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: fllO ' it ijJj,"!':-:;-:..... li-'1- Tmm ' ' 3 s . ' , T- ; , . ! : ,- ,- . ;,-.. v f' yvU.'i ;S ''. I ,'Jj jifiliuOJ vii.-j ' ' ' ' " " - . -;--'i y - . t-,f ,. -) r r r i .i a-njj,,) . . OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXH. CHARLOTTE, N . C. , FRIDAY, APEIL 25; 1884. New Series VOLUME Xlll NTTMKKK fifi4 j fiiUivi nt;niif!'tfi aiwot.! 'Jiil .isblu : : . i;i,. I THE Charlott8 Homo - Democrat, POBLISHED EVERY JJ HIDAT YATES & STRONG. BY Term3 Two Dollars for one year. One Dollar for six months. Subscription price due in advance. "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N. n as second class matter," according to the Ql'ea of the P. O. Department. T. 0. SMITH & CO., WHOLESALE AND BET AIL DRUGGISTS, CHARLOTTE, N . C . May H, 1893. J. P. McCoinbs, M. D., ,.-ff,.ra his nrofes?ional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, Iboth night and day, promptly Attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1834. . BUKWELL. P. D. WALKER, BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts, Office adjoining uouri iiouse. Jan. 1, 1884. W. P- Bynum. W. P. Bykum, Jr BYNTJM & BYNUM, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. 3f Office in the Harty Building, next to the Court 110U3C. March 14, 1884. 3m DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. ryEiu: in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Oas.ved for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb'i;,18S2. .DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. 'Practice Limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT Jan. 1, 1884. JHOFFMAN & ALEXANDERS, Surgeon Dentists, Charlotte, AT. G. ' Offlee over A. IJ. Nisbet & Bro.'s store. Office tooursfroti 8 A. M., to 5 P. M. Dec. 1.4,3883. H. 8. SPENCER. J. C. SMITn, J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND C 03LM16 SION !t E R C II ANTS Ca3eg.6 Street, Charlotte, A7". C. AGENTS FOR Rockingham Sheetings and Pee Dee Plaids, Special attention given to handling Cotton ec .Consignment. .April 13, 1883. W. H. FARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealer and Jeweler, Charlotte, N. C, Keens a full stock of 'haadsome Jewelry, and will sell at a Clocks. Spectacles, etc. which I 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, Pour, 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. 1884. LEROY SPRINOS. E. 11 SPKINGS. E. S. BCKWELI. LEROY SPRINGS & CO., Grocers and Commission Merchants, Lancastei: 11, 1884. s. c. Jan. E. M. ANDREWS, ClIAKLOTTE, N. C. UKNITURE, F eofflrts 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, 1833. 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 1.1S84. K. CARSON. CARSON C. M. CARSON BROTHERS, Storage and Commission Merchants, Fourth St., between Tryon and College. rrompi auenuon given 10 me 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 nouse in the city. Oct. 12, 1883. Cm The sun never eets on the British Empire, nor does it on oar Republic. It shines on Alaska when not ehininer on other of our possessions. We have avalanches of pnow in Colorado and Utah, howliDg blizzards in Montana and Dakota, fruit trees in bloom in Texas, strawberries in Florida, snowdrops in Massachusetts and wheat knee high in California. 13? Indolence is the rust of the mind and the inlet of . every vice. SALE OF LAND. By virtue of two Mortgages made to the late W. S. Norment by W. L. Hoover and wife, one dated Dec. 20. 1S79. and registered iD this county n Book 22, page 376. and the other dated May 30th, 1880, and registered in Book 24, page 123, 1 win sen at tne Court iiouse in Charlotte. N. C.. on Monday, May 12, 1884. those TRACTS OF LiAIND described in Baid Mortgages, to-wit: ., (1.) The Tract known as the Homestead of W. L. Hoover, on the Tuckasegee Road, and joining me Janets or Job n Kent and otuers. (.) 1 he Iract known as the W. L. Hoover Mill Tract, of about 42 Acres, joining the lands of Watson, Clark and others. Terms Cash. R. M. NORMENT. April 11, 1884. 5w Executor and Devisee. Buggies and Wagons. If you want to buy a good Bui'gy or Wagon don t fail to call on J. C. BURROUGHS, College Street, Charlotte, N. C. April 4, 1884. 4w SUITS YOUNG FOR MEN. The ardent temperament of youth is first to feel the transition from cold to mild weather, and while older men are more cautious in making changes of apparel, young gentlemen take on the garb of cpnng with its earliest advent. We haye called attention to the completion of our Spring Stock, and in the interest of Fashion Seekers it may be in order for us to tall special notice to the comfort in our Jnve Uutton sack Suits, the merit of our low roll Sack Suits, the beauty and perfection of our Four Button Cuta way Frock Suits lor young men ; they will bear the criticism of the most exacting customers. Out-of-town residents are invited to send us their orders for Clothing, Hats and Furnishings, we will give them the advantages of variety and selection from the largest stock in the boutn, and at fair and reasonable prices; we send them on approval, returnable at our expense, and there is not an express, leaving this ciiy in season, that is not laden with our packages for our customers abroad. Your orders will have prompt attention, and you can secure a fit without risk or trouble. E D. LATTA & BRO. Aptil 18, 1884. Potatoes! Potatoes!! EASTERN N. C. YAMS and LOUISIANA CHOKERSa fine Sweet Potato for planting and also for table use. r or sale by S. M. HOWELL. April 4, 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 isfactory prices. Irwin's Old Corner on Independence Square. Jan. 25, 1884. FANCY GOODS AND Confectioneries. The largest stock ever brought to Charlotte at C, S. HOLTON'S. A mammoth stock of Plain and French Can dies, made of pure Suga'r and manufactured by the best manufacturers m the United States. The largest and best selected stock of TOYS that has ever been brought to Charlotte. Tin, Wood. China and Mechanical Toys, Arks, Coffee Setts, Steamboats, Work Boxes, Toy Pianos, China Vases, Glass Vases, China Mugsand Cups, Wax lolls, Unbreakable Dolls, Rubber Dolls? Drums. Harmonicas. Boxes, Swiss Cottages, Doll Houses, Bellow Toys, Furniture, Locomotives, Santa Claus. FRENCH CANDY. Spanish Castles, Marsh mellows, Cocoanut Jelly, Fig Paste Flats, Smooth Cloves, Chocolate Drops, Rose Gum Drops, Lemon Gum Drops. Lemon Cocoanut Bars, MiDt Drops, Cream Almonds, Bon Bons.&c. FANCY NOTIONS. Dressing Cases, Dressing and Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Pocket Books and Purses Toilet and Shaving soaps, SC. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS. Malaga Grapes, Figs, Apples, Oranges, Cabinet Raisins. Lemons. &c. NUTS. Almonds, English Walnuts, Pecans, Filberts, Palm Nuts, Cocoanuts. WILLOW COODS. Dc' Cradles, Fancy Baskets, Work Stanas, Work Baskets, Rattles. STAPLE GROCERIES. Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Bacon, Flour, Lard, Rice, salt, boda, .Powdered Sucar, Cut Loaf Sugar, Candles, and many arti cles too numerous to mention. Also, Fancy Cakes for parties, weddings and family use, Fresh Pies, Plum Cakes, and Bread every day. I would be pleased to have you call and ex amine my stock. Nov. 30, 1883. First National Bank of Charlotte, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Paid up Capital $400,000. Officers. R.Y. McAdeu, President. M. P. Pegram, Cashier John F. Orr, Teller. A. Graham, Clem. Board of Directors. R R McAden, J L Brown, Wm R Myers, R M Oates o B Alexander, A Cohen, R Barringer. Deals in Bills of Exchange, Sight Draft3, Gold nn.i Silver Coin, and Government and otherSe- curities. Jan 1, 1884. NEW Carriage Repository, Teyox Street, Next Door to WadswortK's Livery Stable, CHARLOTTE, N. C. A full line of Carriages, Buggies, Phsstons, Spring Wagons, &c, From the best factories in the East and West. A. C. HUTCHISON & CO. Dec. 7, 1883. Cm : . He Leadeth Me.'r " ? In pastures green ? ; Not always; sometimes He, Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me . ; . In weary ways, whfire ba.vy shadows be, Out of the sunehine warm, and soft, and bright, Out of the sunshine into darkest night; ' ' I oft would faint with sorrow and affright. Only for this I know he holds my hand, So whether in green, or desert land I trust, although I may not understand. , ! And by still waters t ' No, not always so; Oft times the heavy tempest round me blow, And o'er my soul the waves and billows go. . '.. ! 'I f, , - 'it - ' But when the storms beat loudest, and I cry Aloud for help, the Master standeth by, And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I." Above the tempest wild I hear Him say, "Beyond this darkness lit s the perfect day, In every path of thine I lead the way- So, whether on the bill-tops high and fair . I dwell, or in the sunless valleys, where The shadows lie what matter ? He is there. And more than this; where'er the pathway lead He gives to me no helpless, broken reed, But His own hand, sufficient for ray need. So where He leads me I can safely go; And in the blest hereafter I shall know Why, in His wisdom, He hath led me so. A Peer's First Earned Shilling:. The following episode, which happened lately at one. of our fashionable hotels, proves that virtue is sometimes more sua stantially rewarded than the old. adage would seem to indicate. UHP veDlng1 rather late, a gentleman, a great admirer of man's best friend, saw some magnifi cent doss in the care of the ball porter, Having entered into conversation with the temnoiarv keener of the Cerberi. he learned that the owner bad Jett nomstruc . , ... tions as to their beine; fed ; he therefore took u non himself to order a repast for them. Thev were still enioyinc: it when the owner returned, and the good Samarl tan eroinsx up. told him that he had been admiring his dugs, and bad ordered tbem to be fed. "Ob. thank you Uere, tate this;" and the owner's gratitpde took the .tangible shape of the com recruiting ser geants dispense iu tho Queen's name, The gentleman smilingly took the prof fered reward, and said, "1 am Liord , and I most iieartilv thank you for the first shilling I have ever: earned. I shall have a hole drilled in U and wear it as a charm. It may bring me luck." "Uh mv Lord. I cannot tell you how sorry am at my blunder. Pray give 'me back the shilling, and accept my most heartfelt apology !" "I beg you not to apologize you have made me !eel. quite a proud man, and, as to the shilling, you must allow mo to keep it, that it may become an heirloom in my family. ; where we have never had an opportunity of earning money." Lon- don Truth. j Borrowing for a living is certainly not a paying business. ; ' Debtors Take Notice. A great many of our customers have not set tled their Accounts for last year and quite a number haye not settled f or two, three and eyen four years. JNow we want all gi cur oia Accounts cioseu up either with the Cash or a Note, and we will say here that the Cash will be much preferred, Do not fail to call and settle promptly; it gives you good credit iD the future. April 11, 1884.. i 3w NOTICE. I have lost or misplaced a Certificate for two Shares of Stock in the Atlantic, Tenn. & Ohio Railroad Company, and I hereby give notice that I will make application for the issue of a new Certificate for said Stock. , . WM. TRELOAK. April 11, 1884. lm pd i ', ,- . : - , 1 FRESH ARRIVALS. We are now selling our third invqice of Florida Mullets, Ocean Gem Mackerel in 5" lb. tins, Hams, Breakfast Bacon, Ginger Preserves, Assorted Jellies in pails, Roasted and Grepn Coffees, Flour, ' ' ' Granulated and Crushed Sugars. ; A complete line of - Family and Fancy Gro- ceries. . ; . HUNTER & STOKES, March 23, 1884. FIELD BROTHERS. East side of Trade Street, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Ccmniission Merchants, ti - - AND ' , Dealers in all kinds of . Country Produce and Family Groceries. Grain, Flour, Bacon, Butterj Chickens, Dried Fruits, Eggs, Salt Fish, and Family Supplies generally, in Store and for ftale. -. tW Consignments of Grain, Flour, &c , and Country Produce of all sorts, solicited. ; , JMELD BROS., T1 doors from Corner of Cotton Square. March 28, 1884. 6m . v THE ...:..!! GREAT ATTRACTION Of the season is our SILK AND DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. No one should make a ' purchase in the above lines without examining our prices, : 1 Trimmings Of all descriptions to match. 20 yards of Sum mer Silk for $10, all Silk. Lace Suitings, Black and Colored. ' A few pieces of our Fast Colored Table Linen at 50 cents a yard. ' ' T. L. SEIGLE & CO. March 28, 1884. ' . " - ' " HUNTER & STOKES, (Kexl door to Dr. ' McAden' 8 Drug Store,) Charlotte, N. C.,.; . , Dealers in FAMILY and FANCY GROCERIES, Canned Goods, &c j mv, . , Piedmont Patent 'Flour and other brands of Flour j New Orleans Molasses and Syrup ; Coffee and Sugar. ; ,tU ,.,-ni . ; :r . . Roasted and Ground Coffees ( . , : A. Specialty. ' ; 11 All kinds of ' CANNED GOODS, fresh and pure, at reasonable prices. ? Give us a call and we think we can give satisfaction, . . ' ' ' ' 1 ' : C. L.' HUNTER, ' R'F. STOKES. Feb, 22, 1884- "Fayinff off Mother. ' ' Y "Mother." said a little black-eved boy of six yearsl "when Wn set old." and want some oue to read to you, I will pav yoaoft" " ' Little Alexander s. mother had been in the habit of reading t him a good deal." and on this Sabbath day she had read lb him a long time out of the; Bible and a Kabbath-school book, i The child was just able lo read a little himself, and the prog ress he was making doubtless suggested to bim how be might at some future lime return in kind ali his mother's care. 'I will pay you off, mother," says he, looking up into her lace with childish satisfaction, as if a new thought from heaven bad been sent down to light up the little world of his soul. His mother pressed him to her heart with a delight that seemed to say "My dear son, I am more than paid off al--,.0.1., But, lihildren.-yoh 'can never pay off your mother, iter thoughts ol love and I aets ui aiiecwuu are mure 111 iiumuei mau 1 the days of life. How often has she nour- ished you, dressed yovi, kissed you,ropked I you on her Knee ana in the craaie, carried 1 you in her tender arms, watcnea over you in 6leep, guided your infant steps, correct- ed at times your misdemeanors, thought of you iu aosence, anu guarueu your me iu the unvarying remembrance of a mother's solicitude, and toe iree-wiU oneungs 01 a mother's devotion ! Ah, dear child, you I can never "pay off mother." Mother has taught you to read and to pray. She has patiently sat by you and taught you the letters of the alphabet: and then she helped you to put them together and spell wprtjs thought. She taught you to spell ''liod. And before von I couid read she taught you lo say, "Our 1 Father which art iq heaven," Mother has trained you witb lessons and hymns and I prayers to come to Ubrist. she has prayed I for you when none but God knew it, and f has prayed with you wnen your wandering 1 eyes unaersiooa noi me meaning 01 nerrmeuiuiHK.es room ior, . xuen.ana women , i . . 1 ? r 1 I grave and imploring looks. She has point-1 ed you to heaven and "led the way." 1 Pear child, you can never "pay off mother.'! Yes, there is one way-there is one way I 11 which you can more than pay on moth- f er. it is dv lovincr Jecus ijnrui ano iiis work. and by preparing lor heaven,, there Jesus dwells in glory, which He oommuni cates to ihe saints of all generations that same Jesus who said, "Suffer little chil dren to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of Buch is the kingdom of hpaven.- Come.little children, come to Jesus Christ 1 1 Come, my child, and pay off mother by I praising God with her in heaven. Chil- j arena friend. Salt for the Throat For many years past, indeed we may say for the whole of our life of more than forty years, we haye been subject to a dry, hacking couirb. which is not only distres sing to ourself, but to our friends and those with whom we are brought into business contact, Last fall we were induced to try what virtue there was in common salt. We commenced by using it three times a day, morning, noon and night. We dissolved a large taoie spooniui 01 sa it id . auoui nau . . U ! I 1 . . t n.n.r... Will, frlna 'lira gargled the throat most thoroughly just before meal time. The result was that during the entire winter we were not only free from coughs and colds, but the dry, hacking cough had entirely disappeared. We attribute these satisfactory results solelv to the use of salt gargle, and most cordially recommend a trial of it to those who are subiect to diseases of the throat. Many persons who have not tried the salt gargle have the impression that it is unnleasant. but after a few days' use no person who loves a nice clean mouth and first rate sharpener of. the appetite, will abandon it. Occupation. Every young man has a talent for some thing. We should first examine ourselves and see what occupation our talent is best adapted to. Ihe vuung man without an occupation can neyer feel himself cpmpe tent of fulfilling the duties which he should do in society. In this busy world no one need be without some useful occu pation. All trades and professions are ouen. from the honest hod carrier .up to the highest place in agriculture, commer cial, and mechanical departments. Those who have manuel labor to employ their minds are sure to succeed in life. Every young man is created for some grand and noble purpose, and he should strive to know what it is and then apply himself in the best way he knows how. Ihe young man who has no occupation is like the drones wasting the fruits of others indus try. Learn in your heart while you are vounsr to shun that idle path which leads to ruin and disgrace. SPIT Donald W. Bain,- who has5 been chief clerk in the State Treasurer's office at Raleigh for many years past, is often spoken of as the proper person to run for Treasurer this year. He knows more about North Carolina Bonds and North Carolina finances than any other man in the State. Dr. Percy' Pope, an English physician maintains that diphtheria is produced by some influence of the soil, as be finds that it chiefly occurs among dwel lers on clay. He thinks that observations which have been made indicate that the clav may foster a germ which will cause the disease. NOTICE TO THE LADIES. ELLAS & COHEN desire to call particular attention of the ladies of Charlotte and sur- roundirra country to their lance and varied as- tmlnnf au..u..uv Black Silks, Which for QUALITY and CHEAPNESS can not be surpassed by any house it. the. city or State.. We would be pleased for the Ladies call before purchasing elsewhere. Our stock of Towels, Damasks, Carpets, Rugs and House Furnishing Goods is large, complete and well worth inspection. . - '' " ELIAS & COHEN.,1 March 7, 1884. ' ; v : a--: r: Why Not? 4 y " - Attired mother iwho had been ''ocennied all da-with an active and very trouble- some boy, fas she sat dowu' in the evehiner ana tnougbt ot the' numberless details into which her strength had gone, said : " "Af ter allyit is a jday, to wards, the making of a man. . There was a world of truth in this brief and pointed. suniming up a day's worKi-iiMoining is 60 aard to overcome as the illusion of time and . distance; thou- sanus ouives are wasted because they are J neverfreed -irom it, and thousands "of 1 other and faithful lives are 6addened be cause they, too, are under its Bpell. The woman under toe pressure of daily and nignuy cares who ieeis no inspiration hum lueui, but continually dreams of greaier services and nobler occupations in same other place and at some other time, is surely ; missing the secret of the deepest living,-and is thirsting with tho water of life flowing freshly about her. the man who Ccales under his. present uuiucii, anu bcurus nis place and WOl'K as small and mean compared with the thine he would do, is every day widening the preacn netweeu nis ideal and his possible tacnievement, i he masters of life women of rich, ample nature, ripening in all strength and graces with the years, men full of simple, teachable spirit, gathering sweetness and power as they advance have learned to reverence the present mo- ment and the present duty, and are con vmced to the very bottom of their 60uls that the only road to great achievements lies through the . faithful doing of the thing that lies next them. There is no magic or enchantment in life, no luck or fortune 111 its 01131 possessions ; it is sitn- pie sequence ot cause and effect, simple and unde y latipg working out of the law that whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. He can not plan a great career, and now its opportunities into its solid structure, except, by striking with iuu jorce ine oiow inat the present mo- . r . r - who are full of this spirit expand their lives by bheer force of faithful living, and are able, by and by, to look back aud see iiueir iiifie aqpies roqnaing into grand completeness, their little opportunities widening out into the Ugoest possibilities, ivery ereai woric grows out 01 enou-ss and to usome details. ine historian is years i the dim seclusion of libraries be fore he gives the world a new chapter in j its life : the great orator works far into ! the sleepless nights before he stands on !the platform with "fingers on the keys of human passion and sentiment : the writer depies himself even rational pleasures through laborious years that he may en- J irich his- thought by contact with the world's thought and put the eloquence of simplicity into his style. Grappling with j small difficulties is the only trainiug which his one for dealing with great problems; faithful performance of small duties, the I only preparation for grand services; pa tience, fi.lelityj and steadfastness to-day, the only seed that will make to-rmorrow golden with harvests of fame or useful ness. The boy who is to-day doing his "chores" well and cheerfully is in train ing for the cares of empire; the mother who is to-day giving strength, time, and wealth of affection to her children in the gecluion of ber hom3 U maw the whole I . . . a . world richer by her obscure ministry, is very possibly shaping the characters that are to shape the destiny of, the age, and is surely building in the only material which defies decay, survives death, and declares its architecture in the fadeless light of eternity. After all has been said about the work of the- artist, the poet, and the thinker, it is the mother who stands nearest God in creative power. Christian Union. 1 . The Old Public School Fund of N. C. The old public school fund of North Carolina came from the national treasury, and it got out of the treasury and into North Carolina by reason of the signature of Andrew Jackson appended to the bill passed by Congress in 1836 to deposit, the surplus revenue with the Stales in aid of education,' or inieinaV improvements, or colonization. . The but parsed the Senate with but 6ii dissenting votes, and the House by a vote of 155 yeas to 33 nays, The way of it was something like this : In 1S36, the ULUed btates was out of debt and had a surplus of $40,000,000 in the . Treasury. -In those days it was thought oesiraoie 10 cnec& any inclination 10 ex travagance,; and a bill was introduced to distribute the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the then twenty-six States. It; was- found that there were no net proceeds of land sales, and the bill was changed and $28,000,000 of the money on hand deposited with the States. "De posit" was the word used to satisfy a few scrupulous people whose consciences were touched by the word "distribute," but who were entirely determined to have the money, iney loved tne old nag and an appropriation in those days as in these. Probably few people a .North Carolina know what the State received or what she did with it, and some may be interested in knowing: There was deposited with North Carolina in 1837, under the law of 1836, $1,433,757.89, and ,he whole of it was ap plied to the formation of the literary fund for the beneut. Qf .common. schools. The money was invested by the Literary. Board in the stocks of the ijank of the State, the Bank of. Cape i? ear; and the Wilmington and.. Weldon Railroad. The results of the war, destroyed the stocks in the banks, then amounting to $1,047,100. The stock in the Wilmington And . Weldon and the Wilmington anq Manchester roads (8200,- 000 of the investment had been trans ferred to the latter), $600,000, .was sold fori $ 158,000 i to Baltimore j capitalists during (jovernor 11 olden s administration. The proceeds were .invested , in special bonda,'and the people have forbidden the Legislature ever to pay those f bonds. AJSflisfer''.''-1;'"'' I 1--, 7; - t 1 ..... J . 7 Boston's latest craze is the; "mind cure,"; and .there . aro. now , three woman who pose before large , and fashionable audiences there: as , eradicators ; of dis ease and sickness through , the influence of the brain. ..The, theory, of this meta physical .cure is that there is really no such thins as disease; that -.it is a delu sion; ta warped 1 and : unbalanced. mental condition.,;!:!; i.ti i v ml Hurry. Hurry. How 4 . natural it Bounds. fix As has far back as we can remember this been the injunction that has rung . in jour il now, at every undertaking, we I ears; until imagine we hear the voice,, and try to obey. The Spartan mother bade her son be brave. The American bids hers be in a hurry. We rush on at such a pace 11 vui umv9 vcic a.o oiucwj as iuuB 1 of Hercules, and our feet winged, could tread the air as swiftly as Mercury's, we must soon tall. We Americans; seem to think that nothing is well done unless it be accomplished under hieh pressure. the children are started to school al most as soon as thev can speak plainly. xiere me same lesson is' impressed upon IT .1 - . - ' them, and the command to hurry becomes only the more imperative. Surrounded by the rushing throng, they enter into its spirit, and join iu the raoe. The best teacher is the one who can nut them through the greatest number of books in any given time, health or acquisition not to be taken into consideration. The most poomar college is the one that will cure 1 11 a . . . . them their diplomas in the shortest leneth of time. And as thev set out for school. they are admonished not to study the classics,becau.Be ihey have not time. True, many of those who have gone before them, and woo have done great things for hu manity, spent years in the study of Latin and Greek. But to-dav the world is in such urgent need of brains that it is cruel to keep it waiting. As we have started, so we continue. If we work, it is not always fast, but in- variably in a oum e eat as tnoucn ; i 1 ? l ttt we were taking Iu.ncb at a railroad eating house, every now and then eyeing the con ductor, to calculate about how Ions the fast-disappearing provender will hold out. for when 'tis gone the train will start. Be hind every man in business there seems to be a tend, continually urging him on. Make naste to. become wealthy. Aud is his eagerness to do this he attempts everything, makes wild speculations, deals in options, iorges a note, absconds with borrowed money, and hurries but to per ditions, t.: We walk to Church at full speed, and unless we are back home within an hour I we teel that the services were , too long Thus the day of rest is hurried through like all the remainder; and with every year momentum is gained, but vitality lost, un til at last there is remaining but a bundle of nerves, which nothing but narcotics will qUlet, Ut all men Americans are in the great est haste. JNone can so ill afford it Startling as it may seem, in our country, where prospects could not be brighter, the number of suicides has increased in the last thirty years from 107 to 163 out of every million, an increase of over sixty per cent. Civilization and culture we have, but we pay tor them in heart-throbs and pain. . : To smoke opium quiets the nerves. The man ceases 10 oe in a hurry. Mis senses are dulled, and he dreams of rest. Whis ky, tobacco, and all those various poisons are usea, oniy 10 sumuiate nerves . mat ought to possess vitality in themselves. Frequently we are startled that hashish houses are doing thriving business by mak ing poor, tired humanity forget, if but for a few moments, the strife and turmoil of life. Need we be surprised if very often some weak one hastens that destruction which is so sure to come, and ends a life of misery by self-destruction, which ought lo have been one cf happiness bad not every law of its being been repeatedly violated. The time has not yet come when the racer is ot the most practical benefat to man, since there are burdens to be borne, and men do not always travel on race tracks. lhere is a difference between earnest ness and baste. Always be in earnest, seldom be in a hurry. Our Public Debt., we una a very interesting article in the Tradesman exhibiting the condition of the finances of the country during the years which have passed since March . 1, 1869. Ihe lacts as published in the Tradesman are collated from a very com plete and : interesting . exposition - of the public debt recently issued by the Treas ury department. I his exposition shows the decrease ot the debt in each month since the date named as well as the i de crease in the monthly interest charge and the decrease in the debt in each year, The amount of the debt, less the cash in the treasury, March 1, 1869, was $2,525,- 463,260, and the annual interest ebarged TV . 01 "J6 1 eac, at that date $130,694,242. The decrease interest charge up to the ; end 6f ear and the decrease of the debt in each year from March 1, 1869, to Decern ber, 31, 1883, is shown, and it affords very interesting reading matter. ,We have not space to give the figures for each rinci- but such has been the reduction in princi pal and interest since that time, that the debt, less the cash in the treasury,,-Dec. 31, 1883, was $1,509,785,060, and the in terest charge was $59,160,131." ' This 'in 1,180,131.' This in- terest charge included $3,877,887 paid for interest on bonds issued lo the Facific railroad companies. The debt has been reduced in the fifteen yean Darned $1,015.- 678,200, and the interest charge, as shown, - by nearly 60 per cent. Ihe, smallest re duction of the debt in any one year, was $4,730,472, in 1874 and the, greatest was $151,684,351 in 1882. At the rate of pay ment in 1882 the whole debt, less. the cash in the treasury, would be paid, if it could be called at its face, in less than. ten years. The national debt per capita is now $28.41 and the annual interest charge per capita is 95 cents. Unless taxation, shall . be re duced the government must go 00 paying the debt whether it is due and payable or not. Despite all the profligate expendi- wmcn any prty aare venture, opon, vuere wm uiLe.y ue a surplus lope appiieu I tn. J.kt mrv.n 1 IHIH AAA -M nually, and this must be paid out.; nit cannot be allowed to remain ;for even a half year in the . treasury without ; derang ing and bringing ruin .on the . business of the country jYumington Jievtew i , The question "What shall I wear?" never . worries the average country edi- tor. AVhat puzzles him is to, nnd some I clothing house willing to advertise and .i'AL a long time the astronomers, hare noticed changes going pn"upo:;Vve fifce of the moon. .Bright spots" that 'bad 'jprcf viously been sees and deline?iteilau draw- ings and photographs of the earthy jsatV lite were found to Jiave disappearf li i3 other bright spots were'found to; hav"e;d,e veloped in localities where there bad been previously DiacK expanses, ine. astrono mers tell us that the 'bright7spt peen on the face of the mo6n.areuth4V4ummits Vf mountains illuminated itf? the'sun'wjhlch is shining upoci them' .while' th great uiii. spiutcuea are simpiy ueep yaueys shaded from the light by surrounding'and overhanging mountains. :- These1 theories of the earlier astronomers hsve -been, es- muiiaucu w vo iacia uy ov .researches oi modern science,1 armed with tha far-reaching telescopes that have 'inade the, ex ploration or the heavenly Jbodies bo preg nant with ! importance and so fruitful o( astonishing results. . There is'hd-VdoubE that the side of the moon whi6h is'turned toward the earth is studded with m6un tains of great height ! and ' magnirhdej standing in profound valleys and tra versed by canyons or clefts of -enornidus depth. ' . V'- ;i . The volcanic character of the ' lunar mountains is unmistakable. All the crust of the earth's satellite is' honev-combed with craters, and the volcanic action has, some time or other, been astonishingly energetic and widespread.' ( ' 1 here are mountains on the . moon' as much as 26,000 feet above the 'surfbuiid ing country, and they are much more than that above a low datum line1 like the line1 of the sea, but do sea is visible in the' moon. .!. 4. ait. :? r.ni; -ti . ,u..,j,.v..'l.. The moon has been 'called a deadi :istai; but if its internal fires can give lttjany' claims to life it is certainly a living corpse.' The signs of a reaewal of volcaAitf rietion,' which began to: be discussed a'eeritury1 ago, are now not merely scientifio ''nuts to be cracked, by the astronomers;1 but ihey1 are facts for the people ''$ tr1 li,ul in 1787 Sir VYiIhem llerschel' declared that he had seen through his' powerful telescope three volcanoes in a - state of leruption in different -parts bti thmrion. He had seen 1 new mountains heaved "rio out of the. dark valleys.' '!Hisu announce- . r . 1 a 1 , ttt i. . . i.f ? ments were met with incredulity and "tho matter passed from notice'' 'but 'in ' 1866' Dr. Schmidt, at Athens, --announced that the lunar mountain Linne, in whose 'strai-i mit was a crater five trifles' In i "diameter," had disappeared from the face of themoort; and the fact was soon after substantiated by the eminent-- Father ' Secchi bt'Rome and was acknowledged by astronomers at various other points. .tu .i -.u ! jiiu oince then these changes in the 'pim ples, so to speak, on the lace of the moonj have been more and more- frequent, indw eating that Hhe internal life of the ; so--called deadplanet has again been revived and is in vigorous operation :t but nobody was prepared for the astonishing -.changes that have taken place 1 on tbat wonderful planet in the past week while it was in its lourth quarter out of sight. ' ;?! o; bigns of peculiar and decisive changes have been observed on the: slender ncres cent of the ? present-pew moon ' An,, as-: tronomer within the past week claims-to haye discovered something unusual going on in the great peak -of Tycho Brahe, q big mountain, which has always been a. prominent object on . the , eastern' side of the moon, j Tycho is a volcanic crater, nearly 30,000 feet high, and fifty miles ia diameter, and it : bad up to within a few days a peak a mile high, e landing in this crater. . .... i- This peak which wae only a bright spot in the midst of a black crater, has sud denly grown to be a gigantic, mountain, nearly filling: the entire-, basin at-, ihe era-? ter, and towering above every other moun tain on the moon.: It is estimated boat to be about , nine mileshigh and. promises some startling phenomena-!! it 1 n-j miJ vd , (,, ' !..;..-.. 1 l--.tr n-.,wl.:,u:NegrBrj,11lblU ni The changes, in' -' the manners'' ami -cus- - toms of a people are often of-in ter est and noteworthy. The antiquarian "rummaging over the papers of a century- agrifihds.that the common drink in the olden ' time i was New England rum, not: whisky. :.Now'w hear no more 91 Ue beverage of ithfeipa triotio fathers, which has lopglf.beeiu eup planted by ?Old Bourbop,nf!.JIoyit cam aboutj hatNew.Epglad supplied, the fire- water in ine days mat are gone js weal .told by David. A., Wells ia,a.receor nuflibej- of the Princeton IIF w;nlO M .V It appears, to bflcertaio, Say Mx ..3Y!lIs- that "n jjoodroJd cohjny vdys', jAbeafirfit -manujactory started in any totenwaBadia- tillery. . . 4-he trade-of the? colonies in- tbe seaboard with the, West, Jndies. wa3iyry Urge, and the price; of. molasses, iwas.lliule more than nominal.'.The- people oMowts in Rhode Island and. Massachusetta. , ber I came very ri(A by making; ram, eendingi it I . . a. . 1 .. . . . 10 Sirica ana rcxcnacgiBg- lw jioriavea. During the short spaca of a threej 1 years Mr Wells, declares that 02 cargoes slaves purcpaBed in irica. win rurpjvere. 891a iu art.:.u -1: 'J.VZZJ5 Xwtt XTiil "ilirL7.! i,lfti7X'T7'it' rj u t ,i i u w.ru XTrZiZlW i.iiiii i'.iiii ill. 1 w r j. fly J In the same wayr'we -Suppose, the New Englanders who monopolized onrlcpsting trade paid for. our North-Carolina produce in such rum as they failed (to swap off for darkeys on the west cokst' of Africa. But when. the slave 'trader was abolished 1 we presume, the'."um mills' werei, no longer profitable, and! not .being pxofUable,. Ibe New; Englanders quifc the . bufcinegsiMaad turned.their attention to scmjothing.jelaQ. Thus it happened that what was- osce ;the ordinary tipplej among our people., 'went out of vogue, and New England! rnm-L,b-camea thing of jtbe,pasL xi, in-uf ":r;p .a. ,J i i m mi 'in imit rjoo5 " C-Tha Valde ot&b1 neai' tsatthJ 'sub- sistingj otfhev.Mtni&riga8e16ngl,ln'e slope of the -ltockf Mountains ;jfrenii'tlre British possession's to' Mexico ist placed ''at $6OO,000,OQ0.l,fUi voiiiuti..ai V -j ; . IT Stories beard , at . mother's, knee are hever,. wholly .ibreotten.f.Tbey: .form .5.. T ar-.TLTT'J-''.TT la. little , spring . that neve?a quite,.. dnea I np in , pur journejings .Mthrpngh, icbrching .LVolnannRk. f'ri tft fylnrAi ' I I '.t vUhli pzsi a-ioftf J);l 1 '. io,
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 25, 1884, edition 1
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