Home and Democrat.
CHAllLOTTE, N. C. 4 V
Crimes of the Republican, Party.
IIou, Robert M. McLane, who was nom
inated for Governor by the Maryland
Democrats, has had a large experience in
public affairs, having been in public life
for Learly forty years. He knows the
history of political parties of the country
thoroughly, and in his speech accepting
the Gubernatorial nomination said:
"I want every Democrat in the State to
give me his assistance, whilst I overcome
this monstrous combination of meu known
to-day as the Republican party. I say
this monstrous combination of men, and
all history in America shows no parallel
to it. Twenty years ago to save the life
of the nation everything was permitted.
The were $500,000,000 collected from the
people at a cost of $100,000,000 a corrupt
cost, an acknowledged fact, acknowledged
by the government, and acknowledged by
the official report o the Republican Con
gress made to the Republican government
that out ol $500,000,000 $100,000,000 went
into the pockets of the collectors. From
that day to this, fellow-Democrats,reinem-ber
it, through nearly twenty years no
crimo known to the law, no crime de
nounced by the law, has been omitted from
the current of public life. An extraordi
nary statement to make in the face of a
"free and intelligent people! Bribery, per
jury and forgery the three most con
temptible crimes denounced by the laws
of God and man are toe three greai
crimes to which the chiefs of the Republi
can party resorted in order to iuaagurate
when they could not elect a President of
the United State". No man. doubts i ;
every man excuses it; every man regrets ii;
every Republican as well as every Demo
crat regrets that the country could o-
brought to so low a pitch. So great is the
patronage of this government that al
though wo stand to-day with acknowl
edged majority we can not install a Presi
dent. In the election of 1876 Tilden had
over 100,000 more votes than Hayes, and
yet Hayes was President. In the election
of 1880. when it came to Hancock rather
than Tilden, shocked and trembling at the
crimes to which they were driven, the
Republican party, fearing the necessity
for such crimes, took the money from the
Dublic treasury and expended it in the
Presidential election in order that they
might not have to commit perjury and
fortrerv to cret a Preeident after the
election.
The Vice Presidency.
Some of the Republican brethren at the
North are engaged in an undertaking that
does tbeirjudgment but small credit, ihey
propose to touch the pride of the Southern
Democrats and stir us up to preferring a
claim to the vice-presidency. We need
no advice from these Radical editors, and
are not soliciting suggestions. .Had their
party been disposed to accord the South
her due, the reconstructed States would
not now present such a beggarly array of
public officials serving in high station.
Why is it that lo Southern man has been
appointed to the Supreme Court bench
during these many years since the war in
which the personnel ot the court nas un
dergone almost a complete change?
Why is it that no Southern statesman
has been sent abroad to represent the
United States at any of the leading courts
of Europe? Longstreet, it is true,"was
sent to Turkey but was speedily recalled
to give place to a Northern Republican
We, here,understand it well enough. We
recognize the fact that there is a latent
feeling of hostility towards Southern men
still lingering in the breasts of the North
ern people, and we prefer to discount that
and not add an unnecessary burden to our
allies and friends at the North by arraying
against the Democratic party any of that
hostility which is directed towards the
persona of our Southern Representatives.
The statesmen of the South are not selfish,
they are patriotic. And they put aside
all thought of personal advancement in
their desire to see the whole country
wrested from the hands of those who have
brought so many calamities on the South
and who would do their miserable work
over again if they had the power, and if
it would pay politically.
We are thankful that in the course of
- time it has come to pass that the power
of the Republicans to do ua evil has been
destroyed and that a public sentiment has
grown up that would arrest any such
wicked attempt if it should be made.
j For the present, so long as the South
shall deem it wise to subordinate hei just
claims that good may come from it, we
will not ask the Northern people to vote
for a Southerner who might have to occu
py the Presidential chair. But in this we
evince wisdom, not a truckling to our
Northern allies. And that it is a wi&e
and proper course for us to pursue is suffi
ciently proved by the fact that ourfriends
the enemy suggest that we do other
wise. Raleigh Observer.
5dg? In December of last year Latham,
Alexander & Co., of New York, offered
$500 to the cotton buyer who would send
in an estimate that would come nearest
the number of bales of cotton raised that
year in the United States. From the
pamphlet of estimates issued by Latham,
Alexander & Co., we see that Maj. T. S.
Mills of Chester, has won the prize, he
having come nearest the figures given in
the Financial Chronicle, the most promi
nent standard ot authority recognized
among cotton men. Maj. Mills' estimate
was 6,992,862, which is just 628 bales
more than the actual report of the crop,
The offer ot Latham, Alexander & Co
provided that the money won must be
devoted to some charitable purpose.
vnester z. u.) ISuUetin.
An exchange says : The fruit put
up in tin cans should be taken out when
the can is opened for use. If allowed to
remain after the can is opened the action
of acid juices upon the fruit when exposed
to the air may form acetate of tin, which
is poisonous. Pour the fruit out into glass
or earthenware dishes and the danger of
i poisoning is avoided.
idgr At AiuwauKee a young woman
actually married the wrong man, not
being able to tell the lover from his
brother. . The brothers are twins and
it is almost impossible to distinguish be
tween them.'' ;
Cffif A negro outraged a young girl in
Samter county, S. C, and stabbed her
sister who tried to protect her; a
party oi citizens captured tne negro,
tied him to a tree and shot him to death.
33? The Massachusetts ! Republican
state convection nominated G. D. Robin
son for Governor.
Gov. Jaryis Farewell Address in Boston
at the Middlesex Club.
From the Boston Advertiser.
Gov. Jarvis. of North Carolina, who
left this city for New Haven on Saturday
evening, was, in the afternoon, the guest j
of the Middlesex Club at its regular week
ly dinner. In bis farewell address in
Boston, he said : I came to your city 1U
days ago for the first time in my life.
I knew before 1 came ol the courtesy ana
hospitality of New England, but I was
not prepared for the warmth of the recep
tion I have received from all classes of the
people of Massachusetts. The public at
tentions have been pleasing, yet it were
possible that they should come ol formali
ty and for courtesy's sake. But when I
have looked the people ot .New J&ngiana
in the face, felt the warm grasp of their
hands, and seen the welcome in their eyes,
I have experienced, and I will go back
and tell the people of the South that I
have experienced, that we are friends once
more. Applause. In my speeches here
I have endeavored to express what Iknow
to be the sentiment all through the South,
and that is that we want all of our past
differences to be buried in the grave of ob
livion. Here in your magnificent cities of
the North, your splendidly developed
country, you may not feel the need of this
absolute reconciliation as much as we ao
at the South. Yet I am sure that, it you
6top to think for a moment, you will see
that, from a business point of view, the
time has come when we all should stand
as American citizens, recognizing our mu
tual and common interests. Let the ques
tions we are to discuss be economic ques
tions, questions leading on to the future,
and no line or pathway turning to the
past. AppUuse.J I am sure that greai
and prosperous as is your section of our
common country, both your interests ami
pleasure are to see the Southern ectiou ot
our country lifted up, and, like yours,
prosperous. Applause. The great in
herit eil questions we fettled in the war iu
the bent blood of both si ctions of our
country. It may be I know not how it
was but it may be that there was no
other method of settling them. But they
were settled forever, and fettled by us,
leaving nothing for the generations who
come alter us to be divided upon. Ap
plause. We want to see our section of the coun
try great, prosperous and wealthy, as
your section. We have come to learn
something of how these we,re achieved by
you, and we have learned one important
lesson that in New Eugland you have no
room for idlers and loaters; that New
England has been built up by the energy,
push aud perseverance of her sons and
daughters. All through North Carolina
I have tried to inculcate that lesson, to
impress upon our people that while we
look for capital aud labor lrom the North,
and stand ready to welcome them, yet,
alter all, the destiuy of the South remains
with the people of the South. And that
destiny can only be made grand by ob
serving two principles. It must be re
cognized in good faith, with a fixed pur
pose to live up to it, that there is to be
no reparation of the sections of this great
country. All the mountain ranges of the
country ruu North and South; nature
made no lines of separation, and God in
his wisdom has decreed that there shall
be no imag nary separation. And from
the day the flag which I followed in the
storm of battle for four years was furled
in 1865, to me it was furled forever, and 1
stood again beneath the fold of the Stars
and Stripec, the flag of our common coun
try. Applause. The other great lesson
that I have tried to impress upon the peo
ple of North Carolina is that the dettiny
and prosperity of the State and the whole
South depend upon the energy and enter
prise of our sons and daughters ; that her
wasted helds must be made to bloom
again by work, and that work is honora
ble in all men in every section of the coun
try. Applause.! these sentiments,
am happy to be able to assure you, as a
visit to our State would demonstrate, are
taking hold of our people. It is prosper
ing; new interests are being bunt up ana
old ones revived. '
I understand that this is, to some ex
tent a political club, but 1 did not come
North to talk politics. 1 came to shake
hands with the people, to speak of North
Carolina to them, and to show her re
sources as you will see them represented
in the great institute exposition upon
your Back Bay. Notwithstanding that I
am not lo talk politics, 1 may say it is an
old fashion tor candidates for Governor in
North Carolina to go about the State to
gether and assail each other on the same
platform, belore great crowds. 1 call
your attention to this peculiar custom to
say that even on such occasions the best
of good feeling prevails between the con
tending parties. Our colored people are
satisfied. We have organized for them
normal schools and a State agricultural
bureau. If, indeed, you could witness the
development we are making, i am sure it
would be peculiarly gratifying to yoti, as
it is gratifying to all our people. Ap
plause.l And may I reiterate in conclu
sion, that, rejoicing in the progress of my
own State, I also rejoice in the splendid
prosperity of New England, because it is
a part of this great country of mine, for
the weltare ot which 1 have the same in
terest, and to the integrity of which
have the same devotion as yourselves
Applause.1
No, Sir.
As in .North Carolina, for instance
where only the school taxes received from
colored tax-papers is applied to the educa
tion of colored children ! Richmond
Whig, 17 th.
What a fib ! That sort of thing may
do in Virginia, but when you come to
speak of affairs in North Carolina, either
tell the truth about us or hold your tongue,
Our school fund is divided under the law
prorata, and no discrimination whatever
is made against colored children, although
as much as ninety dollars in the hundred
of the school fund is derived from taxes
on the property of the whites !
In Edgecombe county the blacks get
$3,512.89, while the whites get only SI,
487.05 ! And the whites pay 90 per cent
of the $3,512.90 tor the blacks!
Now do the decent thing and put your
native State right with your reader in
Virginia. Tarboro Southerner.
Charles Goodnight has the largest
cattle ranch in the world at the head of
Red River, . Texas. He began buying
land four years ago, getting 270,000 acres
at 35 cents an acre. The price has risen
to $2 an acre. 'He is still buying. He
controls 700,000 acres. To enclose
lands 250 miles of fence is required,
has 40,000 cattle.
his
H
C3f Jonathan C. Bowles, who recently
died as a pauper "in the Cleveland
Infirmary, was twice worth $100,000.
He lost both fortunes in speculations.
State News.
IST The authorities of the Chester &
.Lenoir jn arrow liauge Jtauroaa nave
bought the right to lay a third rail on the
western N. C. R. 11., from Newton to
lickory and are to pay for the same $350
per month. Lincoln Press.
Back fkom the Wbst. Mr. W. E.
Walton, one of our subscribers who has
been spending the past nve years in
Colorado called in to see us Monday and
nforms us that he has come back to old
Burke "to stay." He gave us a descrip
tion of the "wild cat" mining towns of the
Rocky Mountains that are one month
thriving, busy, populous, cities, and the
next deserted and desolate. Morganton
Mountaineer.
Maj. Jno. C. Winder having re
signed the omce ot 1'resideut ot the JNorth
Carolina Car Company, Gen. R. t. Hoke
has been elected to fill the vacancy; Mr.
T. A. Kiugslev haviuu resigned the office
of Superintendent of the same company,
Mr W. E. Ashley has been elected to fill
the vacancy. Raleigh Visitor.
Faies. The Stale fair will open Octo-
ber lo; the Agricultural ami Mechanical
air at Rocky Mount, October 23; the
Guilford fair, at New Garden, October 24;
the Edgecombe lair, at Tarboro, October
20; the Roanoke and lar river lair, at
Weldon, November 6; the Cumberland
county lair, at Fayelteville, November 6;
the Dixie fair, at Wadetboro, November
4, and the Sampson lair, at Clinton, De
cember 5.
J5P It is proposed to have all the
troop possible here at the time the
bodies ot the Confederate dead are brought
from Arlington. Companies will bequar-
ered in the buildings at Camp Russell,
where fuel and bedding will be provided.
All companies tdiould come here in heavy
marching order, with blankets, etc., and
on' day r rations, ii is mouni mat troops
torn Washington, D. C, and Virginia
will also be here. Ral. Observer.
A Remarkable Family. Rev. Jesse
H. Paue, of the Rock Springs circuit,
whose preaching at Mooresville recently
drew such immense crowd ot admiring
listeners, is a native ot Wilkes county.
He is the tenth ot a family f eleven chil-
ren, all ot whom reached adult age, and
all of whom are still liviug except one.
His father also still lives at the age of
94. lie has seven brothers and the
aggregate height of himself and broth
ers is iust fifty leet. Statesville Land
mark, m
And all tht; brothers are good men and
good citizens.
Freaks of Nature. There is a family
living in this ci;y in which there are three
hildren who are perfect Albinos. They
t rn i
are ctrtainiy curiosities, mere are two
girls and a boy, aged respectively three,
six and nine ears, named Mary, Katie
and Charlie. Their skin is perfectly white,
their eyes a bright blue,aud their hair and
eye-brows are ot the color and consistency
of sheep's wool. Their father, who is now
lead, was named Squire risher, and both
father aud mother were of a ginger cake
color. Another singular thing connected
with the family is the fact that these chil
dren have a little brother of a dark ginger
cake color and of an intervening age, be
tween the oldest and youngest of the three
Albinos. Wil. cstar.
Lincolnton Wool Mills. Over a
year ago Messrs. i'hiler b oumuer built
their wool-carding and spinning mill here.
They put in the tniest and most improved
machinery they could buy. They adver
tised their enterprise all over Western
JNorin Carolina. their success was sur
prising and we are glad to state that this,
their second season, is even more success
ful than they hoped for. Mr. Summer in
forms us that they intend putting in ma
chinery for weaving woolen goods, and we
feel safe in paying that they will be as
successful! in the manufacture of cloth
as they have been in spinning and that
the quality of their cloth will be as excel
lent as that of their thread. Lincoln
Press.
Gin Cut Cotton. Already agooddeal
of complaint is being made by our cotton
buyers about the gin cut cotton that is
being brought to market. Some of the
finest grades have their vulue greatly de
preciated by the staple being cut by the
saws of the gin. The trouble is caused
by the ginners running their gins at
very rapid rate of speed, faster than there
is any necessity tor. The saws cut up the
lint and cotton that would otherwise bring
"the top of the market, does not bring
more than an ordinary grade. It istothe
interests of the farmers to see after this
matter and require their gii.ners to run at
a moderate speed, even if it does take
longer to get the cotton ginned..
jdF0 Sheriff W. C. Abernethy was in
this town last Wednesday and we got from
him the following item : Some lime ago
his baby, about seven months old, took
sick and the doctor was sent for. The
child had symptoms of congestion of the
bowels and it was treated several weeks
for that disease, but some days agd some
thing like an abscess formed on the left
side of the back of the little one, and it
was lanced and about a day after that the
Sherift noticed a little white pimple near
the wound made by the lancet, and hav
ing opened it, he discovered a small straw
or splinter as he thought sticking in the
child's back, and getting hold of the end,
he drew out an oat straw three inches and
a half long with two chaff pods on the end
of it. The babe had swallowed the straw
and that ia working through the bowels
had caused all the trouble. The child be
gau to improve immediatel v. Gastonia
Gazette.
Attempt to Rob the Mail. On last
Saturday evening an attempt was made to
rob the Lancaster mail, about 15 miles
from town, near Walkersville postoffice.
Ihe negro boy who carries the mail, agtd
about 15 years, says that some distance
below Walkersville he was stopped by
negro man who forced himself into the
buggy, when he drew hia pistol on him
and made him get out. Ihe negro went
on ahead apiece, but again stopped the
buggy and forced himself into it and rode
until they came within sight of Esq. Sis-
tare's, when he grabbed the mail bag and
jumped out and ran. The boy drew bis
pistol and fired upon him, , when he
dropped the bag and turned . upon him
with his knife, when he (the boy) began
screaming at the top of his voice, which
so frightened the negro that he disappear
ed in the woods. The boy stated that he
struck the man either in the hanl or arm,
as he could see the blood running out of
it. Ihe boy's story is corroborated by
citizens ; living' in the neighborhood.
Monroe Enquirer.
EST The Democrats of Pitt count v.
"VT f 1 . . . . .A
.u. vs., met in convention in ttreenvuie
last : Tuesday week, appointed dele
gates to the Congressional Convention and
endorsed Hon. L. C. Latham.
The Corn Crop.
Prom the Chicago Inter-Ocean, 13th inst
A; (representative ' of the Inter-Ocean
yesterday sought oat the best posted man
on the corn question in Chicago, in the
person ot Mr. S. W. AHerton, and asked
bim tor an estimate of the damage done
to the corn crop by the recent frosts. Mr
AHerton said :
"I have just seen some samples of corn
from out on the line of the Illinois Central
in Iowa. They came from 'the so-called
frost-bitten' section. 1 1 never saw better
corn in my life for this time of year. Now
we raised last year "1.700,000,000 bushels
of corn, and of that crop Minnesota raised
li per cer.t; Michigan li per cent; Wis
consin 2 per cent; Iowa 11 percent; Illi
nois 11 per cent; Missouri 11 per cent;
Kansas 11 per cent; Nebraska 4 per cent;
Ohio 4 per cent, and Indiana 5 per cent.
The Southern and Eastern States I won't
mention. Well, the frightened fellows
will admit that the great damage they
talk about has been in Minnesota, North
ern Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and possi
bly in .Northern Illinois. Now. for the
sake of argument, we will admit, this
damage, and in this year's estimate of
the crop will throw out all of Minnesota's
crop, all of Michigan's, all of Wisconsin,
and half of Iowa's. Now take your pencil
aud see what percentage is lost."
Ihe reporter brushed up his arithmetic,
added up the cast-off States, and announc
ed a total loss of 10 per cent.
".Now, continued Mr. AHerton, ," we
shall show n the other corn-producing
States, to offset this loss, a gain of 3 per
cent in Kansas over last year's crop; 3
per cent in Nebraska; 5 per Cent in
Illinois, and 6 per cent in Missouri.
That makes a 14 per cent increase, don't
it?"
The reporter nodded assent, aud men
tally concluded to unload his long corn.
"You don't think," said r. AHerton,
I U Cm V IS UOV Vdll U COtl V'J IUUI 3 vVI ftl tUlllj
is raised the irost bitten Estates, do
you? Well if it took every stalk this
year, there is going to be much "more
than enough elsewhere to make it up.
can see no reason to reduce my original
estimate ot this year corn crop. 1
believe we shall raise a full 2,000,000,000
bushels."
A True Story.
A man named Stacy, the owner ot a
Splendid drinking saloon in New York,
recently signed the pledge and closed
his house. Hearing that a party of lads
had formed themselves into a temper
ance society, he went to them and gave
them his experience as a rumseller. We
repeat some ot bis recollection lor our
readers:
"I sold liquor," said Mr. Stacy, "for
eleven years long enough for me to
see the beginning and end of its effects.
I have seen a man take his first glass
of liquor in my place, and afterward fill
the grave of a suicide. I have seen
man after man, wealthy and educated,
come into my saloon, who now cannot
buy his dinner. I can recall twenty
customers worth one hundred thousand
to five hundred thousand dollars, who
are now without money, place or
friends."
He warned boys against entering sa
loons on any pretext. He Btated that he
had seen many young fellows, members of
a temperance society ,come in with a friend
and wait while he drank. "No, no," they
would say, "I never touch it. Thanks all
the same." Presently, rather than seem
churlish, one would take a glass "of cider
or harmless lemonade. "Lemonade was
nothing," said the rumseller, "but I knew
how it would end. The only safety, boys,
for any man, no matter how strong his
resolutions, is outside the door of the
saloon."
Many of the rare metals can
scarcely be said to have a market price,
so small is the demand for them. In some
cases it may be doubted if there is a
pound of the metal in all the cabinets of
the world ; yet the rarest and dearest can
1 m
be bought in small quantities at prices
which the latest authorities say, would
make the cost per; pound as here given :
Gold is rated at J330 a pound. There
are twenty-two nielals of higher value,
and twenty-two i of lower value. The
most costly metal; is vanadium, the price
ot which is put at fiu,uuu a pound or
thirty times the price of gold. Next in
order cornea rubidium, - rated at about
$9,000 a pound. These are followed by
zirconium, $7,200; lithium, $7 000; glu
cinium, 5,400 ; calcium, $4,500; stronti
um, $4,200 ; terbium and yttrium about
$4,000 each; erbium, $3,400; didymi
um, $3,200 ; ruthenium, $2,400 : rhodi
um, $2,300; niobium, $2,300; barium,
$1,800; palladium. $1,400; osmium, $1,
300; iridium, $1,090; uranium. $900;
tianium, $680 ; chromium, $500, and gold
330.
Br lbat much good will accrue to
North Carolina (says the Wilmington
Star) from the splendid exhibit at Boston
we may not doubt. . It was the best ad
vertisement she could possibly have made
ol her vast and lor the most part unde
veloped resources. The old State has
been far too modest, far too indifferent,
far too iuert. More has been done in two
years to give a boost to North Carolina
than has been accomplished in the two
preceding decades. -In fact for the first
time is this State being properly esti
mated in the North. The last number of
the Chicago Inter-Ocean said this :
"North Carolina seems to be rousing
from her Rip Van Winkle sleep. A State
of wonderful resources and a glorious cli
mate, it will be only because her people
are too lazy to take advantage of their
opportunities if she does not have a boom
in the near future." , i
Judge Fowle publishes an opinion
in the Wilmington Post (Republican) to
the effect that the election ordered in the
First Congressional District by acting
Governor Robinson is illegal. What the
opinion is or why it was published in an
obscure Republican paper does not ap
pear. Presumably Judge Fowle's posi
tion is that the election should be held in
the old first district, and not in the first
district as redistricted by the last Legis
lature. It matters little what Judge
Fo wleV opinion ' is Injtbe7 premises. The
House of Representatives is the sole judge
of the legality of the election, and all the
precedents since 1$47 ..sustain the action
of Gov. Robinson in ordering the election
to be held in the new; district. Greent
boro Patriot. . - 1 :
The Chicago' Evening Journal,
acting on Grant's declaration that Blaine
and Logan are , the ; strongest candidates
now before 1 the; Republican party for
President,' proposes that the ticket be
made iJJame - and Logan, and say ; "ul
would sweep thV'country like wild fixe"
Why not try Mulligan and Flannigan ?'
Comparative Cotton Statement. '.
The following: is the cotton state me it
for the week ending September20tb : !v
;'-'Mf ,-; " " 1883. ;1882.
Net receipts at all U. S. ports 96,393 76,929
Total receipts to this date, 193,979 - 143,845
Exports lor the week, 34,849 23,149
Tout exports to this date, 16,666 72,612
Stock at all U. S. ports, 284,804 152,604
block at all interior towns, 2,O02 11,10
Stock at Liverpool. 765.000 539.000
Stock of American afloat for
Great Britain, , . . .
30,000
35,000
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
The total Visible supply -of cotton for
the world is 1,625,763 bales, of which 1,
027,863 are American; against 1,264,217
and 513,017, respectively, last year. Ihe
above figures indicate an increase in cot
ton in sight of 361,546 bales, as compared
with the same date of 1882; a decrease of
123,835 bales as compared with the corres
ponding date of 1881, and an increase of
293,230 bales as compared with 1880.
Receipts of cotton at all interior towns
62,821 ; receipts from the plantations
113,000.
Total Net Receipts of Cotton.
The following are the total net rtctipts
of cotton at all the ports since September
1, 1883: Galveston, 46,277 balec; New Or
leans, 32,326; Mobile, 6,784; Savannah, 49,
470; Charleston, 36,208; Wilmiugton, 4,-
123; Norlolk, 9,688; Baltimore, 739; New
York, 276; Boston,321; Philadelpbia.1,768;
es.t Point, 2,236; Brunswick, 454; rott
Royal, 423; Peusacola, 351; Indiauola,
2,535; total, 193,979.
New York Cotton Futures.
The Post's cotton report says: For
future deliveries the first call showed a
partial advance of 1-100 and the second
call a further advance of 2-100. After the
second call prices continued to rise with
out initrniission till they ruled at 10 to
11-100 above closing quotations, and at the
third call September and October brought
10.53, July 11.56. November was ottered
at 10.65, December 10.75, Jacuary 10.87,
Febmary 11.00, March 11.14, April 11.25,
May 11.36, June 11.47. I he market closed
steady at 7 to 9-100 higher.
Paris Green and Blood-Poisoning.
Is it not a notable fact that all over this
country diseases which are called by vari
ous names meaning only blood-poison
are alarmingly prevalent? And now we
hear that carbuucles have assumed such
a general character that an eminent phys
ician of New York city has gtven to their
manifestation the name of the carbuncle
fever whatever that may signify and,
on being interrogated as to his opiuion of
the cause, wisely shook his professional
head and replied: "O, it may be some at
mospheric poison or something of that
sort. It he were a country doctor, and
would make his investigation .near the
fields and gardens where Paris green is
used, careless of the possibilities of its
being transferred to the lettuce or vegeta
ble beds, from which the mirket men get
their supplies,he would find that in West
chester county alone, enough is being used
to poison people by the thousand yea,
and tens of thousands. Or let any man
who is not interested in the culture of po
tatoes make a careful survey ,and estimate,
if he can, how much of this poison is being
distributed to find its way into the wells
of farmers and the reservoirs which supply
the drinking waters of New York, to say
nothing of the vast amount which must
necessarily enter into the substance of po
tatoes grown in such poisonous soil. Is
it not, I ask, as much in accordance with
the laws of nature as with the higher and
spiritual law which affirms that "Whatso
ever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap?" And yet every where men and boys
are busy with sprinkling pots scattei ing
this poison, as though it were the business
of "Mother Earth" to gather all into her
great laboratory, and by some antidotal
miracle eliminate the poison, regardless of
the processes by which she herself is to be
purified, so as to give back into the grow
ing plant the healthful and life-giving ele
ments created to sustain human existence.
Cor. iVT Yl Tribune.
Can't Get Aloxg fob Thieves. A
colored man named Thomas Owens, who
says he was bore and raised in Bladen
county, and that he has always endeav
ored to make an honest living, informs us
that he is seriously hindered iu his efforts
to b good, as well as to make enough
bread and meat for the sustenance of him
self and taraily, by the thieves of his own
race, who, he says persistently steal his
cabbages and other truck as fast as they
get to be in a marketable condition. ' He
said he saved the money and purchased a
place iu the neighborhood. of the Monk's
plantation, where he could have made a
good living but for the drawbacks he has
experienced in the manner named, and
which he says will result iu breaking him
up. He has tried sitting up and watching
for the thieve, but they ( seem to keep
familiarized ith his .movements. He
says he often sees garden truck exposed
for 6ale which he is positive came from his
place, but still he couldn't swear that it is
his, and there is really no way of arriving
at a legal identification of the property.
In conclusion he wanted to know what
we would advisw him to do in the matter
(under the impression that a newspaper
man ought to know" everything), and we
told him to go to some officer of the law
and ask what course he ought to pursue.
It is certainly annoying to be the prey of
thieves to such an extent. Wilmington
Star. ?
mm
VgT The Nashville American says that
"the frost is being worked by the ex
changes for all it is worth. The bear in
stocks uses it to depress prices, and the
bull iu corn uses it 10 advance prices. In
reality it-has iro material effect on the
market, save as a peg on which lo weave a
net-work of exaggeration." i
8d"; There seems no end to the uses to
which paper is to be put, the latest nota
ble one being to the making of pulleys
which are said to 7 have the requisite
strength wish only 25 per cent, of the
weight of iron pulleys. It is also claimed
that belts ilo? not readily slip on these pul
ley?, and hence may be run much slacker
than on iron.
.-.tJXI'Si '. if ' x o
k IST" Dr. Niles of Jacksonville does hot
understand his well. It is 300 feet above
the high-water mark of the Florida coast,
is but sixteen feet deep, yields a full sup
ply of pnre, cold, fresh water, and yi-t it
rises and falls with the .O M an tides.' He
wants it explained. ; ' "
idlf It is said that not less than a
thousand North Carolinians are constant
ly at . Boston and iiomsvilie, 'doing"
the expositions. It is a notable year for
T T J t - -
travel anyway, nearly equaling
the
Ceu-
t
tennial year.
CHARLOTTE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER a
VAST and COLOSSAL .EXHI
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THE (INLY 1700LY ELEPHANT
A SCORE
LIONS
A SCHOOL OF SEA LIONS
A SLUE NOSE MANDRIL
BRAZILIAN TAMIN0IR
Two HORNED HORSES,
KANGAROOS
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BAB BOOH Si
CGL0N1EG
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MONKEYS
100 Artists
10 Great Fiiriors
Trnnnn of
SCORES of ACROBATS
STRONGEST $ AN Living
STIRS BICYCLE TROUPE
6 FRENCH EQUESTRIENNES
MOST GORGEOUS PAGEANT
5 0 CAGES
ANIMALS
THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE REVIVED
GLISTENING tflTH GOLD AND SILVER
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THE FEATURE OF ALL FEATURES! A PAIR OF LIVING
HSPPOPOTAfyil, fiHALE & FEMALE
notwithstanding the Enormous Expense attending so vast an Exhibition
the Admission is not more than small Shasrs charge . ? .
tt i!l exhibit at Chester, S. C, Oct.
and Salisbury, October 11, 1883.
PEGRAM & CO.,
Dealers in Ladies' and Gents' Fine Hand-Made
Boots and Shoes.
Best makes of Ladies', Misses'
and Children's Machine Work.
, Gents', Youths'
Best makes of
SILK, STIFF AND FELT HATS.
Trunks, Valises, Trunk Straos, Blackings and
omening urusues, onoe jronsn, cnoe ana tjiotu
Button Needs. Call and see us.
PEGRAM & CO.,
1st Nat. Bank Building, Charlotte, N. O.
June 15, 1883.
BARBED
ENGINES AND
WIRE,
HARDWARE.
; We have a lot of Barbed Wire for FenciDg
and Pasturing purposes. , It affords the very
cheapest mode of fencing in the world.
Wc also keep all kinds of
Hardware
AND
MACHINERY.
We sell MARVIN'S FIRE PROOF SAFES,
the celebrated Watertown Steam Engines, splen
did XJrain Drills and all kinds of Improved Ag
ricultural Implements. Also, Dynamite Powder
and a full supply of Mining Implements and
Tools. ' ' J ,:. v: - 1 :
brem & Mcdowell, ,
Au. 10, 1883. T Charlotte, N. C.
KYLE, HAMMOND & CO.,
Charlotte, N. C.,
(Successors to "Kyle & Hammokd,")
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Hardwar , Cutlery, Iron, Steel, Nails, Carriage
- and Wagon Material,
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING
Bii'Tders' Hardware
a SjKcialty.
W. D. Kyle.
A. II. Hammond,
. T. W. Fkittb
June 22, 1883. " J
Notice to Creditors; I
AU outstanding accounts due the Old Firm of
KYLE & HAMMOND must be st ttled ht once.
Those who neglect to respond promptly to this
notice must not feel aggrieved should they" be
called upon at their places of business or homes
by a collector employed for the special purpose.
June 22, 1883
Watermelons On Ice.
Watermelons at wholesale.' Fresh Grits and
Cream Cheese at . . , . ,
u . ,oao S- M- HOWELL'S.
Sept. 7, 1833
Miasmatic Elixir,
The great chill destroyer, and unrivalled tonic
In all malarial diseases, enriching and purifying
the blood.' Pleeeant to the taste and certain In
its effect, , Price 75 cents.
T. C. SMITH & CO.,! ,
June 29,1883. , Druggists
B8TIOTJ
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ONE OF THESE FEATURES !
DROVE OF GIRAFFES
A WHOLE FLOCK OF OSTRICHES
FIVE TON RHINOCEROS
FIVE BENGAL TIGERS
;iPERF0RMING2EBRA S
THE ONLY LION SLAYER
AHUB EGO RILL AS
TOA -. . . "
At-HIUAN ELANDS
A P 0 L A R BEARS
VLACK VARKE
APES
JJYRIADS
OF
BIRDS
r29 CLOWNS
'6LADYRI0ERS
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24 Great LEAPERS
Troupe3 of GYMNASTS
7Performinfl STALLIONS
Prof.WHITE'S DOG CIRCUS
The CAR0N FRENCH FAMILY
3 MILES OF STREET DISPLAY
A THOUSAND MEN AND HORSES
GLITTERING ROYAL MARCH
THOUSAND COSTLY BANNERS
4, Greensboro, Oct. 9, Salem, October 10,
ELI AS & COHEN
HAVE JUST RETURNED
FROM THE
Northern Markets
With a full supply of FALL AND WINTER
GOODS for the
Wholesale and Retail Trade,
And solicit their friends and customers and the
general public to examine their Stock if they de
sire to purchase ood Goods at low prices, re
ticular attention called to our patented
IMPERIAL SHIRT,
The best unlaundried $1 shirt in the United
States." Thesi Shirts are made expressly ford,
each Shirt bearing " our name and Bold by W
other house in the city. An examination ol
them will satisfy you that no other Shirt in
market can compare with them both in qnW
and make.
Gents' Furnishing Goow
A Specialty. Give us a call at MasoDic Temp'
Building.
Sept. 7, 1883.
ELIAS & C0HES.
THE VAN WINKLE GI&
Feeders and Cond ensers.
This Gin takes first premium. every whereoTer
all competition. The Feeder is the mosi p
feed made and will take out rocks, dw
matches. , The Condenser works perietuj
does not' fr jure the Cotton, Can toni
very highest testimonials from parties WJV
I sold the Gin and outfit This Gin is pw"!
teed against draft and roll breaking
Gin made, as well as against other poIntSi
as clean ginning and good sample. .
CLARK'S SEED COTTON CLEAN
ThU Machine Jells its own tale and JjSp
for itself by running a few bales of .fU
through it, a it increases the value from n
cents lb,
Excelsior Junior Kentucky a
w Tub CidervMill. .
. rhavedtluinfforSyearsanaijS
of anything on the market, i It does no
the Wine and Cider. ..!, ;; .
Fruit and Vegetable Evaporator
I have the American and the Crosier W
Evaporated fruit is clean and nice. . An oj
rator will ray for itself in a few days.
slock of Feed Cutters, Davis SwingA
Roland Chilled Plows. Corn Shellers, UiH
Grain Drills, and a few Osborne Mowers ie
Tennessee Wagons.
o A full line Tennessee Wagons always
and prices knocked down. J ..
iyk -iq ' 'i ' Grass Seeds.. fof
' Will have a fresh stock of Seeds in time
Fal sowing. . . . . . .
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July 13. 1883. j-f . I v ;