the kindly feeliLg of The Standard toward U or its readers; We eay, iTt SON. broiner, true KiDu-a-- : e 1 ; i were not on. our guara Standard. 3. x. dy-Jial CorrcSpondont. IN BKiGK HOW. .cr, TivnRn is published every day (Sunday excepted) and Slivered by carriers. BATES OF SUBSCniPTION : ... "x.vAJ One year. v oqq Six rnontns. .... . . - HQ Thre months, 1 , One month: SHARKEY. WINS. Cnsc Thrown Out or tonri nuu , bailor Gets the $10,000 .' San Fiuncisco, Dec. 17. Argn meuts were begun in the Kiuiini- mons Sharkey case this rooming. Gen. Barnes, counsel. for tha sailor, moved to disfiuais3 thd .Djui.c:iop ql fho cm mi that there was no did- vu, w . Firo In rii)or& rrrrsBuno, Pa., Dec. 17. The Casino in iehenly Park was doa'roj . ed-by fire early this morning. Toe flames originated from ft bursting ammonia tank in an ice machine in the skating rink. Tha loss is $500, 000 : i ''. 1 ' ' - V T T-1 STOR n H Singleouy. ...... ..... v t.uctioa betweea a gJow contciS.aad four-pace, eight-column paper. It a prize-fight. Attorney Friedericb, lm.., irnnlfttinn in Cabarrus UU3 fl v..v- , Li. ott nthor miwr. 1 rice ci v' per annum, in advance. ADVERTISING RATES ! fM 'PiK.iimmnnB. asked the CJUrt (Ul W w , not to consider outside matters, but to decide according to the aliega Term for regular advertisements tions. mailft known on application, Address all communication to THE STANDARD, Uncrd. N. G. CONCORD. DEO- 18 189f. THE JSICARAGC4 CAVA!- This piea5 work baa been before Congress ard the American people for many years. It is briitved that , the plan will now m et wiih fayor in Congreds and 'hat the coiUuinmv tion of this great work nd most de fiirable end will be realized. Oon - cress is not a6ktd to appropriate money but to guarantee the pay- At the conclusion (,f the u Ali ments, Judge Saiidtrsoa taid this was the first time the- matter had been presented, thf, former proceed ings were merely 1 be taking of U8- positions, no diEtinotion being made between a glove' coutest and a priz? tight. lie "therefore dU missed the ibj inction and threw., i he case oat of euurt. Tni3 was a victory for Shar. Key. Thef "nit wad brought ' en join the payment o Sharkey of the check for the $10 000 purse. ; , Jas. J Corbett signed agreements m yesterday in Nrw York to ngnt Fitzaimmons on March 17th, 1897, i 9 Manila mhmh irent or tne compuuj . uOUU, fQr a . fge of $15000 it depositi with the United States r tr,a9nrer and beside- the deposit of BucMien-. Armen u Tne rSest oaive in te worm iur the bonds the treasury is to be se- Q Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt cured by mortgages on me p"' from time to time as the work prog- Tesses. it is certaiuiy yc j w""w,s tV.&t American Tesse.s shall pas from the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to turn Cape Horn, , When completed, it will present one of the world's displays of gigantic engineering with its dams, Iocks and channels. It is not the purpose to make this waterway a 8ealevel chan nel, but it will be in a measure a passing oyer the Isthmus; Rheum, Fever Sof?e, Tetterd Chappe Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay requi-ed. It is guaranteed to givH etatiefaction or monev refunded. Price 25 cents per box For sle at P B Fetzer's Drug at nva - Beautiful Jeyes grow dull and dim As the swift years steal away. Beautiful j willowy forms eo slim Lose fairness with every day. put she still is queen and hath charms ta spare j Who wears youth's coronal beautiUl hair, i Preserve Your Hair and you preserve your youtri. MA woman is a3 old as she looks,? says the world ' No woman looks as old as she i3 If her j hair has preserved its normal beauty. You can keep hair from falling out, restoring its normal color, or restore the normal color to gray or faded hair, by the use of i Ayer'S Hair Vigor. if nuoiiT Maws kotes. Severe earthquake , shocks were felt throughout England and Wales yesterday. The county court house ;in Gal veston, Tex., was destroyed by fire last night. Loss $55,000; insurance $30,000. The fire seems to have originated from the contact of a THE TEXAS O. I. : Much criticism has been bestowed oa our battleship Texas. It has had telephonic and a telegraphic wire. a few mishaps, including a sinking aermanrj the great magician, at New York navy yard, but secre diej 8nddenly yesterday in his pri tary Herbert explains that a new vate car on his way to Bradforl, Pa, ship is liable to have some minor des geyeQ fessels were wrecked in the ftcts, and that the Texas, having jjarDOr at Vineyard Haven, Mass., been completed, is now adjudged Dy by the heavy northeast gale Wednes experts to be one of the best battle day night. ships in the world. at is rumored that Samuel Spencer will succeed Chauncy Depew as president of the New York Central Railroad. DOU BEFOBE M.AH11IAGE, MAN AFTER. s 1 ; s? ixVkil 5Sftf iiTl " 5So ' fc. - . . Well, the offer of 10 per cent, moved the China and Glassware. The money we took in by this special order is already invested hi more Christmas goods and on the way. We expect $800 or 1,000 worth of Christmas goods in, in time for Christmas, but will not have any more China ; Come and see us; we can save you mone- v We haye always been bewildered at seeing that two people at some at Seeing that tWO people a BOme CTre ror ueunu .- . TheSouthern Express Coipany will self, at . . . . j U flAla. ' AS ft remedy for all forms Of public auclor, at D. P. Dayyault's slore. for particular time and Place Dy eCOiei , . "R'ltHft"Rit.tnrR htmnroved chargesJ about three hundred freight packages, , . . .y ,. S Vi. "VZ being on hand six months ana over, on aaturaay, Eiastical or legal process were made to be the very best, it nects a jantrary;9 1897, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. , . to aoo1i permanent cure and the mdBtdread unless called for, chrr-es paid or otherwise dis- 'manand wife." We could easily d habitual sick headaches yield to Pseli be!ore DAyvault, Agent, conceive that the feminine half of ts influence. We urge all who are o. m. saddler, superintendent. jy8 t afflicted to procure a bottle, and " t, . the pair. was a woman that after the give this remedy a fair trial. In T HP 1 T A PTSELL csremony sustained the new relation cases of habitbal ATTORNEY ?M-UL W. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Concord, N. C Dec i, 1806. - . . . trie Diuers cures uy giviug huv of wife, but the male or lesser nan needed tone to the bowles, and few Tr ' -j-. ; of f hP riair seema to be a man after case long resist the use of .this CUiN UKU, -3- r 1 rnpH - Trvitonce. JJL vA: - Tr-v if. rnPA "Fif f v APntfl . ,1 fill. V mm - ' marriage. Was there no change in and i.w at Fetzer's, Drug Store. ATTORNEY - ' T-LA.W, N C. Prompt attention given to all name or relation?, The late fad settles all that. He was a "dog" b6forej he is a man afterward. Mrs;"li ray ton llarriea Acaln. Lo ,Ti Pec. 17. Mrs. J C le- business. Office in Morris building opposite court house. - ti. u ai wJned at one o'clock this afternoon to mr.TiHiuiiiHir. 1,1m l LfLiii v liuvui i prisfl, takes exoepUon to our write- Mr. Ueorge'flaig, a wealthy whiskey man DraytbA. nee tor, waa mar. ERW1N & M1SENHEIMEB, up of a little episode that occurred between two of the citizens ofStanly in one of our back lots recently. We thought it a good little holiday joke that did not in volte all the crood people of Stanly, many of whom are equal to the product of any land. Our surprise is to learn ' ibat The Standard contains fre- auont tbrow-ofls on the citizens of merchant of this city. A nousebold Necessity. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, be Physicians and Surgeons Office No. 3, Harty building, op nosite 2nd Presbyterian church Charlotte. N. O. v Last Notice Town Taxes. uascarew yauay awxaruu,, , x mnst have your taxes by the 1st most wonderful medical discovery A,SS L to- ttU of the age, pleasant and refreshing H" t - " 11 t to the titef act gently and pesitive- with the town on that date, I ho IV vuu yiiv.Bv j r t Sll navonna nnrinrr fho Cam ft Will Pall lv on the kidnevs. liver and bowels; cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day, 10, 25, 50 cents. Sold and guaran teed to cure by all drugrr'',fs' all persons 0 win 2 the same will call auu seine at uiw WUI uo wu,j rtAtlpr) tn flrlvprtiPA if not Paid bvc that time, r hope you will settle and save costs, J. L. Boqek, Town Tax Collector, Oct. 15, tf "Very Respectfully: 4. iitanlyana tne j2.nierpriBaqueauuuo 1