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7ft. ..JS. - ,133 tV 2 I! B'iDOifiOCl fuiJj' enroll II K i Tit J OLD SERIES : VOlMW1 XXXI. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1882. VOLUME XIL NUMBER 596 ' a IIS fl m - iKi rn y a y nrrayi i nry.. im I N i n II I II Mil III K R Charlotte HttMe'&aDettibdrat, Published evert Fkidat by J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor. Terms Two Dollars to, one year. Ore Dollar for six months. Subscription price doe in advance. o "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. rr. as second class matter." according to the rle.oftheP.O.Depffm,tflCf ROBERT GIBBON, M. Physician and Surgeon. ElIfE, n AND TbTON O I Streets. Fifth RE8IDENCE, Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. VfarrTi 17 1ftft2 tf a I KJKJAft f , , - , II , Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, Willie xjt1- oiia Patent Medicines, Garden seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at low prices. March 28, 1881. ' 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 Ilotel. Jan. 1, 1882. 19 KO DR. A. W. ALEXANDER. DR. C L. ALEXANDER. SURGEON DENTISTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office, up-stairs in Irwin's coTn'er Uniidlrfg. fjf Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. uly 14, 1882. yr. A. IJURWELL. L"f j I T T US tl tJ IALKEB. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice Ijbet&j and pjederftl frts, Office adjoiningtJourt "House. Nov 5, 1881. JOHN E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice fh Jitetpjand Ffe$1j9Pf Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court House, No. 1, Sims & Dowd's building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N, C, . ."if '.'1,1! Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb 15,1882. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Pr a c t i c e-.L i mM .d ,t9..t h e EYE. EAR AND THROAT. March 18, 1881. DR. J. 3M? &ILLER, Charlott6, N. C. All calls promptly answered day and night Office. ovciCAla.11 8C4i jsi4orierjjfully described in said Mortgage, bein College and Trade streets, enterance on College street. Residence opposite W. R. Myers . Jan. 1, 1882. J. 8. SPENCER. J. C. SMITH. J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, N". C. May 19, 1882. ! ; WILSON & BURWELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggists, Tmrla Street -inoij C. Have a large and complete Stock p. eyjBfy thing pertaining to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. , , . Oct 7. 1881. 'I'Vv.-Uj HALES . &. PARRIOR. Practical" WatJck-cfealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keeps a fulf stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks. Spectacles, &c. which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry. Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and Bstisjf ap)trVsTre'. Store next to Springs' oru,ikl?n;-' 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 we offer 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, CoUege St., Cuablotx,k, N. Crt Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c. Agents for the "EUREKA" GUANO. Maxj;lfU88a. . ,,. HARRISON WATTS, Cotton Buyer, Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 14, 1881. Z. B. VANCE '.11 " t'. 3H! Wixxy' VANOE & BAILEY, Attorneys sand .Counsellors Practices in Supreme Court of United States, Supreme Court of: Nor.-Carplifta, Federal. Courts, and counties of Mecklenburg, Uabarrus, . . W-7'. I Union, Gaston, Rowan, IQT Office, ence Square. two doors east of independ- English Tooth Brushes. 5 Gross just rseeived at ! 1 111- W1L3UH SJliUJtyVftU t? By a curious coincidence the Psalter of the Book of Common Prayer for the Sunday after Sir Garnet Wolse ley's victory, included the verse: "Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it; Thou hast scattered Thine enemies abroad with Thy, mighty arm." LAND FOR SALE. By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county; I will sell at public auction, on the premises, at 11 o'clock A. M., on 16th December, prox., a valuable TRACT OF LAND, in said county, adioininer the lands of Cant. L. A. Potts, J. L. Jetton and others, near Bethel Academy, containing 161 Acres, enough of which is cleared for two-horse Farm, balance well tim bered. ' Terms One-half cash, remainder six months credit with note at 8 per cent interest with ap proved security. Title retained till purchase money is paid. W. P. WILLIAMS, j VOUJU11BSIUUCI . Nov. 16, 1882. 5w Davidson College, N. C. SHERIFF'S SALE. I will sell for cash, at the Court House door in the citv of Charlotte, on Monday the 1st day of January, 1883, to satisfy Executions in my hands, the following described .tracts 01 Liana, viz: Tract of Land in Huntersville, adjoining the lands of J. N. Hunter, Ellen Hamilton and oth ers, as the Property of V- Q. Lee. Also, the in terest of Wm. Campbell in that Tract of Land known as the "Campbell Lands," in Steel Creek Towpsuip, adjoining tne lands or a. L. Hoover, A. I. Thomas and others. M. E. ALEXANDER, Dec. 1, 1882. 5w Sheriff. VALUABLE LANDS . . FOR SALE. TJader and by virtue of three several Mort- gaes executed by T. B. Elliott as follows, viz : Mortgage of T. B. and S. H. Elliott to Rufus Barrlnger, dated January 14th, 1873, recorded in Book 8, page 280 ; Mortgage of T. Is. Elliott to li. M. .Miller & Son, 'dated Feb. 1, 1879, recorded in Book 20, page; 243, and . Mortgage of T. B. Elliott to K. JV1. Wilier, dated March 15, 1882, recorded in Book 30, page 326. rue interest 01 X. a. Elliott in me several Tracts or Parcels of Land described in said Deeds, the same being the interest of. said T. B. Elliott in the Tract 01 Lands conveyed Dy a. a. Elliott, Sr., to his sons; and also in the Tract which descended. to said 1 . li. Elliott and nis brothers and sisters as tenants in common from his mother, Will be sold at the Court House door in the city of Charlotte, on Saturday, 30th December, 1882, for cash. baid Lands are situated in onaron lownsnip in Mecklenburg county. KUFUS J3 A KK1W (jrJfi K, R. M. MILLER & SONS, R. M. MILLER, Dec. 1, 1882. 4w Mortgagees. j LAND FOR SALE. I offer for sale that Tract of LAND near the city of Charlotte, N. C, containing about 132 Acres, and known as the home of tne late Dr. Asbury. This land adjoins the Wadsworth farm and, the land of Cant. Svd. B. Alexander, on the place are about 600 Fruit Trees, and eight acres planted in Grape vines. The place will be sola on reasoname terms. S. P. ALEXANDER. Nov. 24, 1882. tf I SALE OP CITY LOTS. Bv virtue of the authority granted to me by Jas. H. Henderson, in a Mortgage dated January 14, 1879, aDd registered in the office of the Regis ter of Deeds, in Book 20, page 443, I will sell at tliAlPnnrt Hnnsn in (Iharlottp. on Saturdav. December. 23d. 1882, that valuable City Property fit the corner of Church and 4th streets, which is tWO XjOIS and the improvements thereon. The Property will be sold in four parcels, on each of which there is a Dwelling House. Mr. Jas. II. Henderson will show the Property to anv one desiring to purchase. Terms of sale will be announced at sale. They will be made so as to accommodate those wishing to buy Houses. Nov. 24,' 1882. 5w Mortgagee. j Valuable Lands FOR SALE. The Polk Place of the late P. M. Brown, ad joining lands of J. S. Myers, T. L. Vail, L. A. Vanderburg and others, containing aoout lnree Hundred and Twenty-seven Acres, located on Bf iar Creek, will be sold at the Court House dodr in Uliarlotte on Saturday. Dec. ytn, ibbh, unless sooner disposed of at private sale. This is a valuable Farm with improvements. Tefins one-fourth cash, balance in 1, 2 and 3 yeajs, with interest from date. Persons desiring iUrtuer information apply to ' T TT TATin A "VT 11. XI. O VllUH. , ! At Drug Store of R. H. Jordan & Co. JNov. 17, 1882. iSw Valuable Farming, Timber and Mining LANDS FOR SALE. 6,000 Acres Farming and Timber Lands, (Bot tom and Up Lands,) and Iron Ore Bank, belong ing to the Estate of J. W. Derr deceased, in Lin coln and Catawba counties, will be sold in any quantity and on favorable terms to suit pur chasers. Also, will be sold one-half interest in the Big Iron Ore Bank of 200 Acres, said to be inex haustible. The Lands are North and East of Lincoln ton from 2 to 7 miles, produces Wheat, Corn, Cotton, Tobacco. Grasses, and all kinds of limber. We will also rent, until sold, the JHadison Furnace and Forge. The works are in good working order, and any person wishing to ex amine the Lands wnl call on the undersigned ana thy will take pleasure in showing the same. JAMES MULLiEJN, Chronicle r. u., jh. u. A. J. DERR, Cowan's Ford P. O., N. C, ( jfov. 10, 1822. Executors of J. W. Derr. 6w FARMING .-"For Sale and LANDS for Lease, Oa the West Bank of the Catawba River, near Cmig's Ferry, 15 miles from Charlotte, improved anu unimproved, of the best quality for growing the Grasses. Grain, and Cotton, and in Tracts of from One Hundred to Twelve Hundred Acres. Can furnish Purchasers and Lessors with full ouafit of Implements. Working Stock, and Provender. imilar Tracts as to size, quality and outfits e distance North of Charlotte. , Long leases for clearing and imoroviner small tracts. Also, several finely located Building Lots, as we l as imnroved Uitv Iteal nutate, ior saie on favorable terms. ror further particulars apply to RO. D. GRAHAM, Attorney, jNov. 3, 1882. Charlotte, N. C. v ! Ready-Mixed Paint, 4 - - ' All colors. .Best in use. .We have tried all kinds and find "Averill's' to erive the best satis- 1 xacnon. Doia ny r55 1 ' - ' - XX7TT UAV ft. TTTtTtTTT T I ' if ri " Druggists. ; ; . JNOTICE Jiereby- given that application will he made lid the nexti. Legislature of the State of North Carolina for an (Amendment to the Charter of Biddle University." ' Bv Order of Board of Trustees of Biddle Uni- ersity. A Literary Curiosity. A Remarkable Poem to Which Thlrtr-Eigfct Poets Contribute a Line Each. The following very remarkable little poem is a contribution to the San Francisco Times from the pen of Mr. H. A. Deming. The reader will see that each line is a quotation from some one of the standard authors of England and Amer ica. This is the result of years of laboriooB search among the voluminous writings of thirty- eight leading poets of the past and present The number of each line refers to its author below : 1. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour f 2. Life's a short summer, man's a flower. 3. By turns we catch the vital breath and die. 4. The cradle and the tomb, alas ! so nigh. 5. To be is better far than not to be, 6. Though all men's lives may seem a tragedy ; 7. But light cares speak when mighty griefs are dumb. 8. The bottom is but shallow whence they come. . 9. Your fate is but the common fate of all ; 10. Unmineled joys here no man can befall. 11. Nature to each allots its proper sphere ; 12. Fortune makes folly her particular care. 13. Custom does often reason overrule, 14. And throws a cruel sunshine on a fool. 15. Live well ; how long or short, permit to heaven ; 16. They who forgive most shall be most for given. 17. Sin may be clasped so close we cannot see its face 18. Vile intercourse where virtue has no place. 19. Then keep each passion down, however dear. 20. Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. 21. Her sensual snares let faithless pleasure lay, 22. With craft and skill to ruin and betray. 23. Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise, 24 We masters grow of all that we despise. 25. Oh, then, renounce that impious self-esteem 26. Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream 27. Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave. 28. The path of glory lead but to the grave. 29. What is ambition ? 'Tis a glorious cheat 30. Only destructive to the brave and great. 31. What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown ? 32. The way of bliss lies not on beds Of down. 33. How long we live not years but actions tell 34. That man lives twice who lives the first life well. 35. Make, then, while yet you may, your God your friend, 36. Whom Christians worship, yet not compre hend. 37. The trust that's given guard and to yourself be just, 38. For live we how we can, die we must. 1. Young ; 2, Dr. Johnson ; 3, Pope; 4, Prior ; 5, Sewell ; 6, Spencer ; 7, Daniel ; 8, Sir Walter Scott : 9. Longfellow ; 10. Southwell : 11, Con- greve; 12, Churchill ; 13, Rochester ; 14, Arm strong; 15, Milton; 16, Bailey; 17, Trench ; 18, Somerville ; 19, Thompson ; 20, Bryon ; 21, Smollett ; 22, Crabbe ; 23, Massinger ; 24, Cow ley ; 25, Beattie ; 26, Cowper ; 27, Sir Walter Devenant ; 28, Gray ; 29, Willis ; 80, Addison 31, Dryden ; 32, Francis Charles ; 33. Watkins 34, Herrick ; 35, William Mason ; 36, Phill ; 37, Dana ; 38, Sbakspeare. NEW FALL GOODS. We have iust returned from the Northern markets, and are now ready to show the BEST STOCK OF GOODS In this City, embracing everything new in Dress Goods and Trimmings, such as Cashmeres, Shoodahs. Satmes. Ottomans, French Novelties, Satins, Silks, Surahs, Moires, &c., &c. Our Stock of Cloaks, Dolmans and Jackets, is immense. Balmorals, Shawls, Neckwear. Ribbons, Passamentnes, Fringes Velvets, Velveteens, Plushes, &c. We have a large and handsome Stock of Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Overcoats, Hats, Caps, &c. We have the best 4-4 Bleached Domestic ever offered at 10 cents. Ask to see it. PEARL SHIRTS. Call and examine our Stock before buying, and if we den't sell vou it will not be because our prices are not low enough. . . TTTT r TTT1T Y . Sept. 15, 1882. Smith Building. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT OF ELIAS & COHEN. ALL NEW GOODS. Haviner disDised of our old Stock, we now offer an immense Stock of Fresh Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Carpets, Boots, Shoes and Hate. All new and the latest styles. Don' fail to examine our coods and prices before buying. ELIAS & COHEN. Aug. 25, 1882. THE CHARLOTTE WAREHOUSE FOR THE STORAGE OF Cotton, Fertilizers and General Merchandise, SPRINGS & BURWELL, Proprietors. Having put, in good order the building formerly known as the "Rock Island Factory," we are now prepared to do a general Storage business. Thi being the largest and most conveniently located Warehouse in the City, we can furnish Storage and Insurance at reasonable prices and can receive and deliver on short notice. SPRINGS & BURWELL. Sept. 22,1882. . - 1 ' 1 1 . - i - , . - Cigars. We are still selling the "TDltimo," the best of all 5 cent Cigars. After eight years' trial we can find no better. " ' ' . . -! 'if WILSON & BURWELL. Keep Cheery. One of the most delightful Bights we Jcnov ot 19 that ot sunshine in human faces. How Buch a man draws na to him self. : See his large, sunny nature. Noth ing j seems to cloud his face. While others are gloomy and discouraged he is full of hope and full of courage. He looks on the bright side: he laughs at adversity aim (snaps nis nosers iii'iue tace 01 dis 3 ' " . L I couragements. He tones up all "around himJ Soldiers on the march feel the invi gorating effect of such a man's presence. 1 ired workers everywhere are cheered and strengthened by the sight of such faces and the sound of such voices. This is a priceless possession to a moth er, wife, teacher, minister, or any leader ol men. lhink of the discouragement and j weariness oi working " on, day by day,' by the side of one or under the authority of one who is always gloomy and i morose. It were as :. pleasant and as easy to labor ra darkness and in shadows. Cheery men and women are stronger men, and women, ihev do more, lhev age less, carry no useless burdens and avoid ' much motion. Their laces are known and read of all men, and what a joyous, health-giving tale they tell. Do you say this is all beautiful and true but these we speak of have no trials? Pio 1 Ul-healtb, or broken fortunes, or crushed hopes have ever come to shadow and lembitter their lives ? Stay, friend this Buuuusitiuu vi tuuib is an wruuK. iubo i men anu womeu coiuu ieu you ouen 01 1 HAVArA sinlcnnaa nr nrroat ravaraM nf fnrt nne I . b. . . . . - 1 raa ininrva r a xrx yit rrntfkii 1 tin t nom need not prevent any one from ' living in the sunlight. Uh, how we need such men and women now. we need them in every home and every church. Are you one of these? Then you are doing good continually : doing it as the sun shines in heaven or the rain alls on the earth. God bless you in your helplul ministry. Are you not one ot these r lben you miss much of the great sweetness and joyonsness ot lite, liet out Irom under the clouds. You were never meant to live in tears continually. Rejoice ! Cheer up ! Whistle, sing, do something to brighten yourselves. Live honestly before iiod and man and do good. Cheer up others and thus fill your soul with sunlight. "God bless us everv one," and fill our souls with the sunshine of His presence, and our daily life with sunny faces, kind words and unselfish acts. Golden Rule. Raffling. From the Monroe Express. What is raffling ? According to "Webs ter," to raffle to take part in "a game ot chance, or lottery, in which several persons deposit a part of the value of a thing, for the chance of gaining a prize." In other words, and in plain vernacular, rammg is gambling, and gambling is for bidden by the statue law of the State of N. C. Every act that tends to a violation of law, either civil or moral, should be dis couraged and discountenanced by all good citizens. The safety and security of every community depend upon the morals of its people ; and whatever tends to deprave the moral element among men, will surely undermine the stability of society,and will eventually overthrow every high and ennobling principle therein; "lhere is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." This, we are taught in the U7rtr1 f CZ-rkA on1 tKo (Cpa-fflirtrv rvama' ia doubtless, one of the ways of man that seem, to eome, to be "right :" which, in the light of the Bible, (and where shall we go for light, if not there?) will end tn death. We, therefore, as ministers of the gospel, would set our disapproval upon the game of "raming, and earnestly caution and warn the young men of Monroe against the fascinations before it be too late. Our feeble protest may not be heeded by all ; but to the young, who are church members, we would kindly and af fectionately throw out a warning voice, hoping it may not be "in vain in the 1 & j Lord." (Signed) W. B. Haeekll, Pastor Baptist Church. P. J. Cabeawat, Pastor Methodist Church. : Manufactures in the United States. A Census Bulletin just issued, from Washington, gives some interesting statis tics of manufactures in the United States. There are 1,943 establishments engaged in the manufacture of agricultural imple ments, employing sixty-two million dollars capital and forty thousand hands ; paying fifteen million dollars in wages, using thirty-one million dollars worth of materials and turning out sixty-nine million dollars worth of products. Of boots and shoes there are 1,959 factories. These employ . 1 a 1 11 a capital ot iorty million aonars and one hundred and eleven thousand hands, pay forty-three thousand dollars in wages, nse one hundred and two million dollars worth of materials and produce one hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars worth of boots and shoes. For the sawing of lumber,there are twenty-live thousand establishments, which employ a capital of one hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars and one hnn dred and forty-seven thousand hands, pay ininv.Tvn ihnnMnii nn tra in ninsi expend one hundred and forty-six thous and dollars as the value of logs and mill supplies, and produce two hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars worth of lumber, fec. Of paper mills there are 692, with a capital of forty-six thousand dol lars. These employ twenty-four thousand hands, pay nine thousand dollars in wages, use thirty-four thousand dollars worth of material,-and produce fifty-five thousand dollars worth of paper. I-IF A wonderful discovery has been made of a place in Yellowstone Park, in which the air seems to have no capacity to carry sound, and people there must learn to translate the motion 01 one another a hps, and use the sign language. EST Life is like gathering- chestnuts. There is much burr to little nut. and some oi the nuts are wormy, and some are frauds. How the French Manage. When we Americans are bothering about "lamuy help, it is aggravating to think bow much better they manage these things in Paris. A correspondent who has been studying up these points writes as follows : Imagine the convenience of having a nice, tidy woman coming up to your room early in the morning, say 8 o'clock,' cook ing your breakfast, and then doing all of y oar chamber work, sweeping, dusting, and leaving you in perfect order for the day by 10 o'clock, and all this for the moderate sum of ten cents. Their charges are actually but five cents an hour. A great many well-to-do families live in this way, having the femme de manege two hours three times a day to prepare their meals and to do the necessary house work, it or those who do not care to take early breakfast- at home, there are' the nicest little places, called cremeries, where you can get a bowl of coffee or cho colate and a roll for four or five cents. And these little establishments, in addi tion to their early breakfast trade, sell iresn nutter and eggs, milk and cream, cheese and fruit. It is surprising what a small amount of provisions you can buy in Paris. For ex ample, who would dare in New York to ask for two cents' worth of butter ? Here it is a matter of course, and the neat, clean looki girl alway8 we'aring a white ' ron r, .1 .. , 1 nnnnt az. a n a D ,. wk . . . . a wn.e never making a mistake, as is ... v.. sometimes done in weighing. Amoug other conveniences for those who do not want to eook at home are the charciUrie shops, at which are sold cold ham, tongue, veal and delicious gelatine, a sort of boned chicken or turkey, all kinds of sausages, and even sardines at retail, two for a cent. These are all sold by the small quantity A slice of ham lor hve cents is enough for ; several sandwiches. Again, at the Rotisserie you can buy roast chicken just out: 01 the oven, whole or by the piece, a leg or wing, or slice of breast. All kinds of game or meat are to be had already roasted or cooked to order, and sent home at any specified hour. It is a great con an immense saving in fuel alone. There are also to be seen little stalls where fried potatoes and small fish are sold every day from 11 till 2 o'clock. when you will meet strings of girls and men in their blouses, hurrying off with a brown paper bag steaming in their bands, two or three cents' worth being enough for a meal even for a hungry man. speaking ot luei, 1 must tell you of a little contrivance I discovered which is valuable, and certainly the cheapest cook' ing contrivance ever invented, it is a tiny stove of sheet iron, hardly .larger than a quart measure, costiMr -about 25 cents. The material burned in it is a sort ot very fine charcoal called braise, which is bought at the baker's. It is the residue of the baker's fuel, and sold very cheaply four cents' worth being enough to last a week. The fire in this little stove is enough to make tea and coffee and boil eggs, or even to broil fish or chops.. , It makes no dirt, and it is exceedingly easy to light the fare. The Best Season for Cutting Wood. i armers are usually too busy to cut wood when it is in the best state to sea son well. When the cold weather comes and the ground is covered with snow, most ot tne out-aoor work on the larm is M.I . Jt over,excepting that of cutting wood ; so it is during the winter season that the princi pal portion of the wood 13 cut, but unfor tunately this is not the best season. One cord of wood cut in September is worth one quarter more than a cord cut m March. If cut in September it is com paratively free from sap, and will dry much quicker and at the same time dry harder. The grey birch, if cut early in Septem ber, will dry hard and keep well through the next summer, while it it be cut in 1 1, 1 .,, i , . . -arcD. win not. ary unless sawea in snort pieoes and split. If left four feet loDg in the woods over summer, it becomes com paratively worthless. Even maple and oak is of much less value when cut after the first of January and before the first of May : it does not dry as quick, nor as hard as if cut early in the autumn. Pine wood cut between the first of January and the first 01 may is not only not as good for firewood, but it is sure to be badly eaten by worms if left in the woods over summer, while if cut early in the au- tumn, it dries harder and is rarely in jured much by worms. Another advantage of cutting wood ear ly in the autumn, if the land is to be kept in wood is, the stumps sprout better, and the growth is larger than if cut late in the winter. When it is desired to clear up the land, it is best to cut the wood in the spring, then the stumps are lull of sap which flows from them in large quantities, thus keeping the stump wet and causing it to decay in much less time than if cut when-the roots are comparatively tree irom sap, and it cut at this season, it is much less trouble to keep the sprouts down ; thus if the land is to be cleared the gain in keepiog the sprouts down partially makes up for the loss in the j quality of the wood W hen land is to be kept in wood, an effort should be made to cut the wood before the first of January, and it would be better to cut it in Octo ber. Mass. Ploughman. Exaggeration. The habit of exagger - atioms one which rapidly grows into nn - iruiu, 11 eucuurageu. iiever coior a story for the sake ot a foolish jest, or to excite the laughter of a few companions at the expense of a friend. Be anxious when you relate anything to tell it just as it occurred : never er vary in the least de- I Wee. The reason whv our ears are so of- I ten saluted by false reports is because people, in telling real things add a little I to them, and as they pass through a doz- I en mouths, the original stories are turned I into something entirely different. . So, So, that late when you attempt to tell anything I you have seen with your own eyes, relate I it correctly in every particular, and as I you grow older you will reap the dvan I tages of this course. The Eight of Precedence. Nothing is ' more ridiculous than the tenacity' with which the people in high life or military positioostick to their laws of etiquette. - Napoleon, when First Con sal,' when all social distinctions in rank were abolished, made a rale that settled the question of precedence very neatly. Being informed that the ladies were fight ing to know who should take the lead on entering the audience room, be sent an order, "Let the oldest go . first 1" On which all waited one for the other. : .Recently, when the grand procession was to enter Cairo with the Khedive, Ad miral Seymour was not on hand. He is senior to Sir ' Garnet Wolsely. and his presence would have rendered it necessa ry for the victorious General to take the second carriage, as it was indispensable that oir H,d ward Male t should enter with tne jvneaivje, he -being the omciai repre sentative of the British Government. Un der the circumstances it was thought best that bir W illiam Hewett should represent the navy,a8 in. his case there could be no inconvenient question of 'precedence, he being junior to Sir Garnet. It would seem that the. world is not ma king much progress when tiifles like this disturb the relations of conquerors, and an Admiral absents himself from' a cele bration rather than ride behind a General. Questions as small as this sometimes af flict society in oar democratic country, and the right of precedence has been hotly contested by the wives , of Senators and Judges in Washington, "Who shall be greatest" was discussed among- the disci ples 01 Jesus, and it requires much grace to obey the rule:" "In honor prefer one an other. JY. x. Observer. - ' Curious Patents. Some investigating person has furnished the New York Times with a brief list of patents on small things, which in many instances' have proved great mines of wealth to the lucky discoverer. The list might be extended to a much larger nam ber, but we only state those given in the limes. Among these trifles is the. favor ite toy the "return ball" a . wooden ball with ah elastic string attached, sell ing for ten cents each, but yielding to its patentee an income equal to 50,000 a year. ,ihe rubber tip on the end 01 leaa pencils affords the owner of the royalty an independent fortune. The inventor of of the gummed newspaper wrapper is also a rich man. The gimlet ' pointed screw has evolved more wealth than most silver nes, and the man who . first thought of putting copper tips to children s shoes is as well off as if his lather had left him $2,000,000 in United States bonds. Al though roller skates are not so much used in countries where ice is abundant, in South America, especially in Brazil, they are very highly esteemed, and have yield ed over 81.01)0,000 to their inventor. But he had to spend fully $125,000 in Eng land alone nghting infringements. Ibe "dancing Jim Urow," a toy, provides an annual income of $75,000 to its inventor, and the common needle threader is worth $10,000a year to the man who thought of it. The "drive. well was an idea of Colo nel Green, whose troops, during the war, were in want of water. He conceived the notion of driving a two inch tube into the ground until water was reached and then attaching a pump. ' This simple ' contri vance was patented after the war, and the tens of thousands of farmers who have adopted it have been obliged to pay him a royalty, a moderate estimate of which is placed at $3,000,000. The spring win dow shade yields an income of $100,000 a year ; the stylograpbic pen also brings in $100,000 yearly; the marking pen for shading in different colors, $100,000 ; rub ber stamps the same. A very large for tune has been reaped by a western miner, who, ten years since, invented . a metal rivet or eyelet at each end of the mouth of coat and pants pockets 1 to . resist the strain caused by the carriage of pieces of ore and heavy tools. ' John smith ibuys a new reaper, and before he has cut the crop of one field with it, he is notihed that its patent is 1 - . . . .... . contested,and that be is liable to a penalty for using it. Rather than have a lawsuit on his hands he pays the royalty asked by the contesting firm, and is lucky if he have not to pay tnree or iour times more oetore he is done. The same is the case with nearly every sort of labor-saving contri vance which a farmer is likelv to buv. The claimants under contesting patents do not fight each other in the- courts, but make a much more profitable revenue by fleecing each other's customers. A bill now on its way through Congress will put an end to this.- It compels the owners of patents to secure .redress from the makers and; sellers, and not from the buyers of articles which infringe those patents, enacting that it shall be sufficient defence for the latter to show ; that they bought the article , in the open market. Chris. Intel. Let the Bill be passed, if possible, at the present session of Congress. ZW The Washington Post' thinks it is "morally certain" that Judge Kelley will fail utterly in his eiidfts to abolish the liquor taxes. .Perhaps so; but if the Demo crats do their duty he -will not. If the North Carolina delegation abide by the pledges of their party in this State they will vote against the 'whole 1 Internal Revenue taxes. Charlotte Journal. Yes, indeed, if the Democrats of this State, (and many of the Republicans,) are pledged to do any . oqe ; thing more than 1 another, it is to do all they can to abolish 1 the miserable.corrnpting Internal Revenne 1 Jaw. Mrs. barah, J.,ILile,l editor of I Godey's iaay s .Book, who oiea, recently, f nearly, ninety years old, was the author of m7. Wiemi."-il w wmtea forty-six years ago, ap4:lusfc,pttbaahUn ttoston in xoou. j airs, xuia resiaea in Boston at fJiat Mwe, W -r.-. y.i A T-Z-u -r t . j :u: i- w iiieu o.mr. nivKriuiug uu travels inl this coaptry,. used, ther term tirgaijEores'Whatjg'i yirgm for, est.?" ' asked .'a auditor. "r Pb wat is r a I vairgin forest is it ye whant to know ? A - 1 vairgin , forest'! son, is one phwere the I hand 0' man has niver set fut, bedadP . Moral Courage in Daily Life. "Moral : Courage" was printed in large letters and put as the , caption of the following ; items, . and placed iu a con spicuous place on the door of a syste matic merchant in New York, for constant reference, and famished by him for publi cation : - Have the courage to discharge a debt while you have the money in your, pocket. . Have the courage to do without that which you' do not need, however much your eyes may covet it. Have the courage to speak to a friend -. in a seedy coat, even though you are in company with a rich one, and richly attired. . . . ... Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, . and hold yonr tongue when it is prudent that you should do so. . . -Have the courage to own that you are poor, and thus disarm poverty of its' Sting. I- Have the courage to tell a man why you will not lend him your money, Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you have when you are convinoed that he lacks principle a friend should bear with a friend's in firmities, but not with his vices. Have the courage to show your respect for honesty in whatever guise it appears, and your contempt for dishonesty and duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited. - , Have the courage to wear, your old clothes until you can pay for new ones. . Have the courage to prefer comfort and propriety to fashion in all things.- - Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather than to seek for knowl-, edge under false pretences. Have the courage in providing an enter tainment for your friends not to exceed your means. - Have the courage to ifisure the proper ty in your possession and thereby pay your debts in full. Chattel Mortgages. Faykttkvillk, Nov. 20, 1882. Editor Goldsboro Messenger : The sys- ; tern of chattel mortgage as it 110 w pre vails and is practiced, is beginning to be one of unendurable hardship on the farmer. The idea seems to prevail that it is a benefit to the poor man; this is a great mistake, and if he will reflect one moment, he will see, if he has not already realized,; that it is curse-bringing ruin and desola tion iu the end to him who follows it up for any length of time. In this section, I do not think I would exaggerate if I were to estimate that at least three-fifths of the farmers depend npon advances under chattel mortgages to run their farms. These in the first place have to pay an , advance price on their supplies, in con . sideration ot the time extended. Ibis is usually from ten to twenty per cent. Then they pay interest on the note from date till maturity. If not paid at ma turity the mortgagor seizes the property, thus entailing heavy expenses and court cost, to be added to the mortgage debt, taken all together, the difference between cash and lime price for his supplies, would . aggregate from twenty-five to thirty per cent additional What busi ness can stand it ? The chattel mortgage system is the shortest road to financial ruin ever in vented by the ingenuity of man. Let it be repealed. And with the chattel mort gages let the only remaining obstacle to the poor man's credit be also removed . the Homestead ! What good does the Homestead do a rich man ? He can get credit because he has an excess. The poor man cannot because he rarely owns more than the amount exempted, and must need mortgage bis home, or go without credit. Remove the barrier, and the door to credit is open to the poor as well as the rich ! Onk Thousand Fivb Hundred and . Skvknty-six Fsst Deep. The deepest coal mine in America is the Pottsville, in , Pennsylvania. The shaft is 1,570 feet deep, from its bottom, almost a third of a mile down, 200 cars, holding four tons each, are lifted every day. They are run upon a platform, and the whole weight of . six tons is hoisted at a speed that makes the head swim, the time occupied iu lift ing a full car being oDly a little' more than a minute. The hoisting and low ering of men into the mines is reg ulated by law in that State, and . only ten can stand on a platform at once under penalty of a heavy fine. However, carelessness cannot be prevented, and an- . accustomed visitors are appalled bv 1L A Tjerson of weak nerves." sava a correa- Sondent, "should not brave the ordeal by escending the Pottsville shaft. The machinery works as smoothly as a hotel elevator, but the speed is so terrific that one seems falling through the air. The knees after a few seconds become weak and tremulous, the ears ring as the drums of these organs are forced in ward by the " air pressure, and the eyes shut involuntan-' ly as. the . beams : of the shaft . seem to . dash upward only a foot or , two away. As one leaves the ligtt of .. the npper day the - transition 'to fc dark-' ness is fantastic. The light does not'paas ' 1 into cloom in the same fashion as bur day ; merges into night, but there is a kind of phosphorescent glow, gradually becoming dimmer and dimmer. Half way down vou pass, with a roar and sudden crash, the ascending car; and at last, after what seems several minutes, but is only a frac tion of that time, the platform begins to. t slow np, halts at a gate, and through it v,- ( -you step into a crowd of creatures "withT '- L the shapes of men, bat with the blackened'" If aces, the glaring eyes,and wild physiognd- ?,- mies of fiend"...;. ; ?&w' I fluMf!Tmn(i.A lass-making firm 1 Pittsburg, Pa., have een manutactnr I in gaM textile fabrics during the past twelye; orV eighteen' months. - A', rod of glMa several feet long and half; an Inch in ldimtr nA Wtl tntfc a rirmw- ''fit attached at on md to a lartrp - ranwH : llrivoiTing- wooden drum, and therewV 1 . . . . , . . - i arawD oui 10 a jxae toreaq.. This nroce&ii . IS. repeated till enough glasf has been 'spunl When it'ls wound on 'bobbins ;ifla Woven' , lSca cotton, flaxbr silk. Tj Tb'e fabrics thus ; J ,:; prefaced are very beautiful 'and 'pliable. J. The glass they are madsjpf lSjmade ".-very V sen by tne addition LUad. - f t I Off si t 9 VJ. II V 1 Charlotte, Jov. 10, lSSJJ. im Si: OH f I': .vK
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 8, 1882, edition 1
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