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LINCOLNTON. N. C, FRIDAY, AUG 22. 1890.
Ii NO. 16
Mi. fevelaml's China.
1 i ii u.aiiy a Washington
pnl.M a a va'.ittU keepsake of Mrs.
Cleveland and Lhi gracious reign
ovei the White Donee is a dainty
eggshell lin cup ami saucer.
Many of these bear a i.oticeable re
setnblauce, though the wreath of
dainty flowers outlined ou each cup
and sancer in an artistic angle of
fine pale blue lines over the back
ground of the daintiest tint of!
creamy pink imaginable was differ
ent in each one. The wonderful
pink color was the same in them all,
and in this was the chief beauty of
the work.
Many admirers of pretty things
ceramic asked Mrs. Cleveland where
the dainty bits of china came from,
and she always laughingly told
them that was her secret. Where
they did come from was a dingy
biicasbrac shop on F street, down
in q basement, that Mrs- Cleveland
stumbled on by accident while shop
ping and went into out of curiosity.
And theae wonderful cups and sau
cers cost bat forty cents apiece.
Bnt they were really beauties, and
Jilrs. Cleveland was so takeu with
them that she bought dozens to
give to her friends. Washington
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FISH BR9S WAG2H G5
A Faithful Woman.
BY AMELIA E. BAKR.
VERY one wondered when the
jg pretty, sensible Lydia Wilson
fofd? married Will Hammond, and
f yet no one exactly knew why
he wondered; Will was band
some enough, had good prospects,
and no positive vice. So much
might be said for hi in in a general
way ; but yet no sense of eecarity
was felt, and his effeminate beanty
and wavering principles seemed to
all Lydia's friends poor foundation
to build a home and two or more
lives upon.
But there was nothing uncertain
in Lydia's character ; and therefore,
having made np her mind to marry
Will Hammond, she carried out
her intention. And for a little
while all went well. Will had that
kind of popularity which comes
from an easy, obliging disposition,
always ready to tend or to help, and
incapable of saying a positive down
right "No" even to the most un
reasonable demand.
Lydia,however,was always ready
to justify bet wajs, and was by to
means quick to admit that she had
beeu deceived. A bright, cheerful
face, the brave little woman kept,
and would not admit, even to her
own heart, the miserable fact that
in this, the very first year of her
marriage, their positions were most
unnaturally reversed, and that she
was the guardian and adviser of
him on whom she ought to have
leaned and relied-
But so it was. It took all ber tact
and influence to keep him in the
snug government office which her
father's name had procured him ;
for, with a desire to please every
body, he was perpetually giving
offense, and with a fitful ambition
large enough for ten men, he bards
ly compassed the woik ot one.
A great deal of imprudence and
a great deal of laziness were for
given him for the sake of his wife ;
but the forbearance of even govern
ment grace has a limit, and one
bright New Year, fr.ui ears after
his marriage, he found iiiaicii out
of office, and literally out of pocket:
This was the beginning of many
sorrows. By steps almost insensible
to the world, bot painfully evident
to her who counted every one on
her bleeding heart, Will took the
downward road to social ruin and
contempt j not, however, without
fearfnl repentings aud long days of
passionate remorse. And against
these paroxysms of degpair, L37dia
set the rock ot her immovable love ;
and so, as the weary years went on,
won him again and again to re
newed efforts.
But, little by little, the beauty
and grace of their home passed
away. Lydia had now tour children,
and, strive as she would, poverty in
its bitterest forms visited her.
There is an old English proverb
which says, 'God bless the rich, the
poor can beg aud this, in a com
parative sense, explains what I
mean. She was not poor enough to
have thrown all outside pretenses
away, to have ceased desiring and
striving for decent clothing and a
comfortable home; she was not
poor and hopeless enough to beg,
and, therefore, if God did not help
help her, man hardly could, since he
knew not of her extremity.
This was in the tenth year of her
marriage, and her eldest boy, who
inherited her own strong and hope
ful character, was already, with
baby hand:, righting the battle of
life which his father had almost
abandoned.
One night, after a day of such
cold, dismal weather as comes with
a spring thaw, little Willie returned
home thoroughly wearied and ciis
pnited with a vaiu effort to make
his usual half dollar. Lydia, too,
was sick with a dull anxiety abont
her husband, who had not been
near his borne for nearly four days;
neverthelss, she made every effort
in her power to cheer and comfort
the child. He was naturally a brave,
hopeful little fellow, and he soon
gathered np his strength and hopes
as he felt the warmth of the little
stove and the refreshing of his bowl
of tea-'
Willie was his mother's only
friend and confidant, and so, as be
sat and warmed himself, she talked
to him of his father's abseuce, and
sought some comfort from his wide
and sad experience of street life.
''Don't you fret, mother," said the
little hero. "WTben I'm warmed a
hit, I'll get Jim Donelly, and he and
I will either find father, or get the
police tn do the job."
As if the mention of their name
had been a spell, two policemen at
this moment opened the door cau
tiously and peeped in. Lydia rose
to her feet, and strove in vain to
form the words of inquiry she feared
to make. The men W6re rough and
peremptory at first, and searched
the room and closet adjoining it
with a care that filled both Lydia
and Willie's heart with a sickening
fear! But it was impossible to doubt
the wife's real agony, and the child's,
ingenuous declaration of his father's
absence.
Kindly, and with a rough con
sideration, they then informed
the miserable wife that her husband
had been suspected as an utterer
of counterfeit coin, and that they
had been searching for him for three
days.
To the officers she said no word;
she knew protestations were all use
less there, but in her heart and soul
she refused to believe him guilty.
Weak and foolish she knew him,
idle and eelf-indalgent, and the
bond slave of that distilled devil
that men call "whiskey ;" but even
in his degradation, he had not jost
all finer feelings. Will Hammond
sober still hated Will Hammond
drunk. Will Hammond sober loved
his wife and children with a pas
sionate, reproachful excess, which
was misery enough to his really
tender heart, and in the depths to
which he bad fallen, taome of the
honor of manhood, seme of the sen
sitiveness of a gentleman, still clung
to him.
To the son, she kept declaring
her faith in the father as if there
tvas comfort in the very iteration ;
and Willie, who looked at his fath
er t.hrongh the same glamour of
ove a h's mother did, felt all his
little heart fid with torrow aud in.
dignation.
But both were helpless. What
could they do but suffer and hope?
Only one thing more but that was
a deed ot Omnipotence thev could
pray ; and up from the humble
hearthstone rose that prayer of ex
tremity which always moves the
heart of Him who moves the uni
verse.
Next morning, a messenger
brought her a note from the'Tomb8.''
Yes, it had come to that; aud for a
moment her faith in God and her
husband faltered. It was terrible
to Bee those iron gates between her
and the soul she loved as her own ;
it was terrible to have his faults
measured by the square and rule of
absolute justic, instead of the yieldi
iug lines of love. But it was all for
the beat, though she knew it not:
A long confinement, in which he
was compelled to forego his usual
stimulants a solitnde in which the
gliosis of murdered years and op
portunities haunted him continual
ly, did for his reformation what
neither the moet solemn resolutions
uor the most abounding love could
effect.
He went to his trial finally a com
pletely altered man. In his extrem
ity some old friends gathered round
him. Clothed and iu his right mind,
be stood before his judges a much
less suspicious character than that
the police had picked up, drunk,
ragged and dirty- His drunkenness
was acknowledged ; his guilt, clear
ly denied, was found impossible to
prove, and he left the room of just
ice a freed man in more senses than
one-
Still ii was impossible to remove
all at once the odor of the place and
circumstances which had surround
ed him for so long ; and in his ef
forts to retrieve the past, he felt this
very keenly. Yet he did not fall;
for, though the world was doubtful
and cold enough, he knew always
of one little spot on it where every
one loved him, where every one be
lieved in him.
In the midst of his straggle, a
still mightier one began. North and
South rushed to that ultimate test
in all human things the power to
hit the hardest blows and the bu
gle note of warfare struck the prop
er key-note of William Hammond s
character. Incapable ot steady and
long-continued action, he was a
giant in any extraordinary merg
ency, and he had not been six
months in the army before he made
his mark.
In the excitement of continual
change and adventure, he fonnd all
the stimulus his nature needed: A
braver leader, a more fearless sob
dier on any desperate hope, no cause
could desire, and he won his shoul
der straps almost by acclamation,
No one, however, rejoiced more
in the return of peace than Colonel
Hammond ; hut for all that he has
never left the army. He fouud
there his place, aud a life affording
hi8 nature opportunities both for
satisfaction and development.
He is now somewhere in the great
Sonthwest, and Lydia and the boys
are with him. She has her reward
in being idolized with all the
strength and passion that a woman
deserves who dares first to marry
the man she loves, and then faith
fully ciing to him in all circumstan
ces, trust him through good and
evil report, and never lose faith m
his restoration, no matter how low
he may have fallen. New York Led
ger.
What Senator Yauce
Did Change.
The following letter from Senator
Vance recently appeared in the
Goldsboro Argus, and explains it.
self;
United States Senate, )
Washington, D. C, Aug. 7, '90.
Mr. , Goldsboro, N. C. :
My Dear Sir : Your favor of
the 2d inst. has been received. I
take pleasure in answering i1, but
am compelled for want of time to be
very brief.
The bill as Pol. and Macune
handed it to me contained a Drovis
ion that the supervisors of ware
houses, who were to be agents of
the Treasury Department, should
be elected by the qualified voters
of each county wherein the ware
house was to be situated. I did
change that and provide that they
should be appointed by the Secre
tary of the Treasury. Please get a
copy of the Constitution and look at
the second clause ot Section 2, Art
icle 2, and you will see why. There
is no greater danger to the good
cause of the farmers than that it
should be intrusted to the manage
ment of leaders who could not frame
a bill without directly violating in
this way the plain language of the
Constitution so plain, in fact, that
a schoolboy cannot misunderstand
it. I made no other changes in the
bill except to change the word eub
treasury and substitute -'bonded
agricultural warehouses," tor th
reason that there is an old political
prejudice against that name sub
treasury. Those who charge me
uitu changing the provision of the
bill in order to make it unpopular
are guilty of falsehood aud absurdi
ty. I was and am friendly to the
purposes of the bill, aud to every
thing the farmers wish that can be
granted them within the fundamen
tal law of my country. If their
cause is wisely directed it will tri
umph as sure as there is justice up
on earth. It is a pity that it should
be handicapped at the very start
by a measure so urjcont-titutional
and impracticable. May God give
them wisdom to do right and sues
ceed
I thank you for your kind expreai
sions for me personally
Very truly vourp,
Z. B. Vance.
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Weekly Weather Crop
Rulletlu.
Central Office, Raxuge, K. C.
The reports of correspondents of
the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin
show that the past week baa been
cloudy and comparatively coo),
with heavy rains, especially in the
central and western jortions of the
State. The highest temperature
was 92 degrees, the lowest, 6C. The
average rain. tall was 2.74 inches,
which is 1.34 inches above the nor
mal. The excessive rains Lave
caused streams to overflow, injuriug
low land crops. Cotton is still
shedding, but no serious damage
reported. Except at a few places
the tobacco crop seems to tie iu ex
cellent condition, although too much
rain has falleu for it aluo. The cun
mgs ai reported good. Xotwith.
standing excessive rains ot the past
two weeks the prospects are not at
all discouraging. A week of warm,
er fair weather will improve all
crops and restore good apirits to
our farmers.
Eastern District. Cool, cloudy
weather prevailed with heavy ra'ns
in some localities, the average for the
district being 1.81 inches. There
has been too much raiu and not
enough sunshine for cotton, which
is still shedding some, and is also
slightly affected with rust, but the
damage is atill small. Corn aud
other crops doing well.
Central Districts. Heavy
raina are making cotton shed con-
siderably and have caused streams
to overflow, doing 6ome damage io,
low land crops. There has bedn too
much rain also for tobacco, though
the crop is reported to be iu tine
condition, and curing in progress
Curings good. Peas, corn and sweet
potatoes excellent. A week of fair
weather will restore crops to their
former tine condition. Average rain-i
fall 3.30 inches.
Western District. Rather cool
and cloudy weather prevailed dur-
nj the week, with rain nearly every
day, causing some damage to all
cro(M.. Si reams are overflowing.
injuring low land corn. Cotton i.s
shedding a Utile, but as a cones-
poudent remarks : '-If half falls oft
there will ttiil ba the beat crop for
years." The damage to crops so far
is not serious. Average iain-fal:
for thedis-tiict, 318 inches. A heavy
hail .toun occurred at Marshall,
Madison county.
Convention on Vance,
As we expected, the report has
gone out that the resolutions en
dorsing Vance were defeated iu
Gaston count'. Such is not the
case- u tt He lue sentiment was not
uuauimousl) iu favor of the resolu
tions, we are sorry to eay, yet had
the resolutions been put to vote
they would, without doubt, have
beeu carried by larga majority. In
the convention, it will be remem
bered, great disorder was occasioned
over the nominee for the Legislatuie
refusing to commit himself to sup.
port Vance, aud over these resolu
tions instructing him to vote for
Vance ; and, in order to allay ihe
excitement, and to bring about har
mony between the factions, the mo
tion io lay the whol matter on the
table was carried. The motion to
lay the matter on the table, howei
r, vas madedya rabid auti-Vance
Alliance man, aud, we do not be
lieve, would have been carried if it
had not been for the excitement
that was then prevailing. We do
not want it to go out to the wc-rld
that Gaston county defeated reso
lutions to endorse Vance. We do
not want our people to appear so
ungrateful, and hope that papers
which have heralded the fact that
resolutions eudorsing Vance were
defeated will make correction. Gai
ton is for Vance. Dallas Eagle.
A CHILD KILLED.
Another cLiM killed by the use of opihte
giveu in ttie furm of Soothing Syrup. Wfcy
motors tive their children such dVa'lly
poin is surprising when they cai rlipv
the child of in peculiar troubles by umtjij
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Xutall alias Iter. Xale-
J. O. H. Nnfall alias Rev. W. R.
Dale was convicted of bigamy at
Dallas, Ga. last week and was sen
tenced to four years in the peuitem
tiary. Mr. G. 11. Rawlings of thia
place was summoned to the trial
and positively identified him as the
man who ran away with his siater
several years ago. Rev. Dale wnt
identified as Nutall hv some f- ur V" i
witnesses, among them hi f ii;r
wife's brother. The Jury w-r uc
only ten minutes wlitu they r-; (.ru
ed with a verdict of gniln. .inch
cattle as Nutall t-hou'd spetjd the
remainder of their lives in ihe pen.
We have a veritable contempt of a
man, guilty f euoh heinous crimes,"
preaching the gospel. We learn
mm the paptr that he has been
released from juil on a bond of $12(X
and is endeavoiing to obtain a new
trial. We hone that he will not cat
A man thar has ruined the Uvea
of as many women as ha has should
be made to suffer. Dallas Eagle.
H'aler Cure t or 1 ouHiiui)tJon.
Chicago, July 27, lsjo. The
announcement that Dr. W. H. fourt
would explain a new theory in tka
cure of consumption caused a larga
attendance at last night's meeting
t he Chic igo Medical Society at;
the Grand Pacific Hotel. Dr. Bart'J
paper was masterly in its exhaust
ive treatment of the disease, and
did not disappoint his audience in
the absolute novelty of h's thf orv.
Eight months ago, when itadii g of
the wonderful change brought
about in the obpsity of Prince Bis
marck through the refraining from
the use of water and carbohydrates,
it occurred to bim that an opposite
treatment ought to result in tho
cure ot all wasting diseases. His
experiments since have justified
him in the statement that excessive
eating aud the excessive use of wa
ter will cure fifty per cent, of U
consumptive cases iu their first aud
second stages. His treatment con
sisted iu detail of the free use of
Writer every hour iu the day, nine
n.miV .-.jet-p legularly and if possi
ble the te;i iu mountain air; Above
all, the patient must look upon the
drinking of w iter for all time as hla
ii!'. Heredii.v w-rs the great dan
;er, and Dr. li.ur advocated the
passing by Coi.giess of a law for
b dding the iiMniige of conaump
tives. With tLn in force oue hun-i
died ytars lu.m now consumption
would not exist in the United,
States.
A Sensible Woman.
SLe ukes a healthy interest in
her lii-bbors, but she is by no
in eati a siip, still less a scandal
monger. A- no time will she be
brought iiit i the folly ot discussing
motives, oi judging of things by
the seamy si do of appearances. And
it persistently bored by those who
find a pleasure in seeing all things
at cross purposes and ail people
more or leas scoundrels undetected,
she does her best to mitigate what
she cannot prevent. She hts strong
principles, but is not an active
proselytizor. She lets others think
for themselves, and, only when
called on to testify, raises her own
private flag aloft. She knows the
difference between constancy and
aggrefcsion, which, wilh the courage
of her opinions, has also the mod
esty of reticence. She treats her
servauts as, in a certain seuse, htr
friends, her children, while t'H
keeping the reins of home goverr
meut iu her own hauds. Bat they
all know that when they do their
duty hhe will reward them, or, at
ieast recognize by kind word and
beaity'acknowledgment that thry
have done well, and when they neg
lect it nhe will rebuke them. She
wi'l tie neither indifferent ou the
one side, nor remiss on the other;
and thus her household always feels
aud knows that her eyes are open
and her heart is warm. X. Y. Zed
ner.
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