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'his PApIB is 40 Ykabs Old CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1892. V0LDI1E XXXX. NU1U. ) THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED JtVIBY FBIDAY BY . J. P- STRONG. iW 4 year T wo Dollars on time. Mn2l Po Office in Charlotte, N a, J. P. McCOMBS, M.D., Chariot P'f e88ion1 services to the citizens of , ? and 8ioanding country. All call, both night and day, promptly attended to. ' oSrloM Jan. 11882 R. M. A. BLAND. Dentist. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tryon Street. Jan. 3, 1892. . nOHWELL. PD. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. vm practice in the State and Federal Courts t&. Office in Law Building. Jan. 1,1892. I. 08EORNB. W. C. MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at' Law, CHARLO TT E, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. U2T Offices 1 and 8 Law Building. July 3, 1891. y SKBIOT CLARKSON. CHAS. H. DULB. CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business m irusted. Will practice in all Courts of the State. CSTOffice No. 12 Law Building. Oct 7. 1891. nUGH W. HARRIS WM M. LITTLE, Formerly of Richmond Co. - HARRIS & LITTLE, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. O. Practice in all the Courts Special and prompt attention to collection of claims, Con veyancing, Negotiation of Loans and Settlement oTTEstates. Office, first door west of Court House. Jan. 29. 1892. Office McAden building, over First National Bank, opposite Central Hotel. Feb. 6. 1893. BOYNE & BADGER, LEADING JEWELERS. SOUTH TRYON ST., CHARLOTTE, N. C. :o: DEALERS TS Diamonds, Watches, Clocks,. Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware. Special attention given Repairing Fine Watches. March 6, 1892 JAS. ARDREY BELL, Attorney-at-Law, CHARLOTTE. N. C. Careful attention given to all legal business' Office Law Building, No. 6. fan. 10, 1892. JOHN FARRIOR, NO. NORTH TETON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. ATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. DEALER IN Diamonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. C2T Special attention given to Fine Watch Repairing. March 28, 1892. E. Nye Hutchison. R. M. Miller. C.P.Wheeler E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO., FIRE INSURANCE. Offices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon Street, np stairs. Feb. 19. 1892. O. V. BASON. O. N. BROWN BASON & BROWN. Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. tgy- Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office Nos. 14 and 16, Law Building, Jan. 17. 1892. y GARDEN SEEDS. Now is the time to plant Garden Seeds JORDAN & CO'S. DRUG STORE is the place to get fresh seeds of the best quality and Variety. Feb. 12. 1892. THE WHITE FRONT DRCG STORE, NO. 15, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, Keeps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy -kept in a Drug House J. B ALEXANDER The Poor prescribed for free. April, 8, 1892. HUGHES' Quinine Hair Tonic, irv. Root nrenaratinn made for the Hair. It im parts Vigor to the Scalp, Cleanses it and thor oughly eradicates Dandruff, and stops the Hair falling. Price 'Z5 ana ou cents, rreparea Dy R. H. JORDAN & CO.. Druggists. Springs' Corner Charlotte, N. 0 Nov. 14. 1891. 1 w Please inform ma if at our nAi-mri of the year the sun setting in A tot,! wi U be rising in Maine. Alan if i no Dntk polo is as,cold as the north pole, and if a uuuipass do taken below the equator, will it bum point nortnr A. l"rom the 10th of June to the 2nd of July the sun shines the most northern narta nf AlaaL-o on during the whole twenty-four hours of the day. and durinc this timA ahinna Alaska near the horizon when rising in Maine. We have no means of ttinwinrr difference in temreratu at t.h poles The rjrobabilitv is that the snnih pole is the coldest. The needle nnintn th e same or has the same polarity north id south of the eauator. but dins in in. an posite directions; the north end dips in north latitudes, and the south end in south latitudes. Scientific American. Administrator's Notice. Ravin? Qualified aa Administrator rtf a n Chrifttenburv. deceased. I herphv persons haviDg claims against said decedent, to exhibit the same to me, on or before the 5th aay oi June, 18U3. Persons indebted to the decendent will please make immediate nav. ment A. B. CHRISTENBURY Administrator. June 3, 1892. 6w SEIGLE'S GRAND OFFER. TJDon the receint of fifteen ponta with rnm. " VIUI-U, ..U J UU1 name and nnat nfflpp f 1 H raa ua m.il tn for one year, postage paid, our Monthly Metro- uuinao x asuion Dneei, puDiisnea oy tne liutterick Publishing Company, of London, England and New York. We also send our twenty page Cat alogue of Fashions whih ia ieanoA year, Spring, Summer. Autumn and Winter. more uaiaiuguca duu a laauiua sneci every month, sixteen enniea in alt mailer! tr for fifteen (15) cents a year. Many are unable to buy these high priced fashion journals and we uuct mis iu uut xncuus, bo uiai iney can secure one that Is first-class for almost nothing. The 15 Cents inst. navs the nrmtntrp an vm coo no make nothing on them, but we trust that those i. v. i i . . i . . ... . wuu uciajuie suuBcriLwrs 10 me Bneei win oecome customers of ours. That's what we do it for an advertisement. Send 15 cents with your name and address written plainly, and get the Fashion Sheet for one year, and four Catalogues as they are issued. Address T. L SEIOLE & CO. April 1, 1892. Charlotte, N. C. R. P. DAVIDSON, REAL ESTATE AGENT, OFFERS FOR SALE, 8 Handsome Residences, from $2,250. to $7,500. 10 Nice Cottages, from $700, to $1,800. 72 Unimproved buildinz lots, in all Darts of fhe city. 2 Choice Lots, on - right side South Tryon Street, Fine 8hade. . ; One Fine Fruitarms-8 Room house and all necessary out buildings, three miles out a bar gain. Also, Many Desirable Farms, 15 to 80 minutes run by Railroad from city. For terms and location, call at office, No. 1, over A. B. Reese Drug Store. April 15, 183. D O N'T FA I L TO SEE J. K. EDDINS'S NEW STOCK OF STATIONERY. We have a full line of Stationery. for LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S USE. ALSO, A full tupply of SCHOOL BOOKS, Especially adopted by the North Carolina BOARD OF EDUCATION. A fine assortment of BLANK BOOKS, and everything usually kept in a first-class Book Store. Call and see our new line of goods, at J. R. EDDINS'S BOOK STOEE, Opposite Central Hotel. Charlotte, April 22, 1892. NEW DRUG STORE. A fresh line of Medicines, Drugs, Paints, Oils, Toilet Articles, Garden and Flower Seeds and all articles usually found in a well regulated Drug Store like the white front on College street. J. B. ALEXANDER. Feb. 26, 1692. THE CITY BAKERY. FASNACHT, Opposite Court House, KEEPS FRESH BREAD, CAKES, PIES, ETC Send him your orders. J. FASNACHT, 35 West Trade Street. Jan. 29. 1892. P1CUTRE FRAMES. A large assortment of NEW PATTERNS of picture frame MOULDINGS, just received OakJ Cherry, and Gilt room Moulding. Call and sea the new ME ZZOTINT PHOTOGRAPHS J. H. VAN NESS. March 11, 1892. 21 North Tryon Street. DON'T PAIL TO GO TO THE CITY BAKERY, Where you can get Hot Rolls for Supper. Our Rye Bread is number one. J. FASNACHT, 35 West Trade Street June 19, 1891. Ammonia For general house use. Toilet, Laundry. Clean ing Wood-work, Removing Grease Stains Cleaning Fabrics and Silverware. House, keepers can't get along without it. For sale at JUKI) AM B UU.B Drag Store. August 14, 1891. The Bravest of the Brave. Mid the flower-wreathed tombs I stand, Bearing lilies in my band. Comrades 1 in what soldier grave Sleeps the bravest of the brave Is it he who sank to rest With hia colors round bis breast ? Friendship makes his tomb a shrine, Garlands veil it ; ask not mine. One low. grave yon tree beneath Bears no roses, wears no wreath"; Yet no heart more hih and warm Ever dared the battle storm. Never gleamed a prouder eye In the front of victory ; Never foot had firmer tread On the field where hope lay dead ' Than are hid within this tomb - Where the tin tended grasses bloom ; And no stone, with feigned distress, Mocks the sacred holiness. Youth and beauty, dauntless will, Dreams that life could ne'er fulfill. Here lie buried ; here iu peace Wrongs and woes have fouDd release. Turning from my comrades' eyes, Kneeling where a woman lies, I strew lilies on the grave Of the bravest o' the brave. Thomas Wentworth ffigginson. Deeolv interested as was Dom Pedro in scientific matters, it appears that he once fell asleep at a meeting where Hiinh tonicH were beinsr discussed. He was making a tour through Italy at . the same time, ana naa Decome very weary when the hour for this gathering came. To the earlier proceedings he gave close heed, thereby greatly flatter- ing the principal speaker, uut, alter tne Emperor had dozed off, the lecturer, not discovering the situation, ventured upon a eulogy of the distinguished auditor. Thereupon the audience louaiy ap plauded, whereat Dom Pedro awokd, and, supposing the demonstrations to have been called forth by some utterance upon a purely scientific question, instantly began to clap his hands with an air of conviction. -New York Tribune. NaDoleon III., who had no fewer poor relatives to help on than any other sovereign, was trying one day to con vince a cousin, whom he had already generously aided, that it was impossible tor him to increase her allowance, me princess took the refusal angrily, and, as she was leaving, said in a taunting manner: "Decidedly, you have nothing of the great Emperor, our uncle." "You mistake, ma chere cousine, replied jn a Doleon. with a cheerful smile. "I have his family." Harper's Magazine. In the United States there are twenty-three towns named Columbus and thirty-eight named Columbia. Brown, Weddington & Co., 29 EAST TRADE STREET. -:o:- We are today keeping the BEST ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, AMMUNITION, Blacksmiths and Carpenters' Tools, BARBED WIRE, AND STAPLES, Fence Wire of all kinds. RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING, all sizes and widths. Cotton Planters of the Best Makes. Harrows, Cultivators, Hoes, Shovels, Plows, Plow Stocks, and in fact, every thing used by the Farmer, the Black smith and the Carpenter. Call and see us, we want your trade. BROWN, WEDDINGTON & CO., 29 East Trade Street. March 25, 1892. THE BIG 20TH.OF MAY CELEBRATION, lb OVER, BUT PHARR & LONG HAVE THE FINEST DISPLAYS OF Clothing Furnishings, Hats, Ever seen in CHARLOTTE, and to learn the art of MANIPULATING A DOLLAR to the best possible advantage. We guarantee when you deal with us you get EVERY TIME One Hundred Cents Re turn in the BEST val ues to be had. Nu Bad Bargains. All Goods Give Satisfaction Because carefully bought, and Are the bet to be had in the market. The Bargains that await yon must be seen to be appreciated! and to bay them is to "learn the art" of making a dollar go its full length and more. tW Don't lose the opportunity. PHARR & LONG, May 13, 1892. 43 8. Tryon Street, ' .. " V One Secret of Success. Read the following carefully there is a great truth in it: A famous writer once said to a news paper man : -Lo succeea in one or many things a man must concentrate his whole mind and body on the. thing that is before him, and that is what1! do, and the only way in which I am enable to accomplish a so much. - .a. man can uo anything ne wants tolf he has a good digestion, a clean conscience axid a reasonable amount of intelligence; but don't do anything you don't want to. I never did anything in my. life that 1 did not want to. That s another geat principle in my life. Always have your own way in that; do things you want todo and they will be Now there is mor hard common sense and philosophy -in.; U4 than will appear to the casual reader. ' But it will be said that the environ ment determines the occupations of most men. They are so hampered that they cannot do what they would like to do. And right here the successful man shows his power in so shaping circumstances that he will be ina position to have his way to take advantage of opportunities. Even then, however, a man of ability very oiten laiis because ne win not or cannot concentrate. Some men are able to concentrate their attention upon many ines of effort ;. others can do only one thing well. Any man of average intel gence and industry can, by concen trated effort,, succeed in "at least one direction. Tbo trouble is that many per sons scatter there energies, and grasping after numerous prizes miss them all. Atlanta Constitution. Sub-Treasuries. Editor Richmond Dispatch: 1. How many sub Treasuries there are . TT . . 1 1 n the united states ana wnero iney are ocated ? 2. If money is coined at each . of them ? 3. Is coin stamped at the Treasury in Washington ? 4. Does the present law require or allow the coinage of standard silver dol- ars ? if so what quantity per month i There are besides the United States Treasury at Washington, D. C, nine sub treasury offices iu the United States located as follows viz.: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chi cago, St. Louis, New Orleans, and San b rancisco, but no money is coined at any of those offices ; all the coins are manu factured at the United States Mints at Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Fran cisco, and Carson. Concerning the requirements of the law in the matter of the coinage of standard silver dollars, our correspondent's atten tion is invited to section 3 of the act of July 14, 1890, as follows: Section 3. That the secretary of the Treasury shall each month coin 2,000,000 ounces of the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act into stan dard silver dollars until the first day of July, 1891, and after that time he shall coin of the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act as much as may be necessary to provide lor the redemp tion of the Treasury notes herein provided for, and any gain or seigniorage arising from such coinage shall be accounted for and paid into the Treasury. Beware the Kodak Affidavit. "Talk about all the lies told about fish and fishing," said a friend of mine who knows what he is talking about, .the biggest fish liar is the kodak, if you get a picture of the fisherman and his fish you've got the combination. Jusc le down with your feet towards the camera and have a photograph taken of yourself and you 11 understand. lour feet will appear bigger and longer than your body. ' "When the hsh liar wants corrobora tion and he always does want it he hangs up his fish a little to one side and in front of him. The kodak does the rest. I've seen a five-pound fish look four feet long and like it ought to weigh at least fifty pounds, all by the artistic accuracy of the kodak. To make a hsh look largo all you have to do is to get it well in the foreground of the object with which the eye makes comparison. Ob, tell you the kodak knows its business when it goes fishing." Pittsburg Dispatch. Now Try This. It will cost you nothing and will surely do you good, if you have a cough, cold, or any trouble with throat, chest or Lungs" Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, coughs and colds is guaran teed to give relief, or money will he paid back. Sufferers from Lia Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expens e and learn for yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottle free at Burwell & Dunn, wholesale & Retail, and at Jordan & Scott, wholesale Drug store. Large size 50c. and 91.00. BABY CARRIAGES. -:o: THE LATEST DESIGNS AND MAKES. A very handsome line now on exhibition at BURGESS NICHOLS,' And offered to the public at cheap prices. You can get what you want in that line at a bar gam at my Furniture Store. Call and see my stock. Also a fine line of Fur niture, Bedroom and Parlor . Suits, Dining Room and Hall Furniture. Hand- - some, stylish and cheap. V BURGESS NICHOL8I Furniture Dealr. ... ' .. R. S. SLOAN. Undertaker. Right call room No. 6, Bryan building, over Rogers & CoV March 11, 1892. 1 A PEN AND -INK SKETCH Of the First Professor of Mathematics at Chapel Hill. Dedicated to the People of North Caro lina and to the Alumni of the University. OLD MORTALITY. - In the whole range of English litera ture there is not a more touching, sug gestive and valuable image than that of "Old Mortality." The work of rescuing from oblivion the names of those who have worthily borne their part in life, and have benefited the ago in which they lived, is not merely a sentimental tribute, it is a high and sacred duty wnicn we owe not only to those who have gone before, but to those who shall come after us. THE UNKNOWN DEAD But what shall we say of the unknown dead, of those who early-fell by the way side, their purposes cut off at the very j entrance oi life by "the blind J? ury with the abhorred shears." Who cares tq sit by a nameless grave ? I think there are few sadder objects of contemplation than the grave of a young man whose long and arduous training for the race bad just been completed, full, of genius and generous ambition and hope, compelled by the mysterious decree to relinquish it all and lie down in the dust. It affords the moralist one oi his strongest argu ments tor the certainty of another state of existence, where the blighted hopes and aspirations of this life may be ex panded into full fruition, and the high and noble nature may go on to perfec tion. How many of the young men con nected with the University of North Carolina lived not half their days 1 How many for whose future the most brilliant anticipations were justly indulged! With out considering the hecatombs of the late war, if we could glance at the list of tho members from the opening of the University, to the year 1861, we would stand aghast to see of how large a propor tion it is written "died young:" and of these, it is still more striking to observe how many were the most promising of all. CHARLES WILSON HARRIS. The first young man who came to'our University, came as the first Professor of Mathematics. His name has loner since passed out even frcm among the faintest echoes of our State, for he was among her early dead, and was permitted to achieve none of the great things to which he aspired and for which he had care fully prepared himself. Yet it may be well for us to stand a few moments by his tombstone, brushing aside the weeds, and grass, and moss, that nearly 70 yeurs hare accumulated round it, and let our hearts be softened by the thoughts suggested. For of all sad words of tongue or pen. The saddest are these "It might have been." Charles W. Harris came from one of our best Mecklenburg families. His father, Robert Harris, was an uncommon man ; an elder in the Presbyterian church; a gallant and true soldier of the .Revo lution, who lost his right arm at the bat tle of Guilford, but lived many years to be, himself, the right arm of the church and the neighborhood in which he lived. His first wife was a Miss Wilson, who died young, leaving two sons and a daughter, of whom Charles W. was the eldest born 1771, at Millgrove, an es tate then lying in Mecklenburg, but now in Cabarrus, and in the possession of Wm. S. Harris, Esq., his cousin. The father afterwards married the widow of Gen. William Lee Davidson, who fell at Cowan's Ford, and whose name and fame are perpetuated in Davidson Col lege. Mrs. Davidson was a Brevard and sister of the author of the Mecklenburi Declaration. By this lady Charles was brought up. HIS EDUCATION AND CHARACTSR. He was a graduate of Princeton, and soon after returning to North Carolina, though his destination was the Bar. was induced to take the Professorship of Mathematics at Chapel Hill, at the first opening of the U niversity in 1796, pnn cipally by the influence of Gen. Davie, who was a warm personal mend, ana i. i. a j rL j i tt i unaer wnom ne stuaiea law. lie unaer took it with the express stipulation that it should only be for a short time, and meanwhile used all his influence with Joseph Caldwell, then a tutor at Prince ton, to induce him to become his succes sor. His letters written in '96 show that his purpose to be a lawyer, and to attain distinction in that profession, was very strong. His colleaguos were Rev. David Kerr, a Scotch Irish Presbyterian from Trinity College, Dublin, and Rev. S. Holmes, teacher of the Prep. Depart ment. Mr. Kerr was the presiding offi cer, and a man of ability, but an an uayfj ovauuat wuirviiu aj aula a vcllbu) "much against his will," in the first year. kAnvtTT aiAnio I AntnnAllAn Him r vaeimi He went to the bouthwest, where his career was an interestin gone, and where his decendants are now respected and influential. Mr. Harris, according to tradition, was the master spirit of the Faculty, though not a "Kev. and not then even a believer in the Christian re ligion. He was indeed a man of genius, of finished education, of accomplished manners and of acknowledged ability in all the departments of life. Yet from all wo can learn of him, and his associates. his ascendancy must be ascribed to the courago and innate superiority given by an unspotted moral character, and the consciousness of unstained honor and habitual purity. LETTERS TO CALDWELL. His letters, though a'few in number.are exceedingly interesting. One dated July 24, 1796. gives a full account of the in fant University, its condition and pros pects, of the state of society in Chapel Hill, and what Mr. Caldwell was to ex pect if he should decide to come. The salary attached to his Professorship was $500 "with prospect of arise."' By Mr. Kerr's departure, he was then acting President, but he did not find the duties oppressive, "receiving my reward in finding myself useful to an Institution zealously patronized by the whole State. There were nominally six Professor ships, only two of which had been filled. There were 100 students, including the Prep. Department, and board was forty dollars a year. The people of Chapel Hill and the neighborhood were exceed ingly rude and illiterate, necessitating a ride of 12 miles to Hillsboro in order to I enjoy "Society." And if Mr. Caldwell I should decide to come, he had better bring an extra supply of linen, broad cloth, stockings, etc, "such things being difficult to procure in this country." Dr. Caldwell finally . accepting, he left Princeton according to Mr. Harris's I advice, in a : single chaise and horse, (his trunks going round by water to Peters burg) via Philadelphia, Washington, Mt. Vernon, Richmond, Petersburg and Hillsboro', a route that would "econo mize bis means, improve bis knowledge of the geography of the country, and afford him much entertainment." RETURN TO THE BAR. Mr. Harris - resnmed -his profession -at Halifax", enjoying the friendship of Davie and with every prospect of succeding to his practice ana influence. His career' was brief, but brilliant, in 1802, JJavie and some other distinguished and influ ential friends prevailed on him to accept a place on the Bench, but in the fall of that year, pulmonary, consumption had so evidently marked him lor its own. and its progress became so rapid that he refused to allow his name to go before the Legislature. By slow and sad de grees he relinquished bis business ana pursuits, and in 1803 made a last vain attempt to baffle his insidious disease by visiting the West Indies. He return ed thence to New York in September 1803, and from that city addressed his last letter to his Only brother then a pros perous merchant. doing business in Che raw and Sneedsboro. The letter is dated September- 12, 1803, and says: "The yellow fever is raging in this city. I look out of m v window and see scarce ly four doors open in all my view ; the inhabitants have fled. As I find no ves sels here from the South, and as I am not able to travel by stage, I must per haps wait until the white frost restores health and commerce to the city." He arrived at his father's house at Mill grove during the fall, and while the pleasant weather of the Indian summer lasted went to pay bis brother a final visit. SNEEDSBORO. Perhaps but few people in the State know anything about Sneedsboro or how it came by its name. In 1796 it was a place of considerable trade at the head of navigation on Pedee River. 10 or 12 miles above Cheraw. It was then sup posed to be in South Carolina, but about 1807 the .North Carolina Legislature commissioned, Dr. Caldwell and two other distinguished citizens to run the State line in connection with a similar commission from South Carolina. Sneeds boro' was then recognized as a part of the territory of North Carolina. The town has now gone to decay and its streets are said to constitute part of a cotton-field. Sneedsboro' or as it ought to be spelt, Sneydsboro', should have had a better fate. The village was named by the oldest brother of Maria Edge worth in compliment to his accomplished step-mother Honora Sneyd Edgeworth. The lady, before her marriage to Mr. Edgeworth, bad been affianced to the unfortunate Major Andre, and neither her subsequent rejection of his suit, nor marriage to another, tended in the slight est degree to efface her image from his heart. At the time of his arrest he con cealed her miniature in his mouth. The oldest son of Mr. Edgeworth (by his nrst wuei was oi a wild ana roving temper. He settled in America, marry ing an American lady, and eventually finding his way to what is now Anson county, N. C, founded and named the village of Sneydsboro'. ' Edgeworth's Mill in its vicinity is a locality still well known. (See JN. U. University Maga zine for March 18531 RELIGIOUS OPINIONS it cannot be doubted that there was very little religion in JN. C. among the educated classes 75 years ago. The de lusions of infidel philosophy were every where prevalent. Gen.Davie.it is well known, was confirmed in infidel princi pies while at the Court of France, and it is not to be wondered at that voung Harris, his friend and pupil, should have embraced his distinguished preceptor's creed. And yet they had both sprang irom rresDytenan lamihes and been reared in Presbyterian communities Davie in Waxhaw and Harris in Poplar Tent. With the high breeding charac teristic of the gentlemen of that day, neither of them ever sought to obtrude their mhdei sentiments. In none of Har ris's most confidential letters is there any indication of such Drinciples. excent one addressed to his uncle in which he open ly disavows his belief in the Christian system, adding that his knowledge of the science of mathematics did not en able him to make three equal to one, or one equal to three. A remark evidently aimed at the sublime and mysterious doctrine oi tne Trinity. . nut he was or- amaniy particularly reticent on these subjects, on account of the feeling and positions oi his lather. HIS DEATH-BID From his visit to Sneydsboro'. . Mr. Harris never returned. Hia disease gain ed ground so rapidly, that his father was oouit lur auu arnveu ouiv in ume to see his last days. These last days were how- ever his best days, by the grace of God. biient ana reserved as he had ever been on the subject of his inner feelings, no one Knew wneiner any change had taken Eiace- in his views or not. Hia position ad been . well known whilo a.t nhanel Hill. - ' i J. H. Hobart. afterwards the accom plished and superb Bishop of the Diocese oi new i oric, replying Nov. 30, 17ye, to a letter from Dr. Caldwell who had been hi classmate and associate at Princeton, says : "With due resDect to the Faculty of the University of North Carolina, I must aay they constitute aa motley a group as i have ever heard ot: irresoyienans, Arians, Infidels and Roman , Catholics. Bless me 1 what a collection I The age of reason has surely come ; superstition and bigotry are buried in one common grave ; philosophy and charity begin to bless the earth. Transporting thought I What a glory to the'Univer Carolina that in her hare just appeared.- 1JJ thing better of JIja&rff-ixid that he would become the disc fidehtv. There ia no knowini where mere philosophy will lea What then must have been the i of the venerable father . of Charicii Harris, when a month before his deatLV he formally and solemnly renounced his infidelity, assuring his frienda that : he i aiea in the faith of Christ, humbly x-. pressing a hope in Him for hia salvation. , And so this brilliant voung man died in peace, in the -month of December, 1803, not having completed his 33d year. He was buried at Sneydsboro, and ft marble headstone still marks his- resting-- - place. He had been a Freemason, but dying; he particularly requested - that his ashes." -v... We may stand by hia grave and ro- E eat the words of Ebenezer Elliott over is dead children : "They left behind them no memorial, bat they are safe in the bosom of mercy, and not quite for gotten even here." Fayetteville Presbyte rian, October 27, 1869. Company Table Manners. There Beems to be an idea among many - people that there must be a different set of manners for company from what)-is observed in everyday life. While it Ms the proper thing to have for an invited company a more elaborate dinner, and a little more ceremony in the service than for the family table,it must be remembered that one should not put on and take off good -manners as one would a garment. They are a part of one's self, and whether the family meal consist of many courses or only a cup of tea and a slice of toast, it should always be served decently and in order, and the manners of the members of the household should be suok that one need not blush for them, even in the findst company. As soon as a child is old enough to come to the table he shouW be taught by precept and example what gbod table manners are. if the father, ana mother be so unfortunate as Bot have had proper training themsel ves.tbeyshould study to correct any bad habits they may have, tor the sake of their children. Let it be understood that good manners are -not the acquiring of every new' wrinkle that fashionable society may prescribe. There is a great difference between good manners and good. fortnv What is good form today may be-very bad form to morrow, but good manners are not changeable. Unselfishness, kindly feelings . and politeness are the foundation of good manners. Good table manners demand that one . shall take soup from the side of a spoon ; ' shall eat with a folk, rather than a knife; shall take small mouthfuls of food and masticate quietly, making no unpleasant sound; shall take in the fingers no food -except fruit, confectionery, olives, bread, cake, celery, etc., and tba.t the members . of the family shall be as polite to each other as to any guest. Where people . rush through their meals there is not much chance for table manners or good digestion. If properly managed, the table can be made one of the most refining influences of the home. Ladies' Home Journal. Getting Into "a Scrape". The origin of the expression above quoted is as follows: In Scotland they play a game called golf, the favorite grounds for such sport being tho "downs," or "links." The rabbits fre quent these "links,,' and the hole made by them is called "ascrape." Golf is played with a hard ball of - wood or other sub stance, which is driven from point with a mallet usually made of wood, bat some times of iron. The game itself is a cross between oar croquet and . "shinny;" thus it will be seen that when the balls get into "ascrape" it ia very difficult to get out, and the player is in a corres pondingly bad hx generally, such met dents occur so frequently that the books. on "golfiug" have laid 4own rules frf what may be done in tamst of 'i' emergency, "getting into ascmyervilng the golfer's greatest dk irback. From this Ea3 arisen the terr4 bow in such common use among as, I leaning in a bad fix. L4 f5T" The most valuable and unique historical relic in Connecticut. rjerhaps. is Gen. Israel Putnam's old plough, which a hardware dealer uses for a sign in front of hia place, of business in the village of Danielsonville, Windhanr county. It is the - identical plough, to the merchant avers, that "Old Put" le in the furrow when the news reached him that the British had attacked tba Americana at Lexington. Putnam o hitched his horses and drove them to barn, unharnessed one, mounted hi " and rode away to Bosto in time to lead the C. the British stormed plough ia a clams frame and mould plated with scraps' joint and cutter c M&" In our 1?' tance of a hand ionable and uj I block. Joseph l-It may be U ' iTt to BhownB how in the boaroid S. H VfUrcC C New Casael. Wis., was troabledwith Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his Stomach was disordered, his Liter was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly, reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured hrou Ed ward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111., had a running sore on his leg . of eight years' standing., Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, ,0., bad nye large Fever sores on hia leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottleAElec- tnc Bittera and one box Backl&as Arnica-1 Salve cured him entirely. Sold by But well & Dunn, wholsaK2t Eetaii, and-j yoraan ccott, war jjale Drug store. f 7 r f Spec1" Z 1 5 1 - - v TV? f-r-
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 10, 1892, edition 1
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