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I f i: it; k ifi .il , h'.M; . H , VOL. VI. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAR. 17, 1893. NO. 46; Mm J! 1 p B; r I; ill El ' lis? Professional Cards. J. W.SAIN, M. D Llas located at Lincolnton and of fers his services an physician to tbe citizens ot Lincolnton and surround ing country. Will be round at night at tbe Liu colnton Hotel. Mrch 27, 1S91 ly Bartlett Shipp, ATTOIiXET AT LA '.V. LINCOLNTON, N, Jan, 9, 1891. c: ly. CI j-K.vnsr. JJ Nro i-.N i'ON, N ( Cocaine tiiod Ibr puiulcss ex tracting teeth. With thirty years experience. Satisfaction p.ven in all operations- Terms ...ash and moderate. Jar. i!4 'Ul lv r rr inr m mi h if r 1 1 mi n t iiihwii m um BARBER SHOP. Newly fitted up. Work a ways neatly Un'. custom is politely waited upon. Everything pertain ing to the tou.sorial art is done accordiny to latest styles. Henry Taylok. Barber. 1", -l 1 iiti -n Turnimmi i na iiimn .English Spavin Liniment rmove3 all Lard, eoft or calloused lumpi and Meinish ts from hor"5, Mood puvin.s, curbs, splints sweeney, xiri-bouc, stide;, sprains, all swolleu throats, coughs etc. irave jj-o!) by use of one bottle Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold by J. M. Lawins; Drui-H Lincolnton N C r-iiiiniiinnTJ ii iiin iiMiauuM an tcli on human and Horses and all ani mals cured in 30 minutes by Woolfordd Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sole by J M. Lawing Drui:t!iit Lincolnton. N C l?linl From Scrofula Cnrcrt. Atlanta, Ga., June 2d. -My six year old son has had a terrible s'ougbiriic scrofula ulccr of the neck for three yearj, attended with blindness, loss of hair and jreneral prostration. Physicians and various blood remidies were resorted to without benefit. The New Atlanta, Medical College treated him for three months, but his conditiou grew worse." 1 was urei to try the efficacy of B B B, and to astonishment of myself, friends aud neighbors, one single bottle effected an eutire cure. Ulcers of the neok entirely htaied; eye sight restored, and the hair commenced growing on his head again. I live at 245 Jones Street, Atlauta, and my boy is there to be seen. Ff.axk Joseph. J. Yv. Meeker, Howell's Cross Roads, Cherokee county, Ga , writes: ."I wa9 aflicted wit h c hronic sores nine years, and OAp r?Qand bad tried many medi- 0 v JALiOand triey did me no good. 1 then tried B R B, and eight bottles cured me sound and well." OnflSujl LADIES Are dailv recommending- the Mection ADJUS TABLE It Expands e?"sj OINTS. This makes The best Fitting, nicest Looking and most comfortable in the worid. Prices. 2.;o. j, and ?VSO. Consolidated Shoe Co., Manufacturers, Lynn, Mass. Shoos Made to Mearvro. found at Jenkin- Bios. 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New York City. wwr- I r;itn oa civil LA GRIPPE. ,leS,USVbh.e,iteeo as powerless tores.st tbe .pell. tbo-e v. bo depended upon Dr Kings New Discovery, not only hid a speedy recovery, fcut escaped nil of the troublesome after ef fect of the rcaladv. This remedy seems to tave a peculiar power in effecting rapid yures not oruv in cute5 o' La Gnpre. but n an Dishes 0f Throat. Chest and Luntrs ! apd bus cured cases of Asthma an Hay ejags or 8eemingly 80 was a per Fevf.rot luna standing. Trv it and be fe , r , ... , convinced. It won't "disappoint. Free j fectly-fprmed castle with bottres Trial Bottle at J M Lawing s Drug Store. Sed wings and gay flags flying from t. """" """"" . . its massive parapets. There were dy vour suoscnption to the Lin- the8tate)y arcbeWdV8j t00j with toLs Courieb. tuejr piliiard supports, every onti Godeys' Laiy-' Eook. A Spectre Castle. BY ANNIE MARIA BARNES. Among: tbe effects left by my mother at her death was an old fashioned daguerrotype in a plaiu 1 leather case. I had never seen it before, aud from the moment my eyes rested upon it, it seemed to exercise a strange fascination over me. It was not tbe daguerrotype Itself that is, the case and its appointments that had anything to do with this peculiar and unaccountable en thrallwent, but the picture stamp ed within. It was that of a fair .vouug girl, not strictly, beautify. but with the rarest, sweetest Jace I ! had ever seen. Character, decision, ! power wen written all over ;t from j th? low white forehead, a'jaint I which tbe hair tippled, to the firmly-rounded exqui-ittly moulded chiu. It was tl.e face of one born to command, yet as suggested by the look within the weet, aerene eyed to be graciously tender with al, It would be impossible for me to describe how its charm grew upou me. I seemed to see it everywhere, upon everythiugj upon which I look, ed. Awake, every feature was as distinct as though the picture lin eaments themselves weiebefoio me ; tleep, there they were agaiu. iu dellible stamped upon the fabric of my dream. I often wondered why my moth er had never shown me the picture or spoken to me of it in any way. Oar companship had beeu very close and dear, unusually so eveu for mother and son. But the last six years preceding her death which had occured just a (ew months prior to the openinpoof my story I had been away from home a great deal, and the picture may have come in to her possesion duriug that time. But the more I though about it, the more I was of the opinion that this was nnlikely. Besides, beneath the velvet lining on the inside ot tbe case I found, upon a folded slip Of j paper, a name and a date. Tbe ! name Ernestine, and the date one j that preceded my mother's death ! some thirty-seven years. ! "Ernestine !" the name grew as j familiar as the pictured face itself, j while the liquid syllables were con stantly upou my lips. In vain I told myself that my passion was the. idlest sort of fol!ys that if alive tbe object of my ador ation had become a wife aud mo ther long ago, while in probability she had years before preceded my mother to the land ot shadows But try as hard as 1 might, j could not shake off the spell that bound me. Indeed, the more I bati tied against it thestronger it seemed to grow, I was like one in a dream a trance, I was filled with rnelan- choly and unrest, with a longing nD en durable. Was I, could I be, in in loe and with the pictured face of a women who had lived a quarter of a centurv too 800n for me ? I wag twenty-eight years of age, and ,. , , . . up to this time had never bestowed : upon any woman, apaii lrom iny mother, more than a passing i thought. In truth. I had very little faith in the tender passion, and was wont to chaff mot unmerciful those of my fi lends I chanced to find sighing devotees at Don Cupid's Court. But, now there was no longer any ue in denying it. 1 was hopeless:;, deeyly, nay madly in love, and with what! With the pictured face of a woman who bad loved, married, acd gtown into a sedate- matron ere my eyes had opened unto the world It was absurd, foolish, week, to say the least ; but had it beeu a thous and times more so, I should have One time I had noticed about the daguerrotype that had worked UJOSt vividlv upon my imagination At the right-hand lower corner of the picture, ond just beneath the line perfect, even to those of cb tall trees in the garden at the rear, and the glimpse ot the faraway lake caught through their parted foliage. In vain I tried to assure myself that this happy conceit was due alone to the action of the mold that had been gathering thern daring the long years it had lain away from human sight. In any other frame of msnd I would have accepted this explanation readily, but now I choose to assign it to the agency of the supernatural. Most persistent" ly, too, did I associate the outliued cattle in evtry way with the sweet lace of the picture. It had been her home, I toid myself, for, just su'.'h a home, grand ami stately, wa alone befitted one who had, without doubt reigned a qvieeii among women. I knew that mv mother had been ot foreign bnth, that, even up to tue time of her marriage, she had resided ou the other side of tbe At lantic. The pictuio wai, without doubt, that of some dear girl Iriend, for not only were the dress and or naments ot a style that dated many year! back, but were, evidently, those of a country quite different from my own. This explanation I readily accepted In my cooler w.om etits, as well as the explanation of the mold having formed the strike" ing picture of a castle But, when uuder the influence of the strange spell that had grown upon me, my diseased fancy ian riot throngh the whole realm ot imagination. Tbe castle I beleived had taken unto it self form beneath the shining glass tor the purpose of giving me the clue, by which I should trace and find her, whose pictured lace pos sessed me day and night. Soraf-"-where, and some time, I should come across her. If I doubted this for one moment, I should go mad. What need to assure myself that it was but a link from the past of which I knew nothing, and with which through the very order of God's creation, I could never hold part nor parcel? I cculd not, I would not believe it. In vain to reason that there could be no hope, no promise for me in tbe dust to which the beauteous face and form bail long since de parted. It was a living reality, a speaking, breathing presence that that called into being an intensity of thought aud feeling that would completely sweep me away with its wild impetuosity, unless it could find this dear obiect upou which to expeud itself. My mind was in this shape whenfacvay from the all too tempting vis- my business called for a return to Colorado, whence my mother's death had summoned me. Jt was a loug and wearisome journey' and one that L had tc accomplish partly on horseback, in order to go some little distance out of the way to attend to a last bequest of my mother. I had in my possession a small pack- age, that was to be delivered by no other hand, save mine, to a gentle man by the name of Rowan, who resided on a cattle ranch near West Las Animas. The package bore his name, though I knew, it was in tended for his daughter. The month was June and the weather intensely warm even for that season. For manv weeks not a drop of rain had fallen, earth was parched aud bare. The the shiubbery schotcbed aud shriveled j the dining-room later in the even iu many places as though an iniing. But the very first woid he tense flame bad passed over it. Tbe sun was shining with an al most torrid fervor, while the re tlectiou upon the burning sands! aud particles of glistening rock was simply maddening to the eves. The verv air seemed like the breath ot a hot furnace, It was about the middle of the afternoon I had jusi crossed a small stream, aud was ascending a slight declivity wheu there sudden ly burst upou my vision a scene that Carried me out of all compos ure. To my left stretched a long plateau, bound by distant bluffs, with a strip of forest between. But strangest of all, the trees seemed to be moving, moving away as though the earth beneath them bad broken looseJ and was floating off. But suddenly, as I still gazed fascinated spelUboond, the trees changed their appearence, even their form, then disappeared altogether, and in place came a beautiful lke, its flashing bosom sending forth in numeral pleasure boatp, with gaily colored awnings outspread, rode at anchor. And there in the fore ground, distinctly outlined, every parapet perfect, every stone buts tress as real yes, infinitely more so as I had seen it hundreds of tims beneath the glass, was the castle of the daguerrotype. I stopped my horse ad gazd upon the scone as though I could never desist", fparfu! even to move, lt the beautiful vision should fade away, nver to be recalled. Just aq I had m-'de np my mind to turn from the road and risk a nearer vie'.v. fhv? gat qpe'nd to swing opjn, whHn out from between them came could I credit mv own i HHnses ?t,,e faee rbHt h., SQ offon smiled upon ire from the musty lenther of the old daguerrotype! Yes, there it. was in the living, breathing reality, and with it a form graceful and commanding, that sat the spirited horse with the air of a young princess. My heart stood still ; my very breath seemed sus pended. I hart no control of any faculty. Indeed, so intently riviU were my eyes upon the picture, that I was utterly powerless to move them in the least from the ob ject of their regard. Even after she had come to with in a few feet of me, I si ill gazed up on her as one lost to ail other sur roundings. That she was nncon scions of the attention thus drawn to herself was plainly evident ; that he was also greatly annoyed there by, was equally apparent ; but if life bad depended npon it, I could not have withdrawn my gaze at Mat moment. In spite of her annoyance, she gave me a slight, though somewhat haughty inclination of tbe head as she came opposite to me. The moment she had passed me, I was guilty of the still greater rudeness of turning to gaze after her. From some cause, she .turned her own head at the same moment, and thus our glances once more met. Her annoyance was all too apparent now, not numingled with vexation. Wbo could blame her ? Touching her whip to ber horse, she rode hastily away, as though fearful of some intention on my part to fol low ber. With every pulse, thrilling, and my heart beating so it threatened to puflocate me, 1 turned my head ion I was longing with all my soul to follow. As I did so, my eyes naturally sought the scene upon which they so lately gazed. It had disappeared so completely as rhough it had floated away, while in its stead was an extensive plat eau upon which a herd of cattle weregraziug With a tumultuous sea of thought and speculation surging within me, I turned from tbe spot, arriving a half hour later at the ranch Iwas seeking. I found Rowan a pleas ant, educated gentleman, whose hospitable welcome soon put me at my ease. A bath and a refreshing sleep restored my pulse to its nor mal condition, and it was as a very j cool and serene being, I flattered ; myself, that I followed my host into i uttered, as we entered, sent the blood rushing from heart to head again in tumultuous torrents. "Ernestine," be said, as a tall, aUm, young figure advanced o 'meet us, "this is Mr. Castran, of j whom you have heard me speak. Mr. Castran, mv daughter, Ernes tine.7' "Ernestine!" Tbe very uame was enough without the sweet im perious glance of the eyes cow lookT ing straight into mine with a world of reproach in their depths tbe eyes that not three hours before had come down the hill toward me, the eyes of tbe old daguerrotype ! Is it a wonder that my head was in a whirl That I lost all knowl edge of my actions! Al tnrough the meal I sat as one in a dream. I could not eat, I could barely reply in monosyllables wheu addressed. I could do nothing but sit and gane at the face that had been an ever living presence to me for thepat six months. Had indeed the pic tured image of the old daguerrotope taken unto itself life and stepped out before me ? Had the fair prom. io, after nil, blossomed out of the very dust of the grave? And then the picture I had recently seen of the old castle ! What did it mean ? Becoming suddenly aware that both my host and his daughter were r-onsciotis of my strange beha viur, I determined to tell thtn all as Soon ag the meal was finished, all except the part that closely related to mvsAlf tl'e rtepp. aborbinrr pas sion ' hat had t-kef! so eom!-r possession of me. That must re main my secret for awhile 'onger, at lea. From the moment F be nn to lei' my story, I cou'd see the eagerness and exntenint visible upon the young gill's face, derite her efforts to conceal it. As to Rowan, he remained calm and co! lec'ed thioughoat. As I concluded he spoke : "It evidently does appear strange aid unaccountable to you who are cofop'etely in in the dark, but to me who holds the key of the apparent mystery everything is plain. "My win, who has been dead pearly five years now," with a h-avy s'gb, "and your mother were 1 he j dearest of friends. In early girl hood, among other mementoes, ihey exchanged pictures. The daguerro type contains that of my wife, while I have among my wift's effects one of your mother. The package you have brought rne contains the few tiukets exchanged during their years! of friendship. That your mother never showed you the picture, or alluded to it in auv way, was doubt less owing to the fact that an un fortunate misunderstanding, which grew into a complete estrangement, sprang up between them a short while before your mother's marriage. As my wife was always very reti cent on the satiject, I am s ignor ant as yourself of its nature. But that yonr mother still cherished to tbe last an affection for her girlhood friend is evidenced by the desire, that my daughter should come into possession of the tinkets. As to the resemb'ance that has struck you so fore bly, I do not wonder, since my daughter is the living image of her mother. She is the youngest ot sr-veral children, al1 of whom died in iufancy or child hood." But there was one thing yet that disturbed me, and disturbed me no little, one thing for which I had re ceived no satistactory explanation, and that was tbe vision I had seen on ray way to the ranch. That night when we were alone, I men tioned tbe circumstance to my host. He iaoghed heartily, The whole vision was naught else but the de lusion of a mirage, which was a common occurrence in that region, he assured me. What I had sen was due alone to the action of the eun upon tbe grains of sand that' sent distorted images before my eye. The appearance of his daugh tar TV J ti tiiu rrLk rli!n rail in tiiu - wuoie oeiu-ive scene, as sne naa at; that moment been riding nearer to! me alon;." a path beside the pl.t tea u. As to the castle's taking on the identical outlines of the one that had so preyed ou my mind, and as to tt . ,...t me parent issuing or nis uaueo- terfrorn the gate-, these things were beyond a douot entirely due to my high-wroosht imagination. j There is no d-tlliance of wit, no He was much strce'e at first with p!fui facility of speech. Harmon the appearance of tbe castle ouU ,ous beauties are acquired with ef Iinedinthe dagaenotype, but on I fnrt . strdy commou 8ense H ac closer inspection declared he had a instinct. T0 man meets your eye satisfactory reason for that aI.o. It j Yoa can welk on your head if you was, he admitted, an almost perfect j cboose that's your concern, not bis. pictureofhis wife's girlhood home. Take auy ID(?hod of iocomotioa or The artists had doubtless taken, or BQght else as VOQr preference, so tried so take, a picture cf the cattle j i jrjg as it does DOt interfere with upon that place : but failing, or j ijS business. thinking he had failed, had ued a j Thick so'ed boot-. turnedup portion of the same plate for th Dants ,he crifaUin" umbrella and picture of Ernestine. Afterward the chemicals applied and broogbt on: the outlines as they now ap- peartd. So quaintly and delicately weie they traced that ore mibt well imagine them the woik of the mold. Well, doabtiess this seemed the proper explanation to him, but ! somehow I could not getitontofj my mind that these traceries came ! there in a far different wny from thn I one he attuned. I was very foolish ! I know, and healthier minds will; simply smile at rny delusion. j But I hp.d found hT.the one worn rn of al! the wo'l l to me, and ! whether I hd been led to her simp- ly through the course of natural i sancutieation of tha Sabbath in all events, or by the workings of some j lnds ; and their request to publish power indegnable and unseen, it j ec- ni many languages and sent to wa- all th same, I had foond her! ja'- lands, inviting Christams every and that blf-d knowledge sent at 'h""e to join them, has for years ; :ean of rejoicing through and ; heen seconded in this country by throngh ray heart. The Trulls Alioul England'. . it MMica, the rreunr promises to be At times our continuity as one1. ' , . . , lmmeasuraolv more so. and it may mee draws American cunoo'tv and . . . " , ... , , , , , be its crucial year m our beloved crincsm to Euglacd. We stand , , ... . . . , , hand, we therefore invito all pastors j . , ' , l IV lilt eager interest upon th pit frcra whence we were originally dug. To crry on the metaphor, 'Friend John" is yet in the pit, and introspection with hinn, as indeed w'th any, is not an easy art. When a man or nation honestly believes the Deify jh peculiarly favorable to them, and every enemy a fool at best, at woit a knave, such a creed may make men good fighters, and Massena said " those English sea wolves were ;" ba' certainly not fair exponents of tneinselves. Ther e yeems un good reason why an American should not cotrectly appraise the English charne'er. He sharesmore or less, its ruakiup m an inexperienced born of fellow feeling, kindred blood end speech, and the indrtina-le sympathy, strong and magnetic, which in these peaceful days is beginning to assert itself over ancient antipathies and speak out with a clear articulation To state the truth about England succinctly I must begin with that immense city the nation has built for itself, which lives in every En glishraan's m:nd, though he be in India or the Leeward Isles, at once h 8 pride and his confusion, his glo ry' ann his shame. London is centre, ay ! sonl to the British Empire, and England with out the metropolis is "Hamlet'1 mians the Prince of Denmark. The traveler who whirls into this vastest of human hives, with its six millions of inhabitants, cannot be anyihing but a profoundly impres ed spectator. London contains oueeighth of Great Brittain's population : has a larger daily delivery of letters than all Scotland ; a birta every fonr minute ; a death every six ; and the Lord Mayo "Prince of parvenus holds passing sway over a greater number of his fellow mortals than the King of Holland. Tnough this miniature world numbers more Jews than Palestine, more Italians than Rome, more Ger mans than Hanover, it remains an Anglo-Saxon city. An outsider, knowing its history, I is perceptions not blunted by cus om, is unconsciously struck wi'b persistence of individuality, which cbangesirs taste but never its es sencr. Let an American walk in i Fleet Street, Cheapside and City Road, watching tbesi Englishmen calm, grave, silent, proud, with a tierce rush of passionate li be neath the congealed and icy surface of reserved stolidity, and he will e cognize at once the traits of thoe ; jat ... v.klnff. S ixons. j 2ffonaanslf wbicb have prodaced the om Briton. j tbat 8ilk wuicbt in London ! Lpedai figures on all occasions j , 9 .ve fhp birth ani, hm:al of lnft wearer, thee are the habiliments of their tail, ruddy-skinned well-fed owners. S. P. Cadman in April Godey's. PIMYEK TOPICS FOU "APRIL. To Tlie American Mlnlntry Aim! ClmrclicH. The first week of April has been Tor fourteen years observed by tho World's Sabbath Observance Pray- jcr Union, for united prayer for the our leading babbath organizations. The past has been an eventful year for the Sabbath cause in Am- ; end an C'lritams to observe the week Apri? 1VJ, 1803. tor special prayer, pujie and private, for the imperrilled Sabbath in this and alt 'a rids and special effort in its be ha'f, ami eollect'ous for the spread of bteratnriv In devour gratitude let us unitedly praise Grd for the aroused interest in the preservation of the Lord's Dav, f.ir the forty millions represen ted millions represented ou the pet tions for Sunday cloniig of the World s Fair, for the decisive vote of Congress closing the tfates, and the frilurv of efforts for repeal of that action. It is a triumph the in fluence of which will be perpetual. While yve are greatly joyful over the way the Lord has led U9, yet in view ot the great peril that still gathers arcund ourcbristain insti tutions and especially our Sabbath, we feel constrained, for the sake of home, religion, the cause of labor and the world's conversion, to ask all pastors, that during the first week of April next they uae too services of the sanctuary by ser mons aud prayer meetings, to deep. an the intelligent conviction of the people on the broad and practical iiues of Christain law and living with reference to tbe Sabbath, aud also to present the subject of Sabs bath observance as che topic of pri vate and family prayer through the week. The following topics for prayer are suggested : First, that the influence of the World's Fair may be on tbe side of S bbath observance, morality and righteousness. Second, that the tide of Sabbath de-ecration may be stayed. Third, that tbe value and benefi cence of the Christain Sabbath mav bo better understood and appreciat ed and pastors and people be faithful in maintaining it. Fourth, that the light of tbe great armies of employes in railroad and postal service to a Sabbath of rest may be protected. T. A. Fern-lev, D- D., Cor. Sec, Philadelphia Sabbath As so. Rev. H. H. George, Gen. Fieid Sec. American Sab t a h Union. Rev, W. F. Crafts, Honorary Sec. W. Penn. Sabbath Association. Mrs J. C. BaTeham, Nat. Supt. Sabbath Observance Dep. W, C T; U- The Function of rv Iiee'a Sting "It will be a saprise to many readers." savs an English writer. "that all the most important fanct. ion of the bee's sting is not stinging 1 have long been convinced that the bees put the fluisbing touches on their artistic cell work by tbe dex troQs ns of their stings, and during this final finishing stage of tbe pro cess of honey-makiog the bees In. ject a minute portion of formic acid into honey. This is in reality the poison of their sting. This formic acid gives to honey its peculiar flav or, and also imparts to it its keep ing qualities. The sting is really an exquisitely contrived little trows el. which the bee finishes off and caps the cells when thev are fided brimful with bonev. While doing this the formic acid passes from the poison bag, excludes, drop by drop, from the point of the sting and the beautiful work is finished."