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VOL. VI.
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUG. 12, 1892.
NO. 15
Professional Cards.
x. . (Bostaer,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offers hia professional serviceto ho
citizens of Lincolnton and surrouu
ding couuiry. Office at his resi.
douce adjoiuing Liucoiuton Hotel.
All calls promptly attended to.
Auk. 7, 1891 ly
J. W.SAIN, M. D.,
Has located at Lincolnton and of
fers his services as pbysiciau to the
citizens ot Lincolnton and surround
ing country.
Will be lound at night, at the ress
ideneo of 13. O. Wood
March 27. 1S91 ly
Bartlett Shipp,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Jan, y, 1&91. 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 18, lbl0.
lv.
Dr. W. A. PRESSLEY,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Terms uASH.
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LINCOLNTON, N C
July 11, 1890. ly
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ftnown to me." n. A. Archu, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T.
"The use of Castoria' Is so unlyersal and
its 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."
Carlos Mimif.D.D,
New fork City.
Late Pactor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Tn Cxxtacr
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inala cured in 30 minutes by Wool fords
Sanitary Lotion. This never foil-. Hole by
J M. Lawin Druggist Lincolnton, N C
A i'ixt Answer.
A farmer called on bis brother-in-law
in Oxford tho other day, and
the third party was discussed.
"Why is it," asked the Oxonian,
"tho Third party pooplo ate always
abusing the Democrats and never
say any thing against tho Republi
cans ?"
"I can answer that' said his wife,
beforo the farmer had a chance to
reply, "You never hear a child abuse
its mother." Oxford Dau.
During the month of February I boun-ht
one bottle of H. B. H. f r my four 3'ea.r-oM
hoy, who had what doctors term hereditary
blood iioiaoii, and to my utter astonishment
one bottle cured him. In February my el
der Hon, twelve yars of'ao;e, was literally
covered with ugly 8oes on bis logs and a
terrible eruption on hia head. He was
cured with two botllb of B. B. B As a
quick blood deaiieer it has no equal.
James Hill, Atlanta, Ga,
For several years I have been sufieiing
from a constitutional blood poison, which
has resisted the treatment of our best phy
sicians, and the use of the most noted med
icines. I was covered with a coppercolored
eruption all over my body and limbs, with
loss ot appetite, excruciating paina in my
back, aching of my joints, general debility,
emaciation, tailing off of my hair, sore
throat and great nervousness. 1 became
inciedulous, but being told that B. B. B.
was a eure enough blood purifier and that
it did not require a patient to use a gross
befyre he was cured, I commenced its use.
Within two weeks' time 1 felt improved. 1
have taken about ten bottles and leel as
well and spiightly as any man. My appe
tite and strength have returned and mv
hair does not fall out. I do not hesitate to
say that 11. B. B. has no equal as a general
blood purifier, and any one who will use;
only one bottle will be convinced that it
has no equal in thefe parts. I still con-
tinue its use, as it is a splendid tonic and
keeps my system in a fine condition. You
have the liberty to direct any sufferer to
me in person. K. P. B. JONES,
Atlanta, Ga.
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The book is good in vain whict
the redder casts aside. He only is
the master who keeps the mind in
pleasing captivity; whose pages
are persned with eagerness, and, id
hopes of fresh pleasures, are pereued
again ; and whose conclasiou is per
ceived with an eye of sorrow, such
as the traveller casts upon depart
ing day. Ex.
When Baby was sick, we gare her Castoria.
henehe was a Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When rile Lad Children, she gave them Castor
L. L. Jenkins, Cashier,
Children.
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Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives steep, and promotes di
Witoatinjurious medication.
M For seTeral years I have recommended
your ' Castoria, 1 and shall always oontinoe to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
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New York City.
CoMrAjrr, 77 Murray Strrxt, Kkw York.
7n
New York Itder.
TOM, DICK AND
HARRY.
EY ANNIE SITEILDS.
1 am Tom ! Dick is my brother,
and we are the orphaned sons ot
Hichard Hope, who went down with
the Saucy Jane with his wife and
tho lortuuo he had made in Calif or.
nia, when we were hut six years old.
We were twins, and clinging to
each other, were picked up by a
passiug steamer and carried to New
York. I was old enough to know
aud tell that wo were going to visit
our aunt, Mrs. Drehdale ot Oakhill,
and kindly strangers saw that we
arrived there safely, for I one little
orphau beggars. But fresh mis
fortune met us, for our aunt died
one week after she gave us a tear
ful welcome.
We had no real claim upon Uncle
Cyrus Dresdale,being only his wife'o
uephew's, but out ot his great, geu
erous heart he gave us the place ot
sous iu his home. Dear Uncle Cy !
Never were boys rnade happier than
he made us for four years, sending
ns to school, and giving us every
pleasure boys delight in, and, above
all, such loving companionship as
few enjoy, even with their own fath
er. Then the change came. Uncle
Cy married again, and his wile
could not enduie to have two great
rude boys about the house. Every
day, every hoar, we committed some
unpardonable offense, and found all
our pleasures restricted. First, our
ponies were sold ; then our rabbit6
and guinea-pigs were killed ; then
we were moved from our large,
beautiful room to a miserable little
attic, where we baked in summer
and froze in winter.
Uncle Cy has stood by us as far
as bis quiet, peace-loving dispoei-
sitiou allowed, but his new wile
iuled with a rod of iron, aud, at last,
seeing we could not please her, he
sent ns to a boarding-school. Homes
sick for a week, we were thorough
ly happy afterward, and wauted for
do pleasure Uncle Cy coold give us.
I cannot dwell too long on our boy
life, but wc, Dick and myself, cm
never forget the kindness of Uncle
Cyrus Dresdale, We came to Oak-
hill sometimes for a brief holiday,
and this brings me to Harry.
Harriet Dresdale was the only
child of our dear Uncle Cyrus, and
was born jnst one year after bis
second marriage. it was uncle
himself who gave her her nickname,
greatly to Mrs. Dresdale'a disgust,
but, as he said :
"Really, my dear, I must com
plete the trio. Tom, Dick and Har
ry." We were twentyone years of age
when Uncle Cyrus took us into his
study oue morning and made a
brief speech that 1 shall never for
get. "Aly dear boys," he said, "for you
are as dear to me as sous, aud have
made me proud of you many times,
I must send you away once more.
We will not talk about the reaso
but you know it is not because I do
not love you. You have good edu
cation, good morals, aud I am not
afraid to trust you. You, Tom, will
practice your profession, aud Dick
can go into business, since he wish
es it ; but you will each find ten
thousaud dollars iu the G Bank
that is your own. It will keep you
from WttUt, until you can make more
by vonr own talents and exertions.
Come sometimes to see me ; do uot
forget that I love voo."
He broke down there, and we
huDg about him as If we were still
little boys, lull of love and grati
tude, and keenly aware ot the eru
elty of seperating us from him.
OH to the great city, where Dick
opened a drugsstore aud I put out
a doctor's sign. We both studied
medicine, but Dick would not piaci
tice. His was a delicate, sensitive
nature, most unlike my own, aud he
could not bear the sight ot suffer
ing. We were uulike la all things,
and no one would have guessed we
were twins. I was tall, strong and
daik, not in the least handsome
Dickwas slender and fair, with a
rare beauty of faee and a gentle
ness that was almost womanly.
We had been seven years in the
city, and once more were at home at
Oakhill, when we could spare a va
cation, for Mrs. Dresdale was dead
There was nothing said, there could
not be, but we knew that we were
welcome, and we stole many a day
to rnn down to visit dear Undo Cy
rus, and it must be told, fall in love
with Harry. Can I make you see
her, l his cousin who was notour
co awl n ? Biowu, curling hair shad
ed a face of pure oval tmape with
delicato, regular features. Great
blue eyes, soft, wistful, innocent as
a babe's, lighted her beauty, and her
smiles displayed perfect teeth. She
was not tall, but her figure was
graceful and prettily rounded, aud
her hands and feet were dainty as a
felly's.
She was frank and sisterly with
us and always gave us cordial wel
come, aud we never guessed each
other's devotion, because wo could
not wdl leave the city at the same
time, Dick leaving me in charge of
his store and clerks, and taking my
practice in retnrn.
Not until Uncle Cyrus died did
we knew that we both loved Harry,
and theu a ciusbing blow fell. For
it was fouud, aftt r our uncle was
buried, that he had left nothing of
a once noble fortune. Nothing for
the delicate nutured chiki who had
never known a wish ungratified.
Harry's aunt, Mrs. Ley burn, took
her home, aud the beautiful house
at Oakhill was sold. After all the
confusion was over and there came
a breathing spell, Dick took me mto
his confidence.
Like blows from a hammer his
words tell ou my heart.
'Tom," he said to me, "I have
been over to see Hairy. Poor little
girl, she is very miserable. All her
bright, pretty smiles are gone, Tom.
it would make your heart ache to
see how pale and sad she its."
Ah ! Had it not already made
my heart ache ?
"She has lost the kindest father,
Dick," I said.
"And, as if that was not sorrow
enough!,'' said Dick, "they are not
kind to her at Leyburns'."
"Not kind to her 1" I cried. 'I
thought the faiily worshiped her."
"So they did when they thought
Uncle Cyrus was wealthy. Now
they tell her every day that she
must find something to do some
way to earn a living."
"Never!" I cried. "Why, Dick,
we owe everything to Uncle Cyras,
and we are not poor men now."
Then Dick said, in a faltering
voice :
"Do you think, Tom, it is too soon
after her loss for me to tell Harry
how 1 love her to ask her to be my
wife?"
The room seemed to be reeling
around mo ; Dick's face grew dim ;
his voice sounded far away. He
loved Harry ! Aud I was ouly
waiting till the first bitterness of
her grief wrs over to ask her to be
by wife. Fool that I was! What
was my homely face compared to
Dick's beauty; my quiet wajs
against nis graeo aud teuderness ?
Before he spoke again, 1 bad re
covered from the shock his words
gave me, aud resolved to keep my
secret. Let him win her if he
could. I dared not think of my own
chance if she refused him. Time
enough for that.
Day after day he sought her, yet
kepc silent- Little guessing the
torture he inflicted, he told me of
his wooing, but ever with the same
refrain.
"SLe gives me no chance to tell
her how I love her, Tom ! She is
like a sister, ouly.'T
I kept away, but my hope grew
stronger. If she loved Dick as a
sifter, might it not be that 1
homely and quiet as 1 was bad won
deeper love I craved. My patience
must have been great iu those da.s.
Every lonely hour was filled with
dreams of Hany's fair, sweet face,
her low, musical voice, her bright,
winnihg grace. 1 recalled every
loving word she had ever spot en to
me, every caress she had given to
me. I knew that even in her child
hood I had given her more than a
brother's love, and I saw that her
mother had dreaded lest she should
lovo one of tho iK'nuilens boys who
were ho dear to their adopted uncle.
We had begun, Dick and myself,
to turn some of our investments
into ready money, to make a fund
for Harry;
"She shall have tho twenty thous
and uncle gave tip," wo said, al
though it would cripple us some
what for a time to take so largo a
Kum out of our fortunes. Nothing
had been said to her, for we were
afraid she would refuse to take it.
We waited for Dick to speak, but
we gathered tho ruouey together iu
bank.
We had no home to offer Harry,
even if Mrs. Grundy would have
permit ted her to accept out). Tbe
store was a storo ouly, with a small
room back for storing larger quan
tities of drugs than were iu daily
demand. Dick and I had a large
room in a boarding-house opposite
the store.
glt may have been the longing for
a home that first suggested to us
the idea of investing part of Harry's
monej (we alawys spoke of it as hers)
in a house aud cme furniture, each
hoping to &hare it with her. The
first real brightness that came into
her dear face after her father died
was when we told her we were go
ing to housekeeping, aud begged
her to help us select and furnish a
home. Agaiu, I starved my own
heart, aud sent her with Dick
house hunting, until they selected a
house that seemed the perfection ol
a modest home, most unlike the
Oakhill mansiou. But it was Har
ry's own taste that selected the furs
uiture, suited to the small rooms,
but good iu quality, and Harry said ;
"Ever so pretty !"
It was all ready and paid for, and
and five thousand dollars still in
bank, when we all went over to ad
mire the final effect. 1
We were standing in the pretty
parlor when Harry said, softly :
'J hope this will be a happy home
for you, boys, aud that there will
."oou be the sweetest of wives to
to share it with you. Aud now,
to-day, you must give me your
good wishes, too. I am going to be
married."
"Married !"
Who said it ? The voice was
choked and hoarse. Not miue ;
surely not Dick's.
"Papa knew," said Harry; "but
we were to wait until Charlie was a
little more prosperous. I was not
sure" and Harry's eyes drooped
"whether my loss of fortune would
not make me less attractive to Char
lie, but I wronged him. We will be
very poor, but I hope I can help
him, aud we have made up our
minds not to wait for mouey. Some
day we may invite you to our house,
but, in the meantime, you will come
to see us where we are boardiug
will you not f
I answered, pitting the ghastly
while face that Dick had turned to
the window. Aud I coutiuued my
answer by asking:
"Who is Charlie ? You forget we
have uot seen him, nor, indeed, seen
you as much as we would have
wished."
'Charli6 Foster, a clerk in a bank.
Dick has met him."
"Yes," Dick answered, iu a low
voice. A fiue fellow he is, too
Harry. Come, Tom, we must be
going.'7
Not a word was spoken until we
stood face to face in our owu room.
Then Dick looked me iu the eyes.
"You, too, Tom?" he said. "1
never dreamed ol that.'"
"I wanted you should have the
first chance, Dick. But it is all
over. Shall we take Dr. Merton's
offer ! '
For we had an opening that prom,
ised weli in another city. It had
scarcely been considered, vjut it
came as a relief, and we accepted it.
Our wedding preeut to Harry was
the house and five thousand dollars,
her father's geuerous gift to us in
the past- It is many long ytars
since that wedding day that we faced
manfuMv. and we are rich men
Dick and myself. But we nevtr
married, and our money will go to
Harriet Foster's three boys, Tom,
'
uick ana narry.
Pay your snoscnption to the Lin
colx Coubiee.
Why X Xover Taiiel Iiqnoi.
Edward W. Bk, editor of The
Ladle's Home Journal, in an article
Ui tho Younj Grusadcr, a few
.nonths back, made some statements
that ought to have wider wings.
As an exceptionally successful bus
mess man and brilliant writer, the
following testimouy mut rind its
vay to reason with all the energy
of acquired momentum :
"First of all, I never did so Ims
cause I seemed to ossess an inborn
iiatrcdol all intoxicants. Although
Wrought, up vi!h wine on tbe table,
I i-ocild nevoi- be induced to taste of
:t, when, as a child, some light
wine would be placed to my mouth
to sip. To some good mothers this
may seem an unwise thing for my
parents to have done, hot it most ho.
remembered j;if f was born and
brought up until my sixth year in
Holland a country where drunken
ness is never seen, but whose peo
ple, high and low, believe in a mod
erate use of light wines, and have
oeeu brought up f r yeirs in thst
belief.
"Ilur, as I grew older, i began to
apply reaaouing to my princirles.
Being early thrown into business
lite and among men older than my
self, 1 naturally matured quickly. I
was about Mxten if I remember
r'ghtly, when I begau atteudiug
public dinners and assemblages iu
the capacity of a newspaper report
er. Wines were more tieely used
then at dinners than now, aud 1
soon saw that I must make up my
mind whether at these gatherings I
should partake ot wines or decline
them.
"I had been traiued to the belief
that it was always best to err on the
safe side, and as I sat down to the
first public dinner I ever attended
a New England dinner in Brook
lyn I turned down all tbe wine
glasses set before my plate, aud
this I have followed ever since.
"At first, my principle never to
touch liquor or spirits ot auy kind
directed to me the chafliogs of my
friends. I was told it looked 'ba
byish,' that I could not expect to go
out much and keep to my princi
ple, that I wonld otten find it con"
sidered as discourteous to refuse a
simple glass of wine tendered me
by my hostess lint I made up my
mind that there was no use having
a principle unless oue stuck to it.
And I soon 8aw that people respects
ed me the more foi it. And just
let me say right here to all ray
young rt aders who may see these
words: I never lost one friend by
my refusals, but I made scores of
friendships of men, from oue who
has occupied tho Presidential chair,
down of women, among whom are
'he best aud most famous iu our
land toMlay.
"I honestly believe that a young
man who starts out in this life with
a fixed principle, whether it be
that he will not eat, smoke or in
dulge in anything which in heart he
leels is uo good for him, or in which
he does not conscientiously be
lieve, and adheres to that principle,
no matter under what cirenmstauces
he may 'je placed, holds in his hand
oue of the most poworlul elements
of success in the world to-day.
There is a great deal of common
t:ense abroad in this world of ours,
and a young man with a good prin
ciple is always t-afe to depend upon
it. The men and women in this
world whose friendships are worth
having are the men and women
who have principles themselves,
and respect them in others, especial
ly when they find them in a voung
man.
"Another thing which led me to
make up my mind never to touch
liquor, was the damage which 1 saw
wrought by it upon some of the fin
est minds w ith which it was ever
my privilege to come into contact,
and I concluded that what had re
sulted injuriously to others might
proye so to me. I have seen, even
in iny few years of professional life,
soine of the smartest, yea, brilliant
literary men, dethroned Irom splen
did positions owing to nothing else
Lut their indulgence in wine. I
have known meu with salaries of
thouauds of dollars per year, oc
cupying position- which hundreds
would strive a lifetime to attain,
come to beggary from drink. Ooly
recently there applied to me, for any
1 - T t I .t.' . 1
poai.ioo i coum one. mm, uu w.
j the most brilliant editorial writers
writers iu tbe newspaper profea-
s;on a milU wno. two year ago, eas-
IiJy commanded one hundred dollars
Jor a sigle editorial m his special
field. That man became so unrelia
ble from driuk that editors are now
afraid of his article, ami although
he can to-day write as forcible edi
torials as at auy time during hia
life, he sits in a cellar in one of our
cities, writing newspaper wrappers
tor one dollar per thousand. And
thut is only one ir.stancd of several
l could recite heie, 1 do not hold
my friends up as 'a terrible ex
ample ; be is but one type of men
who convinced mo and may convince
others that a clear m.ud ami liquor
do not go together.
"I know it is s.nd win n one hrings
up such an insaneo as this: 'Oil, well,
th;tt man drank t excess. One
gl.kss w It hurt i.o one.' How do
these people know it won't? One
drop of kerosene ha l.c n Ui .wn to
tlrow into ilam i ;nt :d. :-. hopeless
lire, aud one gla.-a ot l.quot may Ian
into dame si smouldering sp:iik hid
den away when wo i:ewr thought
it existed. The spark may bi iheie,
and it may not. Why take the
rikf Liquor to a healthy boy or
young mau will never do him the
ti e least particle of good; it may do
him harm. The man for whom I
have absolutely no use iu the world
is the man who is continually asking
the youug mau 'just to have a little.
One glass, you know.' A man who
will wittingly urge a young man
whom he knows has a principle a
gainst liquor, is a man tor whom a
halter is too good.
"Then, as I looked around and
came to know more of people and
things, I found the always -unanswerable
argument in favor of a
youug rnaua abstinent, . e, that tho
most successful moa in America to
day are those who never lilt a, wine
glass to their lips. Becoming in
teiested in this fact, I h I the curi
osity to personally inquire into it,
aud of twenty-eight ot the leading
business men iu the country who.-e
name I selected at random, twenty
two never touch a drop of wine ot
any sort. I made up mv mind liml
there was some reason lor this, h
liquor brought sale plea.-.utes, vh
did these men abstain fiom it f II,
as some say, it is a stimulant to a
busy man, why did not these men
directing tho largest business inter
ests iu the country, resort to it?
And when I saw that these were
the men whose opinions in great
business matters were accepted by
tho leading concerns ol ibe world,
I concluded tuat. their judgment iu
the use ot liquor would satisfy me.
If their judgment n bnsimss niat
lers could command the respect and
attention ot the leaders of trade on
both sides of the sea, rheir decision
us to the use of liquor was not apt
to be wrong.
"And ;n opportunities came to me
to go round in homes and at. public
places, I find that I do not occupy a
solitary position. Tho tendency to
abstain lrom liquois is growing
more and more among young mm
of tosday. The brightest young
men I kuow, young men who are
filling positions of power and prom
ise, never touch a drop of beer, wine
or intoxicants of any sort. And
the young man who to-day makes
ur his mind that he will be on the
safe side and adheres to str ict ab
stinence, will find that ho is not
alone. He has now the very best
element in business and socal life
in the largest cities of our land with
him.
"He will not be chided for his
principle but through it will com
maud respect.
"It will not retard him in com
mercial success, but prove his sur est
help.
"It will win no enemies, but bring
him the friendships of upright men
ami good women.
"It will win him surer favor than
aught else in eyes which he will
sometime in bis life think are ti e
sweetest he has ever looked into.
"It will insure him the highest
commercial esteem and the hght-st
social position.
"And as it mould his tbaracfer
iu youth, so will it develop him into
a succ-ssful mau and a good citizen.
"Try it, my jomig friend, and
see !'"
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