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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,
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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
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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.
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