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VOL. IV. NO. 33.
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1S91.
WHOLE NO. 1S9.
i iintr. auk
11, wor .1 never spoken,
!ii-;H'is of cheer that iniirht save
i, O drittinjr, weary and broke,
' p,.wn to the nhrht of the grave.
Silt in e more deadly than passion,
t;i .i'.i i s that slander ran semi,
'r,Mi, 1 in the world's devilish fashion
murder the heart of a friend.
1 o. k-. spotless virtue impeaching,
-Siii! Ivinj crushed on the plain,
V; !i tear-frozen eyelids beseeching
The touch of love's sunlight again.
; .nli iis ti bear for the weaker,
,', u i-ls to di j from God's mine ;
'..J cents, fairer still, to the seeker
in ike angels' tiara that shine.
";:li:n us the soul's sdlent treasure
aititii the kiss of the light ;
su. 'ft scented blossoms of pleasure
di;r linger mav cull from the night.
Kraii shining i i;e on toil's mountains,
pearls that sleep under life's sea ;
Miio'e in God's laughing fountains
I inlreained of by you aud by me.
j ;irk sinking down in love's meadow,
Throstles that pipe by the hill;
(i,:t i f time's darkness and shadow,
'Whispers that comfort and thrill.
V, a i s w ithin ever singing,
M luilv soften'd by tears,
The pirn-nix of hope at last springing
S-reiie from the ashes of years.
J. 11. Parke.
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I MMINITY MITHOIT THE
in it 1. 1:.
Few people have rnuch idea what
kind of a woi id we shuiild have if
the liilde '-va? K-f f out of it. There
are lands enough. UMwer, without
the l'ilde Tilled darkuess, vile-lu.s-!
and barbarity There are
j Kt.tvof histories of lands that had
,. r.ihlt d-trk places that are full
of the habitations of cruelty and
there are here aud there families
uml communities wnich have no
ll b'e.s. and which give us little en-cou-pi.1'
-merit to hope for good,
w!i-re the word of Cod is ignored
and rejected.
Sometime about the year 1870,
certain sceptics founded, in the
Srate of Missouri, an infidel town,
called Liberal. The liberality of
free thought" w .3 seen in the ex
clusion of all churches, Sunday
schools or preaching". It was pro
posed to have one community free
from the influence of priestctaft
;inl superstition. "What was the
iviult
About this matter there has been
f.nisiderable dispuie. Some persons
haw given the p'ace a very bad
iiaine; others re.-iding there have
ilctiunced them as liars, and pro
i;ou:;ctd their statement false. We
have iiO personal knowledge of the
facts but on the 20th of May,lS91,
the writer was in Burlington, Kan
s.i?. and a well-known business man
there. Mr. Robert Williams, said to
him :
'In 1ST'.', as I was passing through
Mi-oiiri, I saw on my railway
ticket the name 'Liberal,' and know
it::' something of the reputation of
the place, I thought I would get off
on the platform, and take a look
around. I5nt just before he arrived
there, the conductor passed thraugh
the train an J s-aid. 'All who want
to stop at Liberal g into .-uea a
car.' lie then locked the Uojk of
every other ear o:i the train but that
Wli"u the train had started on and
got out of Liberal, the conductor
tmloeked the doors and passed
through the train. Some one asked
him why he had locked the doors
and he replied, 'This is the toughest
blank town in all Missouri.'"
His language did not savor much
of church or Sunday-school, but he
evidently knew how to take care of
his train and his passengers.
We give this fact as a contribu
tion to the history of a godless town.
Mentioning the matter in a certain
plac, a man remarked that he ha i
visited Liberal since that time, that
there were now two meeting houses
and Sunday-schools there, and that
they do not now need to lock the
doors of railway cars when they are
passing through the place.
We give these statements for
what they are worth, supposing
them to be reliable, and believing
that whoever undertakes to estab
lish a community or a nation with
out God will speedily come to the
conclusion that 'Plutarch reached
inure than 1,700 years ago, w hen he
said that "a city might sopner be
built without any ground to fix it
on, than-a commonwealth be con
stituted altogether void of any reli
gion." Lutheran Visitor.
From I lie Pnnhnnlle.
IIomd.vy Station', Texas, "1
August 15th, 1801. J
K'iitor Standard :
I cceasionally see a letter in the
t.uoLjd from the West, but havp
not ;,s yet seen any from " The I'anr
handle" of Texas. This part of
the country has long been thought
to !) of no purpose but to nil space
This idea ha3 now proved to be a
mistaken one. This is rapidly be
ef ining one of the finest agricultural
portions of the country, especially
tor wheat. The immense wheat crop
is now being threshed, and yields
from fifteen to thirty-five bushels to
the acre. All vegetables do well.
The country is being settled ra
pidly with an excellent class of peo
ple from all parts of the country.
Towns are being built, and now the
f 'finer is ploughing the land over
hie!) a fuw years ago loanied the
a.;t herd of buffalo. Churches
and schools are found in all coniniu-
hitiea.
Seccess to the Standard.
Respectfully,
y. A. Kixrrsc, Jr:
The 4G.0G0 oil wells in this country
produce 130,000 barrels of oil a day.
Statistics show the American to
be the greatest traveler. The rec
ord of railway trips taken by each
nationality gives the following fro
l'oitiou : Americans. 27; English,
l'; Belgian, Jl; French, 5; Turks,
Swiss and Italians, 1 each.
nit. AMI MltS. HOWS Kit.
Detroit Free Press.
'Do you pass n, carpenter "shop on
your way down town?' asked Mis.
Bowser tho other morning as Mr.
Bowser was ready to leave thuouse.
'Why?' ho cautiously askeu in
reply.
'We ought to havj a screen door
to the kitcheu. There's where all
the Hies come in. We can use one
of those doors we brought with us,
but we'll havo to have a carpenter to
hang it.'
"We will eh? I beg to differ. I
don't propose to pay no carpenter
three or fourjdollars for what I can
do" in half an hour. 1'il fix it
my eel f.'
'But don't you remember Mr.
Bowser don't you remember that
you
Thatl what!'
'You tried to hang a screen door
last summer in Detroit and you got
eo mad you neaily tore the house
down.'
I did, eh? That s a pretty yarn for
you to stand up there and spin! In
the farst place, 1 never tried to hang
a (screen door, an t iu the second 1
never got ma !.'
'But you you ' she stammered.
'Nothing of the sort! I don't even
remember that we had a screen door.
I never tried to hang one. I never
got mad- I never even saw a lly
around our house in Detroit.
Change of climate seems to have
had a very queer effect on you '
'But won't you fend up a carpen
ter r
'Not by a jugful! I shan't have
anything to do at the office this
afternoon, and if there's a bit of
tinkering around the house it will be
fun lor me.'
lie returned at noou, having a
heavy parcel with him, and when
Mrs. Bowser asked about the con
tents he cut the string aud replied:
'Just a few tools. Come handy to
tinker with. Every man ought to
keep a few tools and do his own
repairing. I think I saved us at
least 8200 last year.'
'Well, 1 hope you won't lly mad
over jour work. A screen door is a
very particular thing to hang."
'O, it is! You've hung lots of 'em,
I presume?'
'I know that it takes a skilled
workman.'
'You'd better write a book and call
it 'What I Know About Screen
Doois.' 1 ought to feel proud to
think i have such a smart wife!
Kuu right iu, now, and begin on the
first chapter of your book!'
Mr. Bowser descended to the cel
lar, where he found four screen
doors of different sizes. Keselectx
ed cue he thought wiula fit and
carried it up- It was six inches too
burn. Tli t next one was four inches
too short. The thud waa almost
lor g enough to make two such doors
as ho wanted. He had the fourth
one, which was almost a fit, in the
bttcityard. when Mrs. Bowser came
out to say:
'If vou hal fust measured the
opening and then measured your
doors you wouldn't hive had to lug
up but one.'
'Wouldn't 1? Peihaps you under
staud my object in bringing up the
extra ones? Perhaps it is the duty
of a husbttud to explain every little
move he makes?"
The door had to be pawed off
about an inch at the top. Mr- Bow
ser brought out a couple of kitchen
chairs, made a scratch ou Ihe door
with a nail, and was about to use
ike saw vvLen she asked:
'Aren't vou going to strike a Hue
across there?'
'For what reason ?'
'If vou don't you can t
saw
straight.'
Can t J ? Perhaps J. am bl ml
"W hen he finished sawing off
striD and held the frame up to
the
the
opening it was plain that he had run
bis saw u at an uual.
'1 told you so,' she qu etiy
observed.
Told me what!' be repH d, as be
turned on her. 'Do you suppose I
don't kuowjwhatl'in about! Do you
imagine I wanted a straight top on
that doorl Jf you know so much go
ahead and finish the job?'
Mrs- Bowser went into the Louse,
and Mr. Bowser hel J the frame up
again to see that he would be
obliged to tack on a strip or leave
an opening for all tho flies in Mew
York State. He was sawiDg a piece
oil one of the other doors to make
this strip when Mrs. Bowser
appeared and said:
'You'll spoil that door, too. Mr.
Bowser. Wby don't vou take a
piece from this box? If you had
put a stra;ght edge on the other aud
marked it you would have been all
right,
'Mrs. Bowser,' he begau as belaid
down his saw, 'am I a purblind child
5 or 0 yeurs old, who ltust be
brought in when it raiua, or am I
the man of the house, 40 years of
age, and generally supposed to have
sense enough not to sit down under
a pile-driver to eat my dinner?'
'But you'll never make the door
fit,' she protested.
'If I don't no other man on earth
need try!'
She went out g -.in and he sawed
off a strip and nailed it on the other
door. Then he held it up to find
the frame an inch too long- Mrs.
Bowser reappeared and was about
to say something, but he glared at
her so savagely that the went back
without a word.
'The infernal old kitchen is either
lilting up or setting down!' he growl
ed as ho held the door up. 'I've got
to saw a piece olf the botto n to
make a fit, and she'll either lit or
dowu coram tho shanty!'
lie sawed oil' a piece and got what
he 'called a lit- He smiled and
chuckled over his success, and had
the hinges on when Mrs. Bowser
came out to ask:
'What good is a door there if you
leave all those cracks?'
'Cracks! Cracks! Y'ou can't find
on-!'
'Look here ar.d here and here!
Mr. Bowser, even the bumble-bees
of New York would have no trouble
in Hying in there! And bow are you
nnttiriff that snrinsr on?'
Mr. Bowser laid the' hammer, the
eim.et. and the screwdriver, aud
after wioinrr off his flushed face he
stood erect and pointed into the
kitchen. Mrs. Bowser disappeared
without a word. Then he inspected
and foond cracks-
Confounded old door-way is out
of pimp and that's the matter!' he
growled hs ho set to work to unhinge
it. When he got the door off be
racked ;it this way and that and tried
it again. More cracks than before.
lie took it down and sprung upon
it with all his might and this time as
he held it up there was a crevice
through w hich a sparrow could have
ilown. He started to lay it down,
but fell forward, tumbled over hiiHi
self, and sprawled on his back.
'W'nat's the matter?' asked Mrs.
Bowser from the back door
Mr. Bowser slowly arose, looked
all around for the axe, and not seeing
it he jumped at the screen doors and
kicked wito both feet until they were
reduced to s ring - and strips. Then
he went up to Mrs. Bowser, paotin?
and perspiring and pale-faced, and
hoarsely whispered:
'This is the last time the very
last! Next time you coax me into
doing any such infernal puttering
work around the house I'll go go,
never to return!'
'When did I coax you?'
'Never you mind! It's all right!'
'But I say '
Just keep quiet! I am neither
blind nor deaf. If wo live together
ten bi'lion years longer don't you
ask mo to even bore a hole iu a table
leg for a caster! This is the limit.
I'm daugerous from this on!'
IMMlHicrnir on Illair.
"When the reporter of the Morning
Advertiser dropped into Mr. Jacob
Pfalsgraff's saloon lust evening to
imbibe, to drink in, as it were, the
foam as it floated upon the current
of events not for publication, but
as a guarantee of good faith he
found the proprietor willing to im
part some views on national affairs.
After shaking some sawdust out of
his carpet slippers, plactd there by
sportive customers, Mr. Pfalsgratf
said :
"Yen I read me py tier Zeitung
dat Sendor Blair could vent to Rus
sia as minister py der United States
ov he been 'villing to standt der
rigors of der climate,' dot make me
mad like horse-kicking.
" I dink me, py cracious, dot id
been bedder ov we fix oop some soft
und easy climates for dot feller. He
been made der Minister py der Chi
nese, mit eight tousand tollar, nnd
he been swipen der spondulicks all
der time, und didn't gone to China,
neider. Maype der rigors ov drawin'
his salary vas begun to leave its
traces on dot poor feller !
" I expose he vou id some climate
like to haf dot vos fur-lined und
steam heated before he vould gonsent
to go to Knssia on aggoundt ov der
vedder, ain't id? Maype he like
pooty veil to haf der Russian cli
mate brought 'oafer to Ni York und
varmed for him, don't it ?
" Maype I don't spreaken der Eng
lish langvage so goot like usual on
aggoundt 1 be n oxcited, budt I
toldt you pooty gwick dot I dook
tnighdty schmall shares ov stock in
dot high-priced Ni Humpsher
stadesman, py Jiminy crickets!"
New York Advertiser.
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A Joke fur I lie Krnniun.
When the Cray and the Blue get
together at Blowing Hock, they will
swap jokes as they used to swap to
bacco and crackers in the picket
lines. Here is one we copy for them
from the Galveston News :
'Speaking of the Grand Army, I
heard a story a few days ago worth
repeating. As it was told me it runs
iu this wise: At one of the encamp
ments of the Grand Army of the
Republic there was a man sitting on
the sidewalk a pealing to all who
passed for alms. His legs and arms
had been shot off and he was blind.
On his cap he had an appeal in the
works 'Pity a blind and crippled
veteran.' He explained to all where
he lost his limbs aud his eyes. One
of the old veterans would give him
a nickel, another a dime, and now
then he would get a quarter. Final
ly a man stopped in front of him,
and after hearing his story, sa.d ;
"Here is a $5 bill." The tears came
from the sightless eyes of the beg
gar and he said :'Who are you that
are so generous? Tell me your
name, that I may renember and
bless it.' The man replied that it
was unnecessary to give his name, ns
the money could be enjoyed as well
without it. I he blind man insisted
and finally the donor of the bill
said: 'Well, if you must know, I
am an old Confederate soldier , and
if you want to know why I give you
the amount of monev which pleases
you so much, I tell you I give it to
you because you are the first Yankee
soldier I have ever seen who was
trimmed up to suit my taste.'"
John Uulrkly E temporised five
W A mm, U u u-u
This is a meaningless sentence, but
it contains all the letters of our al
phabet. Five of these letters spell
f'woman," and large numbers of
women believe in the virtues of Dr.
Pierce's Favoiite Prescription a
strictly vegetable compound, for her
use only, and an unfailing cure for
the mauy ilia that beset her. It re
cuperates wasted strength, restores
the functions to a normal condition,
and iits her to bear and rear healthy
offspring; promotes digestion, puri
fies the blood, and gives activity to
the bowels and kidueys. In a word,
it is woman's cure and safeguard.
Guaranteed to give satisfaction, or its
price ($1.00) refunded.
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Men Don't A l nil re
A selfish woman.
A peevish woman.
An ill-natured woman.
A woman who is continually fal
sifying. A vyoman who talks disagreeably
of other women.
A woman who shows him she
knows more than he does on a cer
tain topic.
A man may think he admires, the
manly girl, but after all lie loves the
"womanly woman."
It is believed that the Russian
ukase prohibiting the exportation
of rye will be rescinded in October.
The St. Petersburg Jorrnal states
that the Czar held out for a long
time against the advice that the de
cree be issued.
THE CO l'TOX It I.OSSO !N.
After the meeting had been
opened and a number of applica
tions received and referred to a com
mittee, Brother Gardner announced
that the Very, Very Honorable
I lard road Johnson, of Jackson,
Miss., was iu the ante-room. The
gentleman was knowu as the colored
Cicero of the Southwest, and had
come to New York on purpose to
lecture before the Cotton Blossom
club. The subject of his lecture
was: "lias Mau Reached De Top?"
He would be introduced and given
every show to make a hit, aud Sam
uel Shin and Shindig Watkins were
personally cautioned that any dis
turbance on their part would result
iu a calamity which might change
the whole course of their lives.
The orator was then brought in by
the reception committee and intro
duced by Brother Gardner. The
majority of the brethren were disap
pointed in him. lie was short and
chunky, instead of being tall and
graceful, like Cicero, and he h id a
stiff kuee, a lop-shoulder, and a
scared look on his face. Judge
Cahoots remarked to Giveadam
Jones that he would bet seven of his
dogs against a bushel of onions that
the Honorable had at some period of
his life been caught in a bear-trap
set before a smoke-house door. He
had seen a dozen victims, and all
of them had that same scared look.
Deacon Cincinnatis Taylor, who was
brought up close to a forty-acre
melon patch in Georgia, told Elder
Stepback White that no one could
fool him on that lop shoulder. He
had seen fifty of them, and all were
the results of the same cause The
orator had been run out of a melon
patch, and when he got to the fence
had hit his foot on the top rail and
landed on the back of his neck on
the other side.
A wonderful change came over
the orator as he uttered his first
words. He assumed an easy position,
his face lighted up, he seemed to
undergo a complete transformation
in ten seconds.
"My frens," he began iu a low,
sweet voice, which was distinctly
heard all over the hall, "what has
man been doin' since he was create!
into did world ? Has he bin standin'
still or progressin' ? De qusliim is
one which any of you kin easily
answer. Eber since do first day man
appeared he has bin gw'ne right
ahead. He was pronounced an
intelligent, perfect being at the
stnd-olf, but dere was a mighty big
mistake about it somewhere. He
knowed so little G,000 y'ars ago dat
he couldn't hev told a ha'r brush
frcm a boot-jack, lie jist knowed
'nuff to keep outer tle way of grizzly
b'ars in de divtim. , an' roost in a
tall true at night, whar de allygators
couldn't eat him up. lie went
around widout any clothes on, an'
when he was hungry he filled up on
roots, an' yarbs, an' wild fruits.
He was so ignorant at dat period
dat he would hev swapped off 1,000
acres of choice cotton laud for an
old jack-knife widout any springs in
de back."
During the sensation that fol
lowed this declaration the orator
6wallowed a glass of water and
placed something like a gumdrop in
his mouth.
"Let us trace man by reg'lar stages
or epoch from dat time to de pres
ent," he continued. "Dar may be
som of jou whodoan' know what
an epoch is. If so, come to me arter
the performance is ober an' I will
explain. Doan' git an epoch mixed
up wid any of de auimals usually
attached to a circus, lie is nebber
carried around iu a cage fur exhibi
cion. Epoch de fust occurcd about
1,000 y'ars arter man was born. He
got some clothes on hisself, begun
to wash his feet an' cut his toenails,
an' he diskivered dat it wa3 better to
sleep in a bed on the airth dan to
shin up a tree an' roost on de
branches. Epoch de second occur
red 500 y'ars laL-r, when man dis
kivered how to make a fire an' bake
a 'possum. At the same time-he be
gan to conb his h'ar, rub his sore heel
wid 'possum fat, an' take more or
less interest in de sun and moon.
He was gradually but surely
advancin' in intelligence an' civili
zation, but if deRev. Penstock had
at dis time offered to trade primeval
man a pa'r of red suspenders fur
10,000 acres of bottom lands it
would her bin a go."
The statement created a decided
sensation, during which the orator
removed his coat and vest, draining
another glass of water, and signaled
the janitor to put another empty
starch-box in the stove and keep the
atmosphere steady at 10$ degree
above. Then ho proceeded :
"Atueeud ot another oUO y ars
man was considerable of a feller.
He had begun to hev toothache,
colic, co'ns, chillblains, ager, an'
other civilized complaints. He
made "hissef knives an' sich. He
learned how to tan a sheepskin and
to make purty good soft soap. He
found it needful to boss his feller
man an' make sartin laws by which
his smokehouse would be safe when
he was away all day. He made up
hi3 mind dat de world was flat he
took notice dat de sun had a way of
comin' up and gwying down ebery
day in de y'ar Sundays included.
He also got on tie weather mo1 or
less, an' made de fust attempt to
bring out an umbrella to keep de
rain off. He knowed ten times as
much as he'did at the start, but yit
he knowed very l'ttle compared to
de present aige. IE you had pre
sented him wid a pair of sheepshears
at dat epoch he would have been as
libel to use em fur hsh-bate a3 any
thing else. If Trustee Pull back
had bin dar at dat time, knowin' all
he snos now, he could hev taken
dat counterfeit dollar he tried to
piss off on dis club las' week to pav
his dues wid an' bought one inil
lyon acres of land fur a melon
patch." During the applause and confu
sion which followed Brother Pull
back sJood up and waved his arms
around and tried to deny that he
ever had a bogus dollar, but he was
shouted down, and the orator
dropped his suspenders off his
shoulders to give his arm3 free play
and continued :
"We now come to another epoch.
Man has bin gradually advancin'.
He has diskevered dat tobacco is a
good thing to chaw an' smoke ; he
has put ou boots an' kin go black
berry! n'; he carries a handkerchief
to wipe his nose on; he cuts his ha'r
an' puts a buckle on hia vest; he be
gins to pay taxes, run fur office an'
demand his right He even knows
'miff to put a bobber on his fish-line
an' use coon's ile when he has rheu
matiz in de left leg. He naj ad
vanced step by step,siowly but surely,
but he d?an't know it all yit. A
man like Elder Sunrise Jackson
had he lived to this time could hev
worked d three card monte racktt
wid sich richness as to hev possessed
himself of tie hull of Asia cr Egypt.
(Sensation.) De nex' epoch brings
us down to de present day. We
now behold man in de full blossom
of his life. He wears collars; he,
has pockets in his clothes ; he kin
read and write, an' cipher; he knows
all abont de airth below an' de skies
above ; he writes poetry ; he travels
on tie kivered cars; he ha3 a reg'lar
bed to sleep on; he has invented
lemonade, 'lasses-candy, peanuts,
doah-bells, lampposts, meetin'
houses, clothes-lines an' boot-jacks.
Should Waydown Bebee start out to
day to play de 6tring game as he is
he would find hisself scooped in au'
cleaned out afore night."
Brother Bebee arose to say some
thing but was called down, and af
ter exhausting the water pitcher and
unbuttoning his collar the orator
wound up with :
"But has man reached de top ?
Am dis de limit ? Am he gwine to
stop heah, same a3 de mule does
when lie bucks up agin a seben-rail
fetice? (Cries 'No, no!') No, my
frens. Man am gwine right along
sumo as he alius has. Dar will be
epochs an' epochs. He has passed
from savagery to civilizashna, from
ignorance to wisdom, from a state of
bru'aHty to dat pint whar he will
a'moas' give up his seat in a New
York street-kyar to a woman lie
will continue to progress. That
trausllnent symbology which has
ever percolated his rotundity will
continue to repacify a..' pcrturbate
until his transcendent ambishun
will obdurate him t j.ards a com
plete loquacity of insolubility. '
A wild yell greeted the orator a3
he closed and the confusion was so
great and continued so long that
Brother Gardner had to go down and
fling Rear-Admiral Rainbow over
two chairs to restore order. When
t he gentleman had been reconducted
to the ante-room and the dust had
settled dovn, Brother Gardner
said : '
'Gem'len, we has not only bin
highly entertained heah tonight, but
we ha' been furnished wid food for
serious rellecshun. Every single
ono of us orter feel tickled moas'
to death dat he wasn't born 6,000
yeai'3 ago, an' ebery one of us orter
firmly resolve to reach dat acme of
perfeckshun so beautifully referred
to. Sunuel Shin will now pas3 de
hat ad' take up a colleckshun for tie
orator."
A collection aggregating nine
cents and a dozen buttons was thrn
taken up and the meeting adjourned.
Sonic FmiioiiA Olfl Maili.
Look at the list : Elizabeth of
England, one of the most illustri
ous of modern sovereigns. Her rule
over Great Bntian certainly com
prises the most brilliant literary age i
of the English speaking people.
Her political acumen was certainly
put to as severe a test as that of any
other ruler the world ever saw.
Maria Edgeworth was au old maid.
It was this woman's writings first
suggested the thought of writing
similarly to Sir Walter Scott. Her
brain might very well be called the
mother of the Waverly novels.
Jane Porter lived and died an old
maid. The children of her busy
brain were "Thaddens of Warsaw"
and "The Scottish Chiefs," which
have moved the hearts of millions
with excitement and tears. Joanna
Baillie, poet and play writer, was
"one of 'em." Florence Nightin
gale, most gracious lady, heroine of
Inkermann and Balaklava hospitals,
has to the present written "Miss"
before her name. The man who
should marry her might well crave
to take the name of Nightingale.
Sister Dora, the brave spirit of Eng
lish pest houses, whose story is as a
helpful evangel, was the bride of
the world's sqrrow only. And
then what names could the reader
and the writer add of those whom
the great woild may not know, and
the little world of village, the
church, the family know, and priae
beyond all worlds,
Illinois is to the fore again with a
flying machine. This time it is
called a sky bicycle.
Thomas Fam, alias Dennis Gun
nell, and James Holeg, pleading
guilty, have been giveD ten years
each, and Gearge Clark, pleading
guilty, got fifteen years for robbing
the post olhce at larmvule, Va.
They aro members of a gang which
has robbed postolhces in many
smaller Southers c ties and of which
seven other members are under
arreHt.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
"There's a Chiel Amang ye Takin Notes
and Faith He'll Prent Them."
A Flourishing Scliool.
Report comes from Enochville that
the High School, under Prof. 1'. E.
Wright's principalship, has enrolled
12$ pupils, the largest number in
its history.
Considerably Impro v-l.
The elegant and unlucky number
of posts erected at the depot have
been whitewashed. At night they
look like tombs. May be they do
mark the last resting place of thir
teen tramps.
Fair at Ilrj 'n Mill.
Arrangements are making, we are
told, of a fair to be held at Dry's
Mill sometime during September.
It will be free to all. It is intended
to exhibit only the products of No.
7 township.
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Xw KlrniH at Our Xeigliuor.
The firm of Buchanan, Barrier &
Co., of Mt. Pleasant, has been dis
solved by mutual consent. In its
stead is Buchanan & Co., consisting
of M. L. Buchanan, J. S. and W. A.
Kindley ; another firm, Ileilig &
Ilendrix, consisting of C. G. Ileilig
and John M. Ilendrix. The Standard
wishes these new firms success.
For the Fair.
The first entry for a premium at
onr Fair is a pair of mules with
about the best record iu the county
for this year. They have cultivated
50 acres of cotton, 10 of corn,
plowed in 15 acres of oats in the
spring, and already sowed 5 acres
of oats, and turned 20 acres for
wheat since laying by corn and cot
ton. Bring in your reports ; this is
a good one.
Alpha and Omega.
On the direct tax lists, we find
that Rhineholdt Slither was 'the
first to pay his taxes and on the
ground where the Cannons and
Fetzer store now stands. J. II.
Wilson was last (No. 1)21) who paid
the tax on some mining property at
Pioneer Mills, owned by R. II.
Northrop. His tax was $3-1.32,
while Suther's was 5.45. ' These
two men were Alpha and Omega.
A Correction.
We were mistaken, so an esteemed
lady friend informs us, in stating
that a certain house in Wilkesboro
was the birthplace of Senator Gor
don, of Georgia. It is the birth
place of Gen. James B. Gordon, who
was killed at an engagement (during
tli j war) in Virginia. The lady
further states that these two men
are often confounded in the minds
of the people. One is John B. aud
the other James B. .
lt-'Itloii of Xnv St iil-nls.
New students entering the Uni
versity this Septepber will be met
at University Station by committees
of students, who will give them in
formation as to boarding places,
times of their examination, and all
matters necessary to be known by
new comers in reference to their
duties on entering the University.
Circulars containing full informa
tion have been printed, and will be
distributed on application as well as
by students who will go to the Uni
versity Station.
Snaky Subjects.
The Salisbury Herald says:
"Mr. R. M. Davis was busy Mou
day making a cage for two live rat
tlesnakes belonging to Mr. Charlie
Marsh. The snakes were about four
fie; hng and were captured near
Round Knob a month ago. They
have eaten nothing since being
caught, but are active and vicious
and show great readiness to strike
at anything troubling them. Any
interference with tho cae would
cause the reptiles to assume an atti
tude of offense, and would put their
rattles to siuging. Charlie is wel
come to his pets for any desire on
our part to own them."
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KaniHcy Interviewed.
The editor of the Progressive
Farmer was interviewed by the
Raleigh correspondent of the "Wil
mington Messenger and this is what
he is reportod to have said : "In no
conference or meeting was there any
talk of the third party. I heard
some talk of it by individuals.
Many questions were asked regard
ing the third parly, and the answer
was the Alliance had nothing to do
with it. I never met any bold out-and-out
third party men. I do not
know whether any can be found in
this State. I do not see any drift
that way. I have heard men say
they believed the third partv would
conic, but that was me.ely their
own speculation. There is no in
crease in the amount ot dissatisiac
tion with the present political par
ties. In nons of the meetings wa3
there a word of politics. The Alli
ance is inflexible in its demands for
the sub-treasury plan. The Alli
ance endorsed it without a dissent
ing voice. It does not favor any
particular bill. Either of those be
fore the last Congress will answer
with perhaps eome slight modifica
tion. The Alliance was not cen
tered upon any particular candidate
for Governor. So far a3 Col. Polk's
friends are concerned, they are not
willing for him to be a candidate.
They do not propose for him to step
down. His best friends in North
Carolina had rather see him where
he is than in any political office.
The election is in December, and he
will probably be again chosen presi
dent of the National Alliance."
"Blaine and Alger'!
Tauner's ticket-
ia Corporal
I'AT, Til E ASSOCI VI E EDITOR
Of the China (irove Dart, Kpmarki.
D. AV. Bostiati is building a new
residence. Rev. Barringer's son,
Otho, is thought to be taking typhoid
fever. Gus Patterson has a bicy
cle. A force of hands is at work
on our streets. Mrs. J. M. Beaver
raised a tomato that measure? thir
teen inches in circumference and
weighs two pounds. We have had
the Standard shown up to us, and
we are convinced that it is the
thing. Messrs. 1). M. Bostian &
Co , threshermen of the Locke neigh
borhood, have threshed during twenty-six
days of the season 7,500
bushels of wheat and oat3 jointly.
In two day 8 they made a record of
1,05G bushels.
A QueNlion.
The court-house meadow was
mowed and it rained a few hours
afterwards. Here's a question for
the court-house ring to discuss :
" What has the grass in this meadow
got to do with the raiu arrange
ments ?"
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Special Excursion.
The passenger train Friday evening
carried a car labelled. " Snecial Ex
cursion to Tallapoosa, Ga." These
cars carrying excursionists are be
coming frequent. The eyes of the
JNorth are upon us. Vewill bear
close inspection.
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ItiK Alliance Rally.
There will be a big Alliance mass
meeting at Norwood, Stanly county,
on Wednesday, the 2d day of Sep
tember. The meeting will be for
Anson, Stanly and Montgomery
counties. President Polk, Senator
Peffer and Jerry Simpson will be
present and address the people. A
tremendous crowd will doubtless
attend the meeting.
oii I'p.
The Abbeville (S. C.) Press and
Banner says: "Mr. J. R," Boyd, of
Columbia, will take the place re
cently held by Mr. Thos. W. Cocgler
as telegraph operator at Abbeville.
We welcome Mr. Boyd to our town,
and trast that good things are in
store for both him and this commu
nity." This is our Dick Boyd, and
you see how the little cogger is
climbing up by rapid degrees.
A Hi:; Suit.
J udge Montgomery, Col. Jones and
Piatt Walker, Esq., have been en
gaged to appear for the Mottz boys,
now in jail in Lincoln ton. This
means a long, hard and able fight,
and the Mottz boys will be defended
in an able manner. No trial ever in
the State will attract so much atten
tion, and besides it is expected that
some dirty things will be brought to
light.
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A Xfw Joke.
The Gastonia Gazette, which is
edited by a school teacher and one
that is married and wears glasses,
advances a new joke. It is fresh and
sparkles with the radiant ravs of
soft, gentle and lovely infancy.
Here it is : " If you are on one side
of a tree and a squirrel on the other
side and you go around the tree, the
squirrel keeping exactly opposite
you and moving as you do, will you
go around the squirrel r kettle it
for yourself."
.oh Xorlli Carolina Cotton.
The first bale of new crop North
Carolina cotton sold in the State was
marketed at Morven, Anson county,
on the 19 th. It sold for 9.01 What
about the East and the West?
Where are M. A. Ludwig and J. II.
Morrison? About the last day in
this month they will meet in front of
the courthouse contending first pas
sage into the cotton platform. Th
police has an eye out to this ; besides
people along the way expect to be
aroused about 2 o'clock by the&e
wagons.
What About a Celebration ?
Next year Cabarrus county will be
100 years old. Some time in April,
1792, the county was cut off from
Mecklenburg. Would it not be inter
esting and right to have some kind of
celebration of that event. Why
shouldn't we begin to think of it
now, what the character and nature
of the celebration should be and
other things connected with it ?
By celebrating that date, the
100th anniversary of the best coun
ty in the State, some will be led to
look up historical matters now cov
ered with dust. What about the
celebration? Let us have some
Axed 125.
A contemporary print8 a beautiful
sketch about a man who has lived
for a century and a quarter. On
carefully perusing the article we
discover, among other interesting
items of information, that
Still retains all his faculties.
Never used tobacco or liquor
in any form.
Split a cord of wood every
morning before breakfast.
Gets up at 3 o'clock, a. it.,
summer and winter.
Distinctly recollects George
HE
Washington.
Walks ten miles to church
every Sunday.
Can lick any of his great
grandchildren.
Takes the Daily Record.
Thinks Jackson i3 still
President.
The above is from the Greensboro
Record. The fact that the old gen
tleman believes that Jackson ia still
President i3 accounted for by the
paper he taks, and reading no others.
Ha3 he heard of Greensboro's big
sensation of six weeks ago
THE OI.D YKTEIt ASS.
The Conl'ederate Reunion iu Char
lotte on Thursday.
The old Vets had a meeting in
Charlotte on Thursday, and Col.
Paul Means was one of the speakers,
and here is what the Charlotte
Chronicle says :
"Col Paul B. Means, of Concord,
was introduced to the crowd and
spoke for about three quarters of an
hour.
Col. Means spoke on the "Perfect
ing of the Union." His subject was
divided into three special thoughts
pn which he elaborated:
1st. What the Confederate soldiers
effected in the war.
2d. His work3 in peace far surpass
those of war.
3d. The duty now for men with
such a history, the cementing of the
Union.
The speaker said it was not when
the Confederate soldier was facing
the musketry on the lield3 of Manas
sea, Gettysburg and Spottsylvania
that he needed the greatest courage,
but when after the long four years'
strife was concluded he turned his
face homeward, there to find his
property gone, his wife and children
in poverty, no form of government
but military, and with spirit broken,
to take up the burden of life again.
Col. Means in the course of his
remarks said the men who wore the
bloody shirt during the war never
raised the bloody shirt after the
war. Applause, lie spoke elo
quently on the duty of cementing
the union between the North and
South, and wiping out all sectional
annimossities and bitterness.
There are two classes of men,
said the speaker, in reference to the
South's action, that all good Con
federate soldiers have a supreme
contempt for, viz : The man who
wantsto apologize, or the man who
would apologize applause. Thank
GoJ, I have never heard of but few
Confederate soldiers who belonged
to either class, and thank God, I
have never seen any.
Col. Means' speech was advertised
to take place after dinner, but the
programme was changed, and it took
place before dinner. The reporter
failed to hear but the latter part of
it, or would give it in full. At it,
conclusion three cheers were given
for Col. Means aud his able effort."
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Why So Much Sickness.
There certainly must be seme
local cause for so much sickness.
Typhoid fever is not at its natural
home in this climate. I'rof. Holmes,
of the State Geological Survey,
claims that it is due to the water
our people arc drinking. Uog pena
and such like are located too near
our wells, and the kind of water we
are getting i3 by no means pure.
This matter is of sufficient impor
tance to be looked into; if the
water is the cause of eo much sick
ness, there is no excuse for not
removing the evil.
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Jtv tiod. Aberncthy!' What About
This ?
Some years ago Rev. Dr. Lafferty,
editor of the Richmond Christian
Advocate, said in his paper that "an
old barn called a college, in western
North Carolina, run by people who
had better be worming tobacco,"
had just conferred "the degree of
1). 1). upon a villaga insurance
agent;" and iu his paper a few
weeks ago he stated as a fact of re
cent occurrence that "a pile of ashea
with a mortgage on it, and without
a faculty, conferred the degree of
D. D. ou Rev. J. xnomaa Pate, of
Charleston," and advised the Rev.
Mr. Pate to sue for damages. There
are reasons to believe that the pres
ent "pile of ashes" is the remnant
of what was formerly the "old
barn, and that the reference in
both cases was to what was once
Rutherford College.
COCGHING-ITS CAUSE AND CXKE.
Coughing is an involuntary effort to
expel irritating matter from tho Itmps
or lironchiul passages, and is, therefore.,
as necessary, at times, ns vomiting is to
relieve the stomach of indigestihle or
poisonous HuhstatM-cH. As a gciiural
rule, when the stomach is uuliurh'inl
of its contents, the retching ce;u;es.
Not so with bronchial irritation, the
effect being liable to remain long after
the primary causa has be on removed.
The reason of this is that, in the acts of
coughing and expectoration, the mucous
coating of tho throat and air passages
becomes inflamed and congested ; conse
quently tliA inclination to cough ami ex
pectorate still continues and the delicate
tissue of the fauces are further irritated.
The great danger of a severe Jtiid pro
tracted cough is iu the liability cithe.r
to rupture a congested blood-vessel or
to cause an irritation and soreness that
may result iu ulceration of the lungs.
The obvious course tit treatment is
to administer, first, an expectorant that
will assist in loosening and biingiu
away the phlegm: and, secondly, an
anodyne to soothe the inllamcd and irri
tated membrane To accomplish this
two-fold purpose is the design of all
cough-cures; but the danger with mont
of them is that they are so cloying
to the stomach as to seriously inter
fere with the process of digestion ; con
sequently, in the effort to cure one
complaint, the patient is liable to con
tract another.
What, then, is best to be done? The
answer is: Take a medicine that is b;th
an anodyne and an expectorant one
which loosens the phlegm and soothes
the irritated membrane, but doen not
interfere with, or endanger, the regular
functions of any other bodily organ.
Can such a remedy be found? "We
reply unhesitatingly, it can in Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral. For more than forty
years this preparation has been in use,
and it is without doubt, the safest
and most efficacious of all cough-cures.
That it is so estimated by the public in
evident from the fact that ho other
preparation of the kind is in such uni
versal demand. As a family medi
cine, for cases of croup, whooping cough,
sore throat, bronchitis, and the sudden
pulmonary troubles to which children
are exposed, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral ia
simply invaluable.