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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31

The fifth annual session of the Western
Missionary Baptist Sunday School con-
vened at the FirstoBaptist church on
Thursday. Rev. A. Ellis was moderator,
H. B. Brooks secretary. The session was
we'll attended and very interesting. Rev.
J. H. Presley, an African Missionary,
lecturcd last night. Rev. J. o. Crosby
will deliver the annual address to-mor-
row at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. The
public is cordially invited to hear him.
The Womens Christian Temperance
Union held a convention in the Tryon
Street NJ. E. Church on Wednesday and
Thursday. On Thursday night Mrs.
Chaplin lectured in the 18th street Presby-
terrain church to large audience. The
address was finely delivered, timely, en-
tertaining, instructive and all that could
be asked for. 1t had telling effect.
Great good is being done by the Union,
and we wish them Godspeed. Several
eolored delegates were in attendance.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31

their stead, would add immensely to tho
general attractiveness. It would go far
TO remove the air of artiiclality which
pervades the colony ana which makes
one homesick for green grass and a bit of
the wildness of unassisted nature.
Land in Riverside, as in most of these
southern colonies, has reached an extra
ordinary price. The enthusiasts in
orange growing and raisin making are
prepared to demonstrate that it pays to
buy improved land in bearing oranges or
grapes at 81, 900 per acre. Certainly nu-
merous Gales have been made at this
price, and the purchasers have thus far
realized good returns for their invest
ments. As there is no prospect of glut
in the orange market so long as the heavy
shipments to the east continue, and as
the main industry is simply in its in
fancy and capable of unlimited develop
ment, there seems no good reason to
doubt that five years from now grove
or vineyard will BE- any less remunerative
than at present.-Sdn Francisco Chr0n-
iclA
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
Colored Men on the Jury.

The colored men of Mecklenburg seem
to be sleeping upon the question oftheir
forward personal and political rights. A
few weeks ago there was a great cry raised
against the prohibitionists because it was
alleged by many that the rights of the
people were about to be invaded. Yet
we see at every court held in Mecklenburg
county colored men convicted by a
white jury. 1t would be curiosity
well worth walking long way to see a
colored man on the jury. We have a
lot of so-called leading colored men in
Charlotte; they are great at conventions,
great to make speeches, great ON resolu-
tions. Yet they sit still on their marrow
bones and let their colored fellow citizens
be convicted without word of protest.
Now here is the Mccklenburg county
penitentiary placed in a few hundred
yards of large college for colored peo
pie. There is one poor fellow in there
for taking few ears of corn; been there
a long time / suppose, l am told that
they whip the convicts over there just
like they used to in the old days. Docs
any one see after these thlngs3 not much.
Now as to the men who attend to the
drssving of the jury.i There is Mr.. Vail,
chairman of commissioners for the county,
why don't he see that colored men are
placed on the jury? No wonder his
prohibition party got left SO badly in the
city; no wonder he got left last year for
Mayor, and his whole history will be full
of lefts, till he uses his power to see that
the colored people have some show in
the courts.
As for Mr. Griffith, he is candidate
for Sheriff. Of course, no colored man
will vote for him even if he is nominated.
He must show in his makeup that he
means for the colored people to have
some justice. OF all the patient people
in the world, a people who will allow
the court and law to do as they please
without word of protest, commend me
to some of our so-called leaders.
Yours, etc,
w. r. RAGMAN.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
Seventeen Men Killed by an Elephant.

A terrible elephant story comes from
India. While an elephant was being rid
den by its keeper in the district of Sui
tanpore, in Dude, the animal resented
prodding with spear by pulling the man
from his back and throwing him some
dis..SSce away. Fortunately the man fell
IN a boIlow-apd remained there undis-
covered by the elephant, who went to
neighboring village. ~
There he chased an old man into a
house, then broke down the walls, pulled
the man out, and dashed him to pieces.
The same night the elephant knocked
down several houses in quest of human
beings in the villages of Sadarpur, Bar
gaon, and Jaisingpur. He killed six
men in Bersoma, three in Sofa, four in
Gangeo, and four in Mafdan. He like
wise killed a bullock and o pony, and
also completely destroyed new carriage.
The animal used to stand at the door Of
house, force his entry by demolishing
the walls on either side, and would then
kill as many of the inmates as he could,
pursuing others who tried to run away.
He mangled the corpses terribly.
After securing victim he sometimes
returned to the spot to sec if life was
extinct, and would commence mutilating
the body afresh. He carried several
bodies long distances and threw them
into ravines, etc. The elephant found
his way to the Dehra Raiah's place, where
he tried to enter the house of gardener;
but some men, mounted on three ele-
plants, assisted by spearmen, drove him
of. He then returned to Bebipur, where
he tried to break down his masters
house, in which several persons had
taken refuge. The police got into the
house from . back window, and were
obliged to send for help to the Dehra
Rajah, who sent three elephants and
some spearmen. The animal received
two gunshots on the head at Bebipur,
which, however, only temporarily drove
him off. He was ultimately captured,
at imminent risk, by the Rajah's three
elephants and men.
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Personal.

Miss Annie E. Long left us last week,
and is now In Concord.
Col. Wassom spent several days in our
city and spoke at the court house on Mon
day night to large and appreciativc
audience.
Miss Mary Barner returned home last
Monday from visit of several weeks in
Raleigh.
Miss Annie Wade, of Winnsboro, S. c.,
is visiting friends in our city.
Mrs. A. W. Calvin left last Monday for
Concord, where she will spend week or
more.
Miss Nora Tyler has gone to the coun-
try to teach.
Mrs. Frank Reeves has returned from
the mountains.
Mrs. J.. A. Tyler left for Concord We'd
nesday evening to attend the Sunday
School convention held there this week.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
Sources OF Vegetable Seed.

There are about seventy different vari.
ties of vegetable seeds, including herbs,
supply Jnem at prices beIOw wnaJ qhis .
ticles can be purchased for in the stv<I
The voices of some of the hucksters
can be heard all day long in the thor
oughfares of New York, in winter, in
summer, in fair weather and in foul.
Some of them confine their peregrina-
tions to certain districts, while others go
where they mink to succeed best. Oys-
tiers, CLANS, and fruit employ a goodly
number of people, both young and old,
who hawk these articles about in hand.
carts and baskets. From the ups and
downs of fortune among them, not few,
instead of having horses of their own,
are obliged to hire them, and, as con-
sequence, the profits are reduced very
considerably by the sum paid for the
horse and cart.
Other peddlers trade tin and iron ware
for old clothes. A very good cooking
pot may be had for pair of old trousers.
The articulation of a man who frequents
the upper part of the city is admirable.
His respect for the consonants is very
great. "Any old-d clothes-es or boots.
es; any umbrellas, however old-dl"
He drawls the invitation out, but is al
ways distinct, walking slowly in the
middle of the street, and addressing the
upper windows of the houses on either
side.
The neighborhood of lower Broadway,
Fourteenth street, Grand street, and Bow
arv swarms daily with heterogeneous
notably OF mangold-wurtzel. ruta- iscella-
oRlnach' caullnower and radish. ngs OF,
mnl5e we are to considerable extent. and
pendent upon other countries for ma Few
OI our choice vegetable seeds. we havs +
many excellent varieties of different
'Pecies little known abroad, incIudino
Deans, some varieties of corn, also toma.
pes ana meons. Fine varieties of celery
ave oeen produced here, and our Drum.
leae caoDages are far superior to those
= european countries, as they are there
'rown for stocks. Melons and cucnm
ers are grown In England under GLASS.
'ur lmportatlons of seeds are from Emo. I
md, France, Canada and Germans s
nose from Canada being confined TO meas t
rance and Germany have had the ranu' h
ition OF furnishing, as a rule. fbs q
lolcer variety of vegetable and f,owe, 81
'eds. Fabulous prices have sometime, "
zen paid by American seedsmen 70, u
aropean seed of high grade. Mr.. III X
: gregory, Of Marblehead, paid soms +
ars ago as high as 5000 an ounce 70, s.
lolce cucumber seed. Some of the foy. br
"a growers exercise great care in seed CO
lture, giving their attention to but ons ev
TWO sorts, which enables them TO ex. IN
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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
Gold in Different Forms.
W. r. RAGMAN.

Peculiaritics in the form of gold taken
from mining districts often give name
to the locality. Chunk Canyon, Slug |
Gulch and Specimen ravinc are examples. |
A canyon in Ell Dorado county is called |
String Canyon. This is said to be en- &C. i
count of the very singular form Of gold |
dust found in that region. Much of it
resembles pieces of wire, one and two
inches in length, and some of it as fine as
thread.
Observations of the form of their duss
often led miners to make very valuable |
discoveries. All gold, as is well known,
originally came from quartz. In its nat
ural state in the quartz it is yerv, irre"u-,
lar in forre vc"-.I-.,S -as hardly steady
Won Sne expressed her qualification Mt sec.
who's him.
lposEvidently, Steve reflected, some idiot
had pointed him out to her at church the
other evening. He sat down in front
seat, feeling unpleasantly ogreish.
She was hearing the last spelling class.
How pretty she looked, standing there in
her dark-b]ue calico dress and white
apronl What sweet voice she had
though putting out "hen, men, pen, }" to
long line of fidgeting youngsters could
hardly show it to the best advantage
When the class was dismissed, and the
! last small student had rushed, whoop-
ing, down the street, the teacher aud the
young director stood looking at each
other with some awkwardness.
II thought I'd come in" said Steve al
last, apologetically, land see if anything
was needing"
He did not mention the fact of his
being some six weeks late in the per
Torrance of this duty.
The girl dropped her eyes timidly.
"I-don't think so," she murmured.
"What brute she must think mer
Steve reflected, with some self-disgust.
He turned carelessly to the corner
where the broom stood.
Isn't this pretty far gomez" he said,
NTH a conscience-stricken glance at it,
washed lend.
gravel anoe-l little teacher neSStddr7b has boon
washed far from its source thc otsr;t;oa
ca II to become fine and smooth. As
Jug miner approaches the feeding quartz
VEN Inc gold becomes coarser and more
scraaggy till suddenly the pay gives ont
entirely: Then it is certain that rich
quartz ledge is in the vicinity, and in
TINS manner veins have been struck that |
have yielded many thousands of dollars
in few weeks.
Oold dust buying in the mininp towna
was very profitable business in the carlv
Gays OF California. What vas called
Diack sand, composed principally of iron
was always mingled to greater or less
degree with the dust When it was
brought to the buyer. This had to be- ,
blown out, and often the finest particles
Of god were blown out with it. Thus in :
,nas o inc, where large quantity of dust !
was bought much of the fine gold would .
De scattered around the room. The dust .
. sg u, OF buyers counter and swccp.igs 7
y his floor were often worth hundreds Of 1
lollars month. Sometimes the buver. D
we're suspected of cheating in :nore IL y
cgltmate manner by sEly appropriatina &c
ONE OF the gold while they were sbakino
around and examining it in the blow 3
ans.-Sdn Francisco Post. 10
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
Local Gossip.

This week his been exceedingly hot
and dry.
How long will CO.. Charles R. stick is
the question of to-day.
Ross & Adams keep on hand all kinds
of books and stationary.
Mr.. Frank Osborne has been renomi-
mated for Solicitor of this district.
Rev. J. B. Colbert spent few days in
our city this week.
Mr.. Walter Henderson, of Salisbury,
spent Thursday night in our city.
In this issue we publish the address of
the Fair Association to the public Read it.
DIR. J. II. Bugg, recent graduate of
Leonard Medical College stopped in our
city on Thursday.
The local club of the Industrial Asso-
citation will meet at Graham Street NJ.
E. Church next Friday night at So'clock
Mecklenburg will have its own depart
ment at the Industrial Fair. Let all our
ladies send up something.
The meetingat the court house Monday
night was well attended by the ladies of
the city.
The general assembly of the Knights
of Labor of the State meets in Raleigh
in August. Mr. J. W. Gordon is the
delegate from this city.
The change from wet to dry weather
has greatly improved the crops and much
better results is hoped for.
These columns are always open to all
our ministers for church notices and we
solicit contributions from all.
=. The w. G. T. U. will meet at Clinton
Chapel next Monday afternoon at
0sl2G ns Iac d9Il S IN England factor
les generally close at $50 o'clock in tn
- evening and at o'clock on Saturday al
ternoon, while in the silk factories O
Northern Italy the factories are open fror
B o'clock A. NJ. to 10 o'clock P. NJ, tn
bands working "a 1-2 hours per week, Q
10 "a hours per day, exclusive of mea
hours.
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The Bread Fruit Tree.

The bread-fruit tree grows everywhere
in Southern Central AmeGire at tim is
veritable forest king, serthcless. the i'm
; mense proportions, tn oiS.d seeks cbeing
from ten to twelve feI tfcnderful I'd the
branches reach outpresent at her bicum-
ference fonseems wrapped up d one
: hundreL,..alrs child's. Under tbs Q. are
very 6d%S,oand with all the "A dark
aVgreehst2r it is natural that thisf Iy tint
Aim faid princess should have AMI ulewhat
uai Wnedrodc, but more than once ser-pot
tom,hquse officers have been astoufnd ten
ut the number and character ofne treo
trunks carried by the party, and the looked
.imc Mrs. Sharpsteen arrived in with
ork from Europe with eighteen irish tint
'he found herself, to her great aSto-nt part
nent, suspected OF being famouse prepare
'muggler for whom the officers w,,sa small
ne lookout. To begin with. MissAi cavity
iad passion for dolls, and she ming and
hem up in every foreign count,vut The
ne mas been and net dolls only. but. cross bc-
'ardrobes and every conceivable
nat can be thought of for doll
coping. She has German dollw.u
rench dolls, and Flemish dol
wiss dolls and japanese dolls. brplexed for
runettes, brides, peasants Of allenon OF q
'mplexions and sizes Then siberia. A
,efytning IN diminutive that fair fen to dig
lty clothes itself with the world c.Ask three
ayeling suites, bridal trosseaus, dug down
stumes, full evening dress arolidly fro EN-
ms, boots and gloves almAcademy Of Sci
lmber She makes it poinsll for month
oves for every doll in her colleed depth OF
ere Is a glove-maker in PEas still frozen
,kcs them for her especially. the Academy
ms fancy extends TO herself ahe excavation
point about which she is ms depths, and
yer, except when eating or mated that the
me seen without gloves. She hpth OF 5i2 feet
play in, gloves to drive in auyreatest cold i
all occasions. almost all of utsk, not evea
and Of shades to snit here Siberian win.
ter coshat little girl 6rcnd to depth II
800 feet Biologists have decided that
tho frozen valley of the Lower Lena is
formation Of the glacial period. Tn y
believe, in short, that it froze slid y
then, and has never since had q chan )
} to thaw out.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
Charlotte Alessellper.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., July 81, 1886.
OUR CHURCHES.

st. Michnel's Q' e. church, Mint st. Ser.
vices ct II A. NJ, and S P. NJ. Sunday School
at 4 f. NJ. Rev. +. p. ALsToN, Pastor
NJ. E. Churt b, South Graham st; Services,
at P. M, and S p. NJ Sunday School at
10 A. NJ REV. S. M. HAINEs, Pastor
First Baptist chu oh, South Church8t; Ser
vices at II A. NJ, 3 P. M. andS F. NJ. Sunday
School al z. NJ. REV. A. A. POWELL, Pastor
Ebenezer Baptist church, East End st. Ser
vices at IL A. NJ, 3 p. NJ, and p M. Sun
cay School at P. NJ. Rev. z. HAUGHToN,
Pastor.
rresbyterian ohurh, corner 18th and College
Services at p. NJ, and 8 P. M. Sunday
School at 10 A. NJ. REV. r. P. WYcHE, Pastor.
Clinton Chapel, "a. NJ. E. ~ Mint st; Ser
vices at II A. NJ, P. M, and s p NJ. Sun
day School at z. M. Rev. NJ SLADE, Pastor
Little Rock "a. NJ. L. ~, E. st;
Services at II A. NJ, 5 p, and s p NJ. Sun
day School at l P. NJ. Rev. WIN. JOHNSON,
Pastor.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
Fortunes in Branding Iron,

- a i ns correspondent explains how s ~,
'~e " ene fortunes are made in the cat -: ~
aW6ati" saia Steve, wr,ai IA sudden,
unexplainable sinking OF the heart
"He's hanging around considerable,
anyhow" said Mr.. Larkin. event to
visit the school last week: and he was
asking me to-day whether Molly's got
any way of getting home Friday night.
He said he'd just as lief take her in his
buggy as not. Molly generally walks
but l guess she'll be glad Of lift"
"You don't mean TO tell me-" said
Steve, warmly, THAT she'd have any
thing to do with hint"
Mr.. Larkin stared. What ould Stew
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
A Tall American.

Pay-Director Murray, of the United
States Navy, is very tail, and is endowed
with physique in full proportion to his
height. When sitting, he holds himself
very erect, and an ordinary-sized person,
if seated behind the genial naval officer,
would experience considerable difficulty
in obtaining view of what was passing
in front
Several years ago. while in Paris, Pay
Director Murray visited the Grand Opera
House, and was enjoying the perform
ance very quietly, when his pleasure was
suddenly interrupted by the mutterings
of an individual seated directly behind
him. Turning slightly around to dis
cover the cause of his annoyance, he
found diminutive Frenchman in per-
feet rage over something which was IN
Ineligible to him. Raising his opera
glass, to obtain better view of one of
the performers, his establishment may be
imagined when he felt his arm l ppsE Ss
I'd e''-"ay planted literally of manv
liuits, not neglecting the orange. but the
vineyard was their first care. and II hos
ProDcbly paid them better even than tho
citrus fruits would have done. Tho Anao
heim OF to-day presents many charming
homes, which are revelation to Faster5
people OF the rapid growth of frnit troos
ana ornamental shrubs under This Sontb'
'rh sun. Many Of them have charm;no
grounds and come as near 10 tho idol -
;, P ~, suburban home as one ever gets Q
= Inn 'nls worid. Naturally in the colonies (
.ooe them, and notably in Orange and !
roh;.. 1nd, more attention is paid to =
conjecture and to the ornamentation of u
ROUNDS. Perhaps of all the colonies in 9
ouihern California Pasadena stands at I
l !, mead Tor the beauty of the grounds in t,
nlch each of its handsome villas il G.
laced. in many of the places in early 81
prll may be seen hundreds of varieties b
roses Just coming into bloom. the rich Z
J"erlng almond and scores of shnIba Il
nese' with the orange and peach in full yt
ooh' make a paradise of f.oral lowell ca
IS which 1t would be difficult TO naraI- Ell
in any climate. P"'"i- Gu
no California colony has received mora or
nerous advertisement than Riverside ce
nefnardino county. Every Eastern
irlst has heard Of it and has II dow
ms Itinerary. The place is well worth A
islt and careful inspection, for IL GER arc
MY demonstrates, beyond all others mi
miracle which may be wrought nv ,om
Lion on the Southern plains. In DUN
been tfa inc colony from Celton one init
known 10 dispose Of seySS4p Rernar- iher
four and one-half feet in length. CoppHlh
head snakes have also fallen victims to
him. The dogs teeth arc badly broken
in striking against rocks while swapping
at the reptiles as they glided away from
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There are now eleven guides appointed

There are now eleven guides appointed
. show visitors through the National
Dapitol and explain its wonders. Nc
Al price is fixed for their services and they
leave their fee to the generosity of the
aaas visitor, generally receiving a fair COM
pensatlon for the long tramp through the
soft Abui.ding and stereotyped descriptive
chin tSSpeeches. Many members employ guides
his Make their constituents over the build
Mia. as they have not the time, and
saAetriy pay rather than be troubled
'st berag task One of the
kaudpa 70 I hug wart, of Virginia,
. her ;nto rs and don's name has has i65" egHn's
trap !" '"' : as suitable one to
5bg %Whites.9r
Cd chaHrves cfore us. 1t is neat six
ne ~ Of /be published every Satur-
way &c. - fica-American Pub 90
Y We have had in our city this week Mr.
a. W. Pegues, recent graduate of the
-ewisburg Pa.,) Theological Seminary
lie was on bis way to Cheraw, S. c.. his
home. "''
Mr' X. L. Hutchins, of Wilmington
one OF very few young colored men
\ omitted to TIE National Painters
.hion' lie passed very difficult exam.
nation and is now attending the session
in Philadelphia. I
An persons receiving this paper will
please examine 1T and if they have mt
paid Tor 1t, will please forward us a spb. :
scHption. We beg the encouragement .
Of all. e''''''' g
a local club to work in the interest NJ v
the industrial Fair was organized at the ea
court house last Monday night. ]. NJ at
"oode IS chairman and J. W. Brown Of
secretary. 90
We publish in this issue letter from I'll
= f5rrc Il reA W. IIarlee on his trip t1iour be.
1 A ,,..: urn rnc t';stas., e. <citaa,e A,
n..iVe then conducted me 10 t si.',. r..
To- sne enief, where found Kew. nouse J
q. On the ground l,cs;ds ' ~. lift
r;rod heap OF clothing which r " nin heat
81 49, ~ tne garm 'nts worm I.r %: H. a,
me. '"e nut, Keys called t.kcome
On. Mr.. Thompson. bat pr;o. eatner
-" uene i2r lie was in a bnt me- custom
airy system, solar apparatus may Ell
feet saving in the quantity OF fue
usually consumed.
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who are compelled Is eso oG sisq 10, s..ar
this work and destitution. s0+
The earnings Of newsboy on an aver
age day are small. They seldom exceed
dollar. In winter they arc sensibly
lower. An exceptional day comes now
and then, when profits are doubled.
Railroad or steamboat accidents, sensa-
tional murders, and the death Of notable
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A Dnenos Ayres MIIkmnn

A letter from Buenos Ayres. the
la[gest city in South America, to the
onlcago Ners, has the following: Here
'om,s a fellow hoisted upon a huge
bundle OF sheepskin, on the back of an
unique horse. What is he doing nm
mere; sitting on the pack as on a chair
WI his feet on each side of the borae,s
20 M. r,frhak 10 =, .iy,s f,lTg