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OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXII.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY; JANUARY 18, 1884.
. New Series VOLUME
iIH-NUM5ER 650
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THE
Charlotte Homo and Democrat,
Published ktkbt Friday bt
y p. STRONG, Editor fc Proprietor.
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Terms Two Dollars for one year.
One Dollar for six months.
Subscription price due in advance.
o
"Entered at the Post Ortice in Charlotte, N.
r as second class matter," according to the
pjes of the P. O. Department.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.f
physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE,
jj" j y T II AND TRYON StREETB.
RESIDENCE,
Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C.
March 17188 Jf
T, 0. SMITH & CO.,
WHOLESALE
AND
RETAIL DRUGGISTS,
CHARLOTTE, N . C .
May U, 1883.
J. P. Mc Combs, M. D ,
Oflrs his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls,
botli night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite
the Charlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1,1884.
I. ni'KWELL. P. I. WALKER.
BURWELL & WALKER,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts,
Office adjoining Court House.
Jan. 1, 1884.
JOHN E. BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Ofkick on Trade Street, opposite the Court
House, No. 1, Siuis & Dowd's building.
Dec 23, 1881 y
DR. M. A. BLAND,
Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office in Brown'sbuilding, 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
EVE, EAR AND THROAT.
Jan. 1, 1884.
HOFFMAN & ALEXANDERS,
Surgeon Dentists,
Charlotte, N. C.
Office over A. R. Nisbet & Bro.'e store. Office
hour8from 8 A. M., to 5 P. M.
Dec. 14, 1883.
J. 8. SrENCER.
J. C. SMITH.
J. S. SPENCER & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Trade Street, Charlotte, JST. C.
AGENTS FOR
.Rockingham Sheetings and Pee Dee Plaids.
Special attention given to handling
Cotton on Consignment.
.April 13, 1883.
W. H. FARRIOR,
.Practical Watch-dealer and Jeweler,
Charlotte, N. C,
lKefcPS a full stock of hasdsome 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 siojc.k .Coffee, Sugar, Molasses,
Syruys, Mackerel, Soap, Starch, Meat, Lard,
Rams, Four, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we
offer to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All
re invited to try us, from the smallest to the lar
gest.
Jan. 1, 1884.
E. M. ANDREWS,
Charlotte, N. C.
F U RNITURE,
Coffins and Caskets,
W HO LIS ALE AND RETAIL
Feb. 9, 1883-
HARRISON WATTS,
Cotton Buyer,
.Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Oct. 14, 1883.
A. HALES,
Practical Watch-Maker and
DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW
ELltY, SPECTACLES, &c , &c.
Work promptly done and warranted twelve
months.
A TTATTCS
Central Hotel Building, Trade street.
epi. v, i3t.
TAILORING.
John Vogel, Practical Tailor,
Iteapectf ully informs the citizens of Charlotte
and surrounding country, that he is prepared to
manufacture gentlemen's clothing in the latest
siyie ana at snort notice, tus Desi exertions win
be piven to rpnilpr antisfaction to those who nat-
ronize him. Shop opposite old Charlotte Hotel.
January l, ia4.
J. E. CARSON. C. M. CARSON
CARSON BROTHERS,
Storage and Commission Merchants
Fourth St., between. Tryon and College.
Prompt attention given to the purchase or
sale of
COTTON, TOBACCO. FLOUR, BACON
AND GRAIN,
And consignments of above for Storage solicited.
Terms reasonable and as low as any other
house in the city.
Oct. 12, 1883. 6m
HSf The following are said to be the
sixteen American invention of world
wide adoption: The cotton gin, the plan
ing machine, the telegraph, the grass
mower and reaper, the rotary printing
presB, steam navigation.the hot-air engine,
the sewing machine, the India rubber in
dustry, the machine manufacture of horse
shoes, the eand blast for graviug.the gauge
la
in, me gram elevator, artihcial ice-mak-ig
on a large scale, the electric magnet
in
in
us practical application, and the tele
one. ph
THE SPRING TERM
OF THE
Charlotte Female Institute
Begins January 28th and continues 20 weeks.
This Institute is not surpassed in any respect by
any first-class Institute in the South. It's Pro
fessor of Music and the Instructress in Fine
Arts, are of unequalled abilitv and succens in
their several departments. The graduates in
music of this Institute attain to a standard of
taste- and culture rarely reached in any school.
It's Art pupils, with no more time devoted to it
than in other schools, have given in both North
and South Carolina such exhibits of their work
as have never been equalled elsewhere in the
soum.
The reason of this superiority is that only
teachers of approved experience are engaged.
Every department is kept up to the same hiurh
standard of excellence and thoroughness.
KEV. WM. li. ATKINSON,
Principal.
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 4, 1884. 7wpd
VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY
AND PLANTATION
For Sale.
I offer for sale that valuable Mill ProDertv
situated within half mile of the Providence Road,
about tour miles trom Uliariotte.
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
the supply is abundant.
There is a Cotton Gm and Screw ou 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 tue premises a good Dwelijng with eight
uooms, and all necessary out-houses. 7a 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 particular apply to me in person,
or address me at Charlotte, JS. C. Terms made
easy.
ISAAC JN. ALEXANDER, SR.
Nov. 16, 1883. tf
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
I will sell at public sale on the first Monday of
Mrch next, a PLANTATION containing 203
Acres, forty of which are creek-bottom, situated
at Mt. Holly, Gaston county, on the Carolina
Central Railroad, within 12 miles of Charlotte.
lhere are a Dwelling House, Barn aud all neces
sary buildings. I will sell at private sale up to
that date.
Terms One-fourth cash, and the balance in
equal installments of one, two and three years.
JL.. if. U'CUJNJN.UIjLi.
Dec. 14. 1883. fiw
SOUTHERN REAL ESTATE
INTERCHANGED,
And Funds Safely Invested.
Attention is Respectfully Invited from
inrnnerants 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 outnts or iiorses,
Mules. Implements, ami 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 oou 1. if., ana
comfortable Buildings to accommodate 250 peo
ple ; besides the main bunding and commercial
store. The Tract embraces 740 Acres of Laud,
about one-third f 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 bearing 8 per cent interest secured
by mortgage of real estate, with a margin of one
half the valuation, on long or short time, and
forfeitable upon default in prompt payment of
interest.
All legal 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.
Dt'C. 7, 1883. 2m
MORE NEW GOODS
AND
New Bargains.
One of our firm has just returned from the
Northern markets with another Stock of Goods.
'Tis the season of the year for "closing out jobs"
there, and having taken advantage of same, we
have some rare bargains to offer you.
Worsted Dress Goods from 10 cents to $2 per
yard. Some beautiful ones at 15, 20 and 25 cents.
A large stock of Flannel Dress Goods from
25 cents to $1.50.
In Wrap3 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
mcres, 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.
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, S A Cohen,
R Barringer.
Deals in Bills of Exchange, Sight Drafts, Gold
and Silver Coin, and Government and other Se
curities. Jan 1, 1884.
Rah Ja
In M ana 1 pound packages. Is the best Tea
for the money. For sale by '
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
Oci. 27, 1882. Tryon Sti et .
We have recently added to our
stock a full supply of White Let"5 and Linseed
Oils. Call on us before buying.
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
Druggists.
"Weary."
Weary of living, so weary.
Trying to lie down and die,
To find for the sad heart and dreary
The end of the pilgrimage nigh.
Weary, so weary of wishing,
For a form that has gone from my sight,
For a voice that is hushed to me ever
For eyes that to me were so bright.
Weary, so weary, of waiting,
Waiting for sympathy sweet,
For something to love, and to love mc
And pleasures that are not so fleet,
For a hand to be held on my forehead
A glimpse of the golden brown hair,
For a step that to me was sweet music.
And a brow that was noble and fair.
Tired, so tired, of drifting
Adown the dark stream of life.
Tired of breasting the billow,
The billows of toil and strife,
Wishing and waiting so sadly
For love that was sweetest and best,
Willing to die, Oh I so gladly
If that would bring quiet and rest
-.
tSZf Young men, you are architects of
your own fortunes. Rely ou your strength
of body and soul. Take for your star self
reliance. Inscribe on your banner, "Luck
ia a fool, Pluck is a hero." Don't take too
much advice keep at your helm and
Bteer your own ship, and remember that
the great art of commanding, is to take a
fair share of the work. Think well oi
yourself. Strike out. Assume your own
position, Put potatoes in a cart on a
rough road, and the small ones go to the
bottom. Rise above the envious and jeal
ous. Fire above the mark you intend to
hit. Energy, invincible determiiialion,are
the levers that move the world. Dou'i
drink. Don't chew. Don't smoke. Don't
swear. Don't deceive. Don't marry un
til you can support a wife. Be in earnest.
Be self-reliant. Be generous. Be civil.
Read the papers. Advertise your brtsi.
ness. Make money and do good with it.
Love God aud your fellow-men. Love
truth and virtue. Love your country and
obey its laws. Pres. Porter in Yale College.
What we Live For. "What is life?"
Borne one asked Montford. His answer is
one of the most charming things ever writ
ten : "The present life is sleeping and
waking; it is good night on going to bed,
and good-morning on getting up; it is to
wonder a hat the day will bring lorth ; it
is rain on the window when one sits by
the fire; it is walk in the garden and hear
the birds sing; it is to hear news from
East, West, North, South ; Ji is to read
old and new books ; it is to 6ee pictures
and hear music ; it in to have breakfast,
dinner and tea; it is to belong to a town
and have neighbors, and become one in a
circle of acquaintances; it is to have
friends and love."
PUBLIC SALE
OF A
Valuable Farm, and Home
In Qaston County, N. C.
By virtue of an order of the U. S. Circuit
Court at Charlotte, rendered at the December
Term, 1883, in the case of J. McD. Mclntyre et.
al against E. D. Thompson and others, the sub
scribers, who are appointed special Commission
ers for that purpose, will offer for sale at Public
Auction, to the highest bidder, that ex?
cellent FARM lying on both sides of Hoyle's
Creek in Gaston county, adjoining the Lands
of John C. Moore, Messrs. Cloninger and oth
ers, known formerly as the "Lee Moore Gold
Mine Tract," containing, by survey, about Two
Hundred and Sixty-Seven Acres, together with
the Dwelling and out houses necessary to a con?
venient occupation of the Homestead.
The sale will be made without any reserva?
tion of mines, ores, &c., which before the dis?
covery of the California pijnes, were said to haye
been profitably worked on these premises, and
which may yet contain valuable deposits pf the
precious metals, as they lie in the same range of
mineral deposits as the Robinson and King's
Mountain Gold Mines, both in Gaston county.
This farm is in a comnact form and lies well
to the Sun, and is in a good state of cultivation,
producing cotton and grain of fine quality. The
bottom-lands are inexhaustible and are well
drained, and the Creek hill-sides are nearly as
rich and are easily cultivated. The tract is well
watered by springs.
HP The sale will take place at BREVARD'S
STATION, (Carolina Central Railway,)
On Saturday ',16th day of February, 884,
At 12 o'clock, M.
The premises are now in the occupancy of E.
D. Thompson, who will show the Land and give
full information, rue piace is eugioiy siiuaieu
for trade and market, twelve miles from Lincoln-
ton, about eighteen from Charlotte, four miles
from Dallas, the county seat, two and a half
miles from Brevard's Station, Carolina Central
Railway, and same distance from "Hardin Sta
tion," .Narrow Uauge itauroaa.
The situation is healthy and attractive; a
handsome Grove of native oaks surround the
residence, and there is an Orchard of Apple an d
Peach trees. The timbered land is sufficient for
all farm purposes, fuel, &c.
The sale being by order of Court and by con
sent of parties, the title is perfectly good.
Sellinu as Commissioners we will convey the
Title under the Court's order.
Tlie Ter?ns of Sale One-half of the purchase
money in cash on the day of 6ale, and the
residue on a credit of Pine months, the pur
chaser giving bond and good security, bearing
eight per cent interest until paia, ana me con
vevance of the title to be withheld until pay
ment in full, the purchaser to have the option of
paying the whole purchase money m casn.
Possession will be given immediately.
W. II. BAILEY,
R. D. JOHNSTON,
Jan. 11,1884. 6w Commissioners
Real Estate for Sale.
Bv order of the Superior Court for Mecklen
burg county, I will sell at the Court House door
in Charlotte, on Monday, 4th of February, 1884,
a small Tract of LAND lying near the Carolina
Central Railroad Passenger Depot, adjoining the
property of said Road, Asa George and others,
rontaininff about three Acres. Said Land be
longed to the late Samuel Grose, and is sold for
Aaacta. Terms, o monuis. creuu. uuuu uu
security required.
JOHN E. BROWN,
Jan. 11, 1884. . 4w Commissioner.
WANTED,
A select School of fifteen, twenty or twenty-five
Scholars. Salarv not less than o0 per montn
Anplv to
1 3 A. J. HARRISON,
Jan. 4, 1884. tf Monroe, N. C.
NOTICE.
J. C. BURROUGHS has a good stock of
Buggies and Wagons.
Call and see them.
Jan. 4, 1883. 4w
Rules of Practice , ' ,
Adopted by the Judges of the ' Superior
Courts of North Carolina, Jan. 4, 1884.
I. All civil actions that have been at
issue for two years, aud that may be con
tinued by consent at any terra, wiil be
placed at the end of the docket , for the
next term in their relative order upon the
docket; when the continuance : shall be
ordered, and when a civil action shall be
continued on motion of one of the parties,
the Court may, in us discretion, order
that such action be placed at the end of
the docket, as if continued by, consent ;
but this rule will not be ttrforoed when
the opinion of the Supreme Uourt has been
certified to the Court below since the last
m : in such case a continuance will be
ordered without prejudice, unites tried by
const nt.
II. When a calendar of civil actions
shall be made under the supervision ol the
Couit, or by a committee of attorneys un
der the order of the Court, or by consent
of the Court, unless cause berfchown to the
contrary, all actions continued by Qoiiseut
and numbered on the docket between the
first and last numbers placed upon, the
calendar, wili be placed at the end of the
docket for the next term as if continued
by consent, if such actions have been at
issue for two years. -U
III. Neither civil nor criminal actions
will be set for trUl QO a dy certajPjOr
not to be called for trial before a dav cer
tain, unless by order of the Court, aud if
the other business of the term shall have
been disposed of before the day for which
a civil action is set, the Court will not be
kept open for the trial ot such action, ex
cept lor some special reason apparent to
the Judge; but this rule will pot apply
when a calendar has been adopted by the
Court.
IV. The Court will reserve the right to
determine whether it is uecessary to make
a calendar, and also, for the dispatch oi
business to make orders as to the disposi-
tion of causes placed upon the calendar
and not reached on the day for which
they may be set.
V. When a calendar shall be made, all
actions that do not require the interven
tion of a jury, together with motions for
interlocutory orders will be placed on the
motion docket, and the Judges will claim
the right to call the motion docket at auy
time alter the calendar shall be taken up.
VI. Appeals from Justices of the Peace
n civil actions will not be called for trial
unless the returns of such appeals have
eon docketed ten days previous to the
term, but appeals docketed less than ten
days before the term may be tried by
consent of parties.
VII. hen civil actions shall be con
tinued by consent of parties, the Court
will, upon suggestion that the charges or
witnesses and lees of officers have not
been paid, adjudge that the parties to the
action pay respectively their own costs,
subject to the right of the prevailing party
to have such costs taxed in the final judg
ment. VIII. "When time to file pleadings is al
owed it shall be computed from the ex
piration of the term as fixed by law.
IX. Except for some unusual reason,
connected with the business of the Court,
attorneys will not be sent for, when their
cases are called in their regular order..
X. Clerks of the Courts will be re
quired, upon the criminal dockets prepared
lor the Court and Solicitor, to state and
number the criminal business of the Court
in the following order:
First All criminal causes at issue.
Second All warrants upon which parties
have been held to answer at the term.'
Third All presentments made at pre
ceding terms, undisposed of. Fourth ;
All cases wherein judgments 7iisi nave
beep entered at the preceding term against
defendants and their sureties, and against
defaulting jurors or witnesses in behalf
of the State.
XI- Clerks will also be required, upon
both civil and criminal dockets, to bring
forward and enter in different oolumns ol
sufficient space, in each case:
Inrst Ihe names ot the parties, sec
ond The nature of the action. Third
A summary history of the case, including
the date of issuance of process, pleadings
filed, and a brief note of all proceedings
and orders therein. ronrth A blank
pace for the entries of the term.
To Keep' Lard. When the scraps are
just beginning to get brittle and brown,
put in a tablespoonlul ol fine salt to a
quart of the hot lard, and there will be no
trouble; the lard will keep perlectiy sweet
for auv length of time, and the salt does
no possible harm to any kind of cookery
Fersons can easily ludge ol the quantity
of lard if they know how much the kettle
holds. It makes the lard whiter and
harder, aside from preserving it sweet
It must cook a little while after , adding
the salt. That designed for summer use
should be kept in a tight earthen jar, or a
tin bucket with a cover.
The Carolina Fair Association
Will meet at the Court House. Saturday, 19th
inst.. promptly at 1 P. M. Members and others
invited.
RTJFU3 BARRINGER, Prcs't
J. S. Myers, Sec'y.
Jan. 11, 1884.
For Rent,
The Jno. Calvin Smith Farm lately vacated
57 Acres of capital Land Southeast of Charlotte,
KUr Lia liAKKiiN tiXilv,
Jan. 11,1884. tf Agent.
DRUG STORE NOTICE. !
Dissolution of Copartnership.
The firm of L. R. WRISTON & CO., Drug
gists, was dissolved by mutual consent on the
1st day of January, 18S4, Vr. T. J . JUoore re
tiring. L R. Wriston purchases the entire busi
ness and will pay all debts of the late firm. All
Notes or Accounts outstanding must be closed
up at once to L. R. Wriston, the only person au
thorized to receive and receipt for the same.
L. R. WRISTON,
T. J. MOORE.
Mv friends and customers will find me at the
old stand ready and willing to serve them.
L. R. WRISTON.
Jan. 11,1884.
SALEM ALMANACS. :o
Just received, a supply of the year 1884.
WILSON BROS.,
Sole Agents,
Oct. 19. 1883. ; Charlotte, N.C
' ' The Strongest Drink. l" "
'i i - - .. .. a. - , 1'i I -'
Water is the strongest drink. . It drives
mills; it's the drink of, lions and horses,
and JSarasou never drank anything else.
Let young men, be teetotalers if only for
economy j sake. Iho beer money will
soon build a house. If what, goes into the
mash-tub went into the' kneading-trough,
families would be better led and better
taught. ' If what is spent in -' waste were
only saved against a rainy day, work
houses would never be . built. The man
who speeds his money .with the publican.
and thinks, the landlord's bow and ,"IIow
do vou do. mv eood fellow ?" mean true
respect,- m a perfect simpleton. We don't
ighl liies for the herring t comfort, but to
roast In m. Ven do not keep pot-houses
for laborers' good; if they do, they cer
tainly miss their aim. Why, then, should
people driuk "for the good of the house?"
t .1 spend money tor the good of any
house, let it be mv own. and not the
audlord's. It is a bad well into which
ou . must.; put waterj ajil the beer
house is a bad tnend, because it takes
your all and leave you nothing but bead-
cheiJt ' .
He who calls tho& his friends who let
lim sit and drink by the hour together, is
gnorant very mnorant. Why. red lions.
nd tigers, and eagles, and vultures are
all creatures of prey and why do so ma,ny
put themselves yithiq the power of their
jaws and talons y Such drink and live
riotously, and wonder why their faces are
so blotchy and their pockets so bare,would
eave oft wondering it they had two grains
of wisdom. They might as well ask an
elm tree for pears as look to loose
la.bils for health and wealth. Those
who go to the public house for happiness
climb a tree to find fish. Reo. Mr. Spur-
geon. .
Taking Comfort in Life.
Sooner or later the time for folded hands
will come to us ail. Whether or not we
cease from hurry and .worry now, we shall
one day shut our eyes upon it, and lie
till, untroubled bv the stir and fret of
the things about us. Why not take com
fort as we go on ? You, proud mother of
a beautiful, active boy, of what use will it
be to you by and by to remember how
xqutsitely fine was his raiment, how
daintily spread his bed, and how costly
and proluse his toys? What the child
needs is motheting, brooding, tender rest-
ng on your heart; and he needs it every
step of the way from baby days to man-
iood. 1 ake the comfort of vour oppor-
unities. Never mind though the (Iress be
coarse, and the lood plain, and the play
things few, but answer the questions, tell
the stories, spare the half-hour at bed-time
and be merry and gay, confidential arid
y in pathetic with your boy. And yon,
whose graceful young daughter is inst
blushing out into the bloom and freshness
of a wondrously fair womanliness, do not
be so occupied with your ambition for her,
and her advancement in life, that yon let
ler ways and your own fall apart. Why
are her friends, her interests, and her en
gagements, so wholly and distinct from
your own ? vv hy does she visit here and
eceive visits from this and that home, and
you scarcely know the people by sight?
You are losing precious hours, and the
comfort you ought to take is flying fast
away on . those wings of time that are
never overtaken.
Hints to Compositors.
Many, many years ago au English gen-
tl
eman, who had made a careiul study ot
the men while working hard at the case,
gave the results of his observation to the
world in an article to one of the English
quarterlies, which a contemporary has
dug out tor the benefit of.the printers to
day. The old student of the practical
side of the composing-room says the ope
ration of composing being performed by
the eyes, fingers and anus, which, with
considerable velooity.are moved in almost
every direction, the rest of the body
should be kept as tranquil as possible.
However zealous therefore, a workman
may be, if his shoulders and hips are
moved by every little letter he lifts, fa
tigue, exhaustion and errors are the re
sult; whereas, if the arms alone are kept
in motion, the work is more easily aud
consequently more successfully executed.
To young printers there is a fund of prac
tical wisdom in the result of the observa
tion; to the mature compositor, with whom
certain tricks at working have become
second nature,the ancient advice will seem
some new-fangled notion not worthy of
serious attention. To all it should be in
terestingto closely watch a fast compositor
at work, and ascertain if he conforms to
the old Englishman' rules.
3Sir In Cochin, China, says a writer,
birds are trigbtened away trom grain
fields and fruit treeB, and foxes from poul
try houses by the following device : "Old
bottles are taken, the mouths corked;
through the cork a thread is passed with
its end hanging down, where a small piece
ot board, slate or any otner object pre
senting surface to the wind is attached
At the height of the thickest part of the
bottle a nail is fixed in a way that the
thread agitated by the wind makes the
nail beat against the bottle like sounding
a bell. After preparing a number of bot
ties in this way, strong wooden rods are
placed in the soil, and on their tops these
bottles are placed by means of a string
fastened at the neck of the bottle. The
arrangement then is in a position similar
to a fishing rod placed in the ground, on
which the fish caught would be the piece
of slate while the cork would be the bot
tie. Where there are trees the scarecrow
may be suspended on slender branches,
sometimes on lower and again at other
times on higher ones. When the bottles
are unlike in size and shape the concert of
sounds on them is often a very pleasing
one.'
The extraordinary ear of corn is
grown in Liberty, Mo., this year. It is
seven inches long, contains 800 grains,
and is surrounded by five smaller ears,
growing out of the main ear at its base,
and containing 1,500 grains.
feOT' The standard of honesty among
bank cashiers has fallen in proportion
as the facilities for speculation have ) in
creased. -; '
Wait a Little. - v ." - v..
My son, you hare eret a lew thousand
dollars tot invest. You are crazy, to buy
stocks, or to speculate in wheat or cotton,
and your days and nights are full of pleas
ant thoughts of. enormous profits. Jay
Gould, didn't have - your : capital t,o start
with, and now he. thinks he owns, eleven
States. Vauderbilt onlv had hundreds
where you have thousands, and ' yet he
owns eleven of the other States and a
brick house whioh is positively rat-proof.
At your age Villard was a poverty-stricken
clerk, and Russell Sage was inventing the
nree-iegged milK-Stool.
. But go slow, my boy. Any idiot can
buy stock and futures, but it takes a lout?
head to buy what is certain to return big
profits. Fight shy of railroad stocks.
Don't think of investing in silver mines.
leep clear of wheat and corn and cotton.
Don't fool witoanal shares, couuty bonds.
navigation stocks, or ttymg-machines. lie
reasonable. Don't expeet to make money
too fast. , Go into business with an under
taker for a year and let the ni;ket settle.
Start a corner-grocery . and get some idea
of how cod-fish fluctuates. Establish a
bucket-shop and learn how to manipulate
the market. Open a liver-pad foundry
and learn patience,' humility and how to
skin your fellow-men, Wali Street News.
' Consult Your Wife.
You are a man of busiuess, and have no
time to show attention to your wife few
opportunities to converse with her; at
east you make a few. She submits to
this unsocial state of things, because she
must; but is she happy ? Probably not;
no woman likes to be considered a cypher.
Your wife ought to be your best adviser.
She ought to be your most confident coun
selor. The self-conceit of a man amounts
to genius. There are many husbands
who would as soon think of taking the ad
vice of their children as their wives. But
it is only the fool who is too wise to seek
counsel. A woman, vou sav. knows very
ittle about business; nevertheless her in
tuition is often better than a man's judg-
meni. xour wue is vour partner, ion
have earned the money, but she has saved
and sacrificed and pinched, worried and
worked to help accumulate it. She has
done her fair share toward making vour
property what it is; she has a right to be
consulted how it shall be used. A double
right has she to have her iudsrment
weighed and measured in all questions r6-
ating to the disposition of the family and
the training and culture of the children.
Talk to your wife on all occasions. When
vou come home at night, tired with the
cares of the day. to find her eauallv fa
tigued, bring to her the news of the day ;
bring the latest, freshest thought. In
buying your paper, or subscribing for
your monthly magazine, or renewing your
religious weekly, get what will suit her
needs and meet her tastes. There is more
in that patient, quiet, silent wife of yours
than you think; do not freeze her very
individuality by your practical contempt
of women. Exchange.
Triplet Maxims.
Three things to do think, live, act.
Three things to govern temper, tongue
and conduct.
Three things to cherish virtue, good
ness and wisdom.
Three things to love courage, gentle
ness and anection.
Three things to contend for honor,
country and friends.
Three things to hate cruelty, arrogance
and ingratitude.
Three things to teach truth, industry
and contentment.
Three things to admire intellect, dig
nity and gracefulness.
lhree things to like cordiality, good
ness and cheerfulness.
Three things to delight in beauty.
frankness and freedom.
Three things to avoid idleness, loquaci
ty and flippant jesting.
1 hree things to wish for health, friends
and a contented spirit.
lhree things to cultivate good books.
good friends and good humor.
3" A writer in an exchange says :
discovered many years ago that wood
couiu De maae to last longer than iron in
tne ground, but thought tne process so
simple that it was not well to make a stir
about it. I would as soon have poplar or
basswood posts. I have taken out bass-
wood posts after having been set seven
years that were as sound when taken out
as when first put in the ground. Time
and weatherseemed to have no effect upon
them. The posts can be prepared for less
than two cents apiece. Ihis is the recipe,
Take boiled linseed oil and stir in pul
verized charcoal to the consistency of
paint. Put a coat of this over the timber,
and there is not a man that will live to see
it rot."
. i
ISir For the information of an anxious
inquirer, we will state that Mason and
Dixon's line is the invisible boundary be
tween the titles of judge and colonel
Whenever you hear a candidate for
Congress called iudge, you roav know
he hails from a Northern State; if he
is
called colonel, he hails from the South
You will find this an infallible guide.
Vhicago JNews.
JT" A correspondent of the London
Electrician gives the following as an in
stant remedy for toothache : With a emal
piece of zinc and a bit pf silver (any silver
coin will do) the zinc placed on one side o:
the afflicted gum, and the silver on the
other, by bringing the edges together,
small current of electricity is generated
immediately and painlessly stops the
toothache. ,
As little by little the saw-teeth
work down through the heart of a tree,
and it lies prostrate, so little falsehood and
dishonesty work down into the hearts of
wicked youth, and they lie in the dust of
shame. . . ......
A gentleman remarked that ' h
had eight arguments in favor of the . pro
hibitory amendment, and when asked
what they were, replied, "My eight ' chil
dren." " , ' ' : ' ' '
BSIT Man was created a little lower
than the angels, and he generally stays
there. v ,
I
' Va Natural Vinegar ' Well.
. From the Cross Valley (Cal.) Tidings.
Some miners have been sinking a shaft
between Bear river and Live Oak. The
region has received but little attention in
the way of prospecting for mines. The
miners, in sinking th new shaft, have had
no trouble with water iu fact, the ground
nas been unusually dry. A few days ago.
however, a thin stratum of eome kind of a
damp
'rock was1 struck and there
were
some'
evidences 1 of effervescence in ; lhi&
Passing through this thin stratum tho
miners came to a. small stream of wha
was at first supposed to be common water;
but on closer investigation it proved to be
a strong acid. Some of this acid has been
brought to town and has been examined
by: experts, and they pronounce, it to be
acetic, andas strong as the acetic acid of
commerce." In short, a vinegar mTno has
been struck. The effervescence observed
in the thin stratum of damp rock is ac
counted for by the action of the acid on
some alkali contained iu this stratum.. . A
sump lias heen made in which the acid js
ieiL to coueci, ana ait lurtner work .nas
been stopped for the present.' ' One of the
miners insists that the find is of pure
vinegar of tho best variety of the cider
kind. He "accounts for the milk-' in the
eocoanut" by the fact that the ground of
the water-shed there slopes towards the
river, and there are a large number of ap
ple orchards towards the top of the water
shed, and that for years great abundance
of fruit has fallen and rotted on the
ground, and that the juice of those apples
has undergone the acetio fermentation by
the time the juice has gotten low into the
rocks. The owners are talking of a pickle
factory on a large scale, and one of them
thinks if they could tap the stream higher
up, where alcoholic fermentation is in pro
gress and before the acetic has begun, a
good article of apple-jack can be distilled
from the fluid.
The Importance of the Mechanic.
Each enusing day makes more promi
nent the fact that we have come upon the
time when the mechanic is master. We
have crowded professions and ill-filled
trades. A chance to fill the position of
sub-assistant clerk in a wholesale house is
eagerly grasped at by a hundred appli
cants, though the wages received be
scarcely more than "a chance to learn the
business." Let a master workman try to
obtain an apprentice at three times the
salary offered the clerk and his applicants
will be poor alike in quantity and quality.
A skilled workman in any trade need
never want for hire; he is eagerly sought
after by a hundred employers; he is inde
pendent of the condition of the market;
the skill and cunning of his hand and eye
are too valuable to lose, and must be paid
whether the products are slowly or rapid
y consumed. If business ceases, the mas?
ter hand is eagerly seized by Bome rival
house, which knows and values the pro
duct of his 6kill. He who would crush
down the obstacles to succuss in our own
days must have, as well as the wit to see
the crevice, the strength to deal the blow.
This is an age of the steam engine, and it
is the engineer, not the conductor, who ia
master. Moston Commercial Jiulletm. .
Spieits of Turpentine. This is one of
the most valuable articles in a family, and
when it has once obtained a foothold in a
house it is really a necessity and could be
illy dispensed with. Its medical quali
ties are very numerous; for burns it is a
quick application and gives immediate re
lief ; for blisters on the hand it is of price
less value, searing down the skin and pre
venting soreness; lor corns on tne toes, it
is useful, and good for rheumatism ; and
sore throats, and is the quickest remedy
for convulsions or fits. Then it. is a sure
preventive against moths ; by just drop
ping a trifle in the bottom of drawers,
chests, and cupboards, it will render the
garments secure from injury through the
summer. . it will keep ants and bugs from
closets and store-rooms, by putting a few
drops in the corners and npon shelves; it
is sure destruction to bed bugs, and will
effectually drive them away from their
haunts it thoroughly applied to the joints
of the bedstead in the spring cleaning
time, and it injures neither furniture nor
clothing; its pungent odor is retained a
long time, and no family ever ought to be
entirely out of a supply at any time of the
year.
Salt for Medicine.
The Shaker Manifesto has the follow
ing : "Half a teaspoonful of common ta
ble salt dissolved . in a little . cold water
and drank, will instantly relievo heart
burn or dyspepsia. If taken every morn
ing before breakfast, increasing the quan
tity gradually to a teaspoonful to a glass
of water, it will in a few days, cure any
ordinary case of dyspepsia, if at the same
time due attention is paid to the diet.
There is no better remedy, than the above
for constipation ; no better gargle for sore
throat. It is equal to chlorate of potash,
and is entirely safe. It may be used as
often as desired, and if a little is swal
lowed each time it will have a beneficial
effect on the throat by cleansing it and
allaying the irritation. In doses of one
to four teaspoonfnls in half a pint to a pint
of water It acts promptly as an emetic,
and in cases of poisoning it is always at
hand. It is an excellent remedy for bites
and stings of ' insects. It is a valuable
astringent for hemorrhages, particularly
for bleeding after the extraction of a
tooth. It has both cleansing and healing
properties. It is, therefore, a most excel
lent application for superficial ulceration."
H5T" A Minnesota paper has taken hold
of that story about Mary' Anderson's en
gagement to the Duke of Portland and
explained it. The man Mary is engaged
to marry isn't the Duke of Portland, but
a fellow named Duke who lives in Port
land, Oregon.. - It is some satisfaction to
know that Mary hasn't been captured by
a foreigner. The Minnesota paper de
serves the thanks of the country for set
tling the matter.
' m t m ; . -
HP The entire alphabet is found in
these four lines : f -
"God Rives the grazing ox his meat,
He quickly hears the sheep's low cry;
; But man who tastes his finest wheat,
' Should joy to lift his praises high." "