THE ST&I1D&RD. 1(AK(HT PAPER ri-HLlSlIKD IN CONCORD.- l0TAlXS MOKE HEADING MATTER THAN ANY OTHER PAT Ell IN THIS SECTION. rxMu chick. A(.hrlsUiinwMory of IMnntntiou Day. Vn oM m si'(1. Hie owner of a well -uMivatnl Irtnu, bai wuu a numuer of las srivnd-rhildren in front of a blrtii"-' tire of hickory logs. Christ cl.t 'time was drawing near aud on the children's fact-s happy fancy had ilravn pictures of bright eagerness. vu, old man ha.i ;ust put some fwi't-t potatoes ia the lire to roast when a ' said: "Gran dady, tell H (ibout er Chris Ws er long time fi'sjo. 't'o' de wall, w'en you wuz er slUuL! we Lad Chris'musses sbo iiuiY in dem days, but I reckon da yet ri d happier cnze I wuz youngr at ,le time- I btrlouged ter er ole man jia-ned Jehu I'eter Thomas. He wii'n t er bad pueson, but he had er luirhtv heep o' cuis ways erbout liiin. I rick'lecks one Chiis'muss in je specially. Ole in. rster he pot iuttr trouble wid de church, He been er mighty man in de con pHVUtiou furuishe I all de wood fur ter keep de house wa'ui, an' ole mistiss she mighty nigh alius baked Jt- vickeruient bread. ' One day de preacher an' I neher did like de man, he wuz so stuck up torrid marster'8 boss ter ride ter town, au I leekon he muster sot drr.uk ur suthiu', fur w'en h got luii k de boss wuz putty nigh dead, 1 had been ruuned so hard. Mars- u-r didn't like it er tall, au' he gun ter talk te-i de preacher er bout it. au' de preacher he t:i!k porter short, an deu luarster wiiupped ui.u, whup ud him awful, too- vVnl!. de church tuck it up.au ni ir t-i got inter er quarrel wid de hea.) men au bless o hearts.da turned inarsterout. It tickled de niggers, but you better blebe da soon gunter laugh on de vuder side da mouths. Ole marster Le lowed dathe wuz done wid 'ligion dut he wan't eben gwine ter keep Chris muss. Dis made us look pow eiful blue, I tell you. We had been in de habit o restin' an 'joyin' our st'jsfur er whole week- All we'd hatter do wuz ter git uo er null' w ood ter last er week, an den we'd . be ez free ez birds. We'd roam ober de coi ntry an ketch rabbits, an hunt possoms at right an hab dances wid de gals, au jes' hab er high time all 'roun'. Cut all dis wuz gwine be stopped. De ole man wuz gwine make us work all through de Chris muss. "Dar wuz er fort o' Guinea nigger libed in the cabin next ter mine- He wuz er mighty funny pusson, an da called him Chuck. WU, atter we loun' out de tl ing had dun been settled an' dat we wan't gwine ter get no Chris'musB, I went inter Chuck's cabin one night ter greave wid him as I had dun greaved wid all de yuuers. Chuck be wuz er setting' by de fire makin' ar cross bow. ' 'Whut you gwine do wid dat ? says I. " 'Shoot rabbits wid it durin de Clris'niuss, 6ays he. " W'y doan you know dat ole marster ain't gwine gin us no Chris' muss?' " 'No, I loan know dat.' " 'Wall, it's time you wuz ei find' in out-' " 'Oh, no 'tain't. Ole mars thinks he ain't gwine gin us no Chm'niuss, but he is. " 'How you know?' " 'Xeber inine suthin' 'dun been er whisnerin' ter me.' " 'Yas. an will whisper er long time 'fo you Bhoot no rabbits wid dat ar cross bow duri'i' d.a here comin' ChrisVuuss.' " 'All right, ef you think so, hub it to' own way, but I tell you dat dis is goiu' ter be one de mos' 'joy able Chris'inusses you eber seed-' " 'I doan know how it gwine come,' says I. " 'Oh, mebby not, but you ain't er very smart pusson. no cow.' "I thought de Guinea nigger had dun los his mine, an I got up an went ter my cabin an lay down, mighty sorrerful- "De next day marster tole me dat Le want me ter go up ter town wid Liui ter stan bet bine his cheer an . wut on him at de hotel table, er habit dat de white folks hab in dem days, an 1 thought dat atter we got out on de road I would had er chance ter tolk him outen dat 'cision dat he dun cum ter in de regards ter Chiis'muss. But somehow I didn't hub de nerve ter mention it ter him ez we was gwine, an den I 'lowed ter merse'f dat I wait till we come back. "It wuz putty late in de night ez we rode toward home- Dar had been er little skift o' snow, an de yeth looked like er sheet dun been spread out on it. Every thing wuz 60 ghost-liue dat I didn't see Low he could git mad at me fur talk in' ter him, so I says, says I: "Marster, Chiis'muss will soon be yere, won't it?' " 'Hush yo' mouf,' says be; 'dar ain't no sicher thing ez Chiis'muss. Dar uster be, but dar ain't dow.' " 'I thought it waz gwine keep on jes' like it alius did,' says I. " 'Doan make no difiunce whut you thought an mo'n dat, ef you war ernuther word on dat subjeck I'll make you git offen dia hoss (I wuzridin' behin'him) an walk home.' "You better blebe I hushed up. It waz monstuss skcery right er long dar, an I woulder tuck r duck lit ef he hader made me git down. "Wail, we turned off inter a skirt o' woods, an lid er long whar de trees hung low ober de road. Putty Boon I think my blood gwine ter freeze. Er voice frum it seemed like x way up yanier call out: " 'John Peter Thomas, John Peter Thomas.' " 'Whoa,' says ole mare. 'Who dat call me?' " 'John Peter Thomas, John Peter Thomas. ' " Mussyful Lawd, who dat callin' me? sklatned de old man, an be socked de Bpurs in dehors, anerway he went down de road. Dar wuz er big bend in de road, an marster kep' ridiu' wid his head tucked down, an not sayin' a word till we got roun lat bend, an den, jest ez he guutor talk ter me in er skeered sort o way, yere ccme de voice ergin. Dis time it say: John Peter Thomas, John Peti-r Thomas, you kaiu't run erway ";! me. Stop. .''You better blebe he stopped right dar in de road, er ehakin' all ober. " 'John Peter Thomas, John Peter 1 bourns, wharfo you gwine treat dem po' culled folks bo? I'se got mv eye on you, John Peter Thomas, a you better look out. Doau fur Pt 'em on de day o de Chris'muss, John Peter Tboinad.'. "Den de voice hushed an ole mars ter groaned. Atter while we rid on, an bimeby the ole puson said: ti&ke, doan you say er word o' whut AOL. III. NO. 50. has took place ter night. I wuz jest er loolin 'bout you folks not habin nr Chria'musS.' "I wau't gwine say nuthin fur I wuz mighty mgn sKeerea outen my raw hide shoes, I tell you; tin y,en I got ter my cabin I wuz so 'cited dat I bumped bof sides o' de, do' ez I went in- De next day marster call us all up an say: 'I'se mighty sorry dat you thought I wan t gwine gin you no i ollerday. Wy de Lawd know I lub you, an 'stead o' habin' er week, w'y bless yo' souls, you may hab two.' He looked at me w'en he say dis, but he ueeter, fur I wan't gwine ter say a word, de Lawd know'd, fur I wan't done bein' skeered at dat miuit. "Dar wuz er mighty beep o' hap piness in de quarter dat night, an while I wuz settiu' by de fire, mos' ieady ter go ter bed, who should come in but old Chuck. " 'Whut I tell you?' says he. " 'You tole me de truf au' nuthin' shorter, but I 'clar I thought you dun los' yo' mine. Say, ef you swar you neber mention it J will tell you suthin. Will you swar? 'Yas ' sav he. 'I will swar. Den I tole him whut Lad happen ed, on den he say: "Ef you swar not ter say nuthin I'll tell you suthin'.' hwo.e, an deu he laughed like he gwiue take er tit an atter he gat able which peered ter be er monstuslong time, he wuz so tickled, he say, he i-i 4Xr - I. 14 1. U .n uia: Aian up a ueuuiu tree, haw. White man an er nigger come lidiu' er long. Mau upde tree called denameo'de white man. White man gits skeered an' gallops his boss. Mau drapped down outen de tree cuts through de woods, gits iuter er nuder tree ahead o'de white man, au gins him fome-haw, er haw so ne advice. Whitt man. de next day, call up de niggers ter he, lie tou know de rest.' "Wall, chillun," the old man con-. tiuued. "I sot dar er lookin at Chuck, an er thiukin' dat he wuz sartiuly de smartest pussou 1 eber seed in my hie, an 1 sometimes won ders whut he would er been ef be haderliben. Po' ole man- One Chiis'muss we laid him down under c.e big red oak tree. lake yere. lr: -me eit deze sweet taters outen de tire.'' Opie P. Read, in Detroit Free Press. It Wim Another Chap. For some time past a San Fran cisco Matrimonial IJuretu man has been causing the Baron Von Malt- zahn, who recently married Mi-s Maggie McDowell, of Charlotte, a great deal ot annoyance, it seems that the smoke has all cleared a av, and the Baron comes out unhurt We clip the following from the Charlotte Chronicle, which explains the whole thing: Baron Hermann Von Maltzahn, who was married here to Miss Mag gie McDowell, of Charlotte, last week, has been seriously annoyed by the escapade of a young man in Ber lin by the same name. There are several baronial families by the name of Von Maltzahn in Germany, and the gentleman rece .tly married here has been mixed up with one by his name who last year an swered the advertisement of an al leged Matrimonial Bureau in San Fraucisco. When the marriage here was pub lished, a California comspondent uoiiced the similarity of names be tween the Charlotte groom and the man who had written to the bau Erancisco Matrimonial Bureau, tele graphed the letter to the New York World. Th-.t paper inune '.iately connect! the names as one indi vidual. As soon as the Barou saw the World article, he promptly estab lished the fact to those interested that he not only had never written such a letter, but that he had ntvt-r been dismissed from the Prussian army, as the same paper had said, for writing the letter ; that he had resigned as an officer of the Prus sian army to marry Miss McDowell ; and that on his resignation, he was tendered a position as consul in Nor way, which he de lined in def -rence to the wishes of his expected bride, who did not desire to live in Nor way. To add to the embarrassment, a story went out from Charlotte about an alleged correspondence between the bride's brother aud the groom about the respective financial condi tion of the contracting parties The brother denies the statement, and thus another unfortunate feature in the affair is eliminated. Disturber of Worship. The pastors of the churches here have determined to break up the disorderly conduct that frequently prevails here during religious wor ship, and by which both minister and congregation aro disturbed, llev. It. 1$. John recently preached a ser mon in which he touched at some length upon this. Sunday night Rev. A. D. Hunter had to stop after taking his text and send one of the deacons out to stop 6ome boys who were very noisy about the door. Again during the sermon he was disturbed by their noise and says he is not going to submit to it at another service. If some boys in town are not better looked after by their par ents and learned not to disurb worship, there are going to be court costs aud fines for somebody to pay There are some almost grown girls, too, that need to be learned how to behave themselves tter getting in church, ' This is too enlightened an age for such conduct to be genteel. Greenville Reflector. The Concord Standard tell3 "Two Whoppers" rivalling Joe Mulhat ton in fiction and yet doubt3 the truth of the mild wire grass state ments published in the Day. Editor Cook is very, very cheeky. Oxford Day. Pshaw, brother 1 You don't know what you are'talking about' This climate ana soil up here beats the world and can produce whoppers no little wirey things about it. E FROM ASH EY I LIE. ! Most of the nelegatea Have Arrived, and OtherM Coming In- The Dur ham (lobe Man There Every thing In a Happy t'omlfttoit. Editorial Correspondence. Asheville, Dec. 1C, 1890. It is a grand section this moun tain section is ! Asheville is on her p's and q's ; hustling humanity ia hustling to make the entertainment of the large crowd of delegates already here, with every train increasing the number. I met Awful Funny Al Fair- brother, of the Durham Globe. He claims to be 29 years of age, but we don't believe he's that young; he wears a churn, broad and very long roots; his head is a 7 ; he looks like Sam Jones and just as witty ; he's always in a fighting attitude aud chews "pig-tail tobacco." He's a desperate eater, and has pocketed our pipe. Last time seen here, he was wading snow, blood in his eye, and looking tor the Citizen man, whom he seeks to devour. That man Fairbrother is a terror. It is snowing here with a vim, and everybody is bragging on the weather. Hundreds are wearing silken ribbon badges " Member Southern Inter-State Immigration Convention." The Deputy Sheriff and "we" are comfortably quartered at the elegant and hospitable home of Mr. A. 1. Summey, whose better-half is a na tive of Cabarrus county aud the pioneer section. Several men along t lie Western North Carolina Kail road, where the trains stopped, enquired if there was a middle-aged bachelor on the train Ironi Concord ; they said he was a physician, had auburn hair, was fen derly built and wanted to buy a horse we've been wondering who he is. A young shoe manufacturer of Concord is remembered here as hav ing walked over the mountains, fear ing to ride dow n Hound Kuob. The convention opens at 10 a. ni. tomorrow, at which time most of the delegates are expected to be present. When we become '-thawed" up and adjusted to circumstances, some thing further w.ll be given. t.ot the Irop on Him. John Z. Neal, who shot and killed Liville Eller in Ashe, is under arrest and goes to and from his business in Jefferson with a guard. Eller was a "bud" man. Soon after his brother was killed and his band of rohbeis broken up he left the country for the West, but soon came back, and tboilirll he was outlawed ami hnd a price put upon his head, he went in and out among his neighborhood, about nine miles from Jeffersou, uear the Thomas Springs, as if he were not afraid of molestation. He had backed down squads of three men attempting to airest him more than once. He registered and voted at the lat election, remaining around the polls all day. At the I last tax paying he paid his t ixes and shook hauds with the she. ill, who had a warrant for his arrest in his pocket. Nea', who had been in his company for several hours previous to the killing, but never could get the "drop" on him till they reached a county liquor shop. Neal drew his pistol on Eller in front of the goocery, when Eller dodged inside, Neal followed. On going it Neal saw Eller levelling his pi3tol at him but he was too quick for the desper ado and brought him down. Lenoir Topic. Two Mi.-hirander Believed to Have Discovered a ( lire Tor Consumption. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 18. Two of the foremost physicians of Michigan announced yesterday that they have discovered a consumption cure whose efficacy is be)ond question. The medical men who have thus distin guished themselves are Dr. E. L. Shurley, principal physician of the Harbor Hospital, and Dr. H. Gibbs, of the Michigan University, of Ann Harbor. For over two years these two doc tors have bent all their energies to the discovery of a cure, and not un til yesterday, when the success of their labors was beyond a doubt, they announced it. j. he theory upon which this work had been carried on does not har monize with that advanced by Dr. Kocli. The hospital has spent $12, 000 in perfecting arrangements for tho cure, and success at last seems to have been reached. A dozen cases attest the efficiency of the treat ment. The most marvelous feature is the cure of Miss Jackson, of Wind sor, who was taken to the hospital in a dying condition, in an ambu lance seven weeks a.o, and yesterday on beiDg discharged as cured, walked two miles to her home apparently re stored to health. Both Dr. Shurley and Dr. Gibbs stand high in their profession, and Michigan physicians regard their cure as the great dis covery of the century. The Citizen Xatlonal Alliance. Emporia, Kas., Dec. 16. Presi dent Holden, of the National Farm ers' Alliance, has returned from Ocala. lie says that the Citizen National Alliance will be a select political organization, similar to the Farmers' Alliance, and its member ship will be drawn from people in cities and towns, who sympathize with the larmers Alliance. Ralph Brumont, the prominent Knight of Labor from New York, is largely responsible for its forma tion. The headquarters will le opened at Washington, and a naiional organ established. Mr. H ldeu says there are two Citizen Alliances now in Kansas. Stan CONCOED, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, lAXB AS AX I.WESTMEST. Paper Seeurttte Lowing; Clround. The great Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, Ocala, Fla., has unanimously agreed to petition Con gress to remove the restriction from laud as a basis of banking. The failure of the famous house of Bar ing Brothers with fifty million of South American stocks and bonds (supposed to be safe and guaranteed by them) has at last shaken the faith of the commercial world in all paper securities, and turned money lenders and investors to land, as the only real stronghold of financial safety. At the same time the Financial Chronicle shows that this country is gradually letting un on fctate, county, municipal and other public or corporate securities. I hat the amount has decreased relatively) rather than increased with the growth of trade and wealth, and they are loudly denounced as the ready means of the Wall street harpers for creating combines and corners, often followed by universal panic and lasting depress ons. And still again conies the North American lie view with an article showing that the over-production in secnn'ies" has Ld to world-wide speculation and demoralization. And rather curiously follows the "Spirit, of the South," (of Richmond count)-, in this State,) with the broad charge that Ihe "hard times" are largely due to the wild, wasteful mania for Life and Fire Insurance. And more curiously still he miotcs "an aired capitalist of Charlotte," ;s the author of this ide;u But the world moves and the leaders of great agri cultural classes are bringing the industrial interest rapidly to the front. We would advise all w ho can to secure at once either a "tow n lot or a "spot of land" as the best of all coining investments. "X" in Meck lenburg Times, Nlttintf Hull Dead. La Crosse, Wis., Dee. Hi. A dis patch was received by Mr. Frank Powell late last night -from l'idge agency, asking if Col. Bine Cody had left this point, and stating that tien. Carr would go to the field to-day witn the sixth cavalry to o.xn tne campaign. Col. Cody will leave here f r North Platte, Nebraska, this morn ing land says that he will take no part ' in the canii nign, unless the Nebraska State militia is ordered out, r he receives instructions fro a the War Department. A tvlpjrani from Chicago announc- I J ing the death of Sitting Bull undf his son, was received by Col. Cody last night. "If the report is true," he said, "it will take but a short time to end the Indian trouble. In the death of Sitting Bull the Indian tribes of America have lost their head." Arrest of a orlb Carolina Murderer. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10'. Kind) Free man, the negro who kdled and Mr. Mrs. W. Atk.ns, at Vuland-r, N. C, on the Norfolk and Carolina road, on the night of the 1th of October, was arrest id tonight just outside of the city limits by Chief of Police IVttus and three police detectives. Five man's crime was one of the most brutal that has ever occurred in this section. While Mr and Mrs. At kins slept he crushed their heads with an axe and then set. the house on fire. The housekeeper managed to escape, and aroused the neighbors in time to extinguish the flames be fore they had burned the bodies of his victims. Filly .lien Hilled. Denver, Col., Dec. 17. A news carrier from the camp near Daley's ranch has the following from Rapid City, Dakota: A rancher has just arrived in great haste to our com manding office, and reports the com mand of cavalry attacked and two officers and fifty men killed, but the Indians were repulsed with heavy losses. The number of Indians killed is not known. The Indians were put to rout. This report is probably credited. It is not known which command it was. It was probably that of Major Tupper, of sixth cavalry and his three troops of 140 men. Our command marches to their assistance at once. Kobked of $2,500. Atlanta, da., Dec. 17. J. J. Mur doch", treasurer of the Blue Beard Company, who was found uncon scious at his room door in the Mark han house here last night, and who had been robbed of 2,500, regained consciousness this morning. Murdock cays he was in his room when two men came in and stated that they were railroad men who wished to negotiate about rates. As they started to leave one of them grasped his hands and caught him by the throat, while the other struck him back of the head and knocked him down. No arrests have j'et been made. Want Will the Harvest He? Soon North Carolina's Legislature w ill be in session, and already there is speculation as to what will be the result of the work of the session. Whatever else is done, the idea advanced by the Concord Standard, in favor of a Reformatory, House of Correction, is worthy serious con sideration. The confining of minors in the penitentiary where they asso ciate with hardened crimiuals, is certainly not the acme of prison reform in a Christian State. Char lotte Chronicle. Seventeen hundred and ninety seven marriages, at least, are reported in our exchanges this morning. barb. THE CITY OF THE SKY. A Few Remembered Things. The Inter-State Immigration Con vention was at its high water murk at 12 m. on the 18th. Just how many delegates are in attendance could not be ascertained, but a fair estimate places the number some where between six and seven hun dred. Fourteen States are repre sented, and the delegations ae lart,e, but that of North Carolina, of course, is the largest. There is a great deal of consistency in the ar rangements of the hall. On the banner of Kentucky some delegate hung an old brown jug, labeled "Bourbon;" on North Carolina's banner was seen a hornet's nest, ana Hondas banner showed a bright, fresh pine apple. - Whether the convention amounts to much good cannot be well pre dicted. There were a great many present who, having nothing to con tribute to the good of the convention, of teii rise to a "point of order," to a request for "infoimation," "to move to table," to shoot off a mouth in a stentorian voice, aud to make their presence felt. There were not a few resolutions read and ref cried to the proper committees. Up to 1:2 m. none of the resolutions had been acted on by the committees. The President, lion. M. T. Bryan, of Tennessee, is a liue looking man, and presides with grace, dignity, and with an eye to the dispatch of busi ness. Snow having covered the ground, the driving wind at its height and shortness of time, prevented seeing the heauties of Asheville. Work is going on in the building of the government house. It is cu rious that the foundation stones should be shipped there from Anson countv when 't is remembered that that there are a few rock in and around Asheville. Talking about big trees, an Ashe villian had this to sav: There is a church near Ckde built in its en tirety of one poplar tree; the house has a seating capacity of o, and 'all the lumber, shingles, floor, cic vised in the construction of the house , ,:.ume from the products of one tree." , It was a pleasure to meet Eugene ; Bernhardt, who is the superintend- lent or a large cotton mill. -Mr. Jntrn- l harut is a young man, son of Col, Jacob Bernhardt, of Pioneer Mills, r'e is a voung man of considerable worth and promise. Having gone in to learn the milling business, he has risen to a high standing, but it was character, energy and brains that id i Mr. George Vandcrbi't N dropping a good many dollars into ;Li valleys and peaks of the ni'.uniaius near Asheville. lie has land, for which he J'.'-l-o acre. of paid 4uu,t'uu; this land was returned for taxes for about 4 per acre. His weekly pay ments for day laboivs on his prem ises amount to 2,000. This does not iiiclude .fG7,00 that he paid out for t ire construction of 2i miles of railroad lending from the main line of the R. & D. to the location for his new home. His house i.i to cost $1,500,0t0, and to be built, ot brick. He lias a brick-making plant that cost f-SO.OoO. The w'nd that blew over Ashe ville on Wednesday 'aud nig t, is said to be the heaviest for many yars. A part of Battery Park Ho tel was unroofed, and some other damage was done. The Citizen man man gave us a warm reception. Tins was due to the irritation caused by the frequent visits of the Durham Globe man trying to borrow one dollar. To avoid the annoyance caused by the Durham Bull, Mr. Robinson did not show himself the last da, but did his editorial work arou.id his own vine and fig tree. If the city editor of the Citizen North Carolina McLoud is not watched pretty closely, he'll commit suicide from the terrorizing effects of Al. Fail-brother's course, for when he left not a chair remained in the office. ST A X I A It I X T ES. They have had a great earthquake in South American governments. The securities have shrunk at least 300,000,000. In Richmond they have a judge named Fauntleroy. It is not stated whether or not he is any relation of the famous "Little Lord." Irby, the newly elected Senator to succeed Wade Hampton of South Carolina, is said to be an Alliance Democrat, and a man of marked ability. The president of the high tariff league was Mr. Ammidown, of New York. The "high tariff" has cap sized, and the able president can now appropriately change his name to "I-am-down." The people who are not getting too old, and who don't die defore hand, will live to see the Three America's railroad completed. When it l finished th cost will amount to only 400,000,000. -Mr. J. Lu Kamsey, wno, tor some time, has been associate editor of the Progressive Farmer, has bought the Watchman, of Salisbury, and has entered upon his duties as editor and proprietor of that aper. Mr. Ram sey has shown himself to be a liue writer and we wish him the success he deserves. Lenoir Topie: Rev. L. W. Thomas, who is conducting a protracted meeting at Lower Creek church, of which he has been re-elected pastor, baptized Mr. John McCall in Pow ell's mill ;pond, Sunday morning, and had to oreak the ice. 1890. KlXCi ITT THE OLD, RIXO IX THE SEW. Christmas is nearly at the door and old Santa Claus, with his sled loaded with many clioxe things and drawn by his beautiful reindeers, is just across the hill, coming at full speed. The little boys and girls have already had their stockings fix ed to bang by the lire place, and everybody, little and big, old and young, are looking forward with happy anticipations of a week of pleasure. But it is not all without its sad r collections, and reflections which bring grief to all of us. Many of the davs of the past year have been illy spent, and have not produced the fruit they should-have borne. The year has gone and gone forever; it is useless to regret that the past has passed and passed forever ; that can't be helped; all we can do is to start out on the new year with greater ends in view, and increase our deter mination till we shall be enabled to reach them. Let i.he old men and women encourage the youth of the land to march out and fight the bat tles of our country, for to them we must look tor our tutnre protection. Never before in the history of the world were S"ch golden opportuni ties offered to any people as are now extended to the youth of America right here in our own beautiful sunny southland, let us learn to love it to love the gorgeous grand eur of her mountain peaks, in whose bosoms are stored millions of untold wealth ; the beauty aud serenity of her hill country whose swift rolling streams lill her valleys with merry laughter ; and her broad stretching plains whose air is made pure by the breezes from the sea, and whose sides stand as safe guards to check the surging waves of the great ocean. Let us work together till the New South shall rival in beauty, in power, in greatness, in everything any coun try or nat'on that ever had an exist ence, and let us honor the voting men and young women because they are our bovs and girls, and because it is them that will bring about this great work. Xorth Carolina History. The State Chronicle at Raleigh renews the appeal to the people of the State to aid in securing the "Chair o' History" at the State University at Chapel Hill. We wish to add in this connection that Dr. K 1. Battle, President of the Univer sity, on his last visit here in behalf of the endowment, made a very favorable impression in regard to the end and aims of that important work. The plan, in a word, is to organize the department of History and State Literature into a number of branch heads and subjects, and seek to assign one or more specialists t , each. For instance the whole subject of the "Regulators' War" would be put into the hands of one or two special writers. So of the Meck'enburg Declaration. On th o her hand, the broader topics of the fir.-t im mgration, the Indian wars, and educational movements might be divided, or referred to a com mittee of several aud by them sub divided. It would be seen at a glance that this method would set to work the whole'historiG life and energies of our people alike among students, writers, and the "curious." Special provision would also be made for a "Library of History," a collection of art, and a museum of relics and antiquities. So impressed were our people here iu Charlotte with the great value and importance of this move that they responded quite liberally to JJr, Battle's call for aid, and he got several hundred dollars in subscrip tions, mostly by alumui of the Uni versity, but one public spirited gen 'Ionian who has never enjoyed the blessings of a liberal education, gladly put down his $50. It oulv remains for all who have the name and fame of our good old State sincerely at heart to come at once to the rescue and make the "Chair of History" a complete suc cess. Here, too, we would again appeal to Gov. Fowle to impress thi3 mat ter, also, on the coming Legislature and make assurance doubly sure. The time has come when "leading men" must really lead. The people themselves are ready if only public men could learn to throw themselves forward in all great advance move ments. Charlotte Democrat. Cold Medal Contest. The eight contestants having won silver medals in previous contests. will coninete for a gold medal at New Gilcad church Dec. 20, 1890, Exercises will begin at 10 o'clock a. m. Subiects and numbers of speakers as follows : "A Voice from the i-oor House, No. 1; "Frohibi tion the Hope of Our Country," No, 2 ; "The Martyred Mother," No. 3 "The Original Liquor League," No, 4; "Young America's - War Cryy No. 5; "Rum Selling Our Country's Scourge, aud the Remedy, No. 0 "The Crv ot Toaav. JNo. 7; "iwo Fires," No. 8. Decision cf judges Recitation, "The Voter's Dream, by Miss Lillie Miseuheimer. Pre- senhit'on of medal by Rev. J. E. McManaway, of Charlotte. Address by Rev. J. C. Clapp, D.D., of Newton, N. C. The exercises will be inter spersed with music. The public is cordially invited to bepresent. - JEXimr'sipp, Supt. j Ashboro Courier: Eighteen head of sheep were killed by a locomotive between High Point and Ashboro his week. WHOLE NO. 163. STATE NOTES. The Morganton Herald says" that Capt. Joe Mills met Alf Cowan near Dysartville while out bird hunting, and asked Cowan if he was not one of the men who attacked him and beat him just before the election. Cowan's reply was to draw a pistol and begin shooting, and Capt. Mills, who was not slow about blazing away, filled Cow; n full of bird 6hot. From the account no serious damage was done, though Cowan will prob ably lose some time in picking lead out ot his carcass. North Carolina has 29 cigar fac tories which used 2,429,202 pounds of tobacco, made 3,290,925 cigars and 169,002,560 cigarettes during the year now closing. Two hun dred and thirty-four tobacco fac tories used 27,371,0G0 pounds of leaf tobacco,' 371,753 pounds of scrap, iid,0oU pounds of stems, l,3o5,139 pounds of other material; manufactured 17,292,506 pounds of plug tobacco, 19,372 pounds of fine- out chewing, 5,198,955 pounds of smoking, 52,828 pounds of snuff, etc. Stamps valued at $1,921,484.10 were used. Shelby Aurora : Mr. Miles Wear called to see us and kindly requested us to state that Commodore Carico, who was shot by Thilo Harris near a distillery, is still in a dangerous condition, the ball is still in his neck. Also that the shooting did not occur near his still-house. As he looked like a young Hercules, whose arm and shoulders would do credit to a Roman gladiator, and he politely told us that he did nt wish tne reputation of his still-house injured, we cheerfully make the cor rection that it vas not near his still. We are gla I to sustain the reputa tion of his still-house if he will sustain for five years the reputation and lives ot those who drink his compound that steals away men's brains and brings woe upon the land. We hope our farmers will not fail to put in a larger tobacco crop this year than ever before. Tobacco rais ing in Burke is no longer an experi ment. 1 he experience of the Messrs. Tilley, Winters, Crawley and others shows conclusively that tobacco will pay four fold more than any other crop in this country. All it needs to make it a big success is a little pluck and push, aud there is no rea son why the tobacco crop of this county should not yield a half mil lion of dollars every year in hard cash. One tenth of our farm acre age devoted to tobacco culture would vie'd this sum if the average was anything like that of the Messrs. Tilley, and they would mean $200 more per annum for every farmer in the county. Morganton Herald. D.irham Sun : There was a capi tal joke played on one of our popu lar drug men and his force yester day. Some time during the after noon an old lady wearing an old white straw hat something less than three stories high, with a large shawl wrapped around ner and a veil over her face, steoped into the store and handed a note to the head clerk The note read thus : "Any cue giv ing this old lady fifty cents to buy a load of wood will be rewarded The clerk did not give her anything, but the owner of the establishment requested him to hand her ten cents, The old lady pocketed the money and oft Bhe went, without saym many words. Imagine the surprise of the young man when a charming young lady went in the store later aud handed him the money back. It was some minutes before she could make him understand. Mill Hill Items. The Cabarrus chain-gang ha3 been with us for the past few days, work ing a ford on the public road that goes out by New Beth page. Mrs. J. M. Powell, of Lenoir, will spend the holidays at her father's, Jacoulreeze. A. W. Freeze is now engaged in the rabbit business. Success to him, Mrs. Ella Stirewalt will move to Statesville on the 24th instant. The people of Mill Hill are ex pecting a superlatively dull time Xmas, and we know we shall not be disappointed. The Standard is always welcome in every home in this vicinity. Percy. Got There Too Late. Thursday afternoon at four o'clock 'Souire Jesse Willeford united in marriage Mr. John Welsh and Mrs. Julia Jones. 'Squire Willeford was in the best of humor, and the way things turned out. was enough to tickle anvone. It seemel that the two contracting parties misunder stood each other, and the groom had invited the Squire to tie the knot, whne the bride desired that Rev. W, G. Camnbell should officiate. At any rate each one had invited th?ir choice to be present at saitt nour. Neither the 'Squire or the preacher knew the other was to be present but the 'Squire beat the brother to the tank, and a3 he had as good rieht to do the lob as any one else. proceeded to business. After the ceremony had been performed, and everything reflected a scene oi joyous ess, aud every face in the house beamed with a radiance of good hores and best wishes for the happy couple, a ring of the door bell sound pd nut loud and clear, and, to the 'Squire's astonishment, in stepped Kev. W. tj. uampueu wim a oroau smile on his face. The tnmg was over ; the 'Squire 'ad got there ; and we don't know how the two men agreed, but when last seen, they were off to one sid and sorter "canoodlin," don't know how they divided the fees. THE STANDARD. WE DO ALL KINDS OF JOB "W-OIRIBI IN THE NEATEST MANNER AND AT THE LOWEST BATES. L. M. ARC HEY, M. D.. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office opposite St. Cloud. Dealers in DRY GOODS, FAMILY GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAP3. TRUNKS, VALISES, &c. COUNTRY PRODUCE taken either for the highest. caBb. price or in exchange for goods. se 16-d&wly SALEoFBRICK AND racier: :-: Holies. I have BRICKI on hand at all times. Parties needing any will do well to see me before purchasing. 1 also TAKE CONTRACTS to do small or large jobs in brick work in any part of the country. Write me or come to see me. R. J. FOIL, A BIG LOT OF ISTMAS 0 FANCY CANDIES, PLAIN CANPIESf APPLES, ORANGES.S-cSc COME, LOOK AND YOU WILL BUY. Yours to please, J. F. fillSEHHEl I.1ER Have U Been IF NO I1, YOU SHOULD GOTO THE Furniture Store and see for yourself, for no one can. tell you of the immense stock they have in store, consisting of Furni ture and House Furnishing Goods, Pianos and Organs, Oil Paintings and Steel Engravings, Easels and Screens, Boy Wagons and Veloci pedes, &c. Don't fail to see our Xmas Chairs in 10th century and antique oak, Plush, Willow and Queene Anne, for they are beauties. The ladies say our tables are just lovely. Come and see. Thanking you for past kindness, we are yours to serve, s, Fetzer k Be TO Till PUBLIG I HAVE JUST OPENED A FIRST CLASS t RESTAURANT BACK OF Cook - SavpenUelcl's store, where you can getanything in the line of eating. Fresh Oysters a specialty. C. M. SAPPENFIELp A Big Accident ON THE CONCORD STREET RAILROAD! While Santa Claus was passing over the second division of the Concord btreet Kailroad, No. 54 (Lightning Express Train), collided with a show-case In y.Jolip'sDifSh and left some of his Wk i Nicest Presents heart, sister, brother, father, mother, husband, wife, aunt, cousin, friend, son, daugMe , children, little folks, grow w boyl and girls, kia folks or anybody Bs folks to whom you. would q like to make la! present, come right along ana get one before they are all gone, and oblige yours very truly, D. D. JOHNSON, DrogfMt Concord, ! CV 1MB Mil 1 Caw r r