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ft IMlH Iff!" 1 'i fl ill his Papbb is 43 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1896. VOLUME iLm7 NUMBER 2225 THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BT J. P. STRONG. .Terms One Jollr and Ffty Cents in advance for 1 year Two Dollars on time. o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C., as second class matter, according to the rules ol thP. O. Department. ml DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DESIRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, That they hava thia day entered into a copart nership for the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, SURGERY. March 1, 18'd5 March 15. 1895. JOHN F ARMOR, NO. 4 SOUTI TttYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, H. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, DEALER IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. J" Special attention given to Fine Watch Repairing. Jan 25, 1895. BDRWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys-At-Law, BOOMS NOS 5, 6, AND 13, LAW BUILDING, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan 4, 1895. DR. E. P. KEERANS, DENTIST, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office 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 6, 1895: V. I. OSBORNE, "W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANS OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. tW Offices 1 and 3 Law Building, vv 111 practice in the State and Federal Courts. Oct 20, 1895. DRS. M. A. & C. A. BTAND, Dentists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tryon Street. Jan. 8, 1896 KR10T CLARKSON. CBAS. H. DUL8 CLARESON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted. Will practice in all Courts of the State. tyOffice No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7. 1896. H. N. PHARR, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office No. 14. Law Building. Prompt attention to all business intrusted. Special attention given to claims. Practices in 8tate and Federal Courts. Jan. 6, 1895. THE ACKNOWLEDGED Leading Seeds Are BUISTSI - BUISTS1! We open ours today, fresh from the grower. Plant only "Buist's Prize Medal Seeds," and you aresure of a crop. R, H. JORDAN & CO., Jan. 19. 195. Retail Druggists GO TO ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE. NO. 216, NORTH TRYON STREET. Keep a well assorted stock of all articles usualy kept in a Drug House J. B- ALEXANDER. The Poor prescribed for free. April, 8, 1895. FINEST LOT Ever brought to Charlotte. This is no idle boast We have the finest lotof PERFUMES in the city. Rick secker's best in FANCY Bottles, Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape for an EL HQ ANT PRESENT. It RECOMMENDS ITSELF. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE IT. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists Dec. 28. 1896 E. NYE HUTCHISON. FIRE INSURANCE. Offices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon Street, up stairs. Feb. 19. 1895. QUEEN CITY HOTEL. In visiting Charlotte, Don't fall to stop at the Queen City Hotel, Corner East Fifth and College Sts, Everything first-class. RATES, $100 PER DAY. July 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r. Surgical Instruments. A fall line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac turer's prices. Call and examine them. Mail orders will be promptly attended to R H- JORDAN & CO. Sept 20, 1895' A Gbown-TJp Prayeb. Willie never objected to repeating "Now I lay me" until be was put into pants. But that night be resolutely shook bis bead when asked to say bis prayers. "I want a grown-up prayer now,mamma," ho urged. 'I ain't a baby no more." The tablet recently raised in Peterborough to tbe memory of Mary Queen of Scots was paid for entirely from contributions from English women named Mary, and cost $5,006. Execution Sale. By viitue of an execution directed to me from the Superior Court cf Mecklenburg County in case of Sniff & Company against H. D. Smith, I will sell for cash, at public auction, at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, at 12 o'clock, M. on Monday, the 20th. day of Janu arv. 1896. that tract of land in Steel , Crnek wnship, bouHthed-s follows: Beginning at k FOst Uak stump on the North side ol Alcttuires Ferry Road, and runs thence N. 65 West 103 14 poles to a Hickorv; thence N. I-W, 20 poles to a stone in Samuel Thomas land; thence with bis line S. 80-94; E 160 poles to a stake; thence S. 56 W. 77 poles to the beginning, containing 32 acres, being ibe same tract conveyed by J. It Uarrison to U U smith, on the loth, aay or May 1892. This 20th day of December 1895. Z T. SMITH, Sheriff. Dec. 27tb, 1895. 4w Sale of Land. By virtue of a powtr vested in me, by an or der of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, made iu a special froceeaiDg pending in said court, entitled R. W. Logan and wife, E B Logan, .1. B. Eaves and wife, A J Eaves, and others, ex parte, I will sell at public auction, at the Court House Uoor, in the city or uhariotte. on Monday, the 20th day of January, 1896, at 12 o'clock M, a valuable tract of farming lnnd, situated in Long Creek Township, in Mecklen burg County, N C, adjoining the lands of b A. McAulay, Mrs S. a. Alexander and others known as the "Wharton Place," containing 235 acres. The property will be sold for divison Term of sale, one third cash, one third payable in one year and balance payable in two m. . . fist, i-v l mnp years. This the aum oiuecemoer, iovo. VY . J. MAAW Commissioner Dec. 20. 1895 5w EXECUTION SALE. Bv virtue of an execution in my hands issue- ing from the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County. N C, in favor of Daniel Miller & Co., vs. J W & VV E Younts, I will on Monday, Jan uary 20th, 1896, at 12 o'clock M, at the County . tt i r 11 T .... 1... .. iM-.n XT VJOUn JLlOUbC UUUl VI iiicv-rvicuwuig VUUIIljr, il C, sell all the right, title and interest of J W& W E Younts, in and to all the following land in said county and State, towit : First Piece: Known as the Oscar J Orr tract, containing 4u acres and adjoining the iands of W J Hoagland, Jas M Gulp and others, and being the same tract which was conveyed by Oscar J Orr to S Younts and Son. by Deed, dated February Uth, 1881, and recorded in uffice Hegister of Deeds for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Book 46. Page 369 reference to which is hereby made. Second Piece: Known as tha W J Hoagland tract, containing 41 acres and adjoining the lands of J D Culp, W J Hoagland and others, and being the same tract conveyed by said W J Hoagland 10 S Younts and Son. by Deed dated December 21, lblf, and recorded in said Regis ter's Office, in Book 46, Page 367 reference to which is hereby made. Third Piece: Known as the " Good Tract," containing one acre, adjoining the lands of Pine ville Cotton Mills and others, and being same conveyed by W C Good to Samuel and J A Younts, Dted dated August 4th, 1887, and re corded in said Register's Office, in Book 57, Page 478 Fotjrth Piece: Known as the " Smith or James Davis tract," containing about 60 acres, adjoining the lands of Joe' Weeks, John O Alex ander and others, being the same which was c jnveyed by James Davis and wife to Samuel and J A Younts, by Deed dated December 15th, 1888, and recorded in said Register's Office, 1 ook 64, Page 578 reference to which is hereby made Fifth Piece: Known as the "D W Hennigan tract," and containing 81 acres, and adjoining the lands of James A Culp and others, and being the same conveyed by D W Hennigan to S Younts and Son, by Deed dated April 17th, 1877, and recorded In said Register's Office "in Book 46, Page 370 reference to which is hereby made subject to Mortgage to A Rhyne. Sixth Piece: Known as "A J Stevenson tract," containing 27 and acres, adjoining the lands of J D Cuip, W J Hoagland and others, and being the came conveyed by the said A J Btevenson to Samuel Younts and J A Younts, by Deed dated the 14th day of October, 1887, and recorded in said Register's Office, in Book 57, Page 572 reference to which is hereby made subject to Mortgage to A Rhyne. Seventh Piece: Known as the"Cunningham tract," containing 12 and 5-10 acres, adjoining the lands of W J Hoagland and others, and be ing the same conveyed by J W Cunningham to Samuel Younts and J A Younts, by Deed dated September 21.1888, and recorded in said Regis ter's Office, in Book 71, Page 266 reference to which is hereby made subject to Mortgage to A Rbyne Eighth Piece: Known as the 'R G Kendrjck tract," containing 174 acres, adjoining the lands of C P Knox, T T Youngblood and others, and being the same tract which wa9 conveyed by I D Boyd and W H Knox to W E Younts, by Deed dated May 18ih, 18f9, and recorded in said Register's Office, Book 64, Page 637 reference to which is hereby made. Ninth Piece; One Lot in the Town of Pine yille, bounded on the North by the lands of J W Morrow, on the East by the lands of S W Smith, o the we9t by the lands of G W Howie and on the south by Main street. Tenth Piece One lot jn the Town of Pioe ville, bounded on the north ty the lands of J W Morrow, on the east by the lands of S Younts, on the west by the Presbyterian Church lot and on the south by Main street. Eleventh Piece: Consisting of two tracts of land, known as the "Bales Tract." and the "Morrow Tract," and containing together about 175 acres, which land was owned by said Samuel Younts. Twelfth Piece. BeiQg the Reversionary in terest in the Homestead of J A Younts in and to that house and lot in Pineville, North Caror iina, bounded by the property of Mrs M R Potts, Pineville Academy. The same is known as the residence of J A Younts and was allotted to him November 4th, 1893, as his homestead. Thirteenth Piece: Being the Reversionary interest in the Homestead of W E Younts in and to that house and lot in Pineville, North t'arolina, bounded by the property of Mrs L S Russel. Dr J J. Rone and others. The same was allotted to him November 4th, 1893, as hU home stead. FOU.RTEENTH Piece: Being that tract of land of teu acres, adjoining the lands of John D Culp and others, and being land Deeded by John D Culp and wife, to James A Bell, January 13th, 1894 Deed recorded in Book 92, Page 592, Register of Deeds Office for said CountyTr-to which Deed reference is hereby made. Terms Cash. This the 18th cf December. Dec 20 195 5w Z. T. SMITH, Sheriff. Administrator's Not! ce. Having qualified as administrator of Mrs. Minnie A. Alexander, deceased, late of Mecklen burg County. N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned n or before the 88th day of Dec mber 1896, or this notice will be plead in bar for their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This, the 19th day of December, 1895. J. H. ALEXANDER. Dec 26, 1895. Cw Administrator. Two Kinds of People. There are two kinds of people on earth today. Just two kinds of people.no more I say. Not the sinner and saint, for 'tis well understood The good are half bad and the bad are half good. Not the rich and the poor, for to count a man's wealth. You first must know the state of his conscience and health. Not the humble and proud, for in life's little span Who puts on air j, is not counted a man. Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years Bring each man his laughter end each man his tears. No; the two kinds of people on earth I rot an Are the peop'e who lift and the people who ' "lean. Wherever you go you will find the world's masses Are always divided in just these two classes. And oddly enough you will find, too, I ween, There is only one lifter to twenty who lean. In which class are you? Are you easing the load Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road? Or are you a leaner who lets others bear Your( portion of labor and worry and care? Ella Wheeler Wilcox What the'Throne" of England Is Made Of. The throne of England, so splendid in its trappings of silk, velvet and gold wire lace and tassels, is simply an old fashioned, high-backed chair. It has been in use for more than 600 years, but the early history of tbe old oaken relic and tbe name of its maker are both unknown. Tbe wood which composes this "throne" is very hard and solid, as may be imagined when it is known that tbe chair bas been "kept iu the dry" and well covered with rich cloth of.various kinds since tbe days of Edward I. Tbe back and sides of the chair were formerly painted in various colors. The seat is made of a rough sandstone. This stone, which is believed to possess taliss manic powers, id twenty six inches in length, seventeen inches in breadth and nineteen and a half inches in thickness. Numberless legends are told in connection with this wonderful stone, but the truth probibly is that it was originally used in Scotland as a "coronation stone" upon which the Scottish kings -were seated while undergoing the ceremonies cons nected with being crowned "King ot the Eealm of Scotland." When and how the stone was removed to England is so inter woven with tradition that the truth can not be learned Exchange. A Christmas Dinner ! $8 50 8 50 $8 50 $8 50 ! Would not be bad on a table, especially when you can get a $12 50 Table for omy $8 50 ! That Is just what you get at E. M. ANDREWS'. The grandest display of Holiday Furniture ever shown in our history. The pricts, not withstanding the advance in many lines, are lower than ever before in our history. Buying in such large quantities enables us to get THE BEST PRICE ! We do not buy just one of a kind, but 10, 20. 40. 50 and 1,000, if the firm has MADE AN INDUCEMENT ! CHRISTMAS -o:- PRESENTS For the little folks. Useful, Ornamental, Ap propriate ! The display is ready. See them. Doll Carriages, Doll Sets, Doll Bedsteads, Velocipedes, Express Wagons, Children's Desks, Rockers, Chairs, Music Racks and an endless variety that you mutt see OUR LEADER IS COUCHES 10, 12, 22.75, 15, 18, 22.50. 25 and $50 They are WfliT YOU WANT! E. M. ANDREWS, Largest Furniture Dealer in the STATE. Warm Overshoes- Men's High Buckle overshoes, wpol lined, bes in the world. PRICE, $1.50 Ladies of same make. $125. These are good, and will last longer than three pairs of any other make sold in Charlotte We wiil stake our reputation on this. We know what we are talking about. Dec. 20. 1895. GILREATH & CO. TOILET ARTICLES. I have a nice line of Toilet Articles, Consisting of Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes and Combs, Perfumes, Soaps, &c. Prescriptions given the best attention ai Db. J. B ALEXANDER'S, 216 North Tryon 8t. By Poor prescribed for free August 19. 1895 CKOWELL Si-r LJENDERSON ROWELL OL ITIeNDERSON, 827 East Trade Street Staple and Fancy Groceries, Vege tables, fruits, etc., AT BOTTOM PRICES May 1, 1895. Men's Satin Calf Shoes Lace and Congress, wide and n arrow toes, PRICE: $150 The largest stock and best goods in the place at this popular price All strictly reliable, neat and stylish No other hoase can do so well for you on this class of shoes, as we have them all made, and we know what we are giving you everytlme. Be sure to examine ' QILREATH & CO. Nov. 8, 1895. The Value of Keeping Accounts.. There is no question but that keeping accounts teaches the value of money as nothing else will.. When the figures stare one in the face, tbey make one realize what this or that luxury cost, and what an important place tbe turn holds in the total amount of money spent When one adds up those 'oog columns of figures that represent household or personal exs penses, one is confronted by the fact that there are only one hundred cents in a dollar. Of course one knew that before, but it was a vague, intangible fact. Ten dollars seemed a large num, full of in fi nite possibilities. Alas! now it is spent, and one is rudely awaked to the fact that it is only ten times one dollar, and tbat it has vanished in fifty cents here, a quarter there, two or three dollars on one side, and repeated diraes and' nickels on the other. No, nothing so convincingly teaches the great total tbat small out lays make as accounts. In household as well as in personal af fairs, when tbe totals of the expenses and money received are balanced and a deficit results, there is no wiser counsellor, no more tactful monitor, than tbe ac countbook. There tbey stand figures put down by one's own band, and tbey cannot be gainsaid. In modest homes where expenditure of money must be carefully adjusted, so that the food money must not enroach on the fuel-money, or i'he clothes-money borrow from the rent und, accounts are of great value. Tbey help to keep a Bteady balance in tbe vari ous parts of living, as the phrase is, and to show the small leaks. It is these that are so disastrous to family finances. The large outgoes are considered and planned for, but tbe little ones are not thought of, and tbey creep in by singles, couples, and groups, until tbe family financier cries in alarm, "Where has the money gone?" It is tbe tiny fissue tbat, unheeded, scuttles the bravest ship. In large establishments, where there are many servants, large outlay, and bills paid once a month, or once in three months, strict accounts are a necessity to keep expenses within bounds and to prevent heedless waste and dis honesty, for no household is so rich as to bear two sources of leak continually But where a woman bas kept accounts for years, ber method of spending money bas become in a eertain sense a routine. She knows about what she can allow for this and that, and bow much she can in dulge her family and not get into debt. When such a sense of ability is reached, it is a distinct waste of nervous energy to trr to keep accounts. What difference can it make to sucb a woman whether twenty-five cent went for salt or coffee, providing tbe family have been well fed ? If a piece of meat is particularly ex pensive, she knows enough to buy somes thing cheaper to offset it without tbe prompting of figures. She knows bow long food materials' ought to last. Why tax her memory and her time to set down each item of money spent. When a woman turns bread winner, she often earns more money than she could save by keeping accounts. Why should a woman worry, when there is a fixed weekly sum for housekeeping and personal expenses, oer the exact detailed account for every cent? "I am just tired out," exclaimed a bright woman, "with my accounts. I could not find nine cents this week, and my columns wouldn't balance, though I hunted lor them two hours." This woman was earning forty dollars a week in intellectual work, and yet she wasted two hours of precious sleep for nine cents! Account keeping can be carried too far, and then becomes an illustration of tbe old adage, "A penny wise and a pound foolish." The Biggest Yet. The Herald is told by a gentleman who saw a party from Montgomery county this morning at the depot that a nugget of gold, weighing 31 pounds and 7 ounces, was last week found near Eldorado, in the Uwbarrie river district. If this report is true tbe nugget is the largest ever found in North Carolina or in any other State east of the Rocky mountains. No particulars were learned, but our informant says there is no "fake" about it. Thirty-one pounds, avordupois, and it must have been weighed by that as there is no troy scales around that would weigh that much, would be equal to over 41 pounds troy and would be worth over $9,000. An 8, a 10 and 31 pounds nugget in six months is a pretty good record for large pieces in one district. Salisbury Herald. It you knew tbe struggles through which your brother is passing, you would stop criticising him - and throw your arms around him. C HARLOTTE COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND ART. 18 SOUTH TRYON STREET, THE LEADING SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL TRAINING In the Southern States. THK MOST IMPROVED EUROPEAN METHODS. Many free advantages. Modern Languages taught only by native teachers ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE- SPECIAL KINDERGARTEN, GERMAN METHOD BO ARDI NG Accommodations for Non-resident lady students IN COLLEGE BUILDING. Every modern convenience. Special course in PAINTING. DRAWING, and ELOCUTION Catalogues sent on application. Terms Moderate. Call or address, . CARL S. GAERTNER, Sept. 20. 1895. Director Built By Invisible Hand. A Queer Legend About tbe Erection of Solo mon's Temple "So tbat there was neither hammer nor ax nor any other tool of iron heard in tbe house while it was building." I. Kings, vi., 7. The above is a Scription-1 quotation, to bo found at the citation given, and is concerning the building of Solomon's Temple. Tbe reason therein assigned for tbe perfect quietude which existed in and about tbe great building while it was being erected is that the stones and timbers were all made ready before being brought to the site of the great building. He ber beautifully alludes to this in tbe little couplet, in which he says : No hammer fell, no ponderous axes rung ; Like some tail palm, the , mystic fabric sprung. ' The Jews have a legend to tbe effect that Solomon did not employ men in building the "House of tho Lord," but tbat be was aided in the gigantic under taking by the genii. Having a premoni tion that he would not live to see the building finished, Solomon prayed to God that his death might be coucealed from genii until tbe structure was finished. Immediately after he made a staff from a sprout of tbe Tree of Life, which grows ing in bis garden, and, leaning upon this be died, standing bolt upright in tbe un finished temple. Those who saw bim thought that he was absorbed in prayer and they did not disturb him for upwards of a whole year. Still the genii worked day and night, thinking tbat they were being constantly watched by bim whose eyes had been closed in death many weeks. All this time, so tbe legend says, little white ants (one account says red mice) were knawing at the staff, and, when tbe temple was finally finished, the staff gave way and tbe body of the dead Solo mon,fell prone upon the floor. Mohammet alludes to this queer legend in tbe Koran, (see Sura xxxiv.) where be says: "Wben He (God) bad decreed that Solomon should die, nothing discovered his death unto them (the genii) except the creeping things of the earth." Warning to Toung Men. How many young men bankrupt their constitutions, squander their vitality and ruin their health by pernicious practices generally contracted through ignorance. Nervous exhaustion, debility, dullness of mental faculties, im pared memory, low spirits, morose or irritable temper, fear of impending calamity, and a thousand and one are tbe derangements ot mind and body which result from such indiscre tions. Epilepsy, paralysis, softening of the brain and dread insanity are not un frequently tbe result of unnatural habits contracted in youth through ignorance of their destructive character, and persisted in until the constitution is wrecked. Such unfortunates are surely entitled to the tender sympathy, the noblest efforts and tbe best skill of the medical pro fession. To reach, re-claim and restore such unfortunate to health and happiness, is the aim of an association of medical gentlemen, who, having bad a vast ex perience in tbe cure of tbe class of mala dies herein hinted at, bave prepared a comprehensive, scientific treatise, written. in plain but chaste language on tbe na ture, symptoms and curability, by home treatment, of such diseases. The World's Dispensary Medical Association, of 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y., will on re ceipt of this notice enclosed with ten cents (for postage), mail, secure from ob servation, in plain, sealed envelope, a copy of this useful work, which should be read by not only every young man in tbe land, but also by every parent, guar dian and teacher having care of the young. They All Help. Have you ever seen a little boy sailing boats on a small pond ? There is no wind, the boats are half way over, and lie there idly. There seems but little cbance that the voyage will be comple ted. Here is where the ingenuity of the boy's mind comes in. He throws a stone into the water near the little sailor. The stone makes a little wave and floats nearer to the shore. Another and another stone is thrown. Gradually the distance between the boat and tbe bank lessen, and finally the boat ts ash ore. The boy did not ask which of the stones he threw influenced most the progress of his boat. He knows tbat all of them together acs complished tbe desired result. Good ads are the effective missiles that bring the bark of business to your shore. Each ad makes a little wave, each wave helps to effect the desired result. Shoe and Leather Journal, Well Said. Many people bave an idea that the columns of a newspaper are publio props erty, to be devoted gratuiotusly to who ever chooses to occupy them. The publisher of a newspaper has one thing to rent; and an exchange asks wby he should be expected to give away either the one or the other. He can do so if he chooses, and be does, as a matter of fact, furnish a great deal of space rent free. But its does not follow that be ought to be expepted to do so. It should be recognized as a contribution, as would be the giving away of sugar or coffee by the groceryman. But strange to say, it is not looked upon in that light at all; yet everybody knows tbat the existence of a newspaper depends as much upon the rent of its space and on the sale of the paper as a merchant's success depends on selling his good instead of giving them away. Louisburg Times. Old People, Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other in toxicant, bnt acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of the func tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old people find it just ex actly what they netd. Price fifty cents per bot tle at Bnrwell & Dunn, wholesale and retail, drugstore. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Krismus 'i'o De Wan. . Polk Miller Writes About the Celebration in His Boyhood Days. HOW THK DARKIES INJOTID IT. Talk about your Christmas in town, tbey "ain't notbin'" to the good times we boys use to have in the country in the good old ante-bellum days. For -weeks before tbe teams were kept busy hauling wood and piling it up in tront ol the ne gro cabins, and the plantation hands had no work of any kind to do . from Christ mas-Eve to the 2d ot January. Cake- baking on the part of the house-women took up tbe time of the ladies of the household who superintend the work for ten days before the holidays, while the musio of tbe wood choppers could be heard for miles on a still morning. Tbe negroes who waited in the "great house" did not look forward to the coming of Xmas with tbe same degree of pleasure that the farm bands did, for a greater number of fires were needed, and the danger greatly increased. "ole Miens' krismus cake." Tbe plantation bands had but to sit by the fire, eat cold .possum and oven bread, smoke their corn-cob pipes, and enjoy themselves. "Every dog has his day," and here's where the field bands had the best of tbe waiting-maids and dining room servants. The outfielders on a farm were like tbe players on a base-ball nine. They did not have the same amount of notice "tooken of 'em" as those who were nearest the "diamonds" and were not so badly spoiled, but when Christmas came the dining-room, and hall ways were blocked with them, from the old gray-haired cart-driver, with his clothes patched with every variety ot cloth, and sewed with thread a dozen different colors, down to tbe watermelon beaded urchin of ten years, 9 ho kept bis "gran mammy" busy watching bim, to seo that he ate no dirt, their voices might be heard calling Krismus gif ole marse, Krismus gif, ole miss 1 Then would be gin tbe handing-out of presents suited to the ages of the different recipients of "Ole Marster's kind" 'membrunce of de ole nigger at Krismus." Their wants were few, but their gratitude (always tempor ary with the negro) found expression in the most hearty cry of "thanky, thanky suh, and thanky marm." bey bad - no use fr moneyV-bat a piece if "ole m.istis Krismus cake' to tbe women and a glass of eggnog to tbe men brought more real happiness than a five-dollar bill or gold piece would to tbe average negro ot to day. The pleasure we derive from seeing our little ones oreep gently into the par lor on a Christmas mornicg where the goodies are stored, and to watoh their excited faces as one after another thing is unfolded to view, and see them try to munch a piece of candy, blow a born, and bold the reins of a hobbyhorse, all at one time, lasts but a moment. Tbey soon grow to be men and women, and "put away childish things," and we as parents, realize before we know it tbat we are looked upon as "old folks now," and it fills us with regret tbat we cannot as we once did, enjoy tbe return of tbe happiest of all other days to parents Christmas morning. Not so with the old southern slave owner, for be could look forward year after year to tbe welcome visits of those dear old friends who from our infanoy to manhood we bad been taught to respect and always to treat kindly, because tbey had been the constant playmates and oompanions of our mothers and fathers. The house women did not share with their owners in the pleasure which these visits brought. With a contemptuous curl of the lip they'd say : "I does wish to Gord dat Krismus wouldn't never come no mo' sd I could keep dese 'ere plantation niggers out'er dis house. Dey gits in de way an dey does bring traoks wid deir muddy feets dat it ticks me a mont to clean up." This is not said in a whisper, but boldly, in tbe bearing of them all, and a perfect chorus of voioes is beard from the visitors in reply. " Jej" list'n to dat stuck-up nigger wench I We's got jes' as much right to he in dis house as she are I Jes' kaze she stay in de house wid de white folks all de time she think she sump'n extry t Wid all dat she ain' no thin' but a nigger arfter all, an' de sass'is one on dis place, too." Some big, black negro woman who can plow as well as a man. and who can keep her end with hoe in a corn or tobaco field with the best man on the farm, gives her a side swiping look sack as no other but a mad nigger can wear, and remarks, to the delight of tbe crowd. "Ef dat nigger doan' mine out I'll ketch her outside . 'er dis 'ere yard some o' dese days, an' I'll broke 'er in half." Talk about your "bonton" society people who put on airs as they parade the streets in their gaudy attire, and then become suddenly blind as tbey see an old acquaintance whose heart has never changed, but whose daddy got poor on the same investment that made hers rich, they are not a "patchin" to tbe "frills" which the "ladies' waiting maid" put on as she met with those whose labor kept up the appearances which enabled her to soar so loftily. Reader, did you ever eat a pig Uil broiled on hot coals from a hickory-wood-fire ? If you have not, then your toy hood was a failure. I have tasted of the delicious cooking of Spiro Zetelle, and on one of two occasions in my life I bave dined at Delmonico's (on invitations, of course); but nothing in tbe line of the culinary art has ever given me such ' satisfaction as tbe pig-tails I've stolen from a long line of hogs that were bung up to dry and freeze when a boy "down on tbe farm." And tbe old hare-bants we'd have! Latest U. S. Gov't Report ft J ' mmWm. M V Lm W Wl"k The Beep Run follows are chasing noth ing but shadows? If they could but vum nitucos tun caviihi ctuiiuo ut an old-fashioned Christmas "hjar hunt," with a mixture of hounds ot the finest strain mongrel, curs, bench legged fico, free niggers and slaves all ia pursuit of "Old Molly Cotton Tail" on a coH, frosty morning in Christmas, thoy -would sell out their outfit of dogs and horses and try fishing in a wash-tub in' the back yard for sport less expensive, and as exciting. -The follows raised up in town think tbey are mighty smart, and they are about pool, poker, and yachting; and they are right ,,in it" when you come to "dancin' and flirtin'" 'with the girls but when you come to comparing him with the country boy in his knowl. edge ot thoi-e things which make life worth living, and bring peace and com- fi tf rlA flna Vet V An I Ka minr) ftsnA a n the things of the past, the country boy has forgotten more than he will ever know. Our "M. H." (master of hunt) was Uno' Jack the tanner. The next in com' mand was Josh Moltley, .the celebrated fiddler. These negroes were allowed to do about as they pleased; and in owning them a man would feel rich; for what they brought home each year for their services would buy almost any ether ne gro. Tho name of Josh Mottely was well known to tho habitue of the White Sul phur and the Rockbridge Alum Springs along in the 50's, and doubtless many who will read this will recall the happy hours they've spent in dancing the old' fa Vi i n n a rt itntilliAno mavnrbaa o r. rt .MWU.WMW waltzes which Josh ground out of bis fiddle. Theodore Thomas might turn up his nose at his music, and call bim tbat Bigger fiddler," but the world would be happier to-day if we had more of that kind of musio. If old Job h was living today 'twould set bim crazy to see our young people, locked in each other's embraces, and sailing around the ball room floor, out of time, thinking more about tbe bugging than they are of the music. He would say, "Little mistis, cf you don't dance wid de music, it puis mo out!" But I am digressing. 1 am too old now to enjoy the modern dance, and lest I be considered an enemy to the '-now woman" or envious of my juniors, I will drop the subject of tbe dance and come baok to tbe bare hunt. TTriA Torlr hnaoArl ' . II t ha n ftf e fL f ha whites as well as the blacks on Christmas occasions, and when tbe old fellow would speak every one obeyed bim to the letter, "Now," said he, "de fus' one dat jumps a eyar, I'll give 'im a pack o popcrackert!" That was enough, for nothing would make a boy bunt harder or holler louder when he bounced a rabbit than this. Sucb a wbcopin' and a bollerin'" and callin' o' dogs as would be heard on tbe starting of a hare was enough to excite a man with iron nerves. My dogs were not acs customed to such a fuss and would kse their heads completely, running to where they heard the lastcall, only to be brought back again to another, part of the field. It was just impossible to tell where to go, for everybody was a bollerin'. The nnnr lit.t.lA horn w rlnnmort in Hin nrhan once started. There was so many ne groes and so many dogs, if she went ou t ot sight of one she was in full view ot another, while the air was literally filled with rocks and sticks which were burled at her without any sort of consideration for tbe safety of tbe bunts men. We bad a cross-eyed negro, who saw a hare in the bed about two feet from my setter-dog on a point. As be could see tbe bare and I couldn't I handed him tbe gun and told him to shoot it. When tbe smoke cleared away I bad a dead dog, but tbe bare was gone. We bad a negro who stammered. When he went to tell you anything you could walk forty feet and come back in time to bear what be bad to say. This same negro was never ai a loss for a word when a hare was started. He called tbe dogs with as much vim as any one. "Here she! here she go ! Ketch her, Ginger ! He was known as the best man on tbe place to make musio on a tinpan and call out tbe figures of a negro "break down." Appomattox was not only tho end of the Confederacy, but it brought to an end those haPPy days of the old southern plantation-negro, as well as to bis old marster. Tbe northern people, in their ignorance, clamored for the- abolition of the negro, laboring under one impression that we whipped 'em for the' fun ot the thing, and at night rounded 'em up like a lot of cattle; but as long as there is left in the South an honest, truthful old time "howdy, Marster," negro of the good old days gone-by he'll tell you that tbe ac complishment of tbe freedom of the negro for which Horace Greely and Wendell Phillips labored so hard and so long, took out of bis life those rays of sunshine which made him not only tbe happiest creature on earth, but tbe subject of story and song which delight the people of the South who knew bim, loved him, and whose like tbe world will never, never see again. Will tbe young negro of to-day ever bave a book-written about him? Polk Miller. Richmond Dispatch. Two Lives Saved. 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