SI. Ttitc Staxdard is Only Oxe Dollar
. . ,.. --
THE STANDARD.
f A
mcci:!! (lUiUL.vnox at
eveiiv rosmrncK ix the
COUNTY, AVE OXE, THAN
any onii::: paper.
PIT WATI t: l OI K r.YF.S WITH 91
tiii: him isooukanc;.
The Bo 'in r ..i! is .i weapon used
in wa t' i- by tvitam savage tribes
f A 'Ta!ii It is de.enbed as a
Stick hv'n g i pe bar crook. It i
.s. . . ..i.i ;h th- Irishman
n mh- i ia 1 Ii ; t-it lier s it stji't
ft i. :i ins a - t!ie a ro is sent on
us .;ea;!i deahi:.: in; eion In ihe no
lil.' am ioaii ladi.n; but it is
ia " i! a- t' t . . liny b; MufCular
i'rop"U;od A p eiil'iirilv of the
H.i'. a-m. g i- i .-u .Ilea thrown b
iktiiiul Wa-noi s, and. b a ptoc
of ilo-it-i! g o.i ! !. ".tri of the etie my,
i Lapp.-ii- 'o s:r." tbc mark.it return"
Hit i;.u!.' ii . p-oj i ted it ; bo'
a ht ii t.-s:'.! by a. i Awkward Hand,
it is likely io . ra -k the throer n
the Head, oa i;s return passage.
Thefe ar.- a's
Boomerangs in
Polities, as some Ainericau suites
men have learned to their S.-rrow.
Your Unclf Pen, who is a!s. called
Pre ident Harrison, ha- recent l had
some experience with a large Boome
r. ng belonging tc the latter classi
n ation. It is but a few days sine
he emerged from the shadow
Grandfather's Hat long enough t
vrite a War Message to congres
his picture represents Uncle Be
amb'ir.g over to the capitol with his
Message. He was in High Glee.
He esptcted congress to declare War
that very day; but the patriotic
statesmen clapp-i I their hands whea
the .Mes.-aire was rad, and referred
the d eil 'lie tit to a l Ti-yaip ithizin.'
conmiit'i '. Yo if uaele was dis
appoinied. IPs hopes aid his
war epiiits forthwith t-:l to Zero.
Tin, btantift.l iliastra ion itpre
hi a r t.tr i; ;" he u bite
Hons- ;.f---r tic O' -T : The
Boornp;ai.2 had f.iiin! o k:;"CK the
S tvitTi n r o ' .f Chili, but returned
and era ked your mioU on the Head
with a dull and sickening Thud
But st.iing- to relate, the Boomerang
kept on travelling after thisfriendU
Whack in passing and after takb g
atrip t "hili, gave him such a Dig
under the Fifth Rib that he Coi
la -sed Comp etely and vanished
under Orandf ither's Hat again.
It is sad, very s;ul, but true, never,
theless, that th- Chilians, after
matuie rel'ec'ion, decided that tb-v
..idn't wan to F'ght; and so the
A'nericaii Eagle, the Pro mi Bird of
Freedom, that had plumed itself for
War, nuekly bowed its head, tucked
its tail, and wandered back to Uncle
Ben's chicken coop where it is sup
posed to roost when not on duty
This is the Eagle, as ;ou will on.
serve bv reJVre to his Starry Coat
and Striped 13 leeches.
Your Uncle Ben, however, was
not the only partv to this B-omf rant'
business. iMr. Blaine, who is Secre
tary of Stave, and is also the San'er
that haunts Uncle Ben's Da)
Dnams, was In It, and is In It yet.
His voicr was not for War, but for
whi'e winged Peace. He Kiid
Peace, IV :tv, when there was tin
lv..c- ; but there is Peace now, am
B ai e is Triumph atit while the W,n
;.inf iheVVt'ie House is Hum
... !. ! his pic ure, tue las of ; !..
lies. reynr;-5 Mr Bbiine at U
Very Moment when Uncle Beu
.ilhickfn was going home to Roost
Jj:4-
ii
VOL. V. NO. 4.
The Other Side.
THE 1IOKSK TRADERS ERTIET
TO MR. Vri'AUT'N PART.
A Soriou nallrr 1 lint rf Out of
4 Hllau A erlli-nto-W ht It
Will (nine To.
The Stitul ird, some days ago,
P'ltdisin-d '.he news how two
taua horse drovers devoured a ca -liege's
head and a n.ilf gallon kraut.
I'he matter is more serious th tu
tlrr-t reported The fact that two
m n co ild survive over night with
tuit ftnr pounds of raw cabbage and
h.iif galLn sour kraut and not get
h'ipyry, s.emed a corker even to
dyspeptics.
It is even worse.
And there is something crooked,
or, as Walter Scott would say in an
indignant mood, '"there's something
rotten in Denmark "
Washington Morrison Stuart (in a
plain way "Maun Stuart") furnish d
he news, and he furnished sundry
and divers oaths to corroborate the
startling news
It turns our
Well, it's even horrible to record
Washington .Morrison Stuart was
a party to this great destruction of
cabbage and kraut. He was the
chief party, that is, he ate more than
the other two men whom he decoyed
into the cabbage copartnership, and
a copartnership that Mr. Stuart re
ally and truly cabbaged, to use
Queen's Englisa. This is certiGed
to by the others, in State's evidence.
"We do earnestly protest against
the charge brought against ns by
Mr. Washington Morrison Stuart on
the subject of cabbage and kraut;
we joined him in the purchase; we
expected to get our share ( one third
each) ; we did not have our hunger
satisfied until Mr. Stuart departed,
when a second purchase was made;
we cannot imagine why Mr. Stuart
would bring two modest and timid
ho.se t,ra lers into prominence all
of this we solemnly affirm."
Signed Tom Joiixsox,
Signed John" Wkiuht.
Mr. Ktiunot:s would doubtless
tr.riiHh a eernuea"e a-i a companion
to the Watauga men's certificate, but
it muht hurt his trade.
The Standard regrets have gotten.
in'o this cabbige and kraut trouble,
bur an explanation w is due our
m-ide-t, timid and sinned ag dnst
W itau-a fri- tids.
2)- Both parties re correct. Col
Mmirt n f rred to one cabbage eat
itiL'. while Col Watatisra h-rse tra-
ets n fetT'd to another, in which
MrStinrt was a partner.
A 11 is Leak.
Our medical printer, out of vo
lumninons sympathy for the editor
while suffering the agonies of a
toothache a tooth because only one
yet marks the graves of a once
beautiful row of ivory suggested
whiskey (rve) as a remedy. He was
plain in his directions "hold in
sour mouth." Au honest effort was
made but the editor discovered a
leak in the repository where teeth
ought to be aud the remedy fizzled,
and the ache is still on. Poor doc
tir, wretched editor!
lie Stroked the Leopard.
The hig leopard walked sedately
up and down in his cage in the
menagerie at Central Park yesterday,
-avs the New York Sun, to the out
spoken admiration of a number
of s ght seers, among whom were
T ionu.s 'J'Connell, a carpenter, liv
ii;T at 10."S First avenue, and a
friend of bis. Thomas is forty -five
vears old, a-.d he hasn't been over
lon from Ireland, and he is not
familiar w;th the habits of the leop
ards, anyway.
"See the purty baste," he said to
his friend, as they stood by the cage
"Loike th' ould woman's cat, only
th' shtrines to be bigger. Come,
pussy. Would he moind, d'ye think,
av I shlroked his fur?"
The friend didn't know, and the
leoptrd evinced no interest in the
conversation, wena ov a omc-iung
Jaiiee of h:s eye.
O'Connell put his arm between
the bars and patted 'he "pussy's
-boulder There was a sudden 11 i?h
.fa mi inn. niw. a snarl from the
a-t, and yell fro the man, and
he. spectators saw a ury frightened
'libhmon wave a Met ding ;tr wild
v in the air as he galloped
iC-o,h ill. tl.irk Vel!iliT Ml the to;, of
is lungs, wt-i!e 't'e leopard sat
i. wi; on hi- hunch and composed
.v licked a bit of cuff and somt
trips of skin from it- paws.
Poiicem.tn .Lines Wl.ahn took
(Council to the Presbyterian hos
pital, where his arm was dressed.
1' w..s badly torn but no bones were
broken. O'Conner went home. He
will soon recover, although he is now
id fr-.m thefrigut. Jhe leopard is
felinr welL
i ill ,
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How the Loafer Originated.
In the beginning God created
heaven and earth and all things
therein. He then created man and
woman and left the loafers on the
corners, and in due time they mul
tiplied and spread into the depot,
postofliee and scores. In the latter
place they sit and explain S'ate and
national problems that huve vexed
gnat minds, and exist partially by
sampling goods- While he is thus
engaged his wife is out washing tor
her neighbors, aud the poor, helpless
children are left at hon e to care for
themselves as bst they cm. There
is nothing more noticeable than the
loafer. Callao Courier.
Will of the Late Rev. ir. Kerr.
Rev. W M Kerr left an estate of
$4,000. He bequeathed his lands
adjoining Trinity church to his wife.
A reserve of four acres near the
Beattie's Ford road was set asidf for
a Methodist cnurch. The rest of
the laud is to be sold, and the pro
Ci eds to be devoted to the building
of a brick churcn, to be tion-sectarian,
aud to be used at any anl all
tunes by ministers of any denomi
nation. To each of the Kerr heirs
he bequeathed $1.00 U.iarlotte
Chronicle.
A special dispatch from Heading,
Pa., says : "Pcstmaster-Geiieral
Wanamaker has removed Levi S.
Shirk, postmaster at Morgantown,
this county, and appointed Samuel
Deichley iD his place. Beceutly
charges were preferrel against Shirk
that he had adversely criticised
President Hairison." The Standard
will be careful how it speaks of the
president, for fear he'll stop his
paper or advertising.
Sitnplbn?H.
Married couples that coo harmo
niously as ring doves in public are
sometimes mere snapping turtles,be
hind the scenes. Mrs. Caudle, ac
cording to her own account, was as
mild as a zephyr in society, but sin
was a white squaw in a night gown
when she had "turned in." Her
lectures were all "snap," and it is
surmised that ih. wide celebrity they
acquired w hen printed was mainly at
tributable to the fore and accuracy
with which they iilustrat-d the ex
perience of thousands of marri'd
men. Unfortunately for the peace
of families, all husbands are not
Caudles. Some of the persecute i
perhaps the majority of them in
stead of taking retug-- in assumed
deafness, retort violently, ami hence
domestic tempests, fierce and fre
quent. This is bad. A mdd an
8.vt r tunu th away wrath, and abso
lute silence generally cools if it doe-
not extinguish it We suggest th.-
former as the best reme iy. Hus
bands shouli be considerate. Their
helpmeets have much to try their
tempers, lhe home department is
not an elyseiim, as the "man of the
house" would find to his sorrow if
he were to try it for a single da).
Selected.
Journalistic.
Dr. Caldwell is goi..g to edit a
daily and he will have to get bim a
sanctum; he must sit on a tripod,
wear specs, throw his exchanges on
the floor and spit tobacco juice on
them, and getting from under the
influence of Dr. Woods, we wouldn't
be surprised if he doesn't cuss the
telegraph fellows who write on paper
that is a3 easy to read on one side as
on the other. . He is accustomed to
sitting up o casionjlly at night,
nursing and administering soothing
syrup to the Landmark. He will
not go to bed any more now. The
Santer has got you. Dr. Caldwell.
Lenoir Topic.
That's the Idea.
The Iialeigh Biblical Recorder, in
a lengthy editorial on Wake Forest,
says among other things :
Wake Forest does not attempt to
create a reputation by doctoring men
of small calibre; nor does she give
diplomas for anything but real
merit, and as a tc ward and commen
dation of real scholarship. This
thing of every little village school
calling i'self a college, and proceeu-
mg by college airs to acquire a
reputation as such, has been carred
to a nauseating extent in America,
.specially within the last thn
deead.-s of years. Th mk God there
is a reaction arrainst this at present
Wen loice to know that a U l or
LB D from our college mean
something. Wou d that we conic1
sav as much about, such titles of
other sch'-o's we might mention.
Mule Republican.
Baleigh, N. C, Jan. 2C Chair
man John B Eaves today issued
i o'ice to the Republican State Ex
ecu'ive commitee to meet nere
February 3rd, to call the State Con
yention.
Per Year. Largest Circulation of Anv
'
Standard
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,
Took French Leave.
WEST TlIROltill THE W1XDOW
IX(i:KE7iOMUIM.V.
Three Hoarder at the Hold Johnson
Left In the M-Itt Without I'Hyin
Their Hi IK or Asking Leave.
Leroy Gray, Jim Abernethy, (alias
Jim Todd) and Will Kiser, who
boarded at the Hotel Johnson, re
moved to other lodgings Thursda)
night. Mr. Johnsou, who was seen
by a reporter after their departure,
says that they did not inform h ui
that they had anv intention of leav
ing, and tint h 'erily believes tha
they purposely withheld all informa
tion on the subject from him. The
have gone, and nobody at the hottl
knows whither.
The Hoiel Johnson, as is well
known, is a public institution, mam
tained by the county for certain neo
pie who have business on the crim
inal side of the superior court, and
also for persons who have passed
through the court and been assigned
to duty on the public roads. The
gentlemen who so unceremoniously
departed Thursday night, are color
ed c tizens; the lirst two beii g de
tained for certain unlawful tran-ac-tious
in co ton, and the last named
being accused of the larceny of two
plugs of tobacco.
The apartment that they occu
pit d was the room on the wesi
corner of the second , floor, having
window on the side toward tin
street, and another overlooking Mr.
George Fu Fisher's wo d pile. To
prevent outsiders from annoying the
inmates of the room, the windows
are provided with, 1st, an interio
grating of iron bars attached to the
window frames by large nils ; 2nd.
upright round iron rods li inches
thick, securely fastened in the frame
COMING DOWN IS A M.AXKET.
work above and below, aud streng h
eneu with cross bars throush uhii b
the lods pass; 3rd, an oirside gra
t tig of iron bars, fastened by means
of bolts passing entirely through th.
masonry and wood work. These
arrangements also have a tend-nc
t i make it inconvenient for the i
boarders to get out when minded to
go abroad, consid ring the additional
circumstance tna tne door or tn
oom is iron and is fastened on the
outside.
From an inspection of the window
hrouih which the boarders took
heir flight, it is evident that one of
he upright rods had been sawn ii
two some years ago, but in view of
its great strength aud the supposed
security of the cross bar frame
works, was considered safe and had
not been repaired. This view, how
ever, was not entertained by Messrs.
Giay etals., for with a common ta
ble knife with which they were pro
vided, they sawed off the head of
one of the bolts hereinbefore men
toned, and succeededed i.i detachi
ng the lower left hand c. rner of
the outside grating. It was an easy
task to pull off the interior grating
A small slab bench that was in the
room, served as a convenient lever to
wrench the severed upright rods out
of place. A pair of blankets at
tached to each other and fastetv d
to one of the remaining upright
rods afforded an easy way of des
scending to terra firma. These pre
liminaries having been arranged, the
three inmates above mentioned, took
their departure without ceremony.
Si Blair, an old darkey who shared
ti e room with them, decided to re
main and take hi vindication at the
hands of the law. According to
Si's story, Jim To ld had a knife in
a concealed pocket in one leg of his
pants when he was arreted. In the
hurry of his departure he left it be
hind him, and an inspection of it
showed it was of superior metal and
had teeth cut in it like a saw.
Mr. Johnson says that the up
right rod was cut in two long r efore
he took charge of the hotel.
Police jian Rlaekwelder on the List
'Squire Maxwell has a roster of
the Noith Carolina troops in the
Mexican war Policeman L A
Bl sck welder's name heads the list
f privates, Co. C. This company
was organized by Capt. Martin
Shine, at Concord Jan. 1847, and
called into service of the United
States at CharloUe June 22.
There have been more deaths
from scolding thamby starvation.
Xcw Tork and the Presidency.
New York is determined not to be
behind ban 1 in preparing for the
next presidential election. The
State convention of Febuary Kid
vili elect four delegates at large
the Democratic National Conven
tion. Tln Sun grows eloquent over
the prospect. It says :
"What good reason is advanced
for delay ? Only the shallow and
unsubstantial one that something
may turn ut iu the mean while! It
may indeed. The Republican party
in New York may turn up, or rather
get up, any delay of the Democracy
at this juncture would aid it to do so.
"This is not the time to temporize
but to force the fisrhtinri An early
Democratic State conventions unan
imous delegation from New York,
and the thirty six electoral votes of
he Empi'e State for the candidates
to be n miinated in Chicago that is
what the situation demands and the
Democrats of the country expect."
The State Committee arried out
his programme. The delegates will
be instructed to vote as a unit in the
Democratic National Convention.
They themselv. 8 will decide whether
'o vote for Hill or nor; but we take
it for granted that the gallant
Democracy of the Empire S'ate will
not turn their backs upon the man
who has made the election of a
Democratic President of the United
States almost a certainty. But for
Hill where would New York be to
day ?. Richmond (Va) Dipatch.
Where He Preached.
A clergyman who is in the babit
of preaching in different parts of the
country was, not long since, at a
country hotel, where he observed a
horse jockey trying to take in a sim
ple gentleman by imposing upon
him a broken winded horse for .
sound one. The parson knew the
ral character of the jockey, and
-aking the gentleman aside, told
litn 'o be cautious of the person he
was dealing with. The gentleman
declined he purchase, and the jock
ey, quite nettled, observed :
"Parson, I had much rather hear
ou preach than to see you privately
nterfere in bargains between man
and man in this way."
"Well," replied the parson, "if
von had been where vou ought to
have been, last Sund .v. vou might
iave heard me preach.''
"Where was that Y" inquired the
jocKev.
"In the state prison." returned the
clergyman.
State of the Market.
John A Kinunons was interview
"U. tie tumbles to tne reporter in
an affectionate way.
Here's an oath he furnished for
publication :
I solemnly affirm that the price
f cabbage has risen half cent since
'he copartnership of Col. Washing
ington Morrison Stuart and the Wa
tauga cabbage destroyers.
Signed J A Kimmoxs.
Witness of signature:
T II Goiwax.
Jno. A Kimmons is a nice man
md he writes a nice certific te.
It is genuine, because the reporter
wrote it and Kimmons, the grocer-
man, signed it. There's a witness
o his signa ure. Jno. II Gorman
was alright when he lived here, and
why should he t ot coutinue so with
Korrum Korrell, in Spartanburg,
S C ? But a man in love is liable to
err therefore this may not be
Kimmon's signature.
Bay-Kimuions has some mackerel,
very cheap, which Stuart and his
cabbage associates are invited to in-
pect.
A Lecture on AnNtralia.
Professor J N Ingram delivered
another geographical lecture to the
pupils of St. Mary's Benedictine In-
titute yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. This time his subject was
"Australia." The Professor's ex
perience in that country enables him
to relate a great deal of interesting
and instructive unwritten history of
it. In the course of his remarks he
describfd the government, popula
tion, commerce, products, goldfields,
and peculiar animals of this wonder
ful country. Australia, he said, is
not without its misfortunes, for it
ha3 long droughts and the rabbit
plague. The rabbits are never seen
separa'ed, but travel in droves of
immense numbers, like the grasshop
pers of Kansas, and destroy all vege
tation wherever they go. He al.-o
told of the aborigines, who are can
nibals of the lowest stamp, describ
ing tueir customs and aettness in
throwing the "boomeranjr." Rich
mond Dispach.
Kids ought to be thankful that
they are kids, for children don't have
the toothache.
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181)2.
It Was Good.
th: not iii.i: n Aitriirxr. vi
Til K VOl Mi 1. Vlli:S IN ST.
The I'.mcrt aiiimciii I riilar iht tins
a Nice I.i I lie H;iir---I lie I'roriwu
Curried Out... Mr. Rati ii a I'loucr
And Older Things.
Nearly a house full, Friday night,
at the Y. M. C. A. !
What for?
For the benefit of those who failed
to attend, the Standard tells the
tale :
It was for the benefit of the Y M
C A the concert was.
It was given by noble young ladi-.-a
and gentlemen, under the manage
ment of Col George Pharaoh Jones,
the musician.
To an almosc entirely appreciative
audience, the solo, quartettes, recita
tions and oration were rendered.
Didn't make much money, be
cause they didn't expect to and
didn't charge much.
The programme was as follows:
Dancing 0r the Waves. Double
Quartette, Mangum, Lentz, Ander
son, Ridenhour, Keesler, Blacks
welder, Correll and Jones.
Recitatioi Lady Clare, Miss Min
nie Stratford.
Come where the Rippling "Waters
Flow Double Quartette. j
Solo Maggie Murphy's Home, Ej
P Mangum.
Recitation W M Ball. !
Solo Across the Far Blue Hills,
Marie, Miss Ada Ciaven.
Come, rise with the Lark Double
Quartette.
Recitation P.ingen on the Rhine,
Miss Minnie Stratford.
Medley.
The double quartette i3 a iiood !
one; tnere should be a copyright
on the team it, should s:o on the
road.
The Standard voices the opinion
of the entire audience without a
doubt when it records the fact that
Mif-s Minnie Stratford, ii, her una -Sliming
beauty, charms and graces,
swayed the appreciative aud admir
ing audience a her pleasure.
Prof 11 P Mangum, in re? pons..- to
an encore, blushiiuly cam-.- back to
the stage and sustained his rela
tion. Col W M Ball orated on "The
Heart of the Tel! Tale "Th." Tell
Tale Heart, he called it in a touch
ing maimer. lie had the p o
gramme announcer (?) friglreneu,
and this modest, creature had the
sympathy of the audience, and some
in particular. It was a powerful
dream oration; and the d:ani jr
deserved the spotlessly white and
pure violet that the Standard had
carried up to him. It was nature's
contribution to merit.
The dreamer put such a fright on
the announcer, who is also modest
and timid and young, that he called
out in i baritone voice, "Ma-ri-a,"
when it wasn't that woman at all.
Miss Ada Craven sang her so!o
sweetly. She has no little music.il
talent.
The medley, by way of conclu
sion, was a clincher, and a signal
'or all to go to "Home, Sweet
Home."
It is generally conceded (?) that
the smoothness of the entire concert
was due to the oil on the troubhd
waters, poured out by the "an
nouncer," whose musical talent is
yet unknown to most people.
That was a good concert; and wro
regrets it?
The Lnlcnf Fad in .Weinphi.
Girls, beware ol what you' say of
the peculiarities of dress and man
ners and other things that are not
nice, about young girl associates
and acquaintances. If you persist
in these li:tle harmless bits of gos
sip and criticism you may meet a
razor on the street. This is the lat
est fad, not from Paris, but from
Memphis, in the law abiding and
law loving State of Tennessee, where
on last Monday Miss Alice Mitchell
emptied the life blood of Miss Feda
Ward on the pavement just because
the la'ter's tongue was not properly
guarded.
Too Busy.
The Skeptical Annt TVhat does he do.
Dolly, for a living?
Dolly (greatly surprised) Why. auntie,
he does not have time to earn a living while
w -ra engaged. Life.
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WHOLE NO. 232.
iar to tiii; marrow.
A Teacher Takes I'p the Cudgel
Austin! the Aiitioualed Ideas ol
"Aiiolhcr Parent.
"Another Parent" in last week's
issue of the Standard gives "conclu
sive reasons" why we should have
two ses:oti3 instead ot one ni our
schools. I am not so particular as
to wind her we have one or two ses
sions, but so long as I have children
in school, e. nd I have several of them
there,
ti nt t
I do not want them to make
lace their continued abiding
plate. Parents who have true pa
rcn'al love in their hearts for their
children would rather have them
'slam banging around the house"
part of the time, at least, than to
have their mental and physical
po vers wrecked for life.
"We want the teacher to do full
time" When we feed a horse we
put his food in the trough and go
about our business and let him alone,
ittid he does the eating and digesting.
The teacher must assign the lesson,
but for the pupil to advance, he
must do the main part of the work,
and why not give him the quiet that
home affords for such work ? The
true teacher's work does not close
with the day session, but it is con-
continued therefore when he is
p.cd for a full day's work the night
hours spent in planning and con-
tiriving are hours given to the pu
pil free of charge.
There are old ways that are still
good and ought to be retained, but
w ho would think of beating out bis
entire crop of wheat by the old
met hod? Who would think of cul
tivating the soil now with a forked
stick, as did many of our ancestors ?
Coal oil has taken place of the tal
low candle. Gas and electricity
now light up our towus and cities.
Now, "Another Parent" just once
more, and I will cease to distnrh
your "old time" proclivities. If a
a physician prescribes medicine for
a pa should he (the physician)
remain with the patient until the
medicine opera' es ?
The writer could give mauy rea
sons, and plausible ones, too, hy
children should not be kept confined
in the school room all day, from sun
up to sun down. S.
A Sir.-m-e DiN;i;caraiicc.
I". ir Til.' .s.
The peace and quiet of our city is
completely displaced by the strange
;i',d miraculous disappearance of our
b'doyed editor and friend. He is so
well known both at home and abroad
that it would b? useless to eriye a
general description of him. He is
I oca ed in Concord, is editor of the
Standard, wears glasses, looks over
them, travels on foot, writes lots of
funny things and sometimes he is a
very funny man. So much up to
date, but now we are lost in excite
ment. The gentleman in question
very strangely disappeared on last
night and as yet he has not return,
ed nor has he been heard from. We
hope how ever thst he is being tender
ly cared for, wherever be may be,
that he will not meet with anything
serious and that he may be returned
to us in his normal state, although
we have but very little assurance
that he will be so fortunate as this.
And uow, Mr. Editor, we hope
you will not only give us space in
your valuable paper but we ask you
to co-operate with us in this matter.
L'?t us "search diligently until we
find him" and then kill the fatted
calt and make merry.
A liberal reward will be given for
any information as to the wherea
bouts of the man referred to above.
If found, the finder will please ship
him direct to us. Ship "right side
up with care," by express. We will
pay c barges on receipt of package.
State papers will please copy.
Very Truly Yours,
Anxious Ixquikeu
Concord, N. C, Jan. 23, 1892.
The above appeared in the Stanly
News of last issue. Let the State
p ipers pass it around. It is believ
ed that the gentleman, out of his
military pr pensities, ha3 gone to
Chili. The "Anxious Inquirer" is a
nice man, but i3 afraid of dummy
burglars and always carries his head
unreined
D
Klood Will Tell.
The brick block is complete
enough to admit the three firm3 C
P Cox & Co., Dry, Wads worth & Co.
md R B Kluttz & Son, all whom
ire now established in their new
piarters an 1 enjoying a lively trade,
says the Albemarle News. It is a
-ingular fact that hese three firms
oe composed of Cabarrus county
men. Albemarle may live, a3 the
metropolis of the "state of Stanly"
to see tb day when she may equal
, .1 . , r it 1 1
111 glory tne state 01 concoru aim
;ity of Cabarrus.
There are utTpatientS at the
iialeigh Insaue Asylum.
Section. SI.
THE STANDARD.
ONLY TWICE AS MUCH
HEADING M ATT EH, AS
ANY PAPElt EVER
OH NOW PUB
LISHED IN
THE COUNTY.
sy TICKLE US WITH $L
im: ill THE KOAOSIDF..
Lay all Sight, Either Head or in a
lyiug Condition.
The dead body of P N Hopkins,
of No. C, was found Friday morn
ing, near Joe Foil's, co'd in death.
He had been to Salisbury, and on
his return homo, stopped at his sons,
Danul Hopkins. He left there
about seven.
His body was found the next
morning as stated above. It will
never be known when he died, or
how. From his condition it is sup
posed that he fell off his horse, was
dragged along for sornf diranec, or
was kicked afterwards by his horse,
as bruises on the side of his head in
dicate something of the kind.
Mr. Hopkins may have laid there
all night in a dying condition, or
death may have been instantaneous
no one will ever know.
It is certain (beyond doubt) that
his death was due to no outside
personal cause.
Mr. Hopkins was bis own worst
enemy, and his death is peculiarly
ad and sickening.
OXE OK TWO, WHICH 7
The Arsument Continued The Senior
RcKerveN Holding ThemsclTefl tu
ReadincM-. Tor Action.
Mr. Editor: I have been waiting
to see whether anybody was going to
try to reply to the arguments in
your paper aaainst the one session
plan of school teaching, and I am
sjlad to see that they have sens
enough to know when they have got
enough.
The arguments of "Parent" and
'Another Parent" seems to me suffi
cient enough to convince the minds
of the most uneducated, and I am
not surprised that they have notb
ing more to say.
I have been a silent spectator of
this question, and have been watch
ing to see if I could hear anything
woith answering from the other
side, but they seem to be afraid to
come out. If they had come out and
tried to give some reasons for want
ing to do different from what we
always have done, they would have
luard from more of us besides
"Parent" and "Another Parent." It
ain't often that I write for the pa- '
pers, but this is one time when I
would.
I hope everybody in town will go
to the Lyceum mxt Tuesday nigh
and listen to the speakers on our
side. When such men as yon and
Dr. Fetzer and Mr. Eldridge. also
Prof. Ball, is opposed to a thing, it
surely must be a mighty bad thing,
and it is time for everybody to be
against it.
Please send me two copie3 of the
paper with this in and print it as
prominent as you can. Also put it
in the Weekly.
Ax Old Subscriber.
Centenarians Common in North aro
lina.
Mrs. Rebecca Brown, of Wilming
ton, died at Kenansville this
week. She was 103 years, 4 months
and 20 days old. Some of her chil
dren and grandchildren are among
the most popular people in Wil
mington. Few live to this age any
where, though now and then a per
son lives to be a hundred in North
Carolina.
: 1 nAin-HKSTOP.EK.
iv ef .'irii.us immii'iits to drew
: . ,! in.- liuir U a custom as old
1 '-. : .ii ;is t'.i" race ; lmt prepara-
; -i;t 'I,.- liair from falling
: i' .-turin;.; it to it original
i : in v-, i'i in tu lie of modern
. Mil:. i to lli; limits of the
. , hi. J'rolciliiy the fatiil-
: .. I - "I'lllious Mean of ttie
tOi.l i lliot lilinnis peOplB
. , 'i!m iji-li ii:i.rf-riii'j with what
1" I n; i-o'ii'si' of nature, in
. ! i ks :i:ni priiil.liiir; them
' " . ;ii life :'.iliin i'. toward the
r : : ti' :.: tin v p i. t ;.',-; l.v tfrincd
!.:.!. ' . r wn of L'lory.' and so it
I i i: : :: in My iidorns tho- brow
. iiu.-d. I'-at Iii-ii a p'Tsnn in thn
II ,i. i'.,.' ! J,-l:"coiin s KiMy, his pray
i s.. I ;r frora li"inr a crown of nlory,
: : ! '.-;:ii '. : '-ation of weakness aud
: nr.- d.-iiy. What may he nd-
?n ' .! ,'. a Anderson, my Jo,
" e' -ii'.y, is to he deplored in
:. A ad.. ; -"ii .'! thirty or for'y.
!; ''.is he: a o!, i rved that early hald
'.. -. ..iiiMon row than foriner
. may he the cause of tho
,. - s of hair, there arc few but
av..e! ;! if possible. Some attempt
e, ... i .:! ti..' loss ef their hair by
! .ijit v.-?tat. is left over the varan C
; ct'rs brave out their misfor-
t ii
t.i i
, .lei t :u fox Wl.cn lie lost Ills
: i. i' !;.! majority of thn "too pre
i" .el look anxiously about for
:'i:it will restore lost yonth
an 1 li-.Ie their tell-tale phreno
:.! ;. :. ,v;. s. For this purpose,
o.i:. ; n- y.-t b'-en discovered that
.: i s A; ( r's liair Vigor.
'. : i I'.-r j-nteiid that this prcpara
wii .::. ; hair to grow on a scalp
)i been denuded for years and
,'. d ; ! i billiard ball, but without
' :, : ! f ii i:ny more than its Just
. -.v y.-i" r tint it certainly promote
" '. h: ir, r 'stores color to faded
' V ... V.'. i humors, kerps th
i , . . uM .lan.lruiT, and. im
'; ... i'-. j :. lir : idlky texture and a
Tiiin' '. It will not stain th
i . r (T. '.ii;::'. Tlioiiu'h Ayer's Hair
ia ' ..:s ! en o .'ore tiio public many
fa!
1 '
; .
vca -
s rt Ml ia c renter demand than
a-.v f :::;!:. r preparation a convincing
j.i-i I of of it ; i.p' rior merits and cxteo
i,;vu popularity '