""'"" " " " """"" " """" "' " : J . ' "7 ! T r- - -r- 7 r- . ... , P , ... . , , ... ( ; VOL IV LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APR. 10, 1891. NO. 48 t Professional Cards. BAETLETT SMIPP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C. . Jan, 0,1801. ly. Fin ley & Wetmore, ATTYS. AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, X. C: Will practice in Lincoln and surrounding counties. . All business put into our hands will Ve promptly atten ded to. Ar HI 18, 1890. ly. SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST., LINCOLNTON, X. C July 11, 1690. ly DENTIST. LINCOLNTON, N. C. Cocaine used for painless ex tracting teeth. With thirty years experience. Satisfaction given in all operations Terms cash and moderate. Jan 23JJ1 ' ly Uas located at Lincolnton and of fers hia services as physiciau to tbe citizpns of Lincolnton and snrround inpr couutry. Will be toond at night at the ress iaei.ce of B. O. Wood. March 27, 1891 ly GO TO SOICTHIEIRrS STAIR5 BARBER SHOP. Newly fitted up. Work aways neatly done. Customers politely waired upon. Everything pertain ing to the touaorial art is done according to latest styles. HeXRY Taylok, Barber. FOR DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS. All dealers keep It, SI per bottle. Genuine hu tr&le-moik and crossed red lines on wrapper. Manure is often wasted by being pin where it is not needed. A CHILD KILLED. Another child killed by the use of opiatas given in the form of Soothing Syrup. Why niwthera give their children such deadly poison is surprising when they can relieve tbe chili of its peculiar troubles by using Dr. Acker's Baby Soother. It contains no opium or morphine. Sold by Dr. J M Lawi in?, Druggist. Baby Carriages, $7.50 Baby Carriages, 7.50 Baby Carriages, 7.50 Baby Carriages, 7.50 EM ANDREWS, FURNITURE PIANOS & ORGANS. I made tne largest purchase of BABY CARRIAGES this season since I have been in business. Bought over 75 CARRIAGES At one single purchase: I can sell you a beautiful RATTAN CARRIAGE with wire wheels at $7.50. Did you ever see any of those $12.00 Silk Plush Upholstered Carriages Of mine ? Thnkofit! Silk plush at $12. 1 have something new to show you this season. They are beautiful styles in Rattan carriages, finished 16th century, for from 115 to f 25. The liAHIIIOO is something neT also, and is having a big run. I can furnish you CATALOGUES of all my styles, and 1 guarantee to sell you carriages irora 15 to 20 per cent, less than any other dealer in the State. 3Pa,rlor Suits. j l have an endless variety PARLOR SUITS to suit all tastes and e verybody's potket. I can sell you anything from the Wool Plush Suic of Opera, in Walnut .Frame, fer only $35 00 to the handsome Suit of 5 pieces for $250 00. This is a suit that retails in New York City for $32".00. My stock is more than complete in every respect. BIlHuS mm BEGINS:3 01 tbe finest, most reliable makes sold at lowest prices for cash or on easy payments. Write for my new CATALOGUE. E. M- ANDREWS, U and 16 West Trade St. Charlotte, N. C. Willi for Infants and Children. 'Cattail fa bo well Adapted to children that I rueommend it m Kuperior to any prescription known to me." II. A. Amcnxx, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use of 'Castorta fa bo universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent farotiiee who do not keep Castona within easy reach." Carlos Mmm. D.D., New York City. Late P&ctor Blooming dale Reformed Church. Th Ctack GOOD LOOKS. Good looks are more than fckin deep, de pending upon a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver be inactive you have a bilious look and it your kidneys be 9 fleeted you have a pinched look. Se cure good health and you will have good looks. Electric bitter3 is the great altera tive and Tonic acts directly on these vital organs. Cures Pimples, lilotche3, Boila, and gives a good complexion. Sold at J. M. Lawing'a Drugstore, 50c per bottle. Apples enough were raised last year to feed the codling moth. A DUTY TO YOURSELF. It is surprising that people will use a com mon, ordinary pill when they can secure a valuable English one for the same money. Dr. Acker's English pills are a positive cure! or sick headache tYidall Liver Trous nble. They are small, sweei, easily taken anil do uot gripe. For sale by Dr. J M Lav.ing, Druggists. Small, unmarketable potatoes are just as valuable to feed. WE CAN AND DO Guarantee Dr. Acker's Blood Elixir, for it has been fully demonstrated to the people of this country that it is superior to all other preparations lor blood diseases. It is a positive cure for syphilitic poisoning, Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. It purifies the whole system and theroughly builds up the constitution. For sale by Dy J. M. Lawing, Druggist. Grass seeds cannot be sown too early after the snow leaves. GUARANTEED CURE FOR LL GRIP. We authorize our advertised druggist to sell you Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, upou this condition: It you are afflicted with La Grippe and will use this remedy according to directions, giving it a fair trial, and ex perience no benefit, you may return the bottle and have your money refunded. We make this offer because of the wonderful success of Dr. King's New Discovery dur ing last season's epidemic. Have heard of no case in which it failed. Try it. Trial bottles free at J. M. Lawing?s drugstore. Large size 50c and $1 00. Uncooked fruit eaten at each meal is said to be healthful. CAN'T SIEir NIGHTS Is the complaint of thousands suffering from Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try Dr. Acker's English Re medy ? It is the best preparation known for all Lung Troubles. Sold on a positive guarantee at 25 cents and 50 cents. For sale by Dr. J M Lawing, Druggist. Be sure tbat your home surround ings are all healthful. IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ? Not if you go through the world a dys peptic. Dr. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are a positive cure for the worst forms of Dys pepsia, Indisestion, Flatulency and Con sumption. Guaranteed and sold by Dr. J M Lawing Druggist. Congressional funerals cost so high now that the Harrison Ad ministration thinks of insuring all bilious-looking members so as to be ready for any emergency that may occur. Tbe funeral of the late Senator Hearst, of California, is said to have cost the Governmont $15,000.Bichmond State. Parlor Suits, $35 Parlor Suits, 35 ParlorSuits, 35 Parlor Suits, 35 Ctoria cores Colic, Constfpatkm, Sour Stomach, Diarrhcaa. Eructation, yin Worms, gives sleep, and promotes u- Witfouttojurious medication, For several years I have recommended your ' Castoria, ' and shall laJf? do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." KDwnr F. Pardm. M. D., m jfca Wmtfirop," 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. Compaxt, 77 Murray Strrk, Nw York. Godey's Lady' Book. MRS. VIDEAU'S WED DING PRESENT. BY GERTRUDE F. LYNCH. HEN Grace Helm married V.VJ Mr' v ,ueau lQere waa a cuo- tJJJl rus of time-honored ejacula ftp7' tions : "Old enough to be her father;'' "She's played her cards well j" "Beauty and the beast ;'" "R'ch as Croesus ;" "Pretty, bat poor,' with others equally truthful and pleasatit. It was a fair exchange, as most marriages are ; on her side, beauty, pedigree, in t el I i gene1; on his wealth. .Mr, Videau had been a hard fish to and, as many angling mammas, lorced to lay aside their tackle, in the form of willing daughters, could testify.- Having been poor once, his chase for wealth had made him wary in his chase for other pleasure. His had been a dual life; a youth ot indigence and l ard work, with au invalid wife, who was a constant drag on his resources and ambitions. Death at length cut the Gordian knot, and fortune gradually smiled on him, uutil at leDgth such a chasm yawned between the youth of ask and tbe middle age of have, tbat his past life seemed a mere unpleasant dream. He had hoarded until the time for hoarding passed ; had muli tiplied until there was no longer need for multiplication ; screwed, pinched, did without, until his ex chequer fairly bubbled over, and his ambition and greed were satis fied. He was known everywhere as the rich Videau. His sayiDgs were quoted to his face, and his mistakes laughed at behind bis back ; he was sought after by men and women alike ; hia opinions courted, hia ad vice followed, his money borrowed, by those who despised his lack of family, education, and refinement. So he was satisfied. To be the lion of the day, the comet, if only for a season, is gratification enough for most ; but to possess the wherewith al to make the day and season im terminable was his fortunate pre rogative. He built him a home which alone made him famous. During its con struction, he quietly effaced himself, bought other mean's ideas with his money, and considered them as much his own as the stone the buil ders used. So in its furnishing. He traveled through .Europe and Asia under the sur veillance of artists and decorators, purchased rugs in Per sia, pictures in Italy, marbles in Greece, curios in Japan and else where in fact, hardly a place but what respouded to bis golden temp tations with some souvenir of beau ty or merit. The result was a tur nisbing as magnificent as the inte- rior of au Arabian knight's palace. His equipages were magnificent and his stables filled with thorough breds. Tbat he spent considerable time viewing their merits, was not surprising. It is a gentlemanly taste and hardly sufficient ground for the satirical report that at one period of his existence his acquain tance with horse-flesh had been a most intimate one, though not in the relation of owner and owned. When all was completed, he set about hunting a mistcess for its splendor. He made no secret of hia intention, and, in consequence, the task was made comparatively easy: Debutantes, inqemus, seasoned--veterans j maids, widows, divorcees, were marshalled before him, their good points exhibited, their weak oues carefully veiled. He was sung to, played to, entertained by inno cence which did not know where to stop, and worldliness which would n't stop ; courted, feted, flattered, and even caressed, of course, sub rosa. All to no purpose. He dis played a remarkable pertinacity m his search, and a dissatisfaction with existing materials. Hitherto, in establishing himself in society, in building and furnishing his house and stables, even io the matter of clothing, he had followed tne die- tales of others. His taste inclined towards the florescent, the vivid. He would have liked his house coni epicuous for warmth of color, and diversity of outline, jutting gables, v randan, balconi-, and tiio likr ; instead of which, it was angular to hu extreme, brown Pton and unno tlceable, except tor elegance of ar chitecture and material, the only bit of color a cui tained view, through plate-glass, of glowing interiors. In pictures, he inclined to the chromo style, and in statues to the draped, but had quietly accepted their alternatives, lie would have adopted large plaidt, and aped the young men about town in their an glomaniac garb and swaggeriug gait, instead of which he was pruned down, clothed with inconspicuous garments, and made to feel that his manner must correspond. But in choosing a wife he had dei termiued to please himself. In his heart of hearts he acknowledged that hi- magnificence bored him. The constant struggle to appear what he was not, the ever over hanging dread of committing gau chiries, counteracted to a great ex tent his satisfaction in haviug, giv iug and lending. He wished a wife who, while fitted to adorn his home, to grace his dinners, and to receive his friends, should yet bring into his life that element of comfort and domesticity which was so glaringly absent. His house, his horses and carriages, his dinners were for show, the necessity of his position j his wife was to be for his own especial snjoyment. This was why so many f iilures marked his search ; hums bers of women pleased him with their wit, grace, and beauty, but no one made him leei that sbe would 3upply this secret need. For a long time, his home remain ed empty, except by occasional "stag'' dinuers, or well chaperoned parties; then cruising about in bis yacht one summer, he landed at Gape , strolled into the hotel corridor, and was introduced to Grace Helm, He did not go down at once, he was too practised, too phlegmatic for that ; he was merely attracted as he had often been be tore. This time, however, he found a satisfactory answer to his silent interrogations, and after an interval of four weeks and one day, quietly saccumbed. It had been a severe, if short, struggle for Grace Helm, and often during those tentative das she feared that summertime would be catalogued in her life's history, uns der the caption of failure. From the first she determined, if possible, to win him: Excluded by her poverty from entering the soci ety of which he was such an honor ed member, htr acquaintance with him had been limited to newspaper clippings, and the personal reminis cences of wealthy cousins, who fol lowed the rest of their set in seeking to satisfy his requirements. Her presence at Cape was the result of a fortuitous chance. A maiden aunt had taken her there tor the sake of companionship, a po sifion which Grace found a decided sinecure, as her aunt was addicted to interminable naps, and solitary novel reading. After the conventional cordiality of their introduction, sbe treated him with an indifference which ef fectually concealed her ultimate de sign. That phase of coquetry, how ever, wa3 not entirely unknown to him, but never before had it beeu so well conceived or so ably execut ed. She was cold, unapproachable, reserved and self-possessed ; only in moments of forgetfulness (!) or chance (?) would she show him glimpses of a possible warmth. He would occasionally see her playing with children, leaning in affections ate solicitude over her maiden aunt, or sitting with a book of poems, her face rapt, her eyes raised in a zenith expression, but always at his ap proach she would assume her cus tomary attitude of iciness. This avoidance, these subtle barriers of tone and manner at length roused him. He had been simply attract ed, soon he was intent, determined. For the first time tbe possibility of failure faced him ; for the first time be underrated his own powers and overrated a woman's. Day after day he haunted her foot-steps, a willing slave, and after many half-hearted attempts, finally brcimw fourageous enough to throw hiineli at her .Wr, He was oIm lied to remain in that- rnetaphon cal condition over night, tor Grace, true to her role, as it not sure of her untried heart, required time to think the matter over. So, after a month ot persistent strategic effort, she sat on the edge of her bed in the narrow limits of a hotel chamber, the game in her own bands, but with no expression of elation on her face, or feeling of joy in her heart. There was a grnat deal to be done, suffering to indict aud to share, before she had time to enjoy; a letter to write, a false hood to tell, and a fear to combat, before the past could be obliteratee and the new life begun. Calmly she reviewed the events of the summer. The few days of lone liuess which assails the first comers, the morning when she had met a pair of handsome, masculine eyes gazing approvingly at her across the length of the sparsely filled dmiug-hall. The unconventional meeting which had followed these admiriug glances, the weeks of pleasaut acquaintanceship, ardent ftieodship, and passionate love. Notwithstanding the isolation of paverty and pride, she had played her pait fairly well in many flirta tions, hot never had her heart been touched until in those early weeks ot the summer season at Cape . The few stray guests left them unmolested, and Grace's aunt was too engrossed with the yellow-covered romances which lent color to her fiameless existence to even sus pect the one enacted before her. So she and Hugh Garter rode, walked, sailed, talked and made love to each other until the time for parting came, and he returned to his wotk with the elusive gratifications of a parting kiss and promise. Letters passed between them his manly and affectionate, teeming with the hopes and plans for the future, which lightened their present sepai ration hers, responsive and sym pathetic, and continued unchanged np to the time ot Mr. Videau's pros posal. She was not one to throw aside the substance for the shadow, and in case of a possible failure, contemplated the continuance of her allegiance. Now it only re mained to draw back. She would like to have offered some explana tion of her conduct which would place it in a not altogether unfavor able light, but could think of none. There must be no possibility of his seeking her to demand further light; her hold on Mr. Videau depended as much, she was aware, on his be lief in her indifference to ail othsr men, as it did in his belief in their mutual affection. A personal ini terview with ber discarded lover might spoil all, if it should ever come to his ears. She must allow no softer feeling to stand in the way of her ambition. So the letter was written and dispatched. Ir was cool, decisive aud plain; there could be no misunderstanding. In the parlance of the day she had thrown him over for a richer man. Then she gave herself up to Mr. Videau's importunities l. hesitatedj discouraged, placed obstacles in the way, in accordance with tbe part she bad elected to play, aud finally, yielded to his wishes and named an early day for their nuptials. All through this persistent courtship sbe was haunted by the dread of an unlooked for denouemeut. She feared, lest her ex-lover should seek to revenge himself by humiliating her. His silence seemed ominous. She felt as if she were dancing on a quicksand, and it was not until the words "man aud wife" had been pronounced by legal and religious authority, that she felt safe. Among tbe belated wedding gifts which remained guarded by the sanctity of seal and string, until af ter the prescribed journey was taks en, and the honeymoon spent, was a square package, whose severity of outline excited a feeling of mild ex citement in Mr. Videau's breast, as he watched his charming wife, on the eve ot ber home-coming, unroll the dainty souvenirs which spoke so pleasantly of past friendships, and future good-will, and heard her exclamations of surprise and de- liiilit. Hh wondered, idly, what it could be, whether brioa-brae, books, pieiuNM or silver, and felt a little impatient as she lingered over the other presents. At length she reached out her hand and took it. Ever on the alert to notice her slightest movement, he saw and se cretly noted the quick start, the gesture ot half.embarrrssment, the delicate flush as she read the ad drees, but so quick ws he in con cealing these signs of agitation, that ho was inclined to believe himself mistaken. As she dallied with the fastening, she felt like the prisoner awaiting the sentence which he sees before- hand in the judge's eye. She had not misunderstood the mau whom she had betrayed, his revenge, though tdow, would he none the less destructive. She dared uot de lay. There was a rustling of paper, a cutting ot cord ; Mr. Videau, strangely bewildered by his un founded susdicions, drew near, then a quickly suppressed sigh of relief ou her part, and au exclamation of delight on his. The opened package displayed a chess-board, unannounced by eon-g-atulatory message or donor's rume, its beauty alone a guarantee ol Irieudiy regard. As she glauced at it a hundred little incidents ot the past summer flashed through her mind. Truly she had played a strategic game. Her check had been followed by his checkmate. How many times kings and pawns alike had been inextricably mingled while hand sought hand, and face, face. How easily tbe game of chess with its countless intricacies, had bridged over the awkwardness of a first acquaintance, and, how insen sibly the game of love had taken its place. The entire history of their short courtship was written in on seen characters across its checkered surface. The board was hand wrought, ivory and ebony squares in alternation, skilfully inlaid ; vals liable as well for its fine workman ship, as for its costly material. Mr. Videau had all tbe qualities of a small nature, and bis curiosity was unbounded, but Grace skilfully evaded all inquiries, denying the slightest knowledge of its donor or reasou for its appearance. But her blush and half-frightened glance of inquiry were not forgot ten, although, tor a time, suspicion was lulled by her plausible nega tives. .But from that moment a shadow of distrust darkened their horizon. From that moment there was always the uncomfortable sense of watching and being watched. The chess-board, that monitor of unfaithful vows, occupied a promi nent position in her boudoir, where it reposed on a delicate table which had been procured by Mr Videau. Tbe anonymous gift seemed to ex ercise a strange fascination over him. Grace did not dare destroy this hateful reminder ot her past, much as she desired ; the act would be a tacit acknowledgment of all that she was endeavoring to deny by the propriety of her daily life. Her husbaud's mind was not of the an alytic order, and yet he displayed a remarkable pertinacity in learning, uuder her tuition, to move the piec es about on the board, though with no clear idea as to their final desti nation or preparatory use. Most of their home evenings were spent vis-asvis, the black and white squares between them : Grace half unconscious ot the coarse personals ity of her husband, thinking of tne games she had played with a differ ent opponent ; the manly face and well-built figure ; the pleasant voice and love-light iu the hazel eyes ; the swift caresses of pliant fingers, as they met hers in the intricacies of the game, while Mr. Videau sat, knowing by a sort of blind instinct of theee faithless reveries, cursing inwardly the unlucky gift, and yet too weak to withstand the tempta tion of tampering wiih his unhappi nesa. One night there was a domestic scene ; Grace, in tears, left the ta ble, and, seizing a book, buried her self in the depths of a capacious arm-chair at tbe farther end of the room, her back turned to Mr. Vis dean. He, left aloue, untempted by similar consolations, turned his at tention to the. untimshed game; at moving bishops, queens and kings about, with a total disregard of their rank and dignity, he suddenly swept them, by an impulsive gest ure, into the table drawer. Thinking he discerned a scratch on the surface of the board, he ex amined it closely. For the first time he was struck by its real light ness and apparent solidity. He ex perienced a little sense of anger at ! tbe discovery. He knew nothing about the mechanism ot chess boards, but he disliked the thought of owning anything which was a sham ; which appeared solid aud was in reality hollow. He struck his penknife into the almost imperceptible crack where a black and a white square joined, aud haviug described the four sides with its sharp point, lifted a piece of ivory from its place, and digclos ed a small aperture, in which was a letter, carefully folded, and refoldeJ, in the handwritiug of his wife. He continued his investigations, every square, as it was lifted, displayed a similar secret, until the whole cor respondence of Grace Videau with her exslover was revealed, mclud ingeven the last letter, which chron icled a double unfaithfulness, a frank acknowledgment that wkile she loved one man, she would yet sell herself to another. Gone back to her mother," the world said. "Well, such marriages never do end happily." The trouble with the so-called of ficial explanations of the gigantic appropriations made by the receut Congress is that they do uot explain. They throw no new light upon the questionaa to what amount of mon ey the Treasury will actually be called ou to disburse within the year; and they give no good reason for tbe large increase made in a great many branches of the public service, and they fail utterly to jus tify the items that have provoked criticism as wasteful and without excuse. AT. Y. Commercial Bulletin, Lid. Who In Your Ilent Friend? Your stomach of course Why? JJocaus if it is out of order you are on of tbe most miserable cr&aturea living. Oive it a fair honorable chance and see if it n not the best'friend you have in the end- Ion't smoke io the morning. Don't drink in the morning. If you must smoke and drink wait until your stomach ia through with breakfast. You can drink more and iinoke more in the evening and it will tell on you lees, if your food ferments and does not digest right, it you are troubled with Heartburn, Dizziness of the head, coming on after eating, Biliousness, Indigestion,or an- other trouble ol the stomach, you had psbu.se (Jreen'a August Flower, aef.i no r erson can uee it without immediate rello The "Unloaded I'lHtol'' ('huich Death at Forewt City, C One of the Forest City's attractive young ladies, Mios Leila Webb, about sixteen years of age, was shot last Thursday night by her young cousin, Robt. Webb, Jr., by a Belf cockingpistol. The ball penetrat ing the skull above the light eye, caused her death iu oue hour and a half. Miss Leila was combing tbe hair of her coain, Miss Beulah pre paratory for a street walk, when the young lad of fifteen years, Robt. Webb, Jr., walked into the room, picked up a pistol which he suppos ed was unloaded, pointed it at tbe young lady's htad, drew the trigger and fired, when the young lady fe'.l in the floor and remained insensible and speechless until her death. This sad tragedy is one more amid a thousand deaths cauaed by care less use of pistols in the hands of fools. The boy, is is said, did not know it was a selfcocking pistol, and he did not intend to kill bis cousin, was trying, as he said, to "play soldier," Shelby Aurora. Mammoth Cave is Kentucky's great pride ; but Kentucky also boasts of her wonderful Ganter's magic chicken cholera cure. Sold by Dr. J. M. Lawing. Economy is a virtue which is needed everywhere. No matter if persons get rich or have large in comes they should be economical. To waste is wicked. There are bet ter ways to spend money and goods. than to waste them. It is the pcor- est use they can be put to. Ex.

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