j W HOARD.
THE STANDARD.
HE
TANDARD.
K(ii:T PAPER
' n lIlKD IS CONCORD.-
' xiNS M0RK 1EADING
ffvTTl-:"i: THAN ANY OTHER
rVrl K !N TIIIS ACTION.
. 1ST 1 THE LIGHT
It IV INK.
v.s KM" T M'OAFKEY.
, .i; i ,m i the liirlit ilivinc,
uir.ii'l ly tlu- ages dire,
-'ii -': piMf as the gray star-shine.
At!:r
W:i'
A? '' l'
joint!
; iW n to the woouiana vine,
V- ' 'Hi: from a hidden choir,
i-'the light divine.
n o'er the silvered brine,
down on the tide's desire,
;v as the gray star-shine.
.i rid -heart's inmost shrine
'till does its flame aspire
1 I . . : . tl.n l.vl,t rli'vinn
;V0!K i
' Qv.o '
u i: ii a vestal might benign,
s is its eternal nre,
Far ;'.'.
arc as me gray siar-suine,
:irt. this is a creed of mine,
' r ' u a l'0"p'et here entire
; ,u at ' l is lne nut divine,
Fs'
lOOL OF THREAD
r,, p!e ever stop to
ruling and turning
X '
to tLiuk of
and the
cotton fiber
ro -.srli after it is taken from
' ,,od before- it is wound on a
vi ready for use. To actually
( "nv it on its course would be a
I .'. itid t dious task, but in the
tv'ual museum at Washington,
Er vkuole K vy is told iu one ot th
'."liu"" " l'l t0 au exhibition of
textile fabrics- .
L,r,t is miowu ft specimen of cot
Jui the pod. i'lst hs it is picked,
v . ,s .1 mi a sp e:..rn of the
iue eottoi. iiittr it h: lutu ginned
,,i ti e s eds imvc removed.
T Se i l-'atd cotton is used for
Saj on tun.uut ol the length of
Setiber. Asmnple of the .Backing
nwhii'litU'iVtton-8 baled is also
lunvn- V.n-u tue cotton is sup
mLi to have Wen baled and -ship
tedtouethtva.l factory.
Htr'.e tie l:it tbiug that is done
Uu tuecovteu is to subject it to
the -vi.-kt-r" oeess by which the
LUnvUJvrral bales is mixed
tl uniformity. During the picker
uroivss Uiiu-u waste, iu the form of
dust, ihrt and fibers, is separated
from the uv-od tibeis by the picker.
cxt ti e "piekea'cottou is wound
od a meume, in bht-tts or laps, into
au, ). i'lie next proe.ss illustrated
bv a practical xhibit iu the carding,
is which the sheets of cotton are
cexbed or run out into long paral
lel nbt 'is. . L .
iLe cotton is next seen drawn
t'-irousrli :i trumpet-shaped openipg,
Lvh coikKhscs it into a single
ttr'iiiJ. or "silver." Then eight
such si.vt : are i oiled together into
oik s.x ot the strands thus pro"
ductJ lLt J one, an 1 tig.iin six of the
ttrm.J Una the last drawing are
ce'bcJ ii.i' one.
lien conies the fast "rovpg pro
s5.lich ooiisists of winding the
straiuls tiiul bobbin Two strands
ire t:t td iiu again wound on a
Ulx. . .
i'.wa l umber of other twistings
a:l r.i vliug, during which the
anzJm s:iadua!ly reduced iu size
c:::n V)tinb to assume a thread
htai'p.-aKinee, two strands of this
f2e"rovu'"ate run together and
tv:ted. ui.vh-r considerable tension,
eaak.oLm that makes 7000 revolu
toiis a liiiiiUte.
IttOoi'tLe cords thus produced
ire then wound together on a spool
arid then twisted from that to an
other spool. Ti e two coid thread
thus produced is transferred thence
to another snoo). and tl.en
treaJs ot two cords each .ti t ial
eJ tutti.er, forming n s x e-':d
thread- Due vn; 1 as followed the
proctss sees the coitjii gradually
tiaLfoimed from a wide band, oi
sLeet of ioc-se cotton, to a compact
tiirrii ti.at will pass the eye of a
teedle.
The six-ecrd" , thread is at last
taken fi om i bobbin and reeled into
askeiii, from which it is bleached or
Jt-1- Then it is wound back from
the kein upon a big spool, from
hicliuis supplied to little bitch
fp.ois, upon which it is wound iu
rt-giilai courses, and is then ready
for the market.
Tfce nnchine that regulates the
list winding measures the number
of yai'd- wound on each spool. The
t-p-j-Is aie made of various sizes, the
MiTiiiL- spool containing 200 ''aids
of tLit-.i i.
I:.? i-il.-c's that decorate the ends
of the s;mm ,1s when they ere sold are
ht nut on. They are cut and past-
i u l y machinery with great rap-id!tj.-(j,,!deu
Days.
m
II AT U. T. t UOWKM.
Has in Say After n Mouth'tt Return tu
lli. Ii e in Argentine Itemb-
li I lie Sltuntion In not
rnronragiug:.
1 " r.jiu a private letter, dated Octo
W and which reached us on the
l-'tii f November, the Standard
lin..Uti.; in Mr. G. T. Crowell's
lem-r for public ttion. Mr. Crowell
sa after reaching bis home and
taking iu the situation for one month
th;it he linds: himself and his safe,
and cw r tiling in good shape, except
'ju-Miess, of wiiich there is positively
''J!''-. As the result of the revolu
tj"ii in that country some months
;!l'v, business is a wreck, the labor
h 'ir ( I t-M-s are out of wcrk and nif
f'!;nnr for the necessities of life,
i"'-!i-ii:,ds of immigrants are going
w'.k to J-.urope and to Brazil. Mr.
CTrv-. i I says that the wheat crop
ro ni-.-s to be a failure, and if such
t-'- the i-usf, the coun ry is bound to
1':iv'-a latmtie. As evidence of the
huiiii.- of the wheat crop, the har-
v' coined oft about December 1,
Ul1 '! iit the time of writing (OctoUr
J: tu - wheat was turning. Ho rain
"IS f -dli-ii there since last February.
lbs null has closed town, havin;?
t 0
tarj.; quantities of Hour ou bauds
UI"i sale for it. The company
M.ike about $80,000 less this
.v,-:ir. owing to the bad condition of
hll-ii,...
Mr. Crowell says that his recent
tnl' to this country, on account of
Hi- n olution, etc., cost him $3,200.
If bii.siiu'tB does not improve, the
tiidurd belieu'S that Mr. uid Mrs.
v-roivt-U wii; returi.-, at an early da',
b tliis country. But in auy event
J'1 will not suffer, for he's too
,l,,v for all -hat.
"W a few "railroad accidents are
t"'lli-r reported; but none are very
VOL. III. NO. 46.
AWAlTIXli FOR YEARN.
A Criminal Iw Foritotten in I'tIhou
nnd Kecoiiien Iiikhiic.
John Bly.rs, in lSCS,vwas arrest-
d for the under of a family named
Foster in Vanceburg, Ky. He was
tried in a Kentucky court soon af
ter, but the case was taken to the
United Stages court on the ground
that the State law did not allow col
ored witnesses to testify against
whites. Iu the United States court
Biyers was convicted and sentenced
to hang January 22. The State ap
pealed to the Un;ted States Supreme
court. After a delay of Utrce years
that court remanded the case to the
State courts. Then it somehow be
came forgotten. Year after year has
gone bv without a trial. "Witnesses
have died or movtd away. Biyers
family has died and be has grown
gray in jail awaiting trial, lie was
poor and without friends, and so his
case was forgotten even in Vance
burg, many persons not knowing he
is in prison. lie has become more
or less daft over his long imprison
ment, and takes no interest; in any
thing outside the jail. The bloody
axe with which the murder was com
mitted is kept in the jail, and that
is about all the evidences th-re is
left outside the written testimony
taken at the tiials on which to try
the man. An effort wi'l be made to
try Biyers at the next term of court.
Wahington Star.
"fo" Biul Men."
'Kin I git fo' warrants fur fo'
men?'' he asked at police headquar
ters yesterday.
"What's your case ?"
"Hypocrisy an' lyin'an' decevinV
"What are the particulars
"Well, sah, I bet a black man dat
de 'leckshnn would go Democratic.
If it didn't I was to give him a dol
lar. If it did he was to drink a
quart of kerosene ile. lie now
ref usts to drink. Anoder feller
agreed to eat a pint of hoss-radish,
but he won't tech it. Anoder one
was to stan' on his heal in de mud,
and de fo'th one was to walk frew a
grave-yard at midnight."
"And all refused?'
"Ebery one of 'em lays right back
an' says I kin go to Texas. I want
fo' warrants."
"We can't help you any."
"Can't dev be arrested 'i"
"Hardly.""
"Gwine" to git off wi'dout lei a'
hurted any?"
"I'm afraid so."
"Well, 1 isn'f. I has al eady dun
licked three of 'em go dev can't
holler, an' I was lookiiv fur de fo'th
when I d rapped in vere. I'll find
an' sarve him de same way. II u!
Jiss think of it ! Man goes to work
an' turns de pollyticks of dis kentry
h11 around an' wins his leckslmn
bets, an' den de odder fellers say dey
won't pay' Can't 'low sich tritlin'as
il.it."
"Well, be careful."
"Oh, I'll be mighty keerful. I'll
just hit him under de car an den so
dow n on him till I work a rcfo ni.
Hain't gwine to kill anybody, you
knorv, but jtss waken up de con
s uiice to de awfulness of lvin' out
of a bet." Detroit Free Press.
Morgan ant! II i Irolii-t.
Zeke Morgan, the chicken, pig and
'possum peddler, of Stanly county,
was in the city to-day with a wagon
lo.id of Thanksgiving 'possums. His
cargo wa3 made up of thirty-two
'possums, and there were whi'e, gray
and black ones in the let. He sold
hem all out at from twenty to fifty
cents. Morgan is posted on 'pos
sumology and gave his customers
some entertaining points on the life
and habits of the goods he was trans
ferring to them. The blac" 'pos
sums are very scarce, and Moigan
says they can on lv be caught after
ten o'clock at night.
Morg.iu tried to get up a pig ex
change here last year, but was only
partially successful, as his breed, the
original" razor-backed, pine-rooting
stock, did not thrive here. He so.ld
t.o pigs, one to Dave Maxwell and
one to a court oflicial. The official
went home 4o see his pig, and sore
that it could eat slop out of a jug.
Maxwell kept his pig six months,
fed it two loads of corn, and when
he killed it, the whole thing, head,
sides, hams and all, were packed
away in a t wenty pound lard bucket.
The official's pig, by the way, disap
peared the day af ter it was purchased.
It jumped, turned on its side and
shot through the space between the
rails in a fence. Charlotte News.
Cot Mnrrj ins Down Fine.
Cleveland county used to be the
banner democratic county in the
stab, and having lost it she now
contends for honors matrimonially.
According to the Shelby Aurora a
Mr. White has just commenced en
joying his fifth honeymoon. Another
man now honors and obeys msiourtn
wife: he had three different oue3 in
one year. Says the Aurora : "In the
spring his firot wife died; in the
summer lie married a consumpme,
who died in October, then at Christ
mas he married a third wife." It
did not take him long to work him
self up "to noticing." Such genius,
enterprise and charity (?) in so im
portant an industry ougnt to be en
couraged bv the state. How would
it do for the state to institute a sys
tem of awarding chrornos to such
(.i.KiriivKii.ot -mrl hptipvnbnt men ?
What siy3 the Durham Globe?
Washinslon Progress: Mr. Steph
en Corson, a Itepublican of this
to-vn, was up Saturday last for cir
culation libeiious circulars in regard
to some of the Democratic candidates
and some of our citizens just before
the election. He was bound over to
court under a $200 bond.
"A DESPERATE MAX DEAD.
Miserable End ofB. F. Welch, of I. mi
nister, iu Richland JailStory or a
Misgoverned Life.
Columbia, S. C, Nor. 19. In
Richland jail to-night came the sad
en'ing of a life vhicn might have
been one of usefulness and respecta
bility, but was instead sinful and
miserable.
Ben. F. Welch, who was arrested
al Lancaster last Sundiy and
brought here Monday charged with
stealing a valuable" watch from James
Tillman, son of Congressman Till
man, died in jail to-night as the re
sult of a prolonged spree during the
State fair.
The deceased came from a very
respectable family, married well, aud
sought admission to the bar, but
drinking, gambling and ungovern
able passions made his life a failure
and himself only productive of sor
row and suffering to all connected
with him.
He figured with unenviable noto
riety in connection with a charge of
attempted assassination some years
ago, and because he failed to pass
examination for the bar, threatened
to shoot Chief .Justice Simpson.
His abuse of his wife caused her to
leave him, and his prosecution there
fore followed.
The theft of the watch was from
a room in the J rand Central he oc
cupied with young Tillman, lie
leaving early and the wat:h Wing
missed, fastened suspicion on him,
and the watch whs found in his pos
session at Lancaster.
He claimed to have won it in a
game but offered no evidence to sup
port his storv. He was suffering
from the effects of drink when
brought here and had several fits,
death finally resulting.
A Cure lor Snake Illtes.
A gentleman from the vicinity of
Dalton canyon informed a reporter
tint a very exciting little episode oc
curred up in that canyon on Tues
day, and one which promised for a
time to result iu the horrible death
of a wood chopper, whose name he
was unable to learn. The man had
been cutting stove wood for some
days, and had four or five cords of
wood piled up in different places
along the canyon.
On Tuesday morning he started in
to cord up the wood, and worked
faithfully until about 10 o'clock,
when a large rattlesnake, which was
coiled up under the edge of the
wood, bit him three times in rapid
succession on the hand and arm.
The poor, unfortunate man was three
or four miles from a habitation, and
had nothing at hand to counteract
the fatal poison.
Suddenly, however, Ins eves toil
upo:. a familiar little vine, known as
the Arizona rattlesnake vine. He
had prospected in Arizona years ago
and knew of the virtu-3 of this lit
tle fine leaved milk weed vine, but
he had no means of making tea of it.
Nevertheless he at once, as rapidly
as possible, gathered a large bunch
of ir, lay down under the shade of a
small oak tree and began to c hew it,
swallow the juice and apply the mas-
ce rated leaves to the bi'es.
He grew dizzy and faint for a
while, until the medical qualities of
the weed began to take effect. He
continued .to chew and swallo w the
autidote, and the painful effects of
the poison grew gradually lesv At
about 4 o'clock he was abie to 6tart
for home, w here he arrived with but
ittle inconvenience. He continueu
the remedv. and bv tin o'clock Tues
day night was to all intents :nd pur
poses entirely recovered. loniona
(Cal.) Time.
A Sharp Xorth Carolinian.
Washington Tost: Charles F.
Midgettof Bodcnthe, Dare county,
X. C, was in the city yesterday.
He went the Norfolk wharf to start
for home. There he met a man who
told he was a merchant from Nor
folk and had been there laying in
his win'.er stock. The stranger cul
tivated Midgett's acquaintance, and
asked him to come up town with
him, offering to pay his fare. He
said he h id a couple of birds at the
express office, which he was going to
take home with him.
The countryman accepted the in
vitation, and when they arrived at
the corner of Fourteenth and F
streets the alleged Norfolk merchant
steimcd into the Ebbitt House, tell
ing the farmer that that Avas the ex
press office. A moment later he re
turned and said that he could not
get his birds because they would not
cash his check. He explained to
the farmer that he had $700 iu his
boat, and if be would oblige him
with $25 until they returned to the
wharf he would then return it.
The farmer gave him the cash and
stood at the door holding the "mer
chant's" -overcoat while he went to
the "express office." The overcoat
is worth about 75 cents, which re
ducei Midgett's loss to $21.25.
Ex-Irlet Koj Ic Heard From.
The Goldsboro Headlight says:
Ex-priest J. J. Boyle ha3 been heard
from again. Not from a monastery
in Scotland, as is generally supposed,
but from a Catholic tribunal in
Borne, Italy, whither he has been
summoned to disprove the charges
made against him by the Catholic
clergy of the west. Boyle, with his
usual brazeness, had the audacity to
write to Bishop Hadyn, in this state,
to send him a letter of recommenda
tion in order to prove his good char
acter while in North Carolina.
Mrs. Chas. Price, of Salisbury,
left Monday for Chicago. She rep.
resents North Carolina as one of the
lady managers of the. World's fair.
CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2Z, 18D0.
KIPERIXTESDEXT HARRIS DEAD.
The l.v Eleetecl Manager or the
Oxford Orphan A linn Died at Dur
Hpi on the 10th.
Itev. J. T. Harris, who succeeded
Dr. B. F. Dixon as Superintendent
of the Orphan's Asylum, a promi
nent and learned Methodist, was
taken suddenly ill at the corner-stone
laying of Trinity College about
ten days ago, from -which he never
rallied. He died on the 19th.
This from the Durham Globe :
Rev. J. T. Harris, presiding elder of
the Durham District Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, died to
day at 11 o'clock, at the residence
of his brother-in-law, Mr. J. . Carr.
Mr. Harris had been presiding elder
of the district two years, and was
recently . elected superintendent of
the Oxford Orphan Asylum.
He had been stationed in States
ville, Goldsboro and other points;
had been presiding elder of the New
Berne district four years previous to
his taking charge of the Durham
district, and everywhere was greatly
beloved for his exemplary piety, ad
mired fof his preaching ability, and
relied upon for his preaching capac
ity. He was a graduate of Trinity Col
lege, and was not only a scholar, but
had also studied men and measures"
in church and State, and well equip
ped for the great work of the gospel
ministry, to which he had devoted
his life.
It is thought that the great inter
est, sympathy and -labor which he
put iu the superintendency of the
asylum hastened his end.
But his end was peace. Among
his last utterances was a prayer for
every pastoral charge upon his dis
trict, and closed his eyes with the
feeble but triumphant exclamation,
"i lie down to die in peace, awaiting
the resurrection of the just." Truly,
"The chamber where the good man meets
his end,
Is privileged beyond the common walks
Of virtuous life quite in the verge of
heaven."
He leaves a wife and five children
to mourn their loss.
Are the I'reaeher lail I
It is getting along toward the end
of the calendar year. The church
year of one of the leading denomina
tions of our State has jjst closed
and that of another one is about
. losing. Have the preachers been
paid up ? They are promised but a
pittance and if they are paid every
cent of it they are still on short
commons. It is a scandal to their
charges if the beggarly sums pledged
them arc not paid. We mention
this matter because at this period,
when so many strolling ministers
are doing so well in a wordly way,
we wouldn't have hesc humbler,
every-day men of God forgotten.
They are with us from yeai to year
and are our every-day friends ; they
baptizeour children, bury our dead,
comfort i'S in our affliction and from
Sunday to Sunday point out the way
of life. They are the bulwark of
society ; thev" hold our civilization
together. Their influence is con
tinuously with us us for good, and
while the birds of passage come oc
casionally and turn the world upside
down, we owe the preservation of
our dearest interests, temporal as
well as spiritual, to those unpretend
ing ministers who, like the balance
of the iioor, are always with us. Let
them not be forgotten in our giving.
Statesville Laudmark.
A White tiirl Elope With a ?ro.
Baleigh, Nov. IS. Special.
News was received here today of the
elopement of Mary Johnson, daugh
ter of Starling Johnson, a white
man living near Clayton, Johnston
county, with Henry White, a negro,
who for tn vears had been a laborer
on Johnson's farm. The girl is
young and the negro is about twenty
years old. Jle is the son or a wnue
woman who, some years ago, came
to llaleigh from Warren conntv.
Last nitrht at ten o'clock the John
son girl got quietly out of her fath
er a house and was driven in nis
buggy to lt-ileigh. Here they took
the train soon after midnight, the
man procuring a ticket to Greens
boro and the girl one to Kichmond.
They told a negro woman here named
Lockhart, who is White s cousin,
that they were going to Boston
where they could be married. The
Lockhart woman went with them to
the train and bought their tickets.
The matter v. as laid before the police
today and they are making efforts to
secure the arrest of the eloping cou
ple. The Boy to be Licked.
The School Commissioners have
restored the right to the Superin
tendent of the Graded Schools to
inflict corporal punishment. Prof.
Grinisley is to do all the licking and
do it privately. All the boys are
wearing old geography backs in the
seats of their breeches. This is a
good preventative. We know it. We
discovered it early in life when we
used to get two lickings at home be
fore breakfast, three during the day
at school and a dressing down just
before bed "time. Old book-backs
saved U3 a lot of pain. Greensboro
Democrat.
Barber to Contest Settle' Election.
It now seem3 to be agreed that
Mr. Barber, the democratic nominee
for solicitor in the ninth district,
will contest the election of Settle,
renublican. to that position. It is
alleged that fraudulent tickets were
used, and this is the ground upon
which the contest will be based.
This will be about the only election
contest in the state, save the one in
New Hanover county. The latter.
will be both before the courts anil
the legislature
MR, A.M MRS. DOWSER.
BY MTtS. BOWSER.
Detroit Free Press.
A large bundle, tied with ropes,
came up to the house the other eve
ning, aud I had not had time to pry
into the contents when Mr. Bowser
came iu. I waited until after supper
and then asked:
'Have you got a new hobby, Mr.
Bowser?'
'Did you eyer know me to have a
hobby, new or old?'
'You arc regarded as a man of
hobbies.'
'I am, eh? Then it is by a few
idiots! No man in the country is
more clear of hobbies. I am ofter
told that I am too practical.'
'Well, what is the bundle?'
'A doctor's prescription health-muscle-
longevity. In other words,
I don't propose to pay any more
doctor's bills.'
'Why, you have wonderf ullygood
health, Mr. Bowser.'
'And I propose to keep it. I
haven't been exercising enough. I
Lave brought home a small outfit.'
'I think it is foolish and useless.
You ar strong and healthy, and you
can make no chaDga for the better.'
'There you go! Always opposing
everytnfbg I do! I wouldn't have
your spirit for a boat-load of gold."
'Well, don't blame me, as usual.'
'Blame you? As usual! Whoever
blamed you? I should be sorry to
suspect you of being light -headed,
but you are acting very queer, Mrs.
Bows-'r?'
No more was said, aud he got out
the tools aud lugged his bundle up
stairs and began fitting up a gymna
sium. In about an hour he called
me j p. He had two weights at the
eml tf two cords running over a pul
ley, and as he worked one aud then
the other he said:
'This exercise strengthens the
arms, shoulders aud chest- I feel
like a new mau already. See those
clubs?'
'Yes.'
'Well, those are Indian clubs.
They aro more particularly for the
arms. They are worked thus an l
thus aud '
He was swinging them over Lis
head, and one fell upon his bald pate
aud he sank down as limp as a bag.
I tore off bis collar, ran and got wa
ter, aud by and by he sat up and
asked :
'What was I doing?'
'Exercising with the clubs. I knew
you'd do it.'
'And when my back was turned
you hit me or the top of the head
with a hammer!'
'Of course not. How can you be
so foolish?'
He maintained an attitude of se
verity towards me for about au hour,
and then slipped back up stairs to
practice with the dumb bells. I
slipped up after him, pretending to
hunt for an old coat, aud pretty soon
I asked him what particular b nefit
be expected to derive from the use
of the bells- i
'Develop the arms and chest, of
course,' he replied.
'But you weigh 200 pounds now.'
IThai's nothing to do with-being
strong. It's muscie I'm alio..'
'What, foi ?'
'For fifty reasons. S .... ose I
should be attacked by a loafer?'
'Yes.'
'Suppose I grab a buiglar herein
the house?'
'Yes.'
'Suppose a footpad should try to
hold me up?'
'What would you do?'
'Do? Do' Watch me!'
He began making vigorous mo
tions with h ten-pound bell, and a
catastrophe followed. He hit the
wall with it, let go his hold, and it
fell upon his foot. Then he veiled.
And whooped. And howled. And
hobbled about, and said he d get
even with me if it took a thousand
years.
Are you blaniirfg me, Mr. Bow
ser?' I asked, as I found a chaLce to
get iu a word.
Of course you re to blame!
'What did I do?' -
'No inattcrl I expected it from
the :irst, but it's a long road which
has no turn, Mrs. Bowser' You just
wait!'
I got him down stairs aud rubbed
his foot with arnit a, and after two
or three days it was all right again.
I think he enjoyed being asked why
he limped, and think he told all
inquirers that he had just put up a
fifty-pound bell when the roof of
the house gave way and a portion
of the chimney fell upon his foot.
I heard him hammering away up
stairs again, and I went up to ask
him what he was doing.
'Arranging the bar," he replied.
'What for?'
'To exercise on.'
'Why, Mr. Bowser, you are not
going into practice again, are you?'
'Certainly. I am not to be dis
mayed by two or three slight acci
dents." 'I wish you would let it alone
You are clumsy and awkward, and
you will hurt yourself severely be
fore you know it.'
"Are you talking to me?'
'Of course.'
'Clumsy and awkward, eh? That's
all right! Just what I might expect
from you! That's reason, however,
why I should persist in this.'
'Well, if you get hurt again don't
blame me.'
'Hump! . Get out of the way.'
'What are you going to do?'
'Practice on the bar. Look out
for my legs?'
I think he tried to catch one of
his feet on the bar, or to let go and
and swing with one hand. At any
rate he suddenly descended to the
floor with au awful crash, jarring
the center-piece loose in the next
room below, and bringing up the
cook to inquire:
"Is he dead this time ma'am? If
so, let me congratulate you?'
lie wasn't dead, but he had
bruised his hips and shoulders and
his back. It took me a full hour to
get him to bod, and he had nothing
to eay until I had telephoned for a
doctor. Then suddenly he observed:
'I suppose you have already de
stroyed the evidences of your guilt.'
'What do you mean?'
'The ropes suspending the bar
Some one cut one of them while 1
was performing!'
'And you lay it to me?'
'I have nothing to say not just
now. If a ive tomorrow we will end
this state of affairs in as satisfactory
a way as possible. In order to
shield you as long as possible I shall
tell the doctor that I fell down
stairs.'
Several fine hogs have been assas
sinated during the recent cold snap.
NTATE NOT US.
Greensboro Workman : "There is,
more properly speaking, an inter
dependence between the paper and
community."
The Watchman says of Salisbury :
"An ice factory, shoe factory, and
an Episcopal school for Salisbury is
good enough news for one week."
W'ilson Advance: Mr. Ruffin Ren
frew tells us he has a pig with six
legs, The animal has four fore legs
and uses them all to walk with. He
is lively as a cricket and seems to be
getting along all right.
Beaufort Seaside: A fanner in
Hyde county is the father of six
children and they are all twins
three paifs-and in addition to that,
the birthday of every one falls on
the 5th day of October.
Goldsboro Argus : An Institute
for the benefit of the white teachers
of Wayne county will be held in this
city, under the management of Prof.
Kj. D. Mclver, beginning the 24th
current and continuing one week.
Durham Globe: Fifty thousand
men with good voices have suddenly
developed in the State. They all
want to be "reading clerks," and
their voices should not be allowed to
pant for a job, at the State's expense.
Hickory 1'ress and Carolinian:
Last Wednesday morning, while
working in the employ of the Cataw
ba Lumber Co. of this city, Mr.
Wm. Brotherson, the filer for the
company, of Bay City, Michigan,
was struck on the head by a falling
blind and had his skull fractured,
from which he died m a few hours.
Mr. Thos. Brown, a prominent
farmer in the northern part of the
county, has been suffering a long
time from disease of the femus or
thigh bone. Yesterday the diseased
bone was all removed and hopes of
his recovery are now entertained.
Drs. Irwin, Caldwell, Hunter and
Wilson performed the operation.
Charlotte News.
Washington Gazette: There are
five building and loan associations
in Washington, and the town is feel
ing good effect from them. Mrs.
Augusta Allison, living one mile
fiom town, raised 3.000 pounds of
lint cotton this year on seven and a
half acres of laud, without any com
mercial fertilizer, and will get 1,000
pounds of seed cotton besides. She
used home-made fertilizer.
Newton Enterprise: Mr. Charley
McKesson, who was converted at the
Fife meeting in Morganton, is now
assisting Mr. Fife in his meetings.
The Presbyterian Church at
Sherr ill's Ford was dedicated last
Sunday. The Newton spoke
works have put up their new
machinery and are now finishing
spokes at their works. They get the
finest hickory in the country and
the spokes they turn out are beauties.
Salisbury Watchman : A shoe fac
tory for Salisbury seems to be an as
sured fact. Most of the stock has
been subscribed, and Mr. Wetmore,
who has had several years of success
ful experience, is the gentleman
who will be at the head of it.
Abe McQueen, a colored man who
killed m. McPherson in Mont
gomery county, was arrested in Geor
gia week before last and brought to
our jail for safe keeping until next
Montgomery court.
Durham Sun : Two of our local
sportsmen are summoned to Hlllboro
Saturday to answer the complaint of
trespassing in that county upon land
said to be posted. The boys say
they had just gotten over the fence,
and when their attention was called
to the fact of the land being posted
they immediately left without firing
a shot We don't think our hunters
would willfully violate law. This
leads us to eay that farmers should
be particular and make it known in
the most conspicuous places that
their lands are posted.
Marion Free Lance: Thursday
night of last week the Democrats
had a big jollification. Two anvils
were seemed and used in place of a
cannon. At about ten or half past
ten Bob Clark left for his home.
When in the railroatl cut near Bon
dnrant's brick works some unknown
would-be-assassin fired two shots at
him. He w as walking near the bank
and the bullets struck so near him
they knocked off the embankment,
near his head, and the clay was
thrown in his face. There is no clew
to the would-be-assassin.
Lumbertou Robesonian: In our
article last week with reference to
those Croatans who had stood firm
in their allegiance to the Democratic
party we o nitted a good many worthy
men, among them John Oxendine,
tki Sandersons, the Dees'es, Preston
and Malachia Locklear, James Dial,
and others. We hope that at the
next election we may be able to in
clude all. We have, since learned
that all of them in Thompsons town
ship, who voted the Democratic tick
et heretofore, did so this year, that
at least one of them, heretofore a
noted Republican, voted Democratic,
while others scratched or did not
vote at all.
Lumberton Robesonian: Several
of the towns have been indulging in
Chrysanthemum shows. While
Lumberton has made no display of
hers, she is probably not behind the
very chief est of them, as is evidenced
by the 'fact that Mrs. Dr. J. D.
McMillan has 140 different varieties,
while Mrs. Fannie Peterson and
many others have them in great pro
fusion. Mrs. N. H. Jones has a ban
ana tree which has fruit upon it that
looks as natural as if grown in the
topics. Mrs. B. Godwin also has a
large banana tre. Mrs. A. II. Mc
Leod's collection of hot house plants
is not excelled in the State. Indeed,
for pretty yards, Lumberton is not
excelled anywhere.
' WHOLE NO. 159.
New Berne Journal : Mr. 1? TWrv
hi
t - - j
us received a collection of shrubs
known as the flowering. It is of
recent discovery and is attracting
much attention among horticultur
ist for its beauty and hardiness. It
is of handsome form, grows about
four feet high, and the odor is the
same as that of the bloom from the
natural orange tree. It flowers
through the entire summer and will
live out doors all the year round.
They are being adopted in the North
ern States for parks, cemeteries, and
other places as a beautifier.
Raleigh News and Observer:
News was received here yesterday of
the death of Mr. Frank E. Patriek.
of Richmond, which occurred yester
day m JNew lork, where he had gone
to have a minor removed from the
brain. He was the son-in-law of
Maj. A. M. Lewis, of our city, and
a gentlemau of high character and
extensive business. He leaves a wife
and a family circle to mourn his
death. Several Raleighitcs, who
went to Farmville. Va.. to be present
at the organization of the stock com
pany to develop the great coal and
iron deposits which have been dis
covered there, have returned and are
enthusiastic over the prospects there.
Nearly all the Raleigh men took
urge blocks of stock, and the enter
prise was all the talk on the streets
here yesterday. It is understood that
coal was struck by the drill in abnn-
1 "
anoe a day or two ago.
Arehej-Iteed.
At nine o'clock, Wednesday eve
ning, at the residence of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Reed,
Miss Kafe C. Reed was married to
Dr. L. M. Archev. The
was performed bv Rev. Wright G.
Campbell, of St. James Lutheran
church, assisted by Dr. C. II. Payne,
of the First Presbyterian.
The bridal couple, preceded bv the
attendants, paused under a graceful
arch of beautiful flowers of manv
and choice varieties, from the centre
ot which was suspended a floral bell.
Un either side of the bridal couple
were stationed the attendants : Mr.
F. S. Smith and Miss Lizzie Young ;
Mr. Ii. V. Ridenhourand Miss Stella
Adderton; Mr. Gowan Dusenbery
and Miss Marv Reed : Mr. John
Reed and Miss Fannie Fisher.
The impressive ceremony was per
formed in the presence of a laree
number of admiring friends. The
bride wore a beautiful and lovely
costume of white silk, which was
in charming harmony with her
beauty.
After the ceremony, the bright and
happy party of friends and acquain
tances enjoyed the rich feasts held
by the tables, superbly decorated and
bountifully but delicately spread.
The bridal presents, numerous, beau
tiful and costly, were : W. W. Heed,
silver butter dish; R. L. Keistler,
set silver after-tea spoons; Robert
Ridenhour, silver soup ladle ; Mr.
and Mrs. 1). F. Cannon, silver
salad spoon ; Miss Estelle Adderton,
silver card receiver; Mrs. J. S.
Fisher, china salad dish; F. L.
Smith and Jas. P. Cook, chini oys
ter set: Gowan Dusenlierv. silver
clock ; Mrs. C. M. Payne, china salad
dish; Miss Amanda Montgomery,
silver jewelry stand ; Robt. B. Cm
non, silver salt and pepper set; Jno.
and Miss Mary Reed, solid silver
set tea-spoons; Jas. C. McNeely,
silver salt set; Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Montgomery, silver sugar
spoon; Q. E. Smith and W.
M. Stuart, silver sugar and
cream set; Rev. Dr. Payne, bridal
souvenir; Mrs. Judge Montgomery,
China vase; W. C. Houston andJ.
Y. FPzgerald, silver pickle stand ;
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Campbell, sil
ver set after-tea spoons ; Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Lore, silver salad spoon ;
Miss Fannie Fisher, pair silver and
China vases; Miss Laura Smith,
pair bronze yases; Miss Lizzie
Young, gold sugar spoon ; Mrs. Dr.
J. P. Gibson, set decorated China;
Mrs. J. R. McNeely, China fruit
plates; Miss Mary Adderton, silver
pickle stand; Mrs. John P. Allison,
handsome picture; Mrs. A. A.
White, handsome picture; Mr. and
Mrs. J. Reed, gold watch ; N. D.
Fptipr. drpsaiiio rase; Rilver and
gold sugar spoon, W. C. Earnhardt.
ml 1 1 i 1
xne coupie leit on me morning
train for a bridal trip to the princi
pal cities north, to return in about
fifteen days. To Dr. and Mrs.
Archey, the Standard joins their
many friends in extending best
wishes for a long and happy life.
Rev. Wettton'ft Book.
Rev. J. A. Weston is now at the
North attending to the publication
of his book on "Marshal Ney." He
believes that Peter S. Ney, who
taught school for a number of years
in Iredell county, was none other
tnan the celebrated Marshal Ney
and in his book which he is now
having printed, he seeks to prove
his position. Mr. Weston has de
voted a long time to the investiga
tion of every fact bearing upon the
question and will make a book of
remarkable interest and literary fin-
To Study Dr. Koeh'n Methods,
Asheville, N. C. Nov. 17. Dr
Kore Van Ruke, a specialist in lung
and throat diseases, left here to-day
for Berlin to study the exact methods
of inoculation and details ot treat
ment for consumption under Prof.
Koch, the discoverer. Dr. Van Ruke
is well and favorably known for his
special work in lung and throat
diseases and stands high in the ranks
of his profession. He will conduct
here a special institution for the
treatment of consumption. He was
formerly a pupil of Prof. Koch.
Old
newspapers for sale at ihh
.office.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
JOB "WOEK
-IN THE
NEATEST MANNER
AND AT
THE LOWEST RATES.
SOME FREIGHT FICil'RES.
To
Turn Spindles Von Danre to lh
MiimIc of the RailroadTo Warm
Yourself and Little One. Yon
tiet Your Fin Ken Screwed
Down by the Railroad
Railroad CoiunilNMlon
Keeded and a Com
peting I.lne a
Necewnlty.
Pocahontas Coal Company does
business in Virginia. Concord tries
to do business at home. Only one
railroad comes by here. It.gives out
a tune and we sing it sometimes
the bass predominates, and at times
a few extra words, by way of empha
sis, are put in. Thee is a song
"Coal" that in some respects is
very touching, oftentimes bringing
forth a stream of tears.
Once upon a time a railroad com
pany saw fit to shoot its train by,
leaving our mails here for nearly
one week this was done in the face
of ticket sales to the amount of about
$30,000 per year. The lightning
company, with an eye to something
great (?) and enterprising (?) put on
an extra train. To start to Atlanta
you leave here at 11:14, stop over in
Charlotte and wait on a northern
man's train ; you may possibly have
to wait four or five hours on a de-
layed train that's nice for a lady,
now isn't it ? To start north in the
evening you get on the bob-tail, eide
track at High Point and change over
to the aristocratic cuss that can't see
a town of 4,200 inhabitants, and one
that contributes 25 per cent, more
to the road, comparatively, than any
town on the road.
Rut to the question. Some peo
ple here use coal, and the biggest
cotton mill in the state is lo
cated here, anl it uses coal pos
sibly to the amount of a car
load per day. Of this we are not
right sure, but here is something in
black and white : One car load of
coal, weight 49,000 pounds, was
shipped from Richmond, Va., to a
business man here. He paid $84.37
for it, but $63.34 of it was freight,
and the balance, $21.03, was the ac
tual cost of the coal itself. The
freight is more than thuee times
the cost of the coal. Do you Bee it r
Where does the $63.34 cents go?
To help satisfy a giant monopoly,
cut-throat transportation line. These
charges are fearful, they are out
rageous. Charlotte does not pay
that much. Why? Charlotte has
competing lines. Any people might
stand one case like this, but it is a
daily affair. Suppose one car of coal
comes here per day (a small estimate),
what does the railroad realize in
freights on it for one year? Just
$19,85.42,or,in other words,the rail
road charges $19,825.42 for hauling
$0,582.39 worth of coal faom Rich
mond, Va, It's worse than any tariff
ever conceived by the rottenest, vilest,
meanest blackguard of a statesman
that ever drew breath. Concord gets
less recognition from the railroads
than any town in the state, Ilarris
burg not excepted. The people have
to pay for all these fancy luxuries
that the comprny order for deserts.
It's the poor people that feel it most,
not directly, of course, but in the
end surely.
The tims has come when Concord
and the county should be looking
out and working for a competing
line.
To say the least of these charges
is to pronounce them wicked abuse
of powers, and mean imposition ou
present helplessness that's the size
of it.
All the logic, all the rhetoric, all
the poetry, all the philosophy and
all the brains in the world can't
make the present freight rates fair,
honest, just or even passably decent
YonniclBu! Thin in for You.
1. Save a part of your weekly
earnings, even if it be no more than
a quarter of a dollar, and put your
savings monthly in a savings bank.
2. Buy nothing till you can pay
for it, and buy nothing that you do
not need.
A young man who ha3 grit enough
to follow these rules will have taken
the first step upward to success in
business. He may be compelled to
wear a coat a year longer, even if it
be unfashionable ; he may have to
live in a smaller house than some of
his young acquaintances ; his wife
may not sparkle with diamonds nor
be resplendent in silk or satin, just
yet ; bis children may not be dressed
as dolls or popinjays ; his table may
be plain but wholesome, and the
whiz of the beer or champagne cork
may never be heard in the dwelling ;
he may have to get along without
the earliest fruit or vegetables ; he
may have to adjure the club-room,
the theatre and the gambling hall,
and to reverence the Sabbath day
and read and follow the precepts of
the Bible instead; but he will De the
better off in every way for this self
discipline. Yes, he may do all these
without detriment to bi3 manhood,
or character. True, empty headed,
folks may sneer at him and affect to
pity him ; but he will find that he
has grown strong-hearted and bravo
enough to stand the laugh of the
foolish. He has become an inde
pendent man. He never owes any
body, and so he is no man's slave.
He has become master of himself,
and a master of himself will become
a leader among men, and prosperity
will crown his every enterprise.
Young man ! life's discipline and
life's success comes from hard work
and early self-denial; and hard
earned success is all the sweeter at
the time when old years climb upon
your shoulder and you need prop
ping up.
The Standard Job Office can
turn ont anything ia the way of fin
job printings .