North Carolina Newspapers

THE STAHDiRD. LA1WEST PAPER -rUBLlSHEDIN CONCORP COXTAIXS MORE READING MATTER THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN THIS SECTION. A W.4II. OF TOE. A little corn on a maiden grew, Listen to my wail of toe, Caused by the pinch of a too tight shoe, InMtrad of a three a number two, It grew, it grew, Listen to my wail of toe. As time went on (as time will do,) Listen to my waiJ of toe, The corn waxed red-the maiden blue, 'Twaa Mi times worse than the grip (kershow,) Too true! Too true! Listt-n to my wail of toe. She had a seat in the tnd of the pew Listen to my wail of toe, And a man withauother seat in view Put Lis cowhide boot on her kanga roo, Oh, whew! Oh, whew! Listen to my wail of toe. Washington Tost. Every lay Jiaylnr Fonnd peare. In Khftka- Compiled for The St.vn'dard. Every why has a wherefore. Com. of Er. Thus must I from the smoke into the smother. As You Like it. We burn daylight Merry Wives of Windsor. Our cake's dough. Taming of the Shrew. Are von content to make a virtue of necessity ? Two Gents of Ve rona. The better foot before. King John. Everything is left at sixes and seveus. Rich. II. I should be as merry as the day is long King John. l'ride must have a fall. Rich. II. lie will give the devil his due. Henry IV. Indeed you come near me Henry IV. It jumps with my humors. Henry IV. Tell the truth and shame the devil. Henry IV. 111 wind that blows no man good. Henry IV. Dead as nail in door. Hsnry IV. D. it with unwashed hands. Henry IV. I am as poor as Job. Henry IV. The new-made duke that rules the roast Henry VI. You are birds of the self -same fea'her. Henry VI. I'll wear the willows for his sake. Henry VI. Strike now, or else the iron cools. Henry VI. l'iichers have ears. Rich. III. Harp out on that string. Rich. III. Screw your courage to the sticking pla.-e Macbeth. More knave than fool. King Lear. I am a more sinned against than sinning. King Lear. I cannot delve to the root. Cymb. He has an itching palm Julius Cii'sar. Then Night. Westward ho ! Twelfth Let me take you a button -hole lower. Loves' Labors' Lost. The devil can cite scripture for Ids purpose. Merchant of Venice. Such an injury would vex a saint. Taming of the Shrew. Whsre the Km In J(er Oases. Macon Telegraph. Mr. I). R. Parkman tells of a curious phenomenon in Chattahoo. chee county a place where rain falls perpetually. The spot is lo cated on a little knoll in a thin wood on the Shipp place, two miles from Thud. Mr. Parkman says the dis covery was first made last Thursday, and that rain has been failing stead ily on the knoll since that time. The downfall covers a space of fifty feet square. This space is perfectly wet and the leaves on the ground are full of water. Mr. Parkman says he visiied the place with Mr. G. A. McBryde at noon Tuesday. There was not a cloud to be seen in the sky, and the leaves everywhere, except on the square, were as dry as tinder. "I stood with the space be- tween me and the sun," eaid Mr. Parkman, "and saw the raindrops coming steadily down from the sky. I held out my handkerchief and it was soon saturated with water." Mr. Parkman says that everybody who haars about the phenomenon is Bceptical, but that the many wh have visited the place in the last few days have gone away convinced. No one has yet offered an explana tion of the mysterious rain fall. Mr. Park ham suggests that Botne powerful unknown substance at tracts the moisture from the at mosphere. A man who plays the clarinet has some ground to regrot that the sea son for reed birds is over Merchant Traveler.. VOL. III. NO. 1 Nothing New Under the Han. A curious little book has just been dug out from the dust of two cen turies, and has been partially pub lished by the German newspapers for the purpose of proving that there is nothing new under the 6un. The little book is entitled "Foolish Wis dom and Wise Foolishness," and was written by an old-fashioned German political economist named Becher. At the time of its publication the book was regarded as something of a Munchausen narrative of the author's travels through Europe. During his wanderings Becher became ac quainted with many learned men on the continent, and learned a vast deal concerning the scientific work of his day. The first genius he met was Franz Grnndler, a Noruburg optician. He says of him: "Grun- dler is a most remarkable man. He has an idea that he can cork up in a bottle, by means of a spiral, the or dinary spoken words of a man's voice, carry them around with him thus for an hour or more, and then open the bottle and let tnein out. How far Grundler has got with the execution of his idea since I saw him I do not know. The whole concep tion seems quite impossible of execu tion and silly." After thus hinting that even in the days of the thirty years' war some men had learned a thing a two concerning the principle of the pho nograph, Becher has a word to say of an instrument by means of which persons more than a German mile apart conld talk with each other in a low tone of voice." Becher calls the instrument a stentrophonicon, and describes how in using it he was obliged to press his lips very close to the bell of a curiously shaped trum pet. "I have seen," he continued, "on of these instruments at Gruudler's in Nurnberg, and talked with him through it. Although we were a good distance apart at the time and talked very loudly, no one between us could hear a word we said." During his tour of inquiry Becher also discovered that in several re gions outside of Germany men had learned "to write down what others said, with wonderful rapidity, by means of strange characters." "En glishmen have discovered a Kind of tachygraphy," he explains, "or an art which enables them to write as rap idly as the fastest speakers can talk. They have brought this wonderful art to such a degree of perfection that young persons often write out full sermons without a mistake. Orations in Parliament can be -written out by this means as rapidly as they are delivered, which I regard as a very useful invention." So much for stenography two centuries ago. To save himself the trouble of learning various languages of the countries through which he passed, Becher compiled a universal lan guage, not unlike our Volapuk This language, he says, was deriv ed directly from the nature of things, slipped easily over the tongue, and could be learned in four weeks. It h id but twelve letters, and fire hun dred words, was clear of declinations and conjugations, and subject to but six rnles of syntax. Among the many other wonderful things which Becher saw oa the continent and wrote about in his lit tle book were an air gun "which shot lead without powder or noise," an other gun "which delivered three balls in rapid succession after one loading," a ship in which Cornelius Trebbel had ridden under the water of the Thames, and an air ship "held high above the earth by balls much lighter than the atmosphere." How to Tell a Counterfeit BUI. Take a United States bill of any denomination and hold it to the light, and you will see two lines running entirely across it length wise. Upon examination you will find these to consist of silk threads, a red one and a blue one. Every genuine bill has this mark of genu iness. Without these marks a bill may be put down as counterfeit, no matter how good the engraving on it i3. No paper mill will dare make this sort of paper and this is the Government's only protection on its currency. A gentleman from the country, who was in town Monday, informs the Ledger that Emanuel Nifong, a citizen residing about ten miles south of Lexington, owns a mare which gave birth to twin colts last week a mule and horse! Was the like ever heard of before? We pause for an answer? Can Chatham beat it. Lexington Ledger. The United States is sending ice to Canada via Detroit Tbo t'euHt Catechism. Our people wilJLhayeto answer a powerful sight of questions wheu the census takers comes along. Any one who refuses to answer a question is liable to a fine of $100. That all our people may post them selves and be prepared when the census taker comes along, we sub mit for their consideration this cat echism arranged and compiled by the government. 1. Give Christian name in full, and initial of middle name, sur name. 2. Whether a soldier, sailor or marine during the civil war (United States or Confederate) or widow of such person. 2. Ralationship to head of family. 4. Whether white or black, mu latto, quadroon, octarooo, Chinese, Japanese or Indian. 5. Sex. C. Age at nearest birthday. If under one year give age in months. 7. Whether single, married, wid owed or divorced. 8. Whether married during the census year (June 1, 1889 to May 31, 1890.) 9. Mother of how many children, and the number of these children living. 10. Tlace of birth. 13. Number of years in the United States. 14. Whether naturalized. 15. Whether naturalization pa pers have been taken out. 1G. Profession, trade or occupa tion. 17. Mouths unemployed during the census year (June 1, 1889, to May 31, 1890.) 18. Attendance at school, in months, during the census year June 1, 1889, to May 31, 1890.) 19. Able to read. 20. Able to write. 21. Able to speak English. If not, the languge or dialect spoken. 22. Whether suffering from acute 1 - I- !il or enronic aisease, wun name oi disease and length of time afflicted. 23. Whether defective in mind, sight, hearing or speech, or whether crippled, maimed or deformed, with name of defect. 24. Whether a prisoner, convict, homeless child or pauper. 25 and 20. Is the home you live in hired, or is it owned by the head or by a member of the family. 27. If owned by head or member of family, is the home free from mortgage incumbrance ? 28. If the head of the family is a farmer, is the farm which he culti vates hired or is it owned by him or by a member of his family ? 29. If owned by head or member of familv. is the farm free from mortgage incumbrance? 30. If the home or farm is owned by head or member of family, and mortgaged, give the post office ad dress of owners. Famous Lovers or Cats. Philadelphia American. Pussy has been the pet and fa vorite of the greatest personages. Mahomet chose rather to cut off the sleeve of his robe than to disturb cat lying asleep on it, and his fol lowers who have no more objurgato ry term than dog for the Christians, admit it into their mosques. Dante and Petrarch each had a fondness for them, the great Richelieu had a pet cat, and Cardinal Wolsey placed his near him while exercising his judi cial capacity; the learned Sir Isaac Newton had a pet rat and kitten, and the worthy philosopher for their convenience had two holes cut in the door, the large one for the cat, the other for the kitten. Montaigne, too, was not too witty nor .too cyni cal but the frolics of his cat would amuse him. To come down to later days, Ellen Terry loves to disport herself with her cats and to amuse herself with their mad capers. I. Jielle Stewart satirized oy rope in the line, "Die and endow acollegeor a cat,' was a ramous oeauty or the reign of Charles II., who left annuities to several of her friends on condition of maintaining and caring for her cats a delicate way of pro viding for some impecunious old la dies. A Veen liar Coincidence. A coincidence that is very remark able is reported from Boston. I. teamster who had been hurt by i car running into his wagon brought suit for damages against the railway company. The case came up a few days ago, and the jury decided to visit the scene of the collision a steep hill. They embarked in a car belonging to the defendant, and had just reached the hill when the car ran into a furniture wagon, break ing two of the windows and shaking mi up me jurymen, xne teamster re ceived a verdict for $1,100. T CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1890. Protection for Farmers. The McKinley Tariff Bill offers protection to the farmer to the fol lowing extent: The duty on agricultural prod ucts is greatly increased. The in crease is all along the line, and is designed to give farmers a market for many millions worth of products now imported. The duty on barley is increased from 10 to 30 cents per bushel; barley malt from 20 to 45 cents; corn meal from 10 to 20 cents; oats from 10 to 15 cents; oat meal from i to 1 cent per pound; cleaned rice reduced from 2 J to 2 cents per pound; uncleaned reduced from 1 to 11 cents; paddy reduced from 11 i cents; rye flour is increased from i cents to 1J cents per pound; wheat .is increased from 20 to 25 cents per bushel; and wheat flour in creased from 20 to 25 per cent adva- lorem. The duty on butter and cheese is increased from four to six cents per pound. Eggs, now admit ted free of duty, are made to pay 5 cents per dozen; cabbages 3 cents each; broom corn $8 per ton; cider 5 cents per gallon; onions 40 cents per bushel. Hay is increased from $2 to $4 per ton, and hops from 8 cents to 15 cents per pound. The duty on oranges when im ported in packages is doubled, but when in bulk is increased 40 cents per thousand. No change is made in the duty on lemons when import ed in bulk; but those in packages are subjected to an increase of about 66 per cent. All nuts except almonds, filbert, and peanuts are reduced I cent per pound. The duty on bacon and hams is reduced from 5 to 2 cents per pound, on beet, mutton, ana pork, from 2 to 1 cent. Brave Belle Boyd. Savannah News. The reported killing of "Belle Boyd," the famous Confederate spy, n the Choctaw Nation, Indian Ter ritory, some time since, recalls to the mind ot every Southerner the daring deeds and thrilling incidents which made the woman renowned. Daniel B. Kahnweiler, late of Kahnweiler Brothers cotton mer chants of Wilmington, N. C, spent yesterday in Savannah, a guest of the Screven House, and he related many incidents ocurring in Wil mington, where Belle Boyd made her headquarters for a considerable time. Mr. Kahnweiler was person ally acquainted with the famous wo man. She was born in Martiusburg W. Va., in 1846, and lived there un til 1861. Her father wa3a meichant; her mother a haudsome woman of a good family. The girl's associations were excel lent. She was not a pretty woman, but she attracted by her dashiugand fearless manner. She was highly educated and was the most graceful horseback rider in all of North Car olina. She was very fond of riding. Her horse loved her, and she had complete mastery over him. She rode in men's clothes as often as she did in her own dress. A 8 Martinsburg, Va., the place of her birth, was most of the time with in the Union lines, Belle Boyd's se cret service proved invaluable to the Southern commanders. Her first work as a spy was during a visit to the neighboring town of Winchester after war was declared. The dash ing horsewoman he.ird of a Federal movement which threatened her "be loved South," as she familiarly call ed it, and she gallantly rode by night to Stonewall Jackson's headquarters and told him what she knew. From that time she was attached to Jack son's brigade. She rode across the battlefield of Front Royal and car ried Jackson dispatches which sent him in pursuit of Banks. She had already become the pet and pride of the army. Send Them Forward. Progressive Farmer. Our sub-treasury bill has been placed before Congress. It was done under the instructions of the St. Louis Convention. Congress needs to be informed as to the wishes of the people. If the bill fails, let it not be for want of support from the farmers. If your representatives fail to support it, let them not say that it was because you do not want it. This is your business. Attend to it. Attend to it at once. Get up your petitions and send them at once to J. II. Turner, National Secretary, No. 511 Ninth street, Washington, D. C. Many petitions are already going forward. Let the united voice of one million voters be heard in our capital at Washington within the next sixty days, and let at least one hundred thousand be heard from North Carolina. AND ARB. As Others See ns. The close social and business in tercourse between the north and south is rapidly sweeping away sec tional prejudices. A new England tourist writes from Atlanta to the Litchfield, Con necticut, Enquirer that he is delight ed with the courteous manners of the southerners, and with their high minded notions. He says: Another very noticeable character istic of a southerner is his high idea of honor. Some of us at the north are beginning to think there is something in the word "chivalry" in the south beyond a mere Chester fieldian manner. Honor means some thing here. As an illustration, at the examination of the University of Virginia they do not have men stationed in different parts of the room to see that the students do not "crib" or dishonestly obtain infor mation in answering the " questions, as they do in all northern colleges. But they allow the boys to go and come at their pleasure, only requir ing them at the end of the examina tion to pledge their word that they did not have any help in answering the questions. I am told that only one man has ever been caught in breaking his word, and he was im mediately expelled at the request of the students. The custom of rely ing on a man's word is common all through the south, not only in the various colleges, but in every day business matters. You may expect to be treated not only honestly but honorably in any business transac tion you have with a southerner,and they expect the 6ame-of you. Sharp or unscrupulous dealings receive lit tle favor here. The writer then goes ou to speak of southern conservatism in religion, politics and literature. He is satis- fied after studying our people and their environment that the attacks upon them in the northern press are unwarranted, aud taken as a whole, sadly untrue." It is easv to see that this friendly ml New Englander is pleased even with the old south, for he speaks of "the remarkably fine phys'que of the old- time southern gentleman tall,large, graceful and commanding the greatest number of fine looking men to be found in any part of the coun try." Of the younger generation he says: "They are not as large, tall, or as polished in their manners. They have contracted the ways of the pushing yankee or the rustling west erner, and in the race of a business life are not as particular about every little manner and word as were their fathers." The steady stream of northern travel through the south brings out from time to time just such letters aud expressions of opinion. The northern opinion of the south has undergone tremendous modification iu the past few years. It would be impossible now for Harper's Weekly to publish such pictures of southern life as disgraced its columns twenty and twenty-five years ago. Even the northern public would protest against anything so libelous. Everything is working out all right. When the south is a little better known she will be presented to the world in her true light by the very writers and artists who a few years ago described her as anything that was hideous aud repulsive. It is a good thing for people to get acauainted before they write about e.ich other. Contrast Between State and Federal Pension Systems, State Chronicle. The New York Commercial Adver tiser of Monday ha3 a very instruc tive article ou the "State Pension Systems at the South" and it is the firs'; systematic account of this inter estiug feature of American legisla tion. Sometime ago it sei t out in quiries to the Auditor of each Southern State regarding the num ber of disabled Confederate soldiers pensioned by their respective States and the amounts paid them. The following table exhibits in compact form what is being done: Number OF States. Pensioners. Virginia (about; 2,200 North Carolina 4,023 South Carolina 1,934 Georgia 2,750 Florida 325 Amoust. Paid. 8 65,000 80,000 50,000 162,000 35,000 50,000 20,000 25,500 nothing nothing 7.500 Alabama Mississippi (about) 800 Louisiana 672 Texas none Arkansas none Tennessee 25 Total 12.885 $483,000 The Commercial Advertiser notes as a remarkable fact the small ness of the number of pensioners and the amount paid them, and adds that this is more striking when we bear in mind that the pensioners granted by the Southern States for wounds are almost as liberal as those of the 1 Federal system. How 9Iouey B Loaned to Ranks. National Economist. In answer to the many inquiries as to how Government loans money to the banks, it is proper to state there are five different methods by which this object is accomplished, bnt neither one is called a loan eith er by the banks or Government. In each case some other term is used for the purpose of deceiving the people as to the real facts. The methods referred to are 1. Upon deposit of $100,000 in bouds with the Government the depositor is 'loaned $90,000, or 90 per cent, on which is paid 1 of 1 per cent every six months, or 1 per cent per annum. By depositing $1,000,000 of bonds with the Government, it will depos it with such depositor $1,100,000 in lawful money without requiring any interest whatever. 3. By depositing large amounts with the disbursing officers in banks, where it can be used and upon which no interest is paid. 3. By manipulating the 5 per cent fund for the redemption of national bank notes so the portion of one bank is held by another des ignated by the Secretary of the Treasury. 5. By having a post-office ac count, the necessity or fuuetion of which can not be clearly defined. By the above methods there was on the 28th of February $202,821, 814 in possession of the banks and being loaned to the people at the highest rate of interest. Meanwhile the banks were paying but 1 per cent interest per annum on only $127,410,251. It must be under stood that during all this time the banks received the entire interest accruing on the bonds so deposited. The precise amount loaned under the above methods were National bank currency, 1127,410,251 Lawful money deposit ed 33.178,304 Disbursing officers bal ances 31,975,-516 Redemption fund, 5 percent &,40U,yu& Post-office account 4,804,518 Total 202.P21.518 For the use of this vast sum the bauks pay the Government $1,12?,- 102.51. The people pay the banks for the use of the same 8 per cent. or $16,224,745.12, a loss to the peo ple and a profit to the banks of $13,951,642,61. Is it not about time these conditions were changed and this whole system of specula tion ceased ? It can only be accom plished through the medium of the "inconvenient multitude." How we Have Improved dent. on the An- Let us sum up the conclusions of this paper: 1. The desire for food has passed the stage of gluttony and become in Europe and America only a subordinate branch of general lux ury. 2. Sexual love has undergone a glorifying transformation from a universal brute brute instinct to (very commonly) an 'exalting ideal passion. 3. Indolence has given way to almost feverish activity, 4. Hatred has diminished in fre quency and intensity, and has be come obsolete. Anger is perhaps more often self-controlled. 5. Sym pathy with suffering has vastly in. creased and largely displaced heter onathv and aversion. 6. Wholesome indignation has waned disastrously, and remorse has disappeared. 7. Avarice has almost died out and given place to acquisitiveness, often united with prodigality, and giving rise to a gigantic extension of the of the vice of gambling. 8. The desire for fame has degenerated into the love of notoriety. 9. The love of natural beauty, especially of the wilder sort, has been born, and has become a large factor in modern en invment. 10. Humor is more com- j-' mon, more refined, and more prized. 11. Men and women have become almost nomadic in their habits, so nernetual are their removals and louruevs. Vi. rue minus oi men - . m . have become indefinitely more sub tie, their emotions more varied, more complex, more rarefied in ev ery way ; thereby new dangers of dunlicitv are incurred, and at the L y same time the capacity for high emotional and intellectual pleasures is enlarered. Francis Power Cobbe in the April Forum. A fine head of virgin gold colored hair will bring from $200 to $500, according to its length and luxuri ance, and to those who have it and are anxious to convert it into hard cash, it may be pleasing to hear that there are orders in advance for all that can be produced of this de scription for the next five years. From Chatter. A stovepipe, The kettle. 4 song of the WHOLE NO. 116. Trusts and the Tariff. New York Herald. In the Senate debate on trusts last Friday, Senator Vest gave an interesting list of trusts aud showed the dependence of these monopolies in each case he named upon tariff duties excluding competition from abroad. 1. The steel rail trust, buttressed by a tariff tax of $17 per ton. 2. The nail trust by a tariff tax of $1.25 per 100 pounds. 3. The iron nut and washer trust, by a tax of $2 per hundred pounds. 4. The barbed fence wire trust by a tax of 60 cents per 100 pounds. 5. The copper trust, by a tax of $2.50 per 100 pounds. 6. The lead trust, by a tax of $1.50 per 100 pounds. 7. The slate pencil trust, by a tax of 30 per cent. 8. The nickle trust, by a tax of $15 per 100 pounds. 9. The zinc trust, by a tax of $2.50 per 100 pounds. 10. The sugar trust, by a tax of $2 per 100 pounds. 11. The oil cloth trust, by a tax of 40 per cent 12. The jute bagging trust, by a tax of 40 per cent. 13. The cordage trust by a tax of 30 per cent 14. The paper envelope trust, by a tax of 25 per cent 15. The gutta percha trust, by a tax of 35 per cent 16. The castor oil trust by a tax of 80 per cent per gallon. 17. The linseed oil trust, by a tax of 15 percent per gallon. 18. The cottonseed oil trust, by a tax of 25 cents per gallon. 16. The borax trust, by a tax of $5 per 100 pounds. Senator Sherman added to this list the match trust, at the head of which i3 General Alger, of Michi gan; the btandard Oil trust, and va rious grain trusts. In the case of General Alger's match trust, match es being nowadays as much a neces sary of life as bread, Senator Sher man quoted from the decision of a Michigan court: It appears from the testimony that the Diamond Match Company was organized for the purpose of controlling the manufacture and trade in matches in the United States and Canada. The object was to get all the manufacturers of matches in the United States to en ter into a combination or agreement by which the manufacture and out put of all the match factories should be controlled by the Diamond Match Company. Those manufacturers would not enter into the scheme who were to be bought out, those who proposed to engage in the business were to be bought off, and a strict watch was to be exercised to discov er auy person who proposed to en gage in such business aud he was to be prevented if possible. Monopolies and trusts strikes al ways at the necessaries of life, and the articles required and used by the mass of the people. Thus in the republican tariff, common, coarse blankets and woolen goods always bear a much higher duty than the fine goods used by the rich, and this discrimination runs through the whole of the Allison bill and its suc cessor, the McKinley bill. Both these bills tax the poor much more heavily than the rich. Wise and Beautiful Answers. A Sophist, wishing to puzzle Thales with difficult questions which he had arranged, put the following, to which Thales answered without hesitation and with utmost precision : What is the oldest of things ? God, for He existed alway3. What is the most beautiful ? The world, for it is the work of God. What is the greatest of all things ? Space, for it contains all things. What is the most constant ? Hope, for it remains when all else is fied. What is the best of all things ? Virtue, for without it there is noth ing. What is the quickest? Thought, in a moment it can reach the end of the universe. What is the strongest ? Neces sity, it makes men face all danger. What is the easiest of all things ? To give advice. - What is the most difficult To know thyself. The largest plate of glass ever cast in the world was drawn from the annealing furnaces at the Dia mond plate-glass factory at Kokomo Thursday afternoon. . It measures 145 to 195 inches, weighs 2,000 pxmnds and is perfect in every par ticular. Indianapolis Journal. THE STAHDAR WE DO ALL KINDS OF IN THE WE A TES T MA XjXER AND AT THE LOWEST HATES Why There Are So Many News and Observer. We have often noted the fact that there is an unusual number of cats around Raleigh but never knew why it was till yesterday one of our oldest and most observant inhabitants ex plained the cause. The story runs as follows: Many years ago there was an old man b) the name of Cope laud living in the country, not far out, who was in the habit of coming into the city frequently and enjoy ing much good cheer and convivality as was here afforded. On one occa sion he was informed that there was a party .here who wanted to buy a large number of cats for which he would pay a dollar apiece. Copeland at once went to work to get up all the cats he could and in a few days came into town with, a regular me nagerie on wheels, having on his wagon a tremendous cage such as is seen to come in full of chickens sometimes from Harnett and John ston. In this cage old Copeland hud four hundred cats. Sad to record, however, some of the boys got hold of Copeland and got him swamped in his "bitters" before he disposed of thecats and somehow or other they got loose and escaped in all direc tions. They were never recaptured aud have ever since been multiplying and replenishing the earth in these parts and that accounts for the prev alence of cats hereabouts. Railroad Engineers Ears. William Van Bokelin, engineer: "I have heard a good deal about rail road engineers being color-blind. Sometimes, as you may know, an en gineer's eyes become so affected that he imagines he sees things on the track. But did you ever hear of an engineer whose ears deceived him? 1 have. An engineer is always ex pecting to hear the sound of a whistle. He listens so much for this sound, that, after years at the throttle, he will hear the sound of which I speak when there is none. In some instances the company has had the ears of engineers put to a test by eminent auricnlists. In fact, I have been told that some companies have men employed who make an examination of the ears of engineers have been on the road a certain length of time." Chicago Tribune. J. B. Connelly at his Georgia Home. Maj. II. Bingham has re turned from Cartersville, Ga., whither he went last week to take the deposition of J. B. Connelly in the case of E. B. Drake, idministra tor, against the bondsmen. Major Bingham reports that the ex clerk of Iredell Superior Court has been engaged for some months, until now, writing in the courthouse at Cartersville, but that he has just obtained law license and h about entering upon the practice. He is superintendent of a Sunday School in which Sam Jone's wife is one of the teachers, and has declined the office of county administrator, with the bond of $25,000 made up for him. Statesville Landmark. Mice Drank the Champagne. Christmas Mrs. Judge E. F. Law son, of Waynesboro, was presented with a case of champagne and it was carefully stored away. A few days ago Mrs. Lawson opened the case and out jumped several mice, fat and sleek. One by one she drew out the bottles of sparkling fluid, until to her surprise three empty bottles were found, the sealing hav ing been taken off and a nice little hole made in every cork and the champagne gone. Sensible cham pagne rats. Macon Telegraph. How Names Grow. How n&nie.i grow receives an odd illustration in the Congo county. White people are known in the upper Congo dis tricts as Batenuele. Tendele was as near as the Congo nature could get to the pronunciation of Stanley,"ba" being the common prefix for people. Batendele is the t'ongese for white. In a somewhat similar way the In dians of the Northwest coast bestow ed the title of Boston men on all white people, as ships from Boston were those most frequently seen by them in the old days when the Ore gon coast was a howling wilderness. A Watch rou the Blixd. The Swiss watchmakers have invent ed a watch for the blind. A small peg 13 set in the middle of each fig ure. When the hour hand is movin ing towards a given hour the peg for that hour drops. The owner, when he wants to know the time, finds which rej is down and then counts back to twelve. St. Louis Republic.