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run uy (a
Dull..
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Philadelphia
Ksiltimor
"Washington
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Ar. Danville
Lv. Ricliuiond
Iturkevillc
Keysville.
Drak -'s Drauch
No. oO.
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y 45 din
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, 7 45 am
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5 m
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Ar. Greensboro 10 3G pui
Lv. GoUUboro
Raleigh
Durham
I'baptl Uill
Jlillsboro
Ar.GreeUbboro
lv Salem
(ireensboro
High Point
Ar Salisbury
iStates'-ille.
Aflieville
Hot Springs
Lv Salisbury
Ar Co cord
harlotfe
Spnitanbu g
Greenville.
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l M m
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12 pm
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3 37 pm ;
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9 40 pm j
Daily.
No. 53.
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Atlanta
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Greenville
Spartanburg
Charlotte
Coucord
S:1isinrv
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2 13 am
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5 43 uui
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Asieville y p
Statesville
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Salem
Lv Greensboro
Ar Hillsboro
Chanel Hill
Durham
Raleigh
Goldsboro
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Diiiiville
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KPvsviile 12 40 pm
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lviclunoiid
Lynchburg
Charlottesville
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
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3 30 pm
11 40 p u
2 25 pm
7 35 pm
8 50 am
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sleeping cah service. j for Cabarrus. Rowan, Iredell and
On trains 50 and 51 Pullman Buffet, i Stanly Counties,
deener between Atlanta aud Newj
SMS-Ja&HOnE AND FARM,
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nstA lMlIman sleeper between i .
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man sleeper between Gieeusboro,
and R.daiga, PullJiau jmr.or car
ueiwfeu om".""j - . . .1
Through tickets, on sale at pncipai
i ,,iiitu '
fttttions to au jiwit.in.
between Salisbury ami naun.iK.
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r rates ana niioinr.iui
uy a-eut of the c.njiai
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Div. Pass. A?'t;
It cbmond, Va.
Jas. L. Tavlok,
Gen. Pass. At;'t.
Valuable Land Sale !
Uv virtue of a decree of the Superior
Court in the Special Proceeding of S in
M Harrier, administrator of Henry 1 loit,
deceased, vs. A llayne Plolt, i. V. Vnt
ttnd otiiers, I. a Commissioner, will sell
h public auction, in front of the court
house door in Concord, on the first Mon
,1 iv in March. l'-. at one o'clock, p. ni.,
a t ract of land situated in No. 9 town
Oiip Cabarrus t-ountv, contiiiiuns about
W acres, adjoining the m U of Haynca
l'lolt. James liauli. 2-aUia Furr and
;eor.'e I'lott, the same bein? the place
upon which said Henry l'lolt resided at
i... ;,,, f liw ili-jtli.
lur i. mi- .. - ... , t ,
Ti-rnn of sale.
One-tin r l casn, nai-
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" m i)ti)ivi! a.lmr A-cnm -motto
Uy W. J. MEAN-, atty.
This 4th daj -f February,
Tho next session of this Institu
tiun oneiis Monday, An.. 13th.,
1S.S. Having beaared tiie service,
f competent teachers, the Princi- j
iwK offer to the comiuunitjr the j fa p ft r r
hJ vantages of a first class school, IOU rUK OoU.
tue same
patroiniirt so liberally givcu in the
i-.tf Tuition in Literary Depart
inents $1.50 to $3.50. Music 83.00 to
W.O . For further information ap-
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Principals.
NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE.
Next sosion bein tie tir-i '".
tUy of September. Locatio i healthy
Menus mJerate.
1 or tsitalougue cr aiticuLns, ad-
( U lev. J. G. S"HA!I). Pre-'r,
it. I'.eaNint, N. C
Ansut 3- 388S,
EER1ESS
DYES j
lo Your Own Iyeln, at Ilome.
'Hi y wi,i dye evorytiii;is. 'l ,u y i.reoM crrry. i
iit.,.--. 1'me lOe. u l ai k.i e. '1 iify liave noequal j
t .i fctrei.tr. !i, Jirishtitcas, Amount in l-OK!f
i.i for l' ,.-t'ii of 'jinr or no -in luijr'QtialitHi.
U Uuy iiut ci-oc or smut; 4o cjlui j. i'ur aala by
For Half at 12
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LADIES
YOL. II. NO. 9.
W. J. MONTGOMERY.
J. LEK CROWELL.
Montgomery & Crowell,
Attorneys and Counsellors
at law,
Concord, V.C
As partners, will practice
law in Cabarrus, Stanly and
adjoining counties, in the Su
perior and Supreme Court of
the Slate, and in the Federal
Court.
Office on Depot Street.
In order tocloae out my stock of
Hats. Bonnets. lubboiiH, JMoweas,
&c, I will offer great inducements
to purchasers nntil the same is dis
prsed of. Cull and seo me. I mean
just what I say.
MRS. J. M. CROSS.
fiSURE YOUR PROPERTY.
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and the
lrsurauce
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August 30, '89,.
HE
TUipnuno' nniiiira I
lutlaaa or Problem.
We give to-day some solu
tions of problems by "A.B. C,"
which we received some time
ago, and would have been pub
lished before this, but for the
fact that we had more, than we
could pnt in this column,: and
these happened to be left put
each time. ' But they tiave
good keeping qualities, and
are none the worse for waiting.
Ik the wav. we hone to be a-
ble to give our readers anoth
er article soon by , the same
practical teacher who sends
these solutions - .
Problem in The Standard
Feb. 15th:
1J men earn $1 per day, 1
man earns 601 cts per day, 8
men earn $5.33 J, "
Divide $12 by $5,331, and the
quotient, 2i, will be the num
ber of days required for 8 men
to earn $12.
The other problem in the
same issue.
Length of both trains added
(92 and 84) gives 176 ft. So
17G ft are run in li seconds by
the two trains. 170 ft divided
by H gives 117i ft, the com
bined speed per second. The
combined length of the trains,
170 ft, must be gained by the
faster train in 0 seconds. The
quotient of 176 divided by Ois
29 J, the number of leet per sec
that the faster tram must ex
ceed the slower. 117J ft, the
combined speed per second,
equals the speed of the slower,
added to 29J ft. Subtract 291
from 117, and divid the re
mainder bv 2, the result, 44,
will be the speed per sec. of
the slower train. - We have al
ready found that the faster ex
ceeds the slower bv 29 i ft.
add this to 44, and we have
73 i ft as the speed of the fas
ter. ffpclllna; Be.
Iluve an old-fashioned spell
ing match every now and then.
It has a wonderful effect in in
teresting the pupils, and if
you can get them properly ar
ranged, so that each side will
be about equal in adility, then
manage somehow to get up a
spirit of rivalry, so as to get
them to prepare for the spell
ing match, and you will find it
a great aid in teaching spell
ing. Writing-.
Writing should not be neg
lected in our schools. There
is perhaps no other one thing
by which a teacher is judged
as much as by writing. lie is
voted a success or a failure
frequently as he succeeds or
fails in getting his pupils to
write nicely. If a pupil can
write a good hand, so that he
ran be called "a good ecribe,"
his orthography and niode of
expression is not considered.
While of the two, the latter is
far more important, there is no
good reason why both should
not receive ample attention in
our schools.
X. .'. And Her Public Krbool.
Hon. S. M. -Finger, oxir
State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, has submitted;
to the Legislature his biennial
report, which is by far the
best and most complete report
ever issued from that office.
From it we learn that there
are in the State 363,982 white
and 216,837 colored children
of school age; the total enroll
ment in the pubic schools for
1888 was 211,498 white and
120,884 colored children; aver
age attendance was 133,427
white and 75,230 colored chil
dren; average length of school
terms, 12.8 weeks for white
children and 12.3- for colored;
average salary of teachers,
white males, $25.68 per month
colored males, $22.67; white
females, $22.82: and colored
females; $20.45, th salary of
colored male and white female
teachers being abuut the same;
the summer Normal Schools ! fur h,s 80,1 at the. total 8t Tf 250-;
of 1888 was 987, two-thirds of ooa 1 he fr-ecomg of De Lesseps
this attendance being teachers j lse was said to have cost $30,00o,
who live in th$ counties where and everything else was ou acorres-
the Normals were held, thus j ponding basis, and yet ueither house
showing that the Normals j has ever been occupied. The hos-
have ceased to attract j pital at -Panama cost $1,000,000,.
teachers from other sec-; otner preparations for the com-
tions; the total amount of mun- j fort of tnfi C;uui company's employes
ey spent for the free school ; , 6Cale Withiu tbe
of ISSwas SGOl. ao. m J his the gtret3 of Co,
admirable report is highly1,., - , . .
.ii.lhit ,. SttP in r,rr - which. wer previously almost the
ding SO
liberally
SCROOI8. BUHWi uiscifunauir,
i i i i. .i: : 4.i.i ..
to the large
number of
ClllI -
dren who are
not attending
them. N. C. Teacher,
8
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1889.
After t'wafesato.
She's told me all the veryword
mat l most wisned to near
Has stolen from her liquid throat,
And melted on mine far;
And I am happy, happy now,
Recalling all she said,
The jaftmine trembling at her throat.
The rose upon her head.
Oh, Wertern wind! Oh, "Western wind!
I half think thou wast there.
And I will chide thee, grown too bold,
For playing with her hair.
Oh, summer glow, I saw thee not.
Though oft thy blush I seek ; .
I saw no heaven but her fair face,
No sunset but her cheek.
Oh, moon, that came up in the East,
I saw thee not yestreen.
But saw a light in her soft eyes
Thou canst not shed. I ween.
And so I'm happy, happy now,
In fancy at her feet.
Why think on what the morrow'll be
When this day is so sweet f
Indianapolis Journal.
9A BIG 11TCH.
Twt Hamdr4 mm Finy Million Dol
lars Dianajpcr In tn Puna
Man Canal.
Courier Journal.
Two hundred and fifty million
dollars sunk in the Panama canal
scheme and work practically aoau
doned. That is the condition of affairs as
stated bv a railroad man who re
cently returned to New York after
a two years' residence down there.
He says there is no question about
the canal project's being a failure,
and that within a very short time
work will entirely cease, and every
body who can do so will abandon the
vne of ''Pe Lessen's folk." which
started with such a flourish of trum
pets. The informant tells a re
markable story of the recklessness
with which money was squandered
on the proposed canal, and says every
statement he makes will soon be
verified by official information.
The situation, as he pictures it, is
as follows: "When the last mail
left the Isthmus only a few small
angs of men were making any pre
tense of eontinuing work, and it was
coi.ceded that thty must stop in a
few weeks at furthest. The last
important desertion from the work
took place February 1, when the j in 1880, but that year will be me
contractor on the San Pueblo cut j moriaUe only as marking the aban
discharged his 2,000 men and an- J donment of the enterprise, probably
I nouueed that he would not nei'd
them ugain. At one time as many
as 50,000 negroes, mostly from Ja
maica, were emphyed ou the canal.
From time to time men were dis
charged. They became turbulent
as the unemployed increased in
numbers, and the Colombian C5ov
ernment found it necessary to place
ou duty a large guard of soldiers
and have a line of the Panama rail
road patrolled to prevent outbreaks.
The uegroe were paid small wages,
and being shiftless, saved nothing.
They drew their money in small
sums, and when they happened to
have more than was necessary to
buy rum, they rode out the surplus
on the railroad tr-Mns, aud conse
quently when discharged were pen
niless. American, French and En
glish men of war are at anchor in
the bay at Colon, ready to protect
the citizens of their respective coun
tries if necessary.
"Not only on the canal, but also
on the railroad a large number of
men have beeu throw u out of work.
When canal building was being
pushed there were four passeDger
trains run on the railroad, but now
two are more than sufficient and half
of the force has been discharged, and
those sti!l at work are threatened
with a reduction of wages. This is
the ury season, and there is conse
quently not so much sickness as
there will be when the wet season
sets in. Then, unless the idle men
are returned to their homes, it is
feared they will dia off like, sheep.
When the Compagnie Uuiverselle
Transatlantic began work in 1880 it
gave out no contracts, but prepared
to dig the canal itself, and, under
the liberal guidance of Count Pe
Lesseps, made ample provisions for
such comforts as were possible in
that section. Towus, hospitals and
other modern improvement were in
troduced. "At Colon the French quarter is
laid out like a park, aud improved
like a European ville. De Lesseps
;bn;u ithe companya expfcnge, a
res.dencefor himM and auother
nuirvui.-vtriizpM- anil Lilt! tirinci uui
'
! street uaa u situoiisiinrti uvsiu jun-
! ment
I Before these improvements vere;
TANDAKD.
made the only wheeled vehicle in the
city was a carriage provided for the
hospital nnrses, but now cabs abound.
All along the proposed line of the
canal money has been lavishly ex
pended for the comfort and even
ltixnrj of the company's officers, all
of whom lived, while the bubble
floated, like princes. This extrava
gance had a counterpart in tho way
money was - thrown away on tho
work of canal digging, nntil three
or four years ago, when contracting
began, and altogether there is very
little to show for the vast outlay of
$250,000,000, which is said to have
been the amount sunk.
The only water conrse actnally
developed by the wreck is from
Kohio, a distance of thirteen miles.
This , work was chiefly through
marshes and was done by an Amer
ican dredging company. The only
hard work was at Mendea where,
for a distance of 300 or 400 yards
blasting was necessary owing to rock
obstructing the way. This eection
is a comparatively small fractiou of
the entire work projected, as the
other thirty or thirty-five miles of
the canal was surveyed over moun
tains, some of them bristlinz with
rock. Ou the Culeda considerable
work was done, but it was not any
where nearly finished. On the
basis of previous expenditures it is
estimated that a thousand million
dollars would be required to finish
the canal.
As an evidence ot the manner in
which mmey was squandered, it is
utated that expensive and valuable
engines and other machinery taken
there from Belgium and France
were dumped npou the commons and
not even covered op or otherwise
protected from the elements. Much
of this machinery was never used,
but still lies where it was unloaded.
Some of the machiuery has been
overgrown with rank weeds, which
abound iu that section.
Pe Lesseps, when inaugurating
his work announced that the canal
would be thrown open to the public
never be resumed. Everybody down
there is intensely nervous, and all
who can do so are preparing to
leave. The merchants are closing
up their business as rapidly as pos
sible, and many of them are await
ing news from the United States
with a view of going to Nicaragua,
as they have faith in that canal
projects. Some of the con
tractors are said to have been badly
caught by the collapse of the scheme,
and some of them hjAve gone to
France, hoping to secure at least a
poition of the money due them.
The American Dredging Company
is among the concerns reported not
to have been paid iu full, aud its
representative has gone to Paris.
Americans have suffered to a con
siderable extent by the cessation of
work, as all of the railroad employes
and the dredging company's work
men are from this country. The
canal company's employes, except
the laborer, all of whom are ne
groes, are, as a rule, Frenchmen, and
theyare grumbling loudly about
unpaid salaries. As an evidence of
the complete collapse of Panama's
bright prospects, it is mentioned
that while the Government of Col
ombia, which is more thrifty iti such
mutters thau the United States, last
year sold the gambling privileges to
a mau named Garcia for $100,000
Colombian currency (about $70,
000 in gold), this year no bid was
made therefor, aud an effort is being
made to collect a revenue by arrest
ing individual gamblers. The rail
read men were fined $50 each for
gambling. All are agreed that the
gravest disorders will arise when
work is totally discontinued.
Ths Koekct Camera.
A curious photographic ap
paratus, in which a camera is
raised by a rocket and lowered
by a parachute, is being per
fected by a French inventor,
M., Ameedee Denisse- In its
experimental form, the cylin
drical camera has twelve len
ses found its circumference,
with a sensitive plate in its
centre, and is provided witli a;
shutter, which opens and in
stantly closes as the apparatus
begins to fall. The descent is
eased by the opening of the at
tached parachute, which is
drawn back to tho operator by
a cord attached befor the fir
ing of the rocket. For secur
ing bird's-ey' views the pho
to rocket offers several impor
tant advantages over balloon
photography, such as compar-
: n ri vc r c iiupks iii iiiihi :i i iilt
V . , - V..- " ". .1. V"
uu v.zu.m ..... v
of use for military reconnoi -
tering,
A Brlsbt Bird.
He was an English starling, and
was owned by a barber. A starling
can betanght to speak, and to speak
very well, too. This one had been
taught to answer certain questions,
so that a dialogue like this could be
carried on:
"Who are you ?"
"I'm Joe."
"Where are yon from ?"
"Fiom Pimlico."
"Who is your master ?"
"The barber."
What brought yon here?"
"liad company."
Now it came to pass one day that
the Btarliug escaped from his cage
and flew away to enjoy his liberty.
The barber was in despair. Joe was
the life of the shop; many a customer
came attracted by the fame of the
bird, and the barber saw his receipts
falling off. Then, too he loved the
bird, which had proved so apt a
pupil.
15ut all efforts to find the strav
bird were iu vain.
Meantime Joe had been enjoying
life on bis own account. A few days
passed very pleasantly, and then,
alas! he fell into the snare of the fow
ler, literally.
A man lived a few miles from the
barber's home, who made the snaring
of birds his business. Som of the
birds he stuffed aud sold. Others
agaiu were sold to hotels near bv, to
be served up in delicate tid bits to
fastidious guests.
Mitch to surprise, Joe found him
self one day in the fowler's net, in
company with a large number of
birds as trightenedlas himself. The
fowler begau drawing out the birds,
one after another, aud wringing their
necks. Joe saw that his turn was
coming, and something must be done.
It was clear that the folcr would
not ask questions, so Joe piped out:
"I'm Joe?"
"Hev! what's that?" cried the fow
ler.
"I'm Joe," repeated the bird.
"Are vou?" said the astonished
fowler. "What brings yon here ?"
Bad company' said Joe promptly
It is needless to say Joe's neck was
not wrung, ami that he was soon re
stored to his rejoicing master, the
barber.
Uperallllona sf Xaffroe.
Bum old shoes and the snakes will
squirm away from that place.
Shoes must never be put on a
shelf higher than the head of the
wearer.
To keep shoe, even after they are
past wearing, will keep good hick
about a place.
If yon stub the right toe yon will
be welcomed: if vou unfortunately
stub the left you may know that you
aren't wanted.
Burnt shoes soles and feathers are
good to cure a cold in the head, say
old aunties, and parched shoe soles
and hogs' hoofs is a good mixture
alio for coughs.
The older dusky maids beliere
that when their shoes come untied
and keep coming untied it is a true
j sign that their sweethearts are talk-
inr and thinkin" about them.
Good luck to the child who draws
ou her stocking wrong side out If
Ehe takes it off and rights it before
12 o'clock she may feel assured of
getting soon a nice present.
, A more absurd fancy is to believe
that when any one accidentally 6pits
on the old shoe a child will soon
have brand new fcotgear. Ex
change. The Xlearnjaa Caual.
The President has signed the bill
incorporating the Nicaragua Canal
Compauy, and the work of building
the caual has been contracted for by
the Nicaragua Canal Construction
Company, an officer of which to-day
said: "We will begin work as soon
as we can make the necessary ar
rangements. The total distance
from ocean to ocean at Nicaragua
is 1G9.8 miles, of which 56J is by
lake, 4, by river and basin naviga
tion, leaving only 28.8 miles of actual
canal. There will be six locks in all,
three on the Atlantic and three on
the Pacific side of Lake Nicaragua.
The greatest cut through rock- will
be- three, miles long, with an average
depth of 1 20 feet. The size of each lock
will be G50x?0x30 fet, thus allowing
for tbe lockage of the largest vessels
afloat, such as the Etruria, the I'm-
bria or the city of Jrew York.
"The estimated total cost of the
uork by the surveying expedition
of 1885 wa& $50,000,000 and $15,
000,000 for contingencies, making
RS OOO finn. It is said that the ca-
r . ,
1 nai win ue open io
navigation by
18.95."
WHOLE NO. 61,
LoYlaa; Tribal to Women.
Confucius, Woman is the master
piece.
Herder, Woman is the crown of
creation. '
Voltaire, Woman teaches us repose,
civility and dignity.
Lessing, Nature meant to make
woman its masterpiece.
Whittier, If woman lost us Ed-m,
such as 6he alone restore it.
E. S. Barrett, Woman is last at
the cross aud earliest at the grave.
Bulwer, To a gentleman every
woman is a lady iu right of her sex.
Cowley, What is a woman ? Only
one of nature's agreeable blunders.
la" I - - .
iu cnier, iso man can eiiner live
piously or die righteous without
wife.
Cervantes, All women are good
good for nothing or good for some
thing.
George Eliot, A passionate wo
man's love is always overshadowed
by her fear.
Heine, Handsome women without
religion are like" flowers without
perfume.
Beecher, Women are a new race,
recreated siuce the world receive
Christianity.
Shakspeare, For where is any au
thor in the world teaches such beau
ty as a woman's eyes ?
Margaret Fuller Ossili, Woman
h born for love, and it is impossible
to turn her from seeking it
Louis Desnoyers, A woman may
be ngly, ill-shaped, wicked, ignor
ant, silk, and stupid, but hardly
ever ridiculous.
Lord Landsdale, If the whole
world were put into one scale and
my mother into the other, the world
would kick the beam.
Saville, Women have more
strength in their looks than we have
in our laws, and mote power by their
tears than we have by our argu
ments.
Pat'a Prompt Reply-
Savannah News.
. rciio was a mountain nympn in
the old poetic days, but modern real
ism has changed her into an Irish
man. At least the guests of a Geor
gia colonel must hav concluded so,
Colonel Ogeechee has a very remark
able echo on his place a few miles
from Savannah; one, in fact, which
would repeat whola? sentences.
The gentlemen to whom this asser
tion was made were interested, but
incredulous, and arranged to accom
pany Col. Ogeechee home the next
afternoon to test the wonderful echo.
The colonel, on getting home, that
in the heat of discussion he had
claimed more than the facts justfled.
Determined nat to be beaten, he call
ed his Irish laborer.
"Pat," says he, "some geutlemen
are coming with me to-morrow after
noon to hear the echo. Now, I want
you to cross the river before time
for me to arrive, so you can answer
back whatever we may call out."
"You mane for me to play ikker,
sorr?"asked Pat, grinning.
"That's it exactly," said the colo-
nel.
Now do you thoroughly un-
derstaud that you are to answer
back exactly what we say ?
"Oh, vis, sorr; ye can depiud on
me entoirely."
Next afternoon the colonel took
his friends to the river bank, and all
were ready for the experiment
Making a speaking trumpet of
his hands, the colonel roared :
"Are you there ?"
Back came the echo with startling
distinctness:
"Yis, sorr ; Oi've been here since
four av the clock."
Wbala "Claae SnaTa" Mean.
Do you know, what a dose 6have
means? I never did until I looked
at a face the other day thr.ous:n a
microscope which had been treated
to this luxurious process. Why,
the entire skin resembled a piece of
raw beef. To make the face per
fectly smooth requires not only the
removal of the hair, but also a por
tion of the cuticle, aud a close shave
means the removal of a layer of the
skin all around. The blood vessels
thus exposed are not visible to the
eye, but under the microscope each
little quivering mouth holding a
minute blood drop protest against
such cruel treatment. The nerve
tips are also uncovered, and the
pores are left unprotected, whujb
makes the skin, tender and unheal
thy. This sudden exposure of the
inner layer A the skin renders a
person liable to have colds, hoarse
ness aud sore throats. San Francisco
Echoes.
The Loudon Lancet says a doctor
of Kronstadt has discovered that the
constant use of the electric light is
i.ijnrious to the eyes.
.THE STAIIDAIlD.n
Bates of Advertising-;
One square, one insertion, $1 00
One square, one month, 1 60
One square, two months, 2 00
One square, three months, ' - 2 50
One square, six months, 5 00
One square, one year, 9 00
ODD AND KJIDA.
Boast of the day in the evening.
New Orleans has the only womau's
club in the South. . .
Cows that browse ou the common,
have very common brows.
Everybody sticks out his tongue
at it The postage stamp.
Cupid has no arrow which can
reach the heart armored with in
difference. A century ago there were 34,000,-
000 Protestauta. There nrA nnar
131,000,000.
A goose with her wings tied was
sent over Niagara's Falls the other
day and floated away alive.
A Paris chemist has at last suc
ceeded iu making real diamonds
from a secrect composition.
. At Tnscalooa, Ala., Gee. W. Fos
ter, a lawyer, committed suicide by
shootiug himself over his wife's
grave.
When a pretty girl turns her head
to look at a young man on the streets,
it is almost sure to turu his head
completely.
Even 10,000 of the threads spun
by the full-grown spider would not
be equal in substance to the size of
a single hair.
Congress has appropriated $20,
000 for the relief of the Protestaut
Lpiscopal lheological Semiuary
and High Schools of Va.
The self-closing doorspring is an
awful aggravation to tha man who
is going out of your office mad aud
wants to slam the door.
Five hundred and tweuty-four
cats were ou exhibition at the Crystal
l'alace, London. The most valuable
cat waps rized at about $10,000.
The increased number cf intermar
riages between deaf mutes is attract
ing attention. It is believed to im
ply the founding of a mute race.
De Lessep3 is ill. Hitherto he
has defied his years, but old age has
suddenly fallen upon him with the
collapse of the Panama Canal
scheme.
Isaac Holden is the richest British
M. P. He has an iucomeof $1,000,
00 a year, made out of a machine
that revolutionized the system of
woolcarding.
A wealthy citizen of Florida has
offered a premium of one thousand
dollars for the town iu that State
which is iu the most cleanly condi
tion ou 1st of July next
The admission of the- new States
will necessitate-an alteration iu our
national flag. The number of stars
iu the field will have to be increas
ed from thirty-eight to forty-two.
It i stated that a young woman
of Chicago lias been made insane by
smoking cigarettes. She must have
beeu at least three-fourths crazy
before she begau the dirty practice.
Ex.
An incubator for raising prema
turely born children has beeu invent
ed, and is now in successful opera
tion at Philadelphia, which is the
latest thing known in medical
science.
The circumnavigation of the globe
was first accomplished by Piccaro,
commanding one of the ships of
Magelhaen's squadron, in 1523. The
first English circumnavigator was
Sir Francis Drake, 1577-80
The rarest collection of old watch
es in the United States, if not in the
world, is owned by Giovanni P.
Morosici at Irving'ou, on the Ilud-s-m.
He has from 500; to 1,000,
worth about $30,000;.
One of the richest unmarried wo
men in the United States is Miss
Julia Ithinelander, of New York,
who has inherited the fortunes of
half a dozen kinsfolk, until she is
now worth $15,000,000..
In- a Swiss museum is a watch only
three-sixteenths of an inch in diam
eter, inserted in the top of a penoil
case. Its' tiny dud not only indicates
hours, minutes,, aud second:, but
also the day of the month.
Mrs. Moses Taylor, is said to be
the richest woman in the country,
if not iu the world. The latest esti
mate on her wealth is $41,000,000.
She lives in New York, Long Branch,
and other places, as the mood strikes
her.
After writing sentences one dayf
scholars exchanged work for correc
tion. A smalt boy marked an error,
and then at the foot of the paper
made the following explanatory
note:. "He didn't begin Massey.
chewsits with a caterpilla."
Th first bank in the United
States was the Bank of North Amer
ica, chartered by congress at the in
stance of Robert Morris, iu 17S0,
and by the State of Pennsylvania ia
1781, with a capital of $400,000.
It is still in existence in Philadelphia..