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VOL. VII.
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY,. SEPT. 29, 1893.
NO. 24
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Lady Colia Campbell says kis
sing iujuica tbe complexion.
The Boston girl arises
Traascendentally sedate,
And taking otf her glasses
Says, "I guess I'll osculate."
The comma ll faute New Yorker,
With a radiant high bred smile
Aud blush, says "My complexion's
Got to stand it for awhile."
The Philadelphia maiden,
With a Quaker quibbling coo,
Prepares her lips to pocker
In the qaiet drab "O-o, o-ol"
Tbe legal Baltimoreao
Srnops to conquer with. her wit
"Judt look at my complexion !
Jr. isn't spoiled a bit.''
The Washington damsel,
Such a dear Cosmopolite,
With a blush leuiarke, ''The lady
iau't altogether right.''
The Richmond girl, in whispers
Like some dreamy inusic, low,
States tiiruly, "My complexion
Isn't every thing, you know.''
The bright Atlanta maiden.,
With a pietty harmless flirt,
Is sure that her complexion
Isn't quite ao easy hurt
The fumed Keutucky beauty,
In a voice aa sott aud clear
As blue grass skies are, murmurs,
"It is 'my complexion, dear.'7
Tlie youug Chicago womau
Twittera in her fond delight,
"I want a good complexion,
But the price is oat. ot eight."
The coy dr. Louis maiden,
Who's as ute as she id fair,
Announces : ''My complexion
Iau't m it. Seat So there !"
The Denver dear delightful
Inquires: "Where am I at f
You bet that Lady (Jolin
18 euiiveieiug iuiuuku u mi -
The fair Pacific augel
gays that she would like to say
j COmplexiOU
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ii lb i&u i uuiu tuai, wa.
And thus in every city
Who will say ic isn't so 7
Complexions are not in it
If the kisses have to go-
Lift.
Stouewall's Widow.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis m tbe Ladie's Home
Journal.
Xo character is so difficult to de
pict athat of t ldy ;Jt can be de
scribed only by negatioa9, and these
do not convey the charm aud beauty
which positive virtues impress upon
ns. This thought has been sugges
ted to me by the request for a sketch
of Mrs. Sfouewall Jackson. Out
side the limits ot the States in which
she has lived little mere has been
kuowu'of her personally than that
be was iufiuitely dear to her heroic
husband and that she bore him a
little daughter, who sat on his bed
cooing aud swiliu, "all unknow
tug,'' while he was slowly entering
into the rest prepared for hin?..
Mary Ann Morrison this was
Mrs. Jackson's maiden name was
the daughter of the Kev. R. H, Mor
rison, a Presbyterian minister, and
ttie first president of North Caroli-
no, which he founded, and which
1 1 1 1 remain as bis memorial. Dr.
Morrison graduated from tbe Uui
versiiy of Nor in Carolina in 1818
with Piesideut Polk and many otb
r piouiinent me.n. Mrs. Morrison
was one f mx daughters of General
Jos. Graham. of Revolutionary fame,
who wis successively Governor of
North Carolina, TJoited States Sens
ator and Secretary of the ua?y tin
der President Fillmore. Mary An
na was one of ten children born to
the couple. Dr. Morrison on acn
count of his large family, removed
to a quiet country home near to
several churcCes at w hich he offi
ciated tor his neighbors as occasion
demanded. . The society about their
home was of exceptional refinement
and the associations of - the family
were with the best people.
'r Indue course of time the girls
married Southerners who after
watds' became or then were men
of mark, such as General D. E. Hill,
General Rufus Barringer, Judge A.
C. Avery and J. E. Brown. In 1853
Anna, with Eugenie, her youugent
sister, made a visit to their eldest
eister, Mrs. D. H. Hill, of Lexing
ton, Va., escoited thither by oue of
her father'd friends, Geueral then
Major Jackbon was at that time
engaged to Miss Elinor Junkin to
whom he was soon to be married.
He was a frequent visitor to Gene
ral Hill's house, and became ao
friendly with the cheery little couu
try girls that he rendered them ev
ery aocirl attention in bis power,
Maj. Jackson left Lexington for rest
in tbe euminer vaoation, but in Au
gust suddenly returned and spent
the evening with bis young friends,
listening to their songs and parry
log their teasing questions. In tbe
morning they learned that he had
married and gone on a bridal tour
that day, so thy and reticent was
tke grave young Major, even to his
iatimates. After the marriage of
her sister, to Mr, after wai'd Gen
eral rtuius rsariluger, Anna re
mained at home for three years.
In the interim Major Jackson lost
his yoang wife, his health failed.and
be went abroad to recoperate. Af
ter making an extended tour he re
turned, and wrote to Anna in such
ardent fashion that every one but
tbe object of his affection suspected
his state of mind. Soon after he
followed and they were quietly
mmied from her father's home.
Tbe young couple set out upon an
extended Northern tour, returning
only in time for the session of tbe
Military Institute, where the Major's
duty lay. Major Jackson soon es
tablished himself In his own house,
and bis young wife in tbe privacy of
their home, pursued the busy tenor
of a Southern woman's way. Be
fore the expiration of a year a little
daughter was boru to tbe young
couple which was not long spared
to them. Their lives seem to haye
flowed on unruffled by domestic
disaonanqe.
Her husband's letters
"gentle dove" ana his
can uer nis
"sunshine," aud he gives in the life
of her husband, which she published
a little over nine years ago, a pretty
picture of her sitting at his request,
and singing "Dixie" so that he
cauld learn the air. After four years
has passed the dread realities ot
war broke over the young people.
Major Jackson was summoned to
take the cadets from the Virginia
Military Institute to Richmond for
occasional service. The first milita
ry duty was followed by his offering
himselLto tbe Army ot Virginia.
After a short time he went into tbe
regular Confederate service, and
then the young wife was sent to her
father, as it was too lonely for her
to remain in Lexington.
Here practically ended her mar
ried life, save for a few happy weeks
at Winchester in the earlier part of
ber husband's service, and au occa
sional visit to th camp. These,
and the loving letters he wrote to
her, were all that was left of her
domestec joy. She does not seem
to have lost heart, nowever, but
looked forward patiently and pray
erfully tc a happy end of her many
trials and deprivations.
When, in 1862, little Julia was
born Mrs, Jackson met, alone and
uncomplainingly her illness. The
baby was five months old before
there was a lull in the tierce strife in
which GeD. Jackson was so power
fnl a motor, which allowed the
young wife to take tbe child to its
father, and she, with the infant and
nurse, weut to find him in the field.
After jolting over miles of new-made j
road Mrs. Jackson at length found
shelter and tbe comfort of her hus
band's companionship, but this in-,
dulgonce lasted only a little over
nine days. The dreaded call to
arms to confront Gen. Hooker's ads
vancing army, and the noncombat-
aots were ordered on to Richmond,!
Gen. Jackson hurried fasting to the
field, after a hasty farewell,' expres
sing the hope that he might find
time to return to bid his dear one
lovinu God speed but this privilege
was not to be granted. Time passed
and tbe roar of battle shook to its
foundatioo, and Mrs. Jackson was
forced to leave the scenes of her
happy rennion, while a procession
of litters bearing tbe woonded were
being brought into the yard for
medical attention. Haunted by tbe
memory til euinau and death, thej"
poor young wit-, with a child's
faith and woman's anguish, left her
treasure on the battlefield. Then
came the death wound aud after a
week's detention Mrs. Jack sou
reached her husband's death bed.
Spent with the anguish of his
wounds, he lay dying, too near the
silence ot the grave to do more than
murmur to his wife: "Speak louden
I want to hear all yon Hay," aud
feebly to caresH his bahy with a
whispered : "My swet one, my
treasure," while the innocent amiied
in his dying face. Then wan the
heartbrokea wife and mother given
strength to miuister to both these
objects ot her love. From her firm
lips tbe dying hero learned that the
sates ot Heaven were ajar for his
entrance. Controlling lt-r h'ttn
grief she sang for him thn ft acini
e.ong8 on whioh bits fainting spirit
soared upward to its rest, Wheu
all was over and she bad followed
him to his grave, hhe again sought
her father's roof, and there hid her
bowed head among her own people,
to live only for her baby. In strict
retirement the young widow hnr
baned ber means until her daughter
was grown a pretty, graceful young
woman, and then, to promote her
child's happiness, the mother em
erged from the privacy in which (she
had lived since ber husband's death
and visited both the Southern aud
Northern States. In the course of
time Julia became engaged to a
joung Virginian, Mr. Christian, of
Richmond, and a tew mouths later
was married to him. Shortly atter
this marriage Mr. and Mrs. Christian
removed to California, whither Mrs.
Jackson accompanied them. They!
returned a (short time later to Char
lotte, N- C, where they took a house
and lived together- Now, however,
the widow's next trial was eniimN
nent. Mrs. Christian was attacked
by a orostrating fever aud sue
cumoeTi ai- ,
with great fortitude. She died in
her twenty-seveuth year.
Mrs. Jackson tor a time was stun-
ed and inconsolable. Eventually
&be occupied herself by writing a
biography of her bnsbaud. When
tbe book was nnisbed she came to
New York, and having secured a
publisher without difficulty, gave
the tragic and tender history of her
hero's lite to tbe world.
Then, for the first time,the writer
saw her and was very much im
pressed by her cheerful and simple
personality. The most impressive
thing about her was ber spirit of
resignation aud contentment ; in
fact I leit ber with the feeling ex
pressed at tbe outset of this sketch
that the most difficult ot all tasks
is to depict a lady, but so gently
exercised that one does not confess
it.
For Preily Girle.
Mauy people seem to thiuk that
because a girl is plain oronlyordi
nary in appearauce that she necee
sarily makes the best wife. Ask tbe
opinion ot male fiiends, and more
7 M " ;r)h nr:t:vlly be drawn toward the apparent
thine in tuis style: "Oh pretty,
girls are very well, but tbe plajn
sensible maiden is tbe one to be de
sired for borne comforts and domes,
tic happiness !' It is certainly true
that plain girls marry more easily
than their good looking sisters, and
so it is time somethiug wassaid-in
their defense.
Does it siguily then, that because
a girl is endowed with more than
ordinary charms that she is certain
to shirk the duties necessary to
man's comfort, and yield unwilling
ly to the ordinary routine of dom
estic toil ? By no means I She can
just be the sweetest and prettiest
little creature in all the world and
stjll attend to her work cheerfully
She may spend more than ordinary
time before the glass, but then is it
not her duty to look her best ? Her
beauty is a gift, and does not be
hoove her to take tbe greatest caie
of nature's endowireut 1
Yes, the pietty gill can be pretty
as well as look pretty. Stl.
IT TO VTt BA CK A CUES.
Or TOU are aU worn out, reahy good for nota
ine, it la Reneral debility. Try
BBOTrX'Jf ISOJf 2HTTBB8.
It Wd cure you, cleawe your liver, ana gjT
a eood anDfttila.
4 Pltu For Heller KtiglinU
There i a criuiiual carelerfaneM In
colloquial E'iglisL, especially among
educated people, with whom lests
I he greater responsibility. We heaf
iue niog s n.nguau muriuuitd on
all sides nor only m the sub stralai
of society, there we expect it, but
in the best circles, and from lipn
that take us by Ruprise. In fact.
many peopln are so injured to bad
grammar and false pronunciation
that they can't tell for their lives
the good from the bad, and occa
sionally hearing a correct pronunci
ation, put it down as eccentric or
fattetched. These people have had
ordinarily good educations, but
have not thought of their grammar
inhft they left, aohool. There is
tiiothei c'aNo ho hiva not JapHi d
qui; a so rai, iiui aie yet mho to re
c)gnizo the light the mo. nerd thrir
attention is cailed to it, but alio
tlieioat'I vs slip-hhod babitt ot
speech. Not long siuce I heard u
Supreme Judge's daughter, a ouii
au with a hue educated, say : "I
aiu't got noue no how." ANtouisb
ing, is it not f Well, just take the
painsjto obstrfe a litlte and j'ou
will hear things equally astonishing
every day. Now ibis lady belongs
to the fact cUss mentioned above ;
she has settled into domestic life,
with no special literary utimulous,
aud is allowing herself to drop lu
to the habits of speech of those
about her. It would be interesting
for eome member of the family to
jot down the conversation at inealf,
for example; then read it aloud, I
think the grammar would be a sup
prise to niotat of them. Now seme
lddies, when on their P's aud Q's
sptak very gcod grammar, nut the
moment they become conridentM
allow themselves all kinds of lirr
ties with their mothertougue. The
impression stems to be that bad
grammar is better suited for the
laflflHy&Pi eS2l fe'jowship. De
good English is to be found in th
letters of cultivated women. I
think their conversation no 1S3 po-
teut for the preservation of a pure
vernacular- It has been deplored
that the art of conversation is among
tbe lost arts. What an interesting
opening this in the field of woman's
work I Though we have no Mar
garet Fuller classes in social tcisuce
we can have eveiy woman doing
her best, however email, toward tbe
restoration ot this art. iiivery one
cau help to lay the foundation lor
tne beautiful superstructure to come
afterward by insisting on good
grammar aud correct pronunciation
in ber own home- Home mliaences
cling to a child longest; they be
come second nature, while the school
training, unless it supplements what
has already been learned at home,
is artificial and ephemeral by com
parison. Think of the immense ads
vantage, the start in life, the child
from a cultured borne, has over
others not so fortunate. Parents
should remember that comparitocs
will be made betweeu themselves
and the teachers, and the child s
confidence and respect will natural
superior Knowledge.
Perhaps this is the trae secret of
the depiorable state oi affairs to be
witnessed in the home nowaday?,
where patents are almost entirely
suppressed, and are the ones to be
seen and not beard,'' or heard only
to be corrected by the children.
Ex.
lMnii-liiiig Children.
A mother whose success iu the
training of her little folks is some
tnmg beautiful to behold, belaiyes
in "making punishment fit the
crime,'' and finds this rule to work
far better than measures that have
no real bearing on the cae. For in
stance, the untruthful little one is
not permitted to speak until only
correct statements are promised
faithfully to be uttered. If a child
disarranges tbe work basket or lit
ters up a room it is not eeut away
after a shaking or a s'ap, while the
mother spends an hour in putting
things to right, but is made to pick
op everything and arrange things
just as tbey were before tbe biiy
little fingers did their mischievous
work.
I'Ijyicul Culture for Women.
Dame Nature is as a rule kind to
tho fair sex, aud the cau manage
tbeT limbs much hotter generally
then men, but there is still rrnxu tor
improvement in the appearance of
most womeu. The majority ot
youug women never give the art of
cultivating the body any attention,
hence so many we;ik and undeveL
oped figures. Women can become
ideals of graceful motion and beau
ty by cultivating the hod v, ft'd thy
can preserve health and beauty of
tlgnre until old age by physical
training.
Women need physic.il exeiciHe
qnita as ranch as men, yet it ia only
within the last few years that htops
have l.feb'i taken to provide instrnn-
tion for gliU in this nwtdul ait of
lh ri'c.il eiilt.iiie. At the prrsnt
tiia howrvrr mtiest eema to have
heeii awakened in this important
mattt r, and in uioat cities there are
colleges whore physical develop
ment is taught aud a uuoiber of
private gymnasiums where gjrls and
wotneu can enter upou a couise of
phsical tiaiutug, and it is beyond
question thdt the pupils ot these
Halls ot Health are greatly improv
ed in persottul appearauce and
health by systematic physical train
ing rosy cheeks, bright eyes, grace
of action and clear ringing laughter
follow as a result ot judicious exer
c?se.
Present day methods of life aie
highly strained and it is tteceesaiy
that the dody should be lully de
veloped and kept in peiuiaueut
strength by habitual physical ex
ercioe and wholesome food, other
wise the physical life becomes de
generated and eventually the i ody
breaks down and women become
uetvous and puffer almost countless
ills. Women are more prone to
"nervous prostration' than men,
and especially so in this couutry.
Society womeu for the want of reg-
iki Physical exercise become pale,
lent. To get aud keep tne uuuvmu
perfect health is of the utmost itn
port an ce ; thorougn enjotment ot
life will follow as a result. Wilton
lourtier in October Godeys.
Tliouguille U'aw :i Too tli Pul-
lei.
The Raleigh correspondent of tbe
Mtssenaer gfct off the following :
There was an extremely laugh
able incident on the traiu on tbe
Seaboard Air, Line which artived
here this morning, iu which con
ductcr Wilson aud a negro woman
figured. The woman got on tbe
train at Sanfcrd. Conductor W;
son placed his hand on the back of
the seat in front of the women. In
his hand was a ticket puueb. Ue
asked tbe woman for her ticket.
She replied. "Tney are in m
mouth.'' He a?ked her again and
i he same reply ws mad-1. Oe then
pulled the cord to stop th tiaiu, to
pat her off. Suddenly sue cried
out, "why, mister, you's de conduct
or, alnt you, and you want my tick
et. Bless de Lord. I thought yon
was a tooth puller." The passen
gers roared with lauahter-
How do you pronounce "tomato V
The dictionary says you may call it
either to may. to or to-tnah to.
Oae lady writes that she will ca!1 it
to-mah-to to tbe end of her dayV,
because -'all refined people" she
knows call it that with one except
ion. That one lady sturdily insists
that to-may to is right- So it is,
uuless you broaden tbe "a1' also in
potato, for they are jost the same
kind of words. Would you say po-
tar-toi If not, then don t say to
rn ar to. Ex
C?apt. Bell Goes lo Texa.
Capt. W. T. R. Bell, who was
principal of the military iustitute
at. Kiug's Mountain, aud who after
wards moved his school to Ruther
fotdtou, has accepted the superior
dence of the Military Institute at
Cotsicana, Texas. 'This is one ot
tbe largest schools In that State and
the position is a lucrative and im
portant one.
FOR DXSPEPSIA,
toSIestion, and Stomach disorder, usa
BROWS'S IROS BITTERS.
Ail dealers keep it fl per bottle. Genuine hat
trmde-xnarV - crossed red U&et on wrapper. -
31aMicurIiiiC tue llnudt.
In manicuring tho bands, they
should tlrNt Km softened bv submis
sion in tepid water, iu which hava
been placed a few drops of ammo
nia and a small piece, of Ctil
soap. The cuticle around the nail
obouid then In? care full' loosensd
with the little spoon -shaped im
plement provided for the purpose
never with a knife, the use of which
in always detrimental. The nails
f Lou Kl Im tiled into a round oval
thape, avoiding the French oint,
which is no longer in vogue. Should
tho rough pn-oe ot nIuii kinon aa
hangnails'' appeal, they should be
cilt HWay with u al.aip pair ot scis
8'HS, and hhould neer in any cir-
tuuistanecA bo toin out. They wilt
k.)ou cease to be tiouhlesome if the
hands nre caiefully aud f-atetnati-c;
ill y tet d. The white spots
whicii oi often ditigure the nalli are
sid to lo diteclly attributable to
physical debility. They are by no
tneiis e.-tsily got tit, but a little re
fined pitch mixed with myrrh, laid
over them at ni'ht and lubbedeff
in the morning with a bit of cocoa
butler, is said to be an efficient a -gent
in iemoving them.
Tliey Moc.
They Old Man was trying to sleep
a pan ot last night away be waui
ted to lie dowu to pleasaut dreams
He wauted todteam that no one
called to "lick" him, and that all wbo
are in arrears called and whacked
up he wanted the swet slumber
to lestoie him, to dish him up in
good uuape, au we would say iu the
kitchen.
B it alack and alat I Aud a boy !
The Devil and Tom Walker. He
di ln't sleep much. Just as he got
a good hold on the sweet restorer, a
delegation of mosquitoes held a mass
meeting about his ear. Aie they
hummers? Well, we should buzz!
They met. Aud the meetjug wai
lull. The discussion seemed to be
cujJ. oiiver nuestion. We take it
wey and lenght of time eongteSMuen
discuss it. They resolved and th6y
reeolve. They said the stringency
of the times caused them to present
thir bills as often as possible and
the good Lo'd knows tbay did
throughout the meetiug. lc was
finally resolved to pat us ou a par
ity with everything else which ibey
could eat. It wasn't sixteen to one
and we happened to be the one.
Auyhow, atter dragging us out
on the Yam Farm, and leaving us
wilh the silent staru, they adjourned.
It may be that they tackled the Did
Liftdy, as we have not seen her for
several days. Maybe they chewed
her up into mince meat as our es
teemed friend, Simon Largee, osed
ro say when he was playing Uncle
Tom's Cabin, It is truth all this
and Truth, like corn likket, is Ter
rii)le. DarUam Globe.
Mr. Beeclicr UanSn priced.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's love
for children was well known. He al
ways listened to to their prattle with
iuterest. and they talked to him with
feailess frankness on all subjects.
He was sometimes rather startled
Dy their remaiks. Ho used to tell
the following story with enjoyment :
One Sunday, as he was returning
from church, he was overtaken by
one ot his parishioners who held
his little daughter by the hand. In
h s sermon that day he had earnest
ly exhorted every one to practice
haman kindness. The little girl,
evidently anxious that her father
t-hould be reouked volunteered tbe
information that papa had tscolded
Mary that morniug.
"And who is Mary ?" inquired Mr.
Beecher.
"Why, Mary is our cook," replied
the little gossip.
"Well, well, that is too bad. But
I hope papa doesn't scold mamma,''
said Mr. Beecher, with a twinkle iu
his (ye as be glanced at his old
friend. "Well, I guess notl" said
tbe small damsel. "My mamma
isn't a servant none of my parents
aio'c servants. Why they ain'c ev
en servants of the Lord.'' Ex.
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