y vt ay fil did ill iti Ml VOL IV LINCOLNTON. N. G, FRIDAY, APR, 3, 1891. NO. 4T i i is it; im ti ill mi; i;k c: Professional Cards. BABTLIET'T SHIFF, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C. Jan, 9, 1801. ly. Finley & Wetmore, ATTYS. AT LAW. LINCOLNTON, N. C. Will practice in Lincoln and surrounding counties. All business put into our bands will be promptly atten ded to. Ai.nl lb, lv. SURGEON DENTIST. Ol'FICE lNT COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST., LINCOLNTON, N. C - July 11, 1890. ly DENTIST. LINCOLNTON, N C. Cocaine used lor painless ex tracting teetb. With thirty years experience. Satisfaction giVen in all operations' Terms cash and moderate. JJan::J '91 ly "J.3AnKaffl,ID, lias located at Lincoluton and of fei's his services as physician to the citizf us ot Lincoluton aud surround ing country. W ill be found at night at the res iiiere 3 of B. C. Wood. ':. March 27, 1S91 ly ; v "... go to" BARBER SHOP. 'cwly fitted up. Work aways neatly done. Customers politely waiiKl upou. Everything pertain ing to the tonsorial art is done according to latest styles. HeNRY Taylor, Barber. FdrMalaria, Liver Trou ble, or Indigestion, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS About once a fortnight put a tea- f-poonfull of soda in your coffee aud tea pots, add a little water and let bo ! until sweet and cleau. Wash aud rinse. Many Persons are broken lown from overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Hitters Rebuild the lystem, Rids digestion, removes excess of tile, Mid cures malaria. Get the genuine. Baby Carriages, $7.50 Baby Carriages, 7.50 Baby Carriages, 7.50 Baby Carriages, 7.50 EM ANDREWS. FURNITURE PIANOS & ORGANS. I made toe largest purchase of BABY CARRIAGES this season since I have been iu business. Bought over 75 CARRIAGES At cm single purchase: I can sell you a beautiful RATTAN CARRIAGE with wire wheels at il.ijO. Did you ever see any of those $12.00 Silk Plush Upholstered Carriages Of wine? Thnkot'it! Silk plush at $12. I have something new to show you this season. They are beautiful styles in Ratten carriages, finished 16th century, for from $15 to J25. The ISAIEIOO is something new also, and is having a big run. I can furnish you CATALOGUES of all my styles, and 1 guarantee to sell you carriages Irom 15 to 20 per cent. le?s than any other dealer in the Sta'e. IPrXor Suits. I have an endles variety TAKLOK bUITS to suit all tastes and everybody's pocket. I can Pell J'ou anything from the Wool Plush Suis of ' Opera, in "Walnut .Frsiue, for only $35 CO to the hardsome Suit ot 5 pieces lor $250 00. This is a suit that retails in Jew York Gity for $325.00. My stock is more than complete in every respect. EI&NflS AM flRCANS Ot the finest, most reliable makes sold at lowest prices for cash or on easy payments. Write tor my new CATALOGUE. E. M. ANDREWS, U and 1G West Trade St. Charlotte, N. C. for Infants and Children. "Cuteri k to well adptl to children that I rocommend It u tuperior to any prescription known to me." n. A. Aacmrm, M. D 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. " The use of ' C&storia is so universal and i's merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." Cialos Martth, D. D., New York City. Late Factor Bloomlngd&le Reformed Church. Ths Ckmtaur A novel method for nuietinf Hip. nerves is that of pressing the fing. ers on each side of the neck below the ear, thus constricting the blood vessels which convey their load to the active brain. Another way Is to knot a towel so that the kuots compress those veins below the ear. Rest the head in an easy and com forUble position and sleep will soon visit yon. SPECIMEN CASES. C. H. CKiTorJ, New Cassel, Wis., was troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism bis Btomac j was disordered, his liver was anected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, aid he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of elecs trie bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Uarrisburg, 111. had running sore on his leg of eight years' standing Used three bottles of Electric bitters aad seven boxes of Jiucklea's arti oa Falvf, and bis leg is wound and well John Speaker, Catawba, G.,had live large fever sores on his leg, doctors said he ws incurable. One bottle ot e'ecjric bitters and one bjx of Buclen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold at J. Lawing's Drugstore. If globes are much stained on the outside by smoke, soak them iu tol erable hot water iu which a little washing soda has been dissolved Then put a teaspoonfull of ammo nia into a pan of lukewarm water, aud with a hard brush scrub the globes until the smoke stains disap pear. Kinse in clean cold water. They will come out as white as it new. BO JNOT SUFFEti ANY LONGFR. Knowing that a cough can be checked in a day, and the stages of consumption bro ken in a week, we hereby guarantee Dr. Aker's English Coush llemedv. and will refund the money to all who buy, take it aMy directions and do not find our state- merit correct. Dr. J M Lawincr, Drusist To keep a closet or pantry dry and sweet place a small box of lime upon one ot the shelves. Il will absorb all dampness. OUR VERY BEST TEOPLE Confirm our statement when we say that Dr. Acker's English Kemedy is in every way superior to any and all other prepar ations lor the lhroat and Lun?s. In Whooping Cough and Croup, it is magic and relieves at once. We oner you a 8am- pie bottle free. Kemember, this remedy 13 sold on a positive guarantee. Dr. J. M Lawing, Druggist. lhe clear juice ot a pineapple is now considered by eminent physi ciaus to be the best remedy known lor diphthereic sore throat and even for diphtheria. . THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF DEATH. Tired feeling, dull headache, pains in various parts of the body, sinking at the pit of the stomach, los ot appetite, fever ibness, pimples or fores, are allpdsitne evidence 01 poisoned blood. No matter iiow it became poisoned it must ba purified to avoid death. Dr. Acker's English Blood Elixir has never tailed to remove scrofulous or syphilitic poisons. Sold under positive guarantee by Dr. J M Lawing, Druggist Parlor Suits, $35 Parlor Suits, 35 ParlorSuits, 35 Parlor Suits, 35 Cafitoria cares Colic, Connttpatioa, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kilia Worma, gives sleep, and promotes di- rithout icj injurious medication. For seTeral years I hare recommended tout ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Edwin F. Pxrdm. M. D., MTba Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. Cmpakt, 77 M era ray Stmjit, Niw York. New York Ledger DITA'S STEPMOTHER BY AMY RANDOLPH". I ji jjTE sweetest little cherub that evcr vou fiaw sa'd Mrs. Con- stant. "But, oh, such a care 1" "I told you so, Mary Jane,'' s;iid old Aunt Arabella, sourly, when you would insist on marrying a widower with a child !" "But I loved him," said the little bride, wistfully. "Stuff and nonsense!" eaid Aunt Arabella. ''The woman never yet lived who could get along with an other woman's child.'' "Well, I mean to fry," said Mrs. Constant. "And I think I should manage splendidly if only the first Mrs. Constant's old maid sisters would keep away, aud Mr. Cons stant's inothersin-law by his first wife wouldn't persist in coming here every day to see if Dita has enough flannels on and eats ber regular quantum of oatmeal and says her catechism regularly." 'Tell Bridget not to let them in," suggested Aunt Arabella, who looked as if she herself were capa ble of doing single combat with all the Moors of Spain. "And make mischief between John and his first wite's relations !' said Mrs Constant, shaking her curly head. "Oh, I couldn't do that " Just then the door flew open and little Dita herself trotted in, a goK dentressed, pink-cheeked fairy of tbree years old j voluminous 7 wuue hock, uiue Haisn aim goia 8leevehoops, with blue kirt boots, buttoned with little knobs of pearl. And close beside her stalked her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cart whistle, with the two Misses Cart whistle following in the rear. 4tI am surprised, Mary Jane," said the step-mother-in-law (if such a relationship can be), "to hear from Bridget that Perdita is allowed to wear her best white frock every day I" 4lShe looks so pretty in it," said Mrs. Constant, pleadingly. "And she will soon outgrow it.' "It is not the way my girls were brought up,'' said Mrs. Cartwhistle. "I've just been counting over her dresses,' said Miss Malina Cart whistle. "Sixteen white dresses, a dozen sashes, eighteen ruffled aud embroidered skirts " 'A child like that needs a great many chauges," said Mrs. Constant. "And that big doli ot hers," added Miss Susanna Cartwhistle, "with the flaxen hair aud the eyes that open and shut. I declare, Mrs. Constant" (these sour spiusters never could be gotten to call their brothersm-law's wife by her Christ ian name), "it's positive idolatry that's what it is. It makes me think of the golden image that King WhatvDosYou-CalNBim set up for the Israelites to worship I'' Mrs. Constant winced. "But, indeed, Susanna," said she, ul didn't buy the doll! It was a gift from her godmamma to Dita." "I think it ought to be sold for the benefit of the heatheD," Miss Malina said. "And I was shocked to see Brid get giving her jam yes, raspberry jam upon her bread and butter for dinner," added the old lady. "It's very plain," apologized the young stepmother. fl made it my self last summer. And Dita is so fond of it." "Me yike wabbery dam," solemn ly enunciated this small bone of contention, who had been looking gravely from one to another of the speakeis. "Is a child's digestion of no con sequence V demanded Mrs. Cart whistle. "Are the ru'es of hygiene to be set entirely at defiance!" Miss Ma lina questioned. "The seeds of disease to be im planted, even at this early age ?" ad ded Miss Susanna. But here Aunt Arabella rose up, bustling and indignant, in her niece's defense. "It strikes me, ladies," said she, that we are all of ns meddling with what is none of our business. My niece, Mary Jane, as the wife of Charles Constant aud the mother of tin nme child, is donhtlt ss a bet-t-r judge of theso matters than we c.iu pretend to tie! Mary Jane, if you mo going oat shopping wit?: me, it's high tune yoa put on you: bonnet !" The bride looked timidly around. "If Mrs. Cartwhistle and Malina and Susanna will excuse me," said she doubtfully. "Oh, we are of no consequeuce,'' aid Miss Malina, with a toss of the head. 'Tray dou't remain at home ou our account," said Miss Susauna. "We are just going to take leave. ourselves," said Mrs. Cartwhistle, sourly; "Me do, too. mamma," coaxed lit tle Dita, seizing hold of the skirts of Mrs. constant's dress. "Me do with oo." "No, darling, no," said Mrs. Con stant, ringing the bell for Bridget. "You are too little." "Exercise is good for the child,' interposed Grandmamma Cartwhis tle. "Ettertise dood for I.'' This was Dita's mite. "And you know you were very eroupy, last night," added Mrs. Constant, tenderly. "i never could find it in my heart to leave a child that wasn't well,'' croaked Miss Malma, "But," added Susanna, "a step mother knows noth ng of the seni. sations that agitate a true maternal beait." And the bride, fairly driven to the last extremity of patience, took an abrupt departure, leaving the small Dita shrieking in the arms of Brid get, while her grandmother and maiden auuts stood around, a sort of commiserating chorus. "She has no heart at all," growled Miss Malina. "I told Charles how it would be when he would persist in marrying that slip of a child," said Mrs. Cart whistle. "What can one expect of a step mother V7 gloomily demanded Miss Susanna. "Sure, an' savin7 your presence, ladies," put in Bridget, who by this time succeeded in quieting the child's cries, "it's me humble opinion a Mrs. Constant spoils the little la-, dy intirely w?d too much kindness. Sure, wasn't she up with her half the night, last night, wid ipecac an' camphorated ile ? And ain't it her as hears missy's prayers lvery bless ed night of her life, and tells ber all the fairy-stories as ever grew, an' pets her like a kitten f There ain't one mother iu a hundred, let alone a step mother, as loves a child like my missis loves little Miss Dita." And the grandmother and the two maiden aunts went grimly away saying to one another what a very presuming person that Bridget was, and how Charles's young wife hadn't dignity enough to keep her servants in their proper place. But when Mrs. Coustant returned from her shopping expedition that afternoon, there was an evident at mosphere ot consternation about the house. Doors and windows were wide open; sympathetic neigh' bors were gathering about the threshold ; Mrs. Cartwhistle, with her wig on awry and her mourning veil all twisted to one side, stood sobbing iu the middle of the floor, with a prodigious black-bordered pocket-handkerchief pressed to her eves : Miss Malina and Miss Susan 11a were hurrying to and fro, wildly wringing their hands ; aud Mr. Con stant himself had just sprung from a cb which bad rattled up to the curbstone, as if drawn by flying dragons. "Dear me ! ? cried the young step mother. "What can have happen ed V "I told you so !" said Mrs. OarU whistle. "I always prophesied it !'' said Miss Malina. "I foresaw it from the very begins ning!'' said Miss Susanna. "But what is the matter !:' gasped poor Mrs. Constaut. "Has anything happened to to dear little Dita?' "She's drowned !" said Mrs. Cart whistle. "In the great Persian jarl" said Miss Susanna. "Filled it with water out of the b.ith-tub, :i;id then er.iwled in hers Mvf, de;r, sweet innocent!'' sobbed MissMalin i. "Oh, deir! Oh, dear! I knew something would happen when you so heartlessly refused her iunoceut plea to accompany you." "A'l this conies, Charles,' croaked Mrs. Cartwhistle, "from giving your precious lamb a step-mother." "I shall maintain to my life's end," said Miss Susauna, "thatit was all Mrs. Constant's fault." Bat the poor young wife pushed her way frantically through the confusion. "Where is she ?" she gasped. "Di-, t; ! Where have thev laid her f" ''-We we hain't dared to tonch her," answered Miss Malina, with a burst of hysterical tears. "lint there's her de:rr little blue shoe in a puddle of water on the carpet, and her lovely golden hair floating on top ! Ob, dear don't let Charles go I near her! Ob, dear ! to think that she should be drowned, and uo one near to help her ! It all comes of a stepmother's neglect !" "Mamma ! Mamma !" piped a lit tle voice at the self-same moment, aud Mrs. Coustant felt a tiny hand pulling at her dress, and turned to behold Dita held up in Bridget's triumphant arms. "Sure, ma'am, I found her fast asleep on the garret floor," said Bridget, "wid her precious arm un der her head. An' to think of the j thrick she played u., wid the big ! doll drownded in the chaney jar, ! an' its yally hair fioatin' a-top, just, for all the wnrreld. like missy's own!'' "Dolly dirty ! Dolly have bath V7 complacently proclaimed Miss Per dita. And then, naturally enough, Mrs. Constaut fainted away in her hus band's arms. When she came to her senses gain, the house was restored to its nsual stilluesa and composure, aud she was Ijiog upou a sofa, with her husband at her side, aud little Dita playing ou the floor at no great disi tance. She looked vaguely around. "Where is Mrs. Cartwhistle?" said she. "Gone," said Mr. Constant. "And so have Malina and Susanna and they will never come back to this house again. It is quite true that they are my lost wife's relatives, but that gives them no title to as sail you as they have done to-day. You have been more than a mother to little Dita, and the child's love bears a inu'e testimony to this. Hereafter wilh her, u& well, dearest, as with me, your will shall be law." And so Dita's stepsmother con quered at last, and the Cartwhistle battalion wras routed en masse. NOW TRY THIS. It will cost you nothing and will surely do you good, if you have a cough, cold, or any trouble with throat, chest or lungs. Dr. KiDg's New Discovery for consump tion, coughs and colds is guaranteed to give relief, or money will be paid back. Suf ferers from La Grippe found it just the thing and under its use haa a speedy and perfect recovery. Try t sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself how good a thing it is. Trial bottks free at J . M. Lawing'8 drug store. Large size at 50c and 1 00. The 3Xan Who Responded. "Is there a mau in all this audi ence," fiercely exclaimed a femala lecturer, "that has ever done any thing to lighten the burden resting on his wife's shoulders ! What do you know of woman's work ? "Is there a man here," she con tinued, folding her arms and look ing over her audience with superb scorn, "that has ever got up in the morning, leaving his tired, worn out wife to enjoy her slumbers, gone quietly down-stairs, made the fire, cooked his own breakfast, sewed the missing buttons ou the children's clothes, darned the family stockings, scoured the pots and kettles, cleaned and filled the lamps, swept the kitchen, and done all this, if necessary, day after day un complainingly ? If there is such a man in this audience let him rise up! I should lite to see him !" And in the rear of tho hall a mild-looking mau in spectacles, in obedience to the summous, timidly arose. He was the husband of the eloquent speaker. It was the first time he had evefliad a chance to assert himself. Boseleaf, iMMressiim letter From the FarmerH ot the Wei. Washington, March 20 Secreta ry liiifk is df ily in receipt of dis tressing letters from the farmers of the West and Northwest, who in the most pathetic terms relate their sutTering, owing to the failure ot their crops last season. A few days ago a Kansas woman wrote the se - retary of Agricultnre a letter in which she Fays : "I suppose you have heard of the failure of the ! crops in Kansas. Spring is coming on, and our people have not even one little seed to put in tho ground aud no money to buy what they need. What they will do I don't know. It is discouraging to know how hard people worked through ai! the hot summer and did not re ceive one grain for all their labor. There was a lady in our county who wt nt to the store the other day and purchased two sacks of flour. When she took out her pocketbook to pay for them she began to cry, and said: 'This is the last cent I have. God onij- knows where the next will coaie from, or where my poor chil dren will get food,' She said she had sold all her chickens and her cow becauso she had not food en ough to keep them alive. Many of her chickens died from starvation, j Por woman, she is not alone in ber I suffering, as there are mauy of us out this way who, when we lie down at night, hardly know what we will have to eat lor breakfast next mor- j m 3g or wbere ifc is coming from. May God help us and have pity ou us. Some aid was shipped in here but the people can't get it unless every four-footed beast in the place is mortgaged ; so, f rieuds, you can understand how we are situated in the West. I have heard, Mr, See recary, you are a warmhearted man, so I thought I would let you know iny condition and see if you can help me. When we have money wo will remember you. So, friends, I will leave this to your considerai tion, trusting you will do what you think best to help us," etc. This appeal was not in vain, for the Secretary at once sent to lhe address given in the letter a large package of garden seed. The de partment is unable to grant all the requests for aid which ane dally re ceived, owing to the limited appro priations and the scarcity ot seed. How jlen Hie. If we know all the methods of approach adopted by an enemy we are the better en abled to ward off the danger and postpone the moment wh?n surrender becomes in evitable. In many instances the inherent strength of the body eulfices to enable lit oppose the tendency toward death. Many however have lost these forces to such an extent that there is little or no hrlp. In other cases a little aid to the weakened Luns will make all the difference between sudden death and many years f useful life. Upon the first symptoms of a Couh, Could or any trouble ot the Throat or Lungs, give that old and well-known rem dye lioschee's German byrup, a careful trial. It will prove what thousands say of it to be the benefactor of any home." . vista's 31 any Fault. 'Bob" entertainingly analyzed man in the following terms ; A man is an animal that would scorn divided skirts, and yet spend two hours selecting the kind of cloth he wants used for his trousers. A man is an animal who can be flattered and coaxed into an y thing out once you start to drive him the muleilike nature is uppermost. A man is an animal who thinks he is a little tin god ou wheels, aud never realizes that he isn't uutd he is down flat of his back with the malaria and a woman has to wait on him. A man is an animal who is desi rable when you are in trouble, be. cause, the brute in him being great er, he can swear mere and hit out straighter from the shoulder tlan you can. A man is an auimal who eats the very best he can get, and who pre-, ters to drink the same quality, but frequently becomes a tauk for hold ing bad whiskey. A man is an animal made for the benefit of women, and the more she can get out of him in the way of kindness aud love the more has he fulfilled his duty iu life, but with all his faults we love him still. A hand seeder is a good tbiug for broadcasting. "The Religion of the Futnre." We find the following extraot in oue of our exchauges, credited to the American Spectator'. It may not be orthodox it roost likely is not but it is a siDguIarly impressive nt terance. We confess that we have not been able to get away from it since first reading it, several weeks ago, and it comes in mind bo often that there seems nothing left except to divide it with our readers. It will bear reading and re-readlug. This is it That the religion of the future will be a religion ot deeds, rather than creeds a religion of works rather than intolerant faith based on dogma must appear evident to all who have closely watched the trend of events during the past gen eration. The Goldeu rule will bo the foundation ot the new religion, and every tree will be judged by its liuit. Man will be taught that ha cauuot hope for angelhood by a death-bed confession or the accept ance of any dogma that does not change his whole lite, bringing him en ro.iwort with the highest spiritual truths. The religion ot the future. instead of compelling its adbereuta to declare that they believe that three beings are one being and one being is three distinct benigs, will demand, even as the great Galilean demanded, that they be pure in heart, merciful, tender and loving; that they be peace-makers and brothers ; that they cease to crush one auother, or to climb to luxury over the bodies of their piostrate fellowmen. In a word that they do uuto others exactly as they would be done by after having p-jt them selves in the place of the unloitu nate one. Ones again, the religion of the future will appeal to the con. science of the individual precisely as was the mauuer of Jesus, and it will develop the spiritual iu man's nature, making his body absolute, ly obedient to the spirit and rouud iug out life into that perfect sym metry that has been attained only at intervals iu the past. "The religion of the future" will theu certainly he a good one to live by. Whether it will do to die by is another matter. Will not some among the many ministers who read The Landmark give us their views upon it ? JStatesville Land-: mark. The Landmark did not ask our opinion on this subject, but we take the liberty to say tkat we do not see much that is new in the "relN gion of the future" described above, save the manner of expressing it as in the first few phrases. All ortbo dox denominations of t onlay and of the past are contending for the gol denrule aud the pure-iu-heart re ligion. The Bible emphasizes and all orthodox preachers preach this kind of religion aud the genuine Christians of all denominations practice this kirxl of religion and at the same time exercise great faith in the doctrines of their church. There can be no new religion. It may be the old religion will be prac tice by a larger number of people, which would indeed be a great bles sing to the world. Ed. CoURIEll. Money, the root of all evil, would be useless in case of cholera with out Ganter's magic chicken cholera cure. It is warranted by Dr. J. M. Lawing. To prevent glass jars, etc., from cracking when hot water is poured into them, place a silver spoon in the jar while it is yet empty. This method prevents the niost delicate glass from cracking. THAT TERRIBLE COCOH In the mormngjhurried or difficult breath ing, raising phlegm, tihtnes in the chest, quickened pulse, chilliness in the evening or sweats at night, all or any of these things are the first stages of consumption. Dr. Acker's English Cough llemedy will cure these fearful symptoms, and is sold under a positive guarantee by JJr JM Law ing, Druggist. The fact that Senatofelect Pal mer of Illinois is a free trade Dem ocrat and not extreme on the mon ev question, while, at the same time, in high feather with the Wes em farmers who advocate silver free coinage, make him a competN tor for the Presidential nomination ot his party. New York is divided between ilill and Cleveland aoy way, nnd the impression somehow prevails there that the success of either in control of the State ma chine would destroy the chances of both betoie the National conven tion. Hence the attention of some Democrats is alreadv turned to ward Gen. Palmer as a candidate Wash. Star. Ind.