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Hi "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." Vol. 6. OU.IMIM, IM. C, SEIPTTEIVISER 8, 1897. No. 35, HIS 4 T All- Ills, f0i) ' 1 Ur XJ I in health, mdermined by ex- ",-t.tl i r. eating,- .hy disre laws of nature, or 1 1 1 yV t-k if n NEVER DESPAIR r PHls will cure you. k ,-idache, dyspepsia, 1. stomach! malaria, torpid 1 M er, constipation, Dinousness .... -i i i , ail kindred diseases. s over kiiis s rk . t, A-' an absolute cure. -: .AL -CARDS. .;y?at-Law. - ; (, ;i:iy civil matter; -1 :n iii 1 1 1 courts' of ii' li ( 'iiUllt V AN 'in, AT hAW n. c uire 'ie cor lilli ie is of Harnett ami in the , !ti..n u i vi n tr all b usines Murcliison,,- !i)KSB0nb, n.. c. hi Harnett, Moore and not for fun. fcaac A- Hi irchison, j I VKTTKVILLE, !sT. C. ;i. . i. i in ( iiniberland, Harnett i: ,i,( ;v -i i vices are wanted. CLIFFORD, V- A.ttorney at Law, ir.. x. c. C in ill the court:; of the -l T l-( rlesin'd. TOWN DIRECTORY. rMMritrHES. :iuvli'.K.v. K. C. Sell, Tastor. -un.l.iy iiiilit , aiitl fourth Sun i.n.i n -rli t . Pray ernieet ing ni.-lit. Sunday sehcoJ ri-.m-' at 1(1 i.Vloek, K. i , u; :.iicii i . v: i.. Ciu-ri.n.pastor. - !iii"J:i morulas? ami ,.v, .,.y Thur.silay aiflit ; iy Sunday aioi-aiug', H. G i - i -t i -1 1 . ' In;, h -li.-v. A. M . Hassel - . v.iy iirst ail tifth Suarlay . 1 p. sun. lav .school every ; M W al' Suierintcmloat. nvl: -U-v. I. W- Rts-ors, ias- : tiiinl Sunday mornin.ir i M.m laidi'avor Society every --1 1 1 . I ; i y chr)ol every Sunday i : "U. Mci). llolliday Suit. i;.itit rinirch. Elder R. !. Si'i viccs every second Sun- Kr, . i'.-kJ. 9 i'r;i-i ei.;ht. tVt i! -elinrch on Broad street : in n ,-r. ' 1'astor. Regailar servi- vA Sa fd.ath morniag-. and Satur- h 'i ai .ntli at 11 o'clock.- El Wilson, editor of ZionVs I'' :. at this church on the .i - in each month at "M . ! .U is invited to attend -' l iii n l'rayer meeting every ai ! o'clock and Friday night - All are cordially invited to r i.- s. An invitation is ex- v i-M'i rs. I.rlr;ES. No. .115. I. O. O.K. Lodge -I'.a rues' store. Jtegu lar meet-'M.-nday niht.- L. II. Lee, N. G.; ;. K. Grantham, Secre- i l't ll. ws are cordially invite d ; i N' '.nit &-a.m. uaii j v. rr. liT, V. F. st church. w . A F. IV Jones I.'luisoii, S. W.; E. A. Jones j V Johnson. Secretary. Regular the 'srdsatur-1 i s' are held on k A. M., and on the 1st Friday H'f. in. in each month, nding are cordiilly ii;.nsuiiicatlons. i X I V Ol'KlCF.KS . 1". All Ma invited 1' M.-Kay. '.!' -s. .I.-McK. Byrd. ' ' . 1 . in-nee. I. .il.,a. r' l A. O'Kelly. an, ii.or. Hev. .1. A. Campbell. i ' J. A. Ureeii, Chairman !' aiid Ncill McLeod. town officers. w in. .Nia or. (OMMlSsioXERS 1 - . J. J. I)ui. ree, J.U.Vope and ! ; H.N.I. 1: 1:. U.I.. J- r. ' " r. i ii i. l d iceman. Ii en eutj ' !7 j 111 I ' r 1 1 V JrilVO Items- of Interest to the La I DIES. FURNISHED BY OUR Correspondent. bav Wi: ,it 5is:26i:i 15 V HAITI K WiJIT.N'KV, A (1: mi l;i:iciii :u row-point?, -wuiiicd in h;i(Iov. oIive-I-ei. Y.-r 'A lien c in lin lea . i v. shaken down And lnt'i-t in ii jjiin'iit lw.'iip'; Vv'heii scarlet Hovers fell asleep, Each inalilniv pillow-pod. And all tin- world vv:is half a dream The raj- we gathered goldenrod. Wild brambles trailed a thorny weir, The sumach'.- liidit hou-e towered hili; And damson plums made purple spots In orchards that we wandered by. A liht was in the ant uinn sky ; A warmth was in the autumn .-od ; Deepautumn 1 urqiiois tipjied the heights, The lay we yafheted oldenrod. Our ways have somehow 'slipper apart .Since then, an yon -'would think it The t rilles of one idle, day strange Arise through every bitter change And folfow me in life's wide range; To mi;, perhaps, it seems as odd That Time will never let me lose The da j- we gathered goldenrod. 0 LB -TIME ACCOMPLISH MENT. We are given to saying that a woman's chief charm is herself. Just, why we say it I am sure I do not know, except that, speak ing for the'masculine side, there is pleasure in saying gallant tilings ; and speaking for both sides, there is relief akin to pleasure in slyly putting aside a nut tliat is hard to crack. Perhaps, however, it is about as . near the truth as one can come in a general statement, for it sterns to.be about .settled that we must look for the se cret of a woman's charms, not in any of those . graces which shine out conspicuously like the diamonds upon her bosom, but in the i blending of certain quiet qualities which have their home in the depths of her -soul, and 'which Unite their rays be fore they reach the surface just as one . must look for the charms of a woman's dress, not in any pretentious ornaments, but in the harmonious blending of quiet colors and easy lines. Among those quiet graces which unite their rays to make the charm which, if it eludes our 'grasp, does not fail to make itself felt is the grace of thank fulness. I do not mean conven tional 'thanksgiving or post mortem appreciation. I mean that something within us which, perceives., appreciates and ade quately responds to a favor. This grace belongs to mankind in general, but it reaches its hbdiest development in woman. A man may feel thankful, hut he lacks that sensitiveness which makes one conscious of the smallest favor, and most of all the proper media for conveying one's thanks for a favor ren dered. Only woman is fully equipped to express the thanks she feels ; and the woman who gracefully discharges her debts of gratitude is called charming, though we may not think of her talent for thanksgiving as bav in" anything to do with her charm. We are accustomed to go back to the past 'for perfect speci mens of almost everything. 1 ! hone that I may -be able to call . . ,1,:, ,.n it wns aiieiiuoii iu imo ii" . developed in our mot iters witn- out. exciting any ot those feel- ings which are said to be ex- cited when a man discourses Upon the merits of his mother pies. r or 'Wiiii win ""'i'" ! thanksgiving was an art, and with many of us l am afraid it ; is onlv a lost art. The more: one studies the American girl of a -veneration ago, the more 1 " ... ..Vtlt nnv 111 lt tl one is nui-uv ...... V'.-; V impressed witn tnis won- derful quiet talent wi ncn sue so highly pnzeJ and stantly used. I think that to us men it seemed the cmec" Icrct of her cnarm. n ma only because a man is seinsn and likes to be paid for the fa-j vors he bestows, hut the aver- ne man cannot help looking , tn those davs as in some Uense brighter than these, i houh he would hesitate to say tnat they were better. - It is hard to forget the nrl who nev- , 4 9 cr eft unpaid a debt of crati- tude. . It is hard to forget the girl who thankod vou so sweet ly for the seat you gave up in the car that all the mon got up at once to taste its sweetness. It is hard to forget the girl who never once abused vour ears or your kindness with a '"Thanks awfully !" It was, a great ac complishment in part, it is true, but back of the drawing-room was a heart. Our mothers were, taught that it is thankfulness that gives the charm to thanks giving, and they did not make the mistake of trying to be charming from the lips out ward. That is why their thanksgiving was both, reasona ble' and duly proportioned. The girl who has cultivated the spirit of thankfulness does not gush over at the gift of a daisy, and sua p an indifferent 'Thanks !" at the man; who has lost a day from 'the ofliee to gratify her little whim. Of course, those mothers of - ours had their whims, and exercised the p rice) ess privi leges of thoughtlessness and snapping now and then, as girls, and other than girls, have always done ; but I think it can not be denied that the girl of a generation ago had a conscience on the subject of debts of grati tude such as few have had since her day. I have said that I am afraid that" with many of us to-day it is a lost art.. I am sure that it is not given, that prominence which it once had, and that it is hot cultivated with:. 'the -enthusiasm with which it once was. Girls are taught what etiquette says about it, but eti quette deals only from the lips outward, and the result is that even our languge tells the story of the decadence of "thanksgiv ing. A traveler from Mars might hear our "Thanks !" a million times and never sus pect that it was meant as an acknowledgment of a favor ; in deed, I am afraid he would re turn home under the impres sion that our young people are given to sharp-shooting. I am sure that up to, say a dozen j-ears ago, in those parts.;' of our country ' where gallantry lias held out longest, one could not give up a seat in a, car without being sure of a full return in an acknowledgment that meant to acknowledge something; and that to-day the average man is utterly upset and undone when his ears catch the old4 sweet sound. The spirit of thankfulness is a fragrance which belongs to woman in every stage of -her development. There is nothing in the demands of modern cul ture inimical to the culture of thanksgiving. It is not a diffi cult art, and the girl of the pe riod is as well supplied with the material as the girl of the past. It is useless to try to acquire the art by merely studying the forms of . graceful expression. You cannot disguise the sound ing brass of purely formal thanks With all the art in the world. To give thanks .one m ust be thankful full of thanks. And4 to be thankful one must be "thinkful." There, is no other secret. One must think upon favors bestowed mip m ust irive as serious iv. - 1 j thought to the things which are : desired, if the heart is to be kept full. Of course, one shctuld be I gin at the beginning and learn jdie art of giying thanksv unto Jlim who is always giving. That is real incense which both ascends arid spreads in a circle. Edward L. Pell in .-.Ladies i W 1 7 Home Journal. J. W. Baggett. of Oak Grove, Fla , had an attack of measles, near lv three vears ago. and the disease j c left him with very severe pains the chest. "I thought I would die in he writes !but to my great joy. I was saved by Chamberlain's Pain it.i nK.a nearly rcZi of Peu. !mon lIiay by promptly applying 1Diment on a flaniel clotb, i which ,bonld be bound on tne chest. Q attack ot pneumonia may be pre- an nttne.k ot nneuruo uia mav be vented It is always prompt and el fectual. For sale at 25 and 50 ceDt? oer botde. Sold by a. ri. lioodj aruggiM Dunn, r. L Subscribe for The Union. ' Dumped President Yxn Buren Old Elm Where the Joke Was Played Has Had Its Day. Improvements are now being made which -will remove the stately old elm on the .-National road, mst thirteen miles out 1 of Indianapolis. It rhas long stood a reminder of a joke play ed on rresident an uiiren, m which the President was uncer emoniously dumped out into a rm 1 a "T mire.- ine incident jiapxjenetf late in the '30s. Van Buren hat been occupying the Presidential chair some time, and internal improvements were the order of the day. Van Buren was not favorable to a reckless ex penditure of money for ! roads and internal improvements, and had vetoed several bills which had bceii lobbied by contractors who were then, as r now, quick to take advantage of the Gov ernment. - f William Hale in charge of the stage line from Indianapolis to Terre Iljiute, was one of these men. The road was really in a bad condition. President Van Buren at last decided to make -a trip overland to the Mississippi to make a personal investiga tion of the highways. He was to go over the, road 'which-, led from Indianapolis to Terre Haute. Nothing could have pleased Hale better than- the announcement that the Presi dent was to go over the line. It was in a frightful condition at ii e many points, anu oy wuy oi making sure of settling tlie President's mind he planned to dump him. into. the deepest mire gilong the road. Mason Wright the driver of the stage, was con sulted, and on promise of five dollars if he would dump the President in the mire at Plain field he entered into the scheme. President Van Buren completed his business in Indianapolis and took the stage of Terre Haute. The ride out to Plainfield was fairly good. The driver, how eye, took care to give them all the mud possible, and he found a great deal of it. At last they approached the Quaker settle ment. The village was reached at last and the driver pulled up his horses in front of a great morass in the road. He erook ed his neck around and asked the President which way he would better go to get around the mire. The President look ed out and indicated to the right. This was what Wright luid inticinated. He followed directions, ran the wheels up over the great roots "of the old elm, and with a crash the stage went over. President Van Buren and his secretary shot through the stage door and into the mire knee deep. They wallowed hi the black stuff, to pick themselves out at last thoroughly plastered. An old woman who was near took the President in charge and with a chip scraped ,the mud from his broadcloth clothes. He was taken to the old McCas lin Hotel and given a thorough rubbing and a bath. Later lie gave a reception. The President was the laughing stock of all and he took it good naturedly. Many stories are told of how he was mystified by the old Quakers approaching him and calling him by. his first name. He was, quite nonpluss ed at first by this presumption as he took it, on. their part. From the day: the President fl limned out into the mire to the present the old elm has been a sacred sentinel Jto the memory of die jolly President. The,1 improvements that are be ing made around it have, thus far left the tree whole, but its days are numbered, and the surroundings are so changed that there is little left to help recall the interesting scene.- Chicago Record. The thickest known coal seam in the world is the Wyoming, j near Twin Creek, in the Green j Riveivcoal basin. (Wyoming. Its is SO. feet thick, -and upwards of i fU)0 feet of solid coal underlie j 4000 acres. If you want to get the home newsisubscribe for this paper Stands in Fire And Does Not - Burn. Sensation in Robeson4. i About three miles from Pem- broke, in 'Robeson county, live: . Belle Oxendine with her hus j band, While'. Until quite re centlv, nelle lias been m no I V ' wise noted, except for a deeply pious and religious nature. Since Sunday night, the loth inst., though, her deeds, her sayings and the mys terious power, with which she seems to be invested, have cre ated the wildest kind of excite ment among the Croatian na tives of the community in which she lives. Great crowds of peo ple are flocking to see her, from every direction, and for miles around the inhabitants are filled with wonder. For several months she has been deeply grieved on account of her husband's indifference to religious matters and his per verseness was a subject of great est concern to her. About a week previous to the 15th it was noticed that she was, in some manner, strangely affect ed, but not until Sunday night did she give signs of the strange and supernatural power that had come upon her. She told her husband and family that she had just visited both hell and heaven, in spirit, and that God had bid her do some strange things to prove the truth of what she said. To show her power, she clenched her fists and the strongest men were un able to open, them, nor could they bend her arms. After this, she became unusually quiet un til Wednesday evening, when she told her husband that God had commanded her to prove that fire could not burn her. Building a light-wood fire, she stood over it, with both bare feet in the blaze, the flames go ing all over and around her, without even scorching her clothes or doing her the least harm. Then she pulled a stick of burning wood from the fire and lay down, placing her head in the flames and, greatly to the amazement of all around, her her head was not even singed. Afterwards, she sat on the fire with the same remarka ble result. The woman's strange actions, her talk about the unknown world and the mysterious pow er she possesses, is a subject of the greatest wonder and there is no end to the consternation with whih each person, who hears the Strange story is filled. Several credible witnesses vouch for the truth of this statement and the Exchange reporter has it from the lips of a perfectly reliable white man, who has seen this woman of such strange and mysterious power. Laurin burg Exchange. Prize-Pants The following composition by a little girl won a prize, a fruit cake, offered by a school miss : "".Pants are made for men and men for pants. Woman was made for pants. When a man pants for a woman and ' a woman pants for a man, they are a- pair of pants. Such pants do not last. Pants are like mo lasses, they are thinner in hot weather and thicker in cold. The 'mini in the moon changes his pants during an eclipse. Men are often mistaken in pants. Such mistakes make breeches of promise. There has been much discussion as to whether pants are singular or plural. Seems to us when men wear pants it is plural and when they don't wear any it is singu lar. Men get on a tear in their pants and it's all right, but when the pants git on a tear it's all wrong.' 'Ex. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. to a Subscribe for this paper. Tetter. Salt-Itheiini and Kciema. The intense itching and smarting, inci dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases have been permanently cured by it. ' It is equally efficient for itching piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic sore eves. 25 cts. per box. Dr. CadyN Condition Powders, art just what a horse needs when in bar condition. Tonic, blood purifier an vermifuge. They are not food bu medicine and the best in use to put horse in prrme condition. Price 2 cents per package. For sale by N. B. Hood, Drug gist, Dunn, N. C. r Tne Garrote. The Garrote by which, the -assassin of Canovas was killed, is named after its inventor, a Span ish ironworker, who witnessed a bungling execution of a rela tive on the gallows', which was the method employed in Spain up to about thirty years ago for carrying out the sentence of death. Garrote wondered that a more expeditious and, therefore, mer ciful, method had not been dis covered. The thought haunted him so long that at length he found it assuming form in his mind and in time the ponderous machine that has immortalized him came to be a fact. The two points of excellence claimed for the garrote are : That it can be made with reas onable care to kill instantly and that it sheds not one drop of blood. Force that is measured by horse power is the agency it employs, and its aim is the breaking of the victim s neck. The unfortunate is first made to sit in a chair directly under two heavy iron bars, one of which is adjusted on the back of his neck, and the other, vul garly known as the corbatin, or necktie under his chin. Then the executioner grasps the handle, gives a vigorous twist, and death is instantan eous. The entire machine is made of iron, and ordinarily weighs several hundred pounds. They are ordinarliy of rough construction, thus adding to the horrifying impression which the circumstances connected with them cannot but leave in the mind of any observer- Persons who have witnessed all sorts of capital punishment are unanimous in the opinion that garroting is the most re volting and appalling of all. It is not always as expeditious as its inventor made it possible to be. A vicious executioner can prolong it practically at will. Cases are citable in which the process was prolonged twenty, thirty minutes, even three quar ters of an hour. The execution er merely gave twist enough to the lever to choke his victim. Then he turned it back and twisted again, this time a little more than at first, and so on until his spite having been sat isfied, or his instructions, per haps, obeyed, he gave one final turn and ended the tortured life. Such was the execution of Maloga, in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1888. Philadelphia Press. Horrors of a Flea's Bite New York, Sept. 1. Sx months ago a flea bit the leg of Mrs. I. J. Pinkney, of West One Hundred and Thirty-second street. The bite grew first to lie painful and then agonizing. Then the leg began to swell un til it was twice its normal size. The poison went throughout her system. Her hearing was affected. She suffered from insomnia, walking the floor al most constantly. Her hair turned from a beautiful natural golden to a pallid white. At last the disease yielded to t0 treatment. Her nervous system had suffered a shock from which it might never fully recover. A day or two ago she was taken for a drive. A trnat flew against her face. Mrs. Pinkney jgave a scream of terror and j fought off the harmless insect as if it was a venomous thing, j After a short time she was seiz ed with a nervous chill. Hies mosquitoes and other small ten ants of the air possessed a real horror for the loug-tortured woman. r Beauty is your Duty bundant, glossy hair, is bet'ity'f , Crowning glory. To wear this crown, use AYER'S HAIR VIGOR. llow rfnrrn Ylrtorlii IroownI. It may not be generally known that royal' etiquette for bids any royal personage of les ser degree to propose marriage to a female sovereign. Accord-, ingly it became necessary that" Queen Victoria shmtWtisk Prince Albert whether luvwould share her lot. For a young woman this was naturally an awkward and rather delicate duty, but tlve most trying ordeal was when the Queen had to make the announcement of her wedding to the privy council. At one time there was a possi bility that" the marriage would not take place, owing to the de sire of the Queen that she should not be married too early. In 1831) Prince Albert confessed that he came to England with the intention of telling his royal sweetheart that if she could not then make up her mind she must understand that he could not wait for a decision as he had done at a former period, when the marriage was first talked about. It was at Wind sor, at a ball, that the Queen broached the subject by giving the Prince certain flowers from the bouquet she carried,, and her boy lover, understanding the significance of the gift, and being tightly buttoned up, from waist to throat, in a green rille uniform, made a cut in his tu nic just above the heart and put the flowers within it. The next day the Queen put the critical question, arid the contract was sealed from that moment. Lon don Telegraph. They Traded Wives Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 1. Eugene Foster, who resides in the town of Catherine, was ar rested yesterday at the instance of Superintendent of the poor Shulenberg, on complaint of his wife, who charged him with being a disorderly person. Foster's lawful wife, a girl said to ho 10 years old, was tra ded by him to William Haw kins about the middle of last mouth, Hawkins agreeing that Foster should have Mrs. Haw kins in exchange. Hawkins, however, later became dissatis fied with his bargain, and Fos ter, to compromise matters gave him a shot-gun of doubtful val ue. Still unsatisfied, Hawkins abandoned his newly-acquired consort, and she was at length forced to go to her relatives at Beaver Dams, where she later applied to Superintendent Shul enberg for aid, after telling him her story. Foster was found in Catha rine, where he was living ap parently in bliss with the legal wife of Hawkins. The -hitler was at Foster's place when the Superintendent first called, but on learning that a warrant was out for him lie disappeared and hits not boeu seen since. Philadelphia Record. Heir to Two Millions- Fred llurton a young miller of Los Angeles Cal. has fallen heir to a fortune amassed by his father Philip Horton, thcuews of whose sudden death three weeks ago lias been received by rela tives in Oakland through the United States Consul at Guay amas. r Tbe father and son have been seperated for many years. The youth, now about ID, was a child when Ins parents were di vorced. The mother, who sub sequently remarried, took the boy with her, and the father left California. Ke settled in a Mexican town near Guayamas, and there established a flour milling business. By thrift and industry he accumulated a large estate, thyjjvalue of which has been reported as $2,000, 000. " tin
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