The farmer l'cedeth All. t
My lord ri«l s through hn \ alace J
gat e. i
My lady sweeps along in stat* 1 . j
The wag" think* long on many a .
thing. 1
And the maiden muses on marry- ]
ing ; : i
The n.in-tre! harpeth merrily. t
The -ailor ploughs the foaming sea, t
The- hunt-man kills the good red 1
deer i
And the soldier warn without a 
fear. i
Bui fnll toeaeh wlute er befall,
1 lie f.iliij. i he mii't feed them 1
«11
till
Smit b ham:i»* l th eheeia.y the
SAOld.
Pi ie-t t>!  !n*hetli jure and hoiv
won I.
I >.iru- A ')•>■ w *k♦ th broidery well, j
l .'-i. .v * .ii i I.lit-M ui lu»e can lei!,
I:, !i. .'»!.• ->«..•» le a J > a .'illig
b« l .
1> i !i ■ •] f; -1, '': ft the mere,
\ ' 1 •• 'l. •I ; l 11 ,r * »•. 1 Vll f MJ:d
-;li i i i
W !:i e j t 'es i»'.i.• r ti:)-  i i-e»n
Wit
1> it f:l 11 t> « :t i ' • tie • t' i ' ai!,
j « !tr , . ', i - i e ! them till
.M; 111 11 11!'! - ii: s i■ t .»* - f. 111 and
high.
Whatever river : ::■ ?i«-111 bv.
'if it ci' 'i - MM* in rvt-i v land.
(1 ft it • lull -l.es -h > w the bllildel s
hand.
(1 feat at .he-. tao r. . uents and
t UW • ♦ I S,
I .lit j >il •( ■ and ' 'easii bowers.
I 1
(li'tat um k i> done, be t here and
tin I
And well men wot ket h every where,
Hut w ii k or rest what i-i befall,
i L»• farmer h mu-u feed them
all.
 'ha*!: C. I .eland
I? ;!•« !',inn rin •.fTrtlfcl.
We lead v. llh ."id: nition and
i!11:i/ • .• •' 11 • I'll! '.j ■•■ tin desp»>t
isj*. w ';«••(» a ■ an is i;obbed of liis
honest toil bv horn a'istocratM. who,
bv the ;'! irc of (i 1. as Jefferson
c\ pi .■ * d it. ride boot' d and spurred
ovei t lie right.«■ >f the ,:it ./• lis; and
y« t here, in the a 1 le: n• i. «-f tuH
r,ii ! -iit h centut v, i!' d> rar- | 'ic
I ui:'t '! rtu h t t; >tic I>! '1 t■ • • the
pr«'t •;i«>n of the iti/• we Hud
the --iiue t\!ii nv legahz-d and in
tuli Opel at ii' Ml.
1 «.. t  i. >' 1 ii! ii j• >n the
l' • -••!«.! e>S, t' it «V! J. 1! 1
eta . e p- .-i v ' h t pro*. -•!:
tMi l 4!' .t 11• •*-» 's m lav of s \v> v to
II e' 11 •• it j i»u 1 .t* • of \ merien :
and «-v» : \ ' at of u; l. ee-?-ary toil
Wi.. i -.lull taillt ta.. > Is '.l'll fioui
kl .t *o,i ; ;il i;i j\
• 1 ' • . mi 1 1 • t!"
i
\ s. ' \ } .■> 11 «» '•;.> f i e
t*ft i• 1 1 p' ii  oj ii oji i"ilt' '•' "if
:• 1 >i-T: • - I t i. - -• h' A It af
feet*- t lie farmer. . r ! t.e a." i ..tut i:
11 st« .(■» t :•» the 11 !•. i : ■il i: ■•l • -1 o!
lit ' I.' 1 S I: i!
1 p I . if ;i ' '' ' the f ii'lle '
tiii' !w : • 1 ( ' i, • *
to «■! w 1 -.v ".?Tc. \ ' '"ee '1
hi - : i . i - i. l i. h.is a„ ri
I'il. I Sin i.. plet: i!t -. 'I!. 1 1• ■ tie* I: 4i
. \ j. . Wh; •:. •.* i h. ill I
v:t, . , • 11 i i \ t«
-i v * t i 1i« '.s i .♦ i .; t 1 » j.  r
oha-e > over -i*.d he\ ' d wl at h
|»i 'd - and Iw i! ft? *et. t' mv-el
to esve what the ahlt -I at. 1 mo
ral- " il of >tat lcai - ha- 0 t:i me
aftet till lefelli i this i
his m -t t!;- >: u.,i. a;. 1 a at« *
.v . »':• n H.t- • v ft to v., wa
that the in»"-» a-» 1 p eto tlie r at
mer of America exo« Is
a%  ar. Trulv ala \ y burtta u fo
tiit h.v! t wiU'ki: ai i m> —t \ita
it i ;>t ivtoU ar . l>ut i. e fani.t
- i''l • j; • aw i v t. at v. 1 n« :
. -t a'l
! '.e ' 1" 1- I 1 .t a to M'.i t. 1
-urplus abroad. Th.s surj u- i- tl
niolit i n which this -urpiu> of our
las j■!' -t '■ l 1. A ' ... he taut - m
gra;r. t 1; It :iu : a ma: Le
at a!! : :v. IrW i: - p . man i:
w. -tern V- 'V V 't l. "• - ' rodue
•d a thousand bushe'.a of wheat,
fie hc*eks to superintend personally
t* trannportation and »>tt'e t»t Liver
pool, ">o he freight- it upon ears , (
S'ew Yoik. and then on to t
r.iverpoo!, where make«* hi* trade j
f.et us suppose that cloth is what he t
*ants in exchange, and he gives his t
ihounand bushels of wheat for alt
i
thuosnad yards of cloth. He returns ( I
with his cloth to New York. anJ. i
reacbiog the cu'toi l.ouse. the gov- 11
f-rnmerit offi in! to him. "Here '
i- a low in the T uited States which ' t
imposes a fiftv prr cent du yon this 
c'otii, aiiO I will take a pair of
► rna and cut off half of vour thou
sand yaids He forthwith cut* off*
five hundred yards of the fabric, and
lea\es it there in the custom hou-e. i
Ihe poor farnier goes home with
the (;ther five hundred \urds in re
' art: f i hi- ne th u-ai 1 br.she'..- ut
wheat.
1 In- is the ] : actieal t e-uit of u
prote'tive turilT. Now -uppo-e we
{•ut it in money. Let ti- estimate
his wheat at one dohar a ' ushel at
lav. Ip »«.»!. an 1 tin- cloth at a doiiat
a \at d. ai ] th it the . \chal; e l
o
in i!e -ii tin- l»a- of value. H"
returns, and th- eustotn- house ofTi
ei r sa \ s : "Pay me the fifty per cent,
duty. lie pays live hundred yards
into the cu.st >ms house of the L nited
States, and the re-ult is that he has
exchanged Sl.'i!)() worth of wheat
for Sooo worth of cloth. -Hon J\ If
Hurd, in lielford'- M"agazine.
A ii-*-i]»oken >litn.
His STTI.K
I m a j»lain, uncultivated man. not
much inclined to gabbling,
though I speak my mind wher« -
er I am. an giurally not very
low.
nis CACRII>N -
I wait until the black cluds rift
1 a-fore I venture in a boat; I
try to understand the drift of
politic-, before I rote.
MIS - I KCOOI.tS
For years 1 ve toih d and struggled
hard to keep a roof above mv
head ; I\ e never drank nor
played a card, and yet I haven't
got a red.
His t> ui V T\ SK
From rising of tie sun I strive
with all my might each blessed
day to kei'p my family alive and
drive the hungry wolf away.
His rli VNKS
Iveno c nnplaiut to niaae tjf toil ;
liu thakful that I've got the
health to dig a living from the
-oil —I prize that moie than
worldly wealth.
His DI-Ol sT
IhouiOi troubles come to me
t ' '>' I_r '• 1 _ I -• Ido ;i j gl :im!>le. ties
»rba k : but I m 1 -^ r at( Iwit ii
the stliO that (*"!'tal!l p ' '.eiaus
t«lk
His oPIN li >\
1 i "in morn ti.l 11i«_rht ti: v work
tiit :i jaws, which seem to be in
g« •> 1 I• . i : to i il'* . up tiielt
] ' '' . ■.l ail-t v. 11 ii 11it and
t
li - they fill the air.
His \!..,PMFNT-
TheV teM iiu 1 mn-t - t' v v^ti
for taiitT while I've a
chance; I show to t hem mv rag
ged coat. iikewi>» the patche
on mv pants.
f • 1
il Is V, > '» s 1 ;oN -
'I hey tell m* i. ov p.o.tction
shield- the farmer ai d improves
h:- land-: I a-k them why it
takes whole fields of wheat t>
S
meet our n "nths "demands.
[) his roisr -
r They tell me there is no distress
\ in farm homes throughout thi.*
r ; it ion : I point them to my
p '! wife's In -- at. 1 ask. t'.«
for an « \planation.
His i UfsHtß
e 1 hat knocks their talk all silly
s wi.en they raise the old free
s tiado alarm, 1 listen nil tl.ey rt
t:.i- ug! . ar. 1 the:. I -1.- a tLt
n ! mortgage on my farm.
». I Chicago Times
A
I>irect from (be Front
Kuoxville, TVno., July 2, 18JS8.
TLe Swift Specific Co.. Atlanta,
ia—-Gentlemen: I can F
ay tl lit S. S. S i-» t e greateat blood
mritier on earth. In 1884 1 con
raetetl blood po son. Phynicians
rwited :i»e with no good reauiU. I
ook a half dozen different kinds of
>lood njediciue, but without reoeiv
n«j any permanent relief! I was in-'
lured to try S. S. S I began the
ir-t bottle with the doubts of
.ucceHa I had been *o often de
•eivt d. But improvement came, and t
I continued itk u*e until perfectly n
well. I h t\e siuct- m trried and have
l Lenlthv fnmily. N » trnre of the
lisca-e i- -» en. S\» ift h Specific
ilor.e >ll tl i* for me. m l I am grate
ful.
Yours truly,
J. S. Sri.%i'H.. II?" Daiti Aven i«*.
Treatise on B!>>(l niid Skin Disen
- mailed f'e»-. The Swift Spevitl • !
Co, I'ritw-rM. Atlanta. (lit.
"ine I)«Miioer i! c j»;i11 v wii! neve.
•i,i p a I't \ . elt > cols, li tto 1 'roll i
bition."— M» mphif Ajj eal J >em )
An honest moii. tnv bi otln r.
fi •) t' .c w)ii Th«M. with
what pi opriet v o:' ean
a church blame :i memb r v. ho |>ut
roniziiig a business Unit pi-'acin i s
and all v.'te to Sax '
There i-* homething lotton in
( !)• mn ll k thep il t ;e«i
Consumption Surely I urcd.
To tii f Kdm'ok —Please inform
your readers that I have a positive
remedy tor the aboved named dis
ease. l)y its timely use thousands
of hopeles> eases have been perman
entlv cured. I shall be triad to send
» n
two bottles of my remedy kukk to
any of your readers who have con
sumption if they will send me their
express and post otfiee address.
Respectfully,
T. A Sl.oci m. M. C.
'NI Piarl St., New York.
Their KtisitiCHH ItoomIuj».
1 *i«•!>:»!»!y no un,i thiny has caused -ucii \
general o-yival of trade at lioy*t»-i\- briu'
Store as their uiving away to t!ieir eu«to
:iit'is »t so many free trial Ixittles of I)r.
Kind's New I>:scovery for ('»n>iiinj>tion.
Tln-u trade i» simply enoi iinnis in thi> \rr>
valuable aiticle fr«»«n tie fact that it al\\a>s
*urrs and nry.tr disappoints, ("oiehs,
 old-, Asthma, Ih'uhchjf i-», ( i«» 1 ai d ,ii|
throat an 111114 .:P. a»e-, tjn.t k \ cnr d.
You can te-t it before hi > ng 1»\ a
trial houl«« to*. lar-_'e siz- $1 Kv.*i  buttle
\\ ai 1 ant M! •
SI!!
If you want any kind of
JOB WORK,
o(I lip \\ p' ? " 1(> 1 ] |» >
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u In» !:;* \"• • llit*
M Equipped
Job Office in Western
L . oi tii Carolina.
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W. N. C. L)TV lb lON.
TRAIS KHKDITI-*.
Wfc>T HofKD
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fire New York 4 pua
•' Philadelphia 6 .TT
liaitlmorr t* 41
" ll
*' RirlimoiMl 2 30 r a
T'.aeigh 1 00
fiive Salistmry 11 _'P a m ' 
11 i\ e state-ville 12 12 pTO
Hiefc«ry 1 l«
" *o»nnelly Springs 1 »»
Mor«»nt«»n 2 to
Marian 2 4:»
%nhe«lilc 4 .>1
Hot >i»rincs t\ in
•• Monistown "
" Ktioxvihe
$
:-.\ST Ll >l Nl> ,
. a. t • I\n«>\ . 7 1" a til
♦ Mi»rriMnwii
1 !.«t S;, r 11 p.
\ *tieV ! 1 e 1 p J!|
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V'l ".,n .1, 44
M •! t' I Mt' ip 1
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Ui ve 1 ■ f. " i
1 > 1 i | t> 1
'a-'. 'n_M.»n s ;o
Ila tinio. e lt it .
I'hilad Iphia t'_'
NeA V*ilk a 1
I>inner fCentral (20th M i 1-
a 1 ) ti 11 .
Pnlht an Parlor Car between SalM»ut>
Uld Knoxville.
Pnllmati Sleeping t'ars on all night
trains.
SOUTH CAROLINA DIVIsION
.NOin HllOl'NI)- IHII.Y.
Ml .M Ml Vl
l.'vt- '"lnirti—t«n 1 vin S • I! It I'■ I> j. la T tit
\ iitrn~Tn 7 (Hi v
i la 11 it ••villi- 7
Trent on K '«» '' 4"
.lo» ti"t 1 itif s 47 I
1 .>lunil.in 1 1 1. !•" |> in ,
w iti-'iorn 110n in :i:i
 h. -trr J 17 - .M
lto. khill 1» t -
An riiarlot t»- 1 •.'!
S'lli-lmry i> •."J
1. .•••ii-lio! o smi s |n
Hichrnoiiil :: :tn j' m n in
W>e.Mhir?on j v 7 »•
Ha It i nu>r»- 11 ".'5 s -
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Mil 'i tn.• r. i - -to a in ; "
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s •! i i r , 11 r i i ;
i ' ir'■ t 1 o i. J l't n in
l' Hill -*«»2 "i to
' • '.T I."
Wi ri-l .ini "47 I '
■ i. , in'ila 4 i.
John-ton 7 !."> ' "I
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burg, \ i - A l' l.'it h'oek.
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Effect of Effort!
• ••
PL^mm7MTEira?ir
%
We are enabled at
this early day tq offer
the following bargains
to Cue and All per
sons desi ous of rent
ing or buying houses.
•*
Please examine our
«
ist. revised from week
to week, a-s wo must
certainly have some
piece ot property loca
ted and priced to suit
you.
Foi bale or Renl.
1 A !: s; v.;th v r >• in s. «-rrl,.ml
l?arl«-n an.! in a r«-> Itml, «ituat»tl in
Hurtlm in }m: * «il tin c:t \. ill iv » It nt.
i-u'iditi. t' ••i 1 !ci»- •>. i »rn
"T Kr.i-v
- On.' t! . i > in Fat
Ilick'/M, I'»OlH>, •'!!»' iter*' "I ITolltlll
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11 .frit i'il.
1 !I' ' i:  ' !i ■-t f I rk»r\. 2
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*• ll.»«is ■ .tini 1 >»i in N'-wtnii.t* r> i(ti*
l'» ii' Tt s ! • ci. i,| ' h .11!. Ar.iil\
1' «at I -n V : • ',
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1-t i!iii r, 4 11u lii -!i« i nit I'lnl,«iirii. r
\t w ~ . ( i, |,jitii r«# ts. \|t f
~ rm ' ■ w 't Mti\
'Vif.it' j
For Sal?.
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larnl, trail I, 4 • •!, 1 »J • } ...»
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All the above lots
will be rented or trans
teircc directly by us
and clear i itle and deed
given to all purchas
ers. r a'l upon cr write
to us tor particulais.
. Cline & Murrill,
' HICKORY, N. C.