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WEST-C ARBLIb A r BE COBD. -,
RUTHtiRFORDTON, N. C.
Terms of Subsceiption.
j $2.00
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The Little Boy who Frayed .
BY EEV. DR. HAWKS, '
I knew a -widow, very poor, ' ' '
Who four small children had ;.;
The eldest was bnt six years old,.
A gentle, modest lad.' r f ;
1 Copy 1 Year in Advance,
1 6 months, " ;
wm norenn sendin? us a dub of five
.F.t nh-ut above rates for one Tear. And Verv hard, this widnw tnilfid
0 ieea ner cnuaren lour :
An honest pride the woman felt,
Though she was very -poor ' -
12mo. . , , ' .
I6.00 To labor she would leave her home ;
30.00 1 For children must he fed. : :H i
45.00i I A nrl nrls3 Traa cli o turlinTi oVia -kii1 lim
A shilling's worth of bread.
t Kit w ' .
... :.titaA tn nn extra eocv.
Will DB CUUUCU; i - . - - rrf
Rates of Advertising.
SPACE lw. lnio. 3 mo. ' 6mo.
1 iDth 1.00 2 50 '..00 o.OO
2 " 2,C0 5.00 12.00 18.00
1 4.00 10.00 20.00 30.00
8.00 20.0U 35.UU 4&.DU TU.UU
l,coumttt5 00 40.00 60.00 80.00 125 0ft
'j-i gpeefal notices (Isarged 50 per cent And this was all the children had,
hijrhen. Local riotiee 25 cents a line. On any day, to eat : ;
lney drank their water, ate then-
bread,
r3T Agents procuring advertisements wjll
beanowta a eomnnssion 01 per cenu
But never tasted meat.
PKOFESSIONAI CAliDSl
One day, when snow was falling fast,
Arid piercing was the air,
I thought that I would go and see
How these poor children were.
DR. J. L. 11UGKER,
PHYSICIAN A X D SU R G EON,
Grateful for the liberal pslromie hereto
fore received, hopes, y pn.mpi i.ttentioij to Ere long, Ieached their cheerless
Pfl 18. 10 UJL 1 11 a CUUIIUUUUI'V UI I l.C pan c. 1 v.
'Twas pierced by every breeze,
b.w. I.OGAN, . - j j. . jijii. vvnen ffoinar m, tne eiaest cniia
LOGAjST & JUSTICE! I saw upon his knees. ; -
. ATTORNEYS aT LAW, . I paused ta listen to the boy;
' IwL'THEHFoi;iTON, N. C. ' e never raised his head, '
Will pive prompt teuton to r.ll busms j . m . wapr ft,
entrusted to their eaie. I . v . ' i ,i .
vjijivo. ua uiia uuj uui imiij uicau.
r , I d ete rmiued a my own mi nd,
immediately, that should I become
familiar with him I would warri
him of the danger whichlbue of
his1 temperament incurred by
yielding never so littleto the vice
of-ih temperance .
: Whenever we met, v after that
night, there was a mutual recosr
ni Hon, which soon ripened into
friendship; but, a3 I became more
intimate with - him I could see
more clearly that, : though his
mind arid constitution both seem
ed almost able to bid defiance to
the raviages of the demon and
though he rallied almost im.medis
ately from the effects of his wild
est plunges into the vortex; this
reckless' -''dissipatiori" ' waV, Vsfowljj
uuc surely smptuering-nis nign
m pulses, warping his mind and
burning np what otherwise seem-5
ed an inexhaustible supply of vU
tality. v- r;;:';;:f;;'1:
One 4 day I asked one of his
warmest friends i why he,. never
warned Templeton of his danger.
Frtieulr attention pivr n tp colleclions in
both Suririf" Hh(lJu?tioeVCjo-ufts.-. Hi
J. B. CARPENTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
'RUTUERFOKMQN, N. C.
Colled ions promptly, attmUod to. lif
HOTELS.
THE BURNETT. HOUSE,
RUTHERFOBDTON, N. C.
Is open for the acc ommdiitron -of ,'tlie
tuivellinjr public, ai:d M ith fcoid fare. tten
tive Mr-:int?. end peed (-tables ; and feed - for
liorni, the i.jovriftor iks a s-luire of patron.
ajje. I BUHNETT,
U. y I . f rrqrietor.
ALLEN HOUSE. ,
IiENDERSONVILLE, N. C.
T. A. ALLEN; Proprietor. -
Hood Tjil.k.o. attentive eiva'it. well
I waite6Ltill the child was done, j.
Still listening as he prayed,
And when he rose I asked him why
The Lord's prayer he had said.
" Why, sir,", said he, " this morning,
when
My mother went away,
She wept, because, she said she had
No- bread for us to-day.
bne said we cnildren now must starve,
Our father bciDg dead,
ven
tillatod Rooms hi d comfortable Stables.
BUCK HOTEL,
' j AS1!EYILI.E, N. C, . ;
R M. DEAVER, Proprietor.
BOAKD $2.00 WW DAY.
16if
Flemming House,
IT!TA!10., I. C
Board ter tav. I - S1.50
ii
24-tf
44 Week,
.,( Month.
7.00x
21.00
And then I told her not to cry7
Eor I could get some bread.
. (',-'
' Our Father,' sir, the prayer begins,
Which made me think that He,
As we have got no fatlier here,
Would our kind Father be.
- ' -
And then, you know, the prayer, sir,
-: too, -
Asks God for bread each day,
So in the corner, sir,, I went, -
And that's what made me pray."
I quickly left that wretched room,
And went, with fleeting feet,
And very soon was back again, v
S With food enough to eat.
B. B. FREEMAN, Froprieior.
McDowell House, ,
HENDEKSONVlLLEi K. C.
This houfe i novv open for the recei tion of
boardeisaiid all trUn.ient custom.-
- c. g. Mcdowell,
24-3m. ' r-nrprietor..
"I thought God heard me !" said the
X- coy, -
I answered with a nod;
I could not speak, but much I thought
Of that child s faith m God!
mind that yonr life is ta be a tkiU
urea sad, ruinous failure
" No. But each new vow is
niore easily broken each suc
ceedjrig effort is weaker than the
Last. When this is the situation,
what is gom g to save a man ?; A;
M iracl e 2 1 But: the days of, mira4
cles . haye,! passed unlesi tn be
miraculous, the many unexpected
incentives which suddenly , rush
upoa. man to lead him back,
when he struggles to do right"
You j forget that, while - evil
influences are continually draw
ing a man - downward there is ; a
spirit within him which, if cher
ished a n d j: c ul tiyated , wi 1 1 ! ;o ve r4
corner rtlieie influences. Beside
this you have the su pport and as
sistance of all good people."
! rJvThe i n flu ence of , the good is
scarcely; felf," -he' replied: bitterly..
" I know npt ,why itjs, but,.thi n k
a moment and you will, find it
trueWith a -mind ? which re
ceives ; impressions readily, ; and;
Yields .to the predonderatuiir m
He replied that it was utterly use- 1 fluences; what is the tendency ?
ess; and changed the .subject. Does not contact with the world
But when I reflected that ' each with even the crood neonle as
day lessened the slender nope you call-them, make us more sor
that he would ever reform, I still did, nlt)re selfish, more inclined
held to my determination to talk to yield to our baser appetite and,
seriously with him on the subject impulses ? vDoes it not wither all
whenever I' found a fitting oppor- the purest and best sentiments
t unity. and desires of our souls V
A few evenings after this we After a pause, I said " We are
were alone in his room. He seem- all constituted diflerently. For
ed mQrelthoiifirhtfqL andmelaji myself, 'I-can take a glass with a
chbly than visual. 1 1 resolved, to friend, but I never yiehF one iri-
make my effort and said - stant to the tempter. I keep my
" Templeton, you and I have, will unshaken.
been acquainted only a few days, " But if you had not the will V
degradation and shame.: ( Therefore
you acted wisely,"' and I love you no
less for it. i ::.. ; ' . ,' : . . ' , T
will, make one . more,, effort, I will
begin to nightH " " ' , ; . V
This effort, ats the reader .has
seen, failed like all the preceding.
I could say no niorej I gave h:m
up. w nat couia save mm r y
A fevy iarsajfter this, Heard
t hat Templeton wasjdead. He
filled a d ru nka rd 's grave, a nd his
name passed ihtd oblivion, or was
remembered only with sorrow in
which thpre was no hope. r
Thoih the snows of manv win
ters have -melted on that neglect-
ed errave, I still think of that dust
beneath it that dust which once
' . . . .
strueffled against fierce aud wild
passinns, and contending, influ
ences; but which yielded, and fell,
and sunk forever. And, when I
think tlus j I " wonder how, much
we who claim to be not Fhari
sees, but humble followers of the
lowly JesiiSj will be held account
able for the destruction of such
men, or whether on the other
hand we are entirely clear of their
blood ' ;.
And when lam disposed to shun
the society of "'publicans and feih
lfers," I -wonder if I am ; tHii?
" unconsciously driving ' them
down to ruin. ' .
why my mother rJtepfe heri floiw
just as white .as; .Oh M can't just
tell you, but sho was such a smart
woman,i she Jkept her houserso
nice. I ii tell ylou what it is,X doo?jt
seejwhy ,yeni en, don't keep- j .tbeir
houses m better order, I only wisri
I had.iio. more to do than ' a wo
man hasl7' Jiist another itenifhlrej
vvhen8pring and fall hou8ecear-?
tiih e cbm earwaslitngK Ullts, leaV
f h er a nd ptmw ,ti cksj carpeec.,
c caning fpr.bed b n gs. ; Thep .
no excuse 'for a cold Iunch,T rnust
have a warm' m eal; P ! can't 1 wbH
onfcold victuals so poor wife bnsi
ties around to get up a diiiner.a
usual.;.. , , Now, when .harvesting
time comes, as a matter of course
wife must use f all Her 'cunnary
ski II to get: 8ometing extra -gbdl1
for ha rvest ? h ai i d 8," becau se Pfo
such hard work.. ; poor wife, .ithC
a small family- .of tune, lmrrie.v.tct
get morningAyork done by . nine
occk,"getsJt'o!'swa8hV! or 4 aqT
h o ii r, in in e ' m'ean ti me- takbd tw
baby. tor: rive minutes which' geh
general ly; lasts .for ten '. mi u u tcrt,
but I feel a strong interest in you.
Will you allow me to talkx plain
ly to vou ?" .". V
" Certainly I will.' :
.There was a. look of surprise
and expectancy oil his tace,
ininorled with something -like"
pain, which convinced me that he
susppcted' my mission, y
u I wish to give you some ad-
vice: It is only because I wish
you well." ; ;
more, ;runs out to get, 0 j ai;rntut
of wood Qh dear no wood, fperi
ill 'a hurry to get to work; iri , th'ev
Housekeeping Hints.
As good farmers wives, we are
expected to be modeUhousekeep
CIB.
-jn: cumnrvu"
BUSINESS CARDS. .
. W. II. JAY, 7
HOUSE AND SIGN
RUTIIERFORDTON, K. C.
Written foe the Record.
TKAIPLIrOiV.
BY
GrinH)ft, Marbleling and Kalaoming exe
cuted in the best Styb.
Orders froai neighboring towns promptly
attended lo. 6:Um
BLAOKSMITHING.
Bradley Dullou oulid annoueeto hi
old friends nnd customers that his Shop is
till in full blast on Main'Strpetj South of . the
JaiL Terms as low as the'ldwest.
Slioclng Iloi'scsi SI. OO.
.. Country produce taken in payment for work
t market prices. . j ..
Give him a Call. 10-ly
WESTERN STAR LODGE
Hfo. Ot, A F. 31.. ' -
Meets regularly ou tho lsi Monday" tight '
nn each moutK Tuesdays of Superior Courts,
-and on tho Festivals oi the Stis. John.
J. L. RUCKER, s$f, M, .
fi W. r,QQANy Sec.
BLACKSMITH SHOP. . :
The undersigned would respectful! inform
his old customers and the' Public, that his
Shop is still goiug on, and that he is prepared
to do all-kind of work in bis lino at sfion
AOlicO. - ',;:.., '-,.
ily terms for workl is "pay down." .All
kiuds of 'produce taken at niaiket prices lor
work..') .
-411 persons indebted to mo for work will
a?e trouble by calling and settling.
lHf , v J. V. WILKINSON.
r : . " 4
Tho Wilmington Journal,
Engelhard & Saunders, . ;
Editors and rullishers,
. : . y ; ' WilmingtoD, 2s. C. .
Dally-evcry morning except: Monday : at
$8 per year. . j -. ' -( .
"Waekly yerv Friday at ($2. " 24 3m.
Many years ago--wh en I was a
thoughtless young man like many j
of you, I spent a few days at S ,
w hi ling away the sultry summer
weather. While there I became
acquainted with John Templeton,
a young man about my own age
and a social, open hearted com
panion. I first met him in the
barrorii of the G Hotel, whith
er I,had gone at a late- hour for
my customary glass of porter be
fore retiring tor the night. Tem
pleton was alone with the bar
keeper and during a casual con
versation, which was allowable,
even amonjr" strangers, in such
places, I made my customary men
tal memoranda of his character.
4 Katu rally endowed . with a
good intellect. Proud sensitive,
ardent, vasci Hating, aud swayed
by impetuous passions himself
yet able to exert a strong influ
ence over those with whom he
comes in contact, either for good
or evil." ; . . . ... ; , -.
There were traces of dissipa
tion upon his face and his eves
burned yith that unnatural briK
liancy which must sooner or later
be followed hy niore or Jess loss
of natural vigor.
uThe Creator has endowed us
all with a will sufficient to resist
evil if we but exercise- it."
After a long silence, Templeton
saitl abruptly
u R ., Drt you know that, with
the rest of the world, your influ
ence is for evil ? You take a
drink, and T, not possessing' the
power of self control which you
have, attempt the same course
and foil. I Were you not to drink.
-1- ' I.' . T l , ' . - t
lam ready to near it,, out i vou -0uld of course avoid my so-
am afraid it will be Jwasted," he ciety altogether, 5 thus throwing
Said Wlttl a Sad Smile. - - nocanrHu ihtn tho noAtv nf
. l Ilt llVVVwivlfl abw vftaw wvwvj v
" Oh, no .! You must consider tllose still mom degraded, and in
it seriously, for jt is of vital im- this way your influence would be
y.ini?. J"u , vr s directed still, tnousn pernaps un-
. . I" ' v a. a.
Alter a pause I added as im
pressively as L could " You are
destroying yourself by dissipa
tion.
16 my su rprise . he 'a nswered
without apparent emotion 44 1
know it.,?
r a
cool of the morning. CI can plck:i,
tip chips, cobs; or .most anytnin'g;
well, by thisime I got .back withf
tnel, fire out baby .awake, san
after ten oyclbck. It is time to
start the diiiner set by the wash'
ing-pick -up dirty- cloths anxif
stow away out, of sight, Wm.i Aott
have a tidy Jip(use when dinner;
'time' 'conies. a :Tvo
o'clock I get water jwarmr ahdl
nearly fiiii?h washings I must lay'
it bylbr men: vant supper at fivef
o'clock I can finish , it early ..on, j
the morrow I might aa.well stppT
consciouslv,: to drive me down to
ruin' . ,,yr f-.,iv :u ;.v,y
The next evening after this con
versation, Templeton showed me
a page or two of hfs private. Jour
nal. I will transcribe it here as
nearly as I can remember at this
" But you surely are uot trying Qistant date.
to' kill yourself: You ; hav vividly- does
made up you r mind to do this?" memory recall this night one year
JS"o! Godknowa l do not ago- A
: , j who "was ever my warmest, uruesi,
. ' ' hest friendHsteninsr to the feeble.
l.1 Then why . not make a strong whispered words of affection, which
oWnrt tn oet rid nf thpsn rninnna were to be the last on earth watch-
. - i . . : ' ' ; . 'i i . . I iny iii hobelessa animish the flame of
-o : jt-7 z, cj , . f.
life mcKer and then go out, leaving a
pall of black darkness upon my souL
hahits. xou can certainly do it
if you will.
" Very easily.said,,?-he replied. J In the days thai; followed, how strong
Then after a long pause he con- axunsnaiien waray resoiuuon w
tinned , r - 1 1;!,- U-Jf ATOmnlo ts flincfl loft fA-
" ion are almost a strangervto hind, join hereon the other shore.
ro lint x-nn r Inttp.l , v V nere are tnose resolutions s
IllVy v w j - - m - . v s yw w va i M J
welfare. I thank you sincerely for
it. I leel far more solicitude in
this matter than you can possibly
do. But the time you ppend,
trjing to reform ; me, is .yasted.
I have tried. .; I have; stru"grgled.
I ;have made
vows and have used,: what eeeni
ed to me every effort: to keep
them. But every vow has- been
broken each effort has failed and
I drift onward into the'' abyss." 5
4 " But have you ceased to strug
gle ? Have you "made1 upjyour
The
memory of them comes to me during
the silent hours of the night and re-
tiroach me, for havmorr. broken and
trampled theni. But they are power
less to:aid me and I drift farther and
yet farther each day, rawing weak
er .and less able to .xesbtilas. I" float
downward into the abyss t r i -i
? Sometimes a ' despairing I hope
fieizes. me that some influence
somethincr, : may yet .savo me, I. but
this is in all probability a vain hope.
Dzab 1 My Joved my lost
! Could vou. have saved me,
if you had trusted me, and dared
mako 'the ' fearful. risk T Ckd 'only
knows. ,il might- have only dragged
my pure ideal down with me into
the gentlemen (or
tion) is this: What a thly,house
keeper such a woman i, what a
smart woinan for business does
all the housework for (the family
milks, feeds calves' slops the
pigs, etc. .Certainly such a wo-j
man must be a smart woman. Is
this all woman's business? Then',
when fall work comes on, our bet
ter half comes in with this query :
Well, wife what have you to do
to-day ? .can't, you gp; out and
srathbr. a couple of loads , of cornr
or b'e! p about digging those few
potatoes ? Why, you can just let
your wrk go for to-day, and you
can quit in time to get a warm
dinner or supper.as the .case may
be. Oh! yes, quit to get the
meals and inst hurrv ahout doing
up your wore alter oinntr, us a
pleasant day, and I want'- to im1.
prove the time. I II1 just go and
ay down, on the lounge - a few
minutes until the team rests : a
little. Oh, certainly, let our. dear
husbands rest, we want to take
good care of them. ' Does a wife
need: rest ?:hs VclI,J here Fam,
clear off my text a usual. f Wo
man: is , not supposed - to ( Knoy
nVu ct ; a nd what little sbe does
know she learns froni her" indul
gent companion A.'gbod' house
keeper 1 love to see. - rs ow ngnr
here let me say, our husbands are
partiallyffttf .blame for pur bad
house-keeping A Coat thrown
liere, aj pair of boots there,' or
slipped nnder: the lounge pa rt ly
put bt Eight, the : towel just laid
on a chair,, the waste dish set
where babv tins it over, making
a slop on the carjet or floor, the
swill bucket set down fiy ine ooor
with a little slop or scalded teed,
aIoiir coTiesa .two year I old that
just dips in his finder to see-what
it is, uurns ininaen,aiiu eo ii.gwf.0.
Of course we must keep bur eyes
oiv babyy ; fathers' boo t, i n ; fact
everything else. Kot only these
things but all manner of took are
leftdavinsr around, from a gimlet
to the maul and wedge. We
must put them away so husband
can have theni handy ; we must
keefithings -l in order, it s : our
business; It is nothing to be a
irood housekeeper ? r To be sure
my7moiher never had a seving
machineand whaf is more of it
nadthere been washingjniachiues
and .wringers she " would have
been , top v ecouomical. . to have
bought them. And a carpet ;
lords of crea-
v'U
4 La me !" sighed MrsV Part 1
ington, ,4 here I have been suffer-i;
ing the bigamies of death foru
three mortal weeks. ' Firstwaa.,
seized 'with a bleeding phrenplo- v
ev ill tne leu nampsuiru m
v" . ...... ... i . ni i
uraiu,'-wnicn- was cxuwucu . vj m ,
a stoppage of. the left ventilator
of; the heart. This cave me ant :
inflammation in the. boraxarj&t :
how I'm sick with thechrorotorpi, f
morbus!' There is iioblessin j
like that? of health partiCuUriy0
when you're ill." v ;-!-,T
There are, nianyr fruits ,whichrx
never turn sweet until, the, frosf.
has touched 1 them; Thetd ' ar;
m any n n ts that never fall from
the j bough o!f the tree of life; untiV
the frost li23 opened' and ripenedi
them. And there arc nianylei,
mcnts: of life that Lneveijrow ,
sweet" and 1 beautiful 'till'4 BOrfbw
touches theni.'; rW WW
One rainy Sunday a number of
strangers, crowded; into jSairey-i
Chapel tor shelter, whereupon ,th7
eccentric. Rowland Hill 'saljj :
"Some'Deople are blamedf tor
maKing reugiuu:1 u uiuan. , ww
don't.thiuk those are much better
whp make.it sxn- unibrella, ilS-
i One" pound of J goId".maV.?bdjj
drawn' into a wire that would ex-1
tend arouud tho - globe. ' bo; one
good deed may be felt throtiga
an eternity. Though douein.tbio
first flush of youth, it may .glad
den the last ot .a lon ine,, anu
form1 the brightest and most glo--
? Why don't yon wash the boWu,
torn of your fcef, Joe?" asked: a
grandmother of a ooy when ho
was performing the operatiou of
washing his feet before retiring;1
for the night : to which he gravely
replied : i44 Why, granny, nyou
don!t think I'm going to stand pp.i
in bed, do you.
tH
This wof)d ri3 said to"'be ;
Aivhbnle of animmortal llifer-' :
Every action of your life touches ;
onjsome chpra Jthat will bra j
iu eterbity.tv;j.:M-;-!iji7
':'.'' ; .rVr: - . ti I :i J
l "Why :do- young ladies irhitca- 1
their faces I Because they think I
the ponder. will i make, itlieixtioa i
oft. ! " : i