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, - i THE ST & H P ARj il nn THE STANDARD. frnr WHY ttTTST ADY TERMS! ONE YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE, SIX MONTHS, $1 25 .75 W.f l. MOXTC.OMERV. J- t CBOWELL. Montgomery & Crowell, Attorneys and Counsellors at lan; Concord, ,V C As partners, will practice law in Cabarrus, Stanly and adjoining counties, in the Su perior and Supreme Court of the State, and in the Federal Court. Office on Depot Street. NSURE YOUR PROPERTY. A sains t loss or damage by fire, with. J. W. Burkhead, Ag't. For the Pbenix Insurance Co., of Brooklyn: Continental Insurance, of New ork; Insurance Co. of North America. Philadelphia, and the North Carolina Home Insurance Co. All srood Companies. Lowest Possible Rates Giyex. Insurance taken in any part of the County. CoscorH Female ktbj, The next session of this Institu tion opens Monday, An sr. 13th.. 1S8S. Having secured the services of competent teachers, the Princi pals oiler to the community the advantages of a first class school, and ask a continuance of the same patronasre so liberally riven in the past. Tuition in Literary Depart ments 1.50 to 3.50. Music $3.00 to St. 00. For further information ap ply to Misses Bessest. & Fetzf.r Principals. 1) acc (111 -)0(- Ilaving moved into the com modious building lately occupied by W. C. J. Caton, onCaton's corner, OHAS. A. COOK is now prepared to furnish GROCERIES AT VERY LOW PRICES. MY STOCK IS FRESH AND NEW! and the trade WILL FIND IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE to call and see me before buy inr anywhere else. Very respectfully, CIIAS. A. COOK. AT THE LEADING I Jhavc just received another lot of the most elegant )1) mv 111 i mil i EVEH BROUGHT TO CONCORD. I have a beautiful and endless variety ot TKIMMKD & UNTKIMMED H - A - T - S FOR LAUIKS, MISSES & CHILDREN. Also a moit handsome line of hwm, Tips, Rite, -AND- TrimminP! Material which will be o lie red at a SMALL ADVANCE ON COST I STUIYE TO PLEASE ALL, AND ONLY ASK A FAIL' TRIAL. jfcsyl also have a beautiful assort ment of LACE CAPS and BON- N ETS FO R CHILDREN. Respectfully, ik j. ii. m Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtain ed, and all Patent business conduct ed for moderate fees. Our office is opposite the U. S. Pa tent Office and we can secure patent in less time than thote remote from Washinton. Send model, drawing or photo., with description. We advise if pa tentable or not, free of charge. Our fen not duo until patent secur ed. A pamphlet, "How to Obtain Pa tents,'' with nair.e actual clients in your State, county, or town, sent free. Address, C. A. SNOW & CO. Opposite Patent Oflice, Washing ton, 1). C. l Ji i - - f KKTISINCf MEDIUM. EnnAin ft nil '(U'llliliWIH MILLINER TORE IV VOL. II.N0.18. POETRY. Her Laugh-In Fonr nit. Washington Post. At 10 a blithesome little maid, Restrained by naught but nature's law, Went roaming o'er the glassy glade And laughed a merry Haw Haw Haw. At 20 she was bright and fair; But now, restrained bv fair mamma, She only tossed her golden hair , And laughed a rippling Ha Ha Ha. At 30 she was more sedate, And, still from wedded bondage free, She aid her time was growing late, And laughed a yearning He He He. At 40 she despaired of joy, For none had eome her heart to woo. She sighed for either man or boy, And laughed a doleful - Who Who Who. M m i She Tried to Scream. TERKI1U.E MENTAL TORTURE OF A Y0UXO WOMAN ABOUT TO BE BURIEP ALIVE. Courier Journal. 1 St. Louis, May 3. An afternoon paper prints a sensational story of a remarkable case of catalepsis report ed from South St. Louis, the name being suppressed for the alleged reason that the victim is so weak that the excitement certain to be aroused by a knowledge of her identity, and consequent calls by curious neigh bors, would be fatal. The story is to the effect that a married woman, twenty-live years of age, was in her coflin, and alout to be taken out for burial, when her husband saw her move ordered her taken out of the coflin at once and called two physi cians, who, after an examination, pronounced life not extinct, and be gan a process of resuscitation. Their efforts were successful and the woman was in a short time brought back to consciousness. This story was ob tained from her sister, a young mar ried woman, who lives at 721 South Fourth street. The sister related the following facts in connection with the strange case: '-Last Monday my sister, who had been sick for but a few days, died, as far as we could see, and the attending physician pronounced her dead, and Iter husband proceeded to make arrangements for the funeral. A coffin was secured, and when the supposed corpse was dressed it was laid in the coilin. The intention was to have the funeral Tuesday after noon, menus oi tne iamiiv visiteu the house, and mourned over the body from which the spirit had, it was believed, departed. On luesday afternoon, a short time before the closing of the coffin was to have taken place, my brother-in-law was standing beside the bier looking on the face of his wife, when his little boy came into the room and said: 'I want to look at mamma.' Just then the arm of my sister moved. The husband saw it and was natural! v very much startled, those in the room manner of what he lie informed in an excited had seen, and my sister was at once taken from the coffin and placed on a bed and two phvsicians summoned. They placed a glass in front of her face, and all could at once per ceive the signs of breath upon it. They began to work with her, and after a short while more positive sisrns of life bejran to appear. She got better all the time until finally she became conscious. The most terrible feature about it all is that she knew perfectly everything. When she was being dressed for burial, slw realized what was being done and tried her best to show signs of life, but could not do so. When she was placed in the coffin, an awful feeling of what was to be her doom came over her, she says, and she tried to scream, and thought that she suc ceeded, but, of course, she did not. When she came to and related to us an account of the mental torture she had experienced during the time her trance lasted, she said: "Where were you when I screamed ?" We told her she did not scream, or we should have heard her. "Well," she said, " I tried to scream often, and thought that once I succeeded in emitting a shriek." When she was lying in the coffin she tried to move, until her little child, came running into the room and asked to look at her. Then her a:m cramped and her husband, who was standing by the coffin, fortunate ly happened to see it. Had he not she would certainly have been bu ried alive. The story was further corroborated by A. 11 art wig, a grocer, wno saia he saw the gi'l who told the story, dressed in black and crying, going by his store Monday, and when his wife asked her what the matter was she said her sister was dead, and she was coin" to the funeral. She after wards told them the story of her sister brought back to life. All efforts to ascertain the name of the woman who came so near being buried alive, or the names of the physicians in attendance, have thus tar failed. An amusing misadventure hap pened the other day to a well known artist in Paris. He had purchased an old helmet in a bnc-a-braee shop, and when he got home the idea oc currcd to try it on. It went on easily enough, but when he wanted to take it off he found it impossible to do so. Finally he was forced to go to a neighboring gunsmith's to have it removed. His appearance on tho street wearing this mediaeval relic produced a decided sensation. HE A Crank In Charge. THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR TAKEJf POSSESSION OF BY A LUNATIC. Louisville Courier-Journal. Washington May 1. Special. A nervous-looking man walked into the office of the Secretary of "War this morning, and approaching the big desk, said to Mr. Haunan who was standing by : "Is this the Sec retary of War's desk ?" "It is, and this is the acting Sec retary of War," replied Mr. Hannan, pointing to Gen. Benet. "Well, I guess not," replied the stranger. " I have a commission from G rover Cleveland as Secretary of War, and I am here to take my office." Gen. Benet and Mr. Hannan ex changed glances, and then rapidly sized up their visitor. "Ah, indeed," said Gen,. Benet, "you are our new Secretary. Well, Mr. Hennan, suppose you show the Secretary over the building." " Not much ; I don't want to see the building. Have not got time. Must go to work." Then Chief Clerk Tweedle was asked if he would step in from the next room and be introduced to the " Secretary." " Have you a commission ?" asked the Chief Clerk. " No, it was verbal from G rover Cleveland." " Well, there is a cabinet meeting over at the White House," said Mr. Tweedle, and pulling out his watch, "it's time you were over there now." " Well, I'm not going. They can just come over here if they want to ses me," emphatically announced Mr. Secretary. " By the way, Tweedle, you have been Chief Clerk here several years ?" "Yes." "Well, I wish you would have mv mail sent up right away and always see that I get it promptly." " The mail is a little late to-day, but will be along after awhile." "Who is vour a pointnient Clerk Mr.Tweedle ?" asked the "Secretary." " We have none." " You will appoint Mr. Washing ton Tappen Appointment Clerk at once ; and here, appoint these clerks, too," and he pulled out a long list of names aud handed it to Mr. Tweedale. Several ineffectual at tempts were made to induce the in truder to retire, but they were all in effectual until the arrival of Sergeant Trunnell, of tlie police force, and a file of men, who had been telephoned for. "Stand back," cried the Secretary, as he saw the officers approach, and he added: "Put that man under arrest, pointing to the Chief Clerk. After some parleying he was induced to go with the Sergeant, and was led away to the station- house. lie was indentified as a crazy man named Baker, who had taken charge of the police headquarters a few days ago in a similar informal way. Sea Birds Still theTronbleil Seas. New York Tribune. "Oil on troubled waters" has prov ed to be so efficacious in smoothing rough seas, that mariners have begun to provide their ships with cans of fish oil and oak am bags to be used in times of great storms against the bufteting of the wares.. Science might have learned lessons from Dame Nature centuries ago, and uti lized oil for the safety of all men who "go down to the sea in ships." Lieut. Gibbons, of the navy, referring to the use of oil at sea, said a few days ago : "To close observers of sea birds in their own element during bad weather it must have been shown that however rough the ocean may be where there are birds restiug on the sea there is scarcely a ripple to disturb them. All fish-eating birds, cape- pigeone, petrels, etc., eject oil from the mouth when captured; and doubtless they Adopt a similar expe dient to aid them, in stilling the waves when searching for food in the sea. In the South Atlantic and the South Pacific oceans I have frequent ly witnessed sea-birds floating in spaces of seemingly quiet waters, when the sea around was rough. The unusual smoothness in the water where the birds floated was evidently induced by the quantities of oil de posited by them upon the water, either voluntarily or involuntarily. A "Fainter" Let Cio. Every sailor has his story of the mistakeswhich "landlubbers" make over the names of things at sea, which always seem to be exactly the opposite of what they arc on land. A sheet, for instance, instead of be ing something broad like a sheet of cloth or a sheet of water, is nothing but a rope. A new boy had come on board a West India ship, upon which a paint er had also been employed to paint the ship's side. The painter was at work upon a stage suspended under the ship's stern. The captain, who had just got into a boat alongside, called out to the new boy who stood leauing over the rail : "Let go the painter !" Everybody should know that a boat's painter is the rope which makes it fast, but this boy did not know it. He ran aft and let go the ropes by "which the painter's stage was held. Meantime the captain wearied with waiting to be cast off. "You rascal !" he called, "why dont you let go the painter ?" "He's gone, sir,' said the boy, brisk ly; "he's gone pots, brushes and all." CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1889., Thomas Scay. Hon. Thomas Seay, the present incumbent of the gubernatorial chair of Alabama, who was recently unan imously re-elected, first saw the light of day on the 20th of November, 184G, in Green county, Alabama, and is consequently just forty-two years old. He obtained his primary edu cation in the schools of his native county, and after serving as a private in the Confederate army, completed his studies at the Southern Univer sity at Greensboro, Ala., from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1867. Subsequently he com menced the study of law, and being admitted to the bar hy the Supreme Court of the State in the year 1800, has pursued his profession with suc cess. In 1874, at a time when the Thirty-second Senatorial district of Alabama was overwhelmingly Ke pnblican, he was nominated by the Democrats to lead a forlorn hope against their triumphant opponents, lie was defeated in the contest, but increased the Democratic vote con siderably. Two years later, in 180, he was again nominated by the De mocratic party, and Avas elected bv a large majority. Since then he has continually served the State as a Senator without opposition until 1880, when he was elected Governor of Alabama. Mr. Suay was a member of the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati in 1S80. which nominated General Hancock, and has been prominent in the party conventions of the State. In l8o he was. by the appointment of Gov. Edward A. O'Neal, called to the bench of the Supreme Court, which, as consti tuted, was incompetent to try a dis tinction which his learning and his extensive practice justified before tho profession. In 1SU he was nom inated for governor, and in 188 lie was unanimously nominated for the same office on the Democratic ticket. His nominations were equivalent to election, as there was no opposition at the polls. . . 1'lillKN. Plants have no nerves. The notion that they can be stimulated as men and animals can does not apply. They can only feed, aud this probably exclusively through roots imbedded in the soil. So what is nit ant by a stimulating manure is one where plart food is made soluble and easily Xaken up by the roots cf plants. But there is something that looks like stimulation in the application of quick-acting manures in contact with the seed. This gives the young plant receiving such a benefit a start that enables it to push its roots beyond what it would otherwise do. If the fertilizer attachment to one tube of the drill becomes clogged, as it sometimes will, the grain sown in this row not only looks poorer, but is poorer than the soil should naturally of itself produce. The stronger grain has invaded the domain of the weaker and robbed it of the little it had, besides occupying the ground to the exclusion of the space its roots should have tilled. IlllillCd liy A I'MI'l'Ot. Oar Little Hoys and Girls. Mr. Brown had a '-bird dog" a very handsome young hunter and I must tell you how he was spoiled from hunting. It Avas so funny a circumstance that Ills master always laughed Avhen he told the story, al though he Avas much vexed to lose so good a game dog. His house keeper had a parrot given to her, and the first time the dog came info the room where the bird Avas he stopped and "pointed." The parrot slowly crossed the room and came up in front of the dog and looked him square in the eye, and then, after a moment, siful ; "You're a rascal !" The dog was so much astonished to hear a bird speak that he dropped his tail between his legs, wheeled about and ran aAvay, and from that day to this he has never been known to "point" at a bird. More I.iiimI, I.osh Mule Wilmington Star. A friend overheard the folloAving conversation between two darkies on their Aay from the Sound. One Avas an eld fellow, the other a young,, half inclined exoduster: "Uncle Jim, let's go ter dat new Lokohomer country, whay de gub ment gibs yer er hundred and six teen acres o' lan' fcr nothin'." " How many mules does dey say ?" " Don't say nothin' 'bout mules." "Aiut gAvine. Dey oavcs me forty acres an' er yaller mule now, an' I need dat mnle, too.". "But dis is diffrnnt. Dey aint nuthin' sed 'bout 't all, an' hits mo'n er hundred acres o' lan', an' you talkin' bout forty !" 1'Same t'ing, I tell yer, boy. Mo' lan' less mule. I aint gAvine, I tell you." - The Duke's Iiog. All the Year Round.! The Due d'Enghein had a spaniel Avhich passionately lamented over his death, and Ave AYonder if Napo leon suffered any qualm of remorse when he read of it fiercely bemoan ing its master's untimely fate in the moat at Vincenncs. At the first halt the Hue d'Enghien's abductors made, their prisoner requested them to send back to Etteuheim for his "dog aud his clothes." He did Avell to ask for his dog, for at Strasburg Na poleon had ordered that his friends and servants Avere to leave him. His dog,' however, since it lacked "the divine poAver to speak words," was net included in the order. In the brief days of life which remained to him, this speechless friend was his only companion, went with him a prisioner to Paris, and entered Vin cents at his heels. On his arrival there h3 was depressed", and -his dog sidled up to him, and Lamartine says: " The spaniel which he had kept at his side the whole route, rested his head on his master's knee." The dog beguiled him out of dark thoughts of his doleful prospects, his spirits rose, and he left the win dow, out of which he had been disconsolately staring, and called his dog to share his supper with him. The faithful creature was on guard beside him, when, one midnight, he was aroused from his sleep to appear before his judges. The duke, sure of innocence, Avent to the mockery of a trial, with sanguine hopes of bis speedy release. He did not know that during his trial his grave was being dug. After leaving the judg ment hall the prisoner, still unsus picious of the haste to fulfill the sentence from which he expected a pardon, Avas talking to Lieutenant Noirct, a soldier Avho had knoAvn his grandfather, the Prince of Conde. A historian says "he played with his dog'' Avhile chatting gayly to the soldier. The poor beast had been ill at ease, for some subtle instinct Avarned it that there was danger afoot. Its dull spirits were raised by its master's assurance; but it Avas short-liA-ed contentment, for the duke and his dumb friend Avere soon parted bv death. The prisoner Avas ordered to follow the commander down a dark some stuirwav, which led into the nioat. The duke hesitated; but the dog, as usual, followed without question at his master's heels. The duk?, Avhcn he readied the trench, rialized the truth, lie cut a lock of his hair; gave it and a ring to Noirct, to send to his betrothed, Princess Charlotte de Kohan. As -5 o'clock struck, the soldiers tired, and Napoleon's young victim fell. The spaniel, in the dim light for it was a gloomy March morning, and the moat wa lit by a solitary lan tern had not seen its master's face, and Avas unaware of his evil fate till it saw him dead. Ia vain it fawned upon him, avLo, but a few minutes previously, hud stroked and com mended ids pleased favorite. ItAvas with difficulty that the poor animal could 1 e torn from the spot and given to one of t he Prince's servants who took him to the Princess Char lotte. K3 C iifelenle Veterans Ao.-intioii. At the reunion of the Confederate Veterans October 10th, 1889, at the Fair Grounds, near Concord, Col. Paul B. Means explained the object of the meeting- viz. : That of per petuating the Confederate Veteran Association of Cabarrus county. Tho association was permanently organized with George E. ltitchie, president, and J- F- AVilleford, sec retary and treasurer Gen. Bufus Bai ringer was uani mously elected an honorary member of the association. The following resolutions were then adopted : Resolved, 1st. Tbat the president lias full power to call the association together when necessary. 2d. That the secretary be requested to collect and enroll the names of all veter ans in Cabarrus not yet enrolled and cuter Iheni according to regiment and company and publish said enrollment. 3d. That all soldiers resident of other counties Avho apply for membership be enrolled on a seperate roll by the secre tary. 4ih. That this association meet yearly, and the time of meeting to be the first Tuesday in September, 18S9. 5th. That the thanks of this association i tendered K. F. Rogers for his splendid Aveleome address. Gth. That Gen. Kufusl'ai ringer has the thanks of this body for his address, and for the lively interest he has taken in this organization. 7th. That each company here repre sented form themselves into a company organization, and that the secretary of each report tl;c full enrollment to the secretary of the county association. bth. That thanks be tendered to the ladies who have so willingly and liberally aiding in making this, our first reunion, a day long to be remembered. 0th. That the contributions to this as sociation be made a permanent fund for its perpetuation. 10th. That each company organization be urged to secure for the permanent fund all the contributions possible, and tufn them over to the treasurer of this association to be accounted for at each yearly meeting. 11th. That the Committee on Consti tution and Bylaws be continued and re port at the next 3-carly meeting. On motion the association ad journed to meet on the first Tuesday in September, 18S9. George E. Eitchie, President. J. F. Wiixefobd, Sec'y and Treas. The Shotwell Monument. We present to our readers a cut of the beautiful monument erected by the people of North Carolina in memory of the late Randolph A. SiroTWEi.L, so well known as the editor of the Farmer and Mechanic, after Avards the State Chronicle. This monument is the workmanship of Mr. Charles A. Goodwin, of Baleigh, N. C, and marks the last resting-place of the brave patriot and soldier in the cemetery at Baleigh. "We are indebted to Mr. Josephus Daniels, of the State Chronicle, for his kindness in lending us the cut. An Historical Incident Repented. The Southern troops Avere in a high state of pleasure this morning over the march of yesterday, and the way they Avere received. They felt very proud and grateful for the enthusiasm over them. The South Carolina regiment in particular was wild Avith joy. They were still laughing over an incident in the parade. As they were passing up Fifth avenue w ith the Governor of the State at the head, fiften men standing along the curb raised mugs of beer in their hands. One of them said, " What did the Governor of North Carolina sav to the Governor of South Carolina?" All then sol emnly drank the beer. The crowd cheered and every body laughed. This was but one specimen of the great humor which prevailed, and Avhich all thinking men are rejoic ing over. Xcav York Evening Tost. Ilf Got n lrink. Detroit Free Press. "I was at my office at an unusually late hour a feAv days ago," said a Detroit insurance man yesterday, "and Avhen I started doAvn stairs I had a large bottle of ink in my hand to carry home. On the loAver stairs I encountered a suspicious-looking chap, Avho said : '"See here, partner, I Avant enough to get a night's lodging.' " 'I have no money,' I replied. " ' Then give me a drink.' "I handed out the .bottle, and he seized it and carried it to his lips and took a long pull. When t hrcugh he handed it back with the remark : "'You may be a blamed good judge of cigars, colonel, but I'll be hanged if I admire your taste on whiskey ! ' " He SAvalloAved that writing fluid just as you would swallow beer, and thought he didn't exactly like the taste he went off smacking his lips. I looked in the papers this morning for a "found dead," but not a case was stated. It may have even im proved the state of his health." The Sunday World. Were it not for our familiarity with the marvelous, in the material things of the present day, the New York World of Sunday would be pronounced one of the greatest won ders of the age. The paper came oiit in a forty page form, and print ed 272,890 copies. This was 11, 918,000 pages of printed matter. The Avhole of the mechanical work was done in less than twelve hours, and the forty page paper canre through the presses at the ,rate of 2,188 copies a minute. There Avas consumed 172,480 pounds of white paper. There were 1G9 columns of advertising, of 0,023 separate adA'er tisements." All this is unprece dented in the Avhole history of typo graphic art. It is one of the greatest accomplishments of combined skill, muscular exertion, mechanical con trivance and the application of in tellect and learning, in all the annals of the world Ave live in. Messenger Koine Other Man. He entered a saloon on Monroe avenue with his hat on his ear and his coat on his arm, and flinging the garment on a table he shouted : "Is the man here who said he could pulverize me in two minutes?" "He is," replied an individual Avho was just wipin off his chin. "Are you the man ?" "I am." "And you said it?" "I did." "And you Av.m't take it back ?" "No, sir!" "Well, let's have some more beer. The boys said you were an old man Avith one arm, and I didn't propose to take sass from any such person. Drink hearty, my friend." Detroit Free Press. WHOLE NO. 70. mm Labor Lost Detroit Free Press. Old fanner(saunteriug into a large dry goods store bearing a well-filled two-bushel bag on his shoulder) "Say, young feller, is this whar they buy cat's tails?" Clerk "Cat's tails ?" "Yas, cat's tails." "Great Scott, man, what do you mean ?" "Mean ? Why, I mean jest whut I say. Do yer buy 'em ?" "Certainly not. I never heard of anybody buying such things." "Never, eh?" "Of course not." "Wal, thar's somethin' quare erbout it then. Why, er leetle while back ther ole 'omau read in er paper Avhar it wuz writ down thet cat tails avuz in big deman' an' that city folks paid fer 'em far ornamintin' poppo sos. Then I fell ter thinkin' on it, an' it come ter me thet es ther wuz er poAver o' cats erround, I could jest es easy turn er feAV honest dimes es not, an' ercodin' I went ter work an' gethered up that air bag full ov 'em, an' they're monstrous fine 'uns, too. Yer shore they don't buy 'em air yer ?" "Yes. But I think I understand Avhere you missed it. The cat tails referred to by the papers are a spe cies of slough grass." 'I ley? An' it didn't mean rale shore 'nuff cat tails er tall ? "No." "Wal, ef that don't jest nashuly stump my taters. Why, say, I've put in er whole month gittin' them air, an' I've cut ther tail offen every cat fer ten mile erround. Say, I bet yer never seed sich er lot 0' bobtail cats sence you war born es thar is up whar I lhc" Chunks of Wisdom. New York Press. The journalist prepares s leader; the newspaper man writes an edi torial. The journalist has the most dig nity; the newspaper man has the most gall. One aspires to advise statesmen, enlighten cabinets and instruct Senates, Avhereas the other aims to print the news, draw little morals aud make some money. The journalist has a great head on him, but the neAvspaper man has got a bushel or horse sense. The journalist is half a philoso pher and half a bore, but the news paper man is half an adventurer and half a . patriot, who knows a good thing when he sees it and wants the exclush-e right to publish it in one regular and four extra editions. The journalist hates slang, and the neAvspaper man thanks God and the gamins Avhen he gets into a new phase. The journalist understands the situation in Europe, but the news paper man knows lots about the Uni ted States and how New York is going to go next election. The journalist has a classical edu cation, but the neAvspaper man can write a four-line head in four minutes and make the Hues fit the type. The intelligent compositor says the journalist is a "chum," "a dude," "a ham" and the "nepheAV of the proprietor," but the newspaper man he feareth and envieth. The journalist turns loose many lucubrations, but the newspaperman says one murder is worth two em bezzlements and a divoree suit is fatter than a sermon. When the journalist dies the newspaper man pays his funeral expenses. Xev wonders are being unearthed every day, and a neAv and rare one has just turned up in Paris in the shape of a fine bust of Mme. de Stael by Canova. It was found in a second hand shop, where it had lain for years, submerged under rubbish, with its value all unguessed. Bates of Advertising:: $100 1C0 2 00 2 SO S00 900 One square one month. One square, two months, three months, six months, one year. One square, 0ne One square, ODDS AXD EXDS. Railroad earnings are increasing. England has 500,000 velocipedists. A new Atlantic cable is proposed. The dog tax adds $30,000 a year to Connecticut's Treasury. The biggest mine in the world is under the Aspan Mountain, Col. The tax books show that the as sessed valuation of real estate in New York city i3 $1,302,818,879, and of personal property the valua tion is placed at $250,628,552. The national debt of France is $5,000,000,000, the largest in the world. The interest on it is about $204,000,000 a year, about $15 per capita of the French population. Miss Alice Hogaboon, of Vermont, who was married to Alfred Thomp son in Boston the other day, weighed 650 pounds. The husband, on the other hand, is a little fellow weigh ing only ninety pounds. The statement is made that in the States between the Mississippi river and the Rocky mountains there is an average of one saloon to every forty three voters. East of the Mississippi the average is one saloon to 107 voters. A gentleman in Columbus, (!a., has a razor which has been in con stant use 104 years. It bears a close resemblance to a broad ax, but does good service yet, and may cut many a whisker before it is finally laid away among the relics of bygone days or used for trimming corns. A Nw bnt Effective Way of KIIIIAk Llee. Wadesboro Messerger. A lady living in Montgomery couuty had a cow that Avas greatly afflicted with lice, and being desirous of getting rid of them she recently applied to a neighbor for a remedy, and was told to thoroughly saturate the coav with kerosene oil and set fire to it, being assured that this was the most effective cure for lice known to science. The owner of the cow returned home and proceeded to give this remedy a thorough test. She gt her oil can and poured the keio sene all over the coav, and then ap plied the match. Result: baked cow and a barn aud hay stack nearly consumed by fire. The cow, though badly burned, was not killed, and at last account AAas doing as well as could be expected under the circum stances. A Fig-are Passie. The following is a very curious puzzle. Try it, all of you : Open a book at random and select a word within the first ten lines, and within the tenth word from the end of the line. Mark the word. Now doubla the number of the page aud multiply the sum by 5. Then add 20. Then add the number of the line you have selected. Then add 5. Multiply the sum by 10. Add the number of the Arord in the line. From this subtract 250, and the remainder will iudicate in the unit column the number of the word ; in the ten column the num ber of the line, and the remaining figures the number of the page. Philadelphia Times. " A Monte Crist t Paris. Brilliant novelists and dramatists would undoubtedly find a subject Avorthy of study and description in the person of the Duke of Mondelfi, an opulent member of the important Russian colony in Paris. The duke leads a life which resembles to a certain extent that of one of those Roman emperors or oriental poten tates described by picturesque his torians. He lives in a splendid ho tel in the Avenue de Bois de Bou logne with his mother, Princess Wononzoff. who was sister of Prince Nicolas Troubetzkoi and a member of the household of the czar before her lawsuit with her nephew, Count Woronzoff, one of the Emperor Al exander's court marshals. The Duke of Mondelfi is reputed to have 80, 000 a year, most of which he mana ges to spend in a magnificent man ner. He never goes to bed until daylight does appear, and he gener ally gets up at 3 o'clock in the after noon. After a meal and extended at full length on a sumptuous divan, he receives his friends and visitors, his mother, the princess, being pres ent at the levee. On these occasions the duke wears either a superb dress ing gown in ivory colored plush, lined with satin of the hue of the perch, and garnished with silver braiding and ornamented with jewels, or an ample jacket of heliotrope velvet braided with gold and clasped to gether with ducal coronets studded with brilliants. While conversing with his visitors the host, it is said, toys with precious stones and dia monds of rare value, but 1 npolished and uncut. In the intervals of con versation a band of Neapolitan sing ers warble the melodious airs of sunny Italy, and these are succeeded by Tizigane musicians who make the ducal halls ring with their native wild and diabolical strains. After each musical performance the leader of the band approaches the divan, kisse3 the hand of the most noble master of the house and receives hia orders for the next morceau of de moniac music. Later in the evening the duke repairs to a splendid cafe on the Boulevards, where he dinea with his friends and listens once more to the fiddlers, to whom he distributes bountiful largesse in the shape of fistfuh of louis, while hia guests quaff liberal bumpers of sparkling champagne in his honor. -London Telegraph. bi 01 au YeriiNii One square, one insertion nn 11. m A-5 1 7 1 f:. Hi ft r