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liiifrtsiif Uvy W -aa1U 4 Ay 1 his Paper is 43 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N. Cm FRIDAY, MARCH G, 1896. VOLUME XLIII. NUMBER 2233 THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT TJBLISHBD SVKBY FRIDAY BY J. P. STRONG. Tkbub One Dollar and Pfty Cents in advance for 1 yeer Two Dollars on time. o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, as second class matter, according to the rales ot the P. O. Department. DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DESIRE TO INFORM TIIE PUBLIC, That they have this day entered into a copart nership for the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, AND SURGERY. Mari-h U 18--5 March 15. 1895 JOHN FARRIOR, No 4 SOUTH TRTON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. DEALER IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. t37 Special attention given to Fine Watch Repairing. Jan 25, 1895. BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys- At-Law, ROOMS KOS. 5, 0, AND 13, LAW BUILDING, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan 4, 1895. DR. E. P. KEERANS, DENTIST, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office 7 West Trade Street Nov. 3, 1894 HUGH W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building, CHARLOTTE, N. C. July 6, 1895: r. i. Osborne, w. c. maxwell, j. w. keerans. OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. t3J Offices 1 and 9 Law Building. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Oct 20, 1895. DRS. HL A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 21 Trton Street. Jan. 3, 1896. J ft RIOT CLARKSON. CHAB. H. DDLS CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Chaelottb, N. C. Prompt attention given mated. Will practice in State. to all business in all Courts of the 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 Seeds Are BUISTSI - BUISTSI! We open ours today, fresh from the grower Plant oulv "Buisfs Prbe Medal Seeds," and you are sure of a crop. R. H. JORDAN & CO , 'an. 19. 1S95. Retail Druggists O TO ALEXANDER'S , RUG STORE, TH TRYON STREET. NO. 216, NOR ik of all articles usual y Keeps a well assorted sto House kept in a Drufe 1 LEXANDER. J. B- The Poor prescribed for free. April, 8, 1895. FINEST LOT Ever brought to Charlotte. This is no idle bnast We have the finest lotof PERFUMES in the city. Rick seeker's best in FANCY Bottles, Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape for an EL KG ANT PRESENT. It RECOMMENDS ITSELF. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE IT. R. H. JORDAN Dec. 28, 1896 & CO., Druggists 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 Q,ueen City Hotel, Corner East Fifth and College Sts, Everything first-class. RATES, $100 PER DAY. July 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r. Surgical Instruments. A full line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac turer's prices. Call and examine them tW Mail orders will be promptly attended to KSHSavo only the resource of earn est prayer, there ia no better safeguard against ma (Satan's) wiles than ia found in a living and growing familiarity who iub emoaimea inou.nis oi noDie men and women who have created the world'a great literatures. Nashville Christian Advocate. Jgf" Not a day passes over the earth but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Of tueae obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs, the greater part will never be known till that boor when many that were great shall be small and the email great. Charles Eeade. TRUSTEES SALE. Ui der and by virtue of a Deed of Trust ex ecuted to me by Isom and Jane Torrence. and registered in Book 86, page 512. etc , in the office of the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg county North Carolina, I will sell for cash at the County Court House Door, in the city of Char lotte, North Carolina, on Monday, the 30th dayof JHarcb, isae. at 12 o clock M... lhat following lot of land in the citv of Charlotte, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a stake, J. B. Kerr's old corner, 300 feet from the inter section of Myers and Eighth streets on 8th street. and runs witn iMgntn street in an eastern direc tion fifty feet to a stake; thence parallel with Myers street in a northern direction ninety-nine feet to a stake; thence in a western direction fifty feet to a stake in Kerr's line; thence ninety-nine feet to the beginning same being part of the Englehard lot and same being house and lot now occupied by Isom and Jane Torrence and being conveyed by J. H Wearn and wife to them, deed dated November 2nd, 192, and duly re corded. HERIOT CLARKSON. Feb. 28, 1896. 5w Trustee. Administrator's Notice- Having duly qualified as administrator of the estate of John G. Miller, deceased, all persons having claims agaiost the estate of said John G. Miller are hereby notified to present to me for payment on or before the 1st day of March, 1897, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payments to me. It. N. PHAlvlv, Administstrator, Estate, J G. Miller, dee'd. Feb. 28, 6w LOOK AT THIS. TABLES AT 8 50 $8 50 $8 50 $8 50 f Would not be bad on a table, especially when you can get a $12 50 Table for omy $8 50 ! That is just what you get at K. Al. A2LK.EWB'. The grandest display of F TT T?. "NT I T TT R E ! ever shown in our nistory. lne 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 kind, but 10, 20, 40. 50 and 1.000, if tlie firm has MADE AN INDUCEMENT ! -;o:- BEAUTIFUL -:o:- For the little folks Useful, Ornamental, Ap propriate I The display is ready. See them Doll Carriages, Doll Sets. Doll, Bedsteads Velocipedes, Express Wagons, Childrend's Dpsks uockerf, Chairs, Music Racks and an end. ess i variety that you muit see OUR LEADER IS COUCHES 10, 12, 22.75, 15, 18, 22.50, 25 and $50 They are WHAT YOU WANT t E. M. ANDREWS, Largest Furniture Dealer in the STATE. WARM OVER SHOES. Ladies wool lined plain rubber oveiohoe, price 50 cents, less than you can buy than any where in America; Ladies plain overshoe "gold seal" brand every pair warranted, PRICE 50c. This overshoe will wear longer than two pairs of any other, ever made, comes high up all round, affording more protection from mud, rain; or snow, than any of the fancy styles cdst- mg as much , and not near so good. LADIE3 RUBBER BOOTS, for workiug garden in early spring, every lad should have a pair With rubber boots you will not mind the weather "so the wind dont blow. PRICE $2 00. Best stock of shoes in the State. Jan. 24, 1896 GILREATH & CO 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 tr 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, 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 having claims against the estate of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 28th day of Dectmber 1896, or this otice will be plead in bar lor tneir recovery. &n persons inoeotea to Eaia estate win piease makp immediate payment. This lne lam uay oi ueceinuer, xovo. J. H. ALEXANDER, Dec 26, 1895. 6w Administrator. Harrison, Bro's & Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Gentlemen : About ten (10) years ago I used vour Town and Country Paints, olive shades, on vr htl ""inn PilllfCl 1XU UoCi QUU aui iivovw tn inform vou that today the paint is in good nH;tir.n md shows no signs of fading or giving away. verr nespctuuujr, Z Eager. HARRISON'S - TOWN - AND -Ready Mixed Paints, COUNTRY Are sold exclusively by R. H. JORDAN & CO., SeDt. 14. 1895. The Retail Drugist Dec 6,1895. All Comfort t Iph' frit (dinners, warm lined, thick felt soles, low heels, extra wide, very soft, exceed ingly comfortable, the ideal house shoe, and real serviceable, price 50 cents, by mail 60c; all sizes, o . & t Anri and ?et a nair. and do not wear vour good shoes about the house and fire, which The Marrying of a Poet Rarely sweet the song he sang, Sweet and clear ; From the starry heights the mnsic rang, Down quivering fell and touched the ear Of struggling men. of suffering sin-sick men :. Ah hush and hsrk!" they cried ; "Sing thou again." Again the note down quivering fell, The same sweet song, Like sonnd of distant silvery bell. "For him the land hath waited long" Said one in cap and gown: ''This man hath done What these have failed to do. Art. befct won. 'He sings as sing the birds of morn " But others said: ''His song is not for us earth born, ; Earth worn, and fated still to tread The dusty way. He sjes us sot nor knows On heights serene our straggles and our woes." Then something chanced I know not what. Perhaps he Binned And grieved thereat; or this or not, A-something 'twas that like the wind. Storm blown 'gainst aerial harp, wakes music deep And rich and strange that stiis the heart to weep. "Alas !" cried he of cap and gown, "A priestly song Had he but Bung as first the crown, Well won, were his but now of wrong And right he chants; of duty, God, and love To man. Falls he from far clear heights above "The moiling crowd, from heights the where Enshrined Is Art." But still outpoured the singer, rare Swett music fountained in his heart. While listening stood a hopeful sin freed band. Cried they: "Thou'st helped us man and friend, thy hand !" Metia FoJeer. i According to the Medical Record, cas tor oil has not failed in any case to re move warts to which it was applied once a day for two to sis weeks. GET YOUR- HARDWARE HERE WE CARRY THE LARGEST gtock of Silver-Plated Knives and Forks, Tea and Table Spoons, Carving Sets, Brass Dog Irons and Brass Fire SETS GUNS, AMMUNITION, AND ALL- KINDS OF Kitchen UTENSILS, In The City ! J. H. Weddington & Co. Dec. 20, 1895. OLD MAN'S WIDE, SOFT, EASY, CONGRESS SHOES, eewed ard warranted, best grade satin calf, fine Dongola top, good elastic, the best you ever saw at such a price $2 00 Young Ladies, Married Ladies and Old Ladies extra fine kid, button, Philadelphia make, price $2 00; guaranteed the best grade ever offered 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 the people with good value in footwear and win save you money. We have grown up in tne business. Are young, yet old, and seem to know what we are talking about Come to see us. Feb lit 11-98 U1LKJSATH E CU. We Sell Buist's GARDEN SEED WARRANTED Fresh and Pure. RTT TORDAN & f0 JlI. J ORDAN & V-'O., Prescriptionists. Feb. 7, 1896, ACROSTIC. t T homas & 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 jj urniture iney can save 10 you. A Darlor. 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. U on t matte a misiaae on " ine nusuera uau M ost for the least money they ( Set all A n enviable reputation they have won. X celled in Charlotte they are bv none. W ondr's bargains in all department bear in mind E very thing for a home you nere win nno. L ook where you will, go where you may. L eaders Thomas & Maxwell are to-day. We also keep stoves. That will bake tbe finest loaves. Warm Over Shoes- Men's High Buckle overshoes, wool lined, bes in the world. PRICE, $1.50. Ladies of same make.. $1.25. These are good, and will last longer than three pairs of any other make sold in Charlotte. We win stage our reputation on mis. ne Know what we are talking about. Dec. 20, 1895. GltrU!iATll E JV. P. P. P. P. P. Pure, Porous, Permanent, Pretty Plastico- The best possible coating for walls, old and new Ready for use by mixing with cold water. 12 COLORS ! 12 COLORS 1 For Sale By R. H. JORDAN & CO., The Retail Druggists. July 12,1895. - By Way of Protest. How forlorn and dreary is the thought that for mcstof us it will not be enough to die once to have it said of us, as of one gone hence in summer, "His part in all the pomp that fills The circuit of the summer bills Is that his grave, is green." But that in addition to giving up the dear lie we love, the work the wages the peo ple we care for, the bright pleasures and joyous activities, we must also be drop ped forever from the family talk, our names shunned, our little ways forgot ten, till the places that' now know us will iter ally soon know us no more. "Don t peak ot to her mother: she cannot bear it, we say, in tender fear lest we shall lay a rough finger oh an' aching wound. "Don t stir up the grief of that child: let her, go on ber light hearted way and forget ber mother or ber father " Don t allude to : her people are not able to talk about ber." And so.it goes, from one to another, always the mot ive one of gentleness, kindness, love, and always the result the same a gradual and imperceptible but relentless oblitera tion of the personality that was lately vital, important, and dominant. One would suppose it a crime or a blunder on the part of the dead to have gone away, leaving themselves so help- ess that they cannot raise even tbe wan ghost of opposition to tbe oblivion which is their portion. Are they not twioe dead, these beloved ones, of whom we never speak, whose little jest and quips we no longer revive, whose portion it is to be dismissed from the table, drawing room, tbe walk, the'drive, from the con gregations of men, as if they bad never existed? Yet by a singular paradox our forgots ten dead refuse to be dismissed and ig nored; this babe in your arms has the trick of eyebrow, the turn of bead, which belonged to ber grandmother, lhat col- ege boy has tbe manner, tbe pose, tbe bearing of tbe young uncle who passed away at Gettysburg and was buried on the field. Family traits will not be blot ted out j they are - Imperisbably alive. One's follies, faults, tempers, as well as one's physical peculiarities are revived, and reappear in successive generations. We die, but it is in a way as last year s flowers died: others as fair shall step into our vacant places, and lo! the places will not be vacant; tbe same will go on; the music, tbe laughter, the dancing feet, the wedding joy, all will coma again. Yet why must it be, tor us and tor ours that once buried we who did love and do remember them should avoid their very mention? One loves to think of deav fatherles children, who always in tbe nightly prayers still ask God "to bless papa." Why not? "God's in his heaven: All's right in all worlds." Harper's Bazar. Every body ought to know that the very best thing tbey can do is eat apples before retiring for the night. Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of the fruit are liable to throw up their bandB in horror at the visions of dyspep sia which such a such a suggestion may summon up, but no barm can come to even a delicate system by tbe eating of ripe and jucy apples just, before going to bed. The apple is an excellent brain food, because it has more phosphoric acid in easily digestiable shape than other ruits. It excites tbe action ot the liver promotes sound and healthy sleep, and thorougly disinfects the mouth. This is not all. Tbe apple belpB the kidney se cretions and prevents calculus growths, while it obviates indigestion and is one of the best preventives known of diseases of the throat. Exchange. Her Objections. 0 maiden, thou art passing fair; v No charms with thine are worth comparing. 1 love thee yes, I vow, I swear: Said she, "I much object to Bwear- ing.' O, from suit, love.do not shrink, I feal thy bright eyes' fascinating ; Intoxicating love draught drink Said she, "I hate intoxication." If thou reject, my race shall end Beneath the turf the earth embrace Tbe last remains of thy fond friend said she. "1 bate the turf and racs ing." But if he had taken with him as a pres ent, a bottle of Dr. Pierce Favorite Pre-- scription he would have been more sue cessful in his suit. She doubtless owed many of the charms which captivated him to its virtues. For brightening woman's eyes, and giving her that healthy look so much admired by the opposite sex, it has no equal. Send 10 cents for Book 168 pages on Woman's Diseases. Address World's Dispensary Medical Aassociation, .Buffalo, N. x. FRESH MEATS, GAME. FINE GROCERIES. ' SEE ME Eefore Selling Your Cnoioe BEEF CATTLE. PORE. EGGS, CHICKENS, &c. Always in Market for above. GEO. 8. HALL Feb 28, 1896 DIXIE TIE. A Shoe for Farmers, seat, comfortable and durablewater proof and warm and all for $1.50. These shoes are lined, no seams to rip, soles warranted the best ever put on. Superior in wearing quality to anyuung SOLD IN CHARLOTTE " AT EVEN $2.C0 Oil your Shoes with Shining Light leather preserver always ready for use whether cold or Hot, price 10c. (jlLREATH & CO. Feb. 22, 1895. Big Ocean Waves. Careful Date Show Tbem to Be Not Over Thirty-two Feet High. An article quoted in Current Literature gives this interesting information on ocean waves. Dr. G. Scbott, as the result of studying tbe form and height of the waves of the sea, claims that under a moderate breeze their velocity was 24.6 feet per second, or 16.8 miles an hour, which is about the speed of a modern sailing vessel. As the wind rises tbe size and speed of tbe waves increase. In a strong breeze their length rises to 260 feet, and their speed reaches 36 or 36.4 feet per second. Wives, the period of which is nine sec- ! onds, tbe length 400 or 425 feet, and the Bpeed twenty-eight nautical miles per ! hour are produced only in storms. During a southeast storm in tbe southern Atlan tic, he measured wares 600 feet long, and this was not a maximum, for in latitude 28 degrees south and longitude 39 degrees east he observed waves of 15 seconds pe riod, which were 1,150 feet loug with a velocity of78.7 feet per second, or 461 nautical miles an hour. Dr. Scbott does not think that the maximum height of the waves is very great. Some observers have estimated it at 30 or 40 feet in a wind of the force represented by 11 on tbe Beaufort scale, the highest number of which is 11, and Dr. Scbott's maximum is just 32 feet. He believes that in great tempests waves of more than 60 feet are rare, and that even those of 50 feet are exceptional. In the ordinary trade winds the height is five or six feet. The ratio of height to length is about 1.33 in a strong wind and 1.17 in a storm, from which it follows that the inclination of tbe wave is respectively about 6, 10, 11 degrees. The ratio of the height of the waves to the force of tbe wind varies greatly. Whisky from Sweet Potatoes. J. W. Crow has a small bottle of sweet potato whisky that is a very interesting commodity in this section of tbe country, and not a familiar one to tbe world at large. Tbe liquid is crude and white, as all new whisky is, but it is tbe genuine stuff and not a counterfeit. Among the homeseekers who have been to this sec tion lately was Mr. Hansberg, a German, who is skilled in the distillation of spirits. When be saw how abundantly sweet po tatoes were raised in this section of the country it occurred to him that be could distil whisky from them. Several bushels of sweet potatoes were shipped to him, and soon Mike .brown received a half gallon of sweet potato whisky. As a result of tbe success of the scheme arrangements are being made to distil tbe lquor tor commercial purposes. If the residue can be converted into starch, the sweet potato will soon become one of tbe most valuable products of Southern soil. Augusta Chronicle. There is in the South American forests a flower the night blooming cer eus which, on a moonlight night, once a year, at the very crown of summer, sud denly opens a marvelous blossom, whiter than silver, more fragile than a dream. Then all the forest is intoxicated with a perfumed breath that is sweeter than the spices of paradise. For four or five short hours this wonderful flower bangs upon tbe vine in perfection, but with the first ray of sunlight it droops and fades, and by the time tbe sun is up nothing remains but a mass of flabby brown petals. The late of tbe flower is curiously sym bolical of tbe life of tbe Venezuelan women. At 'about the age of 17 tbey ripen into the most astonishing beauty. As a recent entbusiastio traveler declared, 'tbey are almost too good to be true." One reason, remarks an exchange why people never pay any attention to signs and advertisements daubed on fences, stable and bridges is because tbey do not know whether they are reading advertisements of some firm that is still in business or one that has been dead for years. W hen people read an advertise ment in a newspaper that is up to date tbey know the advertiser is alive and doing business. Statb hi publican convention callid Newark, N.J .. Feb 26 The State Re publican committee this morning issued a call tor tbe btate convention to nominate delegations to the national convention at St. Louis, to be held in Taylor's Opera Mouse, Trenton, April lbtn. 1 1 1 It is only by labor that thought can be made healthy, v and only by thought that labor can be made happy and tbe two cannot be separated with im punity. Kuskin. ; i& Metbyl Violet, one of tbe divini ties of common coal tar is now reported by a Vienna Bociety as being a sure cure for cancer. First Action Second Action-Third Action. So said the wise Athenian. We shal be wise to follow his advice in many mat ters; in none more so than m grappling with a cold or with dyspepsia: or in seek ing relief from consumption in its earlier stages. It is absolutely useless to sit down and bemoan onr bad fortune. We must act act act. Tbe first and most ims perative action necessary is to procure a bottle of Dr. .fierce s Golden Medica Discovery. The second action will be to use it. - Tbe third action will naturally follow we shall proclaim abroad its vir tues. Sardis, Big Stone, Co., Minn. R V. Pirc, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y. Dear Sir Having felt it a duty to write of tbe good 1 received by taking your medicine, I now would say. that one year ago I was given up by my family physi cian and friends; all said 1 must die. My lungs were badly affected and body re dnced to a skeleton. Mv people com-. menced to give me your :MedicaI Dis covery." and I soon began to mend. It was not long before I became well enough to take charge of my household duties again. 1 owe my recovery to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Respectfully, MIR A MILLS. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Li NX C v- How the Future is Viewed by Bnsiness Men. We do not wih to prophesy, bat we know that our readers will be interested to learn how tbe future ia viewed by some of tbe keenest business men - in the world. It is our good fortune to be somewhat intimately acquainted with such men on both sides of tbe water men who are engaged in great - enter prises involving millions of capital and thousands of employes in this and other countries. These men express tbe most unbounded faith in the United States.and generally hold to the belief that the world is on tbe eve ot better times. Jsxcept for a spurt in 1890-'92 they maintain that bard times have prevailed for tbe past ten years, most seriously of cource n 1896 and since. In tbe natural course of events, tbey maintain that the period has come for an upward turn in values, with its attendant activity in every branch of industry. They point to tbe sustained advance in cotton, wheat, iron and railroad earnings as straws showing which way tbe wind is blowing. Tbey reokon that the prospective aotivity will make both capital and labor in far bet ter demand .daring the next five years than during the past half de cade, with a consequent firmness in in terest rates and wages. The men who bold these views are not stock brokers seeking to "bull" the market, tbey do not talk for publication, but they are planning their vast interests on the above basis, of course discounting tbe ever possible uncertainties of the future. If they are right, the farmer is destined to have his share in tbe good times com- ug I American Agncvltunst. Advice to Tonng. Don't mistake notoriety for tame. Don't do work unworthy of you if you can avoid it. . ' . Don't say "I am a gentleman;'' it is never necessary. Be loyal to death to those who have be friended you. . When you assist the needy, don't do it ostentatiously. Don't introduce a lady's name where you would not intro duce the lady. Remember impertinenoe isn't wit. any more than insolence is brilliancy. If young men will not believe in themselves, no man or woman can believe in tbem. Don't indulge in tbe luxury of strong opinions in tbe presence of your elders and betters. Don't talfc about what you are "going" to do, then, if you fail to accomplish it, nobody will know. Both abs askxd to risiqn. Greens boro, N. C, Feb. 22. The investigation of the colored A. and M. college was con tinued to day and, as on yesterday, the charges were not sustained by the evi dence. At about 3 o'clock tbe committee went into executive session and passed resolu tions to the effect that after hearing all tbe charges and counter charges made by Dr Dellinger and Dr. Crosby, nothing in tbe evidence was iouna to sustain tne charges against them; but while this is true, owing to tne friction which exists between tbe officers, that Dr. Dellinger and Dr. Crosby are recommended to re sign with the close of the term, as on ac count of other matters of less importance, their retention after tbe end of tbe pre sent session would not be advisable for the best interests of this institution. Both Dr. Crosby and Dr. Dellinger agreed in this decision and stated that they bad no intention of appearing for re election next year. CgT" M. Flammarion.in the course of experiments on the radiation of spectrum colors, has made some interesting obser vations on sensative plants. Four plants sown tne .. same day and ot the same size were placed under glass, excluding respectively all but tbe red, green, and blue rays, the fourth plant being under ordinary white glass. At tbe end of six weeks the "red" plant was twice as high aa any of the others, the green came next, then the - "white, while the "blue" had not grown the fraction of a centimetre. The red plant was healthy but abnormally nervous, curling up at a breath. The plant kept under white glass, exposed to tbe ordi nary sun rays, though third in order of growth, was vigorous and stout. . Steangi Cass or Blindnxss. Mr. G W. Enox lives near Huntersville. Somen thing very peculiar has happened to him in the past four years. Three years ago on February 14th he had a family re union and dining, and he was well and happy as any one at the table. The fol lowing morning he lost the sight of one of his eyes. On February 14th, this year, he gath ered his children and grandchildren about him once again in a family reunion. On tbe day following he lost the sight of bis other eye and is now totally blind This story is vouched for by Mr. W. E, Alexander, sonsin-law of Mr. Knox. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, bat nerhaDt more renerallv needed, wben the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the -need of a tonic ana alterative is ielt. A prompt use ot 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. 50a and. $1.00 per bottle at Harwell ac iunn drug store. Latest U. S. Gov't Report (5? Truth Funnier Than Fiction. Amos was not the pastor's name but will sorve for it in this story I have been wanting to tell a long time. In tbe An nual Conference cf which he was a mem ber he was advertised especially for the sweetness of his spirit, the capacity of his heart, bis fixed resolve to live a pure and beautiful life. His wife's health was very bad when be was preacher in charge oi imstown, and aa toe pastoral acres were few and tbe grass on them pretty short, .Brother Amos bad to be housekeeper, and cook. But grace abounded, and for burnt fingers and broken plates be warn alike thankful. When Sundays earn dinner was brought him from the little village restaurant,on orders that he would eave there Saturdays. Une Sunday be bad not been noma long from church when a knock brought him to the door, where a negro man stood ith a waiter. Brother Amos received it and carried it into the dining room. (In parenthesis I will tell the reader -what Brother AmOs did not know. It was sent him by Mrs. Thomas, one of the elect women of his church. She had gotton some blackberries, the very first of tbe season, and sent tbe preacher and his wife enough lor desert. Un tne waiter she also laid a few slices of cake and a small dish of pickles. A half loaf of bread completed the donation.) When T aI A a it. .oroiuer Amos set toe waiter on aw table and removed tbe cloth from what he thought was his dinner from the res taurant, amazement and disappointment too muoh for even his gentle eoul. The senses of hunger and of wrong done him, overthrew tbe harmlessne3S for which he was kown and read of all men.and getting the door fast as he could he demanded of the waiting negro: "Is that all you are going to bring me?" The astonished man said: "1 don t know but expect so." 'Why" tbe preacher said, "I don t un derstand why they sent me so little. There are just three or four pieces of cake and some blackberries and pickles. f that s all you have why didn t you bring more of them? Didn't you have any chicken?" The even more astonished man eould only answer: "Yes, sin they have fried chicken." 'Well, I want some fried chicken, and they know it:" Brother Amos said twith orthodox emphasis, "I was there yester day, aud said 'chicken' to them. I have a great mind to send them that waiter back." The negro said: ''That's all they give me to bring ; but l saw tbe chicken.'' - Brother Amos returned to tbe dining room. Me was getting over his disap pointment. He changed his dishes, and carried them back to the negro and de lvenng tbem, said: "it don't make much difference after all. Tell them its all right, and that I will keep it in mind and pay them up soon." The man wu hurrying away as from an explosion, when tbe preacher oalled out: "l it see you again, and have something for you. The preacher's tone wasn't exactly as comforting as the negro wished, and be hurried on without doing more than to gruat three or four times. Brother Amos was in tbe safe, gather ing up the fragments left from breakfast, wben another knock brought him to the door. And there stood another negro man, bearing another waiter, who said : 'Your dinner from the restaurant P Then came a series of expressions of surprise and or questions such as were mjstitym I to Dotn parties, until tne negro said : met that fellow up the street just now. He works for Mrs. Thomas. Be told me to be mighty particular about what I said to you, for you was awful easy to get mad mostwise for a preacher. - . And then Brother Amos understood it all. His distress and agony were unut terable. He fell, rather than eat, down in a chair, and cried: "Oh what nave I done? what shall I do? what will tbey think of me? what will that negro man think?" He rung his hands, pulled hie hair, rubbed his forehead, stroked bia chin, and used all tbe interjections of grief and dispair. Then he sprang bareheaded ran ! op She was in a good thinking from the . from his chair, and, to Sister Thomas'. deal of trouble, too, cegro's story that she had offended her pastor. The explanation relieved her; but Brother Amos, when he returned to the parsonage, and found in tbe meal from tbe restaurant tbe orthodox chicken aNd other things, was in a too heterodox state of emotion to enjoy them. This comedy of errors illustrates that truth is funnier than fiction. JUv. T. 8. Hurbert tT Gretcben: Elizabeth, what do you think ? Mamma said that once I was a little baby 1 Elizabeth: Ob, is that true? Why, so was I. What a coincidence that we should meet let as be good friends. Iruth. Every time a business man talks hard times he loses a trade by so fright ening some people that they will hide their ready made money instead of spend ing it. , Marvelous Results. . From a letter written by Rev. J. 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