North Carolina Newspapers

"wwfcffr i 'i 'inumm'i "i L, &1 Tub StaJdako Is Only One Dollar Per Year. Trgest'Cireuilation of AnfPaper in tliig Section. SI. THE STANDARD. WrTIU 4 I'ACEU HAS A HICCKK IIUCULATIOX at KYKUY rOSTOFFICE IN THE COUNTY, SAVE ONE, THAN ANY OHIKU rATKU. ITT W ITMt IX OI R r.YKS WITH THE STANDARD. ONLY TWICE AS MUCH READING MATTER AS ANY PAPER EVER OR NOW PUB LISHED IN AND AUD. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY ,7 ISiyL THE COUNTY. TICKLE US WITH $1. V )L. IV. NO.o. WHOLE NO. 208. K II FAS BIHTI.O. From Friday's I'ailv. Ail i iii tlisit i-, tlf .: ii 1 5i- r "onus a. .'I eo dit ioi.s. 1 S'.H, '; i'tkiry , u.l tottering 0U1 t ii- a. i v. i- it1 l iit throes ' d-:!;'!- ruij"i-!a are s re of l-m oiu 'In-g. uu-l Mi. a is the yeu-di'-p i?tly ht tii" cad. of the GO1 tij i!te of 24tli h"ur of th' 31' day of th-- 12:h uioiith of the year-shi.- is a stateuent of veracity, uti s ioiioJ ly law or character wi nesscd. '1 he) ear 1891, therefore, must die tonight ; this matter will be at tended to by parties who are uj poii.ted for the execution of the job. The time of the old y ear's death is not a mooted question this has been settled beyond question. But who has that time? "Who is he that shall have the authority to de clare when that time comes ? Every man w:ll stand by his own watch, and when it conies to this Doctor Fetzer will claim just as much for his Waterbury (which he carries in his . litol jHx:!.et) as Charley Correll claims for his regulator. Those that carry no time in their vest or hip pockets, will stand by the court house clock, which, though up in the wrial clime, is unpretentious, and consequently unreliable. But the old year is busted, and 1892 is the assignee with no bonds for the faithful performonce of duty or gurautee for carrying out the contract of running twelve months the old woman may decide to close up ehop and go out of business. You see how helpless we are in this mat ter ! 1891 is busted she tried hard to do good she treated some better than they deserved she brought successes aud failures she took paiu o homes and she laid down a bless ingortwo she tried to tote fair she did not abscond without giving full twelve months; or break those who stood by her and on her, if she did ieave some worsted 1891 is busted aud her dry bones are consigned to the museum of the past. Though she's busted, closed up shop and the like, she did it hon estly and q..arely, and uot without givirisj notice. Some Busts come on unawares and som don't. 1891 knew she would bust aud prepared for it manly doing this, she w 11, notwithstanding a ncord that is abote reproach, letire and ocpupy a pUce that belongs to her, a id not seek to control uffairs, no3e around other people's business and become nau?eous. 1891 is a nice old lady, dead and decently buried, with a will willing all things to her rightful successor, 1892. 1892 is a leap year, because di visible by 4, but let her not divide but add. THE 31 EW YEAR. 1892 is in the ring for twelve months. It has been just 400 years from the y : ar, when it is alleged, tbat Mr. Christopher Columbus discov ered America, and about 100 years aince Stephen Cabarrus cast the vote that caused Cabarrus county to be erected from Mecklenburg territory. It is said that Columbus discov ered America, That's a broad statement, for the discovery of America proper baa just commeuccu. But the New Year is here and what are you going to do about it? Will you submit, gird your belt around you, s'iffen your upper lip and go on, or will you balk and stop the world? We'll 6ee about this. The New Year is before us its hidden treasures, pains, disappoint ments and secrets are unknown and like blind horses we must surge into the deep sea. God grant that the year may be prosperous that we may use our resources our oppor tunities and our powers for th bet'erment of oursehes, our neigh bors and our country. May happiness and success attend vs all, and our neighbors. NOT IX GOOD FORM. 1M (i nfin Ft this amount l P1U,UUU. will marry any wo man, joung or old. For particulars address Rector, Box 323, Herald Office. This is not in good form. Wo men buy husbands every day, but they do uot like to do so by adver tisement. If the advertiser had pretended to be a foreign nabob, epent $1,000 in carriages, gloves and French airs, he conld easily have married a girl worth half a million dollars. Our girls love to be hum bugged. State Chronicle. xwentT people were Killed in a railway accident in Russia Tuesday. JOIM I) THE CliriM II Who Tried to I.el Life. Bettor Ehis morning Judge AW-stiuore- tru-d a most interesting li-deas us CU-H'. stetdiv morning at li.lf i o'clock fie police arnrtal Hi -r, a w-ll kr.own wh e has been a wa'chnuii at !:ta ("5 lass Works for if past J H ma's th ivr 1 ths. ie arrest was made on a K-t ter B II Collier, sheriff of Jackson ty, Gn. Sheriff Collier stated in tier that Farmer was waiitoil in son countv for giealiug a lu'Tse rmer tooK tne sianu anu na cu he was innocent of the crime d against him. lie had been Id boy," but since coming to a he had joined the chinch is trying to lead a better life. Westmoreland decided that the circumstances he could ease the prisiouer and remand- l to the keeping of the officers. mta Journal. netimes thieves, hypocrites ntemptible characters succeed ding into the church for no tmrpose than to fool the world, temj justice, or cover up a dirty reco:t by hypocritica1 pretenses. Suet tames have worked succes; f ully fp to date. M ITBI R CI.DVKLAND MIK i ( niif Think a Western Mnn Will 4 Sominatf for President. I'itiburg, Dec. 27. Governor Caniill, of Ohio, passed through Pitstirg tonight on his way to New Yc-k.J He said that neither Cleve-j tain ivfi uiii nuuiia uc uu uil.uuu foipriident at the next democratic naionkl convention, for the reason th;t nether would have the solid sujpo.t of several important State del-salons. le j'nsidered Governor Pattison, of Ierpylvania, more likely to re- eeiv- ttie nomination man any ouier east rn man, but he thought the in dieaiis pointed to a westean can-! didnel Senator Palmer, of Illinois, j he - aijl, was the strongest manj narodj : Oivirnor C.impbeil did uot s;.y thatiie would not be a candidate, but --ie left the impression that ie hadh. d enough of politics. Trilnteof Helped. Wjeretis, since we last met, our IlfaTuIy Father has cilled from the Lriors and snrTering of earth, to the r-st of Heavm, Mrs. Carrie J Ovemsh, we, the members of the Ladits Aid Socle tv of Gilwood churth, do Tietolve, 1st. That we bow in humble submission to this affliction, recogtizing in it the will of our Father who is i:i all His providence ever wise and ever merciful. 2d. That as a society we sustain the oa of one, w ho by her cheer ful willingness to labor for the Master, afforded us a bright exam- le, a ul who, by her sweet and modest niau tiers won the love aud confidence of us all. 3d. That a men orial leaf be left in our record inscribed to her mem ory aid that a copy of these resolu tions be sent to the bereaved hus band and family of the deceased and to the Concord Standard for publi cation. Miss Doha Emerson", Miss Wooddie Bell, Miss Lizzie Mowker. Xo. 5. Mrs. Mary A Shinn and Mrs Martin Barnhardt (both aged ladies) are quite sick with influenza. Mary Jane, aged twelve yeais, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. A Barnhardt was thrown from her horse last Sunday and dislocated her right arm. If cotton is low in price and hard times talked of it will not stop some marriages that will soon occur in No. 5. Wish thev would postpone for a while. We are full of cake just now and have the promise of more. Eddie Cook is well of his shot but his eve sight gore, and the boy is not. much disfigured. MLs Etta Cliorrier, of Chi ia Grore, is as;stint ti-achf-r at New Gilead. Miss 0. is highly spoken of a3 a teacher We '.ike to have 6uch kind of young folks as Mr. Henry Sechlerand M;ss Chorrier, both of China Grove, among us. P. S. Mr. Sechler said his Ta had just subscribed for the Standard to see No. 5 items and learn how the school was progressing. Now we'll try and set Mr. Chorrier in the ring. C. An exchange has come to the conclusion that the best cure for drunkenness is for the patient to stop drinking. From Kofkjr Klyer. The event of the past week in Rocky River was the marriage, at the church, of I)r J C Black and Miic Emma Black, both of Pioneer MilU. The novelty of a church wedding has completely brokeu up the interne monotony of our country neighbor hood and the universal esteem in which this young couple is held made the occasion one of great interr est. The church had been simply but tastefully decorated, avches of ivy, mistletoe and holly at the end of each long aisle, making pretty entrances to a decorated platform The promptness and punctuality with which every arrangement was carried out was also cause for con gratulation. Exactly at 4 p. m., the large audience being seated, and Mrs Anderson at the organ, the bridal party entered the church. The ushers were Messrs. Sam Harris, K E Gribble, J M Harris and J F Harris. Mr. Sam Harris and Mr. Gribble coming in first, marched up through opposite aisle?, and took heir places one on each &ide of the platform, the lady attendants fol lowing at suitable distances in pairs, immediately preceding the bride and groom. Then came Messrs. J M and J F Harris, who stopped under the arches, when the four lady friends, Miss Nan Wharey, Miss Claude Grier, Miss Fanny Stafford and Miss Jenny Gouley gracefully took their places, two cn each side, of the bride and groom. The scene was quite pietty. Mr. Anderson's ceremony was in fine taste, as to style and length and when the prayer wa3 over, he kissed the bride and congratulated the groom, ana tne scene closed with tne party passing out the left aisle, to the most appropriate air of Home, Sweet Home. i ne enure oriuai party were in vited to a sumptuous tea at the manse, where a number of useful an 1 handsome gifts awaited the i onue. xnis generous entertainment wos a happy feature c f the day, and was much appreciated by the whole 1 1 'arty. X. X. A I.ljr Write. At Abo, in Finland, a dog that had 1 een run over by a carriage crawled : the door of a tanner iu the town. The man's son, a boy of fourteen, t'.rst stoned, and then poured a ves s 1 of boiiiiig water over the misera ble creature. For this diabo'icul act the boy t-iu conducted to the market place V.' an officer of justice, and this sentence passed upon him : "Inhu- ,!Jin ja(j because instead of assist- in? the poor animal that implored y .ur aid, and which derived its being from the same God who gave you lif 3, you but added to i's torments, yon will wear upou your breast the mine that you deserve, and receive fifty strokes." A blackboard was hung around h;s nccK with "a eavage and inhu man lad upon it : and when the bishfs had been laid on he was treated to a discourse upon human it;. From English Notes by James Pityn in The Independent. The above vaa mailed to Dr. P, M. Trexler, with the request that he hand it to a Concord editor. The communication is from Miss Anna D. Ludlow, Ra'eigh, N. C Ed. "Money JIsfcM Jhe Mare Go. Some distitguished i - gentleman (probably a jikist) said money makes the mab go." Up to last Saturday the statement stood uncon tradicted. A nx;n, very matter-of-fact and credabua, was comiDg to market His mar; stalled, or balked. Whispering in lvr ear and calling her nice ana sweet names failed; then he began avearing at her. This failed, foe cussing does no good. The old gentleman suddenly thoi'ght of what tioney would do to a nure. He took ten cents out of I his ?urse and shoed it to the beast, WLen the animal '.paid no attention to the dime, the oil gentleman swore a blue streak. The Orphanage to be Re-Bull t at Ba riina Spriiijc. The regents of the Presbyterian Orphanage met at the Cooper House in this place Monilav. There were preseii: Rev. Dr. J. Rumple, Rev, W. E.ifcllwaine, Ilev. D.I.Craig, Rev. . R. McLelland, Col. J. L. Brownl Mr. Geo. E. Wilson, and Hon. I. Leazar. Dr. M. W. Hill of Stat sville, was elected to fill a vacancy made by the resignation of Mr. O. Ik Davis, of Sailsbury, and took hijseat with the regents. The body w in session the greater part of the ay ana the net result of its delibera ons was a decision to re build ie orphanage at Barium Springs in the site of the building which wis burnL Mt. Airy in Ashes. THE KI.l'K RIDOE l.. A.VD MXE HI'S I NESS IIOISES BlB.r.I. The i.oss Is Over SIOO.OOO The Work of an IncendlHrjMnnj Other Buildings Onmaged Uebnlldlng to Commence at Onee. Special to the Standard Mt. Aihy, N. C, Jan. 1, 1892. At 2 o'clock this morning, fire bells rang in the New Year. The magnificent Blue Ridge Inn, containing one hundred rooms, the tobacco and cigar factory of Armfield & Co., offices of the Granite City Land and Improvement Co., stores of Bynum & Co , J D Smith, W E Merrit , J V Mitchell, llobins & Co., Wallis & Long with Mt. Airy Hotel were all totally destroyed by fire ; others badly damaged were : Worth & Joyce, J R Paddison, Yad kin Valley News, J W Pitcher, R L Moore & Bro., K A Loteu. Loss one hundied thousand. Theproperty was mostly covered by insurance. The fire is thought to be the work of an incendiary. This does not down Mt Airy : Telegrams have gone out for 100 masons to re place buildings. G. K. P. The Blue Rrdge Inn wa3 the mag nificent hoiel, kept by Capt. J W Clarke, formerly of the St. Cloud. The dispatch to the Standard does not state whether any one was hurt, but it is reasonable to suppose that no one perished in the flames. Dairying- an a BuNinesa. Brb McDonald was the pioneer in the dairying business in Charlotte, and demonstrated that there is money in milk. Mr. McDonald for a long time supplied the retail trade of Charlotte, but several years ago he took his wagons off the retail route, aud begau the business of serving the hotels. He still supplies big amount of milk to the city, but only in wholesale lots. The le- tail trade is supplied by two large dairymen, Mc. D.- Watkins and Charlie Moore. For several years the headquarters of the latter were established at the northern terminus of Graham etreet He started in business with one wagon and a few cows, but mside ot three months he had to put on an extra wagon and buy more cows. Mr. Moore started in to make dairying a success, and knew that work was ahead of him. He hustled from the start, 6uperin- nded all of his business getting out of bed regularly every morning at 3 o'clock to tret his daily freight of milk properly distributed. His business bad a constant growth. Land is valuable and scarce at the head of Graham street. More cows and pasturage became a neces sity, so he cast about for another location, The "Doable Oaks" farm of Gen. R Barringer, near the city caught his eye, and he bought that farm. Mr. Moore now has his main headquarters there, and from that farm, he will supply his customers In wards 2, 3 and 4. The Graham street dairy has been placed in charge of Mr. J G Freeland, and customers in Ward 1 will be sup plied from that dairy. Mr. Moore now has 135 cows and they do not supply any more milk than he needs for his trade. Charlotte News. BAD FOCJfDATIOX. A Hantaln In Japan Slip Inta a Hole. Mr. Igachi, director of the Gifu Observatory, Japan, has been exam ining the district where the recent earthquakes in Japan were most se vere. At this place some years ago, holes appeared in the ground to which no bottom could be found, ana it was believed that they com- mun'cated with immense cavities far below. Mr. Igachi new believes the earthquake was caused by the Fugiva Mountain slipping into these caverns. In district Ono an im mense landslide took place, damag ing the Mano River. A lake i& now formed which is already fifty-feet deep. Another large lake is being formed in the same way by the Ashiba River at Nagoya. A curi ous fact is an anonymous writer sent a letter to the Cabinent, some time ago, saying a dreadful calamity wou Id take place October 28th. This was the very day of the earth quake. A CLOSE OBSERVER. Mecklenburg Times. The earnings over expenses of the penitentiary for the quarter ended Nov. 30, were $9,708.52. States ville Landmark. The penitentiary and the evan gelists are about the only things that pay expenses this season. Another arrest has been mad in the Packwood murder in New Smyrna, Fla. O.MOXS, AMI I.OS AXI PEKSOXAI. LIBERTY. Bob Burdette. There is something painfully clinging, aud at the same time dif fusive, about even the most innocent looking onion. Mixed with tobacco and whiskey half a peck of onions in process of exhalation have been known to put out the lights in a po litical clnb room. School teachers have ever been martyrs in these afflictions. You are too young to know anything about it, my boy, but before such delightful aud excellent temples of learning as Ilaverford College Grammar School were dedicated to wisdom in the country places, your old father can recall the time when if there was any rumor of whooping cough or scarlet fever or anytiiing of the sort in the neighborhood, very child in the district wa3 at once decorated as to the neck with a little flannel bag not unlike an In dian's "medicine bag," containing brimstone and assofceti a. This amulet was believed believed ? It was known to ward of fevers of all kinds, coughs, colds, croup, pleurisy, eczema though we spelled it as a monosyllable then horn ail, quarter crack, spavin, ringboue, blind staggers and spring halt. And when we all got together and sang the opening hymn in a small room, made tropical by the burning fiery furnace of a Franklin stove, heated "one seven time3 more than it was wont to be heated," the effect was appalling. How the teacher of that day ever lived I don't know. He must have had a nose like a winter radish. I snspect that in self de fence he wore an amulet himself. Well, all these things are features of personal liberty, which is J sacred thing. But they are not all a part of my personal liberty, my boy, nor of yours. If a man delights in "chawing" tobacco, that's all right. I don't object. The Arizona Indi ans eat snakes. I don't care. But they can't fry their lizzard3 in my skillet, aud they can't boil their Christmas pup in my bean pat. And on the same broad platform of per sonal liberty I protest against the man who "chaws" uhi;u my stand ing room for his expei :.i;;,i:oii. An old black pipe, reeki.. with far smelling "nigger luad," may be balm to my neighbor. Heaven bless j mm anu auu comtort to the pipe, u ; it be a comfort ; I won't lift a hand ' to take it away from him. But I don't have it in my dining room; the headmasters won't allow it in the grammar school, the great rail - way companiei won t permit it on their trains, save under arbitrary rrgulations, which are almost rigidly enforced. The woman who muffles herself np to her ears in furs and then complains that the car is warm has a perfect right to open a win low. But she musn't let a cyclone of dust and cinders and icy wind and flakes of snow come sweeping back into my face. She must keep all these to herself, with her widow. I am a firm believer in nay, I am an apostle of personal liberty. But while the other fellow is claiming all of it, I want so ue of it. About four feet square is enough for me. That isn't very much to ask. In that limited area I want to control the diet, ventilation, light, heat and perfume. Outside of that people may eat what they please and go around knocking things down with their breath, but I will knoc'i tne stuffing out of the onion laden lung that dashes itself against the Lving wall of my little Sparta. Unless, of course, the invader is big ger than I am. Then, I suppose, I will have to stan 1 it. But the first chance I get I will stick gum shoe into heater. We used to get half j holidays that way in the high school at Peoria. Principal Coy should "e . thankful that we weren't "onto the: Oiuon racket- in those- ua;.s. Be is broad as the earth, my boy, as liberal and steadfast as the sUr; give up everything, until the other fellow demands everything; then entrench yourself in your own kiu2 dom and let him bring on his siege train. Xew Year'H RchoIii tloiisi. I shall not swear. I shall not steal. I shall not chew tobacco. I shall not smoke. I shall not get drunk. I shall do unto others as I wish them to do to me. I shall not try to have my way every time. I shall not desire to injure others, to cover up my own detection. These are resolutions that will doubtless be made by many a one. Most of them will become corroded for want of use. JOHX C. DAVIS, The Wilmington Swindler, Examination. Waives Hundreds of people gathered at the court house at Wilmington Tuesday, to hear another case against John C. Davis, the lawyer, on the charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Davis was cool and shook haud3 with several people. Some marks of care were visible however. The Star says that Col. T. W. Strauge, his counsel, said that the defence would not longer ask the detention of the court, but would waive an examination. Davis wa3 required to give a bond of $750 for his appearance on the first Monday in January, in the criminal court. He failed to give bond and was recom ited to jail. The charge in this case wa3 by Airs. L. J. Fanning for false pretences ; but there is another by her for perjury, and there are others by Mrs Dixon, a widow, for false pretences, forgery aud perjury. Tlie Postal Telegenph. Why should not the government control the telegraph ? Because the telegraph is a luxury, not a necessity, and even at half the existing rates, would be of no value directly to 00,000,000 out of 65,000, 000 people. Let every farmer ask himself what difference it would make to him if messages could be sent at half the present prices. But the English government has control of the telegraph, and has re duced the rates. Rates in Great Britain are on short distances, and are somewhat lower than short dis tance rates in America. If for in stance the telegraph system of American were compared to a stretch of territory around New York as large as Great Britain, short distance messages here would be as cheap as in England. But in Europe, if a message is sent from Geneva to London about as far as from New York to Pitsburgh, the ra'es are higher than they would be in Amer i a for twice the distance. So the advantage of governmental control is purely imaginary. In America with a population of 05,000,000 per sons, the number of messages is only ".'.1,000.000, or les3 than one message tj each inhabitant. As most of the business is mercantile or speculative manifestly the price concerns only a small number of persons, why th?n should the people who do not use the telegraph, and would not even if the message were only ten cents, be taxed in order that the specula- : tors in Chicago and New York, the gamblers and sporting men may have lower rates for telegrams? For a i ax wouiu oe necesary to cover a deficit. In England there is every year a deficit of a million or more in that thickly populated country, Here the deficit would be far greater aud the benefits would accrue to classes abundantly able to pay for their own messages. Let the people control these rob bing schemes. Onloim. ncn &uuw me value of onion poultices for many pur poses. .Lither roasted or boiled, they were often applied in cases of croup or sore throat, being put on as hot as they could be borne. Ia the latter disease or a threatened attack of diphtheria, they are often used, but many claim that they are more rapid in action if pounded up raw and applied at once. In an indo lent or slow growing tumor, they will have rapid effect in either form, bringing it to "a head" as quickly as almost any remedy known, and al most without pain. Even physi cians recommend the onion poultice to the feet in cases of fever and rheumatic pa-ns, and a few drops of hejuu-e f an onion dropped in the nr, or the insertion of the warm Heart or core ot tne roasted onion, is a favorite remedy for obstinate cases of ear ache and neuralgia of the face. Eating of raw onion is the sailor's favorite cure or preven tive of scurvy. Those who can digest them often Cud the eating of raw onions at supper gives a night of sound s!eq incase of insomnia, and where raw onions are not easily digested boiled onions have a similar effect. They quicken the action of the kidneys, and even severe cases of gravel have been cured by a regular habit of eating raw onions. For stomach worms in children they are better than most of the advertised remedies. Rev. R. G. Pearson writes a long letter to the Asheville Citizen from Burdighera, Italy, under date of December 3d, arid winds np by quo ting a few lines about "Home, Sweet nome." A YOCXU LADY'S PISTOL. While Cleaning It She Shot a Respect old Citizen. Rome, Ga., December 31. An ac cidental snooting tooK place near Rome last night at nine o'clock. Mr. Curtis Bailey, one of the old est and best citizens of the county, now over eighty years old, was the victim. The facts in the case are about as follows : Miss Mary Selkirk, who is visit ing at Mr. Bailey's, heard a strange dog come into the yard and attack their dog, who was tied in his ken nel. She secured her pistol, which was a small five shooter, and went out on the portico, and as she thousrht. fired five shots at the dog, to scare him away. She returned to the sitting room, where the family were gathered, and, sitting down, she began cleaning the pistol she had just fired at the dog. She did not examine the pistol, being positive that she had fired five shots at the dog, and never dreamed of any danger ; but to her surprise and horror, it suddenly went off while in her hands, and Mr. Cur tis Bailey, who was sitting a few feet from her, fell back in his chair wounded. The ball first struck an arm of the chair he was sitting in, which stopped much of its force, and then glanced off entering his right hand. The first and second fingers were badly shattered and the ball lodged in the center of the third finger, which at once swelled to abormal size. The loss of blood from the wound was very great and Mr. Bailey be came unconscious. A physician was immediately summoned who shortly atterwarus arrived and dressed the wounds. Los3 of blood so weakened the old gentleman that it is doubtful wheth er he can live through the amputa tion, which will be necessary. There is but little hope of his re covery. iliss Selkirk 13 heart broken over the terrible and sad accident. Banking ami Speculation. Any one who has critically noticed even a few of the statements made by the national banks of the coun try, under the late call of the comp troller of the currency, must have observed how small a ratio their cir culation bore to their capital. This i3 in part attributable to the scarcity of government bonds as security for their notes, and in part to the great er profit in dealings that do not require so much of their own money. The great growth of speculation in the country also requires for its use much of the money formerly devoted to legitimate commerce and business .purposes. It is therefore deceptive to make comparisons of the amount of money "per capita' in circulation at other periods and at present. The gigantic game of speculation in stocks and in the futures of produce is one of late but rapid growth, and requires much of the money in circulation. The rapid contraction of the cir culation of the national banks re duced from over three hundred millions a few years ago to less than half that amount now affords suffi cient proof that that system is now a partial and is fast approaching total lailure in what has been re garded its chief excellence the fur nishing to the people a large volume of reliably sound currency. Atlanta Journal. The Qnacka Sow. A battle against quack doctors ha3 been undertaken in New Jersey by the State Board of Medical Ex aminers, which ha3 sent a report on the subject to the Governor. The Board gives facts which show that New Jersey is troubled with doctors who are classed aa "nondescripts," who hold bogus diploma3, and who practice medicine in defiance of the laws of the State, to the peril of their patients and to the discredit of the regular faculty. The Board, acting under the authority of law, has this year begun the work of driving out these illegal practition ers, and it informs the Governor through it3 reports how far it has been successful in doing so. Truly, its success within the year has been remarkable ; and we should think that quacks and nonde3cript3 hold ing bogu3 diplomas and practicing illegally would not hereafter find New Jeisey a profitable field of labor It is proper work thathas been undertaken in New Jersey by the State Board of Medical Examiners. It is of the utmost importance that men who trifle with human suffer ing and endanger human life should be driven out or New Jersey and ev ery other State. N. Y. Sun. "There are quacks in all profes sions, countries and religion. It is right to sit down on 'em. LITTLE DROPS Or Tar, Pitch Turpentine and Other Tar II eel Product. The revenue collector has a re port from deputy collector Jones, of the capture of two one horse wagone, ahorse and a mule and three bar rels of moonshine whiskey near Southern Pines, Moore county. What will be the wages paid farm labor next year i3 cow the chief topic of conversation in Edgecombe, the Southerner says. The opiniou is that there will be a general re duction of about one dollar per month. The editor of the late Lincola Plow, Forge and Grip overheard some fellows whispering together, one night, as follows: "Carolina Central pay train dark night." He got on his horse and rode twenty miles before daybreak to inform the Superintendent of the Carolina Central railroad that a conspiracy had been formed to rob his pay train. The Superintendent said he had no pay train. XEWS IX GENERAL Mrs. F J Cheek, of Weldon, ii dead. Bishop T B Lyman is quite ill at Raleigh, N C. Liquor will be sold at the World's Fair in Chicago. The cruiser San Francisco arrives at San Diego, Cal. Bob Sims and two followers ly nched in Shulita, Ala. Influenza ha3 been classed aa con tagious in Dover Eng. An insane man wanted to kill Geo. W Childs, of Philadelphia. Fifty thousand dollars worth of cotton burned in St. Louis. A violent electrical storm visited Raleigh, and vicinity last night. Senator Proctor confined to his room in Washington by the grip. Yery little news concerning the Chilian affair was received yester day. The State Board of Public Chari- ties held its annual meeting in Ra legh, N. C. A remarkable case of destiution ha3 come lo light in Halifax county, N. C. Edward Harris, of Fentress coun ty, Tennessee, killed three men. Monday in a fight. A party of twenty-five teachers left Raleigh, N. C, yesterday for Cuba. Some members of the House in dignant at the discord over the House Speakership. The negro burglar, Ernest Jones, was taken to Raleigh N. .C, jester day from New York. Dr. Kemp Batchelor, of Balti- more, wed jviiss rereDe aewey ui Raleigh, N. C, Wednesday night. Two men were brutally assassinat ed near Wilburton, Ark., bj George L Longley, a desperado. The draft of a bill was submitted at the Cabinet meeting yesterday evening on the reservation matter.!!!! The report of the Institution for the deaf and dumb and blind of North Carolina was last night. THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE. No portion of the human organiHia lias, within the past few years, be-a submitted to wore thorough and Intelli gent examination, by medical scientists, than the blood. The result of these in vestigations has been to clearly demon strate that the general health is mora dependent upon the condition of tho blood than upon any other thing. In making a diagnosis, some modern pritrtitioners are not satisfied witli merely- determining the temperature of the blood: they test it by means of the u.ieroseope and other appliances, to ascertain if any foreign bodies have in troduced themselves anions its minute corpuscle.-!. Thus, for example, it has been found that iu persons affected with trout, uric aeid may always be de tcctcd in the blood; while theeauscof other disorders has been traced to the pre: eiw e (1 nerun, or microlies. Th se ili.M-overi'-s have throw n a Hood of li.-l.r "i tlie causes of disease; and p!iy ).;. -.in tiow, in tin; treatment of inae y i 'in plaints. j;o directly t the root vi t' I, !-.-. ivil by endeavoring to purify the f its e.iiit;miiiiatiuL' poisons. For ;hi:i purpose nothing else has been found f : ii -aeious as thu iodide of potassium. )!i.r. t! best effects of this drug can cii'y 1:.: obtained when it is used in eo: tion with other things, such in ::! :; .irilla, podophyllum, or yellow (' ;.; and Ayer's Compound Extract of Saii-::ri!l:i, being considered the most .Uiifiii union of these ingredients known t p r- 1.-. t: e 'larmaey, i therefore most highly :;iue;ided by physicians. i n if the iodides were not present. Honduras sarsaparilla alone, of . h Ayer's medicine is the extract, -.!-.t be sufficiently effective, in the .,1-ity of cases, to produce the most irahle results. But, "to make assur u doubly sure," and to greatly facili- Cm purifying process, the iodide of de tab ponsshim b-nd-1 its powerful alterative ami dctr-rgent properties to the rest. The distinctive value of Ayer's Sarsa p:iri!U is that, while it isquite as potent for most purposes as the iodide alone, it is sufer iu non-professional hands; for, by simply following the directions on. the wrapper, the patient becomes bl own physician. Hence this medicine, has long been recognized by leading physicians anil druggists everywhere as he standard popular blood-purifler.