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Volume XII.
CONCORD, N. O, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1894.
Number 25
ISA'S'
THE CONCORD TIMES.
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Blood Poison
After Approach of Death, New Ufa
by Taking Hood's. -
THE STORY OF CONFUCIUS.
New York Sun.
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; i c the right to sell this celebrated
i '"! -rimr in- Cabarrus and Stanly
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With bat little canvassing I have
-.vent v sets, and everybody who
. iiu'lit owe heartily reconnfends it.
Tn "! is si) convenient that it rec--lids'"
itsi-lf n sight.: It is very
vetpciit and is arranged so that-, one
I f elevated to any position in
,.!' Mokness. It is made of the bst
1 irc. aiid the springs will not get
k but vid always ..remain tir-m and
'J le- -prioB is only 5. Head
t, sttuionials below from men who
m-11 known to you.
J WALLACE COOK,
Concord, N. 0.
s I re; ect fully .refer to Mr. Jno.
Ur. !.. Arohey and others
'. li ne tried this spring
o.iiiiieud it. J- V C.
classes the wise and the knowing, and
the dull and stupid. To attain the
.. ' ideal, therefore, education is necessary.
IllStOriC per80Il- TCnt. mprplv Pflnrntinn in rendinfr
ality. His history is true and as real tq writing and arithmetic ; not merely the
the four hundred millions of Chinese as xfi.rflt;nn nf thft spools, hut a 'studv
of George Washington is to the 0f evervthine which constitutes life.-
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With Confucius the ideal man was
me one who seeks culture for the good of
AKP IN THE SURF.
that of George W ashington is to
sixty;fiight million of Americans
On the banks of the river Sze, to
north of the capital city of Loo, at the , others. In other words, unselfishness
end of the fine avenue of old cypress j must characterize the superior man.
trees, and in the midst of a shady forest , Confucius climbed up the ladder reach-
of oak, is the burial place and the tomb J ing to the ideal in the following way :
Mr.
Wm. JS. OreenHottm
Baltimore, Md.
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TRUSTEE'S LAND SALE.
Whereas, P. W. Seamon and wife,.
.1. ('. Seamon did on the 2(th day of
I inuary, 1,891, execute and deliver to
All Tf U." Shattuck, Trustee, a trust
-,l.-.'d on certain lands in Cabarrus aoun
tv. St-ite of North Carolina, therein de
- i'm d, to secure the sum, pf, 300 due
l v s iid 11. W. and J. C. Seamon to the
british -& American Mortgage Company,
Limited, which said tiust deed is re
v'.rded in Cabarrus Count-, in Deed
,,,. it r, iviir.rtU. to which reference is
hereby rnnde; and whereas default has
i.,-u made in the payment of the mon
, vs secured by said trust deed; and
M iioreas the undersigned has been duly
appointed substituted, trnsteee in the
place of said Albert K. Shattuck, as
provided in said trust deed, and has
been duly requested to axecute tbe
trust therein contained;
Now therefore notice is hereby given
that under and by virtue of the power
i-.ditaifced in said trust deed, I, the uu
ilersigutd substituted trustee, on Fri
tliiv. the 2l6t day of December, 1894, be
tween the hours of 10 a. m .and 3, p.m.,
nt the court house door in ihe town of
( uncord, in Cabarrus "county, will, by
Miblic auction, sell to the highest bidder
i. -r cash the following described prop-i-rtv
viz:
A tract of land in No 5 township, of
C.ii arrus county. North Carolina, on
t ii .waters of Little Cold Watei adjoin
lrnr tbe lands of Daniel Barrier. Eliza
beth Shinn. Sandy Sapp and others,
btL'inninr at a post oak M. A. Barn-
hard t corner and runs thence N 85 de
'it t s, 73 poles to a black gum in the
t-ile of the branch widow Hnrnhardt's
o nicer, thence N degrees, E 56' poles
to n rd oak Barhhardt's corner, thence
S 7 decrees. E crossing 'a branch 43 J
i it s to a stone said Barnhardt's corner
t'ue;.ee X 22 decrees. E 71) poles to a
.-t oak Daniel, Barrier's corner,
thence . .4 degrees, V 'J'J poles to a
)n-t oak Daniel Barrier's and widow
S i;nu's corner, thence N 85J degrees,
W crtssius a branclt 65 poles to a stone
S iiun'saiid Propst's corner, thence S
J , .leirrt ei, E 158 poles to the beginning
c 'litii'niiiino; 110 acres more or less, less
hn .vt-yer 3 acres sold to Piose Kirk and
Susanna .Seanvon.
Sai.l luud will be sold to satisfy the
'! t secured by said trust deed, and
-ml-Ii title will be sriven as i- vested in
said t; tibtee. J. L CB1WELL,
Substituted Trustee
.November 19. '1894.
: iUiti mm, umm muty
In the Superior Court. t
John H. Newell
Against
K i -:ibeth Patte'son, the heirs at-law of
S. L. New ell, (It ceased, their "names,
uLre and residences being unknown,
Harriet J. Jernigan, Susan E. Hicks,
Wm. O Newell, of Mississippi, Fran
- -w Ann Jernigau,. Hessy C. 'ox, Ma
rv (irav. Fan die Stephen's, W. Hen-i-r-i.n'Newell,
S. V. Newell, .1. H.
Xt-well. I). J. Newe 1, Wm. E. Newell.'
Maggie L Martin, H. Ella Martin,
'A il! c Martin. Wiu. Newell, Martin
auJ -Ino. Wiison Newell.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the
Cu ii t from the re"urn of L. M. Morri--"ii.
Sheriff )f Cabarrus county, North
ar. ,liiia. and irom the affidavit of Jno.
H. Newell riled in the above, entitled
a-'ii iu, that Elizabeth Patterson, the
Ii-n --at-law of b. L. Newell, deceased,
Hanh-t J. Jernigan, Susan E. Hicks,
W. -I. 'Newell, Francis Ann Jernigan,
il'-.-y C. Cox. Mary Gray, Fannie Ste
I ii n. W. Henderson Newell a"d John
''i--n Newel. Maggie L Martin, H,
i-.ii Martiu, Willie Martin, are non-res-i
'ii -uts this State, and after due dili
g" nee cannot be found -within the State
- "f North Carolina, and - are necessary
: proper parties to the above-entitled
iirMnii and whereas the plaintiff above
. i -i I has begun an action in said court
t" ; nforce the conveyance of the defend;
i'! '-. interest to him in ceitain lands
'4iK-!i will be described in the complaint
' i sia- riaintiff when filed.
A:.il whereas, the said Defendants
' an interest actual or contingent as
le.-irs-utdaw -of S. W. Newell: F. G.
i ll ami V. G Newell, deceased, in
land. . -
w, th'-refore. the said F,li7.abeth
tterson. the heirs-at-law of S. L. New-
ca-td, Harriet J. Jcnigan, Su-
Hieks. W. J. Newell. I'faiict-s
Jin, Hessy , O. Cox, IV'arv
"For tour years I was In intense suffering
with an abscess on my thigh. It discharged
freely and several times
Pieces of Bone Came Out.
Last February 1 had to take my bed for four
weeks, and then it was I began to take Hood's
Sarsaparilla. I soon got on my feet, but-was
very weak and went to the Maryland University
hospital, where they said my trouble was chronlo
blood poisoning and gave me little hope. I re
turned home and continued taking Hood's. X
have used six bottles and the abscess has en
tirely disappeared, and I have been in
Fine Health Ever Since.
I know if it had not been for Hood's Sarsapa
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weight from 147 a year ago to 170 pounds to-day.
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I praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for it all." wm. E.
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of Confucius. It is a huge mound,
overgrown with trees and shrubs, and at
the end stands a table 20 feet high by
6 broad, on which are engravetl the
name and the doings of Confucius the
Sage.
No historian has ever ventured to deny
the genuineness of this tomb. The
bnrial places of Virgil, of Homer, and
even of Alexander the Great, are etill
unknown. But such is not the case
with that of one whose name and teach
ings have influenced the great world of
China for twenty-three centuries or more.
Confucius flourished at the very time ! erned
when Pythagoras established his school i Your cities being rightly governed,
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That was the first step, j
Your knowledge being complete, your
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Ihis tud day of November, 181)4.
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Clerk of the Superior Court.
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the King permitted the Jews to rebuild
their temple, and when Haggai the
Prophet uttered those words which now
form a part of our Sacred Scriptures.
He was born 551 before Christ, when
the Prophet Daniel received his visions,
and he died at the advanced age of
seventy-three, just about the time when
the Athenians were rebuilding the walls
of their city "and booming great among
nations of the earth.
He was poor and at an early age be-
m . IT ' "
came a public-store keeper, naving
committed the indiscretion of contract
ing marriage when he was only nineteen,
and the marriage proving unhappy, he
finally divorced his wife after she had
borne him a son. At the age of twenty
one we find him released from the toils
of office and devoting his time to the
more congenial task of imparting in
struction to a band of admiring students.
With idle and stupid scholars he had no
patience. "I open the truth," he would
say,' to those who thirst after knowledge.
help only those who want to help
themselves. My teaching is in a solid
square, but I present only one corner of
a subject and I expect my pupils to find
otit the other coroners."
The people flocked to' him for infor
mation upon every conceivable topic,
and when he was but thirty years of
age he was surrounded by a company of
3,000 disciples.
The times in which he lived were cor
rupt. History does but repeat itself.
The corrupt condition of the govern
ment of some of our- modern cities finds
a parallel inHhe condition of that of the
great city of Loo in the sixth century
before Christ. It was the effort of Con
f ucius to reform the government of his
own city and them to reform the gov
ernment of the province. He main
tained that the very basis of all author!
ty and government is discipline, and
that the reformation must begin in the
home. "You must purify the home
first before you can purify the politics
of a city. You must purify the politics
ol a city first before you can rectify the
politics of a State. ' In other 'words
this old-fashioned sage of China would
have said you must trace the bad gov
ernment of a city not to the muni
cipality or to the commissioners of po
lice, or even to the grand jury itself,
but vou must trace it to the confused
conditions of family life in the homes
of the tenement-houses and to tbe want
of discipline and government in the resi
dences of the healthy.
A prophet has no honor in his own
country or among bis own people. This
was a proverb in the ancient oriental
world, and just as the Man of Nazareth
was greeted by the people of Judea and
Mohammed had to flee from the people
of Mecca, and Socrates was poisoned by
his fellow-citizens, so was Confucius the
Sage compelled to flee from the people
of his own city.
And yet during hi lifetime he had
for a short -, period the satisfaction of
seeing the beneficent of his. principles
"Crime ceased," we are told, "disso tite-
ness and dishonesty hid their heads
Loyalty and good faith became the
characteristics of the men chastity and
docility those of the women, lie was
the idol of the people and found a place
in the popular ballads of the day." But
it did not last. The other provinces
grew jealous of the prosperity of Loo
The sage of China went down to his
grave convinced that his teachings had
been rejected and the mission of his
life had failed. The career of Confucius
was a failure because he was not a man
who could shamelessly trim his sails
to the passing breeze. He never ap
pealed to popularity for a confirmation
ot nis teacmngB. The verdict or pos
tenty has been one favorable to the
great name of Confucius. Now, after
the lapse of 2,300 years, his teaching!
are Bec0gnized bv all the religionists of
China and Japan. . v hether we speak
of Taoism, the ancient.- religion of
China' ; of Shintoism, the national reli
gion oi Japan, or ot rsuddhism no
matter what the religion of the peopl
may be, the teachings of Confucius stil
remain an influence in the custotfis
mariners arid morals of the people
If the whole of China arid Japan were
converted to Christianity tomorrow, the
teaching of Confucius must still stand
as the basis of individual, domestic arid
national life
Confucius taught nothing about God
He believed m God. . He believed in
great ruler of the universe, bu,t when
asked for his opin'on about death he
answered : "While I can tell you so
little about life, what cari I tell you
about death?"
The Christian apostle tells us that
"life : andT immortality, have been
brought to light through' the pospel
And therefore in the religious future of
Japan . and China there is no reason
whv the teachings of Christ should not
stand" side by side with those of Con
fUCTUB.
Life. then, was the study of Confu
cius life as represented by man as he
exists. The questions whence man
came and whither he is going never
looked
harmv
The niain object of the teaching of1
Confucius was the tranquillity and hap
piness of the nation. But to this" end
he would begin with the individual, the
familv and the home. In other words,
he would have said it is absolutely mi
possible to eet eood government out of
bad citizens, and impossible to get good
itizens out of bad and undisciplined
families and homes. i '
Confucius always insisted upon the
acquirement of concise and exact
nowledge. "Shall I teach you what
nowledge is ?" he once said. ' 'When'
you know a thing hold on to it, but
hen you don't know ' a thing always
allow you don't know it ; this is knowl
edge." :
He once likened imperfect knowledge
to a chair on four legs, with one leg
broken. "You sit unevenly," he said.
on such a chair as that."
The first principle of Confucianism is
the completion of knowledge.
The second is sincerity of, intention.
The third is the rectification of the
heart. - f
The foujth is the cultivation of the
person.
The graces necessary to be cultivated
are, virtue, then valor, then benevo
lence, then loyalty, then reverence,
hen faithfulness, then the goverment
of the family, then filial piety, then
friendship, and, lastly, the right gov-:
ernment of the State.
Such is an outline of the teachings of
this remarkable man. Although he
had many opportunities of advancement
in public affair he lived a life of poverty
and never repined at the absence of
wealth. lie would sav : "Give me
rice to eat, with water to drink and my
benueu arm lor my piuow ana 1 am
contented and happy. Riches and
honor acquiredbv wrongdoing are to
me as floating clouds.
ine mantle ot conmeius lell on
Mencius, who became a teacher of Con
fucianism about the year three hundred
and thirty before Christ, at the time
when Alexander the Great was making
his conquests. Mencius had no svst'em
of his own to enunciate, but, clothing
himself in the armor prepared for him
by his master, he went forth to combat
the evils of the day. What Aristotle
lid for the teachings of Plato, and what
fct. Paul did for the teachings of Jesus.
Mencius did for those of Confucius.
From the time of t'.ie rise of the
Chinese empire, about two hundred
years before Christ, to the present day
Confucius has been the obieet of su
preme veneration. Temples have been
erected to his honor throughout the
empire and the literature bearing his
name is studied by every educated man
in China.
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A Christmas Sermon.
Elizabeth Stuart Vbelps.
There are two sweet things in human
life to be happy oneself and to make
another so. When the first isgone, the
next, thank God, is always left.
Do not lock yourself in your room too
soon, too often or too long. Dash away
the tears. Play the waltzes for the chil
dren. Put away your crape. Wear' a
white dress and a high mien and the
smiled of thosewho conquer the selfish
ness of pain on Christmas day.
The best friends of the tempted, of
the' young, of the erring and the over
looked are those who have known the
sorest anguish and have achieved the
sweetest peace.
Sucjp, too. are the most sacred flowers
of our festivals and the dearest angels of
our happy homes.
The Day Before Christmas.
Fat Turkey I've been living high
lately. Wonder what is the matter ?
Thin Turkey (who is to be saved " for
another year) -You'll know before
night. Ta, ta. -
He Chaperones the Ladies to Island Where
They Don Bathing Suits.
I blad the honor of chaperoning ten
women to the Island yesterday and
they were all lovely. I thought that I
knew them all and I did until they
came out of; the undressing house,
transformed and transmogrified into
water nymphs, and then I dident kriow
anybody, not even my own lifelong
wife. I stood off at respectable distance
ad ruminated. As they toyed and
struggled with successive wayes and
screamed and shouted with hilarious
glee, even the older ones renewed their
youth likeuhe eagles and bid defiance
to rolling years and rolling billows
Suddenly the dream of my youth came
over me and I wandered away down be
yond the curve of the beach and all
alone in my primeval glory I lived and
bathed in the green waters of the gulf
of Mexico. It carried me back to tbe
rude and crude frolics of my bobood
when the springboard arid the mill pond
were my delight. Halt a century has
passed since I saw that mill pond, but
it is there yet, and the water is still
falling over the dam and singing the
same old song
"Men may come and men may go.
But J go on foreveiv"
The sea, the gulf, the lakes and
brooks are the only living, moving
things in all nature that suffer no
change, from the iron hand' of time,
i Such as they were at creation's dawn
they are now. But I am not as brave
as I used to be, and so I kept within
easy reach of a long, projecting root
that reached out some twenty feet in
the water and rose and fell within the
waves. I was afraid of the undertow
and grabbed the friendly root as oft as
the breakers came. Oh, it was glorious.
But all pleasures must have an end and
in due time the ten and I were invested
in those usual garments of which we
had ben divested, and after picking up
departed these coasts homeward bound.
The ladies sang "Life on the Ocean,"
and "Go Tell Aunt Sallie," and "Who
Killed Cock Robin," and other watery
choruses, when sudderily a hat with gay
ribbons flying took a notion to sail away
into the vessel's wake, and we thought
it was gone for good, but the pleasant
Swedish boatman smiled and said: "I
find heem again," and so he had to
round to and starboard and labored and
ship aho and do other nautical things
to get it..It was a happy afternoon and
the. five little children were' the happiest
of the lot. Mothers come here for frail
and sickly children men come for their
wives and wives for their husbands.
Every Jamily has an invalid. 1 saw a
sweet little girl of three years asleep
upon a shawl that was spread upon the
sandy beach. She came sick and pale
and with a consumptive cough, but I
believe will get well. 1 saw a young
lady who has nearly lost her hearing
from long-continued grip, and he i
improving every day as a . lark. I met
a man from Cincinnati, to-day and he
comes to siiend another winter because
his athma was so relieved while here
last winter. The wiuter residents have
all returned and brought more with
them. People are getting more and
more like the birds, wild ducks, geese
and mocking birds and robbins and
willd pigeons all migrate to escape the
rigors of a winter climate .and why
should not mankind, especially those
who are afflicted with some disease that
six months of winter aggravate ? What
is j wanted by the public are cheaper
rates for winter tourists. The railronds
ought to give round trip rates for nearly
one fare and they would make money
by it. Ihe tourists ought to have as
riiuch favor as the excursionist. Tbe
small discount the railroads make is no
encouragement to travel. The fare
from Atlanta to Sanford is $13.70 and
it is $25 for a round trip ticket. It
should not be more-than $20, and I am
sure the travel would be doubled. But
what is wanted on the gulf coast
is more accommodations for win
ter visitors. Clear water will soon have
a nice new hotel and it will be filled,
but there are many people who want
cottage privaleges and would rent them
if theyjjwere here. Every mail brings
inquries, "Can I rent a cottage?" No,
not now. Everv one is occupied. Dr.
Blount, of Macon, and his son and his
son's wife rented one last winter and re
mained all summer, and say they never
spent a pleasanter summer anywhere.
The old doctor has been all over the
world and sojourned in many countries
and declares he has at last found a rest
ing place that suits him all the year
round. But if a man had a thousand
dollars to spare he could buy a lot as
elevated as the bluff and only one block
away and build him a cottage-and have
two or three hundred dollars left.
These back lots are generally 75x160
and on the same elevatiori with the
bluff and can be had at prices ranging
from $300 to $600. The bluff lots that
overlook the bay are getting scarce and
command, from $10 to $12 a front foot.
Six of them have been sold since I came
here and four of them improved with
handsome residences.
The little town is looking up. There
are two good schools with competent
teachers. More boats have been built
for pleasure and some of the wealthy
residents own naphtha, launches. The
rent of a good oar-boat 4s about $4 a
month, but this is generally shared by
at least four iersons. A Chinese laun
dry has just been opened Negroes are
scarce and they charge high for their
labor. The white country people are
very friendly and kind. The' bring
milk and eggs and chickens and fish
a nd oysters and peas and beans and cu
cumbers and tomatoes and other vegeat-
bles to your door every dav. Winter
gardens take the place of summer gar
dens in Georgia and it will not be long
before the market will be supplied with
strawberries. So many persons write to
know what they can get to do heie
while seeking health and paying board.
Nothing that I know unless they im
provise something. A genius might
work up something, but the town is too
small to encourage artisans or profess
ors. A book agent would perish. A
minstrel show would hardly pay expen
ses. A blind tiger couldn't earn the
water he puts in his whisky. The place
is a winter residence and a sanitarium
that is all There are three stores with
very good stocks, and several boarding
houses, and people come and go. Some
stay a week and some only a day.
Three Georgia drummers called on me
yesterday, and orie of them from Atlan
ta saw the air plants in the trees, .and
innocently inquired did we put those
pineapples shrubs up in the trees for
ornament1! I had to tell him about the
Ohio lady who admired the piney woods
below Macon and asked me why the
trees were trimmed', so high. . But
everything here is strange very strange,
tothose who have never been in the
tropics. A Virginia lady," vha ii with
us, said last night as she viewed the
moonlight on therbay: "Oh, it seems
just like I am in a fairyland." Then
I told her about, Tom Oabiltree, who
said to the northern lady at Galveston,
"Oh, madam, you should have seen our
moon Deiore tne war. mix, aep.
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Why Children Hans Their Stockings.
ine custom oi hanging stockings on
unristmas eve, uae that of preparing
the Christmas tree, is derived from the
Germans, who have a fable that while
the stocking oi good children are filled
with toys and sweetmeats by Khri
Kringk3 a corruption of Christ Kinds
lin, or Christ Child those of bad ones
receive nothing but a small rod or
switch, which is placed in them by
another-personage, known 89 Pelsniehol,
literally Nicholas with fur, meaning St.
mcnoias.oressea in iur. it is a rare
sight oh Christmas morning in a Ger-
householdto see the expression of abiect
"misery and brojten heartedness on the
face of some poor little wight who, hav
ing been disobedient or otherwise
naughty on Christmas eve, finds in his
stocking only a small birch rod, while
the hosiery of his brothers and sisters is
filled with bonbons and playthings. The
dread of getting the rod from old Pels
niehol on- Christmas keeps many a Ger
man child in order., throughout the
entire year.
Jocular Christmas Gifts.
It will increase the joy and .jollity oi
Christmas Liorning exceedingly if the
children find that their elders have en
tered into the spirit of the time to such
a degree that stockings of all conceiva
ble sizes and shapes bulge with strange
contents over the fireplace. The more
amusing the gifts tucLed away in toe
and heel the more uproarious will be
the mirth before breakfast. The old
trick of wrapping a pair of cuff buttons
in multitudinous papers untilthey form
a bundle as a big as a potato will 'never
fail to excite interest and enthusiasm.
A jack in the box put i the stocking of
staid father of a family has been
known to cause reminiscent chuckles of
glee through a wtole day, arid the most
amusing thing that Mark lwain ever
said would pale in effect before the
amusement caused by the mothers
drawing a cream whip from her stock
ing.
It's Dangerous Ground
that you stand on with a cqugh or a
cold, and your blood impure. Out of
just these conditions comes Consump
tion.
You must do something. In the
earlier stages of Consumption, and in
all the conditions that lead to it Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a
certain remedy. This scrofulous affec
tion of the lungs, like everv form of
Scrofula, can be cured by it. In severe,
lingering Coughs, all Bronchial, Throat
and Lung Affections, and every disease
that can be reached through the blood,
it is the only medicine so effective that
it can be guaranteed. If it doesn't
benefit or cure, you have your money
back. Jfervous prostration and debility
are conquered by it.
The Birth of Christ.
The Observance of the 25th of Decem
ber as the birthday of our Saviour is
ascribed to Julius, Bishop of Rome, A.
D. 337-52. The eastern church had
previously observed the 6th of January
in commemoration"both of the baptism
and the birth of Christ. The exact date
of Christ's birth' appears not to have
been known in the early church and
cannot now be determined. Between
the middle of December and the middle
of February there is generally in Pales
tine an interval of comparatively dry
weather, preceded and followed by the
early and later rain. Thus there might
have been shepherds on the plain of
Bethlehem watching their flocks at
night.
('- The. Right Doctrine;
Rocky Mount Argonaut.
The Democrats were defeated on the
6tK of November ; the people of North
Carolina expressing by their votes their
desire for a change of government. The
fusionists have not yet had a chance to
show what they mean to do and we
think it but fair that they should have
a chance before we criticise them. If
they .give us a good government we will
be glad to acknowledge the fact ; if they
do not we will not be behind hand in
criticising them. In the meantime it
is but common fairness to cease prophe
sying svil
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SELF-DENIAL.
New York Tribune.
Sir Walter. Scott says somewhere -in
his writings: "Teacb self-denial and
make its practice pleasurable, -and you
create for the world a destiny more sub
lime than ever issued from the brain of
the wildest dreamer. " This is in fact
a somewhat verbose way of reiterating
the Golden Rule of the Savior. Self
denial in even a more limited way, is a
quality that many times repays the One
who practises it.
Where there is any pronounced will
in a person he should be able to deny
himself something which may not be
good for him or may by its acceptance
redound to the ill of some one else. It
may be a very small matter in itself, or
it may be a matter of very great im
portance, but in either case the one who
accomplishes the purpose of self-denial
is sure to feel a gratification that proba
bly repays him tenfold for his tempora
ry sacrifice. And this is not the grati
fication that comes to the Pharisee on
beholding how much better he is than
other men, but a truly healthful reac
tion of a lobust order. Such as a good
man feels in the performance of charity
is well or ill bestowed warms the good
man's heart and produces a physical
satisfaction that many people who are
more interested in the abolition of
idlers than in the relief of necessities
never have the pleasure of enjoying.
' 'I would rather give to twenty persons
unworthy Of help," said a great philan
thropist, who had been sorely deceived,
' 'than to fail to meet one case of, sincere
needv"
In the practice of self-denial there is
the sense of a virtuous deed performed,
and usually of a genuine gain accom
plished. During the hard tinres so
lately pervading the whole country
there were many instances of self-denial
that will yet shine out afar as a beacon
in the night to guide some wavering and
uncertain traveler to a safe refuge. But
in the matter of little instances of self
denial there are genuine occasions for
its use every day. Something may be
dropped from the daily ex,ienses for the
purpose of a more economical course in
the future. Some habit may be dis
pensed with, as either one that it is
wrong to practice or as a simple matter
of example for other. Some vanity
may be quelled. Some pet hobby may
be put aside. Some concessions .riiay
be made toward one $-hom we have
habitually abhorred. There are a
thousand and one little' things that may
call for the exercise of this virtue, but
in every case the pleasure felt in its ex
ercise will be unfailing, and the cost of
the effort will be more than repaid bv
the sense of triumph in its accomplish
ment. "Your duty," said a good min
ister to a new communicant received
into his charge, "is to learn to love the
lowly and unlovely and to be unchari
table. What more perfect description
of the self-denial of the Christian life?
If it were necessary to specify cases of
self-denial they will loom up in scores
after a little thought. The farmer,
whose wife is weary with her many
cares coming almost in an unending
succession, will find a good investment
to let her have her much needed vaca
tion ; the husband, who has been
spending his income too -steadily on
mere investments in a business already
prosperous enough, Will find that a
hearty outlay on his wife, something
that goes with the festival season, is the
best investment of all, in all human
nature, except the most brutal, and
even that, these ,are many instances, of
it : there is a sentiment that takes joy
in the doing good to others.
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citizens of Concord and-vicinity. Al)
calls promptly attended day. or night.
Office and residence on 'Eas Depot
6treet, opposite Presbvterian church. -
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CONCORD, N. C
As partners, will practice; hi win Cabar
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Stat and in the Federal Courts. Office
n DeDot Street
Dr. J. E. CARfLiSli). Dsiiisi,
CONCORD, X. C. .
Makes a specialty of 'filling vrmr tooth
without pain. Ga, . th r or rhlnrnf.-rin
used when desired. ..Fonvteen v.'.ts ex
lerience. Office over Lipimrds A: Bar
rier's store.
D.G. CALDWELL, i.1.0.,
Offers ' his professional scii
people of Concord and vici.n:
in rear of bank. Xiilit iil-s
left at Mrs Dr. Htnd. is. .n's.
omce nones, to is a. m.
7 to 8 p. m.
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people pf Concord itfid vu iu.v. . dice
St. Cloud hotel Culls pr. injn ;- attend
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left with clerk in hotel.
.Nov.ViU-ly.
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by various mortgages cxecul
A. Cruse, which mortgages arc
registered in the lU-gi-U.rs
for Cabarrus county, and to wloc
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day, the ?th day of January,
the highest bidder for ea-li,
lot on East Oorbiu street, aJj-.
J. Winecoff, and others, and k
the Peter Cruse house a: d lot " -
This is a desirable .prop -rf y . ni the
fact that there are seve-al v u' it Jots
upon which houses con'e 1 be bu.ii, and
to any one desiring to move to town
from the country the place plt e should
be especially attiact;ve.
M. HOtiKP., T; v.:.!. e.
bv W. M. Smith, Attorncv,
Nov. 17. 18U4.
, The Discovery Saved His Life.
Mr. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers-
ville, 111., says: "To Dr. King's Now
Discovery I owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the physi
cians for miles about, but of no avail
and! was given up and told I , could
not live. Having Dr. King's New Dis
covery in my store I sent for a bottle
and began its use and from the first
dose began to get better, and after, us
ing three bottles was up and about
again. - It is worth its weight in gold.
We won't keep store or house without
it. " Get a free trial at P. B. Fetzer's
drug store.
Christmas Then ;lits.
Christmas is almost in sight, and
stockings are much longer than they
were last year.
A praiseworthy Christinas -jdecoration
lining the pockets of . the poor with
gold and silver. , .
Christmas comes but once a year, and
when it does it sneaks up on every m e
unawares.
Eggs, Chickens, &c, Wanted.
We want to buy your eggs, chickens
and hams. Highest maikct price paid,
firing them on.-
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Mch8-tf. Concord,' . C.
Wheat and'
I have a special pri par ii
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rior to it.
Sept. 13, '0-t.
be found
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win at
snpe-
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"Have you any Gretna greens," in
quired the facetious customer with a
basket on his arm. "No, sir, ' ' answered
the grocer; "nearest I can come to 'em
is parlor matches. , Anybody waiting on
you ma'am?"
Spisr C'l.t, Cite
Lizzie Hnwatd. Pl'iioi.i,
vs.
Ed. Howard. Dele a:a f.
The above-named defon-d in
notified that the uixive-naiu-has
comme iced au a -tion in
rior court of Cabaii us c -u
vorce and t io summons ui :
turned not serve. 1, a,.d it a--;
after due dilige- ee lh i .
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"Yes." said Mrs. Five O'clock, "the
family are most interesting. John
dances divinely ; Tom sings like an
angel : David is a famous football player;
and Susanne paints beautifully , and be
longs to the reading club." "And
Henry?" "O Henry! Well, he's
rather dull, you know. He only works
and supports the others.
A mother was showing her dear littl"
Joe a picture of the martyrs thtown to
the lions, and was talking very solemnly
to him, trying to make him feel what
a terrible thkrg it was. ."Ma," said
he, all at once, "just look at that poor
little lion right behind there ! He won't
get any.
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