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LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1892.
. NO. 31.
SiSFT
mm ,m fno . p. r a ,
i; Professional Cards.
J. W.SAIN, M. D.,
" Has locatod at Lincolnton au'd of
fers bia services as physiciau to tb
citizens ot Lincolntou and surround
ing country. ,
Will be round at night at the Lin
colntou Hotel. "
March 27, 1S91 ly
Bartlett Shipp,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
LINCOLNTON, N. c;
Finley &, Wetmore,
Al ITS. AT L AW,
LINCOL? iON, N. !.
V.rill practice in Lincoln and
suvrouiiding counties.
All business put into our
liands will be promptly atten
ded to.
Auril 18, ISrm. lv.
Dr. V. A. PRESSLEY,
SUKGEQN DENTIST.
liOCK HILL, 8. O
Will spend the week BEGINNING
"WITH T1IE 1ST MONDAY Ot EACH
month at o:ice in Lincolnton.
Those ueediug Dental services are
requested to umke arrangement by
correspondence. Hctislaetion guar
anteed. Terms cash.
July 11, 1890. ly
.fcaamlcr
DENTIST.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Cocaine used for painless ex
tracting teeth. With thirty
years experience. Satisfaction
jiven in all operations- Terms
cash and moderate.
Jan 23 '91 lv
CO To
BARB Eli SHOP.
Newly fitted up. Work aways
neatly done. Customers politely
waited upon. Everything pertain
iug to the tonsorial art is done
according to latest styles.
HeNKY Taylok, Barber.
Engliah Spavin Liniment removes all
Hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemish
es from horses, blood spavins, curbs, spl:nts
sweejey, rin-bone, stifles, sprains, all
swollen throats, coJghs etc. Save $50 by
use Qtcne bottle. Warranted the most
wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold
by J. M. Lawinfi DruistLincolnton N C.
Subscribe lor the COURIER.
J. D. Moore, President.
No. 4377.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF GASTONIA, N. C.
Capital $50,000
Surplus 2,750
Average Deposits 40,000
COMMENCED BUSINESS AUGUSTl, 1890.
Solicits Accounts of Individuals, Firms
and Corporations.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
Guarantees to Patrons Every Accommodation Consistent
with Conservative Vaulting.
BANKING MO UBS 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Dec 11 '91
f ii'.vvTAW''tyt V-'!VV''TtvVj't'1 ""'lt-t 11 -""J """'j
for infants
"CMtoria k M well adapted to children UuU
t recommend It aa mperior to tmj prescription
toown to me." n. A . Aacnxa, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"The use of ' Castoria ' is ao nnirerMJ and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
4,t supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
tuteilfgent families who do not keep Castoria.
within easy reach."
Carlo Matyic, D.D.,
New york City.
Late Pastor Blooming dale Batonned Church.
Th Ckhtac
U hiu lu Wife?
The pretty school-teacher, for a
little diverlisemeut, had asked her
class for tbe b;st original definition
ot ;'wio," and the boy, in the comer
had promptly responded, "A rib."
She looked at him reproach l olly
and nodded to the boy with dreamy
eys, who seemed anxious to say
something.
"Man's gaiding star and guardian
angle," be said in respouse to the
nod, '
"A helpmeet," put in a little flax
enhaired girl.
"One who soothes man in adver
sitiV suggested a demure little
Kill.
'And .speiois hi.s money when
h'., flu-h." added the incorrigible
boy in the corner.
There way a lull, and the pretty,
darkeyed girl said slowly :
''A wite is the envy of spinsters."
"One who makes a ruau hustle,"
was tbe next suggestion.
"And keeps him from making a
fool of himself,' pot in another girl,
"Some one lor a man to rind
fault with whau things go wrong
said a Norrowful little maiden.
"Stop right there." said tbe pret
ty school teacher. "That's the
light definition. "
Later the sorrowful little maiden
sidled up to her and asked :
"Ain't you going to marry that
handsome man who calls lor you
nearly every day V1
''Yes dear," she replied, "bat with
us nothing will ever go wrong. He
Raja so himself."
A Uood Cleansing Fluid,
The lollowiug is an excelleut
cleansing fluid, especially useful
when men's garments require re
novatian :
Dissolve lour ouuees of white
castile soap shaving iu a quart of
boiling water. When cold, add
lour onces of ammonia, two ounces
each of ether, alcohol and glycerine
and a gallon of clear cold water.
Mix thoroughly, aud as it will keep
lor a long while, bottle and cork
tightly for future use. This mix
ture tost about eighty cent, aud
j will make eight quarts. In using.
dilute a small quanity in an equal
amount of water.
L. L. Jenkins, Cashier.
and Children.
Castori careB Oellc, Ooostfpatlon,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
tills Worms, gives Bleep, and promote ai
Withoutinjurious medication.
Tor several years I hare recommended
our 4 Castoria, ' and ahall always continue-to
do so as It has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwin F. Paxd. M. D.,
Tho Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Arex,
New York City.
Coicfaxt, 77 Una rat Strxxt, New Tom.
FALSE SUMMONS.
BY AMY KANDOLPII,
The red curtains were drawn, the
fire blazed cheerily on the hearth,
and the click of tbe sleety rain
against lbe window-panes only
aeemed to heighten the eujovuient
within, where tbe shaded lamp gave
oat its serene glow, and the pictur
ed folds of an ancient Chinese screen
shut all possible aud impossible
draughts away from the ruddy tire
side.
Doctor 1'engrove fiat on one side,
with the newspaper iu his lap; Mrs.
Fengrove iat on the other, tranquil
ly occupied in darning stockings,
whiln a chubby year-old lay asleep
in its crib, just where tbe ri relight
touched .its curia with fleeting
gliraprtes of gold.
"Well,'' said the doctor, letting
the ucwspaprr slip down to the
floor, "this is comfortable. I don't
often get an evening at home Niuce
Hello! What's that? Someone
knocking at the Kitchen door."
Mrs. Fengrove rose and answered
the summons. Presently, she came
back.
'It's Milo York, Doctor," said
she.
"Milo York, eh?" Doctor Fen-,
grove's conutenance daikened a he
spoke. "Didn't I tell Milo York
never to darken my door again V
"But he's hungry, my dear,''
pleaded the gentle-hearted woman,
"and homeless. Mr. Evartou has
turned him away, and "
"I don't blame Mr. Evartou !"
tartly interrupted her husband.
"A miserable drunken loafer, who
it
"I don'c think he has been dunk
ing to-night, doctor," said Mrs. Fen
giove. "He looks pale and tired.
He says he has had nothing to eat
since noon and has no place to
sleep."
"That's no affair of mine !" retort
ed Doctor Fengrove, who, though
free-hearted and hospitably inclined
in genera, had hardened his beait
like flint against this particular iu
stance ot humanity.
Mrs. Fengrove still hesitated
"What shall I tell hitn V asked
she.
"Tell him to go about his busi
ness,'' returned the doctor, ener
getically stirring tbe tire uutil a red
stream of sparks flew up the chim
ney. Mrs. Fengrove closed the door,
and weut back to tbe kitchen porch.
"Milo," said she, "my husband
will have nothing to say to you.''
"I don't blame him much,'' deject
edly respouded Milo York, who was,
indeed, an unpromis'.ngIooking
subject enough, with unkept hair
hanging over his brow, his gar
in rags and the end ot bis nose
chilled and purpled with the bitter
night air.
"But it's a dreadful night,'' softly
added Mrs. Feugiove, "Wait out
here the porch will shelter you
from the rain. The eofteepot is on
the stove jet, aud Til bring you a
plate of bread and ccld meat and a
bowl ot coffee."
"Thankee, ma'am," said the tramp,
gathering himself like a heap of
rags into the cornor, to wait.
He drauk his coffee aud ate his
supper like a famished hound, aud
then Mrs. Fengrove gave him a tat
tered old shawl, long since cast
aside by her husband,
"Take this," bh- fraid, "and lie
down in the i-ani lofr ; there's pleu-
y of goo, seet h i here. But be
sure you're off hefoie the doctor
comes our iu t he morning. ;?
"Thankee, ma'am,'' again uttered
the man ; and he disappeared like a
shadow into the howlmg tempest.
"Wh-re have you been all this
time?' suspiciously querit-d the
dortr, ax his wiie came into the
softiy illuminated aich ol the Chi-ue;-e
screen aain. Mrs. Fengrove
turned scarlet under bis penetrating
glance.
1 I only gave Milo a life
something to eat and dnnl:,"she
fabered. "You know the Good
Borksays: 'Turn not away thv
face from any poor man !'"
"Yes,"' dryly coughed the doctor,
"but I guess the Good Book didn't
make any allowance for tramps,
And I tell you what, Dolly, it isn't
sa'e to harbor these miserable
wretches, with Aunt Dorothy's siN
i ver tea-sti, iu the bouse, let alone
your own spoons and IVrks, espe
cially as I am obliged to bo so much
from home.'"' . .
"Mis. Fengrove sewed on iu M
lence ; fthe as almost sorry. tb had
told poor Milo Yoik about that snug
comer iu the bay slot r, but she lack
ed courage to confess the whole
Uutii to her husband.
lc will be all right, 1 dare say,"
she told herself. "But Milo York
mustu's come hanging around here
any more.''
In the dead of the tempestuous
night, there came a ring at the doc
tor's nighubell. Old Mr. Castlctou
was very ill dying, pet haps ! The
doctor was wanted at once!
With a yawn, our good Escutapi
us rose out of his warm bed, dressed
himself and, twaddling old lloau, set
out for his midnight ride of six long
miles. But when he reached Cas
tleton Uourt, all was still and dark.
He rang two or three times be lore
a night-capped head popped out ot
the window that of the old squire
himself.
"Dear, dear !" said squire Castle,
ton. "What's the matter ? Nobody
ill, I hope!''
"Why, you are, aren't you V teT
tiljT demainded Doctor Feugiove.
"I ? Not a bit of it !" said the
squire, in surprise.
"Didn't yon send for met"
"No, I didn't !" said tbe qnne.
"And if you've got any thing moie
t say you'd better come in out of
this leetstorm and say it "
"No,1' aid Doctor Fengrove,
netting his teeth together, I'll not
come in, thank you."
"It ain't a joke, is it f" question
ed Squire Castleton.
"I'm afiaid it's something more
serious fiau a joke," said Doctor
Fengtove. "Good night."
And, turning old Roan's bead,
he set spurs to him and trotted
rapidly a a ay. Evidently the night
cad was a conceited plan a plan
! devised to leave his home unpro
tected aud his mine turned, with
keen distiust, to Milo Yoik and his
distress,
"God keep Dolly aud the little
ouo safe until I get home again !" he
mutteied between bis closed lips
"Faster, Itoan, taster!" with a
touch of the whip, which was scarce
ly needed, so thoroeghly did the
good horse enter into the spuitof
his rider, "You know not how
much may depend upon your speed
to-night !''
Mcauwhiie, Mrs. Fengrova, who
had just fallen into a restless sluru
ter, after locking U'e door behind
her husband, was unwoutedly star
tled once again by a steadily con
tinuous, sound like the rasping of
some bard instrument. She sat up
in 'jed aud listened a minute. Un
der her window the sound of muf-.
lied aud subdued voices was audi
ble, even above the rattle nud roar
of the windy storm.
"Burglars!" she grasped to her
self. "Aud my husband is gone
and Oil, Milo York is at the bot
tom ot this! tiow wrong it was of
me to give him shelter in the ttaru!'
Springing to her feet she threw
on a blucflantiel dressing-gown,
and huiried to the cupboard, where
her few simple treasure were kept,
besides tbe square, morocco cae
containing Annt Dorothy's service
of solid, old-fashioned china. She
tarued the key and was just drop
piniJ lt u' her pocket, when a rude
grasp fell on her arm.
"No you don't ! ' muttered a gruff
voice. "Give that here!''
Mrs. Feugrove's heart turned
chill as death as she found heiself
face to Ince with a tall ruffianly mai
whose face was half hidden by a
sort of isor, or mask, of black
leather, while another mau was bus
ily engaged in rausaeking tbe bureau-drawers
opposite.
"Give it here !'' he uttered sav
agely. "Or," grasping the throat
of the sleeping I ab who bad awak
ened, with a cry of infant terror,
"I'll ring the brat's neck as if it were
a chicken's."
Mrs. Fengrove gave a shriek of
affright, but, at the same second, a
stunning blow from a epadebandle
feiied (be man opposite, like a log,
to tbe floor, aud a strong hand,
twisting itself, vice-like, in the
neckerchief of the nearest villiau,
compelling him to loose his hold of
the child,
"You will, will you!"' thundered
Milo York. "Not if I know it, I
guess I''
Aud suddenly closing with the
burglar, there ensued a desperate
struggle tor a minute or two, during
which Mrs. Fengrove's blood seem
ed turning to ice within her veins.
It was brief, however, Milo tluug !
his opponent heavily to the ground,
and, tearing ooe of the sheets from
the bed, be twisted it arouRd and
above him, knotting it heie and
there, until the cowardly burglar
!ay helpless and piuione! at his feet.
"I'd ounhter cur. ye throat," said
Mile, "a-dightin' babies and worner
you mean skunk, you ! But I
won't ; I'll leave you to the law, nikl
is that don't grip you tight, enough,
1 ain't no good guesses!"
And, with equal rapidity, he tied
the hands and feet of ihe other man,
who still lay insensible on ihe floor.
"Is is he dead f" gasped poor
Mrs, Fengrove, scarcely dating to
look in that direction.
"No be ain't got his deserts.''
Milo answ ered, wiping the sweat
from his brow. "He'd live to be
hanged yet, ma'am, never fear.'
Aud at this moment the sound of
old Boat's gallow on the half frozen
road struck like welcome music on
Mis. Fengrove's ears
"My husband" he cried out, hys
terically. "My husband I"
Miio Y"ork went down and uu
rastened the door the burglars
had effected their :iefa Ions entrance
through the parlor window aud
Doctor Fengrove found himself face
to face with the tramp.
"Yoik!" he exclaimed.
"Yes, sir, 'York,' " nodded Milo.
'And it it hadn't beeu 'York,' your
wife and the little uu would have
been in a bad fix."
"Oh husband!'' shrieded Mrs.
Fengiove, flinging heiseif into his
arms, "Milo York has saved our
lives ! '
"I ain't altogether sartiu about
that,'' added Milo, "but I guess I've
saved your money smd valuables."
"But how came you here f" ques
tioned Doctor Fengrove.
"I was a sleepm' oat iu the barn,''
said Milo. "She told me 1 could.
She give me a blanket aud food and
dunk when I was 'most ready to
drop. God bless her! And I heerd
their footsteps just arter you had
gone out, and I suspicioned as all
wasn't light. So 1 just got up and
crept alter 'em, and here they is,''
with a nod toward the two capthes
on the floor. "Aud if you II just
end a hand, doctor, we'll b'Ut 'em
out into the hail, where thty wout
interfere with folks, and then I'll
go over 10 the village for the eon
stable aud the handcuffs.'1.
"flow can I ever reward you for
this, Milo ?" said Doctor Feugiove,
iu tones stifled by grateful emotion.
"I don't want no reward," said
Milo stoutly. I'd 'a' done more nor
that for ter," with a twitch ot his
head toward Mrs. Fengrove. "Ah,
sir, you don't know the sort o' feel
in' a man has for the only f ersoo in
all the world as holds out a helpiu'
I baud when he's ready to drop with
hunger and faintness! And now,'-'
more briskly, "I'll go."
"Dolly," sail tbe doctor, as the
fellow vanisheif, "what would have
become of us all this night if you
had not been more merciful audi
temler bearied thiin I! God be,
praised that our swnet woman-j
uatuie g lined the victory 1"'
That was the ia-.t roidr.ight al
arm t bat our doctor's family ever
sustained. The two burglars, dis
covered to be old u-nd experienced
hands at the business, were safely j
lodged in Stale prison fT the long- j
est particular term ; the gang was I
ffectudliy broken up, and tu- uigb j
burs was at peace ag.iln.
Aud Mila Yoik is an objectless
tramp no longer, tie is Dr. Fen
grove's 'hired man' now, as much
a friend as a serva-d. ami you may
see bim, any sunny day, at work in
tbe garden, with the baby playing'
around him.
"All I wanted was a cuance," Mi
lo York says.
ANCIENT BILLS OF
FARE-
The accounts more frequently
found in romances of tbe marveN
lous feasts often giveu lo ruling
powers of tbe olden times, are ea
geily read by the young and with
great longings to see them repeated
in trie present time. Especially are
they bewitching to the young house
keepers who have visions of sur-
ptisiug their husbands with a bill of
fare copied Irom ancient times.
YVt they have no idea of what the
peculiar dishes were composed.
A "young lady" writes ua: "1
have read so much of the wonder
lul feasts and banquets given In
ancient limes, the almost labulous
entertainments of tbe nobles aud
emperors of Greece and Ko ue, that
I am curious to kri w something
more definite about them. Do tell
me, dear madam, it yuu cae, how
the di-hes, which must have cost a
small lortun, were prepared. Oi
what did they consist?
"1 am young, expecting soon to
go to housekeeping. I arn fond of
trying new things, and can afford a
little extravagance to euable me to
do so. It would lie such a pleasure
to surpnse my husband b giving
him a dainty euteitainment, entirel'
d iff rent from the common run of
things,''
You would indeed surprise your
husbund aud guestf, my dear child,
with something "different from the
common run of things," if we could
give you such receipts ; but few, if
anj'. have been record i d, aud none
that you would willingly follow.
Tiieir banquets were wonderfully
lavish in the amount provided hut
gross almost beastly iu the com
position Served in barbaric splen
dor, on polished gold ?et around
with presious stones, yet there was
no delicacy or refinement, either in
th mode of preparing or anaugiug
the ood.
Tbe women of ancient times
doubtless prepared tie dainties,
but the men, often the nobles,
slaughtered the animals, turned the
spit in roasting, or prepared suuh
savory messes as Jacob was suppos"
ed to set before bis father, lbe
real piimituo mode of giving a
feast depended on the immense
quantity, not on the variety or d h
eacy ot the viads set before the
guests.
After many years the Egyptians
begau to search for new ways to ri I
versify and enlarge their bills of
fare. But their inventions turned
more toward the preparation of
meal and flour ; eome mode of
liuhteniug their dough. The liora
aus followed, and attempted to im
prove on the Egyptians' inventions.
They mixed millet with sweet wine,
leaving it months or a year some
times to ferment. Improving mi
that form of yeast, as they used the
filthy scum from their beer, with all
its iinpuiiin s, to raise their bread
Ere long the Greeks aud Itomms
took other steps forward, attempt
ing many anil unheard of ways ol
cooking meats to secure some new
giatific.iticn for the pal .te In
their marl longings for somi-ihin''
newer to aid ' em in greater leats
ot gormanniz ng, they went beyoud
all bounds of deeeucy or common
sense. The Iiomaus, both rulers
and nobles, were coarser in tLeir
indulgence thau the Greeks, Their
emperors gorge! themselves till
they could uot stir, but "kept a slave
always i early with a feather to
tick'e the palate to relieve them of
their su:li," only that they might
begin again. No banquet that was
thought fir for an emperor conld be
"prepared for less than 400,000 ses
te;c&s ,or SlG.000. This was the
lea ti the nobles dared expend for
'.be honor of entertainiug tbe em
peror."
Nothing, after a while was prized
that was not obtained at great ex
pen so, een though far less delicate
and palatable than cheaper things
that weie easy of access. Tbe flsn
of peacocks is hard, juiceless, and
not of a pleasant flavor. But it
cou d only be obtained, in those
das, at fortv dollars a pound, and
w as, i hen fore, pretered to more
delicate poultry. Bat there were
too many ot the nobles that could
afford that luxury ; and so the em
peror must Iw regaled on" peacock j
brains aud singing birds fcugues at;
fabulous price. Sucking pigs were
fed on dates, geese fattened on tigs,
and only the enlarged livers were
used.. Fish tbat was plenty at
home was worthless, but : many
ships were used only to - bring fish
from foreign sbores. The Komau
nobles would pay 3100 for-a single
lamprey, $500 for a mullet of six
pounds weight, or on great occa
sions, 81,000. With such prices no
wonder these feasts ruined many of
the nobles, who only dared to set
before the emperor the liver and
gills of the flsb. After a while they
began to build resevoirs to breed
these fish, and keep some constant
ly fattening, and it as said often
throwing Heir l .v- into ihn tank
to teed their fisU-
If oue of those imperi 1 gi riuauds
walked in the night, and command
ed a dish impossible u be obtained
on the instant, the cook c uUl only
save his head by concocting somes
thing, olten of the most detestable
material, and by au abuudauce of
strange seasoning beguile his lord
by calling it the dish he had com
manded Has our "Young Frieud'.' any
longer a desire to prepare , strange
dishes for her bt'shaad ? Will net
the neat and dainty dishes ber
mother has taught uer to make be
more acceptable t
Mes. Henry Wahd BtEcnEit.
round a Hundred Million
Surplus uimI Leave a lluu
lrel Million Uelicil.
Wlieu the Democrats went out of
oltico in March, 18S9, there was a
surplus of a bundled million dollars
in the Treasury. When Ihey return
fo power in March, 188.', they will
have to meet a deficit ot a huudred
millions.
In other words, the republicans found
a hundred million surplus and will
leave a hundred mdlion deficit.
A prolific cause of this depletion
of the national Tieasuiy has bt n
tbe notorious pension extravagancy
oi republican legislation. The head
long inciease'iu the nnmber ot pen
sioners and the amoiint of pensions
duriug ten years iu shown by tbe
following figures:
Number Amount
Petitioners. Pensions .
1881 . . . 285,097 ?o 1,290,280
1883 ... .30.'l,ti58 ri0.431.y7-5
1884. . ..323,750 57,273,530
1885 ... 345.1 25 05.093,700
18SC ...305,783 01,584,270
18S7 400,007 74,815 480
1888.... 4 52.557 79,040, HG
1889 .... 489,725 89.131,968
1 890 527,9 1 4 100,493,890
1891 .. 070,100 118,548,959
Th's sho.vs that in the first year
of the present republican idmiuis
i if ion the amount paid in pensions
was eighty-nine million dollars. In
the scenmd year it leaped to a bun
dred ami six millions, and in the
thud it roM.i to more thau a hundred
and eighteen and a half millions.
In ; he fnui th or last year of repub
I icari ru!e the aggregate will be a
hundred and filly millions, and the
nexr 3 ear it will reach two huudred
millions unless f he outflow is check
ed. This is a serious outlook for the
nation. Obviously there is but oua
of two courses to puisne either to
cut down the rapidly growing ex
penditures or meet them either by
oppressive taxation or by ruuniug
into debt. That tbe first course i
the ouly sate one to adopt must be
obvious to all.
Will the republicans join with the
democrats in cutting down e.ipendi"
tures, or will they insist on plunging
the country into debt al the risk of
LoaLruptcy. N. Y. Herald.
LAOKIPPE.
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pa-t x a n it was a noticeable fact that
thoe w bo deptDdd upon L)r Kings New
Discovery, not nty had a speedy recovery,
but ,-raped all of the troutlenouie after ef
fect of rhe riialad y. Thi- remedy g. ems to
have a peculiar power in etfcetm rapid
cares not only in cages oi La Grippe, b'Jt
in all Diseases ot Throat, Cnest and Lungs
and has cured cae.- of Aelbina an Hay
Fevor of long standing. Try it and be
convinced. It won't disappoint. Free
Trial Bottle at J M Lawing s Drug Store.
3iany Persons arc troVen
down from overw:k r household tares.
Brown's Iron iiitters Rebuilds the
lystem, pi-l.i dsticn. removes excess &t bUe,
txid cures liialuria. Oct the genuine