miOLD SERIES : VOLUME XXX.

CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1882. VOLUME XL NUMBER 572

Carrying a House as Prbic.ht Annie's Prayer. Synopsis of N. C. Supreme Court Decisions.The Baby's Autograph.They gave it to me at Christmas the

Pernicious Reading.We have just laid down a secular paper

in which are given the details of a name-less crime. All the horrible and disgust-ing details are brought out with minute-ness and realistic force. The paper in

THECharlotte Home and Democrat,

Published eveby Friday byJ. P. STRONG, Editor & Proprietor.

oTerms Two Dollars for one year.

One Dollar for six months.Subscription price due in advance.

o"Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte. N.

C.. as second class matter," according to therules of the P. O. Department.

Follow Me 1

Soul, o'er life's Bad ocean faring,Whither drifts thy barque ?

To what haven art thou steeringThrough the dark ?

Torn by tempests, tossed by billows,Wouldst thou anchor fast ?

Stay there on eternal pillowsAt the last ?

Far away the happy isletWhere the blessed be,

Lies quite past the utmost twilightOf the sea.

But the waves are dark between theeAnd that shelter warm ;

Haven there is none to screen theeFrom the storm.

Weary, wounded, wind-tos- t, strickenHcrk ! across the sea

Comes a voice thy hopes to quicken,"Follow Me?"

Whither, Lord ? the path is gloomy,Dim the harbor light,

Cruel doubts and fears pursue meThrough the night.

"Follow Me in faith and meeknessWhere My steps have led,

For My strength is in thy weaknessPerfected."

Shall I find Thee when I need Thee ?

"Only look above :

1 will keep thee, shield thee, lead theeWith My love."

Shall the rough waves stay their riot ?

"Nay, 1 say not so,Not in peace and calm and quiet

Shalt thou go ;

"Many a time thy soul shall sicken,Yet, though faint thou be,

Hardly pressed and sorely strickenFollow Me !

"I Myself will be thy pilot,Till thou rest for aye,

Anchored at that Happy IsletFar away.

"There of storm and strife and riotShall be blest surcease

Life for Death for long disquietUtter peace !"

Joseph Cummin, master carpenter of theT T.l J T !

UK isiana ianroaa, removed a dwell-ing, lathed and plastered, and 18x24 feetin size, from Beth page to Bellport, a dis-tance of fifty-thre- e miles, on two platformcars, and placed it on its foundations inthirty-si- x hours. It was too wide to passany water tank or switch target, andwnen ine train approached one of these itwas taken down and replaced after thetrain bad passed. No trains were de-layed, and the house was landed withoutthe breakage of a window pane or a crackin the walls. The cost was about $1.50 amile.

City Property for Sale.Bv Virtue Of a Mill-to-no-- p to thp Mntnnl PnilflO Mv ii It l U t XUIIVI

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and Loan AssociationJ . ,made

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.J. S.. and M

.i. xreeman anu recoraea in Kegister s officeBook 27. Dace 114. for niirnnfipa thprfin ept forth1 Will sell to the hie-hes-t hiddpr fnr rash at hpCourt House door in Charlotte, on Monday, theisi uay oi may, iboz, tne real estate therein de-scribed, to-w- it : A Lot nn Atvprs atrpptfeet front and 196 feet deep, being a part of Lotno. ioo4, Known as me Jiiagie Lot, and uponwnicu mere are comiortaoie improvements.

Also, about two acres nf Land arlimnimr WR. Myers, W. B. Taylor and Mrs.

.S W. Robin- -

l i r isou, upon wuicn mere is a oiaugnter t'en.i Tk t XT- T rw t- - r- rw

iv.. kj. i j i ir.N iz.iiv, oec. ana ireas.Mutual B. and L. Association.

March 31, 1882. 5w.

PUBLIC SALE.Elizabeth Maxwell and others vs. George Couch

ana omers bpecial rroceediugs for Partition.Under and by virtue of a Decree of the Sune- -

rior Court of Mecklenburg countv. in the aboveentitled cause, the undersigned will sell at theCourt House door in Charlotte, on Saturday, 29thday of April, 1882, all the Real Estate devised toJ. H. and A. W. Maxwell bv the Will of the lateAlexander Wallace. Terms M cash, balance

mourns crean.WILLIAM McCOMBS,

March 31, 1882. 5w Commissioner.

Notice Sheriffs Sale.I will sell for cash, at the Court House door, in

the city of Charlotte, on Monday the first day ofMav 1882. to satisfv executions in mv hands thfollowing described tract of land in Long CreekTownship, adjoining the lands of Wm. B. Parkana others, as the property of the Hopewell Copper --Mining tjompany ot Baltimore.

M. K. ALEXANDER, Sheriff,Mecklenburg County.

March 31, 1882. 5w

NOTICE-SAL- E.By virtue of an order of the Superior Court for

Polk county. North Carolina, in the matter ofW. W. Flemming, Administrator of J. C. Mills,vs. Mary M. Cureton and others, I will offer atrublic bale the LAJNDS belonging to the estateof the late J. C. Mills, on the first Monday inMay, (the 1st day,) 1882, at the Court Housecoor in the county of Rolk.

Terms Two and a half per cent cash, balanceon twelve months credit, with note and approvedsecurity, w;tn interest at six per cent troni day ofsale.

The above Lands are situated in Polk county,within one mile of the Spartanburg and AshevilleKaiiroad, on the facolet ftiver, and are very desirable for agriculture. About 150 acres of finebottom Land, t or further particulars address.

W. W FLEMMING, Adm'r., &c,March 24, 1882. 5w Charlotte, N. C.

Executor's Notice.Having qualified as Executor of the last Will

and Testament of Jane D. Houston, deceased, Ihereby notify all persons indebted to said estateto come forward and settle the same : and allpersons holding claims against said estate mustpresent them within the time prescribed by law,or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

J. VV. WAP8WUKTH,March 31, 1882. lm Executor.

BLACKSMITHINGI N ALL ITS BRANCHES,

AND

WORK WARRANTED.I have a Wood-sho- p connected with my busi

ness, and will make and repair Wagons of allkinds. Buggies repaired neatly and quickly.

J. K. PUREFOY,College street, Charlotte, N. C.

April 7, 1882. ly

Sweet Potatoes.Eastern Yam and Louisiana Potatoes at greatly

reduced prices.

April 14, 1882.

Butterick's Fashions.Butterick's Metropolitan for April, with Pat

terns, just received atT1UUK & HUU'.

March 17, 1882.

NEW DRUG STORE.I have a full Stock of

Pure Fresh DrugsAND

MEDICINES.

A well selected line of

Toilet Articles,Fine Handkerchief and Flavoring Extracts, andeverything usually kept in a first class RetailDrug Store.

Landretli's Fresh Garden Seedsfor sale.

I will be glad to see all of my friends.H. M. WILDER, Agent,

Cor. Trade and College streets,Feb. 17, 1882. ly Charlotte, N. C.

THE GREAT

COTTON FERTILIZERS,Pine Island Acid Phosphate

AND

Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphate,The highest Standard Fertilizers sold in theState, as per Analysis made by Dr. C. W. Dabney,Jr., State Chemist. We will also keep a supplyof Kainit on hand during tne season.

Read the following testimonials :

I used the Pine Island Ammoniated Phosphateon lands that would have made not over 300 lbs.of Seed Cotton per acre, which increased the yieldto 800 lbs. I think it fully equal, if not superior,to any ever used by me.

R. I. McDowell.

This is to certify that after having used severalof the different brands of Fertilizers, I tried thePine Island and prefer it to all others. I ex-

pect to use it this year, and cheerfully recom-mend it to the Cotton growing public.

R. D. Whitley.

500 Tons in Store and for sale byBROWN, DeWOLFE & CO.

Jan. 27, 1882. 3m

Annie was a motherless little girl, herown mother having died when she was awee baby. Her papa having no near re-

lative to take care of her, was obliged tomarry again; but he fouud that he hadmarried an unworthy woman. She wasvery unkind to both Annie and her papa;aho snnlrl poor Hitio A.,;Q r- - ihn .

least thing. One day Annie broke a Dlateand her stepmother whipped her veryhard and left marks on her. This poorlittle Annie took very much at heart.

Annie's stepmother was not a Christianwoman; she never went to church orprayed. Little Annie loved church andloved prayer. One Sunday when shecame home from church she went to herroom and was thinking what the goodminister had said about secret prayer; so'she thougtlt she wou!d beginWpray nightand day that God might make her mothera Christian. This she did, and did it faith-fully.

One morning while she was engaged inprayer aloud her mother, who had beenlistening in the hall, came in the room andsaid: "Who is that woman you werepraying so hard for?"

Aunie looked up with tears in her eyesand answered, "It is you, mother."

Her mother said: "Why do you prayfor me in that way?"

"Because I love you, mother, and wantyou to be a Christian, and then I knowyon would not whip and scold me so andoh, how happy we could be together!"

mi i i imis seemed to move her mother verymuch, and for the first time in her life shepicked up the child and kissed her tenderly; then she sat down and cried bitterlyto think she was such a sinner. Just atthat moment Annie's papa entered theroom and was very much surprised to findAnnie and her mother crying. He askedwhat was the matter. Annie told himthat she was praying to God to make hermother a Christian. He looked down ather and smiled and said, "Ask mamma ifshe don t want family prayers. Annieasked her, and she said "Yes." So thatnignt tney nad them, and her mammasaid that she enioyed them very muchand wished to have them every day, andtney did; and ner mother became aChristian, and they lived happy everafter.

I hope the readers of this story, if anyof them have a stepmother who is cross,will pray to God to make her a Christian.

Christian Union.

Dates Worth Remembering.1110 Glass windows first used for

light.1236 Chimneys first put to houses.1252 Lead pipes for carrying water.1290 Tallow candles for light.1297 Spectacles invented by an Italian.1362 Paper first made from linen.1334 VVoolen cloth first made in Eng

land.1410 Art of paiuting in oil.1449 Art of printing from movable

type.1468 Watches first made in Germany.1545 Pine first used in England1550 Variations of the compass first

noticed.1603 Theater erected in England by

Wm. Shakspeare.1610 Thermometer invented by Sane

torious.1690 Telescopes invented by Portin

and Jansen.1690 Jupiter's satellites discovered by

Jansen.1704 Tea brought to Europe from

China.1549 Circulation of blood discovered

by Harvey1625 Bricks first made of any required

size.1626 Printing in colors invented.1627 Newspapers first established.1630 Shoe buckles first made.1636 ine first made of grapes in Eng

land.1640 Pendulum clocks invented.1641 Sugar cane cultivated in the West

Indies.1646 Air guns iuvented.1640 Steam engines invented.1650 Bread first made with yeast.1662 Fire engines invented.1756 Steam engines improved by

Watt.1759 Cotton first planted in the United

States.1785 Stereotyping invented in Scot

land.1788 Animal magnetism discovered by

Mesmer.1832 The telegraph invented by Morse,1880 Telephone invented by Bell.

Give Yourself.Said a mother to me one day : "When

my children were young I thought theverv best thing I could do for them wasto give them myself. So I spared nopains to talk with them, to teach them, toread to them, to pray with them, to be aloving companion and mend to my children. 1 had to neglect, my house manytim.ic 1 had nn t.imo t.n indnlorp mvsfilf inmanv things which I should have liked toI. , i id0 i wag so busy auorning ineir minusand cultivating their heart's best affections, that I could not adorn their bodiesin fine clothes, though I kept them neatand comfortable at all times. I have myreward now. My sons are ministers ofthe gospel, my grown daughter a lovelyChristian woman. I have plenty of timeto sit down now and rest, plenty of timeto keep my house in perfect order, plentyof time to indulge myself in many ways,besides going about my Master's businesswhenever he has need of me. I have athousand beautiful memories of theirchildhood to comfort me. Now that theyhave gone out into the world, I have thesweet consciousness of having done all Icould to make them ready for whateverwork God calls them to do. I gave the nthe best I could imyself.

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ZS? The custom of planting a treewhen a child is born or married is a pleasant one. When a far-of- f friend visits you,plant a tree to commemorate the event.If you do not live to rest under its wel-

come shade, some one else will.

I have noticed that he who thinksevery man a rogue is very certain to seeone when he shaves himself, and he ought,in mercy to his neighbor, to surrender therascal to justice.

April, 1882.

Allen vs. Jackson. 1. To give a justice of the peace jurisdiction of civil actions under section 27, article 4, of theconstitution, the summons, as a substitutefor a complaint in such case, must showupon its lace that the cause of action iswithin bis legal cognizance: if the actionbe founded on contract, it must containthe amount of the sum demanded, not. exceeding $200; if not a contract, it mustspecify the value ot the property in controversy, not exceeding $60.

2. An amendment of summons in theSuperior Court that would, if made in thejustice s court, have given the justice jurisdiction of the action, was properly refused.

Holmes vs. Holmes. 1. An equitableestate in lee may be declared without theuse of the word "heirs," if an intention topass such estate can be guaranteed fromthe instrument.

2. A parol contract of sale of an equitable (as well as a legal) estate in laud isvoied under the statute.

3. The decision in Scott vs. Battle, 85N. O, 184, that a married woman's con-

tract affecting her estate in land is voiduuless made in strict compliance with thestatute in reference to taking her privyexamination is approved.

4. One who uses a deed in the necessarydeduction of his title, which discloses anequitable title in another, is affected withnotice ot the trust.

Johnston vs. Bernheira. Where themanaging partner ot a nrm buys goodson time when he ought to have boughtfor cash according to the terms of theiragreement, the firm and each memberthereof (out ot his individual estate)is liable for the debt, even though theseller had knowledge of the stipulationagainst credit ; and this, whether thepartner sought to be charged derived anyindividual advantage from the enterprise,or not.

Kendall vs. Briley. When leave to sueon a judgment under section 14 of theCode is refused by the judge below, hisdecision upon the question, whether "goodcause is shown, is conclusive. (Mr. Justice Ruffin dissenting.)

State vs. Locke. 1. An appeal does notlie from the refusal to discharge a pris-oner when a mistrial is ordered. Themode of procedure to have such a case reviewed is by a petition in due form for awrit of certiorari settiug forth the groundsof the application.

2. A jury were discharged before verdict, in the trial of a rape case, upon thefollowing facts found by the Court; causecommitted to jury ou Monday of secondweek of term; jury kept together untilhalf-pas- t ten o'clock Saturday night, whenthey came into court and were polled,each juror stating that is was impossiblefor the jury ever to agree; the court, find-ing they could not agree, held it unneces-sary to prolong the term of the court forthe purpose of the trial, ordered a jurorto be withdrawn and a mistrial entered.and the prisoner to be remanded to jail;Held, no error.

Cain vs. Commissioners of Davie. 1.Under the provisions ot the "fence law,"act of 1881, chapter 172, the commissionerswere proceeding to collect the tax assessed upon land to defray the expensesof building the fence, and the court refusedto grant an injunction to restrain them;Held, no error.

2. Held further: The provision in saidact that it should take effect upon the hap-pening of a contingent event, to-wi- t, uponits being approved by the necescary number of qualified voters, is not a transfer oflegislative powers to the voters.

3. The ruling m Simpson vs. Commissioners, 84 North Carolina, 158, that thedecision of the Commissioners, to the ef-

fect that a majority of the voters favoredthe enactment, is final, is approved.

4. The constitutional provision thattaxation shall be equal, uniform, and with-in certain limits, does not apply to localassessments imposed upon owners of property, who in respect to such ownershipare to derive a special benefit in the localimprovements for which the tax is ex-pended.

Commissioners of Davie vs. Cook. 1.No appeal lies from an interlocutory orderappointing Commissioners to assess damages for condemnation of land for a fence- -

way, under the act of 1881, chapter 172.2. Where a court of record of common

law jurisdiction in the county in whichthe land is situate, is authorized to appoint Commissioners to condemn the landfor certain purposes, it seems that theJudge riding the district in which saidcounty is embraced, though not in thecounty; may exercise the jurisdiction.

State vs. Edwards. A and B, ownersol a mill employed U as a milier, givinghim one-thir- d of the toll received, as com-pensation for keeping the mill, and theflour alleged to have been stolen wasmade of undivided toll wheat; Held, thatin the indictment the ownership of theflour was not properly laid in the miller,but it should have been charged to be theproperty of A and others.

A Cat and a Hex. Mrs. A. W. Brooks,of East Elliot, in the State of Maine, has acat thirteen years old, for which she hasbeen vainly offered $50. This learnedpussy will stand up at the word of com-mand, bow slowly or quickly as directed,walk around the room on her hind-leg- s

only, dance, turn somersaults,' go throughthe motions of holding a jew's-bar- p in hermouth with one paw, and playing on itwith the other; mew when ordered tospeak, kiss her paw to visitors, hold asaucer oi milk on her forelegs, and lap themilk, and stand on her hind-fee- t and withher fore-paw- s catch bits of bread or meatthrown to her, like a base-bal- l player.Her kitten, a year old, will turn somer-saults. The same lady has a ben whichwipes her feet on the mat on entering thehouse, and if asked, "How do you get yourliving, Biddy ?" will scratch on the floor,look to see if she has scratched oat anything, and then look at the questioner tosee if the answer is correct.

pretty new autograph album and I wasvery proud ot it ; the binding was so gay,and the white, gilt-edg- e sheets so spot-lessly pure. I could hardly make up mymind who should have the honor of dedi-cating that album, or what verse wasgrand enough to be inscribed on its pages,and before I had quite decided, babyfound it! She had toddled into the par-lor and taken it down from the table before we missed her, aud was sitting cross-legge- d

like a Turk, with the precious bookin her Ian. That would not have beenworth recording, and I should not valuemy album beyond price now if it were all.But she had a pencil for she dearly lovedto scribble on bits of paper and she hadmade her mark on the front leaf (the titlepage) of my beautiful book. She hadmade a dozen marks, criss-cros- s aud zig- -

.g, and there she sat, her bright hairtossed over her face, her little demuremouth pursed up, her blue eves full ofmischief, half shy, half defiant, and wethree women looking at her.

"Oh. you naughty, naughty babv !" Icried; "you've just ruined my new album,you bad little thing ! '

' Bless her dear little heart, said mymother; "doesn't she make a picture ?"

"Uhip her,'' said Aunt Harriet in avindictive tone. She has no children ofher own and knows just how to bring upother people's.

1 was angry enough to do it, and hadmade one step forward intending to wrestthe buok out of the clasping baby hands,and then what! beat my own child?I was saved that degradation by my owngood mother, who shook her head at meover Aunt Harriet s shoulder.

How long is it since Christmas ? Count-ing by heart-throb- s I should say years !

years! It is only a couple of months, andto-da-y I would give, oh ! what would Inot give, to have those little hands doingtheir sweet mischief. Peace, foolish heart !

"He givelh His beloved rest." The babyis gone. rut when 1 look at the little,short lines that dedicate my album thesweetest, saddest lines to me that wereever written soon ended, like her littlelife I am glad that I took her in myarms, kissed the rosebud lips, and put thebook away without one reproving word

glad that I caused no angry feelings inthe baby heart, or left memories for my-self that would now have power to wound!

That is why all the leaves of my newalbum are blank pure, spotless, just asthe fair page of her little life was; butyou who think these characters on thededicating page unmeaning, have neverhad the key to them. Mothers can tellwhat they are. Angels will be glad overthis record without blot or stain. Thereis no handwriting so fine that I would ex-

change it for the baby's autograph.As for us

Our lives are albums written throughWith good or ill, with false or true,And as the blessed angels turn

The pages of our years,God grant they read the good with smiles

And blot the bad with tears.Detroit Free Press.

Amole A Plant that Yields Soap.These cacti grow on the American con-

tinent from Mount Shasta on the north toa similar latitude in South America, andfrom the Pacific coast to east of the RioGrande, through New Mexico, and West-ern Texas.

The flower stalks are destitute of leavesbut are plentifully supplied with branchesabout eighteen inches long, from whichflowers of white and yellow colors aresuspended in the flowering season. Thebulbous root is from one to six inches indiameter and from six to eighteen incheslong.

A saponaceous juice is expressed fromthe root and the fibre of the leaves isheckled for the manufacture of mattresses,cushions, and chair seats. The vegetablesoap extracted from the root has beenused by the Indians, Mexicans, and otherslor many years as a hair wash, and ex-

ceeds in purity our manufacture from ani-

mal substances.The preservative qualities of the soap

are well known, and its use gives the haira fine natural glow, preventing decay ofthe hair and entirely eradicating dandruffor other impurities on the scalp.

Cattle eat the leaves in the spring as apurgative. And cut into bits and thrownon water where fish abouud, the effect isstupefaction of the fish, when they can beeasily taken.

The price among the Indians aud Mexi-cans, who sell it in Tucson, is five centsfor a bunch of two stalks interlaced (man-cuerna- .)

For cleaning flannels the amole is foundvastly superior. It may be hoped thatthe manufacture and preparation of amolemay become one of the industrial pur-suits of the age. Tucson Citizen.

-Pins in a Bible.

It was an old Bible, a family Bible, awell-wor- n Bible the Bible of an old ladywho had read it, and walked by it, andfed on it, and prayed over it for a longlife-tim- e. As she grew older and olderher sight began to fail, aud she found ithard to find the favorite verses. But shecould not live without them, so what didshe do ? She stuck a pin in them one byone, and after her death they counted 168.When the people went to see her shewould open her Bible, and feeling over thepage after her pin would say, "Readthere," or, "Read here ;" and she knewpretty well what verse was stuck by thatpin, and what by this pin. She could in-

deed say of her precious Bible, "I love thycommandments above gold ; yea, abovefine gold ; they are sweeter than honey,and the honey-comb.- "

EST" Three lives dwell in a man, andhe is capable of a fourth. One is thatmvsterv of mysteries, the animal life ;

another is the intellectual life, a third isthe moral life, that tells the right from thewrong. The fourth, the crown and gloryof them all, is the life of which Jesus spakewhen He said, "Ye will not come unto Methat ye might have life ;" of which Paulwrote, "Christ liveth in me." This lile isgiven to man by the spirit of God whenman is born again.. W. P. Breed.

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J3F Hope is like the sun, which as wejourney toward it casts the shadow of ourburdens behind us. Samuel Smiles.

which this article appeared is one of theleading journals of one of our chief cities,and is read dailv in thousands of fami'Iis

icomposed of men, women and childrenThis paper is not different from the majori-ty of its contemporaries. It is the modernstyle to "give all the news." Squeamish-nes- s

is laughed at. The journal that comesshort in the fullness of its details of suchthings is voted dull, unenterprising, andbehind the times. The popular taste isvitiated, and demands this vileness. Andso the slums, the police court, the recordof murder, rapine, licentiousness, nd allwickedness, pour their foul flood into onhomes. The journalist who has a con-science and a home of his owb may winceat what is required of him, and here andthere a mother or father may be startledinto the exercise of a righteous aud rigidcensorship with regard to the admissionof such reading into the household. Butthe evil fashion prevails, public sentimentis debauched, and the rule is that thenewspapers print and the people read allthe crime that is committed in all the land.It is taken as a matter of course, and bymany this article will probably be takenas an exhibition of editorial prudery. Butlet us look at the matter a moment.Would any parent walking along thehighway with his child pause to give it anopportunity to witness a crime that wasbeing perpetrated? Would he wish hisgirl or boy to hear from the lips of somefoul-mouthe- d creature in human shape anarration of some shameful or fiendish aci?How is it, then, that a class of crimes thatare not allowed even to be mentioned inthe laraily-circl- e may be detailed withoutreserve in the family newspaper? Whereinis the difference? Is foulness less lonlwhen received through the eye thanthrough the ear? There can be but one an-

swer to these questions, if people will onlystop to think. But this is what they will notdo. Evil fashions of this sort are followedwithout thought. It is time fathers andmothers were roused to think on this sub-

ject. They are by their apathy ruiningtheir children. Their sons and daughtersare precocious in their knowledge of viceand crime. They are getting such viewsof human life as will tend to make themlook upon murder, lust, and theft, as itsnormal conditions. They are being famil-iarized with a class of ideas that arefraught with terrible danger to youth andimmaturity of judgment and character.In a word, they r.re being morally poisonedby what they are permitted to read athome. This is monstrous. The socialsewers of society are turned into our par-lors and bed-chamber- s, the newspapersconveying moral contagion into whatought to be the holy of holies, the Christ-ian household. Yes, it is monstrous whenyou stop to think about it. Nobody willdefend the evil we are denouncing. It isindefensible. The blame of it must restequally on the publishers and the patronsot this sort ot reading. As long as aprurient public taste furnishes a marketfor filth, the supply will follow the de-

mand. Let each head of a family protecthis own house. If your own taste is sodebauched that you must have your dailyor weekly dish of horrors and obscenities,spare your children. Let the pulpit dosome plain speaking. This evil is a grow-ing one. It has been more prevalent andvirulent ever since the shameful details ofthe great Brooklyn scandal were sent intoall the homes of the land where a dailynaper was taken. Like a flood in theMississippi, the levees were then sweptaway, and since then it has been consid-ered a matter of course that a live news-paper must give its readers the details ofall the crime and scandal afloat. Wewrite for Christian fathers and mothers.We beg them to consider this matter andact wisely. If there must be a literatureof the slums, let the slums sustain it.Keep it out of your home.

Children's Feet.What a vast amount of human suffering

might be prevented did parents properlycare for the feet of their children. We donot now refer to the matter of cleanliness,too often disregarded, but to those pointswhich affect the development of the feet,and directly concern the future comfort ofthe individual. Fortunately, the days inwhich the foot was squeezed into the small-est possible shoe or boot have gone by.But life-lon- g trouble may result from wear-ing shoes that are too large. When a shoefits badly, and there is with every step aconstant concussion or rubbing, the skinthickens at that point. At first this trou-ble may belong only to the surface skinor cuticle, but after a time the true skinis affected, and in some cases even themuscles may become involved and painfullydiseased. These troubles, when small,are called corns ; when larger and on theball of the great toe, "bunions," and onthe heel, "ribes." All have the sameorigin, an undue, long-continue- d local pres- -

.,i ii .v.sure, anu are an uie same uaLuie, ueiug anattempt to resist this pressure by a thickening and hardening of the skin, while theparts below become exceedingly sensitiveand painful. Corns ol whatever description may result from a pressure of tootight a shoe, or the frequent rubbing ofone that is too loose. Young peopleshould always have well fitting shoes, andif they wear woolen stockings all the timethey will be more likely to escape cornsthan with cotton ones.

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JSP" The Gulf Stream received its namefrom the fact that it was long supposed tooriginate in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Humboldt, it receives its first im-

pulse near the southern extremity of Afri-ca. From the Gulf of Mexico this streamflows into the Atlantic Ocean betweenFlorida and Cuba, whence it runs north-ward, nearly parallel to the Americancoast, until it reaches Nova Scotia andNewfoundland, where one branch runsdownward toward the Azores, while theother flows northward toward the BritishIslands, and thence to the Polar Sea.

Jlf Let him who expects one class insociety to prosper in the highest de-

gree while others are in distress, trywhether one side of his face can smile whilethe other is pinched.

ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.,Physician and Surgeon.

OFFICE,Fifth and Tkyon Streets:

besidence,Sixth and College Streets, Charlotte, N. C.

March 17, 1882. tf

DR. T. C SMITH,Druggist and Pharmacist,

Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals,White Lead and Colors, Machine and Tanners'Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden seeds, and every-thing pertaining to the Drug business, which hewill sell at low prices.

March 28, 1881.

J. P. McCombs, M. D ,OllVrs his professional services to the citizens ofCharlotte and surrounding country. All calls,both night and day, promptly attended to.

Office in Brown's building, up stairs, oppositethe Charlotte Hotel.

Jan. 1, 1882.

A. 11U11WELL. P. D. WALKER.

BURWELL & WALKER,Attorneys at Law,

CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Will practice in the State and Federal Courts,Office adjoining Court House.

Nov 5, 1881.

JOHN E. BROWN,Attorney at Law,

Chablotte, N. C.Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.

Office on Trade Street, opposite the CourtHouse, JNo. l, Sims & Dowd s building.

Dec 23, 1881 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, 1882.

DR. GEO. W. GRAHAM,CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Practice Limited to theEYE, EAR AND THROAT.

March 18, 1881.

DR. J. M MILLER,Charlott6, N. C.

All calls promptly answered day and night.Office at A. J. Beall & Co's store on corner

of College and Trade streets Residence oppositeW. It. Myers'.

Jan. 1, 1882.

WILSON & BURWELLWHOLESALE AND RETAIL

Druggists,Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C,

Have a large and complete Stock of everythingpertaining to the Drug Business, to which theyinvite the attention of all buyers both wholesaleand retail.

Oct 7, 1881.

HALES & FARRIOR,Practical Watch-deale- rs and Jewelers,

Charlotte, N. C,Keeps a full stock of haadsome Jewelry, andClocks. Spectacles. &c. which they sell at fairprices.

Repairing of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, &c.done promptly, and satisfaction assured.

Store next to Springs' corner building.July 1, 1881.

SPRINGS & BURWELL,Grocers and Provision Dealers,Have always in stock Coffee, Susar, Molasses,Syrups, Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard,Hams, Fiour, Grass Seeds, Plows, &c, which weoffer to both the Wholesale and Retail trade. Allare invited to try us, from the smallest to the largest ouyers.

Jan 1, 1882.

J. MCLAUGHLIN,Wholesale and Retail Dealer in

Groceries, Provisions, &c,College Street, Chablotte, N. C.

Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash,and buys Country Produce at

highest market price.

3T Cotton and other country Produce sold on'commission and prompt returns made.

Nov. 1, 1881.

TORRENCE & BAILEY,Commission Merchants,

College St., Charlotte, N. C,Handle Grain, Hay, Flour, Bran, Cow Peas, &c.

Agents for the"EUREKA" GUANO.

March 10, 1882.

HARRISON WATTS,Cotton Buyer,

Corner Trade and College Sts., up Stairs.CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Oct. 14, 1881.

Z. B. Vance. W. H. Bailey.

VANOE & BAILEY,Attorneys and Counsellors

CHARLOTTE, N. J

Practices in Supreme Court of United States,Supreme Court of North Carolina, Federal

Courts, and counties of Mecklenburg,Cabarrus, Union, Gaston, Rowan,

and Davidson.M& Office, two doorB east of independ

ence Square. june 17-t- f

1882. 1882.SPRING STYLE HATS.

PEGRAM & CO. have received and are dailyreceiving a beautiful line of Gents' Silk, Stiff andr eu

HATS.Don't fail to call and see them.

PEGRAM & CO.March 3, 1862.

How to Warm the Feet.

Pressing the palm of the hand closelyover the instep and toes while the bootsare on will restore circulation. The handsof another berson are better than one'sown hands; but the latter will answer.Putting the right leg across the left kneeand firtniy grasping the instep and toe ofthe shoe or boot with the leit hand will ina little while induce a warmth in theright loot ; then put the left foot acrossthe right knee and grasp that with therifrht hand and hold it until it becomes0warm.

Putting thin-sole- d slippers on the feetand sliding them rapidly over a woolencarpet a Brussels, a velvet, a Wilton oran Axminster preferable is another effec-tiv- fi

nlan. The exercise continued for afew moments will make the feet "burninghot," to make use of a common expression. Dr. Pbote's Health Monthly.

AT THE RISING SUN.C. S. Holton

Has in store a fine lot of Lemons, Apples, ana afresh lot of Candies. Call and see tliem.

C. S. HOLTON.March 17. 1882.

R. H. JORDAN. DR. JOS. GRAHAM

NEW DRUG STORE.

We have opened and have now on sale a newand complete line of r resn

DRUGS,Toilet articles, &c, which we respectfully inviteour friends and the public generally to can anaexamine at our Store on

TRYON STREET,

Opposite Elias & Cohen's.

PrescriptionsCarefully Prepared at all Hours, uay ana

Night.R. H. JORDAN & CO.

Feb. 3, 1882.

PrescriptionsCarefully and accurately compounded of thebest materials at an nours.

WILSON & BUltWfiLL,Feb. 20, 1882. Druggists.

OUR

SPRING STOCK

Is now Complete.

Wholesale and Retail Bayers

Are invited to examine it before making meirpurchases.

Handsome StockOF

NEW CARPETS,

Oil Cloths and Rugs.

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS a Specialty.

The laigest and cheapest stock of

EmbroideriesIn the City Call and see them.

Elias & Cohen.March 17. 1882.

FERTILIZERS, GRASS SEEDS,Agricultural Implements, &c.We have in Store, Potash Acid Phosphate,

Navassa Acid Phosphate and Kainit.A full line of the Standard Grass Seeds. Agri-

cultural Implements of various Kinds from aWheat, or Grain, Drill, to a Garden plow. Everyfarmer should call around and see for himself.

The Thomas Smoothing Harrow is attractinggreat attention among farmers.

3,000Were sold at The Atlanta Exposition. ThisHouse is Headquarters for Impelments, Seeds,Wagons, &c.

J. G. SHANNONHOUSE, ag'tStore.

Feb. 24, 1882.

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