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The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
NEGLECTED GRAVEYARD.
q Cemetery in Brooklyn That Pcs.
 sesses Great Historical Interest.

sesses Great Historical Interest.
 The new Twenty-sixth Ward of Brooklyn contains what is probably the oldest cemetery on Long Island. 1t is situated along the New-Lots road, near the new school house, and is di- rectly in the path of the relic-destroy- ing builder. Many streets have been cut through near it, and the old disused cemetery will soon disappear. No one, says the New York Times, apparently has any control over the place now and there is no one to pre- vent negros from interring their dead there occasionally The place covers only about quarter of an acre and was once surrounded by white picket fence, the paint on which long since disappeared. The ownership of the place is disputed. It belonged to the town of Flatbush until 1859, when New-Lots was split off. but there is no mention of the cemetery in the transfer. Its possession will lead to a lawsuit some day. The gravestones are nearly all sunken out of sight, and the inscriptions on them arc almost illegible. The Snediker family is well represented, however. One member of the family was buried, ac- cording to the lettering on the stone, in 1909, and another as early as 1796. The stone over the body of Joseph Howard bears the date 1872. and on the monument of Tunis Schenck, whose descendants still live in the neighbor- hood. is the date 1S41. At that time the Schenck farm extended from schcnck avenue to Cypress Hills Gem afA hlrf nf hnC purchased by Edward F. Dinton and converted into building lots.
 The Lott family, from whom the late surrogate was descended, have several members buried in this cemetery, the oldest being Johannes Lott. who died in 1901. Jeannettye Lott, his widow, was buried two years later.
 There are very few stones in the place the inscription on which eau be traced, but this one on a stone off in one cor her is concise and to the point:
 Sacred to the memory of Catharine Kent.
 One day she took sick and away she went
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
An oregon Cavern.

An enormous cavern has been dis covered in Josephine county, hegon, near the California line, and about forty miles from the coast. It is in . limestone region, which extends for miles Many of the passages within tho .ave are described as of great beauty, containing semi-transparent stalactites, giant milk-whitc pillars and pools and streams of pure, clear water. A creek flows from the main oyening to the cave. Several miles from the entrance is small lake and a waterfall thirty feet in height. The cavern appears to be fully as large as tlie Mammoth cave in kentucky.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
per.ecuslng che Jcsva.

The London correspondent of the New York Times says the Russian per sccution of the Jews has only begun. Last week warning was confden- tially circulated among leading He brews in London that the emergency will soon arise winch will claim from them the literal scriptural tithe of their possessions to save Israel in Rus sia from extinction. They are admon- ished that this tithe will mean not a tenth of their income merely, but of their capital. It is further stated that the great Jewish bankers of St Peters burg and Moscow and the big Jewish merchants in Riga, Revel aud Odessa are making hAsty arrangsments tp set- le their Affairs and gsS out of tho
 orntxy.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Sierra Leone slavery.

Accounts from Sierra Leone repre- sent that the suppression of the slave trade along that coast and the conse- quent inability of the warlike races to sell their captives has caused revival of former scenes of slaughter and
 bloodshed. Coomassie, it is said, has again witnessed the killing of as many as 200 victims in one day. Tho savage Wangarus recently made raid into Dagomba, completely devastating the villages, and carrying of over D. 900 captives. They were unable to get rid of the prisoners as slaves and held sacr.fclal feast which lasted for three days, in which every captive perished.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28

having appeared here for some weeks at the Grand Opera house, where she introduced us to the now overdone skirt dance and playfully attempted to kick large, irregular holes in a berib- boned tambourine. The young noble man who is to make the dancer Lady Dudley is considerably her junior, hay ing been born in 1867, while Lefty is the mamma of twelve-year-old child The Earrs name is William Humble Ward and he succeeded to the earldom in 1885,
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28

and shortly afterward went to Milwau- kse, where she practiced until lss3. Seeking fresh fields, she left the Cream City and located in Chicago, where she is at present. On the motion of Robert c. Ingerson she was also admitted to the bar of the Supreme court Ut Wash ington. Miss Kane devotes her attcn- ton principally tO criminal cases.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Borro wing in Egypt.

The Egyptians had . very remark able ordinance to prevent persons from borrowing imprudently. An Egyptian giving to his creditor in pledge the body of his father. It was deemed both an impiety and an infamy not to re- deem so sacred pledge. A person who died without discharging that duty was deprived of the customary honors paid to the dead.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28

freedom of the limbs and body. but prevent one having in on lying on the back. The shoulder strap is put on the child before the latter is put to bed, and is then attached to the slide
 Further information relative to this invention may be obtained of the pat entee, Mir, C. F.. Angell, box n, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Ngtsa Kate knne.

Every body has heard of Kate Kane, the famous Chicago lawyer, concern ing whose ability and eccentricities the newspapers have had so much to say during the past few years.
 Mss Kane began the study of law at Ann Arbor, Mich, and completed her course in the law office of A. A. Jack son of Janssville, Wis. She was ad. mitted to the Janesville oar in 1878,
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Irris..lng fin ,he Rocky Mountains.

Colonel k. J. Hinton, of the irriga- tion survey branch of the Department of Agriculture, who is now in San Francisco, says great progress has been made in irrigation matters east of the Rocky mountains. On the plains capi- tai has been largely invested by private companies, and the result of investiga- tion is satisfactory to the extent that water may be obtained from wells, by drainage, through gravitation, or sur face irrigation, sufficient for portion of every quarter section, and enough to insure crops and to support family. Having examined the irrigation system of Northern New Mexico, he declares that by it an area of 50, GOO, ,O00 acres of land will be added to the arabic lands of the United States at attitudes hith erto considered out of range.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28

debarred from the Brooklyn na>S yard, unless they approach from the Hell Gate side of the big bridge. It was an error on the part of the Secre tary of War to allow so low a floor for the bridge. At present all the larger ships are obliged to dismantle and lower their topmasts in order to pass under the brooklyn bridge.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
To Marry n skirt Dancer.

The cable dispatches have announced
 the approaching marriage of Lefty Lind, the fascinating skirt dancer of the London Gaiety company, to the young Earl of Dudley, who is a mem Der of the Prince of Wales fast set in the English metropolis. The fair Lefty will be we'll rememb bered in Chicago,
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
An Elephant Pig.

Mrs. Eliza Saunders, of Texas, is the owner of pig that bears striking resemblance to miniature elephant. It is of the usual size. but has the skin. the feet. the flop ears, the tusks and the color of an elephant. 1t has but one eye. 1t is apparently healthy. and suckles in the usual manner The eye is where the nose and mouth should be. The trunk is about two and one-half inches long the tusks not more than a half inch. It is about five weeks old
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Chasang . Valuable Cargo.

The ocean tug Britannia engaged in 2 chase after a Maine vessel that in Aoeting on the ocean with @eO, GOO worth of mahogany in her hold. That vessel is the Wyer q. Sergeant, owned by William q. Gower Of Eedgwick, and abandoned in storm last March whcn about eighty miles on Hattcras Since then she has drifted over e,0Oo mflem~ crossing the Gulf stream three timex At one period of her w1ld cruise sllo went 5O0 miles in txonty-two any4 When last sighted, June n, part ox least cf the cargo wns ySt on boeTd
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
On the Rlnlto.

Romeo Ticounter tthe greatest liv- ing Guildensternl-Prit who was that gentleman to whom you bowed so politely?
 Ragsby De Jaggs (of the "Not In It" Combinationl- That is the property man of our company.
 Romeo Ticounter-Property man! r faith took him for Syndicate.
 Ragsby De .Iaggs- Exactly so. He is the real estate owner who gives bail when the manager gets into trouble.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
An Important Tunnel.

The greatest engineering feat in the history of the anthracite coal mining is about to begin. 1t is the commence ment of what will be known as the Jeddo tunnel, which will be driven for the purpose of draining the flooded mines of 5. ddo and Harleigh. 1t will be constructed from Butler Valley, Pa, to the bottom of Ebervade mann moth vein, distance of three miles, through solid rock. to be eight feet square in the clear. The scheme of tunneling through the mountain first occurred to John Markle, who is to be president of the company, which will bear the title of Jeddo run- nel Co. Limited. It will open an inex- haustible supply of coal and furnish employment for thousands of people for many years to come, It will also serve the double purpose of draining all the collieries in the valley.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
A STRANGE YOUNG GIRL.
MARIE BASHKlRTSEFF AUTH. DRESS OF SINGULAR THINGS.
She Had . Hundred Pecullarities an9 Was So Different from other
 Girls-Quecr Epistlc to Dumas.

Though Marie Bashlsirtseffs body may be lying in a Paris cemetery, her memory is kept green by and her soul holds sway over thousands of admirers, writes Jennette Glider. Those who thought that they had heard the last of
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
she DsA. Anyhow.

Little Alice docking over book oi religious pictsifesl-Papa, what are Primitive Christians?"
 Papa--why. they were the frs: Christians, the early Christians, the olo ones, don't you know. Your mother can tell you better than can.
 Alice-Then we're not (regretfuily) Primitive Christians, are We?
 Papa--N-N0, no; of SosisSe net
 Alice (lriehtening)-But VI get there tust ths same, doa'tws, pApaS
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Comparisons arc OdIous,

The Old Beau (roclking little Anna on his knee for Aunt Susan's sake)-- "I suppose that is what you like, Anna?"
 Anna--"Yes, its very nice. But I rode on real donkey in the park yes terday--I mean one with four legs you know. ."-Texas Siftings.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Measuring and Drawing Implement.

t'sC~Suhs0S ~ssss ASb - " AhS
 The illustration represents an i'm
 plement which can be readily manip-
 ulated to measure inside O. outside
 angles and obtain their miters, or used
 for calipering, or as a depth and end
 marking gauge, dividers, compasses,
 etc. One view shows the implement
 as applied to take an inside angle and
 its miter, while in another it is ar ranged as pair of calipers, the third view showing it's application as a mark ing gauge. Three arms are jointed at
 a common pivot, the middle arm carry ing an adjustable block adapted to en-
 gage the other two arms. The pivot has in its center an
 annuar tiange separating the middle arm from one of the
 side arms, the other arm being forked
 and the outer ends of the forks hung on the pivot, which is threaded near it's
 erds and engaged by nuts, by the ad- justing of which the jointed ends of the arms are pressed upon to lock the arms in position On the middle arm is fitted to slide block, held in place by a set screw, the block indicating on
 graduation representing degrees and
 subdivisions of angles measured by the outer edges of the other arms. The side arms have points at their lower ends, so that by removing the block from the middle arm and folding the latter into the forked arm
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
One for Hls NObs.

Mir. Lowdon-Cadger-It is very pleas ant, yeh know, when one Is twaveling in foreign country, yeh know, to-aw meet some one who speaks the same language as you do, doncherlSnow.
 Miss Roundturn-Yes; but have you in all your travels met any one who speaks such a language as you speak?
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28

One of the peculiar customs of the East Indian coolies, called lascars, is the putting of 2 ring on their great toe when they marry.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
. Posslble Explanasion

Clara-Well another man got down on his knees to me last night.
 Maud Whit did yol do? Drop another hAt-pinS
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28

the device can be used as a pair of dividers, in one leg of wl.ieh pencil may be fastened when 1t IS 10 be used as a compass. In the outer ends of the main arms. also at or near the points, are threaded apertures in which may be fastened curved finger pieces, fitting the device for use for in side or outside calipers. In adapting forked- arm only is used in connection with the block and set screw, pointed screw then screwing into the threaded aperture near the end of the arm.
 This improvement has been patented by My. Charles W. James, of No. 4ise Parish street. West Philadelphia, Pa.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
MORE THAN A CENTURY,
AMSDEN. VERMONT, HAS e
 WOMAN iOi.
She Can Still Hem Towels. Mako Excellent Johnny Cake anu QuOto from Celebrated Auihors--MotheY Of Many Children.

Among the green hills of Vermont on the tributary of the Black river, iA the prosperous hamlet of Amsden. named after the Hon. Charles Amsden, . son of the venerable Nancy Amsden.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Scientific Nofca.


 A rose cultivated in Philadelphia hot-house measured seventeen inches in width.
 A long list of imported brands of French peas is excluded from Massa- chusetts by the board of health be- cause of artificial coloring.
 The Coreans arc the largest eaters known. Their stomachs are generally abnormal in size, and the one possess Ing ths largest is generally considered the richest.
 IL has been noticed in France that those persons engaged in cleaning out the apparatus used in refining pe- troleum are subject to skin disease resembling the cancer of chimney sweepers.
 Recent computations show that about l0o. .ooo GOO tons of water go over Nj agara Falls every hour. This repre- sents Is, ,oo0, ,oo0 horse power. or about the total power represented by the worlds output of coal per day.
 Red stockings are generally colored from matters of aniline which contain large quantities of antimoniac prod ucts When perspiring, this matter becomes soluble, enters the pores of the skin, and produces violent rash.
 A new ,n ustry is gaining hcadway In the tropics by which bananas are dried for shipment, The fruit in dry Ing loses one third of its weight, and when dried readily sells at 10 cents a pound The dried fruit can be trans. ported over bad roads without injury, and it retains its flavor.
 The substitution of camers hair, cot ton, paint and chemicals. for leather in machinery belting is said to be meeting with some success in this country. It was first invented in Eng land, and it is claimed for the new material that it is stronger than other belting, more durable, more efficient and as low priced.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
BRUIN AFTER HER.
Washington Girl Has a Narrow
 Escape from n Hear.

Some days ago Miss Jessie Gordon, daughter of q rancher who lived about mile aud half ill the woods back of
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02

ABOUT BUYING SEED COTTON. The
law regulating the sale of seed cotton in
this county, as passed by the last Legis-
lature, sets forth that it shall be unlaw-
full for any person to buy, sell, deliver or
receive for price or for any reserved
valuation any cotton in the seed where
the quantity is less than what is usually
baled, except such sale or transaction of
seed cotton shall be in writing, signed by
all the parties thereto in the presence of
two credible witnesses. The form of sale
is this:
81 hereby sell and deliver to. .... OF
800. county, 80. pounds of seed cotton
at. cents per pound. This. day OF
...19.. In our presence"
This bill of sale must be delivered by
the person so buying or receiving said
seed cotton, within ten days thereafter, to
the nearest magistrate, who must docket
and preserve it for the inspection of all per
sons. Any person who buys seed cotton
contrary to this law, or who, for any rea
son, fails to comply with its provisions
can be fined not exceeding $50 or impris
oned not exceeding thirty days. One
third of the fine goes to the informant
and the balance to the school fund. This
law was constructed especially for Meek
lenburg county.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02

Lincoln Court-Judge GRAVES WiN Pre-
stde-1he Motz CaSe.-LINCoLN, Sept. 20.
The fall term of the Superior court of
this county will commence next Monday.
As Judge Hoke was an attorney in many
OF the civil cases he has exchanged Lin
coin, CASTOR, and Cleveland courts with
Judge Graves. Judge Hoke's many
friends in this section regretted the neces.
sity for exchange as they were anxious to
see him on the bench. Judge Graves is
well known and kindly remembered here
as he has previously ridden this circuit
twice. He will be greeted here with the
largest criminal docket Lincoln has had
for many years. There are thirteen
prisoners in Jail among them the three
Motz brothers who are to be tried for
killing their cousin Samuel C. Motz case
that has already attracted wide spread
attention; also two negro burglars who
are charged with entering the sleeping
apartment of J. W. McLaid at Grouse
Most of the others are to be tried for lar
ceny.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02
sHERIFF,s SALE.

BY virtue of Executions in my hands of The
First National Bank of Charlotte, N. G, and
others, against w. s. Brown. I will sell for cash
Charlotte. N. g., on Monday, November I'd,
1891. al 12 o'clock NJ, the life estate of the said
W. 3. Brown. being tenant by courtesy, and all
his right, title and interest in the following
Land:
LIST Tract being about 2l3 Acres. adjoining the
land of John Northey, formerly what was
known as the "Brem Place" j. II. Walker, s.
II. Howell and Others in Charlotte Township,
said Tract known as the "Home Place" of Mrs.
Annie E. Brown, less 491S Acres allotted to w.
3. Brown as his homestead on August Is, 1891.
I'd Tract, bling about 95 Acres, adjoining the
lands of Esther Beattie, DR. Sandifer and others,
and known as the "River Place of Mrs. Annie
<. Brown.
TT. SMITH, Sheriff
Dot
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02
CHARLOTTE MARKET, Oct. /, 1891.

Cotton market steady-Good Middling 81
per pound. Middling s, Strict Low Middlipg
7A, Tinges and Stains to z. Receipts for the
week about 800 bales, half of which was new
Flour, from country mills. $s.25 to $3.50 per
sack.
Corn 80 cents per bushel; Meal 85; Peas 90
Oats IS to 60.
Sweet Potatoes 40 cents per bushel
I:ish Potatoes 65 cents per bushel.
Bacon Sides, from stores, 8 cents per pound.
Butter Is to 20 cents per pound; Chickens IL
to % cents each Eggs 16 cents per dozen.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02
Food for Thought.

There is no concealing the fact that this
crop of cotton has heaped upon the farm
ers of Mecklenburg county, burden
owing to the low price of the staple,
which they must carry for several sea-
sons, or until the market will compensate
them for the actual cost of the product.
It is serious matter and one that needs
the consideration of all classes, in the per
tormance of duty we owe each other.
Something must be done. Our urban
yoke of debt, without even hope of
shaking off this servitude, worse than
any other form, almost, that it can take.
Pity indeed that the Alliances were in
duced to go into politics. 1t would have
been of lasting benefit to them had they
cultivated the higher education of agri,
culture, that in these unforeseen diasters a
haven of safety might have been provided.
But unfortunately, and too true, a dire
calamity threatens, with not provision
made to lessen its violence, or prevent a
recurrence. 1t looks now as if legislation
only can afford them relief, and in this, if
the blind leaders continue they will find
but few political friends because of their
having arrayed themselves, in a measure,
against the party which has always stood
ready to serve the people. We hope that
ere it is too late, the better judgment of
some in high places in the Alliance will
prevail and every endeavor be made by
them, to lead their followers into paths
of safety, and not by pursuing selfish
course in pursuit of a questionable policy,
which must eventually bring ruin to the
agriculturist.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02

The Raleigh News and Observer has a
new suit, and one recog
nizes the same editorial excellence and
enterprise in it's enlarged form. Its Wig
orous onslaught on the third party move
|ment as tending to disrupt the Democratic
party in North Carolina, is the result of a
vivid remembrance of the reconstruction
period and realization Of the great dan
ger to our State, and its patriotic and
Istatesmanlike purpose should meet the
appreciation of every true North Caro-
inian. 1t is an open enemy to all ene-
mics of the Democratic party.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02
M A R RIED

In this city, on the 30th ult, Mr. w q Dula
and Miss Carrie Burroughs, daughter of Mr. G
Burroughs.
In this city, on the 29th ult, Mr. Nc Alexan-
der and Miss Lula Fraser
In this city, on the Gath ult. Mr.. G. L. Dooley
and Miss Lillian Ledwell, daughter OF Rev.
Thomas Ledwell.
In Greenville, 8. c., Sept 90, Mr. Charles B.
Blackwelder and Miss Mary Stradly.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02
COTTON GINNED,
CHEAPER, BETTER
AND WITH
Less Trouble to the Planter,
AT THE
CHARLOTTE OIL & FERTILIZER CO.'S
GIN NE RY.

Than at any ginnery in the State, for we have
the largest and best equipped ginnery.
We guarantee q better sample, and larger
percentage of lint to seed cotton, than you can
obtain at any other ginnery. All cotton ginned
so far this season has turned out an average of
thirty-four pounds lint to one hundred pounds
seed cotton. and the cotton has brought the
highest market price.
We will pay you full market price for the seed
from the cotton we gin. thus saving you the
trouble Of handling them. For ginning we
charge twenty cents a hundred pounds OF lint as
weighed in the bale. We will furnish new two
pound jute bagging and new ties at seventy-five
(75c) cents per bale, or we will furnish new ties
and the best second hand jute bagging ever
brought to Charlotte for sixty-fve (65c) cents
per bale
We can gin five bales of cotton per hour, thus
avoiding long delays, or if you wish you can
unload your seed cotton at once aud come next
day for your bale of lint.
J. G. Bryce, at the old stand of Anthony &
Bryce, will buy seed for US and pay you full
market price.
We also buy cotton seed at our Works, and
will pay you full market price.
Bring your seed cotton to be ginned and leave
your seed, thereby saving both time and money.
CHARLOTTE OIL & FERTILIZER CO,
Per FRED. OLIVER, Pres't.
Oct. 2, 1891. 2m
The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-10-02

The Richmond and Danvi,le Railroad will sell
round trip tickets from all stations in North
oarolina 70 Raleigh, N. g.. and return, good un-
I'll december Sd, 1891, at greatly reduced rates
ana Will have Special Day Tickets on sale every
tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during the
exposition, good for seven days from date OF
sale at one cent per mile. This is the lowest
rate ever offered for any occasion. and should in
duce great numbers to attend the Exposition
FOR full information and rates call on your sta
uon agent or write to W. A. Turk, A G. P. A.
Charlotte N g.