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II Y 1 T-. - rf A Jill 1 V IK 1 V v. 3 i-,f J. 1 ,; i tl ; ;" .! ' 1 " 1 '" f " ' ' ' Tins Paper is 35 Yeaks Old ? VOLUME XXXTI.NUMBER 4 82a t m H "II 1 Ar, 4 a "ST . ., T II K , Charlotte ' Home - Democrat, PUBLISUBD BVBBY FbIDAT BY YATES & STRONG. ' Tkbmb One Dollar and Fifty Cents for 1 year. . One Dollar for o months. ; Subscription price due in advance. ' O "Entered at the Poet Office in Charlotte, N C. as second class matter," according to the rules of the P. O. Department. CENTRAL HOTEL, (Under New Management,) C II ABIOTTE, H. C Newly Furnished and Equipped In the best style. '-trot nif'Toldarrhs.i-atfftiaje 'solicited. Give an a trial.. Kates, $2 and $2.50 perday. SCOVILLE & BROCKENBROUG1I, Proprietors. Feb. 26, 1887. .. T ' " ' J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., Oilers bis professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. Office in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1885. , Dr. Annie L. Alexander, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice limited to diseases of WOMEN and CHILDREN, and attention to Female patients. Office, at Mrs Latham's,, 214 8outh Tryon i street, nearly opposite the Post Office. Charlotte, May 27, 1887. tf K. BUHWELL. F. D. WALKER. BUR WELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts ES" Office in Law Building. Jan. 1,1884. HUGH W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, fx Li CHARLOTTE, N. C. ill practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office, First door west of Court House. Oct. 17. 1835. HERIOT CLARKSON, Atlorney-at-Law, j OlIARLOTTE, N. C, f tVill practice in all the Courts of this State Prompt attention given to collections. L Nov. 7, 1885. tf I ' I r. I.. OSBOBNK. W. C. MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL. Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. ZW 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 tike Federal Courts in the Western District. Jan.. 3, 1886. y G. P. BASON, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. .EST 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 Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1884. DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice Limited to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. Jan. 1,1884. HOFFMAN & ALEXANDER, Surgeon Dentists, CHARLOTTE. N. C. Offlce over A. K. Nisbet & Bro's store. Office oours trom 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Jan. 1,1880. C. a. oriuaus. K. 8. BDRWELL. SPRINGS & BUR WELL, fcroeers & Commission Merchants, , Cor. College and 4th Sts., CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan. 1, 1837. B 8 BDRWELL, E. B. SPRINGS, R.A.LEE, Bnrwell, Springs & Lee, COTTON BUYERS, Charlotte. N. C. Offices at Chambers' old Livery Stable, and at Springs & Burwell's Store, on College street, vouon nattorm. i a R see U9 before you 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 f un market prices. At any ', i. uiujr pajr jrwu vo see US ,Ji?RW1LL SPRINGS & LEE. Sept. 24, 1836. BAKERY. ' . Having secured the services of one of the very best of Bakers, I am prepared to furnish Bread, -oi uv cycijvuiu iu me uaKery line. . s. m. Howell.. H eb. 11, 1887. East Trade Street. KING'S Blood and Liver Pills. King's Pills are peculiarly adapted to thn fal lowing Diseases: Bilious, Intermittent and Re mittent Fevers, Sick Headache, Piles. Indiges tion, CosUveness,-Colic. Jaundice, Dropsy. juicijt, aenuurn, ros9 oi Appetite, Dys pepsia, Diseases of the Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, Eruptions of the Skin, Nervousness, and all Disorders that arise from a Diseased Oliver or impure lilood. For sale by . BURWELL & DUNN, Druggists. April 15, 1887. ' Charlotte, N. C. " Tha tempering of mill 1 picka : is more a matter of care and observation than anv special material used in the pro: ce68. More picks are spoiled by burning or overheating the corners than by any part of their manufacture. A slow; lire and heating back from the point is an es- j sential feature. Do not draw the edge thin. ' Leave it a little blunt and grind for the proper edge. Heat to a cherry red. no more at the corners than in, the middle. Dip in clear water, and draw the temper to a lull Ktiaw color. Ungnten the edge surface on a grindstone or -with emery paper before tempering. Millerf Review. ; ' v Pharr & Long, j ONE-PRICED CLOTHIERS,! Successors to E:D. Latta Bro.,) " ! " CHAltLbTT; titk Have now the largest and best selected Stock of Men's, Youths and Boys CLOTHING In the State, and invite all Clothing purchase) s to an examination of their Prices and stock. We also have the .latest Novelties in Gents' Furnishing Goods. Our Stock of HATS Includes everything to be desired in this line. E We solicit Orders from a distance, to which we promise our careful attention. We will send Goods to any part of the country, on approval returnable at our expense. PHARR & LONG. March 18, 1887. French Brandy, A genuine imported article, for eale by W. M. WILSON & CO , May 27, 1887. Charlotte. Hood's Sarsaparilla And all the leading PATENT MEDICINES for sale by R. H. JORDAN & CO. March 26, 1886. Executor's Notice. Having .qualified as Executor of the Will of Josiah Johnston, deceased, (colored.) I hereby notify all persons having claims against said deceased to present them to me on or before the 5th day of June, 1888, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to the said deceased are requested ana required to make immediate payment. ALEXANDER MORRIS, Executor. June 3, 1887. 6w pd ATTRACTIONS And Real Benefits for the People. Everything that belongs to Summer Goods marked down to prices never before heard of in this section. Come and see them, and you will be con vinced of the truth of what we claim Come Early, " And thus secure the cream of the many bargaina we are daily offering. JS.. Li. KJSJS3LEU UU. June 3, 1887. University of North Carolina, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. The session is divided into two terms: the first beginning the last Thursday in August and end ing at Christmas, tue second beginning early in January and ending first Thursday in June. Tuition $30 for each term. For room rent and service, So per term. Those unable to pay tlu-ir tuition are allowed to give their notes, secured it possible. Tuition in the JNorraal Course free. Post Graduate instruction also free. The Faculty i3 now sufficiently strong to give. instruction in a wide range of studies. For terms in the Law School apply to Hon. John Manning, L. L. D. For Catalogues apply to w . T. Patterson, Bursar, Chapel mil, JN. C For special information apply to KEMP B. BATTLE, L. L. D. June 24, 1887. lm PURE, HARD AND BRILLIANT Brazillian Axis Cut Pebbles. For sale by Hales & Boyne, Charlotte. 1 hey are a natural stone, almost as nerd as a diamond, take a high polish, will not scratch, nor will moisture collect on them in warm weather. They confer a brilliancy and a distinctness of vision, with an amount of case and comfort not hitherto enjoyed by spectacle wearers. lney neutralize and prevent the irritating rays oi ngtit trom entering the eye. They improve, strengthen and preserve the sight, thereby resting the optic nerves r i3 in very many cases preventing headache. On account of the purity of the material of which they are made, they cause no dizziness or wavering of sight. Every pair warranted. The common, inferior Spectacles, which are sold and bought, regardless of their quality or accuracy, are made from inferior material or im perfect Lenses discarded from better grades, they stimulate beat, irritate and fatigue the eye, tney retract the. rays or light unequally and fail to correct all optical defects. we wisn 10 impress upon me public me im portance of taking good care of their eyes, and never neglect using glasses when the first symp toms of failing sight appear, livery genuine pair is stamped with Trade-Mark BP. The Peb bles are set in Gold, Silver, Celluloid, Steel, JNickel, and Rubber Frames. For sale by HALES & BOYNE, Jewelers and Opticians, Charlotte, N. C. juarch as, i7. 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- Lanterns, &c. We have the Improved Tubular Lantern ; also the Buckeve. with Double Globes. R. H. JORDAN & CO. Dr. Scott's Electric Hair Curler immediately crimps, bangs or curls the Hair to anv desired shape. J cr sale by R. H. JORDAN & CO. Bread, Cakes and Pies Of every description. Hot Rolls every even ing at S. M. HOWELL'S BAKERY, Sept. 17. 1886. Trade Street Ready-Mixed Paints. h Averill Ready-Mixed Paints are considered the best. For sale by . . v i W. M. WILSON & CO., Sept. 10, 1886. Druggists ; n. Somewhere.;; Somewhere tke wind is blowing, 1 .'r j -'I thought a 1 toiled aloDg. ; : In the burning heat of the noontide, J ( ' And the fancy made me strong. . f Yep, tomewhere the wind, is blowing,. - , Though bere where I gasp and sigh: j -Not a breath 6f air is stiring, ! !r. iNot a clond in. the burnmsr skv- - Somewhere thething we long for , H.X181S on eartn s wiae Douna, Somewhere the sun is shining , ", When winter, nips the ground; .. Somewhere the flowers are epringiug,'f And ready. unto the harvest ; To feed he hungry jtowhj Somewhere the twilight gathers; ,And weary men lay, by '"- 'k- ' A .The. burden of the daj-timc ' iw : : ; 'And wrapped la slamber ii. - ' ' J Somewhere the day is breaking, And gloom and darkness'flee; -Though storms oar bark are tossing, There' somewhere a placid sea. And thus I thought, 'tis always In this mysterious life . . There's always gladness somewhere, In spite of its pain and strife; . And somewhere the sm and sorrow Of earth are known no more, Somewhere our weary spirits ; . Shall find a peacelal shore. Somewhere the things that-'try us Shalt all have passed away, ' Aud doubt and (ear no longer Impede the perfect day. O brother, though the darkness Around thy 6oul be cast, The earth is rolling suuward, And light shall come at last. Good Words, Charmed by a Snake. While walking along the railroad, from a rustling in the bushes my attention was directed to the spot, when to my surprise I saw a large kiug-snake running along rapidly, and lust behind web a inlrown rabbit following the snake, apparently without fear. I tie rabbit would stop until the snake would get five or six feet in ad- uce, and would then move up -by the side of the snake and slop. The snake was moving in the direction of where was Btanding and when about six feet off the snake discovered me and stopped The rabbit ran on immediately in front of the snake without taking notice of my presence, and then stopped. The snake placed himself in a striking position, and both remained quiet for a time, finally I drew my stick to hit the rabbit, it diB covered me and ran off.. The rabbit look ed upon me as an enemy, or friend and de liverer, or perhaps its instinct taught mm that the snake was its destroyer and so charmed that it could not resist the . mag netio influence until there was a meditator at band; or perhaps its instinct taught it that the king-snake was the destroyer of other snakes the fed upon birds, rabbits, etc.. and looked upon the king-snake as protector. Baxley ( Ga. Manner. BIG STOCK OP Ladies' Muslin and Gauze UNDERWEAR. Balbriggan's and Lisle Thread. Under-Vests all sizes and all qualities. Another stock of Swiss and Nainsook Flouncing at 25 per cent less than earlier in the season. We have made big reductions in prices of some White Goods, Oriental Laces, Torchon Laces Children's Hosiery, &c. If you want a nice Traveling Trunk, We have them and will sell you cheap. Com and see what bargains we are offering. IIARGRAVES & ALEXANDER. June 3, 1887. 33 West Trade street Pure Reliable Drugs An assortment not to be excelled in quality and prices anywhere. In fact everything kept in a first class Drug Store ean be found in this establishment. Give us a call. ! R. T. BECK & CO., Cor. Trade and College Sts., Charlotte, N. C. June 17.1887. ..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. 100,000 Pounds OF RAGS WANTED. Paid in Cash or Trade, at ROSS & ADAMS' Book and Stationery Store, No. 17 S.,Tryon St. July 9, 1886. , . To Farmers and Merchants. 3,000 pounds Blue Stone, ; Wholesale and W. M. WILSON & CO., Retail. NEW MILLINERY FIRM AND NEW . STOCK The undersigned will open in a few days a choice, and well selected stock or MlL.LilJ(JKX, and all other lines of Goods connected with the Millinery Trade. Our Stock has been carefully selected by C. M. QUERY, who b as just returned from the Northern Markets, wnere ne nas secureu all the latest Novelties and at The Lowest Prices Goods can be bought for cash.. Our terms (according to our written contract) will be Strictly Cash on Delivery, And we assure onr old friends and customers, although we cannot charge Goods on our books, (except by special contract,) the great advantage we can give you in low prices will ten times over balance the small and unsatisfactory benefit of having Goods charged for a few days or weeks. Our Trimming and Dress Makine Department will be managed by Mbs. QUJiiKi, nerseu. We have secured the services of that popular and efficient ; Saleslady, Misa Bksse Houston, We extend a cordial invitation to all to call and see our NEW STYLES And low cash Prices, and . will do our best to please you, and guarantee entire satisfaction in any thing you buy from us. tST Orders by Mail solicited. They will re ceive prompt and careful attention. . Mbs. P. QUERY & CO. March 18. 1887. - Fishing Propensities' tof the: Eagle. r Some cori6us stdrfes'of the easle. in re- atfon, pa'riicdlarly iolta pshing propenei- ties,1 are" given -in Capt. Lloyd's Field SporU"bf tb'e. North ' bt. 'Kurope.' It most be mentiQne'd,that the eagle and pike sto- ries are not givetf oh' bT8"owp authority, dui oa mat oi oiner men wnom ne oonsiu- ered' trust worth j,'-in.2f whose names he gives. ib appears mat several inBiancea i were known, of .pike" Wlmming '. about I Scandinavian" lakes'and rivers with' the! T "W a - A 1 - W " A . 11 skeletons of eagles, aVtacbed to thtm by the talons. .The bird had .seized the fiab, and not being able to disengage his talons bad. been . taken undfr the water and drowned. I The stories. are at follows; ."'Id Lake 4 Wettern, in Eaetgothland,. as alsd that of Kingnjon, in, Scania,' ao, a aid :JJr, Wulman, 'pike haveJbeen caught with the eagle on. their backs.! 'The ..one taken in Wettern iiad for an n nil sr. pf years exhib- I ted the skeleton above the surface of-vtbe water: and the fishermen, who believed it to be the harbinger of misfortune, al ways, when aware of it. made for the shore, as quickly as possible. The flesh having rot ted away from the bones', the skeleton bad assumed a greenish hue, probably in con sequence of v some algse or the like with which it was overgrown, causing it' at- a distance to resemble-a bush.'" - Again: My brother, Capt. Axel' Westfeldt, Lieutenant J. Lekander, and the fisherman Mod in,' writes a friend on whom I place every reliance, were one day fishing with the Langref that in, a line of great length in a large lake invFyksdal, in Wermeland. When they had- proceeded considerable distance from the land, Mod in suddenly pulled the boat around, and, in evident alarm, commenced rowing with all bis might toward the shore. One of the party asked the man what he meant by this strange conduct. 'The Siotroll, or water-f pint, is here again, replied he, at the same time pointing with his hnger far to seaward. Every one in the boat then saw in the distance something great ly resembling the horns of an elk or rein deer progressing rapidly on the surface of the water. 'Row toward it, exclaimed Lekander: 'and see if I don't give this ghostly Siotroll a shot! I am not afraid of it.' . It was with great difficulty, how ever, that Modin could be prevailed upon once more to alter the course of the boat and to make for the apparition. But at length the man's fears were partially al laved, and the chase commenced in good earnest. When they bad neared the ob ject sufficiently, Lekander, who was stand ing gun in hand in the bow of the boat. fired, and fortunately with deadly effect. Un taking possession of the prize it was found to be a huge pike, to whose back the skeleton 'of an eagle was attached. This fish, or rather the bones of the bird, had been seen by numbers for several years together, and universally went under the above designation m Sjotroll ' Hedgehog and' Viper. The hedgehog of Southern Europe is an inveterate enemy of 'the vipers which abound in the forests there. A forest guard not long ago, had - an opportunity to watch an interesting combat between one of the hedgehogs and a viper. Seeing a particularly large . snake , asleep in the sun, the guard was approaching to kill it, when he saw a hedgehog creeping np to the reptile over the soft mobs. As soon as the hedgehog had got within reach of the viper it seized the reptile's tail with its teeth and. Quicker than thought, rolled itself up into a ball. By the time the vi ner had awakened it found nothing but a ball of sharp quills to fight against. . It struck viciously at the mass, bnt without touching the hedgehog's skin. Then the snake dragged its body to its full length, without escape: it writhed and turned, and then thrust itself again and again up on its enemy. At the end of five minutes the snake was pierced and bleeding in several places. It fell exhausted to the erround. and after several throeB and at tempts at resistance it fell dead. When it was satisfied that the viper1 was quite dead the hedoreho? onietlv unrolled itself. o a i. - i ; and would nndoubtedlv have made a meal upon the snake if the guard bad- not "ap proached. The hedgehog, seeing him, rolled itself up into a ball again, and re mained thus until 1 he had disappeared through the woods. . The animal had not killed the snake, but had compelled it to kill itself upon its sharp quills. . The weak man is be who forms many purposes and drops one after anoth- er in tue lace oi aitncuuiee. ine strong . r m i . t mi is he who forms a few purposes, but in the face of all opposition, carries each - one through to successful issues. i i The unremitting retention of sim ple and high sentiments in obscure duties is hardening the character to tb'at temper which will work with honor, if need be, in the tumult or on the scaffold. ATTENTION I . FARMERS!! We are now ready to buy WOOD for our Factory. Parties having Hickory and White Oak to sell would do well to call on us. CARSON BROS July 8. 1887. lm Charlotte, N. C The Wilmington Star. REDUCTION IN PRICE. ' Attention is called to the followidg reduced rates of subscription, cash in advance : Thb Daily Stab One year 6, six months 3, three months fl.ou, one month ov cents. ' Thb Weekly Stab -One year f 1, six months CO cents, three months 80 cents. Our Telegraph News service has recently been largely Increased, and it is onr determination to keep the Stab up the highest standard of news paper excellence. Address WM. H. BERNARD, July 8, 1887. ' Wilmington, N. C. HARDWARE! New Stock, HARDWARE!! Low Prices. ; We are rapidly filling our large and handsome New Store with New Goods to replace Stock destroyed by the fall of our building 14th May last. . The Merchant! of the surrounding country have only to give ns a trial to be convinced that we are selling Hardware as low as any house in the State.- - ' :! ' 5 ' HAMMOND & JUSTICE. , Oct. 9. 1886. . i i.J:: ' . k Narrow Escapes The tale f am about1 to" tellis somethinitr thavrehal) never, cease to regret, and of which JL ain to this day ashamed; yet, be- cause ( the. fault' is so common and the temptation so sudden, in the hope of pro- tecting others against it, I shall unbosom myBeii, ana oring lorwara me previously unpublished hisiory bf a scene which made me persons concernea pracucauy. several years blder in an instant of time? ' ' ' A long while ago I received a visit from -, . S " ' tl long while ago I received a visit from a gentleman, who spent the evening with me. ' Dunug the evening various incidents were .narrated, by him and myself. , At last I told of a circumstance which 'had recently occurred. In the story an ac count was given of repelling by the use of the pistol an assault from a man under the influence of delirium tremens. ' , In the course of the narrative 1 took a single-barrelled pistol from a drawer and I pointed it at my friend , to illustrate the scene described. The pistol I was sure was not loaded.' The pistol bad but ' one barrel, and I shot the load out of it and placed it. safely in the drawer," so I was certain that there was no danger in its use. . 1 pointed it at my visitor at a distance of about two feet frQm his face, and went on with the' story. ' He looked at the pis tol and at me, and said, "Don't point that at me, my friend." ' ' "O" said I, "there is no load in it; I shot the load out of it myself a few days and to prove that it was 'bate I turned it toward my own breast, and though it was cocked, I pulled upon the trigger with all my might. O, well," Baid he, "if it isn't loaded go on with the story." oo 1 pointed it at him again and con- tinned the story, unconsciously pulling still on the trigger, when horrible to tell, it was discharged, filling my friend's face with powder, the bullet grazing his face as it passed, and sinking half an inoh into a mahogany writing desk on the other side of the room! Who loaded that pistol after I had emptied it I never knew. Why it. did not go off when I pointed it at my own breast and did my best to snap the trig ger, I cannot tell. That it was the merest accident that i was not pointing it full in my friend's face when it did explode I very well know. Two badly frightened men were there and as thankful as they were frightened. Realizing the folly of my conduct I asked my friend, not to mention the occurrence for ten years. It has been thirty years, and last sum mer as I entered the Methodist Episcopal Church at Greenland, N. H., I found that the pastor was absent, and saw that very man, the Hev. U. a. JJinsmore, in the pul pit preachiog the sermon. A most vivid recollection of a narrow escape from sui cide in the first instance and homioide in the .second diverted my attention for a few moments from the discourse. And I thanked God for my escape and for his. Never point a pistol, even if you tmnk yon know it to be empty, at any person. I had never done it before, and yon may be certain I have never done it since. But in two years afterward I counted two hun dred and four instances recorded in the newspapers of persons accidentally shot and seriously or fatally wounded by just such a foolish fellow as I was. J. M. Buckley, Hurry and Dispatch. Among the many causes of poor and inefficient work is the habit of hurry, which takes possession ol some busy peo ple. Having or imagining they have more to do in a given time than oan be done properly, they grow confused, agitated, and nervous: and, under this pressure, they proceed with the work in hand with out requisite deliberation and care,' perhaps omitting parts of it sometimes important parts and prodncing at last an imperfect and inferior performance, which can nei ther be permanent nor satisfactory. There is hardly any employment, trom the simplest manual work to the most complex and difficult mental labor, that does not sutler lrom this cause. lbe dwelling house in process of building is to be finished at a certain time. With proper forethought and system it would have been done, but the time approaches and the work is still incomplete. The future occupants are impatient, the contractor is anxious, the workmen are driven, the work is hurried through, and annoyance. discomfort, and sometimes danger ensue, and repairs are soon found necessary. The business man undertakes more than he can manage, the days are not long enough for his needs, he is agitated by the con stant pressure, ' driven by conflicting claims, his business suffers for the want of a clear and . cool head, his health suffers from continual and unrelaxed exertion, I his family suffers from his deterioration, and general disaster ensues. The physi cian,. with many other calls to make, hur ries .through the visit, neglecting some im portant symptom, and his patient dies; the lawyer hurries through his plea, and loses his case; the preacher hurries through the preparation of his sermon, and fails to make an impression; the ar tist hurries on lis picture to completion, and his best conception is not there; the teacher hurries through a prescribed course of instruction, and the class is left desti tute of the moie important elements of knowledge. It is not too much to say that a large proportion ol the unhappiness, the ignorance, the loss ot property, and even the loss of life, that is endured in the world is to be directly traced to the hur ry and drive which characterize so much of the labor performed. Many persons not only drift into these hurried ways, but pride themselves upon them. They "boast of their speed, and contrast it with the slower measures of their most deliberate neighbors. They flatter themselves upon their dispatch, and hold themselves of more value on that ac count. Slowness in work, lingering or loitering over what is to be done, is not to be recommended. On the contrary, energy and vigor will prompt the healthy and industrious man to labor steadily and rapidly, while neglecting nothing that is needed to perfect his work. But this is very different from the agitated and ex cited hurry which has been mentioned, and which is to be deprecated. -PAakf- phia ledger, ; ' T'r " 'i A Mother's Influence.' v 1 It has been beautifully eaid of a mother! that "she is both the morning and even ing star of life. The ' light of aer eye is always the first to set . and generally the last to set upon the checkered life of man."" She wields a power more decisive far than syllogism in argument or " courts of last appeal in authority. ' Next to Om nipotence, hers is the strongest moral in fluence known upon earth. She has beei called "the Divinity of Infancy.' She oan shower around her the most genial of all influences, and from the time when she first laps her little one in elyeium by clasping it 10 ner Dosom, "its am para dlse," to the moment when that - child is independent of her aid, her smile, her word, her wish is an inspiring force. A sentence of encouragement or praise from her is a joy for a day. A mother's look, a mother's smile or a mother's word mar seem to be a small and insignificant thing, but more mature reflection will bring us to a very dmerent conclusion. We might ask the one who may be tempted to attach but little importance to the influence of the mother. Is it a little thing to fashion an immortal spirit after a heavenly model? It is a little thing to develop infant powers and bring to light all that seems hidden in the soul to train the ear by sweet sounds and the eye ty lovely dolors ? Is it a little thing to teich the use of lan guage and form what is emphatically called "our mother tongue ?" - It is the godly mother the mother whose heart is illuminated with heavenly light and quickened and sanctified by the Holy Spirit that can offer the simple, tender, touching prayer whioh the young est can comprehend and can seize upon the happy moment for implanting troth. She, and she only, can time all and rule all by that sceptre which is wreathed with silk, the sceptre of genuine, heartfelt love. A little boy, when asked what made home pleasant and beautiful, and why one house was not as much a home as another, re plied, pointing to his mother, "Because she is here!" True, living consistent piety is the mother's brightest ornament, her truest glory, her noblest support and her richest pleasure. Her life should be a calm, holy, beautiful walk from the hearth stone to the alter fire, from the bosom of her family to the throne of God. . It has been the testimony of good men in all ages, that they owe chiefly to their mother's the best inspiration of their lives. "I had rather possess my mothers picture," once wrote the poet Cowper, "than the richest jewel in the British crown." The venerable John Quinoy Adams ooce said, "It is due to gratitude and nature that I should acknowledge and avow that, such as I have been, whatever it was and such as I am, whatever it is, and such as I hope to be in all futurity must be ascribed, under Providence, to the preoepta and example of my mother." Sweetly and truely has the poet sung, . "The sounds that fall on mortal ear, As dew-drops pure at even; That soothe the breast or start the tear, ' Are Mother, Home, and Heaven V - A Farmer Saved by a Dog. From the town of Castelnaudary, France, writes a Paris correspondent, comes a story that is literally true, yet winch reads like the invention ot a sensa tional novelist. A farmer living in the environs of that town, and who ' was known to have saved money, returned home one evening, accompanied by his dog, a large, powerful, and very intelli gent animal. On reaching the house the dog at once darted to the farmer's bed room, as if in search of something, and dashed under the bed. A short struggle ensued, and the dog then emerged drag ging the corpse of a man that he had found hidden under the bed, and whom he had seized by the throat and instantly strangled. The farmer's wife recognized the dead man as a tramp to whom she had that morning given food and drink, and who had then, as she thought, gone on his way. Her husband at once wentr in search of the police, who, on arriving, thoroughly examined the body. - Con cealed in the clothes were found a long, sharp knife, a loaded revolver, and a whis tle. The policemen then hid themselves, and one of their number blew the whistle. Four men obeyed the signal and entered the house, and were immediately cap tured. Thanks to the dog, the lives .of the farmer and his wife had been saved, for one of the miscreants confessed that their comrade was to have murdered them both, and that they themselves were then to have aided in stripping the house of its contents and in carrying them away. A "Funny Thing." "Funny thing occurred down at our lfouse, Christmas," said the brakeman. "I'm away almost every night in the year, but Christmas night I got a lay-off and staid home with the wife and babies. Next door to ns lives one of the; stingiest old codgers that ever was. Wheeler is his name, and everybody calls him stingy Wheeler. He is an old chap, who has no children and no friends, and who is said to be worth a good deal of money. I've had a good deal of sickness in my house this winter, and times have been right bard with ns.; It was mighty little Christ mas we had, I can tell you. 'Well, there's one thing we can say, Henry,' said my wife to me, .'and that is that onr bouse is not hard to warm. It beats all the way coal does last ns here. That half-ton you got a month ago isn't nearly all gone yet.' 'That's the way coal lasts when there's nobody to steal it, as we had where we lived last,' I replied. 'Now there's only one man in this neighborhood I'd suspect of stealing coal, and that's stingy Wheeler. I wouldn't trust that old cogger vary far.' "Neither would I,' said my wife. That night after we got in bed my wife woke me, saying that she was sure she heard some one in the coal-house. 'I believe it's old Wheeler,' I said. 'So do I,' my wifo replied; 'but be careful, Henry, and don't get into any trouble with the old skin flint,' she added, as I hastily dressed my self. Softly I tiptoed out to the coal bouse, and, sure enough, there was a man there hard at work with a shovel. It was stingy Wheeler, and he was throwing coal from his bin into mine!" ) " ' ' Cumberland county farmers about laid by their core. have it What may 1 be Accomplished by Energy V- 'ul - -' aBa Perseverance! '"T:!7 f .Col. It W. Piockney, in Dixie, a newa paper published in Atlanta, Ga., relates the following incidents, which came Tra der the writer's; own observation, .where success trod closely on the heel of perse verance and industry: , ' A man can make a living, snd also make money, in hundreds of ' different ways in this country, and it is a1 'mighty good thing that this is 60, else over-production would be the rule, not the exception. I know a 'man who is getting rich out of baby swings. It's a simple, cheat thine to make, and be started in a simple and cheap way" to make them, his entire outfit of tools comprising two-saws, two saw benches, a draw shave, two hand- planes, a brace and some bits, a rough work bench. . He didn't stand around with hands in his pockets waiting for somebody with capital to come along and boost him. Not much. He thought these swings would sell so he made one and peddled it round until he iouod a purchaser. Then he made another and sold that, and- thus he kept on until finally people began to think his swings were a good thing ; to have in the family, and they began to in quire for them, o He started eight years ago, and alone did all the work bf mak ing and selling them.' Things with him are very different to-day.: He has a shop two Btories in height, and machinery for eawiog, planing, boring, mortising, turn ing, and sandpapering the material enter ing into the construction of these swings. In that shop forty men', find constant employment, and, as I said before, the owner is getting rich oat of it. Counting the wives and children ot the workmen in that shop, there is a population of nearly 1 or quite one hundred and fifty making - a living out of one man's idea that a baby swing would sell. A baby swing is not a very big thing, but it is in this case big enough to keep quite a little village busy and comfortable. . . A step ladder is a mighty handy, thing to have around the house. Five yesrs ago, three men, by the closest kind of scraping, twisting and borrowing, man aged to get together five hundred dollars. They bought some lumber, rigged up a circular or buzz, rip saw, and started in to make step ladders. I? or two years it wss a struggle of the hardest kind; sales had to be made by personal canvass, prices obtained permitted no margin of profit, and the outlook was of such a discourag ing nature that their friends and 'neigh bors pitied them first, then .'prophesied dead failure, and finally laughed at their folly in sticking by a losing game. There came a change, however. A prominent house-furnishing goods firm one day wrote them for prices on five thousand ladders. The size of this possible order very nearly took them off their feet. They bad sense enough, however, to understand that this big bouse would not give them the. order unless prices were made away down, so they sat down and figored the thing over, and having decided that matter, awaited the result, which turned in their favor and they got the order. Then they went to work; each one took his coat off and pitched in; they worked sixteen hours a day until that order was filled, and it was filled on time, and each ' ladder was hon estly made. The only expense they' real ized was for lumber, screws and paint. They had done all the work themselves. This was the turning point in their busi ness career. Within a month from the delivery of these five thousand ladders they bad contracted with the same' house for a monthly supply of two thousand five hundred. They were on their feet, now, and began to push things. They sre turning out to-day, with .fifteen men, ten thousand step ladders each month, and have been doing this for more than a year. About fifteen years agoin one s of the big planing mills in Chicago, a strip of board catching, in somd unaccountable manner, on a buzz saw was hurled with violence against the leg of one 'of. the workmen, breaking it and badly mangling the flesh. The injury resulted io incapac itating the man for performing .the labor required of him in the mill, and he was compelled to seek other means of liveli hood. A pan of fine mechanical attain ments, his endeavors very;, naturally sought outlet io that direction, so he built, after his own ideas, a scroll or fret - saw, foot power, and rigged up a seat on it, as he was unable to stand for any.Jength of time, and began sawing put and putting together articles for household ornament and utility. He regarded this as simply a temporary means of paaking a .living. After a time he added to his scroll saw a light boring-attachment and then a little turning lathe. Then he bought a cheap set of carver's tools. You see be was always looking out to save labor and to combine originality in the artioles he turned out. Time ran along, and almost before be knew it, he was getting more orders than he could, alone, fill, sonie hired a ' man to dress and prepare his . materials, lay out the patterns, and put the articles together. Still his orders increased, and be hired another and still another man. Tq-djty he has thirty men in his employment, and he does no physical labor himself. Mak ing money? Yes, right along, but it was a viry little thing that gave him his start. Now, the point I wish to make is this : Capital, in large amounts, is not necessary in the founding of' industrial enterprises. A good deal of pluck and energy, and un conquerable perseverance, are better than money, because, having these, money be comes the result, not the means of success. Money is valuable, not as the meacs by which an end may be accomplished, but rather because it is the result of in accom plished end. It has power; immense pow er, but without energy behind iritis pow erless. Perseverance and energy - can make money, but money cannot- make perseverance and energy. What I would like to see in our Sunny South is more small industrial establishments. I would rather see a dozen shops employing three men each, than one shop employing three dozen men. There is more money in. the three dozen, because there is greater - pos sibility for their expansion ; and growth. Don't wait for the establishment of big enterprises with heavy capital, but start little ones in a modest way, and then let them grow, as the majority of them sure ly will, - - -i 4 '. r