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1 ;,:; nut of debt, you know,
u ,.i .,1 w il! he so changed to me ;
, :i i u iiiir horse in tow,
-'.-..zv !v the dimpling sea.
, . , i ;; build an op'ra house
'. T . : i a theatre or two ;
., nch'hhors all arouse
v ;i nvy whi n 1 start to slew.
v a A.-.Cd dross in garment gay,
' ,, ; ,- a carriage to herself
,v i- getting down I say
; , , .-.moil usages of pelf.
the hr.ker will insist
; . ::lc fur l.i-t winter's bread;
j , w li.i peddles milk won't twist
v , Jit till 1 lose my head.
i , ,,i!ite in the swim when I
. . huded down with paltry dust ;
, ; .,, I'll have to work it lly
A;-,.'; i-'v niv grocer further trust.
-. to Imiltl a castle up,
h:u! in tear it down and yet
uncui kind to drain the cup,
w !iat vou'd do when out of debt.
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MOMIX SOI. Il FIl'S NTOUV.
,n "ii' Mel W illi Her Future 11ns
i.hikI While Tliey Were Holli
l'ritoiii'ru.
. i,-',;-h'':i l'n-ss.
widowed lady, M.s. Ella C.
whose permanent home is
t:ie j'i.:;iiris j'.io, old-time vil
of I'mce Ftidnck, the eountv
11.1.-
.a'
low !
of I'aluTi entity, Mil., but
:.o is making her summer resi
. at a cottage oa Arkansas
, :,;,e, Atlantic City, was the hero
of a chiin of remarkable
'-o.!i s in Ikt life from twenty-live
thirty veais ago.
Mrs. " Hastings was born in Xor
;k. Va . in 1S15, and was by birth
i,' ,;V.:i- i't the same family to
'a Uh!i,vd Edward Ratlin, who
..ih-. 1 to have tired the first gun of
. civil war, which was directed
a confederate battery in
n: lesion harbor upon the steam
S ar of the West, sent in Feb
:v. lt'il, bv President linchan-
- administration vvun men anu
j for the relief of Maj. Ander-
ai.d his gallant little garrison,
: s'.iut up in Fort Moultrie.
Kuihas were all enthusiastic in
cause of t. e South, and Ella
:!!!. who was fifteen years of age
outbreak of the war, was as
:.-e iu her sympathies as any
:,'i r of the family. Her two
i iii rs early enlisted in the Con-
n:o army", and bo'h vvvre killed
:.. bat tie of Aatietam. Prior to
: time her father her mother
dead had removed to Rich
:.! from Norfolk upon the fall of
latur city into the hands of the
pii forces, lie was too much of
invalid for active service in the
!. ai.d occupied a clerical posi
, i.i the Confederate Xavy lk
rr.i' ut under General Robert E.
-. 1 he news of the death of his
soi s inllieted a blow on Mr.
from which he never re
em!. It so acted on his un-
cotistii ution that hr (lied
, o ihivs aftei ward and hi -iaug'i
t r
v, ,ii left alone n lae world.
win tl'o ii si-ven teen years old,
tail and well developed for her age,
liii-.i with patriotic impulses for
tli. Confederacy and determined to
ii oii,etliing iii its behalf and in
re v enge for the loss of her brothers.
A PRIVATE IN THE EAXKS.
First cirting oil her long and
1. ix '..riant I. loi.de hair, she attired
h'-r-'-lf in a suit of clothes be
longing to one of Iter brothers, dis
gaised herself to look as inn h like
a in an as was possible and applied
far enlistment into the ranks of the
Fourth Virginia' Reg ment of In
fantry. Physical examination of
: i rials were not customary in the
.so.,;!i in those davs, and she was
r. a i.ly accepted, though as she says,
sic- was in a tremor of fear while
i.iol r the eyes of the recruiting
oil: -. r, lest her sex should be detec
!;, Rut she passed the ordeal
.-afeiy, and in a day or two was sent
of to join her regiment, then in
Lee's army and encamped near
Snickker's Gap, in the Valhy of
Blue Ridge.
This occurred early in October,
1 : and Miss Ruffin soon became
a customed to the hardships of war
an' I army life. She inarched and
f ' luht along with her comrades
a:, 1 acquired thi reputation of a
go"! soldier. .She served all through
:!; W inter of IS 02 -3, took part in
tu- battles of Fredericksburg and
hai.o llorsviile without receiving a
'."in-l, ai.il was finally- made a
i . -':.! at the battle of (iettys
lur he was one of the detach
:.o i.t si nt to Fort McILnry, Ralti-;:oi-,
and while there made the
aoo'iaint nce of Freileiick A. Ilas
iti.s, the son of an honored Mary
l.;.i fumilv livinz near Prince
I V- I'crick, but w ho had enlisted iu
tlie Twenty-seventh Virginia Regi
i i' i.t, a part of .Stonewall Jackson's
"l ijinal brigade, and who had, like
ioiself, been captured oa the held
of o-ttvsburg.
Hastings had lelatives and friends
in l'.altimore, and he proposed to his
von. g companion that they should
aib nipt to escape to them. Miss
Kailin consented, and on the night
f August iO, 1SG3, they dropped
from tint low barrack windows,
dipped by the guard in the darkness,
t'.'i. a boat from one of the adji
( e:,t wharves at Locust Point, and
he to iv dawn were in the city. Ere
the .sun had risen they had applieed
f -r ..d iission to the house of a Mr.
loakelev, a relative of Hastings,
living on -t. Paul street, and were
warmly greeted.
JIE OWE IJEH A EINO.
1'x fore escaping from Fort Mc
Heuiy Hastings had given Miss
Uuflin, who had enlisted under the
l.auiu of Charles Evans, u ring,
ul ich was to play an important
VOL. IV. NO. 31.
part in their future careers. It was
a plain old fashioned circlet of gold,
with a small emerald set deep in it.
The two refugees remained in the
Rlakely house all that day and part
of the next. About noon of the
next day Miss Ruflin incautiously
exposed herself at one of the rear
vv indows overlooking the yard. The
family residing next door were
named Huntingdon and were ardent
unionists. A young son caught a
glimpse of Mss Ruffin, who was
still in a gray uniform, and prompt
ly informed his father, who soon re
ported to Colonel Fish, the provost
marshal, that a rebel soldier was
concialed in the Rlakeley reside.ice.
Colonel Fish sent a guard to the
place and Miss Ruflin was re-arrested
and taken back to Fort Mc Henry.
It did not occur to the commanding
officer to search the house, and con
sequently Hastings escaped re
capture, lie shortly afterward made
his way in citizen's garb into
Canada, thence to Nassau, in the
Bahamas, and by a blockade runner
back to the South by way of Char
leston. He rejoined his old regi
menf, fought until he was wounded
at the battle of Pitcher's Run, in
the closing days of the war, and
returned to his Maryland home at
the downfall of the Confederacy.
Meanwhile, Us. Ruffin had been
seized with sickness upon being
placed again in Fort Mclletiry, and
was takeu to the post hospital,
where her sex was discovered and
her romantic story revealed. She
was at once released upon her con
valescence and became an inmate of
the Blakley residence. Rut she was
too proud and self-reliant to remain
a dependent upon friends, and soon
secured an independent support as
a teacher in a private school.
IDENTIFICATION AXD REUNION.
Three years after the conclusion
of the war, Miss Ruffin was paying
a visit to Washington, and was at
the Xational Theater one night
Seated next her was a gentleman
whose face seemed strangely famil
iar to her, but she could not identify
him. That was no wonder, for
Hastings had grown a beard and
"aged ten years since she had known
him in the Confederate service.
She noticed that he frequently
glanced curiously at her, aud seemed
on the point of addressing her, but
the prudence of a well-bred man
restrained him. Presently a gentle
man with whom she was acquainted
sat down in front of them and ad
dressed Hastings by name.
That was sufficient to permit her
to identify her old comrade of the
ptison, and mutual introductions
followed. The party of four went
to a restaurant for supper, and at
the table Hastings asked Mis
Ruffin:
"Did you ever know a soldier
named Charles Evans, of the Fourth
Regiment:"
"Why do you ask:"' she said.
'Because," he answered, -vou are
wearing the ring J gave him wlun
we were prisoners together in Fort
McIIenry."
Mis3 Rffin was not yet ready to
disclose her secret, and she told him
that it was probably a ring similar
to the one he had parted with.
Hastings appeared to be satisfied with
this explanation, but as their inter
course became more friendly she re
vealed her story to him and informed
In rii the she was the young conleuer
at soldier who had gone under the.
name of Charles Evans.
Their wedding took place at the
Blakeley residence in Baltimore on
Christmas Eve, 1SW, and they went
to live on the Hastings estates in
Calvrt County. Mr. Hastings died
in 1S74 leaving his wife childless,
but in the possession of a consider
able property. She is now a woman
of -lb" years, but looks ten vears youn
ger. She has commanding features
and a fine ligure and as she told her
life story under the light of the stars
and to the mumur of the waves on
tha Atlantic City cottage porch last
Sunday night she produced the old
ring, now worn thin, that she receiv
ed from her future husband while
they wore prisoners
Tlie I nsU-st .'tilr.
The following items will prove of
interest to young folks:
The fastest mile run by a railroad
train was made in 50! seconds.
The fastest mile made in rowing
in a single boat took 5 minutes ana
1 Second.
The fastest mile ever made by a
running horse was run in 1 minute
35 i seconds.
The fastest mile by a man on a
tricycle was made in 2 minutes
4.9 seconds.
The fastest time on snow-shoes
for a mile is recorded as 5 minutes
39 i seconds.
The best time for a mile by a man
on a bicycle is recorded as 2 minutes
25 3-5 st conds.
The fastest mile ever made by a
man swi uming was done in 2j min
utes 52 seconds.
The fastest mile ever accomplished
by a man walking was made in G
miuutes Ji3 seconds.
In running, the fastest mile made
by a man was accomplished in 4
miuutes 121 seconds. Golden Days
Asbeville Citizen : Y. Yos ioka,
the Japanese lecturer, delivered his
second lecture ill the city last night
at tho Riverside Methodist church.
The congiegatioa Llledthe church
almost to overflowing- The lec
turer ta ked about the habits and
customs of his country, showing
native costumes, and singing a Japa
nese song. The lecture was highly
entertaining and instructive. Mr.
Yoshioka goes to Weaverville to
morrow, where he will lecture. On
Friday he will lecture at Hender
sonville, and will return to Ashes
ville on Monday.
H
LITTLE DROPS OF
Tr, lMtrti Turpentine and Otber Tar
Heel Products
Charlotte New: Parties from
Piueville today report that the
Leitch meetings are the marvel of
tho people. There have been 500
coaversons, so it is claimed.
Henderson Tomahawk: The elec
trie light plant has been sold at
auction. The thing has been run
the past two years at a great loss to
tho stockholders, and was wold to
liquidate its indebtedness. The in,
vestment cost about lG,000,and was
knocked out by Mr. A. C. Zollicoffer
for $2,301.
The hog n a promoter of health.
Charlotte News: Mr. Person's cen
sus of the pig stys shows that there
are 358 hogs in Charlotte. It is said
that in Ward 4, where there are few
hog, there is more sickness than in
any other ward. In ward 2, where
the hog is most popular, there is less
sickness.
Troy Vidette: The most prolific,
as well as tho tallest, oats we have
ever seen, was brought to this office
last Thursday, by Mr. Li. Ii- Lisk, of
Onville, this county. Forty stalks
the tallest of which is 7 feet and 1
inch aud all of which grew from
one grain, produced 2075 well deveb.
opeil grains.
Durham Sun: The wacd" are get
ting pretty rank about town, es
pecially ou the sidewalks of the
less frequented streets. We do not
know, but it seems that the property
owners aud the town should work
together and cut them down. There
is a great deal to do about Durham
and it should be done without de
lay. Greensboro North State: Days of
great heat; usually considered from
J uly :-frd to Aug. 11th. The Romans
called the six or eight hottest days
of summer canicalares dies. Accor
ding to their theorv, the dog star or
Sirius rising with the sun, added to
its heat of the dog star and the sun.
This is the best answer we can give
to our many friends who have been
asking us about the dog day.
The Lenoir Topic says: The
Queen City guards, thirty men, of
Cuailotte, and a military company,
twenty men, of Charleston, will
soon go into camp at Blowing Rock
and will be there at the time of the
Veterans' Reunion on the 20th
What a grand time ! Vivo le mili
tarie ! Brass brass buttons, apanl
ettes, fine feathers and proud
soldiers ! If you want to have a
good time, joiu the cavalry !
Jim Johnson, the murderer of the
small colored girl, near Ivanhoe, in
B.aden, on Sunday, was captured
Tuesday night at Parkersburg, on
tho Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railroad, fifty eigth miles from
Wilmington- He was taken to
Wilmington Wednesday in irons,
and for u while it was thougLt the
negroes would lynch him. Fifty
white aud colored men gathered
mound Lim when he was taken off
the train and they glared at him
saying, "You are our meat !"
Wilmington Review : A horse at
tached to a rockaway, in which was
? eate.l a lady aud her two children,
became frightened this morning at
Princes? street depot. The driver
managed to hold him in but finding
he could not run he reared aud made
a sharp turn wuich upset the car
riage and threw the occupauts out.
Fortunately, the lady and her chil
dren escaped 6erious injur-, al
though r lit y were some what bruised,
and the vehicle was not materially
injured. But it was a narrow es
cape.
Scotland Neck Democrat: Mr. J.
Frank Brinkley, who has had con
siderable trouble with one of bis
eyes, was recently treated by Dr. J
W. S. Lloyed, of Tarboro- The
operation was quite difficult, but it
was so successfully perfoimed that
Mr. Brinkiey is now relieved of all
i ii
pun ana is seiaom conscious oi
having had any trouble whatever.
Dr. Lloyed is meeting with quite
flittering success. He recently re
stored to sight a colored man from
Fayetteville who had been blind in
both eyes for twelve years.
Greenville Reflector : The Ocra
coke visitors have all returned home
aud the hotel has closed for the sea
son. We are told that this is because
the stockholders or hotel company
failed to fill their part of the con
tract with the lessees. There was
room for improvement about the
furnishings of the buildings, and also
abot the pier and wharf, the latter
not being considered entirley safe.
Ocracoke is too nice a place to let
de line as a resort and we hope it
will come out better than ever next
season.
Last week's iss le of the North
Carolina Baptist gave notice of the
s;de of the paper by Rev. T. B.
Newberry to the North Carolina
Baptist Publishing Company, with
Capt J. L. Autry, a prominent citi
zen and Baptist, as president. The
announcement is not made to this
effect in that notice, but we learn
that Rev. W. B. Oliver, pastor of
the first Baptist church of that city,
and Rev. Mr. McManaway are to be
editors a strong combination, by
which we "nay hope to see even an
increase in the usefulness of this
already remarkably prosperous re
ligious paper.
W.nstcn Sentinel: Two of the
younges tobacco drummers that ever
eft Winston were Messrs. Chas.
Farrish and Leon Joyner of this
city, who boarded the train with
samples this morning for a trip
south in interest of Messrs. R L.
Cander & Co. Both are just fifteen
vears oi a e. a negru uameu
Jchn Ward, of Kernersville, now
peeps out from behind tho bars in
the jail. His offense is for stealing
a wa, ch and chain from Dr. Morris,
near Kernersville, a few days ago.
The iiiolen property was found m
t.hfi nossession of John and in con
sequence he is now in safe keeping
awaiting for a heariDg before the
next term of Forsyth court.
Charlotte Chronicle: Parties
com i til' in from l'ineville last even
inc brought news of a serious cut
ting scrape which occured near there
vesterdav. Two white tenants
tuinird LudA-ick aud Thompson
were parties involved. Ludwick it
seems had forbidden Thompson to
pass through his fields, and Ihomp
snn not nnlv disreffarded the in
junction but took his gun with him
and firfid on Ludwick. The latter
escaped unhurt- He went to his
home, procured a knife, and return
iusr to the field, attacked his assail
ant and cut him four times, once in
Hip hifRRh. in the 6tomach. the baclt
and neck. The wounds were deep
and may prove fatal,
Standard
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1891.
A FOBTl'SE I'OR A WORD.
What Evartw Once dot for Merely
Maying "Yen."
Fifty-thousand-dollars fees are
common, says the New York Morn
ing Journal. They are often paid
by big corporations for legal advice,
the correctness or f aultness of which
means a gain or loss of millions.
No lawyer will give his advice in an
affair involving enormous sums of
money or the existence of a great
corporation without receiving remu
neration in proportion to the amount
or interest involved.
The personal liberty of a wealthy
man is often worth $50,000 to him,
and a first-class criminal lawyer
who succeeds in securing to a
wealthy client his personal liberty,
or hia acquittal, on a grave charge,
expects remuneration in proportion
to the wealth of his client He
gets it, too.
There are several" instances of
$250,000 having been paid to law
yers as a single fee. The most
startling case was that in which ex
Senator W. II. Evarts, of Evarta,
Choate and Beaman, received a
quarter of a million dollars for an
opinion on a ticklish legal point.
A great corporation sought his ad
vice. The lawyer stated the case
and added that the opinion of Sena
tor Everts would be final with them,
and they would adopt their future
course according to his advice. He
then put a question to which the
ex-senator answered, simply :
"Yes."
His bill was $250,000.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for just one word ! Yes, and
cheap at that price. Had the cor
poration gone to a les3 reliable law
yer and received "no" for an answer,
it would have cost them many mil
lions. There is another unique feature of
this instance. It is the only case
on record in which ex-Senator
Evarts is known to have ?aid
6imply "yes." His sentences are
usually long and involved, but in
this case one word sufficed, and he
earned his enormous fee.
Another fee of $250,000 was paid
by the sugar trust to John E. Par
sons for drawing up the agreement
under which they reorganized un
der the laws of the State of New
Jersey. This was also a case that
needed a lawyer who could not make
a mistake. The smallest error
would have been fatal to the trust.
It may have been an easy matter for
Mr. Parsons to draw up that ageee
ment or it may not, but supposing
that it as, the long years of tedi
ous training and study which were
necessary before ho arrived at the
state of proficiency which enabled
him to draw up a document that
was fire-proof in every way must Ve
taken into consideration in compu
ting the value of his services.
That the agreement was cheap at
the price was abundantly demon
strated by the futile efforts of the
senate investigating committee to
gain any more information about
the trust's affairs than the officers of
the trust saw fit to give them. An
agreement of that sort is worth pay
ing well for.
Vane Mil Religion.
Rev. R. A. Young, D. I)., of Ten
nessee, 13 traveling in Europe ana
met Senator Vance. He thu3 re
ports the meeting in the Nashville
Christian Advocate :
" We are comfortably quartered in
London at an inn where we have
stopped twice before. At the table
adjoining ours we have the company
of a friend of my boyhood Zeb
Vance, of North Carolina. He and
I parted at Washington College
forty-five years ago. With no intro
duction or hesitation we shook hands
instantly. We are both getting old,
fleshy and gray. In the evening he
sen up the foliowing card :
" 'Deab Young: If not too late
when you come in, let me know, and
meet me in the ladies' drawing room
for a talk. Vance.'
" We did not talk about ourselves,
but of the boys we knew long ago
of their history, successes, defeats,
death. Then we 6poke of the changes
in religious history and worship. At
the close of this conversation he
looked me earnestly in the faee and
said: 'Young, you have read the
history of the church and have now
seen modern Christianity in all its
phases. Is not our good old country
meeting-house worship the purest
and best?' To which I replied,
with emphasis, ' It is.' And then I
delivered my mind on every species
of Ritualism. Thi3 is the germ and
cause ol all the evils that have crept
into our beautiful and holy religion."
Let the World Know Yon Are In II.
It seems almost a crime for a man
to " hide his light under a bushel."
If he has something new that will
benefit the human lace he should
make it known. Old-fogy physicians
tread the beaten path of their grand
fathers, denounce advertised reme
dies, and never learn anything new.
Medical science knows no parallel to
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
rnmnnunded bv a nhvsician of skill
1 J 1 J .
and long experience, especially for
the maladies wmcn ainicc women, it
effects a permanent cure of those
fttronizine' disorders which attack her
frail organism, and is an anchor of
hope alike to delicate girls and suf
fering women; contains no delete
rious drugs. A guarantee on the
bottle-wrapper refunding the price
in case cf failure. Ut druggists, $1
The Montgomery Vidette is being
moved to to Norwood, Stanly county.
The name is changed to Southern
Vidette. This leaves Montgomery
without a paper aud gives Stanly
1 two.
as kvi:k-i.ivi; ii kstio.
Division
1'robnlile in the
HlltlliS.
Detroit, Mich., August 4. As
indicated in the dispatches yester
day from Chicago, there i.s one seii
ous dispute which threatens ! mar
the serenity of the present camp of
the G. A. R. It is strange that after
the organization has been in existence
a quarter of a century it should be
threatened with disiuption by the
ever-living "colored question," but
such is the fact. Men in the south
ern states who were union men in '01
ars the one3 who now insist that the
negro has uo place in a social gath
ering of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Col. George F. Hedge?, commander
of the department of Louisana and
Mississippi, is here together with
several trusty aids, who have come
prepared to fight the matter out.
"Unless this thing is straightened
cut during this encampment," he sa.d
L'xlay, "there won't be a white mem
ber of the G. A. R. south of the Ohio.
The colored men are outnumbering
sin our southern posts, thus put
ting us directly under them. That
we will not stand. Now w e want to
rule ourselves and have the colored
people go by themselves. Seven out
of ten of the colored posts are in
of it, but, as you know, there are al
ways some kickers.
"Understand a delegation from the
colored post? are coming to fight us.
We have received information that
two of Chicago's most influential
colored men are on the way to assist
U8, and we think we shall gain our
point. All we ask for is a division of
the white anl colored members of
the G. A. Iu in the department of
Flordia, Lousiana, Mississippi and
Texas.
A dozen or more southern white
men expressed themselves in a sim
ilar strain. Colonel James Lewis
(colored) administrator of the police
and administrator of the public
work3 of New Orleans, chami ion of
the colored men's side in this matter.
When asked what (lie trouble in
Louisiana was, he said :
"Did you ever know,! he time when
there was not trouble in Louisiana?
It was a Louisiana nnm that fired the
first gun on Sumpter. It was a Louis
iana man that beat Gen. Beauregard
for administrator of public works,
and I am that man, and I d d some
thing the union geiu-rals did not do.
The first colored regiment was raised
in Louisiana. Louisiana was the
first state to decide for Haves.
The Italian riot was in Louisana, and
now the colored trouble Is sprung
there. Louisana is a! '.vavs in trouble.
There were 2i,S(n 0
listed in the army 1'
more than from all
;'-hi men en
!n Louisana,
ii-.r states to.
gefhor. We were n
juhirly enlisted,
we fought as history tells you and
then we were honorably discharged.
With these things to our credit, we
had all theriirht of anv man to form
a (J. A. R. post. Wc'did this and
we were recognized by Gen. Al r
when a fight was mailt-on us. We
have nine posts, with a membership
of over 1.000: vet we are not recog
nized by the commander of our de
partment. We get no representation
in the convention, and are ordered to
report to the commander-in-chief.
W e have prepared a strong case 111 the
matter, aud all I ask is twentv-live
minutes in whichtto present it to the
committee or the convention itself.
The department commander thinks
we want social recognition, I claim
the order is not a social one but his
torical and fraternal."
Murder Will Out.
News comes from Laurinburg that
McDougald, the man who so bru
tally murdered his uncle in Rich
mond county, a few months ago, and
who succeeded in escaping from the
State, ha3 been captured in Albany,
Oregon. He was identified by means
of letters found on his person.
W hen McDougald made his escape
photographs of him were sent to the
ponce throughout the country, and
he was recognized in Albanv-, Ore
gon, by one of these photographs.
After the arrest a letter was found
on him with hi3 name on the en
velope. A telegram was sent to the
sheriff of Richmond county notify
ing him of McDougald s capture.
The telegram contained Gl words
and cost $5.10. The sheriff of
Robeson county and the deputy
sheriff of Richmond left immediately
for Laleigh, procured requisition
papers, and are now on their way to
Oregou.
lhe rewards offered for the cap
ture of McDougald were us follows :
Insurance company, 1,000; State,
200, and Robeson county 100.
The reporter understood that there
is now little doubt in the minds of
even his strongest friends but that
he committed the deed.
The Hit h Man' Son.
The rich man's son inherits lands.
And piles up brick and stones anil
;old.
And he inherits soft white hands,
And tender flesh that fears the cold.
Like soft hands aud tender flesh,
many diseases are inherited; espe
cially tendencies to asthma, con
sumpticn, bronchitis and stomach
and liver troubles; but there is a
remedy, known as the "Golden
Medical Discovery," which over
comes these diseases and cuts off all
tendencies toward a fatal result. Dr.
Pierce, of Buffalo, has put this
remedy within the reach of all, so
that even the poor as well as the rich
can obtain it. It is worth more to
you than " piles of brick and stone
and gold." Ask your druggist for
it It is guaranteed to -benefit or
cure in every case or money paid for
it will be refunded.
I Send us your job work.
TOWN AND COUNTY
"There's a Chiel Awang ye Takin Notes
and Faith He'll Prent Them."
.nst i.x in -.i;.
At the examination for Teachers
St:tt,Mirti!icate, Miss Nettie Ander
son undertook the examination just
for the benefit. In the spelling ex
amination she spelled US words out
of the 100 given. This is the best
record made anywhere in the State.
Miss Nettie is very bright, and by
her laudable ambition she is accom
plishing no little for herself and
reflects credit on her teachers.
To TuUe IMiice in ( liic;io.
Miss Fannie Treloar, of Char
lotte, lias gone to Chicago, where she
will be married on the 30th instant
to Mr. Charles Foihush. Mr. For
bush is assistant cashier of the
Commercial Hank of that city, and
stands in t';e top rank financially
and socially. Miss Treloar is one of
Charlotte's most charming belles,
and has inanv friends and relatives
in this county, being a neice of Mrs. i.
Martin Roger's.
They Are Improving.
We arc glad to learn from the
Gustonia Gaz?tte that the family of
Rev. C. Robinson, who have been
prostrated with fever, except Mr.
Robinson himself, are rapidly im
proving. Mrs. Robinson ha3 been
tick about twenty-live days with
fever, and is now considered out of
danger. This is gratifying news to
their numerous friends in Concord
and Cabarrus county. Mr. Robinson
is a Cabarrus boy of whom Cabarrus
is justly proud.
An Enjoyable Let-lure.
Thursday at 3 o'clock D. If. C.
Herring, president of the North
Carolina Dental Association, deliv
ered a highly enjoyable lecture before
the Teachers' Institute on the sub
ject of the teeth. His remarks were
very timely, and showed that how
ever free and independent we may
be, ignorance on this one subject
holds us in strong and unbroken
ft Iters. At no distant day Ave expect
to st e a study on dental hygiene re
quired in the public school teachers'
curriculum.
I'.ai K From Use MouiMaiiiH.
A party consisting of Mr. and
.Mrs. John McLartv, of Mississippi,
Mr. and Mrs. F.d. Rlack, and Miss
Lizzie Shinn, of No. 10, passed
through town today on their way
home from a trip to the mountains.
They enjoyed the whole thing, ex
cept the rain, hugely. Mr. McLarty
said that if some of his Mississippi
frLiids could get up there, and get
a whi;L- of the mountain air, aud
a "horn" of 'mountain dew," they
would r.evcr return to the laud of
their fathers.
It May Kill You. l'.ut
You ought to quit talking about
people who are as good as you are.
You ought to teil your wife she is
pretty and sweet every day, if you
are a man, and that will save a heap
of quarreling and may take the place
of several new dresses.
If you are a woman you ought to
fell your husband he is brave and
handsome and good. Of course you
may have to stretch the blanket ou
this, but say it just the same, and it
vull spur him on to greater things.
You ought to keep your lips closed
on a l'Lw of tlie things to gossip on.
ly shooting oil your mouth contin
ually you will disclose the fact that
you have more lung power than
brain power.
You ought not to just keep a
man's umbrella because he loaned it
to you to go home through the rain.
He may have another umbrella, it is
true, but he may have other frieuds
that he would like to accommodate
as much as you.
If a man meets you in tho road
and stifily informs you that he never
trives the road for a rascal, you can
coolly and gently inform him that
you always do, and step aside.
You ought to try to keep your
chickens out of your neighbor's
garden, otherwise a great majority of
them may come up missing.
The I.nlest Invention.
Prof. John McAnulty was in town
this rnoruiug and spent some time in
dishing out his predictions for the
weather. Then the professor beck
oned the reporter to one side and
showed us his plans for a new in
vention, which it' brought to a state
of perfection will revolutionize the
coat industries and ice manufactur
ing interests of the world. His idea
is to make large vats cr sacks of cow
skins, and have an attachment, which
the professor claims to understand,
fixed that will condense the heat in
sunshine. He will store up the heat,
and then in winter he will just let a
little out to heat up the air in the
room, thus saving the expense of
buyiug coal or wood. 15y about the
same process he will store up cold in
winter, and then in summer he will
turn the thing loose and give us
December breezes in sultry August.
The professor stated that he would
have had his invention ready for use
now, but hv did not get started in
time, aud he knew it was going to be
wet and therefore not enough sun
chine to faol with. lie doubtlessly
has forgotten that he predicted a
famine this summer. But let 113
wait for Prof. John to revolutionize
things and do away with extreme
heat or cold.
A man arrived iii town late yes
terday evening with a promiscuous
load of country produce. He had
chickens, young 'possums, butter
and eggs, hams, cabbage, and a good
supply of "fat lightered."
WHOLE NO. IS7.
Srah-Eijlii Teachers
r.J:oi.i.i.i Tiiiius vami.s am
madi: TUisTHf; i:ik;i:vi IN
stiti ri: i:yi:k nr.i.o.
The A ill! reuses lv I'rol't. IliishpHnnil
4;rsilimii lr. ll-rriii-"H lull, on
Tool li uNm v 1 In" l'.xiimi
milioii lor Teachers"
iMiilc) erlili-
(111 OH, Vl
The biggest thing educationally
in the county was the Institute just
closed.
The Standard is free to say, and it
voices the sentiments of the teachers,
that much good has been done. It
is that kind of good that will go out
and make itself felt in the public
schools. New ideas have been un
earthed, the best methods have been
discussed, school-room helps have
been suggested, school government
was ventila'.ed, and the teachers have
been made to feel the dignity and
responsibility of their work.
Profs. Hughes and Graham are
great workers ; they are not little
men. Mr. Hughes, though youLg,
has developed splendid powers as an
Institute worker, and what he said
was received by the teachers in a
manner that showed deep interest.
Prof. Graham is at home in educa
tional work, aud he makes a good
impression upon every one whom ho
meets. He is one of those educators
with a bright face and cheerful
manners. There is nothing dead
about him except a part of a skele
ton he carries to the institutes and
about which he lectures so enter
tainingly and profitably.
The number of teachers ui rolled
is seveuty-eight,-and they were vir
tually all here.
The Standard man heard many
compliments paid the splendid lec
ture delivered by Dr. II. C. Herring
on " Toothology." The doctor en
tertained the audience, and the
teachers were greatly benefited, and
when Dr. Herring closed a great big
round applause was sent up by the
audience.
The meeting on Friday was fine,
indeed. A large number of com
mitteemen was present, besides many
others from the county and town.
The courthouse was almost filled.
The addresses were plain and to
the point. Precisely ut 11:5 Mr.
Graham took the platform and ex
pressed his delight ; t the very large
attendance on the last day of tlie
Institute. He declared he had never
seen a larger or more intelligent
audience on a similar occasion ; rc
ferred to the bright outlook ior the
whole .South educationally, as evi
denced by the increase of her enroll
ment of pupils and school fund.
lie claimed that we had much to
encourage us in North Carolina
schools, and to prove this gave a
succinct account 01 town ana city
public schools in the past fifteen
years in North Carolina. Raleigh
was quoted as having an enrollment
at that time of o7o whites and one
school building for the same race.
Greensboro had 120 pupils and a
small brick building. Salisbury a
similar showing. The public schools
in other cities were represented as
amounting to nothing."
In 1S78 Fayetteville, stimd up by
a spectacle in her town hall, where a
half dozen colored boys signed their
natne3 and a similar number of
w hite boys made their mark in sign
ing affidavits in a justice's court,
adopted a system of schools free to
all white children. In 1SS1 Golds
boro and Wilson followed. In 18S2
Rocky Mount, New Berne, Durham,
Winston, Fratikliuton aud Charlotte,
and in 1S8T Reidsville and AsheviUe.
The speaker then contrasted Ra
leigh's :J72 pupils and one building
with the two magnificent new build
ings aud her enrollment of over
',000 in 18'Jl. Attention was called
to the fact that Concord, Statesville,
and Shelby had recently adopted the
city school system.
Tho cost of moderate private tui
tion was contrasted 011 the black
board with the cost iu our public
school a clear showing of three
times as many children for one half
as much money. In Columbia, S.
C, private tuition for 700 whites at
three dollars per month and private
tuition at one dollar for 700 colored
contrasted with the expense of 1,400
iu the public schools showed a net
saving per annum of $10,000 to that
cily. A similar increase of pupils
and school buildings for our other
towns equal to the showing made for
Raleigh was claimed, showing au
increase in popular tavor of the
public school system in North Caro
lina. These schools were cheap; they
were also effective and thorough in
results. The meaals and distinctions
won by the students at the University
and elsewhere were cited in proof of
this.
The country schools were discussed
and the increase of the school fund
was referred to as a harbinger of
brighter days for ottr country schools.
The plan of Major Finger for
grading these schools was elaborate.!
aud explained. The school . com
mitteemen were called at this junc
ture and showed u in full force.
They were urged by the speaker to
look carefully after this grading.
He thought that it meant an advance
over anything we had had in the
past.
He closed thanking his audience
for their attention, and promised big
figures for North Carolina in the
next decade.
Superintendent E. L. Hughes then
closed the work of the Institute.
He referred to the very gratifying
attendance of teachers, citizens and
committeemen, and earnestly insisted
on heartier co-operation in the work
of fitting the coming generation for
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-PUBLISHED IN CONCORD.-
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MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
the responsible duties of church,
State and society, lie showed that
all ranks and classes of society, all
shades of political belief, and all
differing creeds of religion should
unite and work together for educa
tion. Do you believe in the devel
opment of resources ? What greater
resources than the minds of the
children of our country? Are you a
patriot? The highest duty you can
render the State is to help educate
its citizenship. Are yon devoted to
political belief or church creed? If
your faith is the true one there is no
better way to disseminate it than by
educating minds to receive the truth.
Do you believe in the brotherhood
of man ? Here i3 its highest culmi
nation ! From the standpoint of
economy the public school is the
cheapest; from the standpoint of
efficiency it gives the greatest good
to the greatest number, while in its
work of educating all the people the
best sentiments love of home,
country, God and man which reign
in human hearts, may find expres
sion. Of those that stood for the State
certificates the following were suc
cessful: Misses Emma Black, Fan
nie Stafford and Lucy Richmond,
and Messrs. M. F. Little, II. C.
Dunn, J. A. Wright and C. P. Sapp.
This is probably the largest nnmber
granted in any one county at a single
examination.
XOTES.
Prof. Hughes plays the cornet
splendidly, which adds to the musi
cal part.
Miss Eflie Barrier deserves and
has the thanks of all for presiding
at the organ.
Prof. Graham can wake up any
crowd should there be any dullness.
His " Felow-Citizens" hasa charm
about it.
Cannons, Fetzer & Bell are power
fully clever and nice to grant the
Institute the use of an organ from
their stock of musical instruments.
The court-house ring can resume
checker playing. It was too much
interested in the Institute for play
ing. McNamara furnished nice ice for
cooling 'cm.
The teachers were a body of fine
looking aud intelligent ladies and
gentlemen.
m
A Ilniiseroii lr !.
Friday night there were two freight
trains at the depot when the passen
gers went down to go off on the
train. One wa3 bound north and
the other south. There were a lot
of people there, and the yard and
railroad was crowded with people.
The passenger train came and left,
and then the big crowd was all con
fusion in getting their baggage and
everything else together. The pas
senger train just cleared the switch
aud the south-bound train came
bulging aioug with a pretty good
speed right through the crowd. One
man, who made as great haste as he
could, had to turn after starting to
cross the track with his carriage, for
he saw by the headlight's glare that
he could not get over in time to save
himself. The short of it i3 that it
is a thousand wonders several people
were not killed.
But then let the old lady go;
there is no law in? the universe by
which this monster is controlled.
The Secret ol' Ills Wealth.
A millionaire said "the secret of
my wealth " is in the word S-A-V-E ;
and the secret of my health is in the
word S-A-G-E. By thi3 last he
meant Dr. Sage, whose catarrh rem
edy cured him of one of the worst
cases of catarrh, and thereby saved
him from much suffering and pre
mature death, enabling him to make
his millions and enjoy life. The
cures made by this medicine are
simply wonderful.
Cotton rolled in today like an
October day, cheap as it is.
Tin; i;i.ooi is the life.
So portion of tho human organism
hits, within tho past few years, been
submitted to more thorough and intelli
gent examination, by medical scientists,
than the blood. The result of these In
vcntiations has been to clearly demon
Ktratu that tins general health is more
ih'peiMlent iijion the condition of the
bl.-u.d than upon any other thing.
In iiKikin ; a diagnosis, some modern
r rartithmeis are not satisfied with
iin-rely determining the temperature
ef the blood: they test it by means of
tie mien .scope and other appliances, to
;. eeiii.i.i if ;ui,y foreign bodies have in
t oorre.l themselves among its niiuuta
1 i;-e!. - j. Thus, for example, it baa
h en f e.in.l that ill persons affected
. '-'.i :.,oii!, uric i'cid may always he de
t . nil in ihebhiod; while the cause ot
d; .-.orders has been traced to the
1 ;;e,. of i nn, or microlies.
- . i-eovenes have thrown a flood
1 ;' . ,1 . :i the causes of disease; ami
. : : ii..v. in the treatment of
!., .; . eo!.-;.!.iiiifs,j;(, directly to tlie root
1 i t!:ev.i !.y endeavoring to purify the
: ' i" 1 oi fMiiinating poisons. For
I::" ; !!; i:i.f hingelse has been found
v . in :;s the iodide of potassium.
l.r.t the li. -t i-ifects of this drug can
.-,!;. !.. obtained when it is used in
-1 :'hn with other things, such as
:.! .;'.!;. podophyllum, or yellow
ii e: : nd A v 1 r's Compound Extract of
u i;!.'. l..-:iig considered tho mottt
i ii.id iiiii-.aof these ingredients known
! , . . is therefore most highly
-: .e;,i:io!td. d by physicians.
L. e'i if tlie iodides were not present,
!l Honduras sarsaparilla alone, of
.-. i.-ii .ivi r's medicine is the extract,
woebl : MU'rh icntJy effective, in the
i.i:-. Viity of ca.-es, to produce the most
'h- .iraMe results. IJut, "to make assur
fiuee doubly sure," and to greatly facili
i..r.! the purifying process, the iodide of
j .,' Inni lends its powerful alterative
a.-i 1 de'eruent properties to the rest.
The distinctive value of Ayer's Sarsa-
lia is that, while it is quite as potent
f. r ino.it purposes as the iodide alone, it
is safer in non-professional hands; for,
by simply following the directions on
tho wrapper, the patient becomes his
own physician. Hence this medicine
has lo-.ig been recognized by leading
physicians and druggists everywhere as
the standard popular blood-purifier.