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0 I . t. v V e j : s i . f r . r r v ' - i j? j i xi s THE ST&ND&RD TIE STANDARD. ANDA HiiIcm of AlvrtltUiif: One f-quare, one insertion, ODe square, one month, One square, two mouths, One square, three months, One square, six months, One s-iiiare, one year, THE VERy BEAT ADVERTISING MEDIfJL TERMS ; $100 150 200 2 50 5 00 9 00 VOL. TL NO. 11. CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1889. WHOLE NO. 63. ONE YEAR, CASH IN ADVANCE, - $1,25 SIX MONTHS', - ,75 E J. LKE CK0VEI.1 .Montgomery & Crowell, Jttorutis in Counsellors at law j Concord, X-C-, A p.-utners, will practice law in Cabarrus, Stanly and adjoining counties, in the Su liorii.rand Supreme Court of t!i- State, and in the Federal Court. Office on Depot Street. MEN Who are Weak, Nervous and Debiliated. who ate suf fering from lua effected of early evil habits, the result of ignorance or folly, will find in Pears. Specific h positive and permanent cure foi Nervous Deoility, Seminal Weak ness Involuntary vital losses, etc. Cures guarenteed. Send six cent in stamps for Pears Treatise on disiases of niau; their cause and cure. J. S. Peai.s. Iil2 Church St.. Nashville, Ten. INSURE YOUR PROPERTY. Against loss or damage by lire, with J. W. Burkhead, Ag't. For the Phenix Insurance Co., of Jlrooklyn; Continental Insurance, ol New York; Insurance Co. of North America, Philadelphia, and the North Carolina Home lisurance Co. Ail good Companies. Lowest Possihle Kates Given. Insurance taken in any part of the Cuiinty. THE LADIES' FAVORITE. NEVER OUT OF ORDER. 1 f you desire to purchase a sewing machine, ak our aKent at your plnco for terras and prices. If you cannot find our agent, write direet to nearest addrews to you below nnmed. NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE C.ORANGE.MA&$. chicaso - 2a UNION SQUARE. rlX- B-LAi. ILL. ATI o kj-t-a n A TEX. YORKE & tVADb WORTH, agent fr Cabarrus, Rowan, Iredell am". Manly Counties. HOME AND FAREI1, LOUISVILLE. KY. the Leading Agricultural Journal of tho South and West Made by Farmers for Farmers. Price, 50 Cents a Year. Thoii;)i h iuricri(iion price of Homb akd Firm is only one-fourth that cfiliOnlyrivals.it leids them all in enterprise and originality. No expense is spared when required to secure inform Inn, experience or advice trom any quarter. it ik liistiuciively the FARMERS' PAPER, A record of their daily experience, presented in a form nd language which make it plain tu all. ITS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS It nn'qualed, containing the names of the most i;cr-.-,ti.l and progressive farmers of the West. 1 tiese writers treat n cf a theory, but of the actual LOn-litions of life on the farm. Amoni; them are f in 1 the names of II. K. Johnson, Waldo F. lirown, I II Arp. Henry Stewart, A. P. Ford. Un h Hroolts, letT Welborn, Foxhall, John C. F.dgar, Steele's tJ.iviu, T. 1 . Baldwin and a host ol Liners. 1 ae departments relating to HwME AND THE CHILDREN Ar nnequaled for fullness and variety. Faith l.aumer, Mary Marsden, LcisCatesbv. Mrs. Brown, Mis CaMe, M . Richmond. Mrs. i'aluiore, jjist M h'jv, Mrs. Williams and others. A series of articles on HEALTH AT HOME, Written hy an alile and experienced family physi. cian, is aljne worth many times jhe price of th )JP"' " BOWERS' FARM ' Ha.-, interesting and inspiring story of the success of a hoy un a farm, written expresily fojr this journal by J 5HN R. MusiCK. In short no portion of the farm is neglected. In its KditoriaL Department are presented the claims of -fl farmer for fair treatment in the halls cf legislation, and the farming community has no mire aWe advocate. Homb and Farm is not 3, V Varied journal, its time, space and energy are de votrd to yriiulture, every issue aosuia to its ruuo ' FAIR TRADE AND FARMER'S RIGHTS." Every subscriber to Homb and Fakh is entitled n a guess at our COFFEE JAK, the successful ue.sers receiving premiums amuualingto708 00. HOVE N3 FARM, ONE TEAR, FIFTY CENTS. tin: con(ori) standard, oil'- yjar, only l.lf. $60 FOR $30. JUST THINK OF IT I The Monopoly Busted. Do you want a Sewing Machine ? 17.50 to 3(). ,(rnnttc(l Fire ) htr.y- Willi all Attachments. Write for tlhiMi-ated Circulars of our "Sing- j -rs," "New Home," Etc $10 to $30, Sa v-d by ordeiir.g direct from He; el- i.irters. Needles for any Machine, .' ci'iits a dozen iu stall ps. Address I in- Louisville Sewing Mac-hint- Co.t N... :,-2i FOUKTJI AVENUE, Louisville3, Ky. , I August 3o, 'sy. W. .1. MONTGOMERY. 1MU11M10 UULUiUI . Selllu Been and Npelllnff. We see, in the county pare s, re ports of "Spelling Bees" all over the conn try. Now we do not particularly con demn spelling bees, but we can't saj that we would encourage them. We do not approve of oral spelling. Take a class of twenty in oral spell ing, of thes, no'nineteen is always idle; if we spell half an hour each day, there will be nine and a half hours of precious time wasted every day, to say nothing of the mischief done by those idlers. Why should we require our pupils to shell long lists of words, without being able to define them? Instead of material it will be lumber in the way. Ou method of spelling: Give the class a short list of words, usually tt-n. Let the teacher pronounce them once; the class write them on slates or paper, Then have them write three sentences, using all the words of the list in their sentences; e. f. air, John, time, pony, blue, took, said, tine, warm, ch ar. John took a long ride on his pony. The air was warm and the skv clear and bhu-: John said he had a tine time. Have reproduction exercises: The teacher midi a short story, then has the class to write what they can re member of it. Sometimes we take a word, Cam bridge, for example. Using the let ters of the word, see how man new words yon can make. No letter to be used twice in the same word. One bright little girl in the class formed sixty words, nsing the letters of the word Cambridge. Capital letters, punctuation, or thography and writing all count in the exercises. Now fellow teachers, doesn't this excel oral spelling? Fraternal lv vours, " L. W. Tl. I".Iu nt ll Iprnlp. T'io progress of the .South, in schools, for the next ten years, will be wonderful. Kvery paper brings some encouraging news of greater interest being manifested and more money to be spent. The South, proud of its glorious past and w hat she did, is looking forward and sees future as glorious as the "past. With returning prosperity, she is determined that her institutions and her people shall be inferior to none. This is the meaning of the great in crease .low being made in the expen diture of money and ti.o hearty in- terest manifested in the public schools. We predict that the next ten years w ill see such an education al revival that this period will be known as the "educational decade," and we so christen it. We are now entering on the educational decade. Let us realize it. S. W. Journal of Etlucation. A It ' lux in iigMie My boy, if you are poor, thank God anel take courage; for He intends to give you a chance 'o make some thing of y uirself. If you had plen- j ft.H0W-citizens would in a few years ty of money, ten chances to one it , iia themselves much better in" Ar would sp.il you for all useful pur- j ja,l!5a3 tnan tnoy alv hem That poses. Do you hick education? j tjK.y nmv so j'f thev (.ave us i the Have you been cut short in the text L-0rSt wish the Landmark has for bks? Remember that education, like some other things, doe's not con sist in the multitude of things a man possesses. What cuii you do? That is the question that settles the business for yo , -Institute, , , . , . . . . i Papid progress in arithmetic can 1 oe niaile provieleu pupils understand each step that is taken. The great J dillicully in teaching numbers, is I that pupils use figures w ithout un derstanding what they represent. Kapid progress in arithmetic i sometimes quite slow at first, but (afterwards becomes quite rapid, as j pupils have laid Ihe foundation ;'""ro"s''.' - . - s' "-J- I "L. W.'iu this column, urges I some good reasons against oral spell ing, and, unlike many people, he doesn't simply object to the pre'.ail fingnuthoel without suggest in;,' a ; better one, but outlines a plan that is really worthy of consideration. j The only objection to his plan is l that it coiiMimcsa great deal of the I teache's time and is in itself a slow method. Though, this objection ap plies t quail 7 to all methods requiring written sptl,!ing. A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink spot soileth the pure white page. I He is not only idle who. does uoth- ing, but he is idle who might be better employed. WORSE TI1AM SI ARKIAOE. A bachelor, old ami cranky, as silling alone m ins room; His toes with the gout were aching, And his face was o'erspread with gloom. No little ones' shouts disturbed him, From noises the house was free, InJfact, fiom the attic to cellar Was quiet as quiet could be. No medical aid was lacking; i ne servant answered Ins ring, Respectfully heard his orders, And supplied him with everything. But still there was something wanting, Something he couldn't command: The kindly words of compassion, The touch of a gentle hand. And h said, as his brow grew darker, And he rang for the hireling nurse, "Well, marriage may be a failure, But this is a blamed sight worse." Kapoleou'a Retreat frm Moaeow. Courier Journal. The "Grand Army" which Napo leon recruited for the invasion of Knssia numbered, more than 500,000 men, and was compose'd of Austrians, Prussians, Germans, Italians, Poles and Frenchmen. Of this immense host 80,000 were cavalry. The w hole number of horses belonging to the army amounted to almost 190,000. On the 24th day of June, 1815, Na poleon crossed the Nienion anil in vudenl the Russian dominions. lie reach eel Wilua on the 28th, w here he remained until the middle of August, when he continued to adr vance against Moscow. After many assaults and blattles, the French army came in sight of Moscow on the 14th of September, 1812. The French troops rushed forward and j 1 entered Moscow, only to find it ele serted by its 300.000 inhabitants. The Russian Governor had liberated 20,000 convicts on condition that they should remain and burn the city after the entry of the French. For four days tht lire raged, and thus the French army was deprived of winter quarters, and Napoleon found himself obliged to retreat. The horrors of this retreat exceeded anything in the annals ot war. fa tigue, hunger and cold combined with the usual disasters of battle, and were increased by a Russian Winter of unusual severity. The thermometer sank to eighteen de vress below zero. The roads were j strewn w ith the dead and dying, j The starving troops' fell upon the I wasted horse's and ate them like famished dogs. The ice broke under a part of the army in command of Ney, and the .wagons containing the wounded went, into the deeps of the icy stream amid shrieks and curses and strange tongues. In this dis astrous campaign Napoleon's losses were as follows : 12",000 killed in battle; 132,000 died of hunger, cold and fatigue; 1H3,000 made prison ers by the Russians. When the j romnants of the French army again reached the Nienien, the rear guard, under Marshall Ney, was, re tluced to thirty men. Ney, himself, bearing a musket pointed at the pursuing enemy, was the last of the "Grand Army" that left the Russian territory. Tliiibt rHtuto F.UItorM. Statesville Landmark. It is very probable, indeed, that in this changed condition our colored them." Greensboro Patriot The way and the only way to Railroad I get. at public sentiment a Commission is to make it an issue, Try it two years hence. It will make the campaign interesting at least, Anything but machine poli- ; Alexander County Journal. j The pretence that the election law J will disfranchise the negro or any ; one else is a mistake and a sham easily seen by reading the law. lialetgh State Chronicle.) The Chronicle cannot commend the Legislature for increasing the price of marriage license. )t ought rather have decreased the tax. Every inducement to marriage ought to be offered by the Legislators, ff the State needs the revenue we favor Hmcnt Kev. L. I. Uerebee, pastor 'aw that will tax bachelors tax of the A- M- K Zion Church, of this them so heavy that they will be glad I to get married to escape the tax. The tax is now o.0?. Wilmington J'osspnirer. In everv instance of a territorial jaProintmo,lt t0 Ft'l ife the appointee is a resident. Has the I democracy converted the Ilepubli- cans to the gooel olel doctrine '-'Home liule ?" 0 j j liuz7a-ds" in Mississippi devour j vast quantities ot carrion and hence are valuable as scavengers. The law against killing them is strict the penalty for violating it being $15. The birds therefore are very plentiful and tame. The Colonel' Tarantula. Detroit Free Press. "I'm a-telling you," said the colo nel, as he removed his broad-brim med hat to push his fingers through his hair "I'm a telling you that the tarantula of Texas is no slouch, lie's just about the wickeelest, ugli est, doggondest critter that "was ever set up on crooked legs, and the man who says h isn't afraid of 'em is a liar from east to west, and I know it ! While their pizen is no worse than a rattlesnake's, the idea of be ing keeled over by sich a horrid looking critter half kills you to start with." "Were you ever bitten, colonel ?" "Never, but I got it worse than being bitten. Dog-gone my buttons, but when I think of it I loose a foot in length and get a mouth as dry as last year's cotton !" "What was it?" "Well, one night last summer I camped ilown after a hard elay's ride and slept the sle-ep of the just. When 1 opened my eyes in the morn ing I was lying on the broad of my back, head well up on the saddle, and the blanket pulled up to my chin. Right on my breast was one of the biggest, ugliest tarantulas ever produceel. He was evidently waiting for me to wake up, for as soon us I opened my eyes he took a walk." "Walked away, eh?" "No, sir ! He walked upwards and began to caress my chin. Then I he took a saunter up my cheek and inspected my hat, stopping every dilate the probable size of the grow now and the'U as if he had found a ing crop of cotton. His knowledge plaev to sting. In two minutes 1 was sweating like a horse after a ten mile gallon, ami 1 was even too scared to pray. I know 1 tried to. j draining and using terra cotta tiles ! prenie Court Justices, and," contin and I'll be hanged if 1 didn't get off and ot her new devices. Deis the j lle(1 tlie Vermont Senator, with a a paragraph of the Texas stock law .first man to get a new fashionable j merry tw inkle in his eye, "in 100 in place of the Lord"s prayer." I horse collar, regardless of expense, virs there has never been a case of "And the tarantula finally left Y' and an improved plow i his delight, j failure on the part of the right man "Yes. sorter finally. It was along Set a new stvle cotton planter in f learn of Jlis t,cctiou il1 tinie 10 be about 10 et'clock, I believe. Mean - while he was promenading up and down and ciijovinr the sunshine and sizing me up. 1 kept my eyes sunt most of the time, but I could trace, his movements by the sense of feel-j out whittling pieces from a dry- j does it niean? ing. About 9 o'clock a sce-ond ;. goods box. One of the number will j There ii an old story that a soldier spider put in an appearance and run it back and forwarel on the level j once wrote to his mother, who com hegged the honor of knifing me, but j street and see how it elrops the J plained of her uuhappiiicss, asking my old friend objected and they had ! handful of cotton seed with which j her to get soiv.e sewing done by some a lively setto on my stomach. The 'they have loaded the machine for one who had no care or trouble, new-cenner was knocke-d out in the . the experiment. It don't take long j Coming in her search to one who, third round and went o;f for re- pairs.' 'And you didn't sj ring up dash the tarantula aside?" 'Did you ever spring out of way of a bullet, young man: couldn't have gathered nivself fore he'd have popped it to nie full ingcharacter. His talk is entertaining ! who was once his rival. Think you, figures. No, sir. I just laid thar' ! and he does the community no harm, j then, I can be happy?"' The infer and waited for him to get tired and 'He is a standing, or rather sitting, j ence is certainly too clear to need in go. lit finally went, but I couldn't example of the dignity of labor, and j terpretation. sav how far, and I hadn't moved a finger when a couple of cow boys rode up. Then I jumped clear of; the blanket ami told my story, but they wouldn't believe it.' 'Tl.,.v w,. nl, '" 'No, sir; but while I was shoot ing one ef them the other lifted niv blanket, and that blamed tarantula, who was hidden away, stung his hanel and he died in an hour. Had to have an inquest and bury both of 'cm at my own expense, and 1 lost five days' time." Th 5r(ra Exodun. Raleigh News and Observer.. The negro exodus is resolving it self into an organized movement and now has thd appearance of develop ing into a systematic colonization. The colored preachers in this city, together with other leveling coloreel men, are moving in the matter and have a plan on foot to organize the North Carolina Emigration Asso fciem," with the ultimate colonization of the whole colored population. The colonization idea, it is stated by its champions, is being set on foot anel urgeel aniong the negroes in op position to the stampede, which has, for several weeks, been sweeping the negroes promiscuously and in strug gling crowds to the South and West. The leader in the colonization move- Clt-V' wno nm "mceived tne idea, and has been promulgating it among the colored people. His proposion is to colonize them in Arkansas. Advert I I t. Buffalo News. Oh, merchant, in thine hour of e ee, 11 oh mis fapei wu cuouiu t- f, And look for something to ap p p p Your yearning for greenback v v v, Take our advice and new be y y y, j Go straight ahead and advert i i i, You'll find the project of iome u u u, Neglect can offer no ex q q q. lie wise at once, prolong your el a a a, A silent business soon ele k k k. A Chapter on Town Fnnners. Abbeville Medium. One of the most amusing and eu tertaining characters w e have among us is the town farmer. He has a small patch or two near the incor porate limits of the town, upon which he makes costly experiments and realizes small profits or heavy losses. About this season of the year he is busy preparing some scien tific compost from material saved by an expensive system of economy on his 6inall place. To make sure of results he adds a lot of commercial fertilizers which gives virtue to his manure in spite of the litter and rabbish ho has collected. In many cases his compost is made of diverse materials arid one ingredient neutra lizes the valuable property of the others. Or he puts the kind ff fertilizer on sandy spots which should ro on his red lanel. He spreads it so liberally that his crop is kilh'd if the" season is dry, or it runs to stalk if it rains. His plan, if followed generally, would bring the country to want in the course ef a year. The only thing the town farmer has to redeem his reputation is his barley patch upon which he ; has used stable manure. That looks ! well and gives him something to talk about to the country farmer, j The town farmer is a great hand to talk. In the long summer days j he ran look at a thunder cloud as it i rises in the west and tell when it j will rain. As the season advances ' he can sit in the cool shade and cal- of figures conies in handy at such . times. He is a master at terracing 'land and knows all about under- 1 front of a store, and the first sun- jhiny day you will see half dozen or 1 more town farmers around examii - 1 ing it. J tiev win nave segars be- tween their lips, and their knives to decide upon the merits of any machine1, for then- never think about and taking into consideration the stumps i containing a human skeleton. "Mad i and rocks run against on a country am,"' said she. "I try to keep my the far:-.i. sorrows to myself, but know that ev- I i With all his failures and his con- cry night am compelled by my bus-be- i ceit, the town fanner is an interest-j band to kiss this skeleton of him 'a proof that there is money in town farming, ''over the left." j wtiier Man. j Wilmington Star. Says a weather observer: When vou wish to know what the weather ! is -oin- to S wut imd vhvt 1,10 ! smallest cieniei vou see. Keen your eyes on it and if it decreases and elis appears it shows a state of thu air that is sure to be followed by fine weather; but if it increases take your overcoat with you if you are going away from home, for falling weather is not far off. The reason is that when the air is becoming charged with electricity you will see every cloud attracting all lesser ones to ward it until it gathers into a shower, and, on the contrary when the fluid is passing off or diffusing itself, then a large cloud will be seen breaking into pieces and dissolving. Know Wlilte IlHlr In Yoatb. Cincinnati Enquirer. Three young men were out in a skiff watching the yacht race between the Euright and City of the Straits last November when a puff of wind overturned the skiff and two of the occupants, named Young and Jacobs, were drowned. The third, William Lad ue, was picked up by some fisher men, and after a hard battle his life was restored. Since the accident Ladne has been very sick, and yester day he was out for the first time. He was a robust young fellow, with jet black hair, and uras one of the best glass-blowers at the Toledo Window -Glass Company. Hcs ap- Ipeafancdon the street since hi nar- i row eiscupe has created quite a sensa- tion, for his hair is now snow-white. The king of the Belgians has recently insured his own private property in the royal palaces at Brussels and at Lacken for 350, 000. This property consists of furniture, pictures, plate, objects of I art, anel. china rooloil 'Eat That Time. Baltimore XewB. "I have seen many narrow escapes from death anel w! n ssed, many thrill ing incidents," said veteran James Tilghman, of Queen Ann's County. Mr. Tilghman was a brave anel in trepid oflicer in Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's commanded, and is now a prominent member of the Maryland Confeder ate secic'ties. Because of the reck less daring and chivalrous dash he was dubbed "Headlong Jim Tilgh man" during the war and the name has cluns: to him since. "One of most laughable incidents I ever wit- nessd while under fire," he continued, "was the conduct of a long, lank North Carolinian at the Wilderness. His leg had been shot off early in the war and he was supplied with a wooden one, with which, strange to say, he got about with remarkable facility. One elay he was charging with his company and was climbing over a fence w hen, tpat! a minie ball buried itself in his wooden leg. Ejecting an immense stre-am of to bacco juice, "Darn ye, I fooled ye that time," he yelled triumphantly, and rushe'd on with his comrades." m Th j AlwajN t'iud It Oiif Philadelphia Press. A gentleman of an inquiring turn of mind, having had his curiosita roused by attendance upon his first inaugural, sought Senator Edmunds for information. "Who notified Gen. Harrison that he had been e - lected President of the L'nited States?" he asked. "Nobexly. The law makes no provision for such notification. I he President-elect takes cognizance of the fact by gen eral report, the same as the Su- present 011 inauguration day.' A Pkrlrtoii i ii every 'loet. Editou.s CoxsTrrrTiox: What cave ri ;e to the exoression ''There is a ; skeleton in the clo3et?"and iust what I she thought, must bt content and j happy, this lady teok her to a closet 'ot ol' L'urlf Nuiu'n War. The Revolutionary war cost the United .States f 135,193,703. The Colonies furnished from 18T5 to 1783, 395,001 men. The war of 1812 cost the United Slates $US,495,003. The nmmber of trewps engaged is estimated! at '471,022. The Mexican war cost the U. S. $100,000,000. The number of troops engaged was 101,282. The war of the Rebellion cost the L". S. $6,189,929,000. The number of Federal troops was 2,859,432. A traveler ia Norway says that the horses in that country have a sensi ble way of taking their food, which perhaps might be beneficially follow ed here. The'V have a bucket of water put down by the allowance of hay. It is interesting to see them, with what relish they take a sip of one and a mouthful of the other alter nately sometimes only moistening their mo.iths, as a rational being would do while eating a dinner of such dry food. A broken-winded hiTse is scarcelv ever seen in Nor way, and the question is if the moele of feeding has not something to do with the preservation of the animal's respiratory organs. AgtH of Animrel. A whale lives 300 years. A shee-p lives ten ye'ars. A cat lives fifteen years. A tortoise lives 100 years. A lion lives twenty years. A camel lives forty years. A bear lives twenty ye-ara. A dog lives fourteen year.?. A sqrrirrel lives eight years. Aa elephant lires 400 years. An ox lives twenty-five ears. A guinea pig lives, seven years. A horse lives tweiit v-live years, IS LIFE WOItTH LIVING ? Not if you go through l e world a dyspeptic. Acuer's Dyspepsia Tab lets are a positive cure for the worst orms of Dyspepsia Indigestion, Flatulency and Constipation. Guar anteeel and sole! at Fetzer's Drug Store. ODDS AID EKDN. Farm mortgages in Nebraska ag gregate $150,000,000. Medicine was first introduced into Rome from Greece in 200. In a minute the lowest sound your ear can catch has been made by 990 vibrations. ml i 1 1 inree nuneircei miles an hour is the proposed speed for the electric post-1 railroad of the future. At a recent costume fete in Nfw York Mrs. Coneliuj Yanderbilt wore diamonds valued at $200,000, Only twelve Indians are left of the tribe of 1,000 who inhabited the Yoseinite valley but a few years ago. The American flag was first used at Cambridge by Washington Jan 1 1776; legally established by congress Jan. 14, 1777. A Chinaman arrested in San Fransisco carried a revolver which was heavily plated with silver and set with rubies. Rock Radefurd, near eighty years old, was sentenced at Ilopkinsville, Ky., to twenty-one years imprison ment for murder. The Pennsyvania railroad sys tem claims to have lost but three pieces of of baggage out of fivemil lion pieces handled last year. Mrs. Hicks-Lord is credited with $250,000 worth of diamond?, and on ! f:llicy drcss occasions has worn f 150.000 worth at one time. Silver King Mackay is fond of the table but suffers from dyspepsia hence his recent exclamation, "Paradise is eating. Hell is diges tion." It is a pink season in Washington, rink menu cards are used, ices come in pink roses set in real rose leaves of green, anel the ladies wear pink corals. It was stated at the New York convention of State Railroad Com missioners six thousand men engag ed in car cupling were annually killed or injured. The harbor at Charlston used to abound in black fish, but none are caught there now, and it is believed that the earthquakes have scared them away. Archa'edogists have traced the wedding ring to the earliest times. It has been made of gold, silver, copper, brass, iron, tin, jewter, lea'l bone1, and wooel. London has an electric omnibus. It carries twelve, and it is said that it can be guided with accuracy and ease by any one with intelligence enough to drive horses. There is an old saying thata child two years old is half as tall as he ever will be, and after a few expe riments in measuring one can easily believe it, but not before. Mrs. Stanford's wonderful jewels are valued at $2,000,000. Her necklace, the finest in the United States, is worth $74,000. It con sists of large blue tint stones. The Post office at Mineral Point, Colo., 12,000 feet above the sea level, is the highest postoflice in. the country, lint the postmaster says his salrry is about the lowest. When the nose threatens to bleed excessively, .it some times can be arrested by putting the feci into hot water, or by applying a mustard plaster between the shoulders. Of three women living in one house in Walker county. Ga., there are two wives, two mothers-in-law, three motheres, two grand mothers, and one great grandmother. Ex. The empress of Austria has been recommended to try the new health clothing for rheumatism, from which she suffers, but she prefers, imperial purple silk with lace trim mings. Miss Rose Elisabeth Cleveland is living quietly in a cottage in Florida suaron tided by au orange grove. She rises at early in the morning, takes a short walk, breakfasts, and then devote3 fonr hours to literary 1 work. It is now possible for a traveler to go direct by rail from the City of Mexico to British Columbia, a dis tance of 6,000 miles. This has been made possible by the recent comple tion of the California and Oregon railway. A ctiisns has been begun of the French currier pigeon. They vrtt regarded now as of such Importance in the event of war that all owners re obliged to report their pigeons j uneler a maximum fine of 2,000 franco 3IEDM0NT AIR-LINE ROUTE RICHMOND AND DANVILE RAILROAD. Condensed schedule in effect Jun 24th, 1887. Trains run by 75 Meridian Time. Dailv. No. 50. SOUTHBOUND. Daily No. 52 4 30 pm 6 57 pm 9 42 pm 1100 pm 3 CO am 5 10 am 7 45 am 2 30 am 4 21 am 5 05 am 5 20 am 8 05 am 9 42 am t-S 10 1 m tl 45 am 312 am 4 0(j am 7 40 am C 30 am 9 50 am 10 10 am 11 18 am 12 12 pm 4 31 pm fi 1 I " 11 23 pm 12 pm 12 40 pm 3 37 pm 4 48 pm 9 40 pm Leave hw York 12 15 pm Philadelphia 7 20 am Baltimore 9 43 am Waehington 11 24 am Chariot teifille 3 40 pm Lynchburjr 5 50 pra Ar. Danville 8 30 pra Lv. Richmond 3 10 pm Burkeville 5 17 pm Kejhville 6 57 pm Drake's Branch 6 13 pm Danville 8 50 pm Ar. Greensboro 10 36 pm Lv. Goldaboro 2 40 pm Raleigh 5 00 p m Durham 6 01 pm I'bapelllill ti20pm Uil'.sboro G 37 pm Ar. Gieeusboro 8 6b pm l.vS.il em Greensboro High Point Ar Snlisbury 6tates'ille Asheville Hot Sprinps Lv Salisbury Ar Co t'ord Charlotte Spartanbu'g Greenville Atlanta 7 itt pm 10 45pm 11 15 pm 12 01 am 1 51 am 7 28 am 9 15 am 12 2g am I 10 am 1 55 a n 4 40 am 5 50 am 11 00 pm Daily. No. 51. Daily. No. 53. NORTHBOUND, Leave .itianta Arrive Greenville Spartanburg Charlotte Concord G 00 pm 7 40 am 1 00 am 2 13 am 4 50 am 5 43 am 6 22 am 1 51 pm 2 53 pm 5 30 pm G 30 inn 7 05 pm 11 40 am 1 25 pm 5 56 pni 6 38 pm 7 15 pm 8 15 pm 8 40 pm 12 34 am 10 50 pm 3 10 pm t4 30 aci T 55 am til 45 am 9 50 om 10 20 pm 1 23 am 1 45 am 1 45 am 5 00 am 12 55 am 3 05 am 7 00 am 20 am 10 47 pm 1 20 pm Salisbury Lt. tllot Springs 8 05 pm Asheville 0 fT pm Statesville Ar. Salisbury Lv. Salisbury Ar. Hinh Point Greensboro Salem Lr Greensboro Av Hillsboro Chapel Hill Durham Raleigh Goldsboro Lv. Greensboro 3 3D am 4 37 am 6 27 am 7 32 am 8 00 am 11 40 am 1) 50 am 1 1 55 am 1 15 am 12 35 am 1 15 pm 4 10 pin 8 05 am Danville 9 47 am Drake's Branch 12 25 pm Keysvillo 12 40 pm Burkeville 1 25 pm Richmond 3 30 pm Lynchburg II 40 pm Cliai lottesville 2 25 pm Washington 7 35 pm Baltimore 8 50 am Philadelphia 3 00 am New York 6 20 am Daily. tDaily, except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE, On trains 50 and 51 Pullman Buffet pleeper between Atlanta and New York. On trains 52 and 53 Pullman Buffet Sleeper between "Washington and Montgomery ; Washington and Au gusta. Pullman sleeper between Richmond and Greensboro. Full man sleeper between Greensboro, and ltalaigli. Pullman parlor car between Salisbury and Knoxville. Through tickets on sale at pricipal stations to ail points. For rates and information apply to any agent of the company, or to Soi, Hass. J. S. Potts, Traffic Man'r. Div. Pass. Ag't, W. A Turk, II ehmonel, Va. Div. Pass. Ag't, J as. L. Taylor, Raleigh, N. C. Gen. Pass. Ag't. Valuable Land Sale I Uy virtue of a decree of the Superior Court in the Special Proceedings of Wm. M. Harrier, administrator of Henrv Plolt, deceased, vs. A llaynes IMott, O. f PJotl and others, I, as Commissioner, will sell at public auction, in front of the court house door in Concord, on the first lt Aav in March,- 1WI, at one o'clock, p. m., a tract of land situated in No. 9 town ship, C'aharrua county, containing ahout 102 acres, adjoining the lands of Ilayne Plott, James Hau.sh, Kartin Furr and George Plott, the same being the place upon which said Henry Plott resided t the time of his death. Terms of sale. One-third cash, bal ance on six months time, with 8 per cent interest per annum from day of sale, Eecured by good bond. Title reserved until purchase money is paid iu full. Wm. 51. BAUKlKIi, admr.&com. By W. tl. MEANS, att'y. This 4th day "af February, 1889. Concord Fed: Acadsmy, The next session of this Institu tion opens Monday, Aug. l?tk., 1888. Having secured the serviee of competent teachers, the. Princi pals offer to the community the advantages of a first clarfs school, and ask a continuance of the samo patronaire so liberally given in the past. Tuition in Literary Depart ments $1.50 to $3.50. "Music $3.00 to 84.00. For further information ap- H.y to Missis Bessent. Si Fetzeb Principals. NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Next session begins, ti e first Mon day of September. Location henhby j Terms itoderatr. For cataloiigue Or naviculars, ad dress, Pev. J. G. PCHAII), Pres't, Mt. Pleasant, N. . An?mt3, 1-H3, LADIESPiffiS Io Your Own Iyelnflr, at Htme. Th y will dye everything. 1 ly ureiolil every where. 1'iK-elOe. pBi t.e. '1 ney Imve noequat Cor treufftli, liriphtneu, Amount in PncVw or for i'.it:iii of Color, or nou.r.nliiiv Qualitin. They do not crock or smut; 40coloi J-orwueo For sale at 12 FETZEIIV5 DRUG STORE, and D P. JOHNSON'S DRUG STORE