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-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.
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. 1 p. sun. lav .school every
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nvl: -U-v. I. W- Rts-ors, ias-
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i M.m laidi'avor Society every
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ai ! o'clock and Friday night
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mi l;i:iciii :u row-point?,
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'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-
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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
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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.-
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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.
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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
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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.'
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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.
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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. "
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