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Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
How to Build up q Town.

= The following suggestions from an ex-
change are to the point and we'll worth
consideration: s: $50:
a Talk about it. Write about it. Help
to improve it. Beautify the streets. Pa
tronize the merchants. Advertise in its
newspapers. Speak we'll of its public, en-
terprising citizens.
If you are rich, invest in something; en-
ploy somebody; be hustler.
d II you don't think of any good word to
say, don't say anything bad
Be courteous to all that come among
you, SO that they may go away with good
Impressions. s..
Always cheer on the men who go
in for improvements; your portion of
the costs will be nothing only what is
just. !" 37E
Don't kick at any proposed necessary
improvement because it is not at your own
door, or for fear that your taxes will be
raised fifteen cents.
Don't throw stumbling blocks in the
way of your town officers; they are gener-
ally public spirited men and spend lots of
time in the public interests for which they
receive no remuneration. %
Never condemn the local paper unless
it has unfairly treated you; write to it
or go into the Office and tell the editor
about your case; if he was wrong
he will lose no time in telling it to the
public.
IF you owe the newspaper dollar or
FIVE dollars, or twenty-five cents, pay it if
you can; there is no other force in the
community which can do anything like
the same amount of good for it as the
newspaper. 1t deserves prompt and fair
remuneration.
Don't let politics get mixed up with
your business if you are business mar;
don't lose the help that newspaper
can give you because its politics are not
your politics; and by all means don't
advertise to "help the printer along;''
advertise to help your business and town
ALONG .
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

THE AURoRA's HE1GHT--Many at
tempts have been made to fix the height
of the aurora borealis, but the estimates
have given discouragingly wide range
of figures. The aurora has been observed
when it seemed to rest on the earth's sur
face, and at other times has appeared
simultaneously at stations SO widely sepa-
rated that it has been supposed to be two
or three hundred miles high. In expert
ments with his powerful voltaic battery,
practical demonstrations of the effects Of
electrical discharges in rarefed air were
made by DIR. De la Rue. These forced
him to the conclusion that thirty-eight
miles is probably the height at which the
most brilliant auroras take place, that a
pale and faint glow may possibly be pro-
duced as high even as eighty-two miles,
but that at a height of one hundred and
twenty-four miles no aaroral discharge ia
possible.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

THE DEEPEST ABYss.-The depth of
the ocean, probably seldom exceeding
three miles. has been greatly oyer-rated
School textbooks even now mention that
between the Azores and the Bermudas a
sounding Of seven and half miles has
been obtained. That measurement was
made some thirty years ago by Lieut..
Bergman, and is now considered un-
trustworthy. The greatest reliable sound.
ings have been those of the Challenger and
Tuscarora, reaching depths of about five
and half miles. 1t is curious fact, this
corresponds very closely to the height
above sea-level of the tallest mountain.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
A Real American Show.

Many readers have heard of the big
"Wild West" performance given by Buf-
falo Bill, at Staten Island, N. Y. during
the Summer months. It has proved an
immense success, so much SO that a tour
of Europe is to be made with it.. The N.
Y. Star says: '4......s.5,
"Hon. William F. Cody Buffalo BilD
and Nat Salisbury, proprietors of the
great Wild West show, have occurred six
acres of space at the American Exhibition
in London, 1887, and will take over their
entire outfit, consisting, of 24o Indians,
Mexicans. cowboys and assistants, and
more than $50 Indian ponies, Mexican
mustangs, buffalo. elk, antelope. deer and
Texas steers, and all the appliances. to
completely illustrate frontier life. The
Indians are of the Sioux, ePawnee, Ute,
Ogalalla and other tribes, and among them
noted chiefs. The transportation, grand
stands, stables and preliminary expenses
of this magnificent retinue will cost
800, 900, and its current expenses over
$1,000 daily. i.i saas4''4 t'.s'~
The contract covers period of six
months, commencing May ?, 1881. This
10 the largest engagement ever made of .
theatrical or exhibition character, involv-
ing an actual outlay of quite 100000 on
the part of Messrs. Cody & Salisbury in
completing its obligation. Henry Irving,
J. g. Parkinson and Miss Terry witnessed
an evening performance during their re.
cent visit, and were enthusiastic over 1t,
and predicted that it would produce an
unparalleled excitement in London. Il is
well known that the average number oi
visitors to the Wild West camp at Staten
Island this summer has exceeded 10000
daily, and, July s, $1,000 persons wit
messed the two performances. It 10 the
intention of Messrs. Cody d Salisbury to
visit the chief cities of England, Scotland,
Ireland and Continental Europe, and their
campaign is planned on basis of two
years. absence from their own and the
Indians native land. Hst
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
The Dangers of Dust.

Darkness, damp and dust are potent
agencies of disease. Everybody recog.
nizes this; but how many fail to adoptit it's
precepts.. If there be sermons in stones,
surely the summer dust and it's dangers
would prove fruitful subject for medical
discourse. There is as great difference
between London and country dust as there
is between the corresponding muds. Pnl-
verized matter would be harmless enough
if it were deprived of it's phy ysical proper
ty of ready diffusion. The atmosphere is
laden and ,swarms with particulate matter
OF highly complex nature. Its chief peril
to living beings resides in the organic
constituents; largely thisorganic material
consists of minute forms of life in state
of latency, only waiting for spel of heat
and moisture and favorable amount Of
light, or it may be darkness, to awaken it
into activity. The habits of individuals
"masses," are not calculated to diminish,
but rather to augment, the amount of or.
ganic matter in our atmosphere. Mucus,
saliva, and humor, popularity known as
matter" must be discharged from the
mouth and nostrils 10 the extent of many
gallons daily, and not little of this
comes from lniectlve sources; while we
venture to think that the bulk OF it min
giles with the dust of our streets and
courts. If, as seems not unlikely, con-
sumption is largely caused by ''germs,' y
then very ready theory may be adyo'
Gated concerning the mode in which con,
tagion is caught. Who can estimate the
amount OF mischief that the. shaking Of
mats may have caused How many
young girls early in the morning on their
way to business have, so to speak, re-
ceived their death blow while inspiring
all unconscious of harm, some of the clouds
of dust that always greet them? Who
can tell? The abatement of this DANCE,
and nuisance is a difficulty that almost
seems insurmountable. Much may be
done by personal habits of prevention
Lancet - 1'@
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

+ TINY WoRLDs.-The two satellites of
Mars are pronounced by Newcomb by far
the smallest heavenly bodies yet known.
Their diameters cannot be stated with any
degree of accuracy, but that of the outer
satellite may be as small as five miles.
while that of the inner satellite probably
lies between ten and forty miles. Ceres
and Vesta, the largest of the asteroids,
are supposed to be between 200 and 400
miles in diameter, while others of the
group may be as small as twenty miles,
or even less. There are some reasons for
believing, indeed, that the ring of asteroids
may include bodies of unlimited minute
ness-fragments far too small to be visible
without largest telescopes.
Hts all speculation and theory.l
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

Our FAR NORTH W Esr.-Mr B F New
conner of Baltimore, has just returned
from a summer trip to Alaska, where
snow-capped mountains are nearly always
in sight and the thermometer seldom gets
above the fifties. The gold mines on
Douglas Island, where the chief settlement
Duncan, is located, are said to be the
richest in the world. Mr. Newcomer de-
scribes the country as veritable "Won-
derland," with glaciers 400 feet high and
all that The Alaska Indians he thinks
are of Asiatic origin, and mission schools
established among them are doing much
good. The summer is but sixty days long,
but they have stra W berries and vegetables
Notwithstanding. The purchase of this
immense territory, which may prove of
commendable value, was made by Secre-
tary Seward just after the war, for about
$7.O0O.O0O. . .n. rF st.. .t-z
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
Look Ahead.

The story Of the unhappy woman who
tarned back in her flight from destruc-
tion, aud remained forever transfxed,
teaches universal lesson. There is NO
subtler temptation than that which
prompts strong men to recall past weak
nesses and former transg ressions, and TO
surrender to the feeling OF discouragement
which always follows iu the train OF such
recollections! The memory of failures aud
sins ought to keep us humble, but they
ought not to weaken US; it is satanic i'm
mortality of evil which binds the load Of
remem bered sins on the pilgrims back SO
securely that neither consciousness of Di.
vine love nor OF genuine repent ance can
loosen and cast it off. This temptation to
doubt the reality OF sorrow for misdoings
and of the infinite compassion which
makes them, though they were scarlet,
whittier than snow, comes to those who are
best equipped for usefulness and most
sensitive to their own shortcomings.
Those who are really pure at heart .suffer
tenfold for their offenses, and are the easy
prey of the temptation which prompts them
to turn back when their gaze should be
forward. z-t+ H
The world is slowly reversing some of
among them the thought of human life
as continued fall from former state OF
health and soundness, rather than as a
possible growth out of imperfection into
strength and purity. We do not expect
the calyx-covered bud to breathe forth
the sweetness of the flower, nor the flower
to possess the ripeness of the fruit.
Neither should we look for perfectness,
for full and rounded symmetry, in a de-
velopment which moves slowly, stage by
stage, through the long education of ex.
perience, to remote and final complete.
ness. The golden age is behind US only
in the heather myths; in the Christian
prophecies it always lies ahead. The lily
is not less fair or fragrant because it's
roots are in the mud; its sanity purity
is the whittier because of the transforma.
tion which it has wrought 10 the ele-
ments of its life. A human character,
full of aspiration, drawn upward by all
the impulses of its nature, now thai they
are brought into harmony and educated
the hours of weakness through which it
has passed. If Gods promises are true,
the stains which it feels, and which others
perhaps remember, are no longer visible
to Ore who sees all things as they are.
The sure defense against the temptation
to be weakened by the memory of past
sins is to look always ahead; to feel that
ones true life lies always in advance, and
never behind; that out of ones weak.
ness, true penitence brings strength, and
out of ones sorrows there may be formed
crown of Joy Christian Union.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

a. There is general impression that
Germany is reactionary and Impractical.
In fact. the Fatherland is as energetic and
progressive as any of the foremost nations.
1t is striving for an extension of foreign
commerce. With this purpose the Ger
man Government has decided to estab-
lish q great Oriental Academy in Berlin,
with German professors and native assist
ants, in modern Persian, Turkish, Arabic.
Japanese, Chinese and Hindoostanee.
Lectures will be free, and poor students
helped.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
MORTGAGE SALE.

By virtue of Power vested in us by Mort
gage from s. G. Johnston and wife, we will sell
at public auction at the Court House door in
Charlotte, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 1886, Tract of
LAND now occupied by s. G. Johnston, adjoin-
ing the lands Of Jno. Jamison, Richard Elliott
and others. in Mecklenburg county. containing
about 80 Acres. Said Mortgage is registered in
Book 81, page 116, in Registry for Mecklenburg
county. GEO. s. HALL,
W. j. BLACK,
Sept 10, 1886 5w Mortgages.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
SALE OF LAND,

Under Decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, and by authority thereof,
will sell, on the premises, on Monday the 4th
day of October 1886, TRACT of LAND lying
in Pineville Township. adjoining the lands of
James Cunningham, j. M Davis and others. con-
tanning 954 Acres, known as the Hood Place"
Terms-One-third payable on 18th day of No
vember, 1886, balance on 10th day of November,
18S7-purchaser giving note and security for
purchase money.
JAMES T. KELL,
Sept 3, 1885, 5w Commissioner.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
Trustees Resale of Property

By virtue of Deed of Trust executed by L..
8. Hurdle and wife, dated 18th day of August.
1888. and registered in Book "a, page 348, in the
Registers Office of Mecklenburg county. will
House door in Charlotte, on the 18th day of
October, 1885, at the usual hour of sale, the Lot
of LAND described in said Deed of Trust which
is situated in Ward No in the City of Charlotte,
on street, between Hill and Stonewall streets.
Re-sold at risk of former purchaser.
Terms made known on day of sale.
T. R. ROBERTSON,
Sept. II. 1896 5w Trustee.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
Notice of
Letters of Incorporation.

To all aolona at may Concern:
WHEREAS, Application has been made to me,
the undersigned, John r. Erwin, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, North
Carolina, under and by virtue of the Laws of
North Carolina as contained in Chapter 16, Vol.
/, of the Code of North Carolina, and Acts
amendatory thereof, Notice is hereby given that
1 have issued LETTERS OF INCORP ORA
TION to WIN. S. Opdyke, G. W. Pitcher and
Geo. E. Wilson, to them and their successors,
and to be and hencefOrth they shall be incor-
porated under the name of the SAINT CATHE-
NORTH CAROLINA" with its principal place
of business in the city of Charlotte, N. c., with
power and authority to establish branch office
in the city of New York, State of New York
That the business of the corporation is that of
buying, owning, operating and selling Gold
Mining Lands and Mining Rights, including the
erection of necessary Mining and Reduction
Works. and the mining and reduction of Ores
from the Mine or Mines of the corporation, or of
other persons or corporations, and to do all and
every act necessary to be done for that purpose,
with power to borrow money needed in the
prosecution of the business of the corporation,
| and to secure the same by Mortgage or Deed in
Trust upon the corporate property That the
duration of the corporation is Sixty Years from
| the date of Incorporation The amount of Capt.
| tai Stock of the corporation is Five Hundred
| Thousand Dollars, which stock is represented by
| five thousand shares of one hundred dollars
each, the par value of each share being one hun
dred dollars, the said stock being worcestershire
after issue at par. That the stockholders of the
corporation are not individually liable for the
| debts or contracts of the corporation.
| Done at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior
| Court of Mecklenburg county and State of North
Carolina, this the Gath day of August, 1886.
i -s.. JNO r. ERWIN.
| Aug. 81, 1886. I'm Clerk Superior Court.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY
For Sale

offer for sale, privately, some valuable Mill
Property located about four miles from Char
lotte, in the Sharon neighborhood. The Mill
will grind both Corn and Wheat. Also, attached
to the place is Cotton Gin and Screw. All the
machinery is run by water-22 feet head on a
standing stream.
Also, for sale at. the same place. nice two
horse FARM, with good new frame Dwelling
House and all necessary outbuildings.
My Post Office is Charlotte, N. G. .t-
ISAAC N. ALEXANDER, SR.
Sept. 10, 1886. If
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

az New Postoffices. have been estab-
lished in this State Al the following places: !:
Lipe, Rowan county, Laura A. Lipe, p.
M; Oine, Warren, Chas. l. Walker. p. M;
Algood, Yadkin, Emily C. Reynolds, p.
m; Lamont, Guilford, Sarah Il. Walker,
p. m.; Postook, Davidson, Joseph G.
Sheen, p. M; Western, Hay wood, Jonathan
Nj. West, p. m.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

a. A wise mans heart is like . broad
heath that keeps the Goals (his passions)
from burning the house. Good deeds in
this life are Goals raked up in embers, TO
make fire next day.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
The Last Record.

Josiah Quincy, formerly President of
Harvard College, lived to be ninety-two
years of age. He had kept journal for
many years. He was accustomed to sit
in the morning in large chair with a
broad arm to it, which served as a desk,
upon which he wrote his diary. On July
1st, 1864, he sat down in his chair as usual.
His daughter brought hisjournal. He at
first declined to undertake his wonted
task, but his daughter urged him not to
abandon it. He took the book and wrote
the first verse of that grateful hymn Of
Addison:
ID When all thy mercies, o my God,
.1 My rising soul surveys,
{, Transported by the view, I'm lost
.ss In wonder, love, and praise.
The weary head dropped upon the
bosom. The volume was ended. The
aged pilgrims course was finished.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

~ Marrying q woman for her money,
says q philosopher, 10 very muck like set
ting rat-trap and batting it with your
own finger.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
STATESVILLE COLLEGE,
. Cfo+acvi11o N ~

Begins Wednesday, September /, 1886, Closes
June, 1887.
Full Corps of able Teachers, Fine Climate:
Home Comforts and Moderate Charges.
Special lessons in Cooking and Housekeeping
without extra expense. Send for Catalogue.
MISS FANNIE EVERITT,
July 2, 1886. 3m Principal
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
The Apache Scout.

Every track in the trail, mark in the
grass, scratch on the bark of tree, ex-
plains itself to the "untutored" Apache
He can tell to an hour, almost, when the
man or animal making them passed by,
aud, like hound, will keep on the scent
until he catches up with the object of his
pursuit. In the presence of strangers the
Apache soldier is sedate and taciturn.
Seated around his little apology for a
campfire, in the communion Of his fellows,
he becomes viyacious and conversational
He is obedient to authority, but will not
brook the restraints which, under our
notions of discipline, change men into
machines. He makes an excellent seDti-
mel, and not single instance can be ad-
duced of property having been stolen
from or by au Apache on guard. He has
the peculi!aariIy, noticed among so many
savage tribes in various parts OF the world,
stranger; if asked for it he will either
give a wrong one or remain mute and let
a comrade answer for him. This rule does
net apply where he has been dubbed with
a sobraQuet by the white soldiers. In such
case he will respond promptly, and tell
the inquirer that he is "Stumpy," "Bill,''
"Tom Thumb" "Humpy SAM" or zone
eyed Reilly" as the case may be. But
there is no such exception in regard to the
dead. Their names are never mentioned,
even by the wailing friends who loudly
chant their virtues.
i Approaching the enemy his vigilance is
curious thing to witness. He avoids
appearing suddenly upon the crest OF a
hill, knowing that his figure projected
against the sky can at such time be dis
cerned from a great distance. He will
carefully bind around his brow sheaf of
grass, or some other foliage, and thus dis.
guised crawl like snake to the summit
and carefully peer about, taking in with
his keen black eyes the details of the
country to the front with a rapidity and
thoroughness the American or European
can never acquire. In battle he is again
the sntithesis of the Caucasion. The
Apacha has no false ideas about courage;
he would prefer to skulk like the cayote
for hours, and then kill bis enemy or cap
ture his herd, rather than by injudicious
exposure receive wound, fatal or other
wise. But he is no coward; on the con-
trary, he is entitled to rank among the
bravest. The precautions taken for his
safety prove that he is an exceptionally
skilltnl soldier. His first duty under fire
is to jump for a rock, bush, or hole, from
which no enemy can drive him except with
loss of life or blood
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

Gun, Lock and CopperSmiths.
G.. J. FOX
At Reusters Old Stand, CHARLOTTE. N. G.
Plumbing and Steam Fitting specially
Also, dealers in English and American Breech
and Muzzle Loading Guns, Pistols, Ammunition
and Fishing Tackle. Sporting Goods of every
description.
D6c Repairing of all kinds done at short
notice.
C.-J. FOX,
April "a 1885.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
Notice to Taxpayers
OF MECKLENBURG COUNT

will attend at the places named below on
the respective dates for the purpose of collecting
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
Job Printing.

Go to the Evening CHRONICLE OFFICE
for neat Job Printing of every description. The
lowest prices. Over 100 styles Type. Call or
write for estimates.
w. s. HEMBY, Proprietor,
Aug. %, 1886. Charlotte, N. G..
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
Linseed Oil,

Turpentine. Varnishes, Colors, Paint Brushes
and every thing required by Painters at
W. III. WILSON & cos.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24
10000 Yards

OF THE EE -
-. B E.S r RIM T 8 ,l-s4)
Embracing all Standard Brands, at 5 cents.
Good Prints at cents These Goods are just in,
and are the latest patterns.
See our new 5Ss cents KID GLOVEs-best on
- e. L. KEESLER q CO.,
za esq Successors to Alexander & Harris.
Sept. IL, 1886. b1ts3 -
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

STORAGE FOR COTTON
At the Charlotte Warehouse.
If you wish to store your CottoDthis is one Of
the best and most convenient Warehouses IN the
city. For terms, &c, apply to s5
...s...,t4 SPRINGS & BURWELL, or .
. r. A. LEE. g. co. t... .i..1
Bagging and Ties.
10000 Yards Dundee Bagging.
500 Bundles Delta Ties at .aef.
SPRINGS & BURWELLS.
cB If you owe US anything we want it.
. SPRINGS & BURWELL
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-09-24

= Bread, Cakes and Pies
Of every description. Hot Rolls every, even
ing at
- sloa r s. NJ HOWELLS BAKERY,
Sept. II, 1886. .6 i Trade Street.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-02-11

THE President upon being informed
of Gen. Hancock's death issued the
following executive order
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHING
TON, Feb. 9-4 z. W.-TidingS of the
death of Winfield Scott Hancock, Ma
jor.Gcneral of the Army OF the United
States, have just been received. A
valiant defender Of his country an IL
BILE and heroic soldier a spotless and
accomplished gentleman, crowned alike
with laurels of military renown and
the highest tribute of his fellow coun-
trymen as to his worth, 1t is fitting
that every mark of public respect
should be paid to his memory. There
fore, it is now ordered by the President
that the National flag be displayed at
half-mast upon all the buildings of the
Executive Departments in this city un-
til after his funeral shall haye taken
place.
DANIEL. :. LAMONT, PrIyate Secre-
tary.
The President also sent the following
telegram to Mrs. Hancock
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHING
TON. Feb. 8. 1SS6-Mrs. w. ). llan-
cock, Gorerp0r'S Island, n. Y: Ac-
cept my heartfelt sympathy and condo
lence in your terrible bereavement.
The heroism and worth of your late
husband have gathered TO your side, in
this hour of your atfliction, Il nation OF
mourners. GROVER CLEVELAND.