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H 7f nwiw I t V t ' . ' ? , t ! UJ I.- . ! t I V It I Pafbk is 42 Years Old CHARLOTTE, . C.,:sF.RIDAY, JULY 13, 1894. VOLUME XLH. NUMBER 1432. : C ft: 1 1 THE f0ARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED BVKHV KB1DAY BY J. 1. STRONG. 4f-One Dollar and Ffty Cents in advance or 1 year Two Dollars on time. Pattred at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, IcodJ c!as8 matter, according to the rules ot tt T. 0. Department. HUGH W. HARRIS, ttorney and Counsellor at Law, Office, Nos. 14 and 1C Law Bnilding, CHARLOTTE, N. O. Jii!yMS94j , I OSBOKNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEEBAN8. OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. C II ARLOTTK, N. C. offices 1 and 3 Law Building, vyill pmctice in the State and Federal Courts. pet 20, 1693. PKS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tryow Street. Jin. 3, 1894. J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., i (tiers hia Drofessional services to the citizens of i 'harlotte and surrounding country. All calls, Jwlh uight and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite uarlotte Hotel. Jan. 1. 1894 B. D. WALKER. E T. WALKER & CANSLER. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Charlotte, N. C JtHct'a, Rooms Nos. 6 and 7, Law Building Jan. 6, 1894. . . KRIOT CLARKSON. CHAS. H. DULS CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Viompl attention given to all business in haled. Will practice in all Courts of the state. jyOfflce No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7, 1893. H. N. PHARR. ATTORNEY AT LAW. flfice No. 17, Law Building. ftonipt attention to all business intrusted. Special attention given to claims. Practices in tote and Federal Courts. Jan. 6. 1894. JOHN FARRIOR, 10 3 SOUTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, DEALER IN Diamonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. HT Special attention riven to Fine Watch Kepuiring March 28, 1894. GO TO ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE, NO. 21(5, NORTH TRYON STREET. 1 Kwps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy kept in a Drug House J. B- ALEXANDER. The l'our prescribed for free. April, 8, 1894 BOYNE & BADGER, LEADING JEWELERS. SOUTH TRYON sf., CHARLOTTE, N. C. :o: UKALEKS 1H I lYmnrt. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver 1 Plated Ware. "Ifcial attention giyen Repairing Fine Watches. March 6, 1894 E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO., FIRE INSURANCE. J VlBces 1 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon "reef nn oto;.. 1 "i' oiaiiB, F. 19. 1894. NEW DRUG STORE. A line of Medicines, Drugs, Paints, Oils Toil Articles, Garden and Flower Seeds and articles usually found in a well regulated Drug Store like the white front on College street P . J. B. ALEXANDER. et). 26. 1894. THE ACKNOWLEDGED Leadiog Seeds Are KUISTS! - BUISTSI! p.We open ours today, fresh from the grower. Qt only "Buist's Prize Medal Seeds," and yji &re sure of a crop. R. H. JORDAN & CO , -i3l94 Retail Druggists CROWELL MILLING CO. Charlotte, N. C. W,m-er9 can have their Corn made into choice Mini Uoer bolted oi unbolted) at the old "Star uuinS W. M. CROWELL. M.rM, Manager CHOICE FRESH CORN MEAL. Crnwoii "rtjiu-. n t irade 8treet, Charlotte. North Carolina July 28. l has FRESH GRITS. 20rpSLChoice Fre8h Wflite Pearl GriU, at -orjsn PECK, our own make. CROWELL MILLING CO. March 30, 1894. A Curiosity About Eclipses. The average Dumber of total and par tial eclipses in any one year is four, the maximum seven an3 the '.minimum two. There is nothing really peculiar In this except the lact that whore only two occur they are always both of the sun. There are more EOlar than lunar eclipses, but the sun being so much larger than the earth or moon, the shadow terminates in a point and is visible only along a narrow track, while the lunar obscuration is frequently visible over half a continent. Dispatch. Mortgage Sale. Bv virtue of a Mortgage Deed, made to R. Barringer, by Henry Torrance and wife, Henrietta Torrance, and duly recorded in Register's office of Mecklenburg County, JN. U., in Book 57, Page 241, and assigned to me, I will sell at public auction, at the Court House Door in Charlotte, to the highest bidder for cash, a lot in the Northern part of the City, adjoining Cbinquepin Mountain Gold Mine described in said Mortgage Deed on Monday, July 80th. 1894, at 12 o'clock M. This J une 29, 1894. W. M. KIRK, Mortgagee. June 29, 1894. 4w Administrator's Notice. Haviug qualified as administrator of the estate of Dr. Jno. P. Irwin, dee'd, this is to give notice to all persons indebted to the said estate to make immediate payment. All persons having claims against the said estate are requested to present them to the undersigned for payment on or be fore June 25ih, 1895. This June 20th, 1894. JAS. P. IRWIN, Adm'r of June 22, 1894. 6w Jno. P. Irwin, dee'd. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified a3 Administrator, with the will annexed, of the estate of George Locke Gibson, deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, N. C-, all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent are hereby notified to present them to me for payment on or before the 18th day of June. 1895, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate are notified to make im mediate payment to me. This June 14th, 1894. H. N. PHARR. Adm'r of the estate of Geo. Locke Gibson, dec d with the June 14, 1894. 6w Will Annexed. OUR IMMENSE STOCK OP BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, PHAETONS, FARM WAGONS, ETC., We will sell at Prices Never Before Made In This community. DO NOT BUY Before coming to see us. as you can get the BEST BARGAINS H3RE. FOR CASH, We will sell you anything in our Repository AT COST ! ! AT COST ! ! ! This is not idle talk. Come and BE CONVINCED!!! J. W. Wadsworth & Son. Oct. 27, 1893. THE LEADING CHINA STORE! Nothing but the highest GRADE ADMITTED HERE. We have a large Variety of Fine China Plates, Salad Bowls, Cake Plates, Cracker Jars, etc,, that we desire to close, and to do so, will sell them below cost all new goods ot tne highest standard. Your attention is directed TO O U R Twenty - Dollar Dinner Sets We have four patterns, Such sets never sold under $30 before. An as sortment of fine thin decorated China Tea Sets, of 56 pieces, only $6 It. H. KUAU & UU. April 13. 1894. GREAT BARGAIN! PRIVATE SALE ! ! 200 Bbl. Roller Corn Mill, new Pearl Hominy Mill (never been used), Complete modern Cot ton Ginnery, substantially new all in first class running order, for THIRTY CENTS On the dollar, or will sell part interest in same Apply to W. M. CROWELL June 22, 1894 CANVASS BALS. Men's Canvass Base Ball Bals. with leather strips on top, price 75c. to $ 1.00. This is the most comfortable summer shoe ever made, and are very serviceable. Many using them for a prow shoe, and getting excellent satisfaction, both in comfort, and wear. Every kind of shoe or an purposes. GILREATH & CO. Jan. 26, 1894. Ladies' Pebble Grain, Button shoes.with heel or springheel. A strong serviceable she, especially desirable for a young ladies' school shoe, or an all round ueat 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. THE ONLY PURE READY MIXED PAINT. TTawflsAn'o "Tvwn onrl pAnntiw la iVia Anlv absolutely PURE Ready Mixed Paint sold in this maraet. uives me Dest results in nouse Endorsed by the Master House Painters' and Decorative Associations oi me umiea states Satisfaction Guaranteed. For sale by R. H. JORDAN & CO., . Druggists. April 23. 1893. BEST CORN MEAL And Choice, Fresh Pearl Grits. CROWELL MILLING CO. May 25, 1894. " We Will Meet Again in the Korning." It was the beautiful exclamation of a dying1 child, as. the g-olden rays of the sunset streamed on him through the open window : "Good-bye, mamma, rood bye! Don't cry, mamma. "We'll meet again in the morning:." Oh ! wild is the tempest and dark Is the night. But soon the daylight will be dawning ; Then the friendships of yore shall blossom once more And M we meet again in the morning !" - Art thou doomed in a far distant region to roam, To meet the cold gaze of the stranger ? Dost thou yearn for the smiles of the loved ones at home, While thou pray 'st God to shield them from danger ? Ah ! the night of the wattra my shadow thy form, Yet soon will the daybreak be dawning, ; Then thou'lt mingle once more with the loved ones on shore For "we'll meet again in the morning !" Dost thou miss the sweet voice of a fond, loving wife, Whose music brought balm to thy sorrow ? Didst thou tee her decline in the t unset of life, Nor felt one bright hope for the morrow ? Despair not, oh ! mourner, the night may be dark, Yet soon will the daybreak be dawning ; Of all ties bereft, hope still is left For " we'll mett again in the morning !" Art thou weary, oh! pilgrim on life's drsert waste ? Dost thou sigh for the shade of the wild wood ? Have earth's choisest fruits proven bitter to taste, And mocked all the dream of thy cbild ' hood? There is rest for the pilgrim ! faint not on the way, Too soon will the daybreak be dawning. Then the dreams which have fled shall arise from the dead, And all will be right in the morning. Oh ! servant of Christ '. too heavy the cross, Has thy trust in the Master been shaken ? In doubt and in darkness thy faith has been lost, And thou cryest, "My God I'm forsaken V But cheer up, dear brother! the night cannot last, For soon will the daybreak be dawning, Then the crosses of earth we have borne from our birth Will all be made crowns in the morning. H- Clay Preuis S3fSwapping compliments, if confined within proper limits, may be an allowable exercise; but it ought never to go on before the public. When two gentlemen praise each other in alternate strains through the weekly press, thev tempt their friends to giggle. Nashville Chris tian Advocate. Cure for Headache As a remedy for all forms of Headache Elec tric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence We urge all who are afflicted to procure a bot tle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist tne use ot id is medicine, try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at Burwell & Dunn, wholesale and retail, and Jor dan & Scott, wholesale drug store. E. B- SPRINGS & CO., AGENTS. CHARLOTTE" FERTILIZERS AND "PIEDMONT" WAGONS. To our Farmer Friends of North and South Carolina We are now prepared for the Spring Trade, and can supply you with the well known and high grade "Charlotte"Fertilizers, and respectful ly ask for a continuance of your patronage. Our Fertilizers are wen Known to ail as being the highest grade of any sold in this section, and we know what they are made oi 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 fertilizer, be cause they contain more plant food than any thing sold in this section. The guarantee as shown in Reports of State Chemists of both North and South Carolina bear us out in this asser tion. A great many of bur customers who have tested and watched the results of the "Charlotte" Fertilizers bear witness to their value, in the fact that thev will not use any other at any price Our prices are lower than the low grade stuff is sold at. because we do not have to pay freights and wk giye you in the quality of our goods the benefit of this advantage of freights We could make cheap stuff and sell at $2 00 per ton less, but prefer tp make the better aualitv. 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 Agency for the old reliable "Piedmont" Wagons, and when you want a wagon, call and see us. we can make low prices, and sen you a wagon that is sound and serviceable. We also haye a line of Buggies, 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. NEW REMEDIES OF GREAT VALUE AT DR. J. B. ALEXANDER'S DRUG 8TORE, Special Tonic Tablets, Postillers quire of the Doctor about these Remedies May 18. 1894 216 N. TKYON ST. HUGHE'S - DIARRHOEA AND DYSENTERY REMEDY. A soecific for tbe above troubles, We have a few sample bottles that you can have for the asking. R. H. JORDAN & CO., June 9, 1893. Retail Druggists. ANTIMIGRAINE! T Ae nnt V) pq tata -v Annnnw A Ti timiOTftin A the best and most effectual, headache cure that I ever tried, it is quick, pleasant and permanent Yours truly, Joseph Ferst, Savannah, Ga. For Sale by R. H. JORDAN & CO., The Retail Druggists. June 23, 1894. Modern Chemical 6 ScieaeeSI an Aid C to A Buda-Pesth' manufacturer has in formed the policd thatho possessea a powder with which thieves can be canght: Having tor tue last lewaayB-made tne unpleasant discovery that his' cash box was plundered day alter day, -and 1 failing in all bis attempts to catch tbe thief, he applied in bis dilemma to" Mr. Telek , pro fesBorof chemistry at the Franzstadt Commercial Schools, and the latter gave birn a power which be sprinkled over his cash every night r before Jeayjng the oi- nee. , y i This powder has the peculiar effect oi dyeing the skin blue, tbe color .being in tensified by washing, while it resists the application of soap. On the very first day the manufacturer noticed a deficiency or eight crowns in tbe silver cash, box. lie at once called his employes together and ordered , theqa one by one to . steep their hands into a basin full of water, got ready for the purpose. One of the men was very loth to follow tbe example of his comrades. At last he consented, when, no sooner bad he dipped his hands in the bowl, than they turned dark blue ! Mis employer stepped up to him and said ; You are the thief I and-the man at once confessed. Anhaltischer Staats-Anzeiger A Fortune Hunter In Trouble. A man giving his name as Samuel Chamberlain has been working up the Hamburg section of Sampson county in the interest of " No-to-bao," which claims to be to the tobacco habit what the Keeley cure is to drunkeness. Cham berlain had with him an innocent looking little machine called the "money maker." A wide cloth band is wound around the two rollers and it is alleged that Chamberlain would place a strip of blank paper on one side and as it was drawn in by turning the crank, a crisp bill ot money would be turned out on the other side. It worked like magic and led the unsuspecting and over credulous to think tbe problem of hard times was solved and that the day of fifty dollars per capita was at hand. A machine and enough blanks to make $250,00 was offered for $e0, It is said a number were sold, but when the purchasers began operations .with the expectation of scratching poor men's heads po longer, they -simply realized that they had been taken in to the tune ot ten hard earned dollars. It became evident that a good bill of money bad first to be put into the machine before one would come out. When the suckers demanded a return of their money it is said Chamberlain in variably gave it back. However, he was arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses and committed to jail. He claims to come from b londa, and says be has many ac quaintances about Fayetteville, N. C. His lawyer claims that a case cannot be made against him, and it is doubtful that there can be. No money was pounter feited, and his intent to defraud suckers was no worse than was the intent oi the suckers to defraud the government. Clinton Democrat. Lemon Juice. The very best acid for the system is lemon juice, but it should not be taken ip its natural state, as it is too strong for tbe stomach. A good way to prepare lemons for instant use is as follows . -Get two dozen lemons and roll each one separately on a smooth, bard surface until it is quite soft ; then cut oil tbe end and with a dull knife scrape out all the juice and pulp. Strain this carefully through a thin cloth ; then make tbe juice almost thick with sugar, bottle in glass, using a cork stopper, and stand in a cool place, it will keep a long time, and to make a glass of fresh lemonade you have only to put in a tumbler ot cold water enough of the suggared acid to suit your taste. You might do this when lemons are cheap, and then when lemons are scarce and high in price you will not be deprived of your favorite beverage because it costs too -much to indulge. Washington Star. tp An important rule now in vogue with the great 'Pennsylvania Railroad and all its proprietary lines is that nothing be used but first-class ties in the track, and nearly tbe whole supply comes from West Virginia woodlands. The regula tion dimensions for the ties for this com pany are seven inches faoe, seven inches thick, and eight and one-half feet long the standard size for all first-class roads and a good, sound tie is expected to last eight years. Again, all standard guage roads use hewed ties exclusively, while on most narrow guage roads and on some small standard guage lines sawed ties are accepted. The number of ties to a mile of track will average twenty-five hundred when laid as ap proved by experience as to safety, effii oiency, and wear. In the past year one company delivered on its various con tracts between eight hundred thousand and one million ties. All ties beforo de livery are inspected and passed upon by a railroad official. -sttt- Guaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised druggists to sell Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with a cough, cold or any lung, throat or chest trouble, and will use this remedy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may return the bottle and have your money refunded.' We could not make this offer did we not know that Dr. King's New Dis covery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottle free at Burwell Dunn, wholesale & retail, and at Jordan & Scott, wholesale Drug store. Large size 50c. and $1.00. QUEEN CITY HOTEL. In visiting Charlotte, Don't fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel. Corner East Fifth and College Sta. Everything first-class July 6. 1894. W.J. MOORE, Prop'r FEED DEALERS!! CORN, OATS, PEAS. Mill Feed, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, Hay and WheatTiran at BOTTOM :4: PRICES! Cro well Milling Co. -jpriH3, 1894. The Stuff we are Made of ' Take the case of a lovely human face. It may be asked, "What can science say about this . without detracting. from its charm?' Tf beauty were only skin deep, we might dread her interference here! But. scienco says that beauty is not skin deep.. ; She can tell you that half the charm of that face at least the expres sionis a matter of little muscles and a complex labyrinth of nerves. That the curves of the lips, the glance of the eyes, the droop of their lids, are a matter of the prevalent use of certain small muscles in obedience to a prevalent aspect of the mind- Moreover, that the use of these organs of expression has come down long ancestral lines, and that the mould . of the features themselves is a question of here dity "What 5s life?" is a question with which men have puzzled themselves in vain from all time. We are not concerned with- an inquiry after an entiety which, perhaps, has no more separate existence than tbe old phlogiston, or prinoiple of fire, of tbe alchemists. But what does concern us most truly is the process of living, and in discussing the stuff we living beings men, animals and plants are made of, I shall try and lead my readers a little way into those mystic haunts tenanted by those tiny elves to whose ceaseless activity, from the dawn of life upon this globe to this day, are due all those embodiments, in endless variety, of energy and beauty, without which the world, would be a desolate wilderness a place, indeed, of blue sky and sea, of sunrises and sunsets, of ma" jeatic mountains and mirroring lakes, of rocky shores and foam-fringed beaches; of many colors and tints, indeed, but with out verdure or blush of life, or any sound, save the beat of tbe waves and the sigh of tbe wind, like an endless lament that earth and sea had missed the purpose of their creation. A little child's idea of his body is that of a trunk, head (with month, etc.),legs and arms, a.nd practically, grown people at least those who enjoy good health go no further in their analysis. But the truth is that that which we call ourselves is the sum of a countless host of tiniest lives, each tiny life contributing its tiny share to the maintenance of that marvelous - and complex organization known as a living body. As soldiers make the stuff of which an army consists, as citizens are the stuff of which a state is made, so tbe stuff which goes to make not only ourselves, men and women, but everything that has breath and life and the stuff which goes to the moulding of those exquisite creatures of form and oolor and perfume the flowers, as well as of the ancient' fathers of the forest, that stuff consists of living particles. Sunday Magazine. HTA remarkable engineering project is discussed in foreign papers. It is nothing less than the building of a Causeway from Scotland to Ireland. The object is twofold. First to secure a better climate along the shores of England and Scotland, and, second, to utilize the water power of the tide. As the ocean is so much deeper than the sea between Ireland on the one side and England and Scotland on the other, the tide comes around tbe north of the Green Isle from the Atlantic and flow through these narrow straits southward long before it can get up from the south direct. The proposal is to utilize all this waste pow er and convert it into the form oi eleo tricity for transmission. The proposed dam would be really an isthmus 300 feet wide. In mid channel the depth of water is neariy 500 feet, but is much less than that most of the way. Engi neers estimate the cost of tbe dam, with its gates and water wheels, at $10,000,000. I2T" The hog's legs perform a function not known to any other animal, and that is an escape pipe or pipes for the discbarge of waste water or sweat not used in tbe economy of the body. These escape pipes are situated upon the inside of the legs, above and below the knee in the forelegs, and above the gambrel joints in the hind legs, but in the latter they are very small and functions light ; upon the inside of the foreleg they are, in the healthy hog, always active, so that mois ture is always there from about and below these orifices or ducts in the healthy hog. The holes in the leg and breathing in the hog are his principal and only means ot effecting an excess of heat above normal and when very warm the hog will open the mouth and breathe through that channel as well as the nostrils. Richmond State. m 1 Thomas J. B. Covington, familarly known in telegraphic circles in St. Paul, registered at the Southern last night. "Do you know." said he, "that a wire message from New York to Auokland traverses a length of line of 19,123 miles, nearly three fourths of which is sub marine cable ? It has to be repeated or rewritten 15 times. The longest cable is between America and Europe, say 2,800 miles, and tbe longest land line is across Australia from Port Darwin to Adelaide, 2,150 miles. When the New Zealand merchant finishes Lis day's work, he can telegraph to London, knowing that the London merchant is beginning his day's work and wul have all the day to attend to it, and thalrhe may expect a reply when he opens his own office again in the morning." Exchange. t&'A disgruntled subscriber writes "Mr. Editor I like your paper generally likewise yourself you deserve much of my respect. Nevertheless cross from your dazzling list of subscribers my humble name or stop printing those blinders of Dr. Pierce. 1 know him by heart his medicines are O. iv. 1 had the sickest liver that ever was sick and lived, and bis 'Pellets' straightened out iU crooks. My wife, sister, children, cousins, aunts and uncles have all been strengthened by 'the mystery of their magic I am truly grateful : but when I sit down to read one ot 'Napoleon Bonaparte s Jokes' or 'An irishman Crossing tbe Alps must 1 al ways have to blunder into the old storA of how 'Pierce's Pleasant Pellets' are purely vegetable and anti bilious, pleasant to the taste cure sick headache, relieve torpid liver and are guaranteed to give satisfaction or raooej returned r' MODERN LIFE. MINNIE AONXS CUTHBI&TSON. The Nineteenth Century has witnessed a progress in government,, in material affairs, in social condition, in art, litera ture, and science far surpassing that of any preceding age. Opposing barriers which hitherto seemed insurmountable have been swept away. Never since the stream of human development received into its currents the mighty impulse of the Christian religion, has tbe condition of man 1 experienced ameliorations so great. The fall of despotism and the establishment of liberty among the most influential nations of the world, have taken place during this century. Great improvements in the building and man agement of prisons, hospitals, and asylums have been made. Now re sponsible, conscientious, and refined people see that the various institutions, for the elevation of the race, are kept in proper condition. We cannot realize what the prisoners of the past were forced to suffer. Those of all classes, even though their offences were trivial, were confined in the same dark and wretched abode. Without beds, without ventila tion, many of tbe unhappy ones were re moved from all their miBery bv death, re sulting from their loathsome surround ings. John Howard did a noble work when he began 'his fruitful researches among tbe prisons of Europe. His works do follow him. and their beneficent influence will be commensurate onlv with time. Taught and stimulated by Howard's example, other philan thropists have made, inquiry into exist ing evils, and have given help where the cry of suffering humanity has been heard. Among many, Caroline Frv. Florence Nightingale, and Clara Barton, may be mentioned as noble women, who have devoted their lives and talents to re ieving the sufferings of the race. Nor has this work been confined to individual effort. The legislators have considered carefully the question of how to help the poor and relieve the suffering; and now we have almshouses where they may be kindly cared for. Lunatics are provided wun names in asylums, where they re ceive every attention, instead of being regarded as possessed of evil spirits and Deaten, as was formerly the ease. .During the earlier part of this oenlurv. children as young as six years of age, were put to work in factories. The hours of labor being frequently from thirteen to ntteen aauy, all tbe ills that flesh is heir to came upon these little toilers. This evil has been in a measure remedied, tbe hours ot labor being reduced; but still there are at work in the factories many children who ought to be in school, and it is to be hoped that this great curse will soon be removed from our fair land. This is an era of invention. New crea tions have been made in almost every province of human affairs. For a time, men seemed to be content with the rude appliances of their fathers, but all at once the imperfection of those dawned upon the mind, and the farmers' scythe became tbe &cUormick Reaper, and the housewife's spinning wheel and hand oom passed into the .modern cotton actory. The application of steam to the purposes of travel and transportation, by aim auu wmer, us greauy increaseu me facility, cheapness, and rapidity of both, and brought the world nearer together. in tbe earlier years tbe tax placed on newspapers rendered them a luxury to the workingman, but now they are so cheap that all may read. It is only necessary to glance at the circulation books of tbe great newspapers to see how many people read. It is said that, in order to supply the paper for one of the argest ot tbe metropolitan dailies, seven acres oi Adirondack forest are consumed every day. Steel pens were first made by Wise, in England, in 1803, these useful instruments supplanting the time-honored goose quill. Previous to tbe year 1836 we used a clumsy phosphorio match, but the use of the friction match commenced at that time and continues to he a great con venience. One year later it was dis covered that the same mysterious and terrible power whioh flashes out of the heavens in a storm could be placed under the guidance and direction of man, and made to traverse continent and sea almost with the speed of thought. The first line of telegraph was used only to transmit railway signals, but repeated experiments have brought the system of telegraphy to its present state of perfection, and made it a mighty boon to tbe world. This wonderful chaining and transmitting of thought by tbe telegraph, telephone, and other electrical instruments, has annihi lated distance, and even absence, in a measure, for the magical phonograph re produces voices long silent, and gives to sealed lips the "sound of a voice that is near. Besides this tender aspect, it is claimed that this delicate and faithful in strument will eventually become a valuable factor in taking testimony in the courts. While the damp sheets ot the evening edition of the London News are being read by tbe denizens ef its own great city, the mighty speaking trumpet that con nects the two continents, is heralding through our streets the same events, and we are discussing the same subjects that our neighbors over tbe sea are reading. The kinetoscope is the latest invention of Edison. Among tbe many names iutbe realm ot science that have shed a glory upon tbe records of this century, none have shone with more brilliant or more enduring lustre than that of Thomas A. Edison. He, more than others, has delved and pried deep down into the mysterious heart of Nature, and found out her hidden secrets. He has made praotical use of them too, and if he does succeed in elimi nating gold from tbe ore by electrical process, he will nave found tbe true philosopher's stone. In medical science, what advance has this century withessed ? The invention of ether and chloroform, and tne use of anesthetics ,and stimulants hy means of hypodermic introduction has been a blessing to suffering humanity that can only be appreciated by comparing a surgical operation of . the ( present day with the slow and cruel torture of am putating: a t limb for example fifty or a hundred . years ; ago. Whether . all the triumphs of modern medicine have been able to lengthen the period of life is un certain, bnt assuredly they have lessened the death late. " ' Literature has made corresponding progress, certainly in quantity perhaps in quality until the Scriptural utterance is verified that u of making many books, there is no end." Our teachers tell us that "the royal road to learning", for whioh King Alfred sighed and declared ( tkM w a nnnn V a w-ima ir rta w . . 44wuw. wo wiuv bvr uoi although, we know it not; but we do know alas f that to its heights, we have not yet attained. - We have a nation that comprises people of every living language, every religious faith,' every political opinion, and every phase of lite. Twer centuries ago there was hardly a social rift, and now there are crevasses, broad and deep as the ocean. One of tbe most important ques tions of the day is that of labor and capital. In consequence oi the applica tion of steam to machinery there has been a diminution of the work of the laborer, and, while it shows advance of the highest order, it throws upon the world a number of unemployed men. Labor is organizing for the protection of its Interests. Thus the ehasm is deepened and hostility is intensified between the aborer and the capitalist. Working- men making barely a support strike, and then they are not able to provide their families with tbe necessaries oi life. These strikes concern not merely the employers, but the comfort, welfare, and safety of the entire population. The workingmen of today need leaders who can Understand their needs, sympathize with their burdens, and illustrate in their own lives the glorious principles of free, honorable, and self-respecting labor. it modern art has any advantage over that of the past ages, it is through its awakening to the value of tbe aspects of nature. we admire the mossy and crannied rocks, the trees - with their beautiful foilage, and the picturesque scenery which Nature presents every where about us. We are, in truth, lovers of nature. Nature's children, we do not care for trimnesa and smoothness as of old, but prefer a rough finish. The dominant characteristic of the age is swiftness. We pay little attention to that excellent proverb, "festina Inete." we are prone to take the shortest route, whether it be the best or not. This fast way of living will produce evil effects just as surely as we continue in it. "The fault of the age Is a mad endeavor to leap to heights that were made to climb ; By a burst of strength, or a thought that is clever. We plan to outwit and forestall time. We scorn to wait for the things worth having we want high noon at the day's dim dawn, We find no pleasure in toiling and saving, At our ioreiather dia m the good time gone. We force our roses before their season To bloom and blossom that we may wear. And then we wonder and ask the reason Why perfect buds are so few and rare. To covet the prize, yet shrink from the wlnn iDg to tnirst ior glory, yet lear the fight Why what can it lead to at last but sinning, to mental languor ana moral blight r Better the old slow way of striving, And counting small gains when tbe year is done Than to waste our forces all in contriving And to grasp lor pleasures we nave not won." Especially do these last decades of the Nineteenth Century show the advance made. The progress has not been more clearly illustrated than by a comparison of the two great World Exhibits, in the United States, in less than eighteen years. Those who visited and studied the exposition at the Philadelphia Cen tennial in 187b, saw, as it were, tbe world in miniature. It was then regarded as a marvel of genius that all the ma chinery in that vast display should be moved by one Uyolopean engine; that the mines and forests had yielded up their treasures to untiring explorers ; that artists and sculptors bad conceived and executed beautiful and noble work till the eyes tired, and the brain was be wildered with gaaing at their results, and yet how much grander, more colossal was the last the World s Fair at Chicago! Electricity had superceded steam, and one simple touch of a button set the vast network of machinery in motion. Every department showed a progress as rapid as its genius was aston ishing. 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