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fill I KV 1 T-W Y AW I 1 www Vy !y NSr ljuis Papkb is 44 YEARdOLD . CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1896. VOLUME XLIIV NUMBER 2250. THE HA.BLOTTE DEMOCRAT M Hl.lfHKD EVERY THUE8DAT TtK i i)Lt; I)c,ll&r caB m advai.ce o Eoti-retl at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C, i secooJ class muter. hRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON, DKtlUE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, rtit i'"'y ,iav,s th'9 av entered into a copart Dtrship for the I'ICACTICE OP MEDICINE, AND SURGERY. Manh 1, 1395 March 15. 1895 v JOHN FARRIOR, , 4 SHUTS TRYON STREET. CHARLOTTE. H. C. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. DEALER IN iamoncis. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil ver and Silver Plated Ware. Special attention given to Fine Watch Jan 25, 1895 BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER, Attorneys-At-Law, Lous NOB 5, 6, AND 13, LAW BUILDING, 0UA8LOTTE, N. C. Ud 4,1895. DR. E. P. KEERANS, DENTIST, CLIARLOTTE, N. C. mcE 7 West Trade Street Not. 2, 1894 R. GEORGE W. GRAHAM. OFFICE, 7 WEST TRADE ST. hu t limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. April 1896 HUGH W. HARRIS, toraey and Counsellor at Law, Office, Nob. 14 and 16 Law Building, CHARLOTTE, N. C. h 6, 1895: Oti BORNE, W. C. MAXWELL, J. W. KEEBANS. ySRORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS, V Attorneys at Law. I CHARLOTTE, N. C. 2T Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. 1 practice in the State and Federal Courts. Jet 20. 1895. PRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND. Dentists. CHARLOTTE JJ. &. Ho. 21 Triom Street. a. 3, 1896. HOT CLAIIKBON. CRAB. H. DDLS CLARESON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. rnmpi attention given to all business in lied. Will practice in all Courts of the t XOftlce No. 12 Law Building. ct. 7. 1896. H. N. PHARR, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ilco No. 14. Law Building. 'rompt attention to all business intrusted. pal attention given to claims. Practices in te and Federal Courts, an. 6, 1895. Cattle Owners! Listt-nl The best possible Cattle Food is MANGEL WURZEL BEETS lmve the seed of Line's Imperial and White Sugar. Plant how ! R. II. JORDAN & CO., Prescription ists. nril 1? ISQrt v GO TO ALEXANDER'S DROG STORE, NO. 216, NORTH TRYON STREET. ps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy kept in a Drug House J. 13- ALEXANDER. tie Poor prescribed for free. I-Pril.8. 1895. QUEEN CITY HOTEL. In vUiting Charlotte, '"n't fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel, Corner East Fifth and College 8ts, Everything first-class. HATES, $100 PER DAY. ly 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r. E. NYE HUTCHISON. FIRE INSURANCE. fflces 16 East Trade Street : 4 North Tvon "i, up stairs. .... 16 to 1. ICH in tVio 17. " V"J- cure rfonT,T- " Tonic that we guarantee S5y i ?n S?"?pV refunded. Many can rs and I SiT"- A trial has convinced era and will cop i vn tht th- i. nft -..ras good rthVcitV r m a c nr a TTT7VT ! wm bet you Suseen to One that vo"" 1 find better workmen, aDd t as rood a nd shave, at the Charlotf Hotel Barber's v.. ... The University. 36 Teachers. 53 1 Students, Tuition C0 a vtar. Board $8(Eight dollars) a month. 3 Full Col lege Courses, H Britf Course, Law School. Medical School. Summer School for Teachers. Scholarships anti loans for the needy. Address: President. Winston. Chapel Hill, N. C. Administrator's Notice. Havln? aualified a m. u v nm Mci-kinnev. deceased, late of MprhUnKnra- ty. North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased tO exhibit them to the iinrif-raiirnAri nn fir ruifnrA the 3rd day tf July, A. D.. 187, or this notice win pieaa in oar oi ineir recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will nlesiae make immediate payment. GEORGE J. ETHER1DGE, Administrator. July 3rd 1896. 6w Sheriff's Land Sale. By virtue of an execution issued to a e bv the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County in the case of the Commercial National Bank, of Char lotte, N. C, against Samuel A and Bailie W Anderson, and of a levy under the said execu tion and a mortgage of attachment Heretofore issued in the said case. I will sell at Dublic auc tion at the Court House door in Charlotte to the highest bidder for cash, on Monday the 3rd. day of August, 1896, the tract of land described as follows: Known as the Samuel A. Anderson tract of and formaly owned by W. D. McQuaig and containing 65 acres, more or less; it being the tract conveyed to Samuel A. Anderson by S. Younts, Son & Co., and by W. D. McQuaig to S. Younts, Son & Co., by deed recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg County in book 60. page 265, and bound as follows: On the South by Z. G. McQuaig. on the East by R G. Eendriok, on the Noith by Mrs. Erwin, and on the West by John Stedman. This the 23rd day of June. 1896, Z. T. SMITH, Sheiiff of Mecklenburg County. June 25. 1896 5w. As Trustee of John P Long Under and by Deed of Trust, executed to me by E. A. Ramsour and husband, O- A. Ram- sour oi the County cf Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, and reg istered in Book 97, page 551, Register's office, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, I will sell at Public Auction, at the County Court louse door in the City of Charlotte JS. C, on Monday, the 13th day of July, A. D, 1896, at 12 o'clock M., the following described Real Estate, situate, lying and being in Mecklenburg County, IN orth Carolina, in Charlotte 1 ownsbip; A eertain bouse and Jot in ward 2. eauare 120 of the City of Charlotte. North Carolina, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the south East Corni r of Third and Myers Streets, and runs with South Third street 165 feet, back to P .Long s line- Thence with his line and para- lel with MyreB street 55 feet to the division fence, J.P. Long's line. Thence with his line and paralel with said Third street 165 feet to Myers street. Thence with Myres street 55 feet to the beginning corner, and being part of lot, number one in the plot of the lands of J. P. Long and others, and recorded in the Register s omce tor said county in book 84, page 1, Reference to which is hereby made for a more perfect descrip tion. Terms cash. JAMES C. LONG. Trustee. June 10 1896. 5w MELLON & SHELT0N ED. MELLON. TOM. SHELTON. BOYS, BOYS, BOYS' SPRING SUITS. STRAW HATS BY THE THOUSANDS. SUITS, UP TO DATE. New and Pretty. 3 H I IR, T S , UMBRELLAS, Socks. Coliars and Cuffs. BEAUTIFUL SUITS, The Best Goods and Low Prices. COME TO SEE US. NEXT DOOR TO H. BARUCH May ,1 1896. OLD LADIES' WAR TIME cloth SLIPPERS Extra wide, very light, cool, and comfortable. Every pair warranted. Elastic on vamp, with bow. PRICE 50 CENTS. ThAOA shoes are made of English serge, JjlBUUKi " II S 4ci.oTff." They are equally -A good with either name, and always cost the same. Make no mistake in the place. You can. get them nowhere else so good at the price. GILREATH & CO. 1 if 1 f BOYS AND GIRLS' HUM It 95 0KLi5!55 ?559G THE PENALTY OF HUMOR. Why Was Franklin Not Asked U Write the Declaration of Independence. Harper's Magazine. When the time came for the people of the thirteen united colonies to proclaim to the world that they were free, and that they held themselves absolutely ab solved from allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and great Britain was to tally dissolved, a committee of the Cons tinental Congress was appointed to draw up a declaration of independence. The members of this committee were Benja min Franklin of Pennsylvania, John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut. Robert R. Livingston, of .New York, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. - Why was it that their col. leagues committed the writing of the Declaration of Independecce to Thomas Jefferson and not to Franklin? The Vir ginian was not the most prominent man even of his own section, and, although bis reputation could not fairly bo termed local, it was but little more, while the name of the Fennsylvanian was well known throughout the whole civilized world. Franklin was not only the fore most citizen of Philadelphia, where the Congress was sitting, he was the most experienced publicist and the most ac complished man of letters in all the thir teen colonies: aud he was specially well equipped for the drawing up of an appeal to Europe, as he had but just returned from London, where he had been plead ing the cause of his countrymen with in domitable courage and indisputable skill. Yet Franklin was not asked to write the Declaration of Independence: and, althoug he and Adams made a few ver- bial amendments, the credit of that great State paper belongs to Jefferson. And why was it that this responsibility was placed on Jefferson and not on Franklin? 1 think the explanation lies in the tact that Franklin was a humorist. Not only was Franklin s sturdy common sense felt to bo too plain a homespun for wear in the courts of Europe, when the thought needed to be attired in all the lofty rnets oric that the most fervid enthusiasm could produce, but also, I fear me greats ly, bis colleagues -were atraidtbat rrank lin would have his joko. 'It would be a good joke, no doubt probably a very gocd joke; but the very best of jokes would not be in keeping with the stately occasion, xbey were acute, those lead era of the Continental Congress, and they knew that every man has detects of bis qualities, and that a humorist is likely to be lacking in reverance, and that the writer of the Declaration of Indepen dence had a theme which demanded the most reverential treatment. So it was that Benjamin Franklin had to pay the penalty of humor in the last century, just as Abraham Lincoln had to pay it in this century. Because Lincoln was swut to seize upon an incongruity, and because he eaught relief for his abid- ing melancholy in playfulness, there were not a tew who refused to take him seriously. Even after his death there were hon est folk who held the shrewdest and lof tiest of our statesman to have been little better than a buffoon. Of the three greatest Americans Franklin, Wash ington, and Lincoln two were humor ists; and it is, perhaps, his deficiency of humor which makes Washington seem more remote from us and less friendly than either of the others. Dereiict Parents. N. Y. Journal. An eleven-year-old ruffian, who began his criminal career when he was eight, was brought into court on Tuesday morn ing last, because the House of Refuge would not receive him, he being under age, and the Sheriff having no authority to keep him in jail. This lad three years ago organized a gang of desperadoes like himself, and, after innumerable petty crimes, was given up by his parents as incorrigible. When he waB produced to court the Magistrate him told that he was older In crime than any mature offender that had been brought to that bar. "You ought," said the Judge, "to be shot, for the good of society, and if I had the pow er, 1 would sentence you to be put to death." Without reguarding the dis cretion of this speech, one may well ask where the responsibility for this nascent villain lies. His parents appear to have given over all parental authority, and the culprit is too young to be severely dealt with by the law. It was obvious that the lad bad a clear understanding of this, and wore throughout the reprimand an air of impudent bravado. It is a great pity that the father and mother of such a boy cannot in some way Kn Vinlrl tn a Htrict accounting for the lawlessness of their offspring, for it is - . . . . t . r t l . with them tbat the nrst responsiDiuiy reata. The Drivileere of turnm? loose such a pest upon society at- 4he ago of eleven miguv at ivbbi us gumuou iuw.w n&rAfnllr than it is. No studr of the criminal character oi the cnua win do oi any avail that is not accompained by an accurate description of the kind of citizen his father is. ami Ihe Longest Word. The longest word in the English lan guage is not "smiles," although there is - milA ktBun its firafc a.nd l&at letters. mm mv. . m - jTs-raile-s). One of the happiest words, bOWTX im uuaiLU. luggu, vvuaWf Vri ficed health. There is ruuiiugi neither boon nor blessing like it. Yet . a 1 . I !. . I A . thousands navo lost it anu ii Biya iubw This need not be. Myriads have regain ed their JieaHh by using Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. An invals V I -amit fni nAnm m nl inn nr Inner 11 111 AVM .J w. . mMm mm w " - - - scrofula, bronchitis, asthma, ctugh, heart . . . ; . r . . . disease, lever anu ague, luieriuiueui, fever, dropcy and many other diseases. T M B N T. TallLyiBg. Indianapolis Journal, "I once knew & man," said the iniagin ative boarder, -'who was so fat- that he was actually taller lying down, than he was when he waa standing up. What do you thing of tbat?" "It strikes me," said the cheerful idiot, "as pretty tall lying." The Philadelphia Test of .Good Manners. Philadelphia Times.. , Silence or quite conversation is now an absolute necessity in city clubs, and the character of the club can be told by its quiet. The noisier the club the lower down in the social scale. A man who would shout so as to be heard by every, body around him, as some da in well known resturants. would be permitted to remain in a first class club in Philrdelphia a single day. Tennessee Loyalty. Washington Post. Knox county, Tennessee, has criven to the State of Nebraska a huge block' of marble, out of which is to be made a mon ument to Abraham Lincoln. Evidently the people of Tennessee, although they doubtleHS said some very bitter things about President Lincoln during the war, are not as implacable as tbat Connecticutt clergyman who spoke at Yale last Mon day and sought to place a stigma upon the southern people. They are too broadminded to arraign nearly one third of the population of the United States as adherents of an "infamous" cause, and if any alleged representative of Tennesseo sentiment should so far forget himself as to use such language he would no doubt be repudiated in short order. - It must be admitted, tbat as betweon the Connecti cut and Tennessee idea of patriotism aud a proper observance of the proprieties the advantage is altogether with the lat ter. President Lincoln would never have been guilty of such grievious intolerance as was displayed at Yale, and yet Mr. Lincoln was , no doubt, as earnest in his desire to save the Union as the Connecti cut clergyman. ... A CHARMING RETREAT. LATTA PARK IS THE FLA.CE FOR REST. Visitors Are Devoted the ParkThe Trip There What is to be Seea There. Yes, Charlotte has a beautiful place of retreat these hot afternoons. As in the days of Nero, who had the fine villas with magnificent villas Charlotte is a Nero to day. There is nothing that strangers delight in more than going to Latta Park. The writer was inspired to write this article by bearing two stran gers talk of Charlotte and her attractions. They were then on their way back from the park. After a bard day s drumming around, they had taken a ride to the ' park to cool off. ihey were, as they ex pressed it, "simply amazed at the grand ness of the park." By the efforts of several of Charlotte's good business men she has this beautiful place to show to strangers. When the evening sun is shedding bis last hot rays and . the business day is n earing the end, one can catch u car and within a few minutes be sitting beneath the beantiful shades of Latta Park. The fan is no-longer needed. The cool breeze comes sweeping in from the country, around, ladened with the aromas of the ripening fruits and blossoming flowers. At places you get a refreshing wind from over a hill top and again you get the breeze that comes playing ovor the waters of the lakes in the park, in a few minutes the once burning brow will be cool and pleasant. As the car bounds on at a rapid rate from the Square to the park you pass on South Tryon street some beautiful resi dences, some as pretty as the country oan afford. On each side the street is shaded by beautiful oaks and elms. The lawns are covered with rich, fertile look ing Blue grass. After leaving Tryon street and turning due East you soon run face to face with thb white graded school building. No prettier place can be found than the grounds about that buiding. But the building is not very handsome in its old days. On with a sudden turn due south and down grade you fly by a nest of mills tbat make little noise, but, do much busi ness. First you see on the right the Mecklenburg Flour Mills; then the Sash cord Factory and the Shirt and Over all Factory, all in one building the former on the first floor and the latter on the second floor; next comes the Pharr Foun dry; next the Trouser Factory, and to the left on the hill is the Southern Card Clothing Company. They are all busy. The car goes on dashing by , the power- bouse and the shuttle-factory. After leaving those to your back you go with a whiz by one beautiful bouse -another Some are mansion like, many are built on the northern plan and many are typ ical southern houses. All the colors of the rain-bow are represented. While your eye is still taking in the houses you feel a jerk and in an instant you are going East again. Ere your body is balanced good you feel another pull and your face is turned to the .North. At last you reach the Pavillion, which is the terminal of the car line. : - Some days ago while the writer was on his way to the park two Northerners were on the car. In the distance I saw two stately looking oxen to a plow in about the cen tre of the park. I, at once, drew up ray shoulders and closed my eyes to try and keep those northern fallows from seeing that team plowing up the streets of the Greater-Charlotte, but no, their eyea fell upon the team and at once the remark: "What a typical Southern town you see those oxen isn't it grand? Come." They were in earnest. The car moved on and the team brayed not. After reaching the Park proper the eye first falls upon the Pavillion. The.re is where the ice drinks are sold and ten penalley is ptayed. There is where the beautiful shades and cool places are to be tound. From the topmost point in the building you can see the town as she is. Around about the building you see the tennis courts and far off across the field you see the base ball ground. Next your attention is called lo the Dilworth Floral Gardens, where all the beautiful species of Cowers are raised All the year round they are there to be. seen and to be bought. This building shows up well trom the top of tha .Pavill ion. Looking north from your perch on the Pavillion you see the valley with its beautiful flowers and a spring of pure water bubbling fresh and cool from the hillside; you see to the left a pretty lake studded with grass and flowers, now and then a lilly is seen among the list; a babbling brook runs near by the spring and wends its way on to the pond below. When the eye leaves the. valley and soars high it falls upon a bunch of pret ty oak p. Just below the sprint? a wood en bridge spans the brook. The bridge U pretty for it is oovered with a pretty creeping vine, that is constantly crawl ing away covering each parcel of the bridge. Below this bridge, from the Pa- villion,you can see the large lake of water and the boats floating about on it. Just below this lake the baths, or Roman Thermae, are to be found. A beautiful place to go and swim. It is a treat and a luxury. The bathing pond is large and the bottom is well cemented. After the eye leaves the bath pond and circles on toward the East it passes from one pretty clump of trees to another. The species of tree is what is called the Scrubby White Oak, a most beautiful shade tree. There is no better place for a picnic, in the state than the park, if the groves were cleared and fixed for that purpose. The park as a whole is one of the prettiest places in North Caorlina. It is a beautiful country home. All the pretty flowers tbat the botanist knows are to be found there. The spring of water is excellent always cqo! and pure, ine scenery about the park is as fine as any mountain town can show. If one is inclined to be happy be or she, will be perfectly so if be visits the park. Ihero is where the pretty birds sing in the early morning and late at night. There is where lovers go to tell thoir little tales of love. Some time ago a pair of young people went to the topmost point of the Pavillion and- there the course of true love ran smooth. It was a handsome couple and their love was mu tual. While the band played in the Pavillion their hearts beat as one and their tongues failed to act. But as she et her soft eyes fall in his, their bands met and all was well. Not a word wus Baid but their actions did the talking. Ere long the two became one. So it is nov. Many are the cases of this kind. Ob! tbat the Pavillion could talk. Nature did her best work at Latta Park. Charlotte may well be proud of her villa. No visitor has seen the city until the park has been seen. The drive ways are beautiful, and the bicycle rider finds his best sport in coasting over the good roads at the park. With some ad ditional work this could be made the grandest spot in the State for pleasures seeking people. What if a large hotel tor tourists were built on the highest point at the park? Would, it draw crowds? Yes, soon it would be a famous Southern hotel. Where to SelJ Confederate Money. Gea R. Parker o PiceBIuff N. C is a dealer in Confederate money issued either by the Confederate States Government or the State. County, town or individual, and all kinds of paper, books and let ters issued during the war. Also Indian relics, minerals, and precious stones and all kinds of curiosities. Persons having such on band and wishing to sell will do well to write Mr. .Parker and give him a description of what they have. - ... : t The University. This institution is steadily growing in popularity, patronage, and efficiency. The enrollment this year is the largest in its history. We would like to aid some needy boy to get its advantages of schol arships and loans. See ad. in this week's Democrat. i Lack of vitality and color-matter in the ba"'bs causes the hair to fall out and tui n gray. We recomend Hall's Hair Renewer to prevent bald ness and grayness. SPECIAL COLUMN. Notices insei ted at 5c per line for each insertion When wishing to know what space your notice will make, allow 8 words for a line. T"EE HIVE Mr. R.3ray. of Eastfield. N. C JDsays he believes THE BEE HIVE'S Shoes beat the record for wear. He buys all bis shoes at the BEE HIVE he has good judgment not only about shoes but about everything else. He says the BEE HIVE beats the record on shoes. TT TA yiTVTi A mrrcsnnndent in everr netah W borhood in Mecklenburg county. We want the Phnn-h the Social and the School news. News letters must reach (he office by Wednes day noon. The uisiiuunai. WANTED To talk with Jpoor boys, who would like to attend a night school free of charge. Call at this office. "Try AN TED A correspondent at every post- ' office in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union, Lincoln, Iredell. Stanley, Cabarrus, York and Lancaster Counties. Write to the Democrat A TMnTn 4TPSI A If MTVna.M J W Vcbb, and J. Arthur Henderson, for Register oi uaeas. z. 1 . emim, ior onenii. W E WANT you to go and see Mellon A Bhelton's Shirts- GO TO Geo. Messer's shop for first class horae-ahoeinz Ton will find Andie J. Stew ard, the borse-shoer at bis shop on W. Trade St., r CHURCH AND WOMAFS DEPART SI E N T. Woman is She Is. Wr itten by a Mecklenburg; girl for Thjc Democrat. Much is written, still more is said.daily of the "new woman. Prominent clergy men and statesmen have" discussed the puzzling question of "woman's rights. and newspapers publish lengthy .- articles on the same subject weeklyr yet the problem remains unsolved. That woman is forging to the front in the struggle for daily bread, and tbat some, yea a great number, are clamoring for their rights in competition with man, is an undeniable fact. Tbat they are acquiring a broader and more liberal education and are enter ing, calling and following pursuits, that fifty yeats ago our 'grand mothers never dreamed ofjbemg efficiently filled save by man, is another fact. For many centu ries marriage has been considered the highest and most honorable relation exis ting between man and woman; so it re mains to day, but in earlier days a girls highest ambition was to attain tbat end, bus it followed, her education was direc ted mainly to" obtain the object of her life, and then, to live an "old maid was to aoknowlekge that in the lottery of existence she had drawn a blank, in the battle of life had met with defeat and fail ure. Today it is different many are en tering into the different walks of life and filling positions of trust and honor with out laying aside their modest dignity and purity. Women as angels of light are being sent into far heathen lands by our ohurches and by their gentle influence win many souls for the Redeemer s cause. Women may be found around every bed of pain and suf fering, and with her kind words and soothing touch, watching and waiting through long days and nights with sub missive patience, smoothing the pain con tracted brow and. calming the fevered pulse until it seems as if God had lioensed her to remove the sufferers pain. Woman is not so anxious to vote and enter man ly professions as she is to-day pictured. That sufferage will be granted her some day cannot be doubted but we are not ready for it yet. It will come gradually as almost every other great political change has. Woman is not quite ready to abandon her position as the queen of the home, the home upon which the basis of our repub lic the safeguard of liberty, the highest ideals of social life are founded, and rush into the field of political aspirants and clamor for a seat in the presidential chair, or Senate ball. No devoted, con secrated christian mother is willing to leave the training of . her children in other than her own faithful hands, nor does she want the time to hasten when one kitchen, one laundry, oho nursery will serve a hundred homes as some seem to think shedoes. What is needed at the polls, is not more voters, but voters of higher intelligence ana more siernng integrity, voters whose minds are unn prejudiced and liberally educated, who can distinguish between cause and effect; those who are willing and have tbe courage to probe social wrongs to the bottom and discover the underlying reasons for their existence;" those who will stand undismayed facing opposition following justice and truth wherever they may lead. The education and environ ments of woman in the past hasn't been such as to best fit her for these important trusts, but when the time does come for her to exeroise tbe right of franchise both as a privilege and a duty she will be found cultivating reason, judgment, and cour age thus becoming a valued member of State. M. T. A. Croft, N. C. June 27, 1896. WOMEN WHO HATE MEN. There Seems to be a Large Number of Them Here and There. From the Albany Argus. While it would, of course, be unfair to suppose that all, or even tbe greater por tion, of those women who elect to lead a life of single blessedness are men-haters, still there are some to whom tbat desig nation fully applies. There i& a lady residing in an Eastern State town well known for her pro nounced views regarding the sterner sex. Man, it she knows it, is not allowed, directly or indirectly, to contribute to her wants in life. Males are strictly for bidden tbe house, and tbe lady declines to have any dealings with business car ried on by men. Her baker, grocer, dairy dealer, and milk dealer all are women, and it is said that meat has been entirely obliterated from the establishment dietary simply because there is not a female butcher to be found in tbe neighborhood. Though decidedly benevolent in disposition, char itable socities depending on male collec tors get no subscriptions, and the only way tbe tax collector can make sure of . . ! m his money is oy senaing nis wue lor it. Another abominator of men has ac quired a terrace of houses, with designs upon obtaining the whole street, with the object of founding a colony of women occupiers. These tenements are, of coarse, only let to females, and any ten and in a moment of weakness entertain ing thoughts of entering the marriage state is promptly served with a notice to quit. The colony of woman suffragists who have a quiet summer house on Uape Uod do not go to these extremes, but are con tent to exclude male callers, whether they are relatives or not. A Chicago woman not long since dis played her abborance of tbe opposite sex by refusing to accept legacy left ber by a male connection.Another,who was herself rich, executed a will by which, at her death, substancial bequests were left to her female relatives, while the . males in Children Cry for herited the paltry sum of $1 each. A third left a sum of money at her decease to be expended in the founding and endowing a home for women who had attained a cer tain age without marrying. There is reported to be, in one of the Western States, a society of women sworn to renounce the companionship of man for life. Each member registers a vow to remain single all her days, but the regulations of the league do not re quire its adherents to withdraw from the other responsibilities of the world. A member is free to have a father, to own a brother, or even to possess an uncle particularly a rich one but a- hus band or lover is entirely tabooed. A woman who died recently in New Orleans used to bost tbat she had not spoken to a man lor thirty years, and another in Philadelphia was equally jubilant over the fact that she bad lived five-and-twonty-years in one house with out ever a man crossing the threshold. But probably tbe bitterest man hater ot modern times was an Austrian woman who at the, time of her death, was engaged in developing a plan for the ultimate extinction of the the male sex. Fortunately all the women who abomi nate men are not of such a pronounced type as this. Some ef them, indeed, wear armor that is always proof against tbe on slaught of the enemy, as is evidenced by tbe case of tbe girl who, after initiat ing a violer crusade against the other half of human kind, and getting a lot of recruits, suddenly fell a victim to "the wiles of a pressing young swain and mar. ried him. ADVENTURES OF A WHEELW0MAN. Two Exciting Incidents of a Thirty-mile Spin in Oregon. Morning Oregoaian The days of "the footlog and1 trail" are not yet passed in Oregon, and the pion eers who broke tbe trails and put tbe foot logs across the "branches" will bo interested in learning how the th,ey ans wer tor bicypie travel. A Portland lady has been visiting - friends at Roseburg, and a few days since she started from there to visit relatives living about thirty miles out in tbe mpun tains. She is an energetio and accom plished bicyclist, and got along very well on ner lourey ior about twenty five miles when the road gave out.' She found a trail, which she followed for about a mile when she came to a foot log over a nars row but deep stream. She was afraid try to walk across the log with her wheel, ut baying confidence in her skill as a rider. determined to ride across. When about bait way over someth ing went wroDcr. and she and the wheel plunged into tbe stream and went to the bottom. She rose to the serface, and being a good swimmer, succeeded in reaching the shore She then dertimed to have her wheel, which bad remained at the bottom. Se curing a long pole with a limb near the end which formed a hook, she started in to fish for her bicycle, and after some trouble yanked it out, The trail be yond the creek was level and in good i l i uuuuiviuu ouu no uiguii was approacning, sne concluded to mount and make a des perate effort to reach her destination. She had just got under good headway and was scorching along when she saw a bear in the road ahead. The bear seemed the worst scared of the two, apd stood staring in amazement at the strange wheeled figure approaching the wet and dripping bloomers sticking closely to the limbs of the rider, giving her a weird appearance. As has been remarked, tbe Portland woman was a skilled rider, and. having been accustomed to havjng every body clear the way for htr, she was no( going to back down for a bean so sb0 charged down on him at full speed, ring- . ing her bell like mad. The bear, seeing certain death or six months in the hospi tal inevitable, wheeled out of the path, and the lady whirled by in a blase of gol den glory. She did sot stop to look back but "put her best foot forward," and' fortunately soon arrived at the house of her friends. She did not attempt to come back alone. Be Contented, Do Not Envy. Nashville Christian Advocate The times in which we live are fever iah and restless. In every quarter men and women are dissatisfied with existing conditions, and looking eagerly for great changes. This spirit of discontent is not wholly bad; for there are manytbings in the world tbat need to be amen ded, modified, and improved. But we must not forget what the laws of true re form are. Radical measures frequently defeat tbe very ends in view. All schemes tbat assay to overthrow the foundations of Church and gtate are doomed to failure. Progress of every sort is gradual in its character. No sen sible man supposes tbat it is possible to change the face of the earth in a single day. To learn to be patient without bos coming indifferent to prevailing evils, is a lesson of great importance. A Christian congregation is usually made up of a great variety of men and women. They come from almost every class in society, and represent an infinite diversity of experience and thought and aspiration. Every one of them has some special burden of poverty or sorrow or sin, and therefore needs a message from God. We do not envy the heart of the preacher who, with this fact before him, wastes his hour in the pulpit either in the dry discussion of some abstract ques tion in philosophy, or in loose and ram bling utterances on themes tbat haye only a superficial and secular value. It is recorded of our Lord that when he saw the multitude he was "moved with com passion' toward them. Shall not every one of his servants feel the like emotion? Pitcher's Caotoria. ! 5 ! 1 1 in rear oi Aiaroie yara. no. ziz. J i J ii
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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July 2, 1896, edition 1
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