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7 x2 J This Papkh is 42 Years OldJ CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1895. VOLUME XLII. NUMBER 1463 f .MS V So- nv ft 0:00' 0:0 I THE HAELOTTE DEMOCRAT PUKL1SHKD KVKBY FRIDAY BY J. P. STRONG. pg.yg (jnf Dollur and Ffty Cents in advance for 1 year Two Dollars on time. o Filtered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class matter, according to the rules ol the I" O. Department. JOHN FARRIOR, 4 SO I T a TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. NO. DEALER IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. Special ittention given to Fine Watch Impairing. Jan 2.3, 189 BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys-At-Law, KOOM N'OS 5, 0, AND 13, LAW BUILDING, CHARLOTTE Jan 4,1891. N. C. DR. E. P. KEE RANS, DENTIST, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oi tick 7 West Trade, Street. Nov. 2, 1894 HUGH V. HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, (Mice, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building, CHARLOTTE, N. 1S94: C. Julvli K. I OSHOI5NE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANS OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. C II A II L O T T E, N. C. J3? Otlices 1 and 3 Law Building. vVill practice in the State and Federal Courts. Oct 20, 1893 DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tryon Street. Jan 3, 1895 J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., oilers his professional services to the citizens of hurlotte and surrounding country. All calls. both niht and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite :hrlitt. Ifntpl Jan. 1. 1895 IKUIOT CLARKSON. CHA8. H. DTJLS CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business all Courts of ln- rusted. VVill practice in the tnte. ISTOtHce No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7, 1894. H. N. PHARR, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office No. 14. Law Building. Prompt attention to all business intrusted. Special attention given to claims. Practices in I State and Federal Courts. Jan. G. 1894. THE ACKNOWLEDGED Leading Seeds Are 15U1STSI - BUISTS1! v e open ours totlav, tresti from tne grower. Plant only "Buist'a Prize Medal Seeds," and you are sure of a crop. R. II. JORDAN & CO , Jan. 19, 1894. Retail Druggists GO TO ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE, NO. 21G, NORTH TRYON 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, 1894. FINEST LOT Ever 1 brought to Charlotte. This is no i. i!e boast We have the finest lotnf PERFUMES in thecity. Rick seilitr's best iu FANCY Bottles, Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape for an EL KGANT PRESENT. It RECOMMENDS ITSELF. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE IT "W-x K H. JORDAN & CO., Dec 28, 1894. Druggists Extcutor. E. NYE HUTCHISON. FIRE INSURANCE. Offices- 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon street up stairs. F. 19. 1894 QUEEN CITY HOTEL. In vibiting Charlotte, Wt fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel, Comer East Fifth and College Sts, Everything first-class. RATES, flOO PER DAY. JU894. w J MOORE, Prop'r. Did You Ever! T..i. .. ' "a"tbe fact that after your work is done ires -e a workl of cmfrt and perfect tin ,pair OI slippers on your feet. Set- sW.o ue nre wlDter nights with your u.n. injures them more or Ipsa. Men's On- p leather, or Carpet Slippers 50c ; by mail, sirm otnn'3 Canvass, or Leather, worked wPer9'5,9c; by mail, 60c. For any kind of le U- s",PPers. write us. Better goods and at . VuaU ciacwuere. iOV. 2. 1SCU -i T T r . mrr . 11 1 jit r. a i ii tv; i.i j- A Versatile Lawyer. When Judge Parsons was a practicing lawyer he was once employed to plead two cases in court wbieh were precisely alike, but in one he was engaged for the plain tiff, in the other for the defendant. It happened that both cases were tried the same day. lie spoke for half an hour to the first jury; the caae was given to the jurors, and tbey had retired. When be appeared before the second jury he made use of very different arguments from those employed by him before, of which the court took notice, reminding him that he seemed to have changed his tune and repeated to him what he said a lew minutes before. Mr. Parsons fixed his keen eye upon the Judge and replied : "May it please your Honor, I might have been wrong half an hour ago, but now I know I am right." He proceeded, and when the jury returned it was found he had gained a verdict in both cases. Lewiston Journal. Executor's Notice. Having qualified as Executors of the Will of the late General Rufu9 Barringer, we hereby notify all persons having claims against his estate to present the same before the 1st day of March, 1696, or thia notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons in debted to the estate will be required to make prompt settlement. February 15, 1895. JOHN E OATES. MRS. MARGARET L. BARRINGER, Feb. 22, 1895, 6w Executors. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of W. A. Brown, 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 be fore the 24th day of February 1896, or this no tice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate of said W. A. Brown are notified to make immediate payment to me, This the 21st day cf February 1895 H N PHARR, Administrator of the estate of W A Brown, deceased. Feb 22, 1895, 6w Buggies ! Carriages ! Phaetons, Wagons, ACID AND GUANO ! We are now Headquarters for all sorts of Vehicles. We have the agency for the genuine " COLUMBUS" BUGGY, than which there is no better. Also in stock the "Watertown," the "-Yorkville," the "Anderson and Harris, the Enterprise Carriage Company, and other makes of GOOD VEHICLES IT WILL PAY YOU . To see OUR assortment. There are but few prettier and larger stocks in the STATE ! We ALSO SELL TILE PIEDMONT WAGON!! IT IS A BETTER Wagon than ever before. No timber used in them but what i? seasoned for TWO YEARS ! Our Wagons are being improved on now until there is none better, and but few as good in this Market. Still agent for CHARLOTTE ACID PHOSPHATE, AND CHARLOTTE Ammoniated FERTILIZERS Both are fine for Grain. E. B. SPRINGS & CO., 14 College Street. Aug 24, 1894 Harrison, Bro's & Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Gentlemen : About ten (10) years ago I used your Town and Country Paints, olive shades, on my hotel, " lhe n.ager House, and am pleased to inform you that today the paint is in good condition and shows no signs of fading or giving away. Very Respectfully, Z EAGER. HARRISON'S - TOWN - AND - COUNTRY Ready Mixed Paints, Are sold exclusively by R. H. JORDAN & CO., Sept. 14, 1894. The Retail Dru gRists . Solar Tip Shoes for Children. The best School Shoe, made extra strong for good wear, extra wide for comfort, thick stock for dry and warm ! Sewed to stay, spring heel TO MAKE WALKING EASY' No other Shoe can equal them ! Children, sizes 6 to 10, $1.00; Misses' and Youth's, 11 to 13, $ I 25; Girl and boys, l to 2, ft Go ! ttive mera a trial and have the best. GILREATH & CO. Jan. 13, 1895. GREAT BARGAIN A. HALES WILL GIVE YOU I good Bargains ! He has anything you want in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry tne nest no cneapest. Valuable goods of all kinds for PRESENTS Spectacles all kinds. See A. HALES BEFORE YOU B UY Jan 11,- 1895. 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, and a positive cure for constipation. Makes the Complexion clear and bright. FOR BALE BY E. H. JORDAN & CO., Nov 16,1894 Retail Druggists. Charlotte Seminary Offers varied and complete courses leading te college or to a diploma certificate in collegiato groUC. Lai 1 J vl BU a( uiuaiLai aa ioi ijjVfana courses in Music, Art and rnysicai Luture Boarders accommodated. MISS LILY LONG, Principal, 411 N Tryon St. Surgical Instruments. A full line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac turer's prices. Call and examine them. JSP Mail orders will be promptly attended to R. H. JORDAN & CO. Feb 9, 1895. How Grandma Danced. Grandma told me mil about it. Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced, Long ago. How she held her pretty head. How her dainty skirt she spread, Smiling little rose ! How she turned her little toes, Long ago. Grandma's hair was bright and sunny. Dimpled cheeks too, ah ! how funny ! Really quite a pretty girl, Long ago Bless her ! wh, she wears a cap, Grandma does, and takes a nap Every single day; snd yet Grandma danced the minuet Long ago. Now she sits there rocking, rocking, Always knitting grandpa's stocking ; (Every girl was taught to knit Long ago) Yet her figure is so neat I can almost see her now Bending to her partner's bow, Long ago. Grandpa says our modern jumping. Hopping, rushing, whirling, bumping, Would have shocked the gentle folk, Long ago. No, they moved with stately grace. Everything in proper place : Gliding slowly forward, then 81owly curtsyine back again. Long ago. Saturday Evening Gazette. IgA wise judge, with whom we were talking a few weeks ago in regard to the unrest of the times, made this remark: "There is one fact that is encouraging :lat no time within my knowledge have the people been more willing than now to listen to a full and thorough discussion of grave public issues." We believe the remark to be true. The spread of social, political, and religious vagaries is due, not to the sheer perversity of the multi tudes, but to their lack of information. O for wise, able, disinterested leaders in UDurcn and State I Tne need ot tnem is as real now as it has always been. Men who understand the age, and have the courage to deal with it in heroic fashion, have an opportunity for far-reaching that an angel might covet. Nashville Advocate. Four Big Successes. Having the needed merit to more than make good all the advertising claimed for them, the following four remedies have reached a phe nomenal sale. Dr. King's New Discovery, for consumption, Coughs and Colds, each bottle guaranteed Electric Bitters, the greatest remedy for Liver, Stomach, and Kidneys. Buck- len's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, and Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are a perfect pill. All these remedies are guaranteed to do just what is claimed for them and the dealer whose name is attached herewith will be glad to tell you more of them. Sold by Bui well & Dunn, wholesale and retail, Jordan & Scott, wholesale druggists. FARMERS OF MECKLENBURG Why put your Cotton-seed on the ground, and feed it to stock ? when you can ex change them for COTTON-SEED MEAL ; AND COTTON-SEED HULLS, The cheapest and best cattle food known ! Cotton-seed Meal is also one of the best Fertilizers on the Market ! otton-seed Jis now selling very low, but the NORTH - CAROLINA COTTON -:- OIL -:- COMPANY Is making the same exchange of meal for seed ; as when seed was selling HIGHER. Viz : One Ton of Meal FOR TWO - TONS - OF SEED, Cotton-seed contains only about 700 pounds meal per ton, which is the valuable f er tilizmg element of the seed, and it is not econo my for the seed to be used for fertilizer when the farmer can secure 1,000 pounds of MEAL for 2,000 pounds seed. DO NOT FAIL TO FEED YOUR CATTLE Cotton-seed Meal and Hulls this Winter; and purchase the same from the North Carolina Cotton Oil Co., Charlotte Mill T. J. DAVIS, Manager. Nov 30, 1894. 3m C HABLOTTE COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND ART. 18 SOUTH TRYON 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 B O A RD I NG Accommodations for Non-resident lady students IN COLLEGE BUILDING. Every modern convenience. 8pecial course in PAINTING. DRAWING, and ELOCUTION. Catalogues sent on application, Tekms Moderate. Call or address, CARL S. GAERTNER, July 13, 1894. DrascroR. Obstinate Seneca Lake. Frozen Over in Warm Weather, and No Ice There When It Is Cold. Watkins, Feb. 13. Seneca differs from nearly all of its many sister lakes in thia section of the State in the matter of its seldom freezing over. This is due to the great depth of the lake, and the fact that it is fed largely by springs along its shores, and, as many believe, at its bot tom. Daring the summer season the lake absorbs a vast amount of beat, but. owing to the non-conducting properties of water it is slow in throwing it off in the winter. For this reason on many cold winter mornings tne lase s surface is covered with vapor, which indicates that the water is warmer than the atmosphere. This vapor is always densest over the deepest portions of the lake, showing that the water along tne shores in the shal lower parts has to some extent become colder. As the surface of bte lake cools the water gradually commingles with that below, and finally the whole body of the lake becomes cooled. In addition a heavy body of snow melting in the spring and flowing into tne lake, especially in case of a freshet, tends to cool the water and render the lake liable to freezing if the surface is not too much disturbed by wind, For these reasons the lake some times freezes over very late in the spring, AAn nliAn t.ha famnapatnra i a fvnm 1 W . M . UWM WUV Wu M M. V J . . V to 25 above zero; as for instance a thin mm ot ice covered the lase s surface on the mornings of May 15, 1872, May 6, 1873, and April 26, 1884. On many mornings during the past month and a halt the mercury has been down to zero or below, and at Monterey one day last week the thermometer regis tered 30 below zero, yet the lake has not sufficiently cooled to freeze over, for no snow water has run into it this season. However, the country tributary to the lake is now covered with snow to a depth of from two to three feet, and if the cold should continue for some time yet, and the heavy body of snow go off in a flood, the lake would undoubtedly freeze over. In a description of Seneca Lake Ap- pieton e cyclopedia states that it was never known to be frozen over until March 22, 1856; but according to a pub lished statement of the late Hon. William C. Coon of Burdett he and a party of about twenty skated across the lake from Glen Eldridge to Watkins and back on the morning of February 28, 1855. The ice was then five inches thick in the mid dle of the lake, and was clear and solid. On March 3, 1868, the lake again froze over, and in 1875, for a period of four weeks and two days prior to March 14, it was frozen over so that persons could cross it many miles from the head. On Feb, 21. 1885, it froze over from shore to shore out as far as the eye could reach, and four days later a grand carnival was held on the ice in the evening. About 1:000 persons assembled, coming from Elmira and other places by train, and irom an tne surrounding country in sleighs. The moon, nearly full, rode high in a cloudless sky, and the scene was one of a most inspiring nature. Chinese lan- terns and torchlights lent their charm to the surroundings, while the glare of iituasvB BUU UU1UV9 IIHUtOU UU llUO B&V. Harding s cornet band of Havana was present, and dancing and skating were among the sports enjoyed. Jan. 16, 1893, an unusually early date, the head of the lake froze over from shore to shore, out a distance of about twenty rods, but the ice lasted only a few days. By observation many people have come to expect the lake to freeze over once in every ten years, according to sucn a series it should freeze this winter, for by reference to the dates mentioned above it will be seen that it froze over in 1855, in 1875, and in 1885. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Whitb clothing is cool because it re flects the heat of the sun. Black clothing is warm because it absorbs both heat and light. Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunderman. of Dimondale, Mich., we are permitted to make this extract : " 1 have no hesitation in recom mending Dr. King's New Discovery, as the re sults were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist Church at Rives Janction she was brought down with Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seemed as if she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery ; it was quick in its work and highly satisfactory in results." Trial bot tles tree at uurwell & Dunn, drug store, and at Jordan & Scott, wholesale druggists. Regular size ouc and f l.UU. KEEP IN THE PROCESSION AND MARCH RIGHT ON Ifl M W I f IW M A WVx. x WXV.a, WHERE YOU CAN BUY Uiv4-.vn U'nimilfiiin cllcl UIU11U1C) Stoves, House-Furnishinsr 3 fjAnnc Xr ' hor Less Money lhan Jilsewhere 1 A TRIAL WILL BE SUFFICIENT : : TO : : CONVINCE - YOU ! OF THE TRUTHFULNESS OF OUR - ASSERTIONS! DON'T FAIL TO SEE EE US! EEE THOMAS & MAXWELL. 23 West Trade Street Jan. 25, 1895. Who Made the First Cup of Coffee. In the Bibliotheque Nationale there is a manuscript (near the end of the fif teenth century), written bv an Arab. Abdelcader, who declares that coffee was drank for the first time in Arabia in the middle of the fifteenth century. Others think that certain remarks in Persian wiikiuga impiy mai conee was used in Persia as early as the ninth century ; but most authors dispute these texts. It is commonly supposed that the use of coffee in its earliest home, Abyssinia, and in its second home, Arabia, is only five or six centuries old. A legend savs that the angel Gabriel, once when Mohammed was ill, brought him a cup of coffee. Another legend says that a Mohammedan monk discovered that bis goats became very lively and full of fun after they had eaten ot the truit ot the coffee tree. This observation caused him to make the first cup of coffee. His dervishes enjoyed the J conee, and ever afterward drank it at night to produce wakefulness when they kept vigils. Cautious historians laugh at these traditions, and prefer to stand by Abdelcader s manuscript. This writer mentions an Arab, Gemaleddin a judge in Aden, who, while traveling to Persia, or, as the historians correct the manu- Bcript, to Abyssinia, saw people use coffee I as meaicine. ne used it and was cured of a sickness. Later, becoming a monk. he taught his brethern the use of coffee. It was, then, in Aden that coffee-drink ing originated. The Fakeers even made coffee-drinking compulsory upon their neophytes. Public coffee-houses origina ted in Aden very easly in history. We do not find any opposition to the use of of coffee until the middle of the sixteenth century of the sixteenth century, when the Egyptian Sultan Bent a new governor, Chair Bey, to Mecca. This governor knew nothing about coffee, and was greatly enraged when he saw the dervishes in the mosque drink coffee. He believed that which they did was con trary to the teaching of the Koran, and and that they became intoxicated. He consulted two Persian physicians, who were opposed to coffee. They declared it was a substitute for wine, which is prohibited by the Koran, and hence coffee drinking was a violation ot Mohammed's law. To prove that coffee-drinking made persons neglect religious duties, tbey pointed to the fact that while coffee-houses were multiplying, the mosques were empty. Chair Bey called a council of physicians, priests, and lawyers, and, on their advice, forbade absolutely the use of coffee. The police gathered all the coffee that could be found, and burned it in the market-place. Afterward he reported to the Sultan what he had done, and received the follow ing note in reply : "Your physicians are asses. Our lawyers and physicians in Cairo are bettor informed. They recom mend the use of coffee, and I declare that no faithful will lose heaven because he drinks coffee." About twenty years later a man in Cairo preacbed against coffee, and declared that coffee drinkers were poor Mohammedans. Since then coffee-drinking has been unmolested, and has become a favorite drink everywhere. Translated for the Literary Digest. Can This be true ? A. preacner came at a newspaper man in this way: "You editors dare not tell the truth. If you did you could not live ; your newspapers would be a failure The editor replied, "You are right. And the minister who will at all times and under all circumstances tell the whole truth about the members of his church, alive or dead, will not occupy the pulpit more than one bunday, and then he will find it necessary to leave town in a hurry. The press and the pulpit go band in band with the whitewash brushes and pleasant words magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen and the grave stone are the great saint making trium virate." And the minister went away, very thoughtful, while the editor turned to his work, and told about the surpasss mg beauty ot the bride, while, in fact, she was as homely as a hedge fence. tSgf" Among the hardest things which the infant Prince Edward of the royal house of England, the little son of the Duke of York and heir expectant to the throne, will have to straighten out when he is older is his relationship to his own tatner and mother. it constitutes a problem such as is seldom found outside of princely houses. It is certain, how. ever, that he is the third cousin of his father, and also the second cousin of his mother. This makeB his relation to him self somewhere between that of a third and fourth cousin. He is, as it were, bis own doable third cousin a relationship which it will doubtless take sometime for him to comprehend. Both his father and mother are descended from George III., of England. George III.'s son I Adolnhns. Duke of Cambridge, had daughter Mary who married the Duke of Teck, and became the mother of the I - - J ' . . . York: and the Duke of York's father, the Prince of Wales is the greatgrand-son of the same King George III. The young Prince will have the right to address I either his mother, his father, or himself I I -It 1 I as - my ruyai couoiu, auu may, peruaps, excuse any partiality for bis mother over I hio tat K Aa htv naA Airt( (hot pna ia m nasva uid AMbuv ajr uvuiaiiug iuaw duw io c u vci via 1 rniAtinn in him tfian hi a fat Hat TISa princely families of Europe supply many similar cases of tangled relationship, growing out of the successive intermar rying ot cousins in nearer or remoter de grees. Ex. The Woodpecker's Work. The Pennsylvania Telephone Company has on exhibition in its office in Reading several mounted woodpeckers in just tbe position they occupied when discovered eating away the inside, near the top, of a Canada cedar pole. The pole is also shown. The inside is hollowed out as with a sharp instrument, leaving a mere shell, resulting in the breaking of the pole at the first gust of wind. Lots of these costly poles have been destroyed in this manner, and native well seasoned chestnut poles are being planted in their stead. Philadelphia Ledger. Expression in the Animal Eye. The yellow eyes of the sheep and the goat have probably never been the sub ject ot a word ot commendation, while poets and painters have never tired ot celebrating the dark eyes of their cousins, the roebuck and the gazelle. In birds the contrast is even more marked. As a nil pi. the even nf the hnk are licrht vel. low, bright, and piercing, with wonderful powers of vision. The true falcons, whioh do not surpass the hawks either in size or courage, have black eyes, which lend a nobility and dignity to the expression of the bird which the goshawk, with all its nobility of carriage, never attains. There is something infinitely roguish and mischievous in the light-blue eye of I the jackdaw, wbch would be pure ruin to the character of its grave cousin "par eon'' rook, it, by some unkind freak of nature, one were born with such disfig- urement; indeed, it may be doubted if the colony would not pronounce sentence of execution at once upon sueh a discredit to the tribe. There seems good reason to believe that this feature.otten the only obvious mark which distinguishes young nestlings ot one species from those ot another, is that which leads to the de tection and prompt destruction by birds of the newly hatched young from alien eggs which have been placed for experi ment in their nests. There is, however, one middle shade found in birds' eyes which is singularly beautiful, the so- called "gravel-colored" eye of certain breeds of pigeon. This is really a briN liant Bhade ot tawny red, and though un shaded by lashes, and Bet in the center of the bare "cere," gives to the birds a bold and intelligent appearance in complete contrast to the vapid effect of red eyes in most animal faces. We believe that the countenance of a pinkeyed albino guinea-pig is as nearly devoid of expression as it is possible for the face of a quadruped to- be; and when ever the pink eye accompanies albinism there is an obvious loss of interest in the face, though the eye, considered as an object apart, may have the depth and luster of a smooth garnet. Where albinism develops blue eyes, as in white cats, and sometimes in white horses, the loss of expression is less ; but even in the horse, the blue eye, ringed with pinkish white, is too like that of fish to suggest a tenth part of the intelligence and power of emotion latent in the face of the dark-eyed Arabian. Even dogs with light eyes have less of the ap pearance ot truth and trustfulness than others, though the pale eye is seen in some of the most ancient and valuable breeds, such as the lemon and-white Clumber spaniel. In the case of the dog, the human preference- for the darkover the light eye is perhaps explained by the affinity which the last has with that of the wolf and the common fox. The cuns ning, shifty look which the last animal possesses is largely due not only to tne yellow color, but also to the shape and mechanism ot the vulpine eyes, lbev are set close together, and the inner cor ners run down almost parallel to the muzzle. In addition, the pupil of the fox's eye expands the contracts like that of a cat. By day the eye is a mere yellow orb, with a narrow line ot black in tne center. The reason that the stuffed foxes' heads to be seen in so many country houses bear the amiable and most unfoxy expression which they do, is that the "ar tist who stuffs it sticks in nice brown glass eyes with black pupils which he takes from the compartment labeled "dogs" in the curious box in which glass eyes for all creatures, from tomtits to stags, are kept duly sorted tor use Cats' eyes are by no means devoid ot a pleasing expression, except in strong light; but among them the dark-gray iris of the Angora and some of the "blue cats gives a look of repose and serenity which the brassy orbs of the yellow eyed varieties never possess. A larger and more striking example ot tbe same difference is found in contrast of the yels low eyes of the black leopard at the Zoo, one of the most unpleasant looking of the mefelido2. and the dark, convex eyes of tbe ocelot. But the most striking in stance of immense difference between tbe effect of the light eye and the dark is seen in the case of a new species of eagles owl whioh has just been brought to the Zoo from Mashonaland. The great brown eagle-owl of Northern Europe, with its huge, round, yellow and black eyes, with which it sternly stares the visitor out of countenance, has a fierce, wide-awake, resentful expression exactly in keeping with its character. The ''milky eagle-owl," a splendid bird, with plumage barred with wavy lines Of gray from crest to talons. has oval eyes of the deepest black, soft and lustrous, and shaded with eyelids and lashes. The result is a change of expression to something quite unlike the face of any bird, and more human than that of most beasts. It is certainly the finest bird eye yet discovered. London Spectator. Every Young Man should be possessed of certain information vilhnnt. which millinna nnnfranf nArni' cious and m0Bt de8tructive habits-habits which make young mon prematurely aged, pale, haggard, listless, devoid of ambition, easily tired, languid, forgetful and inca ble; fill madshouses and swell the lists of suicides; separate husbands and wives; bring untold suffering to millions, even unto tbe third and fourth generations. Parents, guardians and philanthropists can do no better service to tbe rising generation, than to place in their bands the information and warnings contained in a little book carefully prepared by an association of medical men who have bad vast experience in dealing with the grave maladies here hinted at, and who feel that they owe it to humanity to warn the young of the land against certain destruc tive habits which are far more prevalent than any layman can imagine, and which if persisted in gradually undermine the constitution and health and destroy the future happiness of the victim. Cut out this notice and enclose it with ten cents in stamps (to pay postage) to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., and the book will be sent, secure from observation in a plain sealed envelope. One Aim in Business. Probably nothing would more effectually serve to elevate every honest occupation, and to ennoble every worker therein, than a realizing senBe of the service thus - rendered to the com munity. Most people pursue their various employments as a means of livelihood, or ot increasing their personal advantages and comforts, and these motives are perfectly justifiablcs. The mistake they make is that they nave no other. Tbey do not reflect that their work is also a means of promoting .the welfare of the community; or if they ad- mit the fact, it does not come homo to them in that impressive' way which would lead them to receive it as an aim to be achieved. There are a few pursuits where it is expeoted that this end will be kept in view, and where the worker that has within him no motive but that of self- interest is held to have degraded bis high calling, but that all employments demand so nign a stanuara oi action ib u iub floating in the air, perhaps, by no means brought into general or practical use. In commercial me, tor example, tne profit of the individual usually occupies so large a proportion of the attention that but little is left tor tne real oenents which commerce itself bestows upon the people at large. That it furnishes a livelihood to multitudes and iortunes to some, are by no means the greatest of its benefactions. Its contribution to the comfort and convenience of the publio by bringing necessities and enjoyment within tbe easy reach ot all is incalcu lable. In this respect alone it is one of the chief factors of civilization. But it does more than this. It draws men to gether by common interests. It binds the East to the West and tne north to the South. It even unites countries be tween which oceans roll, enabling various nations to mingle, and thus to understand and to respect each other. By encourag ing travel it spreads ideas and methods, conserving and establishing the best, and planting them where they have hitherto been unknown. J.nus, tnrougn me ins fluence of commercial enterprise, the differences that mark different states and nations, instead of proving insuperable . barriers to friendly intercourse, are made to subserve mutual improvement and to enable each one to make continual advance There is another and even more im portant benefit which commerce bestows upon society, that ot increasing trust and confidence by promoting honesty and equity. We hear and read of so many instances ot cheating and overreaching in trade that we forget that these are the exceptions and not the rule. Every case of dishonesty is pointed out and empha sized, while of the thousands of honorable merchants and tradesmen ot all Rinds nothing is said. We are accustomed to think much of the great temptations to unfairness and double dealing that beset the young man entering business, and it is well that he should be put upon his guard against them, bat it is also true that mercantile life as a whole is a school wherein integrity and rectitude must be among the chief lessons. For commerce is built upon trust, snd whatever shakes or undermines that trust weakens the whole structure. If roguery and unfaith fulness were general, the foundations of business would give way, and commercial enterprise would no longer be possible It is but a poor and temporary gain that the shortsighted swindler or tbe dishonest trader obtains. He is speedily discovered and shunned, and Booner or later iBOstra cised from the business world as com pletely as the sensualist or tbe drunkard is ostracized from good society. True gain is not tbe transference cf money from one man's purse to another, without, adequate return, but the increase of so cial welfare by efficient and intelligent labor. When this is realized and acted upon, commerce win attain a sure, and permanent success, in wnicn an engaged in it will be sharers. Thus, while business life depends for its true prosperity upon good faitb, recti tude and honor, so in its turn it losters and encourages these virtues. Mr. Lecky , in his "History of .European Morals," speaks of industrial veracity as that "ac curacy of statement or fidelity to engage ments which is commonly meant when we speak of a truthful man This form of veracity is usually tbe special virtue of an industrial uation, for, al though industrial enterprise affords great temptation to,deception,mutuai confidence, and, therefore, strict truthfulness, are in these occupations so transcendently trn. portant that they acquire in the minds of men a value that they bad never beiore possessed." If this be so, it gives to busi ness life an ethical character that is sel dom accorded to it. Nor do tbe virtues it inculcates end with itself. When we occupy a high standard of action in one part of life, it raises that of all tbe rest. One who has been accustomed to be faith ful and loyal in his home is not likely to be false in his friendships, and if busi ness requires integrity in it followers, the seeds thus sown will blossom out in other spheres, add thus a better character, as a whole, will result as the fruits of its in fluence. Is not sueh a result worth re- flec.ting ?n nd,Pla.nnn8 forJ Do not let us lose sight of it in the effort for per sonal gain. Let us ponder on tbe good of trade, not only to the individual trader, but also to the community, to the nation, to the world. Just as the faithful physician feels himself bound by the honor of his profession to promote health and alleviate suffering, so let tbe upright merchant realize tbe noble mission of his occupation and strive to do his share to ward farthering it. The duty of service comes to us all, and nothing tends more directly to elevate our employment and to dignify our relation to it than to hold this duty close to our hearts and promi nent in our lives. Public Ledger. Love Could not Conqncr. "Love conquers all things" tbey say; but we know better. There are some things it cannot conquer. Among them are, headache, biliousness, dyspepsia, con stipation and piles. But if love cannot conquer them, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel lets can. You cannot bay real love at a drug store but no live druggist will be found without Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. "Love" cannot do better than to recommend them.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 8, 1895, edition 1
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