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V; fris Paper is 43 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1896. VOLUME XLIU. NTJMBEK 2231 Cf't ' - ' ' ' ' 111 - ' 11 " Slil.IS , THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY J. P, STRONG. Tsrms One Jollar and Ffty Cents 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 rules ol the F. O. Department. DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DESIRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. That they havu this day entered into a copart nership for the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, AND SURGERY. March 1, 185 March 15. 1895 JOHN FARRIOR, 4 SOUT I TRTON STREET. CHARLOTTE, K. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. DEALER IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. ZW Special attention given to Fine Watch Repairing. Jan 25, 1895. BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys-At-Law, ROOMS 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 V. KARRIS, A ttorney and Counsellor at Law, Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building, CHARLOTTE, N. O. July 6, 1895: F. I. OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANS. OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. ty Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. . Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Oct 20, 1S95. " ' DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Tryon Street. Jan. 3, 1896. AKRIOT CLARKSON. CHA8. H. DULB CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business ro justed. Will practice in all Courts of the ritate. EOfflce 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 Seeds Are UUISTS! - BUISTSl! We open ours today, fresh from the grower. Plant only "Buist's Prize Medal Seeds," and you are sure of a crop. ST H. JORDAN & CO , Jan. 19. 1WB. 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 ao idle boast We have the finest lotof PERFUMES in the city. Rick eccker's best 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., Druggists Dec. 28. 1896 E. NYE HUTCHISON. FlfcR; INSURANCE. Offices 16 East Trade Street 4 Tforth 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, $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. tW Mail orders will be promptly attended to R. H. JORDAN & CO. 8ept 20, '1895 tThe spinning of silk was first done by a Chinese woman. Lace, making on pillows was the invention of Barbara Uttman in Germany, three hundred yars ago, at a time when the country was on the verge of financial ruin. The art spread with great rapidity, and so much money was brought into the country by thwj means that the trouble was aver ed. It is still a source of much wealth to the country. The horse-shoe machine, which turns out a shoe every three minutes, was also a woman's work. 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 18th 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 ($300,001.00) 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 tbe sewaga sys tem of tbe 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 anuum, to be paid semi-annually, and shall not be Bold 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. YanLandingham. 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 tbe Board as follows : First Ward Ritch's stables, College street be tween Trade and Fifth streets. Second Ward Joseph G Shannonhouse's store. East Trade 8treet Third Ward W M Thomas' store West Trade street. 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 tbe registration of voters nntil Satur day, the 15th day of February, 1896. at 12 o'clock m , when they will closed and not again opentd for the registration of a voter, unless he shall become qualified to register and vote after tbe time fixed for the closing of the books. The Board of Aldermea further ordered that a nw registration of all tk voters ifae city be made for the said election. The following have been designated as the polling piaces for said election : First Ward The City Hall. Second Ward The Market Home. 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. Weddingtom, 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 corresponding increase and improvement of tbe city sewerage; and whereas, to obtain such a supply and distribute the same throughout the city and provide 'he required sewerage, it will be necessary to issue bonds of she city, and use the money derived from their tale in providing tbe needen water supply and seweraee : "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 oi ine 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 run for 30 years, and the semi annual interest thereon and the prin cipal thereof to be paid when due at such place as may be designated in the said bonds, which shall be in the usual form ol sucn 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 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 submit 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 tarl 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 alter due notice as therein requiren." Jan. 10, 1896 6w 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 i That is just what you get ai m. ai. A.2iutaavio . The grandest display of FURNITURE! 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 j ost one of a kind, but 10, 20. 40. 50 and 1,000, if the firm has MADE AN INDUCEMENT ! -.o:- BEAUTIFUL -:o:- For tbe little folks Useful, Ornamental. Ap propriate ! 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 mult see OUR LEADER IS COUCHES 1 0, 12, 22.75, 15, 18, 22.50. 25 and $50 They are . WH.VT YOU WANT ! E. M. ANDREWS, Largest Furniture Dealer in STATE. the MY AUTUMN. BY VII K. CttRISTIAH. Once there was a spring for me, When she was here; With morning song for melody. And bloomlog eyes for flowers, ? And golden smiles for sunny hours ; The sky was happy-toned With love ; 'Twas April chant around above, When she was here.' f ? The summer came with fevered hand; When she was. here " Hercheek was by a hot wind fanned, And her eyes went out of bloom. And clouded hours died in gloom ; ' ' 8he waked not to her baby's cry, Dark lashes o'er-swept tired eye, . She was not here.. ,. Nestling, lift your littls i head. And call her here ; Leaves are crimsoned, falling, dead ; Heart and bough grow bleak and bare ; Frosty spangles edge the air, Call her to our Autumn nest, For our warmth lay in her breast, When she was here. Then, then came my wintered home, With her not here ; Nor will another spring time come, For joy now quiverng.now is dead, My darling and my heart are wed ; Leave them frozen into one ; Keep away both song and sun ; For she's not here. Long lived Descendants of Consumptives. Mount Holly, Jan. 22. Probably the most remarkable caBe of longevity in this county is to be found in the Wilkinson family, tbe majority ol tbe members being residents of Mount Holly. The ages of the eight persons now living are Mrs. Martha Groom, 91 years: Priscula Wilkinson, 88 years: Margaret F. Lamb, 84 years; Ann Curtis, 83 years; Mrs. Ruth R. Barton. 82 years; Lavinia Wilkinson, 79 years William E. Wilkinson 77 years; 79 years; Abel Wilkinson, their aggregate ages being 662 years, an average of 82 years, They are an wen, active, possess the test of health, nave sound tmnas, memory, and understanding. m . There are many remaranie circum stances conneoted with the lives of these people, particularly the fact that both father and mother died at an early age,' both parents being the victims ot con sumption. Abel Wilkinson, a Welsbarn, died in 1828, at tbe age ot 48, and bis wite Deborab, a German, died in 1832, at the age of 52. Not one of the children has had the slightest trace or sympton of that dread disease. Philadelphia Press. 37" A salt vein, 300 feet, thick, said to be the richest in the world, has been found under' the - town' of Little River, Kan. OLD MAN'S WIDE, SOFT, EASY, CONGRESS SHOES, sewed and warranted, best grade satin calf, fine Dongola top, good elastic, the best you ever saw at such a price $auo Young Ladies. Married Ladies and Old Ladies extra fine kid, button, Philadelphia make, price $2.00; guaranteed the best grade ever ottered at this price. The best of people make the great mistake of allowing'tHemselves to be fooled into buying trashy shoes, thinking they are getting something for nothing. We are here to serve tbe people witn good value in iootwear and win save you money. - We nave grown up m tne business. Are young, yet old, and seem to Know what we are talking about. Come to see us. Feb 13 1896 . GILHJSATU B W. ACROSTIC T bomas & Maxwell for Furniture are renowned. 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; S 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 make a mistake on "The Hustlers" call M ost for the least money they r ffer all. A n enviable reputation they have won. X celled in Charlotte they are by none. W ondr's bargains Inall department bear in mind 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. Administrator's Notice Having qualified as administrator of the es tate of W P Carpenter, deceased, this is to no tify all persona 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. AH per sons indebted to said-estate will please make me payment. This the 8th day of January, 1896 JNO. W MILLER,. Administrator'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 havin? claims 'against the estate 'of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 28th day of December 1896, or his notice will be 'plead in bar for their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please This, the 19th day of December, 1895.- J. H. ALEXANDER, Dec 26,. 1895. ....... 6w .. Administrator: Warm Over Shoes- Men's High Buckle overshoes, wool lined, best in the world. . . t. . -PRICE, $1.50. , . Ladles of same make. - $1?25. These 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. Harbison, Bbo's & Co. Phriadeiphiai'Pa. Gkntlkxkh : About ten (10) years ago I used your Town and Country ?ainta olive shades, on my hotel, "The Eager House'," and am pleased to inform you that' today the paint is in good condition- and shows no signs . of fading or giving away. Very Kespectf ally, Z Eaoeb HARRISON'S - TOWN - AND - COUNTRY Ready Mixed Paints, Are ield exclusively by - . ; 1L H: JORDAN & CO . Sept 14, 1895. ).tht Retail Druggist Hunting JackBabbits. ; How Charles Payne Trips the Long-Eared, . "Varmiift.B The sport of rabbit courting is receiv ing a new impetus since the Kansas blackmailed jack rabbjt has entered the arena. Not until quite recently has the coursing fraternity been aware of the greaOuperiority of the jack over the cottontail rabbit or thsrEnglisb hare for this purpose. ' Kansas jack rabbits are now greatly in demaad, both in this country an 4 -in England, and live - ones command a good price. The difficulty, in catching them alive is very great, and only one man in Ka&ias, so far as known, has given his undivided attention td the work. Charles Pliyiie, famiUaxry known tbroughouthe"West as a" fcunter and plainsmen, has been a, jack rabbit enthusiast for years, .and it is largely through his efforts that the merits of tbe animal for coursing purposes have become so generally recognized. Tbe capture of live jacks involves the purchase a great deal oi extensive 'paraphernalia Mr. Payne has two nets made of seine twine, 5 feet in height, and which, when both extended, reach almost across a section, which were made expressly for catching live jacks. His method of entrapping the live jacks is unique. It is bis usual custom, when preparing for tbe raid upon the "rabbits, to advertise among tbe farmer boys the day upon which tbe jack rabbit drive is to take place. At tbe appointed time hundreds of country boys, mounted on ponies, flock to tbe rendezvous, armed with fog horns, drums, bells and anything else that will make discordant music. They are de ployed in a semi-circular line two miles in front of the net, and at a given signal from tbe marshal of the day the line moves toward the net, each man making all the noise possible. If tbe hunting grounds have been well selected the horsemen will have no trouble in "bounc ing" rabbits innumerable, and as tbey scamper away toward tbe net, followed pell-mell by tbe eager farmer boys, the scene is one of the greatest animation. The rabbits, if tbey do .not become cons fused by the noise and excitement, bound away toward the net with almost light ing speed, and many of them strike tbe net so bard that tbey break their necks. Those that survive the shock scamper into tbe pockets, which are ingeniously arranged for tbeir reception, and for then the jig is up. Rabbits sometimes die with fright, not having sufficient strength to make the race for life. These rabbit drives are among the most popular sports n which tbe prairie farmers indulge, and t is customary for the organizer of the drive to provide a bounteous spread for bis gratuitous . helpers. Pmladelpnia Times. His Will Written on a Postal Card. An odd will was yesterday presented cr Probate to Register of Wills Smitherg. It was written on a postal card. John W. Urawley, who died a, few days ago at St. Agnes Hospital, leaving an estate valued at $000. While in tbe hospital the postal card will was written an1 ad dressed to .Mrs. W. H. Bankert, of 315 Louisa Street, Williamsport, Pa., and in forming the person addressed tbat be had elt bis money to bis nearest heirs and that she was to be his sole executrix. This was accepted by the Register as a will. Philadelphia limes. Tobturxd for Pat. Regulus is ou t- done by a man from Ceylon, who i now performing at tbe London Alhambraj Besides climbing with bare feet a ladder whose rungs are sharp sword edges, and lying on a bed of nail points with four men seated upon mm, be curls nimselt up in a barrel, through whose inner sides nail project, and is rolled about the stage at a rapid rate. The exhibition, how ever, is described as being curious rather than interesting to the spectators. JSew lorfc sun. "Little, But Oh, My !" Thus ran the refrain to the old song, and. jhe.same may be said of Pr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They are little, but ob, my ! don't tbey drive away tbe blues, expel . malarial poison and biliousness from the system, en re constipation, sick headache,, clear and clogged brain and cause the dejected sufferer to brace up and realize tbat lite is, worth living after all I C HARLOT TE COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND ART. 18 SOUTH TRYON - STREET, THE LEADING , SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL TRAINING In tbe Soutnern states. T?PE , ' MOST IMPROVED EUROPEAN MJETHODS . - ' - Many free advantages "'' Modern Languages taught only by native teachers English Language A3T0 :. LITERATURE. -r 8PECIAL-KINDERQARTEN. GERMAN METHOD u-- - ' . . - ' .... . . . . , BOARD! &G . .. Accommodations for Non-resident lady students IN COLLEGE. BUILDING. Every modern convenience,' . t ;; . Special course in . PAINTING. DRAWING - and ELOCUTION Catalogues sent on application. Terms Modkbatb. ' Call or address, CARL S. GAERTNER, Sept 20. 1895. DmxcToa Gold Mining in the South. Readers of the Manufacturer's Record are aware of its nersistent claims that the South will become one of the most im portant gold mining regions of tbe world. x oat there is a vast supply of gold-bearing ores throughout this territory is uni versally admitted, but thus far most of the efforts made to develop these proper ties have not been financially successful. This has been due in part to bad manage ment, in part to foolish efforts at stock speculation rather than legitimate mining, and in part to the cost of reducing under old. methods some of the refractory ores of the South. Since recent improves ments have demonstrated tbe possibility of handling at a profit even the lowest grade ot Southern gold ores, and since the ' success of comptnfesJ operating on toese systems is now universally conceded, it is generally admitted that tbe time has come when the South will begin to play an important part in the world s produc tion of gold. Coincident with this, more thorough investigations are demonstrati ng tbe fact that tbe South has a vast quantity of gold ores yielding very much larger results than has been generally supposed. With the world's increasing demand for gold, and the craze for gold- mining that is opening up even the un civilized portions of the earth, new at tention is being given to the South, and within the next few few years the Manu factures' Record feels sure there will be the South . gold-mining operations which in extent, in output of gold and in proni on tne capital invested, will rival what is now being done in Colorado and other Western States. The Manufac turers' Record recognizes that to many this may look as a somewhat visionary forecast, but it is not making these state ments without knowing somthiner cf tbe foundation on which they are based. In times past its predictions regarding iron production, cotton manufacturing, diver sification of Southern farming, immigra tion and other objects, " when first put forth, were very generally ridiculed, but it is gratifying to know that without ex ception the results have demonstrated tbeir correctness. As n the post, when t predicted tbat the South would become an active and successful competitor with Pennsylvania in iron production, with New England in cotton manufacturing, that tbe tide of immigration would turn from tbe West to tbe South, it knew whereof it was speaking: so in the gold mining forecast we believe that we under stand the full force and meaning of these predictions, and realize that while they may seem visionary now, tbe future will show that they are based on a solid foan dation. Manufacturers' Record. correspondent of the New York Sun contends that tbe government's esti mate tbat there is $300,000,000 of gold coin in circulation is too nigb. He states tbat this estimate makes no allowance for the millions of gold coin known to have been taken out of the country every year by foreign worsmen, and then he goes on to say : "According to an estimate by the Herald some years ago, immigrants re turing to Europe take away about $25 -000,000 yearly. Besides these, we have ully 300,000 Chinese and Canadian aborer's who must absorb fally $75,000,- 000 more every year. The money which these people send away in the form of drafts and postal orders can easily be traced, but there is no way to find out bow much tbey take away on tbeir persona. Tbe (Jbmese take more silver, while tbe white aliens prefer gold. "AJeast 50,000 of the Canadian work men across tbe border every day, and wbjt) they get paid they take every cent of their earnings back home with them. They have been doing this for the last twenty-five years; and if we add to the vast amount they must have absorbed in this way tbe millions tbat other alien workmen have carried off on their per sons, it is quite evident tbat there can not possibly be anything like $400,000, 000 in circulation at present "Another leakage tbat the govern ment's estimate ignores is the gold paid for smuggled goods. How much goes in this way it is hard to determine, but there can be no doubt that since 1872 we have lost a great many millions that do not appear in the custom-bouse reports." WSome time during the summer a man by the name of Mark Davis and bis wife came to Roanoke Rapids to live. He was a carpenter by profession. Tbey lived quietly together until yester day, when a woman arrived from Rich mond, who claimed to be wife No. 1. She applied to Justice T. L. Emry for a wart rant for tbe arrest of Davis, which was promptly issued, and Mr. J, B. Fitzgerald, of this place, deputized a special officer to make the arrest. They bad a bearing before Mayor Emry, and in default of $200 bail, Davis and wife No. 2 were sent on for tbe action of tbe grand jury. . Both women swore tbat tbey were legally married to Davis. Davis said tbat. be bad never procured a license to marry wife No. 2. The im pression made on the court was tbat there had been a mock marriage. .Wife No. 1 was a Miss Anderson; wife No. 2 a Miss Houseman, both of Richmond. Va. Truth, justice and reason lose all tbeir force and all their lustre when tbey are not accompanied by agreeable man ners. -. t2fThe Times says two men were lodged in jail at Jefferson, Ashe county. for stealing ' tbe ''whistle off a steam engine." - - 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, but 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 need. Price fifty cents per bot ile at Bo rwell & Dunn, wholesale and retail drug store. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Practical Education. Among the seven trades which a student in mechanical engineering must earn at Cornell is that of the blacksmith. Bays an exchange. Occasionally there is a protest, but it is a never heeded. One dude ten year agqwascaaally averse to soiling hi9 bands. But be had to work atr the forge juBt the same. Last fall he went to Professor Morris and thanked bim for being compelled to learn black- smithing. "Why?" asked the professor. 'Why, you see replied tbe former dude, 'I am now superintendent of a mine away back in Colorado. Last summer our main shaft broke, and there was no one in the mine but myself who could weld it. I didn't like the iob. but I took off my coat and welded that shaft. It wasn't a pretty job, but she's running now. If I couldn't have done it, I'd have to pack that shaft on mule back and send it three hundred miles over the mountains to be fixed, and the mine would have shut down till it got back. My ability to mend tbat sbatt raised me in the eyes of every man in the mine and the' boss raised my salary." Electrical Retiew. Flax Culture in Europe. Russia Grows More of This Crop Thaa Any Country in the World Our principal supply of the raw mates rial, says Chamber's Journal', is imported rom Ituseia, where tbe plant has long been, and still is, cultivated more exten sively than in any other county in tbe world; but there the culture of the crop and preparation of the fibre receive ' less care and attention than in any other flax producing country. This neglect may be accounted for by the immense tracts under crop, and also by much thinner sowing than is practiced in other conn- tries in order to give tbe plant greater strength and more numerous branches,' to prevent it being laid during tbe violent thunder-storms that prevail about tbe time it is in flower. The result of thisi treatment, however, is a coarse fibre, and also a very much inferior yield to that grown thicker and under more favorable circumstances of sou and attention in its early stages. Germany, Austria, and France follow Kussia as flax-producing countries, and in each ot these an average area of over 200,000 acres is kept under this crop. In Holland flax is grown principally for tbe seed and the planting and growth of the crop, as well as the time of pulling, is regulated for this purW pose. By properly maturing tbe seed tbe quality of tbe fibre is injured, and renders the subsequent process more fficult; but the Dutch farmers are amply: remumerated by the high price obtained for tbe seed, which has for agricultural purposes a world-wide fame, and is chiefly BCwn in Britain, although Riga seed is also used and preferred by some growers as being the more hardy. It is Belgium, however, to which we must turn to see flax in the highest state of cultivation, where nothing is neglected that ci n in any measure improve the quantity, and more especially ot tbe quality of the crop, IT .. f , 9 nere proper rotation oi me crops, super ior tillage, and liberal manuring of the land are attended to in a manner not seen elsewhere, and to this tbe careful, plodding Beligan farmers owe their suc cess in raising other crops as well as flax,' and which has earned for them the reputation tbey enoy of being tbe most successful agriculturists in tbe world. t3P"The Mississippi has in the course of ages transported from the mountains and high land within its drainage area sufficient material to make 400,000 square miles of new land by filling up an estuary which extended from its original outfall to the Golf of Mexico for a length of 500 miles and in width from 30 to 40 miles. This river is still pouring solid matter into the Gulf, where it is 'spread put in a fan like-shape over an extended coast line, depositing 362,00o,00t) tons a year, or six times as much soil as was removed in the construction of the Manchester ship canal, and sufficient to make a square mile of new' land, allowing for its having to fill up the Gulf to a depth of eighty yards. Some idea of the vas'tness of this operation may be conceived when the fact is considered that some of this soil has to be transported more than 3,- 000 miles; and that if the whole of it had to be carried in boats at tbe lowest rate at which heavy meterial is carried on the inland waters of America, or say for one tenth of a nonnv ner ton Tier mile over an average of half tbe total distance, tbe cost would be no less a sum than $1,190, 000,000 a yearThrough tbe vatt'dela thus formed the river winds its way, twisting and turning by unnumberable lands until it'extends its length to nearly 1,200 miles; or more than double tbe point to point length of the delta, continually eroding the banks in one place and building np in another. Liqngman s Mayizine. tSTTHope is joy; recollection Richter. ' the. ruddy morning of is its', golden tinge. ' t& He most . IiveB who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts tbe best, Bailey. Two Lives Saved. Mrs Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111. was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bot tles Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and sbe rays it saved ber life. Mr. The. Eggers.189 Florida St, San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's Mew Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy oi this medicine in Coughs and Cords. Free trial bottles at Burwell ft Dunn, Wholesale and retail.Drmr Store. Reg ular size 60c. and $1.00. Not on the Shelf. One of the greatest mistakes io life is that of a woman's sitting down when she has passed the meridian of years and quietly waiting for death. It may be ex ceedingly pretty .and quite like the action of sOma.tweet old ttoryjttre patien: wait ing with pale face and placid smile and folded hands, playing in a way the part of the old lares and penates beside tbe fire ; but there are much more effective parts than tbat of a statue in a nich, and there seem) to- be no real reason for going into tbe grave before it is ready for us. It is not, however, very long since tins attitude was thought the proper thing for the elderly women with erav hair - not only hid it with wig or cap, or both, but bid and effaced themselves as well. Age ws unlovely, they said, and so tbey put it out of sight, as far as tbey could, by clinging to the chimney corner. Of course they were useful there; the grand mother, tbe old aunt, is useful every where; and of course they were in tbe way of perfecting cbaraoter and of be coming saints through sacrifice and re nunciation. But tbey did not have much very vivid enjoyment. What enjoyment tbey did have was chiefly vicarious joy at seeing and knowing tbe : joy ot others. It is fortunate for women of advancing years that now-adaya public opinion has changed, and tbat it is expected tbey shall form a part of society and of all the pleasures of society. They belong now to clubs; tbey are engaged in various publio and semi publio work; tbey aro aotively interested in charities; they aro not deprived of any invitation because ot their years; and tbe value of tbeir wis dom and mellowed experience is as fully acknowledged as tbe value ot youth and sparkle and beauty. It is a pleasant sight now in all tbe country towns where the trolly car has penetrated to aee these rather elderly women taking their rides; to see then pleasure in what would have been - con sidered by tbeir grandmothers a wild abandoment; to see them doing tbeir own shop ping in all places.attending to their cbfok books and bankaccounts,when tbey have such articles by no means relin quishing tbeir rights in church manage ment, tbeir interest in publio questions, and following or adopting tbe fashions to such extent as they please. .Mot very many years since it would have been thought that a woman aj. the time of life of which we speak was neg lecting all the affairs of ber soul and showing a strange disregard of her etcr-. nal welfare in allowing herself to feci very keen interest in the affairs of the instant a part of the old feeling tbat wo are plaoed here to live somewhere elso a righteous feeling, and one assisting the soul's growth, if not suffered to extin guish natural and normal features;ol cxis tance here. But now women of advanced years assist at every function of what i called high life; their gray hair, covered or uncovered, as it may be, is an evident part of the audience at the opera; .and only when they are quite unable to do otherwise do tbey submit to being laid upon the shelf in ordinary life. Once an elderly woman who remembered ber youth and its love of color, and bated to be all a spot of gloom, and so wore a blue or a pink ribbon, was condemned ae a frivolous person of poor taste. Now it is seen and felt tbat no .blooming young blonde with her roses and reaths appears to more advantage, in ber way and ac cording to ber powers, than afairskinncd eldery woman does with ber faint pink ribbon on occasion, or than a dark skin ned one does with ber creamy cape jas mine. On tbe whole, tbe world no longer belongs exclusively to the young, but it is recognized tbat, old or young; we have a right to avail ourselves of our privileges and possibtliti"", to make use of tbe means of keeping ourselves young and-in tbe enjoyment of blessings, and that it tea righteous and Iawtul thing as long as'we are in tbe worldjto be ofit. Some St. Louis business men bave in band the-project of building before June 16, tbe day fixed for tbe Republican National Convention, a huge armory, ca pable of holding 10,000 persons. Tbeir plan is to have this armory used as a Con vention ball in June and thereafter for drilling purposes. Tbe Democratic Con vention of 1888 in St. Louis was held in the hall of the Exposition building, pre ceding the St. Louis singing festival. Wkavxb to Tillman. Gen. J. B. Wea ver has sent the following letter to Sena tor Tillman : MMy Dear Senator: I have just read with care your recent speech delivered in tbe Senate. God bless you for your courageous and masterful effort. Keep your whip in your hand. It is the same one twice used in tbe temple scene at Jerusalem, and you struck the same set of scalawags. Respectfully yours, "J. B. WBAVIB." Til Young are made prematurely aged by diseases (alas bow prevalntl) which make them palee, listless, low spirited, morose or. irri table in temper, easily tired, forgetful and incapable; fill mad-houses and swell the lists of suicides; separate husbands and wives, bring untold suffering to millions, even to the third and fourth generation. A complete and scientific treatise on these ailments, their symptoms, nature and proper management prepared by those who have haa vast and successful ex perience in their treatment and cure, will be mailed, secure from observation, in a plain sealed envelope, to any one sending, enclosed with this notice, ten cents, (for postage) to World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y,
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 21, 1896, edition 1
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