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THE 1IIXDOO SKEPTIC.
1 think 'till I'm weary of thinking,
Said the sad-eyed Hindoo king,
mU s-t'e but sl:t,ivs arouml me,
Illusion in everything.
l,uv knowest thou nuslit of Goil,
(if His favor or His wrath ?
Tan the little fish tell what the lion
thinks,
Or map out the eagle's path?
(ul the finite the infinite search?
)id the blind discover the stars
the thought that 1 think a thought,
Or a throb of a brain in its bars?
rVr audit that my eye can discern.
Your (Jod is what yon think good
Yourself flashed back from the glass
When the light pours on it in flood. -
Yc u preach to ine to be just
And this is his realm you say:
A:ul the srood are dying with hunger,
And the bad gorge every day.
You sav that heloveth mercy,
And the famine is not yet gone;
Thst he hateth the shedder of blood.
And he slayeth us every one.
You suv that my soul shall Jive,
That the spirit can never die ;
If he was content when 1 was not,
Whv not when 1 have passed by ?
You sav I must have a meaning ;
Ni'must dung, and its meaning is
fiowera ;
What if our souls are but nurture
Kor lives that are greater than ours ?
Warn the fish swim- out of the water,
When the birds soar outof the blue,
Mail's thought may transcend man's
know ledge.
And your lo.I le no reilex of you.
OIII.I Al THE CHILIANS.
the rmnle of ihe Revolutionary
' It. public Live.
The typical nibMle class Chileno
v.i y like his more aristocratic
neighbor, at least iu outward appear
ance 11 is bouse may be almost
barren of furniture and the wolf
lurtv ouietiuies prowl dangerously
near the premise ; but at ail times
bis mam er is precisely like that of
los rieos, and his clothes are as
nearly a copy of theirs as cireuim.
cunistances will permit. But the
Oiiiuu roto the acknowledged
poor aim is an entirely different
beiug, who Lever apes gentility,
havuiu' no style to maintain and no
umbuiou to rise atove the caste in
which he was born. He has no t ela
tarns whatever with his richer
litii-'Lbor, except to serve t.im tor
j ay wuenever occasions requite; and
he 'regards the ' rico" as a great per
sohuge, whose dignity he would
iis:Lt for any day. The roto wears
a slouch hat, always mangy from
long usage, du ty breeches rolled up
at the bottom, and a garment of
uudistiug lish Ma hue which he
calls a bhnt. If the weather is
warm, he perambulates bare looted;
if cold, he clatteis around on a pair
if elumsey clogs with wooden soles
hu inch thick that is, if he can
afford them ; if not, he goes bare
footed both wtnttr and summer;
when chilly he dons a heavy blank
et, called a poncho, that has a slit iu
the middle through which he thrusts
his head.
HE IS NOT A EEAtTY,
thick, coarse hair hanging straight
horn the crown, high ihek bones,
wi le mouth, ami skin the color of
au old shoe; but he has dazzling
white teeth and smaii nauds and feet
that any Gringo might envy. He
Las no yearnings after tUe mi,, fain
able and his wants me t-.i.siij up
plied. He desires do better paiaee
than the oueMoom adobe hut, with
straw roof aud dirt floor. His fur
niture consists oi a rude bench or
two by way of chairs, a pine table or
perhaps a dry goods box in lieu of
it, a hide iu one corner oq which to
Bleep, auother roueh box which
serves for trunk, closet, cupboards
and the uhrine of the patron saint,
a inute-eup, and a pot of charcoal
upon which his wife prepares the
beans aud garlic. Like all ignorant
people, he is extremely sunersti
tious, be leving iu charms and amu
lets as poweriul to drive away dis
eases, arid that the devil roams
about i ti various guises, perpetrat
ing mischief upon man, and that
saints and angele, aud even the
blesned Virgin herself, will come in
person if importuned, to wrestle
with His hatanic Majesty. He ia
slovenly, slow ai-d patient, but a
man whom it would be wise to
avoid when his anger is aroused
He knows how to use the terrible
curvo, and would think no more of
SEVERING YOCIi WINDPIPE
with it than the neck of a chicken.
His numerous sobs and daughters
grow up without education, and
their most hopeful outlook upon the
ftlture is to serve in the rich man's
easa- Happy indeed is th young
rustic who can become a valet or
major-domo to a gentleman who
will pay him the splendid salary i f
nix or eight dollars per month, teed
him from the refuse from the family
table and clothe him from the cast
ill "purple." The highest aim of
the roto ui aiden excepting, of
course, the more natural ambition
to many and set up a home of her
own is to become a cook, with sal
ary ail the way from three to ten
dudars per month, or a lady's maid
win) falls heir to her mistress's
draggled liuery.
In that country there is no objec
tion to "woman's rights" that is
for women of the roto class bo far
as the right to labor in any avenue
i-4 concerned. 'Xliev are not only
tmp..qyed us street-car conductors,
hut they do the street cleaning, aud
irangs of them with short willow
brooms sweep the dirt into the
ditches long before sunrise.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
they keep the shops, the hotel aud
the drinking placer, besides doing
all tne garuen work, 'i'ney occupy
the markets almost exclusively, sell,
lug meats as well as vegetabies
The roto's wife will carry a basket
of nuitallday on her head, ped'
dhng from door to door, or will seut
heteif Bomewhere in the sun and
patiently await customers, content
with the profit of a few pennies
between uawu and dark, lo buv
anything of her, a lengthy negotio
is inevitable. It she expects to get
fifty cents for a basket of ptachee,
nei li.bt price will be two or three
dollars. Then she will haggle and
chatter and pladand remonstrate
witu you ; and if you start away,
will abandon otner customers to
follow you, until ehe finally splits
the last straw of dillereuce and
goes back smiling at her own busi
ness ability.
ll the husband is a ranchero, his
wile or daughter must drive for him
the yoke of oxen, bitched by the
head to a lumbering cart, and sell
the faim produce, or wood cut for
VOL. IV. NO. 36.
burning. The poor lavenderas
(washwomen) seein to have the har
dest time of it. With dresses pinned
high around the waist, they 6tand all
day.
KNEE-DEEP IN THE KIVER,
pounding the dirt from other peo
ple's clothes. In Chill water is never
heated for washing purposes, neit her
is 6oap extensively used, nor fabric
destroying bleacbers, aud tubs and
wasbbords are unknown- The lav
enders, with a bundle of soiled
clothes on her head, seeks some fav
orite spot on the banks of a running
stream, w here there is a projecting
vock ; and there, standing in the
water which is almost icecold during
half the year, she moistens the
clothes, one at a time, and laying
them on the rock, pounds the dirt
out of them with a club or wooden
paddle.
1 never saw whiter linen ; but it
requires three or four days to do a
washing, every piece being wet,
pounded and bleached, over again
until white as snow. I have watched
these poor women during the winter
months, when chilly, pen. trating
rains would drench their garments
and I shivered in furs and flannels
standing with bare legs in the cold
stream, six or seven hours in the day,
every day in the week. In Santiago
nnd,Valparaiso,whereariver or pub
lic fountain is not at hand aud the
people are more learned in the ways
of tue wicked woi Id, the lavenderas
wash in shallow wooden trays, Kneel
ing upou the ground near their own
doors, aud use acids which quickly
rot the clothes. Boston Transcript'
A Blow at Ihe t'arnierK.
The Chronicle has more than once
warned the white men in the Farm
ers' Alliance that the organization of
the colored Alliance which they
have been fostering could not, in the
very nature of things, work with
them harmoniously. Some of our
friends have thought that in this
organization of the colored Alliance
they- saw a solution of the negro
problem. They have honestly be
lieved that by trieutlly counsel and
advice they could induce the colored
agriculturists to co-operare with
them, and secure a unity of action
among all classes that tilled tr.e
soil. They have gone so far as to
commend Col. Humphrey, the white
organizer of the Alliance for the
negroes, and to give him encourage
ment. What is the result i With cotton
at prices that leaves no margin of
protit for the farmers, this Col.
Humphrey has ordered a general
strike among the negro Alliancemen
unless the farmers pay $1.00 a hun
dred pounds for picking. This
shows what this white organizer
really is aud where his sympathies
lie. This is the worst blow that
could be struck at our farmers, and
it may paralyze the land-owners of
the Southern States. They have a
small crop, the price is low, and this
demand of the cotton-pickers is un
reasonable and unjus",. It shows
that Col. Humphrey (we don't know-
where he got his Hie) is in league
wi h the negroes, and will aid them
regardless of ho v. it will affect the
white farmers.
The dream of settling the nejro
problem through the colored A Hi.
ance thus passes away as have de
parted many other schemes in the
same direction. State Chronicle.
Co-operation with the Farmer.
A plan of co-operation with farm
ers of the State has been instituted
by which the benefits of tne North
Carolina Agricultural Experiment
Station are brought more directly
before their attention. All of the
sub-Alliances in North Carolina
(numbering nearly 2,300) have been
requested to form "Experimental
Committees," the chairman of which
is to be in constant communication
with the Station. Tress Bulletins,
a3 well as regular and Siecial bulle
tins and reports of progress of the
Station, are sent these committees,
and the matters contained in them
are discussed. A questioi-box is
also used, in which any member can
deposit any question. After dis
cussion by the meeting, headed by
uie jvxpennieniai committee, the
questions, if desired, can he sub
mitted to tue Experiment Station
for answer. These questions may
be embraced under any divisiou of
agriculture. Every Grange in the
State has also been jsked to adopt
the plan. From the number of
Experimental Committees which are
being formed, and the interest being
expressed, the plan will doubtless
prove an unbounded success. It is
gratifying to note that the recent
meeting of the North Carolina
rarmers State Alliance at Morehead
passed a resolution endorsing the
above plan of Experimental Com
mittees formulated by the North
Carolina Experiment Station.
"Look me in the face! My name is
'.Might-have been !
I am also called 'No-more,' Toa-late'
'f arewell !
The poet who wrote the above,
must have been in the last stages of
consumption, lerhaps he had only
learned, for the first time, that if he
had taken Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery in his earlier illness,
he would never have reached his
present hopeless coudition! What
can be more sad than a keen realiza
tion of what "might-have been 'i"
Physicians now admit that con
sumption is simply scrofuli in the
blood attacking the lung-tissues
It is never safe to allow the blood to
remain impure, and it is especially
reckless, when such a pleasant,
harmless remedy as Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery will drive
every taint of scrofula or impurity
from the system, causing a current
of healthy, rejuvenating blood to
leap through the veins.
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call at this shop and state yonr
business.
11
LITTLE DKOI'S OF
Tar, 11 K-li Turpentine nil. I OI tier Tar
Heel I'ro.liii ls
Newton Enterprise: People atv
working off their last yeai's cotton
very rapidly. Cotton wagons are
almost as common on the streets
nowadays as they were last fall.
A report on the Arthur Arling
ton gold mine, in Nash county, six
teen miles from Nashville, wajniade
yesterday by the department of ag
riculture. It is a valuable mine,
and will probably be largely devel
oped soon. It is both a lissure and
placer mine, with free milling ore
with a value of from $50 to $100
per ton, which outcrops on slate to
a thickness of about four feet.
State Chronicle.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen
cer: Ihe corn crop remains very
fine. The largest crop ever known
will be gathered in the county this
year. From the first of Septem
ber, 1890, to August 31st, 1891,
Wadesboro's cotton receipts were
15,095 bales against 7,000 bales the
preceding year. A gang of wild
geese passed over Lilesville lust
Monday. Our informant says such
an occurrence was never known so
early before.
Asheville Citizen : There wa3 a
curiosity on exhibition in the mayor's
office this morning. It wa'acane
made by Keid DeVane, colored, who
had been lined by the recorder. The
cane is of dogwood and elaborately
carved. There are nearly one hun
dred disanct figures, representing
among other things scenes in the
lives of Napoleon, Lincoln and
Grant, with pictures of each of these
great men. 1 he carving is exceed
ingly well done, and shows decided
genius on the part of the coloied
man. He said he did the work on
the cane in less than two weeks.
Smithtie'.d Herald: There has
been less corn shipped to this place
this year thin any year in a long
time. (.Mir merchants can buy all
the corn they want from the fann
ers at ?.) or so cents a bushel.
Turner Wiikir.s, a white man iu j il
here from Harnett county bv ord r
of Judge Whitaker, serving a sen
tence for cost, has served the allotted
time in jail, and if he would take
the insolvent oath could go free, but
he owns some property and can not
take it, and he s.iys he will stay in
jail until the moss grows on his
back before he will pay the costs.
laufort Seaside: An insane man
by the name of llufns Conner, liv
ing at Harlovo Creek, this county,
created considerable excitement upon
the streets Monday af'crnom. He
said that lie came to town in search
of a job, aud told several to whom
he applied that if he fail-.'d to se
cure something to do before sun
down that he would drown himself.
He had no money to buy his supper,
and he said lie must have it. lie
failed to Secure a job, but was of
fered money several times to buy his
supper, and he refused to take it.
About 7:30 o'clock he went down on
the town bridge. Several were
following him, but did not think
for a moment that he would jump
off, a3 the water was wry shallow.
He did, however, and would have
been drowned had not Warren Tay
lor gone to his rescue. When taken
out he was apparently dead. Drs.
Ennett and Mann were called, and
he was resuscitated in about three
ho'irs. He is now in jail. An ef
fort will be made to get him in the
asylum.
King's Mountain News: It is
claimed by some that the wonderful
gold find on the McAden property
reported last week, was not a litid of
gold at' all, and that the "English
miner" of such long and large ex
perience didn't know gold from
gammon. Others claim that the
gold is there in immense quantities.
As stated last week the first
battery of twenty stamps of the
Catawba Mine's new forty stamp
mill has been finished and is doing
good work. The work of putiing
in the remaining twenty stamps is
going on rapidly, and as soon as
these have been put in erection of
the new chlorination works will be
begun. iCarrie Adams, a young
colored woman, was bitten by a mail
dog at her father's home, just be
youd the mountain, Thursday after
noon, Her father brought her here
Thursday night and took her on
to Charlotte to apply a madstone
yesterday. We learn that a child
to which the mysterious )"oung wo
man gave birth it Waco sonij time
ago, and which its mother paid a
family near Cherry ville $00 to take
off her hands, died last week. As
stated iu our last issue, the young
woman, who is very handsome aud
highly educated, is the daughter of
a well known judge of Georgia, and
was betrayed by her brother-in-law.
Dr. S. Avon Smith, the promi
nent Clover, S. C, physician, drop
ped dead from heart disease on
Thursday morning at three o'clock.
Dr. Smith had been called to attend
the wife of Mr. James Adams, who
lives in the lower part of Gaston.
Mrs. Smith was in labor and Dr.
Smith was sitting by the bed, appar
ently in perfect health, when he sud
denly lurched forward, fell from the
chair and died without a struggle.
To ViNit Western orth Carolina.
It is learned that Mrs. Amelie
Eives Chanler, the celebrated author
ess, contemplates making a visit to
Western North Carolina shortly.
She is now at her homo in Yirginia.
JJA fair minded man can not deny
that every crop, this yeir, upon the
whole has been prolific. Truly
speaking the crank crop is a bounc
ing realization of fondest hopes.
CONCOllD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,
AXI WHO WOriDS'T!
I a liters Tli:it I'reily Girl Have lo
I'aeelii Mexico.
Baron Strauss said the American
women were so popular in .Mexico
that they interfered with the wheels
of justice in that llepublic.
'The American women," he said
to a reporter, "go about Mexico as
they would in this country, while
the Mexican women are caged up
like birds. The only way to make
love to them is to stand off some
hundred puces and stare.
"The pretty senorita sits in her
open window, and you can only look
at her. There is one chance in a
hundred of getting an opportunity ',
to speak to one while she is in
church, but that is the only chance.
"j..asc summer a iew lork mer
chant and his beautiful daughter
stopped for a few days in the little
towii where I was sojourning. The
young lady was one of the handsom
est that I have ever seen light hair,
eyes like bits of heaven's blue, clas
sic form aud all that was lovely.
"Well, you can imagine what a
stir she created among the young
Mexicans, who are held so far" away
from the native women. The sou
of a wealthy planter used to stand
for hours opposite the window of
.this American girl. One day the
father went to the city of Mexico,
leaving the daughter unattended for
a few hours. The young lady
walked to the hotel from the station
and was followed by th Mexican
admirer. As she was nearly home
the young fellow rushed up to her
and implanting a kiss upon her fore
head rati away for dear life. When
the father came home there was a
little excitement, lie had the
young fellow arrested and the next,
day he was brought before the judge,
who gravely asked w hat the charge
was.
" 'Assaulting a woman,' spoke up
the New Yorker.
" 'What did the prisoner do ?'
" 'He ran up to my daaght-r on
the street and kissed "her.'
"'He kissed this lovely
adv
asked the jud:", as lie carefully
scrutinized tiie lair American.
"'Yes, th:
''Well, who wouldn't?' remarked
the judge as lie left the court room, j
And would you believe it, that was I
all th.-f satisfaction the New Yorker;
could gvt iu Mexico.'' Detroit Sun.'
At Sea in n Dor-.
New York, Sept. S. Two young
men sailed from lioekaway "ikach
in a dory, bound for l'oston, this af
lernoou. Harry 'i'umuenback, ti:-
captain, sat in tne stern, while
hobert aikenburg, the mate and
crew, went forward and christened
the craft '-The Eittlu Kover."
Then they sailed away. Two hours
later thay had made about a half
a mile.
Their boat i.f seven feet long and
two feet six inches in width. It
has a square stern, is tint bottomed,
has a center board jmd carries a
mainsail and jib. With its two oc
cupants it draws six inches above
the water. The sides are made of
a single board about three quarters
of an inch thick. The main
sail is live feet high and about three
feet wide.
In this cigar box the two men
expect to reach Huston in about
nine days. They expect to capsize
frequently, an I so they cary a reel
with, a long line. When they gj
overboard they will swim asnore,
drag the boat after them, bail her
out and proceed.
I loth t.ie voyagers are young fel
lows who have made a record as life
savers at iiocKaway and Asburv
Park. They will trust to their
swimming powers rather than the
boat to save them. They will keep
as near the shore as possible and
carry a canvas to shelter them at
night. It is said they are sailing
for a purse, or on a wager. New
York Press.
Xfw Heme Truek I.hhiIh.
Messrs. Hackburn & Willett have
received and refused an oiler of 12,
50U for the thirty acres of land on
which Mr. Willett lives, lying be
tween the macadamized road and
Neuse river. Taking out the resi
dence worth i,50o and 11,000
is the amount left us the value of
the land at the offered price: This
is another straw to indicate the ap
preciation in which the truc-K lamls
i-f New Heme are beginning to be
held.
The price paid by I'.ishop Petty,
colored, lor the sixty acre tract of
trucking land on the west side of
the macadamized road around the
national cametory was 8,000, or at
the rate of l3o.''3,'; per acre.
This sama piece of land was pur
chased seven years sigo by Mr. W.
C. Willett for l,00, or sit the rate
of 30 per sicre, the last sale being
an advance in value on the entire
property of 0,200, and an advance
in value per acre of .1 03.30
This, sis proved by the sales, is an
actual, bonaiide increase of 3.41 4-9
per cent in value during the seven
years or an increase of over 4'J per
cent per year. Casting aside frac
tious an increase of 50 per cent.
Who is there that would be dissatis
fied with such a paying investment
as that? New Heme Journal.
Mount Holly News: About one"
month ago James Cherry, who lives
near here, was fishing, when a catfish
linned him in his left hand. The
wound inflamed and suppurated aud
the fbsh slutted off his hand leaving
the bones and sinews bare. His
physiciau has removed the leaders
and muscles of his fingers, but
blood-poison has developed and his
physician is now considering the
matter of amputating his hand.
ASMAI, jikctim; OF TIIK DI.I
i:i: To.:s am stock iiomh:::s !
Of tlie It. A- S. rr..;i!.-. li:!Iiir I,.
eors 'ol. V. 11. Tries now President-
Some Coil jee l n res.
It wil be some time before the
southern route of the ll. & S. will
be decided upon, probably two
months. Dut just now iniluences
and powers are at work for the final
fall. Even the officers thorn -ieives
do not know what route will he
selected. The Winston Daily says,
among other things, this:
Messrs. W. A. Lemly, J. W. Fries
and J. W. Danes returned today
from Kouiioke where they had been
to attend the annual meeting of the
.stockholders of the Uoanokc and
Southern Pailway Company.
At the meeting yesterday the
stockholders elected the following
board of directors :
K. A. Huckner, S. AY. Jamison,
E. II. Stewart, J. T. Englebv, Iloan
oke ; P. I'. Matson, John T. Coon.
J. II. -Matthews, Martinsville: F. J.
Stone, Stonesville, N. C. ; J. Al-i-paugh,
J. W. Fries, J. E. Gilmer.
J. A. Gray, C. H. Fogle, Winston
Salem, N. C. ; lull. Hangman and
George C. Jedkins, of lUltimore.
The directors elected the fol lowing
officers : Col. F. II. Fries, of Salem,
N. C, to succeed if. S. Trout, of
lloanoke, as president; 11. S. Trout,
lirst vice-president; General John
Gill, Paltimore, second viee-presi-I'.ent;
J. II. Spencer, Martinsville,
third vice-president ; II. E. Hantz,
tecretary; G. W. Muslin, former su
perintendent, promoted to general
manager; II. D. Langford, treasurer ;
Major A. Onderdonk, re-elected
chief engineer. Executive commit
tee; J. W. Fries. Salem; J. E. Gil
mer, Winston, N. C. ; P. P. Matson,
Martinsville; E. II. Stewart, lloan
oke; F. Stein, Steinville, N. C.
Tin report of Superintendent
Muslin showed the increase of gross
earnings for the year just closed to
be 1)3 per cent, and the increase of
net earnings 1 S I per .cent. Delega
tions from Charlotte, Salis!u. v,
Wmnsboro, Concord and 1 . -xing'.o
N. '., appeared b f.u-e i e s'ook
holoYrs to present 'li -e-lah.'.s of tlair
respective locali'ies for th" Sor.i hern
extension. Chariot'.' and Salibury
worked together.. Nothing definite
.a to propositions w;'s given oat. It
i understood tbi't there iiiacs ma'ie
l.beral oilers, and it. is prel:-!,!.' th:.
the r-ad will ao to Eancasier, S. C.
via Charlotte,' X. C. The roports of
the officers showed the work of the
e.HistrnC'.ion of the line be! wt en Po-I
Mieke and M:-rtin;vilI.? to be pro-givs.-mg
and the ro.u! will V corn-j
plettd soon. j
At a meeting of i'.i.: ' rectors of ;
the North Carolina :".d Yirginli.,
Construction Conipa:. J. W. llanos.;
of Winston, was elected pn
nt to
succeed Col. F. It. Fries, s::.d W. A.
I.einly, of S.ileni, was re-elecied Sec
retary aud treasurer.
Tills M;ulo ol' .Serpents.
llev. Pii-I l'. Karad, of Omomiah.
LYrsisi, in an address in J:i:t;nioiv
a few das sign, told an iniorcstii.g
story of IV. sian life:
'There are It.OOO.OOO people in
Persia, and, though it is uot now tin
land of the Scriptures, thousand.--,
yet worship lire, the sun, moon and
the sea.
There are n books and no print
ing houses in I'ersiu. except those
which have been established by the.
Presbyterian missions. The Per
sians i ave no medical works, the
priests being lawyers and doctors its
well as exercising their priestly
functions. There are no drug stores
in Persia, but then there are no
liquor stores. When ihe patient
conies to the priest for treatment for
disease, the priest opens au Arabic
book that has been handed down
from generation to generation for
over (X'O years ; and wherever the
book happens to ot en, the priest
prescribes the treatment for the pa
tient, entirely irrespective of wheth
er he is afflicted with that disease.
Holy water and holy dirt, mixed I
into a compour.d, appear to form a
large portion, uf the medical treat
ment." Speaking f the treatment of tick
persons in 1'ersia, Mr. Kuril) said:
"When a person is in need of atonic
of some kind his nurse or attendant
u.-es a tiger's bono for the purpose,
upon the pi inci pie that as ihe pa
tient needs strengthening, and as the
bono is the strongest part of the
animal, it is supposed to be the only
proper renn -dy. Instead of the life- j
git ing compounds made in this part j
of the world, Persians make their
pills of serpents, tisids and oMierj
reptiles. Such a being as a surg.on
or :i dentist, is unknown in any par;
ot lersia. No tune is given i o tne
study of anatomy, surgery, or oven
the circulation of the blood, and
many Persian die fr.-m broken
limbs which, have not been properly
set."
A I'tiiiil'-r.
that would guide, unerringly, into
thi? heaven, of health, all that are on
the troubled sea of impaired woman
hood! It is nothing Jess, nor con d
bo nothing more, than Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription frail female's
faultless friend time-fried and
thoroughly tested. Internal inflam
mations, irregularities, displace
ments, and all ill-conditions peculiar
to woman., controlled, corroded and
cured, without publicity, by this
safe, sterling specific. Purely vege
table. Only good can come from its
use. The only remedy of the kind
warranted to give satisfaction, or
money refunded.
A locomotive, a prohibitionist, a
coward, si duck, and a lemonade all
resemble each other ia that they all
take -water.
la t
1S)1.
town a:;d county.
"Thzrc's a Chiel A mang yc Takin Notes i
ano Faith Kc'll Prent Them.'
Vi'll.V Vol l'li!H' ?
I Why not raise tobacco? All to- j
; bacco men tell ns tint our soil will!
: produce a U-,,- grade. There is j
i more and easier niorey in it than in i
: s cent cot '.on. The
only difacu'ity
is in ouring aud it caa be removed
by having an experienced man, who!
can attend to several plantations.
W i : I We Kave 11 ?
One of t lie Standard's parishion
ers from the rural district says:
The acorn and hickory nut hulls
are very thick this year; also the j
shucks on corn are Thicker than j
they have been for several years,
all of which, he says, is a sure sign
of a severe winter.
A Jlonsler Worm.
Dave Corzine, coming to town,
brought si v.orm tlmt some call an
''old army worm," while Dav:c calls
it "old lieiirv."' The worm is greasy
and green and fat. It is nine inches
long, with sixteen legs and eighty
horns. The worship is fond of per
simmons, then fore it found a cold
and distant reception at this office.
If Dave wants to present this office
anything, let him not bring worms.
The totion See! lousiness.
This immense business will soou
open up. Five years ago the average
market value of teed was ten cents
per bushel. This value, by the erec
tion of large oil niilN and local
agents, competing for diCerent com
panies, lias been to enhance the value
to IT and even Scents per bushel.
The making of oil is an interesting
subject. It is not' generally known
that fortv gallons of oil arc made
fi(
ton ot seei
A I'rojilieey.
A p;g .'-wallowed a can of nitro
glicevi':e near Toledo, Ohio last Fri-
dry ;
It V.
end
sio;:.
. au';:
v with a grunt.
':th the business
: ing in an explo
sr..oke cleared
pig were gone
coi.'.act v
l'.ile re.su!
n
a-.Vi.y tlr- mu'O
stud t! oi e was
hole 1:1
the
rvo'i nd.
Ti::i.." the way it will be with
th who sivalJow' t he third party
i : i i t ; i iv. j 1 ec '-; lenbu rg Tim e s.
Siii! lor 'i'l in:S.
Ii.-v. II. M. lYirca, of Mt. Pleas-
anr, on
logical
-L his
iiis clot
I cot ;i
olllred
Mr. Pet
Jus return irom tn i:'.eo-.-sianary
at Philadelphia,
r uu'iss. They contained all
;es, book:? many valuable
:-ud i::viers. The coiupany
iiisi t'vii to cover the loss
ca placed the matter in the
hands of
attorney, and sv.;t has
b-t
brought for I0'..-1(), the actual
,- n T ll 1. a.
value al tor au itue allowances, u nai
... i
do you think of a company treating
a young preacher this way?
Norsemen :it tlie Worlil's I'iiir.
Mrs. A. Cr. hlaokwe V.er, wife of
Isaac S. hlaokweldi-r, of Chicago, a
descendant of the Cabarrus family,
is much interested in the early dis
coveries made by the Norsemen on
tlii-. coiitineiit. an I 1ms written for
the press valuable articles on that
subioet. In a recent communication
to the Ir.tcr-Oeesm she proposes to
have construct, d for tbe World's
Fair the model of " an Icelandic
home of the twelfth century." She
claims that this would not bo difficult
to do. "for in the family saaas are
faithful pictures of them and West,
era discoveries."
Some 'I'ronlile Over Taxi's.
The county commissioners, s.iys
the iSa'isbury llerald, at their meet
ing Monday, settled the matter of
"Pportioning tne taxes from the
Yadkin railroad in a manner that
was satisfactory to those interested.
Py the arrangement made Salisbury
township is to have the taxes from
seven miles of the road, Gold Hill
township from seven miles and Mor
gan township the remaining three
miles. This is an i. qui table sidjust
ment of the matter, and we are glad
it was so easily effected.
I'ree Iiii!ler:mrleii Assoeial ion.
The Asheville Free Kiudergarden
Association will open ;i normal class
for training kindergardenera, on
September h, 18'-.1, at No. 11 Pat
ton Avenue. Mrs. Ornha Qiv.yle,
.-f L-ilV ie, Intl., a
F. .'. ILilmann's
graduate of Mr
i raining school,
o-;pcrience, in
:' c, will teach
i -lave- general
: !:e four schools
a:iu ol exte .sivo
training and teacf
the normal class :.!
-Ui'criuteiideiii'e of
in the city. Light members of the
normal can pay for their tuition by
teaching iu the Free Kiodergardons,
while others will w sohnittoil sis
pav pupils. Terms can bo ascer
tain, d on writing to the secretary of
the A. F. K. aval C. A. S., Miss
llolon Collins. -121 W est Hay wood
St., Asheville, N. C.
Henry I.lounfs I)ri;-.i:i!i; E'en.
We have not seen the Concord
Standard m six or eight weeks. It
is one of the; brightest, spiciest, and
most readable papers in the State,
and we miss it as sadly as night
would its beaming sirs, or Spring
its fragrant ilowers, or the woodland
the song-w:ives of its feathered
mi nsi reisy The Mirror.
It is a pure accident that the
matchless brother, whose words weep
with every sorrowing soul and laugti
with every joyful one, has missed
the little 4-pager. Hereafter bright
and musical Pdount's canopy shall
have its stars and his youthful
viars (?) their Ilowers and his play
ground the songs, toios and duets
he so much enjoys. We appreciate
the mission assigned us.
ft
"WHOLE NO. 192.
A ?ir.AS 3IAS AXK A II I. Alt TI.KSS
WO.MAX.
ftlo Keeeiveil will le(.iveii Tor the Ar
rest ol' a U:iii who It n n Away with
Collie l.cilliillcr, the Wife of
.'Ir. I.eillietter.or o. I.
On the 2d day of July one Colum
bus Corriher, alias Miils, ran awav
with Mollie Led better, the wife of
Mr. Ledbetfer who lives in No. 4
township. Mr. Ledbetter wants Cor
riher arrested and wants no one to
harbor his wife, Mollie, or show her
any courtesies. He offers 10 reward
for the arrest of the Kuss Corriher
and heartless Mollie.
The following description may
serve to identify Corriher: He is
five feet ten inches high ; weighs 130
pounds; 55 years rid; ha3 dark hair
with some gray, dark complexion, is
raw-boned and very ugly.
Mollie Ledbetter is live feet high,
weighs 115 pounds, has dark brown
hair, dark complexion, scar on left
jaw caused by a burn, has blue eyes
and a little hole above the right eye.
She is not very pretty.
This mun Corriher, who, if he is
guilty, and it looks so, is a dirty fel
low, witli si mighty dirty heart and
poor taste for the eternal fitness of
things. It is said that lie has a wife
in Montgomery county and one
somewhere e'se. Corriher is also a
Mormon on the wife question and is
no jrood.
Mr. Ledbetter is not vtry anxious
for his wife to return to him, but he
wants them punished, and he wants
the stretchers put on Kuss Corriher,
who must he very contemptible and
heartless to have a wife and run off
with another man's better half.
It is thought that they are either
about Winston or Wilkesboro. It is
probable that they are near Wilkes
boro. The Standard requests the
Wilkesboro Chronicle to publish this
and csill the sheriff's attention to it.
Py so doing he will likely bring two
sorry law-breakers to justice and
help mankind, and help the poor
sheriff to make 10. Bro. Deal,
attend to this.
The t'lianuiiiy.- ol' Ilooiis.
There is considerable complaint,
says the Charlotte Democrat, in this
city about the wholessile sweep of the
curriculum b'st of the graded school
of last season. This will work a
hardship on at least three-fourths of
the pupils and the stricture of the
Superintendent that all without the
necessary books for study on next
Monday will be sent home, to re
main, perhaps, until the parents'
cash box is replenished. The pres
ent School hoard is ma le up of ex
cellent material, and we trust it will
at once adopt some moau3 to, at
loa-M, partly relieve this onerous
tax from falling so heavily upon the
shoulders of those who cannot con
veniently carry it.
,
A Sour Mortal.
A claimant of the direct tax, it
appears, was so sure of getting his
money speedily that he pawned his
warch, expecting to get it "out cf
hock" with the funds. But his
claim is not passed upon, and in a
great rage he says he proposes to
hold the Governor responsible. If
he could see the Governor devoting
hours each day to these claims, and
knew that throe expert lawyers are
in the Executive Office every day
looking into the legal questions in
volved, he would not be so impe
tuous. Just as much haste is made
sis is consistent with safety.
lie Iil Not Sit on Her.
We see from a late corrrespon
dence that Auditor Sanderlm denies
that he sat down on a lady in the
P.ostian wreck. We have been
waiting to hear the Auditor say this
very thing. We felt quite sure
that he did not sit down on a lady
it would not have been the gallant
thing to do, and then the lady
won id have been so badly wrecked
after he had sot on her that she
would hardly have been presentable
to Mr. Denuehau Cameron. We re
peat that we are glad that Mr. San
derlin contradicts this report be
cause we did not know whether it
was so or not. There are some
things that are so unreasonable it is
hardly worth the time and trouble
to correct them, but then this was
not one of them.
I-.nHsh As She Is Spelt.
We were in one of sConcord schools
where we picked up the following
thrilling composition, written by a
12-vear-old girl, which is one of the
best pieces of "English as she. is
spelt " that we have yet seen : "A
right suite little buoy, the son of a
Treat kemal, with a rough around
his n.nk. Hue nn the road sis quick
as a dear. After a thyme he stopped
at a gun house and wrung tne belle.
His tow hurt hymn and he kneaded
wrest. He was two tired to raze his
faro, nail fsice. A face mown of
nane rose from his lips. The made
who herd the belle was about to pair
a pare, but she through it down and
ran w ith all her mite, for fear her
would not weigh. Lut when she
saw the little won tiers stood in her
siyes at the sight. 'Lwe poor deer .
why dew you lye here ? Are yew
dyeing?' 'Know.' he said, 'I am
feint.'' She bore him inn her arms,
;i3 she aught, to a room where he
might be quiet, gave him oreu anu
meet, bol.l a c.ont bottle under his
knows, untide his choler, rapped
him nn warmly, crave him a suite
dracnm from a viol, till at last he
went fourth as hail as a young
hoarse."
We know of only one person who
has the the ability and courage to
champion a dog law. The Standard
will propose his name at the proper
time for Legislative honors.
WK DO ALL KIXDS OF
u OS "WOEK
in Tin-:
.YEA TEST MAXJYEli
AND AT
THE LOWEST HATES
I.OCAI. NEWS.
From Ileal ly Kxeellent t'onntry
Weekly, the Slnnly News.
The Standard is glad to cull the
following items from our most excel
lent and much appreciated neighbor,
the Stanly News:
Fodder pulling time. Cotton
damaged considerably by late rains.
This town is free from sickness.
Only two prisoners in jail.
Bus Brown lost 35,(100 brick by re
cent r ains. Several barrels of
"English" rosin was shipped to New
York this week from the Montgom
ery distillery. Since the accident
at the turn table at Norwood several
days ago the engine has boon run
ning backwards from that place.
John Perry, who had been in
prison here for some time, went de
ranged on last week and upon giving
bail for his appearance at next court
he was placed in charge of his
father, who went on his bond,
We merely had time and spsice to
mention in our last issue the nisir
riage of County Treasurer Palmer
to Miss Addie Leed in Kentucky.
They had been corresponding with
each other for some three or four
years, which soon ripened into a mu
tual liking of each other, thence it
deepened into love, And this crdor
of things went until a few weeks
siro when Mr. P. departed to meet
his bonny bride, whom as yet he had
never seen. lie lias now returned
with her and they both seem to be
happy as larks. Here we mention :
Mr. Palmer placed his purse con
firming 40 under his pillow at
night in one of the Salisbury hotels;
came away leaving il there, and but
little if any chance is lelt tor its
recovery.
Riiflit. Anionic Vs.
It is not generally known that
nearly every spring in this county
has a trace of iron in the water.
But on the Joel Peed property, ad
joining Capt. Alexander's property
on Dummy street, a spring has boon
discovered containing iron in abun
dance. An analysis has boon made
by a local chemist and he pronounces
it " iron at once. If it be a genuine
and stronir iron spring it will be a
bonanza- to the town ; but, fellow-
citizens, go to liockland, the land of
springs there's a charm about
Pockland.
l'rol. II. W. Spinks lleail.
On Wednesday about 11 o'clock,
Prof. II. W. Spinks, one of the
principals of Monroe High School,
died at his home in Monroe. lie
had a mild form of fever up to
Tuesday when he suffered a severe
hemorrhage, followed by two more
during the night, lie never rallied.
Prof. Spinks was a nephew of Mrs.
Foil, of this place. His death is a
loss to Monroe, the school and the
Methxlist church, of which he was
an influential and zesilous worker.
A New Amusement.
The Durham Sun says there will
be a new "fad" in the way of parlor
amusements this winter. In the
new game the persous are assembled
in one or two rooms and gentlemen
are provided with thimbles, needles,
thread, buttons and an amount of
old or new clothing as the case may
be. The ladies are each given si
hammmer, si quantity of nails and a
number of boards or pieces of wood.
At a given signal the men begin
sewing on buttons and the ladies
commence driving nails. Prize3
are awarded to the most suuecess
f ul worker. The party is one which
may be turned to profitable account
by the hostess, as she may get much
of her week's mending done by giv
ing parties once a week.
Eighteen young men applied for
attorney's license at Kaleigh on
Tuesday. This profession still grows.
Tin: orrKAT haiimikstoker.
'i'tin use of viirions unjjuents to dress
.v."l lu-iiutify the hair i.s a custom as old
.".a. I universal as the race; hut prepara
tk'i:s to prevent the hair from falling
out, or for restoring it to its original
color anil fullness, seen to be of modern
o. i,;in and conlini-d to the limits of the
higher civilization. Probably the fatal
istic and superstitious ideas of the
snii'icnts and of most barbarous1 people,
w ii. Id forbid tlf'ir inteifiriii'-f with what,
s.'eliis to be tlie course of nafiire, in
thinning the locks ami sprinkliu r them
with ;:r.iv, as life advances toward the
clue.
The ancient Hebrew poetically termed,
whit!) hair "a crown of trlory," and so it
is when ir ".raeefnily adorns tlie brows
of t'.u; a'ed. 1 1 ri T when a person in the
full viuor of life 1 eeoi ies jrray, his frray
bnir, so far from h-in a crown i f (.'lory,
ii rather an i:u;i. i.tlon of weakness ami
premature ilc-iiy. What may be ad
mired in "Jul, n Anderson, my .Jo,
John" at eighty, is to be deplored iu
John A n.h rsim at 1 hirty or forty.
It h:;s been ob ...rveil that early baM--,:
i i more common now than former
ly. V. hatever mi'y be the cause of the
early loss of hair, there, are few but.
would avoid it if possible. Some attempt
to corneal thij hiss of their hair by
bru.s'iiny v hat is left over tins vacant
place:': others brave out their misfor
Vinc, a1 did liu; fox when he lost hif.
tail: nut the majority of the "too pre
vious" ones bio',: anxiously about for
somc!lii:i,z that will restore lost jopfh-fului-ss
and hide t'uor tell-tale phreuo-loi'-al
dolieieiicies. For this Jilirjio.se,
nothing has as yet been discovered that
surpasses Ayer's Hair Vior. .
We do not pretend that this prepara
tion will cause hair to j;rov gifc :i scalp
that has been denuded for years and
j .li:h.d liken billiard ball, but without
claiming for it any more than its just
i':i",t assert that it certainly promotes
"('. ;;ru-th of hair, r. stores colop to faded
Vic. 1 irray lochs, lu:a!s humors, keeps tho
sr i!; cool, jivevents laudru(T, and im
ports to the hair a silky texture and a
lasting fragrance. It, will not stain the
s',:In or clothing. Though lAyer's Hair
Vi.LTor has been before the public many
year-, it is stilt iu greater deniand than
a:-.y similar prejiaration A eoiivinein
proof of its sujicrior merits aud exteiw
bive popularity " '