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THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
J J. P. STRONG.
Tebms One Doller and Ffty Cents in advance
for 1 year Two Dollars on time.
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Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C,
as second class matter, according to the rules of
the P. O. Department.
J. P. McCOMBS, M. D.,
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls,
both night and day, promptly attended to.
Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite
Charlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1, 1890
Dfi. J. B. ALEXANDER.
OFFICE Burwell & Dunk's.
Residence 410 N. Tryon St.
CHARLOTTE, N . C .
Feb. 7, 1890.
DR. M. A. BLAND.
Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Tryon Street.
Jan. 3, 1890.
i.BDBWELL. P D. WALKER.
BURWELL & WALKER,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Will practice in the State and Federal Courts,
ty Office in Law Building.
Jan. 1, 1890.
r. 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, 1889. 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. 1889.
BKRIOT CLARKSON. CHAS. H. DDLS.
CLARKSON & DULS,
Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
Prompt attention given
trusted. Will practice in
to all business
all Courts of
the
State.
tSJ-Office No. 12 Law Building.
Oct. 7. 1889.
o. v. bason.
O. N. BROWN.
BASON & BROWN.
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
tST Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office Nos 14 and 16, Law Building.
Jan. 17, 1890. y
JOHN PARRIOR,
no. 3 north: tryon street, charlotte, n. c.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
DEALER IN
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
Special attention given to Fine Watch
Repairing
March 28, 1890.
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, 1890.
JAS. ARDREY BELL,
Attorney-at-Law,
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Careful attention given to all legal business.
Office Law Building, No. C
Jan. 10, 1890.
DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practice Limited to the
EYE, EAR AND THROAT.
Jan 1.1890.
HOFFMAN & ALEXANDER,
Surgeon Dentists,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office over A
hours from 8 A
Jan. 1.1890.
R. Nisbet & Bro's store.
M. to 5 P. M.
Office
W. K. HTJRWELL.
R. A. DUNN
BURWELL & DUNN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Otter all uooos in their line at lowest Market
prices.
We have a large and well selected Stock, and
pay sinci ana careiui attention to the Retail
Trade.
BURWELL & DUNN.
Opposite Central Hotel.
Sept. 7, 1889.
THE STAR MILLS.
Charlotte, N. C,
Manufactures best Corn Meal and Mill Feed,
and deals in all kinds of Grain.
The Mill is situated near the Railroad crossing
on East Trade street.
W. M. CROWELL.
Nov. 11, 1889. yr
HUGHES' -Quinine
Hair Tonic,
The best preparation made for the Hair. It im
parts Vigor to the 8calp, Cleanses it and thor
oughly eradicates Dandruff, and stops the Hair
falling. Price 25 and 50 cents. Prepared by
R. H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists,
Springs' Corner, Charlotte, N. 0.
March 28, 1890.
t5f Brick is tbe material which has
now been almost universally adopted by
the big builders of New York city. All
of the recent great business buildings, in
cluding' the enormous Mills, Morse, Kelly
and Schemerhorn structures, are almost
entirely of brick. Iron fronts warp, and
both marble and granite crack in an
alarming fashion in the presence of great
heat. The durability of brick has been
proved in all of the recent down town
fires, and it is regarded as the only ma
terial that is wholly fireproof.
Administrator's Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate of
Susan R. Henderson, deceased, are hereby noti
fied to present them to me, properly attested, on
or before the 8th day of August, 1891. All
persons indebted to said estate are notified to
make payment to me, without delay.
This 8th day of August, 1890.
HUGH W. HARRIS.
Adm'a of Estate of Susan R- Henderson, dee'd.
Aug. 8, 1890. 6w.
Administrator's Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate of
M. W. Caldwell, deceased, are hereby notified to
present them to me, properly attested, on or be
fore the 8th day of August. 1891. All persons
indebted to said estate are notified to make pay
ment to me, without delay.
This 8th day of August, 1890.
HUGH W. HARRIS.
Adm'r of Estate of M. W. Caldwell, dee'd.
Aug. 8, 1890. 6w.
Administrator's Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate of
Forrester Crane, deceased, are hereby notified to
present them to me, properly attested, on or
before the 8th day of August, lfc91. All persons
indebted to said estate are notified to make pay
ment to me, without delay.
This 8th day or August, 1890.
HUGH W. HARRIS.
Adm:r (with Will annexed) of Forrester Crane,
deceased.
Aug. 8, 1890. 6w.
Administrator's Notice.
A1! persons having claims against the estate of
Dora Strunke9, deceased, are hereby notified to
present them to me, properly attested, on or be
fore the 8th day August, 1891. All persons
indebted to said estate are notified to make pay
ment to me, without delay.
This 8th day of August, 1890.
HUGH W. HARRIS,
Adm'r of Estate of Dora Strunkes, dee'd.
Aug. 8, 1890. 6w.
E. M. ANDREWS,
Furniture, Piano and Organ
Dealer.
PIANOS Chickering, Mathushek and Ster
ling Pianos are too well known to the people to
require any introduction from me ivery one
of them are guaranteed; if they do not please
you, you need not keep them. There are no
lower prices, nor easier terms offered by any one
than thote offered by me.
ORGANS What are you going to do about
that Organ you promised your wife and daugh
ter ? Buy nothing but the celebrated Mason and
Hamlin or Sterling Organ, and you are not
always having them repaired. Sterling Organs
for only f 50 and Mason & Hamlin a for only
$93. Write me for descriptive price list.
FURNITURE Never before since I have
been in business was my stock of Furniture so
large and complete in every line as it is to-day,
and prices were never lower. I keep right up
with the styles, and represent every thing just as
it is. if you buy anytning from me and it is not
as represented return it and 1 will pay yc ur
money back. Who could do more ? Who could
ask more ? Write for my prices.
MUSUUJ.TU UAJNuriES l sell yu-incn re
versible frame Mosquito Canopies with all the
fixtures for hanging for only $2.
E M. ANDREW8,
16 and 18 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. 0,
July 4, 1890.
A. AND M. COLLEGE.
The Second Scholastic year of the A. and M
College will open on the first Thursday in Sept
ember, 1890. Mecklenburg County is entitled to
three Students free of tuition, according to her
representation in the lower House of the State
Legislature.
An examination ot applicants for admission
will be held by the Co. Supt. Pub. Instruction
and Board of Education, at office in the Court
House, Charlotte, on the 23rd day of August,
1690.
It is urged that all. who desire or expect to ap
ply, will come on that day, as only three can
enter as Co. Students, and it is desirable that our
County should be fully represented at the begin
niD. W. W. ROBINSON
Aug. 1, 1890. Co. Supt.
CANE MATTINGS.
DRESS GOODS.
There was a stir among the Cane Matting
buyers yesterday, and we were very much grati
ned to see tnem start on so well. The season
for them is here, and many wish to fix up the
home before the visitors arrive in the city. It's
to be a gay and lively summer, so buy your Mat
ting now and thus secure tbe first pick and then
you will have a cool and comfortable home dur
ing the hot summer months. Rugs of China
Matting that are three feet wide by six feet long.
Dress Goods.
No let up here Buyers from all parts of the
State are securing their Spring Costumes of
Senile. Picking is richer here than elsewhere.
Henriettas in twenty shades, quality the best,
prices the lowest. Marguarite Mohairs in three
qualities 25 cents, 50 cents and 87J cents.
bull line of bbades in each color. Fine im
ported Dress Robes that you'd do well to see.
Every fold speaks to you of La Belle France,
and every tint hints of the gay capital. Dress
Trimmings in every size Vandyke and color.
bilk Ornaments in all sizes of Vandyke. Gold
and Silver Vandykes and Gimps.
I. L. oElGLE & CO.
April 25, 1890.
A Duty to Yourself.
It is surprising that people will use a common,
ordinary pill when they can secure a valuable
English one for the same money. Dr Acker's
English pills are a positive cure for sick-headache
and all liver troubles. They are small,
sweet, eajily taken and do not gripe.
Sept. 6, '89. R. H. JORDAN & CO.
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'HERE is as much difference between the
best and lowest grades of Corn
Meal as there between the best
grades patent and the cheapest low
grade Flour.
CONSUMERS who appreciate this fact are
willing to pay a few cents
more in order to procure
Choice Fresh Corn Meal for
table use.
We cater to the trade
that demands nothing
but the best. STAR MILLS CO.,
Wm. Cboweix, Manager.
April 4. 189Qt
Itch Tetter.
We have had many to say after trying Dr,
King's Ointment, that nothing acted so promptly
and cured so effectually as this. It is simple in
composition, and used by many physicians both
in this and adjoining ceunties. Sold only by
BURWELL & DUNN.
July 11, 1890. Druggists
Two Soldiers at Gettysburg.
The armies they had ceased to fight,
The night was still and dark,
And many thousands on the field
Were lying stiff and stark. '
The stretcher man had come along
And gathered all he could.
A hundred surgeons worked that night
Behind the clump of wood.
They flashed the lanterns in my face,
As they were hurrying by ;
The sergeant looked, and eaid "He's dead,"
And I made no reply.
The bullet had gone through my breast,
No wonder I was still ;
But once will I be nearer death
Than when upon that hill
A gray-clad picket came along
Upon his midnight beat ;
He came so near me that 1 tried
To move and touch his feet.
At once be bent and felt my breast
Where life still fought at bay ;
No one who loved me could have done
More than this man in gray.
O'er me all chilled with blood and dew,
His blanket soft he spread ;
A crimson sheaf of wheat he brought
A pillow for my head.
Then knelt beside me for an hour
And bathed my lips and brow ;
But for the man who was my foe
I'd not be living now.
Then as the coming daylight shown,
He bent his lips to say :
"God spare you, brother, though you wear
The blue, and I the gray !"
The sounds of war are silent now ;
We call no man our foe,
But soldier hearts cannot forget
The scenes of long ago.
Dear are the ones who stood with us
To struggle or to die ;
No one can oftener breathe their names,
Or love them more than I.
But from my life I'd give a year "
That gray-clad man to see ;
To clasp in love the f oeman's hand
Who saved my life to me.
Salted Almonds. Blanch one pound
of almonds by pouring boiling water over
them after they are shelled, and slipping
off their skins. Place them in a flat tin
dish in a pretty hot oven, -with a small
teaspoonful of butter; let them bake until
a delicate brown, stir occasionally so they
will brown evenly: salt them well alter
they are taken from the oven. They are
delicious. Dainty little dishes of them in
different parts of the house during a re
ception are highly esteemed.
The widest plank on earth is on
exhibition at the railroad depot in this
city. It was cut at the Elk Eiver mill.
and is sixteen feet in width. It will bo
among the Humboldt exhibits at the
Worlds fair in Chicago. Humboldt
Standard.
mm mm
A man never becomes so homely
that he is not handsome to the woman
he is good to. Atchison Globe.
WE HAVE MOVED!
Larger Building, more Room, greater Stock.
We beg to notify our friends and customers, and
the public at large, that we have moved from the
old stand of C. A. Dixon & Co., 15 East Trade
street, to the Bryan building. West Trade street,
(nearly opposite tbe Uourt House) and now oc
cupy one of tbe largest as well as the hand
somest store-room in Charlotte.
We Have Come to Stay,
And tender a cordial invitation to everybody to
call and see us in our new quarters. We are
going to carry the largest stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING AND MEN'S
FURNISHING GOODS
Ever kept in Charlotte, and are going to be lead
ers tn low prices jot Honest uooas.
To make room for our Fall Goods we are
going to close out our Summer Stock regardless
of cost. Come and get a genuine bargain.
ROGERS & COMPANY.
Bryan Building, nearly opposite Court House,
Charlotte, C.
July 4, 1890.
Gray & Barnhardt.
DEALERS IN
Boots, Shoes, Trunks and Valises.
We carry constantly on hand a large and
varied stock of Boots & Shoes, from the cheapest
to the best. We make a specialty of Honest
made Shoes. If there is anything tbat it pays
to buv the best of. it is Shoes. By doing so you
eel a Shoe that gives better satisfaction and
much more comfort to tbe wearer.
It is always our aim to give our customers
value received for their money. To do tbis we
buv our Shoes from the best and most reliable
manufacturers in tbe land, thereby getting
The Best Shoes
That money can buy and at prices that compete
with all competition.
Do not understand us that we only sell Fine
Shoes. We sell a good Brogan for $1, first
quality for tl.50. a Woman's all-leather Button
Shoe for $1, &c.
We have placed all our orders for Fall Shoes
and have already received several smpmenis.
A little earlv for Fall Shoes, you say. Well, you
will always find us that way. We buy early,
therebv getting many advantages we would not
get should we w ait later.
We keep and have placed a large order for
Fall Shoes with a Southern manufacturer, so we
shall be able to show you (in a few weeks) the
most complete line of home-made Shoes ever
shown in this city. The Leather is tanned in
the South, the Shoes are made in the South, so
that they are strictly home-made Shoes.
Call at our place, see our Shoes, get our
prices, and you are sure to get the best Shoes for
the least money.
GRAY & BARNHARDT, .
(Successors to Gray & Co.)
Aug. 1. 1890. 19 East Trade Street
Healthiest Place in America!
Hot Springs, N. C
Dry, Bracing Mountain Air, Beautiful Scenery,
LUG r llicSL XJHLIla 111 inr-i iia. . uiui vuu aw
Malaria. Rheumatism. Gout. etc.
Swimming Pool, with Bathing Suita as at
Seashore. Bowling. Billiaros, Tennis, etc
Health. Pleasure. Home Comforts and an un
excelled Table.
Hotel rates $15 to $25 per week. Cottage
Board $8 to $12 per week. Address
THE MOUNTAIN PARK HOTEL.
June 23, 1890. tf
tw White Lead and Linseed
Oil in anv auantitv at
BURWELL & DUNN'S Drug Store.
Yankee Doodle.
One evening, late in June, sittins be
side the old well just at the rear of the
Van Benssalaer house, still to be seen at
Greenbank, with the air of "Kitty
Fisher's Jig ringing, in his oars, Dr.
Shackburg wrote the . words of ''Yankee
Doodle," and presented words and music
to the officers ot tbe militia
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The tune was known in the times of
Charles the First, and has even been said 1
10 pe oi ciassie origin, naving Deen cnant-
ed in the days of Miletus, certainly in the
aays oi xieroaoiuBv auu possiDiy inose oi
J K TT J i 1 . I 1 1.
Homer.
The words of "Yankee Doodle" have
been variously defined, and to enter into
a full discussion of the subject would in
volve too much space. The general ac
ceptation is that "Yankee" is from "Yan
kin," meaning, in the vocabulary of the
early New York -Dutch, to grumble,
Snarl, or yelp; a.ncLwv8 derivative noun,
"Yanker," meant a howling cur. It was
not in use save among the lower classes,
for reasons which today forbid
slang
being introduced into their homes:
but it I
was a well known word. In the collision
between the New Englanders, the Netv
York Dutch, and the British, much ill
feeling was aroused. The New Eng.
landers despised the Dutch, and the
Dutch despised the New Englanders.
while the British ridiculed both. Hence
the use of the term to indicate the con
tempt which existed. Every circum
stance points to its birth in this prevail
ing contemptuous feeling. To this day
Yankees are looked upon with some dis
trust by the descendents of the real
Dutchmen now outside of New England.
lbe hit ol Ur. bhackburec. became
known throughout the army, and the
song was sung in a sort of contempt of
the colonials. This contemptuous use of
the song continued until after Lexington.
In 1775 the British troops tarred and
feathered one Thomas Ditson, in Boston,
marching to the tune as the best means
of heaping contempt on the Yankees.
But this was changed at Lexington, and
it was said that when the British com
t mander was onco asked after that how
he liked the tune, he answered, "How
they did make us dance to it !"
"Doodle" was a Lancashire word for
trifle, and is thus referred to as early as
1622. There is an early version of the
words in English, which runs :
"Yankee Doodle came to town
Upon a Kentish pony ;
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni "
In other versions the second line runs,
"Riding on a pony," and "Upon a little
pony." The small plume worn by the
militia in the front of their caps was
called in derision "macaroni." There is
a tradition in England that the original
jsong was directed at Oliver Cromwell
himself under the name of "Nankee
Doodle."
A Rare Sdrgical, Operation. In
dianapolis, Aug. 4. Dr. George J. Cook,
of this city, assisted by two other physi
cians, has successfully performed the
difficult operation of gastroenterostomy
on a patient at St. Vincent's Hospital.
The patient is a farmer,- thirty years of
age, and has suffered for six months from
a cancer in the stomach. For two weeks
no food has passed into his system, and
it was as a last resort that the operation
was decided upon. Me is suffering Irom
no pain and will recover. The operation
has never been successfully performed,
or even tried before, in this State. Sev
eral attempts in Chicago have also failed
Dr. .Nicholas benn of Milwaukee, is the
originator of the system of plates which
Dr. Coos used in bis operation.
unon his labor
bTmuS
Labor. He who looks
as an irksome road which be
i in order to gain money or ease, or self-
indulgence or fame, will never be more
than a third-class worker On the other
hand, the toiler in any sphere who com
mands our profoundest homage is he
who, recognizing the dignity and im
portance of his labor, puts his whole soul
into it, and strives to make it as excellent
and worthy as possible he who does not
work that he may rest, but rests that he
may work, and does not concern himself
so much with what he is going to have as
with -what he is going to do.
With many people of good taste
and intentions it is often a matter of
dubiety how to speak of "our brethren
of the ancient covenant." The Hebrew
Journal savs: "The word Jew is a
narrow name in use for our separate re
ligious distinction. Nothing could be
plainer to us. Hebrew refers to the race,
Israelite refers to the nation, Jew to the
religion."
8SirTo kill blue grass growing between
bricks around the lawn, wash the bricks
with salt water or strong solution of
soda.
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS,
HATTERS AND
GENTS' - FURNISHERS,
Oar $7.50 Counter is now fall of Choice Sam
mer Suits. Bargaiua ia every one.
Oar tlO Counter is now overstocked with
remnants and odds and ends from our fiz.au
and $15 Counters, and now ia jour time to buy
the best Suit for $10 that has ever been offered
in this market.
Don't fail to get one of our Cool Summer
Coats at 25 cents.
PHARR & LONG,
June 6, 1890.
A Word to Young People.
So surely as the rears roll around, that
home in which you now dwell will be
come extinct. The parents will be gone,
the property . will be turned over into
other's possession, you yourself will be in
other relationships, and that homo which
only a year ago was full of congratulation
will be extinguished. When that nerind
O X I
comes you will look back to see what von
did or what you neglected to do in the
way ot making home happy. If you did
not smoothe the oath of vour Darents I
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lowaras the tomb: it you did not make
tucii mat uaya orignt ana nappy; u you
allowed your younger brother to go out
into the world unhallowed bv sisterlv
and Christian influences; if you allowed
the younger sisters of your family to
come up without feeling that there had
been a Christian example set them on
your part, there will be . nothing but
bitterness of lamentation. '
That bitterness will be increased "by all
the surroundings of that home; by every
l u - i . i i j I
chair, by every picture, bv the old time
mantel ornaments, bv evervthine- vou
- mf O t
can think of as connected with that home.
All these things will rouse up agonizing
memories, x oung women, have you any.
thing to do in the way of making your
father's house happy ? Now is the time
to attend to it, or leave it forever un
done. Time is flying very quickly away. ' I
suppose you notice the wrinkles are
gathering and accumulating on those
kindly faces that have so long looked
upon you: there is frost in the locks: the
foot is not as firm as it used to be: and
they will soon be gone. The heaviest
clod that ever falls on a parent's coffin
lid is the memory of an ungrateful
daughter. Make their last days bright
and beautiful.
Do not act as though they were in the
way. Ask their counsel, seek their
prayers, and, after long years have pass
ed, and you go out to see the grave where
they sleep, you will nnd growing . all
over the mound something lovelier than
cypress, something sweeter than the rose,
something chaster than the lily the
bright and beautiful memories ot nual
kindness performed ere the dying hands
iPK0rJ0Ua benediction' and
closed the lids over weary eyes of the!
worn out pilgrim. Talmage.
Wanted to go Down Stairs.
During the terrific thunderstorm that
came over the city last week a little 8
vear old bov was awakened and called
bis mother, who was sitting in the draw
. . ... ...
ing room, one sat with mm a mtie wane.
and told him he need nave no tear because
God took care of little boys.
But God is way up in heaven, said the
child.
Yes, replied the mother, but he is here
too; he is staying right here in the room
with vou. He can protect you, but I
cannot. .
The child was quieted and the mother
went back to the drawing room. Pretty
soon there came another deafening clap
of thunder, when the boy, crawling out of
bed. came to the bead ot the stairs and
called again.
What do you want, George I asked his
mother.
You come up hero and stay with God
awhile and let me go down stairs, was the
I reply. xuxmange.
Sumac. The collecting and curing of
the leaves of tbe wild sumacs occupies
for several of the summer months the
time of hundreds of women and children
in Virginia and the Carolinas. This pro
duct, which would otherwise be wasted,
distributes among . the poorer country
people of North Carolinalone the large
?-of 6,000 to ,8,000 annnaliy. Snmfo
is extensively used in dyeing cloth and
in the tanning of fine leather. Besides
our native product from 15,000 to 25,000
tons are annually imported from the
south ol Europe. Northern buyers of
sumac complain tbat the gatherers care
lessly or dishonestly mix with the packed
leaves sticks, stones and other trash
This is very wrong and - does not benefit
the packers, as buyers always remove
such trash before weighing, and deduct
from the price of the leaves the cost of
removing the trash and freight on same.
The N. C. Experiment Station will inves
tigate the advisability of cultivating
sumac and the value of leaves from the
cultivated plants. Manufacturers give
the following directions for curing the
leaves: .Leaves may be gathered any
time from June 20th to October 1st, or
until the leaves turn red red leaves are
worthless. - The best leaves are those
gathered in J une and J uly. As soon as
picked spread tbe leaves in the sun
the sun lor
one or two hours, then remove to a rain
tight covered shed and spread thinly on
shelves or tables and stir frequently to
prevent the leaves from heating and turn
ing black. Use the hands or a wooden
stick lor turning the leaves never use
iron. The greener the dried leaves are
the higher will be the price they will
bring. The leaves will not be dry enough
to pack until the stems ot the leaves
break when bent. Dried sumac sells for
from 85 cents to SI per 100 pounds. The
chief buyers of N. C. sumac are Geo. W.
Campbell & Co., ot Petersburg, V a., and
C. T. Plunkett, of Lynchburg, Va. Both
of these firms furnish, free of charge.
sacks in which to pack the leaves. Ger
ald McCarthy. Botanist.
Information for Stae Gazxbs. To
the Editor of the N. Y. Sun-r-Sir : 1 would
like to know the names of the three stars
so prominent in the South and West at
present. One is going down about 9, a
bright star, tbatl thought was Venus,
but shortly after, or, indeed, almost at
the same time, one is in the southeast
fully as bright. Then directly, in the
south is one of less magnitude, which I
thought was Jupiter. There is another
bright star almost half way between
Benetnasch and the one l think is J upi-
ter, nearer toBenetnasch, however, whose
name I should like to know.
Nxwakk, July 31. K.
The star in the west is Venus, that in
the south Mars, and the one in the south
east Jupiter. The bright star between
Mars and Benetnasch. in the end of the
i Dipper's handle, is Arcturus.
r' ' Patent Corn Cob Pipe. . ':
Judge Wallace, of .the United States
Circuit Court, sitting at Syracuse, N. Y.,
rendered an interesting decision in the
case of H.' Tibbe & Sons Manufacturing
Com nan v vs. Heineken. - The . snit was
for the infringement ot a patent on a corn
cob pipe, and the court held that the
defendant . had infringed the plaintiff's
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rtn. filling th. mat. vwk HaM fh.
corn on the exterior of the cob with
cement from the outside. Judge Wallace
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the Dlaintiff. Tibbe. is anew article of
manufacture, a smoking pipe made of
corn cob, in which' the interstices are
filled with a plastic, self-hardening
cement. Upon first impression it would
seem that the old 'Jackson pipe is sub
stantially the same thine; as the pipe of
the present patent. But that was a corn
cob pipe in which the inside . of the bowl
was -li ned with aplastic, cement to fire
proof it, whereas the pipe of the patent la
ne of which the interstices of the cob are
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filled with cement. These interstices, or
cells, which hold the corn are on the
exterior of the cob, and although in some
instances they could be filled from the
inside of the bowl, that would not be a
practical way of filling them, and when
cobs of large or medium size are used for
the bowl, as they generally are, the inter
stices can only be filled from the outside.
The specification is addressed to those
skilled in the art, and the claim is to be
interpreted, : as its language naturally
imports, as one for a pipe in which the
exterior interstices ox the cob are filled
with a plastic cement. Such a pipe sup
plies a sweet and porous receptaclo for
tobacco, having characteristics which are
well understood by smokers to be desira
ble, and is a very different thing from one
with a cement lined bowl. It did not
involve invention of any high order to
make such a pipe, but there was enough
to covert a poor article into a good one,
and supply something to the trade which
was new and tbe merits ot which were
immediately and generally recognized.
If the defendant chooses to sell tho old
'Jackson pipe,' he is at liberty to do so,
but he has appropriated the rights ot tbe
complaint by selling the pipe of the
Pen t and must take the consequences."
BradstreeVs. I
Salt Every Day.
Dairy cattle should have access to salt
every day, and salt should be added to
their stable teed. A series ot experi
ments has convinced me that when cows
are denied salt for a period of even one
week they will yield from 141 to 17 per
cent less milk, and that of an inferior
quality. Such milk will on an average
turn sour in twenty-tour nours less time
than milk drawn Irom the same or simi-
lar cows receiving salt, all otner con
ditions of treatment being equal. Com
fortable quarters are indispensable to the
neaitn ana weii-oeing oi cows, owoies
during tne winter snouia nave a lempora-
ture constantly within the range of 40 to
55 degrees Fab. In summer time a shade
should be provided in the pasture fields
or adjacent thereto to protect against the
bristle-making influence ot July and
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and such care given as will insure ex
cellent health and apparent contentment.
When practicable, milking should be done
by the same person, witn regularity as to
time. He only that hath clean hands
should be allowed to milk a cow. I say
"he" because I think the men of the farm
should do all the milking, at least during
the winter months. I have exercised the
right of changing my mind on that sub
ject since I left the farm. It is no more
difficult to milk with dry hand, than with
tbemwe.. T?LTL
leaves the milk in a much more desirable
condition for table use or manufacture.
Pure stable atmosphere is indispensable
to prevent contamination from that
source. Immediate straining will remove
impurities which otherwise might be dis
solved, to the permanent injury of the
whole product. urange Juda.
Egp "A good many sore laces," said a
well-known physician, "ate caused every
summer by poisonous 'sweat Danos' in
hats. Some men always insist on buy-
ing xieroy nats witn enamenea sweat,
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summer months a mild sort of blood
k.n1fl v s4 A-vr trAa w r Y am rlnrtr f hA
poisoning is apt to result. As a man's
head always perspires very freely under
the sweat band ot his nat, the poison in
the enamelling composition is softened
and released, But its unpleasant effects
are seldom noticeable there. The very
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vents the poison from going in. But as
each little bead of perspiration rolls down
his face it is charged with the poison, and
if it happens to run over a little pimple
or a place where ne nas scratcnea nis
face or cut it with a razor, the result will
probably be unpleasant. A dozen tiny
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with, his face will be dotted with little
sores, until he buys a hat- with a good
sweat band. Straw hats are seldom made
up with these enamelled sweat bands,
and that fact is another reason why every
man should wear them in tbe summer.
Of course, this warning does not apply to
all hats with enamelled sweat bands.
Some of them are perfectly harmless, but
as it is impossible to tell which are good
and which are bad without a chemical
analysis, and as a chemical analysis would
spoil the hat. enamelled sweat - bands are
good things to avoid in hot weather.
JV. Y. Sun.
1ST At Norristown, Me., Mr. W. B.
Logan, a horseBhoer, made nine minia
ture horse shoes from a silver ten cent
piece. Each shoe has the number of holes
usually drilled in norse snoes oi tne orai-
nary size, but, strange to say, the small
est needle is too large to be used as nails
for these little wonders. .Logan has made
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tUT" An incandescent lamp at Taunton,
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An Eider Duck Farm.
The colonies of breeding eiders often
consist. of an ; immense number of birds,
and the nests lie so thickly together that
it is often difficult to avoid stepping into
them. They, are usually placed at some ,
slight elevation; and here in any .faint
depression the duck collects a small quan
tity of seaweed and drift staff, which she
forms into a felty mass with her breast.
Upon this four or five eggs am laid In the
course of a week, these being of a pale-green-color,
and rather resembling those
of the heron. Even before the last egg is 1
laid it is seen that a few feathers are scat
tered about the nest, and as incubation
proceeds these increase in quantity. t The
bird covers the eggs with down plucked
from her breast, and this she does day by
day until a very considerable quantity
buries the eggs. It ia this down . which
has become such an : important article of
commerce II the eiders are, hatching
under ordinary conditions, the young ap
pear in about twenty six days, and almost
immediately betake themselves to the
water. . It is here that they sun them
selves, feed and sleep. On a rook-bound
bit of coast it is interesting to ; watch the
ducklings paddling among the stones .and
feeding upon the tiny bivalves that are
common among the bays and inlets.
These remarks refer to the breoding of
wild eiders; but unfortunately colonies of
Dirds under natural conditions are becom-
iDg more and more rare every year. The
commercial collector has . everywhere
stepped in, and is putting a terrible drain
upon the species. .. i
In Norway, this bird is protected by
law, although : only to be persecuted the
more persistently byv private Individuals.
On one island, that of Isafjardarjup, eider
ducks are said to nest in thousands.
Speaking of the breeding sights, by the
shore, Mr Shepherd, who visited the colo
ny, tells us that the brown ducks sat
upon their nests in masses, and at every
step started from beneath his feet. On
this island, of three quarters of a mile in -
length, it was difficult to walk without
stepping into the nestf,. A thick stone
breakwater ran along its coasts just above
high-water mark. At the bottom and
sides of the wail alternate stones had been .
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ments for the ducks to nest in. Every
compartment was tenanted, and, ,the
visitors walked along the ducks flew out
all along the line. These were welcomed
by the white drakes, which were tossing
on the water "with loud and clamorous
cooing." A farmhouse on the island was
tennanted in like manner.- The house
itself was " a great marveL" : Dutch were
hatching on the turf : walls which sur .
rounded it, in the window embrasures, on -the
ground, on the roof. The house - was
iringed with ducks, and a duck sat in the -
scraper. Then a grassy ; bank' closo by
was cut into squares, every one of which
wa8 occupied. A windmill was packed,
vag every available - object' .on-tbe is.
land mounds, rocks, crevices. " - Tbia
was an eider-down farm, oo tame were
the ducks as to. allow the. farmer's wife
to stroke them as they sat on their nests.
Of course there is another side to this
pleasant picture, as we see when we learn
I the confidence of the birds. And here it
is by another observer: "The eider down
is easily collected,; as the birds are quite
tame. The female having laid five or six
pale, greenish-olive eggs, in a nest thick
ly lined with her beautiful down, the col-r
lectors, after carefully removing the bird,
rob the nest of its contents, after which
they replace her. She then begins to lay 1
afresh though this time only three or
four eggs and again has recourse to the
down on her body. But her greedy per.
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her nest, and
oblige her to line it for a third time.
Now, however, her own stock of down is
exhausted, and with a plaintive voice she -
calls her mate to her assistance, .who
willingly plucks the soft feathers from
his breast to supply the deficiency. If
the cruel robbery be again repeated,
which in former times was frequently tbe
case, the poor eider duck abandons the
spot never to return, and seeks for a new
home where she may indulge her mater '
nal instinct undisturbed by the avarice of
man." The ComhiU Magazine.
Civility in Trade.
I A gentleman bought some ' machine
I tools of a certain firm, and, not receiving
I tnem wnen promised, wrote, requesting
I to know why they were not delivered.
I To this he received no reply. Waiting
I for three days longer than it would take
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I in great need of them." This brought a
It a -.u' mui v
I reply from tbe superintendent, who Ian
cied that this called for what he thought
was a dignified rebuke. So he answered:"
"Tools will be sent when we are ready.
not before." The customer took the
uext train to the works only one hour's
ride and brought the telegram - with
him. He ignored the superintendent,' and
went to the president with bis grievance,
who, being a sensible man, soon arranged'
matters to the buyers satisfaction. Then
tbe president interviewed the superin
tendent, and gave him some good advice
on the subject ot politeness in trade,
which it is to be hoped he profltted byi
.Human nature is weak, and tbe -best cx
us are liable to err, , but it is a bad thing,
to err on the side of incivility No mat
ter how large or small an order may; be
five cents or fifty thousand dollars the
buyer is entitled to courteous treatment
and prompt attention. The douse
gnawed the lion free of the net, and the
five cent order man may know a fifty
thousand dollar order man, whom he will
take where he will be well treated.; A
tbe Engineer, from which we copy, says,
civility pays every time. It is a cardinal
point in business, and boors should re
member that rudeness always recoils upon
those who exhibit it. -"- .
17" The London Times asserts that
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I nor can any attempt to restrict that free
I dom be described otherwise than as an
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