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HE SIHIDIBD. The THE ST&11DARD. THE VERY BEST AHVEDTISING MEDIUM. TEEMS : CIIEYER. CASH IM ADYAHCE, $1.25. SUMiSlHS, - '.75 p ir.DMONT AIR-LINE ROUTE RICHMOND AND DANVILE RAILROAD. (yu!onsed schedule, in effect Jane Trains run by 75 jleridiau Time. Dadv. No. 50. 12 15 pm 7 20 am 9 45 am 1 1 24 am 3 40 .m 5 50 pm 8 30 pin 3 10 pm 5 17 pm 5 57 pm G l.'i pm 8 50 pm 10 3G pm 2 40 pm 500pm C 04 pm f i 2 in 6 37 pm 8 35 pm 7 LO pin 10 45pm 11 15 pm 12 01 am 1 51 nm 7 28 am 0 15 am 12 2D am 1 10 am 1 55 a n 4 40 am 5 50 am 11 00 pui Daily No. 52 5lU l'HiloUND. y,w York I'lii! i.lolphia F i'tuii re War-llinon t'hulottejville Lynchburg Xr. Danville J.v. liiehniond J'.uiLoville Kt'ville lake's branch p.unil'e Ar. Greensboro I.v. GolUboro i:.r.tii Dm ham ( h-jn l Hill ll-l'.sboro Ar. Gieensboro 1 v Salem tneeusboro lli-h lVmt Ar tMlisbury Abbeville Ho: Springs Lv Slibury Ar Co cord durlotfe "P iit.mbu'g Gieeuville A llama NuKTilBOO'D. 4 30 pm G 57 pm 9 42 pm 1100 pm 3 00 am 5 10 am 7 45 am 2 30 am 4 24 m 5 05 am 5 20 urn 8 or, Rm 9 42 am t 10 m f 1 45 an' 3 12 am 4 0q am 7 40 am C 30 an. 9 50 air. 10 16 aib 11 18 air. 12 12 pm 4 31 pm G 1 I m 11 23 pm 12 put 12 40 pm 15 37 pm 4 48 p.l: 9 40 pm Dailv. No. 51. Dailv. No. 53. Leave At int a Arrive Greenville Spartanburg Charlotte Concord Salisbury 6 00 pm 7 40 anj 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 80 pm 7 05 pm 11 40 am 1 25 pin 5 56 pm 0 38 pm 7 15 pm 8 15 pin 8 40 pm 12 31 am 10 50 pm 3 10 pm t4 30 aci 6 55 am til 45 am 9 50 Diu 10 -20 pm 1 23 am 1 45 nm 1 45 am 5 (0 am 12 55 am 3 05 um 7 00 am 20 am 10 -17 pm 1 20 pn Lv. tHot Springs 8 05 pm Asheville 9 55 pm Matesville Ar. Salisbury Lv. Salisbury Ar. Hidi Point G easboro Saiem Lv Greensboro Ar Hillsboro Chapel Hill - Durham Raleigh (ioUsboro Lv. Greensboro Danville Drake's Branch Keysvrle Burkevilla Richmond Lynctburg 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 pui 4 10 pm 8 05 am 9 47 am 12 25 pm 12 40 pm 1 25 ptu 3 30 pm 11 40 p m 2 25 pm 7 35 pm 8 50 am 3 00 am 6 20 am "Daily. fDaily, except Sunday. SLEEPING CAB SERVICE. On trains 50 and 51 Pullman Buffet sleeper between Atlai-ta and New York. On tiains52 an.l 53 Pullman Buffet 1 eper between "Washington and Montgomery ; Washington and Au custa. Pailman sleeper between R'chmcnd aud Greensboro. Pull man sleeper between Gieensboro, and Ralaigii. Pullman parlor car between Salisbury and Kuoxville. Through tickets on sale at pricipal stations to ail points. "For rates and information applj to any asent of the company, or to S'i. Hass, J. S. Pons, Traffic Man'r. Div. Pass. Ag't. W. A Turk, R chmond, Va. Div. Pass. Ag't, Jas. L. Taylor, Raleigh, N. C. Gen. Pass. Ag't. The "Weekly News-Observer. The Weekly News and Observer is a loug ways the best paper ever pub lished in North Caroliua. It is a credit to tbe people and to the State The people should take a pride in it. Is fehoald be in every family It is aa eight page paper, choek full of the best sort of reading matter, lif-ws, market reports, and all that. Y'ou cm not afford to be without it. Price $1,25 a year. We will furnish the Weekly News aud Observer until January 1 st. 18G, for 31. send for sample copy. Address, News axd Oeserveb Co, Raleuti. N. C. W Fds kbf, The next session of this Institu tion opens Monday, Ausr. 13th., 1888. Having secured the services of competent teachers, the Princi pals offer to the community the advantages of a first class school, and ask continuance of the same patrona-re so liberally given in the past. Tuition in Literary Depart ments 1. 50 to $3.50. Music $3.00 to 31.00. For further information ap ply to Misses Bessest. & Fetzer Principals. NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Next session begin. t!'0 mst fbiy of fpleiuber. Loextio i liftahliy Terms iWerate. Tor catnlougue f r paiticalars, nJ dress, 1'cv. J. G H AID. Pre-'t, Mt. rnaciiii, N, . August 3, 18S8, PEERLESS DYES Do Tour Own Dyeing, at Home. Th y irill dye BTerythiiig. Tbef arriolJ trerf. where. Price io. a paciute. XuejrhiivenoequU for Strength, BriKhtnen, Amount in VmeVnen or for F:.atuvu of Color, or noi.-fa.iiuc Qtuliti'-a. Tuef da a A crock er mut; 40 eolora. Jfur Mil by For tale at 12 FKTZER'S DRUG STORE, and D 1. JOHNSON'S VTXQ fcTORE i Am es VOLUME I. J. LEE CROWELL, ATTORXEY AT LAW, Concord, - - N. C. PRACTICE in the Courts of Cabarrus, Stanly and ad joining Counties. All busi ness promptly attended to. 8 Office over Patterson's Store. For Sale Cheap, A SECOND HAN I) OMNIBUS with a capacity for twelve Dissensreiw. in good ruuuing order. Call at this ffice- I In order t J close out my stock of Hats. Bonnets. Ribbons. Flower &c, I wijl offer great inducements to purchasers until the tame is dis- po6ed of. Call and see me. I mean just what I Bay. Mrs. J. M. CRSS. 1IISURE YOUR PROPERTY Against loss or damage by fire, with J. W. Burkhead, Ag't. For the Pbfnix Insurance Co., of Brooklyn; Continental Insurance, of New York; Insurance Co. of North America, Philadelphia, and the North Carolina Home Insurance o. All eood Companies. Lowest Possible Rates Givex. Insurance taken in any part of the County. NOTICE: The undersigned having taken out letters of administration on the es tate of Aaron Ritchie, dec'J, all per sons who are indebted to said estate ire hereby uotilied to come forwar i and feettle, and all persons holdii g claims against the said estate wi.i presftat them for payuieut within twelve mouths of this notice, or th same w ill be pleaded in bar cf the r recovery. S. II. Ritchie and Ltttheu Ritchie, Admr's of Aaron Ritchie, dee'd. Aug. 24. 1SS3. PUBLIC SALE. ON TUESDAY. NOV. 27th, AT my resil-nce, in No. 11 Town ship, I will offer at public sale the following property, to wit : Two go d horses, 1 two- horse wagon, 1 milch cow, 3 fat hogs, 1 sow and pig-, blacksmith toois, cider mill, 150 bushei of cotton seed, 17 stan 's of bees and all my farminir imple ments. W. D. LOWDER. Land For Sale. Any person desiring to purchase the tract of land known as the Tay lor place, adjoiuing Charles Bost aud others, or the tiact of land known as the Reed and Allison land, adjoining the Barnhardt land and others, will please tply to me. a. thev are both for sale. W. M. SMITH, Attorney. NOTICF. As administrator of John J. Alli son, deceased, I will sell at public sain. court house ncor. in Concord on first Monday in Dec, for assets to pay debts of said deceased, a valu able tract of land, containing fifty acres, adjoining the lands of Stafford Goodman, John T- Allison aud Davis Brumly. Terms of sale, one-third cash, balance of purchase money to be secured by good note a4; 8 per cent interest, payable twelve months after date. F. Davis BriJmly, Admr. of J. J. Allison, dee'd. Aug 31, 1888. 4t. Sale of Land. Byvir'ueof a mortgage executed to me on the 2d day of January, 18S8, by I. L. Shinn and tvife, Laura C. Shinn. and registered in Book No. 1 of Deeds of Trust. 1'afe 422, etc. , in Registers office of Cabarrus Countv, I will sell for cash on the lt Monday of December rext, at one o'tdock, p. m., at public auction, in froit of the Court House door in Concord, a tract of land consisting of 23 acres, more or less, situated in No. 5 Townshin. said County, ad joining the lands of James Yost, Margaret Krimminger, Levi Fink and others. Title to said laud sup posed tc be good, but I sell aud convevonly m testator. This 2nd day of November, 1888. a L. M. ARCHEY. Rv W. G. Means, Attorney. Trustee's Sale. By virtue of authority vested in my by a deed in Trust or mortgage executed ' v C. F. Smith and wife, Julia A. Smith, on the 25th day of February, 1876, which mortgage or deed iu trust is recorded in Regis- ov'u rH..a fnv CftharrUS CoUntV. North Carolina, in book No. 26, pajre 501, I will sell tit public auction at rhe Court House dour in Co. .cord. North Carolin:-, on the 4th day of D oo nbjr. 18SS. to the highestbid der, fcr cash: One tract of laud lyini on Dutch Buffalo Creek, ad joining the lands of Eph Bost, M. T. Teeter, John F. Furr, and others, c litainiiig 110 at res. known as the Tobias a .d Rachel Furr lands; also, one undivided half interest iu the Mill tract, formerly belonsring to Jno. F. Fu.r and said Smith. Title to said property is supposed to be good, but tLe purchaser only take such title as I am authorized tocon vev uuder said morf gag. A. FOIL, Trustee. t By. Wm. M. Smith, Att'y. Dated 15th day of Oct.. 1888. BARGAINS! CONCORD, N. C. James P. Cook, A. M., BiiEVARD E. Harris, A. B., Principals. CLASSES. Primary, Preparatory, Commer cial and Academic. The course of instruction is prac tical and thoroush. It is the aim of the Principals to give each pupil a thorougn English education, and prepare him foi the acti.ve duties of life. To complete the Academic course, the students will be required to take all the branches necessary for enter ing . the Freshmau or Sophomore class in our best colleges. Loctures on Physiology and Hy giene, the Constitution of the Sate and the TJi.ited States, and on other subjects of vital iuterest will be de livered during the session. Review examinations will be held mouthly. The result of these exam iaations in connection with class standii.g and deportmtnt will be re ported to the patrous of the school. MEDALS AND PRIZES. At the end of the es6ion, medals and prizes will be awarded for pro ficiency in studies, and for punctu ality aud behavior. Board, including room, lights &c, can be had in private homes at $3.00 per moutu. Lower rates can be had by club arrangement. Feeling tuat a school of this grade is greatly needed in thiscommuuity, it is the purpose of the Principals to exert every effort to build up a school, worthy of the support of the town and community. To do this, we earnestly solicit the patronage aud a. J of the citizeus of the town and sui ioundiug country. For further information, apply or address the PRINCIPALS, Concord, N. C. com e aor rii. BY MARGAEITE. Come to the laud of sunshine, Come to the Southern dime Ye sons of ozr Pilgrim Fathers Come in your buoyant prime; Ye daughters of New Erglaud, Come share the fig and ime. Where the orange boug'is'aie laden Aud the cruse is tided iu time. Come where the grand magnolia Bleuds with the bay's perfume; Coice where tbe swaying mosses Swing from the tree-tops bloom Where the gulden cup cf the iasmiue. And the ash's fragrant p'utne. Make -w et the em' -aid wild woods. That fiel not winter's gloom. Come to the healthful waters Come where the timely showers Sink in the tiands, moss covered. Beneath the vintage bowers. Com? where the brisrht strawberry. Matu.es among its flowers, And all things blend iu be.uty To cheer this Eden of ours. Come where the wild hydrangea, Is queen of tue violet vales I Aud list to the mock-bird's music, As it floats 'uiong fragrant gales Come tell your lover's fortune Amoug the clovered dales, Where the waving grain may whisper Good fortuuo never fails. Come where the coal and iron, Aud the corn aud cotton are tried; And the gardens that flourish like farm-lands, Wilh your neighbors may divide. Come to the booming southland, Come with a mother's pride, Receive her smiling welcome. For her sorrowful teais are dried. Come with your time and talents, Your capital at stake; Come, let your railways strengthen Our ties, no more to break. From Pi ii eland to Palmetto How grand the tour we take Ahead of every nation, From gulf to gratdest lake. A Test of Womanly Cnrloaity. Chicago Herald. Some time ago there appeared in a local paper an item to the effect that if a woman saw a paragraph cut from a newspaper in her house she would not rest until she procured another paper to see what had beeu cut out. A young married man, egged on by his brother, cut out the paragraph referred to, and he had the satisfaction of seeing his wife hustle for another copy of the 6ame edition. That is the woman's curi osity. If any man cuts out this paragraph and gives his wife the paper she will certainly go to the nearest news stand and buy another copy to see what the scissors have done. A monument to the memory of Dr. Elisha Mitchell has recently been erected on the summit of Mitchell's Peak, in North Crrolina. This monument is of bronze, and is ! probably the highest memorial shaft j in the world, this mountain having ! a greater altitude than any east of I the Rockies. The Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Balti more, has figured out thatj on the basis given in the Apocalypse, Heaven contains 5,759,750,000,000 rooms, each one being nineteen by sixteen feet in dimensions. Envy shooteth at woundetk herself. others and T CONCORD, N. C, NOVEMBER 30, 1888. XT. PLEAAAXT. "pplnl0f ln maa Aron our . Mr. B. S. Nwiiamaker has return- ed from a visit to Columbia, S. 0. He attended the State Fair and re- porw large croffu?, Due stocx etc. Mr. L. A. Lentr. is making prepar ations to move to Mt. Holly, N. 0. Mr. Ijeutz would have irone last week, but he had a very sick child, which detained him. We are glad j to say the little one is some better. Mrs. Laura Fisher, wife of Thorn ton S. Fisher, of No. 6 township, died on Wednesday, the 21st inst Mrs, Fisher was a stout, healthy looking womau, but that dread dis ease, typhoid fever, found an easy victim iu her, she being eick only about two weeks. Sheriffs Propst of Cabarrus, and Blalock of Staulv, met in M t. - t Pleasant on 16th inst to compare the votes cast foi the several candidates for Senator to represent the twenty eighth Seuatorial district. They found, and so reported, that Col. Paul B. Meaua had a majority of 628. Eli Miller, a yonng mm working at the cotton gin of Jonas Misen heimer, in Stanly county, had the misfortune to have his hand and arm terribly cut by the gin saw o:i the 20th inst. One cau imagine the gashing done, when the gin was completely stopjHxl by the arm and hand. Dr. Barrier was called in to dress the wouuds. He maylose the arm. (ilad to note the fact that Rev. Gei. H. Cox has worked up a con siderable missionary spirit in Bethel pastorate. For several Saturdays past he has been having ialcs of cot ton, chickens, &c, the contributions of the children of his pastorate, the proceeds of which amount to a con siderable sum. Rev. Prof, Scliaid delivers the missionarv address. The attendance at these missionary meet ings has been unusual I v large, and j the sp.rit manifested is conimeiidu-1 ble: The Texas ponies are here, and every little boy, and some big ones too, are wanting one. Mr. Watt ?Ioose has bought one of those famous quadrupeds and he had Marion Misciheimr, L" , to "break it" for him. Froni the amount of rope and leather fastened to it, one would think they were as unmanageal le, wild and as hard to break to harness as a wild buffalo. But with every precaution taken to prevent an accident or runaway, we wen- disappointed, as the little horse worked as "calm and serene" as it could under the tremendous weight of ropes, etc. We may refer to this again. Nov. 22, 1SSS. N. ltrpH In Battle. War horses, when hit in a battle, tremble in every muscle and groan j deeply, while their eyes show deep astonishment. During the battle of Waterloo, some of the horses, as they lay upon the ground, haviug recovered from the first agony of their wounds, fell to eating the grass about them, thus surrounding themselves with a circle of bare ground, the limited extent of which showed their weakness. Others were observed quietly grazing on the field between the two hostile lines, their riders having been shot off their backs, and the balls flying over their heads and the tumult behind, before and around them caused no interruption to the usual instinct of their nature. It was observed that when a charge ofj cavalry went past near to any of the stray horses alreauy mentioned they would set off, form Ihemselves in the rear of their mounted comjanions, and, though without riders, gallop strenuously along "with the rest, not stopping or flinching when the fatal shock with the enemy took place. At the battle of Kirk, 1745, Major McDouald having unhorsed an English officer took possession of his horse, which was very beautiful and immediately mounted it. When the English cavalry fled the horse ran away with its captor, notwithstand - ingall his efforts to restrain hiiu, nor did it stop until it was at the head of the regiment of which ap parently its master was conrrander. Themplancholy,andatthesanv2 time ladicrious figure which McDonald presented when he saw himself the victim of his ambition to possess a fine horse, which ultimately cost him his life upoi the scaffold, may; be easily conceived. j Don't depend on borrowed ideas any more than you would j than f 61,000. a modest sum even for be content with second -handed a country of less than 3.000.000 iu clothes. " " i habitants. AND ARB. TFIIJIK IT ALL OTSB. Farmers" Friend , of the LTnited States spend each year $900,000,000 for drink, $505,000, 000 for bread, $600,000,000 for tobac co, $303,000,000 for meat. 237.000. 000 for wooleu goods, $210,000,000 for cotton goods, $195,000,000 for boots and shoos and molasses, $85,- 000,000 for elucation and $55,000,- 000 for religion, Yes, sir, $1,500,000,000 for drink and tobacco and only $948,000,000 for' bread, meat, education and re ligion! In the United States we have 2,306,000,000 acres of land, aud only eiaht individuals in each hui'dred of our population who are owners of the soil. The total wealth of the United States is $47,475,000, 000; Texas has of that amount $530, 000,000 or $330 to each inhabitant in her limits. We have in the United States 54 138 men employed at carpentry and and their average anual wages are only $540, and this is about the average of the trades and artisans. The highest average wages, board furnished, by the year paid on the faun is $24.45 in California, while South Carolina pays $8.10, the low est, aud the average wages paid on the farm iu Texas is $13.03, and the English lord makes 14 per cent, on his investment iu national banks. The total agricultural products of the United States amount to $2, 721,000,000, while there is no sincle hai.ded farmers whose profits (from the production of the soil) after all the cost of the production is deduct ed, can show more than 26 cent per day net earnings, if that. Who gets the balance? The United States has 194,000 square miles of coal field, or led. which cost on top of the ground at the mine about $2.35 per ton; yet consumers pay from $5.50 to $3. The total cost of federal States, county and the city goverments anuually is about $15.25 per c.ip'ta. CnteTIUer, But (nlfr Drtertive. A ladv and a gentleman were i traveling together on -an English i railway, savs the New York Graphic. They were perfect strangers to each other. Suddenly the gentlemsei j said: "Madam, I will trouble you a few minutes; I am going to make some changes in my wearing ap parel." "Certainly, sir," she repli ed, with politeness, rising and turn ing her back upon him. In a short time he said: "Now, madam, my change is Complete, and you may re sume your seat." When the lady turned behold her male companion transformed into a dashing lady with a heavy veil over her face. "Now, sir, or madam, whichever you like," said the lady, "I must trouble you to look out of the window, for I aho have some changes to make in my apparel." "Certainly, madam," mid the gentleman in 1. toy's attire immediately complied. "Now,sir,you j may resume your scat." To hi great surprise, on resuming-his scat, the gentleman in female attire found his lady companion transform ed into a man. He then laughed and said: "It appears that we, are both anxious to avoid recognition. What have you done? I have rob bed a bank." "And I," said the whilom ludy.ashe dexteroutly fetter ed his companion's wrists with a pair of handcuffs, "am Detective Jones of Scotland Yard and in female appaiel have shadowed you. Now," drawing a revolver, "keep still." And he did. Whlntle. Supplant the Engine Bella. q jie South arolina Railway i Company is gradually dispensing with bell, and cord on its passenger engine and coaches, which custom has heretofore been to long in exist ence. Instead of the bell in the cab of the engine, connc ed with the passenger coaches, serving as a means for signaling the engineer by the conductor, a whistle is placed in the cab directly in front of the engineer's seat, ai.d this is operated ou the same system that the air j brakes are controlled. The whistle connected with the air reservoir, ; and when the conductor" desires to signal the engineer he simply presses a button, w hich is connected by the air-pi pe3 with the whistle, and the gjgnai j3 instantly given. The but- ton and the whistle are verv sensi- : tive, so as to speak, and the slightest touch of the button will discharge ths air into the whistle, instantly giving the desired signal. The entire outlay of Switzerland next year for its executive and leg - ! islative departments will be no more THAT WORD "TACKY." The New York Herald of a few days ago has the following learned philological thesis on the word "tackv" : The Atlanta Constitution, Washington Post and other! esteemed and learned contem poraries throw a Hood of light upon the slang word "tacky." According to the Post, "tacky," is any person or thing in bad form or common. Thus it says before the war Ken tnckians regarded Ohio peo ple as 4'tackies." Or, to modernize the simile, aristo cratic Philadelphians would can norm uroaa street resi dents "tackies." To go stili further, there is a suspicion that Fifth Avenue might call Brooklyn "tacky." The Atlanta Constition gives additional light. It mentions an old lady (who, if she were living, would be 102 years old"), who as a girl had visited a "community of tack ies in Burke county.". These "tackies" weie lazy, mean, thrif tless,shabby and uncouth. Hence the name tacky passed into currency with this mean- ing, so mat a scrub pony is called to this day in North Carolina a "tacky." Does the Constitution know where this tacky community got its name '( We do not recall ever hav ing heard the word applied to a scrub pony. None of the above learned authorities seem to have caught t true in wardness of the word as it is used in North Carolina. Here it means old fashioned, "back woodsy," or o t off date. More delicately used it means un conventional. News and Ob server. . A Very t'nrlous Stone. There has latelv been found in Colorado a white opaque variety of hydrophane in rounded lumps from live to twenty-live Tnm in diameter, with a white chalky, or glazed coating, and which is of pe culiar interest to scientific men. For i ts power of absorb ing liquid this substance is quite remarkable, and .when water is allowed to slowly, drop on, it first becomes very white and chalky ; and then gradually perfectly transpar ent. This property is devel oped so strikingly as to give rise to the name "magi e stone" for it, and has suggested its use in rings, lockets, charms, etc., to conceal photographs, hair, or other objects which the wearer wishes to reveal only when caprices might die tate. In an examination of several specimens of this curi ous material to determine its specific gravity, etc., the. fact was readily disclosed that hy drophane the weight being taken both dry and wet ab sorbs more than an equal vol ume of water. I'eenlinr Kind of Dissipntiou. It is not generally known that there is a. peculiar kind of dissipation known as the "ginger vice." The victim is as much a slave to his appetite as the opium eater or whisky drinker, and it is even more insidious than either of these practices, inasmuch as it seems so harmless. It is really one of the most injurious of such practices, in time destroying the coating of the stomach and dooming the victim to a slow and agonizing death. The essence of ginger contains 100 per cent, of alcohol, while whisky has only 50 per cent. This is why ginger is a favor ite beverage with topers whose stomachs are ho longer capable of intoxication from whisky. The habit is well known to the drug trade? and, sad to say, many women are addicted to it. Every mother should be careful how she administers I'inirer. Rural New Yorker. Deep Wells. ' The silk manufactoiy at Northampton, Mass., has the deepest well in this country, that is, it is 3700 feet deep and eight inches in diameter, but at a depth of 150 feet from the surface a sendimentary sand stone was struck, which con tinued tire whole depth, and water was never obtained. At St. Louis there is a well 3108 feet deep, winch yields an abundance of sulphur water. Before nnd After. I When a man is going out to ithe races he calls them "point ! ers." When he comes back he calls them "disappointers. Wise men make more op portunities than they find. NUMBER 47. DESTEl tTIVE SCHOOL METHODS. American Magazine. The originality and native precocity of youth are often lost in the automatic drills of t ie class room. Incipient talent and genius must die out in tne mma ot tne possessor from sheer lack of apprecia tion and sympathy on the part of those to whom the youth trustingly looks for aid and encouragement. Perhaps it would be regarded as extrav agant to assert that the end of a long course of instruction leaves nine-tenths of gradu ates wholly at the mercy of the world which they have been led to believe themselves fitted to enter and conquer. They may soon discover, how ever, that the wide fields of experience and knowledge are yet before them, and that the inclination and disposition for their further pursuit have been left dull and apathetic by the scholastic training re ceived. Books and literature are now distasteful to them. They will be but too happy to ignore the classics ; history has been studied too much. Admit that their minds have been -filled with, the elements of knowledge, thai their intel lectual powers have been dis ciplined and strengthened till they are sinewy and tough, how is it that the mind which comes to the tasks of life with a trainingand knowledge gain ed out of the schools, by read ing, private study, self-help, often measures up to, nay, outstrips the college-bred mind : 1 lie q ties tl n is easi ly answered: The methods oi tne scnoois uestrov ongin- alitv and versatility of mind by anticipating and prevent ing the very te f-htp neces sary to give every mind-self reliance and independent pow er. Xo Leap Tear In 1900. Although the vear 1900 will be divisable by four without a remainder, it will not be lean vear. It is we 1 to be informed on this in ' time Twelve years must elapse I e fore the interesting event takes place, but it was just the same in 1S00 ana 17(H), but not in 1600, for that was a leip vear, and the vear 2000 ill be a l:ap year also. Why this should be is, as much a prob lem to the general readers as the silver question or the tar iff issue. To explain in de tail would be a tiresome task, but it rests on the principle that a difference of 11 minutes per vaer exist bttweena tu.il time and calendar time. Thus a year is computed at 3G5 days, three years being 305 days long and the fourth year 30b days. In fact tne year is 365 days, 5 hours and 45 min utes lonc or 11 minutes short of 3651 davs. The leap year every four years is said to have been an invention of Julius Ca?sar's. To allow for this difference of eleven minutes per year, one leap year was dropped every hun dred years. But this was found not to be exact, and Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 made an improvement and de creed that every centurial year divisable by four should be a leap year. Thus, by omitting the leap year for three centurial years and let ting it remain as usual on the fourth centurial year, a sys tem is obtained so close that it would take - thousands of years to make up another day's difference in time. The calendar time is still not exact mathematically, but as no change will be necessary for 4,000 years the present gener ation need not worry about the trifling discrepancy re maining. -Wilmington Mes- Why Colons! are nmeron. Bill Arp explains, in a re cent letter to the Atlanta Con stitution, "that in old time mi litia musters the Governor was the Commander-in-Chief, but as he could not be personally, present, the militia were re viewed by proxy. Every county had an aid-de-camp with trie rank of Colonel. He held his rank and title as long as the Governor held his office, and he was expected to holler for him and talk for him and boom him, and, if necessary, he must fight for him on a suitable occasion. II the Governor failed of re-election, these Colonels had to retire too, and a' new set were ap pointed, but the old set never lost their title, and so the State in course of - time got pretty full of Colonels." 1 Progressive Farmer. Hate, of Advertising One square, one insertion, $100 One square, one month,, 1 50 One square, two months, 2 00 One equate, three months, 2 50 One square, six months, 5 00 One square, one year, 9 00 WISE WOODS. Denying a fault doubles it. Boasters are cousins to liars. Knavery is the worst of trades. Foolish fear doubles one's danger. . He has hard work who has noth- ' ing to do. Confession of a fault makes half amend?. Learning makes a man fit com- pany for himself. A grain of produce is worth a pound of craf L It costs more to avenge wrongs than to bear them. " , . Contentment does not demand : condition, it makes them. Now is always the very best time if we will only make it so. Whistling don't make the loco motive go, it is the sileut steam. The ups and downs of life are - better than being down all the ' time. To be really yourself you must bo different from those around you. A little knowledge wisely used is betterthan all knowledge disused. Man may growl, grumble aud light, but it has no effect upon natural right. The lightning is vivid agaiust a dark cloud, so the bravest lives sometimes are amid trials. We build barriers against the flood tide, wo should place some restraints -to all prosperity. Flags, brass bands and fireworks ' may inllueuce weak minds, but they are not real arguments. 1 he nearer we get to the ocean the grander and greater it appears! The same is true of truth. I'enltarity of Macaroni. Detroit Free Pies 3. Macaroni is now largely manufac tured in this country, one pound in t'li of that consumed being Im ported. 1 he industry, however, is solely in Italian hands and under Italian control. One peculiarity of this staple article is that it is almost proof against climatic changes and influences. In one of the cackes constructed by Sir John Franklin's party a box was fouud intact and untainted, for forty .years after, and at the time of the Greely ie-cue the first food served the sur vivors wa3 macaroni soup. Dr. Livingston always endeavored to. keep a supply while engaged iu his African explorations,but a few weeks since, the statement was published that Henry M. Stanley's supplies had been reduced to a quantity of vermicelli. Writing Abont Blrta Girl. New York Sun. The manner in which the society papers discuss the chances of an heiress's marriagi in America now adays is rather startling to the old school journalists of the town. Every suitor who presents himself to a rich girl is duly written about in print, his chances discussed aud Irs eligibility weighed. He pur sues his loverlike way under the vigilant eye of the vast horde of so ciety gossips who contribute to the weekly papers, aud every move is duly chronicled and set forth. 1 he positive or prospective fortune of the girl is constantly- printed and com mented upon, and altogether the courtship assumes a phase of pub licity which is - decidedly a new feature in journalism in New York Citv. A Barrel Making Machine. Chicago Herald. A Philadelphia man has invented a machine that, with the help of six hands, will turn out as many barrels iu a day as sixty men can make. The machine has been successfully operated, and coopers are taking a good deal of interest in it. If it proves financially successful it will j probably revolutionize the cooper's trade. ' Kentucky has 6ix counties Har land, Knot, Perry, Letcher, Bell and Leslie that have never had a church within their borders 'during their existence as counties. This facthns been referred to the Home Mission ary Society. Each soldier in the Netherlands iis to be supplied, in case of war, ! with a cartridge three inches long by j two wide, containing antiseptic dessings. These will consist of a i bandage about three yards long and ! two pieces of gause, and rendered antiseptic by a sublimate solution. Many a political candidate beats his opponent by & scratch. r J J
The Standard (Concord, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 30, 1888, edition 1
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