North Carolina Newspapers

A ' T -v . .. - j , ' ii i ! ' ammmmmmmmtmm aa 19 - ., 73 "V"" " JS. rr-TW y.-g -rr yj.- t "T " TE- rr V in a: id I'XXii rJinoII mm WW OLD SERIES: VOLUME XXXI. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1882. ii tf VOLUME XIL NUMBER 591 ,' VJ I 111 I THE Charlotte Home and Democrat, Published every Fbidat bt J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. Terms Two Dollars for one year. One Dollar for six months. Subscription price due in advance. "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. C as second class matter," according to the rules of the P. O. Department ROBERT GIBBON, M. D Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, Fifth asd Teton Streets. RESIDENCE, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. March 17, 1883. tf - . DR. T. C SMITH, Drugeist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Pure 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, 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, fjf Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. July 14, 1882. yr. A. BUBWELL. P. . 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, JNo. 1, bims & Dowd s building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. 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. 1 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 W. H. Myers . Jan. 1,1882. J. 8. SPENCER. J. C. SMITH. 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, Havea large and complete Stock of everything pcrtHiumg io me Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct 7,1881. HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Witch-dealer 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., done 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, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c, which wo oner to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All are invited to try us, from the smallest to the lar gest ouyers. Jan 1, 1882. TORRENCE & BAILEY, Commission Merchants, College St., Charlotte, N. 0., Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c. Agents for tin; "EUREKA" GUANO. March 10. 18S2. HARRISON WATTS, Cotton Buyer, Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 14, 1881. Z R. Vance. W. H. Bauev VANOE & BAILEY, Attorneys and Counsellors CHARf OTTE, N.: Practices in Supreme Court of United States, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Federal Courts, and counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan, ind Davidson. SOT Office, two doors east of independ ence square. june 17-tf English Tooth Brushes. 5 Gross just received at WILSON & BURWELL'S July 7, 188? Drugstore. HT In a cave in the mountains of Vir ginia resides a hermit of immense size. with long white hair and beard. He is over 80 years of age, and for 40 years has not spoken. When he wants anything of civilization he indicates it by sign?, but for months at a time he secretes himself and communicates with no one. It i il that he has lost the rower of unpawn by disuse. If a man empties his purse into his bead no man can take it awav from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Frank. lin. VALUABLE LAND For Sale. " By virtue of a Decree of the Snnerinr Oonrt nf Mecklenburg county, I will sell to the highest uiuuer, at me ixuri iiouse aoor in tJbarlotte, on jionaay me 4tn day or Uecember, 1882, a valua ble TRACT OF LAND containing (53 Arrea Hujoinmg me lianas oi r. A. Jerome, Wm. J . . -r . . . Beaver and others. Also, a Tract of 13 Acres, adioininc TV T Flow, D. Al. Miller and others. Said Land is sold for partition amon? the heirs ui c rauK xjigers, ueceasea. Terms Fifty dollars cash balance iu six and T 1 T" J . twelve months, note and securitv. with 8 Der cent interest irora date. E. H. HINSON, Oct. 20, 1882. 5w Commissioner. LAND FOR SALE. I offer for sale mv Plantation situated on the Lincolnton Railroad, two miles from Charlotte. There are 163 Acres in the tract, all good for cultivating Cotton, Wheat, Corn, &c. There is a good six-Koom Cottage Dwelling .n the place, ana two new large tenant nouses, a line young orchard ana good Weil of water. Apply to me or my father. Dr. W. J. Haves. Terms made easy. JUJN1US W. HAYES. Oct. 20, 1882. 4w VALUABLE PLANTATION, KNOWN AS THE "PORTER PLACE." For Sale ! On Monday the 6th day of November next, at 12 M ., we will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte, N. C, that valuable Tract of Land containing 539 Acres, lying in Providence Township, Mecklenburg county, six miles from Matthews station on the Carolina (Jentral Rail road, about same distance from Tineville on Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, and twelve miles from Charlotte, known as the Porter Place. Said Lands are highly improved and very pro ductive, being well adapted for cotton, corn, wheat, oats, &c There is a good Residence, or chards, barn, ein house, and other necessary Out buildings on the Plantation in good condition, and churches and schools are at convenient dis tance. The LaDds will be offered in 4 lots. First lot contains 177 Acres, on which is situated the Residence and other buildings. Second lot contains 45 Acres. Third lot contains 132 Acres. Fourth lot contains 185 Acres. They will also be offered as a whole. Terms One-fourth cash, balance In three equal installments at the end of one, two and ihreeyears, with interest at rate of eight per cent per annum. Sale vositive. Purchaser can also buy on favora ble terms Horses, Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Farming Implements, Corn, Oats. Wheat, h ay, &c, &c, now on the plantation. B. R. SMITH & CO., 109 Pearl street, New York. Oct. 13, 1882. 4w Gold Mine for Sale. In obedience to a resolution of the Stockhold ers of the Rudisill old Mining Company of Hartford. Conn.. I will expose to public sale on theTremises of Baid Company near the city of Charlotte. N. C. beine the place known as the Rudisill Mine, on Friday the 10th day of Novem ber next, at 11 A. M.. all the Property iteai ana Personal belonging to said Company, including all Machinery, Mills, Appliances, moois, ures, and Choses in Action. Terms casn. JAS. H. CARSON, Agent for the Company. Oct. 13, 1882. 5w VALUABLE STORE LOT For Sale. By virtue of a Deed of Trust to me executed nn.i rnrded in Book 24. oaee 54. in the Regis ter's Office of Mecklenburg county, I will sell at th flnnrt House in Charlotte, on Saturday the 11th dav of November. 182. for cash, that valua ble STORE HOUSE LOT on Trade street, lately occupied by J. H. Henderson, and oppo site James Hartyrs China Store. Said lot is 25 feet front, running back 198 feet, and has upon it a new two-story linen otore iiouse a guou business stand. W. P. BYJNUM, Oct. 6, 1882. 6w Trustee. VALUABLE LAND For Sale. Tinder a Decree of the Sunerior Court, and by virtue of the Will of the late C. B. Wilson, 1 will sell at public sale, on the premises, on Monday, November 6th. at 12 O CIOCK. M.. me vaiuauie TRACT OF LAND of the late C. B. Wilson, The said Tract contains about 160 acres, with improvements, and is well adapted to the culti vation ot cotton, corn, wheat and oats. If any one wishing to purchase will apply to me, 1 will take pleasure in snowing ine prem ises. Terms One-third cash, the balance.on nine and eighteen months time, at 8 per cent per an num. J. B. ALEXANDER, Adm'r , with Will annexed, and Commissioner. Sept. 29, 11:82. 6w VALUABLE LAND for Sale. Between 800 and 800 acres of first rate LAND is offered for sale by the undersigned. It is loca ted in Hopewell neighborhood, Mecklenburg countv. on the Catawba Uiver ana Mcuoweirs Creek. It will proauce everymiDg nuseu in mis , .... State, such as Cotton, Wheat, uorn, lODacco, It will be offered in lots to suit purcuasers at nrivatfi utile. Also, five or six Hundred Acres of LAND, in Gaston county, are offered for sale. It lies on the Carolina Central Railway, not far from Catawba River. ThM land will also do onereu in iois to suit purchasers. ... Both tracts are weu waierea anu umuereu. For terms and Charlotte, N. C. Sept. 29, 1882. information apply to me at A. B. DAVIDSON. tf P. C WILSON, College Street, Charlotte, N. C, Dealer in Bug gies, Carriages, Pb8etons,Spring Wagons, &c. Louis Cook Manufacturing Company, Wa- tertown Spring Waeons. Col umbus Buggy Compa d y Courtland Spring Wagons. P. C. WILSON, Opposite Sanders & Blackwood's Building. ept. 1, 1883. a , Wrecked. BT MBS. GEORGIA HULSE M'CLEOD. In sight of port the ship went down, No help came from the sleeping town ; So, precious souls, day after day, To drinking dens they lure and slay In sight of those who weep and pray. Wrecked! hopes that hlossomed fair and bright, v ' Wrecked with proud manhood just in sight, . Lost ! out at sea, your boys and mine, Unless the pierced hand divine, Shall lift them up to heights sublime. Ring, ring the bells, danger's ahead, Unsteady steps by hundreds tread The dark and slippery downward way ; Somebody's boy this very day, - Go down beyond love's power to stay. Don't Talk Loudly. Nothing marks a true lady or gentle man more surely than a low voice ; and a man can have it as well as a woman. A loud voice arises either from extreme carelessness or low breeding. No one likes to walk beside a person in the street who talks in a loud voice. The same rule applies to girls and boys. Play is one tmng and conversation another, though the former needs not be boister ous. Children may have erood lun&rs and use tbem in cheering at the right time; but when they talk, a low, distinct voice marks one who has been accustomed to good society and possessed of innate refinement. Hours foe Sleep. There is not one man in ten thousand that can preserve his health with less than seven or eight hour s sleep. All that has been written about great men who slept only three or four hours at night is apocryphal. They have been put upon such small allowance oc casionally and prospered; but no man ever kept healthy in body and mind for a number of years with less than seven hours' sleep. If you can get to bed early, then rise early. If yon cannot go to bed until late, then rise late. It may be as proper for one man to rise at eight as it is lor another to rise at five. Let the rising bell be rung at least thirty minutes before the public appearance. Physicians say that, a sudden jump out of bed gives irregu lar motion to the pulse. It takes hours to get over a sudden rising. ISP There is but little originality of character in the world. Most men are imitators. They do that they have seen others do, and they say things they have heard said. Few have the genius or courage to strikeout a new path in thought or action, lhe general mode ot educa tion tends greatly to this result. Every thing is based on books ; youth are Kavilltr o 1 1 t ur i r lliittlr frw thamoalvaa they are not taught to look within, and draw upon the resources which Nature has placed there. SALE OF LAND. By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court, I will sell to the highest bidder, at the Court House in Charlotte, on Monday, the 4tb day of December. 1883. at . 12 o'clock. Al.. a Tract ot LAND formerly owned by J. Mc. Hunter, de ceased, adioinmr the lands ot ts. H. liarnson, S. Alexander and others, lying on Stony Creek, 12 miles from Charlotte, containing 14d Acres : one hundred Acres of which is in cultivation and well adapted to farming purposes. It has a good Well of Water, a Dwelling House and other buildings upon it. Terms cash, payable in six months and payable in twelve months with note and ap proved security at 8 per cent, for deferred pay ments. M. IS. HUJNTJEK, Oct. 27. 1882. 5w Commissioner. NOTICE. Having been appointed Administrator cum testamento annexo of the estate of the late Mrs Mary Y. Henderson, I give notice to all persons bavins claims against said estate to present the same to me before tne 1st oay or JNovemoer, 1883. And I notify all persons indebted to the estate to pay the amounts due to me. Adm'r. of Mary Y. Henderson Oct. 27, 1882. 6wpd NEW GROCERIES. BROTHERS, HENDERSON & McGINNIS are now receiving, at tueir oiure ouuusiie iue 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, Cheese, Pepper and Spices generally, Salt and all sorts of Heavy Groceries. W Ciffars and Tobacco of all grades, and Torillard's Snuff in bladders of from 1 to 5 nonnds best article. Give us a can in urown s Duuamg, opposite me -W-k t i -T A Charlotte Hotel. . J. L, BKOTHEKS, E. T. HENDERSON, Aug. 25, 1882. E. D. McGINNIS. NEW STYLES OP Fall and Winter Millinery, AT MRS. QUERY'S. We are now receiving our Fall and Winter Stock of MILLINERY GOODS, embracing all the latest styles, colors and qualities of Straw, ten. Beaver, ciotn. velvet, oiik, riusn ana Satin HATS and BONNETS for Ladies', Misses and Children. Ribbons. Silks. Satins. Plushes, Velvets, Braids, Gimps, Laces, Pins, Ornaments, Plumes, Tips, Featliers, Birds, mowers, ecc, ior trimmings or everv color and duality. In fact we have now the largest and most complete stock oi Millinery Goods in the State. Also, all the new styles and novelties in Gloves, Hosiery. Under-Wear, Knit Goods, Shawls, Sacks, Hoods, Jackets, Infants' Cloaks, Shawls, Hoods. Robes. &c. Great varietv of Nobbv liittie uaps ana iiais for little bovs. All kinds and colors of Zephyrs. Wools, Yarns and a treneral assortment of all kinds of Fancy 1 .J "VT . : T ni4.a' an9 PtiiMvon use. Terms, low prices and cash at the counter. Wholesale and Retail. ' Mrs. P. QUERY. Oct. 6, 18S2. FARMING LANDS Of the best aualitv. ia laree and small Tracts, on hand for sale. Can supply the purchasers with full outfits of implements and animals. Also, some desirable City Real Estate with, and without, improvements. ROBERT D. GRAHAM, -. Attorney, Charlotte, N. C. Oct. 13, 1882. em uanspe. 1 This is the era of new Bibles. The last is ironi me pen, mspirea or otherwise, oi Dr. Newbrough, of New York, and a few nights ago he gave an account of it. He calls it "Oahspe and says it is not a re vision of any other Bible, nor is it intend ed to supplant any other. The other Bi bles are lor one people and for one time; but this is for all people and for all time. Oahspe is a revelation of the manners and habits of the heavenly beings. Dr. New brough also told bow he wrote the work, explaining that be knows no language but I English, and belongs to no sect, but is ac- J uaimcu wibu uwusiu opirituaiiaui. i does not belong to any church for he has never found any to suit him. While writing the book he .found that every mcrning. from a quarter to half an hour after sunrise he was compelled to take his seat at his desk and there wrote without any volition of bis own. He found that his hands moved independent of his mind, and he was not conscious of-what he had written. While writing a bright light settled on his hands, and when the- light faded away his hands became cold, which the light told him was a signal for him to stop. VV hen he tried to read what he had written the light told him not to do so, so he remained in ignorance until he had completed the book, which took him near ly a year. His admitted acquaintance with spirit ualism explains no doubt more fully than could anything else the reason for the ex istence of Oahspe. Airing lhe Beds. It must be a false idea of neatness which demands that beds should be made soon alter vacated. Let it be remembered that more than three-fifths of the solids and liquids taken into the stomach should pa.-s oft through the pores of the skin seven millions in number and that this escape is most rapid during the night, while warm in bed. At least one-half of the waste aud putrid matter from twenty to thirty ounces in the niuht must become more or less tangled-in the bedding, ot course soiling it, and a part of this may become reabsorbed by the skin, u it is allowed to come in contact with it on the next night, as it must if the bedding is not exposed lor a tew hours in the light. We may well imitate the Dutch example of placing such bedding on two chairs near the win dow iu the sunlight, or in the window, that the best purifier known the light of the sun may dissipate their impurites, or neutralize them. - At least three hours on the average, is as short exposure as is com patible with neatness. Your Companions. 'By what rule do you choose your asso ciates ? said a merchant to his newly en gaged clerk. The young man hesitated. Finally he said : "I don't know that I choose my companions by rule ; it is just as it happens. 1 am thrown in with cer tain people at my boarding house or in the store; I like some young men the mo ment I see them ; others repel me. A man has to do the best he can." "If you wish to encceed, you will take pains to have for friends only the honorable, the intelligent, and the straightforward. It is a mistake not to have a standard of judgment. Young people do not understand, when they set gaily forth on the journey of life, that they will bj made or marred by the company they Keep. rar more than we imacine. we are all modified by our companions. Ivy Poison. M. S. H. : To any who may have been afflicted the past Summer wuh poisonous ivy, we 6ugge6t thetollow- ing:- lhe poison is a "volatile aciu ana is best treated by an immediate washing of all the parte affected with some alknli, sufficiently diluted not to irritate. Am- Imonia, cooking soda, or even soft soap (in which there is generally an excess of al kali will sometimes prevent any serious trouble it used freely as boon as there has been exposure to the vine. After the poi son has really begun its inflaming work the alkali will do less good. Then appli cations should be frequently used tending to control or shorten the inflammatory process, such as solution of acetate of lead or sulphate of copper. In the interval! between the application of these washes the parts may be kept covered with cold- water dressings or powdered starch. A mercurial wash (black wash) is sometimes used, and also an ointment (diachylon,) made largely of lead, but these are too dangerous to be used except under intel ligent care, borne find relief from a use of sweet oil. Boston Vultivator. Sunshine. Many a child goes astray, not because there is a want ot prayer or virtue at home, but simply because home lacks sunshine. A child needs smiles as much as flowers need sunbeams. Children look little beyond the present moment If a thing pleases they are apt to seek it ; if it displeases they are prone to avoid it. 11 home is the place where laces are sour and words harsh, and iault-hnding is ever in the ascendant, they will spend as many hours as possible elsewhere. Let every father and mother, then, try to be happy. Let them look happy. Let them talk to their children, especially the little ones, in such a way as to make them happy. ' Style. A young man having occassion to ask a lady for the snuffers across the table, addressed her in the following emphatic and enamored strain : "Most beautiful, accomplished, and charming madam, will your laaysnip, by an un merited and undeserved condecesion of your infinite goodness, please to extend to your most obsequious, devoted and very humble servant, that pair of innipotent digestors, that 1 may exasperate the ex- crecences of the nocturnal cylindric lumi nary, in order that the refulgent brightness of its resplendent brilliancy may dazzle the vision ot our ocular optics more potently." A h! Temptation is a fearful word. It indicates the beginning of a probable series of infinite evils. It is the ringing of an alarm bell, whose melancholy sounds may reverberate through eternity. uouseiioitt Kirhts of Woman. No one who has not been tried r.n im. I agme the discomfort and inconvenience I mai results irom irregularity in regard to 1 meals. The whole business of the day is I DroKen up oy ine tardiness of part of the I memDers ot the lamily, and it is uniust to I practice it; and yet many men who would I chafe and fret if their business was de-1 layed never give a thought to the fact that I it is just as inconvenient for their wives to I wait for them. Order is the first law of I nature, and it should be the same in fami-1 lies. A regular dav and hour for partial purposes make housework easier and far wuro pleasant, &uq inis oruer snouiu De recognized by each individual- in the family, and it is the mistress1 privilege to insert upon her rights in this respect. Again, me various contrivances and im provements for making housework leas la- boriout-, and thereby saving both time I and strength, should be considered as great a necessity in the house as upon the I larm. A woman does not trrudsre the I money expended for machinery in carrv-1 ing on the business of the farm, and if she I did it wonld nrohablv malr no diflftrpn and it is just that she, too, should avail I herself of the helps that lighten the labors of her department. Spirits of ammonia I is useful in expediting the tiresome busi ness of house-cleaning. And it costs but little, yet how very few housewives ever think ot availing themselves of us assist ance, because, forsooth, it costs so much ; and just the same with other articles of utility, and a wife will make a martyr of herself by scrubbing and working, even unto death, to save a little expense. A. Great Convenience. If yon buy coffee by the bag it is much cneaper tnan n you get it oy the pound or so, but then you have the trouble of roast , . . .... i ing it at home. No news in that? Wait a moment. - There are stores in Philadel phia which sell bags of coffee and deliver the coffee roasted as wanted by their cus tomers. This is the how of it. Yon buy a bag of coffee, knowing exactly how many pounds it contains, and leave it at the store. When you want a couple of pounds you send and get the coffee fresh roasted. Keeping an account of the num ber of pounds ordered you know when your bag is out. Housekeepers speak of this as a great convenience. Forneys rroqress. Housekeeping at the North is rendered much inore economical and much less trouble by taking advantage of the many privileges that are offered by the grocers and other merchants. - To roast coffee in the right way is tedious, and with all the labor bestowed, some slight interruption in attending will, often cause it to burn when its flavor is destroyed. One of the objections to ready-parched coffee is in the above obviated, as the quality can be I judged by having an opportunity to buy in the green. Let our merchants intro duce a similar manner of selling coffee and we think ic will prove quite 'successful.- Home and Democrat. Specie Kegs. Gold crosses the ocean " very much as does eeery other kind of freight. The k-gs in which it is packed, "specie kegs" as they are called, are made of extra hard wood, iney must have an extra iron hoop, and their workmanship must be abve the ordinary. Specie is not thrown loosely into a keg, nor upon the other hand is it carefully wrapped in tissue pper and piled one coin upon another. The keg serves only as a protection for canvas bags, into which the gold is placed in the ordinary hit-and-miss fashion of pennies in a Jersey farmer's wallet. The canvas of these bags is especially stout. and the ends are sewed particularly strong. Into each bag goes f 5,000, and ten bags fill each keg. bo that each keg which rolls out from the rear of the Bank of America is worth the round sum of $50,- 000, plus the cost of the cask itself and the value of a yard or two ot rough' can vas. In the interests of security, each keg is treated to what is technically known among the shippers as the "red-taping" process. At each end of the keg, in the projecting rims of the staves above the head, are bored four holes at eqni-distant intervals. A piece of red tape is run through these holes, crossing on the head of the keg, and the ends finally meet in the centre. At the point of meeting the tape is sealed ' to the keg's head by hard wax bearing the stamp of the shipper. Any meddling with the keg must break the tape or wax, and so on the trip across the ocean it is an easy matter to watch the valuable consignments and detect any attempt to interfere with it. New York limes. mm 1 1 1 The Violin. Of all the musical instruments the violin in Via mnof nnrlnpiiirv Piotina HTDQ V Arif IO VL1? UlUdU VUUUI lUg, M W V(1 VUV y wind instruments get battered and old fashioned ; the pipes of organs become scattered, and toe original construction is lost sight of. All kinds of norelties are introduced into flutes, but the sturdy violin stands on its own merits. Age and use only improve it, and instead of new ones commanding the highest prices, as in the case with other instruments, it is the violins of the few Italian makers of the last three centuries that command fabu lous prices. It is impossible to handle an old violin without a feeling of veneration, when one reflects on the number of people who have probably played on it, the weary hours it has beguiled, the source of enjoyment it has been, and how well it has been loved. gdlf" The Supieme Court ot Wisconsin has given a decision which has greatly disturbed the grain gamblers. An opera tor lost $2,500, or would have done so if be had settled up, but he refused to pay, and was sued for the money. The ver dict in a Circuit Court was against him, but this was set aside on appeal, the higher Court deciding that as no grain was actually bought or sold, the opera tion was simply a wager, and, therefore, a violation of the gambling law. - The Newspaper in a Farmhouse. PeoDle who live near the . creat ihor. oughfares, where they have access to two or mree uaiues ana a nan dozen weeklies do not fully appreciate the value of a news paper. iney come, inaeea, to look upon tnem as necessities, and they would as cheerfully do without their morning meal as their morning mail, but one must be ar ff in the country, remote from "the maddening crowd," to realize the full lux- ury of a newspaper, lhe larmer who rc ceives but one paper a week does not glances over its columns hurriedly, with an air of impatience, as does your merch ant or lawyer.' He begins with the begin ning and reads to the close, not permitting a news item or an advertisement to escape his eye. Then it has to be thumbed by every member of the famuy,each one look ing far thing's in which he or she is most interested. The grown up daughter looks Ior ine marriage nonces, and is delighted " the editor has treated them to a love tory. ine son wno is just about to en- Ege in farming, with an enthusiasm that W'N carry him far in advanceof his father, reads all the crop reports and has a keen eye 40T bints about improved modes of culture. The younger members ot the family come in for the amusing anecdotes and scraps of fun. AH look forward to the day that shall bring the paper with the liveliest interest, and if by some unlucky chance it fails to come it is a bitter disap pointment. One can hardly estimate the amount of information which a paper that w not only read but 6tudied can carry into family. They have, week by week, spread Deiore tneir mental vision a pano- rama oi ine uusy wona. us nuctuations and its concerns. It is the poor man's library, and furnishes as much meutalfood as he has time to consume and digest. No i i i ' i . i one, who has observed how much those who are far away from the places where men most congregate, value their weekly paper can fail to join in invoking a bless ing on the inventor of this means of intel lectual enjoyment. Jix. . The Struggle for Bread. Said a white-faced, delicate shop-girl, who seemed ready to taint behind her counter even as she epoke, "I would rather die here than work in anybody's kitchen ! 1 could only pity her. J? or myself, I should consider a place in some rich lamily as cook, laundress, seamstress or nursery maid, infinitely more independ ent, and decidedly higher in the social scale, than a situation in a shop, or a saloon, where I must be at the beck -and call, and subject to the impertinences of any ill-bred person who may have a dime to spend at my counter. lhe stigma that has been attached to domestic "Ser vice in these latter years is undeserved. There is no more honorable or desirable position for a woman who has her living to earn than of faithful service in a house hold. Most women who are dependent upon the help of servants are ready and glad to make their comfort and happiness in their homes a matter of conscientious duty. How few women there are to be found who understand any one branch of domestic labor any housekeeper can tell you, and there is no place open to women that promises such a large return, both as to wages and home comforts, as do the situations offered in wealthy fami lies. It needs far more intelligence to become a perfect house servant than to stand behind a counter and sell calicoes, or to serve oysters and ice creams in an eating-house, and the house servant com mands a respect and consideration, from both inmates and guests, which the shop girl can never receive. Yet year after year oountry girls pour into our cities and accept these situations, when hundreds of comfortable homes are awaiting their ac ceptance. It is time that this unfortunate order of things were changed. - Women. Great indeed is the task assigned to woman. Who can elevate its dignity r Not to make laws, not to lead armies, not to govern empires but to form those by whom laws are made, armies are led, em pires are governed, io guard against the slightest taint of bodily infirmity the frail yet spotless creature whose moral, no less than physical being, must be derived from her; to inspire those principles, to inculcate those doctrines, to animate those sentiments which generations yet unborn and nations yet uncivilized shall learn to bless to soften hrmnens into mercy and chasten honor into refinement; to exalt generositynnto virtue, and by toothing care to allay the anguish of the mind ; by her tenderness to disarm passion ; by her purity to triumph over tense; to cheer the scholar sighing under his toil, to be compensation for friends that are perfidi ous, for happiness that has passed away, such is her vocation. The couch of the tortured sufferer, the prison of the desert ed friend, the cross of the rejected Saviour these are the theaters in which her greatest triumphs have been received. Such is her destiny to visit the forsaken, to attend the neglected ; when monarchs abandon, when counselors betray, when justice persecutes, to remain unshaken and unchanged; and to exhibit in this lower world a type of that love, pure, constant and ineffable, which in another world we are taught to believe the text of virtue. Blackwood. The Egg in the Bottle. The London Field explains the mystery of an egg in a bottle, which has often puzzled people. This is how it is got there : "Take a good sound egg, place it in strong vinegar and allow it to remain twelve hours. It will then become soft and elastic. In this state it can be squeezed into a tolerably wide-mouthed bottle; when in it must be covered with water having some soda in it. In a few hours this preparation will resloro the egg nearly to its original solidity, after which the liquid should be poured off and the bottle dried." You need not tell any one that the hen laid it there while in a soft state. Leave the puzzled to guess it. 3f Pearl fishing is pursued by no less than 1.000 divers on . the coast of Lower California. The pearl oysters are found from one to six miles from shore in water from one to twenty-one fathoms deep. The yearly product is about t500, ; - Gathering -Leaves. ' ': On almost every farm there ' are consid erable numbers of large trees, either in single rows, or grouped m clusters,, which shed their leaves where they ; soon find -their way to the mowing fields, . unless . raked up and carried away. To gather such leaves serves a double purpose. -First, it prevents them from injuring -the grass land ; second, it provides ah excel lent material for bedding . t W hue leaves are very valuable for plant food when decomposed, they are very in jurious when spread on a mowing field, in ine conaition wnicn iney are when they fall from the tree; in fact but very little grass will grow where the land is covered with undecomposed leay.es, but when the leaves are mixed with the liquid and the solid manures of the. barn, in sufficient quantities to decompose them, there are but few materials better suited for plaut growth, and being an excellent material to keep cattle clean, and dry,' they serve a double purpose ; therefore no farmer should neglect to gather up all the leaves that are likely to eventually find their way to the mowing fields. v ; I or bedding, leaves should be gathered in dry weather, and stored where they can be kept dry, for wet leaves make poor bedding; but wet leaves may often be gathered to advantage for composting. An excellent dressing may ' be made for a flower garden by mixing sods and barn manure with leaves, and Jet them remain , til early spring, when the heap should be turned over, that it may become fine by the time it is needed for use. There are but very few if any materials used on the farm for bedding that improve the ma nure more than leaves; they contain large quantities of potash, and therefore are particularly adapted to the growth of the potato. The harvesting of leaves is work that can be readily done by boys. It is a work that should not be delayed until the wind has blown the larger part of them away, but should be attended to as soon as the leaves begin to fall in considerable -quantities. The sugar maple leaves are among the best for bedding, and is 'the most common tree on the borders of mow ing land. Mass. Ploughman. m - ' London's Increase.. , ; Last year 26,170 new houses, covering a length of 86 miles, were built in the metropolitan police area of London, which now contains 4,768,657 persons, the largest number probably ever packed within fif teen miles ot a common centre. Out. of this multitude 23 children and 154 adults were entirely lost. Their disappearance is one of the mysteries of London, upon which but little light is thrown by the fact that 54 bodies of persons found dead and unknown were buried before identification. There were three times as many people killed in the streets of London in 1881 as it cost to storm Arabi's position at Tel-el-Kebir, and ten times as many wounded, the figures being, killed 252, wounded 3,400. There were 800 tires, 274 sui cides, 11 murders, and only ' 3 convic tion ; 470 burglaries, and only 91 convic tions. , Dull Boys. Do not be discouraged. Slow growth is often sure gtowtb. Some minds are like Norwegian pines they are slow in growth, but they are striking their roots deep. Some of the greatest men have been dull boys. Dryden and Swift were dull as boys. So was Gibbon. So was Goldsmith. So was Walter Scott. Napoleon at school had so much difficulty in learning his Latin that the master said it would need a gimlet to get a word into his head. . Douglas Jerrold was so back ward in his boyhood that at nine he was hardly able to read. Novel Fire Escapes. The last inven tion for the protection of theater audiences is a "penetrable safety wall," which has just been patented by an engineer at liottsbus, (iermany. lhe plan is to make the interior wall in all parts ot the theater ot papier mache, made after a certain method. Such a wall will have the ap pearance of massive stone, but, by pres sure upon certain parts where the words are to be painted in luminous letters, "To be broken open in case of fire," access to the exterior corridors is to be obtained, whence escape to the outer air can be made. 5f A quality of California redwood is its ready absorption of water when heated, which for a time makes it almost 'fire proof. The quickness with which fires are extinguished in San Francisco has oftenbeen remarked, and the clerity with which blazing buildings, are , often; trans formed into charred remnants is greatly facilitated by the entire lack "'of the resinous element in the readwood lum ber. .. - - ' ' "" C P. Bailey of San Jose, Cal., CoL Richard Peters of Atlanta, Ga., and Col. liobert Scott of Frankfort, Ky., are re garded as the goat kings of America, Mr. Bailey alone having a herd of 5,000 Angoras on his ranch in Nevada. Last year he shipped eastward 10,000 pounds of mohair at 60 cents per pound, and dur ing the past two years he has sold $30,000 worth of goats. j SST" It is related that a fine cedar plant' ed by the late Senator Hill, and in the frowth of which he took much interest, egan to show signs of disease simul taneously with the prostration of the Senator, and that, in spite of the gard erner's care, a few. days after .the, death of Senator Hill there was not a green leaf upon it. ; tW- What God calls a man to do he will carry him through. I would under take - to govern half a dozen worlds if God called me to do it ; but if he did not call me to do it, I wonld not under take to govern half a dozen sheep. Pay ton. 2S7 What a learned physician of New Albany, Ind., pronounced to be a cancer in a boy's . throat was discovered-, by the mother of the child to, be caused by a beard of wheat three inches long and containing eight -grains of the cereal. ,. y .