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CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY. MARCH 7 1895.
Number 36.
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estapiisnment..
v because jthe tonic of winter
end mudeif weamer,
ccumulatei imparities in the
nhilitate condition of the
L the way for that tired feeling,
.w. ana mniff.'uu.
:l.Mna nnd' thA Cfl 1"1 OriH
ive in vain I t o relieve the im-
,nt of life. Theyi.au welcome
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arsa- .
piarilla
IN'aturS ct tujs nope wa sm
fc 3 help, to p4 f ify the blood, tone
Ubonnr organs ana
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in befl last spring
lood'sl Saxsaparilla.
ne ana- now
owsy in the
BILL. AKP'S LETTER.
tlicn the
ha ndxei.
.ti'-
Vise. V est!
Therp seems to be an aristocracy in
all things, animate and inanimate, and
the huiian race is no exception to this
law of nature. The Creator made some
things lor honor and sonie for dishonor,
lie made some creatures to ranli: other
creatures, some people to rank other
people, fend nobody has any right v to
make alfuss about it. The - word aris-
s
tocracyj, comes from the Greek word
'aristosl' the best, ; and should hot be
The Iconfomided with plutocracy, . the gold
bugs, who rank money above .brains
and virtue. Gold and silver are useful
metalsjand have alway been honored
above other metals;-; Moses tells us I in
the firSjt chapter of Genesis that the
gold of that land was good. The Cre
ator pu some gold in . Paradise and it
has ranged all metals eer since- . Iron
and lead ana copper are far more use
ful, but gold ranks them. Just so do
Uamopds atid pearls rank marble and
a day. ihers is no excuse for a man
to become a tramp. The laziest negro
can command more than that anywhere
every day in the year, "That is so. The
wages of a negro man have not fallen
below 50 cents a day in Cartersville
most of them get 75 ceits. Down here
in Florida they get from $1 to $1.25 for
unskilled labor for grubbing,! hauling,
making np: mortar,'or .digging in" the
phosphate mines. - .', -
. ' The greatest' source of discontent is
envy of those who are better off. That
old dogma of Thomas Jefferson's which
declarecTlhat "all men are by nature
free and equal" has done much harm,
for it is hot true, and never will be until
the millenium". It will J not be : true
then, for there are grades and ranks and
classes in the "future state.. There are
angels and archangels -Gabriel "and
Mosrs and Elias rank higher than Laz-,
aru8. There is also a bell and a lower
hell. .. Why should we envy those who
O.-t ITfl
p.nd dt
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at ii r:i"c-! ne sni appenie. j.t
is rr,.Hd 1'irrmet my ;Diooa.v
i rvlADDo:t, i'art.pw, vurgima.
5 Pills
iiijie after
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liUHtij;. 25c.
ilitVftinpa
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IX TII&koUTH. . I .-"
Fnrnisliea
ble Faculty ! : J
Df Nine Teachers.
thlj reliable Sehc ol is the am-
lion of the Inanafs-meuV " ,
T. FISHER Principal,
if -VzmM
iFUSE
The t:i3-fashpned and-al- -T.nj-s
jreliabid remedy for
u..u L.vt
'Jc has -killed 614. worms.
onsanas of people mving tcMlay
their 1:;q to this medicine.
,e'Fx;:ie " medicine - .
FOR CHILDREN .
t it T.iis .iik years lagd-l
lymr tiraz'sfa .or moifefceepor does not
' U.scril v;.t, iorone Hottle to
t S. FREY. Baltimore. Md.
t i-: jh ra
granite. 'In vegetable bature .we find, "nk us in wealth, or -fame, or power,
tiiai fcahogany i and (rosewood and dignity Webster showed the right
(bonv ; and the royal palmrank th SP""lt when he said : j 1 thank jGod that
AOod.that "are most useful, such as the if I cannot raise a'mortal to" the 'skies, I
tdi, the ; hk k
'HDge land the apple frank all bther j.Qbv 6r ,WOre..p;f jSQch :n;obferifetocrata.
j'rtuts.v j The rose ran ke khe llowers, And -: It is not so bad in Florida, for vis
the ii&hishchaL Ntil ranks ail the roses, s itors. We are-luxuriailng onery J fair
lu-aiuiUi life, tht horse stands, at thti; oranges; every day, and ; theyj c ost : us
:,uui ri the Iist-T-rhe aaiieileth the battle only .50 cents a huudred:r The ? thkk.
Uxm:; .4r--id 'iniocke'thi'-: --aV fear.' j skinned fruit has uot ; T)cea ; frozenj in
Amona ilie fowls of the! air we see tbe' 6ille some of it is a little touched iiext
Uie skin, but we cut that off ana the
rest is good. The.y make excellent am
brosia. The fruit that; sail hangs on
the tree . is'geherally-'eatablC'jrane
fruit; has not suffered like the oranges.
ana we have it .every : morning at the
breakfast uble;.The weather ia delight
ful "and our 80-ealled female invalids
sport every, day ; on or - in, the water,
and- some of, them can row. a - boat
to the island without a man. ' I bear
the same old song that I -heard at
horhe,' 'woman rules here," and am con
tent to take a second place, for my wife
is an aristocrat and I am nothing but a
Democrat. , , Bull A bp.
eagle towering in his pride: he is of no
aiTomxj, to mankindr arid yet we sing :
ntrcat bird of the wiii2er.aess,!iovly nd proud.
w.th an ere never dtuimtd; Qd neck n?er
liowedjl' -
And wit stamp his image on our money
and claim him as the great American j
eagle. ;The chief difference between
hui and the buzzard is a matter of
taste phe likes live meat, the other pre-!
fers that that is dead. ' But the eagle
is an aiistrocrat and. the buzzard;Jis a
democrat. Coming lower, down we find
the mocking bird ranking the fowls of
the air I lie is a charming s nger, and
bost of Jail he is game. He will fight. I
was rulriinatjng on this bne because
just at4wilight I saw a pair of them at
tack a rreech owl in the front yard,
and af fer much ado they whipped him
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
a crisis instead of relieving ' one.- Be
sides the. syndicate had to be perfected
and become operative at once. .
.. At the close of Thursday the syndi
cate had paid into the sub-treasury and
other designated depositories l,893jl02.
02 ounces of gold, valued at $134,040,
500.85, -calling for $32,676,319.93 of
bonds j also the syndicate has pajd into
thv trfanrv 1 19a (W trnlA nv;.t.
tained by the treasury ;A or ythe bonds tender8 w 1 thia
New York Financial Chronicle. ,''
" Another week has served only to con
firm the general belief in the wisdom of
the course pursued by the preeidenJ" to
restore the credit of the government and
the confidence of the public. Very
naturally regret has" been expressed by
some because no abetter price was. ob-
His First Client,
Detroit Free Press. . .'
"Now, sir,' said G. DeLaney
Wob
and drgye him away, and then om of verton, a young lawyer, who was'grow:
them sing us an evening song.- They
are building near the house, and so are
the squirrels, and I haye seen the birds
drive the squinels to their hiding places.
Game chickens rank "the common
barnyaj-d fowL Nabor Freeman says
they are better to eat and have a finer
to
f' -i i r '-c
MXATOE'rl
flavor. H had said this 'so often that
his, wiie , thought ; she would see if it
was so She had one of his fine shawl
necks killed while he was away and had
it nicely cooked, and' as The' was enjoy--ing
it sfle said, Jl'Now; do you really be-
live thit a game cbicjeen is any better
than this one V' '
'v py, my aear,' saia ne, "there is
no comparison. This chicken ' tastes
like alFlthe common chickens, bat it
juices of a game chicken IT v 'T-v i , :
She told it on him and he ; hasn't
mentioned the subject since. Neverthe
less, it? is a fact that game fish are "bet
ter thaa; the stupid, submissive:, kinds;
Trout tank all the fish east of the. All-
ghenyl.; Trout and Spanish mackerel
are tn gamestfish down here, and they
aFe thg best for -the table. But I will
not write any more about fish, for fear
of losing my reputation for truth f and
veracik, I only intended to illustrate
a fact which is that courage is the best
mark j of arris tocracy ! in animal life.
Courae of cpnvictpnt, courage' in duty
marks! the best type ot mannooa,- not
only i$ war, but in peace. Galileo ano
Luthef had it as strong, as did. Lee ana
at-ksdri. It is force of character ana
will (power that marks - the ; trut
aristocrat. ... Webster , and Clay and
Uaihoap were typical aristocrats. They
ririctions and dared to maintain
regardless of personal peril. We
0 doubt a few statesmen now oi
rairi power, but they are laclringin
courage. They deem it safer? U
lollowgthe people than to lead them.
ThereSis not a statesman in the nation
who eands up pre-eminent for his po-
lticawwiwjom. nis moral couraee. ni
unselfishness arid his patriotism. There
is no Moses to lead us out of the wilder
ness, i j Party : is a ; bigger thing than
country. If it were not , so Congress
mg up" with the mighty west, ana
who was about to experience the joy of Thereupon a decline set in which
having a first client, "just tell me frank
ly and fully the nature of the case." .
" Well, it'a like this, " said; the long-
looked and hoped-for client: "I am
havin' a leetle trouble that calls fer le-
5 the EoWc:
. Cure$
tablets
. - r
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gf ntly, relieves the
." Ce-S the fever ill- i-t!..
headact
:end prevents pneu-
in one iday
convenient
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gal talent more it does for a shotgun,
or I wouldn't trouble ye, In the first
place, I wftnt ter fight a divorcjQ case my
first wife has went and Burred up, 'cause
she says the divorce I got over in Dako
ty ain't legaL i Then I want to git di
vorce papers out agin my eeoond wife
fer runnin' away two weeks ago with -a
map peddler. Then I want -ye ? to see
what ye can do to keep my boy Jim out
o' the pen fer fasterun pn Xoj a bunch
o cattle that didn't belong tot him. - I
want jrc also torcgTJiT'g pruinissuiy note
case brung agin me and to hustle 'round
an' git bail fer me if a feller J cracked
over the head with a club a week ago
shouldn't git well. I may have some
trouble about a piece o' property I
sold that didn't happen to i belong to
me, an' if I'm run in fer keepin' a lit
tle saloon without a license I'd want ye
to null me throueh all nent. vxnen 1
want ye to knock an 'tachment off my
personal property, and :ci ar me ot a
charge of stealin' a horse, an' I'd like
to borrow $50 list ter kind of tide me
over until what? Ye ain't time to
take my case? Blamed if believe you've
sense enoueh to handle a little? trouble
tike mine if ye had time. 1 1 guess 1 11
hustle arohhd an' find a lawyer that
knows his business.
aad ci
themj
have ii
isqUal
morals
A Mixed Prayer,
At the advanced age of five Mariorie
developed an extraordinary 1 liking for
prayers. . She had been taught not only
"NoW I lav me' but also the .Lord s
Prayer, and then at her request a codi
cil had been added, praying that ? -papa
and mama and all my relations" might
e protected r during the night. Sin
the price at which they ? were sold, by
the syndicate being thoughtlessly taken
as; the gauge or near the gauge "of the
worth of the securty at the moment of
the execution of the original contract.
In our relieved condition we so quickly
lose the sense of the danger we were in,
the need there was for instant - action,
and the fearful catastrophe we have
escaped, that Our opinions ; take? their
shape, from the surroundings which the:
success of the loan has brought us into.
We are apt to forget,- too, that the high
prices quoted for, the bonds this week in
London are the measure of the influence
of our packers and of the ; marvel they
have wrought rather than'of the credit
of our boads in the -money markets ; of
Europe,hefore'Uie-j$ntract, was signed.
The last ;bond sale made to ourj. banks
.letnonttrated 4early enough the futility
of pur home market as a '"dependence
i'v'r relief ; .vhile the subsequent large
of gold from our visible supply by
export arid hoardini.', together with the
ruling rates here for foreign exchange,
give added proof that . we were helpless
without pur foreign connection and that
it is the source of : our present success
and strength.
' There is still further-evidence, reflect
ed in part in the record of, prices, of the
change to a lower level that had recently
token place in the worth of our bonds
and was in progress up ; to the "date of
the syndicate contract. Congress, it
will be remembered, had been engaged,
day by day, ever since the current ses
sion began, xn-work destructive ' of the
government credit. - We do not say that
such was its' intention, but that was the
enect. s- - xsote the facts as they have de
veloped. On December 1 and on De
cember 3 (the latter being the day con
gress came, together) the ; old ; govern
ment coupon 4 per cents were quoted at
116 bid ; on December q and December
ll .? there were ' sales ati that figure.
was
slow but contiftued until the price bad
dropped to 113 hid January 4. . . During
the rest of that month down -to very
near the closing day at the public re
mained . hopeful ; and there - was no
change in prices but in the last week' of
January- the week when we stated in
this column ihat "the apathy and. ac
tual hostility . which congress had ex
hibited of late witfl reference to any
legislation ;. tending to reinforce and
strengthen the power of the treasury "to
keep our gold dollar,- our silver dollar
and our "paper- dollar convertible, .has
been, the strangest and most unaccount
able attitude ever shown by any legisla
tive body of which we have the history"
Lixxi, wees uis uevuiit) set iu uujuju,
the bid price on ' February 1 of these
same bonds being only lit 5-8 a loss
in government credit since congress met
of 4 3-8 points.
That was the eventful week. We set
forth last Saturday the . peril in which
our - standard of values was and i the
plucky feeling which prevailed January
31 and on the morning of February 1,
exposing to loss, if not speedily arrested.
the last dollar of the government s gold
reserve. It is needles to rehearse those
matters again. The condition of the
government credit as expressed , in the
market value of its securities is the
point of interest now. The negotiations
witn the syndicate were concluded Feb
ruary 8. On February 7,ihe day be
fore the signing of the contract. - there
were no sales of the old coupon govern
ment 4s ; the bid price . was down to
111 six points off from,: the- sales' the
week congress came together, and if an
investor had - at that time pressed
round lot of government 43 for sale we
hazard nothing in saying he . would
have had to accept a considerably lower
figure than the quotation named. - Now
that is what congress did r but not bv
in excels of payments on the American
l half of - the bond account. The net
gold in the treasury reported Thursday,
the21st, ot February; was $68,708,823.
26 - against-$48,843,668 on' Saturday,
February 16; and $41,340,181, the low
point on February 12. The bank state
ment of last week failed to reflect the
large payments into the treasury on
bond aoount because the receipts for the
gold so paid were counted as cash .and
therefore the, changes in the statement
were-only? "normal,": showing a loss of
$1,204,600 loans and $882,000 cash
while the deposits i were reduced $2,250,
000, making a decrease of only $252,
800 in the surplues reserve. . This was
regarded ' as an : indication ' that the
money market;,wbuld not be disturbed,
atleast'for the present by the bond set
tlements. ; . ' " . , , . "
- An English ladyl who had a mania
for hob-nobbing with the "upper crust'
sat in toe train opposite a very neatly
dressedjj but quiet and reserved;- sort of
man, with whom 'she "engaged in con
versation, in the course of - which she
observed that she had Been the Countess
T J- .' . ...... .o vt-
ijeraoine gei inu ine same train. . AO
her intense delight she found that her
traveling companion was well acquaint
ed witii the countess, " and could give
manyinteregfcing particulars in reference
to her family and her' circle of friends.
Thejay became m deeply interested in
tpe communications of her fellow-trav-
er who appeared to be a eentleman
moving in' the best society,? shat she
asked Bim for his card,' and at the same
time invited him to her next , evening
jarty.i The train stopped. The lady
got out' and stood! on the platform close
ucuixiu uiie i;uuiiuea, luixiuua w wiiue
the familiar greeting exchanged between
the lady of rank and her new made ac
quaintance.? But ; picture - her 'amaze
ment when the conuntess, without cer
emony, beckoned him to approach and
said; - - :,"'" : . ,
' James see to the luggage, will you ?"
Her lariatoe.ratm -frifind wan nnhnHv
else, than the countess' valet.
bed, in the morning, and her mother
often heard snatches ; of them as the
little eirl. went about her ddll's affairs
during the day!
. - " t . '; .1 l : A : -
would agree on a, commisiou from both , w" no V OVfl
nurtito fram tariff hill and a silver familiarity with her prayer, but largely
r .e- I fiMMrsinnofl fhaf nno niorht t ho fllPPnv
W UXV 11 U1UVUU) UfcV " mmx sn.y s j
jiaid the ; prayers: just before going to any means all the evil its action would
AN UNEXPECTED ANSWER.
HsrperVMsffMiM.
"Waal er hem 7 children," . be
Colonel Handy Polk, the week-known
real-estate, loan, and; insure agent
of Oklahoma, who had wandered into
a Sunday-school, and was invited by
the superintendent to address the child
ren, "I didn't come yere with the ex
pectation of makin' a speech but now
thatil'ye been alled on, I'll say a few
words on? the er ah beauties & of
honesty;- arid er truth. Honesty vis
the best policy Alwers be honest, child
ren, and alwers be truthful. As er
er What's-his-hame T: truly said an
honest .man is the er er noblest
work of God. ? And a truthful man is
better than er ah many soarrersv
Alwers" remember that, children. ! If
everybody was honest; what a different
world this would be 1 But, alas 1 they
hain't. Instead, the generality of man
kind inv-err-general is forever tryin' to
gith the better of the erer gener
ality of mankind in er ah general,
so - to speak. From this "we- should
earn should learn, as it were. y to--er
be honest. . But I'll tell you a little
story to sorter illustrate my meanin'.
Once on a time thar was a bov whose
parents were poor but honest, and tried
to raise him up in the er way he
should go. But he wouldn't obey. 'em,
and. Beemed to ' take delight . in doin'
wrong. , He began stealin' little things
when he was no -higher than the table.
and 'peared; to prefer to. lie when the
truth would , have done just as well, or
even better.? He grew worse and worse
as time passed on, and by the time he
had grown to be a man - he had become
a regular out and out scoundrel. '
made a business of twindlin', lyin,' and
cheatm, and seemed to glory in iiis
shame. And. what do you suppose be
came xt him ? I ask vou. children
whar do you reckon he is at now?" . '
And the Colonel's - innocent hearers
answered in one voice, " f )
"He now stands before us P
c Highest of fcll in Leavening Power. j-Latest U. S. Gov't Report
MOW TO BUT A HOEXE.
j Maxrlagtv Rulea.
Let her meet him with a kiss not
frown.
Let each realize the fact that they are
one. . i,- '.,'-..'. ir .
Let the husband frequent his home-
not the dub. : " .
Let him assist her in beautifying the
home.. , r ' ,. t ' .
Let her not narrate MrSjlNex-JXior's
mei ner not worry rum witn petty
troubles. - -
-Let him' speak' to his wife not yell
"say" at her. i
Let her make her home more pleasant
than the club.
Let her sympathize with him in busi
ness cares. t - " - ,
Let bim be as courteous, flter mar
riage as before. '
Let his latchkey gather unto itself
rust from disuse. i
'- Let her dress as tastefully for him as
for strangers.
" Let him confide in his wife; their in
terests are equal. - " '
Let her not fret because Mrs. Neigh
bor has a rich dress.
Let her home mean love and rest
not strife and noise. - - ,
necus
are n&
wouli
old ft
agairf
yet., j
wellf
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MV :1
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Offer. Yo-j a Remedy Which I
insures Safety to Life of I
Mother nnf rhti ?
Mothers' Friend "
' Cn?!l5"cr.t of Its Pain,
llor f end Risk. I
J i I i . vi. ".mowers a
rv T, f1 but httie pain, and did
in fe'Vn w''ness-afie.rwara, 1
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;;-.;!-n'l..:v:aS"
silver
bill tliat would, give the ? nation j peace
arid tike these great national questions
out ol partisan politics. - As it is, now
one rlirty says to the other we . will op
. ' iltiL! .2 nrn
pose aoyuung you auvovatws. xuic ic-
con8ervative people everywhere
t only tired but despairing. They
r welcome the disruption of
arties "I ' never expect to yote
! is a common remark.
there is "the life in the old land
;The South is getting ' along fairly
bnsidenng the panic. .The peo
ple bve got used to hard times and are
adapting themselves to a continuation
oi thi? general depression. . The South
is a ftJessea lana. l nave- neiore me a
letterIrom ; a .man -in Northern Ohio
who gay 8: "Tell your people - who are
discouraged over the losses by thelEreeze
to be thankful they are not here in the
North, wheie we have been buying feed
for our stock for six months on account
of last; summer's drouth, and many - are
suffering for the commonest necessities
of life; - Our charitable institutions are
all tdxed to their utmost to relieve them,
now is now? from thirteen to twenty
inches deep and the mercury 20degrees
below zero and the icy wind blowing a
gale, i How we would rejoice to spend
the test of the winter in suiny Florida,.,
Mylfriend. Robert McCny,? says he
spent Iseveral yearsin Europe and min
gledtwith the common" people in - their
humble homes and found them xoaore
contented in their poverty than purs
are With the comforts of life. .They
live iori .7Qat we would throw at dogs,
Every (scrap is carefully saved-. If a
German family has a son or a father in
the army and (nearly every, family has
onejolr the other) they save every penny
to 6Dd to bim and keep him comforta
ble.! j Just think what a drain it is upon
the people who have to maintain half a
-.iiiiyiuu soiuiers as a Bianyiug usiuy xu
tims of peace. 1 '- --'.v
jo,- we should not complain of any
. thirig down here in the South-land
-ivhre good crops have for many 'years
: blessed the farmers ton and where
' mah can live comfortably on 25
little girl electiified her listening mother
by hastily cutting . short ' the Lord's
Prayer , and ending up the ceremony
with, "Deliver me from evil, and all
my relations. '
Her father said she was a philosopher,
but that she ought to have added rela-
tions-in-law. ,
' A Boy's PtUlosophy. -, . ' J
One'of the favorite winter games of
the small boy who lives along the Hud
son is "jummng laddie-cakes,' ' This
SDorts reaches its height lust-as the ice
in the river is breaking, up,! and when
the great cakes go floating rip and down
with the tide a dozen or more young
sters may be seen running; from one
cake to another, and sometimes making
really dangerous leaps
One day a boy , apparently about nine
years old. was to be -seen standing on
a cake which was rocking m a some
what alarmine manner. - and the little
fellow Was crying in a frightened sort of
way- .'--- ' .. J. .
'What' the matter T called a passer
by from the shore.
And then came the sobbing answer:
"I'm afraid diss cake 11 turn over, an
if I git drowned me motheri'llUck me."
: . Nervous People
And those who are all tired out and
have that tired feeling or sick headache
can be relieved of all these symptoms
by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which
e-ivf8 nerve, mental and bodily Btrensrth
and thoronsrhly purities the blood. It
have wrought had the bond contract
teen delayed another week. -What has
the president done ? . :Wben he saw that
hope or help from congress : was gone
be sought out those whose credit was
second to nonein the world virtually
got their,, indorsement and 'made the
best terms be could with them for re
plenishing- the governrnent gold x re
serve. -Thereby he rescued- us from a
great disaster, And besides that, his ac
tion and the names of those .whose -co
operation i his action ; had secured, re
moved the taint from the government
credit arid has brought back the . price
of its old per cent bonds to 113, and no
doubt the price will rsoorij be vwhere it
was when the session of congress began.
But some say that the syndicate has
made a.larsre' lot of money out of the
transaction, as if that were blame worth j
Its work, is not? done yet. Uesia.es no
one has the balance sheet. " We know
a. . . ' . t . . il .A
as little as others anoat tne amount,
though we presume it will show a.: profit
when . the, syndicate's undertaking .is
completed, for the members of it are
shrewd men and are in business like the
rest of us for that purpose. Of one fact
we are certain they have done a mar
velous work in saving our standard of
values, and in restoring the' credit of
the government by coming to its aid at
a momentof extreme need, arid., we
cannot see why . under - such : circum
stances they are not entitled to their
gains. , - Those who purchased - govern
ment bonds in the time OT war made a
very large profit we always, "thought
they deserved - it. - They bought . the
bonds at a tinie" when? the fjeople;who
afterwards criticised them were as a rule
at least half in sympathy with those
who were endeavoring to disrupt ; the
government. - The position Of tbepres-
From .the Independent we copy the
following, giving the total communi
cants in each denomination as taken
from their reports for 1894 :' 'Baptists
3.786,924 ; Methodists, 4,921,629 : Pres
byterians, ?B1, 416,004 ; - Lutherans,
1,809,134 ; Protestant Episcopalians
591,317 ; ; Congregationalists, 580,000
Disciples Qf Christ, 871,017 ; Reformed
331,686 r United Brethren, 245,713
Evangelical Church, 147340 ; Dunk
ards, 74.654 ; Moravians, 12T.635. Re
formed Episcopalians, 9,447 ; Friends,
107,903 ; Latter-.day Sairits. U72.000.'
There are various other bodies, including
m the. aggregate several hundred thou
sand. It is difficult to get at the number of
Catholics as compared?; with? communr
cants in ? the"; Protestant Churches
The Independent gives the number of
Catholics; as 7,501,430, and says that
these pgures are "obtained by - taking
85 per cent. Of the latest returns (18931
for population, i 'This is the Catholic
rule. Among the Baptists, both white
and colored, are far more : numerous at
the South than at the" North. Among
the Protestaut Churches the net gains
in four vears is given as fol'ows : Meth
odists,- 352,245; Disciples, 229,956;
Presbyterians, 137,672; Baptists, 68,
955; Episcopalians,1 60,255; Lutherans,
78,062; Congregationalists, 67,229."-
PR0FESS10AL CARDS,
you
-1 Bicycle Lswi.? -;.
3?irst Citizen It is not enouch that
bicycles carry bells; the law should en
force a regular system of signals that all
can understand. '
Second Citizen What 'would
suggest? - - .
First Citizen Well I-don't know
exactly, but it might be sometbingf like
this : Une nng, stand still: two nnes.
dodge to the right; three rings, dive ' to
me leu; iour rings, jump straight up
ana i n run under vou: five nnes.
... m - r u I
turn a back hand-spring and land he-
hmd me, and so on. You see us folks
who walk are always glad to be accom
modating, but the trouble is to find. out
what the fellow behind wants us to do.
An old horseman says: If vou want
to buy a horse don't believe your - own
brother." Take no man's word for 'it.
lour eye is your market. ; Don't buy a4
norse in- harness. ' Unhitch ' him and
take everything off but his halter, and
leadhim around, .;. If he has a . corn or
is stiff, or has any. failing, you can see
it. - Let him go himself a way, and if
he walks right into anything, you know
that he is blind. V No matter how - clear
and bright" his. eyes are, he can't see
any more than a bat. Back bim too.
Some horses show their weakenesses Or
tricks in that way when they don't in
any other. . But,- be smart as - you can,
youll get caught sometiriies. .Even the
expert gets stuck." A - horse - may look
ever so nice and go a' great 'pace. and
yet hare fits. There isn't' a man who
could tell it until it happens. Or he may
have, a weak baek. Give him the whip
and off he goes for a mile, or two, - then
all of a sudden he stops on the road.
After a rest he starts again, but he soon
stops for good, and nothing but a der
rick can start him. The weak ' points
about a horse can better be discovered
it' 1 while standing than while moving. If
tie 1 1 - . ... .. , i . .
in buuuu, u win eianu - nrmiy ana
squarely on his limbs without moving
them, with " legs, plumb and naturally
poised; or if the foot is taken from the
ground, arid the; weight taken from it.
disease may be suspected or at least,
tenderness, which is the; precurser of
disease, If a horse stands with his
feet spread apart pr straddles with hind
legs, there is a - weakness in his loins
and the kidneys are disordered. Heavy
pulling bends the knees. : Bluish, milky
eyes - in., horses indicate- blindless or
something else. A bad tempered one
keeps his ears thrown back; a stumbling
horse has blemished knees. When the
skin is rough and harsh, and does not
move-easily to the touch, the horse is a
heavy eater and , digestion -bad. Never
buy. a horse whose breath ing organs are
at all impaired. Place your ear at ' the
heart,, and if a wheezing sound is heard,
it is an indication of trouble. '
m LILLY
offer their professional services Ui the f
citizens of Concord and yioiaitysi'iAlJ. i '
calls Jpromptly attended day or nigLW -Office
and residence-' on Ba Depoti "
street, opposite Presbyterian church . ' . . :
i " : : i ' .
i fX C. Hcnsfflii, Ssrffecn DLtis V i
. ; CONCORD, N. C.
1
is prepared to do all kinds cf ?D'"2a "
worn m the most approved manner '
, OfSce-uyer jlohnson's Druj? Stope. ,
t ' AHcuTrlck.
ratnek was one of those - witty sons
of the Celtic isle whose amusine saving
travellers. t
One day," when . the ' steamer was
about leaving port, Patrick received the
order to haul in a ; long cable ; that
dragged astern. - Patrick jumped to the
task ; cheerfully : enough,, and .. hauied
away ? contentedly. ?4But " the excessive
length of the cable taxed his patience
?"I wonder what has hecome of the
end of . this ; cable I anyhow :' ' and
finally, growing ; more impatient, he
erowled out : "Faith, it's no use haul
ing away at the . baste uv - a cable.
Some ami's cut the end off av it"
- . -Fres Pills. ... "
Send your address to H. E.' 'Bucklen
& Co; Chicago, and get ar free" sample
box of Dr. King's New- Life Pills. A
trial will convince you oL-tlJf ieri
These Pills are easy in i action " and are
particularly effective in the cure of fJon-
sHfigiirn and RI1- TTendarhe. For
miianu -ncrx3TerirouDies " lliey " nave"
been proved? invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every neletenous substance and to be
purely vegetable, r They do not weaken
by their action,? but by giving tone , to
stomach . and bowels greatly invigorate
the system.' - Regular size 25c. per box.
Sold by P. B. Fetzer, Druggist.
.w: ICONTOOifEBT.. X. LKHO HOWELL
Attar aeys : ahd ConnseLors at Law-
CONCORD, N. O
As partners, will practice law in Cabar
rus, ! Stanly and adjoining counties, in
the Superior and Supreme Courts of the
State and in the Federal Courts, Office
on Vepot Street.
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Dr. J. tCARTLAHJJ. Dentist,
CONCORD, N. C.
Makes a specialty of fiTli'ng your teetn
witaout paini , Gas, ether or chloroform
used when drisired. Fourteen years' ex
perience. Office over Lippards & Bar
rierfs store. . -
D.G. CALDWELL, M.D.,
Offers his . professional services to the
peojle of Concord and vicinity. ; OIJ-
leftiat Mrs. Dr Jl-8 ?- ' v ,
" OfficA-Htmrs, 7 to 8 a. m., I to 2, and
rtcj ppT m. j ' ' ' - -.
Sept. 20,'9i-ly.' ' .'
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Atttiiut Woman laffrate. -
St- Ijoais Post-Dispatch. 1 ti s
Mrs. Atkinson, of Georgia, earnestly
protests against - woman- suffrage - as
likely to distract the attention of women
from then social and domestic - duties
Many women we ; already neglecting
their domestic duties, and it is not cer
tain that taking a part in politics would
add ; greatly to .the number. -' There
would be so ne active feminine ; politi
cians,, but if it is hkeiy that thousands
would neglect their pblitical duties just
as men do. ;.The genuine woman could
not be led away from her domestic du
lies, though she might 'vote regularly speculation
and conscientously. .-"":
. . - - Now Aliments.
:"Stranee ain't itw the new kinds of
ailments folks, has?" remarked" Mr
Simn Smith, after ' reading his news
paper.'
-"Now I've been a'reading'an . adver
tisement in here of a new medicine, and
it saye it'8 dreadful good for a sluggish
liver:"
."Liver trouble ain't no new. disease,
pa' responded Mrs. Smith. ."A re
member grandfather' having . liver
Tht Practice of Selling Daughters. "r
Chicago Post. i f--"-r. -t. f
The Indian ia uncouth' in tiffways,
but he has learned ?a thing r ".two from
the' white man. "One? nevTacoma,
Wash. t has tried to; sell, his - daughters
as the result of a game of chance, and,
of 'course,, the East is duly shocked.
Why? He has the precedent of society
"cultivated" 'society. Daughters are
sold almost every day in Jsew York and
Europe; and even m - Chicago. The
Indian,' having lost aH he had gambled,
Offered his daughter for $30, with which
he hoped to be able to recoup his losses.
It is often the same with the man of
civilization. ; He losses all: he has in
speculation, land a immediately looks
around to see who will give the most
for his daughter. She ' goes 'to. the
highest bidder, and. ha goes back to
What is thefuifference be
tween the two cases? - ' " '-
Nothing, except that the 1 Indian
fered his daughter for less, money.
of-
of Spring..-It is also a reminder , that
a blood-purifier is needed to prepare the
system for the- debilitating weather to
come: J-iisten ana von. win - near me
birds singing
rilla in March
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN. . J
COK0OKD, K. C, . t -
Offers Ha piofesssonal services to the
citizens of Concord, and vicinity in the
treatment of acute and chronic diseases. '
Office over i furmture store .on Mam
Btreet, where he can be found at all
hohrsday or r night, .when not profes
sionally engaged. "Feb. 21. Sm.
fiO MORE EYE-GLASSES,
Weak
Eyes I
More
m
MITCHELL'S
A Certalit Safe and Effect's Remedy frr
SORE. WEAK and INFLATED EVES,
" Restoring the Sight of the old.
Cares Tear Drops, Granulation, Slyo'
Tumors, Red Eyes, Matted Eye La.I:cs, '.
ADD PBOPTJCXNCJ QTJTCg P-ETJCEB1
j AND PERMANENT CUSK. ?
' Also, equally efileiwloti wben nsci In
other maladies, pncli- as Ulcer?, lever
Sores, Xnmors, -Salt Itheam. Bunts,
Pllcs, r wberever f vflsmmssisa csists,
MI TCIIE t.JL'S SALVE may U iiseU lo
I SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS CtNTS
.A. - JJ V a wwr"-
April and May. ;
r The North Carolina Legislature will
probably? make a ; liberal appropriation
for the erection of a monument to their
trouble when I wasn't more'n ten year CTeat and good friend, Fred Douglass
Old' PiVimnH Timpa
"I was a-saying that this medicine
was good for siuggisn ; nver, martna
Ann. and what beats me is how them
slugs gets inside the liyer, anyhow
- A Short. Stop. .,..-..':''.-
v Clerk How long will , you he here,
sir? ' "- - . " -
r Guest What are' your rates?.' s"
f Clerk Five dollars a day. '. -Guest
About five minutes.
When so many people are taking
and deriving benefit from Hood's Sarsa-
parilla, why don't you try it yourself ?
It is highly recommended.
also creates a good appetite, cures indi-j ent syndicate and their critics is not so
gestion, heartburn and dyspepsia.
Hood s Pills are easy to take, easy in
action and sure in effect. 2So. . .
The spectacle of five lawyers, neither
of whom is a member of the legislature,
and a United States Senator,' having to
prepare all bills of important legislation
is something unheard of in the- history
of North Carolina before the adyent of
the PopuliBts; and yet the Populists af-
a ' feet ereat aversion for members of the
cents legal profession. Stanly News. ;
very,, different ; the difference consists
inaioly in the fact that then we were
fighting for the goverAment and . now
we are fighting for our' standard of
values.: Some insist that the . president
might have made better terms. That
we deny. - It is' very : questionable, as
we said last week, whether, any other
combination of capital was within the
reach of the government which could
have effected what the syndicate has,
We report that a bond offering , in this
The present legislature 'will remain in
session just as long as the law allows
the members to draw pay for their at
tendance and no longer. . It is a -fine
thing fie Democratic party limited the
pay of members -to . sixty days before
they went out of power,: otherwise we
jyould have a two years : session again,
in imitation of 1869 iust as we are hav
ing a - repetition of the scenes of-r 1868
in every other respect. Stanly News. :
Don't Always Know What's Good For Them
I - Scene in " the Republican caucus
Zeb. V. Walser making a big speech
in favor of the six per cent, interestlaw
said: "The people demand the six per
cent. law. ; We cannot afford to . go
back to the people , without passing it
They want it." :- . "
- Campbell, (Repubhcan) of Cherokee,
interrupted ham with: "Here now
Children demand green apples of
parents. If they get them they
the belly ache." -
their
have
'Ma,"
"I know
Ths Secret Out.
said a newspaper man s son,
why editors call themselves
we.
"Why?"'
i v'So's the man that doesn't like . the
article will think there are too many
people for him to tackle ' - 3
Whatever-may be the cause of blanch
ing, the hair .may be restored to it's Dra:rist and get
Renewer.".-- - - ' '.
Those who have used Dr. King's New
Discovery; know its value,, and those
who have not,: have now the opportunity
to try it Free. . Call on the advertised
A xnai uoiue, - rree.
E.
Bnnklen & Co.. Uhicasro. and get a
1 aamnle box of Dr. King's New Life
nf whr nPo-Wfc fihrist and . trv-tn : Pills. Free, as well as a copy of Guiae
win heaven through moralities are . like to Health and Household Instructor,
soldiers at sea in a storm, who pull, Free. : All of which is guaranteed to do
some at the bowsDrit. and , some at the-you good and cost you nothing, P. B
country for gold would have precipitated ! mainmast, but never touch the helm. Fetzer's Drugstore.
The Olc Friend
And the best friendy that never
fails you, is Simmons Liver Egu-'
lator, (the - Red Z) that's what
you hear at. the mention" of . this"
' ST ' .1 '1
excellent - Liver meaicme, ana
people shbuid'not. be', persuaded
that anything else will do. ..;
. It is the Kins: of Liver Medi
cines': - is better - than pills and ;
takes tne place oi - w.uinme ana :
Calomel. - It acts directly on the
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and
- gives, new life to the whole ' sys-'
tem, ' This 13 the mediane you
want; oola try all Druggists ia
Liquid, or in Powder to oe taken
dry or made into a tea.' -
-EVERT PACKAGERS -'. '
Has the Z Stamp In red on wrapper,
U. ZGILU1 St CO., HuladelplWPV. ,
to M to mm.
On improved farm lands in Cabarrus
oountj onlyt at 7 per : cent, interest on
five or six years time. Loans to be paid
1 ? ' 11 , J 1 1 A - 11..
dsc a in email annual iuhuuiuibuwuu mo
first of November when cotton is ready
for market! 1 This enables the borrower
tdf pay off Ms indebtedness without ex
hausting his crop of any .on year,, and
eaves mm enongn . to .raise -v- .m
next years crop on a posh ? basis.
thus enabling the fanner to get out of.
debt. .This money belongs to farmers
d is to be loaned to farmers only. -
MONTGOMERY & CROWELIj,
i , Atturueys.
T "TfT- 1 .11... . in r
on town. or county properly at p(x
cent, on I and 2 years time. ?
Sept. 13.! m. - ? -
nd ii
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MONEY LOANED;
Lccal Representatives W2!its
lOiirRVHtem affords an oooortnnltyto 'berrow m
either personal or real estatft security.' Tit iJn
1H BUDenor Ml UliaillCaMU Mjvn Awmriauunn . in.
amount borrowed may be ret nrn ed in jnfltbiy "
payments Without bondB. w.th Interutt ftl. iwr
cnt. per annum, it affords atwolutu weuntf to f
la VCSlOrs, Wliu rawvimwr (uiu,iivrv- - (-
mial dividend of from 8 to 10 per cent. W ' i
iW denireto sefcure t sf-cure the Services of on
ertretic. representative uien In every community -t
act as Incal Secretaries. The position Will be
eifliciei.tlT remuueraiive tu amply compeijsato
tsrservlce f If yon possesa the atove una.-. 1ic- .,
t lone. write for particniars. For inforrnilvii re-
gardintc oor systeia or tnatang iohos wen mb
favestmeBtB and acrenciex H1I Ise fm -ir.fSi.ed iiy ...
.aldrein)r 8.-S. Booenson, iPresldent, liZi V. alnut -
Btireet, ranaaeipnia. . .... ..; , - -
NOTICE. , .
T wast every man and woman in the T.
gtatea interested in the Opium sua Y t
kabits to have ene of my book on taes .
esses. Address B.- M. woolley, Atlanta,
pox SS2. and one wiU be tent jou free.
DEAtt :l FRIENDS am i yet
dead, though I haye teen dyeinjrt" ten
years. . I jam here yet to dye, ekan and
fepair your clothes. Call and frve n e
a trial and I will try to give RatisfnclioD.
Pleas-dont forget me,: T w.k hmp
or cash, v - , JIJJNlMiJii ,
Feb. 28. 1 m; ' . ;
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