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Winter was. at hand and :.m,kt curled lazily upward from ,iKki iMiy built chimneys. Every : ' imd been leveled by the soldier's tin' old turnpikes were lost in a fj.Viiuth of foot-woin paths, and iVJS WUt'ltS Uiujr u iiiuo nunc uo- ie tin wind played hide and seek iiuoug tue SrowDS coru were now banl as the bed of a billiard table. iV headquarters of Beauregard re iu a farm house, unpaiut- d and unproieutious, that once had been ,i ' home of famous Virginia hospi foiitv but "the boys had gone to If eV'ir " the old folks had retired 0 more congenial scenes in the in terior of the -t:;to, and al around w-resisi of nun. The of iIj Ieia,, whose aiuiv wd euc:u:.pi'd iu our front, 1 -tV.utin" strength and the dispo of Vis forces, together with ,he new phase of public sentiment in the North that was then beein iiu" to take shape, were at this time Objects of grave concern to par Joiumauder, and it was important to obtain more definite information tlum had been fuiui.Led by the reg u br sines. How to set it. however, aud through whom was the ques- tlLJhe problem was solved while at breakfast one moinin? by a member of Ueauresrard's stall- "I know a lulv lie said, "in the neighboring county of Loudoun, who possesses tvtiy qualification of a successful relief tictLt. Ilernamo is Mrs. Vir cinia Mas: ii. is 3'oung, fatci hiita.i:, l.itrtily educated, a welcome guestm many "Washiugton- families and a -q '.;aii.ted with a large nu-ober of nortiif ru peo,Ie who spent their winters in the capital before the war. Wiiha;. she is a widow, ner iiii.laud liavmg been killed ut the baitle of Manassas, and brav cuOiU'li to undertake anything that ui'.l serve the laud she loves." iSraurecaid instructed the officer to r. Jf1 over to Loudoun and iuvite hplaJv to visit headnuarters, and in a day or two she appeared. Iu the interview tliat followed he told her nkst Le required a report from ikt'le'iau's army, its condition, the deposition of his force and the plans tl.stusst'd by the military authori ty m Washington. For this pur-j-if-e sue was to ingratiate herse.f ith oroininent officers, visit isFw York. JJ:i;tiuiore, the virious depart ments or any other points where in formation could bo procured. She was al;o to communicate with the representatives of the Confederate government in different cities of the north. The lady eagerly accepted the proposition, and supplied with au abundance of money, sta; ted nt once on the perilous erraud, ivL.ch meant glory if she was successful, and prison if she fail-.! . Sho returne d after an absense of a several weeks, erossiui, the Potomac opposite Dumfries, and arrived at the camp of Colonel and Senator Wade Hamp ton. Thence, escorted by one of his officers, she was driven to headquar ters at Centreville. I an see her now as she alighted from the arnbulance.on the piazza of the little brown farm house; a young but matronly luokiug lady, hand some, too, with glowing dark eyep, that looked as if they had fireworks in them. She was dressed in blac and her only baggage was a small Land satchel. She was also aceoni patued by a 6haggy skye terrier, a int-ie armful, that made a soldier wuo hadu't seen a pretty woman for a month of Sundays envious. AVhat occured within the doors after they closed upon hep was re luted to me afterward by Gen. Jor dan, then and subsequently Beau regard's adjutant-general. Beaure pr J was, of course, delighted to sec W, and with a woman's volubilily she told him more in two hours than be could remember in two months. The verbal part of the interview be int; ended he inquired for her papers, tic record of her trip and the dis patches he expected from confeder ates in the north. "Why, general, I didn't dare to bring them on my person," she re plied with a peculiar smile. "It was unsafe, you know; I might have been captured, and therefore I have told you all I know by word of mouth." Beauregard could not conceal his vexation, ani the more he showed it the more the little woman seemed to enjoy it. Finully, after teasiDg linn to tier heart's content, she said with affective demureness'General, h ive you a pair of scissors or a ii.if9 T'd like to use it for a iniu ut'.' . Beauregard lianJed her the ink eraser. "Come here, Dot," she call ed to the dog, and taking him in her lap continued: "I told you, general, it was not fcafe to carry important papers on my person and I havo not done so; iu fact, I have been sus pected and searched, but a woman's wit is sometimes superior to a man's judgment. See!' she said with co ' i uctt ish nonchalance, as she turned the little animal on its back and de liberately proceeded to rip him open. "Here are the dispatches!" As she spoke she held in one hand the hide of her Skye terrier and with the other smilingly extended a pack age of closely written tissue paper, while drtneins about the floor was a pretty "black and tan," hoppv at bi6 deliverance from another dog's el thes. The deception was per' feet, the mission a success, Beaure gard was enabled to anticipate Mc Clel!ac's movement?, and the charm ing epy not only receiied a hand some reward, but was led to the altar after the war as the bride oi the young officer who sang hei praises at Beauregard's breakfast table. New York Press. The honest workman works all the day, and the walking delegate works all the knights. Yonkers Statesman. VOL. III. NO. 45. YOUNG MEN. ! Young man, your opportunity ia before yu now. Eminent men say J tnat never before in the history of the South was there such an . oppor tunity for the young man. The growth of towns prove it. Your chance is r-efpre you now. Enter it with confident steps. Fush forward to the front Let no obstacle daunt you ; there are none which cannot be evercome. You have got to work. but if you will work and if you will take advantage cf the present you will find the end of your .path near at hand with a rich reward waiting. It is no chimera like the old fable which tells na of the bag of gold at the end of the many-colored rain bow, a fable which has charmed each . of us as children, but it is a solid reality with an end wiiich is Bo near that it can be reached in a very short while. Let no man frown you down. Your young will can accom plish what you desire if "you will seek any one reasonable object and push forward. Our towns offer, an euticiug field, and they all are ready to bid you a cordial welcome and to accord you any place which you can reasonably expect Durham will be glad to have yon and to have your energies exerted for her, and tuere is a rich reward awaiting you. Durham Sun. That ia sense in broad daylight! It applies to rural as well as to town localities; but have you seen the secret in the working out of success ? "Yon have got to work," indeed you have. But just now observations in this line ari not very flattering. There is work for our boys, small and large. They command larger prices to.1ay than they did fifteen jears ago. The boys'are (to be hon est and candid) not as industrious as boys were in the past ; they are inclined to be idle and unfaithful. To have a quiet, neat, honest, gen tlemanly and eaqer-to-do-right boy to assist you in your work is indeed a pleasure ; bnt when yon are forced to meet with errors and mistakes and-shortromings in your business caused by idleness, negligence and unfaithfulness on the part of boys, then you realize the unpleasant side of life. In some respects, some boys are smarter and better informel than their daddies. Xo doubt of this ! To hear the learned and fluent dh- cussions of some very delicate sub jects manifested by some twelve or fourteen year old lioys is calculated to have you think the boys far ahead of their daddies. Boys are not alto gether to blame for this. Turn then loose at ten years ! Let them canoodle" around the streets alone at a late hour at night ! Let them come in at any hour at night ! Let them play out of school whenever a little head-ache, or toe-aohe or a spell of laziness strikes them ! Sus tain and uphold them in their devil ment and idleness and meanness How could you expect a boy to be a credit to humanity when he is al- lowel to take the world by the tail in such manner as that ? Some boys, about twelve years old, and who can scarcely read, are not satisfied with a salary of $60 per year for eight and one-half hours of work each day. And lie is sustained by his father in such views. We heard a man, who has never set the world on fire, say that he would "rather see his bo loaf than to work for SCO per year." Such boys can not be expected to accomplish much. They do not realize the importance or inuusmons naoits anu wuu iu. fluence like the above they will sure ly spend much time in "loafiing." There is a man in Concord who was bound out and worked for sev eral years oc a farm, in cold.and heat, for only five dollars per mouth. He had nothing but health, pnnci pie, good sense and a disposition to tfork. Today he is worth nearly $40,000. "Bather have him loaf than work for $60 per year!" Oh, for a guardian ! There is another man in town who is highly educated, is brainy, is a man and a gentleman, is honest and faithful. He swept a college for his education ! He comraand,a salarv todav of $3,500 per year. To be honest and candid, is to gav some Drettv hard thines. It is better to work for ten cents a day than to be idle ; yes, it is better to work for nothing than to be idle. Get the idle boys off the street ! Send them to school, or put them to work, or chain them at home. For the sake of humanity, for the sake of the bov. keep your eye on him. On the street, he is idle, is rude, he's swearing and may do something worse. A ThreI,-rgel Mi. Frank Snipes, a butcher of this city, has a curiosity in the shape of a three-legged hog. lhe animal was purchased from a farmer a few miles from town, and Mr. onipes prizes it highly, from the fact" that it is a pet ana a great curiosity to evervbodv who has seen it. It is about nine months of age and weighs in the neighborhood of 75 pounds. The two hind legs areJike all other hogs, but the oddity comes in with only one front leg. The little ani mal is active and gets around with ns much ease as if he was a "whole hog." Mr. Snipes,- we understand, has been offered a good price for his pet, but refuses 10 sell. He says that he has learned of another similarly de formed ahoat and proposes to make an effort to buy it Winston Daily. There is a tremendous crop of weet potatoes in Halifax county and they are selling at from twentyfive to thirty cents per bushel. HE GOT THE CHICKENS. The Southern gro Criticised by His Victim. "You northern folks don't begin to know the southern n'gger as he is," observed the colonel as he light ed a fresh cigar and leaned back in his chair. "No ?" "They are not vicious, but they are without moral obligation. Con found him, he's a thief from head to heel; I never saw an honest nigger yet." "luat s very 8 weeping, colonel. "But it'd truth. I'll defy you to find me an honest nigger in all Geor gia." - - "1 should Bay that gray-haired darky over on lhe cotton bales could be trusted to watch a gold mine." "You would, eh ? Heah, boy, come heah !" "What's wanted, Kurnel Pea- body?" asked the old man as he came over with his hat in his hand. "Say, Eph, I want yon to do me a little favor this evening." "Sartm. "I'll pay you fordoing it", "Bress your soul, sah." "I want you to steal me a couple of young chickens and bring 'em to the 6tore at 7 o clock. "Steal 'em fur suah ?" "Yes. I'll give you a dollar." "All right Mars Peabody, I'll havem dere by seben o'clock if I'm alive." "What do you think of the nigger now r said the colonel as the ola man moved away. . "I'm aston'shed." "Well, you be on hand at 7 o'clock to see the chickens. He'll have 'em here," So he did. He came to the back door of the store with a couple of pullets m a bag, as he handed them over hp said : "Ize got 'em fur you Kurnel, an' dey is as fat as butter. Don t reckon you'll nebber sayuffin' 'bout it eh?" "inuii n wuru, xjpu. xicic o jv-ui dollar." I had no argument to make that evening. There were the nigger, the chickens and the dollar.- What could I sav ? Next morning I went down to the colonel's office, and I had scarcely stepped inside when he called out: "What do you think of a nigger, now ?" "Anything new happened ?" "I should say so. Where do you think old Eph stole those chickens?" "I have no idea. "But I have. The infernal rascal stole 'em from my own coop, aad three or four more with em : New Orleans Times-Democrat A Painful Nllenee. It is said that Farmer Dauiels is fee'ing, with eagerness, the pulse of the recently elected Legislature.with a view to ascertaining whether or not be can prolong his wretched contract for state printing. -We also understand that Farmer Joe, in his imperious awfulness, has stated that the little bugs did not annoy him. This may be true andfit may not be true. The Globe does not expect the psor old Chronicle to applaud it for what it says concerning the sate mintinc contract The Globe, however, would like to know why the poor old Chronicle is allowed to nose as a middle medium and reach its hands down into the state's treasury and take two or three thousand dollars a year for doing nothing. The poor old Chronicle has no job office, even if in printing jobbery it is successtui. A joo print ing establishment does all the state work ; it is paid a reasonable price for what it dots, and Farmer Dan iels, the political seer, oracle and prophet, comes in for a two thousand dollar grab. This money is taken from the tax-payers of North Caro lina It does uot belong to the leg islature which throws the sop to Farmer Joe, and tha question of the hour is : "Will the legislature which meets this winter have the sublime e-all to .continue the contract farm er Daniels should tell -the people generally why he is entitled to some two thousand dollars a year for nothinsr. He should inform the people what part of the state print ing he does, and tne legislature should investigate the whole anair, and it would doubtless find a very sorry exhibition of political jobbery and at the same time snow to tne deluded how aud why Farmer Joe's wavering allegiance ha3 been ce mented. The ring outfit will say that all thia is none of our business. Of course thev will. And when a man is bleeding the tax-payers, like Farmer Joe is doing, he considers that silence is indeed golden. Dur ham Globe. Must Keen ttnr Alive. The Republican party, as it is constituted to-day, owes everything to Ouav. It Ouav should quit, the Republican party is done for. Quay- lsin is .Republicanism not the Jte- pubheans of Lincoln and unase ana Sumner,. but the Republicanism of the present day, the Republicanism of fraud and force, of barter and sale, of outrasre and spoils. We hope that Ouay will quit Charleston News and Courier. While we do not believe B. R. Tillman capable of a pure thought or of doing a good act " fle should accidentally stumble upon either while governor of South Carolina and we hear of it, we shall take pleasure in giving him due credit therefor, "uive the devil hia due. Darlington (S. C.) Herald. The above Bounds mighty mean ; it Ehows that the writer is as 6our as a hogshead of vinegar. - CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1890. VANCE TO BE OPPOSED. Kaleigh, N. C . Novensber 12. It has been generally believed that the Farmers' Alliance would support Senator Vance for re-election to the Senate, but it is rumored that Alli ance Democrats will vole with the Republicans and electfPolk- The above we find in the Char lotte Chronicle of the 13th. We regret to see the Chronicle getting so much pews to the effect that Sen ator Vance is to be opposed by the Alliance and Republicans. The Standard believes that the Alliance is composed of men and true Demo crats. It is true that the Chronicle is not responsible for the above dis patch, but we believe that it is groundless. The idea of the great Alliance combining with the Repub licans to defeat Vance or to elect any one else seems absurd. The Standard is judging the Alliance of the btate by the character of the men who compose the order in Ca barrus. These men are true, honest, and sincere. The very idea of thinking that Hon. A. F. Hileman, representative-elect, -instructed by a large and intelligent convention of Cabarrus Democrats, many of whom are true Alliance men, to support Vance for the Senate, should com bine with Republicans on any man to defeat one, whom the convention endorsed ! The Standard would not entertain such au idea for one mo ment it would be an insult to Mr. Hileman's honor, integrity and ve racity, and, more than that, it would be a brazen sling at the great order of which he enjoys the distinguished honor of being president. Ambrose Hileman is not that kind of creature, nor will the Alliance of this county ask him to turn traitor to his in structions the Alliance ia not bnilt of that kind of men. inasmuch as these rumors are groundless, there is some danger, however, of picking at one place un til it becomes sore. The Alliance has no idea of opposing Vance (and right here can it be expected that any man, even Senator Vance, has no enemies ? It would be unreason ble to find a man whom everybody would support) as we have it from a gentleman iu direct communication with headquarters. The continuous publication of such'items is almost enough to make one Bour. Men don't like to be accused of things falsely, neither do orders, societies and associations'. The Standard believes the Alli ance is honest and sincere; aud we further believe that all such rumors are bosh. Let us have peace along this line, lest some are made sour. Thejr Choked Him and Then JftelieveilJ Him or His Purse. Wake Fobest College, N. C, Nov. 13, 1890. Editor Standard : Saturday night, 8th instant, tour men, Daniel, Dans, Martin and Jones, went to the house of a man by the name of Gill, living near the Falls of Neuse. He paid them for some work, and they 6aw he had a roll of greenbacks. They went to a grog shop hard by and got on a regular "Saturday night 6pree," and formed a plan for robbing the old man, who was a bachelor and lived by himself. So about midnight they returned, and while - Jones and Davis stood guard, Marti u and Dan iel forced the door. They eutered and choked the old man till they thought him dead, and then took $150.00 that was concealed on his person, and stepped into the yard, and thinking their job well done, seemed in no hurry to leave. Mean while their victim, who clung to life with the tenacity of a Chicasaw "In dian, got his respiratory apparatus into working order again, pulled in his tongue, went to the window and saw the four men in the yard. Ac cordingly on Monday night all except Martin, who had taken the train for Norfolk, were arrested anl locked up. Tuesday, while the authorities were considering what course to pur sue, the 3:30 southbound train ar rived and a man who looked like he had been imbibing rather freely, got off and walked away. Some one re cognized Martin, and while he was engaged in telling an acquaintance whit a big time he had had, ho was arrested. Wednesday they were car ried before J nstice . Brewer. Jones, a boy about 18 jears of age, confess ed and told ,the whole plot and re s'ored his part of the money, which was -not much, for Martin, who was the leader, had kept the lion's share himself, but when searched but one cent was found about him. They were all sent to jail to await the next Superior Court. We learn that they all confessed before they were put on board the train for Raleigh. They will probably stretch hemp, while the man who sold them the stuff that drove them to the deed will continue, 'with the sanction o the government and people, to furn ish victims for the .gallows, poor house and penitentiary, and the man who dares to raise his voice in oppo sition i3 styled by the masses "crank" and "fanatic," aid yet "the voice of the people is the voice of God!" C. P. S. New York, Nov. 12. Receivers White and Slocum, of the sugar trust have taken possession of all the property and affairs of that trust and have established their headquar ters at 117 Wall street They have appointed John L. Hill, of Lock wood Hill, and Edward Lan terbach, of Hoadley, Lanterbach & Johnson, as their attorneys and counsel. If he had not believed his name Mr. Moody would not be the great eyangelist he ia today. Troy Press. THE ARIZONA KICKEB. Strange Things Do Happen Wild West Sanctum. the We take the following items from a half sheet issue -of the Arizona Kicker: Not Our Fatjlt. While we stand ready to apologize to our readers for issuiug a half sheet this week, we at the same time declare it to be no fault of ours. Last week . was one full of excitement to us. Early Monday morning Colonel Stephoe, manager of the Gulliver Silver Lode, called on us in regard to tnat articla denouncing his enter prise as a swindle. He fired four slots and we two, and we lost most of the day in getting a surgeon and assisting to dig the bullets out of the colouel s left shoulder. lie laid it all to his gun, but we knew better. He was rattled from the moment he entered the office door. The man who comes to lick the editor is bound to be more or less rattled. An Editorial Ass. Thursday fore noon just as we were making up the fourth page of the greatest Ameri can weekly on the face of this earth. Major Keppling steered a drove of bronchos around to our omce to show us what sort of horse flesh could be raised on wolf grass After we bad evinced our admira tion the major offered to bet us $50 even up that we could not stay on the back of i certain spotted bron cho over thirty seconds. Ass that we were, we accepted the defi- Because we own a nrivate eravevard and can bulldoze the postmaster, we thought ourselves some pumpkins, wereacn ed that broncho's back. We stayed there jqst six seconds. We didn't come to for twenty minutes, and at the present writing we fully believe that both arms, both legs and all our ribs are bioken- It is needless to add that the major scooped in our twenty. Am Unfaib Advantage. Tha news of our assinina adventure spread rapidly over town, and as was to be expected, one of our enemies deter mined to take advantage of our physical situation to pay off an old grudge. Cactus Tom, a would-be bad man, who has received several warnings through the Kicker to get, came over and found us on our back and helpless, and he was about to divide us into two equal parts with a bowie knife, when our female book keeper, stenographer, typewriter and editorial assistant all combined in OLe raised an alarm, and the boys came in from the Jackdaw saloon and took Thomas out to th usual trysting place an l choked him to a better land. While we are not hurt, we own to being considerably upset The Tramp With Consnuiption, I was at my uncle's, near Niagara Falls, in Canada, and had hardly ar rived when he said: "Now, Nevvy, you'll be wandering around more or less, and I want to caution you about an old ram I took up as an estray the other week He's down in the lot where the gravel pit is, and just as sure as you give him a show fie 11 be the death of you. 1 saw him knock a cow off her feet at one bang, and I wouldn't go into the lot for $50." Next day I skirted the fences and found the old chap anxious tor busi ness. I didn't give him an openiug, however, but somebody else did. I was standing in the barn with uncle, "Great Jogeph! but there's a tramp in the gravel pit lot: That ram will smash him to pulp in two minutes!" He shouted, waved his hat and shouted again, but the tramp was a quarter of a mile away, and walking with his head down. The ram was lying down in the pit, and yelling brought him out We saw him scramble up the bauk, and my uncle gasped out : "Git a hoss hitched up to go for the undertaker, for the tramp won't be alive two minutes later! He was, though, lhe ram came at him on an angle, and he caught eight of the animal when about ten rods off. He wheeled to the right Btood Btill, and the ram got within ten feet, and then sailed through the air on a straight u :e to strike him. Next instant the tramp had him by the boms, and with a twist and a jevk he broke his neck with a snap, He tarried to be sure that the ram was dead, and then came on, climbed the fence, and said to lis: "Gentlemen, you see before you a man who has been unfortunate. I have consumption, and am hardly able to stand. I want to get to a milder climate as soon a3 possible.' New York Sun. Love and Sunn. A youthful couple struck Shelby Saturday, pictures of rural health and unsophisticated happiness. Down LaFayette and Marion street they wandered, reading love in each oth er's eyes. They Baw not the golden tint of Autumn adorning the many hued forests with that beauty that heralds yet beautifies decay. They saw not the light of heaven ; naught but the light of the gentle flame of Cupid illuminated their path as they wended their blissful way to the store. A long, slender snlesman at Heath, Springs & Co. stood in mute astonishment as the rosy-cheeked and pretty maid of fine physical develop ment approached the counter and bravely asked, not Eve-like, "in ac cents soft and low, a good thing in woman," "Have you got any snuff ?" Love and snnff were the burden of her thoughts. As she departed, the editor said what a pity that a pretty girl like she is should use tobacco. Shelby Aurora. A woman was at the depot at Decatur, III, the other day who was on her way to Nebraska. She had seventeen children with her. She had been married only ten years. The first three years ate had triplets. Then she had twin3 for two years. After that they came singly but regularly for four years. . PEOBLEM IN THE LINE OF PRESENT LABOR. Unreliability in UonseJLabor, Field Labor and Elsewhere A Question "-That Pussies Housekeepers and . OthersThe introduction of Irish Girls. What about laborers ? To some thi3 may be a question of much importance ; and to the writer, in his present condition and style of living, it does not appear in a direct especially applicable sense. But who knows when it may come home to us, within, the next twelve months, in all its agonizing force ? Hire a hand, put him to work, feed him to day, bed him tonight, advance him 50 cents, and tomorrow he turns up a-missing. Have you not seen it? More than that, have you not dealt with such an animal i One week ago the Standard had three-fourths of a cord of pine wood to be cut up and stored away. This is nothing within itself, but the dif ficulty this office had with it has a tale to tell, the like of which many another man has seen. The "devil" was despatched to hunt up a chop per, in one hour he returned with this report, in substance : "I have interviewed about twenty able-bodied colored men standing idle -on the street, and none want a job; they don't work on Saturday." The boy was sent out again : be returned with a similar report Thia writer un dertook the job, hoping to have suc cess: Interviewing fully a dozen men, whrm we knew able and needing werk, and in answer to the question, "How much will you give ?" we said, "whatever you are accustom. ed to getting for such work," the re ply was, "I don t believe I want a job today." We finally found one man whom we paid ten cents to get uaa chopper that fellow has not been seen since, nor did his chopper appear. We we-e disgusted and re turned to our duties. Late that even ing an old-time colored man (he came m from the country after hav ing picked cotton up to 3 o'clock) asked us about the wood in front of our office. We closed the trade with the faithful old man, and in a short time he had made sixty cents by chopping three-fourths of a cord of pine wood. Un our way to supper one fellow, whom we had asked in the morning to chop the wood, step ped up to us hear him : "Mister, give me chaw of 'backer." This is his idea of life, of right and of law. The lesson we are to learn from this is one that many a man haa learned from experience with Saturday "labor especially. They don't want work on the last day of the week, and yet they are in need of the necessities of life. There is a class of labor that trouble the agriculturists no little. Our legislatures have tried to meet this 'difficulty, but the law is a fail ure. The man that ma kes a contract works a few days and then walks off without giviug any notice, is gener ally the man that has no idea of jus tice, has no honor or conscience, nor are there any ties to keep him from wandering away to strange communities and there repeating his stock in trade broken contracts. The law does not touch him, for he gets beyond its reach ; or if he does not there are plenty of men (white men, too,) who in the face of puo.li cation warning them not to hire him, never hesitate to harbor him and assist in thwarting the course of the law. Some men may ask the question, "How about the pay 'for thia labor?" There is no trouble about this mat ter. The laborer has the advantage of the man who hires him ; there is no case in which the employer is not at the mercy of the laborer. As to salary, the Standard believes that in nine-tenths of the contracts made on our farms, when the expenses and accounts of the year are bal anced, the man who runs the farm has made less money than the one who worked for him. The farmers are making a living (in some in stances a poor one, to be sure), bnt a very few agriculturists in this country are getting rich. The farm er has to pay too much for the class of labor he gets. The standard does not mean to say that $8 per month or even $10 per month is too much m ill tor a man tnac worKS on a iarm in the heat of summer and the cold of winter, but it does assert that $8 per month is entirely too much for the kind of labor you find. Roam ing over the country at night and when alone in the field during the day he lies down to sleep. He does not interest himself in his work, lie cares nothing for the welfare of the man who pays him, he neglects his- duties around the house needing the personal watching of the farm er himself. Let him meet any one, then he stops to talk for along while. This is the labor the farmer has to contend with. This writer knows whereof he writes. We've been there to see. . There are exceptions to this, and they are those who were once subject to masters. But more about this at another time. The house labor, perhaps, concerns us most, as meals are wanted, and beds to sleep in must be looked af ter, and the babies are to be played with and dressed. Is this labor all right? The poorest, the meanest and the most trifling service is found in employing house labor. This writer has seen the "effects of such labor more than a hundred times. It is getting so now that if you can keep a cook two weeks a complete surpriae is in store for you. The truth of the matter is, there are no cooks ; they know not how to make a really delicious biscuit, they can t make a pie that at all reminds you WHOLE NO. 158. of the treat some good old rural wo man treated with, they ruin the beef they cook, and the only success to accuse them of lies in the amount of flour, meat, sugar, salt lard, &c, wasted and destroyed in a manner that adds nothing to the wealth of the one who buys them. The lady of the house retires at night in peace (we nope; with an the world, only to meet with disappointment in the morningthe "cook has not come," she hears, the machinery of the day is checked and everything eroes wrong, and this on top of no break fast. We believe all girls ought to know how to cook (whether circum stances demand it or not), sweep, sow and darn, but if a man chooses to raise his daughters up without giving them a punish ing touch in the acquisition of a knowledge of culinary matters, and a slight introduction to household duties, it is all right for it is none of the Standard's business and is not likely to effect us ; but the Standard believes that it will not detract one iott from a lady's social standing, or from her beauty, from her character, or from her loveliness to acquire a knowledge of cooking and household duties, and to practice that knowl- elge. But this is not the question exactly. If other service is needed, where are we hnd ltf Jbcho an swers, "where ? To cook success' fully requires a considerable know! edge ; to have any peace or comfort witn a mreo cook is a nopeiess de sire, I on know not what they do; you know not at what hour they come; you know not where they go ; but you do hnd out that when they quit they do it without notice and do it frequently. Ten days ago as many as five families on our street were "out of a cook," and got that wav withont a minute's notice. Just think of such lack of honor, integ rity and self-respect A gentleman of this place had some tough experience not long since His wife was taken sick, and his cook immediately disappeared with out giving notice, of course. Neither love, nor money, nor both, could get him a cook. The neighbors sent in prepared food for him and hi3. This is good goods, but it is a sad commentary on the character of the biscuit makers. There 13 a promi nent professional man in Concord who, for more than a week, has been doing his own cooking and house work, his good wife being sick and no one is willing to work. There is a kind of education that ruins forever, and the sooner the thing is met and handled and called by its right name, the better it will be for the country. The Standard believes in the education of both races, but there is a tendency now that is threatening much harm (about this at another time) to ns, We are bound to have cooks ; we haven t got them; nor can we, in the light of present information, hope to get cooks, reliable and com petent in the material before ns. Some suggest the introdnction of Irish girls. What about it? The Standard invites a discussion of this matter.. There is positively less work, more pay and contemptibly worse service today" than atrany time immediately after the war, when everything and everybody were in an unsettled con dition. There are causes lor this state of affair:. what are they ? Alfred H. Baird, born near mouth of Laurel creek, Madison county, November 14, 1843, just forty-seven years ago tomorrow. Went to "Lap land," now known as Marshall, county seat of Madison soon after birth. Lived there as child, youth and young man till war broke out Enlisted and was with Company E, first North Carolina regiment, in first land battle of war at Bethel, Va, With detachment of company under Lieutenant Gregory and help ed capture first prisoner of rebellion Had various offices inwar, highesr being that of colonel. While hold ing this office, in charge of Monn tain regiment he and regiment en tered town in eastern part of State, with large lumps of malaria in sys tems. Had no quinine, came across bar room with door locked, asked to be let in and refused. J Boys tried to knock door down and get next best thing to quinine bnt failed; . Colonel backed well trained horse, -on which mounted, up to door and at word, animal kicked barrier down. Very intelligent horse. Malaria left im mediately. At close of war went to Texas the Colonel did. Married Miss Abbie T. Robinson in that State in 1868. Had to go 112 miles on horse back through Indian coun try to get licensa. Came back here in 1877 and stayed. Made general deputy collector of internal revenue under Cleveland's administration. Been connected with police force here some. time. Now chief, and good one, too. Has as little knowl edge of what being afraid means as any man in State, Strong and faithful friend and liked by all. Good democrat and hard worker for party. Has several children and adorns College street Asheville Citizen. . The President has issued a pro clamation designating Thursday, Nov. 27, as a day of thanksgiving. Charlotte Democrat. Goodness, Dr. Strong! How did you come across that startling item? On a tombstone in Philadelphia is a record of a young wife with the line added, "Our first in . heaven." It is touching, but suggests the question, what has become of the others. Judge, . CONTAINS MORE BEADING MATTER THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN THIS SECTION. NORTH AND SOUTH TOGETHER. A Farmers Alliaaee Organ Calls for the Abolition of Sectionalism. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 12. In its weekly issue the the Farmers' Advo cate, the official paper of the Farm ers' Alliance or "People's Party" in " Jvansas, has .the following to say of the. future of the party : "We shall at once commence to marshal the hosts of people for the conflict in 1892. In this great work there are many prejudicee to be overcome. Sectional lines must be abolished. Interests which are identical must be brought together and the combin ed forces of the agricultural and laboring classes must We consolidated against the forces of corporations, monopolies, trusts, syndicates and moneyed aristocrats who have for years feasted on the substance of the people. This conflict will not take place between the Northern and Southern sections of our country. The interest of the people of the West and South are identical, and their political forces must be con solidated against the power of cor porate greed. It has been, the holy mission of the Farmers' Alliance to subdue sectional prejudice which had been kept np by professional politicians in the interest of monopo ly. It is full time for this nation to become united." Dr. Koch's Success. People in these times are prepared to believe anvthin? and to be aston ished by nothing, and the announce ment that Dr. Koch has discovered a cure for consumption by inocula tion ia hem? penerallv and anietlv accepted as a matter of course, just as we accept the cure of hydrophobia and lockjaw, so longbelieved to be incurable, by similar processes. More things in neaven and eartn than are dreamed of in our philoso phy ! Why there are more things in our bodies and minds than our imagination can reach. The miscro- l-scopists and pschycologists are con stantly discovering m both new things which reallv. however, tell us little beyond a limit of how little we known compared with tne amazing realms of the unknown. Here thev tell us that the blood m our veins is all alive full of crea tures which are born and live and e it and make war and suffer, per haps, and die within us. We surely I 1 . 1 1. i A - v i : l" l 1 nau tne ngnt tu ueiieve mat wo n-ucwi something of our own familiar blood. But we didn't We didn't known until the microscopiBts told us that nnr hlond swarms with bacteria of warlike and canibalistic tendencies and that these bacteria catch and kill and eat and digest the microbes which are probably every hour in the day crowding through the veinwalls and undertaking to intrude them selves upon bacteria who do not care to be intimate with them except in a business way. It is when the bac teria strike or take a day off or go fishing or otherwise neglect their le gitimate pursuits that the microbes get in their work ; and then we get sick and send for a doctor who emp ties a drug store intous, whereas, according to Dr. Koch, all he should do is to learn what special bacteria are loafing and provide us with a supply offnew and more industrious ones to swallow the special microbes doing the mischief. This system will knock the filling out of the patent medicine business and reduce medical science to a sim ple microscopic study of microbes and the establishment of bacteria breeding farms on which each indi vidual can have a few billions of dif ferent stock for his own use. Maybe after a while we will have annual bacteria shows as we now have dog aud horse shows, with prizes for the best bred and most active and effi cient bacteria. And then, probably, it will be discovered that bacteria have things inside them to injur their health and we will see the treatment and cure of bacteria be come, a new branch of medical science. .,.,. Carious to think of, isn't it? That while you read this creatures to whom the blood in your smallest vein is an ocean, sloshing around in it, pursuing, catching, crunching and swallowing other smaller crea tures, following their own small business, living out their own small lives, doing their good and evil ia their own small way, quite like the best of ns ? Arid that the purity and blueness of our blood depends entire ly on the variety of its bacteria ? Dr. Koch's process for the cure oC consumption and tumor, aj we un derstand, is simply to inoculate tho patient with bacteria which develop ta mnlfinlv with amazinir swiftness and proceed forthwith to devour the microbes that produce those evils. If it is successful, as it promises to be, it will have powerful influen ces in many respects. It will dimin ish the death rate by a very large, percentage, remove or make harmless the hereditary taint of consumption, and increase very largely the growth, nf tvir.nlat.ion. Those will be its first and most general results. Tha maiviauai reuet, tuc ucauo ease, the sufferings it will save, tears it will prevent are beyond computa tion or imagination. Greenville (S. C.) News. ' Maine cats in New York are novt reported to be bringing from $25 to $50 apiece. Maine cati at home continue to bring bootjacks and old shoes chiefly. Lewistown Journal. "I couldn't help getting mad. Now I appeal to you, if you were I, wouldn't you be angry?" 'I don't know as I would be angry; but if I were you I should be inexpressibly ead." Boston Transcript