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? 11 1 MM TflI3 Paper is 36 Yeaks Old CHARLOTTE, N. C;, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, ; 1889. VOLUME XXXVII. NUMBEK 1808 THE C HA RLOTTE DEMOCRAT, Published eveby Feidat bt STRONG & CHRISTIAN. Tbbms One Dollar and Fifty Cents in advance for 1 year Two Dollars on time. o Entered at the Poet Office in Charlotte, N rj as second class matter," according to the fljies of the P. O. Department. J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., Oilers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, noth night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1885. Dr. E. C. REGISTER, Charlotte, N. C, (OJfice in Belmont Hotel, Trade t street.) Oilers hi8 Professional Services to jhe citizens of Charlotte and the surrounding country. Orders left at the Office orat the Central Hotel, will be promptly attended.to. Jan. 13, '8S. i. BURWKLL. P. D. WALKER. BUR WELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office in Law Building. Jan. 1,1884. f. I. OSBORNE. W. C. MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. tW Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. July 3, 1886. y HAMILTON C JONES. CHARLES W. TILLETT. JONES & TILLETT, Attorneys at Law. Charlotte, N. C. Practice in the Courts of this District and in Richmond county. Also, in. the Federal Courts of the Western District. Aug. 12, 1887. .HERIOT CLAKKSON. CHAS. H. DDLS. CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. iProtapt attention given to all business trusted. Will practice in all Courts of in the etate. E"Qffie No. 12 Law Building. Oct. .7. 1687. HUGH W. HARRIS. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office, first door west of Court House. Jan. 4, 1888. G. P. BASON, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office No. 16. Law Buildine. Jan. 14, 1887. DR. M. A. BLAND. Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. TJffloe in Scown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for Uie painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1884. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice Limiied to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. Jan. 1.1888. HOFFMAN & ALEXANDER, Surgeon Dentists, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office over A. R. Nisbet & Bro's store. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Jan. 1,1888. Dr. C. A. Misenneimer, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. tS" Office over Butler's Jewelry Store, Tryon street. Orders left at Office or at McAden's Drug oiore will receive prompt attention. Residence, corner 9th and Church streets. March 2, '88. yr J. E. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. "Practice in the State and Federal Courts. ZW Office, No. 6 Law Building Jan. 18, 1889. BOOKS Of All Kinds at ROSS & ADAMS'. Special attention given to MAIL ORDER3 from the country. Store next to First National Bank, Charlotte a. U. ROSS & ADAMS. Feb. it, '88. THE STAR MILLS, Charlotte, N. C, Manufactures best Corn Meal and Mill Feed ana deals in all kinds of Grain. The Mill is situated near the Railroad crossing u Xinsi i raae street. W. M. CROWELL Nov. 11,1837. yr 100,000 Pounds OF RAGS WANTED. Paid in Cash or Trade, at ROSS ADAMS' Book and Stationery Store, No. 17 8. Tryon St Linseed Oil. ' urpenune, Varnishes, Colors, Paint Brushes u everything required by Painters at WILSON DRUG CO. Hood's Sarsaparilla Trd. al'the leading PATENT MEDICINES R. H. JORDAN & CO Avery prettv foliage decoration for rooms or conservatories can be made of a white sponge. Fill the sponge fall of rice, canary, hemp, grass or other seeds. Then place it in a shallow fancy disb. The prettier the dish is, of eourso, the prettier the decoration will be. Ponr water in the dish; the eponge will absorb this. Keep enough water to always bare the sponge moist. In a short time the seeds will sprout and make the sponge look very pretty. The dish can then be placed on a table or the sponge can be suspended without the disb in some posi tion where it is exposed to the sunlight. It must be well watered, se that the sponge is always moist, and it will tbn exhibit a mass of delicate green foliage. N. Y. Express. MORTGAGEE'S SALE, By virtue of the power contained in a Mort gage duly executed to me by C. C. Cooper on the 20th day of March. 1884, and registered in Book 37, page 379, of the Register's efflce of Mecklenburg county, I will sell for cash, to the highest bidder, at the Court House door in the city of Charlotte, on the 18th day of February, 1889, the following described Tract of LAND : Lying and being in the county aforesaid, in Steel Creek Township, and adjoining the lands of Mrs M. J. Ross, myself and others. For a more specific description see said Mortgage. Said sale is made to satisfy said Mortgage, which was given for the purchase money of said land. THOMAS GR1ER, Jan. 18, 1889. 5w Trustee. SALE OF LAND. By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county. I will sell on Wednes day, February 13. 1889, at 12 o'clock M., at Potts & Brown's Store in Davidson College, N. C, the following LAND : 1. The Home Place of the late Law son A. Potts, about three miles from Davidson College, containing about 117 Acres. On this Tract is the large residence of L. A. Potts. 2. One undivided half of the Potts & Brown Mill Tract, on the Catawba River, and contain ing about 147 Acres- On this Tract is the Potts & Brown Mill, and the land is of fine quality. 3. One undivided half of the Potts & Brown Store-House and Lot at Davidson College. The Lot is about 110x300 feet and the Store is of brick, two stories and 25x90 feet. At the same time and place and upon the same terms I will also sell the Cotton Gin, Engine, Boiler, &c , now on the home place above de scribed. Terms 5 per cent cash; balance on credit of six and twelve months, purchaser giving notes with good security. Persons desiring to purchase any of the above property, can obtain any information from Jno. D. Brown, Frank Knox or myself. J. L. JETTON, Jan. 11, 1889. 5w Commissioner. MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of two mortgages made to me by D. Rea, and registered respectively in Book 51, page 594, and Book 57, page 549, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg county, I will sell at the Uourt House door in Charlotte, on February 4th, 1889, at 12 o.clock 31., to the high est bidder, for cash, the land described in the mortgage first above mentioned, to-wit : First. A tract containing 206 acres, adjoining the lands of W. M. Mills and others, and known as the "Orr Place." Second. The tract of land in Providence Township, containing 31 acres, and known as the Matthews Tract. Third. A tract of about 343 acres in Provi dence Township, adjoining the lands of T. L. Vail, William Rea, Mrs. J. M. Matthews, Provi dence Church and others. Fourth. A tract containing about 1414 acres, adjoining the lands of S. R. Grier and David J. Kea s Home rlace. The land will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Also, at the same time and place, I will sell ten mules in the possession of said D. J. Rea, and conveyed and described in the second mortgage above mentioned. For terms and information apply to me. R. M. OATES. Jan. 4, 1889. 5w Mortgfgee. TWO-HORSE FARM. I offer for sale a nice two-horse FARM, con sisting of 75 acres, located near the Providence road, about 4 miles irom un&noue. ya me premises is a good new irame uwemng ana two tenant nouses. 1 ho Liana is good and every acre can be cultivated. Apply on the premises or address me through the Charlotte r. O. ISAAC N. ALEXANDER, Sr. Oct. 5. 1888. tf Special Announcement. Don't fail to read this possib'y it will mean money in your pocket. We have bought an unusually heavy stock of CLOTHING and we mean to sell them at prices that make ready sales. If your limit is 1 5, we can accommodate you. If you wish a suit say at $6, you will find it in our stock. If $7.50 is your price, we give a eood assortment to select from. We are ofler- ins special values at 1U. $12 and S10. uon t fail to see them. OVERCOATS to suit the masses. Full line of little Boys' Clothing at $1.48, $1.98, $2.75, $3, $4, $4 50, $5, $6, $7, $8 and $9 a suit. T. L. SEIQLE & CO. Nov. 9, 1888. Horse and Cattle Powders. If your horse or cow is reduced in flesh, does not eat well, hair rough, try our fowders war ranted to improve their condition or money re funded. W. H. WEARN & CO. Beady -Mixed Faints In small Cans. You can give your old buggy or wagon a fresh coat, and be surprised how easy it can be. applied, and what an improvement in the appearance. Yon or Your wife can repaint the chairs, tables, bedstead or anything else needing it, and oe more tnan paid for the cost and laoor W. H. WEARN & W Pepotash and Huckleberry Cordial for bowel troubles. A full line of Patent Medicines of all kinds. Call and see us. W. H. WEARN & CO June 1. '88. J. G. SHANNONHOUSE & CO.'S List of Goods now in Stock: Brennan's Cane Mills. Cider Mills and Evaporators, Roland and Syracuse Chilled Plows, Meikle's Steel Plows, Cultivators, Corbin Acme and Thomas Harrows Corn Shelters, Feed Cutters, Davis Swing Chums, ' Farm Bells. Mewers. Horse Rakes, Superior Grain Drills, Tennessee Wagocs, Wateitown and other Spring Wagons, Open and Top Buggies, Road Carts, Plantation Manure Spreaders, &c , Choice Field and Grass Seeds in season Come to the Agricultural Implement House for Goods in our line. J. G. SHANNONHOUSE & CO. Jul7l3 83 Be What Yon Seem.- BY ADELAIDE A. PBOCTOR. , - To play through life a perfect part, 4 Unnotioed and unknown, ,; ? To seek no rest in any heart; Save only God1 alone; In little things to own no will, To have no share in great, . To find the labor ready still,;. -. And for the crown to wai . Upon the brow to bear bo trace Of more than common care. To write no secret in the face For men to read it there. J The daily cross to clasp and bless With saeh familiar zeal, As hides from all that not the less The daily weight yon feeL In toils that praise will never pay, v To see your life jjo psW . - :' To meet in every coming day ' Twin sister of the last; To hear of high heroic things, And yield them reverence due, Bat teel life's daily sufferings Are far more fit for yon. To woo no secret, soft disguise To which self-love is proce, Unnoticed by all other eyes, Unworthy in yoar own; To yield with snch a happy art, That no one thinks yon care. And say to your poor bleeding heart, "How little yon can bear !' Oh ! 'tis a pathway hard to choose, A struggle hard to share, For human pride would still refuse The nameless trials there; But since we know the gate is low That leads to heavenly bliss, What higher grace could God bestow Than such a life as this ! - A Gentle Reprepf. Woman who was riding in a railway was greatly annoyed by the profane A car. language of two young men who occupied the seat in front of her, one of whom seemed to be a college student. An ex change tells-bow she stopped the profan ity : She thought she would rebuke him, and on begging pardon for interupting them asked the young student if he had studied the languages. "Yes, madam, I have mastered the anguages quite well." "Do you read and speak Hebrew t "Quite fluently." "Will you be so kind as to ' do me a small favor ?" With great pleasure; I am at your ser- vice." "Will von be so kind as to do your swearing in Hebrew ?" We may well suppose the lady was not annoyed any more by the angentlemanly angaage of this would-be gentleman. NOTICE OF TAX SALES. On the first Monday of February, 1889, 1 will sell at public sale at the Court House door in Charlotte at 12 M., for the non-payment of Taxes for the year, 1887, the following described tracts or parcels of Land and City and Town Lots listed for taxation and situated in the re spective Townshjps hereafter named. The amount of taxes due is set opposite the descrip tion of each tract, parcel or lot : Charlotte TownBhip Jno W Brown, 1 lot. $4.76; Cyrus Black, 47 acres, $6.66: J T Butler, 41 acres and 6 lots, $50.73; Alex Caldwell, 1 lot, $1.53; Alfred Caldwell, H acre, 77 cents; S W Davis, agent for 8 A Davis, 1 lot, $6.68; L Deaton. 1 lot. $9.95; Harnett iSlwood, 6U acres, $4 o; u w jidins, 1 101, $ 33.03; airs a A Gaston, 1 lot, $4.59; Usborne Hunter, 1 acre. 56 cents; Tom Holly, 1 lot. $2.91; Isaac Huntley. 1 lot. 17 cents; Lambert uunter, M acre. 63 cents; Alfred Harris, 1 lot, a cents; J Jrl Ken drick. 2 lots. $24 24; George Martin, 1 lot. $2.27; Kuf us Moore, 1 lot, $1.63; J is. rureloy, 1 lot, $1.86; Mrs S E Purefoy, 1 acre and 1 lot, $7.28; Oliver Peeler, 10 acres, $2.49; J D ralmer, acres and 6 lots. $14.6d; Kufus Keid. 1 lot. $3.96; H O Severs, 4i acres, $4 77; Randle Stewart, 1 lot, $1.60; Jno T Schenck, 28 lots, $12.16; B H Sumner, 18 lots, $9.18; Cicero Smith, 14 acre. $1; Schenck & Toole, 8 acres, $3.83: Rosa B Smith. 5 acres and 1 lot, $12 55; J P Smith, guardian, 21 acres, $6.12; Gray J Tool, 1 lot. $9 22; E 8 Wilson, 1 lot, $757; J W Gordon, 1 lot. $4.27. Berryhjll Township Mrs F C Douglas, estate, 100 acres, $4.82. Sharon Township S t Uarrison, 8 acres $3.21; Archer . Stewart, 40 acres, $2 04: W M Smith, Mrs Lee, 215 acres, $3 01; T K Sam monds, 505 acres, $23.34. Providence Township Oswald Alexander. 81 acres. $4.18 ; P M Morris. 256 acres, $12.67; B R Smith, 593 acres, for 1886, X30.U3; a a smith, 493 acres, for 1837, $24.86. Clear Creek Township J C Carter, 109 acres, $560. Crab Orchard Township Dan A Johnston, 111 acres, $6.89; C Morris, 282 acres, $15.99 Mallard Creek Township Mrs M M Hunter, 84 acres, 88 cts ; Zeb Johnston, 89 acres, $1.40 ; Heirs of Z L Morris, 110 acres, $5.20; F M Mor ris, 219 acres, $10.35. Dewese Township Stanford Holtscaw, 1 lot. 59 cts. Lemley Township Jas Hastings, 150 acres, $5.09. Long, Creek Townshifj J S Davidson. 600 acres, $41.03; W W Flemming. A el H J Fox, 70 acres, $7.65; J T McLure, 43 acres, $4 00; N W Thrower, 137 acres, $3 31. Paw Creek Township C L King, Agt King heirs, 84 acres, $4.05; 3 W Wilson, 25 acres. $1.38. Morning Star Township Martin L Harkey 128 acres, $9.03. Pineville Township W H Allen, 75 acres $3 97; J A Campbell. 1 acre, $1.73; Mose Conner, 17 acres. 90 cts; W C Goode. 1 lot. $3 38; Mrs I J Kirkpatrick, 2 lots, $4.39; L H Robinson, 82 acres, $9.7U; w v Russell, Agt, 07 acres and 1 lot, $7.8U. T. S. COOPER, Ex-Sheriff. Jan 4. 1889. 4w Administratrix's Notice. Having this day qualified before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county as Administratrix of the Estate of C. A. Rigler, deceased, notice is hereby given to all parties holding claims against said decedent to present them to me for payment before the 20th day of January, low, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said decedent will make immediate payment to me. This Uth January, 1889. Z V. RIGLER. Adm'x. of C. A. Rigler, dee'd Jan. 18, 1889. ow ?- STERLING SILVER. We have lust received an immense stock of beautiful articles of Sterling Silver in elegant Plush cases. . A year ago we sold large quantities of Silver Plated Ware. Our customers now want Solid Silver. To meet the demands, we have now laid in a large stock which we sell at prices that, cannot be duplicated. BOYNE & BADGER, Leading Jewelers and Opticians. Jan. 18, 1889. Charlotte, N. O. A Stimulus to Southern Cotton-Milling. Among the most prosperous cotton fac tories in the Sontb are Camperdown, the Clifton, the Palter and' the Piedmont mills of this State. These mills have tost declared semi-annual", dividends of five percent."' ' ' ",.Y The stock of the Clifton" mills is now said to! b worth $145 per share. . The successful reoord of these three mills oucht to and doubtless will serve as a stimulus toward , the organization of ad ditional cotton manufacturing companies n South Carolina ' ; , . This is one industry in which the South ought to enjoy a monopoly, and the , es- abashment of additional plants should be enthusiastically chronicled by every Southern newspaper that-desires to see the section prosper and grow. The mills located iaNw JSogland and. a otner portions 01 ine noun, noiwiin standing their numerous and often serious disadvantages, are all said to be earning arge profits. The reports published from the factories in the first section1 indicate unusual prosperity. The dividends paid by them during tne year just ended were remarkably large. We note that , the Union mill paid as high as 30 per cent, that the American Linen paid 22$, the Granite 22, Troy 20, Bourne 16, Seaconet 75, Pepperill 14, Sagamore 13, Manches ter I2i, Fall River 12, Wampanoag lH, Border City 11, and the D wight. Pacific, awrenoe, Amoskeag, Nashua and it hat mills 10 per cent, and many othtrl 0 per cent. These mills, and all others, are said to be orowded with orders, and they all bid fair to increase their dividends in 1889. If these mills in New Englsnd, so far removed from the "raw material, can produce such gratifying results to their stockholders, bow much more satisfactory ought investments of Southern cotton mills prove. Here we have the raw ma terial at the very doors of oar factories, obviating expensive outlays for transpor tation that must necessarily be incurred by those mills remote from the cotton elds. A leading mill engineer of Rhode Is and in a recent communication to the Baltimore Manufacturer's Reoord, stated that a 40,000 pindle mill located at any well selected site 10 the cotton growing section of the South, and properly equipped with the latest and most ap proved style of machinery lor the manuf acture of standard sheeting, costing $800,000, would consume 20,000 bales. It is variously estimated that the differ ence in cosi 01 a oaie 01 cocion 4u pounds between the mills in South C aro ma and Fall River, Mass., is from $4 to $8 per bale. Taking the lowest estimate of $4 per bale as a basis, and it will be easily seen that there is a sum of $30,000 n favor of the South Carolina mills, or a saving of 10 per cent on the complete cost of the mill, on cotton alone. This may be viewed as a reliable exhibit, and it should undoubtedly stimulate the cotton milling industry in South Carolina. Charleston World. Printers Exempt from Disease. Owing to the dust arising from type metal, and the tendency of compositors to lean over the Case while at work, it has been frequently asserted that the print- ing business is not conauoive 10 long life. This is a mistake. There is scarcely 1 anv indoor occupation, when oare as to eating and drinking is observed, tbat is healthier than that of printing. During yellow fever periods in the southern states, they were singularly exempt, and this has also been the case in the cholera epidem lcs which have recently occured in various Btates in South America. Recently, the cholera prevailed in Chilly, causing great mortalitv among the people, yet out 01 one hundred members of the Typographi cal Union ol Valparaiso, not one member had been attacked. In the visitation of yellow fever in the fifties in Alabama and New Orleans, the printers were the last to leave their post of duty. On one occasion the writer passed through Montgomery, Ala., where a compositor on the Alabama state Jour nal was the only white inhabitant in the plague stricken city. As we were then re turning to New York, we bad to pass either through cholera at Nashville and in Virginia, or go through yellow fever at Mobile or New Orleans, so we did not tarry in the city; but on returning next season, we tried to make the acquaintance of this brave typo, but found tbat he bad from some other ailment "closed his take" and passed - to that bourne from whence there is no returning. During the recent epidemic in Florida, we have heard 0 but very few printers among the victims, but they have stood nobly up to their posts of duty. St. Louis Stationer. egr Next to moral weakness, a fear of the difficulties to be metis, undoubtedly the most unfortunate mental trait of any young person. FERTILIZERS. I am now prepared to furnish Ammoniated Guano, Acid Phosphate and Kainit to the. trade. It is not necessary for me to say anything in behalf of the brands I represent, as they f re too well known to require any recommendation. having been sold in our county for more than ten years. ' I advise my friends to make their contracts for Fertilizers at once, as most manufacturers bare already sold out their entire stock, and I look for a much higher price in consequence. I offer 500 Tons Stono Acid Phosphate. 200 Etiwan Dissolved Bone. 500 H Royster & Strudwick High Grade Acid Phosphate. 500 " . Farmer's Friend Quano. 200 " German Kainit. ' E. B. SPRINGS. Jan. 18, 1889. GILREATH & CO., (Successors to Pegram fc Co.,) Charlotte, N. C, Have received their Fall stock of BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS, TRUNKS AND VALISES. The best and largest assortment to select from. Lowest prices and perfect satisfaction in every way. t2T Give us a call. - GILREATH A CO., : 16 Bonth Tryon St, opposite Central Hotel. Oct. 26, 1888. A Discouraged Lawyer. mi - - 1 . . . mere was an assault ana Dauerv case before a county lostioe not many miles from Detroit, the other day, aad the plain- (.111 came 10 ine city ana ensaeea an at torney of his acquaintance to represent mm. lot lawyer 101a . mm he baa a straight case and couldn't help but win it, ana on tne day of the suit be got a horse and buggy and drove out. Three or four miles from his objective point he was stopped by a farmer, who asked : Be you that Detroit lawyer?" "Yea." V Well. let me give you a hint. The de fendant is Jack, and he' rather a bad man. w nen you come to sum up be a! eetle careful what you say." Ibe lawyer bad gone another mile when ha was accosted by a man who sat by the roadside.: waiting for him: rBe yoa that Detroit lawyer T - " "Yes." "Well, be a leetle careful what you say about Jaok in oourt Jaok has a bad way of gettin' even with folks." A mile from the town he met two men. one of whom asked. "Be you that lawyer from Detroit?" t "Yea." Goia to appear again Jack yl spose?" "Yes." "Then be keerful what you say about him. tie's anus loaded tor b'ar. He drove on to the office of the justice, and a ooostable weloomed him and said : "I spose you'll pitoh into Jack more or less. I'll lend you a revolver, and you'd better hire a man to take that rig back to Detroit and you go home on the oars, uoa t give me away ana aon i neglect my advice." When the justice oame m he gave the attorney a cordial greeting and added : "After the trial is over you'd better stay right here in the office until a con stable can smuggle you into the woods. 1 dont want nothing to happen to you." When the case opened the Detroit law yer surprised the crowd by advisiog his client to leave 'everything, to his honor, and bis honor discharged the prisoner witb the remark : "Seems like a case of temporary insan ity, and the oost will be divided." De troit Free Press. It Changes with the Moon. . James Rothermel, who lives in Fayette county, this state, has a strange birth mark whioh makes him an object of su perstitious regard among his neighbors. According to a correspondent of the Pittsburg Post, on the back of Rother- mel s jead, just below snd a little to the right of the base of the brain, is a small cresoence. bluish in color and crescent shaped. The moment the moon begins turn the first quarter of her pole tb-Hiark begins to undergo a startling change. Its bluish color turns to a brilliant red, and the flesh below it and extending diagonally across his neck to the left shoulder begins to swell. As the moon grows older the birthmark gets redder and redder and redder, and the flesh swells more and more, until, when the moon has reached its "full," the crescent shaped mark is ol a fiery scarlet, and the flesh extending from the mark to the left shoulder has swollen into a horn-like roll, two or three inches in thickness at the largest point, and gradually tapering to a point near the left shoulder. As the moon gradually begins to wane, in like manner the scarlet of the orescent shaped mark becomes less fiery, the born- like roll across the neck to decrease in size, until when the moon is dark again there is nothing to be seen but the small bluish crescent shaped mark. For over twenty-eight years these changes have followed monthly with the. moon's phases; and so marked are they and ao regular that Rothermel can tell by simply placing his hand on the baok of bis neck exactly what stage the moon is in. Philadelphia American. tW For that very painful affection, ingrowing toe-nails, the simplest measure of relief which has been advocated is tbe application of taanin. Oae who has had manv years' experience with it uses a concentrated solution (an ounce of per fectly fresh tarns acid diaolved witb six drcchms of pure water, witb gentle heat), and has the soft parts around tbe nail painted twice a day. Two cases recently bad no paid or lameness after the first ap plication, and went about their work im mediately.which they could not do before. After about three weeks of this treatment the nail had grown to its proper length and breadth, and the cure was complete. Medical Journal. The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided an important matter The ques tion was, whether railroad stock is taxable in the county in which itieheld,or whether tbe taxing of tbe railroad property re lieves the stock from taxation. The Su preme Court holds that tbe stock shall be taxed. .... iST Tbe scotch thread-makers are buying vast quantities of wood for mak ing spools in this country. Bangor, Me., is tbe ehief export point, ooe firm alone shipping over 7,000,000 feet of - spool stock. The lumber, as it is sawed out, is called spool bars.' It is cut in various thicknesses, four feet long, from the best white birch timber, and is-tied up inban dies, convenient for handling. td&T The difference between a journal - 1st and an editor - Is, tbe lournslist is a man who writes thiags for the newspapers; the editor is the man who leaves out what the journalist writes. tS? The Vaaderbilts are richer than all the people' of North Carolina. The whole value of personal and real property in the State is $217,700,000. The Van- derbilts have $274,000,000. tT If vou wonld be popular, never talk ot yourself io country where fifty millions ot Deoole are bent on talking of themselves. - lafcj ' Do not expect too much from oth ers, but forbear and forgive, as yon desire forbearance and forgiveness, yourself. "The Hole in the Wall." ; What Led to the Origin of the U. S. Senate Hestaurant. "Tell me about the hole io the wall." "Well, it was one of the famous institu tions of our early days. I'll give you a full history of it something that has riever been told in print. It bad its origin in bam and bread. One of the Senators suggested to John Bealt, who was ser- geant at-arms away back in the thirties, tbat it would be a good thing to have a little luncheon set near by the hall, where hungry senators ooold run out and get a bite to eat. ; "bo Beall's wife boiled hams and made bread and Beall brought them down and set them up in a little circular. room just north ol the rotunda and on the east side of the corridor. Soon be added pickles, and the place became very popular. Then somebody suggested t5 Beall that" there ought to be a bottle of whiskey there, and after the whiskey had been procured there came a demand for gin, rum, brandy, wine and all sorts of things. In a little . while the place became a regular saloon. There was no bar, of course, , not even a side board, the bottles and demijohns, being set in rows on the shelves, ' ior a longtime the senators used to go in there and help themselves to what- - v . ever mey wanted, and the expense was run in under the contingent account, as horse hire or something like that. After a time the stock got so large and popular that it was no uncommon thing to see a dozen Senators and their friends in there drinking and having good times.- The little room, not more than twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, and taking its name from the fact that it was simply a hole in the wall, lighted only by one window, was often badly orowded, and a good deal of confusion resulted in the arrangement of the stock, so that the Senator who had a favorite brand of liquor had much trouble in finding it. Thus it became necessary to put a man in charge, and after a time the expense be came so great that it was not , easy to work it off in the Contingent account. Then the Senators were required - to pay for what they got, and after this was done leu on very rapidly. I3ut 11 was kept up till some years after the Senate moved into its present chamber in 1859. . It it is a good thing, I'm thinking, that the walls of that dark little room are dumb." Ohio State Journal. Quebies. Query: Why do hens cackle when they leave the nest ? To re port to the rooster the performance of their "pleasing duty," so he may conduct them to their companions. So say books on .Natural History, uuery: Are any animals herbivorous part of their lives, and carnivorous the -rest of their existence ? Frogs are herbivorous as tadpoles, and carniverous in the adult stage. Also, tad poles breathe like fish by gills, but frogs, not having ribs to aid in breathing, live by Bwallowing air, like tortoises. Query: Why do birds not fall from the perch when they are asleep? Because they cannot open the foot when the leg is bent. Look at a hen walking, and see it close its toes as it lifts its foot, and open tbem as it touches the ground. Query : Do any egg-laying animals deposit their eggs in a "hot-bed" of vegetable matter to secure the heat necessary for hatching them ? Yes. Alligators are hatched in hot-beds of mud and vegetable matter. The care ful mother stays near till she hears the young yelpers. when she tears open the pile and leads fifty or sixty young alli gators to the water. Nashville Advocate. Oil of Sassafras. The manufacture of the oil of sassafras is becoming an important industry in some parts of tbe country, especially in the Southern Slates, where this tree is common. Only the roots are used; they are chopped up into small pieces by a machine constructed for the purpose, the oil being then distilled from the chips by the aid of steam. About one gallon of the oil, weighing nine pounds, is obtained from 1,UU0 pounds of tbe chips. Ibe uses for which the oil of sassafras oan be em ployed are numerous and varied. It is a favorite perfume for soaps and candies; it is used as a solvent for different gums, and as a liniment. It is also very largely em ployed in tbe manufacture , of several popular proprietary medicines. . The im portance of this industry may be ex pected to increase rather than diminish, as tbe sassafras and tbe persimmon are tbe two trees which are spreading most rapid ly over the old and abandoned fields throughout the Southern States outside of the pine belt proper; and at present prioes good wages can be made digging out the roots. Garden and P or est. BSy At Dr. Skitchlep's ostrich ranch, near Red Bluff, CaL, is a pen in which a ben ostrich is sitting on, thirteen eggs, She covers the eggs nicely, and as she sits there, with her long neck and bead laid at full length on- tbe ground, looks like a moss-covered rock. Her husband keeps guard over her in very picturesque fasb ion, walking up and down the fence witb stately tread, his rich, glossy plumage glistening in the sunlight, and his eyes flashing defiance. He looks ready to tackle anything, man or beast, that should disturb the privacy of bis home. T The way to "keep this country running." and to keep it running at the top of its speed, is to administer the Gov- 1 ernment as to recognize the equal dignity , of all sections, and let everybody alone just as much as possible. Nashville American. tW Tbe talk of the Secretary of State being the "premier of.the administration is an imitation of British terms which bas not the slightest foundation in the facts. If the President is not tbe premier of his administration, that administration will not amount to- much. Pittsburg Die- patch. tW Its about as hard to find a girl whose marriage is announced in tbe news papers who Isn't "beau til ai and accom- dished" as it is to find a man who baa i lately died who wasn't "honored and re spected by all who knew him," Trouble Jewish Cooks are Put to in Preparing Food. Substitutes for lard Jews who eat what they please. In a reoent issue the editor ol the Ile- brew Journal made this statement : The other day I received a oiroular ex tolling the merits of kosher lard, that is, lard made from cotton oil. And now tbe only thing lelt for the ingenuity of the American inventor is to discover some pro cess by which bacon and bam can be ren dered kosher enough to meet with the ap provalof Rabbi Joseph himself. . lo the Christian reader this probably has little significance, but it means a great dear to the Jew. For many generations tbe Jewish housewife has been beset with vexations and difficulties from whioh her Christian sister was altogether free. The MpsjdolawawiUuthejtxaloute regulations concerning both the preparation and serv ing of food hampered her in many respects and made for her much labor that would. without their interference, have been un necessary. . Of course, everybody knows that pork does not enter the Jewish house,but further than tbat the knowledge of only the mi nority outside tbe faith extend. Chapter XL of Leviticus : contains a bewildering list of animals.fowl, and fish that were de- declared unclean, but the restrictions that appear in tbe Bible were of little moment compared with the many that were added afterward by the rabbis or wise men, so tbat now tbe orthodox Jewess stands in oontinual fear of transgressing some of the regulations of the household as they are laid down by Rabbi Joseph and his kind. The ban against the hog was pro nounced in the sentence that forbade the eating of any animal tbat did not divide its hoof and also chew its cud. This, of course, ruled against tbe fat ' of the hog also, and never has lard been used by any Jew, who at all respected tbe tenets of his faith, la tact, many Jews who have de parted from the ways of their fathers and who have thrown aside the traditions ot their religion would not use lard under any circumstances, and it is undoubtedly true that while originally the flesh and fat of the hog were considered no worse than those of any other of the forbidden ani mals, they became many centuries ago the most sinful of all in the eyes of Israelites, and no more severe persecution was ever attempted by their enimies than when they foroed tbe obnoxious food down their abnorrent throats. The New England wife who has made her toothsome doughnuts and flaky pie orust with tbe aid of Isrd, will 00 doubt ' wonder bow any cook could ever get along without It; but the Jewish cook had. to stand even greater deprivations. In making doughnuts and pie crust she could use butter, provided, however, tbat tbese dainties were not eaten with any other dishes that contained meat or its pro- duotB. The rabbis have interpreted tbe MoBaio laws to mean that flesh and milk must not be eaten at the same time, and the orthodox Jew will not eat them within an bour of each other. As butter is the product of milk, pie crust containing but ter could not, of couse, be served at any meal, in which meat was also a part. In frying meats their regulation prevented tbe cook from using butter or lard, and left her the choioe between vegetable oils and beef fat. Even in regard to these there were some restrictions. All beef fat is not kosher or clean. AH chalef.tbat is tallow' is not kosher. Cbalef includes tbe fat around tbe intestines and kidneys. Milker, tbe fat between tbe intestines, is kosher, and this is what tbe strict Jewish cook has used mainly as long as there is any reoord. In European countries, where the Jews still live together for the most part in certain quarters' of tbe cities, towns, and villages, no other grease is used than tbe beef fat and goose grease. Polish Jews are especialy edioted to tbe use of the goose gresse, which is very fine and muob more expensive than lard, German Jewt nee beef fat more. Io either case the cook fries out all the fat she uses herself, and is thus doubly eure that it is kosher. In fact unless the assurance can be given that it has not come in contact with foreign substances, it would be iustas unclean as the hog lard itself. Of course tbe frying out of the fat meant a great deal of extra labor, and, what with keeping two sets of dishes one tor milk foods and one ior meats, which were never allowed to touch eaoh other, and observing all the other regulations, tbe Jewish housewife bad nearly twice as much work as any other. In this country and tome of tbe southern countries of Europe olive oil was used in stead of fat, but not everybody cares to have meals prepared in oil, and tbe use of it was confined within narrow limits. The words of the editor of the Hebrew Journal will bring joy to the hearts of all Jewish cooks. They mean that one of their most vexatious trials in the past can now be obviated. fT" A remarkable precious stone hat beer discovered recently. It was a dia mond of fine white color, weighing aboot four carats and handsomely cut, which had cracked into two equal parts, reveal ing in its center another diamond. Tbe interior stoae was a pentahedron, with facets upon it as regular and perfect as if they had been cut by a skillful lapidary. So perfectly did this little diamond fit into its matrix that it was invisible when the three parts of the combination were put together. The impostibility ol puttiog two diamonds together io such a way by art is beyono question. It was tbe work of nature, but what natural law, or pel version of law, had such so amazing effect was far beyond even tbe theorizing of those who inspected the stone. Brooklyn Eagle. ,- JW On tbe first of January, 1889, ac cording to tbe estimates of the director of the mint, there was over $700,00,000 in gold coin and bullion in this country. And not much more tbanten years ago, shortly before the resumption of specie payments, it was contended tbat it would be impos sible to keep enough gold in this country to float $360,000,000 of notes at par, or to make specie payments without the aid of silver, - -, The I t W t E II I! 1 I
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 25, 1889, edition 1
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