North Carolina Newspapers

r . Ax 7 THE STAHDiRD. THE SHIIDlflD i ii k m:uy best ADVKUTISIXG MEDIUM. TEKMs? : O'Jt YEAR, CAS ! IS A0YAK3E, SIX MONTHS, $1.25 .75 3IEPM0XT AIRLINE ROUTE RICHMOND AND DAN VILE RAILROAD. Condensed schedule in effect June 24th, IStf". Trains run by 75 Meridian Time. D.ul.. T i. 59. Daily X.52 4 :?0 pm 0 .17 in 9 42 pm 11 00 pm . 3 CO am 5 10 air. 7 43 nm 2 SO am 4 24 .nr. I'S P5 aui 5 20 v.m .8 "5 nm 9 42 am t8 10 ni f 1 45 mn ,'i 12 mn 4 Of, an. 7 4U .nil 4! 30 .tin 9 50 am 10 10 am SOVnillOUND. Li.ve Now York 1-' I m Pl.ila.lelphi 7 2U am Mallimoiv . 9 4. Jin Washington 1124 am Chariot twrillo 3 40 j in Lyiiclibur;? . 50 pin Ar. Danville, 8 3t) pm Lv. lvK limuinl 3 10 pm' Rmkevilhv 5 17 rm. KeysviHe. 5 57 pm Disk 's r.raucli l 13 pm Danville 8 50 piu Ar. Greemboro 10 30 pm Lv. lioMshoro 2 40 pm Kaleijiii r no p iii Durham chun-i uni Hillsbom Ar. Greensboro I iV Salem 6 01 p:u ti 20 pm 6 37 pm 8 3i pin 7 iO pm 10 -lopni 11 15 pin 12 ul mn 1 51 nm 7 2S am P 13 an: 12 2o "' I 10 air. 1 "" a n 4 40 am 5 ."') a n 11 00 pin Daily. No. SI. (ireensbrtio flili Point ArSilisbury . Statt fcvi'.Se Asheville 11 ot Springs Lv Salisbury Ar Co cord l'li-.rlote Spmtanbu'g Greenville Atlanta NORTHBOUND. It ISijtmi 12 12 pm 4 31 pm (j'I m II 23 pm ' 12 pm 12 40 pm 3 37 pm - 4 4K no: 9 !'' Ddiir. No. Do. Leave Atlanta Arrive Greenville Spartanburg' Charlotte Concord G 00 pm 7 40 am 1 0G am 2 13 :iiu 4 50 am 5 43 nm C 22 am 1 5L pm 2 53 pm 5 30 pm 0 30 p:u 7 05 pm 11 40 am 1 25 pm 5 Jvj pui 6 8:. pii; 7 15 pm 8 15 pm 8 10 p;n 12 ol nm 10 50) u 3 10 pm t4 30 am fO 55 am 111 45 am 9 50 nm 10 20 pm 1 23 n m 1 45 am 1 45 nm Salisbury Lv. tllot Springs 8 ('5 ym Asheville 9 ;"' pm Statesvillo 3 30 nm Ar. Salisbury 4 37 am Lv. Salisbury C27 um Ar. High Point 7 32 am Greensboro "' 8 00 tin Salem 1140 um Lv Greensboro 9 oO am Ar Hillshoro 11 i3 nm Chanel Hill" U 15 um Durham 12 35 nm Raleigh 1 15 pm Goldsboro . 4 10 pm Lv. Greo'lsboro 8 05 am Danville - 9 1 am Drake's 1) audi 12 pm iveysvnie ?urkevil;.j Richmond Lvnclibuig Chariot tesville Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New I'ork 12 ii pm 1 25 diu 3 30 pm 11 40 pal 2 25 pm 7 35 pm . 8 50 am 3 00 am fi 20 am 5 00 am 12 55 am 3 05 am 7 00 am 20 an. 10 47 pm 1 20 pm .'Daily. tDaily, except Sunday. HLEEl lNG CAR SS-.KVICE. On trains 50 and 51 Pullman CiitTei. flec-pi-u between Atlanta and New York. Oc trtvhis 52 an 1 53 Pullman Bu:l-t Sleeper lt-twepii Washington and Montgomery; Washington am: Au gusta. Pullman sleeper between Richmond ami Greensboro. Pull man sli-cp:;r betweea Gieensbovo, and R-.ilais.-ih Pulhau parlor car Ijetween Salisbury and Knoxvilie. . Through tickets ou sale at pricipal stations to ail points. For rates and information apply to anv agent Lf the company, or to Sot. Hass. -J. S. Potts, Tiathc Mau'r. Div. Pass. Ag't W. A Turk, R chmond, V a. Div. Pass. Ag't, J as. L. rl atlok, Raleigh, N. C. Gon. Pass. Ag't. Valuable Land Sale ! By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court in the Special Proceedings of Win. M Hiifiier. administrator of Henry Plott, deceased, vs. A Haynes l'lott, (i. F. Plott and others, I, as Commissioner, will sell at public auction, in front of the court house door in Concyrdj on the first Mon day in March, t88!i, at one o'eloek. p. m., a tract of laud situated m o. town shin. Cabarrus countv, containing aliout 102 acres, adjoining the lands of Haynes Plott. .lame Bauirh. Martin Furr and Oeorge Plott, the same being the place upon which said Henry l'lott resiuen ai i lie lime of his death. Terms of sale; One-third cash, bal ance on six months time, with 8 per cent interest iht annum from day of "sale, secured by good bond. Title reserve until purchase money is paid in full. Win. M. BAFJtil'.K, aduir. &com. Uy W. U. . MEANS,. att'y. This 4th day ?f February. 1880. kmi. Fssik Andes?, The nast session of .his In-'titu tion op.ms Moud.iy, Anur. Jtih. IHsW. Hav!nr HPC.ire l tlu' :;eivicf.- of ctimnetent teai-iifis, the Piini-n.-iK offer to tie community tl: Oil vantages of a first class fcchooi, and ask a coiiinnaiice of the Fame patioi-au'e so lilu'i-tlly given in the past. Tuition in Literary" Depart ments $1.50 to $3.50. Music &3.00 to $1.00. For further information ap y to Misses JJiasiXT. & Fktzeb Principals. NORTH CAROLINA -COLLEGE. ' Next session b'ghis, li e tiivt N'osi day of September. Loi-aho'i Iical.hy Terms i-ndlernle. . For cittnloiigue r pniticu'ars ad dress, lit v .1. G S IIAID, PreVt, Mt. I' easaiif, N J. An -not :5. EERLESS DYES Io Your Own lyclnj, at Tlome. Tii -y iU dy verytl.inj. 'I hey i.rcoU every- where. Trice lOe. a fucVr c. 1 lutve noequal (or Strcoglh, lirightiiUK, Amount in PucldHn-a ' or fVir Fubtiiew of Color, or Qon-fiuliiitr Qulitjr. '1 liey do not crock or smut ; 40 oo'.oi , I'or sals hf For sale at . . Tl'i FETZER'3 DRUGSTORE, and D iy .iohnsos drug stork UDIESP VOL. II. NO! 15. I'rosrrcss. - It is undeniable that education is progressing. Sensible object teach ing, the word method, the kinder garten, language lessons, flexible grading, and "doing," .especially in the lower grades, arc all but univer sally accepted. Manual training is coming along, and grammatical routiuism going out; spelling with the meaning of words, and element ary science lessons, are not far iii the rear. Geographies contain less names and'qnestions, reference books are increasing in number.. The higher numbers of school . readers are fuller of information, lessons and patriotic selections; and history is more and more leaving out' dry facts and numberless dates and names. The Sw Education. )Vho were the founders of, jdie "New 'Education''? Ans. Socrates (470 15. C), The Great "Toucher, Bacon, Comenius, llatich, Rousseau, Pes'talozzi, Jactotot, Spencer, Payne, ami ten thousand .others. QiK'S. flTliy is It called "hew" ? Ails". "I5e causeife it etremv. new" to those wha oppose it ; lie'Titos it is the custom to call all much-needed reforms, like civil service, .he'v." Ques. To what extent is the "New Education " followed ; in this coun try 'i Ans. l'y taking evidence it is found that niot progressive teuchcFS follow it; began it more than twenty years ago; tried it, and failed; are using it now, and like it. Institute. Tl!eCu,'e of Study. It is essential that our courses of study should be arranged more "with reference to the needs of the major itv v. ho leave jtudv at twelve vears of age, than the minority who goj through the high school. In niak-j ing a school curriculum v. H-or mini s fluid iliii'ilil 1irt h." rwor-ii'il.-.if for he is not able to remain in school ! after he is twelve or fourteen wars of age. Then lie must sUp out into' the world, urt.mi.vd or umovmivd. .. to grappie wiui its nam require meats. At this important time, itj is not acknowledge of what rivers flow into the Xorthern Oeeaii in Si beria that will heh) him. lie needs ... ,.!.. :.i .. ,i.:n i.: . uii euueciuuii, ;uiu a viiuu viiiu ins lieul stufTed with text-book facts, is in tio sense educated. An apprecia- li JIl ML Jltll VUlieUll'Ml IS, 1.1 tilL- need of today Practical Teacher. ChmixeM in Sehool lli.okv Among the changes made State Board of Education at hv the I lis Je- cent nieeung in jiau-isiii were me . . .' r ; ,-. i i - ,i removal of Webster's spelling Look and 'need & Kellog" s grammars trom tne list ot books to ue used uw. the public schools. The banishment. of the old "Ulue- back" will cause more discussion and comment than the banishment of the other. There seem to c ling to this old book nianv fond memories of old school days".' There were sev eral special agt. that by common cpjijtt'. marked a pupil's progress, and. as sanm as one. of these jioints was reached, t.he goal of his ambition was the liexr." -The lir$t of tl-ede. "riiiles.ton.es"! Was ''liAcer." How inexprefsibfy importarit'a php.il felt when he "got to ba-ker" i" thv-"bhubipk."- It.markcl n epoch in the child's life. The next stage was to "horse back," then came the word " in-coni-pro-heii-si-b'l i-ty. ", The lasf start' jiist before graduation v. as those v.or.deif ::! dfjhitioiis in ills b.vck of- the book, arranged so nicely in' pairs and triplets. Then the pupi! was equipped for the ar dr.ous'duties of life, especially when he had read the fablo- there that each of us remembers vet. ' A majority of the teachers will probably endorse.' l.ho removal of Uee'd & Kellogafs grammar from the course. r.3 experience in" teaching grammar with them has not Levn altogether satisfactory. The exer cises in them are gems in English, but there is so much "machinery" about it,' that the" average pupil loses the benefit that ought to accrue to one. Harvey's grammars are now to be used entirely. - The attendance in the public schools of England is shown by a recent report to have risen within a few years from 2,000,000 to 5,000 000. . As a result, juvenile crime has conside.'ablv diminished. ; ' " C'i- ' .A teacher" shou'd always 1;? pa tient 'ud Uiiul w-J.iie ia.tJu (ieliool room.; This lias j much to do .with producing gcotl conduct among the pupils. IHE Selected Poetry. BY CHANCE. Tliey met by cliancc ; a wayward Fate, Till then hail kept them wide apart, lie liad no thought of love or hate ; . She hardly knew she had a heart. J'hey met by chance ; the sinking sun Cast lengthening .shadows on the ground, The long June day was nearly done . The twilight dim was gathering 'round. They met by chance ; a fateful chance. ' That brought tliem nearer nearer still; Each gave the other a startled glance Each felt a momentary thrill. They met by chance, a swift, sharp pain I'hncrves them when they think of that! Tliey trust they'll never meet again The 'cycli-a and the. biindle cat. .' . AX Af'.KD HOUSEWIFE'S rr.AYEK. I pray that, risen from- the dead, ... . I may in glory stand, A c rown, perhaps, nponmy head ; .But a needle ininiy Hand, ; ;. I've had no time to learn to play So let no Irarp be miner - " Through all my lite, by night and day, Plain sewing's been my line. Therefore, accustomed, to the end, To plying useful stitches, I'll be content if asked to mend The little angels' breeches- A MAIDEN JIEAUT. How should the heart of a maiden be? As pure a the lily that blooms on the lea, As clear as the View from .the heaveijs tun), faij, . .; :" ;i -i. As true as the mirror that Langs on the wall, As fresh as the'.fountain, as gay as the 5 lark'. ' - Tiiat Irills but its ong 'tNvit;riieday.and the'd:rk. . t As j;lad as the angels, when soaring they iiy . ' . On the bright ' yimjs of love to their homes in the sky. ' .r . From the Oernian' MAItK TWAIN'S UIIONT STOItY, TlipCliiirrh nanil of Worker KTCr I'reiweil Ilin'i to Tell Another. From the Minneapolis Tribune. A few years ago the Rand of Wcrkers, or some other society con nected with Mr. Twit-hell's church, rave an entert.anment, and Mark i j"wa njueded to Uli a story. ! Ife co.iavntcd, aiid a larp- audienee ! v.r.s tli rc-sult. When mounted the platform he insisted that the i gas he tuni.d down low, and the i I ciise silence was tnat one count hard! v see ones nana tx-iore one fa 1: d i ro :.u .. t:,..!. .. "mvn "nl "- rethvtor inning full m h;s face, ; V, line ail the rest as tiiMkilesS. lie presented a weird spectacle, with his hair standing '.iv ail over his head. I In a deep sepulchral voiee lie began, and i-iid that he would tell the tale ! Ox i'he Golden Arm." This tale tells iiow a young girl had an artificial arm made of gold; lied and was buried, and her father finally thought he would ex hume her body and take the arm that he might sell it. 'Accordingly ouv dark, s'towiiy night, he set out on his mission. (All tho while -i ...i ? V.-.ut "-i-iiwinfr defner. - " i " " 1 ' and more senulehral.") The father j ti ;t,; ,lf)(1 v, 0)!air)Ca possession i f i 4 i " iui vuveievt ui 111, i;mt ouunu uat.iv home. ' The wind was howling, the road was dark and gloomy, and the guilty parent, nervous 'and very much frightened.- Suddenly, above the mournful cry of the wind came a low, dismal Avail, saying, "Where's my golden arm?, Where's my -golden armr" -and glancing over his shoulder the ierrijied father Saw the ghost of his daughter, 'her good arm gesticulating v.ildly,. pursuing him. Ie ran on -hom, ami all the, while cmne the wajl of the child, crying: Where's my goTtleu arm?" - Up stai rs' he went, this cry still ringing in his eitrs. . lie undressed and timidly crept info bed. Out on the . stairs, near, evr nearer, he heard the wail, and in terror listened to the a Ivancing- footsteps. Suddenly, the door was ojicncd and the "ghostly figure of his.da'.ighter advanced, cry ing; "Where's my golden arm?". The father, frightened nlmost to in sensibility, coveted up his head in the blankets, and the Fpook placed her hand on Jhe coverlets anl cried: "Where's my golden arm?" Ju.-t at this moment Mark' gave a jump, spread o.tt hii arms widely, and in a. voice that could have been heard in Massachusetts shrieked, "In hock, by jingo !" The effect of this was electrical. From out of tjie darkness of the audience room there came a series of yells and groans, and exclamations of fright. Several timid women be gan to cry hysterically; and two, I think, fainted away. The room was in confusion, and when the gas was turned up the worst lot of f lighten ed pccplein t he United States were w vealed. I believe, at a meeting of the Rand of Workers, held a shoit time; afterward, it was unanimously voted! r.ot to ask Mark Twain to tell, any! 'more stories. " j Precedent declares against Chief--. Justice Fuller'-! n oustaelie and, as ' l.eiomes a martyr- to duty,' he has about made up his mind to. submit to its barber-otifl decree. , . , " . " CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1SSD. Amusing Aeutiiess. No.w-a-days acutness is deemed es sential to success. in any direction, and a certain amount of it doe3 ma terial aid in the accomplishment, of a purpose. Rut of a person reputed "cute" is advisable to beware, else one may find himself "unexpectedly involved in difficulties of some kind. While, for the greatest part, human acuteness is tinctured with base ele ments, it may be exercised without injury to. the agent "or object, merely to exemplify a good natured, though keen wit. ' .t A young man under examination for admission to the University of Edinburgh, was asked if he studied logic,- and replied affirmatively ' "You understand the difference between cause and effect?" inquired the professor. . ' "I do." "Did you ever know an instance where the effect was in advance of the cause ?" "Yes, sir.". ..... "Mention it," said the professor, in great amazement. "Well, when a . man pushes a wheelbarrow ahead 'of him." Oil a certain occasion Rabelais de sired to visit Paris, bat was destitute of the means for so doing. He made up three packages and marked them "Poison for the king," "Poison for the dauphin," "Poison .for Monsieur J' Hitf landlord saw them, reported the case to the authorities, and he was arrested and taken to Paris. The contents of the packages were analyzed, found to.be brick dust and harmless. Then Ralielais ex plained matters, and the king was highly amused by the ruse. In days gone by. few southern lawyers were more distinguished than Luther Martin, lie was one day riding to Annapolis in a stage coach, when his only companion a young man who had just been ad mitted to the bar addressing him said : "Mr. Martin, you have been won derfully successful in your profes sion. Are you. willing 1 3 acquaint me with the secret of your success ?" . "If you will pay my expenses during the few days that I shall re main in Annapolis." "I will," was the earnest response. "It is in this advice: Deny every thing ami insist upon proof." At Annapolis, Mr. Martin en joyed all the luxuries that a line hotel' could furnish, regardless of expense, and, when the time for his departure arriveel passed the "bill'' of enormous proportions to the young lawyer who was standing near. The latter merely glanced at it, and then returned it to Mr. Mar tin. "Aren't you. going to pay it?" Mr. Martin asked. . "Pay what ?" "This bill. Didn't you promise to defray my expenses while I was in Annapolis ?". "My dear 6ir," was the' quiet reply. "I deny everything and insist upon proof" The eminent lawyer paid his bill, and laughingly said to the young man: "You need no further counsel from nieJ" Golden Davs. tdmnion ttiiotHtioiiH. ' L '"Where ignorance is .bliss 'tis folly to be wise.". Gray,(Odeon Distant Prospects of Eton College) 2. "A thing of .beauty is a joy forcAer." Keats, (Endymion) . .-;3. "It's jin ill wind .that turns none to good." Tiros Ta-psoe, 1850.. 1. "God tempers the w ind to the shome lanio.". .. Hekx Est i ex nf, (a French writer, 1504. 5. "Handsome is as handsome : does Goldsmith, (Vieor of Wakefield. C. That cheer but. not inebriate. Conor-EK, (Winter Evening.) 7. Every tub must stand on its own bottom." John Runyan. 8. Cleanliness is next to godliness. , . John Wesley. 9. "They laugh that win." Shakespeare.. "t'olo Roam CUirk'u.'' "Memphis Avalanche. Here's ye' cole roas' chick'us! My friend, where did those chick ens come irem? ' : Is you from the Norf? Yes, I'm a Nothern man. Fren' of the colored man ? Yes, and always have been. Well, -den, jest say no mo bout I whar dese. ye. chick'ns come from here's yo' cole roas' c'' Judze CIn rite's ScnSoiire of diaries Armstrong. Charles Armstrong, colored, was tried at the Shelby court f ir bur glary, Confessed his crime, and was convicted. This is Judge Clarke's impressive sentence. Charles Armstrong:" You have been arranged for one of the highest crimes known to the law. You have been tried and convicted by an im partial jury of your countrymen for the crime of burglary, the penalty of which is death. You have had the advantage of able counsel, and all that skill and eloquence could do has been elonc in your defense.. You are now to suffer the sad conse quence's of your 'own wicked acts. You are. not a- stanger to ,the forms and penalties of law, havitfg already served a term for larceny in the State penitentiary a punishment that should have put you on your guard and deterred you from the further commission of crime. That punishment, iu'stead of being the means of your reformation, has seemed only to harden 3011. It be comes my solemn duty to pronounce upon you the sentence of the Court. You have appeared before an earthly judge for the last lime. The - next time you appear before a tribunal it will be to stand before the. judge of quick and dead, to whom the secrets of all hearts are known. .To' his mercy I most solemnly commend you. "There is a way which seemeth good unto a man the end' where of is death." "The wages e.f sin is death;' you have done tlu work and vou must receive the pay.- I should be unmindful of my whole duty if I did not admonish you in pronounc ing this sentence that there is left to you no hope of escape from the penalty of the law. Only pardon from the Governor of the Stale could save you, and from Executive cjem-eiu'-y yon are shut out by your own confession -of guHt, as well as by all the circumstances connected with crime'. Cease, I beg vou; to cherish any earthly hope. Henceforth the things of time anei sense concern you no more. Seek the mercy of Almighty God. Charles Armstrong, the Sentence of the Conrt is that yon be given into the custody of the Sheriff of Clevckii.d county for safe keeping, that you be subjected lo close confinement in the county jail until the 13th day of May, 1880, when between the hours of nine in the morning i.nd twelve at noon, yon l.e taken to the-place of common execution and there be hung by the neck tiiitil you are dead, dead, dead, and may God have mercy on your soul. Shelby Aurora. An ()iitr:e. Particulars of a shameful outrage are received from Haywood County. Milos Curtis, an inoffensive lad aged 10, was the other day found in an unconscious condition, with his ears both cut off close lo his he-ad. He said a man by the name of Palmer, aii illicit distiller, met him in the road, ami accused him of reporting him (Palmer) to revenue officers. Palmer was drunk and taking a raz or from his pocket told the boy -to dance or he would cut his cars off. Tile boy wa3 compelled to 'dance in the road until his strength faileel him anil he fell upon the grounel, whereupon Palmer stooped ""down and with his razor . cut both' cars smooth to the boy's head, lie then put the ears inlo the' boy's pocket and walked off. The boy says he crawled to a creek nearby during the night to quench his thirst.- He lay in the field from 1100:1 until the next morning when he was found. It is said he had lost too much blood to recover and will die. Palmer is in hiding find has not yet' been caught. There is much excitement among the people. By Stea::t Afrnss Siio Aiitlev. One of-the most remarkable en terprises of the period is the great railway over the gigantic chain of the Andes, rom Valparaiso and Santiago, Chili, to the city of Buenos Ay res. It is to Le a trans-con tinen t? al line, passing across South Amer ica, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, ocean, and will have a length of about one thousand mrlc-s. Its con structions is now proceeding, under the direction of engineers from the United States, w ho will be compelled to surmount tremendous difficulties interposed by nature. The chief of these-will be the passage of the Andes, which, between the Argen tine Confederation and Chili, rise to the Light of 20,000 feet, -and .rareiv fall below 15,000. The lincwiU'ako pass thro-.-gh much hostile Indian country, and ils buildeTs have before them an vndertaking even more difficult and dangerous than the construction of the Union and Central Pacific ra'lwavs. The or ll Carollun Exodus. The. Xew Orleans Times-Democrat coincieles with the opiuion re cently expressed by The News and Courier, that the North Carolina exodas gives to that State an excep tional and ei.via.ble opportunity to fcolve the Southern question for it self in a practical and highly satis factorily way, and adds: "Wo quite agree-with the News and Courier that if North Carolina can exchange its negro labor for white hands, if it-can get rid of 30,000' of them and have their places tilled by 30,000 white men, it will be richer, more prosperous and happier for it ! in every way. It is, unfortunately, ! toward the Gulf that these North Carolina negroes.are moving..--. That State is becoming white at the ex pense of Arkansas, , Mississippi and Louisiana. When the people down here see California booming ahead in consequence of this new immigra tion, they will awake to the fact that w hite settlers are far jnr re valuable additions to the population than im ported negro hands." , .The white people .of the Missis si ppi .Valley : are already, becoming uneasy at the prospect of having a large part of the .-negro popula tion of the Altlantic States,-transferred to.. the Southwestern States, and it may' be expected confidently that the movement in that direction will presently experience a check". There is no reason, however, why the exodus should not continue. The colored population is drifting west ward steadily, and the territory of the United States extends far be yond the Mississippi Iiiver. Louisi ana, Mississippi and Arkansas are mere resting places on the road. I here is room in Katisas-alone for thousands of confirmed colored Re 1'ublkaii.v, and millions can find huines between" the borders of that State and the Pacific. Sooner or later, the Mississippi and Louisiana exodus will follow the North Carolina exodus, and eventually the "race problem" will lie shifted from the Southern States to the prairie region where it will no longer be complicated by the is sues of the civil war. Our South western neighbors should welcome the rapidly coming guests and speed t hem 011 111 their westward way. News and Courier. Fur The Ladles. HUSK". Half a pound of sugar, three fourths of a lb of lloyr, half pint of veast, six eggs, half pint of milk, six ounces of butter. A fiOOI) CHEAP CAKE. Two eggs, one cup sugar, two cups of Hour, half cup of butte'r, half cup .of milk, one teaspoonfnl of cream of tarter, half teaspoonful of soda. " Cheap Fhuit Cake. One-half cup of butter, two cups of Hour, thee-fourths of'a cup of sugar, one half .cup of milk, less than one-half a cup of molasses, two eggs, one-half teaspoonful of., soda in molasses, to foam, one cup of chopped raisins, a little clove .and cinnamon. SCALLOPED-EGGS. ; v Roil eight eggs until they are hard ; let them get quite cold, but do not put them hi water to cool thorn; take them out of the shells ahd slice them ; butter a bakiug dish, and sprinkle cracker' crumbs over the bottom ; put on this a layer of egg, and over it sprinkle pepper, salt, lumps of butter, and a . few . table spoonfuls of cream ; add another layer of crumbs, then of the eggs and seasonings till all. are- used up Over all sprinkle cracker crumbs and ti little grated cheese. . Bake until rfc is a light brown and serve at once. . A I'l-eaU or XUir. Mr?! lolly News. Mr. William Cannon, of Mountain. Island neigh boi hood, is the proud possessor of a -chicken which has two heads', two tails, four wings and three ies. It is common, for such freaks cf nature to die shortly after they are born, but 'this little fellow, on the contrary, is lively and likely' to live. . A number of the curious have been to see the chicken. A gentle man who saw it says it is-.-quite !annisi"tos'ec the Tittle fellow scratch for bugs and worms "it stands-oil one foot and scratches with its other I two feet" 1 1 picks up its food with i. .1 ,111. :.,lfnrwwMlll D0U1 l,l,,s ' All tho teeth'of a certain scolding ladv being '-loose, she asked a physi cian the cause of it, who answered that it proceeded from the violent shocks she had given them with h(r tongue. - . WHOLE NO. 67. Sb Wanted Cold Facta. "Yes," said the young man, as he threw himself at the feet ol the pretty school teacher, "I love you and would go to the world's end for you." "You could nof go to the end of the world for me, James. The world, or the earth as it is called, is round like a ball, slightly flattened at the poles. One of the first les sons in the elementary geography is devoted to the ' shape of the globe. You -must have studied it when you were, a boy." "Of course I did, but "And it is no longer theory. Cir cumnavigators have established tho fact." "I know ; but. what I meant .was that I would do anything to please you. Ah ! Minerva, if you knew the aching yoid " "There is no such thing as a void, James. Nature abhors a vacuum; but admitting that there could be such a thing, how could the void you speak of be a void if there was an ache in it V'- "I meant to say that my life would be lonely without you; that you are my daily thought and my nightl dreams. 'I would tro anywhere to be with you. If yoa were in Australia or at the north pole I would fly to you." I " "Fly ! It will b another century before men can fly. Eren when the laws of gravitation are successfully overcome there will still remain, says a late scientific authority, the difficulty of man tain ing a balance " "Well, as all events," exclaimed the youth, "I've got a pretty fair balance in the savinge bank. I want you to be my wife. There V "Well, James, since you put it in that light, I" Let the curtain fall. The Devil's Dictionary. Atlanta Constitution Agriculture One of the arts of politics sometimes affected by farm, ers. Business A game of hide and seek. Christian Science The science of make-believe. Debt Ballast for empty vessels. Easy The way down hill. Fun A life preserver. Germany The land of the frau and the home of the beer. : Home Where marriage is not a failure. Independence A supernatural state. Jest High license with loose regulation. Knowledge One of the tools of power. Literature Fashionable reading matter. Monopoly Another man's some thing that you want. Nothing Talk without work or brass without brains. Opportunity When you have yonr eyes open. . Principle Pure gold good any where. QuarterSomething time never gives. L'ascal The man who gets ahead of you. SympathyA - cheap commodity which is hard to get' Truth Growth. Unknown Excellence without labor. Vast The room for improvement Wise The man who thinks for himself. . Xmas A redeeming 'Glaus. Yesterday What we got of to morrow.' Zeal Don't pay without know! edge. Jurisdletlca r Umgltrmfm. Charlotte News. Magistrates are given final juris diction in the following matters by the State Legislature at its last sei siom Abandonment of wife and children by husband; tailing to sup port family; neglect of duty by over seer of roads; peddling without li cense; hunting on Sunday; permit ting stock to run at large in stock law territory: misappropriation of money by impounder under the stock law; injuring fences or leaving open gates where stock is confined; tres passing npon lands of another with out permission ; wilful riding or driving horses over cultivated lands in stock law territory. The punish meut in the above mentioned cases is not to exceed a fine of fifty dollars or thirty days imprisonment Major Slaymake'r, postmaster of Lancaster, Ta has a cask of brandy for which Simon Cameron has of fered in vaiu $45 a gallon. The brandy was imported by the present owner's grandfather. The pi4e in which it came from France bears the custom-house marks of 1808, Bates f AdTcrtialmc t One square, one insertion, $160 One square, one month. t En- One square, two months, 2 00 One square, three months, 2 SO One square, six months, S 00 One square, one year, 1 00 DBRAIDIIM. Mrs. Harrison is in her 57th year. The cost of the Paris exposition will be $10,000,000. Lord Randolph Churchill is 40 years old, and looks 50. It costs $7 to protest a note in Los Angles against $1.33 in the Et: Cuban brigands have murdered a man whom they held for ' ,000 ransom. .' ' A black man has been overcoming all competitors in wrestling ", ranee. A new Buddhist temple, to cost upward of $3,000,000, is to be erected in Kioto. . Maud S. was 12 years old on March 29. She is given regular joggling exercise. Af ter all, life may be reduced to a "rule of three" eating, drinking and sleeping. Capt R. TJreck is the tallest man in Cororado. His hight is 7 feet and 7 inches. The richest man in Berlin rejoices in an annual income of 2,760,000 marks (11,190,000). . Count Herbert Bismarck talks of making a tour in America by way of a summer vacation. Emma Abbott's income from ' her rents is $75,000 a year, and her singing brings her $50,000. There are 3,500 watches manu factured in the United States daily, at a cost of fron $5 to $500 each. The fires, in London last year averaged about five a day a mate rial decrease compared with 1887.. The lighting of the Hoosac tunnel by electricity makes the track visi ble, when there is no fog,' a mile ahead of a train. When Cleveland travelled or took an outiug he paid his own way. Harrison junkets at somebody else's expense, it is said, . . ) 1 The city, of Damascus, the oldest in the world, has one - hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, , but has neither gas or street cars. . . The head of a prominent flour mill estimates California's wheat crop this year at 2,000,000 tons, or double the product of 1888. The highest value placed upon all the minerals mined, in the United States in any one year is five hundred and fifty-eight million dollars. Mr. T. C. Hemphill has been elected managing editor of the News and Courier. Mr. Hemphill has long been connected with the paper. A New York policeman has been ordered to appear before the com missioners on a charge of dancing a cau-can on the open streets while on duty. A new fruit has been discovered in soutnern California, it looks like the fruit of the pear tree, but the pulp is soft and pasty, tasting like claret . A. solid bed of alum, forty feet thick and a mile long, has been die covered in British Columbia. There's enough to packer the mouths of the whole world. A prominent citizen of Osage City, la,, hearing that there were tramps in town, nailed down his. windows and went to bed leaving the front door unlocked, A case .containing representations of every president of the United States in meershaum has just been completed, and will be sent to the Paris exhibition. A small leasehold property in Worcestershire, England, is . an nounced for sale by auction, held "for the -residue of term of 2,000 years created in the year leOO." Coney Island is fast being washed away by the sea. Those wh have enjoyed themselves there will regret to learn that the old resort is in danger of being totally destroyed. Senator Mars ton, of New , Hamp shirewho succeeds Senator Chan dler, is, next to Senator Morrill, the oldest member of the Senate, being 78 years of age. Senator Morrill is 79. '"' - A silver bell has been hang in a tower in the Tillage of Borki, where the railroad accident to the czar's train happened, and it will be tolled every day at the hoar . of the acci dent . Gold is worth about $240 per pound, troy; platinum, $130, and silver about $12. Nickle would be quoted at about 60 cents, and pure aluminnm $8 to $9 to the troy pound. Mrs. Folk, now 85 years old, wears black kid gloves all day and walks with a gold-headed cane." She never leaves Nashville nor goes auy where in town, except to church on Sunday.