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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-28
Curing a Bad Memory.

Your memory is bad. perhaps, but ]
can tell You two secrets that will cure
the worst memory. One-to read a
subject when strongly interested. The
other is to not only read, but think.
When You have read a paragraph or q
page, stop, close the book, and try tc
remember the ideas on that page, and
net only recall them vaguely in your
mind, but put them into words and
speak them out. Faithfully follow these
two rules and you haze the golden keys
of knowledge Beside insttentive read
ing there are other things injurious t.
memory. One is the habit Of skimmine
over newspapers, all in confused jun
BILE, never to be thouoht Of again, thu,
cnItivating habit of careless readin4
hard to break. Another is the reading
OF trashy novels. Nothing is, so fatal
to reading with profit as the habit CT
running through story after story and
forgetting them as soon as read. !
know q gray haired woman, a lifelong
lover OF books, who sadly declares that
her mind has been ruined BY such read
ing. -TSt. Nicholas.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-28
THE WOMAN IN A sUNBoNNET.

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IL was ABOUT ene, yesr iezV tnetssgo
goung msrrieq people TOOK = ano9se IN
- sea.saoss- -town; -.1pe mouse %
was an ora INsnione.Ar one,s pus pau oeen
w.homtt and was IN perfect cpn9lp9n'
u was preysy nouse Oulie y ens ~.
teeu'at s'yis " tne uay, SONS uIty OF
more years oAck. a nsm inn .nrouen a
sne mouse; from .ne miouIe oi T1lcn
splane I, ploae Nasnt y ste = sas4
way up ene s'a.Ie - saese Wa = se:,e-ceS
4anoing,p pace, WE Z laIse Akcls9 x,nj S1pi
uow' anis na.l aus sas.lwsy We .sns
only reRuia. parts y tne n9ausiuln's gs tpplnS
ana wings having peen punt on ifom
sims me 70 .,me' nr
1ne pace was ouose. " me, auu
ne ansSu'net " & oe.ause "a ~ % VIZ asuseu, %
: Wv isnJ, ,,a Sno w'.u l''e woo1s sSou' S
20 I..le eioomy, 70 % SURE W '"ose
ooe IN 'Eeir noneymoon'
On = very suitry Suly niens sne Palr
s1oppeu on snesr way uP Sns y'u s,s
way, on sne IAauInS, anu IooHeu lons
out OF tne gSeat Winoow, ,or .ne lsn1
scape oeneatn tnem' ei.ner Oy .ne o,lea'
hgnt OIL the moon, OF tne lesser prngnt-
aess OF the stars was very tair. Iney
nsd been talking earnestly, sogetner,
wnen mrs. Ans.futnef suooeniy 0foke
on irom wnst sne was saying, ano eA-
oiaimed' .,
George Gear, wnat cnange tnere
was IN the ar . moment SINCE 1 ieit
"n icy, camp orea.n over my oneeK:
INV dear cnllu. ne SAID, 'tne ngnt
Is as not as tue internal regions Wnat
An imsgination you have
Well sald sne, "pernaps l am I'M
ssginatVe, but Thought felt = shlver-
ing osetSs over my lace; out u is gone
oow.
Mrs. Anstruther thought no more OF
tne circumstance II indeeo circumstance
u could oe called. she ana ner nus
band passed very happy days ct the
Grove But presently there was trouble
among the servants, Tor even lovers
must have such encumorances. The
COOK said ner kltcnen was her CASTLE
and that she did not want any one to be
looking over her pans and kittles; that
sne LETT each utensal IN ITS place at
aiglt bat found them much disarfanged
IN me morning of'en upon tue hearth,
ana she SAID it Mf; ana AIRS, AnsTutnes
Liked seven O'Clock suppers she would
willingly stay there aud COOK tor them.
Inc laundress sara TIE clothes morse
with the freshly ironed linen leit 20 ar
overnight IN the Laundry, wss quite
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-28

seemed to become only more dead
under her cold breath. Sometimes she
seemed to be trying to dry the clothes
in the laundry, but more frequently
they heard sighs, and shivers, and
whispers of cold and the wicked mas
ter, and the cellar stairs.
Once the face of the woman was
toward them when they went into the
kitchen. A fearful cash was on cne
skeleton cheek; her hands were held
tightly over her bosom, as if to try to
bring warmth into it again. Then the
spectre, the Rroans, The sighs ceased,
excepting from under the cellar stairs,
whence came sounds of one supplicat-
ing, "Oh, save me-so deep-so dark
SO damp. Save me-savel' ~ =
After time it became impossible to
keep the story of the haunted house
quiet. People had wondered for some
time what pave the servant who opened
the hall door and the mistress within
go scared look. and also, at Mr.. An
etruther's troubled face, for he and his
wife were known to love one another
very much, and to be sufficiently we'll
to do in the world. When the story
was fully told the excitement Of the
town became intense; the cry WAS that
the cellar stairs ought to be torn away,
and then they would see, what was under
them. After some dslibsretiond il was
thought best to yield to the excited will
Of the towns people, and proper men
were sent by the authorities to take
away the stairs and 10 examine thor-
oughly hround and beneath them. Mr..
Anstruther, his friend, and some Of the
gentlemen Of the neighborhood were
PRESENT. The stairs we're removed, the
brick flooring taken away. and the earth
dug up, but there was nothing, and
they were about 70 lay the ground
again, when smothered cry came. and
the words. ..'Lower, deeper, darker" !"
we're distinctly heard. All stood aghast,
danny drops poured from the brOws
Of the stoutest OF those square-shoul-
dered men. Along pause engued. and
the words came again s'Lower, deeper,
darker; the cruel master put me here T.
They fell again upon their shovels I;
deep down they dug, very deep, when,
ohli ffightful and. ghastl5t sight. they
came upon the body Of woman. Her
dress was that of servant. Upon her
head was deep bonnet. She lay on
her back. A heavy scar was on her
face.
The body of the woman was reeog-
nized as that of 9 Nancy Gwynn, who
had lived with Mr.. Barton, q hard
man, the former occupant of the Grove,
and who had gone very Suddenly to
Australia to better his fortunes, taking
his family with him. hi. tm,5. .r
It'was about ten years since Nancy
had SO mysteriously disappeared from
G G-. But as she had always been
a queer creature, never making friends,
no one Thought much about her. The
Anstruthers left the house, not wishing
to stay. in it, although Nancy'sa poor,
weary body was laid in decent, grave,
the burial service said over it, and
a headstone placed to mark where it
lay. 81 -.., ~ ta
Since they left tho house. it has re-
mained shut ny, lonely, gloomy, and
forsaken. Whether Nancy poor ghost
is laid, or whether it still roams the
house, from Kitchen and cellar stairs to
the arched window on the hall stair.
way, the next occupants OF the haunted
house at G. - must tell you,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-28
BIOodhOunds ,n the Russian Array.

DiOOuHOuuub IN tAO RUSotWu AA MVe
The Russians have strengthened their
army by the novel addition to each COM
pany of pack ofpowerful aud carefully
Trained dogs. These watchful animals
are sent out with the sentinels on picket
duty, where their sharp ear and still
keener scent prove an impregnable bar
rier to the lurking spies Of the enemy.
The dogs used are species OF blood
hounds from the Ural Mountains. The
dog is selected because Of its hsbitual
silence. IT erowls. but never barks--a
matter fthe FIRST importance soeoldiers
near an enemy's camp. Tue Ural hound
Is gifted with an exceedingly dne scent
ofemell. keen ears, and Is ever alert.
Most comforting Of all 10 the lonely
picket the dog is said to be especially
courageous in defending its master. Il
il curious that, with the example Of the
King Charles spaniels before ua. no one
thought before Of using these intelligent
animals as sentinels. The value Of the
plan Is seIf-evident The Muscovites
have gone further. and are training
swift hounds as we'll as these same UrAl
dogs, to act as dispatch bearers. much g
the carrier pigeons were employed b
1871. They certainly would beT hard
messengers TO catch, whom stealing
through the woods nt nisht,-lB Boston
Post
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-28

+ Men and horses differ. The latter
are useless unless broke, ana man Is
good for nothing il he is broke.
An Illinois COW swallowed $500 in
greenbacks. She vas killed and the
money recovered. sa,.r ~
Seventeen IL ousand Eve hundred and
forty,five stray dogs were saken into
custody in London during 1851 " q
A Boston deacon is to be put under
discipline for inserting in his dry goods
advertisement the line: High, low,
Jack, and the game.''A4 V sssh 7aNy
Laziness grows on people. It begins
in cobwebs and ends in iron ehains. The
more business man has to do the more
he is aple to accomplish, for he learns
to economist his time. sa9sa
Nearly all of the New York preachers
are discussing the political situation in
their sermons. As there is great deal
fof the devil in politics it is probable
that most Of the preachers. are on the
night track. W. -
The owner Of q broad four-story
brick hotel At Bristol, Conn.,, adVeEtises
that he will demolish.tit on, April 1st,
1883, unless in, the, meantime the town
reverses its vote Of no license to sell
liquor. a-s.-..S....', -, = ''''
| The Princess Beatrice has become an
honorary member of the Institute of
Painters in Water Colors. The Grown
Princess of Germany has been member
for some years, and has sent pictures to
more than one of the society exhibitions.
Glue, when mixed with one fourth
part elycevine, is found to have an
elasticity and pliability which prevents
its cracking when dry. A German
chemist in Nuremberg has called atten-
tion to this. a sHA lifTs3 Il
A nobleman built handsome grotto,
and caused this inscription to be placed
over it "Let nothing enter here but
what is good" A wit, to whom his
lordship was showing the place, asked;
''Tben, where does your lordship
enter p
TIE shook of finding out that her
lover was q horsethief. instead of the
rich gentleman that he had represented
himself to be. destroyed. the reason Of
a girl at Dallas. Texas. A week later
her father followed her to the asylum,
crazed by sympathy aud grief.
No more touching compliment could
be paid than that of the child who had
overheard q conversation at the table
on the qualities of q wife. As he
stopped over to kiss his mother he
remarked Mamma, when I get big
I N going to marry a lady jzst 'sactly
like you.'
A Canada newspaper has started a
new branch of society mention. II
advertises the names of all the mar.
riageable ladies' in the town where it is
published. II Q list of the charms and
the cash were attached to the name Of
Miss or Madame nothing could be more
complete. rA ftF8
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-28

A young man started for drive Of
twenty miles with his sweetheart,
through an uninhabited tract in Mime
sofa At point about midway Of the
lonely route the pair had q bitter quar-.
rel. The fellow unhitched the horse,
mounted it and rode away, leaving the
girl alone in the wagon. where she
remained all night, and next day
walked home. h'a ~ Eggf U a6
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-28

England has thirty electric light
companies. with . capita, Of Over $780,
600, 600. Nearly ~ much money 4
similarly sunk In FrAnos
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-31
Brackenbury's Mistake.

A London correspondent says: The
ap continent of Mr.. Jenkinson to the
position of assistant under secretary IN
the Irish office, formerly occupied by
Col. Brackenbury, gives great satisfac-
ton to the Irish members, not because
they particularly 1--we Mr.. Jenkinson,
but because the especially nate Mr..
Clifford Lloyd, whom they reasonably
suspected of being in the running for
that post. The true story of Col.
Brackenbury's retirement is highly
dramatic. When the campaign was
decided upon in Egypt, he telegraphed
to Earl Spencer to ask whether, in the
event of his being offered an appoint
ment on active service, he could accept
it. Earl Spencer telegrapned back,
courteously but CURLY accepting Col.
Brackenhury's resignation. The Col.
Immediately telegraphed to say that
he had not resigned, and repeated the
terms of his former message. Lord
Spencer replied by repeating the terms
OF his answer. 1t was impossible to
mistake this hint and the Col. found
that he had resigned the office to which
he had just been promoted. 1t Is 40
surd for a man to take a post like this
keeping one eye open for chance oil
the taking o, another situation better
to his liking. The gloomy part of the
story is that Col. b. has not got the ex
pected appointment in Egypt, and be.
tween two stools has fallen TO the
ground.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-31
Accidents.

A FIRE III the soap works of Moody X
Co., at Cincinnati, caused a damage of
$4,000.
which the people of Boston had prepared
their palates, was totally wrecked at
Franklin August "a.
THE Indian agent at Pine Ridge has as
sembled his police to arrest Red Cloud and
WoMan's Dress, and renews his request
that they be sent to the military prison at
Leavenworth.
IT appears that the steamer Republic,
about whose safety such intense anxiety
prevailed. broke the cross-head of her en-
CINE in Delaware bay, and landed her
passengers at Wilmington.
PRoF. FORBES, state etymolegist of Hi
nois announces the presence of the corn
root worm in nearly every field in Mclean
county.
THE business community at Canton, o.,
was surprised to learn that J. p. Rouch Il
Co, of the Stark houri ng mill had made
an assignment to K. 5. Shields, to cover
liabilities of $4,000.
JOSEPH A. SHIRK, one oftbe best known
postal clerks in the west, was killed near
indianapolis by iurch of the car, as he
stood near the open door, throwing him
out against the beams of Eagle creek
bridge.
FIRE swept away two hotels ard thirty
stores and dwellings at keeseviile, n Y,
the loss being 100000. The main mills
of the Syracuse iron-works, valued at
100000, were burned during Tuesday
night.
A FIRE at Louisville inflicted damage
of $50 600 on the -four mills of Jones &
Ballard The vitrioi-works of b. C..
Vaughan. of West Troy, n Y, valued at
SAC, goo, were burned. The Erie MILL at
Cohoes, n. Y, was injured to the amount
of $4,000,
THERE were seventeen new cases of vel
low fever at Brownsville Wednesday.
Three deaths occurred. The publication
| OF the daily papers has been suspended,
| The number of cases at Matamoras is de-
creaslng.
THE country along the Texas and Pa
citic road from Abilene west for near
| ly three hundred miles, was for three
days aud nights drenched by rain, the
fall being estimated at six feet. Thous-
ands of prairie dogs were drowned in
| sight of the railway track.
YELLOW lever is increasing in violence
| along the Rio Grande. At the request of
the governor of Texas, Surgeon Murray
has been ordered from Memphis to take
charge of the hospital at Brownsville, in
which city there are $50 cases of fever and
| 1000 destitute persons. There were seven
deaths in Matamoras August "a. and two
at Brownsville.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-31
Fred Grant's Fisticuffs.

Fred Grant was, during his four
years course at West point, continu.
ally in not water, on account of his
pugilistic tendencies He was great
favorite with the cadets, not because
he was the presidents son, for at West
Point being great mans son rather
wars against cadets popularity, but
because he was goodnatured, lively
and accommodating His fights with
plebs were legion. The very first day
that he entered camp he had fight
with fellow pleb, who made remark
derogatory to young Grants father. 1t
happened in this wise 1t was the
Fourth of July, and the plebs were
watching from the doors of their tents
the evolutions of the cadet corps, when
Grants terminate made remark to
the effect that George Washington was
the greatest general that ever lived.
Grant said: II think that he was the
greatest man who ever lived, but not
so much of a general as my father"
Pooh, POOH retorted his terminate,
there is no more comparison between
your father and George Washington
than there is between a plucked hen
and the American eagle" At this
Grant struck, and one of the hottest
fights of that summers camp occurred
then and there. An officer appearing
on the scene, the affair was a draw.
This vas bu. the beginning of young
Grants pugilistic career. He was
thrashed beautifully once during his
pleb camp for refusing TO carry a
bucket of water for n first-class man,
and after three years course had
transformed him into first-class man,
he in turn thrashed pleb for refusing
to perform a like service.-Boston
Htrnn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-31
From the Capital.

The commissioner of internal revenue
is having no trouble this season in collect
ing the bank taxes.
PATRICK CONNER. on duty at the Chicago
signal station, has been promoted to chief
signal officer.
GEORGE +. CAMERON, general agent OF
the department of Justice, has left Tor a
tour in the west on public business.
SECRETARY FoLGsR has returned to the
caaital. 1t is thought that the allotment
of bonds will not ne made for some days
vet.
REAR ADMIRAL WYMAN, of the Light
house board, has returned from an inspec-
ton trip on the upper lakes. He reports
the lighthouses on the lakes in creditable
condition
SoMs Washington ladiea have formed a
secret society with view TO exposing pol
itiCians who place abandoned women in
the departments.
REroRrs have been received ar the
treasury department Of irregularities in
the accounts of James Crawford. superln'
teudent of the mint at Carson City. An
investi cation viii oe made.
An SING, a Chinese sailor, who arrived
at San Francisco without a certlt icate per
hitting him to land, secured his release
by writ OF habeas corpus, Judge Field
deciding that he shipped before congress
passed the restrictive act
SECRETARY FoLGER has caused to b
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-31
DOTS AND DASH'ES.
TeIegraphic Intelligence Of the Pas
WeAk Summarized Into
Close Quarters.
Latest Events.

A HEREFORD COW at fowler, Ind, has
! given birth TO three calves in the last nine
months.
| FREE delivery of letters is to be estab
| lished in October at Q shkosh, Wis, and
Rockford. Ill.
GIN. SHERMAN will establish his home
in St. Louis before the date for his retire
ment from the army.
A DEcK-LeAD of Spanish jackasses was
| imported at New York last Saturday by
gentleman from Mount Leonard, Mo.
THE mother and the eldest son of Pres
| ident Garfield have gone to jamestown,
Mich. to visit relativer.
THK question OF keeping open on Sund2 y
is being discussed by the directors of the
Milwaukee exposition.
TURKISH wheat, which was introduced
| into Kansas two years ago, is in great de-
mand for milling at Minneapolis, whittier
shipments are being made.
EASTERN manufacturing centers are the
only points making good exhibit in the
clearing house statistics. Chicago shows
decrease of over IS per cent.
THE arrivals of Russian Jews in New
York have almost ceased, but the relief
committee is still caring for considera-
BILE number who have not found employ
ment.
BY the use Of magnetic rod, mine
locator has found off the harbor of Erie
the wreck Of the schooner Nermilion,
which was sunk in storm nearly half a
century ago, with $50 tons of copper on
board, valued at $4,000.
THE owners of Manhattan Beach. at
Coney island, propose to fill in sufficient
space on which to erect fifty or more cot
tages in the Queen Anne style, to cost
81 900 to $40, 900 each, TO be rented with
handsome furniture.
THE rolling-mil at Springfield, H.,
hes made final demand upon the strikers
to return to work at the old rates.
Brown, Bonnell d Co., Of Youngstown,
O hic, have advertised for men, union or
non-union, to work their four mills at
former prices.
THE widow of John Brown, at Osawato-
mic. was brought from California to Chi
cago to attend picnic at Ogden's grove
for the benefit of the monument fund,
Sheriff Mann failed to appear as marshal
of the procession, and at the request
of w. p. Nixon and others, Pinkerton' 3
d detectives sliced the cash-box and took
charge of the financial arrangements.
About three hundred persons attended
and the gate receipts were $3.50. 1t APP
pears that no one had any confidence in
DR.. Washington, the colored man who
organized the affair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-31
Criminal.

ROAD agents halted a stage going to
Globe, Arizona, killed Andrew Hall, the
express messenger, and secured 5000 in
the treasurebo8
> | dispute over bet. at St. Joseph
Mo, a grocer named Horace Donnelly
was killed by salesman named William
| Toole.
PHILIP ETTING, rich and eccentric
| farmer living near Port Jervis, n. Y,
killed Jesse Vaudeville with a rifle for
taking ar apple from his orchard.
a coRoNER's jury at Patterson, n. j.,
held James Kennedy for granddaughter,
for locking his children in garnet when
attacked by smallpox.
ONE arrest has been made in connection
with the triple murder near Lincoln, Ill.
| The rewards offered for the detection Of
| the murderers aggregate "a 600. II ia be-
| lieved that Mcmahon had on his person
when he was slain between $500 and 5000.
ARCHBISHOP GooLD, of Melbourne. was
shot at and slightly wounded Aug. "a, by
man named O'Farrell, a brother of the
fellow who attempted the life of the duke
of Edinburgh at Sydney in 1868.
In filthy hut on the outskirts of Wau-
| htsub, W Is, iHlUk III Il ldHHtT WHICH
would cast disgrace on pig, exists Gill
bert Wright who many years ago had the
best medical practice in southern Wis
consin.
FIVE masked robbers raided the farm
house of Louis Cox, near Ashland, H.
The old man gave them $40, all he had in
the house, but was brutally beaten shot
in the head and strung up three times,
his injuries being mortal.
NEAR Elkhorn, Ind, six years ago, ar
old farmer was robbed of money with
which he had intended to purchase mill
A man named Elliot was convicted of tn,
crime and sent to the peniteniiary. Jus
IA his sentence il to expire, a thorough
search of his old home resulted in the dis
coyerv of the swag IN his cstern, together
with the burglar tools used.
HoN. q. A. TUCKER, from New Souti
Wales, who is inspecting jails ana insane
asylums, paid visit to the mad house a
Salt Lake, and expresses himaelf as deep
ly shocked by the sights he witnessed
Among the patients are two sane persons
bound hand and foot.
CHARLES MCMAHoN, a wealthy farme
residing near Mount Pulaski, H., an,
two of his laborers, John Cariock an,
Solomon Malheny, were literally butcher
ed by unknown men, August 81, the crim
remaining undiscovered for two days
The house was thoroughly ransacked TO
valuables.