North Carolina Newspapers

"lllHinTIFinilffllfflWIWin i nniillHIlM ,7 -yZC-C?. .J- -r ZZ- lilt ST&HDARD. I IM) AM. KIND !' I ! II K .vi'.rri s r juawi-r 7; L'. I TIuS. THE ST&HDARD. LARGEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN CONCORD.- Standard. .s -n I ij I- f v I.AOY. , . . h v Not I"i 'l'f phice; i ,n:iiu- ft a high-horn race ; ..)Vkft-r w on, ti r tinsel : n-' 1 i 1 1 u: schools 1( nor str.iliol ;r;iir, ili gam II- tiiu, ss or est range a which leave a to w hii li they i'i! loom con.i!fsl u l' ,! ,1,-a.l l.i-allf. '.lU'- '.alc, cs. m.i v charm awhile, i Ion-' "a u ortliv heart beguile. !ia! liiaki" mill"), -po-iti-'ti I i tii-in i" A : iio-1 upn . ail 1 -dill.' as the i'-t IV, here ilr.ty point nuniose lia-i'i the iik i e m most- iacu, ii- till' Jirullil ,t lifts tin- humble tip. an.l iiiingl li t :li 1 11 f-r- ill t'.'l' lllOUI Ilcf'srup, purity of every 1 1 1 u ! 1 1 atnl word 1 hc-i' make a I. adv. i r uii.i.w i'i v i" mii.i:. I r. iiK ikIoiih 1 Hit it of tlie New lrisSs.fc-liroeler t.tin. lnnJe the wa'N of the O't t,,rv at Hartford". Colill.. has reei fao .'IH lv tirsi l.r.'n npV'ed a d !e-ted the ,.t ! in' I r''gs rin ot tier rap'u me n s w ieh th'' g' ei nmeiit has purelfv l t' i' ii-' i- t ii- Jirinv. B j-, j ; r. " it i i "' ''i "tit that the I. nv i will ii.lels with tile up ,tv ot ti e lentous iial'itifi jrun, it' will .-etid them of much r siz and it'i a rapiditv here umiii a'etl in ti.fh nrojei tiles. ti-trr- e 1 ' i" i i; irs-St-h r ftK r utt tiie? pro :i i - wfith'tiii fnni one to eight nd. I' hi- lirst gun of this type to I't in el a Hi to eri'ov tno'tetioii a: 'I o.iitrh:p ly the I'niti-d Sttitts ! . . . 1 . .1. . I'nx. n. tin-tit is a .-i.-ihiiii.; r ; inai -. it ,-t-iitls a ri-pontid j n jt 1 1 i K- a il-'.ttn-'- of at lea.t tive tiiih-.-. '! in ""' tile is cot e fhaptd and is niadr of hardened teel. ami so great ii it eioci:y w li-.-n tired fium t!. g"ti tii.it it will pilfolate i six imii s;eel ji'.a'e at one mile without flattening i 1 ! otherwise damaging itself. Al tluit.ii the new trim wtijis Sit o;i u!, so ;kil I fnl iy is it n u n. ted a:i 1 haiaiuvd that the meit.-t to.;ch of a iint'cr sets it revolving ah.. tit it. a . In thi- way the horizontal aim i- ;eci;id. High tn' low range i old v a in if ter of the gun lest touch on the Ur. eeli in a t-niea! pl-me. All this i .m .-i,ii'ie t!:;tt a guiltier can lire the J leCe in all 'iv li: of t he compass just as tpuekl v and jit-rhaps tin. re accurately th.-.n he could lire a self-cocking ivioiver in the saine direction. A six potitui projectile can le sent whirling to wards tlie t.oith, and imnn-iltatt 1 . another can be suit towards tin south 1 1 1 1 jr I'i fore th-- !i!V. ha- ivach- td its ; liuitun. 'i he tin chatii?ni of the gun prop.-r is as simple a" ti:at of the niot.nting aj'pat'atus. Th' ti i g is ttlVcttd l.- means ot a ti ger no 1 :rger than that of an nlin oy r-1 o!, j. Tit-re are two extract. f-. ta ii w.ii king ii. i!cj endeti! ty "t iie other, so that if on- I ecu...- disabled the empty c .s.- will be safely and surely ejee ed by the other. The mechanical parts of the gun are completely covered by a s eel band .-o that it is impossible for tiirt. to get info the breech open ing. Tin- gnu was invented bv Lieu'. W. 11. D.igg-'. of the U. S. Naw, who, with Lieut Sea'on Schioe.ier, pitcnted ids invention ami risi.'iietl from the service in or der to devote liiiUH-ll'to its niamifac tin-. I.iiiarknll. ( hi K s'er Stitidav niorniii lsi'l, Mr. and M-s (ieor; Ma-ch I mi: n-, of OukUnd county, with ( ic. re and i hr -u i t he township, i h tham their civat gra .dsons, Ail) it Cro.vs, drove counti v from tneir In .nu ll 1 1 1 1 s anforii. a tli.tance of t w.-he a visit to their gr.uid- tl.ngh er, Mr eilicieio and ( '. lv Cross, t e u rv cc -sftd proiuietic-s of t' e Page Hotel i t Saiifor 1. it, 40e.1l- ramlfai her ali'l gtaniinioili r doing their own iug, earrviiig l heir two great-; Note Sol S it mot her i si t their mother, wh'n h i- the gr uidd.iuitlitcr of vlr. and .Mrs. Hums. And whit is more run .1 ka'.le, tin- tat In-i and nn tln-rof .Mrs. l'.un s, to wit: Mr and M is. .Ionian I.sser, are now living tit il.eir o.vn home near the home 1 f Mr. l' irn.-, and in t he 1 njovii.eiit of g.-od health. Tin y are I herefuv ill- living great great . gl a, df .tin r ami 1110 her of .M. rs lie Uge i.tid Alb ft t'lOSS. 'I ht'Se are lacs without dispute. Where can 1 In re be another such instance? ' ' , in State Chronicle. Yoiiiikp I.atly Killed. On.- ot Fo;e-t titv's attractive y.nng I. Ins, .Mi,s 'l.uhi c!-b. about sixteen years of age, was shot 'a-t Thiir-d :y night, bv her oung cousin, li'olert Webb, Jr.. by a self- COl kll g pistlA The ball peliUl'at- i ig the skull above the light eve, causing her death in one hour and a halt, .diss b-lia was combing the hail" of her cousin, Mies lniilah, j tepai.it-. rv for a street walk, win 11 the voung lad of Ii : t c!) years. Robert Webi', Jr., Wit kid into the loom, pick d up a pis ol which he eiip posetl iob- uuloile', pointed it at the young ladv'jj head, drew the trigger and fired, when the young liilv fell in the floor and ivmaintil ins n-inle and sjecchhss until her -b-.t-h. Th s sad tragedy is one nioiv amid a thousand deaths caused by careless I'M- of 1 , i t s in the hands of fools. 'I'h" boy, it is said, did not kno.v it was a ire if -cocking pistol, and he did not int. nd to kill his cousin, was ti'ving. as he .said, to " i. lav soldier." - Shelby Aurora. i j VOL. I V. NO. 13. HOW A MA lit. Ill's A III Alt Y. Iriini Jitiiiiiiry ll In Series. a Hcscciitlim AYainlering down Fifth avenue yt j-tt'iii-iy I picked im a dainty little 1) ok bound iii Russia lent her, uml, as J thought, the uiniiist ikable lioi e ly of ii lady. I was Htili furl her ! puWe todav appointed Cap Octa em. mi cevl . 1 tins f-u-t wneti 1 tend . . ' , "Diaiy" tn tlie cover. hyV Weil. ' VU1S C oke of " uke county, to SUC- iiue i suppose men nave Ueen known to keep a diary it is certainly not a "oinuion occurrence and what man eve kept up tiny kind of a journal one week? 1 was so sure that the hook belonged to a lady that it was with omethintr more than aston sliinent that I rend on the lirst p-ie, .Mr- 11. L. JJ. r is c l taudy "very rude mul coarse,"' as our esteemed !ri nd Mr. Nye would .-ay, to yive the contents of a, pri vale j u: i nal to the eihlic, hut think ing tnat possilily the t)'iotatious may serve to "point a moi.d, if uot ado ii a tale," I copy the contents, at th same time lietriritig tlie writer's pur dot'. If this letter should meet his eye, and he wants his Inok, he can have it by proving properly, ami I had almost said, paving for ilusv ad vertisement. I in. ! Have deterinii ed to make in coming year a "tanner o ic." Winn not engaged at the office shall oevote mvM If to my family. Shall ri.-.e early, get to busnu ss in good j season, and while not being tot.dly j aOMt ca-io nious, sha.l on y think oe- i on y ti: l n k moder iitei.v mil'y, ....O I ...l I. ....- he extremely eeonoinii 1 U 1 1 1 1 " ' d wn eviry night my dai y eisnna; ,..,-.;.,,,.: Mill expenses, ami tiy and have none that are not boIutely necessary To put the matter in a nutshell, I shall lead a temperate, regular lite. S'dit'iM to the "New Leaf'and the "New Year " ,1 in- -2 -Weil, bv Jove ! It pivs to get m early. No uioie round uil;'' I't me. I declare, I feel better tliati 1 have for w eks. Jodv little T'don'i know wh. .. f li .v.. tv'.s:'.'-.! pi -asanter eveaing. i Car late lo: Ilec Uoot I'ape h ;0 1 b ked 10 : 07 Total 77 J in :i Up at st-vte ; ollice eighth thiity. Did a good dav's work ami feci pt mildly. Hurraii foi the new eat ! Car fare SO 10 Lunch 1 ;S0 Cigai s 1 (10 Total S2 40 J.m. I Uii!-y day. Will dtoppe,) in j .st back from the other hide Wanted me to nut with the boy 'ntiight. I co ild hot nee it. No more of that for me. lie didn't like iiiVltfus.il. W lurched togetler, ami I tol 1 htm to drop in tomorrow aiivl M'u me. Wine. Cigais Cah . t: on ; ;? oi i 2 o I To al SlOi'O .1 tii. .Suii liv. Home al) lay. II it her s ov. WnUli.iu't show up. W'oii le; wiutt kind f a time tlo-y had hl mghl? (5uld 1 tlldn't go. Mu-t look Win up tomorrow t j km v about these stocks. w ant Jan. 10. Out wit i the boys list night. Jolly time! A m-.n gets eon foumledi.v I'airovv when he t ...v. home a 1 the time. "Ad w-uk and i o play" makes dull ft-ilOVV. Supper Sundries Total J tcK a i leei iediy . . si:, oo 1 111 04) 1 . .. .$-2r, ou ! Jan. 14. Good tit i! about that "early to l" to rise" baunu-s. Ii. brighten a man up t s-p o; liumtiag 1 and ear y W it tl it -s lid an eve- ning at the club, ami it really is an s.ird to get to the office mucti bcl. i e noon. Sundriu- Sloni) Jan. -2 Hushed to de..th. In U-nded HI io l.'ome toii'gljt, lilli ii. et 1-i'own, and beioie I knew It it was t vv o o ecjek- Must tuiu in. SllODel' S MIU Sili. .lues 1.1 00 , Total ; l-'i-h. :$. What stupidity it g a lot of stuff every hi 2:5 00 t'nis writ - gbt- I'm gettii g nre'ty Inamed tiie-t tif it I ! F.-b. 1.1. Jolly idaee the club! I w on 1 i have been a bloom 111 g idiot to have diopped out of them ad. h.tt a fool a man can make of him self on the first t f Januaiy!!! . 1 . 0 it;. jYi. 17. Feb. IS. Cel.. .. Feb HO. Feb. 11. Much 1 D ig a diary anyway!!:'! And so ( nib-ih the liist. lesson. 'T'lii'K.i'.s." A t'lileiinrinn. S'no.v Camp, N. (,'. March ,'7. Albright to.vtish.p claims tin- oldest and mod. intelligent man for his age iu Chatham county, in Me person of Jon. .than Moore, who was lorn in said tow n.-hip and count v on t he 'JM h day of March 1 TOO, making him 101 years old 011 the 2Uth insf., a':d on that dav quite- a number of lis friends assemble I at his house with baskets filled with goon th.ngs and la 1 :i first class picnic dinner of wbi h the old man partook with the r lish of a boy. He enjoyt d the oc c is ion crv much and told ns manv tabs of the . a'! appreeia'ed den times, w hich ue more titan the good dinner, lie had lived seven years under the itdii in stratiou of (Jeorge ! w ... .;..... 1 ..II v.....,.!,.!,..!-. when he w cut out of ollice. His lirst vo'e was cast for President Madison, ami he li is voted at every presiden tial election since that time. Mis .v ife tlied over Id years ng", and he now resides vviih t woof his daughters in the edge of Alamance county. Chatham Uncord. Hied of Tool lint-lie . The Stuulard learns through the Carthage Blade that Phillip Riddle, ! acd about 21 jears, died ot a s vere i a tack of toothache, lie suffered !f 1..,. ,,,,t;i Vrhl-iv- uln-ii from Sunday d ith relieved him ot his pam. 'l'his is iirobablv the first case on i . ... rccor ! where toothache proved lat il. IT 1SM.1 KKrAKY COKE. Oovrrnor I'owlc Appoints OclaTlu t oko, or Raleigh, to .Succeed the late W. I.. NaunncrM. Special telegram to Tiik Standard-J l.alcigh. April 4 Gov. 1). 0. ceed the la'e Win. L. Saunders, as Secretary of Stale. The Standard feels like congratu lating (low Fowle iu his choice of a gentleman to succeed the late V. L. Saunders as Secretary of State. ('apt. Coke is not a strauger to North Carolina. During the Scales York campaign Capt. Coke made himself well and favorably known to the State, having met the "Doc tor"' on a number of stumps and sus tained the cause most admirably he esp nised. (.'apt. Coke is an earnest and scholarly gentleman, ami will bring to the discharge of his duties superior ability. XI'W OUI.KAXV ltl.OO I) Y WORK. The mobbing indulged in by the New Orleans citizens is not a thii.jr f , 1,.. :!.r it ,i,i,; X " ""'u"iiit, aim vl oaiiiv- uiiiis il BO Weil, ml.,.. .,.,... o.,:., : n . ngli lournals and others, that en- dorse tlie bloody and unlawful I course p;;rsn-d by New Orleans j peoph', put a more charitable name i upon the whole affair. ! The Mafia is doubtless a fearful -organization, whose conduct and I practices are dreadful and terrorizing to the extreme; vet the mob that put to death those prisoners, be they lvtr so vile iind guilty, did it con tra y o the laws under which they live and against the constitution thev h:Lv. svvorn tiv rwi-Mirii-7ii If tK.i actions of the mob that murdered those men, prisoners in the custjdy of the Stti e and the law, are mor ally right ami right in the sight of the law, then any otner action of any mob is right. . .. v.... . yJ iwi'LUIM. A I. HIV 1 here is trouble growing out of this matter. It is now a trouble be tween two countries. What the result will be is vet to e seen. I' 1 1 1". STATE'S LOSS. William Lawrence Saunders, the ecretarv of State of North Caro lina, is tlead. Me was born in Hal cigh, July .'nth, 1S135. Me was the son of an Episcopal minister, Rev. Foseph M. Saunders, one of the ablest of his church in his davs. Colonel Saunders graduated at the I'i iversity of Nor h Carolina in 1.14, for w hich he has always show ed a warm support, lie was located for a slo t time in Salisbury in the practice of his legal profession and was one of the editors of the " Ban ner." His war record is one of faithfulness and courage. Having been appoin'cd, at the death of Secretary Engiehard, by Coventor .Jan is. Colonel Saunders hell the position of Secretary of Slate from February, 1 870, to his death. For s.-ven or 111 or years Colonel Saunders was bodily almost an in valid, but mentally strongand vigor- OtlS. The Mate can never forget the valuable services rendered by Colonel Saunders, lie loved the State and ; her history. Me devoted much time j in searching for facts that they ' might le preserved. Colonel Saunders was easily the 1 biggest brain 111 m in the State, lie I vvi.s a student, a thinker, and, al- 1 hough ladlv crippled, an untiring worker. This w riter remembers well how Colonel Saunders entertained an im- 1 inense audience at Morehead, June i lsy.i. with a two hours' naneronthe " customs and the people of North 7 Carolina light after the Revolution ary w ar." No other man could have held his audience as he. In the death of Colonel Saunders the State has lost one of its noblest, bravest and most learned sons. SHOWS HIS COLORS. Gov. 1). B. Dill, of New York, and Coifed States Seiiaior-elect, and some people's candidate for Presi dent, has written a letter to the ' Manhatten Single Tax Club," of New Voik. Gov. Hill shows his colors when he refuses to attend the meeting that is a direct blow, in distftiise, at the doctrine and princi ples of the party to which he be long. And the Governor concludes his pointed letter : " As a Democrat I must respect fully decline to support any move ment, no matter by whom instigated or championed, having for its pur pose the adoption of any such suici dal policy as is sought to be pro moted by the meeting to which you h ive invited me." . m .s l'arii-ll Iel'eaiel. Sligo, April 3. The election to till the scat in Parliament for the northern division of Sligo, made vacant by the death of the late member, Mr. McDonald, which took place yest' r lay and resulted in the re-elect ion of Mr. Bernard Colley, of Sligo, the McCarthyite candidate, who received a majority of 400 over his opponent, Mr. Valentine B. Dil lon, Jr., of Dublin, ihe candidate of the l'aruellites. Ilelitfion in Politic. It is now Mayor Ricaud instead of Fowler iu Wilmington, lowler was most too strong an endorser of Sam Jones for the Cape Fear Club, the members of which control the De mocracy of Wilmington. Laurin bnrg Exchange. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1891. A NPABUI.no BOOK, Max O'liell, in hie delightful vol ume, "Jonathan and His Continent," of " Rambles Through American Society," makes some severe com ment upon our national fellies, but in what he says there is so much spicy good humor that we do not feel like gritting our teeth, as after reading Dickens' "American Notes." From his chapter on newspapers, we take the following extracts: " By his discovering cf America, Christopher Columbus has furnished the Old World with an inexhaustible source of amusing novelties. You pass from the curious to the mar velous, from the marvelous to the incredible, from the incredible to the impossible realized. But it is to American journalism mac tne palm must be awarded, I shall speak later on of the Sun day papers, those phenomenal nro- ductions that fairly take your breath away. Take the daily papers: 8, 10, sometimes 12 pages, each consisting of 8 or 9 columns of fine print, the whole for two or three cents. So much for the quantity. The first thing that attracts your attention is the titles of the article. The smal lest bits of news cannot escape your notice, thanks to these wonderful head lines. It requires a special ge nius for the work to hit upon such eye-ticklers. Here are n few that I noted down in New York, Chicago and other large towns. The death of Mrs. Garfield, mother of the late president, was announced ihus: "Death of Grandma Garfield." The marriage of M. Maurice Bernhardt: " Sarah's Boy Leads His Bride to the Altar." The execution of a crim inal was announced by a Chicago paper under the heading: "Jerked to Jesus." The marriage of young Earl Cairns, who had been betrothed several times, was announced to the American ladies thus: "Garmoyle Cautht at Last." During hia last visit to the Uni ted States, Mr. Jos. Chamberlain was invited by a New York club to a din ner given in bis honor. At the elev enth hour the right honorable gen tleman was obliged to send and ex cuse himstlf, being detained in Washing. on. Next day I read in the New York Herald: "One Din ner Less for Joe." I did not know what lively reading was until I read an American newspaper. American journalism is above all sensational journalism. If the facts reported are exact, eo muclrthe bet'er for the paper; if not, so much the worse for the facts ! But the pa pers are always lively reading. F.v- vry litorury otylo ij tul miasi hlo or cept the heavy. Picture to yourself a country where all the papers are 1 all Mall Gazettes, with this differ ence, that the articles instead of be ing always by "One who knows," are sometimes by "One who doesn't." A Thrillln InHdenl. An accident occurred recently atu, . m i . (lr(,ttlltu We tne resiuence oi in. j. v. nttuu. near Lockville, which but for the rare presence of mind and prompt action of Mrs. Budd w ould have had a serious termination. She left the .1 - . t 11 4 T H .ll Doctor, who has bten quite sick, standing in the floor, and turned to piocure some needed article, upon his assurance that there wis no dan ger ot his tailing, ouuueuiy tne Doctor cried "lookout: and fell backwards, knocking ihe lighted lamp from the table and breaking it in pieces. A portion of the oil was ignited and the balance saturated some papers and other inflammable material that were lying upon a trunk neir a window. TheDoctor was lying, unable to move, with his head within iix inches of the flame. Mrs. Budd seeing his perilous condition, seized him by the clothing and with a strength, born of affection, dragged him to a place of safety The flame was now spreading rapidly and she saw at a glance that if it reached the articles upon the trunk all was lost. She hoisted the window and threw out the materials which had been saturated with oil. The current of air drove the flame upward and away from the curtains. She now snatch ed from the bed several blankets, an extra supply of which was fortunately lying there, and with the assistance of her cook, who at this instant arrived, finally succeeded in smothering the fire. For cool courage, extraordinary presence of mind, quickness of per cei tion and rapidity of execution, this incident is remarkable and just ly entitles it to be classed amongst the heroic deeds of women. Chat ham Record. Weary of Life. A. Mulville, an Englishman from Amelia county, Va., made an attempt tiday at 11 a. m., to end his life by cutting his throat. He is in feeble health and his friends believe his mind has been impaired thereby He has been in the city off and on for several months, and returned from Amelia Sunday night; but nothing unusual was discovered in his deportment. About 11 today he was found at his private boarding house by a ser vant lying on the floor with a pool of blood around his head. Dr, Schiiick was immediately summoned and rendered surgical aid in staying the flow of blood and dressing the wounds. Mulville had inilict d two ugly wounds upon his throat with a dull razor but not cutting either of the jugular veins, or the wind pipe from which l . appeared nearly a quart of blood had escaped. Drs. Schenck and Beall think Mulville will recover. Greensboro Workman. Let us all buy some sugar. A FIFTEEA-YEAK Oltll BOY Ntaooln at General Itoea. Irellent of Argentine -A Letter from tiilex T. Crow ell. Mai.ixo del Cakc.vkaxa, Province de St. Fe, Argentine Republic, Feb. 4 Editor Standard : Since my last letter to you, noth ing of importance has bobbed up to mar the monotony except plenty of trouble in government affairs. On last Thursday Gen. Roca, ex president of the Republic, was shot in the back by a boy of fifteen years of age. He was not hurt much, as will be seen from the fact that Roca got out of hi3 coach and caught the lad and gave him a sound thrashing and then turned him over to the police. Roca then proceeded home and sent for a physician, and it was then discovered that the ball had psed through the back of the coach nd lodged in Roca's backbone, causing only a slight wound. The boy, to accomplish his act, jumped on the axle while the car riage was in motion through the street. Excitement rau high during the day, as it was thought the boy was pro npted by some men who sought to assassinate Roca. But it has turned out ihat it was some boys who- planned it all among themselves. On Saturday, the 21st, the Presi dent declared the city of Buenos Aires under seige, and so it is at this writing. What will be done next, no one seems to know, but public opinion is that they will re pudiate a part of the nation's old debts. If they do, it is possible that we will have another revolution at once. (Gen. Roca ii the Minister! of the Interior, and is thought to be very desirous of becoming Dictator, of the coun'ry. Ed.) The weather has somewhat cooled down to a living degree. This has bteu the hottest Summers ever known the hottest, anyway, during the last thirty years, some days be ing so hot as to almost broil beef steak in the sun. We are having plenty of Mendoza grapes at this time, and 20 cent wa termelons about the size of goose Since I commenced this Ldter I received a letter from Buenos Aires stating that the crisi there is at fe ver heat. Business is paralyzed, and everybody fighting mad. All necessaries of life have gone up to famine prices. I should like to give prices but cannot at present. Flour has gone uj) to 20 per barrel, wheat $3 per bushel, and all other things here in the country in pro portion, 'l'l.v c.. .U.-.v-.n K . bid us a long adieu We had a sad t.ccident here at the mill two weeks ago last Sunday. I had a millwright at work, and when he had finished in the after noon he went in the liver bathing inst above the dam. and as the cur- ' M. VMPtf .,,., if tr.nl. i.:m , V..V. ....... -- saw him come over, but could do nothing to save him, as he was in the mi idle of the stieum. We have not recovered his body yet. As the water swarms with large fish, it is poseible he was eaten up. Never theless he has gone w here all good Dutchman go. Giles T. Ckowei.i.. Poet leal After Tratlinjr Mule. The following hues, imitating poetry, were written by a gentleman who traded for a mule with a Cab u -rus cwuuty horse fleshy dealer. The mule refused to go off a bridge into a fearful mud puddle on one ot oui county roads, so the owner, with a little imagination, Bet his thought to verse. The mule stood on the steamboat decs, The land Le would not tread, They pulled the halter around his neck And whacked him over the head But obstant and braced he Btood As born the scene to rule. A creature of the holdback brood, A stubborn, steadfast mule. They cursed and swore, he would not go TTnt.il he felt inclined. And though they thundered blow on blow, And altered not his mind. The deck banis to the slure did complain, Tho varmint's bound to stay. And still upon the critter's hide A sounding lasb did play. His master from the shore replied The boat's about to sail. As all other means have failed Suppose you twist Lis tail. It's likely that will make him land; The deck hands brave, though pale, They nearer drew with outstretched hande, To make the twist avail. Ihere came a kick of thunder sounr7, The deck hand, oh! where was he, Ask all the waves that far around Beheld the sea. A moment, cot a voice was heard But winked the mule his eye, A thought to ask to him occurred, Now how was that for idgh? Just cut his threatshouted, Ami end the hellish brute, But the noblest soul that perished there, Was he who tried to do it. The Roanoke and Southern. Occasionally a little squib is seen in the papers about the Roanoke and Southern Railroad. The last issue of the Lexington Dispatch con tains information to this effect : A right of way through Lexington has been secured without any cost; Grimes Brothers have donated a site near the centre of town for a depot, and the approaches to the town can be secured without a single cent for the land. Now, where is the money? I KI'.S Kit, VI'. THIS. Counties and County Keaf of Xortli Carolina. COUNTIES Alamance.... Alexander... Alleghany ... Anson Ashe Beaufort Bertie CAPITALS. Graham ... Taylorsville Sparta Wades bo rough Jefferson ... Washington Windsor Bladen Elizab'.thtown Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin '. . .. Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham . Granville Greene Guilford Smithville Asheville Morgan ton Concord Lenoir ....Court House Beaufort Yancey ville Newton . ..Pittsborough Murphy Eden ton Ilayesvil'.e Shelby Whiteville New Berne Fayetteville ....Court House Manteo Lexington Mocksville .... Kenansville Durham Tarborongh Winston Louisburgh Dallas Gatesville .. . Robbinsville Oxford Snow Hill .Greensborough .Halifax Lillington Waynesville ILnderson ville Win ton Fairfield Statesville "Webster , Smithfteld Trenton Kinston Lincolnton Marion Franklin Marshall .... Willianiton Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hvde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lenoir Lincoln McDowell Macon , Madison Martin Mecklenburg... Charlotte Mitchell Bakersville Montgomery Troy Moore Carthage Nash Nashville New Hanover Wilm.ngh Northampton Jackson Onslow Jacksonville Orange Hillsborough Pamlico Pasquotank. . u u- Perquimans. . Pel :-ou Pitt Polk Randolph lUeiiuioi.il. . . . Robeson Rocuingham . , Rowan Bavborough .Elizabeth City liertfoni . ...Roxborough (ireeuville Columbus ... . At-hborough Rockingham ... LumbertwU Wentworth Salisbury Rutherford... , .Rutherfordton Sampson Clinton Stanly Albemarle Stokes Daubury Surry Dobsou Swain Charleston Transylvania Brevard Tyrrell Columbia Union Monroe Vance Henderson Wake Raleigh Warren Varreutou Washington .Plymouth Watauga Boone vv'avne Goldsboiough Wilkes Wilkesborough Wilson Wilson Yadkin Yadkin ville Yaucy Burnsville TOWX tl.ECTIOX NOTICE. The law requiring a new registra tion, the books are open in the dif ferent wards of the town of Con cord, and all persons desiring to vote at the election tone held on the first Monlay in May, 1S01, on the questions of town bonds, establisn ing graded schools, electing six com missioners for said school, and for mayor and six commissioners for said town, will have till Saturda 12 o'clock of the 2nd day of May, 1801, to register, when the books will be closed. Ward 1. Register, John A. Kim mons. Inspectors, II. I. Wood house, D. A. Murr. Ward 2. Register, J. N. Brown Inspectors, John W. Propst, J. W. Foil. Ward Register, W. A. Patter son. Inspectors, R. Will Johnston, R. T. Lippard. Ward 4. Register, M. M. Gillon. Inspectors, Elani King, II. McNa mara. Bv' order of the Board. Jas. C. Fink, Clerk. The philosopher of The Chatta- mooga News got off these bright paragraphs: Opportunity is the limit of rutiny & man's honesty and of most men's virtues. corset trust is the latest scheme for squeezing the people that is reported. Who wouldu't bo a trust? Some men have the courage of their convictions and otners the i .i Tl courage oi their ignorance, x rom the latter class may the good Lord deliver us. It is said that money talks. It ma" be true, but it would take ears larger than a Montana jack rabbit's to hear its faint whisperings in this office. ItsKW- Stale Secretary Saimder Dead. Raleigh, N. C, April 2, 1891. Colonel W. L. Saunder -, Secretary of State, died at 1:30 this morning. His remains will be carried to Tar boro and buried at the side of his wife. The public buildings are closed and capitol in mourning. The coun cil of the State held a meeting and adopted resolutions of respect. WHOLE NO. 169. TOWN AND COUNTY. "There's a Chiel Amang ye Takin Notes andFaith He'll Prent Them." Something In Store. The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union has arranged with the famous Silver Lake Quartette Club for a concert in May. These gen tlemen have sung in thirty States and Territories and in every province ot t anada. Everything under the auspices of this society is good, and this concert will meet their high standard of ex cellence. The Itailroad CoininiNNion, This new organization, the mak ing of the late General Assembly, lias gone to work, the first meeting being held on the first day of April It is said that abut hfty applicants had petitions there asking for the appointment of clerk, who getd a salary of $1,200 per annnm. Major J. W. Wilson will go to Atlanta to study the workings of the Georgia commission. He will remain there about ten days. The Powerful DriffirN-Nebroeder Gun i party oi gentlemen called in the Standard office Thursday night, and began a discussion about the powers of guns. None could be per suaded to believe that a gun could be made to send a projectile into solid steel to the distance of even two inches. A search was instituted for some information about the Driggs- Schroeder gun, v. hich is said to shoot a distance of live miles, and at the end of one mile send a projectile through six inches of steel. See an article in another column. Enoch ville HIkIi School This school closes on April 9th, at which time the closing exercises will take place. The Concord or chestra will furnish the music. The catalogue, which has just been printed in the job department of this office, is a splendid announce ment, and shows the enrollment for last session to be 123. Rev. W. A, Lutz, principal, with his assistants, Misses Addie J. Lentz and Mamie Stafford, have enjoyed a liberal pat ronage, and we hear their work spoken of in most complimentary words. An Aged Coin That's a good idea, it is the hunting up of -old coins and the un covering oi past tnings. ine one way of studying the present and the future is to know the past the better you know that, the better nn dtrstanding of the facts and influ- t r " st- T- ham Sun and the Sun shines for all has found a coin that was made iu 11 12, making the age of the coin at least 779 years. Jim Robinson never saw but a few dimes and quarters, and of course could not give the nationality of the coin. It takes experience with money, Jim one, to know money. Another Seed. Concord has neat, comfortable club and Y. M. C. A. rooms, where the best of periodicals daily, weekly and monthly are fouiid But it is a reflection upon the intel ligence of our people that we have no public library in our town. It is all very well to read the newspapers, and keep up with cur rent events, but if we would cultivate a taste among the young for the best in literature we must put the best books in their reach. At trifling cost thirty or forty volumes could be collected, which would form a nue'eus around which to gather a library such as many a town, neither so large nor so intelligent as Con- co 'd, now possesses. Let's have a " Book Reception," or something of that kind. It won't cost much. It is "ow Explained. The matchless Mirror, edited by the silver-penned Henry Blount, says : "We wondered why Easter morn ing was so reslendently radiant. We know now. Miss Minnie Slo cumb, one of Goldsboro's brightest iewels, was here, and in the flash ings of her radiance the morning caught up some of her reflections, and the day became as bright as her own sparkling spirits. This is a happy solution. This knight of the "Boquet of Roses" has been wondering why Easter was so resplendently radiant at the pic nic at Pharr's mill. We know. Miss Katie Hunt, one of Harrisburg's most sparkling jewels, was with us, and in the matchless spreading of her brilliant sun-lit sweetness the day caught on to some stray bits of her shedded radiance, and tne day became as bright a3 her own exquis itely charming spirit. iMt liad Time for a Keanon. The Waterbury watch, with its thirteen foot spring, is a credit for a time keeper at the side ot some clocks von see about town. There is a little one hung on an artificial tree and out on one limb the pendu lum fa little girl) is swinging away her time. There is another one of these clocks (and it is no account too) where the pendulum consists of a girl suspended by a spring that is cruelty to keep her suspended There is another one in town (it is no account, either) where the pendu lum is made of a little dusky maid and a dusky cuss stands off pulling a rone this is an example oi iaie ness. This life is too busy and too real for children to be kept day in and day out acting pendulums. Let the merchants invest in Waterbury watches two for a dollar. CONTAINS MORE READING MATTER THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN THIS SECTION. BONDS OR NO BONDS. Thi Im the Question of the Hour nouie 'lture lo study anil Oeeide by Put Yourself to Work on the Subject. The question of bonds is before the ton. Every man who feels and believes that he lives, is called upon to register his say in the mat ter. The question is not a little one it involves the payment of just and honest obligations and the matter ot improving our streets and pave ments to a degree becoming the character of the towu. To fully and fairly decide upon this matter, the Standard has not only published the acts providing for issuing bonds and the establishing of a graded school, but it is now desired to give me ligure3 as obtained from the books. The act provides that a tax of 15 cents on the $100 worth, and 45 cents on the poll shall be levied for paying the interest Here are tha taxables of the town : Value Real Estate. 9 431,915 Value Personal Property. . 812,121 Total value $1,244,036 To this there are 405 polls. The interest on ,25,000 at G por cent, amounts to $1,500. To be safe, put the total taxable at a value of $1000,000. As it is now the taxes amount to nearly $4,200, and yet the treasury ne?er gets any money. The tax collector gets for his receipts some town script that is drawing 8 per cent, interest. He scarcely gets money enough to pay the commission. I here is no question about needed relief for the town, and in the is suing of bonds there is relief, and the cost will in reality be no greater than the town now bears. The rat of taxation now is 47 cents on the $100 worth and $1.41 on the poll. As it now is, the town gets no money to work with, but if the in debtedness be paid the result will be about a3 follows : To pay the debt $10 000 To improve the streets 6 000 The total $16 000 will be the amount on which inter est at G per cent is to be paid, mak ing the cost $9G0, whereas we now pay $800 interest and get no money for the improvement of streets. This is doubtless the expense of the first year. Now what will be the revenue for meeting these expenses? Say the rate is 40 cents on the $100 worth (7 cents less than now) the amount realized on the $1,000,000 worth of property will be $4,000 ; and $1.20 on the poll (now $1.41 on the poll) will give from 465 polls a revenue Ol $0 t O, UlifsllJ a iwiai v. Take from this the $900 interest on bonds, there is left $3,G 18, in addi tion to the $G,000, for running and other expenses that may be incurred by the town. There does not seem to be a parti cle of question about the town'a easy ability and capacity to carry the bonds. Then if the people think that it is right to pay $800 interest where $600 would do it; and to plod through mud, shoe-mouth-deep, after every little rain, and to let our streets and pavements be far inferior to those seen in little villages ana not much better than a common country road why let the people vote down the bonds. These figures the Standard does not claim to be absolutely correct, yet we do claim that the figures are given in favor of "no bonds rainer than leaning towards the bonds. Shall the bonds issue? TTn.zelt.on. Pa.. Am-il 1. Durincr a dispute in a saloon on Sunday among a number of Italians on the New Orleans lynchinpr, Anthony Torrelo received a number of wounds about the body from the result of which he died yesterday afternoon. THE BLOOD IS THE LIFK, No portion of the human organiim has, within the past few years, leen submitted to more thorough and intelli gent examination, by medical Rcientliti, than tlie blood. The result of theae in vestigations has been to clearly demon strate that the general health is mor dependent upon tlie condition ot the Mood than upon any other thing. In making a diagnosis, some modern rractitiont-rs are not satisfied with merely determining the temperaturi of the blood: they test it by means of the mirroHt-epe and other appliances, to ascertain if any foreign bodies Lave in troduced themselves among its minuto corpuscles. Thus, for example, it has been found that in persons affected with gout, uric acid may always be de-t.-. ti.l in the blood; while the cause of other disorders has been traced to tha presence of germs, or microbes. These discoveries have thrown a flood of lilit on the causes of disease; and physicians now, in the treatment of many conii!aints,go directly to the root of the evil by endeavoring to purify th Mood of its contaminating poisons. For this piirposu nothingelse has been feu nil soetlicacioiis as the iodide of potassium. Hut this best effects of this drug can only be olitaiiie.il when it is used iu combination with other tilings, such as sartaparilla, podophyllum, or yellow dock; iiml Acer's Compound Extract of oarsapiiriila, being considered the most skilful union of these ingredients known to pharmacy, is therefore most highly i-v. oinnieiidi-il by physicians. Kven if the iodides were not present, th ! Honduras sarsaparilla alone, of .w ..icii Ayer's medicine is the extract, would be sufficiently effective, in the majority of cases, to produce tha most tlc dralile results. But, "to make assur ance doubly sure," and to greatly facili tate the purifying process, the iodide of potassium lends its powerful alterative and detergent properties to the rest. The distinctive value of Ayer's Sarsa parilla is that, while it isquite as potent for most purposes as the iodide alone, it it safer in non-professional bands; for, by simply following the directions on the wrapper, the patient becomes his own physician. Ifence this medicine has long been recognized by leading physicians and druggists everywhere a4 the standard popular Mood-purifier.