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LENOIR, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JOIBrifiSS. r ;f ,a
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1883
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tion to visit us, and hoping to secure
your orders through our traveling
salesmen,
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Costiveness,
Sick Headache,
Chronic Diar
rhoea, Jaundice,
Imparity of the
Blood, Fever and
Aeue, Malaria,
aiid all Diseases
caused by De-
nu gement ot LXreri Bowels and Kidneys.
STMPTOMS OF A DISKASFD MVER.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism general loss of appetite ; Bowels
generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax ;
the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable lss of memory, accompanied
wi th a painful sensa ti o n of lea vi ng undone some th i rig
which ought to have been dotte; a slight, dry cough
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often
mistaken for consumption; the patient complains
of weariness and debility ; nervous, easily startled ;
feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent,
nd, although satisfied that exercise would be bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up forutude to
several
. but cases
existed, vet
examination after death has shown the Liver to
Have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Fersons Traveling
healthy Localities.!
or Living in TJn-
y taking a dose occasion-
ally to keep the Laver in healthy action, will avoid
all Malaria, BW.ous attacks. Dizziness. Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. -It
will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in
toxicating oeverage.
If Tou have eaten anything hard ot
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors' Bills will be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
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For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonic can
never le out of place. The remedy is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PUREL.T VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel of
Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects.
A Governor's Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Ga.,
says: Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a
further trial. ,
"The onlv Thlncr flint
seueve." l have used ma
have used many remedies for Dys-
tun. . I : . ti i
iK-yaimj ut AMciuuii auu jcuutty, uui never
have found anvthine to benefit me to the extent
Debility, but never
Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
sucn a medicine, and would advise all who are sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
P. M. Jannby, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason says From actual x
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice I have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
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SILVER LAKE
Written for The Topic
BOARDIKG UOtJSE.
You wish to see a lively crowd
Juat come to Silver Lake,
Anl tika psep witbia tbe Vails ;
' You'll find there's fun at stake. .
Be still and listen, soon youli hear . .
The jests begin t go,
Dick Mason's voice above the rest,' ' "
"Say, TidbalL dont be slow." . ; v (,
Then comes Mrs. Trantham with a rose,
And with a smile she cries,
"I've got a nswer to give away."
And jet no one replies. . , .
O, no, I'm not in love at alLff , v
It's Mr. Fred you hear. .u, ,
' Miss Ida knows I'm fond of her, , f ., ,
'She'a nothing mo'e to fear."
Then come Mitss Meares' persuasive tones.
So gentle and eo kind.
Beseeching Tidball for a sketch "
"Your sketching's very fine."! .
' '
She tries the soad that leads to hearts, , -
The road so often trod,
She wins few words as a reply,
Not even a gentle nod. t
Bfac gives not up, the perseveres,
At last he says "all right,"
Goes out to sketch the p romised view,
Returns before 'tis night.
Mrs. Overman's gentle tones we hear,
So very sweet and low, ;
"Say, Charlie, how do you feel tb-night ? :
"I hope yau're well, you know.'" '
"O, yes, the an'mal game was fine;
I joined it with a will, ,
I feel quite well since that, my dear,
And hope to' be so still."
"6ay, close the door, too much draft," '
It's Air. Meares you hear, ,
And he's the Dr. of our crowd
His wife pits next him here.
Her life seems full of light snd joy,
; You'll see it in her face ; ,
Just watch and see the smile go by,
As if they're in a chase.
The Priest of Paris game comes roan 1,
And each one takes his plaee ;
But not to keep it you must know
Each one must change with grace.
They strive and strive to gain the best,
To wear the crown of fame.
Till Mr. Abernethy wins,
lie's ehauipion of the game.
Ab, well, my friend, and did you hear
Mr. Anderson's words of wo ?
"They say. Miss Annis, you're going to stay,
I'm sorry it must be bo."
You understand him I suppose ?
lie wished to have her Bit
Beside him in his buggy, down,
If sho herself saw lit.
The jests go ou, the fun goes round.
With many merry j ikes,
Until our host comes in to join
The jolly lively folks.
There's always fun where he's eugaged,
You see it in his face.
His wife, Mrs . Elites, kind and good,
In always at her pi ace.
- There coiiies the cook, look at Ik r head.
She's up to mischief too; -That
flower will caH attention sure,
Ye, even now from you.
The children quietly listen to
The many jokes that's past,
". And think how long 'twill tako to be
"Grown up," if they grow fart.
Lizzie you see is nearly grown,
Then Bohey he comes next,
Verona's quite a little girl,
Then Nettie are you vexed? .
THE SHUT SOUTH.
A Charming Letter from 1hm "Art-In-strnclreiMk"
Tli bora ofKing Cotton
and perennial flower ITe In the Old
Bjtitid yt Ciineeriilnc jrod Hoi el
and dining in : different tuiin-ue
Cjreen leaves and (loner In Wiiiler A
Wide-awake Cllj An old faitliloned
and refined town Judson Iiiwtlf ate
Our Alabama kin ftlk are Intereated
In too Old North Ktatc The Old Aortu
Nlate forever!
Correspondence of The Topic
Mr. Editor : It is pleasant some
times to find ourselves surprised by
evidences of the increasing prosperi
ty of our beloved South, and so I
tbink you will not object to hear
something of the far off cities and
cotton fields of the sunny land where
palms spring up in the shade of
stately forests, and evergreen , oaks
border the slow flowing rivers.
I am reminded of this, by your
late allusion to "the Judson Insti
tute" in' Southern Alabama I do
t , not know what our good friends - of
the time honored ''Judkin Institute"
would think' of the new name given
it by The Topic for they are sincerely
and justly proud of the school which"
;has grown up through many years to
its present condition of usefulness
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and eminence, but I do know, that,
like The Topic, I was until a year
ago, ignorant of its existence. -
l nave no doubt The Topic is far
better.informed on all subject eon .
nected with the development of the
resources r of the Southern States
than I am, but as for me, 1 when ! -I
fouhdmy self brought face to face
nnfK oArna nf ifa mflnifnafofiATio 'T
11 AbM' DwiUw WAv 1VO iiiajt44vHWltvilrij t
L was astonished at my own-ignorance, :
while I felt a glow of pride and
pleasure in the munistakable - proof a-
that the dark days . of adversity - are
at last over for nsv Tes, indeed, not
only is the "Empire Stated ofGebr
gia marchmgOrfirithiant
K towards the highest development' of
w wealth and civilization,' and the-won
derful -Texas making fresh -display a
of progress, and dzztingour'i eyea
dlers in the d&eV'1 itzted
Ufa a y sl, .oil
where flows the beautiful Alabama,
aiiu iue majesuo , , aixBsiBsippi f oaye
felt the breath of the new life that is
breathed oyer
feee
ahead ofetirft,'DiVol' wealth ahel
plenty which will surpass eve Ahose
days ; of fabnlouB riches when ftbe '
deep black fields of cane-brake lands
yielded their white harvest year J" by
year. ' '- ' '.:' j.iu.
i cannot say mucn - about . Mont (
gomery, the capital . of -Alabama,
because mv stav there was verv short. I
and Montf?omerv. like many . other I
towns, makes the great mistake, of
not having a handsome and comfort
able hotel , to afford the .. passing .
stranger a jjtreHUnspW ,, .
It is a source of wonder : to all .
travelers- llr, Editor, that people
seem to -be so little aware of the
importance to a town of having in it
a good hotel. . ;,.
What can. one think of. a - place
where one finds a total disregard of
oneV comfort, and indifference to
ene's well being? A hotel ' where
you neither eat nor sleep in comfort,'!
even if the house itself does not
U 1 1
look the picture of coldness, is barren -ness
and desolation. 1
After experiencing the comforts '
and discomforts of hotels in most of
the great cities- of Europe, as well
as some in our own land, I can say
that ones welfare certainly does not
depend on magnificent furniture and
elegant table ware. I have eaten my
dinner, so to speak, in various lan
guages, and in many elaborate com
binations of words and eatables, but
after all, the mystery of comfort
resolves itself : into a few simple ele
ments good cooking and cleanliness
being chief - among them. A dinner
of ten courses is not more enjoyable
to a hungry man than the , delicious
piece of broiled beef steak which the
traveler may now find at "Henry's,"
on the Western N. O. Railroad. And
the elean, neat and handsome rooms
of the St. James hotel in Selma,
Ala., and the "Hattie House" in
KnoxYille, Tenn., are not less invit
ing to the weary sojourner than the
luxurious apartments of the 'Bruno-
wick in New York. Since these
things are so, Mr. Editor, why is it
that people are so slow to learn, and
that the helpless traveler is so often
condemned to live on fried ham at
sixteen cents a pound in country
that ouffht to furnish beef steak at
eight cents.
Or how can the amiable and con
scientioua woman, who makes feed
.' . . --,? ,
ing travelers a son 01 uie woriLv
reconcile her conscience to the enor
mity of ettincr the said : traveler
down to sour bread and leaden
biscuit, when bread making is a
thing that can be learned by all ?
But to return to Montgomery.il
spent my time there with a friendly
old gentleman from the Yaterland,
who kept an old fashioned hotel and
gave me a good breakfast, buI must
say that he shook his head in . sad
reflection over the many short . com
intra of Montgomery ; t i s
wAh,'? said he, "inder old country
dere one could live I , Dere was some
amusement, some pleasure, but dese
people know not of pleasure 1 n Dere
is here no music, no opera, no con
cert, no noting !
"Mine daughter, she grow up, and
she never hear dec fine , music, she
know notings I" .
"And now," he added with great
feeling, "and now they come apout
with this temperance . business and
aob is waab iiuuteB me wish i uwx
nefer; seen Mbntgoine'ry 1" V , I
That temperance business was a'
I mournful subiect for ;"the' old man's1
I , i . - w 'S .
thoughts', but he roused' himself to
bid nit a IrindUy 'good-byeand ' sent1
me safely to the train which ' waited
for me by tne Danxs or tne Alabama.
From Montgomery to i .elrna ;you
pass through some typical Southern
country The broad, richlevel fields,
the short atretchea of majestic forest
with . the tropicaldooking j imder
I wverr. . an1 Iiava',. an1 4.Tia
a V J, f T VU)1 VeV -. W w . win ? W - IAAW '
j groves which shelter the h horaeer of
the planters. One ol these residen
cea was in full view of the road,andi
was ao .handsome and costly aa:i to
1 BUggeat the idea of . some freak-of r
1 railroad kmg, rattier than the iober'
dignity of : the old time houses; s 0 1 !
J- I reached Selma :at " midday; and
here' - a 1 surprise awaited? me, for -
seeing the broad shady streets, and-1
the yards full of trees and shrubbery '
tgmed I-"' had" reached p one; 01
Southern towns where theMdea
repose prevails over every'- Chmgl1 convmced tha if somebody . will , at-
-Howeve
el IS UltSstrt frl-ia!' L? tDei'j
; a .growing business towri,with its
rnanufactures of various ' kinds, its
large mercantile establishments, iron
orks,enterprising citizens, and last,
Dut'not least, its St James hotel. '
' 3 Whether the fature 'prospects " of :
rSelma are'endangered by dot tem-
perance busihesB" I don't know, but
pat 'present it hai fine stores and fash-'
ifonable ladies, street cars and a daily
paper.
y Selma also has one opera 'house,
and beinsr on the route from the
North to New Orleans, is often fa
vored with visits- from the Star Sing
ers and other interesting people who
amuse and instruct the nations of, the
earth. ''! '''' :':'u ' :
From iSelma to'Slariony a "ilistance
of twenty eight miles, we travel
again " through 'the beautiful rich
fields of cotton; and corn, (the latter
crop being the richest ,1 ever saw)
until within a ! few miles of Marion
where we find durselves among pine
forests, and hills abundantly high to
be very home like and welcome.
' Among and on these hills is the
quiet town of Marion, so high and
breezy that it seems to belong to
some other region.
It was in old-times a favorite place
of residence fof the planters who
cultivated the surrounding flit lands,
and in those days was noted for the
wealth, as well as the refinement of
its inhabitants. Its wealth is, of
course, no longer remarkable, but
the people are - still educated and
refined, and' have enough of this
world's goods to carry out the im
pulses of that; genial and cordial
hospitality whiish is still the inherit-
ance of the Southerner, no matter
how unkindly fate may have dealt
, with him.
When I firsts saw Marion I said,
"tliis place is too quiet, these people
dream." The broad streets were
shaded by trees, and the residences
were almost embowered in beautiful
shrubbery. I here were tall magno
lias and evergreen water oaks, and
hedges of cape jessamine, and even
in winter there are japoniea bushy
like trees, laden with a wealth of
flowers Hiere is, at Judge King's,
a Camellia Japoniea which is eigh
teen feet high and about the middle
of February it was one of the most
beautiful things I ever saw there
j were hundreds of flowers on it at
I ...
l one time.
The Judson too has a beautiful
lawn shaded by stately oaks, and
adorned with roses and oleanders
and other flowers so handsome that
I often longed to send them home to
friends who were looking then for
the earliest violets to appear. The
building which is solid and massive
has a front of two hundred and fifty
feet. The interior reminds one of
some! comfortable family mansion
well kept and cared for. The house
is furnished throughout with solid
walnut furniture, the young ladies
all having pleasant bed rooms with
everything needful for comfort. The
bountiful table reminds one too of
I old times, while the appearance and
manners of the President and his
charming wife are such as would do
honor to . any mansion, no matter
how elegant. ,
There may be "repose" in Marion,
but there is no want of activity and
progress . . witmn tne wans of tne
Judson The visitor who goes there
will find as much earnest and pro
gressive work there as he could
desire, and will soon believe that
such work is just as possible under
the shadow of magnolias, as amid
the snows of a northern winter.
ry the way, do not our girls go to
school in winter t Why then send-
them to struggle with the rigors of
a n orthern climate when our southern
towns offer a mild and more uniform
temperature 1
. In consequence of the ignorance
of which I have already made con-
f esf ion, I was ; snrpnsed to nnd a
her.lthy place in South Alabama, but,
as a matter, of fact, Marion is one of
the healthiest places I ever saw. It
is, as I said, a proof of the prosperi
ty clothe South to find a school like
; the Judson offering the very best
advantages, and having a large and
!conntry, byfhe ;;.wa7,(liM..a'gnat
and growing reputation in the South
as a place .where summer travelers
can find cool air and beautiful scen
ery.' 1 1 had many questions asked me
about Lenoir and Blowing Bock, as
well as ftboui Asheville, and I; am
AJ s!i t-wi?r t !f .,. -:.U
hotels, we will have summer resort
that will be excelled by none in pop
ularity.' '. '. 'I . v.::;:.";"
'l found that many of the best
people in Marion and the surround'
ing country were descended from
North Carolinians, and expressed an
affectionate admiration for the old
State that was very gratifying.
Perhaps next summer I may bring
my " 'enquiring friends" in the South
to Lenoir on the Narrow Gauge.
: Hurrah ! The Old North State
forever !
f I must not trespass' longer on
your time, but I would like to say in
conclusion, Mb. Topic, that I still
belong to Lenoir, and , .while ; I am ;
only an artist painting among - our
dear old mountains, v you, need cot
call me such long, names as "Art
Instructress of the Judson Insti
tute." And so I remain faithfully
yours. L. N.
THE WRONG MAH TAKES IN.
A TENNESSEE PREACHER S EXPERIENCE
WITH NEW YORK BUNCO SWINDLERS.
Norf oik Ledger.
James Amnions, an itinerant
preacher flora the mountains of East
Tennessee, visited New York for the
first time last week. He was in the
clutches of the bunco steerers, but
escaped without loss, as his story,
told to a reporter, will show. He
said : 1 called upon a friend t the
Metro,Hlitau Hotel. . At 10 o'clock
as I was about to go to my hotel I
stepped for a few moments in Broad
waj watchiBg tbe passers-by. A
well dressed young man came up to
me and asked if I kn3w what time
some theatre would let out (I forget
tbe name of the theatre), I told him
no that I was a stranger to New
York. He said that he was a stranger
also, and was stopping at tbe Metrop
olitan ; that his sister was with him
and bad gone to Ibe theatre with a
cousin. They were from New
Orleans. He asked my name, gave
me his, which he said was McEnery,
and insisted that I should come and
take breakfast wtU him nest morn
ing ; that bis sister would be delighted
to see a Southern genlhman, etc.
Just theji another ' nobby" looking
young man came up, to whom I was
introduced. He told McEnerv that
be bad splendid luck ; that his ticket -bad
drawn a prize of $500. and he
wished to get it cashed. I was invit
ed to accompany tho yoang. men np
town a "little way." and did so on the
promise of a bottle of wine, etc. I
paid (or a bottle myself before we
started also for the . cigars. . We
went as far 99 i Twenty ninth street,
when we all three went in a high,
stooped house where some baldbeaded
person stood behind a desk counting
a large roll of bills. 'Ah,' be said,
Mr. Johnes, your ticket was a lucky
one. j Here's your money He then
banded the telluw a roll of bills which
he seemed to pocket. Jnes went to
the middle of tbe room snd pulling a
cloth off a table wanted to know of
McEnery if he'd . play a little. .They
played and tried to entice me to do
so. j I declined. The ostensible
proprietor - of the place played. My
new friends lost all.- Tbey appealed
to me to come to their relief. As I
never gambled I declined . anew. I
started for tbe door, baying smelled
a rat. Tbe door was locked. I
demanded that tbey let me out. Tbey
swore I should not leave tbe unless I
played a game or came to ibe relief
of my companions. - I was I a little
scared, but as I had been in the war
1 did nit betray it. I took a seven .
shooter out of my pocket and gave
warning thatl was prepared to defend
myself and asked for the key The
cowards flinched. Tbe door was
opened and I thanked God I was out
of that hole. ' ' -
EPNo woman really practices econo.
my unless she' uses the Diamond Dyes.
Many dollars can 7 be saved every
year. Ask the druggist.
The Beautiful Green Melon.
A beautiful thing it ; was, and right
green was y oung Mr. Green who went
down to ' the .cellar about midnight
and ate nearly half of it. i The next
day young Mr. Green said 1 he - didn't
want any breakfast, and he thotght
he would nt go to . the store. He
, wished he hadn'teeen that watermel
onl ; By tbe prompt administration of
Perry Davis Pain Killer yoang Mr.
Green' internal toonomy was redao.
ed to Utt ot puct 1
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