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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-11-27

Business in New York's great financial
center, Wall street, would be paraIyzed
but for the loaning system in vogue
there. Comparatively small brokerage
concerns re ,uire as much as 81, 900, 00t
ct time to do their bus ness. They put
up stocks and bonds as collateral. The
rule is to advance money to the extent OF
abo t three-quarters the market value Of
the securities pl dyed. If the prices Of
securit es decline, the banks Their re
duce the loans or require an incre se in
the collaterals. Tie system of certifica-
ton makes it impossible TO work of a
bogus cheek. Loose money is never used
in tran action Everything is 'done
on paper. The banks Just the balances
of tho brokers and their own balances
are in turn ad listed through the medium
of the clearing house. It is really sur
f-ising how little actual N Dney is used
in the str ct. About all the money that
is seen in the 5fices is to pay clerks and
for the personal use Of members of the
houses. Messenger boys and office boys
run around all day with checks for hun.
dreds of thousands Of dollars in theii
hands. Thieves do not snatch them, foi
they would be of no more use than SO
much blank paper. Not a dollar could
be secured on them. Such thing as 8
robbery is never heard Of in Wall street
nowadays. That, if any place, ought to
be thieves paradise, but | do not know
place where gentlemen who help them
selves to other peoples property will find
poorer picking.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-11-27
General News.

A colored man employed on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
had his leg cut off by the cars al
Birmingham, Ala. three years ago,
the company to give him lift, gave
him at the time an acre Of ground
near the city, whereon he built a
shanty. The city has grown to
such an extent that his property
become Incorporated, he sold it last
week for ten thousand dollars.
In Chattanooga Tenn. colored men
are employed in the iron furnaces
there, and wages are thirty dollars
per week while mere boys earn five
TO six dollars per week.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-11-27

Nashville has n citizen who in drcs
aud general conduct appears to be per
iectly sane, but each morning he ger
up early, oils a small bag With food, ,
little tobacco. and sons stones. goss t.
the nver and throws it in. Asked VII,
he does this, he says: 'Brcther can1
get anything 10 eat under the water
One Of his brothers was drowned.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-11-27
Our Young Men.

The young men Of America have
much to be thankful for and much
10 stimulate and nerve them to
greater exertions However humble
and obgewe may b their station.
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Lincolnton, N. c., Nov. IL, 1886
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Frisndship is golden oOin that bright
ems withths ping.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
BASE BALLS.

How They Are Made-An Ingenious and
Important Industry.
The manufacture Of base balls in this
country has become an important in
dustry, and an ingenious one, too,
according to the description given of
the process: First, there is little hard
rubber ball, around which there is
wound a strong blue coarse yarn, and,
when this reaches prescribed size, it
is firmly wrapped with white Vene-
tian yarn. The balls are now placed
in an oven and baked until the moisture
is taken out of them and they are re-
duced in size, this making them solid.
They are then coated with cement,
which causes the balls to retain their
shape, and they can not be knocked
crooked After this comes some fine
blue yarn and around the whole is
placed fine white gilling Irvine. The
balls are weighed, each to have q GER
tain weight. and the covers are put
on, these being made of the best horse
hide. It consists of two pieces, each
cut in the shape of q figure eight.
By bending one section one way, and
the other in an opposite direction, q
complete cover is obtained. This is a
simple and effectual substitute for the
former method of covering with four
pieces Of leather.-M J. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28

Some of the Vague Premonitions of Inn
pending Danger Harbored By Unreason-
ing People. -
After curiosity, the most deplorable
attribute of human nature is blind, I'M
reasoning superstition, and yet we see
people every day who are ignorantly
superstitious.
Many man who is old enough to
know better will shiver with supersti-
tious dread when the stove pipe falls
and hits him on the head, and again
there great many who regard it an
evil omen when they see creditor over
the left shoulder.
Ionce had very dear friend, whose
only weakness was superstition; such
trifes as visit from his wife's mother
would depress him for days, and once,
when he fell out of third-story window,
he said that he regarded the incident as
an evil omen.
In his arduous duties as driver of a
street-car. one would think that he would
have had but little time to indulge in
such vagaries of the imagination, but he
always had the greatest faith in omens.
On one occasion, when the company put
a sorrel mule on his car, he expressed a
vague premonition of impending dan
ger, and was gloomy and taciturn all
day.
In the evening passenger who was
standing on the back platform of the car
was surprised and annoyed by being hit
on the equator with the remains of the
driver, part of which also hung over
the bell rope, and protruded from the
fare box. His presentiment had
been verified and the mule was
still robust. Afterward, seven
drivers were hurled into space by
this animal, all of whom expressed a
presentiment of evil as soon as they
: boarded the car.
have only had one presentiment in
my life, but it was a large silver-plated
presentiment with silver tip; I was try
ing to enter a neighbours house at mid
night by the back window, to secure a
few articles of silver as souvenirs, when
I encountered the family bulldog. Inn
mediately was seized with peculiar
dread, and when the seance was over,
and gentlemanly policeman pried my
neck out of the dogs mouth, the pecu-
liar dread was still there.-Wau Mason.
in The Whip.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
PITH AND POINT.

Kingston On. " dudes have de-
cided not to kiss girls who chew gum.
Let the good work go on. We mean
the gum-chewing.-FaU Riuer Advance.
Bishop Horne promised to s.spare
no labor to learn the art of it" If any
one would tell him chow truth may be
spoken without offending some. Nv r.
Tribune.
This was rare philosophy in the
three-year-old boy who asked what night
is for, and not content with the reply
''For rest and Sleep" added, mo, papa,
night is for tomorrow.
"A Virginia Colonel blew into gun
the other day and found it was loaded.
1t isn't safe for men who don't know
anything about firearms to bother with
them. Rochester Post Cypress.
kiss the baby while you can," adj
monishes poet. "We can kiss her just
as well eighteen or twenty years from
now-if she's that kind of baby" eau
tiously remarks the Buffalo Express.
"A modern wit defines the difference
between men and women: "a man gives
forty cents for twenty-five-cent thing
he wants, and woman gives twenty
five cents for forty-cent thing she does
not want"
in New York bank: Texas Wis
itOr-'1 reckon, stranger, you do a
right smart business?" Banker, prompt
y-''My dear, sir, you have no idea
how extended our business relations
are. At the present time we have three
cashiers in Canada.-N. 7. San.
"A little four-year-old girl was put
to bed in the third story Of her home
and left, as usual, in the dark. A ter
rible thunderstorm came up, and the
mother, thinking that the child would
be frightened at the lightning, went to
her. On entering, the child called out
with delight: Mamma, the wind blew
the sun up just now; did you see itp''
Fears had no entrance there.-IOted0
Blade.
always conducive to the smooth running
of the household. II must hurry
home," said Mrs. De Peyster to Mrs. De
has been riding his bicycle again - s'In-
deed, and did he break his recorda"
30, no; but he broke his other leg He
has only one whole limb now, and that
is the middle finger of his left hand. ~
Hartford Post.
Eyes, SIR" said Jones to Smith,
s'as men grow in age and experience
they advance in knowledge" II don't
think Sc" replied Smith. Don't think
SOP That's rather singular. The opin-
ion hold on the subject is the universal
opinion" ''It may be, but 1 have my
own opinion, nevertheless, and it is that
the younger we are the more we know.
When I was a youth I knew twice as
much as my father. Now / am aged,
and don't know half as much as my
son. "-Bosto,s Gazette.
30, Henry! you must send for the
doctor at once. 1 believe 1 am getting
the dropsy. Now don't delay mo-
ment.'' Mr.. De Blank-'Why, what
put that in your head?' "Dear me-!
Will you never be satisfied that what I
say is trueP I got weighed to-day, and
o, it's awful. weighed three hundred
pounds awful! Where did you get
weighed" "Around at your coal
yard" ''Calm yourself, my dear. Your
weight is exactly one hundred and fifty
pounds. "-Montreal Witness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
MODERN GARDENING.
Hints to Farmers Who Appreciate tn
Benefits of Practical Gardening.

Hints to Farmers Who Appreciate the
Benefits of Practical Gardening.
The old plan of having little garden
spot. spading it up and tending it by
hand, is the plan that presents itself to
many mans mind when he is urged
to have good garden. Naturally he
thinks this is great deal of bother, and
it is. We do not blame a farmer for
not wanting to enter upon such work.
But that is not the way gardening is
now generally done on farm. The
garden is more like field than it is
ffke the garden of our younger days. 1t
is laid out so that there may be long
rows. The ground is plowed, and the
horse is brought into requisition to Gull
tivate. In this way the garden is little
more trouble than the corn field. Hand
labor is tedious and it is always
expensive. We would advise
farmer to have good garden,
even if he must cultivate it
by hand, but the way to do it is to plant
in long rows and cultivate it with horse
power. If the tillage is by hand by all
means have the most improved imple-
ments. Speaking of sowing seed, per-
haps this would be good place to give
the quantities Of seed to sow a single
row Of one hundred yards. The follow
lowing table will show:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
A. LAWYER BAFFLED.

How q Colored Witness Escaped from
Giving Testimony In = Case.
Jim McSnifter was being tried in San
Antonio for trying to bride colored
witness. Sam Johnsing, to testify false
~.
"You say this defendant offered you
a bride of fifty dollars to testify In his
bchalfp'
"Yes, sah.'
SHOW repeat precisely what he said,
using his own words"
..He said he would give me fifty dol
lars if T.
HE can't have used those words.
He didn't speak as third person.
ssNo, sab; he tuck good kecr dat dar
was no third pusson present. Oar was
only as two. De PENDANT am too smart
ter hab anybody listenin' when he am
talking about his own reskelity.'
II know that well enough, but he
spoke to you in the first person, didn't
hep
81 was de fust pusson, myself"
ssYou don't understand me. When
he was talking to you did he use the
words: i will pay you fifty dollars
mo, boss; he didn't say muffin about
you payin' me fifty dollars. Your name
wasn't mentioned, 'ceptin dat he tole
me eff eber got inter . scrape dat you
was de best lawyer in San Antonio to
fool de Judge and jury"
s.You can step down. "-Teras SI1-
fuOS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
Of this beautiful world. All her moth-

of this beautiful world. All her mofh.
erly instincts and feelings forbade Il.
One lovely summer afternoon whom
the entire family were absent excepting
Katy Kos-ta-marlasky-Joh Nikota
said she had no eyes or ears for any
thing else Tabby got her back up at
Bob. First she cnffed him, then she
spit in his face. and had about made
up her mind to eat him alive,
when he. escaped from her clutches.
He dew on to the soap barrel and
crowed over her.
Tabby. doubly enraged. sprang mp
after him. Her weight tipped the
cover off and Bob fell into the barrel.
Tabby fell in too, but she got out
again. Bob never did. At least not
until next morning, when Elmer fished
him out. Then he was dead. Of course
he was.
What vast pity so little, so hand
soihe. so plucky . bird should have
met his death in q soap barrel.
Long and sincerely the children
mourned for him. They laid him ten
derby in a little tin box and buried him
in shady corner in the garden.
Elmer put white palings around his
grave, and Carrie planted white rose
bush upon it. Frank set up little
headstone, upon which was printed
"BRAvE BANTAM BOB
Jennie Nickery, in ~ Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
THE FASHIONS.

Gay velvets and Pushes Disputing the
Supremacy With Daintier Fabrics.
Pale pink or blue velvets and pushes
this winter dispute the supremacy with
fabrics of daintier sort in the creation OF
gowns for ball and reception wear.
Fashionable modistes now send home
their elegant evening toilets supplied
with two separate bodices, one high cut,
with half long sleeves, the other low cut
for balls and the opera. The latter are
sharply pointed front and back, and lace
behind. There is but a single dart each
side of the immediate front, but a deep
cutaway side form, beginning at the
lower portion of the arm-size, adjusts
graceful taper to the figure.
Astrakhan is considerably used for
entire jackets, these made with loose
fronts with deep revers down each side.
Many are shaped to close at the neck
only, where they are held by a large sill
yer or bronze clasp, and falling away
they slightly disclose vest of velvet or
plush, or one of fine lady's cloth closely
fitting the form. A few show a waist
coat of faille laid in fiat plaits held in
with belt and fastened with buckle or
other ornament matching the one at the
throat
Belt and cloak clasps and buckles are
now made of such fine gold and silver
many of them set with half-precious
gems-that they are classed as fine jew
elry. The newest devices are made of
beaten gold studded with small jewels
and festooned with fine link chains la
Theodore. The medieval patterns are
made with coats of arms, mailed knights
on prancing steeds, or with heads of
historical and neurological personages
in relief, two shades of gold and silver
or gold and bronze generally showing in
the devices. Silver bells, with chate-
LANES attached are rich and novel.
Some of these are in fligree; others are
chased in intricate and antique designs.
In new underwear for the winter are
jersey corset-covers of all wool, silk and
wool, or fine ribbed stockinette, these
fitting the form like glove. All silk
undervests are made in jersey style, fit
ted without seam, and shape them
selves to the wearer. Knitted vests of
fine Saxony wool are made exactly like
infants shirts, in close, soft ribs that
shape themselves. Striped jersey fam
nels are made into underskirts and fin
ished with a crochet or knitted edge.
Skirts of fine eider-down flannel in bebe
blue, pearl, cream or pale pink are
made with simple hem and edged with
wooden lace. Knitted short skirts of
deep cardinal Germantown wool, or
those woven in deep ribs, are edged
around the bottom with four-inch GRO
Chef edges in lace-like designs.-N. y
Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
DON'T CUT The sTRlNcl

The Habit OF Waste in Little Things .
Drawback to Ones Value and Useful
ness.
Said one of the most successful
merchants of Cleveland, o., day or
two since, to a lad who was opening
parcel: Young man, unite these
strings-don't cut themr' 1t wasn't
the first remark he had made TO a new
employe. It was the first lesson for
the lad to learn, and involved prin-
ciples of success or failure in his bust
ness career. Pointing to q well-dressed
man behind the counter, he said:
There is a man who whips out his
scissors and cuts the strings of the
package in three or four places. He is
good salesman, but will never be
anything more presume he lives
from hand to mouth and very likely is
more or less in debt. The trouble with
him is that he was never taught to
save. told the boy just now to unite
the string instead of cutting it, not 80
much for the value of the string as 70
teach him that everything must be
saved and nothing wasted. II the idea
can be firmly impressed upon the mind
at beginning in life that nothing was
luduG W DC w dSbC0, yO0 hdVO A0ASA 0AAO
foundation of success"
The moral of this little incident 10
self-evident. A young man well
brought up, with a fair education,
seeks employment in business house.
The habit of waste in little things II
noticeable, and becomes drawback on
his value and usefulness to his employ
er. The disregard of saving strings
and paper develops into carelessness
that runs through all his habits. He
does not get on in the world because
he is wasteful. Small sums slip
through his fingers almost uncon-
sciouslv because they are small. He
wastes time by the minute, without q
thought of the old adage: take care
of the minutes and the hours will take
care of themselves. =
Sitting in the counting-room Of one
of Cleveland's Oldest and most sue
cessful merchants of the day we noticed
that he cut off the blank sheets of the
letters he was engaged in filing. The
name of this man is q synonym Of
character and benevolence, and his
liberality in all good works is almost
unbounded. His attention being
called to what seemed to be an unu-
sual proceeding, he said: Yes, it
may strike you as singular thing to
save these half sheet Of paper, but !
commenced life as boy in country
store, and this was one Of the first les
sons in saving little things that was
taught me by my employer. He has
been nearly half century under the
sod but never do this without thinking
Of the good old man. I believe it was
the cause of my success in life. !"
This saving of little things does not
imply stinginess or meanness. II Is
simply the habit of saving instead of
wasting. It is embodied in the motto:
Waste not, want not" Therefore
we do say: Don't cut the string. ~
Newsboys' appeal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28

gas space, oval in shape instead OF
rounded, as offering less resistance to
the air than the rounded surface of the
balloon. Beneath this gas space is a
space for small engine and boiler,
which are used to work the propellers
which are at each end. The gas space
is light enough to carry up into the air
the weight of the engine and boiler,
and then the propellers are employed to
advance the vessel in any direction.
There is also steering apparatus. AS
I have said, a great many patents have
been issued. but none of these great air
ships have been made, because of their
cost. Some of the inventions provide
for the lower portion of this gas space
to be hollow, and fitted up with accom-
modations for passengers, with cabins
and outside promenade.
.What do these cranks expect to ac-
complishp" asked the listener.
lyon must not call them cranks,"
was the reply, ''for that does them an
injustice. Several of the recent pat
entees are not only men of ability, but
men of wealth. They believe that air
ship navigation is a feasible project, but
they do not seem to be inclined to risk
their own money. Of course, l do not
pretend to say whether this idea is
capable of being put into practical shape
or not. 1t is enough to say that scientific
men are of the opinion that the idea that
promises the best results is that which is
suggested by the movement of bodies in
the air. For instance, you throw a
piece of slate or single into the air.
You will find that it sails along with its
edge to the wind, now going up as if
sliding up hill on the air and then go
ing down in the same way, until
finally gravitation brings it to the earth,
the initial force being exhausted.
A bird flies in the same manner.
New inventors propose to construct a
flat surface of silk or some light SUBJ
stance, which is stretched upon frame,
An engine is suspended from it, which
works propellers on the top of this fiat
surface. In motion this arrangement
is made to initiate the piece of single
and dips obliquely when going up and
down so as to slide along on the air, as
it were. The propellers keep it in mo-
ton, and there are also arrangements at
the ends to steer the affair.
1.-The air ships of modern times"
continued Mr.. Woodward, "are of
great length, and with their engines
and other apparatus cost great deal of
money. The inventors are hopeful Of
being able to enlist the interest of cap
italists- They are confident of being
able some day of reaching a practical
solution of the problem of aerial naviga-
ton. y Washington Republican.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
The Bad Little Girl.

She was in the parlor entertaining DR..
Pillgarlic while her big sister was putting
the finishing touches to her toilet upstairs.
While she was munching the candy he had
given her, she suddenly put her hand to her
cheek.
"Oh, dear, I've got toof-ache!'
"That's too bad" he said sympathetical.
ly.
~ wish my teef was like Sister Lilies. y
she said artlessly.
''Why?" he asked.
"Then, when they ached, could take 'em
out an put 'em in mug till they got
through
And then Sister Lille, who had entered
led her out with the remark that s'little
girls should have been in bed long ago.
Sam, the Scaramouch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28

magic spell about your music that is SIM
ply indescribable."
do you really think so?"
'sWhy, it is 50 grand, SO perfectly mag
nificent, that you deserve an audience
composed entirely of musicians like Beet
hoven."
'"That's the highest compliment must
clan can receive"
"Yes, but you deserve every bit of it.
Yes, sir, an audience composed OF mu-
sicians like Beethoven would appreciate
your piano recitals."
After the performer had gone away a
gentleman asked Pennybunker what he
meant by such extravagant praise of such
poor music.
II beg your pardon, I didn't praise his
music" replied Penny
sYou said he deserved an audience COM
prised entirely of musicians like Beet
hoven."
"And so he does. Don't you know that
Beethoven was so deaf that he could not
hear a single note of the loudst orchestra?
That's the kind of an audience he deserves"
Texas Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-28
A Timely Suggestion.

One hundred and twenty-six thou
sand miles Of railway are now resonant
with commerce in the United States.
Each mile contains 5000 wooden ties
(the average life Of the tie is ten years;
each year 10 per cent. of the ties is re-
newed). At so cents apiece the an
nual cost is more than %, 900 900, and
ten years from date every tie now in
use will have been renewed. Think
of the forests thus destroyed, and Of
the other means of consumption Of
timber products, in bridges, cars,
warehouses, depots and fuel, which the
voracious and Unsuitable railroads also
employ; and do they replace any treesP
Not as yet. But the courts have de-
clared the rights Of the States to regu-
late railroads in many ways, and why
not as to their utilization for tree
planting along their lines ON their 100
feet OF right Of wayf-J. Sterling Nor
ton. IN Outing.