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Y j ; - ------ i -v; . - r : : " y Gastoriia n,votM to tlio Profeolion of llofne nt 1Ji Iniorels tlio County Gastonia, N O.: October 7, 1 887. One Dollar and a Half per Annum, in Advance. No. 40 Vol. 5. f J. E. PAGE, I EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR . ( j - KSTABLISIIED IN 18SO I n : , 6 i ! TIIE PRIME MINISTER. JREV. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON AT ' THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. JSvery nlan is l lually Valued at Hie Ileal Worth Ulsliig to High I'o.silion . Through Public Abuse The World Must Ilouor Christian Character. Brooklyn, Sept. 18. After being closed for some weeks for improvements and enlargements, the Brooklyn taber nacle was opened to-day. The nuub over whelming throngs were in attendance as tiefore. The congregation Bang with .great effect the hymn: - Before Jehovnh"s awful throne Ye nations lonr with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone lie can create and he destroy. After explaining appropriate passages of Scripture, Dr. Talniage took his text from Genesis xli, 41: "And Pliaraoh said unto Joseph: See, I have set the over all the land of Egypt." .The subject of the sermon was "The Primo Minister." Dr. Talmage said: You cannot keep a good man down. Jod lias decreed for him a certain eleva tion tp which he must attain. He will bringliim through, though it cost, him a thousand worlds. There are men con stantly in trouble lest they shall not be appreciated. Every man conies in the .encfto be valued at just what he is worth. iKow often you see men turn out all their forces to Crush one man or set of men. How do they succeed? No better than did the government that tried "to crush .Joseph, a Scripture character, upon which we sieak today. It would lie an insult to suppose that you were not all familiar with the life of Joseph; how his jealous brothers threw him into the pit, but, see ing a caravan of Arabian merchants moving along on their camels with spices juid gums tliat loaded the air with aroma, old their brother to these merchants, who carried liim down into Egypt; how Joseph was sold to Potiphar, a man of influenco and office; how, by his integ rity, lie raised himself to high position in the realm, until, under the false charge of a vile wretch, he was hurled into the penitentiary; how in prison he com manded respect and confidence; how, by the interpretation of Pharaoh's dream, he was freed and became the chief man in government, the Bismarck of the nation; how in time of famine Joseph had the control of a storehouse which lie had filled during the seven 3-ears of plenty; how, when his brothers who had thrown him into the pit and sold him into captivity applied for corn, he sent them home with :their beasts borne down under the heft of tho corn sacks; how the sin against their brother, which had so long been hidden, came out at last and was returned by that Iwother's forgiveness and kind ness an illustrious triumph of Christum principle. "XittQ-n from' this story, 'in the' first lace, that the world is compelled to Junior Christian character. Potiphar was t.nly a man of the world, yet Jowph rose n liis estimation until all the affairs of that great house were committed tolas charge. From this servant no honors or confidences were withheld. When Joseph was in prison he soon won the heart of the keeper, and, though placed there for being a scoundrel, he soon convinced tho jailer that ho was an innocent and trust worthy man, and, released from closo confinement, lie became a general super intendent of prison affairs. Wherever Joseph was placed, whether a servant in the house of Potiphar or a prisoner in the penitentiary, he became the first man everywhere, and is an illustration of the truth I lay down that the world is com pelled to honor Christian character. ' There are those who affect to despise a religious life, They speak of it as a sys tem of phlebotomy by which a man is bled of all his courage and nobility. They eay lie has bemoaned himself. They pre tend to have no more confidence in him tince his conversion than before his con version. But all that is hypocrisy, It is impossible for any man not to admire and confide in a Christian who shows that he has really become a child of God and is what he professes to be. You cannot despise a son or a daughter of the Lord God Almighty. Of course half and half religious character wins no approbation, Redwald, tho king of the Saxons, after Christian baptism had two altars, one for tho worship of God and the other for tho eaciitice of devils. You may have a contempt for 6uch men, for mere pre tension of religion, but when you behold tho excellency of Jesus Christ como out in the life of one of his disciples, all that there is good and noblo in your soul rises up into admiration. Though that Clui3tian be as far beneath you in estate as the Egyptian tlave whom wo aro discussing, by an Irrevo cable law of our nature Potiphar and Pharaoh will always - esteem Joseph. Chrysostom when threatened With death by Eudoxia, the empress, sent word to her eaying: "Go tell her that I fear noth ing but sin." Sucli nobility of character will always le applauded. There was something in Agrippa and Felix which demanded their respect for Paul, the rebel against government. I doubt not they would willingly have yielded their office and dignity for the thousandth part of that true heroism which beamed in the eye and beat in the heart of the uncon querable apostle. The infidel and M orld ling are compiled to honor in their hearts, though they may not eulogize with their lips, a Christian firm in perse cution, cheerful in poverty, trustful in Josses, triumphant in death. I find Chris tian men in all professions and occupa tions, and I find them respected, and honored, and successful. John Frederick Oberlin alleviating Ignorance and distress, John Howard passing from dun-jeon to lazaretto with liealing for the body and the soul, Elizabeth Fryc coming to tho profligate of Newgate prison to shako down their obduracy ns the angel came to the prison at Philippi, driving open tho doors and snapping locks and chains, as well as the lives of thousands of the followers of Jesus who have devoted themselves to the temporal and spiritual welfare of the race, are monuments of the Christian religion that shall not crumble while the world lasts. A man in the cars said: "I wouhl like to become a Christian if I only knew what religion is. But if this lying and cheating and bad be "bavior among men who profess to be good is religion, I want none of it." But, my friends, if I am an artist in Koine and a man conies to me and asks what the art of painting is, I must not show him the daub of some mere pretender. I will take him to the Kaphaels ajid the Michael Angelos. It is most unfair and dishonest to take the ignominious failures in Chris tian profession instead of the glorious successes. The Bible and the church are great picture galleries tilled with master pieces. Furthermore, we learn from this story of Joseph that the result of persecution is elevation. Had it not been for his being sold into Egyptian bondage by his mali cious brothers and his false imprisonment Joseph would never have become prime minister. Everyliody accepts the prom ise: "IUcssf d are they that are perse cuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." but they do not realize the. fact that this principle applies to worldly as well as spiritual success. It is true m all departments. Had it not been for JEschines, who brought im peachment against Demosthenes, the im mortal oration Do Corona would never have lxvn delivered. Men rise to high political position through misrepresenta tion and the assault of the public. Pub lic abuse is all that some of our public men have had to rely uon for their ele vation. It has brought to them what talent and executive force could never have achieved. Many of those who are making great effort for place and power will never succeed just because they are not of enough importance to be abused. It is the nature of man to gather alxmt those who are persecuted and defend them, and they are apt to forget the faults of those who are the subjects of attack while attempt ing to drive lxick the slanderers. Helen Stirk, a Scotch martyr condemned with her husband to death for Christ's sake, said to her husband: "Rejoice: we have lived together many joyful days, but this day wherein we must die together ought to be most joyful to us both. Therefore I will not bid you good night, for soon we shall meet hi the heavenly kingdom." By the Hash of the furnace best Christian character is demonstrated. I go into another department, and I find that those great denominations of Christians which have been most abused have spread most rapidly. No good man was ever more vilely maltreated . than John Wesley. His followers were hooted at and maligned and called by every de testable name that infernal ingenuity could invent, but the hotter the per secution the more rapid the spread of that denomination, until you know what a great host they have become and what a tremendous force for God and the truth they are wielding all the world over. It was persecution that gave Scot land to Presbyterianism. It was perse cution which gave our own land first to civil liberty and afterward to religious freedom. Yea, I may go further back and say it was persecution that gave the world the great salvation of the .Gospel. The' ribald mockery, tho hun gering and thirsting, the unjust and ignominious death where all the force of hell's firry was hurled against the cross, was the introduction of that religion which is yet to be the earth's deliverance from guilt and suffering, and her everlasting enthronement among the princiialities of heaven. The state has sometimes said to the chut-ch: "Come, let me take your hand and I will help you." What lias Ijeen the result? The church has gone back and has lost its estate of holiness and has liecome in effective. At other times the state lias said 16 the church: "I will crush you." What lias been the result? After the storms have spent their fury, the church, bo far from having lost any of its force, has increased and is worth infinitely more after the assault than before it. The . church is far more indebted to the opposition of civil government than to its approval. The fires of the stake have only been the torches which Christ held in . his hand by the light of winch the church has marched to her present posi tion. In the sound of racks and imple ments of torture I hear the rumbling of the wheels of the Gospel chariot. Scaf folds of martyrdom have been the stairs by wldch the church has ascended. Aqua fortis is the best test of pure gold. Furthermore, our subject impresses us that sins will come to exposure. Long, long ago, had these brothers sold Joseph into Egypt. They had suppressed the crime, and it was a profound secret well kept by the brothers. But suddenly the secret is out. Tho old father hears that his son is in Egypt, having been sold there by the malice of his own brothers. How their cheeks must have burned and their hearts sunk at the flaming out of this suppressed crime. The smallest in iquity has a thousand tongues, and they will blab out an exposure. Saul was sent to destroy the Canaauites, their sheep and their oxen. But when he got down there among the pastures he saw some fine sheep and oxen too fat to kill, and 6o he thought he would steal them. He drove them toward liome, but stopped to report to the prophet how well he had executed hia commission, when in the distance the sheep began to bleat and the oxen to bellow. The secret was out, and Samuel said to the blushing and con founded Saul: "What means the bleatiug of the sheep that I hear and the lowing of the cattle?" Aye, my hearers, jou cannot keep an iniquity quiet At just the wrong time the sheep will bleat and the oxen will bellow. Achan cannot steal the Babylonish garment without getting stoned to death, nor Benedict Ar nold betray his country without having his neck stretched. Look over the police arrests, these thieves, these burglars, these auulterei-s, these counterfeiters, these highwaymen, these assassins. They all thought they could bury their iniquity so deep down that it would never come to resurrec tion. But there was some shoe that an swered to the print in the sand, some false keys found in possession, some bloody knife that whispered of the deed, and the public indignation, and the ana thema of outraged law hurled him into the Tombs or hoisted him on the gallows. At the close of the battle between the dauphin of France and the Helvetians, Burchard Monk was so elated with the victory that he lifted his helmet to look off upon the field, when a wounded sol dier hurled a stone that struck his uncov ered forehead and he fell,. Sin will al ways leave some point exposed, and there is no safety in iniquity. Francis I, king of France, was discussing liow it was best to get his army into Italy. Amaril, the court fool, sprang out from the corner and said to the king and liis btaff ollicers: "You iiad better 1 thinking how you will get your army back out of Italy after once you have entered.'' In other words, it is easier for us to get into sin than to get out of it. Wrhitefiold was riding on horseback in a lonely way with some missionary money in a sack fast ened to the saddle bags. A highwayman sprang out from the thicket and put his hand out toward the gold, when White field turned tijon him and said: "That belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, touch it if you dare," and the villain fell back 'empty handed into the thicket. O, the riowcr of conscience! If offended, it be comes God's avenging minister. Do not think that you can hide any great and protracted sin in your hearts. In an un guarded moment it will slip off of the lip, or some slight occasion may for a mo ment set ajar this door of hell that you wanted to keep closed. But suppose that in this life yon hide it, and you get along with that transgression burning hi your heart as a ship on fire within for dajs may hinder the flame from bursting out by keeping down the hatchways, yet at last, in the Judgment, that iniquity will blaze out before the thi'one of God and the universe. Furthermore, learn from this subject the inseparable connection between all events, however remote. Lord Hastings was beheaded one year after he had caused the death of the queen's children, in the very month, the very day, the very hour and the very moment. There is wonderful precision in the divine judg ments. The universe is only one thought of God. Those things which seem frag mentary and isolated are only different parts of that one great thought. How far apart seemed these two events Joseph sold to the Arabian merchants and the rulership of Egypt. Yet you see in what a mysterious way God connected the two in one plan. So all events are linked to gether. You who are aged can look back and group together a thousand things in your life that once seemed isolated. One undivided chain of events reached from the Garden of Eden to the cross of Cal vary, and thus up to heaven. There is a relation between the smallest insect that hums in the summer air and the arch angel on his throne. God can trace a di rect ancestral line from the blue jay that last spring built its nest in a tree behind the house to 6ome one of that flock of birds which, when Noah-hoisted the ark's window, with a whirl and dash of bright wings went out to sing over Mount Ararat. The tulips that bloomed this summer in the flower, bed were nursed of last winter's snowflakes. Tho fur thest star on one side the universe "could not look to the furthest star on the other side and say: "You are no re lation to me;" for from tliat bright orb a voice of light would ring across the heavens responding: "Yes, j-es; we are sisters." Sir Sidney Smith in prison was playing lawn tennis in the yard and the ball flew over the wall. Another ball containing letters was thrown back, and so communication was opened with the. outside world, and Sidney Smith escaped in time to defeat Bonaparte's Egyptian expedition. What a small accident con-, nected with what vast result I Sir Robert Peel from a pattern lie drew on the back of a pewter dinner plate got suggestions of that which led to the important invention by which calico is printed. Nothing in God's universe swiners at loose ends. Accidents are only God's way of turning a leaf in the book of his eternal decrees. From our cradle to our grave there is a path all marked out. Each event in our life is connected with every other event in our life. Our loss may be the most direct road to our gain. Our defeats and victories are twin brothers. The whole direction of your life was changed by something which at the time seemed to you a trifle, while some occurrence which seemed tremen dous affected you but little. The Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of Basking Ridge, N. J., went into his pulpit one Sabbath and by a - strange f reak of memory forgot his subject and forgot his text, and in great embarrassment rose before his audience and announced the circumstance and de clared himself entirely unable to preach; then launched forth in a few earnest words of entreaty and warning which re sulted in the outbreaking of the mightiest revival of religion ever known in that state, a revival of religion that resulted in churches still standing and in tho conver sion of a large number of men who entered the Gospel ministry who have brought their thousands into the king dom of God. God's plans are magnifi cent beyond all comprehension. He molds us, turns and directs us, and we know it not. Thousands of years are to him but as the flight of a shuttle. The most terrific occurrence does not make God tremble, and the most triumphant acluevement does not lift Wm into rapture. That one great thought of God goes on thi-ough the centuries, and nations rise and fall, and eras ass, and the world itself changes, but God still keeps the undivided mas tery, Unking event to event and century to century. To God they are all one event, one history, one plan, one develop ment, ono system. Great and marvel lous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, Furthermore, we learn from this story the propriety of laying up for the future. During seven years of plenty Joseph pre pared for the famine, and when it came he had a crowded storehouse. The life of most, men in a worldly respect is divided into years of plenty and famine. It is seldom that any man passes through life without at least seven years of plenty. During these seven prosperous years your business- bears a rich harvest. You hardly know where all the money comes from, it comes so fast. Every bargain you make 6eems to turn into gold. . You contract few bad debts. You are as tounded with large dividends. You in vest more and more capital. You won der how men can be content with a small business, gathering in only $100 where you reap your thousands. These are the seven years of plenty. Now, Joseph, is the time to prepare for famine, for to almost every man there do como seven years of famine. You will bo eick; you will be unfortunate; you will be de frauded; you will be disappointed; you will be old, and if you have no storehouse upon which to fall back you may be famine struck. We have no admiration for tins denying one's self of all present comfort and luxury for the mere pleasure of hoarding up, this grasping for the mere pleasure of seeing how large a pile you can get, this always being poor and cramped because as soon as a dollar comes in it 13 sent out to see if it can't find another dollar to carry liomo on its back; bu zJiere is an intelli gent and noble niindejf forecast which wo love to see in men who have families and kindred dejiendent irpon them for tho blessings of education and home. God sends us to the insect&for a lesson, which, while they do not stint themselves in the present, do not forget their duty to fore stall the future. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways and be wise, which, having no -guide," overseer or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her foUl in the harvest." ! Now there are two ; ways e?f laying up money; the one Ivy investing it in -stock and depositing it in banks and loaning it on bond and. mortgage-. The other way of kvying up money is giving it away. He is the safest who makes both of these investments. But the man who devotes none of his gain to the cause of Christ and thinks only of Ids own comfort and luxury is not safe, I don't care how his money is invested. H? r cted as the rose if it should say: "1 ivifl bold my breath and no one shall hae a snatch of "fra grance from me until next week, and then I will set all tho garden ailoat with the aroma." The time comes, but having been without fragrance for so long it has nothing then to give. But above all, lay up treasures in heaven. They never depreci ate in value. They never are at a dis count. They are always available. You may feel safe now with your present yearly income, but wliat will such an in come ! be worth after you are dead? Others will get it. Perhaps some of tliem will quarrel about it before you are buried. They will be right glad that jrou are dead. They are only waiting for you to die.; What then will all your accumu lation be worth if you; could gather it all into your bosom and walk up with it to heaven's gate? It woidd not purchase your admission; or, if allowed to enter, it could not buy you a crown or a robe, and thfe poorest saint in heaven would look down and say:. "Where did that pauper come from?" 4 Finally: learn from this subject that in every famine there is a storehouse. Up. the long row of building piled to the very roof with corn come the hungry multi tudes, and Joseph commanded that their, sacks and wagons be filled. The world lias been blasted. Every green thing lias withered under the touch of sin. From all continents and islands and zones comes up the groan of dying millions. Over the tropical :- spice grove, and Siberian ice hut, and Hindoo jungle the blight has fallen. The famine is uni versal." 'But, glory be to God! there is a great storehouse. Jesus Christ, our elder brother, this day bids us come in -from our hunger and beggary, and obtain in finite supplies of grace enough to make us rich forever. Many of j-ou have for a long while been smitten of the famine. The world has not tilled tlie tlirobbing of your spirit. ; Your conscience sometimes rouses you up with such suddenness and strength that it requires the most gigantic determination to c4elliift;'dterorbace. -. Your" courage quakes at the thought of the f uture. Oh, why will you tarry amid the blastings of the famine when such a glorious storehouse is open in God's mercy? ,'.. Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor. Behold a royal feast, Where mercy spreads her bounteous store For every humble guest. See, Jesus stands with open arms. He calls, he bids you come; Guilt holds you back and fears alarms. But see, there yet is room. Improvement in Surgery. The visiting doctors have, of course, taken in the medical schools and the hospitals, where the learned professors are allowed to experiment on the injured for the benefit of their classes. . I have heard several of them express their ad miration of an instrument with an un pronounceable name, made by Dr. Milton Josiah Roberts for the purpose of quick amputation of hmbs. Dr. -Jioberts uses cocaine as an anaesthetic and electricit' runs his instrument. The saw with which bones are severed runs with such rapidity as to be invisible in operation, and tlte amputation of a man's leg by this in genious device occupies about five sec onds. Dr. Roberts is to exhibit and illus trate the operation of this compact little instrument before some one of the sections of the convention at Washington. I have seen if hi operation, and, without any scientific knowledge on the subject, I could readily see how the rapidity and precision and neatness of its work would afford relief to the unfortunate patient. During the war I saw surgeons occupy half an hour in amputating a man's leg, whereas now it ca be done in less time than it takes to place the patient under the influence or ether or cocaine. Foreign surgeons who have paid little or no attend tion to the improvement of surgical in struments will find a great surprise in store for them when Dr. Roberts explains the working and capabilities of his machine I don't know what he calls it. New York Mail and Express. The Horse Wore Goggles. , A horse with goggles was one of the attractions of the Clinton square market place the other afternoon. The Manlius farmer : who owned him said he discov ered recently that the animal was very nearsighted, and an occulist to whom he took the nag said so, too. The eye man took the necessary dimensions and, send ing to New York, had a pair of concave spectacles made expressly for Dobbin. When the farmer tried them for tho first time the horse appeared to be startled, but, recovering from his surprise, mani fested every symptom of pleasure. They are made so as to be firmly fastened in the headstall and cannot be worn without that piece of harness, "When I turn him out to pasture," said the farmer, "ho feela uneasy and un comfortable without Ins goggles, and last Sunday ; he hung around the barn and whinnied so plaintive like that I took out the bit and put the headstall and goggles on him, and ho was so glad that Ire rubbed my shoulder with Ins nose. Then he kicked up liis heels and danced down to the pasture. You ought to have seen lihru I hate to let him wear specs all the time, though, for I fear he will break them." Syracuse Standard. Emancipation in Brazil. Emancipation will be hastened in Bra zil by a recent act of the general assem bly. It allows masters to retain their slaves two years longer, but they must pay them fair wages during that period, at the expiration of which all are to. be free. : A STRANGE ! AFFECTION. The Story Told by a Traveler Effects of Imagination. ! The modern town of Taranto, in Italy, occupies the site of tho famous Tarentum of old. The tarantismo,' an insect ven omous in hot weather, is to be found there, and various startling accounts are' given of the peculiar effects of its bites. A Tarentine gentleWm,' who has seen many cases of persons affected by! tho tarantismo, thus describes it hi the "Ital ian Sketches" of Janet Ross: , "There are various species of the insect, and two kinds of tarantismo, the wet and the dry. ; A violent fever attacke the per son bitten, who sits moaning and sway ing backward and forward. Musicians aro called and lcgiri playing; if the air does not strike the fancy of the tarantola, as the patient is called, she moans more loudly and says: 'No. no, not that! t "The fiddler instantly changes, and the tambourine beats fast and furious, to in dicate the difference of the time. 'When at last the tarantola gets an nir to her hiring she springs up and begins to dance frantically. - ; I r "If she has the dry tarantismo her friends try to find out the color of the tarantola that has bitten her, and adorn her dress and her fingers "with ribbons that recall the tints of the insect. If no one can indicate the color she is decked with streamers of every hue, w hich flut ter wildly about as she dances and tosses her arms in the air. i The ceremony gen erally begins in the house, but what with the heat and the concourse of people it often ends in the street. S : I "If it is a wet tarantismo the musi cians choose a spot near a well, and the dancer is incessantly deluged with water by relays of friends, who go backward and forward to the well with their brown earthenware jars. I j 1 "When the tarantola is quite worn out she is undressed and put to bed. "The fever lasts seventy-two hours, and the state of nervous excitement must be intense to sustain a woman under such fatigue as dancing for three whole days. If the musicians are not called in, and the person bitten is not induced to dance, the fever continues indefinitely, and is in some cases followed by death.." I It is liardly necessary to say that in this method of treatment the imagination plays a great part; nevertheless it is a real cure. Youth's Companion, t I ' Indian Ilelics in Georgia. . ! The ''whole field for acres around .the bridge over Little river, in Wilkes county, Gar., is literally covered with flint arrow and spear heads, stone tomahawks, maces, battle axes, and almost every instrument of crude Indian warfare, j Besides . these are found many domestic articles, ; as mortars and pestles for mashing corn, pots hewn out of -solid stone, and brokefi. vases carved in rare and curious designs. sThese relics were washed down from a neigh- tered over the field. "On the top of this hill, where the village was supposed to have been, was found a large pile of broken and defective arrow heads which seemed to mark the spot where some old arrow maker had his shop, making arrows for his triheand receiving in return deer, bear, and other such game as the forest afforded. Chicago News, i . Another KJberty Statue. : A statue of liberty is to lie erected on a peak in San Francisco by Adolph Sutro, the millionaire. Tho figure and pedestal will be forty feet high, and the torch, which will be lighted by electricity, will be 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. The pedestal will rest upon the solid rock of the peak, and will be over twenty feet high, eleven feet square at the base, and seven feet square at the top. The prin cipal figure will that of a woman holding aloft in the right hand the torch: of liberty, 2nd in the outstretched left hand the sword of justice. ! At her feet will be a figure emblematical of despotism, and will be that of a man lying on his side and clutching at the sword held out of his reach. Chicago Times. , -. The ISones of Colninbiu. The bones of the discoverer of America are to be once more removed; as if they had not yet earned rest, j When Colum bus died he first found a resting place at Valladolid. But it was not for long. In seven years his remains were taken to Seville, and in 153G across the ocean to Hayti, where they were deposited hi the cathedral of San Domingo. In IT'.; 3 it was thought "to be high time that the bones of Columbus were disturbed again, and they were taken to Havana, in Cuba. Now, after a further rest of 100 years, a fresh transfer let us hope the List is; to be made, and Genoa, the navigator's birthplace, will finally claim its own, Chicago Times. 1 : An Author's Old Fashioned Home. Mr. Aldrich's hotise at Ponkapog, Mass., is a plain, old fasliioned mansion, just like so many others that one sees scattered everywhere throughout New England. It is two story, painted brown, with a portico in front, and concealed from the street by a belt of trees. Inside is the large, old fashioned hall belonging to old colonial days, with two rooms opening on either j. side, and the din ing room in the rear. The poet's study is on the second floor, and a pleas ant room it is large, airy, with books lining the four walls, and stuffed into every nook and corner. Choice art treas ures and bric-a-brac appear scattered about in a charming way. Chicago Times. - :-: .--' ' y i .'"--' '.-. ' Industrial Fishing School. Lady Bmdett-Coutts expresses a will ingness to expend $125,000 on an indus trial fishing school at Baltimore in West Cork, accessible to all Irish youth. She thinks such a school would benefit all Ire land. New York Graphic! j The late Gen. McKee Dunn left all his fortune to his wife, i His will was the shortest ever filed in Washington, and consisted of four lines. 1 I It is a somewhat singular fact that of all .the Christian nations the United States of America are alone represented by, Protestant Christian missions in Persia. ': .-: ' The. Prince of Wales i3 described at Hamburg as wearing a most unbecoming common looking, snuff colored suit, with, a red comforter round bis tluoat. 1 . A Miniature Kepubllc r Between French Guiana and Brazil is a region of 400,000 squaro miles, contain ing 00,000 inhabitants, whose possession has been contested for 200 years. France claims it on one hand, Brazil on tho other, and all because of an incompre hensible clause in the treaty of Utrechti Neither France .'no-i' Brazil lias ever dreamed of taking possession of this ter ritory, either by force or by.: arbitration of a friendly - nariom 1 The- principal center of population iw this Oountry is Counani, which about 80O inhabitants and will soon lie the ?apital of a new re public. A short "time ago the Counani ans proclaimed tho independence of their country and chtise for president MJ Jules Gros, a venerable Frenchman, who has explored, the banks of the AmazonJ M. Gros lives at Vauves, not far from Paris, and there he received the news of liis appointment. ' ;. . . : . . j Unfortunately, he is not in Counani, for his new subfects have ' forgotten to t make ut "civil list," and the voyage is expensive. ' However, he is serious, and the - legation of the : new repubnc lias already been installed, No. 18 Ruedti Louvre, Paris. M. Gros does not make us very enthusiastic over his position, from the fact that, his first official act was to create a decoration, called the "Star of Counani,' ,r and to appoint tliej high dignitaries in his republic, especi ally, the intendant general of the preei-. dent's palace at Counani Counani liaar not more than thirty-five houses a proof that he who made the success of Le Petit -TVYnvnal lvw 1-kia nn-it-iBi (ye .la in liia irlrkfji-A.: New 1 ork Mail and express. 1 ... ; Climate a Trifle Too Glorious. The incr eased railroad facilities and the marvelous stories of eountry and climate,:" have brought thousands to the Pacific coast, and they tell us that 60,000 excur sionists will make their appearance here within the next four months. New hotels are building along the southern coast and extensive preparations making for their entertainment. The infusion of such a quantity of new blood as tins must of necessity change the whole character of the country. Tliere is little this state needs besides its natural advantages but New England thrift and energy. If tlte Bame money and labor were spent upon tlie ranches in California that are spent upon the stony hillside farms of New York or New England the owners would be repaid a thousand fold. "Thrift, thrift, Horatio," is what .they need. Haste and energy seem to have gone out of this world if ever they were here and nothing isleft but the dolce far niente of the old Spanish settlers. The people 5 own . too much land and cultivate too little. They say the climate is such they, cannot work like eastern people. Be that as it may, the trail of the old lazy Span-; iard is over them all, and they have little desire to get away from it.--San Fran-f cisco (Dor.. Cleveland Leader. -, :; .,, - J - - . JX.L-. . 11 '" 11. w H i1 r1-; - ' t ' ' - ' 1 Bitten by a Centipede. .- : A well known lady of Albuquerque was picking blackberries in her garden when she felt something bite her on the light side of her neck just below the ear.f She quickly put her right hand up to the place, when a centipede curled itself around lier forefinger. She immediately brushed it off with her other hand, and,r .strange to relate, did not faint, nor scream, ' nor frighten her husband, nor daughter, nor any one else by calling to them, but ran into the house, and finding the; ammonia bottle empty, took a big knife and stuck tho blade into the fire in the 6tove until it got hot, when Bhe applied it to the wound. Next she took some soda and applied that, fastening it by wrap ping a cloth around her neck. By this time her neck began to swell, and she says she felt as though the top of her head was about to secede, and closed her ' teeth tightly to make sure that her head was not gone. In a short time she felt greatly relieved and then informed her. daughter, bhe did not even can for a doctor, but she has procured another sup- ply of ammonia. Though it occurred several days ago, the wound now looks as if an ant had bitten her. That lady would keep her presence of mind in a fire or in a railroad accident. Albuquerque Citizen. - - '" - -':.- ' -. . . - ; Mr. Tilden's Fancy. ' A pretty and distingue looking lady at the Murray Hill hotel recalls one of the provisions of Mr, Tilden's will. She is Miss Celeste Stauffer, the New Orleans belle to whom the gallant old statesman bequeathed tho neat little sum of $100, 000, and about which provision of the will no question seems to have been raised by any of the contesting heirs. Whether there was a romance about the matter or not, the fact is that the lady, who is both boautif ul and accomplished, as well as blessgd with an abundance of tins world's goods, has for the last few years quietly but pertistently dropped away from the suitors that havo sought her, and given her women friends a chance to ponder and consult over her evident preference for a life of single blessedness. Sue is scarcely 23 years of age, one of the best horsewomen of her day, dresses with exquisite taste, is a charming conversatioAilist, and one 'of the brightest young women in New Or leans. New York Graphic - The Clay Family. : The recent death of Jolm Clay removes tho last member' tf the immediate family of the illustrious statesman whose name he bore. . The eldest son died in the lunatic asylum near Lexington, where lie had been confined for many years. The next eldest, Henry Clay, Jr., a bright and promising yomig man, was killed in battle hi the Mexican war. He was a comrade and friend of tho sprightly and gallant Lieut. O'Hara, whose poeni, "The Bivouac of the Dead," is so familiar to American readers. Another son, James B. Clay, at ono time. owned, a large stock farm on. the Belief ontaine road near St. Louis, but removed back to Lexington on the death of his father and was sent to congress from the Ashland district. St. Louis Republican. ' . The Premier's Feet. The late Agostino Depretis was always careless of his dress and personal appear ance until he became premier, and even then be was no dandy. -His feet were eh most abnormally large, and- upon this f act : he rather congratulated himself; "because," ho eaid, "no one can expect a man with such feet to dance at a state vbaU." Chicago Herald. ; Unfailing Specific for Liver Disease CVMDTflMO Bitter or bad taste In Olltir lUrilOi mouth; tongue coated White or covered with a brown fur; pain in the back, sides, or joints often mistaken for Rheumatism ; sour stomach ; loss of -appetite; sometimes nausea and water brash, or Indigestion; flatulency and aci3 eructations; Dowels alternately costive and lax ; headache ; loss of memory, with a painful sensation of having failed to do somoth ing which ought to have been done ; debility ; low spirits; a thick; yeUow ap pearance of the 6s:in and eyes; a dry cough; fever; restlessness; the urine fp scanty and high colored, and, if allowed to stand, deposits -& sediment. SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR - , (PURELY VEGETABLE) Is generally used in the South to arouse the Torpid Liver to a healthy action. ' It acta with extraordinary afRoaoy en the - rivER, kidneys; 1 ' and Bowels. AN EFf ECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Malaria, . ' Bowel Complaint, ZmxeTRia. 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BTCXliTMcKATr Offers his Professional Services to the ' f Citizens of Gastonia and Sur- ' rounding; Country. ' 6pAll calls given prompt attention day or night. Office in Drugstore of W. J. Torrence & Co. r 9 tf " It. W. SA2HDIFER, ' ATTORNE I AT L'A, --. . -' . - --. Dallas, N; O. -- - - -... TPr-ictices. in, the, courts. o Gaston and adjoining counties. Also in the Supreme and Federal courts of North Carolina. 1 jan5-6- Something New I Come one! Come all! and sea the great Smith's Dixie Cotton Elevator Working at S. B. Hanna & Sons' Gin. We claim, 1st, That the Elevator will unload from your wagon from 1700 to 1800 pounds of cotton -in 13 minutes; 3d, That u will loosen up all dirt, sand or hard pods that may be in your cotton; 3d, That we will gin faster than any other gin, and 4th, That by the use ef our Elevator we can make a better sample than any in the county. Give us a trial. .- "Satisfaction guaranteed. , S. B. II ANNA & SON. Dental Surgery ! ! j. a. & eTIF. 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