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tit & rrM 't- r I Ki n) :1 iir v nu: Biywv biG 4 Vol in. LINCOLN TON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1889. NO. 2 IIIPIII III it I II 1, i Ii III II ill If MR. UQSGNBUIIG & CO- "Are you going in that dresn" Mr. Rosenberg, immaculate in tine liuen and broadcloth stood and hut veyed it'u wife She, arrayed in a well woru black ailk, answered cheerily Won't ij to? It's the very best I have'' "Why, but J on surely are not going to wear light gloves? Kver.x body wears dark ones now." Little Mrs. Roseibeig quietly fastened ooe ot tbe otleuding glove while ber husbaud mercilessly con tinued: . "You dou't look just right either. Stems to tne a tew beads or some thing of that sort wouldhave added to tbo effect." Mrs Rosenburg gave au inaudi ble sigh. Just two da8 before bhe had priced aoiue neat jet trimming which she fancied at ouly seveuty five cents a ard. Hut Mr. Kooeuberg had uot even money euough for this small pur purchase to the had carelessly asked, "Could you let mo have a couple of dollars. Richard" And Dick bad answered, "What have you done with that two dollars 1 gave you a lew days ago? 1 suppose you have spent it all: women have no iilea of the ues of inonej." Dick had the habit of forgetting, and so expecting others to forget remarks like these. But hia wife often thought the matter over, lie fore her marriage she had foamed at the least idea of Mr. Rosenberg's opinions on the money question, and uiort bitterly had she repented it. Possesed of a liberal education, including the languages, she was abi to turn various accomplish merits to account and thus corns maud several hundred a year. Some two thousand dollars had been saved aud were now lying in a bauk, annually drawing interest. Hut of this Richard Rosenberg knew nothing. He ouly knew that his wife was in easy circum stances at the time he married her. The next afternoon, having a half hour of unusual leisure, he thought he would just run up to Tom Garret'.s office tor a few moments- Tom was sittiug with a pouder ous book of tbe law open before him, and io which he was trying to get interested. Hi pushed aside the volame howsver as his friend en tered. ''How are you, Dick, he said ris ing aud placiug a chair for his visi tor. ''This is an exceptional." Tom carefully inserted a mark between the leaves of his law book, replaced it ou the shelf, then settled himself for a cozy chat. They had not goue far in their talk whu the door quietly opened and in walked Mr?. Garret. After greeting both geutleinan she walked to the desk, and in a gentle dignified manner anuounced: fl shall need another five dollars, Tom, if you cm spare it. I meant t-Q bring euough with me to do m shopping, but I didn't." And to JJicks amazement she held out her jiapi in confident expectancy. "A five? No, 1 realty haven't it. 1 have a two aud a t mi. Hre you would better take he ten. you may neod it before you are tbrongh.'' Tomcooly transferred the bill to Jiig wife's hand, at the same time Baying, "I suppose yon haven't time to Stop, Amy'',' aNo, indeed' she laughed. "But I would like to jbow yousoruetbiug if you aro not too busy." Mr. Rosenberg sitting apart from the window to which the two had withdrawn, could see that tbe tepmething'' proved te bo handsome samples of pa'ssementiie. kil want one of these for my new satin", he heard Mrs: Garret say. "Which shall l be TomV' 'I'om gave his undivided atten tion to the trimming, and possess ing a good deal of taste, was abe to help his wife out of her diiema. "Thank you," she said as she reared the door. I will get ome of the $12 kind.' Then the walked away. "I'll be hanged, Tom .Tarret' if that stuff ctsts 'twelve dollars.!' You dont get any more salary than l! do, and I can't begin to dress my 'ife an jou do yours. Wh I hould (hiuk Iwas a fool to give my wife so nuch to spend on beads. Ho do you nauage itf" "1 dou't manage it, aud I don't dress my wife as you term it. She 4ets what sbo likes with her own - '' of the money. 1 never iuto j reie, except when I'm awked as was the case this alteruooa." ''Rut she wore a stunuing gown last night' persisted Dick, who felt bound to sift this "womau and lress business," as he called if, to the bottom, "i want to know how you manage it. My wite is a hand Home wo cen, but I was actually ashamed of her last evening. I really want her to have what other women have, but I just cau't keep giving her money for gewgaws, and that is what uuder it would amount to." Tom gave a prolonged whistle, half his breath. 4T tell you I dou't manage my wife all. It's all I can do to attend to my side of the house aud my bu siness. I earu a couple of huudred every month, carry on my side of the expenses, furnish the house, buy provisions, and clothe myself, out of one hundred and fifty dollars, and the other fifty comes iu as Mrs. Garret's share. Of course if either of us need a little more we arrange ! that matter between us. But one thing, Dick, I never ask ber what she did with her money, any more than I expect to account to bet for the spending of mine- She has just as good a right to that fifty dol lars, to use as she pleases, as I have to three times as much. ''Why, man alive, my wife is a splendid fiuancier. She was brought up to handle money, while I had to learu. You see my father was a rich man and handed me any snm I wanted at any rime. Then there came a day when he lost his prop erty, and wheu I begau reading law, I had not a cent to call my own. It was pretty hard, I tell you to keep down my extravagant tastes I had to begin at the foot of the ladder and work up. But Amy helped. But tiow my business is on firm footing and there is no more need for her to use her mm ey. I rebelled against it at the lime. What she has of her own is safely invest ed with the understanding that she shall have what she desires for her own expenses." Dick Rosenberg listened atten tively, interrupting with a word now and then. WThen he came to go he said, ''I'll try your plan, Tom, with my wifeil always somehow felt as if a woman was not made for business. In fact I've most always bdeu with Belle when she made purchases aud paid for them myself." "My word for it, Dick, you will have more money at the end of a it x r- t: - i k ., i, yt-'ii ii jus. nufcuuuiy uujo uci )vn things. That eveuing there were no call: ers aud Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg stationed themselves in the library with boobs and work. The lady of the house worked fitfully, watched the flames iu the glowing fire, hesi tated, and opened ber mouth to speak once or twice, at last gained courage and gave utterance: "Mrs. Franklin came in this af ternoon and asked me to go, shop ping with btr tomorrow morning. She has seen some goods she would like to consult me about, and as I needed a dress,see suggested that I get it at the same time- didn't kpow whether it would, be convenient for me to have anv money or not. If it is not, perhaps I oan have enough for car fares, and then I can help her with her things. Belle trembled as her husband be gan. First belaid down his paper and poshed it aside. ' The very idea c,f your haying to come to me for car fares! 2$o I do- not mean it isn't right," as be saw the moisture gather in Mro. Iosen hern's eye. '.'J have been, meaning (he did not say for how long) have a little talk with you upon the money question . Belle, I alway thought that it was the man's place to manage all the money. I will tell qu boy? it wts at hprne. Mjr fath ler was a poor boy; iie was sent 0ut at ten yearsof age to shift for I iniself. Ue did all kins of hard cold work, and uceived bard, colt., treatment. He tfied neveral trHde! aud at last decidento go into a fac tory, learn all thee was about th Ixtbiness, and gH up by degrees ii, to a good business, lie d'd .-. 4 In my early lite he had quite a good aiaty several thousand dollars a jear. But their was one thing I always observed, aud that was that though he gave liberably aud spent lavishly himself he never trusted my mother with much non ey. 11 s trusted her, but those were not days wheu women were expect ed to control things, 'fhey u1nvhs asked their husbands what to do and what, to buy. Anyhow it via so iu my father's family, aud his broth er's and many other families I kuew abou-. "Why my mother had no pocket book of her own. She always went to my father for every cent. "Wheu I married, I supposed that I ought to keep my money iu my own hands, but I have made up my mindthat I have been all wrong Tomorrow is your birthday, Belle.l am going to celebrate by beginning to live as I mean to go on.'' To Mrs. Roseoburg's surprise he was helding out to her a new pock book of the most approved style. Mrs. Rosenberg took it, aud the faint color iu her cheeks deepened a examining it she discovered a fifty dollar bill neatly folded and ly iug within. 4ilt's only what I propose to hand you at tbe beginuitig of each month uereafter,'' said her husbaud look ing ou with pleased interest. Just faucy, reader how she felt She who had been accustomed to come and ask for the sum of ten oents! i Mrs. Franklin aud Mrs. Roseo here drd their shopping together. And it must be owned that Mrs. Franklin was surprised at the nuuii I er of dainty trirles that her frieu d purchased. When at last she spent SI for haJf a dozen hankerchiefs,she xclaimed "Edna, do yon think I m extravagant? I had a large birth day preseDt. so you see I can afford a few things.'' I.ut ii a few dayo Mr. Franklin bsi rved to her husband. "What a long b'rtbday present Bll Rosem had. She Reems to have p'enty of money in these days all that she needs. As for Mr. Rosenborg, he never regretted that he decided to make his wife partuer in home affairs. He uo longer had occassion to be a. hamedof her appearance ie public nor needed he to lament any undue extravagance in her- "Dick, you are not robbing your self or the interest of your house or anything, arc you?" she ventured to say one day, adding, "I do wish every wife could have her allow ance.'' And Mr. Rosenberg, smiliugdy growled "1 believe every sensible man sees to it that hia wife has one Atlanta Constitution. 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A Spink, Atlanta, Ga.,says: 4 Qne bottle of B X Et completely cured my child of eczema." W. A. Pepper, Fredouia, Ala., writes : "bbb cured my mother of ulcerated sore throat." tl'FFi.( OU 1 It, AMI SillltTS. oO01 HOl'SFKEFPrNG- flow many a young wifo has viewed with ".veariufss and vex 1 tion of spirit" her husband's I men, limp, dump, ar.d atreiked with htu- nt', feeling she had either to put up with it rather allow him to do it or forrehim to drophin hard earned dollars in the almost indispensable steam laundry in order to show a hold white front to the wearisome toil of the day. I, among the rest' have sutlered at tbe bands of igno rant, unscrupulous laundresses with their pockets full of salsoda, etc., who, wheu mildly rebuked lor their execrable washing, tell you with an injured air, they do their best and if you don't like it, better get some one else. Many a girl ou the eve of her wedding knows as little about "do ing op" a shiit as she does about making bread, which is precious little, for she has never had to do ii, was never made to do it, aud how can she show any willing woman in her employ how to do it, if she knows not how herself 1 After weeks, yea! mouths, ot bad wash ing, she finally concludes it would be economy to send the cuffs, coK lars, and shiite, anyhow, to the laundry, or take them to the near est Mongolian to be spat upon, thinking she tvill save ou something else. All goes well for awhile, but our young friend soon discovers the shirts wear out much sooner than usual, the cuffs are not mated, and very often her husbaud goes down to his office in a bad humor, the re sult of finding all his collars marked 17 inches when he wears a l.r4. But the comfort of having them look white aud stiff shuts her eves to the price and loss, which amounts to considerable to a young couple, perhaps with a growing family and limited means. For those in sympathy with me and who are now going through the mill, let me solve the problem, or, in other words, give them the ben, efit of the advice of au expert laun dress, recently employed by my mother, who by accident engaged ber, not knowing at the time her trua worth, nor her amiable willing- uess to show and tell how she put iron iu the bosoms and luster on the linen. Tbe woman in question was a bright mulatto, who worked as she talked mth an ease aud grace that bespoake her ability to prac tice what she preached. This is her way, and as I am ( nl. alludiug to cuffs, collars, aud shirts, the supposition is that they are snowy white when yon go to starch them. The starch for these articles is made much thicker than ordinary, so that when it is cold you can sl'ce it with a knife. For those who have never made it, I append the follow ing receipc, enough for four shirts, a dozen collars, and as many pairs ot cuffs: Put to boil in a cieau sauce pan with copper bottom one and one-half quarts of clear water j have ready a cupful of best gloss starch dissolved in cold water, and when the water on the Ftove is galloping, i mate of the character of that de for it must "dance as well as sing, ' i mure maiden whote only ambition pour iu the melted starch, stirring wel1, and hoil carefully until it is translucent; It must be quite thick, and if one capful (as caps vary) is not enough, dissolve more and add, beinc careful not to let it burn. Fifteen to twenty minutes boiling ltion, nobody hears anything about tind fufficieut, and it is ready to is and conesquently everybody be straiu in three-cornered cheese cloth iieves, if they -ive her a thought, bag, which you will find better than tbat she is perfectly resigned to tbe thicker goods, as the starch runs 'common place, and that ih$ conld through, it readUy. Now add a tea-1 not appreciate an thing better. By spoonful of kerosene and a few drops of bluing. Some yse a bit of butter or sperm, but I find kerosene to answer the purpose and is always at hand. The 6tarch made and tbe clothes ready, you may now proceed to business. Don't be iu a hurry, for what time you consume in the starching will be made up in the ironing. As soon as the starch is su$ici?utly cool to bear your hand, taise a shirt that has jnst come from the rinse water, gather np the Kosnm. immersa in the starch, rub well, long, and vigorously till the !arrh has entered evry fold ot the lioMom, lining and all ; don't wring or squeeze, but draw it through xour lingers w.dl, slipping off all Nuperfiuous Htarcl; ; treU band and wristbands the same, hang up until bone. diy. Proceed to do the same to the collars aud cuffs, not. forget tin; that success in ihe ironing depends whollv upon how well you rub in the stairh. In shipping them of rh utareb, endeavor to am vth out all wii.-skles while wet, and when dry thoy will rattle, like j,,.,. If the ironing does m tke place until the next dty, put ur linen awiy carefully out of the dus but do not sprinLle. A half hour before you are ready to iron it, wring out of cold water very dry a clean white cotton rag twice the size of a towel, lay the collars and cutis on it, with the fold of the rag between each article, roll up Minoothly and tight. On tht shirt bosoms lay a similar rag, only smaller, enough to cover the starched part-, roll as be'ore and put away for thirty tniuutes. Heat on the fire three polishing irons, which are oblong in share with rounded comers. The ones I have are called the '"Detroit," ami have a corrugated surface, wlch adds much in obtaining that luster o envied in well laundried linen. In using them at first they s?em very awakard, being easily turned over, but a little attention and practice will enable 3011 to ue them with dexterity and effect. When the time is up, take one article at a time, lay ou a cban white irouiug board. See that your hands are imaculate and your irons clean j rub the latter on brown paper and a bit of beeswax, then on a clean rag. If your polisher is at the right heat, it would ouly take a few firm rubs up and down ou each side to make yon feel proud of your col lars aud cuffs. The shirt bosoms are drawn out smoothly on a bosom board, after ironing the sleeves aud tail, also the neck and wristbands. Now grasp the neck with your left hand and slide, as it were, your iron up tbe middle, sending all wrinkles to the sides instead of the tcp or bottom. Pif ss fi inly, cm h around the neck band, o rhat it ill s'nnd, put a pin in it to reserve its shape,, fold, and j'our work is done. Don't be discouraged by your fiit failure. The results are worth the trail, and you will soon find yourself compe tent to teach your next new laun dress, bearing iu mind thai the ironing is theleastpart of the work, and that success depends upon white clothes and thorough search ing. My husband, father, and brothers no longer help to support John Chinaman or his great contempo rary, the steam laundry, but revel in linen as stiff as ivory and white as snow, which is as great a pleas ure to them as it is comfort to me. Mrs. H. V. P. Taylor. The Unlet Girl. Young people are apt to faucy that quiet girls are necessarily stu pid ones ; they frc no evidence of brilliancy, and form a wrong esti- in 1'de seems to be to sit and listen wbi'0 others talk. For nobody seems to think it a duty to draw ber out: nobody believes ihere is any s thing to draw our. It, however, she is not satisfied with her condi- j and by, when the quiet girl writes a successful novel, or otherwise makes her "maik iu the world, we wonder how she gained her knowK edge. 4She never knew a hundred people in ber life," we say. Yet, a'l the same, she has known these few people to .-ome. purpose; she has leisure to reflect on all she has seen. She has not been so occupied in amusiug herself, in advertising her good poinu, m making tbe mot of herself, but that, she could observe others and use all the material in ber world. In the meanwhile it is 9uiet 8irl wbo arica sliest, who n. fM 1 h .t-M ms h, ho tills the niche hirh her more brilliant sister- l-ve v-teant. who manager the servant, run the sewing ma chine, I i-1 ns to the reminiscences of th old, and ofteu keeps the woli from the doos. ITer Oittemnlal Oleliralioii Weoopvthe following from the Press and Carolinnn of Sept. 5, '80. Hefore the Revolutionary war there lived in th northeastern par' of that t-eefiori .f connttynow known as Catawbi Ounty, one mile south ol Sr. John's Church, a man by tbe ua ue of George Sigrnon, who was a teamster in the Revolution ary war, and soon after the surrender of Comwallis at Yorktowu, married Uacheal Shuffler. Sojii after this marriage in a rude log dwelling where this happy couple lived aud died. A child was bom, September ll'th 1783. Then a boy was born ihe lith of March 178b Then on the first day of September 1780. while the sun was rising 10 the East another daughter wan born within the walls of this old log house. And as they claimed to be Chrutian jpareuts and church going peop'e, ihey did like Mary of old, took this jlittle infant daughter to the temple 'and had her dedicated to God in holy baptism ami called her name Catherine, who now is Catharine .Whitener, that aged and venerable 1 centennarian that, has jnst passed her one hundreth year a few days ago. She was married to Daniel B. W hitener in June 1815 in her 2fit h year, and her one hundredth year closed on the 31st day of August 1880, which day was set apart by her friends aud neighbors to cele brate her 100th year in a grand and excellent picnic dinner. So fh friends and nieghbors met at the grove of her son's house aud pre pared tables 144 feet long and seats ou the day previous for the picnic occasion which proved loo short to contain all the provisions brought in by the many friends, from different portions of tbe coun try. The day was beautiful, aud early in the morning you conld hear wag' ons, bui?gis and & hr vehicle rattbug and coming iu from every section and the neighing horse, and nauv making their way on foot to the place of the centennial picnic, which soon swelled np to a large assembly, till 12 o'clock when tbe crowd was estimated at from 80O tf 1800 of all ages, Irom babes in th arms to hoary heads of 80 yens. And the eenfenniil cebbratior picnic was represented bv Newton, Hickory, Maiden, Conover, L'ncoln ton and L'ncoln County? 'roni Char, lotte. Mecklenburg; S'Htesville, Ire dell county, Rowan also was repre sented, io was Caldwell and IJurke counties, aud Rutherford College, and the State of Arkansas was rep resented in the centennial picnic. Miss Alice Yount appeared early in the morning with her melodeor to play, and her choir to make muh on the occasion before Rev. Prof. R. A. Yo'ler the pistor of this cen tenariau arrived. The choir sang some choice and favo:ite pieces to collect and compose the crowd. Soon he appeared whilst Rev. lVrrT bean and Prof. Schaid, ihe mau who delivered the centennial address, had already appeared, aud Rev Steele the Methodist minister. At the hour of 11 o'clock the choir sang a favorite piece and at the close G. M. Yoder, of Jacob's Fork township, arose and made a few in troductory remarks as to what wa to follow and read the record of her age that had been taken from tie old family Bible of her father's, ty ber husband, who was tbe executor of her fathers will ovf r oO years ago, which read thus : Catharine Whitener was born the first diy of September, 1789, and then eave the program of tbe day. Rev. Remheim opened tbe services by prayer and sinking, ltev. .iroressor ii. A. loder preached his centennial sermon which was about 35 minntes,"then prayer by Prof. Schaid, and music. Then G. M. Yoder arose and said that he had the honor and pleasure of introducing to you this day a man who had been selected to make the centennial address, and they j should give turn h.wh! attention while he was addressing them and that his name was Prof. Schaid, of Concordia College, a native of tbe State ot Maryland and he would iddress them 'M minutes in the English language and JO in German, l'ben the choir sa'ij; a noted piei:e called '-One lluudred Years." Then the baskets were brought and the table was set, and wheu everything vas ready the centennarian was letl "y her pastor, Ker. K. A. Yoder, tud her children followed aud tbeu the ministers marched aloug the tattles so then the old lady could see the rich food that was placed ou this table of 114 feetloug, to the bead ot the table aud then lake her scat. Then all were invited to par take of the rich bounties so pre pared. Tbeu Pev. Ucruheim asked a blessiug aud they all did eat. After diuuer was over au artist took a negative of the assemblage from which mauy copies will soon be abroad iu the laud. It may be noted that the aged laiy iu whose honor the demonstration was made has lived through every Presiden tial term iu our government. She was born just four mouths after the Americau government was estab lished, and Washiugtou was inau gurated in the city of New York, April 30th, 1789 anil she is still lir iug in the admiuistratiou of Pies- i Jetit Ilarrisou She has seen these United States grow from 13 to 40 States aud 6 Territories. She has seen the war of 1812, the purchase of Florida aud Louisiana and tbe great territory of Alaska and other great changes and wars that her deceudauts have ouly heard ot in history, and I could relate but I w ill stop for the present. a. m. y. IIit(ory of lTootwear. We would suppose that the com mou use of shoes aud all kinds of toot coverings was of a much later date than the carrying of scent hot" ties ? No one, 1 am sore; and yet the people of certain European countries, long after they had learn ed to clothe their bodies iu an elab orate and costly fashion, were in tbe habit of "'going barefooted.'7 I'lji.s was the custom even so late ai the sixteenth century, ard in the ourteenth warriors equipped in 1'uU irmor rode about without any cov ring on their feet or legs below tbe knees. Tbis would seem still mot strange than it does did one not ecollect that even in tbU enlight Mied day tbe Scots, who would icorn any suggestion of barbarism, still cling to 1 heir national dress, which leaves knee wholly no "overed, despite the cold climate. I he earliest records bear wituesf, however, that Moses and Aarou were commanded to take the vhoes ! from off their feet before entering the temple, and iu Egypt at tbat time the rich and great wore san dals encrusted with precious atone, of which the soles were made of gold. On the bottom was engraved the names of such popie a hart oeeu conquered by the owoers, if they happened to be of tbe con quenng sex. Sanda.s witn posut elongated aud turned np were tbe exclusive property of royalty. Some of the early Asiatio nation covered their feet with the skins of animals 10 a fashion closely resem bling that of to-Jay. Puny de scribes the house sandals of tbe Greek and Roman women as woven of threads of precious tueta', thickly strung with pearls. But these worn oat of doots were invariably made of undressed Uatber, slit in places, through wh'ch a thong of leather passed and fastened the sandal t the foot. These were introduced into England, where, as early as the ninth century, wU shaped, tight-fit ting black leather shoes were made. Since then, of course, tbe fashion and style of boots and shoes has- chan ged, as is true ol every other article of apparel, but tbe general use off black leather has prevailed over every other thing. Chicago Herald. Mr. Harriion does not point with pride to the failure of tbe forty nine woolen, and scores of other ea tablisbments that have occurred since he was inaugarated. His d. ministration is iu the same boat-. Wilmington Star,
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