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CHARLOTTE, N. C.t THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1896.
VOLUME XL1T NUMBER 2275
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55Tgeo. W. GRAHAM.
Office 7 West Trade St."
Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose
8nd Throat. Apr3,1998
PrTeT p. keebans,
Dentist,
offic0-7 West Trade St., Charlotte
pi. j.
Nov 2, 1894
JJTJGii W. HARRIS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office Nos 14 aDd 16 Law Building,
um ' July 6, 1895:
OSBORNE, MAXWELL &
KEER AIMS.
Attorneys at Law,
Offices 1 and 3 Law Building..
Oct 20, 1895
pj N. PHARR,
Attorney at Law,
Office No. 14 Law Building.
jLARKSON & DTJLS,
Attorneys at Law,'
Office No. 12 Law Building.
J)KS. M. A. & C. A. BLAND
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Charlotte, N. C.
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building, up-tairs, during December
except on Wednesday and Thursday
of each week. Uis practice is limit
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BAB IN- YIIE SUNXY. SOUTH:
SHE DWELLS UPON THE VIRTUES OF
A HAPPY COMMUNITY.
A City of Contraats-Honse of Old Johns
Hopkins, Whose Name is Synonymous
Ith Science and Education.
St. jJouis Republic. ' -The
Ciiy of Monument ! The city of
to day and the city of yesterday J The
city ihit rff.-rs.fjr a email sum, a home,
comfo. table, modern and well b lilt, at a
reasonable price, so tb.it the workingmen
may live, as he should fa a house by him
self. It is th- city of cominual contrasts.
Yesterday I looked with wonderment " at
th-s rows upon rows of beautiful modern
houses that had bfcen-bu;lt sice 1 last
aiw Baltimore, and the c"ay btfurj I ad
mired theqiaint old two-story houte with
its attic, windows and tu rounded by a
terractd garden, in which lived the old
Quaktr, Johns Hopkins, whose name to
day is almost synonjmoui with science,
advai.ce and education I fly across the
town in chaa fast cars that make thosa
used in New York a disgrace, and behold !
it la not today. It is not yesterday. It
is v r a hundred years ago.
1 am knocking for admission at the door
of a onvent, and, although I am expect
ed, I lay my card on the revolving shelf
that spends half its life in the outer world
the busy, bustling, brutal wor'd and
the other half in the world where all is
pi :ty and sweetness and sweetness and
goodness A low e'earyoice directs me
to enter the opposite room; it is plain, but
scrupulous! clean. A ftw chairs and a
few religious pk tuns are its oily furni
ture. As I seat myself 1 am opposite a
grating that extends from ceiling to floor,
and the inner side of which has buDg be
fo e it, a full curtaia of black serge. In a
few minutes a sweet voice all the Car
melite ladies have voices that sound Uke
music greets me with "Good Morning.
Did you ever talk to anybodywitha terge
curtain and a grating between you two?
Just at flistyou are cuiioualy embarrassed;
your vo ce sounds extremely loud, your
chair will creak, aad very tim- you move
you move your foo i you are surprised at
the amount of noise you m:nage to make.
You and I, who are embarrassed at meet
ing nobody, fitd ourselves ill at ease
with a companion that is a voice and a
soul, but no visible body. However, as
Mother Raphael is a ger tlewoman, a few
miautes puts me at my ease, aud I im
agine tbe dignified form that I do not see.
I at-k about the life .of the community.
I wondir if you could live it? It means
a life of fasting and piayer; it meats a life
given xclusiv;ly to intercession for th se
who forget to pray for themselves; it
nit-aos a life of euch eelf-abnegalion ae
few women dare to try ; and yet there is
no community in the world in which the
members live to be so old as in tho e cf
the Carmelite. The Carmelites are an old
a very old ordtr. In Frai.c, they always
commanded not only the love, but the re
spect of the people, and when, in the
Eighteenth Century, the most bridiantof
of the daughters of Louis XV, saw and
predicted the horrors that were comi g.
ihere was little surprise whem she bt came
a Carmelie. One day she was in the
Court of France, handsome, brilliant and
witty, the next day she had taken the
vows f a Carmelite nun and was c ut of
the w rld which she bad adorned. When
ever the King was in doubt it was to this
daughter that he went for wisdom. She
had the brain of a man with the heart of
a woman, and if her father had followed
her advice the French Revolution might
have been delayed but who can say ? In
religion Mme. Louse'was known as Sister
Teresa of St Augustin, and her picture
adorns aim oet every Carmelite communi
ty. She let a beautiful life and died a
saiDt's death. As Mother Raphael was
telling me about this 1 interrupted her and
asked:
"When did the Caimelites come to this
country ?"
She say: "The few sisters who believed
it would be wise to make for themselves a
a home in tie New World, after a long
and wearisome voyage of many months,
took possession of their home on the Feast
of St. Teresa, October 15, 1790, in Charlts
cunty, Maryland.
Those siti ra worked very hard, but never
grew weary in well doing Several Ameri
can ladie joined the order, and one or two
of them brought ia with their dowry 6ome
slavts In time, the tumler of slhves
owned by the community was 0 men,
women and children Outhouses were
built for thtm, and they were treated ts
the children of the convent. The wooun
were tavgbt to St w, to cook ai d to make
their homes comfortable; the men were
encouraged to woik, to save their money
and the Yve children had their school.
while to all of them the knowledge of God
was preached, not only in serm ms, but in
every way possib'e. The time came when
the home in Charles county grew too
t-mal?; it waa thought best fr the com
munity tojjrjitfrate to Baltimore, and then
thvre arose : . portant quesuo
what was to,
j . 'Mith the colored peo-
pie?
"The titters cout3 suppoft thtm in
9
the city; they could not sell ,lnem, ana
they could not b? certaio that any on" eUe
would look after them in the little group
of houses that had formed their hemes.
So they ca'led tLem together and the supe
rior told them the conclus-ion which had
been reached It was tnis: Each head oi
f ami y was to si lect whomsoever among
the neighb ricg g ntry he wonld like best
as a master, and his choice meeting with
the approval of the c mmuaiy, be was to
go t the home which he had chosen
That there was wi-dom iu tLia method of
arranging for their happiness was shown
by the fact that each chose a good, kind,
broad-narndei master or miitr S3, and in
in the jeirs that followed they
never forgot be" gentle sistt rs who
hid car.d for them so lopg, - and
they regularly wrote them, telling of their
joy a and sorrows.
At the time taat Enters came to Ba'tl-
more th re existed a fear that Ike British
were going to attract tho city, atd among
oar chronicles in a ttory about this that
is rather amung I ;i those day there
were fe vcarrj iges. f wer omnibusses, and
of c urs, no street cars; ao the nuns walk
ed, two by two, through tbe fetrectsto the
Archbi hop's palace, where they were to
rest bf.,re entering their home Tbe
Archbishop hai an old colored servant
whi wa9 a gra coward, and when he
paw these strange figures, swathed ia with
mantles, and wearing long, black veils, go
ing up the steps, he rusned before them
screaming: "Uh! tbe British hab come to
take away ole Masa!"
Then they went to our old home on As
quith stree and there they stayed for
maty, many yeais. The fact that we
were permitted to have a private cemet-ry
in the garden undoubt dly started the sto
ry about whieh you ask, that we dug our
own graves, each sister -throwing out a
thovelful of earti each night. That is
only done by tbeTrappists.and not, I be
lieve, by any other order in this country.
Are we happ? Tbe laugh that followed
thi9 question was so merry that it was
impossible to doubt the perf ct co-itent of
the lady who was ta king
Then she sil: "As aa evidence of the
old age to which the- Carmelites
lived, I must tell you this: Id 1836, when
our community was sadly in n?cd of mon
ey, we asked the Paris house to assist us
and among tbe sisters a ive at that time
was mother Raphael, who was 91 years
old, and who has been a novice with Mme
Louise de France
Think of tha! Thiok of that who
lived before the French Revolution one
who hadjmade her life, from the physical
standpoint, a life of c mtinual self-deiml,
and we read books and listen to lecture
as how to live so that we may have maiy
years of life, and we never oncu think of
the certain effect of a good lif a pure
life, end a life t f unselfishness. A few
puestions and I was told tb.it, year in and
year out.no flessh is eaten. On fast days
neither fish, eggs nor milk is indulged in
The bed i9 of .siraw, sheets of serge, the
habit is serge, the long black veil is al
ways worn ovr the face, speech is never
indulged in, except duri ;g .the hours of
recreation. After a little more chat, dur
i g which mother Ri.hael highly com
mjnd d the energy of the women f f to
day, I said "Au rev.ir'' for a few minutes
ard went i- to the chapel. I stood by the
grating before the choir and a9 a p cial
favor, the serge curtain was drawn up
and I taw tue stftely figure of mo her
Raphael and the slender one of the your g
er sister who had been talking to me.
You who are out in the wor'.d. who'
thii k much of work may ask:
What do the Carmeli'e hdies do? They
pray and pray without ceasing. When
you are at the opera, when you are at the
gay supper, whan you are intersted in the
play, or when you are whirling around in
the dance, their voices are g' ing up to
Go i asking Him to keep you out of temp?
ati n. They say to you when they talk
to you that it is good for you to have a
pleat-ant tine, that they are happ in
knowing of your pleasure, th it your vo
cation is to be ia fchi world; and they urge
upon no one to come to thecc. But be you
Jew or Ge.it'le, Mohammedan or Buddaist
whether you have faith or whether you
are a disbaliev r you nsed only ask for
a special prayer and it will be said for
you. The wife whrsi husband is out in
the storm at sea, the mother whose boy
is a profligate, the young lady who doubts
the love of her betrothed, each one mj
to and ask that the gentle Sisters say a
sp cial prayer, and it will be said, said
witb joy, said with faith, and stid with
out asking for gold.
When the SitUrs moved ii to tue house
in which they now live, closed cirriages
were brought to convjy tiem from one
convent to another, but the street9 for
blocks, was crowded wilL people eager
to see them s'ep over the threshold, across
the pavement and into the carriages.
Mother Raphael laughed heartily at the
curiosity, but she did cot tell me what
was said to me by a man of the world.that
i",tbat in this crowd, collected to look up
o j the kindly nuns, many fell upon them
and lhar.kid them for hiving helped with
prayer and good advic , when more than
mere material as-iitaace was needed.
It seems strange that, although none of
these Sisters expect to leave the husi un
til the kiss of d:atb has been pretstduoon
their lips, and they are carried away to
that God's acre, wnich h ts been dt-dicited
to them. They a-e not only hapoy of
heart a d pleas in t of epiech, but there
seems to be about them a speci al halo of
wotnanliuess that makes the b cycie rid
ing, loud speoking, positive women of io
dy appear vulgir aud unftminioe. Nei
ther you nor I tan exp a-.u this; only 1 be
lieving that much jjoodisgain d by ti nt
prayet and -quiet meditati n,im convinced
that by continual prayer they are brought
s close to God that they exhale sweetness
and purity just as au Anuaciation lily
sends forth p rfume. Their faith may
cot be yourt,it ii not mine but no mitter
what your faith miy bi you caoi.ot piy a
visit to the Cirmeiitd Nuauerv io B dti-
mure without fetlipg the better c f it. And
when I said goodby to Mother Raphael I
felt honored by touching her haud. f r
knew that, us s ire!y a3 th re many road
lesdiog to heaven, she certainly was up
on one that le.ids directly Xo the thioue o
God. - r
" Oace more I am out in the 'sunshine
T:
T -day is bef ore me. and a , kindly con
auctor neips ma into tne electr.c : car.
Where have I beea? With ladisa to whom
the French Revolution w&s faut yeaterdiy,
with ladies whose geoea oj;ygoe3 bask to
tL at first commlaty upon Mount Car
me. " - ' ' - - -.; . ' -,
How great is their aristocracy, asd how
po )T aud me in u ?he aristocracy o' the
dollail Incorrectly, it is ca ILalmighty"
and yet you and I kuow that it j' greatness
ia as nothing c mpircd to tbe sincere pray
er that ar; said by the Canneli e evv-ry
ev. ry day. ' Tbe man who a.de hia for
tune yesterday has so ue student hunt him
up a lew ancestors; ana ; n be gave a
th'-ught to the Sisters of the Orders of
St Teresa, he would cal) thtm.pcor
nuns!" How little be- know -Thiy are
rich nuns -rich in faith, rich ia hope and
rich in charily The conductor looked at
me o; ce or twice with a sympathetic air;
it n u-t be th tt he is used to seeing on h!s
car women who have gone to the Carmel
ite conv. at to ask for prayers, and he im
agines tL t the tetrs coursing doartf my
cheek are caused by grtef.
How mistaken he i! Tiey are tears of
thankfulness They are my thankfeiv-
iag for having had two blessings of God
called down upon me by a woman whose
ife ia dedicated to God If you had been
With me you would have felt like me.'
And the out.-ide world would have seemed
very noisy, very vulgar and very uod sir-
able compared with the quiet and the
pence of the house iu wh:ch I had been.
But your work nd mine is out here, out
in this noisy, bustling, vulgar world. All
hat we cm Lope is that we may do our
best, and that the gentle nuns may send
up a gentle prayer for you win are a Jew,
for somebody else who is a Cath die, for
mtbdy eke who is a Protestant, a9 well
as for Bab
LITERARY NOTES.
Herbert D W ard, the novelist and hus
band f Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward,
has written a new novel, which will be
the fiction feature of the La lies' Home
Journal during 1897 It is a humorous
story and has the unique title of "The
Burglar Who Moved Paradise " It is a
equel to Mrs. Ward's "An Old Maid's
aiadi&e," the husband taking up the pen
wLere Miss Phelps had naturally to put
it down when she became Mrs. Ward.
Mrs. Borer Stops Her Paper.
Mrs. Rorcr's magazine, Household News
has been absorbed by the Ladies' Home
ournal in order to make it possible for
Mis Rorer to form an exclu:ive editorial
connection w'th the latter magazine. All
of Mrs. Rorer's literary woik will here
after appear exclusiyely in the Journal, of
whosi domestic department sb. win havp
entire charge SeVe: al pages of the maga
zine will be given her each month, and in
these she will begin by giving a new se
ries of simple corking leisons, to bj fol
lowed by domestic lessons treating sepa
rately the ca e and arrangement of euch
room in a house.
Bismarck and Wales.
Last summer George W. bacailey, the
famous correspondent aud man of letters,
went abroad in the in'erests of the Ladies'
Home Journal. His commission was to
wiite two article.-: one on "'! he Personal
Side of BL-marek," ai d the other on "The
Smalley peisocally knows both men and
he had no d fln ulty in getticg in o close
touch with thm, while other meo would
have found insurmountable barriers. Tbe
firSt of these articles will be printed in the
January issue of ihe Journal. Unpub-
ished portraits will illustrate the papers.
Useful Hints.
Waste in tbe kitchen is very often great
rom apparently trivial sources
In cooking meats, the water is thrown
out without removing the grease, or the
grease from the dripping pan is thrown
away.
Scraps of meat are thrown away.
Cold potatoes are left to spoil.
Dry fiuits are not looked after and be
come wormy.
Vinegar and sauce are left standing in
tin.
Apples are left to decay for want of
'sorting over.
The tea canister is left open.
Vituals are left exposed to be eaten by
mice.
Bones of meat and tbe carciss of turkey
are thrown away, when they ecu d be us
ed in m tking good soups
Sugar, coffee, tea and rice carelessly
spilled in the handling.
Soup i9 left to dissolve and waste ia the
water.
D sh towels are used for dish cloths.
Napkins are used for dish towels.
Towels are used for holders
Broom? and mops ae not hung up.
More coal is burned than necessary by
not arranging dampers when not using th
fire.
Lights are left burning when not need.
Tue dishes are not properly cleansed
and dried. -.
Good new brooms are-used in serubbirg
the kitchen floor
Silver spoons aje us d in scraping ket
ties -
Cream is left to mou'd and FpVil
Mustard is le tto ppoil in the cru-e, etc
Tea and c ff e pots are injured on the
stove. The Restaur-nteur.
Used la Germany.
Go ee Grease has been a! in Germany
for thousands of years for Rhecmtim,
Neuralgia, sj rains, bruises, etc . and tound
to be be mos' re ible remedy knowB. Al
ways s 1 1 under gu-tranlee If it does yrtx
no p k d Uk- it bck t your droggis and
tret vour mon'V Made only by Goose
Grea-e Liniment Co., Green bro. i-. C.
Apr 10-ly
WHERE IS THE BEAU i
MAYBE IT WASmVEB CAPTURED.
Uttle Charlie Says He Caagnt It by the
Tail and That Being So; What Bid He To
With It? .
Editor Charlotte Democrat.
In your is ue of the lOin iust., is puV
lisbed a letter, "Hot fnm Pender County
and from which you tem to infer that
ur p.rty have kept somethirg back.
Your comments ab ut our hunt reminds
me that you have cot foigottt n the com-
I would remit d jo i that Nimrod would
feel humbled to use cunning on.y in low
ering to use the wild burst of tbe poet, for
he admires the blind t ard whose mental
vision was bi'ghter thereby when he sajs
that even " , ?
"Heaven hides nothing: from you now.
Nor does the deep track of HelL"
Little Charlie's 1 Hot Letter" seems to
breathe a spirit of kioc n ss for our party
and may be truthful as to Mr. Davis con
duct at the bear trap, but why don't he
tell the wh le truth? It seems that be had
a tail ho d on the bear and should report
what bacame of it -They reported no
catch to tbe others who would be entitled
to (hare with th m. I do hope they will
explain to the satisfaction cf all what
trapping was done Thanksgiving day
when I was 7 mi es from the scene happy
and thankful as a hunter could be, at the
home of my soldier comrade Wright
Blake a day devoted to memoiy sweet.
We walked and talked and rowed in a
boat oa Shacking creek and Northeast
river, we comp vrea our surroundings to
31 years ago when we were in the trenches
at Petersburg, Va., indeed we communed
with memory sweet, s rious and dear to
every patriot' heart. The peace confer
ences about that time occurine at Fortress
Monroethat immortal army and its hon
ored commander standing by the death
b-'d of our bleeding country all passed
in review.
As promised I hide nothing from your
view, and ttate that it still taxes the grace
and courage of an old sold it r to measure
out aLOtberdo8e of forgiveness to the ene
my of hu c untiy's cause to as to be
thaiikful t ven at that lofs of time. We
thought of sister uba, too, and planned
to go for her when Uncle Sam gtts ready
to annex hr to Noith Carolina. Iam
proud of tbe pleasant mentioL you make
of our devoted wives and honored cham
pions. One of the wives volunteered to
go along to do our ccoking; they are
nor e of your new i?sue of one-wheelere,
hey have pulled in double htrnets from
away back yonder up. to date. They have
h m red their mothers and will live long
and bloom. Yes, they are the fruit from the
full grown tree of American manhood.
Does it still appear that the hunters would
keep anything back? Sir, the lives of all
of them have been more thrillirg than
that of Davy Crockett.
Duty associated thtm with the nign in
early youth. At manhood they were
marching to the mus e of the cannon's
roar, and during the prime of life endured
the trials of beiag among unreconstructed
yankees, recons ructed rebels and voting
free negroes, and during all this oppr si
tin, Mr. Editor, they were building tbe
grandest century in the calendar of time.
How fitting, how pleasant 'tis for them in
tbe evening of life to seek and enjoy the
company of preachers the best, most
honored and ble-t of the human race.
That circle you allude to may have been
made by the bear and little Charlie while
in tbe trap, and to satisfy you I'll swear
Charlie and prove by all the hunters
that Alexander and I was 4 miles from
that pi it during our first bunt, and that
I was more than 2 miles from it in the lest
drive. Alexander told me' he saw it and
would like to have it explained. I keep
nothing back, and tell you that on our
buntirg grounds are mmy ol jects of in
terest ;uch as DevL's race traok.whale wal
lows, etc , and not only has it been honor
ed .by His Satanic Mj,jsty, but the sol
diers of George III have left footprints
there Ou Shelter creek are to be seen
breastworks of that day, and these bur t-
ing grounds are hallowed andbkst by the
b jst people on earth. I love the name of
Pender, who was my first commander in
the war between tbe States. . Carolina's
greatest soldier, living or dead, and to hon
or h'tn that county was formed.
Now, Mr Editor, if you will go down
and tee for yourf elf and stay long enough
for your beard to fprout, and will
give us a true his or y rf that trap business
and 'hat 6 jeet of mistery, we will have
Mr Davis" to oliHmpion you acd employ
little Charlie for your pilot. (I will have
no feais of your molesliDg our game ) If
you will do this duty to our party, I will
give yen the feet and tail of tbe next buck
I cap'ure and then by aid you in catching
a BEAR.
Our pleasures while there were loo grat
to keep and as you are now con vine d that
I bide nothing froni you," (except bear
trapping) I will stop, unless you need and
wai t, and will share the honor and profit-
of publishing an encyclopedia written by
- Nimrod.
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Marreloai Results.
From a 1 tter written bv Rev. J Gnn
deiram, of Dimondale, Mich .we are per
mitted o make thi extract: "I have no
h s;t-tion in recommeudinz Dr- Kirg's
New Dis' overy, ss th resu.ta were al-m-st
noarFe'ous iu tuecis- of my wife.
Wh le I was pastor of the Baptist I burch
at RiT"s Junction she ws brought down
wjth PoeomonU succedin La Grijp.
T-rrib'e phroxysms of coughing woald
last b"Us with tittle interruption and it
8med as if she cou'd not survive ihem.
A friend rfccetamendi'd Dr. KiicVNew
Discovery; it was was quick io its work
ahd hi?hi, satisfactory in reu is Trial
boHles f ree at Burwetl & Donn's Drug
Store. Regular size 50c and flQO.
, A WISE RAILROA MDOTE.
One Hundred Experiment Farms.
Manufacturers' Record Dec, 11, 1886. :
Ihe S a Board Air Line has taken oce
step, which stems to be in advance ef
every other railroad in the south, looking
to the benefit of the agricultural interests
ot the country tributary to it and to the
enlargement of its efforts to attract imml
gration and capital for inv stment This
is to be found in the organizaton of plant
for the establishment of 100 exxerment
stations along the lines of its road, giving
one experimental point to t v. ry ten miles
of its system. It is proposed by the man
agement to take 100 small tracts of land
immediately along the line of iu road, and
under the direction of the best experts to
utilize these bodies tf land for thowing
.what cafi be done in the diversification of
farm interests and for the growing f farm
products not now raised in the south The
experiments of this company In- proving
mat tiops and other products . hot hereto
fore raised in that section can be success
fully grown ia that territory have shown
to the officers the wisdom of very greatly
enlarging the scope of these experlmntal
operations. ' These experimental stations
will not be large enough to be a financial
burden to the railroad, but at the same
time will be large enough to amply dem
onstrate the best methods of cropgrow
ing and the best crops adapt ed to the va
rious tections of the country. It is pro
posed to experiment with a large number
of crops not now produced in that terito
ry. 6uch as hops, broom corn. New Eng
land beans, celery, sugar beets and other
products which may be made to profit
the agricultural interests of the region be
tween Norfolk and Atlanta.
Tbe south annually tpends immense
sums fr products of this . kind, which
are brought from other sections, and
whicn could be raised at home to even
better advantage than elsewhere. Id tak
ing the lead io this kind of educational
work, the Seaboard deserves the heartiest
commend it ion of everyone interested in
southern advancement. These experi
mental stations will not only prove of im
mense value to all farmers now located
along the line of the road, but will be the
means of showing to thousands of prospec
tive settlers from other sections what can
be done in the s mtb, and will thus be the
means of greatlv increasing immigration
to that region.
This,however,is only a part of the plars
of the Seaboard. Io' king toward tbe devel
opment of the. teritory along its line It
is proposed to organize a dtpaitmcct,
which will not only have charge of the
xperimental stations, but which will also
give cartful attention to the study of the
hi si markets to which such products
should be shipped, thus aiding tne rarmers
n securing the greatest returns. Includ
ed in this general work will also be special
ff.rts to improve the grade of the live
stock oo adjacent farms.
In connection with these plsns, there
will aho be established an industrial de
partment, in charge of Mr. John T. Pat
rick, of Pine Bluff, N, C, who for some
years was immigration agent of North
Carolina, and who has bf recent years
been identified with extensive immigration
and development work at Southern Pines
and other points along the line of this
road.
This feature of the work will take in
the qu s I ion of making known the indus-
tarial resources and capabilities of tie
country and of aiding to the utmost ex
tent in tbe development of manufacturing
interests.
While one or two other southern roads
have each established an, experimental
farm, and wbi'e a number of - southern
roads' have immigration and industrial
departments, we do not believe that any
one has laid rut such a broad plan as has
been outlined by the management of tbe
Seaboard system. It was to tbe success
of the experimental farm of the Georgia
Southern & Florida Railroad that much
of the 'immigration along the country
reached by that road was due. When Maj
Glessner was carrying such large numbers
of women fruit growers and others to
that teritory and making snch a great suc
cess of bis work in attracting population-
and advancing the interests of . the coun
try, his euccejs was mainly owing after
giving full credit to his untiring energy
and good judgement to tbe experimental
farm which had been operated to success
fully. But this was only one extensive
farm, and could not be seen by everybody
The Serb ard, on the contrary, ia having
100 smaller farm3, carries the work to a
much greater extent and with much better
promise of larger resu'ts
SHARKEY POCKETS THE MONEY.
The Sailor is Ready to Fight Anybody.
San Francisco, Dec 18. As soon aa
the Anglo-California Bank opened, this
morning, Tom Sharkey presented the
certified check for $10,000, handed him
by Referee Wyatt Earp on the day , of
the fight with Fitzsimmons.
Tbe cashier notified the sailor that
attachments, aggregating' $1,500 had
been filed against the check. "All right,
then, give me the balance," remarked
Sharkey, In a way which indicated that
he was anxious to get the $8,500 out of
the reach of the collectors. The money
was turned over to him and he pro
ceeded on his way jubilantly.
Sharkey has not definitely determin
ed as to his future movements.
"I'm ready to fight anybody," said
Sharkey, "but nobody seems desirous
of meeting me, and it don't look as If I
would get a match for some time. Pe
ter Maher, the man I would like to go
ao-olnaf la rrrttirhfA to meet Steve
O'Donnell. so I will be unable to get a
fight out of the irishman uniii aiier nia
present engagement Is over
Tnnntrv amAnir members oi the grand
Jury leads to the co'ncluskm that no
body will be proceeded against by find
ing Indictments for felony.- In the Jury
are a number of prominent citizens
who do not disapprove of ring con-
1 icraio. x lie: j uviu w -v.v
nmAUul o-a !nt th hoxra flj it lS CBT-
tarn, conviction could not be obtained.
Absolutely: Pare
Cflfhnttmt fnr'lt mut lAaM. .t t
and bealthrulness. Assures tbe food as-aiast
and all forms of adulteration common
ROTAI. BAKJJfO POWDKB CO., KXW YORK.
NOTICE.
By virtue of a deed of trust vxemted in
me bv J. B Coorjer and wtf Rno V.
Cooper, which is duly recorded in the
Keeiaters rfflca In Mtckfenhnro mnnt
in Book 99 Dace lfifl. I will spII f.-r
to the hichfSt bidder, at the rnnrt hnnuS
door in tbe city of Charlotte on the 16th
day of January, 1897, at 14 o'clock m ,
that lot of land ia tbe City ot Charlotte
situated at the corner of R and Ninth
streets, f rontirg ninety-nine feet (W ft ) on
Ninth street, and extending back at that
wiuiu aiong c street one bondred and
ninetY-eiebtn98fn and rmhraHntr nne.hs.tf
of lots 034 and 035 io square 16U according
u .Dear s map 01 me said city, it being the
lot on which the said Cooper and wife re
side, and the same conveyed to the said
Rosa V Cooper by A G Brenizer. trus
tee by deed dated the 11th day of March,
1889, and recorded io the register's office
of said COUntv in book (U nave 4ft0 This
the 16th day of D cember, 1896.
it U.JUNE'S, Trustee.
dec 17 lm.
Dissolution Sale.
The firm of K T. Yandte Ar. rVi at Pin.
ville. is this dav dl-so'.veri. and will hn re
sponsible for all debts made up to this
ime iiereaner tne nrm will be known
as M. E. Moore.
K L. YANDLK & CO.
A IX' AROUND THE FARM.
A wagonload of cinders dumped at the
end of a bridge will prevent the wheels
fr m cutting deep chuck holes into the
grade.
Professor Curtis says that the way to
dry off a cow is to stop milking her stop
short. He is right. Many udders have
been spoiled by milking every two or three
days during the drying-oft process.
When an animal does not thrive It is
not always necessary to resort to medi
cines. , 1 may happen that salt is needed,
or that liaseed meal will prove, a remedy.
The cause should be first considered be
fore attempting a cure for an ailment.
If a sick hog hu been separated from
the others and recover It should not be
returned to the heard for . several weeks,
as it may be ctpable of giving tbe disease
to others, though apparently welL Neith
er should sound bogs be placed in pent
where there has been disease for three
months.
Tbe food of bons should not necessarily
be sour. They may be given slop, bpt it
should be freshly pn pared When kept
until it is very sour, as is frequently done,
tbe slop becomes unfit for food, especially
during the summer season. If bran and
cornmeal are scJlded and given not too
wet tbe hogs will make greater gain than
when a larger quantity 1, given, but not
so prepared Hosts should also have clovtr
or other bulky food.
The farmer who will sot give tbe com
mon cow good cue should not invest in
pare breeds. Even the common cow can
be made to give mora rcilk by liberal feed
ing. Tbe pure-breed cows are intended
to give tbe largest yields of milk and but -
ter, and for that reason they r quire tbe
best of food and care When such cows
fail to come up to the standard expected
investigation will show that the fault it
of the farmer.
When a pasture has been used for sev
eral years it becomes troddei by the stock
until it is very compact and tbe surface
hard. If a harrow is used on the field '
(which will require two or more horses
and a weight on the harrow, to tt to
looafn the soil), the roots will spread in
tbe spring and grass take a fresh start.
An application of potash or ashes will
prove of advantage. It wi 1 do no barm
to give the pasture a thorough loosening,
going down deep.'
VThen Baby was sick, wa gave Vr (XorU.
When she was a Child, sne cried f ut Castor!,
When she became Mlas, sh clang to Castorta,
The wsy to Cure csttrrh is to pcrif r
tbe blood, and tbe surest, safest. b st wsy
to parify the blood is by taking Hood's
Barsaparilla, the One True Blood Porifier.
XleetHe Bitter.
Electric Bitter is a medicine suited for
ny seaeoo, but perhaps m re generally
needed, when, tbe languid exhausted fee,
tog prevails, when tbe liver is torpid and
logghb and the nee of a tonic is felt, A
pomp'luse of this medicine bas of t-n aver
ted long and perbsp- fatal bilious fevers,
Nc medicio will act more f urely in coun
teract ing and freeing tbe system f rr.-m ma
larial poison. Hadacbe,Indlgetion,Con
stipatinn, Dizzioess yield w tvecinc en
ters. 50c. and f 1 ou per Dome at tsurwei
& Dunn Drug Btore.
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