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CHAKLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1891.
VOLUME XXXIX. NUMBER 1910
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THE
ARLOTTE DEMOCRAT,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
J. P. STRONG. -
itM8 One - Doller and Ff ty Cents in advance
ios l year i wo Dollars on time.
ntered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C,
iecond class matter, according to the rules of
f . O. Department.
J. P. McCOMBS, Iff. D.,
bis professional services to the citizens of
lotte and surrounding country. All calls.
I night and day, promptly attended to.
Ice in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite
frlotte Hotel.
n. 1,1891
DR. M. A. BLAND.
Dentist,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Trton Street.
an. 3, 1891.
ORWELL.
F D. WALKER.
BURWELL & WALKER,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C. .
1 practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Office in Law Building.
an. 1, 1891.
I. OSBORNE. W. C. MAXWELL'
OSBORNE & MAXWELL,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
11 practice in the State and Federal Courts
Offices 1 and 3 Law Building.
f.
uly 3, 1890. y
&MILTOK C. JONES CHARLES W. TILLETT.
JONES & TILLETT.
Attorneys at Law.
Charlotte, N. C.
ractice in the Courts of this District and in
Jhmond county. Also, in the Federal Courts
he Western District.
ug. 12. 1890.
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lOT CLARKSON. chas. h. duls.
CLARKSON & DULS,
Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
Vompt attention given to ail business m-
eu. Will practice in all tJourts or tne
Office No. 12 Law Building.
V,
1890.
BASON. O. IK. UUUWJN.
BASON & BROWN,
Attorneys at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
F" Will practice in the State and Federal
i-ts. Office Nos. 14 and 16, Law Building.
L. 17, 1891. y
fe McAden building, over First National
Bank, opposite Central Hotel.
Yto. 6, 1891.
! BOYNE & BADGER,
LEADING JEWELERS,
CtTH TRYON ST., CHARLOTTE, N. C.
DEALERS in
iionda, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware.
ial attention given Repairing Fine Watches.
arch 6, 1891.
HUGH W. HARRIS,
ttoroey and Counsellor at Law,
Charlotte, N. C. .
practice iathe State and Federal Courts.
ce, first door west of Court House.
4,1891. .
JAS. ARDREY BELL,
Attorney-at-Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
ureful attention given to all legal business,
ce Law Building, No. 6.
tin. 10, 1891.
DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Practice Limited to the
j YE, EAR AND THROAT.
an. 1,1891.
JOHN FARRIOR,
3 NOIlTn TRTON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
DEALER IN
amonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
Special attention 01 v An tn Pino Watnh
pairing.
larch 28, 1891.
HOFFMAN & WHITE,
Dentists,
No. 7 West Trade Street.
Charlotte. N. C
)fflce over Burwell & Dunn's Dm Store.
ace uours irom o A. jvi. to 5 P. m
)ct. 3, 1890.
WATCHES! WATCHP.S t
You will find at Hales'a Jewelry Store a fine
Gold and Silver Watches
At very low ffffurea.
TT ITT . . . .
me waicn i.enainno' r nnofaiitir ah
Sept.5.189Q. A. HALF. a
THE STAR MITELS.
Charlotte. N. c
Sinufactures best Corn Meal and Mill Feed
d deals in all k5ml r.f ,os reea
iNov.11,1890.
W. M. CROWELL.
Pressure op Water. "Water," says
the American Engineer "serves to convey
any pressure or power which may be giv
en to it, whether that pressure is a pump
ing engine at the end of a main or by
means of a column or weight of water
above the "main contained in a lofty tow
er or high storage reservoir. One cubic
foot of water weighs sixty-two and one
half pounds, and if the height of the col
umn is increased, the pressure upon the
base is increased for every foot thus ad
ded a further sixty-two and one
half pounds. A column of water one
square inch in area at base and 2.3 feet
high weighs exactly one pound, so that
for every increase of height of 2.3 feet a
pressure of one pound per squaro inch is
added to the base."
North Carolina Mecklenburg County. .
'i- In the Superiffr'Ciourl.
Hugh W. Harris, Administrator of the Estate of
E. L. Markey, deceased, Plaintiff, against F.
L. Markey, Henry A. Markey. G. S. Johnson
and Kate Q. Johnson, Isadore G. Markey,
Virginia E. Sondley, Julia M. Markey, James
L. Markey, Francis B. Markey and Law
rence B. Johnson, Defendants.
The defendants Henry A. Markey, Isadore G.
Markey, Virginia E. Sondley, Julia M. Markey,
James L. Markey and Francis B Markey, being
non-residents of this 8tate, will take notice that
an action, with the title as above stated, was
commenced on the 7th day of May, 1891, upon
issue of summons a&ainst said defendants by the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg
county, the purpose of which action is to Bell for
Assets a certain Lot in Charlotte, on Poplar
Street, between 7th and 8th Streets, known as
the E. L. Markey lot, and said defendants will
further take notice that they are required to
appear at the office of the Clerk of Superior Court
for said county, at the Court House in Charlotte,
on the 2d day of July, 1891, and answer or
demur to the complaint, or the relief demanded
therein will be granted. '
Issued this the 7th day of May 1891.
J. M. MORROW,
May 8, 1891. 6w Clerk Superior Court.
Administrator's Notice.
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All persons having claims against the Estate
of Margaret Duckworth, deceasfd, are hereby
notified to present them to me, properly attested,
on or before the 1st day of May, 1892. All per
sons indebted to said estate are notified to make
payment to me, without delay.
DR J. E. CALDWELL,
Adm'r. of Estate of Marg't Duckworth, dee'd.
May 1, 1891. 6w
LOOK OVER
Our Special Bargains for This Week.
200 pairs Boys pants at 25 cent a pair '
100 pairs Boys pants at 35 cents a pair
300 pairs Boys pants at 50 cents a pair ,
200 pairs Boys pants at 75 cent3 a pair.
Overcoats at 25 per cent discount
Boys' Suits at 25 per cent discount r
Boys' Overcoats at 25 per cent discount
We have iust received
50 dozen all Silk Neck Ties, imported coods.
made by Virgoe, Middleton & Co, of
ijonaon.
None in the lot are worth less than 50 cents.
We offer all of them at 25 cents each.
ROGERS & COMPANY,
New Bryan Building.
Nearly Opposite Court House,
Feb. 20, 1891. Charlotte, N C.
GOOD HARNESS.
It is always economy to get GOOD HAR
NESS. Experience teaches that , no Harness
made can excel for durability, service and hand
some finish that made here in Charlotte by
W. E. SHAW & CO.
We use only first-class material and employ
none but skilled and competent workmen.
Every set that goes out of my shop is complete
and perfect in all respects. An immense line of
Harness,
Bridl6s,
Saddles,
Blankets,
Whips. &c.,
In Stock. Call and see us before buying any
thing in the Harness line.
We also carry a full line of Carts and Bug
gies. W. E. SHAW & CO.
April 25, 1890,
SHOES YOU READ ABOUT.
Ladies' Fine Cloth Shoes, the best, no shoddv.
price $1 25. Fine Kid Fox, cloth top, the best,
price $1 50. Fine Kid Oxford Ties, the best,
price $1.25, with tips. Common Sense and
Opera, also with spring heels.
We have them cheaper, but these are the
Shoe3.
Wear our Shoes. They will give you comfort
and will make you better in every way.
We sell Trunks, Valises and Shoes. We sell
the best. . We sell the cheapest. We have the
largest real Shoe in the world. We occupy the
oldest Shoe stand in Charlotte.
Make no mistake in the place. Call "or send.'
One price to all.
GILREATH & CO.
May 22,1891.
STILL IN THE4 LEAD!
A. C. HUTCHISON & CO.,
(Next to Wadsworth's Stables)
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Have the largest and best stock of Carriages,
Buggies, Spring Wagons, Carts, &c , ever brought
10 me cny.
New Goods arriving daily. Two car loads
now on tne way.
A large lot of Studcbaker .Farm Wagons
always in stock. Read the following:
A. C. Hutchison & Co : It was in 1883 that I
bought my Studebaker Wagon. It is the best
wagon I ever saw. Have had a great deal of
experience with wagons, but The Studebaker
is the lightest running and most durable I have
ever used. M. A. Walters,
. Hope, Union Co., N. C
April 10, 1891.
WE HAVE IN STOCK: ALL THE FINEST
varieties of Early Corn, both for garden
and field planting. A large supply of Melon
Seed in bulk and papers.
R. HI JORDAN & CO.
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OYAL GERM ATUER $100 PER BOTTLE
three for $2 50, at
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
TDL&.STICO IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHER
A preparations for a permanent finish for
wans, ah tints in five pound packages tor ou cis
a pacsage at
JR. H. JORDAN & CO.
March 27, 1891 , ...,.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
And all the leading PATENT MEDICINES
ior saie oy
R H JORDAN & CO
An Old Man' 8 Soliloquy.
Aud still I live, though, no one lives
Who knew me in my childhood "days;
Time swept them all from life, but gives
Me strength to spend in toilsome ways.
I've seen their graves !
I've seen the graves of those whose hands
Provided for my childish wants;
Who turned the soil of fruitful lands
While yet I played in shaded haunts.
I.ve seen their graves !
I've seen the graves of youthful friends
Who walked with me, oft hand in hand;
The weeping-willow o'er them bend
With gloomy shadow on the land.
I've seen their gravts !
I've seen the gravts of many friends,
Who joined me in the school-yard play:
, Each busy life in quiet ends
" And silent, rests beneath the clay.
I've seen their graves !
How thankful then, though oft in pain,
A lengthened life to me is given;
I hope to meet them all again
Amid the scenes that make our heaven.
And no more g ravt s !
E.L, Perkins.
A Wonderful Wisteria Vine.
Norwich, May 24. The longest, big
gest, and handsomest wisteria vine in Con
necticut belongs to Mrs.-Mary B. Coit, of
Church street in this city. Its roots are
under a young elm in Mrs. Coit's door:
yard, and the vines, like two gigantic py
thons, not only embrace the tree for a
distance of thirty feet, but extend to the
dwelling of Mr. Amos Allen, forty feet
away, one
wall of which tb!ey have in
vested in a web of interlacing boughs,
strands, tendrils, and great violet-hued
clusters. At its foot the trunk of the
vine is 5 inches in diameter, and five feet
from the ground its branches begin, sev
eral of which are three inches in diame
ter. The vino is now in full bloom, and
indescribably beautiful, for it has not less
than 2,000 great pendant, -delicately tint
ed blossoms. The vine is a complete gar
den in itself, for with branches, tendrils,
foliage, and flower clusters it covers a
space not less than a quarter of an acre
in size. Mrs. Coit's vine has a reputa
tion in all parts of the State, and people
come here from other cities to see it. It
is said to be the greatest vine of the kind
in America. .
There are a good many men in
the pulpit who would not be there if they
bad not misunderstood the Lord.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The business of T. L. Seigle & Co. will be con
inued at the old stand, under the "Id firm name
and on the same business principles, namely :
Honest, fair and upright dealing ; good honest
reliable goods at as small a profit as possible ;
and money refunded for all goods that do not
prove as represented. A continuance of your
patronage is solicited.
We are cramped for room. In order to make
more room we are going to quit keeping
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lhese two stocks must go at once as we must
have this room for other lines of goods. All
Clothing must be sold out at once, and so with
the Shoes. The news has already spread about
this sale.
These Goods are Going Fast.
Every suit of Clothes and every pair of Shoes
will be sold at or below cost for Cash. This sale
is strictly for Cash. All profit is cut away
xnese suits are nymg, and no wonder wnen you
can now buy them as cheap as the largest mer
chant.
You know Stetson's boss raw edge black felt
Hats don't you? You know that the price is
$5.00, too.- Well we have two styles of them,
and our price is f d.50.
JNew stock of Cottonades, rant Uloths, Domes
tics, Shirtings, Ginghams, Calicos and Dress
Goods, just opened.
T. L. SEIGLE & CO.
March 13, 1891.
DAY BOARDING
AT
W. B. Taylor's Restaurant.
I can accommodate a few Day Boarders,
Meals from 7 to 9 A. M., 12 to 2 P. M , and 6 to
8 P. M.
Fruits
OF ALL KINDS NEW CROP ORANGES
Candies.
Call and see the finest lot of French Candies
ever in the city.
W. B. TAYLOR.
May 15, 1891.
SPARKLING
CATAWBA SPRINGS.
These iustly celebrated Springs of Western
North Carolina are
Beautifully Located.
The Climate is Delightful
The Waters
are eminently curative for
Dyspepsia,
Liver Disease,
Vertigo,
Spinal Affections,
Neuralgia,
Rheumatism
Scrofula. Gravel. Diabetes. Kidney Affections,
Chronic Cough, Asthma, Insomnia, Debility and
all Skin Diseases. ' . ,
-- Hotel refitted and put in first class order.
Room for 400 Guests
IS NOW OPEN.
. Write for terms.v
DIC E. O. ELLIOTT & SON, Prop'rs.,
Sparkling Catawba Springs, N C.
May 2S, 1891. , : .
Bibles andr Testaments.' . ,
The Meck'enburg County Bible Socifity keep.
at its Depositorxat tie Jitore pf. John Fawir.
on Tryon street, a well selected stock of Bibls,
Testaments, Psalms and Gospels, which can be
had at actual cost; and will be furnished to per
sons unable to purchase, gratuitously.
Oct. 1 1890. Pd - -
BARGAINS.
We are .offering some genuine Bargains in
Carriages, Buggies and Pbsetons, in order to
make room for several car loads of new goods.
h O. HUTCHISON & GO.
Dec. 19, 1890. . .
Advice for Apprentices Nmr Know too
. Much.
What better advice can we give to you
as a apprentice tEan the above? It may
be dressed in all sorts ol phrases, or call.
ed by rough and pet names, yet its im
portance, as regards the future of the at
tentive apprentice, is as explicit as our
anguage can possibly make ft.
It is the advice a wise father and a lov
ing mother would bestow on i the boy of
their heart, when about to enter the
great arena of life to wrestle with its pos
sibilities. -
It is fraught with meaning, for it pre
pares tho youth for the trying emergen
cies of layiDg the foundation, of a future
greatness or a future failure. "Hever
Know Too Much."
The observance of .this induction, dear
young mend, will lead. ybxr into the
way 3 of knowledge, into paths ot distinc
tive greatness, and into fields of success
which at present are shrouded in mys
tery. It is a pitiable sight to see a young
man, just emerging Irom apprenticeship,
so puffed up with his importance that be
needlessly draws comparisons with Lis
betters as to his skill as a workman. This
fallacy, for such it is, has led many a
young man into endless trouble, and it
will continue to do so. It has not only
brought down upon him the enmity ot
his superiors in the workroom, but it has
also dwarfed his usefulness.
Learn all you can about your business.
Do this as unpretentiously as possible,
but with assiduity, and you will be as
tonished at this discovery, which has
been the inevitable lot of the best living
printers, namely, that, after all, you may
then really know very little. American
Art Printer.
A Professional Shoe-Breaker.
"Wearing shoes is my business," said a
New York woman the other day. "It
began in this way. A schoolmate of mine
bad the good luck to marry a wealthy
man. one bad always surxerea irom ten
der feet, and at school I used to break in
her shoes for her by wearing them a few
days. Stretching on the last won't serve
the same end, because a last cracks with
out softening the leather; there's nothing
like the tread of the foot to do that.
"Well, when my friend married she in
sisted on my accepting from her a trifle
for breaking in her shoes. I named fifty
cents a pair. There were other women
to whom she mentioned her idea, and
about half a dozen, who wore the same
number as I do, gave me their custom.
Gradually my queer little business in
creased, so by the time my daughters
grew up I nevor had to buy shoes for
them or for myseli, and 1 often employ
irirls outside when my customers sizes
do not fit any of us.
"I keep tho buttons on the shoes in ad
dition to stretching them when new. I
charge ten cents for putting buttons on,
no matter how many or how lew there
may be to replace. I also brush and put
shoe polish on them. The charge for
this is twenty five cents, and the shoes
are sent to me and called for. You see
the pay is very small but it helps me
dress. For years I think I have stood
alone in tho business,but now the visiting
maid includes the care ot shoes in her
duties, so that, but for having my own
patronesses, she would cut the ground
1 nam oknH "
11 u til uuuci til j ainajD uoh-duuu lotv.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Supports for Climbers.
In many places it is bard to get brush
for peas or poles for climbing vines and
tomatoes. The neatest of all supports
and the cheapest in the long run is the
galvanized wiro netting now made in va
nous widths. This netting can be bought
for about three fourth of a cent per
square foot and can be bad from three to
six feet wide. It.only needs a few sticks
to hold up a row of this netting, and all
sorts of cumbers find a ready support
Being galvanized it does not rust and
can be rolled up and used year after year.
It is also more neat and sightly in
well-kept garden than the poles and
brush commonly used. TV. F. Masssey,
Horticulturist, Jy. C. Experiment Station.
In the use of timber, its manufac
ture and application in construction
there should be no extravagance. The
supply is constantly growing smaller, and
if once exhausted, it will take many
years to grow another.
The Nevada legislature having re
fused to appropriate money lor the trav
eling expenses of the district judges, one
of them has bought a bicycle on which to
make his magisterial circuit.
When the architect spoke of the
great nave in the new church, a pious
lady said she "knew to whom he refer
red." Exchange.
GOODS
In Every Department
Of our House are rapidly passing out. Let every
Lady remember we have the popular Shirt
Waist, at most reasonable prices. They are
most convenient, as one will wear with any
skirt, thus saving u more expensive basque.
-. Double Buchings
Are quite pretty and very tony. Chiffon Lace
for Jabots, in all colors. Belts in Cloth, Leather
or Gilt
Black Embroidered Flouncings are marked
way down. Make it a 'special point to examine
them.
Remember the coo, starchless Outings ; and
always bear-in mind we are headquarters for
White Goods of every kind.
,Two Hundred and Fifty Broad Brim Straw
Hate just opened at
T. L. ALEXANDER, SON & CO.,
13 West Trade Street
May 29, 1891.
Fine Goods,
- For beautiful and cheap Goods call on- -R.
H. JORDAN 4 CO.
March 20, 189
A Born Lawyer.
A lawyer advertised for a clerk. The
next morning his office was crowded with
applicants all bright, and many suitable.
tie bade them wait until all should arrive.
and then arrange them in a row and said
he would tell them a story, note their
comments, and judge from that whom
he would choose.
"A certain farmer," began the lawyer,
was troubled with a red squirrel that
got in through a hole in his barn and stole
his seed corn. He resolved to kill the
squirrel at tho first opportunity. Seeing
mm go in at the hole one noon, be took
bis shotgun and fired away : the first shot
set the barn on nre.
"Did the barn burn ?" said one ot the
bova. .
The lawyer without answer, continued :
"And seeing the barn on fire, the farmer
seized a pail of water and ran to rmt it out.
"Via he put it out ( said another.
"As he passed inside, the door shut to
and the barn was soon in flames. When
ine nirea gin rusnea out with more
water "
"Did they all burn up ?" said another
boy.
The lawyer went on without answer.
"Then ' the old lady came out. and all
was noise and confusion, and everybody
was trying to put out the hre.'
"Did any one burn up ?" said another.
The lawyer said : "There, that will
do ; you have all shown great interest in
the story. Hut observing one little
bright eyed fellow in deep silence he said;
iNow my little man, what have you to
say 7"
I he little fellow blushed, grew uneasy.
and stammered out
"I want to know what became of that
squirrel ; that's what I want to know.'
"louu do," said the-lawyer; "you are
my man ; you nave not been switched oil
by a contusion and a barn burning and
the hired girls and water pails. You have
kept your eye on the squirrel." Tact
in Uourt.
Great Financial Crashes.
The Calcutta failures of 1831 involved
$75,000,000.
The failures in Holland in 1773 exceeded
$50,000,000.
The English failures -in 1847 involved
$100,000,000.
The "wildcat" prices in the United
States in 1837 caused all the banks to
elose.
During the great panic of 1857 in the
United States 7,200 houses failed for $560,-
000,000.
"Black Friday in Wall street was on
Sept. 24, 1869. Fortunes were swopt
away like chaff.
The shoe and leather trade crisis in
Boston in 1883 caused losses amounting
to over 810,000,000.
The Overond, Gurney & Co. failure,
nearly a quarter of a century ago, in
volved others, costing upward of $500,
000,000. In 17yy, in Hamburg, there were
eighty-two failures, involving $10,000,000.
There was a panic in Liverpool in the
same year.
In 1814, 250 banks suspended payment
in England : and lizo, at Manchester,
failures occurred to the amount of $10,-
000,000.
The Grant & Ward failure in New York
city in 1884 involved many financial and
business houses and a loss ot over $25,000,-
000.
In 1839, the Bank of England was saved
by the .Bank ot France. A panic in
France during the same year caused
ninety-three companies to fail for the sum
ot $30,000,000.
JSP" Will you let me look in a moment?
If any housekeeper wishes to economize
and will save her ham bones until she
has about three this will be a nice way
to utilize them put in a pot, throw in
black pepper and sage, to taste, also a
little onion if you like, boil until it is a
perfect jam; stir in enough meat nicely
sifted to stiffen it, put in large pan, place
a plate over the top then a heavy weight;
at tea time slice it nicely and you will
find it a welcome change for the little
ones at least. You housekeepers, far
away from a market, desire a dainty
steak sometimes, but all in vain; but, if
you are not too tasty, slice the desired
amount of ham, soak it fresh, pound it
nicely, rub with pepper, dip in flour, have
a pan ot boiling butter or sweet lard rea
dy, fry a dainty brown and make nice,
cream gravy after your steake has been
removed to a dish. Some housekeepers
always spoil their food by serving it with
the gravy; always tor ham, broiled or tried,
or chicken, have it in separate dishes: if
you don't number a gravy boat in your
closet, convert a dainty little pitcher, or
even a bowl into one. I have seen a lady
who prided herself on her housekeeping,
sit her guests down to a nice country-cur
ed ham, with beautiful slices literally chas
in e each other around in a whilpool of
gravy. Hattie Barringer, Edinboro, If. C,
in Atlanta Constitution.
Hon. John Young. Brown is the
Democratic candidate for Governor ofi
Kentucky. Once, while a congressman
from that State, he had occasion to al
lude to a fellow member. Gen. Butler, the
conclusion of his remarks being as fol
lows: "If I were called upon to charac
terize all that is inhuman in war, pusil
lanimous in peace and infamous in poli
tics, I should call it Butlerism." When
the Republican hous3 demanded that he
withdraw the language he refusod to do
so, but replied: "rwill stand by the re
cord." Mr. Blaine was Speaker at the
time, and Mr. Young was publicly repri-
manded, but the reprimand was after
wards stricken from the record. Mr.
Young was a non combatant during the
war.
Smilev: "I hadn't been out of
the house five minutes this morning
when I found a five-dollar gold piece.
Yonker: "Where did you find it?"
Smilev: "In my pocket; my wife mis
took it for a cent." Munsey's Weekly.
The United States used 1,863,837
tons of steel rail last year, all but 204 tons
of which was of American manufacture.
Success Certain.
a practical and heiptui gin irom a
a parent to a son would be the following
aipnaDeucai list ol maxims, printed or
written as a heading to a calender, or I
framed and hung upon the wall of his
room. It is said that Baron Rothschild
had these maxims framed and hung in
his bouse:
Attend carefully to details of your business.
to prompt in an tnings.
Consider well, then decide positively. -
Dare to do right, fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently.
Fight life's battle bravely, manfully.
Go not into the society of the vicious.
Hold integrity sacred.
injure not another s reputation nor business
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep jour mind from evil thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make lew acquaintances.
Never try to appear what you are not,
Observe good manners.
Pay your debt promptly.
question not the veracity of a friend.
Respect the counsel of your parent.
Sacrifice money rather than Drincinle.
Touch not, taste not, handle not, intoxicating
urui&s.
Use your leisure time for improvement.
Venture not upon the threshold of wrong.
w aicn careiuuy over your passion.
'Xtend to every one a klndlv salutation.
Yield not discouragement.
zeaiousiy labor ior tne right
Ana success is certain.
Test This, Everybody.
The Listener ' observed a very curious
and interesting thing the other night. He
i j ... . I
uuu occasion to wait -ior an evening train i
in the Columbus avenue station. As he
entered and sat down there were already
eight men and two women sitting on the
benches, and, having nothing better to do,
tho Listener noticed that every one of the
men had his leg crossed over his right
knee, while it was sufficiently apparent
that in the case of the two ladies this state
of things was exactly reversed. As the
Listener was meditating upon the reason
for this curious circumstance, a lady and J
gentleman entered and sat down ; and im-1
mediately the gentleman put his left leg
over his right knee, while the lady joined
her sisters in the room in exactly the same
attitude. By and by more men came, and
more ; and every one of them put his left
leg over his right knee, until there were
actually seventeen men sitting in that
position in the little waiting room. Only
one more lady came, but she, too, followed
exactly the example of t he other women.
seventeen men and lour women in one
room, all with one knoe over tho other,
but the women's and men's crossed in
reversed directions. Is there any physi
ologist who can explain why this should
be so? Boston Transcript.
The New Federal Judgeships.
The last congress established a Circuit
Court of appeals. Heretofore all appeals
and writs ot error have been- directly to
the Supremo Court at Washington. This
Uourfc ot Appeals is an intermediate Court,
and is intended to relieve the Supreme
Court of the vast accumulation of business
there pending.
There are nine ot the courts, to be held
respectively, at Boston, New York, Phila
delphia, Kichmond, JNew Orleans, Cincin
nati, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco.
The Jf resident is authorized by law to
appoint nine circuit judges in addition
to the present, t. e, one addition for each
circuit. Each Court of Appeals is to con
sisls of three judges, to wit: a Supreme
judge and two Circuit judges, and in case
ot the absence ol either, then the place
may be supplied by a District judge. The
Court meets annually in J une.
All appeals and writs of error from the
Federal Court, no matter how much is
involved, are now taken to the Court of
appeals, except questions in regard to
jurisdiction, capital and infamous crimes,
and questions requiring the construction
ot the Federal Constitution, the laws of
Congress or some treaty of the United
States. These, together with all writs of
error to the supreme Courts of the States,
are to be heard in the Supreme Court of
the United States.
B INDING A "MARK'S JNEST." The Ori
gin of tho expression .to find a "mare's
nest" has been traced to the days ot
the early Saxons. What we call
a nightmare was by our fathers supposed
to be the Saxon demon Mara or Mare, a
kind of vampire, which caused the incu.
bus by sitting on the sleeper's chest. The
Mare vampires were said to be the guar.
dians of hidden treasuros, over which
they were supposed to brood as hens do
over their eggs, and the place where they
sat was termed their neidus or , nest.
Hence, when anyone announced that he
had made an extraordinary discovery,
some one accused him of finding a Mare's
nest, or the place where the vampire kept
guard over her hypothetical treasures.
A physician has hit upon an ex
cellent way of utilizing rubber in the
treatment of wounds. He places one end
of the strip of rubber upon one lip of the
wound, and then stretches the rubber to
fasten the other end to the opposite lip.
In this vay he draws the several parts
closely together, and the elastic rubber
continuously holds them there. . The effi
ciency of the sheet rubber used was in
creased by painting it over with a tbin
gutta-percha cement. Louisville Courier-
Journal.
f3ST As an instance of the wonder fa
fecundity of vegetable life, it is stated
that a single tobacco plant will produce
360,000 seeds.
Cf" Pensions are now paid by the
Government to the widows of three
presidents, eighteen generals, one colonel,
and two rear-aamirais.
Onr dear little daughter was terribly rick.
Her bowels were bloated as hard as a brick,
We feared she would die
Till we hADnened to try
Pierce's Pllets they cured her, remarkably
quick.
Never be without Pierce s Pellets in
the house. They are gentle and effective
in action ana kvo immeuiaw iu
cases of indigestion, bilonsness and con
stipation. They do their work thoroughly
and leave no bad effects.- omauest cneap
est. easiest to take. One a dose." Best
Liver Pill made. v
A North Carolinian Probably the Biggest
Man This Country Ever Produced.
In Quoting Mr. Osrlesbv in your issue
of the 16th on "Southern Thinkers," you
say : "He mentions, by the way, that the
largest man that Sussex country ever
produced was Miles Darden, who weighed
1,000 pounds," and that you would like
to know something more about Mr. Dar
den, and especially if the weight given is
correct, and how long he lived.
Mr. Darden has two nephews living in
Sussex county Mr. R. C. West and Mr. W.
B. West who are prosperous and highly
respected farmers, and one niece Mrs.
I. T. Harris; also one niece living in
Surry Mrs. Tom Atkinson and one in
Prince George Mrs. Richard Johnson.
One of Mr. Darden's great-nephews
kindly furnished me to-day with a notice
of Mr. Darden cut from' the - Wilmington
Journal after his death and pasted in an
old memorandum-book, a copy of which I
send you. The article is headed "The
Heaviest Man on Historic Record, and is
as follows :
"Miles Darden. probably, the largest
man on record, born in North Carolina
in 1798, died in Henderson county, Ten
nessee,' January 23, 1857. He was seven
feet and nine inches high, and in 1845
weighed 871 pounds. At his death his
weight was a little over 1,000 pounds.
Until 1843 he was active and lively and
was able to labor, but from that time was
obliged to stay at home or be haulod
. i i i i.
auuui iu a iwu-uumo wagon.
In 1839 his
coat was buttoned around three men,
each of them weighing more than 200
pounds, who walked together in it across
the square . at .Lexington, in lsoo it
required thirteen and a half yards of
cloth one yard wide to make him a coat.
His coffin was eight feet long,' thirty five
inches deep, thirty-two inches across the
breast, eighteen inches across the head,
and fourteen across the feet, and twenty-
five yards of black velvet was requisite
to cover tho sides and lid; He was twice
married and his children are very large,
though probably none of them will ever
reach half the weight of their father."
Mr. Darden moved from . JN orth Caro
lina to Southampton county, Ya., where
he lived several years, then moved to
Tennessee. ' His relatives and old friends
in this section, while they had not seen
him for many years previous to his death,
do not think his weight exaggerated by
Mr. Oglesby. B. W. L. Molt in Richmond
Dispatch.
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:. Origin of "Whig."
Several reasons have been assigned to
account for the word "Whig," universally
known to all the English-speaking people.
By some the word is supposed to bo a con
traction of a longer one, "whiggamore,"
which in some parts of England, and
Scotland, especially Scotland, signifies a
drover or herder. It was in 1679 that
the word first became common in the
British Isles, when the struggle was in
progress between the peasantry and the
aristocracy to have or not to have tho
bill passed by Parliament to exclude the
Duke of York from the line of succession.
All who were opposed to placing the Duke
in the line of succession were derisively
called "whiggamores," or "drovers," just
as the city dude ot to day speaks ot the
'grangers, the "grays, the "chin-
whiskers" and the "hay-seeders."
But Scotch tradition gives altogether a
different reason for the existence of the
word ; it is this : During the early re
ligious wars in Scotland the weakest of
the factions used the words "We Hope In
God" as a motto. The initials ot these
words were placed on their banners thus :
"W. H. I. G.," and soon all the followers
of that class were given the title of
"Whig" which was afterwards attached
as a party nick-name.
The same Scotch legend entirely upsets
the origin of the word "wiggamore," as
given above. It is said that the "We
Hope In God" party were defeated in
their efforts to gain religious liberty, and
thereupon took refuge in the Highlands,
where stock raising became their princi
pal industry. In this mountain fastness
the Whig leader became known as the
"Whiggamore," or "Great Whig," - the
word "more" attached to whig meaning
great, just as McDonaldmoro signified the
Great McDonald. St. Louis Republic.
Puffs of an Engine. J '
The number of puffs given by a locomo
tive depends upon the circumference
of its driving-wheels and their speed,
says an exchange. No matter what the
rate of speed may be, for every one round
of the driving-wheels a locomotive will
give four puffs two out of each cylinder,
the cylinders being double.
The sizes of driving-wheels vary,, so me
being 18, 19, 20 and even 22 feet in cir.
cumference; though they are generally
made in or about 20. The express speed
varies from 52 to 54 miles an hour.
Taking the average circumference of
the driving wheel to be twenty feet, and
the speed per hour fifty miles, a locomo
tive will give, going at express speed, ssu
puffs per minute or 52,800 puffs per hour,
the wheels revolving 13,200 times in six
ty minutes, giving 1,055 puns per mile.
Therefore, an express going irom ion-
don to Liverpool, a distance of 201
miles, will throw out 213,048 puffs, before
arriving at its destination. During the
tourist season of 1888 the journey from
London to Edinburg was accomplished
in leas than eight hours, the distance be
ing 401 miles, giving a speed throughout
of 50 miles an hour.
A locomotive of an express train from
London to Edinburgh, subject to the
hove conditions, will give 423,456 puffs.
Spahctxjh Spakctobcm. "Papa,w- in
quired the editor's only son, "what do
you call your officer' "Well," was the
reply, "the world cans an editors omce
the sanctum sanctorum, but I don't."
Then, I guess," and the boy was
thoughtful for a moment, "that mamma's
office is a spanctum spanctorum, isn't
it T" Washington Star. -
liyThe art of paper-making has
reached that point where a growing tree
can be cut down - and converted into a
newspaper; all within twenty-four hours.
X
Jan. 30,1891.
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