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The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-06-28

RICHMOND g. DANvILLE RAILROAD Co
Passenger Department,
South Carolina Division, Columbia, 8. G.
Condensed Schedule in effect June 9th, 1885
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-06-28
Raleigh & Augusta Airline Railroad,

[Connects at Hamlet with the Carolina Contra
running to Wilmington, and at Raleigh with
the Raleigh & CASTOR Road running to Wei.
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FIRE AND LIFE
/ INSURANCE AGENCY.
Established i'm 1884.

Established in 1854.
NOW REPRESENTING
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Office Springscorner. Trade and Tryon streets,
Up-Stairs.
Oct 1. 1885, Charlotte. N. @
Horse Powders.
We sell the Kentucky Condition Powders 1t
is the largest package and the best Powder sold
25 cents.
BURWELL q DUNN,
Druggists
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Correspondence invited
Our Manual of Investments, the largest pub.
lication of the kind published by any banking
house in the United States, may be had upon ap
plication by parties interested.
April 10, 1889. 6m
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,EE Beware how you get into debt. 1t is
aGil'not 20 easyfto get ont.
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Because in the aggregate the farm
stock has paid should not be satisfactory.
IL 10 important to know not only which
kind of stock, but which animals pay the
largest per cent of profit.
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Carolina Central Railroad Co

OFFICE OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
Wilmington, June. 2, 1889.
On and after June. 2, 1899, the following
chedule will be operated on this road
The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-06-28

Lines in every Department. Remember shoddy
Goods find no room on my shelves. constantly
offer fresh Goods at moderate Prices. There
fore my
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Try Not to Cough.

A physician who is connected with an
institution which contains many child
rem, says; There is nothing more
irritating to cough than to cough.
For some time had been so fully as
sured Of this that recently determin-
ed, if possible, for one minute at least,
to lessen the number of coughs heard
in certain ward in the hospital of the
institution. By the promise of re-
wards and punishment succeeded in
inducing them simply to hold their
breath when tempted to cough, and in
little while was myself surprised to
see how some of the children entirely
recovered from the disease.
Constant coughing is precisely like
scratching a wound on the outside OF
the body; so long as it is done the
wound will not heal Let a person.
when tempted to cough, draw long
breath and hold it until it warns and
soothes every air cell, and some bene-
fit will soon be received from the pro-
cess. The nitrogen, which is thus re-
fined, acts as an anodyne to the irritat-
ed mucous membrane, allaying the
desire to cough and giving the throat
and lungs chance to heal. At the
same time suitable medicine will aid
nature in her effort to recuperate."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
A BRIGHT Bow.


Farmer Silkens has a son who, while
being reasonably expert at following
the pillow, has not neglected the more
graceful arts that cluster round pack
of cards. The other evening, says the
Merchant Traveller, the farmer went to
the door and called:
Joshua! Joshua!'
Swat minute, pap" came the re-
Spouse from the barn.
"Wait minute? Well, I guess not.
I han't spent all these years raisin' you
to be waitin' on you when 1 call you. :"
A shockheaded youth emerged, and
as he came onward to the house, the
old man said:
''Now, sir, I want you to tell me why
you didn't come right off when called
YOU"
"Well, you see, them fellers from
the city are back in the barn and
they've each got about Is cents left
out of $40. We said we'd play one
more Jackpot, and I thought
go right back, son, and take your
time,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
New Treatment Of Coal.

An invention which is likely to be of
considerable Importance from a sani-
tary point of view has been tested in
England with satisfactory results. It
consists in the application of a prep
aration to coal, by which the constit-
uents are said to be concentrated and
hardened. In practice the coal is
stepped in the solution, and the fuel
can be used either wet or dry. Two
large fires were shown at the demon
stration, one being made with coal In
its normal condition and the other
with the treated coal. The difference
was manifest, the chemicalized coal
giving off but trifling amount of
smoke, while good blazing fire was
maintained. The treatment of the
coal is said to cost twelve cents per
ton, every expense included. It is
proposed that the coal shall be treated
in coal merchants yards, ready for de-
livery to the consumer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08

entered village. As we drove along
the street suddenly beheld light; q
few minutes later we found ourselves
in front of q church. It was dimly
illuminated; some people were inside.
This way. this way!' heard sew
eral voices shouting. I ordered the
driver to stop the horses. What have
you been doing all this WHILE re-
marked some one; why, your girl is
in despair, the ministex was at loss,
to know what to do, andNwe were just.
ready to drive home.' Without con-
sidering the situation I entered the
church and was soon directed to a dark
corner where upon the bench lay the
bride, while girl, evidently her
maid, busted herself about her.
Thanked be the Lord, you are here at
last cried the girl to me. Why, the
baruishnia (miss) is overcome with
grief had no sooner directed my
attention from the bride when the half
blind old minister approached asking
me if I was ready for the altar.
Certainly, certainly said I, hard
ly knowing what 1 was about. The
bride was helped to the altar she i'm
pressed me as good looking girl-O,
wretched man that am!
II took the place beside her at the
alter. The minister was impatient,
the three witnesses and the maid sup
ported the bride, and it seemed that
their entire attention was given to her.
We were married. Kiss each other,'
commanded the minister, after the
ceremony was over. My wife removed
the veil from her face and as was
ready to kiss her she drew back Shrek
ing. Away away! It is not hep ALI
turned their frightened eyes on me. Il
retreated quietly, threw myself into
the sleigh and was soon out of the vii
lage, leaving scene of horror behind
me-"
my God - exclaimed Masha, and
you have no idea what had become of
your poor wife p
mot the slightest nor do I know
the name of that village or where it is
situated. I thought so little at the
time of such tricks that it soon escaped
my memory. My driver, who was
with me at the time, had long since
died in the war-and here I am, with
not the slightest prospects of ever find
ing the woman on whom / played such
a cruel joke"
Strange, indeed" cried Masha,
clasping her hands. "And do you no
longer recognize the girl whom you
married on that stormy night ?''
Brunin grew pale and fell at her
feet.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Specimens Of American Humor,

The disposition of Americans to ex-.
aggerate is especially prominent in
what is known as American humor. A;
story associated with "picket-firing'n
during the civil war brings out this
feature of national character.
One day there was truce between
the two hostile picket lines.
"Ho. Yank!" called out lank Mis-.
sissippian, who had just been posted.
can you fellows shoot?''
oval, Johnny, guess we can, some.
Can You?''
''Shoot" shouted back the confeder-
ate. "Why, down in Mississippi we
knock humble bee off thistle blow
at 800 yards!"
''Oh, that's nothing to the way we
shoot up in Varmont! l belong to
company up Their of hundred men,
and every week we used to go out to
practice. The cap'n would draw
us up in single file, and set cider
barrel rollin' down hill. Each man
took shot at the bung-hole as it turn
ed.
"The barrel was then examined, and
if there was shot found that didn't
60 into the bung-hole, the man that
fred it was expelled. 1 belonged to.
the company ten years, and there amt
been nobody expelled yet"
The exaggeration is often so pro-,
nounced to eclipse the humor. A CAL
ifornian, hearing Brazilian tell of the
wonderful firef1ies of his country, so,
large and luminous that ladies wore
them on their person inclosed In gauze,
replied:
That's nothin'. Why, in Californy
the fireflies are so large that they use
them to cook by. They set the kettles
on their hinder legs. which are bent
for the purpose like pot hooks, and
their bodies give out heat enough to
boil potatoes. youths Companion.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Commodore Vanderbilt

One well-known popularity of Com
modore Vanderbilt, says the New York
Herald, was his stubbornness-that is
to say, when he took occasion to be
stubborn. When he knew thing he
knew it and that ended it. Here is a
little circumstance illustrative of this
popularity, which has never been pub
ished: After the completion OF his
steam yacht, in which he and his fam
lily took trip to Europe, and, by the
way, the pioneer trip in transatlantic
steam yacht navigation, he was advis-
ed to take a pilot on board till the
yacht had passed Sandy Hook.
''rll be my own pilot" was his bluff
way of settling it.
There's danger of running on
rock" suggested the captain.
II know every rock about this har-
bor," insisted the commodore. "You
steer as tell you and it will be all
right"
The captain did steer as he was di-
rected. and sure enough the yacht
struck rock, and. what is more, stuck
there. That piece Of obstinacy delay
ed the voyage several days and cost
the commodore several thousand dol
lars.
That's the only rock I didn't know
about" the commodore said afterward,
and with this positive knowledge on
the subject he was still unyielding in
the matter OF a pilot. He acted as his
own pilot when the yacht made its
second start and this time with sue
cess.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
TIE MEsILLA VALLEY.
Characteristics Of a Rich Section
Of New.M


Of New.M
Las Cruces is the principal town in
what is known as the Mesilla Valley.
The Mesilla Valley is distinctive
name applied to that portion of the
Rio Grande Valley in the extreme
southern part of New Mexico, extend
ing from Fort Selden on the north to
the Texas line not far from the City of Ell
Paso. Tex. Its average width is abo ut
three miles and its greatest width ten
miles. The soil is exceedingly rich
and fertile, and is especially adapted
for the cultivation of fine fruit, although
almost every variety of fruit, vegeta-
bles and grain can be produced with
great success. One of the principal
and best-paying crops CT the valley is
alfalfa hay. of which four, and some
times five, cuttings are made in one
season. There is always a good mar
ket for alfalfa hay, which brings from
$40 to $14 per ton. Every acre of the val
ley is so located that it can be irrigated
from the river, which divides the total
acreage into two nearly equal parts.
The main line of the Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe Railroad passes through the
entire valley ON the east side of the
river. The altitude is about 3, 800 feet
lower than Santa Fe and 1000 feet
lower than Denver. and the average of
the climate is mild and as near perfec-
ton as can be found anywhere. The
only real winter experienced by peo-
pie of the valley is in the month of
January, and even then the tempera-
ture rarely falls below 20 20 above zero,
In midsummer the temperature is about
the same as that of the Pacific Coast,
but does not experience anything like
the discomforts that attend an Eastern
summer.
The store buildings and most of the
residences are built of adobe (mud
bricks, and usually around an open
square called placiti. In these
placitis, or open-air gardens, it is no
uncommon thing to pick roses at Christ
mas, while about February the trees
commence to put forth a new growth
of leaves.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
All Reverence the Dead.

A day or two ago fruit peddler as
passing up Elizabeth street east, yelling
''ba-nan-oes" at the top of his voice,
when he suddenly caught sight of the
Grape on a door which signi6ed that a
child lay dead in the house.
''Ba-nan-oes! Ba-nan-oesr Ba-"
He checked his words as he saw the
Grape, removed his hat and placed it on
his cart, and he walked to the next
square bareheaded and silent G.
Times.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
An Enterprising Hen.

Atlanta Constitutions: A hen at
GAINESVILLE, Ca, has laid an average
of an egg a day since Jan. l. This
number, however, did not satisfy her
and Friday and Saturday she laid FIVE
eggs each day. Again she was not sat-
is6ed and Sunday, instead OF excepting
the Sabbath day holy" she laid seven
eggs. making seventeen in three days,
or for the PA days of this year she had
laid 25S eggs.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
The Mince Pie Theory.

A learned doctor-Eggleston by
name-has promulgated in the Amer
lean Medical Journal the interesting
fact that to eat before going to bed is
conductive to sleep. Persons who la
Dor after nightfall are we'll aware OF
this but it is an error to suppose that
the practice will operate as cure for
insomnia-th that most dreadful of foes
to brain workers. The man who
should come forward with a sure med
icament against insomnia would de-
serve a conspicuous niche in a mod.
ern Pantheon of immortals.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Statesmen in P respect.

What household of children you
have, uncle" said a gentleman to an
old colored man, whose cabin swarmed
with children of all ages and sizes.
Eyes sab. yes sah?" replied their
father, proudly. thirteen is all, sab;
en- not one too many. Couldn't SPAR
one. All boys but two, sab, en- chances
TO- de las OBJ 'em to git into congress.
Yes, sab! faint many men has de
chance of bein' fader to 'leben con-
gressmen-no sah."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
FRENCHMEN.
They Enjoy an Advantage over
Americans.

Americans.
The habits of life, so far as regards
eating, are better than our Partisan.
England and America both transgress,
one is quantity, the other in the guam
tity of the food. The Briton feeds too
heavily. He becomes plethoric and
beefy. The exquisite rose tints on his
daughters cheek turn to patches of
harsh color on the face of his wife, and
his own rubicund visage suggests
chronic congestion. Not content with
heavy meals morning, noon and even
ing, there is night supper, more or
less profuse according to the good
sense of the individual bends or wres-
ties with custom. There is a good
deal OF tea drunk and coffee and vast
amount Of strong ale and porter;
which all serve to induce more appe-
tite for solid food. A man can eat two
slices of bread or meat with glass or
a cup of liquid accompaniment, where
he could use but one without. So the
effect is apt to be excess, says the
Boston Journal-certain excess over
the necessary amount of nourishment,
probably excess over the wholesome
point.
In America it is not the amount-al-
though our women as rule with their
sedentary habits use too much, espe-
cially at breakfast time-but the kind
of food which makes the national dead
" sin. Pies, cakes and hot biscuits,
fried meat and doughnuts, pickles and
preserves, bleach instead of reddening
the blood; and except in some few dis
tricts, we are nation of an8mics. If
the unfortunate stomach can sustain
the injury done it by lack of proper
nourishment, it succumbs to the habit
of boiling. Meal time is succession
OF gulps and swallows grudgingly
snatched from time devoted to the
routine of labor. The misused teeth
decay and ruined digestion revenges
itself in blanched cheeks, thinned hair
and general prostration. If this is too
vivid a picture for the better knowl-
edge and higher civilization of our
cities, it certainly is not for the country
districts, and it is these last which
produce the people.
The Partisan has changed all this.
He begins the day with the slightest
possible breakfast, leaving mind and
body cleared, not weighted for action.
After three or four hours work has in
sduced healthy demand for food there
comes a dainty and plentiful meal
This answers to our lunch, and is
usually served at noon or at o'clock.
Six hours later comes dinner. Poor
families will have less; richer people
will offer greater variety, but ordin-
arily this scheme very slightly mod
flied will represent the daily routine of
a Partisan household.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
The Same Tools.

While verything has taken step
forw ard in the last decade, the man
ner of putting up stove remains the
same. The tools are those used fifty
years ago-an AK, crowbar. a hum
dred cuss-w ords and crushed foot.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
An Unconscious Reflection

what made you leave your last
place, Nora?" Nora: .tShure, Their
missis wuz Arthur wanthin' me ter co0t
aft me hair so she cud make switch
av it ter match her own, Their owl d rid
hidded thing!'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
THE STORM.
Translated From tho Russian Of Pushkin.

T THE close of 1911,
in the estate of Nena-
radovo, Gavrilo Cav
rilovitch, q Russian
proprietor. His I'M
bounded hospitality
and frankness won
him many friends
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08

ASvOA w yOuA Viz
II know" he replied, quietly, II
know that you have once loved. But
he is dead, and time effaces the sweet
est of memories. The thought that
might have been happy with you if
''Not another word, for Gods sake;
not another word; you torment me-
Eyes, 1 know. I feel that might
have been happy, that you might have
been mine, but, oh miserable man that
l am, am married!'
Masha looked at him aghast for a
moment, hardly realizing her where
abouts.
Eyes, am a married man." resumed
Brunin, more firmly, 'but have not
the slightest idea who my wife is, where
she is, whether will ever see he1
again"
"Is it possible" exclaimed Masha
scarcely being able to control her ex
element, lis it possible? Tell me all
about it! l will-later-"
''In the beginning of 1872" sale
Brunin, Il was on my way to Vino
where our regiment was then station
ed. 1t was a cold night, storm wa.
raging, we lost our way and my driver
was in despair. But as was in grea
haste to reach Vino ordered him tx
proceed CARELESS of the weather. W.
crossed hills and vallies and rivers,
and after being almost frozen to death,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
n many friends


visited the Dshadrino minister, who,
after considerable difficulty and upon
receiving a handsome deposit, con-
sented to marry him. Then he set out
In search of the necessary three
witnesses. The first one he meta
retired colonel, Dravin--cOnsented to
accommodate him. He insisted upon
Vladimir's staying for dinner assur-
ing him that there would be no diff
Guilty in finding two more witnesses.
And so it happened that no sooner was
dinner over than two local propr ietors
were announced. Both were In favor
of the marriage, as we'll as of the
means of efecting it, and, of course,
were ready at a moments notice to
offer their services and should circum-
stances require it, to sacrifice their
lives for the noble cause. Vladimir
was overjoyed. He embraced his
friends and after bidding them an af-
fectionate goodbye hurried off to make
the necessary preparations.
The day drew to its close. Night set
in. A strong northern wind filed the
air with burning cold. IA mattel"
(storm), Vladimir thought to himself,
as he sat sat in the sleigh driving as
rapidly as his horse could carry him to
Dshadrino, where he intended to ar
rive before Masha. The road to Dshad-
rino was familiar to him, and he ex-
pected to traverse the short distance
in an hour at the most The re-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-02-28
"GlOry, glory, hallelujah,
His soul is marching On!'
SEEDING TO GRAIN.

The time is now near when the fields of
Fall grain will be sOwed in grass seed. In
the Central States most farmers SOW tim
othy seed in the Fall with the wheat, and
clover in the Spring, and this practice is
not likely to be changed, although some
of the best catches" of timothy we have
ever seen were sown in the Spring. As a
rule farmers SOW clover too early in the
Spring. On the March SHOWS was the
former rule, and many still follow it, but
we have frequently seen the germs de
stroyed by the late frosts or freezes of
April. Where both timothy and clover
are sOwn in the Spring. or where either
goes in alone, it is a good plan to precede
the sewing by stroke with light but
verv fine sloping tOothed harrow. The
wheat will be benefited rather than in
jured, and it gives the grass seed bed in
which to take root.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-02-28

THE Committee on Revision of the Ju-
dietary should find some way to relieve
this great county of the whims and ca
prices of Monroe county politicians, who,
to a great extent, have dictated and con-
trolled the choice of the Common Pleas
Judges since the adoption of our present
Constitution. That county has no inter
est in common with this, and the admin
istration of the law and the character of
business is widely different in the two
counties. Yet, unless there is revolt
among the Democrats of this county,
which has occurred twice in thirty eight
years, the choice of a Judge is, practic-
ally, determined by few politicians of
Monroe county.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-02-28

GENERAL JOHN BEATTY has express
ed himself, in his emphatic way, of Gov
ernor Foraker and his administration -
He says he has not seen the Governor for
a year, and is not certain that he would
know him if he should meet him, and
that GrosvenOr, Mckinley, Foster, and
others who once knew him quite well
would not now recognize him. He says
the flags incident originated with George
K. Nash, and that Foraker's demonstra-
tive friendship for ex-soldiers is insin-
cere, and in proof of that reviews his ap-
pointments. Cappeller should be remov-
ed, and the office abolished.
The interview is breezy reading, and is
calculated to create a sensation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-02-28

In the disturbance created in political
circles by the discharge of Judge Edger-
ton from the Civil Service Commission
some queer facts about the workings Of
the civil service reform laws have come
to light. For instance: On the rolls OF
the Treasury Department appears the
name of an employe who is known as
mechanical expert" His duties re-
quire the highest order of intelligence
and mechanical skill, and it is said there
are only four other mechanical experts"
of the same kind and qualifications IN
the United States. The one in the
Treasury is the only one in the Govern
ment service. He has been there many
years, and will doubtless remain as long
rs ne lives. When the civil service was
introduced it was deemed proper to
place him under its provisions, and 1t
was accordingly decided to examine him
''to see if he was qualified to fill the po-
sition." 1t was in vain that the Com
mission sought for questions to ask him.
Finally at their request he prepared the
questions himself, and the Commission
ers gravely examined him. He answer
ed his own questions and was passed.
The benefits of such a system of reform
are obvious.