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,n H. . KELLER.
., w,,v twins, Will and Susie,
; l; Ivi'ii watching theui
:': ! !,,'jv;i:-s. During that short
i' .Vilu'ir voung lives I had not
ltr'1 t'. discern much difference
1'tr" 'h' ir individual tastes, likes,
l:-T " v J inclinations. Susie han
ith Will's dexterity,
,:'' 1 i i -in-
Ll formulating uou ;
r . .mt of strav bits of cloth,
or r;i 'Mi. There was only
' -lit disparity and it puzzled
U',v'rii 'little when I firbt observed
If "Vii If "-i-1 Wl,a satislie.1 to
't. iHr little self up to a cha'r and
U.'n!i tiivic crowing with delight,
u' inta ttep farther and tried
'" .i ,i, the rhair. There was
..n.' oilier litueo niara. iaime
i" . it . i i. r ..i
.u -,r.,nted itself: Susie would
". i... in hu'd at the table while
:. noutuled his plate with his
wuh impatience. That was
''' .i tt 1 can recall that showed the
tX'nee between their sex. Susie
W 'Y.l'uf ur the good things. Susie
'j to the level of a chair; Will
li-il up"" the chair. When the
tii.s rraciu-d the lemarkable age of
k a ieat epoch dawned
viwii t ii . in.
:il puseuttd himself with his
'pair f pants. He chucked his
.v hands deep into the pockets
"d fruited proudly about the
r ij'n. It wa3 a LU"oUt little study
ij h nnan nature and was comical to
cWrve. Susie fr tne 'me a
ie- hr- was jealous of her brother.
was receiving more attention, he
tflitnore observed, he was getting
above her. She told her mama that
jbe wasted to wear pants, too ; she
s!ll thai ?he was just as big as Will,
1ml she dida't see auy reason why
jj,. si.oaldu't don a pair of pants,
v,"'sJ :u-r hands into the pookets and
i'ef ore papa to be admired, or
r V-l' and down the walk iu front
tf-h 'ii 'use, or go to the picture
r'l 'v. It touk a deal of explana
i.j.i to explode the tot's carious
fiu'v; but iu a short time she noted
W-lV'j'disdain for dolls, also a grow
ls' fluey for balls, tops, whips and,
lift of all, a little tricycle. And there
the :ins separated in their bab,
fli cks Susie became the lady, and
i' co'iimenced over again to watch
the Ik'V irrow.
A growing boy is a curious crea
ture and it requires a man of nerve
to watch him and stay by him. A
i-ovviiig bov is full of pranks some
Lri tobe "curbed and explained as
to the future consequences. Some
uu-1 U- nipped in the bud and cau
t: ajamst. Wise servants have
t :.-: r h.inds full with erowing boys,
a.ul manv au intellectual father's
l.uj has'beeu mightily puzzled ovt-r
tiic quaint streaks that creep into
hul out of a growing boy's mind.
hen Will reached the age of 12
he knew mure about biid bugs and
U-ftles than 1 had ever learned in
the- natural histuiy days of my boy
hood. He soon gave up that bent
and he'su to prowl around old desks
l,r postage stamps of value, lie
(j)c: t all his pennies for quaint
stamps, and soon had a collection
worth 50 the prize of which was
cue particular stamp which cost him
ji. 1 He purchase of this 6tamp
ia :ist have cost the dear boy much
self d -nial and deprivation of goodies:
hoAcvt-r, he owned the rare specimen
and as proud of it. Then Will
reai-ht;d the age of 15 and became
catcher in his school nine. There
w.-re older lads in this special nine,
but none could go behind the bai
and catch the swiftly-thrown ball
q.ii'e as well ad Will. Hebecauieso
aroused with the frenzy of base ball
thai k' had four or five dozen cabi
net photos taken with a catcher's
mask over his face, lie talked base
bail in his sleep, he gave us base
hall for breakfast, dinner and supper,
finally Susie 6aid that base ball was
only lit for little boys, at-which Will
began to expound the laws, rules,
regulations and features of the game
so hotly that mana said she surely
couldn't have the tiresome bud-j'-c
t mentioned at the table again.
Will's tine eyes blazed furiously
wh-ti "tiresome subject" was spoken
of. lie closed his mouth and kept
ilium. The next morning he told
Hi" he wai.ted to go away to school,
EoriK' school where there were no
womenfolks. I gave him my advice
ami Will went away and a strange
quiet crept over our little circle.
Sus;e missed toe jolly fellow, and
I d.mhr. wmild have taken him
Lack with "foul tip?," "dandy slide,"
''in curve" and "yellar decision"
tiinl all.
When Will did come back the
down was no longer upon his chin
and cheeks. There was a suspicion
of sleekiR-si of the razor's tou ;h ;
also a little shadow was upon hi3
up.u-r lip. His hair no longer crin
k e-l in tlie neck and curled about
hi ears ; it was cropped short behind
ami stood up straight on top. There
as one little thing that I noticed
h.. lingers, es-cially thoe of the.
n.ht h,.in, were yellow about the
I knew what it meant. I took
Vtill as:de and told him if he loved
n u he'd stop smoking cigarettes.
While I was opposed to tobacco in
e try form, I'd rather buy a res pec t-
ie amount of cigars for him than
! ' think d his smoking the disgust-
cigarette. Will saw that 1 was
t-'.t .;!; concerned and he promi.-ed
t" v'U cigarettes at once. Hp was a
ma' lv boy and, though he has often
' w a whiff of smoke over my
fiii.u er, he h.i8 never indulged
uncc in cigarettes. After he radu
; ted he took a desk in my cilice and
' r nto grow ahead of me, Thai
cb aryoang head of bia was gradually
VOL. IV. NO. 40.
assuming the leadership and in a
shott time he knew more about the
affairs of business than I did. It
w as a relief to me, and he was satis
lied that I should be relieved. Will
married nicely aud settled in another
part of the town, lie is one of the
growing business of the place and I,
his father, am not ashamed to write,
as I do, what I know about watching
a boy grow.
THE l'LAXETJ IX OCTOBEII.
During October Jupiter will be
the brightest star in the heavens
It will rise before dark, a little south
of east and moving westward will
pass the meridian long before mid
night. Iu the early evening, it will
be the most conspicuous object iu
the southeastern sky and, later in
the night, the most conspicuous in
the southern and in the southwest
ern. It is the largest and oue of the
most interesting of the planets. Its
diameter is nearly eleven times as
great as that of the earth, aud its
volume is more than 1,300 times as
great. Its day is short, being less
than ten of our hours. When
viewed with a good telescope its sur
face is seen to be covered with sev
eral more or less irregular belts
lying parallsl to it3 equator. Be
sides the belts there are spots, some
of which are red and some white;
none of them are permanent aud,
with one exception, none of them
are prominent. This prominent one
is known as "the great red spot."
It became conspicuous in 187S and
has attracted great attention among
astronomers on account of its great
size, the sharpness of its outline and
its intense red color. It is about
27,000 miles in length and 8,000 in
breadth. From the time of its
appearance until the autumn of
1882 it changed but little in outline
aud color. At that ti ne it begin to
fade and a year later its outline
began to change. Iu lSS-'l and 1S84
it had become so faint that it could
only be seen with large telescopes,
aud even then with difficulty. Since
then it has grown brighter and at
the present time is a conspicuous
object, having a sharp outline and a
pale reddish color.
Jupiter is attended by four moons,
which revolve about the planet very
rapidly. Frequently by watching
an hour, it may be seen that they
have changed their relative posi
tions. They are, at times, all on one
side of the planet, at other times
three are on one side and one on the
other aud again two on each side.
They are bright and may be seen
with very little assistance; opera
glasses may show them. Iu passing
irom one side of the planet to the
other they disappear by transit or
eclipse. At 'J o'clock on the even
ings of Oc ober o, 13. 21, 2'.),
and 31, only three of the moons
will be visible. On other nights
also, b.it at different hours, only
three will be visible and at times
only two may be seen.
Jupiter is in the constellation
Aquarius During the month of
October its motion is retrogade; that
is, it is moving westward among the
stars. This motion i3 only appar
ent, it is due to the motion of the
earth. Jupiter's real motion among
the stars is eastward.
All the other large planets except
Neptune are near the sun, and are
invisible during October or are visi
ble in the east for a short time be
fore sunrise. On the 12th of the
mouth Mars and Saturn will be in
conjunction; when nearest each
other they will be less than a degree
apart Early in the mo :th "enus
rise3 a few miuutes before the sun ;
towards the end of the month nearly
an hour. Neptuae, the most remote
of the planets, is in the constella
tion Taurus, about four degrees
north of the bright star Aldebaran.
It is, of course, invisible to the
naked eye.
Aldebaran ;s one of the brightest
fixed stars in the eastern evening
sky ; Capella is the brightest in the
northeast; Fomalhaut in the south
ern, Altair iu the southwest, Arctu
rus iu the northwest, Vega to the
west of the zenith. The constella
tion Cygnus is cverh- ad ; four of its
bright stars form a cross. The
great square of Fcgasus is high in
the east, aud to the northeast of it
the great nebula in Andromeda may
be seen, a faint object to the naked
eye.
KASl.IN IX ritA'AK.
Some very illiterate men are pecu
liar'' gifted in prayer, and, by the
law of averages, some learned and
distinguished theologians are want
ing in the ability to convey lntoruu
tim. to the Almiuhtv in choice and
ornate English; but those who have
heard tho lie v. Tom U.xon, at nis
best, on the lecture platform, would
hardly expect to liud him classed
with the number of those who lind
any special ditlijulty iu outliniug a
foreign or domestic policy to the
t VIhs hil THiwers. We are, therefore,
somewhat surprised to find the (ias-
tonia Uazette uoing up our xoiu in
the following style:
"The openim; prayer at the Expo
sition, at lialeigi). was delivered by
the ltev. Tom Dixon. The event
was for several weeks duly ii ivfi
Used iu the p ipers. Wo havo r';
seuted t e prayer to our readers tliiri
rt e k. We read a rep il l of Tom
it-eture on the "Amnghty Dollai
..1 in- tim ui.lrt o iIih lecture the
prayer ia a mighty tame alTair. Ihe
praving busine.-B doesn't seem to
come baudy to Tom. He seems to
be most at home wiieu ue ia dui
making any prayers."
If a hen and a half lays an erg
and a half ii a day aud a tiaif, how
long will it take eix hens to lay live
eggs?
H
A NTATEnEVI t'ROM OL. 1MH.K
In Itcirnrri to th Clinrtro That lie
ArltMl n Coward at Winfheattr.
IiAi.Eiou, X. C, Oct 5. Mr.
Daniels: I wrote the enclosed com
munication for the News and Ob
server aud requested that paper to
publish it in tomorrow's issue. This
it says it could not do and as I have
special leasons for wanting it to
sppear tomorrow, may I ask yoa do
me the kindness to give it a place in
the columns of the Daily Chronicle
and greatly oblige yours, &c,
L. L. Folk.
STATEMENT FROM L L. POLK.
llA LEIGH, N. C, Oct. 5.
Editor News and Observer :
It has been charged throtigh the
public prints that I skulked the bat
tle of Winchester, Va., on the lGth
of Sept., lSb'l. and as your paper has
been i rominenr in giving willing aid
to this charge, I ask that yon pub
lish the following :
THE CHARGE.
Letters have been written from
Raleigh to certain papers and have
been reproduced in other papers,
which are understood to have been
written by oue Max Gorman, in
whi'jh appears interviews with J. F.
Devereux, charging that I was hid
den behind a rock fence ou the
morning of the 19th of September
at Winchester, when my Regiment
had gone on and v. as engaged in
battle, that Brigadier General
Grimes and himself saw me there
and had certaiu conversation with
me that I claimed to have a chill
that General Grimes called spe
cial attention of Devereux to the
matter and S3id with an oath that
he intended to court marshal me for
it, aud would summon Devereux as
a witness that for some reason I
was not. court-martialed but was
allowed to resign that Lieutenant
Ellerbee also of our regiment was
skulking at the same time and would
have been court-martialed but for
his death, caused bv a ball whic .
strucK him while far iu rear of the
line.
WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
I shall not ask you or your read
ers to believe anything I may have
to say about the matter, except this:
that Lieutenant Ellerbee at that
time, had been buried nearly two
mouths, having been fatally and
horribly wounded in the fight and
in line of battle, a Snicker's Ferry,
a., on the lbth of July, and died
eleven days thereafter.
Now as to myself, I have in my
possession the official record of a
court-martial, which proves on the
sworn testimony of Brigadier Gen
eral Grimes himself aud fourteen
other witnesses that the above charge
contaius no more truth in regard to
mvself than the one made against
Lieutenant Ellerbee.
The official record shows that the
charges were: "Misbehavior in the
presence of the enemy" and "Absence
without leave.
Gen. Grimes makes no allusion
whatever, either iu the charges or
specifications or in his sworn testi
mony to any lack of duty on my
part during the morning, nor did he
summon uevereux as a witness.
You ask in a recent issue of your
paper, if I cau prove by my Colouel
that 1 wus honorably acquitted? 1
cau not, because my Colonel was
wounded and captured at dettys-
burg and had not been released from
prison. You ask if I can prove it by
the record ? Let the record answer.
The record shows that up to the
18th of September, I was acting
Adjutant of my regiment, that on
that day 1 received a certnicate from
the sheriff of my county ; showing
that I had been elected a member of
the North Carolina Legislature.
That ou that day I turned over my
horse, books, etc., to the proper au
thorities, preparatory for leaving for
Raleigh on the next day, the lUtti.
That the commanding officer of my
regiment had released me from duty,
and that on the morning of the l'Jth
I had prepared to start home, having
previously filed proper application
for my release from duty, that find
ing a "battle was imminent, I went
to the commandant of the regiment
and asked his opinion as to whether
I ought to go iuto the battle; that
he said 1 was under no obligation
whatever to go, but suggested that I
talk to Gen. Grimes about it After
the line of battle was formed I up
preached Gen. Grimes and asked
his advice as a friend. He advised
me to go in, saying that there might
be talk about it if I did not. That I
told him I would go, that I took
charge of Company "II," it having
no officers with it That we advanced
and were halted under a heavy fire
of skirmishers in our front ; thai the
order to forward was icpea'ed, but
for s;me reason the regiment did
not advance until I went in front
and called to the color sergeant and
told him to follow me; that at that
time, in addition to the skirmish
tine, the enemy had their lines of
battle iu our front in opeu ground
and a battery inlilading us; that I
led the charge through open ground
for two or three hours under a heavy
and destructive tire; that I was the
only officer seen in front during the
charge, and that I remained in front
until the line was ordered to halt;
that when order to fall back by
GeneralGrimes I assisted bim in ral
lying the regiment on a hue indica
ted by hi in, until Capf. Hall, the
commandant of the regiment, who
wa3 my former captain, was brought
to me near General Grimes, and be
ing, as he thought, fatally wounded
implored me to take him to the rear,
iusuifing that I had no business
th.'iv, and appealing to me as a
brother Mason. 1 took him from the
field and to the hospital. Socn
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,
after reaching the hospital the
report came that our line had been
broken, and that the wounded should
get out if possible ; that I caught up
my pistol and sword and went out
and met some flying calverymen and
drew my pistol ou the officer and
halted and held them until our
troops came up. Thi3 is the record
taken down in court by Maj. R. C.
Badger, judge advocate ,at the time,
and is now in my possesion just ss
he handed it to mo aboJt the 1st of
December, 18GL The witnesses3
were Brig-Gen. Bryan Grimes; As
sistant Surgeon J. Ii. Goodwin, 2nd
N. c. Battalion ; Color Seargeant W.
T. Barnes Co. "0" 43d N. C. Regi
ment ; Corporal J. N. Henry, Co. "I"
43d N. C. Regiment; Adjutant Wm.
S. Barnes, Adjutant 4th N. C. Regi
ment, "aide de camp" to General
Grimes: John Stalliugs. Co. "G"
43d N. C. Regiment ; A. W. Bridgers,
Lieutenant Co. "G" 43d N. C. Regi
ment; W. L. M. Ferkin , Lieuten
ant Co. "F" 431 N. C. Regiment; J.
A. Boggan, Lieutenant Co. "K" 43d
N. C. Regiment; S. I). Farrior, Co.
N. C. Regiment; Cary Whitaker,
Captain Co. "D'43d Regiment ; J. B.
Strachen, Surgeon, 32d N. C. Reg
iment. Upon my petition, Gen. Grimes
wts intructed to try the case before
the Division Court Martial and thus
was allowed to select the officers
who should try the case, and the
following officers were choseu :
Brig-Gen. W. R. Cox, Fresident ;
Col. D. G. Coward, 32d N. C. Regi
meut; Col. W. II. Willis, 4th Get
gia Regiment; Leut. Col. J. C.
Goodgame, 12th Alabama Regiment
Capt Watkin3 Fhelan, 3d Alabama
Regiment; Capt II. T. Battle, 21st
Georgia Regiment; Capt J. C.
Staucill, 4th N. C. Regiment ; Capt
II. II. Tyson, 32d N. C. Regiment.
Couut Martial, Rhodes Div.
Camp Rhodes Division",
November 30th, 1864.
Lieutenant L. L. Tolk, Co. I, 43
Reg't N. C. Troops.
My Dear Sir: In accordance with
the act of Congress published in
General OrdersNo. 53, Adjutant and
Inspector General's office (present
series) I have the honor to inform
you that y u have been honorably
acquitted of the charges and specifi
cations preferred against you.
Very respectfully,
Y'our obedient servant,
R. C. Badge u.
Major aud Acting Judge Advocate,
About 12 o'clock that night I was
aroused and pulled from my bunk
and placed on a stump aud made a
speech to my friends the Brigadge
who had come to houor me with a
serenade, on the evening of my de
parture for Raleigh. I left tha next
morning. A few days after my
arrival in Raleigh I received the fol
lowing from Chaplain E. W. Thomp
son. Camp 43d N. C. Regiment,
Near New Market, Ya.,
Dec. 15, 18G4.
According to previous notice the
officers of the 43d N. C. Regiment
held a meeting ou the evening of the
5 tli of December to expre 8 their
sentiments with regard to the depar
ture of o.ie of their number, Lieut
L. L. Folk, to take his seat in the
Legislature of N. C. Lieut W. A.
Bridgers was called to the chair
Chaplain E. W. Thompson wa3 ap
pointed si cretary.
On motion a committee composed
of Capt. W. I. Cobb, Chaplain K.W.
Thompson and Lieut II. Brown
were appointed to offer resolutions
expressing the sense of the meeting.
The committee reported and the
following preamble aud resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas our brother officer, Lieut
L. L. Folk, has been elected to the
Legislature of North Carolina and
has left us to take his seat in that
honorable body, therefore
Resolved 1st, That while we are
highly gratified at the honor thus
conferred upon him, we deeply regret
that in the future we are to be de
prived of his association as a Chi is
tian gentleman and his aid and ex
ample as a gallant officer.
Resolved 2d, That his gentlemauly
deportment, his moral conduct, to
gether with his gallant bearing as an
officer, have won the esteem and
confidence of the officers and men of
the 43d N. C. Regiment
Resolved 3d, That we hope his
conduct, while serving hi3 country
in her legislative councils, may be
marked by the same honesty of
purpose, patriotic devotion aud un
faltering courage that characterized
him while serying it on the field ot
battle.
Resolved 4th, Thatacopyof these
resolutions be sent to Lieut. Folk,
and also to the Raleigh Confederate
and the North Carolina Argus for
publication.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
A. W. Bridgers, Chm'n.
E. W. Thompsou, Sec'y.
It is due Gen. Grimes to say, and
it gives me givat pleasure, that from
the first time he met me after this
to his death that our relations were
pleasant and cordial.
If any honorable old soldier or
other gentleman desires to see the
record of this proceeding, iu full, it
will afford me pleasure to submit it
in the handwriting and form in
which Major Badger handed it to
me.
I am sure that nothing that I
could add would strengthen the
stern condemnation in tha minds of
all impartial and honorable men of
the malignant vindictiveness with
which I have teen pursued.
L. L. Folk
The way to do good is to be good.
lhere must be light, then it will
shine.
FDARD.
HEART TIIKOUS
And FWsaiit Rrflpriion by Henry
Klouni.
Figs ure frequently brought up in
penury.
Even the honest farmer will water
his stock.
A deaf mute, it is said, is not a
man of his word.
The flour of a family often makes
a loaf-er-ill-bred.
The position of a judge i3 an ex
ceedingly trying one.
It is a bold man, indeed, who will
not dodge a boulder.
Among the impossibilities may
be mentioned an ugly baby.
Woman may be a puzzle, but man
i3 not willing to give her np.
Truth", like the sunbeam, cannot
be soiled by any outwaid touch.
It is the struggle and not the at
tainment that measures character.
"A" ig go a-head letter. You of
ten hear of "A leading industry."
Negroes have black eyes, and for
that reason they are called dark-ies.
Youth sucks the sugar coating.
and old age chews the bitter pill cf
lite.
If you would not have affliction
visit twice, listen once to what it
teaches.
Fersecution is often the wind that
scatters the good seed of the king
dom. Mock humility wears a gauze robe
covered but not concealing its defor
mity.
Tight lacing, like other evils, has
its compensation. It prevents waste
fulness. The crow, after all, is the greatest
chiropodist It can remove more
corns than a man.
Humin things must be known to
be loved; divine things must be
loved to be known.
A deaf man cannot be legally
convicted. It is unlawful to convict
a mau without a hearing.
1 Ue dictionary is not so large as
the postoffice, but it contains more
letters to the square inch.
There is a tide in the affairs of
men which if not skillfully dodged
at the proper time, drowns them.
It is sometimes hard to tell where
busiuess sagacity leaves off and
downright rascality begins.
AVheii a man measures out glory
for himself he is always honest, and
heaps up the half-bushel.
Culture is good ; but there is no
amount of culture that will make
the cabbage blossom like a rose.
Certain trifling laws sit as grp.ee
fully on a character of elegance as a
rugged button on a court dress.
If we would only call things by
their right names, vvt- should have
more thieves aud less ! fruiters.
The man. with a s"ugle eyeglass
looks as if he had a pain in Lis eye,
and in such a condition presents an
odd spectacle. ,
Beautiful souls are often put into
plain bodies; but they cannot be
hidden, and have a power all their
own, the greater for the uuconsci-
ousnesg of humility which gives it
grace.
A kind word aud a loving smile
have ofb-n plucked the aureole of
depression from the aching brow,
and placed thereon the soothing gar
land of beauteous cheer and hope.
lo the christian, whose vision is
faith-lit, there are no shadows seen
at the approach of Death's deep
night, for the gleamings of the bnl-1
liant sunbursts of Resurrection's
effulgent morn ensilver the close of
life's well spent day and make it
bright and beautiful.
When It Hurt.
An army surgeon in the late Civil
War had occasion to lance an abscess
for a poor fellow at Camp Douglas,
and as the see was obstinate it
became necessary to use the knife
twice. The operation was not a very
painful one, but the patient declared
that it had nearly killed aim, and
when a third resort to the lancet was
proposed he protested he could never
go through the operation alive.
Ihe surgeon promised to make it
easy for him, and calling up a few of
the loungers ordered one of them to
hold bis hands close over the pa
tient's eyes and two others to grasp
his hands firmly.
"Ibis arrangement, explained
the doctor, "is said to prevent pain
in such an operation. JNow lie per
fectly quiet, and when I say 'Now !'
prepare yourself."
Ihe surgeon at once began quietly
w ith his work, said in a short time
had completed the operation without
the least trouble, the patient lying
as quiet as though in sleep.
When all was done, the surgeon
laid a?ide the knife, and said,
Now !" Such a roar came from
the lips of the sick man as seldom is
heard from any human being. He
struggled to free himself, yelling,
"0 doctor, you re killing me !
Shouts of laughter soon drowned
his cries, and he was told that the
operation had been all over before
the signal was given. It was a good
joke, but it is doubtful if the poor
tellow could ever be made to believe
that he did not feel actual pain
immediately after that fatal "Now!"
Medical News.
Praise be to him, w hose wondrous skill
las conquered every human ill
Uid now alone, as Victor stands
Mi 'Cftlilen' fiomnound of his hands."
So spake a man, with tribute crowned,
Of Or. fierce, tlie "worin-renowneu,
Whose "Medical Discovery"
Had vanquished pain and set him free.
One can but speak in praise of a
remed v so effectual and unfailing as
Dr. Fierce s Golden Medical Discov-
ery
Act:nr nromDtlv aud thor-
j - O k & V
oughly, it produces permanent cures.
Consumption, in its early stages,
scrofula, liver and kidney disorders.
and all blood diseases, are within the
field of its unbounded sucee3e.
1891.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
"There's a Chiel Amanq ye Takin Notes
no Faith He'll Prent Them."
Another Fair.
There will be another Fair in this
county for 1S91. This one will be
held in No. 7, at Rural Retreat, on
the 31st of this mcnth. It is an
exhibit of No. 7's products. A large
crowd will be present and a jolly
good time is expected.
This Ia Toff
It is reported that a certain Con
cord dentist, whose name we with
hold through regard to the feelings
of the Swink boys, while in Raleigh,
this week, dropped a nickel in the
slo of a letter box on a lamp post
and said: "Play Home, Sweet
Home," and waited for it to play
until the editor of this four-pager
came by and took him in charge.
Ilnrt it the Gin.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Daniel
C. Faggart of No. 8, met with a
serious accident at his gin. His
hand became entangled in the saws
and was completely ruined. Dr. R.
S. Young was sent for and gave the
necessary medical assistance. The
pat'ect is doing well. The Stan
dard's sympathies are with the suf
ferer.
The Brt?g;fl Owe.
The New York Presbytery has
determined, by a vote of 64 to 62, to
put Dr. Briggs to trial, and the
learned professor will have to make
his answer to the charge of heresy
November 4. The majority of the
ministers of the New York Presby
tery favored the dismissal of the
charges, but the laymen carried the
day, and a very interesting fight is
now on.
I.iutt Xlgbt.
A dearth of news caused this re
porter to tackle a wandering ency
clopaedia on the front stoop of the
Seminary building last night lie
oould tell us of Thucidides and
Horace. He could expatiate on the
Alliance and the issues of the day,
but he was short of grub, and hifl
clothing was a little more worse
than that of the reporter's. For
once this educated tramp was not a
printer.
The Mots Cane.
This famous case came up from
the grand jury of Lincoln County,
on Tuesd ly, in the form of a true
bill against the Motz brothers for
killing their cousin, Samuel C.
Motz. After formal arraignment of
the defendants, motion was made
by their counsel for change of venue,
which was granted. The judge has
not yet designated a place for the
trial, but a report in the Charlotte
Chronicle says it is likely that Meck
lenburg or Cleveland will be the
place.
A Nice Building;.
The foundation of the Episcopal
church is cut out Brick-laying
will commence next week if the
weather is suitable. The building
will be an ornament to the town. It
is situated on the corner ot iast
Depot and Spring streets. It is of
gothic style, and will cover an area
of 02x25 feet Our Episcopal friends
will leave no stone unturned to make
their house of worship equal to any
other.
OLD NAYIXGM.
The Standard cives a few old say
ings. The list is not complete. We
preferred to leave off those genera
ally used by those people who are
neither sanctimonious or hypocriti
cal. Read 'em :
As poor aB a church mouse.
As thin as a rail,
As fat as a porpoise,
As rough as a gale,
As brave as a lion.
As spry as a cat.
As bright as a sixpeuse,
As weak as a rat,
As proud as a peacock,
As sly as a fox,
As mad as a March hare,
As strong as an ox,
As fair as a lily.
As empty as air.
As rich as Croesus,
As cross as a bear,
As pure as an angel,
As neat as a pin,
As smart as a steel trap.
As ugly as sin,
As dead as a door nail.
As white as a sheet.
As flat as a paucako,
As red as a beet.
As round as an apple,
As black as your hat.
As brown a a berry.
As blind as a bat.
As meau as a miser.
As full as a tiok,
A plump as a partridge,
As sharp as a stick,
As clean as a penny.
As dark as a pnl:.
As h.u d as a roil Is tone,
As bitter as gall.
Ah fine as a riddle,
As clear as a bell,
As dry as a herring,
As deep as a well.
As light as a feather,
As hard as a rock.
As stiff as a poker,
As calm as a clock,
As green as a gosling,
As brisk as a bee,
And now let me stop,
Lest you weary of me.
-
BuNinenH Men,
from close armlicatian and too little
exercise, are especially liable to con
stipationclogging up nature's great
sewers producing headache, bili
ousness, sluggish circulation and
general derangement or. ine yicai
nroans. A regular movement of the
bowels is indispensable to perfect
i., . . i ' i :-t.!m.ni it
neaitn ; to uegiect n . uupcm
co,astipaed, Pierce's Pleasant Pel
lets will cure you. No interference
with business. Very modest ex
nensp. Mild in action, yet powerful
in cleansing, regulating the stomach,
liver and bowels, curing constipa-
tion, fceaaacne ena Kinareaaiimeaw.
WHOLE NO. 196.
TOE EDITOR ABROAD.
Nare Reflection on Varlona Neenea
ana incidents In a Baity Edl
tor'a field of Vision.
The following effusion from the
facile pen of our missing editor was
hailed with joy, in the Standaad
office, this morning, not for any
intrinsic merit it possesses, but for
the simple reason that it is the first
pointer we have had from the editor
himself as to bis whereabouts. It
purports to be the production of one
eye-witness of the scenes described
and we infer from that fact, coupled
with our personal knowledge of
Plain Jim's veracity, that he de
parted from his usual custom, on
this trip, and went by rail. The
combined editorial force, after seri
ous consideration of the question
why be has marked the production
"local, finally decided that it was
because the author has, in Concord,
a local habitation and a name. Here
it is and we give it just as we got it:
(Local.)
On Hour' Watch.
Humanity is a funny thin?. Did
tteven occur to yon that there are
no two people alike in this world,
not even twins. Animals are
unlike; trees and all vegetation.
Really there are not in this broad
world two leaves alike in every par
ticular. Then whyfshonld human
ity be alike it rises justly to a
higher and greater degree of indi
viduality and should of right do so.
A good place to see the difference
in personalities, and people's habits
and ideas of propriety, is on a rail
road train, or Fone hour we ob
served. We began with the fair and
modest maid at our, side. She
refused to let ns buy a lunch for her
and she was afraid of losing a little
grip she had with her. She . could
not sleep on the train. We played
off as dozing to fool the conductor,
but he woke (?) us and demanded
our tickets he got 'em.
There was before us a hat from
which appeared a white spot (onion
like) surrounded by thin gray hair
and further away from the shining
baldness it grew darker until around
his neck the horizon, so to speak.
He watched every body and looked
suspicious.
Leaning over to me and the mod
est maid at my side was a face full
of furrows and appeared from a
split bonnet, with a red Thurman
kerchief around the long and with
ering necK. we were nve miles
from Greensboro. "Is nena gwine
to get off the train at Greensboro ?"
said she. "I am ; my son will meet
me I am his mother and I have not
seen my Bon in two years." They
metjin Greensboro they embraced;
and the aged woman pulled her ker
chief from her neck and wiped away
her tears of joy. She is a good wo
man and never away from home,
never on the train before, and she
has never been to school but she is
good and loving, and her son (a suc
cessful teacher) loves this good old
woman his mother.
While several were standing for
the want of seats, a number of men
and women occupied as many seats
to themselves they stretched their
carcass across the seats and snored
loud and struggling snores.
Two fellows lay stretched on seats
they had their shoes off their
feet were extended across the arm of
the seat their socks looked sobby,
Bticky and slick they were not
white, the socks were not, and the
odor that radiated shocked olfacto
ries around the car they snored,
and needed clothes' pins on their
noses and shoes over their feet ; bnt
they had the right of way and slept
on. iien sac wnne women sioou.
The fellow that was drank was
there. The bright face and the doil
face; the keen eye and the dull eye;
the beauty and ugliness of youth
and the frailties of age ; character
and no character ; hopes and no
hopes ; all were there and bound for
some point; they knew, I did hot
It m a fair samp e of humanity ;
it sows the mixture as we go dawn
the rugged turnpike of stormy lives
to where we work cur ' way. Yes,
they were, there and we are all in
the swim, but ao two of us are alike
but we want to go to the same here
after, which is beyond and unseen.
The Charlotte Burglar.
The particulars of the attempted
burglarizing of Mr. John W. Wads
worth's residence, in Charlotte, is
that a nerro. Alf Downs, of Roan
oke, Va., entered the house through
a window. Mr. Wads worth ana wite
were aroused by their little child
crying for water. Mr. Wadsworth,
feeling a cold draught of air, noticed
that the blinds were open, and began
an investigation. The burglar, be
coming alarmed, ran down stairs and
into the arms of Mr. Wadsworth.
The two clutched, the negro making
for the open window. His strength
proved too much for the combined
etiorts or. nr. anu jiru. hbuswuhu,
and he succeeded in getting away.
Dr. Fitzgerald, of (Joneord, and Mr.
Charles Wadsworth followed the
fleeing burglar, shooting at him as
hit ran. lVliceuien captured him by
their assistance, and he is now be
hind the bars and has confessed.
There is a new paper at Burling
tonthe Hawkeye it is. The name
is significant.
In Washington the other day a
youth named Smith smelt powder
while looking down the barrel of a
pistol. The powder and bullet both
went up his nose, the latter lodging
in the left cheek. It is not necessary
toeay that Smith is an African, for
no other race could furnish the
nwnci- of a nose in which a bullet
could wander to the outer limits of
the face and still be in the nose.
THE STANDARD
LARGEST PAPER
-PUBLISHED IS CONCORD.
CONTAINS MORE READING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
A DAY OFF.
Plain Jim Goes Rnnf (rating.
Some time between the dusk and
dawn of yesterday and to dav the
editor of this allered newsnaner
1
jumpeu ine town, lie has gone to
Jaleigh, seeking relief for a tired
feelingr in what he calls his brains.
and recreation for a generally played
out anatomy and physiology. He
has all the symptoms of wreck and
ruin so graphically portrayed in the
patent medicine department of all
well regulated newspapers, and goes
to the Capital Citv flushed with a
feyerish hope that a few days anid
me quiet and peace ol that still spot
will cool his head. The humble
esteem in which he holds himself
was never more apparent than in the
elaborate preparations he made for
the running of his paper duriuir hig
absence. Close observers noticed.
yesterday, a look of more than usual
distraction upon his well favored
features, as if the mental machinery
wnicn is supposed to have its habitat
in the rear of the said features had
slipped a cog, but it was not known,
until this morning, how serious was
me prooiem with which he was la
boring. It was the momentous
question, not what would become of
sis wnne her gentle master was
away, as !vou mi?ht sunnose: bnt
what will become of that glittering
hummer that star-eyed daisy
that that er. ah. Standard ?
How well he mastered the situation
became apparent this morninsr when
the results of his brain work began
to materialize. Two preachers, two
es-editors. one ex-ma vor. a lawyer
and one gentleman of leisure, as
with oae heart and brain, spit on
their hands and seized the Stand
Abd's helm. Amoner them they felt
that by Btrict attention to duty, by
unswerving ndelity, and by the help
of that Tjrovidenoe which is snn-
posed to favor the good, they could
hold her prow true to the guiding
star which Plain Jim had designated.
This editorial forc3 has elected per
manent chairman, vice-president and
secretary, and hopes by laithful at
tention to duty to merit the confi
dence repcsd in them and to meet
the absent editor s hopes that they
can substitute for him, at least for a
day or to. In the meantime we
shall abide by his parting injunc
tion: "Be virtuous " he said. "1?9
virtuous and vou will be hannv. but
you will be lonesome sometimes."
NTASDAKD1TLS.
Raleigh is filled with all kinds of
fakes.
The Raleigh electric cars jump
the track about every day.
A colored man was killed in Ral
eigh Friday morning by a train.
President Harrison is said to have
small feet; what about the other
end of his anatomy ?
It is a wonder that they don't try
to get the Statue of Liberty at the
Southern Exposition.
The State Chronicle's special wire
burnt out while two red-headed men
stood near the ground wire.
Will X. Coley, who has charge of
the female band at Raleigh, is said
to be throughly demoralized.
Will Coley, of the Mocksville
Times, is in charge of the Columbus'
remains, at the Southern Exposition.
C. Fake King, the correspondent
of the Atlanta Journal, is doing up
Raleigh. He is Bending out all
kinds of stuff to his favorites.
The Standard will in a few days
have a full write-up of what was
seen in a visit to the North Carolina
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, in Raleigh
N. C.
The police courts in the State are
flush. It is painful to see so many
small boys figuring on the slate, and
there is no reformatory for such. Let
us hope,
Sjnd us your job printing.
rORJEVf ARKBD IS FOREARMED.
In moit diseases, cure depends upon
the promptness with which remedies are
administered. If the remedy be taken
when symptoms ot disease first mani
fest themselves and before the normal
strength ol the body is greatly impaired,
the complaint may often be checked and
cured in the beginning, the sufferer thus
escaping sickness ot perhaps a fatal
character. This is especially true of com
plaints to which the young are liable.
First symptoms are often neglected,
simply because no effective remedy
happens to bo at hand, and it is not
until the diseaso has gained consider
able headway that means are taken to
arrest its course. Alas, how frequently
these means prove too late I
Every household, therefore and, for
that matter, every individual should
be provided with a few simple remedies
for the common complaints to which
all are exposed. As no complaints are
more common than those ot the throat
nd lungs, a safe and efficacious ano
iyne should always be within reach.
We have been impelled to make these
cautionary remarks by happening to
notice in a recent paper the case of a
child who would, undoubtedly, have
died of croup had there not been In the
house part ot a bottle ot Ayert Cherry
Pectoral. The following Incident re
lated by the father of the little one,
should certainly impress every patent
with the necessity of being forearmed
for a similar emergency:
One of my children had croup. Tho
case was attended by our physician,
and was supposed to be well under con
trol. One night I was startled by tha
child's hard breathing, and on going to
his bedside found him strangling. .He
bad nearly ceased to breathe. Realis
ing that the child's alarming condition
had become possible in spite of the med
icines already administered, I reasoned
that such remedies would be of 'no avail.
Having part of a bottle of Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral in the house, I gave the child
three doses, at short intervals, and
anxiously waited results. From the
moment the Pectoral was given, thi
child's breathing gre easier, and la a
short time he was sleeping quietly and
breathing naturally. The child Is aliva
and well to-day, and I do not hesitate
to say that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral saved
tiS UfO." 5 mmm0m H