hams, but he will call at tention to them by saying : - "Une hundred old settlers wanted every night in the week to talk about tbe drought of '49, the panic of '57, the frosty summer of 42, and tbe warm winter of '58. Cushioned chairs reserved for the biggest liars." Instead of advertising his new stock of syrups or making any blow about his cider vinegar, he will inform tbe public: "We talk horse. We discuss religion. We jaw over politics. We revise the Con stitution of the United States and run several of the departments, of government. What we don't know you can't find out anywhere else. Come and loaf and lie with us." Detroit Free Press. At large slaughter-houses the shin bones of cattle, after the extraction of their oil, and the hoofs, are exported to England for making buttons. , Why a Kerosene Lamp Bursts. Girls, as well as bo vs. need to under stand about kerosene explosions. A great into a lamp while it is lighted. Most per sons suppose that it is the kerosene itself which explodes, and that if they are verv careful to keep the oil itself from being touched by the hreor tbe light there will be no danger. But this is not so. If a can or a lamp is left about half full of ker- osene on tne on win ary up mat is. .t -I n . . I evaporate" a little and will form, by mingling with the air in the upper part, a very explosive gas. You cannot see this gas any more than you can see air. But if it is disturbed and driven out. and a blaze reaches it, there will be a terrible explosion, although the blaze did not touch the oil. There are 7 several other liquids used in houses and workshops which will produce an explosive ' vapor in this way. Benzine is. one; burning fluid is another ; and naphtha, alcohol. ether, chloroform may do the same thing. In a New York workshop lately, there I was a can ot benzine or gasoline, stand ing on the floor. A boy sixteen years old lighted a cigarette, and threw the burning j match on the floor close to the can. lie did not dream there was any danger, be cause the liquid was corked up in the can. But there was a great explosion, and he was baa ly nurt. inis seems very mys terious, ihe probability is that tbe can had been stauding there a good while and a good deal of vapor had formed, some of which had leaked out around the stopper and was hanging in a sort of in- and this cloud, when the match struck it, exploded. Suppose a girl tries to fill a kerosene lamp without first blowing it out. Of course the lamp is nearly empty or she would not care to fill it. This empty space is filled with a cloud of explosive vapor arising from the oil in the lamp. When she pushes the nozzle of the can into the lamp at the top, and begins to pour, the oil, running into the lamp, fills the empty space and pushes the cloud of explosive vapor up ; the vapor is obliged to pour out over tbe edges of the lamp, at the top, intathe room outside. Of course it strikes against the blazing wick which the girl is holding down by one side. The blaze of the wick sets the invisible cloud of vapor a fire, and there is an explosion which ignites the oil and scatters it over her clothes and over. the furniture of the room. This is the way in which a kero sene lamp bursts. The same thing may happen when a girl pours the oil over the fire in the range or stove, if there is a cloud of explosive vapor in the upper part of the can, or if the stove enough to vaporize quickly some oil as it falls, liemember that it is of is hot the hot the oil but the invisible vapor which plodes. Taking care of the oil will protect you. There is no safety ex- not ex- cept in tne rule : JNever pour oil on a lighted fire or into a lighted lamp. Chris tian Union. Thrilling Experience of a Pearl Diver. "I was once a diver not a wrecker, but a pearl diver and a hard business it was," recently observed tbe Captain of a Spanish brig to a reporter. "We worked off the Mexican and Panama coasts, prin cipally on the Pacific side. Sometimes we worked alone, but generally on shares, and sometimes for pay. We went to the grounds in small sailing vessels; then we took the small boats and covered as much ground as possible. Each man had a ban ket, a weight and a knife. For sharks ? Yes ; but it is a poor defense, for it is al most impossible to swing the arm with any force under water. The best weapon is a short spear. When you reach the ground you strip, put your feet in a big sinker, take the basket that has a rope for hoisting, drop over, aud soon find your self at the bottom. Then your business is to knock off as many oysters as you can, and pile them into the basket before you lose your wind. It is a terrible strain, but I could stand in those days for six minutes, and 1 have known some men who could stay down ten ; but it is sure death in the long run. If the ground is well stocked you can get twenty or more shells, but it is all luck. When the basket is full it is hauled up, and after you come up for your wind, down you go again, the sinker being hauled up with a small cord for that purpose. It was on one of these trips that I ran afoul of the animal that gave me a lasting fight. You will smile when I say it was only a star fisb, but it really was. I went down sixty feet with a rush, and landing on the edge of a big bunch of coral, swans off into a kind of basin. Tbe basket went ahead of me, and as I swung off to reach the bottom, some Vtinv aoomAil r a r n sv nn oil A r I mo and I was in the arms ot some kind ot & monster that coiled about my body, arms and legs. I tried to scream, forgetting that I was in the water, and lost my mind. It was lust as if a plant bad sprouted un der me and threw its vines and tendrils about me. There were thousands of them, coiling and writhing, and I thought I had landed in a nest of sea snakes. I save tbe signal as soon as I could, and made a break upward, part of the crea ture clinging to me. while the rest, I could see, was dropping to pieces. They hauled me into the boat when I reached the surface, and pulled the main part of the animal from me. It was oval, about three feet across, and the five arms seemed to be divided into thousands of others. I probably landed on top ot that one, which at this time was the largest I had ever seen. I afterward saw tbe body of one that was washed ashore on the isthmus vuw vu that must have had a spread of thirty-five leet. . rneir power oi grasping is consia erable, but touch them in a certain way and they throw off their arms in a regular shower, and are soon reduced to an oval body. California Times. df The Journal of Science says that at the soiree of the Society of Chemical Industry, held at Owens' College, Mr. Fletcher, of Warrinion, Eng., demons trated the possibility of the combustion of gas without visible flame, the heat obtain ed from a quarter-inch gas pipe being suffi- cient to f use iron into drops. nwiiucuu uoppcu iiom iryiog i eviis, or impurity oi ine system. The ao- I or aoes eometiiing which thev don't under pui nine jkcruBcut ud iub ure . o i uou is not uniiKe mat oi a householder, to I sianu. a. Doys personality is entitled mae it Kinaie better, also oy pouring oil expel a robber from his nremiup or th as much respect as a mmV ia Fevers. ' - Feverish action is no disease, but the violent efforfof nature to remove existing efforts of a horse to draw a heavv load- too heavy for ordinary efforts. This ac tivity bears the same relation to the load that fevers do the disease, or the impure state of tbe blood. The real disease. therefore, is behind the symptoms, or the manifestations of such disease, which 3os oi bucq aisease. which we ltd w- call fever. Fevers are oae their mani festations, many. If they are but the efforts ot nature to avert a threatened evil, they will manifest themselves in such a manner as will best subserve the object intended. And. since the depraved state of tbe body is the real cause of this ab normal or accidental action, the nart most weakened by such Impurity is the one to be the seat of the feverishness. ' . If the brain has been over-tasked, weakened, u : ui j .a ..j . - . i iuo impure uiuuu auracieu to, ii, a Dram fever may be the result. If the lungs are specially weakened like an invading army tne aisease is nxeiy to attack a vulnerable point. ful " "t . m i xms principle is oest illustrated by a reference to eruptive fevers, such as the measles, scarlatina, &o'. These ordinarily occur in early life, when they are the least I severe, as so many stages in tne develop- ment of the youthful faculties. ' I Ihese are grand purilymg processes, or, are so intended, and would generally be so, asiao irom lniuaicious treatment, or interference with nature's programme. After a brief internal conflict, tbe assail ants in tbe form of general poisoning of tbe blood an excess of waste matter are ousted, thrown to the surface in tbe form ot eruptions, attended by a . decided discharge of matter, partially unseen. For this reason it is desirable that the eruption shall be as prompt, as full as pus- sible, and kept active for the longest time, When this is not true, abscesses are by no means unusual, huishmg up the suspended work, or doing it more effectually. (It is as looiisn to cneck this discharge ot matter, the sore doing tbe best that can be done under the circumstances, as it would be to drive the eruption of the measles back.) If heat or fever is caused by tbe unusual effort of nature to expel tbe foe, in the form of an eruption, it is plain that we can aid her by any means by which that object is secured, as by friction of the surface, or even by the application of wet mustard, cloths, which will frequently bring such an eruption to the surface in an hour or two. Warm drinks, so far as they promote perspira tion favor the same, care being taken to wipe the surface frequently, attended by thorough rubbing with a flannel. A small amount of acids, as the "Acid Phos- phate" will prove an advantage, promot-1 mg perspiration. . The . heat, is resultant rather than a necessary element in na ture's efforts of recuperation. Combustion and the violence of nature's recuperative efforts, increased activity as violent exer cise promotes warmth may be regarded as the two more prominent causes, the combustion being more prominent. It might seem that nature, failing in other efforts to purify the body, decides that combustion as actual as in the stove, is the best means. Hence this waste matter more or less carbonaceous, is actually burned. Consequently the action of the heart that grand engine, tbe mainspring of the body is unusually active. The blood circulates with increased activity. the breathing is correspondingly increased, necessarily producing such heat. Indeed, these are the means ordinarily employed to sustain the animal heat at about 98 de grees, fah., a necessary condition of life, When, therefore, this waste is all burned, the fuel exhausted, the heat subsides, and the fever has "turned." As we should expect if these principles are correct the appetite returns after the turn, the body is purified, and the health is better for a time, after the fever, than for the same time before, for this is natural. City and Country. Cut this Out and Keep it Treat ment of .diphtheria. ihe Medical Press says that Dr. Deuker, who, during 24 years of very extensive practice lu the Children's Hospital. St. Petersburg, has treated upwards ot 2,000 cases of diph theria, and tried all the remedies, both in ternal and external, employed in this affection, has obtained the best results from the following method, which he has employed for the last ten years. As soon as the white spots appear on the tonsils be gives a laxative mainly composed of senna, which produces an abundant evacuation. When the purgative effect has ceased he gives cola drinks, aciauiatea wita nyaro- chlorio acid, and every two hours a gargle composed ot lime water and hot milk in equal parts. Dr. Denker affirms that when this treatment is commenced early it is generally and rapidly successful. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll was asked by a friend the other day : "Is it true, Colonel, that you really keep a con siderable sum of money loose in an un locked drawer of your desk at home, so that your children may help themselves without stint or solicitation ?" Certainly, sir," was the answer. "I believe that to be the best way for cultivating in them a sense of responsibility and honor." There upon the friend said: "Well, frankly now. Colonel, if Dorsey and Brady were stay ing over night at your house, would you leave that drawer unlocked ?" His answer was a long and resonant laugh. Coen Husked by a Ctcxone. "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good" was verified in the experience . of a Sumter finnntv. 6a. ' farmer, who savs that all the - -j t 4 m - -- - I ears of corn that were pointed m the direc- - 1 uon tne wma came irom un oaturuay uigun were aireaav snuc&eu woea ue koi up uu Sunday morning. Tbe wil d had blown the shucks back, leaving the ear exposed. American Republican. In Great Britain there are forty sheep on every 100 acres, or three sheep on every four acres of cultivated land, excluding heath and mountain. Notwith standing the immense area in the United Utoa aH&nted for sheen hnsbandrv we have an average of but one sheep on thirty- four acres. Boy inVMu. A boy'a elders are tuft, i of a foolish act, when they snub him because he says to loner aa he behaves himself. In the following anec dotes wise and foolish elders are exhibited; one class respecting, and the other despis ing a boy. ; Some of tbe most important inventions have been the work of boys. The inven tion oi the valve motion to the steam engine was made by a mere boy. " JNewcome's engine was in a verv in complete condition, from the fact that there was no way to open or close the valves, except by means of levers operated oy nana. lie set up a large enoine at one of the mines, and a boy, Humphrey Potter, was hired to work these valve-levers ; although this is not hard work, yet it required his constant attention. . i: As he was workincr the levers, he saw that parts of the engine moved in the right direction, and at the same time he had to open or close the valves. He procured a strong cord, and made one end fast to the proper part of the en gine, and the other end to the valve-lever; and tbe boy then had the satisfaction of seeing the engine move with perfect regu-. iariiy oi motion. A short time after tbe foreman came around and saw the boy playing .. marbles at the door. Looking at the engine he saw the ingenuity of tbe boy, and also the advantage ot so great an invention. The idea suggested bv the bov's inventive genius was put in a practical form, and made the steam engine an automatic work ing machine. The power-loom is the invention of a farmer's boy who had never seen or heard of such a thing. , .' He whittled one out with his jack knife, and after he had got it all done, he, with great enthusiasm, showed it to his father, who at once kicked it to pieces, saying he would have no boy about him that would spend his time on such foolish things. - - The boy was sent to a blacksmith to learn a trade, and his master took a lively interest in him. He made a loom of what was left of the one his father had broken up. and - showed it to his master. Tbe blacksmith saw he had no common boy as an apprentice, and that the inven tion was a valuable one. He had a loom constructed under the supervision of the boy. It worked to their perfect, satisfac tion, and tbe blacksmith furnished tbe means to manufacture the looms, and the boy received half the profits. Id about a year the blacksmith wrote to the boy's father that he should bring with him a wealthy gentleman who was the inventor of the celebrated power loom. You may be able to judge of the aston ishment at the old home when his eon was presented to him as the inventor, who told him that the loom was the same as the model that he had kicked to pieces but a year ago. Challenging thb Jcpgk. "A young Austin lawyer was appointed to defend a negro who was too poor to employ coun sel of his own. After the iury was in the box the young lawyer challenged several jurymen whom his client said bada preju- , dice against him. "Are there any moro jurymen who have a prejudice against you ?" whispered tbe young lawyer. "No, boss, de jury am all right; but now I wants you to challenge de Jedge. 1 has been convicted under him seberal times already, and maybe he is beglonin' to hab prejudice agin me." The young lawyer, this being bis first case, took the advice ot his client, acd, addressing the court, told tbe Judge he could step aside. Texas Siftings. A curious collection of books is contained in tbe library of Warstenstein, "i.. ,.i : n rni i ucai vubgi, iu uci man jr. coo uuu appear at hrst sight to be logs of wood, but each volume is really a complete his tory of the tree it represents. The back shows the bark, in which a small place is cut to write the scientific and tbe common name as a title.' One side shows the tree trunk in its natural state, and the other is polished and varnished. Inside are shown the leaves, fruit, fiber and insectparasites, to which is added a full description of the tree and its products. Coal Oil for Shingles : If shinges are before nailing twice as long. dipped in crude coal oil on, they will last nearly They then lie close and nnv with no warping or fuzzing up by the weather. A vat large enough to contain a bundle of hicgles should be filled with the oil and then tbe shingles put in and allowed to soak a few minutes, when they should be taken out and another bundle put in, and so on until the whole are thus treated a day or so before putting on. EST" The statement that grain absorbs enough moisture on a sea voyage to pay tbe lreight charges has been to some extent confirmed by experiments made at tbe California Agricultural College. Various kinds of grain were placed in a ' moist atmosphere and the increase in weight was noted. The greatest in crease was during tbe first twenty-four hours. C3f" Dr. Bock, of Leipsic, says coffee Eroduces the nervousness of the times. r. Segur, of Paris, says, not so. but benefits medicinally. The late Dr. John W. Draper declared , that coffee was the great civilizer, bat tea was ruinous to ner I iuud pcvpic vuuee ia visiuicu w vo wjr I p0gei to malaria, to be a disinfectant and vous people. Coffee is claimed to be op- i an instantaneous deodorizer. SSF Soda was first msde about eighty years ago. Tbe credit of the invention is said to be due to Austin Thwaites, of Dublin. tT French capitalists hold 72,000,- 000 of the Egyptian debt,the total amount of which is 98,398,020. ts7"" American palace cars are making their appearance in Italy.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 29, 1882, edition 1
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