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jECONpORD WEEKLY TIMES . riiolv circulated panel ffer published in ,. Cabarf-up, Richmond,- J .. Rowan, Montgomery,! Davidson, Randolph, ; Stanly, Anson and . Union Counties. jlCK A PIN HKBB. , j B.A.TSis MODERATE. I Was Sicks Every suflerlng with stomacli; Htm and tidaev trouble, also from alter effects of the grip, with pain in my back and limbs. ; Differtnt medicines failed to twaeSt me.; The first dose of Hood's Srsaparilla relieved my stomach, I UT9 'eejittpued and X am now permanently eured. AUInbjalenine.myappeateMfooaj my sleep ;p s4'Ukd Md reflresnin$. ana i am bwm and weu. 1 nerer enjoyea oeamr aeaiub . frpaia, White Bluff. Tennessee. , V Hood's P!H 6ro aH Hver Ula 25. Uont Amiina i! . i l is destined to be vi m mwn i Y0UN9- LADIES IN THE SOUTH, I Saifljj" Elegantly MsM An Able Faculty. J ;pf Nine Teachers. A. thoroughly reliable Bchool is the am-J bition of the managements fc. T. FISHEK. Prwcipal. ; o- . :'. - r- s GoncDrd High School mpens Jan. 6.f Proares or Jt -- m College u. eiVES' THOROUGH, PRAGTICAL BUSINESS TRAINING, f : .- J - .' r ' : " - Foraiinouncemeat or information, ad dress,Hv,-" - ; l HOLLAND THOMPSON, i ' Concord, N.G. W. j Haldeman, President of the great Louisville Courier-Journal Company, sayst "Dr. Wlntersmith's Chill Toole cured two cases of chills in my family after many other remedies had failed." . i ' Mr. K K. Carr, the leading dmglst of Clarksd&le, Miss., says : M have a good sale for Dr. Wlntersmith's Chill Tonic here, and 'eleadjag physicians of the town prescribo ffnrjmy Physician rfecomnjeaasHMg MyjfanUly of six otaftdrehi oannot live with. out iv'aays Mr. Geo. W. Kir by. Forest City. WIHTERMITH'S CHILL1 IONIC Sold IS y Ramsear Graham, China Grove. FIRE INSURANCE.- When in uced . ol irenmhTanee. Cflf nd see ov or writei We reprev sent only first-class Hotae and. Foreign Companies. . . . v ... . 'j '-, Bespectfnlly, -. WOODHOUSE & HplBIS. LOTHICJ I bave opened out in the room next to Dri Smoot'a office a good line of 'S AHD BOYS' CLOTHING, f Overcoats and Snltl. at rrght prices.- Come to see me. ' : til rAl lore. c. pi ti ;rz subject to peculiar ills. The right " remedy for V I worms fUMi'l 'sjogiach disorder is Frey'a Vermifuge ) bas eared children for 60 years. Bend fpt illua book about the 111a and the reaedy. OMMttomlMferttwaia. . A & FBET, BaltlBors, So. Vrmr iiUrHi with ml-r Mti in stunp. mailed to our Head quarters, 11 BIMt Bt BMtea, oan., mu ortPff yon a rou urn ot eamplea, an roles for self u aa nanti 1 Kulti. li 2S Overcoats, $10.96, aa4 up. Cat to order. Agent wanted every where. '.-.'! New Pfysoiitk Rock Co. HKBANDAGE8.! Clrcplarfree j :Jlfi B. P. Harrta I1UUUD SEIINARY. ! - J i E 3 A . I 'f II Ml . 1 , I ff 'ife TheUadinsCannalsiTof AinerSca V.Fai."te. Director. -rtTftlvI rw!lfoarite. -T TJS rJ j.ci. ' '"rtAnx W.Halw. General Manages ' BrSNERRLL, Editor. Volume Xni. XPE FIRST, THE NEW, AND THE COM- j INU WOMAN. ReT. J.E. Pressly, D. IX, In Associate Ee tortned Presbyterian. ; . .. - - Some may Bay the subject is very ex tensive. " So it is, and like many in jhe Bible Ve fear to undertake it; not, how ever, because- it is so Scriptural, ex cepting the first woman. - According to accepted usage, as we remembe? over fifty years ago, when speaking of the human family in a general way man included the woman more generally and satisfactorily than now. Since capable of judging rationally about t the matter, we have always thought the first woman. Eye, the finest specimen of the kind the sun - has ever shone on. ;But the point is about her position as an executive, botn as com.. plete in the marriage- relaUon, or in1 complete outside o( ij, , As the Apostle teaches "Ada m yr&s first made, then Eve;',? made of and for the man, and as a wife to be in subjection to the hus band, and at the same time to be the nflory of the man. :V :,y;:S- The theology and teaching of my iau reate uninspired poet, Milton, ' agrees very well with what i inspired. This appears when Eve to Adam, said: ""What thou bldst Unargued I obey ; so God ordains :- ' God is thy law, thou mine ; to know no more la . woman's happiest knowledge and her praise." ' What Qod ordains and is 'his law in the marriage relation should be com plied without disputation each in the I sphere of revealed duty. f t - j it ir'ii : j aenpea the first human pair . Thouerh both ' Not equal, as then: not equal seemed ; For contemplation he. and valor lorm'd ; " For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; lie tor uoaoniy, sue tor uoa m um." . Thiaisalso Pauline in ita theology and teaching. Though apparently con tracted compared with the new woman of the last few years, it is "but in true filial freedom plac'd." ; - The new woman, by her captivating position and untiring perseverance 1 in laboring for anything upon which she sets her heart, has secured for herself the above designation. - But in doing this, we believe that in a large majority of instances it is by ignoring the one great end for which " God made her a woman, fohe is not only incomplete, aa we before said, but has turned, aside from jthe course of a large majority of those women who have done most in perpetuating and purifying the race as eodlv motheii. s jcac pious Tnoiuer nas me iormaave training of the budding minds bf boys and girls, who; if' spared a few more years will be the fathers and mothers of the - next generation, u, the power pi cotlly mokher. . Her eye "and voice, her earessea-ahd reproof s are ' the 'first lessons the young immortal ever learns. A '-little later, see the kneeling "child -j-jith its chubby handb laid together on mother's knee; with it?.9"i4lah eyfs ubtiifned to mother's hps as she. says the little eveniagpray er, which the child n;-brpken .words 'repeats, while mother An4 oa only can unaerstanat . .'; 'NoW I lay me flown to sleep, I pray tbe Lord, my soul to keep, II 1 should die Toefore I wake, 1 pray tho Lord my soul to take." What mother's eye when she reads the above will not glisten, moistenand runwer with the distilled heart drops pJsi3ction ? These are sweet menjo sies & the. p3 Beye? to retupnemo- U - - : l : 1 il x : 1 f a- fies of some fweet child thus trained f Or j heaven.' whose young spirit some where far beyond the start with God? Of numberless family firesides in-this broad land it may be said, as changed, what Bobert Burns says of Scotland "From scenes like these our union's grandeur springs, . . - That makes . us loved at home, rever'd abroad." . - . ,- . Hav ycjn forgot, hpwlong ao, V When you apa were la'ss or lad, How in onr gnowy niglt-dfes,s 0)44, i v ; We knH at motaer's knee f , , , Thus also is it that we sing: A seed shall rise to serve the Lord, That race as Hts he will regard : - I "-: They'll come and tell to sire and son, ' The righteous deeds the Lord hath done." ,13. w Buca a mowef aa. ;nove qe- scuidOffi-' 4 WM T H such mothef as, above de- ine jamiiy C4"e r"u y 1 tian with the .multiplied org-iniiaUQns of the church does more, - we say for the perpetuity and purity of the race and the triumphs of the gospethan iall the mannish women that have entered the civil or the - religious , organizations outside of the church in this great land Pi m-: yxkXtt' thejpttures bf ladies and gentieroen p magazines e iorraer who smr ,wawit yep, iauu. ing collar, fouMn:hand tie,, and hair parted in the middle-; (shy there is soaie - times difficulty in deciding to which sex they belong. Hence we might say of the new woman - that she nas ceased to be a lady without becoming, a gentle man. v4.dwncng a step forward, qp or down, we can'; sy wwcti,- we proceea to consider the coming woman. Just while writing the lines introduc ing this point (May 23, 189oJ a maga zine and newspaper were laid on our ta ble. The first contained: "A -call for a National Confererite on Political Re form, issued by a number. or prominent clergymen and Christian workers. The Conference ia tq he held -une and ipootatenahces tod welcome mcom Inly inchiJVe, on .feteh; Island, in fog. capital, whicb will begin : tq flow nive'rsity Temble. Prohibition Park, Among Six subjects of national-iraporr li rt a. j b a-a. I1T 1 f . . 1 . woman ouxirage. . , Among me sign' erS of the call we find honorables, min uters 'and two women -Mary T. Burt and Frances Willard. in the newspa- paper we learned; that the - House and Senate or llassachusetts had engrossed the bill authorizing voters ai: tne, next State election to vote on, grantlng wo man suffiaY'uAi '' therefore, is one revolutionary, matter to which the com- ing woman is looking forward. I Many ; new and serious complications And their results will be evolved. -. ." A number of the Century during the summer; of last; year (1894) has an ar ticle on both , sides of the , woman suf frage question, presenting the best that caiT b 'Sal;' . -jiie .'bote' mentioned cbmpjicatiQh and results - are surely against it. If all women are allowed to vote, three million of negro women will be admitted to the polls, and aiong with them all naturalized women of foreign birth indeed all except Chinese and R Indians. At the polls duriug a heated campaign the African; (de) 'scent would be largely ; prevalent and ascendant. Why, "the inherent natural feelings con nected with - refined Christian civiliza tion should cause the highest type of women with their natural bodily infirmi ties, to revolt at coming in personal contact at the polls with such a hetero geneous mass, and otherwise conflicting elements. ' , ' - - .- - , - . On the other side they Bay; "It is but fair that the virtues, : the; aspirations, should be allowed, a full vote as an off Bet through the purest of the people." "As an offset ' indeed to the conflicting elements mentioned above. There is to our mind a great deal of . sophistry and unsound ethical teaching , in the above of the other side. -- Why so? Because "the virtues, the aspirations," at. the ballot box take a position oxl- level, and make! common . cause with tho&e upon that level to keep Ihem there, not to raise them to the higher plane of re fined Christian; civilization. This last idea is just what good men and women intend by getting down to the level of fallen men and-women to raise them to that higher plane. - l Kenned Christian women at the bal lot boxes are liable not only to be dis honored but demoralized and mada coarse by making common cause on a level with those far belowthem. It is the object of. such ladies to raise them, that they , miay alter awhile be able to compete with those now so far above them for high positions? We do really believe if these ladies could get the votes of those below them,they would riot be concerned about their elevation. . But more. To say the least of it, there are reasons to believe that the benefits re sulting from, woman suffrage are proba bly overestimated even, by some ofits warmest advocates. Why so ? . Because women in the refined ar dency of their nature and conscious in fluence over men, think' if they were given universal suffrage they could and would close all public saloons and other bad and expensive places off resort, thereby aecuring : a decisive change in public morals. But men, though easily persuaded by the fair sex, at a certain point will resist feminine force, especially when it interferes with man s legitimate connection with civil magistracy. Each sex would try to please the other -men to please the women, and they to please the men. That course would be abor tive; however,' unless men were in the majority.; v cat wonia pe tne anoma: 1 lous condition of the'eouhtry if -women 'were in the majority? In view, therefore, of the compl tions and results, morally, socially' and patriotically as we have considered them, and haying gtch a rafine Christ j tiah civilization j wc should as' a nation, I by all ethical ; m'eans'seek and strive to ; avoid them. ' " ... Hottest Spot ox "artft. - - 1 The hottest spot on the earth's suit fce is, aid to be on tho .Southwestern, coast of Persia,, on the border of the Persian Gulf, where f r forty consecu tive days in the month, of July and Au gust the mercury has been known to stand above one hundred degrees in the shade night and day, and to run up as high as one hundred and thirty degrees in the middle of the afternoon.1 A writer in Lippincott's gives the following infor- mation concerning the means of irettin drinkins water at this olace: ' most torrid part of this most torrid belt as though it were nature's intention to make the place as uncearable as possi ble, water from wells is something un known. Great shafts have been : sunk to a depth of one hundred, and even five hundred feet, but always with the same' result, ': no water. This , serious drawback notwitbsndiug.-a QphfSr tivlyi'numrous population eontrjve -to live there, thanks tQ --coDious springs which burst forth from, tie bottom of the gulf mere than a mile from 1 the shore. "The water, from these springs is "ob tained in a most curious and . novel manner. : 'Machadores' (divers), whose sqle occupation is that of furnishing the people of Jiahrein fluid, repair to that ptici'b are khere.W 8pnng8''ai wWted n4 brtnglw.-?- ,Ii Hung Change and in away wto thein banqjedj Of skin-bags fuU of the water each day; i-. .The water 01 tne gun wnereueronngsDarsctorui a . m t . . t . . . m . 1 is nearly two s hundred; feet deer. but these machadores manage' to fill their minaee to fill their tiaQ spirit which had . sent . them .to TTTrl manage lo nu "eir v tx.,Xzl lwaaon-'.wWfs .thjs ' distinction-; should be goat-skin sacks by aiving to cottom and holding the mouths ftvav tnfl i.-. fiiiintatn-ifiUi thiff.; ': tnt hfiut blowing tfee sa water 'of the tQ ix ; with it, - Tho coerce of ge submarine fountains is thought to uq in hilla of 0gmond; four hundred or fiVe i hundred ; miles away' Bei'ne gUnated at the bottom; of the eulf it is a mystery how they were even ;; dis covered, but the fact remains that they h v hflRn Imnwn t,inn.; tK" dwrt history. '.5' 'H " ;'" 't;'... -' flw t9 (Start th FUjWr- "."-': - Appealing to the pockets cf the eiK yeriies in the south, the Louisville Post ( Dem. ) tells them that if Texas will join hands yith Kentucky, Georgia with Tennessee and Arkansas with Lou isiana in one determined effort to end once for all tbfs craze for a debased enr vmcr, and so end itv-we can tnrnyvitfl c foilir rAinrnrrt nana Rfton" na t"hia im irtan Anastlon ia settled, and settled 1 . , . .. .?; . ; I - . - No fior Cowardice, . v-.j. Both the great parties, , by straddling the silver issue, "have given encourage ment to delusions which, have worked : Immense mischief," says the Pittabnrg j umumm - : v"91' ? toleration, and MyWrty that fails herei after to meet the financial issues fairly and squarely "will suffer for its coward-; ice.". - - ; .- ;.;''-"t'i.,C"inn Cent Cotton Meciaa.-r'-'-iv' Nine cent cotton and a lijttle clear thinking have so far cured the free sil er craze at the south that but one ticket ra'a sold to a lecture on "ree; gilYe Sy ej -Congressman. Bland, advertise a gayahnah for last night. As a private conversation i was et- what "Silver Dick" was 'out for, the -'lecture was called off. New York World. - .: ; Selfishness ia a hard snake to kill. Q ?be v jtjso? - .AJsraD r-AjR not." CONCORD, N. C.s; THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, NO KISSING IN JAPAN... There may be some who have yet to learn that there is no kissing in Japan. A young man never kisses - his Bweet heart, a wife never kisses her husband, a mother? never . kisses " her children. We ourselves rememberr asking a Jap anese lady once why her people never kissed. Her reply was " Physical con tact is disagreeable to us." To give bis readers an idea of what a true-Japanese thinks of kissing, we here quote from the article in hand an essay written by a . young Jap in an English school at Yokohama, as fouows: The wind of occidental civilization swept all over the country, and their customs were introduced - days rafter days, and most of the Japanese young men are indulging in : their ! manners. When they meet together, they shake hands. They begin : their speaking with 'Good morning.' They put roses on their bosom as if the presents of young ladies. . That U right. I aori't say it is wrong or . foolish. You had better do bo. But;; there is one , thing that is awful dangerous that is kiss, as it is called in English. "What is kiss? Kiss is a salute 'by touching: the hps closely together, and use when express a strong sympathy Now let me . tell you the reasons of it. First, it is pbys icallv dangerous.: Toothache, consumn- tion of the lungs, and other diseases transfer by certain means to other I pwns:: T is the beat interne- 8ition among certain means of transfer- ring certain diseases. ; Take a lady who has disease in her lungs, for instance, and I kiss her : her disease may transfer to me, and I may become a nek .man. This is the first disadvantage. Secondly, it does not seem fair to Japanese eyes. When I see people loss, I feel ; disagree able, and therefore all Japanese feel disagreeable. :1 am suise in such rea sons, I dare say, it is quite ; had to in troduce that custom in our i country." bpeaking of Japanese girls in' foreign attire reminds, Mr. DeGuerville of the criticism of an American woman, who said they had "no shape." - Upon this he "says: f , - - - "Truly the"? Japanese know nothing about corsets, but it may be pertinent to ask, what do we mean by 'shape' ? I Is it to be three and half inches through the waist and three and a half feet across the shoulders? What sqmcall hape others would caU deformity. '' 'V ; lootine at a foreign lad v. the Dossessor 1 0f very fine figure.who was enioving I a tremendously heavy lunch, 'Where aoea sue Keep her stomach v sso one . . ... I was able to . answer,. Yerf strange,' added tiie pretty mpjisme.. ' She must keep it just under her throat, where she 18 so big I" ;:-.v?::. ; :. . - , Sle That ffalta, " - Iq Japan there ia, a. breed of mioe, ffhite-.spepkled with black about the head, neckb and tail, . which have a gtrange habit . of 7 whirling, or- atit is Qalled-.?lraltsiog, for hours at a time with only brief stoppages. :- The desire to waltz seizes the mice at the most un expected moments, especially at night, for they generally sleep during the day. Frequently they whirl in couples, but so rapidly that they appear like spinning Iiknfjiant rings ot white - ana black uespair a nta,;Mie waiuing pjiroyems .r tDS9 m-.cftvaen- ser?je mem when Wnning ana if they - attempt escape from" Jmyisonment, they do ?,Q go far before they 're arrested by the irresistabiedesird,; to whirL'; The tendency is - hereditary,' and exhibits itself as soon as the young mice begin to run about. . Hon Mlaaioaarlos Wanted. - ; Bishop TL T. Hedrixol e'Methoa dsfBpiscppal Chvu-ch South, who , has just returned from Japan,- Oorea and Uhma, brings the message to the Amen- ean.people from Li Hung Chang: "Say to me Amencan people for me . to send over more men xor me scnoois ana n pitals, and I hope to be in a position both to aid and protect them." Li Hung Chang had asked , Bishop Heo drix how many American mionariei are about momcuyuv repeaieu me same woras, .mo?e are neeaea; -Uq then expressed I tho inat rr 1 era tmn - f 'hi - a UTli' lr.,rr ; uuwwusvnw ana mo v;nris - : Bussja has offered to lend the United States one half its gold without charg ing any interest. "If the President accepts the offer, 'eays the ."New York I correspondent 'dt'tfiie. Washington ''Post, I "bis actloa will create more excitement in Europe than his Veqewelan mes- IPAia. Prj(JS9 Co.nta.ina an account of a sin sage. ; It will be reEaided ' tt 'ttte firat fgolar adyentwe - that Utely ; befell a step towttrd'ah alliance between Russia i to bave this. country engage ia ; a war the financial sponsor1 for the United States in a war with Great Britain, jibe might accomplish some of her own ends in securing an outlet through .: the Dar danelles to the.:; Mediterranean,- and a southern seaport would be worth a great deal more to her than eyen. the -00Q,0t)9 which she is wilhng to. loajp' It is hard 4e" how '.Ter oiler,1 haying been first ; solicited, isnow be dis carded; and yet if it is acseepted. it will ! be open to only one construction, and that construction will startle the world' The Bothschilds offer as much sold as i may be wanted for three per cent interest. ' "She Do Mot Eyen Hesltata. The negro of this region can often - ! I I-- ,T L - . i throw in a word to describe a situation when a scholar whqi ij conye-rsahV with many languagVould fail-. The other day at a station on the - Seaboard Air Lane, this aide of Hamlet, a lady approached, and, being a stranger and seeing -; : an old negro man, asked: "Uncle, does the vestibule train' stop i here?" ' 'No, marm," answered the old coon; "she do not even hesitate." . "The Common Pooplo. " As Abraham Linccdn called them, do I not care to argue about their ailments. What they want is a medicine that will cure them. , The simple, honest state- ment, "I know that Hood's Sarsaparilla I cured me," is the. best argument in favor of this medicine, and this is what many thousands voluntarily say. , ON FACING DEBTS. Gastonla Gazette. . Did you ever hear a sermon on the duty of debt paying? We. never did. But one of the congregations in Char lotte heard such a.sermon recently. Kev, C. L. Hoffman, an Episcopal di vine of that city, taking the text, "Owe no man anything," preached a sermon that leaked through his congregation into the papers. in the proper spirit, each preaching cannot fail to do good. If the world is ever made better it must be made better through the charaeter and conduct of Christian people.: '.If they fait to pay their debts they become stumbling blocks. If the Ught teat is in the Church people be darkness, how great is that darkness ! ... v.'preacherwas. profoundly right when he said that a practical religion which a business man could tee and comprehend was the religion needed to pverthrow atheism and bring- the world back to God. He had written down some interviews with an average "group of Charlotte merchants."' These mer chants testified that they suffered from the credit system, more especially from procrastinated-payments, that Church members were frequently delinquent, and that they had no faith in the pro fessing Christian who wouldn't pay his debts. Farther along the preacher emphasized the, great eul of debt,, of broken promises, and genteel theft and tnf hke. i Some people liked the sermon, otaers didn't; butit cannot fail to have a salutary effect . ; - : ;; V s Too many ministers shy at the texts on- debt-paying. Wonder'why t ' Are they themselves delinquent and thus estppped from" warning the people ? It ought not so to be. The gospel of debt paying should- be preached from the pulpit along with the other doctrines of protubity and common honesty.-;. If the preachers hands are tied and lips locked there is one of two evils at the bottom of Such a condition. - Either his people do not pay . him his salary or else, he buys too much; maybe both. In either case the remedy ties with him. If he spends too much he can stop it and thus become a better example to his flock. If kis people do not pay kim, no better indication is needed that he has v failed I to preach the doctrines they most need to , hea,?.. .He should see that they do pay, him or release him.- Ilis influence as a preacher can have no more potency man it derives irom his character as a I man. When -the pastor, feeling that the gospel he preaches obliges bira. as a vnn tp perfoTn-t promptly and faithful- 1 - 1. - a a 1 a. ly bia contracts m business,-begins make bis life sensitively responsive to his convictions, it will hot be long be fore his people hear to their betterment the doctrine of . debt-paying preached I from appropriate texts. - Postal Abuses and. Reforms. - i postmaster Generel Wilson, in his an imal rffwrtref era to a number of im portau postal problems. He favors an extension of the merit system to higher grades of the service. The demand for an increase of rates on second-classs matter is reiterated.- The deficit this year is oyer ten million dollars, but the improvement in business is Ukely to Qce it next yea to $5,1)00,000. Mr. pomia out ton u uie iree ona iness done by rthe Tost-OfBce Depart ment" for the other branches of the Government were paid for at regular rates, the deficiency would be " wiped out. - Mr: Wilson does not Bee why sec ond-class matter; the handling of which costs 8 cents a pound should be carried at the rate of ;1 cent a poun.4, The press, however, aamat the preposal tq mcvease' the rate,- The Philadelphia Ledger states the following objection to it: '. VltTaises the question whether it is not better for the Government to bear it than to cut off the people's means of infnrmft tinn ; 3: Second-class matter in cludes newenarjers. magazines, and peri odicals, when mailed from the office of publication. It thus includes all the regular reading-matter of the laple ex cept book'!. ar$ (a tncieaae the postage oc-it-woula at once ourtail the circula tions of these r things and lower the standard of general intelligence. ' An amendment might perhaps, be made in the waY.of chargingregular rates on the papers now carried free within the counties ; i where they are ; published, amountine to about one seventh of the 1 . " . fc. VI 3. a J made; but" if xtheAntention,; is to J tne PosWHBcs department self-ei rrake self-support ing; the. best and quickest way to do would be to abolish .the Congressional franking privilege.".. - -u . ;:- ;i - I- 7 Peter Backed Qt ' , Means kites, to the Philadel- I 1 A xew, iomS"ftna uoyv reter Bykes by name, who drives anilk-cart for bis ; father. He was ton f the : road about sunrise, pretty dozy.and perhaps sleeaing a little. when a sudden ' jolt shook . him wide awake. ' -. Instantly he became aware of-a hfr.- rible . thing. ' By . some unacconntable means a pie rasaice had found its way into he cart, : and was wrapped about the neck of one of toe large milk- cans.;; The fellow looked as if be were aU ready to strike. That was an awful moment for Peter. " ' t The cart was a little box ot a place. The two cans filled up the' -front, rand the driver's seat was well in the rear. A covering of black 'oilcloth, shut . the boy in. There was a narrow door-space on" either side, to be sqre, but as it hap- J pened, Peter had- fastened down bbjh I . , . a'l .1 I A-J '.1i'.l'"L. 1 : the fl.apf to keep out he morning chill, it would not do to stop the cart, lest the sudden jar should hasten the snake's 1 movements. :-- A tlasn 01 tnought, like an inspiration, came to the boy. With his eye still fixed on the reptile, he drew his knife from his pocket and whipped the blade across the tight-, oilcloth be hind him, making a wide gash. ;; . Then ah mi tins' "Whoa'" to the horse, ha let go the reins and, dopped head foremost outox tne can, . - . Luckily the.; horse stopped,' and : a policeman who happened alone at the moment helped. Peter to kill the snake. According to the story, the fellow meas ured four feet and carried ten rattles. - Hood's Fills are the best after-dmner -pills, assistdigestc-i core headaohe. 25c 1896.: - - THE OPENING OF UILTMOBE. " - Tit Great Country Eatat BlvaUIns; Those of British Aristocracy. ,- - Asheville, N. C, Dec- 2ft George W. Voaderbilt, the yonncest male member of the great New York family of milionaires, formally opened his coun try home near Asheville yesterday and unnstmas was celebrated in royal style. All the immediate members of the Van-: derbilt family now in this country are guests 7 at Butmore House. Among them are Mrs. Wm. Vanderbilt, mother of the owner of Butmore, Mrs. Brom ley, ; his aunt, Mrs. Kiaaam, Misss Kisi sam; Mr. and Mrs. F.y W Vanderbiltj Mr. and Mrs. Steward Webb and their daughter and eon, Cornelius .Vander bilt and family, W. K. Vanderbilt, Wi P. Sloan and family and Others. , All of these persons have come here in their own private cars and brought with them an army of servants. ; - v i For two weeks past G. w, Vanderbif has personally HrecUd a corps of car vers. Joiners, decorators and florists- io giving the finishing touches 4o the great mansion ana 11 aouDuess stanas to-aay, in connection with its surrounding park ana outlaying Hunting and fishing 'pre serves, the most extensive private prop erty in America. :, The . house tract contains eight thousand acres, upon which seventy-five miles of unrivalled driveways has already been constructed, while the hunting , preserver embrace eighty-seven thooaand acres, in which is included Mount Pisgah, ope of the most prominent peaks on the Asheville plateau, tVhich boasts the highest point east of the Eocky Mountains. For two weeks provisions of all kinds have been arriving in car loads, confections in hundred pound packages, game, fish, fowls os all sorts frozen meats in car loads, all giving intimation as to the bountiful good cheer which was to fee dispensed. - - - . v Charcea Venator Btl frith Treahry. A correspondent signing ? himself 'Stalwart Bevukliean. and dating his letter at Halifax writa to the Winston I BepubUcan aa fallewsi Another fajct pregnant with food for thought, and one to which every Benublican in the State should give most serious attention is, that "Senator Butler nas not observed the spirit of the fusion of . last year ' In bis action in the Senate upon the ques tion of re-organixing that body aha the consequent change in the relations "be tween the Republicans and I'opulistBn this State, i Senator Butler never could have been elected but for the aid and votes of the Bepublicana in the last Leg islature, and he was elected oa -the lige of co-operation ,with at least the tapit promise and understanding that the Senator would work in harmony -with the Republicans in the Senate; But Jo, now it is flashed to ns over -the wires that upon the question, and a vital question it is to the Bepulican party,.' of re-organizing the Senate; the Populists are going to have candidates of then own and assists neither of the great par ties. Is this carrying out in good faith the much lauded co-operation: of last year ? - Luckily, however, no great harm will come to the Bepublicana from this defection,' but much good can be drawn from the lesson it teaches. ' - lhe Monroe doctrine, which is now understood as having applicationj to toe oounaary oispuie was ,naa arisen between Great Britain, and Venemela, is not ; as nppnlar J in England asr it once was. CirntAnoes have changed and icarnehody , else's - bull - has been gored. The . "doctrine,'' - -as ; every student of history knows, found: ex preasion in a message of President Hon roe to Congress in 1823, at the sugges tion of the British cabinet It was the result of a' suggestion ' made by Mr. Canning to Mr. Bush, the American minister: at London; and bv him com municated to Mr. Jho Quinoy Adams, then Secretary j or "state. What Mr. Monroe said at that time in reference to European intervention in the . affairs of the , recently r revolved ; colonies of Spain, whose independence this country had recognized, was '! hailed with s ap plause in Great Britain. The mecsage when it reached London was, riewed to in terms of praise by : M;r Canning in the House 0J Cop?un)(nft -hile 'Lord Bropgharnj whcT was opposed toi the ministry, declared that Mr. Monroe's words made him feel proud of his kin ship with the American people. Now they call it ? "spread-eagleism" taud "bluster."--News and Observer f That "Old Man--aiuH h a daisyust after Concre "Qet he took French leave -Ckdj came down to North Carolina to hunt ducks, secretary - Carlisle s report could not be submitted to Con gress until he returned but he kept on shooting. Lord Salisbury 's note arri ved but could not be made bublic until he got back. Everybody ; cursed 'hiBfTf for his indifference to the nubhe t wel fare and the national ado? but he kept banging away at te ouelcs. . Ccuigreas and th PWMS. Dmocss,ta, Republicans and Populists, asreie tome more, btit he only laid down hit gun, spit on hi! bait and caught ft few fish. , When he; got eood and ready he quit and came to Elizabeth City, shook hands andlpassed the time of day with the members of the Methodist Conference, , went on to Washington Sunday, wrote a couple of columa in brevier type ; Mondayf had it read in Congress Tuesday and all the country threw "op ita hat for Jhim Wednesday. A Pleas. the. he4 rater at the VJ(HWU 0ei o vjnarioiw, re marked after hearing Mr. J. II. '"My- rover make a speech at a banquet lover there one ni?bt, ."He ain't purty but hesho is ft nooey," unarioiie vner- ' ;.-.;-:-:;:;:;v:;- hi An ex-employee of the W. & Wj rail road, near Goldsboro, drew the spikes from a rail recently and nagged down an approaching train ; with a view of obtaining a reward . for preventBQg wreck. The company procured "blood hounds and tracicea np tne man. it would seem that there is no surer means of solving the problem of train Wreck ing, incendiarism, and other cowardly meanness than by again resorting to the ; blood hound system. Clinton Democrat. : . - . Do not dally with rheumatism Get rid of it at once by purifying the4 blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Be sure to getHood' . .. SI. 00 a Year, in Advance. Number 27. : Highest of all in Leavening Power. -Latest U. S. Gov't Report BETIBE THE GBEEN BACKS. - Tby Am a Perpetual -Danger, Says Seera- ';-:.-:..-;:..,..:: tasy CarUala. Every etndent of monetary science and every praotlcal man of business knows that the fundamental vice in our currency system is the legal tender note, redeemable in ooin by tie government anq relssuable under the law. "Thereare cher defects, but this is fundamental and. t-adfc-aCand threatens the stability of the, whole volume of onr -enrrency So long aa these notes are outstanding the slightest diminution of Jhe coin re serve ftothoriaed by law for, their x6 demptlott at once earaltes ; a feeling of apprehension .and distrust in the public mind, affects the Tames of all our B6; curltiea, curtails investments and m or less seriously embarrasses all the bus! neee affairs of the people. - . r - How xonoh has been lost to our people on account of unavoidable fluctuations In the reserve it is impossible to state, pus all classes nave suffered more or less from the effects of these fluctuations) upon the markets for products, upon Wages and upon the values of all kinds of property and, consequently, the con dition cf that -fund is a subject of con? stant attention and anxiety throughout the Country, with an almost . constant drain upon It, "with frequent end sudden demands for very large sums for board ing or far export, and with' no certain means of ; replenishing it, except by sales of bonds, it is absolutely imposst bio to maintain the reserve at any fixed t, and,' "therefore, impossible to the publio constantly assured 'Of 1 stability and safety. '; attempting to provide a ciroulating om consisting of its own' notes, re- able in coin on presentation, and reiasuable after redemption the govern ment of the United States is engaged in business for which it is wholly unfit ted, and which was never for a moment contemplated by its founders. Kocoange that can be made in our currency system will afford the relief to which the government and the people are entitled unless it provides for the retirement and cancellation of the legal tender United States notes. " -. In my opinion legislation .in this di rection' at the earliest .possible day is Imperatively demanded by every sub stantial interest in the country, and its postponement upon any pretext of polit ical expediency or upon the assumption in advance that no. satisfactory result can be accmpliahedwoald,hvto say the least, a very grave .mistake. 'XX -Z .There ia no other single subject upon which there is so little real conflict of interest among our citizens. - In act, it concerns the material elf are of all the people, of the men who work' for wages and expend their earnings for the neces saries of life no less than the men who live by trade or on the profits of invest ed capital. -Hon. John G. Carlisle, Kov. 10.- ' ' ' -r;".' . Miv Cleveland's Coup D'Ktat. , ' ; The New York Post aays; "The skies havej cleared sufficiently' since Mr. Cleveland sent in his message on the Venezuelan question to show that the Republicans are not going to. follow him into a war with England, or -with any other country, great or small. The reason is very simple. Every war has iu standard-bearer to whom the people look as the embodiment of their hopes and ; fears.; -That -person commands their; obedience in the field .and' in thes forum for 1 the time being. In war taking its start from the iTreei- den t s ; message the s President wouiq be the'standardrbearer in spite of every thing. All the- bad passions "aroused by it wouid) be- 'enlisted for Shim. All victories and all; defeats wouia alike endear him to the war party. Everybody else would have to play sec ond fiddle. No Republican and no other Democrat would have the ghost Of chance, either while the war spirit was rising or while the war itseii : was raging, to attract . any : considerable amonnt of attention. ; It is doubtful if even the tradition against third term could prevail against it. State Auditor Eoberf M. ? Fnrman Savs that there is a vast deal of trouble in collecting the new tax on lawyers, doctors and dentists and on beds in ho tels and boarding houses. In the great maiorityf esses Usta of taxable prop- ertplhave had to be retnrned to co.un tieaco those taxes could be inserted. The opposition is great. . i XREGULATOR goodforeverybodY and everyone needs It at all "times of the year. Malaria is always about, ana tne only preventive and relief is -to Keep tne Liver active. You must help the Liver a bit, and the best helper is the Old Friend, SIM MONS LIVER REGULATOR,Jhe RED Z. .Mr. C. Himrod. of Lancaster, Ohio, says; "SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR broka a case of Malarial Fever of three years standing ; for me, and less iharf one bottle did the business- 1 shall use it when In need; and recommend it . Be sure that you get tt Always look for the RED Z on the package. And don I forget the word REGULATOR. It Is SIM MONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there is only one, and: every one who takes, tt U sure to be benefited. "THE BENEFIT IS ALL INTHE REMEDY7; Take It also foi Biliousness and "Skk Headache ; both are caused by a sluggish Liver, - . ? EL ZeiUa & Co PUlftdelpbiftr - amoun keep fiWBioia mS oeeccn Sir, V : - sa, BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OS ALU KCfDS p " - Executed in the Best Style Our Job Printing Department, -with every necessary equipment, is prepared to turn out every va riety of - Printing in first-class" style, No botchvwork turned out from this office.". We dupli cate the prices of anv legitimate establishment , - PROFESSIONAL CARDS, W K. UUT' X. D-. 8. i. MOMTaoMrar, m ES, : JILL! iJlirow offer their. professional servicss to' the "w ui uvwuiu auu . yicimty. AJJ eaUa promptly attended day or night. Office, and residence on East -Depot street, opposite Presbyterian church. - BrI. C, Hcnstoa, Sorpa Datlst CONCORD, N. C. Is Prepared to do all kinda ! of 1 tenta work in the most approved manner. - Office oyer Johnson's Druir Store. . ' "' "" J ' w. jri jKosrroointBT. ; jr. lsb obowelii Attorneys an4?ConnseIIors at Law C0NC0ED,N.g' As partners, will practice law in Cabar rus, Stanly and adjoining counties, the Superior and Supreme Ctrarta of the 8tate and in the Federal Coifrts. Office on Depot Street. Parties desiring to lend money can leave it with us or place it in Concord National Bank for ns, and we will lend it on good real estate security free of charge to the depositor.' -.. We make thorough examination of title to lands offered ' as scourity for loans. . - ) - - Mortgages foreclosed without expense to owners of same. MORRISON H. CAMIlT Attorney at Lsw, CONCOBD, N. O.' Office in Morris courthouse. - building, opposite 1 j July 4 tf T DiyJ.I CARTLAM. Deafisi CONCORD. N.C. 'Makes a specialty of fiHinir four tetn i without pain. Gas, ether or chloroform : used when desired. Sixteen years' ex- penence. ; Umce over Lipijaras A uar tner s store. ; j D.G.tiALDWELLj M.D., Offers his professional - services to the people of Crocord and vicinity. Office in rear of bank. Night calls snould.be left at Mrs. Dr, Henderson's. Office Hours, 7 to 8 a. m., 1 to 2, and 7 to 8 p. m. Telephone call, No. 67. Sept. 20,'84.-ly, i- . L c. H. BA1HARDT. D.. Physician and Surgeon, MT. PLEASANT, K. C. . Calls received and- promptly attended at all hours. Office at my home, late residence of Dr. J. W. Moose. , , Deo. 26 6m. ' IDRia. HOLDEN. ;"; ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN, . :. ; ': y OONOOBI), K. C, - .. - Offers bis professsonal seryices to- the citizens of Concord, and vicinity in the treatment of acute and chronio diseases, Office over Yorke's jewelry Btore on Main . street, where he can be found at all hours day or night, when not profes sionally engaged Feb. it. 3m. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles-; Knives and j-' T' " --""" " " : - i . " i j -ForkSi, .;. Tea and Table Spoons, Plated.; Silverware,;, Slated, ; Novelties, Sterling" - ; Novelties, at- - A. J. & J. F. : Yorke's.. VTAIVTED, Several trnstworthr e-entlemen or ladiwi I reliable hoaxa to travel in worth Carolina tor .established. Salary $'fi and expenses. Steady position. enclose reference and self addressed stamped envelope. Iho Domln- I ion- ujmpany, -it turd noorCCmalia Bids;., UllCSgo, ill. !!-