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HIE STANDARD. Friday, August 10, 18SS. A CRACK .SHOT. An i;.l Time Hunters Skill With the Itifle Kit Carson va the crack shot in tin Kooky Mountains in his day,and many are the stores told on the frontier of his quick eye and uner ring aim. There will never be an other Kit Carson, for there is no longer a great and unknown wilder ness to develop men of this peculiar tvpe. Occasionally now you find in the West gray headed, sturdy old pi oneers who knew Carson in his prime, when the aim of his rifle meant death, for he was often heard to say: "I can kill as far as my rifle ran earrvv' Captain L, W.'Cutler, one of the proprietors of the Denver Field and Farm, was a "Fifty-niner," and he knew Carson well, and iu a recent conversation related an incident in the life of the old hunter and scout which showed his wonderful skill with the riile, and the story as told me by Captain Cutler probably re calls "as fine a shot as Kit Carson ever made, aud of which the Captain was an eye witness. It was in the spring of 1SG3, and Captain Cutler, then a Deputy United States Mar shal, was enroute to old Fort Bent, below Pueblo, this State. The country was sparsely settled, only here and there finding a small settle ment along the Arkansas Kiver, which he was following. He was traviling alone on horseback, and the second morning of his journey broke camp very early, starting out at dawn. He had followed the course of the river some distance, when just at sunrise the loneliness of his journey was relieved by the .-i.ht of a cabin in a heavy growth of rot ton woods on the bank of the Ar kansas. Just at this moment he saw a monster Kockv Mountain Ea?le c'arimgdown almost With rapiditv of lightning. ;'tar the cabin was "a crral in which were a large number vi ?heep, and thither the great easrle was bent for prey. Reining up his horse th3 Captain awaited the result. There was a wild bleating and a rap id flight of the sheep, but a moment later the eagle rose from the corral bearing a large lamb with it. The lamb did not seem to impede its flight- in the least, and the great hi rongth of the eagle can readily be discerned by its breaking 'some branches near the top of the trees by the fearful stroke of its wings. Upward and upward it soared, the course of its flight being not far from the perpeiulieularr At this moment a woman came out of the cabin and seeing the eagle with the lamb in its talons, uttered a shriek and hastened to the house. A mo ment later Captain Cutler saw a man come out of the cabin with a long rifle in hand. He was dressed in a slouch hut, pantaloons and a white shirt. Just think of it, a white shirt in Colorado as early as 18'.:J. By this time the eajrle'was soaring high, with its course over the river. To the Captain it was becoming more lik a dark speck in the sky, and when he saw the man raise his rifle to shoot he said to himself: "I wonder what fool is fcuing to try and shoot that eagle." But hardly had he muttered the MWiriaination till there was a flash afuliorohk rifle. Only a second had -the man looked toward the eagle, and the stock of the rifle had hardly leached his shoulder before he fired. For a moment it was difficult to tell the result of the shot, as the eagle was so far away. The speck beianie larger. The eagle had been hit. It was falling. It" came down s-lowlv, for it fluttered desperatelv, swooping its great wings, trying to ivtaio its place in mid-air. It then c ircled round and round, and, losing control of its wines, earrle and lamb fell in some thick brush on -the op posite side of the river. With a look ct amazement, Captain Cutler rode up to the cabin to learn the name of the man who had made such a won derful shot. The man had been Waning on hi3 rifle until the rider came near, when he exclaimed ; "Hello, Captain Cutler, is that you ?" "Why it, if it isn't Kit Carson?" said Cutler, as he dismounted, and the two old friends shook hands, and Cutler continuing said: "I saw you come out of the cabin, and was won dering what fool was trying to kill that eagle. But had I known it was you, Kit, I would not have doubted a moment." Well, replied Kit, I was a little in doubt myself, but I knew I would hit the bird if my gun would carry. I can hit as far as a gun will carry a bullet, But, as luck would have it, my old rifle made by Hawkins in St. Louis was loaded, and the old hunter gave a look of pride at the old fashioned, long barreled muzzle loader. Mounting his horse, Cutler said he would ford the stream and find the oagle. Be careful, advised Car son, the eagle may be only wounded, and if so, it will be dangerous. 1 shot for his head. Its head, exclaimed Cutler in as tonishment, "Why how could you fie1 an eagles head that far away?" and Kit Carson, only laughed for for reply. Captain Cutler found both oele and land dead, the talons of one leg still buried in the back of the lamb, which weighed about twenty pounds. Returning to the cabin, the Captain said: The eagle was shot "through the throat." The throat? said Carson, well the was so far away it was hard to judge the distance. I shot at the head by aiming a little above it. I should have aimed half an inch higher. New York World. Table Habits Abrond. A dinner party in Russia is much like ours, except that all the dishes are handed round, which practice they deem more pleasant than the stiff foiinality of the joints being placed on the table. Bear's flesh, reindeer, and elk are common commodities in the markets of St Petersburg. A singular custom prevails in the sale of fowl, as for instance, the geese are cut up, and the heads, necks, legs, and carcasses are sold separately, by the dozen or half dozen, strung upon small cords. Those who can not afford to dine on the breast of a goose, purchase a string of heads or a few dozen of the webbed feet to boil into soup. To have a sterlit, the im. perial fish of Russia, is the desire of every citizen. Sometimes this fish cost only $5 or $10, though, owing to scarcity, as much as $250 has been given for a single fish. Some of the purely national dishes of Sweden, as cut fish, are most ex traordinary. This cut fish is steep ed in a solution of potash until de composition takes place. On the Christmas Eve, this fish is boiled and eaten with oil sauce, and, to gether with grot ( simply bolied rice), forms one of the anniversary dishes of Sweden. Iu that country, roast reindeer steaks, with bits of lard in serted, are considered nutritious and palitable. Among the Turks, the wealthy classes live sumptuously; the dishes are diversified and numerous, while fruit forme a prominent article of diet. They use neither chairs nor tables, but alow stool being put in the middle of tLe room, a large, circular, copper tray is placed upon it. Small loaves of bread, alternat ing with small dishes of fruit, pickles, anchovies, cheese, and the like, are indiscriminately scattered arouni the edge of the tray, iu the middle of which the different prep arations of food are successively placed by the servant, while the food is handled by the fingers alone, except in the case of soup, for which wooden spoons are provided. Around the tray the company sit, with their legs under them, and all eat from the dish in the middle. Tli Sajir Trust. The sugar trust in the United States exists, like all other trusts, by reason of a high Tariff. In the North the six sugar refineries and the wholesale grocers in the large cities have formed a trust. The object is to put up sugar. They are aiming to get one cent per pound more, The Louisville Courier-Jaurnal says of this conspiracy against the peo ple : "One cent added to the cost of the sugar consumed in the United States represents a tax of $31,000,000 a year, or $2,500,000 a month, or $32,000 a week, and it is all a result of the edict of a clique of sugar refiners in New York. The enslavement of the nation to capital is proceeding apace. The rises and falls of sugar are no longer regulated by the natural op eration of demand and supply in the market in producing prices, but it is now all "the work of a central junta of less than a dozen million aire refiners operating through sup plementary combinations of wholo sale dealers and broke: s." Now what are the people doing ? Are they consenting to such wicked fiauds and schemes of plunder? Are they not aware that a dozen such trusts are formed by Monopolists to grind the faces of the poor and make the rich richer? The conspirators will put 831,000 000 more money in their own pock ets. Where does the money come from? Of course from the consum ers. The Courier Journal says: "When the cenh'al junta issues an edict raising the price of sugar a cent a pound, it lays a tax of fifty two cents on every inhabitant cf the United Strtes, of all ages, sexes, and nationalities." The hydra-headed monster, the Trust, will not be strangled so long as the American people vote for men for office who favor Protection, which is only another name for Rob bery. They are one and the same thing. Carolina Beach is destined to be come the Long Bjanch of the State. It is reached by an hour.s trip by boat from Wilmington and a run of five minutes across the peninsula be tween the Cape Fear river and the Atlantic Ocean, and has only to be known to be appreciated. It has a comfortable hotel, all the modern conveniences for bathing in still wa ter and in the surf, and is particu larly appreciated by those who do not like to be knocked about by old ocean in shallow water. Why shouldntt the colored people of this country hold a Cleveland Convrntion? Its as plain as daylight that Cleveland typifies cheap food and cheap clothes, and it is as plain as the "U.S." brand on the rump of an army mule that High tax Harrison represents a policy that would keep every poor black cotton picker's nose to the grindstone of the million aire. Messenger and Inteligencer. Solid Against Harrison. Sedalia, Mo , August 2. The Democrats of East Sedalia organized a Democratic club with a member ship of 165, including conductors, engineers, fireman, switchmen, yard men and representatives of other branches of railroad men. J. H. Fitsegerald and one of the officers of the National Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, acted a tempora ry chairman and was elected first vice president of the club. Speech es were made bv Hon George P. B. Jackson of this city and Capt E. H. Richai dson, of Warsaw. The great est enthusiasm prevailed, and the officers of the club are confident 4hat they will swell the membership to 1,000 before November 1. A large-number of railroad men who have voted the Republican ticket heretofore declare that . they will never vote for Gen. Harrison on ac count of his bitter hostility to the railroad strikers of Indianapolis in 1877. One of the leadiug members of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers, running on the Missouri Paciffic at the present time, was a resident of Indianapolis at the time of the great strike, and was present when Gen. Harrison made his fa mous speech, in which he sated that the men should be compelled to re turn to work at the point of bayo nets if he were governor of Indiana. The following are the officers of the club: Charles Carroll, presi dent; J. II. Fitzgerald, V. P. Hart, P. Murphy, John -Dorsey, John Blue and O-. E. Parsons, vice presi dents; Micheal Anderson, secretary, Patrick McEnroe, John Cushman and Jerry Sullivan, executive com mittee. House FUck. I have discovered a good way to destroy house flies, says a lady in the Picayune. It has the advantage of cheapness and also preventing dead flies from falling into everything, as they do when poison is used, Mix: together equal parts, by measure, of melted rosin and castor oil. Stir until thoroughly mixed which will take only a minute. While yet a lit Hr n-iirm cnvr-nd ihn nml evenly on "- 'i'""" j ... , ii- ! any paper mat is not poms. e use fools' cap, writing papers, cata logue covers, show bills, etc. Spread with a case knife, or any straight edged instrument, slightly warmed. Leave a narrow border to handle with. Lay the papers on tables, shelves or any spare places where flies are numerous. They will soon cover the papers. As soon as they alight they will stick fast, and soon pull themselves down. When the papers are covered two or three flies deep, put in stove and replace with another one. Be sure to use no wa ter. The oil prevents the resin from hardening and has the pecu liarity of not evaporating. The oil leaves no odor when cool. Ten cents will buy enough to kill all the flics in a hotel. The Sight Life or Yonnjg Men. One night often destroys a whole life. The leakage of the night keeps the day forever empty. More sin and crime are committed in one night than in all the days of the week. This is more emphatically true of the city than of the country. The street lamps, like a file of sol diers with torch in hand, stretch away in long lines on either side walk ; the gay colored transparen cies are ablaze with attractions : the saloon and billiard halls are bril liantly illuminated ; music sends forth its enchantment ; the gay com pany begins to gather at the haunts and houses of pleasure : the theatres are wide open ; the mills of destruc tion are grinding health, honor, hap piness, hope, out of a thousand lives. The city tinder the gaslight is not the same under God's sun light. The allurements aud perils and pitfalls of night are a hundred fold deeper and darker and more destructive. Night life in our cities is a dark problem, whose depths and abyssess and whirlpools make us start back with horror. A Cold Ileal. "I saw a cool deed this morning," remarked Fangle at the supper table. "What was it?" asked his wifef with deep interest. "The title of an ice house." replied the wretch. Life. Chairman Barnum has told the President that he has looked careful ly and thoroughly over the field and is entirely satisfied that we will carry New York, New Jersy, Connecticut and Indiaua, and he hopes for large gains in the northwest. It is said there are farmers' wives on Long Island who make boys, trousers for three cents. There are women in New York who toil six teen hours a clay for sixty cents. The Socialists don't want the earth. They only want the land and the lager. The rest of the folks can have the water. Greensboro Patriot: Between $700 and $S00 were raised for the Trinity Collegeat the District Conference, How Wooden Spools are Mad. Birch wood, is preferred. The birch is first" sawed into sticks four or five feet long and seven eighth of an inch to three inches square, ac cording to the-size of the spools to producted. These sticks are thor oughly seasoned. They are sawed into short blocks, and the "blocks are dried in a hot air kiln. At the time they are sawed a hole is bored thrniKrli thorn. One whirl of the little block against sharp knive shnned bv a nattem. makes .the spools at the rate of one a second. A small boy feeds the spool machine simply by placing the blocks in. spout, throwing out the knotty defective stock. The machine automatic, but cannot do the sorting. The spools arc revolving rapidly in drums n.n d nolish themselves. For some purposes they are dyed yellow, red or black. They are made in hundreds of shapes and sizes. When one sees on a spool " of thread 100 yards or 200 yards, these words do j w not signify that the thread hai been measured, but that the spool has been guaged and is suposed to contain so much thread. Golden Days. Mills is a spledid customer in fight. He likes a fight. He is at his best in a fight. He enters a combafl as a locomotive stai'ts on the ste track. He hump, himself, goes slow ly at first, sometimes puffing, but never halting. When he gets started j he is a thing of beauty. He sails up and down a platform like an Admi ral's flagship in action.- The words come out a the rate of 200 a minute He hurls denunciation, ridicule, sar casm, defiance at the enemies of his ca"se. His head is erect. His arms w ave through the air like the fans of a windmill. His language is perfect , his rhetoric rich and alternatively classic and breezy of tne tree ana easy Southwest. He exhausts his subject before he tries, and there is little if anything new or reasonable to say about it. On the stump Mills is at home. Cotton Ties. "When Harrison was in the U. S Senate he voted against putting cot ton ties on the free list. See Con gressional Re-cord, vol. xiv. p. 1G53.' In the House of Representatives, last week one hundred and twenty eight Republicans voted the same way Harrison did. Reduce the duty on cotton ties end very farmer that plants cotton is benefitted. Why, then, ought any farmer who plants cotton vote for Harrison and the Republican party? This is a pertinent question. Thiuk over it. Plant. PETZEB'S DRUG STORE. Flower pots in all sizes, plain and painted. Kill the bugs, bugs aud all pestiv erous insects with Black Flag In sect Powder. Sure death, at Fetzer's Drug Store, 10, 23 and 50 cent bot tles. Ready mixed paints in half pint, pint, quart, half gallon, and gallon cans, and by the barrel, wood stains, varnishes, kalsomine, fresco pair ts all at lowest prices at Fetzer's Drug Store. Artists fine tube colors, sable brushes, paletts and a great supply of Artists materials at Fetzers Drug Store. Soda Water, Milk Shake, Orange Phosphate, Lemonade and all . de licious summer I beverages COLLI CULJJ as ice can make them, at Fetzer's Drug Store. KEEP COOL I Leave your orders for ice at Fetzers Drugstore. Dusting brushes of bristle, turkey and ostnen feather, from 25 cents up at 1 etzer s .Drug store. Library lamps, hall lamps, table lamns. German student lamns. kitch en lamps, lamp shades, chimneys. electric and Duplex's burners, and every kind of lamp fixtures at Fet zer's Drug Store. IT' t V w e are still onenng oargams in chewing Tobacco, Olcf Bob, Silver Lake, Big X, Farmers' Pride, Hygea ana otner tavonte brands. Smoking tobacco, best brands at lowest prices. Ground Mustard, Gelatine, Tapio o, Corn Starch, Extract of Beefs Selected Spices, Flavoring Extract, and pure Cream Tarter at Fetzer's Drug Store. Chlonide of Lime for disenfecting purposes. Toilet Soap in great varieties, irom 2 to 50 cents a cake. Hair brushes at all prices, tooth and nail brushes, flesh brushes, both gloves, sponges andtowles. The "Weekly News-Observer. The Weekly News and Observer is a long way6 the best paper ever pub fished in North Carolina. It is a cred it to the people and to the State. The people should take a pride ia it. It should be in every family. It is an eight page paper, chock full of the best sort of reading matter, news, market reports, and all that. You cannot af ford to be without it. Price 81.25 a year. We will furnish the Weekly News and Observer until January 1st, 1889, for 81. Seud for sample copy. Address, News and Observer Co., Raleigh, N .C. PIEDMONT AIR-LINE EOUTE RICHMOND AND DANVILE RAILROAD. Condensed schedule in effect June 24th, 1887. Trams run oy o Meridian Time. Daily. No. 50. Daily No. 52 SOUTHBOUND. Leave New York 12 15 im 7 20 am 9 45 am 11 24 am 3 40 pm 5 50 pm 8 30 pm 3 10 pm 5 17 pm 5 57 pm 6 13 pm 8 50 pm 4 30 pm 6 57 pm 9 42 pm 11 00 pm 3 00 am 5 10 am 7 45 am 2 30 am 4 24 am 5 05 am 5 20 am 5 05 am 9 42 am f8 10 pm jl 45 am 3 12 am 4 Og am 7 40 am 6 30 am 9 50 am 10 1C am 11 18 am 12 12 pm 4 31 pm q 10 pm 11 23 pm 12 pm 12 40 pm Philadelphia Baltimora Washington Charlottesville Lynchburg Ar. Danville Lv. Richmond Burkeville Keysville Drakfrp Branch Danville Ar. Greensboro 10 36 pm Lv. Goldsboro Raleigh Durham Cbaptl Hill Hillsboro Ar. Greeusboro Lv Salem Greensboro High Point Ar Salisbury Statesville Ashevillo Hot Springs Lv Salisbury Ar Concord Charlotte Spartanburg Greenville Atlanta 2 40 pm 5 00 pm G 04 pm f5 20 pm 6 37 pm 8 35 pm 7 iiO m 10 45pm 11 15 pm 12 01 am 1 51 am 7 28 am 9 15 am 12 2g am I 10 am 1 55 am 4 40 am 5 50 am 11 00 pm , 3 37 pm 4 48 pm 9 40 pm Daily. No. 51. Daily. No. 53. KOBTHBOUXD. Leave Atlanta Arrive Greenvillo Spartanburg Charlotte Concord 6 00 pm 7 40 am 1 06 am 2 13 am 4 50 am 5 43 am 6 22 am 1 51 pm 2 53 pm 5 30 pm 6 30 pm 7 05 pm Salisbury Lv. tHot Springs 8 Co pm 11 40 am 1 25 pm Asheville 9 55 pm Statesville Ar. Salisbury Lv. Salisbury Ar. High Point Greensboro Salem Lv Greensboro Ar Hillsboro Chapel Hill Durham Raleigh Goldsboro Lv. Greensboro Danville Drake's Branch Keysville Burkeville Richmond Lynchburg Charlottesville "Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York 3 30 am 4 37 am 6 27 am 7 32 am 8 00 am 11 40 am 9 50 am 11 55 am tl 15 am 12 35 am 1 15 pm 4 10 pm 8 05 am 9 47 am 12 25 pm 12 40 pm 1 25 pm 3 30 pm 11 40 pm 2 25 pm 7 35 pm 8 50 am 3 00 am 6 20 am 5 56 pin 6 38 pm 7 15 pm 8 15 pm 8 40 pm 12 34 am 10 50 pm 3 10 pm t4 30 am t6 55 am til 45 am 9 50 pm 10 20 pm 1 23 am 1 45 am 1 45 am 5 00 am 12 55 am 3 05 am 7 00 am 20 am 10 47 pm 1 20 pm 'Daily. tDaily, except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. On trains 50 and 51 Pullman Buffet pleeper between Atlanta and New York. On trains 52 and 53 Pullman Buffet Sleeper between "Washington and Montgomery ; Washington and Au gusta. Pullni8n sleeper between Richmond and Greensboro. Pull man sleeper between Greensboro, and Ralaigh. Pullman parlor car between Salisbury and Knoxville. Through tickets on sale at pricipal stations to ail points. For rates and information apply to any agent of tbe company, or to Sol Hass, J. S. Potts, Traffic Man'r. Div. Pass. Ag't, W. A Turk, R chmond, Va. Div. Pass. Ag't, 0 as. L. Taylor, Raleigh, N. C. Gen. Pass. Ag't. M. J. CORL'S CONCORD, N. C I have moved into the stable late ly occupied by Brown Bros., near the courthouse. The best accommo dations for drovers. Leave your orders at the stable or with Charles Eagle, Porter for omnibus. Horses and mules for tale. M. J. CORL, Proprietor. r c vf rro (SjjDHT THE ONLY SHOE POLISH ODD, FOK SALE BY Cannons & Fetzer. jTOP THAT COUGH. For to delay is dangerous Mooses, Cough Syrup is the best, for coughs' colds," hourseness, Bronchitis, croup whooping cough and diseases of the dhroat and lungs, as many attest who have used it. l?or sale at retzers trug store. J ''Tr'ri rviM wm &g f4?3M YORKE& WADSWORTH, Hardware Headquarters, SEE HERE, EfCUirS, DECUIICS.-BHOEDB. DIOBS, Farmers and Everybody Else can be suited in Hardware at YORKE ..... i for the CAHtl. Our stock is ruil ana compieie. a. spieuuiu ue ui vjwk. Stoves and cooking utensils in stock. Turning Plows, PloT Stocka, Harrows, Belting, Feed Cutters, Cornsbellers, Tinware, Guns, Pistols, Knives, Powder, Shot and Lead, Doors, Sash and Blinds, Shingles, Glass, Oils, White Lead, Paints and rutty a specialty ; wire ocreens, vju vioms, wruagm, cm ana Horse Shoe Nails, and in fact everything usually kept iu a hardware store. We will sell all these goods as cheap, quality considered, as any house in North Carolina. - Our warehouse is filled with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Keapers, Mow ers, Hay Rakes, of the best make Ou the market, which must and will be sold at the lowest figures. Be sure to come to see us, whether you buy or not YOKE & WADSWORTH. P. S.- We have always on hand Lister's and Waldo Guano and Wando Acid at prices to suit. COME AND SEE US! ' . x AND YOU I'ilL mi MONEY BY SEEING OUH PRICES. GREAT REDCTION In Prices of Groceries to Reduce our Immense Stock, we offer 75 BBLS. OF SUGAR, 25 SACKS OF COFFEE, 25 BOXES OF TOBACCO, 10 " " GAIL AND AX SNUFF, 2,000 FLOUR 3ACKS, , , 25 BBLS BOB WHITE FLOUR. o Our Goods are all bought di;e$t from the Largest and Best Houses for ASH, And we can sell you groceries for less money than youcan buy elsewhere. ViTe have a large stock of Tinware, Soap, Soda, Powder and Shot, And many other goods m our line, and you will always find our prices as low as the lowest. PATTERSON'S CHEAP CASH STORE. WE ARE NOW READY! ZE3IA-S ABETTED. WITH A NEW JOB AVE "ARE NOW ALL KINDS OF pi- ' PLAIN, COMMERCIAL, BOOK AND- JOB PRINTING. i Those needing anything in our line will find it to their interest to crive us a call. Opposite :-: & WADS WORTH'S at bottom prices a i i. j is - rii Y. & W. PRESS AND OUTFIT PREPARED TO DO to - 'B' FANCY, . Postoffice.