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now silt: cavciit 11 1 m.
11 lianllv given hint of love,
Much less of thru proposing.
Hut while she sat, her hands above
The ivory keys disposing.
Then defily wrought such tones as spring
From the throat of thrush or linet,
1 said : " I like your lingering,
There's dainty lnilHance in it."
" My finger ring?" she said, as joy
ni'amed in her glance so steady ;
" You darling, dear audacious boy !
You've ordered ii already?"
" How dared you ?" Then a Mush intense
Lent charm" to words so clever.
" Well, since you've gone to that expense
1 I I'm yours forever."
lion. VICTOR U.iRUI.(iER-H LETT Kit
To Ills KUfer, "Km. Margaret Grier-It
1. Goetl Heading.
By the kindness of Dr. Crier, the
Standard is enabled to publish apart
of a letter written to Airs. Margaret
Grier, of Harrisburg, this county,
by her brother, Jlon. Victor Barrin
ger, who is now in Alexandria,
Egypt. Among other tilings, the
letter reads:
There is hardly anything
wherein I envy you more than the
gift of second sight. Glasses are an
annoyance to me. Large and distinct
type I can iv:id e.ily without them.
But in this com. try we have not
good wii ing or good printing. The
Arabs at their write, indeed, al
most like the beat illuminated man
uscripts, but the ordinary style is
indistinct. Yet my visiou is fairly
! ood; but I begin to nurse it, never
reading or writing at night always
only under the best conditions of
our superb days.
During our kunimer vacations we
have enjoyed ourselves very much.
We left here in July. It has been
our fortune or misfortune to i erisit
many times nearly every country and
every capital in Europe. This time
we went, as usual, by Venice direct
to the highlands of Bavaria. This
is region full of interest, abound
ing in the grandest snow-covered
mountains, the loveliest valleys and
a population of simple, honest folks.
We wanted to witness especially the
"Passion Play" at Oberammergau.
This village, situated in the heart of
the Bavarian Highlands, is famous
for its representation of our Lord's
passion a survival or a revival of
"the mysteries" of the Middle
Ages out of which has risen our
modern drama. These sacred mys
tery plays, taken chiefly from the
Bible, were very common in Europe
during the Dark Ages, and you can
.find survivals of them eeu at this
day iu several villages in Aus'ria
and Germany, but always enacted in
a debased form. They were not un
common in England aud France
three centuries asro, and everywhere
they did good. These plays were
written by the monks, who had the
key of knowledge, a3 at once com
bining instruction and amusement to
the neighborhood. For nearly a
thousand yearj these rep: o n fa ions,
more or less bad and g"'!. i-iv the
sole teachers of th people. And in
all these mst . y plays, chiefly tin'
of Oberammergau, al.i ost the literal
text of Scripture is strictly main
tained. What, a well-spring of life
must this have been to the popula
tions that had no other fountain
from which to draw spiritual drink.
Hence it was that behind Topes, car
dinals, princedoms and powers there
was a mighty reserve of Biblical
knowledge to rise up and hail the
reformers of the sixteenth century,
when in due order they appeand.
Luther was an avowed advocate for
all paesion plavs.
But to come back to Oberammer
gau. It is a village of about 1,500
inhabitants very pimple, honest,
virtuous. Notlrng can exceed the
general good order and behavior of
nil classes, or rather the one class, of
which the population consists. They
are ll, or nearly all, carvers in wmhI
figures of our Saviour and the
saints, Josef Mayer, who has rep
sented Christ since '70 in the Pasiou
Play, is himself a wood carver. He
earns much more by his trade than
by his role of Christ, to which he
devutesi six months every ten u-ars,
and for which he gets about 250. I
was at his house. His family is in
teresting. He has so long carved
images of our Saviour, and read the
Gospels so much, that his face has
ccme to be almost the exact likeness
of that of our Lord, as given in the
best pictures of the Son of Man.
His acting is full of dignity no
ranting, no stilting, no stalking, as
on the ordiuary stage. This is
equally true of a!l the actors, and
th.- marvel i3 how mere pageantry
CHii present so grand a tragedy as
that of the Gospels with so much
natunlnesa. It far surpasses any
picture, any sculpture, any descrip
tive sermon I ever saw or heard of
theje awful events.
We arrived in Oberammergau the
19th of July The next day we wit
nessed the play. It began at 8 a. m.
At 13 in. i here was an interval for a
eli'i-Iiv repast of one hour. We re
turned to see the second part till G
a. m. During this prolonged sitting
there were at least 5,000 listeners.
Not a whisper wa? heard, hardly a
motion. Tears on every side, rapt
attention, unbroken solemnity. I
have never s.-en anything like it.
The representation consists of two
parts: The first is that of "tableaux
yivants" mere silent tigHres, in the
best taste, taken from the Old Testa
ment from Adam dewn to Malachi.
Of these, that which impressed me
the most vaa the. fall of manna in
the wildernts-. On the stage vyere1
t00 persons," frqm the age of one
hundred years to infants at the
breast. There was not a oi d ; then
was not a motion. They stood in
the niidatof a desert, whose features
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are so familiar to me, the grand
forms of Moses taid Aaron upright j
among the congregation, while some
thing like fine snow was falling
gently on the sand. Never was a
pencil sketch like that
Of the second part, which i3 the
real, active passion of our Lord, full
of dialogue and incident taken from
the Gospels, that which interested
me most was the denhl of Peter. I
have no time to go into this scene,
the sketch of which iu the Gspels
is life-like, and the presentation of
which iu the Passion Play is beyond
conception touching.
I send you by this mail a pamph
let written by one of our country
men. This will give yon much in
formation respecting this renowned
play if you care to look into it.
After" Oberammergau we went as
usual to Hamburg, Franco, England
and Italy.
In returning along the shore of
the Mediterranean (our second visit
on this coast), we stopped for three
days (the first one being Sunday), at
Monaco, where we had never been
before. Monaco, as you may know,
is the gambling hell of Europe. It
is at once the beauty spot and the
plague spot of the wond. It is the
joy of the whole world for situation,
even beyond Jerusalem. But the
gaming tables are open there, night
and day and all the year round.
Maria and I went in for half an
hour one day, for everybody has the
right of entry, and there is no oi:e
urging you to play. The crowd was
crushing, but when we got in we
found moie than half the tables
without an occupant the season not
being at high tide. But such worn,
anxious faces as we saw around the
tables, as the game went on, we never
saw elsewhere or ever wis!i to see
again. The' players sat almost like
dead images, hard and stiff. Even
when ou lost or gained much there
was no emotion, not even a visible
flush. This was tiie more remarka
ble as at least half of the players
were women, chiefly French and
English.
Monaco is a sort of independent
principality. It has the best road.-,
the most beautiful tropical gardens
aud plantations perhaps in the
world. Its small population is de
based, but utterly free Irom taxation
of any kind, and plenty of work,
which they don't like to do. The
gaming tables, owned bv a companv,
pays the prince, makes the roads,
ornaments the grounds, in brn-f does
everything, aid pockets millions be
si les for it-el f. States, as well as
individuals, have many ways of get
ting on, but for all these things God
will surely call t'jem into judgment.
My dear sister, I must close. I
hope to see you again, but it is nor
strange tha, this hope should be put
farther and farther away, as my ties
to my native land are more and more
weakeued. Most aJlectionat.il y,
Victo;:.
by a( ( i.am atiox.
Joiphn Daniels. I'.ditor of the
'hr-niele, Ke-electetl Msite
Printer.
The editor of the Chronicle has
no words with which to thank , the
Democratic members of the General
As.-em.bly for the great honor they
did him last night when he w.is re
elected State Printer by acclamation.
The position of State Printer was
sought by Mr. Josephus Daniels,
editor of this paper, not alone be
cause of the pay attached ; though
our friends know that this consider
ation is of peculiar value to the
enlarged usefulness of the Daily
State Chronicle. In North Carolina
the public printing has been awarded
to the Democratic paper that was
most useful to the party, and the
paper wh tse editor was State Printer
has always been regarded as having
the imprimatur of the Democratic
party and begins its chosen medium
of expression. This endorsement.
the highest that a paper can receive
this p.tpe- received last n gh and
it is our earnest hope that the future
course of the State Chronicle will be
such as to advance the interests of
the Democratic party, and the pros
perity of the State.
The election of Mr. Daniels by
acclamation bhows the estimate that
the elected and accredited represen
tatives of the Demosracy in every
section of the State place upon the
State Chronicle ; and it shows that
paper that is true to its honest con
victions, is clean and hightoned, is
appremJed by the people of North
Carolina.
Our Ehucerest thanks go out to
every member of the General Assem
bly for this honor, and, through
them, to their patriotic cons:itnen
cies. We do not believe any pjper,
considering everything, ever r. ceived
a more il l' teiing endorsement in the
State. Certain it is, that no man
could be more profoundly gra t-f ill
for the honor, or more profoundly
sensible for the great responsibility
which such an honor canies with it
than the editor of the Chronicle.
State Chronicle.
That's the way the St i te Chroni
cle, Mr. Daniel's paper, takes the re
election of. Mr. Daniels as State
Printer. The Standard congratu
lates Mr. Daniels both upon his re
election and having Edwards and
B rough ton to do all the work; but
at the same time regietiing that the
legislature, of whom the Standard
expected better, continues the system
that gives $3,000 towards a Demo
cratic organ.
Cap, Tom Murphy, one of the
most popular conductors on the
Western North Carolina railroad, is
sick at the Sw annauou hotel in Ashe-
! ville of pneumonia.
MOM EX IN HALE ATTIRE.
Ir. Mary t. Walker Writes to Frank
I.eslieS Weekly.
The Standahd gives space to some
extract - from a letter written by Dr.
Mary E. Walker (female) to Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Dr.
Mary, having courage and practises
wealing a st;lc hat, Prince Albert
coat, vest, pants and neat-fitting
patent-defUher shoes, is entitled to a
faithful and patient hearing on
" Wiiv Women Should Wear Male
Attiro":
As a scientist, I have everywhere
maintained my right to clothe my
person according to the lavvscf phy
sical science, witlout other regard
for ignorance than effort to enlight-.
tn. I should a!l of these y.ars been
unworthy of the great trut for the
benefit of humanity, and especially
to voman, had I blown out my
hgnted taper because those in dark
ncss could not comprehend uses and
duties, to -aj nothing about terrible
consequences resultiug from ucgi
lected needs. Intelligent convic
tions that are not lived out, argue
either cowardice, weakness, or an
environment hedge.
And now the question, "How are
the trousers to stay on a woman?"
It is a well established fact that
th' ie are men who have as large
busts as women, and they are yet to
be heard of as making complaint
about suspenders. But if any one
wearing trousers needed an extra
cross ph ce it could be furnished.
There is nothing that is an advan
tage to man but that may be of still
greater use by tho co-operation of
woman. The laboring man tied his
suspenders together below his collar
to keep it in place, until woman saw
the advantage to be gained by hav
ing an extra piece ou her own sus
penders. No woinau is out of her
doll-babyhood who is iu petticoat
trammels instead of trousers. There
is no slavery like the petticoat and
its belongings, and whatever the
slaves may say regarding their iguo
lance of better attire, or their cow
ardice in not wearing, or an envi
renment that keeps them in per
petual slavery, their condition is de
plorable. Their slavery is estab
Jishedwere there nothing more than
the ordinary length dress with Lady
Atrhburtou's "divided skirt," which
is simply open dark drawers that
some American women have claimed
the origin of, after some ten or more
years of English oiiginality.
Soiling with mud, snow or dirt, or
the drugging on stairs or being
stepped upon when near another
person, thus making the bottom ol
the clothing a constant Care, is men
tal slavery as well as physical. I
have conversed with but lew women
why have not expressed a wish that
t hey were men, because of this
slaves y of attire, and nearly all have
informed me that they bad tried on
men's clothes and wished a thousand
times that they could dress like men
without ridicule or remaik.
The anntomy of women is similar
to that of men, :nd skeletons of
largo women, who have not been de
formed by dress, have at first been
mist ken tor those of men. But few
women can be found who h..e not
been ieformed in the bone structure
by their mode of dress.
Th-j physiology of woman is still
muie seriously injured by her cloth
ing. If but one. sex were to wear trou
sers altogether, woman should be
the wearer, us she ft injured in ways
not poshi! ie to injure man. The law
f strong attraction of gravitation
i r cveiythinvc near the giouud
makes the (so to speak) puliing down
of ordiuary length a vicera-derauger,
as such apparel is much heavier thau
the fcc.il; s chronicle.
If trousers will give women oetter
use oi theiuseivec, will afford them
more comfort, will pioinoto better
ueaith aid therefore maintain mor
happiness than the wearing of skirts
and petticoats, by all means the wo
men should wear them. The prime
.J-jtct m wearing dress is for the
protection ot the body an 1 the
miintainance of heath, and if the
custom of wearing petticoats should
stand in the w ay of these things, Jet
that custom he turoivn away. Surtly
woman is not so physically con
structed that she cannot dress as
healthfully as man and not impair
her modesty. Tee question of wo
man's wearing trousers is not only
an aesthetic but it is a scientific and
moral one. Custom, accoiding to
esthetics, is ready to condemn the
innovation on the ground that wo
mau would appear uncomely and
unattractive. Well, we will have to
see the women iu trousers, get ac
customed to seeit.g them iu trousers
before we can decide that they are
less attractive than in peiticoats.
Custom cannot scientifically argue
the question, because science loes
not respect custom. It is every dt-.y
pulling the veil of falsehood from
the face of custom and sentiment
and establishing new customs.
Science has proven r. much better
moral guide than custom, therefore
the arguments of custom purely
should be ruled out of the question.
We all want woman to look as
comely and as beautiful as she can,
but we assert that it has not been
shown that her comlinessand beauty
are incompatible with her usefulness
and health. But as a fact hei com
liness and beauty, supposed to be
promoted by lacing and drapery, has
ueen acquired at the expense of her
health and usefulness. The w aiirg
of trousers will lift a burden from
woman nt least, and a very gre..t
burden, if by this attire she can
dispense with tight lacing.
Man cannot for a moment tolerate
the idea of wearing woman's attire.
He would be almost as helpless in
petticoats ns 'a woman is. He has
studied an t formulated his habit for
usefulness and health, but woman
has been made to promote her help
lessness and weakness by her habit.
The hi-itoiical truth of the matter is
thio: man lias been afraid of woman
ever since she made apple pie for
him way back in Eden.
There are one or two comic argu
.ueuts against woman's wearing
trousers. One is the abaudonme t
of gender in dress which would
create innu nerable cases of mis
taken identity, and another is this:
the knee breeches of our forefathers,
a custom which a few New York
dudes are trying to revive.
Now for your im gination. See all
of your female" friends attired in
tiousers, Prince Alberts, high top
silk hats, carrying canes, wnistliug,
"That Girl J Left Behind.''
But we check the imagination, or
we will ail be flinching. It is not a
question for imagination, but for
science aud morals to settle. All
sensible and intelligent women in
the bettor circles of life are uound
CONCORD, N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 29,
to be annoyed at times with tl eir
unnatural and cumbersome attire.
It uas, to a very great extent, ab
sorbed the mind and energies of the
average woman, and her excessive
trappings are costing the world mil
lions of toil and care that should be
devoted to higher endeavors.
THEY ARE PARDOSED.
Cross and White are no longer
convicts they are heroes ! It ap
pears that thousands signed petitions
asking their pardon ; among them
prominent men of the State. They
had a right to do it, and the Gov
ernor had a right to heed .the prayers
of the petioners. Why run them
down in Canada i hy bring them
back and struggle in a trial or trials
to convict them ? WThy convict
them and why sentence them for a
term of years when a few months
"satisfies justice?" The prayer was
not made on account of positive
physical injury, liable to follow im
prisonment even, but because the
"ends of justice had been reached."
Parties that squander large sums
more that one-half of it as the final
closing up of the National bank
shows satisfy justice in a few
months; a poor old cuss steals a
mortgaged mule or a sack of sorry
flour and he generally pays the pen
alty with about Ave years; or even a
hungry old negro cabbages some
man's barn rooster and the peniten
tiary holds the negro for about two
years !
These things may be right, but
the Standard can't see it that way.
If we are wrong, we are sorry for it.
If Cross and White have satisfied
justice, then they must have worked
faithfully night and day, or the
judge who sentenced them had a
poor judgement as to he character
f the case. If the law prescribed
the minimum years, then the action
of the pardoning power shows the
law not right.
Which is worse: Embezzlement or
stealing a mule? Is it less harm
for a social character to steal than
it is for an ignoramus ?
At any rate, the Standard does not
understand it.
Shearing Sheep by Electricity.
The latest and one of the most
humane and labor saving machines
is a recent invention for shearing
sheep. The animal3 are driven into
the machine by means of a V shaped
entrance admitting one at a time
through the o en end, when it is
stripped of its jacket in a twinkling
by little fingered clippers on spring
arms that fit every part, and limb by
pressuee, down to the tail, which is
also shaven, -and the fleece in one
solid roll from nose to tail ia taken
oif alike from the largest to tne
smal e t without a scratch of the
skin, just as fast as tbey can be
driven through five or six a min
ute. They come through like cobs
from a corn sheller and stem per
fectly amazed at the operation. One
oi l horny fellow was so completely
astonished that he refused to get out
of the way but turned and looked
at the others coming through as
much as to say "What's that, any
way?"' The entire machine is in a
case four feet wide, eight feet long
by four aud a half d ep, and i i oper
ated by electricity. It can be loaded
ami unloaded into a wagon like a
piano box, set down and go to work
anywhere without preliminaries or
fixing. The whole plant cost 1250 00
and w ill last almost as long as taken
care of. The cost of shearing sneep
by this machine is one cent each.
By the old hand process it is six
cents with the fleece hacked and
great pieces of skin flayed from the
poor dumb thing that is as truly
barbarous, often coming to death.
Four hands can average a thousaud
sheep a day, do all the herding and
keep the wool assorted and piled
away. Properly speaking it is a
"wool gin" that gins the wool ou the
sheep as a cctton gin doe3 the lint
from the seed without breaking the
skin of the seed, and is aa valuable
on a sheep ranch as the cotton gin
to the cotton planter. O. It. Smith,
special corresoondence of the Hen
derson Gold Leaf.
XO IS APPOINTMENT NOR DIS
CO CRAG EM EXT.
The editor of the Concord Stand
ard applied for a renewal of his "-ass
on the Richmond & Danville road
for 1891, and in a column und a
quarter ifem he tells that he didn't
get it. lie should not be discour
aged, for these little disappointments
come every once in a while in to an
editor's life. The trouble between
the Standard and the Richmond &
Danville Railroad Company seems
to have been a series of very sharp
strictures ou the company by the
Standard, aud the company has
withdrawn a'ike its advertising and
its passes from the Standard.
Charlotte News.
No pass was applied for ; we are
not discouraged ; we consider the
matter no disappointment. The
railroad company can do what it
pleases, with the passes it has that
right ! But the Standard will never,
so long-as the present management
survives, allow its mouth closed, for
about 1 10 per year, in regard to
matters that effect the town, the
convenience of the people and grind
the masses with cruel and unjust
charges. A half of a column could
have been bought for $40, but such
as that will never dictate the paper's
policy and throttle its speech. In
the meantime, we walk.
At Ashevillle, Saturday a syndi
cate of Massachusetts men completed
the purchase of 57,000 acres of tim
ber, land in Madison county, 40,000
acres in fee simple and 17,000 acres
i in mineral rights.
WOKAS AS A WITNESS.
The Dear Creature is Exasperating,
Bnt She Can't Help It.
I know a lawyer with an office on
Broadway and a big reputation. "Do
you know," said he, "I honestly be
lieve than it is the most difficult
thing in the world for the average
woman to tell the plain, unvarnished
truth." As this particular man of
the law is both married and happy,
I was somewhat startled, and asked
him what he meant. "I mean what
I say, and if you were a lawyer you
would agree with me. Now, when a
woman goes to law she is bound to
make a mess of it, and to make life
a bnrden to her lawyer. Here is a
case in point. Three months ago a
society woman sat wnere you are sit
ting now and told me as straight a
story as ever kindled the enthusiasm
of an ambitions attorney. She had
had some trouble but that's another
story and when she had given me
all the details and a fat retainer, I
was satisfied that the verdict was a
foregone conclusion. That, was three
mouths ago. Last week the case wa:
tried, and what do you think my
pretty client did as a witness? She
told a story that sounded strange,
even to my ears, and caused some of
the jurors to indulge in smiles of
incredulity. It was no more like her
original story than the verse of Shel
ley is like Mr McKinley's views on
the tariff. severe cross-examination
failed to phase her, but the tes
timony offered by my opponent came
pretty close to convicting her of
unveracity. Of course I -lost the
case. A dozen lawyers couldn't have
saved it. Now comes the odd part
of it My client is a church mem
ber, and her reputation is of the very
best. She was sincere, but most ex
asperating. After it was all over, she
asked me if 'she h&d not made a good
witness, and if I didn't think it a
burning shame that the witnesses
should have told so many lies and
that the jury should have believed
them. Now, as a matter of fact,
the other side had told the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth, and my client had given the
court and jury one of the most im
probable yarns I had ever heard.
Thi3 is only one case, but I could
cite you many. Few women can
resist the temptation of embellish
ing the naked fact by tne coloringof
romance, and in most cases no cross
examination no matter how severe
can break down the evidence of a
woman. She sticks to her first story
through thick and thin. Such women
are not to blame ; they were born
so." New York Star.
A Ghost's Photos raph.
Society circles iu Los Angeles have
been excited over the st auge rase of
spirit photography that occurred a
short time ago in a leading gallery.
The lady who was the chief actor,
says the New York Sunday Journal,
will not consent to the use of her
name, but there is no question of the
reality of the event, and it is made
all the stronger by the fact that both
she and the photographer are skep
tics of spiritualism.
She took her position in the gal
lery and the photoprapher threw his
cloth over his head to arrange the
focus when, with an exclamation of
fright, his head bobbed suddenly out
from behind its covering, and he
8 tared at the lady.
"Did any oue pass behind you just
then ?"
"Why, certainly not," she answered.
lie th n took the picture and vent
into the dark room with it. He
came bounding out in a few minutes,
and with a white face and strange
manner said she must sit again. She
co-nplied, and again when he pro
ceeded to adjust the lenses he could
not restrain his teraor.
His face became beaded with a cold
perspiration, his hands trembled so
that he could hardly proceed with
the work. Five times did he take
the lady's picture, refusing to give
her any explanation of his strange
hehavior.
At last he tcld her she would have
to go to some other place he could
not take her picture satisfactory ily.
Then she insisted on an explanation.
He refused for a long time, but at
last he brought her hve plates from
the dark room. In each of them by
her side, dressed in grave c.othes,
with outstretched arm and beckon
ing finger, stood the figure of a
person who had been very, dear to
her but w 20 had recently died.
The lady nearly fainted, and de
nounced the thing as a trick, hut
was soon convinced that if there was
fraud the photographer did not know
it. The photographer developed the
plates, and the partrait3 of the liv
ing and the dead are exact and start
ling. The lady is not superstitious,
but the inexplicable affair wow on
her nerves so as to render her seri
ously ill.
THAT CONTRACT.
The Legislature, it appears, has
continued the squandering printing
contract. Wny should $3,000 be
expended out of the State treasury
in recognition of canipaigh services ?
The Standard is a Democratic organ ;
but not thtt kind of a Democrat, if
you please. There is no logic, nor
code of moral or political laws that
can justify the expenditure of $3,000
per year from the tax payers of the
State, when it is positively and abso
lutely a waste of money, pure and
simple. Something will drap yet !
The Farmers' Alliance Manufac
turing Company, of Durham has
been sending out first-class plug
tobacco. Some of thir bands have
become great favorites. The capital
stock has been increased to $10,000.
1891.
LITTLE DROPS OF
Tar, Pitch, Turpentlae and Other Tar
Heel Products.
They like the tower lights in Ashe
ville. Snow in Alleghaney nearly two
feet deep.
Raleigh cotton exchange crowded
with wagons.
Wilmington has the Gamewell fire
alarm system.
The Governor pardons S. L. Wil
son, of Iredell.
Goldsboro streets are blocked with
cotton this week.
A large Danville tobacconist will
remove to Oxford.
Fifteen timber rafts arrived at'
Wilmington in one day.
Hog cholera in Tyro and Boon
townships, Davidson county.
Many'clearances from Wilmington
for foreign ports these days.
The main building of the Oxford
Orphan Asylum is much in need of
repairs.
There are two hundred and six
teen children at the Oxford Orphan
Asylum.
The Department of Engineering
at the University ma'es a good be
ginning. Oscar W. Hicks, of Oiford, was
seriou ly hurt in a Georgia Railroad
smash up.
New Berne is agitating issuance
of city and county bonds for public
improvements.
Mississippi immigration agents
failed to get away with Granville
negroes this year.
A general movement among the
merchants of the State for repeal of
the purchase tax.
Raleigh is mass-meeting on a
Southern exposition and Southern
immigration bureau.
The tobacco out-look is reported
brighter and encouraging in all
North Carolina markets.
Frank R. Brown, of Mocksville,
has been appointed a cadet to the
West Point Military Academy.
The Wilson Lumber Company has
begun on the upper end of its pole
road from Lenoir to Mulberry.
Dr. R. W. King, of Wilson, an
ex-State Senator and long a promin
ent man of his section, is dead.
South Greensboro will come into
the corporation, and the city limits
may be extended a half mile each
way.
Mr. Ackerman, a large New York
poulterer, has located near New
Berne to establish a large poultry
farm.
Hon. J. M. L. Curry says the
Piedmont country of North Carolina
has the fiuest climate in the United
States.
Petition introduced in the Legis
lature for location of a colored agri
cultural and mechanical college at
Durham.
The Atlantic Railroad pays Kleber
Denmark.of Goldsboro, $2,000 coai
proraise, aud all costs, for loss of leg
ten years ago.
IMdsville Cotton Mills has in
creased its capital stock. The capac
ity wi'l be increased and additional
mach nery added.
Captain Wilkinson, of Wilming
ton, undertook to eat six crackers in
five minutes without water, and
failed on the third one.
In some counties of Eastern Caro
lina not half the cotton crop has
been marketed. Farmers are able
to hold for higher prices.
Rev. Dr. Miller, of Charlotte, has
a letter from Jerusalem, stating that
80,000 Rusdan Jews had reached the
Holy Land since December.
Ben Terrell, the Alliance orator of
Texas, will address the people of
Eastern Carolina at various points
during the mouth of February.
The Governor transmits a letter
to the Legislature, from the Census
office, that onr population by coun
ties is not yet tabulated and ascer
tained. Tilla Grady and daughter-in-law,
who were arrested and lodged in
Wake jail on suspicion of poisoning
Tilla Grady's wife, were released by
Ju lge Clark on $100 bonds.
Col. Churles Bradsha v and Frank
Snider, of Charlotte, and Mr. Scott
of Durham, are the only survivors
of twenty passengers on a North
Carolina railroad train that took
five days to reach Raleigh from
Charlotte in the great snow of 1857.
The Pimion detective agency of
Asheville, has received a rendition
warraut, signed by Governor McKin
ney, of Virginia, authorizing the
arrest of James M. King. King is
charged with the larceny of $170
from J. R. Garres. Both live in
Buncombe.
There was a meeting of the mem
bers of the Educational Committees
of both Houses, addressed by Maj.
S. M. Finger, Prof. E. A. Alderman
and Chas. D. Mclver and Dr. J. L,
M. Curry, in advocacy of a Normal
and Industrial Training School for
white girls in North Carolina.
The property bought in Madison
by the Massachusetts syndicate is
thought to be one of the best timber
tracts in the State, and is known to
contain vast deposit of magnetic
iron ore. The purchasers contem
plate the rapid development of their
large possessions.
All persons .n Greensboro are pro
hibited from going into the reception
rooms of the Richmond and Dan
ville and of the Cape Fear and Yad
kin Valley Railroad Companies ex
cept for the purpose of waiting for
the arrival or departure of aonae
train on which, cither thev; expect
to, depart, or expect some friend.
WHOLE NO. 159.
MR. AD MRS. BOWSER.
BY MBS. BOWSKfl.
It has been a fortnight of surprise
to me and I hardly expect the public
to believe what I am about to relate.
The other morning, as we were
seated at breakfast, Mr. Bowser sud
denly observed:
'You don't look exactly well, Mrs.
Bowser, and it has worried me for
the last three or four days. Are you
ailing?'
Its that that same tooth, you
know,' I replied. I think the filling
will have to come out and the work
done over again.
'Too bad' If there's any thine on
earth to make one miserable it's the
toothache. I'll go down with you
tnis aiternoon 11 you wish.
I looked up at him in the greatest
amazement. jir. rsowser is not a
coldhearted husband, but, like bo
many others, he is prone to keen
much of his tenderness and most of
his praise for himself. Ninety nine
times out of a hundred his reply
would have been:
"Tooth aching again, eh? Well, if
you don't know any better than to
get your feet wet or to sit in a draft,
you must take the consequences.
I've got sixteen hollow teeth, and
yet none of them ever ache."
Mr. Bowser's kindness and solici
tude surprised me and touched my
heart, but there was more to come.
When he was ready to go uown town
he asked: ,
'Anything I can send up from the
drug store? No? Well, better make
up your mind to go down to the
dentist's this afternoon. My! b d
how that boy of ours does grow!
And, say, I have be- n watching him
for the past few days, and I must
praise you for tho tidy manner in
which you dress him and for his re -spectful
and genteel manners. So
long, iittla one home by 12."
Well, I stood and looked after
him, and then I sat down and stared
at the wall, and then I tumbled on
the lounge and began o boohoo
like a girl who had lost her first
beau. The cook came in and caucrht
me at it, and raising her hands to
heaven she exclaimed:
'Pigs and pipers! but he's been
wal&ing all over you agaid If I had
such a husband I'd put rats in his
bed!'
It was no use to tell her that I was
crying because Mr. Bowser had not
walked ad over me, aud she with
drew declaring that she almost felt
it ner duty to mix rough on rats with
his pudding.
In a day or two there was another
surprise. At noon Mr. Bowser ob
served:
'You haven't been out of the house
an evening for two weeks. Suppose
we go to ine ineatre tonight:
I looked at him in wonder.
'It's a play I know sve shall both
enjoy, and we 11 take Harry along.
lie s 01a tnougn to realize somethm
about it, and he won't be the least
bother
'Do you mean that we shall all go
go go
'Go to the theatre, Mrs. Bowser
Just mate your arrangements ao
cordingiy.
When he had gone I stood up and
shed tears. Then I sat down and
cried. Then I fell over on the lounge
ana mauigeu m some more boo-hoo.
and I hadn't got through when the
lady next door ran in of an errand
and caught me, and exclaimed:
'Mrs. Bowser, I wouldn't stand it
anotb-.rday! I'd get up and assert
my independence even if I had toco
out and do washing at fifty cents a
day! lne idea 01 that mau sittiu
down on you the way he does is
'omething shameful"
We went to the theatre, and Mr
Bowser praised the play, the actors,
the house and everything else. He
even permitted five different men.
who had forgotten to bring their
beer in bottles, to get up and crowd
past us three different times to go
out and guzzle. On the way Lome
seventy-nine of us were packed into
one street car, because the company
had no oil to grease the wheels of
any more. 1 expected that Mr. Bow
ser would exclaim, explode and in-
veign. ana eua by caning upon
everybody who preferred death to
tyranny to leave the car, but he
didn't. On the contrary, he seemed
to enjoy tne crush, lhey trod on
his toes, rubbed the hind buttons
off his coat, jammed his hat over his
eyes, and elbowed hia ribs, and yet
Mr. isowser sniuea ana remarked:
'Rather tight quarters, but if we
all preserve our good nature we shall
pull through all right-
I lay awake more than two hoi rs
that night, puzzled and mystified.
aud wondering if Mr. Bowser con
templated suicide or was going crazy.
I finally decided thai he was all
right. All husbands ruu in streaks,
like pork, and this happened to be
the beginning of a new one. I didu'i
know whether the end was reached
or not, and was, therelore, some
what anxious next morning. Imagine
m surprise, alter breakfast, when
Mr. Bowser Baid:
'You were speaking about a new
carpet for the front chamber. Bet-,
ter run down this morning and pick
out something.'
'But you you '
'Oh, I'll trust it all to you. There
isn't a woman in this town with a
better eye for colors and harmony.
Just get sometbirg to please your
self and you will please me.'
I looked after him with open
mouth as he went away, and I stood
staring so long that Harry came and
pulled at me and called:
'Ma! Ma! Do you think papa is
going crazy?'
Well, I had to sit down and cry,
and just as I had reached the boo
hoo part of the performance in came
the cook to know whether she should
stew or bake the chicken. She
caught me fairly, and, standing bo
fore me with arms akimbo: she ex
claimed: 'And he's been walking all over
you again! Mrs- Bowser, why don't
you appeal to the police? If you
say so I'll go right out now and call
the patrol w agoi.it'
That evening, after supper, Mr.
Bowser laid down his paper and
said:
"Come, let's have a game of
euchre.'
'But you you '
.Oh, I'm not much of a player, but
I'll do the best I can."
I was in dread of aa explosion
vthenlwon th first game, and 1
noticed that cook had ported herself
in the back hall, to be ou baud in
case foul play was attempted, but
; Mr. Bowser indulged in a hearty
laugh and Baid:
iou were too many for me that
time, old girL'
To my surprise, as we played on,
CONTAINS MORE READING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
he did' not contend that the queen
01 nearts was mgiier tiian tlie ace of
CliniloC OS Oil 'nlV ' or1 nn li.4-
jack of hearts could take the jack of
diamonds when clubs were trumps.
He even let me take his right bovver
with the joker without calling mo a
irauu. ana wuen l had won livo
straight games he pushed back with
a laugh and said:
'First time we have an hour to
spare I'll have you learn mo how to
play euchre. Better arrange to have
a little card party some night this
week- They ar very pleasant affairs,
aud I'll do all I can to make things
go pleasantly.'
That was three days ago, and Mr.
Bowser hasn't ' backslid ' yet. On
the contrary, ho is growing better
and better every day. The cook
came up stairs this morning to say
to me:
'I'll tell you just what it is, ma'am.
The whole caboodle of 'e .i gees by
fits and starts. One day they walk
on you, and the next day you can
pull their noses. He's just got ono
of his good fits on, but you lookout.
I expect nothing Jess than to hear
him breaking up the furniture the
first thing in the morning.'
An Old Letter.
The letter below was furnished us
by Mr. D. F. Cannon, he having
found it among a collection of old
papers and letters of some deceased
relative. The letter was addressed
to Mr. David Long, the grandfather
of the Cannons, and this gentleman
lived near the Vic Caldwell place,
and the plantation is now owned by
Mr. J. P. Allison. From reading
the letter one can but be impressed
with the great confidence between
man and man in those days. The
letter encloses itself, as no envelope
is used or needed. It is addressed:
Left hand top corner, " Leesburg, T.
Jan. 24, 1825. Right corner, "Free,
M. Stephenson, P. M.
"Mr. David Long,
" Near Concord,
'Cabarrus Count-,
" North Carolina.
Leesbckg, Washington Co., Tens., )
January 21th, 18-23. f
Deae Sik:
On the Friday evening after I left
your house I irrivcnl safe at home
and in good health. I had tho pleas
ure of finding my family and friends
enjoying a ?ood Htate of health with
which they had been blessed during
the whole of my absence from them,
which was very refreshing and graU
ifying to me, aud surely demands
the most cordial gratitude to Him
who is the giver of every blessing.
I found the distance from j-our house
to this place something near 200
miles. John Carroll has not yet got
home with my waggon, but wo ex
pect him tne last of (his week. We
heard of him a few days ago; he was
then near tue Deep Gap, and had, an
I expected, progressed slowly, say
at the rate of 13 miles a duy, v Inch
1 think was poor business, consider
ing the fiuenef s of the weather and
the roads. I intend to send to meet
him tomorrow.
We have scarce any news here.
The people calculate almost to a cer
tainty that Gen. Jackson will bo
President.
You will please to write to mo aud
inform me how my Bacon is likely
to do and whether the prospect of a
market for that article is getting any
more llatteriug. I still wish you to
do with it as you would with your
own, and will not pretend to give
you any instructions, as you on the
s:3ot will bo more competent to
judge than I piobabJy can be at so
great a distance. You will thereloro
sell it at home or send it IT to mar
ket as you may judgo best.
Present my salutation to Mrs.
Long, &c, and accept the same for
yourself.
I remain yours lepectfully,
Matthew Stephenson,
On the 24 th the letter is just CO'
years old.
KUlTOIt KI.OIM
Can be Keen I'uckeriiij; II is .MnnltiH
lie Writes Alton! "TluU Kitt."
There is scam ly a life, however
forlorn, that has not at sometime
felt the deep heart sanctifying aud
inspiring power of some special kiss
either the gentle impress of mother
love, the fervent seal of cherished
friendship or the impassioned pledge
of deathless devotion. It touched a
thrilling chord within the heart
which must ever vibrate at the re
collection, and open a fresh well of
emotion into which no drop from tho
Lethean fountain can ever find its
way. Its record is insciibed within
the life volume as with a diamond
pen ; and even iu our dreams we feel
its faint touch upon 1 ) and brow as
if fanned by the wiugs of angelic
visitants. Wilsou Mirror.
How- rsittlu Hull Uai Hit .Vanie.
Sitting Bull's name in his own
language that of Uncapapas is
given as "Tatanka-e-o-Tocha," which
means literally "The Bull Sitting
down." It has been the general im
pression that he received this name
at his birth, but such appears not to
have been the case. It is said that
in early life, while but a lad in years
in fact, he killed a half-grown buf
f do. He dragged the carcass many
weary miles, to within a short dis
tance of his father's tepee, when he
sank to his knees exhausted, the head
and forelegs of his prey dangling
over his shoulders. Hence the name
Sitting Bull, given, as all Indian
names are on the spur of the moment
and with some noteworthy occurrence
as a basis. The determination which
actuated him in this instance has
characterized him all through life.
Columbu3 Press.
A ; i PAi'i it.
The Concord Standard, which ia
also a hummer, has entered upon it3
fourth volume. It is a good paper,
aud we wish for it the measure of
success it ha3 gained during the
years of its existeu- e just passed.
Lexington Dispatch.
The Reidsville Times appears
again ; this time in behalf of tho
Prohibition movement.