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MORGANTON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1890.
NO. 47.
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. .J.E. Johnson, of Forsythe, killed
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ne Chatham wagon carried
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Saturday. -
.. Virgil Larkins, an old neerro at
Wilmington, has disappeared in a
mysterious way.
. .Suffering is reported among the
poorer classes in Raleigh. They
neea Dotn tood and clothing.
...Wild geese and ducks are now
abundant in the sounds, but keep
well from the shore and few are
killed.
..There are four capital cases
on the trial-docket at the present
term of the Robeson county Super
ior Court.
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. VSixty-two miles of the Wes
tern Union's telegraph line be
tween Fayetteville and Wilming
ton is in operation.
. .The capital stock of the Ral
eigh cotton mills has been increas
ed to $125,000. The mills begin
operations July 1st.
. .The Charlotte News says that
two coffins were sold at auction in
front of the court house by ex
Sheriff Cooper for taxes.
. .The Raleigh Call says that all
the seats in the class-room of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege have been takefi and that
arrangements are making for
additional accommodation.
. .Supervisors of the census for
North Carolina have been nomi
nated as follews: First District,
G. W. Cobb; Second, M. W. Haw
kins; Third, C. P. Lockey; Fourth,
W. C. Webb; Fifth, H. Hard wick.
..the Charlotte News says two
Mecklenburg doctors are threaten
ed with indictment at the next
term..of-thCriminal Court for
practicing medicine without hav
ing registered with" the clerk of the
Superior Court in conformity with
a law of the last Legislature.
..In Orange and Durham coun
ties insects are doing great damage
to the wheat and oats. The warm
weather is said by the farmers to be
the cause of the trouble. Very cold
weather is needed to kill out the
insects, which promise to rTe very
numerous and troublesome this
year.
.The Raleigh News Mid Observer
says that an emigrant agent while
going through Durham with a
train load of negroes the other day
is reported to have stated there
that the agents would take every
single negro out of the counties of
Craven, Johnson and Edgecombe
before April.
. .The Statesville Landmark says:
A farmer who was in town Mon
day closing up last year's affairs,
placed in bank $375 to run his
farm with this year, and has forty
sacks of flour -and other produce
for sale yet. He proposes to put
one hundred acres in cotton this
year, and he says he intends to
pay-cash as he goes, so that what
he has at the end of the year will
be his. That's farming.
. Ihe .Lenoir lopic says a man
and hiywife, running from starva
tion in Hyde county, where they
were drowned out last year, were
in Lenoir last week. I hey report
a most deplorable state of affairs
in Hyde. They say that poor peo
ple are forced to leave or starve
and that only those who own con
siderable property can remain at
all. The sheriff does not pretend
to collect the taxes. About fodder
pulling time the man went oyer his
rented cornheld in a boat.
Hon. Alphonso Calhoun Avery.
Charlie McKesson In Statesville Landmark.
The name of Calhoun, coupled
with that of Avery, is an assurance
that the subject of this sketch is a
supporter of State sovereignty.
un beptember nth, 1817. Al-
phonso Calhoun Avery was born.
His father, Col. Isaac T. Avery.
an honored and useful citizen of
Burke, for years president of the
Morganton Bank, was a son of
Col. Waightstill Avery, a signer
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independ.ence, a member pf the
Colonial Congress and the first
Attorney General of North Caro
lina. He was the grandfather of
Judge Avery and was a scion of
an old English family, whose "coat
of arms" I have seen. Judge
Avery's mother, Harriet Erwin,
was a daughter of Wm. Erwin, a
prominent citizen of Burke, and a
granddaughter of Col.. Wm.
Sharpe, a Revolutionary soldier
and th first representative in Con
gress from the Rowan district.
It will thus be seen that Judge
Avery had bequeathed to him the
prestige of an honored and patri
otic name, and one which has lost
none of its force or lustre under
his guardianship. Of course he
was at Chapel Hill, and- stood
first in his class. Ex-Attorney
General 'Kenan, the scholarly
Robt. Bingham and the astute
Hill, of Halifax, will testify as to
how well he won his honors.
He read law under North Car
olina's great Chief Justice, Pear
soq, and "Was licensed to practice
in the county courts. Before he
stood for his Superior Court li-
he is in the trophies of legal lore,
remarked to me that he was proud
of Avery's legal force and his
power of legal expression.
He is wonderfully popular with
the young men of his party, many
regarding him as their strongest
man. If he cannot conciliate, he
will combat you; if he cannot per
suade, he will defy you.' Political
ly he might be called a tyrant,
but his chain is silken. What he
believes to be right, he pursues in
calm defiance of all opposition; no
popular clamor can divert his
course. Brave to temerity, yet
'tis the courage of chivalry. Gen
erous, kind, with a rich- fund of
humor, he is a most agreeable
companion. Handsome of person,
splendid of physique, a heart full
of sympathy for those in trouble,
and touched with a glow of gen
uine Christianity, I trust he may
be spared many years to adorn
the place he so worthily fills, or
any other to which old North Car
olina may call him.
Very respectfully,
Charlie McKesson.
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Jan 9-3mos
. .There was a plnic in a Me
thodist church in Stokes county
Sunday, Jan. 26. While all the
congregation were bowed in prayer
the buildine causrht tire from a
stove near the door, and before a
dozen could pass out the flames
had shut off the doorway. There
were only a few windows to the
church, and the men and women
iumped out of tfrem in a hurry
The fire was extinguished before
the church was completely burned
but it was greatly damaged.
. . A Charlotte correspondent of
the Richmond Dispatch, under date
of Jan. 29, says : News of the
horrible death of Miss Minnie
Every, a fourteen-year-old daugh
ter ot C. 1. livery, in uaiaweu
county, is received here to-night.
Some months ago Miss Every's
mother died, and her father being
a railroad employe she was left
alone at the house the greater por
tion of eyery'day. Yesterday she
was preparing her father's dinner,
when her clothing caught fire from
the stove. The girl becoming
thoroughly frightened rushed out
of the house into the breezy air
and soon she was completely
enveloped in flames. 'Two young
men Walter McCall and Felix
Tilley hearing the pitiful screams
nf the noor earl rushed to her
rescue and were both badly burn
ed in attempting to save her life,
but the girl was burned fatally and
died in two hours.
cense, the tocsin of war had sound
ed through the South and he rush
ed to her defence with all the in
trepidity of a veteran, with all the
enthusiasm of the novice. In May,
'6i, he joined the sixth North Car
olina regiment, was commissioned
first lieutena'nt of company E, and
was fighting at Manassas when
the brave Fisher fell. He and his
brother, Capt. I. T. Avery,' were
both complimented for gallant
Gt &n -that-Moody held, in
62 tie was elected captain ot ins
company, and in tne same year
was commissioned major, assist
ant adjutant general of Hill's di
vision, army of Virginia.- When
Hill was ordered to Richmond on
account of some unpleasant rela
tions with Bragg, Major Avery re
mained and served on the staffs
respectively of Breckenridge,
Hindman and Hood. He was oi
Hood's staff in the great retreat
from Dalton to the Chattahoochie
m i -l . 1 t
river. 1 wo 01 nis Drotners naving
been killed, he got "a permit to
come to North Carolina, and was
captured near Salisbury by Stone-
man s bandit legions. He was
kept a prisoner till August, 1865.
In 1866 he was elected by a large
majority to represent the counties
of Burke, McDowell, Mitchell,
Yancy and Caldwell in the State
Senate, and served in that last
legislative body elected exclusive
ly by the white people of the State,
In 68 he was again elected to
the Senate, but Gov. Caldwell and
the Republican Senate said he
was barred, because in '61 he had
been elected solicitor of Burke.
In 187s Burke sent him as her
representative to the constitutional
convention and it is generally
conceded that he organized that
bodv and shaped its work. In
. y . . .
76 he was a I uden elector tor the
eighth North Carolina district.
In 78 he was elected judge ot the
eighth judicial district and in '86
was elected juoge 01 me ieni.11
judicial district. In '88 he was
nominated tor Associate justice ot
the Supreme Court of North Car
olina and was elected by a large
majority.
As a North Carolinian I am
proud of the name of Avery. C.
M. Avery, the dashing colonel of
the thirty-third North Carolina
regiment, Isaac T. Avery, the gal
lant colonel of the sixth North
Carolina, and the Hon. W. W.
Avery, brothers of Judge Avery,
sealed their devotion to the South
with their heart's best blood, while
Willoughby, the youngest brother,
received a terrible wound from
which he never fully recovered.
Five braver men were never spun
from human clay; five braver men
never followed the ill-fated des
tinies of the "Southern cross." It
Bridge-water Letter.
Bridgewater, Jan. 29, 1890.
To the Editor of The Herald:
Thinking a few lines from this
part of the county might be of
some interest to your many read
ers, I venture to give you a few
dots.
Our farmers are somewhat puz
zled to know how to proceed.
Almost ready to plant corn, and
if we had consulted the -weather
we would have been done plant
ing. But one prophet tells us one
thing another will tell something
that will conflict with the other.
But we don't think the time has
come yet for the people of Burke
to plant this year's crop.
I hear some talk about Nantz's
and Beck's poplar log moving up
hill. It must be a bad place for
reptiles under that log. One man
says the next time we hear from
it, it will, by some mysterious or
miraculous power, be drawn up
,and stand erect and grow and
flourish. ? - have no doubt but
that many persons will" "vrsit... that
log yet. I suppose my old friend
B. H. Sisk has not taken 'time to
visit the log yet. Hope to hear
something from him about it, as
he lives so near the place. Sup
pose his time is taken up with the
corps of engineers, as they are
close to his place.
Was pleased to read McKesson's
letter on Grady; think it splendid.
Now, Mr. Editor, as this is our
'first letter to The Herald we
don't propose to make it too long,
but rather short. But we can't
close without saying that we hear
your paper complimented by all.
R. N. Kixcaid.
OUR PARIS LETTER.
Census Hen Strike a Snag-.
H. T. Lyle, special agent of the
Raleighjill
United States Census Department,
with his assistants, numbering five
men, have been sent out. from
Washington by the Census Depart
ment for the purpose of ascertain
ing the amount of the State's re
corded indebtedness. They will
have headquarters in
the work is done.
It is not all smooth sailing for
Mr. Lyle there, as will be seen
from the following: from the Ncivs
and Observer; It was rumored yes
terday that the census men had
struck a snag when they went into
the office of the clerk of the court
over which Mr. Charles D. Up
church presides. Mr. Upchurch
was interviewed yesterday and
stated that he declined to allow the
census canvassers to have access to
his records, and had also declined
to srive them any assistance. His
reason for this was that the work
which was well paid for ought to
be given to Wake county men and
not to agents sent out by the red
eral government, from Washington
City.
The History of Joan of Arc in Drama.
Paris, Jan. 14, 1S90.
To the Editor of The Herald:
Living in Paris, the history of
Joan of Arc, one of the greatest
rrench patriots, was forcibly
brought before me a short time
ago. The poetic story of the Maid
of Orleans has been dramatised,
and the heroine's part taken by
the greatest living French actress
Madame Sarah Bernhardt.
The first scene is laid in Domre
my, Joan's birth-place, in her
father's cottage-home. The grey
stonework of the old-fashioned
interior, and the iron-bound oaken
door stand out,in strong contrast
to the "crimson of the sunset sky"
seen through the open window.
Joan is discovered spinning, when
a troop of peasants pass by, look
ing unhappy and weary. With
her father's leave, Joan invites
them in, and offers them refresh
ment and a night's lodging. In
answer to many enquiries, the
peasants join in a beautiful part
song, stating as their reason for
leaving the village so suddenly
and so late, that the country is be
ing over-run by their enemies, and
they are abandoning their homes
to find safer abodes for themselves
and little ones. As soon as the
visitors retire to rest, Joan re-commences
her spinning. Hearing the
"Angelus," or bell for evening
prayer, she falls on her knees,
when suddenly she hears voices
from Heaven calling her, and her
patron saints St. Margaret and
St. Catherine appear in a vision.
A beautiful song follows, summon
ing Joan to go forth and deliver
her country from the power of the
English, promising her at the same
time God's blessing on her work.
The second scene opens in the
King's palace at Reims. Iseult,
the King's mistress, learns of the
advent of a girF'to Reims on a
mission from Heaven to save Or
leans and France from destruction.
Iseult begs the King to receive
her,vwhich he does, and Joan makes
such a favourable impression on
ti'ifty, that-She is.. invested with the
power 01 a general, aim given
command Of the army. The scen
ery this time is much more grand
in its appointments. Rich tapes
tries adorn the walls, and oaken
chairs and tables set with jewels
form the furniture of this sump
tuous appartment, while pages and
ladies-in-waiting are within call,
all richly and beautifully dressed
in the quaint costumes of four
hundred years aero.
The third scene leads us within
the gates of Orleans, which is be
sieged by the English. Joan is
here seen at the height of her
power and influence. The French
consider her a miraculous girl, as
she is said to bold conversation
with the saints and to receive her
instructions from above. In this
scene her costume is magnificent :
a white tunic, embroidered with
fleur de lys, and on the breast a
beautifully worked figure of St.
Margaret, a white embroidered
banner, sacred sword, and shining
armour to protect her arms and
legs complete this picturesque
attire. The chief point of interest
in this scene is the prayer offered
by Joan before leading a sortie
from the besieged town. All
men, women and cniidren kneel,
my courage." Her fortitude, how
ever, soon returns, and she gives
utterance to a now-celebrated
speech beginning: "I know my
country, she has given me her soul!"
Nothing could give any idea of the
pathos of this scene; the Woman
strugRlmg with the Patriot to do
all and endure all for her country.
Scene six, and last, is the execu
tion. In the centre of the stage is
the pile of wood surrounding the
stake where the heroic girl is to
suffer behind is a crowd of the
curious, always ready to assist at
such scenes; in the foreground, are
the clerical and secular judges
facing each other on raised seats.
A solemn funeral march is played
as Joan appears, robed in white,
and supported by a priest and sur
rounded by a guard of soldiers.
A short pause is made, while the
sentence of death is again read; a
last prayer, and she is lead with
flatering stepso the funeral pile,
and tied to the stake. She begs
for a cross, which is hastily form
ed from two faggots and held high
in the air by a priest, while the
smoke and fire rise around her and
the curtain falls.
The magnificent mounting of
the play and superb acting of
Madame Bernhardt impress one
most strongly; she thoroughly
enters into the spirit of the piece
and identifies herself with the girl
heroine. Her eyes flash indignant
scorn on her accusers, while her
voice breaks and her throat works
convulsively when bidding a last
adieu to parents and lover. In
every scene the beautiful music of
Charles Gounod accompanies solos
and choruses, and the warlike
marches, bright love-songs and
funeral dirge all join in heighten
ing the effect already produced on
the spectator by scenery and acting.
Mahrud.
Thomas A. Edison's First Check.
The other day a smooth-faced
man, wearing handsome clothes
and displaying a soiled collar and
necktie all awry and shoes that
that never experienced the skillful
manipulations of a bootblack, and
finger nails that never met a mani
cure, leaned his elbow on a Wash
ington counter and conversed in
the jolliest way with a.cirete of
newspaper friends.
He looked like a tramp, but he
really is one of the most famous
men in the world, and his name is
known in every part of the globe.
His name is Thomas Alva Edison,
and he was once a peanut boyand
a news butcher on a jerkwater
railroad in the Buckeye State.
During a little luncheon Edison,
between hearty drinks of beer, his
favorite beverage, told his quaint
way the story of his first acquain
tance with any large sum of money.
It was in the days when he was
struggling along with his early
inventions, and didn't haye any
account himself, and hardly knew
what one was. Bank checks were
things he had never had occasion
to use, and he had about as much
idea of their value as the man in
the moon. "Edison had finally sold
his patent on the gold and stock
indicator to the Western Union
Telegraph Co. for $40,000, and was
coming over to New York to get
his money.
He had heard of Wall street and
its bulls and bears, and had been
told it was full of "sharks" who
would fleece a man very quick. So
he made up his mind that Wall
street was a very dangerous place,
and that if he ever had occasion to
go.there he would be very lucky if
he got away without losing his
overcoat and umbrella. At that
time General Lcfferts was Presi
dent of the Western Union. One
morning Edison came into the
company's general office to close
up the sale of his patent. After a
r
iew preliminaries ne was given a
check for $40,000. I le looked at it
curiously for a moment or two and
appeared to be puzzled . hat to do
with it. lie knew that he had sold
a patent to the Western Union
company for $40,000, but he did
pot sec any moncy,.Ou5thaig lus"
Adulteration of Candy.
National Drusslst.
The Board of Trade fourta, of
Portland, Me., is authority for the
statement that about C.ooo tons of
terra alba were recently imported
through the port of New York
alone. The only use for terra alba
in any quantity is in the adultera
tion of. r-"-"11'' npal J"l. trn.
'V j - v w, 11 1 . v l.w.I Calx V.
two facts are put together they be- pcrpiexuy-General Lcfferts told
come very significant. Ihe sub
stance is mineral, utterly insoluble
in the saliva or gastric juice, and
the result of eating candies adul
terated cannot be otherwise than
excessively injurious. The devil
ishness of the use of such stuff in
candies is all the greater for the
fact that most of the candies that
are adulterated with "it are used
by children of tender years. The
extent to which it exists in cer
tain candies may be surmised by
an incident which occurred within
the experience of the editor of the
j.auonai uruggisi. i wnoiesaie
grocery house of St. Louis made a
claim against the South Shore
Line for damages done a certain
him that if he would cro to the
Bank of America in Wall street, he
could get the check cashed. So I
started, said Edison, after carefully
folding up the check, and went
toward Wall street. So uncertain
was I in regard to that way of do
ing business that I thought while
on the way that if any man should
come up and offer me two crisp
$1,000 bills for that piece of paper
I should give him up the check
very quick." On arriving at the
Bank of America he hesitated
about entering, fearing still that
something might be wrong. At
last, however, he mustered up
courage and determined to try it.
He knew that General Leflrets had
lot of lozenges manufactured by a I told him he would get his money
here, so he braced ahead and
Boston house and shipped in bar
rels over that line. The creneral
agent of the line procured some
of the "lozenges" and brought
them to the writer for examina
tion. The result of our investiga
tion showed them to consist entire
ly of terra bound together with a
little gelatine or gum, (we have
forgotten which.) Further inves
tigation developed the fact that
they were simply blocks or forms
trembling shoved
A Discreditable Showing-.
Greensboro Workman.
Under the head of "Correcting
Abuses." the News and Observer
gives some information as to mat
ters in Durham county that are
anything but pleasant. The grand
jury has made a ugly report of
matters, showine that there has
been unmitierated rascality in the
is said that the breast-plate of the treatment of the county poor, such
Tewish High Priest looks forth as cruelty, the .use of spoilt meats,
J . . . . ... 1 . 1 a I 1 1 - J a. f ! 1 ! a.
from a polished setting, and that
if one jewrel be wanted here and
another there, the beauiy of the
whole is marred. " Th& breast
plate of the Avery- broth eVs looks
from a setting of manly viHues, a
cipttino- nolished with devotion to
principle, touched with the gom are supposed to nave aieu ior iatK
of honor and aelow with the blood, of attention. If these are true, the
besides a degree 6f partiality
shown. The superintendent has
misappropriated supplies, sold
liquor to one of the guards and
received pay for the same. Two
colored men, who died some time
ago, were cruelly neglected, and
of patriots.
As an organizer Judge Avery
was considered among the best in
the State. His strong' character,
his force of decision, made men
turn to him as their leader. In
Congress he would not have been
a Rupert, nor a god on the stump,
yet I have seen him, pressed and
goaded, when he was really superb.
As judge of the Superior Court
he took high rank, and as Asso
ciate Justice of .the Supreme Court
he has infused new life into that
highest State tribunal. The Hon. R.
J Dick, rich in literary culture as
penitentiary ought to be augment
ed in the number ot convicts.
Senator Ingalls has been thank
ed for his "able and patriotic
speech" by a number of colored
Louisiana Republicans "now tern
porarily in Washington." We'll
wager a pint of ground peas against
all the stock that Ingalls takes in
the negro," which is big odds, that
these colored Louisiana Republic-
ans,!."now temporarily in v asning-
ton 1 are living ou their politics and
holcfine little positions in the
Government Departments,
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r rtA neon r rAr 1 1 n Vi n
h. t 1 1 t a. x t . ' ImTv. u-svu lift uitvuaiiuc viivu vj
ile she prays aloud for the safety loze c the metLd of use being
of those committed to her care. c- ' f. t
The scene in itself is beautiful and a ,
... I 1CW lalialUlCS 111 IUU3 ildaUl CU
1 m nrcirtn'M rpnnprpn miirn T T l urn - -
so by the very powerful acting of
Madame Bernhardt.
The most magnificent scene in
the plav is the fourth, viz : the
coronation of Charles VII. in the
Cathedral at Reims.. The King
and Queen, superbly dressed,
advance to the High Altar and
kneel, while the Archbishop invests
Charles with the royal mantle and
places the crown on his head and
the sceptre in his hand. The
solemn music of an organ is heard
throughout the scene, which lasts
but a few minutes, but all the in
terest lies in the Patriot Maid, who
stands aside all the time, speaking
to herself in a kind of rhapsody.
The scene in the Cathedral is cor
rect in every historical detail; the
ancient grey arches contrasting
with the iroldcn candelabra and
brilliant dresses of the assembled
company.
Scene five is by far the strongest
in the play. Joan has been taken
prisoner by the English, and is
lying asleep on a rough straw
pallet, surrounded by rude soldiers.
The dungeon is dark and gloomy,
and feebly lighted by a small oil
lamp. Presently the clerical
judges, who have presided at Joan's
trial, enter to read her confession
which she is to sign, and she is
then roughly awakened by a
soldier. Her confession has been
vilely changed, and she refuses to
sign, although she knows that only
by signing can she escape death.
The priests then declare they give
up all authority in the matter, and
one of them proceeds to read the
sentence pronounced by the secular
judges. When death by burning
is mentioned, she breaks torth into
piteous lament, exclaiming : "Ah !
they have counted too much on
half
his check out to
the cashier. The latter scrutinized
it closely, gave Edison a piercing
glance and said something which
Edison could not understand, as
he was hard of hearing. That was
enough. He was now more than
ever convinced that his check was
not worth $40,000, and again
thought as he rushed out of the
bank that any man who would give
him $2,000 could walk away with
the check. He hurried back .to
the Western Union and said he
could not get any money. General
with peppermint, wintercrreen. etc. I Lcfferts then sent a man with him
The agent, armed with these facts, to identify him. He said : "This
refused to pay any damages, and
the concern, rather than risk the
exposure incident upon a lawsuit,
dropped the claim.
A Ghostly Priest Joined Them.
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The ghost of the Rev. T. Stan
King married a couple at San
Francisco on Sunday night. The
spirit of the once celebrated cler
gyman and lecturer did not ap
pear in person, but was represent
ed by a spiritualist medium, who
assured the lovers that they were
as firmly tied together as if Mr.
King had materialized and twisted
the nuptial knot with his own
hands. Marriage by proxy has
hitherto been performed by rep
resentatives of the principals to
the Contract or by the representa
tive of one of them. The San
Francisco wedding is probably
the first in which the officiating
clergyman, and he a ghost, has
been a proxy. 1 here has been at
least one "spectre bridegroom."
but never before, so far as we
know, has a ghost projected itself
into the flesh in order to make
two lovers supremely blessed. If
such a proceeding should turn out
to be illegal no sheriff would ever
be able to reach the offendintr
ghost with a writ or an officer.
Exposure to rough weather,
getting wet, living in damp locali
ties are tavorable to the contrac
tion of diseases of the kidneys
and bladder. As a preventive.
man is .Mr. 1 nomas Ldison, to
whose order the check is drawn.
"Why certainly, Mr. Edison,"
said the cashier, very obsequiously.
"How would you like your $40,000
in what shape?"
"Oh, any way to suit the bank.
It doesn't make any difference to
me so long as I get the money."
Edison was given $40,000 in large
bi'ls. After dividing the roll in
two wads of $20,000 each he stuffed
one into each trousers pockets,
buttoned up his coat as tightly as
possible, and made a break to get
out of Wall street as quick as he
could. The next day Edison
began work on his first laboratory,
in New York.
CharlotVs TabernacXa.
Charlotte Democrrt.
Mr. Walter Brem reports the
Sam Jones tabernacle as practical
ly an accomplished fact. It will
cost about $Soo be a temporary
building, and hold 5,000 people.
Trains will be run in on excursion
rates, and there will be a colossal
crowd. We understand that the
only expense of the building is
the lumber, the contractor, taking
the lumber in payment. . The com
mercial possibilities of this venture
are unfathomable, and during the
festivities it Godly output keeps
up with mamonly receipts, Chris
tians the world over will have
reason to rejoice exceeding much.
The tubernacle will be open for
business April 20th.
Whek nature falters and re
and for the cure of all kidney ar.d 1 quires help, recruit her enfeebled
liver trouble, use that valuable
remedy, Dr. J. II. McLean's Liver
and Kidney Balm. $1.00 per bot
tle. For sale at Tull's.
energies with Dr. J. H. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial and B.ood
Purifier. $1.00 per bottle. For
said at Tull's.