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IHC0 Iff VOL IV. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1890. NO. 11 Aixutve IMaclihi. Itisxaitlv the ca-e that denun ciatory preaching does any tfood Surely it often does harm. I doubt if in tbe history of the world a sin gle soul has been turned from the error of his way by abuse. terrorists aie not to be won by fiery onslaughts upon their sin ceiity, nor by a scornful deprecia lion of their intelligence. If one be sincere m hid belief thai an error is the truth, has auythitig been done towards enlightening his mind by charging him with dishonesty ? .So utijut i charge has provoktd his resentment and left him father than ever from the truth. Yon have hurt bis feelings without offering to con vince his judgment. If be i3 in sincere, you have reminded him of it iu ft way which rather repulses than persuades. So whether one be bonest or dishonest in his holding to error, it would appear that fuiious assault is not calculated to dislodge him And to speak slightly of the good sense ot those whose errors you would correct, rlies equally wide of the mark. To call a wise mau a fool is to excite either his pity or his cuutempt; and to apply the epithet wjieie it rightly belougs, would be to blind with hatred and rage. If it be better to denounce than to concive at error, may it not be E. M. ANDREWS, FURNITURE, PIANO AND ORGAN DEALER. J3IANOS Chickering, Mathushek and Sterling Pianos are too well known to the people to require any introduction Irom me. Every one of them are guaranteed, if they do not please you, you need not keep them. There are no lower prices., nor easier terms offered by any one than those offered by me. ORGANS What are you going to do about that Organ you promised your wife ami daughter ? Buy nothing but the Celebrated Mason and Hamlin or Ster ling Organ, aud you are not always having thern re paired. Sterling Orgaus for ordy &50.00 aud Mason k Uamliu's for only $93-00. Write me for deecriptive 'price list. FURNITURE Never before since I have been in business was my Stock of Furniture so large aud complete iu every line as it is to day, and prices were never lower. I keep right up with styles, and rep resent everything just as it is. If you buy anything from me and it is not as represented return it and I will pay your money back. Who could Jo more? Who could ask more? Write for my price's. EF" I sell 90-inch reversible frame MOSQUITO CANOPIES with all the fixtures for hanging for only S00. E. M. ANDREWS, Charlotte, N. C, 1G aud IS West Trade St. Finley & Wetmore, ATTYS. AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C. Will practice in Lincoln and surrounding counties. All busmen put into our hands vrill be promptly atten ded to. Anil la, IS 'JO. ly. DEEP SlA VVONDKKS eXI9t m tbOU- stmda of forma, hut hie uv- pjused by the manela ot lnrention. Those who are iu ned of rotitable work that can be dor.e while living at home should at once -,nd their kJdreed to iJallet A Co., Portland, Maine .and receive tiea full in formation how either eex, of all ages, can arn Iruiu jr to f-Jr per dny aui upwards wbercver they I've. You are started free. Capital riot required. Some hnve made over in ?int;le day at this work. All ucceed. AHO.IHlli MKWI, machine: Prices reduced. Every family now can hnve t lie '(?.' A utmnutic Sewing Ma chine iu the r.Ktiket at reduced price. For particulars mikI for our new Illus trated Circular with samples of stitch ing. Our Illustrated Circular shows every pair of the Machine perfectly, and is wruth eiuliim fi.f even if you have a, Machine.. Krtise A Murphy rJf. Co., k'5 ;md 4jT "West 2t'.tu fet., N, Y, City. HACIHE.WIs" lllPP Log, LumberYard a- Gity i rucRs SPRING better fit ill to do neither 1 Whatever may be thought of what I have here dotted down with out taking time to weigh very cares fully, I am pure that we can lose nothing by trying To conform our preaching to the, inspited dneciion: "The ser vant of the. Lard must not etrive, hut be gentle unto all men, apt. to teach, patient ; iu meekness instructing thofte that oppose them. selves." . E. IJutson. lllt tO Illlst. A thousand years hence so says a member of the Academy of $cien ces nearly ail the stone buildings now standing in Europe will have crumbled to dust. So perishable is the material of which they are con structed that the process of decay is already evident iu many conspic nous edinces. The same thing is going on in this country. Neither marble nor onr favorite brown-stone can withstand the action of tbe ele ments. Even the Capitol at Wash ington is undergoing disintegration. It may not be important, that an ordinary dwelling-house should last a thousand years. For sanitary reasons, it if, perhaps, just as well that people should have to build their houses over again once in every two or three centuries. But it is not agreeable to think that the Capitol and all tbe great chnrches in the country will have disappeared by the year of grace 2890. A7. lr. Ledger. PIEDMONT SEMINARY, MALE AND FEMALE. LINCOLNTON, N. C. An English, Classical, Mathematical and Commercial School. It is thorough and practical in its work aud methods. It does not aasume to itself the claims of a Col lege, but is thoroughly Academic Location health-, and ot easy access by railroad. Fad term of i890 be-, gins Wednesday, August, 27. Ljf For Cirrulars, dr., send to IK MA TT. THOMPSON, Principal, JLincolntun, A7. C: July 4, 18UO. WAGONS J ALL STYLES. HUGG1NS PAT E NT I Ladies Chaise. FISH BR9S WAG9N C6- RACINE,WIS. Frcm Godey'a Lady's Bok. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. BY EVA KEYNOLDsi. &rU8Ton the outskirts of the v2-3 'd town of Veynioutli tiod 5?A ,ue boaieetead of the E-wIs. it, f'Jii had once beeu several miles in tbe country ; but the busj town had gradually spread itself over the intervening fauns, till it had almost encroached upon the old Earl ea tate ; bat here it was checked, as not one foot would the old man sell. The Eaila had always been one of the moHt important families of the neighborhood, and th6 older inhab itants were wont to tell of the gay ety and festivity that once filled the great house; The grounds were surrounded by a low stone wall, surmounted by an iron fence. Scarcely a glimpse of the house waa to be seen through the dense foliage by passers-by. From the south, there was a good view of the house, and on the par ticular morning my story begins, even a stranger would notice signs of unusual commotion about the place, There was an air of expect- ancy pervading everything. Ser vants could be 6eeu through the open windows, wttn ouster ana broom, busily cleaniug and arrang ing. A womau came and stood for a moment on the vine-covered piazza on the south of the house. A wom an of apparently fifty years years evidently that had been fraoght with pain, for the few stray locks escaping from her morning cap were snowy white, and the face had a care-worn kok that accompanies the anxious heart. She stoo l jus- a moment, unheeding the beauties around her, or the glad antics of the house-dog ; then turned aud weut quickly and quietly back into the house. The stopped in the hall to give some trivial instruction to a waitiugmaid, then ascended the oaken atair-caso to her room. This was the mistress of the house. The library door stood open, and by the farther window, in his favor ite seat, sat old Mr. Earl, the mas ter of this grand old place. In his prime, he had beeu a man of com manding appearance and haughty mienj but now, as he sat with bowed head, aud now and then a longs drawn sigh, he was an object of com' passion. lie was going over his life, year by year; he was thinking of the days long ago happy days when he had brought his beautiful wife to preside over his home ; then ol their first great sorrow, when their first child, a blithesome boy of four summers, was taken from them aud lain iu the little grave on the hill side. Tuen the happiness that had come to them, in the birth of a sec ond child, a little girl, who, as the days went by, became more and more like her mother, with her great blue eyes aud Miuny hair. IIow she had grown to womanhood, and had been the pride and delight of his life; and, when, as she grew older, and an engagement between her aud the son of his old college friend and neighbor look place, he thought surely his cup was full. But when .Ralph Egbert, for that was the young man's name, came homo from school, he brought with him handsome Richard Norse, his most intimate friend. liichard, or Dick, as he was familiatly called, was some years Ralph's senior ; but, notwithstanding the disparity of their ages, the two were firm friends. Edgar had told him of the blne eJed girl who was to be his wife, and had often, in his boyish confi- deuce, let his friend read portions of her letters. He had been so ex travagant in her praise, that Rich ard had expressed an ardent desire to see her. ''That you shall,'' said Edgar. "Come home with me on our vacation: I shall be delighted if you will, and such grand times as we will have ! ' he exclaimed. "Do come, promise." So the promise was given, and neither dreamed that that visit must needs alter both lives. They came ; they became almost constant visitors at the Earl house. Picnics, excursions, boating and fishing parties filled in the long summer days. As a matter of course, Eleanor Earl and Richard Norse were thrown much together, I an(l tl,fc dPth of tbe interest for each other was but partially understood. Th awakening rain to R chard one day that they were on a limbing excursion up the river. The pary had camped on the baiiks, and old Uncle Jed was busy prepar ing the noonday meal. Edgar, as host, was showing the party some picturesque scenery, and then had wandered away some distance from the lauding. Richard waa intent on getting a particular fern that Eleauor had admired, and the rest of the party had gone out. of sight. He hai climbed high up a cliff', and wan ieaching tor ihe coveted fern when his footing gave way, ami he let! heavily to the ground. His head struck a sharp bowlder, and he lay senseless. From a small spring near by Eleanor brought a enp of water, and, bending over him, she bathed his temples and staunched the hlood oozing from a slight scalp wound. Presently the black pyes opened; first he looked about in a dazed sort of way j then, with re mining consciousness, at the lovely face bending over him. In that moment he knew that he loved her with a depth of passion that was new to him, and its utter hopeless ness overwhelmed him. Day after day glided by, and they became . weeks. Day after day Richard Norse eaid to himself he would go away and forget. Rut the next day would find him still there, and Ralph planned new parties; Hverything he did in his boyish con fidence, that hi friend would enjoy his visit. He never noticed the pain iu Eleanor's face, wneu"he would chide her for her low spirit?. He never noticed the almost sullen mauuer of his guest, which, if be bad, would have been pronounced due to the dulluess of the place. One evening he misse l Richard, whom he wauted to accompany him to the Earl house. "Never mind," he thought, "he has gone into the garden to smoke a cigar. I will go alone." Taking the short cut through the grounds to the house, he thought he heard voices Stopping to lis ten, he heard some one peak his name. Ho went in the direction of the sound, and peeping through a clump of vines, he plainly perceived Eleanor. The moon was at its full, and the pale light streaming over her, and, atandiug as she was, with shadow all about her, made her doubly plain. Standing somewhat iu the shade, he perceived the fig ure of a man. "Eleanor, I love yon' he heard him say, '-I love you better than my life. It is treacherous and mean that I should tell you this, knowing what I do ; but I could not go away without telling you, without some hope. Oh, Eleanor, tell me you love me ; tell me to hope.'' His voice died away iu sort of a moan. Elea nor stood quite still in the mooni light. Her hands were locked and unlocked in a kind of dumb despair! He came closer. He held out his arms and implored her to be kind. She hroke out in a beseeching tone : ''Oh, why do you tell me this? Oh, why did you ever come at all ? Couldn't you see I loved you, and was struggling to overcome it? Don't you know that I am pledged to another ? Why didn't you go and leave me to forget?'' His efforts at control were painn fill. "You are light,'7 he said. "I e-hould have seen. I will go. Forgive me, Eleanor; learn to forget, aud now good -by, and may God bless you." He turned to go, but Eleanor staggered, aud would have fallen, had he not caught her in his strong arms; bhe recovered quickly, ami struggled to free herself ; but he held her fast. "You cannot do without me. You are mine,mioe, ' he murmured, "leu me you will be my little wife." Ralph stood a silent spectator of this drama of real life. It touched him too closely for him to compre hend all its force at once. He- was dszed.and bnt slowly his dulled senses came back to him. Ihe ma7uitnde of hi despair forced irself upon him. With a low cry of anguish, he fell prone upon the ground. How long he lay there, he never knew. Hour after hour dragged slowly by and he never stirred. When Richard called the next day, at the Earl house, he was in vited into the library, and tbfr met Mr. Eat I. As the younger man told his story, aud asked him to give his daughter into his keeping, the old man'rt face grew stern, hia brow contracted, his lips vrere tightly compressed. He uttered not a word until his guest had finishMl and stood expectant. Then all the pent-up wrath burst forth. In scathing words, h aoked how, an a man of honor, he dard make such an ungentlemanly request. k,Go,r he almost shrieked, "and never dais ken my door again." He forbade Eleauor ever feeing him more; but Eleanor's face grew pale and pinched in the days that followed. One day she was missed from her accustomed place at the table, hits tie was thought of if, but the night came on, and no Eleanor appeared. Search was instituted, but she could not be found. One morning, two weeks later, a letter found its way to the 'Squire's table. It. was from Eleanor. She and Richard had been married in a little church close to her old home, and had at once sailed for Europe. Mr. Earl never answered the let ter ; he never forgave her ; her name was never spoken, and, as time passed, he became moody and morose. A year passed, and another let ter came from across the sea. This was Irom Richard. Eleanor, Le wrote, had been in poor health, and, after the birth of their little girl, had tailed rapidly, aud, at last, she had died, and they had buried her near au obi French villa. This letter met with a similar fate as the other. It seemed to be part of his nature that he could not, or would not, forgive. Twenty yars had passed wince then, and a third letter had but lately arrived, "I am dying,'1 R 'ch ar d wrote, ' and my child will lie homeless. Once more. I be.-eech you, to loi give the past- Let mv daughter, in some way, iepay the debt I owe you, for the loss. I in flicted." And notCj within an bout's time, Eleanor'n child would arrive at the old homestead of her mother's life. In a sumptnons apartment of a neighboring manor sat Ralph Eg bert, called home from his wander ings by his father's recent death. He had heard of the expected arib val at the ''Earl House.'7 Time had dealt lightly with bun : his appearance was much the same, except, perhaps, the face hd !ot, somewhat, the boyish confidence that once had characterized it. He sat silently staring at the open fire. The hands of the Mtle bronze clock on the mantel-piece were neariug the midnight hour, when Ralph arose and went to a small cabinet at the farther end of th room. Taking from one of the drawers a small case, he fitted in the lock a small key that hung from his watrh chain. Opening it, he looked long and earnestly at the picture it contained. It was the picture of a young girl, scarcely sixteen years ot age, with snnny hair, and deep blue eyes and laughing lips. "My darling, my darling. Life was once a happy dream, bnt that was long, long ago' His thoughts came back to the present, for, as'he replaced the pic ture in the cabinet, he murmured : 'I wonder which she is like, handi somo black-haired Dick, or my beautiful Eleanor, of days gone by. Poor Dick, sweet Eleanor, yon were not to blame. Oh, had I been more ready to forgive Once more Ralph Egbert became a coustant visitor at the hall. Ele anor's child had a strange attrac tion for him ; and, as the days gli ded by, and he saw her so often, love once more kindled in his heart; and, one morning, in early autumn, as they wandeied l:flesly under the tree?, he told her the story of his life, 2nnj7 through every deta'l. IL told her of the new-born love, and aked, in tiembling tones, ir she Could H'e heself t him, des pite. the great difference of their ages. Think it over, dailing,for a day, or a week, if need bo. Then tell me, if wn can be happy with me, as my wife.' Next day, as lie met her in the library, .i i t r T white hand was placed confidingly in hts ; and, as he uazrd into the brown ejes, so like her father's, he. road her answer, and, with a cry of joy, he folded her in his strong arms. It was at List that old Mr. Eul's wishe were granted ; and, ns he listened to the womIh that inude Annie Norse. Rtlphs wile, tear-; trickled mr his fn trowed cbek, and a prayer went up to Heaven, risking t(.rivrness tor the tfreit wrong that, had brought sorrow into his own daughter's life Ralph and iiis wite, after a f-horf trip abroad, came, to live, at the old dace. Meny rhildren romped under tho old tn es, and the village i often frpnke of the change that, had taken place in the two homesteads since the coming of Mr. Earl's granddaughter. The Senate Silver Hill. The following is the text ot the bill as it. passed the Senate: Sfptiox 1. That from and after the date ot the passage ot this act the unit of value in the United States shall be the dollar, and the same may be coined of 4V2K grains of staudard silver or of":?n 8-10 grams of standard gold; and the said coins shall be legal tender for all debts, public or private; that thereafter any owr.er of eilwr or gold bullion may deposit the same at any mint of the United States to be formed in standard dollars or bars for his benefit ami without charge : but it shall be lawful to re fuse any deposit less value than $100, or any bullion so base as to be unsuitable for the operations of tbe mint. Scr. 2. that the provisions of section 3 of an "Act to Authorize the Coinage of the Standard Sdver Dollar and to Restore Its legal Tern der Character,'' which became a law Feb. 28, 1878, is hereby made applicable to the coinage in this act provided for Sec. That the certificates provid ed for in the second section of this act, and all silver and gold certifi cates already issued shall be in de nominations of not lest tfian 1 or more than lti0, and such cerrifis cates shad ba redeem b'e iu coin of standard alu. A snriirienr sum to ear t v out t he provisions of this a"t is hereby aopiopriated out o: money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated. The provision in reetiou 1 ot the act id Feb. 2.S. ! 1MS, entitled an ''Aet to Authorize the Coinage of th- .standard Silver Doihr and to Ro.-fou- Its Legal Tend et Character,1' whieh requires, the Secretary of the Tlfc;i-lll3' to pm chase at the market price, thereof not lss than 2,O0O,noo woith of silver bullion per mouth nor moie than 54, (KlO.Ooo worth per month ot ku h bullion n hereby lvpea'ed. Sro. 4. That the cfcrtitif iie ; pro vided for this act, and all silver and gold certificates alieidy issued, shall be receivable for all taxes ami does to the United States of every de :-(! iptloli, and Moil! be ;i legal tender for the payment or all debts, public and private. St'.c 5. The owners of bullion de posited tor coinage shall have the oppor tunity to receive com or its equivalent in tbe certificates pio vided for in thu aet. u;ot such Inii lion shall lie .suihM-queutiy coined. SEC. f. That upon (he passage ot this act the balance f-tanoiug with the Treasurer of the United States to the ie:peciivj credits of National banks lor depo.-its made, to redeem the ciictilatiiii; notes of such banks, ami all depo.-its thereafter received for like put pose, shall be eoveied into the Tiea-;iii as a misceilatie our receipt, and the Tivasur-r ot the United States shall redeem from the ocneral cash in the. Tteasui the circulating notes of said banks which may come into his possess-on subject to redemption; and upon the certificate of the Comptroller of the Currency that, sach notes have been received by him, and that they havfi been destroyed, and that no new notes will be issued in their place, reimbursement of their arns ount shall be made to the Treasurer under such regulations as the Sec retary of the Treasury may per scribe, from an appropriation hereby created, to be known as "Nation I bank notes: Redemption account;' but the provisions of this art shall not apply to the deposits received under btetion ? of the act of June 29, 1874, requiring every National bank to keep iu lawful money with the Treasurer of the United States a sum equal too per c ent, of its cir culation, to be held and Used for the redemption of its circulating notes, and the balance remaining of the deposits so covered shall, atlhe close ot each month, h reported on the monthly public debt statement as a debt ot the United States bear, ing no interest. The title of the bill was amended! so as to read : -An act to provide for free coinage of gold and silver bullion and for other purposes." Keati) to Heuin. Every fall a new anuv ot boys en'er the bm-ine-s votld. Ea h boy wili feel sure thar he is going to make a grand success, and if he does not feel that way he 13 not rntuh of a boy. A gieat many boys fill, not because they have not tha ability, but bt-caus they want to begin at the top; they are not wiU ling to shovel, l ot want to make their way in cushioned chairs. The men who fill cushioned chairs with J the greatest dignity are those who never hesitated to shovel if hovel ing helped to make a path upward. The boy who wants the freedom and ease of the head of his firm Trill find plenty of freedom in life, but no ease. His freedom will consist in .valking about trying to find a new position. The boy who ii wil ling to lie a boy and do a boy's part in the world, keeping eyes and ears open tor opportunities to learn every detail ot the business iu which he is engaged, will lind hia chance to sr.ep higher 1 very year. Do not fear to ask questions. If you do not understand a thing, study until you do find out all there is to know about it. Do not fear to tfet to your business a little early or stay a little late. Keep your mind on your share of the woik; do not try to mauage for the whoha bua iuess firm. (I remember a man who used fo amuse me very much). He never arned more than fifteen dol lars a week until he had passed fiff.V j-ars of age, and during his married life his wife had earned more than he had. Yet he would grow intensely excited because a large md exceedingly prosperous corporation would not adopt his plans, though his conutctlou with it was paying his fate as pasaeuger on its cars. The iirm who paid would, if managed by him, ow wealthy in a year, he insisted. Still the firm di.- pe:!sed with his valuable services an I writable to conduct business, inat man had been so busy all his business life planning affaiis with wnn-h he had no cons neetion that he leally had no time to think (A bis p isonal work. He was not lazy, but he did not know enough to mind hii own business. Farmers ana Inmracy. It is the refinement of irony that iheie should now be an attempt to array the f irmiug classes agafust the Democratic jnrtv. The, party has alwavs been and is yet the pe coH ir campion ot (he arb.'iilliiral liibie-t;. The Republican prty. with if:, protective pohry, (-lands tor ihe m tmiiactuiers and d'aws from them .md from otlc-r capitals is?;i and moiiopoli-ts the money witti which lor my ehcfloiis; the Democratic party oppase.s the pro tective policy as discriminating against the far met in favor of the manufae! liter ; and t with thri uu bioken record we have lived to see th:- day in North Caro'ma when or ators and papets and so. called -ftr-iiier.i' triends71 ruthlessly attack tho chosen servants ot this party and remai i dumb as to trie party which has foisted upou the country tbe legislation Irom which the farmer are now suffering. We, have said before that the, farmers of North Carolina are not going off after thehe srtange rods aud we shall not behave the are until v.e s?e them do it. A few noisy lello, intent upon getting offices and making money, may attempt to lead thetn away from past associations and iuto new paths, but it is not every rime they are; piped to that they d a n ce. 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