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&l-c- v- -V I t 111! II I III M I II I I - - I I 1 . fl I I II il 113 I B 41 I LT 1 L I I V . 2 I I I I P. I. 111! II VOL VII. LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCT. 6, 1893. NO. 25. Professional Cards. J. W.SAIN.M. D.j ifias located at Liucolnton and o fan hia services as physician to tb citizens ot Lmcolutou and surround ing country. tljVViU be found at uight at tbe Lii oolutou Hotel. March 27, 18S1 ly Bartlett Shipp, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, LINCOLNTON, N. C: Jan. 9, 1891. ly. DENT1S 1'. LINCOLNTON, N. () Teeth extracted without pain by the use of an anaesthe tic applied to the gums. Pos tivelj7 destroys all .sense of pain and cause no after trouble. Iguarautee to give satisfac tion or no charge. call from you solicited. Aug. 4, 189".i. ly. GO Td B A KB EH SHOP. Newly fitted up. Work away neatly doue. customers politely waited apou. Everything pertain ing to the tousorial art ia done according to latest styles. llKNEY Taylob. Barber. 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AH of which is guar anteed to do you good and cost you noth-ilJg- J M La wing, Druggist. To 1 Scientific American f Agency for My Treasure. BY MliS. A. W. CUBTIS,. Standing on the shores and gazing O'er life's sea. Lo! a little-barque came floating Down to ine. Angel hands were guiding It along ; All the ripplfug waves were break ing Into song. For the little barque wai bearing Iliohest freight, Sent to me by Qod from Heaven's Pearly gate. I reach out my hand to clasp it Who am I ? That tbe Qod of Heaven should send tue From on high, In a tiny jeweled casket, Such a geiu To make brighter for His glorious Diadem, Dare I take, the, priceless jewel Rich, and rar, I ao weak, and so unworthy, It ho f rtir ? God is good 'o trust this jewel Unto me. Teach uie Father how to keep it Safe, for Thee. A Terrible Charge. "Prisoner at tho bar, have you anythiug to say why uentence ot death hall not ba passed upon you?1 A Molttum ' hush fell over the crowded courtroom, aud every por- Hon waited in almost breathless ex pectatioti for an auawor to tbe judge's question. Will the prisoner auswer ? AVill be maintain the cold, indiff erent attitude that he has showu through the long trial, eveu to the place of execution ? Suddenly he arose to Lii feet, and in a low, firm, but distinct voice said "I have ! Your houor, vou have aked me a question, and 1 now ask, as the last,. favor on earth, that you will not interrupt my answer until I am through. I stand here before this bar, convicted ot the wilfnl mur der of my wife. Truthful witnesses have testified that I was loafer, a drunkard, and a wretch ; that I re turned from one of my long debauche es acd tired the fatal shot that kill ed the wife I had sworu to love, cherish and protect. While 1 have no remembrance of committing the fearful, cowardly aDd inhuman deed I have no right to complain or to condemn the verdict, it is in accor dance with the evidence- "Bur, may it please tbe court, I wish (o show that I am not the only one guilty of tbe murder of my wife. The jndge cn the bench, the jury in tbe box, and the lawers within this bar, and most ol tbe witnesses are also guilty before Almighty God, and will have to appear with me be tore His judgment throue, where we shall be righteously ; jadged. If twenty men censpirei together for i he murder of one person, tbe law powtr of .his land will arrest tbe the teuty. ud each will be tried, convicted executed for a whole mur der and uot foj one twentieth of the crime. I have beeu made a dtnu kaid by law. It it had not been tor te legalized saloons of my town, I never would have Oeconie a drunkard my wife would not have bten mur dered, I would uot be now ready to be uiled iuto eternity. Vilad it not been tor tue human traps set out with the consent of the government I would have beea a sober industiious workman, a ten der father and a loving Lneband, lint today my home is destroyed my wife murdered, my little child ren God bless and care tor them cist out on the mercy of a cold and cruel world, while I atr to be niar dered by the tstroug and eroel arm of the State. Ood knows I tried to reform, but os long as tbe open sal oon was in my pathway my weak diseased will power was no match against the fearful, consuming a gonizing appetiie lor liqaor. For one year our town was without a saloon- For one year I was a sober man. For one year my wife and children were supremely happy, and our little home a peaceful piradise 'I was one ot those who nigned remonstrances against reoeniug the saloons in our town. The nam es of one halt of this jury can bo found today on the petition certify ing to the good moral character (?) of the iumsellern, and falsely aay iog that the sale of liquor was 'nec essary in our town. The prosecut' ing attorney on this (case was one that so eloquently pleaded with this court for the license, aud the judge whoaitaon this bench and who asked me it 1 had anything to say before tbe sentence of death was passed on me grauted the licence." The impassioned words of the prisloner fell like coals of fire opon tbe hearts of those present, and many of the spectators and some of the lawyers were moved to teais. The judge made a motion as it to stop any further speech ou the part st the prisoner.wheu the speaker hastily said : "No ! No ! your honor do not close my llpn. I am nearly through, aud they are tbe last words I shall ut ter ou earth. I began my down ward career at saloon bar lega Ized and protected by the voters of this couamon-wealth, which has au nually a part of the blood money from thtt poor and deluded victims. After the state had made rae a drunkard aud a murderer, I am taken before the bar ol justice (t) by the same power of law that legal ized the first bar, and now the law power will conduot me to the place of execution and hasten my soul in to eternity. I shall appear befoie auother bar tbe judgement bar ot God, and there you, who have legs alized the traffic, will bavrf to ap pear with me. Think you that the Great Judge will hold me. the poor, weak helpless victim of your traffic, alone responsible lor tbe murder of my wife? Nay, I iu my drunken, trenzied, irresponsible condition have murdered one, but you have murdered one. but you have delib erately and wilfully murdered your thousands, aud the murder mills are in full operation to-day, with your consent. 'All of you know iu your hearts that these words of mine are no' the raving of an unsound mind, but God Almightj's truth. The liquor traffic of this natiou is responsible for nearly all the murders, bloods shed, riots, poverty, misery, wretchJ eduess and. woe. It breaks up tbousauds of happy homes every year and sends the husbands and fathers to prison or to the gallows, and drives countless mothers and little cblldreu into the world to suf fer and die. It furnishes nearly all the criminal bu&lneas of this and every other court, and blasts every community it touches,'' PresieenC Cleveland aud 1119 Talks. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 27.-The Constitution to-morrow wilt priut a letter from President Cleveland to Governor Nortaeo, in which tbe President states his position ou tbe financial question at gome length. The letter is in reply to one written by Governor Northen on tbe fif teenth instant. Governor jprtben refuses to give his letter ont for publication, but it is knowu that it presented a graphic coudition ot tbe political sitnatiou in Georgia and the South and urged upon the President and expediency of a pub lic utterance from more bjm com- prehensile than hia recent mes sage as to tbe proper policy to be pursued by Congress upou ques tiouS affecting the stringency of tbe timed and the needs of the people It is understood that in his letter Governor Northen pointed out iu roads being made iu Demociatic ranks by tbe Populists by reason of the neglect or delay on the part of the Democratic majority in Con- gress to meet legislation on tbe Hue of the party platlorm and pledges, lie dwelt especially upon the finan cial condition aud political unrest of the farmers of the South, who constitute so great a proportion of the Democracy. The President's reply to that let ter was received this evening and s as follows : Exeotjtiye Mansion, Washington, Sept-, 23,1893 Hon. W. 1. North, n MY DEAR Sir: I hardly know how to reply to your letter of tne 15th Inst. It seems to me I am quite plainly on record concerning tbe financial question. My letter accepting the nomination to the the Presidency, when read in con nection with the Message lately Hent to tbe Congress iu extraordi nary nessiou, appears to me to be very explicit. I want a currency that is stable and safe in the hands of our people. I will not knowiugly be implicated in a condition that will justly make me in the least de gree answerable to any laborer or farmer in tbe United States for a shrinkage in the purchasing power ot the dollar he has received for a lull dollars worth of work, or for a good dollar' worth of the product of bis toil. I not only want our currency to be of such character that all kinds of dollars will be of equal purchasing power at home, but I want it to be ot equal pur chasing power at home, but I want it to be of such a character as will demonstrate abroad Jour wisdom and good faith, thus placing it up on a firm foundation and credit among the nations of the earth. I want our financial conditions aud the law relating to our currency so afe and reasnuriiig that those who have money will spend aud invest it in bumuess and new enterprises instead of hoardiag it. You cannot ;ure flight by calling it too i.sh and unreasonable and you canuot pre vent the frightened man from hoar ing his money. I waut good, sound and stable money, aud a coudition of confidence that will keep it in use. Within the limits of what I have written, I am a friend to silver but I believe its proper place in our currency can only be fixed by a re adjustment ot our cuireucy legisla- tiou and the inauguration ot a con sistent and comprehensive fiuauciai scheme. I think such a thing can only be entered upou profitably aud hopefully after the repeal of the law which is charged with our fioancial woes. Iu the present state of pub lic mind, this law Cannot be built opon, nor patched iu suoh a way as to rsleive the situation. I am therefore opposed to tbe free aud unlimited coinage of silver by this country alone and indepently ; aud I am in favor of tbe immediate and unconditional repeal of the pur chasing clause of the so-called Sherman law. I confess I am astonished by the opposition in the Senate to such prompt action as would relelve the present unfortunate situation. My daily prayer is that the delay occa sioned by such opposition may not be tbe cause of plunging the coun try into deeper depression than it it has yet known, and that the Dem ocratic party may not be justly held responsible tor such a catastrophe. Yours, very truly, G rover Cleveland. Aiiluiuu As Henry Blount Sees It. Automu h dipped her brush in the most gorgeous and opulent dye pots of Nature, gand tracing npon he fohatre of tbe trees in varigated tiQtings of beauty and of loveliness her own wonderous and matchless aud unexhaastible wealth of indes. criable splendors and glories. Yes, the leaven, so gloriously shrouded in gorgeous tintiugs of variegated loveliness, are fading and losing their hold and falling to the grouud and becotniog themselves a ehtood for the departing wealth of splendor. Yes, Summer has gathered up its dust sprinkled robes of bloom and beauty, and it is passiug away, not in storms and tears, for there is no wild tumult of grief in the forests, no bending boughs, into fury lai-h- ed, no whistling winds and frown ing t-kies. As a rosy child, falling asleep beneath tbe. blue ejes of its fondly waitiug mother, Its chtek paling in repoee, the Summer fades. Yes evervthine: speaks to us in change- They tell iu Jtbe thrilling eloquence Jof their own wordlesa rhetoric bow evadesceot are tne glories ot this world, and bow soou they perish and pass away. The fall of a leaf is a whimper to tbe living and they teach us that we too must diop from the stem of exist ence and pa8 away like leaves be fore the reHistloss sweep of Autumn al winds. Yes these already with ering leaves remind ns of iuovitable decay of our own powers and glo ries. A little while ago the 'forests were green and beautiful, and aeem ed all life with the voices of the feathery tribes which pealed forth notea of joy and gladness. But now the tree are being stripped of their foliage, and will soon stand tle ik and desolate before the gaze wnb none of their recent glory. The birds will have departed to genial climes, and to the eye there will come no pleasing prospect, and to tbe ear no melodious sound. Aud a the birds and le.ives anil flowers go, so do we, one by one drop down on our pilgrimage, aud sink away beneatn the dut which forms our bed ami covering. And, oh ! how full ot darkness and mots row would be our lot if we teilt that a repone like this would never change that our dust mingled with that of earth would not come come forth reauimated at the last day, when the earth shall roll from its axis and vanish from the Uni verse' But we have a nobler des tiny. We are not for time, but for eternity. Autumn may speak to us of death, but the Spriug comes on apace to tell us that it is uot lasting- So, when we turn our thoughts from the things of earth, lrtt them paaa beyond the grave and enter Heaven. Aud as we live let our actions show that we have in view the new existence to which we stiall awaken hereafter that when our autumnal rest is past, clothed iu the spiritual garmeuts ot the just we mayT dwell immortal in that joy ous laud, where leaves never fall and flowers never fade, but where kIj is as the freahuesa of Spring aud .Summer, forever without change beautiful, graudaud peaceful. Our Way of Living It seems to matter but little what the income of the average Individ- ual may be, there are so many de mands upou it that the wonder is that there is anything left after the necssary obligations have been met. Whichever way one turns there are calls and needs and temptations and necessities, until, in one way and auother, the trifle left after rent and big bills are paid is frittered away in little things which custom and habit have brought into dally if not hourly use. And at first glance we see uo oth er way out of tbe difficulty and teel that we must get along as best we can and be thankful if we can come out eveu at tbe end of tbe year. But when we come to look more closely iuto the subject we find that tbe problem ii not so unsolvable af ter all and that there are ways, and very pleasant and comfortable ones at that, iu which we may live more at our ease aud wilh much less wor ry aud wear and tear ot mind and body than iu the ways to which we have grown accustomed. Oue of the greatest errors of liv ing is the enormous cousumptiou of meat- of all sorts and tha absence of that branch of colinary ekill which enables the housekeeper to take advautage of the generyi lik ing for tbe little delicacies of life and to make something relianable ont oi the bits of food which are, as a rule, thrown away or wasted. Take the meat 3iil out of tbe sum total of expendure, and there wouid be a wide margin left for other and more toothsome dainties, aud man kind would have better tempers aa well as a most significant surplus standing to their credit. IV. Y- Ledger. Faucy- A form of mist by suulight kisso Borne by the wiud along ; " Such is the dream which like a gleam Shinei in the poet's song. What is the thought by fancy wrought In love's fantbetic mood ! Ever anon it cou es is gone Half glimpsed, half uuderstood. j .Frederic F. Sherman, in Octobers 1 Godey. X Trip To A Flud Ntar. Dr. David Gill, lecturing ou "Fix el Stars' hit upon the filloiwng adroit method to illustrate tbe dis tance to Centauri, The doctor said a reported ia tbe Boston Globe: "Wa shall suppose that Home wealthy directors, for waut of outlet tor their energy and capital, con. struct a railway to Ceutauri. We lall neglect for the preset) t (he en gineering difficulties a mere detail and suppose them overcome and me railway open for traffic. We shall go further, and suppose that tbe directors have found tbe con Htructiou ol such a railway to have been peculiarly easy, and that tbe proprietors of instellar space had not been exorbitant in their terms for right-of-way. 'Therefore, with a view to encour age traffic, the diiwtora h id made the faie exceedingly moderate, viz. : first class at two centM per one hun dred miles. Desiring to take advan tage of these facilities, a gentleman, by way of providing nimself wilh s nail chauge for the journey, biiyn up the national debt of England aud n tew other countries, and presen ting himself at the office demands a first class single to Centauri. For this he tendeis in payment the scrip of the national debt of England which just covers ihe cost of his ticket : hut at ih's time the national debt from little wars bad leeu run up Irom 63,500,000,000 to 65,500,000, 000. Having taken his eeat, it oc curred to him to ask, "At what rate do you travel?" "Sixty miles au hour, sir, iucludiug stoppages," is the auswer. "Theu when shall we reach C.-ntanii V 'Iu 48,603,000 years, sir.' What Home Is. A London paper offered a prize for the best dfinltiou ot a home. About five thousand were the lol loping : A world of strife shut oat, a world of love shut in. Home is the blossom of ffhich beiveu is tbe fiuif. Where you are treated best aud gramble most. The father's kingdom, the chiL dten's paradise, and the mother's world. The best place for a married mau alter business hours. The place where tbe preat are sometimes small and tbe small ot teu great. Tbe jewel casket containing the most precious of all jewels domes tic happiness. Home is the coziest, sweetest place in all the world, the scene ot our purest earthly jos and deepesr sorrow. The only spot on earth where the faults and failings of fallen human ity are hidden uuder the mantle ot charity. A little hollow sccop? d out of the windy hill of the world where we can be shielded from ics c ires and an noyances. A hive iu which, like the indus trious bee, youth gamers the sweets and memories of life for age to meditate upon. An abode in which the iumate, the ''superior beiDg called a man,'' cn pay back at night with fifty per cent- ioterest, every annoyance that ha met bitn iu business during tbe day. That source of comfort which youtb does not fully appreaiat, which the young men and maidens lovingly desire, which tbe middle aged generally possess, which the old rightly value. 1'rew. Polk'n Ileuialuft moved. Ke With simple but solemn cere- monies the remains of Jemes E. Polk, tentn President of tbe United States, and those ot his wife, Mrs. Sarah Childress Polk, were Sept. 19th removed from tbe tombs on tbe old Polk estate in Nashville, Tenn , to a picturesque place m the State Capitol grounds and there in- t-rred. The services at Polk Place and Capito! Hilt were very impres s ye, and the occasion was observed with due honor and respect by State, city, church, and public. A Plea For The PlayH'rllor. Some has recently started out to advocate a censorship ot the drama, and proposes the creation of such au oGco aud Ua filling by a repre sentative man. This scheme seems hardly iu ac cord with our republican ideals of a sublime freedom for everybody and everything, however needful it may appear from tbe standard of facta. It has been assumed that if the censor only existed the bad play would not ; I mean the bad play r ot from t moral point ot view but merely from a literar, arti-tic and progressive one, Tins proposition, however, has been hut too receutly strangled iu its birth by the initial performances of the Theatre of Art and Letters a delightful bit of dil ettantism which everylxMly present enjoted, and which must have made the. niantgrs smiie us ihey watched the general freedom ami unprofes sionaliry of it all in happy boredom of its iioii-intlueiice upon their own projects. t How hooii williiterary men learn that an acting play has two funda uh nt id parts, tho one as pertinen as Ihe other? How soon will they realize rhat the nieehanisui of a play is an art, a trade, it you will, to b i learned as thoroughly before at tempting to write tor. the stage as must the iu ison learn tbe uses of his trowel be I ore he hires himself out to build a house? There ia a capital fact to be re member ed by every intending play author, and it is that Shakspeare was an actor, i. et knew the routine, the limitations, the technique and tcecomique of the profession of which he become the world's mas se r. Fannie Ay mar Alntheics in Oc tobsr Godeys. . Sue Wan Heady, He Are you ready, dear ? She (briskly) yes, all ready. He Good euough I Then I may turn the gas out ? She Oue moment. Is my cumb in straight ? I don't believe my b ur looks fit to be seen. He Oh, yes ; very nice Have you got everything ? She (decidedly) Everytbieg. Wait don't put the light out. Let me see what did I do with Oh, bete it is. That's all! He Well, then She Harry! Tnese are tbe wiong gloves. They're the old ones ma sent me. Just think, if I had not discovered the mistake ! The right pair weie iu my pocket. Now, ii vou'll pin my veil and take this wrap over your arm don't Jose it ! He We cau go, I suppose ? She yes, now we can. By th way, I would better take my smell ing salts. No telling what may happen. He Shall I turn the She Turn it off. Oh-h-h, do wait an instant 1 My sandals! I almost forgot, and it is so damp I Wid you get them out of tbe closet left corner on the shelf and you'll have to put them on tor me. I hate to ask yoj to kueel in vour nice Thanks, dear you're so good ! Ue Well we're off? She At last! But stop I I haven't locked my desk, and that strange girl He(desperately) Oh come on. Tbe curtain will be up. he(reproachfully) I've been rea- ! dy tbese 20 minutes. Be You're not ready now. Shi Why I'm waiting for you. He(m amezement) For me? Sbe(patiently) I'm waiting for yoa to put the gaa out. We can'c go and leave it blazing to tbe ceil ing. Club. The costliest mile of railroad is a mile measured ou tbe steel portion of tbe Forth bridge. The leugth of this portion is a mile and twenty yards, and tbe cost of it was con siderably over 310,000,000. Tbe most expensive railway system in the world is the "Innr Circle ' line of Londou, which cost, including the purchase of land, from $3,000,000 to 5,000,000, per mile. Tue last con structed mile, between the Mansiou House and Aldgate, cost altogether, including "compensations,'" nearly $10,000,000. Scientific American. Subscribe for the Courier.