mum
LAlUiKST PAPER
! t -HUSHED IN CONCORD.
l(, MAINS MOKE READING
M All KK Til AX ANY OTHER
' I'AlT.K IN THIS SECTION.
K1UTORS' TlllPOD.
i iori.r. asi RiBJKrrs, as sees
m talked AIHUT IX OIK
l II tMil.S. iI'.T ADDITIONAL
AitTr.BliNl.Mi.
1 IlintKolT Out of Dancrr, the
l.iiiior Hnk Nome Commrnu
mxt Observations.
liil Hill gaiu any votes by Sou Ul
tra trips ?
iu:iv has furnished Mahone with
We. '00.
Will it be Clevelaud or Hill in
1'
Cotulness ! Where's my son Oliver?
Like t hoar from him.
!!.
:i 1; r.ere is a period of trusts, but
ncre is a painful scarcity of that
i-i-iiuiue trust.
That's a big compliment paid Col.
1.. 1.. Polk by the Atlanta Exposi
tion. Came for him in a special
U is thought that Harrison will
rU"iniiK'iHl the repeal of the tobacco
tux. Wouldn't that be surprising
if he did ?
A young fellow in Kansas City
petitioned the court to change his
!.;tn.e because his ''father disgraced
A national official has been re
tr.iival on account of his ''being too
i;:l'ieious." The Harrison gang
can't c u dure waiting.
Miiio's governor is laid up with
j.-riu'iiiiia" this is probably a dis-c....-
i-.iusi'd by the too extensive use
ct Ui venomous tongue(?).
IlMi;;es that have three or four
r.;a:'. :;ivble girls 'sustain considera
te increased expenses these dark,
tyld niirhts.
I X. Ingram, of Australian fame
:r.,l i.;.:ve of this county, writes
frwn Ualtiniore to the Charlotte
Xv-.s protesting against locating the
Apaiik- Iuli.tus in Western North
C.i:v.:::.a.
TV. u-w two-cent stamp will be
li.a'.'.cr. uijI red in color. This will
! t of licking, but the red
c!r veins rather "tacky," but
1 Wanamaker likes consistency.
(: '.:!! suit the complexion of some
't' !; bloody-shirt mouth-pieces
V-'i'e V.'ell t00.
Vi hat mighty results are attained
v :!. capability of the human
ti:i .1 ! The new scheme of the elec-
aiis proposes to move trains at
tat- rate of 173 miles per hour.
The Fay tteville Observer is pretty
j h.t.din this: "The most vivid
u;. 1 startling illustration we heard
: the devil quoting scripture is Ex-('"-.
Ilolden writing on the second
coining of Christ."
The only sign of solemnity that
Alexander showed when sen-
t:'.iCe of death was passed upon him
hi-t Saturday in Charlotte, was a
ti;";t vigorous emptying of an accu
inflated quantity of tobacco juice
V'.irt. .-d out to the distance of two
yar ls. He's game.
1 he North Carolina Teacher for
1 -'(:..! -r, contains two chapters of
'lie- scries of articles to be written on
the European trip. These chapters
t'-il of tiie secretary's efforts in get-t;!i-r
up the excursions, and a too
V:v''i description of the vomiting
t:-'t was indulged in.
I !: milk trust ! What an enter-
1:' - . This thing may work hanu-
S'n:. !v where water costs a good
,;' ah hut the rural districts can
'''k the spots out of the concern
f as water flows abundantly
1! 'iir streams and chalk is cheap.
1 he New York Tribunp, in speak
1 ' f the movement in North Car
0i: ri;i t' provide for a soldiers' home
a;,-: '-This is a charity in which
'v'iv f'liion man, soldier or citizen
vv 'i heartily sympathize."
' 11 ""e seems to be a growing ten
,"1 y to speak of the leading char-utti.-rs,
in cliurch and state, as self
ma !e men." This thing is a hobbey
lll''t won't stand long for the stu
ljlMs of persons now figuring in
l"!jii'- affairs, while "self-made,"
r-iiv ,;ne cheated themselves unmer
tifuliv. 1 " -( h irlotte Chronicle, in a few
n.iig remarks upon the signing
"f death warrant of the green
hi"-""t stamp, says: "Farewell
J'' tl"- beauty lost ! Farewell to the
"v,,y green stamp! The melan
f'!"'1y 'lays have come."
; '.' brother, do you think Mr.
sell the "red uns" any
' "i-"- by the hundred ?
YOL. II. NO. 41.
POETRY.
MY Al'TfMX.
Once there was a Spring for me.
When sho was here;
With morning song for melody.
ind blooming eyes for flowers,
nd golden smiles for sunny hours;
The sky was happy-toned with love;
Twas April chant around above,
When she was here.
The summer came with fevered hand
When she was here;
Her cheek was by a hot wind fanned,
And her ejes went out of bloom,
And clouded hours died in gloom.
She waked not to her baby's ciy,
Dark lashes o'er-swept tired eye,
She was not here.
Nestling, lift your little head,
And call her here;
Leaves are crimsoned, falling, dead;
Heart and bough grow bleak and
bare;
Frosty spangles edge the air.
Call her to our Autumn nest.
For our warmth lay in her breast,
When she was here.
Then, then came my winter home,
With her not here;
Nor will another Spring time come,
For joy now quivering, now is dead,
My darling and my heart are wed;
Leave them frozen into one;
Keep away both song and sun;
r or sue s not here.
Brave Scotch - Irish.
THEIR DEEDS OF VALOR IK TIIE
OLB WORTH STATE.
Necklenbnrgr and th Ntnrdy Pinera
Who Ball It.
THE FOUNDATION OF A GREAT PEO
PLE A REUNION OF THEIR DE
SCENDANTS SUGGESTED.
Nashville American.
As so much has been said recently
about the Scotch-Irish, you may
publish this note if you think it wor
thy of a place iu your good paper.
On the 4th of July, 1888, I left
Nashville aud on the night of the
4th lauded at Concord, the county
town of Cabarrus county, N. C,
which was in 1790 formed from
Mecklenburg. The facts I gathered
there of the Scotch-Irish were very
interesting to one who loves to listen
to the exploits of those hardy pio
neers who settled that country and
brought with them their Presbyte
rian religion, and from whom a ma
jority of the Scotch-Irish of this part
of Tennessee are descended. Many
of those who settled that country
were of those who suffered persecu
tion in the-old country and fled to
America for protection and liberty.
Many of them were of the Presbyte
rian faith brave, faithful to their
God and haying a longing desire for
liberty of expression to their reli
gious belief.
Mecklenburg County and a few
bordering counties was the place se
lected as their home, and there they
came shortly after coming to Ameri
ca. This is the great Piedmont belt
that lies midway between the Atlan
tic coast and the Appalachain range
of mountains. In 1752 they orgau
ized two churches in that county,
one at Sugar Creek and the other at
Poplar Tent, about twelve miles
apart. It was this blood that drew
up and signed the famous Mecklen
burg Declaration of Independence
on that memorable day the 20th of
May, 1775. Hezekiah Balch, one
of the signers of this document, was
a Presbyterian minister, whose elo
quence and zeal was of great influ
ence in urging its adoption. He
preached at Poplar Tent and Sugar
Creek for a long time to the ances
tors of many families now living in
this part of Tennessee. Some of his
members moved to Southern Alaba
ma, Mississippi and Missouri, whose
descendants still live there. Rev.
John C. Robinson also preached at
the above places for many years
about the time of the great move
from that country to the then new
States. In nearly every case these
were of the Scotch-Irish Presbyte
rian blood.
That is the country that General
Coruwallis called the Ilornett's Nest
during the Revolutionary war, and
where the seven "Black boys" de
stroyed his wagon load of powder on
its way from Charlotte to Salisbury.
It was here that twelve Americans
drove 400 British soldiers into Char
lotte while out foraging and plunder
ing. They were attacked at the
house of one Mclnlire, five miles
from Charlotte, and the same house
is standing there now, a monument
to the stratagem of these twelve
Scotch-Irish patriots. It was at Su
gar Creek that our own beloved An
drew Jackson, while a boy, listened
to the eloquent patriotic appeals of
Rev. Hezekiah balch from the pul
pit, while electrifying the Scotch-Irish
blood around him. No doubt his
youthful blood was then stirred by
such appeals for liberty that his
young heart grew warm while breath
rm
H
ing the pure Scotch Irish atmos
phere arouud him, and perhaps laid
in him the foundation of his future
greatness. He was born near the
southern limit of this belt of coun
try, but to escape the iusults of the
enemy during the Revolution, his
mother moved with him to the vicin
ity of Sugar Creek into the midst of
the Hornet's Nest, peopled by those
generous and hospitable Scotch-Irish,
and among whom she found
friends and protectors for the boy
that was to become one of the great
est and grandest men the United
States has ever produced.
It was here also that John NcNitt
Alexander was reared. lie was chair
man of the Mecklenburg Declaration
Convention, and left a long line of
Scotch-Irish blood behind him.
which has formed some of the good
material that has preserved that
country, and helped to lay thefoun-!
dation of everything that pertains to
advancement in education and polit
ical importance. I was shown his
knee breeches, silk stockings and
other relics that his descendants
have preserved. It was the Scotch
Irish blood that formed the colleges
in that county which are of national
reputation, and were for a long time
the leading institutions of learning
in the South.
In mingling with the descendants
of those sturdy first settlers of that
country one is impressed with the
adherence with which they cling to
the traditions of their ancestors, and
find their hearts ready to imbibe
that which is eleTating to the human
mind and conscience, and their pure
and generous hospitality. There are
so many names that might be men
tioned it wuld be too tedious to
name them who came from Meck
lenburg and adjoining counties,
whose warm, Irish blood has been
the principal factor in forming our
political importance and advancing
in everything that is for the welfare
of a free republican government.
Mecklenburg was one of the princi
pal places in the United 'States
where the Scotch-Irish influence was
felt, and from which came the ma
terial which laid the foundations of
Presbyterian churches in Tennessee,
and from whom are descended many
cf the leaders in the other denomi
nations in our country.
Then let us cherish in our memo
ries the names of those sturdy Scotch
Irish, so full of zeal and love for
that which is ennobling to the char
acter of man, and still hold iu rever
ence the place of their nativity in
the old North State, under whose
broad-spreading poplars and high
reaching pines they taught their
children to fear God and keep his
commandments, and sowed the seeds
of those virtues that have sprung up
in this country and produced so
much good fruit to the glory and
honor of God. Well did they choose
a place for their settlement, for
Mecklenburg and the bordering coun
ties are to-day the most productive
in tne mate, aim tneir towns are
noted for their beautiful residences
aud refined appearance. Charlotte,
a city of 15,000 inhabitants and the
capital of Mecklenburg, is a progres
sive place and contains many beauti
ful buildings that would be orna
ments to any city in the South. It
is situated 760 feet above the level
of the sea and from its house-tops
splendid views of the mountains can
be obtained. King's Mountain, of
historic interest, can be seen from
this place. The elegance of its
churches, the neat and comfortable
appearance of its private residences
bespeak a refining influence.
The First Presbyterian Church
especially, stands as a monument to
the Scotch-Irish love for that which
is well-pleasang to God. Queen's'
College, the first educational institu
tion of the kind established in the
United States, was built here. The
brick used in its construction was
imported from England. The house
used by Lord Coruwallis for his
headquarters remained standing till
1880, when it was torn down to give
away to the march of improvement.
He camped here for eighteen days in
the fall of 1780, but it was too hot a
place for him, so he left and called
it the Hornets' Nest. The county
and city are named in honor .of Prin
cess Charlotte, of Mecklenburg, and
the county was formed in 17G2.
We should feel proud of the fact
that this grand old county should
have such a beautiful city for its
capital and such an important one
in a commercial sense. Several rail
roads cross here, and about 30,000
bales of cotton are bought there
yearly in wagons for shipment, and
about 00,000 bales are shipped from
there every year to England. The
United States had a mint established
there in 1838. I hope I may not
Btanda
1
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1,
say too much of this city, and only
speak of it because of its elegant ap
pearance, the hospitality of its peo
ple, and because it was founded by
the Scotch-Irish, who have so many
descendants in this country.
If any of the readers of The Amer
ican visit this city and have a desire
to learn more of its people and his
tory, let them call on Gen. R. Bar
ringer or Dr. W. M. Hayes, and they
will receive a hearty welcome and
learn many interesting facts concern
ing the history of that country not
yet published. And before leaving
do not fail to visit Sugar Creek, - a
short distance from there, and also
Poplar Tent, seventeen miles frcai
there in Cabarrus county, and call
on Col. Thos. H. Robinson, who is
now over 80 and a son of Rev. John
Robinson, who can tell many things
of interest concerning the early his
tory of that country, and whose
father was for a long time a leader
in education and the ministry. At
Poplar Tent are the graves of Rev.
Hezekiah Balch, Rev. John Robin
son and many others who were prom
inent and influential factors in the
history of that country.
It would make this articl too
long to mention all the prominent
men who were born in this part of
North Carolina and speak of their
noble and patriotic qualities, but it
must be remembered that this same
county, in the old North State was
the birthplace of James K. Polk,
who occupied the Presidential chair
during an eventful era in the history
of the United States. If we turn to
other States as Missouri, Alabama
and Mississippi we will find that the
Scotch-Irish blood that came from
Mecklenburg county arose to impor
tance and became the leaders in pol
ities and religion. Shall the patri
otism that filled the hearts of these
men be allowed to die ? Should the
youths of our country be allowed to
grow up without being taught that
patriotic devotion to their countrv
that enthused the hearts of their an
cestors ? While so many reunions
of the soldiers are being held every
year in the North and South, could
not the descendants of those patri
otic Scotch-Irish of the days of '70
afford to meet together in Mecklen
burg county, X. C, and do honor to
the memories of her noble and illus
trious sons?
The Scotch-Irish assemblage at
Columbia, I hope, is the first step to
do this. If the speeches that were
made there had been made while
standing on the soil of Mecklenburg,
it certainly would have made the
heart feel warmer and inspired the
youth of the country with a greater
reverence for the memory of their
ancestors. We may go North or
South, and I think we will fail to
find another county in the Union
that deserves as much honor as
Mecklenburg, N. C. After one has
visited the old cemetery in Charlotte
and also the ones at Sugar Creek and
Poplar Tent and learned the history
of their buried dead, and also that of
their descendants, they certainly
will arrive at the same conclusion.
Would that the youths of the pres
ent generation could be inspired
with the same soutiments that filled
the hearts of their ancestors.
A. II.
Gallatin, Tenn., Sept. 30.
Whipped Two Men.
It appears that Willow .Springs
has at least one contageous girl that
understands how to use a cowhide.
A dispatch from there says : This
little city has been in a fever of ex
citement all afternoon over a cow
hiding affray. Travis Taylor, a
middle aged man, with a wife and
two children, wrote a very insulting
letter to Miss Fannie Osborne, a
daughter of a ref-pectable farmer.
Tlie girl and her mother brought
the letter to town and showed it to
friends, and upon the advice and
encouragement of a number of the
best citizens, the ffirl purchased a
cowhide to whip Taylor.
They found him in the office of
the hotel, but she was prevented
striking him by the landlord.
Taylor put himself in charge of
police Young for protection.--Young
made himself very officious in the
matter, and started to accompany
Taylor home, but was whipped by
the girl and her mother. They be
gan whipping Taylor, but Young
seir.ed the cowhide and arrested the
girl.
He placed her under bond, which
was quickly filled by a large number
of indignant citizens who were en
couraging the girl. As soon as the
justice came out of his office the girl
proceeded to wallop him with the
cowhide in the presence of a large
and appreciative audience. The jus
tice was so overcome that he did not
again place the girl nuder arrest.
Relating to Inimicrntion.
Statesville Landmark.
"The Louisville & Nashville Rail
road Company is inducing mechanics
to leave New England cities aud lo
cate in the towns of Alabama," and
the Raleigh News and Observer said
something sensible again when it re
marked :
The trouble with us here is that
we have not the proper kind of work
to offer such people. We have work
men here at home for all the use we
have for them. What is desired is to
create more of that kind of employ
ment. Start new enterprises requir
ing skilled labor. There is no want
of men there is want of employ
ment for mechanics and artisans.
This is the situation exactly, and
hence the unwisdom of a geueneral
invitation to Tom, Dick and Harry
to come and make their homes with
us. There is an abundance of idle
and half idle land in the State. We
need more farmers of the class who
cau buy or rent land, stock their
farms and set up on an independent
basis ; of farm labor, pure and sim
ple, we have enough, such as it is.
We need men to come to North
Carolina whohave money enough to
set up in manufacturing, on a great
or small scale men who will engage
in any branch of productive enter
prise on their own account. Idle
labor stands around the streets of
all our towns ; we need no more pop
ulation of this class until employ
ment is found for that we already
have. We need no more merchants
or shop keepers; this business is
-1 ready so cut up that there is little
profit in it to those engaged in it.
The need of North Carolina is an
immigration of men who will pro
duce something or develop something
or manufacture something that we
already have in the raw state. When
these come and give employment to
oar present labor, common and skill
ed, then we can invite iu more com
mon laborers, more mechanics and
more artisans. If we bring them
here before that time we will bring
them only to disappoint them. What
would be a great deal better, how
ever, tnan waiting lor tne manuiac-
turers to come, would be for our own
people who have means invested in
stocks and bonds and notej aud
mortgages and merchandise to be
come manufacturers themselves, and
we do not hesitate to express the
conviction that uutil they do so it is
idle to invite outside manufacturers
in.
Prices of Cotton.
Below we give aif interesting table
showing the number of bales raised
and the highest and lowest prices
paid each year since 1823. We
would like to have'tben able to give
the prices paid here during these
years, but it was not possible to get
them.
SEASON.
BALES.
High'st
Lowest
1824 '25....
569,249
27
14
12
13
11
13
11
12
17
16
20
20
17
12
16
10
11
9
8
9
10
12
8
11
1J
14
10
11
10
12
3
155
13J
122
115
38
69J
93
13
9
8
9
8
8
7
7
9
10
15
12
7
9
11
8
9
7
5
5
5
6
7
5
6
11
8
8
10
8
8
9
y
10
111
20
51
1825 '26. . . .
1826 27....
1827 '28....
1828 '29
1829 '30. . . .
720,027
957,281
727,693
870,415
976,845
1830 '31....
1,038,848
1831 "32....
1832 '33....
987,477
1,070,438
1833 '34. . . .
1834 '35....
1835 '36....
183G'37....
1837 '38....
183839....
1839 MO....
1840 '41....
1841 '42....
1842 '43....
184344....
1844 '45....
1,205,324
1,254,328
1,360,725
1,422,930
1,801,497
1,360,532
1,177,835
1,634,945
1,683,574
2,37,875
12,030,4091
12,394,503
1845 '46
2,100,537
184647.... '1,778, 651
1847 '48.... 2,347,634
1848 '49
:2, 728,590
'2,090,706'
1819 '50. . .
1850 '51...
1851 '52...
185253...
3,355,257j
5,015,029
3,262,882
2,930,027
2,847,339
3,527.845
2,939,519:
3,113,962'
3,851,481
4,669,770
3,656,0801
1853 '54.
1854 '55...
1855 '56.
1856 '57.
1857 '58.
1858 '59.
1859 '60.
1860 '61.
1861 '62 est '4,800, 000
18G2 '63 est!l.500.000;
1863 '64 est 500,000 1 90
1864 '65 est 300,000 1 20
iiO
32
15i
16
25
15
11
15
13
14
1-16
1865 '66
1866 '67....
1867 '68. . . .
I2.151.476j
36
33
35
25J
2H
27
21 1
18J
17
13i
2,430,893;
12.260,557
3,114.592
14,317,006;
12,974,351:
3,930,508:
4,170,388!
3,827,815;
1868 '69....
1869 '70....
1870 '71....
1871 '72....
1872 :73. . . .
1873 '74....
1874 '75....
187576....
1876 '77. . . .
1877 '78....
1878 '79....
1879 '80...,
1880 '81....
I88I'82...,
1882 '83...,
1883 '84. . .
1884 '85. . .
1885 '86. . .
1886 '87. . .
1887 88...
188889..
13
4,632,313i
14,474,06913
14,773,86512
j5, 074, 155!
5,761,252!
6,605.750!
15,456,048 13
16.949,756;
10
5-16 10 13-16
3-10; 8 13 16
13 10 15-16
13 10 7-16
1-16 10i
in io
!5, 713,200 11 15-15
9
5.706,165 Hi
9 3-ia
6,575,691! 9 9-16; 8 13-16
0.499.58511 7-16! y 7-16
7,046,833!
11 f
11
91
16,938.2901
To September 1st.
A little boy, thirteen years old,
has been sentenced in New xork to
five years in the Juvenile Asylum
for selling lozenges in Central Park.
1SS9.
Karvcy inur.
It was not expected that the
founders of this government, State
or National, would have made the
government machinery to work
without a few jars, but is the duty
of those, who, by experience, find a
screw loose or any part where fric
tion is injurious, or where some part
of the machinery can be adjusted to
work more smoothly and without
friction, to exert themselves to better
the condition of our people, to do so.
Man in an humble position in life
mayTsee errors which may, by a judic-
iousjuse of printers ink.be brought be-1
fore the Legislature, and be correct
ed. Each member of the Govern
ment system has a duty to perform.
It was a point well-put in our last
Legislature when some member in
troduced a bill requesting each
Judge to recommend to the next
Legislature such change, or changes
in our judicial system that would
better advance the machinery of the
courts. We all have seen in our
lives a need of a system of land sur
veying, which will be just and right.
Mauy have been the suits in the
several courts, where heavy costs
have been incurred, by bad surveys,
in land measurement, and land cal
culations. Few men, not more than
one in a thousand in each county
can compute an area of land from
notes. It has been my experience,
in thirty years with the compass and
chain, to find many errors in land
measurement and the calculation of
areas; and with such an experience
it is fit for me to point out a cor
rection of the present mode of com
puting areas. Let our next Legis
lature say, by enactment, that
each county suiveyor, or any
man w ho proposes to survey land
shall be required to stand an exam
ination as to his qualifications to fill
such an important part in the coun
ty, and obtain a license to survey, if
found competent. If not compe
tent, not be allowed to survey land.
The teachers who teach our children
the multiplication table and the rud
iments of an English education are
required to stand an examination
and if not competent are not per
mitted to teach. This is right. How
much more important is the need
of the public knowing that the man
who surveys your land is qualified
to perform that duty correctly. Any
man of ordinary education and apt
ness to learn, can in a few months,
practice with compass and chain,
take bearings and measure lines, but
this is a 6mall consideration to cal
culating the contents of a survey
correctly. There is but ;one correct
method of computing a survey, and
that is by the traverse tables. All
other methods are approximation,
guessing. It has been my privilege
of late to compute the areas of sev-
eral 'surveys, which have been calcu
lated by protraction. In one, said
to be sixty acres, I find an error of
5 Acres, 2 Roods and 15 P., which
land was 6old at $40 per acre, a dif
ference in dollars and cents of
$223.75. In another of forty acres
which was sold at $100 per acre, I
find a difference of of an acre. In
another tract of land surveyed by a
county surveyor I find an error of
94 acres in 400 acres. I could give
many instances of errors in this
county in land surveys. Your read
ers will naturally ask how is this
erroneous system to be corrected?
Let me say. very easily. Let our
Legislature in addition to the plan
of an examination of surveyors, es
tablish a county computer, a com
peteut person whose duty it shall be,
when so required, to calculate by
the traverse table, when furnished
with the field notes, any parcel of
laud. The sixty-five and one-half
acres of land mentioned above (27
lines) could have been computed for
$7.75, a saving to the parties who
sold it of $216. I have the highest
authority in the State in saying my
work is correct, and am willing to
let it be seen. Yes, let the next
Legislature give each county a coun
ty computer for Jana surveys,
whose duty it shall be to order a re-
survej in cases where the error in
the survey is too great. I further
state that in the method of comput
ing areas by protraction or from the
plat that to divide into triangles
from one side, and re-divide into
triangles from another side the
amounts will not be the same. But
in computing by the traverse table
the result will be the same com
mencing at any corner. I am also
in favor of a law compelling a peri
odical survey of all lands in each
county, once in twenty years, so that
old, corners destroyed, may be pointed
out by living witnesses. In the
Legislature of 1870 a bill was passed
requiring the county commissioners
of each county to establish a true
meridian, marked by stones, and
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each surveyor required to compare
his compass two or three times each
year ta correct any defect in the
needle. This is an excellent law.
Has any county in the State com
plied with the law? I hope the
press will pass this article around
and start the ball in motion, by
bringing the subject before the mem
bers of the next Legislature.
J. W. Mehaffby.
Or V In Diphtheria and Cronp.
W. R. White, of Chester, sends
the following, whose value he has
tested : In a report to the French
Academy of Medicine, Dr. Dietholl
stated that the vapor of liquid tar
and turpentine would destroy the
fibrinous tissues which choke up the
throat in croup and diptheria. He
described the process of treatment as
follows: Take a teaspoonful each of
turpentine and liquid tar; put them
in a tin pan or cup, set fire to the
mixture, taking care to have a larger
pan under it as a safeguard against
the spread of the flames. A dense,
resinous smoke arises, making the
room dark. The patient immediate
ly seems to experience relief; tha
choking and rattle stop; the patient
falls into a slumber and seems to
inhale the smoke with pleasure.
The fibrinous membrane soon be
comes detached and the "patient
coughs up microbes, which when
caught in a glass, may be seen to
dissolve in the smoke. In the course
of three days the patient entirely
recovers. This remedy has proven
successful in many instances, and
householders everywhere should bear
it in mind. A prominent gentleman
in Charleston, who applied the
treatment to his child, after the
sufferer was given over as incurable
by his family physician, suggests
that before burning the ingredients
named, all such articles as would be
likely to be injured by the thick
smoke should be removed or covered
up closely.
A Wizard's Fan.
New York Sun. -
"Talking of the Chinese play
here, 6aid a well-known lawyer yes
terday, "I never had more fun than
I did at the Chinese performance in
San Francisco several years ago. I
went there with Herrmann, the ma
gician, and several ban rrancisco
iournalists. It was in the Chinese
quarter, and the performance was
the adjourned act of a play that had
been started a month before. In the
lobby were a lot of Chinese peddlers
selling Chinese sweetmeats, oranges
and other fruits. Herrmann made
a dead set at the orangeman, a thiu
faced avaricious looking fellow, who
wore queue at least five feet long.
errmann bought au orange and
cut it onen. With an exclamation
of delighted surprise, his eyes spark
ling, and his face lit up with smiles,
he drew a $5 gold piece out of the
tjuIo and held it up so that the
Chinaman could see it. The latter's
eyes bulged from their sockets and a
pained look of disappointment
crossed his expressionless face.
Herrmann bought three more or-
anges, ana irom eacu ne mew
shininsr fiver. By this time the
o -
perspiration rolled in beads down
the Chinaman's face, aud he looked
so sick I felt sorry for him. He
gathered up his stock, muttering to
himself, and when Herrmann wanted
to buy another half-dozen the China
man refused to sell them.
"Fll give you a dollar for them,'
said Herman.
The price was only twelve cents
but the Chinaman was tired of giv
ing away gold pieces.
"Me no wantee sellee," he said
Bhrilly.
"A few minutes later he retired
into a corner, and with the air of
conspirator began to cut up his or
anges. One after another they
went, and his look of disappointment
became darker as the magic gold
pieces iaiiea to appear, it was
actually tragic when the last
one was gone, and Herrmann gave
him a dollar to prevent his commit-
ing suicide.
Tbe Crooked Elbow.
A Ran Franeisco four year old
was observed making queer move
ith his elbow. His aunt
asked him what he was doing.
"Crooking my elbow," said the
precocious.
"But what are you crooking your
elbow for, Johnny ?"
"'Cause I want to (Let a nice little
strawberry on my nose."
"But that won't make a strawberry,
Johnny."
"Yes. it will, for the cook says
pa wouldn't have the big strawberry
op. his nose if he did't crook his e'-
bow so often.".
THE STANDARD.
WE DO ALL KINDS OP
ctob "Wonkas:
IN TIIE
NEATEST MANNER
AND AT
THE LOWEST RATES.
The Poor Csar.
New York Times.
Perhaps the strongest comment on
the present condition of affairs in
Russia is furnished by the careful
arrangements which have been made
to protect the life of the Czar on his
homeward journey from Berlin to
St. Petersburg. The cable flashes
the reportthat from Berlin to the Ger
man frontier the road taken by the
Czar is guarded by German infantry
and cavalry, so arranged that not
an inch of the track i3 beyond the
sight of a watchful soldier. The
life of the Emperor of all the Eus
sias is in danger even in a foreign
land, but as he approaches his own
dominions, the danger increases a
thousand fold. It lurks at every
railroad station in Russia, and may
spring up at any point of the road.
To guard against it 50,000 men are
patroling the track from the Ger
man frontier to St. Petersburg a
large army engaged in the one busi
ness of watching over the safety of
one of the greatest monarchs of
the earth. The humblest peasant in
his broad empire, if he has the wis
dom to keep his mouth shut, can
count with reasonable certainty on
living until death comes to him in
the due couse of nature. His Em
peror, less fortunate than the
peasant, has the reasonable certainty
of eventually falling, as his father
did, at the hand of an assassin.
Why (he Mayor Is Unhappy.
Chicago Mail.
The mayor of Litchfield, 111., is a
very sore man. A sand-bagger hap-
pended along the other day and ar
ranged to hold up a few of the
wealthiest citizens. His plans were
given to the police by a confederate
and a posse of six officers set out to
take the robber. In order to be
caught red-handed, as it were, the
mayor wa3 sent ahead to be held up.
He was stopped by the young man
and made to throw up his hands
and keep them up while the robber
took his watch, money and valuables.
Then the police charged, but the
robber began shooting at them aud
after a general fnsilade on both sides
he drew a knife and cut his way out
and escaped with the booty. The
mayor is feeling as sore as a stubbed
toe and is contemplating getting
even with the police by firing tbe
whole force.
A Bull Run Ixcidekt. While
Gen. Beckwith was on duty in
Washington as commissary the bat
tle of Bull Run was fought. Among
the hundreds of war correspondents
then located in and hovering about
Washington was the editor-in-chief
of a Chicago daily paper a man
who has since achieved national rep
utation. This journalist was very
anxious to go to the front, but the
means of his conveyance were scarce.
In his extremity the Chicago editor
applied to Capt. Beckwith for a
horse, and was furnished with a
splendid and very valuable animal,
on which he rode down to the vicin
ity of the battle. Whan the raw
union troops were routed the editor
fancied his precious hide was a tro
phy of particular value to Beaure
gard's victorious troops, and he made
a desperate ride of it back to Wash
ington. Hi3 fright did not end with
his arrival under the shadow of the
capital, for he thrust Capt. Beck
with's jaded steed into the first liv
ery stable he came to, and it was
months before the owner found it,
and then discovered it by the merest
chance. Meanwhile the great editor
had scurried back to his desk,
whence he fought the rebels gal
lantly and safely for the ensuing
four years.
Ancient Holy Wine. In the
wonderful wine cellar under the
Hotel de Ville in Bremen there are
twelve cases of holy wine, each case
inscribed with the name of one of
the Apostles. This ancient wine
was deposited in its present resting
place 265 years ago. One case of
this wiiie, consisting of five exhofts
of 204 bottles, cost 500 rix-dollara
in 1624. Including the expense of
keeping up the cellar, interest on
the original outlay and interests
upon interest, one of these oxhof ts
would to-day cost 555,657,640 rix
dollars; three single bottles 2,273,
812 rix-dollars; a glass, or the
eighth part of a bottle, is worth
340,476 rix-dollars or $272,380, or
at the rate of 540 rix-dollars or $272
per drop !
The farmers in central Dakota are
in a very destitute condition owing
to the drought. Their crops were a
total failure and they are without
food for man or beast. Appeals W8
being made for the relief Of the Sttf
fering people.