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OLD SERIES: VOLUME XXXIII.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1884.
New Series VOLUME XV. NUMBER 690
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THE
Charlotte Home - Democrat,
Published every Friday by
YATES & STRONG.
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One Dollar for six months.
Subscription price due in advance.
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Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N
(j a3 second class matter,'' according to the
rules of the P. O. Department
T.
0. SMITH & CO.,
AVHOLESALE
AND
RETAIL. DRUGGISTS,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 11,1884.
J. P. McCOMBS, M. D.,
Offers hin professional services to the citizens of
(,'lmrlotte and surrounding country. All calls,
both night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite
Charlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1, 1884.
L. R. WRISTON,
DRUGGIST, Chaelotte, 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 cijuaje.
Jan. 25, 1884.
A. BUR WELL. WALKER.
BUR WELL & WALKER,
Attorneys at Law, .
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
"W ill practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Office adjoining Court House.
Jan.l,18S4.
HUGH W. HARRIS,
.Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.
'Special attention given to collections.
Office opposite the Court House.
Oct. 17, 1834. y
DR. M. A. BLAND.
Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte
Hotel.
Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth.
Feb. 15. 1884.
DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practice Limited to the
ETE, EAR AND THROAT.
Jan. 1, 1884.
HOFFMAN fe ALEXANDERS.
Surgeon Dentists,
CHARLOTTE. N . C .
Office over A
hours from 8 A
Dec. 14, 1883.
R. Nisbet & Bro's store.
M. to 5 P. M.
Office
J. S. SPENCER. J. C. SMITH.
J. S. SPENCER & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
AMD
COM MISSION MERCHANTS,
College Street, Charlotte, JV. C.
AGENTS FOR
Rockingham Sheetings and Pee Dee Plaids.
: g""dpccial attention given to handling
Cotton on Consignment.
April 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 at a
fair nrice.
Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c,
done promptly, and satisfsction assured.
t3T"ritor'i next to Spring's corner building
July 1, 1894.
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.
LEROY 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 &
Baruch'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.
Charlotte, N. C.
Go to Hales' New
TPWFT.KV HTOPP fn.t)
OBest Goods at lowest prices.
j. ruue ubf ect,
Next to A. R. Nisbet &Bro.,
and T. L. Seigle.
Repairing fine Watches a specialty.
Oct. l, 1884.
JOHN VOGEL,
Practical Tailor, Charlotte, N. C,
Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte
na SUrroundinff COIintrv that h 5a nruni) t.t
manufacture gentlemen's clothing in the latest
- j'y awauori notice. Mis heat pxprtinna will
be
given to render satisfaction to fhnae vhn
patronize
him. Shop opposite old Charlotte
Hotel.
Hkn Without Occupation. The man
who has nothing to do is the most mis
erable of beings. No matter bow much
wealth a man possesses, he can neither be
contented tor happy without occupation.
We are born to labor and the world is our
vineyard. We can find a field of useful
ness almost anywhere. In occupation we
forget our cares, our worldly trial?, and
oar sorrows. It keepB as from constantly
worrying and brooding over what is inevi
table. If we have enough lor ourselves
we can labor for the good of others; and
such a task is one of the most delightful
duties a worthy and good man can possi
bly engage in. Exchange.
Sales of Lands, Plantations, &c.
SALE OF LAND.
By virtue of an order of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, I will sell at public auction,
on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1884, at the late residence
of F. W.JBeWs, in. Lemly's Township, on the
Charlotte and Beanie's Ford road, about five
miles South of the Ford, the LAND formerly
owned by F. W. Potts. The Tract contains
about 205 Acres, is well watered, and adapted for
the cultivation of Cotton and Grain. There is a
good Dwelling on the place containing seven
rooms, and it is in every respect well improved
and in good order.
Terms 5 per cent Cash, balance on credit of
12 months, purchaser giving Note with good
security with eight per cent interest from date.
J. L. JETTON,
Oct. 24, 1884. 5w Commissioner.
VALUABLE
CABARRUS COUNTY LANDS
For Sale.
I will expose for sale at public auction, at the
Court House in Concord, N. C, on Saturday,
Nov. 22, 1884, a Tract of LAND containing
about 475 Acres, on Coddle Creek, adjoining
Poplar Tent Church lands, and known as the
J. H. Young Farm.
This is a splendid PLANTATION for Corn,
Wheat, Cotton, &c, in a good neighborhood, six
miles from Concord town and depot; tenant
houses are conveniently located, is well watered
and timbered, plenty to keep up the place.
Terms of sale, $100 cash, of balance Jan.
1st, 1885, when possession will be given, balance
Jan. 1st, 1886, with interest at 8 per cent from
Jan. 1st. 1885.
JNO. P. ALLISON,
Oct. 24, 1884. 4w Trustee of J. H. Young.
Sale of
VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE.
In obedience to a Decree of the Superior Court
of Mecklenburg county, we will sell to the high
est bidder, at the Court House door in the city of
Charlotte, on Saturday, the 22d day of Novem
ber, 1884, at 12 o'clock M., the following de
scribed Real Estate, to-wit :
One Tract of LAND in Berryhill Township,
containing about 131 Acres, known as the "Big
Spring Place," adjoining Mrs Shelby, Mrs Springs
and others.
One Tract of LAND containing thirty-one
(31) Acres, being part of the Home Tract of the
late William Marshal, deceased.
Also, a small piece of Meadow Land, contain
ing about 2 Acres, adjoins John L. Brown,
Mrs Ann Wilson and others.
The above Lands are sold for partition among
the Heirs at Law and Legatees of the late Wil-
Terms 10 per cent Cash, balance credit of 12
months, with interest at 6 per cent per annum,
purchaser to give Note and approved security.
Title reserved till purchase money is all paid.
K. A. JVlAKSHALi,
W. W. DAVENPORT,
Oct. 22, 1884. 5w Commissioners.
A Valuable Plantation
FOR SALE.
Will be sold to the highest bidder, at the Court
House door in the city of Charlotte, on the third
Tuesday (18th) of November, 1884. (being Inferior
Court week,) that valuable rL,AJN i aiiujm
known as the John Stitt or J. Y. Bryce place, in
Providence Township, Mecklenburg county, one
mile South of Providence Church, containing
234 Acres, with comfortable buildings, excelli nt
water, good Farming Land3 and in a good neigh
borhood. Persons wishing to purchase will be shown the
Lands by W. Mc. Matthews, Esq , or Mr R. A.
Hudson. Terms Cash.
B. F. HOUSTON,
Mortgagee of M. A. Hudson.
Oct. 17, 1884. 5w
SHERIFF'S SALES.
By virtue of and to satisfy Executions in my
hands, issued irom tne superior uouri oi aicck.
lenbure countv. in the matter of J. M. Cone
against the Maryland and Charlotte Mining Com
pany of Baltimore Uity, l will sell at puouc saie
at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday
the 3d day of November next, eighty-three acres
of LAND, adjoining J. L. Parks and others,
known as the HoDewell Canos Mine Tract, con
veyed by J. M. Cone to the Maryland and Char
lotte Mining Company of Baltimore City deed
registered in Book 30 page 556 Mecklenburg
county.
Also, at name time and Dlace. to satisfy an
Execution in my hands in favor of Mary King
acainst J. R. McDonald. I will sell an interest in
a tract of land known as the Cunningham Miller
Tract, adjoining the lands of Dr. John Irwin,
John Ellwood, James JU.CL.ure ana oiners.
Also, at same time and place, to satisfy Execu
tion in my hands, I will Bell that tract of Land in
1 !... rtwnW TAnrnoliin a a t VlO Alllnfrtnn
Mine Tract, ioinioz the lands of. vvm. Mcuora
ana others, and containing about bU Acres, wiin
all the Machinery and Fixtures thereon.
M. E. ALEXANDER',
Oct. 8,1884. 5w Sheriff.
VALUABLE LAND
For Sale.
Between 800 and 900 Acres of first rate LAND
is offered for sale by the undersigned. It Is lo
cated in Hopewell neighborhood, Mecklenburg
countv. on the Catawba River and McDowell's
Creek. It will produce everything raised in this
State, such as Cotton, Wheat, Corn, lobacco, sc
It will be offered in lots to suit purchasers at
nrivate sale.
Also, five or six Hundred Acres of LAND, in
Gaston county, are offered for sale. It lies on
the Carolina Central Railway, not far from Ca
tawba River. This land will also be offered in
lots to suit purchasers.
Both Tracts are well watered and timbered.
For terms and information apply to me at
Charlotte, N. C.
A. B. DAVIDSON
Oct. 24, 1884. tf
FARMS AND FACTORIES.
To settle an estate, &c. I am prepared to sell
some very VALUABLE LANDS within 15
miles of Charlotte in tracts of from 100 to 1,000
Acres, with full outfits of Animals and Imple
ments, if desired.
Also, COTTON FACTORIES in good run
ning order, and fine Water powers.
For one month inquire at the office of Dr. Geo.
W. Graham in Charlotte, or address me as
follows.
ROBERT D. GRAHAM,
Lock Box 171,
Oct. 24, 1884. 6w Charlotte, N. C.
COL. POLK'S
Diphtheria Cure.
This celebrated remedy is manufactured by the
Polk Diphtheria Co., in Boston, and sold in
Charlotte by
T. C. SMITH & CO.
Aug. 29, 1884.
. Life's Journey.
As we speed ont of youth's tunny station
The track seems to shine in the light,
But it suddenly shoots over chasms,
And sinks into tunnels of night.
And the hearts that were brave in the morning
Are tilled with repinings and fears.
As they pause at the City of Sorrows
Or pass through the Valley of Tears.
But the path for this perilous railway,
The hand of the Master has made,
With all its discomforts and dangers,
We need not be sad or afraid.
Roads leading from dark into darkness
Roads plnugiug from gloom to despair,
Wind out through the tunnels of midnight
To fields that are blooming and fair.
Though the rocks and their shadows surround us,
Though we catch not one gleam of the Day,
Above us fair cities are laughing
And dipping white feet In some bay;
And always-eternal forever, "
Down over the hills in the West,
The last final end of our journey,
There lies the great Station of Rest.
Tis the grand central point of all railways,
All roads cluster here where they end.
Tis the final resort of all tourists;
All rival lines meet here and blend;
All tickets, or mile-books, or passes,
If stolen, or begged for, or bought,
On whatever road or division.
Will bring you at last to this spot.
If you pause at the City of Trouble,
Or wait in the Valley of Tears,
Be patient, the train will move onward,
And sweep down the track of the years.
Wherever the place is you seek for
Whatever your aim or your request,
You shall come at the last with rejoicing
To the beautiful Station of Rest.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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What is an Inch of Rain.
An inch of rain is that quantity which,
falling upon a level surface and not ab
sorbed or allowed to run oil, stands one
inch in depth. The amount of water fal-
tng upon an acre of ground when the
rainfall is one inch would astonish any
one who has given no thought to the sub
ject. On each square foot of surface
there would be 144 cubic inches, and on
one acre, which contains 43,560 square
feet,there would be 6,273,640 cubic inches,
which reduced lo imperial gallons, each
containing 10 pounds avoirdupois, would
be 22,623 gallons, weighing 226,230
pounds, something more than 113 tons to
he acre. Ihe annual rainfall ol this
locality approximates ou inches, conse
quently each acre receives about 5,655f
tons weight of water in a year. This
amount of water would require 265 freight
cars to carry it. it one baa to water a
640 acre farm at this rate, it would require
figures like those ot the distance to the
nearest fixed star.
OPEN
For the Inspection of the Trade,
An Immense Stock of Black and Colored Cash-
" " Flannel Suitings, meres,
" " Cloaking and Fur Trimmings,
" " Hosiery ana wloves,
" " Underwear for Men, Ladies
and Children.
Our Silk and Trimming depaitment is com
plete, embracing every thing the Trade can de
sire. The largest stock of plain and brocaded
Velvets, Velvetines and Plushes to be found in
the city.
Let everybody examine our stock of Ladies'
and Misses Wraps before investing, as we are
prepared to suit the taste and pocket of every
body. Special inducements to purchasers of fine
Wraps.
Fine assortment of
Blankets, Pant Goods,
4-4 and 10-4 Domestics. Pillow Casing, Towels,
Table Linen, Elkin Wools and Hosiery, Shirts,
Corsets, &c, &c.
A good stock of
CLOTHING,
Men's Ladies' and Children's Shoes, Hats,
Trunks and Valises.
All are invited to examine this stock before
buying. Orders by mail promptly filled.
T. L. Seigle.
Sept. 26, 1884
1884. 1884.
SPECIAL ATTRACTION THIS FALL,
Consisting of the Latest Styles
Silk, Stiff and Soft Hats,
Which we have iust opened, and are satisfied we
can please all. Our Fall Stock of Ladies', Misses',
Gents', Youths and Children's
BOOTS AND SHOES
Is now complete, comprising the best makes and
moat correct styles.
A full line of Trunks, Valises, Traveling Bags
and Shawl Straps iust received.
Last but not least, a fine line of Umbrellas
Silk. Mohair and Alpaca. Large and Beautiful
line of Gents' OTer Gaiters. Give ns a call.
PEGRAM & CO.
Sept. 26, 1884.
WE
Aro in Earnest.
We have a verv lanre amount of money due
ii9 for the present and oast vears. and we earn
estly ask our friends to call promptly and help
us with the Cash.
A large number of Notes and Accounts have
been carried over from former years and we
cannot carrv them longer, and our friends will
Rave ua the unpleasantness of a "Personal Dun"
by calling and settling early.
BROWN, WEDDINGTON & CO.,
Charlotte. N. C.
Sept. 12, 1884. 3m .
Scarr's Chill Pills,
A tried and true remedy for Chills. Sold by
L. R. WRISTON,
. . Druggist
Sept. 26, 1884. -
CENTRAL HOTEL,
SHELBY, jr. a,
W. E. RY3URN, Proprietor.
Thin House, which is the most central in the
town of Shelby, corner ot.Warren and Lafayette
ctneta. has been refined, re-arrangei, 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 ana attractive, and visitors will
fini .a jrood accommodation as any. Hotel in
Summer boarders can be accommodated at rea
A Temperance Prince. :
There was once a little Prince who
taught his grandfather, the old King
Astyages, a good le-son in temperance.
The little fellow's name was Cyrus,
and - when be ' became a man he did
so many great and ' noble deeds that
he was called Cyras the Great, King of
Persia.
He had been brought up to a very sim
ple mode of life, foregoing all the luxuries
and ease that we naturally suppose a young
prince should be entitled to, so that he
might become accustomed to the hardship
that help to make up the life of a great
soldier.
Bat when he was thirteen years old his
mother took him lo Mdia to visit the old
King his grandfather, and here he saw all
the pride, luxury and magnificence that
reigned supreme at the court; for Astyages
loied pomp and costly show, and rich ap
parel. But the thing that most astonish
ed young Cyrus , was the intemperance.
He had been taught to be strictly tem
perate, and it surprised and mortified him
to see the noble lords, and even the King
himself, become foolishly drunk at the
great feasts.
One day Cyrus, in his high, fun-loving
spirit, undertook to act as cupbearer for
his grandfather. In those days, you
know, the kins: always had a cub-bearer
who presented to him his wine, but before
the king drank of it, the cup-bearer al
ways tasted it to make sure it was not
poisoned.
Little Cyrus presented the cap to the
King with much ease and grace, and the
old monarch was delighted; but as he took
the cup he said :
'But my boy, you forgot one thing
You forgot to taste the wine."
"Not at all," said Cyrus. "It was not
through forgetfulness that I omitted that
part of the ceremony."
"y by then ?"
"Because I was afraid there was poison
in the liquor," replied the boy.
"foisoo, child J" cried the old King.
"Poison, and yet you gave it to me ? Why
what do you mean ?
'Yes, grandfather," answered Cyrus.
"There is poison enough in it, for at a
feast, when the lords of the court, and the
guests, driuk a little of that liquor, their
heads get turned and thev act like
fools. Your friends hooted and sang
and made strange noises, and you your
self could scarcely stand upon your
less."
'Why," said the King, "have you
never seen your father do the same
thing?"
"Never, cried Cyrus.
"Then what happens to him when he
drinks?" said the King.
'When he drinks" answered Cyrus,
"his thirst is quenched with water."
Kaleidy scope. -
iemedy that anybody can
2'est. I am usually a good sleeper, I was
about to say, a perfect deeper, but twice
of late I have failed to doimy whole duty
in that line Once was some three or
four weeks since and the pother was last
night. On both occasional I awoke soon
after midnight, and slee4 refused to be
wooed by me, though 1 wade my best en-
dcivors to win that somejimes fickle god
dess. On the first occasiin I remembered
having a short time previously read in
the New York Tribune a statement that
relief for sleeplessness could be found by
wetting a linen handkerchief, folding it
and placing it under the back of the neck
with a drv cloth under the handkerchief
to protect the pillow. I thought I could
improve on that, which Ij did by folding
the kerchief to the right width, wetting it
and wrapping it around my neck and en
veloping that with a dry towel, folded
somewhat wider than the kerchief was.
Last night I repeated this treatment. In
Dotn cases very soon alter returning to
my bed I was lost in sleep, as perfect as
that which comes to us in childhood s
happy hours. If I were habitually a
poor sleeper 1 would try such an envelop
ment of the neck on retiring, and if X
should become wakeful in the latter part
of the night I would again wet the ker
chief and place it on the neck. Herald of
Health.
Hair One ot the greatest blessings you
can enjoy is a tender, honest and entignt
ened conscience.
CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
The weather permitting we are now showing
the largest and most elegant stock of Cloaks,
Dolmans, Ulsters, Russian Circulars, Newmarket,
London and Paris Walking Jackets, Imported
Berlin Dolmans, Silk, Sicilian, Brocade and Otto
man Dolmans. Brocaded and Beaded Dolmans,
Our
Cloak Department
Never contained so many attractive Novelties
while our prices are much lower than can be
found anywhere else.
JERSEYS! JERSEYS!
1.000 Jerseys to select from. We offer an ele
gant Jersey for 41.38. Plain Braided and Seal
a -
loped Jerseys away down in prices.
WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH,
Oct. 24, 1884. Charlotte, N. C.
OUR
COMPLETE.
STOCK
In Fine Suitings we have excelled all efforts in
past seasons. In
Custom-Made Trousers
w Haniav a. varietv immense in assortment and
very rare and beautiful in fabric. They are of
most improved style and fit to a degree of per
fection. We are especially wen proviaen wim
i Children's Saits,
And will be pleased if the young gentlemen will
remember na in their early experience of shopping.
With big odds the largest stock in our line, we
claim many advantages for our customers.
f E. D. LATTA & BRO.
Jons R. Phark, Manager Retail Department
Oct. 24, 1884.
Railroad Traveling in Europe.
The first thing that is likely to strike
an American traveling for the first time
ic Europe, as being specially peculiar, is
the marked difference in the railroads and
their management, as compared with ours
at home. The cars are much smaller than
ours, being but little larger thau those
used on our narrow-gauge roads. Each
car is divided into four or five apartments
seating from lour to eight passengers.
These compartments are entered from the
sides of the cars, and are entirely sepa
rated, from each other. After one gets
used to the chauge it is quite a pleasant
way to travel. Especially is this true if
four or live friends are traveling together;
they can usually have a section to them
selves, and this is decidedly pleasant ae
we have already found. - With a well
filled lunch basket today's travel in one of
these rooms with a couple ot friends, is
very enjoyable -indeed.- You ' have the
same privacy and seclusion that you
would enjoy in your own home.
On the whole traveling here is much
cheaper than in America. First-class
tickets are sold at about 3 cents a mile ;
Becond class, 2 cents; third class, cents;
fourth class at about three-fourths of a
cent. There is but little - difference be
tween the first and second class compart
ments, both being very nicely upholstered,
and quite comfortable. The third class
has comfortable seats, but they are not
upholstered; and the fourth class is with
out seats. The second and third class
cars are the more largely patronized, very
few going first-class. I have noticed
many seemingly well-to-do people go into
the fourth ciass cars. Many who go
fourth class carry with them camp stools,
while others stand up the entire journey.
The cars run at about the same rate of
speed that we are used to at home, per
haps a trifle slower, but there is not a no
lioeable difference in this respect.
There are also sleeping-cars (Schlaf
wcesen, as they are called here) attached
to the night trains.
Great care and caution is used to pre
vent accidents ; especially is this the case
in the country where the public roads
cross the railroad track. At every one of
the crossings a guard is stationed, whose
duty it is to open the highway when any
one wishes to ride or drive across the rail
road. At all other times it is kept closed,
and is only opened when there is no dan
ger from an approaching train. People
in Germany are not killed on railroad
crossing.
The same care extends to every de
partment of the road. At the depots ropes
are stretched along the side of the plat
form to prevent anyone from being thrown
under an incoming train. No one is al-
owed to pass immediately in front of an
engine when it is standing at the depot.
hese and many other precautions are
ahrOatoonffrVato "SS
Letter by Rev. D. L. MiUer.
Wonders of Substances.
Gold-beaters, by hammering, can re
uce gold leaves so thin that 282,000 must
be laid upon each other to produce the
thickness of an inch, yet each leaf is so
perfect and free from holes that one ol
them laid on any surface, as in gilding,
gives the appearance of solid gold. They
re so thin that if formed into a book.
,500 would only occupy the space of a
single leaf of common paper; and an
octavo volume of an inch thick would
have as many pages as the books of a
well-stocked library of 1,500 volumes, with
400 pages in each. Still thinner than this
is the coating of gold upon the silver wire
of what is called gold lace, and we are
not sure that such coaling is not of only
one atom thick. Platinum and silver can
be drawn into wire much finer than hu-
a t 1 " . 1
man hair. J grain ot Diue vurioi or oar-
mine will tinge a gallon of water so that
in every drop the color may be perceived
A rrain of musk wilt scent a room lor
twenty years, and will at the end of that 1
period have lost little of its weight. The
carrion crow smells . its food many miles
off. A burning taper uncovered for a
single instant, daring which it does not
ose one thousandth of a grain, would nil
with light a sphere for miles in diameter,
bo as to be visible in any part of it. The
thread of the silkworm is so small that
many of them are twisted together to
form the finest sewing thread ; bat that
of the spider is smaller still, for two
drachms of it by weight would reach from
London to Edmburg, or 400 miles. In
the milt of a codfish or in water in which
vegetables have been infused the micro-
scope discovers animaicuies oi wumu
. , . . '
many thousands together do not equai in
bulk a grain of sand; and yet nature,
with a singular prodigality, has supplied
many of these with organs as complete as
those of the whale or the elephant, and
their bodies consist of the same substance,
or ultimate atoms as that of man himself.
In a single pound of such matter there are
more living creatures than of human
beings on the face of the globe. CasselTs
Journal.
Eating Lemons.
A good deal has been said through the
papers lately about the healthfulness of
lemons. The latest advice as to how to
use them so they will do the most good
runs as follows : Most people know the
beuefifof lemonade before breakfast, but
few know it is more than doubled by tak
ing another at night, also. Tbe way to
get the better of a bilious system without
blue pills or quinine is to take the joice of
one, two or three lemons, as the appetite
craves, in as much ice-water as makes it
pleasant to drink, without sugar, before
going to bed. In the morning on rising,
or at least half an hour before breakfast,
tak&the juice of one lemon in a goblet of
water. This will clear the system of hu
mors and bile, with mild efficacy, without
anv of the weakening effects of calomel or
congress water. . People should not irri
1 tate the stomach by eating lemons clear ;
the poweriai acia oi me juice, wuicu i
almost corrosive, infallibly produces , in
flammation after a while, but properly
dilated, so that it does not burn or draw
the throat, it does its fall mediciual work
without harm, and when the stomach is
clear of food has abundant opportunity to
work on the system thoroughly.
A Preacher Beatin his Wife.
A Warning to Tattlers.
Ihe story was all over town. Every-
ooay was talking about it. It was too
bad, they said. What was too bad?
Why, the new minister had been beating
his wife I Was it possible ? Yes; there
could be no doubt about it. Mrs. S.. who
lives next door, heard a shriek about ten
o clock last uignt a woman's shrift I
from a chamber in the parsonage. She and daring assault upon the very fouuda
looked across, and through the curtain she lions of marriage. It is an open declara
oould see that a man and woman were tion of war acr&int nhrlatiar. ;.,;i;..t;n
running about the room in great excite-
ment. He was flourishing a stick
and striking with it. The blows conld
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be plainly heard. And as he struck she
screamed. -
Mrs. S. could hardly sleep that night. I
she was bo excited by what she had seen. I
one was
up early next morning. She
hurried through her breakfast, and then
started out to see the poor, abused minis
ter s wife, aud comfort her ? Not a bit of
it. She went to Elder A's, found the
family at the table, and told the news.
Then she footed on to Elder B's and
JJeacon C's, and over half the town. The
other half that she had no time to call
soon heard it from the other half, and be-
iore uoou mere was great excitement in
OailVUie. I
The officers of the church discussed the
maner wun neavy nearts. uch disgrace-
a. 4. 1 . e-. . I
ful conduct could not be endured. Some-
tuiug iuubi. uh uoue. jam, wnat r uau at
ence on the minister and his wife, and m-
quire into the matter? Oh, no; that I
would not be dignified and official. Be-
siaes, mere coma oe no doabt about it.
Did not Mrs. S. see the beating with her
own eyes? So they called a meeting of
the seeBion, and summoned the minister
and his wife. He had to answer to a
charge of unministerial conduct, and to
testify in the case.
They came, greatly puzzled and sur
prised. The case was gravely stated by
the senior elder, when the culprit and
witness burst into a laugh. Checking
themselves, when they saw how serious
and sad the session looked they ex
plained. Ihe ministers wife, though an excellent
woman, who loved everybody, aud especi-1
ally her husband, did not love rats. Bat
the hoase having been vacant for some
time, the rats- had taken possession.
'When they went to their chamber, a huge
roaunt ran under tbe bed. The wife
screamed. The husband caught up a stick
and missed the rat; the lady screamed
; it t ... av
again, xiow couia sne neipit r it was
an exciting scene, and must have looked
very funny o their neighbors who were
watching through the curtain window.
They laughed heartily when it was all
over, and the rat was dead; and they could
not help laughing whenever they thought
about it.
down" on Mrs. S. for'making fooTs of them.
lbey asked her: "Why didn t you go
over to the minister s and make sure about
the matter before you reported it?" And
she retorted: "Why didn't you go and in
quire into it before you called a meeting?"
And all the town that talked yesterday
about how the minister abused bis wife, is
talking to-day about what an awful gossip
Mr 8. S. is. and bow she tooled the elders
of our church.
I am mortified and disgusted. Is there
any way to cure these mischief-making
gossips ? Would it be right to hang them ?
It seems to me that that passage in the
third chapter of James about the tongue
ought to be printed in big letters on a
card, and hung up in all our churches.
Don't you think bo?
- "Truths." .:
No cloud can overshadow a true Chris
tian, bat his faith will discern a rainbow
in it.
Most men like a spirit of self-sacrifice
in their friends a great deal better than in
themselves.
If there is any truer measure of man
than by what he does, it must be by what
he gives.
The quality of books in a library is
often a cloud of witnesses of the ignorance
of the owner.
People worry themselves ill; they worry
themselves insane; they worry themselves
to death.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerful
ness; altogether past calculation is its
power of endurance.
We should not measure the excellence
of our work by the trouble that it has cost
us to produce it.
Keep out of debt, out of quarrels
out of damp clothes, out of reach of li-
ouors. and out of doors all yon can in
good weather.
Knowledge always desires iucrease; it
is like fire which must be kindled by some
external agent, but which will afterwards
propagate itself.
Th is an outer and inner lif
the one seen by all, and the other by
but a few and Him who searches the
heart. It is the inner ose upon which
will be passed the final estimate of our
characters.
Life's Burdens. A large part of life's
burdens are self-imposed and wholly need
less. Fears of calamities which never
happen, a doleful habit of looking at the
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worst, a suspicious aisposiuon, a jeaious
turn of mind these are tbe tyrants that
load us with burdens heavy to bear and
needless to carry. If we should honestly
examine the various burdens ot our lives,
we would be surprised to find how many of
tbem are of Ibis character. .Not only may
we drop them if we will, but justice to
others demands that we should. A man
or woman habitually unhappy is essenti
ally selfish, and is always a thorn in the
community. There are enough crosses
and trials in life which must be borne,
without manufacturing artificial and need
less ones: and the more thoroughly we!
rid ourselves of the latter.the more energy
and spirit we can bring to bear upon the
former. ' 1 A '
JgT" The remains of an English traveler
had been exhumed for interment in the
family vault. When the coffin was opened
the spectators started back in affright.
"Why, these appear to be the remains of
a lion." Yes." replied a nephew of the
deceased, "that's the lion that ate him up;
uncle's inside of him."
The Modern Assaults on Home-Life.
God's plan ia to set the human race in
families. The devil's purpose, persis
tently pursued, is to break down the
family relation. W here the family ia at a
discount, pare morality and religion are at
a discount.
The family relation is now rsiu1p1 A.
rectly and indirectly from many quarters
in this coumrv Mnrmnia,n a: .
It is a leprosy thrust into the social life of
the nation. It is spreading. There are
millions of nermim in thu nation
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sentiments concerning marriage r 1.
read? lowered hv f
Mormon abomination. The di Hcrnct. Tint nr.
ally felt toward the beastliness of oolv-
Kamy has to a large extent been blunted
uy iiiiB lamniariiy. u ja now regarded
uii,cer oi course an established, in
stitution. The Lewis countv (Tenn.l
method of dealing with it that it. to de-
iena tne nome with the shotgun is des
perate and dangerous. But the tone of
the press and people, both North and
South, in commenting upon the traced v in
Lewis county indicates the general con-
viction tnat moral agencies are now inade-
ClUate tO the task f)F PYtirnnlinfT Mnrmnn.
ism. If not explicitly defended, the slav-
- r . -a m .
ing oi tne Mormon emissaries ia accented
as the inevitable outcome of the situation ,
ua regarded as tne nrst gun of an impend
mg bloody conflict. This Mormonism.
which is organized hostility to marriage
as a Christian institution, must be dealt
with by this generation. The cowardice
that would torn it over to the next would
be only equaled by the stupidity of such
a procedure. The sooner a cancer is cat
out the greater the chance of eaving the
patient.
The 'Club"life of oar cities is in flagrant
opposition to family life. The unmarried
men who "dab" together with their high
living, their liquors and wice6, their cards
and their billiards, and their concomitants
inside and outside of these palaces of
luxury, thus expose themselves to peculiar
temptation and disqualify themselves for
the right enjoyment of home life. We do
not make the reckless assertion that all
ciuo men are vicious: but we do assert
that such a life is unwholesome, and likely
to result in moral deterioration to every
man who gives himself up to it. All such
are practical enemies to God's institution
of marriage. There are thousands of mar
ried men who spend their leisure time at
the "club" instead of their homes, who
live in a different social world from that of
their wives and children. With the in
crease of the "club" spirit, and diminution
of the home spirit, there is Ions of domestic
purity and happiness, and multiplication
of divorces, with all the sad and shameful
accompaniments of sin, disgrace,and family
'men mere is a vast army oi men," mar
ried and unmarried, who are practically
homeless. Commercial travelers, agents .
for almost everything that is made and
sold, live on the road and in the hotels.
They make occasional "calls" at the houses
where their families live, and that is about
all. The married men among them have
little to do with the government and train
ing of their children. The ties that bind
them to that sacred circle are too often
weakened and broken, and they fall into
sin. The special perils that threaten tun- .
married men who are practically homeless
need not be mentioned; their position is
so perilous that only such as are most
strongly fortified against temptation can
be considered safe. As business is now
conduoted, it may be necessary that a
large body of men shall be thus kept on
the road; but when the way is opened for
him to do so, be will do well to get oat ot
it as quickly as possible. When a man is
willing to live in continual separation
from the wife whom he has sworn to lore,
cherish, and protect, and from his own
children, Satan has already, a mortgage
on him. An exceptional case may exist
here and there, but of them we do not
speak.
ihe increasing disposition among mar
ried people to herd in hotels and boarding
houses is another symptom of the decay
of home-life among us. Though sometimes
necessary, and often convenient, it is an
unnatural and unwholesome mode ot living.
It is bad for the parents, and worse for
the children.
The decay of public morals follows the
decay of the family life of the nation.
Keep tbe homes ot tbe land pare, and no
amount of mal-administration of publio
affairs will suffice to ruin the country.,
Let the demoralization of our home-life go
on, and all the statesmanship of all the
world would not be able to avert national
disgrace and disaster. Nashville Advo
cate.
Fikk-Pboof CoTTOir Bagging. Cot
ton planters of the South will rejoice to
hear that Mr Dougherty of Augusts, Ga.,
has succeeded in manufacturing a thor
oughly fire-proof bagging for baling cot
ton and thus laid tbe ground worse lor sav
ing minions ot dollars wortn oi cotton
now annually destroyed by fire. iSut bis
service to the South does not end here
his bsgging is made of cotton, thus find
ing another important use for the staple,
which will require several hundred thou
sand bales to supply the demand. While
this revolution in tbe cotton baling will '
gradually dispense with the . hemp and
int bacrinnc? now brought to the South
for tnmt naroose. the low grades of cotton
will be substituted and furnish a cheaper
and more durable bagging. This is a
gratifying movement in the right direc
tion and secures another advance toward
Southern commercial independence. Sa
vannah Nevot.
ffSf According to the late Charles Del
monico boiling , water is an art. "Few
people know how to cook water," he used
to say. "The secret is in putting good,
fresh water into a neat kettle, . already
quite warm, and setting the water to boil
ing quickly, and then taking it right off
for use in tea, coffee or other drinks before
it is spoiled. To let it steam and simmer
and evaporate until the good , water is all
j in the atmosphere and the lime and iron
I and dregs only left in the kettle bah!
1 that is what makes a great many people
I bick, and is worse than no water at aiu'
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