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Ilradford, Admr of Sarah Young, dee'd . vs. - James Young, Marshall Young-, and wife Erorua Forney" and John Yountf . It aunearinirto the satisfaction of the .Court from the return of M. L. Huchanan, Sheriff of ('abarrus couistv, N; C, and from the affi davit of Wm. Hradrord; filed in the above en titled action that John Young, is a non resident of this State, an dafter due diligence cannot-be found within the State of North Carolina, and is a necessary and proper par ty to the above entirltd action, and whereas the plaintiff above named has begun an ac tion In said Court to subject to sala the real estate of the said Sarah Young, dercribed in . the complaint of the plaintiff, to the pay ment of her del)?, .' . And whereas, the said defendant. John Young, has an Interest actual or contingent as-aro heir at law of said Sarah Young in sale lands. : - - i . " Sow, therefore, the said John Young, Is . hereby Dotifled that- unless he be and apj pear at the office of the Clerk ef the Superior Court of said county and S ate aforesaid on or before the 10th day of February, 1898, and . plead, answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff in this aetion, that the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demand ed in the complaint and for costs of action. This 10th day of December, iw. JAS. C. GIBSON, Dec. 16-flw Cierk Superior Court. W. M. Smith, attorney. MJKfS WHl-HF All fISF FAIIS. . Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. TJm in lime. Hold hy dropBlntn. ; 3 the f.T;.ir;:: catimr- All in;r;; ists. flic. si. I - a 2? THE LONE INN. A STORY OF MYSTERY. BY FERGUS HUME. Copyrighted by the author. ; i CHAPTER VL Haying made ur my mind what course to pursue, I returned to Marshminster, took ksave of my relativea and left that evening for London. There I remained two -daya. reviewing the strango events in which I had lately been air actor At ono moment it was in my mind toaban-' don what certainly seemed b be a hopeless soarch, for 1 conld but see it was a matter of great difficulty to lay my liand on tho assassin of Francis. It would be better,! thought, to place the matter in the hands of the police and let them thrash it out for themselvcSi Two reasons. prevented my taking this gnoble course. . : . : One was that Francis Brairueld had been a college friend, and I was unwill ing that his death should go nnaveng ed. Tho story of his love for Olivia, which holiad told mo at the inn, con tained the elements of a ttrange ro mance fitly capped by his tragic end. 1 felt certain that Felix, through his hired bravo for I could call Strcht by no other name had encompassed the death of his brother. 1 Felix was passionately in love with Olivia, raid the unexpected return of Francis not only threatened to take her away from him. but also to re veal the scoundrelly fashion in which he had behaved At one blow Felix would lose her love and respect. There fore his motive for averting such a ca tastrophe was a strong one. That he should determine on fratricido was , a terriblo thought, but there was no other course left to Mm by which to secure the woman ho loved and the respect he valued. It was the mad action of a weak, passionate man, such as I knew Felix to be. Too cowardly himself to strike the fatal blow, he had hired Strent to cany out his plans, and the death had been duly accomplished, though in" what way I was qnite enable to say. It was sufficient for me to know that Francis was dead, and I felt myself called upon to avenge, his death. The other motive was perhaps the stronger one of detective fever. I was a bachelor. I had a good "income and nothing to da' Therefore this quest was one. of great interest to uio, 1 had often hunted beasts, but this laan hunt was a much more pdwerful incentive to ex citement. I cohld hare ly sleep for think ing of the case and w as con:;timtly en gaged in piecing together the puzzle. As yet I had no clear clew- to follow, but the first thing to be settled was the identity, of Felix at Marshminster with Felix at' Paris. Once 1 established thai point and jrovecl conclusively that Fe- lix naa never leit lmgiana, i wouiu dc in a position to prosecute tho se:irch in the neighborhood cf Marshininster. I own that there was. an additional reason in the piquo I felt atthe corufril disbelief of Olivia. Sho evidently con sidered; my story pure fiction, and the strange disappearance of the corpse from the inn confirmed her m this be net. Ir ritated by such contempt, I wasvesolved to bring home the crime to Felix and to prove conclusively to her thaC he was masquerading as her lover,' the .dead Francis. It would be a cruel bkr.v when assured of the truth, but it wus Letter that 6he should suffer temporary pain than drag out a lifelong agony chained to a man whom 1 knew to be a profli gate, a liar and a murderer. : At tho end of two days I confirmed myself urthe resolution to hunt down the criminal and decided as the first step to go to Paris: Leaving Victoria Ly tho night mail, I arrived in the French cap ital next morning. Anxious to loso no further .time, I hastened at once to tho Hotel des Etrangers, in the Rue de St Honore, and there took up my quarters. .Recovered from the fatigues ef the jour ney, I partook of luncheon and then made" inquiries about Felix Eriarfield. To my surprise I 'not only discovered that he was in Paris, but that he was in the hotel at that moment "Has he been staying here for any length of time?' ' I asked the manager. "For six. weeks, monsieur, and now talks of going to Italy, " was the aston ishing reply.' To say that 1 was surprised would give but a faint idea of what I felt That the as.irtion of Olivia should thus prove true was almost impossible of be lief. If Felix was here and had been here . for the past six weeks, it could not possibly be ho whom I had met at Marshminster.: Assuming this to be the case, who was tho man of the Feu inn who called himself Franqis? My head was whirling' with tho endeavor to grapplo with these thoughts. Suddenly an idea flashed into my. brain which might possibly account for th0 mystery. "Can it be," thought ! "that it was Felix whom I met at the inn Felix, Who tried to pass himself off as Francis and then invented that lying story? Per haps he was not-dead, as I thought, but merelv nluused into a trance. When he revived, seeing the nselcssness of fight ine with Francis, he fled back to Paris. ? All this time I stared hard at the manager. In reality I was puzzling out the mystery and not paying any atten tion to the dan before me. He, howev r r-rpw wearv under my regard and i 0 .. - . . -moved uneasily. "Mr. Briarfield is now in his room, monsieur. Shall I take, to him your card?" :. . If you please, " I answered mechan ically and handed it to him. In a, few moments a waiter came with a message stating that Mr. Briarfield would be glad to see ma I followed the man in a state of the utmost bewilderment and found myself ; in tho presence of Felix hefnrfi I knew what to say or da He was so like Francis, whom I thought was lying dead at the Fen inn so like the man who passed as Olivia's, lover that for the moment I could do nothing but stare at him. Yet . he could be neither of the two, for one was dead, and the other I had left behind at Marshminster. "How are you, Denham?" he said, somewhat surprised at my strange con duct "And Why do you stare so steadi ly at me?" ' "Are you Felix Briarfield?" I gasped. "As you see," he answered, raising bis eyebrows. "Surely you know ma well enough to dispense with so foolish a Question" " "And your brother?" "He is at Marshminster, I believe, Lwith Miss Bellin, to whom he is engag ed. Why do you ask so strange a ques tion?" I sat downon the 6ofa and buried my face in my hands. Either I was out of my mind or the victim of some terrible hallucination. I certainly had met Francis at tho inn and beheld him dead under its roof. As surely had I seen the man I believed to be Felix at Marsh minster. Yet here in Paris I beheld an individual! who was. neither the dead friend nor the living lover, and he called himself Felix Briarfield. "I mnst be mad! I must be mad!" was all I could say for the moment ' 'What is the matter, Denham?' ' ask ed Briarfield, touching my shoulder. "Are you ill?" , For answer I seized first one hand and then the -other. On neither appeared the least scratch. Yet the man whom I be lieved to bo FraCncis had a ragged wound on the right hand. My theory of a trance vanished into thin air 'at this proof that tho men were distinct As tounded, by my action, Felix drew back in some alarm. "How strangely you act, Denham!" he said uneasily. "Is there anything wrong?" - "Do you think I am mad?" I asked irritably, i "Your action just now was scarcely the act of a sane person. Why did you examine rhy hands?" "To see: if they were cut in any way. ' He turned the palms of his hands to ward me and shook his head with a slight laugh, j "You see," he said, smiling, "they are absolutely free from cut or wound. Why do you expect them to be marred?" I made po reply, but passed my hand across my brow. The situation in which I found myself was so strange and em barrassing that I did not know how to proceed. In the presence of facts I could not j but admit that my story would BouhdbmVa wild invention. "Conio, Denham," said Briarfield soothingly." "Yon are doubtless in some trouble and have come to me for help and advice. I'll give both to the best of my ability. " "I want neither, " 1 muttered in a low voice,; "but if you will answer some questions I wish to ask you will oblige me greatly. " Bnarheld drew bacU with a queer look in his eyes, aj if he thought my madness tas increasing. However, he cvercame the dread my actions appar-. ently caused him and answered civilly enough: j "Certainly, if it will do you any good. What is it you wish to know?" . "Were you in England within the last seven days?" "No; I have not been in England for at least six weeksl " , - "Do you know the Fen inn?" "Never: heard of it in all my Ufa " "Are you acquainted with a girl named Rose Strent?" "I don't even know her name. " "When did your brother Francis re turn to England from South America?" "Three .months ago. " "Have ! you seen him since his re turn?" j "Frequently in London, but he is now, I believe, at Marshminster. " "Do you know ho is engaged to Miss Bellin?") "Of course I do," said Briarfield. "The marriage takes place shortly and I am to be the best man that is, if I return in time. " "What do you mean?" "Well, I'm going to Italy tomorrow, " said the : young man, shrugging ' hi j shoulders; "and it is just possible that I may prolong my tour to the east In that case I may be absentfroni England for at least six months omora During that timej Francis will doubtless marry Olivia, and I shall not e able to be at the wedding. " '"You have not been in England with in the last six weeks. You don't know the Fen inn nor of the existence of Rose Strent, " I summed up. "Then 1 am the yictim of some extraordinary hallucination." ''You are very extraordinary alto gether," retorted Briarfield. "Now I hate answered your questions, pray an swer mina Why do you asir an tnese things?" j ''It is a strango story and ono which you will scarcely believe. " j'Let me hear it. Thus adjured, I told him tho story of my adventure at tho inn, but suppressed all mention of the belief I then enter tained that the brothers had changed names. He listened attentively and eyed me with some concern. At tho cbnclu sion of the narrative ho considered for a few moments before making any reply. 'I hardly know what to say, " he said at length. "Your story i3 very circum stantial, yet-you must have been de ceived by the chance resemblance. " . - J 'I swear that tho man I met at the Fen ,inn was your brother Francis. " !"Iow pan that be when Francis was at:J3ellin Hall, and Olivia said he had not been out of the housa Besides, you " sweat that the man I met at Vie Fen j inn tons your brother Fra ncis." . say the I man whom you believed to be Francis; was murdered, yet you left Francis alive and well at Marshmin ster." v j "I thought Francis was you. " "Ah! Deceived by our resemblance, no doubt " j . "Yes, 1 think so," I replied, not wishing to tell him my suspicions. "Well, you see -you made a mistaka Francis is at Marshminster, and I am here, I suppose," he added jokingly. 'fYou are quite convinced that I am Felix?" I "I was quite convinced the man was Francis. " other i tin 1 Trnn cnTolff dont doubt ihzt Tan Felix Briarfield?" aon t . .. f . helmed irritably nf mg to his f eet .,t. , J7Z t.. i i i " fnvn qtiu i.iii iiiirn i. vj m v nil j you met at tho inn?" ; j fNo, ' because tho man I met at the inn is dead. Besides ho had a wound on hi3 righS hand, and you have not " ' "It's a queer business altogether," said Briarfield, walking to and fral "I j cannot but agree with your idea of hal j lucination." j "I tell you it is too real for halluci- nation. " ' "Theij how can you explain it?" he demanded sharply, passing before ma ! "I can't explain jV I replied help lessly. ; j ' " - jv "If you had. discovered the corpse when ybu returned to tho inn, there might be some chance of solving the mystery:j But you admit there was no corpse there. " '-.-. T "Not the vestige of ona " "Then that proves- the thing to be hallucination, " he said triumphantly. "If the man was murdered, who would take the trouble to r,emove the corpse?", "Street might havo done so to con ceal the evidence of his crima " "He fled the previous night by your own acknowledgment The whole thing is ridiculous. If I weie you, Denham, I would jsee a doctor. That brain jpf yours is in a dangerous state. " "In: spite of all you say, I am certain it was Francis I met at the inn. " . "Hoyy can that be when he whom you met; is dead and Francis is alive? It could not be Francis, and as I have not been, out of Paris it could not have been mei" "Then who was it?" "Some stranger, no doubt, in whom fovL sawjja facial resemblance to us." : "Impossible!" . "So I think," saidBri3rHold siHl caatly. "For my part, I, think you s-at subject to delusions Do net pur:;uo thi? case, my friend, or you may Cud jojir self in a lunatic asylum. " "Will yon come over to ii:ir:-:hmiu- ster and hclo mo to solve tho mystery?" "Certainly not, Dji:h:tJii. My plans are all ituade for Italy, and I ?ro there tomorrow. 1 I certainly doa'-t i;;tend to put tbem off for suoh a wiklgooso chase as you wish rao to nn'iU.'po i:s. I took up nip hat aad prepared to ga Tho mattsr wr.s beyond my comprehen sion. j .. ",' "There is nothing for uo but to re turn to England. " "Do, y said Briarfield in' a pitying tone, "anl givo up following this will-o'-the-yisp. " "It seems hopeless enough. " "Well, so far as I can eco, it seems madness nothing more nor lesa My brother II Francis is r.t Marsh:niiister. You seej mo here, so i is 'absolutely iin- possible! you could hive met c us at that inn, tho more so you met is dead, and wc- :-. .cr cf ic man i Loth alive."! . "Yesjj Facts aro too Etrcng for me," I said, holding out my hand. "Udodby, Briarfield. Many thanks for your kind ness; but, oh, man," I arlik'd, with a burst ofi bitterness, "wjiat docs it ail mean?" ' "It's hallucination, " said Eriarfield. "Place yourself at enco in tho hands of a doctor. V (To be continued in our next.) SAM JONES WANT3 A POLITICAL MOSES AND A LIVE PREACHER. I have just returned from a three weeks' absence from home, part of the time beipg spent in evangelistic work at Owensboroi, Ky., and part of the time in lecturing through Missouri and Kan sas. We had a great meeting.at Owens boro. Brothers Stewart and Tillman were with me. I found things looking up out west. There is certainly a more cheerful! tone and look upon the people. Dollar Vihe&i has made things more cheerfulL to say the least of it, in the west. I In spite of my absence I have parU ally kept up with the political procession in Georgia. I 6ee,most of the candi dates for governor have sidetracked and left the Prophet from the Pigeon Roost on the main line and running a mile-a minute. The people of Georgia believe that Colonel. A. D Candler i3 an hon est man'; Theybelieve he is a clean man and above the little petty tricks of the politicians. They believe lie means what hesav8 when he talks economy and lower taxes. There may be bigger men in Georgia than Colonel Candler, but be is big enough, and, above all, true enough. We are not putting1 our big menj to the froDt now much, kat' Hammond, Henry G. Turner, Hoke Smith and that class of meu must re main private citizens yt- awhile. And yet how we need them at the front and yet hov we cannot get them there. How we need a Moses fo, Georgia! She is a great old State: 1 Within the state lints of Georgia the good Father above seems to have given us everything. This state is where "ag riculture has its best r.ewardf, minerals of all kiiids are hid away, there is-marble to build the palaces of the world, sea coasts and mountains. A polar bear could live in the mountains of north Georgia and oranges bloom and mature i)n its southern boroer. Every thing toil eat and everything that the manufactories can run through their machinerybountifully they lie all around us. Could no man but the peerless ;Grady tf 11 us of our future? We are dying for the want of a prophet. .We ha4 had enough on the past. We have hafl enough of llui little fellows who seek place and party domiuancy above everything else. We need a man to tell uS of the glories of the future of old Georgia! Governor Northern has probably done more for us since ho went out of office than perhaps he did while ha was governor, though we never had a better governor iu my day than he;f ' We need not only a prophet, but a sage- a knan of wisdom, broad, splen did: a ijnan wno can lay his hands upo the whole state and ttir her oi steady her at his will: a man who can Speak, and it is doDe; a man who commands and it 6tknds fa6t; a man who can speak with authority. I am tired of the little fellows whose urtt eitort iu life is to get position and then whose everlasting ef fort is to hold it a narlv man. ft little man, a jackass man, a man wbb per ' naP8 S1 UP "om childhood to dog- Ihood mBtead of manhood. That sort . I rt n -fallAn? tuMilH fool niinlitir liinrfinma . " rv ...a&v j PfW uld " I sr,ectable. He'd be stuck on himself, eovernor is an executive, and an exe- cutiye is a man who executes. It is i good sign to see the rats making for their holes, and that is what the politi cal rats tie doing in Georgia now. j By the way, I see the pastors of the churches in Atlanta have inaugurated a tabernacle meeting, at which one of their number preaches every Sunday afternoon at the Moody tabernacle. That is a good move. Thousands and thousands of people in Atlanta irever enter the door of a church who attend those tabernacle meetings. I would earnestly beseech the people of Atlanta, both church-going and uon-churcb-go-ing people, to attend these religious ral lies at the Moody tabernacle. Fill that great building every Sunday afternoon; give those meetings your support and your prayers. You will gather hiany souls to the Master that will otherwise be lost. ' I would presume, however, to say a word or two to the pastors of Atlanta who preach at these -meetings. Preach a live gospel, brethren, a vigorous! Eos pel, a timely gospel, and above all things, a Holy Ghost gospel to tnis peo ple. I verily believe that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ ought to be the most attractive thing in the world. A dry, dusly, musty sermon preached four Sunday afternoons at thoBe taber nacle meetings will empty the building for the jowls and bats. : It won't go, gentlemen, I once heard a pastor cas tigating a good old sister with his tongue for going to three services a day at the tabernacle, but that she hadn't been to hear him preach in three months. The gopd old sister turned on him and said : "You preach like So-and-So, and ! will never be missed from our church." All pastors have no pathos or humor, but all preachers can be in earnest. Earn estness is God's most effective weapon when He would reach men. I heard a railroad man some time ago say that he loved to hear a certain pastor preach, "for," said he, "that preacher talks like he means it." We don't speak on authority, breth ren, like we ought .to speak, iiidlson speaks with authority on electricity. If were walking with him through his laboratory, and a wire ran by my side, and he were to say to me, "Jones, don't put your hand on that wire. I d tell him, "No, sir. I would know it would make an angel out of me in a second if I did. Wc ministers tell the sinners if they don't quit their sinning the devil will get them, and they walk out of the church and say, "Shucks! I've .heard that before. No truer, better men live in the pastorate than Atlanta has got. Throw your dignity to the winds, breth ren. Don t stickle for grammar or rhetoric, but preach a gospel that the people will hear, and preach a gospel that will save them because they hear it. I would to God that within this year the pastors of Atlanta could save ten thou sand souls at these tabernacle meetings. Brethern, we must do something. The salooms are working in earnest. Gambling hells, places of shame and the minions of perdition are working with a vengeance. Don t talk on theology and botany, but tell them about religion and flowers. Don t talk i about the modes of baptismbut tell the peo pie that right living and faith in God will save the soul. Don't talk I about the sweet bye and bye, but hit them on the dirty now-and-now. Preach refor mation as well as regeneration, for the city of Atlanta needs reformation as well as each individual needs regenera tion. Champion everything tbat is good; fight everything that is bad. Don't jump on sin and the devil, but jump on sinners and devilment with both feet and stamp all the feathers off. Tell them there is no top to heaven and no bottom to Bell. Feel free as you preach to the people there. You will have no deacons to flinch and no stewards to kick and no society members to raise howl. Shell the woods and you will have an auuience and you will move the audience. ' - I suppose some of the pastors in At will consider this gratuitous on my part, and really it is. It don t cost you a cent, gentlemen, but it may be worth something to you. Leaving myself out of the question as an individual, yet as a preacher, I might tell things that the professors in the theological cemeteries might not be up on. Nevertheless, brethreu. vou have my prayers and sympathy in the work you would do May God blees you ! Sam r. Jones. Slow Poison. Philadelphia Record. "I suppose I have sold millions of cigarette? in my life," remarked a to bacconist yesterday, "and I often won der whetLer my doiDg so will be placed against my credit in the next world. It is the one part of my business that I positively loathe. I really think that at the rate cigarettes are, now being con sumed and the rate is steadily increas- ingthe i effect will be decidedly appa rent in the next generation of mankind. The cigarette, if a form of slow poison which, while it may not result in death, must necessarily leave its effects upon the human system. You may not be lieve this, but during the warm weather I have noticed, that if flies are shut in the case where cigarettes are kept they will die in less than five minutes. The very atmosphere seems to poison them. On theother hand I have placed flies in a cigar case just out' of curiosity, and they show not not the slightest evidence of discomfort." A Head for the Bcheailed. The languorous quiet of Elysium was gently broken now and then by the clink of theglasse i and the pop of op3n ing bottles. "lhat 8 Charles 1, explained one who bad been there long enough to have learned the ropes. "He has an idea if j '-j he keeps up the gait he'll wake up with U. n hAiirt sAtne morninp-. The Progressive ladies of Westfield, Ind., issued a "Woman's Edition" of the Westfield News, bearing date of ! Anril 3. 1896. The paper is filled with tice the following from a correspondent, wlnr-h thn pdiHnn -nrintfid. rftalizmar that - ' it treats upon a matter of vital impor- tancs to their sex : "The best; remedy ' for croup, colds and bronchitis that I kM vknn VI r ii-tirl ia uavo uccu ttuiC w "v Chamberlain s Cough Remedy, For family use it has no equal. I gladly recommend it." 2o and 50 cent bottles. For sale by M. L. a Marsh & Co. B1LX. AP WRITES OF LEE, I was ruminating about General Lee, whose birthday anniversary we have commemorated all over the outh. When we old men were schoolboys we used to speak speeches about Washing ton and Patrick Henry, and I remember one from Van Wirt beginning, "Who was Blennerhassett?" that was very popular. It is time this younger gen eration were speaking a speech begin But nmg, wno was Kobert I2 Lee?" it they dont speak it these annual re- rmindere will cause them to talk it and think about it. We celebrate the Fourth of July because it was the birth day of a nation and the 22d day of Jeb ruary because it was the birthday of Washington, the father of that nation a man of whom -General Lee's father said: "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." what a wonderful state was the "Old Dominion !" What was in the air that caused it to produce such a galaxy of great men as Washington and the Lees and Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Ran dolph, Patrick Henry and others in revolutionary days, and in later days such great generals as Lee, Johnston, Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart, Ashby and Thomas? T There have been many great men. There have been many good men, But the men who have been both zreat and good are few. Greatness and goodness are not twins. : Indeed, ihey are seldom of any kin. When Abner was slain David said: "A great man has this day fallen in Israel,';' and so might be said of David and Solomon and Con Btantine and Caesar and Cromwell and Napoleon and many others who were great, but not altogether good. There was some dark blot upon their name and their fame that marred his bright ness. Lord Bacon -was one of the greatest of men, but he was far. from being good. War is perhaps the severest test of a great man's goodness. It tries his heart as well as his mind and makes protest of all his emotions. No man in the annals of history has stood this test better than Robert E. Lee. Stonewall Jackson was no doubt as good a man, but he war not so great, so brave, so commanding. Albert Sidney Johnston was probably as good and' as great as Lee, but his opportunities to prove it were suddenly arrested by his untimely death. Even Washington was not so great a general as Lee, for he had but but little military training, while Lee was educated carefully in the art of war was the ranking graduate in a class of forty-two at West Point, was for three years in charge of that institution and had large and varied experience in the war with Mexico. In addition to all these advantages, he inherited a talent for commanding men, for he was the son of Henry Lightfoot Lee (Lighthorse Harry), who was Washington's favored friend and military adviser, and whose bones have honored Georgia soil on Cumberland island. It is worthy- of mention that our General Lee s grand mother was Lucy Grymes, the first love of . General Washington. She was known as the "lowland beauty." It greived her to reject bis addresses, but he comforted himself soon after by marrying the widow Custis. - This widow Custis was the grandmother of General Lee's wife, Mary Randolph Custis And so the Lees and the Wa&hingtons got as close together as they could Ninety-one years ago 166,000 peopled were born on the same day with Geh era! Lee, but not one of them stands out in such bold and beautiful relief. He gets' greater and grander as the years roll on. More biographies have been written and published of him than of any other man. Nine are already be fore the people and another is now in press. His noble life and public ser vice have commanded the admiration of the observingworld, and all the com mendation that the English language could give to a man has. been given to him. There are no more nouns of praise no more comparatives or superlatives left in our vocabulary. Thus it does not become me to add anything to these tributes. It is enough to say that after all these years since his death in 1870, the climax nas been reached when a northern man, the president of a north ern college, has atlast voluntarily placed him at the head of the column and pro nounced- him peerless that greatest general of modern times and the best of men. Furthermore, this Dr. Andrews. who was himself! soldier in the north ern army, makes bold to say : "His cause was not the lost cause bo much as is suspected. The doctrine of states' rights, for which he fought, as now in terpreted by our supreme court, is in exact accordance with his claims upon this point. When Robert Emmett, the illustrious Irish patriot, was condemned to death for treason, be made a memorable ad dress to his judges and said : "Until Ireland is free,' let no man write my ep itaph." And so when General Lee was on his last bed and realized that death was near, he requested that no funeral oration should be pronounced. His re quest was observed, but since then the southern people could not be restrained from giving vent to their admiration. Monuments and statues have been erected, orations have been pronounced aud biographies written too numerous to be recited. Notable men of all coun tries have joined in the tributes and said of 'him as Virgil said of Aeneas, "Cano arma et virum." It has only remained for one man to write anything that sought to sully his escutcheon. I re member we!l the second time I ever saw him. The Seven Days' fight was over. The last shot and shell had been fired. I was . sent with dispatches to General Lee, who was resting near the white hou' on York rivere . ' . . , is neaaquar ters were in a large officers' tent, and as ! I approached a strange 'spectacle was' presented, lor uenerai iee ana iour or five of his staff were partaking of a ' scanty noonday meal, tbat was served! on two camp tables inside the tent, and stretched upon the straw and partly un-, demeath the table was a man lying upon! his Side, with a slouchad 'hat covering his face. His'faded uniform and rusty stars, his sword aud his well-worn boots indicated an officer of rank, and I was wondering what it meant, when the ad jutant left the table and met me with a wave of bis hand for me to stop where I was. "Make no noise, please," he said, "General Jackson has fallen asleep upon the straW and we are. dining oyar him in silence. He is exhausted and must have sleep." It was a scene never to be forgotten a scene fit for the painter'B highest art, and would be a treasure for the modern camera. De livering my dispatches, I silently await ed a reply, anjd when it wajs given J rode away, but tutned in my saddle to take one more view of the impressive scene. r But this ist nougn- U8 not fail t0 wiuiumiviiu; uio cuuucuk virtues auu noble deeds oi this great man, and to commend them to our children and our children's children, Thousands of good people have jthe same birthday and should feel proud of the coincidence, and be inspired by it to a virtuous life. If I was not (too modest to speak of it, I would whisper that I know an unre constructed rebel mother who ia proud that on this! 19th day of January she observed not bnly General Leels birth day, but tha of two of her children. With prophetic inspiration she did her best to honorthis coming fame. What mother could: do more r Bill Ahp. Tbe ParsoB and the Barber. The Rev. j Mr. Moryll was getting shaved. The barber's hand was shaky and his breath was laden with the fumes of liquor. At last the expected bat pened the blood flowed freely from a cut in the parson's chin. He looked at the barber severely. "See, said he, ' "what comes from using whisky!." ' "Yes sir,' replied the barber, "it makes the skin very tender. " A Minister's Lapse. The Lake City (Fla.) Reporter says that .aii a camp-meeting recently held near Lakeland a minister, at the begin ning of Ihis discourse, said he had for gotten his notee, and excused himself as follows: "I will have to depend upon the .Lord for what 1 say this morning this evening pared. ,r 1 wiir come better . pre- Mpthers whose children are troubled with bald colds, croup or whooping cough will do well to read what Dr. R. E. Robey, of Olney, Mo., says on this subject. Hewrites: "For years we have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and always keep it in the house. It is re garded in our family as a specific for all kinds of colds and coughs. The 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by M. L. Marsh &Co. She was a good, kind soul, and when her husband, came home after being "hammered? on 'Change, she said, "Never mind, John. You may have lost everything in the world; but you have me left. "Yes," he answered, with a groan, "that's just what I was thinking." 1 liacklen'a Arnica Salve. Thebest salve in the world for cuts, bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents a boxJ For sale by P. B. Fetzer. "I don't want no rubbish no fane sentiments if you please," . said the widow, who was asked what kind ofan epitaph she desired for her late hus band's tombstone. "Let it be short and simple, something like this: 'William Johnson, aged seveilty-five'years. The good die young.' " 1 A gentlenjan from Australia informs the Chicago! Record that in Sydney, New South Wales, street cars are free to all. No fares are charged, the city pay ing all expenses. He says the tax-payers willingly bear this burden, and tbat the cars are not used any more than when the fares were charged. "There ir$ some things in this. world I don't understand," said Bobby. "One of them is jwhy small boys have such little stomachs and such large appet ites." I - ' The daughter of the late Republican postmaster at Weldon was on applicant for postmaster at weldon. She was turned dowri and a negro appointed. When youj are crowded with work, you will gaijt time by staying a little longer at your prayers. Ingratitude is a sin of so base a char acter that nd words are fit to describe it. A happj mother is the happiest being in this world. To hold in her arms the dear UtUe 1 i f e a part of her very own life nestling-, trusting and dependent her, protecting love, is the sweet est, jtnost sacred re. sponsibility of a wo man's existahce. But many a woman approaching the time of motherhood feels most deeply its duties and trials. She is burdened with a sense of anxiety and unreasonable foreboding. This state of mind is un favorable both to the mother and the child A brospective mother may insure herself against the slightest fear of danger or exces sive pain by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription j during the period of expect ancy. This; "Prescription" mates tne coming of baby absolutely safe and .compar atively painless. " - : It gives elastic endurance to the organism Specially concerned in motherhood,' and healthy vitality to the nerve-centrea. It makes the mother strong and cheerfuL It erives her recuperative power. It promotes abundant nourishment and; provides con- j T. . . cifir for .n n. eases of the! feminine organism, devised by an educated and skilled specialist in this nartienlar field of oractice. Its sale ex ceeds the combined sale of all other med icines for women. "I am ery thankful for what Dr. Pierce's Fa rorite Prescription has done for me," writes Mrs. Etta E. Smith, of Crenola, Elk Co.. Kansas. "About a month before I was confined I had such pains I could stand up only a little while at a time.- I could not rest t night at all, nor at any other time. 1 could scarcely eat anything at all. I began taking Dr." Pierce's Favorite Pre scription anf after the second dose I felt better. From then until I was sick, I carried .nearljnall the water tha was used, up a long hill, and worked in the garden- every day, besides my other work, and did not feel at all bad. When the baby was born the doctor and the women who were with me said I had an easier time than any one they ever saw for the first time. The baby is very healthy and growing right along. I have been up ever since she was five days old." POWDER Absolutely Pure PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. H. LILLY. M. . offer their professional services to the citizens of Concord and vicinity. AH calls promptly attended dayjor night Office and residence on JSfiat Dcpof reet, opposite Presbyterian Church, i Dr. w. c. HqxIston Surgeon iMist, CONCORD, N. C. Is prepared to do all kinds! of iMutii i -work in the most approved manner. uince over Johnson s Dm Store w J. HONTOOMEBY. j. imh rmnwicT, MONTGOMERY & CR015ELL, Attorneys 'and Connselorsmt-Law CONCOBD, N. O. As paitners, will practice lojwin Cabar Stanly and adioininc nonntiAR. rus, the Superior and Supreme Cckrrts of the State and in the Federal Coutts. Office on Depot Street. I i. 1 Parties desiriuar to lend thonpv nan leave it with us or place it ii Concord I National Bank for us. and wa will lend it on good real estate security free o . charge to the depositor. i We mat 3 thorough exair-fnation of title to lands offered as sdcuritv for loans. . Mortgages foreclosed witlioit exnensK to owners oi same. D. O. CALDWELL, II. . M. L. BEVENS. v. b DRS. GALDWELL & STEVENS, Office in former Postoflice Ihiildi g'on Main Street. Telephone No. 37 DR. H. G. HERRING. Lentist, is again at his old place over York Store, s Jewelry COXTCOBD XT. C; L. T. HARTSBLL, Aftorney-at-Law, ; corrconx, north cAabx.xe7A Prompt attenTion " given to! t. all busi- ness. Cilice in Morris site courthouse. buildipg oppo THK Concord National Bank. With the latest approved Iform of i books, and eyery facilily for fuindlinj? accounts, oners a FIRST CLASS t to tho public. SH RYICE Capital, - s. 350,000 Profit, - - . 122.000 individual responsi bility of share holders, ' ; (50,000 - - i Keep your account with us. 1 1nterest paia as agreed, iiiberai acepmmada tion ta all our custom ef s. 1 3. M., ODELL. President.1' D. B:' COLTRANEj Cashier Maya7,'7. BLUME & BM, Machine Works. CONCORD, N. C. General Machinists and Machine Dealers. We do heavv machine work: al encine and boiler work especially. Pipe" cu tinir and tnreamng done .to 10 lncbes lnc lusivi Allor- ders nave our prompt and careful and prices as low as consistent with workmanship and materials. . Whe ttentlon. irsPclass In need of anything in our line give us a call umceanu worKs.,JorDin St. SUPERIOR COURT Dec. 27,1 im. In tbe matter of the Incorporation - of the (Joncora Lumber Company j N. F.Norke, Jno.C.Wadsworth, fc. J. IIar-, ris and K. O. S. Miller having filed telr peti tion in this court, praying thatthy be in corporated, and a license having ,T'en duly issued on tbe 24th of December, lt7. under the great seal of the Htate by Hdn. Cyrus . Thompson, Secretary of the State,kjrantlng said prayer : ! 1 It Is now on motion of W. M. Smjth, their attorney, ordered, adjudged and dicreed Uy the court that publication be niaf e In the Concord Times, a weekly newspafer "regu larly published in Concord, North Carolina, nowiying we dudhc : t i 1. That-N. F. Yorke, Jno. C. Widsworth, C. J. Harris and R. O. S. Mi lief, an their as sociates and assigns, are duly incorporated as a body politic for a "period of thirty years from the 24th day of December, lfj7l under the name and style of the Concord Lumber Company. . j i- 2. That the capital stock of said? corpora tion ia six thousand 'and .one huddred.dol- larg, divided into sixty -one shares of one hundred dollars each, with -the privilege to Increase the same to twenty-live thousand dollars. ' j I 8. That the principal object of sf id Corpo ration Is to deal in timber lands, tiniber, lum ber, including the manufacture oj wood iu any and all its branches, to deal fa, goods, merchandise, construct mills, workshops, build, erect and repair houses. . l 'I 4. Its principal place of business ii Concord, North Carolina. 1 i j , 6. Stockholders shall not be . individually liable ror obligations or tne corporation ue yond the amount of their subscription, t 6. Stork shall be non-assessable. 1 . JA C. OISON. Dec. 30-4 w - Clerk Superior Court. 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