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No. 40
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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.
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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
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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
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; 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
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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.
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