fir M IMP VOL IV LINCOLNTON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 1890. NO. 23 Muperstlf Ion About Sunshine on Wednesday. 'There is an old superstition about the weather which I find very few people know of, although I have beard it from childhood, said a gen tleman a day or two ago. "It 13 that, however gloomy and dull it may be on Wednesday, the sun is sure to show itself, if only for a few minutes, as Wednesday was the day on which it was crea ted. "Whenever I have noticed it has been bo, aud it ie certainly a curious coincidence." 01 R VERY BET 1'CoHl Confirm our statement when we say that Dr. Acker's English Keraedy is in ever' way HUf erior to any and all otLer prepar ations for the Throat and Lungs. In Whipping I'ouh and Croup, it is magic and relieves at i.ime, We orl'er you a sam ple bottle free. HeoiGinher, ibis remedy is sold on a positive guarantee. Dr. J. it. Lawing, Drugget. Mabel "A lot of us girl? have ebtablibhed a secret society, Jack." Jack "What are the objects ot itt' Mabel "Why. to get together and tell secrete, of course." Detroit Free Press. SPECIMEN CASES. s.. u. unorj, ixew Uassel, Wis., was troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism .bis stomach was disordered, his liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was "terribly reduce i in flesh and strength. Three bottles of elec trie bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, llarrisburg, 111. had running sore on his leg of eight years' standing Used three bottles of Electric bitters aad seven boxes of Bucklea's arni ca salve, and his leg is -ound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, O., had five large fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle ot electric bitters aai one box of Buclen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold at J. Lawing's Drugstore. IMPORTANT! Get Prices and Photos, LOOK. FROM 33. HVE. jSk.T3DlF2-E3,77"S, Before you buy Furniture. It will pay you. I want to call the atten tion of all the readers of this paper that my s'ock ot FURNITURE, PIANOS AND ORGANS is now larger aud more complete thau at any time since I have been in the business. I have just received a car load of nothing but Antique Oak and Sixteenth Century Suits,.ranging in price from $2G.50 to $75.00. These were bonght at a bargain and are the very newest styles. I have made a large deal iu Parlor Suits also. Listen at these prices ; Plush Suits of C and 7 pieces I am offering now for 832.50 to $100.00. Plush Suits ia Walnut aud Antique and 16th Century that I sold for 10 per cent, more money last year. I have a well selected liue of Divans Plush Rockers, Book Cases, Mantle Mirrors and Novelties in Furniture- I have scoured the country this year for bargains, buying in large quan tities lor cash to get the best bargains, my object beiug to give my cus tomers this lall the most aud best goods possible for themouey. I make a specialty of furn ishiug residences aud hotels complete from top to bot tom. I am auxious to sell you all your furniture, aud will do it if you will only allow me to quote my prices. Long time given on Pianos and Organs. Write me for prices and terms. E. M. ANDREWS, Charlotte, N. C. What is I Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops,. Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend Castoria. "Csstoris is an excellent medicine for chil dren!' Mothers have repeaUdlr told me of Its good effect upon their children." Da. Q. C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. ' CsstorU I the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day ia not far distant when mothers will consider the real Interest of their children, and use Castoria in stead of t e various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by torcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby winding them to premature graves." Da. J. F. Kwcbjclox, Conway, Ark. Tks) Centaur Company, TZ Murray Street, New T ork City. Edwin And you'll always be troe to me, Angelina? Angelina Why, do yon doubt me, Edwin ? Edwin Oh, you're too good to be true I Life. THE ilHiT SYMPTOMS OF DIaTH. Tired feeling, dull headache, pains in various parts of the body, sinking at the pit of the stomach, loss ol appetite, fever Uhneas, pimples or tores, are all positive evidence of poisoned blood.' No matter how it became poisoned it must be purified to avoid death . Dr. Acker's English Blood .Elixir has never failed to remove scrofulous or syphilitic poisons, bold under positive guarantee by Dr J M Lawing, Druggist. Iiit'oiiblMteiicy. 'Yas, sah ; hit do heat my time." "What's the matter, old man V "Bos?", does you see dem niggers gwine long de road out dar f Dem hyperlutin' ornery coons is gwiue to cbu'eh." "Well, what about it?" "Hit's jes' (lis way. Dem nig gers'll wuk out'u de harves' fiel' in er July suu all de week widout enny hat. Den w'en Sunday comes dey'll h'ist er 82 umbreller over er 50 cent suit uv clotes. Dat's whut mek me say w'ut I does.7' Chicago Herald. BUCKLEY'S AKJMIcA SALVE. The bent salve in the world for cuts bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever seres, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cureo piles, or no pay required. It is guaianteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25c. per box. For sale by Dr. J. AI. Lawing, Druggist Advertise in the Courier. Bates are reasonable. Try it one year and see if it does not pay. Subscribe for the Lincoln Cour ier. HEAD, RE A uuo Castoria. " Castoria Is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to asy prescription, known to me." H. A. Abshxk, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T- " Our physicians In the children' depart' ment have spoken highly of their experi ence In their outside practie with Castoria, and although we only have among our medical supplies what Is ksiowa as regular products, yet we are free to confess that the merit of Castoria has won. as to look with, favor upon it." United Hospital a. po Dibpsbay, Boston, Mass. Alls C. Smith, Pre., f A i i KEEP HOEING AND PRAYING "Faith without works is dead." Bible. Said Farmer Jone9 in a whining tone, To his good old neighbor Gray, "I've worn, my kseea thro' to the bone, Cut it ain't no use to pray. "Your corn looks twice as good as mine, Though you don't pretend to be A shinin' light in the church to shine, An' tell salvation's free. "I've prayed to the Lord a thousand tinies, For to make that 'ere corn grow ; An' why jour'n beat it so an' climb? I'd gin a deal to know." Said Farmer Gray to his neighbor Jones, In his essy, quiet way, " When prayers get mixed with lazy bones, 1 hey don't make farmin' pay. "Your wr.eds, I notice, are good an' ta'l, In spite of all your prayers ; You may pray for corn vU the heavena fall If you don't dig up the tares. "I mix my prayers with a little toil, Along in every row ; An' 1 work this mixture into the soil, Quite vig'rous with a hoe. "An' I've discovered, though still in s;n, As sure as you are born, This kind of compost well worked in Makes pretty decent corn. "So, while I'm praying I use my hoe, An' do my level best, To keep down the wesds along eash row, An' the Lord he does the rest. "It's well for to pray, both night so.' niorm Aa every farmer knows ; But the place t3 pray for thrifty corn Is right between the rows. "You must use your hands while praying, though, It an answer you would get, For prayer-worn knees an' a rusty hoe Never raised a big crop yet, ''An' so I believe, my good old friend, If you mean to win the day, From plowing, clean to the harvest's end, You must hoe as well a3 pray." Iowa Siate Register. New York Ledger. Tl ic CnU uf UltJ Lawsuit. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. IfTTjUAT OLD lawsuit 1 Every jgjjrtl one had heard about it. It fefei) seemed likely never to end. Meanwhile, the great Gum bleton estate was without an( owner ; the Gumbletou mansion empty; the Gumbletou furniture) stored in the garrets, for the most part upside down, aud wrapped in paper or hay; the Gnmbleton famn ly portraits Btaring at the streaks of light that felt through the holes iu the shutters, aud the Gumbletou diamonds in some safesdeposit com pany's hands. Legal gentlemen were cutting nioe slices lor them selves, and there was eternal quib bling in the courts of law concern ing that abominable flaw in the will of Giles Gnmbleton, Esq., which had caused all this trouble. Meant while, little Rose Thorne, who was one of the possible heirsatTlaw, taught a little couutrysschool at Oiikloid, and James Jasper, the other possible heir, would haver givi en a great deal to be sure ou Mon. day that he would tie able to p:iy hia board ou Saturday ; sometimes he was, aud sometimes he was not. There might have beeu a more pleasurable kiud of excitement. James Jasper had fancied that a leportet's life was more promising in a pecuniary point of view when he entered into it. I The two who were fighting each' other by proxy had never seen each other, but each bad a preconceived idea of the enemy. Rose, who was eighteen, spoke of James Jasder as "that dreadful, mean old man and James, who -was twenty-five, allude ed to Rose as "that mercenary old maid." He thought that she was fifty-odd at least, with a long, red nose, high cheek-bones and green spectacles. She believed that he was an elderly person in a mabogai ny colored wig, with a countenance marked with a thousand wrinkles, the mean, little mouth of a miser, and a nose and chin that met. She used to draw his portrait sometimes on the covers of her copy books, and it was a great comfort to her to do it. Aa for James, he often imagined that he eat opposite to his rival in cars or omnibuses, and many an unprepossessing fes male wondered why that young I KMHHMBBHIBB man seemed to regard her with ucb disfavor, when James was all the while simply making up his mind that ho had at last actually beheld Miss Thome. "Hose, indeed 1 Affected old creat ure !" be would add, as if people could help their names; and as, if one happened to be christened "Daisy" or -Posy" or "Pearl," as a ba'y, she would not I o obliged to have it written in her obituary not ice if he died at ninety. They hat ed each other heartily, these two people, who had never seen each other in all their lives. A million, all but the lawyers' j b-es, awaited oiih of them, when the j bitterest of winters fell upon them, j Rose had boxed Iheearsof Trustee Thompson's little boy for jabbiug a I pin into poor little Lettie Saurel, and Trustee Thompson, his wife, his mother-in-law and his sister-in-law were now Rope's deadly ene mieiS. They persecuted her con stantly. They declared she had "broken school rules," and deserved public reprimand. Mrs. Trustee Thompson declared that she "hadn't no eddication whatsomever." And Trustee Thompson was sure that she "didn't keep no discipline." Forgetful ol truth, as of grammar, the family abused the poor girl ou every occasion. Trustee Thompson having removed his own boy, con trived to diminish the supply of wood, no that the teeth of teacher and pupils chattered audibly on cold days, aud careful mothers kept their little ones by their warm fire (ides. Tuen "Attendance isdimiuishinV said Trustee Thompson. "1 calker late the selery'll hev to be lowered." And lowered it was. Poor Rose wondered sadly where her shoes and bonnets were t.n r.om from- nnA chauged her comfortable boarding house for that of poor Widow Spic er, who charged only three dollars a week, and had "b'iled bread,'' with molasses by way of sauce, for breakfast, meat dinner one day, aud bash thb next. Poor little Rose. She sat beside the schoobhoue stove one bleak winter's day, after the scholars had gone home, and wondered whether life was really worth living. There was no charm in poor Mrs. Spicer's humble home to tempt her to seek it with alacrity. Now the boys and girls were gone, she had, at least, solitude ; and some child had brought her a big apple, and there was a book that she wanted to read. Rose thought that she would sit by the fire until it went out, and by that time the snow that had been falling slowly since morning might stop. At leasr, there would be less time for Mrs. Spicer's long narration of the uninteresting life and adven tures of the two other boarders, old Mr. and Mrs. Chuble, or the new reports of what "Mr. Thompsou is as8ayin' about you which every day was sure to briug. After all, Rose was only a girl. When she had huddled herself in her shawl, bit iuto the apple, and turned a few leaves of the book, she forgot her sorrows. It was a romance that she was reading. A good one by an author of repute, but who lived before even novel writers felt obliged to become cynical in order to preserve their selfsrespect; He believed in love this man and in wonderfully beau tiful womeu and astonishingly brave men, and in constancy and self sacrifice and purity of soul for his good characters: And his wicked people were very bad, indeed, and poetical justice was done to all bauds in the most satisfactory manner, in the last chapter. It was the sort of book a girl naturally likes, and Rose read and read and read, until looking up she found that when her eyes retorned t- tbe page she could no longer see tbe letters that seemed plain enough a moment before, and that there was bat one glowing bit of wood iu the rickety stove before her, and on that the apple-core was roasting with a most delightful smell. 'How late it is," said Rose, and caught np her hat and ran to the door. As she opened it, a great drift of snow tumbled in, and she looked aghast upon snow spread far and wide, and still drifting, drifting, drifting. It was such a storm as she had never seen before. She dared not face it over the lone, dreary path to the village, aud, with a little sigh of despair, she went back to the stove, aud, rather for light than warmth, threw iu a little stick of wood. The blaze shot np in a few moments, and Rose sat down near it. "What a situation !" she thought, being one of those women whose thoughts naturally turu to tramps and burglars, or even to something white in a dark corner. Could she frtSteu the door safely, and should she freeze or tie f lightened to death j tl.nt ,.;l.t 4 T." r r, . ..mi- u.gui x,eu poor jii. api- cei'H usual weak tea with its atcom pauimeuts of heavy home-made I bread and dried-apple sauce seemed tempting now, that there was no prospect of it, and finally the poor girl began to cry softly to herself from pure loneliness and misery. She sat at the teacher's table, and rested her head upon it, and ths pine boards, with many an uk-blot upon them, were washed with her tears. "Oh, 1 teg pardon," said a voice at that iustaut. "I didn't know any one was here. May I come in or, as I am in, may I stay until I'm a little warmer. This is a terrible storm." Rose jumped to her feet. A young man had entered the door and stood near the stove, ami had al ready increased the blaze consider, ably by putting more wood on. By the light she saw that he was hand some, black-eyed and just the height she liked. He certainly was not a tramp, and a human presence was a comfort. "nh. rertainlv." said she; "sit down, please. It is a terrible storm," aud she came closer to the blaze, and her owu fair beauty was quite visible to the stranger. "I'm the teacher," she added, simply, "and I was reading and for got how time passed. Do you think there is any chance of my gettiug to Oakford to-uight ?' ''Not on foot," said the stranger; "but surely some wagon or sleigh will come by to give ycu a lift." "Not down here. There is noth ing in the hollow but the school house," said Rose. "The school house, the church and the church yard," she added, shuddering. "No one comes near us, except on spe cial business. The road on the other side of the hill is so much better." "Well, you have no need to be frightened," said the young mau, reassuringly. "1 can go to the other side of the hill, alter awhile, and hail the first sleigh that passes. Meanwhile, I have a proposition to make : Let us have supper." "Supper?" laughed Rose. "I'm afraid that is an impossible luxury." "Not at all," replied the younr mau. "I am npon along journey a professional one. I'm a reporter, and I felt that it would be conveni ent, as well as more economical, not to depend entirely on hotels. In my valise I have a little coflee-boiler, coffee, condensed milk and sug ar, also some crackers and some cheese. I am sure, if we are to make our way over that suow, we shall need the strength food will give us. Always with your per mission, I will see about preparing it." "I think I should be very silly not to give permission," said Rose. Accordingly, having recklessly crammed into the stove a large quantity of the wood provided by the school board, the stranger set himseK to work to concoct a pot of coffee. Meanwhile Rose ruminated. "Highly improper," she said to herself ; "but circumstances alter cases. I cannot help being caught in the storm. I could not help this young mau seeking shelter in my school house, and to be decently civil to him will not make matters any worse.'' So, drawing: the table toward the stove, Rosa , spread a clean towel which waa stored in her desk upon it, washed the two school cups aud her own tumbler with sorao ot the melted snow with which her guest had already mixed his coffee, and was ready for him. Rose thought it was the most de licious coffee she had ever tasted, that he poured into the tin cups, and by the light of a flaring pine knot torch they fell to talking about everything, about nothing, about school and newspapers aud poverty and riches, the old schoolhouse and the new Queen Anne bouse some one in New York was building, un til suddenly the stranger cried out: "And to think that 1 should be able to build a Queen Anue house myself if it were not tor a spitefnl old maid who is fightiug me for my tort une. Somehow my grand lath" .... . . ei s win jeit matters so that it is possible lor her to do it She'll riht me ali her life, I suppose, aud in the end it will be the old lawyer story of the monkey and the piece of chee.-' ."' "How lu'iuy !" ta d Rose. "I would b, ;i ii heiress, to, but for something of the s:rne sort. A ter rible old m;m is lighting me roll iug ii gold now, no doubt; a hide ous creature in a wig, with a face like that on the old knocker. I hate him. Oh you ought to see the dear old house, the orchard, the lawn and lots of money, but I .hall uever get it. Old Jrmes Jasper has his clutches on it." "Who did yon say V ;isked the young man. "His name is James Jasper said Rose. "Oh, de r ! dear ! dear f "What is the matter ?" cried the youugman. "We've done it now; we've set fire to the school house I" screamed Rose. So they had. The old stove was no; used to so much fuel, and the pine had "!', and roof was allazt There was no help for it. Rose caught up her hat, the stranger his and his valine. They rushed out together, and, climbing the hill, saw the red tongues lick up the boards as though they had longou to do so for many aud many a year. "Youug lady, it's to be hoped your commissioners will give you a better building,'' said the young mau. "I suppose there will be a new school," sighe I the poor girl, "but its teacher's name will not le Rose Thome." "Eh !" cried the young man. "Tuen your name Is Rose Thorne ? When I tell you my name is James Jaiper, you'l1 excuse me for asking if you are the other heir to the Gumbletou estate?" "I am," cried Rose, "aud you are my dreadful old bachelor with the wig and the ws inkles!" "And you my avaricious oid maid," said James Jasper. "Hark, the fire has brought you help ; here are sleigh bells.'' Truly, the Oakford engine had Jr rived, aud so had eundry residents who desired to make snre whether church or Kchoolhouse wis burning down in the hollow; and Rose, was taken home to the Widow Spicer's, and James sat on the nat beside her, and told some fib about the way the conflagrat'ou oegan, I fear; for he mentioned a tramp whom he bad seen running over the fields with a box of matches. However, Rose made no denial of the fact that the Ktove pipe set fire to the roof, and Trustee Thompson found himself forced to the conclu sion that "culpable carelessness on that there chooKm seam's part caused the destruction of that there valuable buildin'," and Miss Grimes was voted in, and Rose was voted out. But it did not break her heart for on that very day James Jasper whispered in her ear: "An old lawyer told me one day that there was one very easy way of stoppiug the Gnmbleton lawsuit; namely, if the heir male should mar ry the heir female, for then neither would have any one to fight with ; bit I did not want to offer myself to my avaricious old mrid.'' "And I'm sure I wouldn't have married the miserly old bachelor," said Rose. 'But you don't dislike me quite as much, do you ?' asked Jasper. "Oh, no,'' said Rose. "Because I love yon so dearly that it would bo hard to bear," said Jasper. So the Gnmbleton case is at an end, and the lawyer's suggestion has been followed. The "Rose'' h is lost her "Thorne," and is now Mrs. James Jasper. Kelro-riultng Journalism. The demoralization which seems to pervade what is known aa the Metropolitan press is becoming ap. palling. Is it as a whole pandering to the vitiated taste or demauda of the people, or do the items embel lished and given such prominence, simply represent the debased ideas of the editorial heads. of the jour nals referred to? Matters of great public interest, w hich have a tens dency to eniinten the people, and improve i heir moial condition, mo made subservient to Npace givtu extensively to sporting affairs which are made to cover the brutalities of the prize ring, and gambling it race courses. Scandals are topped off with great displnv Leadings, in-, ter woven in which arc the most ob scene reference to what is to follow, and so on, the editors d'sh out the uupalatable food for the youth of the country. A gravr. responsihiiit ty rests with such newspapers ind the on'y progress they are making iu the journahntic field is that, tow aids the demoralization ot the gen eration which is preparing to as sume the sovereign duties now pjr formed hp u. What will the har vest be ? Charloitc Democrat. We are proud of the Caldwell county Alliance. It has become fa- mous not only in North Caroliua but all over the South aud enjoys the distinction of inaugurating that great conservative movement iu the Alliance that bids fair to sweep the South and to place the Farmers' Alliance upon a firm and lmpieim ble platform. The "Caldwell Plan," starting in our grand old county, has been taken up aud endorsed by the State Alliances of Virginia and Missouri ind has received the praci tical endorsement of the A'bance of the State of Texas. Hon. S. . Owen, President of the Kentucky State Alliance, aud editor of the Stat Oigau, who was formerly an enthusiastic supporter of the sub Treasury plan, Iihh repudiated it and is a convert to the "Odd well Pi on." Daily accessions aro being made to the advocates of this wh-e, patiiotiir aud conservative couibc. We congratulate the Allianceinen of Caldwell comity upon the dis tinction they have achieved and the lustre they have rellectod not onu upon the'r order in the county tint upon the county itself. The whoie county ' proud of them. The cred it for this great work, which is b s tined to stand as the litrn fouutlii. tion of a permanent Alliance, is duo to the great body of the Conserva tive Alli nceraen of the county. No one man and no nma I net of men could have accomplished this great work, whose beneficent results are being felt all over the South. Among the men who took no small share iu the labor of promulgating th's plan and of placing it before the outside world, where it is becomiig so p pi ular, may be mentioned Dr. R. L. Beall, On the first pae is to be found, copied from the Progressive Farmer, Dr. lieall's masterly argu ment in favor of tbe "Caldwell Plan." Read it. Dr. Beali has been good enough to give us the follow ing notes as bearing upon some of the poiuts made iu h's articles: "Without the negro vote Rhode 1'iland, New Yoik, Indiauii, Ohio, Illiuoisaod possibly Michigan would all be for 'larm Keiorni. "Without the nero vote in the last election Cleveland would havi', had 10.091 roaioiiiy in New York and 10,2CG majority in Ohio. '"A vast majority of the white men in the United States belong to the Democratic party and vote that ticket. "Without the ngf O vote Cleve land would have had a io;ul ir ma jority of 1,3G7,438 over Llarrisou." Lenoir Jopic. SUBSCRIBE for CoralEB. the Lincoln

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