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This Paper is 43 YeabsOldJ CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1896. VOLUME XLffl. NUMBER 2242 "THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED I VERT THURSDAY Terms One Dollar cash In advance. o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C. ai secona ciass matter. DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DE8IRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, That they have this day entered into a copart nership for the . PRACTICE OP MEDICINE, AND SURGERY . March 1, 1395. March 15. 1895 ' JOHN FARRIOR, SO. 4 BOOTH TBTON STREET, CHARLOTTE, H. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. DEALER IN Diamonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. t3f Special attention given o Fine Watch Repairing. Jan 25, 1895. BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys- At-Law, ttfOOMS NOB. 5, 6, AND 13, LAW BUILDING, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan 4, 1695. DR. E. P. EEE RAN S, DENTIST, CHARLOTTE, N. C. "Office 7 West Trade Street Nov. 2, 1894 DR. GEORGE W. GRAHAM. OFFICE, 7 WEST TRADE ST. Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. April 3, 1896, JOHNSON & POPE. -:0:-43 South College bt.-:o:- The largest stock of cotton gins, boilers, i presses, Saw mills, mowing machines, Har- ve tiers and pumps. Come in or write. All t kinds of machinery. JOHNSON & POPE. April 3. 1896 2 m. HUGH W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building, CHARLOTTE, N. C. July 6, 1895: . F. I. OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANB OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. US"" Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. V-4IU1 tpftctice in the State and Federal Courts. Ocfc$Q,LS95. DRS. X- A. & C. A. BLAND, Dentists. CHARLOTTE, N. C. N. 21 Tryon Street. flan. 3, 1896. hriot clarkson. crab. h. DULB CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Oharlotte, N. C. Prompt Mtion given to all business in trusted. Will practice in all Courts of the State. t&OmeM JTo. 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. Cattle Owners! Listen ! The best possible Cattle Food ia MANGEL WURZEL BEETS We have the seed of Line's Imperial and White Sugar. Plant now I R. H. JORDAN & CO., Prescriptionists. , April 17, 1896 GO TO ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE, 216, NORTH TRYON STREET. eeps aflrell assorted stock of all articles usualy kept in a Drug House J. B- ALEXANDER. The'Paoxipmaeribed for free. . AprD,-6. - QUEEN CITY HOTEL. En viakiag Charlotte. Don't fail to step at the Queen City Hotel, Corner East Fifth and College Sts, Everything first-class. RATES, $100 PER DAY. Jaly J, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r. E. NYE HUTCHISON. TIRE INSURANCE. Offices 16 East Trade Street ; 4 North Tvon Street, up stairs. Feb. 19. 1895. Stand Firm. Gastonia Gazette. Conservative men are not swept off their feet by every passing political fad. Even in there times of whirling notions good democrats will not not find it diffi cult to keep their footinc sure Tha fr coinage disturbance ia a feature of popu lism. It may be well for us to note that no national democratic platform has yet declared for free silver at 16 to 1. The convention of '92 explicitly refused to do bo. In the North Carolina State plat forms of the democratic party there was no free silver prior to 1830, when conces sions were made to the free silver ele ments of the party. Since that time cer tain politicians of the party have been vying with the populists in their zeal for free silver in the vain hope of out-Herod s ing Herod in the contest. TRUSTEE'S SALE. By virtue of a Deed in Trust made to me by J.S.Smith and wife on September 12th 1890, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Book 73. page 116, and on account of default be ing made in the performance of the conditions therein contained, I will sell on Monday, June 1st A. D., 1896, to" the highest bidder at the County Court House Door in the City of Char lotte, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock m.. all the following land in the City of Charlotte, to-wit : Beginning at a stake on the South side of Watkins Alley, Pinkney McLean's comer, and running with said alley in a Northwest direction 50 feet to a stake, Franklins corner; thence with Franklin's line in a Southwest direction 99 feet to a stake in E. B Spring's line; thence with his line, parallel with said Alley 50 feet to a stake, McLean's corner; tbence with McLean s line 99 feet to the beginning. This April 29 1896 Terms ( ash. HJSKIOT CLARKSON, April 30, 1896 5w Trustee. TRUSTEE'S SALE. By virtue of a Deed in Trust made to me by I H Wilson and wife on November 14th 1894, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for MecKlenburg vjounty, north Uarcuna, Book 10?. page 52, and on account of default being made in the performance of the conditions therein contained, I will sell on Monday, June 1st 1896 to the highest bidder at the County Court House Door in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock m., all the follow ing land in the city of Charlotte to-wit : Be ginning at a stake on W. 9th Street, Walter Brem's corner and running with Walter Brem's line 270 feet to a stake It. Klnties corner; thence with Rintles line towards Myers Street and parallel witn 9th Street about 50 feet to a Stake; thence parallel with Myers Street 270 feet to a stake on W. 9th St; thence about 50 feet to the beginning. This April 29 1896. Terms, (Jasn V. u- IIUJN i JK, April 30, 1S96 5w Trustee. TRUSTEE'S SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust made to me on the 26 day of March 1895,by John W.Goodman.I will sell at public auction at the court houso door in the city of Charlotte to.tbe highest bidder, for cash, on May 23rd, 1896,one lot on east 7th street For description, reference is made to deed in book 110, page 327, in the office of the register of deeds for Mecklenburg county, N C. This lot is sold to satisfy the debt secured by said deed of trust. A. R. STOKES. Trustee. April 24, 1896, 5 w. TRUSTEE'S SALE. Bv virtue of a deed of trust made to me on November 3d. 1891, by Nannie McCree.I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Court House door, ror casn, on aionaay, me lain day of May, 1896, all that lot of laud hereinafter described, Deme L.ot jno. 38, map oi w . ti. Mey ers, which map is registered in Book 74, page 61, in the register of deed's office for Mecklenburg county, N. C. Said lot is sold to satisfy the debt secured by this deed of trust. April 17 5w WALTER BREM. Truttee. TRUSTEE'S SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust made to me on the 1st day of Jan'y, 1891, by G. S. Solomon, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder on Monday, the 18th day of May, 1896, at the Court House door in Mecklenburg county, N. C , for cash, all that property hereinafter described, being Lot No. 66 in W. R. Myers' map, and said map is registered in the office of the register of deeds for Mecklenburg county, N C. Said land is sold to satisfy the debt secured by said deed of trust. April 17 5w C. F. BREM, Trustee. TRUSTEES SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust made to me on tha 15th day of May, 1891, by Green Lee, I will sell at public auetion to the highest bidder on Monday, the 18th day cf May, 1896, at the Court House door in Mecklenberg county, for cash, all that property hereinafter described, being Lot No. 16, map of Walter Brem, which is registered in Book 74, page No. 16, in the office of register of deeds for Mecklenburg county, N..-C- Said 'lot is sold to satisfy the debt secured by said deed of trust. April 17 5 v C. F. BREM, Trustee. MELLON & SHELT0N ED. MELLON. TOM. SHELTON. BOYS, BOYS, BOYS' SPRING SUITS. STRAW HATS BY THE THOUSANDS. SUITS, UP TO DATE. New and Pretty. HIRT UMBRELLAS, Socks, Collars and Cuffs. BEAUTIFUL SUITS, The Best Goods and Low Prices. COME TO SEE US. NEXT DOOR TO H. BARUCH May 1, 1896. Practical Education. Atlanta Journal. Mr. John Jacob Astor, though be is the possessor of many millions, is a practical mechanic. If he did not have a dollar be could earn a living in a machine shop. His father, though he was the wealthiest man in the United States, did not believe that his cbildreu should be brought up to habits of idleness. It has often been said that the Astors are the best representa tive rich family in the country. The men are now, as they have been for gen orations, earnest, practical and indus trious. They are not content to sit down and take life easy; they are busy and ambitious. They are cultivated gentle men. It is related that when John Jacob As tor was coming to the .Atlanta exposi tion on the special train with Governor Morton the locomotive broke down. Mr. ABtor inspected the crippled engine and saw at once what was the matter. He called for a few simple tools and in a few moments repaired the damage. Some of the wealthiest citizens of At lanta were workingmen in their youth, and are proud of the skill they then ac quired. Some of the sons of our richest families have of their own choice gained a practical education. It is a great thing to know how to do something useful. The education of the hand is noble work. There has been a great reform in our methods of education during the past few years. They have become more practical, ana the result will be beneficial to the community. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King' New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Consti pation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly vnieorate the system. Regular size 25c. per box Sold at Burwell & Dunn, wholesale and retail drug store- Execution Sale. Under and by virtue of an execution in mv hands issued out of, and directed to me from, the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county in civil action entitled State ex rel F. I. Osborne, solic itor, etc., against F. Lee Erwin and others, I will sell for cash, at public auction, at the county court house door iu the city of Charlotte, at 12 o ctocK m., on Monday, tnenrst day ot June, A. D. 1896, to satisfy said execution, all the right, title, interest and estate of said defendant, F. Lee Erwin, in and to that certain tract of land in Steele Creek Township, Mecklenburg county, N. C, adjoining lands of W. M. Porter, A. R. Erwin, deceased, and others, bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake in Porter's line, corner of Lot 7, and running 8. 52 W. 50 poles to a small P. O. (black oak gone); tbence 8. 60 W. 88 poles to a W. O.; thence N- 2SH W. 11 poles to 8. O. stump; thence 8-17 E. 94 poles to a stake in ine wngnts ferry itoaa, corner or Lot 4; thence with the great road in an easterly course to a large poplar, beginning corner of Lot 7; thence with Lot 7 to the beginning; containing 78 acres, more or less, known as Lot No, 5 in the division of the lands of W. L. Erwin, deceased. Z. T. SMITH, Sheriff. April 30, 1896. 5w NOTICE. Vie will sell one black horse mule, 5 years old, 16 hands hign, at 12 o'clock m., Hay 11, 1896. in front of the court house door, in the city of Char lotte, unless sooner reclaimed by the owner, who is unknown. Said mule was impounded by us April 18th, 1896. Terms of sale cash. Pineville, N. C, April 24th, 1896. T. J. SMITH, N. G. MOORE. April 24 4w THE CHARLOTTE Kill IS THE Largest, Oldest and Best Equipped School OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE. ' Its courses are thoroughly practical, and in clude; Bookkeeping, both Single and Double En try; Banking, Joint Stock, Penmanship, Arith metic, Commercial Law. Business Correspond ence, Spelling, and Shorthand and Typewriting. Thoroughly competent teachers. College is located in Y. M. C. A. Building. Write for particulars to JACKSON & HAYWARD, April 24-tf Proprietors 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 only $8 50 1 That is just what you get at E. M. ANDREWS'. The grandest display of F URN I TUBE! 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 kind, but 10, 20, 40. 50 and 1,000, if the firm has MADE AN INDUCEMENT 1 -.o:- BEAUTIFUL -:o:- For the little folks. Useful, Ornamental. Ap propriate J The display is ready. See them boU Carriages. Doll Seta. Doll. Bedsteads Velocipedes, Express Wagons, Childrend's Desks Rockers, Chairs, Music Racks and an endless variety that you must see. OUR LEADER IS COUCHES 10, 12, 22.75. 15, 18, 22.50. 25 and $50 They are WHAT YOU WANT 1 E. M. ANDREWS, Largest Furniture Dealer in the STATE. Feb. 7, 1896, Him COLLEGE Amicable Relations Resumed. . San Frmclsco Post. ; A young man in San Francisco and a young lady in San Jose were for a time very much in love with each other, and during that period each, wrote the other a two-pound letter every day, weighted down to the limit with kisses and expres sions of love. But they quarrelled a couple of weeks ago. "Send back my letters," she wrote. "Return mine first," iie replied. "If you bad been fa gentleman you would not have waited - for me to de mand their return,' wrote she. ; "Ethics for the . use . of women only. don't go," he responded. - Then there came a pause in their cor respondence. The youeg man wanted his letters vory badly, tor . he know he had made a fool cf himself in every line of every letter. The young lady wanted hers, because any one would think she was crazy to fall in love with such a brute. "Send my letters on April 5th. and I'll send yours the same date, so we will both get them at the same time," wrote be. "All right," the answered. Each waited to soe if the other would really act in good faith and send tbo letters, so neither received them. "A man who has so little regard for his word," etc., wrote she. "A woman who would deliberately at tempt such a confidence game " etc., re sponded he. lhere was another pause in the cor respondence, during which both tried to' devise some way of effecting an exchange. The idea of a third party occurred to both, but was abandoned. The intermes diary might read the letters. Finally tbe young man decided to go after them. He effected the exchange, and now the correspondence has been resumed. " xou know, dear little sweetheart, that I was just teasing you," wrote be. "iou horrid boy, to treat me so. I have a notion never to love you again," answered she, and there will soon be another stack of two-pound letters to exchange. Cured of Populism. Salisbury Herald. Mr. John F. McLean, who has returned from a tenidays' visit to bis father at Mooresville, tells ua of a recent conver sion. When Mr. McLean lived in Mooresville several years ago one of his friends was a hard working, enthu siastic Democrat. Shortly after Mr. Mc Lean moved to Salisbury his friend wans dered off into the populist fold and moved to Cabarrus county, tbe hotbed of popu. lism. A tew days ago this, gentleman went to Coneord and while there saw a negro magistrate trying a white man. lie stopped and looked at the proceed ings for a few minutes and turned away witn tbe exclamation: "My liodl Have I helped to bring this on our people?" From tbo trial be went to tbe populist newspaper office and asked if be was in arrears for jthe paper. Ascertaining the amount due, he paid up, ordered the paper stopped, and forthwith went to a demos cratic office and subscribed for a demo cratic paper. He is again a democrat and is working for tbe party with bis old-time enthusiasm Such an experience as this ought to cure any white man of the populistic craze. From a Baker's Standpoint "I wish you'd help me with this bread," said the baker. "I never promised to be your business assistant, said his wife. "You promised to stand by me in my hour of kneed," said the baker. Ex- change. The Lawyer's Best Fee. "Fee simple, and the simple fee, And all that fees entail Are nothing when compared to thee, Thou best of fees -e-male 1" That is what a lawyer wrote in his wife's album. He kept her in the best of health and humor by providing her with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for those seasons of sickness, debility and backache, which are tbe peouliar lot of the female sex. A minister at Okmulgee, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, says: "I am pleased to stand as a witness for your 'Favorite Prescription.' My wife was an invalid for 17 months. Every remedy was used for her health, and money spent in vain, but no relief could be obtained. Your 'Favorite Prescription' was recommended to me and I obtained one bottle. Her health soon began to improve, and she was actually cured by it. It is a won derful medicine. Every invalid lady ought to obtain it." PBCIAL. -:o:-S PRING HARD WAR E-:0:-We are selling the only RIVETED COTTON HOE on the market, and it would Pat you to examine our stock. THE GENUINE DOWLAN COTTON PLANTER always gives satisfaction'and is the one for all farmers to buy. T URN PLOWS Or ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Plow Shapes, Sweeps, Single-Trees, Back Bands, Trace Chains -:o:- and a complete stock -:o:-of HARDWARE. Call in and see us. J. H. WEDDINGTON & Co., Old Stand, 29 E. Trade St. March 13, 1896. CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN JAIL. Green Goods Operator Wilson's Large and Profitable Correspondence Stopped. The New York Sun savs: Jamea G. Wilson, a crreen sroods ODerator. who in serving a term of six months in th county jail in Jersey City, having been convicted in me united states .District Court of usine the United States mails for improper purposes, is apparently 1 ? 1 ' m m malting a mucu money as u ne were at large. He adverties at intervals that he can put anybody in the way of making a fortune rapidly without any expense and at verv little trouble. Person who desire to make a fortune in that way are requested to communicate with James G. VilHik - KO( V....I. ...... T. n-. ..Dux, www iionms niouuo, wornvy Vlvy. For obvious reasons he omits to state in bis advertisement that 595 Newark ave nue is the county jail. More than three hundred letters have been sent to him this week, and RharifT Toffey and Warden Mitchell are getting ureu oi it. vvuson writes to all nis cor espondents that on receint of SI and a return envelope, stamped, he will send instructions now to start a mailorder business which can be done at their homes, and from which fabulous nrofits can be obtained without the investment of any capita!. If every letter he re ceives contains Si, 'he is coining money. He has no office rent to pay, and his board, gas and fuel are furnished by the Government. A few days aero Bookkeeper John Mer- sbeimer detained his mail, and he prompt ly wrote a letter to Postmaster Jordan complaining about it. Sheriff Toffev cave orders to Mr. Mersbeimer at once to refuse to take any mail for Wilson from the letter carrier. DR. HUME IN WASHINGTON. The Distinguished Scholar's Address Pro nounced Philosophical, Profound and Artistic. Tar Heel. Dr. Thos. Hume returned this week from Washington, where he has been to attend c? ' - the Consrress of the National Societv of Religious Education. He was among the brilliant speakers ot tbe programme, which numbered over thirty speakers. His subject was "Religious Eduoatiou in the Home." His speech was of great interest, cominc from a Southerner a.nrf from a man of such eloquence as Dr. Hume. He dealt with education of the people through the influences of the home, show- ng the relation around the Christian fire side of husband to wife, brother to sister, and parent to child. He showed, too, that tbe higher social life of tbe South was due to home influences. His address was much complimented, the Vice Presi dent pronouncing it "philosophical, pro found and artistic." Mental Traits of Women. What woman loses in profundity she gains in quickness. She excels in tact, and extricates herself fros a difficulty witb astonishing adroitness. In lan guage she is more apt than a man. Girls learn to speak earlier than boys, and old women are more talktive than old men. Among the uneducated the wife can ex press herself more intelligently than the husband. Experience in co-educational in ¬ stitutions showB that women are more faithful and punctilious than men, and at least equally apt. In colleges where a record of standing is kept, the women gain probably a somewhat higher aver age. In the years immediately follow ing graduation the men make much great er intellectual progress. Women reach their mental maturity at an earlier age, and develop relatively less after maturity In many kinds ot routine work, especially that of acquiring patienoe, women are superior, but they are less able to endure protracted overwork. We have seen that woman is less modi fied physically than man, and varies less from the average. Tbe same is true mon tally. Women are more alike than men and more normal, as it were. The geniuses have been men for the most part and so have the cranks. Woman's thought pursues old rather than new lines. Her tendency is toward repro duction,while man's is toward production Woman loves the old, the tried, and tbe customary. She is conservative and acts as society s balance wheel. Man represents variation. He reforms, explores, thinks out a new way. Popular Science. A Trlbnte to Butler. New York Son. It is impossible not to quiver with emo tion at the thought of the Hon. Marion Butler, the populist Senator from North Carolina. He stands upon tbe mountains and lets his voice . roll thunderously down. He shins up to the top of the Washington monument and turns plain and ornamental concentric flip-flaps to the ground. He hangs from the dome of the capitol with his stately feet. He welters in tbe unfathomable main of his own speeches. He revolves between Washington and his own metropolis of Honeycutt s in an orbit of elemental fire. "Do not fuse !" be cries to Mb brethren in wisdom. "Stick forever and forever to the essential and immortal ratio of 16 to 1 1 And all the tar and turpentine in the old North State flames at his flaming words; and all the populists go into the forest clearings and take off their beads for a night's rest from the perplexities of thought. Republican State Convention, Raleigh May 14th. The Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets to Raleigh, for tbe above oc casion, on Mar 12th. 13 and 14tb: eood to return until May 18.h, at the rate of 17.30 from Ubarlotte. Cbas. L. Hopkins, T. P. A. Y1 TheDucocsAT wants a live, intelligent correspondent at every post office in tbe county. CURIOUS OLD DOCUMENT. An Original Order of General Grants'i and Lee's Farewell. St. Louis Republic A curious old document, yellowed, tat tered, ring streaked and speckled as Ja cobs famous flock, is priced like a sacred amulet by Mr. James Reed of Ashtabula, O., says the Chicago News. The paper is General Grant's special order permitting the Confederate officers and men to pass free of charge, on all government transports and military rail roads. At the foot of the same sheet is Gen Lee's pathetic farewell, to his sol diers, written immediately after the sur render at Appomattox. Nearly thirty years ago a Union sol dier presented it to tbs late James Reed, a veteran editor of the Ashtabula Tele, gragh. After his death it passed to his son and will decend to the oldest child bearing the name of Reed. . Its history is unique and interesting. McLean's big old-fashioned house at Ap pomattox was the scene of the dramatio finale of tbe war of . the rebellion. The articles of capitulation were being copied by Colonel Marshall, when General Lee made a series of requests asking for rations for the army; that tbe calvery- men and artillerists be allowed to retain their own horses, and .finally, that pro visions be made for passes and transpor tation for his troops that were compelled to pass through the Union lines to all of which General Grant readily acquie sced. Stationary was at a premium, there be ing scarcely enough paper on which to write the terms of surrender, but after scurrying around a Bbeet of paper 10 inn ches long and 18 inches wide was pro duced by McLean's servant, and General Grant dictated this order: "Special Order No. All officers and men of the Confederate States since paroled at Appomattox Court Houso.Va., who to reach their homes are compelled to pass through the union armies, will be allowed to do so and pass free on all Government transports and military railroads. By command of "LIEUT. GEN. GRANT. "By command of "GENERAL R.E. LEE." The ragged edge indicates that a couple of duplicate orders must have been written, tbe upper one torn off lor immediate use and the other kept by Lee. There was considerable space below this order, and after Grant and his staff bad taken leave of general Lee, he remained in McLean's sitting room and wrote this farewell to his devoted army: "Hd. Gra. JLrmy, N. Va, April 10, 1865 General orders : After four years' ar duous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the army of Vir ginia has been compelled to yield to over i . t -1 T wneimmg numoers ana resourses. a need not tell the brave survivors of so many bardfought battles who have re mained steadfast to the last that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them ; but, feeling that valor and de votion could accomplish nothing tbat could compensate for tbe loss tbat most have attended tbe continuance ot tbe contest, I determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past service to their country has been so valuable . and noble. "In the terms of agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and re main till exchanged. Yon will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from tbe consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a meroiful God will extend you Mis blesBing and protection. With an unceasing ad miration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and grateful remem brance of your kind and generous consid eration of myself, I bid you an affection ate farewell. R. E. LEE. "General Commanding." By some oversight this was left on the table, and a domestio, unaware of its im portance laid it over a dish of 'black ber ries to keep off tbe flies. Scarcely had Lee taken bis departure when the relio seekers swarmed into tbe house, and either bought or stole every thing in sight. The marble top table at wbioh Grant was seated during the con ference brought $40 and the little oval stand used by Lee was sold for half the money. One of the soldiers captured this paper Btil! wet with the juce of the friut. Later he presented it to Mr Reed. Notwith standing the fruit stains which are mil dewed and have a faint fuzz like the down on a lad's cheek, the writing is singularly clear and legible. The lines are carried across the wide page straight and unfalteringly, though they were penned only an hour or more after tbe surrender. It shows the the man's superb nerve in the faoe of defeat and tbat a steady band backed a brave heart. His tender ex pressions of affection for the the men who served the cause so delevotedly indicates his full appreciation of their loyalty. What is Free Silver Coinage ? Philadelphia Time. The free and unlimited coinage of sil ver that is demanded by many ot tbe Western and most of the Southern States is very imperfectly understood by many who support it with the vague idea of getting an increase of money. Let the facts be looked squarely in the face, and then let intelligent citizens determine whether they can favor the free silver craze. The free coinage of silver as defined by the friends of that policy in the bill pending in tbe United States Senate. means that any person owning silver bullion to tbe value of 152 may deliver it Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 9"IJSVJBBMSak to any United States mint and receive lor it 100 legal tender dollars. It means thai the government shall coin, free of charge, in standard or legal tender silver dollars, all the silver bullion tbat may be presented to it, and thus pay a premium of 48 per cent to every bolder of silver bullion. . When it is remembered that the silver producing interest embraces but an infin itesimal portion of the people y of the country as compared with those who pro duoeiron, coal, cotton, cottons, woolens, wheat and other products of the farm, the monstrous injustice of tbe government paying to one petty class of producers nearly double the value of their products, should make every honest-minded citizen recoil against it. In - short, free silver coinage means that the government shall buy all the silver bullion offered at nearly double its market value. :. But the paternalism of tbe government toward the silver producers in ' paying nearly double the market value for - all their product would be. but a small por tion of tbe appalling wrong tbat must bo done to tbe country by the establishment of such a financial system.' The day that tbe free and unlimited coinage of silver on a basis of 16 to 1 shall be adopted by this government would witness tbe entiro change of our financial system ; from a gold to a silver basis, and this government would take rank witb tbe pagan and other semi-civilized cations of the world, and forfeit the credit and confidence of the great civilized nations that have so greatly aided our advancement, and witb. out which we could not maintain com mercial and industrial prosperity for a day. When the government wanted to bor row money it would be required to pay $2 for $1, as Mexico, China and Japan now do, and labor would have little if any increase in wages, while the dollar earned would produce only fifty cents' worth of the necessaries of life. - Another important point is generally overlooked by the demagogic advocates of free silver coinage. All the free silver countries of the world have an honest financial system. They do not stamp fifty cents as a dollar. The Mexican dollar, like the American gold coin, is worth what it passes for, whether in coin or in bullion. They have silver currency from necessity, as they are not able to maintain tbe gold . system, but tbey do not commit the disgraceful lolly of stamp ing a coin for any more than its actual value. Here in this most enlightened government of the world is the only place where it is proposed to make a dishonest dollar by stamping fifty odd cents as worth one hundred, and making it fiat money for tbe payment of all debts. Thus far we have been able to maintain this dishonest money, because the govern ment credit is strong enough to pay out honest gold dollars for silver dollars or paper when neoessary, but in this effort we have strained tbe credit ot tbe gov ernment to the utmost, as is shown by the necessity of purchasing gold to sustain our money system when the balance of trade has been in our favor. This sys tem cannot continue without bringing general distrust and repeated panics in DUBiness ana muusinai circles, uu mcio is but one safety for any political party, for the country and for all the interests of commeroe, industry and trade, and that is in thoroughly honest money on the standard universally adopted by tbe ether civilizations of the world. Tour Boy Wont Live a Month So Mr. Oilman Brown, of 84 Mill St., Booth Gardner Mass , was told by the doctors. His sob bad 8 ung trooble,f ollowiDg Typhoid Malari a 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 bim to health and enabled htm to go to work a perfectly well man. Be says he owes bis 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 tturweu s liana's Drug store. Poet Riley Becomes a Wheelman PhiUdelphiA SenUnL A man with a smiling face, eyeglasses on his sose, and a toothpick banging to his lips, stepped op to tbe wicket window in the city Comptroller's office yesterday afternoon. . 4 "Give me a license, a bicycle license.' he said to the clerk "How long have you had your wheel?" asked the latter. "Ob, I've bad it a good while, but that don't matter- Give me a license that will be good all the rest of this year and I'll be satisfied," was the reply. The clerk "soaked bim to the full extent of 91, owing to the tacit admission tbat be bad owned the wheel prior to April 1. The latter picked up the license, looked at i t quizzically a moment, aad thrusting it to hie pocket, taunted out. The pur chaser of the license was James Whit comb Riley, who has fallen a victim to tbe cycle fever. MA kind of hobgoblin hall Now somewhat fallen to decay." Ad anoient Inn is thus described, but tbe description exactly fits tbe condition of the body when fallen to decay on ac count of a torpid liver which corrupts the blood, all the horrors of dyspepsia and finally consumption following. The brain becomes the dwelling place of hobgoblins, and despondency, gloom and misery hold possession of tbe patient. , Fortunately for this class of sufferers, perfect relief is found in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which restores the liver to activity, and pure, rich blood drives disease from lung and brain. Tbe incipient consumption, scrofulous sores, cough, hectic fever and debility disap pear.' TTT 5 X rsrs 73 lxsJ&Lll-: