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, 1 i 11 VOL V LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JAN.: 29, 1892. NO. 39 Professional Cards. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offers bis professional serviceto ho citizens of Lincolnton aud surrouu- ding eouocry. Office at his resi dence adjoiuing Lincolnton Hotel. All calls promptly attended to. Au;?. 7, 1801 ly J. W.SAIN,M. D., lias located at Lincolnton and of fers hiB services as physioiau to the citizens of Lincolnton and surround ing country. Will be. tound at night at the ress tdence. of B. 0. Wood March 27. 1901 ly Bartlett Shipp, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C. Jan. 9, 1891. Finley & Vetmore, 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 IB, 1890. ly. Dr. W. A. PRESSLEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Terms CAS LI. OFFICE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST., LINCOLNTON, N. C July 11, 1890. ly DENTIST. LINCOLNTON, N. C. Cocaine used lor painless ex tracting teeth. With thirty yzars experience. Satisfaction iven in all operations Terms aish and moderate. Jan 24 '91 lv GO TO BARBER SHOP. Newly fitted up. Work aways neatly done, customers politely waited upon. Everything pertain ing to the tousorial art is done according to latest styles. HeNEY Taylob, Barber- Furniture Factory Flouring & grist MILLS! E. .TAMES, Proprietor, 'Luicolntoo, N. C. BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, WARDROBES, LOUNGES, TABLES. WASHSTANDS, Be sure to come and look at my furniture before buying elsewhere. I have added a cottou giu to my xaiHn and am now ready to gin your cotton. The flouring and grist mills will bo ruu regularly every day from this time on. Sept. 11, 1891. RESPECTFULLY, E. JAMES r"'" " ii, ii n, for Infants and Children. 'CMtrla 14 ao WD aiptd to cliiliren UuU Ireccmmecd It M ruperior to &ay preacrlptioa 4aotm to me." E. A. Aachzk, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklm, N. T. "The um of 'CJtstorU' fa 90 universal &&d U merits so well known tht it work of supererogation to endorse it. 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GEORGE AKCHIBALD. When I reproved my little girl Her clear gray eyes were grieved and wet ; Sue owned her faulr,for pardon pled, And spoke soma words I can t forget ; "If you were little, just lika me, Would ever you ti naughty, too 7 f I were a1.! grown Dp, I eould be always good like yon!" She meant it. Her sweet innccencp, Which sent no sharp and sure a dar'. Knows nothing of the wioked moods That sometimes sway her moth er's heart ; Wrath, envy, folly, discontent, The selfish impulse not with, stood Those things accuse me,yet my child Believes that. I am always good. On Sabbath days the name of God Reprove me often, unaware ; Ashamed, I hear his earnest voice; My own unworthy deeds declare, And nobler lives rebuke my own ; But have ever shaft so true As she whose loving faith declared I ould be always good like you I" Babyhood. New York Ledger. NED. BY ANNA SHEILDS. "Ned 1 Ned ! W here are you, Ned?" Ellie Colebridge's tone was one of anxious impatience, as she came in to the sitting-room of her pretty country house, seeking consolation, advice and assistance. The window curtains Darted, revealine: iu the daep window-seat a little figure curb ed, poring over an open book. kWhat is the matter?' inquired Ned, with a sleepy, drawling voice. 'Matter V said Kllie, dolefully, "read that letter. No, you will go to sleep over it. I'll you what's in it. The Claxtons are coming this after noon." "I thought they were to come next month?" "So thev were, and here Charley has gone tor a week to Boston, and Maggie lelt this morning. She in only the eleventh girl I have had in six weeks.'' Ned puckered np a pretty rose bud of a month, drew her brows op over a pair of large, dreamy eyes, and H must be recorded, shocking as it ia Ned whistlel : "There s nae luck about the house," as clearly as a plough-boy. Oh, Ned, what can I do?" said Ellie, "there are four people, aud how can I entertain them and do all th work and cooking for such a family." "Four T" "Mr. and Mrs. Claxton, their son Harry and daughter Laura." "H-ra yes. I've heard Charley talk of them 1" "Don't yon know them V EHie asked, amazed. "I thought they were Charley's most intimate friends "Very true ; but, though Charley is my brother, you must remember while he was at Harvard, forming the acouaintance of the Claxtons and various other people, I was with Aunt Jane at Baltimore, going to school and learning housekeeping oh 1" cried Ned, as a sudden idea seemed to strike her. "Oh, Elbe, have you cot some calico dresses and big aprons ?" "Of course I have !'' "So have I where the Dutchman had his anchor at home ! But, El lie, lend me some of yours and I'll be your Maggie !'' 'E-imonia Colebridge, are you :.'& zy "I can't bring yon any references from my lat place," persisted Ned, her brown ejes dancing, "hut if 1 "But, Ned, H irry Claxion is com ing, and Charley said thought " and here Ellie stopped, confused. Ned tossed her curly head in mag mticent disdain. "You need not tell me what Char ley said," she said, scornfully, "I can imagine 1 I hate a match-maker 1 But, Ellie, I want my own way' Remember you ar not to interfere with me, Mrs. Colebridge.'' 4I don't want no ladies poking about vxy kitchen,' as your last girl but two used to say." Ellie remonstrated once more, but feebly . "But, Ned, yoa are company just as much as the Claxtons." 'I am your sister new," was the reply. "Where are the calico dress es?" "In my room. It is lucky James boards at borne." "By the way, tell James to hold his tongue. It is time you were get tiog rf niy, if you are going to the station." "But, Ned" 'There, you have no more to say. My name for the next week, by the way, is Jane. Ned is rather too rei markable for a servant girl. I am morally convinced there was a str ak of insanity in onr family when I was christened Edmonia Charley made 'Nd' of it before I was a year old. There, my dear go. You will be late." Very mistrustfully, Mrs. Coleridge brought her guests from the station. During her short acquaintance with her husband's sister, Ned had ex actly verified Charley's description of her. He had told his wife : "Ned is the dearest girl in the world, but dreamy and fond of books; knows more actually at nineteen than most women do at thirty of books, muaic and drawing. She will be literary, I guess ; bnt practical never." To this dreamy girl, who confess-, ed to having written poetry, Ellie had, under the pressure of circum stances, trusted the household afi fairs for four unknown guests. They were to have come nearly a month later, and Charley was to have been t home, and a paragon of a girl ?e cored somewhere. It must be cou fessed that Elbe carried a smiling fcice over an anxious heart, as she led her guests to their rooms and descended to the kitchen. Ned was there, with all her curls twisted in to a demure knot at the back ot her shapely little head; a blue calico rather roomy and long (Ellie being the larger of the two), but half hid den under a great checked apron and a narrow linen collar, trausfor miog her into the neatest of serv ants, upon tue table stood a pan of biscuit, light as down, brown and tempting ; broiled chickeu lay upon a great dish near the fire; coffee sent forth aromatic flavors, and a spice of tea mingled therewith. "Be off!" was Ned's salutation. "You are not to come here for a week 1" Laughing, light-hearted Ellie went to the dining-room. All the best china, silver jd glass upon a snowy damask cloth, upon tlie table, baskets of cake light as a feather, glass bowls of strawberries, cream and sugar in silver pitchers and howls, radishes upon cool green leave?, even glasses of flowers were there. She stood admiring, while Ned brought in the chicken and bis cuit,the ooffee and tea, and dtmurei ly rang the bell. ''You can riug if you want me,'' she said, putting the bell upon the teatry, and dropping a saucy cour tesy betore vanishing into the kitch en, "and, Ellie, we breakfast late.n Thinking it would he too bad to preseut Ned yet to her guest?, Ellie did not touch the beH, noting that there was an evident enjoyment of their fare amongst her guests. She could not altogether enjoy the so cial evening that followed, though Henry Claxton was as entertaining as Charley had promised, Laura gentle and lovely, aud tne old peo ple cordially pleasant. Everything was charming but the uneasy cer tainty that Ned was washing dish es, setting breakfast biscuit and cleaning up in the kitchen. Ellie fully intended to get breaks fist on the following morning, and never opened her b'ue eyes till the dressingtell rang vigorously &t eight o'clock. By lhj time she was dressed her guests had assembled in the sitting room, aDd there was no thing to do but open the door to the dining room and usher them in. The dainty taM, sparkling in the morn-, iug light, was spread temptingly. New-laid egcjn, like golden balls, were fried upon slices of ruby-col ored bam ; a beefsteak to tempt an epicure, broiled tender and juicy, flanked the ham and eggs : water ,cresses,all sparkling with dewdropSi potatoes, frud to a crisp brown; aromatic coffee, fragrant; tea and muffins of goldeu tiut waited apon good appetites. Mrs. Claxton could not restrain her admiration. "What a treasure yoa must have in the kitchen," she cried, "if you did net come down nntil we did." 'I have not seen her this mornn ing," was the truthful reply. "She is a treasure!" "Hare yoa haJ her long "Only since yesterday." "Ak ! I hope she won't drink These extra-good girls are apt to develop some glaring defect like drinking," said the old lady, and wondered what was so intensely fanny in her innocent reraatk, asj Ellie broke into a peal of mu9ical laughter. Five days went by,and Mr p. Clax-. ton said to Elbe ; "Do you know, Mrs. Colebridge, I have never seen your treasure. She does the rooms while wo are at breakfast, and 1 never saw such neat rooms ; and she sets a table so perfectly you never havo to ring for anything." "You will see her to-night," said Ellie; for Nod had actually made time to g.) to town nod secure a twelfih domestic, who was being trained while Ellie spoke ; "and I shall have the plcasare, also, of in. troducing Charley's sister,Edraonia." "Ah I" This was from Harry Claxton,who looked up from tho new-.paper. "I want to meet her so much," said Laura ; wo heard of her very often when Mr Colebridge was n Cambridge." "She is very talented, is she noi?" Harry asked. "We think so," E'.lie answered. "She plays on the piano better than any amateur that I eve" heard, and sings remarkably well. She was the best scholar iu the school where she graduated, and she don't tell her I told you writes poetry, real poe try, not merely rhyming lines." "H-na !" thought Harry. "A tall. raw-boned, strongminded female.' And while the thought was ic bia mind there entered a little brown eyed mite, with long auburn curls, a eomplexion like a blush rose, and soft, full draperies of blue and white muslin. 'A little creature, with a low, sweet voic, and eyes full or dreamy beauty. There was a undeniably a falling off in the culinary department though Ned aud Elbe slipped away often to superintend the performan ces of "No. 12," as Ned called her; but if the others tound the table less tempting, Henry Claxton only knew the parlor had gained a new charm. In their college days, Charley had told him often of tho brown-ejed sister m Baltimore, and some of the graceful letters had been given him for perusa'. He knew that Edrao- nia was talented and pretty ; he found her beautiful and modest as a violet. The hours beside her, in the garden, in tho parlor, on the moon, lit porch, sped by like minutes, and the party lingered on till Charley came. Then, that he might not be, cheated ot his visit, they were coax ed to remain a week longer, and still Harry never tired of the soft brown eyes, the low, sweet voice and the modes', refined manner ot Edmonia Colebridge. They learned duets together, and they woold talk, never tiring, of books aud the cur rent topics of the day. till the mu foond himaelt wondering at the rare intellect within the curly head. Ch rley looked on, well pleased, but upon Mis. Claxton's fair ma tronly faee rested a shadow of anxiety- When the visit had extended over three weeks, Laura having left far a previous engagement, bearing Harrys regrets for breaking the same, Harry dared his fate, and wen Ned's conlessiou that she gave iove for love- And Mrs. Claxton, in Elbe's room thus accounted for the shadow upon her brow : "You fee, dear, lam oldfashioned in my notions, and I believe in edu cating girls tor wives arid house keepers as well as for parlor com panions. As soon as Laura left school I taught her to cook, so that she can either superintend her ser vants, or if necessity requires it, take their place. Yet, she is not tho less a graceful lady, I think." "You are right. She is as lovely a girl as I ever met,' Ellie said, half guesing what was corning. "Aud, dear, that i what worries mi about Uairy's choice. 1 think Edmonia is one of the most charm ing girls 1 ever met, pretty as a flower, graceful, modest and accom plished. But sho seems to me so dreail fully helpless and dreamy. I don't know how olten I have found her curled up like a kitten in tho window-seat, her eyes seeming tOj bo looking miles away, and her ham's l.viug idly l fore her. Yon know, dear, she writes, too, and lit, erary women are bo efteu impracti cable. To be sure, Harry wlU have money oMOtigh to give her every comfort, and ho has it good start in his profession. But, still, dear, I oould wish his wilohad some know edge of housewifely waye, and wis not so dreamy," Ellie s'hiled, and raid : "Do you remember our invisible girl, Mrs. Claxton the one who was here when you first came ?" "Yes, my dear. I have olten won dered why you sent her away. The one you have now does not compare to her. I never ate such bit-cu;t. Why did she leave f Did she drink, after all ?" "She did not leave. She only changed her name to Ed omnia Cole bridge." "My dear !" cried the astonished old lady, "you are joking !" "I was never more serious in my life," said Ellie, and gave a detailed account of her perplexities and Ned's devotion. "She did everything," Eilie said, "so as to leave me time to entertain you, And she is tho smallest nee dlexwoman you ever saw. To be sure, she hates it, and likes book, mmic and writiug better, but her Aunt Jane insisted upou her learn ing all the domestic accomplish ments ; and she said, 'If I had to do it, I was determined to learn to do it well,'" "W ell, well, who would dream fehe hid :o mueh energy under that slee py manner. You h:we lifted the on ly care from my mind, my dear. I 04ii congratnlate my whole heart," Harry now wilh Vance'M Ylews. Senator Vance in an interview Tuosdy, said the Democratic Sen ators do not want to see the United States involved in a war with a lit tle country like Chili, bat if the President in his forthcoming me sage shows that the provocation ha been fufftcient, there wilt be no obstacle thrown in his way by the Democrats in securing an ample apjlogy and Indemnification for such outrages as have be.en inflicted upou the American citizens in Chili Senator vauce sayR war is a very serious thing to contemplate, as it means the ehedding of much inno cent blood and untold feuffering and sorrow. Under tht. circumstances it will be well to consider carefully such suggestions as the President may submit in his message aud then act with promptness and determina tion. While those who participated iu the late civil war have no desire to engage further in a bloody war, without regard to whether they fought ou the Union or the Coufed. erate side, yet iu the event of a con., flict with a foreign power, all would unite in the defence of our gov ernment. Senator Vance is in clined to believe that much of trouble now existing between the United States and Chili is due to t-je unwise selection of Mr. Egan torepsesent the United States iu that couutry. He says further that he was particularly Impressed while traveling in Europe recently with the absurdity of a great nation like United States appointing forelgu born citizens to retirement this couus try in various parts of Germany and other countries. Native Ameri cana should only b3 sent to repres ent this government iu foreign countries. i Pay up and subscribe for the Cowrier and save a half dollar. Tho Poison of tho Tend. Lovers of Shakespare will be glad to see the credit of their favorite poet rehabilitated even in a marl matter. The lintj : "Toad that neder the cold stone Days and nights have thirty one, Sweated venom." have of late years been looked upon as simply the expression of a popa Ur prejndice current in Shake speare'a time, but mow completely exploded. A correspondent ef the Field remarks that "Fleming, in his well-known Ui?tory of British An imals,' maintains that the toad is destitute of any venomous quality, and is rn!y despised, hated and persecuted by tbi. igturaut; and he remarks tl ;t is Mirpnulug that prejudices so m j istitlable still continue to pievai!." In uo letters which appeared iu the Lancet of August -9, ;t laigo amount of evi dence is brought forward to show that Shakespeare's wonl, instead of being nieiely an expression of a mistaken popular idea, are really a moit truthful discription of fact. The toad does i-ecrote a veuom of a tolerably powerful character ; and instead of this secretion taking placp, as in the cane of quakes, tw tirely throuch the sa'ivar.v glands, it is actually secreted by the akin, so that the word "sweated" in mosf accurately descriptive. In his iui teretiug letter, Doctor Leoyard Guthrie mentioned tiut the secret tion also occurs in t.h toad through the parotid gland, and that the venom is a thick milky fluid like the juice of dandelion stalks in taste and a ppe nrauce. When luocuhded subcutaneovsly, it kills small bird in tix minute?, and dos and guinea pigs in half an hour to an hour and a half ; the symptoms in birds leiog lo.-?3 of coordination, followed by death ; m guinea-pigs convulsions, and in the dog depression, vomitiig and intoxication. Doctor Guthrie describes two vcy interesting observations of his o w on the effect of toad's venom. Ho kept a small toad in a cae with some common )zard, and, one day, a lizirJ, having bitten the toad, imiuediataiv afterward rushed wild ly rouud the cage, burrowing its head iu the Hand, became convul sed, and died in less than two min utes. Hi dog, having seized a toad, was attacked by instantaneous and profuse salivation, violent vom king and collapse. He also noticed that tho venom hai a most power ful local action ou the f-kin, o thar, after carrying a toad in hi hand, he got numbness and tingling in if, with slight swelling aud dryut.ss ot the skin last;ug for several hours. Lancet. KcucI XewapnperN, Tu a sermon to women upou the art of conversation, the writer ad vises women first of all to kuow something to talk about", aud, as a means to this end he advises them to read newpapers. He says: "I do not mean read the marriage no tices and deaths merely. I do not mean read the sensational items about the latest murder or devorce or theft. Y'ou will be far better oil it you do not read many of these, things. Read the editorial, read the doings of Congress, of the Sen ate, of the matters before the Leg iglatnre of your own State aud of other States ; read the items rela ting to the affairs of the old world. These things, which are the doing? of the present, will enter into the history to be writteu in the future, and I know of no way to keep up with current history, either of your owu or other countries, than by reading the papers. But not mere ly are you to read the secular pas pers, but yoa are to read as well the roligious papers. You cannot have a true knowledge of history, either cuirent or past, without knowing the religious his tory of the world. Then there is the magazine literature. This con tains much of the history of current thought.'' Biography, the best poe try, and the best novels are also re commended. Ex, Merchants should Advertise. It helps them and speaks well for the town.