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fx 11 Mwn VOL V LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JAN. 15, 1892. NO. 37 l i i m y Professional Cards. g. Posted;, PnYIOlAN AND SURGEON, CtJira bla professional serviceta the citeuM ef LiooJBtoH and sarrouu clng enniry. QIoe at hi resis du adjoining LiacolatOM Hotel. All oalla prcraptly attended to. Auk. 7, 1811 ly J. W.SAIN,M.D., Has located at Liacolntou and of fers ki a services as pbysieian to the citizens of Lincoluton and surround ing couutry. Will be found at night at the ress idence of B. C. Wood March 27, 1891 ly Bartlett Shipp, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLHTOX, N. C. Jan. 9, 1S91. Finley & Wetmore, ATTYS. AT LAW, ilCOtNTOIf, N. c. Will practice in Lincoln and surrounding counties. All business put into our liands will be promptly atten ded to. April 18, 1890. lY. Dr. W. A. PRESSLEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Terms CASH. ' ' OFFICE IN COBB BUILDIN3, MAKC ST., LINCOLNTOM, N. C July 11, 1890. ly 1 I L LINCOLNTON, N. C. Cocaine used for painless ex tracting teeth. With thirty years experience. 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Sold on a positive guarantee at 25 cent? and 50 cents. For sale by Dr. J M Luwing, Druggu-i. and Children OMtorlA cure CoHc, OooMtpatlm, Sour Stomach, DUrrhpeA, KnicUtion, ytiu Worn, tve steep. d promote di, Withooliaurioufl medtcatioo. -For several years I hv reoomwW our Castor. ' ind shall ii lTo Tt LaTkvarUbly produced beneflc!l resulU." Edwin F. Pajum, M. D., MTh Wiattirop," ltli Strwt nd Tth A.r., X yew York City. Ovin, 77 Mubjut Strt. Nw Yon., New York Ledger. FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE. BY AMELIA E. BAER Vlboat tbree years ago I was one tjrJay saantering in Union fe-Saare, and stopped in at L'g pfnor Roraa'a studio. I found the young artiat boiily at work upon the likeness ot a lady in cray ons, and after oar Orst cordial greet ing, be returned lo it, saying that be expected her that afternoon to examine his progress. I soon became interested in the growing face, not because of its beauty for it was the face of a woman at least forty years old but because of its singular repose, and the tender look of chastened suffer ing in the large, wide-open eyes. "Roma," I said, "that is a very attractive face." "You should see the daughter ot this woman. Ah ! she is an angel !" "I am speaking of the mother. I think her very lovely." "She has the loveliness of com. pleted sofferlDg ; her face is a his tory, not a calendar ; that is the secret of her attractiveness. Her daughter ia a living poem! and pic ture.1' "You speak like a lover.'' "I am one." "Does she know it t" 'Who shall tell her? I might as well love some bright, particular star and think to wed it, as love and hope to wed Pearl iJailey. She is Richard Lofkin's heiress.'' "Aud you are " "1 am a poor aitiat. I make about three thousand dollars a year." He dropped his bead, and went on with bis work in nervous hate. Presently I heard a rustle of silk, a sweet, low voice, and a little, rip pling;, musical laugh. Immediately Roma was at the door, and bowing low, as he held it opeu for the two ladies who entered. The elder was clothed in black silk, unrelieved by anything except ing a little foam of rich, white lace aud the dull glitter of some jet or-. Daments. The younger had on a dress in which pale cream color were exquisitely blended. The face of the elder was the face of one who had suffered and conquorefi ; the lace of the younger was the face ot a sinless, sorrowless child, who un suspeotiugly had grown into wom anhood. The mother's hair was nearly white j the daughter's, a pale, golden frame to a little oval picture of exquiait beauty. I dd not wonder when I saw the giri that Roma should feel utterly hopeless in regard to bis love. But before their visit was over I had changed my opinion. I noticed Pearl's shy glance at the handsome artist and her bright, responsive blushes whenever Roma's luminous eyes met hers. I saw, in fact, that Pearl was just as much iu Sove as Roma was, and that all the two hearts wanted was one flash of in telligence to introduce them to each other. I became a visitor at Mrs. Bailey's, but beyond a certain mental aud artistic sympathv, our acquaintance did not ripen quickley. The winter passed, and the summer sent one hither and another thither. I went to the seaside, Mrs. B2" y and Pearl to the mountains ; and being in town for a day in July, I found that Roma also had goue away. TJuder such circumstances, many pleasant friendships ore dropped and never gathered together again -aud I was almost in this dauger with regard to Roma and rbe tfai ieys. The fact wan, 1 was going to ue married and my mind was full of nucti Inra nftiiru with thft atteU. daut cares cf upholstery and ininli- nery. But cue day, as I stood in front ot a store, balancing a certain point about silks in my mind, a gentle hand touched me and a pleasant voice said "good morning" as frank; Iy and quiet as if we had et but yesterday. It was Mrs. Bailey yes, it was she, though I might hvae patsed her twenty times and not known her, so greatly was she changed. She looked as if ten years bad dropped away from her life, and had that indescribable air about her toilet which says : "I dress for love, and not for fashion." Another astonishment awaited me. A handsome man, who might be fifty years ot age. ceased giviug directions to the coachman, and ap proached us. Mn?. Bailey intro duced him to me as "Mr. Bail?y, my husband," and then, with a cor dial invitation to ca'l on them, she passed down thesrps and into the waiting carriage. This was not tUe end of my per plexity, for I was certain I had seen Mr, Bailey before, and his grave, sad face haunted me so persistently and worringly that I threw aside my own interests awhile, and tried to remember when and where I had seen those pathetic tyea and that tall, noble figure. Somehow my mind would connect them with Ro- na'e studio ; but that, I scou con, eluded was sheer nonsense. With the exception of a few young artists and a few ragged wretGhed-looking models, I had never met any men there. I suffered two or three days to elapse, and then went to call upon Mrs. Bailey, It was a cold, wet day, bnt Pearl and Roma were making sunshine for themselves in the usual sittingparlor, and I was asked by a servant to see Mrs. Bai ley in her own room. I followed her to a large upper 0!) amber, luxuriously furnished, and Mrs. Bailey met me at the deor. There was a lit tle table spread be fore the fire, aud as I do not pre tend to be insensible to the com forts of good Souchong and cold chicken, I regarded the table with approbation, I do not know what influence of the dreary day or of the cosy room or of her own mind ruled her, but she was evidently iuclined for con fidential conversation; and from one topic to another we fell gradually into those predisposing to personal matters. As the twilight deepened we became moro aud mere earnest and solemn, and I was scarcely ass tonished when, after some preliinU nary remarks she told me her story. She said: "I was boru in Boston, of an old and rich family. I do not remem ber my mother, and my father also died while I was very young, leav ing me and my fortune to the oare of my balf.brotber, Richard Lufkin. lie was much older than I was, and loving and honest integrity, he strove to be both father and brother to me. "We loved each other dearly, and nothing daikened our aflectioD, nn til I met and loved Philip Bailey. You see how handaome he is even yet ; judge then, what he was twen tyfour years ago. That he was ex travagant did not alarm me. I thought myself able to control and reform all the weak points in his cheracter ; and the fact that I was largely right in this supposition has been one of the bitterest drops in my cup of punishment and regret. "For his nature was so noble, so responsive to good, so eager for so me purer and bibber pleasures than those which were deluding and destroying him, that I am quite sure, had I trusted to God and to my own highest instincts, I might have raised him4even to his own high ideal. "But we were no sooner married than trouble began. It was my fault. I was exacting to a ridicun lous deffree, jealous of t very moment of Philip's time,and would not suffer him to be absent from my side au boor in peace. Love soon frets at snch authoritive restrait; qnarrels and rcconciliatious lollowid each other quickly, and then, alasl quar rels when we made bo apologies, and which woie not followed by re conciliations. "The home which we had furnish ed with such promises of a happy and peaceful life became a scene of constant bickeiing, lecriminalions, tears and complaints. AU this be gan in such little things that I am ashamed to recall them: He was five minutes later than hts promise . he met au old friend and went to dine with him; be forgot some compliment, or gave it pettishly when pettishly reminded of the omission ; he neglected some slight commission such trifles as these were the beginning of years of misery," "Such little things !" I exclaimed. "Ah, my dear! but they opened a wide door for far worse ones. By and by Philip began to stay hours behind his promise to stay all night to itay away with some old friend for days and weekp, without any ceremony but the bare iraita tion of bis intentions. 1 rebelled, protested, scolded. He shragged bis shoulders, pmiled I remember 4. when too lale, how weaiily and sadly and lalt me aloue with my quarrelsome, unhappy temper. "Children came to na, a beautiful boy and a pretty, bright girl. Phil ip was verj fond and proud of them, and strove hard to atone lor his neglect. But instead of accept ing the present love, 1 was continu ally poisoniBg the happiest hour by regrets for the ones he had wasted, and by doubts of his future inten tions. Believe me,dear,3ou may wear away a love as strong as death by sucha course. So, Philip, meeting no laving response, f gradually back iato his old habits aud asso ciations. "Then money began to fail j we became embarrassed, and my broth r refused us all further help. When tb;s took place there was a bitter quarrel. My inheritancfl had been left in Rickard's absolute direction and disposal, and Philip began to doubt whether 1 had received my just iight9. He talked of an inves tigation by the law. I went furths er : 1 paesed my brother on the street, and forbade the little chil dren, who loved him so dearly, to speak to him. "At the end ot five years we had to give up housekeeping and board, In another year we found it irapoi siblc any longer to preserve even the outward semblance of our for mer state, aad Philip said we must go to New York. Even then, bad I been patient and helpful, I might have saved myself and my husband) but, though I promised much and he promised much, I could not snb. due myself to conquor his weakness by the humility ot love. "We left Boston clandestinely ; no friend wished us 'Godspeed,' and my brother was still unreconciled. The little money wo bad soon evap orated ia boarding houses ; we passod from one to another, always siukiug a little lower, until at length a day came when we bad neiiher money nor home unless I could have made a homo iu the miserable, empty room which was now th only wretched flotsam of a wrecked life. "I did not lack the energy aud the ability to have done this, but I lacked the wi)!, I sat gloomily down in tearless, sulking indifftrs ence, and scarcely heeded either the crying of my children of the res proaches and promises of my hus band. For he vowed, even then, he would abandon all his evil ways and work hard, if I wou'd trust him once more. I can see him yet as he stood humbly before me. I just raised my eyes and glanced scorn fully and Incredulously at him. "He weut angrily out, and did not return. Late at night, a note was brought me. It was Philip's last word of regret and farwell. He begged my forgivenass for his share of our mistaken life, and, for the rest, he hoped I would go back to my brother Ric&ard, to whom, he said, be bad written ia my behalf. "That was all. I was really ill cow fell from on long faint into another ; and in the midst ot my anguish Pearl came walling into the world, For a long time I was quite dependent on the pity and charity of my poor neighbors; and when at length I was able to rise and look the world in the face again, I scarcely knew which way to turn; for ray brother had been written to over and over, and no answer or help sent in response ; aud either teachiug or plain sewing was my only available resource. "After many weary days I found a position as under musiciteacher in a tbirdTats school, I only got a bare pittance for tix hoars' labor a day, aud bad t give that up when little Phil and Rosa took the scar let fever," "Aui they died ?'I asked. "Botn died within twelve hours of each other, and even little Pearl was long ill. In all those long beurp, wheu 1 stock thinking ami watchiug between two worlds, yoa may tie sure my sins of every kind were brought to my remembrance. When I turned back from my chil drum's graves into the world again, I trust I turned bick a different woman. I took up liie's hard tak ia a better spirit. "One Hpiing night I was taking Peat la walk up Broadway, in ordn to let her sea the bnght light and guy shopswindows. Suddenly a gentleman stepped before me, and laying his hand upon my shoulder, cried out : " Margaret ! Margaret !' "It was my brol her Richard. He had come to New York immediatelv on receiving Philip' last letter ; but Pdilip had V r forgotten to put my address in it or had supposed I would go at ouce to Boston. He did not find me, though he had looked long and spent much money i i seeking mo. He had then re turned to Boston, sought me there, aad failing also, had come back te Naw York. "Well, I never again knew what it was to have an unratified want, or to miss a loving care for every hour. I hope, 1 believe, that I val ued those blessings now at their trae worth. Richard and I spent w.my happy years together, aud for mauy of them made every etToit t trace my lost husbaHd. It what ever wild land hopeless men were. wout to go, we advertised for bii but in vain. "So Peail grew to womanhood, and we were happy. Ou her seven teenth birthday we determined to have our pictures painted, and a cbauce remark sent to Signor Rc ma'rt studio, where 1 ateo met jou. Oso day, just a we were leaving the city, we called theie to ask him tp'Visif ns during the summer. He was busy on a hif-toric.il paiuting, but aj we entered, dismissing his medel, and put aside his brushes. "The model took his hat s.tdly up, bowed to Roma, ami advanced to the door. As he passed ua, b glanced at Pearl, and beiDg detect ed made a movement ot apology and went on. It was euough I knew him. With a rapid movement I placed luys- It before the door,and stretching out my arms, cned out passionately : lfi Philip 1 dear Philip, forgive roe!' "Roma, with delicate divination and tacr, withdrew Pearl to an iu ner painttngroom ; and there, and so, wo met and kbew each other again." 'He had snfiered also "Who can toll how niU'-hl He had been ia California; he bad been rich ana become poor ; he had giaed much and lost everything ; he had been in captivity to Indians ha had been shipwrec ked ; he had known the extremes of poverty and sickness. When I fouud him he was earning a scanty living as a painter's model, or iu any of tho;e ways which the humblest poverty alone discovers:5' .'And now are you happy V "Yes, indeed 1 God has given me the opportunity I have been prays ing long for. Yet, lemember, be cause of my fooiisbne', I have be guu to be happy tweuty years too la!e.-' "About Pearl Vf "She knows all." "Areyou pleased with her choice?'' Ro;na has given me back my husband. I may well give him in return my daughter. I am coutent. "And now, my dear, I have told you my story, because 1 heard you are going to marry, aud I feared perhaps you did not consider how how holy aud solemn a state it is.' I kissed her tenderly and went f-:ileutlv home. Henceforward I bad bigger thoughts about marriage than such as centered iu upholstery and millinery matters. Pay your suoscription to the Lin COLX COUBIEB . Got. lllt Kclnse to Save Caroline atlnpp. RiLEion, N. C, Jan. C Caroliije Shipp,a negro woman who was con victed of poisoning her husband, in Gaston county, will bo hanged a the 212nd inst. at Dallas, tfov. Uelt has written the following letter to the Sheriff of Gjston: "I have bad the application for tho commutation of the death lontenee ef Caroline Shipp to imprisonment, ander con xwieratioB for some time, and I have a;$ain goBo through all tho papera ia the case, and have concluded trraC I have no moral right to further iu ferfer1 in her o i?o. I lor petition is signed by many too 1 p-.ipl', among them yourself, ai..t I froely acknow ledge the right of petition and do sincerely wib for humanity's Pftke a? well as compliance with the pet !tineiV wishes, that 1 eotild ftlbl justified in granting ilio;r request without violating my own oons science, wh'eh carries with it njy oath of otiice. j "Whllit it is an awful I bins; to hang anyone, more especially . a woman, yet the law says it must be done, and 1 am sworn to execute that law to the best of my knowl odo and belief. I believe it would by a bad precedent to pay thaca woman should not be hanged for the same crimos as a mm and I find no reason given in this ease why clemency should bo exctGied ave that the criminal is a woman. The solicitor says that he cannot rec ommend commut itiou. "She ia guilty of au oufraguous hi 11 r! er fln 1 should die.'' The Judge s ys "Iheie is nothing to recommend hr to mer cy except the fact I hat h1u is a wo man." The law makes no discrimination between male aui female. It has been on our ftatute books from time immemorial that, murderers thould be hanged ml never havu women been exempted, bnt several io n v owu knowledge have beeu ex (te l. For thei Governor to say a wo n.i 1 shall not ho hanged sterns to m be a usurpa ion of pouer aud would be Jhe exercise of a physical power but a violation of ;i mora! litfhr. In this country thy cooks who provide our food and tl nurse who have charge of our children ares women ; ofcen eupei t-titioua and frtqiuntly vindictive, ami verei it laid down as a principle ot law that a woman should not ho hanged it would eoou be publicly known nod serious ie suits might fellow, by tho hi. de fine use of poison, an iu this vaac. I feel keenly the responsibility rest ing upon me and regret that I cau not come to a different oonclnsiou iu this case. 1 feel keenly the ie sponsibility resting upon me and regret that 1 cannot come to a dif ferent conclusion in this case. I have tried to pwrsuade my sell that a woman ahould not be hanged, t ut caauot reconcile it to my oath to say so, aud that is the only reason given in this case why ulenaeucy should be exercised. 1 would add that I have consulted with hevcal intelligent Cnristiau geutlemen, c ne a minister, and they think my con clusions jus'. I wou'd request that you make knowu to her my decis ion, that she may direct her thoughts to preparation for the awful doota which awaits her." IS LIFE WOKTIt LIVING? Not if you go through the world a dja f.eptic. Dr. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablet are a positive care for the worat forms of Dys pepsia, Indices'.!!, flatulency and Corn ruiuption. Guaranteed and sold by Dr. J M La wing Dfux'Lst. Gcv Holt on yesterday commuted the death sentence of Alfred Dawu", tho Charlotte burglar, to imi rhori meut for life in the Stite peniten tiary. Great presume was brought to bear upon ihe Governor, and af ter thorough iuveaiigatiou, be ar rived at a conclusion that nine ot the jurcrs who convicted Dawns and tho Solicitor who prosecuted him thought unsatisfactory. Gov. Holt's conclusicn will not suit many good people in Charlotte, but the deitu sentence for Diwns was un doubtedly too severe. Charlotte Chronicle. C .. j BiTTERS AIIAXAC 'r l.-jyi o:iti.:r.3 H .MirrJ IU-tlir for mak: ' u ciki:..: . C' '-.ac1- tL-aply and quickly uoi '1 his I .col: is give, away at druj .a c stores.