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LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1889.
NO: 6
Patience With The LUkik.
Sweet friend, when thou and I are gone
Beyond earth's weary labor,
"When small hall he our need of grace
From comrade or from neighbor;
Pisd all the itrife, the toil, the care,
And done with all the sighing:,
What tender truth shall wo fcav gained,
Alaa by simply dying?
Then lip too chary of tLeir praise
."Will tell our merits over,
Andeyea too a wilt our faults to see
Shall no defect discover.
Then hands that would not lift a stone
Where stones were thick to cumber
Our steep hill path, will scatter flowers
Above our pillowed slumbar. '
Sweet frieid, perchance both thou and I,
Ere love iapsst forgiving,
Should take the earnest lesson home
Be patient with the living.
To-day's repiessed rebuke may save
Our blinding tears to-morrow;
Then patience e'en when keenest edge
May whet a nameless sorrow.
'Tis eaay tu be gentle when
Death's silence shames our clamor,
And easy to discern the best
Through memory's myotic glamour;
But wise it were for thee and me.
Ere love is past forgiving,
To take the tender lessong home
Be patient with the living. '
Christian Advocate.
LOVE OR MONEY?
EVA MORRIS.
Prom "Woman's "Work.
"Quarrelled with Dick !" exclaim
ed pretty little Mrs. Ferris.
"Had another row with Dick I"
echoed her husband in the same
breath, rather quizicsllY, but wirb
no less amazement. "Ah, well, boy
and girl engagements seldom come
to anything."
Then they both looked at Daisy.
Daisy was Mrs. Ferris' unmarried
sister, and she now stood before
them, still dusty with travel, having
just Recounted for her unexpected
visit by saying she had quarrelled
with Dick ; this very same Dick be
lng her lover, to whom she had
been engaged. Richard Langdale
was universally pronounced a rising
man, and, having just finished bis
medical education, bad settled in
the small town of Woodbury, re
solved to mtike name and fame,
with nothing but his hard-earned
diploma, unlimited ambition, and
an earnest desire to benefit his fel
low men. lie had loved Daisy, with
a strong, uuwavering affection, ever
since that first Sauday he saw her,
in the choir of the little village
charch ; and Daisy well, she was
really a lovable girl in the main ;
perhaps, if she had seen a little
more of the world, would have known
her mind better, but her days had
been so hedged in by home ties, and
the quaint village life, that she had
not yet learned the alUimportant
lesson a kuowledge of her own
heart.
"Quarrelled with Dick !" repeated
Mrs. Ferris, holding up her hands.
"Oh, D usy 1 how could you ! and I
thought him so nice!"
"Don't look bo horrified!'' she
cried. "The fault's all mine. Yon
were kind enough to ask me to spend
the winter with you; but I declined,
because, you nee, I thought I was
in love with Dick. But now that I
find I'm not, I've come.''
"Not in love with Dick I" exclaim
ed her sister. "Oh ! Daisy, how can
you say so V
"But I do say it ; or rather, I find
I can't marry a doctor and live a
humdrum life, in sorre little stuffy
country village, all my days. So
Dick must go. I have come here
on the lst day of December, as you
see, so as to finish off the old year,
and be done with the old life. Ton
morrow I shall begin a new year
and a new life, and according to
tradition, do as I ought by being
'off with the old love before I am on
with a new.' You see I intend td
catch a millionaire and be happy
ever after."
"Be happy forever after !'' said
her brother-in-law, dubiously.
'Well, I am just unfashionable
enough to consider an engagement
a serious thing, not to be entered
into lightly; and when once formed
to be sacred aud binding. Some
girls find it an easy thing to engage
themselves, and then break the
chain when it becomes irksome.'7. "
"Why no?" replied the gay girl,
turning sharply on him. "Doesn't
everybody now-asdaya say that
noney'a the chief good? It certaiu.
'v seems to be the chief end and
aim of everybody to accumulate all
they can. You've got so much of it
yourself you dou't understand about
others. You can afford to be roman
cic; but I can't And as for living
ill, mv das in a poky little cottage
"Ah, my dear interposed her
ister, with a deprecating shake of
her head,"you are young and foolish.
You-will yet learn that the love of
an honest heart outweighs all the
gold in existence. Dick Langdale
is a mau to be proud of, and he
loves you devotedly. Life in a cot
tage with him woald be a paradise
to the woman who loved and trust
ed him. He is an earnest, faithful
man, and will rise to distinction in
his profession. Sooner or later you
will regretjbe step you have taken.
Tne love of a man like Dick is a
priceless gift. You may meet and
marry a rich man as you say, but if
you do you will find that gentleman
of leisure and society devotees are
sadly lacking in that earnestness
and sincerity which inspires confi
dence and love, and without which
there can be no happiness in mar
ried life.''
"There, now, dou't look so wise,
you dear old owl. It doesn't become
you, and besides, I intend to have
my own way. I always did have it,
you know."
Notbng more, therefore, was
said about Dick. The winter that
followed was one of the gayest for
years. Not an evening passed that
Daisy was not at some entertains
ment or other. The days were filled
up with receptions, calls?, sleighrides,
etc., etc. For Mrs. Ferris' beautiful
sister was quite u belle. A dozeD
fortunes were laid at her feet, but
one and all were rejected. This
suitor was too old, that one not suffi
ciently cultivated, a third was pi a;n-
ly selfish, and a fourth too high
tempered.
But there was one who could not
be oasily induced to take bis "No"
as final. Harvy Ashton, a cold,
proud, blase man of the world, who
had withstood the charms of belles
of conntless seasons, laid heart and
fortune at the feet of this little
country lassie, and his letter was
now on the table before her. Yes,
there it lay, and in her mind, swing
ing in the balance, wa9 the "Yes"
or "No." Which should it be I
Her thoughts ran something like
this: I like him this Ilarvy Ashton.
I don't believe I shall ever see any
one else I can like a well. He has
a good character, is w-althy, and
loves roe. If I say yes, there will
be no more pinching about money
matters at home. I wonder why I
hesitate! I wish I was a child
again, to be told what to do. If I
go to mother, she will say, "Do what
your heart tells you, my dear, when
my heart wont tell me anything
about it. And then she recalled
those happy days in the dear old
home in Woodbury, when Dick was
all the world to her, and to-night,
for the first time, she looked back
on ber condact with remorseful
contrition. She had flirted with
Ashton. He would have reason to
accuse her of coquetry and caprice;
she was very sorry j sorriest of all
for his pain. He was a man any
woman might be proud to love. She
might, it her heart were not cold
and dead. And yet, if she wished,
she could not, dared not accept this
man's honest love, when her whole
heart was in the keeping of another.
Alas I Daisy found, as many a
one had found before, that it was,
after all, but "Dead sea ashe."
She turned from it finally, with
loathing.
"I snpposel have exhausted life,"
she said one day as she sat in her
dressing room and curiously regard
ed herself in the mirror. "I am
looking frightfully old and worn
not a bit like the gay bright girl
that came here last December. The
trutn is, all men are fops, or fools,
hunting lor rich wives; and we
well we ' are no better. All we
women are schemers, trying to se
cure rich husbands. I'm disgusted
with tbemy ; she continued, "with
myself most of all. I'd rather go
back and marry the doctor, and
make pills in the bay window of the
little green cottage, than marry the
rest man in St. Paul."
"Hut the doctor iwu't there, now,''
waid her sister to ut oue day, when
be had said something like this iu
her presence.
"What ! has he sold his practice
in Woodbury !"' And shegavoa
erasp, while the color fled from her
checks.
"Ye, I heird he had."
."Left Wood bury I What, for good?'
"So I suppose. Obtained some
position in the city. The jewel re
quiied finer setting.''
"And it did,'' bhe said frankly.
"Dick was too gre-tt for us and our
liltle village. I might have seen it.
Why hadn't anybody writteu 1
Mother knew that I at least, she
might have thought it would have
interested me."
"Mother knew yoa had thrown
Dick over, and took it for granted,
I suppose, that you didnt care to
hear.''
Daisy's reply was a shrug of the
shoulders.
"I shall never see him again, I
suppose," she aid that night to her
sister.
"He will find you out yet, dear,"
said Maggie.
''Never. You've no . idea how
horribly I tieated hiiu. Now, I
suppose, he will go hunting after a
wealthy woman, trying to imitate
the very delectable example I have
set him. Well, I don't care "
" But she did care. Her tears, in
the night watches, attested it- She
cared, iu her own effusive language,
tremendously. The next day was
Sunday. Daisy could hardly be in
duced to go to church, which was
at a goodly distance.
She stepped from the carriage,
and, could she believe it I there
stood Dick Langdale,and,when she
caught his sye, he came to mAPf
them, came quietly, steadily, smil
ingly; this man whom Daisy had
deserted for society and fashion.
"Oh 1 Dick, can you ever forgive
me," she whispered, as they lingered
a little behind the other?.
4I really don't think I ought, but
upon certain conditions, I don't
know but I might be persuaded to.
You see, I think you would be quite
likely to run away again, at the
first opportunity, ho I propose that
we go in to the parson, and ask him
to make us one."
"Oh I Dick," was all she could sa .
But it was a vry happy little
bride that receive! the congratula
tions of brother and sister half an
hour later.
"Did you know Dick would be
there!" she asked of Ferris, as they
drove home.
"Of course," was the cool reply.
"You might, at least, have pre
pared me."
'Why ? to keep you from going
and defer, if not prevent, this hap
py ending ! Confess now, Daisy,
you bad grown tired of fashion and
society."
She held out her hand. "I was
tired of it, and 1 forgive you,'' she
said. "Love is better than money,
after all- And," she-added, slip
ping her hand through her hus
band's arm, "there's not a man in
the whole world so good as my dear
old Dick."
How to Hake Farming Pay.
"Does farming pay ?" I empbatU
Cilly say it does. I was born and
reared ' in a city, learned a useful
trade and always commanded the
highest wages ; cau now leave the
farm and get steady employment at
33 per day, but that does not pay
near so well as the farm. To make
farming pay it requires as close aU
tention in every detail of the bus
iness as is necessary in any branch
of merchandise, and it must be
strictly borne in mind that all food
supplies for the family and stock,
as far as possible, should be raised
at home, and, too, it must be con
sideredtt at it is not bat is con
sumed at home, but the surplus
that is sold, and don't be ashamed
to sell anything, from an egg up,
and don't think the amount too
small to take caie of, aud you will
soou see that farming pays and have
a snug amount of casti in hand.
A. J. Jones. .
What Will You Do About It
We are happy to know that there
i the most promfsiog prospect for
an abandant fruit crop all over our
State. If properly saved and cared
for what would it be worth to onr
people in mmej T Millions of dot
lara. Ti winier and arly spring,
j when vegetables are.scirce, no more
hr-a'thful, plable, or economical
ood cm he had. And vet how few
of our farmers appreciate iU impor
tance and valu. Jars and other ap
pliances for preserving it may be
una so cueapiy ana me process is
so simple that there is . no longer
anv va'id exctue for being without
a plen'itul supply of fruit throueh
out the year. A8 a rule, the farmers
of the South live ou a less variety
and the most expensive food of any
people on the earth. Butter, eggs
chicken, milk, fruitp, vegetables
with proper management may be
bad the year round, but a lare
majority of them cling to com
bread. Dry yoor peaches, pears,
apples and berries, or put them in
lars and preserve them and thus
save money, promote health and
add to the comforts of .life. Bay
your good wife one or two dozen
jars and thus encourage her in the
development of a healthful econom
in your home. Let the Alliance men
clob together and buy the jars by
the case and give them out to their
wives and then take time to aid her
ingatbeiing the fruit. Many men
lose money by failing to look after
such matters. The present glorious
fruit crop should not be allowed to
go to waste. You need it and it is
the very cheapest food on your (arm.
Progressive Farmer.
Now, Get Together.
Hon. Sam Randall sounded the
keynote of democratic victory when
he said that the thing for all good
democrats to do w i- eret toffrh
er."
As soon as the paity unites on
the old time basis of enthusiasm,
just so soon will success be assured;
as long as there is division in its
ranks, just so long will the strife aud
jealousy thereby engendered act as
a millstone to its neck, holding it
down and elevating the opposition
to undeserved authority.
We are sorry to see reputable
Democratic organs engaged in etin
ring up strife when they should be
doing their utmost to put the party
in fighting trim for the gret con
test against the party in power.
The St. Louis Republic, for instance,
has taken npon itself the mission to
daub Governor Hill, of Net York,
with mud, and it never loses an op
portunity to attack him. Other
oh ers are following suit, and the
consequence is that much valuable
energy that ought to be devoted to
routing the enemy is being ecpend
edin disorganizing our own forces.
The active and untiring efforts of
Governor Hill aud his frimds in
New York is a condition pneedent
to democratic success in that state.
Then why abuse and attemptto fix
on him the infamy of demtcratic
reproach when his efforts in ebalf
of the'deroocracy have beeu sich as
to merit at least the good willof his
party f This is the sort of bck r
ing and littleness that the (erao.
cratio press shonld cry down,for in
it there is not an element of jeace
or party harmony.
Get together ! Get togethe. I
These words are full of meoing
to the democracy ! Will the jarty
uot profit by them ? There m.y be
differences on the tariff, the slver
question, the civil service aud the
internal revenue, but back of i all
is the fundamental principle oide-
raocracy, on which platform aide
mocrats can unite.
Now, get together ! !
IS CONSUMPTION INGTJRABE?
Eead the followin; : Mr. C. H. Mtris
Newark, Arkansas, aays: " Was downrith
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and hy
sicians pronounced mean insurable con
sumptive. Began taking Dr. King's few
Discovery for consumption, am no on
my third bottle and able to oversecthe
work en my farm. It is the best xnefcine
ever made."
Jesse Middleware Decatua, Ohio,ys:
"ilad it not b"m tor Dr. Kin'a Newyis
covery for consumption I would have ied
of Lung troubles. Was given up by docirs.
Am now in best ot health." Try it. m
pie bottles free at Dr, J. M. Lawg'a
Drugstore.
Rem nan la.
Free Pres.
The "S. T. 1 860 X''
was s. mean-
ingless design intended to excite
curiosity. Mr. Barnes Osed to start
a discussiou every now and then in
the papers as to what the symbol
mnaut. Some said itmfvnt "Started
trade iu 1860 with 810." Another
c'aim-d that the S. T. X. meant St.
Croix mm, of which the bitters
were largely made in order to ontr
to the temperance el ment of the
popnUtion. Anyhow, -Mr. Barnes,
of New York, kuew the value of
newspaper advertising and die I a
millionaire many times ovr tha
is, he didn't die many times over,
but he left several millions wrung
out of alcoholic bitterness.
An exchange says "that every
line in a newspaper pos to nething.
If it is lor the benefit of an individ
ual it shonld be paid fo-. If a gro
cer were asked to donate groceries
to one abundantly able fo pav for
them, he would refuse. The pro
prietor of the newspaper must pay
for the free advertising if the man
who is benefited does not. And,
ye, it is one of the tardiest thine
o le learned by many people that
a newspaper has spare in its coK
umus to rent, and must r o Hvp
To give this space away would be
as fatal as for a landlord to furnish
house rent free."
The advertising bills of some of
the largest advertisers would be
enough to take the breath away
from anyone but a millionaire. It is
claimed only those with money can
advertise, bot there have been in
stances where that was not the
case. The soap man above referred
to put bis first page advertisement
in the Philadelphia Times when he
hadn't a cent to bis name. Ue trus
ted that the returns which that ad
ccrh'ggfDenk Wftuld brinj; in -woold
enable him to pay his bill. And it
did more than paid it, and it also
paid for house rent and for all the
material which he had got on credit
for the making ot his soap.
Orange Judd, when he was first
starting the American Agricultu
rist, had a bard time of it to make
both ends meet. He thought that
perhaps a little judicious advertis
ing would he'p along the new
monthly. He accordingly wrote a
few line advertisements with the
narae"American Agriculturist" pre
dominant. He sent this to the New
York Herald. He wrote on the copy.
or thousbt he did, "space, one inch."
What was his horror when he picked
up next moruinn'8 New York Her
ald, to look for his little advertise
ment, to see a whole page covered
over with the name "American Ag
riculturist." Judd tore bis hair and
though the was ruined ; but. the
fact was, that onepage advertise
ment was the making of his paper,
and when the bill for the advertise
ment was sent in he was amply able
to pay for it.
An Inventory of Ilia Stock.
The Concord Standard claims to
have induced a small boy the other
day to exhibit t f'loing from
his pockets:
"Paper of tacks, fishibook and
line, four buttons, nine nails, one
powder bottle, one box caps, two
cartridges, a jews harp, one javem.
ber, one sling, a copy of 'Bad Boy's
Diary,' a note from a little girl, Bar
low knife, a leather strap, slate and
lead pencils, toy pistol, cloves, four
cigarettes, ten matches, a key ring,
shot, catalogue of toys, tooth pick,
cigar holder, parched corn, one gar.
ttr,one copy of 'How to Marry,7 and
one of bis sister's letters from ber
'best boy.' There were a few other
things not necessary to mention.'
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lot e nml Nmiii.
What shall a young worn in do
vi' an Hiild mtn ?" KHva au old
Scotch hoiip. Mra. Hanuon, of Uo
boken, decided thnt the thing to do
with i er old mau wa.s to triphteu
htm to death.
James Haimon was not very
young, ami he was not at all hand
some. Kis wife was young, pretty
and fair haired. We will not lift
the veil from their domestic hap
P'uess. Suffice to say it was like
the domestic happiness of numerous
married people.
Not long since Mr.H. weut scurry
ing into the liobokcn police station
at the witching hour of 2 o'clock in
the morning. Ilia face betokened
woe and trouble in the camp. He
begged that a doctor be sent at
one to hia wife, who was dying in
gieat agony. Sbe had taken the road
out of the world by the aid of that
bandy domestic remedy, "Bough
on Eats."
A city physician grabbed a fine
stomach pump,whicb he kept bandy
for people who commit suicide, and
hastened to the scene. He found
pret'y Mrs. Hannon in spasms.
5$piinsare ever the refuge of nn
happv womankind, married or sin
gle The sex aie partial to them,
ooms of them can glide into the
most horrible spasms at a moment's
notice. '
So with pretty Mrs. Ilannon. She
contorted and cavorted till her hus
band came near going into convol
sions too. It was a terrible situation,
but the doctor bravely kept his
bead. He was used to spasms. lie
had been brought up with them,
so to speak. He felt pretty Mrs.
Hannon's pulse. It was beating as
calmly and regularly as if Mrs.
Hanuon wasn't dying of convul
sions. It seemed indeed as If that
cantankerous pulse had no respect
even for the jaws of death itself,
but meant to go on beating just the
same after the woman was dead.
Mrs. Hannon watched the doctor
out of a narrow slit in the con
vulsed half of one eye.
''This is a serious case," said the
doctor, solemnly. "The pump is no
good here. I shall have to cut a
hole in her stomach."
With a shriek the unconscious
and convulsed woman sprang bolt
upright. Her eye glared- There was
not a trace of a spasm in it now.
"Oh ! doctor, don't do that," she
ciifd. ''It wasn't poison at all. I
only took tooth powder and water,
and I only did it to frighten Jim
mie. Ue was jealounand neglecting
me.'' (Boohoo).
Then the happy husband and
wife flew into each other's arms
and made it all up: All's well that
ends well. But what the doctor
thought as he trudged sleepily
home has not been recorded.
Grains of Gold.
Cowardice is the greatest giver
of alms.
Spare moments are the gold dust
of time. Cole.
He who is devoted to everybody
is devoted to nobody.
It yon note all the details you
hae not seen the wbole.
Deliberation, too far prolonged,
defeats its own end. Nelson,
Sands make the mountains mo
ments make the years. Young.
Habit renders wrong.doing of any
kind a sort of second nature.
Nothing is degrading which a
high and graceful pnrp?se ennobles.
To owe gratitude oppresses a
coarse natnrej to receive it oppress
es a fine one.
For many natures it is as much a
daty of cleanliness to change opin
ions as to change clothes.
Thosei things which engage as
merely by their novelty cannot at
tract us any length of time.
He that boasteth himself to know
everything is most ignorant; and
be that presumeth to know nothiug
is most wise. Plato, B. C. 427.
Old sge is the night of life as
night is the old age of day. Still,"
night is full of magnificence, and
for many it is more brilliant than
day.
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Subscribe for the Lincoln Cou
pjeb, 81.50 a year.
TueUwunl Exception.
Customer: You stMl cracked eggi
at half price, do you notf
Cletk : Yes'm, we always make a
60 rwr cent, reduction on cracked
goods. Anything else to-day f 4
Customer: Yes, you may give ma
a dollar's worth of cracked wheat,
and here's your fifty cents. 'Ne
braska State Journal.
A Good Suggestion.
"Mamma, said Alfred, I prayed
three prayers, and the Lord ba
answered two of them. Dojoa
thiuk he'll answer the other !"
T think he will, my dear. Whet
were the prayers f"
"One was that he would make
you well, end you're not sick ny
more. Another was that he would
make papa more kind."
"Yes, dear. Now, what's the
third!" '
"I prayed that Ood would keep
us children from quarreling; bat bo
hasn't answered that yet, for Deity
and I quarreled dreadful to-day."
"Ah, my sod. you will have to
help the Lord to answer that."
A Toad ae a Heather Prophet.
A curious weather ptophet it be
ing shown in a Broadway store win
dow. It is a tree-toad confined iu
a glass tube. There Is a little ladder
for it to climb up and down on, and
so susceptible is the little prisoner
to changes that it ascends to. fh
top of the tube when the air grows
moist in advance of rain, and de
scends when clear weather is near
at hand. It also becomes noisy be
fore a storm. To those who have
never seen a tree toad, it may be
interesting to know that it resem
bles the ordinary garden .toad ia
form, but is more flattened. The
color varies from palo ash to dark
brown, with blotches of greenish
brown, and the stomach yellow The
eyes are large and brilliant. It
abounds about old trees, old fenc e,
and old stone walls.-St. Louti
Globe Democrat.
Itoll.
Some people think that boile are
a special affliction of Providence,
but we do not imagine that ProvN
dence has anything to do about it.
They are the result of an obstruction
of a small blood-vessel. Maybe the
sufferer has been eating too much
fat, greasy food fried food, batter,
iich cakes and pies and in con so
quence there has come to be j toV
much fatty matter in ' the blood.
Fat is carried through the veins in
small globules, and if too plentiful
they get into the small blood-vessels
and block up the capillaries. . In
this way clots are formed, and blood
stagnates, and for some distance
around the circulation is interfered ,
with, and the tissue die becacse
they are not supplied with new,
fresh blood. Nature wants to jeC
rid of these dead tissues, and so the
goes to work to separate the dead
from the living. Sbe fills in around
the clot with pus or matter, and ,bj
and by it breaks open at the , top
and the core ia pushed out from tbe
center. In this core is the clot .
which began the disturbance,
though it may not be as large as
thn point of a pin. .
Boils are due to a clogging of the
system, and are generally produced .
by a gross diet. Abscesses in the
liver and other abscesses, originate
in the same manner. .. As to ,the
core, we do not want to cure a boil, ,
for the body is trying to throw, off:
some effete matter and what we
should do is to render assistance ia . .
the effort. The foul matter is all
contained in the core and the great
quantity of offensive matter around .
it was blood corpascles ia the start.
Nature 'makes a fester around a
tdiver tor the sanmeason that the 1
does around this "tiny blood clot;
the matter accumulates around the
sliver uutil by end by it is1 torced
out. A felon is simply a deepseated
toil; A brui'te will eometimee otq
duce a boil underneath; the. thick
tissues aud tendons ; suppuration
takes place and then we hve a
felon. The only proper thing to do
is to encourage the processes 1 by
poultices. In that way: we can
MJtuetuurs bort a boil, ad stima
late absorption so that the effete
matter wi.f be camHl off without
great suffeiing. Good Health,