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THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHKD IVBBT FRIDAY BT
J. P. STRONG.
rguMS One Dollar and Ffty Cents in advance
o
i tho Post Office in Charlotte. N. C.
jsmi-'icu a. .- -r --------- - -
i8 .(;on class matter, according to the rules of
the P ()- Uuparimeni.
JOHN FARRIOR,
0 4 601'TS TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
DEALER IN
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
Special attention given to Fine Watch
Repairing.
Jaa 25, 1895.
BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER,
Attorneys-At-Law,
BOOMS N08 5, C, AND 13, LAW HOLDING,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Jan 4,1894.
DR. E. P. ZEERANS,
DENTIST,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Okkice 7 West Trade Street.
Nov. 2, 1894
HUGH W. HARRIS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
July 0, 1894:
F. I. OSBOKKE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERAN8
OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS,
Attorneys at Law.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
JJT Offices 1 and 3 Law Building.
iVill practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Oct 20, 1893
DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND,
Dentists.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Trton Street.
Jan. 3, 1895.
J. P. McCOMBS, M. D.f
(.'tiers his professional services to the citizens of
Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls,
both night and day, promptly attended to.
Vjfflce in Brown's buildingup stairs, opposite
Charlotte Hotel.
Jan. 1. 1895
IKRIOT CLARKSON. CHAS. H. DDLS
CLARKSQN & DULS,
Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
Prompt attention given to all business m
justed. Will practice in all Courts of. the
8tate.
tyOffice 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
State and Federal Courts.
Jan. 8, 1894.
THE ACKNOWLEDGED
Leading Seeds Are
BUISTS! - BUISTS1!
We onen ours todftv. fresh from th irrnwpr
Pknt only "Buist's Pri7e Medal Seeds." and
you are sure of a crop.
R. H. JORDAN & CO ,
Jan. 19, 1894.
Retail Druggists
GO TO ALEXANDER'S
DRUG STORE,
NO. 216, NORTH TRYON STREET,
eeps 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
Em brought to Charlotte. This is
Oft iitu i -
i . .r1 e wave tne finest
Mot PERFUMES in luecity. Rick
Kcker's best in FANCY Bottles,
Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape
for an EL KG ANT PRESENT. It
RECOMMENDS ITSELF. IT
WILL PAY YOU TO SEE IT.
R H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists
JU894: Executor.
E. NYE HUTCHISON.
FIRE INSURANCE.
2,ffl.ce916 Ea8t Trade Street; 4 North Tyon
reet, up stairs.
Feb-19. 1894.
QUEEN CITY HOTEL.
In visiting Charlotte,
Dt'tfailto stop at the Queen City Hotel,
Corner East Fifth and College 8ts,
Everything first-class.
RATES,. $100 PER DAY.
6, 1894 w J MOORE. Pron'r.
Did You Ever!
Real
youfYii i 1 allr yur wors is uone
rest i Lave a world f comfort and perfect
ze the fact that after your work is done
'iDe'rmv V ' Ul suppers on your ieei. oei
sfenn the flre winter nights with your
&S3 T uJure8 them more or le89- Men's Can
65c e T,' 01 -'arPet Slippers 50c; by mail,
,u "Hens Canvass r T.oathor wnrkAi)
fir r "i vw. r or any kiuu ui
jPnce thar t elsewhere.'
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What is tho origin of the word
"gerrymander'? Ge6. Brown. -
In 1811 the Democratic party got cons
trol of the Massachusetts Legislature, arid
redistricted the State, bo that in the elers
tion of 1812 they carried everything,
although nearly two-thirds of the votes
were against them. The redisricting
act was signed by Gov. Elbridge T. Gerry.
William Ruesel, editor of the Boston
Centinel, hung a map of Essex county in
his office, colored to show the absurdity
of the districting. Gilbert Stuart, the
painter, happened in one day, and added
wings and eyes to the colored part of the
map, so that it looked like a winged am
mal. "There," said he, "that looks like
a salamander." ' Salamander !" cried Bus
sell ; "call it a gerrymander. !" And so
tho word came into use.
NORTH CAROLINA.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
By Virtue of two Deeds in Trust made to the
undersigned by tne "Crowell Milling ComDanv"
one to C H Duls, Trustee, dated Jan. 18, 1893,
and recorded in Book 88, page 212, and the other
to G J Etherige, Tru3tee, dated April 27, 1894,
recorded in Book 99, page 18, Registry ot Meek
lenburg County, N. C on account of default of
the payment of the debt therein secured, we will
sell at public auction for cash, on Monday, the
8th day of April, A. D, 1895, at 12 o'clock M..
at the county Court House door, in . Charlotte,
N. C. all that land and personal property therein
described, in the city of Charlotte, North Caro
lina, in Ward two of said city, the lot of land
being that lot known as the "Star Mills Proper
ty," being 40 feet on Trade street and extending
back 396 feet, also all fixtures and personal pro
perty ,on the said land of every class, kind, and
description as set-forth and described in the
above Dcedsin Trust. Terms for sale cash.
C. H. DULS & G. J. ETHERIDGB,
March 8th, 1895. 5w Trustees.
NORTH CAROLINA.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
By Virtue of a Deed of Trust made to the
undersigned C. H. Duls, Trustee, dated April 8,
189d, and recorded in Book 94, page 26, Registry
for Mecklenburg County, N C, by W. C. &
Susan Adams, on account of default in rhe pay
ment of a debt therein secured, I will sell at
public auction, for cash, or. Monday, the 8th day
of April, A. 1. 1895, at 13 o'clock Al., at the
county Court House door, in Charlotte, N. C; all
that land therein described, near the City of
Charlotte, N. C. adjoining the lands of Abram
Palmer and others, containing about 14 acres,
and known as the "W. C & Susan Adams'
place." C.H. DULS, Trustee.
March 8, 1895. 5w.
Executor's Notfco.
Having qualified as Executors of the Will of
the late General Rufus Barringer, we hereby
notify all persons having claims against his
estate to present the same before the 1st day of
March, 1896, or this 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 Executor.
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 dtcedent 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
MEN'S FINE SHOES,
AT $1.50 !
We are probably at the head of the World for
a special Shoe at a special price ! Men wanting
a dress shoe, containing every point found in
high priced goods, will
FIND OUR
$1.50 LINE THE MOST
surpassing va'ue ever offered Regular clean
factory shoes, built to our special order and
warranted in every way. Our special mission
here below, is to look up the best value in shoes,
and hand them out, fresh and new, to our cus
tomers. We never deal in any of the earth's
scrapings, never do ! GILREATH & CO.
March 1.1895.
Harrison, Bro's & Co.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen : About ten (10) years ago I used
your Town and Country Paints, olive shades, on
my hotel, "The Eager House," and am pleased
to inform you that today the paint is in good
condition and shows no signs of fading or
giviDg 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 ggists.
Solar Tip Shoes for Children.
The best School Shoe, made extra strong for
good wear, extra wide for omfort, 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 iu, $1.00; Misses' and Youth's, 11 to 13,
$1 25; Girl and boys, 1 to 2, $1 50 ! Give them a
trial and have the best. GILREATH & CO.
Jan 18,1895.
GREAT BARGAIN!
A. HALES WILL GIVE YOU
good Bargains ! ne has anything you want in
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrythe best and cheapest.
Valuable goods of all kinds for PRESENTS
Spectacles all kinds. "See
A. HALES
BEFORE YOU E UY
Jan 11 1895. "
LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE
FOR
The Blood. Stomach, Liver and Kidneys.
Tonta nnii hprha gathered ID the
VVIIMVOVU v sw.u " Q
Rocky Mountains, it i a harmless vegetable
remedy, and a positive cure for constipation.
Makes the Complexion clear and bright
for sale by
R..H. JORDAN & CO.,
Nov 16, 1894 Retail Druggists.
Surgical Instruments.
A full line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac
turer's prices. Call and examine them.
Mail orders will be promptly attended to
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
Feb 9. 1895.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
And all the leading PATE NT MEDICINE
forsaleby r H JORDAN & CO
Vpril 21,1894.
A Spelling Lesson
A pretty deer is dear to me
A hare with downy "hair;
I love a hart with all my heart,
. But barely bear a bear;
'Tis plain that no one takes a plane
To pare a pair of pears ;
A rake, though, often takes a rake
To tear away the tares:
All rays raise thyme, timerazes all;
And through the whole, hole wears.
And writ in writing "right" may write
It "wrlght" and still be wrong;
For "wright" and "rite" are neither "right,"
And don't to write belong.
Beer often brings a bier to many,
( Coughing a coffin brings,
And too much ale will make ns ail,
As well as other things.
. The person lies who says he lies
When he is but reclining;
And whea consumptive folks decline,
They all decline declining.
. A quail don't quail before a storm,
A bough don't bow before it;
We cannot rein the rain at all,
. No earthly power reigns o'er it,
A dyer dyes awhile, then dies;
To dye he's always dying,
Until, upoa his dj ing bed,
He thinks no more of dyeing.
The son of Mars mars many a sun.
All deys must have their days;
'Tis meet that men should mete our meat
To feed misfortune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one cannot be won.
The springs spring forth in spring, and
Shoot forward one and all;
Though summer kills the flowers, it leaves
shoots,
The leaves to fall in fall.
I would a story here commence,
But you might find it stale;
So let's suppose that we have reached
The tail end of our tale.
Educational Gazette.
JSP "You don't tell me that I am the
prettiest woman at the reception, as you
used to," pouted Mrs Snaggs.
"No," replied her husband; "you must
remember that I joined the church only
two weeks ago."
A clean and wholesome youth is
one of the preparations for an upright
and noble manhood.
The conceit that is not reduced by
the frictions and attritions of human
ife must be bred in the bone.
A Household Treasure.
D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie. N. Y , says tha
he always keeps Dr. King's New Diecovery 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 Druggist, Catskill, N Y., 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.
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
Fertilizsrs on the Market !
otton-seed is 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 fer
tilizing 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 MillJ
T. J. DAVIS, Manager.
Nov 30, 1894. 3m
C HARLOTTE
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Special course in
PAINTING, DRAWING, and ELOCUTION.
Catalogues sent on application,
Terms Moderate.
Call or address,
CARL S. GAERTNER,
July 13, 1894. Director.
for the charlotte democrat.
LIFE.
One has well said :
M Life is real, Life is earnest.
Things are not what they seem."
It is an intricate web, woven of
roses and thorns. As we wend our way
over the path of life, we do not always
have tbe bright, the beautiful flowers to
pluck. Alas 1 no; how often we are de
ceived by the bright illusions of hope, and
as often repulsed by the stern reality,
which sends a throb of pain through our
natures, and oft' we scarcely refrain the
bitter tears, when we find all vain and
hollow hope, just as the little child, put
ting forth its trusting hand, to plcck the
beautiful rose and finds to its sorrow that
thorns, as well as roses, grow on tbe
same bush. How often amid tbe pleas
ures of life, dark, cold, stern days come
to our hearts, and we are made to bow
down under the burden ot sorrow. Dark
da s come to our bright, youthful hearts,
but they are teachers of wisdom. Truly,
God chasteneth those He loves. We are
placed here that the world may be bet
tered by our lives. Weare given oppor
tunities that we may benefit ourselves as
well as our fellowraan. For it is not
" he who repeateth the name, but he thai
doeth the will." If sorrows never came,
would we be prepared for the hardships
that await us in the path of life ? Would
we enjoy the delights of Heaven ? Nay,
I would say with the poet: No thorns,
no throne; no cross, no crowD.
I'll take the thorns because they grew
On the Btem with roses, too;
And maybe God will graft sometime,
Roses on these thorns of mine.
Minnie T. Abernethy.
HuDtersville High School.
.
A Home-made Rug.
ALICE CHITTENDEN.
A neighbor who has recently come to
my vicinity from an old Connecticut town
has a rug of marvelous thickness and
texture. No oriental rug ever excelled it in
the thickness of its pile, and its varied
coloring suggests the product of the east
ern loom. I should never have imagined
it to be home-made, and upon remark,
ing upon the unusual thickness I was
greatly surprised to learn that it was
not only home-made but tne worK oi
an old lady of 90. This led me to inquire
carefully into the manner of making it.
Purchase remnants ot ingrain carpets
at carpet houses,from village upholsterers
or wherever they can be most cheaply
procured. Ravel these, lay them in
bunches and cut in lengths a little over
an inch. Purchase brown carpet warp
by the pound ; with a pair of coarse
steel knitting needles cast on enough
stitches to make a square of four inches
when finished. Knit a couple of rows
plain, then knit once across, binding in
with each stitch a little bunch of the ins
grain ravelings ; then knit back and
across and back plain, when you knit
another row with bunches of the ravel
ings. When you have formed a square,
bind off and when you have a sumcient
number ot squares sew them together
very tightly with the warp.
The rug which 1 have tried to describe
was 11 by 13 feet in size and had been
in constant and hard service for five
years, without producing the slightest
signs of wear. Every tew months it
was hung over a stout clothesline and
well beaten, which raised the heavy
pile and gave it a new, fluffy look. By
knitting tbe blocks small, and cnoosing
the colors with a view to artistic effect,
a very handsome rug could be produced.
Where strict economy is necessary, the
the best parts of worn ingrain carpet
could be used. There was a number of
smaller rugs about 3 by 6 made by the
same industrious old lady, which had
been made more recently, when ingrain
carpets could be obtained in subdued cols
ors that were extremely rch in coloring.
ISF" You could dig a lake in tbe
center of Texas, put the republic of
Franco on an island in that lake, and it
couldn't be seen from the shore. You
could hide England, Ireland, Scotland,
and Wales in any part of it, and it would
be two months before anyone who didn t
know of their location would be able to
get even a suspicion of it. Texas Siftings.
Did You Ever.
Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for you
troubles ? If not, get a bottle now and get rer
lief. This medicine has been found to be pecu-"
liarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Fe
male Complaints, exertiog a wonderful direct
influence in giving strength and tone to tne
organs, ir you nave IjOsb oi Appeiiie, oonsupa
tion, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are Nervous,
Sleepless, Exciting, Melancnoiy, or troubled
with Dizzy Spells, Electiic Bitters is the medi
cine yot need. Health and Strength are guaran
teed by its use. Large bottles only 00 cts., at
Burwell & Dunn's, wholesale and Retail, and
Jordan & Scott's wholesale Drug store
COMMENCING MONDAY,
March 4th, 1895,
-WE WILL HAVE A
Grand Exhibition of
MAJESTIC
STEEL RANGES,
For two weeks at our store ! During this Exhi
bition we will have a RANGE in full operation
to give all a chance to see its work. If you are
interested in GOOD COOKING and a saving of
fuel and time, you should not miss this great
opportunity of seeing these elegant goods,
Everybody invited. Lunch served during the day
J. N. McCausland fc Co..,
209 and 211 S. Tryon St.,
Charlotte, N, C.
Feb. 22, 1895.
"Hold Your Knife Flat."
How to Cut a Newspaper Scrap When You have
no Scissors. -
"Excuse me, my dear," said the nice
old lady in the next seat, leaning forward
as she touched the girl, "excuse me but
hold your knife flat."
The girl had been trying to cut an item
out of a newspaper with a pen-knife, and
the blade, which was not very keen -edged,
bad made a jagged rent here and a
crooked gash that way, and bad finally
come to a stop in a tangle of wrinkled
paper. It was at this moment that the
old lady had told the girl to hold her
knife flat.
The girl colored as she felt the touch
on her arm, but on glancing round . and
seeing the pretty gray curls, and the
pleasant eyes behind the gold rimmed
spectacles, the blush was lost in a smile.
"I don't quite understand," she said.
"Then let me show you, my dear,"
said tho nice old lady. "Let me have
the paper and knife for a moment. Now
we'll suppose that this is the piece you
wish to cut out. First make a little
downward jab with the point of the knife
alongside the column mark so. Then
put in the blade so, holding the handle
of the knife as flat against the paper as
you can conveniently get it. You will
find now that although this blade is
dreadfully dull, you can cut straight
down the whole length of the paragraph.
Then bring tbe knife blade cleanly around
the bottom, carry it up the side and finish
along the top, and there you have the
scrap easily cut out and without a tear
or a break. Just try yourself, now."
The girl took up her cutting out work
where she had left it off, and soon had
the paragraph loose in her hand and with
quite a true edge to it.
"It's about a friend of mine getting
married," said the girl, making a little
wad of the item and tucking it into her
purse.
"ThaU all right," said the nice old
lady, "we've all got to come to it some
day, my dear, or all hope to anyway.
Here is your knife."
"Thank you, and thank you for show
ing me how to use it," said the girl.
. "Don't mention it my, dear," said the
nice old lady, "although, as my grandson
says, It's a trick worth knowing." And
I may just as well tell you that no mat
ter if your knife were as keen as a razor
or dull as well dull as this you can
always cut out a piece from a newspaper
with neatness and despatch by keeping
the blade flat.'' Dispatch.
The Children Get the Gravy.
B ut the Father of tbe Family Gets the Fun of
Giving it to Them.
"You know," said the father of a
family, " it makes me laugh whenever I
think of the children's absolute nerve
about the gravy. What I mean is that
when we have a steak, or roast beef, or
anything that has gravy with it, the chil
dren take it all, down to the last drop,
without leaving a speck for their father
and mother. And they're perfectly
soundhearled, wholesome children, too,
who would do anything they could for
their parents. But about some things
they have a selfishness that appears to
be perfectly natural to children and that
I suppose is bred in indulgence. They
have all their lives been accustomed to
having everything that their parents
could give them, and so they come to ex
pect it.
" But 1 sm'le again as I recall the facfr
that when I was a boy I got all the
gravy. Time and again I have seen my
lather tip the dish so that be might get
for me the last drop, while he had none
for himself. He was very fond of gravy,
too, but be never said so; with grave
courtesy he gave it all to me as though I
were entitled to it. When I grew a lit
tle older I reproached myself sometimes
for having taken it all; when I grew older
still and came to know him as man to
man, and came to kpow how gentle, and
affectionate, and forbearing, and generous
he was, 1 came to know that he wouldn't
for the world have marred my pleasure
by so much as a word that the simple
fact was that it was a far greater pleas
ure to him to give me tbe gravy than it
would have been to eat it himself.
"And now when the children pass their
plates I gravely dish out the gravy down
to the last drop, and 1 say nothing tor
fear that they will rob me of the selfish
pleasure of giving it all to them. But 1
smile to myself once more as I think of
what will happen when tney come to
have children of thoir own. I know what
they'll do then; they'll give it all to the
children, down to the laBt, last drop."
N. Y. Sun.
A Wonderful Moth Story.
Maelinqton, W. Va., March 4. Last
week Charles Johnson a well-known
hunter, got out his rifle, after it bad been
standing for two weeks in a closet with
the barrel loaded, and found, upon ex
tractmg the cartridge to clean the gun,
that the lead of the bullet had all been
eaten away, and poured out of tbe barrel
in fine dust. With tbe dust there came
the dried body of a moth, and tbe appear
ance of the moth indicated that it had
eaten the lead from the bullet. He
showed the moth and the lead dust to
several friends, and all agreed that every
thing indicated that the moth had eaten
away the lead.
One ot Mr Johnson's friends happened
to be acquainted with Mr. Frank Johnson
of Brooklyn, N. Y., a famous entomolo
gists, and suggested that the moth and
lead borings be sent to him for examina
tion and report. This was done, and
today the report was received. Mr. Johns
son says the moth was a common carpet
moth, and.tbe gun, standing against the
wall of tbe closet, had captured tbe moth
as it fell from some article of clothing,
and the moth, being unable to climb out
of tbe smooth gun barrel, bad attacked
tbe softest part it could find, and. had
gone to work to bore its way out. He
stated that the present case was most
remarkable, as tbe moth bad reduced
nearly an ounce of leacl to power in less
than two weeks, and that without food
upon which to renew its energies. Bal
timore American.
About Flags.
The design for the first national flag is
generally accredited to Gen. Washington
and Col. Ross, of tbe American army.
JLhe drawings were taken to Mrs. Betsey
Ross, who carried on a 8 mall upholstering
business in Philadelphia, with a request
that she make a flag after their design.
She readily undertook the work, offering,
it is said one criticism, which was that
the etars should consist of only five points
instead of six, as shown in the drawing.
The required change was made and the
'work left in her charge.
Those were not tbe days of sewing
machines and the rapid stitching of yards
of seams, but the long stripes were slowly
and carefully stitched, by tbe lady's own
nngers, doubtless with a constant and
hearty wish that victory might hover in
its bright folds wherever they were borne
by her valiant countrymen. Her house,
with its little front shop, is still standing,
and the very window panes through
which she watched the coming and going
of the "Father of his country" are still
preserved.
Congress, then in session in Philadels
phia, June 14, 1777, decided upon a
national flag, by a resolution, as follows :
"Resolved, That .the flag of the United
States be represented by thirteen stripes,
alternately red and white. That tbe
union be represented by thirteen stars,
white in a blue field, representing a new
constellation."
The colors found in the flag are em
blematical; tbe red ot definance, the white
of purity, the blue of justice.
The newly-adopted flag was first un
furled September 11, 1777, at the battle
of Brandywine, and soon afterwards
waved triumphantly over the surrender
of Burgoyne,atSaratoga,Ootober 17, 1777.
The first ship to sail under its colors
was the "Ranger," commanded by John
Paul Jones, of subsequent naval fame,
bound for a French port, the guns of
which fired the first salute ever offered
the American flag by a foreign nation.
Our flag has been called by various
names, in song and story, as : "Star
spangled Banner," "Flag of the Free,"
"Banner of Liberty," "The Starry Flag,"
"Stripes and Stars," ' Old Glory," etc.
But by whatever name it may be called,
the true Amercan feels an enthusiastic
sentiment of patriotism stirring in his
heart, whenever its stripes and stars are
unfolded to his sight.
Previous to the adoption of the stripes
and stars as our national emblem, while
each colony had its own flag, several at
tempts were made to arrange one which
might serve the purpose of all. One of
these consisted of thirteen alternate
stripes of red and white, with a rattle
snake uncoiled diagonally upon it, the
warning, "Don't tread on me," being
suggestive of the ruling sentiment of the
times.
There are various flags in common use
of interest to all. Among them the flag
of truce bears an important part. It is a
white flag, which is displayed to an
enemy to show a desire for consultation,
and which protects the bearer from in
jury from tbe enemy s fire when approach
ing their lines. After a battle, when
both armies wish to send partios to tbe
field to bury their dead and carry off the
wounded, they go with safety under the
flag of truce, as it is never fired upon in
honorable warefare.
A black flag is a piratical emblem and
means "no quarter:" or, in other words,
death to all who are captured by tbe
ship over which it floats. We can well
imagine the dismay it must have carried
to the hearts of those whose misfortune
it was to see its dismal folds displayed at
the masthead of an approaching vessel.
A yellow flag floating over a building,
or from the mast of a ship, shows that
some contagious disease is prevailing
there.
The expression, "dipping a flag," means
lowering it slightly and raising it again
as a salute to a vessel or fort.
If the President of tbe United States
makes a sea voyage the flag is carried at
the bow of his barge, or at the masthead
of the ship he is on which is then called
a flagship. The same is true of the ship
commanded by a commodore of the
United States Navy.
"The flag of Fort McHenry," whose
"broad stripes and bright stars" inspired
Francis Key to write our national Song,
"The Star-spangled Banner," still exists
in a tolerable state of preservation, and is
in the possession of Mr. Eben Appleton, of
Yonkers N. Y., a grandson of Col.
Armistead, tbe gallant defender of Fort
McHenry. The stripes are two feet wide,
and tbe stars are two feet from point to
point. The flag is thirty feet wide and
was originally forty feet long without
doubt; but in its present curtailed dimen
sions is only thirtystwo feet long. Eliza
E. Clarke, in Educational Gazette.
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Floor Covering from Old Footgear.
A new use has been found, it is said,
forold boots and shoes. This is how they
are treated in tbe process of conversion
into a novel kind of bouse carpet :
The shoes are thrown promiscuously
into an immense tank, into wmcb steam
and dissolving compounds are run,
1 thereby causing the old shoes to take a
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tallow, borax, and glue are then intro
duced, and tbe pulp is run into moulds.
The moulds are shaped after the plan
of a regular sand mould, and may have
the form of flowers, leaves, figures, or
geometrical designs. The pulp is run into
these moulds and the figure hardens in
the cold air. These casts are arranged
in the proper figure or design, when a
cementing process begins. The cement
is a compound made from leather pulp
and glue, and it is run between tbe fig
ures. The figures soften a little with the
compound, and the whole hardens to
gether.
In the casting of each figure a different
colored pulp Is used red pulp for red
rose, white pulp tor white flowers, green
for leaves, and so on. Thus elaborate
designs may be carried out. Then comes
tbe pressing by tbe use of rollers,' and
polishing with varnish.
The result is a nice looking floor cover
ing cost of which is less than straw mat
ting, and less than oiblotb: in fact, an
economical and durable carpeting.
and -Leather tacts.
The Need of the South '
There is no subject in tbe whole range
of national affairs so complicated as tbe
money question, nor one upon, which the -
best thought of tne voters needs to no
more carefully devoted. Every one can
see whether crime is punished, whether a
State or county officer is a defaulter or
not; but the evil results of a bad currency
are so insidious and the workings so subi
tie, that they can be apprehended by tho
mass of citizens only after much study
and oftentimes only after suffering. !i
The States of tbe South have ample re
sources, some of which are set forth in
this number of the Independent. ' Their
prospects for the future are such as to in-'
vite tbe establishment or cotton muisana
the building up of industries of various
kinds. What do these invitations to in
vest money really mean ? They ' mean
that the great want ofJ.be South at tho
present moment is capital. Whatever tho
theories of many of the Southern states
men may be and some think very
crudely about trade principles aH '!our
Southern friends recognize instinctively,
if not in words, that the South' needs
most of all that people should invest there.
We used the word "money" in so many
different senses that any one may get con
fused. Southern people say "we want
men with money," and that is true ; out .
that is a very different thing from an in
crease in the circulating currency. Such
people really mean capital. Cannot any
planter in Georgia or tht Carolinas sell his
cotton for cash (if he is not bound to. a
factor) and get cash for it r Is there any
difficulty in cashing a perfectly good -
draft in Savannah 7 Is it not a tact that
anybody anywhere in the South If he has
a salable article, can get money for it? The
trouble is that if a farmer is "carried" by
a merchant he must trade out his contract
with that merchant But that comes
from being in debt; the quantity ot tho
circulating medium has nothing to do
with it If there were $8,000,000,000 of
United States money in circulation instead .
of f 1,500,000,000 such a man would not
be affected, so long as he is In debt. It is
not a shortage of currency which is ,
troubling him, it is a shortage of capital.
Taking this simple fact as a basis, we
ew bsoeunwise is the agitation for silver
which some Southern spokesmen are
claiming as the quack cuicall for every
industrial ill. What capitalist will invest
his money in a Southern industry if he
thinks that in a year or two he will have
to take back fifty cents for every dollar
he put in ? What reasonable man in the
South can blame the English moneyed
man for delaying his purchase of South
ern bonds until this question is settled ?
But meantime, what ? Why, promising
chances for new mills and new enter
prises are neglected. It is true, capital is
going into southern states now, out
that is an indication of the beuet on
the part of some capitalists that, in epito
of all this wild talk about silver, the
Southern and Western and Eastern citi
zens will never really let tbe United States
fall from the gold standard. Investment
in the United States would be much
increased if the world believed that tho
silver question in America was once and
for all disposed of. The continued agita
tion for silver on the part of some South
ern friends results in a postponement of
the prosperty for which the South is
ready but which cannot come in full mea
sure to any country or any section where
capital is not assured ot protection.
Repudiation of debts might relievo
debtors for a time, but the result in tho
long run would be a paralysis of business
-and paying a silver tor gold dollar
would be partial repudiation. If, there
fore, the South is really. sincere in believ
ing that then are unequaled opportunities
for investment in those States and sincere
in inviting capitalists to take advantage
of thoBe opportunties, her citizens and '
statesmen must not at the same time ,:
forbid such investments by openly advo
cating the payment of those debts and
investments in debased currency. l he
Independent. ,.
i Mill ' -
In Their Own Hands.
If the farmers of the south shall : find'
when they take their cotton to market
next fall that what they get for it will
hardly pay for raising it or leave a bal
ante on the wrong side they will have?
themselves to blame.
If they plant as much cotton as they
did last year it is almost certain that the
crop will not pay. If they make a large
reduction in their cotton acreage they
will probably come out all right
The case has been fairly and industri
ously presented to them. The Jackson
convention recognized tbe natural effect"
cl another cotton crop of 9,000,000 bales
or more, and devised a plan for averting
such a misfortune. It begged tbe farmers
of the southern states to reduce their
cotton acreage . at least one fourth and
urged that it would be better to reduce it
one-half. Every possible effort has been
made to secure the pledge of three-fourths
of the cotton producers in ninety per
cent of the cotton-growing counties
which is necessary to make this plan
effective. The newspapers have given
circulation to tbe scheme and have sup
ported it heartily. The state and county
agents appointed under the resolution of
the Jackson convention have labored
faithfully to procure the number of signas
tures required and we shall soon know
whether this proposed co-operative effort
to reduce the cotton crop is to succeed or
fail.
As the time for planting cotton ap
proaches this question should come home
to every man in the south who raises
cotton. He should remember that the
world has no use for as much cotton as
the south produced last year in addition
to the large and increasing crops of India
and Egypt He should know that an
enormous surplus will be carried over
from last year's cotton crop and that it
would be inexcusable stupidity and ex
pensive folly to pile 9,000,000 bales more
of southern cotton on the part of tbe last
crop. which will still be on the market
next fall. -
If, knowing the conditions, the south
ern farmer still insist on planting cotton
at the old rate they should , not complain
when they gather their crop and find
that cotton is even lower than it is now.
Atlanta Journal.
GILREATH & CO