North Carolina Newspapers

it in (ill CHARLOTTE, N. C; FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896. his Paper is 43 Years Old VOLUME XLUI. NUAIBKR 2227 3 Ja Mr THE (3HARLOTTE DEMOCRAT 'UBLI8HBD KVBBY FRIDAY BY J. P. STRONG. rsRMB One Dollar and Ffty Gents in advance for 1 year Two Dollars on time. Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class matter, according to the roles ot the P. O. Department. DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DESIRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, That they have this day entered into a copart nership for the PRACTICE OP MEDICINE, AND . SURGERY.. March 1, 1895. March 15, 1895. JOHN FARRIOR, jo 4 BOUT a TRTON 8TBBBT, CHABLOTTB, H. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, DEALER IS Diamonds; Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. JSP Special attention given to Fine Watch Repairing. Jan 25, 1895. BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys-At-Law, ROOM8 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 Btreet. Nov. 2, 1894 HUGH W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Julytf, 1895: t'f. I. OaBOJUSE, "W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANS. OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. (CHARLOTTE, N. C. jy Offices 1 and 8 Law Building. WiJi practice in the State and Federal Courts. v"ct 20, 1895. D S. M. A.& C. A- BLAND, Dentists. HABLQTTH, 2T. C. No. 21 Teton Sxbkjst. Jan 3, 1896. ' HKIOT CLAKK0ON. CSU.S. H. WIM CLARKSON & DTJLS. Attorneys at Law, ChablotT-B, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted. Will practice in ail Courts of the State. $W Office No. lg Law Building. Oct. 7. 1896. H. N. PiJARR. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office No. 14. Law building. Prompt attention to all business trusted. Special attention given to claims. Prac.6 n State and Federal Courts. Jan. 6, 1895. THE ACKNOWLEDGED Leading Seeds Are BUISTS! - BUISTSI! We open oura today, fresh from the grower. Plant only "Buist'a Prize Medal Seeds," and you are sure of a crop. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Jan. 19. 1895. Retail Druggists GO TO ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE. NO. 216, 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, 1895. FINEST LOT Ever brought to Charlotte. This is no idle boast We have the finest lotof PERFUMES in the city. Rick- secker's beat in FANCY Bottles, Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape for an ELKGANT PRESENT. It RECOMMENDS ITSELF. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE IT. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Drujreists 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 fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel, Corner East Fifth and College 8ts, Everything first-class. RATES, 1100 PER DAY. July 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r. Surgical Instruments. A full line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac turer's prices. Call and examine them. W Mail orders will be promptly attended to R. H. JORDAN & CO. Sept 20, 1895- JrTbe question is often asked : "Where do sea birds obtain fresh water to quench their thirst ?" An old skip per says thai he has seen these birds at sea, far from any land that could furnish them water, hovering around anl under a storm cloud, clattering like ducks ; on a hot day at a pond, and drinking in the drops of rain as ibey fell. They will smell a rain squall a 100 miles or even further off, and scu4 for it with almost inconceivable swiftness. How long sea birds can exist without water is only a matter of conjecture, but probably,: their powers of enduring thirst are increased by habit, and possibly they go without water for many days, if not lor several weeks. Sale of Land. By virtue of a mortgage deed made to Jane R. Wilkes bT WT Cjoom and wife, registered in Book No. 101. Page 621, in the office of Re gister of Deeds for Mecklenburg county. North Carolina, I will sell for cash, at Public Auction at the Court House door in the city of Char lotte. N O. at 12 o'clock noon, on Monday the 17th day of February, 1896, that Town Lot in the Town of Matthews, N C, described as fol lows: Adjoining the Lands of Dr. I. S Gribble and Cyrus Wilson, being a lot in the town of Mat thews, East of C. C. R'wy and North side of Trade Street Bounded as fellows: Beginning at an Iron Stake corner of Dr. Gribble'B lot on Trade Street, and runs with Trade Street 50 ft. to an Iron Stake, Cyrus Wilson's corner; thence with his line One Hundred and Seventy-five feet to an Iron Stake on North Alley; thence with said Alley 50 feet to an Iron Stake, Gribble's corner; thence with his line 175 feet to an Iron Stake on Trade Street, the beginning corner. JANE R WILKES. Jan 17,1898 5w Trustee's Land Sale. By virtue of a deed of trust Executed to me, by John M. Blankenship on the first day of December, 1893, and recorded in the register's office for Mecklenburg County, in book 94. page 190; I will, on the 17th day of February, 1896. sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, all that tract of land, described in said deed of trust, situated in Steel Creek Township, said County, adjoining the lands of Wm. F. Boyd and others, and beginning at a stone near the public road on the State line and runs with said line S. 53 West, 96 poles to a stone on said line, Thence North 38 W 49 1-5 poles to a stone, Thence N. 3 Went 71 poles to a stone, near a branch, Thence N. 78 E 106 poles to a stone near the public road, Thence S. 14 E 40 poles to a stone- William Boyd's corner, Thence 8. 37 poles to the beginning, containing sixty four acres more or less Terms of sale Cash This 14th day of January. 1896. P. D. WALKER, Jan. 16, 1896. 5w Trustee. Administrator's Notice Having qualified as administrator of the es tate of W P Carpenter, deceased, this is to no tify all persons having claims against said estate to exhibit them to the under signed on or be fore the 8th day of January, 1897. or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. Al' per sons indebted to said estate will please make me payment. This the 8th day of January, 1896 JNO. W MILLER, Administra or's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of Mrs. Minnie A. Alexander, deceased, late of Mecklen burg County. N. C, this is to notify all persons haying claims against the estate of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on r before the 28th day of December 1896, or this notice will be plead in bar for their recovery. Att persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This, the 19th day of December, 1895. J. H. ALEXANDER, Dec. 26. 1895. 6w Administrator. ACROSTIC T homas & Maxwell for Furniture arerenowned. H onest goods at their store are found. O riginators of novelties they are. It's true. M oney on Furniture they can save to you. A parlor, a bedroom, or a kitchen set; 8 myrna rugs and lambrequins you here can get. A nd furniture, bric-a-brac, novelties, too. N ew styles Thomas $ Maxwell have for you. D on't rtafce a mistake on "The Hustlers" call M ost for the least money they ffer all, A n enviable reputation they have won X celled in Charlotte they are by none. W ondr bargains in all department bear in mind E very thing for a hpme you here will find. L ook where you will, go where you may. L eaders Thomas & Maxwell aye to-day. We also keep stoves, That wi'l bake the finest loaves. C HARLOTTE COL LEGE OF MUSIC AND ART. 18 SOUTH TRYON STREET. THE LEADING SCHOOL FOR M wSICAL TRAINING In the Southern States. THE MOST IMPROVED EUROPN METHODS. Many free advantages Modern Languages taught only by n itive 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 Modejlatk. Call or address, CARL S. GAERTNER, Sept 20. 1895. Director Warm Over Shoes- Men's High Buckle overshoes, wool lined, bes In the world. PRICE, $1.50. Ladies of same make. $1.25. giThese are good, and will last longer than three pairs of any other make sold in Charlotte We will stake our reputation on this. We know what we are talking about. Dec. 20, 1895. GILREATH & CO. Two friends tell us that the poem be ginning "Is it true, O Christ in heaven?" quoted by Mr. E. W. Townsend in one ol his "Major Max" stories, is by the late Helen Hunt Jackson, and one ot them sends us the poem as follows: ' , Is it true, O Christ in heaven. That the highest suBer most; That the strongest wander farthest ' And most hopelessly are lost; That the mark of rank in nature t , Is capacity lor pain; ; - And the anguish of the singer Makes the sweetness of the strain ? Is it true, O Christ in heaven, That whichever way we go, " Walls of darkness must surround us, " Things we would, but cannot know; That the infinite must boiind lis, . Like a temple wil ,oufnt. - - Whilst the finite ever wearies, So that none's therein content ? Is it true, O Christ in heaven, That the fullness yet to come Is so glorious and so perfect That to know would strike us dumb; That if ever for a moment . We could pierce beyond the sky With these poor dim eyes of mortals, We should just see God and die? This friend says it was ascribed to "Saxe Holm," who is believed to have been Mrs. Jackson. A third friend says John Boyle O'Kelly was the author. Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunderman of Dimondale, Mich., we are permitted to make this extract : " I 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 free at Burwell & Dunn, drug stcre. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE On the Question of Issuing Bonds for Water Supply and Sewerage. Notice is hereby givan that the Board of Aldermen of the City of Charlotte, by an ordi nance passed by a three-fourths vote at two separate meetings of the Board, in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, entitled "An act to allow the City of Charlotte to issue Bonds," ratified March 6th, 1891, has directed that an election be held in the city of Charlotte, on Tuesday, the 18ih day of February, 1896, at which election will be sub mitted to the decision of the voters of this city the question whether the Board of Aldermen of this City of Charlotte shall be authorized to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, the proceeds of the sale df said bonds to be applied to increasing and cheapening the water supply of said city for both public and private uses and to enlarging and improving the sewage sys tem of the city. The bonds so authorized to be issued will run for thirty (30) years and bear interest at the rate of not more than five (5) per cent, per annum, to be paid semi-annually, and shall not be sold for less than par. The said election will be conducted by Registrars and Inspectors appointed by the Board as follows : Firat Ward Registrar, T K. Faulkner. In spectors, M. Donnelly, W. F. Moody and T. L. Ritch. ' " Second Ward Registrar, J. G Shannon house. Inspectors, W. F. Dowd, W H. Houser and J co. VanLandingham. Third Ward Registrar, W. M. Thomas. In spectors, W. A- Gresham, W, F. Buchanan and A- J. Sifford. Fourth Ward Registrar, D G Maxwell. In spectors. J B Sloan, W J Wiley and O E Asbury. The places for opening the registration books and registering voters have been designated by the Board as follows : First Ward Pitch's stables, College street be tween Trade and Fifth streets. Second Ward Joseph G Shannonhouse's store, East Trade Street Third Ward W M Thomas' store West Trade street. y Fourth Ward D G Maxwell's office, next to court house. The registration books will be opened in each ward at toe places above named, on Thursday, the 23d day of January, 1896, and will remain open for the registration of voters until Satur day, the 15th day of February, 1896, at 12 o'clock m , when they will closed and not again opened for the registration of a voter, unless he shall become qualified to register and vote after the time fixed for the ciosmg of the books. - The Board of Aldermea further ordered that a new registrasion of all the voters of the city be mads for the said election. The following have been designated as the polling places for said election : First Ward The City Hall. Second Ward The Market House. Third Ward Page & Medlin's Shop. Fourth Ward D G Maxwell's office. At the said election those who are in favor of giving the authority to the Board to issue said bonds will vote on a written or printed ballot "Approved," and those who are opposed to giv ing the said authority will vote on a like ballot "Not approved." This, the 8th day of January, 1896. J. H, WEppiNGTOii, Mayor, ORDINANCE. "Whereas, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Charlotte is of the opinion that it will pro mate the general good and welfare of the city to have a purer, more abundant and cheaper supply of water for both public and private uses, and a correspbnding increase and improvement of the city sewerage; and whereas, to obtain such a supply and distribute the same throughout the city and provide fhe required sewerage, it will be necessary to issue bonds of the city, and use the money derived from their sale in providing the needen water supply and sewerage : ' "Now the Board of Aldermen does propose to the voters of the city that it shall be, by them, given authority to issue coupon bonds of the city, to be known as the Water Bonds of the City of Charlotte, to an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 5 per cent per annum, to be of the denomination of $1,000 or $500 as may best suit the purchaser thereof to- ran for 80 years, and the semi-annual interest thereon and the prin cipal thereof to be paid when doe at such place as may be designated in the said bonds, which shall be in the usual form of such municipal obligations, and shall he sold for not less than par, and the proceeds applied to the purposes aforesaid. In order, therefore, to ascertain the will of the voters upon the subject, it is now. "Ordained, that the question of creating tha debt and issuing the bonds, as proposed above, and for the purposes mentioned, shall be submiW ted to a vote of the people at an election to be hold on the 18th day of February, 1896, ac cording to the provisions of the Act of the Gen earl Assembly of North Carolina, entitled "An Act to allow the City of Charlotte to issue bonds," ratified March 6th, 1891, which election will be held as in said act provided, and after due notice as therein required." Jan. 10, 1896. 6v. Comfortable People. It is often said that it takes all sorts of people to make the world, and of the many varieties, to the credit! of, human nature be it spoken, not the least numer ous is the comfortable or comfort-making species. .These people are to be -.found every where, doing their duty in eucb a sweet modest fashion thai one scarcely analyzes the elements which make up their attractiveness' even while basking in the warm glow of their kindnesses and feeling how good and pleasant it is to live with them. They are endowed with a rare ; gift of knowing what to say and what to do at the right time and in the right way, so that they never jar upon one's sensibili ties nor give the impression that they are anxiously on the watch to help, I which latter is often too apt to produce a feel ing of burdensome indebtedness. Indeed, it is not always in what comfortable peo ple do, it is quite as much in what they judiciously leave undone, that their pecu liar charm consists; and positive and de cided as ie their influence' yet it may be fully and throughly described by nega tivos. They, never fret and fume over the inevitable, they make no arrogant pretensions, and naturally therefore thoy indulge in no harsh strictures, no un gentle criticisms. They are equally free from that distressing mock-modesty which practices a morbid self-introspection, and bestows the results of the pro cess on a small public too bored and indifferent to appreciate the confidences. Theyv never attitudinize as martyrs, no matter how great the sacrifices they make, their seliseffacement being so genuine that it is truly invisible. They never stroke one on tho wrong way, nor do they indulge in nagging, that annoy ing and perhaps most intolerable of the small foes to the peace of the household, while the disagreeableness inflicted by those who do not practice the irritating art is borne with such placidity that the sharp tongues are reduced to silence through very shame. There are individuals who fancy that comfort-making is such a homely virtue that they neglect to add it to their own more loftly qualities, although they are by no means averse to receiving its bene fits. They affect to associate it with dowdy, unattractive persons and bouiN geots domesticity, and perversely abstain from regarding it in its higher and more spiritual manifestations. For they choose to be wilfully blind to the gracious presence of the ladies ' Comfort, those lovely, lovewcompelling beings, who are beautiful, sweet-voiced, and accomplished, delighting eye and ear as well as minis--tering to heart and life, and who prove that goodness can effect its purposes with as much ease and tbroughness in a becom. ing toilette as in a mortified bonnet and ugly gown, or in the severe costume of tbe woman who devotes herself to the vocation of carrying comfort and conso lation. Poets have not disdained to enshrine women in some of their sweetest lines; Wordsworth, Tennyson, Longfellow, and Whittier have sketched delightful em bodiments of the home qualities. There are countless heroines commanding our admiration by their beauty and Inspiring us with respect for their many estimable qualities yet we should never dream of choosing them foreverysday companions; but who would not gladly live all tbe year 'round with those charming person alities who Lowell and Mrs. Browing, with a tender use of the possessive, have described for us as 'My Love" and -'My Kate"? tbe one with her "little kind nesses" and "deeds of week-day holiness," who forgftt no ''simplest duty," nor "ever changed to know That aught were easier than to bless"; the other who ".Never found fault with you, never implied Your wrong by her right," who took all "as she found tbem, and did them all good." There are comfortable men, too men whom their families and friends and fellow-workers almost adore, so genial is their presence, so appreciative are they ot all that is done for them, so unobstru sive yet never-failing are their goodness and their radiant influence. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative- is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and per haps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters 50o. and $1.00 per bottle at Burwell & Dunn drug store. A Christinas 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 on ly $8 50 1 That is just what you get at E. M. ANDREWS'. The grandest display of Holiday - Furniture ever shown in our history. The prices, not withstanding the advance in many lines, are lower than ever before in oar 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 I CHRISTMAS -.o:- PRESENTS For the little folks. Useful, Ornamental, Ap propriate 1 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 must see. OUR LEADER 18 COUCHES 10, 12, 22.T5, 15, 18, 28.50, 25 and $50. They are WHAT YOU WANT I E, M. ANDREWS, Largest- Furniture Dealer in the STATE. Excellences of Salt If the feet are tired or painful after long standing great relief can be had by bathing tbem in salt water. A handful ot salt in s gallon of water is the right proportion. Have tbe water as hot as can comfortably be borne. Immerse the feet and throw the water over tbe legs as far as the knees with tbe hands. When tbe water becomes too cool rub briskly with a flesh towel. The method if used night and day will cure neuralgia of the feet. Carpets may be greatly brightened by first sweeping thoroughly and then going over them with a clean cloth and clear salt water. Salt as a tooth powder is better than almost anything that can be bought. It keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the gums bard and rosy. If after having a tooth pulled the month is filled with salt water it will allay the danger of having a hemorrhage. To clean willow furniture use salt and water. Apply it with a nail brush, scrub well and dry thoroughly. When broiling steak throw a little salt on tbe coals, and the blaze from the drip ping fat will not annoy. Damp salt will remove the diacolora tion of cups and saucers caused by tea and careless washing. Brass work can be kept beautifully bright by occasionally rubbing with salt and vinegar. Wash tbe mica of the stove and doors with salt and vinegar. The Fanner and tbe Laws. If conditions so far as affected by legis lation are not favorable to the farmer, who is responsible ? Has not the farmer himself, by neglecting his duties as a citizen, brought about this result? Can we censure other . men for attending strictly to their own business and keenly watching their own interests? Have we any right to expect that they will do for us what we fail to do for ourselves ? How many of us have during tbe past year had personal interviews with or written personal letters to the senator or repre sentative from our district, urgiug them to favor or oppose measures which af fected our calling? These men at Colum bus are our servants, and much more often than we suspect are gla'd to be in formed of the wishes of the electors who3e ballots have placed them there. Have you indicated to them your wishes? Does your representative, no matter of what political party, understand your position, and your wishes on our pure food laws, our mutual fire insurance as sociation law or the Rawlings bill? Does he know, that you know, that these laws and many other laws direotly affect every farmer as a producer and taxpayer, and every honest man as a consumer ? Does he know that if he was eleotod by the votes of farmers, he is expected to guard their interests ? Does our duty to ourt. selves, to our calling and our order res quire of us any less than this? Ohio State Grange. Luck nd Labor It the boy who exclaims, "Just my luck I " was truthful, he would say, "Just my laziness I " or "my inattention 1" Mi. Cobden wrote proverbs about "Luck and Labor.'' It would be well for boys to memorize tbem: Luck is waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, will turn up some thing. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman would bring him news of a leg acy. Labor turns out at six o'clock, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays tbe foundation of competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luok relies on chances. Labor on charaoter. Luck slips down to indigence. Labor strides upward to independence. Six Things a Boy Ought to Enow. That a quiet voice, courtesy and kind acts are essential to the part in the world of a gentleman and of a gentlewoman, 2. That roughness, blustering and even foolbardiness are not manliness. The most firm and courageous men have usu ally been the most gentle. 3. That mnscular strength is not health. 4. That a brsin crammed only with facts is not necessarily a wise one. 5. That tbe labor impossible to the boy of 14 will be easy to a man of 20. 6. The best capital for a boy is not money, but the love of work, simple tastes and a heart loyal to his friends and bis God. Greenville Reflector. Tennyson's. Suooessor a Newspaper Man. It will probably be a surprise to many not familiar with tbe name of Alfred Aus tin, England's new Poet Laureate, to to know that he is a newspaper man, and that, too, not an occasional contri butor, but a pratical journalist, being the leading editor of tbe London Stan dard, an organ of the Tory party, to which he owes his appointment. And yet, it is not so strange that he has risen to this high distinction on the lad der of the preBS, for many in our own country have achieved literary fame in just the same way, and the modern news- taper in large cities is aimost witnoot imit in its range ol subjects. Without attempting any elaborate list, the name Eugene Field, Frank L. Stanton, Julian Hawthorne, together with Virginia's Laureate, Captain James Barron Hope, will sufficiently illustrate the point; and we might add that Mrs. Margaret Sang ster, one of America's sweetest singers, now of national fame, was at one time a contribution to tbe old Norfolk Journal. Ex. "She wrote in a handwriting clerky, She talked with an emphasis jerky, She painted on tiles, in the sweetest of styles, But she didn't know chicken from turkey." But she knew Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to be tbe very best remedy for a aallow and unhealthy complexion- It brightens tbe skin by aoting on the liver and removing all the billions or scrofulous poison from tbe blood. Sure cure, also for . consumption in its early stages. Highest of all in Leavening Power. "The South to tbe West." Under the above caption the Manufao turer'a Record of Deo. 28, 1894, said : Reports from Nebraska bring tidings of great distress and of thousands of peo pie in dire need of food. The corn crop, Nebraska's main staple, failed almost completely, the yield for tbe whole State having averaged only six bushels an acre. Tbe suffering reported promises to in crease, and these people must be helped until another crop can be raised. They cannot leave and eomo South; they are without ready money, and their lands are not salable. Help must be sent to them. In many times of distress, when afflictions have come upon every part of it, the South has received tbe most ready and liberal help of other sections. This year it has been blessed with an abundant grain crop, nearly one-half of the total corn crop of the countrj having been produced in tbe South. Its corn cribs and meathouses are full enough for all and some to epare for others. Because of these conditions, the Associated and the United Press sent out a dispatch on De cember 26, embodying a suggestion made by the editor of the Manufacturers Rec ord, that the people of the South contrib ute and send to Nebraska a solid train load of Southern corn and bacon. This dispatch was as follows : ASSOCIATID AND UMITBD PRESS DISPATCH. "Baltimore, Dec. 24, 1894. In view of the great destitution reported from Ne braska, because ot the almost total loss of the corn crop, the main crop of tbe State, Mr. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record, suggests that a solid train of corn and meat be con tributed by the South and shipped to Nebraska. Mr. Edmonds says tbat the South has been blessed with an enormous com crop this year, and tbat its meat- houses are filled to overflowing. Out of this abundance, tbe South should gladly avail itself of the opportunity of sending a Christmas greeting to those who are in dire distress in the Northwest. Nothing that the South could do would, he says, do more to cement the feeling of friend' ship between that section and the West. Nothing else would bo impress the coun try witb the blessings which the south this year enjoys in the abundance of us supplies of grain and provisions." This telegram, sent oat at tbe request of the editor of the Manufacturers' Rec ord, immediately received a warm re sponse, and in a few hours thereafter telegrams and letters of oommendation were received from Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior; Vice President Baldwin, of the Southern Railway; Presi dent Hoffman, of tbe Seaboard Air Line; Governor Crounse, of Nebraska, and many others North and Sou'.b. The newspapers of all sections gave a quick and ready response to tbe appeal, and at tbo request of the Manufacturers' Record Gov. Northen, of Georgia, undertook to gather at Atlanta all the contributions tbat might be made by the people of Georgia. Similar arrangements were made for contributions from other States, and in the aggregate upwards of $50,000 worth of foodstuffs was shipped from the South to the West. While the South thus gave freely and abundantly of its bounteous crops to aid others in distress, it set in motion forces that are destined to have a wonderful effect upon our entire country. It helped to break down the barriers that had stood between tbe two sections, and by this one act the South made a deep impression upon thousands and tens of thousands of farmers in the North and West. Its in fluence is illustrated by just one case tbat of the great colonization work which is now being carried out in Georgia in the settlement of 100,000 acres of land pur chased by tbe Grand Army Colony. Mr. P. H. Fitzgerald, prosident of the Soldier Colony Co., the organiser of this move ment, in a letter to the Manufacturers' Record, tells of tbe influence of this con tribution of the South in bis own case and what has been tbe outcome of it. He writes as follows : THE AMIBICAN TRIBUNX SOLDIIB COLONY COMPANY. Indianapolis, Ind., December SO. 1895. R. H. Edmonds, Editor and General Manager. Manufacturer's Record, Baltimore, Md.: Dear Sir I see the Manufacturers' Record has given space at times to our Georgia colony. It must be remembered that one year ago, when at a loss to know where I could best locate this colony, I chanced to read your article beaded "Tbe South to tbe west." 1 be came much interested in It. 1 read it overtime and again, and watched the most worthy efforts you were putting forth. Yet, like others of the North, I was skeptical as to just what your efforts would be and your ability to send such production as corn, flour and provisions articles most needed in suffering Nebraska. On page 342 of your issue of January 4, 1895, it was said : "Nothing would open tbe eyes of tbe Northwestern farmers to the possibilities of tbe South so much as a trainload of corn from the South shipped to tbe un fortunate farmers of Nebraska." This I watched with interest, and to our great surprise, when tbe shipments were made, found convincing evidence ot what the South could produce, and tbe result is tbat to-day tbe South has among cur colony members many hardy Ne braska farmers as a result ox tbat ship ment. I at once cave up looking farther, and felt fully convinced that ii I could get the lands and a bealtby location, tne state oi Georgia would be my location. Through the efforts of one of the best men Geor gia ever produced, ex-Governor W. J. Northen, I took up the question of loca Latest U. S. Govt Report LQ tion, and now we are settled among the pines of Irwin county, Georgia, building a city and preparing tbe lands for culti vation. Members are satisfied and everything working harmoniously. Over 500 dwel lings are now in course of erection, with 6000 of the advance guard now upon the lands. With a membership of over 54, 000 people, wo have passed the question of suocess, and the only question now bothering us is to know where to get lands enongh to place them on. Within the next two or three years, South Geor gia, within the domains of the colony, will be a perfect paradise, for our people are going at it with a will, and with the intention of making future homes. Your efforts have been the means of locating, at least, our colony, and I want to give you the credit for it. With best wishes, I am, Loyally yours, P. H. FlTZGXRALD President Colony Co. This great movement of population is commanding wide attention everywhere. It has started many thousands of others to studying tbe South, and soon half a million people a year will be crowding into this favored land. Don't Give Up. A gentleman traveling in the northern part ot Ireland heard the voice of children and stopped to listen. Finding that tha sound came from a small building used as a school bouse, he drew nearer. As the door was open, he went in and listened to the words tbe boys were spelling. One little fellow stood apart, looking very sad. ''Why does that boy stand there?" asked tbe gentleman. "O, he is good for nothing," replied the teacher. "There's nothing in him. He is the stupidest boy in the school." The gentleman was surprised at this answer- He saw that tbe teacher was stern and rough, that the younger and more timid scholars were nearly crushed. After a few words to them, placing his band on the head of tbe little fellow who stood apart, be said, "One of these days you may be a fine scholar. Don't givs up; but try, my boy, try." The boy's soul aroused. His sleeping mind awoke. A new purpose. was formed. From tbat hour he became a fine scholar. It was Dr. Adam Clarke. The secret of his success is worth knowing: "Don't give up; but try, my boy, try." Where Pennies are Coiled, It is not generally known tbat all the minor coins of base metal, such as pennies and nickels, are made at the Philadelphia mint, and tbat nearly 100,000,000 pennies are coined here every year. This large number is ooevsioned by tbe fact that thousands of pennies are lost annually, and tbe government has some difficulty in maintaining a supply. The profit of tbe government on their manufacture is large. The blanks for making tbem are purchased for $1 a thousand from a Cin cinnati firm tbat produces them by con tract. Blanks for niekels are obtained in the same way,, costing Uncle Sam only a cent and a half apiece. . Gold is coined in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Not enough oi it comes into the mint at New Orleans to make tho coinage of it worth while. Gold pieces are the only coins sf the United states whieh are worth their face value intrinsi cally. A double eagle oontains $20 worth of gold without counting the one-tenth part copper. 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