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L1NC0LNT0N, N. C, FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1S90.
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What nonsense it is to fay tuat a
man is 'inclined to be bald !" When
a man is becoming bald it is quite
against his inclination Boston
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Prof. Octave (kissing his pretty'
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it ; have I offended ?
Pretty Puf.il (blushiugly) Da !
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About I'j0.0u6,000 cubic feet, or
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fallen in Eureka so lar this whiter, 1
estimating the area of the city at 2
equate miles. Aud still it rains. I
Humboldt (Cut.) Times. I
Mamma Well, Nellie, what did
you learn at Sunday school to-day?
Nellie Timt I must sell three
tickets for the concert next week,
give twenty cents to buy a present
for the superintendent, and that
Noah built the ark X Y. Herald.
You've done a nice thirty," said
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to I he foreman.
"Done what
'You've put my article ou 'Why
Wanamaker Was Appointed' in the
puzzle column." Puck.
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Tlie Eilltor'ri Appeal.
An editor who had been pound
ing away at his delinquent subscri
bers for some time, dually brought
theru to their sense of duty with
the following poetical parody.
' Lives of poor men oft remind us
houest toil don't stand a chance;
more we work we leave behind us,
bigger pathes on our pants. On our
pants once new and glossy, now are
patches of different hue. Then let
all be up aud doing; send in your
mite, be it so small, or when the
snow of whiter strikes us, we shall
have no pants at all."
Mudge I hear that you eaid I
had a head like a mule. Now, I
hardly think that was the right
thing for you to say that about me.
Yabsley Perhaps it would have
been more gr ammatical to say that
you had a head like a mule's. Term
Haute Expres.
A New York Republican organ
turns its batteries on Gov. Hill, and
exclaims 'the one-roan power' must
be broken. Since our esteemed con
temporary has enlisted in this cause
suppoae it hurl a shot or two at au
tocrat Reed, down in Wasnington.
Wilmington Star.
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50 by use of 1 bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful blemish cure
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WAGOjVSo' ALL rui.
J LtSggins PTENT
J LADIES UHA1SE.
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Is thero no secret place on the face
of the earth,
Where charity dwelleth, where vir
tue hath birth ;
Where bosoms in mercy and kind
ness will heavp,
Aud the poor and the wretched
shall ask aud receive?
Is there no place where a knock
from the poor
Will bring a kind angel to open the
door ?
Ah ! sparch this wide world wher
ever you can,
There is no open door for the money
less man.
Go look in yon hall, where the
chandelier's light
Drives off with its splendor the
darkness of night ;
Where the rich hanging velvet in
shadowy fold
Sweeps gracefully dowu with its
trimmiug ot gold,
Aud the mirrors of silver take up
and renew
In long-lighted vistas the bewilder
ing view.
Go there iu your patches, and find,
if you can,
A welcoming smile for the money
less man.
Go look in yon church, with its
cloud-reaching spire,
Which gives back to the sun his
same look of red fire ;
And the walls seem as pure as a
soul without sin ;
Walk down the aisle, see the rich
and the great,
Iu the pomp and the pride of the
worldly estate ;
Walk down iu your patches, and
find, if you can,
Who opens a pew to the moneyless
man.
Go to the Judge, iu his dark flow
ing gown,
With the scales wherein law weigh
eth equity dowD,
Where he frowns on the weak, and
smiles on the strong
And punishes right, while he justi
fies wrong ;
Where juries, their lips on the Bible
have laid
To render a verdict they'ye already
made;
Go there in the court room, and
find, if you can,
Any law for the cause of a mouey-
less roan.
Go to the banks, where mammon
has told
His huudred aud thousands of sil
ver and gold,
Where, safe from the hands of the
starving and poor,
Lio3 pile upon pile of the glitter ore,
Walk up to the counter, ah I there
you may stay
'Till your litubs grow old and your
hairs turn grey ;
And, you will fiod at the banks,not
one of the clan
With money to lend to a moneyless
man.
Then go to your hovel, uo raven has
fed
The wife who has suffered too long
for her bread ;
Kneel down by her pallet aud kiss
the death frost
From the lips of the angel your pov
erty lost ;
Then turn in your agony upward to
God,
Aud bless, while it smites you, the
chastening rod,
And you'll fiod at the end of life's
little span,
There's a welcome above for the
moneyless man.
Mr. Harrison has been at pains
to pack the courts with partisans
who stick at nothing ''true and
tried" Republicans who are not
squeamish; whose consciences cause
them no qualms; and these pack
juries to cany oat his "judicial pol
icy" and his "Southern policy"
which in Iodiana or iu Florida
means the shielding of Republicans
and the persecution of Democrats.
The fraud and false pretense which
permeates his party gave him his
seat, and it permeates alike his
character as a man and bis adminis
tration as a President. -Sr. Louis
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"I dare you to do it !"
The speaker was one of a group
of young girls gathered rouud the
button counter of a largo retail es
tablishment during the early morn
ing hour before the rush of business
began. Shop girls, every one of
them, yet as bright aud pretty in
their careless youth as auy circle
of the fairest society belles. The
floor manager, Mr. Fraser, ba1 just
passed them with a grave inclina
tion of his dignitied head, and a for.
mal "Good morning, ladies,'' and
the conversation had tarned instant
ly in his direction.
"What a cross face that man has,"
said one of the girls. "Was he ever
known to smile, I wouder?"
' Oh, I don't thiuk he is really
cross," replied one of Jrer cornpan
ions, a bright, piquant little girl,
with large brown eyes overflowing
with merriment, "fie is a Scotch
man, and 1 fancy they are always a
little stiff and awkward."
"Milly always stands up for
everybody," way the reply ; "but I
never expected to hear her arguing
in favor of the redoubtable Fraser."
Aud there was a general chorus
of laughter at Milly's expense, who,
nevertheless, did not seem at all
disconcerted, but answered, gaily :
"I hate to be too hard on people,
and everyone does seem to dislike
Mr. Fraser so much ; everyone but
my cousiu Jack, and he declares
be"s one of the nicest men he knows
He is quite mtimate with him. But
as for me, why, you know, girls, 1
don't think him any nicer thau you
do, though he is so polite. By the
way'', she added, "to-morrow is
Valentiue's day. "What do you sup
pose Mr. Fraser would thiuk it anyi
oue sent him a valentine ? Oh, do
yon suppose that anyone ever did?"
Then it was that Ida Munson
said, iu her superior mauner :
"I dare you to do it.''
Milly turned and looked at her.
She and Ida were uot the best of
friends, although there had never
beeu any real trouble between them;
but somehow Milly could not like
Ida. She had tried her best to do
so, being of a lovable dispostion
and a general favorite among her
companion?, but Ida would respond
to none of her friendly overture".
Milly would not, perhaps, have
noticed her remark now had not
the other girls taken it up as a
good joke.
"Oh, do, Milly",
"What fun it will be
out of stately Fraser.
they cried,
to get a rise
Do send him
one : oh, you must."
"I don't see any special fuu iu
it," Milly answered rather gravely.
"We should not know how he re
ceived it, even if 1 sent him one,
and I don't think I shall. Why
should I be the one to send it trore
than the rest of you ?"
"Oh, because you alwavs can
manage those things best- None of
u3 could do it half so well, and, of
course, he'll never know who it
comes from. Come, Milly, we'll all
help select it; but you must direct
it."
"No," s'id Milly, "I think it
would be a silly thin to do. I can-
not see any point in it at all, and I
do not like to run the risk of offend
ing Mr. Fraser. Jack says be is
very shy and sensitive, and he
might be annoyed, eveu if he did
not know who sent it."
"Why, Milly, I do believe you are
afraid," said one of the girls teas
ingly. "and I never thought you
could be afraid of anything, much
less Fraser."
Here Ida Munson's sarcastic voice
broke in :
"Haven't I just eaid that I dared
yoa to send it t"
Now Milly had plenty of spunk
in her composition ; and with a fair
amount of temper, and this was
J quite too much for her.
"Ob," she said, turning and look
ing Ida fully in the face with her
sparkling brown eyes, "of coarse I
shall not be dared. I will send the
valentine, girls, if it will give you
any pleasure; bat I think it is a
very foolish proceeding."
Something in her tone made the
girls feel that she was very much
aunoyed.
' Don't do it, Milly, of course, if
you really would rather not. We
only thought it would be a good
joko."
But Milly caught a glimpse of
the half sneer on Ida Munson's fac
and answered quickly:
"Yes, I have said that 1 would
Fend it. We'll select it when we go
out to lunch, Helen, and I II post it
tosnight."
Then she turned quietly to her
work!
Ida Munson moved away to the
father end of the counter, where her
duty placed her. Her sou! was lull
of venom towards little Milly
Briggs. Why was it ? Because Milly
was so popular (which Miss Munson
certainly was not), or because she
dimly realized that Milly had di
vined l er (Ida's) seer, t liking for
Jack Briggs, Milly 's handsome cous
in? Whatever it was Miss Munson
heartily disliked Miss Briggs with a
dislike almost amounting to hatred,
and had it in her mind to annoy
her when she dared her to send
the "valentine."
It so happened that the two girls
boarded in the same house, and had
frequent opportunities of observiug
each other. Thus Ida knew that,
uuder all Milly's gay and sometimes
careless manner, was hidden a very
seusitive nature ; and had also
heard her say that she detested
practical jokes. Ida chose to fancy
that it was Milly's influence that
prevented Jack Briggs from show
ing her atteution (whereas the
young man had not the slightest
desire to show her any), aud had
resolved to punish her In gome way
if she could.
Iu suggesting the 'valentine' plan
her intention had been, if possible,
to entrap Milly into sending it, aud
then, in some way, to allow the fact
to become known to Mr. Fraser. In
selecting him, she had thought only
of some oue who would be most aui
uoyed by such a joke. Mr. Fraser,
being manager of their department,
and his attention drawn to Misa
Briggs in this foolishly unpleasant
manner, might make her position
disagreeable to her in some way, or,
it not.she could trust to Milly's feel
ings being cruelly wounded when
she knew herself to be found out, as
Miss Munson folly intended she
should know. But bow to make it
apparent that Mdly was the seuder
of tha 'valentine' was the question.
Mr. Fraser would not", of course, re
cognize her handwriting, and Miss
Munson could not see her way clear
ly to telling him the joke outright ;
therefore she was puzzled. But for.
tune favored her. The morning mail
brought a package to Miss Briggs
from the photagraphers. At first
she left it unnoticed, lying at her
elbow, as the rush of business kept
her at her post ; but at last stio
found au opportunity to open it.
"Look Helen," she said to her
friend, attracting Miss Munson's at
tention with the words. "Here are
my photos. See if you think they
are good."
Good they certainly were. The
pictured face wore Milly's brightest
expression, and Helen was loud in
her praise.
"You will give me one, Milly, of
course ?" I
''Oh, yes," replied Milly, careless
ly. "I shan't know what to do with
them all. I only had them taken to
please mother, and she is the only
person I know of who wants one,
except yourself ; so you are welcome
to it."
"I don't believe your pictures
would ever go begging," answered
her friend, with a caressing tonch
on her shoulder, "if yoa would ever
let anyone have a chance to ask for
them. I kuow two or three people
who wouldn't consider it a punish
ment to have one," she added, with
a sly laugh.
Milly blushed slightly, as she re
plied: "I do not believe in giving
away my photographs promiscuous
ly." "That means", said Helen, "you
do not believe in bestowing them
on men? Well, I think you are quite
right."
'I know I am right," answered
jiniy.
"That sort of thing only
cheapens a girl. I do not know a
man, except my coasin, to whom I
would give my picture."
Ida Munson heard this conver
sation as she stood near, qnite un
noticed by the other girls, and In
stantly her fertile brain conceived
a neat little scheme. Could she but
in some way secure one of thos
photographs, and change it for tint
"valentine" Milly was to semi Mr.
Frasf-r, her revenge would be com
plete. That was what she said to
herself, as she moved softly away
from the girls ; but how to ac
complish this. It would not be
easy, as Milly might seal the
"val err tine" and mail it at
once; but, again, nhn might
bring it back to the store to show
the other girl., thereby giviug Miss
Munson an opportunity to put the
picture in its place She wished the
envelop to be directed by Milly's
own hand, otherwise it would have
been a very simple thing to have
posessed herself of one of the plct
urfs, and sent it to Mr. Fraser.
Miss Munson's spnse of honor was
anything but acute, but Hhe had no
wish to be discovered in her little
game; therefore the picture must be
sent by Milly berseK
When Helen and Milly went out
to lunch, the latter left her package
of photos lying uuder her cash took,
very near Miss Munson's comor. As
the we girls who were lefr at the
couuter were both occupied, Ida
soon found au opportunity to with
draw one of the pictures and con
ceal it.
Thus far all had gone smoothly;
but the difficult part was yet to
come. How could fh get it into
the envelop destined for the valen
tine? but Miss Munson knew how
to wait, and again fortune favored
her. On her return from lumch,
Milly brought with her the val
eutiue a daiufy little perfumed
trifle, altogether too pretty, the girls
declared, as they lathered round
her to look at it, Mias Mnruson am
oug them. But Milly insisted that
she would send nothing els-. She
wou'd not violate good ttste, even
iu luu. But she also s-dd that tdre
should enclose it in a yellow busi
ness envelop, so that he would
think it a bill .
Having undertake i the piece ot
mischief, Milly entered into the spir
it of it; for she had argued with
herself that if it was '.foolish it was
quite innocent amusement, and tbaf
Mr. Fraser could never discover the
perpetrator of the joke, and was
half ashamed of her former annoy
ance. Therefore, there was a good
deal of fun on the addressing of the
envelope, which Mdly accomplished
in a bold, dashing hand.
"it does not look like my writing,
does it, girlt? ' she aeked, auxiously.
"Not a bit, they all cried. None
would ever guess it to be yours."
"Well. theu,"said Mdly, "we have
only to seal i';1' but, as she spoke,
several costomers came to the coun
ter, and Milly ever attentive to her
duty, sprang to attend to them, a
did the others, leaving the envel
ope uusealed. Now or never was
Miss Munson's opportunity. She,
also, had turned to her work, but
was almost ammediately release,
aud was careful not to attract atten
tion when she hurried back to the
desk where Mdly had been writing.
Drawing the photograph from its
hiding'place, she glanced quickly
aroncd to be sure that none noticed
her, and taking the valentine from
its cover, she la'd the photograph
in its place, enclosing the whole in
the yellow envelope and putting the
valentine in her pocker. It was all
done so quickly that it was quite
impossible lor any of her compan
ions to have seen her, aud her only
fear now was, that Milly might
chance to open the envelope agaiu :
out this did not happen. They were
very busy all the afternoon, and
Milly seized the ouly unoccupied
raomeut she had to seal the envel
ope, without examining its contents.
Could anything have happened more
delightfully ! Ida congratulated
herself heartily upon her sacces.
The next morning the girls waited
eagerly for the arrival of the post
man. Of course it was highly im
probable that he would bappeu to
come in just as Mr. Fraser made his
visit to tho counter; but there was
a change, and as they had hoped,he
really did appear a moment after
Mr. Fraser hail paused at the couu.
ter next theirs. Among two or
three letters which he received, the
gir's' sharp eye discovered tho yel
low envelope. He was talking with
one of the clerks when trie letter
were handed to him, and therefore
held then unopened for several miri.
uto.; but greatly to the girls' de
light he did not movo away, and fi
nally they sw him prepare to open
them. He glanced at them careless
ly until he came to the yellow en
vrlope, which he studied closely lor
a hecoiid. as it mizz ed bv its
- - -
appearauce. Then he lore it opeu.
The girin of course could not nee its
Contents, only the expression of
his face, which, much to their aston
ishment, he at once turned towards
them, causing then to drop their
eyes ami turn away all, that h,
except Miss Muuson, who was in
terested to sre what he would do
next. She nlone could understand
his glance at them, or guess his
amazement upon drawing out the
photograph and she delighted in
wardly over the success of her
ccheme, a-, with a searching look
at poor Milly, who, however, did not
not notice it,he mved hastily away.
No sooner were the girls aware that
he hail gone.than they drewtogetbi
er in dismay.
"Why, girls!" ni-d Milly, "did
you see him look at u?"
What did that mean?"
"How can he Buspect i of send
ing it!"
"Oh ! 1 don,f know," a nwrred
Helen, excitedly. "I never was s
surprised in my life! Who would
have thought of his turniug ou us ?
But did you see his face ! Wasn't it
funny, such utter amazem3nt 1"
' Funny !" quoth Milly, in disgust?
"it will not be funny if he has louud
us out."
"O! but, Milly, how could he"
"Well," remarked Mis Munson,
coollv, "it will be re rmkrfble if he
does not suspect us, when he c ught
us all watching him." '
"That is true," paid Mjly. "What
can we do, and what ran he lav J
seen about that wretched envelope
to make him thiuk ot us? Qirlf! ' she
went on, in tragic tones, "wlut hall
I do? He will never forgive such a
sillv joke '
'Oh, never mind,'' said IJa,
soothingly. "He proh-th'y does not
suspect you mote tan the ret of
us, and, though why t.e sh u'd h ve
thouyht ot us at all pass ' u.y com-
preheris'ort; still he will h ive to vjs'
it his anger on all of us."
Milly received Ida's conto'at;oa
gratefully. She could not under
stand what made her so nice all at
once, though she fancied it might
he because Ida bad dared her into
sending the "valentine,' which bade
fair now to prove a source ot trooble.
The gi'ls all laughed it off, aud
declared Mr. Fraser to be a surly
creature, if he could not take a little
'uo pleasantly; although, somehow,
the fun had not been all they had
anticipated. Io the meantime, Mr.
Fraser, quite lost in astonishment
at the receipt of I he photopraph,
was racking his brains to 6nd soaie
possible reason for its having been
sent. At first he fancied there mast
be some mistake; bat the address
on the envelope was quite clear.
"Mr. Phiiip S. Fraser' stood out in
the large, bold handwriting, giving
not the slightest possibility for an
error in the name. As he looked at
't, he smiled involuntarily, thinking
how absurdly the attempted mas cm.
line hand contrasted with the little
woman, whom he supposed must be
responsible for it. He scarcely
knew Mia9 Briggs; uot at all, .in
fact, beyond the recognition that
business and politeness demauded.
Although, as she happened to be
the cousin ot his only intimate
friend, he had noticed her rather
more than the other young ladies
But Phil. Fraser was not at all a
ladies' man. He bad never had any
thing to do with ladies, and kue
uhanintflv nothing about them. An
orphan, without any near relatives,
he had lived for ten yers a very"
soiita'y life, working steadily at h tj
business until he bad been promoted
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