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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-23

II we know all the methods Of approach adopt
cd by an enemy we arc the better enabled to ward
or the danger and postpone the moment when
surrender becomes inevitable. In many instances
the inherent strength of the body suiRces to ena-
BILE IL to oppose the tendency towards DEATH
extent that there is little or no help. In other
cases little aid to the weakened Lungs will
make all the difference between sudden death and
many years of useful life. Upon the first symp-
toms of Cough, Cold or any trouble of the Throat
or Lungs, give that old and well-known remedy
-Boschees German Syrup. careful trial. 1t
will prove what thousands say of 1t to be, the
"benefactor Of any homo"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-23

Horse Blankets which are strong
and have a reputation are always
initiated in poor qualities which
look like them, but having fewer
warp threads are not as strong.
Some dealers buy these poor
limitations for a few cents less and
by saying thcyare Gust as good"
sell them at the same price as the
strong blankets to parties who do
not know the difference. !
You cannot tell whether horse
blankets are strong by the look
or feel, as the warp threads do
not show ON the face. How then
are you to know So
Inorderthat you cantella strong
blanket from a weak one, the manu-
facturer of 5A Horse Blankets
sews the above "a Trade Mark
inside Of each blanket. This is a
guarantee that it is the strongest
blanket made for the money and
will wear well. : g,
Many poor limitations have been
sold as "a blankets. Remember
none are genuine unless the
"a Trade Mark is sewed inside.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-23
Let the curtain fall.

Don't stand on the order of going go
straight to the next corner and buy bottle of
DR.. Bnlfs Cough Syrup, II you want to cure
your cold.
Farmers and Horsemen read this IL find Saliva
ton Oil most excellent liniment among horses,
and take pleasure in indorsing it as a certain
remedy for scratches. JAS. THOMAS, Franklin
road near Baltimore.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-23

"A young lady visiting for the first time
in the country was alarmed at the approach
of cow. She was too frightened to run,
and, shaking her psrasol at the animal, she
said In o ypRy stern tome Lie aOwa, cir !;
lie DOWN.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
The Eve Of q Rabbit.

One of the most delicate and notable
surgical operations ever performed in the
world occurred in Philadelphia a few
days ago, being nothing less than the
transportation of a portion of the eye of
rabbit to the eye of human being.
The object of the operation was to re-
lieve the obscurity of an eye of a patient
which was caused by inflammation, and
which produced in time an opaque sur
face. The patient was a servant girl.
The operation took place at Germantown
hospital, under the immediate direction
of DR.. L. Webster Fox, opthalrnic sur
geon of the institution, who witnessed
one of the only two operations OF this
nature which have ever been performed
in the world, in Germany last year, it
being performed by Prof Won Wipple,
of GiesseD, Germany.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
Over in Georgia.

The people of Acworth have resolved
to build hotel costing from $25, 900 to
$40, 1000.
The melon acreage of Mitchell county
is abolt double what it was last year, in
round numbers 5000 acres.
The convention of the colored school
teachers of Georgia will convene in
Athens the first week in May.
William B. Jones, of Dublin, caught
two young rabbits in his garden few
days ago. He had an old Maltese cat
which had family oil kittens, and from
some cause the kittens died. The old
cat has adopted the rabbits, and happi-
ness reigns throughout the household.
The cat cares for the rabbits as tenderly
as she did for her own offspring.
The announcement that Col. w. l..
Scruggs would accept the editorship Of
the prohibition weekly at Atlanta seems
to have premature. It is now said that
Col John William Jones, the historian,
will be selected to fill the position. Col.
Scruggs is regular contributor to the
North American Review, but on account
of his being Republican it was thought
best not to select hip. The first issue
Of the paper is expected to appear on
May 9Th.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
The Deadly kerosene.

An explosion occurred in a dwelling
house on West street, between 18th and
14th, Topeka. Kansas, caused by the
pouring Of oil from five gallon oin
nearly full into the tank Of a gasoline
stove. The building was set on fire and
DESTROYED, resulting in the death of
Anne Rogers, an English girl, who had
been in this country only a short time,
and her charge, Mary Mclaughlin, the
six year old daughter Of Mclaughlin and
wife, who with A. d. Campbell, trav-
cling salesman for Cincinnati notion
house, and his wife, occupied the house.
The bodies when recovered were flesh.
less, charred mass.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
"reminiscences Of nOld Hickory. "

One of the greatest characteristics OF
General Andrew jackson was his oppo-
sttion to anything English; he imbibed
this feeling, no doubt, from being SO
often brought TO confront the British
troops and the intrigues of English states
men.
From the very beginning of the revo-
lutionary war, Jackson was more or less
in fighting harness. When only fourteen
he volunteered to meet the British, who
we're then committing depredations upon
the defenceless people of South Caro-
lima. He once remarked: ~ like Balti-
more, because the footprint OF British
soldier has never been seen there"
1t is somewhat singular that this great
warrior and stubborn statesman once
studied for the ministry in the Presbyte-
rian Church.
1t was his frmncss of purpose, more
than skill, which made him so uniformly
successful in dealing with the savages
in the southern territory, as well as the
inyiucibles of Wellington at Orleans. -
Baltimore american.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
The Land or Flowers.

The old Slave Market at st. Augustine
has been repainted, new roof laid, and
this famous old building will soon be
neat as a pin.
It is reported at Key West that Cubans
are actively preparing TO send series Of
small squads Of filibusterers to Cuba, but
are cautious about committing them
selves.
B. d. Hart, of Adamsville, Sumter
county, has just netted $3.50 on one
fourth Of an acre in strawberries, and
there was $50 worth he never gathered.
The orange.growers in and around Or
lando are making extensive inquiries for
piping, pumping engines, &c, to be put
In their groves for irrigating purposes in
case Of any protracted dry weather, thus
guarding against the danger Of the fruit
dropping from the trees, which Is usually
the result Of too long an interval between
showers.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05

Earthquake shocks were felt in Cali
fornia few days ago.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has become
an honorary member of the G. A. R.
Near Wilkesbarre, Pa, two men were
killed by gas explosion in a mine.
The rice plantations on the lower Mis-
sissippi have been badly damaged by an
overflow from the Gulf.
A dispatch from Valentine, Neb., says
a severe blizzard is now raging there,
making travel almost impossible.
The South End Bank, of Columbus,
Ohio, has suspended for two or three
days. The cashier had overdrawn his
account.
On Lees creek, near Fort Smith, Ark,
two desperate characters were killed
while resisting arrest.
Near Olean, N. Y, train was
wrecked, four persons were killed and
thirty-five injured.
The New York banks now hold $16,-
1876, 525 in reserve in excess of legal re-
quirement.
Manuel Santalla and Miguel Gonzalez,
convicted kldnappers, were executed at
Matanzas, Cuba, on Saturday.
Reports from all sections of the Pied
mont, Va, region agree that the fruit
crop has been ruined by the late cold
spell.
An American flag made by the Nuns
of Cashel was formally presented, by
Governor Hill on behalf of Archbishop
Croke, to the 69th New York regiment.
Near Rochester, N. Y, a train was
thrown from twenty foot embankment
and seven persons were dangerously and
thirteen persons less seriously hurt.
The largest dry goods store in Brook
lyn, E. D., Edward r. Storer's) was
burned. Loss on building, $40, 900;
stock, $10O, 900. Adjoining buildings
damaged, $75, 900.
The following crimes and accidents
were reported on Saturday: At Belle
Fontaine, Ohio, the floor of public hall
gave way and many women and children
were killed. At Portland, Oregon, a
man and three young women were
drowned by a boat capsizing. At Salt
Lake City boat, with two men and two
children, was swept over dam. One
man and the children were drowned.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05

thing, however, we do know absolutely /:
The tinting is the real Rose du Barri.
We thought there were only five vases in
Europe, the finest existing examples of
this beautiful ware. I'VE now know
there are seven. The sixth and seventh
stand before you, gentlemen.
Another round of applause greeted
the conclusion of this short speech. The
bidding began. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Fitzroy stood in the corner unnoticed,
breathless with suppressed excitement.
No one needed them. They again played
second fiddle to their own property.
Five hundred pounds was the first bid
tor the pair. A cheer emphasized the
spirited start. A cool thousand was,
however, soon reached. Then there was
pause, amid silence which could be
felt and almost heard. Only three bid.
ers were left in. Every one understood
that they were gathering up their forces
for the final conflict.
1T is against you, my lord," the auc-
tioneer remarked quietly.
The hint was taken, and the bidding
began again. Fifteen hundred guin-
cas-" An unanswerable argument. The
hammer falls. The crowd cheers. The
welthiest nobleman in England is the
purchaser. Mr.. James Fitzroy is the
wealthier by one thousand five hundred
pounds. Mrs. Fitzroy marks her ap-
probation of the gravity of the situation
and her own good luck in true feminine
fashion, by promptly fainting.
threads like romance, yet happens to
be perfectly true.
About the same time girl chances to
die of starvation. One of the weekly
papers saw fit to couple the episode of
the vases and the death of the girl to-
gether, although the two things were
quite distinct. The effort was lyrical,
and the last couplet ran:
"But she was only common clay,
And these were Rose du Barri"
= + ~
A puff of smoke rises up into the air
and curls in graceful spiral curves to the
ceiling, where it hovers until its identity
is lost, owing to the fact of its being
joined by other unsubstantial emanations
from the same source.
M"3ut you are Robert Fitzroy2" queries
the listener, who has been silent for five
minutes after the narrator of the story
had finished.
eyes," with another and more vigor-
GUS puff of smoke, which may or may
not have been expressive of internal
emotion. 81 gave those vases to my
brother. London World.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
A House Office.

A house constructed entirely Of ice
has Just been set up at the Aquarium at
St. Petersburg, Russia. 1t is built after
the style of the historical house Of l74O.
The building, formed of dressed blocks
of ice, comprises three spacious rooms.
Bed, washstand, and all the furniture
are Of ice. The fireplace in the drawing
room contains ice blocks initiating logs
of wood, while apetroleum stove burns
behind; the smoke from the stove
escapes through an ice chimney. Out
side balustrade Of ice surrounds the
house, and the facade Is ornamented by
two large statues hewn out Of leo. The
total cost Of the structure was 1900 rubles.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05

An Ohio firm has been sending clrcu-
lars to the students in Main colleges,
offering to furnish them with essays,
orations, invectives, ETC., made to order,
at from So to $25, according to length.
When boys start out in life by hiring
other men to do their thinking for them,
remarks the Augusta Journal, they
might as well forego the expense of the
so-called liberal education. There are
many worthy callings in life which do
not call for liberal education, but there
is not one that furnishes any chance of
success to young men who are not
accustomed to think for themselves.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
A TERRIBLE CRASH.
The Floor Of an Exhibition Hall Gives
Way.


A terrible accident occurred at Push
sylvania, Ohio. A school exhibition was
in progress in Brookmah's hall, situated
in the second story of brick building.
The hall seats about four hundred peo-
pie, and was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. Suddenly, without the slightest
warning, the floor gave way with
frightful crash. 1t appeared to sink in
the center, funnel-shaped, and the entire
audience went down in surging mass
to the ground, distance of twenty feet.
All physicians in the town were imme-
diately summoned.
Eight people were killed and probably
fifty others more or less seriously in
jured. The walls did not fall in, or the
calamity would have been much worse.
A number of ladies and children were
taken out, some of them unhurt, with
their clothing torn completely of Of
them.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
A NEGRO ASSAULTS A LlTTLEGlRL
A Mob Takes Charge of Him md Hangs
Him to n Limb-Threats of Vengeance.

A Mob Takes Charge of Him and Hanas
Him to n Limb-Threats Of Vengeance.
Hardy Posey, colored, was lynched by
a mob of masked white men for attempt
to rape twelve year old white girl at
Ressemer, Ala.
The negro went to the home of farmer
named Mckinney, who lives just outside
of town. He found Alice Mckinney, a
twelve year old girl, alone, and approach
ing her from behind, threw her to the
ground and attempted to outrage her.
Her screams brought her uncle to the
rescue, and the negro ran, but was soon
caught. He was taken in charge by the
police and was locked up. The girl was
brought in
AND IDENTIFIED PosEY
in crowd of twenty negro men. There
was no excitement, but determination
to make swift and certain punishment
was seen in the faces of the white men
of the town.
The town marshal took the prisoner to
his residence and placed him under
strong guard, but his precautions were
useless. Soon after midnight two hun
dred masked men appeared at the officers
house and demanded the prisoner.
The men were very quiet and had little
to say, but they meant business. Posey
was taken, and the officers were CON-
PEELED to go along with the mob and see
the work we'll done. About fifty feet
from the depot, near the center of the
town, stood large oak tree, and under
this the crowd stopped. The negro was
bound hand and foot and the rope placed
around his neck with the regulation
hangman's knot. A large placard was
pinned to his breast, bearing the
words:
"Our mothers, wives and daughters
must and shall be protected.
Signed]
'BEssEMER's BEST CITIZENS"
The leader then gave the order to pull
away, and in a moment the negro's body
was hanging from limb, his feet being
ten feet from the ground. The crowd
then moved away as quietly as they
came.
The body was left
HANGING TO THE LIMB
until o'clock in the morning, when it
was cut down by the coroner.
Posey was brother of Wesley Posey,
who came near sharing the same fate at
the hands of mob in Birmingham four
years ago. Wesley Posey assaulted
white woman, and the efforts of mob
to lynch him brought about the 'Posey
riot" at Birmingham, and caused all the
State troops to be ordered there. He was
afterwards tried and convicted, but died
in Jail soon after being sentenced.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
THE TIME TO HATE.

have friend-I mean, foe
Whom cordially / ought to hate;
IBut somehow can never seem
To lay the feud between us straight.
When apple boughs are full of bloom,
And Nature loves her fellow-men
With all the witchery of spring
How can you hate fellow then,
And then when summer comes. with days
Full Of long and languid charm,
When even water-lilies sleep
On waves without thought of harm,
When underneath the shadiest tree
My hammock hangs in idlest state,
were an idiot to get up
Out of that hammock just to hate.
Then harvests come. If mine is big,
l am too happy with my store;
II small, I'm too much occupied
With grubbing round to make it more,
In dim recesses of my mind;
have no idle hour to spend
In hunting up the bitter foe
Who simply ought to be my friend.
In winter' Well. in winter-ughl-
Who would add hate to winds that freezei
All love and warmth that can get
l want in such dull days as these.
No, no, dear foe; it is no use;
The struggling year is at an end;
Icannot hate you If would,
And you must turn and be my friend.
Alice W. Rollins in Ho,per's WeekIM
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
Friendship swerved Him Not.

Henry Bergh, the great friend of dumb
animals, never beat around the bush.
He never spared the rich to prosecute
the poor. One of the bitterest enemies
he ever made was man who had been a
near neighbor of his and even exceeded
him in wealth. This man was banker
and owned palatial residence on Fifth
avenue, New York, not far from Mr..
Bergh's home. One night the great phi
lanthropist saw pair of mettlesome
horses chatting their bits in front of a
fashionable theatre. Walking to the
curbstone he saw that they we're in tor
ture. Their heads were held Aloft by
means of barbarous burr bit-one of
the most frightful species of equine
punishment ever invented.
''Take these bits out, he commanded
the coachman.
The latter paid no attention to the or
der.
Throwing back the lapel of his coat
and exhibiting his badge of office, Mr..
Bergh repeated the command.
"Take them out or I'll have you ar
rested.p
Just then the owner came out, greeted
Mr.. Bergh cordially, and asked the cause
of the disturbance
81 am surprised Mr.. -" exclaimep
Mr.. Bergh, ''that you should allow such
brutality. Those bits must be removed
at once"
In vain the banker pleaded, stormed
and threatened. The bits we're removed,
and from that day to his death, half
dozen years ago, he never spoke to Mr..
Bergh.- Washington Post.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05

Now the real terra incognita is the
under world, remarks the Chicago Times.
Daring navigation and enterprise have
ransacked the odd corners of this great
globes surface. The track of discovery
is now downward. As yet the deepest
borings cannot be compared to the sting
of a gnat on the body of an elephant. 1t
has been near four hundred years since
Columbus. What will one century do
for discovery in the under world1 In
view of the surprisers in the last half
century and their influences upon
modern life, who is bold enough to pre-
dict the results of mining surprises in
the next2
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
Address,

The European rivers which have over
flown their banks, causing widespread
devastation, run through great and pop
ulous territory. The Elbe rises in the
Riesengebirge, Bohemia. 1t enters the
German ocean near the port of Cuxhaven.
It's length in direct line is 395 miles
with windings, $50 miles. The Vistula
rises in the Carpathian Mountains, fows
into Austrian Silesia, traverses Poland
and East Prussia, forming the main chan
mel of trade in those countries. It's total
length, including winding, $50 miles,
The Oder is one of the large southern
affluents OF the Baltic Sea, its head
stream passing through Austrian Silesia.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05

The Government has already very
large school established for the Indians.
Including agency, industrial and board
ing schools, it has an aggregate Of 227,
with a capacity Of 10, 756 pupils, an
enrolment Of IA, 1893 and an average
attendance Of 1O,5 On these schools
the Government expended during the
last fiscal year 81, 1906 Os5.57, besides the
expenditures for construction and repair
Of buildings, the transportation Of pupils
and sundry miscellaneous items. In his
last annual report Commissioner Atkins
declares that "the Indian can be educated
equally with the white or the colored
man, " and that the average cost decreases
frOmyear to year. The cost last year for
each pupil in . Government building
school was $40; in a contract boarding
school, $3.50; in Government day school,
s53; in a contract day school, $50. il
must not be inferred that the contract
schools are the cheaper. The difference
is due to the fact that tie private socie-
ties supply the deficiencies in the latter
from their own funds,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Florence hopes to have the Southern
shops of the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany built there.
John Hawkins, who robbed the post
office at Newberry month ago, was
brought here from New Orleans, carried
before United States Commissioner J. s.
Reid and admitted to bail in the sum
of $4,000. He gave the bond without
trouble.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
The Cotton supply.

The total visible supply Of cotton for
the world Is 2, 400, 451 bales, Of which
/, ZOO, 451 are American, against 2 51e, ,00e
and !, 1897. 900 respectively last yeAr. Re-
ceipts this week at all interior towns,
i49, ,aB4. Receipts from plantations,
is,sao, Crop In sight, e,ooo,e 600,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
Charlotte Messenger
is PUBLISHED
Every Saturday.
CHARLOTTE, N. c.

In the Interests of the Colored People
Of the Country.
Able and well-known writers will contrib
ute to its columns from different parts of the
country, and it will contain the.latest Gen.
eral News of the day.
The MESSENGER is first-class newspaper
and will not allow personal abuse in its col
umns. It's not sectarian or partisan, but
independent-dealing fairly by all It re-
serves the right to criticise the shortcomings
Of all public officials commencing the
worthy, and recommending for election such
meu as in its opinion are best suited to serve
the interests of the people
1t is intended to supply the long felt need
of a newspaper to advocate the rights and
defend the interests of the Negro American,
especially in the Piedmont section Of the
Carolinas.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
NORTH CARoLINA.

A consultation was held in Raleigh by
gentlemen of that city and other points,
and it was the unanimous opinion that
the breeding of fine horses in North
Carolina has assumed proportions which
justifies and demands the formation of a
State Breeders Association. A call is
therefore issued for a meeting to be held
in Raleigh on the 18th of May for the
purpose of forming such association.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-05
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