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S.and uj, ye teachers, now and spell,
Spell plenakistoeope and knell,
Or take some nlmple word a chilly,
Or gtutfer, or the garden My.
To pell such words as syllogism,
And lachrymose and synchronism,
Ami Pentateuch and saccharine,
Apm hrypha and celandine,
Lactiferous and cecity,
.Jtjune imd honuvpathy,
Paralysis and chloroform,
Rhinoceros and pachyderm,
Metempsychosis, gherkins, basque,
Is certainly no easy task.
kaleidoscope and Tennessee,
Ksinschatka and dispensary,
iphihong and erysipelas.
And etiquette and sassafras,
Infallible and ptyalisin,
Allopathy and rheumatism,
And cfltalysm and beleaguer,
Twelfth,eii;hteenth,rende7.vous.intriguer,
And hosts of other words are found
On English and on classic ground.
Thus lJehring's strait and Michaelmas,
1 hermopyhv, Cordilleras,
Suite, hemorrhage, jalap, Havana,
I'inquefoil, and ipecacuanha,
And Uappahannock and Shenandoah,
And Schuylkill, and a thousand more,
Are words that some good speller miss
In dictionary lands like this.
Nor need one think himself a scroyle
If soma tf these his efforts foil.
Texas Sittings.
HOME, SWI I.T HOME."
Am OrraaiMM M he John llward
Pay it Snuk ! Nuat l'Blr ('u
pulntwa.
I was ouce uccjuainted with a
Swede who had been adopted by the
Osage Indiana. He was a friend of
John lioss, the c lebrated chief of
the Cherokees, and gave his name in
the Cherokee language it was writ
ten J. Q. & J. Q , pronounced Koh
weh a-hoh-weh, and means swamp
sparrow. His brother, Lewis Koss,
was named Te-tah-te, which means
tpoou. My iuformant was himself
called by the Cherokees Te-kaw-wha-Iess-ky,
which signifies "The
man who writes orders for flour."
John Howard Payne, the author
of "Home Sweet Home," was a
warm, personal friend of John Koes.
At the time the Cherokees were
removed from their old homes in
Georgia to their present home west
of the Mississippi River, Payne was
spending a few weeks in Georgia
with Koss, who was occupying a
miserable cabin, haying been forci
bly ejected from his former home.
A number of prominent Cherokees
were in prison, and that portion of
Georgia in which the tribe was loca
ted was scoured by armed squads of
the Georgia malitia, who had orders
to arrest all who refused to leave
tha country.
While Ross and Payne were seated
before the tire in the hut the door
was suddenly burst open and six or
eight militia men sprang into the
room, Uoss' wife was seated on a
trunk containing many valuable
papers and a small amount of money,
aud at the unexpected intrusion she
Bprang up and screamed wildly
lioas spoke to her in the Cherokee
language, telling her to be seated, as
she would save tha contents of the
trunk. She sat down again and
tho intruders told Koss that he and
Payne were under arrest and must
prepare to accompany the squad to
Milledgeville, where they were to be
imprisoned. The soldiers lost no
time in taking their prisoners away.
Ko s wca permitted to ride his own
horse, while Payne was mounted on
one led by a soldier. As the little
party left the hovel, rain began fall
ing and continued until every man
was drenched thoroughly. Towards
midnight, Payne's escort, in order
to keep himself awake, began hum
ming "Home, home, sweet, sweet
home," when Payne remarked :
"Little did I expect to hear that
song uuder such circumstances and
at such a time. Do you know the
author ?"
"No," said the soldier, "do you ?"
"Yes," answered Payne, "I com
posed it."
"The devil you did ! You cau tell
that to some other fellow but not to
me Lock here, yon made that song,
you say ; if you did and I know
you didn't you can say it all with
out 'stopping. It has something
about pleasures and palaces. Now
pitch in, and reel it off, and if you
can't I'll bounce you from your
horse and lead you instead of it."
Tie threat was answered by
Payne, who repeated the song in a
slow, subdued tone, and then sang
it, making the old woods ring with
the tender melody and pathos of the
words. It touched the heart of the
rough soldier, who was not only cap
tivated but convinced, and who said
the composer of such a song should
never go to prison if he could help
it. And when the party reached
Milledgeville they were, after a pre
liminary examination, discharged,
much to their surprise. Payne in
sisted that it was because the leader
of the squad had been under the
n.agnetic influence of Koss' con
versation, and Koss insisted that
thev had been saved from insult and
i m nrison men t by the power of
"Home, Sweet Home," sung as only
those who can feel can sing it
The frieudship existed between
Koss and Payne until the grave
closed over the mortal remains of
the latter.
Iter Cblc.
They tell a story of Mrs. Tones of
Ciiicago who visited Rome and
while there was shown some of the
great marble masterpieces of the
world, atnoug others, the Apollo
Jielvidere. They pointed u out to
her as being the most perfect form
of man that had ever been con
ceived by the brain of au artist,
and the old womaa wauea an
around it, looked at it from every
point of view, and she Bays:
"That's the Appollo Belvidtre, is
it?"
"Yes."
"Well, give me Jones." From a
speech by Hob Ingersoll.
VOL. IV. NO. 24.
A PAl'PKR IS M PALACE.
A Magnificent Caatle Left With a
Ntrlng- tw K.
Not every typewriter drawing a
salary of "$10 per week can step
into a palace of his own with 350
rooms ; and not every one would
want to make the step under the
strict conditions that bind Barnard
Wittmer,of New York, in doing it.
He was ut-til recently employed in
the office of J. F. Lovejoy & Co.,
No. 101 Chambers Street, New
York, and got leave of absence to go
to Bremen, just outside of which
his father had died and left to him,
as the only son, his beantiful castle
now valued at $2,000,000.
Bernard," Jr., was born in the
South, where his father was until
about the time of the rebellion a
most fortunate cotton planter. Re
turning to the Fatherland he failed
to take with him the Southern
woman who should have been Mrs.
Wittiuer, or to take little Bernard
hlong. Marrying in Germany, the
elder Wittmer was left a childless
widower, sent for his American son,
Bernard, legitimized and made him
his heir, aggrieved to find that Ber
nard could spread abroad $5,000
like wildfire, tied up the estate by
will, so that Bernard can only live
iu the palace with a bare pittance
for Btipport until Bernard's eldest
son shall reach majority, and pro
vided that the entire estate, which
will then be at least $20 000,000,
shall go to Bernard's children.
Besides all these environments,
young Mittmer, who has a wife and
children, must serve two years in
the German army.
The Darfcani Fertiliser CmMtMjr.
The above company has recently
been put in a rather unenviable
light before the public The Pro
gressive Farmer has taken the pains
to ascertaia the facts in the case,
and, in the spirit of fair play to all
concerned, it lays the facts before
its rea lers.
Some time ago two carloads of
fertilizer were shipped from Dur
ham to Mebane. Upon opening
and unloading those cars it was
found that the bags nearest the
doors of the cars had tags upon
them. While those bags most re
mote from the doors were without
tags.
Sometime after the shipment re
ferred to above, complaint came to
the Agricultural Department at
Raleigh that an analysis of the
goods of the Durham Fertilizer Co.
showed those goods to be considera
bly below the ettnd&rd of value
prescribed by law. The Com
missioner of Agiculture sent at
once and got samples of the goods
said to be below the sta idard, and
had them officially analyzed. The
official analysis showed the goods
to be $2.43 below the lawful stand
ard. The Commissioner has re
qnired the company to make up the
shortage in value in these goods.
We have no desire to be unfair in
this matter to auy of the parties
concerned. We make only a simple
statement of facts ?s they have
been presented to ns. The Pro
gressive Farmer is open to the com
pany to make any statements to the
public that it may think important.
We also invite the public to use our
columns to mike any disclosures of
additional facts that the people may
be interested in knowing. Pro
gressive Farmer.
The l'urera Only Ilepe.
"In St. Louis." said the drummer.
"is a firm to whom I sell goods once
in a great while. The senior part,
ner is a regular shark. Not long
a?o he loaned some money to a
n 0
church society for the purchase of a
new organ. W nen payment or. tne
loan was made he charged the so
ciety 9 per cent. This was ref nsed,
and the principal was not paid.
Finally one of the deacons of the
church was sent to talk with the
usurer.
"'You have acted very badly
said the pillar of the church.
"'How's that?'
" 'Six per cent, was enough inter
est.' " 'Nine is fair.'
" 'When the Lord looks down on
that y he will put a long black mark
against your name.'
"This staggered the old fellow
for a moment, but suddenly re
covering, he replied, 'When the
Loid looks down on that 9 he will
think it's a 6.' "Chicago Herald,
i i
The Geod Old Times.
"Then times were good,
Merchants cared not a rush
For any other fare,
Than Johnny cake and mush."
But now times have changed, and
the plain and simple fare of the fore
fathers is done away with. Patent
flour, and high seasoned food, and
strong drinks, have taken its place,
and, as a result, dyspepsia, impure
blood, and diseases of the stomach,
liver and lungs are numerous. This
great change has led one of the most
skilful physicans of the ngeto study
out a remedy for these modern di
seases, which he has named his
"Golden Medical Discovery." Dr.
Pierce in this remedy has found a
cure for dyspepsia, bronchitis, asth
ma, consumption, in iti early stages,
and " liver complaints."
Kllraln Defeated Again.
Slaven and Kilrain met at Hobo
ken, N. J., Tuesday night in the
rooms of the Granite Club. The
understanding . was that the m n
were to box ten rounds, Marquis of
Queensberry rules, for a $10,000
purse, put up by the Granite Asso
ciation, and that, of this sum, the
winner was to get $7,500 and the
loser $2,500. Slavin won the match
in the ninth ronnd.
CREAM T AND JfCY
l
Items that the Old Han Picked up all
A boat and Mantled Ont.
Not to enjoy life, but toemploy
life ought to be our aim. I
Not a single infectious disease is
known in Greenland. w
Kansas farmers planted 2,000,000
acres more of wheat last Fall than
the year before. ;
Beware of the man who says he
"doe8 not owe a dollar on earth."
Perhaps the people compel nim to
pay cash. ' ,
There are nearly fourteen hundred
sub-Alliances in Virginia and the
number is steadily increasing.
'he less a man knows thV-tnore
he finds iault with ether people.
Chicago boasts of 1483 hotels,
with a total capacity of 158,500
gues's. ' . '
Man has only one life on this
earth, and there are grave reasons
to suspect that one is too many.
Love is free but it takes money to
go to housekeeping.
Ihe surest way to become poor in
earnest is to try to keep all you get i
Light through the new Lick tele
scope is nearly 2,000 times as bright
as that seen by the naked eye.
There are nearly 0,000 pieces in a
modern locomotive, and it's no
small job to put them together.
It has been calculated that a bee
must suck 218,750 flowers for every
ounce of honey gathered.
Nobody wants too keep a runa
way horse, but a good many keep
run-a-way tempers, and think noth
ing of it
A dove that had leached the age
of thirty-two years died at Green
castle, Penn., last week.
The Raees t the Faarth sf July.
The people of Raleigh and the
people of the State generally will
have been fully informed by posters
and the press that the Fourth of
July will be celebrated here 'by the
finest races ever held on the Raleigh
track. These races are gotten up by
gentlemen interested in the turf, not
so much by devotion to fast racing
as from a spirit and purpose to im
prove the breed of horses so as to
prove that the stock in North Caro
lina is inferior in speed and endur
ance to that of no other State. This
has had proof already in the perfor
mance of Mr. Batchelor's horse
"Pamlico," and the fine stock of
Capt B. P. Williamson and other
gentlemen here and elsewhere in the
State give promise that " Pamlico"
will not wear his laurels with in
contested rivalry.
Entries will "be made from Wil
mington, Winston, Tarboro, Oxford
and perhaps other places, and in
such numbers and of such excellence
as to give promise of a day of un
usual animation and excitement;
for owing to the number of horses
the races will succeed each other
with as little delay as possible. They
will be conducted also on a high
principle, so that fairness will rule,
exact determination of qualities
reached, and spectators spared the
humiliating tricks of the profes
sional jockey The race is to be a
renewal of racing in its best days in
North Carolina, the object beisg the
same, to present an occasion of ani
mating sport, with the ultimate ob
ject of proving what perfection can
be obtained in the aim to improve
the breed of the horse, the noblest
and most useful of all animals.
Nome Valuable T-KK".
"There are only four eggs of the
great auk now in this country," says
an ooloeist. "and they are valued at
$500 each. It seems odd to think of
a bird becoming extinct, but no one
has seen a Labrador duck, either,
since 1856. There are but five
mounted specimens in existence, and
none of the eggs are in existence.
Kit Hand's warbler is another bird
that is rare. Until recently but
sevn had ever been captured, and
all these were found in a region near
Cleveland. Ohio, less than a mile
square. Specimens were worth $100
apiece. But a little while ago a
naturalist who chanced to visit the
Bahama Islands came upon a colony
of the birds, and knowing what a
mine he had struck, shot about fifty
and brought them to tnie country.
When he began to unload, the story
came out and the market sagged, so
that now you can get a Kirtland for
$5 or $6. The Connecticut warbler
is another bird of interest to oolo
cists, because no one has yet seen
its eggs.' It passes up the Mississippi
river in the early soring and proba
bly mateR far in the interior Of Brit
ish North America, and goes soutn
in the fall by way of the Atlantic
seaboard. If anyone can find the
nest of this little fellow with four
eggs in it,- it will be $200 in his
pocket." New York Tribune.
Our Ueologist a Nouth Carolinian.
The Wilmington Messenger says:
While Prof. Holmes is South Caro
linian by nativity, he is North Caro
linian by adoption; and then ne got
his "better half" inWilmingion,
and that surely makes him morn
North Carolinian than South Caro
linian. At any rate, he is a "Caro
linian," as the people Sonth of ns
like to designate themselves, and
that answers well for both States.
We are ourselves so very proud of
our own native State that to our ear
there is a peculiar harmony in the
words a North Carolinian. But
when we hear a speaker "refer to
Noth Ca-li-na, we feel like joining
a small mob.
The B. A D. to Make Home Chances.
It is learned that there are to be
some changes in the management of
the R. and D. railroad that affect
this section. Col. A. B. Andrews
will become first vice-president, the
duties of which office are dischareed
in New York city, but it is stated
that Col. Andrews will remain in
North Carolina.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE :25, 1891.
VERT INTERESTING ITEMS
From the Bart, PnblUhed at China
Urove, and Managed This Week
toy a Doctor.
The Dart has , been feasting on
peaches. "A man who keeps a
sheep-killing or Buck-egg dog, know
ing him to be such, is meaner than
the dog."- Rosie Wilhelm got her
arm broken by falling from a cherry
tree. Mr. John Spears was married-
to Miss Sal lie Pethel last Sun
day. John Correll has a hen that
won t lay. .lock bhuping cut a
white oak tree, the first cut of which
made 126 rails, which made fourteen
panels of fence nine rails high.
- Kewsy Letter from 9ft. Gilead.
Editor Standard:
' As you never have any news from
this distant corner, Mt Gilead, N. C.
will; give you a few items forthc
Standard, and if you have, not room
in your most worthy col am ns, yon
can- only consign them to the waste
basket .-- - .
Wheat crops are, good. While
writing I can hear the buzz of a
thresher. : " ; k , ,
", The Mt . Gilead mills are grinding
new wheat today, June 16th
Cotton is small. F. McAnley has
squares, f - .
. Ihe . corn cron so far. is looking
very good, though rather late.
Cherry tarta and blackberry Dies
have come and are greatly ' enjoyed
07 all. , . ... i. ; ; v
Messrs. . J. A. McAuley, J. N,
Overton and A. S. McRea all seem
to be doing a good business in the
mercantile line considering the tight
times, s !i. . ' m j i ' ..
Quite a crowd from Norwood was
over last Sunday, rather advertising
their little town. Our merchants
and others are not turning their
backs on the Carolina Central for
Norwood yet We think there will
be a road from Rockingham to Mt
Gilead at an early day ; at least that
is the talk now.
Quite a number of men from out
the hills gathered together, got them
a seine and three gallons of com
" licker " that had tight in it and off
they went to the river. They found
it a little tw full to fish, so each
and every man began to partake of
John Barleycorn freely, and soon
they began to fight, and reports sa
they fought all night. Mr. Sam
Mai hereon, a constable, came out
with a large gash cut across his
throat Dr. C. B. Ingram pro
nounced it not serious. It is said
that quite a lot of pants legs, shirt
sleeves, blood and hair was seen on
the battlefield next. day. One Mr.
Fesperman was arraigned before
Esq. McAuley, found guilty of the
cutting, and bound over to our next
court. Some others will, we are told,
go up for flourishing pistols during
the affray.
June 16, 1891. A.
Almost a Riot.
There came near being a riot at
the passenger depot this afternoon
about 3:10 o clock.
A large crowd of negroes had
gathered at the depot to see the de
parture of the excursion trairr for
Greenville.
Two negro men, drunk, became
boisterous, and a teh phone call was
sent np to police headquarters ask
ing for two omcers. Later a Becond
call was made. Officers Gndger and
Triplett went down first. When
they got there they found an enor
mous negress, Mary Miller by name,
wno resides on Water street, cursing
and raising a row generally. When
they arrested her she fougnt like a
tigress.- a number or. negro men
put their hands on their pistols, and
for a moment things looked some
what blue.
Just at this juncture, howeyer,
several employes of the railroad
company were summoned, and Mary
was bundled into a wagon. But
as Mary weighed 400 pounds, the
wagon broke down, and she had to
be transferred to another wagon.
The woman was brought up town,
screaming and cursing, and lodged
in the county jail.
The arrival of the reserve squad
of roundsmen put a stop to what
promised to be a serious riot Ashe
ville Citizen.
How m Beantttal Flower was Named.
An old legend tells of two lovers,
walking by the river Rhine. The
lady begged her suitor to pluck a
little paie-bine nower, growing on the
bank. In doing so, he fell into the
water, and was drowned; but while
sinking, he threw the flower to her,
and cried: "Forget me not!" Thous
ands of women will never forget
what Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription has done for them. It is
prepared specially to cure those
diseases from which they alone suffer,
and often in Bilence, rather than consult-
a physician as periodical pains,
weak back, prolapsus, and all uterine
troubles. Purely vegetable, and
guaranteed to give satisfaction in
every case, or money refunded.
Rollers Melted on the Press.
Maybe it wasn't hot in the News
office, yesterday afternoon. Some
idea of the degree of heat may be
obtained in an incident involving
the destruction of three rollers on
our CoUrell press. The rollers were
new, having been received from
Bingham Brothers & Co , of New
York, within ,the past week. When
about half our edition bad been
worked off, the rollers began to turn
into molasses. They were literally
melted by the. heat Fortunately,
we had an old set of rollers on hand,
with which to replace . the melted
rollers, and the press work was but
slightly delayed by the incident
Charlotte News.
Send ns yonr job printing.
LITTLE DROPS OF
Tar, Pilch Turpentine and Other Tar
ueei rroiincis.
Greensboro Workman ; The
Horticultural Society of North
Carolina will hold its Ninth Annual
Fair iu this city on the 4th and 5th
days of August -
Durham Sun: Crops along the
Lynchburg and Durham railroad
appear to be in good coudition, with
the exception of corn, which looks
somewhat backward.
. Goldsboro Headlight: We re
gret to learn that Mr. Joel Elmore,
of Newhope township, was so
severely kicked in the side by a mule
Saturday that little hope is enter
tained for his recovery.
Raleigh News and Observer:
The meeting of the North Carolina
Board of Pharmacy, which "was an
nounced to be held June 1st and
2nd at Morehead, will be held at
that place on July 8th and 9th in
stead of on the first dates mentioned.
Winston Sentinel : While at
Walnut Cove Saturday the reporter
learned from a gentlemanwho is
interested that the coal mines there
promise to turn out handsomely.
The campany now has several hands
at work and they are getting out
coal in large quantities. They ex
pect to commence shipping in a few
weeks.
Oxford Day: Rev. Dr. Black,
Superintendent of the . Orphan
Asylum, has returned home from
Granville court and brought with
him the orphan boy, Hudson, who
was so cruelly whipped by a farmer
named Carr. The little fellow had
Borne ugly bruises on his body. The
court fined Carr $500 and required
him to pay the boy $150 and the
Orphan Asylum $300.
Tarboro Southerner : W. J. Fos
ter, near Sparta, a Sunday or two
ago, with three puppies killed four
foxes. Ed Simmons reports that
there is not a section hand on the
W. & W. road from Wilmington to
Weldon ; all in the cotton fields,
where they can make more money
than they can on the road. As the
road pays $14 per mouth, the farm
ers must be paying somewhere in the
neighborhood" of a dollar a day.
Carthage Blade : Crop prospects
are far from the brightest. The
continued wet weather has caused
about one half of the early peaches
to rot, and has likewise seriously
damaged the grape crop. Mr. (5.
P. Jenkins showed us on yesterday
the oldest pocket knife we have ever
seen. On the blade the date, 17B0,
is distinctly stamped. It was found
about three weeks aro by Mr. Jen
kin's little daughter, on his lot,
which he says was used as a camp
ground a hundred years or more ago.
The knife is of the barlow pattern
and is badly worn. It was doubt
less used by some of the pioneer
settlers of Moore county.
Board of Agriculture.
The State Board of Agriculture
was in session at Raleigh Thursday.
All the old officers were elected, in
cluding all the force now employed
in the Department The usual ap
propriations were made forexpenses,
including the cost of the official
annalyses of fertilizers.
Mr. W. S. Primrose wa3 elected
President of the Board of Trustees;
Mr. T. K. Bruner, Secretary of the
Board of Agriculture, is ex-officio
Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
The Board ordered that dormito
ries be built for the students, and
made an appropriation for that pur
pose. The details were placed in
the hands of the executive com
mittee. It was decided to make im
provements in the building, and to
arrange to heat the apartments with
water.
An appropriation was made for
extensive improvements in the
mechanical department, which will
be thoroughly equipped, and the
executive committee was authorized
to choose, two assistant instructors
in that depertment
A Tall Texas Story.
For the benefit of any local liar,
if tnere be such, we reproduce the
following from an exchange :
A Texas cattleman tells of a calf
that was "sucked into the clouds,"
and in relating the Btory to the
local paper, assures the incredulous
editor that he is not drawing on his
imagination, but dealing with cold
facts. He declares he saw the re
markable occurrence, and it took
place during a high wind storm.
The unfortunate animal followed
an almost perpendicular course
and he kept his eye on it until it
disappeared into the clouds. He
waited for it to come down, but his
wait was in vain, and he has come
to the . conclusion that tne poor
animal never again reached terra
firma either dead or alive.
A Hundred Years to Come.
Wouldn't you like to live until the
year A. D. 2000, just to see the people
and the world generally ? Who
knows but you might, if you observe
the laws of health, and keep the
Stomach, Liver und Bowels in full
action. The best medicine known
for this is Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They are small, sugar
coated granules, but powerful to cur?
produce no nausea or griping ; easy
to take, and a sure cure for bil
iousness, constipation, headache and
diseases produced by an inactive liver.
A convenient vest-pocket remedy.
There is a mocking bird in Eaton
ten, Ga., that can talk and whiBtle
"Johnny, Get Your Hair UuL and,
in fret, any simple tune which any
one hums or whistle to it as an ex
ample.
TOWN A"5TD COUNTY.
"There's a Chiel Amancve Takin Notes
and Faith He'll Prent Then.
The AsNeNNina;.
Considerable land that was s.
sessed at five and eight dollars per
acre has been raised to eight and ten
dollars. We hear of but very little
that has been lowered. In fact there
is knowledge of no such decrease.
Would Not Admit It.
The anonvmous sheet baotised
J J X
Cl 1 "XT i
oLuniv xews, came to tne reaainsr
room of a religious organization, and
it was refused admission. That
organization did well.
A Sudden Death.
A telegram from Detroit, Mich.,
announces the very sudden death of
Mrs. liroom, the mother of Mrs. S.
J. Lewis, of the St Cloud Hotel.
The distance being so great, Mrs.
Lewis was unable to attend the
funeral.
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Transfer of Real Estate.
R. A. Brown has sold to John K.
Patterson between fitteen and twenty
acres of ground on Corban street
east of the Lutheran old cemetery
and opposite Andy Winecoff's. J.
W. Mehafley surveyed the land, and
our register has a good clover lot
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Fish and Not a Whale.
Col. Jim Long, and his little dog
following him, came up town on
Thursday. The colonel was hot but
sitting down he declared that "it
wasn t as not as Jonah was when the
fish swallowed him." Said the col
onel : " It was no whale but a fish
that swallowed Jonah "
The Water Melons.
This famous melon of Georgia
came, like a thief in the night, upon
this market I he dealers had to call
in the police to keep back the crowd.
George O Daniels, colored, who never
smiled in his life, was the very pic
ture of those you see devouring a
" million."
lie Is In It.
Mr. James Gardner, of Jefferson,
Chesterfield county, S. C, who
about two months ago claimed to
have been robbed between Kershaw
and the Brewer mine of $1,550,
whih he was caarrying to the mine
from Kershaw to pay oil hands, has
been arrested and lodged in jail at
Lancaster upon the charge of hav
ing stolen the money himself. ,
Another Club.
The younger of the colored males
in town have organized a club. They
have not yet elected their officers,
but will do so soon. They are nego
tiating for the room over Hender
son's beef market, which they pro
pose fitting up and furnishing in
nice style. This is commendable,
aud they propose to keep it orderly
and neat and subscribe to an abun
dance of literature.
Death Sentence Commuted.
The Raleigh News and Observer
says: uov. nolt yesterday commu
ted to a term of ten years in the
penitentiary Captain Slathis, con
victed of murder in Wilkes county
aud sentenced to be hanged. The
commutation was granted upon the
recommendation of the Judge, jury,
Solicitor and a number of citizens,
it appearing that the crime was only
technical murder.
Who Wouldn't Uean Editor?
Three vears affo M. Melchor. Esq..
and the Standard man were engaged
in surveying, with a committee from
Mecklenbur?. the line between the
counties of Cabarrus and Mecklen-
burr. Hnnsrrv. hot and tired we
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pulled up, ab ut one o clock, at Mr.
AI. S M. Sloop s, id JNo. townsnip.
That kind and hospitable lady, Mrs.
Sloon. fed us. Mr. Melchor and us.
and made us feel at home. So now
that eood lad v. rememberinsr our
appetite, sends ua a basket of the
largest and juiciest peaches of the
season. Mr. Meicnor is not in wis.
To this kind woman the Standard is
powerfully thankful.
Hurled From His Car.
He turns a somersault upon the
ground and is picked np unconscious
is the experience of a baggage-master
on the R. and D. Thursday as the
train was moving along at a forty
mile speed, on this side of Danville,
a baggage-master sat on a . chair
within two feet of the uoor. Ihe
car made a sudden lurch on a curve
and the baggage-master went head
long in a whirling condition out of
the car and upon the ground. He
was picked up alive but unconscious.
Passengers arriving in town report
that when last heard from the young
man was still alive.
The County Government Mule Runs
Away.
Wednesday evening when the gov
ernment mule, cart and driver came
up Depot street, near Dr. Lilly's the
mule became frightened at, some
think, a bicycle. This is hardly
true ; the mule is mean anyway. He
wheeled around and ran don the
street, bringing the cart wheel in
contact with the buggy of Mr.
McNinch, who with Frank Goodson
was driving up town. Mr. Goodson
jumped out, and Mr. McNinch was
hurled about ten feet into the air
and came down to the ground with a
heavy thud. It was thought that
Mr. McNinch was badly hurt, but
outside of a few bruises, &c, his in
juries are not serious.
Mr. J. A. Sims saved Mrs. P. B,
Fetzer and child from serious trouble
by getting their horse and buggy out
of the way of the crazy mule.
That mule has learned some bad
tricks, and the government ought to
trade him oif for an ox that won't
become spoiled by its driver.
WHOLE NO. ISO.
COXDKXSED COXDEXNATIOX
Of Conglomerated Caught-I p Slnff in
Rowan, by Salisbury Herald.
The water pipes will be laid to the
Vance cotton mills. The Masonic
picnic will be held at Mocksville on
August Oth. Our young men are
iorumg a bicycle club. Salisbury
will kill dogs without badges after
July 15th. Misses Mary Julian,
Maude Bernhardt and EmmaUowau
went to Morehead. Ja3. E. Ennis
left Suuday night for Hanover,where
he will marry Miss btiMe Stine,
The Assessilug of Land
If a man refuses $50 per acre for
ground, and that price be recognized
as its value in the market, is there
any reason for it being assessed at
$10 per acre ? This was done.
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The Cotton on Hand.
Some cotton coming to town ;
enough to remind one that there is
yet in the county a considerable
amount of this staple. Some repre
sentative men believe that there is
as much as 3,000 bales yet unsold.
The Election of Officers.
Quite a large meeting of the I. O.
O. F. was held Thursday night, at
which time officers for the next term
were elected as follows : L. A. Bikle,
Noble Grand ; W. C. Correll, Vice
Grand; L. D. Duval, Secretary; L.
M. Archey, Financial Secretary ; W.
J. Moose, Treasurer.
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The Celebration.
The Standard thanks the manage
ment for a handsome invitation card
to the Guilford Battle-Ground cele
bration on July 4th. Hon. Kemp
P. Battle will deliver an address on
"Life and Services of Gen. Jethro
Sumner." There will be civic and
military displays and other festivities,
Making Bift Musical Preparations.
The Cabar.us Black Boys will
have all the music you are looking
for at Wrightsville. Gus Correll,
Frank Rogers, John Yorke, Ed Hill
and John Cannon will beat kettle
drums, and W. C. Correll, Koke
Wynne, R. E. Ridenhour will blow
bugles under the leadership of Prof.
R. L. Kesler.
All Stun-.
The Greensboro Record says : "The
youngest land speculator yesterday
was William Shelton Houston, the
tvelve-year-old son of Mr. W. M.
Houston. lie bought four lots, and
was offered an advance of $25 on one
of his lots, but refused to take it.
ohelton will be a winner." That's
all poppy-doodle. There's nothiug
like having a daddy, full ot money
and sentiment, to back you. lave
the kids a chance.
To Leave I's.
Miss Maggie Bessent, who has
had much to do with the education
of hundreds of girls iu Concord for
quite a long time, has accepted a
position in that excellent institu
tion, Salem b emale Academy, one
will leave for her new home in
usust. Concord sustains a big
loss in the departure of Miss
Bessent The management of the
Academy i 3 to be congratulated on
securing the services of Miss Bessent.
Three Quarts of Bujc.
The arc light, belonging to Elec
trician Worrell, was used at the lawn
party Thursday night. A Standard
reporter dropped into Mr. Worrell's
office and he, the reporter, was as
tonished. Inside of the globe were
three quarts of bugs matted against
the sides. A few were yet alive.
They were there from the size of a
molecule to the size of an English
sparrow; in fact one looked like a
sparrow. Knowing something about
bugology, Mr. Worrell aud the re
porter discovered among the collec
tion lightning bugs, chinch bugs,
lady bugs, striped, yellow, red, white
and blue bugs, African, Australian
and West Indies bugs. The June
bug was there and he was alive.
Several looked like the cocheneal
bugs, and two had the appearance of
those flies of Brazil whose bite is
every time fatal. To cap the climax
there was aooutapintoi mosquitoes.
It is remarkable how these bugs
gather around these lights. It is
said that an arc light will draw
bugs several miles. The town ought
to invest in several to draw the flics
out of the dining rooms in town.
Indian and XetrroBotli Contrary.
For some time there tottered thro'
our streets an old colored man and
his wife, who is an Indian, so said.
They gathered up sticks ; they gabbed
a great deal, especially the old woman
did ; they begged ; tney showed no
disposition to work if they were able.
The Indian wife claims to be 115
years old ; she claims to have owned,
before the war, twenty-five slaves,
and she claims many other things,
all of which are doubtless pine-black
untruths. This woman is powerful
cross-eyed, and when she looks she
looks pretty mean.
Through the humane efforts of a
lady the county fathers the county
fathers did right, too admitted
them to the County Home. They
soon began to kick and grumble and
make gossipping charges against
other inmates. Superintendent Cook
became tired and reported the same.
The Indian woman she is a mean
woman walked off Thursday and
came to town seeking some one to
haul her husband and their persoual
nroDertv away.
That old woman wants to pace
through the streets, gabbing, beg
ging, picking up sticks, meddling
and talking about the moon and
other green things. She is a nuisance,
and has no appreciation of what has
been done lor ner ana ner nuooy.
Ollt-ns'l mm (Hl.rn.iH' .;;ri)::, i
nled front the !:ir;- i::tjtiiv'r.
The commissioners refused to runt
license to Mr. J one?, Mr. tVii;'.; b ir-
koeper. Daniel Thn:iu li is a
chicken that lmsr.'t .v ".:.;:t i' an
eve." The cotton crop ii four
weeks behind. T. Trice ias
invented a churn power applied
for a pitetit. Work lia.i o :n-
menced on the rdmi.uing of lite
High School building.
MctliotiiMt Picnic.
This pleasant day in the woods,
around White Kail, was all that
could be desired. The lare crowd
of happy, cheerful children, tiie
calm and serene middle ages and the
conteiittd older ones, never enjoyed
a day more. Foot ball, hauiiuock?,
croquet, &c., furnished the games
for amusement. '.sj. Willeford did
nothing but play "Tiddledewinks "
by his lone self. These picnics do
gooil, and all Sunday schools should
try them.
The Deadly Snake I'oInuii.
The Kings Mountain News gives
this startling news : "We regret to
learn of the critical illness in this
county of Mrs. Elizabeth Baker,
wife of Mr. Allen Baker, and mother
to Capt. 1. S. Baker, of this place.
Eleven years ago Mrs. Baker was
bitten by a pilot snake and came
near dying at the tin.e. Every year
since then she has at a certain season
suffered from the effect of the poison,
her limbs and body swelling enor
mously. This year she his suffered
more than ever, both limbs having
swollen until thev bursted from the
knees down."
MoonllKlit I'it-nie.
Misses Julia, Ella Belle Shi rev,
Jennie and Leliah Cook, Maggie and
Loula Fisher, Fannie Fisher, Mallio
Rawls, Laura and Josie Linn, Emma
Ilutaff, and Prof. Henry Fisher,
George J. Ileilig and Luther Shi ivy
had a pleasant moonlight picnic,
Friday night, at " Farmdale," just
one mile from Mt. Pleasant and i'onr
hundred yards from " Lovers'. Be-
treat." There was a setrcity of
young men, but the supper was not
deficient in any respect. The Stan
dard man kept his distance and-imd
a good supper and a highly en joyaMe
time. By the way, a cake knoo n as
"Angels' Food" is powerfully pala
table. A Slris Case ami t" ;iijar i ..
The Standard about eighteen
months ago said snnethiug ;Ujut a
young lady of No. township, losing
her speech at times. She would he
well at retiring and wt'.ke up unable
to speak a word ; or, even in the
midst of laughter aud chatting, her
speech would d'.scrt her without a
particle of warning. During all this
time she suffered no pain and enjoyed
good health.
A visit to Misenheimt-r's mineral
springs would relieve the defect in
her speech within a half a day. The
water had good effect. But some
day? after leaving tlie springs the
trouble would return. The unknown
defect came and went frequently and
suddenly.
Somo one you know Ave are all
doctors and all prescribe recom
mended the regular use or brandy
and eggs mixed. This prescription
was used ior several moutna, anu in
more than ten montli3 the young
ladv has not been troubled with the
defect in her speech.
An exchange says: There's some
thing manifestly wrong with the
" eternal fitness of things " when a
minister frets from live to ten dollars
and a fine supper for performing a
marriage ceremony which only takes
five minutes, while the editor who
takes two hours to set up the list of
presents gets only a piece of cake.
A COMMOX COMrXAINT.
It is astonishing how lightly most
people regard certain organic derange
ments, so long as the pain or inconveni
ence caused thereby is not excessive.
This is particularly true of the bow els,
which, next to the stomach, are the
most abused portion of the body. Tins
wonder is they continue for ho many
years to perform their important ollire
with anything like regularity, consider
ing how little attention is paid lu the.r
special demands.
Ono of the most common ailments U
constipation, which very frequently I i
comes chronic for want of proper treat
ment. -As a general rule, when u per
son wakes up to the coiisctotiMiess iliat
he needs something "loo.-i ninj," lie
takes the first thing at hand, if it only
promises a speedy effect. The evil o!
such indiscreet medication is tli;it v i. i ;;
the dose may cause a prompt mi I enev
getio movement, the i i.-i i; iin is li..ii
to be followed by another, and pi i h. ju
longer, period of cnnvt!p;t;:i i. If l!;is
again is remedied by a .-ii.ii!: r !r aV
ment, it is sure to be .:.vcc i-A by .-i.il
more stubborn inactivity th.; .:
suit being a p riu;; ne;:t v. i . , ..f
the bowels in the f'.n.i of i;i.i. ;.l ml
confirmed constipal ron.
Now what is needed by u :,v of ) ":.y. ,
in any protracted i:iten -upturn il.n
regular operations of the bowel , is
simply a gentle aperient to briag ;.:....;
a movement, leaving the re.-t to i (.cl
ing drinks ami relaxing food. l'i i li.ls
purpose, there is no Letter frpenii. med
icine than Ayer's rills, llelug purely
vegetable in their compo.sitiou, ;u. d
tirely free from cahmel or any ir:l.. r
harsh, drastic purgative, their use is
unattended with those injurious t-iiect.?
which follow the taking of ordinary
cathartics. On the contrary, Ayr r's
Tills are calculated to strengthen is
well as regulate the bowels and stomach,
and also to stimulate the liver, the slug
gishness of which is often the real caiiso
of constipation.
Ayer's Tills, being su;'ar--oatcd, urn
easily taken and aro, therefore, admira
bly adapted for use eitlo r at l.in.-ie r
abroad. They an' recommended by lead
ing physicians all over the world, and,
in countless households, are the only
medicine considered absolutely indis
pensable. They are, without uoubl, thu
most popular pills ever made. j