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THE STpftRD. WE DO ALL KINDS OF ANDA fl, A KG EST PAPER UrUBLISHED IN CONCORD.- IcONTAlXS MORE READING M ATTKK THAN AN Y OTHER l'Al'KK IN' THIS SECTION. IN TnE NEATEST MANNER LOWEST BATES. VOL. IV. NO. 21. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1891. WHOLE NO. 177. ED. ., 11- J II ILrfd Til OH AH n.KKKU IX ROME. IMiuhi mo as 1 stand, hei Home has s'ootl j-,r twice a thousand years And more! Hi -hold us both, U- ami Koiix:! n;l the", ileal friends, 1 "lease i,'ive your eyes a rest. Koine lias Her history, Mid 1 have mine; j:.jt Koine, although she sat I Mm her se en hills v . .1 mil-el the world. i t er sat in the Speaker's chair Of the tifty-tirst congress And bossed that Mi-satherian aggregation As I did. And that is where I ve got I The bulge on Home! lit re in old Caesar's district sit me down, and with my feet I' pon hi ancient mantelpiece 1 feel at home. Me and Caesar! Twin stars that twinkle through all time! Two iron heels that trod as one I'jHin the people's uecks, And then we got It in our own! 5v gosh! dear friends, 1 don't like that a "little bit, n.t Capiat didnt't either I Although he didn't have a Word to say after it was over, I For obvious reasons! j But Brutus wasn't a patching I To Springer of Illinois, Or Rogers of Arkansas, And Caesar has something To he thankful for! I'm with you, Koines, E From the l'ahiiiait'ioddys i Tumbling tide of saw losrs To where the tawny Til er flows, and we should organize A Heed and Roman Trust, Ami swipe the universe! Are there objections? 1 lit ar none. The ayes seem to have it; The ayes have it! Then let her go, Gallagher! Hut I shall never think That in that elder day To he a Roman Was greater than a Speaker f the grand old Fifty- first. And don't you forget it! That's what! ! (New York Sun. (OHX KK HEK IX IT. He i On a Trip. nnI lie Write About It fur the MHiidid, IiosELASD, Louisiana, May 29th, 1891. Editor of The Standard : There is an old saying that says " we never want water till the weil goes dry," but of course this is not literally tiue, but means that we generally neglect to mak the most of our opportunities for m utal im' piovemeut, social development and our favorable surroundiugs in gen era); and like poor 'Martin Guzzle - wit we are often constraiued to sit us dow.i by the waters and weep for the victims of pjor, deluded huinau wretches that suffer themselves to be duped by the glowing accounts of an L.;dorado or an Jbden of recent discovery. After sever d days' travel through the beautiful mountain scenery and Piedmont North Carolina and Geor gia, mingled with other occurrences oi a plea-ting nature, we tiud ourself ensconced very comfortably in our private hotel room. Rosebud, La. I presume it is generally kuown by the people of good out .Mortn Uaro- hna that ltwil.tu I is quite a new town, or rather the beginning of one. It is about seveiiiy iu lus u rth o New Orleans, auu 1- united be tween two very fertile sections. As to this iinni. ilinle section the land is poor, but 1 h.ive talked with several here who claim to be experts in rais ing sugar cane, and they invariably uav that there is no better soil in Louiaiaua for the growth of cane tuau this sandy loam of Koseland colony. Yes, it's a colony. That's the name its founders gave it, but they conh leutly expect to be able to incorporate it under the fascinating title of "Roseland City" before mauy years, for it is growing. Lvery timu brings some new seeker after fortune, and many Northern and Western people of large means nav invested capital here. 1 wish 1 had t ikeu the trouble to ascertain the sizh or area of this little domain, but will give that, perhaps, in af'i tuie letter. The desire for making luouov is said to be au inherent iu.cipie of the American people. Soii.e of our Oriental brell i tu say we can't take time to eat. In that they are not much wrong, for every body knows we swallow our victuals too faot, bat the same error may justiti ibiy be imputed to them when they come hire to seek tneir for-. tunes. Be that as it may, tnere are people of most every nationality noekiug to these places like Kose l.md. and you can t tell one nation aUty from another by the time that they devote to their meals. Lvery thing goes on with a rush in a newly hewn out settlement like tnis. Money is invested in this or that enterprise on very short notice; indeed, so ra tidiy are bargains made and lost here that it almost bewilders a fellow that's not used to it. The weather is warm here now, but thiough the larger part of the daj we get a delightful nea breeze, which moistens and cools the dry hot air, so that it is not so miserably sweitrv as you might Buppose. luis purt of Louisiana has suflered very little so far for the want of rain. Crops of all kinds are much f an her advunced than they are in iortn Carolina. Corn is from one to two feet high, and will do to "lay by" in two or three weeks. Cotton is yet small. While many people see proper to invest in this part oi tue moral vine yard we do not. We know of many places in JNortn caioiina we uad l ather live, both from a social and a financial standpoint. We purpose ttaying here till tomorrow. In the meantime will try to learn what we can about these people; and if we find any material difference in the way ' tney are buiit" from other people, we will proceed at once to lot you know. I am vry well aware that in speak ing of my travels 1 have failed to obseive the usual custom of describ jug my moue of traveling. In this day pf inventive genius a man can travel in most any wav he wants to. Nj one method of conveyance could adapt itself to a man's wants on a long journey like ours, in this day of railroads, steamboats, road carts and loot races. As long as we have Buth maguihcent streams as the Mississippi, the Red river, the Ar kansas and the Missouri, and boats as bij tis Noah's ark, with great b.oad decks upon them, where you can promenade up and down and take in the lovely prospects on every side as vou glide over the waters, I b1i '11 follow the dictates of ruy oon science and travel by boat while it goes in the right direction. I shall leave here tomorrow, ana at the landing will take shipping forYicks- bunr on the "Albatross," a icrv pretty httle vesse , they say. In all my wanderings will remem ber the cheerful faces and kind hearts of my North Carolina friends. For fear there may be some uiisun derstandiuar will say to toe "dear friends behind " that we eujo3 no pleasanter sensation than when we recollect that, if nothing happens, this little wild goose chase of ours will terminate in fivo or six weeks, when e will again come back to the genial cli'ue of old North Carolina to reoiaiu at leas' for a time. In the meantime we shall in voke upon you the blessings of that Supieiue Being who is always pro fuse in giving, and s tall ask m re turn an occasional thought for v-our most humble servant. I was very anxious to write to the Standard last week, but the stir and bustle of getting ready lor a trip prevented it. Will say, however, to - Pea Jay that his descriptive leU tor of Philadelphia was very hand some indeed. He 1 i a regular Bayard Taylor in his journalistic perambu lations, lie did great credit to his trenchant quill. UORNCRACKElt. Itost'M Mills Kent. drapes were injured by the recent cold weather. More . than average crop of peas are being planted. Dr. Jerome went to Bain Academy last week. Sweet potatoes are very exten sively planted. Iruly this is a very remarkable year, but Bio. Hans wag outdone. Seining has about ceased. A great many hands have left their employers, but we do not an tic pate a strike. Mack Hartsell planted his crop of cotton over. He has the finest piece of wheat I have seen. D. T. Boger, who was attending school at Unionville, has returned home. Martin Boger and Martin L. Bost have large farm bells to signal for their hands when in the fit-Id. It goes like eld times way back in the 'COs. We understand that a member of the Dettctive Union is after one man who skipped away from here some time ago. He committed a crime against the United States government concerning postal affairs. Some of the farmers who have tenants have given orders to the mer chauts not to let them have any goods. Here is the crop report as estt nia'ed by our farmers : Corn, 90 per cent.; cotton, 50 per cent.; oats, . per cent; wheat, 'J5 per cent. With this we see that the prospect for corn at present is very favoranh ; although it is not made yet, we hope to see it average the estimate. As to the cot ton crop it is a failure so far, and there is no prospect of it being bet tered. As probably the season will be short, 50 per cent, is a high esti mate yet, therefore if the price stays at the present rate per pound the farmer must go. The two visible crops, oats and wheat, uow being made, are the best we have had for several years, con sequently more men will be in the same predicament of "Old Hutch," the Chicago grain dealer, if thev do not dispose of the surplus Hour within the next thirty days, for many people will beat out enough grain to bread them for a month, aud by that time threshing will have commenced. Monopolists and spec ulators, make much of this oppor tunity. Tea Jay. A Real RnunWnjr Marriage. The closing exercises of the school at Hall's Chapel last Thursday were interrupted by an unusually roman tic matr monial affair. On a day prior to last Thursday Mr. John G. Kindley equipped himself with a license to take to wife Miss Emma Williams, and on the day aforesaid he went wish 'he multitude to wit ness the interesting exercises by the school children. At a moment when Emma's mother was adminis tering nature's nourishment to the youngest member of the Williams family, John and his intended quiet ly slipped off to the woods where a magistrate was waiting to tie the nuptial knot. But some one, who observed their movements, gave the old lady a hint about what was go ing on; and thereupon ehe started in pursuit at break ntck speed with the baby under her arm; but all without avail, for ere she appeared on the scene, John and Emma had been made one and had takn to their heels to escape her wrath. The magistrate also cut out for home and did not slacken his speed until he arrived on his own remises. It is not known whether the bride and groom have stopped running yet or not; but it is presumed that they have, and it is also hoped that the old lady ha3 forgiven them. Lexington Dispatch. "I'm weary with work!" the good wi:e sighed; . "But after ad," she said, "It's sweet to labor for those we love No wonder that maids will wed." A wise housewife lightens her toil and gladdens the home circle by her cheerfulness. But health is the first requisite, and her just prerogative. Health follows the use of Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription, which repairs the ravages caused by those peculiar diseases which afflict womankind. It enriches the blood, cures the cough, iucreasis the flesh, prevents hysteria, nervousness and low spirits, aud is a veritable fountain of health to women, young and old. Satisfac tion, or the price ($1.00) refunded. Of druggists. UTTLK imOlVSOF Tar, Fitch Turpentine anl Other Tar Heel I'rotliictM. Dallas Eagle: The wife of Mr. John L. Moore, who lives at Mr. Kobinson C rouse's just across the borders in Lincoln count', last Sun day a week, gave birth to triplets, ali of which at this writing are still living. ' A Greensboro correspondent wri ting to the Charlotte Chronicle about a recpnt society reception, says "the supper was simply a dream." We i, we suppose from what he says there was nothing real about it. Bryson City Herald: Mr. W.K. McDean gives us an interesting piece of news. Mrs. Miles Gregory, of Democrat, Buncombe county, last week gave birth to four children, three of them living, and the tnree weighing twenty-one pounds. All are doing well. Tarooro Item: News was re ceived here tnis morning that a young nun living in this county was killed by a mule yesterday. It is said that he became entangled in the plow traces in some way aud the ui'ile ran away and killed him after draging him some distance. Elizabeth City Carolinian : There will not be over half the area plan ted in cotton in this locality there was last year; but that of other crops are being increased. Gen eral Manager King, of the Norfork Southern Kailroad, has issued or ders to the effect that any of the employes of the road found visiting bar rooms will be discharged. Wilmington Messenger : There was a basket containing twenty-five policemen's clubs at the Mayot's office yesterday ; t wenty four of which are for the Chief of Police with the compliments of Messrs. Fore & Foster, the makers. Those for the force were ordered because those obtained from the North haw been liable to break ; that for the chief would net be considered a very deadly weapon. Morgan ton Herald: Mr. N. 1. Beck, formerly Mayor of Morganton, who now lives on his farm on Hunt ing creek about two miles east of town, attended services at the Mor gan ton Methodist church last Sun day leaving his maiden sister, Miss Mary E. Beck, at his house. When Mr. Beck returned home with his family about one o'clock he found his sister sitting on the floor, her elbow resting on a chair, dead. King's Mountain News : Carroll, the young man who imagined him self "conjured," is said to be better mentally and the doctors have hope of saving h:s life. Capt. P. S. Baker has thirty-five acres of wheat on his Mountain View furni near town that is four feet high and over h.-aded. It will make twenty-five bushels to the acre. It 13 of the variety known as Fultzcaster, a cross between the Fultz and the Lancaster. Goldsboro Argus: The news comes to us that a large bear was killed in Greene county, near Ilook erton, Monday, bv a party of hunt ers The successful shot thaf brought bruin to the end of his earthly ravages was fired by Mr. John Patrick, who, it was said, was in 6itch close quarters to the vora cious and infuriated varmint, that after giving the death shot he literal ly "threw down the gun and run" but he got the bear. Rutherford Banner: An Irish man giving his name as McKoy has been lounging around town for more than a week, until in a drunken spree he got himslf into trouble. A warrant was issued for his arrest last week for breaking into a dwell ing house just after dark and in the absence of the only occupant. Deputy Lee Hampton attempted to arrest McKoy when the latter re sisted, which resulted in McKoy being shot in the arm. Hampton was unhurt, though oue shot was fired at him. McKoy escaped, but was afterwards arrested by Sheriff Long and Hampton and is now in jail at this place. Oxford Ledger: There lives on the plantation of Mr. George Kitt rell, in Vance, au old issue free negro that has reached the age 105 years, and will hunt rabbits with as much zeal as he did thirty years ago. List Thursday a difficulty occurred at Lyonville, on the Ox ford & Clarksville Railroad, between Ephraim Mangum and Nick Goss, in which the former was severely cut about the face and neck by a pocket knife in the hands of Goss, and the latter drew his pistol firing two shots, one taking effect in the wrist of Goss aud the other 5all entering his abdomen and passing through his liver lodging near tho backbone. Oxford Ledger: We regret to stat- that Mr. Dave N. Hunt, while attempting Monday morning to ride a high bycicle in the Farmers' Alli ance warehouse was thrown to the floor in a violent manner breaking one of his collar bones. Our community was shocked on Thurs day morning by the sudden death of Mr. II. C. Turner, a worthy mechanic who was employed by Mr. J. A. Hall in his harness shop. He was a native of Harnett county and had readied his 41th year. Mr. L. G. 0"Brien is recognized a3 one of our most progressive young farm ers, and is a hard worker. We learn that last year with one boy, 15 or 16 years old, and himself cultivated 3G,000 hills of tobacco which sold for within a fraction of $1,200, be sides making enough wheat and corn to run him until the next crop comes in, Crops in Eastern Carolina con tinue to be promising. Those- that have matured have been remunera ting, and the faces of our farmers are bright and smiling. Lenoir Topic: Colbert Blair, aged 90 years, died in Watauga Sun day week. The Russian Jew colo nization purchase of 80,000 acres in our county is a big thing and grows up on us as we contemplate it. At least a hundred loa ls of fine hard wood lumber are brought in every week by our enterprising saw mill men, for use at the furniture factory. Raleigh News and ObserTtr : Mr. William Simpson, Secretary, informs ns that the State Board of Phar macy aud the North Carolina Phar macutical Association will meet at Morebead City July 8th and 9th instead of the 1st and 2nd as hereto fore announced. Applicants for license will take note accordingly. Asheville Citizen: Offie- J. M. Smith, of Spartanburg, this morn ing took Millie Mclntyre, colored, to that place. Millie had been ar rested here by De'ective Deaver and Policeman Palmer, on a telegram from - Spartanburg charging her with stealing a sum of money. The officers had found $50 secreted on her persou. Durham Sun : We now and then hear of aud read of North Carolin ians who have in past years emigra ted to other States, especially to the West, returning to their old mother State to share in her new prosperity. No doubt many do so, and if those who have gone from her to other sections should all return, North Carolina, in that case, would have the largest population of any State in the Union. Whilst it is idle to indulge any such hope, yet we know that many have already returned and that hundreds more will do so. Koine Moderate Saj tuK. Honesty is the best policy, unless you can get about $190,000 and effect a settlement of fifty per cent. Honor your father aud mother particular about circus tents when you don't know where to raise fifty cents. Never run in debt when you can avoid it. It is better to go stubbing around in a broadclotn coat than to be in debt for a suit of Scotch mixed. Love thy ueighbor as thyself. Borrow his plow, hoe or horses whenever you cau, but if he wants to borrow yours tell him that you are sorry, but you were just going to use them yourself. Re guarded in your conversation. There are times when you may freely express your opinion on a political candidate, but you had better wait until his friends are over in the next county vLiting. Respect old age. If you have a maiden aunt thirty-three years ola and she is passing herself off for a girl of twenty-two there is no ex cuse for ou to expose her. The more you respect her age and keep still about it, the more she will re spect you. Never marry for wealth, but re member that it is just as easy to love a girl who has a brick house with a mansard roof and a silver plated door bell, as one who has an auburn head and an amiabla disposi tion. Remember that appearances are ofteu deceiving. Many a pale thin young lady will eat more corn beef than a blacksu.ith. Because you find her playing the piano in the I arlor it is no sign that her mother is not at the corner grocery running in debt for a peck of potatoes. Retain your temper especially if a policeman is in sight. Fits of anger hasten death. If a man should get highly indignant, it would cut your life short bv several days if it was in Texas, and if there was a vigilance committee, it might cut it short altogether. Remember the poor. If you know of a family who are out of pro visions and fuel, keep tnem in your thoughts until you meet Smith or Brown, and theu tell them they had bettei make a donation. If they hold off, tell them that "He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord." It is very easy to remember the poor. I can remember cases years ago. Chips and Whetstone from No. 1. We had a good rain on Monday. Farmers are sowing peas. Miss Jeanette Ileglar, who has been visiting friends in No. 10, is at home again. Miss Annie Shinn is visitin? her sister, Mrs. P. F. Stallings. Mr. win ileglar caught a fish that weighed 101 pounds. Will caught one a good deal larger than this, but it was down on the Waterree river, S. C. The communioD service at Rocky Ridge last Sunday evening was well attended. The pastor, Rev. T. W. S nith, was assisted by Rev. Satter field. M. T. What's the use of feeling languid, Mopy, dull and blue? Cleanse the blood and give it vigor: Make the old man new. How? I'll tell you. To the drug store Go this very day Buy a medicine to banigh All your ills away-.- And that medicine is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the very best blood-purifier on earth. It builds up and strengthens the system because it cleanses the blood, and that's what the system must have to be strong and healthy. There's nothing that equals it. Absolutely sold on trial! Your money back, if it doesn't benefit or cure you. SEWS IX CESERAL. Harrison now has a great reputa tion as an "all around" orator. He can talk all around a subject with out couching it. If the Vesuvius cannot be made to fire dynamite accurately the Gov ernment might secure a few of Mr. Depew's flat cars. They seem to do the business with neatness and dis patch. One difficulty which besets the so-called People's party is the fact that the people didn't ask for it, don't recognize it, and won't sup port it. Globe Democrat. A duel took place yesterday near Liberty Hill, S. O, between P. H. Cheatham and John Whately, both prominent planters. Bad blood had existed between them, aud finaly a challenge was passed. Cousins are all right in a general sort of a way, but when it comes to will purposes and inheriting of cash and other valuables a New York court has recently decidld that only "first cousins" count. A Tennessee man has a dog that goes to church and joins in the cho rus, keping time. The reader is left to infer whether this is saying little for the Tennessee chorus or much for that Tennessee dog. The Maine Bible Society found in six counties, 982 families with out a Bible, and 10,413 non-church going families. We wonder if those families were also without Blaine and Harrison campaign thunder. A French phrenologist who has been studying up Boulanger's cra nium says he has the heaa of a first class criminal, and with reasonable inducement and opportunity might develop into a successful assassin. A Federal court in Missouri de cides that a trust company cannot proceed in law against a member who jumps an agreement not to go into business again, which means that trusts have no legal standing. A despatch from Galveston, Texas, says that the Galve3ton Athletic Association has determined to offer a $1 000 purse for a meeting be tween Jack Burke, of Houston, and Andy Bowen, the fight to take place within seven weeks. The noticeable decline in litigation in Virginia i3 said by some to be in dicative of an improved financial condition of the people of the State. Is it not rather indicative of the dread the people of the State have of the costs and uncertainties of law suits ? A few days ago some fishermen found a baby alive and well perched on some driftwood !riFting placull towards ti.e gulf, about twenty miles down the river. The child belonged to a family fourteen miles east of Ennis. It was restored to its parents. Dallas (Tex.) News. It was discovered yesterday that Jesse Pomeroy, "the boy fiend," con fined in the State prison at Charles town, Mass., had sawed the lock so that it could be easily removed from the door of his cell. A drill and saw were found in his cell. He was placed in a dungeon until the lock can be replaced. The marriage bureau in Berlin has done some good woak in the last decade. During that time it has received 19,959 applications for husbat ds and wives from all civi lized countries, while matters have been brought about for 4,399 women applicants and 5,417 men. Jim Corbett, the pugilist, is the most courteous and refined man in the knocking-out profession, and has the build, manners and style of a gentleman amateur. His hand3 are shapleiy, firm and white, and as little like slugging mauls as hey were the day he dropped his pen as a bank clerk and ceased to ask : "How will you take it?" A negro at Wheeling, West Vir ginia, had a despute with some Ital ians Saturday; when they made a raid on him he caught up a Win chester rifle, and backing against a stone wall, kept fully 200 Italians at bay from Saturday morning until the afternoon, when he was arrested. In the course of the affray he shot two of the Italians, inflicting fatal wounds. "In eight years from now," eays Gen. Thos. A. Osborn, of Chicago, "it will be possible for any one to board a vestibuled train at Chicago and ride clear through to Patagonia. The distance from this country to the extreme end south is about 4,000 miles, and the road, built on the bread American gauge plan, will cost from $9,000 to $12,000 per mile." The courts of Italy do not deal leuiently with the Mala Vita gangs by which the kingdom is infested. A short time ago 119 members of the society were arrested, and we learn by a dispatch from Rome that they have been tried at Bari, and that all but fourteen of them have been condemned to terms of imprisonment ranging from half a year to fifteen years. It is well for Rudini's peace of mind that this sweeping and peremptory condemna tion of Mala Vita prisoners did not rake place in New Orleans. It is announced by a member of ih. ways and means committee that an additional $2,000,000 is to e raised in Chicago by the Columbian exposition committe. A thorough canvass will be made among wealthy citizens who have not yet contribu ted. It is expected to increase the amount to f5,000,000 later on, eith er by a loan or contribution from the national government The ad ditional amount is found necessary to carry out the constantly growing plank of the management. SAIEJI FEMALE ACADEMY. Conimenrenient Exereises Now Going On The Mtisieal Concert. Special to The Staxdard J Salem, N. C, May 30, '91. Commencement week, of Salem Female Acadamy, was opened last night by a concert under the direc tion of Miss Katherine W. Evans. The music department, under the charge of Prof. George Markgroff and Miss Evans, assisted bv a corps of eight teachers, has made rapid strides forward during the past year ; and the other special depart ments have also kept well to the front: These are painting, em broidery, telegraph, phonography, bookkeeping, and the departments added this year, sewing and. cooking. It is expected that a larger num ber of visitors than ever before will be present at this commencement, in fact they are already coming in large numbers. The town improvements . have been numerous eince last commence ment. Most noticeable of all is the system of electric railway and lighting which is proving 60 success ful here. One mile of it passes over Main strcet,paved with Belgian blocks; another branch takes the visitor to West End, where the West End Hotel and Land Company are making great improvements and have even commenced the erection of the Hotel "Senzendorf," to cost $100,000. On the other end of the line below Salem the Winston-Salem Land and Improvement Company have laid off a great number of streets and a magnificent boulevard. The sale of lots has just commenced, and they are largely taken up. The concert last night was ren dered to a house thonged with residents and visitors from all parts of the country. The programme, consisting of vocal, instrumental, guitar and violin selections, was eminently a success ; the young ladies perform ing their parts carefully and with great expression, reflecting credit on themselves and on Miss Evans, the director Just before the close of the en tertainment Bishop Rondihaler, in the name of pupils, presented Miss Evans with a token of their regard in the form of a handsome set of books, a musical dictionary. Copal Grove Items. Fine seasons prevail. The farmers had been scratching their heads and thinking their cotton was not going to come up, but since the warm nights and showers, cotton is up all the same and much of it must be chopped out. Mrs. M. Ritchie has been dining on new potatoes. Mr. D. II. Ridenhour has a few tobacco stalks, three vears old, pro ducing tobacco, and at this time they have on them tobacco sprouts twelve inches long. There will be a postoffice at Stanly City, in this county, soon. Stanly City is five miles above New London and four miles below Gold Hill, on the Yadkin railroad. Two stores are now np, lots are being sold, and a village is to start there. The new M. E. church at Wesley chapel, near Stanly City, is building. The frame is now up. It is 35x50 feet, and is under the supervision of Messrs. R. A. and D. A. Rogers, as sisted some by J. G. Ritchie. The new church is much needed, as the old church is in bad repair. We were at the Great Narrows last week, got some fish and returned Saturday, but left none for any one else. Tney are catching but few fish this season, as the main run of fish is through. It passed during the high waters in early spring. K. The Kobinson Case Deflated. Birmingham, Ala., May 27. The ease of the Rev. D. B. Robinson, of Knoxville, has been finally decided by the Presbyterian Assembly in standing by the action of the judi cial committee in doing nothing fur ther in the matter. The case was up before three different assemblies, and last year Robinson was restored to the communion of the church, from which he had been excluded on ac count of his alleged eccentric teach ing ard opinions. Overtures from the Mecklenburg Presbyterians claimed that the action of the last Assembly in restoring Robinson was unconstitutional, and asked for a re opening of the case; but this was declined. Hawkers and Peddlers. What ear-splitting cries we hear daily in the streets of every large city! But these itinerant dealers who hawk their wares about are, when under proper restrictions, a useful portion of the community, and not such nui sances as the catarrh hawkers. This is a stubborn disease to conquer, but Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy does it. It i3 mild, soothing and antiseptic, unlike snuffs that irritate, or solu tions that burn. It corrects offensive breath, and restores taste, smell and hearing. Nasal catarrh often ends in consumption. Apply the only cure in time. Price 50 cents, by all druggists. The organs are advising its op ponents to "wait and give the McKin ley bill a chance," This is tanta mount to saying don't draw until the road-agent covers you and or ders you to throw up your hands. Rev. E. R. Cars well, a Baptist preacher of Atlanta, ua., has be-.n guring on that interesting topic, the end of the world, and finds the collapse will come in 1S91. And the Georgia watermelon man pays no heed. TOWN AND COUNTY. "There's a Chiel Amang ye Taki n Notes andFaiTH He'll Prent Them." Nome Enterprise. There is a man living at a point on the Yadkin railroad who fre quently goes to Salisbury. He has his trunk checked. That trunk goes empty and comes back filled with merchandise. He dodges freight or express charges. He sells out his goods and goes for another supply. His trips average weekly. -m Slid Affliction. Marcus Palmer, a promising young man of Copal Grove, Stanly county, is in a serious condition. For eigh teen months he has been unable to do anything, being so weak, yet he is fleshy, his muscles solid, aud he has a good appetite. He had typhoid fever, and since then he has been in the present condition. His father thinks that he is improving. Au Infant Water-Spoui. A few days since what they call a "water-spout occurred in No. 1, near Elam Caldwell's. It covered territory one mile square. Ed. Har ris said, " In twenty minutes the creek near my house rose as high as ever known." Its risine was simply at once. We hardly think it was a water-spout, as it did not act that way, but it was a powerful rain. A Pitiful Sight. Wednesday night there sat m front of the St. Cloud Hotel a young man and he made a sad picture. The night was very cold ; he had no coat and he was barefooted; what few clothes he wore were in bad shape. There lay upon his lap a piece of cheese and some crackers. The man either could not or would not talk. His name is not known, and he car ried a purse and twenty cents. Par ties obtained shelter for him, but he is gone now, no one knows where. m- Got the Boy. Rolin Martin, a colored boy of eighteen summers and nineteen win ters, came from Spartanburg, b. C, to Concord and hired to Mr. R. A. Brown. A detective was o'i his trail. So the detective from Spartanburg arrived and got his man and is gone. The truth of the matter U the boy left his daddy, and his daddy be lieving he had been stealing, pressed this charge, and by this means gets Master Rolin back to the land of his birth. Chastised Him. Joe Jackson, a white man of High Point, and who has been mistreating his wife in a fearful manner brutish and outrageous treatment was carried out to the suburbs of the town and slightly suspended be tween heaven and earth. " Will you leave the country foreveror will you hang? Take your choice." Joe Jack son is fled the country. The court should have attended to this and not private citizens. Joe Jackson now is inflicted upon other communities. Where There's a Will There's a Way. The Standard man was out of town on business. While gone, two of our force, for reasons satisfactory to themselves, concluded not to stick type. But what we want to say is this : " Where there is a will, there is a way." Our foreman, Mr. P. C. Page, than whom there is no superior printer, and our "devil," Master Alec Boyd, a trump, got out the paper on time and top-side-up-with-care. Having received a prin ter "on telegram " Wednesday night, everything is serene and lovely. The w Building. Mr. T. Chapman, one of our en regetic brickmakers and contractors, kindly showed us the drawings of the new building to be erected on the grounds of the Scotia Seminary property. The building is a four story one, 75x80 feet in the clear. From the drawings the reporter is lead to believe that it will be very handsome. Mr. Chapman has now 200,000 brick made and ground is broken for the foundation. When this building is completed, Scotia will be second to no school property in the State. Was It the First? A representative of the Standard had the pleasure of spending a few hours in the neighborhood of Pio neer Mills some days ago, and from one of the intelligent elderly resi dents of the place we heard some most interesting items connected with the early history of this settle ment. The name, it seems, originated in the fact that here was located the pioneer steam engine of Western North Carolina, if not of the State, The engine was used for mining gold, and was brought from the North and put up in November, 1829. People came from distances of thirty and forty miles to see the wonderful machine. Among those who came was a young man, Daniel Reap, who is now one of the oldest and most substantial citizens of Big Lick, Stanly county. He came, not so much to see the engine, as to buy wagon irons and paint at the store there. These articlee could not be found at Albemarle, his nearest town, but were furnished ' by Fulger & Gillson, the proprietors of the store. This wa8 in January, ldO, and the mine was being worked then, but we did not learn whether the merchants operated it or not. At that time this was supposed to be the only steam engine in North Carolina. Can some one posted on the early milling history of our State give us auy information on tne suDjec r Send us your job printing. THIS IS WHAT IS SAID OI Vh After Spending the Winter in Concord Comments by the Char, lotte Chronicle. Steele Mackaye, the well known playwright, has spent the winter in the South, aud is now at Welker's on his way North. He is delighted with his trip, and speaks highly of the Southern people among whom he has been associated. "They are cultured and hospitable," he said, "with au appreciation of all that is fine in art and of the best in litera ture. It is wonderful how well read they are and how they keep up with that is being written in this country and abroad. Alas, that this will not always be. The time will come it is coming now when Mammon will grind the souls of those delightful men and women between its upper and nether mill stones, an.l twist and deform and squeeze them out of all shape and substance." This is greatly to be feared. The mill of material development, the South is now passing through with much noise is more dangerous to its intellectual and'spiritual growth, than was the civil war. The Southerner in seeing the wonderful material wealth which surrounds him, is in more danger of deserting his high manhood aud better nature than when the army of Sherman stood at his door. In the South as it was, there were not to be found no more interesting, delightful and cultured people. In the South as it promises to be, a money value is to be placed upon everything. Honor, hospitality, chivalry and culture will be of very inferior quality then. In Spiteof the Rain. The closing concert of White Hall school took place on Wednesday night, and the programme was car ried out as arranged, a good audience being present notwithstanding the unpleasant weather. Rev. J, Bnce Cochran, of Mallard Creek, succeeded in reaching the school, and delivered a most enter taining address. The temperance service.which was to have been held on Tuesday night, was successfully rendered also, and thus closed the term which has been attended with peculiar difficulties, disappointments and successes. Died, At the Davis School, Winston, N. C, May 14th, 1891, Nathaniel C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milas W. John ston, iu the nineteenth year of his age. Within a few weeks of the close of his second term, having made good progress in ni3 studies, won the esteem and confidence of his teachers, and made a host of warm friends among his fellow students, Nat wus called away after a very short and severe illness. We have reason to hope he was ready. A child of the covenant, h" received careful training in religion, and at an early age made a public profession or faith, joining the First Presbyterian church of Concord, N. C. living in full fellowship and dying with the graces and hopes of a Christian. Of a warm, generous and kindly dispo sition, he was a favorite with friend3 and acquaintances, and especially appreciated in his home, now so desolated. The body was brought to Concord, where the funeral was conducted from the family residence. A very large assemblage evinced the appre ciation entertained for the young man and the deep sympathy felt for the greatly afflicted family. God help them to say, "Thy will be done." Pastor. W. C. Correll is kept tolerably busy in preparing wood cuts for im pressions on bags manufactured by the Kerr bag factory; He is making one now which reads " St. Elmo," with a stump for the period. VUliVALliNCi; Oi" H.i.-IiK.ll.TIl. 'll!-hi:allh is a very i:iatti-r-oI-fat-L affair it is no uncertain aixi n.liciii:i! icul coiidilii.u. Tiiu in t. s ity, i.l tin ., tor nititlicul treatment i.; u. cv;k-nt aii! pressing a any other ih-i-i K.-ity, ami it is fvr this reason th;.i v. e woui l earnestly eantioii our readers ;:;;:iiii.-t the use of any hut tl e ini.,t i;jrovcd remedies. Irrepnralile injury is often done hy I'laeini; eontidi nee in tnedi cine3 wiiieh, althoit;li new an. I reten tions, are ofiell Wort ill :..s. It is tho alnio.-t inevitable failure f ll.e.-.: ee::; 1'oumls that throws diseivd t e.ioa jihai--macy and medieal jieienee in j;i nernl. I'hvsieians are now f the opinion man v diseases are the lesni. el a i condition of tho hlood, eriar li.'i inheritance or eontiee n, i.nd Hi: only rational ami efu , t;e uay oi in these complaints i - to prodi: radical eh;in;,e in the :;al : ..'id. prevalence, for exainpl-, s.-ro... the most proliiie ca.ie oj -o:ikiiii: A specific -that expels the hen ' I II i: ;i T..(! ..( '.i i!. it;!!-y taint of ;irof.da frc.1.1 the ! '. .d is, therefore, a preventive of coiiM-mpte '. That Ayer's .S;:rsapari;ia has r. p. -sued-ly p roved itself such a spec;...- i-- :i well-known f:ict that caami! he ; : cjueii?';.' :i:id t:r; ently pro. h'iim d. A di.f in; uished phy: ieian ha-. 7" teiilly recorded his hciief, f. ma d on toe most satisfactory and r I.. : ie evidence, tiud "the faithful i;.-e of Ayer's S .i-cparilhi will t!mrou..:!y eradicate s. rofe'.a." He farther asserts : "I have used it as an a!ter;tiv! :.nd lilood-pii: ilicr, and must say fl at I honestly heiieve it to he the best idoc-d-medicine ever compounded." This tes timony, which has been re-aflirmcd by hundreds of others, should hi; sufiicient to induce all who are of scrofulous habit to resort, without delay, to the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Another malady very prevalent in tho United States is catarrh. This is also a blood disease, ami one of the most stub born with which physicians have to con tend. We have been repeatedly as sured, however, that the jersistent use of Ayer's'Sarsaparilla effectually ex pels from the system this most dis gusting and dangerous complaint. In a word, the way to health is through thepunfieation of the blood which nourishes the whole system. Try Ayer'a Sarsaparilla.