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OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXII.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884.
New Seeds VOLUME XIII NUMBER, 653
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THE -;
Charlotte Home - Democrat,
Published evert Fbidat by .
YATES & STRONG.
.Terms Two Dollars for one year.
One Dollar for six months.
Subscription price due in advance.
o
"Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N.
C., as second class matter," according to the
nies of the P. O. Department.
ROBERT GIBBON, M.
Physician and Surgeon.
D.,
OFFICE,
AND TjTON
F I F TIX
Streets.
RESIDENCE, ;
Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C.
March 17, 1682. tf j
T.
0. SMITH & CO.,
WHOLESALE
AND
RETAIL DRUGGISTS,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 11, 1883.
J. P. Mc Combs, M. D ,
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls,
both night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite
the Charlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1, 1884.
k. HUKWELL. P. D. WALKER.
BUR WELL & WALKER,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts,
Office adjoining Court House.
Jan. 1, 1884.
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, 1884. -
HOFFMAN & ALEXANDERS,
Surgeon Dentists,
Charlotte, N. C.
Office over A. R. Nisbet & Bro.'s store. Office
hours from 8 A. M., to 5 P. M.
Dec. 14, 1883.
J. 8. BPENCEK. J. C. SMITH.
J. S. SPENCER & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
AND
fCOSLIISSION MERCHANTS,
Qvleqe Street, Charlotte, N. C.
AGENTS FOR
4 Rocking Uti Sheetings and Pee Dee Plaids.
Spccialiittention given to handling
Cotton on Consignment.
;Apnl 13, 1883.
W. H. FARRIOR,
Practical Watch-dealer and Jeweler,
Charlotte, N. C,
Keeps a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and
Clocks, Spectacles, etc.. which I will sell al
tfair prices.
Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c.
done promptly, ana sausiaciion assurea.
Store next to Springs' corner building.
July 1, 1883.
SPRINGS & BURWELL,
'Grocers and Provision Dealers
.Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses
.'Syruvs. Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard
Hams, Four, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c, which we
offer to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. All
tare invited to try us, from the smallest to the lar
igest.
Jan. 1. 1884.
LEKOT 8PKING8. E. B SI-RINGS. E. S. BURWELL
LEROY SPRINGS & CO.,
Grocers and Commission Merchants,
Lancaster, S. C.
Jan. 11, 1884.
E. M. ANDREWS,
ClIAKLOTTE, N. C.
FURNITURE,
Coffins and Caskets,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Feb. 9, 1883- yr
HARRISON WATTS.
Cotton Buyer,
Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Oct. 14, 1883.
A. HALES,
Practical Watch-Maker and
DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW
ELRY, SPECTACLES, &c , &c.
Fine and difficult Wntch Repairing a Specialty.
Work promptly done and warranted twelve
months.
A. HALES,
Central Hotel Building, Trade street.
Sept. 7, 1883.
TAILORING.
John Vogel, Practical Tailor,
Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte
and surrounding country, that he is prepared to
manufacture genilemen'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 1,1884.
J. E. CARSON. C. M. CARSON,
CARSON BROTHERS,
Storage and Commission Merchants,
Fourth St., letween Tryon and College.
FroniDt attention jriven 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
t3F" An Alabama Justice of the Peace
who was tardy in paying over a claim of
$20 collected in a suit which he had ad-
odicated, being offended at the tone of a
etter from the claimant asking for the
money, promptly paid the claim by check,
ess f 2.50, which be fined the claimant lor
contempt of conrt because of the letter in
question.
If any one say that he has seen a
just men in want of bread, I answer that
it was in some place where there was no
other just man. St. Clement.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE
OF
VALUABLE FARMING LANDS
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court in
the case of Elizabeth Wilson et. al., against Lena
May Morton et al., heirs-at-law of McWilson
Miller, deceased, I will sell for partition on Mon
day, 3d of March, 1884, at the Court House door
in the city of Charlotte, at 12 o'clock, M., all the
real estate of the late McWilson Miller, em
bracing six Tracts of LAND in Crab Orchard
Township, in Mecklenburg county, on the waters
or Keedy Creek, between bUO and auo Acres.
The first Tract, containing 329 Acres, known
as the Ezekiel Johnston Tract
The second Tract of 266 Acres, adjoining the
first tract and Jos. P. McGinnis' land and others.
The third Tract of 73 Acres, except that part
sold to Hucks.'
The fourth Tract of 120 Acres, adjoining
above 1 ract.
The fifth Tract of 80 Acres, adjoining above
Tract.
The sixth Tract of 20 Acres, adjoining above
Tract.
All these Tracts constitute a valuable Tract of
Land on the waters of Reedy Creek, and adjoin
ing each other and the lands of J. K. Baker,
Cyrus Morrison, Jackson Wilson and others.
Before day of sale said Lands will be sub
divided into t-rnall farms as far as practicable,
and plats of some will be made, one of which
will be found in the Clerk's office and other with
undersigned.
Terms One-third cash, one-tnird in nine
months, and the balance in 20 months. Pos
session given on confirmation ot sale, iitiere
tained. W. M. FLOW,
Feb. 1, 1884. 5w Commissioner.
Charlotte Land for Sale.
On 15th of February, at Court House, 65
Acres, where Joe Orr now lives, only 2 miles
from the city, on Lawyer's Road.
Terms casn, or good bankable paper.
RUFTJS BARRINGER,
Jan. 25, 1884. 4w Trustee.
THE
HIGH SHOALS LANDS
In Market.
The High Shoals Lands, about 12,000 Acres,
have Just been surveyed and laid on into some
blAT i iUJJD x ArlM S oi convenient size, a map
of which, with the location and boundaries of
each Lot. mav be seen bv calling on Mr Thomas
Grier, Charlotte, JN. U., wno will miorm Duyers
of the Drice of each Lot and terms of Sale. A
like MaD will soon be hung up in the Court
House in Dallas, for public inspection.
The High Shoals WATER-POWER, the
GOLD MINE, and two ORE BANKS, are re
served and will be sold separately.
W. P. BYNUM,
THOS, GRIER,
Feb. 15, 1884. 4w Trustees.
Special Bargains
IN
REAL ESTATE.
One Hundred and Eightv Acres, in a mile and
a quarter of the Court House, with a good
Dwelling House of eight rooms, and other fix
tures of a well appointed farm. Uplands and
lowlands both of good quality.
Four Hundred and Twenty Acres in less than
two miles of Hopewell Church, twelve miles
North of Charlotte. About one-third cleared
and all of good quality.
One Thousand Acres, 15 miles North of Char
lotte, on the Catawba River, with full outfit for
a ten-horse t arm.
One Thousand Acres 16 miles South of Char
lotte. on same River, with full outfit for ten
horse Farm.
Five Hundred Acres on C. C. R. R. in Gaston
county, near Mount Holly, half cleared.
Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Acres near
Marion, N. C, with fine Water Power, and in
exhaustible beds of iron ore.
Two Cotton Factories, near Charlotte, in run
ning order, one of 900, the other of 250 spindles.
An Iron Furnace in running order near Rail
road in Lincoln county, with 112 Acres in the
Tract.
Five Thousand Acres of Farming and Timber
Lands in Lincoln county.
A number of City Lots, improved and unim
proved. Prices on all these low, and terms ac
commodating.
K. D. UUAHA.M,
Feb. 8, 1884. lm Attorney.
THE SPRING
OF THE
Charlotte Female
TERM
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 rro
fessor of Music and the Instructress in Fine
Arts, are of unequalled ability and success 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 otiier schools, nave given in Dotn norm
and South Carolina such exhibits of their work
as have never been equalled elsewhere in the
South.
The reason of this superiority is that only
teachers of approved experience are engaged.
Everv department is kept up to the same high
standard of excellence and thoroughness.
KEV. WM. K. ATJilJN SvJiN ,
Principal.
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 4, 1884. 7wpd
NEW
Carriage Repository,
Tryon Street,
Next Door to Wadsworth'a Livery Stable,
CHARLOTTE, N. C
A full
Carriages,
Buggies,
Phsetons,
Spring Wagons, &c,
From the best factories in the East and West.
A. C. HUTCHISON & CO.
Feb. 8, 1884. 6m
line of
Going Away.
Do not be angry with me,
For an idle word I say;
Do not be angry, father;
Because I am going away.
Have patience with me, my mother,
Though I may have none with you;
But I love you, I love you, mother,
Whatever I may do.
Look kindly upon me, sister,
You are beautiful and gay;
Your days will be long and happy,
But I am going away.
With me, if you could but read it,
Clear written on cheek and brow.
There is no past, no future
Only a brief calm now;
A little space to be glad in,
A lesser space to grieve;
Aud life's whole scene fades from me,
v As the landscape fades at eve.
E xcept that eve I shall see not,
My day is ended at noon;
And the saddest bit of the story
Is it does not end too soon.
I am so weary, weary !
I could turn my face to the wall;
Like a sick child, long before bedtime,
Drop asleep among you all;
So glad that lessons are over,
Still gladder that play is done;
And a dusky curtain stretches
Between me and the sun.
Good-by, my father and mother !
Two of you and but one of me !
And, sister, you'll find some stranger
Much closer than I could be;
One more but death's quite teaching
Is making me lowly wise;
My heart, too poor for his keeping
Thou, God, thou wilt not despise :
My soul, too weak for earth's battle,
Thou wilt gird up anew;
And the angels shall see me doing
The work I was meant to do;
The work that I ever failed in,
And wept o'er and tried again,.
Till brain and body and spirit
Snapped under the cruel strain.
Respect Due to Wives.
Do not ieat with your wife upon a sub
ject in which there is danger of wounding
her feelings. Kemember that sne treas
ures every word you utter. Do not speak
of great virtues in another man's wife, to
remind your own ot a fault. Do uot re
proach your wite with personal detects,
for if she has sensibility, you inflict
wound difficult to heal. Do not treat
your wife with inattention in company; it
touches her pride, and she will not respect
you more or love you better lor it. Do
not upbraid your wife in the presence of a
third party; the sense of your disregard
for her feelings will prevent her from
acknowledging her fault. Do not attempt
to entertain your wife by praising the
beauty and accomplishments of other
womeD. If you would have a pleasant
home and a cheerful wife, pas9 your even-
insrs under vour own roof. Do not be
stern and silent in your own house, and
remarkable for sociability elsewhere.
Selected.
A Male Cook
WANTED, at once, at the Western N. C. Insane
Asylum at Morganton. A single man preferred
Address, with reference and terms,
F. M. SCROGGS, Steward
Feb. 15, 1884 2w Morganton, N.C.
NEW YEAR'S GREETING.
Seeing that our past endeavors have been fully
aDDreciated by our patrons by their constant in
crease of Datronage from year to year, we will
show our appreciation of it by making still
greater exertions to have on our counters at ail
times the Goods that our patrons want at prices
that tell and give satisfaction.
On our Bargain Counter for the next two or
three weeks will be found many goods at less
than New York cost, such as
Hosiery, Gloves,
Collars ond Cuffs. White Goods, Remnants of
Cashmeres, Momie Cloths, &c, &c.
Constantly kept in stock, a good supply of
Bleached and Unbleached Domestic Linsays, Ala
mance Plaids, Pants Goods, Boots, Shoes, Cloth
ing, Hats, Caps, Trunks and Valises.
To those who have not given us their patron
age in the past we extend a cordial invitation to
give us a trial.
T. L. SEIGLE & CO
Jan. 25, 1884.
L. R. WRISTON.
DRUGGIST, Charlotte, N. C,
Dealer in Drugs of the best quality, Paints, Oils,
Dye Stuffs, Combs, Brushes, &c. Everything
usually found in a Drug Store will be sold at sat
lslactory prices.
Irwin's Old Corner on Independence Square.
Jan. 25, 1884.
The Greatest Discovery of the age.
MORRIS'
CURE FOR CHOLERA,
AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE HOG.
An Infallible Remedy. Every farmer and
owner of hogs should have a package always on
hand.
The price is so low that all can buy it. It
never fails when the Hog can eat.
For sale by WILSON BROS.,
Druggists,
Jan. 18, 1884 Charlotte, N. C.
OUR
FALL AND WINTER STOCK
OF
Boots,
Shoes,
Hats,
Trunks,
and Valises,
Is now complete, and was manufactured to our
order for retail trade.
We have the best and most stylish makes of
Ladies,' Misses' and Children's Shoes and Slip
pers, all kinds and prices.
Gents', Boys' and Youths' Boots and Shoes, to
fit and suit all classes of the trade. Gents' Silk
Hats a specialty. Men's, Boys and Youths'
Hats, all kinds. Trunks and Valises, all prices.
Shawl and Trunk Straps, Blackings, Blacking
Brushes and Shoe Dressings.
tW Come and see us.
PEGRAM & CO.,
First National Bank Building.
Oct. 19, 1888.
SALEM ALMANACS.
Just received, a supply of the year 1884.
WILSON BROS.,
Sole Aeents.
Oct. 19,1883. Charlotte, N. 0
, The Swine Weather Theory. .j
Saturday, Feb. 2d, was Candlemas day.
and the ground hog, in accordance with
time-honored tradition, says the Baltiniore
Sun, came out of his winter quarter' to
nspeet the weather and see if he - should
retire again for six weeks to' avoid the
rigors of winter or stay out and enjoy the
salubrious air and senile breezes of a
moderated season. There is a ' universal
superstition throughout Christendom that
good weather on this day indicates a long
continuance oi winter and a bad crop, and
that us being foul is, on the contrary, a
good omen. The ground hog has- been
credited since pagan times wilh the abil
ity to discern by an observation on Can
dlemas day the quality of the weather for
the balance of the winter. If when - he
comes out to make bia meteorological ex
amination he sees his shadow he returns
to his hole for ti weeks. - If he . does not
see his shadow he stays out, thus pro
claiming to . all men that the winter is
broken. Saturday he saw his shadow and
hastily retreated, thus demonstrating to
many people the continuance of winter
weather for six more weeks.
The ground hog at Druid Hill Park was
an object of great interest Saturday. The
story published in the Sun last fall of the
rough ioke to be- played on hm was re
membered by many who went out to
watch his movements ou Saturday. An
area of ground near the Zoological build
ing in the park was walled in so the
ground hog could not get out by burrow
ing. Over this was placed an elevated
roof, bo the weather prophet could not
have the benefit of sunshine and shadow
when he came out to ascertain the weather
arrangements for the future. The ground
hog came very near falling a victim to
this joke.
Mr Henry Uhnstler, keeper of Druid
Hill Park Zoo, while discoursing on the
subject to a representative of the Sun,
said: 1 looked lor him to come out at
sunnae. and bad always heard be came
out on Candlemas day at that time. I
watched patiently all the morning, and al
11:30 sharp he came slowly crawling out
ot one of his regular holes, lie bad not
been out since he went into winter quar
ters October 20. He looked as fat and
saucv as when he went in. He had an in
quiring, intelligent air, and in the absence
of his shadow seemed undaunted by the
bright sunlight which did not shine on
him. On Friday I threw some corn in the
inclosure to tempt him out, but it then
had no effect. After looking round for a
little while he went to his corn and com
menced eating, lie sat up while eating
like a squirrel, only more erect. A beam
of sunlight fell slantingly through the en
closure, and in moving about for the corn
the ground hog crossed it. He saw lor an
instant the shadow of his tail and a part
of his body. This settled it and he flew
to his hole. He was out altogether about
fifteen minutes. I am working round his
premises and intend to watch his future
movements closely. He has six weeks to
stay in the ground on account of seeing
his shadow, and his time will be up March
21. Until that time I will watch him
everv day from sunrise to sunset. He is
the only one in the Zoo. We have had
several, but they all escaped by burrow
ing. I shall not believe in the matter
until the six weeks are out. If he does
not come out before that time I shall be
lieve in the ground hog. 1 have never-
watched one before ; have heard of them
but never saw one until I came to the park.
A great many persons were here watching
for him to come out, and about a dozen
ladies and gentlemen were on the lookout
when he appeared. They were much
pleased, but the ground hog paid no at
tentiou to their exclamations. Some of
the workmen at the mansion say that in
the mountains, when the ground hog
comes out and is satisfied about the
weather, be barks."
Idleness not Happiness.
the most common error ot men and wo
men is that of looking for happiness some
where outside of useful work. It has
never yet been found when thus sought,
and never will be while the earth stands;
and the sooner this truth is learned the
better for every one. If yon doubt the
proposition, glance around among your
friends and acquaintances, and select those
who appear to have the most enjoyment in
life. Are they the idlers and pleasure-
seekers, or the earnest workers ? We
know what your answer will be. Of all
the. miserable human beings it has
been our fortune or misfortune to know,
they were the most wretched who had
retired from uselul employment to en
joy themselves; while the slave at nis
enforced work, or the hungry toiler lor
bread, were supremely happy in com
parison.
Eastern Yam
SWEET POTATOES constantly on hand at
S. M. HOWELL'S.
Feb. 8, 1884.
Executor's Notice.
Having qualified as Executor of the late
Hampton B. Hammond, I hereby notify all per
sons having claims against the estate of the said
deceased to present them to me, properly au
thenticated, on or before the 26th day of Jan
uary, 1885, or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery: ana those indeDtea to saia ae-
ceased are requested to make immediate pay
ment. A. Jtl. 11 A.M.MUJN JJ,
Jan. 25, 1884. 6w Executor.
Dividend Notice.
North Carolina Railroad Compaky,
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Secretary and Ireasvrer s Office,
Company Shops, N. C, Jan. 30th, 1884.
The Directors of the North Carolina Bailroad
Company have declared a Dividend of 6 per cent,
three per cent payame marcn 1st to Mocitnoiaers
of record at 12 o'clock M. on February 10th, and
three per cent on September 1st to Stockholders
of record at 12 o'clock M. on August 10th next.
The Stock Books of the Company will be closed
at 12 o'clock M. on Feb. 10th, until March 1st,
and from 12 o'clock M. on August 10th, until
Sept. 1st, 1884.
P. B. RUFFIN, :
Feb. 1, 1884. lm Sec'y and Treasurer. ;
L. P. OSBORNE,
Practical Surveyor and Civil Engineer."
All engagements promptly filled in city or
county. Mapping and platting a specialty.
Office with E. K. P. Osborne, Attorney, at Court
House.
Reference T. J. Orr, County Surveyor. t
Feb. 15, 1884. yr ,..; i 1
Boa-Constrictors.
The boas are seldom found of greater
length than twenty feet, but some fears
ago one measuring forty-three feet was
discovered in a large tree in South
America, where it had been -washed by a
flood, and in it was found the skeleton of
a horse. All large snakes in attacking
creatures of any size coil themselves round
their victims with terrible force. Their
object is not only to kill, but to crush
their prey, so that there may be less
trouble in swallowing it. : Snakes, as a
rule, are very slow in assimilating food.
In many cases they have been kuowti to
coil themselves np in the forks ot trees
after their sumptuous repast, and remain
perfectly passive for days and weeks. A
boa possesses muscles of great strength,
and has a wonderful power of contracting
and relaxing them. By this power it is
enabled to dart its head forward against
its prey with lightning rapidity. Its
long, sharp teeth point downward toward
its mouth, so that, having once drawn an
object into its mouth, the snake cannot
very well release it, and before swallowing
its prey a boa-constrictor discharges upon
it, from the roof of its mouth, an oily fluid.
which makes its passage, through a com
paratively small throat, easy. A natural
ist jn New York has the skin of a snake
twenty-two feet , in length, which he
killed in South America. "1 was up the
Amazon, and being anxiom to get a large
snake, I offered a reward for one, and
soon heard of a big fellow that had been
seen about three miles from where I was,
I immediately moved into the neighbor
hood, and after we had scoured the coun
try several days, the boy 1 had with me
came running through the bushes in
ereat excitement, saying that a big boa
and the eaubas (ants) were having a fight.
The saubas are foraging ants that put to
night man and beast. When they enter
a house the owner steps out and runs for
his life; and when I came to the snake I
found it in a similar fax. It had swal
lowed some exceedingly large animal,
and, whilst almost unable to move, had
been attacked by the ants. The grass,
bushes, twigs, and leaves, were black
with the insects, and every moment or
two the great reptile would lift itself in
the air and sway about savagely, though
without enect. I saw that the ants
would destroy it in 'an hour, bo I seut my
boy back to the village to get a rope, and
took to the trees myself. In half an hour
the boy returned with twenty tnen. I
lassoed the snake, and we managed to
drag him out of his retreat and away
from the ants. He was so Bluggish
under the rough treatment that 1 was
able to place my pistol within six inches
of his head, when I shot him." Youth?$
Companion.
In Debt to a Woman.
The Countess of Cinchon. a noble Span
ish lady, and wife of the Viceroy of Peru,
lay ill of a fever, lhe Indians ol 1 eru
had long known of the febrifugal qualities
ot the bark, which they called quina-
quina, bark of barks. They communicated
their knowledge to a Spaniard in high au
thority, who consented to use it, and was
cured of a fever. This gentleman, Don
Juan Lopez de Canizares, imparted the
information of his cure to a physician who
was in attendance on the Countess of Cin
chon, at the same time sending the lady a
parcel of the valuable bark.
Consenting to use it. her lever was al-
la7Al ami wIipii a Via rotnmpfl tn Snain
she carried some of the Peruvian bark
with her. and made its qaalitie8 known.
Linnaeus named the genus which yielded
it chinchona, in honor of the lady. In
consequence of her introducing it into
Europe it was called ''countess' bark."
The Jesuits promoted greatly its intro
duction into Europe, hence it was some
times called Jesuits bark, and many at
tributed its introduction to them, when,
in reality, they only diffused its knowledge
and encouraged its use.
Louis XIV. purchased the secret of pre
paring the quinquina from the bark from
Dr. Talbor, an English physician, paying
him 2,000 louis d'ors and granting him a
pension and a title.
The Noise of the Finders.
When you poke the end of your finger
in your ear. the roaring noise you hear is
the sound of the circulation in your fin
ger, which is the tact, as any one can
demonstrate for himself by first putting
his fingers in his ears, and then stopping
them up with other substance. Try it,
and think what a wonder of a machine
your body is, that even the points of your
fingers are such busy workshops that
they roar like a small Niagara. I he roar
ing is probably more than the noise of
the circulation of the blood. . It is the
voice of all the vital processes together
the tearing down and building up pro
cesses that are always going forward
in the living body, from conseption down
to death.
A Curious calculation. What is a
billion 2 The reply is very simple a mil
lion times a million. This is quickly
written, and quicker still pronounced; but
no man is able to count it. You may
count 160 or 170 in a minute; but let us
even suppose that you may go as far as
two hundred; then an hour will produce
12,000, a day 280,000, and a year, or 365
days, 105,120,000. Let us suppose now
that Adam, at the . first beginning of his
existence, had begun to count, and had
continued to do so, and was counting still,
he would not,' even now, according to the
usual supposed age of our globe, have
counted near enough. For to count
a million times a million would require
9,512 years, 34 days, 5 hours and 30
minutes.
One perfect diamond is more valu
able than many defective ones. One
truth well hxed in the mind and compre
hended is better than many half-under
stood., A smaller opportunity fully
realized is better than a great one
misimproyed. The wealth of affectionate
sympathy and aid is better than gold,
and fill the bouI with mo6t perfect peace.
i m m
J3f To conceal a fault' by a -lie has
been said to be substituting a hole for a
stain. :
Mill Diet In Bright's Disease. ; J
Since we know not at present any drug
thai possesses theraputic value to any j
maincu eneui m mis ternoie ana iaiai
disease, and 6ince it is daily making sad
havoc among hnman beings, and princi-
pally among the class who, by reason of
their valuable public labors, are particu-
larly necessary to the welfare of the
"world, therefore, it becomes a medical I
question of paramount interest that we I
should discover some potent method of I
Lbating this very prevalent disease.
oume years hiuub vrei utbl uauea auen-1 ine patent tor a lortune,changed his work
tion to the treatment of Bright' s disease I man's apron for a broadcloth suit. , and
o it 1s . n a I..
by the use of a milk diet, and since then
Duncan, as well as many other prominent
physicians, has written on this subject.
We have ourselves seen some remarka
ble results follow this : treatment, while
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, ot our city, is now
quito an enthusiast on this subject. This
method of treating a formidable disease
has received sufficient distinguished in
dorsement to recommend it seriously to
our notice. We would, therefore, ask all
physicians who read this article to try this
method of treatment and to furnish us
with their experiences, which we will
publish. The milk is used thoroughly
skimmed and entirely freed from butter.
To procure the best results, it has been
advised that the patient shall restrict him
self absolutely to milk and continue the
treatment for a long time. If it disagrees
with the stomach las it will in some cases,)
Dr. Mitchell advises that the patient be
put to bed and the treatment commenced
with tablespoonful doses, to which lime
water is added, until the stomach tolerates
the milk, when from eight to ten pints
daily should be taken, and absolutely
nothing else. The sanction of such a dis
tinguished physician as Dr. Mitchell
forces us to seriously consider the merits
of this treatment, and we trust to receive
the experience of all readers of this jour
nal who may have cases of B right's dis
ease to treat. Med. and Surg. Reporter.
Careless Letter Writers Money Without
Owners.
While I was in the Dead-Letter De
partment the other day one of the clerks
engaged in opening letters at a table
near by called to a gentleman who was
entertaining me. He went to him and
immediately beckoned for me to follow.
"Now, what can be done in this case ?"
he says. "Here is a letter, this instant
opened, and you see what it contains."
In it was a clean, new $20 bill, neatly
folded and wrapped in a piece of perfectly
blank brown paper not a mark of pen or
pencil to show from whom it was sent.
The letter had been advertised as un
claimed and was dead, and the examina
tion of its contents made it more com
pletely dead than before.
"We have nothing but the poetmark,
and even that is almost obliterated, but
our expert will take hold of it and do the
best he can with it. There's a pretty slim
chance in this case. I guess Uncle Sam
will get that money. This reminds me of
eomething in my own experience. A few
years ago, when I was opening letters, I
found one just like this, except that the
amount was $30, and on the paper wrapper
around it was written in peucil, 'A friend,
Matthew vi., 3.' I looked that up and
found it to be : 'But when thou doest
alms, let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doelh.' The letter was ad
dressed to a woman, and it was clearly a
case of charity, I really felt bad that we
could not succeed in finding either party,
an" .in" m?ney " 10 ine "easury to-aay.
The number of letters opened last year,
containing currency, checks, drafts and
negotiable paper, was over 34,000. The
amount of actual cash taken from letters
was nearly $39,000, and the value of
checks, etc., representing money, about
$1,600,000. During the last year the
number of pieces of mail matter that
reached the Dead-Letter Office was nearly
4.500.000. The exact number was 4.440.-
822. This ismbout 14.500 for everv dav.
Cleveland Herald.
lt2F At a microscopic exhibition in
Boston lately,the sting of a honey bee was
thrown upon the screen, the point of
which was so sharp as to be hardly dis
tinguishable. At the time the finest of
fine needles was shown, under the same
power of the microscope, and the end
of the needle measured five inches across.
EST" This being leap year an exchange
publishes a list of names of hundreds of
bachelors, so that the culprits may be
found. Thus the press points the
way, and it it only remains for the fair
ones to do their duty. The harvest is
plentiful and the reapers need not stop to
whet their scythes.
JSiT An Illinois philanthropist wishes
to benefit the poor by teaching them to
eat their bread and butter with the butter
fcide down. He says that the sense of
taste is most acute on the tongue, and
that a very small amonnt of butter is
satisfactory if put in the obviously right
spot.
A few desks in the reading room
of the British Museum are set apart "for
ladies only," and one of the standing jokes
ol the room, perlectly supported by the
fact, is that they are never occupied, the
ladies pre'fering to be with the gentleman
in all eases.
IST" Planters in Alabama are conced
ing that the cold spell had compensations
in the death of cut-worms and grubs
that have been destructive of truck pro
ducts.
SEs?" The saying, that if you could buy
some men at their own estimate, and sell
them for their real value, you could soon
make a fortune, is too true.
E3P There are few short-comings more
offensive to men than boastfulness. Can
we suppose that the vanity that prompts
it less displeasing to God ?
Our dead are never dead to us
until we have forgotten them. Georae
Eliot. . -
C2? Life hath no blessinors like a nru
aentfriend. ' - : '
For the Boys
Two men stood at the nam tahlA
large factory in Philadelphia, working at
ui a
toe Bame trade. Having an hour for their
nooning every day, each undertook to use
it in accomplishing a definite purpose;
each persevered for about the Bame num-
ber of months, and each won Buccess at
last. One of these two mechanic iikpi!
his daily leisure hour in working out the
invention of a machine for sawing a block
of wood i
When bis invention was eomnleto hn unl.l
. . .
d
moved out ol a tenement-houso into a
brown-stone mansion. The other man
what did he do ? Well, he speut an hour
each day, during most of a year, in tie
very difficult undertaking of teaching a
little dog to stand on hU hind feet i and
dance a jig, while be played the tune. At
last accounts he was working ten hours a
day at the same trade, and at his old
wages, and finding fault with the fate that
made bia fellow-workman rick, while leav
ing him poor. Leisure minutes may bring
golden grain to mind as well as purse, it
one harvests wheat instead of chaff.
Wide Awake.
Don't Worry About Yourself.
To retain or recover health, persons
should be relieved from anxiety concern
ing disease. The mind his power over
the body for a person to think he has a
disease will often produce that disease.
This we see effected wheu the mind is in
tensely concentrated upon the disease of
another. We have seen a person sea-sick
in anticipation of a voyage before reach
ing the vessel. Wo have known people
to die of cancer in the stomach, or any
other mortal disease. A blind folded man
slightly pricked in the arm, has fainted
and died from believing he was bleeding
to death. Therefore, persons to remain
well, should be cheerful and happy ; and
sick persons shall have their minds divert
ed as much as possible. It is by their
faith that they die. As a man thinkctb,
bo is he. If he wills not to die, he can of
ten line in spite of disease ; and, if he has
little or no attachment to life, he will slip
away as easily as a child will fall asleep.
Men live by their minds as well as by their
bodies. Their bodies have no life of
themselves; they are only receptacles of
life tenements for their minds, and the
will has much to do in continuing the
physical occupancy or giving it up.
Man and the Sun.
One hundred years ago the diameter of
the sun was lour miles greater than it is
at present. One thousand years ago the
Bun was forty miles greater than it is at
present. Ten thousand years ago the
diameter of the sun was four hundred
miles greater than it is now. The advent
of man upon the earth took place no doubt
a long time ago, but in the history of the
earth it is a comparatively recent phe
nomenon. Tet it seems certain that when
man first trod our planet the diameter of
the sun must have been many hundreds,
perhaps thousands of miles greater than
at present. We must not, however, over
estimate the significance of this statement.
The diameter of the sun is at present
860,000 miles, so that a diminution of
10,000 miles would be a little more than a
hundredth part of its diameter. If the
diameter of the sun were to shrink to
morrow to the extent of 10,000 miles the
change would not be appreciable to com
mon observation, though even a much
smaller change would not elude delicate
astronomical measurement. The world on
which the primitive man trod was eer.
tainly illuminated by a larger sun than
that which now shines upon us. It does
not necessarily follow that the climate
must have been hotter then than now.
The question of warmth depends upon
other matters as well as sunbeams, so that
we must be cautious in any inferences
drawn in this way, nor any such infer
ences needed
for our present purpose.
I Logman'$,
A Mother's Heroism. No more
pathetio story has come from the scene of
the wreck of the City of Columbus than
that told by Mr. Tibbits of the wife who
begged her husband to save himself if he
could, as there was no chance for both, so
that he might care for their four children.
It was an instance of rare heroism,in which
the love of the wife and mother overcame
all love of life, and all mere animal cling
ing to life, which is stronger usually than
the intelligent desire to live. So, in the
wild rush of the panio stricken people, at a
time when calm decision is a quality most
rare,she weighed the chances and saw that
life for her husband meant a happier life
for her children than if she' were saved.
But stern fate had no pity on her devotion
and heroism. The waves swept her off the
vessel, and swallowed her up, and he, after
enduring the agonies of cold and exertion
in the rigging, also went down to join her
in her ocean grave.
Sleeping Together. Somebody has
said that mora quarrels occur between
brothers, between sisters, between hired
girls, between clerks in stores, between
apprentices in mechanics' shops, between
hired men, between husbands and wives,
owing to electrical changes which their
nervons systems undergo by lodging to
gether night after night under the same
bedclothes, than by any other disturbing
cause. Ihere is nothing that will so da-
range the nervons system of a person who
is eliminative in nervous force than to lie
all night in bed with another person who
is absorbent in nervous force. The absor
ber will go to sleep and rest alt nicrht:
while the eliminator will be tumbling and
tossing, restless and nervous, and wake ud
in the morning fretful, peevish, fault-find
ing, ana discouraged. Ho two persons,
no matter who they are, should habitually
sleep together. One will thrive and the
other will lose.
A mother once asked a clererv.
man when she should begin the education
ot her child, which she told him was four
years
old, "Madam," was the reply,
you have lost three years alreadv.
From the verv first smile that rripomi
- 1 over the infant's ctheelc
begins.' '