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RAILROADS.

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N fsrfaf u Il il. Esss
TRAINS LEAVE wAsHIssToN. FROM STATION. CORNER
aud De S.f :! se'se Iss
in sas $50 Sleeping . S,r' x at s s.n: daily .s
a.rsSurx Gine matt @e..esa 1rrs.. 7:s5p,
nat Also connects EXCEPT S.iapday. .a for Chics
csr ttssuIs a to c 81 Ma: w,.
g;Sop m. daily. for Ilttsbury and the West. with
ssTs seEpf Ssr Ts.hsq tG sthesSo
F'T tT'e: Cansndaigua. Rochester. Buffalo Niasara
AND to
For "nL.m;rort: Lock Haven and Elm,r.. at $50
For Nsw l Sc sSd the At 500 :. NJ 10; Goa, M.
so .aa NJ Limited E1p1 n s y Fal'm.n
For a; % ss sSsa week day.
For OF Rr Sop'd,y. t;2S p n! M ,,.,u,, :,
tbaSf iys tn s n; connect
Ing direct transfer TO Fulton street. avoiding double
For rsh a :.5 s 200 ioio l:so 40
i0a Fl pr snssss J .a s :na
F'; IhsHss. sso e. .s' g.: an; 30 ;1 s
S a. on sn %adsSS $50. 1910 s:so go. ISL
For res Cree L Il e:4O an and 40 D. M daily.
For Anhspoiis. S:to m. and 40 D. NJ daily. .xo,p,
tsR sESsEEHss ssS sA
Fer Aie1andsia $50 40. $40, I:oo and IL 80 m.
ZOO 4:20. 500. 6:20. 500 and IL so pm Un
SUNDAY at $50. 20. ll:O0 a. NJ. $500 y. m.
FOR k!chnond End the south. $50 and ii 100 m.
Trans leave hiexsndria for Washington. eoo 500
ioJ i and SGT "a s saS
500 and 10 :0s m: 8: 100 md 9: l0p.m.
Tickets and information at the cce MOI thsast cor
ne OF 18th street and PennsylyGni and at :ht
station where orders he eft for the checking VI
Luggage to dest nation from hotels and re.idepces
J:k. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
CHAS. Z. PUGH. General Manager. y9
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Uncle Remus on COurtship.
From the Atlanta Constitution


From the Atlanta Constitution.
81 know'd q niger one time" said Uncle
Remus, after bordering a moment, ''wat tuck
q notion dat he want bait or simmons. en- de
mo- wat de notion tuck i'm de mo- wat he want
um, en- bimeby hit look lax he des natally er-
bleedZ ter have UNI. He want de simmons
en- dar dey is in de tree. He mouf water. en-
dar hang de simmons. Now, den wat do dat
niger do3 Wen you en- me en- dish yer chile
yer wants simmons we goes out en- shakes de
tree, en- ef deyer good en- ripe, down dey comes,
en- If deyer good and green. dar dey stays. But
dis yer yuther niger, he too smart fer dat. He
des tuck'n tuck he stan und de tree, en- he open
he m0uf, he did, en- wait fer de simmons ter
drap in dar. Dey amt none drap in yit," con-
tinued Uncle Remus, gently knocking the cold
ashes ont of his pipe; Zen watts mo-, dey amt
none CINE ter drap in dar. Dat des zackly de
way wild Brer Jack yer, bout marryin'; he stan
dar, he do, en- he hor bofe hans wide open en-
he speck do gal gwine ter drap right spang in
um. Man want gal, he des got ter grab 'er-
dat's wat. Dey may squall en- dey may futter.
but f1utter'n en- squallin' amt done no damage
yit ez knows I'm, en- faint gwine ter Young
chaps kin make great 'miration bout gals. but
wen dey gifts ole ez I is dey 'ull know dat folks
is folks, en- wen it come ter bein' folks, de VIM
men amt got none de vantage er de men. Now
OATS des de plain up On down tale I'm tellin'
I'm you"
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A Priceless Diamond.

Mr.. Porter Rhodes, the fortunate owner Of
the priceless diamond that bears his name, il
at present in Paris awaiting the result of q COM
petition between two millionaires DESTROYS of
possessing the jewel. The stone was found in
his mine at Kimberley, South Africa, In the be-
ginning Of 1880, and made a great sensation
among the diggers when the discovery was
made known about four months later. Mr..
Porter Rhodes was obliged to satisfy their Gu.
riosity by exhibiting the diamond. Accord.
ingly he placed it in friends Office. charged q
sovereign for admission, and in this way re-
ceived E10O within the first two hours. Alto
gether he made by the exhibition 950O, which
he gave to the local hospital. On his arrival in
England he was hOnored with an invitation to
Osborne, in order that Her Majesty might in
spect the stone. He was afterward taken to
Osborne cottage and had an interview with the
Empress Eugene. Mr.. Porter Rhodes con-
siders that his da1Gaaoifidd as far surpasses the
KohinoGf in purity az it does in weight, the In
dian stone weighing 1854 carats. the Cape dia-
mOnd about $50 carats. He said to his inter-
viewer: ~ shall have at least fulfilled one mis-
sion--I shall have convinced the world that the
Cape diamonds are as radiantly pure and blue
white as the Dresden drop and the Braganza. !
shall thus upset one popular delusion."
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PATIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
BETWFFN
THE EAST AND THE WEST.
VA WASHINGTON

VA W sHINGToN.
Schedule to take effect SUNDAY. MAY 18th, 1885,
leave from station. corner OF New Jersey
a. For 9. Shisaso Gncnps Louisville and St Lou
ard Stepping sl Care r. s % a S5
points. without chalIse l0:l5 . daily to Chicago
For iattsbnrf, Cleveland and Detroit at s:soa m.
bud bnss Nh daily F. IT, is solid train to r
For Toledo and etroit VIA Monroeville. 1o:l5 a. M
1r.iD si lor ~ fS.ssg T for Detroit Stx yor.
fy .sd s. tn SeS $40 p M daily
"a lssS ss&s io !a 90 iss s $780, s;;0
ro1 s.; s'sS = $40 60 ss0S .n'
8. sao, an; iS:io PM SIC 10 and Il 50
dali. for staunt9I. $50 a.. ,d4i!y t1ce.t. Sun
Fer H.ssgsssn 10 Il a. m. daily e.oep. Sunday. s:45
1ran aS s0S 5rSm the West daily. $40. 1886 m
From New York SiSS sn Z; III Philadelphia. 1885, $50
Fo@ Asn.pois 20 ann e.S 49, ss4 pm. sunday
Ero% s.ansea III a:ig im m. daily e,eer. Sunday
From 1 ss,asaei isd YSn, ss
ss1ssPt sq n: 1000 am. 600 pm. daily from
Tr.ina leave Baidmore for Washington at2, 44o $40
~ :iso gis sas and "sN 50 aiS Sum
6:25, 1850 AND 500 pm.
trains from wsAhl ngton stop at Relay Station ex-
o5,o i,.I,. ssry e. the P.mose
viii taken for tsxxage to be checked and received
". II. o. MENf;. NJ Of T.. Baltimore.
MY 4. X. L. IL. Genl Passenger Aren't.
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A New Thing for q Guess.


From the Hartford Courant.
1t used to be the correct thing to guess on
the weight Of hog at the agricultural show,
and on the cake at the church fair, and later,
folks have named their futures" or the numbe
of beans or pills in glass jar, generally at q
quarter guess. with about millionth chance
of winning sewing-machine or a cook-stove
Now the smart young man takes out q go gold
piece, and asks his friends how many dollar bills
Will balance it in the scales, and offers to treat
any one who will guess within one hundred of
the number. The thing was tried in one of the
large insurance of11ces oh Main street Yesterday
afternoon, and the range IF human Judgment
was never better illustrated. One clerk thought
1t would take 800 bills TO counterbalance the
gold coin, another ], GOO, and 30 on until every-
body present had placed his Judgment in jeop-
ardy. The lowest guess was $50 bills. When
the guesses were all recorded the double eagle
was placed on the scales and new dollar bills
were counted into the other SIDE until the beam
went down with 81 in the tray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-25

The lNJUDICIOUS Use Of Paris green furnishes
Q text OF warnin, for the New England farmer.
Farmers should remember il cautions that this
ID q poison that is as dangerous to man and ami
mails as to insects. and that too great caution
cannot be observed In its use And first. IL
should be known that an almost infinitesimal
amount. II eaten by an insect will cause death
In few hours When using the poison upon
potato vines. or upon ruit trees the aim
should be to make the green go over as much
ground as it will elrectually cover We have
known Of several potato fields being badly in
jured the present season by too free use Of the
dust upou the leaves. leaf killed by the
green Is as useless to the plant as one eaten by
The bug. We have generally applied the poison
dry. and mixed with very fine plaster of paris at
the rate Of one part In weight to 100 parts Of the
plaster. and then. without making q very heavy
application. the beetles have been thoroughly
cleaned out 1t Is only necessary to have the pol
son remain on the leaves two DAYS to DESTROY all
that partake of It, Later hatchings NAV re-
Qure subsequent application. As the insects
are found upon the tenderest leaves. those which
grew last. there Ia no necessity for busting over
the whole OF q large hill OF vines but a little
poison shaken into the central portions of the
stems will be quite as effectual III one has a
large field to treat, 1t would be well to cover the
mouth and nose with q thin cloth wet in cold
water. while doing the work, and special can
tlon should be taken against getting a partjcIe
OF the dust into any flesh wounds or sores ON
the hands. feet or face. The past season we
have applied the poison IN water through a
small sprinkler which worked better than any,
thing else previously tried. One teaspoonful
OF the pure green In two and a-half to three
gallons OF water. was found sufficiently power
ful to destroy all the weeviIs within two or three
days after the application
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-25

=, ne English post Office savings bank con-
tinues to be most successful institution. A
quarter Of q million additional depositors
opened accounts In the bank during the year
1852 The total number of depositOrs at the
end of the year was thus nearly GOO. 600. the
amount of their deposits being over fS9. 600 600
and increase OF nearly IS COO coo during the
year, the largest annual increase yet received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-25

KUkTH @ RMAN LLOYD
IN STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YoRx. HAvuR
LONDON SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN.
lie steamers of this company will sail EVERY WE'D.
ID \ AZ - SAfGhDAl from Bremen pier, fooe
Of Sd street Hobcken. Rates of pasraee: From New
iolk e. Hsyres London. tcuthsInrton and bremen.
FIRST cabin 500; second cabin. sC0 steerage $50
paid storage rtihcates t22 tor freight
slIy No 70 0EthtS SnS, y ~ Bowling Green New
avenue northwest. Agents for W WASHINGTON. lxll
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STEAMERS.
A LIAM LINE-sUMMKR sERvICE

A LIAM LlNE-sUMMER SERVICE
sh rtest ocean yaRe Only i've days from land 10
land. Accommodations unsurrss Cabin-S70 and
sso single. &l35 and $50 Excursion.
Baltimore to Liverpool every alternate Tuesday, via
Haiiiax and 81. Johns N. f.
intermediate Passage. $40. Prepaid steeraee, Sal.
LIVE 4 ALDEN. General Agcnts
207 Broadway. New York; q.
At Washingtcn ID. c.:
%. A. BRoSNAN, sl2 9th street
JAMES BEILEW. III 7th street.
G. W. MOS. Z25 Pennsylvania avenue.
jyll-w. m 6m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-25

The idea that lightning IL not 50 destructive
~ 1t used to be In the United States. henanao
the network OF railroads and telegraph wires
lessons the number Of accidents, is met by the
record OF the summer. Fatal thunderbolts have
never been more common
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-25
An Observation Of Life.
From the San Francs o Cal

How much more graceful elegant and su-
perior does the man on the bicycle look than
the man with the wheelbarrowl But wait until
they come Into collision and see which pro-
cession turns up In the most handsome con.
ditioD
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AMONG TIM $3.50 AND DANCE
ARTISTS.

What the Lsadink Character, arc
DoinE-How they Effect Engage.
mcnss aud Keep 'fhem-Fun for tho
Small and Uncritf6al Communities.
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How He Helped Them Across.
From the Ieesburu NAws- Advocafa

From the Leesburg News Advocate.
Two OF our bellies, while walking out the
other day, came to q ditch near the railroad
grade at MOntclair, which they did not know
how to get over. Seeing young man coming
along the road, they appealed to him for help.
wherenpon he pointed behind them with q
startled air anu yelled out ''snakes" The way
those girls crossed that ditch was sight to be-
hold and the young man lives,
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DROTECT YOUR FURs AND WINTER CLOTH
ING AGAINST THE RAvAGEs OF MOTH
REFINED GUM CAMPHoR
No PER POUND.
L. C. BISHOP. Druesise
aDlo ~ 9th ssrsst cornsr stcsst northwest
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CUNARD LINE
NOTICE.
LAM ROUTE.
1HT CUMARp sTEAMsH!P CosIPANY LIMIrEn
bETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL.
FALLING AT CORK HARBOR.
FROM PIER CO. y. NEW YORK

ccythiA ". Aug. 29. seryia 80. Wei. sep y.
Gala. We'd. Sept. 5. Scythia. -. we'd. Oct &
J.. t,,s Ned. seD. a. Ga We'd. oct 70.
AND EVERY WEDNESDAY, FROM NEN YOHh.
tst.s o passaee-ssc ana siOU. according to accom-
ffeeraee at low Storage tickets from IAv.
si col ad Queenstown and a other parts Of Europsst
Through bile Of laden e1ven for Belfast, oiaaeow.
"a we Antwerp and other ports The Continent and
toi Mediterranean ports.
or freight and passage epply at the Companyss olca
No. bowling Green. or both stserase aud cabin q
- IL bluL y" a CO.. 6Oo 9TH street, Washington.
VLRNoN Il. BROWN 4 CO.. Nsw York.
q to Messrs. OTIS BIGEIlOW CO..
9anl2 COS 9th street. Washington.
NEW YORK. ROTTERDAM. AMsTERDaM.-
~ he frst-clsss fun powersd Clyde. built Dutch
steamships Of this Line, AMSTERDAM ROT TER.
pam sGhlEDAM EERDAM. ZAANDAM P ca
LAND W. :: SCnOLTEN. MAS. carryinT the u. 8.
Mels to the Netheriande leave Ianys Pier foot u
snsss, street Jersey City NJ. reul.iy every WE'D
First cabin. SO: second cabip, $50: stesrage sac.
T. CAZAUA, General Agent, "a South William street
New York. For passaee apply to w. q. HETZEhOTS
&Ct'.. 925 Penn. ave-. Washington.
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Inc heV: Nenemlan ArpleDloOm-"A lovely
and she blushed and smiled like schoolgirl In
her teens-had but q short furlough, and the
marriage was to transpire the next week, 30
the relic was put out to bleach forthwith It
had already been put upon the grass three days
and nights and had been religiOusy watered
by Miss Lyddy ut morn and noon and DEWEY
eve. and the next day it was to be taken IN
early and put into the dressmaker's hands tor
the necessary alterations, when the dreadful
event occurred with which this narrative opens.
GLORY" / said, ''do you keep watch for Miss
Lyddy when she returns. Say nothing about
| what has happened unless she misses the gown
| from the grass. In that case tell her that I
thought it was bleached enough and took it up
to dry, and you don't know where have put II.
| am going out now, but If she asks where tell
her you don't know"
Glory was faithful, and had besides the natu-
| raj craft Of her race, and knew that she could
De trusted. As for me, swiftly donned my
bonnet and set out to find Major Hawthorne It
was bright June evening. and my walk through
| the meadow and the grove that skrted Haw-
tnornedean would have been more delightful
| one II had borne a mind more at ease The
major Was a gentleman by birth. but he lived
out his fifty bachelor years in gay and careless
| way that had seemed to set the gentler part OF
creation at defiance. In the lifetime of
ms parents Hawthornedean had been a
beautiful estate 1t still retained many
marks of wealthy and cultivated owner
ship. but it was sadly run down. AZ
| the home Of Q bachelor is apt to BE- The grove.
which had once been the pride of the place. was
grown up with brush now, and the sere leaves
| OF many summers growth rustled under nv
feet as walked through it. At one point. COM
Ing suddenly around thick clump Of under
growth. heard chorus Of tiny SHORTS and the
scampering OF numberless hoOfs, and knew
that had invaded . haunt Of the majors last
agricultural freak, the very brood of Berkshire
/ pigs that were the source Of all my borrowed
woes. Away they scampered, their snouts'wel
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K EADl R.-ADn
DIR. MOTIFS FRENCH POWDERS
Se1afn cure Tor al Urinary D1seascs Impcency. 0eek
s.yP,ii:, &c; Gonorrh@s CURED q % houri VI
svenne northwest Prioe . Per box sant " naa udo
sss on receipt OF prico sull
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-06
CoLoRED JURORS.

At their last sitting the Commits
sioners for this county appointed
two colored gentlemen as jurors for
the February term of the Superior
Court. We hail this as a good
omen. A recognition of the intelli-
gence and constitutional rights Of
the negro; an evidence of better
feeling between the races, and the
result of the outspoken manhood of
the press and the leaders of our
race. Two men have been selected ;
we think that an excellent begin
ming. They are men too of intelli-
gence and moral standing. We
congratulate the people of Mecklen-
burg county, and assure them that
they need only to stand by each
other, their country, and the right,
and all will be well.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-06
For the MESSENGER
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. G.
Jan. 9th, 1883.


Jan. 9th, 1883.
The Civil Service Bill passed the
House without amendment, and
awaits only the approval of the
President. 1t was rushed through
like a meteor and many a flower
of enchanting eloquence was born
to blush unseen and waste its sweet
ness on the desert air. Well, after
all, divers reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding, this is most ex-
emplary piece of legislation. If the
Senate would use less dignity, pomp
and ceremony and the House less
superfuous lung-power, as a substi.
tute for brain power, less noise and
less of this contagious wrangling
and act squarely, fairly and unhes-
itatingly upon the manifold ques
tons and issues which imperative
and decisive attention our fortunes
would be bettered, our industries
quickencd and such upheavals OF
popular Indignation as we have just
witnessed unnecessary. This Civil
Service Bill provides for the appoint
ment of three commissioners at u
salary of three thousand, five hun
dred (S3, 500 dollars, who shall have
the general supervisory power of
examination and the appointment
of not less than three examiners, who
shall be Federal Office holders in the
State or territory where the exami.
nation take place, and also chief
examiner at salary of three thou
sand 3,0O0) dollars. The examina-
tons for appointments to the subor-
dinate offices of the Government
shall take place twice per year at
the most centrally located place in
the State, and the candidates will be
examined in the lowest branches OF
what ordinarily constitute our high
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corresponding Editors.

OSCAR JONES, ......... Trsve'ing Agent
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-06
For the Messenger.
Our Chester Letter.

Mr.. EDITOR Permit me to take
this opportunityto acknowledge the
receipt of your letter comforting on
me the honor OF associating you in
the editorial work of your paper.
l highly endorse and appreciate
your noble effort in keeping up a
respectable and meritorious journal
in the interest of the colored people.
And while l willingly and grateful
ly accept the honor conferred upon
me, be you assured that I fully rec
ognize the grave responsibility
which such a position imposes. To
furnish matter interesting and en-
tertaining, both as news and food
for the higher faculties of the mind,
is task which has taxed the lit
erary store of our best thinkers.
And while | am unable to make any
claim to literary fame or aptness in
the art of gathering news, | trust
that my deep interest in the welfare
OF my race, and the anxiety with
which l watch every movement
which tends to elevate or hinder it's
progress, will afford sufficient
thought to fill the space allowed me.
l fully recognize the importance
and and potency of the effort to
keep UP a newspaper by men of our
race for the benefit of our people.
That the newspaper is power of
great value to whatever cause it es-
pouses is a fact too long established
to need any testimony to strengthen
it. One of the leading things need
ed to advance the prosperity of our
race and set them in II proper light
before the thinking world, is to in
augurate, encourage and perpetuate
such enterprises as have made all
great races and nations what they
are. We trust that we are suffi-
GENTLY aware Of this fact to encour-
age the people with whom we are
conversant to give liberal support
to your already widely-known and
highly appreciated sheet. And feel
ing that your circulation is some.
what extensive already, and that it
is read by some of the most intelli-
gent of our day, and that it has
merited the esteem of all who know
it, we shall ever do our part to keep
it up to its present standing, if we
can do no more. Hoping that we
have not intruded on your space in
this, our first effort, we shall close.
G. w. CLINTON.
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HELP THE MESSENGER.

With this, our first issue, in the
new year, we appeal to our friends
\ in Charlotte and the State of North
Carolina, to help the MESSENGER.
1t is your paper, published for your
defense and general benefit. 1t is
the duty of every reading man and
woman to encourage the paper by
taking it and doing all in their pow
err to circulate it. The paper is pub
lished for the benefit of the colored
people, and if it is properly patron
lied everybody will be forced to ad-
nit, in few months more, that
marked improvement has been
brought about in the interest of the
colored people in this section. Who
will mind paying $3.50 year for a
paper that takes bold stand in de-
Tense of the colored man in every
sense? One that strikes at the col
Ored mans enemy, matters not in
what name or shade he comes. And
then this is the only paper we have
in this section of the State. The
whites have five papers in this city
and one in nearly every county. We
must not let the MESSENGER suffer
in this manner. The matter needs
only to be brought properly before
our people. We hope everybody
will read this and subscribe and pay
at once for the MESSENGER. All
good judges Of papers say it is the
best paper published in the State by
colored men. 1t is in one of the
fastest growing cities in the South,
and is the very paper for the colored
people. Let us realize more than
our expectations in the way Of sub
scriptions this new year. We want
at least five hundred subscribers in
Charlotte. Let US have them.
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mn m Great chance to make money.
Hill Those who always take advan.
ANkN III tage Of the good chances for
"NN making money that are offered
"NNIVEAgenerally become wealthy while
Those who do not improve such
chances remainin poverty Wewant many men.
women. boys and girls TO work for us risht IN
their own localities. Any one can do the work
properly from the first start The business viii
pay more than ten times ordinary wages TX
pcnsiVe outfit furnished free. No one VIII en-
cages fails 10 make money rapidly You Gu ie.
vote your whole time to { work, OF only YOUR
spare moments. Fun Information and al that
IS needed sent Z ee. Address sTINsoN 80.
Portland siaiLe.