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rritfV 1 fuis Paper is 44 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1896. FOLUME XLIT NUMBEB .2274 in II I (I'll 1 Professional. PR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, Office 7 West Trade St. Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. ZOROSTER ARMSTRONG. BY EDWARD S. SLLIS. Apr 3, 1996 JR. E. r. xLKJfiKAlMS, Dentist, Qfgo07 West Trade St.,' Charlotte Nov 2 1894 UGii W. HAKKIS, H' Attorney and Counsellor at Law Office Nos. 14 and 16 Law Building, ' July 6, 1805: ABORNE. MAXWELL & KEERANS, Attorneys at Law, Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. 0;i 2), 1895 H N. FHARR, Attorney at Law, Ol'fioe No. 14 L'iw Building. c LARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Office No. 12 Law Building. D RS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND Dentists. No. 21 North Try on St. Charlotte, N. C. JR. W. H. WAKEFIELD. Will be in hia office in the Hunt building, in -tairs, during December except on Wednesday and Thursday of each week. His practice is limit ed to Eye, Ear, Noee and Throat. )RS. M'COMBS & GIBBON Physicians and Surgeons, Office: No. 21 North Tryon Street. Charlotte, N. C. ' Take your baggage up to the ho tel, sir? Charge $ ou only ten cents." It was .bpbraim Porter who was thus addressed, one afternoon, as he started ud Courtlandt S reat. New York, from the ferry, with a rather plethoric carpet-bag in his grasp. lie stopped -.Lort and looked down at a bright-eved little fellow. with shabby attire, enough he wa more cleanly and processing than the ordinary street boy-wbo solicit such custom. Ephraim Porter was a Texan, visiting New York lor the first time in ten yearn. He- owned a large ranch, a hundred Viiles to the sauthwesto! Sjn Antonio, where he livd a. one, wuh the exception of 2 or 3 herders, who generally shared his quarters with him. Ho visited St. L xiis and Chicago every year, and this time he con cluded to exteud hisjourney further to the metropolis. '"Why my carpet-bag is bigger t han you!" t aid Porter, with a good natured emile. "How can you car-. ry it?' "It don t make any dinerence; 1 oan manage it. " Let s see you, now. lie handed his baggage to tbe brave litile fellow, who braced him self as tne entire weight swuig down. It was heavy, indeed, for the Texan had crammed an emense amount ot luggage into it. It nearly took the boy off his feet, but he graeped it with b th bands and held it suspended clear off the ground. "Where are you goingr asked the lad between bis set teeth. "To tho Merchants' Hotel." "That's only a little ways. C-me on. 1 11 De there aueaa oi you. And he started almost on a trot, which was very much one sided, when the astonished Texan called out: 'Hold on then! I can offord to If you want to look nice, send your give you a iiUja Deip on that." "1 suppose mat u you paiu Linen to the Wh have the beet laundrv in North Carolina, and guarantee you strictly first-class work. Charlotte Steam Latjndp.y. CHBISTmaS PRESENTS, WHY NOT (JOME AND SEE US? 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TURN PLOWS OF ALL DESCIilPTNS,IO Plow Shapes, Sweeps, Single-Trees, Back Bands Trace Chains :o:- anda complete stock -:o:-. of HARDWARE. Call in and see us. J. H. WKDDINGTON&Co., Old Stand, 29 E. Trade St Mircb. 13, 1888. mo I was to carry it alone, said the boy setting d wn the aiise. 'I ll give you a lilt, and the bar- .1.1 i gairi s an toe pfcrae. Tak ng the property in bis strong muscular grip, the loxa i strode n with it, the boy al-to grasping toe handles, but doing liitle in the way of lilting, inanmuch as tne man would not permit him. The iron teps ct tbe well known Merchants' Hotel were soon reach ed, where Portor handed the boy a silver quarter, told him he was full of grit, and wan sure to gtt along in the world. The little fellow thanked him warmly, raised his debpidated cap, and bade him good-day, disappear ing with the swarm of people in the direction of Broadway.. 'There's something mighty af- tractive about that kiJ," roused ti e Texan, looking up tbe street in the direction in wh eh the boy had van isbed, "and 1 wish I had sounded him a little more; but 1 on't sup pose i ll ever see una ogam. ... . L..-I 1 Ho passed into tne aoiei, wueie he registered, and was assigned to a room. This done, be starteu out, to revisit many scenes that had bt come familiar to him in yearsthat were gone. The days were spent tnus, wnen the ranchman concluded to go back to far away Taxas, beginning to feel something like homesickness, despite the fact that he had plenty of funds, was not dissipaiea, anu Htill left a good many points unvis-ited. He decided to leave on the even- ing train, and was sitting on inn porch of tbe hotel, leaning back in hi chair, with his feet resting on the railing, absently viewing tho endless prccescion which 6les by tbe busy street, wbon his former friend, tbe little boy, came nimbly up the stp and approaching bim, said, with a raile, at the same time extendiug bis band: "How do yru do, sit?" "I'm hearty bowd?" Tho boy answered that he was wtl, and tben, being urged by Por fer drew up a chair beside him. "How oil are your was.tnc nrst qustion of the Texan I'll be tuirteen, u,. ...... j "That's a good birth-aay, anu vcu're ratbtr small for your years. What do you ao ior a nvingt Sell newsynpers, run erranue, and sometims black shoes." "Parents living?' "My father was killad, while working on a ferry-boat, two years ago, and mother has mtrriel again and gone to Eingianu wnu ai no husband." "Nothing to keep you hero, 1 suppose?" "I stay here because .1 have no otbpr place to stay." "Well. I liv in Tt-xas a good many miles off, as I suppose you know. 1 own a cattle ranch down there, and if you'll go along with me 111 see that you are taken care of and done well by. What do you Pay?"' The boy's eyes sparkled. There is good reason to suspect that he hoH a Aim hona of receivinff some such offer, and it wag that which brought him to tbe hotel. ' I'm glad to go with you." "All right, have you any bag- "JS othing worth tatting; vnese are my best clothes." 'And they dont amount to mucbt"laughed Porter,.-. "Here go out and buy yourself a decent rig. We're not much on irea in Texas, but when w come to New York we slik up quite fine. Buy a carpet-bag lik mine, for when w get well down toward the Rio Grande the boys won't stand any store cloth. s.' , The lad took t he pr ffered money, and was off like a shot. "Wiihinan hour be was back again, to changed in appearance that the .Texan had to loek twice to make sure it was he. His clothe were 'not expensive, but they were good, and he handed considerable change back to bis new friend, but the latter declined it. , 'Keep it yourself for your own use. What's your name?" "Zoroaster Armstrong." ''Great gui !" exclaimed the Tex an. "Wheie did you get that from?' "My father named me after some gieat man that lived a good many hundred years ago, I believe, arid had something to do with reform ing the religion of the Parseee; but nobody calls me b my lull name, aiid there ain't many who really know what it is. "What is it lor ebon?" "Z." '"That's a tbcusand.tinies better! Well, it's gettii g close on to train time, and if you say so we'll saunter down to the ferry. The distance isn't lar. and we can each Carry his own luggage. They oosscd thej'erry to Jersey City, and a half hour later were spinning across the country in the direction c f Philadelphia, then away toward St. Louis, then over tbe half a thousand miles of the Iron Mountains road to Texarkana, then across to Dallas, and so on south ward to Aueiin, and thence by the stage, until at lat they arrived at the quaint old city of San Antonio. The mao and boy grew very fond of each other before the jour ney was c mpleied, and it would be hard to tell which was tbe more pleased with tbe arrangement. There still remained a hundred miles of prairie to be ridden over tefore Porter's ranch could be reach ed. He bad a U ugh little mustang of his own, which be had ridden several weeks before into San Anto- nio, and which was awaiting his return from his visit-North to take him back to bis ranch. Porter bought an excellent pony fjr Z , and on a charming sunshiny morning they struck off to the southwest, ou a brisk gallop, expect ing to reach home, as both now termed it, between the second and third night. Although San Antonio i such an important city of southwestern Tex a, h cinrr hnrn a morn hininorab e part in the early history in the Lone Star state than any other town, yet one is scaioely out ol sight ot tbe pietureque buildings many of which are made of adobe and the interning mission-houses then he enters upon what may be called a wild country, and cne where he is in personal danger con tinually. What I mean will be best under stood by the statement that within the last five years tbe Indians and greasers have run off cattle within twenty odd miles of tbe city. Our friends had provisoined them selvs with such necessaries as the experience of the elder told him would be required, thi being done to avoid the delay that would be fiansed bv turning aide for food or j u lodging. The last que'stion was not likelj to cause them much worrimont, in asmuch as thirty thousand people in Texas never sleep under a roof from one ear's end to another TCtit ill-fortune now came- to the lriends. There had been signs of a norther during most of the day, and in the middle ol the afternoon, both altogether well protected by their blankets, were i bivering with cold. Jusiasit was growing daik, too, the saddle girth of Porter's mue tang suddenly gave way. Like all Texan he was au excel lent horseman, but be- was caught at 6ucb a disadvantage, being wrap ped and muffled up, that be was thrown yiolently to the grouud and bis leg "broken near the koee. Tois was a serious misfortune, in deed, for they were 40 miles Irrm San Antonio, the nearest point fiom which to procure a physician, and it was altogether impossible for the iriured man to ride hn bors 24 hours before air Porter can be reached UelloP' Tbe twir kle of a light came to him through the gloom on bis left and he beaded in that direction who a faint hope of help, though he could not imagine in what form It would come. When he rode up be found bix men in camp They were dressed io more expensive and thowy bunting costumes than are common to tbe citizens of Texas, which was ex plained by the fact that they were a party from St. Louis, who had come down for a bunt through South western Texaf, or rather through a .portion of the state. They were a eompan? of gentle men, and Zo's delight may bo im agined when be found that two out of ibe hall dozen were regular phy sicians, and one hving served as a surgeon during the war. Tbe latter cheerfully . rode back to where the wounded Texan was, and he' was carefully brought ii to camp, where his leg' was set and bandaged with the beet appliances at their command. Ephraim Porter was grateful be yond expresfiou, for they neglected nothing, staying by him several days until it was pronounced safe for him to continue his jouirey at a slow pace to his ranch. He insisted on yiving an enor mous ieo to the purgeon, but the iatter steadily refused. He then urged them to go to his ranch with him, and they complied, agreeing also to make it their headquarters while bunting in tbateecticn. The Texan treated them with boundless hospitality, and lormed a Tasting friendship for all tbe half dozen which will continue through life. But be was cot insensible of. the grit and bravery shown by little Zo, when the Texan was caught in such a serious dilemma. But for Zo, he would have perished on the open prairie, swept by the piercing norther. Zoroaster Armstrong is now a young man, who, with a natural rtfintmentot taste and manner, bag secured ai d improved all the advan tages possible in the way of education. Ephraim Porter is one of the wealthiest cattle men of southwest ern Texas, and Z Armstrong is his partner. Golden Days ' rATTEKSOJI'S QUEER CAREER. THE POLICHROME BIBLE. Buried at Last Where His Wife ThongUt She Had Buried Him Years Ago. Baltimore American. . Wilmington, Del. Dec.7-Tbomae L. Patursou, who many years ago was well known in Baltimore and who was a former resident ot this city, was found dead in his apart raents in Puiltfdelphia last Sunday. His death was tbe result of asphyx iation, caused by illuminating gas which he bad kit turned on. Patterson as a member of a prominent Dolaware family. He began his career in tbe hardware business in this city, and married Katherine Eice. A few years after his marriage Patterson suddenly disappeared. His wife knew that he bad gone to Biltioiore, as bo fre quently did, on business. Efforts to locate him, howtver, proved iruitless. The fact of his d sappear- unce was given to a detective agen- Jacy ot the old translation, which is v bicb insiiiutea a vigorous dear to minions ana wnica is re A Translation of the Scriptures Into Mod- - crn English Endeavoring to Simplify ' vixe Bible and Make It Meaning More Plain. E J timore Bun. : The Review of Reviews for De caber contains an elaborate article by. U H. Levy upon "Professor Hsupt aud the Polychrome Bible' F,r ix or . more years Professor H upt,Iof the Hopkins, and the scholarly forces who are aiding him have been at work upon this trin lalion. Of thistoica Professor Haupt is called the General. Tho Sun from time to time has noticed the pro. gress of this great work. Up to the p-jeser.t time ten parts of the He brew text have 'appeared, namely, Genesis.'Leviticus. Joshus, Samuel, Jeremiah, Psalms, Job, Daniel, Ezra "themiah and Chronicles. It, is an. t.ounced that Isaiah and Ez kiel wi l be published within a monthly and tiso wi.l speedily be followed by Numbers, Judges, Kings, Proverbs and Deuteronomy. 'The object of the work has been announced to be a new translation in modern English and not a revis ion cf the accepted version. The various periods in which they were written and the authors ot tbe books which constitute tbe Bible are indicated by a background of various colors. From thie the name of the translation comes, the word "polychrome" meaning many-col- ored. There are many who will take issue with Mr. Levy in some of the reasons he assigns for the work Professor Haupt and his assistants have undertaken. "The King James version," he says, "is three nundred years old, filled with mis translations, obsolete words and in comprehensible Hebraisms. While in its preface addressed to the 'very vulgar,' it has' ceased to be accessi" ble to the masses." The statement that tbe English Bible is inaccessi ble to the masses will strike most people wilh amazement. The Eng lisb Bible, while there are obtolete words in it, is distinguished for the noble simplicity of its language. It is regarded as a conservatory of the English tongue and the principal model tor writers to study. Tho r vised version, Mr. Levy ontinue, has not removed those obstacles be cause a was controlled by English conservatism. The committee or company that made that revision did their work between the year 1870 and 1881. It was composed oi twenty i ur of the most distin guished scholars of England, rein tot ced l y between fifty and sixty scholars of other countries, not con flucd to members ol the Church of England or its American branch. Those men went to work to make a revision and not a new tranelas tion, and with the design of pre serving the Btyle of language and making no changes in tbe text ex cept to attain a greater accuracy ot translation and reaching more near ly tbe meaning of the sacred writ ers. They had the advantage of all the texts discovered and of all the knowledge ot the three centuries wbicb had elapsed since tbe King James translation was mado. Many verbal changes were made, but nothing which seriously impaired confidence in the substantial accu T.M. C. A. STATE CONTENTION. of Twenty-First Annual Meeting Work the College Evangelist. The - twentyfirst annual State convention of the Y. nng Men's Cnristian Association will meet at Winston-Salem February 19 to 22. Messrs. W, U. Dowd. Cjas. V. Til lett, J. M. Rogers and Geo. B Han- na were appointed a committee to arrange a programme which will be one of tbe strongest ever presented. Delegates from all the Young Men'e Christian Associations in Ndrtb Carolina, and all Christian workers 1 a win be welcome. All per-ons inter ested should correspond with Mr. F P. Turner, State secretary Char lotte, N. C. Mr. S. M. Sayford, college evan. gelist, has recently visited tbe foU lowing instituiions in North Caro lina: Trinity College, University ot North Carolina, Davidson College, Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege and Wake Forest College. Al though his stay at each institution was very short, the christian men were ery greatly helped and many students entered into a covenant to move forward in their christian life. Mr. Sayford is in a" unique position; representing no organization or movement. He haB for the past nine years devoted all his time and strength to christian work among tbe colleges, during which time he has visited more than 300 institu tions. God has wonderfully blessed him in this work. A Long Step Forward. News and Observer. Something like five or six years ago Mr. Washington Duke, of Dur ham, gave $85,000 to secure tbe loca tion ot Trinity College in Durham, being then tbe largest single denan tion for educational purposes ever given by a North Carolinian. A few days ago, at the session of the North Carolina Conference at Kin eton, Mr. Duke, through President Kilgo, gave one hnndred thousand dollars to the endowment ot Trinity College, but with the solitary but tar-reacbing condition that the trustees, upon its acceptance, will arrange fur the admission of girls. Upon first blush there are those who will say that it would have been wiser for Mr. Duke to have made the gift without conditions. Upon reflection they will, we think, believe that Mr. Duke has acted "The First Battle"-That Is tho Title of Bryan's Forthcoming Book. Lincoln , Neb., D ispatch. - The title ot Wm. J. Bryan's book is to be 'The First Battle."- In the preface be states bis rea sons for writing the work io the following words: "The campaign of I8U6 wasa remarkable one, whether we measure it by tbe magnitude of the issues, involved or by the depth of interest aroused. I have been led to undertake the present work by a desire felt by myself and ex pressed by others to have the more important incidents of the campaign put into permanent form for the eon vence ol those who have taken part in tbe contest and for the use of those who shall hereafter detire to review the straggle.' "The amount of work dono by the advocates of free coinage is beyond computation, and tbe number of those who took an active part in the contest too great for enumera tion. These facts together with the difficulty of choosing between so many meritorious speeches have compelled me to limit the quotations to the addresses made and papers issued by persons standing in an of ficial capacity and to the principal speeches delivered by myself. I have added a brief history of the campaign, including a discossion of the eleotion returns and tbe signifi cance thereof. It has also been thought best to narrate tho part taken by me in tbe silver agitation prior to the convention, and, at the request of the publishers, I have in eluded a biographical sketch written by Mrs. Bryan. it is understood hoie that tbe publishers will issue the book in tbe early part of January. Seventy-First Blrthdap. The Youth's Companion will celet brate its seventy-first birthday in 1897. Among tbe many attractive announcements of the Companion for the coming year is an article ot exceptional value by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, on "tbe Habit ol i britt. Successful men in other walks of life will second Mr. Carnegie's paper with readable, practical articles based on their own experience, and valuable to the old as well as to the young. Stones will be given by lan Mac laren, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Harold Frederic and Clark Russell. Speaker Reed, Secretary SJ Lr'tHWLLSL m Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking pnwder. IUch- est of all io leavening strength. Latest United States Government Food Report Koyal Baking Powder Company, New York. Sense and Sentiment. Success is never blamed. Sudden glory soon goes out. Spilt wine is worse than water. The body is tbe socket of the soul. Teaching others, leaching your self. No glue will hold when the joint is bad. None can pray well, but he that lives well. No raillery is worse than that which is true. You may know a foolish woman by her finery. ' 11 IS ' The Sentiment of Words. with the highest wisdom. Mr. Duke Herbert, Senator ljodge, lion. Jari is a man of great practical sense. Schurz, Postmaster General Wilson, He has been studying Trinity Col- Dr. Lyman Abbott, Hon. Theodore lege since it first moved to Durham. Roosevelt these are a lew of the He has become convinced, just as two hundred names that figure in Ezra Cornell, who gave the money the latest lit of Companion contri to found Cornell; came to believe, butiore. that when larger opportunities of The non-partisan editorials and higher education are offered to men the current events and nature and they ought also to be given to wo- science departments are of especial men. Ihe history of Cornell has interest to students and to all wh') demonstrated the wisdom of Esra wish to ktep informed of the doings Cornell's making his gift useful to of tbe woild. As a reference book women. It has grown to be tqual file of Companions is well-nigh in to the greatest universities, and it valuable, for its reputation is found- bas forced nearly all tbe younger eu on seventy yearn oi leateu ucuu colleges to admit women. Even thel racy Tears The perspiration of grief. Smiles Tbe visible expression of unspoken texts. To Love An irregular verb never coi jugated without an auxiliary. Sicity A tribunal composed of friends where one i condemned only for contempt of court. Second Marriage A second edi tion with additions from tbe note book of experience, but few correc tions. To Live a Holy Life As some people would have it. To make a hell of eanh with the expectation of a recompense in the hereafter of a paradise in Heaven. i ... si What Is Said About Women. oldest of them, long entrenched be hind barriers ol hostility to co odu cation, bave either established a mau's annex or admitted women to their regular classes. In North Carolina, Eton, Catawba, Gaillord and Rutherford bave been open to New subscribers vending 81.75 to the C ompanion for 1897 will receive tbe Companion for tbe remainder of the year free, also the Companion's artistic twe ve-color calender, and tbe paper a fall year to January, 1898. Illustrated Prospectus of the - Men say cf women wt at pleates them; women do with men what pleases them. Louis Philippe de Segur. , A man without religion is to be pitied, but a godless woman is a horror above all things. Elizabeth Evans. A woman, tho more curious she is abcut her face, is commonly the more careless about bor houso. Ben. Johnson. Women sees deep; man sees far. To the man tbe world is his heart; to ihe woman tbe heart is her world. -Obristian Dietrich Gr&bbe. . cv. search for him. The theory was advanced that perhaps he had been the victim of fou1 play, and the de. ttctive kept themselves posted re-o-ardini? tragedies in various cities n - w garded bt many as almost partak ing ot the inspiration of the orig inal. The rvised version was assailed by many critics, but it has been next Fourth of li.it he was fu'l ot pluck, and o-atberire: himself in a half fitting nnakiop. with bis blanket drawn i j s about hira, he said: 'Well. Zo. do vou think von can w find the way back to Santone?" I guess bo." "Head for tbe town, and ride rs fast as tbe beast can stand. Take ray horse and leave yours; mine has got the best wind. When you get tn Santone. ask for Dr. Cabellus. He's tbe only one that will come lor me. Tell hira Ephraim Porter i out on thepairie with a broken leg, and he'll make a thousand dollars by coming like chain-lightening to tend toil. Tbe Dr. will come for nothing, for I did bm a favor onee that he'll never forget Off with you! Not a word! Every minute counts. Zo was about to protest that his friend would perish, sitting there so many hours io the cutting nowher, Kut. ih man would not allow a word, and, with an oppressing, fere boding, the ad started bis mustang into a sweeping gallop, heading io the direction, as he supposed of San Antonio. An hour later it began to grow dark, and Z felt there was a good cause to doubt his ability to keep the trail, which was scarcely mark ed at all on the prairie. - "If I can do so." he said to bim oelf, "and I ride this mus ana for all he is worth, and the Dr. does the the same with his auimal, it will be and towns in country, in order to ba j generally accepted as a most valu able aid to tbe study ot tbe .Bible, the changes throwing light into many dark corners and clearing up obscurities of meaning. But tbe great body of the people saw no reas son for adopting it for general use and they continue to hold fast to the old family Bible. The ancient style of tbe English of the Bible has become, through long habit pei haps, peculiarly aeso ciated with the Bible and the sub" jects of which it treats. To change it into modern English will seem most strange. For instance, to take at random an. illustration trom a page of Leviticus which Mr. Levy leproduces. In the old Bible we read: '-And it it be not redeemed witbin the space of a full year, then the bouse that is in the walled city shall be establed forever to him that bought it throughout, his genera tion." In the Polychrome transla able to catch up with him, dead or alive. After eight years bad elapstd Mrs Patterson was nolined tbat .in a railroad station in Baltimore a man, whose appearand Corresponded precisely with the description of . . i .j i i j j her missing nusonu, uau oroppea dead. She went to ualtimore and identified the body as tbat of ber missing bu-band. Accjrcingly the corpse was brought to this city and interred iu the laoiiiy lot. for 4 or 5 years afterwards Mrs. Patter son mourned the death of ber hus band, and hie mystenous disappear ance aud death bad about ceased to be a topic of discussion, when news came to Mrs. Pattertson through a clergyman then residing in Wil mington, that her husband was siifl alive, and that he bad seen him in a town in Wieconsin- At tbe time this news reached Ir. 'Pattersou her engagement to a wealthy citizen had been an nounced. The gentlemen to whom Mrs. Patterson was betrothed, ct- iotj upon information furnished by the clergyman, went west in search women, and the nractice has worked next volume will be sent tree upon well request. Address, Youth's Compan- We take it that the Methodists of ion, 205 Columbus Avenue, Boston, thn Rtatn will h triad tn nnen Trim. I M.S8S. e 1 t.xr tn the trirlia a.nd bv an doinc of- . .1. ', ' f thai North Carolina's Deficient School System. tar to the vouDff women ot tne I church and State advantages equal Philadelphia Record, to those their brothers er joy. It There appears to be a deplorable will be along step in the right inattention on the part of the people direction. We have outgrown the of North Carolina to tbe necessity old dishonoring idea that men and of the proper maintenance of public women ought not to be educated to- schools. From a strenuous article gether. It is well that Mr. Duke in the Biblical Recorder, tbe organ A P . nf lkn R.nlint fKnili in that Sr.ta naB Diazea out & way ior a treat i kji " kjuow, Phnrf h tn nut. rwav lta swadd inr W6 learn that OUt OI XJD 150 CUIll , K j - cj clothes. The Eternal Truth. The South is undoubtedly the proper place for the negro. It is true that a good many ot as are lynched in some parts of the South, but have you ever thought of it, that an educated negro, who owns some property and endeavors to live a peaceful lite, is as safe in the South as in the North. Education and wealth are life preservers in the southland. One or the other is all that is required. Up North tbe pastj-0 ol Patterson. 1 he clergyman s sto ry proved correct. IIj was fjund in a large tovn in Wisconsin dis guised in appearance as well as in name. v hen ne iounu he was rec- gnized he confessed, aud volun teered to come bjick to Wuming'dn. Of course, tbe engagement ot his wife was broken and the body ct bis "doubie, which had been in tbe family lot for foarcr five years, was disintercd and consigned to Poller's Field. About two years ago, after tbe marriage of bis daughter, Pat terson moved to Philadelphia, where be held a position as chief book keeper in the employ of a business firm. ' v Patterson was 70 years old. He was of a nervous temperament, aud had frequent spells of dispondency. F-.r several months past bis wile has bjen visiting in the west. His body has been brought to this city, and will be interred in tbe grave wbicb was ccupied by tbe body of his 'double."- Wri'.e with tbe learned, but speak with the vulgar. . tion it ic: "Aud if it be not redeem ed within tbe cpace of a year, the bouse tbat is la the walled city shall be assured in perpetuity to him who bought it and his descendants." Every lover of the Holy Scrip tures will feel grateful to these scholars who are expending their time and talents in its' study and elucidation. Tbe mere faot tbat it bas beeu thosubj -ct of such labors shows the estimate in which the Bible is held. Anything tending to explain it or make its meaning plaiu is weicomea. ine oia timeiearoi sutjeciing it to ii quiry bas largely passed away, for the "opposition of science, falsely so called," tbe scru tiny and criticism of modern schol arship and all tbe investigations into its origin and authenticity have but served to establish it more and more fi . m ly as ' The Bock " -Shelby a Pork-liaising Town. 6hrlby Aurora. . The people of Shelby bave raised tbifl year 400 bogs. At an average of 225 pounds each they will make yu.uuu pounas oi pors, wnicn is worth 7 cents per pound or f 6.300 for the pork raised in Shelby in one year. Forest fires have des royed 49,000 acres of umber in New lork State in the past three years. week, people have frozen to death while some of us down here are parading around with "seaaucker" coats and straw bats on. L-t our Northern educated men and women come South and assist us to exter minate ignorance from among our people, and after tbat will have been done, you will find this country dren of school age 603,673, or 95 per cent, are dependent npon public schools for whatever education they may get. Yet to teach this army in 7,171 public schools only 1690,162 is expended au average of 995 per school per ye'ar, or a trifle more than a dollar each for pupils. Of course neither proper teachers nor long enough school terms cau be ob tained for such pitiful inadequate pay. The Recorder insists, with force, that the school question is a matter of more vital importance in North Carolina than any question nance, tariff or temperance. A At the Theatre. Twinkle, twii kle little star, How f wonder who you are; I'm behind a hat so tall I oan't see the stage at all I Chicago Times-Herald. mm mm - In his annual report for tbe last fiscal year Prsfessor Moore, chief of tbe Weather Bureau at Washington, tales that the average percentage of verificatibn ot ibe Bureau's foie- .casts during the year was 82.4. .The. great hammer of tbe Wool wich Gun Works, cf England, weighs forty tons and bas a drop of 44 feet. . requisite i ublic intelligence is necs essary in order to a comprehension of tbe issues which the people are required to decide for themselves at ths polls. Would it not be well for Senator Butler, the chairman of the It takes 37 specially constructed and tq lipped steamers to keep the submarine telegraph cables ol the world io repair. -. . . ,. One may understand like an angt l and yet be a devil. "Jack tbe Giant Killer. The child's tory of "Jack, the Giant Killer" famishes a striking illustration of tbe efficacy of e mall agencies towards the suppression of great evils, when judiciously used. The daring exploits ot brave little Jack remind us, in their results of the wonderlul achievements of I)r. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets in battling with the giant, Disease. K jlativt -ly, tbe proportion between tho vomh tul hero, and Old omnderbore, m ap- Populist party in North Carolina, to drop for a lime the discussion of tbe w i - . . . , - a i I " " " I' beats Liberia or any other country LD. quesn Da turn tne uoou iparet!y u0t greater than that be for the negro Victoria (Texas) 'u tween tbe little 'Toilets" and'tbe Guide. - , schools and more of them? But per- relenilei.8 monster which preys anon maintain tbe present standard' of illiteracy. . Poor Fellow. Buzzing in my right ear! Throbbing in my hedl " Aching in my stomach, Sending me to bed. Dizzy so I can't tiee I" Shooting pains in back I Bless me! what is worse than A "billion attack!' . There is certainly nothing much more disagreeable, but Dr. Pierce' Golden Medical ditcovery will soon make voa all 0. K." This is the creates. blood-purifier known. c During the past fiscal year tbe ex ported products of American fsrns aggregated $571,000,000, an increase of 117,000,000 over the preceding ear. ' - ' ' . "Give me a man with an aim. Whatever tbataimmy be, Whetbents wealth or whether its fame, " . It matters not to me." the vitals. Yet, tbe 'Toilets" comes off conqueror of const! patior, silk headache, biliousness and kindred ailments every time. It you are suffering from either acute or chron ic disorder of the digestive organs, try this u re remedy. - ' . . Tbe largest bridge in the orld is tbe Dion' bridge , near Sa.gfaig, China. It extends five- and a t alf miles over a part of tbe Yellow Sea and is supported by 300 bug stone arches. . .. Half tbe aimless lives are due to Nearly everyone becomes more or j lassitude of body caused by dior less Diuoas at times. iteucn times, idered liver. To beep your liver in oy talcing (as thousands aoi a lew (order and so prevent evil accumu- doses of the Golden Medical Dieov I lations in your blood, to make you OASTOIIXA. tin erv. they are often saved 'weeks of actual sickness. The "Discovery is the only liver invfgoraior and blood-purifier so positively ceitaiu in its curative action, tbat once ued it is ai trays in favor. By all dealers in medicines. - . ' . . Csed.in Germany. Gcxe Grease feaa been uwd io Germany for thousands ot years for Hue tin ttit-m. Neuralgia, sprains, braLts, etc . and tound t- be tbe mcst re iabfe remedy known. Al ways geld under guarantee If it does you no c-mkI Uk- it back to your drotrgist and digestion, biliousness, sick headache ' pet your mon-y Made only by Goose and kiudred disturbances. unweuiBiuiwvu., UnxUJwi. . y. feel light and right and bright from morning till night, to make your sleep aw eet, and keep your system complete take Dr. Pierce's Pieaeant Pellets. Tbey cureconstipation, in- -7 t
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 17, 1896, edition 1
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