f I 1 iTi w My I f t f W ms Paper is 39 Yeabs Old CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1891. VOLUIIE XXXIX. NUMBER 1933 THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT, PUBLISHED EVERY FBIDAY BY J. P. STRONG. bums One Doller and Ff ty Cents in advance for 1 year Two Dollars on time. o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, a second class matter, according to the rules of he P. 0. Department. j. p. McCOMBS, M. D., ifprn his professional services to the citizens of hirlotte and surrounding country. All calls. Dtn night and day, promptly attended to. i office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite v.rlntrn Hntel Jin. 1. 1891 DR. M. A. BLAND. Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tbyon Strkkt. Jan. 3, 1891. F. DAVIDSOK. H. L. DAVIDSON DAVIDSON & DAVIDSON, REAL ESTATE AND U1LD1NG AND LOAN AGENCY, 1 Property bought, sold and rented Col lections made and loans negotiated. Office, No. I, over Reese's Drug Store. Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 16, 1891. ly BURWKLL. F D. WALKER BURWELL & WALKER. Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. till practice in the State and Federal Courts ty Office in Law Building. Jan. 1. 1891. I. OSBORNE. W. C. MAXWKLI OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. will practice in the State and Federal Courts XT Offices 1 and 8 Law Building. July 3, 1891. ' y AMILTON 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 If the Western District. Aug. 12. 1891. ISRIOT CLARKSON. CHA8. H. DULS. CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business ln- usted. Will practice in all Courts of the Jtate. tyOffice No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7. 1891. . F. BASON. O. N. BROWN- BASON & BROWN. Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. HT Will practice in the State and Federal ;ourt8. Office Nos. 14 and 16, Law Building. Jan. 17. 1891. y Office McAden building, over First National Bank, opposite Central Hotel. Feb. 6, 1891. BOYNE & BADGER, LEADING JEWELERS. OUTH TRYON ST., CHARLOTTE, N. C. :o: dealers IX piamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware. Special attention given Repairing Fine Watches. March 6, 1891. 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, 1891. J AS. ARDREY BELL, Attorney-at-Law, CHARLOTTE. N. C. Careful attention given to all legal business Office Law Building, No. 6. Jn. 10, 1891. JOHN PAnnmn NO. 3 NORTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. . TSXF it PB TM Diamonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver ana Silver Plated Ware. Special attention given to Fine Watch March 28, 1891. WATCHES 1 WATCHES ! You will find at Hales's Jewelry Store a fine miens oi Gold and Silver Watches At very low figures. me Watch Repairing a specality. All work "ranted. Sept. 5. 1891. A. HALES. THE STAR MILLS. Charlotte. N. C. Manufactures best Corn Meal and Mill Feed M deals in all kinds of Grain. onTve "-I11 is Bituated near the Railroad crossing - i raue sireei. v W. M. CROWELL. No-11, 1890. vr HUGHES' Quinine Hair Tonic, , preparation made for the Hair. It im P&ria YlgOr tO tht Ralr. nuncu it lt.n. fair y icates Daudroff, and stops the Hair umg - Price 25 and 60 cenU. Prepared by . a.. rfwrtuAW B CO., Druggists, Nn. u ,t,8PriDKB' Corner Charlotte, N. O. Steel ties that were placed in the track of the Chicago and Western Indi ana Railway nineteen months ago have been examined by the roadmaster. The track had a very heavy traffic, but the roadmaster reports that the ties were not only safe, smooth, and pleasant to ride on, but wero a money-saving device. Me also observed that there was less oscilla tion and vibration in the locomotives and cars passing over them, especially in heavily loaded cars of yielding material like gram. SHERIFF'S SALE. Under and by order of an Execution in my hands, from the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, of Hood, bbelton and Caldwell, against E L Beard, I will sell for cash, to the highest bidder, at the County Court House door, in Charlotte, N. C, on Monday, December 7th, 1891, at 12 o'clock M., to satisfy said Executor, all the right, title, interest and estate, which the defen dant E L Beard had, on the 1st day of October 1891 and all his right title, interest and estate in and to that tract of land in Lemley's Town ship, Mecklenburg county, N. C, adjoining the lands of J. Jf. Gamble, JL. A. rotts' Heirs Ja. if. Henderson and others, known as the Caldwell tract, and containing 80 acres, more or less. Z T. SMITH, Sheriff. Nov. 6, 1891. 5w TRUSTEE'S SALE. By virtue of a Deed in Trust made to the un dersigned, Heriot Clarkson, on January 15th, 1890. to secure the payment of a certain sum, therein set forth and interest. Said deed in trust recorded in Book 70. page 94. Registry for Meck lenburg county, N. J , and by virtue of a deed in trust made to L. F. Osborne, on May 29th, 1890. to secure the pay ment of a certain sum of mcr.ey therein set forth and interest, said deed in trust recorded in Book 74, page 120, Registry for Mecklenburg county, N. C, both of said trust detds made by I. N. Bartlett and wife, and whereas said sums of money have not been paid, and the conditions of said deeds in trust have been broken, we will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder, at the Court House door, in Charlotte, N. C ,on Tuesday, December 1, 1891, all the land described in said deeds. 1st Tract, BeiLg the piece on which I N. Bart lett ana wiie lived, and adjoins the lands of W. A. Williams, J. C Baker, A. B. Downs, Gilbert Helms, and contains 3714 acres. xna J ract, tfemg tne right, title and interest of L N. Bartlett in and to that piece containing about 12 acres, and sold by Mrs. Mary C. Bart lett to w . A. Williams, ana wnicb w. A. Wil liams now has in his possession. Terms Cash. HElilOT CLARKSON, L. F. OSBORNE, Oct 30, 1691. 5w Trustees. SALE OF LAND. By virtue of an order of resale of land, in the case of R. Barringer against W. G. Maxwell and others, I will sell to the highest bidder, at pub lic auction, at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, on Monday, the seventh day of December, 1891, at 12 o'clock, m., all that body of land, in Morning btar Township, con taining two-Hundred ana eignt Acres, joining the "Baker Mill Tract," and known a3 the late Honoria Maxwell's "Home Place." The land will be sold as a whole or in parcels to suit pur chasers. Terms of sale, cash. J. A. BELL, Commissioner. Oct 30, 1891. 6w SALE OF LAND. By virtue of a power in me vested under and by a Mortgage Deed made to me by D. S. El- mgton and wile. M. U. .Ellington, on tne linn day of November. 1880, 1 will sell at public auc tion, at the Court liouse door in unariotte, jn . C, on Monday, the 80th day of November, 1891. a valuable tract of land, lymg in Clear Creek Township, Mecklenburg county, ad joining the lands of E. H. Hinson and others, and particularly oescriDea in tne saiu mortgage Deed, registered in Book 24, page 602 in the of fice of the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County Terms Cash. JUttJN it. MOMtua, Mortgagee. Oct 30,1891. 5w TRUSTEE S SALE. By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to mc by W. if. iiryant and wife, M. if. Bryant; dated June 10th 1890, and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg County, I will offer for sale at public auction, before the Court House, in Charlotte, at the usual hour of sale, on Tuesday, the 17th day of November next, the real estate described in said deed, which is situ ated on " C street, iu the City of Charlotte, and is designated in the City map as lot No. 586 in square No. 78. Terms of sale, cash. T. R. ROBERTSON, Trustee. Oct. 16, 1891. 4w MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of a power contained in a Mortgage made to me by C. M. Alexander and wife on the 22nd day of January 1884, and registered in book 36, page 308, in tne office oi Kegister or ueeas ior Mecklenburg county. 1 will sell tor casn at tne Court House door in the city of Charlotte, on Monday, the 16th day of November, 1891, the tract of land described in said mortgage, lying in Sharon township, containing 74 acres. Oct. 9. 1891. 5w Trustee. SPECIAL NOTICE. I am getting in an entire new line of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. The finest line of Guitars, Violins and Banjos evtr brought to the city. Pianos and Organs Of every style prices to suit the purchaser. When in need of strings call at Baker's Music House, where they can be assorted for you. A new line of Sheet Music and Folios. Some of the most popular Songs of the day. "In Old Madrid," price 35 cents. "If you love me darling tell me with your eyes, 40 cents. Soecial rates to Teachers. Write for Cata logues. BAKER'S MUSIC HOUSE, Y. M. C. A. Building, Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 13,1891. MEALS TWENTY-FIVE CTS AT W. B. Taylor's Restaurant. T nan accommodate a few Dav Boarders. Meals from 7 to 9 A M., 12 to 2 P. M , and 6 to 8 F. 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. Sept. 4, 1891. Good Seeds Grown in Good Ground. Nnw ia tho host time to sow vonr TnrniD Seed. Try the Southern Prize, grown at the Thompson Orphanage. We also have a large assortment oi oiuer-voiicucs. JORDAN & CO. Aug. 14 1891. Turkey. Bird of two meats the brown, the white Which like Jhe dual tribes unite. And in a single body run ; Of tints diverse, in substance one. Hail to thy bosom broad and puffed 1 Plump as a maiden's, cotton stuffed. Hail to thy drumsticks, dainties fine, That served as "devils" seem divine ! Hail to thy side bones ! rich morceaux And thy ecclesiastic nose, Whicn, to the laws of order blind, Nature has queerly placed behind ; Yet scoffers vow they fitness see In nose of bishop following thee, And hint that every nose of priest Turns eagerly toward savory feast. ' Methinka I see a dish borne in O'er-canopied with shining tin. From 'neath which dome a vapor rare Curls through the hospitable air. Presto ! up goes the burnished lid, And lo, the bird, its concave hid 1 I see thee browned from crest to tail Bird of two meats, all hail ! all hail ! Thro' thy round breast the keen steel glides : Rich ichor irrigates thy sides ; "Dressing," to give the slices zest, Rolls from thy deep, protuberant chest. Then, tunnelling, in search of "cates," The spoon thy "innards" excavates, And forth, as from a darksome mine, Brings treasures for which gods might pine. Bird of the banquet 1 what to me Are all the birds of melody ? Thy "merry thought" far more I love Than merriest music of the grove. And in tby "gobble," deep and clear, Thy gourmand's shibboleth I hear ! Of all earth's dainties there is none Like thee to thank the Lord upon ; And so receive thy votive lay, Thou Sovereign Bird of Thanksgiving Day. Qood Housekeeping. A Splendid Road of Iron Slag. Sotjth- ington, Uonn., Uct. dO. The problem of good roads, cheaply built, seems to have been solved by the officials of this town. The high way grade was cut down several inches and then filled in with coarse slag from the rolling mills. This was covered with iron filings and gravel. In a short time the entire mass becomes ground up and the action of the atmos- pnere on tne iron mages a roadbed as smooth and hard as asphalt, and is said to be superior to the famous shell roads along the Sound shore When a man is deemed reliable out in Montana they say. "He'll stand without hitcbin.' " Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of Fannie (Hoskins) Arnold, deceased, are hereby notified to present them to me, properly attested, on or before tne 1st day of November, 182. All persons indebted to said estate are notified to make payment to me, without delay. HUGH W. HARRIS, Administrator of estate Fannie Arnold, deceased. UCt. 30, 18H1. ow Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of Henry Hoover, deceased, are hereby notified to present inem 10 me, propeny attested, on or before the 1st day of November, 1892 All per sons indebted to said estate are notified to make payment to me, without delay. IIU till W. MAUUia, Administrator of Henry Hoover, deceased. Oct. 30, 1891. 6w Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of Jiessie Davidson, deceased, are hereby notified to present them to me, properly attested, on or before tne 1st day or .November, ltjya. All per sons indebted to said estate are notified to make payment to me, without delay. HUGH W. HARRIS, Administrator of Bessie Davidson, deceased. Oct. 30, 1891. 6w Administrator's NotiC6. All persons having claims against the estate of W. L. D. Alexander, deceased, are hereby notified to present tnem to me, properly attested, on or before the 1st day of November, 1892. All per sons indebted to said estate are notified to make payment to me, without delay. HUUH W. HAKK1S, Administrator of W. L. D. Alexander, deceased. Oct. 30, 1891. 6w Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of Frank Hinson, deceased, are hereby notified to present them to me, properly attested, on or before the 1st day of November, 1892. All pei- sons indebted to said estate are notified to make payment to me, without delay. 11 U till W. rlAKKlo, Administrator of Frank Hinson, deceased Oct. 30, 1891. 6w Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of John M. Cannon, deceased, are hereby notified to present them to me. properly attested, on or before tne 1st day oi .November ie. ah per sons indebted to said estate are notified to make payment to me, without delay. Administrator of John M. Cannon, deceased. Oct. 30, 1891. 6w 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. DR. E. O. ELLIOTT & SON, Prop'rs., Sparkling Catawba Springs, N C. May 23, 1891. Forty Pigs. T have fortv nice Pigs at Double Oaks. As I have priced them so low, $2.50 to $5-00 each, I shall not expect to ieea mem long, ouy iwu ut more of these pigs, put in a pen, feed well, and ii in Fehrnarv. You will be surprised at the .n!t trmi mflVp. Ynnrn trnlv. pwix.jw-- WWIJV not. a. ioyi. . Hidden Rivera of Florida Until about twenty years ago the vast grassy plain lying between Uamesviiie and Micanopy, and known as Paynos prairie, was one of the ' most noted local i ties in Florida, Stretching fifteen miles from east to west and six from north to south it presented & grand and beautiful spectacle when waving with green grass and herbage. The old Indian chief, Jrling Payne, had his headquarters in the neigh borhood of it, and it came to be known by his name. But in 1871. during a violent storm of several days' duration the subter ranean outlet to the waters of the prairie, known as the great sink, became clogged with moss and other debris that drifted into it. Then the water rose over the prairie to a depth of from three to twenty feet, and for twenty years the prairie re mained a lake. . . Such phenomena are not rare in Florida, and they prove that 'the subterranean features of the State are even more re markable than those of the surface. Let a tourist travel from Man anna to liaines- ville, and thence southward to Brooks ville, and he could not fail to be convinced that that portion of the State at least has an extensive system of underground water-ways. Through those bottomless, well-like holes at Silver Springs one looks down into a subterranean river. "The Devil's Hopper," the "Devil's Punch Bowl," and thousands of other depressions or "sinks" are caused by the cave m of the earth or soft rock that spanned some hidden river or creek. The outlets oi some of these underground streams have been found off the coast, tho fresh water boiling up out of the sea. Jacksonville limes, union. Superstitions About Birds. In many parts of Saxony the peasants will not raise chickens, even though they could double their investment many fold. They call the male of the barnyard fowl the "bird of ill omen,' from a notion that he "crowed for joy" at the time of the crucifixion. The majority of sailors on the Atlantic Ocean religiously believe that the frigate bird can start at daybreak with the trade winds from the coast of Africa and roost the same night upon the American coast Ornithologists say that under favorable conditions the frigate bird will make 200 miles an hour. In Sweden the turtle dove is looked upon as sacred. The swedes call it "trod s bird ' and "JNoahs bird," trora a notion that it is the same species of bird that the commander of the Ark sent out to bring back tidings of a receding flood In t ranee the quail is called the iJird of Prophecy: this from an idea that the number of his calls lortells the price of wheat. If he calls twice without resting the farmers expect but 2 francs per bushel for his grain, if the bird calls four times he expects to realize twice the price which two calls insures. In olden times a bird called a "phoenix" was thought to live in the deserts of Arabia. His lease of life was said to be 500 years, at the end of which time he built a nest of spices and fanned it into a flame with his wings The flame reduced the bird to ashes, out of which he sprung to live another 500 years. Kicbardson says tbat be bad ntty orifices in his beak, through which he sung melodious airs. I he raven was also one ot the chosen birds of mediaeval superstition. Knapp calls him The hateful messenger of heavy things, Of death and dolour telling. Dayton speaks of The greedy raven that doth call for death. Globe-Democrat. VEEMONT NOT AN ORIGINAL' St ATE It is dimcuit ior tne average newspaper reader to rid himself of the notion tbat Vermont was one of the original 13 States, The Green Mountain boys distinguished themselves during the war lor mde pendence but their locality did not have a distinct political existence until after the close ot that struggle. VV hat is now culled Vermont was claimed by both New Hampshire and New York in those days, and it was not advanced to the dignity of Statehood until 1791 two years after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and two years after the organization of the Government under the constitution. It is the 14th star of the National galaxy. A Bee's Exploit in Horticulture. Cham bersbtjeg. Pa., Nov. 1st. Horticulturists who have seen it say that an apple which was picked the other day in E. B. George's orchard. New Franklin, could only have been produced by a peculiar gratung done by the bees in the apple-blossom season. .Exactly one half oi tne appie is golden russet, like the apples that crew on the same tree, and the other D ..... . . . . half is bright green pippin, sucn a va rietv as grew on trees 100 yards distant In blossoming time a oee must nave transplanted a part of a distant pippin s blossom into the petals oi the russet i flower. Philadelphia Record OFFICE E.B. SPRINGS & CO., Fertilizer Dealers, NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS, Your notes and accounts are now past dub, we must insist on prompt payment in order to meet our own obligations to the Banks. Oar Fertilizer Company sold you your Fertilizer at Manufacturers Prices and unless you pay up promptly, will be unwilling to sell you at these prices again. We hope our customers will show their appreciation by coming forward and set tling up promptly. Our Fertilizer Company will not wait on any one after first of November. E. B SPRING3 & CO., Agents Charlotte Oil & Fertilizer Co. Oct 23, 1891. lm Ammonia For general house use. ToiIet,Laundry, Clean ing Wood-work, Removing Grease btains, Cleaning Fabrics and Silverware House keepers can't get along without it. For sale at Drugstore. August 14, 1891. One on Judge Dickie. No man in the State has keener appre ciation of humor than the late Judtre T. isle Dickie, who served many years as a circuit judge before being elevated to the supreme bench of the State. Al though be had a rich fund of anecdotal I ore concerning the prominent members I v.nTii:J.:u t i x j , I tuo iiuuuiu ur, no never reiaieu a gooa i story on any ot bis leilow lawyers with j -.concr rciioa man me iouowing incident, I ot which he was the hero. It is necessary I & mil appreciation oi iDB Btory mat tne i rflnnflr Rnnn in ra .Am,niAH 4 K n . l 4 l reader should be Dickie was cross eyed to an intricate and ivuiiuuBu lum uuKa i marvelous degree, and was also gifted with brilliantly red hair : 1 bad been out shooting prairie chick ens, down below Ottawa, and was return ing home on the public road along in the aiiernoon. , J. waanot ana I lad already tramped lar enough to get thoroughly I urea out, ana, as it was several miles to i . , .- . o i fcvwu, a was auiious 10 caicn a riae. J.ne first team that came along was a lightning- rou UUlilb. I "nend, can you take a passenger ?" Said 1. lie loosed at me suspiciously. Perhaps l looked even more cross-eyed than usual, nnuuuiiuv otuio ciumea on. jxj, any i rate, he seemed at first of a mind to drive on without me. JJut he finally stopped bis wagon, marked : and condescendingly re- "Yes : you can pile on back there top j of the rods and ladders." I gratefully accepted the privilege, and we rode on in silence until we reached a wayside watering-trough. The man dis mounted, unhooked a pail from beneath the wagon, and proceeded to water his horses. Meantime the proprietor of the premises came out to fill his own pail. He Knew me wen, ana said : "How d' do, Judge ? What luck have you had shooting?" As the word "J uage" fell from his lips I noticed a look of astonishment on the face of the Yankee lightning-rod man. The fellow was bolstering up a pail of water with his knee to a height from which his horse could drink without unchecking, and his astonishment was so great tbat he let his knee slip out from under the pail, and splashed the front of his clothes. "Didn't tbat feller back there at the waterin'-trough call you judge T inquired the Yankee as soon as we had started on. "Yes," I replied. "What be you judge of a hoss race?" he exclained, turning back to take a sec ond contemptuous inventory of my per sonal charms. "No; judge of a court," I replied. "What kind of a court?" "A circuit court," was my answer. "Waal, down East, where I came from, it took a considerable of a feller to be cir. cuit judge ! How big's your circuit ?" "it reaches irom the Wisconsin line as far south as Peoria," I again replied. .bitting the hickory stock ot his drovers whip, he sent its long rawhide lash twirl ing in a succession of coils above his head, which culminated in a crack like the ex plosion of a pistol. "My God I I'll settle in this country myselt it tbey make such a man as you judge!" exclaimed the disgusted Yankee. it was his final dictum. He did not offer to exchange another word with me. We parted in silence at the outskirts of tho town. Chicago Mail. Sings of a hard Winter. Angle Worms, Hornets' Nests, and Other Pheno mena in tne lactawana Valley, Sceanton, Nov. 2. "This is going to bo a very hard winter," said an old resi dent of the Lackawanna Valley yesterday, ''and 1 11 tell you why 1 say so. In the first place, look at the hornets' nests You will find them high up this fall. That's a sure sign of a hard winter, i If it was going to be a mild winter you would find them near the ground. Two years ana three years ago the winters were mild, and the hornets nests were low down. "Then take angle worms for another sign. Dig in the ground now and you will find them crawling two feet or more below the surface. They know what kind of down to avoid the frost. Two years ago I found them not three inches under the surface and they stayed there all winter. "Fuzz on hogs is another sure sign of a severe winter. .Butcher a hog now and you will find a thick fuzz at the roots of the bristles. The fuzz wouldn't be there if next winter wasn't going to be a tough one. Two and three years ago this fall there wasn't any fuzz at all on hogs, and you know how open the winters were. "I predicted a hard winter in 1855 from these signs, and my neighbors ridiculed me, or tried to, but we got it just as I said. 1 bad so much faith in the signs tbat I got a lot of boys to trap all the auails for me tbat tbey could. 1 win tered over 200 quails, and in tho spring of 1856 there wasn't a live quail in the Lackawanna Valley except the ones I had. I turned them all loose at various points, and in the fall we had some good shooting, which we wouldn't .have had if I hadn't paid attention to the signs." 1 1 1 m JST The following States have no State motto : Indiana. Mississippi. New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. tgr It's sometimes said patent medi cines are for the ignorant. The doctors foster this idea. "The people, we're told, "are mostly ignorant when it comes to medical science. Suppose they are: What a sick man needs is not knowledge, but a cure, and the medicine tbat cures is the medicine for the sick. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures the "do f-if n A . 1 (i i.m t, kiKAnaa X There's no hesitance about it, no "if " nor ueiieves aim mo uvu t ububiw "possibly." It says "I can cure you, only UU M X UilOUfc. xwur .. vw i .4.w.tsafr" VAMhAwa i T .si a rwa. Biuna. y. xuo u. u v - ti mi.. u- r ; it does, because they never keep tne money when the medicine fails to do gooa. sup .. j... i. uz pose tne aoctora we v c H e oeg tne aoctors paraon. Wuiuu aoJj. j .t.r- fLl "& S?., TZhZTuZ vx "u'u -- ! Lr SSn?JK.Srl: ZrZZi: u -L J TV UOl V The Seven Wonders of the World. Different authors disagree in describ- ing the seven popular wonders of olden times. At present, I believe, the .Pyra mids, tho Uolossus of Rhodes, the Tem ple of Diana, the Mausoleum, the Statute of Jupiter OlvmDUs. the Hantrinsr Gardens I of Babvlon and tha Phms or W&teh. I . . . . . I tower ot Alexandria, are usually reckoned I as tho "Original Seven Wonders." With I the single exception of the Pyramids, all I ot the above have disappeared. , One, I two and three thousand years ago, ae - j a . j -. . , . . curuiu? iiU Lr&uiLion ana sninent a ma tory. some of them were wonders in deed The first of the wonders, the great ryramid ot Uheops, is situated seven miles from the banks of the Nile and iweive mues from Cairo, JSgypt. It was omit in tne cnuanooq pi toe numan race, loner before hiatnrv tamm Yt. it. atnnta o j -a - today a monument to the memory ot a wonderful noon s. The "lire. Pyramid of Cheops" is believed to have been built DV tha mnnamh vrhnnA noma hoaisi about 3.000 var "R. n. Tt hnio-ht. 5 480 feet 9 innhnn und its hnoa 7fU feat sauare. Manv of tha monster h!ok of granite used in constructing it weigh tnousanas oi tons, 'ir&dition tells us that 100,000 men. were employed Tor were employed lor a period of thirty years in construct ing it. The Colossus of Rhodes, the second in the list of ancient wonders, was a great brazen statute of Apollo, which stretched its huge legs across the harbor of Rhodes and was so large that ships in full sail passed between. It was 105 feet high and of most exact proportions. The erection of the Colossus was begun in the year 3700 B. C, but was not finished tor nearly 200 years. It was of brass, caBt in sections, ana was overthrown by an earthquake in the year 224 B. C. It weighed 720,900 pounds. '1 he Temple of Diana is another of the Seven Wonders of the World which has entirely disappeared. It was a magnifi. cent structure, situated upon the Evan tine and Ephesus, and was constructed at the common cost of all Asiatic countries. The lofty domed roof was supported by 127 monster columns of Parian marble the tribute to Diana of 127 Kings. The facade of the temple occupied 200 feet upon the iwantine, and the walls stretched back 425 feet, all glittering with gems and precious stones. ... . . - rourtn in oraer ot prominence was the Mausoleum the tomb of Mausolus, the first King of Caria. According to Pliny it had a total height of 140 feet It was erected by Artemesia, the widow of Mausolus, about 353 B. C. It consisted of a basement 65 feet high, on which stood an Ionic colonnade 23 feet high, surmounted by a pyramid, rising in steps to a similar height, and on the apex of the pyramid a colossal group of Mau solus and wife in a chariot drawn by four horses of heroic size. The Mausoleum Anlnial until oKAtit (ha trno ,. 1 A f!.4 A Tfc when it was partially destroyed by an earthquake and finally torn down by the Knights ol St. John. The Fifth Wonder, the Olympian Zeus, was a statute ot J upiter Olympus, said to have been 60 feet high and chiefly com posed of ivory and gold. It is usually lo cated at xwns, put nothing certain is known of its location or of its reputed builder, .Phidias. If possible, tradition and history have told us less about the Sixth Wonder of the World the hanging Gardens of Babylon than tbey have of tho fifth. Herodotus does not mention them ; Pliny only casually alludes to their existence, and the scriptural account of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar ignores the subject al together. Popular accounts of the Hang ing Gardens say tbat they were huge baskets ot brass and iron, 4U0 feet square swung on mammoth stone arches, which were erected near the Royal Palace at Babylon. The Seventh Wonder was a combined lighthouse and watch tower, situated on the eastern end of the Island of Pharos, at Alexandria, Egypt. Its construction was begun by Ptolemy Soter about the year 332 B. C. It was 400 feet high and A Cuaious Caterpillar. A gentle - man of this city handed Ur. mos. tr. TIT 3 a !! 3 vyooq a caterpillar ior ciasBincation, ana not having the time to look into the mat- ter ur. wooa iorwaraea tne specimen to the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station. This is Dr. H. B. Battle's, the director's reply : "This very curious and rather uncommon caterpillar is the larva of a smallish red brown moth belonging to the same tribe as the silk worm moths. This species is a rather general feeder, but seems to prefer the mature leaves of the oak. In Florida it feeds upon the foliage of the Orange. It has no econ omic significance, not being likely to in crease.- I enclose a rough drawing of moth, larva and cocoon natural size. It is a native species and double brooded Hibernates in cocoon under leaves and trash in woods." Wilmington Star. PST" If we take people as we find them, welcoming all their good points, and pass over the others, and being kind and gen. erous to all, we shall come much nearer to the truth about them than if we labor to make a critical analysis of minds and hearts of which we can see only a lew fragments. r3gf Harvard College was founded in 1636. Yale in 1701. William and Mary, I of Virginia, was chartered in 1692. Now Try This. Itlwill cost you nothing and will surely do you good, if you hate a cough, cold, or any trouble with throat, chest or - o . . . . ijiinmi. s - mill n j.mvv xicnAj vi v v r: -I ' tV70 " " -mi'L. M 1 1 nninmntmn. nnncrnn ana coiaa is iruaraa maw P . .UZ""Z - dock, ounerere irom aj ""Fl i;at thA th n end nnder iu tine n&a 'a ZTSZ vr. Tnr - r- ,T I r ,ir;Qf mwl tt thin it u Trf.Tt See at urwell & Dunn: "V"iQia A.ntn nd at Jordan kRaatt. lJi i- SOo. ftnd si.oo. School Boji and Girls. : In the Fifty second Congress, which convenes in December next, there are 332 members of whom 237 are Democrats, 83 Republicans and 7 Farmers' Alliance. In the Fiftv-third Congress, to be elected next Tear, there will be 366 members, and thn r&tin nfrAnrAMntation or the number ... .. . . i ox inhabitants, upon the basis ox irortera census, entitled to one representative will be 173.901. Under the new apportion ment no State loses a Eepresentativo. The States which gain Congressmen are Alabama, 1 ; California, I ; Colorado, 1 ; Georgia, 1: Illinois, 2: Kansas, 1: Mas sachusetts, 1 ; Michigan, 1 ; Minnesota 2 ; Missouri, 1 ; Nebraska, 3 ; New Jersey, l ; Oregon, I : Pennsylvania 2 ; Texas, 2 ; Washington 1; Wisconsin, !. Presidential Electors are chosen on the first Tuesday-after the first- Monday of November inr leap r years."' That ' really settles the question "and the President may be said to bo elected on that day. But legally the President is not elected until the Electors of each State have met and cast their ballots. The day set by Congress for this meeting of the Electors in their respective States Is the first Wed nesday in December following, - and that is the day on which technically; the Presi dent of the United States IS elected. Tho votes of the electors aro counted in the presence of the two houses of Congress on the second Wednesday in February. There have been eight Chief Justices of the United States Supreme ' Court, whose names, in the order of their succession , are as follows : John Jay, John Rutledge, Oliver Ellsworth, John . Marshall, Roger B. Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Morrison a. Waite and Melville W. Fuller. The members oi President Harrison's Cabinet at present are: James G. Blaine of Maine, Secretary, of State : Charles . Foster of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury ; Bedfield Proctor -of Vermont, Secretary of War j John W. Noble of , Missouri, Secretary of the Interior;. Benjamin F. ; Tracy of New York, Secretary of the JNavy : Jeremiah M. KusKOt Wisconsin, Secretary of ,. Agriculture ; John Wana- maker of Pennsylvania, Postmaster uen-. eral, and William Henry Harrison Miller ' of Indiana,: Attorney General. This is the Cabinet as appointed by Mr. Harrison shortly after his inauguration, except that Foster of Ohio succeeded William Windom, who was Harrison's first Secretary of the Treasury, and whose sudden death at a banquet in JNew xork last winter is wcu remembered. Bedfield Proctor, the pres ent Secretary of War, has been appointed Senator, from Vermont to succeed Ed- -munds, resigned but he still holds the office, and a new Secretary of War will probably not be chosen until Congress meets. The President's house in Washington City is built of sandstone, and is painted white. This latter circumstance is pretty generally given ; as the origin of its name of White House. But there may be other reasons. : Among the many pos sessions of the Widow Custis, who became famous in history as Martha Washington, the wife of our first President, there was . an estate on York Biter, Virginia, known as the White House, from the fact tbat the mansion on it was white. It is not altogether unlikely that the Executive Mansion was named after this estate. The White House estate on York Biver be- I came the property of General : Robert Jh. I Lee's wife, who was a great-granddaugh- Iter of Martha Washington by her first I husband, and was among the first of the I great Virginia houses to fall into the I bands of the Federals after the beginning I of the war between the States. Of course President Washington never occupied the White House in Washington City. He was inaugurated, ia New York City in 1789, and Philadelphia was the National capital during the greater part of his two terms. Thomas v Jefferson was the first President inaugurated (March 4, 1801) in w&smugtoa vaty. . . CsT" The Detroit Free Press gives & couple of illustrations of a peculiar use of vowels in the ; Scotch dialect, which, i i i a i ji l r iae couTenuugo is oetwwu. a noupmaa and a customer and. relates to a. plaid 1 hanging ; at the shop ; door : Customer I finauirinc the materialWOo? fWoom I Y - . i Shopman A v. oo. ..fYes. of wool.) Cus j tomer A' oo 7 (All wool ?) Shopman Ay, a' oo. (Yes. all wool.) Customer A' ae oo ? (All same wool ?) Shop man Ay; a' (e oo. (Yes, all same wool.) A gentleman riding- along the highway in Scotland passed a cottage where there was a merry-maxing tor sora5 festive oo casion. He inquired , ot & lass at the door what it was. "Ou, it's just a wed 1 ding o' Jock Thamson and Janet 'Fraser." "Is the bride rich?": "Na.' "Is she young?" "N-a-a". , "Is she "N-a-a-a!",: bonny ?! She had risen several times to let a nttie man pass out 1 between tne acts. "I am rery sorry to disturb you, madam," he remarked apologetically, as he wont out for the fourth time. Don't mention it," she replied pleasantly. "I am happy to oblige you; my husband keeps the bar." How much sweeter and more bus iness like that was than offering the man some parchod coffee and telling him ne need not go out, as another woman did under similar circumstances'. '' Specimen Cases. . . : S. H. Clifford. NewCisseV Wis., was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, bis Stomach was disordered; : his .Liver a a was anectea to an - alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh - and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111., had i li- i r : u. -n-i I I 7 f.UktrH' i ruumuic euro vu j " TT. thr, Kettle, nf Electrifl SET.. ii TTf Rnk W. i . " ,TV . "T .- . ZZ a ' -a & arnica oaive. kwbw iwisbvuuu welL John Sneaker. Catawba, C had nTe Fever 80res on his leg, doctors I id he was Incurable. One bottle Elec- So Bitter, and one box Bucklen's Arnica I Salve cured him entirely. Sold by Bur- well& Dunn, wholsale-ARetail, and at Jordan & Scott, wholesale Drug store.

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