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CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1896.
VOLUME XLI1I. NUMBER 2230
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THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT
(JBLISHKD IVSBT FRIDAY BT
J. P. STRONG.
Tekub One Dollar and Ffty Cents in advance
for 1 year Two Dollars on time.
o
Entered at the Po9t Office in Charlotte, N. C,
as second class matter, according to the rules 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 OF MEDICINE,
t
AND
SURGERY.
March 1, 18SJ5
March 15. 1895.
JOHN FARRIOR,
KO 4 BOUTS TBYON STREET, CHAHLOTTB. N. C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
DEALER IN
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
SW Special attention given to Fine Watch
Repairiug.
Jan 25, 1805.
BUR WELL, WALKER & CANSLER,
Attorneys-At-Law,
Bl TOMS SOS 5, 6, AND 13,
LAW BUILDING,
N. C.
CHARLOTTE
Jan 4,1895.
DR. E. P. KEERANS,
DENTIST,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office 7 ,Tst Trade Street
Nov. 2, 1894
HUGH .HARRIS,
Attorney and Counsel01 at Law
Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law gliding.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
July 6, 1895:
V. I. OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEEBAN.
OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS,
Attorneys at Law.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
tW Offices 1 and 3 Law Building.
-VIII practice in the State and Federal Courts.
Oct 20, 1895.
DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND,
Dentists.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Trton Street.
Jan. 8,1896
I R RIOT CLARK SON. CHA8. H.
CLARKSON & DULS,
Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
dulb
Prompt attention given
trusted. Will practice in
to all business in
all Courts of the
State.
ty Office 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
State and Federal Courts.
Jan. 6, 1895.
THE ACKNOWLEDGED
Leading freed Are
BUISTS! - BUISTSII
We open ours today, frash from the grower.
Plant only "Buiat's Prwe Medal Seeds," and
you are sure of a crop.
R. EB. 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- xl&EXANDER.
The Poor prescribed for free.
April, 8, 1895.
FINEST LOT
Ever brought to Charlotte. This is
no idle boast We have the finest
lototPBRFUMESinthecity. Rick
decker's best in FANCY Bottles,
Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape
for an EL KG ANT PRE8ENT. It
RECOMMENDS ITSELF. IT
WILL PAY YOU TO BEE IT.
R. H. JORDAN
Dec. 28. 1896
& CO., Druggists
E. NYE HUTCHISON.
FIRE INSURANCE.
Offices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tyon
Street, up stairs.
Feb. 18. 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, $100 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.
t& Mail orders will be promptly attended to
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
Sept 20, 1895-
Six Things a Boy Ought to Know.
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. Tbe
most firm and courageous men have
usually been tbe most gentle.
3. That muscular strength is not
health.
4. That b brain crammed only with
facts is not necessarily a wise one.
5. That the 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
his God. Greenville Reflector.
Sale of Land.
By virtue of a mortgage deed made to Jane
R. Wilkes by W T Croom and wife, registered
in Book No. 101, Page 621, ia 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's 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.
J ANri K WILKES.
Jan 17,1896 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 paid deed of
trust, situated in Steel Creek Township, said
County, adjoining tbe lands of Wm F. Boyd and
others, and beginning at acetone near the public
road on the State line and runs with said line S
53 West, 96J poles to a stone on said line,
Thence North 38 W 49 1-5 poles to a stone,
Thence N. 3 Weft 71 poles to a stone, near a
branch. Thence N. 78 E 106 poles to a stone
near the public road, Thence . 14 E 40 poles to
a stone William Boyd's corner, Thence 8. 3
poles to the beginning, containing sixty fou
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
to no-
lO eXillL Tn,.A.n 1 UQ-7 tK,'n nntitn
wm beVL 'lr ofttdr recovery. AUper-
sons indebteu lM "a,u coli"c w"1 "cooc m'M "D
payment. . Jannar 1Rort
1 his the 8th da. JNO ft MILLER,
Administra t'b Notice.
r. . i:sj . Iministrator of Mrs,
"vlufi quauueu no i. late of Mecklen-
Minnie A. Alexander, dece ?T
burg County. N. C, this is U -f"R"lH
having claims against the ea
ucvcascu iu CAUJUlt lucrui lu iuc u JOQP nr thia
nr hofr.ro Vo OSfh Aarr nf nmhor Ju or 11118
notice will be plead in bar tor tht
V recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
please
make immediate payment.
This, the 19th day of December, 185.
J. II. ALEXANDER,
Dec 26, 1895. 6w Administrator.
ACROSTIC.
T homas & Maxwell for Furniture are renowned.
H on est 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;
S my ma 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 make a mistake on "The Hustlers" call.
M ost for the least money they c ffer all.
A n enviable reputation they have won.
X celled in Charlotte they are by none.
W ondr s bargains in all department bear in mina
E very thing for a home you here will find.
L ook where you will, go where you may.
L eaders Thomas & Maxwell are to-day.
We also keep stoves,
That will bake the finest loaves.
C HARLOTTE
COLLEGE OF MUSIC
AND ART.
18 SOUTH TKlUJM S'l'iiJSfSl,
THE LEADING
SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL TKALNlNu
In the Southern States.
THE
MOST IMPROVED EUROPEAN METHODS.
Many free advantages. .
Modern Languages taught only by native teachers
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AND
LITERATURE.
SPECIAL-
-KINDERGARTEN,
GERMAN METHOD
BOARDI 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
Warm Over Shoes
Men's High Buckle overshoes, wool lined, bes
in the world.
PRICE, $1.50.
Ladies of same make.
$1.25.
Those are irnorl. 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.
An Ideal.
What should a woman be ?
At the first all leal and true
When the 6ong of love sing two
What should a woman be
When her love is pledged to thee?
All purity.
What should a woman be?
Wheu the two to one have grown: .
When f ach heart has found its own?
What should a woman be
When her life is linked to thee ?
Sincerity. . '
What should a wonsan be? i i '. -.
(Still more love the angels briDg;
t? till the song of love they sing )
hat should a woman be
When the song of love sing three?
t Maternity. 1
So should a woman bf; ,
And whatever may befall
Let the song of love sing all
So should a woman be;
So love am I to thee
Fidelity.
USfThere is scarcely any ache to
which children are subject bo bard to
bear as earache. Almost instanteous
relief may bo obtained by making a fun
nel of writing paper, saturating a small
piece of cotton batting iu choloroform,
and dropping it in the iunnal. Put tbe
small end of the funnel into the ear and
placing the mouth close to the other end,
blow into it. The fumes of the choloroform
will quickly relieve the pain, and if the
head is kept covered the patient will Boon
be at ease.
JET The query answering doctor
comes bravely to the rescue, however,
and brings words of advice as comforting
as tbe olive branch fetched by the squab
to the patriarchal Noah. He says, in his
gentle, confiding way : 'The following
is a splendid and simple preparation for
beautifying the complexion : One ounce
of borax, 4 ounces of glycerine and rose
water to make 1 pint; mix or apply on
the face three or iour times a day.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
IN THE
CITY OP 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 18th day of
February, 1896, at which election will be sub
mitted to the decision of tbe 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 ($30O,O0C.O0) Dollars, the
proceeds of the sale of 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 tne 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-
Second Ward Registrar. J. G 8hannon
iiQuae. Inspectors, W. F. Dowd, W. H. Hou3er
and Jko VanLandingham.
Third Ward Registrar, W. M. Thomas. In
sn "ctors, W. A. Gresham, W, F. Buchanan and
A-."- SUford.
Po, vtli Ward Registrar, D G Maxwell. In
fpectoi. J B San, W J Wiley and O E
Thplces for opening the registration books
and regist "ring oiers haye been designated by
the Board s follows; .
First Warvl Ritch's stables, College street be
tween Trade and Fifth streets
Second Ward Joseph G S.Uannonhouse s
store. East Trade Street ,
Third Ward W M Thomas' store yVest
Tr&dc street "
PYmrth Ward D G Maxwell's office, next to
court house.
The-registration books will oe opened in ea.cn
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 closing of the bocks.
The Board of Aldermeiv further ordered that a
new registrasion of all the voters of the city be
made for the said election.
The following have been designated a3 the
polling piaces 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 thosa 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, tbe 8th day of. January, 1896.
J. H. Weddingtox, 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
cheaner sunnlv of water for both public and
Drivate uses, and a corresponding increase and
improvement oi tne city sewerage; ana wnereas,
to obtain such a supply, and distribute the same
throughout the citv ana proviae ne requirea
sewerasre. 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 citv that it shall be, by them.
c-iven authoritv to issue coupon bonds of the
citv. to be known as the Water Bonds of the
Citv of Charlotte, to an amount not to exceed
t300.000.00. said bonds to bear interest at a rate
not to exceed 5 per cent, per annum, to be of the
denomination of 1 1,000 or $500 as may best suit
the purchaser thereof, to - run far 30 years, and
the semi-annual interest thereon and the prin
cipal thereof to' be paid when due at such pla.ee
as may be designated m the' said bonds,, which
shall be in the usual form of such municipal
obligations, and shall be 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 thesubjeet.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 submit
ted to a vote of the people at an election -to be
hold on the 18tb day oi February. ac
cording to the provisions of tbe Act of the Gen
earl Assembly of North Carolina, entitled "An
Act to allow tlie City ot fjnarlotte to issue
bonds." ratified March 6th. 1891, which election
will be held as in said act provided, and after
due notice as therein requiren."
Jan. 10, 1896. 6w
- Tfce Difference., , , . ;i
We came across the ' following lines
the other day s They :.am used tbe writer
and ended in an advertisement which we
leave as it appeared in the . original, as
the advertisement is so cleverly drawn
as to be worthy, of Us own reward.
"Tennyson could take a worthless
heet of paper, write a poem on it and
make it. worth ba,000 - that s genius.
Vanderbilt can write a few words on a
a sheet of paper and make it worth $5,
000,000 that's -capital.; The United
States can take an onnci and a quarter
of gold and stamp' Upon it an "Eagle
Bird and make-4t' worth $20 that's
money. A mechanic can take material
worth $5 and make It into watch springs
worth $1,000 that's skill. A merohi nt
can take an article worth 75 cents and
Bell it for $1.00 that's business. A lady
can purchase a 75 cent hat, but she pre
fers one that cost $27 -that's foolishness.
A ditch digger works ten hours a day
and handles several tons of earth for $3
that's labor. Tbo printer of this could
write a check for $80,000,000, but it
wouldn't be worth a dime that's rough.
Any one can go to see Robert Hilliard
and his clever company in 'Lost 24
Hours,' and thoroughly enjoy an ex
cellent performance of one of the bright
est comedies ever written that's com.
mon sense."
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Her Password Was Good.
How a Richmond Girl Obtained Admission to
See the President.
Miss Nellie Parker, one of the belles of
this city, again renewed her acquaintance
with President Cleveland last Saturday.
It will be remembered that at the un
veiling of the Martha Washington monu
ment, at i-redericksburg, in May, 1894,
Miss Parker met the President, and at
the banquet that evening the Chief Ex
ecutive presented tbe Richmond beauty
with a penny, laughingly requesting her
to keep it as a souvenir of the occasion.
Miss Parker again met the President in
Atlanta on Virginia day, one of tho first
questions he asked Gov. O'Ferrall being.
Where was the young lady to whom 1
gave the penny ? ' Upon seeing her, he
asked her if she still bad the coin, to
which she replied that she certainly bad,
that it was framed in gold.
Last week Miss Parker was visiting
friends in Alexandria, and went over to
Washington on Saturday. She thought
she would call upon the President at tho
White House, and did so, being accom
panied by Col. L. C. Bariy, of Gov.
O'Ferrall's staff. It so happened that
the President at that hour which was
shortly afternoon was busily engaged
in a conference with a committee on the
Venezuelan question, and one of the ser
vants told Miss Parker that he did not
think the Executive could be seen then.
Miss Parker, however, wishing to seo if
the President still remembered the little
incident, wrote upon her card the follow
ing words ; "The girl you gave tbe
penny to." Its presentation promptly
gained her an audience with the Presis
dent. She wai shown to Secretary
Thurber's office, and, when the com
mittee had left, she was ushered into the
presence of Mr. Cleveland.
The President seemed delighted to see
her, and spoke of the little incident at
Fredericksburg when he had given her
the penny, and which ho remembered
distinctly. Richmond Dispatch.
The Old North State Forever
When people talk about there being a
better State than North Carolina, every,
potato slighly winks its eye, every cab
bage shakes its head, every beot gets red
in the face, every onion feels stronger,
every oat field is shocked, rye strokes its
beard, corn sticks up its ear, and eve-y
foot of land kicks. The horses oven
denounce the statement with a neigh and
the printers grabs their shooting stick.
says the Durham Sun.
JclPSenator Tillman's bill to pay New
berry College $15,000 damages by Federal
soldiers has passed the Senate of th
United States. Newberry College is
situated at Newberry, S. C.
Your Boy Wont Live a Month
So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill St., South
Gardner Mass was told by the doctors. His
son had s ung trouble.f ollowing Typhcid Malaria
and he pent three hundred and seventy-five
dollars with doctors, .who finally; gave him up,
saying- "Your boy wont live a month." lie
tried Dr. King's New Discovery and a few bot
tles restored him to health and enabled him to go
to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes
his present good health to use of Dr. King's
New Discovery, and knows it to be the best in
the world for Lung trouble. Trial Bottles Free
at Burwell & Dunn's Drug Store.
LOOK AT THIS.
. TABLES AT
$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
? l . . m m a wnDrnc
The grandest display of
F U RN ITURE
ever shown in our history. The prices, 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
kiod, but 10, 2Q. 40.-50 and 1,000, if the firm has
MADE AN INDUCEMENT !
-;o:- BEAUTIFUL -:o:-
For the little folks Useful, Ornamental, Ap
propriafe ! The display is ready. See them
Doll Carriages. Doll Sets. Doll. Bedsteads.
Velocipedes, Express Wagons, Childrend's Desks
Rocker?, Chairs; Music Racks and an endless
variety that you must see
OUR LEADER IS COUCHES
1 0, 12, 23.75, 15, 18, 22 50. 25 and $50: They are
WHAT YOU WANT 1
E. 3L ANDREWS,
Largest Furniture Dealer in the
STATE.
The Early Rising Precept.
Whatever may be your fad, it is cer
tain sooner or later to receive the ap
proval and support of the medical jour
nals. From time to time they have
discovered death in the milk jug, death
in the teapot, death in" wine, beer, to
bacco, cycMng, cricket, football, bathing
and what not. Tbe condemnation of tbo
oyster was a heavy blow, and now we
are asked to repudiate the principle of
early rising. Speaking as one having
authority and not as tbe scribes, tbe
British Medical Journal makes bold to
to say that tbe early rising theory is a
mistake, that tbe vital forces do not
come fully into play until midday and
that tbe desire to get up with tbe lark,
so far from being a sign of strength of
character and vigor of body, denotes ads
vancing age.
Such a doctrine is nothing short of re
volutionary. It not only thiows cold
water upon the claims of the early risers
but by a parity of reasoning it extols
that numerous class, the lazy lie-abed,
who, we are now given to understand,
are tho salt of the earth. Frankly speak
ing, while inclned to rejoice at the snub
administered to tbe early risers, I am
unable to agree with the British Medical
Journal. I wish I could, but all the Fcien
tific evidence seems to point to the early
riser, or, let me say, the short sleeper, as
the coming man.
Primitive man, like mokeys and birds
having no artificial light must have gone
to bed at nightfall, sleep until sunrise ;
there was nothing else for him to do.
Down to the last century civilization ex
hibited little change in this respect, all
modes of artificial lighting being so poor,
that there was no inducement for any
body to turn night into day. The elec
tric light, however, may conceivably
enough make many independent of the
light of day for carrying on of business.
In such an event the fittest type of man
will surely be he who can keep .awake
longest, and get through the most work
in twenty four hours. I believe that the
philosophy of "early to bed and early to
rise" is a survival of the old conditions.
"Work while yet it is day," says another
authority, "for the night cometh when
no man can work." Tbat was a .rash
assertion. It could not have been enun
ciated at the end of tbe nineteenth cen
tury. A very great deal of the labor is
done by night and the practice ia sure
to extend. This being so, all the twenty
four hours, in fact, being now available
for work, the man who wants a long
sleep rather than a short odo will ess
suredly be at a disadvantage in the strug
gle for life. If the Darwinian theory is
true, therefore, he will tend to die out i
e., to be replaced by a more active or
ganization adapted to the new conditions.
Pall Mall Bvdget.
The American Dollar Dog Dead.
Tony, the American dollar dog, died
at Chienno on Jan. 27, at the age ot 8
years. When lony was a year old he
was found to have an unaccountable lik
ing for American silver dollars. He
would refuse to touch any other coin, and,
as his passion for American dollars was
fostered by his owner, George W. Brown,
he soon became an expert in discriminat
ing between a good dollar and a counter
feit. Tony would refuse to pick up a
counterfeit dollar, a Mexican dollar, a
fivefranc piece, or a gold piece, but
would catch a good American 'dollar in
his mouth before it could reach the
ground whenever one was thrown to him.
He became the talk of the town and was
shown to all visitors as one of the lions
of the city. Hundreds of these visitors
were doubtful at first of the stories told
of Tony, but they went away convinced
after trying him with good and bad
coins.
The dog's wonderful faculty was tested
fully when he was about two years old.
Then he was taken to Denver and in the
presence of several bank officials and
other coin experts was tested with coins
by tho United btatei Treasury Depart
ment agent. Scores of counterfeits, some
of them good enough to deceive the ordi
nary bank cashier were thrown to him,
but he refused to pick them up, although
he eagerly snatched up every good dollar.
Upon one occasion a dollar ot doubtful
appearance was given to lony s owner.
.Thinking it was a counterfeit, Mr. Brown
threw it to Tony, who, without hesita
tion, picked it up. Mr. Brown accepted
the coin as good, and included it his next
deposit at the bank. The bank cashier
threw it out and declared it counterfeit.
Mr. Brown then sent the coin to the
Treasury Department, which found it to
be genuine.
Tony,s clverness led his owner to utilize
him for- money-making purposes. For
almost a year Tony was a dime museum
star in Denver, Salt Lake City, Butte, and
other. Western cities, always attracting
crowds and never failing to discriminate
between good and bad coin. The constant
work of picking up coins wore out the
dog's front teeth and he bad to retire
from th.e stage. Although his teeth were
almost gone. Ton'y love for silver dollars
did not decrease, and even in his last
sickness he could be kept quiet only with
numerous gifts of American silver dollars
with which he played.
Tony's death was caused by dropsy
and a cold contracted on a recent trip
from this city to Denver and Salt Lake
City. Tony was a cross between a York
shire setter and a bulldog. Aside from a
bright, intelligent face be was not pre
possessing in appearance. He resembled,
in fact, the typical yellow doe. His
owner valued him at $5,000 and bad re
fused numerous tempting offers for him.
. Oft in the stillv mcrht
Ere slumber's chain hath bound me,
Sharp pains dart througn my neaa,
And chills creeping 'round me,
I feel so sick, I sure shall die !
All bone ot cure seems broken.
But there's a "Pellet" all may try,
A sure unfailing token.
Yes, a token of recovery in every case,
as effective, and almost as magical as the
i famous"talisman"of fairy lore.Dr.Pierce's
Pleasant Pellet are a positive cure for all
derangements of the liver stomach and
bowels.
Highest of all in Leavening
Creditors Strangely Surprised.
A man who has been a "toucher" died
at a South Sido hospital a few days ago.
tiis acquaintances were chocked and
pained to hear of his death, although
more than one remarked that he would
like to have what was due him from the
deceased borrower. " i
The man had been well liked, and his
failure to pay what he owed was oharits
ably ascribed to his carelessness in
business matters rather than any intent
to defraud.
When he earned money it neemed to
get away from him immediately,so that he
was compelled to borrow right and left.
usually in small sums, but with alarming
frequency. His borrowing had extended
over a period ot years and none of those
whom he owed had kept any account of
the sums. They did not believe it
within tbe range of possibilities that he
would ever tret together enough money
to enable him to settle up.
lheretore, when he died in the hOBpis
tal it was considered that the books were
balanced.
Imagine their surprise to learn that
their impecunious friend had kept the
most minute account of all his borrow
ings, had managed to keep up the pay
ments on his life insurance policy, and
while on his deathbed had given to his
sister the most explicit directions for the
paying of all bis old debts from his life
insurance money the balance to so to
her.
She carried out tbe directions. One
man who needed money received the wel
come lump sum of $100. Tbe others
received more than they believed was
due them. Then all the harsh things
that ever were said of him were re
tracted. It appears that very often especially
after his health became broken, ho bad
borrowed in order to keep his life insur
ance paid np. Chicago Record.
Russia's Plague Rodents.
Russia has suffered from a genuine
plague of rats and mice, and the story is
attractively told by United States Consul
Heenan at Odessa, in a report to the
State Department. The vermin first ap
peared in southern .Russia in tbe aus
tumn of 1893, and they increased in num
ber with marvelous rapidity, owing to
the heavy grain harvest leaving much
unthrashed grain, and to the mild
weather. In addition to the common
house and field mouse, another and new
variety appeared, having a long sharp
nose. These mice overran every place,
and they moved in vast numbers like
rmies, and in instances did not hesitate
to attack men and animals. While
the rats were not so numerous as the
mice, they were more destructive, eating
everything, gnawing away wood work,
and even ruining the entire buildings.
After exhausting all other means, the
plague was finally terminated in 1894 by
resort to bacteriology, when tbe vermine
were destroyed by the inoculation of a
few rodents with eontagious disease
germs. Washington Post.
Original Observations.
The greatest book of worship is the
pocket-book.
In leap year girls are liable to jump at
any change.
Most actresses can paint better than
they can draw.
Some people are very intemperate in
their "temperance."
Young man, if you want to cut a fel
low out, sleigh the girl.
The miser is a man who can extract
sweet scents from a dollar.
"All flesh is grass." That's the reason
why a grasB widow is such a lovely bale
of bay.
J2?Another source of poultry feed
tbat we have found to give satisfactory
results is the kitchen. Scraps from the
table, parings, and the scores of odds and
ends that usually find their way to pigs,
can be fed to the poultry to much better
advantage, giving not only a variety to
the fare, bat supplying needed elements
that are obtained in no other way. An
occasional pan of milk is also relished.
tT We hear of Reed envelopes being
already handed around at certain points
out in tbe country, and, with each ens
velope goes the explanation that the con
tents are an account of the career of tbe
Maine statesmen. Simply this, and noth
ing more (?).
3gF Times of the greatest calamity
and confusion have ever been productive
of the gi-eatest minds. The purest ore
comes from the hottest furnace: the
brightest flash from tbe darkest cloud.
SSfJenks : Tbe English are the most
avaricious people that ever flourished in
the world.
Mr. de Salol : Jesso; Jesso.
Womans Weapons.
In "King Lear," Shakespere speaks o
tears as "womans' weapons. There
is
another weapon tbat should be in the
bands of every woman throughout the
land a weapon with which to fight those
diseases peculiar to the gentler eex. Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
weapon we mean. It will do more
good, in rooting tbat 4ldraggingdown"
feeling or those unaccountable but
terrible pains, than a river of tears.
Dk. R. V. Pikbcs: Dear Sir Your
advice to Mrs Sayler was carefully fol
lowed, and five bottles of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, I am happy to say,
has cured her of uterine congestion. She
is feeling finely. I assure you I appreci
ate your kindness. With many thanks,
I am, Yours to command,
Jos. S ATLia., Bryson, Cal.
Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Japan Cannot Compete With Us.
Japanese residents of . New York city
have been annoyed lately by tbe repeated
reports that the cheap labor of Japan
was about to compete with tho skilled la.
bor of this country. Tbe secretary of tbo
consul stationed at New York said yester
day: w , . O
"I am surprised that people believe the -
reports which are being circulated' about
a proposed industrial invasion of this
country by Japan. Nothing could be
more ridiculous, and I can state positively
tbat the reports are without exception
ncorrect, and a piece ot political by-play.
Tbe merchants of this country are being
misled. It is prominently stated that
Japan will choke up American markets
with cotton goods. You can state that
even it labor was gratis in Japan our
manufacturers can never compete with
American mills. It is true that we are
proficient in the working of clay and
wood, but our only competitor in tbat
class oi merchandise is China.
"A great deal is said about cheap labor
in Japan, but 1 have it officially that since
the termination of tbe war, trade has
received such a great impetus, and there
has been such a great demand for labor.
that wages have been raised over 50 per
cent, and prices of all commodities have
advanced in proportion. When we are in
a position to manufacture articles that are
produced in this country, the cost of la
bor and raw material will be so much
greater tbat we could only export to tho
United States at a loss.
"Tbe indemnity paid by China to Japan,
(40,000,000, has been distributed, and
there is a great movement of currency
and more liberal buying for borne con
sumption than ever before.
"lhe labor is comparatively unskilled.
Mechanical engineers are engaged at
substantial salaries, and there is a sharp
contest between tbe government and pri.
vate concerns for their services.
"Japan cannot produce iron or steol
commodities, for she has no raw material,
and and all the machinery which is being
put up in the mills and factories has to
be imported from tbe United States. In
the event of our success in mechanical
arts, and that will take at least fifteen
years, all our raw material will have to
be drawn from this country.
"Tbe action last week by a conference
of merchants held in Chicago only goes
to show how little people know about tbe
true situation. If labor is comparatively
cheap at this time, it will keep pace with
the demand, and will always form a bar
rier to any extensive exportation to any
country. In fact, I believo tbe Last and
not the West is tbe section of the globe
tbat Japan is aiming at. Our aim in
supplying this country will bo to choose
such commodities as do not conflict with
any that are produced in the United
States.
"Manufacturers here are trying to cross
a bridge before they come to it. They
must remember tbat Japanese manufact
urers are hardly born yet, and it will be
a great many years before they can corns
pare with the world's standards.
".Reports concerning tbe building of
immense steamships, and putting up large
plants, are erroneous. English capital
has much to do with all tbe gigantic.
schemes, but tbe majority of them are on
paper, and may never be realize. At any
rate, Japan is too far removed from this
country to compete, because tho great
bulk of raw material would have to be
supplied by this oountry, and if Japanese
manufacturers nave to pay market pnoes,
and then pay high .ocean freights back
and forth, where in the world are they
going to stand and compete with this
oountry? The whole subject has boon
introduced by politicians, and will be
vigorously agitated until after the election
in November, and then the matter will
drop out of sight.
Having Money to Burn.
"Did you ever know," says tbe writer
of an article quoted in Current Literature,
'what has become ot tho greater part of
the Confederate paper money with which
this country was flooded some yean
back? No? Well, neither did I until I
struck Atlanta a lew weeks ago. In that
town I found an old man who makes a
business of quietly gathering in all the
Confederate bank notes be can find. You
known the stuff was issued by tbe ton
daring the war, and there is any quan
tity of it still floating around. When the
man gets a big bundle of tbe paper be
sends it to Edison, the inventor, who pays
a good price for it. Edison usee it to
make carbon for incandescent lamps.
The paper upon which tbo Confederate
notes were engraved was made of the
palp of the sea grass. This branch of
tbe paper making industry has since bo
come a dead art. Sea grass paper, when
chemically treated by Edison, has been
found to make tbe best sort of carbon for
inoandescent lights, and so there is al
ways a demand for the Confederate
bills.".
fSISr Instead of complaining about the
faults of others, take a good honest look
at yourself, and it is likely that you will
find it convient to let others ( rest, while
you attend to the beam that is in your
own eye.
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