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10 0 XXI 8 CI r oxnoH , . -. -i .-.-; ii"i;iL lot - - n , ; , , , OLD SERIES : VOLUME XXXTNUMBER lft? This Paper is 34 Yeaes Old CHARLOTTE, iN. C ; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1886. ..: ... I i r IB 111 9 1 III I II 1 III. III II I II I H4fl I II I -!- ! jT ZL I a I I 141 I I I ;11l I 4 I I I lu ll I i i I t II I'll I"- II 111 III lllfll III I f ' ' -r ' i " r ' ' " ' ii .' . s ... . . - ..... i "J J ' . THE Charlotte Home - Democrat, Published ktbky Friday by YATES & STRONG. Tebms Two Dollars for one year. One Dollab for six months. Subscription price due in advance. "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N C, as second class matter," according to the rules of the P. O. Department. T. 0. SMITH & OO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. May 11.1884. .., CENTRAL iiOTEL, ( Under Nets Management C'lIAItLOTTE, If. C' Newly Furnished and Equipped In the best style. Hot and Cold Baths. Patronage solicited. Give un a trial. Rates, $2 and $2.50 perday. SCOVILLE & BROCKENBROUGH, Proprietors. Feb. 26, 188G. y J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., Offers his 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. 4.. BOBWKLIi. p. D. WALKKB. BURWELL & WALKER. Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office in Law Building. Jan. 1,1884. HUGH W. HARRIS. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office, First door west of Court House. Oct. 17. 1885. HERIOT CLARKSON, Attorney-at-Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C, fVill practice in all the Courts of this State. Prompt attention given to collections. Nov. 7, 1884. tf F. I. OSBORNE. W. C. MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. VW 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, 1836. 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. Office over A. R. Nisbet'& Bro's store. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Jan. 1.1886. W. H. FARRIOR & BRO., I Opposite (lie Central Hotel Practical Watch-Makers and Jewelers, Charlotte. N. C. Keep a full stock., of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks. Spectacles, etc., which they will sell at a fair price. Dealers in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewel ry, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c, uuuo piuiupujr.nuu sausiacuon assured. SW Store opposite the Central Hotel. Jan. 1, 1836. K. 8. BUB WELL, E. B. 8PBINGS, B.A.LEE. Burwell, Springs & Lee, COTTON BUYERS, - Charlotte, N. C. Offices at Chambers' old Livery Stable, and at Springs & Burwell's Store, on College street, near me uouon riaitorm. Don't fail to see us 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 full market prices. At any raie, u may pay you to see us. BURWELL, SPRINGS & LEE. Sept. 24. 1836. HARRISON WATTS, Cotton Buyer. Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Oct. 14.1884. - THE CHARLOTTE COTTON AND PRODUCE EXCHANGE Coener Trade and College Sts., Charlotte, N. C. S. H. PHELAN, Proprietor, mem- nor NAmV.l. n.n. l . 1 iui ia)hod XiXcnange and Chicago Board of Trade. J. F. LYON, Dec. 4, 1885. Manager Linseed Oil. Turpentine. Varnishes, Colors, Paint Brushes uu cTGijtuiiJKrequirea Dy Painters at W. M. WIL80N & CO'S. tf There was a stirring sceoe is Worcester, Mass., the other day on the occasion of a public reception given to George Bancroft, who was born in , the town bat has not visited it before for nearly fifty years. When Mr Bancroft entered the hall the audience rose as one man to greet him, and every head was at first bowed and then uplifted as ringing cheers broke the stillness that had for some moments prevailed. Mr Bancroft, with bis snowy hair and stately, dignined manner, was an impressive picture as he bowed right and left toj.be warm saluta tions of bis townsmen. A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE Near the City of Charlotte. The "ROBINSON PLACE," one and a half miles from the city, adjoining the lands of B. H. Moore and others, consisting of one hundred and fifty Acres. Good Farming land, well adapted to' the cultivation of Cotton, Grain and the Grasses in a good state of cultivation good Tenement House and Barns on the place. For further particulars apply to Dr. J. II. McADEN, Merchants' & Farmers' Nat. Bank of Charlotte. Oct. 15, 1886. tf !, POSTPONED BALE RE-ADVERTISED. MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of Power vested in us by a Mort gage from S. C. Johnston and wife, we will sell at public auction at the Court House door in Charlotte, on Monday, Nov. 1st, 1886, a Tract of LAND now occupied by S. C. Johnston, adjoin ing the lands of Jno. Jamison, Richard Elliott, and others, in Mecklenburg county, containing about 99 Acres. Said Mortgage is registered in Book 51, page 116, in Registry for Mecklenburg county. GEO. S. HALL, W. J. BLACK, Oct. 15, 1836. Mortgagees. TRUSTEE'S SALE. By virtue of the provisions of a Deed of Trust executed to me by D M Fesperman and wife on the 5th day of September, 1885, 1 will sell on the premises on Tuesday, the 26th day of October, 1886, the lot of LAND described in the said deed, adjoining the lots of S R Reid and others, being the same conveyed by W A Rose and wife to said D M Fesperman by deed dated the 29th March, 1877, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds of this county, in Book 25, page 143, to which deed, and the said deed of trust registered in said office in Book 42, page 354, reference may be had for a more particular description. I will, also, at the same time and place, sell theTersonal Property conveyed by the said deed of trust, to-wit : One 15-Horse Power Engine and Boiler, one Saw Mill, Cotton Gin and Cot ton Press. Terras of sale, Cash. J. FRANK WILKES. Sept. 24, 1886. 5w ' Trustee FARM FOR SALE. I will sell my FARM in Mecklenburg county, near Alezandriana, known as the "James Wilson Land," containing fifty Acres, in good cultiva tion. The Farm will produce Cotton, Corn, Wheat and all .kinds of farm produce. For particulars, address John Polk, Huntersville, N. C, or M. W. JOHNSTON, Oct. 1, 1886. 4w Concord, N. C. VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY For Sale. I offer for sale, privately, some valuable Mill Property located about four miles from Char lotte, in the Sharon neighborhood. The Mill will grind both Corn and Wheat. Also, attached to the place is a Cotton Gin and Screw. All the machinery is run by water 22 feet head on a standing stream. Also, for sale at, the same place, a nice two- horse FARM, with a good new frame Dwelling House and all necessary out-buildings'. My Post Office is Charlotte, N. C. ISAAC N. ALEXANDER, Sr. Sept. 10, 1886. tf Gold Reduction Works FOR SALE. I will sell that valuable Prooertv known as the ADAMS REDUCTION WORKS, situated on the C. C. Railroad, one mile from Charlotte, the same consisting of about 10 Acres of Land, cn which is a Gold Mine, large, commodious Buildings thereon for the operation of the works, an Eugine of 200 Horse Power, new and never used Furnaces, and all the Machinery, Tools and Appliances necessary. W. P. BYNUM, Attorney for Trustees. The public sale of the above Property is postponed, but it will be sold privately in lots to suit purchasers, and will be shown on the premises by Mr Husten. W. P. BYNUM, Attorney. Oct. 1, 1886. tf ROSS & ADAMS (Successors to Tiddy & Bro.) Invite orders for SCHOOL. MISCELLANEOUS and STANDARD Books, And all kinds of Staple Stationery and School Supplies. writing raper. CAP, LETTER, NOTE, AND OTHER SIZES Blank Books Of all grades. Envelopes of all size, color and quality. Full line Acme Writing Pads and Tab lets. School Slates, best quality, all sizes. Slate and Lead i'encils. rena, ink, Mucilage, &c. ROSS & ADAMS, Next to First National Bank, Jan. 15 1886. . Charlotte. N. C. 20,000 Yards OF THE - BEST PRINTS, Embracing all Standard Brands, at 5 cents Good Prints at 4 cents. These Goods are just in, ana are me latest patterns. 8ee our new 58s cents KID GLOVES best on the market. E. L. KEESLER & CO., Successors to Alexander & Harris Sept. 17, 1886. 100,000 Pounds OF R A GS WANTED. Paid in Cash or Trade, at ROSS & ADAMS Book and Stationery Store, No. 17 S. Tryon St July 9, 1886. Surgical Instruments. To supply a need long felt by the Medical rroteasion or this section, we nave now ana wii keep constantly in stock, a full line of SURGI CAL INSTRUMENTS, which we warrant. We are also prepared to give any and all dis counts in any of the New York Instrument Cata logues, oive us a call. R. H. JORDAN & CO.. Nov. 13, 1885. Druggists, Springs' Comer, k , V A' Sailora Test ; , . j The sailor is, as a rule, a simple-hearted man. most ot bis time is spent at nea, away from the din and corruption of Ihe world. He is all the more easily led into temptation on this account, out oe sun preserves much of the child's character. He is familiar with the force of nature; the storm 'rages about him, and brings him face to faoe with death and nature s God. The sailor draws many parallels and figures from his every-day experieuces.and applies them to bis spiritual life. The fol- owing selected passage suggests a Deauti- (ul thought : ! "I often recall," says an old sailor, "my first night at sea.- A storm had come up, and we had. put -back under a point oi and which broke the wind a little, but still the eea had a rake on us, and we were in danger of drifting. I was on lhe anchor watch, and it was my dutv to give warn;- iafi? in case the snip should drag ner anchor. 1 It was a long night to me. I was very anxious whether I should know if the ship really did drift. How could I tell? I found that, going forward and placing my band on the chain, I could tell by feeling of- it whether the anchor was dragging or not; and how often thai night I went forward and placed my hand on that chain! And very often since then I have wondered whether lam drift- ng away from God, and then I go away and pray. "Sometimes during that long, stormy night I would be startled by a rumbling sound, and I would pnt my hand on the chain, and find it was not the anchor drag ging, but only the chain grating against the rocks on the bottom. The anchor was still firm. And sometimes now, in tempi tation and trial, I become afraid, and upon praying I find that down deep n my heart 1 do love God, and my hope is in his salvation. Ana l wani just to say a word to you boys: Boys, keep an anchor watch, lest before you are aware you may be upon the rocks." JSgT" The Spectator's eye has fallen on the following pointed paragraph from the Columbus (Ga.) Sun : "It is true that now and then a preacher's son goes to destruc-j tion. But he is vitiated and ruined by contact with laymen and outsiders, while his father is trying to earn the half of his salary he gets and the other half that he doesn't get, by saving the sons of laymen who are going to the devil, 'In the path their fathers trod.' As a rule, preachers sons have the worst show, and make the most of it of any boys in the world, borne years ago a man collected statistics and figured up an average on the morality of preachers and laymen s sons, s igures do not he. The figures showed that the moral character of preachers' bods is twenty per cent better than that of other people's. There are millions . of people who ought to quit tobacco long enough to put that little item in their pipes, and smoke it." : Reduction in Prices. Witlkowsky & Baruch CHARLOTTE, N. C, Call the Attention OF HOUSEKEEPERS To the REDUCTIONS they have made in Carpets, Curtains, and House Furnishing Goods. You will save money by investing in these Goods now. We are in receipt of new ship ments daily. . t WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH. Aug. 27, 1886. Carolina Fair. CHARLOTTE, N. C. The Carolina Fair Association will open on Exhibition in Charlotte on November 2d, and continue to the 6th day. The Half-Mile Race Track is In fine condition; and there will be trials of Speed every day. Also, a fine display of Live Stock, Fruits, Vegetables, Farm and Dairy Products, Agricul tural Implements and Machinery, Poultry, &c. Competition Open to the World. The Premium List is full and complete, and embraces every article of Household and Me chanical manufacture, as well as Agricultural Products and Implements and Live Stock. The Exhibition will be FIRST CLASS, And the Managers will do all they can to pro mote the pleasure and entertainment of visitors and exhibitors. , . S. H. HILTON, Pres't. J. J. Gobmley, Sec'y. and Treas. Oct. 8,1886. .4w FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Full lines of Fall and Winter Goods just re ceived. We challenge comparison with any one as to styles, quality of Goods and low prices. Do us the favor to examine the following, and you will find something you mul have : Dress Goods and Trimmings, Ladies' Wraps, Jersey Jackets, Wool Under wear, Hosiery and Gloves. Elkin Blankets, Yarns and 8ocks, Linen and Domestic Goods, Notions of all kinds, &c, &c. ' Bear in mind, we have Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths, Clothing, Shoes, Hats iu fact, every thing to be . found in a first class Dry Goods House. . L. KEESLER & CO. Sept. 24, 1886, Gun, Lock and Copper-Smithsl c. iT-Fox At KeuOcr't Old Stank, Uhablottk. N. C Plumbing and Steam Fitting a specialty. Also, dealers in English and American Breech and Muzzle Loading Guns. Pistols, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. Sporting Goods of every description. - t& Repairing of all kinds done at short notice. . - ; .,a j.fox, J April 24 1885. . ; ; , , . . ' ! Difference Between Japan aid Turkey. Thos. R. Jennigan, Esq , in the Goldsboro Mes- . senger.j ; ; , In the July number of the North Ameri can Jteview, mere is a very interesting article on Mohammedan" marriages 'from the pen' of the American minister to Tur key, Mr Cox. He informs us that in Tur key the meeting to arrange marriages, takes places in a bath house, between the intended bride and expectant mother- in-law, to enable the latter to detect da- tects, li any exist, ana mat, mi was reu-1 dered difficult by the bathing suits, which were worn with so much dexterity by the young lady. In the public bath houses in Japan, no such a .difficulty would vxist. No one thinks oi attempting to hide na ture's dress with the arts of human dress-; makers, and ' the observer is impressed with the Deuel mat mere must oe some mistake about the eating of the forbidden fruit, iu the garden of Eden, or that i the eating of it did not aftect all races alike. These Dam nouses are locatea on the su burbs of the city, and some are arranged with elegance. There are generally three or lour grades oi Dams, in eacn nouse. Near this city is a large one situated at the toot ot the mountain, and sulphur, or any other kind of bath can be obtained at any time, ihe floors are made ot rock or grauite and the basins are of the same material. In the middle or lower grades of these bath rooms, it is not unusual to see eight or ten men and women, mixed and splashing around, and it seems to be accepted as a matter of course. Frequent ly, while riding along some of the streets, bordering the outskirts of the city, one a . 1 can see men ana women m a perfectly nude state, with their bathing tub out in the yard, and as apparently as hafpy &s was the ancient philosopher who informed the king that the greatest power he could confer, would be not to shade him and his bath from the rays of the Bun. At first the foreigner is shocked at the seeming immorality displayed at the public baths, but when he sees that tbe motives are in nocent and the intentions pure, his cen sure merges into the wish and hope that as Japan advances in civilization, laws will be enacted, enforcing those who visit such places to eniov the baths to wear some kind of a garment, though it should cause the difficulty complained at by Mr Cox's expectant Mohammedan mother-in- law. Characteristics of the Male. It is said that a mule cannot bray if you tie a weight to his tail and hold it down. This was toucbingly illustrated in tbe cavalry movements that preceded the second battle of Manassas. Gen. Stuart, with a large force of cavalry maneuver ing around the retreating army of Pope, got caught between two columns of tbe Union troops, atd was obliged to conceal himself in a dense wood between two parallel roads along which the enemy were retreating. He had to he low ail night until the columns passed by. Mes sengers that the Union generals sent to each other through the woods were cap tured and held with as little noise as pos sible. One great difficulty was to keep the mules in the ordnance and commissary wagons from braying; and thus calling the attention ot the foe. ror this purpose Stuart ordered a man "to be detailed to stand by each mule and whack him with a stick as soon as he offered to bray: for a mule, like an orator, requires a certain preparation before beginning his neat and appropriate vocal exercises. There is a preliminary protest made with the ears, and certain solemnities of the nos trils, an expression ' of " sorrow over spreads the countenance.' and then the tail is lifted. A bray does not' break forth from the lips of the mule. It be er ins wav back in the abdominal viscera and comes gradually . np.i Now, as soon as the cavalry mules began to prepare lor a bray, whack! whack! would go the sticks, and the bray would be sup pressedand thus all night. ' It was said that this was needless seventy.for it would have sufficed to tie a brickbat to the tail of each mule. , How to Disinfect (Jakpets. if any article of household furniture requires dis infecting occasionally, it is a carpet ; es pecially if it has been used a considerable time. The following is a method recom mended bv a ladv housekeeper, both as a disinfectant and a preventive of moths: Add three tablespoonsful of turpentine to three quarts of water. Satuarate a large sponge with this mixture, squeeze it about two-thirds dry, and go over the ' carpet carefully. As often as the sponge be comes dirty, cleanse it and take in a fresh supply of water. : The corn' reports from Chicago, embracing the States of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois, indicate that tbe grain is firm and sound and promises to grade well. The general average for eighteen counties in ' Illinois ' is about twenty-six bushels to tbe acre, while in fifteen Iowa counties the average is twenty-eight bushels. The potato yield is large in all the States mentioned. DRESS-MAKING. Havinz secured the services of a stylish and competent Dress-Maker from the North, I would respectfully announce that I will be prepared to take in work by the 20th of this month. A liberal share of the public patronage solicited. Satisfaction in work guaranteed. Special attention given to orders for out fits from a distance. T. L. 8EIGLE. Barnett & Bethune, (Successor to Barnett & Alexander) f Dkajlxrs in HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES, Keep everything in the way of Family Supplies, such as Sugars, Green and Fresh Roasted Coffees, Green and Black Teas, Molasses, Syrups, Flour, Meal. Rice. Grits. Oat Meal. Barley. Bacon, Breakfast Bacon, Hams, Smoked Beef and Beef Tongues, Toilet and Laundry Soaps, Starch, Canned Fruits, Meats and Vegetables. Goods In Glass, such as Pickles. 8auces, Salad Dressing, Catsup, Flavoring Extracts, Olirrea, Olive Oil, Jellies, Preserves, and in fact every thing usually found in a first-class Grocery. Our Motto, "Lowest prices consistent .with the two requisites. Good Quality and , uonest quan tity." Come and see us. BARNETT & BETHUNE. Aug. 6, 1886. " " y ; How We Grow. 7 The prevailing business aotivitv de- uiuuBbrattss m ou way me -, wonaeriul re- i cuperative power, ot the country, and the question is now asked, How shall we realize something of the nation's progress and power ot growth ? Since 1880 the population has increased from 50.000.000 to 60,000,000; an addition of 10,000,000 inhabitants, about as many . as Great Britain has gained in thirty years, is but one of the elements at work! 'From abroad we have added during the six vears. bv immigration aione, a population greater than that of the entire State of Ohio or Illinois. Another nation, more populous man mis nation was wnen it achieved its independence, has been brought to these, shores across the sea'sioce the last census was taken. But growth in population, surpassing t nat ot any other nation, is but the least surprising feature in the na tion's development. The census reported about 87,000 miles of raihoad ; on the 1st of September we had 132,000. The Mid dle states bad added one-third to their mileage, the States between them and the VI lssissippi nearly One-third, the Southern States nearly one-half, and the States west of the Mississippi more than one-half, over 10,000 miles, in four States and one Territory, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Min nesota and Dakota, have been added 10.- UU0 miles. Mullhall, the eminent British free-trader. is authority for tbe statement, regarding American industrial energy, that the peo ple ot this country, only 4 per cent of the population of the globe, produce more than one-third of the entire accumulated annual wealth of the whole world. Or. while tbe population of tbis country pro . a, . m duce $15 annually per capita, the rest of the earth's inhabitants produce only $1.42 per capita. France and the United States, both highly protective countries, respectively prod uce $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 more than free-trade Eng land. One ot tbe most .important points of this subject is that the greater part of the entire wealth ot this country, $33,642,- 000,000, has been accumulated in tbe last 20 years. Ihe annual accumulation of wealth in the United States ' that is, the increase of the total product of a single year over that ot tbe preceding one, is estimated at $825,00,000. An Old Friend in a New Form. The Drug Reporter of New York, pub lishes the statement that certain French chemists in the Antilles, who have been for some time experimenting" with the sweet potato, have ' succeeded in extract ing alcohol from tbis familiar vegetable, in the proportion of about one gallon of spirits from every sixty pounds of pota toes. The . method of distillation em ployed, it is lurther stated, includes a new process which is essential to the sac cess of the manufacture, and which will be covered by a patent. Ihe discovery will, of course, be of great value to the farmers of the South, if it shall prove to admit of being generally utilized, since it will open a ready and, profitable market for a crop which cannot now be disposed of to advantage, and will lead to the cul tivation of thousands of acres of land now lying idle in every Southern State. It will be remembered that, during the war, wniBKey was. extensively distilled from the sweet potato in the South, but the character of the product then obtained was not such as to establish it in favor as a beverage, when the war closed. The new process is directed to the distillation of pure alcohol, however, and there is an almost unlimited demand for this fluid in tbe arts and manufactures. It may yet result from the experiments of our French cousins that the "sweet potato patch" will rank in importance and extent with the cotton patch itself, and, at any rate, their alleged discovery is well worth the atten tion of our agricultural and chemical ex perts. Charleston Courier. Value of the Borne Let home stand first before all other I things. No matter how high your ambi tion may transcend its duties, no matter how far your talents or your influence may reach beyond its doors before everything else build up a true home. Be not its slave: be its minister! Let it not be enough that it is swept and garnished, that its silver is brilliant, that its tood is delicious; but feed tbe love in it, feed the .1 UtU IU H ACCU buvugu. auvi CG,p.. AH IVU, feed all charity and gentleness in it. Then from its walls shall come forth the true woman and the true man, who shall to gether rule and bless the land. Is tbis an overwrought picture We think not. What honor can be greater than to found such a home? What dignity higher than to reign its undis puted, honored mistress ? What is the ability to speak from a public platform to large, intelligent audiences, or the wisdom iux uijr uiiuuu a " " " bench, compared to that which can insure and preside over a true home, that hnsband and children "rise up and call her blessedr To be the guiding star, the ruling spirit, in such a position, is higher honor than to rule an empire. Coerectkd bt His Wifb. The first written speech read in the - United States Senate was by Isaac Hill of New Hamp shire, a firm supporter of Gen. Jackson. When about half way through be sudden ly lost the thread of his discourse, and stopped, evidently embarrassed. His wife, who sat in the gallery almost di rectly over him, comprehended the situa tion, and said in a voice heard all over the Senate chamber: "Mr Hill, you've turned over two leaves at once." He im mediately corrected his mistake and pro ceeded with his remarks amid a roar of laughter. W"Yes," said the lady lecturer, wronged for ages; "women have been tbey have suffered in thousands of ways." "There's one way they never suffered in," said a hen-pecked man, rising, "What is that?" demanded the lecturer. "They have never suffered in silence." df" As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without culture, so the mind without cultivation ,can never produce good fruit. oenaca.. ' , Forgetting; Sorrow. -; i j " ' By Rev. S. R. Miller, D. D.- " ' !J i It is never , wise . to Jive . in the past. There are uses to be made of our past which are helpful and which bring :biess- iogs. we should remember our pact lost condition, to keep us humble and faithful We should remember : past failures and mistakes, that we may not repeat them. We should remember, past mercies, . that we may have confidence in new: needs or 1 .;.i. . u r.. . ro i n i liu si T ;v. ;.a"ttuiuiTiKWMVk L...iii past comforts, that there may be stars j i our sky when night, comes again.;j,B,uj while there are.th.esa.true use of. memor we should guar against li.viog.in the pas .We should draw,oui?iite'a inspirations mo from memory, but; from,. hope;;, not front what is gone.but from wbatis yet to come. Forgetting the things .whioh are- behind we should reach lorth unto those things which are before. i , , Take a, single point at preseuU We should forget past sorrows. There are many people who live all the while in the shadows of their . past griefs and losses. Yet nothing could be more unwholesome; What would we say of the man who should build a house for himself out of black stones and paint all the walls blask : and bang black curtains over the dark-stained windows, and put black carpets on every floor and festoon the chambers with funeral crape and have sad pictures on the walls and sad books on the shelves and should have.no plants growing, and no flowers blooming anywhere about his home? Yet that is the way some people live. .. They build houses for their souls like that. They have memories like sieves, that let all sweet and joyous things through and retain only the sad and bitter things. They forget every pleasant thing, but the uaiuiui eveum sua occurrences mev . ait ways remember. They oan tell you trou bles by the hour troubles they had many years ago. 1 hey keep their old .wounds unhealed in their hearts. 4 They have photographs of all their sorrows apd calamities, and of all their lost joys, bat none ot their glad things do they keep iu mind. Ihe result is that living in these perpetual glooms and Bhadows all the brightness passes out of their lives and they even lose the power of seeing joyous and lovely things. . - f ;, ,j -t Ihe lesson is that we ought to. let the dead past bury its dead, while . we go t on to new duties and seek new joys. .We canpot get back what we have lost: by weeping over the grave where ; it ; is buried. .Besides, sadness does not give any blessing.. It makes no heart softer, it brings out no feature of Christ-like neso; it only embitters our present joys and stunts tne growth of all beautiful things in our souls. The graces of the heart are like flower plants; they, will not bloom in the darkness, but must have sunshine. I Knew a mother who some years since lost by death a lovely daughter. The mother had been for a long time a consis tent Christian: bat when her child died she refused to be comforted. Her pastor and other Christian friends sought by ten der sympathy to draw her thoughts away from- her grief, yet all to no purpose. , She retused to see auythiog . but her sorrow; She spent portions of nearly every day beside the grave ; where her - dead . was buried. She would listen to no words of consolation. She would not lift an eye to wards the heaven into which her child bad gone, one went back no. more to the a o wtt na rtr wo n a. m in t na Haoa 9 Viap i star she had so loved to worship, bhe shut out of her heart every conception of God's love and kincfness, and thought of Him only as a powerful Being who had torn her sweet child away from her bosom. Thus dwelling in the darkness of her own unconsolable grief, tbe joy of her religion left her. Hope's bright visions no longer cheered her; and her heart grew cold and sick with despair. She refused to quit her sorrow and to go on to new joys and towards the glory where all earth's lost things wait. - " As illustrating the other way of . deal ing with sorrow, I recall another mother who lost a child, one of the rarest and sweetest children I have ever known. Never was a heart more thoroughly crush ed than was the heart of this mother. But she did not sit down in the gloom and dwell there. She did not shut out the sunshine and thrust away the blessing of comfort. She recognized her Father's hand in the grief that had fallen so heavily upon her. bhe opened her heart to the glorious truth of the immortal life, and thought of her precious child as with Christ. She remembered, too, that she had duties to the living, and turned away from the grave where her little one slept in such safety, to minister to those who needed her careand love. The result was that her life grew richer and more beauttlul beneath its baptism ot sorrow. She came from the deeD shadow a lovelier Christian, and a whole community shared i me Diessiog wnico sue naa iouna in ner sorrow. So every Christian should- do. We should forget what we have suffered. Tbe joy set before us should shine upon our souls as the sun shines through the dark clouds. We should cherish sacredly and tenderly the memory of our Christian dead, but should think of them as in the home of the blessed, safely folded, waiting for us. 1 bus tbe bright hopes of glory should fill us with tranquility and healthy gladness as we move over the waves of trial. We should remember that the bles sings which have gone away are not ait that (iod has for as. This summers flowers will all fade by-and-by, when win cold breath smites them. We shall not be able to find one of them- in the fields and gardens during the long, dreary months. - Yet we shall know all tbe while that God has other flowers preparing, just as fragrant - and beautiful as those which have perished. Spring will come again and under its warm breath the earth wili be covered once more with rich floral I beauty as lovely as that which perished in the autumn. So the joys that have faded from our homes and hearts are not the only joys; God has others in storejust as rich and as fragrant as those we have lost, and in due time he will give us these. Then in heaven he will bestow unspeaka ble joys, which never shall be taken away. We should, therefore, forget the sorrowful things of the past ana reach forth for the joys that wait on the .earth,.. and, jtQ ,t,fce eternal blessings that, wait io.heaven.i In our darkest night we should look ap and forget, the darknees as we gaxe, apon.ithe ungui, pwars.j, ... Httntin Deer by? Niicht, ' This models at present practiced' large ly by . the Indians in the swamps ' and water-courses of the North westlt turfed to be practiced by the white 'peofere'" about the Salt Lickffin'Sotitlellrradft'asawell as in North- iC'aroriiruTn'6 -ee i Fjfrgdy a ndCtfcr thrriallrninial fiii gam erf 4& great mtti Hsertaifi lofcaKfiei.r'Geerany nnmberVfWet t wogo 'together n 3 tbieV aoU of; a hunt. They itipjpty themselves with a good lot of pitch-pine knots, which makes a good light. This la so arranged and earned , in such a position that none of the light falls upon the hunters, who go one alter the other, the ' front man carrying' the Kght bore his head. u i-' 2 The hunters proceed' thus' in "Indian file," without noise",7 and 'keeping" all 'the while the sharpest lookout in front and on either side. ' The deer sees the' Slight 'ap proaching, and seems to - be' ramer faeci- hated than alarmed by it. Frequently he walks straight toward It, tilled With the greatest ' wonderment, :! when ' his J eyes, which are naturally large, act as ' mirrors and refleot back the light, looking to the hunters like two good-sized stars or like two balls of fire set in toothing ' bat darkness. Nothing else of " tbe deer 'is seen.' "' ' -"' 1 u The advance is made Blow and with great caution, for the least noise ' is sore to scare him away. It is surprising how close a deer may be approached by this device. When tbe moment comes for a shot it must be made quickly and a lit tle below the "two balls" as the head is carried high at such times; leaving ' noth ing scarcely of the head "above the'eyes that isseen.' -".' - a-cicc t, The - Indians follow this pl&D, chiefly on - tbe borders ot rivers 'and - around the shores' ;of lakes where'jthe deer are feeding upon the tender gTSs'S around the edge of the water, or where they come to drink. ' v ' Ai " A light canoe is' used, and the 'hunter sits in one end (the prow), 'fend the' pad- dler in the Btern. - It tbe hunt is inr a river the course i always down stream, so the canoe may float with the1 channel. If on a lake, the1 canoe is gently paddled, as only an' Indian can paddle it, along from one to two hundfed'ya'fds from the shore. Every thing is profoundly still, both men listening to hear the deer , come into ; the water at their favorite places. ,.. , .., On a still night this will be. deteoted by the quick ear of the Indian hundreds of yards-away.. When the spash of the water made by the deer's foot is beard,the Indian gives a low grunt and gently turns the prow of the. canoe for the locality where the deer, is eupposed to be, and instantly, a strong light is thrown ahead, .when .two balls of fire are seen. . '. These are tbe eyes of the deer reflecting back the light of . the lamp.f Strange enough, the deer does not seem . tq ; be alarmed at. the. approaching ' light,-. but I sometimes continues to. feed unconcerned When sufficiently, near, the front Indian says "Hist 1" which means BbootJby..whioh time any hunter but an Indian, would have the "buck ague" sufficiently to miss even a flock' of barnes, much less the smalt head . of a deer in the dark. - After the crack of the gun the canoe literally shoots to , the spot, and if the trophy is secured ' the, In- dians give a whoop sucn as oniy,an Indian can give.. ' ' '"I'.V; V .. I--. bometimes, when the deer is .wounded, he plunges into the water and swims with only his antlers and nose above 'the '.sur- iace, wnen an exciting cnase ana struggle - ensues oeiore ne is cipiuTea.JUp van Winkle, jr. , -j, .,"., .; A Boy8,Ambition.UAi:'f,'(' Of course he means .to do- something for himself by and by, but; he does not propose to soil bis fingers with work.: .He is going , to be a olerk, or a doctor, or a lawyer. . My, cheerful young rata, re .you sure you know what you are talking About? What do clerks earn r . Ho w. much does a young doctor receive ? j Qh 1 but yon don't mean . to be a poor clerk. m You intend to be a great lawyer,: with, ten thousand a year, or a dootor with a carriage. ! Charm ed to hear it. ; It is a noble resolve, - but are you sure you will get there ? lieally, now, how can a young man tell, how can he be sure he wHl succeed ? In tbis way. A man succeeds who falls in love with, bis work. . He thinks about it day and night, he studies it; he reads all be can find on the subject. He tries and tries till he can do it well.' Then it is he succeeds . You do not care much about medicine; you have no burning - desire to study . this magnificent machine, the human body. I Vnn Ann't' tra ' r mnVfAV AraaAfni work in hospitals, and yet yon mean to be I a doctor. ' xos would secretly much pre fer to have a kit of carver's tools, but, of course, you could never be1 a" carver by trade ? Let ns stop 'here. ' This Is' the summing op of a vast deal of homely wis dom. Do you love any work? IV there anything that, if you were independent, you would do belore any thing else? Tf there is do that. . .There is yotzr 'success; that way lies all the money, the " re wards, the respect of 'others afld all jtbe real honest happiness you will ever find 'Boys make a mistake If thinking that only law yers, doctors, and merchants succeed. 'It is a terrible blunder to leave ' ' trade' in which you may make a first-class workman, and have a chance to' win a home, comfort and independence, to go into a 'profession 'you ; do not love. .There Is one' ' Viid to that road a life of ill-paid, drudgery And failure after all. ' ' K r t3f: The Eniprer.il Regent' of -Chita, who for more than twenty years barfilled the supreme position in the ''moat popu lous of empires; has decided t6 resign the regency next February; when the yoiiog Emperor, now 11 years ' old," rwill ' begin the administration of affairs.1 Tbe Chi-, aeser woman' of 50, :who has wim pressed every one with her-wisdom, decision and moderation, will disappear frdmber ex alted post; and it remains to be seen whether her successor will demonstrate the truth of the cry of the equality; of the sexes. '"