Newspaper Page Text
.1 7 1' JA'LtsUVl 1 ' c 4 Is o morx Tins Paper is 34 Years Old CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1887. OLD SERIES: VOLUME XXXV. NUM BEB 1S06 ram r.ira 111 V I f II I II li 1 II I. II I II I. II I II I 111 THE Charlotte Home - Democrat, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY YATES & STRONG. o Tibms One Dollar and Fifty Cents for 1 year. One Dollar for 6 months. Subscription price doe in advance. - I o Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte; N C., as second class matter," according to the roles of the P. 0. Department CENTRAJL HOTEL. ( Under New Management ,) CHARLOTTE, X. C. xt i T?,,;cT., j 1 Newly r urnished and Equipped in tue uesi siyie. 'HoranJ t7o1ri'Bath3V Patronage solicited. Give tin a trial. Rates, $2 and $2.50 perday. 8COYILLE &BROCKENBROUGH, Proprietors. Feb. Z(i, 1886. y J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., OHera bis professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, botu nigut ana aay, promptly attended to. Office in Brown'B building, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. . Jan. 1,1885. 4. BCRWELL. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. tW Office in Law Building. Jan. 1,1884. - HUGH W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office, First door west of Court House. Oct. 17, 1885. HERIOT CLARKSON, Attorney-at-Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in all the Courts of this State. Prompt attention given to collections. Nov. 7, 1884. tf P. I. OSBORNE. W. C. MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. t3F Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. July 3, 1886. y HAMILTON C. JONES, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice in the State Courts, and in all the Federal Courts in the Western District. Jan. 8, 1886. y G. P. BASON, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, Nb C. IS" Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office No. 16, Law Building. Jan. 14, 1887. y DR. M. A. BLAND. Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte uoiei. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1884. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practioe Limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. Jan. 1,1884. HOFFMAN & ALEXANDER, Surgeon Dentists, CHARLOTTE. N. C. Office over A. R. Nisbet & Bro's store. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Jan. 1,1880. W. H. FARRIOR. Opposite tfie Central Hotel. Practical Watch-Maker and Jeweler, Charlotte. N. C. Keeps a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, elc, which they will sell at a iir price. Dealer in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewel ry, silver and Snver-flated Ware. Repairing of Jeweliy, Watches, Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. tST Store opposite the Central Hotel. Jan. 1. 1886. K. B. SPRINGS. E. S. BURWELL. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers & Commission Merchants, Cor. College and 4th Sts., CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan. 1, 1887. E. S. UU K WELL, E. B. SPRINGS, R.A.LEE. Burwell, Springs fe Lee, COTTON BUYERS, Charlotte, N. a Springs & Bur well's Store, on College street, lftTvi? RaToa n , f u!K.eIore oa sell. We want 10,000 Bales Cotton this season for direct ship ment to Liverpool, and. we fully realize that to get it we must pay full market prices. At any w uiaj knJ JrViU KU see us. . ?RWELL. SPRINGS & LEE. THE CHARLOTTE COTTON 1ND PRODUCE EXCHANGE Corner Trade and College Sts. Charlotte, N. C. . H. PHELAN, Proprietor, mem- ber NewYork Cotton Exchange V and Chicago Board of Trade. ) J. F. Dec. 4, 1885. H f u w Manager "My Lads, bb Honest." Dr. Living stone, the famous explorer, was descended from the Highlanders, and he said that one of bis ancestors one dav called hia family around him. He was dying and he had his children around his death-bed. Fie said: "Now lads, I have looked all through oar history as far back as I cao find it, and 1 have never found a dishonest man in all the line, and I want you to un derstand you inherit good blood. You have no excuse for doing wrong. Be holi est." Mortgagee's Sale. By virtue mi the power of sale contained in a mortgage tome executed by Mary Lentile on the 20th day of February, 1886, and duly registered. 1 will sell for cash to the highest bidder, at Court House door in the city of Charlotte, or tne on the 2nd day of May, 1837, a one half interest in two city lots lying in the city of Charlotte and bound ed as follows: Beginning at a stake at the cor ner of 7th and V Streets, and runs 200 feet to a stake on 7th Street; thence 198 feet with Gallo way's line, to Bigger'a line: thence parallel with 7th Street to C Street; thence with C Street 198 leet to tne beginning, containing a little more than two city lots in square 96. . W. W. FLEMMLNG. April 1,1887 5w Mortgagee. Re-Advertised. PUBLIC SALE OP LAND. ' By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court. I will sell on Monday, April lltb, 1887, at the Court House door in Charlotte, N. C, by public auction to the highest bidder, that Tract of YALUABLE LAND, containing twenty Acres, lying in lierryliill township, Mecklenburg coun ty, adjoining lands of Dr. I. J. Sloan and J. W. Tagert, and known as Real Estate of J. F. Tagert, deceased. Said Land will be sold for assets to pay debts of said deceased. Terms Two hundred and fifty dollars of the purchase money in cash; the balance on a credit of nine months, with approved security. Note bearing interest at 8 per cent. iiUUH. W. HAKK1B, March 18, 1887. 4w Commissioner. Mortgagee's Sale of Land. By virtue of a Deed of Mortgage executed to me by J. C. McCall and wife, Margaret M. Mc- uaii, on tne7tn aay or .Nov., loea, registered in Book 31, page 362, Mecklenburg county, I will offer at public sale, at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Saturday the 9th dav of April. 1887 the Tract of LAND described in said Mort gage, in Providence township, Mecklenburg county, adjoining tne lands of J. . Keid and others, on which J. C. McCall now lives, con taining sixty-eight Acres, more or less. Terms Cash. G. C. MORRIS, March 11, 1887. 5w Mortgage. COTTON SEED. Those in need of good Cotton Seed for Plant ing can get them from me at 25 cts per bushel sacking and drayage 5 cts per bushel additional These seed nave been fully tested against several hign-priced varieties and are found equal to any ot them. J. S. MYERS. March 18, 1887. 4w-pd. Charlotte, N C Executor's Notice. I hereby give notice to all persons having claims against the EtUte of the late Michael M Moore that l nave duly quaiined as me executor of the Will of said Moore, and that all such claims must be presented to me before the first day of April, 1888. JLUXJJ it. WltlSrUJN, March 11. 1887. 6w Executor Gun, Lock and Copper-Smiths C. J. POX At Keuater'i Old Stand, Charlotte. N. C. Plumbing and Steam Fitting a specialty Also, dealers in English and American Ereecn and Muzzle Loading Guns, Pistols, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. Sporting Goods of every description. 1ST Repairing of all kinds done at short notice. C. J. FOX, April 24 1885. FRESH FIELD SEEDS, Virginia Seed Oats, Navassa Fertilizers, &c. We are receivirff all kinds of Fresh Field Seeds in large quantities. 800 Bushels Choice Virginia Spring Oats. Navassa Fertilizers, Eainit, &c. All the leading Implements, consisting of Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Corn and Ootton Planters. Shellers. Cutters, &c. TENNESSEE WAGONS Cheaper than ever. Buggies. Carriages, etc Come to the Implement and Seed House To buv any Goods kept in our line. Prices low to suit the times. J. G. SHANNONHOUSE & CO., Jan. 28. 1887. - College 8treet. CHEAP FOR CASH. 200 Barrels Molasses. 600 Barrels Flour. We have in store a full stock of GROCERIES and PROVISIONS. If you are buying for CASH don't fail to see us. SPRINGS & BURWELL. Feb. 254 1887. New Arrivals OF DRY GOODS. Plaid Nainsooks, Barred Muslins, Toile Du Nords, Dress Ginghams. We have just a few Gossamers left, at 50 cents, worth $1.25. Also a few of those fine Kids at 50 cents, come ana see tnem. E. L. KEESLER & CO. Feb. 18, 1887. Hams, The finest in the market can be found at the Groce'" Store of BARNETT & BETHTJNE S. Aug. 27. 1886. 100,000 Pounds OF RAGS WANTED. Paid in Cash or Trade, at Book and Stationery Store. No. 17 S. Trvon fit I July 9, 1886. m The Welcome Back. weet is the hoar that brings us home, Where all will spring to meet us, Where hands are striving as we come To be the first to greet us. When the world has spent its frowns and wrath, And eare been sorely pressing, Tie sweet to tars from our roving path And find a fireside blessing.. Ab, joyfully dear is the homeward track, 1 we are but sure ot a welcome back. What do we reckon a dreary way, Though lonely and benighted, f we know there are lips to chide or stay, And eyes that will beam love-lightedr What is the worth of your diamond ray To the glance' that flashes pleasure When the words that welcome back be- We form a heart's chief treasure? Ob, joyfully dear is our homeward track, f we are but sure of a welcome back. Troublesome Children. Children oi force, vitality, sensitiveness, ndividually, will quarrel more or less, in pite of everything, (irown people pos sessing these qualities do so. The aggres sive man was an aggressive boy; the en terprising energetic man was ao enter prising restless boy, often a very uucom fortable boy to get along with. Sensi tiveness and impatience are by no means ncouBislent with a fine and noble char acter. There isn't a mother alive to the nterests of her children aud her own re sponsibilities, that can help exclaiming, "Who is sufficient to these things!" But when we have done our beet, the wisest thing we can do is to leave events with God and not cripple our energies nor waste our time in contemplation of our own inefficiency and the weight of respon sibility resting on us. When we have implanted an earnest de sire in the hearts of our children to grow every day more and more noble and true; when we have kindled within them the fires of our earnest and unquenchable aspi rations toward whatever dignifies and ex alts human character; when we have giv ep them an habitual impulse upward and forward, we have done well by tnem. ine eaveu once bidden in their measures ot meal will work till the whole work is leav ened. It takes God himself, not to speak ir reverently, ages to make such a world as this; ages more to bring the human race to its present state of improvement. He bears with criminals and human hye nas, and waits lor tne gooa to triumpn over the evil. Cannot we wait for our children to matuie into a ripened manhood and womanhood? iY. Yi Iribune. A good many young men seem to imagine that journalism is an easy pro fession which can be mastered in a tew months. There are few newspaper offices which do not contain such beginners, and it is well for them when they learn early that there is no calling which is more laborious than that of the tborongb jour nalist. The newspaper man who suc ceeded without hard work has yet to be seen. Mortgagee's Sale. By virtue of a Mortgage made to The People's Building and Loan Association of Charlotte, N. C:, by Lawson A. Vanderburg and wife, duly registered in Book 52, page 141, and power of sale given to me, I will sell at public auction at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, on Saturday the 30th day of April, 1887, at 12 o'clock, M., all that Tract of LAND contained in said Mortgage, about 45 Acres, adjoining the lands of D. R Jenkins, Philip Schiff and others. R. J. SIFFORD, Secretary. IIkbiot Clabkson, Attorney. April 1, 1887. 5w Dodge's CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE. A certain Cure for Cholera, for sale by W. M. WILSON & CO., , charlotte, N. C. Budwell's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil at ' W. M. WILSON & CO'S. Butter Color, For making Yellow Butter. W. M. WILSON & CO., March 18, 1887. Druggists. Glass. We have received a large and complete stock of Window Glass, large and small sizes, single and double thick. " R. H. JORDAN & CO., May 15, 1886. Springs' Corner. PeDDer. Soda. Ginger, Spice, Mustard, Mace Gelatine and finest flavoring extracts at BURWELL & DUNN'S, Druggists. English Tooth- Brushes, Hair Brushes, Combs and Toilette Soap. BURWELL & DUNN, Ready-Mixed Paint, all colors, in small and large packages. Lamp Chimneys, Wicks and Burners at BURWELL & DUNN'S March 4, 1837. ' Drug Store. RESTAURANT. W. B. TAYLOR has opened a first class Restaurant and Confectionery Store for the ac commodation of the public, near Mr James Har ry's Crockery Store, on Trade street, near the Court House, where Meals will be Berved at all hours. Gentlemen from the country or in the city who want a nice Dinner, or any other Meal, are respectfully requested to give me a call. Gf" A few Table Boarders wanted. Prices reasonable. W. B. TAYLOR. Feb.25,1887 tf . Springs & Burjrell. Although "times are bard" we are still ALIVE, and have on band our usual large Stock of Groceries and Provisions. We offer special inducements for CASH on delivery, and will make prices "on time" reasonable only when we are well secured. SPRINGS & BURWELL. Jan. 28.1887. Hood's Sarsaparilla And all the leading PATENT MEDICINES for sale by R. H. JORDAN & CO. March 26, 1886. The Sea-Serpent a Probability. We have, then, as described by its ob servers, an animal utterly unknown to the zoologists, at least as a contemporary form. The only inference, therefore,' is that it is a survival from : some group ; of animals now on the verge of extinction. When, however, we ask what this i group is, there are two equally as good answers. It may be a survivor of the saurians - probably the enaliosaarian to which form, as known to the paleontologist, it corresponds with sufficient exactness. Or it may be a survivor of somt snake-like cetacean, such as the zenglodon, to whose habits it largely conforms. Most scien? lists -notably Professors Proctor and Aijaaaiz incline to the former supposition. There is, however, considerable ground foyjihe latter.... AlLiis "motions are eeU: pean. it is unuormijeescrioea as in rust ing dis neaa outoi wafer a custom wnico to sperm whales are much addicted. Its on- dulatory motion my be seen illustrated by every school offorpoisee; it rises sud denly to the surfaci or sinks like lead to the bottom, as every whaleman knows bis victim can from th peculiar structure of its lungs; and its harmlessness is also ce tacean, as whales never attack save under exceptionable circumstauoes. But wheth er the so-called sea-serpent is a zeuglodon or an enaliosanrian we shall never know for surety till we secure its skeleton for the zoologist to classify. And very pos sibly this may yet be done. The exist ence of the devil-fish was long denied, but "finally a specimen was obtained that si lenced all oavilers. Heretofore observers ot the sea-serpent have either stared in childish wonder, run away in abject fear, or peppered the monster with harmless shot. Some day an old whaler with a har poon may make a capture that will bring him fame. In the meantime we may as well admit that the man who announces the re-appearance of the so-called sea-ser-peut is not necessarily a deluded ignora mus or a falsifier. Doubtless many of the monsters reported by summer excursion ists have no more real existence than the semblance of a whale which Polonius saw in the cloud?; but, nevertheless, there is in actual lile and presumable vigor a cari ous but harmless marine animal erronious ly called the sea-serpent. To believe all the stories that are told of it is credulity, but to deny the possibility ot its existence is presumption. Providence Journal. A Sharp-Eyed Boy. A poor lad living near Philadelphia was invited a couple of years ago by a wealthy friend in town to dine with him. Among the disheB new to him on the table he noticed that one which be particularly relished was set dowiiion the menu as "fi let de bo3uf aux cbampigjhons." A sharp scrutiny soon showed "him that the "cham pignons" were only mushrooms, such . as he had gathered on the sheep-walks. These however, as his friend explained to him, were of finer quality, and had been culti vated and canned in France. They sold at retail, his friend explained to him, read ily at 60 cents a. can. Strolling through the market next day, the boy saw one ; or two Quart baskets of native mushrooms marked at that price. "Is there much demand for ' these things?" he asked. "We do not think much of them in the country." "They are considered a rare delicaoy," said the man, "but only epicures can at ford to buy them." The lad passed on with a new thought in his brain. Why could he not grow mushrooms? He was poor, to be sure, bad little time to spare from his regular work, and had no land. Here was a crop which he had been told could be raised in the cellar, one for which there was already a demand which could be easily increased, and no supply. He went home, and during the next few weeks read every book he could find on mushrooms, laid out beds in a back cellar, manufacted his spawn with a few old mushrooms and the manure heap, and at last filled the market with his boxes oi tiny silver buttons, blushing delicate pink. They were of precisely the same quality as the French-canned champignons, only they were dewy-fresh and sold at 20 cents. Epicures eagerly filled their baskets, and others who never had tasted them, in the prevailing high prices of all kinds of food, tried the new cheap vegetable and came again and again. The crop fairly took the market, and the boy has already laid up a snug little sum toward going to col lege. tilT It was raining heavily when Par son Surplus, crossing the street, met a poorly clad boy whose clothes were soak ed. "My poor little boy, why don't you get an umbrella?" said the kind hearted clergyman. "Since pa has quit going to church he never brings home any more umbrellas." tT Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. SPECIAL ! Two thousand yards Diagonal Dress Goods, All-Wool filling, 22 inches wide, at 12 cents a yard in all the Spring shades. One lot Satteens at 10 cents per yard. One lot Satin finished Nainsook Checks at 8 cents per yard extra quality at the price. Make it a point to see our stock of Fine Dress Goods, Silks and Trimmings befcre buying. T. L. 8EIGLE & CO.: ; April 1,1887. Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the Estate of James F. Moody, deceased, are hereby notified to present them to me. properly attested, on or before the 5th day of Anril. 1888. . AH persons indebted to said deceased are requested to settle immediately. HUGH W. HARRIS, Adm'r. Jas. F. Moody. April 1,1887. 6w - . Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the Estate of R. B. Davis, deceased, are hereby notified to pre sent them to me, properly attested, on or before the 5th day of April, loos. All persons maeoiea to said Estate are requested to settle immediately. liuuu w. UAtuua,- -Adm'r. R. B. Davis, deceased. April 1,1887. 6w The Doctor's Story. . "I have a little story to tell you, chil area, tne oia jjocior eaiu io me young g people toe otner evening, tine day 1 . j I J i t long, not uay u uau ueeo, too l met my y I lamer on tne roaa to town. " 'I wish yoa would take , this package to the village for me, Jim,' he said . hesi tating. Now, 1 was a boy of twelve not food of work, and was just out of the bay-field where 1 had been at work since aay break. i was urea, austy ana nungry. it was two miles into towo. I wanted to get my supper ana to wash and dress lor singing School. I "My nrst impulse was to refuse, and to do it harshly, tor I was vexed that he should ask me after my loug day's work. If I did refuse he would go himself. He wan a gentle, paiient old man. But some thing stopped me one of God's good an gles, I think. " Ot course, father, I'll take it,' I said, heartily giving my scythe to one of the men. He gave me the package. - inans yoa Jim,' ne said; i was going myself, but somehow I don't feel very strong to-day.' "He walked with me to the road that turned on to the town;, as be left he put his hand on my arm, saying again, 'Thank you my son. You've always been a good boy to me, Jim. I burned mto town and back again. When I came near the houso I saw a crowd of farm-hands at the door. One of them came to me, the tears rolling down his face. " 'Your father, he said, 'fell dead just as he reached the house. The last words be spoke were to you. "I'm an old man now, but I have thank ed God over and over again, in all the years that have passed since that hour. that those last words were, 'You've al ways been a good boy to me; A Use for Sharks. It is a fact which affords some gratifica tion that the shark, that crjiel and voracious prowler of the deep, can be put to good use after he has been captured. 1 he skins ot certain sharks are used in jewelry for sleeve-buttons and the like, and when dried and cured take a polish almost equal to that of stone, aud greatly resemble the fossil coral porites. The vertebra; of the shark are always in de mand for canes. The opening filled with marrow during lite is now fitted with a steel or irou rod. The side openings are filled with mother-of-pearl, and when pol ished the cane ;s decidedly ornamental, In India, in 1880, $300,000 worth of shark fins were shipped to China for food. In the islands of the Pacific the fish is in great demand for its teeth, which are manufactured into weapons ot various kinds, ranging from spears to swords and daggers. Ibe teeth are all serrated or saw-edged, and make terrible wounds. The base of the tooth i9 bored with some small instrument, and forty to fifty of them are tied or lashed to a hard-wood sword, forming the edge. The hilt is pro tected by cross-pieces armed in the same way. So effective are these weapons that the natives of these islands wear an armor made of rope especially to protect them selves from the shark's teeth. The Eye. For us to be able to see objects clearly and distinctly, it was necessary that the eye should be kept moist and clean. For this purpose it is furnished with a little gland from which flows a watery fluid (tears), which is spread over the eye by the lid, and is afterwards swept oft by it, and runs through a hole in the bone to the inner surface of the nose, where the warm air, passing over it in breathing, evapo rates it. It is remarkable that no such gland can be found in the eyes of a fish, as the element in which-they live answers the same purpose. If the eye had not been furnished with a liquid to wash it and a liquid to sweep it off, things would appear as they do when we look through a dusty glass. Along the edos of the eyelid, there are a great number of little tabes or glands, from which flows an oily substance, which spreads over the surface of the skin, and thus prevents the edges from becoming sore or irritated, and it also helps to keen the tear within the lid. ' m . m How Long to Sleep. A prolonged and se vere exertion, whether of brain or muscle, requires a correspondingly lengthy or deep repose. The great point is to secure what rJichat characterized a general sleep. The Irishman who ex plained that a short sleep did for him be cause when he slept he "paid attention to't" uttered a truth in his wittisism. If sleep be thorough, then a short spell will do more good that a much longer period that is incomplete and imperfect. On gen eneral principles we may sleep all we can. unless we are lazy, then sleep less, ihe aotive, wide awake, energetic, go ahead people rarely sleep too long. Herald of Health. ' . m m JSf Foreigners own about 20,000,000 acres of land in different parts of the United States that is, an area nearly equal to that of Ireland. Mr Cleveland has signed a bill which prohibits any further purchase by aliens. We bave no more land than we need for ourselves, and alien ownership is an unmitigated eviL iV. Y. Herald. : T Bodily exereise greatly increases the aetivity of the longs. In order that it may be beneficial to the- whole system it should be carried on in the open air. 15? He who shall introduce into pub lic affairs the principles of primitive Chris tianity will revolutionize the world. ' dP There are 10,000 women in cinnati who earn their own living Cin- 3f Moat men consider more the per son that speaks than the thing; he says. ' I3f! Thntt of. time wjll repay . yon in after life with a usury of profit beyond yoor most sanguine dreams. . . m . -: r ' JESH The first almanao was printed by George von farbach in 1640.. A , Decisive. Experiment au large i actor y in wnicn were em Tl r . ... ployed several hundred persons, one of the I I workmen, io wielding his hammer, care-1 lessly allowed it to slip from his hand. ' It flew half way across the room and struck a -fellow workman in the left eve. The man averted that the eye was blinded by the blow, although a careful examination failed to reveal any' injury, there being not a scratch visible. He brought a suit in me courts lor compensation lor the foss l ot half his eyesight, and refuse! all offers of compromise. Under the law the owner Qf the factory was resnonaible for n ini- x v rAanltincr frnm n iMitiliini a( id!. V ! M . 1 I The day of the trial arrived, and in open I court an eminent ooculist retained by the I aeiense examined the alleged miared member and gave it as his opinion that it was as good as the right eye. Upon the delendant's load protest of his inability to see with his left eye, the occuliet proved I mm a perjurer ana satished the court and jury of the falsity of his claim. He did it simply by knowing, that the colors green and red combined make black. He pre- pared a black' card on which a few' words were written with green ink. Then the plaintiff was ordered to pat on a pair I of spectacles with too different glasses, the one lor toe right eye being red - and the one tor the left eye consisting of ordinary glass. l hen the card was handed him and he was ordered to read the writine on iu. Thiadbe: did without hesitation, and the cheat was at once exposed. -The sound right eye, fitted with the red glass was unable to distinguish the green writ ing on the black surface on the card, while the left eye which he pretended was sightless, was the oue with which the reading had to be done. Pottery Ga zette. The Spirit of Restlessness. The following extract from the Hart ford Times, tells its own story: "Thousands of farmers every year leave pleasant homes in the older settled States and make long and tedious pilgrimages to newer states and territories, not driven to it by necessity, but by a chronic restless ness an idea that it is possible some where else to get on a little faster in the world. In nine cases out of ten the man would be really better off to stay where he is, bat he is never satisfied until he has made at least one or two decided changes. Homes are destroyed in the most ruthless manner in pursuit of the phantom of bet tering one's self homes which can never really be restored to the family, for home is something more than the roof which shelters us. The associations of childhood the friends of early days, the memories of the past, the ancestral graves upon the hill side are these nothing? It will take more years than most people of middle age can afford to give to build a new home and get into it the feeling with which we regard our present one, be it ever so humble." A Polite Ticket Agent. "I was near the ticket office in oar de pot once, when John C. Mcintosh was ticket master, and was struck with the courtesy of that official as a plainly dressed foreigner crowded to the wicket to mak6 inquiries in regard to connections he wished to make np in the northern part of Vermont: The gentlemanly ticket vender, though busy, stopped to give him the required information with great minuteness. A few moments later a com panion ot the man came and asked pre cisely the same questions and received the same polite answers; I remarked o the ticket agent . that it mast require much patience to answer so many questions and the same ones over. 'Yes,' said he, 'that makes three times that party has asked those questions; the first time a , woman came and then the two men who are with her. But,' he added, 'I make it a rale to give all the information I possess to travel ers, no matter bow often they ask it: or however impertinent they may be. They are strangers and it is s matter of interest to them to get the desired information; they are entitled to it. Besides, said he, 'it took no more time to answer them po litely than it would to have shown myself a boor and told them to clear oat.' " Sprinajield Cor. Westfield TUmes. Something Bots should be Taught. A boy should be taught the difference between mine and thine, and that nothing cau be gained ot permanent value lor rhich he doer not pay an equivalent. They should be taught to care for them selves so that they may keep their man hood honest, and their characters stand the test of time and judgment of eternity. They should' be taught the principles of morality, honesty, troth and uprightness, and when a boy ean say, "That which I have earned has been done with clean hands, and no man or woman has received any injury from me,'' he is conscious of a pare heart and upright manhood. The knowledge of troth is the great objeot of education. In the acquirement of troth boys will have a possession against which millions of earthly wealth count as noth ing. S. in Asheville Citizen. A Stiff Jackson Democrat It was an anecdote of a pious Jackso- nian deacon of oar coonty in Virginia that Whig laid a wager that be would justi fy Jackson even for murder. Overtaking the deacon on his way to church, he 'en tered into cosersation and professed to be just from Washington. "Well, and what's the news at Wash ington?" asked the deacon. "Nothing O, yes. there is; Gen.- Jack son killed a man yesterday." , . "Killed a man!" cried the deacon. "Yes, he was walking -on Pennsylvania avenoe, and told a man to get oat of his way; the man didn't and the President shot him." , .. . The deacon meditated a few moments, then broke oat, "Hurrah for General! Why didn't the man get out of hie way?" Moncure D. Conway. ' ' ' K&"Pa," said little Johnny, "here's . . rm piece in tne paper about 'rarasites.' wntt are they? "Paris-ites, my boy, are peo- pie who live io Paris. I think yoa ought to know that, and yoa in the third reader." What is a Jubilee?, , Everyone is talking . or . readiog about the Queen's Jubilee. Now, I wonder wheth er you all know what the jubilee means. As regards her Majesty, the matter is simply enough. Queen Victoria aseeoded the throne on the 20th of Jane, 1837, so that by the 20tb of June, '1887, 'she will bave reigned over ' Etgland fif ty years. Now the fiftieth ; year was a very important one, almost a sacred year among the Jews. . Moees had laid it down, as a Divine command,, that after everv tortv-nine veara the land .was i not to h -o.n or rn .l-hi. -hiK .nnA V.n . . - I. - cancelled, slaves were to be set free , and the land restored to its original) holders. The fiftieth year was to be hallowed-acl liberty proclaimed throughout the land to all the inhabitants. The oams labilee arose from the fact that the year, was i an- noanced at the close of harvest by a blast on a ram's horn or zoble. This great hol iday was never strictly held, and fell at last into disuse, because it was found (or supposed) not to be workable, . ; But the name remained and is commonly, employ ed to denote the fiftieth anniversary of an i event of vast public or private interest. Now, I think you" will , see what1 the queen s J aoiiee means. . it is orty years nearly 'since her accession, and as this event is both rare in itself and recalls the Jewish festival, it is natural that her sub- Meets should desire to signalize her jubilee in some special manner.-Ziff& loUci. Improvement in ' North; Carolina. The total assessments of real and - per sonal property for taxation in. 1875 were $150,000,000; in 1886 they had increased to over $200,000,000, showing an increase in eleven years of one fourth of thetsum lost' by the emancipation of the slaves. At the close of the war five-sixths , off the area of the State were without railroad transportation. Since the war. the. ? rail road mileage has, nearly doubled. The educational and railroad interests , of the State seemed to have marohed band in hand. Gratifying progress has been made in cotton manufactories and in the estab lishment for the manufacture J of wool. The tobacco interest has , advanced with great rapidity. -Factories have increased in number at the rate of one hendred per cent in ten years. The manufacture of lumber is great and increasing. 4 There are five paper mills in the State bf very respectable capacity. It is claimed by the report that the North Carolina fisheries are the most' im portant on the South Atlantic coast: 'The oyster beds are growing in favor and nam ber. ' . ' - North Carolina ranks first in Variety, quantity, and value of Us productxof me dicinal roots and herbs. The mineral wealth of the State is immense, varied and largely developed. Asheville Citizen. The Largest Farm in the World. In the extreme southwest corner of Louisiana lies the largest producing, farm in the world. It runs 100 miles north and south, and many miles east and west, and is owned and operated by a syndicate of Northern capitalists. Their; general manager, J. B. Walkins, gives J an inter esting account of this gigantic plantation, which throws the great Dalryraple farm in Dakota into the shade completely. "The 1,500,000 acres of our tract," Mr Watkius said, "was purchased in '1883 from the State of Louisiana and 'from the United State Government. At that time it was a vast grazing land for the cattle of the few dealers in the neighborhood. When I took possession I found over 80, 000 head of half-wild horses and cattle. My work was to divide the immenie tract into convenient pastures, establishing sta tions or ranches every six miles.;- The fencing alone cost in the neighborhood of $50,000. The land I found to be best adapted to rice, sugar, orn; and cotton. All our cultivating, ditching, eto. is done by steam power. We take a tract, say half a mile wide, for instance, .and place an engine on eaeb side. The engiqes are portable, and operate a cable attached to four plows, and udder this arrangement we are able to plow thirty .acre., a, day with only the labor of three meo.j Our harrowing, planting, and other i activa tion is done in a like manner i in a fact. there is not a single draught horse m the entire place. We have, of coarse, horses for the herders of cattle, of which we now have 16,000 head. The Southern .Pacific Railroad runs for thirty-six miles through our farm. . We have three steamboats operating on the waters of oar own estate, upon which there are 300 miles of naviga ble waters. We have an ice house, a bank, a ship yard, and a rice mill." St. Louis Republican. .r Analyzed the Ashes. -f Two barns laid to be filled with un thrashed wheat were recently burned in Germany. They were insured, bat it was impossible to collect, because vlfcei;elaim was made that the contents of 1 the 1 barns were simply straw. When the affair got into the courts, chemical experts 'were called to analyze the ashes. - Wheat con-' tains a large quantity of phosphoric acid, almost ten times as much as does straw. Naturally, in the burning of these barns, wood ashes, cement, and other mineral substances were , mixed with - the , ashes submitted to the chemists, bat .'none of these admixtures contain phosphoric acid. The experts found that of . two samples placed in their hands one eontaioed 10.2 per cent and the other 19 rjsrJceut of the acid, thus proving conclusively thai the farmers were in the right, and the insur ance companies, as is generally the case according- to. public sentiment, in the wrong. Fireman's Herald. .-.'. , An exchange says: "The . follow ing remedy against the cabbage wo;m has been tried and reported a paving proved effectual. Dissolve three tablespoonfnls of salt in a gallon of water; and sprinkle the bode of the plant with.. thiS jsolation evry three or fear,' mornings, 4 beginning as soon as the. butterflies that lay the eggs on the plaata are seen comloer aboul the a 1 cabbage lot. ; i The plants shoa Id besprink- .It r. s 3 l . . leu aiter every fain outw oraiuariiy, olco in -three or ioor mornings s enough. It I is said that the , caterpillars v J the salted bads of the plants. m sot eat 0 s