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1 If ffftflf Hilt 4 Vol hi. K1h Your Hoy Uooil-uigiu. Bending o'er the couch at evening, Where be lies in slumbers deep, Wah the tresses on his forehead Heavy with the d;wa of uleep, Breathe a prayer for treugth ami wisdom To direct his footsteps aright And with the thought of loviug kindnes, Mother, kiss your boy gooduigbf. Little do you know what borrow Sore piivaticu, jitter woe. May befall him iu the future, Wbeu your heal ?-j iyirj low, That u memory of tbis inomeut May afford a cheery light la those hours of gloom aud dark ness, Mother, kiea yoar boy good-night Tempters soou will seek to lore him From the firesides away. Weave the otie nets arouDd him, Hopiug for an easy prey, Ere be yields to their temptation Ere he plumes his wiugg forflight V lib a prayer lor his salvation, Mother, kiss yourboy good night. Out upcu life's drearv ocean, Iu the midst of storm an stress, lie will thiuk of your devotion, And rtcali each fond caies8; Feeling w.tu the heart ol manhood, ll would be toe height oi bits To lie back upon his pillow, Soothed by mothers good-night kiss. Josephine Pollard in AT. Y. Ledger. MK. AXD MItS HOUSE 15. ly 21th. Howser. I regard Mr. Bowser as one of the kindest aud most loving husbauds in the woild, and if any one has imi bibed the idea from anything I have put forward that be is eccen tric or giyeu to bull-dozing, euch idea 13 radically wroug. lie is sim ply the average husbiud after five years' marriage. The average hus band not only knows fifty times as jaauch as the average wife, bat be regards it as his solemn duty to in. form her of the fact on every pos sible occasion. If he happens to be mistaken he could back down grace fully, but he won't. He's infallible or nothing: One evening not long since Mr. Bowser came home to supper cum plaing of aches and paius, and I remarked that it was doubtless the approach of a raiu storm which ex ulted lheuniatics. "When did you ever take any notice of the weather ? ' be asked, as Le looked up iu surprise. "A thousand times, sir." "I don't believe it! I don't believe there is a woman on earth who can tell when a btorm is coming.'' 1 'Olr. Bowser, it will rain to night." "That's a fair illustration of my argument. Tbe stars are out and the sky as clear as a bell.'' fkBut it w;ll rain," I persisted, oa can feel it iu the wind.'' "Feel it iu the ashbarrel, you mean! I doubt if it rains for a week." "It will raiu to-night.'' j "What Dojou still stick to that!" "I do." "Well, you are u gosling ! I say it won't rain. What I say you can depend on. If it rains to-sicbt FU buy yon ten silk dresses to-mor-row,' At half past 11 o'clock that night the'patter of the rain on the tin roof of a bay window woke me up, and I elbowed Mr. Bowser and gave him tbe.informatioo, f'liain I Itain I 1 hat's not ram !' he answered. t'Bat it i.-' '1 say it isn't I Now some boy is throwing gravel on the tin." I got out of bed and opened the wjudow, and the rain was comiug clown with a steady pour. fDo you hear that, Mr. Bowser V7 "So, ma'am, I don't. That is, I don't bear auy rain, while I twig the little put-up job. You've got the cook up in tbe thirdsatory wius dow pouring water down.'' Next morning I askwd him to look out and tell me whether it had rained or not. 'No, ma'am, it hasn't,'' he replied n he drew iu his head. Isu't that earth all wet and dont jou see wattr iu the gutters T" "That's dew. It always falls that vay at this time of yetr." ' ' uMr. Bowser do you mean to tell me it hasn't rained ? ' "I do. I aid it wouidu't and it aasn't. Oue of the fire steamers may have been up btre pumping vut cistern, but 'if irgu't iiud. Aud to tbis day he sticks to it although I proved my case by every neighbor and the signal office. e wauieu a car, et lor one of the bed looms and 1 fueutiotied that I thought we had be ter get'a vel vet. "What's the matcer with tapes try I ' Le queried. "It's too common and there's no wear to it.'' xuu iaiK as it ,ui knew all about carpets. When dior taoestrv oecome common !" "It always has baeii common. It' only oue grade above ingrain." "Oh, it isn't 1 Weii. I take great pleasure in iuformiu you that you are way ott. What y u don't know about carpets would nil a book." "But you know ali lout 'em !" "Certaiuly. Every intelligent man doe?, especially if lc ia married. r lapestry, as you ouht to have Known for the las twenty-five years, ranks next to Axminiater." "It can't be.'' "Didn't I say it did f If I idn?i know why should I -.y s i First comes hemp, then tw. -p;v and three-ply ingrain and U, ast is tr rrr K "O .... I . , . v-u iiuosei., veiv f, mos quettes, tapestries aud Ax minster?. You'd better write "en dowi..' t4Mr. Bowser, you s r.- wrong, as 1 will prove to yu. Tapt-stiy is below body Brussels mi giaie and price- 1 can ouy iapstry as low as sixty-cents per y 1 ' "Qb, well, it's no -ie to dispute with a bigot. Yoj happened to misspeak yourself aud get it that way, and so you ar determined to stick it out.. We'll drop the Bub- jectt' "Dare you meet me at ibe raipet store tbis alternoo j !" I demjnded, "I should eay laie Y -u cau't bluf me iu that ya , Mis B a er ! I'll meet you there at o' lo and after yoa have bed m d ' o ssng small I hope you will take the 1 ssou to heart and reap its beue6ts. Bring .he measure of the rooui with you." I met him at the hour named He looked at mo in a pitying way, ind 1 thiuk lie felt sorry for me from the bottom of his heart. "We want to look at some tapes try carpet," be said to tbe clerk as ffe entered tbe elevator. We were carried up two or three flights, given seats by tbe windows nnd as roH after roll of carpet wa displayed the cletk said; "Tbee are all the new fall pat" rrus in tapes'ries, aud tbe prices ire very low. I can sell you any pattern, ou the floor tor sixty cents.'' Mr. Bowser's mouth gaye a twitch nt tbe left-band corner, followed by a suddeu contraction at the right, and he was a little hoarse as he ob eerved: If these are only sixty cents then woquettes can't be over forty." I can sell you moquettes as low as $1.75, but you dou't want 'em. You want one for about $2.23. There waf a spasmodic movement through Mr. Bowser'3 entire system as he queried : "Wbat is a velvet worth "About two dollars." "And body Brussels T" "From a dollar up." "Do you mean to tell me,'"' cb manded Mr. Bowser as be rose, "that the' Cheapest of the lot j'' "Why, certainly." "Cheaper than velvet or moq uette!"' . 'Of course. Tapestry ranks only one grade above ingrain.' "I don.t believe it I You are cer tainly mistaken ln "But I can't be. Any carpet xaan in town will tell you the same. Even your wife must know that. ', That finished Mr. Bowser. The last SAntenftA alo finished me. He knew he was beaten, but be was determined not to give in. He therefore swallowed the lump in bis throat and said : LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, . "I teg Mill 10 difl'er with you. You have got the ense turned end for end, but I am too bouorable to take advantage of you. It is the Upetry which is worth $1.75 in stand or the moquettes. . Here's the pattern that Buits us, and 1 want tignieen yards. .Make the bill at fourteen shillings a yard." ''Very well," replied the puzzled clcri., and the irarpet was laid aud paid for ou that basis, and it it- down to last until worn out. I've had a dozeu lady friends drop in and incidentaLy inquire why we got such a cheap, shabby carpet, out, they. are no sooner gouo than up bobs Mr. Bowser and sa s : "There goes auother numbskuli ! It's mighty funny bow you people have let c.irpet men impose ou you for the last dozeu y ears ! If they 'd tell you that red was black 1 sup pose you'd believe it!1' Ou Teasing. It seems to me that one of tbe moat auuoy ing traits of character which one can possess is a disposi tion to tease lor whea that dispose tion to tease for when that dispo tioo is freely induLged there is noth ihg that can cause more unhappi uess 10 otners. to ne obliged to spend their life with an inveterate tease is like living in a bramble bush, or suffering from the torture jf iuuuiuerable pin pricks. To be sure one pin prick is nothing much Ont when one has to bear ten thous And ol them, it is quite auother matter. "Pshaw!'' gays the tease, "I did not hurt you any. 1 wouldn't make such a tus3 about nothing. I did not meau anything. I was only tea- iug.' Exactly and it is just because there is no rneauiug in it, or neces sity for it, because it is ouly teasing that poor torineuted insnlting hu man nature cries out sometimes in a )assiou against it, If the teaseAsau not find any thing else to annoy he will torment an auimol or a child aud think it is fun, but it is the most malicious most dreadful and mqst dangerous fuu in the world. I once knew a lady wh was almost i er .liy frightendd to death by a nisei able man whe followed her home through tbe twilight, she reached her shelter and dropped fainting on the floor, and the cuougiitloisrt feilow who C'Ctstoued the distress explained that he hud just followed her to teae her, be cause he knew that she was tinrd, ndhedidit i'st for fan:" He found it was not so fuuny s he waited while she hovered between live and death the victim of his wretched joke. I think a genuine tease is alwayp a coward, for he never attacks bi equals; his victims are tbe helpless animals the little child the timid womau. If you will notice it is never the smallest b,oy who teases the larger one. Aud then a tease can never bear to be teased himself. Nothing makes him angrier than to be paid back in h;s own coio. But really the most distressing thing about the whole matter i,tbe effeet ve hich the habit of teasing bas upou the nature cf the one who indulges in it. A confirmed tease becomes postively heartless. IJe can look upon physical or mental uistieoS quite urmoved. If there is a boy who reads tbe lines and likes to tease his little sister nntil she runs in tears to her mother, or who t'jr'Tieuts some lit tle fellow at school jost to eee him flush crimson and bristle with im potent iaj?ej if yoi ant to make a man of yourself stop it, For it is a most Ignoble and unmanly thing to take delight in causing pain to auy living creature, especially if it be smaller and weaker thau yourself. Wants 1 Huntler, Enamored Swain For you darl ing, "I wad lay me doon and dee." Practical Maiden That sort of thing is clear out of date, Willie. Wbat a girl wants now is, a feller who is willing to get up and hastle for her, Terre Haute Erpress Marriages would oe more fre qoently a success if fewer men and women W6re failures. l iie Aiiirali mi itallot Sjsieiu. Manner of Operation of the Reformers' Pet System. Tbe Auntraiiau, or more properly speaking, the Australian ballot sys tem, has J)een frequently mentioned of iate, aud as a mutter ot informa tion, we give the ibllowiugjleserip-s t ou or it whicu wecoudeusc trom a very inter eatiug article oathat sub ject ii the September F-$ u u : Tbe polling places, 01 oot, provided with au open place for the elect iou officials aud also with a screen. Ttoe officials consist of the returning officer and his clerk and each party is also aiioeu a u uu neer, the scrutineer being a non voter. No other persous are allowed iu the polling booths. Tbe returuiug officer .has in his possession tbe electoral roll on which are registered the names and descriptions of all qualified electors, arrauged aud numbered from No. 1 upwards in alphabetical order. He also has a corresponding number of ballots coutaiuiug the uames of all the candidates without refereuce to party. At the hour appointed, the polls are opened aud one by one the electors waik in. Wbeu a man or fers to vote, the returning officer examines his roll to nee that tbe elector is qualified, and if so, theu tbe clerk checks off his uame, writes the corresponding number on the ballot aud piiNc;!i it to h i neciui. The elector then goes behind tbe screen, and with a blue peucil marks out theruames of all candidates for whom ho does net wish to vote, leaviug the names ot his favorite candidates as they are. lie then deposits his ballot in the box and goes about his busiuess. After the day is dpne, the polli aro closed and the ballots counted by the returning officer aud his clerk in the presence of the scruti- ueers. ah improper pa.iiots re thrown put and the legal ballots are then sealed up aud posts them to the clerk of parliament. The system seems to be au ad mirable oue with tbiet exception. Where au elector is blind or other wise physically iucapable, the, assis tance of the returning officer may be called iu and it is manifest that if the system were adopted in this country where so many of our voters are "blind", in that they can not read, the retijrqing ofiticer if he were a.. owed to prepare their bal lots for them, cou'd perpetrate all orts of fratds on the ignorant. Ills White Cj?stive. A negro kezps a prdty girl under lock and key for o ver a yca.r. Louise Shoemaker, p. pretty blond m'y Hfteen years old, has been mi-sing from her parents residence in New Orleans for ovt r a year. All efforts to fiod the missing girl proved futile uu'il Sept. 17, when Sergeant Kenney was informed that a young girl was kept a prisoner in a room in the rear of tbe I arber shop on Felicity street, between Pryades and Baron rre, by a uegro named Gus Red. The police reN paire 1 to the the place, finding it closed oroKe optn me uoor in rear of tbe shop. As the door swung back a horri ble sight greeted the eyes of the Sergeant. Standing in the eentre of the room was the frail form of a white girl, her nakedness bsiug hid .r r 'Uiereil '"'. tuiK .'r,vt. Her face was like death, while her eyes gleamed in a most unnatural mauner. As she rushed toward him with a wild cry, repeating a halt dozen times in piteous tones, "Save me, sve me." Kenny attempted to console th e poor creature but her mind being somewhat unbalanced she could not understand what he meant. It was only alter repeated Assurance tbat 6h.e was now in friendly hands that the unfortuu9te girl realized her position and became quiet. She was much emaciated and had a look of terror on her still pretty face. Tbe policeman immediately se cured clothing and upou question the girl learned that she had been locked up in tbe room by i?ee4 for about a ysar and was compelled to live with him as a wife. Sergeant' Kenny immediately sought Heed . .... 1 i found him in the shop aid pUced OCT. 18, 1889. him under arrest. The culprit wan taken to the atatiou and charges preferred against him. Th Ues of Mustard. There are so many simple reme dies that may be avd effectually in aaddeu emergencies that one is sur prised at ttie dependence of people in general upou the family pbysis ci4u when some accident or soue dirnrb mce l H e so common to childhood occar s pv.-tem needs prompt treatment. One of the u-r use'ul and eimple remedies for a variety of attacks I have tjuud to be groujJ mustard No household wiiere there are chil dren should be without a supply on haud. A bottle or glass eau which can be closed is tbe best vessel in which to keep it. In cae of poisoning, twoor three spoonfuls stirred into a half a pint of water acts promptly as an emetic and is easier to take than salt and water. In croup, severe or otherwise, there is uothiug one cau do that can be depended upon to relieve like a mustard plaster applied to the back of tbe child's neck. Tbe same treatment will be found to rel eve almost any case o? head ache. The best way to prepare a mus tard planter is to take cl Mb of the ze nele i. jumi if vr with lard and up n tbt eprinkie mustard. Apply directly to the part affected without an intervening cloth as the lard prv-nts bbsfer-ng Unie8sa great deal mustard is used one cau wear such a p-aer tor boors without experiencing any inconvenience. In colds where tbe lungs are filled up or congested there ia no application I kuow cf sa good as this. JPor hoarseness accompanied with a t -oublesome hacking cough, or a clearing of the throat use the same applied to the chesl, Jleward of Perseverence, At one of the mills in the city of Boston a boy was wanted, and a piece of paper was tacked on oue of the posts, so that the boys could see it as they passed by. The paper read: "Boys wanted. 011 at tbe office tomorrow uioruiu. At the time named there was a host ot boys at the gate. AM were admitted: but the overseer was a little perplexed as to tbe best way of cl,oj!iiu on " from, so many, and a'd be; "Now, bf, a ben 1 only want one of you, how can I ch( ose from so many. After thiokioc a moment be in vitir J them ail into the yard, and driving a nail into one of the large trees, and taking c sbort stic'7, told them that the boy who could .bit the nail with a stioka little distance from the tree should have tbe place The boys all tried bard and after tbrte bard trials, e&ch failed to hit tbe nasi. Tbeboys were told to come agaiu the next moruiog, and this time, when tbe gate was opened there was but one boy, who after being admitted, picked up the stick and throwing it at tbe na'l, hit it every time. 'fHow is thih?' s-iid the overse er; "What have you been doing? Ar the bov looted up with tears in bis eyest anasaiil. iV.a no -r I have a mother and w.1 ar very poor, I have no la'ber, i-, and 1 thought I wo-;iU like U net the place, and so help all t can; hii ! af ter goiag Loaie ye st id ay I drove a nail in the barn: and have beeu try iug ever since, and have come down this morniog to try again.'' The boy was admitted to the place. Many years have passed since then and this boy is now a prosper ous aud wealthy man: and at the time of an accident at the mills be was the first to step forward w ith a gift of five hundred dollars to re lieve the sufferers. His success came by perseverence. Anon. 9. TBI REV. GEO. H THAVEK, of Bourbon, Ind., says: 4 Beta myself and wife owe our live toShiloh's Consumption Care." For sale by Jno. Reely & Co.f Lincolnton u 3 J J The May t'apu Opened tliu Ioor? A friend of tniue was visiting in the family of a well known man not ong ao. A lovely flxen haired child of six yeais, the et of the family, femptet to open a door whicu stuck. S.ie pulled and pulled but could not move it. "D-n it!" they were astonished "i uci bj hi ne gave a su preme tug aud the door yielded. "W.y wLaldojoo uitan Maud?-' exclaimed the horrified mamma, That's the way papa opens it,'' said Maud, iLnocently Ltuision Journal. Sugar. Tbe great sugar refiner, Claus Spreckles, comes back to America from a European trip with a brand uew invention. He propos to build nouses of sugar, not toy house Of sugar, but cenuina -u?wU " " o nouses lor grown people to Lve in. be eay-6 a process has been d acovered by whicu crys:aiized sugar cau be compressed into slabs so hard lhat they are like marble and are as durable. He bas made a proposition that he would build an addition to the White House foi one half the money it wouid cost to build it of marble, and if it did not prove to be durable aud as desirable every way as marble, he would charge nothing for it, remove it and jcatuie 1 he place to i y conditioL. Oefore the bui.'ditig wuc begun. Per haps, w are euteriug tlie aye oi sugar, the ae of lion and steel h.iviug had its day. Methodist Re corder. How to Be Iteautltul. Learn to govern yourselves, aud to b3 gentle and patient. Guard your tempers, especially in seasons of ill-health, irriiatiou and trouble, and scfteu them by prayer and a sense of your owu shortcomings aud errors. Eemember that, val uable as is the gift of peech, silence is often more valuable. Do not ex pect much from others, but remem ber that ali have an evil nature, whose development we must ex pectjand that we should forbear and forgive, as we often desire for bearance and forgiveuess ourselves. Never retort a sharp or angry word; it is tbe second word that makes tbe quarrel: Beware of the first disagreement. Learn to speak in a gentle true of vo oe. Learn to sa kind aud gentle thing whenever an opportunity offers. Study the character of others, and sympathize with ali in their troubles, however small. Do not neglect iittie things if taey affect tbe comfort of others in the smallest degree. Avoid moods ;r pets and fits of eulkiness. Learn to dey ou self aud pefer others. B ware ot rndil-rs a-d tale bear-er-. Xt-vr cotue ve a bd motive if h ?ood one is eoneeivtle. 1? gentle and firm with vhddre . Do i;'t allow your cbi dreu to tie av?n from bomeanuibt without know ing where they are. Do not furc ish them with too much spending money. Ex. Ho Wan an Infidel. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 2.3 Tbere is a very pretty romance and a seri ous lesion connected with th mar riage a few days ago of Mis Kud. F. Owens, of tbis city, and Prof. Samuel Garner, of theUcited States Naval Academy. Twelveyears ago pui' " e i ""S" " MrT'' when the facu was developed tbat tbe professor was an infide', and Miss Qwehf, a devout C-'iritian de clirud to marry him. Soon after Mr. Garner went away, and settled in a western town, aod fecuied board in the house of a clergyman. When tbe latter learned that bis viniior was an infidel he tried to couveri him, but soon abandoned hs task as hopeless. As time wore on Mr. Garner became impressed with the peaceful aud happy life rnjojed by the good man, and he b gan t think of all be bad lost. lie ob tained oaie religious worka from the divine and read ihftn carefully. Six months later be was a changed man, and anxious to 8,ouse the religious faith ot the lady he had loved and lost. Mr. Garner then wrote to 8omele won't you t You can then stay of his friends here asking whether NO. n sue was still unmanied. To In great joy au affirmative answer wa- returned. A correspondence wft at once opened between the old lovers. Mr. Gamer returned east, the courUhip wa resumed and last night tbe bappy pair became m ui aud wife. How 10 Have Beautiful Hair. Xotr ahitnf rnni .... - v jvut uaii ; ItegiOS IS gone; its looks dirty; very well, then, vhat it needs first of all is a good shampooing wiiu warm wafer aud brown soap gotten from tb kilcbeo. You only need enough soap to make a good lather, but no other is a $ ivniU -J w v . . Mtur u C.J IUI., which teems to cut the dirt, an. l being washed out immediately by tbe bot water it dos not in j aro th 1 hair. Have your hair fanned uutii it is dry, or else go about witn it loose, but uot uuder auy ciicuui. stances put it up while it is damp, for if you do it will have lor da.v au abomiuable mouldy smell. To get back its gloss you will need to cultivate tbe muscles of your arm ; brush it for fifteen minutes eveiy night aud morniug, giving it long, sweeping stroke, aud having a brush the bristles of which, wbilo they are long and close together, are yet not stiff enough to huit your head. It is a matter of small importance about the brains, but when it comes to brushing the hair, you need uot bang your .nd ;t you tuooght it was mad vl ..ood. That S'jrt of treatment will never give it the beautiful gloss, the beau uful natural gloss that announces to tbe world at large that uoi a particle of dye has been used upon t iu making it blonde or brown. A fool, a barber aud a bald headed nau weretr,.veliug together. Los ing tb-re way, tbey werefoiced 10 sleep iu the open air, ami to iiveu danger it was agreed to waicu t.y rums. The lot first fell to the b .1 -ber who fond of amusemeut shaveu the fool's head while be was sleeping. He theu awoke him, and the foo . raising his hand to scratch hie bead, exclaimed, "Here's a pretiy mistake ! You have awakened tuo OaIdheded rnau instead cf mtP' iV. Y. Ledger. Mr. Edisou says that in a few years "it will be unsife to speak, iu 1 bouse until you have eximmed rhe 'all8and furniture for concealed puouogiapbs. " The time is rapidly ipproacbiug therefore wbeu tho voung man who would avoid dam aging evidence being nnexpectedly produced iu a bietcn of promise t-uit. must engage iu a phonograph Search before beginning to couver.-e boul one thing and another with his best girl iu the parlor. It w.a uot be necessary for deaf mutes 10 take tbis precaution. lEheuuiatiHrn and Cutarrfi. Kueumatism aud catarrh are boi h j'ood diseases. Iu many severe casvs bey hate yielded tj treatmert wan 3. b. b. (Botanic Blood Bilm), inade. y liloo 1 Bilrn Co., Atlauia, G v rite tor b jok of convincing profit . -eut Irte. K. P. Dodge, Atlanta, Ga., says: uMy wiiehtd ctarru aud uotuiig iu ner auy good. Her coustiutiou rinally faned aud puisou gotin o jer oiood. 1 placed ner on a u-e of B B B., aud to my trpnse her re ,ove:y was rapid aod complete." W. P. McDaniel, Atlanta, Ga., writes : 'I was much emaciated aud aad r'eimatim so bad I cou d net get a!oug without crutches. I also had utur&lgia ij tbe head. First class 'physicians did me no good, f heu I ined B B B., aud its effecU were magical. I cbeerfol.y recom nended it as a good tome ajd quick care. ' Mrs. Matilda Nichols, Knoxville, Teuu., says: I had catarrh uixyeais and a most distresM g coogn, aud. ujy eyes were much swollen Fivo coitles ot b b b., tbauk God! cured iLe.r John M. Davis, Tyler, Texas, wntes: "I was subject a number of yeais to spells of inflammatory lUeumatism, which six bottles 01 b b 3., tbauk heaven, has entirely cuieJ. I have not felt tbe s igbtesi pain since.'7 'Kii8ou has a new invention, wntie-byyou can see a man's face miles away,'' said Smith. Mrs. Smitn Oh how nice! James you will buy in at nights, and still see the inju.
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