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THE S A it D A R D. JAMES I COOK, Editor. JJBtVARI) E. ..ARRIS, C0KRE6P0NL I - G EDITOR 1.I.F1TIOX F H1.X4TOUS BT THE PEOPLE. There dissatisfaction in some quarters . the present mod- of fleeting1 I ited States Senators. It is' assert that a Legislature is mo -corrupt incapable in the election of St..a rs than the people would lie. TI . a member of the Legisla ture can be bought for less money than a ni-ijoiity of his constituents auu mat ne can be more easily ap proached by the corrupt. That is true, but to take the election of Senators from the Legislature is a direct blow at the autonomy of the States whose electorate for the Fed eral Legislature are their respective Legislatures. There is a distinc tion in the government between the Stages and the people. If it is worth anything, it should be re tained. There is another proposition to abolish the Senate and get close down to the people. Then there would be danger of wiping out State lines and destroying local self government. This is a government with checks and it is not safe to break any of them down. Charlotte Chronicle. EDITORIAL CLIPS. Harrison is meeting with consid erable success in his Maryland gun ning expedition. It is unfortunate that he is not equally felicitous in Lis aims as President. Philadelphia Times. Up to the time the foregoing was printed President Harrison had Jamed one duck and killed none. But even that is considered "con siderable success'' for him. Ashe ville Citizen. One of the Kentucky delegates to the Woman's Suffrage Convention in Washington said that one of the itroudest moments of her life was when she saw her husband and son etep up and vote for her when she ran for county clerk. Had they not done so both would have deserved a lucking. Winston Sentinel. WHOLESALE .Ml RIH.lt. Another case of lynching. This time in broad daylight in the city of New Orleans. Eleven of the con victed and indicted assassins of the chief of police Hennessey were lynched by a "citizens committee." To say the least of it.it is pure murder. If it is right for ban is of men to resolve aud put to . .jth gratuitously with authority fu:n liwAthei io awav with the expen of trial tv iurv. Such high-handed i acts of lawlessness and murder are on the increase, and it cannot be denied. Down with the lynch inw or any thing ti,at smacks of it. THIRTEEN CARS GO DOW.V A Hriif Wreck n the Carolina Cen iral. A disastrous wreck occurred at Ledbetter's trestle, on the Carolina Central railroad, at 8 o'clock Satur day night. The through freight from Norfolk to Charlotte was wrecked at that point. There were twenty cars in the train and all except seven went down. The thirteen cars were rest in order from the engine, and the engine itself had so close a call that its tender went down with the cars. The engine was left on the rails on the Charlotte side of the wreck, and seven freight cars were Mt on the Wilmington side. The cause of the wreck was the 'breaking of a truck under the tender. The trestle wa3 a stout and perfectly safe one, and had been crossed in gaiety by the passenger train only tea minutes previously. Ledbetters trestle is located between Rocking ham and the Pee Dee river bridge, and is within a half mile of the l)i idge. J ust as the Charlotte bound freight reached it, a truck under the tender broke or became disarranged, throwing the wheels to the ties. That knocked the trestle down and the tender and thirteen cars were wrecked. No cue on the train was hurt. The cars tumbled one upon the other and were broken to pieces, their contents of merchandise being Blattered about in a confused jum ble. The Carolina Central author ities at once dispatched a wrecking force to the scene and will have the trestle rebuilt and the track cleared ior the through passage of trains by 12 o'clock tonight Transfers were made at the scene of the wreck to day. Monday's Charlotte News. A Tree In a Bag. Aii enterprising citizen on the Ke.t bide has a small peach iree in his back yard. Some ilays ago this tree put oat u full dress of blooms, and the said citizen immediately clothed it in a full suit of uewspap- is aud paper bags as a protection again.-. frost, lie says that it bore one peach last year all the rest having been .killed bv the frost. This year he -wants u larger crop, hence the ex per jnieut. On Sunday morning the temperature fell to degrees about .daybreak and the ground was hard iiozen. iiaieign uusever. TM.oGlrlaKillftl lloanoke, Va. .March 17. A west Ixnind train over the Norfolk aud Western railroad struck Lola ami Lelia Copperage this morning ou a retLe near Coyner's Springs, five miles iroiu this city, instantly kiil ,..,r Tj-li. need nineteen, ana bo seriously injuring Lula, aged seven teen, tnat she died this evening, wi wr Halting on the track sind the train dashed aro.uj.id a sharp urve and was on them before they m. Their parents lyere walking along the dirt road near the track ana wiuicmw The Tresideiit and Secretary Proc pV are back in VMbincton. THE o.5 SEIl'S XET brnvseri About bv rinsller ISil'i t ook. Who ncr Let- n Thtnu Get Awny He ever Hi if H ! M a ehiue but that He 'I rnpi X.ni. Last week wo passed through N. 6 and 7. We saw soi k line wheat and oats, but, like in I.o. T, very lit tle work for the comine crop. Jlnt Mr. Wash Earnhardt, jf Xo. has the finest crop of oats we hae seen anywhere this reason. It was our plee-surcto Jut I end the closing exercises of Mr. E. Bust and Miss Jennie Sapp's :-ehooi at New Gilead last Friday. There v ere 100 or more on the roll. Mr. Pot and Miss Sapp have done a v oi k that ean be said well done. Ti:e ehiid en were treated to ail the lemonade they could drink for had a d.iy. In the elder department Miss Missouri L. Shinn whs awarded a beiuirul ISible for he beA composed and well read composition- In the pri mary department ti little ;iri ot -Mr. and Mrs. Charle-i Day vault ior the best speech. The readers of the Standard wish via to say through its columns that they, both cuiidrtii and emyloyers, Lave been well pleased with Mr. Bost and Miss Sapp as teachers. Mrs. Norah A. Wilson, daughter of E. K. Mitenheinier, moved ou last Tuesday to ber new home in Rowan. Mi s. Wilson says she is going to try the realities of house keeping for herself. W ell, most all our misses have closed their schools aud others have quit going, and some of them are seeking employment for life. Do you know of any person around Concord that wants a good cook for a very small family? If so, let us hear from you soon. A two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Sides, of Forest Hill, was buried at New Gilead last Mon day. Mr. S. formerly lived in Xo. 5. Gilead being their place ot wor ship. Miss Jennie Sanp began a sub scription school at New Gilead Just Monday. Mr. T. L. Suther has a very sick child. J. C. Daywait says that when he was contined to his shops that if he could be free he would farm on a different rlan from that he used to. So this year he is going to try Lis Dew plan: Work little land and manure well- Since last Saturday morning the sound of the farmers' bed and the dinner horn and the keen yell of the plowman's voice in respouce, bus been a great pleasure to the- farmers once again- Where does he get them? Mr. Chas. Alexander has been running a wairou once a week to haul his eggs, chickens aud butter to China Grove market- It may be ins big trade, but when there is a new store any where everybody will go. Last week Mr. Jouu Edgison was paralyzed on the rigat side of his lace. It injures hi-i speech very ruuen- Last week a little L of Mr. una Mrs. Luther C. Walter tell iato t..e lire and burned one ot ins legs v try badly. M. L. Bernhardt ret ii: ed io Ncw ton College last Trio; . speii.l :::s earnings just n-ceiva' for tea-!;irg. "0." A Little Hoy Spmu These lr!:i o. ti. Mr. Prafiord's now rt sid.-i.ee ; Hearing completion. Mr. John Barn hardt is the contractor Mr. 11. M. Bluckvrcidt-r :s Laving well dug at his iiouse- Cold "W ater creek was higuer on Thursday of last week tlr.iUuLyti i.e this winter. Mr. Chapman krimminger is con- templatiug growing melons fur mar ket this year- On Friday of last week there earn.. verv near being a tear up at 11. M. Blackwekler fc Sons grist mill. The engine was started by the engineer; he then called a boy to put on the steam while he (the engineer; went to another part of the mill, the boy kept putting on the steam until the engine attained a terrible speed, caused by the governor being fas tened so as to prevent its action od the steam, lhe engineer made his way to the engine house just in time to get it stopped and prevent a de struction of machinery. B. Xntnmait Item. Mr. Sid Barnhardt, from down in No. 9, spent Friday night with his brothers at this place. Ouitealarge crowd attended lhe closing exercises of the Nussman public school Friday night. lalk about civilization, enlighten ment or anything else but this takes the cake: This writer knows a man, an old chronic kicker, (a school com mitteeman, too.Hhat went to a jus tice of the peace and wauted to make some procedure against the teacher and pupils of his (the kicker's) district for giving an en tertainment without paying for li cense or tax. When lust heard from he was still kicking, and says the tax toust be paid- Wonderful man, he is- What next? The wheat and oats crops in this section are looking very promising. Tht Sunday-school at St. Stephen's was reorganized Sunday. B- NOME IXfOXSISTEXCIES OT the Legislature aa Seen by afrok. eriiy Aiiinnrrniiiii. Editor Standard : What doth this mean? Jtesolved by the House of representatives, the Senate concurring, that our Sen ators in the 51st and 52d Congresses of the United States be and they are hereby instructed, and our repre sentatives requf sted, to vote lor and use all honorable means to lire the object of the iinuneial reform as contemplated in the puUl'orui adopt ed, by the Ocala meeting of the -National Farmers' Alliance held in De cember, 1800; that a copy of the above resolution be sent to our Sen ators and Representative.-, in Con gress. The abtve embraces lhe Ocala declaration. How doth the above stand ia ivgard to the action of the Legislature in the reduction of iutcrebt? It remiuds me of tin old coloied paison who pi etched to his people. His text was, " Do not ask from your neighbor what e would not do yourself." After the benediction ho ;isked one of his friends how ho liked that sermon. He said that it was all right, but did not think that he did as he pi cached. "Friend," e aid he, "do as I say, do not as 1 do." In the above resolu tion the Legislature asks for money at a low interest and by their action said, then we will lend it out at a high interest and make our jack and get our game, so they have played high, low, jack, game, and played the duce too. Laches Igsoramus. The colored regiment of District of Columbia is to be disbanded bos cause the HepubKcan Congress did not appropriate the money ntcessary to maintain it. &The line of the Atlanta streets railway company and the Atlanta Edge wood weie sold Jo a Boston syndicate Saturday. The price is un derstood to be $SO0,O0U The new company will consolidate all the rtreet railway lines of the city. FICO.H A I. It EM A R I.E. it i.VwT.lhP Letter from a Bache lor .Man of Ioubtliii Age. Once more a voice from Stanly takes sound through the Standard. In speaking of the Standard a member of our 0. A. C. Club made the expression that the Standard was one of t lie best papers received and that ir was the best weekly in the State. We are always glad to scan its lieu ay pages. Much work is being done since ld Sol " once more has appeared with his genial face. The farmers are turning the sod and the carpen ters me making merry music with the hammer and saw. Mr. Xewsman, who had been placing down machinery for. J M. Btisfi.il in this place, and who was called to the bee side of his dying sister, -Mrs. Joe Lent, near Gold Hill, leturned last Monday and has resumed his work. Mr. Bussell will soon oe ready to serve the public in his new shop. -Miss Maggie Liar treated herself to the purchase of a new organ a few days ago. Several new pupils have been en rolled in the High School at this place in the last few davs bv Profs. Bivins and Helms. They have a full attendance. The Academy will, we loam, be painted at an early day. Also we learn uf other contemplated improve ments to be made soon. David Me Daniels, from near Mt. Pleasant, has opened a cobbler's shop in the room left of Dry & Palmer's racket store. John II. Burris, deputy marshal, suits His ollice well. He has almost entirely rid the settlement, near I'.ig Lick, of a set of lawless men, to whom he gives the epithet of thieves, blocka'ders and desperadoes. lie captured one Calvi. i Helms, block adcr a few days ago, who is now arruigned for trial, which comes off Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Mary Mercer, after a pro tracttd visit :.t her mother's, Mrs. J. A. Lilly, left for her home in Wil mington. Mrs. G. P. Watkius ac companied her to Monroe, where she visas relatives at Prof. W. II. Spinks. Whooping cough and chicken pox have been quite a rags among the little people in this place Ia;ely. We are glad to say that nearly all, in our knowledge, are recovering. Lucius, little son of Lev. and Mrs. L. K. Stacy, is Seriously ill now. Lev. L. E. Stacy tilled his regular appointment at this place last Sun day, lie pleached two excellent Sermons. Only a few of the delegates who uore appointed attended the Suuday seiiool cci.veiition al Lsorwoo'd last Tlv fol I o a i n de'eiraU-s 'uhucd to attend the State School Convention to be ''il i at rav f.cvilie : J.U'sl's S. II. , ;v:u:- J. ar.d .'rt.fc.-sor. du'.otk, i:. J. 11. L. Smith iv.l-.tt-. aad J. .Mr. "Jonah . Bi ins. San..;v Lv.vder and Miss " i'orn-st were united inhaM'V wuliock. jie Thursday of last we:k, Ksur.ire J. 1). Forrest olliciating. Geoiy- T. Pickier. latelv of C'on- to..;, i.,. place at hi.- ved to his old home h.-i's, four miles east of here. lie and his letter half will soon occupy a building in this place, where lie will follow his trade, carpentering. We are glad to have him with us. The carpentering force, who have been employed on the depot here, were called to Bilesvilie to put up a pump house at the depot there. The Blondi11 opera, winch was represented by the Times as having been handsomely supported here, and at other places, had, after paying expenses, two dollars in remunera tion for their labor. Not much of this fur A. B.?' - Sale a Mine. Ex-Sheritf Saunders informs us that Mrs. M. A. Smith has sold her mine, known as the old Nail mine, to the Moratuck Mining Com pany for $13,000. Sheriff Saunders also gave us a beautiful sample of -ore taken from his mine, at the Spanish Oak Gap, which lies just above and adjoining the Moratock mine, and which shows very letter ing indications of vast quantities of rich ore. Very soon this property, very probably, will also be purchased by the Mora toe k Company. This Company have laid their pipes to Dutchman's Creek from which they will obtain water for milling pur poses, and other active work is in progress preparatory for practical mining operations. - Montgomery Videttc. ut. rocker. lief erring to Capt. Crocker and hi s mission, the S ilidjurv Watch man says: Capt. Crocker, locating engineer of the Koanoku and South ern, has been here. In reply to our quest ions, he stated that the survey south of Winston would begin about April 1st. Two routes will be survived, one from Winston via Lexington, Cold Hill, and probably tap the Carolina Central at Indian Trail, thence to Lancaster, S C. The other will be from Winston to Salisbury, by Concord and Charlotte to Lancaster. After the surveys have been made ai d the amount of subscriptions considered, a lively time may be expected before the mat ter is liuallv settled. But beyond all doubt Salisbury will get the road as we are ou an airline to Lancaster. Mr. Doi-Ioii'm Ileal li. Died, at his home in No. 1 towu ship, -March nth, 18'.), Mr. Leroy Dorton. lie was 74 years of ae and was a com-isient member of the M. E. church for :," years. It cau be truly said of him that a good man has passed away. This writer has often hemd him say that he was ready and wanted to go- He leaves a large family, also a large circle of friends who mourn his loss. Devoted father, kind brother, true friend, hail and farewell! "O father of our spirits! We can hut look to thee. Though chah-.eni it not forsaktu, shall we thy eliiliireu be ; We take ih- ei ; of sorrow, as did thy Messed oii, Ttach us to suv w itli Jesus, Ti.v will no: ours be done." II. D. LITTLE BROPSOI" Tnr, Pitch, Turpentine d Oroer Tnr lleel.l'rotlnetH. Marion votes aye or nay on whis key. Marion lots rise from $150 to $1500 in a year. New Ashewlle ice factory ready in six weeks. Eugrossing Clerk Posey, critically ill at Kaleigh. Drunken revenue runner rides the sidewalks of Marion. The annual cattle show will bp held in llaleigh in May. Major Bingham awards building contracts for Asheville school. Madison will vote in May on the question of license or no license. The Presbyterians speak of build ing a great University at Asheville. Charlotte auditorium rapidly go ing up under large force of hands. McDowell grey eagle, 7 feet 8, spread of wings; weight 135 pounds. Ashevilleans warm to their work of vodng 040,000 for street im provements. A wood cut in the Marion Free Lance " does the business " for Sen ator Bansom. Old Fort, in McDowell, rapidly increasing population, and will build largely this year. The State choruses for the May festival are working in earnest now on festival music. The Lexington Dispatch learns that the condition of f!eu. J. M. Leach is more favorable. A postoflice has been established at Idlewild, Ashe county, with John M. Ilatson as postmaster. Granite City Land and Improve ment Company, ML Airy, doing heavy works ou their grounus. Mt. Airy receives flour from Spo kane Falls, Washington, shipped by J. P. Raw ley, formerly of Surry. To vote or not vote $200,000 for Wilmington street improvements, is the burning question of the hour. Bingham school locates on 37 acres, west side of French Broad, south of Pearsou's bridge, Asheville. Majority of business men, Mt. Ary, don't advertise; think it don't pay, and that tells the story of Mt. Airy. Charlotte Improvement and In vestment Company, in operation four months, has cleared 7 per cent, up to date. Mr. John 1). Pritchett, of Rock ingham, reports having recently caught a beaver on Haw River which weighed 70 pounds. Rev. Thos. Stradley, o Buncombe county, Baptist preacher, well known throughout the State, cele brates his Md anniversary today. The Chntham Record says that John W. Taylor, of that count raised on one acre eighty-live bushels of corn without the use of fertili zers. Hon. Josiah Turner is about, to recover under his judgment against Governor IlolJeu for arrest and im-pri.-ojiiient during the Kirke war, 1S70 The will of the late Capt T. L. Seigle, of Charlotte, makes his son. Mr. Thad B. Seigle, executor, and also wills him all the estate, valued at about 30,000. Ga.ton county, through her rep resentatives, has, without submitting to a vote of the people, declared it self a dry county, and the sale of whiskey is forbidden. The Greensboro Workman sajs that the automatic cigarette machine invented by J. B. L'ndeiwood, of Fayetteville, is another Gatling gun made to kill boys with. Two Mormon preachers have been trying to get in their work in Rowan county for some time. The citizens of the neighborhoods where they have been stopping are quite indig nant and have ordered them to leave. To the personal efforts of Capt. K. B. Knglehard, chief of the Ral eigh fire department, are the volun teer fireman of the State indebted for the bill which creates a fund for them. This fund, which is not to exceed $2,500 annually, is raised from $50 additional tax imposed upon each insurance company doing business in the State. A number of veterans from Cum berland, Robeson and Bladen coun ties will meet ou the 18th in stant to go in a body to the re-union of the survivors of the battle of Bentonville, whi'h takes place at Smithfield on the 19th. A party from Robeson county will bring two old flags, and other relics of that memorable struggle. Mitchell county is the only one that did not pay pension tax into the State treasury. As a result of the pensioners within its borders get no pension.. The county levied the full amount of taxes allowed under the constitution, but the pension part of these was turned into the treasury as county taxes, not having been put in the list us for pensions. The commissioners will )e sued. The treasurer is liable, s he has the tax. AHIirlloit and Itcreaveinc nt. Editor Standard : Our rural village has for three weeks experienced unusual anxiety aud uneasiness Mr. J. O. Witherspoon's wife died on the 5th inst. Her disease, ulti mately, was pneumonia, accompa nied w ith very serious complications connected with maternal confine ment, which defied the best medical skill of the surrounding country. Mr. T. D. Miller's family, which moved fioui here to Statesville the middle of December last, has been sorely afflicted. First with la grip, recently with pneumonia- He aud and his wife for some days were not expected to live, but the last news they were better, aud the hope was expressed that they might recover. Mr- Joseph Guy, living with him, i8 in a serious condition from the ef fects of tne grip. Mr- M- F. Nesbit has been with them twice, and Mrs. Nesbit, after waiting upon Mrs. itherspoon, is with them now. Mr. B- W. Pi essly has beeu there tor three days and three nights, and u-t i,tiifT, ts,.!. TT-.. . ii . ..... ji.uuiu iwunj. iionoe, mere ia boi S. .-). J2. p Coddle Creek, March 14, 1891. KEWMY AXI NPICV LETTER From Itrlalit forueraeker.-w lio WorkH KiKt Iee II 1 Eye Open in Monlliern 'abnrrn Lot of In Small .uts. Clear Cki.ek, N. C. March 10th, ISM. ) Editor Standard: Peach trees are in full bloom. Potato planting will begin when the ground dries a little. Plenty of malaria in the country yet. Pigs aie worth from one to iwo dollars. Ploughing ia one of the lost fu ts. Poor horses are not hard to find. P urn trees have been blooming for three weeks. Part of the wheat crop is a bad stand. Preacher Norkit walked from d son Grove toChaney's last Saturday to prt a h. Plank and saw logs floated down Clear creek last Monday. People are not complaining at the wet weather as much as one might think. Place no confidence in weather prophels. Peter Bost lost a milt cow a few days ago. Plank down the money or pay ifty per cent, is what our merchants say now. Pruning of fruit trees is going on among the farmers. Prices m and hay have a stendy int ren- . Pupils at boas uon's range in age from six to twenty. Persimmon beer is yet a good country refreshment.. Preaching only once a mouth at Bethel church. Presents offered to newspaper cor respondents seem to be very allur ing to some people. Peevishness among our confirmed cigarette smokers is surely an atten aant evil of a fearful habit. Praise is an estimation of one's true merits, and we are glad to ou serve that many of the readers of The Standard continue to speak so profusely of the estimation in which they hold that paper. We agree with everybody that sees a thing as it is. Pudding, made of hard biscuitf, furnishes a palatable dish, and every old bachelor oaght to learn how to make it. Philadelphia Academy, in Meck lenburg county, is in a nourishing condition. Preacher Flam Williams, a Baptist preacher, about seventy 3-ears old, died at his home near Matthews, last Wednesday. Perceiving the tardiness of spring weather many farmers have changed thtir original plans for the year '1)1. Pay as you go, like most other good maxims, has few adherents. Pleasant weather, when it does come, will be appreciated by every body. Partridges are getting tame since the expiration of the hunting sea sou. Polk was President fitt3 years a.'0, and it is thought by some that North Carolina will hav: furnished her second Polk to the presidency next year. Provisions in the country will be sc-ii'CH till blackberry time. Prophet McAiiulty still kc ps one eye to the - :thi-r. balov. n,g to the !loflire d hi, plow bU:d:i . S -..pun hK time, iie .us u ..1 b; i ii:;.- ; . :..e. to work on the weather. C' 'KM i.ai'k:.:: AS TO SOCKS. A Great .alioiial tliiestiou ai I.asl. S lilc.l -vmiupoiis, .uart h ii. i; prt atne Jerry Simpson, bi ivr kmon as the ' sock less statesman'' i'riin Kansas, created" a sensation this after noon among the Maryland farmers now in convention at t lit- S:ate house, when he interrupted the proceedings to deny a statement that he did not wear half hose. The explanations was precipitated bv a reporter who, during tne lvc.-ss. called at the Marvland hotel, where ! Mr. Simpson was stoppirg-. and sent ( him a note in which he room-st, d ! the farmer congressman to alh'rm or deny the report regarding his foot wear. The note wound up: "Do you wear socks After waiting some time for the answer, the reporter went back to 'he convention which had just been called to order, and soon Mr. .Simp son, hatless and with his overcoat over his arm, rushed into the hall and demanded immediate recogni tion. He then handed to the secre tary the note left for him at the hotel. There was a ojiiet smile on every farmer's face when the secre tary finished reading it, and all eyes were turned expected! v on Mr. Simp son. Tossing his coat to one side, he faced the convention and spoke as follows: " Mr. President: This letter re fers to mjt-elf, and I wished it read to this audience, and then to make a personal explanation. It has been alleged that at a certain time in Kansas I had said that the poverty of the farmers was so great that they could not afford to wear Bocks, and that I was a living exam ple. So far as I am concerned there is no truth in the story. The state ment originated from iha brain of a republican editor in Kansas. My constituents know all about me, and I took no occasion to deny t he yarn. 'Tis true that owing to the 'high tariff some of the farmers could not afford to wear socks, and we were in the same position as Was XaMoIcou 1 ! . . .. ,1 . i uunng tne tune tie attempted to cross the frontier to attack the Aus trian army, lie was without amis, and w iicti asked where he thou- nt. he could get them said: n . them from the Austri ans.' The was a ren- i uiau vwio was against me resentative of the silk-stockim aris- tocracv, better known as Prince Hal ! At the time of the election I to!d ' my peojde that I expecte.l to et the ! other fellow's socks, and noi only did i 1 get them, but trot his shoes as wc x nuiib oj say inai i uo now Hear socks, and I put them on aftir the defeat of Ingalle, which I believe was the beginning of an era that marked the time when the humblest people can wear socks and the peo ple who sustain the government, some of whom are my constituents, should wear the very best. I deem it necessary to explain to the people of Maryland the much vexed ques tion of socks, Just now I am un able to determine which nas "iven t ,.... f .1.1 i me a greater leputation, my feet or i i;. ui neaa. This speech was greeted with tu multuous applause, after which the 'uswiess of tne convetitio.i went on as before. Xew York Sun. THE -ESTHETIC OF KEAIS. Xorth Carolina CoPege Advance. The subject of reading, as Livy would have said, is both old and hackneyed, one that must be traced back over seven hundred years. It must also be considered, how read ing began at first to be corrupted just a little, then more and more, and how the readers began to go headlong 'till finally they were pre cipitated, upon our own times, when it is found almost impossible to en dure the evils or to bear the remedies. The reader may do the tracing and considering, the historical part of the subject being beyond the scope of this essay. For all practical purposes reading may be divided into the optical, the vocal, and the naso -vocal. Accept ing as true the modern notion of what constitutes reading viz: Look ing at a picture and saying "scat " or " scat-iuguiig, " as the case may be, we can easily see that the divis ion of the subject as given above is natural. When the child looks at the picture it reads optically; if it says "scat" it reads vocally ; if it says " scat-iiigung " it reads strictly in accordance with the naso-vocal method. When reading optically the eye alone is used; when vocally, the mouth alone ; when naso-vocally, both the mouth and nose are used. Optically reading is peculiarly adopted to self instruction, whilst the vocal and naso-vocal aud more especially adopted to the entertain ment of audiences. Of the different methods the naso-vocal seems to be the most pop ular, even State Legislatures "having been known to send out men for the purpose of holding naso-vocal con certs under the common appellation of reading exhibitions. But being the most popular, docs not neces sarily render it the most simple. In fact owing to the complex nature of the organs involved the nuso-vocal is the most difficult to master of all the methods. Men who have pos sessed unusual facilities for study and practice have b.-en known to ap ply the method y-ry imperfectly after almost daily trial for twenty, thirty or even fifty years. The chiet obstacle seems to lie in the in ability of the reader to give to the different parts of the nose the har monic tremor found in the vibratory movement of the trombone. Both instruments may be blown, but the molecular structures being different, the harmonic waves generated in the former do not correspond to those of the latter. It is very uoubtful whether, with all the in genuity a.id perseverance for which our age is noted, any considerable number of public readers will ever be fully able to harmonize the -ocal and nasal organs so us to render them aii.'eeaijle companions when rtinniiiL' ! tn.- gamut. I VUi.-iv the dilliculties arc so stu- i pciiuoiis, it is clear mat tne average I i.aso ocal reader cannot hope to I succeed so long as the impel feet Co!, -I irol of the nasal organs compel him J to blow the sound of his words in j a sing-song tone through his nose, i He call, however, console himself I i.y remembering that the no.-e was 1 al CIcMlV llst't f. .f the pur- Sf of i Uttecliiig I he aiollli el :IoVel'S ai.d ; i t snie.l.ng and enjoying sweet pt-r-j iuuies, and l ii; t whenever it is taxed i as Ui the modern methods to lend a oious i iKiiin to iiu common sense prose or to the rythmic ilow of sv, a service is demanded of it for w Jiit-h it is not ai do md for which t was not intciidoi. To read with llK" nose instead of the mouth, is 'llve ouliing a io instead of m two with an t saw. The lor may ) divided smoothly by a great deal of boring, otherwise tne work will be roughly done. Lxccpting then those who have superior skill in the management of the naso-vocal organs, the mouth and not the nose is the avenue through wio.-h the sound of clear words shoulu be made to pass. Hence to be a good reader signifies that the skill acquired in managing the mouth is adequate for all practical purposes. Fortunately for the most of the human race, a moderate de gree of vocal excellence is in reach ot those who have the requisite pa tience and iudustrv. But voun men should be very cautious not to overlook the fact, that o ing to the great diversity in the extent of of mouths when shut, aud particu larly to the wide expanse of many when open, no defitnte rules can be laid down to meet every case. Each reader should be particularly care ful to know the size of his own mouth, and in every instance where the mouth is of the aligator type, not to enlarge the opening too much for fear of alarming the more ner vous members of t lie audience. "Will Yum, P. S. If a boy has a wooden leg, he should stand on one foot w hen reading before an audience. W. Y. The Iuilro!l CoiiimisNloii. Maj. damts V. Wilson and lion. T. . Mason, railroad commission-ers-elo t, arrived here Yesterday for the eui nosc of lioldiio"- :i i-onfi-i-i'iic to-vther with Mr. li.-d.IinohYld. uiv- ,.-,!:, t,vv t., ll,...,..lv..a ! - - - - i m"- m? "m XIi:ii arrangements fr their ollice and apartments and will enter lljiOil their duties Alri 1st. as provided by the bill. Mr Ueddingticbl is sick at present and wa-i nnable to confer with the other g''ntlemMi. Raleigh Observer. COS COltl) .MARKETS. COTTON MARKET. (Corrected daily by Can nous & Fety.tr.) 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RECE1 VElfS NOTICE Having been appointed receiver of and for "The Cabarrus County I o-operative btore As sociation," I hereby notify all persons indebted to said corporation, or to John A. Cliue, agent, or to Bell & Sims, agents oi saia corporation, that prompt pay ment of said indebtedness must be made to me as receiver; and all persons hav ing claims against said corporation must present the same to me. December 22d, 1S90. ELAM KING, 231Aw2n Receiver SALEoFBRICK -A N D- :-! Notice. I have BRICK! on handout all times. Parties needincr auv wiil An wtu .to se me before purchasin. : a i i- r i 1 I. i i vwth t ni x ?.,ow W X XV A V X O lOdO any part of the country, Write mo or come to see me. 11. J. FOIL, ''onrt.ord. X. C COMMISSIONER'S SALE.-Hsv ing been duly ar pointed a com-, missioner by the Superior Court of Cabarrus county iu ttie chuho . J. Post vs L. C Lassiter, ex'rof Sallie Pitts, deed, C. A. Pitts, Mary E. Pitts and L. C. Lassiter, I aa Huch commissioner will expose to public sale, at the courthouse door in Con cord, on Monday, the 6th day of April, 1891, at 12 o'clock m-, all that track of land lyiug and being in the county of Cabarrus, on Coddle creek, adjoining the lands of P- M Morris, J. II. Morrison, A. -J. Boat and others, containing two hundred aud fifty (230) acres, more or letis. and known as the home place of the late Moses Pitts, dee'd. Terms or Salk: Ouefourth cash, one-fourth ia twelve months and lala ice in two years; note and ap1 iroytid security i equiied; eight per cnt interest from a te of sale. Mt.ch 3, 1891. JA. C. GIBSON, i --.Is Commissioner i 1SE - FB11 : Ml :m:.a.:rc:b:. D- FETZEUD S'PBXHftt! War in Africa i Thero Las been a " Tug of War" exer since the SEWING MACHINE appeared. Its merits gave it th ONLY Grand Prize at tiie World s Fair in Paris, 1889. Buy the LATEST and BEST Ma chine thnt was ever conceired in the tniud of man. 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The Standard (Concord, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 19, 1891, edition 1
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