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WOBAX fl V.'.t Y.
Tin v sut totrt'tlii r, si.le ly side,
isorlcil in Cupid's mission ;
" IH-ar.lohn. pk'itst- tell," she softly cried,
" U li lt was my :i's decision ?"
'.Y!:is!'' said iu','"l greatly fear,"
l!!is voice Iw, n to quaver),
M y uit is not regarded, dear,"
(lie lieavrd a sii.ni) " with favor."
" Your p:i s:iys lie ean't see at all"
die adlv smoothed her tresses )
' IIoa I with such an inconie small,
Can even buv your dresses."
1 think," she answered (and her eye
To his in trust was carried)
" 1 niLJit lav in a rood supply
Ui-tore" Mie blushed "we re married.
Tin: i.osr waif.
Th.- Strjiiise Nitnilit Kxpcrienro of
: iirl t xi-t i ss went t tiiiilt r
i,r n, ,,i lioiddnhvilh', Kv., at 7
oVlo.-k siisivp. The passengers hail
niw( themselves culoitnble, and
vVr.v.Livs seemed nusnicious for -i
.piick -mil sjii' run to Xashvdle,
Te"u. Hi" express messenger bu-
sied himself about. his packages,
"ettiusx hi car in order, after winch,
havins; uothing else to do, h -nun
taed to the open window nd looked
out at the rising nuou. N bat a glo
nous niirht it was! the full moon
came up from behind ti e trees and
bun" over their tops like a ball of
lire ' How sweet and peacelul every
ttiu" looked. The thoughts of tie
young man went back to home and
mother. Win prod in n delightful
dream h- v.ik ..nvn or;, the box
nearest l.'.in, lut. suddenly he
jumi' i JP i" 1 l' he bad
beard a remark ..!' sound a poor
faint littlo-voio- coing, ' Papa."
Oh, w hat aetiiel tri'-k for the boys
to play on him. He must lind the
little "one at once. He searched
everv nook and corner, and looked
behind ewry box, but no baby was
to be found.
bat was he to do? He felt cer
tain that hd had heard the voice, and
something must be cone- Ah, he
had it at hist. He rung the btll with
all his aright, and the conduc or
came hurriedly to know what had
happened.
jhe passengers .were all excite-
in'out; windows went up, beads were
poked out, and every one had a ui
ruise, fully one half of them thinking
it must be robbers.
When the conductor returned he
told them that the express messen
ger had heard the cry of a child id
his car aud then lie inquired if any
child was missing. This threw all
the mot 'ers present iuto a panic of
fright. But they soon recovered
when they paw that all their own
darlings safe, nd every woman ex
pressed the greatest sympathy for
the little stranger in the express car.
They even volunteered to go and
assist ih the search for the lit! le lost
waif.bnt to this the conductor would
not consent.
The young man in the expi ess car
was meanwhile doubting th evi
dence of his own senses, for had he
not heard the voice? He could swear
to it. tSiowty he sinks down on the
same box. when, merciful heavens'
there was the voice again crying,
"Mamma-"'
A to, he has it now. li-f voice
c. -n.es from ilt j' ox. Some h i.iilews
mother, ,'orbaps seiidiug i.tr b.i'uy
by express.
Q ackiy ii cuts the cord and takes
off the past' t ond lid. Yes! th-re
it lies, tue 'dear '.ltd''- soul, with its
tsoft curls m.d .. y .it ess. H lifts
'.it onto teii. '.'-viy, Mi i ti i.:'-:-.ve
his Miipr 'so r is a d-;.. : .'v
ison's .spenkinir -U-iis. i',... y :t.j..-h-sat
duv. !i ": t.ie box hepiessed
the' prii.i:f a.' l ' i i c uue the fe.-M-little
wa 1 of " i.-apa," niaiuia.i,'
w hich had caused s-onmcu sy i pathy
and alarm. Detroit Free Tress.
A I! ii mile of If.
If life were not really such a very
serious business there would be no
funny papers.
If politicians were not. what thry
are politics would be different.
And also:
If the public were only the idea',
public for whom the Constitution
was written, " nractieal politician s "
would be at a discount.
If all the heathen were buadenly
to become converted, where, would
the man with a mission be?
If all the successful men of today
were great mon what a heritage this
century would have.
If marriages are made in. Heaven
are the divorces but no- Some one
will Bay Chicago.
If matrimony did not involve in
creased rent aud expenses, Jove
would last longer than it is cVdinar
ily supposed to do-
If all our millionaires were in the
true seuse of the word honest, we
could count them off on one hand.
If you have brains and no money,
pat yourself heartily on the back
day and night. It is all the recog
nition you will get in this world.
If all men married their firs: loves
the demand for lunatic asylums
would be appalling.
If a man always followed the ad
vice "otlns best friends he would
have no riendsat ad, for he would
soon lose every dollar.
If the dr modest girls never
could get their beaux into solitary
"orffera occasionally, there would be
an alarming decrease of this charm
ing quality.
A Oirloiis Custom.
"New Orleans has more peculiar
r-ustoms than any city in America,
and it is an extremely pleasant and
interesting lace to "visit. Those
different peculiarities arise from the
fact that the population is composed
of many nationa'lties, but princi
pally the Creoles, w ho preserve their
fashioio and cusoms from genera
tion to generation, rt-gardh-Hs of the
chaeges mad . by then- nei hboi
and others Tl eNew Oi leans pavers
not only ublish the death and fu
neral no ices as do our journal, but
t y also kee a standing notice o:
biilim tuat occi r. We noti e. tin
foliowii.g "curd of thanks" among
the advertisements in tne Picayune,
and print it merely as a curiosity:
" We lierebv'wisli to express our
heartfelt thanks to our fi iends who
ho-.ed their sympathy and kind
ntiSt, iu thw uour of our terribly ami
sudden aiUic ion ,in the loss of oui
beloved vit'e and mother, Mrs. Lena
Burkart, who depar ed this life, foi
the glorious oufl m l eaven, on Nov
1, 1890. We would also thank Rev.
1. Quinius for his kind prayers, aun
the juiidies Society of German Pro
testaiit church of the Sixth District,
and also tin so friends who showeu
tbeir respect and aflect:on tor t ui
loved dead by a teudiug in such
Ixrge numbers her funeral services.
" M. Ul BKART ASD I'AMILY."
VOL. IV. NO. 4.
YOl'R XAHE BY MAGIC.
A Simple Drvlrv "That Will Kveil
All J' " umber of SeeretM.
By use of the table given below
you can ascertain the name of any
person or place, providing the rules
below the lettered diagram tire
strictly observed:
A....B....D....H....P
C O....E ....I....Q
E....F....F J It
U... G....IT....K....S
I . ..J L....L....T
K ...K....M....M...U
M....X N....N....V
O O ..()... O...W
Q....R....T....X....X
S S....U....Z ...Y
U ... V... V....Y....Z
W... W...W
Y Z
Have the person whose name you
wish to know inform you in which
of the upright columns the first let
ter of tho name is contained. If it
is found iu but one column, it is the
top letter; if it occurs iu More than
one column, it in found by adding
the alphabetical numbers of the top
letters of the columns in which it is
to be found, the sum being the num
ber of the letter sought. By taking
one letter at a time, in the way out
lined above, the whole word or name
may be plainly spelled out- Take
the word Jane for example. J is
found in two columns beginning
with B and II, which are the second
and eighth letters down the alpha
bet; their sum is ten, aud the tenth
h-tter down the alphabet is J, the
letter sought. The next letter, A,
appears iu but one column, the tirst,
wnere it stands at the head. Nisin
the columns headed B, D and H,
which are the second, fourth and
eighth letters of the alphabet; added,
they give tne fourteenth, or N, and
so on. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
J ml re Iefler" Career.
Peffer, Jugalls successor in the
Senate, is a man of education and
ability, with no irreproachable per
sonal character, though not as much
of a scholar as a man of affairs,
lie wastorn in Pennsylvania sixty
years a', and the foundation of his
education was laid in the country
school houses of that State.
In 1SG9 he again moved to Morgan
county, Missouri, and there distin
guished himself by his utterances
in favor of the maintenance of the
union. In 1802 he was ouce more
compelled by circumstances to make
a change of base, and moved to
Warren county, Illinois, from whence
he enlisted in the Federal army, in
August of that year entering as a
private, aud discharged in 18G5 a3 a
second lieutenant. After the war
he settled down in Clarksville, Ten
nessee, and engaged in the practice
of law, acquiring some' local reputa
tion by his opp isition to move Brew
Jem's radicalism. After four years
of unsuccessful struggle to h Ip the
differences occasioned by the war, he
was compelled to leave Tennes-ee,
and iu 1870 moved to Kansas, lo
cating on a .overnmcnt land ciaim
in WiUon comity, engaging in farm
ing and the practice of law.
In ISt 1 he was elected tt the Sta e
Senate as a Republican.
In 1875 he removed to Coffey vi He,
an adjoining county, but in the same
Congressional district, where he es
tablished the Journal, conducting it
as a Republican newspaper.
In 1880 h? was u presidential elec
tor on the Republican ticket, and in
1881 wa3 apiointed editor of the
Kansas Fanner and moved to Topeka.
He then abandoned party aud politics
and devoted himself to the study ot
economic questions, but when the
new movements first showed signs of
life he immediately stepped to the
front as a leader, and by his speeches
and writing did more than any .one
in the State to bring about the polit
ical revolution of last November.
During the campaign he was de
clared a candidate for the position
to which he has been nominated by
his party, aud he has always taken a
great interest in agricultural mat
ters, and i3 thoroughly educated in
bucolic science and politics.
He has been a Republican from
Fremont to Harrison. Is member
of the l'otestant Episcopal church.
Is a master Mason and belongs to the
Knights of Labor. He unreservedly
endorses the St. Louis platform and
the Ocala platform of the National
Farmers' Alliance Industrial LTuion
and the platform of the people's
party in Kansas, believes the govern
ment should aid in improving har
bors and rivers in the South, and
building North and South railroads,
in the West i i irrigating lands
wherever and as fast as settlement
demands, and first of all the issuance
of money enough to see the people
on their feet again.
i:ditor BROWS,
Who in Also a School Teacher, a Bach
elor and a Matrimonial Can ft ill ate.
A. M. I'ropst gave the editor some
well developed pears of the second
crop which he gathered last week.
(They got into the Dart office by
means of a rop?, the 6tairway having
rotted down. Ed.) Mr. C. W.
I'ool of the Salisbury police, was in
China Grove last Monday in search
of a young scapegrace who had run
olf from Salisbury with some of his
father's money. Mr. Henry Yost,
while Hearing the machinery of Pea
cock & Barrier with a load of tim
ber was thrown from his wagon
A piece of timber rolling off at ihe
same time caught his foot, prevent
ing him from jumping and caused
the wagon to roil over both his legs.
Fortunately for him, the mud was
deep, or doubtless the injury would
have. been more severe. Mr. Yost
has our entire sympathy in his cuf
fering and also our congratulations
that no bones were broken. We hope
to see him out again with all his
happy and genial bearing.
Col. J. J. Ingalls is elected by the
Kansas Legislature to stay at home.
STANDARD XOTES.
It is still Cleveland with the peo
ple. Thus far the Legislature is afraid
of the North Carolina cur dog.
It looks now as if General Lee's
birth-day will be made a loliday in
this State.
It is siid that soap will cure mos
quito hi es, and it is said to be hard
on dirt, too.
There are 2,000,000 books in the
public libraries of Boston. It is th
Hub, you know.
The Illinois Legislature is ballot
ing right along for IT. S. Senator ;
thus far with no success.
Raleigh has had but one fire alarm
this month. It is probably due to
the presence of the Solons.
Wages continue to fall in Penn
sylvania, and yet they are living un
der the McKinly bill's influence.
North Carolina is not likely to
have compulsory education might
as well have compulsory religion.
In the death of Secretary AVin
dom, the nation has lost a fathful,
honest and able financier. It was
truly a national loss.
A bill has been introduced to
make the partridge-shooting law to
run from November 1 to March 1.
The gunners will kick. - ,
It seems remarkable that any sane
man in Congress would advocate the
Force Bill, when every State protest
ed against it in one way or another.
The Greenville Reflector has trot
ted to the ninth mile post ; instead
of looking tired, i shows life, thrift
and business. A world of success
to you, Brother.
After the 4th of March the Re
publicans will have a majority of
only six in the Senate, and not
enough in the House to get up an
Indian ghost dauce.
Father Blair, who has been bleat
ing for a while in the Congress of
America, is to be succeeded by A.
Gallinger. That's a pretty name
almost like Gallagher.
The Monroe Enquirer-Register
has returned to the four page form
and impioved, otherwise, to a very
great extent. Messrs. Underwood
aud Boylin are wished much success.
Lodge, the daddy of the Force
Bill, will write some historical ar
tides for the New York Herald.
He ought to run in one on his bi
ography, together with some history
about his famous oill.
It is now stated thai Miss Elaine
Goodale, a poetess and a cratikess on
the subject of Indian Reform, will
soon marry a full blooded Indian, a
graduate in medicine of Harvard.
The Indian knocks the spots out of
-tii American dud".
The Detroit Free I'n-ss isauthority
for this: A woman at the Svracnse
depot gave a man her baby to hold
while she -aw about her b:igage.
The bab !;:ve the man one io k am!
fell b.ick di ad. When they cam.- to
investigate thev found the .nan tot
be an old bachelor, who had been
sued three times for bieach of
promise.
IS SWEET MEMORY.
The Concord Standard, which was
boycotted by the R. & D., now runs
a column, formerly occupied by that
corp nation's time" table, with black
rules, dedicated to the memory of
the schedule. It is also in memory
to the pass that never came. Dur
ham Globe.
The Standard has more respect
for itself today than it ever had. In
the clear way of seeing things after
the smo e disappears from the great
official act that un-PASS-ified us,
the Standard disclaims any vanity
or boast of manliness when we as
sert tnat this paper could not be
guilty of supposing that it had closed
the mouth of a man (from doing his
duty) when it made a business con
tract with him.
This is a free country, and it
would be a sad thought to suppose
that any honest man would allow his
mouth closed against exorbitant and
damaging measures against the peo
ple for a sum of money far greater
than the value of an Editor's Pass.
THE RAILROAD COM.MISSIO.V.
While neither a prophet nor the
son of a prophet, the Standard is
losing faith in the probability of a
Railroad Commission bill being
passed. The measure is hanging fire
too long.
A railroad commission is neede.l
not one to hinder railroad con
struction, nor to do the roads of the
State an injustice, but rather to see
to it that the people are treated
aright and not bled to death, at
places, by discrimination. Surely
no one wants a commission to cut
and slash where it has no business;
but there are relations between the
railroads and the people that need
representatives of the people to see
that those relations are properly sus
tained. But from the way the thing now
looks, it is becoming doubtful
whether the State will appoint a
commission this year.
JI'STIFIES ITS EXISTENCE.
The Concord Standard is three
years old. We are glad to know that
it is prospering. It may not tie "a
hummer with horns," or "a winner
with tusks and a mane," as the Dur
ham Globe is, or it may be. tBut at
all events it justifies its existence
every day, aud the Landmark un
covers to it. Statesville Landmark.
A wreck on the Three C's road
demolished 12 cars and engine.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5,
Dr. ROBERT KOCH.
Dr. Robert Koch, the great Ger
man scientist, who first discovered
the germ theory, has once more star
tled the world with his lymph theory.
His name has now become a house
hold ord, and it really seems as if
his lymph, when ejected under the
skin, kills the germ or bueillus pro
ducing tuberculosis and lupus. .
Koch himself is still ayoung man.
lie was born in Germany, in the
Ham Mountains, in 1843, and took
'v$V-
his physician's degree in 18GG. He
practiced in different hospitals until
1872, when he settled in a small
town in Silesia, Germany. Here he
made his first important observations,
but owing to the conservatism of the
authorities he was unable to make
any headway. He then went to Ber
lin, where he became a member of
the Imperial Health Board. This
was Koch's chance. Here he proved
that consumption, cholera and many
other diseases were traceable to mi
nute organisms, lie was then sent
to India by the German government.
That country is the cradle of cholera,
and there his investigations fully
bore out his theory. Since then he
has been prosecuting his researches,
with what splendid results have just
been shown.
SECRETARY W IX Don DEAD.
lie Die Suddenly in n HniMjiict Hall
in Xew Yorit.
New York, Jan. 'J'.'. The sudden
death of Secretary of the Treasurv
Wiudom. while at the dinner of the
Board of Trade and Transportation
at IVlmonico's tonight, caused the
immediate adjournment of that body
a few minutes after 10 o'clock. The
Secretary was the Ji'st speaker of
the evening.
The dinner, which bfgan at C
o'clock, was completed shortly after
9 o'clock, a. id the Secretary arose to
jqeak. He ont-rt:.incd the diners
with an elaborate oration, and sat
down amid-! the applause of hi
a i.litors. Judge Arnaux then got
up, and was in tlu midst of his
speech introducing ex Secretary Bay
ard, w hen some one crn-d, ''Look at
Secretary Windom !"
Th.- speec1" was broken short, and
every eye was turned in t lie direction
of that gentleman, lie ha 1 col
lapsed in nis chair and was falling
to the tloor. His face was ghostly,
and a cry of horror arose among the'
late festive revelers. There was an
immediate rush on tne part of all
hands towards Mr. Windoui's chair,
but several doctors who wer. guests
at the dinner, got there first and
drove the others back. They were
Drs. S. A. Robinson, Durant, Whit
ney, Fisher and Bishop.
XO MOKE l(UI.!.S.
To the everlasting honor of the
Kansas Legislature, In gal Is, the
slimy-mouthed South-hater Senator
from Kansas, has been retired. It
is good news! It is glorious!
The Charlotte Chron-cle is " sorry
at his departure from the scene
where he has made such uazziing and
memorable displays." Doubtless In
galls is sorry himself at his depar
ture. But the South is glad that her
vile hater and slimer slanderer is
snowed under, in which pleasure the
honesty and manliness of the. North
and West enthusiastically join us.
A Deputy Collector Rohbetl.
Deputy Tax Collector, J L Smith,
of Dewese township, has come to
grief. Sunday j.ight his house was
broken into and $115 stolen there
from. Of this money 59.03 were
taxes which he had colh't-ted on Sat
urday the day before.
A slight clue whicli Mr. Smith
has may lead to the discovery of the
perpetrator oi the theft.
Now when the question of each
township having its own tax collec
tor is being agitated, ihis robbery is
somewhat significant of what would
no doubt often occur if the nieasuie
is carried into cuVct. The tax col
lector, under the circumstance.--,
would have no place of deposit but
his home, and as it would necessa
rily be known when he would have
tax money there, he would be liable
to have his home entered, and him
self prolably overcome, and the
money stolen at any time. Charlotte
Chronicle.
In this day of preparing for emer
gencies, sales would likely be intro
duced in the country.
He Regrets.
We regret .that we have not the
adjectives to express in graphic and
fitting terms the felicitous season of
rapturous enjoyment which blos
somed out with such rare fragrance,
or depict the delight which rode
each sparkling ripple, that danced
so beautifully upon the streams of
melody, which poured through the
channels of that tony and aesthetic
en ter tai nmen t. Wil eon Mirror.
V$'Vafe
AN
BARB.
IIIOH-HAXDEB CRCEI.TY
To Noiii Convict Now Working on
the Yadkin R. R. in Stanly County.
Several parties from Albemarle
report a case of fearful and out
rageous punishment being inflicted
oil a young convict on the Yadkin
Riilroad, near Albemarle.
A Standard representative some
months ago visited one of the camps ;
and from impression made then
impression made from observati n
and accounts given by several guards
a long article wa3 published in
these col urns. We wrote of the ar
rangements, plan of guarding the
camp, the sleeping arrangements and
the fare. We gave utterance to
what we then believed to be the
truth. But it appears that what we
said in r?.gard to some features of
the arrangement was overdrawn, as
viewed in the light of some conduct
that has taken place since.
No opportunities should be given
to any convict for escaping ; human
nature is such that not one out of a
hundred would remain in camp if
he had an opportunity to escape. It
appears that the guard3 became care
less and several have escaped.
The Standard has made mention
of one that was seen near Smith's
Ford, and departing with this one
there was another. The dogs caught
him. lor a distance of nearly
twenty-fire miles this poor young
white convict was led behind a mule
by a rope. When at camp, as our
information is, he was strapped
down and a blood-thirsty wretch lay
on 99 licks with all his might, and
the poor fellow was forced to go to
work immediately. Our report may
be exaggerated, but if half of it is
true, and it be a sample of the pun
ishment . given convicts, then some
decided action should be taken. In
the name of high heaven, cruelly
beat a poor fellow, though a convict,
with 99 stripes after a long drag
ging, and then force him to work
when in a fearful 6tate of mind and
body !
What does the State do towards
seeing that the convicts are treated
like human beings at least? The
State has a right to punish men, who
transgress the law, but neither law,
justice, decency or common Bense
will 'justify cruelty to a prisoner.
Indeed, the spirit that prompts cru
elty to a helpless convict is akin o
the high-handed spirit of hi-.Sata.iic
majesty.
Let the treatment of convicts be
investigated at once !
Legislative -otCN.
The Senate bill to define the du
ties of the State printer failed to
pass.
A bill has been introduced in the
House iy Mr. Biddix. ext-mp'ing
ministers of the gospci from road
duty.
The bill to presume that when
papers thai I not be foun !, they shall
Oe deemed to have been burned in
the court house, and the clerk and
''ondsnien to be relieved of the re
sponsibility, has passed third read
ing m the House.
I:i the Senate bills have passed
increasing fines in cases of carrying
concealed weapons; requiring adver
tisement before entry of public
lands ; allowing heirs to file petitions
to assigu dower where widow fails
to do so for three f months ; making
the 19th of January, Lee's birthday,
a legal holiday in North Carolina ;
providing that where postoffice of a
defendant is known, a notice may be
mailed instead of publishing in
newspaper ; enlarging jurisdiction of
justices of the j eace.
Bills have passed the hous ap
pointing timber inspectors in Craven,
Cateret, Jones, Onslow, Pitt, North
ampton and .Bertie counties, 5 cents
per 1,000 feet and not more than $3
per day pay ; incorporating Table
Rock academy, Burke county; re
quiring uniform cancellation of all
county scrip, word "paid" to be cut
through all such scrip; repealing
law requiring fee to register of deeds
from all persons who sell seed cotton;
repealing law requiring county su
perintendents to employ assistants
when conducting examinations.
Wilmins'ton Mocnirer Comments on
Judge Victor Harrlnger.
We referred briefly the other day
to Judge Barringer. It may inter
est many of our readers to know
that so ne years ago he had collected
a large number of antiquities in Italy
and Fgypt, wnich he designed for
the University of Norta Carolina,
his Alma Mater. Very unfortu
nately they were all destroyed by the
bombardment of the ancient city of
Alexandria by the British fleet some
years ago. Let us add that Judge
Barringer, when a student, eav
great, promise of oratory and abili y,
aud we recall a famous speech of his
in the Graves ease, that whs certain
ly a remarkable effort for a youth of
some twenty years or less.- We -e
member that one of the Judge 5 then
on the beuch was present, aud we
heard him sav: "There was no such
speaking as that in our day "
'RRIUHT AXD SEWSI.'
The Concord Standard is three
years obi ai d bright and newsy as
ever. Plain Jim Cook is still at the
helm, but minus his railroad pass.
Hurrah for Jim and the Standard!
Salisbury Watchman.
Dr. Freeland, of Statesville, gees
to Birmingham.
Failure on the part of Gen. Smith
to fulfill a contract for some govern
ment work at Smith's Islands, below
Wilmington, is the cause of a loug
government law suit against the heir
of Thomas P. Devereux, dating back
to 1803, and still on docket.
1891.
LITTLE DBOPS OP
Tr. ritcta, Tarpeatlae mm Other Tar
Heel Prdnrta.
Shad run in the Cape Fear.
Wilmington talks "Exhibition."
Lexington talks a furniture fac
tory. Mr. Fife drew large crowds at
Lexington.
Truck shipments increase daily
from New Berne.
Capt James C. Williamson, of
Cas rfell, died Monday.
James Hawkins was killed in
Jones county by a falling tree.
Hon. C. M. Stedman sold his Wil
mington residence for $25,000.
Norfolk parties are negotiating to
build a new opera house in Raleigh.
Namoi Mills at Raodleman turned
out 57,000 yards of plaids last week.
Quite a flocking together of lead
ing railroad men at Raleigh this
week.
Andrew Berrier, ot Davidson, was
pardoned out of jail by the Got
ernor. Eastern Carolina people are much
in favor of an improved county road
system.
Paul Reinhart, of Zurich, Switz
erland, is yn the Charlotte cotton
market.
H. E. Robertson, Esq., succeeds
Mr. Bailey, deceased, as commissioner
in Davie.
The colored people of Raleigh are
taking a hand in promoting the State
Exposition.
The State will soon order an oyster
gun boat of high speed and modern
equipments.
The furniture factory at Lenoir
furnishes the Hotel Richmond, at
Rockingham.
Guilford Battle Ground will re
eeive the remains of Gen. Jethro
Sumner, from Warren.
Greensboro does not propose to
surrender everything to the street
railway franchise.
Burgwyn is the name selected for
the new county wanted of parts of
Chatham, Moore and Randolph.
W. C. Wilcox, of Deep river town
ship, Moore county, is preparing to
establish an extensive sheep ranch.
Eastern Carolina farmers are buy
ing mules and horses largely, a good
indication of their financial condi
tion. Six sheriffs settled with State
Treasurer Bain on Thursday. The
amount in round numbers was about
$50,000.
Edgecombe farmers are getting
down to hard work and miking ex
tensive preparations for the cotton
crop of 1891.
Miss Dora Jones, daughter of the
late President of Greensboro Female
College, sails frjm New York for
Lurope Saturday.
The New Berne Journal Btates
that Western North Carolina is fur
nishing that section of the State
young mules and horses.
The Wilmington, Onslow and East
Carolina railroad bridge over New
river at Jacksonville is completed,
and tracklaying will go on toward
Nevbern.
A Durham colored preacher locked
'the church door and demanded $10
of the congregation before he would
let them out. They raised $6 and
begged off.
Lumberton Robesonian : Mr
Matthew Humphrey, a prominent
citizen of the Saddle Tree section of
the county, was strickenwith paraly
sis last Sunday night at 11 o'clock,
and up to 10 o'clock on Monday he
was speechless.
Asheville Citizen: J. B. Bostic
has sold to Capt. J. E. Ray twenty
acres of the Wilbur Burnett land
for $8,000. The same property coat
last May $2,200. Capt. Ray has a
force of hands at work on the
grounds and will convert the prop
erty into a park.
Raleigh Visitor: We , have never
known a time when the ladies took
more interest in legislation than
during the present session of the
General Assembly. Every day finds
a considerable crowd in the galleries
of both Houses, and they watch the
progress of law-making with all the
patience of trained politicians.
Greenville Reflector : Prepara
tions are on foot for building a
Ou.tholic church in this' town. A
lot for this purpose has been secured
If the number of horses and
mules sold is a good sign, the farm
ers of Pitt are preparing for heavy
crops this year. More stock has.
been sold this season than during
any that can be remembered.
Greensboro Record: We learn
from Dr. D. K. Gregory, who went
North for that purpose, that all
necessary papers have been filed for
securing letters patent on his anti
septic treatment of wounds in the
following foreign countries: Great
Britain, France, Belgium, Austria,
Hungary, Italy and Spain. It has
already bevn patented in the United
States and is meeting witn tavor
wherever introduced. Besides this
patent Dr. Gregory has two other
medical discoverie which will be
given to the public in a short while,
which will prove a boon to suffering
humanity of scarcely less import
ance than the celebrated Koch dis
covery. A gentleman from Mt.
Airy th morning says the Blue
Kidge mountains were covered with
snow, and reported eigh t inches deep.
It fell Saturday night. At 10:10
this morning Mr. Ed. Kirkpatrick,
aged 26 years, died with pneumonia,
at the residence of his father, Mr.
D. N. Kirkpatrick, three miles north
of this city, after an illness of nly
twelve days.
WHOLE NO. 160.
THIK6S IX GENERAL.
Many fish have been killed in
Chesapeake Bay by sudden changes
in the weather.
The clearances of the Baltimore
banks last week amounted to about
$13,700,000.
Mrs. Hodsnon Burnett's income
from her books and plays amounts
to over $25,000 a year.
Senator Squire, of Washington,
has an income of $10,000 a month.
He owns a great deal of real estate
in Seattle.
A society has been formed in
Southwestern Kansas by farmers for
projection against loan and invest
ment companies.
A new census of the city of
Charleston gives her a population of
66,175, against 53,000 returned by
the Porter fraud.
The colored man, Prof. Carter, in
charge of the Colored State Seminary
at Tallahassee, Fla., is the grand
son of an African king.
Ada Gray, of Cincinnati, is the
only colored lady dentist" in the
United States. She is said to be
quite skillful in her profession.
Rumor has it that King Kalakaua
got away with the entire surplus of
the Hawaiian treasury before he left
Honolulu and lost it all at poker.
The surplus leserre of the New
York banks is over $24,000,000, the
larsrest since 1888. and money is
piling up at a remarkably rapid rate.
Speaker Sheehan says that if the
United States Senate has heretofore
been fatal to presidential candidates,
Governor Hill will prove to be a
record breaker.
Spokane Falls has crown rapidly
since the fire of a year ago. The
population then was 18,000, and the
recent census gives tne town Az,vw.
Seattle has about 50,000 people.
Odetta Tyler, the actress, who is
Bessie Kirkland at her home in
Nashville, is a niece of Gen. Hardee.
Gen. Kirkland, her father, is a West
Point graduate, and made a fine
record in the Confederate army.
Rev. C. H. St. John is almost los
ing faith in the possibility of strict
prohibition in Kansas, when he hears
of old soldiers having their wooden
legs so constructed that they can
contain a quart of whiskey.
Nine members of the Louisiana
Legislature who voted for the lottery
bill are dead, while, says a JNew Ur
leans telegram, "not a single anti
member has been seriously sick.1
The mills of the gods grind slowly,
but they make a tolerably fine grist
now and then.
Gen. E. P. Alexander, president of
the Georgia Central railroad, is ex
pected to tender his resignation in
the near future. It is understood
that this is part of the general pli n
of the Richmond Terminal Company
to consolidate the management of
the different lines under one head.
The Democratic Police Board of
New Orleans has unanimously chosen
Mr. D. S. Gaster to be chief of police
to fill the vacancy caused by the
murder of Chief Hennessey on the
nieht of the 15th of October last
vear. The n w chief is a native of
Ohio, and served in the Union army
throughout the late civil war.
THE XOXET KECEITED.
Flftcca TkaaMad Dallara or th Kr
rill Famd forth A. M. CUege.
The first installment of $15,000
of the Morrill appropriation for
agricultural and mechanical educa
tion in all the States and Territories,
arrived here yesterday, and was de
nr.ai'fpft with State Treasurer Bain.
The act passed Congress August 30,
1890, but there has Deen some irou
blfl About rettinsr the money. This
was due to the fact that the act pro
vided that there should be no dis
crimination between the entrance of
atn dents of different races, and if
there should be, it is provided that
another college shall be- established
for colored people. North 'Carolina
has been able to receive her part of
the fund by reason of a provisional
arrangement which was suggested
hv Mr. W. S. Primrose, who went to
Washington to try and adjust the
matter if possible, and who succeed
ed iu doing it, thereby rendering a
most valuable service to jortn Car
olina. The proposition made by Mr.
Primrose, which was accepted, was
that Shaw University should be con
sidered an annex of the Agricultural
anl Mechanical Uoliege.. mis ar
rangement was agreed to and took
effect about the middle of Novem
ber, aince which time the professors
of the established Agricultural Col
lege have been giving instructions
at Shaw University. This arrange
ment was to continue till an institu
tion shall be established for the col
ored people by the Legislature.
The first instalment as provided
kv tho hill was ftlR.Onn. and was
iVl WF vnw w y-""j - - - j
due July 1, 1890, and was paid yes
terday. The next instalment will
be $16,000, and will increase in that
ratio yearly till it reaches $25,000.
This act is known as the Morrill act.
No part of this fund can be used for
the purchase or repair of other build
ings or to purchase lands.
To Mr. W. S. Primrose is due the
credit of arranging successfully to
ecnra the fund, and without his
proposition there might have been a
prolonged contest over the matter.
Raleigh News & Observer.
The majority of Btock is subscribed
lor a new cotton mm at oausuury.
At a government distillery- two
miles from Sanford a combination
of "belated savages" assembled and
during the day this crowd made
miiice meat of a negio.
T II STANDARD.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
croiB "wxdirik:
IN THE
NEATEST MANNER
AND AT
THE LOWEST RATES.
SPELLING SITS,
For the Bed.Tape F.dorntors ( Rand.
Crack and Get None FoodSafe
and Jndlelona Advlco. "T
Editor Standard :
A vast amount of humbusserv is
employed in the work of teachine
the young idea how to shoot. One
of the worst and most damaging;
humbufrs in this line is the attempt
to teach reading without learning
to spell. We do not mean to con
demn the word method in toto, but
we have learned from oub experience
in teaching that the best and most
satisfactory results are obtained by
a judicious combination of the
" word method " and spelling. We
know that it is held by some of our '
leading educators that unless the
wobd presented to the eye of a child
is such as will bring to the mind of
that child a "picture," the time
spent in teaching, and learning the
word will be spent to bo good pur
pose. But how long do these lights
in education continue the picture
business before they find it neces
sary to introduce some new word
that cannot be pictured to the mind
by anything in heaven, on earth, or
in the waters of the great deep?
Take, for example, the word aud. It
is strictly a connective, and is used
to connect words, phrases and sen
tences. - It cannot be pictured, and
yet the youthful learner is expected
to grapple rwith it at a very early
period in his effort to read.
We might show the use of other
words that find a prominent place in
the " word method " and that can
not be pictured, such as the, that,
WHAT, THESE, WHT, WHERE, NOT, &C,
but it is unnecessary for our present
object. We desire to combat the
idea that the combination of letters
(resented to the child for his ever
asting acquaintance must be a com
bination that invariably has a mean
ing ik, of and by itself. We are told
by our educational lights that it is
simple and simon-pure foolishness,
as well as a useless waste of our pro
bation in this sublunary sphere, to
teach and learn the following com
binations: cha, che, eno, chit; or
FBA, 7 BE, PBI, PRO, PRC; Or 8CRA, 8CB1,
scbi, scbo, 8CBC. The impression is
sought to be made that such combi
nations are not to be found and are
of no value whatever. Now, anyone
who will take the time to examine
Webster or Worcester will find that
thoBe combinations with two or
three exceptions do exist as sylla
bles; and it becomes important and
necessary, therefore, to know how
to pronounce them, if the words
that contain them are to be pro
nounced correctly. We believe in
trying to pronounce every possible
combination of letters at a very early
stage of the attempt to get a good
start up " the hill of science." The
organs of utterance need not only
exercise but flexibility, and the
"Bluenback" Speller is the book,
and especially the first twenty pages
of it, to give in some measure that
needful flexibility.
We add a little late experienee.
This experience was a three months'
drill of thiee pupils in the " word
method " and spelling combined.
One ot the pupils did not know a
single letter of the alphabet, and
was stabted in Holmes' first reader.
He will be prepared to go into the
second reader in a few weeks. An
other knew his letters, and was also
stabted in first reader. He mas
tered it in two months has been
through the second reader twice,
and is wrestling manfully with first
lessons in geography. The third had
been for some time the victim of the
pure "word method" before he fell
inte our hands, and a tough and dis
couraging struggle with words he
found the way of learning to be. If
his memory failed- him, he could hot
help himself. We armed him with,
the second reader anl the blue
back, and he soon began to see light
where all had bees darkness once.
The progress of this pupil has been
so marked under the combination
method that we are satisfied as to its
superior excelloncy. He. is also
studying geography and arithmetic,
and is doing well in these branches.
B. A. L.
The Chronicle says that a bridge
for the Mocksville railroad was built
at Wilkesboro.
The New Hanover election casea
are fully on before the Superior
court at Wilmington.
The Standard is a bn Rimer.
"THE BEST."
It is easy to say of anything, eapeclaP
ly of a medicine, that it is nhe beat"s
but to how the reason ot its inperlflrlly
to the satisfaction ot the public, may be
quite another matter. When we affirm,
however, that Ayer's Sarsaparilla l
superior to any other blood medicine
we make no inconsiderate statement,
but tell the plain, unvarnished truth.
Other stalled blood-purifiers may pro
duce a temporary exhilaration, which is
mistaken for cure ; but the cures effect
ed by taking Ayer'a Sarsaparilla era
radical and permanent. It not only
purines the blood, but renews and In
vigorates that fluid. .
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. baa been in use
for the better part of half a century, and
has achieved a success which la without
parallel in the history of medicine.
People early learned to appreciate its
value as a purifier ot tho blood, and
the lapse of years haa only confirmed
and strengthened the popular opinion
ot its merits.
Only the choicest and most approved
Ingredients enter into the composition
of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and these are
secured regardless of cost. It Is on this
principle that the Honduras sarsaparilla
xoot is exclusively used in this prepara
tion. The domestic variety is cheap
and abundant, being indigenous all
over the American continent, but It haa
little medicinal value compared with
the richer growth of the tropics. There
fore It is that the extract of the Hon
duras root, solely, forma the basis o
Ayer's preparation, the other ingredi
ents being stillingia, podophyllum, yel
low dock, and the iodides of potassium
and iron.
The effect produced by these lngre
dients depends largely upon the pro
portions used, and it is only by tha
greatest skill in compounding them that
the remarkable alterative and tenia
qualities of Ayer's Sarsaparilla are
secured. The appliances of Aysr's
laboratory are unique and costly, and
experience shows that their use results
in producing a compound extract o
far mora curative power than can bo
obtained by any other methods. This
fact, together with the most attractive
liberal, and original methods of adver
tising, readily accounts for the world
wide reputation and enviable success of
Ayer's SarsapaxiUa.
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