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102 THOl'SASD IOXK X TMUH.
Tlint I tUe Sumbfr Miipped East
Tmr By John J. Phoenix, of Cireens
liuro. Among the live business men of
Greensboro ia Mr. John J Phoenix,
surveyor to Houston Bro3. Xot
only is he au active business man,
but a benefactor to his section, in
that he is distributing large 6ums
of money in these hard times by
paying the highest cash prices for
eggs, furs, 6kins, beeswax and all
kinds of country produce. To give
a faint idea of the immense business
he docs we might mention that he
shipped last year 102,000 dozen eggs,
a half million rabbit skins being
one seventh of all the skins "cut"
in New York, ten thousand dollars'
worth of mink, otter, o'possum and
other skini, twenty-two car loads of
dried fruits since last September,
besides seven thousand pounds of
walnut kernels, ar.d an immense
amount of rags and beeswax. Mr.
Phoenix says taking: the average so
far he will ship 2,250 dozen eg s
this week. List week's shipment
footed up two thousand dozen.
Enterprise like this surely deserves
encouragement, and when we re
member that he is distributing
r.mong our people large sums of
money for many articles otherwise
unmarketable, he ought to receive
the pationage of the whole state.
So SI omnclt for NnrcaMtn.
Geo. A Shuford, of Aslieville, has
been appointed by Gov. Holt to till
out the unexpired term of Judge
James II Men imon, resigned. lie is
the fellow who, while judge of the
Inferior Court of Buncombe county
some years ago, Cued the editors of
the Aslieville Citizen for alleged
contempt of his court. They in
dulged in a lit of sarcasm in cons
nection with a case at issue before
him. It appears that it was a sort
of picayune affair and the jury was
hung. In alluding to it the Citizen
in a bit of humor said it would be a
good thing if the judge, jury, prose
cuting attorney and all were hung,
or wonls to that effect, at w hich the
sensitive feelings of his Honor were
so outraged that the publishers,
Messrs. Furman, Stone and Cameron,
were pros, cuted for contempt as
above stated. His appointment is
favorably commented on by those
who knew him and gives satisfaction
to his frieuds. Henderson Gold
Leaf.
A otty Question.
A rather curious mishap occured
on Payetteville street yesterday
says the Raleiprh News and Observ
er which miht raise a humorous if
cot a very perplexing question- A
man called a dog and the canine in
a hurry to respond to the whistle
was rounding a corner at a break
neck tilt when he suddenly and
without warning ran violently
agaiuat a lady who was coming in
the oi posite direction. So great
Was the momentum of the canine
that he threw the lady unceremoni
oly to the pavement. The iueg
tion which now arises i, if the lady
should decide to sue for damages
should the action be instituted
against the city, against the man
who owned the doz or against the
offending canine himself. This is a
case ukou which some of the new-ly-tledged
licentiates of the law
might try their acumen.
KetrcmliiiK-nt All About.
The Mississippi legislature has
nride a general cut in salaries. The
governor's Ealary ia reduced from
4,000 to $3,500, and other State
officers from $2,500 to $2,000. Dis
trict attorneys are allowed $2,000 ;
circuit and chancery judges $2,500;
a reduction of $250. The railroad
commissioners are given $.2,000, be
ing a reduction of $500. The clerk
of the railroad commission i3 re
duced to $000. The superintendent
of the deaf and dumb institute $1,
oOO, and the adjutant general $2,500.
A strong effort was made to reduce
the salaries of the supreme court
judges from $3,500 to $3,000, but it
failed.
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A IHiTiuiii-t UelH Five Years.
Last fall the newspapers pounced
down upon the bigamist Geo. II
"Wvlde. It will be remembered that
Wylde ia an Englishman, having
come to thi3 country eeveral years
8T0.
He wa3 right smart of a dude,
mixing a little devotion to Y. M. C.
A. work in it. Some of the girls
took to him like hot cakes. He
married a Greensboro lady, and
finally it leaked out that Wylde had
a wife livingin England.
The trial has come off in Greens
boro, add Wylde was found guilty
and sentenced to five years' impris
onment in the State Penitentiary.
Plant your advertisement now ft
will grow like a sweet Tiolet so eaith
CHEERFl ENEWN.
An Excellent Friend Writes I s in
Happy Strain The Eetter (jetting
Into a Ten Box was Delayed.
Philadelphia, Feb. 24, 1892.
Editor Standard : Does George
Child3 exchauge papers with you?
If he does not he ought to, and if
he does there are certain amenities
he is ignorant of or wilfully ignores
altogether. When I arrived I found
he hadn't said a word in his paper
about my intended trip, so of course
those who would have honored me
do not kuow I'm here. I am not
much of a hand to blow my own
horn, and consequently I keep in
door3 a great deal to avoid the rush
when it is found out. I haven't
had but one caller and he proved to
be one of Pinkerton's men. But he
will give my presence here no broad
cast as they never tell anything un
til its too late. I have thought it
best though to keep friendly with
him until I do something.
If Chi Ids does come around at
this late day and offers to apologize,
I shall treat him with great indiffers
ence and tell him how nicely you
have always noted my arrival and
departure. I shall furthermore tell
him that while I confide in his abili
ty to diagnose the future, I prefer
to visit the cafe at the Market House
alone.
Imagine my feelings when I
landed at the depot. The band was
playing "Hail to the Chief," and
feeling confident he had published
in his paper that I was aboard, and
he had told that I was a director of
the "Chamber of Commerce," ex
president of the Lyceum, &c, and as
soon a3 he could point me out for
all hands to yell for a speech. Such
thoughts went Hitting through my
mind and when I heard tho band I
dropped out a wad of "Graveley's
Best" and hurriedly prevented a man
from feeling badly, as I might have
done had I refused his offer to rinse
mv mouth with a redish looking
fluid. I moved along slowly and
awaited the demonstration when I
would fire off some beautiful
thoughts about "starry eve aud dewy
morn and tell toe immense assem
blage how Cabarrus and Stanly
counties would conduct themselves
in the next presidential election.
f ter hanging around for some time
I was told that the band was serena
ding a man who had been elected
special councilman that day. My
disappointment wa3 only exceeded
by my disgust at such a lack of
courtesy to a distinguished visitor,
so I hurriedly walked across the
street where a fine looking vehicle
stood in front of a large house, hav
ing made up my mind to get in and
ride to my quarters. A policeman
observing that I failed to enter asked
what I wanted. I told him, and
how I had been treated. "Well," he
says, "that conveyance it the Black
Marian (whatever that is). I can't
accommodate you to a ride now, but
can perhaps do 83 later." I conclu
ded to walk. I have since thought
it best to boycott the street cars. It
U an offeuse and I may be arrested
for it, but I have done it. I can use
with telling influence the great ad
vantage of wholesome walkiug, and
with your permission, could put in
some heavy licks by relating your
experience and what you have ac
complished by it. John Wanama-
ker lives here, but I haven't seen
lini. He may not know me, but if
he would take the Standard he would
have no cause to regret it. It is
true I didn't get a great deal of mail
while 1 was at home, but 1 had a
box ."rented in his postoflice there,
and have done all I could for him,
to say nothing of my wife, who has
been dealing with him for years and
prefers his goods to all others. If
he lived here all the time I should
regard Lis actions no les3 than
snub, and would immediately with
draw my patronage.
The individual who rejoices in the
upbuilding of humanity perhaps
the most attractive feature in this
city, and one the generality of visi
tors would never hear of, is and in
stitution supported by voluntary
contribution, the only one of its
kind in the United btates. It is
known as the Sunday Breakfast
Association. One very Sunday at
about S o'clock hungry, ragged men
and women begin to assemble in
large hall until they number from
800 to 1000. They represent every
phase of humanity ; from the waif
who never felt the fond embrace of
of a mother to the once proud young
lady or Miss who moved in respect
ability, and maybe, of influence, and
to the noble man who was once hap
py and self reliant They Jail meet
here on a level, to be fed by charity,
Those who are black and ragged are
taken down stairs and treated to a
I bath and suit of clothes. When al
are ready a brief prayer is said, then
degraded humanity ia served with
ham sandwiches and hot coffee.
It is an axiom no less trite than
true: "A man's heart is reached
through his stomach." The oppor
tunity is taken advantage of, gaud
the old, old story is told by some
consecrated man or woman, who is
thoroughly in sympathy with the
work. It often falls on ears that
never before heard it, and on others
where manhood and womanhood
have so fallen as to have almost
forgotten its truth. But a retro
spective view takes most of them
back to a once .happy home, when
there was father and mother and a
fond happy wife, with Moving chil
dren, when they remember this and
their degradation, and tha; human
ity, yea, perhaps some former asso
ciates tax himself willingly to help,
and if possible reclaim them, the
sobs and groans would move a strong
man. Many are converted at these
meetings. And a willingness and
fixed purpose to lead a better life is
rewarded by giving them homes and
employment. And a most note
worthy fact, they are not neglected
when they are placed on their feet,
bat are kindly encouraged. True
some fall, but enou?h is reclaimed
to eminently justify these philan
thropic people in not only keeping
this one open, but in establishing
others. Many harsh things have
been said about Mr. Wanamaker,
and a prominent South Carolina
politician once called him a hypo
crite, but perhaps he has done, and
is doing more to raise fallen human
ity than any other man. In his
social relations, he belongs to the
"upper 10," but his work is largely
among that class who most need
help. And he gives his money as
abundantly as he makes it. And
they are always cordially invited to
attend his church. When they do
they are not hurled together, but are
distributed oyer the auditorium, and
even taken in his own pew. In the
few days that I have been here, I
have learned more of vice and sin
than in all my city experience. And
am indebted to a missionary in
this work, an earnest consecrated
man, the Tv. Mr. Allen, a convert
through the efforts of the W C T U,
and who has had 14 years expe
rience. I hope to write you later and give
you a few thoughts on that subject
which brought me here and which
is nearest my heart. You would
have received this letter sooner but
I made an effort to mail it in a tin
box in front of a store, but was told
it contained only a sample of tea.
The man was very kind and told
me where to go, but I have found it
best not to do everything told me.
Odos.
SAX IHEtlO SEVERELY SHAKEN.
An Earth Quake Nlioek
T Viinwnal
Frightened,
Length People Badly
bat no Damage Done.
San Diego, Cal., Feb. 24. The
most violent earthquake shock ever
experienced here routed people out
of bed at 11:14 last night. The
movement began at lhat time and,
contrary to the usual experience,
continued nearly a minute. It was
very severe. Buildings swayed so"
much that guests in the hotels and
private houses awakened from sound
sleep, rushed to the streets in their
night clothes. The shock lasted so
long that people had time to descend
from third and fourth stories and
look back and see the buildings still
swaying, A loud rumbling accom
panied the trembles. No damage
was done. The shock was also felt
at Los Angeles.
Texas Proverbs.
Fromjthe Rockport (Tex) New Era.
Our enimies propose and the devil
disposes. It is the fair wind that
blows somebody good. He who in
the world would rise must either bust
or advertise. The only mark the
educated make in this world is the
cross mark. If the Bible were a
dime novel there would be more
readers and converts to Christian
life. There are many sorts of arts.
but the art of the professional liar
"takeB the cake." and he need'nt be
a genius either.
Long-shoremen on Strike In Sew
leans.
Or
New Orleans, La., Feb. 26. A
strike of longshoremen is on and
2,000 men are out of work. The
demand is for an hour's pay for
fractional parts of an hour. The
ship agents have decided to stand by
the employing stevedores giving
them the time needed to secure new
hands for the unloading of vessels,
A number of new laborers have been
obtained and it is proposed to put
them to work. Trouble with the
longshoremen is anticipated and the
mayor has been asked for protection
Kl'HTDE I KPARTAJfBUKW.
Col. James Edwards, Formerly l"Wil-
llamsburK'. Shoots HimselfA Onee
Wealthy Man Who Was Ruined by a
Bank Failure.
Spartanburg, S. C, Feb. 24.
Colonel James Edwards, 64 years
old, committed suicide here thi3
morning at 5 o'clock by shooting
himself with a pistol. He wa3 a
half brother to Mrs. Bryan, a widow
living on Kirby Hill, at whose house
he was staying.
Despondency or, doubtless, insani
ty, was the cause of the act. The
deceased was a heavy stockholder in
the broken Wilmington, N. C, bank
and besides his stock his plantations
in Williamsburg county were sacri
ficed for depositors. His total loss
is eaid to have been $20,000. Mr. j
Edwards has been living in Spartan
burg for the past four or five years,
spending several months of each
year on hi3 plantation. He was a
true Christian and courteous g n
tlemau to all who knew him, and
his suicide was a shock to our citi
zens who sympathize with the sis
ter and her household. A sister of
the deceased committed .suicide sev
eral years ago.
Wall Street Writes a Letter.
The following letter was addressed
to a Concord firm by Messrs Ilanck
el & Piiordan, gentlemen of the New-
York Exchange, which ha3 the U. S.
by the tail :
Will the present great depression
in the cotton market last ? Will the
price go still lower ? Or, will it react
enough to make cotton growing
once more a paying industry 'i These
are the questions all-important for
the South which everybody inter
ested in cotton is asking. It is safe
to say that they will be answered
by the action, not by any resolutions
or pledges, of the cotton growers of
this country within the next three
mouths. It is no exaggeration to
say that they have now to decide
whether the South i3 to remain
poor, or whether it shall become the
most prosperous and independent
region on the face of the earth. If
they will everywhere make their
own food crops, and relentlessly cut
down the acreage of cotton at least
one third, they will certainly get
more money for the smaller yield
next fall than they have been able to
get this season for their second enor
mous crop. Moreover, not having
to pay the Northwest for their grain
and provisions, they can keep a muoh
larger share of the price of their
cotton in their own pockets than
hitherto. Every cotton producer
know3 all this and t- lls hi3 neigh
bors what they ought to do. But
unless there is practice, as well as
preaching, there will be no material
reform. The spinners think that
they were hoodwinked last fall about
the size of the crop. They will take
very good care not to be hoodwinked
again.
The fluctuations of the market
this week have not been important.
The movement continues so large
that there is absolutely no induce
ment to buy, and yet traders are
rather shv about selling cotton short
below 7 cents. The short interest is
now reduced to inconsiderable pro's
portions and this is one of the weak
est features of the situation.
Monday will be a legal holiday
aud the Exchange will be closed.
Yours obediently,
Hanckel & IJiokhax.
eorjceville Items.
Wheat and oats look some better
owing to the nice weather for the
last two weeks.
Nearly everybody say they are go
ing to plant a small crop of cotton
this year.
The school closes at Silver Valley
school house on Saturday the 27th
of February.
Messrs J L Sninn, P F and W M
Widenhouse hauled ore from the
mine on Widenhouse's farm to Thos.
llinehardt's mill, to have it tested.
The people of Georgeville are talk
ing of building an academy soon.
A young man of this vicinity
hitched his horsse to the wagon as
his only means of driving was to get
on the horse he started for a load
of wood, when he arrived at the
new ground and started to load his
wood he missed half of the wagon.
Of course he went back and found
his wagon.
We love to see a man succeed in
his line of business, but we do not
like to see Dr. Jerome ride so much;
too much sickness.
Everybody takes tiie Standard ; a
good paper. Bones.
The Charlotte Chronicle: The
Concord Lyceum discussed crema
tion or burial, Tuesday night, and
the decision was in. favor of crema
tion. And it was right.
ti rip's Greeting:.
New York Sun.
I am La Grippe !
Grip, for short.
But I get there just the same.
I am no respector of persons,
And silk, or satin, or broadcloth
Has no more influence with me
Than a width of
Brown muslin has !
I lay for the woman
Who runs around bareheaded
Or thiu shod;
And the way I swipe a man
Without an overcoat
Is perfectly astonishing !
The air is full of me;
I've got a corner on the
Human system at present,
And I am working it
For all its worth !
I and the doctors
Are having a picnic,
With the doctors
Getting all the gate receipts !
However I'm not in it,
For boodle,
But why multiply words ?
You know mo,
And if you don't you can learn
All you want to know
By reference to the families
Which, and in which,
I have worked!
Mighty few of them
Don't recognize me socially,
And curse me
For all the crimes in the-calendar
But I ain't saying a word.
I simply
Let her go Gal lager.
KI JH I.; ix AEA3IAXCE.
One ol I.er's Lost Scouts ICelnrns After
T en l y -So v e n Years.
The Burlington News says: In
lsi;i, when the State called for
troops to defend the country's name
and honor, David II Coble, of Ala
mance, aged IT years, a brother of
Seynsore Coble, was one of the first
to answer his country's call and
joined Co. G. 44th N. C. Troops,
l'ettigrew's Brigade, and a beardless
youth he went forth to battle with
the army of Northern Virginia, and
followed Lee during the whole cam
paign. At Gettysburg he was shot
in the shoulder and carries the ball
to this day. At the close of the war
he hurried home, saw his parents
and went to Tennessee to cast his
fortune in that State. Like the
brave soldier he was succeeded there,
married and lias a blooming family
of six boys and one girl. On Thur
sday last he arrived m the county
and went on to his brother, Seymore
Coble, whom he had not seen for 27
years. He did not kuow him, but
when they found each other out,
there was an old time rejoicing, and
they are jollifying yet
His home is in Franklin county,
Tenn., where he is a successful far
mer and stock raiser.
Sir. Cleveland Plans.
A special from Columbu3 Ohio, to
the New York Herald says : At the
conference in Ann Arbor today Mr.
Cleveland will announce his candi
dacy and say that on only rne issue
should the campaign be made the
tariff. He will also say that on that
issue he can be elected without the
vote of New York, as he can carry
Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Montana, Oregon, California, as well
as Indiana, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Massachusetts and New Hamp
shire. The program of Cleveland and
Campbell is to make the fight with
out regard to New York, to make it
on the tariff and carry the States
above with the solid south. It is in
the program for cx-Gov. Gray to be
the candidate for vice president,
who, with Campbell and others, will
stump the northwest. Mr. Cleveland
will look after the New England
States. This is the plan mapped
out and will be announced from the
Ann Arbor caucus today. Cleve
land say3 so it is learned from per
sons close to Ex Gov. Campbell, that
he will have considerably over the
necessary two-thirds on the first
ballot in the Chicago convention,
and that Hill will get new York,
poseibly eight or nine votes in Ohio
and have straggling delegates in
other States, but not enough to make
a third of the national convention
all told.
The foregoing leaked from the
Campbell-Cleveland bureau with the
information that it will be verified
at Ann Arbor today.
Failures For a Week.
New York, Feb. 26. the business
failures during the last seven days
as reported by It G Dunn & Co.
number for the United States, 236,
Canada 34, total 270, as compared
with the totals of 299 last week, 27G
week previous to the last and 290
for the corresponding week of last
year.
SHE IS FERNENT IT.
THE OTHER SIDE OF A BVRl(i
UlESTIOX IX TIIE MATTER
OF THE GRADED
SCHOOL.
Old Subscriber, Gives 'Her Views on
The Subject of Tardiness and Ab
sence.
mu. .cuiiou: &mce the young
man who came out so strong for
short school hours and not many of
them has concluded to give us a rest
r it
I thought I would write you a few
lines 1 to call attention to a matter
connected with the graded school
which should be looked into by the
parents, teachers and board of health,
and others who have the training of
youth in their charge.
The report of the superintendent
shows that absence and tardines pre
vail to an alarming extent and are
on the increase. As one who has
raised a large family and had a great
deal experience with children I am
prepared to give an opinion on the
questiun of school attendance which
is practical and sound, having been
patron of all kinds of schools except
these one session schools with the
word method attachment which are
no manner of account though brash
young men fill columns ofthe news
papers with thir attacks on every
thing venerable and sacred in their
efforts to uphold what they call the
modern methods. Them I never
would patronize.
As I understand it, the superin
tendent wants all the scholars to
come every day and be there when
books is called. Now, Mr. Editor,
anybody with half sense would know
that this is unreasonable and I can
not help but think you know it
yourself. When we get so we can
keep our children from being sick
then it will do to have such rules as
that but not sooner.
Every parent know3 how natural
it is for children to have their sick
spells just like other people and in
some respects more so. The idea of
dragging these little sick children
out to school every and every day
seems too absurd to talk about, and
it seems to me that teachers with
the right kind of feeling would hate
to see all these sick children prop
ped up in school on the hard bench
es trying to get their lessons when
they ought to be at home where they
would get over it in a very little
while, for we all know how soon
they get well when we let them stay
at home. I've had them sick enough
to 1 ok like they were going to have
a real bad spell and they would be
over it in a little while after the
rest of them had gone to school and
would be all right the balance of
the day, and there is no knowing
how sick they might have got if
they had been compelled to go to
school. I would imagine from the
letter of the superintendent that he
ha3 never raised a family of his
own and doesn't know how a mother
of thirteen children feels especially
on a subject of this kind and I hope
he will be more considerate hereafter.
I feel that I am speaking the
sentiments of the majority of the
patrons of the graded school, pud
hope that when we have another re
port there won't be so much said
about tardiness and absence.
Ak Old Subscriber.
A Bachelor's SInsines.
On one beautiful, starlit night,
when the nightingales tuned their
merry notes, and when bulNfrogs
sang their melodies iu low, soft
strains, and when the old watch dog
smiled in unlawful ecsiacy.and when
lovers went about the streets seek
ing whom they could devastate, and
wheu "the school boys dreamed of
walking the golden streets on tern
my walkers, and when maidens
wept because their bangs were
rather disconsolate, and when bach
elors bellowed because of a natural
tendency toward the sublime and
beautiful, and when goblins roamed
about doing good to solace their
inborn perturbations I saylon such
an eve as this a Bachelor sat niusi
ing.
He thought in solemn measure of
life, death, mosquitoes and other
beverages. "And when the kiss
of love went round there was no
kiss for me." Ah, what a spectacle
for a philanthropical mind to con
template! A lone cheek glistening
with tears and no one near to kiss
those tears away. Methinks a
Bachelor's destiny is far beyond
human comprehension the world
knows not his joys nor his sorrows;
neither is the flesh edified as to the
fundamental character of his phy
siognomy. Not until this century of science
and metaphysics and political puri
ty shall he on golden wings flee as a
bird to its nest and come forth in
all his matchless beauty and walk
the earth and be the hero of the
world's great achievements. Then,
(and only then) his perambulations
will be hailed by statesmen orator
as the crowning greatness of the
world. O Bachelors, lovely and
lonely and lovely (their pipe)! O
Bachelors, wise and otherwise!
(monotonous) many are the hearts
tonight that are sad because you are
away. Many are the prayers that
will go unuttered because "thou
dost not yet appear," Ah, what an
influential characteristic of a gold
en age what a compliment to
American genius what a civilized
monstrosity what a bud of sweets
ness, is the Bachelor. O me, when
every tlazzling star shall shed its
lost rays of glory' athwart the hills
and dale3, when every gentle zephyr
has sung its last lullaby to cheer
humanity's soul; and when every
babling brook has murmured its
last requiem to its mossy banks and
rocky dells; and when every frog
has pealed his last noto of exquisite
melody o'er the glittering waves of
gold, o'er the hearts of kind
humanity, and where the night owl
coos his gentle prayer in the ears of
her lover then shall he the Bach
elor be restored to his foreordina-
tion-
I'm waiting and watching for
some one to love me, Fm cussing and
kicking for some one to fight mo,
I'm dreamy and dramy for someone
to kiss me but all in vain. They
come not to fight or kiss they
hearken not to my necessities. You
may talk of charity beginning at
home and if so, in the name of
human goodness, wheu will it ever
reach these Bachelor portals? Echo
answers, when?
They talk of a kind spirit of love
one day visiting the world ; but 0
will its sweet influence reach this
lone heart ere "I shuffle off my mor
tal coil."
The politicians say and whatever
they say must he ture iu tho nature
of things that they will make this
country a land of goodness and
greatness on phort notice well will
they do it? Do they not xeo this
poor soul sitting here alone, un
wept, unhonored and unsung ?"'
As a cricket begins its evening
song near the hearthstone this said
Bachelor gets very eloquent. O
that I had the limbs of a mountain
goat for then I'd fly away and be at
rest, provided there were no goats
near to molest or make me afraid !
O that I had the music of a au'o
for then I'd sing like Longfellow's
Hiawatha "in toues of sweet emo
tion, soncs of love and songs of
longing." "I stood on the bridge at
midnight" and my thoughts Hew
away on wings of fancy to a fairer
clime where June bugs performed
on the piano and where elephants
wore trousers. Methought that
broom sticks grew in every barren
soil and blossomed like the rose.
Methought of by gone hopes and by
gone loves and by gone baby tears.
And ah, like the magic of a ; lover's
dream was that thought fringed
with " flowers and star beams and
'possum smiles.
Lighting a Havana and rocking
in an "old armed chair" our charac
ter gives his opinions on some of the
issues of the day for his own bene
fit. He tackles very obstruse
themes but only such as are great
and dear to his heart.
The first principles that underlie
the science of Bachelors "is that of
their ability to terrify the ladies.
How they becomo so accomplished
in (this philanthropic movement is
norethan I can tell consciously,
but yet it stands .as a fundamental
principle in their make up they
were born that way.
Again, Bachelors, in the nature cf
the case, are the friends and bene
factors of music and art and social
economy and political expostula
tions.
Yea, bachelors aro tho export
facto E. pluribus unum monarchs
of the nineteenth century and must,
according to the scientific state of
affairs, be, sooner or later, the no
bility of this land.
Tho systematic beauty "of their
facial landmarks is, also, a matter
of profound moment to the destiny
of the world. O for tho time when
bachelors shall "cover this earth as
the waters cover the sea!" After
delivering the above high toned dis
course he exclaims abroad his views
on a very doleful subject yet in har
mony with his last text, "Man that
is born of woman is but of few days
and full of trouble-" lie cometh
forth like a Florida alligator and is
cut down liko tho "Flowers that
bloom in the springtime." He siui
leth the sweetest, tenderest grands
est smile that ever illumined the
twilight, and yet no ono hearkeneth
to his smile- He walketh forth in
the world and the world kicketh
him for conscience sake and he sit-
teth himself down by the willow
and weepeth long and loud.
"Oklahoma."
A Paper of Iso; Wanted.
Kaleisli News ami Observer.
Maj. S M Finger Superintendent
of Public Instruction, is very anx
ious to secure a copy of the Ealeigh
Minerva of August 10th, 1809. He
will be very much obliged to all who
have file3 of old newspapers if they
will make search aud send him this
number if it can be found, or let him
know if it can be found, or let him
know if it cannot be sent where h
can examine it. This old paper may
be of much importance in reference
to a great event in Xorth Carolina
history and newspapers will confer
a favor by copying, and may do the
State a valuable service.
m:sos.i-5To.vs
Passed by Hie Xaltonul Alliance nt lis
Recent Kcclinirs.
We do orJ.ain and establish the
following platform of principles ;
1. W declare the union ol labor
forces of the United States th's i' :y
accomplished, permanent and per
petual. May its spirit enter into
all the hearts for the salvation cf
the Kepublic and the uplifting of
mankind.
2. Wealth belongs to him who
created it. Every dollar taken from
industry without an equivalent is
robbery. If any will not work
neither shall he eat. The i-a!eivsU
of rural and urban lalor is the
same, and their enemies :ire identi
cal. 3. We demand national currency
safe, sound, and flexible, issued by
the general government, only full
legal tender for all debts, public ar.d
pmaie, asm wiciiout tiie use oi
banking corporation. J :,..t and
equitable in::v.: of circulation, ut a
tax not to exceed two per cent., as
set forth ia the sub trutsary plan
of the Fanners' Al'-i.-nce. vc some
better system uJ.-o by pay u. en Is in
discharge of its obligaiioni for pub
lic improvement.
4. We demand the free uud un
limited coinage of siher.
a. v, e coii!:t;iu ai-: ;.: ;
culation medium to be c'k.
i.. c-r
aily
:::o
hi-
per
creased
io not k
tn.
capita.
0. We deiiu
ml ths ln::ied
in-
come tax.
7. We beii-ve 'thai the money of
the treasury should be kept a 3 much
as possible in the hands of the peo
ple aud to faeihat,' e;:eh.i;;e.
9. Your sub committee- upca the
aud plank to sn'.-mii te yoi.r
approval the follo-.vii:,.,-: TL.iL thy
land, including all v.;
of wealth is the L
people and should n
re-jurcej
: of
mu.'iopo-
c.:c.j a: itl
lized for speculative purpc
the alien ownership of land
be prohibited. That all la;
It nl!
now
held by railroads and other corpor
ations in excess of their actual nees,
and all lands owned by aliens thou Id
be reclaimed by the government
and held for actual settlers only.
10. Transportation being the
means of expense and public necessi
ty, the government should own and
operate the roads in the interest of
the people.
11. The telegraph and telephone
like the postal system, being a neces
sity for transmission of news, should
be owned and operated by the Gov
ernment in the interest of the peo
ple. 12. We demand that the Govern
ment issue legal tender notes, and
pay Union soldiers the eliC'erence
between the price of depreciated
money in which ha was paid, anel
gold.
llesolved, That we bail this Con
ference as the consummation of a
perfect union of hearts and hand3 of
all sections of our common country.
Men who wore the gray and men
who wore the blue meet here to
extinguish the last smouldering
embers of the civil war in the tears
of joy of a united and happy people ;
and we agree to carry the tuas and
the stripes forward forever to the
highest point of national greatness.
the i;i.o!d ih zin-: i.i ; ;;.
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