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A pa r OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXII. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1883. New Series VOLUME XIII NUMBER 646 A an www gy Wmr w THE - - : Charlotte Pome and Democrat; Published every FBEDAvj by ' ' ' t J. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor.! Terms Two Dollars for one year. One Dollar for six months. Subscription price due in advance. ; o : i ' . , 'Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. C., as second class matter," jcording to the nies of the P. O. Department. ROBERT GIBBON, M. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE, AND TSTON Fifth Streets i RESIDENCE, , Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C. ; March 17, 1882. tf : j T. 0. SMI T H & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUG&ISTSj CHARLOTTE, N . C . May 11, 1883. J. P. Mc Combs, M. D , Oflers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surroundiug country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stair3, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1882. B. A. W. ALEXANDER. DR. C. L. ALEXANDER. SURGEON DENTISTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office, up-stairs in Irwin's corner building. ZT Office hours from 8 A M. to 5 P. M. July 14, 1882. yr. .. IICRWELL. F. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts, Office adjoining Court House. Jan. 1, 1883 v JOHN E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office on Trade Street, opposite the Court House, No. 1, Sims & Dowd's building. Dec 23, 1881 y DR. M. 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. S. SPENCEIt. J. C. SMITH. J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. AGENTS FOR Rockingham Sheetings and Pee Dee Plaids. Special attention given to handling Cotton on Consignment. April 13, 1883. W. H. FARRIOR, Practical Witch-dealer and Jeweler, Charlotte, N. C, Keeps a full stock of haadsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, etc.. which I will sell at a fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c. done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. July 1, 1883. SPRINGS & BURWELL, 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. E. M. ANDREWS, Charlotte, N. C. FURNITURE, Coffins and Caskets, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Feb. 9, 1883- yr HARRISON WATTS. Cotton Buyer, Corner Trade and College Sts.sup Stairs, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 14, 1883. A. HALES, Practical Watch-Maker and DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW ELRY, SPECTACLES, &c, &c. Fine and difficult Watch Repairing a Specialty. Work promptly done and warranted twelve months. A. HALES, Central Hotel Building, Trade street Sept. 7, 1883. Z. B. Vance. W. H. Bailey VANOE & BAILEY, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS CHARLOTTE, St. c. Practices in the Supreme Court of United States, Supreme Court of North uarouna, jjeaerai Courts, and counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan, and Davidson tSfOfnce. 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. Borrowing Tbouble. Some ceonli are always borrowing trouble, and in thii way malting not only themselves but evf ery , one ; around th em unRomfnrt nhln! They have contracted the habit of taking a discouraging look at everything. What time they do not spend in lamenting ove the unalterable past, they devote to the prognostication of evils to come. It is d most pernicious and disasreeahle habiti There is no use of regretting the past, exj cepi bo iar as to pro tit by its experience! in the future; while half the evils a gloomy-minded person is, always predict ing never happen. Cultivate a cheertul pint, not only on your own account, but or its happy influence on all with whom you associate. VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY! 'AND' PLANTATION i For Sale.- j I offer for sale that valuable Mill Property' situated within half mile of the Providence Road, aoouiiour miles irom Charlotte. The Mills grind both Corn and Wheat, and are in first rate condition, having been recently re paired by a first-class mechanic. The Dam is made of stone and will last many generations. There are twenty-three feet head of water, and tne supply is always abundant. ; there is a Cotton Gm and Screw on the premises all run by water. - I will also sell the Plantation on which I now reside, containing over 200 Acres of Land. There are on the premises a good Dwelling with eight Rooms, and all necessary out-houses. 75 acres are under cultivation, of which 15 are splendid bottom. A fine Well of watei in the yard, and the place is generally well-watered. For further particulars apply to me in person. or address me at Charlotte, JS . C. Terms made easy. 1SAA.U JN. ALJSiS.A.UJfili, SR. Nov. 16, 1883. tf SALE OF LAND! By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will sell at public auc tion, at the Court Mouse in Charlotte, on Jjnday, December 28. 1883, that Tract of LAND con taining about 166 acres, joining the lands of E. P. Hendereon, L. A. Potts and others, In Lemley's Township, known as the Thomas Warsham TM o ri 'ThJa T.cnil lioa nlimit fnnr miTna jxraat rf Davidson College, and is well adapted to the cultivation of Corn and Cotton. It will be sold subject to the right of Mrs Warsham to dower which has been assigned to her, ana wnich cov ers 52 acres of the place. For further informa tion apply to the undersigned. Terms 10 per cent cash, balance on a credit of 12 months with interest. J. M. WILSON, Nov. 26, 1883. 44-4w Administrator. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. By virtue of a Deed in Trust executed to the undersigned as Trustee for certain purposes therein mentioned, by Robert R. Ray and wife, on the 29th June, 1883, and duly recorded in the Register s office for Mecklenburg county, JN. U., 1 will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte, at 12 o'clock, M., On Saturday, the 22d of Dec, 1883, The following valuable TRACTS OF LAND and some valuable Personal Property : First. That Tract containing (64) 6ixty-four Acres, in Charlotte Township, adjoining the lands of 13. b Smith and tne Uizzeu Mill tract. Second. That Tract known as the Brem tract, adjoining the lands of W. S. Brown and others containing (109) Acres) one hundred and nine and one-half Acres. Third. That Tract known as the J. L. Jami son tract, containing uoc.1 one nunarea ana thirty-three Acres, adjoining the lands of G. L Moody and others. Fourth. That Tract of Land adjoining the Jamison tract, and lying between the Jamison tract and the lands of Jaae R. Ray, containing fifty (50) Acres, being a i;art of the R. R. Ray home place. Fifth. That Tract of Land adjoining the lands of J. W. Hayes, Jane R. Ray and others, known as the Stinson place, containing thirty-one (31) Acres. Sixth. The one undivided fifth interest of the Juo. R. Stinson tract, adjoining the lands of Jane R. Ray and N. 15. ltodden. Seventh. That Tract of Land supposed to con tain seven Acres, lying on the South side of Little Sugar Creek, adjoining the Mill Tract of Hovis and Brown. Also, one-half interest in an Engine and Boiler and Fixtures, now on the plantation of Jane R. Ray. Also, one Black Horse, one Mare, and two fine Mules. Terms of wlefor Heal Estate One-fourth cash, the balance on six and twelve months time, with interest at 8 Der cent from date of sale. Personal property will be sola ior casn. J. H. McADEN, Nov. 23, 1883. 5w Trustee LAND FOR SALE. By virtue of a Mortgage executed by Jno. Stenhouse and wife, and 'ane Stenhouse, on the 15th day of May, 1879, and duly registered, the undersigned will sell at auction, at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Tuesday, Jan. ist, 18&4, a Tract of LAND in Deweese Township, in Mecklenb'irar countv. on which the said Mort gagors live, being 207 Acres, adjoining the lands of T . Harnett, Jas. lilacn and otners. 1 erms, Cash. joseph Mclaughlin, c. DOWD. Nov. 23. 1883. 5w Real Estate for Sale. Bv order of the Superior Court for Mecklen- bure countv. I will stll at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday, I7tn day oi uecemoer, 1883. a small Tract of LAND lying near the Carolina Central Railroad Passenger Depot, ad joining the property of said Road, Asa George and otners, containing auoui mree Acres, oaiu Land belonging to the late Samuel Grose, and Is sold for Assets. Terms, 6 months credit, bond and security required. Nov. 16, 1883, 5w Commissioner. MORE NEW GOODS AND New Bargains. One of our firm has just returned from the Northern markets with another Stock of Goods. Tia the season of the year for "closing out joos there, and having taken advantage of same, we have some rare Dargams io oner you. Worsted Dress Goods from 10 cents to $2 per yard. Some beautiful ones at is, zu ano zo cenis. A large stoe'e of Flannel Dress Goods from 25 cents to $1.50. In Wraps we can show you Walking Jackets from $2 to $20, Plush Cloaks up to $35, and Ulsters, Dolmans and Circulars in all prices in Silk or Wool. Velveteens from 50 cents up. A large line of Silks and Satins at a bargain. A Handsome Corset for 50, 75 cents and $1. Un derwear for Ladies. Gerts and Children Cassi- meres, Jeans, Repellants, Flannels, &c. A large stock of Blankets low down, from the great Blanket auction sale. Don't fail to look at our Ready-Made Clothing. Boots. Shoes. Hats &c. We have bargains for you. Don't fail to come to see us. HARGRAVES & ALEXANDER, Nov. 23, 1883. Smith Building, Hang up the Baby's Stocking. Hang up the baby's stocking; - ' . . Be sure you don't forget The dear little dimpled darling! She ne'er saw Christmas yet; But I've told her all about it, And she opened her big blue eyes, And I am sure she understands it. She looked so funny and wise. Dear t what a tiny stocking ! It doesn't take much to hold Bach little pink toes as baby's '- Away from the frost and cold, But then, for the baby's Christmas It will never do at all; Why, Santa wouldn't be looking For anything half so small ! I know what we'll do for the baby I have thought of the veiy best plan I'll poitow a stocking of grandma, -4 The longest that ever I cau; ' ? And I'll hang it by mine, dear mother, Right here in the corner, so, And write a letter to Santa, And fasten it on the toe. Write, "This is the baby's stocking That bangs in the corner here; You never have seen her, Santa, For she only came this year, But she's just the blessedest baby And now, before you go, Just cram her stocking with goodies, From the top clean down to the toe." Southern Cultivator. The Confederate Seal. The original seal ol the Confederate Btates, which is of massive silver, is still in the hands oT an ex-Confederate soldier, who treasures it carelully. It consist ol a device representing an equestrian por trait of Washington (after the statue which surmounts his monument in the Capitol square at Richmond), surrounded with a wreath composed of the principal agricultural products of the Confederacy (cotton, tobaeco, sugar-cane, corn, wheat), and having around it the words, "The Confederate States of America, Twenty secoud Febiuary, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-two," with the following motto: "Deo Vindice." The Confederate monu ment at Magnolia cemetery to the memory of the dead who fell in defense ot Charles ton bears on one of its faces an enlarged representation of the great seal of the Confederate siatee. Chicaoo Herald, irp" When you hear evil of any one, suspend judgment. Do not decide till you have heard the man's defense. Do not run out to meet every heated whelp of malice that runs with its head down and its tongue out. The probability is that it is mad, and will only bite those who at tempt to entertain it. SALE OP LAND. By virtue of a power contained in a Mortgage made to us on the 18th day of July, 1882, by C. L Adams, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds in Charlotte, Mecklenburg county, N. C, in Book No 31, page 49, we will sell at public auction, at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday the 14th day of January, 1884, a Tract of .LAND one mile soutn oi unar lotte. known as the "Dunlap" or "Brem" Tract, and adjoining the lands of J. 8. Myers, Mrs M. E Wriston, R. E. McDonald and others, con taining two hundred and thirty-one and a quarter (231) Acres. Terms made known on day of sale. Parties wishing to look at the premises will please apply to the undersigned. . S. J. TORRENCE, W. C. MAXWELL, Dec. 7, 1883. 5w Mortgagees. SALE OP LAND. By virtue of authority grauted to me by Amos Caldwell and wife, bv two mortgages, one dated Oct. Gth. 1831. and the other dated July 27, 1882, both duly registered, l win sen at me oun House in Charlotte, on Monday, January 7th, 1R88. that Tract of LAND of about 53 Acres, on which Amos Caldwell now lives, about one-half mile north-east of Davidson College, and Known as a part of the White land. Terms Uasn. . JAS. Q. HARRIS, Dec 7, 1883. ,5w Mortgagee. SOUTHERN REAL ESTATE INTERCHANGE. At.tflntion is ResDectfullv Invited from Immigrants and Capitalists, As well as citizens generally, to the very at tractive parcels of LAND committed to me for sale, consisting of Water Powers, Mineral Tracts, And FARMS of 50 to 1,000 ACRES, many of the latter including complete outfits of Horses, Mules Implements, and provender for twelve months to come. One Cotton Factory Is in good running order, 12 miles from Char lotte, and 3 miles from Railroad station, 250 spindles now in use, head of water sufficient for as many more as desired up to 586 H. P., and comfortable Buildings to accommodate 250 peo ple ; besides the niain building and commercial store. The Tract embraces 740 Acres of Land, about one-third of which is in cultivation. Terms accommodating. Also, MINERAL TRACTS of GOLD and IRON. Through reliable correspondents, I also undertake to negotiate Sales and Purchases of CITY LOTS, and all other kinds of Lands in any part of this State. Investments oearing o per cent interest securcu by mortgage of real estate, with a margin of one h.lf thft valuation, on lone or short time, and forfeitable upon default in prompt payment of interest. All letral business, in the State and U. S. Courts, shall continue to receive prompt and vigilant attention. All Questions from buyers, sellers, and invest ors answered when accompanied by stamp. ROBERT D. GRAHAM, Attorney. Dec. 7, 1883. 2m First National Bank of Charlotte, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Paid up Capital $400,000. Officers. R.Y. McAden, President. M. P. Pegram, Cashier, John F. Orr, Teller. A. Graham, Clerk. Board of Directors. R R McAden, J L Brown, Wm R Myers R M Oates S B Alexander, 8 A Cohen, R Barringer. Deals in Bills of Exchange, Sight Drafts, Gold and Silver Coin, and Government and other Se curities. Jan 1, 1883. We have recently added to our stock a full supply of White Lead and Linseed Oils. Call on ns before buying. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists. The Theater. It is not often that a newspaper article so effectually bits its mark as has that on "The Perils oi the Play-house," by Dr. T4 L. Cuyler, in the Independent for Nov. 1. If the volleys of blackguardism from the ow-hved, and attempts at more serious reply, from papers claiming to be reputa ble, are a fair indication, the Doctor's en weapon smote a large ntimber of people between the joints of the harness. Addressing yonthful readers as to patron izing the theater, he writes : "The first peril is to purity of charac ter. Your eyes and ears are windows and doors to the heart. What enters once never goes ont. .Photographs taken oa the memory are not easily effaced or burned np; they stick there, and often become tempters and tormentors for a ifetime. "I'd give my right hand," said i Christian to me once: "if Ijould rub out the abominable things that I put into ray mind when I was a fast young man." He could not doit; neither will you be able to efface the lascivious images or the impure words which the stage may pho tograph on your very bouI , We do not affirm that every popular play is im moral, or that every performer is impure, or that every theater-goer is on the scent for Bensual excitements. But the stage is to be estimated as a totality; and the whole trend of the average American stage is hostile to heart-purity, lheex ceptioiiH do not alter the rule. Nor have honest attempts to bring the stage up to a high standard of moral purity been suc cesslul. The experiment once made in Boston of so managing a theater as to ex clude every indelicacy from the stage and every notoriously improper person from the audience ended in pecuniary failure. The Puritanic play-house soon went into bankruptcy. The chief object of the man ager is to make money ; and if he can spice his evening's entertainment with a plot that turns on a seduction or a scene of sexual passion, or with a salacious ex posure ot physical beauty, the temptation is too strong to be very often resisted. You must take the average stage as it is and not as you would like to have it. It is an institution, which if you patron ize, you become morally responsible tor, as much as if you patronize a public library or a public drinking saloon. As an institution it habitually unsexe woman by parading her beiore a mixed audience in mans at tne. loo otten it exposes ner in such a pitiable scantiness of auy attire at all, that if you saw your own sister in such a plight you would turn away your eyes in horror. Yet yon propose to pay your money (through the box office) to somebody else's deters and daughters to violate womanly delicacy for your enter tainment. "If the daughter of Herodias" dances to please you, then you are respon sible for the dauce, both in its influence on the dancer and, on your own moral sense. There is no evading before God of your accountability for the theater, if vou habitually support it. What its in fluence upon the average performer is ap pears from most abundant testimony, One of the most celebrated actresses ot this time informed a friend of mine that she "only enters a theater to enact her part, and has very little association with her own profession." A converted actor once said to me, while pass'ng a play house in which he had often performed : "Behind those curtains lies Sodom." Al though sorely pressed to return to his old business, he said that he would starve sooner than go on the stage again. Mrs Frances Kemble Butler the last living representative of the most famous his trionic family of modern times has, in her old acre, condemned the staae em- phatically. As an institution, the Ameri can theater tolerates sensual impurity in its performers, and presents scenes of im purity to its patrons. If you become one ol its patrons, you go into moral partner ship with the theater." Ye who have taught your children how to live, have you also taught them how to die? Life here is not so important as the great hereafter. It is not so much the few furlongs this side the grave as it is the unending leagues beyond. IST" Great talent renders a man fa- mous: great merit, respect: ereat learn- ng esteem; but good breeding alone in sures love and affection. BclT We must not take the faults of our youth into our old age, for old age brings with it its own defects. GOLD AND SILVER GOODS FOR TELE HOLIDAYS. An elegant assortment of fine Watches, Jew elry, Sterling Silver, and fine Plated Ware, now opened at W. A. Truslow's Jewelry Store, Such Goods as no other house in tne city can show, and at the fairest prices. 'Tis important to buy such Goods, where they are WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. Call, and you will find something elegant for a Christmas present jgy Specialty always Fine Watch Work. Dec. 7,1883. 3w SALEM ALMANACS. Just received, a supply of the year 1884. WILSON BROS., Sole Agents, Oct. 19, 1883. Charlotte, N. C IW Stephen II. Parker, of Beaver Dam, Union county, N. C, says be has tried one Bottle of Miasmatic Elixir, or Chill Destroyer, and found that it cured when Quinine failed. For sale by T. C. SMITH & CO. Dec. 7, 1883. James S. Marsh, Esq., of Beaver Dim, N. C, says he used the Misasmatic Elixir in his family with gratifying results. He cured a case of Chills and Fever on a little boy who had them for one year by using two Bottles of the Elixir. For sale by T. C. SMITH & CO. Dec 7, 1883. , The Progress of the South. . During the past four years the twelve Southern Slates have increased their as sessed values $640,700,000, an average of $160,176,000 per year, and the increase of 1883 over 1882 amounts to $253,000,000. Almost equal to the entire cotton crop. ureal progress has been made in the construction of railroads, fully $300,000, 000 being invested in the construction of new roads. Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Texas have doubled their mileage during the past four years, and the twelve Southern States show an increase within the past three years of 7,789 miles, or one quarter ot the, increase " of the whole country. in cotton manufacturing the States of Alabama, Georgia, North . Carolina and South Carolina have during the past four years added twenty mills, 375,150 spin dles, and 5,469 looms, to say nothing of the mills which have, been erected in Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi . and Texas. . ' This shows an increase of 60 per cent in the past three years, and, taken in con nection with the fact that these mills are paying 15 to 20 per cent upon the invest ments, indicates that the South is rapidly becoming a manufacturing section. An equally interesting storv of the de velopment of the internal resources ol the South may be told, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and lexas yielding coal and iron in almost inexhaustible quantities. In the Red mountains and Cababa di&tricts of Alabama aloi.e it is es timated lhat seven hundred billion tons ol iron are to be found yielding 56 per cent of metallic iron. The coal field. adiin- this iron section cover 5,330 square miles, and the output has increased from 10,000 tons in 1872 to 1,200,000 tons in 1882. And so the storv goes lumber-mills. grist-mills, wagon-lactories, iron foundries, flour-mil!, potteries, rice-mills, and diver sified industries spriugiug up throughout all the Stales. Arkansas has more than doubled its population during the past decade, Texas is addinr more than a hun dred millions a year to its assessed wealth, Georgia leads in manufactures, Louisiana is protecting herself from oveiflow, and rejoicea in a prosperity that promises hap pily for her future. Mississippi is adding railroads and cotton mills, North Carolina has surprised the country by its display of minerals and the progress of its State, and South Carolina has doubled her mills in the past two years. Kentucky. Ten nessee and Virginia are likewise keeping step, and feel the, impulse of progressive development. Maj. Burke at the Louis viae xLxposxtion. How Wooden Spools are Made. The birch is first sawed into sticks four or nve teet lontr and seven-eiehths ot an inch to three inches square, . according to the size of the spool to be produced. These sticks are thoroughly seasoned. They are sawed into short blocks, and the blocks are dried in a hot-air kiln. At the time they are sawed a hole is bored 'ough them. One whirl of the little block against sharp knives, shaped by a pattern, makes the spool, at the rate of one per second. A small boy feeds the spool machine, simply placing the blocks in a spout and throwing out the knotty or defective stock. I he machine is auto matic, but cannot do the sorting. The spools are revolved rapidly iu drums and polish themselves. ior some purpose they are dyed yellow, red or black. They are made in thousands of shapes and sizes. When one sees on a spool of thread "100 yards" or "200 yards" these words do not signify that the thread has been measured, but that the spool has been gauged and is supposed to contain so much thread. m hen a silk or hnen or cotton firm wants a spool made it sends a pattern to the spool maker. This pattern gives the size and shape of the barrel and the head and bevel. lhese patterns determine the amount of thread that the spool will hold. Mr Dwelley's factory turns out 100,000 gross of spools per day, and consumes 2500 cords of birch annually. His year's spools are worth $40,000. Thirty-five hands are employed in the mill. During the winter, 250 wood-choppers are some times employed. Mr Dwelley is an in ventor and a machinist. He invented, designed and made every machine in his shop. Leiciston (Me.) Journal. The Children's Hour. Our children look upon the hour before bedtime as their own personal property, and the same games areas fresh and dear to their hearts now as they were to ours years ago. We add to the list, for Christ mas frolics : Then they play "llorum, Corum, To- rum." All go out of the room but one, who places some small article agreed upon in the room, but though not prominent, it must be in sight, lheu all come in and look around, touching nothing, only using their eyes. The one who sees it first gives no sign, but quietly s ts down, calling, "Rorum, Corum, Torum." Each one, as he or she discovers it, sits down saying the mystic words. Finally, when all have found it, the one who saw it first hides it again. We had a new and good variation of the "Dutch Doll," which pleases the older ones as much as the children. One of the older boys laid down on the floor on his back, with his legs under the sofa, holding his hands together and high iu the air. His arms were dressed in a child's clothes, with bis hands for the head, stuffed so that a baby's cap could fit it, and the face mada by a handkerchief marked with charcoal to represent eyes, nose and mouth. The boy's head must have . a pil- low on each side and a light shawl thrown w 6.. "-""J uiMiuiufi room, also drapery on the sofa to hide his legs. Then the children are called in and made to stand at a little distance and ask questions, which the Dutch Doll answers by nods or shakes ot the head. It can dance, go to sleep (by falling backward slowly on the sofa, or some one's lap,) shrug its shoulders, shiver, or go through any number of antics according to the genius of the operator. Or it can be made a talking doll by the boy disguising his voice. American Agriculturist. The New England Excursionists in N. C, Resolutions of Thanks, ; "On Board Train? IT. (?., ) I ' ' 1 "Dec. 1, 1883. f ! On motion of Mr Dame of New Hamp shire, it was voted unanimously that the thanks of the New England party, which left Boston on Nov. 24ih, ior. the purpose of investigating the inducements which North Carolina has to offer to emigrants vm i, sstv. .i. i I Irom the North, are hereby . tendered to the officers of ihe Seaboard Air-Line for the facilities furnished to our party. . . Resolved, That our thauks are es pecially due to Capt. F. W. Clark, G. P. A ; John T. Patrick, agent of 'immigra tion of the State; John M. Robinson, President ; John C. Winder, General Man ager ; Wm. Smith, Superintendent, and E. G. Ghio, Superintendent of the S.- Rj R., for the uniform courtesy and kindness received at their hands. ' . ReeoIved,-,That we are indebted to the citizens of Littleton, Ridgeway, Raleigh aud Charlotte for courtesies extended, and especially, to the officers of the publio in stitutions at the seat of Government for opportunities afforded for investigating1 their excellent institutions. ' j Resolved, That we have .'been,' most, favorably impre&Bed with the" advantages' offered by a fertile soil, a healthful clU mate and the immense natural resources, both agricultural, mineral and manufac turing, at.d that we have never traveled over a terriiory, which seems 60 advanta geous for industrious and enterprising men to invest their capital and reap the rewards of honest industry. Edwin Stkaens, Ch'n. George E. Dame, Clerk of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire; U. O. B. Win gate, M. D. ; Thomas Drew (Boston Her ald,) Boston ; D. A. Newton, 5J. S. Wil cox, Newport, N. II.; Perry Yarrington, Boston; Henry II. Gould, Colebrook, N. H. ; John C. Lloyd, B. J. Mann, Quincy,; Mass. ; Le Roy Perry, Wakefield, Mass.; Kdwin Stearns, Boston Globe, Boston; Augustus Weston, Lincoln, Mass. ; E. A. Pollard, Newport, N. H. ; Newell Cooper, Natick, Mass. ; Ephraim Wood, Boston; William A. Gibbs, Waltham, Mass.; Jo siah W. vt ithee, Boston ; v illiam H. Pi per, N. II. ; Henry F. arren, Waltham, Ma.s. ; T. Stewart, J. S. Johnson, Boston; R. S. Tibbetts, Newburyport, M&bs. ; Israel Parker, Boston; J. C. Adams, Fall River, Mass. ; E. W. Burrill, Archibald Bayer, Boston. - The Colored Citizen in North Carolina. The New York Globe, the leading or gan of the negro race, pritits a long letter from Raleigh about the colored fair. The writer says; - "Years ago Governor Jarvis promised his hearty sympathy and active co-operation with the association in its efforts to better the condition of the colored - people of the State, thus aiding in the develop ment and prosperity of the State itself. That he has so far fully discharged bis voluntarily assumed obligation, is a fact which stands not only to his individual credit, but to the lasting honor of North, Carolina. He was one of the first whose advice was sought when the feasibility of such an effort was being discussed. He gave it his hearty approval and has the thanks of the whole body of our people. This brings us to note and we do so with feelings of pride and pleasure the kindly relationship existing between the two races in this State. Barring the bad blood aud rash acts which grew from the great transition period in our South ern life, the reconstruction era, we have had comparative peace and a fine growth of the happiest tendencies. The writer has traveled in all parts of the State, mingling freely with all classes of our peo ple, aud from an experience of ten years thus engaged, more or less, can venture the assertion without fear of being success fully refuted, that in no State of the South is the negro on better terms . with his white fellow citizen. In fact, he is in the enjoyment of more real freedom and privileges than in many parts of the North. But for bad politicians of both partieB we would soon have a condition of affairs, eo far as race antagonisms are concerned, as nearly approaching the political millen nium as we are apt to get for a little while to come. For this, all right thinking men of both colors feel encouraged." The True Gentleman. The following sketch of the true gentle man was found iu an old manor house in Gloucestershire, England, written and framed, and hung over the mantel-piece of a tapestried sitting room : "The true gentleman is God's servant, the world's master, aud his own man. Vir tue his business, study his recreation, con tentment his rest, and happiness his re ward. God is bis father; the church his mother, the saints his brethren, all that need him his friends. Devotion his chap lain; Christianity his chamberlain; sobriety his butler; temperance bis cook;hopitali- ty his housekeeper; Providence bis stew ard; charity his treasurer; piety his mis tress of the house; and discretion his porter, to let in or out as most fit. This is the whole family, made np of the vir tues, and be is the master of the bouse. He is necessitated to take the world on the way to heaven, but he walks through it as fast as he . can, and all his business by the way is to make himself and others happy. Take bim in two words a man and a Christian." ' 85!f The influence of the press is very great when it is in the right, it is a grievous error to say that the newspapers ot a country can mould public opinion right or wrong. Arguments must be founded on solid common sense to carry conviction, and the newspaper that sticks w jiiiiiuuic uu irasuu win Biwava ue lue uuc iu uumiuiiiiu due vuuuueuvo suu re- . aij f i i spect of the people. A vacillating and time-serving policy, or one that abandons the right ol the people to , advocate spe cially favored interests, on the part of the press is the surest course to destroy its influence. The country press of Georgia is noted for its independence of thought and power, and the secret of its influence is found in the fact that its motto ' is . "Be sure you re right; then go ahead." Savannah News. , Do. it Well. It is not, after all, so much what a man does, as how he does it. lie mar be , a good mechanic at 'sawing wood, and sucji deserves credit." There is a scientific way to shovel gravel that brings about the best result with the least expenditure of energy, whatever honest occupation la Whatever honest occupation1 man may from choice or necessity engage ne. ?e8erv,es credit in proportion, as f he does his work well.1 It doubtless cans for different talent to do some things than it does to do others; i but any man who sue- ceedes in getting to the head in one yoca tion, has demonstrated a probability that he may succeed in ' another. He has .' at least earned the ' right to Jtfyy ' He his shown that he has one of the qualities necessary to success in any direction, vis., the quality of doing well what be is able to do. ..". ; . ... . .: . sx One of the gravest and commonest mis takes of the young man is the idea that what he is engaged in is not worth' doing well. That idea will beat any man, young or old. v Notone gains a, right for higher work except by the way of present duty well done. . We , have known boys , every way qualified to become good mechanics, go through an apprenticeship and scarce ly know more at the end than at the be ginning, simply, because they were going to do some other job well. The present is the one every time. Demonstrate your ability to do something well, and the op portunity to advance will not be wanting. No man ever rose to respectable distinc tion in any other way. AmerCn Mechinist. A Gambler's Chances. A "reformed gambler" delivered a lec ture in New York on gambling. He'anV alyzed each game, showed that the owner of the game had a percentage in his favor which is never less than 6, aud which very generally rises to an absolute cer tainty. The majority of all the dollars which are invested in an attempt to win a game ol faro, or any of the games which are opeu in a modern gambling-house, are just as certainly lost by the owner aa if he were to throw them into a furnace. Even suppose the game to be a fair one, and the percentage in favor of the game no more than 6 ; even this is enough to "eat up" any capitalist. What sort of an idiot would a man be who should, in bet ting at "evens," be willing always to put up $106 as often as his antagonist lays down $100? But what is more infinite than the folly of making a bet, in cases where the chances equally favor both par ties, for one of them to be compelled to furnish from $130 to $175 as often as his opponent advances $100? And yet this is precisely what is being done by every man who undertakes to win in a gara-bling-house. In fact, he encounters, as a rule, even larger odds than these; he is compelled to make bets iu which he fur nishes all the stakes, and in which he has not even the chance of winning back his stakes. It is precisely a case in which one man bets on a sure thing and obliges the loser to put up all the money. What ie still stranger about it all is that men will continue to play when they know just what chances they have to en counter. Men will continue to play, week after week, even year after year, losing constantly, and yet filled with the idiotio hope that something may happen . which they know cannot happen. Said a well known gambler in this city, "Do you sup pose that sporting-men can afford to rent spacious rooms, fit them up at great cost, furnish ! expensive suppers, wine, cigars and all that, and then give customers any chance to win ? We're obliged to win, and we do." The most damaging feature of this ne farious gambling mania is that it affects so many poor men. Were it the case that only rich men should gamble and lose, there would be less . cause of -complaint than now. Chicago Daily New. ' ' , ! ' The Cheapest Thing on Earth. When you buy a newspaper, whether yon pay 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents or 10 cents for it, you get more for your money than you do when buying anything else in the world. I mean the average newspapers. A newspaper is the cheapest form of liter ature in the world. It costs from 50 cents to $1 to get a seat at the theatre, and one of these sums, generally the latter, you often pay to see a performance that you don't get as much pleasure and actual benefit from as you would in reading a single copy of a good journal that cost all the way from 1 cent to 10. Any sort of dinner costs 60 cents, and it is no . trouble at all, if you smoke, to spend $1 for cigars. The man who drinks knows with what facility he gets rid of a quarter for two "cocktails," the pleasurable and bene ficial effect of which is often a matter of serious doubt with him. A carriage to go anywhere costs $2, and one for an afternoon drive costs from $5 to $7. Uncomfortable People. j We all know them; they are in every community, in every church, in many families. They are always uncomfort able themselves, and they inflict 1 dis comfort on everybody else. A really aggressive and well developed specimen will overshadow a town like a banyan tree, yielding the whole year through, all manner of fruit bitter to the taste, and not to be digested without serious injury. mi i . These people supply an ample stock of I W01!00 tney "ng out tEe latent possi- unities oi general unpleasantness in a' lo cality; they sow seeds of discord not only in the fallow ground, but by the way-side, and are followed by abundant harvests of the kind that are sown with joy,but reaped with tears. , .. r Ed"' We have often dwelt on the grow ing importance of our North Carolina pine forests. A recent 'affirm li a a anmniiii. j their value by destroying a large Dart of idj IOreSt OI JNew finer unil MilHnni Af . o w- trees were blown down and rendararl worthless as lumber. Especially was this so in Maine . where : the devastation is beyond calculation. ;One , account says : "Hunters who have come irom the woods say that tens of thousands of acres ot valuable pine forests have been laid low. Men who were caught in the woods had to chop their way out, and one party advanced only six miles in twenty-one hours. The forests have become pathless, and the streams areclogged.w ::j,.'f