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r j 1- t . I 1 Tf A T0 t TV I CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894. This 1 Arr-K i a j VOLUME XU NUMBER 1412. ih mm i nr. i THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY J. P. STRONG. o o.ua0ne Dollar and Ffty Cents in advance for 1 year -Two Dollars on time. o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, s second class matter, according to the rules ol the P 0. Department. K I 0SB0KNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEEHANfl. OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. g- Offices 1 and 3 Law Building, vvill practice in the State and Federal Courts. Oct 20, 1S93 DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists. CIIARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tkyon Street. Jan. 3, 1894. J. P. McCOMBS, m. d., ntfcrs ii is professional services to the citizens of i;iisrIotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1. 1894 p. D. WALKER. E T. CANSLER WALKER & CANSLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Charlotte, N. C offices, Rooms Nos. 6 and 7, Law Building Jan. 6, 1894. IKRIOT CLARK80N. CHAS. H. DULS CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt Attention given .rusted. Will practice in to all business in- all Courts of the State. iy Office No. 12 Law Building Oct. 7. 1892. IILOH W. H.VHHIS. WM M. LITTLE, Formerly of Richmond Co. HARRIS & LITTLE, Attorneys ;md Counselors at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice in all the Courts. Special and nrninpt attention to collection of claims, Con veyancing, Negotiation of Loans and Settlement j It ufa tna Office, first door west of Court House. hu. 29, 1893. H. N. PHARR. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office No. 14, Law Building. Prompt attention to all business intrusted Special attention given to claims. Practices State and Federal Courts. Jan. G. 1894. in BOYNE & BADGER, LEADING JEWELERS. SOUTH TKYON ST., CHARLOTTE, N. ( :0: DEALERS IX Diamonds. Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware. Special attention given Repairing Fine Watches. March 6, 1893 JOHN FARRIOR, N' i NOUTII TRYON STREET. CHARLOTTE, N. C WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. DEALER IN Diamonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. jar Special attention given to Fine Watcb Kepairing March 28, 1893. THE WHITE FRONT DRUG STORE, NO. 15, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, Keens a well assorted stock of all articles usualy kept in a Drug House J. B- ALEXANDER. The Poor prescribed for free. April, 8, 1893. E Nye Hutchison. R. M. Miller. C.P.Wheeler. E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO., FIRE INSURANCE. Offices 16 East Trade Street ; weet, up stairs. 4 North Tyon F:b. 19. 1893. NEW DRUG STORE. fresh line of Medicines, Drugs, Paints, Oils ouet Articles, Garden and yiower Seeds and &!1 articles usually found in a well regulated urug btore like the white front on College street J. B. ALEXANDER. Feb. 26,1893. PHOTOGRAPHS OF IN -:0:- ALL SIZES AND FINEST FINISH. WATER COLOR, PASTEL, AND CRAYON PORTRAITS Of the PIrct n i All Work G uaranteed. and see us. J. H. VAN NESS & SON. June 9, 1893. CROWEIL MILLING CO. CharlottA tm n mSwTh!3 cln,haTe their cm made into choice .I...1 Uitner bolted or unhnirri at ih ni stoi- Mills grinding otuurtuy 13 regular mill day. for custOD- W. al. CROW ELL. Manager March 10, 1893 Take Care op Homi. Notwithstand ng the fact that we all indulge in some harsh criticism of the national Demo cratic administration, it is a matter of congratulation that no word of complaint nas oeen uttered against any of our Sia.o officers. We are to have an important State campaign in North Carolina this year, and we ought not to permit national isbucs to so becloud our minds that we cannot discern the things that most con cern us at home. Stanly News, Trustee's Sale. By virtue of a Deed of Trust, made to me by James Smith and wife, on the 18th day of March, 1893, recorded in Register's office of Mecklenburg County, in Book 88, page 285, 1 will sell at public auction, at the Court House Door in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the highest bidder for cash on Monday, April 2nd, 18U4, at 12 o'clock M, all that lot or parcel of land in tr.e city of Charlotte, N. C , in Ward No. 3, known as the James Smith and Mary Smith property. D. B. HENDERSON, Trustee. This 2nd day of March, 1894. March 2, 1894 6w LAND SALE. By virtue of a decree made in a special pro ceeding, in the Superior Court for Cabarrus County, February the 1st, 184, entitled, in the matter of the estate of S. P. Brainard Kim mons, insane, by R. M. Kimmons, Guardian, ex parte." and duly approved by Jacob Battle, Judge presiding, at January term, 1894, of said Court, I, as a Commissioner of said Court, will sell, by public auction, for Cash, at the door of the Court House in Concord, on Monday the 2nd day of April, 1894, to the highest bidder, one tract of land, containing one hundred and thirty-three (133) acres, mostly in Crab Orchard township in Mecklenburg County, being a part of what was formerly known as the Samuel Kimmons home Dlace. on the dividing line between said counties and adjoining the lands of D. L. Alexander, LaFayette Stafford. D. A. Johnston and others and a second tract of land containing fifteen and acres, in said township known as lots No. 1 and No. 2 m division of lands of Zimn Pfaarr and adioininer lands of Lee Dulin and T, J I Farrow. R. M. KIMMONS, Guardian, Feb. 23, 1894. 6w Commissioner. Mortgagee's Sale. Under and by virtue of a Deed of Mortgage, executed to R. L. DeArmon, by J. A. DeArmon and wife, and registered in Book 77, page 385, Register's Office, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. I will sell at Public Auction, at the County Court House door, in the city of Char lotte, N. C. on Thursday, the 15th day of March, A D. 1894, at 12 o'clock M., the follow ing described Keal Estate, situate, lying and be ing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in Mallard Creek lownsnip : 1st. une tract oi luna, adjoining iana oi u. F. Christenbure, the estate of R L. DeArmon and others, and containing 50 acres, more or less. 2nd. Four smaller tracts, lying contiguous. and adjoining the above, containing about 48 acres, all or which are tuny aescrioeo in saia mortgage deed, to the rtcord of which reference- is made. Terms Cash. F.E QUERY, J. Mc. DEARMON, Adm'rs of Estate of R L. DeArmon. de'cd, Charlotte, N. C, With Will Annexed. Feb 9, 1894 Feb. 16.1894. 5w Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of S. H.Brown, deceased, I hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to me, properly attested, on or be fore the 10th day of March, 1895 All persons indebted to said estate are notified to make prompt payment. J. F. BROWN, Adm'r of s. u. urown, aec a. March 9, 1894. Cw Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator of Mrs S. M. Wilson, deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, N. O. this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of March, 1895, or this notice will oe plead in bar ot their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment This 3rd day of March, 18a4. .lUS-Eftf. mac. VV iLibUrl , Admr. March 9, 1894. 6w Executor's Notice. Having qualified as Executor of the will of 'ohnL Brown, deceased, which has been duly admitted to probate, I hereby notify all persons having claims against said decedent to exhibit the same to me, duly authenticated, on or before . - . i m TT1 a a 11 tne isi oay or r eoruary, iouo, ana an persons in- i debted to said decedent are requested to make immediate payment. This 12th day of January, 1894. P M BROWN, Executor of Jan 12. 1894 lOw John L Brown, dee'd. WE HAVE THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, AMMUNITION, Carriage, and Wagon Material, Woodware, and Queenware in the South. Call and see us and buy from us any goods in our line that you mav need. We will oromise to sell as low as any one else and as low as the lowest. BROWN. WEDDINGTON & CO , 29, East Trade Street Oct. 20. 1893. THE ACKNOWLEDGED Leading Seeds Are BUISTS! - BUISTS!! We open ours loaay, iresn irom tne grower. Plant only "Buret's Prize Medal Seeds," and you are sure of a crop. ri. n. juuuaw jscu , Jan. 19, 1894. Retail Druggists CHOICE FRESH CORN MEAL. Crowell Milling Company 06 East Trade Street, Charlotte, North Carolina July 28, 1893. LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE FOR The Blood, Stomach, Liver and Kidneys. Composed of roots and herbs gathered in the Rocky Mountains, it is a 'harmless vegetable remedy, anc a positive cure xor constipation. JilaK.es tne Complexion clear and bright. FOB SAJjE BY R, H. JORDAN & CO., May 5, 1893. Retail Druggists. Are All the Children In? The darkness falls, the wind is high, Dense black clouds fill the western sky ; The storm will soon begin ; The thunders roar, the lightnings flash, I hear the great round raindrop3 dash Are all the children in ? They're coming softly to my side, Their forms within my arms 1 hide ; No other arms are sure. The storm may rage with fury wild, With trusting faith each little child With mother feels secure. But future days are drawing near, They'll go from this warm shelter here, Out into the world's wild din ; The rain will fall, the cold winds blow. I'll sit alone and long to know, Are all the children in ? W ill they have shelter then secure, Where hearts are waiting strong and sure, And love is true when tried ? Or will they fiDd a broken reed, When strength of heart they so much need To help them brave the tide? God knows it all ; his will is best ; I'll shield them now and yield the nst In his most gracious hand ; Sometimes the souls he loves are i iven By tempes! wild, and thus are driven Nearer the bttter land. If he should call us home before The children land on that blessed shore, Afar from care and sin, I know that I shall watch and wait Till he the keeper of the gate, Lets all the children in. Selected ttSf" A gentleman had a board put up on a part 0t his land, on which was writ v th;8 field tQ one wbo u. aniaA ... ani an ttn JO ICalty lVIl 1(1 4J MlJVl VV Um-I MfS plicant came, he asked, "Are you conten- ted ?" the general answer was, "1 UUi a rr and his reply was, "Then what do you want with my held i m tt A Household Treasure. D. VV. Fuller, of Canajoharie. N. Y , eays that he alwavs keeps Dr. King 8 New Discovery in the house and his family has always found the very best results follow its use; that he would not be without it, if procurable. G. A. Dyke- man Drufireist. Catskill. N X., says that Dr. King's New Discovery is undoubtedly the best Cough remedy; that he has used it In his family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottle free at Bur well & Dunn's Drug store. Regular size bottles 50c and $1 00. CHARLOTTE HARDWIRE COMPANY. -:o:- WE NOW HAVE IN OUR FULL LINE OF GUNS. RIFLES, PISTOLS, and all ne cessary ammunition for them LOADED SHELLS, That We are Selling Cneap Hunting Coats and Leggings. Your special attention is called to the fact that we CANNOT BE UNDERSOLD DON'T BUY Until You Get Our Prices- CHARLOTTE HARDWARE CO, 20 East Trade Street, Charlotte. N. C. Dec. 15,1893. C HARLOTTE - 1 T7 m T? f TT C TO L J xj Ld lit vX Hd UJD 1V1 U fjlU AND ART. SOUTH TRYON 18 STREET, THE LEADING SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL TRAINING In the Southern States. THE MOST IMPROVED EUROPEAN METHODS. Many free advantages. Modern Languages taught only by native teachers Terms Moderate. Call or address, CARL S. GAERTNER, March 2, 1894. Director. ROSS'S BOOK STORE, 25 NORTH TRYON STREET, (Near City Hall) WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND SCHOOL BOOKS Used in the County Schools ; also SCHOOL SUPPLIES Of every kind. Goods not in stock will be promptly ordered. Remember the place : ROSS'S BOOK STORE, Opposite Charlotte Hotel Feb 9,1894. PARLOR SUITS ! While I am selling Parlor Suits so cheap, have large upholstered Oak and Cherry Suits in plush and tapestry at S25. Was the like ever Known in TUB COUNTRY BEFORE ? Silk Plush Suits at 133. $35. $33 and $40 Silk Tapestry at $38. $40 and $45. Silk Dam ask, a beauty, at $65. Wilton Rug Suits, extra large, at $68, $75, $85 to $100. BURGESS NICHOLS, Furniture Dealer Jan 19, 1894. Ladies' Pebble Grain, Button shoes.with heel or springheel. A strong serviceable shoe, especially desirable for a young ladies scnooi snoe, or an all round iieat shoe for rough wear. This shoe is made expressly for our trade, and is possibly the best value ever offered at this price. Everyone will do well to examine our styles, we can serve you well. Jan. 5, 1894. Where the Soulh'a Money Goes. Under the above heading the Savannah News preaches a sermon against the disposition of Southern people of all classes, from cotton planters to cotton commission merchants, to speculate in cotton The News very, truly says that speculating in cotton on the part of South em people is almost as much a waste ot money as investing in lottery tickets. Prices are not regulated by the law of supply and demand, except in the long run covering a period of years.when they " j i 1 way iuuvo up ur uuwu uu a geuerai aver i age, as supply and demand may regulate, but the speculator who attempts to make money on short-time operations is very generally left. The South annually dumps into Wall street millions of dollars of good hard money to pay for cotton losses, and yet very little is heard of it. l is within bounds to say that within the last twenty years the South s net losses on cotton speculations have run up to a hundred million or more. This money, had it been kept at home and invested in development enterprises, would have added vastly to the wealth ot the whole South, furnished employment to many thousands of hands and brought profit to those who owned it. Producing as the South does not far from $2,000,000,000 of agricultural, manufacturing and mining products a year, there ought to be a very arge Burplus, and this surplus will constantly increase as speculation in cot ton futures decreases. Manufacturers' Record. The Unsociable. We envy neither the men nor the wom en who cannot speak to a fellow creature out of their own circle or to anybody without the formality of an introduction. There is no computing the amount of profit as well as pleasure such persons lose bv hedging themselves in with this stupid fence of fastidiousness. We have always found more of this feeling among persons who were more touchy on their social position than among those self re specting persons wbo thought nothing about it. A great deal of intelligence is floating round the world without being laebled, and those men or women who have the good sense to recognize this fact and act upon it not only are educating themselves, but conferring that pleasure which we are all bound by the common ties of humanity to exchange with one another. It seems to us that it is only the snob and pretender who take a differ ent view of this question. New York Ledger. At a rally ot the populist in McDowell county some Republicans were present. One of the latter made a speech, in which he denounced Cleveland and the Democrats as enemies ot the coun try. The editor of the populist paper followed him denoucing both Republicans and Democrats. It is claimed that the lie- publicans in Moore county mainly oppose fusion. At one ot the populist county conventions a speaker said ho could buy Alliance Democatsfor $1 each Newbern Journal. A woman visiting in Ireland was delighted with a certain hot cake served at breakfast. From the native cook of her hostess she duly got the recipe "You must take more than you'd think of flour, ma'am, iust what you know of butter, the slightest taste in life of baking powder, and the fill of the small jug of milk. KIT" The drummer new puts his trou sers under bis sample trunk at night to press them and make them look iiinglisb n the morning. And three years ago, a man was in deep disgrace, don-cher-know, t there was a crease in his trousers, be cause it indicated that they bad been piled up on the shop counter, and, therefore, were not made to order. ISF"' An improvident man is one who spends the dollar that he has and the two dollars that he hopes to get ; a thrifty man is one who holds on to a part of to day's earnings for fear some special necessity may arise to-morrow. Throw Away Trusses when our new method, without use of knife, is guaranteed to permanently cure the worst cases of rupture. Send 10 cents in stamps for references and pam rjhlet. World's Dispensary Medical Asso- x ' ' " ciation, Buffalo, JN. X. E. B- SPRINGS & CO AGENTS. CHARLOTTE" FERTILIZERS AND "PIEDMONT" WAGONS. To OUR Fabmeb H'RDZNDS of worth and South Carolina We are now prepared for the Spring Trade, Rnd can suddiv vou with the well known and high grade " Chariot te'Tertilizers, and respectful ly as& lor a continuance oi your paironage Our Fertilizers are well known to all as being the highest grade of any sold in this section, and we know what they are made of and we assure you that they are honest, reliable and higher grade than any other. Where wisely used they will pay you better than any other fertiliser, be cause they contain more plant food than any thing sold in this section. The guarantee as 6hown in Reports of State Chemists of both North and South Carolina bear us out in this asser tion. A great many of our customers who have tested and watched the results of the "Charlotte" Fertilizers bear witness to their value, in the fact that they will not use any other at any price. rnr ppirrs nrp TilWUR than the Tiw grade stuff is sold at, because we do not have to pay freights and we give you in the quality of our gooa s tne uentuL ui iuia auiaaiaw w freights. We could make cheap stuff and cell at $2 00 ner ton less, bat prefer to make the better Quality, believing that it will be better for the farmer who uses it, and therefore better for us, who expect the farmer to pay us for it. In addition to our Fertilizer business, we have the Aeencv for the old reliable ''Piedmont' Wagons, and when you want a wagon, call and see us. We can make low prices, and sell you a wagon that is sound and serviceable. We also have a line of Buggie3, Carts, Sur reys, etc. We receive Cotton on storage and issue our negotiable Warehouse Receipts on it. Yours truly, E. B. SPRINGS & CO. Charlotte, N. C. Jan. 9, 1894. 3m How Cannons Were Made of Church ceu8 On May 21st, 1862, the Methodist cnurcn, on luuioerry sireec, in Macon, 1 L 1r.1I r I ua., inrougn us pasior, nev. j. is. JSvans. I . . -W -r -arm "I placed its bell at the disposal of Captain n. m. ouyier, ot the ordnance depart- ment for government use. This meant that the bell was to be melted and cast into a confederate cannon, to eboot the yankees with. By the direction of Lieutenant Colonel J. Gorgas, chief of the ordnance bureau. I ri : ri i i i j j c i I vojjiwu vujricr uau ouvciubcu lur loans or donations of any and all bells to be cast into cannon, and the Macon Methodist chnrch was the first to respond. Ibis giving of church bells in the south during the war made a very interesting and remarkable chapter in the history of ine civu connict. When Captain Cuyler advertised for the donation of church bells he made the following patriotic if not pious ap peal : -oorae weu meaning and truly pious persons doubt the propriety, not to say the piety, of an act of devoting church bells to purposes of warfare. This is a great mistake. It proceeds on the as- sumptionfthat these bells have already been devotedly given to the Lord. Ad mit this to be true and it proves nothing. Does not every true Christian devote everything he has to the Lord? Is not his substance, is not his time, are not his members solemnly devoted to the service of the Lord ? Yea. more, do not all true Christians devote the offanrinc of their own lives to the service of t.h Cantain of tbeir salvation I Th s is a trna. And . . . . . i yet these same Christians think it is not evil to consume their substance, to give their own bodies and members and their own children as a free will offering on the altar of their country. Why, then hesitate to devote a bell, a :. . . . - 1 piece ot metal, to the same work ? Where is the consistency of such a course? . . . I On what reason does it rest? What is the church and the bell without the Christian worshipper? If the worshipper can leave his altar and go to battle, why cannot his bell go with him? 'A broken and contrite heart is the sacrifice that God delights in not in the sacrifice of bullocks or the dedication of bells. It is better to have no bells than to have no churches no place of worship or to be driven from our altars, and to leave them to be destroyed by a Godless foe." Other offers soon followed that of the Macon church and many cannon that blamed destruction in the yankee ranks once echoed with the music ot the feab bath chimes. Atlanta Journal. . - - - - Beware of Credit Recently we have seen many carloads of mulea passing through here for the markets in Southern Georgia. This would indicate that either the farmers or mule dealers one are still crazy. There is not money enough in the country to pay cash for all the mules, and to either buy or sell them on credit to raiso cotton with at present prices, is not only hazard ous, but foolhardy. We would gladly welcome any revival of trade, and rejoice to see any kind of business improve on anything like a substantial basis, but we must eoniess that we do not want to see "boom" in business it it is all to be based on the same old principles of credit that has already cost this country so much suffering and hardship. It will be better, a Sreat deal better, for us as a people to ubo every lucaug, auu puui t tu pmuo tun credit business forever behind us, and strive while we have the best of all op portunities to get a cash basis in all of our business affairs. There is no neces sity for or sense in a heavy credit business this year, and those who engage in it to any great extent we believe are terribly in their own light, and are retarding the I : r a.i m. general prosperity of the country. Fort Valley Leader. Some Facts About Postage Stamps. Postage stamps, stamped envelopes, ana postal cards are now all made by con- tract, none of the work being done in Washington. At each factory inspectors are stationed, who must exercise strict oversight of the whole business, from the taking in of the blank paper to the send ing out ot the finished product upon re quisitions from postmasters, all of which pass through the department at Washing ton. Every sheet of paper must be accounted for, and if a single stamp be imperfectly printed the whole sheet con taining the defective stamp must be sent to Washington tor examination and destruction. From three to five millions of stamps are thus sent to Washington every week, where they are carefully counted, checked off, and burned. Blue and Gray. I" Sable Island is famous throughout the Canadian maritime provinces for its race ot wild ponies. 1 he little creatures were originally placed upon the island in order that they might furnish food for ship-wrecked mariners frequently cast away there. The coarse salt grass of the island is cured ana stacked in summer time, and upon this the ponies feed all winter. It is said that they eat their way deep into the stacks and thus find tbeir only shelter from the storms. There is a tradition current that they even eat fish cast upon the shore. Considerable droves of the ponies are taken to the mainland in early autumn, and they are sold in the Halifax market. 16?" One pound of cut meat and bone is considered a proper daily allowance for sixteen bens. Specimen Cases S H Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was troubled with .Neuralgia and Rheumatism, bis Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an alarm ing 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 a run ning sore on his leg of eight yean' standing. U botU'ol Elecc Biuers and" ESS boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and welL John Speaker, Catawba. O . had I five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said be ! was incurable. One bottle .Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en tirely. Sold by Bui well & Dunn, wholesale and retail, Jordan & Scott, wholesale druggists. Cotton Mills in the South The location of everv cotton mill in tha South, with the number of swindles and . . looms in each, was published in the Manu lacturers' Record last week. The artir.l states that in 1880 the South had 161 cotton mills, with 667,845 spindles. Bv iyu these had increased in number to 255 mills, with 1,766,553 spindles. The South now has 406 mills, with 2,763,373 spindles, and 62,052 looms. In addition to this, the mills projected will have be. tween 50 000 and 75 000 SDindles. The .' ... ' r increase in spindles last year was over 200,000. North Carolina leads in the number of spindles, with 655,000 in operation in 1894: while South Carolina leads in looms, with 16,200. North Carolina has tho largest number of mills, but as the majority of them are small, the aggregate number ot their spindles exceeds that of I South Carolina only 24,000. Georgia comes third on spindles. the list, with 556,000 xne capital invested in cotton manu- facturing in the South has increased from 9ai,vioho in ioou 10 5y,uuu,uuu in O hi 1 m Win ? . . rrs . s 1894. Thirty-two mills have reported tneir dividends lor leys, the average be .1 9 dAAA.a ing 8.8 per cent., in addition to which most of them laid aside a surplus for re pairs or extensions. Two milU paid 20 per cent.; one 18 per cent., while the others ranged from 12$ to 4 per cent. Is this True V Charles B. Farwell. one of Chicago's successful men, is quoted as saying; i . f , . xuro uuiumg in giory, ana inenas I fiends ! 1 can count my friends on my bands, and they are members of my own Iam"7- xneres not sucn a thing as friendship in the world. What you call x i m i . i ... friends are butterflies. They hover BrouDU yu in lue eunsnine, and when the 1 ii j; to. uau wumo tuey uisappear. xi a man e I . i l 18 eiiccessiui ana periectiy independent oi everybody, they fawn, smile, today, and insist on doing something to help you. If I he gets a tumble they immediately lend their assistance to keep him rolling to the bottom of the bill When you really need them, they desert you and have no faith in you. And 1 can prove it to you every day ot your life. V riendship is all theory. it l myself want to make a first class enemy all I have to do is to help a man who is in deep trouble. Will he be grateful ? He will hale me in the end because I am in a better position to be of I service to him, and have placed him under much obligation. I believe, after ine nuy years oi real experience, 1 am what you would call a pessimist. Better say nothing about it. It sounds bad." The Train Ran Five Miles Without Steam. A marvelous race, up grade and down, in which momentum was the motive power, took place on the Consolidated Road on Saturday. Five miles below Stamford the cylinder head of the big engine, JNo. 247, blew out, while the train was making express time. Instead of stopping and getting stalled, Engineer Scofield let the machine have its head and pulled into Stamford station on time, and not even the conductor knew that anything was the matter until tho engi neer called for another engine and No. 144 was put on and pulled the train to this city. The five miles was run with out a pound of steam, and solely on the momentum the train was under when the mishap took place. New Haven Palla dium. GIT" The man with two cork legs was in a baa humor because be couldn t go skating, and he growled when he handed bis fare to the street-car conductor. "Well, it is pretty hard," admitted the conductor, "but you have one advantage." "I'd ke to know what it is V "You are tiovai t rnnKlorl uritH rrA -font " T5o-li nra never troubled with cold feet." "Perhaps not in the day time," he admitted, grudgingly, " but 1 am at night." "Oh, come off, protested the conductor. "It s true, 1 tell you, he said sharply. "Get nut TrAii Kfltran't a n 4aa- r V s stslsl " p0B8ibly not but my wife haB and the QOnAvxciir ' UD furea 5efore he rang up i recovered from the shock. Greely, who has been much in the Artie Ocean, says that in Jones Sound the magnetic needle points south instead of north ; and the acrobatic feats it will per form, if not held down, are astonishing. Me says that it left alone it will assume a position twelve degrees from the per pendicular nearly vertical. It would not be altogether safe to rely on the compass in those latitudes. Igf "Hear, hear," is perhaps the most familiar interjection heard during debates in the House of Commons, but how few members know the origin of the phrase. It will be a surpiise to many to know that the earliest instance of its use is to be found in II Samuel, xx.f 16: "Then cried a wise woman out of the city, 'Hear, hear.' " The holding power of wire and cut nails was recently investigated at the Watertown arsenal, and the cut nails were shown to have a holding power about 75 per cent greater than the other class. 3?" Mamma : And now, Eddie, can you tell me what velocity is? That's what papa let go ot the hot plate with to day, isn't it mamma ? 'That Tired Feeling" only requires some simple supportive like a glass of milk, a cup of tea or coffeo, or a dose ofSarsaparilla to relive it; but when you have real disease lurking in your sys tem, you need Dr. Pierce s Golden Medi cal Discovery. lor every disease caused by a torpid liver or impure blood, Dyspepsia, "Liver Complaint," the most stubborn Skin, Scalp, or Scrofulous affections even Con Pon. or Lnngscrofula, in its earlier stages Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Dis- covery is the only remedy so sure and effective that can be guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit or cure, you have your money back. Can anything else be "just as good" for you to buy ? Kine Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur, King of a tribe of ancient Britons, is supposed to have flourished in the sixth century. He is usually repre sented as a Christian prince who struggles bravely to maintain the liberty and faith of his country against tho pagan Saxons. He was the son of King Uthcr and Igerna Some who hated him, called him baseborn and held him less than man, but those who loved him deemed him more than man and believed him to have been dropped from heaven. He was tall and very fair, with light wavy hair and deep Diueoyes. At his birth, be was given to Merlin, an en chanter, to be kept away from all the world until the hour should come for him to be proclaimed rung, merlin gave him to Sir Anton, an old knight and ancient friend of Uther, whose wife took the young princo and reared him with her own. When the year approached for him to be proclaimed king, Merlin brought him forth, atd set him in the hall, proclaim ing, "Here is Uthers heir, your king." But some ot the people said that he was low born, and clamored for another king, but Merlin had him crowned, and from this the great lords banded against Arthur, and an open war ensued. At his crowning, his knights were amazed at seeing three fair queens stand ing in silenco near bis throne. King Arthur lived at Ca3rleon, on the Usk, in Wales, with his beautiful wife (xuiuevere, in splendid state. surrounded by hundreds of knights and beautiful ladies, who served as patterns of valor, breeding and grace to all tho world. Twelve knights, the bravest of tho throng, formed the center of this retinue, and sat with the king at a round ' table, the "knights of the round table." ine noun a raoie was made ot cn. chanted wood, and was given to King Arthur by his wife's father, King Leodo gran, the King of Cameliard. Ho also gave to him one hundred knights. From the court of King Arthur, knights went forth to all countries in search of adventures, to liberate the on chanted, to enchain giants, to protect women, and to chastise oppressors. King Arthur s sword, Ei call bur, with which he did such glorious deeds, was given to him by the Lady of tho Lake, whose arm, clothed in white eamito, mystic and wonderful rose from out tho bosom of the Lake, holding tho sword, and he rowed across and took it. On one side of the blade, graven in the oldest tongue ot all this world, was, "take mo," and on the other side was written, "cast me away." Arthur saddened at the thought of casting away such a beautiful piece of workmanship, so ho went to Merlin, the enchanter, to ask him about t. Merlin told him to take it, that the time to cast it away was yet far off. It was given to him to drive the heatlu'ri out, and with it he beat his focmen down, and in twelve great battles overcame tho heathen hordes, and made a realm and reigned. Thus passed many years of happiness, but this was not to last always for while King Arthur was absent from his home, Modred, his nephew, revolted and when Arthur returned, he engaged in a combat with him, striking the last blow with Excalibur which slew Modred. All day long the noise of the battle rolled, and King Arthur saw all his bravo knights fall around him, except one, Sir Bedivcre. But in this conflict Arthur received such a dangerous wound, that ho was carried to the isle of Avallon, by hir Bedivere, the first made and latest left of all the knights, to be cared for and cured. Sir Bedivere, seeing that his wound was growing worse, bore him to a chapel near the field, on one side ot which lay the ocean, on the other a large sheet of water. King Arthur, feeling that he was grow ing much worse, told Sir Bedivere that he was smitten so deeply, that be feared he could not live, and told him to take Excalibur, which had always been his pride, and fling it into the lake, and to bring him word of what he saw. Sir Bedivere then stepped from tho ruined shrine and thither went to tho margin of the lake, and there drew forth the brand Excalibur, which twinkled with dia monds, topazes, and jacinth work of subtlest jewelry. He gazed so long that both of his eyes were dazzled, and he thought it better to leave it among the many knotted water flags. So he went back to the wounded king, who, angry that be did not perform hs duty, sent him back again. Sir Bedivere went again down the pebbled beach to throw the sword away, but when he saw the jeweled hilt, he thought it too precious a thing to be thrown away, so he again went back to King Arthur. On telling him that be had not thrown the sword away, he called him miserable, and untrue and told him if be failed to throw it in again, he would rise and fclay him with bis bands. So back he went, and covering with both of his hands the hilt, he threw it in the mere, but ere it dipped the surface, an arm rose up clothed in white samite, mystic and wonderful, which caught Excalibur by the hilt and drew it under, and he then went lightly back to the wounded King. King Arthur, feeling his end approach ing fast, was taken to the margin of the lake in Sir Bedivere's arms. On the lake was seen a funeral barge approaching, dark as a funeral scarf. On this barge, three Queens, (the ones who appeared at his crowning) with golden crowns upon their heads, but with dark and sober robes on, stretched forth their arms to receive Arthur. He asked to be placed upon it, which was done, and the rthree Queens took him in their arms, but she weeping bitterly the fairest of them all, laid his head upon her breast, and then the barge moved off very slowly. Sir Bedivere, climbing a crag, saw the barge vanish out of sight, and that was the last of his good King Arthur. Graded School. hi
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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