LENOIR, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE SO. 1894.
NUMBER 30.
'HAKE HAY YHILE
THE
SDH SHINES.'
o
An Opportunity That
Comes Once in a
Great While.
It lin open secret thst merchandise of sH kind.
re lower today than t ny time to the Watory of
tfce trade in this country.
Sacrifice sans, caused by extraordinary depi
ion in bniiaewi, have been frequent, and have en
abled ni to make purchases which may never be
duplicated.
In onr many years', experience to business, we
niTe at no time been in position to oer our coston:-'
en m many chances to make a dollar.
The logic of the situation is so clear, "thai he who
mat may read."
We aimply moan to say thai "this is the accepted
time." -
If you art in bnstaeaa to make a success of it, we
cu be of service to you.
Doing an exclusively Wholesale business and
with a bnying capacity in excess of competitors, we
ueatanidTantage which we have not faded to
make good use of , and Intend thai onr customers
hill have the full benefit of it.
Onr stock for the fall season is now ready, and is :
lore to prove a "Big winner,?
All departments are loaded down with new
desirable goods and many thing are be
to the cost of production. '.
e claim to lead the van In low prices, and!
in save you money on your purchases. -
uiU le to yonr Interest to Investigate,
m offerings as early aa possltye.
Yours trqly,
WALLACE BROS.
0. S. Tomlin, John 8. McBorie.
P. Powles, B. JJriitpi and
.T "oe wiu represpp urn
to? road and Tisit umany of
5r c8tomen as possible.
teivffle, K. a, UiJ 31, 'ti
nt URBIDOEI GUEST.
- - - -
Charlotte Perry.
Within my home, that empty teem.
eat I sat
And prayed for greater blessings.
' All ." -
That , was mine own seemed poor
and mean and small, "
and I cried oat rebeliously for
that v- J
I had notsaying, if great gifts of
gold ;
Were only mine, journeys in far-
? off lands,
-With rest for weary brain and bur
dened hands
If lore, the lore I craved would
come and fold
Its arms around me then would
joy abide
With me forever; peace would
come and bless,
And life would round out from
this narrowness
Into a fullness new and sweet and
wide.
And so I fretted 'gainst my simple
lot,
And so I prayed for fairer, broad
er ways,
Making a burden of the very days
In mad regret for that which I bad
not.,
And then one came unto my h am
ble door
And asked to enter. "Art thou
Love?" I cried,
"Or Wealth or Fame? Else shalt
thou be denied."
She answered: "Nay, my child,
but I am more.
"Open to me, I pray. Make me thy
guest, 1
And thou shalt find, although no
gift of gold
Or fame or love within my hand
I hold,
That with my coming cometh all
the best
"That thou hast longed for." Pair,
though grave her face,
Soft was her voice, and in her
steadfast eyes
I saw the look of one both true
and wise
My heart was sore, and so with tar
dy grace
I bade her enter. How transfigured
Seemed new the faithful love that
at my feet
So long bad lain unprized! How
wide and sweet
Shown the Bmall paths wherein I had
been led!
Duty grew beautiful. With calm
content
I saw , the distant wealth of land
and seai ' U:
But all fair things seemed given
unto me ,
The hour I clasped the hand of dear
Content.
Election of Postmasters by ths People.
Charlotte Observer.
In the Arena for June is a strong
argument by Hon. Walter Clark,
Assoc'ate Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, in favor
of ibe election of postmasters by
people. He points out that when
the constitution was adopted in
1787 the form of government for
which it provided was ah experi
ment and it was deemed wise ta re
serve from, the people, and to vest
elsewhere, the selection of many - of
their servants.- - Besides, in the case
of postmasters, there were then on
ly a few hundred Ao be appointed,
whereas now the number approxi
mates 75,000, and if the Postmaster
General worked on these cases and
did nothing else six hours a day for
300 days in a year, and gaye to each
case only fifteen minutes' considera
tion, a presidential term would ex
pire before be had make a,00Q ap
pointments tbe result of which is
that Senators, "Representatives or
local party leaders are practically
the appointing' power. The evils
which do or may arise from this sit
uation are manifest, and need not
even be referred to heret though
they are cogently presented by the
distinguished Justice. The requi
sites for a postmaster, he says, are
fitness and acceptability, aaoV of
these the people of the respective
localities are the best judges. . : i
Judge Clark's position ill sound
and he puts bis tfe
general way it may be said that the
nearer all officers are brought to the
people the .better, j and there is no
roason why postmasters should not
be chosen by popular election.
4 pspsiltM Trsisvrir-
D. W. Fuller, of Oanajoharie, N.
Y., says that he always keeps
King's New Discovery in ..the , house
and his family has always found the
very best results follow its use; that
he would notbewUhoutit, irpro
curable. 0- A Pykemau. prug
gfstatsklil, N. T., wys tWDr.
King's Pew Discovery is undoubt
edly tbe best Cough remedy; that
he has used it in his family for eight
years, and t has never failed -fcjj do
all that ii claimed for if. TOl
Kw a remedy so long tried and .test
Sold B W? -tottV Drog
stored Begnlar size g0o and 1. ;
The baker kneads dough to make
bread,---''':.''t
AI1BS01T ESCAPE.
-"While in Africa with my regi
ment," said Captain Blackwood, "I
hunted almost every kind of game
found there, bnt I took part in only
one lion hunt But for a whim on
the part of the one lion I bunted I
would not be here tonight. It was
the closest call I ever had, and that
experience gave me all I wanted of
the excitement of hunting big
game. -
"I was stationed at an outpost
well in the interior of Africa, and,
as we were then at peace with all
the tribes around us, the officers
had plenty of time for hunting. 'We
had killed big game of various
kinds, including two tigers, but ev
ery man at the post was anxious for
a lion hunt.
; "One day one of our native snouts
and interpreters came to the post
with news that a big lion had visit
ed a native village ten miles away
three times within a week, and had
created a reign of terror. On the
occasion of bis first visit he had kil
led some cattle, but the second time
he killed and carried off a child,
and the third night killed a grown
woman just outside of the village.
The natives by this time were so
badly frightened they were afra'd
to leaye their hats at night, and
they were kept awake by the roar
ing of the king of the forest as he
roamed around the corrals where
the cattle were confined for safety.
"We quickly organized a hunting
party, which consisted of five offi
cers of the post and two natives
who were to act as guides: We
went out to the village that after
noon 'and waited there to see if the
lion would come around that night.
We took up position near the cattle
corrall when the mocn rose shortly
after midnight, hoping to get a shot
at. him. But he did not come in
that night. Just before daylight
we heard him roar in tbe forest less
than a mile away. We hastily ate a
light breakfast, and by the time it
was light enough to follow his foot
prints through the forest we had
found the trail of the lion and the
hunt had begun.
- "His tracks in the soft ground
showed that we were on the trail of
a full-grown lion of unusual size.
As he had been feeding well cn
fresh meat for a wee we felt sure
that he would not go very far into
the forest to sleep during the day.
But to oar surprise and disappoint
ment the trail led to the North in a
straight line, directly away from
the village, and it soon began to
look as if the animal was leaving
that locality for good. We were on
foot, but as the forest was open,
with occasional patches of clear
space without trees, we made good
time. But we soon found that we
were not gaining on the beast. His
footprints in places showed that he
had traveled at a trot, and when we
had gone ten miles or more, nearly
every one in the party except my
self was ready to give up the chase.
I urged them to keep on a little lon
ger. Soon . we came- to an open
space much larger than any we had
passed : Beyond , this we could see
thai the forest continued. Oar
guides suggested that the lion was
probably making for a jungle some
twenty miles further to the north,
and after a consultation it was
agreed that we would give up the
chase. -
: "By this time it was nearly noon,
and we decided to eat lunch and
rest awhile before we started back
to the village. In the open land in
front of us . there was a heavy
growth of tall grass, with occasional
patches of bushes as high as a man's
shoulders.,;; While the two guides
were getting the lunch ready I took
my gun and walked over towards
one of these patches of bashes .about
sixty yards away. It had occurred
to me that if the lion's stomach was
full hemust be tired by this - time,
and as the son was shining yery hot,
he might take it into his head to'
rest awhile . in the shade of these
bushes.
- 5l really had very little hope of
finding him there, however, and
did not advance with any caution.
I was within forty feet of the bush
es when I was suddenly startled by
seeing a great mass of shaggy,tawny
mane rise out of the. grass. right in
front o me and not ten feet away.
Before I could raise my rifle or
make a move I saw the body of a
monster lion apparently rise straight
up into the air and : then come to
wards me like a catapult. ;
"The beast had been . lying there
in the grass watching me aa the cat
watcheg :. feifd rwalk to it, until I
was near enough for a spring. , As I
saw that great, dark body with its
gleaming eyes coming toward me
fike a flash, I seemed to' lose all
power of speech and motion, but as
a matter - of fact, so my comrades
told me later, I let out ; one terriflo
yell tha$ could have been heard a
mile away. X also sprung a little to
pne side, but the lion struck me on
the side of the head with one paw a
blow that knocked me senseless and
sent my 'rifle flying ten feet away.
was unconscious only a few seconds,
and when I came to wss lying flat
op'iajvbapk with the lion standing
oyer me,' one fore paw on my breast.
The big beast was looking me
straight . in the face, and saw my
eyes open. I could , feel his hot
breath on my cheeks, and instantly
:::d m eyes eainpectins to
be torn and mangled to death in
another moment. But the lion stood
( still and I opened my eyes again.
He was still looking at me and now
began a low growl, as ii he was
laughing at himself at his cleverness
in catching me unawares. His eyes
snapped and danced, and really
there seemed to be a grin on his
face, as if he wanted to say, 'Weil,
old man, how do you like the situa
tion r
"I tried to cry out,but my tongue
seemed to be stuck to the roof of my
mouth. I could not utter a sound'
or move a muscle, and it was well
for me, perhaps, that I could not.
Every moment seemed an age to
me aB I lay there, and soon I found
myself wondering what the beast,
meant to do. Strange as it may
seem. I had for the time forgotten
all about my companions, and it did
not occur to me that they might
come to my rescue, ?
"Did you ever see a cat play with
a half dead mouse ? That is just
the way that lion played with me
for the next three minutes. He be
gan by licking my face and hands,
then he turned me over with his
paws, patted my chest and back,
then, catching my clothes in his
teeth without touching my skin, he
lifted me up, swung me back and
forth two or three times and tossed
me six feet in the air. As I came
down he gave me a gentle slap with
one paw that knocked all the breath
out of me for a minute.
"Again the lion turned me over
on my back and with one paw on my
chest he looked down in my face
and again uttered that queer low
growl that seemed to be his way of
laughing. All the time he was
grinning at me as if he was enjoying
himself immensely and wanted to
ask: 'How do you like it?'
"Then just as I was beginning to
wonder why the animal did not kill
ma, something happened to inter
rupt the little game of cat and
mouse, The lion suddenly wheeled
about and raised his 'head with an
angry growl. At almost the same
instant I heard a roar of guns, fol
lowed instantly by the thud of
heavy rifle bullets as they struck
the body of the lion.
"The aim of my comrades was
good. Seyeral of their bullets
struck the lion in vital parts, and,
with a spasmodic leap into the air,
he fell to the ground and straight
ened out at my side dead.
"I sprang to my feet with a cry
of joy, at which my comrades were
greatly surprised, as they supposed
I was dead. They . had heard my
cry when the lion first leaped at me
and ran to my aid. They saw the
great beast playing with me and at
first hesitated to shoot for fear of
'hitting me, but when they saw me
tossed into the air they took it. for
granted that I was a crushed mass
of bones and flesh. They got into a
good position within 100 feet of
the lion before he discovered
them.
"There was great rejoicing in the
village when we returned with the
skin of the hig lion, and the natives
loaded us with presents, but it was
a month before I "recovered from
the shock of my experience and my
nerves have never been the same to
this day. I remained in Africa two
years longer, but that was the last
time I hqnted big game."
Bible Aotssritr
Warrenton Kecord.
The command in the Bible that
we should labor six days is' just as
imperative and binding as that we
should rest on the seventh. Tfre
man who does not labor that is to
say, is not engaged in some useful
employment during the six days,
jusc as muoh violates the command
ments as the man who labors on the
seventh day. No man has a right
to be idle and the man who refuses
to work for a living and beats a liv
ing out of his neighbors or kin folks
is a despicably character and should
be made 'to work by the State.
There should be some law under
which every man should be requir
ed to earn his bread by the sweat of
his brow. Of course this does not
apply to men wo hare sufficient
means to enable him to live without-work,
but, in every community,
can be found able-bodied men who
haye no means and yet they spend
their time in loafing. They have
to eat and wear clothes, and if they
do not earn these things themselves,
somebody has to work nd earn
them fqr them..
How'sTtiIuT
.- We offer One Hundred Dollars
reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. ' T:: ' v'",
F. J. Chenet $ Qo" Toledo, Q. '
We, the undersigned haye known
F. J. Cheney for. thai last fifteen
years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made, by their
firm, - -
West E Tfaux, Wholesale ' Drug
gists, Toledo, O. Walding, - Kin
nan & Marvin,, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O. Y v
- Hall's Catarrh Cure is takeq in
ternally, acting' directly upon - the
blood ?nd mucuous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75.0 per bottle. Sold by all
Pruist?.
!! it til Ensy, 1st it CIitbIkI
Shelby
I The Aurora regrets to see so much
disaffection and division in the Dem
ocratic party. Some are diaffected
because they failed to get an office
and the Democratic party has failed
to recognize their merits or to re
ward their services, therefore they,
like Achilles, sulk in their tents and
invite Democratic defeat. This is
bad policy and evinces - too much
selfishness. It shows that the office
seeker cares more for self than party
that he is guided by pelf,not prin
ciples. The Aurora has worked
faithfully for the Democratic party
for fourteen years and he failed to
secure an appointment as Shelby
postmaster from President Cleve
land, yet he sees ho reason why be
should desert his party or aid tb
enemy to defeat Democracy, whose
principles are eternal. This editor
is not built that way,"
I The Aurora is not a cuckoo Dem
ocrat, nor does he admire President
Cleveland's opposition to silver, yet
it recognizes him as a true, brave
and noble statesman, whose aim is
ever for. the right. , He is onr true
and tried leader and general, who
has twice led the Democratic hosts
to victory, then why should Dem
ocrat try to defeat or kill our own
general? Let us aim our ammun
ition against the enemy, not at
Cleveland, whose honesty, pluck
and ability no one can assail.
; If the Democrats harmonize and
pass this month the mild and much
abused tariff, and present a solid,
unbroken front to the enemy, all
will be well. Democracy is not
responsible for the financial panic
and world-wide depression that will
come and go, regardless of party and
clime, like the tides. Silver legisla
tion may, or may not, aid in remov
ing financial depression whose direct
cause no -man can tell. Many things,
as varied as the intonations of our
mocking bird, helped to bring on
the panic. Tresiden Cleveland may
have erred in some things (no one is
faultless), but let us not shoot at
Cleveland and forget the Republi
can and Populist armies. If we
shoot at Cleveland, we are aiding
the enemy,-and that is bad tactics.
United let us stand and cease to
have administration and anti-administration
Democrats, Let's hate
no prefix to the ward Democrat. "I
am a Democrat" is enough for the
Aurora. . . . $
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How Do Yon Start ?
Pariah Visitor.
Reader, there are two ways of be
ginning the day with prayer or
without it- You begin the day in
one of these two ways Which?
There are two ways v of spending
the Sabbath idly , or devotedly.
You spend the Sabbath in one of
these two ways. Which9 .
i There are two classes of people in
the world the righteous and the
wicked. You belong to one of these
two classes. Which?
There are two great rulers in the
universe .God and Satan. You are
serving under one of these great ru
lera. Which?
There are two roads which lead
through time to eternity the broad
and the narrow road. You are walk
ing in one of these two roads.
Which? -
There are two deaths which peo
ple' die A some "die in the Lord,"
others die in their sins. You will
dit. one of these two deaths. Which?,
I Thfire are1 fwq; places to which
people go hearen and hell. You
will go to one of these two places.
VVhich? .
1 Ponder these questions: pray over
them; and may the issue be your
salvation from, '-'tha wrath to
come."
: V Nwiril laigisatiosv
Westminster Gaaetts,
f - A curious, case of (cure . by sug
gestion1? is reported from a large
German hospital. A girl of 18 was
binder the impression that she had
swallowed a frog, which - was alive
in her stomaoh and often' jumped
almost up into her throat. The doc
tors vainly tried to cure her J this
illuaion, and she was rapidly dying,
when it occurred to one of the med
ical men to put a tube Into her
mouth in which a small frog had
been placed. The lively creature
jumped almost immediately out of
its prison house onto the table in
front of the girl, and a youthful
student put it Into spirits, labelling
the bottle, "Extraoted from a stomach."-
The moment the, girl saw
the creature a beaming smile spread
over her pale face, she took food at
once and greedily and is ' now com
pletely cured. .
A gentleman, under forty years of
?ge, whose hair was rapidly turning
gray, began the use of Ayer's Hair
Vigor, and in six months bis, hair
was restored to - its - natural color,
and. even - more than its former
growth and richness. " - -, , v
Poctor You cough more easily
this morning
- Patient I ought to; 1 practiced
alluisht.." - . v
TOPICS CF ILL SC3TS.
yyrua W. Field, a prominent
JMew loric broker, died there on
the 9th.
It is said that Rev. Dr. Atkins.
of Asheville Female College, will be
rre8ident of Trinity College, Dur-
"I am going to marry your sister,
Johnny,and take her faraway. What
do you thins of that r
"Guess I can stand it if you
can."
Wiggans "And &o yon think
that Skinflint is a miser?''
' Drump "Miser I Why that man
would proposg to a woman on a pos
talcard l
"Statesville correspondent Char
lotte Observer, June 9, says: "Sen
timent in this community is one of
amusement, almost entirely, over
the efforts of Skinner and Kitchin
yesterday. Linnej. said Kitchin
was the same damned old fool he al
ways was and Skinner .was a Patriot
and a Protectionist."
Wilmington Star: "Some one
has again been asking "what shall
we do with our ex-Presidents ?
Why, don't do anything with them.
If they haven't saved money enough
out of their salary to live on the
balance of their days, as many have
done, let them hunt up a job at
some honest work and earn their
living as other folks do."
A writer in the Liverpool Mercury
says a sure and never-failing remedy
for small-pox is one ounce pure
cream of tartar dissolved in a pint
of boiling water, to be drunk at
short intervals when cold. It can
be taken at any time, and is preven
tative as well as curative. It is
known to have cured a hundred
thousand cases without failure, and
is said to work effectually in three
days.
An old darkey, who was asked if,
in his experience, -prayer was ever
answered, replied: "Well, sah,
some pra'rs. is ansud, an' some isn't;
'penda on w'at you axes fo Jest
arter de wah, w'en it was mighty
hard scratchin' fo' de cullud breder
in', I 'bsarved dat w'enebber I pray
ed be Lo'd to sen' one o' Marae Pey
ton fat chickens fo' de ole mau.dere
was no notice took of de partition
but, w'en J pray dat He would sen'
de ole man fo' de chicken, de mat
ter was 'tended to befo' sun up next
mornin."
JPrinter's Ink makes this timely
suggestion: The summer's adver
tising can be made profitable if
proper precaution and skill be exer
cised in conducting it. The people
are ready to avail themselves of of
fers which appear to present means
of economizing. And the merchant
who will advertise an article that is
really serviceable, at a price consis
tent with the times, will find thai
he will get a good share of the mon
ey that is spent. The man who
fails to advertise this summer will
find it a most dreary season.
The Salisbury correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer, under date
of June 9, says: "Two negroes,
Utiury Eamesand John Johnson,
while scuffling at the home of Mr.
B. A. Shuping, about three miles
from' here, yesterday, fell into a
kettle or cauldron of boiling water, .
Eames, who was on the bottom, was
soaldcd from his feet to his neck,
bareiy keeping his head out of the
water, and is in a precarious condi
tion. Johnson had only .one leg
and an arm scalded. Eames was
taken to the county home today,
where medical attention was ren
dered. Dr. McKenzie, who attend
ed him, says the skin all pealed
from his body. There, is, he says,
some chance fox his recovery."
The question haa often been ask
ed why the corps of . cadets at West
Point military academy wear a gray
uniform when the'regular army uni
form is blue. The explanation giv
en is that the origin of this distinct
ion dates back to the war of 1812,
.when the commissary general could
not provide the blue cloth required
for the brigade of Gen. Wmfield
Scott, and so they were clad in gray.
So distinguished was the conduct of
that brigade at Lunday'a Lane and
Chippewa, that when the military
academy waft reorganized at the
close of the war it was decided, but
of compliment to Gen. Scott's brig
ade , to adopt the gray uniforms for
the oadets, and it has-been worn
constantly by them since. . -r-
1 The. Charlotte Observer of June
12, 8ay8; "Mr. John T. Davis,who
lives in the Denver neighborhood,
was telling a strange story in town
yesterday. There lived near Denver
an aged couple, Mr. and - Mrs. Rob
ert Barclay, who have celebrated
their golden wedding. Last week
Mr. Barclay was taken sick. : His
wife had: been complaining for a
month. Saturday he laid down on
the bed saying he felt very sick.
He called bis wife and told her he
he wanted her to. lie down by him
until he died, as he felt that would
not be long. He told her his prayer
to God was that she should die when
he did and be buried in the same
grave. He died at 11 o'clock, and
at 3 -his prayer was 'answered. She
was a corpse also. They were both
buried m the came grave Sunday,
AVER'S
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A Bright Lad5
Ten years of aje, but who . hncs to give hat
name to tho public, m.ikes this .authorized,
confidential statement to us: -
i "When I wnsono yo.ir olil.my rcnimmialAd
ol consumption. The doc-tor said llmt 1,
too, would soon dio. ami all onr neighbor
thought that even if I did not iiic-1 wouM
never be able to walk, because I w:n so
,;weak and puny. A gathering formed smt
broke tinder my m m. I hurt my fin;-.r 4
It gatheiel :uil j: iw out pn-ct- 01 kont.
ill 1 hurt myself m U b. wik tiie skin. It
was sure to iK-cumo a running soip. I l:n4
-to take Io:s of m ilk-'iie, but noiiiiuc has
done me so much srovj as Ayor's SJirtitpa
rilla. It has made, r.u.- v.ell au-. sUomr'
T. 1). Jr., Xji-catur, K ys.
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t:
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John D. Mtntck, A.M., Pres.
Bargains In Furniture.
Having given up our lease on the
Lenoir Furniture Factory the stock
on hand consisting of
Bed Boom Suits, Bed
steads, Bureaus!
Tables, etc.,
mill Ka arklsl Lot.
Reduced Prices
until the 1st of July, at which time
we will vacate the premises.
The furniture which is first class ol
its kind -must be sold.
Harper & Son.
ATTENTION, BUYERS.
We wish to call attention to ear
line of second-hand
Buggies, Carts, Wagons,
Hacks, Harness, &c
They are almost good as new, and
persons wishing to buy can secure
bargains by calling on , us.
We have a big lot of NEW
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Baggies, Wagons, Carts, Harness,
&c, on hand, which will be sold on
reasonable terms. -If we hare nqt
got what you want, we will taire
pleasure ir getting anything for yon
in our line. We bny direct from
manufacturers and can, therefore,
give you very close prices.
We have a full line of NEW Har
nesscollars, bridles, &c every
thing in the harness line. Can beat
the world on price.
Give us a call.
HENKEOMia & CO.
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KEEP YOUE EYES
ON
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