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VOL III.
LINCOLNTON, N. C, .FRIDAY, MAY 17, 18S9.
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We uute th? following Poem from tbe
2ewton Eiterj4-ise dedicated to our old
friend, r;.. AlcCorkle, bo kindly remem
brel by frunda ia Lincoln county.
Here U n-t in all our language,
Though e search fro:u "end to end,
W ord of truer, deeper meaning
Than the simple one of "friend."
Yet bow oltf n we abuse it,
And how hard it is to know
Whether one we've loved and trusted
Will remain a friend or no.
ThuHhe heart i always seeking,
Tor the ono who will not prove
Kecroant to all our trusting,
But return us love foi love.
We reel one in whom the shadow
Of u doubt an never 'rne
One we know will understand us,
Just by 1 '',king in our eyes.
Out: to whom the heart turn9 ever,
Aa the liowers to the un
Cne who shares ur joys and sorrows,
l'ardons all the wrongs we've done.
Kdows the hoj-.s that wo have cherished,
Koo'vs our aims for future year.
.Knows our sins for whjrh repentence
illas Leen bought with bitter tears.
'Uft the ties the world dec-ins nearest,
'Cannot give u such a friend ;
irne heart to us the dearest,
S ecru- h (-trangpr t life's en J.
Hut, alas ! the decpeit sorrow
'Tliat our hearts can ever know,
May by that same friend be given,
Who h;i3 proved our bitterest foe.
So our faith grows even weaker,
Till wc siy and think it true,
"What is lif'.1 when friends betray us;
What is left for us to do,"
"Life is real, life is earnest,"
King9 the old hearSthrilling 9train,
IMiny duties still are left u
.Life's sweet llowcrs may bloom again.
Cosmopolite.
Kvart, Mich., April 23, 1SS9
A UEOIlttIA SERMON
A BAPTIST BROTHER GIVES HIS OPINION
AliOUT THE rr.ESBYTEItlANS.
A bidv correspondent of the In
dependent gives a sketch of a sermon
she beard in Georgia nearly half a
ceistury ago from which we give an
extract :
Tho preacher was apparently
ubout lit'iy years of age, large, mas
cular, and well proportioned. On
entering the pulpit, he took off his
coat and hung it on a nail behind
bim, then opened his collar aud
wristbands, and wiped the perspi
ration from his lace, neck and
bands. He was clad in striped cot
ton homespun, and his shirt was of
the uanie material. lie had traveled
several miles that morning, and
eeemed almost overcome by the
heat. Uut the brethren sang a cou
ple of hymns while he was fanning
and cooling off, and when he arose
be looked comfortable and good
catured.
He had preached there once or
twice before, but to most of tbe
audience he was a straDger. Hence
be thought it necessary to announce
Lite self, as he d:d, as "Old Club
Axe Davis, from Screven county, a
half hard aud half soft-shell Bap
tist."
'I have given myself that name,"
aid he, "because 1 believe the Lord
elected me from all eternity to go
ahead in the backwoods aud grub
out a path and blaze the way for
others lo follow. After the thickest
of it is cut away, a good Methodist
brother will come along and take
my trail and make things a little
emoother and a good deal wiser.
And after all the under-brush is
cleared out, and the owls and wolves
fkeervKl off, a Presbyterian brother
in black broadcloth and white cravat
will como along and cry for decency
and order. And they'll both do
good in their sphere. I don't des
piso a larnt man, even if he don't
dress and think as I do. Yon
couldn't pay me enongh to wear
broadcloth, summer or witner, and
you couldn't pay a Presbytenan
enough to go without it in dog days.
"God don't make us all alike, my
brethren ; but every man has his
own sphere. When God has a
place to fill, He makes a man and
puts him in it. When He wanted
General Jackson, He made him and
set him to fightin' Indians and th
English ; when He wanted George
"Whitfield, He made him for to blow
the Gospel trumpet as no other man
ever blowed it. and when ne wans
ted old Club Axe Davis, He made
him and set him to grubbin' in the
backwoods.
''But ray shell isn't so hard but I
cau see good pints in everybody;
and as for the Presbyterians, they
are a long wav ahead of us Baptift
and Methodists in some things.
They raise, their children better
than auv people on the face of the
earth. Only a few days ago a Meth
odist classleader aid to m:
'Brother Club Axe, I was born a
Methodist, I was raised a Meth
odist, and by tbe grace of God I
hope to die a Methodist; but thank
God I got a Presbyterian wife lo
raise my children. '
"And I believe, ray brethren, if
the Lord should open the way for
me to marry again, I'd try my be.st
i o rind a Presbyterian woman, and
run my chances of breakin' her in
into the savin' doctrines of feet
washin' anil immersion afterwards."
jut at this time he was inter-,
ruptfrd by two spotted hounds that
had been continuing running up
and down the pulpit stairs. Ode of
them jumped upon the seat and
began to gnaw his coat tail, in
vhich was something he bad
'nought along for his lunch.
licturnel slowlv and took him
by thyj ears and tail and threw him
out of the window behind as easily
as if it had been a young kitten.
The other took warning and got out
as rapidly as possible, though not
without howliug and yelping as it
he had been half killed.
He then turned to tbe audience
ind said smilingly : "St. Paul ex
horted the brethren to 'beware of
dogs.' I wonder what he would do
if he were iu my place this morn
ing ! It Appears like I am compassed
ibeut with dogs, as David says he
was."
ne had scarcely commenced
preaching again before there was a
squealing and kicking and jumping
among the mules and horses that
were tied to trees close by. ne put
his head out of the window aud
said: "No harm done, brethren.
Just a creetur with a sidesaddle
broke loose. Will some brother
head the animal ? f r no sister c in
walk homo this hot day.''
Quiet be' rig restored, he contin
ued:
"Well, my brethren, I will now
try to say what I allowed to aboat
the Presbyterians As I said be
fore, they raise their children a
heap better than we do. They
behave better in church and keep
Sunday bet'er, and read the Bible,
and learn the catechism better than
ours do. I declare brethren, their
children are larnt that Westminis
ter catechism before the time they
begin to talk plain.
t;It ain't three weeks since I was
out cattle huntin' for two of my
yearlins had strayed off and
I stopped at old Brother Hardy's
on Jiund Creek aud took din
ner. He is a deacou in the Pres
byterian church over thar. Well,
as sure as I stand here, my breth
ren, sister Hardy had her little gal
a standin' right before her, with
her toes just even with the crack of
tbe floor, aud hands were hanging
down by her side, and her mouth
tnrned up like a chicken when it
drinks, and she was puttin this
question to her out o' that cate
chism: What are the benefiits
which in this life do either accom
pany or flow from justification,
adoption or santirlcationr
"Now, the qnetion in itself was
enough to break the child down.
But when she began to say the
question all over, (for that's the
way it was in the book) and then
hitch the answer to it, and which
all put together made this: 'The
benefits which in this lite do either
accompany or flow from justifica
tion, are peace of conscience, joy
in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace
and perseverance therein to the
end !"
I thought the child was the great
est wonder I had ever seen in all
my life. She tuck it right through
too, without balkin' or missin' tho
firt word. And she spoke so
sweet, and looked so like a little
angel, that, before I knowed it, the
tears was a runnin' down my cheek
as big as buckshot. I've seen the
day when I could have mauled and
split a thousand rails qniokei'n 1
could a larut that thing and said it
off like she did.
'Now my brethren, that child
didn't understand or know one
woid o1 that. It put me to all I
knew to take, it in myself. Hut
just let tint Preeuvtei nn xonng'un
gro v t . rnd eveiy word o' that
cattcliUii) will come back tto bet,
and her character will fctiflen np
under it, and hIih will In-'-4 the
backbone ot the matter in her for
life.
"Now, can't pur thuigs int my
children in tha way. No'hin don't
stay somehow. It's like drivin' a
nail into a rotten log.''
This Ust renta'k I never forgot.
For thirty yoars afterward s
I would stand by the blackboard,
trying to tix rules and principles in
the mind of a dull pupil, this re
mark would come back to me with
its peculiar pertinacity.
'I tell ou, my brethren,'' he
continued, "if your children had a
little more catechism and the Pres
byterians a little less it would be
better for both.
"Then, we don't pray in our fam
ilies like they do. I know lheir
prayers are mighty long, and ihey
pray over all creation; b'it after all
its the right w.iy. Its better than
praying too little.
'Now my mother aud lather
were good Baptists, and raised j
children to be honest and indnstri
ous, but I never heard one or them
pray in my life, and I was mol a
grown man before I prayed a prayer
myself, and it was in this wise :
"There was a big raeetin' over in
Elbert cauuty, and I knowed a
pretty gal. So I borrowed a little
Jersey wagin, which was a stylish
thing in them days, and went over
to her home and stayed all night,
and eugaged her to ride to meetin'
next day, which was Sunday.
"We went and had a glorious
time, and I might as well say right
here, that she was afterwards my
wife, but a comin' home I met with
a powerful accident that I've never
got over to this day. As I was a
comin' down a steep hill, some part
of the geariu' give way, and let me
aud the wagin on my erector's heels;
and bein' young and skery, and
not much used to wheels, she rig
2 led and tore from one side to the
other, until I was pitched head
foremost as much as ten foot into a
deep gully, and its a miricle of mer
cy that my neck wasn't broke on
the spot.
"ExpectirT to be killed every
tninit I thought I ouiht to ask the
Lord for mercy. Bit, as I had never
prayed in my life, I couldu think
of the first, thing to say but the
blessin' my father used to say before
eatin' when he had company, and
which was this: 'Lord, make us
thankful for what we are about to
receive.'
"Now, my brethren, do you 'spose
any Presbyterian raised boy was
ever put to such a strait as that for
prayer? No. He would have
prayed for himself and gone off
after the Jews and heathens, while
1 was a huntin' up and gettin' off
that blessin'."
A Cheap Marriage.
While a justice of tho peace of a
Country town sat warming bis feet
by the stove and his nose by a pipe
a stranger eutered and presently
inquired :
-Judge, how much will you
charge me to read overabout fifteen
lines of printed matter from a book
I have V
"Why, can't yo i read them ?"
asked His Honor.
"I can but 1 want to hear how
they sound when read aloud. I'll
give you a quarter to read them to
me."
"All light," said the justice. "I
can't earn twenty-five cents any
qutcker."
A woman opened the door at that
moment aud the stranger put down
the book ou the desk, clasped her
band and said :
"Begin at the pencil mark there
and read slowij."
His Honor's chin dropped exactly
eighteen inches, by dry measure, as
he saw that the reading matter was
the usual form of marriage, but be
didn't back down from his word. It
was the cheapest marriage he ever
attended, aud be didn't half enjoy
tbe chuckles of bride and groom as
they went out.
MV REVEXGE. '
room, sunlit and warm; a bed, draped
In snowy whit", relieved with just h tO'ieh ot
de'ioMte Liu-, ?nd, resting on the pillow-, a
woman's fw, with eyes f .11 of happiness.
On nor r-f the litils b.y chil l tU ai.iHs
hr.d iv.'h ii.r,. !. r k-j'-j.ihj.-, and w-it.-hin
ov.r U.tli w t't a dim wonderment at hi
hunt if II -Jiv.- i .it tit v.-.i.; nut reached, the
pr ud hu-h.i.d and fdth.-r.
Such the p.. ! ure on that morning in eaily
M;iy, wliioh Po -iiietl as thou.'h no di-turbin
ohiimiit could .-nt'.T to d'-Uoy it; y..-t, iuan-awi-r
to u Mtui'nona to t Jit r, a servant ap
pears, hearing in h-jr h..nd a hrtt-r. Still,
with no prosetiew of ill. her mastor receive
an 1 tears it ..pf-n, n"t with impatient haste,
but with his oye still teafetin on the scone
before him. Then they turn reluctantly upon
the pao, and Reginald Archer learns that ho
is hefevart'd.
At the hands of the i,wn who has lwnn
friend and brother in one, was I ha fatal Mow
struek. Ho was a banker, ri'n and respectfd
and held all Reginald Archer's property in
his poossion. H had sp--ulated, saw ruin
staring him in th face, and Horace Grey fled
th ) country, followed by the curses of his
vi'tims.
Horace Grey ! I.th son of Reginald Archer,
was iot likely to forget the name; I, who,
years after, had heard how my gentle mother
had sickened and died under the blow, knew
to whom I owed the fact that I was not as
other boys could not exnit over my pony
or handsome dress and that even tho edu
cation I received was bought by my father's
ptematurc age in his struggle with adversity.
And as I, at 18, looked down upon tho
coffin which hold the dear form, ami traced
th 5 lines of caro around mouth and brow,
had any one questioned me as to the canee
of death, I would have cried, "Murdered, and
Horace Grey is his murderer."
A few months later, I accepted a, business
oflr which would tako me far from my na
tive land. 1 did not care for wealth. Yet,
however, all that my hand touched turned to
gold, and when, a few years later, I turned
my face homeward, it was with a compotency
assured for life.
Up to this time love had never entered my
heart. I knew not its meaning until chance
threw Maude Roland into my path. Did I
say chance? Trovidenco would have been
the better word.
She was singularly unlike other girls, and
perhaps on that account, first attracted mo
She had little time to devote ro girlish graces
and follies, for heart .and soul seemed cen
tered in the old man whose footsteps ?he
strove to guide and support.
These two lived alone, she young and
beautiful, with no compani ju, savo that old
father, who was as a child in her hands. Ago
and trouble had with b'ra-Jcbe fatal work,
but with whatever exaction ho demanded
ehe complied cheerfully. And so I grew to
love her.
For herself she would accept nothing, save
the flowers I sont her daily, but her father
I could supply with fruits and wine, and deli
cacies necessary to him, which he was unable
to provide. They lived very simple iu a
small cottage on tho outskirts of the towni
but it grew to me to bo a hallowed spot.
One day I said to her :
"Maude, be my wife. I love you and can
make for you a happy home, where you still
can give your father every comfort ;'' but she
sadly shook her head.
"o, Percy. Hero is my post; will no
desert it. As your wife you would have tho
right to demand more of my time than I
could givo you. Often night and day I spend
by his side; and when he needs me, I must
not be found wanting."
In vain I sought to combat her resolution
She was inexorable. But I persuaded her at
l ist to allow me to live under their roof, foi
her father wa gradually breaking down, and
at times had fits almost of madness, which
needed a strong controlling hand.
One I wakened from my sleep to find him
standing by my bed, his eyes burning with a
fierce light, his lips muttering incoherent
words, and his hands restlessly moving to
and fro.
"Up, Percy! up!"' at last he exclaimed.
'.'He has been here again tonight, demanding
his own ; and I must satisfy him l"
With soothing hands I persuaded him to
go back to his bed, and he soon fell into a
quiet sleep. Rat after that night he grew
weaker day by day, and the doctors warned
us the end was near.
A week later I was sitting alone by his bed
side. He had been tossing restlessly for
hours, uutil sleep had conuersd him, and
my own eyes wero closing when I heard him
pronounce my name. Something in the tone
caused me to look inquiringly in his face.
Over it there had crept an expressive calm,
almost happy, aud the uneasiness had died
out of his eyes, which reflected tho light of
reason awakened in his brain.
"Are we alone?" he questioned. "I have
a story to tell. If has been hero" (touching
his forehead) "a long time past, but somehow
I could not put it into words. I think now I
can make it plain, you have been a kind
friend; you will be eo still to Maude when I
aui gone, and I can trust you to fulfill the
duty I impose upon you.
'Years ago I wa3 rich and respected, a
man to whom money was confided. I grew
ambitious, insatiate in ray greed. I specu
lated, put all my fortune into investments
which seemed full of promise, which in rc
alitv weresmiling vortexes, engulfing alt in
their horrid depths.
I awoke one morning to find myself a
ruined man, surrounded by wealth abundant,
a? I thought, to lift me out of trouble, but
noue of it my own. All that I owned had
been swallowed up. I took tho first step
borrowing, meaning to repay, until ruin, ut
ter and complete overwhelmed me. I gath
ered together all upon which I could lay my
hands and fled. From that day I have never
known a happy hour. One man there wasf
Percy, who had been to me as a brother
noble, generous, truehe had placed hi
whole fortune within my grasp, and I, cow
ard, wretch that I whs, betrayed even such a
trust. Cut when the deed was done, that
seemed blood money. I think, had I been
Ftarving I could not have touched it. I in
vested it safely and securely, hoping some
day to restore it.
"Percy, if that man lives, tell him Horace
Giey wouid have died content, had he restored
to Reignald Archer his own, and heard him
breathe his forgiveness."
II raoo Giey: C uld tLls U; he? Thernan
upou whuia u.l ujy I i i he. 1 ulinot piay.-d f. t
revenue; whoe d..Urilitci was tho girl I had
ukd hopd to wiu T .r my wife.
You call yourself R. l.i iid," I murcpured,
al'L.o.1 unconsciously.
"An assumed mime, merely. My child has
tever known her rightful name."
Asia a tranee, I sat li-uuing, my Lead
bowed upon my hands. My father's form,
lying so still und eoid a I had lat vn it,
seeming to foibid one word of comf rt to
the dying man. The y ung wife in h. i
early grave seemed to call out against it,
when, as thou.'h a v .iec had breat tied th
w. rds into rny ear, eaine iho iveollo. tiou of
a -i.tenee spoken wb-n I stood it ..,y b -iij
rny father's knee and sp ike of revenge:
"Horace's conscience lias long since re
Vciiged me. If I could see him to-day, 1
would extend him my hand, knowing his suf
fering had exceeded mine."
Ah ! had it not ? To look upon the poor,
wasted form, to see the l ist struggle to re
store what he had taken ; to read the wretch
edness of remorse written in every feature,
was sufficient answer; and failing on my
knees beside the. b-d, the last vengeful
thought left me, as I said :
"If Reginald Archer s son could speak to
you with my lips, and say his father had
never harbored a thought save of ny and
forgiveness, would it bring you comfort
Roy what mean you? Siy that once
again ! "
"Horace Grey, my father, whom you
wronged, forgave you. The property you
have restored shall be your child's. I am his
son."
'Troofs 1 proofs I" he muttered.
"You shall have them," I answered, aud
hastening to my room, I soon returned with
papers proving my identity.
"Strange 1 strange 1 Of all I wronged, ho
alone can I remember he whose son whis
pers forgiveness. God help mel I never
can forgive myself I"
Two weeks later, the man whom all my life
I had regarded as my bitterest enemy,
breathed his last, and lo 1 I wept tears of
sincere sorrow as I unclasped my hand from
his cold grasp, and raised the weeping girl
who knelt at my side. He had gone to moro
merciful judgment than men could give.
Before his death ho had placed in my hands
the papers restoring to me my own; but at
my urgent appeal that it should be Maud's,
he at last consented; and so I won my
vengeance.
"How strange, Percy," Maude one day said
to mo, "that I should come into possession
of Such a fortune.Jwhen we have lived so long
in almost poverty. Poor father I He imag
ined, perhaps, such economy was neces
sary." I let her think it so; and when sh put her
hand in mine, and shared my name, I knew
that could my father have looked down from
heights abovo, I should have seen the old
smile light his face, and heard him murmur:
"It is as I would have wished it." New York
Ledger.
THE S TOR Y OF .1 JiELAYKD LETTER.
It Lost Joltn Miller a. Wife, and Turned
line Current of His Life.
Janet Russell was the belle of the village,
a Canadian village on the St. Lawrence, and
was admired by all the swains who dwelt in
those parts, but her "steady company" was a
handsome young fellow, John Miller, son of
the village postmaster, who also kept a gen
eral store.
John and Janet went together to a rustic
frolic one night, and on the road Join, asiced
the old question, which was answered iu tho
affirmative. Things went nieelj", but at last,
Janet dancing twioe in succession with a
young fellow whom he looked upon as a rival
John felt bad, an. 1 on the way home sharp
words passed between them. The giri told
him sho wished it had been Charley Hall
(the rival) who had asked her the question
before mentioned, whereat Joiin said he
would give her a day to take that back, and
if not why, Jill was over between them.
Janet relented when sho had time to think
about it, and tho next morning wrote a note
to John and dropped it into the letter-box at
old Mr. Miller's store.
Time parsed on. A year or so after that
Charley Hall and Janet Russell were married,
and John Miller was wedded fcto another girl
Some five years passed and old Mr. Miller
died, leaving his property and his store to his
son, who at once set about making improve
ments. And it so haupened that the day the
old letter box wg broken up, Mrs. Hall, ac
companied by Ker eldest daughter, 4 years
old, was in the store. A letter dropped to
the floor; aworkman picked it up, and with
the remark, "Here's an old letter address !
to you, Mr. Miller," passed it to John. At
that moment he was talking to his old sweet
heart. lie took the letter and turned it ever and
over in his hand. As Janet's eyes fell on it
she blushed. John opened tho note and read
it, then he handed it to Janet with a bow and
thewrds: "That has been in the box ever
since the day after we went to the dance at
Turner's. Ah, Janet, if I had only known 1"
Mrs. Hall took her child by the hand and
went home without a word. Janet's poor
little i; 'to had been caught and concealed for
nearly six years, and had changed the cur
rent of two lives, but for hotter or worse who
can tell?"
A Useful Caution.
The Sanitary News calls attention to the
fact that a postage stamp may iu various
ways convey contagion. One of the simplest
and most plausible is that in which a postage
stamp, partially attached to a letter to pay re
tern postage, is sent by a person infected
with some disease to another person. The
disease is transferred in the first place to the
adhesive stamp through the saliva, and in
being attached to the letter by the receiver
the poison may bo transmitted to him in
turn through the saliva.
Another cause may be the infection of the
stamD with disease germs. Tne stamp, hav
ing been exposed in a room where a diseased
person lies, may become slightly moistened
and thus retain the germ. That this is true
can bo proved very simply by a microscopi
cal examination; We often see a person hold
ng change for a moment in the mouth, prob
ably not knowing that investigalion has
shown that disease germs can be carried by
J money.
If one could see through what hands tho
money has passed bo would hesitate before
u-in' - .. i tl.n.l ha.d. S.lwr inoj, y is as
bad a , .p i ... ..i.e. , I u. i.ii.. a,in W. l!d
he-l ..' lo n Id a duly b.ink n -le iulli.-,r
nioii'i., t. loi.k thai a mi. i , caus
brlt;! ., .- J .o!...l ly cl'-au.
Me !' I irular A tiou I It.
C t rei -Aii I .ai want t-iT.ipiu, y
fr.o.-r L. I--, . f c an s0? Ji.atiioiid-t.a.-k. t
r..p:..
M. Cie.v 1 vln Oh, oertaiuly; mi 1
diamonds i ot the Diet water, no
t'.iok-
Currylnji Fenther Duitrr.
"I had a euri..iis xperieneu u .f lon ti$otm
shvs the f uj . rii.tendent ot one of tho depait
lueiitsof aa uptown dry tioods establishment.
"A fashionably dres-s-d lajy cam- in -.,iiy,
and iu the course . f her bargaining put her
para -sol on the counter near a lai-e Katliei
duster which one of the eWks ha 1 beeu us
ing. After making s.-me purchases tho lady
cau-ht up the duster instead or her paras.-!,
and went out hurridly. As soon as I discov
ered the mistake I sent a U v alter her with
the parasol, but he did not overtake her uu
dl sho had madequile a journey.
"In fact, she flourished that duster ah ujf
the street, flourished it about as fho w nt
into another store, and put it down on the
counter, ftill under the impression that it
was her parasol. The cl.-ik explain-d that
she ha 1 not brought any parasol in, but had
cjme in carrying that duster. She was su
piemely indignant at such an intimation, and
s delivering the young man a sharp lectin c
On the subject, when in cune the loy with
her parasol and an explanation. She was mo
overcome that she had to be taken home m a
c.irnage." New York Ledger.
A ew Submarine I.
It is reported that a .Spanish submarine
vessel at Situ Fernando Arsenal has been
damaged by one of the tubes servingas reser
voirs for compressed air bursting- The in
vestor of this vessel is Lieut. Peral, who
was very well received by the minister of ma
rine and the leading naval and civiljcngineers
of Madrid, to whom he partly revealed the
plans and secret of his system. Lieut. Peral
undertakes to make, in January, at Sin Fer
nando, the first trials of his vessel liefore he
attempts to navigate it under water for 4
hours in the rough seas near the Straits of
Gibralter. Ho asserts that he can keep the
boat in a horizontal position and ste :r and
use it as a torpedo vessel under water with a
crew of eight men. The government has
promised its moral and pecuniary support to
the invention, which is exciting interest in
Soain, especially among naval officers Ma
drid Dispatch to the London Standard,
Fat Spartan.
The ancient spartans paid as much atten
tion to the rearing of men as the cattle
breeders in modern England do to the breed
ing of cattle. They took charge of the
firmness and looseness of men's flesh, and
regulated tho degree of fatness to whieh it
is lawful, in a free state, for any citizen to ex
tend his body. Those who dared to grow
too soft or too fat for military exercise and
tho service of Sparta were soundly whipped.
In one particular instance, that of Nauclis,
the son of Tolybius, at which his unlawful
fatness was publicly exposed, and he was
threatened with perpetual banishment if lie
did not bring his body within the regular
Spartan compass, and give up his culpable
mode of living, which was declared to be
more worthy of an Ionian than of a son of
Laeei! amnion. New Yoik Ledg r.
A satisfactory Kxplanatioii.
Mother What makes you look in th glfUM
jo much for?
Daughter I want to see wh it xn find to
ook at most of th3 time. N. V Wo : !.
Tlit Iii-spirnlion of Cheer.
lla'f f Initio of lift cins'sts in
keeping up a cheerful sp rit. When
depression comes nn tin c'oihIp,
vrlien the spirit is loaded w th lead
ening pain, all work becomes drudg
ery, ami life is a lurd n and d ffi
cnlty. Whatever is done is cirried
under compulsion, wilh a wish tliat
it could be avoided, and a feeling of
pleasure if so mournful a kind of
c"ngratulriti "ji can l o called a
ple-isor ' that it is at hst, omple
tel. And even if Wecnus h"io is
will-power enough to drive if along
and favorable circumstances to
nuke it successful t will afford
but little (satisfaction, for the Hpirit
will b loaded wilh forebodings and
the mind be full of the prophecies
of coming evil. If any good work
tbe well done it must he amid
buoyancy and hope. With this ex
perience, no matter how hard the
task may be or how unpn m'sinp;,
there will be energy given to it, and
that facility of skill and tact that,
unless, the hindrances are invinci
ble, will carry it through to a good
end. Our religious work very often
lag;t and fails, not because we are
not in earnest in it perhaps we
expend unnecessary labor tin it
but because it is d ne under a
cloud. Hope is Wr-.iimj.'. Tii-re is
I nc enthusiasm, no spiiua and eager
otuookiug and visio i of iinvitbole
ace niplishtnen t. ut if tbe iinrt
is liriglit.it will be ab e to o chenr.
fully through an experience, ami
also bear its disappoint men s, re
joice in its trihulati us iinl not
only luliev but know, tint Go 1
makes all things work Together tor
good to those who love him. It is
not possible, not for all of u, all
the tim. Moods are many, and we
are la'!e to fall into dull oien bn
timen ; bat it ought to be a parr of
our Christian effort to driv awa
the clouds it' possible and turn to
the beautnui and i inspiring Itgut.
United Presbyterian.
TritMl to Up lliiuOiil.
Senator Vance, was among Presi
dent Harrison's callers owe dy last
wek, and seeing hi a wo iry, care
worn look, said fie simply called, to
pH his lespec.s and inform tun
Piesi It fit th.ir l.o Wts .sorry to sue
him i i suc-h a position, ami assure
loui that lie did everything in hi
powtr to keep him out of it.- The
Piesident nppiectatrd the. humor oi
the rnim k, ami returned hi thanks
to the. N r:h (iroliu 3 Tutor far
his L'ooi m'ent'ons RaJscille Re
I'iew.
Who in YtHir Host Frlcml?
Your s oiiihil, ,, c .'ir-e. Why? ik'ciui
if it is out of (.rdi r you re one of the most
mistnU-e creatures living ire it a fitir
honorable chance und see f it is not the
best friend yoU have in the end. Don't
smoke in the morning. Don't drink in the
morning. Ifiuu nust ? rnoko mid drink
wait until your stomach i through witu
breaktst. You em drink more and smoke
more in the evening and it will tell on you
le-s. If vour fool f'.-rm. nts and does not
digest right, it you arc trouhled with
Heartburn, Dizziness oi the head, coming
up alter eating, lli'ious-noss, Indigestion or
any other trouble ot the stomach, you had
best use Green's August Klowtr, as no
person enn use it without immediate relief.
A Figure I'nzzle.
The following is a very cirious
puzzle. Trv it, a'l of you.
Open a book at random ami se
lect a word within the first ten
line, and within the tenth word
from the end of the line. Mark
th.) word. Now double tho number
of the page and multiply the sum
by f.
Then add 20.
Then add the number of the lino
you have selected.
Then add ,o.
Multiply the sum by 10-
Add the number of the word in
the line. From this substrajt 250,
and the remainder in the unit col
will indicate the number of the
word; in the ten column the num
ber of the line, and the remaining
figures the number of the page.
Philadelphia Times.
J ho JIoloN
Mr. Lewis, in his Detroit Free
Press article on (ioldsboro, makes
doe rved men I ion of tho hotel ac
comodations ot the place. These
are features that never escape a
travelled man. No town or city cer
has, or can or ever will amount to
anyihing in the absence of a good
hotel, and every community should
realize the value and importance of
that institution, and their duty to
ward it. Jt is just as much the du
ty of the citizens to contribute
something toward ttie encourage
ment and nupport of the locilhotel,
as to the churches, the schools, or
the newspapers.
Hotels in country places are not
the gold mines some people suppose.
They are often maintained and
kept to the point of excelleuca at
tbe sacrifice of the proprietor; aud
this is off oner th cas than not.
It is the duty of every town' to
throw patronage into the hotel, to
encourage the keeper in every pos
sible way j for all make use oi his
place in one way and another, as
the public center, liut people too
much forget theae things. They
want a good hotel kept up, the very
best, but if they have control ot a
little patronage, too often seek to
throw it iu th" direction of a dol
lar or two lower. This is all wvon,
and always injurious. Ex.
A SAFE INVESTMENT.
Is one which is guaranteed to brinsj you
satisfactory results, or in case of failure a
return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you ran buy from our advertised
Druggist a bottle of Dr. Kind's New Dis
covery for Consumption. It is guaranteed
to bring relief in fvery case, when used for.
any aff-ction of Threat, Lungs or Chest,
such Cousumption, Inflainition of the
Lungs, JJronchitis, Asihm, Whooping
Cough, Croup, etc., eve. It is pleasant and
azreeable tj tajte, parf ctly stfe, and can
always bj depended upon. Trial bottle
free at L'r. J. it. Lnwing's Drugstore.
Tom Nichols, John Paiker and
YV.VHtf Stinsou, all colored, and all
confined for Iarcency, succeeded in
breaking jail in Monroe lat night
by burning through the overhead
ceiling, in the usual way.