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DAILY I CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, AUGUST 18, 1895 -1 4 ' 4 " ' " '' For the Observer, mom anr wiwwwai midnight. - Tis midnight.- trader solemn star-lit skle f A wondrous landscape fall as solemn Ilea, ' Where ta toe daylight winds a valley green a aaosuyriYer, all of mist, is seen. - And this, although I do not see Its motion, ... Bwmt to now onwara so a gaosuy actwa A DiiftriMmn that o'erflowi at night And taidea the beauteous mountain from -r- my sight. , - y And yet not at all, for when X westward ,,. turn. "Where In the eve I watched the . sunset burn, Behold ! "Grandfather's" stately form I tee High above ghostly wares and shadows free I And In the morning when the sun shall rise Lol a new mystery shall greet my eyes, -Brer and ocean both shall melt a way J leaving the hills the glorr of the day I Tls thus, methlnks, with boly Faith.' Above the shadows dense, - the ghostly Of mlstv oeasa bidlBr from onr al r'nt Familiar truths, serene It dwells King of And when the Bon of Righteousness doth rise Doubt's ocean vanishes before our eyes The eternal troths remain, as they will be Unchanged, undying to Eternity. Angast.1895. O. H. NYE ON ETIQUETTE. HIS VAST EXPERIENCE ENABLES HIM TOG!E HGH TONEJD ADVICE. , V ' - Estelle MeGee, Writes That She Is So Un happy and Insomnia Pats In a Bid For . a Souvenir A Few Words to a Would Be Poetess. Copyright, 1886, by Edgar W. Nye.l Reginald Kersox, West Liberty, N. Y. , writes: "Is it necessary for a gent to remove his hat in a public elevator upon the entrance of a lady?" No, it is not necessary, and you will ' have to use your own judgment about it, bnt other nations do not feel above bowing and removing the hat on enter ing a parlor car and bowing on entering or leaving a public dining room. Prob ably inside of 200 years we will be doing so too. There's nothing lost by being truly polite, bnt it must be born in you. If you only do what is "necessary" in that line, and politeness is not in your heart, your, vulgarity is sure to burst forth when it is not "necessary" to con ceal it. Man die, Massachusetts Avenue, Wash ington. Yes, you will find some trouble in getting a high salary as a teacher of physical culture unless you come highly recommended. I would be glad to help get up a class for you if I saw any en couragement, but my nearest neighbor is a widower, 69 years old, who does not care for physical culture, and my team is so busy stacking now that we could not run around much. J. L C, Janesville, Wis., writes: "I called last evening on a young lady friend at an hour set by her, but found her Sut. What must I do?" You were fortunate in finding her out thus early. Some men wait 20 years after they are married, and even then don't find her out. You should go right on with your business if you have one and not get so excited. She will bitterly regret her foolishness before 80 years have passed over her head, or my judgtr ment in such matters is of little value. Estelle McQee, Janesville, Wis. , as if in answer to the above, writes as fol lows: "lam sure, dear Mr. Nye, that you will laugh at me when I write to you that I am in deep trouble from an estrangement which has come between me and the man I love. I was possibly very thoughtless and asked him to come and call on a certain evening, and then I went away and left him to visit mam ma. Tell me, pleaso, what to do, and I will do it. Oh, I am so unhappy!" The advice of this department is that you put a blue mark around this para graph and niail the paper to him. Then ystand by the postoffice door until you see that he gets it. Jommon Wisconsin will tell you what to do when yon see him, and may you be happy, Estelle, is the wish of one who is writing these lines in ink and perspiration with his suspenders wilted and drooping on the floor. Insomnia, Flint, Mich., writes: "We have a dear little son named for you, and my wife read in her paper last June that you are very gonerous to people WRITING TO ESTELLE M'GEK. who name colts and things for you. Will you send us something in the way of a souvenir, and also tell us what to do for hives?" You are misled regarding my gener osity by some one who did not know me. Twenty years ago I earned for myself the sobriquet of "The Mean Man From Maine. " You should have named your little son Russell Sage, Insomnia. That would be a melodious name, and Russ might loan the little chap the ferule of his umbrella to cut his eyeteeth on. I cannot. I have no umbrella. You should whitewash the hives in June or earlier. Half past 13 at night is a good time to treat hives, while the bees are at rest. Should you get stang, put a quid of warm, humid fine cut tobacco on the place at the earliest possible moment. Marguerite, Holly head, Canada, writes asS : "I am very unhappy indeed, antV'oourse of true love is not run f rung a. all smoothly. The gentleman to ' whom I am engaged, though a model of ' goodness, colors his mustache and chews I tobacco." What should I do? Is there an antidote for tobacco?" j You might be happy with such a one perhaps if you would be patient and use stimulants whenever you see him coming. Show him this paper also. , TThere is no thoroughly sure antidote for tobacco, but a man can overcome 3 the use of hair dye on his mustache. But can a man with a dyed mustache have s a pure heart? I doubt it very much. You must be sure of this, Marguerite, or your life will be a perfect well, one cannot be too careful in such a case. 4 jnoBsjeV East Perth Amboy, N. J. Your penmanship is very good, and the I poem you send shows merit Still yon j ' are too young to write on scientific sub- jectsi eviden.especially in verse. Wait I a few years, Flossie, till you have seen 1 more of the world and then send me a few rorda of your best poetry. Atpres- eat no cuite bad enough to be t funny nor good enough to be keenly enjoyable. I "will keep the poems you sent until Saturday, and ft not called i fa,, then I shall stuff a strawberry bed J with them. " - - -1 1 Common . Sense Omaha. Tea, yon did right in ticking your son-in-law across your golf links for flirting with your wife. The fin Iu bicycle young man sometimes needs to be taught a valuable lesson' in the sternest manner. It is bad enough to be compelled to sup port a son-in-law without submitting to bis alienations of i affections which do not belong to him. I The statutes of Ne braska will not hold you responsible for bodily injury done in the above prem ises. Should he return and seek redress yon can look him over and do as yon think best. One of your old pairs of pantaloons may not come amiss should he show a contrite heart. - Pastor, Galena, - Ills. Yes, the book yon speak of is by me. I dashed it off at the age of 17 years. You and I have the only two copies extant.. Yours was the first edition and mine was the last one. I was afraid when I wrote it that it was going to be above the heads of the peo ple. It was. What the people want is trashy literature. Since I found that out I have been more successful. What is wanted is a work that weighs 1 1 pounds A MEAN IXSCLT. and that can be sold over the counter of a department store for 9 cents. Since I got in among the works of Thackeray and Cervantes and Moses on the bargain counter among the boys' pants, aud slightly soiled lawn mowers, and corset covers, and molasses, and wooden butter stamps, and organdie remnants, my books sell well, and we keep a good deal more help at home than we did when I wrote on science and sold my books per sonally. Bartholemew Bowersox, Topeka. Yes, you may be able to arrange a match for October with the boxer you refer to, and this column will give you every' possible encouragement. You should train down a little, however, in the meantime, if your photograph is cor rect, and be careful about your diet I am sorry to learn that your mother is opposed to pugilism and that she spanks you violently whenever she learns that you have arranged a match. Police Commissioner, Ticktown, N. C; Yes, you do right in enforcing the stock law and shooting at people who are on the streets after 9 o'clock p. m. without a permit Persons carrying con cealed squirrel rifles over eight feet in length are liable under the statute, and you did right in killing those you saw. Moonshine whisky sold on the place without license and on Sunday should be turned over to the authoritiea Re marks made by policemen while under the influence of liquor will have to be sworn to in the presence of two wit nesses. Property taken from the person of prisoners should be returned after awhile. Tray Beyond, Erin Prairie, Wis. In entering a public place the lady should precede the gentleman, but in going down the aisle of the church of course the usher would precede you very prop erly. If you found the lady who was a stranger in your pew, you did wrong in glaring at her and making her get up to give you the corner of the pew. It is barely possible that the usher, thinking you had gone for the summer, as you had not been to service for some weeks, had seated the lady in your pew. This often happens. One of the meanest in sults I ever received was under similar circumstances, and the pew owner was a woman, so that a personal encounter was rather to be avoided than other wise. It discouraged me so to know that an innocent taxpayer in Christ's church, as I think it was called, should be hu miliated and insulted by a woman old enough to be his mother, that I have been a little timid about going to church without an escort ever since. CHURCH TO BE BE-COKSTRCCTED. Concord's Bicycle Ordinance Rescinded The Sun Sold. Correspondence of the Observer. Concord, Aug. At an adjourned meeting of the board of town commis sioners last night the board rescinded the ordinance to prohibit bicycle riding on the sidewalk. The reason for so do ing was that the ordinance wasnmbigu oub. They will meet again next Mon day night for the purpose of reconsider ing last night's work on the bicycles and sidewalks. Extensive improvements are to be made on Central Methodist church in a short while. The site on which this church is built is one of the two pret tiest in North Carolina (it and that of the First Presbyterian church of Char lotte). The building will be re-constructed, and & $1,200 pipe organ put in. A descriptive plan of the work is now in the hands of an architect. The Daily Sun suspended yesterday, and this morning Mr. Page sold his ofit flt to Mr. J. 15. Sherrill, of the Times. Mr. W. J. Beed Will Be Head Miller. To the Editor of the Observer: I notice in to-day's paper in the nice "write up" you see fit to give us that you have made one mistake which I de sire to have corrected. You say Mr. W. J. Reed will be the miller. That is a mistake We have associated with us, in the capacity of head miller and general superintendent, Mr. T. B. Ren alds, of Luray, Vs., (right from the val ley) a life long, pracfcal and experi enced miller and an excellent gentle man. We are pushiDg the matter as fast as possible and will be running at the earliest possible time. I desire to? thank you for the many kindly notices you have made of our enterprise all of which we highly ap preciate. I Yours very truly. Lkb H. Battle. Durham, Aug. 14. 1893. A special from Jeffersonville, Ga., says that a large number of countrymen assembled there Fridav to witness the execution of -Mrs. Nobles and the negro, Ous, FamoIes.-'They were in censed upon hearing that both of the condemned had been respited. . r To nursing mothers, rr. Pierce's Favorite r reaonptiou is a priceless boon, for it not only strengthens the mother, but also pro motes an abundant, secretion, of Boartah ment for the child. For those about to be come mothers, tt is even more valuable, tor it lessens ' the perils and pains of child birth an 1 shortens labor. Of all dealers. - Ovarian, fibroid and other to mors cared without resort to surgical operation. For pamphlet, testimonials and references send 10 cents ( for postage r to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.Y. - ; . BUCKXJSira ARNICA SAJUVX. . -The best Balve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Bait Rheum. Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, ChiloJains, Corns and all Bkin Eruptions, and a nnt lively cures Files or no pay required. 1$ is guarantee, so give perfect satisfaction or erli money refunded.. Prtoe 86 cents per box For sal by JBuxweU Donn aad Jordan k jjj FARMERS'. SCHOOL TAKES UP. LET : TXUSK ; STTOY THESK JfTGtJBKa. The Farmer aad Laborers' Condition Be fore the Demonetisation of Silver. Com pared With. Their Free eat CndlUen- . The Farmers Prod acts Will Hay More Necessaries of Life To-Day- Thaa. Taey Would la the Forties or . fa 1873A Splendid ArgaaisBt Against Fro Silver, ' and the Facta aad Figures to Hack It TJp. To the Editor of the Observer: ; - ? Whether a man is tick or not, it ' is the business of a medicine seller to coo vince him that he is, and that he is seriously sick, too. . Then the sale of his patent nostrums is a certainty.. - Political quackery is as common to day as medical quackery, and by it the common people are humbugged In the same way and -with as much ease as by medical quackery. -' - The falsehood which demagogues use most successfully in tbeir efforts to dia satify and infuriate .the . unthinking masses is the assertion that the country has gone to the bad since silver was de monetized, and that the general condi tion of the country is deplorable, and that since 1873 it is harder for a farmer or laboring man to live comfortably and lay up something for a ramv day." I have gone to some trouble and taken pains to investigate the truthfulness of this assertion, at least as it applies to this section of the country. rue statement that the general con dition of. the country has grown worse is so palpably false that it is hardly worthy of consideration. No conscien tious man, who has not passed through this section of the country since 1873, could now do so and say that he does not feel a sense of wonder and pride over the improved condition of our people. He would see more and better dwelling houses than he saw in 1873. He would see better crops, better churches, better school houses. He would see the common people clothed better, riding in better vehicles, driving better horses, eating better food, and living better in every way. Ihe only question that is open for discussion is whether the common far mer and laborer can as easily live com fortably now as he could in 1873 and be fore. I have in my possession the old ac count books of my grandfather who merchandized in this section of the country along through the forties and until after 1873; and all the facts, to which I shall refer, in presenting the result of my investigation, are laid down in these books. In selecting articles of merchandise for the purpose of compar ing their prices then and now, I have selected only those that are alike in quantity and quality now as then. For instance, we cannot arrive at any con clusion from the simple fact that we find charged in 1844 a knife at 50 cents, for there are so many varieties and grades of knives that we cannot know what particular sort of knife it was that cost 50 cents. We find a similar diffi culty in comparing the prices of many other articles, such as molasses, plates, hats, etc. But where a pound of shot, sulphur, soda or a paper of pins is charg ed at a certain price we have but to learu the present price of those articles, and we have their in crease or decrease in price, for a pound of shot, sulphur, etc.. was just the same in 1873 as now. I have selected, at random, a list of articles like the last named, and in a table be low, I give their prices in 1873 and their prices now. Let us suppose a farmer in 1873 has purchased the following bill of goods which is necessary to the comfort and convenience of his family: ASIICiES OF Jl'B'SK. COST IN 73. COST sow. I grass scythe tl 50 6 line a handkercblefs.(c20' 120 i vials peppermint (a 10 20 5 gallons kerosene oU(-h0 4 00 6 boxes snuff (5.10 60 1 bunch yarn 1 75 4 gallons crock. ware..(n.l0 40 8 tin cups (a H 25 2gam tubes Car-lO 20 I quart pegs 10 1 pound shot 15 1 pound sulphur 20 8 yards plaids (n87Vj 2 26 5 pounds oofTee r.2S 140 2 papers pins c,10 20 1 pound sole leather. . . 81 4 tin pie pans (a 10 40 2 papers tacks MIO SO 2 pair traces r90 1 ho 1 wash pan 25 1 bottle ink 10 i 70 0 10 1 00 30 75 341 10 10 10 10 10 30 1 10 6 30 16 10 80 10 5 6 25 10 5 H 5 50 6 10 10 5 2 ( 60 2 27 50 : 40 40 20 1 00 1 80 M 5 75 80 55 20 10 40 75 86 10 6 (o,20 (m 5 ( 0 (P 5 to 5 to 22 (9 5 to 40 5 small boxes matches' 5 25 to i to 2 yds. coarsest jeans. (g25 75 1 pound bluestone 20 1 pocket glass 10 1 gross pants buttons. . 25 1 gr. agate shirt b'tons 15 6 yds, arllling Ct'20 1 20 1 carpenter's pencil. .. . 15 2 papers needles (a 0 20 1 awl handle 15 I gimlet 10 100 lbs flour 4 00 1 apple peeler. .. 2 00 2 lead pencils CttlO 20 3 yds. alpaca worsted (425 75 4yds.cottonade (n-85 1 40 6 spools thread .(tclO 00 ft lbs. rice (bViL 1 00 12 mule shoes 10 l 20 1 lb. horse shoe nails 25 16 lbs. best sugar 1 2 60 20 yds. calico 15 3 00 1 cedar bucket (best).. 1 00 1 box axle grease 20 1 set bagging and ties 2 75 2 pair hames S6 70 10 yds. shirting (?12 1 20 2 backhands C5W 120 2 sets backhand hooks(425 50 10 lbs. nails (mio 1 00 100 lbs salt ;. 2 00 2 plow moulds (81bs.). 7 t 5 For making same. . (a.50 each 1 00 Ready made at 4'.i lb. Cm 5 to 12'4 g 5 5 to 5 V4 to (840 tolO (i 6 4 Total cost in 1873 50 03,ln '96 $22.22 Now let us suppose that to pay 'the above account, as charged in 1873, the farmer brings to market the following fairly proportioned assortment of farm products: ABTICL.K8 FARM I'ttOllPCE. 200 lbs. best cot ton to WORT S IN 1873. WORTH ?OW, 1895. (m 7 114 00 l(t (32 00 5 bushels corn Jn- 65 3 25 2 40 4 00 5 1 50 1 60 1 25 60 2 7S 50 2 50 2 bushels wheat... tol 20 70 50 1 40 (00 bundles fodderto H 7 50 2 ousliels oats to 2 bushels peas ...(tit 874 75 75 40 1 50 1 60 4 bushels potatoesto 10 lbs. butter to 40 1 25 6 doz. eges to 50 22 lbs. bacon to 2 00 Total worth produce T3 0O 03, in '5. . .$ 00 You will observe that this produce, as priced in 1873, exactly pays the bill as priced in 187:!. But this same produce as priced in 1895 will pay for the same bill as priced in 181)5 and lea te a bal ance due the farmer of $12.78 with which he can buy in addition to the bill already paid for, 16 pounds granu lated sugar, 30 yards of pHids, 2 calico dresses, 200 pounds of salt, 100 pounds of nails, 20 yards of shirting, 10 pounds of rice, 100 pounds of flour. 41 pounds of coffee, 5 gallons of kerosone oil, 1 pound of. sole leather, 2 spools of thread and 1 pound of soda. So it seems to be tolerably well demonstrated that the farmer can purchase more of the neces saries of life with the products of his labor to-day than he could in tbe palmy days of 1873, Now compare the present with the good old days of our "daddies" in 1843-'44-'45, when silver was not demone tized, nor had any one ever dared to dream of demonetizing it. Let ns sup pose that a farmer of that time has pur chased tbe following bill of goods: ARTICLES COST IX Of MKCRAWDISK. 1848-'44, XTO. COST WOW, 1896. i S poanas sugar (Biz1 BO 2o yards calico . . . . ; . .ai8 10 pounds nails (510 1 bunch vara .... 10 pounds iron (i 6 3 papers tacks. ...... to 12 1 oottie castor otl . . . 4 yards shirting XalSy. 3 viaiscinnanion....si24 5 yards cambric 4$43 . lsie. - 2 wash pans. S5 8 papers pins j$2t 1 H Inch round file 1 coffee pot.t. i.w . 2hoes. ,40 l pound salts - Total cost la 1843-'44, atelS 00; ta 1906. $8 To pay this bill of goods in 1843-' 44, etc., it would have required the follow ing fairly proportioned list of farm pro ducts: - . " -; AKTicxas or wokth i w park raonucTS. . " 1843-'44 arc. VOBTR HOW, 1886. 100 pounds cotton. T J7 09 S7 0S 4&5 S 60 S 00 &7Q i 1 40 -u , , 7ft 8 - 24 6 bnshets corn. . .. 200 bundles fodder. .a7a K doi. bundles oatsto.12 St bushels wheat.. .,4i.48 . 1 bushel peas 1 basnet potatoes. . - S dos eggs ( g Total worth ISiS-'tt, eto.415 GO, In tSX 1S Zi IN Ml 1 1 00 to 40 1 25 75 s at 86 S"f- To ' 60 S4 ' Si 86 to 10 S 15 tolO , 50 178 : 75 70 10 : 20 60 . fi - 50 SO 85 20 HO 25 . 69 SO U You will observe that this list of farm products as priced in 1843, '44, etc, ex actly pays the above bill as it was priced in 1843 and '44; but this same list of farm products at ' present - valuation would not only pay tbe above bill at its present valuation, nut it would pay three such bil& and there would be some monev left. -- ,: " Now we are compelled to conclude from the facts stated, that, though the nrices of farm products have declined since 1873, yet the prices of soch neces saries as the farmer must ouy nave ae clined even more. And that the prices of farm produce in spite of the fact that silver is demonetizea are now higher than they were in the forties when we had free coinage, and that the prices of merchandise have declined wonderfully, thus giving the farmer of 1895 a double advantage over his an cestor of 1844. We also find that while our factory hands were paying such high prices for merchandise in 1873 they were receiv ing less pay than they now earn for the same sort of work. In 1873 we paid our wagoner 61 cents a day; now we pay him 85 cents. Then we had young men to work for us at from 25 cents to 40 cents; they get for the same work to-day from (JO to,75 cents. Then we had grown girls to work in the factory at from 20 to 25 cents per day; now tbey get from 40 to 55 cents. Three shillings or 37 cents per day was then considered go.d pay for hoeing corn; now oo cents is considered a low price. In the years 1843, '44 and 45, in spite of the fact that the country was blessed by having a free coinage law, the condition of the farming industry was even worse than I have shown in the above tables. Cotton in each of . those years tao down to 5 cents. New York price, and 6 cents was considered a good price after hauling it to Charles ton, S. C: and corn frequently sold as low as 25 cents per bushel. J. F. S. TJSXXESS SACRIFICE OF LIFE, A Reply to "A Dally Reader's' Arguments Against Missionary Effort. To the Editor of tbe Observer: In your last Sunday's Observer was an article witn it-e caption, "useless Sacrifice of Life," and signed "A Daily Reader." 1 do not believe such teachings, though coming from a minister of the Gospel, should go unchallenged into the hundreds of Christian homes where your paper circulates. For some ot A uaily Header s views are adverse to tne universal teachings of the Evangelical Church in all her branches. I quote a paragraph or two: "For many years Christian work, at an enormous expense mil lions of dollars has been carried on in China, and out of a population of 400, 000,000 there are only a few thousand professed Christians as a result. I say 'professed Christians,' for I am sure that it is no easy matter to convert a Chinaman, and I very much doubt the wisdom of trying to do so at the expense of sacrificing such good men and women as have been butch ered like sheep by these heatnen. I doubt if God requires the butchering of these good people! Most all the con verts to Christianity among the heathen nation have been made so within -the last 50 or 00 vears. There are now more them 6,000 Protestant missionaries at work in all the heathen lands, accord ing to the most complete statistics at hand. In India there are 500,000 Prot estant Christians: 30,000 on the Ha waiian Islands. In China, where the Empire was not even open to mission aries until the treaty of 1840, when there were just six converts, now there are more than 40,000 Christians, 1,300 missionaries, 20,000 Chinese children in Christian schools, 61 hospitals for the afflicted and sufferinff, reared by Chris tianity. In Syria and Palestine, in a few years' work by a few missionaries, there are now some 10,000 converts. In Japan, where 22 years ago the edicts against Christianity were removed, up to which date opposition to Christianity and persecution of missionaries was legal, now there are more than 40,000 Christians. Besides those fields and re sults named above, we direct attention to the great work accomplished for Christ in Brazil, in Africa, in Mexico, in the Fiji Islands, where the whole populace of more than 100,000 canibals have been convene! to Christianity. All of these glorious results have been accomplished with as little ex penditure of money, men and women as has been averaged in tbe Christian nations with the same outlays. And about all of this has been wrought in fifty years, showing that God is un derneath it all. I quote from "A Daily Reader" again: "It does not seem wise management on the part of the Church to spend so much in money and blood for the sake of the people who plainly say: 'We do not want this religion you offer; it is not as old as ours, and besides we like our own "the best anyway.' " Should all the 1 mission boards adopt "A Daily Read er's" views they would call in all the missionaries. And if the Christian world is to act on what he quotes the Chinese as "plainly" saying, and simply because their religion is older, and they like it better and do not want it substi tuted by Christianity, to leave them to grope on in darkness and misery, super stition and sin if this idea should be carried to its legitimate end and adopt- el, they would call in every missionary on every continent and isle; for all heathen say, until converted, that they like their religion better and don't want ours. In fact, if tbe Church should stop preaching the Gospel of salvation to all those who do not want it, there are millions in America and Europe from whom the Gospel Would be withdrawn; for the great enlightened sinful mass of mankind, who have, up till this hour, refused to accept Christianity and Christ as their Savior have said and are saying still, "Let us alone, for we like sin and unrighteousness better than we do salvation and righteousness." The same arguments, as to the age of their religion, and that it was preferred to Christ's religion, was set forth by the Jews in the beginning of the Christian era, and they put Christians to death, just as the Chinese have done. But Christ the Lord knew beforehand that His followers would be mar tyred, yet, instead of calling a halt in the propagation of Christianity He said to His followers: "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. They shall deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. . Fear them not which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul." Matt. 10th chapter. The Kucheng massacre is to be greatly deplored, and the European and American governments ought to make themselves felt in demanding whatever is necessary to Insure as far as is possi ble against the recurrence of the same thing. But never, so long as the great com mission given by the Lord Jesus just before Hia ascension atands unrevoked by an equally omnipotent power, should the missionaries be called back from - any , field because of the cost in dollars that a few lives have been sacrificed.- . Respectfully, - - . N. R, Rkhardsos. Ilandleman, N. C. - ; r -Did Tarn STver " xry Kieetrlo sitters aa a remedy for your troubles t If not, get a bottle now and set relief. This medicine baa been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all female complaints, exerting a wonder ful direct Influence In giving strength and tone to the organs. U you have loss of ap petite, constipation, beadache, fainting spells, or are nervous, sleepless, excitable, melancholy or troubled with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and strength are guaranteed by its use. Large bottles only 60 cents, at the drag stores ot Burweil A Dunn and Jordan dc Boott. . , - - 6 BRIEfS OS GKMJEIIAX, HATtTBJE. - The Haskell & Barker Car Company at Michigan City ? Ind. employing l.uoo men.has given official notice ot an advance of 10 per cent, in wages. - The advance date! from July 19th. f. Tne Vatican win shortly institute an apostolic delegation in Mexico, with functions similar to those of the delega tion at Washington. : The lapl dele gate to Mexico has not been selected. it is reported that iuu villagers were killed in the attack on August 0th, by Bulgarians on the village of Janakli, In the Kirdjali district. The insurgents lost 10. Wo .women or children were killed. : . A formal request for an increase aver aging about 2 per cent, in wages was forwarded Friday by Secretary Hart, or the Weavers' Protective Association, to all the mill agents of New Bedford, Mass. The request is .for a return to the standard of 1893 - ' John Johnson, colored, who murdered Policeman Charles Evans, June 15th, was hanged at Mount Sterling, Ky.. Fri day morning. Twenty-five minutes later be was pronounced dead. Tbe scaffold was in an enclosure but from the hill above 10,000 people witnessed . the exe cution. The Sunday Tribune, a weekly paper which startea at uittle Kock, Ark., three years ago, will, on September 1st, appear as a morning paper. This was decided upoo-at a conference of promi nent free silver Democrats held Thurs day. Either F. L Givens or C. S. Col lins will be the editor. Six men fought a duel with rifles in Harlem county, Ky., "Friday. Wm. A. Black was shot through the neck and will die. John Hilton and Leonard Caldwell were wounded in the arm. The fight resulted from a dispute over the possession of a tract of land. The sheriff arrested six of the fighters In a letter to the author of a book dealing with the relations between science and religion, thanking him for a copy of his work, Mr. Gladstone ex presses gratitude to science for all it has done and is doing, but says that Christianity does not need it, and is as able as it ever was to hold its ground. Thursday night, near Arlington, Tenn., the log house of Mrs Callie Harrell was destroyed by fire and she and her two daughters were burned to death and their bodies entirely con sumed. The son who slept in the rear of tha house escaped with his life. Foul play is suspected and the sheriff has left for Arlington with blood oounds. Stephen Collins, of Pittsburg,. Pa., Past State Councillor of the Junior Or der United American Mechanics, Fri day brought suit for libel against the Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer, for state ments recently published in connection with Collins' participation in the fac tional contest now pending in tbe Re- publican party. Damages will be laid at $25,000. In the British Friday, replying House of Commons to questions asked Mr. George Curzon, for Foreign Affairsf on tne suoiect, Under Secretary said it would not be advisable to raise the question of money compensation for the murder of the missionaries in China until punishment has been meted out to the guilty persons, which was regarded as of primary importance.. In the new agreement of the trunk lines and their Western connections, the chief change from present methods is the establishment of a board of govern ors, nine in number with absolute power to make and maintain rates. These nine governors are to represent the nine interests involved. 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PHILLIPS, Strictly Mercknt Moriigs,- 31 South Tryon Street, .- Has Just received a fine line of Seasonable Suitings. - : , Also the latest styles of x 1 TROUSERINGS. "Which will be.made to order at rea aonable prices. -; ,;Only flrst-clasg work. BICHABD A; BIVTHE, .COTTON WAEPS AND TARNS, -No. 11 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia ' Nov 4's to 200'g Single ' and Double Warps Furnished in Chains and Bean-a. In 3rey ana colore, ootton, wool n HIRE i aaI worsted Tarn ia Ekelna. Seaboard JirLiiiD Baxmmzm nr smor Mat, 6th, isss. Xralni leave Charlotte dally: V 8:20 A. M. For Hamlet, Cberaw, Raleirh, all points on the R. A A. and R.sO. K. 14., Weldon, Portsmouth, Old Point Comfort' Pesersbunr. Richmond. Washington. Balti more, Philadelphia. New York ard Boston. (UN n UUIlUiWUtIT riKUHT,uauu points on the O.O.K.H. Also Charleston, Bnmterand Bennettsvllle, arriving In Wil mington at 12:80 p. rn. 6:20 A. .. Dally lor all Bon them points via Monroe, Chester, Greenwood, Athens Atlanta. Montgomery. New Orleans, Chat tanooga, Memphis and the Southwest. Through sleeper and day ooaches from with roads diverging ont ol Atlanta. 10e a. a?. Daily, for Mt. Holly, Unooln ton, Cherryville.Bhelby.Cleveland Bprings, Ellenboro and Rutherford ton : also Bio w- IngKoelt, Lienolr and Hickory. , : p. kv Dally, for all points North and Sontn New York, Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Peters burg Portsmouth, Old Point Comfort, Vir ginia Beaoh. Weldon. Raleigh. Wilmington and Wrlghtsvtlle, connecting at Monroe with through sleepers and day coaches be tween Atlanta, Ga., and Washington, P. Oj and sleepers between Monroe, N. 0., and . rwrauswuKU. . ... , .uu iui avmbuiw, leans and all Southern points. 8:40 p. at. With sleeper for Wilming ton and all C. CU point. ,. Trains arrive in Charlotte 10:4 A. M Dauy,Kookingnain, wanesooru, Moroe. Also from all points North New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, O i nn u Alii Pnlni nnmfnrk. Portsmouth, Weldon, Raleigh and Ban ford. Also from Charles ton. Sumter and Ben- netUvllle, and from Atlanta, New Orleans and. all Bontbern points. 8:90 p, X. Dally,- from Rutherford ton, Shelby, .Cleveland Springs, IJnooln ton, Newton, Hickory, 'Lienolr, Blowing Rook and Ms. Holly.! -. 10:10 p.avDatiyrom an norcnern points Portsmouth. Weldon. Raleich.. Cheraw. H. . C all local points between Port month and Charlotte, and from Wilmington, Wrights Vllie and all local potaU on the C. O. R. R. 10:10 p. M Daily, irom an points doum and Soothweatr-New Orleans, Montgom ery, Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Ath ens, Greenwood; Chester and Monroe; close eonnectionat Monroe. . T :6 a. it. rWltb sleeper, iron wuminwn and all C C. points. - Local freight, witn ooaen atcaeneo, leaves Charlotte for Shelby at o'clock p.m., re turning at 10 a. m. aeiiy, except ennuays.. Tha 80 n. m. train connects at Monroe with the Atlanta special. No. '40, which ar rives in Raleigh at li a. m.-and Washing- . ton, D. C at 10:80 a. m., and Portsmouth at T:80 a. m., making close connection ior uai , Umore, Philadelphia and New York. The 6:zo a. m. train connects a with Atlanta special No. 408, for Atlanta and all points Bontn, arriving In Atlanta at 4 p.m. - " A- Paasen gers leaving unariome ,(.B,iu. arrive in Atlanta at p. m. Leave Atlanta at 1 o'clock p. mM arrive In Charlotte at 10:10 m. Lieave Charlotte at o:ai a. m., auu e:zu m.. arrive In Raleigh at 11:46 a.m. and :30 a. m. 1eave Charlotte at 6:a. m., ar- - rive in Wilmington at 13:80 p.m., and at Cheraw, 8. C at 9:40 a. m. Close connec tion both ways with the O. A L,. R. K. at Llneointon. lieave Charlotte ats:w p. m arrive in Atlanta at :W a.mn making a donble dally train both North and BoutU from Charlotte. ' The Atlanta specials, no. sus ana m, are nuuiuiioiiai new vmiiuui m n.u , . . the Pullman Palace Car Co on which there Is no extra fare charged. Dally except ponday. Daily except Monday. , For information relative to schedules, fare, etc, apply to ',,. J. G. Babkmvixi.b, Ticket Agent. , H, VnrDiB, B.A.NWI-AWD, General Manager. i. r. k. ... . T. J AvpiMoa,- V. E. HoBis, Gen'i pass. Agent. Bupt. Transportation. . (PIEDMONT AIR LINE.) RICHMOND si DANVXItliE AND NORTH CAROLINA DIVISIONS, ra nnm Arait VI- imn . mm.,- .n wmAjt uhinl. fa nnnllihAd aa information, and is inbisst to Change With out notice to the public ITains leave unariotte, a. vi.i ,,v, vA k Atlanta, anrl A J .yu r. ar-i,u .v. Charlotte, Air Line division, and all points DOUlu KUI DUUIIUWWW. .-..VMS-. Pullman drawing-room buffet sleeper be tween New York, Washington and Mont gomery. . vannah, Charleston, Jacksonville and C, O. ft A. local stations. Carries through. rUUiUBU Uin.lU WUUVW - . tween New York, Savannah and Jackson- : ro:8SA. k. No. 87. dally. C. C. A A. division. including Columbia, Augusta, Aiken, Charleston, Savannah and all Florida points. Through Pullman sleeper New York to Jacksonville, connecting aith par lor car at Columbia for Augusta. 9:85 A. M. WO. 87, aaliy, wasmngwu dAn.HwMtA-n VAat.th.nlAA limited for At. lanta, Birmingham; Memphis, Montgom- . . . ... 3 T . 1 .. a .11 , n sry, biodiiq anu nnw unnuitiiu 4onth and Southwest. Through Pullman deeper New York to New Orleans and New Fork to Memphis. ko extra onarge exoepi asual Pullman fare. . 1S:30 p. x. No. 11, daily. Solid train, Rich mond to Atlanta; Pullman sleeping ear. Richmond to Greensboro. 7:15 a. at No. 88, daUv, for Washington. Richmond. Raleigh and Goldsboro and all points North. Carries Pullman sleepers from Montgomery to New York and Bt. Au gustlnetoNewYork. . o:su T. M . rn o. u,uauy, wr xuuuauuuu, igh. Goldsboro and all points North. Car ries Pullman sleeping car from Greensboro nueiin sna urmmnura w wcuuiuum - a -JV r . . A. V. WT m a..a.Bwa. mm . western vestlbuled, limited, for Washing ton and all points North. Through Pull man cars between New Orleans and New York, Memphis and New York, Jackson ville and New York. First-class coach tt Washington. .,-,-.--. a. M ro. ou, oaiiy, hwv ouu j. i frelo-ht and nassenaer for Htates- rllle.N.O. . M . 4:16 p. m. No. 1, dally, exoept Sunday, for Statesvllle and Taylorsville. , Trains arrive at unariottei 10:46 P. 1C.1 . 9:25 A FROM laiS ounn 11:59 :60 A. X. 630 P. 8:30 P. 7 M0 A. 8:20 p. at. FROM ATLANTA. FROM AUGUSTA. FROM BTATK8VIIJ-E. A. M. iiv rm . y aii f-Ai a Vim. trains aarrr nassencers. 4:10 DallT exoent Sunday. OHM M.CCI1.P, , W.A.TTTBa - Traffic Manager. en. pas. Ag , -W. H. Qeibh, Washington, D O. fkil SnnaHnriinnanL Washington, D. O. ' 8. H.Sabowiok, Asst Gea'l Pass. Ag't, Chaslki L. Hopkibb, Traveling Passenger Agent, 89 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. 0. ALMBTTO RAILROAD CO. ToTakk Effkox-Sbpt. I8r, 1894. MOVING NORTH. HO t T.MWSIB AKD IREISHT. Leave Cberaw, S . 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