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LINCOLNTON. N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1890.
NO. 48
III
I'leollon Tliin Year.
We Lave to elect This year :
1. A Chief Justice and Associate
Jnatice of the .Supreme Court of the
State.
U. Superior Court Judges of the
Fust, t3er.ond, Fouith, FiMh, .Sev
enth, E'phth, Tenth and Eleventh
dlstiictN.
3. Solicitor in ail the twelve ju
dicial districts.
4. Nino members of the United
State Hone of Representatives.
5. Fittv .State Senators.
6. Onehumiied and twenty rnem
hers f the North Carolina House of
Representatives.
7. All county officers.
The Legislating to he elected,
will ie charged with the important
duty of electing a United States
Senator, ui Senator Vanct'd term
expires March 4th, 1801.
Uou. ypier Whitaker, Chairman
of the Democratic State Executive
Committee, h.is called a meeting of
the CorafLittee in Raleigh on June
lOtb, at which t i :i . e the date for
holding the State Convention will
be fixed, and a eha'rman elected in
the place ot Judge Whitaker. It it
very important that a wise selection
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Lin coin ton, N. C.
Practices in this and surround
ing counties.
Al-o iu State and Federal
! Courts.
ZfcifXext door to the Racket. .
Oe4r,l(). iy.
L-'L. wlTHERSPOON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- NEWTON, N. C.
Practices iu the Courts of Cataw
btf, Liucolu, and adjoining counties.
JloN'ET to Ijoa?? ou improved farm-in-Cata!
aud Lincoln counties ii'
sums of if 300 and upwards, on lou
time and easy terms. Will meet
clients at the Alexander House, in
Liucolnton, on second and foint
lloudays iu ea'b month.
QAug. 1 18S0. tf.
Li.iPiLSi Nights, made miserable by
-tat urn Me round, .'"hil.-h's Cure is the
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RACIHE.WIS.
PLog,LumberVard 8r GitV Trucks
yQ,NG W c rlS f ALL STYLES.
i v w a i5r-rrr patent
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FISH
What iia tattler! A vile leach,
sapping thH M(e blood ot human
happiness. A t lack, greedy vulture
feasting upon the can ion of sreietv.
A hn-hody who ihdrii3 gleefully
to a 1 1 I lung haif h on nn.y eay of
oiu neighl.nr, either pettishly or
in a j..kc, and then carries it niag-
mfied and patched up to suit hiui
self, and pours it scorching hot into
the ears or perhaps your best friend,
and, alter succeeding in getting him
or her to say something equally as
harsh, returns to you laden-Kith his
precious burden ot strife, aud adds
fuel to the smouldering tire. Thus,
little by little, this ghoul of human
society filches the happiness of hu
man friendship and develops be
tween the kindest of neighbors aud
the best of friends a feenng of hat
red wbhh should be known only to
the bosom of demons.
Are you a tattler i Be you sow
among your neighbors the seeds of
discord aud bate? If so, iu the
name of humanity let us beg you to
detsibt. We are all liable to err, all
too apt to say in silly joke things
which an hour afterward, in a mo-,
mentotcool reflection, we may hear
tily wish unsaid. But deeper is the
sin and thicker is the crime of him
who, taking our weakness for his
capital, effects the destruction of
the happiness of bis neighbor as his
interest. Exchange.
English Spavin Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavin, Grubs , Splints, Sweeuej,
Ring-bone, Stillea, Opraius, all
Swollen Throats, Cougha,Etc. Gave
50 by use ot I bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful blemish cure
ever known. Sold by J. M. Lawing
Phyeciau and Pharmacol, Lin
col u ton.
LAND SALE.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust
matte to me by Richmond Scott iu
order to secure a debt by him con
traded with 11- S. Robinson, which
deed of trubt is duly registered iu
Liucoiu county Registry Book 03,
Page 2 ot Deeds, I will sell at tbe
Court House door in Liucolnton, at
12 o'clock noon aud ou the 1st M on
day of court werk March 31, 1890,
that tract or land now owned aud
farmed by iie said Richmond Seott
and i lUfer on the Tuckasegee Road
aud also on :be C. C. R. R. and C.
& L. N. G. R. R. about 1 mile Enst
ot the courth juse aud ajoiuing the
lauds of B. U. Sumner aud others,
containing 04 acres. Sale to be at
public auction to the highest bid
der tor cdhb.
J. L, COBB, Tr ustee.
Feb. 25, lbiui. U 28 4r
Ladies Chaise.
p AT EHL CHAISE BRAK& V
BR3S WAG2N G9-
Tiin i.oi:is 1MUYER.
The following beautiful composi
tion was found in Charleston, S. C,
during the was. It was printed on
very heavy yellow satin, and is quite
a literary curiosity. We ciip from
the Woman's Missionary Advocate.
Wilmington Star.
Though to the mercy seat our 8oul
dost, gather,
To do our duty unto Thee : . Our
Father,
To whom all praise, all honor should
be given ;
For thou art the great God,
who arc in heaven,
Thou, by Thy wisdom, ruls't the
world's whole frame;
Forever, therefore,
. . . hallowed be Thy name,
Letnevermore delays divide us from
Thy glorious grace, but let
.... Thy kiugdom come,
Let Thy commands opposed be by
none,
But Thy good pleasure and
Thy will be done,
Aad let oar promptness to obey be
even
The very same
. . In earth as 'Lis in heaven.
Then for oar souls, O Lord, we also
pray,
Thou wonldst be pleased to
give us this day
The food of life, wherewith our
souls are fed,
Sufficient raiment, aud
. . . . : our daily bread ;
WTith every needful thing do Thou
relieve us ;
And of Thy mercy, pity
and forgive us
All our misdeeds, for Him whom
Thou didst please
To make au offering for
our trespasses,
And forasmuch, O Lord, as we be
lieve That Tboa wilt pardon us
as we forgive
Let that love teach, wherewith Thou
dost acquaint us,
To pardon all
. . those who trespass against os;
And though sometimes, Thou finds'i
we have forgot
This love for Thee, yet help
. t . . . and lead us not
Through soul or body's want, to
desperatiou
Nor let earth's gain drive ns
into temptation;
Let not the sonl of any true believer
Fall in the time of trial
. ...... bnt deliver
Yea save them from the malice of
the devil,
And in both life and death keep
us from evil,
Thus pray we Lord ; for that of
Thee, from whom
This may be had
. . for Thine is the kingdom,
This world is of thy work, its wou-
drous story
To Thee belongs
. . the power and the glory;
And all Thy wondrous works have
ended never,
Bnt will remain forever and
forever.
Thus we poor creatures would con
fess again,
And thus would say eternally
Amen.
Republican Wiles.
The McKinley Tariffbill increases
the duties on agricultuial products
(which amounts comparatively to
nothing) and hopes by this manen
ver of seeming protection to gain
the farmer vote. This trick will
prove abortive iu the present case.
The farmers of this country are no
fools and can Bee that while the
other urovisions of the bill still
tend to fill the pockets of the man
ufacturers, the proposed dnty on
agricultural products will not re
lieve the burden upon them as con.
sumers, or enable them to raise the
mortgages that will eveutnally im
poverish so many. Greensboro Pa-
triot.
By acknowledging and empha
sizing the good that is in those
aronnd us, we strengthen their self
refpect and give them a powerful
motive in the right direction ; by
caviling and criticism, by contempt
and ridicule, by exposing and eta-i-hasizing
tauits and failings, we
destroy their self-respect and de
prive them of one of the strongest
motives for improvement.
From Oody's Lady's Boes.
THE MISSING WILL.
EY OLIVE LELL.
The f ripht r uu-diine b-'l on the
ivy covered wiijg of a rambling
stone house the old homestead of
the Wycherlj's lighting tip its
long narrow windows until the dia-mond-shappd
panes were solid
blocks of fire. The curtnins were
drawn down to exclude the garih
light, for the weather was unusually
warm for April, and there was a
brassy tint in the clouds that prom
ised greater heat ; but the wide
oaken doors stood opeu to let in the
fragrance of spring hovers and
fruit blossoms that filled the languid
air.
The earth was beautiful with the
perfection of spring loveliness, blen
ded with the dawning colors of
uature'a painting ; maples, just
touched with crimson aud green ;
meadows tinged with the faintest
v. rdiiie, while every brootside was
aflame with bloom. Far as the eye
could reach around W7ycherly, wide
fields of corn were planted and
ready for the genial sun to bring to
perfection, and the leaves of the
trim osage hedge that enclosed the
orchard were ahead' turning green.
Up and down one of the cool
asilea of this orchard paced a wo
man, the sunlight sifting through
the apple-boughs over her soft
black garments and uncovered
head.
She was not yoang, for the brown
hair was sprinkled with silver ; but
her face was so quietly tranquil and
cheerful, one loved to look at it and
catch a glance of the luminous hazel
eyes.
This was Hester Braize, compan
ion, nurse, almost daughter, to the
garrulous old man that a few days
before had been carried out to his
last resting-plaoe in the Wycherly
vault. Hester had been the com
fort of his old age, and he had often
assured her Wycherly should be
hers.
'I've no child of my own, Hester,
and you've a better right to it than
my scapegrace cousin,' he said, one
morning, shortly before his death.
'One of these days I'll tell you
where to find my will.'
But Azrael came to him very sud
denly one lovely morning, and be
fore the night fell, the kind old eyes
that had never left Hester's face,
when he was stricken speechless,
were closed forever.
No trace of his will could be
found, although Hester aud the
family lawyer searched the old
house from garret to cellar.
'He never destroyed it,' was the
pnzzled attorney's comment, 'but
he has doubtless put it where it will
never see the light! This is bad for
you, Hester.'
Hester made no outward sign of
disappointment, but in secret she
mourned bitterly. Wycherly was
very dear to her; besides, she had
not a living relative of her own,
and she was not qualified to earn
her own livelihood. Homeless, pen
niless, and alonewhat was she to
do in the future? was the burden
of her thoughts, as she paced the
grass, with down-cast eyes that
saw no beauty iu nature. Hester
loved every rood of the picturesque
grouuds, and her eyes filled with
tears, as she gazed on the many
familiar objects objects endeared
to her by many tender memories.
Reaching a low fence that separa
ted the orchard from a narrow strip
of pasture land, where myriads of
dandelions dotted the ground aud
raised their heads in the golden
sunshine, Hester saw through her
fast-gathering tears a large Devon
shire cow coming slowly towards her,
the kind, sleepy eyes restiug ou her
sad face, with an almost
human
gaze.
Bounty!' cried Hester, with a
half-sob ; lO, how can I leave Boun
ty!' Bounty quickened her pace, and
at last thrust her nose into Hester's
outstretched palms- She stroked
the wrinkled old face for Bounty
was twenty, if she was a day pat-
ted the silken coat lovingly, and
catching the bnge horns in her slim
bands, leaned ber pale face against
Bounty's forehf-ad and took, wh it
we women value as a safety valve
to over-charged brains, a gool cry.
'I would give them everything,
Bounty, if thy would onlv let me
k-ep vou !' Henr.'T od. ha Mo
rais d h -r f.tre and 1 oked earnestly
into the humid eyes. Unconscious-,
ly she began to polish, with her
handkerchief, a wide bras bnnd
that encircledone of the hugo horns.
She reineralvied how, jvars ago,
Mr. WTycherly had sawed off one of
Bounty's horns, and then replaced
it, with this br.as harul to hold it
firm. As old ae crept on, and the
frail old hands grew almost useless,
he would rnb this hit of br.iss with
a chamois skin until it t-houe like
neater,' be was in the habit of
sajiug, 'never part with Bounty;
she is a valuable cow.'
And Hester had often remarked,
that he never drove Bounty out
with the rest of the herd, daughters
arid grand daughter of the hand
some Devon but kept her iu this
shady pasture lor, or a wooded en
closure across the brook eo brightly
outlined by its margin of golden
rod. Bounty had been fed, curried
and attended with unusual care by
tbe feeble, old man, aud the remem.
brance of bis strange passion for
the animal brought another rush of
tears to Hester's eyes! The only
intelligible word he had uttered
when his illuess struck him, was
'Bounty,' and with the tears cours
ing down her cheeks, aud an intense
longing for affection of some kind ;
Heater climbed the fence, put her
arms around Bounty's neck, laid her
cheek against her smooth, plump
shoulder, and cried to her heart's
content.
'Halloo ! crying, Hester !' cried a
cheerful bass voice ; and Hester,
starting guiltily, lifted her face to
meet the amaze i gjze of jovial Dr.
Reaburn, who had Oeen the Wych
erly physician for years, and never
saw a shade of care on Hester's
placid brow before ; and here were
tears, actually tears !
'Well, well,' be began, as he slow
ly climbed the fence, 'I never ex
pected to see your bonny eyes red
with weeping.'
Hester blushed iu spite of her
thirty years, and vigoionsly dried
tier eyes.
'I I ,' she stammered, growing
redder than ever, 'I was just taking
leave of Bounty. You know I leave
here to-morrow,'
'And where are you going, pray V
4I don't know,' was Hester's truth
ful reply, for she h d no definite
plans ; 'hut I suppose I'll find a
place in the. world.'
Dr. Reaburn looking very grave,
and not a little troubled, sat down
on the grass and looked up at Her.?
ter Braize, who stood beside Boun
ty, with one arm thrown over the
animal's neck. He saw the downs
cast face flash slowly under his ear
nest gaze, and thought in an ab
stracted way, what a tender, wom
anly face it was, and how firm were
the full red lips, that seemed formed
to utter only strength aud sweet
ness. He thought of his motherless
boy of twelve a wild rollicking lad,
who was the terror of the hoo
hold and then a sudden inspira
tion seized him, and jumping to his
feet he stood before Hester, a little
flushed and very eager .
'I've got ir, Hester V
'Got what V broke in Hester, as he
pau-eed, as if ashamed to goon.
'The place for you you'd suit it
exactly. Be a mother to my Willie.'
Hester s hazel eyes openen wide
in' astonishment.
'You don't meau to say you would
marry me V
'What else coold I mean,' with a j
nervous laugh. 'I am willing, if I
yu oaQ CATe enough for a cranky
old fellow like me to take me.'
His arm went over Bounty's neck,
and Hester's slim, brown fingers
I were caught in the clasp of a warm,
plump band and squeezed a little,
while the hazel eyes looked down
to hide their gladness.
'Care for you! Why, doctor, I
always thought you the best of men.'
'Now, that's fortunate !' chuckled
Dr. Reaburn, 'for that's just the
opinion every good wife should hold
of her hnshand. 3.- you'll have me,
Hester ?'
'On one condition, Fmilod nester,
that, yon buy Bounty from the new
mtsfrr of Wvcherly.'
'Oh,' I'll do thitt willingly,' whs
fie Din-tor's delighted promise; for
although his proposal had not been
the. outgrowth of any sentimental
tfeliiii', lie had a sincere regard for
Het-tei's good qualities, and expecti
fd a peaceful, happy life with her.
After this, they both sat down on
the glass, and theie were plaus laid
mingled with a touch of loveMnaks
ing, with Bounty's great solemn
eyes looking on
When Hester parted with her fu
ture husband, he left a kiss on her
red lips, and a luminous light filled
the hazel eyes with a look of con,
tent that was to leave them never
more. One week after they were
quietly married at the Wycherly
parnruage ; for the new master had
taken possesion ot Hester's old
home, and Dr. Reaburn was in
haste to f e?. her mistress of his dis
orderly establishment. Younger
brides may have entered on their
conjugal life with more enihnsias
tio ideas of what that life was to be;
but few, if any, ever carried as ten
der, trne, or as loyal a heart into a
husband's home as did Hester
Braize.
Th new owner of Wycherly gen
erousiy donated Bounty as a wed
ding gift, little dreaming that by
doing so, he was giviug away what
he loved best in the world wealth
and position.
Hester's matrimonial lifo would
have been without a thorn but for
Willie Reaburn. Totally untrained,
except by his father's mild coun
sels, Hester found him up to his
ears in all manner of mischief. He
took an unaccountable di-like to
Bouuty, widen led to many an al
tereation between him and hisstep
mother. She was never severe with
him, for he had mauy lovable quali
ties, and her affectiou for her hus
band was now o great that Hester
would endure a great deal for the
father's sate.
By a f-ystematic course of tensing,
Willie kept Bounty usually the
gentlest of animals in g fever of
excitemeut. She would toss her
horns angrily at the laughing urch
in's approach, and after the first
few attempts Willie found that to
ride mamma's wedding girt was a
feat hard to be accomplished.
'I'll rideheryet mind if I don't,'
was his oft-repeated threat, a threat
which Hester listened to with grave
doubts, for his life might fie lost in
the attempt to fulfill his boast.
'Who put that bra.s bnd on
Bounty's horn V was a question that
Hester mas callfd to answer one
crisp morning in October.
'Mr. Wycherly,' heaving a sigh as
she looked down at the ropy, dim
pled face aud thought how pleasant
it would be to have this rollicking
lad in the grand old rooms of Wych
erly. 'What for V
'I cannot teil you. It was an old
man's whim.'
'Well, I'm going to knock it off,
horn aud all.'
The boy stood with his hands in
his pockets, one eye on Hester and
the other on Bounty, who was qni-
etly graziug iu a wooded enclosure
near bv.
'You ?' Heeter looked her astonN
ishmeut.
'Yes, me. Yon think I cau't do it,
don't you.'
1 hope you willnevr try, Willie,' !
said Hester, coaxiugly ; for direct
opposition always angered him.
'Well, maybe I won't; but 1 think
I will,' said the boy, as he darted
away, cuddiug across the lawn with
his favorite dog at his heels.
Later in the morning, when the
doctor was far up in the country
looking iu on a patient here and
there, and Hester was in tier pleas
ant kitchen, deep in the mysteries
ot quince preserves, an enraged bel
low mingled with cries of fear, star
tled Mrs. Reaburn, who hnrried out
of the house to see ber pet Devon
shire making frightful planges at a
staunch plum tree, where her step
sou bad taken iefuge.
'Bouuty Bouuty !' screamed Hes
ter Reaburn, rushing toward the en
raged animal, who wild with pain,
for one glance told Heater tho
brass rimmed horn had been knock
ed off at the very root. 'How did
yon do it ? yon young rascal !'
cried Hester, dragging the fright
ened boy from hi perch. 'Bounty
poor Bounty !' patting the cow'a
bleeding head with the hand 'she
slipped through the opening in ths
fence. 'You crnel boy how did you
do such a thing V
'With this!' Willie held up a
stout poker, for now that the 'dan
ger wa3 over, and Bouuty was qui
eting down to a few angry aniffa,
he was as bold as ever. I juat
coaxed her up to the fence with
com, and then whack ! away went
the horn !'
'Where's the horn?' Hester
glanced around curiously.
'O, it bounced ever so far. There
it is!' shouted Willie, pointing to a
clump of burdock.
Heater went through a small
wicket-gate into the pastnre-lor,
pntting Bounty's sleek sides as she
H8ted by and picked up the horn,
from which a few drops of blood
were trickling. The hras band
had been loosened by the blow aud
came off altogether in Hester's
hands. In the upper part of the
horn, where the hollow bad beeu
scraped out and thoroughly cleaned,
was a small roll of paichmeut which
entirely filled np the cavity.
Hester'sheaitgaveagreat bound.
What if this should be the will t
'Come, Willie,' said, a she
came back through the eate. her
face wearing such an odd, puzzled
look that Willie obeyed without au
objection an equally o.id proceed
ing for him. He followed his step
mother into the cozy hit iu-rooo,
where a bright fire and fempUng
loncii awaited. Dr. Reaburn' homo
coming. Tears welled up into Hes
ter's eye?, as she sat down ou a low
rocker and gazed at the folded
parchment. If it was not the will,
it was something the lovinp old baud
of her adopted father had plnctd
there for some good purpose; and
laboriously she drew it out, only to
cry out iu delight :
'Willie, you Merged torment, it'j
the lost w'll !' and Uughing and crv
ing by fuin-, Hester hugged tbe
child, uufil he thought she had lost
her sense:?.
'What's all this.?' died Dr. Rea
burri's cherry voice j 'Hester, are
you going crazy V
'With jo , John !' Hester pat ber
arms around her husband's neck;
and laid her cheek against his. Yoa
took a poor, penniless girl to your
heait. Now, you will hhare Wych
erly with me, for we've found the
will in Bounty's horn.'
'God bles me!' ejaculated the
doctor. 'The man was always queer;
but who would have thought of
looking for it in a cow's horn.'
Great was the amazement and
chagrin of the owner of Wycherly,
when Hester was reinstated in ber
old home. Ami uo happier borne
can be found, for Willie now a
fine, manly yonlh never wavers iu
his love for Hester, or prows weary
of recounting the exploit that Kave
'mamma her fortune out of a cow's
horn.'
And Bounty, carefully boused and
tended, breathed her last in tbe
Wycherly atables.
Hon Ien Die.
If we know all the method! of approach
adopted by an enemy we are tbe better en
aMed to ward otf tLe danger and postpone
the moment whsn surrender becomes in-,
evitable. In many instancea the inherent
strength of thd body euffices to enable it
oppose the tendency toward death. .Many
however have lost these forces to such an
extent that there i little or no hi;Ip. In
ether ce a little aid to the weakened
Luntfs will make all the difference between
sudden dath and many years of useful
life. Upon the first symptoms of a Cough,
Could or any trouble of the Throat or
Lungs, give that old and welM:nwn rem.
dye Boschee's German 3yrup, a careful
trial. It will prove what thousands say of
it "to be the benefactor of anv home."
Be polite to your children. Do
you expect them to he mindful of
your welfare? To grow glad at
your approach ? To bound awy to
do your pleasure before your re
quest iJialf epokeu Then with all
your dignity aud authority mingle
politeness. Give it a niche in our
household temples. Only then will
yon have the true secret of seudsng
out into the world really finished
gentlemen and ladies.