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A - 7 !WV iraYint : . t -t f 1 . . i ) . " 1P This Paper is 35 Yeabs Old CHARLOTTE, N. FRIDAY;-DECEMBER 16, 1887. VOLUME XXXVI. NUMBEK 1842 1 - , - ..I, ' ' - i THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT, Published bvxsy Friday bt YATES & STRONG. Tsbms One Dollar and Fifty Cents for 1 year. One Dollar for 6 months. Subscription price due in advance. o "Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte.N C, as second class matter," according to the rales of the P. O. Department. II. 0. ECCLE3. GEO. W. BRYAN. CENTRAL HOTEL, CIIA.KI.OXTU, If . C. The largest and most centrally located Hotel in tije city. , , - - "( Newly painted and refurnished. ""Electric Bells and Electric Lights. The Central and Belmjnt united. ECCLES & BRYAN, Aug. 5, 1887. Proprietors. J. P. McCOMBS, M. D., Oilers 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. Dr. Annie L. Alexander, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Practice limited to diseases of WOMIjJn and CHILDREN, and attention to Female patients. Office, at Mr3 Latham's, 214 South Tryon street, nearly opposite the Post Office. Charlotte, May 27, 1887. tf i. BUR WELL. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the Stats and Federal Courts ty 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. P. I. OSBORNE. W. C. MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, Attorneys at Law. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. S3T Offices 1 and 3 Law Building. July 3, 1886. y HAMILTON C. JONES. CHARLES W. TILLETT. JONES & TILLETT. Attorneys at Law. Charlotte, N. C. Tractice in the Courts of this District and in Richmond county. Also, in the Federal Courts of the Western District. Aug. 12, 1887. HERIOT CLAKKSON. CHA8 H. DDLS. CLARKSON & DULS, Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted. Will practice in all Courts of the State. tyOffice No. 12 Law Building. Oct. 7, 1887. W. W. FLEMMING. E. T. CANSLER. T. N. WINSLOW Flemming, Cansler & Winslow, ATTO RNEYS-AT-LA W, Charlotte, N. C, Will practice in the State and Federal Courts of North Carolina. Special attention given to all business entrusted to them in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union. Lincoln and Qaston counties. Sept. 23,. 1887. Q. P. BASON, Attorney at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. tW 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. J. W. BYERS, Physician and u rgeo n CHARLOTTE, N. C, "Will attend all calls, either night orday, in the surrounding country. GST Office on Tryon St , next to Bnford House. -Kesidence 309, West 5th St., near First Presby ra Church. Oct. 14, 1887 y DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE, N. C. -Practice Limited. to the EYE, EAR AND THROAT. Jan. 1.1884. HOFFM&.N & 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. l, iBSti. JOHN PARRIOR, U 3 Try street, near Wriston', Drug Store,) unariotte, N. C. Practical Watch-Maker and Jeweler dotes,?; ciock.. c rw. a nointiioa assured. repiogPeCial aUenti0D iveQ to fie Watch Aug. 19, 1887. PINE SHOES. Complete Stock and Lowest Prices Shoes, Trunks and Valises. PEGRAM & CO. ". 1887. 16 South Tryon strek The Bank of Eneland doors are now so finely balanced that a olerk, by pressing a knob under his desk, can close the outer doors instantly, and they oonnot be opened again except by special process. This is done to prevent the daring and in genious unemployed of the metropolis from robbing the bank. The bullion de partment oi this and other banks in night ly submerged several feet in water by the action of the machinery. - In some banks the bullion department is connected with the mauager's sleeping room, and an en trance cannot be effected without shoot ing a bolt in the dormitory, which in tarn sets in motion an alarm. If a visitor dar ing the day should happen to knock off one from a pile of half sovereigns the whole pile would disappear, a pool of water taking its plaee. Mortgage Sale. By virtue of a mortgage made to me by J. EL Alexander by deed dated February 17th, 1881. and duly registered in Book 25, page 404, regis try for Mecklenburg county, I will sell at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte, to the highest bidder, for cash, on Monday, Janua ry 2nd, 1888, at 12 o'clock, M. all the LAND contained in said mortgage deed, adjoining the lands of N. O. Alexander and others, contain ing 33M acres, more or less. REUBEN WEDDINGTON, Dec. 9, 1887. 4w Mortgagee. Mortgage Sale. By virtue of two Mortgages executed to Lid dell & Company by A. "W. Keid, and registered in the Register's office of Mecklenburg county, in Book 46, page 412, and Book 54, page 183, respectively, we will sell at the Court House door in the city of Charlotte, on Saturday, the 14th January, 1888. the LOT described in said Mortgages, situate in the town of Matthews, N. C. Terms Cash. LIDDELL & CO., Dec. 9, 1887. 6w Mortgagees. SALE OF LAND. By virtue of authority granted to me by Ira Alexander by a Mortgage dated Dec. 12, 1884, and duly registered in the office of the Register of Deeds in Book 40, page 107, I will sell at the Court House in Charlotte, for cash, on Monday, January 9th, 1888, the LAND described in said Mortgage, to-wit : a Tract of about 0 Acres, on Big Sugar Creek, joining the land of F. Hovis, Jno. F. Wilson and others, and known as the Ray place. WM. TODD, Dec. 9, 1887. 5w Mortgagee. SALE OF LAND! By virtue of authority granted to me by J. L. Cathey and wife, by Deed dated Nov. 11, 188t, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds for this county, in Book 42, page 501, I will sell for cash, at the Court House in Char lotte, on Saturday, Dec. 17th, 1887, at 12 M., the LAND described in said Deed, in Paw Creek township, lying near the C. C. Railroad and Caldwell Church, and lately occupied by J. E. Selby, to whom or to Wm. Todd, Esq , parties desiring to purchase may apply for full particu lars. A. BURWELL, Nov. 18.1887. 5w Trustee. re-advertised. Commissioner's Sale. By virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court in the case of T. J Dulin and others against James Furr and others, 1 will sell at the Court House door, in the city of Charlotte. N. C , on Monday, January 2d, 188o, at 12 o clock M., to the highest bidder, that certain piece of LAND conveyed by A. M. Hall to Wm. Ballard by Deed dated Jan. 4th, lot, and registered in Book 13, page 278, containing 91 & Acres, less 31 Acres allotted to S. R. Ballard as her dower, being 60 Acres. Said Land is sold for parti tion. The bidding will be commenced at $6 32V per Acre for the Land J. E. Henderson having offered that amount. Terms Cash. HEKIUT UIjAKHSUJN, Dec. 2, 1887. 5w Commissioner : 1 SALE OF PROPERTY. By virtue of the powers conferred in two Mort gages or Deeds in Trust one executed by M. M. Phifer and W. F. riiiler to U. U. Jones, as Trus tee, to secure a debt of one thousand dollars, principal, to J. M. Clement, which instrument is registered in the office of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg county, in Book 21, page 58 ; and the other executed by VV. W. suiter, W. r . Phifer, Geo. M. Phifer, Minnie W. Phifer and Codie W. Phifer, to secure the same debt, which instrument is also registered in same office in Book 33, page 10, to both of which reference is made for greater certainty ; and, upon both, de fault has been made and the same have become forfeited ; and by virtue of an o:der of the Su perior Court of said county, the undersigned will sell lor casu at tne uourt House aoor in Charlotte, on Tuesday, the 20th day of December, 1887, at 1 o'clock P. M., that Tract or Parcel of LAND, lying in Mecklenburg county, within and iust outside the north-eastern limits of the city ot unariotie, ana on me easi oans oi irnuers Mill Pond, on Suear Creek, adjoining the lands of D. P. Hutchison, M. M. Orr, Baxter Moore, Philip Whisnant, Mrs Sarah J. White and others, containing 105 Acres, more or less the same being the Tract of Land conveyed by Deed by Joseph H. Wilson to M. M. Phifer. See Deed recorded in Book 14, page 70. H. C. JONES, Nov. 18,1887. 5w Trustee. - Valuable Land FOR SALE. I will sell my Plantation, two miles from Beattie's Ford, with fine Residence. Healthy place and the Land always produces good crops of every kind when worked. The Tract con tains about 200 Acres, with good Barn, Stables and Tenant Houses. If desired, I will divide the Tract or add to it to suit purchasers. Terms easv. For particulars cali on me, or Mr J. L Jetton, who will take pleasure in showing the premises. ' W. B. WITHERS, Davidson College, N. C. Sept. 80, 1887. tf LAND FOR SALE In Steel Creek Township. I wish to sell my interest in the Tract of LAND on which I now live. 8aid Tract is situated in Sttel Creek Township and contains 137M Acres. J. W. McDOWELL. I also desire to sell my Dower interest in the uhnv Trart. I nossess said interest as the widow of the late John H. McDowell: Mrs. A. R. WILLIAMS. Oct. 14, 1887. 2m-pd Job Printing and Book Binding We have secured the services of an experienced nrt firai-cUsa Book Binder, and will for the next 30 days make a specialty of rebinding old Rnnba Matrftzines. PaDers. Periodicals, etc, in thA lntMt and most aDnroved stvles. Now is the time to have all such work done Cheap. CORRELL. CORMACK & CO., Practical Printers and Binders, No. 4 8. Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 23, 1887. Hood's Sarsaparilla And all the leading PATENT MEDICINES for sale by R. H. JORDAN & CO. March 26. 1886. . About the Giraffe. i ; ; . The giraffe is found in 1 Africa. He is the tallest of all animals; usually about fit teen feet high. He has two short horns, covered with a hairy skin. One of the strangest things about him is his loogae, which is very long; he can pat it' a great way out of his raoutb, and twist it round a twig or bough which he wishes to break off. Yet he can put it inside the ring of a small key.' 'Giraffes live in herds; about twenty feed together. "While they 5 are feeding they have sentinels placed ready to give warning if an 'enemy is : coming. They can see a great way off; their sceot is keen. They are swift runners, : so it is not easy for-honters to catch them. The giraffe defends himself bravely against an enemy. When he fights he kicks ' very, hard with his hind legs, and sometimes be turns his long neefc fetdewsy tt itrike hard blow with his head. In these ways he will conquer even a lion. But the lion sometimes attack the giraffe in snob a way that he can not resist. He hides himself near the stream where the giraffe comes to drink ; when he is drinking the lion upon bis back and holds on with his cruel claws. Tbe poor giraffe runs until he is wearied out, -when the lion tears him to pieces. He is easily tamed, is very loving, and licks the band of the person that feeds him. - He does not eat meat, but feeds on grass and ' leaves. When tamed he eats corn and hay like the cow. Like the cow, too, he chews the cud. Ani mals that chew the cad are called rumi nating animals. Tuk Guinea Fowl. Though unpopu lar with many farmers, this bird is a great forager, and destroys numerous insects that hens will not touch. They do nob scratch the garden, and though not easily kept near the house, they make known the places where they lay by a peculiar uoiee, which enables one accustomed to them to find all the eggs they lay. They really cost nothing to raise, and when roosting near the bouse create an alarm should in truders make their appearance. t-HT'At a late meeting in London, Dr. E. P. Thwing stated that Americans are more susceptible to the influence of alco hol than Englishmen, and that they are more affected by tobacco than are Hol landers, Turks or Chinese. This he sup poses to be due to an increased sensitiveness of the nervous system induced by the high pressure life of this country. SIT" "Mamma, what's hereditary ?" asked Bobby, laboriously tripping over the syllables of the long word. "Why, it is anything you get from your lather or me," replied the mother, a little puzzled for a definition suited to bis years, silence for two minutes. "Then, ma," be asked, "is epankin' hereditary V First National Bank of Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N. C. Paid Up Capital $400,000. Officers. R. Y. McAden, President. M. P. Pegram, Cashier John F. Orr, Teller ; A. Graham and A. Brady Clerks Board of Directors. R. Y McAden, J.L.Brown, Wm. R.Myers R. M. Oates, S.B.Alexander, S. R. Barringer, A. Cohen, Deals in Bills of Exchange, Sight Drafts, Gold and Silver (Join, and Government and otner oe curities. Jan. 1, 1887. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator cum testa- mento annexo upon the Estate of Mrs Amanda H. Reid, deceased, I hereby notify all persons indebted to said Estate to make payment to the undersigned at once ; and all persons holding claims against the same will present them within the time prescribed by law. or tnis notice win be pleaded in bar oi tneir recovery. JJXU. It. HittVYliN, Nov. 11, 1887. 6w Administrator Mrs. Query's Millinery Store. milline"ry GOODS FOR Fall and Winter. Ladies will find what they want in our stock We do not offer to sell $1 Hats for 75 or 69 cents, but will sell Hats and Bonnets, and all the new Novelties for Trimming, or Hats or Bonnets ready Trimmed, as Cheap for Cash as any store in this or any other city. We have also added to our Fancy Goods Stock a full line of Embroidery Silks, Filling Silts, Wash Etching Silks. Filoselle. Chenille. Arrasme, Linen Specialties and Art Novelties, Zephyr, Wool, etc., all at popular prices. Mrs. P. QUERY & CO. Sept. 23, 1887. BUY THE BEST. We now have on hand a large stock of the celebrated "Elkin" Blankets. Jeans. Yarns and Socks. Remember we are Agents for these Goods, and thev are the best and cheapest sold on this market. E. L. KEESLER & CO. Oct. 14, 1887. PURE, HARD AND BRILLIANT Brazillian Axis Cut Pebbles. For sale by Hales & Boyne, Charlotte. They are a natural stone, almost as herd 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 ease and comfort not hitherto enjoyed by spectacle wearers. They neutralize and prevent the irritating rays of light from entering the eye. They improve, strengthen and preserve the sight, thereby resting the optic nerves ral 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 heat, irritate and fatigue the eye, they retract the. rays of light unequally and fail to correct ail optical aeiecis. - . We wish to imnress udOd, the public the im portance of taking good care of .their eyes, and never neglect using glasses .when the first symp toms of failing sight appear. l.very genuine pair is stamped with Trade-Mark BP. The Peb bles are set in Gold, Silver, Celluloid, Steel, Nickel, and Rubber Frames. For sale by HALES & BOYNE, Jewelers and Opticians, Charlotte, N. C. March 25. 1887. " Indifference to 'Personalities. Is Shortly after Mr Seward took his seal in the United States Senate, he: announced that, under no circumstances, would he re ply to a personal atlsck. "There s ho Sena tor," said he, "whose reputation is of suffi cient importaoqe to justify hinV in taking fivA m t r. t. , na aP (ti. 9.ti.K.'. tfmn .1.. fend it.V, Pariog his senatorial term he was respectful toward his political oppo nentSj although; his radical opinions and bold utterances excited their bitter hostil ity, and drew upon him many fierce, per sonal! .attacks lie jaever 'noticed these personalities in publi5Jebate, aud to all appearance, was as lndinereot to them as to the orying of ; ah iuiaut. " 1 ; The eloquent Judah I. Benjamin, whose seat was next 4o Sewards, once.; attacked him in an imbassionea speech. ' As Boon as the orator resunged $ia seat. Mr Seward mrueu tu uiui auu eaiu, iu lue moBi mail fer'ent tone, "Benjamin, -give me a cigar, and when your speech is printed send me a copy." . ? Then rising, he returned to the cloak room ana smoked .Benjamins cigar as camly as if tbe donor and be were politi cal and personal friends. Mr Stanton who relates this anecdote in bis "Random Kecol lections," describes a similar scene in the Senate .Chamber a quarter of a century before, wherein Clay and Van Buren were the actors. Presi dent Jackson's order removing the public deposits from the United States Bank to its branches had alarmed tbe merchants and bankers, and excited the Whigs. Clay and Webster, their leaders, burled anathe mas against' the President, and compared him to tbe stock tyrauts of olden times. Vice President Van Buren, a model of courtesy as tbe presiding ameer ot the Senate, used to listen to the most bitter attacks on the administration, of which be was a prominent member, with the placid ity of a cold, neutral, impartial referee. Oae morning Mr Clay, in the course of an eloquent, impassioned speecn, impiorea the Vice President to hasten to the White house, and on bended knee exert his well known influence over the despot, to per tuade him to reetore the Federal funds to the Bank, and thus avert a financial panic. As soon as Clay had closed bis vehe ment philippic, Van Buren, calling a Sen ator to the chair, went straight across the Chamber to Clay's seat. The Senators looked on with no little apprehension, and even Mr Clay seemed a little disconcerted as he rose from his seat. Mr Senator, said the Vice-President, bowing graceful ly, "allow me to be indebted to you for another pinch of your aromatic maccoboy." Clay offered his gold snuff box, and re sumed his 'seat, while Van Buren took a delicate pinch, and then . returned to the Vice-President's chair. Neither Van Buren nor Mr Seward af fected an indifference they did not feel Both of them looked , upon personalities in debate as pait of the game ot politics. which a statesman should no more heed than does a lawyer the attacks of opposing counsel. They took all such criticisms as a tribute to their personal influence, which their opponents were bent on destroying, I Mania for Secret Societies. . The colored people have gone into or ganizations to an extraordinary extent. Une ot our colored ministers in lexas in formed a General Conference officer that he belonged to seven different secret societies.- They have not been content with imitating those formed by the Cau casian fellow-citizens, but have instituted a large number of their own, some of which have - names of the most imposing character. Not long ago a case was tried in Baltimore which is recorded on tbe docket as follows: "William H. Perkins, Worthy Ruler of St. Thomas Lodge, vs Augustus Thomas, Grand Royal King of the United and Consolidated Order of Brothers and Sisters and Sons and Daughters of the Knights of Four Men, and the members of the Supreme Grand Koyal House. lhe suit in this case arose because the Grand Royal King be came disgusted with the workings of St Thomas Lode . placed it under the ban of excommuuication, and said that be "would not take back one word of that decree, not even if President Cleveland, or even if Grant would come out of his grave." to appeal to him. St. Thomas Lodge brought suit to make the Grand Roval King take it back. Ludicrous as this may appear, it is not much more so than the proceedings 'and titles of many societies that are now formed among the Caucasian race. Almost all the frogs used for ex periments in vivisection in the European universities are supplied by and old fisher man ot Kopenich, who, for forty-five years past, has devoted himself to this pursuit. Sometimes he has succeeded in catching as many as a thousand in one night. The traffio must be quite profitable, as the froers sell for an average . of two to four r w cents apiece. Salary of Commissioners. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. I, J. W. Cobb, Clerk Board of Commissioners of said county, do hereby certify that the following amounts were audited by said Board to the mem bers thereof severally, for services from tne nrst Monday in December, 1886, to the first Monday in November, 1887 both inclusive : T. L. Vail, Chairman, 33 days, $132.00 $60.00 13.00 R, Morris, 30 days. 260 miles travel, 5c, $73.00 $66.00 9.00 H. K. Reid, 33 days, " " 180 miles travel, 5c., $75 00 $63.00 480 S. H. Hilton, 31 days," " - 96 miles travel, 5c, $66.80 Thomas Grier, 33 days, . . $6600 " ' - J. W. COBB. ' Clerk Board Commissioners. " Dec- 2.1887. r ' 4w , . ; THE STAR MILLS, Charlotte, N. C, Manufactures best Corn Meal and Mill Feed, and deals in all kinds of Grain. The Mill is situated near .the Railroad crossing on East Trade street T W. M. CROWELL. Nov.11,1887.. yr . Conceited Young Men--Their Usual Fate. There is a certain class of young men who knows almost nothing from experi ence, yet start in the race of life with the moat transcedaot ideas of their own impor tance and abilities, la their own eslima- lion, noooay tnai ever uvea was bait so smart as they are; and all the rest of the rising generation are fools in comparison with them,,. . They ; will, soon show the world, what can ba done by their superior BKiii in ousinesa. . aoq as ior meir tailing in their schemes, that is quite . impossible; they will defy the cunningest sharper to cheat them. Just let. them alone, and give them a fair field, and they will show what can be done. To whatever degree of loftiness the pre tentions ot sucb a young man may have aspired, it is not long before be begins .to suspect that the world is neither so silly nor so easily prevailed upon to 8econaTiia" views as he imagined. Presuming upon nis innate knowledge ot mankind in all ineir various Classes, ne anects an excess of liberality in his dealings. He enters into acquaintanceship with anybody, im plicitly give credit when sought for, and even becomes qecurity for several of his dearest friends. It is generally seen that he also reckons with an amazing degree of confidence on the effects of his personal appearance. xweriDiug aoout mm is to attract uni versal admiration, the elegant contour of bis hair, his handsomely made coat, the peculiarly genteel color of bis- gloves, the graceful drop in the chain of his watch, are all, in his estimation, to be at once productive of envy among his competitors, and tbe cause ot the deepest admiration and love among all the young ladies who have the happiness or misery to behold him. ' . . The conceited young man further prides himself on his speculations in business. He tries to carry on trade by a sort of sleight of hand, or by being np to every thing. Yet, somehow; he finds all will not do. His friends turn out unsubstan tial visions; his elegant appearance fails entirely in gainit-g him either credit or re spect: his means vanish in schemes which are proved to be unutterably ridiculous, and he at length makes the notable discov ery that other people are just as wise and as smart as himself. Above all, he finds that there is no possibility of attaining any great and profitable end without ac commodating himself to a thousand petty circumstances that occur, and manfully breasting every succeeding wave of ad versity that threatens to swallow him up. New York Ledger. An Animal Army. Marvelous invaders are the lemmings. They are near relatives of the ehort-tsiled field-mouse and are about five inches long, with round heads, brown fur, and bead like eyes. Their home is in tbe highlands, or lens, oi the great central mountain chain ot Sweden and Norway, where they build nests ot grass for their young, lhe lemmings are spiteful little creatures when aroused, sitting up on their hind legs and fighting with a will. Not only are they pugnacious, but extremely restless and migratory as well; and every five, ten, or twenty years they seem possessed with a desire to see foreign lands. Thereupon they one and all leave their settlements and start out in tens of thousands, overrun tbe cultivated tracts of land in both Nor way and Sweden, and ruin the plants and vegetation. They march only at night, pressing on slowly in one straight course, and allow nothing to disturb them. Birds and various animals follow and prey upon them; but notwithstanding this, they ac tually increase in numbers, gaining recruits as they advance. They swim rivers and cross hills until finally they reach the At lantic Ocean or the Gulf of Bothnia. But still impelled by the same blind instinct that has led it onward, the entire vast conoourBe plunges into the sea, swimming onward, tbe little animals piling one upon another as they are beaten back, . until at times their bodies have formed veritable sea-walls. Boatmen returning to the beach have found their way obstructed by a struggling horde that has just reach ed the sea. l be number ot lemmings in these bands is beyond all computation, Sometimes the march is kept np for three years before the water is reached. Why the Cbow is Black. The In dians of the extreme Northwest had some very remarkable legends about tbe crea tion, in which the crow takes the leading part, bringing order out of chaos. Per haps the most curious was that which ac counted for lhe raven coat of the crow, One night, while making a tour through his dominions, he stopped at the bouse of Can-nook, a chief, and begged for lodging and a drink of water. Can-nook offered him a bed, but on account of the scarcity ot water, reiusea to give mm anyimng to drink. When all tbe rest were asleep the crew got up to hunt for the water butt, but was heard by Can-nook's wife, who aroused her husband. He, thinking that the crow was about to escape, piled logs of gun wood upon the fire. The crow made desperate efforts to fly through the hole in the roof where the smoke was denser and denser, and when tbe crow finally regained the outer air he had black plumage, it was previously wnue. American Magazine. Ckkatukes of Ykstebdat. With all his pride at oar progress, the thoughtful student beholds with dismay the rapid sweeping away of many animal and vege table species which to future science would be most precious. In bis biologi cal address to the British Association Prof. A. Newton lamented, as an exam ple of what is being done, the disappear ance of the birds of New England. In the more thickly settled districts im ported species alone are now to be seen, while the natives are faBt being pushed inland, and must soon vanish. These na tive species are almost exclusively pecu liar to that country, and supply a link with the past that once lost can never be recovered. Tbe forms of life that are be ing killed off are mostly the ancient ones, that must teach ns more than the recent ones of the way life has been spread over the globe, and Prof. Newton therefore urges baste in gaining all possible knowl edge of the creatures before they have passed away. . i i Concerning Twins. Mr Gal ton has shown that many twins do actually behave under simular circum stances in almost identical manners, that their characters often come as close to one another as it is possible for the characters of two human beings to come, and that even where the conditions of later life have been extremely different, the original likeness of type often persists to tbe very end, in spite of superficial variations ' in style or habit of living.. Some ot his sto ries, carefully verified, are very' funny. I willupplement them by two of my own. In one case couple of twins (men) had a quarrel over a perfectly unimportant mat ter. ; lhey came to very high words, and parted from one ; another in bad blood. On returning to their, rooms they lived apart each of them suffered from a fit of torse, and sat down to write a letter of cdutrindhloeo"nTeVtfr by the morning post. Alterv writing it one brother read his letter over, and, recalling me cause ot tne quarrel, aaaea at ence a long postscript, justifying himself and re opening the whole question at Issue. The other brother posted his note at once, but, thinking the matter over quietly, after wards regreuea ms action. again, and sup plemented it by a Becond palinodia, almost unsaying what he had said in the first one. 1 saw all three letters mvself the next morning, and was simply amazed at their absolute sameness of feeling and ex pression. The other story relates to a fact which happened, not to twins, but to two succes sive brothers extremely like one another in build in feature, and evidently modelled in mind and character on the self-same mould. It is only a small incident, but as l can vouch tor the correctness of tbe minute details, it has a certain psychologi cal interest of its own. They met a lady dressed in blue whom they had neverseen before at a military dance. Each of them asked at onoe to be introduced to her at first sight; each asked the same officer for an introduction (though they had several friends in common present) : each describ ed her in the same way, not as "the lady in blue (the most obvious point of ap pearance about her), but as "the lady with the beautiful ears;" each fell desperately in love with her off-hand, and each asked her for a particular flower out of a little w f ooquet coutainmg iour or nve more con spicuous blossoms. Finally eaoh came up at the end of the evening to confide in the same married lady of their acquaintance their desire to see more of the beautiful stranger. Still, even twins do distinctly diner in some things from one another. However much they may look alike to strangers, they are always discriminate by those who know them well, and even in early childhood by mothers and nurses. Hup- pin may always be readily distinguished from Muppin by some slight difference of feature ortsxpression : Hus is always a trifle fatter or thinner than Bus, his broth er; the two dromios and the two Anti- pholuses may deceive tbe outer public by tneir close resemoianoe, out not even Shakspeare himself can make ns believe Mrs Antipholus was really mistaken as to the personal identity of her own husband. I don't want to be too hard on a lady, but I fancy myself she was glad of the excuse for a little innocent and easily explicable flirtation with an agreeable stranger. Manufacturers in North Carolina. lour correspondent had an interview with Mr W. N. Jones, the chief of the new Bureau of Labor Statistics. Just now he is at work on his first report, which will make a volume of some 350 page?, of which 200 are completed. All this is the first venture in a new field in North Caro lina, and many things in the report will be, in a Bense, revelations. The report will embody all possible information re garding wages of employees, matters rela tive to industrial and farming operations, &o. . Mr Jones said : "There are eighty cotton-factories, which annually consume 30,000,000 pounds of the staple. Many new factories are in course of operation. No less than $4,000,000 is invested in these factories, or double the amount invested in 1880, as stated in the census returns. ibere are 173 tooacco lactones, with an invested capital of between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. One factory alone has $1,000,000 capital. The increase in tbe capital invested in tobacco-factories shows fully 100 per cent, increase as compared with 1880, taking tbe census returns again as a guide. People really do not know how rapidly manufacturing is progressing and developing in North Carolina. It is really wonderlul when we contemplate what has been done in two thirds of the decade which began in 1881, and learn that twice as much capital is invested in the cotton and tobacco manufacture now as was then invested, in other respects similar progress has been maintained. No such exposition, in an entirely simple and unostentatious way, bas yet been made of North Carolina's industrial achievement and advancement as this report will make. It will appear, tbe commissioner expects, about January let. Jdgf" In discussing bee stings, and how to allay the pain they cause, a writer in the American Agriculturist states that people should know that a drop of water of ammonia (often called "spirits of harts horn") applied to the place will usually afford relief for bee stings . as well as the bite of a mosquito. If ammonia is not at hand, a little baking soda, mixed into a stiff paste with water, may be applied. In the absence of both of these, apply a plaster of mud. If no application can be made, tbe pain will soon pass away. Fiest Thixgs of thk 19th Cbstuet- The first complete sewing machine was patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in 1846. The first attempt to manuiacture pins in this country was made soon after tbe war of 1812. , , . The first steamboat plied the Hudson in 1807. Tbe first saw maker's anvil was brought to America in 1819. ': ii i n EST" Lieutenant Winslow bas comple ted the surveys of the oyster bottoms in j Dare county, and they are now ready for entry. Animal Intelligence. . " ' Like most people who are fond of ani mals, the late Bayard Taylor was Very ob servant of their habits, and has written some entertaining iootdeuts oonoerning them: of which tbe following are ; sam ples: - ' ; ' : Animals have much more capacity; to understand human speech than' is gener ally supposed. Hindoos invariably talk to their elephants, and it is amaamg how much the latter comprehend. The Arabs govern their camels with a lew cries, and my associates in the African desert were almost amused whenever I addressed a re mark to the big dromedary who was my property for two months; yet, at the . end of that lime, the beast evidently knew tbe meaning of a number of simple sentences. Some years ago, seeing the hippopotamus in Barnum a museum looking very stolid and dejected, -I spoke to him- in "English, but he did not even move his eyes. Then I went to tbe opposite corner of the cage and said in Arabic, "I know you eome hereto me!" He instantly turned his head towards me; I repeated the words, and thereupon be came to the corner wbere I was standing, pressed his huge, ungainly head against tbe bars of the cage and look- ed into my face with a touching delight ' while I stroked his muzzle. I have' two or three times found a lion who recognized tbe same language, and the expression of the eyes, for an instant, seemed positively human. Few persons are aware of the great ef fect which quiet speech exercises upon the savage dog. A distinguished Jngusn poet told me that be was once walking in the country with Canon Kingsley, when they passed a lodge wbere an immense and fierce mastiff, confined by along chain, rushed out upon him. They were just be yond his reach, but the chain did not seem secure. The poet - would have hur ried past, but Kingsley, laying a hand upon his arm, said: "Wait a moment and see me subdue him!" Thereupon he walk ed up to the dog, who, erect upon his hind feet, with open jaws and glaring eyes, was the embodiment of animal fury. Kingsley lifted his hand and quietly said; "You have made a mistake; you must go back to your kennel! " lhe dog sank down upon his fore feet, but still growled an grily. The canon repeated his words in a firm voice, advancing step by step as, the dog gaye way. He continued speaking grave reproof, as to a human being, until he had forced the mastiff back .into ; his kennel, where the latter silently, and per haps remorsefully, lay down. The extent to which a horse, also, may be taught to understand speech, is not generally known. The simple fact that he likes to be talked to makes . him atten tive to the sounds, and I am convinced that in a great many cases be ha an - im pression of tbe meaning. My horse had a playful habit of snap was harnessed ping at my arm when he for a drive. I always talked to a horse before starting, as a matter of common po liteness. Of course, I never flinched, and his teeth often grazed my sleeve as he struck them together. One day. more. than a dozen years ago, he was in rather restless spirits and snapped a little too vigorously, catching my arm actually in his jaws. I scarcely felt the bite, bat I was very much' surprised. Tbe horse, however, showed such unmistakable signs of regret and distress that I . simply said, "Never do that again?" And he never did. From that moment he gave op the habit of years. He laid back his ears, or feigned anger in other ways, but he never again made believe to bite. This, certain ly, goes far beyond tbe temporary sorrow tor an unintentional injury which may be referred to an animal's ' affection. What else is conscience than knowledge of wrong made permanent by a memory which for bids the repetition of the wrong? The Much-dreaded Grizzly Bear. Of all the known plantigrades (flat- footed beasts) the Grizzly is the most sav age and tbe most dreaded, and he is tbe largest of all, saving the presence of his cousin the Polar bear, for which, never theless, he is more than a . match in strength and courage. Some specimens measure seven feet from tip of nose to root of tail. The distinctive marks of the species are its great size; the shortness of the tail as compared with the ears; the huge flat paws, the sole of the . hind foot sometimes measuring seven and a halt by five inches in a large male; the length of the bind legs as compared with the fore legs, which gives tbe beast hia awkward, shambling gait ; tbe long claws of the forefoot, sometimes seven inches in length, while. those ot tbe hind foot measure only three, or four ; the erect, bristling mane ol sua hair, often six inches long; tbe ooarse hair of the body, sometimes three inches long, dark at the base, but with light tips, lie bas a dark stripe along tbe back and one along each side, the hair on his body being, as a rule, a brownish yel low, the region around the ears dusky, tbe legs nearly black and tbe muzzle pale. Color, however, is not a distinctive mark, for female grizzlies have been killed in company witb two cubs, ot which one was brown, tne other gray, or one dark, the other light; and the supposed species of "cinnamon" acd "brown" bears are merely color variations of Urrus horribitit himself. I3T Experiments in aerial navigation h&ve been conducted in New York for several months past by Charles G. Curtis and Francis B. Crooker, both electricians. They have completed a contrivance that they claim will control tbe movements of a captive balloon. The motive power and steering apparatus consist of a fan from five to ten ieet in diameter, with a wide blade of thin steel. The fan works hori zontally, deriving its power from an elect rio motor attached to tbe apparatus.' The car. or basket of the balloon will be sas pended just below the motor. The latter weighs about 200 pounds and nas tne force of a ten-horse-power engine. The fan will be able to make fro ml, 5 00 to 2,000 revo lutions per minute. It is believed that the steel blade acting against the air at such speed will be sufficient to steer ' the balloon with oi against any current of air. A practical test of this flying ma chine is soon to be made. : .-