A- iff! if 4 Vol hi. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 12, ISSO. NO. 10 L. II III III (OOtllty, (jotl IIIeM Ton. I like the Anglo-Saxon ej.eech With its direct revealing ; It takes a hold and f(ms to reach Far down into your let-ling?. "That some folk d eru it rud-j 1 know, Ad tLeioloro t hey abuee it ; But 1 Lavo ncv.T found it bo, JJefure all fciso I choose it. I don't object that men should air The Gallic they have paid for, With " rccoir," "adieu, ma ctzrc," For that's what French was made for. But when a crony takes your hand At parting to address you, He drops all foreign lingo and IJe &ays, "Goodby, God bless you !" This seema to ino a baored phrase With reverence irnpaaaioned ; 1 thing come down from righteous days, Quaintly, hut nobly fashioned. 2t well becomes an honest luce, A voice that's round and cheerful ; It f-tays the sturdy in his place And soothes the weak and fearful ; Icto the porches of the ears It stcalg with subtle unction, And in your heart of hearts appear To work its gracious function ; AdU all day long with pleasing sODg It lingers to caress you. I'm sure no human heart goe9 wrong That's told "Goodby, God bles3 you I love the words, perhaps because When I wa3 leaving mother, Standing at last in solemn pause "We looked at one another, And I I saw in mother's eye3 The love she could not tell me, A love eternal as the skies, "Whatever fate befell me. She put her arms about my neck And soothed the pain of leaving, And, though her heart was like to break, Sho spoke no word of grieving. She let no tear bedim her eye, For fear that might distress me, liut, kissing me, she naid, "Goodby," And asked our God to bless me. Eugtne Field GISELE'CAPRICE- The salon was lighted by a single lamp-which hed a soft radiance (Lroughout t lie room. It was simply furnished, bat was adorned with a profusion of flowers and plants. Three persons were in the salon ilme. de. Baluy, Gisele, her daugh ter, and tbe latter's betrothed, Robert do Gillis, who wa soon. to bo her husband. Gisele, who whs in her eighteenth year, was vey beautiful. She was a natural blonde. 11 er smile had the double advautage of showing pretty teeth and two charming lit tle dimples in her rosy cheeks. Her eyes were very handsome, but their glance was somewhat imperious. She was dressed iu a robe of a sofr, white, clinging material that set off to advantage her girlish beauty. Gieele was an only daughter. She had been reared by an indulgent mother, her father having died duiiog her infancy. Although lime, de Jjalney's income was barely suf ficient to support herself and her daughter ahe managed to gratify Gisele's eveiy whim, and her whims were many, for she was a child of caprice. Vlauy admirers paid suit to Gisele, but ehe smiled on none until Robert de Gillis threw himself and his for tune at her feet. In Robert Gisele .found her supreme triumph, for by bis unselfish devotion he gave her the greatest saiisfactiou a woman co have to be loved for her beauty, which was Gisde's only dower. Jiobeithad every qualification to be desired iu a lover. He was 23 years old, handsome, manly and very wealthy. While Mme. de Baluey was word ing at her embroidery and Robert and Gisele were holding a tender conversation, the door of the salon wa3 opened and Georges Langle was announced. "Good evening my dear madaine,'' said the new comer, as he eutered, bowing to the mistress of the house. "Ab, good evening, my dear Lan gle,'' said Mme. de Balny, welcom ing the guest. ''This is, indeed, an agreeable surprise' When the others had welcomed him, turning to Robert, Langle said: "I knew that I would find you here, and that is why I called so late, wishing to have you present to second a proposition which I desire to make to these ladies.'' "Ah ! tell us. What is it !" ex claimed Gisele. "My mother's cottage at Saint Cloud has just been put in order for th9 summer," replied Langle. We are going to drive there to morrow moruiug, and she desires that you will accompany us. We shall leave Paris in good Keaaou ho as to avoid the heat of .he day. Breakfast will await us on uur arrival. We will spend the warm part of the day swinging in our hammocks and gossiping und-r the elms. We will dine al fres anl then, if Mile. Gisele approve of the plan, we will atUnd thfteof Saiut Cloud, at which, among other attractions, will be the great lion tamer, the illustrious Bidel. with his menagerie. That is the propo sition I have to oder. ''Bravo!'' cried Gisele. "Your plan is charming! charming! is it not, Robert?" she added, turning to her lover. Robert agreed with Gisele that their friend's plan was faultless, and it wa3 adopted with enthusiasm. AccordingljT, the following day found Mme. de Balny, her daughter and Robert at Saint Cloud, as the guests of M. Langle and his mother. The day was spnt in those delight ful ways which people escaping from the city in the early summer tiud for passing the time in the county. Gisele, however, was all anticipation in regard to the approaching fete, and especially in regard to the lion tamer, Bidel, of whose exploits she had heard a great deal. Immediate ly after dinner, therefore, Gisele, Robert and Langle went to :he fete, the elder ladies preferring to remain at tbe cottage. They first attended Bidel's per formance with his lions, which Gis ele watched with the liveliest in terest. As tbe perfoimance drew to a close Gisele became so enthu siastic in regard to Bidel's bravery that Langle said, jokingly, that she ought to marry a lion tamer. Such is my intention," replied Gisele, "for I am sure that Robert will not deny the first request I have ever made of him. Will you, Robert !" she added, turning to him. "What !" exclaimed Robert. "Do you wish me to enter the lions' cage I ' "Yes. Does that surf rise you f "A little, I confess." "You ought to have as much cour age as a vulgar tamer of animals," said Gisele, who seemed to be put out by her lover's backwardness in bearding the lions to please her whim. , "But to do what you ask me to do would by no means be a proof of courage," answered Robert. 'It would be a ridiculous act on my part, for I would be exposing my self to no purpose." "You speak lightly of the pros pect of being devoured," said Lan gle laughing. Langle wished to laugh Gisele out of her caprice. Gisele, on the other band, did not really wish her lover to enter the lions' cage, but she wanted him to seem ready to do even that for her. ''Then you refuse?" she asked Robert, with an air of disdain. Langle, without giving Robert an opportunity to reply, said : "Certainly he does for tbe condi tions are not the same for him as for Bidel who has been long aceus tomed to being amoug wild animals and has made a careful study of their character." "You seem to take great interest in a matter which does not concern you,'' said Gisele, who was vexed by Langle's opposition. "But, replied Langle gravely, "what you ask Robert to do is very dangerous. Besides, you forget that his mother adores him and that she will never forgive you if you make him expose himself in this perilous manner." But Gisele insisted. "Very well,'' said Robert coldly, "I will enter the cage, if Bidel will allow me to do so, as soon as the spectators have departed. I do not wish to give a public exhibition of my courage," he added, with a tinge of sarcasm in his tone. "Ah ! I knew you would consent!'' exclaimed Gisele with apparent delight, "I will arrange the matterat once," said Robert. He went to Bidel, with whom he held a. short conversation, theu re turned, saying : The linn- will he fed in a' few minutes. I will enter the cage theu with Hidel." By t!i in t me the spectators had departed. Uoher Lfitgln and Gi ele approac ied the e ige. Present l the li'n tamT joined them. He to'd Robert that he was radv tc fed the lions and invited him into the eae. "N, K)bu' t do not go,'; said Gis ele 1 do not wish you to eufer th cage. I asked you to do so only because I wanted you to seem ready to expose yourself to any danger for my sake." "Pardon me, Gisele, for notaceed iug to this new caprice of ynuis a14 to the first," replied Robert. I have resolved to enter the cage and I shall do so." Robert turned away from Gisele, aud a moment afterward he and tb liou tamer entered the cage. Th lions, eight iu number, moved hithei and thither, obedient to the com mand of their master, but fbeii large golden eys showed their astonishmeut at the presence ol this intruder who accompanied him. Gisele and Langle looked on in sileuce and in agouv. Gisele, who was very pale, was only prevented from giving voice to her anguish by the fear of aggravating her loverV peril. Her eye?, which were big with fright, were fixed on Robert. He, on the other hand, was quite calm, at least in appearance. Like Bidel, he was armed with a bar ol iron and a rawhide. He was thus doubly prepared to repel the lions if they came too near him. Robert was in the cage about five minutes. Then he left it and re joined Gisele, who, radiant with joy, ber hands extended, exclaimed: "Ob, Robert! how I admire you ! how I" Robert took one of Gisele's hands in his, and, interrupting her, said, in a calm voice : " Do not praise my exploit so much, for the act which you ap plaud was performed for my own sake rather than yours. If I am brave, as now you evidently think me, I confess that I am not without (ear that I shall not always be able to accede to your desirts, and as it would pain me to cross so charming a woman, I renounce the honor of being your husband. 1 As soon as they returned to the cottage the party started for Paris WThen they reached Gisele's home Robert bade her good by with a profound bow. Ou entering the bouse Gisele found the superb bou quet which she was accustomed to receive each day from Robert ; it was the last. Gisele has never mar ried. Translated for the Epoch jrom the French. Ki!-i (lie Fool and let liiiu go Home " Tbe story goes that a certain "so ciety young man, noted for his handsome bearing and wiuning voice, accompanied a young lady to her home and, as a'l true lovers do, lingered yet a little while at the gate to have a lover's tete-atete with his fair companion. The night was beautiful, no oue was near to intrude, aud above all he loved her! Why shouldn't she kiss bim ? With true maidenly modesty she refused. He implored. She still withheld from him that which would fill his cup of happiness. The request was repeated several times, and so en grossed did the young man become iu wooing, he failed to notice the approach of the paternal step. Tbe old gentleman bad been there him self and did not care to intrude upon the happiuess of the young couple, so quietly stepping behind a convenient rose bush, waited, thinking the young man would soon leave. In this he was mistaken. The lover tarried over the request until the patience of the old gentle man was exhausitd. A voic tbe couple well knew aroused them from their happiness, in a tone of impa tient anger, by saying : "Daughter, kiss that fool and let him go home!" It is reported that the young man only hit the ground in high places in his endeavor to comply with the old gentleman command. Exchange. On Tenting. BY ELEANOR HUNTER. It seems to roe that one of the most annoying traits of character which one can possess is a disposi tion 1 1 tH, for when that diposi tion is irel indulged there i noth ing that can CHiie nnre unhappiness t others. To be obliged to pperwi ontr'n life with an invef eiate tease is lik living in a bramble bush, or sutlet ing constantly from the torture of innumerable pin-pricks. To be sure one pin-prick in nothing much, but when one has to bear ten thou sand of them it is quite another matter. "Pshaw !" says the tease, "I did not hurt you auy. I wouldn't make snch a fuss about nothing. I did not mean an thing. 1 was only teasing." Exactly. And it is just because there is no meaning iu it, nor neces sity for it, because it is "only teas fug," that poor, tormented, insulted human nature cries out sometimes in a passion against it. It is aston ishing what an unrrin ingenuity a born tease will show in choosing his victim's weakest point and in sticking his little piu straight into it. Is his vitim timid, quie -tempered, or has he some infirmity o speech, or peculiarity of pe aon about which he is sensitive? That is the very place which the tease selects for his thrusts ; and a tease uever misses a chance. If he can uot find anything else to anuoy, he will tease an quintal, or torment a little child, aud he thinks it is fuu ; but it fs ihe most malicious, most dreadful and most dangerous fun in this world. I once knew a lady who was literally almost frightened to death by a miserable m n who followed her home through the twi light ; she reached shelter and dropped fainting Upon the floor, and the thoughtless fellow who occa sioned the distress explained that he "just followed her to tease, be cause he knew she was timid, and he did it just for fun." He found that it was not so enjoyable, as he waited while she hovered between life and death, the victim of his wretched joke. Foitunately for him and for the friends who loved her, she recovered, but she never entire ly got over the effects of the ner vous shock which she endured at that time. I think that a genuine tease is a coward for he never attacks his equal, his victims are the helpless auima', the little child, the timid woman. If you will notice, it is never tbe smallest boy wh ieases the larger oue. Aud then, a tease can never bear to be teased himself. Nothing makes him angrier than to be paid back in his own coin. But really the most distressing thing about the whole matter is the effect which the habit of teasing has upon the nature of the one who indulges in it. A confirmed tease becomes positively hearties. He can look upon mental or physical distress quite unmoved. Indeed, he is not satisfied with the results of his teasing if he does not cause one or the other. That is the part he enjoys, and it is why he teases. If there is a boy who reads these lines who likes to teae his little sis ter nntil she runs in tears to her mother, or who torments some lit t!e fellow at school just to see him flush crimson and bristle with im potent indignation ; if you want to make a man of yourself stop it. For it is tbe mo-?t ignoble and unmanly thing to take delight in causing pain to any liviug creature, espe cially if it is smaller and weaker than yourself. How 3Ien Die. If we. know all the methods of approach adopted by an enemy we are the better en abled to ward off the danger and postpone the moment wh?n surrender becomes in1" evitable. In many instances the inherent strength of the body suffices to eDab'e it oppo-e the tendency toward death Many however have lost these forces to such an extent that there 13 little or no help. In other cases a little aid to the weakened Lungs will make all tbe difference between sudden death and many years of useful life. Upon tbe first symptoms of a ougb, ould or any trouble of the Throat or Lungs, give that old and well-known rem edy Boschee's German Syrup, a careful trial. -It will prove what thousands fay of it to "be the benefactor of any home." The Be( Time to Ilatlie- i io ... ... . c .. ur,t ,w u.mr just iM'iore going to bed, as auy danger of catching cold is thus avoided, and the complexion is improved by keeping warm for several hours fter leaving th- bath. A couple of pouods of bran pnt into a thin bag (and then into the bath-tub is fit- ellent for soften:ng the r-kin. It should be left to eoak in a small quantity of water s.-vtnal hours tie lore being ued. The in rnal a;ds 'o a clear complexion are most of them well known, and the res-nt season is the best for a thorough cleansing ami purifying of the b'ocd. The old-fashioned remedy of sulphur and molasses is con sidered among the best. Cl-arcod, powdered and taken with wa'er, is said to by excellent, hut it is most difficult to take. A ftiictly vegetable and fruit diet is followed by many tor one or two weeks. The London Lancet. Convincing Proof. In many instances it has been nroven that b. b. b. (Botanic Blood Balm,) made by Wood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., will cure blood pobon in its worse phases, even when all 'hr treatment f tils. A- P. Bru-on, Atlanta, ( i , write : "I had 24 ruuning ulcers on one leg and C on the other, and felt greatly prostrated. I believe I actually swallowed a barrel of medicine, in vain efforts to cure the disease. With liitle hope I finally acted on the urgent advice of a friend, and got a bottle of li. b. b. I experienced a change, and my despondency was somewh-it dispelled. I kept using it until I had taken sixteen bottles, and all the ulcers, ibeuma'ism and all other horrors of blood poison have disappeared, and at last I am sound and well again, after an ex perience of t wenty years of torture.'' Robert Ward, Maxey,G ., writes: "My disease was pronounced a ter tiary form of blood po:soo. My face, head and shoulders were a mass of corruption, and finally the disease began eating my skull bones. Aly bones ached ; my kidneys were deranged, I lost llesh a d strength, aod life became a burden. All said I must surely die, but nevertheless, when I had used ten bottles of b.b.b. I was pronounced well. Hundreds of scars can now be seati on me. 1 have now been well over twelve months.'' Cimi-Chewing at (lie Capital. Washington is a city of gum. chewers, says a letter to the Water bury American more emphati ;al'y so than any other city iu tbe mid-1 die or southern Atlantic coast. The daintilly liavored pa'ivat-incieaser is not only popular with school boys and school girls, it peru eites socie ty from top to bottom, uud a censas of the u en who delight to roll the waxy morsels under their tongues would be a surprise to the country. The man who (next to ihe Presi dent) controls and directs the, for eign policy of this administration uses a gieat deal of guui. He says that gum chewing is not with him an unreasoning ha'Mt. "It aids my dipestiou," he says. "I chew simply because of the goof effect it has upon my stomci." His better lulf has not that same excuse, fur her digestion has s'eadfestlv refused to be impaired by many jeais of the most exces-ively fashiunable life ; yet t'he, loo, chews gum. Not m public, though, for there is no greater stickler for a submissive yielding to the "proprieties" than Mrs. Blaine. There is gum at the White House! Mrs. McXee is au expert cheer, and when Rux.i IIa.:.o3 married ex-Senator Sauuders' daughter it long to pick up the habit from her sister-in-law. Passing down Pennsylvania ave uue Saturday afternoon 1 noticed three ladies sitting in au opeu car riage waiting for the coming of a 'fourth, who was iu a jewelry store. AH three were workiug the muscles of their jaws as rapidly as possible and the fragmentary conversation wai frequently interrupted bj gulps and gurgles of tbe most dis tressing character. Tbe fourth lady came out the store in a little while, but before entering ber car riage she opened tbe everpresent sacuel and took from thence a little silver(covered square of something. She removed the wrapper dexten usi Iy and then put tbe brown contents into her pretty mouth. In !es than ten seconds thereafter there wete four ladies at tbe head and front of Washington society riding down the avenue at high noon and every oue of them was chewing gum as though their lives would be forieited if they stopped for an instant. Two of the judges of tbe Supreme bench of the District of Columbia jare iiunuit. chew-man I so is Jii. ;tice Gray of Hie Supreme Court of ! the United States. A Slmly ot IIiimIiiiimIm. By a Woman for Women. We her so much tdk about the ;irt of winning a hu-bind. Let u take a step further aud make a study of keeping a husband. If he is worth ionng he is worth keep ing. This is a wicked world, and nun is dreadfully mortal. Let in I 'ake. him jut as he ought to be. In the hrst place, he isver weak. The wife must spend Ihe first two years in discovering these weaknesses, count them on her fingers, and learn them by heart. The fingers of both hands will not be too many Then let her study up these weak uesses. with a mesh for every one, and tbe secret is hers. Is lie fond of a aood dinner ? Let her tighten 'he mesh around him with fragrant coffee, light bread, and good things generally, and reach his heart through his stomach. Is he fond of flattery about ids looks ? Lei her study the dictionary for sweet words if her supply gives out. Does he like to hear her talk atout his brilliant intellect ? Li't her pore ov r the encyclopaedia to give vari ety to the depth of her admiration. Flattery is a good thing to 8tudj up at all hazard, in all its delicate shades, but it must bi skillfully done. The harpy who may try to coax him away will not doit ab surdly. Is he fond of beauty V Here's the rub let her be bright and tidy ; that is half ot the victo ry. Next, let her bang her hail metaphorically and keep up with the times. A husband who seet his wife look like other people is not going to consider her "broki. down-" Though it is a corarooi sneer that a womau has admitted that her sex considers more, in marrying, the tastes of her friends than her own, yet it must be con considered ludicrous that a man looks at his wife with the same eyes that other people do. Is he fond ol literary matters? Listen to him with wide, open eyes when he talk of them. A man doesn't so mucl cire for a literary wife, if only sh will be literary enough to appreci ate him. If she have literary iucli nations, keep them to herself. Men love to bn big and great to their wives. That's the reason wh a helpless little woman can mai n three times to a suii')le, self-reb ant woman's Done. Cultivate help lessofss. Is be curious! Oh, thei you have a treasure ; yon can a ways keep him if you have a secre. and keep it carefully. Is he jeal ous ? Then, wo an, this is not for you; cease torturing that fretted heart which wants you for its own, acd teach him confidence. Is he uly in temper and fault-finding? Give him a dose of his own rnedi cine, skillfully done. Is he dcut ful ' Pity him for his weakness; treat hi'n as one who is brn with a physical defect, but put your wiu to work it is a bad case. It b well not to be to tarn1. Men do not waste their ponder and shot on hens and barnyard fowl ; th 1 k tb" pleasu-eof pursuing wild gam quail and grouse and deer. A quail is 8 good model for a wife , r,et and trim, with a prettv, I about , d . t f,. switi tie ca prlcious. Never let yourself be come an old story , be just a little uncertain. Another fact i, don'i be too good ; it hurts his feeling and becomes monotonous. (Julti vate a pleasant voice, so that th veiy mortal man may have his con science prick him when he is in jeopardy: its pleasant ring wil haunt him much more than would 9 shrill one. It is hard to do all this, besides taking care of the babies and looking after vexatious house hold cares, and smiling whn h comes home, but it sems Decssary. "To be boru a woman is to be borr. a martyr," says a husband, who, foi ten years, has watched in amaze ment his wife treading the winepress of ber existence It is a pitiful s:ght to some meu. But if the wife does not make a study ot thes things the harpy will, to steal awaj the honor from the sdver hairs when he is full of years and the father ot sons and daughters. At the same time, good wife, keep from trying these thiugs. on any mortal man but your own. These rules are only evolved to "keep a husband." The poor, 'weak creiture woild lather te go.l than ha I, and it ia woman's duty to hold him by every means iu her poi'er. . The Lit married Uouiauof Ti-diiy. "The unmarried woman is multu plying what shall be done about it!"' the newspapers are a-kiug. The matter is spoken of as a calam ity; but the unmarried woman her self does not seem to feel it so. She is generallv cheerful, active, busy and useful. She is no longer the sour, scandd-loving, unattractive "old maid ' of earlier times. She retains her bloom and her vivacity. She has little time and less inclina tion for gossip. Culture and occu pation have broadened her uatuie and given her charity aud wi(.doio. She has fads, but they are useful or iuterestiug. Generally she is eu- gaged in busiuess of some kind, and supports herself, and perhaps a mother or father, or one or two sisters and brothers. They are not unwomanly, thes i modern old ma ds. They are loud of children, and give much sympa thy as well as active help to the multiform charities in aid ot child renthe homes, the Fresh .Air So, ciety, the orphan and the foundling asylums. They are interested in the physical culture that shall fit eirls to be healthy wives and moth ers. They are zealous with pen and tongues in showing their sex, particularly the "marrying women," bw to be more beautiful, healthy and attractive, and how to make their home charming to their hus bands aud children. There is no sourness in Ibeir lives or nature?, only a slight flavor of acidity that crops out now and then in wholesome corrective sar casm concerning social shams and domestic humbugs. The complicated machinery of higher civilization could not move, w ithout creaking if it were not oiled by the exertions or influence of un married women. Who would wiite the novels, pet or scold the clergy men, keep up the sewing societies, the Sorosis, the Women's Temper ance Union", the dress reform movement, the vegetarian move ment, tbe benevolent homes, etc.? Who would retain society in the straight and narrow way by keep ng a sharp eye and sharp tongue upon it who but the women, hat, untrammeled with domestic tetters, silken or otherwise, are free to give to the world at large he energies they might else expend upon home and family ! Society (at its highest point of civilization) is showing the need of a class whose prerogative is wcrk iot hard, heavy toil this our im roved and constantly improving nachinery shall do for us but ork requiring patieuce, persist ; c, intelligence and skill work nat will minister to the higher H-ite and fir.er art sense as well as ie physical comfort of society. 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