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VOL IV
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAIL 20, 1891.
NO. 45
Professional Cards.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
JfcD, 9, 1691. ly.
Finley & Wetmore,
ATTYS. AT LAW.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrounding counties.
All busine.s.s put. into our
kumU will be promptly atten
ded to.
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July 11, 1890. ly
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Baby Carriages, $7.50
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EM ANDREWS,
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I aade tne largest purchase of BABY CARRIAGES this season since
I have been in business. Bought over
75 CARRIAGES
At cneingl purcbe: I can sell you a beautiful RATTAN CARRIAGE with wire
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Of mine? Thnkofit! Silk plush at $12. I have something new to 9how you this
mson- They are beautiful styles in Rattan carriages, finished IGth century, for from
118 to 525. The BAMKOO is something new al3o, and is having a big run. I can
furnish you CATALOGUES of all my styies, and 1 guarantee to sell you carriages
from 15 to 20 par cent. leas than any other dealer in the State.
IPrlox- Suits.
1 Lava an endless variety PARLOR SUIT." to suit all tastes and everybody's
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Lu Factor Blooming dale Eaforaed Church,
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Some of the Republican organs
are claiming great credit for the
McKinley bill because sugar will be
cheaper after the 1st of April. Why,
bless their aoub, if they had revised
and fixed up their tariff aa the Uem
ocrats wanted them to do not only
sugar but the numerous other things
which enter into the everyday uses
of our people would have bten
cheaper years ago, but instead of
doing that they raised the tariff on
litariy everything el?e aud took it
oft of sugar, making sugar cheaper
but everything elso dearer. The
people are getting cheaper sugar
but they are paying pretty dearly
for it m the increased price of oth
er things, IVil. SVar.
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handled remedies that sell as well, or that
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time, and we stand ready to refund the
purchase price, if satisfactory reesults do
not follow their use. These remedies h?ve
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Hay feed in the open air generally
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DR. ACKER S ENGLISH PILLS
Are active, etfective and pure. For Sick
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they have never been equaled, either in
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A cheap horse is generally a poor
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Mrs. Dr. Coombs of Horse Cave,
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cholera, and were thriftless before
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New Fork Ledger.
THE VAN DUZENER
PRIDE.
BY JOSEPHINE GATES.
1 1 1) TTn ; i l. : 1 1
advertising circular, George
(Jfu3 Mortimer'a mail hau, aa a rule,
p consisted mainly of certain
darling little little notes which
sweetly thanked hitn for flowers or
candy; or told bim tbat the wiiter
would be delighted to accept bis
invitation to the theatre; or, -else,
tbat she had a cold and couldn't go,
!?o would he4oome around," instead.
Fancy, then, his dismay, one "mis
ty, moiaty morning,'' as the nuisery
rhyme goes, upon finding beside his
breakfast plate in the shabby boarding-
house dining-room a letter
addressed, in a feminine band, to be
sure, but not at all the hand which
had penned tbe darling notes above
mentioued. When Mr, Moitimer
bad mastered its contents, he was
so npset that he forgot to eat his
breakfast, but set forth downtown
to the office where he enjoj'ed the
proud position and slender salary of
assistant bookkeeper, with a mind
full of conflicting emotions. The
accounts must have done themselves
that day, for Mr. Uortimer has no
recollection of rendeiing an.v aas'st
anco whatever. And when night
arrived, he got through his dinner
with a speed that was simply fright
ful, and started for the abode of his
heart's treasure In a violent hurry.
"If only Bella's grandmother," he
thought, as he walked along, ''could
have held ou to her bit of property
just a little longer, they might have
presented quite a respectable ap
pearance in the eyes of Aunt Van
Duzener; but as the old lady bus
gone broke, and Bella insists on go
ing to work, I'm afraid things will
look rather rusty to my proud re
lation." Iu a short time Mr. Mortimer was
seated iu the shabbiest, cosiest little
sittingsroom iu town, pouring into
the ear of the girl of his heart the
most crazy, incoherent account ot
the contents ot the letter that could
possibly be imagined. Finally, he
wound up with :
"It's insufferable, now, isn't it,
Bella?" Bella' pretty face looked
anxious.
lIf one could read it for one's self,
George?"
'Certainly." And ho produced
the letter with an air which plainly
said: We are one.
After reading it carefully through,
Bella, handed it back saying :
"As I understand it, tbe position
is this: Your Aunt, Mrs. Van Du
zener, who has been living abroad
for three years for the benefit of her
invalid sou, is about to return home
on account of her son;s death. She
asks you to have her fine house put
in order, servants hired aud so on,
and, furthermore, to relieve her lou.
liness, she begs you to make your
home with her while she lives, and
you shall recieve a just portion o
her worldly goods when she dies.
Now I should think that endura
ble." "Fine, Bella, as far as it goes.
Only, you see," said the young man
with an apologetic air, "this aunt
of mine is as proud as Lucifer. Fa
mous for dragging in the Yan Du
zener pride, you know, on all occa
sions and "
"Iu fact," and Bella, trying to
laugb, "You think a humble person
like me would not be quite in touch
with the Van Duzener pride, eh,
George ?"
"Candidly," said Mr. Mortimer.
"I don't. So I shall decline my
aunt's offer immediately."
'Yon won't do any such thing,"'
said Heila, promptly. "When you
are so lucky as to have any rela
tions, don't be so ungratefol as to
turn your back on them. Your aunt
is an old lady, aud perhaps her
heart is aching with lonliness. If
your companionship will be any
comfort to her, it is your duty to
give it. As for u?, we couldn't mar
ry at present,Jany way. Your salary
is too small to take in grandmother,
too, comfortably, and I must stay
and work for her. At all events, let
us each do what seems right, and
surely some day fortune will smile
upon uy."
When Mr. Mortimer said good
night to his sweetheart, he was
quite couviuced that hhe was little
short of an angel. She had unself
ishly insisted upon his doing his
duty by his aunt.
"Aud ouly to think," said he to
I himself, "what a jolly good heart
i she's got. Whvii tint shabby bid
grandmother offered almost insist
ed, in fact on going to the "Old
People's Home,' so that our mar
iriage might be more possible, or so
that Bella might find more lucrative
employment away from home, what
do you think Bella did ! She just
bugged tbat shabby old grandmoth
r and told her never to dare' to say
such a thiug again. Yes, sir, she
did!' And Air. Mortimer, in the
violence of his admiration, stamped
his caue down so hard on the side
walk that he broke it.
Bella, when she announced that
she must go to woik to maintain
her grandmother aud found that
the choiceof an occupation, to say
uothiug of procuring the employ
meut when the choice was made,
was no easy matter.
"I can't type-write," thought she
disconsolately, one morning soou
lofter Mr, Mortimer had taken up
his abode with his aunt ; "and I hate
teaching, aud I know 1 couldn't sew
jail day long ; and, as to ccoking,
which seems to be quite the proper
art, nowadays, for nice but impe
cunious young women like me, why,
that won't do, because there is sufh
an awfull uncertainty about my
culinary performances. I never
can tell until a dish is done whether
it will be really good or not. Well,
I'll take a peep at tbe advertise,
ments in this morning's paper, and
perhaps I'll find somebody who
stands in need of just such a p?rson
as 1 am. Let's see, now, 'Cham--bermaids,
waitresses, sewing,cooks.'
Clearly, those wou't do. But ah !
now I've got it, or my name isn't
Bella. I'll have to put my pride in
my pocket this time, I guess."
The advertisment read to the ef
fect that a lady wanted a person of
refinement to do up laces and fine
lawns each week. The person of
refinement was to call at N ). 12
Perwiukle Plade, and ask for Mra.
Goodman, housekeeper.
"And, as true as I live." exclaim
ed Bella, "I believe that's where
George's aunt lives: Well she can't
eat me, that's certain, and I might
as well do up her laces as anybody
else's. Even if she should happen
to see me, she wouldn't know me.
I only hope I shall get a peek at her,
if no more than the end of her
proud nose ; one must have some
enjoyment in lite if one is poor.
Queer tbat I never thought of get
ting laces to do up. For, really,
when I come to think about it, what
is called fine washing is my own ac
compliahment. I suppose when I
go there, that Mrs. Goodman; the
housekeeper, will go to the madam
and gay: 'If you please, 'm the
wash'womau's come. Well, I guess
I cau stand it. I'll ask Mrs. Corda
va and the Montagues on the avers
age if they have any of that kind of
work to give me. And perhaps
they mignt know of others."
And so' Bella, with a brave ats
tempt to make ''her destiny, her
choice," dressed to go to Periwinkle
Place.
In teu minutes after she had rung
the door-bell the interview was at
an end. she had been politily
treated by the housekeeper, who,
after a close scrunity, asked what
9he could do, and then, her address,
and finally gave her quite a parcel
of laces, fine handkerchiefs and
some delicate silk underwear to be
done up. And the interview had
passed and nothing had happened.
"And, pray, what did yoa expect?''
demanded Bella of berselt savagely.
"Did you think yon would see
Geoage's aunt, and that, stunned
by yoar charm?, she would imme
diately exclaim : 'Come to my arms,
you poor, stricken deer !' Don't for
get the Van Duzener pride, Belia
nor your own."
And so six months passed. Bella
had all the work she could do and,
consequently was so Dusy that she
had no time to waste in wishing
j th-it the patron s unt of lovers would
jturn his attention to that, little iiffair
of hers. Iu fact, just about tliia
tim.H tbe course ot true love di-ln't
run at all ; it stood stoeu-tsill.
It happened that, during one of
those rare, brief visits whioh Belia
now permitted Mr. Mortimer to
make her, the subject of that young
lady's employment was brought un
der discussion. Bella, with a most
becoming flash on her cheeks, and
an extra toss of her curly head, ex
plained the sort of work she had
found to do.
"For Heaven's sake, Bella, could
n't you find any thiug in this big
town to do but that ?" gasped Mr.
Mortimer. "What if that should
come to my aunt's ears? Why,
Bella, it would be the death-blow
to all our hopes."
"Humph 1" s;iid Bella, coolly,
though her heart bp:it angrily. "As
for that, the mischief is. done, if it
can be called mischief. I marched
right into the enemy's country the
first thing. In fact, I've been doing
up the enemy's laces and things
right, along 1"
Mr. Mortimer's despair was too
deep for words. He could only
gaze blankly at his companiou and
wonder if woman's boasted tact
wasn't an unknown quantity, after
all. Certainly, Bella hadn't any.
"I haven't seen Mrs. Van Duzener
even once," said Bella, after a while,
with a view to placating her lover.
"Oh I" said Mr. Mortimer, brighti
'uing. "In that case, perhaps we
are all right, yet. I dare say she
wouldn't know yon from a holo in
the ground," continued he, inele
gantly, but hopefully.
"Now, of course, you will give up
this business immediately. Some
thing else will soon turn up; some
thing moro suitable and proper."
"Of course, I shall not do any
such a thing," replied Bella, indig
nantly. "In the first place, grand
mother has so many poor turns that
I do not dare undertake that may
not be done at borne. And, in the
second place, this work that 1 have
chosen is the only one tbat I can do
well. One had better bo a good
laundress than an incompetent
teacher or a poor seamstress."
Tears stood in Bella's eyes. She
had tried so bravely to do her duty
and, instead of sympathy, she met
only with condemnation. But she
was a plucky girf, and all the blan
dishments and coaxings of her lov
er failed to move her in the least
Then they quarreled, as only people
who are fond of each other can
quarrel. At the end of fifceeu min
utes, he said :
"Good evening, Miss Wakefield."
Aud she, with a corresponding
flourish of politeness, said :
"Good evening, Mr, Mortimer."
And the door closed between
them. And so they parted with sore
hearts and the belief that each wa9
responsible for the unhappy ending
of their love.
Bella, however, kept right on in
the path she had elected to follow.
But she was thankful tbat Mrs. Van
Duzener sent her things to her eve
ry week, and also sent after them.
Among the many diversions which
Mrs. Van Duzener's high station
and big bank account brought to
her, she found none eo satisfying
and entertaining as watching from
day to day the changes in the in
genuous countenance of her nephew.
That he was in love she bad long
since guessed- Aa he grew moody
and quiet and left his favorite dish
es untastcd, she decided tbat she
must know what troubled him. So,
one morning, at the breakfast table,
she suddenly said, in her quick,
snappy way :
"Ccme, George, satisfy an old
woman's curiosity. Who is she?"
MK Mortimer was at first very
much confused. But being very
young and very unhappy, and not
icing that his aunt looked particu
larly amiable, he soon uubobomed
himself of a few of his woes.
"And wby,"a9ked his aunt, "don't
you marry her V
"Why 1' exclaimed Mr. Mortimer,
who labored under the fond delnsioti
that he had explained every point
iu tbe story. "Because she has a
poor grandmother that she would
stay and work for ; and because she
(nought you needed me: and be-
(Muse weil, there's the Van Duzen
er pride, you kuow. Bella is a work
ingsgirl,"
"Bless my heart !'' exclaimed Aunt
Van Duzener, raising her hands im
patiently. "Pride!" What greater
pride can anyone feel than in doing
her wholo duty And the more
distasteful and difficult the duty
the greater the honor. That's the
son of pride I believe in."
'Tint, aunt," stammered her up
phew, deprecatingly, feeling sure
tiat ho was dealing the final blow
to his newly raised hope., "Bella
does up laces and things for a livs
ing. In fact, she washes, you
know."
"Well, and what has that got to
do with it ? It she is honest and
brave and pretty, did you say f
"Be-au-titul !'' exclaimed George,
ecstatically.
"And will have you," continued
his aunt, "I advise you to lose no
time in seeming your treasure. In
addition to your salary at the office,
I will pay you well to look after my
property, so I think you cau afford
wife, grandmother and all.
Mr. Mortimer soon made his
peace with Iiella, and, of course, the
wedding wasu't long in coming off.
Incredible though it may sound, the
rich aunt, the shabby grandmother
and the young couple all lived tos
gether as harmoniously as doves.
"And to think," said Mrs. Van
Duzener, "tbat George was so btu
pid as not to know what my pride,
about which I've talked so much,
really consisted of. But perhaps it
isn't so odd, after all ; there are so
many shoddy sorts of pride nowa
days, that the real, honest kind ia
apt to be overlooked eutirely."
Appropriations Marie by the
Tasl legislature.
Below we give most of the impor
tant appropriations made by the
legislature just adjourned. We are
quite sure the total amouut includ
ing all told, will reach 150,000,
which shows very liberal legislation:
World's Fair $25,000
Oyster Interest 15,000
Geological Survey 10,000
Kaleigh Asylum (repairs) 15,000
Goldsboro Asylum (repaias)
Industrial Association,
colored
Governor's Mansion
University (for repairs)
Training School
Colored Mechanical College
SoldieiV Home
Colored Orphan Asylum
K. It. Commission
Expenses ot Judges
This does not of course
3,000
500
1,250
1,500
8,000
3,500
3,000
1,000
15,000
4,250
include
any of the regular appropriations to
the State institutions. News &- Ob,
server.
How 3Xen Hie.
if we know all the methods of approach
adopted by an enemy we are the better en
abied to ward off the dnnger and postpone
the moment whsn 'surrender becomes in
evitable. In many instanee3 the inherent
strength oi the tody suffices to enable.it
oppo-e the tendency toward death. Many
however have lost these forces to such an
extent that there is litlle or no help. In
other cases a little aid to the weakened
Lungs will make all the difference between
sudden death and many years of useful
life. Upon the first symptoms of a Cough,
Could or any trouble ot .-the Throat or
Lungs, give that old and well-known r:ii
dye Boschee's German Syrup, a careful
trial. It will prove what thousands tay ol
it to be the benefactor of any home."
Where's Your Gimlet.
Little Johnny Yerger has caused
a breach between Gus DeSmitb, a
society gentleman, and the Yerger
family. Gus called to make a friend
ly visit after euppf r, he having pre
viously informed Coloued Yerger of
the intended honor. The whole
family and Gus were in the parlor
when Johnny riveted tbe attention
of all by asking Gus DeSmitb :
"Have you brought your gimlet
with you ?'
"What do you mean Johnny
asked Gus.
,4I don't meau nuffiu,' except I
beard pa say you were comiug up
this evening to bore us all."
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The IXev, Thouia Dlyou Hw
logfed ( or. IIIII' Cournc.
Tbe ttev. Thomas Dixon, Jr.,
pastor of the 23rd Street Baptist
church, procededhis sermon at As
sociation Hall this morning by the
following review of current event :
A kind Providence has watched
over the American nation in many
a rash experiment. We still liv.
We still grow. One of the miricles
of special Divine mercy has beeu
that wo are- alive and growing today,
in spite ot the wildest experiment!
in ballot tinkering that ever cursed
a republic of this plant t. What
may have happened on home other
planet we do uot know.
At length the debauchery of tha
ballot has reached such a depth
that we are forced to make the ef
fort to save ourselvec. The convic
tion is growing upon thoughtful
men, North, South, East, and Wtt,
that we must have radical electoral
reform, or else acknowledge ooutr
or later that the ballot is a faiiuto.
There is a pronounced movement
in nearly every State of the Union
to accomplish snch reform. This Is
a healthful sigh of the time.
Governor Hill, of New York, iu
his last messagOo the Legislature,
urged tbat a law be enacted mak.
ing the exereisu of the ballot com"
pulsory. I was amazed at this m
sage for two reasons. I marveled
that an actual Governor of a great
State should boldly demand m
sweeping and radical a reiorm. I
was amazed that the fit st Governor
that should send this mesiage
should be the famous Governor of
this State, I had learned to look
upon this man as a daring, shrewd
and successful politician, the friend,
champion aud creature of the saloon.
It these bard sayings b true of him
we must .still bo just. In tbat mes
sa ge Gov. Hill roee to the high
standard of aggressive, or-a iv ,
statesmanship. His reccoaiaieud.
tion is worthy of tbe bravest and
braniest statesman we have pro
duced. We give to him the highest
praise and congratulation upon tlua
position. Whatever his motive, the
cause is no worthy, the end ao de
sirable, his advocacy so clear, the
questiou of motive can but have one
interpretation. We thank him tor
the message and wish him godspeed
in securing its enactment. iV. F.
Recorder..
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However, the common people bava
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Y. Herald, lad.
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The magnificent Treasury turplus
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administration is gone, and Treas
ury ia threatened with an early de
ficit of $5,000,000. Bnt the condi
tion of tbe finances had no restrain
ing influence upon the Republican
majority in Congress. Phil. Record
Dem.
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