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OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXII.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1883.
VOLUME 1 XII .NUMBER 625
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PharlottO Home and Democrat.
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Terms Two Doixabs for one year.
Onb Dollar for six months.
Subscription price due . in advance.
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Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N.
C as second class matter," according to the
rules of the P. O. Department.
BOBERT GIBBON, M.
Physician and Surgeon.
D..
OFFICE,
PlFTH AND TbYOJI8tBKBT8;
BK8IDENCB, .
Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C.
March 17, 1882. tf
T. 0. SMITH & CO.,
WHOLESALE
AND t
RETAIL DRUGGISTS,
CHARLOTTE, N . C .
May 11, 1883. ,
J. P. McCombs, M. D.t
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, 1883.
DK. A. W. ALEXANDEB. DR. C. L. ALEXANDEB.
SURGEON DENTISTS,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office, up-stairs in Irwin's corner building.
5f Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
July 14r1882; s yr. ; . . ' .
A. nunWELL. P. D. WALKEB.
BURWELL & WALKER,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts,
Office adjoining Court House.
Jan. 1, 1883.
JOHN E. BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Ofk-ior on Trade Street, opposite the Court
House, No. 1, Sims&Dowd's building.
Dec 23, 1881 y
DR. M. A. BLAND,
Dentist,"
CHARLOTTE, N. C
Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte
Hotel. .
Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth.
Feb 15,1882.
DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practice Limited to the
EYE, EAR AND THROAT.
Jan. 1,1883.
.J. 8. SPENCER. J- C. SMITH.
J. S. SPENCER & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
' ; ' ' ;, ad ' .
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Trade Street, Charlotte, JV. C.
AGENTS FOB
Tftockingbam SheetiDgs and Pee Dee Plaids.
Special attention given to handling
Cotton on Consignment.
.April 13, 1883.
HALES & PARRIOR,
Practical Witch-dealers and Jewelers,
Charlotte, N. C,
Keep a full stock of haadsome 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 & 7BURWELL,
Grocers and Provision Dealers,
Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses,
Syruys, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard,
Hams, Four, 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. Jan. 1. 1883.
PAUL B. BARRINGER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office Over Jordan & Co.'s Drug Store.
Residence At Gen. Barrlnger's.
Calls in country attended.
Feb. 9, 1883. Cmpd
E. M. ANDREWS,
Charlotte, N. C.
T? TT D "NT T T TT P I?
A J AV X a. Xt J-a
Coffins and Caskets,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Feb. 9, 1883- yr
HARRISON WATTS.
Cotton Buyer,
Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Oct. 14,1882.
Z. B. Vance. W. H. Bailet.
VANOE & BAILEY,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practices in the Supreme Court of United States,
Supreme Court of North Carolina, Federal
Courts, and counties of Mecklenburg,
Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan,
and Davidson -
CgTOftice. two doors east of Independence
Square. June 17 tf
TAILORING.
John Vogel, Practical Tailor,
Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte
and surrounding country, that, he is prepared to
manufacture gentlemen's clothing in the latest
style and at short notice. His best exertions will
be given to render satisfaction to those who pat
ronize him. Shop opposite old Charlotte Hotel.
January 1,1881. :
A second class man at West Point
Predicts that the colored cadet, Alexander,
will nitW in .ai.wji ' .
wm utuner in nis "Dieoe" vear nor in
successive years be socially recognized
by his fellow-cadets, but oa the contrary
will be spared the usual "hazing" and will
discipline, because to treat him as white
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boys are treated, which is invariably with
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great severity, wouia create toe impres
sion that he was being abused on account
of his color. W do not suppose
ander will nnd his experience at
Academy particularly unpleasant,
troubles will come after graduation
thai
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Alio
and
entrance into the army.
Land for Sale.
One mile Northwest of Huntersville Academy,
about One Hundred and Twenty Acres of good
Land is offered for eale. It is in a high state of
cultivation, well watered and timbered, a good
Dwelling House and all necessary out buildings,
two tenant Houses, and a Public Bcbool IIousci
joining the place. For terms and information
call and see me on the place.
J. C. McAULEY.
July 6, 1833. lm
NOTICE.
Sale of Lot in Charlotte.
By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of
Iredell county, I, as Administrator of M. F. Nes
bit, Senior, deceased, will sell to the highest bid
der at public sale, at the Court House in Char
lotte, on Tuesday the 7th day of August, 1883, a
LOT in ihe City of Charlotte described as fol
lows : Lying in the Boundary of Charlotte, in
the suburb of "Greenville," and on the North
side of Division street, fronting on said street,
containing; about one-eighth of an Acre, adjoin
ing Mrs McCullougb, Forester Crane and others.
Terms of Sale Six months credit with inter
est from sale Note and approved security.
M. F. NESBIT,
July 6, 1883. lm Adm'r.
FOR SALE.
I offer for sale my Plantation containing One
Hundred and Fifty Acres, adjoining the Lands
of Syd. B. Alexander, Win. 8. Stewart, Dr. W.
J. Hayes and others. The place is ia a state of
high cultivation.
For information, apply to my father, Dr. W.
J. Hayes, at Charlotte, or to myself at Hickory,
JOHN A. HAYES
July C, 1883. 4w
Executor's Notice.
The undersigned having qualified as Executor
of the last Will and Testament of Capt. James
B. Robinson, deceased, all persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified to present
them to him for payment on or before the 15th
day of July, 1884, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All ptrsons indebted to
said estate are hereby notified to settle same at
once.
W. E. ARDREY,
July G, 1883. 6wpd Executor.
T. L. SEIGLE & CO.
Have an Elegant Stock of
Trunks, Valises,
LINEN AND MOHAIR ULSTERS
Umbrellas, &c,
' FOB
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Travellers will do well to examine our Stock
before buying elsewhere.
June 1,1883.
A PACT THE
TRUTH.
We are determined to wind
and are now
up our business,
Selling Out
At prices that defy competition. We will close
out this Fall and if you want any
DRY GOODS,
DRESS GOODS,
FLANNELS,
BLANKETS
Shots. Hats. Clothing, House Furnishing Goods,
Table Cloths, Towels, Napkins, Lace Curtains,
Gloves, Hosiery, &c, we will sell you
Cheaper
than you can buy in the city if you will favor us
with a call at central iiotei corner.
BARRINGER & TROTTER.
June 29. 1883. 4w
Pqtt CIq o THyi onn CQ
J-Ciy OtdlC JilUglllCO,
Portable and Stationary.
FROM 6 TO 200 HORSE POWER.
Our Variable Cut Off Engine took Gold Medal
at St. Louis, Mo., in 1878. Come and see it.
The Oneida Mounted Engine one of the most
highly finished Engines on the market, and one
of tne best.
French Buhr Corn Mills the cheapest and
best on the market. Size, from 16 to 30 inches,
Will grind from 6 to 10 bushels good meal per
hour. Every one guaranteed.
Peerless Threshers and Separators have been
tried and found good overshot and undershot ;
80 inch cylinders.
A Car Load
DANIEL PRATT REVOLVING HEAD
GINS. Every Ginner who has ever tried them
say they are the Best.
Car Load of Perry Boyce Reapers. T. he sim
Dlest and easiest draft reaper in the world. Two
coir wheels and two pinions comprise all the
gearing.
Bie Giant Corn and Cob Mills. Every Farmer
should have one : will grind from four to five
bushels corn in ear per hour with one mule.
Hughes Sulky Plows. The best sulky plow
made, and the one which turns square corner.
A boy can manage it
Flourinsr Mills Latest Improvements; all
complete, ready to put up, with bolting chest,
convevors. smutter. shafting, pulleys, bells, &c.
The very best old stock Buhr Stones. Every
mill fully guaranteed. Eureka Sm utters.
McCORMICK TWINE BINDERS. Ahead
of all competition at home and abroad. Great
improvements for 1883. McCormick always the
First Prize Machine, at every World's Imposi
tion and field test.
BOSS PRESS No. 1, two screw ; Boss Press
No. 2. two screw : Boss Press No. J, one screw,
Certainly the best Press now manufactured.
Mixtcr Gummers, for saw-mill saws, and cross
cut saws. The best Gummer in use.
Saw Mills, Shaftine, Pulleys, Jet Pumps,
Hancock Inspirators. PiDinff. Pine Tones. Ln-
gine Fittings. &c.
; Uay btate Variable Cut-Off Eneine. now in
store as sample. Parties who wish to buy En-
sines and Boilers for cotton mills, are requested
to call and examine this Engine, or write for
circulars and prices. Every article thoroughly
warranted, rrices low.
JAMES F. JOHNSTON,
West College Street, Charlotte, N. C.
April SO, 1883. 4m
Practical Education. ;
The Literary Address of . lion. Charles
Francis Adams at Harvard College this
year, was a notable and admirable excep
tion to Commencement addresses. It was
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themes, and was a direct, manly
earnest
appeal for the': expansion vitahzation ot
educational methods. ' The weak spot in
what is called liberal education is pointed
out in the following extract :
Aniny years ago, as lor tnree centuries
ueiuif, iuB grammatical Bluums oi iwu
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aesa languages was tne oasis oi an noerai
education. It is still the basis of it. But
in pursuing Greek and Latin we ignored
our mother tongue. We were no more
competent to pass a really searching ex
amination in iLnglish literature and Lng
lish composition than in the languages
and literature, of Greece and Rome, We
were college graduates, and yet how
many of us could follow out a line of sus
tained, close thought, expressing ourselves
m clear, concisu terms ? But he would
not part with what the classics give us:
"The atmosphere of a University is
breathed into the student s system en
ters by the very pores. 1 would not,
therefore, narrow the basis ; on the con
trary, I would broaden it. No longer
content with classic sources 1 would have
the University seek fresh inspiration at
the fountains of living thought, lor Goethe
I hold to be the equal to Euripides, and I
prefer the philosophy of Montaigne to
what seem to me the platitudes of Cicero.
If an educated man would take the
trouble to get the opinions of other edu
cated men. he would undoubtedly be
astonished at the large number of those
who regretted the time they had spent
upon the languages and literatures of the
past at the expense of the language and
literatures of the present.
Whatl.he world really wants to-day is
not so much men of information, crammed
with tradition and formula, but men of
convictions based on actual, practical, ele
mental truth.
Knowledge is inestimable. But it must
be turned into character. Life itself is
the best university. Experience is the
great Alma Mater. The obiect of the
college should be not to make gentlemen
but Men.
Col. R. T. Bennett will deliver
the oration at Poplar Tent Fair, on the
9th of August. 1 here will also be present
Senator Vance, Gov. Jarvis, W. A. Gra
ham. Hon. Montford McGehee, Col. L. L.
Polk and other gentlemen of eminence. -
Concord Register.
Notice.
The Justices of the Peace of Mecklenburg
county are hereby notified to meet together at the
Court House in (Jbarlotte, on tne nrst Monday in
August next, at which time and place there will
be a joint meeting of the Board of Justices and
Commissioners for the purpose of levying the
County Tax, and there will also be a meeting of
the Justices alone for the election of officers of
the Inferior Court. W. E. ARDREY,
Ch'n. Board of Commissioners.
July 6, 1883. 4t
Notice.
Physicians of the County are hereby notified
that Sealed Proposals will be received at this
office until the first Monday in August next for
County Physician for Poor House and Jail, to be
elected by the Board of Commissioners at that
time, the Board reserving right to accept or re
ject in their discretion.
By order oi .Board or. commissioners.
W. MAXWELL, Clerk.
July 6, 1883. 3w
Notice.
The Board of Commissioners of Mecklenburg
county will meet at the Court House in Charlotte
on the 2nd Monday oi August next, ior tne pur
pose of revising the 1 ax Lasts and valuations re
ported to them. w. m. -A.uuu.Ei i,
July 6th, 1883. 4t unairman.
PEACE INSTITUTE,
Raleigh, N. C,
Onens Seutember 5. 1883. Closes June
D, 1554.
Instruction in every branch usually taught in
first-class Seminaries for voung Ladies. Ad
vantages for instruction in Music, Art and Mod
era Languages unsurpassed. Arrangements
young a(jies taking a special course in
for
any
studies.
For circular and catalogue address
REV. R. BURWELL & SON,
July 6, 1883. 3m Raleigh, N. C.
MACON SCHOOL,
Charlotte, N. C.
Thirteenth Session opens on 10th September,
1883. Location healthy. A thorough course ot
studies in English, Classics, Mathematics, Modern
Languages and UooK-iveeping.
Hoys preparea ior mgner uiasses in our voi
lecres and Universities.
Tuition from $ W to $ on per session oi lorxy
weeks. Board at 10 to 13 per montb. send
for Catalogues or Circular.
w. a. iiA.mu.uti,
JUNIUS B. FOX,
June 29, 1883. 2mpd Principals
BINGHAM SCHOOL.
(Established in 1793,)
' PRE-EMINENT among Sou them Boarding
NHinola for Rovs. in Ace. in Numbers, in Area
of Patronage and ia equipment for Physical Cul
ture.
The 179th Session will begin August 1st, 18d.
Maj. R. BINGHAM. Sup't.,
Bingham School P. O.. Orange co., N. C.
July 6, 1883. 3w
GROCERIES
AND
Provisions.
Don't forget that we are at the old stand and
still alice.
We are very near "HEADQUARTERS" for
Goods in our line.
SPRINGS & BURWELL.
May 4, 1883.
Butterick's
Fashion Sheets and
at
Patterns for July, received
TIDDY & BRO'S.
June 15, 1883.
We have recently added to our
j stock a full supply of White Lead and Linseed.
Uiis. van on us Deiore ouying.
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
: - Druggists.
The Story of Robin Hoed. ;
In the lifetime ot Robert, Henryson the
art of printing first came into use in Eng
land, and among the pleasure books pro
duced bv one ' oi the . earliest printers.
Wynkyn de Word e, was the story of I
Robin Hood in ballad verse.!i Wynkyn de 1
Worde, a native of Lorraina, had .been I
assistant to William Caxton, the intro-1
ducer of the art of printing into England. I
After Caxton's death, in 1491, he carried 1
on his work, and afterwards removed the I
business to Fleet street, where it was con
tinued until his own death in the year
1534. The first printing-press was not set
up in Scotland be lore loU7, when James
IV. granted a patent to Walter Chepman,
a merchant, and Andrew Miller, 5 a work
man, for a press in Edinburgh. " "A Lytell
Geste of Robin Hode," was printed in Lon-
don by Wynkyn de orde, in thirty-two
leaves of black letter, before the re-appear-1
ance of it as one of the firsfjpieces priuted
at Edinburgh. It oame from the press of
Chepman and Miller in 1508. Here, there
fore, the story of Robin Hood is to be read
as it was actually read m rhyme by our
forefathers at the ' end of the fifteenth
and beginning of the sixteenth cen
turies.
As the hero of old popular t ales and. bal
lads, Robin Hood is supposed to have been
formed by the gathering of later tradi
tions about the memory of liobertrit
zooth, reputed E-rl of Huntingdon, who
was born at Loxley Chase, near bhemeld,
in lorKsnire, oy tne river Jjoxieyj, per
haps at the close of the reign of Henry IL,
but more probably in the reign of Henry
III., towards the year 1230. He was out
lawed, and lived in war against authority;
eating the king's deer, defying the oppres
sive game laws, and all those of the king's
officers who represented the hard hand of
power that was used often oppressively
against the poor. He scorned bishops and
archbishops, who grew fat on the goods
of the people. He was generous to the
poor, and he was religious in the poor
man s fashion, by devotion to the Virgin;
for in her the mistaught and oppressed of
Middle Ages forced to fear power in this
world and in the next found the lost
spirit ot love within au image of mild,
womanly tenderness, and to her, t herefore,
they prayed for shelter from the wrath of
God and man.
Robin Hood personified to thousands in
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England the spirit ol liberty in arms
against the cruel forest laws, agaiubt all
tyrannies of the strong in Church and
State, against all luxury fed on the spoils
of labor, t rom the old days, when Here
ward the Saxon held the woods in defiance
of the Norman kings, there had been
stories of bold outlaws wlio,th rough songs
and tales of the country side, became
heroes to the laboring men with more
freedom in their souls than in their lives.
'PKimr urorn liarnfla ' full r f 'vrrtlA nnamir
with roughness of the times in much of
the adventure set down to them, but they
represented not an aspiration only, for
there was also the vigor of a f.hrewd prac
tical humor that would in good time re
fine and raise, and realize all that was
best in the ideal of the men who wrote
such ballads as that of Robin Hood
An on.
Some of the Puritan Saints.
It may not be generally known in these
virtuous times that negro slavery once
existed in the o'er virtuous Common
wealth of Massachusetts and in its worst
form. Mrs Childs, in her "History of
Women," relates that a lady residing in
Gloucester was in the habit of giving
away negro babies born in her slave
family just as most people give away kit
tens and pups rather than drown tbem
Unce on a time another lady begged one
of these black kids, a little negro girl
baby of her and brought it up at her own
home. The child grew in years and
waxed strong. The lady one day look a
notion to have a brocade dress. Her hus-
band could not supply the money; and
what does sue ao dui pacK tne nine siave
gift-girl off to another State and sell her,
and from the proceeds buy the dress.
And yet Massachusetts held her hands up
in holy horror over the cruelties of the
Southern slave owners ! Mrs Childs
would hav6 conferred a favor on the
world had she followed up the history of
this girl, when, doubtless, it would have
been found that she eventuated as one of
George Washington's numerous nurses
Executors' Nticeo.
All persons having claims, against the Estate
of John C. Newell, deceased, are hereby notified
to present them to the undersigned, properly au
thenticated, on or betore the luth day of June,
1884, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. W. J. TAYLOR,
, J. C. HOOD,
June 8, 1883. Gwpd : Executors.
Executor's Notice.
The undersigned having qualified as Executor
t 1n4- WT ; 1 1 nmA Tnpfnminf rxf CATnm TATS!
son. deceased, all persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to present them to
him for payment on or betore the loth day or
June, 1884, or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate are hereby notified to settle same at once.
JOHN W. HENDERSON,
Executor of Stephen Wilson.
June 15, 1883. Owpd
Invalids' Hotel, New York.
Every home comfort and privacy. Guests can
consult anv New York Physician. For circu
lars address
Dr. RANDOLPH W. .HILL,
37 West 9th street, N. Y.
June22,1883. lmpd ,
NOW
IS THE BEST TIME
To have your
Photograph
Made and
VAN NESS' GALLERY
Is the place.
Rooms In Brown's Building-,
Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
June 1,1883.
J A' Base Plot Exposed. ; . :
vJu the trial ol the Jews at Nyreehhaza.
Hungary, two of the prisoners , accused of
having placed the corpse in the river with
a view to passing it off as that of Esther
Solomossy, a girl whoni the . prisoners are
charged - with murdering, declared that
their confessions had : been 'obtained -by
threats to murder tbem in prison. One of
them had been compelled to drink huge
quantities of water, had been stripped.
struck, dragged by the hair and shown a
gallows. The other had been beaten and
compelled to gaze at the sun. A number
of witnesses also testified as to the shock
ing treatment they had received- at the
hands oi the authorities. Ihe counsel for
the defense pointed out that the people of
liszah HiZlar, where the murder is alleged
to have been committed, have been taught
to testify falsely against Jews, and told
that the interests of the country , required
their conviotion.
God's Care -in Little Things, , )s
It has been said, and I will repeat it,
"God is great in great things, but He is
very great in little things." I will - illus
trate this' by an incident which occurred
in the room of a relative during Scripture
reading, mere was a beautitul engrav
ing on the wall oi the Matterhorn Moun
tain. We were remarking that the won
drous works of God were not only shown
in tiiose snow-ciad mountains, but also in
the tiny mosses found lu its crevices. A
triena present said, "les. l was witn a
party at the Matterhorn, and, while we
were admiring the sublimity ot the scene,
a gentleman of the company produced a
pocket microscope, and having caught a
tiny fly, placed it nnder the glass. He
reminded us that the legs of the house:
hold fly in England were naked, then
called our attention to the legs of this little
fly, which were tickly covered with hair."
Thus showing that the same God who
made those lofty mountains rise, attended
to the comfort of the tiniest of his crea
tures, even providing socks and mittens
for the little flies whose home these moun
tains were. T. Newberry.
Thorough Ventilation.
If it is essential that court houses, school
houses and other' public buildings' be
I thoroughly' ventilated, how ;mnch more
I: . i. - i nr i
important- that our dwelling houses
shouldvitiive perfect and thorough ventila
tion.
The well known Savant, Philologist and
Philotechnist, Dr. H. H. Tucker, in a re
cent address said:
"It is probably true that by far the
greater part of the diseases that affect us
are imported into our systems by the air we
breathe. It none but pure air were ever
inhaled the sufferings of mankind would
be vastly diminished, and the average
longevity of the. race ..would .be greatly
increased Vitiated air affects the brain
winnows do not anord sumciect ven
tilation. A large amount of fresh air
must be supplied, and some of the foul air
removed. This is seoured by mechanical
contrivance. '
Light and air should not bo denied any
portion of your house,
B Third, fourth and fifth class Post
masters can get theinoreased salary under
act of March 3, 1883, by a written appli
cation to the Postmaster General. Money
paid to Washington lawyers to procure
the extra compensation is money wasted
The increase is 10 per cent, on the ol
salary.
Not Strange. A friend writes us from
Heilig's Mills, as follows:
"I8 it not remarkably strange that some
I men Lave plenty of time to interfere with
the business transactions of their, neigh
bors, and at the same time are too care
less to attend to that which would be
most profitable to themselves. But when
i they get into trouble, they will be sure
to find fault with some of their neighbors
and show an ugly face to an innocent
friend. This should not be so, and would
not be, if all men would follow out the
golden rule, "Do unto others as ye would
have them do to rou."
It is hot very strange that people will
interfere in matters that do not concern
them: In fact it is rather common, and
will be so, we suppose, while men and wo-
menlxemain as they are. But it is a subject
worthy the thoughts of all, and so we
publish the above letter. Salisbury
Watchman.
A case ot interest to newspaper
men has just been decided in New Jersey.
John H. Cook conducts a newspaper in the
town of, Red Bank. Some time ago he
called (attention in his paper to the fact
that the health of the town was menaced
and suffering by reason of the neglect of
I i n A v a AAllf lAnJ An OAtlATI f71 1 1 hoi
An action for libel
was brought against him, the complaint
alleging that these publications in the lied
Bank Register had damaged business,real
estate, etc., in the town. Judge Walling
directed the jury to bring in a verdict for
the defendant.
"The indictment," he said, "was based
on the idea that it is a criminal offense for
the editor of a newspaper to publish
articles by means of which merchants,
hotel keepers, etc., were injured financially.
There can be no dispute by counsel on
either side that the health of a place is
legitimate matter of discussion. It seems
to me there can be no libel where the
editor of a newspaper publishes, the truth,
whether it was injurious in financial re
sults or not. It does not appear to the
court that these alleged statements are
untrue."
E3f- Say nothing respecting yourself,
either good, bad or indifferent; nothing
good, for that is vanity; nothing bad, , for
that is affectation; nothing indifferent, for
that is silly.
gdf Home is the centre of . the 'social
system. From it proceeds the best and
purest influence felt in the world, and to-
wards it gravitate the tenderest hopes ot
humanity. For it all good men labor
while their working days last, and around
jt their last thoughts linger lovingly when
those days are done.
; a - Forestry. : '
''"From the Wilmington Star.''' '
ihe readers ot the btar4 will, bear, wit
ness that this paper has been instant in
season and but of season in discussing the
important subject of forestry in its various
aspects and bearings. During the last
three years we have had probably twenty
editorials upou this one topic alone. We
nave given the result ot our . reading and
have urged our people - not to fool away
their valuable timber. The North has
destroyed most of its best trees and now
it is seeking to avail itself of the valuable
forests in North Carolina.' We haveneyer
urged that no sales should be made. : We
lave to the contrary urged that the forests
of North Carolina could be made a great
source of revenue. - But one thing ;we have
urged and it is this: : not to sell trees worth
$20 for 13 or $5. In other words,to make j
the Northern manufacturers pay for what!
they geU. .. 1 hey jarec compelled Ho; have I
walnut and other trees and they ought to
be made to pay very nearly us much for
our trees as they have been paying at
But a different view is held at the. capi-
tal and if it is the right view we have I
nothing to say against it. We believe in
the wisdom of selling for remunerative
and fair prices and we believe in plant
ing valuable trees" as fast as others are des
troyed. We are pleased to see that the Agricul
tural Department has taken the matter of
forestry in hand. In its Monthly Bulletin
lor J une it has a paper,lhe first of a series,
from the Commissioner, Montford Mc
Gehee, Esq. In running over it we were
glad to see that his views confirmed those
we have been presenting in the main. We
learn from him that North Carolina has a
greater area of forest land than any other
State with but one exception. We copy
part, to which wo see no objection. He
says:
"Our forests constitute a, magnificent
heritage, undone which, by "judicious care,
may be made the heritage ot endless gene
rations yet to. come. Forests almost as ex
tensive, though consisting mainly of a sin
gle growth the white pine have,insome
of the JN on h western States in a single gen
eration.been nearly swept away,orreduced I
to a mere remnant of what
iney iormeny
were. valuable timbers will be
sold from them; for in this, as in other
forms of property, the owner will sell
when he finds a profitable market. ' In
deed it is the highest prudence to make
sales in this Way. Trees have their season
of maturity, as well as other kinds of
vegetation, and they should be put in mar
ket at this stage. This is but pursuing
nature's plan to remove the older to
make room for the younger generation.
But, as was said, the distribution of our
forests among an infinite number of. pro
prietors will prevent he destruction for
merely commercial purposes."
We would
guard g
ainst selling vast
A 1 3 . 1
iracis oi lanu at low
prices. There were
some Northern men here last year who
wanted to purchase 100,000 acres ol tim
bered land. Of course they expected to
get it for a trifle two or three dollars aq
acre.
Mr. McGehee intends to publish other
articles, and we hope they will subserve a
good purpose aud be widely read. In the
current Bulletin he considers the effect of
forests upon climate, and he copies an in
structive passage from Gibbons' great
History of Rome. , We reproduce a part
of the extract. Says Gibbons:
''But I shall select two remarkable cir
cumstances of a less equivocal nature. 1.
The great rivers which covered the Roman
Provinces, the Rhine and the Danube,
were irequently frozen over, and capable
of sustaining the most enormous weights,
The barbarians, who. often chose that se-
vere season for their inroads, transported,
without apprehension or danger, their
enormous armies, their cavalry, and their
heavy ' wagons, over a vast and 6olid
bridge of ice. Modern ages have not
presented an instance of a like phenome
non, 'i. ine reindeer, that useful animal
from which the savage of the North de
rives the best comforts ot his dreary life.
is of a constitution that supports, and even
requires, the most intense cold. He is
found on the rock of Spitzberg, within ten
degress of the pole; he seems to delight in
the snows of Lapland and Siberia; but at
present he cannot subsist, much less multi
ply, in any country south of the Baltic.
In the time ot Cajsar the riendeer, as well
as the elk and the wild bull, was a native
of the Hercynian forest, which over
shadowed a great part of Germany and
Poland. The modern improvements suffi
ciently explain the causes of the diminu
tion of the cold. These ' immense woods
have been gradually 'cleared, which inter
cepted from the earth the rays of the sun.
The morasses have been drained, and in
proportion as the soil has been cultivated,
the air has become more temperate."
We have given certain facts and evi
dences from time to time to show how
both the moisture and fertility of a country
are dependent upon the forests. We have
given facts drawn from four continents.
But the subject is of both historic and
scientific importance and we must draw
upon Mr. McGehee for another paragraph
or ro to enforce and illustrate this noint.
"In South Africa the most disastrous
effects are felt from droughts and from in-
nndation following sudden and heavv falls
of rain. It appears from evidence that
these conditions have changed greatly with
in the historic period, and that they grow
worse from year to year. The cause of
this change has been investigated by the
colonial botanist, who showed that it was
produced by the destruction of the forest.
"The great impulse given to the cultiva-
tion of the sugar cane in the island of Man-
rims led to extensive clearing'. In a few
years results followed similar to those men
tioned above. In Ceylon, the extensive
cutting away of the forests for the planting
of tea and coffee trees was followed by the
same enects. Ihe deterioration of the cli
mate in some of the Leeward islands in the
West Indies presents another example.
Those referred to were formerly clothed
with dense forest; these have been swept
away and those islands have become a
prey to droughts. The originally frnit-
! ful island of Madeira affords an example
also." ' . .. . : ,-:.. . - -
, He also refers to the historic island of '
St. Helena, where Napoleon was imprison
ed. ; In 1505 it was clothed with 'heavy
forests and i was fertile. The trees were
swept away. ; Droughts aud loss of crops
were common in the: last century. The
island has been again clothed with trees
and droughts Are now unknown .
To protect the owners of forests in North
Carolina we give5 what the New York
Commercial Bulletin Rays. It is to this
effect: Vthat now is the best chance for
purchasing Southern timber lands cheaply;
for along with the rise 6f Southern pros
perity generally, accompanied or inspired
by : railroad development, timber lands
will advance' tnuch beyond their present
value. We call th fttt Pillion nf Mr Mi.
Gehee to 'this1, statement. That paper
thinks theSonth is sure to become "the
centre - of the lumbering industries of
America." So'do riot Ka mi Ahurrv tn tret
rid j 6 your splendid JTorestS. The New.
York paper says that "annual Vield of this '
amcie in inn in iTnm Motoa dim n m n n t
to more than tlOO.OOO.OOO ' hrintnnw in
nearlv as much &t f h nAt.tnn nn ' Tf.
crop.
sees l
the late heavy purchases bv North-
em
,and European capitalists of large
tracts of Southern lands a proof of this.
"These corporations and - syndicates see
the future ahead, and they are wisely lay
ing in their supply of woodland now."
So don't "fool away your lands." If . the
yield is anything like that supposed
what effect will it have on the fertility
of Southern lands and the crop gener
ally? Vfa
Economy in a Family.
There is nothing which goes so far to
ward placing young people beyond the
reach of poverty as economy in the man
agement of household affairs, it matters
not whether a man furnishes little or much
for his family; if there is a continual leak
age in his kitchen or pantry, it runs away
he knows not how,and that demon Waste,
cries "more!" like the horse-leech's daugh
ter, until he that provides has no more to
give, it is the Husband's duty to bring
into the house, and it is the dntv nf Lha
It is the husband's
wife to see that nothing goes wrongfully
out of it. The husband's interest should -
be the wife's care, and her greatest ambi
tion to further his welfare or happiness,
together with that of her childrenl This
should be her chief aim, and the theatre
of her exploits the bosom of her family,
where she may do as much toward mak
ing a fortune as he can in the counting
room or workshop.
It is not the money earned that, makes
a man wealthy it is what he saves from
his earnings. Self gratification in dress,
or indulgence in appetite or more company
than his purse can well entertain, are
equally pernicious. The first adds vanity
I to extravagance, the second fastens a
doctor's bill to a long butcher's account,
and the latter brings intemperance the
worst of all evils, in its train.
One in Six:. The huntsman of a well
known English pack returned home lately
by rail in a third-class carriage, in which
vfrre already five men, and, as he entered,
seeing.a parcel of thin papers on the floor
ander the seat, he picked them up. Look
ing at them-and then at his companions.
he asked if any gentleman had lost a bun
dle of papers. Each man said "No," and
the huntsman handed the bundle, to the
station master, saying: "As they seem to
be bank notes I had better leave them
with you." The men agreed that he had
done right: but. after a time, one beer an to
feel in his pockets, and, with many irapre-
cations on his stupidity, announced that
he had lost a bundle ot notes received that
day at market. A discussion ensued as to
what was to be done, and it was agreed
that' the best thing was for the owner to
get out at the next station, take a hack,
and go back as hard as he could. As the
victim hurried off. the huntsman laughed'
a quiet laugh, and said, "I thought there
would be one rogueout of six men. It
was a bundle of play bills !"
A new enterprise, probably the
first of its kind in the United States, has
been recently started in Batesville, Miss.
A company, styled the Bates Manufac
turing Company, has been formed to
manufacture decorticated cotton seed un
der 9, patent for a process to preserve cotton-seed
kernels. The process is to lint
and hull the cotton seed, thereby re
ducing the bulk to one half, making a
saving of freight of 50 per cent, besides
the profit of the lint and using the hulls
for fuel for the engine. The kernels are
then crushed and packed in square boxes
by the use of a steam cylinder. The
patentee has been to England with the
product on a small scale with success.
The company is making from 8 to 10 tons
of this product, besides ginning cotton
and grinding corn and wheat. They in
tend to ship to Europe.
. S3f If we would improve our minds
by conversation, it is a great happiness to
be acquainted with persons wiser than
ourselves. It is a piece of useful advice,
therefore, to get the favor of their conver
sation freauentlv. as far as cirenmstancea
will allow; and if they happen te be a little
I rcaarveil nan all nKi;vtn motVma
?Dt of. em what may increase your own
Knowledge.
23f"" It is reported from Indianapolis
- 1 tnat tnere is a pian on loot to organize a
ivauroaa oi gigantic proportions, the eapi- '
tal stock of which is to be only $360,000,-
000. It is to be called the "People',
Company of America," and there is to be, ;
on paper at least, narrow gauge lines
frm ocean to ocean and from the Lake to
the Gulf of Mexico. , The tracks are to be
I uouDie.
k A MtrsrrjpicjcxT GircBaltimore, July
2. Enoch Pratt this afternoon executed
a deed of property of the Pratt Free
Library, on Mulberry street, to the city of
Baltimore, and gave his check for $833,
333.33, which will be invested in city bonds
for the support of the library. The build
ing is nearly completed, and the library
will be ready for use as soon as tho interior
is made ready to reeeive it.