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THE S T&HDIIR
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
JOB "WOBK
IN THE
XEATEST MAXjYER
-AND AT
THE LOWEST HATES.
HE TELE BY THE WAYSIDE.
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CONTAINS MORE READING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHEK
papku in ti:: section.
TWO I'JIO I KS.
V woman knelt in prayer and bowed lie r ,
head . ., I
A to an anfrei pus-ins; uj mh-
'Oh Htii''l : ten inc. n.ic mi- inn
above
Decreet that I'll he Messed in mv love ?
I love o dearly, and I fain would Warn
If he 1 love dotli love me in nam .
The angel paused as lie was passing iv,
And in soft, pining tones lie made reju:
"Even as you love your love, so he loves
ll'ec- " . 1 1. "
Put fate decrees that vou niusl parteH in
She sighed, then said : "Oh, angel . still
I'm Mesed.
If he but loves me. I can bear the rest.
Another woman prayed with drooping
"Ohl'angel! will my love love me ?" she
Thf ancVl's tears fell fast as summer rain,
Ai soft he answered her: "Thy prayer is
vain;
le loves another and can never te
.Mare than a true and earnest friend to
thee."
And then she slowly raised her drooping
'ead.
And. smiling through her tears, she softly
said: .
He may not love me other than a friend,
Hut 1 love him and will unto the end
Of time ; ave, and for all eternity ;
And that alone h- heaven enough tor me."
DfTORi Noni:i'Mt: iiii'i r.R
Ti
now pi-ndme u odie-il commis.
iieli luil. t.v wlm-ll tl'e fellow
hi. It-eXPect to Ill-ike H Wit) 111
f..r t
ft
ww on toe oulsno
. i
W.el
t US
c.
;act
i: tin
t 1 1 . t : nil
la .. V '
a i,tt:o
itn ;-s'"
-re uboi
.OM.t
luiva
fo
S .'1
n
M l( k
in t
" ii'ieiseo .' Uli el : II --ecuis
1).-. Piilsbu.y. of th Uniied
ser ic-, was nian ied about
yen's itro t lovely L s An
tlmT
Slrtt.
p t-a ;ndy, but w is anii.-t nt.iii
iimtfiy onleied to join the Al.tle
qu l irou, his bnde iei; fining here
l-'iom one eaiergenej- to auottier he
wh kept abroad until a few weeks
ago. Duriu? his absence his wif
prepared a surprise for tivr husi and
py studying medicine. Unfoitu
natclj, however, she entered a ho
jaccopathic college, her husband be
ing of the allopathic persuasion.
Sue had just received a diploma
when her husband returned, but
they ha 1 hardly exchanged aflVc
tioiiate greetings w hen a uies.se isjer
cunie rushing in to say that a man
La i just fallen out of a thre-story j
window around the block, mid for
whom a physician was re (pain d at
once. The husband mad baste to
obtain his instruments, but when Le
leached the scene cf the accident he
was astonished at beholding his wife
engaged in fee ing tbe patient's
pulse.
"What does this mean?" said the
surprised practitioner.
" I forgot to tell you, darling. " ex
plained his wife " You see i am a
regularly quaiitieJ hoiauMpathie
physician.
" Homuiopathic?" sneered the bus
baud, getting very red in the face.
" Yes, pet, " said the tloctress.
sweetly. " This dosing people with
bucke sful of slop is getting out of
dat", precious. "
"And so you have actually been
roped in by that gang of pilule
peddling pirates f
"Don't be rude, my dear. " replied
the female specialist. "You can't
expect to keep up with the march of
science in China. Just stand back
and let me save the patient. '
" Save fiddlesticks! ' snapped the
allopath; "go home, woman, and
cease trifling with the humui iifn,
or perhaps you had i t li- r sciupe
lint win e 1 resiwit the Milj.ct-
" Why don't you two quit lighting
and go to wori sa;d ll vieti:i-'
wife, who had just concluded ne
wouldn't looK weil in black.
" When ttiis female person with
drawn, " said Di. P., b'ltHy, "I Slid i
proceed in the regular wt y "
"I will not be rt sponsiti.e for tin
tonsequences until the old iuuy is
removed, biuipped toe w ile.
" You'ea quaek ! 'i oared the male
M. V.
"You're, a b'ltrbei sci e.iiu- I
female Ooe. .in iin tms w j ;
went on untji souo bo-i w to ui
that the uaii w.-ts bad.
An i HOW tbe 1-1 .-ge si- if l,e
ih
re
ftiben ttn-ir uivon-e , eim m he is.
afraid they'i i.eiu pi tci.citg o,,
bacli otln-r. and lie lljoik- tli'-ie h ive
beetl f'llO gll Uiurdeis ColLonllU'd
recently u i s.
A Just Keliuke.
As eit'i:()ie of Siingii'g
ngloeous .s..tne ihe lo. lowing is un
8Uipa8sel in tbe Kniiiisii iangtiHCH
The subject tin ;eof, (ieii. '. b-U.e
Lee, stibsei lent to (ieii. W a-ins.g-ton's
sharp reiiriut-tod of hi- :?imi
bordinatiou at the bit tie c f Mm.
mouth au 1 during his -u jieusion
from command, ie.-ided in ii kiinia;
her he vis recognized socially, but
personall-' disliked. Disappointed
m ambiti a and soured in fee dug, he
liv. a it recluse, suirou -ded by Ins
dogs anil found soiace only in the
chare. Wherever he went Ids d-i,'s
followed him. aud even. at a dinner
parly were often allowed to rest un
der the table during t he meal. 1 ra
ditiou bands down the story that at
dinner he would stick Ids fork into
a fow and throw it under the table
to Lis dogs, regardless of the annoy
ing consequences that would result
from such procedure to his hostess.
Upon one occasion, when he was
dining at a widow's table in co i p iny
with a Baptist minister, his conduct
and his sneers could no longer be
Bubuutted to, and the old preacher
rose up in bis wrath, and, with his
long, bony tiuger pomte I at Lee,
hurled into hi tec th this invective
given below.
I am not aware that it has ever
been printed, the story and the lam
poon having been handed down by
word or mouth from generation to
"generation:
Yqu hate mankind,
How just the ways of Heaven.
Mankind hate you,
So you and they are even.
Hie thee, like Cain,
To the land of Nod ;
Despised by man.
And stii;malUed by (lod.
Or, like the cynic
Misanthrope of yore,
Who in hi house i"if tub,
Did rant and r-ar,
Out thei a kennel,
And a bed of straw,
Rehrn doir of dogs,
To keep all dogs in awe.
There you mav growl and snarl,
Hut do not bite;
For Monmouth ays
A mongrel will not fight.
(ioid- io is t" iiove a ci.ar m n
ufactorv t i r . be opened at i. e
and w.l; b-.r eondu i d on s an .x
tepi' . al. a tin- demand 4 .e t
Pfttro irte uiuy rcipoic.
VOL. IV. NO. 10.
.Un it THE KI'omi.-l'AI.MEIt.
U is 1 aimer,
It is Palmt
The Senator-elect
to succeed Senator
Farwell, of J Hi-!
noi?, is John M. Palmer. j
The contest that brought forth j
Pahm r is history. For nearly two I
i
months the Legislature of Illinois
has been balloting for a representa
tive in the nation's Senate.
The vote stood, with but little
niatetial change, Pahner, 101;
Ogleshy, 100; Strceter, I). The
"three"' Were Allianeemen. They
finally concluded that, their man
could not be pulled through ; the
Republicans made overtures to them,
but two of them went to Palmer, the
Democrat. This gave him lOo,
which elected him.
The Dnuooratic and Alliance
members manitesteu a ilee;. trueiie.-s
in sticking so close to i tu n- ta-onus.
The Republicans were not so any
body except 1 'aimer.
enaior-eieet i aimer s amir, 10
the Legislature after his election isj
a pe iliar thing, as much so as it is j
. i . i t it .
nnil. It is :
(letitl. men of the thii t
seveiitll
(Jeuenil As.-, nibly :
-ca-cely expect me to
thin-. I feci more
'Ain't I glad to ge'
i!d- rnc. s ' It hank
YOU O 11 e t
sp. ak .. th s
S;n Uli; :
of he
liil lnem-
V II.
b.-i s, lor !tioica: .iil t In rig!
the i op'.e. P a p.ur di: v ot
was expn-.-s 1 i he desire ot tie
pie io scleet me seii.ttor and i.u
s -i
peO
e.i C
who
y -nr
tie
c ) -
you.
tio:i is bistoncal. on m
in
ave laiior. t
:0
illlT to el- ft
nidi pendent
.-. r ve my l ha
.M v republican
andida'c a!-o
ks up.laus
rieiid-, I tnank
too urn in Ibis contest r.-pie-e"ied
the oUl method of electing senators
I thank you that the contest, has
been free from personalities. (Ap
plause.) t'ler ( reek Hems.
The farmers fear they
any oats sowed this ti
ill
ue ;
not get
it has
been raining you see
Mr- Alex i low has done more
fa' m work that anybody we know of.
Ihose who aimed to use acid com-
nost w ill.use euauo instead. provided ,
the roads dry out in time lor them I
to haul i
Fruit is not all killed.
Tbe widow, Mrs. McAuulty, and
Wi! ie Gannon manied the other
day ; also Mr. E. P- Hiack to .Miss
Laura liack.
LasL Saturday evening the ruin
fell in torrents till ten o'clock in the
night The creeks wee a-t fold
ing for the liitcenth tnuc this win
ter. liethel Alliance still survives,
though sU" is quite ieeble.
Mr- Robt- (lourley is recovering
very fast from the pneumonia-
The suit between Polk and Small
terminated la-t S itnr.l.iv in favor of
Poik. Esq- 1'. P- Doger at the h.im.
Tlieie seems to be a general in
clination on the pan of tbe faiineis
to wisn for a few week.- of sunshine;
their wishes m y soon be j-ratnied.
but chances, aecoidmg to pif-i.
liiilications. are again-' tneni.
Your eoi l espondt-nt .-tatted
go to Coliconl iast Sato biV( 1
nt
to
it
rtfter chui mi.)
no-vat an hour
t 111 oil;
1 the n.-i
i d to in U
id him -
in 1. .me. a
ale! a luo:
: li in koi
ill- sen-ID
-el .oe li
.1 ;.m
I
ais recko ing- and
111 latitude two n ller
lle.spattei ed Wit U
flo'-. He w .s o
ui lii.s mind io .
thing t:o bi.ck
b
uiuo otT. i:. .,
CUUi.l lie W ll-LO d
b.uliO time to -iO(
at the tin i vi , H
1' o S I lie !. i .
out
I'U.-,
1 1.
let
n
,e -;,pj. !.,! 11.. .1 .
1 i
i.l.ii.
I
t
.i I -
1 1 - in
iei ;
looki
y ban l-otue 1 1.-". gti f. i.-.t
dure se ins to : av- ,. u ov-r
i by tbe tau' sex, :"; M:. !'. i -
y t t a .-.tvanger to tin; wa: ,a ti- : ot i en-pa' hize with the bereaved bus
coi.jtigal oil"' e t i .'ii. Ja l.-on, ins ; i..,iid and the seven motherless chil
biotJiei and bed-feliow, is a rising j ,p,-t.. t j sad, sad indeed, to see a
young man of promise, lliougn hot i life lai down noon which it seemed
cj pi eposse-ii.g in appearance iisj tlore was so much depending; yet
nis brother. "Pete,' lie hasii i .rger j tb dark wing'd messenger w-.s sent
aeiputit tance. As con-table ot .No. j ilV Hun who is too good to be un
0 lie never fails to bring down bis j kp.d asul too wise to tunke a mistake.
tine, iut is loo gooo a uo io inuKe
a champion tax collector, lie aud
h s brother keep " batch." Jack is
"chief eook and boltle-washi r.'"
Mr. Daniel Kiutts.tne g -nial clerk
in Dr. Plow's, has the wiunim.' ways
of the most cultured lady and tne
lieaiing of a retined busir ess man.
liy strict integrity, close application
to business principles, a d an invin
cible courage, he lias hammered out
f jr himsell a substantial foundation
for an easy foi tune.
Heiij. iiurleyson, Fi.-ip, is a ratlcr
to work, oon't mind getting up be
fore day, don't know how to k-(f,
and is probably interested as much
m the educating of his ohii :reh as
any man in the county. He belongs
tot ho Farmers' Viliance and holds
church no mbership at Kocky liiver.
Dr. Fiowe is probabiv tbe ii;st
and the oblest citizen ol the viliagi
aud has, beyond any question, , the many precious promis. 8 God has
proved himself a benefactor to tho ; eiven. He will never leave nor tor
citizens ot the Hiuiouinliiig country j K:)ce, although all earthlyhopea may
both as a doctor and as a merchant. ; s cm in vain when you
He long since n Jin d from the. med- : ;ir!( fir the ,(HU;ll of"a vanisi,e(i han,i
n-ul prolesion, bui continues to do A . tl , i f .. : tl . js slin
I a good mercantile iea-inoss, liiuiiiu'
ills.' tho.-e who can't, pay cadi an t
paying .he.m mole lor t ;eir produce
in the lad than the niaiket iin-e. He
j is aiso a trooo lai ...ei, o t lu. leg a
jtiiercbaii; isuncj ia ined ior m inOel
j ship 1U ' he Aliia. ce.
( !ol;XCUACKKK.
I
Laurinbtirg Lxi-ha 'ge : About IS;
venri hiro Mr. IJobt. X. Fairley was
strick.n ith p .rah. -is, but lindly
recti v
al ..II
nd i
red
1, n
rf .
o into .-i uouinin .e
i i'i n..r riporin. lite
l.i u h..l.. b ilv.
Lat !y he
. er a send -! o
if er v n i
diti n un
he died.
:(.- . IV h i ro e.i on-
l
M . :a . . in n
lie Wo about OO via. a
old.
Till: l .UX).V AEURO
ThHt H'i FoiiikI 1'.-1 Below Town.
, wt ..,i,..i ,.:.;.,i n.
1M,-mt where t lie dead colored man
was found. Th coroner anda crowd
of people stood around. I he place
, i x . , j! 1 a- .. .
,s just, udoul twenty nte j uus iro n
the railroad rirht east of Mr. David
Parish's residence.
The net'fo's dead body was discov
ered on Wednesday morning by a
colored woman. All that is known
is as follows : lie was seen by a little
colored boy the evening before; the
boy went to a neighboring house to
ask lodging for him, but tht boy,
tmt finding a place, never returned.
He s.is that the man told him he
was sick ami trying to gt home,
which is about twenty-live miles
from Concord. He says that the
1R1
m was coii'Miing almost mces-
,uim OltlL lie ILI11H lOIUUU 1113
! name to be Lilly and that the man
. t 1 1- ..,,.! tli.,f 1,., I, iwl. v. fnrul U;
Claimed to have a bro'lier in t on-
C(jnL No wa3 pogitive Hbout
,ns nan .Uli, milhi r on hijJ n
,u,. ... ...... i:i.. ..i" c,,i.
subject.
I mark or sign of viol-nee could be
foi.uo. lb- bad .a bottle of Olive
j Tar, an en.p'y purse, a few buttons,
o. lied.ed wphout a st ru . jg b? ami
iwiMi hi- h.nds folded Ii is almost
icer aii. tlu.t he died of consuiiip ion ;
suicly I e w.-:s tu t killed by any train
'. or hv foiu hands.
j I' iiii) be t li.it his name was Lilly
land iinit he was raisi d about Albe
' marl., or .1 e his name tn.iv never
i be know 11,
No imp e.-it, by jury, was held, it
.!-i:ig teiiud nniiece.-sarv. Just
j how old the man w;:s cannot be told.
; From that is known he must
h ie footed it from Cnarlotte to
'where his strength failed him and
! w here he lav down and died.
New-Heri,
Rowe'li leports for 1K0O tbe number
of newspapers publisbed in tbe
Fnited States mid Cmada as 17,760.
Ot these, spi wf-re Ctuiaoiau pubiica
lions, dli" following was the fre
qot ncv o: issn-: Weekly, 1:3,1(51;
monthly, '2,1 HI; daily, X'lC; tniii
monthly, "JsO; semi-weekly. 1217,
(luartei ly, 12G; bi-weekly. b2; bi-
monthly, 158; tri-weekiy, 136 t
total,
17,7f.O.
The following table exhibits the
number of p-ipers printed in the
sever il States and in Canada in lS'Hl:
New Yot k
Illinois
Peiinsylvanii ..
( )liio
'an iiia
Kansas
owa
Missoui i
Massachusetts. .
Indiana
Micijig hi
Ni bra-ka
California
Wisconsin
Texas
! n ti'--( da
New Jersey
Colorado
1.S7S
i,;jiw
1.2-1
I, Old
81a
807
7;h
7-"i;
8S,"
('.-) 1
nit
r.t;5
r.:i;
o2S
o'.ti
427
:3is
'2i W
257
257
250
2.1(5
j ' ieorgia
'Kentuek.
; r-ioui h Dakota. . .
i"e'i!.eo-e
1'h Ten io i i-s
2'.t(
Yi
N
220
102
is;,
12
17S
175
15'.)
155
152
i ili
I .1 M
aoaUM
M . ... .
--.p
L ..-
W -: Y
11(5
143
1:53
!2t)
121
120
1PJ
8:3
('.:?
8
38
'24
17.7H0
Word ll a Irlfiitl.
Ir.i-i. : her bomi- in No. 4, March
':!,, is;! I. M v.-fiMt, wife of
Ulbialn UeaVel, o'e.i 3(3 VeaiS, 10
i, h- and 2S days.
; ().,,v those who in.ve felt the bitter
! aiig.;;-;i of such sorrow can truly
j. I1()U ;,,. tins, niav llio Dereaveu
ones be enabled to say with one of
.Id, " I wis dumb, I opened not my
month; beeaus:- thou didt it.
At the early age of ft ecu years
Mis. Pe iver muled nercelf with Si-
Kiioeo's F- Jj. ciiurch, of which she
has been it consistent member for
more1 than a score of years. Her
funeral services, were conducted by
her pastor, lb v. W. A. Lutz, from
2 Tim., 4th chap,, the latter clause
of the Oth verse, including the 7th
an i 8th. She loved the church i f
her lledeemer, and hr faith grew
1 ronger and brighter with the years,
and w in n the summons home came
to ncr we believe that she fell asleep
to wake unto joy eternal, unto rest
evefniore, unto endless victory oyer
y n, onto perfect union with Christ,
unto likeness with (tod.
. . , i- j
rea' i ci ones, take comiort, irom
A Friend.
A Rplinlp Wanled.
The following startling news is
from t ne Oxford Day :
"A young man from the country
came to town today to return a tnar-
na:e 1 cen-e that he bought Saturday.
! he woman in the case went back
on him, he said."
'he man is to be congratulated
ami tne girl is to be pitied. tne 13
n good, unreliable and not half as
e.i..d m . T-ntiurr m in Shi w
vwrn enough powder to blow her:
up; an., it she were a man sue otiffnt I
be. She will mirrv a fellow far
oi ueath her disappointed euitor.
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1891.
I THE LEl'TrRE THl IWDAY MG1IT.
Miws Clothier It an InterrHtingr Talker
HUit the l.nrKf Aulteiire hs
Well Enterlnluetl.
Miss Clothier, of Baltimore, gave
an address to a large audience in the
Lutheran church Thursday evening.
She is a very pleasant speaker and
every one present seemed to enjoy
her talk, which was stored with
countless gems of truth and beauty.
Sne presents facts and figures that
are beyond disputing. Her garland
of oratory was interwoven with
threads of beautiful words, inspiring
thoughts, majestic pictuies.
The exercises were opened by
sonns, ana men scriptural reading
bv liev. V. G. Campbell, and prayer
by I). 15. Coltrane. Mi s Clothier
then began her admirable address, of
which we give a few notes:
She stated that what women ought
to have they would have and this
was one ot sucn tnings tnat me
cause was quite unpopular, but that
was why they should work and pray
the more that W. C. T. L meant,
we came to upset, we came to unite.
That three-fourths of the jail-birds
are under twenty-live years of age.
That it is usual for temperance
workers to exaggerate, in the opinion
of i-ome, but she would stick to
the truth. That, one of the worst
h bits of young ladies was in saying
thev have not time for certain things,
when this is no excuse -it all.
Sin- pleaded very eloquently for the
uung people to light on in this
work. She recited the poem by
Longfellow of a monk's vision.
he now speaks to the Y. W. C. T.
V.; stated that these words include
young meu as well as maidens. That
the chief obstacle in the way of
temperance was prejudice. That
she w as reared in a teniperauce home,
and that one docs not desert c credit
for being a temperance person, but
should be from principle like being
honest, and that she became a tem
perance lecturer from a combination
of circumstances she saw while in
college. She told of her lirst talk
to an audience, which was more than
four years ago, and then compared
her work to the spokes in a w heel
as the W. C. T. U. were the right
wings of it and a few men the left
wings. That the outcome of this
work lay with the young people and
she pleaded that they would carry it
out that as pure gold cannot be
rubbed out, so purity of life she
demanded purity, for purity among
ladies and gentlemen Asked the
young ladies not to be unlovely and
unwomanly, but act from principle.
That to say a young man is tied
to h s mother's apron string " is one
of the grand -st c miplinients that
can 1-e paid to any one. She wants
ju tice, becaus women are helpless
oy themselves. That every twenty
four hours '2,000 souls are ost by
rum After a song, Miss Ciotnier
stated that for the tirst time in her
.ife she would now ask an audience
for a collection. At the close of
the exercises the speaker was taken
to the home of W. II. Odeil.
M AKLV II Alt A RIOT.
Vnotlirr Sppukrr Wlio Il-lievf Ih
Heroic I'arliHiiirBlnr.v -r ce
il liro-.-l" roll ill 1 1 ion Start
the Kow nml S.prla
tor lake n IlnuU.
Kansas City, Mo., March 11.
A Journal special f r-'in I'ojick i,
Kansas. sa s : The assembly ciiam-bt-r
was the scene of great excite
niei.t last evening during the tin . I
session of the house. The report of
the committee whicti uivcsiigaicd
the metropolitan police system, cre
ated for the purpose of enforcing
the prohibition law, stated that the
prohibition law had been a fail
ure so far as it applied o the cities
of Kansas, and recommended that
the governor withdraw the State po
i ce from such cities. The report
was amended making the withdrawal
of the police discretionary with the
governor and then adopted.
A iiuestion arose on the adoption
of the report of the committee in
vestigating the conduct of the State
house commissioners. Several re
publicans detn.ii need the committee
and the Farmers' Alliance in bitter
terms. liice, republican, roe to
i-peak when Elder demanded the
previous question.
Kice proiested against this action,
and termed it a " damnable dis
grace. "
Speaker Elder in reply became
exceedingly angry, and said that the
Farmers' Alliance was running the
house and the republicans must sub
mit whether right, or wrong. Then
the excitement began.
The galleries hissed, the Farmers'
Alliance men cheered and the re
publicans groaned.
Elder demanded that the lobby
and galleries be cleared. The hiss
ing, shouting and groaning contin
ued, and the chair, unable to restore
order, said he would give up the
chamber to the voice of the mob.
The sergeant-at-arms and door
keepers attempted to clear the gal
leries and lobbies and several lively
encounters took place. Several Sen
ators who were witnesses of the pro
ceedings were unceremoniously hus
tled out of the chamber. A general
riot became imminent, but finally
Speaker Elder resumed the chair and
said he was ashamed of his conduct
and his motion to close debate, and
appealed fo all present to maintain
order.
Speaker Elder's motion to con
tinue the report of the investigating
committee was adopted, with an
amendment. The house then ad-
jourue
Cr.nada has not received an invi
tation to attend the "World's Fair.
i-iTTi.K nnoi's or
Tnr. I'ifrh. Tnrntino and Oilier Tar
llt-t'l rrodnrl. i
Harriet McKesson, a colored wo-j
man living near Morganton, X. U., !
whose husband ivas in the Federal !
anny, drew $1,500 back pension last !
week. :
The Governor has appointed t lie j
following directors of the Soldiers';
Home: AV. C. Stronacii, F. II.
liusbee, of Wake ; A. I). McGill, of
Cumberland; V. E. Ardrey, of
Mecklenburg.
Kaleigh Capital: We regret to
hear of the death of Mr. John
Faison, brother of Col. P. F. Faison,
of this city, who died very suddenly
at his home in Winston last Sunday
morning.
Wilson Mirror: Mr. Jesse llin
nant got into a difficulty on Satur
day night with two negroes at Black
Creek and cut them both very se
verely. It is though that one of
them will die.
Dr. Thos. Hume, of the Univer
sity, has been iv.vited to deliver an
address before the National Educa
tional Association at Toronto, Can
ada, nex summer, on " The Co-ordination
English Work in Seconary
Schoola and Universities"
Mount Airy News: The immense
quantity of granite rock in and
uround Mount Airy is worth mill
ions of dollars. Already the de
maud for this tine granite is assum
ing large proportions and big ship
ments are being made every day r
two.
Durham Sun : Xew residences go
ing up, new stores in prospect, Trin
ity under way. new industries spring
ing up, and the land companies hard
at it all speaks volumes for Dur
ham and means several thousand
more people during the next twelve
nionthi.
On April lid the town of Reids
ville will ote to issue bonds to he
amount of $50,000, for the purpose
of street impiovements and water
works, and later on will vote a sub
s'cri! tion of $luo,0oo, fur a new
railroad to be built in an easterly
and westerly direction.
Among the graduates of Wake
Fore.-t College there are 121 minis
ters, 1)4 lawyers, 3S farmers, 29 phy
sicians, 10 merchants, IS ministers
and teachers, S journalists, 0 soldiers
killed in war, 5 foreign missionaries,
5 druggists and chemists, 20 seal
taring or occupation unknown.
Kocky'Mount Phoenix : We regret
to note the death of Mrs. L C. Con
vers, of Nashville, wife of Major
Con uts, Supt. Public Instruction
to-Nash county. Mr. J. (J. Ar
rii gton shipped a consignment of
game co.ks to 'Ic -. la.-t Friday,
i here is a larg- demand lor his
oirds in differ, nt p.u 's .t tne Union.
.New liei'ue Journai : One hundred
and lifted! vessels and boats passed
through the New Heme and lieau
fort canal dunng the month of Feb
ruary. News has reached here ot.
the shooting of a man by the name
f Hob Edwards, . moonshiner, at
Purga ory, Duplin county, by reve
nue officer Pope. Further than
the shooting is serious and the man
is no. expected to live, no pariieu
las could be ascertained.
Ashe county, of this State, con
iains prob ibiy the oldest surviving
couple in the State, I. nc e Stephen
Osborne and wife. The nnshahd
was born in i ray son county, Feb u
ai 21, K'.'l, and his wife i:i tlu--anie
county in LsoO. They were
married in ISl'J. And are the par
cuts of twelve children, sixty-i hie
grandchi'divn, more than two luin
urcd great grand children and sev
eral gnat-great giandchiidren.
Tarboro Southerner: John Lan
caster tells of a s. range affection
that seized upon one of his cow.-.
She kept the head to one side and
Vigorously licked one place on thai
side. When her neck was straight
ened, it at once Hew back to the
same si le, w hen released. lie
placed tar on her forehead and
where she was licking. After re
maining thus one day she becomes
as before and no recurren-.-e has
taken place.
Greenville Reflector: Mr. G. T.
Tyson tolu us the other day that Mr.
John Crawford, of Beavei Dam
township, was knocked down and
right painfully hurt by a young bull
one Oay last week. Mr. Crawford
went to drive the bull out of his
garden when the animal be
came enraged aud ran upon him.
1 he animal being a young one his
horns were fortunately not long
enough to inilct any serious injur)
more than bru ses.
Washington Gazette; Two Bohe
main boys were playing with a pistol
some three weeks ago, and one was
accidentally shot in the knee.
Lock-jaw resulted and the boy died
on Thursday last. Mr. John
Willis, one of the pilots from Hat
teras, informs the New Berne Jour
nal that the swash buoys at llat
teras have been washed away and
lost and that the bar buoys are all
out of place, rendering it dangerous
for vessels to pass through Hatteras
inlet. We call the attention of the
authorities to this matter and urge
immediate attention thereto.
Montgomery Yidetie ; Mr. F. F.
Andrews, an esteemed citizen of the
southern part of this county, died
from softening of the brain last Fri
day, the 27th u.t., aged 58 years
We learned Monday, from Mr. J. D.
Haywood, of the death by accident
of Josah Haywood, which occurred
on the 20th tilt., at his home near
Onville, this county. The deceased
was at a chopping at Mr. J. K.! Hay
wood's the Friday bofore his death,
when he wa? caught nuder a falliug'
tree which fractured his skull, caus
ing his death a week after the acci
dent.
r.niroKiAL clipn.
The Grst act of a Democratic Con
gress should be the incorporation
of the ten commandments into the
politics of the country. Reidsville
Review.
"Washington Progress: The six
year old son of Mr. Martin Moore,
of Chocowinity, fell in a hole of wa
ter in the yard and was drowned on
Wednesday last.
Hon. -'erry Simpson, of Kansas,
scouts the idea of gold being a
money standard when there "isn't
enough of it in the world to fill the
decayed teeth of humanity. " Wil
mington Star.
We don't expect to buy a bill of
goods in London so long as the Mc
Kinley tariff bill is in force. We
will spend our silver dollar "at the
corner grocery," in the United
Staus. Hickory Press.
The Indians put no confideuce in
the promises made to them by the
Indian agents, but with their man
hood broken and self-respect lost,
they feel that all they can do is to
abjectly, helplessly and hopelessly
yield to superior force. Goldsboro
Argus.
The Progressive Farmer says that
this is t he tirst time in the history of
the State when the farmers and plan
ters had a clear majority in bo h
branches of the legislature; and it
will be instructive in many ways to
make a calm review of th-- work
done by them. Mecklenburg Times.
The late legislature allowed the
State tax for general purposes to re
main the same as last year, 25 cents.
The school tax was raised from 12 J
to fifteen cents. The appropriations
are about $150,000 more than for
last year. The Raleigh News and
Observer-does not believe the State
tax will be sufficient to meet those
additional appropriations. We will
find out before the next legislature
meets. Durham Sun.
The Congress which has just ex
pired made appropriations exceeding
bv two hundred millions of dollars
the appropriations made by the last
preceding Congress. Those who are
in thi inibit of taking notice of
public expenditures and who have
some prejudices in favor of econom
ical government, should bear in
mind the fact just stated. States
ville Landmark.
The Republican par y was repudi
ated at. the polls last No. ember.
Then it went into Congress, and
with the voU-s of many members
whom the people had announced it
had no use for, created a dtliciei cy
in the treasury. Consequently there
will probably be an increase of tix
a'ion Tesi- facts ought to be
enough to keep the Republican party
out of power for a generation; they
ought also to change our illogical
way of allowing repudiated legisla
tors to legislate. The people having
elected a man he ought not to be
compelled to stand around aud see
nis defeated rival making laws.
Ash-ville Citizen
GF.M'IM) B V KltO.VE AM) 1IOXOR'
Some are disposed to doubt the
perf. ct. hones'y of a politician, or '0
feir even the faithfulness of a.i
elected representative. While there
are doubt less some who would suc
cumb to influences and bribes, yet
there are men, representative men,
and even politicians, who would in
lignantiv resent the offer of a bribe
or the semblance of :'t.
Thers i- one character, one man's
name, that the Standard wishes io
print today n caps. He is Moork
one of the Alliance members of tl 6
Illinois Legislature. He worktU
faithfully for the election of Streeter
to the United States Senate; the
Republicans offered to unite on
Moore make him Senator, put in
ids animal income $5,000 for six
years in succession, if he would but
allow them. Like truth, like honor,
w ith courage, backbone and an eye
single to what he deemed his duty,
lleprestntative Moore flatly refused
Moore is a man, all man. Though
his man failed, an occurrence that
seenn-d inevitable, he did his duty.
IlreerheN, Trowsers, Pantaloons.
Pantaloons tirst came into use in
Venice during the fifteenth century.
They were worn by the devotees of
the Patron Saint Pantaloon, and
were called pontalinis by the Ital
ians. To put them on was thought
to be an evidence of foolishness or
buffoonery, they being nothing more
than a long pair of stockings, the
wearer resembling a clown. The
ancient Saxons wore "breeches"
very similar to the above, rendering
them even more attractive to barbar
ian eyi-s bv sewing on stripes of var
ious hues. Breeches, in the strict
meaning of the term for trowsers
is the only proper word to express
the existing style of wear
;ng apparel from the hips to the
ankles were worn by many of the
nations of ancient times, notably
the Medes and Persians, Phrygians
Gauls and Teutons. " Bombastees "
were introduced into England by
the Normans. Henry VII. wore the
puffed out style ; the knee bre. ches
were popular until about 1812, when
the change to mod n-n trowsers took
place. St. Louis Republic.
Solomon WaHthe Fellow's Sawn.
Some fellow he is dad aow
said there was "ncVig. new under
the sun," Concord Standard.
That is the head Dr. Caldwell
gives a Standard article. The doctor
is mistaken ;, since writing the above
the Standard has learned that the
Durham Globe and the Asheville
Citizen are contending for the au
thorship. Mr. Solomon, therefore,
had nothing to with it.
WHOLE NO. 166.
HE IS OPPOSED TOTKl'TM.
All is not goxl in North Carolina.
The people are not perfect not a
-ingle one the climate is not per
fect and our soil is not everywhere
the best. This is true.
But about the meanest thing ever
-aid about puv part of the State is
redited to a Savannah (Ga) bauker
")y the Washington Post. It says:
" A Savannah banker says that in
the western part of North" Carolina
there are several counties amid al
nost inaccessible mountains, of
which there is as little known to the
outside world as there is of Central
Africa. No railroads penetrate this
region. The natives have no idea of
morality, live in a manner little
above the lowest brutes and have
iifcolntely no knowledge of the
world outside their own communi
ties. Polygamy is practiced with
shameless openness, and marriage
c-remonies are rare."
The first sentence is maliciously
mean, because it is ttterly and ab
solutely false. The 6econd is false,
because of no such region.
But when it comes to morality, to
the observation of laws, State and
divine, and to general intelligence
on the part of North Carolinians,
let us think.
Comparatively speaking the State
is making as much progress educa
tionally as " banker's" State : on the
line of morality, our people need
not fear a comparison with "banker,"
for his capacity for truth is a doubt
ful quantity.
There is no such region in North
Carolina. It ia true a bigamist is
sometimes found even in the most
enlightened parts, bo they are in
every city of the North, in Savan
nah and in every State in the Union.
There are regions in North Carolina
that, have no railroads, and Savannah
and many other places have no
mountain?.
The statement is false, though
such could be supposed to be true
bv giving credic to some of the dis
patches that liars send from our
midst to city journals.
North Carolina has not reached
the zenith of anything, but it has
no fears of a general comparison
with other commonwealths.
TIED TO
II IS MOTHER'S
STRI.VU.
Al'ROX
Miss Clothier, among other things
in her lecture Thursday night, said
" Tied to his mother's apron string "
s one of the grandest of compli
ments; and it is, not because Miss
clothier said so or any one else. It
is true. Hung on to a true mother's
apron string means something; it
means many somethings. It means
i boy aud girl are at home at night ;
it means that they are in good,
w holesome company, and that means
good behavior; it means better
health, better morals aud manners ;
it means more promise and less
trouble aud fewer tears.
The origiou of the expression wa
in words of ridicule and sarcasm ;
it was probably intended to picture
he tenderness ami caution aud gen
tleness and modesty of a boy. Some
bully of a boy, with blood i.i his eye
and recklessness in his heart, is rcadv
most any time to squiit that ex.
preseiou out at some gentle, modest
boy who is unwilling to join in the
devilment that is born of street
roaming, day or night.
The old string, though, has be
come pretty weak in some places it
is rotten. There are lots of boys
that have torn loose and are at large.
What is an eleven year old boy on
the street at night, when hisfaih.r
.s at home ? Or what business lus
even a fifteen year old American on
the street at night when his parents
are in bed ? It simply means that
the boy is loose upon the night ; 9
is " having a time," so to soeak am.
becoming (?) a progressive, fashion
able man.
The lack of good, strong apron
strings is doing lots of devilment
for schools, building tears and
troubles for fathers and mothers,
making young boys fuller of wis.
dom (?) than their parents, ruining
their health,1, their prospects, and
robbing the next ranks of good,
strong, compete.it, manly manhood.
That is what it is doing!
CSreat Excllrmrut at High Point.
From Mr. D. A. Hoskius, who is
here today from High Point, it is
learned that there is great excite
ment in that place over wtat is
known as Slaughter's Patent Bed
Brace. Numbers of people have
invested in State and County rights.
The Messers. Pickett Bros, have
bought the State of Missouri, Mr.
Kufe Weldorn has bought Tennes
see ; the Elwood Cox Co. have bought
Virginia, and perhaps other st ites.
Ragan aud Payne have bought North
Carolina, and are supposed to have
sold about half the state. Greens
boro Workman.
In the language of yes, " What
fools these mortals be. " This buy
ing of state rights, &e., is known in
this country as the " buying ol
sky." My masters, it is ut a
worm every time it looks like one
the hook will catch you every time
you bite. If some cress eyed, knock
kneed son of a .Bohemian (just so
you don t know him) comes along
and swears that he ow ns three acies
of stars near theinilk-w,y overhead
some fool will buy it and feel happy
over the for two hours.
And so the silver question is to
figure in the next campaign. Ail
right so be it ; let the friends and
eneune3 of free coinage stand up
and be counted, and then let the
will of the majority be obeyed, not
thwarted, what the consequences
may be. Salisbury Watchman.
The poor fellow is dead ; his light
has gone out, and in this world will
never shine again. We write of tho
unknown dead man found near the
section home south of Concord.
The particulars in another column
furnish the text for sad thought.
He may have Ik en voting, or he may
have been iti middle life it is hard,
to tell the age of a colored person.
At any rate he was stiff, cold, wet,
dead. What did the poor fellow
think in sight of homes where
comfort was, where good warm fires
were, where comfortable beds were!
He was in an open field, on a hill,
upon the damp giound, one lung
entirely gone, the other struggling
to sustain life in the wasting weak
body he was alone. No one there
in his last moments the moments
of death the cold ground was his
dying bed, the star-lit cauopy of the
sky his shroud, the hooting owl his
only company. 'Tis sad, very sad !
The dead man's skin was black, for
he was a negro ; but w hat difference
does that make? It is sad; the life,
the struggles and the death, of that
poor consumptive negro are very
sad. He was poor; his pockets
prove that, unless some vile sneak
robbed his dead body ; he carried
two buttons there were places on
clot lies for them ; he had a small
piece of bread, though too weak to
eat charity, perhaps, gave him that ;
he had a knitted purse it was empty
for his foot journey proves that; he
had a bottle of Olive Tar (its label
guarantees to cure everything), the
straw that the drowning man grabs
it did him no good, for he died.
That is all the unknown negro had,
and he left it with hiskcayingbody
behind.
Where he came from, where he
was going and such led us to think.
Where you reckon charity was when
the poor tellow asked for food, for
she ter, for help, for his passage
home ? When he asked for food,
" we have none to give away" he
heard ; when he asked for shelter,
" we don't house tramps " he heard ;
he did not beat his way on the rail
road, let us hope that he was too
honest; he was not given passage
free, he was not the right kind and
no regulation titled his case. He
iad no monkey or hand organ to
collect a few nickles, he was too
poor to own a monkey, too weak to
carry an organ and his color, his
-kin, his hair, his nose, his nation
ality were not such to draw the
uickl.sand the pennies. In short
the little half-blind eye of chanty
did not see and his lungs were too
weak to send a pleading into the
ears of Mi.-s Charity.
He got no help from the whites, it
si -ems, for he was refused shelter;
and most a-suredlv he got none from
his own color. They have but little
sympathy for, but little charity
tow aids," and no concern lor their
stranger fellows in trouble. It is
true, therefore hard to say. But we
are all bad substantial charity
the kind that helps and comforts
doesn't hurt many people.
But pulling for his home, no one
knows where, he fell by the wayside;
by accident he was found, otherwise
buzzards would have left his bony
frame to bleach the coming summer.
I he coroner, by virtue of his office,
declares him "dead, unclaimed, has
him dumped into a two-dollar box
without shave, without burial garb,
without funeral ceremony, without
a tear! How sail One day he
lived, suffered, died, the next he is
forgotten and no tomb will ever
contain an epitaph over the body
hat suffered and fell by the way
side. ii m
A POOK (OMEUX.
The United States, though one of,
the greatest if not the greatest na
tion on the glohe, is pretty low down
in chink. The government's vaults
are not groaning with the weight of
their usual millions; a hand has
been there a collective hand. The
policy, that pays men who never
Heard a battle gun fire, or even sar
a " Rebel," has ileeced Uncle Sam,
and the much-talked-of surplus is
no more. Such is fate !
4 opal (irove Itrtnn.
So much rain and bad roads we
can't t'et to Concord.
Property sold very high at George
Parker's sale last Friday and Satur
day notwithstanding it was u cash
3ale.
liev. C. C. Lyerly's school baa
closed at Bethel Academy. He fin
ished out the term last week.
Mr. Jj- D. Lentz has been down
a -out the springs recently looking
after his propei ty, &c.
Uur maii has been very irresular
and much behind line muce the lino,
uas been changed from China Groye
to Salisbury. Many are talking of
stopping their papers on account of
b iutj feo much behind- We can't
see t io cause of the mail being so
.mien behind. It can certainly reach
Salisbury as well as it could reach,
e hina (hove in time. It takes the
Stanly Observer until Tuesday very
oil en to reach here instead of I'riday
or Saturday when it should come. It.
don't reach Bilesville iu time for
Pridav's mail, and tben it goes,
around by Salisbury to leach uu on
Saturday, and sometimes don't get
here then. X.
Slrurk ly a Pl--e ol' Plank.
A painful accident occurred to
Mr. J. F. Bolick last Thursday
afternoon at the Phoenix Mills.
Mr. Bolick was running a matching
machine, and the saws hurled a piece
of splintered timber with terrific
force and. struck him in the eye.
Several splinters stuck in the eyer
the use of which Mr. Bolick fears
has been destroyed. Mr. Bolick
says he has been running the ma
chine for seven years and one day,
and never received any injury before
Hickory Press.