VOL Y
LINCOLNTON, N. G, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1891.
NO. 20
Professional Cards.
"jr.flic?. f. fte,
PHYSICIAN ANDSURGEON,
Offers his professional service to 'he
citizens of Liueolntou and &urroun-'
ding country. Room at O- A. Ram'
lanr'a. Office at J. M. La wing's
drag store. All calls promptly ats
tended to.
Aug. 7, lfc91 ly
lias located at Lincolnton and of
fers his services as physician to the
citizens ot Lincolutou and surround
ing country.
Will be round at night at the resa
idence of B. C. Wood
March 27, 1691 ly
BA KTIETT SHIPF,
ATTO R N E YAT LAW.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Jan, 9, IbSl. ly-
Finley & Wetmore,
ATTYS. AT LAW.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrounding counties.
All business put into our
hands will be promptly atten
ded to. :
April 1, lfeuO. lv.'
SURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST.,
LINCOLNTON, N. C-
July 11, 1800. ly
' DENTIST.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Cocaine used for painless ex
tracting teeth. With thirty
years experience. Satisfaction
given in all operations- Terras
cash and moderate.
Jan 23 "81 lv
GO TO
aOUTIIEISK UTAH
BARBER SHOP.
Newly fitted up. Work away&
neatly done, customers politely
waited upon. Everything pertain
ing to the tonsorial art is done
according to latest styles.
HeNEY TAiLoa, Barber.
For Malaria, Liver Trou
blOjOr Indigeationuse
BROTO'S IRON BITTERS
KM. ANDREWS,
Carries the LARGEST STOCK of
FURNITURE, PIANOS & ORGANS
to foe Found in the Stale.
BABY CARRIAGES AND TRICYCLES.
Buv in Large Quantities Direct
Will Give You Low Prices."
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES.
GOODS EXCHANGED IF NOT SAT1SFACTO
E M-ANDREWS,
U aud 16 West Trade St.
for infanta
. 'CutorUfctoa4ptdtocUUtremUii
I racommedd it M nperior to ajr prMcriptioa
kmown to me.": U. A. AAcnm, X. D., j
111 So. Oxford St., BrouUyB, N. T.
. rTfc cfCartorla'ta wo natrtw! tad
fca merit ao veU known tbt it mdm a work
ot vupcrerontlQB to sadon it. lw arc tb
UtoUlfftikt rkmille who do not kp Catori
wltUa temj rMtb."
Cabxxm MABTTir.D. D. ,
Mew York Ctty. ;
Late Pallor TUoominttiaU &on&l Cauroa.
Tibs Csstri.fr
' ' UAPPY HOOSIERS.
"Wm! Timmoni, Postmaster of Idaville,
lad., writes :-"Electric Bitters has done
more for me than hl other medicines com
bined, for that bad feeling arising from
Kidney and Liver trouble." John Leslie,
farmer and toe km an, ot same place, says:
"Find Electric Hitters, to bo .the beat Kid
ney and Liver medicine, Bad? me leel like
aneV; Juan" J W. Gardner.: bard ware
merchant, game town, says : Electric Bit
ters is just the thing tor a man who is all
un down and don't care whether he lives
)r dies ; he found new strength, good ap
oetite and felt just like he had a new lease
on life. Only 50 cent a bottle, at Dr. J M
Lawing'a Drug Store.
&For neuralgia bruise horseradish
and apply as a poultice to the wrist.
i - . i
Itch on human and Horses and all anis
mall cured in 30 minutes by Woolfords
Sanit&rv Lotion. This never fails. Sole by
J M. Lawing Druggist Lincolnton, N
C.
Greaae may be removed from silk
by applying magnesia on the wrong
side. . V
CANT sLSEP ICHTS
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 cent and GO cents. For
jala by Dr. J M Lawing, Druggist.
A celebrated French cook says
that filtering is the only way to
make coffee.
How Men Die.
It we know all the methods of approf.eh
adopted by an enemy we are the better en-,
abled to ward off the danger and postpone
the moment when 'surrender becomes in
evitable. In many instances the inherent
strength of the body suffices to enable it
oppose the tendency toward death. Many
however have lost these forces to such an
extent that there is little 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 of the Throat or
Lungs, give that old and well-known rem
dye Boschee'g German Syrup, a careful
trial. It wilt prove what thousands say of
it to be the benefactor of any home."
Do not buy hemp carpets, they
lade very soon and are very unsat
isfactory. A CHILD KILLED.
Another child killed by the use of opiatas
given in the form of Soothing Syrup. Why
mothers give their children such deadly
poison is surprising when theytcan relieve
the child of its peculiar troubles by using
Dr. Acker's Baby Soother. It contains no
opium or morphine. Sold by Dr. J M Lawi
ing, Druggist.
Indian corn is probably the most
healthy, nutritive food iu the world.
LA GRIPPE AGAIN.
During the epidemic of la grippe last
season Dr. King's New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and colds, proved to be
the best remedv. Reports from the many
who used it, confirm this statement. They
were not only quickly removed but the
disease left no bad after results. We ask
j you to give inia remeuy a u" "
gaaranteo that you win ue bausueu mm
results, or the purchase price will be re
funded. It has no equal in la grippe or
any throat, chest or lung trouble. Trial
bottles free at J 21 Lawing ' drugstore.
j Large bottles 60c and $ 1.00
From Factories and C
and
Charlotte, N. C.
and Children.
Oaatoria cowl OoUe, Ooaattpatfcn,
Sour Stomaca, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
KilU Worm, giTea alasp, and pratttalat ai,
WitSouttenrioua martWtioa. -
For aeTeral years I bae raoommanded
your Oaatoria,' and abaU always eoaskaua to
do ao as It baa iarariatty produoad baaaflctol
reaults."
KswDf F. FiJLon, If. D.,
Tfca WlBtfcrop," ISSta Street and 7th At.,
Xsw York City.
Oktajty, Tt Mcbjlat Stksjbt, Wsw Tosjc
New York Ledger.
"THE DARKEST HOUR
IS JUST BEFORE DAY"
BY ANNA STIEILDS.
OU are not going out to-day,
surely," Miss Draper said,
fretfully, aa her neioe took a
mantle and bonnet from the
closet and slipped ont of a shabby
wrapper and into a scarcely less
shabby walking drees.
"Not going out V Abbie Draper
repeated, in a tone of strong eur
prise. "Why, what put that into
your head, Aunt Ellen 1 I have all
my lessons to give,"
"All yonr lessons 1 Do you mean
to tell me that yon are going to
teach, now ?"
"Not after the holidays, perhaps.
But I cannot leave all my classes at
a moment's notice! Think bow
kind my Iriends have been about
getting papila for me. I mast keep
my place until they find another
teacher. Then !" and Abbie drew a
deep breath, as if some vision of
rapture floated before her eyes.
"Well, what theu ?" asked Miss
Draper.
"Ob, I cannot tell you I We will
go to Europe we will have the
prettiest home we can find! We
will live in the country, auntie ! I
am so tired or city life 1"
She looked, in spite of the excite
ment with whioh she spoke, as if
she was tired of ever thiug a sweet
fae, not much past girlhood, four
or five-and -twenty, but thin, pale,
wearynlooking, as if too heavily
burdened. Never very strong,
though not sickly, Abbie Draper
had lived a life of petted ease the
darling ot her father and Aunt Ellen
until she was eighteen. Two
eveuta happened thou, following
each other rapidly ; Carroll Noye-,
her boycompanion and dearest
friend, bad left bis home suddenly,
she did T not knew why ; and her
father had died, after a very brief
illness, bankrupt.
Bankrupt ! There was nothing
left' of all the wealihhe was supposed
to possess, and his sister and daugb
ter were thrown npon the world as
desolate and helpless a pair of wom
en as ever struggled for life against
poverty and toil. Friends came for
ward and . found some scholars in
German and music for Abbie, and
Mi 33 Ellen kept house on a floor in
a crowded tenement house and did
fancy-work during the intervals be
tween cooking and sweeping. .
Delicately nurtured women, who
had lived in purely country air all
their lives, in the luxurious home at
Sunnydale, that John Draper called
his "little place," they sank slowly
under the hardens laid npon ihem,
lost flesh and color, appetite and
! sleep, and kept up a forced cheer-
j fulness only
when they were to
; gether. . ..
mia J cat a ut juui ivwi, viuoo c,
Oiw vrAAVC r maa. ts.H aIam ntr
I steady toil and insufficient clothing
bad made Abbie pale and thin, with
3dd, wistful eyes and pathetic lips,
j instead ol a bright, roeycheeked
j girl, lull of animation, eager and
! impetuous, as she had been in the
old days at Sunnydale.
Miss Draper sat idly looking at
her as she made her preparations to
ont, her hands, usually ao busy,
zrossed in her lip, her head resting
against a corner of the bureau.
"Europe I Country house ! Best!
Qaiet 1" she said in a dreamy way
a lite unlike her brisfc tone. "It
tioauds delicious, Abbie ! Bat iu
the meantime, dear, your boots are
a' I broken, your over-shoes not
much better, and yoar ulster is a
marvel of shabbiness."
'We will' make that all right bood,
auntie. Mr. Sanderson writes that
he will send me money next week.
Mouey 1 Do you understand, Aunt
Ellen! Think of it I No more wor
ry over the rent j no more scraping
and saving; no more twisting every
dime round and round to see how to
grit tbe most of it. We are rich !''
"And yet you will go out today
to teaoh in all this Tain and . slpsh ;
and you look just fit to go to bed
this 01016.
"It is only for a little while, auoti
ie. I will ask all my pupils to-day
to find anew teacher a soon aa
possible. I
She pressed a soft, tender kiss
upon her annt'a lips as nbe spoke,
nod went out of the room, down
three long, narrow flights ot uncart
peted stair, and out. into a cold,
raw, November dntzle, with the
pavements a slippery mass, of mud
aud snow.
And Aunt Ellen, still ait ting idly
in tbe same place and attitude, was
thinking: ''"
"It is luoky one's wishes do not
come to pass sometimes. Here I
have been for six years wishing John
had not sent Carroll Noyes away
without telling Abbie he loved her.
He might have given the child a
home, even if a poor one, and I am
sure she cared for him. But now !
Why, with all her uncle Paul's mon
ey, she can many anybody. Let
her get back her color, and dress
handsomely , and there will not be
a more attractive gul in society.
And Mr. Sanderson thinks he can
buy Sunnydale!.. How our old
fiiends will welcome Abbie 1 Good
friends they were, too, who did not
desert na in our poverty. Ah, how
glad I am for her ! No more pov
erty, no more freezing and starving!
I'll begin to-day I There is the rent
money in ray drawer, and the child
shall have a good dinner when she
comes home - J
Roused to activity by this thought
Miss Draper bustled about, put the
room in order, and, taking a basket
went out to purchase the materials
fcr a substantial dinner such a
dinner as Abbie bed not eaten for
many long days.
It wa9 on the table at the moment
when the sweet face usually bright",
ened tbe poor rooms. It grew cold;
was put back npon the stove ; dried
up was wasted. The stormy day
grew more boisterous the wind
blew a Kale ; darkness oo in,
Miss Draper walked up and down
the rooms, looked from the window,
listened at the door, sickened to
faint nesa with anxiety and terror,
and still no light step came np the
stairs no sweet voice told her Ab
bie bad come home.
She had no idea where in all that
great citv to seek for her niece. It
had never been necessary for her to
have the exact address of the schools
and houses where Abbie taught,and,
besides, she bad no lessons after five
o'clock, and It was nearly nine.
Nearly nine and stormiDg violently!
Something terrible had happened ;
of that Miss Draper was snre. But
what 1 Where could she go f Who
could advise her ?
Only those who have passed
through such hours of agony can
understand how the night passed
for Miss Draper. All the love of
ber heart was given to her niece,
md daylight found her white, hag
gard, almost delirious with fear and
suspense. She had resolved to go
o a police station, to ask assist,
mce, when a heavy step came up
;he bare stairs, and a messenger
boy knocked at her door.
"Miss Draper Tr he asked.
"Yes."
He held out a card one of Ab
bie's cards, with her address prints
ed upon it.
"I was sent from St. Mary's Hos
pital," he said, "to tee if there was
any one here what belonged to a
lady as was bronght to the hospital
yesterday afternoon, and was pick-
ed up in a faint, and is in a fever,
aod, if yoQ are a relation, the ma
tron says you oan come."
All of which was delivered withs
ont break or pause.
"'St. Mary's Hospital!' Where
is that?"' Miss Draper asked.
"Sign my card, please," the boy
said, after giving tbe direction to
the hospital, "Shall I say you're
a-coming Vy
"Yes ! Yes ! I'll be there as soon
as you are."
"You'll have to quit shaking like
that, theu," the boy said, 'Say, I'll
get you a cab if yoall give me ten
cents.'7
"Yes ! Get me a cab. Be quick,
that's a good boy."
There was a pint of milk at the
door, left early by the milkman,who
wondered that the pitcher had not
been placed there; but thought it
safe to leave a can. The sight ot it
reminded Miss Draper that she had
eaten nothing since noon the preyi
c us day, aud was shaking so vio
lently she could scaroely tie her
tonnet. She drank it all, and, put
ting a shawl over ber shoulder,
staggered down the stairs to wait
fr the cab, which came rattling
elong in a few moments.
It was like some horrible dream
ti drive through the streets in the
e trly morning, to be ushered into
Vie hospital, to meet the kind voice
a ad sympathizing face of the ma tron,
and Miss Draper was still
dazed when she found herself in a
cozy sitting-room, and heard what
trie matron could tell her.
"Your niece' the gentle voice
said, 'ahe must have fainted in the
8'reet. Of course, she was put into
tbe transient ward at first, but when
fie doctor S;iw her, he said she was
au old filend and he would bo re
sponsible for all oxjienseH, aud had
her carried to one of the private
rooms. Yoa oan be with her all
day, if yon wish, and not leave her
if nhe is dangerously ill."
"What what is the matter with
her ? ' Miss Draper asked, in a faint,
far-away voice, that told its own
storv to the experienced matron.
"Drink this glass of wine," she
said, kindly "You will not be ofi
fended if I tell you what the doctor
says ?"
"No, no, tell me!"
"He says she has a fever brought
on by overwork and exposure. She
lies now in a stupor, and is quite
delirious if she 13 roused to speak."
"Dying ?"
"Oh, no, indeed ! We hope that
good nursinc and care will soon
cure her. Ah ! here ia the doctor,
now I"
"Carroll Noyes!" Miss Draper
cried, wondering if she, too, was be
coming delirious.
'Mc lor Tiaa T?.llan ha anamar
ed, grasping both her hands, "bow
I have longed to see you and Abbie.
I never knew, until about two
months ago, when I was appointed
resident physician here, that your
brother was dead. And now tell
me something about it. I have just
seen Abbie, and she has a good
nurse watching ber. You shall go
to her very soon."
"The wine had restored Miss Dra
per, and some of the mists and mis
eries were lifted frou her brain:
She bad always liked Carroll Noyes,
and doubted if be was the fortune
hunter her brother had believed him
to be. 'ibis was a good time to test
hinc, she thought, a9 she answered
ha questions and told him "all
a out it.1'
All about her brother's death, the
discovery that he was rained, the
leaving Sunnydale and the bitter
experience of tbe past six years; but
not one word of the sudden change
of fortune, the rolling back of the
cloud. Already Doctor Noyes had
drawn his own conclnsions, from
thd broken boots, tbe shabby dress,
tbe wasted form and pallid face.
He had carried in his heart for six
long years the memory of a merry.
girlish face, delicate in feature but
full of bright animation, surrounded
by luxuries, daintily clothed, tbe
darling of fortune. He had nerved
himself to think of Abbie as the
wife of some richer man than him
self, presiding over another home
of wealth and ease ; but he had nevi
er seen anyone else to whom he
could offer the same love he had
given her since he was a sturdy boy,
and she a dainty, sweet child five
years younger than himself.
Tbe shock of recognition when he
was called to her bedside, had been
terrible, realizing aa he did, instant
ly, the suffering and privation that
must have led to the sadden col
lapse of her strength ; and a new
hope, a quick: resolve had nerved
him, as he fonnd all the old love
stirring in bis heart, and only stron
ger for the tender pity that accom
panied it.
It was a hard struggle for life
that followed. Brain exhaustion,
nervous prostration, tbe doctors
called the illness ; aod Miss Draper
never left the room where Abbie
lay, while the doctor exerted all bis
skill to save her. Reason came bacfc
to the over. wearied brain long be
fore Abbie could lift her head from
the pillow ; and in the first hours Of
consciousness she recogni zed Cart
roll Noyes, But ah wa very weak,
and he wonld not let her converse.
He had assured her aunt that there
wculd be no trouble abont the exs
pense of a private room and a spe
ci;d nnrso ; and Miss Draper had
niido no comment, thoagh she
thanked him warmly.
Christmas had parsed when Ab
bia was pronounced well enough to
leave the hospital ; and on the day
of her departure Doctor Noyes bad
toM her of his long silent love and
won the auKwer he coveted.
"I cannot offer you wealth," ho
said, "but I have a comfortable in
cone now, an increasing practice,
and can give you a home, where 1
trust my love will make you happy.
Ycur aunt Ellen will bo most wel
come there, and I hope will soon
love me, as well as yon."
"Thanks!" Miss Draper said,
opening the door as the last words
wt ro spoken, "it would, indeed, be a
sorrow to me to be separated from
Abbie. I am afra'd, dear, the trip
to Europe and the country borne
mist wait awhile, but Mr. Sander
son writes that he has secured Sun
nydale, so you can spend the hot
months at your own couutryseat, if
ycur home i9 in the city."
And theu the bewildered doctor
w;ts told the remaiuder of tbe story
that Miss Draper had left unfinish
ed a few weeks before, and knew
that the heiress from whom he had
been banished six years before was
acain an heiress, but was his own
trie love for life as well.
IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ?
Not if you go through the world a dys
peptic, fir. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are
a positive cure for the worst forms of Dys
pepsia, Indigestion, Flatulency and Cols
sumption. Guaranteed and sold by Dr. J
M. Lawing Druggist.
i
One ot Folk's Points.
ine uuanoiie nromcie makes
the following quotation from one of
Col. Polk's arguments in favor of
the sub-Treasury :
"The government could take
w'liskey, put it in a warehouse and
1 02k it up with no rent, no tax aod
no insurance to pay. The owner
would get a certificate ot deposit,
go out and borrow money op it,
and bring in more whiskey time
after time as often as he wanted to.
This could be done with the stuff
that damned men's souls, but it
was not constitntional to dole out
wheat as it was required."
The man pntting up a govern,
meat distillery mutt put ns a ware
bouse alongside of it the governn
ment does not put it up for him.
The whiskes is put into his ware-t
house as made and a government
ofiicei carries the keys to ir. Tne
government issues no certificate of
deposit whatever, and if any money
is borrowed on this whiskey in the
stoie room we never heard of it but
certainly, as the Chron Icle says, it
any is borrowed it is not from the
government. The government is
tbrough its storekeeping aud gau-
ger, not in the interest of the disi
til er but in its own interest to see
that uoBe of the whiskey is removed
until tbe fax is paid on it. The
government hasn't advanced a dol
lar and doesu't intend to, and before
the distiller can realize a dollar
on the whiskey he must pay DO
ceuts per gallon tax ou V, when for
the first time it becomes hid. "No
rent I" Of coarse not for the dis
tiller owns the warehouse. "No
taxi" Yes, the tax uust be paid
before the whiakey cau be removed.
'No insurance I" Certainly not, on
less the distiller insures it himself,
for if it burns np it is Lis loss, not
the government's, and unless he
can show that the fire occurred
throngh no fault ot his he is still
liable for the tax of 90 cents per
gallon on it even after he has lost
the liquor. Bat nowhere in the
transaction does tbe government
adcance the distiller a dollar on bis
whikey, and therefore there is not
the slightest similarity in the world
between the distillery warehouse
and the subvTreasury idea. Siates
ville Landmark.
A DUTY TO YOCB3ELF.
It is surprising that people will use a com-
mon, ordinary pm wneu iney can secure a
valuable English one for the same money.
Dr. Acker's English pills are ipositice
curet or sick headache and all Liver Trous
nble. They are small, sweet, easily taken
and do uot gripe. For sale by Dr. J M
Lawing, Druggist.
What to lo With a Had
Temper.
Starve It. Give It nothing to feed
on. When something tempts yoa
to grow angry, do not yield to the
temptation. It may for a ruinate
or two be difficult to control your
self ; but try it. Force yourself to
do nothing, to say nothing and the
rising temper will be foroed to go
down, because it has nothing to hold
it up. The person who can and
does control tongue, hand, heart in
the face of great provocation is a
bero. The world may not own him
or her as such, bnt God doe". The
Bible says that hu that niielh his
spirit is better thau ho tbat taketh
a city.
What is gained by yielding to
temper f For a moment theie is a
feeling of relief ; but soon comes a
wen ho of sorrow and shame, with a
wish that the temper had been con
trolled. Fiiends are separated by
a bad temper, trouble ii caused by
it, aud pain is given to others as
well as to self. That pain too often
ia-ts for days, even yeais some
times tor life. An oat burst of tern
per is like the bursting of a steam
boiler ; it is impossible to tell before
what will be the result. The evil
done may never be remedied. Starve
your temper. It is not worth keep-,
ing alive. Lutheran Visitor.
wh can and d
Guarantee Dr. Acker'u Blood Elixir, for it
his been fully demonstrated to the people
ot this country that it is .-uprior to all
oihor preparations tor Mood dieaie. It is
a positive cure for syphilitic pois. ninjr,
Ulcers, Eruptions and I'impUs, It jturitles
the whoie system and thoroughly builJs
up the constitution. For sate by Dy J. M.
Lawing, Druist.
111 1m Made ot Serpent.
Itev. Ituel B. Karib, of Oroomiab,
Persia, iu an address io Baltimore a
icw uaje gu, iuiu au iuittouti p
story of Persian life ;
"There are 9,000,000 people in
Persia, and, though it is not now
the land of Scriptures, thousands
yet worship fire, tbe sun, moon and
the sea.
"There are no books aud no print
ing houses iu Persia, except those
which have been established by the
Presbyterian missions. The; Per
sians have no medical works, tbe
priests being lawyers and doctors
aa well as exercising their priestly
functions. There are no drug stores
in Persia' but then there are no 1U
quor stores. When the patient
comes to the priest for treatment
for disease of any kind, the priest
opens an Arabic book that has been
handed down from generation to
generation for over COO ears, and
waercver the book happens to open,
the priest prescribes the tieatment
tor the patient, entirely irrespective
ot whether he is afliicted with that
disease. Holy water and holy dirt,
mixed into a compound, appear to
foim a large portion of the medics
treatment."
Speaking of the treatment of oick
persons in Persia Mr, Karib said :
"When a person is in need of a
tot ic of some kind bis nurse or at
tendant uses a tiger's bone for the
purpose, upon the principle that as
the patient needs strengthening,
and as the bone ia the htrongest
part of the animal, it is supposed to
be the only proper remedy. Instead
of the life giving compounds made
ia this part of the world, Persians
make their pills of serpents, toada
and other rept les. Such a binug aa
a surgeon or a dentist.is unknown
ia any part of Persia. No tim is
given to the stady of anatomy, bur
gery, or even the circulation ot the
blood, and many Persians die from
broken limbs which have not been
properly set."
Gold In Teeth.
. People seem to wonder why it is
that dentists use gold only for tbe
best fillings, and are inclined to be
lieve that it is because they wish to
run np the bills. As is well known,
silver would resist the acids found
in tbe month quite as well, and I
have been asked at least twenty
times why I did not put iu silver
fillings. If those who are so anx
ious to cast aspersions ou the dents
ists would only study metallurgy
they would find the reason we em
ploy gold ia that it is the only metal
that will weld while cold Silver
will not do bo nor will anything else