North Carolina Newspapers

CHARLOTTE, N. C, FEIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1885. ; New Series VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 704 'A mi 0 SERIES : VOLUME XXXIII. THE Charlotte Home - Democrat, Published every Friday by YATES & STRONG. -Two Dollars for one year. Oxe Dollar for six months. Subscription price due in advance. o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N a second class matter,'' according to the Tt 0. SMITH & CO., WHOLESALE AND KETAIL DRUGGISTS, C II AHLOJTE, n . c May 11, 1884. J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., Offer hi professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Oilicu in Hrown's building, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1M85. L. R. WRISTON, DRUGGIST, Charlotte, N. C, Dealer ir. Drugs of the bjst quality, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Combs, Brushes, &c. Everything usually found iu a Drug Store will be sold at sat isfactory prices. Irw in's Old Comer on Independence Square. Jan. 25, 1884. A. BCKWELL. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts, fjp Office in Law Building. Jan. 1, 1884. 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 adjoining Court House. Oct. 17, 1354. y HERIOT CLARKSON, Attorney-at-Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in all the Courts of this State. Prompt attention given to collections. Nov. 7, 1884. tf 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 EE, EAR AND TIIROAT. Jan.l,lS84. HOFFflLO & ALEXANDERS, Surgeon Dentists, CHARLOTTE, N . C . Office over A. It. Nisbet & Bro's store. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Dec. 14, 1883. 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 Jewehy, Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. HT.Storc 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, synips, Mftckcrel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, miiis, Flour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c., which we offer to both the Wholesale and Retail trade AH are invited to try us, from the smallest to the largest. Jn. 1, 1884. LKROT SPHINCiS. E. B. SPRINGS. E. 8 BURWELL. LEROY SPRINGS & CO., Grocers and Commission Merchants, Lancaster, S. C. Jai-11,1884. E. M. ANDREWS, CiiARioTTE, N. C. Retail and Wholesale Dealers in FURNITURE, Coffins, Caskets, &c., Store Rooms next door to Wittkowsky & anion's Dry Goods establishment. Feb. 9, 1884. 8. A. LEE. SPRINGS & BURWELL. R. A. LEE & CO., Cotton Buyers. Office at Wilder' s Drug Store,and near Cot ton Platform, (op. Weigher's office.) Sellers will do well to see us. If we do not buy our last bid shall be the value of the cotton Jan. 30, 1835. HARRISON WATTS. Cotton Buyer. Corner Trade and College sts., up Stairs, CHARLOTTE, N. C. 0ct-14, 1883. A. HALES. Charlotte, N. C. Go to Hales' New JEWELRY STORE for the Uest Goods at lowest prices Trade Street, Next to A. R. Nisbet & Bro. and T. L. Seiele. 0U8&? fine Watches a specialty. SS" The boundaries of the region knowu as the West have been perpetually shifting. Within the lifetime of old folks it commenced along the foot hills of the AlleghanieB. A few years later the limit stood for a while on the banks of the Mis sissippi. To-day the boundary lies on the bufts of the Missouri, in the neighborhood of Kansas City. Beyond that point lies the region of tradition, prophecy, adven ture, discovery, enterprise, heroism the West. Sales of Lands, Plantations, &c. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. By virtue of a mortgage deed executed to me by W. B. Cochrane, bearing date July 9th, 1879, recorded in book No. 24, page 488, 1 will sell by public auction at Court House door in city of Charlotte, N. C, on Tuesday, the 24th day cf February, 1885, that Tract of Land adjoining the lands of Henry Cochrane, Lester Quay, John Blackwelder and others, containing about one hundred and thirty acres, more or less, to satisfy the debt secured by said mortgage. Terms One-half cash and the balance at six months. W. L. COCHRANE, ;Mortgagee. Geo. E. Wilson, Attorney. Feb. 4, 1885. 4w SALE OP LAND. By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, I will sell, on the premises, on Monday, the 2d day of March, 1885, all of the LANDS belonging to the Estate of John Ste phenson, deceased, lying in Providence Town ship, adjoining the lands of W. M. Mills, Henry Bryant and others, being 147 Acres, more or less. Terms One-fourth cash, remainder on Jan. 1st, 188C. W. M. PARKS, Jan. 30, 1885. 4wpd Administrator. A CITY LOT FOR SALE. By virtue of an Order of the Superior Court to re sell in the case of J no. Hartman et. al. against Marion Thompson et. al., heirs at law of Wm. McCarley, deceased, I will sell at the Court House door in tbe city of Charlotte on Monday, February 23d, 1885, at 12 o'clock M., the follow ing City LOT, viz : That on which Wm. McCarley lived, fronting about 99 feet on "D" street, corner lot on "D" and 11th streets, and extending back 280 feet, containing a Dwelling with 4 Rooms, Orchard, &c. The bidding will be opened at $742.50. Terms Five per cent cash, balance on a credit of six months, purchaser to give bond with good security, bearing eight per cent interest from date. HERIOT CLARKSON, Jan. 23, 1885. 5w Commissioner. PLANTATION For Rent or Lease, IN EASTERN N. C, Situated 10 miles from Newbern, near the Rail road. It contains about 3,000 Acres of Land, of which 350 Acres are cleared ; soil rich and pro ductive, adapted to Early Vegetables, also good for Cotton, Corn and Upland Rice, and embraces some of as fine Grazing Land as can be found in Texas. The season i3 three weeks in advance of Nor folk. The country healthy and settled by good farmers. Inquire of J. Y. BRYCE, Dec. 25, 1884. Charlotte, N. O. ELIAS & COHEN, Charlotte, N. C. Established in 18 5 1. We now have in Store our Fall Stock of DRY GOODS For the Wholesale and Retail Trade, To which we invite the attention of Merchants and others. The Clothing Department Contains all articles in that line, as well as Gen tlemen's Furnishing Goods. LADIES Will find in our Store any quality or style of Goods they may desire, and we respectfully solicit an examination of our Stock. FANCY GOODS In large quantities and at prices to suit the times. 3?" Our old customers and friends, and the public generally, are respectfully invited to give ; a call. ELIAS & COHEN. Oct. 3, 1884. NOTICE. The Firm of BARRINGER & TROTTER was dissolved by mutual consent on January 1st, 1885. All debts due the late Firm not settled Dy March 1st, 1885, will be put out for collection. Mr M. L. Barrineer will be found at tbe store of C. Scott to attend to collections until that time. We desire to express thanks to patrons for past favors. ISAKLilNUElt K TUUTTJSK. Chnrlotte, N. C, Jan. 9, 1885. lm HUNTER & STOKES, (Next door to Dr. McAden's Drug Store,) CnARLOTTE, N. C, Dealers in FAMILY and FANCY GROCERIES Canned Goods, &c. Piedmont Patent Flour and other brands of Flour ; New Orleans Molasses and Syrup ; Coffee and Sugar. Roasted and Ground Coffees A Specialty. All kinds of CANNED GOODS, fresh and pure, at reasonable prices. 53!" Give us a call and we think we can give satisfaction. C. L. HUNTER, R. F. STOKES. Feb. 22, 1884. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE. Sprhtq Term Commences Jan. 26A, 1885. Instruction in every Department. A larger corps of experienced and accomplished Teachers than ever before. The standard of Music and Art culture un excelled. For Catalogue or information address REV. W. R. ATKINSON, . Jan. 16, 1885. 4w Charlotte, N. C. Florida Mullets, Saccharized Chow-Chow and Mixed Pickles by the quart from barrels. Cranberries, Olives, Jellies in Pails and Glasses. Mince Meat in Pail, Tins and by the pound. "Baby Biscuit," Wilson Wafers, Milk jBiscuit, Snaps and Medleys, Mock Turtle Soup, Aspara gus, French Peas, and a host of things at HUNTER & STOKES'. Dec. 19, 1884. Awakenings. There is much that is disappointing 1 Alas ! it is ever bo; And the hope dies down within us The farther we see and go. Few hearts appear to keep faithful, Few follow the light to the end, And the feet are ever the many In the paths that downward tend. It is only the young who are buoyant; How little the best can do ! We started with hope and courage, But we scarce can the path pursue; For great are the things that hinder, And mighty for harm the foes, And who can accomplish anything . . If all the world oppose ? So in my deep depression Last night in my gloom Itbought; But the blessed life of the morning Has another spirit brought; What are the little failures Compared with the might and strength Of the powers that shall surely conquer And win for the right at length ? The world is not worse, but better ! There are many, not few, for God; And the tiamp of resistless armies Is heard where the fathers trod; And glad are the songs of the angels. For they see that the peoplexiome In hosts, with a song of triumph, To their Father and their home. Marianne Farningham. 23IF" The room in the Tower of Lon don, in which Sir Walter Raleigh was so long imprisoned is 8 by 14 feet in size, and so low that it was impossible for Raleigh to stand erect in it. The wails of the room are 18 feet in thickness, and there is only one window an opening 10 by 20 inches from which the only thing that can be seen is the blank wail of an adjoining building Here Raleigh lived for 14 years, never being one at of the room nntil the day on which he was taken to Great Tower Hill to be beheaded. Most persons are laboring under the impression that Mr Jefferson Davis lost or had captured or stolen from him during the late unpleasantness all of his private papers, letters, fcc, but this is not the case. Mr Davis informed the Sun correspondent that he has in his possession copies of all the letters he wrote during thfl war, including his messages. Ihese valuable records were saved for him by a Catholio priest, who reoovered and hid tbem from him until after his release from prison. Neio Orleam Letter to the Balti more Sun, EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Having qualified as Executor of Mrs A. B John ston, deceased, all persons having claims against said Estate are hereby notified to present same to me tor payment on or betore the nrst day of February, 1886, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to settle same without delay. J. L. JETTON, Jan. 30, 1885. 6w Executor. Administrator's Notice. Having obtained letters of administration on the Estate of James Holton, deceased, I hereby give notice that all persons indebted to said es tate should make immediate payment, and all persons holding claims against said decedent must present them to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law. HUGH W. HARRIS, Jan. 23, 1885. 6w Public Administrator. Executor's Notice. Having qualified as Executor of Henry Alex ander, deceased, all persons having claims against said Estate are hereby notified to present same to me for payment on or before the 28th day of December, 1885, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to settle same without delay. ALFRED MOSELY, - Executor. E. K. P. Osborne, Attorney. Dec. 25, 1884. 6w Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Joseph A. McLure, deceased, all persons having claims against said Estate are hereby noti fied to present the same to me on or before the 28th day of December, 1885, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are respectfully requested to settle same with me at once. E. K. P. OSBORNE, Dec. 25th, 1884. 6w Administrator. Administrator's Notice. Having duly qualified as Administrator, with the Will annexed, of George Alexander, deceased, all persons having claims against said estate are requested to present them for payment on or before December 6th, 1885. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. F J HERIOT CLARKSON, Adm'r. of Geo. Alexander, dee'd. Dec. 5, 1884. 6w Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator of F. W. Potts, deceased, 1 hereby notify all persons hav ing claimsjagainst said deceased to present them to me on or before the seventh day of December, 1885, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. And all persons indebted to said F. W. Potts or his estate, must make immediate set tlement with the undersigned. . J. L. JETTON, Dec. 5, 1884. 6w Administrator. Cigarettes. Sixty Thousand Duke Cigarettes just to hand at T. O. SMITH & CO.'S Drug Store. Stop and see the beautiful pictures. Jan. 16, 1885. '''"' 1 The Virginia Hoiise, CHARLOTTE, N. 6 , ; A -nice stopping place for Colored People, -r. i- A :n v.a hniinHc nnrflOn of the CitV. at the corner of 4th and hurch Streets, not far from the Post Office. , .. . Good Rooms furnished and Table supplied witb best the Market affords. jTm - Dec 25, 1884. "' ' ' ' ' Proprietor. Tlair and TCotlTBrusnes We have just received a1 very fine ' stock of Brushes ana l oom orusue. R. ,H. JORDAN & CO.- Fresh Garden Seed. ' " Tv.if " TT. O-have Tnonias Keese , """x. bffta'r'a just received a complete Btock of BU1SI r . nnnw O-CET How do the Tides- Rise and Fall. Let us consider the moon first, as its action from its greater proximity to the earth, is much more effective in producing tidal waves than thai of the sun. We know from the laws of gravity that the moon tends to draw the earth upwards; if it be at the antipodes, beneath our feet, its tendency is to draw the earth down wards. Now, it the earth were a rigid, solid mass, like a ball of iron, this action of the moon would have uo other appre ciable effect than to draw the earth as a whole upwards or downwards. The case, however, is different when on the surface of the solid globe there is an ; ocean of liquid matter. The force with whioh gravity acts is greater the nearer the two bodies are to one another; consequently when the moon is overhead thesurfaoe of the sea is attracted with greater force than tbe solid yields to this force, and. is raised up in the shape of a wave, much in the same manner as we may have seen the hair of tbe head rise up toward a charged electric machine. The converse of this action holds good also at tbe antipodes at the same time. There the bottom of tbe sea is attracted more than the surface of the water?; consequently, the latter drop away, as it were from the earth, and also assume a wave like form. Thus we have at the opposite sides of the earth similar waves raised at the same time by the moon's attractive force. Then the earth as it revolves on its axis, brings every, place in turn under each of these waves, when it is high water in each place as it arrives at the waves, and low water when between the two waves. Exchange. The Alphabet of Success.' Attend well to your business. Ba punctual in your payments. Consider well before you promise. Dare to do right. Envy no man. Faithfully perform your duty. Go not in the path f vioe. Have respect for your character. Infringe on no ones right. Know thyself. Lie not, for any consideration. Make few acquaintances. Never profess what you do not practice. Ocoupy your time usefully. Postpone nothing that you can do now. Quarrel not with your neighbor. Recompense man for his labor. Save something against a day of trouble. Treat everybody with kindness. Use yourself to moderation. Villify no person's reputation. Watchfully guard against, idleness. Xamine your conduct daily. Yield to superior judgment. Zealously pursue the right path. & you will be happy. . Talking Five Hundred Miles. Hello, Miles, is that you ?" sang out Mr Gillett, of tbe banking house of Miles & Gillett, New York, through the telephone Monday morning. Mr Gillett was in the work-room of the postal lelegraph ofhee, No. 49 Broadway, and his partner was in Meadville, Fa., 509 miles away. They were testing a new invention in long-dis tance "telepbonography," in which both are interested and unwilling to take the inventor's word for the success of his ma chine. They agreed that Mr Miles should go to Meadville and Mr Gillett should stay here, and that on Sunday morning, at 10:80, they should communicate. t(ii nnr nia a onnn Afilaa" nnntintlofl Kia partner. "Ob, 1 cant sing!" lhe reply came back distinctly to a half dozen interested persons who were standing around with transmitters to their ears. "There are some linemen mending the line somewhere between you and me, and tbe induction is very bad. After a good deal of persua sion Mr Beall, a gentleman with a tenor voice in Meadville, was induced to come to the instrument and sang "Good-bye, Sweetheart." Every tone, every word, and indeed the vibration of his voice could be distinctly heard. What Fossils Teach. In a recent lecture Dr. P. H. Carpenter of Eton Col lege mentioned the case of Greenland as an illustration of the manner in which the earth's history is read from fossils, those remains of by-gone life which in the mid dle ages were regarded as "sports of na ture." Fossils of four climates, all warmer than the present icy one, are found in that country. Remains of the oak and the maple tell us that tbe climate was once very similar to that of England to-day, and the coal, found lower down, shows that something approaching tropical heat prevailed at an earlier period, lhe fos sils of certain sea creatures appear on the land, and that Greenland once lay beneath tbe sea and that its water was temperate, while the coral, obtained still lower down, must have grown when the waters were still warmer. EdlT An English electrical journal has discovered the iollowing popular fallacies concerning lightning, viz.: That chewing the splinters from a tree struck by light ning will cure the toothache; that such splinters will not burn; that the bodies of those killed by lightning shook do not be come corrupt, and that no one is killed by lightning while asleep. . . Dividend Notice. North Carolina Railroad Company,) Secretary and Treasurer's Office, Company Shops, N. C, Jan. 31st, 1885. ) The Directors of the North Carolina Railroad Company have declared a Dividend of 6 per cent, three per cent payable on 1st March next to Stockholders of record on 10th February and three per cent on 1st September to Stockholders on 10th August. The transfer Books will be closed from 10tl February to 1st March, and from 10th August to 1st September, 1885. . " P. B. RUFFIN, Feb. 6. 1885. Secretary. , Washington Avenue Hotel, -New Orleans, La. 1 r North Carolinians visiting New Orleans during the Exposition will find J. C. S. TIMBERLAKE of Haywood White Sulphur Springs, at 180 Washington Avenue, prepared to accommodate guests with , handsomely furnished Rooms and first class Board. . " : ' ' Jan. 9, 1885. 4w Strong Men. J Some Remarkable Feats of Personal Prowess by Celebrated Characters. The, present Emperor of Russia, says ! the Sad Francisco Examiner, is said to be one of the strongest men in his empire of herculien individuals. While the heir ap parent, he one day visited his father, tbe late Emperor, to complain that his mail was tampered with. The Emperor sect for the Chief of Police, drew from him a confession of guilt, and chided him in the presence of the Czarowitz. The latter said not a word, but handed the crestfallen functionary a sign of how great was his anger in the form of a silver rouble twisted into a roll. In his younger days this was a favorite visiting card of the Czarowitz. He could strike a poker against his arm and bend it, bite pieces oat of china cups, feats which were' in "the repertoire of Thomas Tapham, the celebrity of Isling ton, London. Tapham was a drayman, and sometimes, when exhilarated by the vast potions of liquor supplied him by admirers, he would take his horses's place between the shafts. He bad a playful habit of twisting heavy kitchen pokers into a coil about tbe necks of trembling countrymen. One night, after having astonished a tavernful with his drinking powers, he came upon a watchman peacefully 'slumbering in his box, and threw the box and man over tbe wall of a burial ground. In 1871 M. Gregorie, claiming to be 71 years old, astonished' the physicians and the public of a town near London by car rying 700 pounde with ease, lifting an ox and-performing other wonderful feats. A celebrated London physician who exam ined Gregorie describes him as an exag gerated Btudy by Hayden. His shoulders were prodigious, and his biceps almost incredible. Gregorie's strength, rather than a source of pride to him, was the cause of anxiety. Although the mildest of men, he lived in dread that he should be provoked to use his strength against a fellow-being. He was afraid to nurse his own child lest he should give it a iatal squeeze. Nearly all individuals of uncommon strength make up in balk what they are deficient in height. Stanley, the African explorer, describes a strong man who was 6 feet 5 inches, and rather disproportion ately slender. He could toss an ordinary man 10 feet in the air and catch him in his descent. He would take one of the large white Muscat donkeys by 'the ears, and, with a sudden movement of his right foot, lay the surprised ass on his back. He could carry a 3-vear-old bul lock half way round his master's planta tion. Once he actually bore twelve men on his back, shoulders and chest a distance of 300 feet. Middle-aged, people who remember the dawn of interest in muscular exercises, recall Dr. Winship, the originator of the idea which was subsequently embodied in lifting machines. 1 he astonishment that the doctor's performances created was equal to that of the Berliners a few years ago at Jorgnery's feats. The most won derful of these was known as the trapeze feat. The Frenchman hung suspended by his legs from a-swinging bar, and by sheer muscular strength lifted a heavy horse and its rider of the stage, suspending them several minutes and then letting them down gradually and evenly as he raised them. Mervine Thompson's achievement at Rochester, N. Y., last year, was, however, in the opinion of competent judges, more surprising than this. Thompson laid his face downward on a firmly fixed ladder and resisted, the efforts of a team of pow erful horses to pull him from that posi tion. A cewspaper writer, in reviewing this wonderful performance, remarks that the little mention with which it escaped could happen only in a nation where strong men were common. The same feat in 1675 gave Wm. Joy the name of the English Samson. The medical faculty of Vienna thought the strength of Joseph Pospischilli worthy of discussion at several special meetings. This man held a table suspended by his teeth while three gypsies danced upon it. He and one of bis brothers bore upon their shoulders a sort of wooden bridge while a horse drawing a cart full of stones was driven over it. Poepischilli's strength was, thought to reside in his neck, and his bones were said to be twice as large as the usual size. Fishing parties and explorers in the wilds of Northern Wisconsin were a few years ago familiar with Peter Fanquette, the Samson of the region. He was a fa mous woodman, possessed of mighty en durance, and muscles that were like iron. Senator Clark says: "I have had him bare his arm to me and crack hickory nuts upon the mnseles. It was like cracking them on a stone. He could take a handful of dried, hard hick ory nuts and crush them to pieces by merely tightening his fist. On one occasion, while serving as guide for a party of explorers, a yoke of oxen drawing the boat down the Fox gave out through fatigue. Panquette took their place and hauled the boat along, heeding tbe strain less than the beasts. Sheppard, the wonder "of the Coventry Volunteers, whose muscular development answers to the description given of Fan quette, like the latter, wore his hair long. With the half-breed it was a' custom de rived from his copper-colored ancestors; but with the ruddy Englishman it was in obedience to his belief that all his strength lay in his flowing yellow locks. Sheppard could lift a heavy: man in each hand add bold them. at arm' length. He could toss enormous tables, barrels and bags of flour about as though they were filled with feathers. He could take a pewter pint pot and tear it into pieces with his teeth, and he coold munch large oyster shells as a person would munch a biscuit. Sheppard was the wonder' of the country around, but his prosperous popularity de veloped enemies, and one of these, it is re lated, induced the strong man to drink deeply and while sunk in stupor cut off his luxuriant hair. Sheppard awoke felt his ' bare poll, and in tones of horror an nounced his strength was gone. - Whether because each was the esse, or because he wished to excite superstitious credulity, the strong man from that moment was weak, timid and hesitating until ' his hair was long again. .Wood Manufactures in North Carolina. North Carolina claims to have 120 dif ferent timber trees, ont of the 338 found in the United States. One hundred and thir teen specimens were exhibited at Boston, it is said, and each one of these could ' be put to some good use, if we only" knew how to do it. Our woods include nearly all of the nicest and largest soft woods, ; cypress, juniper, cedar, poplar, pine, Jkc, all of the most valuable hard woods, hickory,' white oak, maple, dogwood, and persimmon, and the very finest of the orna mental woods, like our walnut, cherry, mountain mahogany in the West, holly, and our red bay in the East. " But with all these splendid resources, the finest of any State at the present day, we are practically without any manufactories of wood of more than neighborhood impor tance. Cutting wood into planks or blocks and shipping it, is not manufactur ing it. We ship barrel staves, spoke tim ber, handle timber, shuttle and bobbin blacks, to be made into tbe manufactured articles at the North. ,We sell our magnificent cherry and walnut logs, worth 150 and $100 when cut into boards, for $5, or it may be $10. Our birth right for a mess of pottage ! , . t .. The following tscts are submitted in evidence of this state of things: Articles of wood sold in Raleigh manu factured outside of North Carolina. Furniture, all comes from Baltimore, Cin cinnati, Grand Rapids, &c. One lot of furniture from Chattanooga, known to be made from Western North Carolina wal nut. The uew furniture for the Yarbo rongh was brought from Michigan, and travelled right through our walnut and cherry forests (via Western North Caro lina Railroad.) Well buckets, we mention the articles as we found them, of white oak, from Nashville, Tenn. Axe and other bandies, hickory and white oak, from Baltimore and the West. Small tool handles, beeoh,oak and hickory, from New England. Ditto, from Georgia. Buckets, tubs, &o., from white pine, ash, cypress, ceder, juniper, all come from North New York and Baltimore. The bucket factory at Newbern failed, we are told, on account of bad work. Their wares dropped to "pieces want of knowledge and skill, and not the fault of the timber. Grain measures, bushel and half bushel, all from Baltimore and New York. Brooms, all from North and West. Baskets, from Baltimore and New York, while our up lands are full of good white oak, and our bottoms of willow. Kitchen utensils, bread trays, all from the North, when our papaw gum makes the lightest, nicest tray ever seen; biscuit rollers and boards come from New England, of course; coffee mills from Connecticut; churns from Ohio and Michigan; faucets from Pennsylvania and New England; spoons, butter-paddles and skimmers it takes a Yankee to con descend to such small things, though they sell, wholesale, at 25 to 50 cents a dozen. Maine makes the shoe pegs and clothes pins from her beech, and doing it altogether by machinery, makes money at it. Bench screws and carpenters' wooden tools and handles are made in Connecticut from beech, oak and hickory mostly. They must buy their material somewhere, for they have no fine grained, hard wood. Stepladders, on Bale in Raleigh, were made at Erie, Pa., in New York State and in New England. Great numbers are sold. Frames for looking glasses you would be astonished to hear how many of these . are sold are all made in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Other kinds of frame and moulding comes from Baltimore and NewYork. The wheelbarrows used on our railroads, the pick handles and shovel handles, all come from Ohio. So do the snathes and hoe handles that the farmers use. But we cannot go into the list of agricultural im plements. A few are made at home, but, if we follow the most of them up, they will lead us to Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; to Chicago, to Indianapolis, to South Bend, 111., and into the Northwest. In a carriage Bhop in Raleigh can be found wheels made in Indianapolis, of very inferior hickory, too; wagons from Ohio and Illinois, buggies the cheapest come from- Cincinnati and Indianapolis, made by machinery, of course. They drop to pieces with a year's use. Bodies of buggies and carriages, bass, ash and oak, made at Columbus, Ohio; shafts and tongues from the same place. But let us turn from this humiliating spectacle and enumerate the few standard articles of trade manufactured in North Carolina and found on sale in Raleigh. Home Wooden Manufactures. Han dles, beautiful white hickory from Greens boro. "Why don't you get them all from there?" we asked. "Because they are too dear, we buy our cheapest handles in Baltimore," the merchant answered. The only factory made hollow ware which we found was fish tubs and barrels, and wretched things they were, good timber but bad work. Rims and spokes, the best are home made, we were assured. The carriage man affirmed that tbe best bug gies were made at home, but he could not say the same for the wagons. The one standard article of trade in which we now (compete successfully with outside manu factories is sash and doors, ihese were a few years ago imported also, now we can make them at home as cheap as we can buy them in' Baltimore. We have heard of one regular furniture factory at Old Fort, McDowell county, but we do not see any furniture from there in these parts. And herewith the whole story of North Carolina wooden mannfactures is told ! Put it by the side of her timber resources, and are we not ashamed of it. What is the cause of this state 'of things ? Will any body say that it is best it should be so, that we can afford to pay for these things with our wheat, cotton and tobacco? Every one knows1 that the profits in manufacturing are far greater than in growing wheat, eotton or tobacco, while the existence of factories ' in a com mtfnity always advances 'the price of everything tbe farmer sells. .No, don't letas sophisticate,1 but acknowledge the corn!' We don't know how to make these things to good advantage, and, therefore, we do some menial or less skilled labor and buy all oar wooden manufactures from oar smarter neighbors.' ' 4 :, - If we had an institution in North Caro lina which would teach cur boys the use of tne latne, the plaining and moulding machine and all other wood-working machinery, along with general mechanics, how long do you think it would take those boys to stop this exportation of crude timber and this importation of wooden manufactures? 2?r. C. W.Dabnev. Be Systematic. ' No great work was ever accomplished without system. Did vou ever stop Ho consider how mucl time is loBt in this world for lack, of system. A house keeper will lor lack of system fool away the morning hours, and dinner time comes before the' breakfast dishes are washed, simply because half a dozen things are under way at the same time, and no one thing accomplished. . You sometimes ask a young man whom you. know ought to have plenty oi leisure, why he did not do such and such a thing.only to be answered : "I didn't have time." Why did he not have time ? He was idling with a few friends, maybe, telling stories, or what may be worse, doing nothing, and before he is aware of it his spare time was up it had been wasted. You have no idea how much work can be accomplished in a day if there is only system and apnlication. A few moment's work at a certain time each day on some special object will ac complish that object before the worker is fairly aware of it, and at the same time will not interfere with the regular duties of the hour. Every moment is precious, and under some systematic nlan can be utilized for business or pleasure. The merchant who does business in a slipshod way is not the man who succeeds. The mechanic who only works to kill tirae,aud lacks system in what he does is tbe one who always plods along in the same old rut. No matter how hard may be your work it can be made much easier by tak ing advantage of every minute of time and systematizing your operations accord ing to tbe time you have and the work on hand. You can't let up on a iob bssun without danger of complicating affairs and increasing your work. You can't at tend to half a dozen different things at the same time without slighting all of them. The only sure plau of success in lifo is to systematize your every action so that every move counts toward the object you would accomplish. Stopping Vibrations. In an . estab lishment where numbers of sewing ma chines are used there was much annoyance from the ring and singing of the machines in motion. The manager raised them from the floor, and put slips of rubber under the legs. lhe device was useless, and bits of lead were substituted with no relief. An intelligent mechanic was called in, and he drilled holes in .the legs, and even in the tables of the machines, coun tersunk them, introduced plugs of soft bar lead, and riveted them in. lhere were no more noisy vibrations. To determine the place of the vibration, ho used an ordi nary spirit level in an iron case, and holding it against an upright portion, as a leg, eo that the bubble was visible, he de tected tbe vibration by the change in shape of the bubble. A good story is told of a promi nent lawyer who hasfignred conspicuously in all kinds of reform movements and prides himself greatly on his integrity and his abhorrence of dishonesty in any form. His firm having of late become identified with a great many assignments on behalf of the debtors, he was asked a few days ago by a fellow-lawyer if he believed all these assignments to be straight, to which he replied: "I have no doubt that there is a good deal of crookedness in some of these failures, but my reputation is so high that men who have not a clear conscience don't come to me, but go to my partner!" - (Jnicago Tribune. EST" Queen Elizabeth once said to a courtier: "Those succeed be6t in this life who pass over it quickly; if we stop we sink." This saying might oft be repeated, and with profit, too, if oftener practiced. Life being short, we should make the most of it while it lasts. Let one trust himself, let him exert his capabilities to th eir fullest exterr, and sooner or later success will be his. To fail is absolutely impossible, if a man is fully determined to succeed and has an established purpose in view. - The followincr anecdote is told of J ndge Abbott, one of the members of tbe House Investigating Committee, which went to South Carolina : When he was in Charleston he asked the old darkey at work in bis room what made him so slow, about building tbe fire. The reply was: "Fact is, Judge, dar is no coal down stairs. Fee bin np and down de alley, and stole all de wood I could find, and in de present demor'iized condition of society, I can't do no better." Croup attacks children at nijiht. and is distinguished by a peculiar barking sound. One of the earliest symptoms is hoarseness.' Apply hot water to the throat for fifteen or twenty minutes with a sponge or hot cloth, and give, pow dered alum mixed with syrup in half-; tesspoonful doses, repeated every twenty. minutes until vomiting takes place. Keep the child warm, so that sweating may be induced. " ' 4 A simple but - infallible test for alam in flour : If a portion of adulterated fioir is placed in a small qnantity " of chloroform the flour floats, while tbe alum or other mineral matter sinks to the bot tom. ' In a similar way alum in bread may be instantly detected by placing: a small piece of the suspected loaf in a sola tion of logwood and carbonate of ammonia; if alum be present the, bread will tarn blue. -;- . " v.: " ;. ' 3!f.Sir Joseph Fayrer considers it most , remarkable that a poisonous snake cannot poison one of its species ' and' only' slightly any venomous snake, although it quickly kills harmless snakes. A .vigor ous cobra can kill several dogi or from a dozen to twenty fowls before its bite be cornea impotent, and then the rapid reae cretion of vims soon makes it as danger ous as ever. Jan. 16,1885.