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3 ' ' 11 11 II. JLJLJLU .auvyjUL .ai vun i -: NEWTONi CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C.FRIDAY, DECEMBEE 11, 188.5. NUMBER 4b cf & t FV M. WILLIAMS, KD.TOE ASD PUBLISHER One co y, one year $ i 50 One conv. nix incut 1, 1 w y No nmo entered without pay nentof the i iiibscriptiosi ir. advance. This is invariable ' rale of quibu-:incs and must bo ailliorjd to in 1 . ul cases. ' Advertising, ona square or. ten tinea or 1 less, first ins rtioti. on dodar. Each mbae- quent ins 11 inn. fifty cnt-". j Business Cards. R. J. Shipp. T. H. Cobb. SHIPP & COBB, Atiorn e Practice iu all the Courts. Oftiu ou Public ' Square. j . j L. L. W1THERSP00N, A TTO RN E Y A.T L A W XEW TON, S. O. M. L. McCORKLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SEW ION, N. C. cr. b..littxjE, Surgoon Demist, Has located 111 New .:!, N. as'.d offers hi profession; teivicts : pi-..;ie of town an county. 1 OFFICE IX YOCST A SiSRL'M lilTLDIXU. J. E T HORN TON, Newton, N. C, Keep constantly on baud all siz -s cf V Coffins, and different qnalitie-i, as a ie a) cai: be bought anywhere for tho sain; money Reason b:e lime allowed to reliable pink. Shop one mile north of thi court house. R. P. REIN H ARD T , BREEDXS OF S'aort H.rn Caiil; ana Cotswoia Sii:ep I have now for sale tome very fine buck and twem .. ; R. P. REINHAKD V, . Newton. N. C. 4- Centnii'BoteL -LENOIR, N. C. WILL H. RAMSAUR, Proprietor AT THE Yount House. The subscril)r having taken the Youn Eouse, Newton, J. C, wishes to inform the public that he is prepared to acc miaidate travelers in a first-class style. Prices re non able. Board by the day or week at red iced prices. 3 Formerly proprietor of the Eela varc House, De,hi, N. Y. F.S.HALL. AT MA t CorpfliDs's LIVERY, SALE iHD FEED bTABLES, riewton, N. C. Will be fcun 1 the b.'st stock and nearest ve hicles in town. Per4 ns can b3 accommodate I by us with any hwg iu ihe avery Jine, and prices a e guaraateed to give satisfaction. Wc; only abk a uial Transp rtatio 1 tj a'l the surrounding 3".untry. We solicit the patronagi of the public. Respectfully, HENKEL & CORPENIN'J. IN ADDITION TO THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST STO'JK of FURNITURE in Western North Caro'ina, we are handling iv3'al makes of Parlor, School and Church OROASS, and offer them in Hickory at factory prices. Our Undertaking Department is complete in all its branches. Burial Robes, Wood and Met ic Cases and Caskets, and Un dertaker's Supplies generally. ORGANS tooie & Co., Hickory, N. C. Hept. 16, 185. JjThe Kindly Sleep. HaA the Cqmeless b ibjr's crviu, '-' temler 'sleep ! " Every folded violet - May the outer storm forget, "These tret lids with Kisses drying, Tlroiii;h them creep ! Soothe the soul that lies thouglit-wcarj Murmurous Sleep ! T- Like a hidden brooklet's, eong. Rippling gorgeous woods among. Tinkling down tho mountains dreary, Yhile and steep. O'er tho aged pour thy ble?s:ng Holy Sleep! Like a soft and rirening rain, Falling 011 the yellow grain; For the glare of suns oppressing, Pit ing weep ! On thy still seas met together, Charmed .-d'-ep ! ITe.ir hem swell a drowsy hymning, Swam to silvery music swimming, Floating with unruffled fe:.ther O'er the decn. THE SILK UMBRELLA. BY ELWOOD BCltKE. It was raining heavily, and there seemed a likelihood that the storm would continue all day. The overhanging clouds were black and heavy, and the 'rain drops fell with such a persistent and unceasing patter, patter, patter, that the gutters iecame swiftly moving rivers, and the streets one vast morass. Chauncey Walton lazily surveyed his dripping surroundings from the rear bench of an open streetcar, and al lowed his half-consumed cigar to go out. He was very rich, and having been born to the purple," so to speak, had all of those indescribable taste3 which betoken the true gentleman. lie dressed quietly, though elegant ly, and everything from bis light spring hat to his smartly polished shoes was in harmony. Both of his gloved bands rested on the carved handle of a silk umbrella, which he held bet ween his knees. As the car neared the street corner where he was to get off, he shook out the folds of his umbrella, and edged toward the side of the car. He had no desire to splash his pol ished shoes and sigmded for the driver to stop. k.tir-;a a ladVQurfgr and j j quietly pnc modestly dressed, roseslfcTvas' raining, and instiactive. from her seat, and started to alight. The rain was now descending in tor rents, and Chauncey Walton, standing ia the narrow step which ran along the side of the car, with his umbrella upraised, shrugged his shoulders, and tossed away his cigar. The car came to a stand-still, and the young lady before mentioned, hesi tated a moment before stepping into the muddy street. Chauncey, who had alighted, noticed that she was unprovided with an um brella, and with true gallantry, ad vanced to her side. "Allow me !" he said, raising his hat, and sheltering her with the um brella. "Oh, thank you, sir!" said a musical voice, and by the time they reached the pavement Chauncey shces were sadly splashed. He glanced down at them ruefully, shrugged his shoulderes. and then ven tured a furtive look at his companion. A round and pretty face, intellect ual and well-bred, was raised to his, and a pair of large, expressive blue eyes took in the contour of his face. "If you will permit me," said Chaun cey, pulling a card from his pocket, "you are welcome to the umbrella. I have only a short distance to go, and can easily make it. My address is on that card, and you can return the um brella at your convenience." He raised his hat, bowed low, as the lady murmered her thank3, and then, pulling up the collar of his coat, struck out boldly through the rain. When he reached the magnificent home that he shared with an only sis ter and a maiden aunt, he was soaked to the skin, and Clarice Walton, meet ing him in the hallway, clasped her hands in playful horror as she regard ed his dripping garments. "Why, Chauncey I" she exclaimed, "had you no umbrella?" "I had, but a lady who got off at the same corner, needed it more than I did, and I very cheerfully relinquish ed it" "You careless fellow!" cried Clarice, patting his cheek, "your chivalry will cost yon your life one of these day. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if you were laid up with rheumatism or pneumo nia, or a bad cold, or something of tho sort. Change your clothes in stantly, and come to dinner. I have news to tell you." First kissing his pretty sister, who was something of a tyrant, and order ed him about as though he were a school-boy, Chauncey lycended to his room to change his clothing. When he descended to tha lower floor Clarice was-awaiting him In the library. "Dinner is not quite ready," she said, rising to meet him, "and, until it's announced, I want to talk to you about my dearest friend Mabel Wright, from whom I have just received a let- ! ter. It ousrht to have been here dav before yesterday, but she thinking we were in the country, addressed the let ter toOaklands, audit was remailed to me there, delaying its reception two "Oh, totherr muttered Chauocey 1 under nis breatn, wttn an ill-suppressed yawn, but ha threw himaelt into a chair, and tried to look interested. Meanwhile Clarice unfolded tho leU ter and began to read paragraphs here and there. , Mabel was coming to Boston to visit a relative, and weuM be pleased to call upon her dear Clarice. She had heard so much of thatfaragon of a brother Of herstuat she was anxious to meet him," etc.,' etc. All of which Chauncey heard, as in a dream, for he was thinking of thVqs'ietlv dressed lit tie figure, who , had thanked him so sweetly for the loan of hii umbrella, but he made suitable replies when his sister extra vagently praised the beauty of Miss Mabel Wright, although he gave a sigh of relief when dinner was announced Somehow, his thoughts wandered a great deal to the stranger, during the next two days, but when, at the expi ration of that period, his umbrella was not returned, he. laughed cynically, and softly quoted a statza from an old German ballad, about anaia i and a knight, and purchased a new umbrella. The next morning he received a tel egram which necessitated a journey to the far West, where ha was interested in an extensive land operation. lie poked a few necessary articles into a valise, and donning a traveling suit, ran down to Clarice's boudoir, to tell her that he was going. "How unfortunate'" she cried, when he showed her the telegram; "Can't you postpone the tripV "Xo it is impossible ! My presence is imperatively needed." "And Mable will come to-morrow. I hae written, invitirg her to spend a couple of weeks with ns; and I am so anxious for you to meet her. "I am very sory, but I think I shall have to forego the pleasure of meeting Mi?s Mabel "Wright," said Chauncey, and kissing Clarice he hastened away. The business complications were more serious thaw fie had at Grst im agined, and it was not until thebegin ing of September that he telegraphed Clarice to look for him. He expected the "carriage would be at the' depot when he arrived, but. 6atiag ione, Jie boaxded,.a street car y his thought reverted to another rainy day, and he longed for his missing um brella. Several times he was tempted to stop and purchase one on the way, but put it off until all the stores had been passed. "Well, I'm in for it again!" he said, and, reaching the old familiar corner, he alighted and ran to the sidewalk, which was shaded by an awning. A lady came out of the store, and he stepped aside for her to pass. She raised her umbrella, and he caught a glimpse of her face. A long gossamer cloak protected her slender form now, but the face that was raised to his was the one he had met on the same corner several months before. "My naiad, by jove!" he muttered, "and 111 be blessed if she ain't carry ing my umbrella!" A hot flushed dyed the cheek of the lady and Chauncey ground his teeth, for having uttered his brutal com ment. "I beg pardon, Mr. Walton," she said, facing him quickly, "but thi3 is the first opportunity I have had of re turning the umbrella you so kindly loane;J me fchanft you Saved me several months aso. I for the kind service. I from a disagreeable wet- ting" And gave me one, said Chauncey, laughing. "I am thankful that I can prevent a recurrence of the catastrophe," said the lady, gravely, and she held out the umbrelia. "But it is still raining," said Chaun cey," and custom gives me courage to brave another wetting." "My gossamer is sufficient protec tion," she said, placing the umbrella in his hauds, and with a little bow, she turned and left him. He was half tempted to follow her, and stood on the corner several min utes, staring after her. "I wonder how she learned my name?" he said half aloud, and then, recollecting the card he had given her, he shrugged his shoulders, and raised the umbrella. "Quite a coincidence," he muttered, and walked away. Clarice came down to meet him, and after kissing him a multitude of times, and commenting upon his bron zed face and fine appearance, she said: "I was away when your telegram arrived, and Auntie mislaid it. She thought you were to arrive to-morrow, and when the telegram was found it was too late to catch the train. I am glad you had an umbrella, though. "Yes. It was the one I loaned to a lady several months ago, just before my departure for the West She must have received intelligence that I would arrive at the corner, umbrella less; for when I alighted from the car, she received me, and returned the um brella in the most cool and matter of course way, and he told Clarice the whole story. It ia very funny," she said, "I hope you didn't fall in love with her. I've heard of such things." 'Osonsense, " said CuaiiReqy "al though his bronze face colored. Don ba foolish." , . "I think you will lika Mabsl Wright," said Clarice. She has been to Mount Desert, spending tha sum mer, and is stopping over with ma a few days before returning homr." "Indeed!" said Chauncey, and ju3t then the door-bell rang. Thireshe is now, the dear girl," cried Clarice, bounding into the hall. "She insisted on going out to make a few purchases, and wouldn't wait for the carriage.'1 Chauncey was turning over the leaves of a portfolio when inn two girls entered the room, and looked nn- a low crv escape 1 him touiieu up, a tow cry esc.ipe j nun. - 110 t -.mis is my irienu, ..miss Jkiauie Wright " began Clarice, but Chaun cey stepped quietly forward, and Ma bel gave him her hand. "We tiavi met before," he said, and then he related the story of their doub le chance meeting. Well cards are out for the wedding, and Chauncey will always treasure the silk umbrella. Cfiii-ajo Ltdje; The Sights of Moscow. A correspondent of the San Francis co Chronicle says in a letter from Russia: The principal sights of Mos cow are the buildings in the Kremlin, including the ancient palace of tho 13oyars, the collection in the treasury. ine uig uen, ana me spot wuere .apo Icon stood during the burmntr of the citv. In the. trpamirv mimorfin. : articles captured from XaDol eon's ai- I amnnr thom numerrau fl ,a t among mem numerous nags,-, j my, some with French revolutionary mot- i to u . i , ..WJ WU billlj, llirj cuipciui 9 511U1U, : writing desk, and other souvenirs. Proudly looking down upon them all i i3 a heroic marble statue of the jrreat I . . . i i icutiiiiiuii, uib piactnsr oi wnicn in such a place wa3 a handsome compli ment paid by tho Russians to their re doubtable foe. A state carriage pre sented by Queen Elizabeth of England to the czar, the charter of Poland in a black velvet covered box, the pointed stick with which Ivan the Terrible killed his son, and other curiosities ?e in this collection. The big bell star.ds on the ground outside, with a great . , .iuiif,ira. M no unpe;JavA.t. Hue keeps on ut of it, teavin fVe ' him to "X1 tbe secret .of bis v j I ; ttyigth. and la -T-A "WelL if yon should' lor - ct iuarr"t:ijrat;:e hcvcu -c.? r- p jrrMt.?re t-KN-a piece broken out through. The spot where Nation . r - - Stood is on the roof. The Foundling hospital is another of the sights. Here are fifteen hundred infants from birth to 6 weeks old. In the registry there is an entry of an infant signed by Xa poleon as "king of Moscow." The la dy matron rather insinuated that Xa poleon had more than an official inter est in this entry. The Ahxandrine theater and the palace of Frince Dol goroki, where I had the honor of sup ping, where other sights of this half European, half-Asiatic city. Much of my time, however, was spent in the environs, where I had several friends, who vied with each other in making the time pass pleasantly. I visitf d several large farms wheie agriculture is persued in the most improved style ! and with the aid of modern machin- ! ery. An extensive and well-managed I agricultural college stand near the city, where numerous students are i annually matriculated. Among the i exhibits were several American ma- i chines including the harvester and the California gang-jlow. Altogether, I j was greatly pleaxed with Moscow, and j shall leave it with great regret. j The Invention of Ink. ! When ink was introduced does not j seem to have been decided, but given j the paper and the pen, a colored me- ! dium which would show on a light j surface was so obvious a want, and j one so readily found, that there is ; no extraordinary credit due to the un known inventor. It appears to be only of comparatively late years that black ink has been almost universal, lloman ink was red, purple and gold, and inks of blue, green, violet and other shades was not uncommon. It is said that simple a3 is the combination of ink, "wo possess none equal in beauty to that used by the ancients; the Saxon manuscripts written in England ex ceed in color anything of the kind." Modern ink-makers will deny tho su periority of the ancients; but who shall say whether words written in the ink manufactured to-day will stand as vividly centuries hence as those Saxon manuscripts have stood? It is diffi cult to see how the writing materials of the present day can be improved upon, for convenience at least, setting aside questions of, lasting inks, which the generation that uses them cannot settle. Paper, rough and smooth, flu ent inks cf any color that the writer may believe suitable to his eyes, pens as fine as a needle or as blunt as a spade, are all to be bought on every street. The great lack of the age seems to be ideas at once more novel and sensible in the record of which these serviceable materi.ils may bfl employed. London, Standard. He Was Restless. Angelina: "Have you ever met Mr. Fitzwilkins, the poet ?" . Wilhelmina: "Oh, yes, indeed! Charming man, isn't he. Such a fascinating, restless manner he has.". Angelina: . "Yes ; did you know that he had St Titus' dance." HambUr. - DMTAIMMS SERMON. BRAWN AND MUSCLE CONSE f CRATED. Text: "Anl Saiusoa went down to Tim- nam. Judges, xiv.. 1. j There are two side to the tbaraeter ot i Samsoa. Tha one mi-ht a Iminister to t-.io 1 grctr?queanl the mirthful, but the other side . t his character is fraught with lesions of ! "olenni ami etemnl import, and It is to these j arer lessons that I ask your atieutioa. I suppose that in early ht'e auisou gave inti ; Dati.n of what he was to be. It is almost M"y so. There were two Xacoleons. tha j -vov- Napoleon ar.d the man Napoleon; but 1 both: alike. Thera were two irowaivis.thp Hot Toward and the man Howard: but " uauiojiu, ura urjy i , - . . " uiau k.iiit.-. u , uuii uuiu rVftr hftnluM T 1 .1 1 n 1 - i of his strength, tJaa the was the hero of tha piaygroand. that nothing could stand be- umc 11 u uuuoi iu:ib ne gave liwnca- k1"1. uls exmotuon ot youtntui prowess. 4 eighteen years of age he was betrothed to tae daughter of a Philistine. On his way down to Tiiunath a lion came out to devour and the young giant, although weapon i less, took the monster by the mane and shook j it as a hungry hound shakes a March hare, and left its bones cracked, and its body bleed- ing by the wayside under the smiting of his i baud and the grinding of his foot Oue time . passing along this place he went into the thicket to see the remains of the lion that . he had slain; but under the hot sun of that climate all the perishable j parts of the carcase had gone, and under tha i judshing of the rain and the shining of the ua the bones of the skeleton were white and 1 clean and pure and sweet as is a vaa? of Dor- : wlain. The bees found this skeleton and ' wade it a hive, and then brousrbt the sweet- ae8S froai tae e13 P3 aaI tao juices from ...uu jj-jiuci; i .tiiciit; auu hua aruuia 1 1 vju t huo j wild woods where the flower stood in the ! gloom of the forest, like pale nuns in nature's convent. Afterward he made a verv fooiiah riddle about the hor.ev taxhered in tfiis skele ded aa7nh to all thosT who ton, a riddle so foolish that it has been re- arte upt faceliousne without anv talent riddle was found otit.n;i.i sami en "g" that he slew tbirty m n. rwu luruier i t'.iese affrizhte 1 creatures ran intj the pom shocks and the hay m w. until all f ie land was bla2a witu -A x. tio 0lMli.. rounded by SXJ men. Sanson took a jawbone f- 41 J i i i i . i "u" 10a iiae auu uewea aowu icese armed men as iu a harvest field the fall headed grain trembles nnder tha swing of a mi rlf lA 1 Vl Via ct anla 1 ,-va -' in v ih other men, a mountain of flesh, his arms ban5hed .wiu? ftroaj enough to lift cltT gate he stan Is tliere m an attitude : a nans or everytnmg. ills h.arr has never bu - cut. ' and it rolls down iu j sjven great plats over th-i shou'der, adding ferocity and terror to his appearance. The Philistines waut to conquer bun and they must find out the secret of his strength. Tbeve is an unprincipled woman in Sorek, Delilah by name, who is made tha asent in the case. She coaxes him to tell the secret of his great strength. He says: 'Wei!, if you should take seven green withes such as they bind wild boast; with ani bind me. I should be perfectly helpless."' So he is bouni with these sevon green withes, aud Delilah clapps her hands aud says: '-They come, tha PBUistines!" Samfon walks out as though he had no impeding. t. She keeps on t n''" ?HF wouw be iu the j hands of my enemies So he is bound with ! these seven ropes, now rope, and Deiiiao. j TTOthSSl ; any hindrance. Sue keeps on coaxing him to tell the secret of his strength, and he savs: "Well now, if yon should take thesa seven long plaits of hair and with a house-loom weave them into a web, I should be just like other men.7' So the houe-loom is brought un, the seven long l:its of hair are woven into a web and Deliiah claps her hands and says; "They come, the Philistines:" Samson walks out dragging part of the looru with him. tut Delilah after a while ccaxes him to tell the real truth, and he says: "If you should take a rar or scissors, or shears and cut ott those long locks all my strength would be gone.'" h-'am-9 ru sleeps, and you know tha oriental l.-ai-bers have such skill in manipulating the ha I that instead of waking one that is asleep they wiii p .it one wide awake sound asleep "under the process. I hear the grinding of the blades of the scissors, and I see the falling off pf the large locks. What tbe house loom and the green withes and the new ropes could not do, has been accomplished by the razor. le!ilah now clap- now her hanUs and says: 'ine riiUis.mes tw upon thee, Samson:" H? straggles to get up. Ills strength is all gone. Ris enemies rush in. I l:ec.r taa giant groan' as they bore out his ?yes, and then 1 sea hiu going on iu his blindness, staggering on toward "Gaza, and a prison door opens, aud he sits down and puts Lis band on the mil! crank that with hasty motion goes day after day, and week after week, an I month after month work, work, work! Th? consternation of the world iu captivity. The giant with his eyes out grinds ecru in Gaza. Pelio'd first of a'l that physical strength is not aa index of moral power. That this man was mighty the lion found out, aud the Philistines found out, and all the people w ho had anyihing to f?o with him found out, and yet he was the subject of petty revenges, and was ttniaated by base passim. I say noth ing against physical stamina. I do not think there is any particular clory iu a deK .ate au-.' k-k'y constitution. 1 nave nor any special admiration for weak nei ves and sick bend itches. 1 t'link that all the institutions w!:i -h propose to make men and woiieu a!h!.-t.ic ought to meet with the favor of good citiceu-, as well as good Christians. Gyrnna s ami may have a niissioa pa-itivoly religions. Gol people simetim.s ascribe to a weak heart that which belongs to a slow liver. The body aud tho soul are such near neigli bore that they often catch each other'.- d;s eases." The man who has a clear head, who has stent nerves an I who in the cradle dis played the Hercules will Lave far more to answer for than all those who all their life struggled with physical iutirmities. That man who can lift twice as much as you can, walk twice as far and en lure twice as much will have just twic the amount of account to give, if a clear head is better than one dizzy with pirpetua' vertigo, if muscles with the play ot health in them are worth mcr? thau those drawn up with rheumitism, if an eye quick to catch a passing object is belter than one dim and uncertain then if you 1 a ce stout physical health, the greater and more intense will be your account. Yet how many there are who have stout physical health, aud it is no indication of moral power with them. Men use their great health in luxuri ant ease, when they ought to uave their coat off and their sleeves rolled up, tugging away with all their might trying to lift the sunken wreck of a world. They are like ships well manned and well rigge.1, and capable of vast tonnage, and capable of enduring greatsU-ess of weather, yet rotting at the docks; when these men ought to be ci-ossing aud recrossiag the great " ocean of human sulfering with God's supplies of mercy. Alas! that so many of the stout and healthy men of the world are doing absolutely nothing for God or the betterment of the world's con dition. Oh! it is a shame that so much of the work of the church and the world has been done by invalids, while the stout and the healthy men, like greet hulks, were rotting in the sun. Richard Baxter, spending his life on the door of the tomb, yet writing a hundred volumes and starting unconverted people on their way to tho Saint's Everlasting Kest Edward Pavsou. never knowing a well day in all his life, but starting a vast multitude of Deonle tcward that nlara vctii.-h fin calli a spa of glory. Robert McCheyrie, a walking 1 come it will, and that is a consideration skeleton, and yet you know" what he did at ! worth our dwelling upon. I am saying tb Dundee, and you know how he shook all Scot- j things because I want you. in the light of this land with his zeal for God. William Wilber- ; subject, to realize what I do not believefive force, told by the doctors ha must die in two I men ia this audieuce do realize, that God is weeks, starting right out for grander philan- going to bring us in acwnnt for the employ thropies. Philip Doddridge advised by bis ; inent of our phvsical organism. e are of frieEds not to study for the ministry because ! ten told that people must give account for hA was sn ill. crnino- rirrht on nnt.il hn was thn : thoir wealth, and SO thev UlUSt; aad they cause of the rise and progress ot reunion in the church of Jesus Christ. Robert Hall so mtch an invalid that oft-times in the midst of bis sermon he had to lie down and rest oa toe sofa, and then getting up again and preaching about the wonders of heaven until the splendor seemed to drop upon the auditors, and doing the work oi ten or fifteen ordinary men of bis day. Is it not simply a shame that a vast arriouut of the work done for tha Christian church ami done for the betterment of the world's condii tioa has been do:ie by invalids, while such at multitude of men with vast physical endur ance have accomplished nothing for God! Achievements for invalids, of course achievements of patience, achievements of faith, achievements of endurance; but I call this day upoa men of muscle, men of nerve, and men of physical pawer to consecrate themselves to the Lord. tiiauts in bo.lv be giants in soul. My subject aIso-impr.-3s?s me with the fact thai strength may iio a great deal of riauiaza if it is misdirectel To pay one ni'serable bet which this inan had lost "he robs end slavs thirty peop'e. As near as I eau fc-U mu.-hcj his life was spent in wickedness, and he is a type of a larv.e class of people in all ages who either giants in bodv, cr g:ants in tnind. or giants in social position, or giants in waalth, use that strength for making the world worse instead of ma'dh t it better. Thow small men in a community who do wron .-.no nine ewu iuiw small men wno i fc .."isjuix uur M' i r, your sni your . . , . - , - . l J factory, your banking 4iouse loafios anl swearing and befouling the air with their breath and insulting your tlor-r with jh?ir in iquitous saliva en 1 denouncing God and de nouncing the church, they do not 1j much harm, they are s insigniacant But these rcir;-r.ul men wbo su.-k their 1-31,5 c.f sarcasm and hate into the Christian religion, these men who throw vitriol on ourlitera ure. thesa men of wea'.th who ssn.-tioa crinis anl ia i'juity and make honr and truth aui justke bow before their golden scepters look oat for them! I suppose there were huu-.h-eds of infidels iu Paris. E Iinburgh an 1 Lou-ion in the middle and the latter part of the last century, but they did not do a grent deal of harm. There were giants in those days though, who did harm. Who can rs imate the soul havo; wrought by Rousseau goiug forward with the very enthusiasm of iniquity, and with lit? natures Of his tans Or wrought bVDavi 1 uery imagination aaectmg au t&e impulsive Hume, who spent his lifetime as a spider spends uie summer in Weaving silten web? to catch the unwary: Or by Voltaire who mar shaled a host of sceptics in his time and led them on down into a deeper darkness. Cr wrought by 6:bbtn who showed in his writings an uncontrollab'e hate against Christianity, and in that book which gives a faseinatiug account of tte de cline and fall of the Roman empire throws all his genius into an attempt to exaggerate th fault o? thn Christian .l is.in!oa Trt-i'o ho gives a sparseness or attention to the Chns- tian heroes of whom the wcrld was not worthy, a sparseness of attention to these ncbie men and women for whicb that author can never be forgiven. 1 waut isiin ot nerve men oi muscle, man of social posltioa. man of financial power to know that that strength raay be mtde a crowa tor them on earth au-i be a crown for them in heaven, v bile tlo-e who bedraiilo tlias powv-r iuto sji and those" who us their iniu enee fr iniquitous purposes, d will at last thunder his eondeciiualioa uoou them on the day when mLlioaaire anlp.nper and master and slave an i king aa t subject skall stand side by side, an l money-lags and . judii-ial ermine and royal rote sliaU. be rivea of tha lightning of the Lord Go i Almiguty. My subject also iaipressos with t'ae : fact that a giaat may be overthr-owa by a j sorceress. Delilah started all those evil iuriu i ences which terminated ia the bringing of i the temple of Dagon d r.wa arouu 1 Sampson's ; ears, and in all the ages how inauy giants i through impure' fascinations have been uagiaate 1 It seems to me that it is time taattne pulpit ana piatiorm ana prini- in3r cress sneak out more distinct v a 'Sin-t i the impurities of modern society. " I"rudery , and fastidiousness sav. Don't soeak at all j for you might arouse adverse criticism; yon nu;-iit matt, ttimgs worse uvsteaa ot mating J i'.n better, Ifv sstnach tlie subject at-all r & rnnaj I is not ruviriAte f..r mtitee&rs wnue i com ; the heavens & -volcS comes saving. "Lry aloud, spare not, lift up your v-i : like a trumpet. Show my pe-p e their ti-ansgres- -sions, and the house of Egypt their sias."' The trouble is tliat when people write cr speak oa sncU themes, they throw over them the fascinations of lr''es lcttrs aud make attractive that which ought : to be repulsive. Lord Byrcn in Childe Har old adorns this crime until it looks like a May queen. Michelet, tbe French author, in his --sav treats of the crime until it glows like the'risiitg Sun. when it ought to be made loathsome as a smallpox hospital There are influences abroad to day whi- h if unresisted bvpiilpit and platform and printing press vriil turn Sew York and Brooklyn iuto a Solora and Uomorah, fit only for the stonn of fire and brimstone that over whelmed the cities o? the plain. While you sit in your quiet t hristiau homes compassed with all moral restraints, vou do not realize that there is a pruif of in-iaui'-y Surrounding you n irth, south, east and west. This moment while I spealt there are hundreds of men and worn n going over the l awful plunge of an impure life, ami wmle 1 crv t God for mercy iii their behalf, I charge all Chi isaan men an t women to ui irs-iai au divine and gracious influences for tbe defence of the homes and the churches and the na tion. There is a baa meting hall that you may not have hjard described. You know nil slwut tbe feast of Ahasacrus with a thousand lords. Yon know ail about the carnival of BeWiazmc, where the blood of ta ? murdered king spiJi trf in the faces of the baupieters. You know all about the wassail and tha iutoxicatioa and the l iotiug of the feast over which presided Esopus, before whom was brought a plate of ! food that cost four hundred thousand dollars. But there is another banqueting Uall, and its ceiling is fretted vith tire, an i its floors are : tesselated with fire and its walls are but tresses of fire, and it songs are songs ol tire, and Solomon referred to it when lie said: ; "her gu sts are ill the depths of hell.'" We are in American society to-day reaping taa harvest of Free Lovism which was sowed ten or rfteen or twenty yearsago. the gospel of Free Lovism which was preached ou all the platforms in America, or nearly all of them; and alas: in some of the pulpits the gospel of Free Lovism which seems to indicate that every man ought to have sotno one else's wife, and every woman some oues j eLse's husband Free Lovisra which has given to this country one thousand cases of divorce a year Free Lovism which has given i to on countv iii Indiana eleven cases of di vorce in. one day before dinner! Free i T,-vism which has aroused in all this i land, brought up in all this land eves of elopement. Sort'ii. South, East and AVest so that you can hardly take up a paper now that you do not see in it some account of an , elopement. The fact is there are thousands of teop!e in America to-day who do not like . the Christian institution of marriage, and I wish tiiev would elope, tbe wretches of one s?x taking the wretches of the other sex, and start ng tmorrow morning for the great Sa'iara desert until the simoon shall sweep over them saven feet of sand, aud in the net five ; hundred years no passing caravan bring back one miserable bon ; of their carcases. Never until society sbill go bsckto the Bible, which eulogizes j puriiy and curses with an infinite curse ua cleaiilints3 never until that time comes will these evils ba extirpated from society. Sam son was not the only giaat unwanted! My subject also impresses mo with the fact . tha'. the greatest physical strength must : crumble and give way. That this man of the text was mighty the lion knew, that Philis tines kuew, every body knew. Oh! how strong he was. He could fight back those enemies but deatii was too : much for him. He - may have had a longer gravo and a wider grave than you and I have, but the tomb was his ter i minus. What, shall the body and the soul be : parted Yes. We know the destiny of the ! sue, dasfc to dust What shad be the destiny i f the other? Wiii we go up o dwell amta ; the white robed believers whose sins Cnrist ; slew, or will we go down amoug the unbe i lievers who tried to gain the world and save their soul at the same timeand were swinaiea out of both . You and I may by good habits j and by prudence and by the entnronemens of Christian principle postpone tne aay ' of rair decease, but come It muss, end must give account for tneir im-eugnc. ana so thev must; but no more than they must give account for the employment of their phvsical organism. Shoulder, area, brain, knee. foot, all the forces that Goi has given us 3 re we using them to make the world better, or make It worse! Those who have strong arm. thoss who have lastic step, those who have clear eye, thoaP wlKJbave steady brain, those are the men who are goingto have the mightiest accounts to render. There are thousands of sermons ' preached to invalids. I have preached scores of them myself. Every clergyman who does his duty must preach scores of sernious to the invalid and the suffering: Jbut this morn ing I preach- chiefly to stout men and health ful women. What are we doing with the faci-lties- that Ood has given us What is the? "ceount weshall have at last to render: Vhil;j I was preparing this subject. I thought how abastd I wiU be in the last day wheu I diall come tip an 1 1 shall remember that during a'l my nierrfoy. I have never had one moment of severe sick 13S3. or anything tht m'ght td caUel rea ? sickness, a nl stand beside those who never knew a well day in all their life and yet were consumed with zeal for t-5-od. Ah: what a day that wiii bi for those of us, what an ao j count it will 1 to render -wheu you j asi yoursilf and I as'i myself. bat I have wa done with the health that ! tioi has sriven us:'? Is there one ia all thia au l".e;i.e who cau feel, wlio doss now ri tUtt 1. bss given all his physical quali ties to mak.ii? t!s worii better aai for the glorv of h;s Not ons, nat one: Hark: it thanlersL The day approaches, the d-iy for waich all other days were inada. His t'aroae ij lifted, and th3re is one who oa earth was always aa. invalid stands before tha throaJ of juismnt, an-l this one says t j fie Juige oa taa throne, "I Was always sick; I coald not go out raaca ana serve Lurist; I found some opportunities of s?rviag Him; I found people who were sicker thau I was au I wlio sulerel mre than L and I triel to cheer thjm. I feel all un worthy to b ! here to day, but I hve done something for Christ, a'thougb it was v;r feebly doi-" "Well done.'' says Christ, "well doni. Eirfer into the joy of thy Lord, get thy crown. And a great Go uo and crown it is- throne of juvlgment. He says: "On earth I always went oa crutches. I could not set about muck, but wherever I had an opportu nity of inviting men to Christ, aud for good, I tried to dj that good. I do not deserve any reward. I accomplibffi little for my Lord. Oh. how littler '-Well done."' says Christ, Well done. Enter into tile joy of thy Lord. Great reward for thee, great reward." And now tbre is a little child be fore the throne of judgment. She says: ""Ou earth I had curvature of the spine, and I was very weak, and I was very sick. I could not do much for Jesus, but 1 usea to go out into the wild woods and pluck flowers for my sick mother, and I used to bring them back to her i room, and she was so cheered and comforted by those flowers that I plucked out of the j Wild woods."' "Well done," savs Christ, tafc- mz her cp in His arms and kissimr her. "well done. Go up and get thy crown, little j one. Gieat is thy reward in heaven. But j hark! it thunders again. Sow. all the well. the stout, the muscular, the healthful or ear in come up Deiore tne tnrone oi judg ment, to give answer. I said to an old Scotch minister, who was one of the best friends I ever had. '-Doctor, did yon ever know in Scotland the author of The Course of Time. Robert Pollock.'"' "Oh, yes."' he said, I knew him wtjlL I was his classmate." "Wen," J said, "tell roe something abut him.'' "WeUVha ssid. 44 it is a very short storv. That book you speak of. ' Tbe Course of Time,' exhausted him. and I believe be died from the effects. The book was too mighty for bis physical endurance. In deed, I cannot see how any one who ever had such a glimpse of the great day of account a Robert Pollock had cc-ui life a great while aTter. It was so misrhty a spectacle he saw, and thare are about eight or taa lines of it that impress me more than all: "Begin the woe. ye woofs. And tell it to tiie "doleful wind; And doleful winds wail to the howlir.g hals. And howling hills mourn to tbe dismal vales, An dl-Jual vlss asttaawwwjng brooc -"mij uwws, - ---i- An 1 wee-iag"stream a wake the groaains deep, Ye Heaveas. great archway of the universe. Put sackcloth cm, aud ocean roi thyself in garb of widowhood. And gather all thy wares iuto a groaa And utter it long.'loui, deep, piercing- dolo rous, immense. The occasion aks it Nature dies And angels cone to lay her in the grava."1 What Robert Pollock saw in poetic vision, you and I will see in reality. TU judgment: The judguieut: Carious Incidents in "ew York Lif. Street-begging flourishes, notwithv sianding frequent arrests. A fellow whose legs bend backward from the knees has- beeu making this peculiarity mgl-J prouLauic, nii"a " pathv of benevolent ladies in ihe street by his way of walking. He came from Ciacinnati last spring,n 1 recently wrote bis wife a letter urging her to come to this citv, adding. "I s.m doing splen didly."'" These facts came out on his arrest, and he is now serving out a tenn at Blackwell's island. Another scheme, and one f ur more adroit. ha recently come to notice. A , ladv applied at the surrogate's oiKce for a legacy which had been left her. The clerk denied any knowledge concerning the matter, and thea learned that a strf.nffir had called on the applicant and notifit-i her that a legacy awiited her. For this good news she paid him two dollars, which he asked as a compensa tion for his time, and thus she leurned. too late that she had merely been a vic tim to a new method of swindling. Alas', what erooked ways these confidence men have, and always getting up something new! One of the strangest features iu recent criminal procedure was the indictment of Edward Congdon. a youth of four teen, for larceny in having stolen sta tioaery of the value of one cent. This seems petty business, and unworthy a court of justice. It is the first time, in deed, so small a sum was ever men tioned ia a criminal charge. The ex planation, however, is found ia the fact that this indictment was the only way of stopping an ingenious fraud. The young culprit had been employed as a messen ger boy by the telegraph company, but had been discharged. He then stole a , number of blank envelopes, which he , used to manufacture fictitious messages. . These he delivered and collected the fee. His method was to learn by the papers the arrival of any man of note, to "whose hotel he would immediately convey a message. The fraud was very ingenious, and yet it was soon detected ; and now we have the cent indictment for larceny. "Herhit," i Trvy Timet, j The Grave r Grant. When Mr. Walter, proprietor of the London Tintes, was in Xew York a ; few years ago, he was taken through ; Riverside Park by a friend. On reach- j ing the spot where Gen. Grant rests, : the distinguished editor turned to his . host and said: "I thank you for show- j ing me this spoL I have traveled over j the world in many lands, but have ! never before seen such a beautiful ; drive as this." New York Herald. j Worse Than Getting the Mitten. Brown "What a sad-looking fellow Smith is! What is the matter with him?- f 0gg "Why, didn't you ever hear? ne was disappointed in love." Brown Got the mitten, eh? Fogg Oh dear, no; he married her Boston Transcript. In Paris the passion is for s'.npes, plain strioes, fancy stripes. Pekin stripes, narrow stripes and broad snipes in everj possible combination of color and mate-riaL Tu-ilerraw. T-njurow, j-ivl to-morrow. J i;iir an I far away. What fn.a.ir-? i:c. wm-n hope iIligli Along yo::r rUiiiing way. i-al pron:irs luluiied. What lei!T ooisi- to .: Tuan oier jet. :si5 soUTy set TjciiCuth y VH:r skios t I H ue To-nioiro-v. jn i '.o-n.miw, O swctl :ind lur away. Stiil ever n-ose ieadon hefora Aloug y cur shining way. S!i'.I ever iii.-e Kit up or.r'eyea Above j. i-.:; we have won. To U;;'it r i.ee'.s. aini finer deeds Ti!at we have lt-ft undoue. Jora P-rry. A long felt want A new hat. An oeuust always has an eye to the main chance. A worth-y old maid one worth , SXChX' or more. Taking the cents of the meeting passing around the haL leware of imitations," 3 the ! monkey said to the dude. The man who rises by his profes 1 eion A builder of elevators. ' When a miner has been eaten ly s : grizzly, the western people speak of : him as being admitted to the I'ar. "Good gracious." said the hen. when she discovereil the porcelain egg in her nest, I shall be a bricklayer nexL" i Any man who can umpire a baseball ; game and please Loth sides, has in him the main qualifications of a successful . . ThilutCian. An exvfcange gives a recipe for a danserous heart disorder." Hut suj- , mAn n:ln 1 "What then? a danirerous heart. When a man was knocked down and trampled by a sheep and asked how he felt, he said: "A little under the wether." "The tomato is a very healthy fruit," says an exchange. Don't know about, that. We see a good many tomatoes that look very sick. Cannibalism is still practiced by l,2-" "..". people, and it is very evident that the demand for missionaries will long exceed the supply. "Is it true that a bee can pull more in proportion thau a horse? Anx ious !; yes. it is also true tnat a i f e can uush i it re than he can rulL oil proverb siiv5:-AITrntmr- couie to IiLii who can wjit.' if " man fees the waiter, some of the things will come to him much soonerS "Pa," said a little boy, "what is an absolute monarchy? ' I can't explain it, my son, so that you t an compre hend it. Wait until yon gvt married, my son, and then yon will .Know it." An Ol'i- Court has decided that a man is tha owner of his wife's clothes. If his wife's ne i-ennet at any time , ' himself. decision, tvease him. he can wear it This is very important OX 131 li W.iii tii.r liiiiuio oa a !ick-lieatk-,i lack, With a Lani-.'itr '.iirai:-r! in hrr hand. Taking ain to vJlai.i a good -.-hck, A woman sir smiling aud hlaud; A woman sits suiUing vu 'ui5id, v!i the hsrlf-earpeUil iirfir. Where IjM-k-; lie i;kt- shells -n the su-aii i, I ::ii;;nio-rt-i an.! lairi-ry lor core. Willi a -n tast a:t nule ltgroes , Wilii a !eai which a gu -a't surpass. Wish a :naiigi.-l and I-hedm thumb nail he l':'!:s iu a ehalr. a limn Sue t-slls ia a chair, a limp ma. Atid Erc.ii ti 1 he rain fies a :iy A '-eaoti.i'l rni)it.-iH."a!-is t OX energy WiUv tray. The Rise or Postage Stamps. It i3 estimated that every year about 50, tX,OLHO0O letters are posted in the world. America leads, with about 2, 5X,000,0u0, and England follows with 70O.X0,0uO, Japan, which established a postal service only ten years ago, now mails annually 0 "i.tX'O.fXHi letters. Postage stamps are of a far more re cent origin than many people imagine. Great Britain was the first country to issue them, and in 1&40 a prepaid en velope m:ule its appearance, designed by W. MulreaJy. Prepaid letter sheets were issued about the same time, there being two denominations, one penny and two penny. Before that time pos tage was prepaid at the postoffice, or what was even more common, collect ed upon delivery. Xow almost every ! country in the civilized world has ' adopted this method of prepaying pos--tage. Strange as it may appear, Bra ziL in 1S4-I, was the first nation to fol-: low Great Britain's example. It was ! not until 1S47 that the United States began to use postage stamps, but sev- eral years prior to that time the post i roasters at Xew York. St. Louis, Bal timore, Xew Havest, Providence and Braitleboro had issued stamps for their own convt.iience. Cirt'rinhaii Enquirer. The Depth r It. "How deep is that hole?" asked an anxious inquirer cf a laborer digging a we!?. "Don't know; net er measured it." was the nonc-ol-your-buines style of reply. -How far wi.uld I go if I should fall in?" was tbe next qtiestion. " To the bottom, I reckon, if you're ii-avv (CUjih to sink," and the ques tioner didn't pursue Lis investigations. -M'r-hcii, t Trar-lh-r. Ail - -
The Catawba County News (Newton, N.C.)
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Dec. 11, 1885, edition 1
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