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Vol. IV. No. 84:
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, . 1892.
Wiiolb No. 553.
DAILY
STANDARD
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Towar cuat.
Onr Reverter' Street Work nl Kcwi
of ttie Co unly
r'.,.- r n,.i, - r nn. ti
v-ain. .Miuiia vuuk, ui itiu i jeas-si
ant, spent the day in town.
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Chalmers Sims, the St. Cloud
clerk, is quite sik wiHi the grip. '
Gowan Dusenbery is confined to
his room with grip.
Mrs. Dr. Register has returned to
Charlotte. '
Theie will be a Matjonic "meeting
tonight for work in the third degjee.
Mrs. 8 II Weloch, of Dallas, is at
the St. Clid.
, This p.iger is not partial to a
wind support. Jlonor the fellow
that wers out onr bills by much use.
Rev! IVtcr Mill-r, of St. Joint's,
this county, will move to Agusta
county, Va., at an early date.
iur. Jim lioneycut win smoke a
five cent cigar on the 25th day of
December, 1892. Remember the
date. x :
The members of "Whatsoever Cir
cki Qf King's Daughters" are re
quested to meet at L D Duval's
residence tomorrow at '5 p m.
The Standard will have something
to Fay, in a few days, about the Grad
ed School that will be to some rath
er startling.
Mrs. II C Williams, of Salisbury,
after spendiug a day winh her sister,
Mrs. Sykes, at the St. Cloud, has
gone to Charlotte.' ' ' '
The 'ladies of the 'Confederate
Memorial Association will please
remember the meeting tonight at
Rev. Campbell's residence.
Rev. J II Page, who is Joved . ,by
all the good people of Concord, is
down fromJStatesville on a several
day s -visit. -The Standard gives
him the keys of the town.
A bargain for housekeepers. Tne
carpets of the Y. M C A are for sale;
" also a large table that can, with lit
tie cost, be used for a dining table.
Appjv to A E Lentz.
Saturday's Standard will be
hummer. Teh or twelve gentlemen
of the town will contribute articles.
The editor will not write anything,
worth reading, that day. '
1 he drum corps, if it keeps on
with the hideous 'noise, without
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variations will .Become a corpse,
With such stuff as that, the young
'men ought to. get out of town.
Lawrence Kluttz.of No. 6, wasin
town and reported that the ground
was covered, Thursday night, with
snow. It did nothing of the kind
here.
Mrs. RE Wftrnan.' of Va, who
has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W
G Campbajfl, has gone to Charlotte
to spend the winter with her brother.
Rev. Dr., Bowman.
, ev. V R Sticklj, formerly
member of the N. C. Lutheran
Synod, but now of Buena Vista, Va
has received and accepted a . call to
Ihe Enochville c'nurofes, formerly
t kerved by Rev. Lutz.
Spots on the sun, was the atfcrac-
tioft. Cur mailer, J L
Boger, said
"thtr big spot just looked like
a hol had been punched through
the sun with a crowbar, and
the Standard knows it's so.
Rev. J K Efird, , of Lexington
bounty, S. C, has resigned his pas
toral work there, and will go to
Washington State. Mr. Efird was
educated at Mt. Tleasant, and is a
brother of the Efirds, rising young
merchants of Winston, N. C.
Refnsed 99,000.
Col. James Wilson (and not W1-
7iilgto)Long cameup tg see u
lie orcignt na eomc or me eiuu ne
iiA-tnted ' avil yiacufactus for
joshing silver, brass and eyegls
ea. Col Long polished our bipss
watch, our brass tigereyed nng our Woman fs love's messenger, the
brass folar button and our f0re let love's ne?scnger propose by
specks, which are not brass! - The every mortal reason. Once more I
Col. refused to tell us' much submit th thought, that by tfie
about this preparation, but said : "I proposing of th -ladies it would
refnst'4 ?3,000 for the state iigh revoif ianize th( fields of sinjrul.irity.
hen I was in
the
Legislature."
Col. Long will call again.
Another Ar.Mwrr.
Lfttle Margie Atkins, of Albe
marle, writes the old man a' letter
about the cat question. The Staux
dard publishes Margie's letter:
Alb'couule ,N. C, Feb. 10th, '02
Mr. Jim Cook: I "see in the
SIsinrLiril i nnpsiion fir 10 Vfar o Ul
., . T ,
girls, and I come in .that number,
ii n , t
will -auswer thf question a cat in
ach corner and a cat
in
front of
ei
hem all makes five. . 1
Respectfully,
, " . . Margie Atkins.
Margie is wrong, but not as badly
so as one of the Standard's printers.
Only four cats, Margie. Write us
1 from your town, which we
have often wautedto see.
t itin- Ti.inr.
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Our astronomical editor rushed in
this morning and made this State-
rnnt:
The Sun, the center of the Solar
Svstem. has a diameter of SS5.G80
miles, and its bulk is 1,400,000
times greater than. that of the Earth
and 700 times greater tnan that of
all the bodies revolving around it
Col. Hall IHMtiutriilftlied Visitor.
Col. M W Ball, one of the Graded
School professors, had the pleasure
of a distinguished and much con
cerned, visitor, Thursday evening.
A Standard reporter called on him.
Space will hot admit of the entire
interview. The re'porter went
around to his cozy and elegant room,
youthful inside, to learn something
about Mr. Cain, who killed bis
brother in antediluvial days.
Col. Ball leaned bacV on his ca3y
chair and threw hj.s hand over the
foot of hi condensed bed atod said :
4I don'' know.much about Cain or
his wife's' maiden name land what
Adam's first name was has' 'a! Mr ays
been a mystery to me.'1
.The reporter fintfinglhat Col. Ball
knew as Httle about these characters
as most people do, turned the tide to
what is the best f ud, and just then
ColfBall, looking at his watch which
always stands at G, "remarked sup
per is my .best fuel."
The Standard reporter vanished
Lwith the promise to call again.
Portrlt or TroresHor IT.
The portrait of Prof. Kerr, form
erly State Geologist is jiow on. ex
hibition today at Randall's studio.
Mr. W II Kerr, of Uchester, Md,
invites the friends of his father to go
up and see it. He had two portraits
painted, one for himself andthe
other tor the State Library.
Mr. Kerr, in writing to Mr. Ran
dall about the portrait sent to Mary
land, says: "I think it simply won
derful how near you came to the
truth of his expression and coloring.
I owe you a debt of gratitude I would
not take its weight in gold for the
picture." Raleigh News and Obser
ver. This is inventor Kerr that resided
in Concord for a year or more. 1
LEAP YEAR ETHICS
sijon.o tiic A vi) ns rKosMsK?,
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i:ssay Read Itefore the L oouiu WMr.
. Ed. Keller.
(Continued from stettfay. J
Th?iv are too nn.ny bachelors and
old maids in this country. Why
they thrive to psfusion hre, !n this
citv of brotherly love, is pimply
beeau1 of this question under dis
cusFion. You t;ive Hie ladies the
privilege ah, wh ita preiuis rem
to propose, and ia hss than one y(-r
tliere will not be a bachelor far nor
near ; they w"!l disappear like a
?nar king Je.v rpn bet ore tne non-
i if . .
dav sun i ion you iiks in u pinuu
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giuiiuus 'I upwMi tun. ja-i. iiifiu
propose and old Cabarrus the land
of heroes will return to her Von ted
patrimony. Cotton will advance
fifty per cent and money will be as
plentiful as the sands of the
s tore. Again it's an , unfair posi
tion on maw's part.'for it make him
responsible for all the profits and
i losses of marriage. John
pro
wife i noses ana ib uceeiucu. jus
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says, well, John, yon took thereppon-
'sibility to marry me. You called
Ime from my ple teant home, lrom
friends and from a thousand sacred
ties, so vou are responsible for thu
whole affair: ' W:ien she gets
wratby" and makes John interest
the beautiful soncster, otherwise
known as "baby, baby, sleep my dar
ling baby," in the silent watches of
a cold, dark night, as the roosters
crow in all their majesty, she blames
John aa the "cause and effect" of
the whole matter. Now let her pro
pose, and John can dnam, 0, such
sweet dreams, while she is musing
upon the infelicities of marriage.
0, yes, she ought to propose, and
thereby be responsible as
man poor man !
well as
Again, men may court some laJy
for ten long years more or less, and
never find out whether.she loves him
or pot; but woman can slightly
glance at man's personage and tell,
it once, his origjn, his mission, his
destinv. Then sav she shall not
propose? What folly, what unsensu
. Ye moralists, in search of the
cause for the increase of divorces,
linger a moment by thi3 wayside
fountain of truth and be. edified,
for here is 3 panacea for, your trou
ble. Establish my, theory .and di
vorces art ati unknown luxury, be
cause nfomen will not he defeated in
anything they undertake when their
love or pride is at stake, so saysthe
treasurer of the Lyceum." Statistics
show that tjert are a great many
more ladies than gentlemen in this
"vale of iears." This is because
nature loves thejublime and beau
tiful more than the .wiae and oier
wise. Now, iargue that the . ma
jority should rule in avery matter,
and she having this majority, has
the legal right to propose. Wrhy4he
don't arise liksi mighty cohort of
the Romans, and . claim this her
natural heritage is only a question
of time. She4? being educated up
to it. Again, I am right from a
a scriptural point , of view, for did
not Reoekah go far across the vine
clad hills of Gera to propose to Isac ?
Eve proposed to Adam and paid for
the license in stolen apples; and
enmo hinir ia hnnnd rn horn fitcfr nrn.
posed to Lain, tor there is no record
of the existence of any woman ex-
i,:, :i n.'...
ut'pi ing ma i:iu; ui'i uuiii uiiti vu:i
wfsin;irriri. How could lie propose
to a nonentity, and yet he was. ma r
md TVis shows that she proposed
to him. A nonentity can propose
to something, but something cannot
propose fo a noneutity. I shall ww
give a very scientific reason why
ladT'S should propose: Charles Dir
win,i deep thinker, a man of fame,
tl!s us that nuiii.iu is the diceudant
of an ape.. 1 shall take his word for
it nJ not argue the point farther.
In some topped s he does c.ofrefpond
to this no.kd child of the forest, for
instance, tloy both have a natural
tendency to dance and wear bangs.
Everyone, who is familiar with the
nature of apehtuxr, knows that the
ady iipe always proposes ere the
wi uumg neiis peal acro.-s tne wooud
vales or down the skhadowv dales.
Now, dona it not look reasonable that
ihey should follow in the footsteps
of th' fr fore-.fathers ? Understand,
this is Darwin'd logic, not mine;
he's responsible for the result, not
me. All I know about the ladies is
that they 'Jive, move and have their
bejug," and the time is coming when
they "shall propose, perhaps not to
nie, but to some one at least. (So to
nature and my position is sustained.
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bird as she "swings in the grap;
vine swing" and pours forth a flood
of melody sweet and ulhi rinsr he
is onlv proposing to some louely
heart hear by You go out in the
wild wood in the hush of eveutiJe,
hear yon gentle dove as she coos her
lowly strains of sad melancholy and
she is only proposing to her sweet
heart iu -notes untuned to mortal
ear. We, perhaps, may .think that
these birds sing for onr consolation,
not so it's only their manner of
proposing. .Ladies, 'whenever you
hear a beautiful bird of spring
chanting its lovely lays, remember
their meaning and you do likewise
propose. Therefore, woman should
propose on natural principles. Were
I a law maker I would enact a law
making it a misdemeanor for the
ladies not to propose. This is a
matter of necessity, and one upon
which the eternal destiny of the
world rests, and she should be even
compelled to obey this truth. That's
what I said. If woman suffrage was
universal I am eure I could go to
Congress upon this one platform
alone. It would heat the tariff, free
trade, prohibition, or tny other po
litical racket. Suns may shine and
suns may lade (not sops, if you
please, their boots shine and not
themselves.) Star3 may twinkle and
stars may wane. Moons may glitter
and moons may die ; but this pros
posing business "gets. there just the
BJine," noer fades, never wanes,
never dies It is non destructis
ble. for it is woven iuto the
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very, first tissues of .ial
economy, and we should, therefore,
always epeak the truth concerning
it. Romt, the. synonym forgfory
rosa and Rome fell. GreeOe, "the
land of Scholars the nurse of
arms," vTas the bright star among
the nations. Athens, famed for her
arts and literature, was the' queen
city of her day ; hut where is Rome,
where is Greece, where ia Athens?
They are gone aud all that remains
is the faint, sweet memory of their
glory. Why did they fall ? Simply
because the Roman lassie and the
Grecian mai Jens -and the Athenian
damsels were not allowed to propose
in this matter. Had this been true,
Rome would today sit, not upon her
seven hills, but upon a thoumd. '
The moral is, the ladies should pro
po3e for here alorie lies our only
means of rational safety. Jnst
because Chili did not propose to
fight h no reason why the ladies
should not propose to marry. Let's
take an example, llf-re lives in
Concord, say, a bonny blne--yed
lassie a glow of love sparkling from
her cheeks a roe r f beauty bud
ding upon her ruby lipn. I fv, let
this lady propose and t hat a scene! t
Hear 'me ye 'artis's, ye poets, ye
orators, y editors, what a scene is
this ! Listen, as the soft, sweet
words echo far and n--.tr! Will you
marry me darling : u, 1 love you
better than words ui toll ! Life' is
a blank a'lleetivg s-;i iow wi h-mt
you, buj your snvl-'. ni;!sit a joy
ful reality. O, deaivst, stee'est
gem in friendship's oaskrfr my own
true love the fairest of the fair
the sweetest' of the sweet will you
marry me
And aa cMo answers,
'yes,".
ah nK1, its worth ten thous
and
years of weeping and waiting
to have th's privilege and to say that
she fchall not piopoge deny her thil
greatest of. earthly pleasures is' the
height of folly then let her pro
pose. . (Concluded tomorrow)
Two ladies were here canvassing
for a Health Journal, that is being
published at Kinslon, N. C,
IHNIXEXS LOCALS.
Iiiftiirtuirv.
I a-n prepared to furnish Insur-
ance in t tie united care3 Mutual
accident association of New York
Citv, the largest and best.
J. L. Boger, agent.
IIoiiNC for Hnt. .
I'he large house on Spring street
opposite Graded School building, if
for rent. It is know n as the Thorn-
well house Call on, .
2 wks. J P Allison. '
KtoretionM lorNnlo.
I will be clad to nave offers for
the storehouse and lot now occupied
oy Dr. Johnson.
oc9 Wr. M. Siinn.
Wanted Four thousand cordj
c.f four foot pine and oak wood' de
livered at Odell Manufacturing Co.'i
fcotton mills.
The Concord Meth "list (circuit)
parsonage is for rent. It is a good
hpnse. Apply to Rev. L M Brower
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Mr. ' II G Browne, tuner aud
salesman fcr E M Andrews & Bro.,
is now in the-city. Mr. Browne it
the regular tuntr for Prof. McLean
aud Philharmonic Club of Charlotte,
aud the Neave Fehool of music of
Salisbury. Work guaranteed. If
ou wish your pianos looked at,
please drop him a postal at St. Cloud
Hotel. , 3t
Try the Standard ouice for job
printing.
1)11. J.E.CAllTLAiND,
Surgeon Dentist
Successor to Dr. H. C. Herring.
Feb. 9. d lmo
LADIES
I would be glad to have yon call
and see the new Ribbons, Face Veils,
Chiffon Laces and Children's Caps,
which have just, been received. I
think it will be well worth your
time, as the spring styles are pretty
and inexpensive.
Respectfully,
Miss Nannib Alexander.
Ftb. 4 2w.