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AND
SURGERY.
March 1, 185
March 15. 1895
JOHN PARHIOR,
V.i 4 SOUT I THYO.M 8THKKT, CHARLOTTE, N C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
DEALER IN
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
4T Hpccial attention given to Fine Watcb
ttrpairiiig.
Jan 25, 1805
BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER,
Attorneys- At-Law,
ROOM8 NOB. 5, 0, AND 1J,
LAW BUILDING,
N. C.
CHARLOTTE
Jan 4,1895.
DR. E. F. KEERANS,
DENTIST,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office 7 West Trade Street.
Nov. 2, 1894
DR. GEORGE W. GRAHAM.
OFFICE, 7 WEST TRADE ST.
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d i acuce iimum 10 e, ii.ui , vc i
and Throat.
April 3, 1896
HUGH W. HARRIS,
Attorney and Counsellor
Office, Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
."il .1895:
(f. I. OSBORNE, W. C. MAXWELL,
J. W. KEERANS.
OSBORNE, MAXWELL & KEERANS,
Attorneys at Law.
C II ARLOTTK, N. C.
jy Offices 1 and 3 Law Building.
Vill practice in the State and Federal Courts
Oct 20. 1895. .
DR. W. II. WAKEFIELD,
Will be in his office at 609 North Try on
Wednedav and Thursday of
each week. His practice is limited to
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
DRS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND,
Dentists.
CHARLOTTE, N.
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No. 21 Tbvon Stkbbt.
Jan. 3, 1896.
OKKIOT CLARKSON.
CLARKSON
CHAS. H.
DULS.
IMJL8
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Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
Prompt attention given
trusted. Will practice in
to all business
all Courts of
in-
the
Htate.
OTOffice No. 12 Law Building.
Oct. 7. 1896:
H. N. PHARR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office No. 14. Law Building.
Trompt attention to all business intrusted.
Hawiui attention triven to claims. Practices in
State and Federal Courts.
Jan. 6, 1895.
Cattle Owners!
Listen ! The best possible Cattle Food U
MANGEL WURZEL BEETS
We have the seed of Lane's Imperial and White
Sugar. Plant now !
R. H. JORDAN & CO.,
Prescription ists.
April 17, 1896
GO TO ALEXANDERS
DRUG STORE,
NO. 216, NORTH TRYON STREET.
Keeps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy
kept in a Drug House
J. B- ALEXANDER.
Tue Poor prescribed for free..
April, 8. 1895.
E. NYE HUTCHISON.
FIRE INSURANCE.
Offices 16 East Trade Street; 4 North Tyon
Street, up stairs.
16 to 1.
We will bet you Sixseen to One that you
w5.U find better workmen, and get as good a hair
cut and shave, at the Charlotte Hotel Barber's
Shop, tor less money than you can at any other
place in the city.
We prepare a Hair Tonic that we guarantee
to cure dandriff or money refunded. Many can
testify as to its meritV A trial has convinced
others and will convpj you that there is no
hotter, if as good, in the city
NEWMAN & WARREN,
June 18, 1896.
ACROSTIC.
T homas & Maxwell for Furniture are renowned.
a onest goods at their store are found.
O riginators of novelties they are. It's true.
M oney on Furniture they can save to you.
A parlor, a bedroom, or a kitchen set;
8 my ma rugs and lambrequins you here can get.
A nd furniture, bric-a-brac, novelties, too.
N ew styles Thomas & Maxwell have for you.
D on't n-ake a mistake on "The Hustlers" calU
M ost for the least money they . ffer all.
A n enviable reputation they have won.
X celled in Charlotte they are by noDe.
W ondr's bargains in all department bear in mind
E verything for a home you here will lind.
L ook where you will, go where you may.
L eaders Thomas Maxwell are to-day.
We also keep stoves,
Tbat will bake tbe finest loaves.
M or ta gee's Sale.
Under ai d by virtue of a deed of Mortgage
executed to me by R. E. McQuay and V. B. Mc
Quay. and ie-.rii.ured in Book 55 page J72, ttc
in the fflce oi the Register of Dei-ds for Meck
lenburg county, Nortd Carolina. 1 will rel! dt
Public Auttiou at the County Court House Door
in tbe city of Charlotte. North Carolina on Mon
day the 10th day of August, A D , 1896. at 12
o'clock M., the following described tracts or par
cels of land in eaid County and State, to-wit:
Known and designed as Joseph McQuay's
land bought of H. C. Severs. Administrator of
Joseph McQuay. Begin uing at a stone on the
bank of the Branch, runs due South 3J poles to
a stone; thence South 57 E 55J poles te a stone
in the field near a house; thence North 35 E,
28) poles to a Hickory stump in the field;
thence N. 41 W. 78 poles to a cedar; thence S. 44
W. 18 poles to the beginning;also one undivided
half interest in the Harriet McQuay land: Be
ginning at a Cedar, Joseph F. McQuays
corner and runs with two of his lines 8 41 E.
78 poles to a hickory; thence S. 61 E 43 poles to
a stake on Young's line: thence with his line N.
44 E, 12K poles to a stake; thence N. 48 W. 119
poles to a pine; thence 8. 44Vs W. 14 poles to
the beginning containing Thirteen (13) acres.
Terms, Cash
S. li. Alexander. Trustee.
Charlotte, N. C, July 10 1896- 5w.
Sheriff's Land Sale.
By virtue of an execution issued to nre by the
Superior Court of Mecklenburg County in the
case of tbe Commercial .National iiank, of Char
lotte, N. C, against Samuel A and Same W
Anderson, and of a levy under the said execu
tion and a mortgage of attachment nerctofore
issued in the said case, I will sell at public auc-
tion at tne uourt juouse
highest bidder for cash, on Monday the 3rd. day
of August, 1890, the tract of land described as
follows:
Known as the Samuel A. Anderson tract of
land formaly owned by W. D. McQuaig and
containing 65 acres, more or less; it beiDg the
tract conveyed to Samuel A. Anderson by .
. a d j 1 m ti if .n 2 a
, t ii ounis, oon Ob vo., anu uy . u. jucvfuaig iu o
at LAW, I Younts, Son & Co., by deed recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg County
in book bO, page 265, and bound as follows:
On the South by Z. O. McQuaig, on the East
by R. G. Kendrkk, on the North 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.
TRUSTEE'S SALE OP LAND.
B? virture of a deed of trust executed by Jack
Street and wife to me to secure the payment of a
debt owing to Dr. John H. McAden, which deed
of trust is dated November 23d. 1894 and regis
tered in the office of the Register of Deeds of
Mecklenburg County in book 99 page 280, 1 will
sell at public auction at the court House door iu
Charlotte, N. C. to the highest bidder for cash.
on Monday the 17th day of August tne lot
conveyed by said deed of trust and described as
follows: That parcel of land situated in tne
said city of Charlotte in Ward No Two and
Square No. Seventy 8ix and designated in Beer's
Map of said City as a part ot lots oil or ana
in Butler' Map as No. One in the said Square
and being the same lot which was conveyed
by J W. Miller to said Jack Street by deed regis
tered in the said omce in dook jno. ana page
185. P." D. WALKER, Trustee.
July 16 1896 5w.
Executor's Notice.
Havin? Qualified as Executors of the will of
the late A Brevard Davidsonjwe herebynotify all
Dersons having claims against his estate to pre
sent the same before the 20th day ;of July 1897
or this nolice will be pleaded in bar of any re
covery thereon. All persons indebted to the es
tate will be rtquirea to mane prompi sememe n
July 10 1896,
E- L, BA&TEK DAV1USUJM. I
JNO E OATJSo, ) .Executors.
June 16 1896 6w.
Administrator's No,tice.
Having Qualified as Administrator of Dock
McKuinev. deceased, late of Mecklenburg coun
ty, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons;
having claims against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before
the 3rd day of July, A. D-. 1897, or this notice
will plead in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebtea to saia estate wm piease
make immediate payment.
GEOKUE J . ETli JSK1DU J!i,
Administrator.
Julv 3rd 1896- 6w
Admistrator's Notice.
All neraons having claims against the estate
of Mrs. Jane Black deceased, are hereby notified
to present them to me, properly attested, on or
before the 13th day of July 1897. All persons
indebted to said estate are notinea to maite pay
ment to me, without delay.
H.N. PHAKrt, Admr or Mrs jane uiaca.
deceased-
This 7th day of July 1896. bw
MELLON & SHELT0N
ED. MELLON.
TOM. SHFLTON.
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May ,1 1898.
CHARLOTTE,
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BOYS AND GIRLS'
DEPARTMENT.
For Boys And Girls.
WRITTEN FOR THE DEMOCRAT
Upon being asked to define the mean
ing of a successful man Ella Wilcox said:
"A man who has made a happy home f.-r
his wife and children. No matter what
he has or has not done in the way of
achieving wealth and honor, if he has
done that he is a grand success. If he
has not done that, though he be tbe high
est in tbe land he is a most pitiable fail
ure." Many men in tbo mad pcrsuit of
gold which fuems to characerize the
world at this ag fail to reallize that
there is no fortune which can bi loft to
their families t gn.at as a stainless name
and the mercy of a happy borne. Man
was not created for the woilJ but the
world for man and the greatest concern
with us now is to bring upon the stage of
existence as great an amount of bappi-
ness as possible. We cannot always see
"the under side of things' as Lilian Bell
so graphically doscribes it, yet when we
look around about us we need no fertile
imagination to discern a greater amount
of discontentment than men have ever be
fore known, neither is there any denying
the fact that greed for gain causes
mre earthly sorrow than anything
else. Only pick up and casually glance
at the columns of our large daily papers
and see how they are filled with stories
of the passion and misdirected energies
of mankind, how they cause things which
should be brought with blessings to be
changed into tbat which is only a great
service of discontent and even a curse
When we read them our hearts grow sick
and when tbey are brought to our own
doors and we see men whom we have al
ways honored and trusted go so fatally
wrong and "sell their birthright for a
mess of pottage'' as has been the cause so
recently in our own fair Queen City we
shudder and turn from their blasted
and wretched homts with an infinite pity
for the loved ones they have so greatly
wronged. Ah! dear boys and girls, reader!
of the Democrat every where have you
ever noticed how the great determination
of some to have more than their share of
the good things of life, have forced others
to suffer for what it is needful for them
to have. Do you know it takes a lifetime
to build a character while it only takes
one moment to destory it? "Therefore
let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall."
Croft, N. C. M. T. A. "
The
Varying Power of tornadoes and
Their Frequency.
Southwestern Presbyterian.
Perhaps the most important distinction
to emphasize is tbat between the appear,
ance of a thunder-storm and a tornado,
since, if this can be defined, much need
less fear at the approach of black but
harmless thunder-storms can be avoided.
When not combined with tornado man
ifestations, the thunder-storm sends aloft
a narrow line of black clouds in advance,
which remains high in the air. At the
right tnd left the black clouds seem to
reach the earth, but this is caused, not
by a decent to the earth, as in a tornado,
but bv distant edges of the high black
clouds receding below the horizon line. It
IS one Biorill, wuiuu npvaua iu tug isiv
and right. There is no splitting up of
clouds with the formation of a different
storm at another part of the horizon.
Tbe tornado is easily distinguished
from this perfectly plain edge of black
with its lighter rainmist extending to
the earth. Whether the funnel is veiled
by rain or not, it is ordinarily so blaok
tbat as it approaches it appears as a col
umn of dense darkness, narrowest at the
earth, with light breaking through on ei-
Lher side of it. The most marked trait of
all is that other clouds seem to be ap
proaching, others moving at right angles,
and a distinct storm of light hue is com
ing up from the southwest. This is all
caused by tbe tornado, which is drawing
clouds and air currents toward itself from
great distances. A8 the tornado funnel
comes nearer, with the mass of rubbish
reaching to be earth, the roar is frightful,
eivinethe observer fifteen or twenty min
utes' warning. The south west corner of
the cellar, it tbe tornado is approacning
from the south or west, is the safest
place of refuge. The tornado carries the
wreckage to the north and east, and if
the funnel is seen in the north or east it
need not b foarod, beeause it will almost
certainly move away. Of six hundred
tornadoes specially classified, all but thir-
tv-five moved from southwest to north-
east, and nearly all the thirty-five mov-
ed eastwaraiy .
Tbe funnels have a rotary motion from
right to left, and this motion is not due
to electrical action, but to acceleration of
conflicting air currents. Lieut. Finley
shows that the lightning supposed to be
in tbe funnel is really in adjacent thun
der clouds. Tbe broken and withered
buds, bruised by the aotion of the air, are
evaporated by the sun after the tornado,
causing tbe foliage to look seared, giving
rise to tbe error tbat tbe tornado mani
fests burning electrical power. It has
been demonstrated by study of wreckage
that as the funnel leaves the earth and
rises into the air its force slightly dimin
ishes, and tbat this boending motion cau
ses the funnel to spare one building and
demolish another. The funnel, with its
small end to the earth, spins like a top,
moving along at an average rate of about
forty miles an hour, but the velocity of
the spin is incalculable. It is like tbe
motion of an impeled engine by an exploi
sion. Tornadoes generally occur between
3 p. m. and 5 p. m., and not more than one
in a thousand takes place between 10 p.
m. and noon of the following day. I have
heard of only two instances in which the
tornado occured at midnight and morning
Hohokus, New Jersey, and another in
sonthern Michigan, which caused slight
loss of life. Since these are only two in
about two thousand cases, tbe danger
from tornadoes at night is so small that
lt.need not bo considered.-Harpers Week-
N. 0., THURSDAY,
JUL
--m usggss jegtg--b I SgSse
SELECTING A VOCATION.
Dr. ParkhuTSt's Wise Counsel to Young
Men in Choosing a Career.
uThe young man who say, 'I have giv
en my heart to the Lord, and, therefore,
1 am going to study tor tue ministry, (
misses the entire point," says Dr. Park
LurHtain an article on "Selecting a Career
in August Ladies Home Journal. "r.
in no 'then lore' about U That is i
There'
a pet
tiloing way oi meeting a great situa.
tion. I quote litm a letter tbat I receiv
ed recently fiom a young lawyer in O
hio: 'in my daily life about the criminal
Courts! have seen many a sad scne, and
at last it has coine to that point that I
am almost decided to cat-t aside my
bright future in law, and enter the service
of the Lord.' I auswered Lira that be
was writing nonsense. What he meant
by 'the service of the Lord' was tbe Chris.
tian ministry, and that is no more a Ser
vice of tbe Lord than any other reputable I
calling. It is not what a man does that I
makes his service Christian; it is putting I
bis career under contribution to tbe pub I
lie weal, instead of mortgaging it to bis I
own preferment, that makes bis service I
Christian. There is agrest lot of small f
things about these)matters and well mean I
ing imbecellity that works damagingly
all around. My correspondent further
more wrote tbat he had 'learned to di
trust tbe law. All the more reason, then,
why he should stay in tbe law. We cans
not improve a thing by standing oft' and
distrusting it, but by jumping in and con
verting it. If all tbe consecration is put
into the ministry and all the brains into
the other professions neither tbe pulpit
nor tbe world will profit. The sum and
substance of all of which is that when a
young man has come out on to the dis
tinct Christian ground of putting hims
sell under contribution to tbe public weal,
tbe selection of a career, best suited to
himself ani to the needs of humanity,
is simply a matter of studying adop
tions, and deciding by what art, trade,
business or profession be can subserve
tbat weal the best."
Is Then Such a Qlseasi
as Hydrophobia.
Washington post.
Of courso the question of hydrophobia
invariably crops out in midsummer. This
is the season during which dogs are fre
quentlv seen foaming at the mouth, fall
ing down in fits, and exhibiting other
symptons of distress. Sinoe dogs do not
perspire, and since their only way of die
charging moisture caused by extreme
heat is through the mouth, tbey are gen-
erallv found, during exoessively warm
snells. panting and slobbering and look
ing miserably uncomfortable. Tbe igno
runt takes this us a sign of danger, and it
needs only a fit or a sunstroke to con
vince them tbat tbey are gazing upon a
genuine case of hydrophobia.
Advanoed scientists deny the existence
ot tbe disease, and especially the possi
bility of its being communicated to man
through tbe medium of a dog's bite. Year
after year tbe subject is discussed, experi
ences oompared, statistics, inquiries, and
observations analyzed. And year after
year the conviction deepens tbat the dis
f . ( , , , 4lIi a . l i
ease is a thing of the imagination. At the I and neoessary, will etreot the specific work
annual meeuuir oi tue auincu ncirui-
ogical Association, held reoently in Phil-1
adelphia, the controversy was taken up
again and an essay read by Dr. Irving U.
Kosse, ot Washington, tne utie inereoi
being "Newspaper Rabies." In this essay
Dr. Kosse renewed his dissent from tbe
popular belief in hydrophobia, and
neither his proposition nor the mass of
evidence upon which he based it was
challenged by a single one of the eminent
neurologists who composed the audience.
It seems that investigation and research
have only confirmed students in their
skeptioism. while the failure to claim the
large rewards offered by kennel clubs,
physicians, and others for an authentio
and conclusive case ot hydrophobia goes
to show tbat the layman fares no better
than tbe scientist in his quest of proof.
really think tbat the general welfare
would be promoted it tbe newspapers
were a little more careful in printing ac
counts of mad dotrs running at large and
biting men, women, and children. There
can be no doubt that these publications
do a great deal of harm. If the police feel
called upon to pat to death every dog
that happens to be overcome by tbe heat
and is frothing at the mouth, it is not at
all necessary to deolare that the dog was
suffering from hydrophobia, bcience has
not yet been able to discover a conclusive
case of rabies in either man or beast, and
tbat being true, newspapers can well af
ford to distrust the statements of the pos
lice to the contrary.
THE BIGGEST KNOWN HOG
It is Eight Feet Long and Weighs Nearly
1500 Ponnds.
There is a hog on exhibition at Kouf-
man, Tex., according to the National Pro-
visioner, which is, perhaps, the largest
living hog in the known world. It will be
4 years old this month, and was raised in
Kobinson County, Tex. by a Mr. Briggs.
When he sold the hog, six months ago,
it weighed 1430 pounds. This hog is S
feet 3 inches long, 4 feet I inch high,
measures 6 feet around the neck. 8 feet
around the body and 23 inches around
the forearm.
His feet are as large as those of a com
mon ox, and tbe leg-bone larger thn
that of tbe largest steers. He is Poland
China and Bed Jersey. He eats corn like
an ox, takes the whole ear in bis mouth
at once and eats the eob as well as tbe
corn, eating from 40 to 60 ears of corn at
a time. There seems to be no surplus flesh
j on him, and physicians who have exam-
lined the hog say he can easily be made
to reach 2200 pounds.
The present owner paid $250 for the
hog, and has been offered $1500 for him.
He has a fire policy on the animal for
$5000. No ether hog, it is said, ever
reaehed such tremendous proportions.
JULY 30, 1896.
CHURCH AND WOMANS
DEPARTMENT.
WHAT TO PREACH.
The preacher is a sower. What he
reaps will depend on the kind of seed he
sows. . -
What shall tbe sowing be? is the deci.-iva
question preliminary to the familiar one
of tbe eros pel harvest hymn. What shall
the preaching be during these precious
Sabbathf? According to tbe concrete an
swer will be, in kind, the reaping of later
months.
Error-seed, of course, must not be scat
tered from the pulpit. Heresy of opinion
would be its natural product. But the
truth may be proclaimed in such fashion
as to produce a heretical life, which is far
worse. Indifference, inconsistency, sell-
seeking, laxity, or bigotry in the pulpit
will breed tbe same in tbe pew. Unfaith
fulness is more deadly than unfaitb. Tbe
pastor who practically cares little for the
souls of his flock is a greater infidel than
Paine or Ingersoll
But tbe great majority of pastors are
anxious so to Dreach the gospel that it
shall be tbe very power of God to tbe sal
vation oi their bearers. Ibey ask them
selves from week to week in all sincerity
of spiritual concern, what shall 1 preach
about in order to arouse, convict, convert
this or that hearer or class ot bearers ib
my congregation? What theme will most
surely lead to Christ those of my people
to whom He is a Saviour unknown; lhe
very asking of these qvestions in consci
entious earnestness of tbe Holy Spirit s
leading and working. It is an omen of
blessing to come, if the pastor shall stead
fastly follow the Spirit's guidance. If be
is indeed a soul-seeker, in and out ot his
pulpit, he will be made the instrument of
soulssaving by tbe Master whose own
wotk he is thus doing. Hiyery style ana
sort of sermon, in which the vital truth
of the gospel is conveyed with intensity
of conviction and of love, will be used by
him who made all hearts for Himself to
all who receive it. But "preaoh
the fundamentals," said an experienced
evangelist to a pastor asking what kind
of truth he fouud most effusive in direct
labor for souls. To drive home the sense
of sin, now too often a vanishing quanti
ty, and then to preach the unsearchable
riohes of Christ, this is tbe two-fold task
of the gospel herald in every age, and our
day is not different from the days gone
by in respect to the essential character ot
sinful man, or the sinner's need of Christ,
and Him crucified, such was the preach
ing of Penteoost, of the .Reformation peri
od, of tbe great revivals in the last centu
rv and the first half ot this. The same
I eternal true facts of law, penalty, destiny,
I the need of repentance, confession, faith
in Christ, atonement, justification, sanoti-
hcation, personal calling, regeneration,
adoption, must be proclaimed today if we
would see tbe victorious evangelism ot
other generations, repeated in the congre
gations of living men and women who are
now having tbe opportunity to near oi
Christ and accept His salvation. The
old, old story may and must take on new
stylos of telling adapted to the day and
tbe hearer, but "another gospel, than
that of Paul, Peter and tbe Christ is a
thing empty of power and accursed.
No other line ot dootrine, however true
ui uuuriuiiuu auu vuuvbioiuu. uubiuiug
is a part of the gospel of the kingdom
i wnicn nas oeen too long negiecieu, uui
I sociological sermons, in the popular unaer
I stanaing oi ine rerm, win never converw
a single sinner against God and society,
unless by some rare coincidence of saving
grace. Let the preaoher of social reform
take a lesson from one of the leaders of
sociological thought.
The Bishop of Kipon recently said:
"We seek to save society, but this can be
only through the regeneration of souls.
The ordinary preacher can do a hundred.
fold more for tbe regeneration of society
by faithful labor for individual souls than
by crude discoursing on the current
themes of sociology. Much less will he
reach the hearts of his hearers with the
converting energy of the Word if he
I preaohes it in a critical, controversial, or
merely literary spirit. Higher critioism,
pro or con, has never yet oeen usea ny tne,
Holy Spirit as an immediate means of
saving grace. Preaching for or against
it is like bringing an exegetical winnow
ing mill into the pulpit. The dust oi the
controversy will surely fill tbe eyes of the
hearers, but whether chaff or wheat shall
droD into the pew will be a matter of
doubt.
Be the sermon both evangelical and
I evangelistic, personal effort must follow
it in ninety oases out of a hundred in or
der to bring the awakened sinner to the
feet of Jesus. Lyman Ueecher was ac
customed at Litchfield, after a sermon
aimed at the awakening of the uncon
verted, to go to the village store, or the
mill, or any other place whore he would
meet his parishioners, to find out if his
arrows had fastened in any heart. The
skillful gospel surgeon will not neglect his
cases, but will reioice to anolv the era
w r ar
cious means of cure indicated in each
instance. Preaching without seeking to
know tbe effect, it like fishing without a
hook. An overland train last year hap
pened once to stop so that tbe dining car
was on a bridge just over a little pond
wbicb swarmed with fish. The passen
gers amused themselves by throwing
down bits, and even whole slices of bread
into the water. The hsn in their eager
ness would leap into the air to get their
share of this shower of manna, and some
would throw themselves on top of the
slices ot bread and noat there halt a min
ute or more in order to preempt the am
ple supply. But there was not a single
hook on the car and not a fish was caught
Very much like tbat is the spiritual fish
ing which "draws" crowds, it may be, by
an affluent display of oratorical, musical,
or social attractions, but which makes no
s'Ious proposition to secure souls for
Jbrtst. ine successiui pastor, nxe ine
Apostle Paul, will give, "not the Gospel
Children Cry
J
of God only," but also his very soul in the
effort to persuade his hearers to accept i
ik. l i r.. r
iu umuur ue preacnes. l he Jvange-
(tot.
A STORY OF THE WAR.
North Carolina's Treatment in Places of her
Soldiers How Virginia Treated Them.
.Lsuiiug iuo iaie war a oanu ei mecien-
burg soldiers bad "beeu home to get freb
horses, there were about 30 in all that
left this county in a bunch to join the
army in Virginia Ibey pressed on day
and night till at last tbey were near, the
Virginia line. They traveled through
some of North Carolina' beHt land and
among some of her best people.
One night aB tbe sun was shedding its
last rays of light tbe party, all mounted,
roae up to a wealthy farmer s gate in the
northern part of tbe State. As they ap
proached the beautiful Southern homo, a
home that any man should be proud of,
the rich old farmer came out to meet
them.
His house was large and well built.
The rooms were large and spaeious. The
lawn was covered with beautiful shade
trees and it was well kept. A neat but
not gaudy fence surrounded the bouse
and lawn. In the rear of the houses as
far as the eye could reach were cribs and
barns filled with corn and fodder. In the
distance tbe hands and horses could be
seen wending their way homeward from
the cotton fields. It was in the early
spring, just as tbe trees were beginning
to bud. All was joy and mirth in the
land. After the long day's ride the Meck
lenburg boys could find no more inviting
place to stop for the night than this.
From all appearances it was a place of
plenty and where happiness reigned su
preme. But lot what did the man of the
big plantation say when these poor tired
soldiers asked to stay all night. "Just go
to the next house, they can keep you."
Were the boys thunder-struck? No. Too
many times bad they been treated tbat
way by North Carolinians. It is a bitter
tale to tell but the soldiers tell it. The
answer would always be, "go to tbe next
house." No one was in command of this
body of boys, it was a party that bad just
fallen together. But far back in the
crowd was a handsome looking well kept
young lad of a soldier, with charming ap-
pearanoe and good address, with keen eye
and ready pluck: who, on hearing tbe
rich man s declaration, rode to the front,
looked the man in tbe faoe and said: "We
are going to stay, sir. Boys ride in the
lot." The boys obeyed while tbe old man
and this plucky fellow talked. The sol
dier told him that his cribs and barns
and smoke houses would be bursted open
and the crowd and their horses would be
fed from his barns of plenty. And he
told him if he wished to save his locks
and doors, to bring out tbe keys. The
speaker also said: "If you wish to shoot
get your gun and come ahead, ou trifling
oia scamp. ine large landowner saw
that the soldier was grit to the craw and
to treat the crowd right was the best
thing to do.
f w w v i mm
negro boy took out the keys and opened
Aibor tue swiuiers naa got to tbo lot a
a r. . . 1 u .. .
i up ine Darns ana criOS. Xhev were til lad
with the best of corn and hay. The
horses were ted and stabled. Soon the
negro boy came running back and told
tne boys that, "old jnissus said come and
eat." The young soldier who had defied
the old man said: "Tell her God bless her
lllll. Shft 1R a trilA Snii f Urtl nnnxii. "
, - ------ .uw u nuuimi.
rn i . ? . t i i .
xney weui in anu oaa an excellent sup-
per. .ine lame groaned beneath the bur
TBI I A. 1 . m . m
den ot bog and hominy. It was a grand
ieast. Aue soiaiers leic next morninir
with much love for her.
The soldiers rode into Virginia by the
next night. About tbe same time of dav
A I 1 . 4 I m -ww.
iney roae to ine nome et a Virginia farm
er. JBut how different? Loner before
they had gotten to his gate the head of
the family greeted them with "Hello boys,
some in, I am so glad to see you. It has
now been some month, since I saw a eel
dier. Lome right in and you and your
horses shall be fed as loner as we have
where-with to feed on."
This is the reception the soldiers srot in
iana were willing to share with the sol
diers what food and shelter thev had.
mi;, .i 1 i.ii ..
Aon awry was ioiu ine writer ny as
loyul North Carolina son as ever lived.
He told it with regret.
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