North Carolina Newspapers

THE STAHD&AD. tiiutIdM H WE DO ALL KINDS OF job woek: IN THE YEA TES 1 MANNER AND AT rut: lowest bates. LAIIGEST PAPKli -PUBLISHED IX CONCORD.-. CONTAINS MOKE KEADLNU AIATTE11 Til AX AXY OTHKU TAPER IN THIS SECTION. VOL. III. NO. 29. CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1890. WHOLE NO. 142. Stand aria6 ; STANDARD NOTES- The merchants may have to settle the Force Bill before any other. "in a year like this election year , w "leaders are lorn, if only to ju. but a few months. Tillan will be to South Carolina what Malione has been to Virginia. Mark you. he Atlanta Constitution is red ll(lt over the Force Bill. It is stir rini things up with a burning pole; ,laS. (J. Blaine is thought to be president tolly inclined. He had the, siine disease in 1SS4. Arp's son-in-law, died a few jays Mnce. He was an editor, bright ami industrious. Mr. Ben. Harrison, the President of the United States, is a member of a land speculating syndicate. It is positively untrue that Kditor I'mlerwood, of Georgia, is the father ..f thirty-seven children. He claims i. niy twenty-seven. The Bepublicans want lo put a t;ix of 120 per cent on tin plates that every body uses, and yet there is not a single industry of that kiud in America. One of the ablest, mathematicians in America has made a very diflicult and even accurate calculation. He says that between 30,000,000 and 2(,037,O0O babies are born every year an infant enterprise. It is said in the North that the l-Vree Bill will be defeated; if it is, alright. If not, the South can drink it, if it is bitter; but she re serves the right to eay how much of the vile stuff shall go down our throats. - I'liiireismaii Bunn was renomi nated on the first ballot, defeating ScarWough and Stroud, both Alli ance men. Scarborough is the former State Superintendent of l'uhVn- Instruction. The defeated eiUiiViAati'S endorsed, in speeches, the acta i tin- convention. If tin 'iv is a man in North Caro lina who c.n foretell the movements nf t!ir various elements in the coni iiiir i ainjiaign. if he can lealize the extent and drpth of the determina tion and result of the plans and Mid operations of a class heretofore taking but little interest in politics that man is wiser than a Solonian. Mr. IJ. A. (Jrier. president of tiie Alliance of Mecklenburg county, in the convention hekl in Charlotte on the v'."th, offered this resolution: "Be Sohid that we have full confidence in the integrity, ability and patriot im of the Hon. Z. B. Vance, and ti rg;- his re-election to the position In- now tills with so much honor and credit to himself and the State." It a unanimously adopted amid loud applause. A great deal is being said through nut the South about boycotting the North. It cannot, and if it could, it .-hould not be done. If boycott ting is wrong in "one instance, it is w rong "m all. There was one time when such a thing was practicable when the whole South lived . on comparatively nothing and wore just what was manufactured around the fin-Miles but it is not now. You can't screw up the courage of our people (so many having become Weil. led to the tastes and deep love of modern living) to deprive themselves of actual necessities and ph -a: tires. A remedy for the injury and insult of the Force Bill, if it becomes a law, must be had . in incus u res other than boycotting. A sixteen-year-old. boy, near ire ntille, 8. C, hanged himself because "his girl" would not ''have" mm. lucres something wrong with the character of our social sys tem when bovs not vet old enough to keep their noses clean, and cer ia i my not old enough to be away iioni their mothers, are allowed to surround themselves with influences and conditions that produce a desire to marry. It's spoiling chances for making useful and industrious men, if not an open shame. Too many boys are becoming men (?) too soon. i hey need something more than sweet-heart; they need education; they need trades; they need perma nent employment; aud a good many f them need a frequent application ot itrup oil. 'lodsboro Argus: Three bitshe's of entirely red corn was carried to mill one day this week by our good 1' iend, Mr. Asa B. Collier, of Pike- Mile township, and the meal there iiom was so rough and dark as not io tie fit for table use, so it ha 1 to lie converted into stock feed Thus imieh for the experiment M6& CONCORD IS THE MOST KAPIDJ.Y GROWING TOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA. In Ihko we had 1264 and In 1HOO we Have Over 3 1-4 Time na Many Peo ple The Orowtl HI nee tfie Cennna Will Make ll 4,23-We are KftlUflrd With the CenMiia Titkera' Work. Koine Enterprise, etc. The biggest town in the State the most thrifty town Ju North Caroli na; the 'busiest and most hustling young city in the Tar Heel Com monwealth! What, Concord? Yes, sir! Concord got a move on herself several years ago; that move is-still moving on. There is more good,hard business sense and push to the square inch in Concord than can be found in auy town of the State. When you remember that the in crease in her population has been, in ten years, over 229 per cenfc, you can then realize her rapjd growth, town in the Sta'e can show sue No ch an increase. Our growth, too, is sub stantial; it is not like that of a blacksmith's bellows it is solid. We beli ve that the census is just as correct as any one could hitve .taBfciH it; there is no donbt that Uapt. Al exander missed some, and any body else would have done the same. Ow ing to the natural increase and par ties moving in, we believe that our population will number 4,225 at this very time. The citizens of Concord who have money, invest it in enterprises that give work and employment to hun dreds o! people. There are a few old moss-backs, blind to Cencord's growth and the prosperity of the people, who hang on to a nickle aud griu for more but thanks to a be neficent truth, we have only a few and we propose to get rid of them when their time, cornea. The men who have no money and can control it are helping to build up the town.- Below we give some of the enter prises. In the main the statements are-not 1 per cent from right. It did not occur to us until 11 A M that it would be wise to enumerate some of our enterprises, hence our time in gathering facts was very limited. We would not have our readers to suppose that the facts below cover the entire business of the town far from i I. the y. M. c. A. The Y. M. C. A. was organized in 1890. The rooms are luuidsomely furnished. There are 105 members. Officers: D B Coltrane, president; II I Woodhouse, vice-president; Jas C Fink, treasurer; 15 E Harris, sec retary. LIVERY, SALE AXII FEED STA I5LF.S. Brown Brothers keep, on an average, 40 horses and 3G vehicles. A big business in buying and selling is done. M. J. Corl keeps a sale, feed and livery stable; he has, on an average, about 20 horses aud 18 vehicles. l'lnXTIXG HOUSES. J. B. Sherrill's office Publishes the Times (weekly), the outside of several other weeklies and does handsome job work in all its depart ments. Jas. P. Cook's office Publishes The Daily and Weekly Staxdakh, and does job work. 11AXK. i he Concord iNational lianfc was opened for business on July 18, 1888. Capital stock $50,000; deposits from- 55,000 to $100,000; surplus $5,500. Officers: J M Odeil. president; D F Cannon, vic-preeident; 1) B Col trane, cashier. THE WOOJ) AXD-.inOJf WORKS. I his -enterprise was started in 1889. Do all kiuds of wood work,and the machinery for doing work m iron is complete. ,-. Capital stock is $15,000. The officers: P B Fetzer, president; A B.Youug, secretary and treasurer. NEW SOUTH CLUB. The rooms are commodious and nicely furnished. Membership-. 35. Officers: . George L Patterson, nresi dent; L. I) Coltrane, secretary; T F Pharr, treasurer. -' TOWX OFFICERS. Mavor, J. L. Boger; Aldermen P. B. Fetzer, G. M. Lore, W. It. Odell. M. Ti. Brown, W. C. Correll and J. C. Wadsworth; Jas. C. Fink, secretary and treasurer. MERCANTILE. There are about 40 places of busi ness: several ouite large ones. All do a thriving business. CHURCHES. Presbyterian church, Uev. C. M Pavne. D. I), nastor. with all its property and fixtures cost $11,000, The Presbyterian Chapel, at For est Hill, cost 8800. The German Ke formed church Kev. T. M. Trexler, I). I), pastor, is valued at $1,800. 1 he Methodist church and prop erty are valued at, $10,000. Kev. J H. Page is pastor. The Lutheran cnurch and prop ertv cost $12,500. liev. W. G Campbell is pastof. Cannonvillc Lutheran church will cost, when completed, $1,100. The Baptist church cost $1,200, Kev. J. D. Newton 13 pastor. Forest Hill M. E. Church cost $10,000. Kev. H. M. Blair is pastor. There are four-churches for the colored people: two or tliem are real handwme. STREET RAILWAY. Capital stock $15,000; hauls freight and . passengers. Officers: J. P. Allison, Pres.; J. B. Sherrill, Sect'y.; D. B. Coltrane, Treas. Start ed in 1889. I HOTELS. I St. James Hotel -is owned aiidj kept by Mrs. Mollie Dusenbury. i Morris House i j owned by P. M' J Morris and kept by J. M. Cross. St. Cloud Hotel is. owned by a stock company; capital $15,0u0. D. F. Cannon, president; G. M. Lore, Sect'y. & Treas. This hotel was opened in 1889. J. Wr Clarke is proprietor. - . . , CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.. The chamber was. organized on the 1st of Julv. N. D. Fetzer, Presi-' dnt; Jas. PCook, Sect'y. & Treas. Board of Directors: N. t). Fetzer, I). B. Coltrane, D. P. Payvault, J. P. Allison, J. C. Gibson, C. G. Mont gomery, II. C. Herring, W. J. Swink. and P. B. Fetzer. FEMALE ACADEMY. Recognizing the need of better facilities for female education, a stock company was formed for the purpose of erecting a suitable build ing for the , education of girls. The building is a handsome one and beautifully located; it cost $6,000. W It Odell is president, D R Hoover is vice president and Jno A Cline is secretary and Treasurer of the Com pany. Misses Bessent and Fetzer, the principals, have had a flourish ing school for two years. THE ODELL MFG. COMPANY. Of this company, J. M. Odell is president and W. li. Odell is secre tary and treasurer. J his company operates four mills. Capital stock s $500,000; 852 looms; 20,000 spin dles; hands employed, 800; and 8,000 bales of cotton are used per year. CAXXON MF'g. COMPANY. This factory is constantly eularg- ng its capacity in the different de partments.. J. M. Odell is president and J. W. Cannon 1s secretary and treasurer of the company. In oper ation are 230 looms; 8,000 spindles, 130 hands are employed and 2,200 bales of cotton are used anuuallv. The capital stock is $12G,O00. THE WATER WORKS. - Mr. P. B. Fetzer, alone and single handed, constructed for the town a system of water works that cost $11,000. The water comes from a spring that has a daily capacity of 40,000 gallons. There are two tanks, one for fire that holds 30,000 gallons, and one for domestic pur poses that Holds x.,ooo gallons. there are eight double fire plugs, and it is probable that the system will lie extended. Mr. 1-etzer has given to the town the best system of water woiks that can b? found in e tate. SOCIETIES. Masonic Lodge: W G Campbell, W M; C M Walter, secretary. Knights of llonon . J Y Burk- head, director; John A Kimmons, financial reporter. I. O. o. F. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was organized ia 1890. N D Fetzer is N. G.; W. G. Campbell is secretary. Koyal Arcanum: li K Gibson, Kegeut; J F Williford, secretary; D L l'ost, treasurer. k CABARRUS BLACK BOYS. This military company was or ganized in January 1889. It has CO men in rank and hie. Captain, J co, F. Reed. KEKU BAG MF'G. COM PA XV. Officers: J. M. Odell, president.; W. K. Odell, secretary and treasurer; W. II. Kerr, manager. This com pany operates a bleachery (the only one in the South except one in At lanta) that has a capacity of 4 tons of cloth per day. The company also operates 10 bag machines ( invented by Mr. Kerr), the capacity of which cannot be found out as it is pri vate matter, uut the annual pro ducts of these machines would sack up the whole world their work is immense, ine capital stock ot the company is $224,000. RAILROAD, 4C lYom the depot at this place dur ing the past 12 months, 7,407,Co2 pounds were shipped; 24,001,273 pounds shipped in a gruat deal of this was machinery to the factories, Nearly $21,000 from passenger fares, this of course does not include many 1,000-nnIe and 2,000-mile tickets. COTTON. Nearly 10,000 bales of cotton are shipped from this depot; it isjiot as heavy now since the capacity of the factories ha3 been increased. OTHER NOTES. Not a single Barroom in the town or county. There are ten white ministers liv ing in town. ' The health of this community was once so good that they had to kill a man to tart a grave yard. The streets are "tolerably" goCd. Not many loafers; those we have behave tliemselves. A roller mill is likely to be erected. Most of the business men were raised in the country. WTe have a fine barber shop. The express business is very heavy. The public schools are, in . town, three months long. ' The guard house always stands open. About4,000,000 bricks are mide eery year. - Over 350 houses were erected in town daring 1889. The town cemetery does not fill up rapidly. There is n Building aivd Loan Association that does a big business. The women are all eooa looking, and the men arc industrious. Everybody is welcome to the town. The Concord Daily Standard loves everybody in to.vn and a great many out of town. SOME OE THE-nrESSEKS. A. M. .Allman, of Mt.Pleasant, guessed tlieexact number of Con cord's population. ' W. M. Harris misied the number by only one; J; Whit Bnrkhead' guessed three too many; A. L. bappenheld guessed 34 too many; i). L. JJost shot 81 too low; little- David Raniseur aimed 31 too. low; J. M. Cross wa3 1G too low; M. J. CorL missed it byt6; and Dr. Theodore F. Tharr, of Concord, aving guessed G,500, gets the tin- cup, with his name engraved on it. Mayor Tliouipnon on the noy rolling: scheme. Cor. of the News and Observer. Raleigh, N. C, July 23. Not withstanding a ' double-leaded edi torial"' in the News and Observer advising u boycott of all Northern goods, it need not argue an entire ignorance of the question wheu one lolds that a boycott for the purpose of defeating the Force bill would not be wise or practicable. With the present facility for reach ing every hamlet in the bouth, it would be well nigh hnpossible to in stitute a boycott that would be even partially successful. In the first lace, the merchants themselves would not be a unite in favor of it, and if to a man thev did undertake it, branch stores of Northern houses to supply the demand would be es tablished. This would be further supplemented by a large mail order business and by itenerant merchants who would go' into every settlement in the South. The ead aimed at wohM not be attained but the busi ness of our merchants would be gone. I hope I may be pardoned for sug gesting a p'an which perhaps may be worthy of consideration. " The nerve, known as the "pocket nerve, is saul to be very sensitive, particularly so in the "Yankee." The Northern merchants arc large creditors of the South, and nearly all of this indebtedness matures about "election times." If every merchant in the South would write his correspondents in the North that the derangement of labor, and the general distraction and disturbance of the country, incident to the pas sage of the Lodge bill, would pro hibit ppeedy collections, and proba bly prevent the gathering of the largest crop pf cotton ever produced by the South, such a flood of peti tions would flow into the Senate from the right direction ihat the bill would fail to become a law. This is practical and timely, and certainly as effective as a boycott, while no ill will between the sections would be engendered. Very truly yours, Alp. A: Thompson. fare for tlie Bvjh. Down in the . humblest home in your community, earning an hum ble living, may be a boy, who is scarcely thought of by anyone save a mother, yet who ha3 a brilliant in tellect and whoai the .world will some day delight to honor. It need not be said that such wa3 the earlier advantages of Columbus, the explo rer, of Clay, the statesman, and of Jacob Astor, the money prince. Be cause a boy is ragged do not cast him aside but help him to fight 'the battles of life and when he has gain ed" the victory he will reward you with abundance of good will. He may be like a neglected jewel, that when the dust has been rubbed off, will shine with a brilliancy that will surprise the world. m- Citiinon ville KoIcn. Our sick people are all improving. We have no new cases of fever, and are hopeful that "our end of town will again enjoy good health. Misses Ida and Mollie Ilornbuckle, of Burlington, are visiting at their uncle's, Mr. J. P. Ilornbuckle, Mr. W. E. Bacon of Cannonville and Miss Nannie Robins, of Ran dolph' county, were married last Wednesday, at the nome of the bride. Mr. W. C. Yorke attended the wed ding. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon will ar rive cm the noon train tomorrow, and make Concord their home. July 2G News and Observer: It is reported that some of- Raleigh's visitors at Cleveland Springs and 6urrounding country were taken for revenue-officers a day or two ogo, and -had a thrilling and hair-bread tlr' escape from the "moonshiners" in the mountains oi that section. " Big preparations are being made for the Alt. Holly fair. TALK OF U15 U.U. The oyster joke is now in season. R. there! Boston Post ' You can natter the worst idler on earth by tolling him he is working too hard. lAtchkon Globe. ' A bilious man hunting for something to get mad at is generally successful in his search. Elmira Free Preg'. It improves your memory to lend a friend $, but it destroys the memory of you friend. New Orleans Picayune. Nature has wisely arranged matters so that a man can neither pat his own tack nor kick himself. Lawrence American. Mrs. D'Arte "The 'Angelus,' " I Bee lias gone to Canada."" Grubber "An gelus? I guess I never heard of him. WliaJ Lank was lie in,?" Boston Tran script. A The conductor (to train robbers)- "Boys, there's nq money in this job; the Pullman porter lias just jumped off the traiu and escaped." Scribner's Maga ine. Jackson "What nort of a cigar is that you're smoking?" Joblot "That's a Key "Weijt. How do you like it?" Jack sou "Hike it in Key West." Lowell Citizen. Somehow a man feels much worse the ilay after he has lost an hour's sleep on Account of the baby tluui he does the day after he has lost five hours' sleep at the club.--Atchison Globe. Had to be fast A. "What a wonder fully fast horse that Artel is?" B. i Bound to be fast. Just look at the gang at the race track he is olligedto associate with. " Texas Siftings. ! They all do it. Young Brindle "Pa. can't have a flannel shirt like yours V Mr. Brindle (shaking from, exinrieuee) My bon, you may have this after it's washed. r Lippincolt's. Prominent jewelers now affirm that the diamond solitaire earring ia going out. This will be cheering news to ears that have never bren able to get them in. Boston Commonwealth. Safe hiding place. "I am about scared to death. I hear that the anarchists have sworn to kill me if thej rind me. What shall I do?" "Get a positiou in a lath house. " Chicago Inter-Ocean. Not yet universally adopted. "What's that on your coat collar, Jack? Been calling?" "Ya-as. You see, my girl hasn't got onto this new smokeless pow der yet. " Merchant Traveler. Fanner wifa "If you will help beat this caret, I will give you something to e:t. " Uirty DaVidson, the tramp (haugh tily) "Ma'am! I'm a gentleman! I never beat my way. " Toledo Blade. Struck hard. Wife "AVhat makes you so pale ?" Husband "I just dodged 1 lai d up. If he had seen me he would have hit me hard." "Hit you? What fir?" "Ten dollars. "Chicago Inter Ocean. A silvery tongue. Swell "Very sorry, ... m my man. uoi no coppers. irauip- " Ah, thin! ould I be afther supposin that a gintleman of your quality woulU carry the dirty things!" Gets a quarter. Fun. Yoiujg American pluck. Father "Will you divide the marbles with your little brother with or without being whippi-d?" Bobby "I Vpecfc I've got to divide, pa, Imt I'll take the lickiu' first" New oi k Press. Xantippe "I declare, how cheerful mv husi and looks to-day." "No won der, sister; you know to-day is election, and the poor mau n naturally deligiiteu to have hit tay about something." Flie-eml? Blaetter. A wise course "I fell over the rail," said the sailor, "and the shark came .don? and grabbed lne by the leg. " "And what did vou do?" "I let him have the lee. I never dispute with a shark, A lenevolent wish. Cumso "My dear, do you think that our occupations in the r.ext world will be the same as in Hiis?" Mrs. Cumso "Well, I should be f.orry to think you would smoke as much there as here. ' LLate. TV.icher "What's the matter? You look all pufTed up." Pupil "I began stndvinir the Welsh language last night. nn.l nfeiihrntallv swallowed the word -Dwft" w ch m u w ff d d f r y n n ddyy well.' That's all." rNew York Journal. WHAT A1I.S TUB II LACK MAX. lie lUi No I'hiloiophy u a liul and teU His TronbUt Worry Illin. Out about four miles fro'ni iNatcln-z, say a Detroit Free Presa man, I cam across a colored man who had head d for town with a ja j of woo I on a ono mule wngon. At a narrow spot in the roau, where the mud was a foot deep, r.is old mule had yiven out and tlu wagon w as s'.alled. The lean sat ou a log by the road iile, smoking a corncob pip an I onjoy inir a sun 1 ath. and after viewing the Situation I asked; , -Well, what arc you goln to do?' "Nuflin', Iwss," he answered. "Going to leave the rig right there mx til it sinks out of sight?" "Oh. she's duu gone down about a . fur as she kin. " "And you are in no hurry?" "No, sah. I'ze got all dis week to get to town." "Well, you take things pretty cool, I mast say." "Say, bom, jist st down he h half an hour an' see de filosonhy of dj thing, " he answered. "I'ze working a common sense plan on dis difficulty. " I got down anl to k a scat, and it wasn't ten minutes before a cotton tea n, with four darkies perched on the bales, came up from the rear. "Yo dar what's do rumpus?" de manded the driver as he checked his mid. s. " Dun got stuck fast. " "Oh ho! Come along, boys, an' git dat ole mewl outer his trubble." Thev all got down, each took a wheel, and with a "heave-o" the wagon was lifted out of the mud and was ready to go on. "See de pint!"queried the owner of the rig, ho hadn't lifted a pound "himself. "I do." "Dat's what ails de black man to-day han't got no filosophy. He-haw, now, Julius git right np'n bend yore ole back- Iwne! Solong, white man seo yo laterl -j come," the lecturer began, And then came a gentle ffoutjU, For in the audience a man - Irreverently said, "Come off!" I New York Herald. It seems that the highwaymen down about Wilmington are "mon arch of all they survey." A crip pled negro was robbed and nearly beaten to death by them, near Wrightsville the other day. . Kev. Jas. li. Scroggs, of liandle man will succeed Kev. P. R W, Stamey as presiding elder, of the Trinity College LUstrict. A WORD. (.caught one word one whisper low The word of a thousand meanings, "No." ' (lave yon heard the organ' tone gro dim t the closing of some grand old biffin, While echoed and tossed fromaVck to stone That sweet " Amen "when the hymn was done? Have you heard the birds their cirols sing nil the whole wild forest seemed to ring, -As the golden sunlight swept the plain A fter a day of mist and of rain ? Have you heard the bells at eventide In the distance o'er the valley wide. And then stopped to catch the minor plaint t Ora pro Nobis, sweet aad faint T A.R sweet as these came the answer " No," When he whispered softly, "Shall I g7" 11 laval Scott Mines. PADRE- VERDIWS CATS. Padre Iateo Verdugo was tlte vener- Mo priest in charge of an Indian mis- .on near the coast of California. The mission is now a majestic ruiu; but 60 ears ao PaUre Mateo was a busy man. One morning, while the sacristan' riept, Padre Mateo sat outside his door with a big book on his knees. 4 The padre liad almost fallen asl -en. when, hearing the patter of bare feet. ie looked up to see dark skinned bovs tarrying u litter of kittens toward tlie :re-k. Que! Que!" cried the padre, rubbing- ins eye.3. " VV ould you destroy the poor kittens?" Si, padre," replied ono little Iudian. Para que?" questioned the priest They are too many, padre, "answered he littlo Indian, poking his great toe ia the dust But wait! The pretty things! They lavenot yet beheld the light of day. Give them to me!" cried the benignant priest They shall not perish, for I will care for them nmelf. Are tluey not pretty, my worthy Guadajouiie? Open thine eye for one instant." Had the sacristan foreseen the conse quences he would have made remon- trance before t'ae padre's passion. trengtheued; but being sleepy and sel- lish, Guadaloupe settled hhnjelf for an other nap. At the end or tle second year Padre Ma teo's cats were the baneiof the sacristan's life. , "Must I," thought he, with rising spleen, "I, who am 70 years old and have stitch in my back niust I, besides lusting die altar and ringing four heavy bells aud tending the padre's house must I do obedience to yowling cats? Es vergonzoso, indeed ! Had he not feared the padre's maledic tion he would have murdered- the creat ures without compunction. The cats flourished and the p:vdre's fondness in- reused, and Guadaloupe was scolded more frequently than ever. "Heart of stone!" the priest would exclaim, "would you let them starve? I am sure you gave no milk to Cunninr's new kittens this day ! aud well you know she lias not nourishment enough for them all! You sliall do penance for your 'iniquities!" But, your excellency, " the sacristan would remonstrate with groat humility, "I had no milk left after supplying the sick babe of the squaw who died last week. Surely the kittens can wait " "Wait?" stormed the padre. "Are they not wailing from hunger even now? Tlieir cries pierce my heart How can I leave them to your charge, and go way for eight long days and go I At these words hope sprang up anew in Guadaloupe's perfidious heart Art thou going away, reverend padre?" he asked meekly. "Ami, in deed, to be left alone for eight days ?" "It is true, replied the priest sadly. I must go. I am summoued tox report to my superior at San Luis Key; and the journey will require eight days. But how can I go? The Indians can get along well enough, to be sure, but what, I ask you, heart of wood, what will be- coma of my cats ?" Next day. a Padre Mateo trudged slowly down the roadl a sardonic smile came upon the countenance of t He wicked sacristan. It was neariug midday. Already Ig natius, the oldest and leanest and hun griest of the cats, had appeared, sniffing, to learn if dinner was being cookei. I will teach the villain!" muttered the sacristan, fiercely, as he busied him self building a fire. "I will teach thee to sit and glower at me while I work till my body shakes with weariness!" When the meal was ready Guadaloupe went to the door. Come, Carlotta, dear- estl Come, my Pedro! Come, Carlos! " he called tenderly. "Hasten within, for thy dinner waits! Be quick, then; all of you!" When the cats were seated Guadaloupe, after tightly closing the doors, hurried to the chapeL From the altar he selected the largest crucifix, and, bearing this in the left hand, and a great Vhip behind him in his right hand, he returned to the padre's housa. H ldiug the crucifix before him, the sacristan entered the room where the oat- were assembled. "Now wretches! brutet villains!" he shouted and at each word came a out from the. whip 'fiends! monsters! ungrateful beasts! Receive your punishment!" The astonidied creatures leaped from their seats and tore madly about the little room, but they could not get be yond the reach of Guadaloupe's whip. Ht lashed right and left, still holding the crucifix before him, till at last he could no longer wield the whip. Thrice each day a similar scene was anacted, till at the sight of the crucifix the creatures would spring wildly from their seats and seek to escape. Padre Mateo' returned at night, and as welcomed cordially by the prefidious ucristan. In the morning Guadaloupe called the padre to the breakfast meaL "But where are the cats?" asked Padre Mateo. Guadaloupe shrugged his shoulders, with a look of sadness: "Speak not of them, reverend padre !" "But I want my cats!" "Your excellency I fear you havo been befooled." "Where are my cats ?" ".Well, then, I will call them, vener- A man named Shinall has mys teriously disappeared from his home near Alt. Airy. When last seen he was in company with Percy Fry and Joe Tilly at a church. Blood was found on the floor and pulpit of the church and it is thought they killed him about a game of cards, and con cealed his body, . The Texas Siftings of this week contains an engraving of AI. E. Car ter, Esq., of Ashevillef as one of its series of leading southern men. tble padre, but first let me speak. I fear the creatures are not mere common cats, else why did they conduct them selves so strangely in your absemter "Nonsenser roared the padre. "Call my cats!" "But wait, your reverence. As your reverence knows, it is my duty always, on a Thursday, to clean the candlesticks ind the sacred crucifixes on the altar. Your reverence well remembers that it is my custom always to bring them out de into the air that the dust may not sod the altar cloth. Wliat will your rev erence think when I reveal the wicked ness of your reverence's cats? They are nil devils, surely, else why should they run from the crucifix, as the evil ono would flee?" " Nonsense!" roared tha iadre. "Call my cats?" So the sacristan did as lie was bid. "Now," said Pa.h-e. Mateo, trium-' phantly, when all Ihe cats were seated tibout the table, "we will test this thing! Bring in the crucifix!" Without a word the wicked sacristan Hew to the chapel, and returned holding die sacred emblem aloft before him. At its appearance the unhappy cats gave a discordant howl of despair and fled. As the last swollen tail disappeared the padre gave a gasp and caught the sacristan's arm for support "Devils!" he wailed at last, wringing his trembling hands. "Things of evil! A his! alns! How ye have deceived me! My worthy Guadaloupe, thou hast spoken truly but oh! how I have loved them! "Get thy gun, my Guadaloupe. They are fiends! Get thy gun and rend their wicked hearts!" Amy Elizabeth Leigh. Juer Things Abut Wild Duck.- Cliarles B. Westcott, a well known authority in such matters, says that ducks are becoming fewer and fewer every year, especially coast ducks, and he attributes it to the destruction of the eggs by professional egg hunters more than to the shooting of the ducks. - There is a peculiarity about the flight nf wild ducks which Mr. Westcott, in common with other observing duck hunters, has noticed. A flight of ducks coming south on one day, if followed by other flights in the same direction days or weeks afterward, will not vary to ex- seed 25 feet from the path of the ducks which have preceded them, aud they will alight iu almost the exact spot where preceding flights have settled. This is a coincidence of such continuous occurrence as to reasonably establish ihe theory that the lines to be pursued and the resting or feeding places have been a matter of prearrangement, but how the plans were intelligibly com municated and followed through the pathless air must remain a profound mystery until the hunters become as familiar with the duck language as they are with the habits of the fowls, for the monotonous quack of the duck must be as full of meaning to it as the Chinese (gibberish is to the coffee colored chil dren of the Orient Savannah News. Wonders of the Urltinh Museum. "Max O'Rell isn't coming to America this year," said Major J. B. Pond, "but Louis Fagan, the masles of prints of the British Museum, and the only living man who can put his hand on every volume in that wonderful collection, is coming to tell the people on this side of the water about the treasures of the mu seum. I had heard it said, " quoth the major, who is as brown as if he had been with Stanley in Africa, "that Mr. Fagan could, in just two minutes after demand made on him, produce or locate any treas ure in his el large. It lias also been said tliat everytlung worth keeping is kept under the roof below which he reigns supreme. When introduced to mm l asked casually if he M ould let me rook at n copy of the ' Vermont Farmers' Al manac,' a pamphlet I hadn't heard of since my boyhoood, and which I didn't suppose any Vermont farmer even had ever preserved. 'Certainly, said he, touching a bell and calling an old attend ant, to whom he gave a slip of paper con taining the name of the thing desired and its location. In just 110 seconds the old attendant came back with a complete file of that almanac. " He Stumped Out' Littlo Tommy was entertaining one of his sister's admirers until -she appeared. Don't you come to see my sister? he lnquireo. 3 V "Yes, Tommy; thats what 1 come for." "You like her immensely, don't you?" "Of course, I like her very much. Don't you. think she's nice ? " Well, I have to, cause sue s my sister: but she thumps me pretty hard some times. But let's see you open your mouth once. Now shut it tight until I count ten. There I kuowed you could do it it!" "Why, Tommy, who Baid I couldn't?" "Oh, nobody but sister!" "What did she say?" "Well, she said you hadnt sense enough to keep your mouth shut, and 1 bet her two big apples you had; and you liave. haven't vou? ;And you'll maka her stump up the apples, won't you? That voung man did not wait to sec whether she would "stump up" or not New York Ledger. Insurance of Babies- One of the flourishing industries of New York is the insurance of babies. More than one company is engaged in the traffic, and it produces a lucrative income. The sum paid is usually 5 cents a week on each child, and collectors have to trot about in a lively fashion to ma"ke anything like a decent income. The sys tem is productive of good in so far that it assures very poor people against being put to extremes in the event of a death in the family. On the other hand, the possible and even probable abuses are qpvious, for it gives heartless parents a direct personal interest in the death of one who is entirely at their mercy. A Oversignt. Waiter Haven't you forgotten some thing, sir? y Prohibitionist Ahyyes; I had meant to give you a copy of the Voice. Hen you are, sir.' It is now evident that our railroad will not stop in Alocksville. Air. J. A. Nichols, R. E,, has just returned from Washington with a corps of surveyors, who are now making the final survey from hereto Afooresville. The grading force will not stop in Alocksvill, but will finish grading the road on to Alooresville at once. Davie Times. A woman has been convicted of bigamy in Catawba county and sent to the penitentiary. HOW TO TRAIN CillLDUKX. a V JtnE.tTltIXt: 11 AVE IIICAJ.TU ltjorir hi: AXD ST 11 1:; -.i.v t:i. tittle Cowl In tlio GymiiusiiiiuM t JlreaUie Correctly Montis an i:rot llodjr and a Graceful Carriage-Every i Hoy' May Reach a Green Old ASo. Eil win Checkley, a teacher of pliysieal education in Brooklyn, X. Y.. has oui new ideas which he has given to th public iu regard to the physical traiuir.;; of children. "The present system is wrong fronf i ginning to end," he snid lo a reporter. , "Pick tin a (5 month's old ini-mi " i added, "hold him in an mist rained up right position, and you will liad th.it his " back is broad and Hat and that his sjiiiit. is lierfectly straight. As soon as th. child begins to walk the spine Ugius t curve. Why? The wtfght of his al) donien causes tin lower part f his hack the 'hollow of his bark,' so failed 1 sink forward aud sasr down. .There i-i error number one. Subsequent physical training takes no notice of it. "You will find, too, that an infant in arms has the power, while sitting bolt upright, of putting his foot, or at least a part of it, in bus mouth. This is beeai i his hip joint is perfect, y free and flexible. He loses this flexibility almost from tin moment he liegius to walk. The ordinal system of athletio or calisthenio training takes no notice of this loss Noi, I claim that alove all else a child should be taught how to stand and how to breathe. Next ho should lie in structed as to the proper way of using every muscle and joint. Teach him those tlriu.;s and he will le a graceful healthy strong man. ' Neglect them and while he may become temporarily strong his power is neither lasting nor conducive to long life and vigor. . "Nothing is more imnortatit than to teach children the general principles of right development. It is a mere make shift to bring forward calisthenics. Oidy a small minority of the children in clause for physical training give any vigor or meaning to the few insignificant move ments of the arms. Most of the lmy: and almost all of the girl.s'niake merely superficial movements, wiih i;o sen.:" i.'"' the meaning and no feeling of ehi;era tion. If anything has been said to t 1 1 children about breathing no eifect is vis ible. If anything has hern said ah.i;it the carriag of the body the instruction has been confined to an injunction 'keep back the shoulders.' "In a nervous elTort to obey the lat;r-r injunction children are often f n:i 1 v, iLii hollowed backs an! shoulder l!e.d"s driven in against the spine. When ihs shoulders are violently and pi-rsi.-ite;itiy thrown back the should. -r Ma ics almost meet. They press on the spine and j uu the upper part of it forward.' This elf ret; is simply uuavoidaMe. "If a child is .sent to school at the aa of 5 or 0 the teacher should watch hi:u at bus desk to make sure that he main tains an erect jw.-ilion. It will be foimd that if tlie head is kept proeet-ly held erect the chin is hound to dra w up tho brejist bone. IV holding the body civet and straight the chil I will iiud it easy to breathe in the costal way that is, with the upper part of the chest. This, I claim, is the proper way to breathe. Of course it is not easy to learn all this at ouec, but a careful teacher, by taking pains, could soon bring her class into such a condi tion that they would find it jL-a-K-r stand, walk, and sit right than wrong. "It knot necessary to spend any si'iial half hour a day in teaching these things. The instructor who is v?ith children all the time is the one to keep them standing or sitting proKrly. 'Folding the arms,' the present attitude of rescctfiil atten tion, is one that Cramps the chest and the breathing apparatus. It should.never be practiced. lift the teacher instruct her children to keep the upper toiiit of the forehead and the most prominent part of the chest always uplifted, as if , trying to push up through the ceiling. A word now and again will boon incul cate the right sort of carriage. Lot all bending forward bo done from the hip joint not from the waist. The backbono need not and should not be bent in stoop ing to pick up anything. "Instead of wasting time over rods and wands, teachers should make the chil dren learn how to hold their bodies and how to move the shoulders, hips, and other joints properly in the ordinary business of life. Children can get littlo good from what they learn mechanically. The youngster's interest must be aroused. Teach him that not dumbbells, but the knowledge ho acquires' in the carriage and deportment of his body, will make him agile and strong, and then his physi cal education will amount to something. Physical education is properly accom plished only through the mind. "The mere acquirement of muscular tissue is not of so much importance as r good sheath of sound healthy agile lor covering. By that I mean elastic suppl tendons and muscles working in hat" mony, directed by a well regulated min This is what children need. The shou'eV ders should not be strained back of the hi;v joint These two joints should fe onth. same periendicular Hue. Tho cher.4 mast liave prominence on its own ac count, and the shoulders when held back far enough to give the chest free devel opment find a natural and comfortable center. I am no Ix.liever in the theory of extensive destruction iu tu.sues and hurried rebuilding of them to securo health. Such training is abnormal. The cat, tho horse, dog, tiger, and other lower animals keep their strength for the mo3t part with light exercise. The t rndemy of hard exercise is hard muscles, and hard muscles are bad. It is in toe con servation of energy, and not in the prod igal dissipation of energy, that the great est strength and endurance of the Iwdy will always lie. Our bxlie3 should re main lirm but pliant, and in most parts soft. There is no reason why auy of uft should become inactive before our 80ih birthday. . Whatever may be tho case elsewhere, it stands to reason that au editor in hi.-? sanctum is the writo man in the writo place. The Wilmington papers' announce that it is possible that some light may be thrown upon the murder of Air. Nathan Fails. Arrests,, were made several days atro of persons suspected of complicity in the min der, and who have since been confin ed in jail. Wake county grapes are in de mand on the Northern markets. It is said they are the favorite. 4