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THE STlliDlBD. ..TiTJ.ISllF.D IN CONCORD ES TAINS MORE. HEADING :; A rrVM THAN AXY OTHER ' y.WVM IN THIS SECTION. nt: n::.kvi-. r.v si. ii. sronruim. doest to man 1 In'. IlH Ii lU'Si, wi.l iiirt n-member thee thou lost forget. . , !io knows it not, iifr PUe :i vino, ,1 ! e:;r forth its grape, .ii t r .i tor '.Ik- wine. lien he ha i, ticll 1 !:. ! ii i: Ins !i lii-ir-lced i run hi rare 1 the piiui1 ; iiev made proclaim. 1 her. mil! like the vine .; i !i wiiMl is in thee ; .1 v t' irooil. n's to Junior thee. m w m vs im.itxitiox r tii:vn,ni.t.. ';,:-. is i ho hi i e Cardinal Xfwmsn'8 .,tt, ii ; t ti define a gentleman. Tli rei.iatluh'i' pasiuo occurs in his IX Pi'seV.t-M s addressed to the Catho 1-,-s oi" Dublin: :s almost a i. .dilution of a sen .i::ilU to say thart is one who i i-th ri ti:) -.1 ami, soSo- as it trues, .. :itc IIo is n!iii:lyceur;ed in i ,:, :vio::io:t' - i !i. obshfea which i ni I' r the free and unembarrassed .ut' ii f those about hhji, and he , "js wiilt their niovemen! s rather 1 . - 1 If IT- .nllicts inn . vl.1 flwrr. ?! i rtii t s;i take t iit 1131 live nimseii. ills ...',,, i",ts ni-i.v l eoE-idered as par to ! ;t m o ved comforts or , .-. i.i : 'IV. Wilts of a iiiiie. an eisycnan or a shh lire, wldeli to their part ir ,1.... o.ii'i; coii! ..-'! i.?iKue, thousrL isy chair in I, nature piOVI.lt a iioiii im iius m irM at! 1 .;i;in::il hfit without them. The mi' -' nth-man in HLv manner care- ;iV(- w hn '. ever inavenuse a ; -,- ,i .t in the minds of trJi-re iul '. ui lie is cad all clashing i ion oi collision of fcelinjr, all ;'.iint or suspicion or gloom or ntiuent, his reat conce.n being it .ike every one at ease and at e. lie k-ts his eyes on all his compiHy; he is tender toward the h .ijiil, irt iitle toward the distant, an 1 merciful toward the absurd. He ,..,11 n ro'Iect to whom he is speakitisj; l.e :.,;::ir ls a'-' iius, unseasonable allu- or topics wnun may irritate; ;-. !. ! prominent ia conversa aud never wearisome. He s 1: ri:t of favors wheu bn does t. ;i!i i seems t bo teceiviug i ho is confe-rring. lie never ks i t hiuisf If except when u-'.'etl. never d fends himelt by re rotor! ; he has no ears for 1 r ( r gossip, is scrii".ulous in . : ti l: motives to those who in :' with liMii. and interprets , ;!.::' f"V the best. He is ever i i ; iittie in liis disputes, never , ui'i';iir advantage, never ims - pi.-: s( na'iitit s or nli irp sayings '-.!!i:i i.ts, or insinuates evil !,o dare not say out. From a sigh'td prudence he observes !: ii:n of the ancient sage, that ;.. ihl ever c-Miduct ours, ives to t l.cmy as if he were one day to r.v friend. l' his too much ; i: to bo aU'ron'ed at insu!ts: . i ,vi i; ; m ployed toremeiab r r -, -a ; 1 too indolent to l eal iie p.itient, forbearing, i -i;'s;;'il mi philosophical prin lie submits to p un because it :; i ;,.,!i berPHvemetit. because .i reparutile, -uui to ile.it ! because )..s d-siiny. It' he eiigiges'in i .-.( ry !' m y i.iuJ, his divi d into'! , r ,o serves him fiom .'.nnd. ..ii-.gdisoonit - ' :' b-tter, ips. bat :-.. . . ,1.;..u-i. , .: bii!- eupo.:.-. i(::r ami i.i-t i i j. eiiUmg cieau, who he ti-: tin I. l!l!M. t!i ,' t in ursument, waste .a :, Ntreii'-'Ui on trihes, misconceive ti a ulvers ir.v, and leave the ques t : Miwre nvnived than they find it. !i m -.y hi" ;ight or wrong in his (,': ioi i hut ho is too clear-headed t unjust ; lie i- as simple as he is f .ivible, an t fs brief as he is deci s.ve. Xoivhc i " nuali we tind greater t il: ! u', eo:-idv-ratioP, induigence; l. ii.novs himself into the minds oi Lis (.ppijnents, he accounts for their ii, i.?".kes. He knows the weakness oi' human reason as well as its s it i gth, its province and its limits I: ho b- . ii unbeliever, he will be t o p i.ii 1 find :;.ige juindid to ridi f.ulo religion or act against if; he is t vi ".i-i to beu dogmatist or tan.itic in his i fidelity. II -. icspec.'s piety a'iil devotion; he even supports in stitu'io'is as venerable, beautiful, or i j 1 -j : t which he does not assent; he lion. us the ministers of reiigion, and it contents him to decline its iii. v-t.-ii.-s without assaihng or de HM..iig th. in. He is a 1 fiend of "ii- tuhriiiio'i, ami that not ii:y b-eause Ins philosfipliy has t . ii'.m to look ou all tonus of ).;:!! v.-Kii an impaitiid eye; but also V: i.. tu; g ntb'ue.-.r, and tliVmiuacy oi !',..! ii'g whi.-h is the attendant on eivi.ization. Xot that he may not hold a religrion too in his own way, on n fn'ti tie is not a Uhristiat'. lu ti.n: ra-e iiis religioe is ono of mi t ;i .u: urn and Benti:i.ent; it is the i 'Oiiiet't of those idea 4 tt the h -no, i!Uij.js'H and beautiful, it!, on? which there can be no large lii u-iophr. Sometimes he tickuowi s the being (if God, somt-tim y ir vos'.-t a'i u id; ii own principle or Mi i with t lie at ti unites oi per- b't'io!;. And this deduction of his i i- ii or ctesition of his fancy lie i : o. s the occasion of such excellent t oils, ;u:d the starting point of v i;ed and Hj stemntic a teaching, t1 :i ;; (-veil seeiiis hk a disciple t i.i; .--ii o. ity ifs.-lf. Fioir. the er.y ".cur cy and tteadiueKs cf liif logi ( ,.; .o. is, he is ho'h to Bee what - ; :i ets ar e consistent in those v i.e. :,n; J j.tiy leligions doetfiii" ni ti.'. nuii he appears to others to fe- ;! . ' ii ..'.i a vi.o ciicle of theo loco tiults, which exist iu his i i i i r!M; o:M i wis.i than as a nam l- r ! woii-ii-t (H's. Such are some of t! o ;i;ieamei;t.-iof the et L:c il char-i.'-.. . ' . iocli ! iie cultivated intellect ' 1 . ).t, up it fiom tiio religious i i ;;.. T.. y n o seen within ' e ! i of til" eioM'ch and without '', ii !:o!- !u".t ii. td pioHisratt ; thej- ;;:i lie' l-i'.ttl i i ni ot i lie worjii; ,oV i. i ; t!y u-i o- developuiei In -v inriv std--' S;' !.! .o:s do t!o ,y m .v .i i i partly distort l oi the Cathode : ve t he education of .'.'t or ii Cardinal be the limits of con i- ..:ite.i oi u .-.lia.tos.niiy or n 'V' i. Bii-il Htid J.iiiuii were fel- 1 o. -t :-r;!s :it the SellOO.S of -ii-; -oni one became the saint iii.fl doctor of the c ureh. the otfcer bo i.;;;. :l t'.ioroughlj' ticofllug and -ele:.!ieaH foe." io' Uakigh Christian Adrocate i the number of Mr. Fife's civ-ions at, that place, at from 30 '1 he State Chronicle figures t Jt out at :3(if). VOL. IV. NO. 17. THE IHir.MMF.K EVA9if.Et.IST, W. V. t ire. Wrllena I.rltor In Reply to lr Ysl'i Arll 1 llf I)n t s'ny Mm-li mimI Im'h Not lKiiy His Ithelwrie. but He Ortniiily Hoken it lo Ihf Doi'lur' ill lnt(nu; nnil Aply liiKT STtlnral I'ansny en. Durham Ulohe. Salisbury, N. C, April 27. I have read with great pain Dr. Yates' letter in reference to mys If and otliers. Will say that Dr. Yates saw lit to attack the Y. M. G. A., ;hul as a Y. M. C. A. man, I saw fit to repl' to him, and lie retaliates by calling nie. all the hard names he cm erv well think of. But ''Praise Cod"' for Matthew v, 11, 12, 41. In the first place, he classes nie with the "Smart Alecks." As the Bible is about the only book that I am at all familiar with, and as I do not find this word in the 'blessed book," I will i ot comment on this expres sion. So J pass on to the "Frog." Tjiank th dear Lord if He could use the "Frogs" in Moses' time to show His power and to reprove Pha raoh of his sins, I am willing to be a "Frog" to be used of Him to show His power and reprove men of their sins. Kefernug to the "Ass" (as siin gjs): If (?od could use Balaam's ass (Numbers xii, 28) to reprove him of sin, and tw jaw bone of an ass in the hands of Sampson to slay the Philistines, Judges xv, 15, 15, I am w iling to be an "Ass" to reprove men of their s:ns, or the jawbone of an ass to slay the Phi'istines who ft". selves against the Y. M. C. A. and other cKfTStian orgaiiizaiioHs that are doing so much good in our laud. As to our meeting in. Durham be ing a "total failure," praise the Lord Brother Yates ia not sitting iu judg ment ; the dear Lord will do that. As to mv expressions "Bless God" and "Praise God," will refer the brother to the book of Psalms. As to my coming out of the ditch of drunkenness : 1 bless God's holy name forever for Psalm xl, 2, "He brought me up out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings." . As to my taking up a collection : I will refer him to the people of North Carolina who have been so kind as to give me free will offerings. As to my not being worthy to un latch the shoes of godly, consecrated ministers: I will admit it. I am unworthy, and I most earnestly pmy for all the minister? of the gos pel who are preaching "Christ and Him crucified." Tnii ends the matter with nt". Assuring Dr. Yates of my love, I am vours, redeemed bv the blood of Jesus. "W. P. Fife. IttX UV ItIVI.it KII'I'I.ES Peas command a very good f rice owing to their scarcity. Frnberson Garmon was married some months ago to Jan.-es Mctiuire. Acid fertilizers were not exten sively used this jear. James Dry attemLd court this week. Ail the wheat ai d oats 1 have seen are looking fine. Yesterday was May d-ty, and many a farmer not done planting. Newton Stowe. a Standard sub scriber, has two fish baskets in the river and h is not caught a mess yet. Old man Charley Bosc generally brings lots of seed corn around, but we have not seen him yet this year. The Texas pony that C. I J. Cook, of mail carrier fame owned, died the other day. Egs are very scarce Most of people have eaten them this year to save buying meat. Step by step improvements are made. Yesterday we saw a man opening the cotton row to plant and a man behind had a planter attached to the plow stock which was in front by means of a rope, aud one horse opei-ed and planted all at the same time. Pka Jay. IleniH ;atlierel Xear Rixk, Iloue.n The fruit will be plentiful if not yet destroyed. Farmers are busy preparing ineir lands for corn and cotton. The recent rair.s prevented the farmers from making preparations earlier, makes the necessity of having it all to do now. The prospect far wheat and oats are verv promising, and if nothing injures it, a bountiful yield is antic ipated. Rev. Miles J. Stirewalt, of In diana, formerly a native of Ho wan, is visiting his relatives after an ab sence of nearly forty years. While here he preached in Phanuel church. The church, he said, was his home, the one he vi iied regularly with his ria re nts in childhood. An instance he related showed his familiarity, giving the posit.on of the pulpit us it once was and relating an instance which occurred outside the church (we hadu't any fo. mer knowledge of :ho ( nirence outside) was this: that he received a shingling by his father for Inning too much noise i.uts de during service. We caution utile bovs to remain inside during -ervice or they might receive a like blessiug. Recently I heard a young man of about eighteen or twenty summers using all the eloquence of a Cicero tndDemosthenes in behalf of ihe potato crop, to plant more extensively aud not so much cotton, lie said he would plant twenty-five acres. Likely he will put up a starch man ufactory. Bugs are not troubling wheat and oats, but they are becoming injurious to the." Alliance" and other secret organizations. LTnO. l HE A Dl ltATK OX "Kenolvert that I lie Iniled Nlntew .ov enimeiii. Should Own nnl Con trol the Telegraph Line iiimI ItailromU Williln il Ilorler." The literary societies of Trinity College had adeha'.e. The audience was called upon to decide and a vote of 41 to 105 was cast as against the Government owning railroads, etc. A synopsis of the speeches is got ten f om the State Chronicle: Joint Debate Query, "Resolved that the United States Government should own and control the tele graph lines an 1 railways within its borders." Affirmative, Frank Arm field ami W. I. Cranford, negative C. E. Turner and L. S. Massey. The Columbians had the affirm ative and the Hesperians hud the negative. Mr. Arnilield's opening speech was clear, strong and well arranged. He charged the railroads with violating charters and wa'ering stock, and said they were a corrupting power Something nuirt be 'Jone. Railroad Commission was not a success. He gave the comparison between the German and Austrian systems and the American system. " Former is cheaper because the government controls it. Governmental control is cheaper, beoause it prevents par allel lines and litigation. Mr. Turner said that railroads sometimes become an evil, but gov ernmental control was not the rem edy. Affirmative argu uieut followed up would make the government owner of every interest which could be made a monopoly, until Uncle Sam would be feeding ail his num erous nephews and neices with a spoon. It would create too many new offices would make six times as many as we now have. Congress would necessarily appropri ite money to build railroads. One section would not want to build railroads for auother. South would not be developed. Sectional hatred would be re-awakei ed. Mr. Cranford said that commis sions are not a success. They are or will become bribed by the railroad kings, and the people will furnish the money to pay the bribe. The English system of control without ownership will not work in America. In a few word?, the present idea is to serve the capitalists at the ex pense of the people: the afiimative idea is to serve the people with sptci.il privileges to none. One of the strongest points of the evening Mr. Cranford now bioujht in by de claring that the fact that there were so large a number of employees to be appointed would force the govern ment to more generally adopt civil service reform, and thus giving a death blow to the spoils system. As for the telegraph, America and China are the only nations who do not own their telegraph lines. Mr. Massey said that the e-.ils are due to the abu.-e of the present sys tem, opposed to the centralizing eU'ect. or t lie affirmative's idea. A difficulty lay lefore us as to the way of getti'ig the raiirotds. The gov ernment cannot force the sale of pri at property. The railroads would cost five and half billions. It would ruin the National credit to burrow much. It would cost more to run railroads if the government owned them for there would be more extravagance. Competition gives the public betler service. Italy had a committee to investigate the sub ject for three years. It reported that governmental control is not advisable. Fre ght rates are higher in Girmany when the government control than in America. Mr. Mas sey then closed by stating that the remedy would be regulation; that the present system of commissions is comparatively new but is being made more effective all the time, and that it will eventually satisfy the demands of the occasions. Every Xewspnper Will Print This. There is a mother in Columbia sorrowing and suffering for the pre sence of her boy, w ho has gone away and left no trace of his destination behind. His parents believe he is still within the limits of South Carolina, a;.d that if lie could know how the fond mother, who nurtured him in infancy and sought tenderly to care for his comfort and welfare as he grew older, was huugering for the sight of his face again ; that all the troubles which caused his depar ture are possible of settlement with out harm to him, and that his con tinued absence is breaking that mother's heart, he would come home again. Will not the kiud-hearted editors of the Palmetto State extend this notu-eand give " Ned " a chance to see the words that may bring him back to home and happiness, no matter how far he may have wan dered from the path to either? Any information of a 15 year-old boy. with dark hair, dark hazel eyes, heavy eyebrows, slight and short in 'mild, who is apparently " away from home" without l ave, will be thank fully received by the anxious parents, who can be addressed care Columbia bureau of the World. Columbia Record. I.lttle TltiiiKM I luil Tell. It is the Jittl.' things that tell little brothers for ins anee, who hide away in the parlor while sister en tertains. her be ui, etc. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are little things that tell. They ell ou the liverand tone up the system. So small and yet so effectual, they are rapidly supplant ing the oi l style pill. An infallible remedy for sick and bilious head aches, biliousness and constipation. Put up in vials, convenient to carry. Their use attended with no discom fort. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1891. LITTI.K liKOPS OF Tar, IMU'h Turpentine and Other Tr Heel I rol uf Is. The Goldsboro Fair is to be held August 4th, oth and Gth, 1891. Blue fish are unusually plentiful at Morehead City this season. Rev. J. P. Barrett, editor of the Raleigh Christian Sun, i3 very ill. There is not a prisoner or an in sane person in Pitt county jail. The fourth Methodist church is now in progress of erection in Wil mington. ' The Democratic ward primaries of Raleigh endorsed Thomas Badger for mayor. The Inter-Collegiate centest for the gold medal takes place in Greens boro, on May Oth. A large crowd promises to be in attendance at the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Oxford in May. Capt. E. R. Stamps, of Raleigh, who received a stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago, is still reported very critical. Gov. Holt has issued a requisition on the Governor of Virginia for George Albright, wanted in the State for larceny. The Northampton and Hertford railroad will be built to Tunis, N. C, on the Chowan River and North Carolina road. Over $11,000,000 of old bonds have been exchanged at the State Capitol, arid there remains 1,500, 000 to be funded. Gov. Holt honored Wednesday a requisition from the Governor of Virginia for one D. D. Iledrick, who is wanted for larceny. A very fine grade of sand stone has been found in Chatham county, near Egypt, on the land of the Clar endon Coal Field company. Thirty-eight persons joined the Edenton Street M. E. Church, Ral eigh, Sunday. This was some of the results of the Fife meetings. Bishop Lyrnan Sunday morning confirmed thirteen persons at Christ church, Raleigh, and in the after noon sixteen at St. Mary's school. A moonshine distillery has ben captured in Randolph county. Fred Brown and Wm. Heath, who were operating it, mauaged to escape ar rest. Chesley Andrews died in Orange county a few days ago, and it is as serted" positively that he had reached the great age of one hundred and seven years. Mr. Madison Hawkins, of Hender son, has been appointed to succeed Mr. W. J. Hawkins, as deputy col lector for the counties of Vance, Franklin and Warren. The public printer is sending to all the oyster counties the blank forms of license for boats and men in the oyster trade, in accordance with the provisions of the new law. The Wilmington Light Infantry has mado a requisition on Quarter master General Olds for a supply tf Summer helmets and leggings for the use of the company during tl e coming seasoD. Geo. Z. French, late president of the Northern Settlers' Convention, has issued a call to persons of North ern birth in the State to assemble in the city of Raleigh on the 27th. The number of convicts at work on the Atlantic Coast Line extension south of Fayettevdle has been in creased to 500. There are twenty miles of road which the convicts are to grade and by August 1st the work will be done. Morgan ton has voted upon the question of donating $5,000 to the new deaf and dumb institution to be established there. The proposi tion was carried with scarcely a dis senting voice, and the amount will be increased to $8,000 by private subscription. The Charlot'e Ntws thinks that State Auditor Sanderlin will overdo himself on college commencement speeches this year, judging f om the number he has accepted. As a pros pective candidate for the next Gov ernor of North Carolina, he is im perilling his chances. One hundred bales of cotton were totally consumed by fire Wednesday about three miles from Raleigh, on the plantation of Burt Wilder. There was no insurance and the cot ton was a total loss amounting to $3,500. It is supposed to have caught from sparks from a railroad engine. A man named Ca sar Wooden who killed Mittie Stiickland in Wilson county in 18S7 has been captured in Atlanta, ua, and has just been car ried to Wilson county. A reward of $200 was offered for him by Gov. Scales so'n after the murder wa3 commi ted and has been outstanding ever since. The IlaiMliAiiitvit ol all Coins. This proud distiction is generally conceded to the United States' twen ty dollar gold piece, a marvel of beauty iu design and finish. The love.iest of God's handiwork is a handsome woman, if in the bloom of health; if she is not Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will restore her. Ladies who use this peerless remedy are unanimous in its praise, for it cures those countless ills w hich are the bane of their sex irregular ities, dragging-down pains, inflam mation, hysteria, sleeplessness, and the "all-gone" sensations which burden their daily lives. A tonic and nervine, without alcohd. It is said that the police of New York squeeze monthly $250,000 out of the liquor interests for protection, A K1MH.Y (RI1K1MI. Editor Standard: I have no taste for controversy, but occasionally I am moved to write a line, when it is evident that a mis. leading statement has been made that may do harm. Dr. Yates' error in antagonizing t, e work of the Y. M: C. A. and tha W. C. T. U. in their work, grows out of the false-assumption that they are not "the church at work." And I see that you have fallen into the same error in your statement in yesterday's issue. You say, referring to the work of the Y. M. C. A., "it is the cue thing that goes out into the 'highways and hedges,' wheu in reality the church don't and can't do much at that business." Such statements in relation to the work of the Y. M. C. A. have been the cause of arraigning men like Dr. Yates against it. In the first place, let it nevtr be forgotten that the Y. M. C. A. is composed of church members only, audis organized under such restric tive laws as to forever forbid antag onism toward the church. The proper view, I think, is that repre sented in the 12th chapter of 1st Cor.: "The body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one bod-." Let the reader refer to the chapter now and, reading from the 14th verse to the end of the chapter, see the whole matter clearly set forth by the Spirit. I think when the Y. M. C. A. falls out with the church as represen'ed in all the evangelical branches, we will have a clear case of the foot saying: "Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body." It would be like the fruit making was with the tree which bears it. Again, to say that the church is not going into the "highway and hedges," is to say that the Y. M. C. A. is doing nothing, for that is just the work for which the church has set apart this wing of the army. But aside from this, I am not willing to allow your statement to go un challenged. It is not true of the Methodist church. As to how far it is true of others, I am not able to say. We AlE going into the "high ways and hedges," outride of what we are doing by the agencv of the Y. M. C. A. or the W. C T.'IJ. If you w ill pardon m, Dr. II W. Bays", of Central church, to my certain know ledge, has done more of this work among the masses of our population, holding cottage meetings, &c, in the few months of his sojourn here, than has been done by the local Y. M. C. A. in all its existence. In my own congregation neariv mte hundred cottage meetings h the pastor and leac of January, and a 120 have professed Christ. Now I do iv- ! .. en held by r -iiice the first jiUle more than saving faith in not refer to this ti boast of our work, but to chal lenge your statement that the Y. M. C. A. is the one thing that goes out into the "highways and hedges," when in reality the church don't and can't do much of that business. I submit that this is the legitimate work of the church, and if it is a fac t that she has abandoned her wotk, it is time for the Y. M. C. A. or some other organization to step in and do the work. I close by refer ring all your readers to the address of Prof. Henry Louis Smith before the Y. M. C. A. convention in Golds boro last year. It would hi whole some reading now. Yours for the truth, II. M. Blaiu. I.eter from ;as(onia. The citizens of this place are awaiting with great anxiety the ad vent of the new paper, "The Eclectic Journal," which is to appear about May 1. This paper is to be, with possibly one exception, the liveliest and most enterprising in the State, as it will know no class, and will be solely devoted to the best interests of the People (with a capital P). Its editor, Prof. T. Jeff Johnson, is an old newspaper man, aud in addi tion to his experience on the State press, has been connected with sev eral publications in New York. The municipal contest, is commen cing to be talked about, but as yet tnere are no certain tickets in the field. By Saturday at least two tickets will be in the field. Judge Wm 11. Lewis, Gastonia's prominent and popular attorney, has returned from a week's visit to Scot land Neck. The Dallas Light Iafantry have moved their armony from Dallas to Gas ton ia. The Gastonia Cotton Manufactur ing Company have completed ar rangements for the addition to their factory. The addition will coitain 5000 spindles and will be completed about t he first of September. The machinery for the new foun dry has beet; received and is being placed in position. The Gas'onia Cornet Band, under the leadership of Prof. T. Jeff John son, is making great headway, and will now lvnk with the leading' bands in the State. Landlord J. L. Falls, of the Falls House, than whom there is no more popular one in the State, is making improvements on his commodious hotel. Prof W. T. Marshal, the new ed itor of the Gazette, is making his paper a hustler. lie has adopted the cash sytcm. Tiump, The impression seeni3 to prevail that no guard is placed over Brab ham at the jail. While the military has wen withdrawn a uetail has been appointed to stand guard at the until after the execution of Brab ham Charlotte News. t -ritiosiTiKs oi- Aivi:nrisix;. Not the least interesting parts of the newspapers ave the advertising columns. Iney are often moreen tertaiuinsr than the editorials or the tunny paiaarraphs, and they reveal more of the inner life o! a peop than do the news columns. The fol lowing advertisement M as published as an ordinary piragrauh in the r.Ioden Intelligencer, London, April J 5-22, 1C17: There came fur h a book this dav relating how n divii did appear iii the house or yard of M. Young, mercer in Lombard St., with a great many paitiealars there related. It is desired by f h gentlemen of that ouse, and those of hi family, that all that are ere duious oMh&se things (which few wise men are) may be assured that it's ail fabulous, and that there was never any such thing. It is true there is a dog, and that deg hath a chain, nnd the gentle man's son played upon an instru ment of music for his recreation but these are to be seen, whicn a spirit sure never was. The following, in the Loudon Ga zette, about KiU Wo, is a reminder of tho days when blackamoors were chattels in England: A BLACK BOY, an Indian, about ri thirteen years old, run away the Sili instant, from Putney, with a collar about, his neck with this in scription: "'The Lady Bromtield's black in Lincoln's Inn Fields." Whoever brings ijjm to Hir Edward Bromtield's at Putney shall have a guinea reward. I he following, among others of the same kind, appeared about 1722: rj 1 1 ALLEN G E I, Eliza ..eth WiK v kinson, or Clerkenwell, having had some words with Hannah Hy field, and requiring satisfaction, do invite her to meet me upon the stage and box me for three guinea?; each woman having half a crown in each hand, and the first woman that drops the money to lose the battle. A NSWER. I, Hannah . yfield, of Newgate Market, hearing of the resoluteness of Elizabeth Wilkinson, will not fail, God willing, to give her more blows than words, desiring home blows, and from her no favour; she may expect a good thumping. Until we read the notice below, we lo-id no idea how the public at large first became acquainted with the secrets of Freemasonry. It appeared iu the Newcastle (Eng.) Courant of January 4. 1770: THIS is to acquaint the Public, A That on Monday the first instant, being the Lodge for Monthly Meet ing) night of the Free and Accepted Masons id' the 22.1 Regiment, held nt ihe Crown, near Newgate (.New castle), Mrs. B-Ji, tho Landlady of the House, broke open a Door (with a Poker) that had not been opened for soi:e Years past, by which means she got into an adjacent room, male two lloh s through the Wall, and by that stratagem discovered the fee orets of Masonry; and (die, knowing herself to be tho first Woman in the World that ever found out the Se cie.', is willing to make it known to ad her Sex. So any lady who is de sirous of learning the Secrets of Fiee Masonry, by applying to that well Vurned Woman (Mrs- JieJl that l;ved 15 years in and about Newgate), nifty be instructed in all the Secrets c f Masonry. The eccentricities, oddities and blunders of advertisements are al most innumerable. Thus we find a reward cfi'ered for ''a keyless lady's watch." A lady ndvertisc-U for a husband "with a Roman nose hav ing strong red .pons temh m-ics." An Eug.is'a dissenter wanted "a young man to look after a horse of the Methodist persuasion." A chemist icquested that "the gentleman who let i his domach for analysis wdl pler.se call and get it together with the result." Somebody advertised a horse "ealcuiated for a charger, or would carry a lady with a switch tail.'' This is a companion to the ndvertisemciit of "a mail phaeton, the property of a gent email with a movable head, as good as new," and that of an " Erard grand piano, the property of a lady, about to travel in a walnut wood case with carved less." A Boston tailor advertised "diagonal boys' pants." St. Louis has a genius who adve lises as a "chronic physician." A clairvoyant doctor in New Haven proclaimed his superiority by advertising that he "foretells the past and present" as well as the future. A merchant boldly advertised: " Wanted a wo in n tos.ll on commission." "Get your sweetheart a new set of teeth, '' was the invitation of a dentist A schoolmaster in Ohio advertises that he will keep a Sunday-school iwice a wet if, Tuesday and Sator da. Somebody else wanted "a man who fears tiie Lord and weighs about 00 pounds." A Kenuickian adrfr tises "St .c.fc of (he preitiest. ulllt coffins for Christmas yon ever saw." A grocer iu Pennsylvania wrote ou a graveyard fence, "Use Jones' bot tled ale if you would iftep out of here." A firm engaged in the "stat uary line"' state ih-it "those who buy tombstones of 113 look with pride nnd s:iti-faction np-.m the graves of (heir friends." An Ohio tradesman advertised: "Mir.i-ters ot the gospel supp ied with goods at cost if they Hiee to I'lenfion the fact to t.heir eoegtcgatious " (mica go eoniW-l ioner advertised: "Families supplied by the quart or dozen." He referred to olives. A lady w.mts "lo bike a gentleman for break fabt tind tea.'' A boarding house keeper advertised: "Single gentlemen uie furnished with pleas ant rooms, ;. iso ;v. o. two gentlemen with wives. ' A landlady advertised that f lie hail a "line, niiy, well furnished bodivoni for a man tweve foet square. " Another had n "cheap and desirable fmhe of rooms for a i espectab-e family in good repair.'" Some f our o-der readers mav r member tl.o teaciitr who an noun-cod the opening cf a new term Oi s'-i;o'.)i as iOiiOivs: nEAIl r.OYS-Trniil I b.f oins S. p 1 ember 13. E. A. JpAn.cEiLD. If ; p Co t-ermittod, one might rill p-'-g - after page with the curiosities of a Iverti- iu-!; but we must content ourselves wi h the follow i g, w n'ch appealed in a New York paper: WANTED- -Situ liioii ns son-in i-iw in a n-speeiab'e family. Biood u;d breeding no object, being alrea iy utipplied; capital essential. No objection to going a short dis tauce into tho country. The first annual convention of the Methodist Conferences in North Carolina will be held at Durham beginning on May 4th and lasting for three days. Bishop Galloway will deliver the opening address. WHOLE NO. 173. TOWN AND COUNTY. "There's a Chiel Amangye Takin Notes and Faith He'll Prent Them." nrins; Tliol't. Mr. Will Earnhardt, of No. 5 was returning from Ileilig's Mill, when a tin bucket which was in the wagon rattled, and caused him to look back. His breath was almost taken away when he saw a man dis appearing in the woods with a sack of flour on his Lack. At last report the Hour had not been recovered. ttm Uon't Give Some farmers tell us that in red land the cotton is not coming np. They threaten to plow it un and plant corn. N early every year we hear com plaints about corn and cottoa com- in:r. vet eenerallv a fair stand is secured. Hold the upper lip stiff and trust to better seasons. This condition is not the case all over the county, as there has been a good season in some sections. Mill in tho Ring. Mr. J. C. Furr, of No. 9, came very near being killed, on the even ing" of the 29th. In descending a hill beyond Bost Mills the "holding back straps" broke, and the buggy ran upon the horse. Mr. Furr in trying to catch one wheel fell out, and one wheel ran over him. He has two fingers in a rag, and one of his knees in a rag, and between a wild horse, broken harness and a fall among lines, wheels and on rocky ground, it is really a wonder that xur. h urr even survived to tell his experience. Will Xot Be There. The Standard man will not attend the musical festival, as notice comes that no nasal music will be allowed. We will send somebody, however. We understand that Al. Fairbrother, J. L. Ramsey, J. Romulus Elkins and China Grove Brown will sing "Annie Rooney." Robinson, of the Asheville Citizen, Scott, of the Le noir Topic, and Dr. Caldwell, of the Landmark the new State conspira tors wanted a place on the pro gramme, but the management wanted no such trio, and they are thoroughly mad now. mt m A Tonsil OIl Horse. The Sanford Express says : A well known Moore county minister tells us that he has a horse still well pre served which he bought for 75.00 in 1S70. Old Pratt has faithfully carried the preacher through rain and sunshine, through heat and cold, over hills and valleys, over Chatham county rocks and Moore county sand until he has measured out 35,000 miles of actual travel, and the parson says he is as good physically as he wa 10 years ago to all appearance and no better morally. He must be a tough case. llK'Miimi.iril In It. In another column is a communi cation from our esteemed friend, Rev. II. M. Blair, the popular and earnest pastor of the Forest Hill M. E. church, in reply to a statement made in this paper Thursday. The readers of the Standard are respect fully asked to read Rev. Blair's arti cle. The lack of space prevents any further statement from us today. The pleasant and kind way in which the article is written comes nearer to the ideal way of discussing such matters than some articles we have seen. But more about this later. William Fife to l)r Yale. In auother column the Standard readers will see an article from Evangelist Fife for Dr. Yates' con sideration. Mr. Fife is not much of a writer, and does not claim to be, yet he knows how to cull appropriate and pointed scriptural passages. So far as the personal matter between Dr. Yates and Bill Fife is concerned, w hy Fife is decidedly the winner, though he does not stop to discuss the Y. M. C. A. No one doubts the sincerity of Dr. Yates' position on i his organization, for Dr. Yates is a sincere christian gentleman. Bat everv sincere christian gentleman is not always right in fact, we all get wrong sometimes. The Y. M. C. A. has never hurt the churches in Concord and Mt. Pleasant the only places where we have observed and yet it can be only reasonable to suppose that the Y. M. C. A. has done some good, or the christian men in it would ask for their cards and draw out. As for the W; C. T. U. we know nothing, except that christian wo men compose it, and they won't do anything wrong knowingly. We do n )t believe that our women are wed ded to the woman's suffrage plank. If they are, we lire fernentlhat part. There is one thing about the Y. M. O. A. that we know to be deci dedly good, and that alone is good reason for its existence. Men cf different denominations c nie to gether ; they tee in each other ele ments of true mauLood and chris tian lives; they learn to have more brotherly love in other words, it breaks down the cold barrier that causes denominational jealousy and sometimes denominational bit terness. It makes them feel that other churches besides their own have good men aud tamest men. The Y. M. C. A. is a common meet ing ground to fight the deul and keep the young from the devil's ways. It is the one thing that goes out into the "highways and hedges," when in reality the chin ch don't and can't do much of that business. When the Y. M. C. A. gtt3 to hurting, it wid be stopped, and that is the way with the W, C. T. U, THE STfiilDJRD. WE DO ALL KINDS OF 0" OB "WOEK IN TIIE NEATEST MANNER -ANDAT- T1IE" LOWEST RATES. Henry Blount Ilei or Love. A kiss is the sweetest odor of en dearment, and when that endearment is extracted from the full bloom rose of reciprocal affection the perfume seems like the fragrance of Heaven, aud is as soothing and lulling as the breezes wnich blow from blessed elysium. What? Tell lovers not kiss. Why, you might as well drop fire into a keg of powder and tell it not to explode, or place snow in a red hot furnace and tell it not to melt. Wilson Mirror. Marriage Licenses tor A;ril. - X. M. Elkr to Mrs. C. E. Roberts. Caleb A. Hess to Miss Polly Fisher. William Jones to Miss Winnie Mowery. II. A. Eddleman to Miss L. I). Moser. SVW. Poteet to E. E. Shinn. W. II. Fowler, to Dora Deaton. Licenses were issued to four col ored coujdes. On HisXatire Heatli A; alii Alter 37 Years Absence. Mr. R. II. Smith, of Eusselville. Pope county, Ark., came in on tli3 north bound train Thursday night, and is at his cousin's, Mr. J. C. II. Bur k head's. He left his home, in Davidson county, in 1S54 for Ar kansas, where he has remained ever since, lie says he marched through Ea:terti Carolina a soldier boy, du ring the war, but that was not like a visit home. Mi. Smith will re main in this county about four months. -m-4m . The Bishop anil the President of Trinity ollejte in t'oneortl. The church going people of our town have been greatly blessed du ring the past month m hearing a number of able sermons from visit ing ministers of the various denom inations. A large congregation gathered in Central M. E. church Wednesday night to hear Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi, and Dr. Crowell, of Trinity College. The gentlemen arrived on the 7:57 train and went directly to the church, where the services began a little af ter 8 o'clock. The Bishop is a man of command ing presence, six feet or more in height, and perfectly erect, a fine specimen of vigorous manhood. His thick black hair and beard is scarcely touched with grey, and his genial appearance does not indicate more than forty-five years of age. His discourse, based upon 2 Peter, 1 1, "That we may become partakers of His divine nature," was one of the most scholarly and polished efforts it has been our pleasure to hear in a long time. He held the close atten tion of his hearers for more than an hour. Listening to his strong, clear cut sentences, weariness was impos sible. At the close of the sermon Dr. Bays introduced Dr. Cro.vell, who is too well and favorably known here to need any extended notice from us. In a remarkably brief, clear, simple manner, he presented the claims of christian institutions of learninsr, and made an appeal in behalf of "Trinity College. An ef fort ii being made to increase the endowment fund to 200,000, and we doubt not Concord people will respond liberally to this strong ap peal. This college has increased vastly in it3 usefulness nnd effi ciency under the management of its energetic and learned president, Dr. Crowell. The Bishop followed in a few re marks, in which he showed the cry ing necessity of an educated minis try. He said, "We must educate. The church must have not only con secreated hearts, but trained intel lects to carry on its warfare. The church of the future is the church that EDUCATES." There is considerable life in hotel business considering the season. THE BEST. 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