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WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, DEC. 20, 1888.
VOLUME 18.
NUMBER 47
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'BILL ARPS LETTER
HE TALKS SEXSIBLY- OF
THE TREES.
Thtu Speak of the Creator of the
Vulcerse and Teach its Humil
ity -
creation
. Out of
to grow
Ou the third day of
God made the . tree
the ground he made
every tree that is pleasant to
the sight and pood for food.
The tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the
tree of knowledge, of good and
evil. The sacred scriptures
abound in notable imention of
trees beginning with.jas Mil
ton savs. "the fruit of that for
bidden tree, whose mortal taste
brought death unto the world
aud ail our woe." That tree of
life teeina to have been a plant
from heavenly gardens, for St.
John's vision he aaw a river of
water clear as crystal proceed
ing from the throne of God,
and near by was the; tree of
life, which bore twelve manner
of fruits, and the leaves of that
tree were for the healing of the
nations. Solomon in his wis
dom. st)ake of all the trees
from the cedar of Lebanon to
the hvssop that soringeth out
of the wall. .But Solomon, too
was something of a vanda
among the forests, for his 4,000
hewers made sad ..avoc with
those beautiful trees. There
are no cedars on Mt. Lebanon
now and even In the sixth cen
tury Justinian could not find
enough timber there to roof a
single church. "When Isaiah
was thundering his fearful
prophecies against the Assy
rians, he said: "The trees o
thy forests shall be cut down
save a few and a little child
shall count them," Joshua in
his last days called the priests
and officers together under the
shade of a tree and made them
to choose between God and
Baal and he planted a stone un
der tue tree as a witness of
their promise. Absolom was
suspended in the boughs of an
oak and was slain as he ought
to have been. Some of the
strongest metaphors in script
ure are drawn from the trees.
"The wicked spreadetu himself
like a green bay tree." "As
"A good tree brought forth
good fruit."
' In all the ages those have
been notable trees that com-
-memorated notable events.
Some of tn'ein still remain in
England f6r the tourists tell us
of Shamble oak that is thirty
four feet in circumference, and
is 600 years old. It was called
ehamble oak because about
three centuries ago a butcher
hid some stolen sheep in its
hollow. Ihere is Greendale
oak, 700 years old, that is prop
: pad up on every side. Lords
' and ladies used to ride through
the hollow of the arch at its
base 200 years ago. Then there
is Parliament oak, under whose
;3hade Ldward I. held a parlia
ment in l'2'JO.
But our famous charter oak
has gone. How old it was no
one knows, but it lived eighty
years after the charter of Con
necticu-t was hidden in its hoi
low trunk. The rjoets drew
many of their best inspirations
from the trees. Horace wrote
his pastoral odes as he reclined,
-"sub tegmine fagi," and said:
'Give roe again my, hollow tree,
A crust of bread and liberty."
Shakspeare said: "Our life
finds tongues in trees, books in
therunni'ig brooks, and gcod
in every ching." One says.
"The tree of liberty only grows
wnen watered by the blood of
, tyrants."
Our own George Morris say?:
"Wooduan, spare that tree
Touch not a single b'ow ;
In youth it sheltered me,
And I'll protect it now."
a poor old man. They jostled
against me on the sidewalk and
said, "Look out old man.' But
I took comfort in the trees, my
friend, - the magnificent elms
that helped my father to plant
around the churches; and along
the sidewalks. We i did it for
the love of beauty and not for
pay, and as I rested underneath
their shade felt that they were
my friends, and their long
branches waved and bowed to
me in the gentle breeze. I am
proud that I planted, them."
How plaintively dia poor
Tom Hood lament the destruc-
lon of the trees inihis tender
and graphic verse--5
"Twas in a shadv avsenue, where
lofty elms aboundj
And from a tree there; came to me,
A sad and solemn sound.
Among the leave it seemed to sigh
Amid the boughs to moan, ,
It muttered m the stem, and t& en
The roots took up the tone.
, J
The woodman's heart is in his
work, .V'
Tlis ax is sharp and good,
With aturdy arm and steady aim
He smites the gaping wood
And well to him that tree might
breathe, !
A sad and solemn sound
A sigh that murmured, overhead
And groans from underground,"
What, a beautiful, sad
thought is expressed in anoth
er poem, when he says: '
"I remember, I remember,
Tbe fir trees, dark aod; high,
I used to tfyink their islender tops
Were elope! against the sky. - J
It was a childish ignorance,
Hat now 7tis little joyH
To know I'm farther off from heav
en -'
Than when I was a boy."
William Cullen Bryant said:
"The gloves were God's first
temples. ' 1 This
mighty oak, by whose immora
ble stem l stand. not a prince
in all the proud old world, ev
er w ore his crown as loftily as
he wears the 'green coronal of
leaves, with which: Thy hand
hath graced him.'S, Man is a
rude, rough creature, and
makes fearful havqc with the
trees. II tnere is inoney in a
tree he want$ it. !But woman
has a love, for the beautiful,
her heart nestles -among the
trees and the flowers and the
vines. For forty years I have
been intimately r acquainted
with a Iidy whose happiness it
The kTreat Dr. Johnson said
toBoswe'!. "Every man, sir,
owes a debt t nis ancestors a
debt, sir, for the trees they
planted; trees that are now giv
ing us frui-t and shade and
that debt he should pay to pos
terity. Let him plant trees for
those who are to come after
him, and the debt will be dis
charged." Forty years ago
there lived a man in Rome, in
our state, who, for tbe love of
the beautiful and the good,
planted water oaks around the
squares set apart for the
churches. That good old man
is long since dead, but the
trees live to - give abounding
shade and to adorn the beauti
ful temples that have been
erected there. He' paid his
debt. The year before Judge
Warner died our eminent chief
justice, he visited the home of
his youth in Sew England. He
did not stay long, and on L is
unexpected return explained tv
. saying: "I found but three
companions of my youth only
three ana one of them was in
the poor house. I thought that
some of those people had heard
ehat the youth who left there
fifty yeara ago had become a
chief justice in Georgia, and
would do me some honor, but
no sir, they had other business
on hand, and I was nothing but
is my pleasure to promote.
Four times I have changed my
habitation, and for her sake al
ways' chose a grove rather than
nouse. "He can build a
house," When General Sher
man invited us with shot and
snell to leave our nouse in
Rome, Mrs. Arp sent the faith
ful Tip back to beg him not to
cut down Our bsautiful trees.
General V andiver, wno occu
pied the house, took the mea
sage kindly and said the trees
should not be narmed nor
the dwelling either, and invi
ted her back to occupy it.
lie was a gentleman, ne was.
How could he help it for he
came , from Maryland. There
was a beautiful grove of Span
ish oaks around our late dwell
ing in the country and my phi
losophic eye tolct' me there
were too many trees and that
some ought to go for the thrift
of others. It was a clear case
of the surviyal of 'jthe fittest.
But Mrs. Arp clung to them as
a mother clings to her children,
She could not spare a single
tree. In course of time she
left us on a visit tot her kindred
and like a vandal I hired help
and upheaved several of those
trees that living did languish
and languishing did live. We
carried away every root and
branch and chips and sign re
covered tne ground witn grass
and left no mark. The chil
dren and servants kept my se
cret, and for two! months she
never missed them, One even
ing wliiie sitting on the veran
da the flying squirrels began to
meander amoug the branches
of an oak and as - she watched
them I saw har bewildered
thoughts at work. "Why,
where is the tree the squirrels
used to fly to from that right
Land limb?" she feaid. "Don't
you know the. y used to run to
the top of that liinb and sail to
a tree that was right there
yes, right there." She looked
at me witn her lpquiring eyes
and I smoked my tranquil pipe
and called the dog and played
possum but the children could
not keep' calm and serene and
their tell-tale .looks betrayed
me. I've been wondering," she
said, "how it was v that I could
see those hills and Mr. Mun
ford's house so plain. I do be
lieve you have cut down half
the trees in the grjove. I worftl
dare to leave home again; and
then the children all take tides
with you and keep your secrets.
But never mind; I will pay
them for it audi you too." I
bought her some ! flowers next
day and diverted !her thoughts.
There is nothing like diverting
a woman's thoughts.
How much of character there
is irl trees. Away down in our
low grounds there was a hhge
I red oak that had died from
lack of company,. f: It was seven
feet in diameter, and without
a branch for fifty. Two great
limb towered" aloft and bent
their long arms as if calling the
land to prayer. For years they
reached toward us, and I felt
as Moses did. As long as those
arms "were up lwonld prevail
against my enemies. One
gloomy morning I looked that
way, and one of the great arms
was gone. ;'. The good prophet
was failing me at last and I felt
ike there was some calamity
mpending. There is a splendid
oak in oar meadow that is so
proud and lofty and stands so
firm on its broad base ana nas
such graceful, leafy curves
upon its high top that we
named it Roecoe Conking, and
not far away was a large black
locust that the poison oak had
wound around, and its sharp
veonmous thorn i defied all
loving approach. ' "What shall
we name that tree ?" said I to
Mrs Arp. "Sherman," she said.
He loves to sting and seems to
hate everybody." Mrs Arp does
not love Sherman. An old
unlettered man who had learn-
en much from observation, said
to me ; "Providence was very
kind in making the trees to
grow by laos a t the top instead
of stretching up the body. The
limbs of tree never get any
higher from the ground, and so
the three chops or the fore and
aft blaze that the surveyor
made fifty years ago is just
where he put them no higher,
no lower. If the chops that
were made when the tree was
small had climbed with the
tree, we would have to run the
lines with a ladder now. Some
of them would have run out at
the top I reckon, unless a pole
had been stack up for them to
run on, like the Texeans do
their old steers when the wrin
kles on their horns run out to
the tips." -
"But how did that grape vine
reach the limb on that poplar ?"
said I. "It swings clear for
fifty feet.
"That vine," said he, "is as
old as the tree. At first it
clung to the limbs or twigs near
ground. As these decayed the
instinct of the vine made it
reach to a higher one, and then
a higher one still, untill it
climbed to where you see it.
That limb is dying at the end
and the vine will go higher.
All the trees that have long
trunks were full of branches
when they were small and
young." 1 was traveling witn
a northern woman to Brunswick
and for the first time in her life
she had a view of the piney
woods from the car window.
She went into rhapsidies over
PUBLIC PRINTER.
Favors the Re-election of the Present
Encumbent.
A BRAVE GIRL.
Two years ago the Legislature
elected Mr. Josephus Daniels,
editor of the State Chronicle as
Public Printer. We favored
his election then, and we are
pleased to favor his re-election,
not only after his two y ears of
experience as Public Printer, in
which official capacity he has
served with ability and fidelity,
but after giving the people of
the State one of the very ablest,
boldest and best Democratic
weekly papers, the Chronicle.
Mr. Daniels ought to be con
tinued in officer, for two excel
lent reasons : he has the exper
ience and ability and he de
serves the office.
The able work of the Chron
icle for Democracy in the 4th
Congressional District is clearly
manifested. Two years ago the
district appeared to. be almost
hopelessly Republican and John
Nichols went to Congress with
an overhelming majority. His
election was a disgrace , and
calamity to the District. The
Chronicle took him to task
determined that he should not
return to Congress. A tussle
with this' linscruplous but
influential demagogue was no
child's play. The Chronicle
handled him with singular
sagacity and courage, he is
defeated, the District is over
whelmingly Democratic and in
our judgement it owes its
restoration to a large extent to
the Chroncile newspaper.
But the wholesome influence
of the Chronicle is not confined
to that locality. It is a State
paper, and during the last cam
paign, it was the most aggres
sive and enterprising paper in
State politics, that has com.
from the Capital in years. It
made the Radicals howl. No
higher eulogy can be given a
Democratic newspaper in the
State, than to say the Radicals
were afraid of it. We hope
and believe- the incomine legis
lature will re-elect Mr. Daniels,
State Printer, because of his
eminent service to the party.
The Chronicle is strong, it can
be trusted, and Democrats
ought to heartily sustain it.
Sanfbrd Express.
JlOW SHE rROVlltED
CHRISTMAS.
FOR
We Should All Learn Ho w to he
Useful and do Something for
. Tliose Around us.
"Maybe the store will pay bet
ter than jou think, mother."
Little Lucy Glenn spoke hopefully.
"The store" was her own idea for
helping her widowed mother, who
I know Mrs. Glenn. She Is a good
woman. What have you in that
cart!"
"Some towels , that I hemmed
myself," cried Lucy, who beamed
under the friendly word, "yet I sell
them for just the same as if they
were not hemmed. Then here are
large rolls ol tape not tbe little,
old-fashioned rolls, you know,'
and"
Lucy went on telling over her
wares with an honest enthusiasm
which was very pleasaut. Mrs,
Wilder finally bought a dollar's
worth of goods.
"You see," said Lucy, as she
bade Mrs. Wilder Good-bay, and
trudged along, Mwe have had a
little store for two or three weeks
now in our front room, but folks
did not seem to like to come so far
and note-paper.
"Well," said Lucy, brightly. I
know it wilt be better than if the
store had staid home, like a hzy
thing, and hadn't started out for
itself.
They both laughed at the carry
ing oat of Lucy's little joke, and
as tbe child sped off l'ghtly down
tbe road, Mrs. Wilder looked Miter
ber and said, "Bless her dear.
independent little heart! She
shall have a Christinas ! And all
tbe village people will be.' glad to
help ber about it, I know."
" Twas the night before Christ
mas,"
be atrereasivA tht
but old Santa Claws was not sup. hla experience during eighteen
posed to be about just jet. Mrs. yeara service Is of pecnllar
had not, appearantly, any great ex- t0 buy tui the t thought
pectations from it. "But then,
reasoned Lacy, "Mother doesn t
expect much from anythiug,"
which was quite trUe. Poor Airs.
Glenn's spirits were pretty low in
these days.
"The store" consisted of a few
fancy articles, which were display
ed in the frotit room of the Glenn's
little cottage, the ouly inheritance,
besides bis honest name, which
had been left to his family by Lucy's
father, when he had died, three
months ago.
"We shan't Btarve, anyway," con
tinned Lucy, who loved best of all
thmgs in the world to see ber
mother's face brighten, and who
observed that it did not brighten
np very much after ihe remark
about the store, -the garden yield
ed first rate, you know. There are
plenty of potatoes and beets and
cabbages, and then there's the cow,
and hay for her; and there's corn
for the meal. "
"We haven't sold five dollars
worth since the store opened, and
that is ten days now," said Mrs.
Glenn hopelessly. "All our friends
bave bought everything that they
are going to buy, aud strangers
arn't going to tramp way out here
An Explanation-
the beautiful forests of long
leaf pines, and said "I declare
I never saw anything so stran
gely charming, but I do think
they have trimmed: these trees
too high."
These piney woods of the
south provoke a world of
thought. There are millions of
acres, of these trees that are of
uniiorm age and tnat age is
just about one hundred years
Did they all glow up together
and have an even start ? Was
the ground they now occupy
unoccupied before they sprang
from their mother earth ? Was
it all an open prairie ? Did
Dame Nature wait until she
knew our sixty million of peo
ple would need timber for
houses and bridges and fences
and railroads ? When they are
all cut down what will be the
next rotation. Forty years, ago
a pioneer in the iron business'in
our county cut away the timber
on all the hillsides around him,
and left the mountain slopes
all bare, but not barren. They
are now covered with nearly as
much timber as they had be
fore. Nature reproduces and
protects herself. If there is
prairie tnat will generate a
tree, it is, because there ought
to be. Let us not be alarmed.
for Providence is always kind.
Nature makes no mistakes, and
if we do our duty her laws will
protect us even against human
waste and the wanton destruc
tion of her bounties and her
blessings.
Bill Arp.
What is this "nervous trouble"
with which so many seem now to
afflicted? If you will remember a
few years ago the word Malaria
was comparatively unknown, to-day
it is as common as any word in the
English language yet this word cov
ers only the meaning of another
ord used by our forefathers in
times past. So it is with nervous
diseases, as they and Malaria are
intended to cover what our grand
fathers called Billiousness, and all
are caused by troubles that arise
a diseased condition of the Liv6r
which iu performing its functions
finding it cannot dispose of the bile
through the ordinary channel is
compelled to pass it off through
the -system, causing nervous
troubles, Ma'aria, Diillious Fever,
etc. You who are suffering can well
appreciate a cure. We recommend
Green's Augcst Flower. Its cures
arc marvelous,
to buy a roll of tape or a spool of
cotton, when it is so much more
handy in town. I don't realize
bow lew people went by here, uor
bow hard it was for thjm to stop.
till we sot up out store, it's more
than a mile from town, you know,
Lucy, xou ougut to uave some
new clothes. It seems as if 1 had
patched everything as far as it
would stand. liut-I can see we
shan't get much out of the store f;
clothes. I did hope that we could
have a little Christmas out of it
but dear me !" She troke
down with a sigh
Even Lucy's bright homely frtck
led little face lengthened to hear
those doleful words. Shis went on
braiding her long red hair without
speaking. She seemed to be watch
ing very hard her little brother aud
sister, Davie and Bessie, who were
playing out in the yard; but, in
point of fact she was not thinking
of them at all. A "great scheme"
bad suddenly occurred J.o Lucy's
mind.
Tbe next morning she sat down
with her mother's work-basket
beside her, aud began to cut off
pieces of the large roll of crash
toweling wbicli formed part of the
furnishing of the store.
"What ou earth aie vouloing f
asked her mother
it would start out for itself."
Lucy's little conceit amused Mrs.
Wilder just as it had amused Mrs.
Glenn.
"That was a -capital idea," 6be
aid.
It was five o'clock that afternoon
when Lucy reached home. She
was so tired aud excited that she
could scarcely speak, but she pour
ed a pue ot Dills and change into
ner mothers lap and pointed to
the empty cart.
"Nearly seven dollars' worth
sold, mother!' she panted out.
"And everybody wanted tbe tow
els. May be we shan't have euch
a forlorn Christmas after all."
"There is clothing to be bought
first of all," sighed Mrs. .G'enn, to
rhnm the money looked suddenly
v.-ry steal I. "And then if tbe store
is to be kept up, we must keep buy
ing new goods. A good part of
t'lis mnst go for a new stock,"
"lint I'll sell some more to-mor
row," insisted Lacy, "or, no, I'd
better hem 6ome more towels first,
And I have a good day's work
more I can do in the village. Then
1 don't really know what to do, for
c:ost of the kind people have bought
sometning, ana i don t want to go
to the cross people again."
11 er mother sighed and shook
her bead.
"You can't ?care mo with look
ing so forlorn, ip:1i-!" Lucy
laughe.i. "Walt till tomorrow and
1 11 go to hemming. And maybe
by the time I bave been qnita
around tbe village I'll think of
something else."
Lacy bad tbe right spirit, but by
a few days later, when . he had
c-irried out all of her programme,
she, too, felt rather sad, Tbe fam
uy bad to have new shoes all
around, and some groceries bad
bten bought. A carefully new se
ef ted stock bad been laid in for tbe
store,' and the money was gone.
.-November came on. Lucy bad
been knittiug edging and mittens,
and making simple fancy things,
thinking that when Bhe went oat,
however, cf pieseutlng herself as
soon at tbe doors of ber friends.
with tbe cart in tow. seemed im
proper to her. Bat again she bad
an idea.
It was, perhaps, three weeks
after ber first visit, that she knock
ed again at Mrs. Wilder's door.
"What! that little Glenn girl
again !" exclaimed Mrs. Wilder,
rather impatiently. "I'm afraid
Sl'.H point rn rw a rocrnlar ivttlior.'
tzs sz::atc2szxp.
WiO Will Zzzzxl Qzi Ssdcx Scza-
Material from which our Leg
isliture is to select a United
St.ttes Senator la abundant
Seiator 1Uu?od, Alexander,
Jarvia and Waddell are all emi
u. atly qualified for the position.
Those who favor Senator Ran
som's re-election believe that
the present Republican ma
jority will
Stmt
Glenn sat, with her children around
ber, by tbe fire, listening to the
blast outside, and very thankful
that the store had "started out for
itself," for they were very comfort
ably provided for, for at least some
weeks to come, and there was a
Christmas gift for each member of
the family, safely stowed away out
of aight. while a nice joint in tbe
pantry promised a savory dinner.
They had just been saying tbe
One Hondredth Psalm together.
even littleness cou'd repeat it, -thanks
to Lucy's energetic teach
ing. .
"'A joyful noise,? said' Mrs.
Glenn. "That means a song. Lucy's
being 'God in tbe refuge ot his
saints,' and we will all join in it."
Lucy was tbe best singer ta tbe
family, and she was just striking
np tbCjdear faoiilar old bymu wbeo
suddenly there was a knock at tbe
door. There 4tood a man. . He
was tbe village teamster,- Nicholas
Vicbard. and his cart was suna.
ing ia front of tbe gate.
"Good evenin', Miss Glnn," he
said briskly, "I 'pear to have quite
a load of things tor you.''
"N hy, I haven't or-tered any.
thing," began Mrs. Git d, in Con.
sternation.
"No. Mr. Richards; you've got
wrong house, began Lacy prompt-'J-
...
Guess not," declared Mr. Rich
ards. "Tbis big turkey has a card
on it, 'fi.r Mrs. Glenn,' and here's a
box, another box, and one, three,
five bundles, all marked 'For Mrs.
Glean,' and here's a barrel of fugar
and another one of flower, aod
vaiueana gives him rraal ad
vantage over new and untried
men ; that it is not expedient
ju-?t now for North Carolina to
dispense with the services of
Senator Ransom, a cultured
gentleman, and a sagaeloaa
statesman. The matter is be
yoi.d the reach of the press and
the members-elect of the Assem
blj, have the ability and
wi.idom requisite. to give our
Stf.tea worthy representative,
aud we shall abide their decis
ion. Charlotte Democrat.
TlH It 13 T128.
-For want of a nail, a shoe was
lt-t ; for waot of a nhoe, a borse was
lo -t ; for waot of.1 borse. a rider was
Yver nf gWt thing. Tbe
fir . signs of pLeumonl and ooo
MiTption can povtively be checked
by Dr. Ackei's English Remedy
jc" Consumption.
Olive Harper pays : There axe
women who must decorate or
die. I know one who gilded
the wires and sewed velvet In
tb family moue-trap. She
afterward put p'.ufh around
the ailing-fin, painted a beau
tiful s-hraf of wheat on it and
t!el it with a gorgeous yellow
bow, and then v as astonished
to find that the cook wouldn't
u: i it to roll out pie cruet with,
an 1 ? he thought it showed a
reprehensible look arttetic hate.
U4.8
'Grittrm.-
IiJti of my
IS
1 yaw.! the li)i of my little
fir! by a promi.t ue of Dr. Acker's
I jitlish lremeJy for Consumption:"
Mts-Wm. v. Habutxajt, 2ew
York.
' I've got
plied Lucy,
an idea, mother," re
TV--' f!o
Th8 C:
There is but one thing for
Southern Democrats to do In
tha future. We should draw
the Democratic lines all ihe
closer, - and against internal
division or external pressure
For tbe blood use 1$. 1$. B.
For K.-rofu!a use B. P. B.
Af;srthe Preachers
Terrible Foreiarmngs.
Oough in the morning, hurried
or aimcuit Dreatning, raising
phlegm, tightness in the chest,
quickened pulse, dullness in the
evening or sweats at nignt, an or
any of these things are the first
stages of Consumption. Dr. Acker's
English Remedy for consumption
will cure these fearful symptoms
ana is soia unaer a positive guar
antee by Dr. W. S. Anderson.
The "Solid South-"
The efforts of the ; Republican
party to break up the "Solid South"
13 like the movements in a town to
build a new jail, The people met
and resolved i
1. To build a new jail.
2. To build it ot tbe material in
the old one.
3. That the prisoners should be
kept in the old jail while the new
one was being built, and
4. That the new jail should be
built on tbe site ot tne old one,
Charlotte Democrat.
feeling a great pride
winch she tried not to show out.
"I know you will like it, but I don't
want to say anything about it, till
you see how it works. You will
trost me, won t you ?" ,
Lucy was ouly twelve bat she
had been ber mother's companion
so much that she seemed a great
deal older.
I'll try," said Mrs. Glenn, "Ouly
don't do anything rash."
Lucy laughed.
"You'll like it if it is rash," she
answered, aud she kept on sewing.
She could hem towels as well as
Mrs. Glenn herself.
A few mornings after this con
versation Lucy pnlled'a ttout little
express cart, which i.ad been
Davie's !ast Christmas present
from his father, anil pat ketl into it
a good stock of merchandise fiom
the store.
"I suppose" said her " mother,
doubtfully, "that you are going
from door to door in the villiage,
and try to sell those things; but
people uou't like pedlers, and you
mustn't expect any luck.r
"It's better than staying here
and getting awful tired and lone
some watching for customers that
never come." said Lucy, brave! v,
and looking np into the clear blue
October sky. "The store is sick of
being neglected and not amounting
to anything. It has started out
for itselff mother. It i going out
into tb6 world and make it's fort
une, like boys in books."
Her mother. tould not help a lit
tle thrill c f admiration as she saw
how bravely Luoy tried to cover the
nervousness which made her hands
shake, with laughter and light
words. She bad not the heart to
say anymore to discourage so val
iant a little spirit ; 'so off went the
child, and her mother, with a pray
er in her heart, watched the plucky
little hed with its long red braids,
tin tney u:sappeareti iouud a curve
in the road.
The first house that Lucv to was
plaster. yilmington I very. large and white, and it had
great piuows upporung tne rooi to
"one aint no cart along, mum,
said tbe good-natured maid- "She
says she only wants to spake wid
ye, mum."
"Well, what is it V inquired Mrs.
Wilder, appearing before Lucy's
excited little race a moment; later,
'i was oniy going to tell you,
Mrs. ilder, ' began Lucy, auiver
l
As if preachers were hard
pushed for topics several of
them have recently announced
among other subjects. "Boy
cotting the Dead," The Great
Oil," the People who are Going
There." "Taken by the Throat,"
Use your Eyes," "Beware." "Off
goes the Roof." "Up comes the
Man," "Can you Trust Trusts?"
These titles compare favorably
with the blood curdling titles
of the sanguinary dime novels.
Imagine Paul to announce as
his subject, "Eutychus the
fellow that tumbled out of a
window!" Christian at Work.
Eucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Biuises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
an bum Lruptious and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It
sguaranteed to give a satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cts
per bottle. For sale by A. W
Rowland.
The Value of Her Love-
Lancaster, Pa. jury awarded
the great sum of eight dollars
to Jacob W. Hollinger because
Wallace D. Evans had made his
wife fall in love with the latter.
What a comfort a jury bringe
to a bleeding heart an eight
dollar
Star.
Their Business Booming.
Probably no one cuing has
has caused such a general revival
of Trade at A. W. Rowland's Drug
Store as their giving away to their
customers so many free trials of
Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable ar
ticle from the fact it always cures
aud never dissappoints. Coughs,
Colds Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup,
and all throat and lung diseases
quickly cured. You can teat it be
fore by ing by gettiDg a trial bottle
free, large size II. Every bottle
warranted. '
Consumption Surely Cur n.
. 1
To the Editor:
Please inform your readers that
I have a positive remedv for th
above named disease. By its time
ly use thousanda of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. I
shall be glad to send two bottles of
myremotry FREE to every 'con
sumption if they will send me their
Express and P. O. address,
Respectfully
T. A. Slocum, M. O. 181 Pearl St
N. Y. 1 26-88 6mo
Promptness.
First a cold, then a cough, then
consumption, then death. "I took
Dr. Acker's English Remedy for
Consumption the moment I began
to cough, and I believe it saved my
life." Walter if. Wallace,
Washington.
the porch in front
"Shall I go to the front or the
back door?" she asked herself.
Suddenly the story came into her
mind of the old man in the Scrip
tures, who went into the highest
room first, and then had to step
down lower ; so she knocked at the
back door. She knew that the rich
Mrs. Wilder lived in this house,
and that she, like most of tbe vil
lage people, knew all about the
Glenn's and- their troubles. She
could not help thinking Ihat Mra.
Wilder would buy something.
"Mrs. Wilder is busy." said the
maid who came to the door. - She
dosen't ever want to see people
witn tuings to sen,"
"Please tell her," began Luc
cdKciijr, -mat, i m irs. uienn's
little girl."
Mrs. Wilder overheard these
words and now came to the door
herself.
i "Oh, are you!" Bhe 8aid kindly.
ugly, "that in about a mouth I
will be around again with things
ouch as I Lad before, and I shall
ve a good many things besides.
like baby's 60cks and mittens
and handkerchief cases, for Christ
mas presents, that mother and I
are making. I only wanted to ask
you to please wait, f you could
make it convinent to wait till I come
nrouud if you ant any such things.
lou sec,77 Lucy went on, gaioing
courage as Mrs. Wilder began to
loo interested, "mother did not
think that 1 could sell the thing at
all, aud she was blue enough. She
thought we couldn't boy any warm
tumgs ior winter, and mat we
couldn't have any Christmas nor
anything. Bat I earned money
enough to buy a good many things
w hen I was arcond, and now I am
Imping to get enough more to buv
:a11 we shall waot for winter and
have a ; It tie Christmas b sides.
Of course, we couldn:t be very hap
py without father, but we can try
and have things tbe way he wonld
like to have us. Ob, mother be
lieves now as much as I did in the
store's starting out for itself."
Mrs. Wilder stroked tbe red
braids kiodly.
"Yon dear, plucly little thing r
she said. "Of course I'll waif."
To one after another of her
customers went Lucy with her
simple story. i was airaid you
might buy all you wanted belore I
came around," 6be would explain
earnestly.
Sojie received her as Mrs. Wil
der had done: some indifferent;
some thought it was "a good deal
to ask that they should put them
seines out for her," (there always
must be some disagreeable people
in the world, I suppose !) . but, on
the whole. Lacy felt quite encour
aged, and went home to hem
towels and make pincushions aod
tidies, with great hopes in ber
heart. She loved to do tbe work
even if she never sold it.
It was a chilly, gloomy Decem
ber morning when Lacy aod tbe
cart started oat again. She had a
good deal better assortment of
goods now than she bad had at
first, and she had a very math
better knowledge of bow to go to
work. She looked np the sky fear
fully when she started. Davie and
Bessie-were longing for snow, bat
Lacy cid hope that it wouldn't
snow till she had had time to get
quite around tbe village with the
store."
"1 don't see bat yon will hava a
fine Christmas," said Mis. Wilder,
as she looked at tbe dainty things
in Liucy s oozes. "iou nave rare
ly worked hard enough to dt serve
it." She bougnt reckless! r of tbe
trimmings and tidies ana thread
Lere's a ham, and .a couple of
chick end, and here's a mess of
other things. Guess that's all.
Good night, Mrs. Gleon, and a
Merry Christmas to all of you.
Looks 'sif you'd have it. If presents
tould make it!" And with m broad
grin on his face icLiolas Richard
departed.
'The Lord is good His mercy
is everlasting, quoted Mrs. Glenn.
with tears running down ber
cheeks. "It is bejond our poor
knowledge. How could I have
distrusted Uimf
Lucy sat pale and weeping, too.
"What does it mean, mother !
"What does it mean !' was all die
The little ones, hoaevc-r, tore party rants unbroken.
onen tne bundle. Sentiment netf- n-lon bentineL
I
er overcomes small children, esc
ially of Christmas fcve.
In one of the bundle was a dark
brown dress-length for Lucy, a blue
one for Bess and a b!nck one for
Mrs. Gleno. On a card attached
to Lucy's was written, "For Lucy
Glenn, from some of ber customers
who love ber for ber goodness and
intelligence which she has shown
in helping her mother."
Then they understood Nicholas
Richard's load of goods.
There was a suit of clothes and a
warm little overcoat for Davie, and
warm new sbal!s for all tbe rest;
packages of tea, coffee, crackers,
caooed meats; tumblers of jvllv;
figs, oranges, lemops, oh. tbe
things couldn't be set down in an
bour, which were cootained in
those boxes and bundles, and they
were given in such a way that not
even Mrs. Glenn's proud spirit
could feel burt. She did not won
der that people loved -aod admired
ber honest ki'eo-witted little Lucy.
Mrs. Glenn felt a good deal that
way herself.
"If father can see as new," said
Lucy, as they rose from their boun
tiful Cbrist mas cinner, "bow glad
be is ! And bow lucky that we did
set up tbe store, after all, instead
of going out to hcrob i id sew, as
you thought majb you would. To
oe snre, tbe store did n- t seem to
be tii'irh of a success o'- long as it
etaid brie, but as soon as it start
ed out lor Uself it seemed to please
every bodv !"
But if wasn t tbe store. It was
tbe honest, noble-bent ted little
girl behind it, who plta.ed "every-body."
For catarrh, ue B. ii. B,
For rheum at inn, ose B. B. B.
For kidney troubles, use B. B. B
For eruptions, use B. B. B.
For all blood poison, oe B. B. B
Ask your neighbor b. V rued
II. B. B. of it merits. Gt-t war book
free filled with certificates f won
derful caes.
NEWS OF A WEEK
what is UArrKKixa rm
IHE WORLD JJIOXJ2TD VSi
as Guthtrvd From IKe'.Coi
of our Contmporrlut
and Xatlonal.
A. II. Daly Eeq, of Berta
Springs, bad bis four aod frtrt
mill destroyed by tire, on Tuesday
night of last week. Tbe work of
an Incendiary.
There are 1,700 persons who r
ceive a smalt share of the meaty
appropriated to pay pensions to
Confederate soldiers aad their
wives and children.
An eicbaoce ears that flat, fi.
B. Alexander, preiideDt of Ue
Sorth Carolina Partners' Alliance
discountenances tbe ctartlor of
co operatives tore tn tbe State.
The Daabury Reporter sarresU
to farmers to uy tbe experiment of
raising rice for tbelr table cae, if
not for market. w rronnd is
considered the best adapted ' lor
this crop.
TbeSute Grange tact at Kln
ton a abort wbiU stDc. We Data
with pleasure that ear friend Willi
B, Williams, Eq of PiU eosvty
was reelected, as Batter of the
Bute Grange.
There will be a convention of
North Carolina pensioner at Ral
eigh on January 224, TaU
convention is simply for BUX
pensioners who were wounded la
the Confederate service.
The Haleigb Evening Ylaltor
chronicle tbe fact that a-renntne
wild deer passed tbrootn the
northern part of tbe city a few days
ago, and that a fox was reeeaUy
captared in tbe yard ofhercltxen.
A very apt definition was frtve
of covetooane by Biabop Gran ber
ry in his thanksgiving senooa
wbenbeaald: KXrretoosoeM i a
dyspeptie banger which censot be
satisfied. Tbe more it eats the
more it want."
Tew Jo it ices of tbe Eonren.
Onrt A. C. Avery and J. E
Sbeperd will be sworn ia Jan
nary 1st and will take tbelr eeais
on tbe bench February let. Gov
ernor rowie wui tardy Minaa
gerated (before January 20tb.
The Franklin eoanty Alliance
resolved not to bay guano ta Jste
sacks. The jnte bagging trust la
being ran to tbe wall, and tbe
Farmer's Alliance bave done tbe
work. Tbe Alliance will be very
apt to eon tin ne In cbeeklna; rob
bery.
Tbe Farmer's Alliance cootie-
nee to grow. This week the work
of organization begin ia tbe err
entielh eoanty. By taldamser of
1&69 there will bo doabt be b
alliaoces la all the ninety iz
counties, and the State SecraUry'a
promise of 100,000 members will be
made good.
. There will be five eclip" la HS3
a total eclipse of tbe sat. 4 oaary
1, 1883, partly risible iu 5on
Carolina, tbe eon eettlnr - lpd.
A partial eclipse ol tbe tu . Jan
uary icta and l.tn oe:a jo,
Lack Cztf:r lis Preset
o'clock p to, and 2 o'clock- a, ta.
risible ta this BUta.
Bnt whatever may befall us
in tbe future, the present Is
what we have especially to deal
with, and our duty to ourselves
acd to our country demands
tbat we do all we can to build
Ut the Suulli. It is a great land,1
:i -reat people ; it Las progressed
fr beyond tbe expectations of
tl.s most nangnlne, and its
K owth is steadily increasing,'
ai.d it mu.-i De in the fatarefar
more prosperous than it is, for
industrial growth is yet but
I its infancy. Tbis effort should
U'.t te confined to any par
ticular locality, but the more
be made all along tbe line.
Fayetteville Observer.
4 Hirrui Escape. -
Col. W. K. Nelson, of Brooklyn,
came borne one evening, feeling a
peculiar tightness in the chest. Be
fore retiring, be trie, to draw a
long breath but foood t almost im
possible. He suffered four days
'rom pueunomia, and tbe doctors
ave bim up. Dr. Ackers Engliob
ltemedy fur Consumption saved
b;m and be Is well to-day.
"Ho Srcais lis Tkzs"
It seems that some parties
Lave become offended at articles
which Lave appeared in The
Sun recently. Tbe editor Is
personally responsible for every
thing that appears in these col
umns, and earnestly requests
those who do not like his style
to come up aud lick him out of
bis boots 116 wears number
elevens, and has considerable
reputation as a kicker. Mag
nolia Sun.
Letter ?r:n Zi-Cicf cf dxi
txzz.i Cn-ty, I'tif Tcrlr.
Mayville, N. Dec, 5. 1SS3.
I am glad to rav, through a long
personal ex;etletce with Alloock's
lout I'l i-tt is, that I am able to
endorse all the good thing that
h?e ever ln--n aaid aboat them,
aad eaptletnent these by saying
that 1 frankly believe their value
cannot be estimated. Tbe breadth
of uefur.oes is unlimited, and for
piompt and mre relief -to- almost
etery ache ai d pain that fiesb Is
heir to, no other remedy, ia my
inioo, euU-r external or tntem
:i. eou.ls tL-m in certainty and
r. :i.iity. I bve ued lb em at one
i:uc foi tU-omatiem, another for
backache, aala for bronchitis,
w.tvs with tbhame result speedy
cc.
L.T. IlAERISGTOIf.
, Alvico To l!:tliKs
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used when cbil
dren are cutting teeth. It relieves
the little sufferer at once; it
produces natural, quiet sWp
by relieving tbe child from pain,
and tbe little cherub awakes as
"bright as a button," It Is very
pleasant to taste. It soothes the
child, softens tbe gams, allay all
pain, relieves wind, regulates tbe
bowels and I the best known
remedy for diarrhoea, whether
arrislng from teething or other
causes. Twenty-five cents a bottle
L. L. Folk has been appointed to
go to tbe Fan Exposition a tbe
orth Carolina representative of
tbe atiooal 1 armers Conftrea.
ZtizdzztiAZzrzi.
The deposition of tbe EnrplM U
tbe U. S. Treasury Vngaxe the at
tention of oar Statesmen, bat a
vital question baa oar attention,
and that u the red ace of tbe Bsr
plos eonsamptire. Since lie dis
covery and introduction of. Dr.
King's 'ew D-aoorery for eoasnaip
tioa, tbeie aa been a marked rde
ere ta tbe soortality (rota fU
dreaded disease, aad it is posalUe
to sull farther redaoe tbe nomUr
of ConaaapUve. ilowt By keep
ing constantly at band a belli of
Dr. King' New Discovery and
osiog according to direction, epea
tbe sppearaare of the first rRp
torn, socb at Oocfh, Cold, a
Sore Ttroet a Chest, or Fide Faia.
Takea tba early a core 1 fra
teed.
Trial bottle free at A. W. Bw-
laod's Drug Store.
From tbe following atatitiios,
reported at recent suiting of tbe
annual oonfereoos, held .at Sew
Bern, some idea of tbe siren ft aad
work of tbe Methodist C church la
Sorth Carolina may be rt3f 1
Membership, 8.1,152, a cal f
1.&07 over last year. &. S. Scholar,
&3.T22. a rata of &.K3C Ed.
caliooal fond, 2,722.0, a gala of
128.115. raid Confer coca clajtaasrt
M,77i0. Bishop' salary- fl
912.S3.
To bare good beaUu medicine la
necessary occasionally. A a fam
ily medicine we can reooarcrsd
Lax ad or, the treat regulator, aad
advtae all to bare a pactar
at anil y cn hand for ease of
ity.
we request all mother to ate?
using landaano for their btiea,
and ose Dr. Bull' Baby Syrtp, m
afe medicine. It contain soUttf
Injarioa.
He will ho nominated by tbe
convention ac 1 clcd by tbe peo
ple, because be will come tbe near
est to filling tbeir ideal of a Chief
Magistrate. Klectric bitters ha
been given tbe highest r'aee,
oecann no otoer meaicine as so
well filled tbe ideal of a perfect
ionic ana alterative. The people
nave endorsed tiectnc Hitler and
rely upon this great remedy in all
troubles of Liver. Stomachs aod
Kidney. For all Malarial Ferer
and disease caused by Malarial
Poison s, Electric Bitter cannot be
too highly recommended. Also
cures Headache and constipation.
Satiafaction diaraoteed or money
reianaeu. rnce wc and f I at
W, Eowland jVrog Store,
Mr. Joo. M. Moore, of Concord,
bowed at eoaie old relic Tiers
day that are worth mntto&l2f.
Tbe first wa a copy of rotter
J ait ice whicn contained tbe Dec
laration or Kirbt aad the Coo
titotioo of 5ortn , Carolina, passed
at HaLfax Court ' II oca, la 177a.
II also showed s a dollar b& of
eoaliaental money, Sort Oarollaa
Currency, pi I ted ta 1775. Tbe
bill U printed on while paper, aad
is about zjxi inches ta sue. Mr.
Moore also thad ft ten cent aUrer
piece made ia 1735. Cono&rd
Timet.
For cat, braise, sprain, baro
oalds, frostbite, and caBbl
nothing equal Salvation OtL I
lnihilate pain. Price 25 ceit
1