North Carolina Newspapers

i! Sliif.itrMil IF i r ! f Is Xms Paper is 40 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1893. VOLUME XL. NUMBER 145s 9 THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED KVKBY FRIDAY BY J. P. STRONG. Tubus One Doller and Pfty Cents in advance for 1 year -Two Dollars on time. Eutered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, bb second class matter, according to the rules ol the P. O. Department DBS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists, CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tryon Strkkt. Jan. 3, 1893 J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., Oilers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. ' Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1893 P. D. WALKER. E. T. CANSLER WALKER & CANSLER, ATTORN EY8 AT LAW Charlotte, N. C Offices, Rooms Nos. 6 and 7, Law Bui?dicg Jan. 6, 1893. r. I. OSEORNB. W. C. MAXWELL OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts tW Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. July 3,1892. y HKR10T CLARKSON. CHAS. H. DULB- CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted. Will practice in all Courts of the 8tate. ty Office No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7, 1892. TlVOn W. HARRIS. WM. M. LITTLE, Formerly of Richmond Co. HARRIS & LITTLE, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, CUARLOTTE, N. C. Practice in all the Courts. Special and prompt attention to collection of claims. Con veyancing, Negotiation of Loans and Settlement of Estates. Office, first door west of Court House. Jan. 29. 1892. H. N. PHARR, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office No. 14, Law Building. Prompt attention to all business intrusted. Special attention given to claims. Practices in State and Federal Courts. Jan. 6, 1893. BOYNE & BADGER, LEADING JEWELERS. SOUTH TRYON ST., CHARLOTTE, N. C. :o: DEALERS IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware. Special attention given Repairing Fine Watches. March 6, 1892 J AS. ARDREY BELL, Attorney-at-Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Careful attention given to all legal business' Office Law Building, No. 6. Jan. 10, 1893. JOHN PARRIOR, NO. 3 NORTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, DEALER IN Diamonds. Watches,; Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. SW 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, up stairs. Feb. 19. 1892. THE WHITE FRONT DRUG 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, 1882. PICTURE FRAMES. A large assortment of NEW PATTERNS of picture frame MOULDINGS, just received: Oak, Cherry, and Gilt room Moulding. Call and sea the new MEZZOTINT PHOTOGRAPHS J. H. VAN NESS. March 11, 1892. 21 North Tryon Street R. P. DAVIDSON, REAL ESTATE AGENT, Has on hand, for sale, improved city pro perty, from $800 to $10,000. lots in all parts of the city, end 5,000 acres or farm land, some near thecilv. others on Catawba River and Rail Roads. Property, bought, sold and rented. Collections made and oans negotiated For terms and location, call at office. No. 1 over A. B. Reese Drug Store , Charlotte, N. C. Juc3 17, 1898 VEST The telepbotoes, the instrument invented by O. V. Boughton to enable vessels to communicate with each other at long distances, consists of a series of wires and electrical connections operated by a keyboard by which 106, incandes cent lights are controlled and made to produce the Bignals of the Morse tele graph alphabet. The inventor claims that thirty-two candle power lamps can be seen at a distance of ten to fifteen miles. COM MISSIONER'S SALE OP City Lots. Pursuant to an order of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, N. C, made upon the peti tion of W. A.Lucas, Administrator and others, I will sell at the Court House door, in Charlotte, N. C , by public auction, on Monday, the 20th day of March, 1893, the following City property, IAo L?t8 numbtr 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708 and 709, in square number 98, and lots num ber 853, 854, 855 and 856, in square number 106; also that partition of what was once E street, be tween 5th and 6th street, which was purchased by the intestate, W. A. Williams, from the cky of Charlotte. All of said lots tire numbered above, as they are numbered upon Beer's map of the city; said lots will be sold separately and then all the lots in each square will be sold to gether as a whole. The terms of the sale are one-fourth cash, bal ance payable on the 15th day of November next, with interest at 8 per cent, from day of sale; title restrved until all the purchase money is paid. The plot of these lots may be seen at the office of Jones & Tillett, Attorneys. This sale is made by order of Court to make assets for payment of the debts of the estate. W. A. LUCAS, Administrator and Commissioner. Feb. 16, 1893. 5w Notice of Execution Sale. North Carolina, Mecklenbure County. In the Superior Court. E. H. Williams, plaintiff, against D. C. Wilson, defendant. By virtue of an execution directed to the un dersigned, from the Superior Court of Mecklen burg County in the above entitled action, I will on Monday, the sixth day of March. 1893. at 12 o'clock M., at the Court House door, in the City of Charlotte, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy said execution, all the right, title and Interest of the above named defendant in and to the following described real estate, to wit : all of that tract of land lying and being in Morning Star Township, County and Stte aforesaid, ad joining the lands of Philip Fisher, deceased, Lem. r owies, iiugn Helms, Meaun and others, con taining seventy-five (75) acres, more or less, and being the same tract which was levied upon by virtue of a warrant of attachment, issued in the above entitled cause, by S. B. Smith, Justice of tlie fe&ce. This, the 31st day of Januarv. 1893. Feb. 3, '93-5t Z. T. SMITH, Sheriff. Commissioner's Sale of Land. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Meckienburg County, I shall. on Monday. the 6th day of March, 1893, at 12 M , at the Court House door in Charlotte, N. C, sell to the highest bidder at Public Auction, the following valuable tracts of land : 1. The Home Tract of the late I. N. Alexander, situated in Sharon Township and containing one hundred and twenty-four and one half acres ; 2. The tract known as the Mill Tract, adjoining the Home Tract and the lands of VV. W. Rankin, T. H. Gaither and others, con taining 14 acres ; a. The tract known as the Gaston Tract, adjoining the Home Tract and the lands or A. U. Kirkpatrick, H. K. DeArmon and others, containing 77 acres ; and 4, an undi vided one-halt interest in the tract, known as the Houston Mine tract, situated in Crab Or chard Township, containing 22J acres. Said lands will be sold to make assets to pay debts of , and charges upon, the estate of I. N.Alex ander, deceased. Terms of 8ale One-fourth cash, balance in secured notes of one and two years time, with interest at a per cent. Purchasers may antici pate payments. II. N. PHARR, Jan. 27, 1893. 6w Commissioner. Commissioner's Sale of Land. By vinue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County .had in a special proceeding in which Mary Hunter wa9 plaintiff and Philip Claeborne is defendant, I will on the 27th day of February, 1893, sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Court House door, in the City of Charlotte, a.l of that lot of land located in Ward One. square 125. of said City, and ad joining the lots of R. M. White, Henry Taylor, and otners, and being part or lot, Wo. 1041, ac cording to Beer's Map of the City of Charlotte. Said sail is made for partition, and the terms are cash. This the 25th day of January, 193. E. T. CANSLER, Jan 27, 1893 5w Commissioner. Mortgagees' Sale of Land. By virtue of a deed of mortgage, executed by 8. B. Cunningham, to Samuel Younts and J. A. Younts, on the 4th, day of January, 1886, and duly assigned to me by said mortgagees, on the 17th, day of March, 1891 , 1 will, on the 25th, day of February, 1893, sell for cash, to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the Court Housedoor, in the City of Charlotte, all of that tract of land, located in Pineville Township, Mecklenburg County, adjoining the lands of Springs, Younts and others, containing 91 acres, and particularly described in said mortgage, which is duly re corded in the Register's office for said County, in book 48, page, 137, to which reference is hereby made. This the 17th, day of January, 1893. E. T. CANSLEH, Assignee of Mortgagees. Jan. 20, 1893. 6w SALE OP LAND By virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, February Term, 1892, in the case of R. Barringcr and J. II. McAden, Trustee, against T. K. Sammonds and wife, I will sell at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, on Monday, February 27, 1893, (Court week,) at public auction, all that tract of land lying in Mecklenburg county, adjoining the Caldwell, Norwood, C. Brown and Mc&ian lands, containing sixty-seven and one-eighth acres, and known as the Thos. K. Sammond's Sharon church tract. Terms cash. JAS. A. BELL, Jan. 20, 1893. 6t Commissioner. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of M. P. Millen, deceased, late of Mecklenburg county. North Carolina, all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent are hereby notified to exhibit them to me, on or before the 11th day of February, 1894, or this notice will be pleacLin bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate pay ment to me. This, the 8th day of February, 1893. H. N. PHARR, Administrator of M. P. Millen, dee'd. February 10, 1893. 6w Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator of the Es tate of the late W. D. McLure, I hereby notify all persons having claims against the said estate to present them to me on or before the 14th day of February 1894, and all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment. NANCY J.McLURE, Administrator, Feb. 10, 1893. 6w Kneeling at the Threshhold. I'm kneeling at the threshhold, weary, faint and sore, Waiting for the dawning, for the opening of the door; e Waiting till the Master shall bid me rise and come To the glory of His presence, to the gladness of Bis home, A weary path I've travelled, 'mid darknes?, storm and strife, Bearing many a burden, struggling for my life ; But now the morn is breaking, my toil will soon be o'er. I'm kneeling at the threshhold, my hand is on the door. Methinks I hear the voices of the blessed as they stand 8inging in the sunshine of the far off sinless land ; Oh, would that I were with them, amid the shin ing throng. Mingling in their worship, joining in their song. The friends that started with me have entered long ago : One by one they left me struggling with the foe; Their pilgrimage was shorter, their triumph sooner won How lovingly they'll hail me when all my toil is done. With them the blessed angels, that know no grief nor sin ; I see them by the portals, prepared to let me in ; O Lord, I wait thy pleasure, thy time and way are best ; But I'm wasted, worn and weary O Father, bid me rest. W. L. Alexander in Christian at Work. Wonderful, but True. Two persons may be born at the same place and at the same moment exactly, and yet, after fifty years have rolled around, they may both die at the same instant, and still one may be more than 100 days older than the other. I think I hear some one say "impossi ble," and "how could such a state of af fairs be brought about?" but it is not im possible; it is simply an astronomical and geographical fact, very easily proven. A calm reflection shows this oddity turns on a very obvious problem in circumnavi gation. Suppose now, that two persons were born at the same instant in Philadelphia, from whence a trip around the world may easily be made in one year; if one of these persons constantly goes toward the west, in fifty years be will be fifty days ahead of them. One, therefore, will have seen 100 days more than the other, though they were born at the same instant, lived continu ally in the same latitude, and died to gether. Administrator's Notice. Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that I have qualified as Administrator of Col. Wm. A. Williams, dee'd ; all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same to me, at 601 East Trade Street, in the City of Charlotte, or at my place of residence in Sharon Township, within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be plead ia bar of their recovery, and all persons, indebted to said estate, are hereby notified to come forward and settle the same. This the 14th day of February 1893 W. A. LUCAS, Administrator, Feb. 10. 1893. 6w LAST NOTICE! HEED IT! We have over 8IX HUNDRED UNPAID Ac counts and Notes on our Retail Ledgers. We do not intend to carry these over another year. If you wish to save yourself COSTS come and pay us at once. To those whom the Law cannot make pay, we will say, if you wish to save your credit come and pay us. We must have the money. DO NOT FORCE US TO ADD COSTS. Yours truly, BROWN, WEDDINGTON & CO. Dec 2, 1892. E. M. ANDREWS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Furniture, Pianos and Organs. THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE Two Carolinas. Styles are all new and artistic. Nothing like my Styles and Prices ever heard or in this country. I guarantee TO SELL YOU Furniure, Pianos and Organs For less money by far than you can buy in ANY OTHER MARKET. DO YOU WANT PROOF. Then get other dealers prices and then come and see me, or write for prices and catalogues. Come to see me when you want to buy Furniture, a Piano, or an Organ. And whatever you do do not buy elsewhere be fore seeing my prices. I will save you money and guarantee what you buy. fif" Write me for prices and terms. E. M. ANDREWS. Furniture, Piano and Organ Dealer, 16 and 18 West Trade St , Jan. 16, 1893. Charlotte, N. C. Mr. MacDonald'8 Mistake. W. H. MacDonald of the Bostonians had to proposes an offer of marriage to the young lady now his wife twice, and there was an intermission of five years between the two events. The young woman lived in a quiet suburban village, where Mr. MacDonald was seen fre quently. One evening, as the young couple were saying soft phrases, the twilight deepened and the crickets began to chirp. When Mr. MacDonald was in a sort of trance the village choir, a block away,began practise for the noxt Sunday's services. The subdued vocalization from the near-by church fell on unheeding ears, so far as the young man was con cerned. He was looking into a pair of blue eyes and listening to the crickets. After some silence the young lady spoke. "Sounds delightful 1" she exclaimed, "sitting out here in the dusk." "Charming," ho replied' "And do you know they make that noise with their hind legs?" To Mr. MacDonald's astonishment hiB companion bounced out of the hammock, glared at him for a second, and ran into the house. It took the singer five minutes to come to the conclusion that the young lady was referring to the choir and not to the crickets. He could not explain mat ters, and the more he laughed the more serious matters became. He went back to the city, and it was five years before fhey met again. Boston Herald. tlf A curious feature or two is men tioned concerning the railway being con structed from Buenos Ayres to Valparai so the road beginning at Mendoza, 650 miles from Buenos Ayres and 2,400 feet above the sea. The greatest engineering feat described in connection with this work is the driving of the tunnel where the line crosses the Andes, a tunnel which will be about nine miles long when fin ished, nearly two miles having already been driven by hand. Progress is now being steadily made by means of the best modern appliances in such a case, work men being employed at some twenty-two headings, or advanced parts of the tunnel, where the excavation is carried on. It was found inexpedient to reduce the grades for a short distance on either side of the frontier to such a rate that the lo comotives could be worked by adhesion rack rails consequently being laid over ff3T A new field of usefulness has been discovered for the mule, whose kick is bard, but his skin is soft. Mule-skin shoes for men are becoming sought after. The extraordinary qualities . of fineness and fibre of the mule's skin have brought it to the front for upper leather, with a cost of production so reasonable as to bring it within the reach of all. talf" The Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City is the most perfect whispering gallery in the world. It beats the domes of St. Paul's and the Washington Capitol. The dropping of a pin into a plug bat at one end of the huge structure is distinctly heard by persons at the other end. . tT A recent idiosyncrasy is that of the crank who has published a book of several hundred pages in which there is not a period or a paragraph. It sets forth a peculiar philosophy with no di vision of sentences but commas, semico lons, and colons. Like many other strange things, this comes from Chicago. A quill penmaker says that no pen will do as fine writing as the crow quill. It requires the assistance of a microscope to mako a proper pen out of such a quill, but when made it is of wonderful delicacy. The microscopio writing told of in books of literary curi osities all is done with a crow quill. When a little Maine girl reached home last Sunday her father asked her how she liked the minister and sermon. She thought a moment, and thon replied, "Well, sometimes he spoke real easy, just as if God was in the church, and then he hollered as if God was a hundred miles away." Age is not all decay ; it is the ripe ning, the swelling of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. George MacDonald. d? Carpenters, builders, laborers, and all mechanics, who are particularly liable to cuts, bruises, wounds, sprains, over straining, etc., should have close at hand a bottle of Pond's Extract. Its beneficial result is almost instantaneous. No remedy is equal to it. But great care must be taken that Pond's Extract is obtained and not any cheap imitation. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of Mrs. Julia Starke, deceased, all persons having claims against the est'.te of said dtceuent are hereby notified to present them to me on or before the 4th day of February, 1894, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will make immediate pay ment to me. This the 1st day of February, 1893. H. N. PHARR, Administrator of Mrs. Julia Starke, dee'd. Feb. 3, 1893 6w A FINE LOT OF FURNITURE. ORDERED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS SEASON'S TRADE. Beautiful 16th Century Plush Rockers. 16th Century Rattan Rockers. !6th Century Tables All an: of exceedingly handsome patterns, The very latest things out. and There are no more tasty presents to be found anywhere. Call and see. BURGESS NICHOLS, Furniture Dealer. ct. 28,1892. Welcome the Stranger at Church. The following problem is of sufficient importance to demand a special para graph. If we were away from home amongst strangers, at the close of an earnest faithful sermon, would any of us feel it an intrusion to be spoken to, wel comed; and invited to come again? The act would be deemed acceptable Chris tian kindness by all; and yet we stand back, afraid that another would not so regard it. Other people are strikingly like us, and touched by the same thought fulness. A short while ago, a young lady of more than ordinary culture and ability found herself on the Sabbath out of reach of any church of her denomination save a poor little German one. She went there an entire stranger, somewhat de pressed by her solitariness.' She was met by an old lady at the door, who cordially welcomed her, forgetting in genuine Christian courtesy that her own dress was poor while that of the stranger was of rich material. At the close of the ser vice many others spoke to her, assuring of their pleasure at seeing her. She left that little church with her heart warmed and refreshed, and expressed her purpose to return there again when she felt the need of Christian sympathy. For speedy and large returns for outlay of time and effort, a welcome to strangers in church offers a capital investment There are but few risks not one in a thousand. Try it, and test the efficacy of the Golden Rule. Sunday School Times. The society girl whose limp ener gies make it impossible for her to help her ma slew around the furniture will no doubt be surprised to learn of the latent energy she possesses. The calcu lation runs this way: "An average waltz takes one over or about three-quarters of a mile, and a square dance makes you cover a half mile and a galop equals a good mile, at a run, too. Count for your self how much a girl with a well filled programme traverses in an evening. Twenty dances is the average. Of these about twolve are waltzes. There, at once, are nine miles. Three galops and she has done twelve miles. Five other dances at a half mile apiece, which is hardly a fairly big estimate, brings her close upon fifteen miles, to say nothing of the inter mission stroll in the garden and the trips to the dressing room to renovate one's gown and complexion." 23!?" La grippe has made such terrible ravages among us that the smile that once arose when reference was made to it has now changed into a grave and se rious expression. The family drug store should be kept well stocked, for it may contain something which shall prove to be invaluable in relieving the sufferer be fore the doctor could be summoned. Four grains of quinine taken every three hours until the temperature is normal, should speedily allay the fever. A mus tard plaster or linseed poultice will be found to be very soothing when there is much pain, while a hot-water bottle will soon send the blood flowing properly through the body. The trouble with many people is that they never think of taking care of themselves until the malady is an established fact. m 1 In some of the New England towns and villages it is still customary to ring a church or factory bell at 9 o'clock at night, and no further back than war times it was a general practice in cities of over 20,000 people. The cus tom perpetuates the curfew (couvre feu, cover fire) of William the Conqueror's time, when church bells were rung to notify the people that it was time to bank the fires and put out the lights. There is a strong New England element in Brooklyn, and it may be owing to this fact that the practice has been main tained in the neighboring city of ringing the City Hall bell at 9 o'clock every night. It is a good thing on some ac counts, because it enables the residents of the vicinity to set their clocks and watches. Sun. A parish wrote concerning the wife of a minister, wishing to know whether or not she could lead the women's prayer meeting, preside over the sewing society, speak in public on temperance, and head the social purity campaign. The gentleman consulted made reply that they had left out one important matter upon which be must have exact information before further proceeding; they had forgotten to say what salary they intended to pay the minister's wife. JPif In Scotland, once, a drunken man met a clergyman chasing his runaway dog on Sunday, "xammss, saia me breathless clergyman, "I am sorry to see you in this condition. But whistle for my dog; he is running away. lammas regarded the BDeaker with erravitv. and said: "Whistle? I may drink whisky, j hut I'll no whustle for ony dog on the Lord's day!" Philadelphia Record. The Thbbe C's R. R. A decree order ing the sale of the Charleston, Cincinna ti & Chicago railroad has been filed in the U. S. Court. Tho sale will take place in Charleston, May 2nd, 1893, mini mum price fixed being $550,000. Bidders are to deposit certified checks for $25,000. Receiver Chamberlain is appointed spe cial master to conduct the sale. The property will be sold subject to the right, title and interest of the Finance Compa ny of Pennsylvania. - All Free. Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised Drug gist and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send you name and address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and House hold Instructor Free. All of which is guar anteed to do you good and cost you noth ing. For sale by Burwell 4Dunn, whole sale & retail, and at Jordan Sr Scott, whole sale Drug store. The Statute of Limitations as Applicable to Land. JUDGI R. W. WINSTON. i "Possession is eleven points in law," wisely spoke Colley Cibber. At least : so it often proves in many an action to re cover real estate. What is its meaning? Why simply that the man in possession of land is en titled to hold and possess it until the plaintiff show a good title not only against him, but also against the whole world. The theory of our law ia that the State owns all that land; and so, ordinarily, when an action is brought to recover land the party bringing the action mast show that the State has parted with its title. In passing, we may remark, that this is the reason that authorizes the State through its sovereign representatives, the General Assembly, to grant the power to certain agencies to condemn private lands even against the will of the owner. This is called the State's right of Emi nent Domain. In other words, when the Slate grants any of its land, and all lands in this State are held under a grant actu ally made, or presumed to have been made, by the State, it is with the reserva tion that at any time the State may re same its ownership, if necessary for the public good, by making just compensa tion. When a railroad is charterod it is given the right to condemn land for its right of way. That is to say, the State delegates its right of eminent domain, and the company exercises this right of sove reignty. Time plays a very important part in building up and upholding titles to land. Some one has Bagoly said that time, which is constantly destroying and re moving evidence in all other cases, is si lently strengthening the chain of his ti tle, who is in possession. We will not stop to consider the ways of showing title out of the State, as it is of little general interest; suffice it to say, however, that time will deprive even the State of its title. For example, if one be in the possession of land under known and visible boundaries, for thirty years, having no deed at all, not when the State can dispossess him, and if he have a deed for the same land, and hold the land openly, continuously, hostilely and ex clusively for twenty-one years the State is barred. The courts do not look with disfavor upon the plea of the statute of limitations as applicable to land; and so it does not like the same plea when applied to other cases. For, by the word "limitations," in this connection, is meant, "simply the time which is prescribed by the authority of law during which a title may be ac quired to property by virtue of a simple adverse possession and enjoyment." In this State, when a person in posses sion of real estate, shall have been pos sessed of the same under known and visi-' ble lines and boundaries exclusively and adversely, and under colorable title for seven years, he has acquired such a title to the land as to perpetually bar the claim of all persons, unless they labor un der the disabilities of which we spoke in our last talk. This is a most useful provision of our law, and cures the defects in many a deed. Let us consider the language of the statute. In the first place, will ob serve that the person must be in the ac tual occupancy of the land; of course tho occupancy of a tenant or'an agent would serve equally well. Next, that he must occupy the land under a deed or paper which is "color of title." Now, what is this "color of title?" The Supreme Court of the United States say, "The courts have concurred, it is believed, without any exception, in defining 'color of title to be that which in appearance is title, but which in validity is no title." For example, a deed, not registered, is not a valid deed, still it constitutes color of ti tle, and is sufficient for the man in ad verse possession of land to build his title upon. So also a deed not under seal is imperfect as a deed, but it is color of ti- tie. So the deed of an infant is 'color of title,' or the deed of an insane man is 'color of title.' Even the deed of admin istrator is 'color of title.' But the pos session must not only be under color of ti tle, it must also be under known acd visi ble lines and bounds. We all understand what this means. It is not necessary that the metes and bounds shall be actually set out in the paper, for if the paper, relied on as color of title, refer to the land as such and such a tract called, for example, Mount Ver non, and if the metes and bounds of such tract be known this is sufficient. Again, the person in possession must claim the land as his own; that is to say, he must put the real owner, if there be one, on guard, and by acts and conduct must notify him that bis title is called into question. Or, as the books have it, he must "keep his flag flying." His pos session, hence, must be open, hostile, and continuous. Our courts have said that building a shed, quarrying a rock and cutting wood to burn lime on the premi ses, uninterrupted for seven years, made the holding adverse. But to feed hogs occasionally on the land did not. Nor did the occasional cutting of timber and quarrying stone. We will, at once, see that, if a tenant is in possession of our land, no matter how long he stays, his holding is not adverse. The statute says that even if the tenant get a deed to the land from some other person, it is not colorable title, and will not avail him un less he stays in possession twenty years after bis rental expires. So if two are tenants in common of a tract of land, the one being in the actual possession and the other not, and the one in possession collect and appropriate all the rents and manage the whole land as his own and claims it as his land, still his holding is not adverse to his co-tenant; certainly not until twenty years have passed. Finally the period of such possession must be the seven continuous years pre ceding the action. But if the combined possession of several successive owners make out the seven continuous years un der color it will suffice. Such possession as we have just de scribed will not only bar another ot his right to recover the land against us, but it will also actually build up a title, not otherwise good, in us. Indeed, such title is available for the plaintiff in an action. He cannot be in possession when he sues, but he might build up such title by previous adverse possession. We have many defective titles in our State at the present, and it behooves us all to look carefully - to our title deeds, which are our muniments ot title, otherwise the number will increase. Certain rnloa in purchasing land ought to be strictly adhered to: 1. The title ought to be searched and examined by a competent attorney and abstracts made to accompany the deed. 2. The deed itself should have apt words of conveyance, and should be in propor form. 3. If purchasing land from a married woman, do not fail to pay the purchase money to her in person, and to nave her privy examination properly taken. In dealing with a married woman, unless she be a "mighty" good woman, be on your guard, for the law permits her to divide with you like the white man did with the Indian, when they came to set apart to each his share of the game, con sisting of a turkey and a turkey buz zard. 4. And mainly, no deed to a town lot should pass without inserting its diment sions in feet and inches and erecting, natural objects to mark the corners; nor to a farm until a survey is made and the lines are marked and the corners well ritablished. In Germany I have read that all deeds to land are made directly by the govern ment. When a man wishes to sell his land he yields up his title deeds to the government, and the government exe cutes a new deed to the proposed pur chaser. They rarely have a defective title in Germany. We cannot do this, and should not, but we can at least learn a lesson therefrom. Biblical Recorder, Killed a Black Fox. Charles Coombs, of Preston, while out with a party fox-hunting one day last week, shot a black fox that tried to es cape through a culvert on the New York and New England road in tho town of Lisbon. Silver gray foxes are oftener shot in this county than black ones, and Mr. Coombs feels elated over tho capture of such a rarity. Norwich Bulletin. Testimony differs as to the feeling of the soldier on going into a fight, and the many experiences related during the recent encampment by Grand Army men to their always willing listeners showed that in their war histories there was no uniformity of either fear or daring. The Major of a New Hampshire regiment said: "I always felt timid when the shot began to reach us, but as soon as we got into action I was carried away by excite ment. I am not usually a profane man, and I have no recollection of talking roughly to my troops, yet a good many of them have assured me that all through a fight I would swear like well, like a trooper." Another man, a Colonel, said; "It's all nonsense to say that a man doesn't feel afraid at the begining of a ' fight and all through it. Of course he does. He has reason, bherman said ol Gen. Sumner that he was the only man who grew bolder as he grew older, but the only man I ever saw who really seemed to want to fight and to enjoy it after he was in it, was Custer." t2T" One curious cause of delay in the delivery of mail in inclement seasons is not generally understood. It results from the fact that mail is assorted for delivery, or "thrown" as they say in the business, on the trains. Two men cover a certain line of foad and one is supposed to be at one end when the other is ready to start from the opposite end. If one gets caught in a snow storm or by accident the other goes out as usual and both get on one end. The consequence is that when the next train is ready there is no railway mail clerk for the run and mail is not sent out. Mrs. Sarah Howard of Houston, Me., has a pair of muskrats for pets. They came up through the drain into the cellar and soon became so tamo that they invaded the kitchen and made themselves entirely at home, eating out of the cat's saucer. The old cat pays no attention to the rats, but the kittens sometimes cuff them. The strange visitors tore up a broom, and with the straw made for themselves a nest under the cupboard. When eating milk they dip their paws into the saucer and then lick the milk from the fur. It takes them half an hour to eat a small saucer of milk. Bd It is reported that a colony is organizing in Cincinnati which proposes to go to Nicaragua in the epring and establish an American agricultural com munity. They will locate near Grey town, whence a market by via New Orleans will be accessible, and engage in the culture of fruit, coffee and so car. Some forty men are already engaged to go, including carpenters, DiacKsmitns ana other mechanics. this part of tho line and locomotives simi lar to those used on the Pike's Peak rail way employed. These work both by ad hesion and gearing, the construction be ing of sufficient power to handle quite heavy trains on a grade of one foot rise in a twelve and one-half feet horizontal distance. It is, of course, a most expen sive enterprise. See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents. Upon receipt of your address and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio of the Columbian Exposition, the regular prico is Fifty cents, but as wo. want you to have one, wo make the price nominal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Address. 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