North Carolina Newspapers

StD SERIES : VOLUME XXXIII. Vj:Si.'iTjlU tit rr,:;CHARLOTT, N. C, FRIDAY AUGUST 29, 1884. New SeriesVOLUMEXV.- -NUMBER OS l ; '.t'ii-tl 4?2: jKtjt..! 7-U -.Jili' i HIS HI Ii .viiuek? & it f , r. .a I THE . -- : Charlotte Home - Democrat; I'UltLISIIKD EVEBY UBIDAX j. YATES & STRONG, j Tebms-Two Dollars for one years. ! One Dollar f or six months. ,: Subscription price due in advance. j : nhnrlnttR. "N". ! "Entered at tne roei wiu " n matter' according to tne jules of the P. O. Department. O. SMITH & OO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, CIIAKLOT TE, N. C. .- 11 1 aaA ' 1 i i . JJlttJ Xi, ' ' I J. P. McCOMBS, M.D., j f Offpra his professional services to the citizens of I Charlotte and surrounding country. ' All calls, f both night and day, promptly attended to. . ; j Office in iirown's nuuuing, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. , . . . Jan. 1, 1834. L. R. WRISTON, DRUGGIST, C ii a klotte, N. C., ' Tl,.;r Ilrnrra of tli twet nnnlitv Paints. Oils. fDye Stuff's, Combs, Brushes, &c. Everything usually touna in a mug store wm ue wm oai isfactory prices. ' Irwin's Old Corner on Independence Square. Jan. 25, 1884. . A. BORWELL. P. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. "Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. "Office adjoining Court House. f Jan. 1,1834. ; DR. M. A. BLAND. Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte llotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15.1884. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, i CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice Limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. Jan. 1, 1884. ., , , , , ., HOPFMAK & ALEXANDERS, Surgeon Dentists, CHARLOTTE, N . C. i Office over A. H. Nisbet & Bro s store. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Dec. 14,1883. J. S. SPENCER. J. C. SMITH. J. S. SPENCER & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COM MISSION MERCHANTS, College Street, Charlotte, JV. C. AGENTS FOR' ttockinghwn Sheetings and Pee Dee Plaids. ; ' "Special attention given to handling i Cotton on Consignment. ; April 13, 1833. W. H. PARRIOR, , Practical Watch-Dealer and Jeweler, Charlotte, N. C. ( Keeps a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, etc., which I will sell at a fair price. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and siitisfection assured. JSfStore next to Spring's corner building. July 1, 18S4. : SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, 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 largest Jan. 1, 1884. liEUOY SPRINGS. E. B. SPRINGS. E. S BURWELL. LEROY SPRINGS & CO., Grocers and Commission Merchants, Lancaster, S. C. ' , Jan. 11, 1884. E. M. ANDREWS, Charlotte, N. C. . Retail and Wholesale Dealers in FURNITURE, Coffins, Caskets, & a, Store Rooms next door to Wittkowsky & Barucu's Dry Goods establishment. Feb. 9, 1884. 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 Watch lleDnrine- a SDecialtv. Work promptly done and warranted twelve montns. A. HALES, Next to A. R. Nesbit & Bro., Trade street Sept. 7. 1883. L. F. OSBORNE, Practical Surveyor and Civil Engineer. All engagements promptly filled in city or emmtv . Manning , i. . . . "fFauft ouu piuaiia? a specialty. SSe P" sbore- A-ttorney. it Court Reference T. J. Orr, County Surveyor Feb. 15, 1884. ' JOHN VOGEL, . 'Practical Tailor, Chaklotte. n. c . Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte ' and surrounding country, that he is prepared to manufacture gentlemen's clothing in the latest style at short notice. His best exertions will no s"tu icuucr ttiusiucuon to tbose who patronize him. Shop opposite old Charlotte Jan. 1, 1884. Greatest Depth of the, OcEAJi.-rrlt was formerly supposed that the water off the Atlantic side of the south American coast jwas from 7,000, to 8,000 . fathom's deep (the average sea depth being from 2,000 to 3,000 fathoms), but later sound ings have shown that such is not the cas. The greatest depth of water, as, actually proved,' is not, over 5,000 fathoms. Off the Grand Banks "of Newfoundland a depth of 4,500 has "been found. ( . 1 . .': : , NOTICE. ;V ,;:, , ; The Board of, Commissioners of . Mecklenburg county give notice to all whom it may . concern that they have inserted in the tax list for; each township the description and valuation of al property not given in, with the names of tlie persons supposed to be liable for a poll tax wbfo failed to give themselves in, as required by the Machinery Act, According to the provisions of said Act a double tax 'will laid on -all n property and polls unless satisfactory i excuses l)e rendered to the Board on or before the first Mon day in October. ' No relief frori this double taxa tion can be granted after said date. . f , , Delinquents can make returns and file the r. excuses with the Clerk of this Board at any time prior to October 4, 1884. ...s-; .ii , , ; : , , W. E. AUDREY, Ch'n. Board County Comuiisioners.. Aug. 15,1884. 4w Notice to Scnool Committeemeil. Public School Committeemen in : Mecklenbnijg county are required to return to the County Superintendent of Public' Instruction, on' or be fore the first day of September, 1884, a full and accurate census of the children in their respective Districts between the ages of 6, and 21 years, designating the sex and race. r j WM. MAXWELTj, Sec'y. County Board of Edncatioa. Aug. 15, 1884. . 4W . FOR RENT. I offer for Rent my HOUSE and LOT at Davidson College; also, for Sale.or : Rent, my Jt) audi, Jying about tour miles mast or uavidson Collegenne bottom land. For particulars address ' ' "' , " t '.-" V. 8TIREWALT. ' ; ; Aug. 8, 1884. , 4w 1 Davidson College, N. C. ; TO THE DRUG TRADE, j We have this day formed a co-partnership un der the Arm name of ? W. M. WILSON & CO., 7 For the purpose of carrying on the Drug Bus! ness at the old stand of Wilson Bros. Our.Bu. ness will be Exclusively Wholesale. ! To the customers of the old firm of Wilson Bros, we would tender our thanks for .thejr liberal patronage in the past, and hope to be favored with' their continued - custom in the future. i ; ; ',; Our facilities for doing business are greatly increased, and we respectfully solicit the patron age of the Trade generally. '' ' ' i I . W. M. WILSON, ! R. A. DUNN. : Charlotte. N. C, June 16. 1884. j TURNIP SEED! , Landreth's New Crop Turnip Seed. : The old reliable house of D. Landreth & Son send out none but the purest stock. . j H or sale by L. R. WRISTON. July 11, 1884. TURNIP SEEDS. Just received, a Fresh Stock of the following varieties of TURNIP SEEDS : , White Varieties. Red or Purple Top, Early White Flat Dutch, Large White Globe, , Large White Norfolk. Yellow. Varieties. Yellow . Aberdeen. Amber Globe, Golden Ball, Improved Ruta Baga, South ern Seven Top for Greens. For sale by i THOMAS REESE & CO., !July 4,1894.' " Charlotte Drugg ists. NOTICE TO THE LADIES, j ELLAS & COHEN desire to call particular attention of the ladies of Charlotte and sur rounding country to their large and varied as sortment of ; Black Silks, ! Which for QUALITY and CHEAPNESS can not be surpassed by any house in the city or State. ' We Would be pleased for the Ladies to call before purchasing elsewhere. Our stock . of Towels, Damasks, Carpets, Rugs and House Famishing Goods ia large, csmplete and well worth inspection. ELIAS & COHEN. July 25, 1884. j. E. CARSOH. CARSON C. M CARSON. BROS.,,.,. Storage and Commission Merchants, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Dealers in Etay, Bran, Grain, &c, Fourth street, , , between 1 ryon and College. , ; : . We have on hand two car loads No: 1 Western Timothy Hay, and one car load Western Bran. Cotton Seed Meal, Oats, &c, alway9 on hand. Special inducements to large consumers both in and out of the city. ...... - Our Storage facilities are unsurpassed Call early.. , cakson uuoa. July 4, 1834.- ,6m. . .. , . ..... ORDER SCHOOL BOORS FROM , . t TIDDY & BRO., Charlotte, N. C. Largest Stock of Stationery in the city, in cluding Day Books, Ledger Memorandums. Let ter Copying Books, Foolscap, Letter, Note Paper, and Envelopes. Catalogue of School Bocks free. July 25, 1884. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists, Headquarters for COLGATE & CO.'S TOILET WATERS and SOAPS. Colgate's Ambrosial Toilet Water, Colgate's Rosodoro Toilet Water, Colgate's Violet Toilet Water, Colgate's Lavender Toilet Water, Col gate's Cashmere Toilet Water. Colgate's 7th Regiment Toilet Soap, Colgate's Cashmere Boquet Toilet Soap, Colgate's May Blossom Toilet Soap, Colgate's Violet Toilet Soap, Colgate's Sand Toilet Soap, Colgate's Har ness Oil Soap. Also, Colgate's Rince-Bouche. a superior and agreeable dentifrice, 50 cents per bottle. ' ' - R. H. JORDAN & CO., June 13, 1884. Springs' Corner. . i ... ; CENTRAL HOTEL, SHELBY, N. a, W, E. RYBURN, Proprietor. This House, which is the most central in the town of Shelby, corner of Warren and Lafayette streets, has been refitted, re-arranged, and fur nished, making it one of the best Hotels in the town, is prepared to receive and accommodate the traveling public at reasonable rates. The rooms are neat and attractive, and visitors will find as good accommodation as any Hotel in Shelby. . :;. '.. - . f i . Summer boarders can he accommodated at rea sonable prices. - Oct. 1,1881. ' r i little EJ-K. GBEBN. r Lfttte xMfa and little saymgs ' ' 1 ! ' ittle wifchirigs,Tittle deeds, J :Lfttle doings and deiayings,'; illt U3iU , Lime hdpes and little passion, Littie'sce'nes of joy and strife,' iiiuie ways ana nuieiasuioDn , TdkA of Tonat o lltlTfi life. s i ji" ,i i,-ti ill "1 ' V i ' It . Litfle longings, litUe prayers;' ! in- ( 1 1', ; " Little dreams. 'awike or sleeping, ' Little'crosseshardtocary, it Xittle oleasures while we tarrr1 ''"." ' J -! ' On! ptif jdurAey to the iomb.! lXi 4 itit.ii jjrT, ...'.. ii ( ;e ;i - i 1 ! Little blessings, little trials. 'I . , - j iTav yi Little friends of truth and jrOTth;. i' A, .'Little" askings iSnd'debiatei'i id r.i-j Littletmqddsbf grief -and tniirth,' - -jiiaTJi(tle'pri1de,:ebnceit and glbry,"1 1 ' - .fLittlWirelsr Wehave woni1'"1 ! tittle trusting itfThe Story,"1' ' ' -'"''--XndMrtWor'fscB, ' ' ' " m---.tL . U'.r'.'.'Aif. .iiuiii-KsilL .it.ii.' xi .! ) Little sins Dd 4it Lie. vfces,. ; 7 t -.-. .Acts pt mercy and pf love,. '.) J . i j h -Little treasures that entices j - il i . Ji' ii! 'J V, IT l . U6"f rbm. better things above. m Little lete-of fleeting beauty, Little penitence for sin, ; : . It we sloiift'Httleduty,.'i'"!f-:iii ' t A little erowri we taaywinJ " ' ,ht'..-. r.;.:. Little motoente, sad Jind jwearyM : ;-; ' ; When with life:we faitj would part, i ;; :- ) Little clouds so dark and: dreary :, r ; Little acnings bf the heart;! ns i ; ' ! j ( Little sunlight-little 1 admg ' ; . , ! : . i : ;( In our little pathway blend; . ' Little blossoms blooming, fading, J And rditfle, jalyra .eqd. , ... ,' j : ".'! .".!. ii ,Mf i-jiiui I lufjii r) j VM ;The OW-Bisliop's, Secret, . (t ., ( j s An old Bishop struggled through, great difficulties withotit repininpand met with much opposition mi the -discharge-of his dulesj without everdbettayingi the least impatienceoij Ail. iriUihiaAe, friend i of hU, who' admirediothose virtues -Which he thought it impossible' to imitate, " one day asked the prelate if, he could communicate the secret of being always easy. 'Yes," replied the oldTttarf, "l ean teach you my secret, and -with rgreat facility; it consists in nothing more than making a right use ol my eyes,'- His friend urged upon him to explain himself. , '.'Most willingly," re tnrned the Bishop; "in whatever state I am, I first of all look . up to heaven, and remember that my'principal business here ia to prepare, for ray journey there; I then look down upon , the earthy and, call. to mind how small a space I shall occupy in it when I come to be interred; I then look around into the world and observe what multitudes there are, who, in all respects, are more unhappy .than myself. Thus I learn where; true happiness is placed, where all our cares must end, and how very little reason I have to repine or com plain." ' :". : "J ' '' ,' :"- " ' ' . The Greensboro Patriot says: "The libel suit against,' Lyon & Edwards, editor and publisher of the Kernersville NewB, tiled afj the speciar. terra 'of , Gull ford Superior' court last week,, resulted in a verdict' for, the defendants.' ' The com plainant was Esquire Joe Davis of this county. .'Hours and, hours were 'spent in discussing the freedom and licentiousness of the press. TheJ.urYjstood by the press, and such a verdict, just as the campaign is opening, will encourage' wider latitude in handling private character for public purposes. v.i . The press should be free and untrammelled; but not libelous and vicious." ' ' : 1,1 " " ' J " ' j j JUST RECEIVED, ! Anotherlot of those popular 5 ."cent Lawns in real pretty, patterns j Call anfi gpnone. . j , . , . . We still have, about 10 patterns . of our 12J cent Lawns that we are selling at ; 9 cents; another job lot of Rucbings at 5, 10 and 15 cents per yard; a few Parasols at sacrificing prices; some nice Silk Gloves and Mitts at half value ; 25 cent Linen Lawns for 15 cents ; a large stock of Ladies'. Linen Ulsters from 75 cents up to $3 ; ask to see the Russian Ulster ; a few pairs GentB' Low-Quartered Hand and Machine Sewed Shoes at prices that will astonish you.1 Ladies j anc Children's Slippers Lower i than eter. - r Lace Curtains very cheap. We are f determined; to, close. .out our Summer Goods and offer such prices as will insure the some. J Come and see for yourself. - Special at tention to orders. Solid, Lilac, PinR and Black Lawns. ' '' HARGRAYES & ALEXANDER, j ' Au', 8, 1834. ; " ., ',' Smith Building. , ' ..' v' S.UA.IiR's' ' . '." : j . FRUIT ! PRESERVATIVE, Perfectly harmless, and the best Preparation for preservingPruits, Vegetables,' Cider, &c, in the market. For sale by '' '"'- . , ,n. i L, R. WRISTON. ,. June 13, 1884.',., t, x .; g ,, : TRAVELING' PUBLIC. We would call especial attention to our hand some stock of fine Trunks, Valises, Traveling Satchels, Mohair and Linen Ulsters and Dusters. Replenish your Wardrobe in , . Handkerchiefs Gloves, Linen Collars and Cuffs, . Neck : Ruchings, etc. before leaving. ,, j.,; i.W .' ...'. V , tW Ask for : WARNER'S JOR8ET - and SEIGLE'S DOLLAR SHIRT, -i J T. L. SEIGLE. ; July 25, 1884.-. , . ri -u m'! MACON SCHOOL, - Charlotte; N. C. This School iPrmaratorv and" Academic') will open its 14th Session on Monday, the 1st of Sep-J tember, 1884. -' -Boys prepred f oi the Freshman and Sopho more Classes : in our , best - Colleges . and Uni versities. v ,. t j tiU,tjL:vi..:i ; For particulars address f -.i .iA W: A.' BARRIER, s vs.! oil! -IJii'LEEM. WARLICK, , . T-.t ,-t Uu. -tu-t'i . i i Principals. . Charlotte, July ?5, 1884, 2mpd ,i ..... f Blue Lickui. - Thia ! celebrated Sulphur Water - from the Spring in Kentucky just received and ob draught, ice cold, at 5 cents glass-' iAlsow Li.!wler July 11, 1834. Drug Store, same old Stand no Historical Hot Summersi " . From the London Standard. Iii 62 1 the heat was Ho great in France and Germany that alt springs dried up;; water became so scarce that many people died of thirst. In S79 work' in the fields had to be given up; 'agricultural laborers persisting in their worl Were struck down in a few minutes, so powerful was the sua. Ir. 993 the sun's rays were so fierce that vegetation burned up as under 4,he action of fire. In 1000 rivers ran ; dry, under the protracted heat, the fieh 'were left dry in heaps and putrefied in a few hours. The stench that ensued produced .' the ' plague. Men and animals venturing in the sun in the summer of 1022 fell down dying, the throat parched to a tinder and the blood rushing to the i brain. ; In :11S2 not only did the rivers dry -tipfrbut rthe ground cracked on every side and became baked to the hardness oi' 6tond.? The Rhine i in Alsace.neariy driedf up. Italy was visited with terrific heat in 1139;, vegetation' and plant9 were burned up. During the bat tle of Bela, in 1200, there were more vic tims made by the sun than by 'weapons; men fell down euustruck in regular , rows. The' summer of! 1277 was , also",severe ; there was an absolute dearth, of forage. In 1303 and 1304 the Rhine,': Loire and Seine ran dry. In 1615 the heat through out Europe became excessive. Scotland suffered particularly in 1625; men and beasts died in scores. The heat in sev eral departments during the summer of 1705 was equal to that in a glass furnacel Meat could be cooked by merely exposing it to the eun. Not a soul dare venture out between noon and 4 p. m. In 1718 many shops had to close; the theatres never opened their doors for several months. Not a drop of water fell during six month. In 1753 the thermometer rose to 118 deg. In 1779 the heat at Bo logna was so great that a number of peo ple were stifled. There was not sufficient air for the breath, and people had to take refuge unJer ground. In July, 1793, the heat became intolerable. Vegetables were burned up and fruit dried upon the trees. The furniture and woodwork in . d weiling' houses cracked and split up; meat became bad in an hour. The rivers ran dry in several provinces during 1811 ; expedients had to be devised for the grinding of corn. Jn 182 a protracted heat was accom panied by storms and earthquakes ; . dur ing the drought legions of mice overran Lorraine and Alsace, committing incal culable damage. In 1832 the heat brought about cholera in France ; 20,000 persons fell victims to the visitation in Paris aloue. In 1846 the thermometer marked 125 degrees in the sun. Finally, the sum mers of 1859, i860, 1869, 1870, 1874, etc.", although excessively hot, were not at tended by any disaster. ., Jewels of Thought. Deliberation on useful things is prudent delay. Envy's memory is nothing but a row of hooks to hanst up grudges-on.. There is no man so great as not to have some littleness more predominant than all his greatness. ' Pleasure is a weak tie of friendship; those who toil together are stronger friends than those who play. ' God is letting the vanities of life slip through our fingers while he is leading us up to the crowning point. He that is choice of his time will also be choice of his his actions. company, and choice of . The Newspaper Field. Some , one interested in statistical, work makes the following statement : "New daily news papers were established in the United States last year at the rate of one news paper every three days. The increase of 348 daily newspapers carred the total for the United States and Territories up to 1,178.' During the. same period the num ber of periodicals of all sorts --daily, semi weekly, weekly, monthly and quarterly grew from 11,186 to 12,661. About 'five- sevenths of all the periodicals published in the country are weekly papers. The number of monthlies exceed the number of dailies by nearly 300. The number of periodicals of . all . sorts published in New York city is not less than 625; Chi cago is next, with 240; -Philadelphia third, with 230, and Boston fourth, wit ness." ' " : i - fr . 1--.. Cbanks. If a man is persistently bat tling against a great moral wrong.' he is thought by tboughless ones, to ' be ' "crank." The person who" has force of character and manhood sufficient to break out of the rut that ail unthinking individ uals truddle along in, he or she is at once set down as a "crank." When we look around and think over the names of the "cranks" who have given us religious and political liberty we thank heaven lor giv ing us so many "cranks, and trust our future may always be guided by a noble band of "cranks." . Dividend Notice. North Carolina Railroad Company, I! Treasurer s Office, : Company Shops, JT. C, Aug. 1st, 1884. The second payment of 3 per cent on Dividend No. 22 will be due September 1st next, to otocK holders of record at 12 o'clock M. on August 10th. The transfer books will be closed from 12 o'clock M., August 10th, until September 1st, 1284. P. B. RUFF1N, Aug. 8, 1884. 4w Treasurer PEACE INSTITUTE, ' Raleigh, N. C, : ! Rev. R. BURWELL, D. D , ) princiDala JOHN B. BURWELL : f principals. , The Fall Term opens Wednesday, Sept 3d 1884. The past Session has been the most sue cessful since the Institution was started. ! All Departments are filled by accomplished and exnerienced teachers, and we claim that no institution in the South offers superior advantages for instruction, not only in the regular Anglian Course, but in Ancient and Modern languages, Music and Art. . : A large Building, 110x40, now in course of construction, will afford increased accommoda tion for pupils, and better facilities than ever be fore for carrying on our work. : . - . The whole building heated by steam and lighted by gas. Hot and cold water and bath . rooms on every floor. ' -.- For Circulars and Catalogue address ' .. s i t R. BURWELL & SON, July 4, 1884 3m ' Raleigh, N.C. i Who are the Ladies? ' In his address to the young women who competed' for 'the premiums , offered for culinary achievements at the California Stale Fair, J. McM. Shatter said: "I do not think that baking a loaf of bread is the highest duty of girls, but I do think 'that to become an accomplished housewife is not only oue of the first, but oneof the mom imperative duties of woman; and it is (o direct attention to and to create in you a"oeirefbf "this" fact, that I offer you this premium, - v ' ' ; " ; 1 have called' you ladies. What is vour title to this appellation ?i There are titles of birth, place, honor and worship; these ar' of ; right. Ihere are alsa titles of courtesy, and iu this country lady is one. It is true there are ome who strive to confine ibis title, to those esteemed, or the bigbest- in; socinl positiop.But this as sumption is denied by most, and the title is generally applied to all respectable wo men ol tolerable manners. .Hut I feel con strained, young ladies, to put you on a higher plane than, most meu, and assert for yon the highest and most time-honored claim i to this honorable: name. Indeed. you alone inherit from that time when the memory of, man runneth not to the con trary. Some i hundreds of .years before our era.; the Greeks and Romans made large couquests in Asia, the birth-place of the human race. ; They brought back to Europe the: spoil oi nations, captives, theology and the productions of nature, including animals, fruits and grain. It was in this way that wheat among its agency was diffused throughout Europe, and soon furnished bread for all. While the warlike men from the north of Europe were making their excursions by land and sea, the mistress ot the household cared for the wild brood which remained. She prepared the stores of hard bread which the men carried away, and welcomed their return with a full supply of the staff of life.': In their boisterous banquet, from her own baking she caused a manchet of bread to be placed at each seat, or sent the loaves of bread around in baskets to the feasters. To mark her high office she was denominated ladie, the breaker dis penser, and, with slight assumption, the maker of bread. While we may, out of our magnanimity and courtesy, allow this word to be used by those who have it not of courtesy, but of right and do not for get, either, it is to be retained by prac ticing its virtues and its art I have caused the legend Bread Maker to be engraved upon this peace of plate, and trust the. lady into whose bands I now place it, will always retain and exhibit it as an evidence of actual merit and honora ble distinction." Origin of the Names in the Week. In the Museum at Berlin, in the hall devoted to Northern antiquities, . they have the representations from the idols from which the names of the days of our week are derived. From the idol of the Sun comes Sunday. The idol is represented with his face like the sun, holding a burning wheel,with both hands on his breast, signifying his course around the world. The idol of the Moon, from which comes .londay, is habited in a short coat, like a man, but holding the moon in his hands. . Tuisco, from which comes Tuesday, was one ot tne most ancient and popular gods of the Germans, and represented in bis garments ot skins, according to their peculiar manner of clothing; the third day of the week was dedicated to his worship. - : : " ' Woden, from which comes Wednes day, was a valiant Prince among the Saxons. ! His image was prayed to for vic tory.' '! .- " ' '' ' Thor, from whenee comes Thursday, is seated in a bed, with twelve stars over his head, holding a sceptre in his hand. rnya, irom whence we . nave Fri day, isi represented with a drawn sword in his right hand and a bow in his left. -! Scoter, from which is . Saturday, has the appearance of perfect ' wretchedness; he is tniu-visaged, long-uaired, . with a long beard. He carries a water-pail in his right hand, wherein are fruits and flowers. ..; , ; . , Feeding Apple Pomace. I will relate some facts in regard to this subject.. Years ago, when a girl at home, my. father kept a cider press tor the bene fit of himself and his. neighbors,, and fed the pomace to horses and cows not how ever, : all they could eat. One day the cows got to the pomace and gorged them selves, lhe result, was that they were sick one much worse than the rest. It seemed to draw her all up, and in two days' time, from giving a pailful of milk, not a spoonful could be got from her. The others shrank about half in .their milk, but' they could scarcely stagger around. They all gradually recovered, and in a few weeks gave their usual amount of milk again. This' happened not only once, but nearly every season, as by some chance a gate would be carelessly left open, and the cows get to the pomace with similar results. He - fed it to the horses only a short , time as it seemed to make them weak. . We dried many apples in those days, and tried feeding the peelings and cores to the cows.'. The results were not so bad as from the pomace, but there was a visi ble shrinkage in the milk.- To make cer tain we tried feeding them several times, at intervals, but there was a shrinkage at the pail every time. We were undecided whether to attribute it - to the 'apples or the seeds. Why cows . can eat apple pomace with impunity, as related, 1 can not explain, except on the hypothesis that there may be as much difference in the digestive organs of cattle as in the human species. Some people can eat heartily of anything and everything without ex periencing any inconvenience therefrom, while others could not partake of such a diet without serious results, Onr cows were of the common breed, hearty, and in good order, but they 'certainly could not stand apple pomace. d?; . Connecticut - lawyers - are now obliged to stand while examining witnesses. As this tires them oat sooner it is regarded as quite an improvement. " Worth Knowing. : v jroisoning irom canned fruit and vege tables is not commou, but it, occurs oo- casionally. An . expert physician gives the : following., good advice on the sub- : 1, Every can should be examined, and if two holes are found io it, send the can at once to, the health board, with th? contents and . name of the , grocer whi sold it. ..'.. . . :. .; oi 2. Reject, every article of canned foo that does not show the line, of the rosin around the edge of the solder of 4J,he capi, the same as is seen on the seam at the Bid of the can. ,.,.. 3. Reject.' every : can that does - no have.; the name ot the manulactarer ,P firm upon it as well as the name i of - tb company and the .towni1 where rn'anuf factured. "Standards" ' have alt thisl When the wholesale dealer is ashamed to have hi4name on'the goods 1 figbt-y of I them. ; ' : ' - - '!'! i :'-'-".' .-?". il 4. Press the bottom of the tanl If de composition is commencing the. tin will rattle the same as the bottom of the oiler of your sewing machine does. If the goods are sound it will be solid, and there will bf no rattle to the tin. : 5. Reject every can that shows any rust around the cap on the inside of , the head of the can. If housewives are educated to these points, then muriate of zinc amal gam will be a thing of the past, and deal ers in ''swills" have to seek some other ocf cupation. . ;; ' , J V -.l Taxed for Royaltyi -! j The most glaring instance of national idiocy is that of Sweden, where the popu lation, of only 4,578,901 allows itself to be taxed six million and ninety thousand dol lars for the support of the royal families. The total revenue ia only twenty million, nve hundred and eighty-one thousand. nine hundred and forty dollars, and thus nearly thirty per cent of the revenue goes towards the maintenance of royalty. Denmark pays three hundred and ' eleved thousand, one hundred and five dollars for the luxury - of a King;' Greece, 'two hundred and sixty thousand," eight, hun dred and ninety dollars; Holland, three hundred and twelve ; thousand, five hun dred dollars;' France pays its President one hundred and eighty thousand dollars; the brerman Umpire allows its Emperor. Kings and others of that class sixteen million, ' five hundred and .thirty-eight thousaud, five hundred and fifty dollars, which is about three per cent of the total revenue ; Russia is taxed twelve million, two hundred and filtv 'thousand dollars for the support of its Emperor,' and Great Britain four million, four hundred . and ninety-one thousand and fifteen dollars. Turkey pays sixteen million, two hundred and hity thousand dollars, or nearly twenty-seven per cent of its total revenue. Spain allows only two million dollars. which does not bear out the uonular' no tion about the extravagance of that coun try, lhe lowest salaried ruler is the President of Switzerland,,. who receives three thousand dollars a year. , The coun tries paying the largest per centage of the revenue for royalty and the army and navy are: Italy twenty,' Austria and Spain twenty-one, France and Germany twenty-one, Denmark twenty-five, Russia thirty-five, England thirty-seven, Sweden fifty-nine, and lurkey sixty-five. . , .. .. . . ' j t . Strange Phenomenon i Correspondence of the Statesville Landmark. I am not aware-' that ' it is generally known that the bloom of the corn tasse after it has fallen off, becomes animate and crawls about, but such is the fact.1 I took notice of this strange circumstance 'when I was a boy and took some that 'I found crawling, dried them in the sun and found them to be nothing but the bloom.5 They are about the size of the common'1 skipper worm that sometimes infests our bacon. JLarly in the morning,' oetore tne dew is off, is the time to observe this mysterious operation of nature. ' If I was disposed to philosophize on this subject 1 might ask this question: ' Does the bloom -become alive, crawl down in the ear and form the heart of the grain? Does the pollen, floating in the atmosphere, falling oh1 the bloom of a different variety, cause - it to mix as above indicated ? It is well known that corn will mix, as we say, bat it really forms a grain of a distinct yariety ' from which it came, exactly like it, J"' i JJ. Statesville, Aug. 12, 1884 Baked Milk for Consumptives.-- Baked milk is an admirable food for '.con Bumptives and most invalids. It is made in this manner: . Put a quart of good milk into a stone jar, cover with writing paper, tied down. Leave in a moderately hot oven for eight or ten hours, till it has the consistency of cream. The amount of nourishment to be derived from it is mar velous. It most closely resembles con densed milk, and does not differ much from a milk rice pudding,' the rice being a nice and indigestible addition. This reminds us to say to many anxious in quirers that the perfect cure for the most inveterate habit of constipation is simply to live on wheaten goats and any kind of fruit. We have never known a case which this diet faiud to cure. Dr. Nichobs. : - Singing Sands. On walking npon or disturbing the sand of certain beaches a peculiar sound is heard, which has been described as somewhat resembling the bark of a dog. The sound seems to arise from the friction of particles of dry sand. Until recently these, so-called singing beaches have been known to exist at only two places, one in Europe and one : in this country but samples of the singing sands have now been collected in no less than twenty-six localities , in the, United States.. ; :.. - ST Since the recent wholesale lynch ing of horse-thieves in Montana, nearly all the citizens, have become,' candidates ; for Sheriff.' In thirteen counties 127, candi dates are in the field.;. Sheriffs must be exempt from lynch law in Montana. - : 5; j ' t3Bl A -jevenue- officer i entered the store of a merchant whomever advertised, and arrested him because he kept a ' Still house.' f. .a In a religious meeting a lew nights ago. a speaker said that if a child went wrong, it was because the borne life of the parents was not what it ought to be,, and the sen timent seemed to meet with very, general approval. We do not know what these people proposed to do with the declaration that the Bins of the parents - are visited npon the children even to the' fourth jjen eration. But whatever they may do with it they will have a very difficult job on Hand to get rtd of the laws of heredity, as seen by all of us every day of our' lives. If the Child could be' made' all that ht ought to- be simply by training, the' ani mal would alsa be largely independent of its parentage, and the problem of. breed ing would be very much simplified.-; Tho child is subject to the laws .of heredity. As the mother and father 'look' into" tne eyes of their babe, they have no-idea',7 ami ' Can have none, as to what they can make of the child, for they. "dojnqt -Jcnowwhat he has inherited, and must waft for time to develop it. ' Perhaps it has inherited from somewhere away back in the line of an cestry a passion or appetite which the best home influence in the world - cannot curb. ' As a rule - a good home influence will be modifying in such cases,' but not always. A doctrine such as we have an nounced as coming from a speaker,' is cal culated to do harm. It teaohes that all the parent has to do is to live a' correct life before his child. That is not all, though it is important.- - The parent needs to be familiar with the characteristics of his ancestry, and if there are any marked weaknesses in it, it is against these .weak nesses that he should do all he can to guard his child. Tell the child frankly what tbose weaknesses were and explain to him what his danger is from - them. Very many wrecks of life, and in families too that have the most exemplary heads, are caused because of inherited weakness, whioh the child -might have guarded against if it had known that it had -a treacherous enemy within itself. . y4 , ' mm mi - 'J-'' ' '' r Before and After Marriage. M . . ...... ( , t? . i. . t tJ i 1 Uii ; Not nnfrequently both men and women expect more from marriage than : it ; is in human nature to . yield. In the romantic courting days the love making! is-fresh, and sweet, and all engrossing, and the un reflecting innocents are deluded into, the belief that the bonds of matrimony 'are alone needed to secure them a life of lote and joy at the high fever heat of the warm, youthful - momenta. , But such . an , abtici pation of heaven on this earth ; cannot be. The heat must cool down and the intoxi cation of love sober into the tranquility of friendship. It is a great matter to get safely through the cooling process.; The danger is that when it begins one, or the other, or both,' ignorant that its cause lies in the nature of things,,, may throw . the blame on an innocent partner, and in his or her sweet heart sigh over the . awful misfortune-of a dreary union. This would not happen so ' frequently as it does if, as is not often the case, the husband . and wife, were to sober down at the same rate. As a rule the lady will hold on to the ten der love, making , much longer than tthe gentleman. It is the man that cools apd ?he wife that is broken-hearted. .:., ' Among the causes of evil Jying .nearer the surface there is our, system, of court ship, which seems as it especially designed lor mischief. To be kind and attentive to the object pf one's affection is natural on the part of both man and woman ' Bat, according to custom, the gentleman mast do all the wooing, the labor of love mak ing falls to him, and, as a rule, he does not spare himself. For weeks, for mouths, for years, he worships j at the feet of his fair one -with oompliment,- flattery and endless attentions..; He seems the slave of her smallest wish. s. In. all this there .is much acting, often much conscious acting. Marriage is the dropping of the curtain ; with it ends the merry; bat in its conse quences, melancholy farce. And when he sees the effect of the - play, be sincerely wishes it had never been. The attentions cannot continue. Nor Is it desirable that they should. Yet in getting them" for a time,, women are taught to , expect, them forever-, ...The . arrangement is cruel to women. It is like the' practice of first Spoiling children, and , then j pupishing them for being spoiled. ( , ,i v ; 'i j ! i m m m ! , !.. r.-.-j Liui ' . .Weather IixtfsiONS.iIt will doubtless be long ere the popular belief in the vin fluence : of the moon npon the weather is completely' eradicated, and Mr R. H. Scott is not sanguine of early success iu dispell ing the nearly as deeply-rooted "faith '"'in equinoctial gales. From records' extend? ing over fourteen years, this meterologist finds, however, that the equinoxes are not remarkable as windy or stormy periods in the British Isles, although the seasons of storms appear to occur at quite regnlar intervals. The summer half of the ; year, for instance, is almost entirely free f rom severe storms, which begin ' gradually"to increase about' the close of August and reach the maximum in the : latter half 'of January, after which they grow less fre quent and severe nntil the latter part -of April. Two lulls, or periods of compara tive freedom from storms, are noticed during the winter half-year, one appear ing in November and the other in February.- .' ::':-'-. - t'i-Ki" BW Years ago the Government im ported a number of camels to be , used as beasts , of harden in ; New Mexico - and Arizona.'. The vaquero and male ; packer of that day would not, or could not.under stand the patient ships of the desert,;. and they were turned loose on the; banks of the Rio Colorado. Now there is a race of wild , camels - on the , . deserts at-.r; the head of the Gulf oi California, where . they find a congenial home and increase stead ily, i l . .'A -U . - 7. ' t. 'ti tl .,'..) ruS . , . . ,:. t . . ; uR Sticibe. Mr J. M. Reynolds, as . old citizen of Danville, bat for; several; years East a citizen of Reids viile, N. . C, shot imself with : a pistoL The ball entered his left side just below . the beartIIe lingered about three hours, and died. He has been sick for a long time of) some kid ney trouble and the acute .pain of Ms afSic tion is supposed to have caused him ;to take his life.. ; . He .was about 12 . years Home Influence. '